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OPINION ...........................................................20
COVER STORY ................................................ 28
HOLIDAY GREETINGS..................................48
TORAH COMMENTARY ................................61
CROSSWORD PUZZLE ................................ 62
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OBITUARIES ....................................................66
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TIGHT COLLABORATORS:
Schumer and
Lawrence, oh my
As I noted in a
recent column,
AMY SCHUMER,
34, is so hot after the
success of her summer
movie, Trainwreck, that
shes a premiere week
guest on the Late Show
with Stephen Colbert.
(Shell be on Friday,
September 11). But the
big buzz now around her
is her new friendship
with Jennifer Lawrence,
25 (Silver Linings
Playbook, Hunger
Games). Lawrence told
the New York Times that
a few months ago she
emailed Schumer after
seeing Trainwreck and
said, I dont know where
to get started. I guess I
should just say it: Im in
love with you.
Emails and texting
led to Lawrence being
invited to join Schumer
and her high school
female buddies on their
annual outing, boating
off Long Island. Photos
of that event lit up the
Internet. Then, on August
25, Lawrence casually told reporters that
she and Schumer had
almost finished a comedy screenplay they had
written together. Their
screenplay has the two
playing sisters. Lawrence
says, Amy and I were
Amy Schumer
Billy Joel
Bette Midler
Philip Roth
Jennifer Connelly
Jon Rudnitsky
Saturday Night
Live has announced that just
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RUDNITSKY, will be
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2015-2016 season, which
starts October 3. Rudnitsky, 25, who grew up
in Harrington Park, is a
relatively unknown
stand-up comedian and
digital (Internet) comedic short filmmaker. I can
see why SNL hired him.
Hes fairly good looking
in a regular-guy kind of
way, he has youthful
energy, and the stand-up
routines he chose to post
on YouTube featured
millennial-heavy humor
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Senator Cory Booker and Adam Szubin talked to two groups of mostly disgruntled Jewish leaders.
From left, Dr. Ben Chouake of Norpac, Rabbi Menachem Genack of the OU, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, and Laura Fein, the
ZOAs New Jersey regional director, all were invited to the meeting.
I dont feel comfortable being part of a leadership meeting explaining it or lobbying for it.
The agreement is what the agreement is.
You can twist the definition of things only
so much. It will bring us closer to war the
only option to stop a breakout is the military
option. This will enable the worst country on
earth to become more wealthy, more powerful, more aggressive, and it wont stop it from
getting nuclear weapons.
Senator Booker knows our position. He
made a decision, people are very upset, and I
dont see this is the time or place for this kind
of forum. It is important for the community
to show that they are upset with the senators
decision. As good a relationship as we have
had with him, this affects the relationship and
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nuclear and terror ambitions while he
acknowledges the risks it poses to Americans and our ally Israel is a catastrophic
mistake and a complete betrayal of all
he purported to stand for, she said. His
chutzpah in attempting to sanitize his craven choice by reaching out to Jewish leaders just hours after he sold out has further
angered all who once thought him a leader
of principle. Only a reversal of his decision
could restore any shred of credibility.
Given the strength of her reaction
which was seconded by the ZOAs national
leadership she saw no point in going to
the meeting.
Rabbi Genack did go to the meeting.
I had what to say and I wanted to say
it, he said. I wanted to express for myself
and the community our position, our disappointment in the senators decision to
support the Iran deal, and why we think
thats a disastrous approach.
The senator said he knows he has lost a
lot of credibility within our community and
that hell have to work hard to get it back,
Rabbi Genack said.
About 15 people were there.
Rabbi Genack described Mr. Szubin from
the Treasury, who described how continued oversight on sanctions would work,
as very bright. Hes frum. Nonetheless,
Rabbi Genack was not swayed by Mr. Szubins presentation.
Rabbi Genack said hes known Mr.
Booker for 20 years and that he was
among those who advised the senator
to come out against the deal before he
reached his decision.
Cory Booker himself, in his statement,
eviscerates the deal and said its a terrible
deal. Given that he thought its a terrible
deal, I would have thought he would have
voted against it, Rabbi Genack said.
We know from history that when
people say they mean to do us ill, Rabbi
Genack said, referring to the Iranians,
they mean to do us ill.
The Iran deal, he said, came about
because there was never a military option
that was serious. It was never credible.
America, with its economic power and military power, should have led the world to
put the sanction regime back.
On Wednesday, the Orthodox Union was
scheduled to rally in Washington with the
Rabbinic Council of America which represents Orthodox rabbis against the deal.
Rabbi Genack explained that the rally
was important even though the Iran vote
appeared a foregone conclusion. This
decision and this deal is an inflection point
in history, he said. History doesnt end
with this. The challenge we have now will
be more difficult in terms of containing
Iran.
The rally is both to lobby against the
deal, for people to understand the historic
negative consequences of the deal, and to
look toward the future. The group will
work with AIPAC to meet with members of
Congress.
Rabbi Genack is a long-time Democrat.
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Meylekh Viswanath, at right, with members of the Jewish community in Gathundia, a village in rural Kenya, in front of
their makeshift synagogue.
As a result, commemorating
the destruction of the Temple
sitting in Gathundia was
certainly a more detached
experience for me than it
usually is in my Orthodox
shul in Teaneck.
community there brings the sadness of the
day home to me.
In Gathundia, however, I had no external reminders of the melancholy that I
can feel palpably in Teaneck. Whatever
fast-day emotions I experienced I had to
dredge out of my own self. While almost
smack on the Equator, Gathundia is 8,400
meters high, and July is winter in southern-hemisphere Kenya. The morning was
a balmy 70 degrees Fahrenheit. So the
usual dreary and often sticky heat that I
would experience in Teaneck or in Bombay and that added to the feeling of forlornness were missing.
The Shabbes service in the synagogue
was something of a makeshift affair. There
was a lot of skipping. There were only
about five men and five women, and about
seven or eight children. On Sunday morning, the day of the actual fast, there were
no services at all. My hosts had called a
meeting, however, to provide me with
background, you could argue that a discussion about rural livelihoods in a Jewish context is nothing less than a continuation of the Jewish existential struggle.
