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COVER PHOTO BY JERRY SZUBIN
Candlelighting: Friday, February 28, 5:27 p.m.
Shabbat ends: Saturday, March 1, 6:27 p.m.
Vegans advance in Knesset, Tel Aviv
lIsraeli carnivores are hardly on
the run, but the Israeli parliament
celebrated Animal Rights Day on
Tuesday with vegetarian and vegan
dishes in the Knesset members caf-
eteria.
The day began with a meeting of
the Lobby for the Protection of Ani-
mals, headed by Knesset Members
Eitan Cabel (Israel Labor Party) and
Rabbi Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid), with
the participation of Knesset Speaker
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein and representa-
tives of the Interior Ministry and
Agriculture Ministry, as well as animal
right activists.
In the early Jewish texts we see
mentions of the need to care for
animals and treat them with com-
passion, Speaker Edelstein said.
I welcome this important day and
suggest, also from experience, that
everyone find their way to adopt an
animal and love animals. I also rec-
ommend that those who decide to
buy this or that animal consider the
option of adopting an abandoned
animal from one of the organizations
that deal with the issue.
Rabbi Lipman said the Knesset
should continue to promote animal
rights laws and become a world
leader in this field.
Next week, more than 600 people
are expected at Israels first-ever
Vegan Congress in Tel Aviv.
The concept is to take all the
activities and projects that different
organizations are doing and connect
them to people out there looking to
be more active, and talk about the
situation in Israel so that every year
we can meet and talk about changes
that have taken place and what we
can do in the future, said organizer
Omri Paz, founder of Vegan-Friendly
Israel.
Vegan-Friendly members also plan
to drive a Vegan-Mobile from Kiryat
Shmona to Eilat for a month. Parking
in major cities, theyll screen videos
about veganism and offer activi-
ties for the public to learn about the
health, environmental, and animal-
welfare benefits of a plant-based
diet.
After that, we will do a veg-
an mangal [barbecue] on Yom
Haatzmaut [Israel Independence
Day], then a Shavuot festival without
cheese, and then our second annual
vegan festival. About 10,000 people
came to our first one, four months
ago, Mr. Paz said.
The Vegan Friendly mission is to
publicize the positive side of vegan-
ism, so we avoid anything bloody
or negative. Thats how we got into
the mainstream so easily, he added.
Mr. Paz is the man responsible for
Israels Dominos Pizza chain becom-
ing the first in the world to offer a
soy-cheese option. Hes since helped
persuade several Israeli restaurant
and caf chains to devise vegan
dishes.
A 31-year-old law student at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mr.
Paz stopped eating animal products
two years ago after seeing a popular
video by vegan activist Gary Yourof-
sky. He took a week off and stayed
home reading articles and watch-
ing videos on the issue, and quickly
realized that he couldnt change the
world if he simply stopped eating
animal products.
So I started doing small projects,
and because the truth is with me,
everything was successful, he says.
He arranged for mass screenings of
Mr. Yourofskys lecture with Hebrew
subtitles, and began building a foun-
dation to make it easier for people
to stay vegan, with menu options,
recipes, resources, and events for the
Hebrew-speaking public.
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN / ISRAEL21C.ORG
Creation dreams
lTheres never been a better time
to be a patron of the Jewish arts.
Where once it took millions to
endow a symphony or a museum,
now, through the wonders of crowd-
funding, you can support a Jewish
movie or book project for as little as
one dollar.
Among the projects that have
caught our attention and are looking
for your help to make their creators
dreams come true:
Anna Olswanger of Fair Lawn is
trying to raise $3,000 to adapt her
book Greenhorn into a film.
Greenhorn is a Holocaust novel
for young readers. Its based on a
true story about a young survivor
who arrived at a Brooklyn yeshiva in
the 1940s with only a small box that
he wouldnt let out of his sight.
She has a filmmaker lined up, and
hopes to begin filming in April. Do-
nors can receive DVDs of the film and
tickets to the premiere. Learn more at
indiegogo.com.
Working from Canada, Steven Berg-
son is raising money for the ambitious
Jewish Comix Anthology, featuring
47 short stories, both classic and com-
missioned especially for it. They range
from reprints of little-known Jewish
work by popular cartoonists such as
Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, Joe Kubert,
and Art Spiegleman to new illustrated
adaptations of Jewish folk tales and
talmudic legends by up-and-coming
new artists. Rewards range from cop-
ies of the finished book to original art
appearing in the anthology.
