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CONTENTS
If What These Ten Men Say Wont
Make You Cry, What Happens Next
Will Get You For Sure!
Facebook-style headline posted by Rabbi Avraham
Bronstein for this weeks Torah portion, Shelach,
which tells the story of the spies.
Where the Jews are
Judaism is the most popular non-
Christian religion in New Jersey.
Thats one of the at-a-glance find-
ings of a chart showing each states
second largest religious tradition,
based on data collected by the As-
sociation of Statisticians of American
Religious Bodies.
Judaism is represented by pink,
leading in only 15 states, mostly here
in the Northeast; Islam is green, out-
numbering Jews (and Bahai) in 20
states, including, surprisingly, Florida;
Buddhism, orange, has claimed the
West, from California to as far east
as Oklahama; Hinduism, red, leads
in Arizona and Delaware; and Bahai,
aqua, claims South Carolina.
These charts show data collected
by congregations and reported back
to their national religious bodies,
which obviously limits the accuracy
of the data. This is particularly visible
on the map that shows the leading
non-Christian denomination for each
county, because many counties dont
have a non-Christian congregation,
though they might well have non-
Christian residents.
The data shown is from 2010 and
was published in 2012. The charts
went viral this week because, well, the
Internet works in mysterious ways.
LARRY YUDELSON
Candlelighting: Friday, June 13, 8:10 p.m.
Shabbat ends: Saturday, June 14, 9:19 p.m.
Eager to ind out what counts as a
kosher sport. Can we expect live
broadcasts of yeshiva floor hockey
games and the International Bible Quiz?
Oh wait - the FOOD is kosher? Never mind.
Andrew Silow-Carroll of Teaneck, reacting on
Facebook to the news that a kosher sports bar
will be opening on the towns Palisade Avenue.
Brat Upsets Cantor is the name
of my bar mitzvah memoir.
Mother Jones editor Dave Gilson, reacting on Twitter
to the unexpected defeat of House Majority Leader Eric
Cantor by David Bratt in Tuesdays Republican primary
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Erev tov, Tel Aviv. Chag Shavuot sameach,
Yisrael. Anachnu HaAvanim Hamitgalgot.
Mick Jagger, addressing the audience in Hebrew at last weeks Rolling Stones
concert in Tel Aviv, the bands first in Israel.
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Sophie Okonedo
A TONY, AND MORE:
Okonedo
everywhere
Jonah Hill
Steven Lutvak, left, and Robert Freedman
If you arent a
regular reader of
my column, then
you might have been
surprised when SOPHIE
OKONEDO, 46, refer-
enced her Jewish back-
ground when she ac-
cepted the Tony for best
featured actress in a play
(A Raisin in the Sun)
last Sunday. She said the
Broadway theater com-
munity had welcomed
a Jewish Nigerian from
Britain. While Okonedos
looks favor her Nigerian
father, she was raised by
her white English Jew-
ish mother (her parents
split up when she was
very young). She identi-
fies as Jewish and even
knows a smattering of
Yiddish. Okonedo was
Oscar nominated for her
performance in Hotel
Rwanda.
By a happy coinci-
dence, you can see
Okonedo for the next
several weeks in a juicy
role. She co-stars in a
PBS/BBC mini-series,
The Escape Artist,
which starts on Sunday,
June 15, at 9 p.m. The
title comes from the
nickname of the lead
character, Will Burton
(David Tennant), a bril-
liant defense attorney
who gets his clients out
of tight corners. Okene-
do plays Maggie Gard-
ner, a defense attorney
who has a critical role in
Burtons relations with a
dangerous ex-client.
By the way, congrats to
ROBERT FREEDMAN
and STEVEN LUTVAK,
the co-authors of A
Gentlemans Guide to
Love and Murder. It
won the Tony for best
musical, and Freedman
won another Tony for his
book for the show.
The hit FX cable
show Louie,
written by and
starring comedian Louis
C. K., began its fourth
season on May 5. On May
24, Louis C.K. talked to
NPR host TERRY GROSS,
and for the first time he
laid out his unusual fam-
ily history in detail.
His paternal grandfa-
ther, a Hungarian Jewish
doctor, settled in Mexico
in the 1930s when he
couldnt get into the
States. He remained
Jewish, but allowed his
children to be raised in
their Mexican mothers
Catholic faith. Louis fa-
ther, LUIS SZEKELEY, an
economist and university
professor, met and mar-
ried Louis mother, Mary,
an Irish Catholic from
Michigan, while they
both were studying at
Harvard. They divorced
when Louis was 10.
Louis, who follows no
faith as an adult, was
raised lightly Catholic
by his mother. His father
stayed in his life after the
divorce, and they are still
in touch.
Louis said that his
father, Luis, went on to
Shocker: A&E doesnt
show schlock!
The A&E cable station used to be called the Arts and
Entertainment station, and it produced high quality orig-
inal programming. Then, about ive years ago, it turned
to presenting schlock like Dog: the Bounty Hunter and
Storage Wars (which, by the was, was totally staged).
However, it now is showing a quality miniseries that
long has been available on-line: a four part series of
interviews done by the Hollywood Reporter called the
Roundtable interviews. The series began on Sunday,
June 8, but you can catch up easily. (Check listings for
encore showings.) Many big stars appear, including LIEV
SCHREIBER and ANDY SAMBERG. N.B.
Hollywood Reporter Drama Roundtable. Mark
Ruffalo, left, Liev Schreiber, Josh Charles, Jeff
Daniels, Michael Sheen and Jon Hamm were
photographed March 30 at Mack Sennett Studio
in Los Angeles.
California-based Nate Bloom can be reached at
Middleoftheroad1@aol.com
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marry a Jewish woman
and is now an Ortho-
dox Jew. Luis, who now
teaches in Europe, has
held several important
economic posts in earlier
Mexican governments.
Most TV series
that have been
turned into feature
films have been disap-
pointing or worse. A
notable exception was
the 2012 action/comedy
hit 21 Jump Street, co-
starring JONAH HILL, 30,
and Channing Tatum, as
rookie cops who return
to their high school and
pretend to be students.
They bust a dealer selling
a dangerous drug. The
80s TV series the movie
was based on had a hip
patina but not much
depth and very little hu-
mor. Hill, who co-wrote
the 2012 film, saw that
the TV series plot had
unmined comic poten-
tial, and he turned out a
funny film script.
Hill is also the co-
author of the sequel,
22 Jump Street, which
opens today. Again, he is
paired with Tatum but
this time they are going
undercover at a local
college. Sequels usually
arent that good but
you gotta give Hill the
benefit of the doubt. He
surprised us before.
Winning the
Kentucky Derby
and the Preakness
is an achievement that
most owners and trainers
only dream about.
California Chrome, a
horse bred from two
horses that cost less than
$10,000 combined, won
both those races. Sadly,
like many horses before
it, it couldnt win the
Belmont Stakes, the third
jewel in the three race
Triple Crown competi-
tion.
The horse and its for-
merly small-time trainer,
ART SHERMAN, 77, ex-
ceeded all expectations
with their two victories.
Sherman, unlike Chrome
co-owner Steve Coburn,
refused to cast blame
for Chromes finish in the
Belmont. He remained
the gentleman he had
shown himself to be in all
his earlier interviews. He
certainly was kind when
I spoke to him right after
his Derby win.
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one model UN session at a time
Local student, now living in Israel, wins MUN award for Bar-Ilan
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
D
uring two post-high-school
years in Israel, Rachel (Ro)
Yeger made a habit of asking
cab drivers and other native
Israelis about life in the Jewish state. I
wanted to understand what it means to be
here, said Ms. Yeger, whose mother and
youngest brother live in Teaneck.
Since she moved to Israel in October
2012, Ms. Yeger, 24, can answer that
question herself. And she can do so quite
articulately, thanks to public-speaking
skills honed through her involvement in
the Model UN (which goes by the nick-
name MUN).
Recently, she was one of five Bar-Ilan
University students to win an award at
the International Model UN Competition
in Barcelona. Nearly 200 students from
13 countries took part in this Catalonian
Model UN. Israel sent 27 students the
second-largest delegation in the states his-
tory and the Israelis took home 13 out of
the 20 prizes.
Just like an authentic UN diplomatic ses-
sion, the competition featured roll calls,
open debates, speaking time limits, posi-
tion papers, alliance building, resolutions,
and committees focused on different
topics.
Ms. Yeger, co-president of BarMUN, won
Outstanding Delegate on the Alliance of
Civilizations committee.
Now in her second year in the univer-
sitys interdisciplinary BA program in
macro-economics, political science, and
sociology (which is taught in English),
she works two jobs to support herself and
hopes to get a masters degree in political
communications so she can enter politics
for real.
I want to impact change, and politics
is a good place to do it on a macro scale,
Ms. Yeger said. Fresh ideas are needed
in this country, and I spend a lot of time
grooming myself to be able to make that
difference. MUN is a good tool for that,
because it teaches you diplomacy and
conflict negotiation; its all about the give
and take, being accommodating of others
ideas, learning how to listen and how to
resolve differences. Often politicians close
themselves off to other ideas, and I feel
that can change in the future generation
of politics.
Ms. Yeger also is vice president of the
campus Young Likud and is a member
of Im Tirtzu, a movement whose goal is
to strengthen Zionist values in academia
and in society. She also is a fellow with
the Israel advocacy organization Stand
With Us.
Her mother, Mindi, says she is in awe of
her daughter. Ro is going to change the
world, she predicts.
At the competition, Ms. Yeger was very
aware of representing Israel. She even
befriended a Catholic Spaniard whom
she describes as initially borderline
anti-Semitic.
I needed to portray what it really
means to be a Jew and an Israeli, and
that I dont necessarily live my life in con-
flict, Ms. Yeger said. It was an incredible
chance to show a different face of Israel.
Ms. Yeger, who was born in Lakewood,
moved to Monsey with her family when
she was 10. She went to high school at a
Beis Yaacov, where she had to stifle the
questions she yearned to ask. Her mother
encouraged her to go to the gap-year pro-
gram Machon Maayan, then in Beit Shem-
esh, to provide a more open environment
for her daughter. The family by then had
moved away from ultra-Orthodoxy, and
Mindi Yeger relocated to Teaneck with her
two younger children while her daughter
Rachel was in Israel.
When I came to Israel I was very con-
fused religiously, Rachel Yeger said. I
didnt know what modern Orthodoxy was,
so it was complete culture shock for me. I
spent the first year reprogramming myself
and relearning Judaism. Machon Maayan
became a place where I knew I could have
my questions answered and feel at home.
The schools program includes lots of
traveling. During our trips, I fell in love
with the country, she said. I started
speaking to Israelis and asking about their
lives, and when I went home to start col-
lege at Touro, I knew I had to come back
to Israel because I couldnt stay away any-
more. Eventually I convinced my mother
to let me make aliyah.
Mindi Yeger, who is a research analyst,
also is an aspiring standup comic; she will
compete in the Ladies of Laughter, which
kicks off on July 21 at Manhattans Gotham
Comedy Club.
When Ro told me she had interest in
aliyah I said, Thats great; youll find a guy
and then settle in Israel, because I didnt
want her to go through this alone, she
said. Ro explained that this was where
she needed to be now, and when I visited
and saw her in her own environment I
saw a light in her that wasnt there even in
Teaneck. It was very soothing to me.
I miss her, but thats not the critical
issue.
After high school, Rachels brother,
Yehuda Yeger, now 22, joined his Torah
Academy of Bergen County classmates in
a gap year in Israel. Unlike most others,
he decided to stay. Hes now finishing his
service in the Israel Defense Forces as a
tank gunner, and plans to enter Bar-Ilan
in the fall.
At the beginning I planned to spend a
year and a half in the army, then go [back
to America] to go to law school, he said.
At the end of the year and a half I realized
I wasnt going anywhere, and I signed on
for another year of duty.
Two and a half years later Im Israeli,
and Im not going back.
The youngest Yeger, Yakov, soon will be
in Israel for his gap year.
I raised them to spread their wings and
fly, and theyre flying, Mindi Yeger said,
with obvious pride in her children.
Will she follow the same flight pattern?
Ill tell you this: I dont see myself as a
Skype grandma, she said.
Ro Yeger, far left, with fellow BarMUN award winners in Barcelona. BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY
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B
arbara Cohen Seiden of Tenafly,
who died on June 6 at 90,
embodied determination, hon-
esty, an iron-strong will, and
the resilience of hope, according to her
good friend Dr. Sandra Gold.
Barbara Cohen was born in South Bend,
Ind., in 1924, the only daughter in a loving,
close-knit Orthodox family. It was the cus-
tom in many such families for their chil-
dren to go to college but to live at home as
they studied, so she graduated from Pur-
due University. There she both earned a
degree in mathematics a field in which
she excelled and met her future hus-
band, Norman Seiden.
The Seidens moved to Tenafly, where
they flourished. Mr. Seiden went from
heading Melnor Industries, a lawn sprin-
kler and garden supply company that
was ideally situated to take advantage of
the suburban postwar boom, to becom-
ing a leading developer and builder as
well. Both soon became leaders in the
community.
Like the county itself, Bergen Countys
Jewish community was growing, and both
Seidens helped shape and guide it. Ms.
Seiden supported a huge range of Jew-
ish communal organizations. The list of
those groups is long. It includes but is not
limited to the Jewish Home at Rockleigh,
Hadassah, ORT, the National Council of
Jewish Women, the Zionist Organization
of America, UJA Federation, Israel Bonds,
Englewood Hospital, the Arnold P. Gold
Foundation, and the Technion.
Her husband was one of the guid-
ing forces spearheading the building of
the new JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly,
but he only agreed to take that role after
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Its about the mission, says D-Day veteran
Hackensack gunner describes landing on Omaha Beach
LOIS GOLDRICH
H
y Wagner of Hackensack, a
member of the 747th Tank Bat-
talion during World War II,
often thinks about D-Day.
Thats not surprising. The 92-year-old,
a gunner in one of the tanks that stormed
Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, lost many
friends that day.
I think about the men who were lost, he
said. They were boys, 19, 21, 22.
Mr. Wagner was 21 at the time, but I would
be 22 in September, so I always said I was 22.
He began his military service in January 1943.
Im a lucky man, he said. Thats all I can
say. In all, D-Day claimed the lives of more
than 9,000 Allied troops.
Growing up in Paterson, Mr. Wagner who
lived in Fair Lawn for many years before he
moved to Hackensack was inducted into
military service as Hymen Vagovsky. His
father changed the family name while the
gunner was overseas.
He recalls D-Day clearly. The 747th an
independent tank battalion that participated
in combat operations throughout northern
Europe steamed toward shore at H hour
plus 10, Mr. Wagner said, noting that the
battalion comprised almost exclusively men
from New Jersey and New York.
A destroyer cut across our bow telling us
to hold the tanks back, he said. The beach-
head hadnt yet been secured. Indeed, the
tank battalion on its flank had just been
destroyed by Nazi guns firing out of concrete
bunkers. So we held off till early dawn.
Mr. Wagners tank came across the Eng-
lish Channel from Southampton, England,
on an LCT an amphibious assault ship
used to land tanks on beachheads.
It was not a big kind of thing, he said,
pointing out that many of these vessels cap-
sized on June 6. There were three tanks on
our craft, he said. His tank carried a major.
I didnt know the game plan, he said. I
knew that we had to land on the beach and
go wherever we had to go. I was a gunner,
not a tank commander. You do whatever
youre going to do.
Mr. Wagner explained that from time to
time, his battalion was assigned to different
combat divisions. On D-Day, One of our
platoons was attached to the 1st Infantry
Division. The others were attached to the
29th Infantry Division. At one time, we were
attached to the English. We got all the way
up to the northern part of Germany.
While the thought of D-Day conjures up
images of countless dead and wounded
Allied fighters for many of us, Mr. Wagner
said that as a gunner, you dont really see
anything except for whats in front of you.
The tank commander had a better view.
Most of the action took place after we
landed on the beach, he said, noting that
after leaving the tank, the major never got
in it again. So we were on missions with
just a four-man crew, where I served as
gunner and tank commander, bobbing up
and down.
I think about it many times, he said.
About how ill-prepared we were, and how
even Dwight D. Eisenhower couldnt con-
trol everything. On paper, it was a beautiful
attack, timed well. But on June 7, it would
have been a completely different attack
because it was a beautiful day. June 6 was
clouded over. The bombers went in first,
but they bombed away from the beach.
The cost in lives was multiplied because the
beach area was not destroyed.
Mr. Wagner sponsored a lunch at a Hack-
ensack restaurant on June 6 for dozens of
friends and family members including
widows of military personnel who died on
that day in 1944 Sigmund Westerman of
Fair Lawn, also a veteran of that period,
was among his guests.
This is the first time he has pulled together
an event to commemorate the Normandy
landing, Mr. Wagner said. I didnt do this
before, but now its 70 years after the inva-
sion a memorable year. Also, before we
were all hustling to make a living.
We had one reunion of the tank group not
long after the war, but then we went about
the business of making a life for ourselves,
he added.
Eventually, Mr. Wagner owned a New
York public relations company, Media
Distribution Services.
What bothers him most today is that
in most schools they dont really teach
history anymore, Mr. Wagner said. He
recently met a man who was as old as
40, who didnt know what D-Day was, and
he was born, raised, and educated in this
country. He wasnt even taught about it.
When I went to school, we had a full class
of history, like we did literature and gram-
mar, he said.
Hy Wagner in his World War II uniform the jacket was too small when it first
was issued, he says.
Somebody
depends on you.
You dont think
about country
or ag, you
think about
those men.
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Fort Lee man charts his mothers course and writes letters to the Times
JOANNE PALMER
R
obert Nussbaums mother,
Dorothy Smith Nussbaum, is
almost 97 years old.
Although in reality she lives
in Fort Lee, for the last few years her
Alzheimers-attacked mind often tells her
that, instead, she is in the candy store her
family used to own in Lodi.
Often speaking in Yiddish, she relives
those days. They were happy ones. She
had three sisters each of whom not only
graduated from college but also went to
graduate school and a brother, Har-
vey Smith, who later went on to become
a prominent judge. (It was Mr. Smith, in
fact, who was responsible for the judicial
decision that allowed 274 acres of Tenafly
woods to become the Tenafly Nature
Center.)
Mr. Nussbaum, who lives with his wife,
Joanne, in Fort Lee, is a lawyer by profes-
sion, but increasingly he has found that life
as he lives it compels him to write about it.
One of his subjects is his mother.
A few things distinguish Mr. Nussbaum
from the other would-be-writer attorneys
who similarly have much to say and would
like an audience for their work.
For one thing, he started small. He began
blogging in 2008; tooearlytocall.com holds
a range of his writing on dementia, poli-
tics, the Yankees, and golf, among many
other subjects, as well as some fiction.
Now, one of his pieces on Alzheim-
ers is about to be published in the latest
Chicken Soup for the Soul book, this one
subtitled Living with Alzheimers & Other
Dementias. It will be his fifth contribution
to the series.
Mr. Nussbaum also specializes in letters
to the editor; he has had more than 35
published in that Holy Grail of American
letters-to-the-editor, the New York Times.
(If you are English, for generations the
Times of London has been the summit.)
Another of Mr. Nussbaums distinctions
is that he is a third-generation Bergen
County boy. When his mother grew up in
Lodi, she belonged to one of five local Jew-
ish families. When she married, she and
her husband, Richard Nussbaum, moved
to Teaneck, where Robert and his sister,
Gail Nussbaum Kaplan of Englewood,
grew up. The family belonged to Temple
Emeth, then in its glory days; the rabbi,
Louis Sigel, who helped the township
become the first in the country to desegre-
gate its school system voluntarily, presided
at his bar mitzvah and later performed his
wedding.
After he graduated from law school,
Robert Nussbaum married Joanne Fried-
land, who grew up in Tenafly. (The only
time either of them lived outside Bergen
County was when they were in college,
Mr. Nussbaum reports.) They began their
married life in Fort Lee, moved to Tenafly
to raise their children, and now, as empty-
nesters, have moved back to Fort Lee.
Richard Nussbaum, a lawyer who grad-
uated first in his NYU law school class,
died when he was 61 years old, in 1971.