Three weeks later, ere Shabbes before
Tisha BAv, I found myself in a very different place. This time I was in southern
India, in the city of Kochi, in the state of
Kerala. Kerala is a place where Jews have
lived for more than 2,000 years. There
has been a documented Jewish community in Kerala for at least 1,200 years
and in Kochi itself for about 600. The
Parades synagogue, which still stands on
Jew Street in the Mattancherry or Jewtown neighborhood, was completed in
1568. Nearby Fort Cochin, another Jewish neighborhood, was built by the Portuguese in 1503, then fell to the Dutch and
was ultimately captured by the British
and held by them until Indian Independence in 1947.
While Mattancherry and Fort Cochin
have had a Jewish presence for more than
500 years, the Kerala Jewish community
that moved to this area actually pre-dates
this settlement. That community was
from Cranganore (present-day Kodungallur), further up the coast, and eventually moved to Cochin, driven first by the
silting-up of the port in Cranganore and
then by attacks of the Portuguese.
If the Gathundia community is barely
born, the Kochi Jewtown community is
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almost dead. I have been visiting Jewtown since 1987. I was very friendly with
Sammy Hallegua, the patriarch of the Kochi
White Jewish community. Sammy always
invited me to Shabbat meals at his house
after prayers. Friday night and Saturday
night, after Shabbat, Sammy would hold
court before a dozen Jewish and non-Jewish guests, the whisky flowing freely. With
time, however, the Jewish presence on Jew
Street palpably decreased, and the number
of Kashmiri Muslim tradesmen who set up
shop on Jew Street increased. Selling Jewish and non-Jewish merchandise, they have
become, oddly enough, the face of Jewry on
Jew Street.
Still, as long as Sammy was around, there
generally was a minyan on Shabbat. After
Sammys death, it grew more and more difficult to get a minyan. Even though Sammy
was a White Jew, he always had good relations with the other local Jewish group,
the Malabaris; his departure robbed Jew
Street of its majesty as well as the Malabari
Jews already fleeting connection with Jewtown. A couple of Chabad rabbis tried to
revive Jewish life in Mattancherry, but they
were unsuccessful it would have to be an
unusual Chabad rabbi who could appreciate
the special character of Cochin Jewry and
integrate it with Chabad enthusiasm. There
were no such rabbis.
There might have been a prayer for some
sort of Jewish revival on Jew Street 10 years
ago, but it is impossible today.
Last year, my son, Arun Viswanath, spent
Simchat Torah in Jewtown. Sammys son
David also was visiting. With the help of Jewish visitors and some locals, they made up a
minyan and conducted services using some
of the traditional prayer tunes and piyyutim. The bimah and the Aron Hakodesh
were decorated with traditional silken goldbrocaded South Indian silk decorations.
But this was a rare event. In 2013, just a
year before, I had visited Jewtown for Shavuot. In contrast to my sons Simchat Torah
experience, I davened by myself in an
entirely empty synagogue. Tisha BAv, this
year, I was going to be in India again and
Sammys widow, Queenie Hallegua invited
me to Jewtown for the preceding Shabbat.
Just as it had been for Shavuot in 2013, the
synagogue was deserted. On Friday night
there was one other person; for Shabbat
morning prayers there was just me. Going
out for a walk in the afternoon, I overheard
some young Frenchwomen discussing a
visit to the synagogue. They didnt seem to
know that it was closed on Sabbaths and
Jewish holidays. When I told them so, one
of the women replied that she was Jewish.
I told her that if she wanted to, she could
come to participate in the Tisha BAv prayers
later than evening.
Sunset in Kochi in late July is around 7
p.m., and Shabbes ends about an hour
later. Although I wouldnt be saying the
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under this commandment (see Mishnah Pe-ah, 5:6), and
they opened the door to hasagat gvul protecting intellectual property.
Thus, in Section 188 of the extra-talmudic commentary to Deuteronomy, the Sifre, we are told that merely
attributing an opinion or ruling to the wrong person
is considered hasagat gvul. From where do we learn
that if one substitutes Rabbi Joshuas view for Rabbi
Eliezers, he is violating a negative commandment?
From You shall not move your neighbors landmark.
By the medieval period, hasagat gvul was fully protective of intellectual property.
Hasagat gvul for a time also moved into the area of
tenancy rights. This is an example of Torah law evolving
to fit unique social circumstances. Because Jews often
were restricted to ghettoes of one type or another, the
availability of apartments and homes were deemed precious commodities.
When it came to business, the Sages and the decisors who followed them were more cautious, probably
because the Torah itself seems to favor a free market
economy. It took a while, therefore, for hasagat gvul to
fully evolve into a strict prohibition of unfair competitive practices.
In his book With All Your Possessions, Meir Tamari,
a leading authority on Jewish business law and a former chief economist for the Bank of Israel, cited a 1955
responsum from Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss, known
as the Minchat Yitzchak. Weiss was confronted with a
case in which a salesman (Shimon) who worked for a
vendor (Reuven) took his customer contact list with
him when he changed jobs. The Minchat Yitzchak was
willing to prohibit the new employer from fulfilling Shimons orders obtained from those customers, but only
for a limited time, in order not to prevent Shimons
economic advancement permanently.
On the other hand, Weiss described Shimon as being
like one who takes his [Reuvens] very soul.
How does any of this apply to synagogues and kashrut
certification?
Regarding synagogues, that is easy to answer. If the
synagogue attempts to attract members away from
a neighboring synagogue, that violates hasagat gvul.
Inevitably, some synagogues do engage in this practice
around the High Holy Days. They send out mass mailings, arguing that they bought lists but had no way of
distinguishing between members of other synagogues
and the unaffiliated. That excuse is valid in their own
towns, but not when they also buy lists of names from
adjacent and not-so-adjacent towns that also have synagogues. A relatively new practice is for a synagogue to
run programs not just outside its own building, but outside their own communities, which have synagogues of
their own.
Regarding the certification agencies, an explanation
is needed. Torah law is not a series of unrelated laws. It
is a complete set, to be taken as a whole. That is why, for
example, Shabbat and kashrut rules must stand aside
when a persons health is at serious risk; we are to live
by the law, not to die by it.