Finally, the chief rabbi of Uruguay,
Ben-Tzion Spitz, is raising money
to publish a book he describes like
this: Bible meets Tolkien as 10-year-
old Boaz joins the Israelite battle for
Canaan and discovers he has powers
that may save the nation.
He says the book, Joshua: Con-
queror, is the first full length bibli-
cal fiction novel to remain true to the
biblical text while adding elements
of fantasy and adventure for a young
adult audience.
Information on both the Jewish
Comix Anthology and Joshua: Con-
queror are on kickstarter.com
LARRY YUDELSON
FLASHBACK 1926
Brooklyn Jew beats presidents son
l(February 26, 1926) John
Coolidge, son of the president, was
defeated by Matt Silverman in the
annual boxing tournament at Am-
herst College.
Mr. Silverman, known at Amherst
as Little Benny Leonard, the son
of a dress goods manufacturer of
1977 East Ninth St., Brooklyn, was
declared the victor by M. J. Ken-
nedy, the referee.
Matty was too fast for me, John
Coolidge declared. JTA
Is it fair that the life of an animal is reduced to a barcode? ask this graphic
on the Vegan-Friendly Facebook page.
Colorful bookmarks for backers of the
Jewish Comix Anthology
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is the third best director
nomination for Russell,
who is the secular son of
a Jewish father and an
Italian Catholic mother.
Hustle was co-written
by first-time nominee
ERIC WARREN SINGER,
46. Hes a native of Bev-
erly Hills, and his grand-
parents helped found
the first synagogue in
Beverly Hills.
Competing with Sing-
er/Russell for the best
original screenplay Oscar
is WOODY ALLEN, 78.
He wrote Blue Jasmine.
This is Allens 24th Oscar
nomination. He has won
four times (three for
screenplay; once as a di-
rector). Also competing
in this category is SPIKE
JONZE, who wrote and
directed the very inter-
esting Her, about the
relationship between a
computer voice/person-
ality and a real human.
Jonze, 44, was born
Adam Spiegel. The
secular son of a Jewish
father and a non-Jewish
mother, Jonze also is
nominated for best origi-
nal song a tune he co-
wrote for Her. Jonzes
critically acclaimed films
include Being John
Malkovich, Adaptation,
and Where the Wild
Things Are.
BILLY RAY, 39, is nomi-
nated for best adapted
screenplay for Cap-
tain Phillips, about the
true-life capture of an
American merchant ship
by Somali pirates. His
well-reviewed films in-
clude Shattered Glass,
Breach, and The Hun-
ger Games.
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI,
50, long has been one of
the top cinematographers
in Hollywood, and this
Bette Midler
June Squibb
Idina Menzel
Spike Jonze
OSCAR TIME:
The kosher
connections
Pink
Eric Warren Singer
Jonah Hill
Emmanuel Lubezki
Ellen DeGe-
neres will
host. BETTE
MIDLER, 68,
and PINK, 34, both will
sing, and IDINA MEN-
ZEL, 42, will perform the
Oscar-nominated tune
Let it Go from the Dis-
ney animated film Fro-
zen. (Go has become a
mega-popular hit.)
The following are the
confirmed Jewish
nominees in all but the
technical categories.
JONAH HILL, 29, is
up for a best support-
ing actor Oscar for his
performance as Donny
Azoff, the main assistant
to real-life (Jewish) Wall
St. swindler JORDAN
BELFORT in The Wolf of
Wall Street. (Leonardo
DiCaprio, who isnt Jew-
ish, played Belfort, and
he is nominated for best
actor.)
Unlike Belfort, Azoff
is a made-up character
name. Some plot details
about the fictional Azoff
track a real-life (Jewish)
Belfort associate and
others do not.
Christian Bale is nomi-
nated for best actor for
playing a character mod-
eled after another real-
life Jewish con man in
American Hustle. Bale
isnt Jewish. However,
famous Jewish feminist
GLORIA STEINEM, now
79, was married to Bales
father (her only hus-
band) from 2000 until
his death in 2003.