Dorothy Nussbaum, who had been a
high-school English teacher in Hacken-
sack until she became a mother, lived
alone, happily and competently, occa-
sionally complaining about her failing
memory but exhibiting no troubling
symptoms, until she turned 90.
Then it became clear that she could
no longer live without a caretaker, her
son said. The problems he and his sister
faced are familiar to many middle-aged
people lucky enough still to have parents.
His mother drove longer than she should
have. By the time her last license was
not renewed, She could remember how
to go to only a few places Montammy
Golf Club, on Route 9W, or Bischoff s
and Louies Charcoal Pit on Cedar Lane
in Teaneck, her son said. Toward the
end of the time she was still driving, once
or twice shed call me and say, Im here,
but I dont know how to get there. She
had a minor accident, could not remem-
ber either how it happened or how to get
home, and needed a police escort. That
was when she stopped driving.
We were very lucky that nothing more
significant happened, Mr. Nussbaum said.
Still, the decision to stop his mother from
driving was agonizing. Their car and liv-
ing alone are the last two vestiges of peo-
ples independence, he said. When we
take those things away, people feel as if
their lives are over.
Ms. Nussbaum had a fear of living in a
nursing home, even a very good one, her
son said. She would always say, Dont put
me there. That stuck with my sister and
me. We couldnt do it.
He sometimes questions that decision,
Robert Nussbaum and his mother, Dorothy Nussbaum, at one of her last family outings, around 2008.
In the late 1980s, Ms. Nussbaum sits with her grandchildren; from left, Lindsay
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Mr. Nussbaum said, although he does not think it was
the wrong one. But it hasnt been easy not for us, not
for the caretakers, and not for her.
Mr. Nussbaums writing about his mother is direct and
honest; it is moving, and at times it is lovely. It addresses
head-on some of the issues about which other people,
those not in his situation, might wonder.
His mother now is blind; when she does speak, which
is infrequent, it often is not easy to understand what she
is saying, even when it is in English. Both Mr. Nussbaum
and Ms. Kaplan visit her frequently; they try to enter her
world because she no longer can return to theirs, Mr.
Nussbaum said. They talk to her, even though she can-
not answer them.
The story he contributed to Chicken Soup for the
Soul describes how one day he walked into her room
and heard Frank Sinatras voice coming from her stereo.
His was the music of her adolescence and young adult-
hood, and it comforted her. This time, in the middle of
Mr. Nussbaums one-sided conversation, all of a sudden
my moms arm came up, as if she were conducting, he
said. And then she started to sing. She sang along per-
fectly with the Sinatra song for a verse or two, and then
she was quiet again.
Since then, Sinatra often plays in her room, and Mr.
Nussbaum, in one of the role reversals that is a primary
feature of dealing with parents with Alzheimers, sings
to her. She likes my singing, even though no one else
does, he said.
Mr. Nussbaums letters to the New York Times are dif-
ferent in tone than his writing about his mother. Last
week, the newspapers new Times Insider section its
new pay wall, where once again it is trying to find some
way to monetize its web presence featured a look at
some of its most prolific letter-writers, including Mr.
Nussbaum.
The editor of the Letters section, Thomas Feyer,
emailed 35 of the papers most faithful and most pub-
lished correspondents. He asked each of them three
questions, including one about the effect that having
written so many letters has had on the writers life.
Insomnia, Mr. Nussbaum wrote. That, too, was
published.
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Some of his best friends
How Seeds of Peace made the political personal for a Teaneck teen
LARRY YUDELSON
T
he course at the Bergen County
Academies in Hackensack would
have been impossible to imagine
when we were going to school.
Its not the topic: Empathy and Dialogue
in the Middle East.
Its the medium: Each session, students
videoconference with a different teen in
a different place Israel, Jordan, Gaza,
Egypt, etc.
The class provides a personal introduc-
tion to understanding a part of the world
that is far away but often in the news.
Most astonishingly, its taught by a fel-
low student: 11th grader Ben Sharp, 17. An
American Jew from Teaneck, he knows
peers throughout the Middle East through
taking part in a program called Seeds of
Peace last summer.
(Ben will speak about his Seeds of Peace
experience on Saturday at his synagogue,
Teanecks Temple Emeth.)
Seeds of Peace is a nonprofit organization
that runs a camp, also called Seeds of Peace,
in southern Maine. The camps program-
ming combines traditional summer-camp
fare sports, waterfront activities, arts and
crafts with an encounter group.
Last June, when Ben met his bunkmates,
he found he was the only American Jew in a
group with three Israelis, four Palestinians,
one Jordanian, and one Egyptian.
There were three counselors, which was
a good thing, given that when the Israelis
entered the bunk and met the Palestinians
who had arrived before them, you saw this
tense awkwardness you can almost cut with
a knife, Ben said.
For most of the Palestinians and Israelis
who, remember, all were high school stu-
dents it was the first time they had ever
come in contact with the other side.
Yet by the end of the three-and-a-half-
week session, we were all brothers in
everything except blood, he said.
Ben believes that going on the program
was the best thing he ever did.
I met the most interesting, most kind,
most passionate, most humorous people
in the world, he said. Beside the countries
represented in his bunk, he made friends
with students from Afghanistan, Pakistan,
and India.
Theyre people I still keep in touch with,
he said.
Learning to swim at summer camp
requires hard work by the camper and expert
guidance by swim instructors. Similarly, the
friendships Ben developed at Seeds of Peace
didnt happen accidentally.
The multinational group swam in the lake
together and played soccer together. But the
central activity was when the group gathered
in the dialogue hut for 90 minutes of sched-
uled dialogue each day.
It was the most challenging thing Ive ever
done in my life, Ben said. It was challenging
emotionally.
It was frustrating, because at first we were
just yelling at each other. We were trying to
get out what we wanted to say and what our
opinions were. It took us a really long
time to realize that if we wanted our
own words to have an impact on oth-
ers in the dialogue hut, we would have
to offer our ears to what everyone else
has to say also.
I know it sort of sounds like a kin-
dergarten concept, but when you put it
into practical use it still applies to teen-
agers. It still applies to the adult world.
Unfortunately, I dont think its
widely practiced.
One of the key secrets of the dia-
logue process was to speak in the first
person, to share your own personal
stories, how the conflict has affected
you, Ben said. When you leave your
house in Ramallah, what do you see?
What do you feel?
I saw how that had a more mean-
ingful impact on me, he said.
Every day for a week, the group gathered
in the dialogue hut and yelled at each other.
We were stuck, Ben said. They told us
we were one of the most difficult dialogue
groups to work with. I started to lose hope
and not trust the process. You expect to move
forward and not be yelling at each other the
same things over and over, who was right and
who was wrong in 1948. You want to reach a
level of understanding but we couldnt.
That was so disheartening, to just be
stuck and hear these really vicious tirades be
thrown across each other between friends.
Then, on the seventh day, all of a sudden
found we a way to respect each other and
listen to each other. That was huge, that was
everything. It was such a relief.
The stories Ben heard from the people who
were becoming friends people with whom
he was playing every day were dramatic,
painting the Israeli-Arab conflict as anything
but abstract.
I remember my friend Ahmed sharing a
story of how he was walking home to his refu-
gee camp outside of Bethlehem, Ben said.
He was with his younger brother and his
younger brothers best friend. They were
right by the checkpoint to enter the refu-
gee camp. There was a demonstration. He
hears a shot. The next thing he knows his
brothers best friends brains are scattered
all over his shoe.
That hit me like a rock.
I had to watch him say that. I had to watch
the emotions on his face and the tears come
out of his eyes. I could see how hard it was for
him to share that story with us.
My friend Idan was saying how his uncle
was sent to neutralize a bomb that was on
a bus in Tel Aviv. Something happened and
he wasnt able to deactivate it properly. Idan
and his father were on the phone with the
uncle as he was dying.
That was also a difficult story to listen to
that had a major impact on all of us, he said.
In the end, the success of the dialogue
and its intimacy forged friendships. They
probably know me better than some of my
friends here who Ive known all my life,
said Ben, who stays in touch with his friends
through Facebook, Whatsapp, Skype, and a
private social network run by Seeds of Peace.
With friends around the world, news
headlines have become personal.
Shortly after he got back from camp last
summer, 500 people were killed in one day
in the streets of Cairo. Ben immediately
texted all his friends there: Are you okay?
Are your family and friends okay?
One such Cairo friend i s Nouran
Mohamed Sobhy, who will also be speaking
at Temple Emeth. The two became friends
at an evening concert put on by counselors.
One of the Egyptian kids introduced her
and she started dancing to a song we both
knew, he said.
Nouran lives across the street from the
presidential palace. Shes been there for
the revolution, Ben said. It definitely
makes me worry a lot.
The experience also taught Ben skills that
hes putting into practice as he leads the
course at his high school. I feel that I am
able to understand the dynamics of a group,
of a conversation, and how to influence it to
make progress, he said.
The class is a collaboration with one of the
schools Spanish teachers, an Argentinean
woman who lived in Israel and served in the
IDF. She long had wanted to teach an elective
course on the Middle East and Ben and his
overseas friends served as the catalyst.
The students in the class include a girl
who was born in Israel and another from
Turkey. Most of the remaining students
have no prior knowledge or experience
with the conflict, Ben said. The entire
experience is entirely new to them. Its an
adventure.
What: Is the Person Eating
Hummus Next to Me My Enemy?
A Summer at Seeds of Peace
Who: High school students
Nouran Mohamed Sobhy, a
Muslim-Egyptian from Cairo, and
Ben Sharp, a Jewish-American
from Teaneck
When: Saturday, June 14, noon.
Where: Temple Emeth, Teaneck,
1666 Windsor Road
Ben Sharp and Nouran Mohamed Sobhy
Ben Sharp and his Seeds of Peace
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Winklers to be honored in Fort Lee
Young Israel of Fort Lee will host a
dinner in honor of Rabbi Neil Win-
kler and his wife, Andrea, who are
planning to make aliyah after 36
years of service to Fort Lee and Ber-
gen County. The celebration is set
for the Fort Lee Doubletree Hotel
on Sunday, June 22 at 5 p.m. The
Winklers have five grown children
and nine grandchildren. For infor-
mation, call (201) 592-1518 or email
yiftlee@gmail.com.
Andrea Winkler
Sara Lederer
Rabbi Neil Winkler
Local graduate among Touro/NCSY
scholarship awardees
Sara Lederer of Bergenfield was among seven outstanding high
school graduates from across the nation selected to receive the
prestigious Sarah Rivkah and Dr. Bernard Lander ztl Scholar-
ship, given jointly by Touro College and the Orthodox Unions
National Council of Synagogue Youth.
Touro College, which has a close working relationship with
the Orthodox Union, offers scholarships to outstanding NCSY
graduates who choose to attend one of Touros Lander Col-
leges in New York City Lander College for Men in Queens,
Lander College for Women/The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten
School in Manhattan, and Lander College of Arts and Sci-
ences in Flatbush.
Secemskis and Elbaums
are Keter Torah honorees
Congregati on Keter
Torah in Teaneck will
host its 14th annual din-
ner on Monday, June
16, at 6:30 p.m. Tammy
and Ken Secemski are
the guests of honor and
Gila and Gary Elbaum
are the Esther and Wil-
liam B. Manischewitz
Communit y Service
awardees.
The Secemskis moved to Teaneck 16
years ago with their five children and
joined Keter Torah, where they are active
members. Ken, a senior vice president at
Merrill Lynch, attends the daily minyan
at Keter Torah before work. Tammy, the
owner of Teanecks Glatt Express Super-
market and Lazy Bean Caf, provides
refreshments for Rabbi Baums weekly
morning shiur as well as meals for those
in need.
Since moving to Bergenfield in 1999, the
Elbaums have been active in Keter Torah
and the community. Together they volun-
teer with their children at shul events and
fundraisers. Gila served five years as co-
president of ATARA and is a member of
the Keter Torah Advisory Council.
The shul is at 600 Roemer Ave. For
information, call (201) 907-0180 or visit
www.ketertorah.org.
Ken and Tammy
Secemski
Gary and Gila Elbaum
JECS Rabbi Taub wins honor
Rabbi Shmuel Taub, a faculty member at the Jewish Educa-
tional Center in Elizabeth, was selected as the 2014 Grin-
spoon Award-winner for Excellence in Jewish Education in the
Greater MetroWest New Jersey region.
According to the Grinspoon Foundation, the awards are
designed to recognize, honor and support outstanding class-
room Jewish educators worthy of national recognition and
are presented to professionals in communities across North
America in conjunction with their central agencies for Jewish
education or Jewish federations.
Rabbi Shmuel
Taub
Rutgers Hillel is award-winner
Five students active with Rut-
gers Hillel have been elected
to the ranks of the Scarlets,
recipients of the Universitys
Student Life-Student Involve-
ments highest annual recog-
nition. In addition, Hillel staff
member Gregory Yellin of
Edison, its director of engage-
ment, received the Arrigo O.
Rogers Award as the Univer-
sitys Outstanding Advisor of
the Year.
The Scarlets awards program is con-
ducted annually to recognize organiza-
tions and people who have shown an
immense amount of dedication or service
and leadership to the uni-
versity and community. Out-
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organizations, faculty, and
staff members are nominated
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lence, and organizational
achievement.
Mr. Yellin is the third Hil-
lel professional to receive
the award. He follows Rabbi
Esther Reed of Highland Park, the senior
associate director at Rutgers Hillel, and
Sarah Portilla of Marlboro, development
manager at the Jewish Federation of Mon-
mouth County, who were earlier winners.
Gregory Yellin
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Not just a gym,
A Family Wellness Center
consulting with her. (Once the Seidens decided to sign
onto the new JCC, their friends added their support,
and the dream became reality.)
Ms. Seiden, by all accounts, was happy at home,
raising her three children, Stephen, Pearl, and Mark.
Behind the scenes, she and her husband were full
life partners. He was their public face, but she was its
heart and soul. Mr. Seiden made no philanthropic gift
without clearing it with his wife, Dr. Gold said.
Love was a constant theme in all her relation-
ships, Dr. Gold added. Her three children made her
the grandmother of 13, and those 13 first cousins so
far have 11 children between them. Ms. Seiden loved
them all.
Beyond all that, Dr. Gold said, was her love for her
husband and her husbands for her. It was a true
romance, according to Dr. Gold, who quoted Edgar
Alan Poes ode to his lost child bride, Annabelle Lee,
to describe it. He loved with a love that was more
than love, and that described both of them, she said.
In 1976, the Seidens life changed. A nightmarish
and avoidable accident in a hospital, where Ms.
Seiden had gone for what should have been a routine
procedure, put her in a coma, one from which her
doctors assumed that she could not awaken.
But she did wake up. Against all odds, her strong will
and desire to live pulled her out of the coma. Although
she was left with physical deficits, she did not let them
conquer her; instead, she conquered them.
Dr. Gold and her husband, Dr. Arnold Gold, often trav-
eled with the Seidens, and she always was struck by Ms.
Seidens tenacity, her determination not to be defined
or hobbled by her disabilities. She climbed stairs she
climbed up the Pyramids. She used her medical condi-
tion as a way to learn to be positive rather than negative,
and she developed a sense of humor.
She always had a strong sense of justice. As her
family learned after the accident, Ms. Seiden had
struck a pact with her housekeeper; if Inel looked
after the Seidens when she worked for them, then
Ms. Seiden pledged to look after Inel in her old age.
Before Ms. Seiden regained consciousness, her hus-
band, knowing nothing of that pact, laid Inel off. He
did not need a housekeeper. Ms. Seiden had heard
about that before she regained enough strength to
be able to talk; once she could talk, her first words
were a question about Inel, and a demand that she
be taken care of. (Later, Inel returned to work once
again for the Seidens.)
Everything Barbara accomplished in her life was
totally unexpected by the experts, Dr. Gold said. She
was super. Her determination her steel will she just
went ahead. She forged ahead.
Neither she nor Norm ever accepted defeat.
And the community Barbara Seiden left behind is
stronger for that iron will.
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We Congratulate This
Years Award Recipients
Valedictorians in
General and Judaic Studies
Danielle Bash and Tal Kamin
Award for Academic Excellence
in General Studies
Alexandria Murad
The Stephanie vrha Prezant zl okug iue, Award
Dalia Rotman
Presented to a student who demonstrates like Stephanie did a love for okug iue,,
building positive relationships among peers, and creating a more cohesive community.
The Rabbi Jehiel Orenstein zl Righteous Path vrah lrs Award
Ariel Abergel
Presented to the Schechter graduate who in the words of our ancestors, ihsv ,ruan ohbpk,
has gone beyond our high standards of decency to cultivate ,uhrcv sucf (respect for others) and a
cuy ck (a good heart, disposed to create good perspective, good friendships, good neighborliness, and good
judgment and consequences), thus enhancing the character of our entire Schechter community.
SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL
OF BERGEN COUNTY
Graduating Class of 2014
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ihkuxt ohhj Henry Asulin .hcuern rha Shir Markowitz
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rfc ktgs Dael Bejar .hcuexn vra vbhr Renee Moskowitz
;uvyxc ihnhbC Benyamin Besthof srun kdhx Alexandria Murad
khas kthbs Daniel Dachille ebr,xp vabn i,buh Jonathan Pasternak
rdzbs kthbs Daniel Danzger rmkhp vruthk Leora Piltzer
zckt kfhn Alexia Elbaz hbcr gkx Sela Rabbani
drcskud rurs i,ht Eitan Dror Goldberg izur vra Sari Rosen
ihhyxbhrd vhtn Maya Greenstein inyr vhks Dalia Rotman
dhbuv vtk Leanne Honig inyr vhrfz Zachary Rotman
ihne ky Tal Kamin inra van Max Sherman
ihkre van ohhj Moshe Karlin rukhx sus David Silver
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ihsud-rkxe kyhct Avital Kessler-Godin ihhp-tubry hbur Ronen Tarnow-Fine
ihhke ,hnuka Sydney Klein skpbcy ruchd Gordon Taubenfeld
idue i,n Matan Kogen rnhz vhrfz Zachary Zimmer
rtuk vatc Blake Lower inreuz vrpha Shifra Zuckerman
Salutatorians in
General and Judaic Studies
Yael Amozeg and Zachary Zimmer

Mazal Tov to Our SSDS graduates!
Our graduates will attend Abraham Joshua
Heschel High School, Golda Och Academy,
SAR Academy High School, Solomon
Schechter School of Westchester High
School, The Ramaz Upper School, and other
elite private high schools.
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Barbara Seiden
FROM PAGE 7
She was super. Her
determination her
steel will she just
went ahead. She
forged ahead.
DR. SANDRA GOLD
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SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL
OF BERGEN COUNTY
Kol HaKavod to our SSDS Alumni
who will attend the following
colleges, universities, and
Israel gap-year programs:
Know from where you came,
and to where you will go.
(Pirkei Avot 3:1)
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275 McKinley Avenue
New Milford, NJ 07646
Tel: 201-262-9898
Art Institute of Chicago
Bar-Ilan University
Bergen Community College
Binghamton University
Boston University
Brown University
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Elon University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Harvard University
Hunter College
Israeli Army
Johns Hopkins University
Lynn University
Manhattanville College
Muhlenberg College
NativThe College Leadership
Program in Israel
Northeastern University
Pennsylvania State University
University of Pittsburgh
Quinnipiac University
University of Rochester
Rutgers University
Syracuse University
Trinity College
Tulane University
University of Rhode Island
Vanderbilt University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wesleyan University
Yale University
SSDS Class of 2010 at their 8
th
Grade Graduation
SSDS Class of 2010 at a Recent Class Reunion
While D-Day claimed many more lives than was
expected, I dont think they could have planned it
very differently, Mr. Wagner said. You just cant pre-
dict in that type of situation. DDE [President Eisen-
hower] had a limited period of clear sky. He gambled
with it.
When something goes wrong, then it depends on
the people on the ground: how they respond, how
they react, how they field their mission. The mission is
the most important thing in their thinking. They have
a job to do.
When Mr. Wagners tank finally was able to storm the
beach on D-Day, it took up a position overlooking a high-
way. Below it were infantry troops from K company,
which had been decimated, he said.
It stands out in my mind. I think of the guts these guys
had. Four or six of them would go ahead and scout the
highway until they were out of sight. Then they would
come running back. Some would lose their helmet or
their gun. They had to get back quickly.