In the case of kashrut, it is not enough to make certain
the foods and their preparation meet halachic standards.
Included in the mix must be whether someones livelihood will be adversely affected by allowing a competitor to open nearby. Is there enough consumer demand
for kosher pizza to allow for more than one vendor in,
say, a four-square-block area? That is a classic example
of hasagat gvul.
How sad that such violations occur. How much sadder
that we allow them to occur.
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Cant we return to that great Jewish tradition of respecting one another, though
disagreeing for the sake of heaven as
well as for the sake of Israel, America, the
Middle East, and the world at large?
The author also writes that my wishful thinkingignores the reality of Irans
full support of terrorist groups Actually, his statement is inaccurate. Since my
wishful thinking was directly focused on
the reality of Irans support of terrorist
groups, the wish was that we use the 10 to
15 years of the agreement to nurture those
in Iran who hope to bring their country
away from terrorism, away from nuclear
weapons, and into the modern, democratic world. In other words, that Iran is
not just one solid, unchangeable block of
terrorism and nuclear weapons ambitions.
But maybe its unfair to call this wishful
thinking, since the idea of using the time
for supporting change in Iran goes beyond
just wishing. Its a plan, and a wish plus a
plan may be better termed a hard-headed
strategy.
The author also objects to [h]anding
them 150 billion dollars... But Iran doesnt
get the money until it demonstrates compliance with the accord. And upon release,
most of the money is committed to nonterrorist related debts and projects. And
the U.S., its negotiating partners, and
Israel are all committed to monitoring and
countering whatever of this money ends
up in a terrorist pipeline.
I am also criticized for commenting on
Netanyahus pro-settlement policies
especially because they are totally irrelevant to the Iran Issue. But I was responding to the complaint that Obama was
criticizing Netanyahu for helping Israel. I
just added that his settlement policy was
not helping.
The authors rejoinder was that the
Arabs demand all the land, so the settlements (comprising only a small part of the
land) dont matter.
But they matter a lot. An Israel occupying land until it could be handed over to a
non-threatening regime would be understood by the rest of the world even if that
occupying has to be for a very long time.
An Israel trying to squeeze land out of the
little area that the Palestinians have to create a non-threatening regime would not be
so understood.
And, as with Iran, the Arabs, including the Palestinians, are not simply a
solid, unchangeable block. They dont all
demand all the land. There are those who
want to reach out, live in peace and concentrate on bringing their societies into
the modern democratic word. The settlements are not helping their cause.
Finally, Im attacked for being a bleeding-heart leftist Jew. Thats a lot of modifiers, but is any of them bad? Sounds to me
like a direct reference to what we say in
synagogue: lift up the fallen, clothe the
naked and heal the sick. And doesnt that
translate into such things as Social Security, civil and voting rights, Medicare and
Feckless Booker
I dont doubt that Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is sincere when he says his good
friend Cory Booker is a fine, upstanding
citizen, who showed his devotion to the
Jewish cause by presiding over the college
LChaim Society (Senator Booker and the
Iran deal, September 4).
But first and foremost Cory Booker is
a politician, who, like most others of his
ilk, is fundamentally risk averse, especially when it comes to making decisions
or sticking his neck out. By all accounts
Booker was a huge disappointment as
Newark mayor, speaking passionately but
doing little to help move that troubled
city forward in any discernible direction.
That his successor, the far less-polished
and more controversial Ras Baraka, has
won wide praise from Newarks business
community, police, and minorities says as
much about the new mayors decisiveness
as it does the former mayors timidity.
To those who have observed Bookers
rapid New Jersey political ascension for little other reason than hes a relatively articulate, attractive Democrat, it was no surprise that he waited till after the deciding
vote was cast finally to declare his support
for the Obama Iran deal. His vote meant
nothing, won him points in the party, and
was totally consistent with his history of
fecklessness.
Fraser P. Seitel, Fort Lee
who violate your laws. I recognize European efforts to legislate Holocaust education curricula and to protect the rights of
all minorities. Europe clearly is acting.
It is true that anti-Semitic incidents are
on the rise all over the world. It is also true
that pro-Semitic awareness is now at an alltime high. The response of Europe to the
Hebdo attacks last summer bears witness
to this truth. My friends in France and elsewhere tell me that they are concerned, but
that their lives continue as before.
If there is anything that I might wish for,
it would be for Americans and Europeans to join together even more closely in
teaching tolerance and integrating minority populations into their mainstream cultures. Here in America, the issue of race
relations has caused increasing violence,
the worst period in over 40 years.
In spite of current tensions, I remain
confident that Western civilization values, born on your continent, will triumph
over the forces of religious insularity and
tribalism.
Eric Weis, Wayne
No more name-calling
With more than 34 senators now committed to supporting the Iran nuclear deal, it
is time to move past the destructive battle
that much of the pro-Israel community has
waged against this agreement. If we are to
maintain the bipartisan consensus that the
security of Israel is of vital importance to
America, we must turn down the rhetoric.
In particular, we must immediately stop the
name calling that has appeared in Jewish
publications, including, unfortunately, the
Jewish Standard, where proponents of the
deal have been called morally weak, intellectually dishonest, ignorant of history, and
especially, poor friends of Israel.
The upcoming congressional vote
never was a litmus test of support for
Israel. That vote, as crafted, is a judgment call between whether or not it is
better for the U.S. to participate in an
agreement that has already been signed
by six other countries. Further, President
Obama has made it very clear that he has
neither the desire nor the ability to negotiate a better deal. With that in mind,
how do we justify calling Democrats who
will uphold his veto morally weak?
The pro-Israel community needs to
wake up to the fact that we need the Democratic party more than it needs us. Ethnic
groups that are aligned with Democrats
but are, at best, neutral to Israel are the
fastest growing groups in America. Meanwhile, nothing has changed for Israel. We
cannot afford to lose even one war. If a
Democratic party with no emotional ties
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Russian and French investigations.