Hustle is loosely
based on the 1970s FBI
sting operation called
ABSCAM. For ABSCAM,
the FBI recruited a
real-life Jewish con man,
MELVIN WEINBERG,
now 89, who had the
skills to be convincing to
bribe-prone members
of Congress. In Hustle,
Weinberg (called Irving
Rosenfeld in the film) en-
snares local New Jersey
politicians.
The other Jewish act-
ing nominee is JUNE
SQUIBB, 84, a veteran
character actress who
is nominated for best
supporting actress for
playing the ornery, plain-
spoken wife of (best
actor nominee) Bruce
Dern in Nebraska. The
Jewish Journal of Los
Angeles reported last
week: Squibb converted
to Judaism before mar-
rying her first husband
in the 1950s; she said she
fell in love with the reli-
gion, was fascinated by
the laws of kashrut and
forged a strong friend-
ship with the Reform
rabbi who supervised her
conversion. Even though
that marriage ended
in divorce some years
later, Squibb continues
to identify as Jewish
and celebrates many of
the holidays with Jewish
friends.
American Hustle
director DAVID O. RUS-
SELL, 55, is nominated
for best director and
co-nominated for best
original screenplay. This
California-based Nate Bloom can be reached at
[email protected]
year hes nominated for
his work on Gravity. Hes
been nominated six times
for his great camera skills,
and Ive got a feeling this
is his year. Lubezki was
born and raised in Mexico
City, and his work on the
hit Mexican film Like Wa-
ter for Chocolate (1992),
got him Hollywood job
offers.
Facing Fear earned
filmmaker JASON CO-
HEN, 40, a nomination
for best documentary
short subject. Its about
a recent real-life meeting
between a gay man and
the former white su-
premacist who assaulted
him many years before.
Also nominated in this
category: The Lady in
Number 6, about pianist
ALICE HERZ-SOMMER,
who died last week at
110. (She had been the
oldest living Holocaust
survivor she lead an
amazing life.)
The best picture Os-
car goes to the films
producers, who are
often hard to run down.
Here are the best pic
nominees with a known
strong Jewish connec-
tion (director, writer,
verified producer):
American Hustle (Rus-
sell/Singer); Captain
Phillips (SCOTT RUDIN,
55, producer, Ray, writer);
Her (Jonze, director,
writer, verified producer);
Philomena (directed by
Brit STEPHEN FREARS,
72); Gravity (DAVID
HEYMAN, 52, producer);
and Dallas Buyers Club
(RACHEL WINTER and
ROBBIE BRENNER, both
42, producers. Winters
non-Jewish husband,
Terence Winter, is nomi-
nated for writing Wolf
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Ukrainian protests are not anti-Semitic, local student says
JEREMY BOROVITZ
JERUSALEM I wanted to throw the paper
in the garbage as soon as my friend showed
it to me.
Come home, Ukrainian Jews, read the
editorial in the Jerusalem Post. I think what
bothered me most (other than misappropri-
ating the timing of certain quotes and fail-
ing to give backgrounds on a few of the key
players) was that I felt that the newspapers
editorial writers, like everyone else, were
simplifying the conflict.
I first arrived in Ukraine as a Peace Corps
volunteer in March 2010, and it killed me to
watch others ignore the complexities of the
conflict: they say that it is East versus West,
and they are all a bunch of anti-Semites, and
it is a coup detat committed by a bunch of
ragtag neo-Nazis. Amen, sela.
It is about East vs. West, they say. The
country is split. The western half of Ukraine,
they tell you, strives to be a part of Europe.
It is full of Ukrainian nationalists who dis-
dain other nationalities. Meanwhile, the
industrial East, they claim, is Russian at
heart, with not a Ukraino-
phile to be found.
But this narrative didnt
really fit Serhiy Nihoyan, a
20-year-old ethnic Armenian
who was from Dnieperpetro-
vsk, one of the largest cities
in the East. Serhiy was one
of the earliest protestors to
come to the square and
he also was one of its first
fatalities. His face became
a symbol of the movement.
His image was plastered on pamphlets and
across Facebook, a dark and bearded face
that became an emblem of a Ukrainian
revolution.