They had a job to do, he continued. It was their mis-
sion. Theres something that happens to a person that is
superior to reasoning, to logic, to anything else. Some-
body depends on you. You dont think about country or
flag, you think about those men.
It happened to me deep in the war, when we were
overlooking the Siegfried Line. Everyone had withdrawn
to the bivouacs, but they asked us to stay behind. A group
of infantry men were trapped.
The tank remained even in the face of German fire. Mr.
Wagner even got out of the tank to try to fix the tanks gun,
which had jammed.
I could have left then and there, but those men were
important to me, he said. Theres a sense of comrade-
ship even when you dont know the other people.
When the German fire got dangerously close, Mr. Wag-
ner told the tank driver to leave, and he returned to the
bivouac on foot.
Now retired, Mr. Wagner who returned home from
Europe on December 12, 1945 is busily searching out
a complete history of what took place with the tank bat-
talion, hour by hour, until we reached the end of the war.
He will not soon forget the events of June 6, 1944.
That day has always been very important to me,
he said. I lost some very good friends.
Mission
FROM PAGE 8
Hy Wagner with his wife, Norma, and their
daughter, Beth, at the reunion.
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TRUTH REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES
Wake up and
smell the hatred
Why Israelis and all Jews
must begin to fight back
S
pending a week delivering lectures in Ger-
many,Holland,andSwitzerlandgavemea
renewedperspectiveonEuropeanJewishlife
andattitudestowardJews.Manyofmylec-
tureswerebasedaroundmynewbookKosherLust,
whichledtothefrequentquestion,IsittruethatJews
havesexthroughasheetwithaholeinthemiddle?
IrespondedthattheJewishlawallowingacouple
tohavesexthroughasheetwithaholeinthemiddle
isactuallyalenientrabbinicposition,mostlyprac-
ticedbyReformJews.ThetrulyOrthodoxhavesex
intwodifferentbedroomsthroughaholeinthewall,
while the ultra-Orthodox
areinthehabitofdonning
fullbodyarmorjustbefore
sex. (Incidentally, in Jew-
ish law any and all cloth-
ing is prohibited during
sex,becauselove-making
is about becoming bone
ofonebone,fleshofone
flesh. Even condoms are
prohibitedasacontracep-
tivefortheartificialbarrier
theyimposebetweenhus-
bandandwifethepillor
adiaphragmispreferred.)
There seems to be no lie that the Jews can be
accused of that the rest of the world especially
Europewillnotabsorb.First,wewerechargedwith
killingGod.Next,thatwepoisonedEuropeswells
duringtheBlackDeath.ThenwetorturedtheEucha-
ristwaferstocausefurthersufferingtoJesus,whose
fleshwasincarnateinit.Afterthat,wekilledChristian
children,and,likevampireswedrainedtheirblood
intoourmatzahs.Ofcourse,countlesspeopleacross
theworldbelievethatinanongoingconspiracy,Jews
plotandschemeabouttakingovertheworld.
In2014,manyEuropeansbelievethattinyIsrael
isthecauseofmostofthestrifeintheMiddleEast,
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is founder of This World: The
Values Network, the foremost organization influencing
politics, media, and the culture with Jewish values. He
has just published Kosher Lust: Love is Not the Answer.
Follow him on Twitter @RabbiShmuley.
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Mourning a toddler
L
ast Shabbat, Chana Tova
Poupko, the daughter of
Dr. Shoshana and Rabbi
Chaim Poupko, died. She
was2 yearsold.
Wecanwriteobituariesaboutpeo-
plewhodiedafterlonglives.Wecan
celebratetheiraccomplishments,link
them to their ancestors, name their
descendants,anddescribetheirplace
inourworld.
Oftenwefinishsuchassignments
feelingtheholeintheworldleftby
the absence of someone we had
neverknown.
And then we are confronted with
thedeathofachild,andeverything
goesblack.
A child has young parents and no
descendents, no accomplishments
beyondwalking,talking,thefirstsmile,
thefirsttooth,thewayshepronounced
herwords,huggedherfriends,played
withhertoys,pettedhercat.Herworld
wassupposedtolayopeninfrontof
her.Herpathshouldhavebeenlong.
Itisneitherourplacenorourincli-
nation to consider the theological
implications of a childs death. We
knowthatRabbiPoupko,theassociate
rabbiatCongregationAhavathTorah
in Englewood for the last decade,
comesfromaprominentChicagorab-
binicfamily.WehopethatheandDr.
Poupkofindcomfortintheirfaith.We
knowthateversinceChanawasdiag-
nosedwithcancer,at13months,the
family has been supported by their
communitysfiercelove.
We also know that the death of a
childcanputherparentsandtherest
ofherfamilyatthebottomofablack
hole,aslimy,airless,light-lessplace.
Whilethereisnotmuchanyonecando,
eitherforChanasfamilyorforthefami-
liesofotherchildrenwhohavesuffered
throughthedeathoftheirownbeloved
children,wemustdowhateverwecan.
Sometimes, standing close to
mourners, being there, being pres-
ent,canholdthemupwhentheirown
strengthfails.Wehopethatthecom-
munitywillcontinuetoprovidecom-
forttothePoupkos,andtoeveryone
elseintheirsituation.
Hamakom yenachem otam btoch
shear aveilei Tzion vYerushalayim.
May God comfort them among the
mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
-JP
Its no joke
L
ast week, on our page 3,
which is meant to be a
light-hearted look at the
extremes of the weeks
news,seemstohavestruckmanypeo-
pleasbeingnothingofthekind.
Weunderstandthatthepositionof
womenisthethirdrailofJewishlife,at
leastintheOrthodoxworld.(Theliberal
Jewishworldisegalitarian.)Partnership
minyanim, womens tefillah groups,
womenandTalmudstudy,maharats
eachoneofthosedevelopmentselic-
itscontroversy.Thedebatebetweendif-
ferentinterpretationsofhalacharages
on.Normallywegonearitonlywith
extremecare,butlastweekthatseems
nottohavebeenthecase.
We admit to some surprise. The
issuewasthefar-rightJewishworlds
increasingtendencynottoallowwom-
ensimagestobeshown,eveninsitu-
ationswherewomenmustbepresent.
One of the illustrations we showed
wasofacharedigroomaloneundera
chuppah,notwaitingforhisbridebut
seeminglyinthemiddleofthewed-
dingceremonywithouther.
We have gotten letters telling us
that such illustrations convey only
stringent modesty this might not
be a level of observance we all can
attain,butitisonetowardwhichwe
allshouldaspire.
Thisisbothnewandsurprising.
Wedidnotthinkthatanyonewould
see these photos as anything other
thaneitherfunnyordisturbing.
Weknowthatnomatterwhatthis
community in general thinks about
women, it does not shy from allow-
ing them in pictures. Yeshivot send
uspicturesofgirlsplayingsports,act-
ingonstage,workingonscienceproj-
ects, competing for prizes, winning
awards.Colleges,includingYU,send
usphotosofyoungwomeninIsrael,
workingwithyoungchildren,walking
inparades,workinginlaboratories.
Synagoguessenduspicturesofmar-
riedcouplesastheyhonorthem.
Wedonotgetthesensethatweare
sentthesephotosasaconcessionto
weakness. Instead, it is clear to us
that our community standards not
onlyallowbutactivelyexpectwomen
tobeseen.
Wealsothinkthatthepeoplewho
are upset with us have pictures of
theirownparentsandgrandparents
weddings,showingthebrideaswell
asthegroom.
Wearesorryifourtoneupsetsome
ofourreaders.
Andtheyareright.Erasingwomen
isnojoke. -JP
It is clear to
us that our
community
standards not
only allow
but actively
expect women
to be seen.
Rabbi
Shmuley
Boteach
TRUTH REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES
Wake up and
smell the hatred
Why Israelis and all Jews
must begin to fight back
S
pending a week delivering lectures in Ger-
many,Holland,andSwitzerlandgavemea
renewedperspectiveonEuropeanJewishlife
andattitudestowardJews.Manyofmylec-
tureswerebasedaroundmynewbookKosherLust,
whichledtothefrequentquestion,IsittruethatJews
havesexthroughasheetwithaholeinthemiddle?
IrespondedthattheJewishlawallowingacouple
tohavesexthroughasheetwithaholeinthemiddle
isactuallyalenientrabbinicposition,mostlyprac-
ticedbyReformJews.ThetrulyOrthodoxhavesex
intwodifferentbedroomsthroughaholeinthewall,
while the ultra-Orthodox
areinthehabitofdonning
fullbodyarmorjustbefore
sex. (Incidentally, in Jew-
ish law any and all cloth-
ing is prohibited during
sex,becauselove-making
is about becoming bone
ofonebone,fleshofone
flesh. Even condoms are
prohibitedasacontracep-
tivefortheartificialbarrier
theyimposebetweenhus-
bandandwifethepillor
adiaphragmispreferred.)
There seems to be no lie that the Jews can be
accused of that the rest of the world especially
Europewillnotabsorb.First,wewerechargedwith
killingGod.Next,thatwepoisonedEuropeswells
duringtheBlackDeath.ThenwetorturedtheEucha-
ristwaferstocausefurthersufferingtoJesus,whose
fleshwasincarnateinit.Afterthat,wekilledChristian
children,and,likevampireswedrainedtheirblood
intoourmatzahs.Ofcourse,countlesspeopleacross
theworldbelievethatinanongoingconspiracy,Jews
plotandschemeabouttakingovertheworld.
In2014,manyEuropeansbelievethattinyIsrael
isthecauseofmostofthestrifeintheMiddleEast,
Opinion
andthatits6,000,000Jewishcitizensarerespon-
siblefortheplightofthe400,000,000whosur-
roundit.
TheCzechRepublicisconsideredfriendlyto
Israel,givenitshistoryasanobjectofappease-
ment to Hitlers insatiable appetite. But that
friendshipdidnotstopagovernmentofficialtell-
ingme,respectfully,thatIsraelsstealingPales-
tinianlandhadalienatedmostofEurope.WhenI
remindedhimthatIsraelactuallyhadconquered
the West Bank in a defensive war launched by
Jordan,hadofferedtocreateaPalestinianstate
theremanytimes,andthatthePalestinianshad
responded with a terror wave that killed thou-
sandsofIsraelis,hetoldmethatnoneofthatmat-
tered.HehadnegativefeelingstowardIsrael.
ThebasicstrategyofIsraelandtheJewishcom-
munitymustchange.
WeeasilycouldblameEuropeananti-Semitism
foranti-Israelhostility.Butalthoughitstrue,its
too convenient, and it absolves us Jews of the
responsibilityofcommunicatingourmessage.
Untilnow,ithasmostlybeenourpolicytoover-
lookludicrousliesagainsttheJews,believingthat
respondingtothemwasdignifyingthem.Israel
haslostthepublicrelationsbattlebecausesomany
Israelisbelievedthatthejusticeoftheircausewas
soself-evidentthatitrequirednodefense.
Well,wakeupandsmellthehatred.Thepolicy
hasfailedmiserably.Ifhistoryhastaughtasany-
thing,itsthattheworldwillbelievethatwehave
hornsunderouryarmulkesunlessthefalsehood
isaggressivelychallenged.
Hardlyaweekgoesbywhenseriousnewalle-
gations arent hurled against Israel. The latest
waswhenthepopeprayedinfrontofPalestin-
iangraffitiequatingBethlehemwiththeWarsaw
Ghetto.Thismadeafundamentallygoodmanan
unwittingpartytoHolocausttrivialization.Tous
Jewsthisisagrotesque,revoltinglie,thatshould
requirenorejoinder.Butwearefoolingourselves
ifwethinkthatmostoftheworlddoesntalready
believe that Israels anti-terror wall is a giant
Alcatraz.
InAprilmyorganization,ThisWorld:TheVal-
uesNetwork,startedaseriesoncampus,inviting
Israelsleadingcriticstodefendtheirallegations
againstIsraelinopendebate.Thefirstforum,at
Columbia,featuredPeterBeinart,whocallsfora
boycottagainstallproductsfromtheWestBank
includingSodaStreambecauseoftheIsraeli
occupation.IaskedhimwhyheusesaniPhone,
giventhatitismanufacturedinChina,whichhas
beenoccupyingTibetformorethanhalfacentury.
Hehadnoresponse.
Awomancameovertomeandsaidthatshe
believed that arguments like these, defending
Israel, should be a standard feature of Jewish
day school education. I could not agree more.
Every Jewish young adult should be equipped
torespondtoliesabouttheJewishpeople.The
worldJewishcommunityshouldadoptthepolicy
that every lie should be convincingly rebutted
at a grassroots level, not dismissed as beneath
contempt.
Jewsmaynotuseasheetwithaholeinthemid-
dleforsex.Butwedoneedawallwithoutany
holes to stop terrorists from blowing up more
Jewishchildren.Andunlesswecanpersuadethe
restoftheworldofthejusticeofourcause,they
will continue to put barriers in the path of our
barriers.
JS-19*
Should Bergdahl have gone free?
On Sergeant Bergdahl, President Obama,
and the halacha of pidyon shevuyim
T
hecontroversysurroundingtheprisonerexchange
ofTalibanterroristsforSgt.BoweBergdahlisa
storythattheJewishpeopleknowswell.
The questions being raised of whether the
presidentagreedtotoomuch,whetherthedealputsmore
Americansindanger,andwhetherSgt.Bergdahldeservedthe
release,areoldquestionstoJewishears.TheJewishexperi-
encediffersfromtheAmericanexperiencehere,becausewe
asJewshavealonghistoryofvictimizationatthehandsofthe
powerful.FromRomantimes,whencapturedJewsbecame
slaves,soldinaninternationalslavemarket,totheMiddle
Ages,whenJewssailingtheMediterraneanwouldfacecap-
turebypirates,Judaismalwayshasseenitasamitzvahto
ransomcaptives,calledinHebrewpidyonshevuyim.Rais-
ingmoneytoransomaJewishcaptivewasseenassavinga
life,whereasfailingtosomadesomeoneapassiveaccessory
tomurder.
Thereligiousimperativetoransomcaptivesiscodifiedin
thelegalcodesofJewishlawandissupportedbythedocu-
mentary evidence of the Cairo
Genizah, where an abundance
of fundraising circulars were
discovered raising money from
theJewishcommunitytopaythe
ransomofJewishcaptives.There
aresomesuchappealssignedby
Maimonideshimself.Jewishcom-
munitieslikeCairo(Fustat),which
hadmeansandwereaccessibleto
thesea,werenaturalmarketsfor
Mediterraneanpiratesseekingto
sell their Jewish cargo. The
importantpointhereisthatJewishcommunitiessawitasan
obligationtofreetheircaptiveco-religionist,irrespectiveof
whosheorhewasandwhereheorshewasfrom.
The Mishnah, the second-century code of Jewish law,
placesarestrictionontheimperativetoransomcaptives.The
ransomshouldberefusedifthepriceistoohigh,theMishnah
rules(Gittin4:6).Theexplanationfortherestrictionisthe
bettermentoftheworld(whattheycalledtikkunolam),and
isexplainedasconcerneitherthatbuyinghighwillraise
thepriceforcaptivesandincreasethefinancialburdenon
Jewishcommunitiespayingnewransoms,orthatagreeingto
highconditionswillleadtoanincreaseinthenumberofJews
beingcapturedforransom.Theinterplayofeconomicsand
ethicsisfascinating,butunderlyingthelawisadebateover
theconcernfortheindividualandthegreaterpublicgood.
The subsequent history of Jewish law on this question
entailsanongoingdebate,whichhasintensifiedinrecent
decadesinIsrael.Thecontroversialquestionsraisedregard-
ingSgt.Bergdahlareminisculecomparedtothescopeofthe
debatethatragesinIsraeleverytimetheIsraeligovernment
negotiatesaprisonerexchange.InbothAmericaandIsrael,
ourcaptivesarecaptivesoldiers,andtheransomwepayare
prisonerswehold.Israelhasfreedhundredstothousands
ofArabprisonersinexchangeforindividualIsraelisoldiers.
WhiletheprisonersfreedinwartimewereArabsoldiers,in
morerecentyearstheyhavebeenimprisonedterrorists,like
thosefreedfromGuantanamoBay.
Israelisocietyhaslearnedtolivewiththethreatofterror-
ism,justaspost-9/11Americahas,andthereleaseofmurder-
erswhomightgoontokillagainalwayshasbeenaheavy
pillforthepublictoswallow.Questionsalwaysareraisedas
towhetheritistheproperthingtodofornationalsecurity.
OneIsraelisoldier,ElhananTannenbaum,whowassetfree
in2003,hadbeencapturedbyterroristsinAbuDhabi,where
hewasallegedtohavebeenengagedinbuyingdrugsand
othercriminalactivity.AswithSgt.Bergdahl,themeritofhis
releasewasquestioned.Atothertimes,Israeltradedliving
terroristsfortheremainsofIsraelisoldiers.Iftherewasahigh
barforthepricepaidtoransomcaptives,theStateofIsrael
hashitthatbarrepeatedly,leavingtheObamaadministration
inthedistance.
EachtimethisquestionresurfacesinIsrael,rabbisreturn
tothehalachicdebateoverthemeaningoftheMishnahthat
restrictspayingtoohigharansom.Somecontinuetheinter-
pretivetraditionofignoringtherestriction,andothershave
arguedthatexorbitantransomsshouldberesisted.Wemay
rememberthecontroversyoverthearms-for-hostagesele-
mentoftheReaganadministrationsIran-Contraaffair.The
question,thenasnow,waswhetherrewardingthecaptors
onlyencouragesmorecaptivities.
From my perspective, the very existence of the line in
theMishnahrestrictingexorbitantransomsprovesthatwe,
asJews,alwayspaidhugeransoms.Thatis,theMishnahis
reactingtoanalreadyacceptedJewishvalue.Iamproudof
theJewishvalueonlife.Thepublicgoodiscriticalbecauseit
protectslife.Thepublicputsitselfonthelinetoprotectlife.
Sgt.Bergdahlsufferedthroughtheyearsofhiscaptivity.No
matterhispersonalmerits,wehavetorecognizethathewas
capturednotforwhoheis,butbecauseoftheAmericanflag
onhisshoulder.Heenduredhiscaptivityasourproxy,and
ourresponsibilitiestohim,astoallthosewhowearandwore
theuniform,shouldbeasiftheyarefamily,whomweloveno
matterwhat.
InIsrael,thecareandconcernforsoldiersandveterans
ismuchclosertoeveryonesheartbecauseallyoungpeople
(aslongastheyarenotAraborultra-OrthodoxJews)serve
inthearmyandplacethemselvesinthebreachonbehalfof
thepublic.InthewakeoftheterribleVAhealthcarescandal,
ourcountryneedstocaremoreaboutsoldiersandveterans.
WeshouldbeproudthatthegovernmentoftheUnited
StatesconsidersthevalueofasingleAmericanlifeasprimary.
NeverbeforehasAmericanpolicymatchedsocloselytoa
particularJewishvalue.TheIsraeliprimeministerswhohave
negotiatedoverlyexorbitantprisonerswapstobringIsraeli
soldiershomehaveincludedtheright-leaningArielSharon
andBenjaminNetanyahu.Theyunderstoodtheirresponsibil-
itiesasJewishcommanders-in-chieftoincludebringinghome
allthosetheysentoutinharmsway.Andnow,weshouldbe
proud,asJews,oftheAmericanpresident.
David J. Fine, the rabbi of Temple Israel and Jewish Community
Center in Ridgewood, earned his doctorate in modern
European history at CUNY. He also is an adjunct professor
of Jewish law at the Abraham Geiger and Zacharias Frankel
Colleges at the University of Potsdam, Germany.
Rabbi Dr.
David J. Fine
Opinion
JS-20*
Dispute for the sake of heaven?
The Conference of Presidents squares off against JStreet
W
e Jews are a fractious
bunch.
Thisrealityisreflected
in the famous bon mot
TwoJewsthreeopinions.Onthebasisof
therabbinictraditionanditsliterature,the
MishnahandTalmud,itisevenappropri-
atetospeakoftheJewishcultureasoneof
debateanddisputation.