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ike a mini-series
Will the French announcestaggering to the
ment mean that there will
end of its 10th
finally be an end to the chatseason, the latter about Arafats murder?
est probe into the alleged
Regrettably, there are good
murder of Yasser Arafat,
reasons to think not.
the former Palestine LibIf Suha were the only
eration Organization leader
person still convinced that
who died in Paris in 2004,
Arafat was murdered, it
Ben Cohen
recently passed an entirely
wouldnt really matter,
p re d i c t a b l e m i l e s to n e
because her credibility
when French investigators
already has been irreparaannounced that they were closing the case
bly battered by her habit of flinging false
without bringing any charges.
accusations for example, that Israel used
In their ruling, the investigative judges
poison gas against Palestinians in the West
said that there was not sufficient evidence
Bank without a shred of evidence. Nor
of an intervention by a third party who
are Palestinians themselves particularly
could have attempted to take [Arafats]
fond of her. Claims that Suha had inherited
life. Nor were there any grounds to believe
millions of dollars in bank accounts prethat Arafat was poisoned by polonium-210,
viously controlled by Arafat were widely
a highly radioactive isotope, as Arafats
reported in the Arab press in 2007, and
widow, Suha, alleged when she filed murher more recent attacks on Hamas for
der charges in 2012 at the district court in
Islamizing Gaza havent done her any
the Nanterre suburb of Paris. Directly as a
favors either. Ditto for her admission that
result of Suhas insistence that her husband
Arafat apparently told her that he planned
was murdered, Arafats body was briefly
the second Palestinian intifada in 2000,
exhumed from its burial spot in the West
thereby undermining the impression that
Bank city of Ramallah, in order for French,
Palestinians rose up spontaneously against
Russian, and Swiss investigators to gather
the Israeli occupation.
samples.
Bus the Palestinian Authority broadly
What a waste of time and money.
shares Suhas bizarre opinions on AraThe French conclusion that there was
fats death. I say broadly because Suha,
nothing to underpin the Arafat murder
at least, concedes that the Israelis are not
claim came almost two years after the
the only party who could have murdered
Russians arrived at the same determinaher husband; dissident Palestinians, she
tion. In December 2013, after having conadmits, also might have been responducted the requisite tests, Vladimir Uiba,
sible. The PA, though, says that Arafat
the head of the Russian Federal Medical
was murdered and that the Israelis and
and Biological Agency, declared that the
no one other than the Israelis were
PLO leader had died of natural causes.
responsible.
(The Russians, incidentally, know a good
Indeed, Gen. Tawfik Terawi, the head
deal about the deadly impact of poloof the PAs investigative committee into
nium, having allegedly used it in the 2006
Arafats death, is adamant about this
assassination in London of Alexander Litpoint. After the Russians concluded that
vinenko, a former Russian intelligence
there was no basis for further investigaofficer and stalwart critic of President
tion in 2013, Terawi angrily declared, It is
Vladimir Putin.)
not important that I say here that he was
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Looking back at
September 2014
At the annual U.N. General Assembly, President
Barack Obama focuses his speech on the ISIS
threat, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
likens Iran to ISIS, and Iranian President Hassan
Rouhani blames the Wests blunders for fomenting the terrorists of ISIS. Meanwhile, Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issues a
scathing attack against Israel for its conduct in the
summers war with Hamas in Gaza.
October 2014
Rabbi Barry Freundel, the longtime spiritual leader of the Kesher Israel synagogue
in Washington, D.C., is arrested and
charged with voyeurism following the discovery of hidden cameras that recorded
women undressing in the Orthodox synagogues mikvah. The following February,
Freundel pleads guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism. The case roils the Orthodox world.
Rabbi Avi Weiss, an ardent political
activist who espouses a liberal brand of
Orthodoxy, announces his planned retirement from the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in New York. Weiss is the founder
of the Yeshivat Chovevei Torah rabbinical school for men and Yeshivat Maharat
school for female Orthodox clergy.
Protesters demonstrate against The Death of Klinghoffer outside the Metropolitan Opera House in Manhattan on October 20.
Raffi Wineburg
threats.
The core exhibit of the POLIN Museum
of the History of Polish Jews, a more than
$100 million complex first conceived over
20 years ago, is inaugurated with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on hand.
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The post, titled Dealing with SavAs Republicans retake the Senages, draws a strong rebuke from
ate in midterm elections, a state
the Orthodox Union, which calls it
senator from New Yorks Long
anathema to the Jewish religious
Island, Lee Zeldin, is elected to
tradition.
the U.S. House of RepresentaAs the Ebola epidemic spreads
tives, becoming the sole Jewish
in three countries in Africa,
Republican in Congress.
IsraAid becomes the sole Israeli
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Paris. The events, which prompt a massive anti-terrorism demonstration in Paris, stoke fears of French Jews
about their future in the country.
Actor Michael Douglas is named the winner of the Genesis Prize. The $1 million award, given by a consortium of
philanthropists from the former Soviet Union, is meant
to recognize accomplished Jews who demonstrate commitment to Jewish values.
Alberto Nisman the indefatigable Argentine prosecutor collecting evidence of culpability in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires is found
shot to death in his apartment, just hours before he is
to present evidence to Argentinas congress that he said
implicated his countrys president and Jewish foreign
minister in a scheme to cover up Irans role in the bombing. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
first calls the death a suicide, then a murder, while protesters hold rallies in Buenos Aires demanding justice in the Nisman case. Months on,
the mysterious circumstances surrounding
Nismans death remain unresolved.
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is arrested on federal corruption charges. One of the states most powerful politicians and high-profile Orthodox
Jews, Silver soon steps down as speaker but
retains his Assembly seat while the investigation is ongoing.
House Speaker John Boehner invites
Prime Minister Netanyahu to address a joint
session of Congress on Irans nuclear program. The move sparks a showdown with
the Obama administration, which says the
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ing the White House and is inappropriate,
matzah was broken into pieces and sent to be packaged in the
because the Israeli leader is in the midst of
same way as it has been for over half a century.
Gabe Friedman
an election campaign. American Jews are
Streits announces it is closing its historic, six-story matzah factory on New Yorks Lower East Side, where the
company produced the Passover staple for 90 years. It
will relocate operations to New Jersey.
Bess Myerson, the only Jewish woman to win the Miss
America pageant, dies at 90. Myerson won the competition in 1945.