Its run by the anti-Semites. Thats the
mantra theyve been giving us. A pogrom
is just around the corner. Or, as one of
the chief rabbis of Ukraine said recently,
all Jews should leave. But how does that
explain the religious zealot and lover of
Jabotinsky, who has been clad in camouflage
and a bulletproof vest for a month, fighting
for a free country, standing next to Ukraini-
ans, with his tzitzit out and his kippah on,
there for all to see?
And what about the Jewish professor and
intellectual, staunch defender of Israel to
all naysayers, who has risen to become one
of the philosophical pillars of the protest
movement?
Or the young Jewish girl whose beautiful
poetry and prose has helped keep the fires in
their souls alive?
Or the young Jewish
professional who has been
volunteering at medical
clinics on back-to-back-to-
back nights?
How do I explain that the attacks against
Jews have been terrible, but that these are
isolated instances in a swarm of violence?
How do I convey that the recent firebombing
of the synagogue in Zaporyzhya is a drop in
the despicable bucket that also has left Kievs
city center blanketed in ashes?
For a hundred have died and thousands
have been injured and dozens of buildings
already have been burned. The country
mourns its dead and supports its injured and
the vast majority abhor the violence, yet we
see it as a plot against our people.
Its a mess, they report, a bunch of mili-
tiamen flailing their guns wildly. But Euro-
Maidan is the best run Ukrainian operation
Ive ever seen. Named after the square in
which it takes place (Maidan means square
in Ukrainian), on my first visit there last
December I was shocked by how orderly
everything seemed. There were places for
meals and places for warm clothes and
places to sleep and places to heal. And last
week, when the call went out over social net-
working that the square was under attack,
the people of Kiev and of Ukraine came
out in droves. All religions, all peoples, all
ages, all political affiliations and languages
descended on the square, with medicine
and food and blankets and cameras and
sometimes with clubs and shields.
When the dust settled after the dark-
est Thursday most of them will ever see,
they continued fighting, organizing, build-
ing barricades, and mourning their fallen
friends.
Saturday was bittersweet, because the cost
of throwing off the yolks of tyrannical rule
was so high. And as the terrible truths of the
past few years were uncovered, the mansions
with golden yachts displayed, and the empti-
ness of the countrys coffers became a real-
ity, the momentary ecstasy disappeared. And
so, on the square and in the Parliament and
at the cemeteries Ukrainians and Armenians
and Jews and Russians will continue to build,
and create, and mourn.
These people have bled beside each other
the last few months, and it is up to them to
stay or to go.
And it is likely that they will stay. They will
stay to build a stronger Ukraine, a better Jew-
ish community, and a peaceful square.
Please pray for the people of Ukraine.
Jeremy Borovitz, who grew up in Bergen
County, spent three and a half years in Ukraine
as a Peace Corps volunteer and working with
the Jewish community in Kiev. He is studying at
the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem.
Jeremy Borovitz, left, is a close observer of events in Ukraine. Above, demonstrators throng Maidan
Square in Kiev.
All religions, all
peoples, all ages,
all political
afliations and
languages
descended on
the square.
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PHIL JACOBS
O
ne man started his business from his
bedroom in his parents Hackensack
house.
Another had the vision to see
potential in an empty 26,000-square-foot
warehouse that had no plumbing or air con-
ditioning.
Still another got her start assisting her
photographer husband at weddings and bnai
and bnot mitzvah parties, and the fourth just
got tired of seeing people buy music, light-
ing, catering, furnishings, owers, and pretty
much everything else a la cart, when he knew
he could provide everything they needed,
including a hall, all at once.
These are the creative people who take
on the job of planning everything from a 70th
birthday party to a bat mitzvah celebration to
a retirement party, from toasting in the new
year to providing space and atmosphere for a
companys annual conference.
Each one of these events is special to the
family or business that hosts it. The event
planner brings in the appropriate furnishings,
colors the walls with shimmering bright light,
provides surround-sound equipment for a
DJ or a band, helps pick out sleekly designed
furnishings and matching linens, and in some
instances builds 20-foot walls out of colorful
balloons.
Mark Zettler began his company, Life O
The Party, 34 years ago. He started by wear-
ing a gorilla suit while delivering singing
telegrams. He soon hired a belly dancer and
added a Pink Panther and other costumes to
his repertoire.