Itwasnotalwaysso.TheTorahisquite
clear that disputes should not go on for
extended periods in communities, but
rather they should be submitted to the
priestsorjudgesandresolved.Thepriests
orjudgesdecisionsarefinal,andeveryone
whowaspartoftheoriginaldebatehadto
abidebythesingledecisionthatwasren-
dered.Ifanyonedeviatedfromthatdeci-
sion,heorshewassubjecttocapitalpun-
ishment(Deuteronomy17:8-13).
Unityofthissortwasshort-lived.Bythe
periodoftheSecondTempletherewere
many different Jewish sects, and
even various schools of thought
withinthosesects.Thus,latePhari-
saic/earlyrabbinicJudaismsawthe
beginningsofthecultureofdebate
inthedisputesbetweenShammai
andHillel,andevenmoreclearlyin
thedebatesbetweentheirschools.
Wearetoldthatoncethestudentsof
ShammaiandHillelbecamenumer-
ous,disputesalsobecamenumer-
ous.SoonthesingleTorahofIsrael
seemedliketwodifferentTorahs.
Thequestioniswhetherthedis-
putes between these two schools
wereconsideredgoodorbad.
Wegetsomehelpindecidingthisissue
fromthefamousMishnahtractateEthics
oftheFathers(PirkeiAvot).Thereweread:
AnydebatethatisforthesakeofHeavenin
theendwillendure;butanydebatethatis
notforthesakeofHeavenintheendwillnot
endure.Whatisconsideredadebateforthe
sakeofHeaven?Thedebatesoftheschools
ofShammaiandHillel.Andwhatisconsid-
eredadebatenotforthesakeofHeaven?
ThedisputeofKorachandhisfollowers.
Soitappearsthattherearedebatesthat
arelegitimateandhaveintegrity.Among
themarethedebatesbetweentheschools
of Shammai and Hillel and the debates
betweentheirdescendants,themanysages
whoseopinionssooftenwentinopposite
directions.
Whatmadethemdebatesforthesake
ofHeavenisthatthedisputantssought
tofindGodswillfortheJewishpeople
andhumanitybuttheyunderstoodthat
human beings could understand Gods
willonlyinpart.
Eachsagemightglimpseafacetofthat
will,butbeinghumanmeantneverknowing
Godswillcompletely.Thisledtoadegree
ofhumilityandanunwillingnesstoendthe
debate,becausewhocouldreallydecide
whowasright?
Notallthesageswerethatgenerous.Once
itbecameclearthattheschoolofHillelhad
wontheheartsandmindsofthemajority
ofrabbinicJews,somesagessaidthatitwas
timeputanendtodebate.Hence,hiscol-
leaguestoldRabbiTarfon,whofollowedthe
schoolofShammaispracticeofrecliningfor
theeveningShema,thathewasworthyof
deathfornotfollowingtheHillelitesrules
(Mishnah,Berakhot1:3).
Thisattitude,however,couldnotand
did not survive the basic tendency to
arguethatwassofundamentaltotherab-
binichouseofstudy.Therefore,itisnot
surprisingthatabout300yearsaftertheir
formation,thequestionofwhetherconsis-
tentobservanceaccordingtotheschoolof
ShammaiorofHillelwasacceptablestill
wasdebated(BabylonianTalmud,Bera-
khot 11a). A matter that seemed settled
intheyear90intheLandofIsraelwas
reopenedforconsiderationinthirdcen-
turyBabyloniawithnoresolution.
But there are unacceptable debates,
whicharenotforthesakeofHeaven.They
areliketheargumentsofKorachandhis
followers,whoroseupagainstMosesand
Aaroninanattempttowrestauthorityfrom
theirhands.Thatisnottosaythatleader-
shipcanneverbechallenged,butwhenthe
purposeissimplytogainprominenceor
powertofeedthedebatersownego,then
thatdebateisnotforthesakeofHeaven.Its
forthesakeofMe,me,me.
Debatesaboutprinciplesfine.Debates
forself-aggrandizementunacceptable.
So,tobringustoourJewishworldtoday,
Iwouldask:Whathasthedisputebetween
theConferenceofPresidentsofMajorJew-
ishOrganizationsandJStreetbeen?Hasit
beenahigh-mindeddebateaboutprinciples
betweentheparties?Ifso,ithasbeenadis-
puteforthesakeofHeaven.
Butwhataretheprinciplesinvolved?
TheConferenceofPresidentsclaimsthat
wemustsupportthepoliciesofthedemo-
cratically elected government of Israel,
becauseneitherwenoroursonsordaugh-
tersareontheline.Israel,notwe,isinthe
MiddleEast,andthatisnotaniceneighbor-
hood.Israelalsolivesinaworldinwhich
thereismuchunfairhostility
toward it, and as a byprod-
uct,towardJews.Therefore,
goodpolicywouldbetosup-
portIsraelexactlyasitwishes
ustosupportit.Further,itis
ourtasktowithholdammuni-
tionfromthosewhoarenot
friendsofIsraelortheJewish
people.Thatbeingthecase,
loudandpubliccriticismof
Israelisnotthepropertaskof
representativesoftheJewish
community.
Theseareallprincipledpositions.
JStreetclaimstobefightingforprinciples
aswell.ItholdsthatwhentheIsraeligovern-
mentputsitselfandthepeopleofIsraelinto
apositionwherepeacecannotbeachieved
and Jewish morality cannot be realized,
thenitisfairandevendesirabletowork
togetIsraelbackontrack,evenifitentails
appealing to the United States
ortotheUNtoinsertitselfinto
Israelsinternalaffairs.Thismust
bedonetopreserveIsraelforits
citizensandfortheJewishpeople
everywhere.Suchintervention
risksgivingIsraelsdetractorsand
itsoutrightenemiesammunition
withwhichtocondemntheState.
Nevertheless,wemusttakerisks
forthesoulandsafetyofIsrael.
Afterall,Jewishvaluesdemanda
highdegreeofmoralpurityand
theethicaluseofpowerand
Israeldoeshavepower.
ZionistJews,wherevertheymaybe,have
therighttoastateoftheycanbeproud,and
theobligationtohelpitbecomethatstateby
takingpracticalactionwhenitispossible.
These,too,areprinciples.
Ifallthiswereclearlythecase,thedebate
surelywouldbeforthesakeofHeaven.But
mattersaremorecomplicated.
Maybeitstheoldgang,theConference
members,wantingtohavethelastword
andthekoved,honor,ofhavingtheears
ofpresidentsandmembersofCongress.
MaybeJStreetseemstotheConferencelike
aKorach,lookingtostealauthorityfromthe
legitimaterepresentativesoftheAmerican
Jewishmajority(perhapssilent)whocare
aboutIsrael.Andwhenitcomestoyoung
AmericanJews,whomaynotfeelthesame
wayaboutIsraelasmanymembersofthe
Conference do, well, theyre young and
naive,andgivingJStreetlegitimacywilllead
theminthewrongdirection.
ItalsoispossiblethatJStreetsintentions
maybenotbeaspristineastheyaremade
outtobe.MaybeitsattempttojointheCon-
ferenceofPresidentswasamanipulative
ploy.Ifitwon,itwouldgainthesamekindof
influencethattheConferencehaswielded.
Thenitspaternalisticweknowbetterpol-
icyinrelationshiptotheStateofIsraelcould
gainamainstreambullypulpit
itdidnothavebefore.Ifthey
lost,theycouldastheyhave
criedCensorship!
Ifthesescenariosaretrue,
thenthisdebatehasnotbeen
forthesakeofHeaven.Inthat
case,itisimmenselytragic.
Ibelieve,however,thatthe
two sides indeed have been
involved in a debate for the
sakeofHeaven.
I believe the Conference
ofPresidentsofMajorJewish
Organizationsisaprincipledorganization.
ItdoeseverythinginitspowertohelpIsrael
andprotectitsinterests.Ifithasafault,it
maybethatitsupportsIsraelunquestion-
ingly,perhapsnottoIsraelsrealbenefit.
Ialsobelievethatithaserredintryingto
marginalizeJStreet.IftheConferencewere
secure, it would not need to build for-
tressesuptotheheavens.
IalsobelievethatJStreetisaprincipled
organization.Ifiterrs,iterrsonthesideof
outsiderspaternalism,whichdespitemy
reservationsmightnotbetheworstidea
when Israel conducts its diplomacy in a
dysfunctionalway.OftenIfeelthatJStreets
critiqueofIsraelistoopublic.Similarly,I
feelthatitisnaveaboutthepowerofcom-
pletelyfreespeech,andthatitflirtswith
dangerbyallowingsuchspeechatJStreet
conventions. Often such freedom gives
voicetoawfulideas,whichJStreethopesto
debunkbyreasoneddebate.
Butdowenotbelieveinhelpingpeople,
especiallythepeopleofIsrael,tofindtheir
waytobeingjustandatpeace?Dontwe
believeindebateasthewaytothetruth?
If these are JStreets principles and I
believetheyarethenitbelongsinthe
criticaldebatethatconsiderswhatisgood
fortheJews.
AsIhopeIhavemadeclear,determining
whetheradebateisorisnotforthesakeof
Heavenisnoteasy.Whenwefindourselves
indebates(andasJewshowcanwenot?),
mybottomlineis:Letusbecarefulinorder
tomakesurethedebateswemusthaveare
basedonprinciples,andthattheyhonor
theGodofthemanytruthsthatdebateand
disputecanuncover.
Professor Michael Chernick holds
the Deutsch Family Chair in Jewish
Jurisprudence and Social Justice at the
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion in New York; his area of expertise is
the Talmud. Professor Chernick received his
doctorate from the Bernard Revel Graduate
School and rabbinic ordination from R.
Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, both
affiliates of Yeshiva University. He has written
extensively about Jewish law and lore and
has lectured on these topics in the United
States, Europe, and Israel.
Rabbi Dr.
Michael
Chernick
The Torah is quite clear
that disputes should not
go on for extended
periods in communities,
but rather they should be
submitted to the priests
or judges and resolved.
Letters
JS-21
Anger from
the Orthodox world
IwasveryupsettoseetheentirePage3
of last weeks Jewish Standard devoted
to mocking the sensibilities, beliefs and
practicesofultra-OrthodoxJews.Thereis
enoughJew-hatredintheworldwithout
JewsdeprecatingthepracticesofotherJews
withwhomtheymightdisagree.Iamsure
thattherearemanydenominationalprac-
ticesinotherJewishbeliefsystemsthatcan
easilylendthemselvestoridiculebythose
notsharingthosebeliefs.Wouldanentire
pagebedevotedtomockingtheAmishfor
theirbeliefs?TheHindusfortheirs?Etc.
etc.TheJewishcommunitydeservesbetter
fromtheStandard.
Dr. Wallace Greene, Fair Lawn
Anger from
the Reform world
IwasdisappointedinDoemptypockets
makecoldhearts?(May30),startingwith
thepejorativeheadline,subhead,andlead
Canthebottomlinebetheonlylinefor
aJewishorganization?
They draw a conclusion about the
correctnessofTempleEmethsdecision
bettersuitedtoaneditorialpiece,nota
newsarticle.
The subhead says at last minute.
More than three months before the
startofschoolisthelastminute?When
should such a decision be made, four
yearsinadvance?
Astotheappropriatenessofthesyna-
goguesdecision,shouldanorganization
beforcedtocontinueaprograminwhich
itlosesmoney?
Thearticlemakesitclearthatfewmem-
bersofTempleEmeth,orpotentialmem-
bers,arebeingservedbytheprogram.One
parentquotedinthearticlehasanother
childinSolomonSchechter;theotheristhe
rabbiofanOrthodoxcongregation.
Yougavethelatter,RabbiGavrielBel-
lino, an entire column one-fourth of
thearticletocastaspersionsonTemple
Emeth,includingthisspeaksofdespera-
tionandincompetenceandTheyknow
theirbuildinginafewyearswillbeeither
anOrthodoxsynagogueorabreakaway
fromtheKoreanchurchacrossthestreet.
TheStandardhasareputationamong
Reform Jews that the paper does not
respectus.Thisarticleshowswhy.
Lloyd A. de Vries, Paramus
Zionist Spring
Iamnotnormallysupportiveofnew
Jewish/Israelibasedorganizationswe
seemtohavemorethanourshare.But
thetimehascomeforaneweffortthat
willrestorethegreatnessandvitalityof
theZionistmovement.
IsraelandtheJewishpeopleareunder
attack from the outside, and more
importantly, from the inside. Support
forZionismistheweakestIhaveseen.
Support for Israel seems to be getting
weakereveryday,especiallyfromwithin
ourJewishcommunity.
TheZionistSpringisaneweffortwith
which I am very impressed. It is not a
politicalparty,itisnotafundraisingorga-
nization.Itisratheranewvoiceofthe
Jewishpeople,demandingthatZionism
becomerelevantinourdailylivesagain.
ThroughtheZionistSpringIcandem-
onstrate my passion and commitment
practically,byshapingthedecisionsofthe
Zionistmovementthroughtheupcoming
WorldZionistCongress,theParliament
oftheJewishpeople.
Forme,therearefourpillarsonwhich
theZionistenterpriseisbuilt:
1)TheunityoftheJewishpeople:sorely
lacking to say the least. Almost three
decadesagoRabbiIrvingYitzGreen-
bergsCLALdevelopedanadthatsaid,
ThelasttimetheJewishpeoplewasso
dividedwelost10outof12tribesFor-
ever.NowIbelievethatwearesodivided
thatwemayloseIsraelforever.Weneed
todevelopanewgrassrootsefforttostop
thisgrowingdivide.
2) Making or supporting aliyah:
Althoughthenumbersofpeoplemaking
aliyahareholdinguporincreasing,the
vastmajorityseemstobecomingfrom
thetraditionalcommunity.TheReform
andConservativemovementsseemtonot
beseriousintermsofsupportingaliyah.
Thisisnothealthyforthosemovements,
thisisnothealthyforIsrael,thisisnot
healthyfortheJewishpeople.Weneedto
developanewgrassrootsefforttodevelop
aplanthatwillattractJewsofallstripesto
makealiyah.
3) Strengthen Israel: There are too
manyamonguswhothinkthatthebest
waytostrengthenIsraelistocriticizeit
constantly. Im reminded of something
RabbiDavidHartmanzlusetosay:Itis
oktocriticizeIsrael,butdoitasamother,
notamother-in-law.JStreethasbrought
criticismofIsraeltoanewhigh.Rabbi
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threateningtowithdrawfromtheConfer-
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rightmindthinkthatthesetwoexamples
strengthenIsrael?Weneedanewgrass-
roots effort that will negate these mis-
guidedefforts.
4)Ensuringthefuture:Withoutastrong
Israeltherewillbenofuture.Withouta
strongdiasporatherewillbenofuture.
Sure,Israelhaswarts,asdoesAmerican
Jewry.Weneedtodevelopanewgrass-
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makethingsbetterinbothIsraelandin
thediaspora,ortherewillbenofuturefor
theJewishpeople.
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alisades has the rides... Pali-
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over.
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free... sos the parking, so gee... Come on over.
Suppose, just for a moment, that you might
want to take an elephant water-skiing.
(No, dont ask why. Thats a question for
another time. Just go with it.)
Okay. So youve got the elephant. Youve got
a body of water big enough for it the Hudson
River.
Oh, and you happen to be on 30 acres that
span Cliffside Park and Fort Lee, in southern
Bergen County, not far at all from the river
but the direction to the river is less east than
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nothing.)
So your next steps are obvious.
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Palisades Amusement Park. Swings all day and
after dark.
That escapade, which happened in the mid-
1950s, was the brainchild of Sol Abrams of New
Milford, who was Palisades Amusement Parks
publicist from 1949 until it closed in 1971.
Mr. Abrams was born in 1925, and he is no
longer the fireball that he once was. Still,
when he talks about the park, which was not
only his livelihood but also his passion, he vis-
ibly regains energy. He has a story of stories
about the park, and any stories hes forgotten,
his grandson, Avi Schneck of North Caldwell,
remembers.
The park, which first opened, under another
As summer
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at the Palisades
Amusement Park
through the eyes
of its longtime
publicist,
Sol Abrams
Come on over
Sol Abrams proposed to his wife, Zelda, at the parks Tunnel of Love.
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name, in 1898, never was a Disneyland;
it was, from all reports, not obsessively
scrubbed; it did not use cutting-edge tech-
nology; it was not an aspirational vacation
site, to be visited only infrequently. It was
not even particularly wholesome. It was
open to all comers who could afford its
moderate prices, it attracted a cross-sec-
tion of people from across New Jersey and
New York, cutting across class and ethnic
lines to do so, and it drew heavily on the
sideshow culture of the carnivals that trav-
eled this country during the last century.
It thrived on spectacle, and Mr. Abrams
was a master at imagining and then imple-
menting outrageous shows.
Mr. Abrams, one of five siblings, was
born in 1925, and grew up in an eight-bed-
room house in the east Bronx, his grand-
son said. His father, Mayer, was born in
Poland and came to America as a young
child. Mayer Abrams loved gardening, Mr.
Schneck said; the father and son would
walk around their urban neighborhood
and the father would quiz the son about
the identity of each tree, shrub, and weed
they passed.
The family owned a farm in Monroe, in
New Yorks Orange County. Mayer Abrams
sent his son there during his senior year
in high school family lore has it that the
father caught the son smoking cigarettes
and feared for his future. He also saw it as
a way to keep his son safe from the draft.
Sol loved it, Mr. Schneck said. He loved
feeding the chickens and milking the cows
hed wake up at 4:30 in the morning to
feed the chickens.
Mr. Abrams graduated from high school
in 1943, but he did not go straight into
military service. Despite his fathers plans
to keep him out of the war, Mr. Abrams
was desperate to enlist, but, ironically,
the army did not want him. His eyesight
was abysmal. He was so dedicated to the
United States that he wrote letters to Eisen-
hower and to all the other generals, plead-
ing to be let in, Mr. Schneck said.
Eventually Mr. Abrams private cam-
paign worked. He was allowed to enlist,
but by then it was 1945, and the war had
ended. He was assigned to Bolling Air
Force Base in Washington, where he
worked on the bases newsletter. He rose
quickly, becoming first its public relations
director and then, two copies later, its
chief editor. He kept every copy he ever
worked on, Mr. Schneck said. He had fun
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From the top, Little Miss America was chosen, the Fifth Dimension sang, and Miss American Teen hope-
fuls competed at the park.
with it he knew he was entertaining people.
He discovered his niche.
After his discharge in 1948, Mr. Abrams went to NYU,
where he earned a degree in public relations. At first he
worked as a pr consultant, shuttling from job to job, but
his obvious passion for Palisades Amusement Park, and
his genius at coming up with stunts to promote it, soon
led to a full-time job there.
By then, Palisades Amusement Park was owned
by Irving Rosenthal, another true character. He was
about three feet tall, and very demanding, Mr. Schneck
said, again retelling family lore. He had a real Napo-
leon complex. He was always dressed very nicely. Very
expensively. His wife, Gladys Shelley, was a lyricist and
composer. It was Ms. Shelley who came up with the
parks jingle, a tune that anyone who was sentient by
1971, when the park closed for good, has permanently
encased somewhere in his or her mind.
Sol Abrams job was to promote the park, and he did
it in increasingly outrageous ways. The park was the
essence of fun, and he was the king of publicity stunts,
Mr. Schneck said. Hed be quiet, and then he would
just look at two things, and put them together, and say
Oh, thats possible. I just have to work it out. And then
he would.
Some of the stunts were quiet; maybe it would be
more accurate to call them marketing devices.
Take the hole in the fence around the park.
Dr. Mark Docktor of Tenafly, who grew up in Fort
Lee, remembers that hole fondly. He and his friends
would sneak into the park; because they were locals,
and knew about it, they felt special, territorial, proud of
their insider knowledge.
In fact, according to Jill Schneck of North Caldwell,
Sol Abrams daughter, that hole was her fathers brain-
child. He did it so that people could get in free, have
the thrill of getting something for nothing. Sometimes
her father would stand by the hole, welcoming people as
they climbed through it. Because, of course, they still
had to pay for the rides.
Even the rides were not the parks main source of
income, Mr. Schneck said. Most of the profit came from
fees paid by the concession owners, who sold food.