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The New Republics longtime literary editor, Leon Wieseltier, and editor
Franklin Foer quit the 100-year-old magazine to protest its new direction under
new owner Chris Hughes, a Facebook
co-founder. The magazine has a long
history of Jewish editors and coverage of
Jewish issues.
The European Parliament passes a resolution that supports, in principle, recognition of a Palestinian state as part of
peace talks with Israel, in a 498-88 vote
with 111 abstentions. Meanwhile, the
General Court of the European Union
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Iran and six world powers led by the United States reach
a historic agreement to curb Irans nuclear program in
exchange for the easing of sanctions. President Obama says
the deal cuts off all of Irans pathways to a nuclear bomb.
Prime Minister Netanyahu calls the deal a stunning historic mistake. AIPAC quickly launches an all-out effort to
have Congress scuttle the deal.
A 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard, Oskar Groening,
is sentenced by a German court to four years in prison for
his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews in the
concentration camp.
Theodore Bikel, the actor and folk singer who won fame
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in prison for spying for Israel. Pollard is to be freed Nov. 20
after serving 30 years of a life sentence. Its not clear whether
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Yishai Schlissel, a charedi Orthodox Israeli recently
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In the raucous first debate of the Republican presidential race, primary rivals, including front-runner Donald Trump, agree on opposing the Iran nuclear deal.
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J Street U, the campus arm of the left-wing pro-Israel, propeace lobby group J Street, elects a Muslim student, University of Maryland senior Amna Farooqi, as president.
American Airlines announces it is canceling its flights to
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between Boston and Israel.
Frazier Glenn Miller, the white supremacist who killed
three people outside two Jewish facilities in a Kansas City
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their way of life has been upset. And Israelis fear that
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Union continues to struggle with migrant absorption,
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Ron Kampeas
WasHInGTon If youre an American who likes Iranian caviar and pistachios, youre in for a treat.
Once the nuclear deal with Iran is implemented, the
U.S. sanctions that have blocked the export of those
Iranian foodstuffs into the United States until now will
be lifted.
Bon appetit.
But if youre planning on packing a suitcase and
making Iran your next vacation destination or seeking investment opportunities in the Islamic Republic
keep your excitement in check: Those activities will
continue to be forbidden under the deal.
Iran and six world powers led by the United States
reached an agreement in mid-July to lift some sanctions on Iran in exchange for limits on the countrys
nuclear program. Though the deal, known formally as
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, has yet to be
adopted formally, it looks increasingly likely.
Thanks to his veto power, President Barack Obama
has enough votes of support in the U.S. Congress to
overcome any vote to disapprove the deal, and possibly even thwart a vote if Senate Democrats filibuster.
(Irans parliament, while yet to vote on the agreement,
is expected to approve it.)
But Obama administration officials also are taking
pains to make clear that non-nuclear sanctions on Iran
will stay in place once the International Atomic Energy
Agency verifies Iranian compliance with the nuclear
restrictions, probably in about six months to a year.
The motivation is partly to assuage deep concerns
among Americans about the deal and partly to warn
Iran against bad behavior.
The U.S. Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control, which enforces Iran sanctions, says its already
stepping up enforcement of non-nuclear sanctions
restrictions in place for human rights abuses and for
backing terror, which are not tied to the JCPOA.
We have no illusions that Iran is a state sponsor
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dollars, the Treasury Department said in the sanctions outline it provided to JTA.
More than 200 Iranian individuals and groups targeted with secondary sanctions, which penalize nonU.S. entities for its dealings with Iran, also will remain
in place. Among the groups targeted is the Iranian
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The meaning of Rosh Hashanah:
Celebration or challenge?
he Talmud in
How can we resolve this
Rosh Hashanah
apparent contradiction?
10b describes a
What is the appropriate
dispute between
date for the celebration
two sages about the date of
of the Jewish New Year?
creation. Rabbi Eliezer insists
Is it the month of Tishrei
that God created the world in
or Nisan? The thirteenth
the month of Tishrei, while
century commentator
Rabbi Yehoshua contends that
Ramban offers an insightRachel
the world was created in the
ful resolution. The JewFriedman
month of Nisan.
ish calendar really has
Dean of Lamdeinu
What is the significance of
two beginnings. The
(lamdeinu.org), the
this dispute? Is it simply an
year begins in Tishrei
center for adult
Torah learning in
argument about when the
because that is when the
Teaneck.
world was created or does
world was created. But
it have a more profound
the months are counted
relevance?
from Nisan because that is
A partial answer is that the arguwhen the nation of Israel was born. Nisan
ment between Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi
is the first month for the Israelites because
Yehoshua over the month of creation had
it was then that Israel became a free and
very important practical ramifications for
independent nation.
the Jewish calendar. Each rabbi assumed
The sages ultimately accepted the opinthat Rosh Hashanah the New Year
ion of Rabbi Eliezer that the world was
would be celebrated on the anniversary
created in Tishrei and that Rosh Hashaof the creation of the world and human
nah should be celebrated at this time.
beings. Isnt it logical for human beings
This idea is mentioned many times in the
to acknowledge Gods sovereignty on the
Rosh Hashanah prayer service. Every time
anniversary of their creation? It was therewe hear the sound of the shofar during
fore necessary to establish when humanthe musaf service, we respond with the
ity was created, in order to set the day of
words: Hayom harat olam on this day
Rosh Hashanah.
the world was created. The rabbis also
There is, however, a deeper issue at
emphasized that as the anniversary of
the heart of the dispute between Rabbi
creation, Rosh Hashanah is a day of judgEliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua. In the Torah,
ment for every human being. As the Mishthere is no reference to a New Year celenah in Rosh Hashanah 1:2 states: On Rosh
bration on the first day of Tishrei. What
Hashanah all the earths inhabitants pass
we celebrate today as Rosh Hashanah
before God like a flock of sheep. On the
is described as a holy day commemoanniversary of creation, no human being
rated with long blasts of the shofar to be
gets a free pass. Every human being gets
observed on the first day of the seventh
a moment with God to determine if he or
month. Based on the Torah, the more
she will merit another year.
likely candidate for a New Year celebraWhat lesson can we learn from the fact
tion would be the month of Nisan which is
that Judaism recognizes two beginnings
proclaimed in the twelfth chapter of ExoRosh Hashanah in Tishrei, commemoratdus as the head month of the year. Immeing humankinds creation and the month
diately before the Israelites leave Egypt,
of Nisan, commemorating the birth of
God commands: This month is for you
the nation of Israel? The celebration of
the head of the months; it is for you the
two beginnings of time in the Jewish calfirst month of the year!
endar teaches us that in Judaism national
identity and individual humanity are important values that go hand in hand.