Then he decided to bring balloons into
the business; eventually that became a party
decorating business called Balloonacy. Now,
many in the party business say his operation
is the gold standard of balloon decorating.
If its your big 60th birthday, hell build
your age out of balloons. Want rooms made
out of balloons? He can do that too. A meno-
rah? No sweat. Word spread, and his client list
grew. His balloons have decorated the White
House Easter egg hunt, the Macys Thanksgiv-
ing parade, the David Letterman Show, such
corporate customers as
AT&T, and even movies,
including Youve Got Mail.
Somewhere along the way, Mr. Zettler
saw that the balloons offered a connection to
other parts of event planning.
After 34 years, you know people, and
people know you, he said. I learned to wear
many different hats, offering different services
to different people and companies.
So the singing gorilla became a full-
service party and event planner. He han-
dles everything, from the lighting to the
tablecloths, centerpieces, furniture, flower
arrangements, music, and food.
Any kind of color for any event can be
accomplished and striking, he said. There
are a lot of cool products in lighting and fab-
ric we can offer. And you cant cook for 100
people as well as we can.
Weve always done the landmark event
in peoples lives, he continued. If theyre
turning 30, 40, or 60, weve done them.
Mr. Zettler said that event planners have
to stay ahead of the game when it comes to
changes in linen and types of tables, chairs,
and sofas. People want surround sound. In
business, people go to elaborate conferences,
and they expect to see elaborate lighting and
balloon drops.
Kathy Goldstein of Kathy Goldstein
Events agrees with Mr. Zettler. (In fact, all the
planners talked about lighting, and about the
ways in which integrating the lighting with
sound, fabric texture, and even the shape of
the furniture adds to the party.)
When someone hires us and has no idea
what they are going to do, I rst talk to them
about their budget and then their theme, Ms.
Goldstein said. We let the customers know
that they have a choice when it comes to
incorporating lighting, sound, entertainment,
furniture, and even food. We can work with
any sort of entertainment, a DJ or a band, and
any illusions they might want.
She said that while the bar mitzvah boy
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for his party, a corporate party is com-
pletely different. There, she works with
companies to help them with team
building.
Sometimes everyone lets their hair
down in a spirit of camaraderie to get
their message out, she said.
She planned an event for a corpora-
tion that wanted its employees to get
the message that the skys the limit.
Ms. Goldstein used helium balloons
designed like hot air balloons. The com-
pany logo was on the gondolas hang-
ing from them. Ms. Goldstein placed
poster-like images of Mount Everest on
the convention room walls, showing the
way to climb toward success.
Ms. Goldstein has a strong feeling
that the party or event should be fur-
nished appropriately. Indeed, on her
website, KathyGoldsteinEvents.com,
she offers a full range of choices.
That also holds true for Michel Bit-
tan of the 201 Supper Club in Engle-
wood. He told the Jewish Standard that
different furniture options are neces-
sary. Some guests want to lounge in a
large sofa, while others want to sit only
for short periods of time, spending most
of their evenings visiting different tables
or dancing.
Those elements, in addition to
more than 100 video games, non-paint
paintball, laser tag, and a bowling alley
all are under the same roof at Elvira
Graus SPACE in Englewood.
Ms. Grau adds to Ms. Goldsteins
idea of actually producing a successful
party or event with plenty of elements.
In production, you have two hours
to be blown away at the theater, she
said. At SPACE, we have four hours to
blow away our clients, and we work
hard and aim high to do so.
With an in-house chef, SPACE will
take care of the catering. Its not kosher,
but if its kashrut you need, she will
bring it in.
She is a big believer in dcor for
every space in SPACE.
Most venues will sell you space,
she said. We customize the creative
aspect of the space for you.
Im not offering just space, she
said. I am presenting a vision, some-
thing you want to see when you walk
in. Its not just going to be couches with
pillows, but its going to be different
kinds of couches with different colors
of pillows.
We can transform a room to any
color you want, she added. You want
a cool party, we do blue. We paint with
LED lights, setting the tone. The light-
ing is crucial. Were not in a dentists
ofce, were in a nightclub with enter-
tainment. We bring the elements of a
country club with a night club and a
million dollars worth of video together
under one roof.
Mr. Bittan of the 201 Supper Club
calls this sort of planned lighting intel-
ligent lighting.