Once they were inside the park, visitors had a choice
of entertainments. There were the classic carnival
rides, like the Ferris wheel, Mr. Schneck said. It was a
huge old wooden wheel, inherited from the parks previ-
ous owner. Youd get stuck up on the top there with your
girl it would be really sweet.
Rosenthal didnt put any money into it, he contin-
ued. It was shabby when they got it. It was the rustic
look they wanted. They felt that people wanted to go to
a place that looks like people have been there, that it has
some age to it.
There also were a few roller coasters, most of them
wooden classics, including the Cyclone, named after the
prototype in Coney Island, which Irving and his brother
Jack Rosenthal had built. It scared everyone, Mr. Sch-
neck said. At first it cost a penny a ride; later it went up
to two cents.
When Mr. Rosenthal bought the park, it also included
a huge saltwater pool, filled with filtered river water.
(Dont think about that one too hard, and assume that
the filter worked well.) A giant machine made waves.
My grandfather wanted adults to come in and sit by
the pool, and let the kids run off with the pocketful of
change theyd saved up all week, Mr. Schneck said.
The park had paddle boats, and other fairly slow, stan-
dard carnival rides.
And then there was the Tunnel of Love.
It was a classic, Mr. Schneck said. It was a long ride
in a two-person carriage. It took you through scenes with
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hearts, in dim lights. Youd take your girl
there and make out. Riders couldnt do
much more than kiss, he added; There
was a bar covering you up to your waist.
It was a favorite ride for young cou-
ples at the end of an evening, he added.
You take this slow-moving ride, holding
hands it was very 1950s and your par-
ents would be outside, waiting for you,
fuming, knowing exactly what you were
doing.
In fact, his grandfather proposed to his
grandmother, Zelda, outside the Tunnel
of Love.
His grandmother was a realtor; she
was the ever-present parent, the one
who brought up the familys three chil-
dren while her husband was out at work.
This was not her world. Im sure that
when he proposed there, my grand-
mother was thinking, Really? The Tun-
nel of Love? Mr. Schneck said.
Mr. Abrams ran all sorts of pageants.
He would go to women with infants,
and say, Do you want to be part of
this? Often, they would. Infants would
be entered in races to see which one
crawled fastest. That was called the Dia-
per Derby. There would be 20 babies,
screaming, and people would take bets
on how fast they could go, Mr. Schneck
said. There would be beauty pageants
for women, for teenagers, for young
girls. Little Miss America, Miss Polish
America, Miss Who-Knows-What-Else,
his mother added. And Buffy and Jody
from Family Affair the youngest chil-
dren on a popular sit-com were the
emcees for Little Miss America.
My grandfather was responsible for
bringing in all the one-hit wonders of
the time, Mr. Schneck said. He would
escort them through crowds of people
trying to get their autographs, trying to
touch them, and they loved it.
The park also attracted famous peo-
ple, as famous as Jackie Kennedy and
her children. Eddie Fisher and Debbie
Reynolds announced their engagement
there. Even William Shatner showed up.
Bruce Morrow Cousin Brucie ran a
rocknroll show there, which featured
many of the hottest names of the 1950s
and 60s, from Frankie Avalon, Fabian,
and Bobby Rydell to the Young Rascals,
Petula Clark, and the Lovin Spoonful.
Disk jockey Murray the K emceed there
as well. All of that was done under Sol
Abrams watchful eye.
And then, once the promotion or the
contest or the parade or the stunt was
over, Mr. Abrams had to write it up and
then he would have to drive it over the
bridge to the news outlets in New York. It
was decades before press releases could
be faxed, much less emailed.
When you ask people who grew up in
other parts of the country, you find that
often they too had heard of the park. Mr.
Abrams had the foresight to advertise in
comic books the park had a relation-
ship with DC Comics, Harvey Comics,
and Archie Comics, and often those
companies heroes, including Super-
man, would make guest appearances;
others would lend their names to rides,
particularly for small children. Eventu-
ally, the Tunnel of Love, which lost its
appeal for teenagers, was repurposed
for kids, and renamed for Casper the
Friendly Ghost. (The friendliest ghost
you know!)
Parking always was a big problem. The
park had small lots, which were not ade-
quate; eventually, it bought lots further
away and shuttled visitors in. But still
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there was not enough space. Park guests would park
all over Fort Lee and Cliffside Park, and that, under-
standably, would enrage the towns residents. And
there still was not enough space. At times, the road
that led south from the George Washington Bridge
to the park, and then south from there nearly to the
Lincoln Tunnel, would be packed with would-be
park patrons trawling unsuccessfully for someplace
to leave the car.
The park became unpopular with the people who
lived nearby. And then eventually it got old. Times
and tastes changed. What had been appealing shabby
became visibly threadbare.
There was a time for everything, and its time was
over, Mr. Schneck said. In 1971, Irving Rosenthal sold
it to the developers who built luxury high-rise apart-
ment buildings; Winston Towers grew on the ground
where the Cyclone and the Tunnel of Love once had
stood.
The closing was sudden and unannounced. Irving
felt he had to take the deal, and he did not consult
with the staff before he made the decision, Mr. Sch-
neck said. My grandfather felt betrayed by someone
he had worked so hard for.
After the park closed, Mr. Abrams continued work-
ing as a publicist. He and his family belonged to the
New Milford Jewish Center, and then to the JCC of
Paramus. He had been and continues to be deeply
connected to the Jewish community, and a resolute
Zionist. In fact, his grandson said, his grandfather
always has kept kosher, so he could not eat much at
the park. Hed go across the street to Hirams a
famous hot-dog stand in Fort Lee, both then and now
but hed only eat eggs.
His mind was American, but his heart was Jew-
ish, Mr. Schneck said, and some of that sensibility
translated itself to the park, in its family-friendliness.
Palisades Amusement Park has been closed for
decades now; the last generation of children who
remember it are closing in on late middle age. But
it truly is a mythic place; ask anyone who was there
and you see it. You see it in Avi Schneck, whose only
connection to it is vicarious he is 27 years old, and
was born far after it closed. You see it in Sol Abrams,
who is roused to animation when he talks about it.
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One after another, the leaders of five major Israeli
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parties put forward widely divergent proposals for
how Israel should proceed following the failure of
peace negotiations.
Mr. Bennett suggested partial annexation of the
West Bank. Finance Minister Yair Lapid advocated
staged withdrawal. Ms. Livni and Labor party Chair-
man Isaac Herzog called for a more aggressive
approach to negotiations.
Each speaker criticized the others. Mr. Lapid and
Mr. Bennett, once political allies, called each others
proposals delusional.
The era of Oslo has ended, Mr. Bennett said.
Now the time has come to admit that it simply
didnt work. We need to think in a different way to
create a better reality.
Mr. Lapid said the absence of a two-state solution
to the conflict could lead to Israels destruction, and
he called for Israel to present a map of proposed bor-
ders before negotiations resume.
Theres no reason to have settlements that wont
be in the territory of Israel in any final agreement, or
to invest millions of shekels in areas that will be part
of the Palestinian state, he said.
The only politicians who werent especially both-
ered by the state of Israeli-Palestinian affairs were
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and Interior Minis-
ter Gideon Saar, both of the ruling Likud party. Both
dismissed the idea of territorial compromise and
blamed the failure of the talks on the Palestinian
refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
I think we made a mistake with land for peace,
Mr. Yaalon said. The conflict is not about the estab-
lishment of a Palestinian state. Its about the exis-
tence of a Jewish national home.
One issue that found broad consensus among
conference speakers was the need to stop Iran from
acquiring a nuclear weapon. Speakers were skeptical
that negotiations between Iran and world powers to
scale back Irans nuclear program would succeed.
Its clear to us that this regime has not given up
the option of a nuclear military capability and is
striving toward it, Mr. Yaalon said. And it thinks
it will succeed in this through negotiations with the
West and a charm offensive.
Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz, a Likud
member, said a nuclear-armed Iran constitutes
a far greater danger than the stalemate with the
Palestinians.
If a difficult scenario comes to be 10 years from
now, with Iran holding tens of weapons, all peace
plans will be a total failure, he said. With a nuclear
Iran, even [Israeli President] Shimon Peres will need
to store away the peace plans.
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Frances rabbinate
faces new scandal
Video shows money-for-divorce demand
CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
A
month ago, Michel Gugen-
heim seemed to have suc-
ceeded in helping Frances
rabbinate recover from the
scandal that had ended its previous chief
rabbis tenure.
One of Frances two interim chief
rabbis and the president of the Paris
rabbinic court, Rabbi Gugenheim had
helped advance an ambitious restructur-
ing plan to address redundancies within
French Orthodox institutions.
He also kept his office mostly out of
the news. That was a welcome reprieve
after the resignation last year of a former
chief rabbi, Gilles Bernheim, amid rev-
elations that he had committed plagia-
rism and used a false academic title.
The sense was that Rabbi Gugenheim
had paved the way for the smooth elec-
tion of a successor.
But then a video emerged that report-
edly shows Rabbi Gugenheim ordering
the family of a woman seeking a divorce
to write a $120,000 check to a religious
charity in exchange for securing a Jew-
ish divorce certificate, or get, from her
husband.
Dubbed by French media as Laffaire
du guet the get affair the scandal
broke just weeks before the June 22 elec-
tion for chief rabbi. That was going to be
a vote that many hoped would help sal-
vage the rabbinates reputation following
the Bernheim debacle.
Now the rabbinate and its parent orga-
nization, the Consistoire an Orthodox
body that Napoleon established to rep-
resent French Jewry in 1808 again
are mired in controversy and facing
emboldened critics demanding reforms.
While Bernheims plagiari sms
exposed his own personal shortcomings
and failures, the get affair undermines
the credibility of the French rabbinate
much more profoundly because it flags a
systemic failure that touches the lives of
ordinary French Jews, said Jean-Claude
Lalou, who heads a group, Future of
Judaism, that is pushing for reform of
the Consistoire and knew in advance of
the familys plan to record the divorce
discussion.
The get affair comes amid a continu-
ing erosion in the prestige of chief rabbis
across the Jewish world.
In Israel, a former Ashkenazi chief
rabbi, Yona Metzger, was the subject
of several fraud investigations while he
was in office, while a former Sephardic
chief rabbi, Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, was
indicted in 2012 for allegedly issuing fake
rabbinical ordination certificates.
Its unclear how the latest scandal will
affect the race for chief rabbi in France,
home to Europes largest Jewish com-
munity. Ten candidates are vying for the
votes of the 300 Consistoire delegates
charged with electing the chief rabbi.
Rabbi Gugenheim is not among the
candidates, but the man with whom he
was sharing interim chief rabbi duties,
Olivier Kaufmann, was considered a
leading contender before the get affair
exploded.
The get scandal concerns a 28-year-old
woman named Anaelle, whose family
left a check for $120,000 made out to a
French Jewish charity with Rabbi Gugen-
heims Paris beit din, or rabbinic court,
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Cantors loss leaves Jewish Republicans bereft
RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON Eric Cantors defeat in
one of his constituencies, Virginias 7th
Congressional District, triggered mourning
in another one Republican Jews.
Since 2009, Mr. Cantor, 51, has been the
only Jewish Republican in Congress. After
the 2010 GOP takeover of the House, he
became the majority leader. He is the high-
est-ranking Jewish lawmaker in congressio-
nal history.
But his meteoric rise came to a screeching
halt on Tuesday, when he was trounced in a
primary by a poorly financed Tea Party chal-
lenger, Dave Brat, an economics professor.
Obviously we came up short, Mr. Can-
tor told his stunned followers in a Rich-
mond hotel ballroom. Serving as the 7th
District congressman and having the privi-
lege of being majority leader has been one
of the highest honors of my life.
The defeat, with Mr. Brat garnering 55
percent of the vote to 44 percent for the
incumbent, was a shock to Republican Jews,
for whom Mr. Cantor was a standard-bearer.
Were all processing it, said Matt
Brooks, the president of the Republican
Jewish Coalition. He was an invaluable
leader, he was so integral to the promotion
of, to congressional support of the pro-
Israel agenda. It is a colossal defeat not just
for Republicans but for the entire Jewish
community.
Mr. Cantor also was a natural ally for
socially conservative Orthodox Jews, who
at times have been at odds with the Obama
administration on religion-state issues.
Nathan Diament, executive director
for public policy of the Orthodox Union,
called Cantor a friend who has been a
critical partner for the advocacy work of
the Orthodox Jewish community on issues
ranging from Israels security and the secu-
rity of Jewish institutions in the United
States, to religious liberty to educational
reform, and opportunity to defending the
needs of the nonprofit sector.
Mr. Cantor was elected to Congress in
2000, at 37, after having served nine years
in the Virginia legislature. From the start
he made clear that he had three bedrocks:
his faith, his state, and his conservatism.
His first floor speech, on Jan. 31 2001,
was in favor of making the Capitol Rotunda
available for Holocaust commemoration,
and in two minutes he wove together the
importance of Holocaust education a
nod to two Virginia founding fathers and
an embrace of the foreign policy interven-
tionism that would guide the George W.
Bush administration.
The remembrance of this dark chapter
in human history serves as a reminder of
what can happen when the fundamental
tenets of democracy are discarded by dic-
tatorial regimes, a hesitant and nervous
Mr. Cantor said.
While we in the United States, the birth-
place of Thomas Jefferson and James Madi-
son, have experienced years of peace and
prosperity, we must not forget that geno-
cide and human rights abuses continue
to occur elsewhere around the world, he
continued. As the leader of the free world,
the United States must use its power and
influence to bring stability to the world and
educate people around the globe about the
horrors of the Holocaust to ensure that it
must never happen again.
Mr. Cantors popularity in his district, his
ability to garner supporters in the Repub-
lican caucus, and his fundraising prow-
ess soon caught the eye of Rep. Roy Blunt
(R-Mo.), who in 2003 was set to become
Eric Cantor at the Virginia Military
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House majority whip. Mr. Blunt named Mr. Cantor his
chief deputy, a stunning rise for a congressional sopho-
more who had not yet reached 40.
Mr. Cantors Jewish involvement deepened as his days
grew busier. Raised in a Conservative Jewish home, he
started to keep kosher and take private classes with
Orthodox rabbis. His three children with his wife, Diana,
whom he met at Columbia University, were active in
Jewish youth movements.
Confidants say his commitment to Israel intensified
after a cousin, Daniel Cantor Wulz, was killed in a 2006
suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Mr. Cantor was a critical connection within the
Republican Party for the Jewish communitys domestic
agenda, said William Daroff, the Washington director of
the Jewish Federations of North America.
When there was a need for a heavy lift for much of
our Jewish federation agenda, we could count on being
able to call Eric and have him help us get to the finish
line, he said.
At first, Mr. Cantor seemed to be riding the Tea Party
wave. During the 2010 midterm elections, he joined
with Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Kevin McCarthy of
California in setting up a political action committee that
championed younger conservatives in a GOP that they
said had become too moderate and complacent.
In a book co-written by the three, Mr. Cantor wel-
comed the Tea Party wave.
They saw that the powers in charge here are igno-
rant of what the people want and frankly arrogant about
it, he wrote, referring to the protests against President
Obamas health care plan that had sparked the Tea Party
movement.
In the book, he again rooted his conservatism in the
South and in his faith.
At the time, Cantor seemed to think he could harness
the Tea Party insurgency.
Tea Party individuals are focused on three things:
One, limited, constitutional government; two, cutting
spending; and three, a return to free markets, he said in
2010, on the eve of the midterm elections. Most Ameri-
cans are about that, and the American Jewish commu-
nity is like that.
As majority leader, Cantor stayed to the right of Rep.
John Boehner (R-Ohio), and many believed he would
soon challenge Mr. Boehner to become the first Jewish
House speaker.
Mr. Cantor and Mr. Obama have not had a good rela-
tionship. Mr. Cantor has not attended a single Jewish
event at the White House during Mr. Obamas tenure,
although he has been invited to all of them.
Until two weeks into the October 2013 federal gov-
ernment shutdown, Mr. Cantor resisted agreeing to
a deal, and he conceded only when it became clear
that the shutdown was damaging Republican electoral
prospects.
Heeding a Republican establishment that believed
the Tea Party had gotten out of hand, he more recently
tilted toward the center, championing job creation pro-
grams, criticizing foreign policy isolationists within the
GOP, and expressing a willingness to consider elements
of the 2013 Senate immigration reform bill, although
until now he has resisted bringing it to the House floor.
That tilt and a perception that Mr. Cantor was not suf-
ficiently invested in his district helped contribute to his
defeat. Mr. Brat focused on criticizing Mr. Cantors tenta-
tive embrace of a path to citizenship to undocumented
immigrants who arrived in the United States as minors.
Hadar Susskind, the director of Bend the Arc, a Jewish
group that is a leader on immigration reform, said it was
bizarre to accuse Mr. Cantor of being overly accommo-
dating on immigration.
He has been the single largest obstruction in the effort to
reform our immigration laws, so those efforts lose nothing
with his defeat, she said.
Democrats immediately seized on Cantors loss as evidence
that the Republican Party is becoming increasingly extreme.
When Eric Cantor, who time and again has blocked
common sense legislation to grow the middle class, cant
earn the Republican nomination, its clear the GOP has
redefined far right, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(D-Fla.), the chairwoman of the Democratic National Com-
mittee, said in a statement.
Steve Rabinowitz, a publicist who represents Jewish groups
as well as liberal and Democratic causes, said he was conflicted
about Cantors departure. On the one hand, he couldnt help
but be amused that Cantors flirtation with the Tea Party came
back to haunt him. On the other, Mr. Rabinowitz suggested
that Cantors defeat was a minus for the Jewish community.
Wearing my mainstream Jewish skullcap, its clear the
community needs people like Eric Cantor, he said. This is a
loss for the Jewish community. I have my disagreements with
him, but hes been there for the community.
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Journalists who have seen the video reported that under
an arrangement that the beit din helped broker, the money
was to be funneled through the charity, with one-third going
to the husband and the charity pocketing the difference.
The family, in turn, would receive an $80,000 credit from
the French government for making a charitable donation.
Anaelles family secretly recorded the court proceedings
on video and has threatened to file a complaint with police
unless the check is returned. The video has not been made
public, but journalists who have seen it reported that Rabbi
Gugenheim is heard saying, This is the price of her liberty.
Another rabbinical judge, Betsalel Levy, is also heard on
the recording saying, Im not giving a get until we have the
check.
Rabbi Gugenheim says the video creates a false impres-
sion that he and other rabbinical judges pocketed the
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money. The demand for funds came from the hus-
band, he said, not the court.
None of the rabbis received the money, but peo-
ple read the headlines and think there is graft, Rabbi
Gugenheim told the news site JSS news.
The Consistoires defenders accuse those behind the
leaking of the video to the media of trying to damage
the institution.
I strongly deplore these unacceptable attempts to
destabilize the Consistoire and discredit the rabbinate
of France and its tribunal, said Sammy Ghozlan, the
vice president of the Consistoire.
But Mr. Lalou says the next chief rabbi will have to
carry out major reforms to both the Consistoire and
the rabbinate if he is to salvage their reputations and
regain French Jewrys trust.
These centralist bodies know no oversight, no
transparency and no accountability, he said. This is
driving away Jews from institutional life precisely at a
time of great external challenges.
Reform needs to happen on four major points, said
Martine Cohen, a prominent researcher on French
Jewry.
We are talking about womens place in religious
life; a policy of openness on conversions to Judaism;
an overhaul of the rabbinical ordination process and,
finally, last but not least, the opening of dialogue with
other streams of religious Judaism, she wrote in an
article on the French-language version of the Huffing-
ton Post.
Some critics of the Consistoire doubt that it has the
capacity to carry out such reforms.
Rabbi Yeshaya Dalsace, a well-known Masorti, or
Conservative, rabbi from Paris, cites Rabbi Bernheim
whom many hoped would bring new openness to
the rabbinate and the Consistoire as an example of
French Orthodoxys difficulty with change.
Bernheim wanted change, but all he did was talk.
He encountered too much resistance, Rabbi Dalsace
said.
The reason, according to Rabbi Dalsace, is that like
the rabbinate in Israel, the Consistoire in France is
hostage to radical forces and chasidic courts whose
rabbis make up the Consistoire electorate.
Its like trying to lobby for change within the Com-
munist Party during Bolshevism, he said.