At the same time, the existence of two
Roshei Shanah two New Years is also a
metaphor for the great challenge of every
Jew. It represents the complexity of blending
a religious life with a life in the wider world.
The twentieth century Torah luminary, Rabbi
Joseph Dov Soloveitchik, described this challenge with extraordinary eloquence in a comment on the statement of Abraham to the Hittites after the death of his wife Sarah:
[Abraham remarks]: I am at once a
stranger and a resident among you What
do we say to the Jew from America? You
are a stranger and a resident. You can participate fully in all political, cultural, and
economic activities. You may feel yourself
a resident at the university, in the laboratory, in financial circles, in the press, in
Congress but this is not all. You possess a
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9. ___ ___ your request
14. Big simchas
15. Kind of Torah
16. Minim number
17. Partake in Magid at a seder
18. Beget
19. Rosh Hashanah staple
20. Part I of the greeting
23. ___ up (say Vidui on Yom Kippur)
24. Weather woe
25. Take the wheel
27. Etrog Citron cover
30. George Burns, with his cigar
34. Shekel machine
37. Author Ayn
40. Life is Beautiful country
41. They may be cast in a Sheldon
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42. Part III of the greeting
44. Casspis org.
45. (Pray) speedily
47. International teen letters
48. Sit out in Eilat
49. Eating a lambs head on Rosh
Hashanah, e.g.
51. Observe (the Sabbath)
54. Reacted to the opening of the ark
57. Cook a Passover bone
61. Make a roof for a room
64. Part II of the greeting
67. Tosses
69. Like the Jews at Sinai
70. Angers
71. Batshevas first husband
72. Atlantic City attraction
73. Shalom to Luigi
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75. Where a 55-Down spoke
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2. Rebeccas view of Isaac
3. Figure out
4. Like Sisra when Yael killed him
5. Chris who plays on Micky Arisons
team
6. Solo for Dudu Fisher
7. Sukkah coverings, at times
8. ___ in (missed minyan)
9. Pre 9 Av item
10. Part of services during Rosh Hashanah
11. Plain ___ box
12. Days before
13. They emit from Han Solos blaster
21. Had some new fruit on the second
night, e.g.
22. ___I Can: The Story of Sammy
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26. Arab leader
28. Able was I ___...
29. Front or back home locale
31. Mendelssohn rival
32. Exile location in a well-known palindrome
33. Brewer Braun
34. First name?
35. Native American tent (alt. spelling)
36. Like Haman
38. Home letters for many American
Jews
39. Kind of job
42. Ramat Gan to Petah Tikva, e.g.
43. Correct, to a pirate
46. Round new years item
50. Kosher animal whose horn could be
made into a Shofar
52. Koufax had a low one
53. Guiding principle
55. See 75-Across
56. Nosed (out)
58. Places in the heart
59. Shave a sheep
60. Mike who appeared in a Todd
Phillips mega hit comedy
61. Chabibi
62. Currency used in Les Marais, Paris
63. Fashion icon Apfel
65. Sharpen
66. Notable role for Harold (Ramis)
68. Sarah or Leah
Calendar
Friday
SEPTEMBER 11
Shabbat in Closter:
Temple Beth El of
Northern Valley has an
outdoor family service
and ice-cream social,
6:45 p.m.; tot Shabbat at
5:15. 221 Schraalenburgh
Road. (201) 768-5112 or
www.tbenv.org.
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth holds
family services,
7:30 p.m. 1666 Windsor
(201) 833-1322 or www.
emeth.org.
Sunday
SEPTEMBER 13
Erev Rosh Hashanah
in Rockleigh: The
Jewish Home at
Rockleigh welcomes
the community to join
residents for services,
4 p.m. 10 Link Drive.
(201) 784-1414.
El of Northern Valley
invites the community
to services, 7:30 p.m.
No tickets required. 221
Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112 or www.
tbenv.org.
Rosh Hashanah in
Bayonne: Temple
Emanu-El offers
community tashlich at
Hudson County Park,
42nd Street & Kennedy
Boulevard, 5 p.m. Varda,
(201) 437-4481.
Monday
SEPTEMBER 14
Tuesday
Rosh Hashanah
in Englewood:
SEPTEMBER 15
Congregation Kol
HaNeshamah offers
services beginning at
8:45 a.m., with youth
services at 10:30. Also
Tuesday at 8:45 a.m.,
with Tashlich and
Tales at 1:15 p.m. On the
premises of St. Pauls, 113
Engle St. (201) 816-1611 or
www.KHNJ.org.
Rosh Hashanah
in Jersey City:
Congregation Bnai
Jacob invites the
community to the Big
Tent Day 1 Rosh
Hashanah, 9 a.m. No
tickets. 176 West Side
Ave. (201) 435-5725 or
www.bnaijacobjc.org.
Rosh Hashanah
in Rockleigh: The
Rosh Hashanah in
Emerson: Congregation
The Bergen
Performing Arts
Center in Englewood
presents Israeli born
violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman
on Sunday, October 11 at 7 p.m.,
as part of the Wilmington Trust
Cultural Arts Series. 30 North
Van Brunt St. (201) 227-1030
or www.bergenpac.org or
www.ticketmaster.com.
OCT.
11
Jewish Home at
Rockleigh welcomes
the community to join
residents for services,
10 a.m. 10 Link Drive.
(201) 784-1414.
David Pietruszka,
(201) 966-4498 or www.
jle.org.
Rosh Hashanah in
Englewood: The Torah
Rosh Hashanah in
Woodcliff Lake: Temple
Rosh Hashanah
in Fair Lawn: Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai
Israel holds a special
service for families with
young children, 10 a.m.