Shooting light beams against the
walls adds a different atmosphere, he
said.
Ms. Grau doesnt want her partyers
to come to a sit-down dinner. She sets
up what she calls interactive stations
where people can lean against a high
table or sit in high chairs, eat some-
thing, walk around, and dance.
Decorations are personalized for
the bar mitzvah boy or bat mitzvah girl,
milestone birthday party, or any other
event, she said.
She gives an example of how a boy
named Alex loves rock n roll music, and
so rock n roll was his bar mitzvah theme.
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your party or conference to the wow level.
It opened just last November, but it is quickly
becoming the place for events ranging from inti-
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conferences for thousands of attendees.
Its got 180,000 square feet of space over three
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Amy Rosenbloom, the director of event plan-
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The Meadowlands is reaching out to the Jewish
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soon-to-be proud parents of a bat mitzvah girl or a
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We have the vendors for any size bar or bat
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Outeld, which will be spread across 2/ acres. Both
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accommodate 10,000 people.
The Outfield includes seasonal restaurants
as well as three private party tents. The area also
includes a musical stage and the Playscape, a fami-
ly-friendly space with beer-garden-style food, along
with bocce ball, ping-pong, and other activities.
Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment will
offer a variety of options perfect for a bar or bat
mitzvah celebration.
What comes with a bar or bat mitzvah book-
ing at the Meadowlands is a staff of event planners.
They will construct what Ms. Rosenbloom called
the most unforgettable and amazing event of your
dreams.
Face it, the place is huge, and offers many
options. Ms. Rosenbloom and her planning team
can offer many different room sizes, but she knocks
the ball out of the park when she talks about the
view of the Manhattan skyline rooftop parties will
see.
We can do a meeting for breakfast, lunch, or
dinner, she said. We can host 10 people to a few
thousand.
And of course dont forget the racing, which
happens on Friday and Saturday nights, from April
through the end of October.
We have a magnicent place called the Victory
Room, with 11 screens, she said. Its in that room
that a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah can use the visual
technology for a personal montage.
A racetrack for a bar mitzvah? Ms. Rosenbloom
urges people to consider it. Its more than a race-
track, she said; its a complete package, with light-
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become a wonderful memory after any celebration.
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Ms. Grau hung vinyl records and album covers around
the room. Each table had a small musical instrument
on it, with the name of a band of the bar mitzvah boy
loved. The entire staff wore Rock of Alex t-shirts.
She produces well over 100 bnai and bnot mitz-
vah parties a year.
I wanted to have a fun, interactive space and
thats what we offer with high tech entertainment, she
said. In this business, you cant be content, Im always
pushing myself. Our clients want their party to be dif-
ferent. Were not a cookie cutter business.
Ditto for the 201 Supper Club. Mr. Bittan wasnt
looking to build what he observed as a guest at many
an event. Like Mr. Zettler, he saw that instead of hav-
ing parents or corporate event planners looking for
lighting, and then decorations, and then food, owers,
entertainment, he knew he could provide it all under
one roof.
We made it convenient so that a person just has
to make one stop, Mr. Bittan said.
Mr. Bittan is from Morocco, and so he can add a
bit of Middle Eastern taste. He can put a tent a room,
with low seats and tables with beautiful red and gold
pillows.
The club is open for birthday parties, bar and bat
mitzvah parties, anniversaries, and even political or
corporate events.
Hes got more than 10,000 square feet of danc-
ing space, a lounge area, and even a full video game
arcade.
The challenge, he said, is to stay on top of the
ever-changing technological advances, from light-
ing to music. Each of the event planners interviewed
agreed with him. DJs and bands in particular want to
plug in and get started.
But this work is so much more than high tech and
gadgetry, Ms. Grau said, Space is what you make of
it. From a rst birthday party to a 50th, we can do it,
design it, and transform it.
Or, as Ms. Goldstein said, I know Im successful
when everyone says wow!
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Life O The Party www.Lotparty.com
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Unlike many other pieces of jewelry,
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For now, though, lets get back to Ms.
Lanzana at Haworth Apothecary.