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URIEL HEILMAN
WILKES-BARRE, PA. The Bais Men-
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The students wear flip-flops and T-shirts,
not the typical black-and-white of cha-
sidic seminaries. In addition to Jewish law
and Bible study, the curriculum includes
improv nights, poetry slams, and screen-
ings of National Geographic nature shows.
The students take tae kwondo classes, ski-
ing lessons, and canoe trips down the Del-
aware River. Theres even a house band.
Welcome to the yeshiva for wayward
Chabad youths.
A couple of years ago, I was coming
out of a very dark time in my life, said
a 17-year-old named Levi, who grew up
in the Chabad-Lubavitch stronghold of
Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I used to party
and smoke marijuana and hang out with
very bad people.
At the yeshiva in Wilkes-Barre, Levi said,
he finally found what he needed.
Instead of just kicking me out for my
issues, they looked past them, he said.
They didnt look at me as someone who
would ruin the school but as someone who
needed help. They brought me back to my
roots. Other yeshivas treated me like a
child, not like an equal. They treated me
like a human being.
In the rule-bound world of charedi
Orthodoxy, theres not much room for
boys who dont conform to the norms
of yeshiva life: day-to-night Torah study,
adherence to a stringent dress code, and
strict self-discipline, especially when it
comes to foregoing secular pleasures.
Those who cant cope often are rejected
and end up leaving the Orthodox fold.
Many years ago, Rabbi Uri Perlman,
now 37, was one of those at-risk teen-
agers. But with a little help at a yeshiva
in Melbourne, Australia, Rabbi Perlman
managed to turn things around. Today
he sports the trademark hat and beard of
Chabad chasidim everywhere.
His experience motivated Rabbi Perl-
man to start the Bais Menachem yeshiva
in 1999 to give Chabad kids who dont fit
into the typical mold the space to figure
out who they are as people and as Jews.
In the frum community, if you dont
make it in yeshiva, youre a failure. And
when that happens, theres really no place
to turn but down or out, said Rabbi Perl-
man, a native of Wilkes-Barre, where his
father is the longtime shaliach, or out-
reach emissary.
Nothing is swept under the rug here,
he said. Our No. 1 goal is they should be
happy, healthy people who know who
they are. Then work on the Yiddishkeit
and on their career.
The 25 or so boys at this in-residence
yeshiva in a dilapidated building adjacent
to the leafy campus of Wilkes University
have problems ranging from drug and
alcohol abuse to pornography addictions.
But many are simply kids uninterested in
Orthodox Jewish observance or have inter-
ests that are frowned upon in the yeshiva
world, such as art or popular music.
Bais Menachem has Talmud classes,
Most of the Torah study at the yeshiva in Wilkes-Barre takes place in small groups. URIEL HEILMAN/JTA
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equal. They
treated me like a
human being.
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May the family be comforted among the mourners of
Zion and Jerusalem. May her memory be a blessing
forever.
The O cers, Board, and Sta of
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey
mourn the passing of
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University of
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courses in Jewish philosophy, and manda-
tory prayer services. But the approach is
much more laid back, tolerant, and indi-
vidualized than at a typical Chabad yeshiva.
If a student doesnt show up for class, hes
sought out and counseled, not chastised.
Those struggling with their faith dont have
to hide it: The teachers are open to discus-
sions about God and doubt. Much of the
learning is done one on one or in small
groups.
If anyone had doubts about their ser-
vice to God or maybe feels a little cold
toward Judaism, this is a place that can help
warm you up, said Menachem Gudelsky,
an 18-year-old from Johannesburg, South
Africa. Its a place where questions are
answered. Its very tailored to your needs,
with a lot of love.
Menachem says the school helped him get
through a lot of humps, including quitting
smoking.
The goal of the curriculum is for the kids
to get an appreciation for Judaism and life,
said Yossi Schulman, a teacher at Bais Men-
achem. In addition to organizing the curricu-
lum, Mr. Schulman helps lead extracurricu-
lar vocational training and secures federal
E-rate technoloy funding for the school.
Tuition, room, and board is about $10,000
per student per year.
In the Chabad world, its common for fam-
ilies to ship teenagers to in-residence yeshi-
vas when they are 14 or 15 years old. But Bais
Menachem is the only Chabad yeshiva in the
United States targeting this population and
using this kind of approach, according to
the schools administrators and a Chabad
spokesman in New York.
Ranging in age from their mid-teens to
their early 20s, Chabadniks come to Wilkes-
Barre from as far away as England, Australia,
and South Africa. Some hail from families
who are relatively new to the Chabad move-
ment, but many also come from longtime
Chabad-Lubavitch families.
Much of the program is non-academic.
A smoking-cessation counselor visits from
time to time. Students who might benefit
from Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are
encouraged to attend. On breaks, some of
the students smoke on the yeshivas front
steps or retreat to the adjacent dormitory,
where some have decorated their rooms
with soccer- and music-related items.
Students are encouraged to volunteer in
the community visiting senior centers,
mowing lawns, marching with flags at the
Veterans Day parade. Because many
of them are high school dropouts, the
yeshiva also offers GED tutoring.
I never really thought I was going to
go back to yeshiva, said Ari Kasowitz, 21,
a native of St. Paul, Minn., who felt he
had to hide his secular books and mov-
ies when he was enrolled at a standard
Chabad yeshiva in Morristown. I was
done with that. But then a friend invited
me here for a Shabbos. I loved it.
Theres plenty of recreation, from
pickup basketball to workouts in the
dank basement weight room to skiing
and swimming at a local pool. Unusual
for an Orthodox yeshiva, the adminis-
trators encourage but do not insist on
gender-separate swimming.
Were not really enforcing everything
that their parents enforce or that we
believe in, Rabbi Perlman said. Were
enforcing the fundamentals of Judaism,
and we want the rest to be something the
students respect and eventually take on.
So everybody is asked to put on tefillin,
but some kids put it on for just 30 sec-
onds. Nobody gets in trouble for that.
The average duration of a stay at
the yeshiva is two years. Afterward,
the students move on to other yeshi-
vas, college or vocational school, or
work, according to Perlman. About 25
alumni have gone on to serve in the
Israel Defense Forces.
None of the teachers at the yeshiva
have any specialized training to deal
with at-risk youths, but Perlman says
he and the other staffers have learned
the skills they need on the job. When
needed, the yeshiva brings in psycholo-
gists, art therapists and the like.
Eitan Binstok, a 19-year-old from Los
Angeles in his third year at the yeshiva,
says the school helped him turn his life
around.
There are no facades here, said
Eitan, who is studying the laws of Sab-
bath for his rabbinical ordination and
hopes to begin training soon to be an
electrician. I always thought nobody
understands me, that no one has ever
been like me before. But coming here
you realize there are a lot of people with
troubles. And having people you can
turn to allows you to grow. The people
here actually care.
While the yeshiva initially encoun-
tered much skepticism in Chabad cir-
cles, Rabbi Perlman says the results have
changed that.
A lot of our boys have turned their
lives around, he said. Were not trying
to create rabbis or shluchim or anything
in particular. Were trying to give the
people who come here whatever they
need for who they want to be, but with-
out any of the good Jewish things left
behind. JTA WIRE SERVICE
The basement weight room is one of the features that make Bais Menachem
an atypical Chabad yeshiva. URIEL HEILMAN/JTA
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Barbara Seiden
It is with profound sorrow that we mourn the loss of Barbara Seiden
zl
a founding member and staunch supporter of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades.
Barbaras life was characterized by her devotion to her family,
her commitment to global Jewish causes, and her generous spirit.
A loving wife and mother, Barbara received the frst
JCC Lifetime Achievement Award together with her beloved husband
Norman in recognition of their unwavering commitment to the JCC.
Her contributions to our community were monumental.
Among the many gifs Barbara and Norman bestowed on the JCC were the
Seiden Health & Wellness Center as well as endowments in support of
the arts, culture, and senior and special needs programming.
We were blessed to have Barbara as an integral part of our JCC family.
Her legacy will continue to shape and guide our future endeavors.
She was deeply loved and will be sorely missed.
We extend our deepest condolences to her husband Norman,
her children Stephen, Pearl, and Mark, and her grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
May her memory be for a blessing.
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Fatah-Hamas government
reflects American weakness
I
ve long argued that any proper understanding of
the Palestinian conflict with Israels legitimacy is
compromised by not taking wider regional factors
into account.
The school of thought that describes the Israeli-Pal-
estinian conflict as the Middle East conflict is danger-
ously misguided, because it ignores other factors that
are far more important, such as the historically violent
schism between Sunni and Shia Islam, Irans renewed
assertiveness in Syria and
Lebanon, the shared strate-
gic interests binding Israel
and the conservative regimes
in the Arab Gulf in confront-
ing Irans nuclear ambitions,
and the fragmentation of
the various jihadi groups in
Sinai, Syria, Iraq, and other
territories.
Thats why I want to preface
my comments about the new
Palestinian unity government,
which brings together Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbass Fatah movement with the Islamists of
Hamas, by pointing to a political rally several hundred
miles to the east of Jerusalem, in Tehran.
At that rally, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei stood in front of a banner that declared
America cannot do a damned thing. A military attack
is not a priority for Americans now, Khamenei boasted.
They have renounced the idea of any military actions,
he said.
In other words, in the Middle East as a whole, America
is weak, or is at least perceived to be weak. And weak-
ness has a natural partner in the form of navetthe
exact word used by Israeli government minister Gilad
Erdan to describe the Obama administrations accep-
tance of the new Fatah-Hamas coalition, but which
could equally apply to the American approach to con-
flicts from Libya in the west to Afghanistan in the east.
After all, would Abbas have cut a deal with Hamas
if he were dealing with an American administration
with a tough and cogent Middle Eastern policy? Would
Obamas predecessor, George W. Bush, have been hood-
winked into believing that because the new Palestinian
governments ministries are largely run by technocrats,
the American pledge to shun Hamas while it remains a
terrorist organization has not been violated? I think not.
Still, Israels supporters are compelled to deal with
this situation as it is, and not as we would like it to be.
Hence, we have a choice. We can lambaste Secretary
of State John Kerry for placing the lions share of the
blame for the recent collapse of peace talks on Israel,
while ignoring Abbass pursuit of unilateral recognition
for a Palestinian state and his reconciliation with the
genocidal anti-Semites of Hamas. We can laugh, bitterly,
at Obamas statement to Bloomberg columnist Jeffrey
Goldberg that Abbas is sincere about resolving these
issues in a diplomatic fashion that meets the concerns of
the people of Israela line worthy of a Monty Python
scriptwriter.
But as therapeutic as doing all that might be, it is not
a replacement for a political strategy. With more than
two years to go before President Obama leaves the White
House, the best strategy we can work for now is damage
limitation.
The first element of such a strategy is to point out that
the Fatah-Hamas deal, which on the surface looks more
secure when compared to previous agreements between
these bitter rivals in the recent past, still contains some
serious holes. Critically, as the Tel Aviv University security
analyst Dr. Benedetta Berti argued in an interview with
Fathom, a British magazine focused on the Middle East,
where the parties have not seen eye to eye so far is on
their mutual desire to keep control of Gaza, in the case
of Hamas, and the West Bank, in the case of Fatah. Berti
further pointed out that the core elements of Hamass
ideology have not shifted, but there is an internal conflict
in the organization about how to accommodate ideology
with political interests and pragmatism.
It is nigh on impossible to believe that Hamas will
become so pragmatic as to surrender its formidable arse-
nal of weapons and materiel to the PA. Far more likely,
as the Israeli journalist Ehud Yaari has observed, is that
Hamas will increasingly mimic the bullets and ballots
model followed by Hezbollah in Lebanon. Under this
arrangement, 20,000 fighters and security personnel will
remain under the Hamas banner. At the same time, these
terrorists will be able to continue with the production of
missiles capable of reaching Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
The possibility that the unity government will enable a
fresh terrorist assault on Israel that provokes a sustained
response on the part of the IDF is, therefore, a very real
one. How, then, are we to avoid a repeat of the clashes
over the last decade that resulted in Israels being smeared
with false accusations of war crimes, from Jenin in 2002
to Gaza in 2009?
One avenue is to mobilize the U.S. Congress to frustrate
the Obama administrations determination to deal with
the unity government. At present, American taxpayers are
supporting Abbas and the PA to the tune of $400 million
a year. Now that Hamas, a designated terrorist organiza-
tion, is part of the PAs governing machine, we should be
demanding that our congressional representatives work
for an immediate suspension of this aid.
Also, just as the Palestinians have used lawfarethe
invocation of international legal conventions against
Israelso can we. Abbas and his colleagues should be held
accountable for breaching the 1998 Wye Memorandum,
which obliges the PA to control the arsenals of Hamas and
smaller terror groups like Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The fundamental problem remains: There is no cred-
ible Palestinian political force committed to an enduring
peace deal with Israel. Therefore, expect more violence,
both among the Palestinians and against Israel, and
expect, as a consequence, further international vilifica-
tion of Israel for taking the necessary measures to protect
its population.
Like I said, from now on, its all about damage limita-
tion. JNS.ORG
Ben Cohen, JNS.orgs Shillman analyst, is a contributor
to the Wall Street Journal, Commentary, Haaretz, and
other publications. His book, Some Of My Best Friends: A
Journey Through Twenty-First Century Antisemitism, is
now available through Amazon.
Ben Cohen
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with the new Fatah-Hamas unity government in the
West Bank city of Ramallah on June 2. ISSAM RIMAWI/FLASH90
There is
no credible
Palestinian political
force committed
to an enduring
peace deal
with Israel.
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HILLEL KUTTLER
ABERDEEN, MD. Standing on a hill on
a glorious Sunday morning, Mark and Ron
Shapiro are kvelling as they watch Caden
Shapiro son of Mark and grandson of Ron
pitching in a baseball tournament in this
city near Baltimore after he was shelved for
nearly two months by a broken ankle.
Mark Shapiro, the president of the Cleve-
land Indians, recently was back in his native
area for the three-day competition. He was
there as a coach for his boys Cleveland Spi-
ders, not to see his Tribe play the Orioles at
nearby Camden Yards.
The site for the tournament a complex
of beautifully maintained fields was named
for Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, the most recog-
nizable client of Mark Shapiros father, Ron,
an eminent sports agent.
At 11, Caden is the latest Shapiro drawn to
baseball, a chain emanating from the 1950s,
when Rons immigrant father, also named
Mark, took his young son by train from their
home in Philadelphia to a World Series game
at Yankee Stadium in New York
Ron and Mark Shapiro have a combined
62 years of baseball-related employment,
which began in 1975 when the Orioles then-
owner, Jerry Hoffberger, asked Ron, a law-
yer friend, to assist Brooks Robinson. The
teams All-Star third baseman was confront-
ing financial problems and needed help.
Providing that help launched Ron Shapiro
into a lucrative career as an agent represent-
ing athletes in contract negotiations.
The work appealed to Mark Shapiro, too,
but he blazed a different path to his base-
ball life. In 1991, he took an entry-level job
with the Indians that included chauffeuring
prospective free agents, such as pitchers Sid
Fernandez and David Wells, from the air-
port. From there he would serve as direc-
tor of player development, assistant general
manager, and general manager, before being
promoted to president four years ago.
Their jobs, at least occasionally, would
have pitted Shapiro the agent against Sha-
piro the executive. Instead, they recused
themselves from face-to-face involvement.
Diamond minds
Baseball bonds generations of Shapiros
When it came to doing contracts, he
delegated and I delegated, Mark Sha-
piro said. It just seemed like the right
way, the honest way, to handle it.
Ron Shapiro said hes heard plenty
of kind words around baseball about
Marks integrity.
What does a father feel other than
unbelievable pride? he said. I look at
Caden looking at his father, and the rela-
tionship continues.
Mark and Ron Shapiro see each other
five or six times a year they had been
together a month earlier at the New Jer-
sey bat mitzvah of Mark Shapiros niece
but they speak by telephone several
times a week.
Nothing happens of major impor-
tance where we dont talk to each other,
said Ron Shapiro, 71.
It makes me happy to see kids play
and parents and kids interacting around
baseball, said Mark Shapiro, 47.
It was Mark Shapiro who co-founded
the Spiders a name the Indians had
used in the late 19th century two years
ago to imbue youth baseball with values
that he thought were missing.
In youth baseball, the overarching
opportunity is character development,
Mark Shapiro said, sitting with his father
in the shade after Cadens game. Char-
acter is how do you respond to adversity
and setbacks. Being a great teammate,
showing respect thats at the core of
what this experience provides for us, as
coaches and as fathers.
They have the perfect role model
in Cal Ripken. The Orioles former star
infielder, baseballs Ironman, had stood
with Ron Shapiro not far from here, sur-
veying the acreage that would become
a stadium and complex for the minor-
league Aberdeen Ironbirds and youth
leagues to draw the next generation of
players.
At the Ripken facility, Mark Shapiro
called over former major-league first
baseman Sean Casey to talk to the Spi-
ders. Casey, coaching his son Jakes Pitts-
burgh club, stood beside his own father,
Jim, who had enlisted Ron Shapiro as his
sons first agent when he was drafted by
the Indians in 1997.
Ron, Caden, and Mark Shapiro: three generations of baseball guys.
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IN MEMORIAL - BARBARA SEIDEN
The ofcers, board and staff of the American Technion Society (ATS) are deeply saddened
at the loss of Barbara Seiden of Tenay, N.J. Together with her beloved husband Norman,
a member of the ATS National Board of Directors and Deputy Chairman of the Technion
International Board of Governors, Mrs. Seiden was a steadfast supporter of the Technion and
Israel, and a Technion Guardian, a distinction reserved for those who have reached the highest
level of commitment. She was a Life Trustee, and past national Board Member, of the ATS
Womens Division, of which she was a leading supporter. Among the signicant Technion
projects the couple funded are the Barbara and Norman Seiden Nanoelectronics Processing
Laboratory, and the Barbara and Norman Seiden/New York Metropolitan Region Center for
Advanced Opto-Electronics. They also established several academic chairs, including ones
in the names of each of their children. We extend our deepest sympathy to Norman, children
Stephen, Pearl and Mark, and the entire Seiden family.
AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY
Jeffrey Richard, Executive Vice President
Melvyn. H. Bloom, Executive Vice President Emeritus
Ken Rubenstein, New York Metro Region President
Jerry Kleinman, New York Metro Region Director
www.ats.org
that he thought were missing.
In youth baseball, the overarching
opportunity is character development,
Mark Shapiro said, sitting with his father
in the shade after Cadens game. Char-
acter is how do you respond to adversity
and setbacks. Being a great teammate,
showing respect thats at the core of
what this experience provides for us, as
coaches and as fathers.
They have the perfect role model
in Cal Ripken. The Orioles former star
infielder, baseballs Ironman, had stood
with Ron Shapiro not far from here, sur-
veying the acreage that would become
a stadium and complex for the minor-
league Aberdeen Ironbirds and youth
leagues to draw the next generation of
players.
At the Ripken facility, Mark Shapiro
called over former major-league first
baseman Sean Casey to talk to the Spi-
ders. Casey, coaching his son Jakes Pitts-
burgh club, stood beside his own father,
Jim, who had enlisted Ron Shapiro as his
sons first agent when he was drafted by
the Indians in 1997.
Jake and Cadens teams would square off that after-
noon. Close friends Casey and Mark Shapiro would be
in the coaching boxes.
Take it easy on us, Casey told the Spiders.
Coaching the Spiders helped Mark Shapiro over-
come the temptation to attend the Indians-Orioles
series. So was visiting with his father and stepmother,
Cathi, at their suburban Baltimore farm.
BRIEFS
Reuven Rivlin elected 10th
president of Israel
With 63 of 116 valid votes among members of the Knes-
set, MK Reuven Rivlin of Likud was voted Israels 10th
president on Tuesday at the culmination of a close two-
round election.
Rivlins rival in the second round runoff, MK Meir
Sheetrit of Hatnuah, received 53 votes in what com-
mentators considered a surprisingly strong showing. Of
the 120 eligible MKs, 119 cast ballots. In the first round,
two ballots were disqualified due to double ballots in the
envelope. In the second round, three voters submitted
blank ballots.