All children there will
receive a gift from
the Fair Lawn Jewish
Center. 10-10 Norma Ave.
(201) 796-5040.
Rosh Hashanah in
Teaneck: The Jewish
Learning Experience
has free explanatory
services at Maayanot
Yeshiva High School
for Girls, 10 a.m.,
followed by Kiddush
and refreshments. 1650
Palisade Ave. Rabbi
Rosh Hashanah in
Leonia: Congregation
Adas Emuno offers
community family
services, 2 p.m. 254
Broad Ave. (201) 592-1712
or www.adasemuno.org.
Rosh Hashanah in
Mahwah: Beth Haverim
Shir Shalom offers
family services, 2:45 p.m.
280 Ramapo Valley Road.
(201) 512-1983 or www.
bethhaverimshirshalom.
org.
Rosh Hashanah
in Jersey City:
Congregation Bnai
Jacob invites the
community to the Big
Tent Down by the
Rosh Hashanah in
Closter: Temple Beth
El of Northern Valley
has High Holy Day
family services for
young children, 3:15 p.m.
Tashlich at Demarest
Duck Pond at 4:30.
No tickets required.
221 Schraalenburgh
Road. Information,
(201) 768-5112 or www.
tbenv.org.
Rosh Hashanah in
Hoboken: United
Synagogue of Hoboken
holds a public shofar
Bnai Israel of
Emerson invites the
community to open
streamlined services,
9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Short
story in lieu of sermon.
Junior congregation
at 10. 53 Palisade
Ave. Information,
(201) 265-2272 or www.
bisrael.com.
Rosh Hashanah
in Jersey City:
Congregation Bnai
Jacob invites the
community to the Big
Tent Day 2 Rosh
Hashanah, 9 a.m. No
tickets. 176 West Side
Ave. (201) 435-5725 or
www.bnaijacobjc.org.
Rosh Hashanah in
Jersey City: Temple
Beth-El offers services
without a charge, 10 a.m.
2419 Kennedy Boulevard.
(201) 333-4229 or www.
betheljc.org.
Rosh Hashanah in
Closter: Temple Beth
El of Northern Valley
invites the community
to services, 10:30 a.m.
No tickets required.
Information, 221
Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112 or www.
tbenv.org.
Rosh Hashanah in
Woodcliff Lake: Temple
Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley offers a special
community family service
for parents and children
8 and younger, 12:30 p.m.
87 Overlook Drive. Free;
call for reservations,
(201) 391-0801.
Wednesday
SEPTEMBER 16
Rosh Hashanah in
West New York: Shaare
Zedek offers services
at no charge, 9 a.m.
5308 Palisade Ave. Dan,
(201) 873-7886.
Rosh Hashanah in
Englewood: The Torah
Links Center for Jewish
Identity of NNJ offers
family friendly services,
at Congregation Ahavath
Torah, 10 a.m. Kiddush
follows. 240 Broad Ave.
(484) 620-6187 or yw@
torahlinks.org.
Concert in Rockleigh:
The Leonora Messer
Summer Concert Series
concludes outside
on the patio, weather
permitting, at the Jewish
Home at Rockleigh,
6:30 p.m., with a
performance by Ed
Goldberg & the Odessa
Klezmer Band. 10 Link
Drive. (201) 784-1414.
Rosh Hashanah
in Rockleigh: The
Jewish Home at
Rockleigh welcomes
the community to join
residents for services,
10 a.m. 10 Link Drive.
(201) 784-1414.
Rosh Hashanah in
Teaneck: The Jewish
Learning Experience
has free explanatory
services at Maayanot
Yeshiva High School
for Girls, 10 a.m.,
followed by Kiddush
and refreshments. 1650
Palisade Ave. Rabbi
David Pietruszka,
(201) 966-4498 or www.
jle.org.
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the Nazis during World
War II. Kosher lunch.
10 Link Drive. Shari,
(201) 837-9090, or ext.
237 sharib@jfsbergen.
org.
Thursday
SEPTEMBER 17
Friday
SEPTEMBER 18
Shabbat in Hoboken:
Harry Ettlinger
Holocaust survivor
group in Rockleigh:
Cafe Europa, a social
program sponsored by
Jewish Family Service
of Bergen and North
Hudson for Holocaust
survivors, funded in part
by the Claims on Jewish
Material Claims Against
Germany, the Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jersey, and private
donations, meets at
the Jewish Home at
Rockleigh, 11:30 a.m.
Harry Ettlinger, the last of
the original Monuments
Men, is the guest speaker.
The Monuments Men
recovered precious art
and artifacts stolen by
Sunday
SEPTEMBER 20
Pre-k/kindergarten
school: The JCC of
Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah begins a
weekly pre-kindergarten/
kindergarten Sunday
School, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,
for 4- to 6-year-olds.
Learn about the holidays,
Shabbat, Jewish cooking
and crafts, and the alefbet. East 304 Midland
Ave. (201) 262-7733 or
edudirector@jccparamus.
org.
Family program in
New Milford: Solomon
Schechter Day School
of Bergen County offers
Sundays @ Schechter, a
community-wide Jewish
themed interactive family
series, with an outdoor
kids concert featuring
Joanie Leeds and the
Nightlights, 10 a.m. Rain
or shine. 295 McKinley
Ave. (201) 262-9898, ext.
213 or ssdsbergen.org.
Charity walk in
Teaneck: The Friendship
Circle holds its annual
friendship walk at Votee
Park. Registration and
pre-walk activities,
10 a.m.; 1-mile walk at 11,
end-of-walk celebration
and carnival run to
1 p.m. Games, rides,
concessions, comedic
and stunt performance
by the Harlem Wizards.
All pre-registrants receive
a NJ Friendship Walk
T-shirt. Event supports
families with special
needs children. Queen
Anne Road and Court
Street. (201) 262-7172 or
www.NJFriendshipWalk.
com.
Celebrating
grandparents in
Rockleigh: The Jewish
Home at Rockleigh
holds its Centennial
Grandparents Day
Carnival, 10 a.m.-noon.