None of the five candidatesNobel Prize laureate Pro-
fessor Daniel Shechtman, former Knesset speaker Dalia
Itzik, retired Supreme Court justice Dalia Dorner, for-
mer Knesset speaker Rivlin, and Sheetritwas able to
win the necessary 61-vote majority for an automatic vic-
tory in the first round. Rivlin and Sheetrit received 44
and 31 votes in the first round, respectively, to advance
to the second round. JNS.ORG
EU and Israel sign Horizon
2020 scientific agreement
The European Union and Israel have signed the Hori-
zon 2020 cooperation agreement, enabling the Jewish
state to join one of the largest scientific and research
programs in the world.
Israel will have the same access to Horizon 2020 as
other EU member states, allowing Israeli researchers
and innovators to participate at the start of research
programs. Israel, in return, will contribute to the pro-
grams budgetwhich is nearly $109 billion.
Israel is a strong player in research and innovation
and for this reason is an important partner for the EU to
address societal challenges of common concern, such as
aging, food safety, environment protection, or cleaner
energy, and to strengthen the competitiveness of our
industries, said European Commission President Jose
Manuel Barroso.
Israel has already cooperated with EU scientific and
research programs for nearly 20 years, and its popu-
lation has one of the worlds highest proportions of
researchers.
JNS.ORG
Gaza rocket explodes in
Ashkelon region
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in the Ash-
kelon region of southern Israel on Sunday night, Israel
Hayom reported.
No injuries or damage were reported. Warning sirens
sounded in the area before the rocket exploded. Early
last week, the Israeli Air Force struck two terror targets
in Gaza in response to rocket fire from the Hamas-con-
trolled coastal enclave. JNS.ORG
Father and son exude warmth. Ron Shapiro, unable to stay
for the afternoon game, told Mark Give me a kiss and a hug
when he left, and as they hugged each said I love you.
Their personal-baseball time together here was a week-
end to savor.
For me, baseball has always been relational and noth-
ing is more relational than family, Mark Shapiro said. My
love for baseball has always been tied to my father. And to
be able to see that relationship and love for the game shared
with my son, and to have my dad here, is incredibly special.
Caden gets the whole baseball-family thing.
Its pretty cool, passing down baseball generation to
generation, he said, grasping the white sphere. Its a great
experience Im living with my father and grandfather. Base-
ball just runs in our family. Ill pass it on to my grandkids.
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46 JEWISH STANDARD MAY 30, 2014
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n 1 Temple Avodat Shalom in
River Edge celebrated partici-
pants graduation from TASTE
(Temple Avodat Shalom Teen
Experience) last month. Seniors
who graduated from the post
bnai mitzvah high school pro-
gram are shown with school
director Rabbi Paula Feldstein
and teacher Anat Katzir.
n 2 Third and fourth grad-
ers from the Academies at
GBDS in Oakland explored
nature and learned hiking
safety at the James McFaul
Environmental Center in
Wyckoff. JENNIFER KRAKOVSKY
n 3 The Bergen County YJCC
in the Township of Washing-
ton celebrated its spring gala
on May 15 at the Rockleigh.
Distinguished members were
recognized for their out-
standing contributions to the
organization. From left are
Young Leaders Jason and
Jennifer Auerbach, Commu-
nity Builders David and Jayne
Petak, and Couple of the Year
Ron and Debbie Eisenberg.
Sharry and Mark Friedberg
and Joan and Dan Silna were
gala chairs, and Martin Kornheiser chaired the ad journal.
n 4 Anna Olswanger of Fair Lawn was among the four
authors honored by the Stuttering Foundation during
Stuttering Awareness Week, last month, for her recent
book Greenhorn. She also is the author of Shlemiel
Crooks, which is a Sydney Taylor Honor Book, a Koret
International Jewish Book Award finalist, and PJ Library
book selection, and the co-author of My Shoshana.
n 5 Children at the Helen Troum Nursery School and
Kindergarten at Temple Beth Sholom in Fair Lawn
were fascinated as they watched the release of but-
terflies they observed since their caterpillar stage. It all
was part of a lesson on the lifecycle of butterflies.
n 6 Temple Emeth Milestone Shabbat. On May 30,
Temple Emeth honored its congregants who have been
members for multiples of five years, from 5 to 60 years.
Each member was given a certificate and a blessing
by Rabbi Steven Sirbu, right, and Cantor Ellen Tilem,
left. Ken Heller, seated front, talked about his experi-
ences during his 45-year membership. BARBARA BALKIN
1 2
3 4 5
6
Dvar Torah
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Shelach Lecha: Back to beginnings
P
arashat Shelach
Lecha begins with
Moses sending 12
spies to travel the
length and the breadth of
the Land of Israel, and report
their findings. It is worth not-
ing that unlike the tribal lead-
ers who were called to assist
Moses with the census that
began the Book of Numbers,
the men chosen for this par-
ticular mission were men who
had earned their high status
by their own achievements.
For 40 days they gathered the
information as requested and
then prepared their report. All agreed that
it was a good land, flowing with milk and
honey. Yet 10 of the spies reported that the
inhabitants of the land were too strong for
the Israelites to conquer. Their words led to
fear and dissension among the people, who
rebelled against Moses, and the rest is his-
tory. They were punished with 40 years of
wandering in the desert. None of that gen-
eration would enter the land of Israel.
One of the spies, Caleb, had a different
opinion: We should go up at once,
and possess it; for we are
well able to overcome it
(Numbers 13:30). What gave
Caleb the courage to go
against the others?
According to the great
Biblical commentator Rashi
it was a unique personal
experience that gave him the
strength to do so. According
to the Torah all the spies
traversed the land from south
to north (13:22). Yet while
doing so, the verse says that
they spied the land starting
in the south, and he went to
Hebron. The verse switches
from they went to he went within the
course of one sentence, which seems to
make no grammatical sense. Rashi says
that the he refers to Caleb, who seems to
have broken off from the group for a while
and gone to Hebron.
Why would he do that? Because of the
importance of Hebron in Jewish history.
By making this detour, to pray at the
cave of Machpela, the burial places of
the patriarchs and matriarchs, Caleb
drew inspiration from those first Jews in
the land of Israel who also experienced
hardship and potential danger from those
who inhabited the land, yet persevered
and made a home there. That is why, at
least according to Rashi, Caleb did not
fall prey to the self-doubt and insecurity
demonstrated by the others. He alone,
along with Joshua, was allowed to enter
the land of Israel.
With the failure of the recent peace
talks, the formation of a Palestinian unity
government, as well the troublesome
decision of the Obama administration
to cooperate with it, Israels friends
and supporters throughout the world
are especially concerned. Even the
presidents closest allies in the Jewish
community cannot possibly deny the
pressure the decision to work with the
new Palestinian unity government has
put on Israel, or deny the possibility of
a showdown over this issue in the future.
Our opinions and responses to these and
similar challenges always touch upon
issues of politics, security, international
law, and the like. But Rashis comment
on this section of the Torah is sharing a
different type of lesson and truth with
us. Rashi is stating our historic claim to
this land, and our interest in its welfare.
Rashi is not making a political statement;
he is making a religious statement. He
is not asking whether or not one may
trade land for peace, or weighing in on
the merits of the settlement movement.
What he is saying is something far
different, reminding us that Hebron was
our ancestors first real estate holding in
the land of Israel recognized by others,
purchased in such a way so as to deny
others the right to contest our claims
there. Countless generations of Jews have
not only dreamed of but also drawn hope
and religious inspiration from this very
place. Caleb too used this inspiration to
strengthen his resolve in the face of great
adversity. And it made all the difference.
On this Shabbat all who care for the
security of the state of Israel, whether
we are right, center, or left in our Zionist
leanings, whether we are Republican
or Democrat, need to make our own
metaphoric journey to Hebron, and
consider the sacrifices and heroism of
previous generations. Like Caleb before
us, may we too find the inspiration there
to remain strong in our beliefs in the face
of adversity and difficulty. And may we
emerge from the experience more ready
to work for a safer and more secure
future for world Jewry, for the state of
Israel, and for all humanity.
Rabbi Arthur
Weiner
Jewish Community
Center of Paramus/
Congregation
Beth Tikvah,
Conservative
Barbara Seiden
Te Board of Trustees and staf of Te Arnold P. Gold Foundation mourn the loss of our
cherished friend, Barbara Seiden, spouse of our devoted trustee, Norman, and mother of
trustee, Mark. Barbara and Norman cared deeply about humankind and about repairing the
world. Barbara had a keen sense of justice and interest in people in all walks of life. Together,
Barbara and Norman have championed excellence and compassion in healthcare, among
many other humanitarian causes. Teir innumerable contributions to the Gold Foundation to
improve the health of people worldwide have made a diference. We extend our sympathies
and love to our dear friend and trustee, Norman Seiden; his children, Stephen and Sharon;
Mark and Diane and Pearl, and to his 11 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Jordan J. Cohen, M.D.
Chairman
Richard I. Levin, M.D.
President/CEO
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Across
1. Measurement for the gold in a mezuzah
6. Hebrew language alternative
11. It tapes Mayim Bialik on The Big Bang
Theory
14. The Producers was ___ Mostel film
15. Emulate Charles Krauthammer
16. Six by Sondheim cable network
17. Herman Wouks War and ___
19. Shalom ___ (Prayer for peace in the silent
Amidah)
20. A mezuzah is affixed ___ angle
21. Hamentashen beginner, to Brits
22. Large collection of shekels
23. ___ Hotels (Israels largest luxury chain)
25. They sometimes carry plain pine boxes
27. Psychologist who popularized the hierarchy
of needs
32. Sound from Noahs dove
33. ___-Zionism (BDS cause)
34. Pay ___ to Shylock
37. NBC Chief White House Correspondent
Chuck
39. ___ and a leg (Israeli taxes demand)
42. Mixes linen and wool in the same garment,
according to the Torah
43. ___ fress
45. Circumcize, in some peoples minds
47. Wissotsky makes it
48. President of Israel after Zalman Shazar
52. Something Bernie Madoff will probably
never be
54. ___ Dolorosa (Jerusalem site)
55. Ill have ___ (order never heard in kosher
deli)
56. Dance that sure aint the hora
59. Dunn whom Lorne Michaels hired for late-
night TV
63. Six-Day War gun
64. 1976 Dustin Hoffman film
66. Day after Shabbat (abbr.)
67. Author Solomon with a new book on the his-
tory of Fiddler
68. Feature of Hasidic men
69. Kind of matzah
70. Judaism believes in exactly one
71. Part of the city where many Jewish ghettos
were
Down
1. See 3-Down
2. Im Jewish, not ___ Buddhist...
3. He commented on the major work of 1-Down
4. Eastern European Jewish economic system
5. Funnyman Lehrer who put the names of the
chemical elements to music
6. Bagel shapes
7. ___ on the back (something to give when
saying Mazal Tov!)
8. Afternoon prayer
9. Some yads for reading Torah measure
approximately nine or so
10. Stan of comics fame
11. He directed American Pie with his brother
12. ___ of hay (Kibbutz sight)
13. Tries to amend a Knesset bill, perhaps
18. Top ___ (phrase introduced by Harry
Steppe)
22. They might be used with cattle on a moshav
24. North Carolina Jewish boarding sch.
26. ___ Juive (phrase in the name of many
Jewish dishes)
27. Part of Yasmina Rezas play Le Dieu du
Carnage
28. Reacts poorly to a Borscht Belt act
29. Host of The Twilight Zone
30. Hermon, e.g.
31. ___ Boys Choir (Orthodox music ensemble)
35. Synagogue name word
36. Michael Stanislawskis ___ Nicholas I and
the Jews
38. Jerusalems Central Bus Station, for example
40. Spiritual teacher Dass
41. Ritual bath
44. Sport league whose commissioner is former
AEPi brother Gary Bettman
46. ___ Thai Glatt (Queens kosher restaurant)
49. Peddlers activity
50. It doesnt happen every year
51. Author Deborah (You Just Dont
Understand: Women and Men in
Conversation)
52. What to do at the cantillation mark Sof
Pasuk, when reading Torah
53. Bella with famous hats
57. Remain, like Chanukah oil in the Temple
58. Refuse to make aliyah
60. Arab nation
61. Asian-American Jews, pretty much
62. R ___ (common activity in Eilat)
64. Filled with righteous indignation
65. Carrie Fishers characters only hope in
Star Wars
The solution for last weeks puzzle
is on page 55
Arts & Culture
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Ethel sings off key
MIRIAM RINN
W
hile some theatergoers
may be put off by the very
idea of a play about Ethel
and Julius Rosenberg
that includes musical numbers, I am not
among them.
Contemporary musicals handle all kinds
of serious and controversial subject mat-
ter, from presidential assassinations to the
lynching of Leo Frank and the trials of the
Scottsboro boys. In those shows some
more successfully than others the music
expands our understanding of the histori-
cal events. One cannot say the same for
Ethel Sings, a new play by Joan Beber
about the woman who was executed in
1953, along with her husband, for passing
atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Here,
the large multiracial cast breaking into dis-
parate musical genres, including an Afri-
can dance number and a jazzy courtroom
tune, further muddles a play that is uncer-
tain about its purpose.
The story of Julius and Ethel Rosenbergs
trial and execution is well known and has
been covered in books, memoirs, movies,
and plays. It now is widely accepted that
Julius was a Soviet spy, Ethel an unsuspect-
ing dupe, their trial a farce, and anti-Sem-
itism and anti-communist hysteria were
critical factors in their executions.
What new insights, then,
does Ethel Sings present?
Not many that I could dis-
cern. Julius is still the true
believer, Ethel seems to be a
flighty, foolish woman, day-
dreaming about the time
she played St. Joan in high
school, worrying about her
parenting skills, and passion-
ately devoted to Julius. Her
brother, David Greenglass, is
presented as a foolish lout,
and her sister-in-law, Ruth,
as a slut. Ethels mother is
treated with the most con-
tempt, including being pro-
vided with an entirely uncon-
vincing Yiddish accent and
stereotypical demeanor. All
of these characters are little
more than caricatures, and in
the case of Mrs. Greenglass, a
deeply offensive caricature.
The play opens in Sing Sing, where
both Julius and Ethel were imprisoned,
and then moves back in time to the early
1930, when the couple first met at a Young
Communist League meeting. At the start,
Ethel is talking about angels and sin and
how shes like St. Joan, bizarrely Christian
imagery for a Jewish girl from the Lower
East Side, and a communist, to boot.
What are we to make of this? Has Ethel
found religion a different one in
prison? She has a constant companion
who says she represents all faiths and all
cultures. The very talented Adrienne C.
Moore (now in Orange Is the New Black)
plays this role, which seems to be a cross
between a Greek chorus and a guardian
angel. Although Ms.
Moore gives her all
to the role, it never
is clear what she is
there to do. Switching
from gospel-inflected
affirmations to Yid-
dishisms, she is one
example of the strange
mash-up of African-
American and Jewish
sensibilities on display
at the Beckett Theatre
on Theatre Row.
Perhaps director
Will Pomerantz wants
to emphasize the early
civil-rights work of
the Communist Party, or the reality that
African-Americans made up a large per-
centage of prisoners then, just as they do
now. Since none of that is made explicit or
even strongly implied in the overly busy
production, the casting decisions become
another confusing choice.
The missteps of Ethel Sings cannot
be blamed on its talented cast, who try
hard to make the play work as they per-
form multiple characters. Set designer
John McDermott and costume designer
Whitney Locher create a believable
Depression/wartime environment, with
a vaguely industrial-looking set that
evokes both prison and tenement. Tracy
Michailidis (Beauty and the Beast) cap-
tures Ethels delicacy and stubbornness
and has a beautiful voice as well, but we
never understand what motivates her to
make the decisions she does. She is not
the ideologue that Julius is, and at times
seems to have ordinary dreams of a nice
apartment and happy children. Her iden-
tification with Joan of Arc is vexing: is her
passion for Julius meant to remind us of
Joans religious fervor? Does her execu-
tion make her a leftist saint? If we cannot
grasp who Ethel is and apprehend why
she does what she does, what does Ethel
Sings bring to our deeper comprehen-
sion of her life?
Perhaps there is a musical treatment
hidden in the experiences of Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg, but Ethel Sings is not
it. At least, not yet.
Cast tries hard, but musical offers little insight into the
Rosenbergs.
Calendar
JS-50*
Friday
JUNE 13
Shabbat in Paramus:
The Young Jewish
Families Club and
membership committee
of the JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth Tikvah
hosts an open house,
barbecue, and family
service, 6 p.m. Rain or
shine. East 304 Midland
Ave. Reservations,
(201) 262-7691 or yjf@
jccparamus.org.
Shabbat in Closter:
Temple Beth El hosts
family Shabbat, led by
Rabbi David S. Widzer
and Cantor Rica Timman,
with BETY (Beth El Youth
Group), a camp send-off,
and blessings for high
school seniors, 6:45 p.m.
221 Schraalenburgh
Road. (201) 768-5112.
Shabbat in Fort Lee:
The sisterhood of
the JCC of Fort Lee/
Congregation Gesher
Shalom hosts services,
7 p.m. Refreshments.
1449 Anderson Ave. (201)
947-1735.
Shabbat in Woodcliff
Lake: Temple Emanuel
of the Pascack Valleys
Cantor Mark Biddelman,
on guitar, hosts Shabbat
Yachad, Hebrew prayers
set to easy-to-sing
melodies, accompanied
by flutist Debra Blecher,
keyboardist Jonathan
Hanser, bassist Brian
Glassman, and drummer
Gal Gershovsky, 8 p.m.
Free copy of CD with
service melodies
available at the shul. 87
Overlook Drive. (201) 391-
0801 or www.tepv.org.
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth offers
a Shlomo Carlebach
musical service in honor
of Cantor Ellen Tilems
20th anniversary as the
shuls cantor, 8 p.m. 1666
Windsor Road. (201) 833-
1322.
Shabbat in Springfield:
Temple Shaarey Shalom
invites the community to
a special Shabbat Alive
musical service with
Jewish rock musician
Rick Recht, 8 p.m. He will
be joined by the Temples
adult and youth choirs.
78 South Springfield Ave.
(973) 379-5387.
Saturday
JUNE 14
Shabbat in Teaneck:
David M. Weinberg,
diplomatic columnist
for the Jerusalem
Post and Israel
Hayom, speaks during
services that begin at
9 a.m. at the Jewish
Center of Teaneck. At
approximately 11, Mr.
Weinberg will discuss
Awakening: the Zionist
Spring in a Changed
Middle East and at
6:45 p.m., an hour before
Minchah, he will talk
about Reforming the
Charedi Community
in Israel and Healing
Israel. Kinder Shul for
3- to 8-year-olds, while
parents attend services,
10:30-11:45. 70 Sterling
Place. (201) 833-0515 or
www.jcot.org.
Concert in Wayne:
TUSK: The Ultimate
Fleetwood Mac tribute
band performs for the
Rock Tribute Series at
the Wayne YMCA, 7 p.m.
The Metro YMCAs of the
Oranges is a partner of
the YM-YWHA of North
Jersey. 1 Pike Drive. (973)
595-0100.
Sunday
JUNE 15
Charity bike ride:
Jewish Family Service
of Bergen and North
Hudson sponsors
JFS Wheels for Meals
Ride to Fight Hunger,
beginning and ending
at the Jewish Home at
Rockleigh. Registration
begins at 6:30 a.m.
Route options: Cycle 3,
10, 25, or 50 miles, or 5K
walk. (201) 837-9090 or
RidetoFightHunger.org.
Scholarship breakfast
in Teaneck: Torah
Academy of Bergen
County holds its annual
scholarship breakfast
at the school, 9:30 a.m.
Rachel Friedman and
Suzy Schwartz are the
honorees. (201) 837-7696
or teri.normand@tabc.org.
Author/book signing in
Teaneck: Eric Goldman,
film editor for the
Jewish Standard, signs
copies of his book, The
American Jewish Story
Through Cinema, at
the Judaica House, 11
a.m.-12:30 p.m. Goldman
is also an adjunct
professor of cinema
at Yeshiva University
and founder/president
of Ergo Media, Inc., a
Jewish film distributor.
The book signing is
the final stop on a
nationwide book tour to
over 30 communities.
478 Cedar Lane. (201)
801-9001.
Monday
JUNE 16
Enriching our lives:
Rabbi Ephraim Epstein
is the guest lecturer
for a lunch and learn at
Young Israel of Fort Lee,
noon. Rabbi Epstein, the
leader of Congregation
Sons of Israel in Cherry
Hill, and the writer of the
weekly column Tefillah
Tips on the OU website,
discusses An Attitude of
Gratitude: Exploring the
Characteristics That Can
Enrich Our Lives. Light
lunch. 1610 Parker Ave.
(201) 592-1518 or yiftlee.
org.
Tuesday
JUNE 17
Networking in Teaneck:
The Jewish Business
Network meets for
Cocktails and Carats,
an after-hours business
card exchange at
Garden State Jewelers,
5:30- 7:30 p.m. 441
Cedar Lane. www.
jbusinessnetwork.net.
Wednesday
JUNE 18
Yiddish club: Khaverim
Far Yidish (Friends for
Yiddish) of the Jewish
Community Center of
Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah meets for
lunch and a program
with pianist Inna Leytush,
1 p.m. Group meets the
fourth Wednesday of
the month. $10. East 304
Midland Ave. Varda, (201)
791-0327.
Book discussion in
Fort Lee: Sisterhood of
Congregation Gesher
Shalom/JCC of Fort Lee
meets for a discussion
on Jonathan D. Sarnas
book When General
Grant Expelled the Jews,
8 p.m. Refreshments.
1449 Anderson Ave. (201)
947-1735.
Thursday
JUNE 19
Networking in Short
Hills: The Jewish
Business Network meets
with members of the
Tribe and Temple Bnai
Jeshurun, 8 a.m. 1025
South Orange Ave. www.
jbusinessnetwork.net.
Yiddish in Wayne: The
Wayne YMCA offers a
Yiddish Vinkle, sponsored
by Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jersey,
1 p.m. 1 Pike Drive. (973)
595-0100, ext. 236.
Friday
JUNE 20
Shabbat in Jersey City:
Congregation Bnai
Jacob offers the year-
end Friday Night Live!
with nosh, schmooze,
and Shabbat dinner,
beginning at 6:30 p.m.
176 West Side Ave. (201)
435-5725 or bnaijacobjc.
org.
Saturday
JUNE 21
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Daniel Rynhold discusses
The Shirah Community Chorus on the Palisades, led by its
founding director, conductor Matthew Lazar, performs its 20th
anniversary spring concert on Sunday, June 15, at 7 p.m., in the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly. The performance in
the Taub Auditorium, which will include traditional and contemporary pieces
in Hebrew, English, and Yiddish, is in memory of its founder, Ruth Weinflash.
A dessert reception follows. The JCC Thurnauer School of Music will hold its
15th annual Sandra O. Gold Founders Day Concert with the schools acclaimed
student ensembles on Thursday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m., also in the JCCs Taub
Auditorium. 411 E. Clinton Ave., Tenafly. (201) 408-1465 or www.jccotp.org.
JUNE
15 & 19
Calendar
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Halakhic Man or
Superman? A Jewish
Response to Nietzsche,
at Congregation Rinat
Yisrael, 6:55 p.m.
Rynhold is an associate
professor in modern
Jewish philosophy at the
Bernard Revel Graduate
School of Jewish Studies,
Yeshiva University, and
author of three books on
philosophy and religion.
389 W. Englewood Ave.
(201) 837-2795.
Sunday
JUNE 22
Atlantic City trip:
Hadassahs Fair Lawn
chapter takes a trip to
Show Boat Casino Hotel.
A bus leaves the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel
at 9:15 a.m. Breakfast
served on bus at 9. $30;
includes $25 slot play
money. Bring ID and
Tropicana Rewards card.
10-10 Norma Ave. Varda,
(201) 791-0327.
Circus in Washington
Township: The Kelly
Miller Circus comes to
the Bergen County YJCC
for two shows, noon
and 4 p.m. Rain or shine.
Traditional tented circus
features elephants, tigers,
camels, ponies, and a
cast of international
circus stars: daring
aerialists, agile acrobats,
and cavorting clowns,
all under the big top.
Advance sales benefit
the YJCC. 605 Pascack
Road. Wendy Fox, (201)
666-6610.
In New York
Tuesday
JUNE 17
Job networking for
attorneys: The Orthodox
Union Job Board
and Crown Heights
Young Entrepreneurs
host Networking for
Attorneys, at the OU
Job Board International
Headquarters,
5:30-7:30 p.m. Featuring
Speed Networking with
round-robin seating. Not
a job fair. Registration
required. 11 Broadway,
14th Floor, Manhattan.
(212) 563-4000 or www.
oujobs.org.
Singles
Sunday
JUNE 29
Dance party in Clifton:
North Jersey Jewish
Singles Meetup, a group
sponsored by the Clifton
Jewish Center, hosts
Jewish singles dinner
and dance, 6-9:30 p.m.
Light dinner buffet, ice
breakers, followed by
baby boomers dance
music with DJ Allan
Bolles. $20. 18 Delaware
St. (973) 772-3131 or
www.meetup.com.
Bike to the
beach
Hazon offers a Bke to the
Beach event on Sunday, June
15. Join riders from various
locations in New Jersey and
New York all headed to Coney
Island.
Starting locations and times
include 9 a.m. in Fort Lee, and
9:30 a.m., at the JCC Manhat-
tan, Upper West Side. Lunch
will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Riding is free, with an
option to buy lunch and a
Hazon water bottle for $10.
Vi sit hazon.org/calendar/
bike-beach-2.
A charity ride to fight hunger
Jewish Family Service of Bergen
and North Hudson holds its fourth
annual Wheels for Meals Ride to
Fight Hunger, Fathers Day, Sunday,
June 15, from 6:30 a.m. to noon. The
annual event will raise money for
Meals on Wheels and its food pan-
try. ABC Eyewitness News Anchor,
Lori Stokes will be on-site to support
participants including Mara Miller,
a two-time USA Cycling National
champion.
There will be 25 and 50 mile rides
for advanced cyclists, 10 and 3 mile
routes for less experienced riders,
and a 3-mile walk.
Corporate sponsors include
Stop and Shop, Benzel Busch, BJs
Wholesale Club, Unilevers Degree,
Sharp Electronics, Becton Dickin-
son, Pepsico, Optima, TD Bank, and
Crestron.
A rest stop sponsored by the
Tenafly Bicycle Workshop will be
available along the cycling route.
Breakfast and lunch will be pro-
vided and there will be a chance to
win a Sharp AQUOS 60 LED Smart
TV with Quattron Technology.
For information, visit www.rideto-
fighthunger.org or www.facebook.
com/JFSBergen/events.
Sunset soiree
for young
professionals
Young Friends of the Museum
at the Museum of Jewish Her-
itageA Living Memorial to
the Holocaust in Manhattans
Battery Park City host Young
Friends Sunset Soiree for the
areas young professional com-
munity, 21 to 39 years old. It is
set for Thursday, June 26, from
7 to 10 p.m.; a private museum
exhibition tour begins at 6:30.
Participants can socialize on
the outdoor terrace overlook-
ing New York Harbor and look
at the museums special exhi-
bitions. Gallery educators will
be available to answer ques-
tions and give tours.
There will be an open beer
and wine bar and light refresh-
ments will be served; dietary
laws will be observed. Pro-
ceeds support the museums
education programs. For infor-
mation, call (646) 437-4252
or go to www.mjhnyc.org/
youngfriends.
Concert at JHR next week
The Jewish Home at Rockleigh, Russ Berrie
Home for Jewish Living invites the community
to the 12h annual Myrna and Alan Cohen Spring
Concert on Sunday, June 22, at 2:30 p.m.
Hagit Avnon, an Israeli-born dancer and
singer, weaves Hebrew, Yiddish, and English
songs into her performance. She has appeared
on Israeli and American stages, performed
at JHR in 2008, and will be the featured per-
former again this year. Her show covers the
saga of the Jews in the 20th century from the
shtetl to the birth of the State of Israel.
Admission is free and refreshments will be
served. The concert is made possible through
the Jewish Home Foundation and the Myrna
and Alan Cohen Annual Spring Concert Endowment, which was established
in 2003 by the Cohens friends to provide special springtime entertainment
to JHR residents.
For information, call (201) 784-1414.
Hagit Avnon
NYC museum offers discussion on knish book
The Museum of Jewish HeritageA Liv-
ing Memorial to the Holocaust hosts a
Fathers Day program about the history
of the knish with a discussion of Laura
Silvers new book, Knish: In Search of
the Jewish Soul Food, on Sunday, June
15, at 2:30 p.m. Ms. Silver, who is con-
sidered the worlds leading authority on
knishes, will be joined in conversation
with food writer Gabriella Gershenson.
She will report on her round-the-world
quest for the origins of the humble
potato pocket. The event, which is co-
presented by 92Y, is part of the 92Y@
MJH book series. The event will include
a light post-discussion knish nosh.
Tickets are available online at www.
mjhnyc.org or by calling the Museum
box office at (646) 437-4202, at 92Ys box
office, and on its website, www.92y.org.
Ridgewood family
bike ride
Northern New Jersey Hadassah Associates sponsors a fam-
ily bike ride at the Ridgewood Wild Duck Pond on Sunday,
June 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be a choice of bike trails, a walk/run, and use
of a playground. Water will be available and light refresh-
ments will be served after the activities. Helmets are
required for the bike ride.
Proceeds will benefit the Mens Health Initiative at
Hadassah Medical Organization. For information call Neal
Lipschitz at (201) 248-0517 or nlipschitz@hotmail.com or
Bruce Revesz at (973) 239-7230 or nogbrutrpt@gmail.com.
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BARBARA SEIDEN
The Jewish Home Family notes with profound
sorrow the passing of our long devoted
supporter, very dear friend, and wife of our past
JHRC past president and board chair, Norman
Seiden. Alongside her beloved devoted husband
Norman, Barbara was a critical driving force in
the development of the Jewish Home Family.
Together, their strong belief in involving others
in our mission of providing for elders in our
community resulted in the creation of our
organization as well as our ability to improve the
lives of seniors daily. A woman loved by all who
exhibited a profound commitment to countless
organizations and causes in the local, national
and international Jewish communities. She will
be missed by many. We extend our deepest
sympathy to her beloved husband, Norman,
her children Stephen, Pearl, and Mark, her
grandchildren and great-grandchildren and her
entire family. Barbaras legacy includes the many
ne institutions that along with her lifelong
partner Norman, she conceived, founded,
stewarded, and generously and tirelessly
supported. May her memory be for a blessing.
Eli Ungar, Chairperson of the Board
Charles P. Berkowitz, President and CEO
IN MEMORIAL - BARBARA SEIDEN
The ofcers, board and staff of the American Technion Society (ATS) are deeply saddened
at the loss of Barbara Seiden of Tenay, N.J. Together with her beloved husband Norman,
a member of the ATS National Board of Directors and Deputy Chairman of the Technion
International Board of Governors, Mrs. Seiden was a steadfast supporter of the Technion and
Israel, and a Technion Guardian, a distinction reserved for those who have reached the highest
level of commitment. She was a Life Trustee, and past national Board Member, of the ATS
Womens Division, of which she was a leading supporter. Among the signicant Technion
projects the couple funded are the Barbara and Norman Seiden Nanoelectronics Processing
Laboratory, and the Barbara and Norman Seiden/New York Metropolitan Region Center for
Advanced Opto-Electronics. They also established several academic chairs, including ones
in the names of each of their children. We extend our deepest sympathy to Norman, children
Stephen, Pearl and Mark, and the entire Seiden family.
AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY
Jeffrey Richard, Executive Vice President
Melvyn. H. Bloom, Executive Vice President Emeritus
Ken Rubenstein, New York Metro Region President
Jerry Kleinman, New York Metro Region Director
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Mildred Goldin
Mildred Goldin, ne Adler, 93, of Mission Viejo, Calif.,
formerly of Hillsdale, died June 7.
She graduated Hunter College and earned a masters
at Montclair State College. Before retiring, she was a
teacher at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg,
N.Y. She was a former member of Temple Emanuel in
Woodcliff Lake.
Predeceased by her husband, Benjamin, she is
survived by her children, Susan Goldin-Meadow
(William Meadow) of Chicago, and Alan (Rozanne
Sandri-Goldin) of Irvine, Calif.; three grandchildren;
and one great-grandchild.
Donations can be made to the Avon Foundation
Breast Cancer Crusade. Arrangements were by Louis
Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Ivan Kivva
Ivan Kivva, 84, of Paterson, died June 5. Arrangements
were by Louis Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Lawrence Lewis
Lawrence Larry M. Lewis, 89, of Edgewater died
May 30 in North Bergen.
Born in the Bronx, he was an Army World War II
veteran earning three Battle Stars, a Bronze Star, and
the Croix de Guerre with Palm awarded by General
De Gaulle to the 88th Infantry Division members.
Before retiring, he spent nearly four decades as
a top administrative and financial executive for
MCA, General Artists Corp./Creative Management
Associates, and William Morris, Hollywood talent
agencies.
He is survived by his wife, Elinor; children, Andy,
Barbara Marco, and Susan Sadoun; a sister, Cookie
Marks; four grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
Arrangements were by Gutterman-Musicant
Funeral Directors in Hackensack.
Marlene Marlowe
Marlene D. Marlowe, 80, of Hawthorne, formerly of
New York City, died June 3.
Predeceased by her siblings, Bernard Marlowe and
Lillian Marlowe Gordon, she is survived by a brother-
in-law, Allen Gordon, and a nephew, Senator Bob
Gordon (Gail) of Fair Lawn.
Contributions can be sent to the Alzheimers
Association. Arrangements were by Louis Suburban
Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Michael Piekarsky
Michael Ira Piekarsky, 73, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of
Paterson, died June 4.
He was a graduate of Ohio College of Podiatry in
Cleveland.
A sister, Judith Sellman, of Sarasota, and nephews
David and Steven, survive him.
Donations can be made to Tidewell Hospice,
Sarasota, Fla. Arrangements were by Robert Schoems
Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
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NORMA T. FUND
Norma T. Fund of Allendale, was 86 years old and
passed away quietly on May 25, 2014, at Care One
Rehab Center in Westwood, N.J., after a prolonged
stay at Valley Hospital, suffering from a serious fall
and complications.
Married 68 years to Jerry Fund, she was a loving
wife, mother, and grandmother to Jerry, daughter
Melanie, and grandchildren, Alani and Kai.
An accomplished artist, photographer, musician,
and sportswoman, she was engaged throughout
her married years as correspondent, secretary,
homemaker, and ofce manager alongside Jerry in
their many business ventures and activities.
She was, above all else, a charming, gregarious
LADY with hordes of friends and relatives due to her
many interests and activities through the years.
She was laid to rest at Riverside Cemetery from
Schoems Menorah Chapel.
May she rest in peace with all our Love and
Respect forever. She will be sorely missed by all who
knew her.
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CHANA TOVA POUPKO
The clergy, lay leaders and the close knit
community of Congregation Ahavath Torah
in Englewood wish to extend their sincere
and deep sympathy to the Associate Rabbi,
HaRav Chaim and Dr. Shoshana Poupko
and their families on the untimely pass-
ing of their beloved daughter, Chana Tova,
obm on Shabbat, June 7, 2014. Funeral
services took place on Sunday, June 8 at
Congregation Ahavath Torah followed by
the kivura in Israel on Monday, June 9 at
Eretz HaChaim Cemetery in Beit Shemesh.
Chana was an exceptional child who in her
short time with us touched all of our hearts
deeply. She will be sorely missed. We pray
that her memory will continue to strengthen
and enrich the lives of her family and our
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Pope Francis, Peres, Abbas pray for peace in Vatican City
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas joined Pope Francis to pray
for peace in Vatican City on Sunday.
Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than
warfare, Pope Francis said. It calls for the courage to
say yes to encounter and no to conflict.
The 90-year-old Peres said, I was young. Now I am
old. I experienced war. I tasted peace. And all my life
I shall never stop to act for peace, for generations to
come. Lets all of us join hands and make it happen.
O Lord, bring comprehensive and just peace to our
country and region so that our people and the peoples
of the Middle East and the whole world would enjoy the
fruit of peace, stability, and coexistence, said Abbas,
whose Fatah party recently formed a unity government
with the terrorist group Hamas.
Abbas also took on a more political tone, emphasizing
that a just peace would alleviate the suffering of the
Palestinian people.
Peres and Abbas, meanwhile, met privately for about
15 minutes.
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NORMA T. FUND
Norma T. Fund of Allendale, was 86 years old and
passed away quietly on May 25, 2014, at Care One
Rehab Center in Westwood, N.J., after a prolonged
stay at Valley Hospital, suffering from a serious fall
and complications.
Married 68 years to Jerry Fund, she was a loving
wife, mother, and grandmother to Jerry, daughter
Melanie, and grandchildren, Alani and Kai.
An accomplished artist, photographer, musician,
and sportswoman, she was engaged throughout
her married years as correspondent, secretary,
homemaker, and ofce manager alongside Jerry in
their many business ventures and activities.
She was, above all else, a charming, gregarious
LADY with hordes of friends and relatives due to her
many interests and activities through the years.
She was laid to rest at Riverside Cemetery from
Schoems Menorah Chapel.
May she rest in peace with all our Love and
Respect forever. She will be sorely missed by all who
knew her.
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Heritage Point of Teaneck crowns trivia champion
What was the classic novel, and only book, written by
Harper Lee?
Who is the only President since George Washington to
become President without being elected to the office or
succeeding from the Vice Presidency?
Who wrote the line, We beat on, boats against the cur-
rent, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
These are the kinds of questions that were tossed
at residents at Heritage Pointe of Teaneck, the senior
independent community, in the preliminary and final
rounds of the Senior Trivia Olympics. The Gold Medal
winner was Irwin Geller, 92, a one-time manufacturer and
retailer. He nosed out Gerry Wagner, the Silver Medal win-
ner; and Jane Raps, who captured the Bronze.
We thought this would be a fun and unique activity for
our residents, many of whom weve found are extremely
well-read and knowledgeable on a range of subjects,
including politics, history, literature, world events, sports
and entertainment, said Lorraine Amendola, life
enrichment director at Heritage Pointe of Teaneck.
What were finding is that an activity like this not
only offers the residents a good time, but is also ben-
eficial in keeping their minds active and their memo-
ries sharp.
The event was divided into the categories Famous
Names, Famous Quotes and Famous Things, and
included questions on books, movies, famous land-
marks, television, historical events and figures,
sports, music and art.
I didnt realize how much I remembered about
American history and world events, said one resi-
dent, who joked, I knew who said a chicken in
every pot (Herbert Hoover) and the name of the
Supreme Court decision that declared segregation
unconstitutional in schools (Brown vs. Board of Edu-
cation). Since I didnt know the answers on those
questions concerning television, it probably just
goes to show that I havent lived a frivolous life.
According to Amendola, she is considering hav-
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Olympics for seniors in the community later this
summer. Those who are interested in learning the
details can contact her at 201-836-9260 (lamendola@
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And, for those keeping score, the answers to the
questions above are To Kill a Mockingbird, Gerald
Ford and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Touro College of
Pharmacy graduates
third class
Following musical interludes from Harlems Cot-
ton Club All Stars band, and with friends and family
members cheering them on, the eighty-six graduat-
ing students of the third class of the Touro College
of Pharmacy received their PharmD (Doctor of Phar-
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monies held at Columbia University.
The class of 2014 entered the college two years
after its opening in Harlem the first pharmacy
school to launch in New York City in 68 years and the
only pharmacy program in Manhattan. The schools
mission is to improve the publics health by educat-
ing a diverse student body who will serve underrep-
resented communities and work to minimize health
disparities.
Interim Dean Dr. Zvi Loewy reminded the gradu-
ates of the many changes that have taken place in the
pharmaceutical industry since they entered school
four years ago.
Since you entered the doors of the College of
Pharmacy in the fall of 2010 more than a hundred
new drugs have been approved. The big pharma-
ceutical companies have acquired the biotechnol-
ogy companies that are proficient in the develop-
ment and manufacturing of the new biological-based
therapeutic products. There have also been many
changes in vaccines, diagnostics and in the methods
of delivery of drugs, Dean Loewy said. You, too,
have changed, and I can promise you the change will
continue. But remember, the Touro College of Phar-
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ues, and you progress and develop in your careers.
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