Sponsored by JHRs
Young Leadership
Initiative. Entertainment,
train rides, face painting,
petting zoo, carnival
characters, moon walk,
crafts, games, square
dancing, antique cars,
motorcycles, and
refreshments. Rain or
shine. 10 Link Drive.
(201) 784-1414, ext. 5524.
Monday
SEPTEMBER 21
Sukkot class: Chabad
of Hoboken offers a
Sukkot class, The Corfu
Etrog A Search for
the Authentic Citron,
8 p.m. 80 Park Ave.,
Newark Street entrance.
(201) 386-5222.
Singles
Wednesday
SEPTEMBER 23
Yom Kippur in Clifton:
Singles meet at the
Clifton Jewish Center, 18
Delaware St., for Neilah
services, 6:15 p.m., then
go to the Park West
Diner, 1400 Route 46 in
Little Falls to break the
fast at 7:45. Reservations,
(973) 772-3131.
Sunday
SEPTEMBER 27
Seniors meet in West
Nyack: Singles 65+
meets for a social gettogether at the JCC
Rockland, 11 a.m. All are
welcome, particularly
those from Hudson,
Passaic, Bergen, or
Rockland counties.
450 West Nyack Road.
Refreshments. Gene
Arkin, (845) 356-5525.
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Flowers for the holidays by J-ADD
The Jewish Association for Developmental Disabilities ( J-ADD), a
nonprofit agency that serves people with special needs, offers flowers for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot.
You pick up the flowers at
Chabad of Tenafly, the Fair Lawn
Jewish Center, the Kaplen JCC on
the Palisades, the Moriah School,
and the Solomon Schechter Day
School of Bergen County in New
Milford. Centerpieces cost $40 and
A sample arrangement
$54; bouquets cost $18 and $36. To
order, call Stephanie at (201) 4570058, ext. 18, or email flowersbyjadd@j-add.org.
Local artist
to display work
in Whippany
Sculptor Milton Ohring of Teaneck is
among six contemporary Jewish artists
whose work is displayed in Judaism: A
Visual Conversation at the JCC MetroWest in Whippany.
Art, including photography, graphics,
fiber, painting, and woodblock prints,
will be on display from September 17 to
November 8. An artists reception is set
for Sunday, September 27, from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m.
The MetroWest JCC Gaelen Gallery West
is at the Lautenberg Family Center-Aidekman Campus, 901 Route 10 East in Whippany. For information, call (973) 929-3167.
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Temple Mount into a symbol of reconciliation and cooperation, respecting the rights of the other.
When the newcomer saw an Israeli man with a kippah
talking about the contentious holy site, Rabbi Carroll
reported, he freaked out and launched into a speech
about how we must never allow a Jewish temple there;
it would lead to bloodshed. An Italian Christian intern
who was there that night was very distraught to hear
what he said. Our Muslim co-chair was very embarrassed, and he took the guy aside to talk to him privately.
One of the Jews in our group said to me, How do
you know what hes saying to that guy in Arabic? I told
him, I dont, but I have a high degree of trust. And we
wont change that guy unless we encourage him to keep
showing up.
I dont live in a fantasy land, but I believe we are
making a real difference. If each population group isnt
willing to live with the other, the conflict will remain
unsolvable. A political solution has to have grassroots
underneath it.
Ms. Feuer relates that she first heard about IEA more
than five years ago at a Shabbat table discussion, and not
in a positive way.
Some of the other guests were complaining about
a post on the local email group about the interfaith
encounter, which was meeting in our city at that time,
she said. They were afraid it was allowing in terrorists.
My ears perked up. Later I looked into it, and I went to
the next meeting.
To her surprise, she saw half a dozen familiar faces
there from her modern Orthodox neighborhood. Its
been a learning experience not only about meeting my
Muslim neighbors but also about getting past stereotypes I had about my Jewish neighbors, she says. And
when I invite people from my neighborhood to come,
theyve been really open to it.
She said that this particular group mainly native
English-speakers and Arabic-speakers has so much
difficulty communicating that the IEA sends a translator.
Its really inspiring that people are taking time to just
sit in the same room together, even if theyre not understanding one another, said Ms. Feuer, a mother in her
late 30s who is assistant to the dean at Pardes Institute of
Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. If we want to build a society of peace and justice thats a light unto the nations,
we cannot do that if our neighbors are invisible. So its
enough for me to sit in the room with them.
Still, she hopes that someday the group will have
more meaningful conversations and even move beyond
comfortable topics. Over refreshments at the end,
weve talked politics, and that has been fascinating, she
said. A 22-year-old student from Nablus once joined our
meeting. Because of all the checkpoints, he had to drive
three hours to get to us. He seemed very liberal, and he
spoke great English.
But afterward, I was talking to him about honor
killings and he said there was no question he would
approve of that if his sister shamed his family. That was
eye-opening. We need to know about our differences
and not stay in a happy space all the time.
David Egyes of Jerusalem, 48, prefers steering clear of
political discussions. The Rockland County native began
attending the Circle of Light & Hope about six months
ago.
I was long interested in religion-based encounters
with Arabs and Muslims, as distinct from attempts at
political reconciliation, he said. The first meeting was
quite enjoyable, with cordial interaction. On the Muslim
side, the participants in our group are almost exclusively
men and mostly of middle age. Bob and the Muslim coordinator start by describing the topic of that evenings
meeting, and we talk about it over a meal of pita bread
and salads. We sit together as children of Abraham.
Mr. Egyes said that this is not an idealistic approach,
but a practical approach that speaks to my deep-seated
belief that whatever the right and wrong of Zionism and
Palestinian nationalism, in an ultimate sense were going
to have to learn how to live together or were going to
die together.
Father Abraham had two sons, Ishmael and Isaac,
who become deeply estranged and their descendants
are deeply estranged. I feel we must sit together not as
Palestinians and Israelis but rather as Muslims and Jews
who share a common origin.
Or as Dr. Stolov put it, As long as we dont learn how
to interact positively, we interact negatively. When the
process is advanced enough, it will be possible to think
about political models. Right now all are equally unrealistic but theyll be equally realistic if we succeed.
For more information, go to http://interfaithencounter.org
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