We were getting this boutique kind
of feel for the last three or four years, she
said. Womens accessory sales have real-
ly taken off. Plus, we are in a town with
a lot of money. The ladies wear jewelry,
trendy costume jewelry, and weve found
our niche. Its not expensive name brands.
Good quality is whats hot right now. Thats
Alex and Ani.
The meaning behind these symbols
and the charities they donate to and they
are involved in attracts buyers. You can
pretty much nd something for anyones
interest.
Ms. Lanzana said the store was so
lucky to get the opportunity to sell Alex
and Ani jewelry. It was so hard getting in,
she said. Its been quite a blessing for the
store.
Patrice Turkell, president of Portage
& the Jewelry Box, said that Alex and Ani
is one of our biggest sellers. People can
express themselves at a reasonable price.
Its about positive energy, and costs from
$24 to $68 so its affordable.
Shes carried the line for seven years;
she started soon after she was introduced
to it at an accessory show.
I loved it, she said. I loved that they
use recycled materials.
We started carrying them before any-
one knew about it.
Ms. Turkell said she sells Alex and Ani
to customers whose ages range from 12 to
82.
There are other products she also loves
to sell. Personalized jewelry is huge, she
said. Whether its a monogrammed neck-
lace to a mini nameplate, it is very trendy.
I like very bold pieces, she contin-
ued. I do a lot of stacking and layering. Im
wearing about ve bracelets, multilayered,
right now.
Sometimes we sell these bracelets
right off of us and sometimes I dont
want to part with it.
Ms. Del Santo and Ms. Aach of Youre
So Invited say that when customers come
in looking for one Alex and Ani bracelet
as a gift, they always seem to buy one for
themselves.
They also said that often newcomers
to the product would start with a birth-
stone on their initial bracelet. That can
be followed by initials and then maybe a
zodiac sign.
Each piece comes with inspirational
words, Ms. Aach said. Some people will
overlap bracelets of love, health, and ser-
vice.
Alex and Anis website says that the
products are infused with positive ener-
gy. Ancients referred to this precious
energy as chi and prana, whereas
modern science refers to it as a vital
force. It is the natural energy that sup-
ports life.
The site also says that the compa-
ny embraces the force of positive ener-
gy as a core company belief. The prod-
ucts are manufactured with positive
intention in carefully selected Ameri-
can factories. The symbols carry their
own energy and are accompanied by
thoughtfully crafted and meticulously
researched meaning. Some of the piec-
es are talismans of protection, power or
intention.
Ms. Bahng of Westwoods Ginger
N Cream says that for many custom-
ers, Alex and Ani is popular because
its affordable.
And thats why people dont have
just one. They collect them. They might
have 14. You can get it for yourself or
for your grandma. It can be a simple
bracelet or a few bracelets. Its an easy
gift.
Ms. Lanzana has seen products get
trendy and then fade. She doesnt think
that will happen any time soon with
Alex and Ani.
We are riding a wave, she said.
They have given us glimpses of what
the future holds. She added that can-
dles and fragrances are part of Alex and
Ani, and furniture might come next.
Her store also sells womens acces-
sories, including scarves, wraps, hats,
gloves, and clothing.
What about men and gifts?
Guys are tough, she said. We
have expanded with gloves and scarves
and we just got into shaving kits. Thats
something fairly new. Desk games,
some travel bags. Yes, men are tough.
And yes, there is a Star of David
charm.
Alex and Ani is a process, she
said. These bracelets are meaningful
and hand chosen. We take our time
with our customers.
Every bracelet comes with a
meaning card. It could be a half an
hour process to get the right bracelet
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Jewish wedding gift dos and donts
JACOB KAMARAS
N
ot another challah board! Thats
the collective cry heard round
the Jewish world when newly-
weds receive a Judaica gift they
already possess. Dont be that friend
follow my simple dos and donts for
Jewish wedding gifts.
DO
BE CREATIVE
There are inventive spins on Judaica
items that are sure to leave a more last-
ing impression than their traditional
counterparts. Kiddush cup? How about
a Kiddush cup fountain instead? It
includes a center cup as well as 8-12
matching small cups, and when the
reciter of Kiddush pours the wine from
the center cup into the base of the foun-
tain, the wine trickles down into the
small cups. This avoids the clumsiness
of pouring Kiddush wine for each per-
son at a large Shabbat meal, and per-
haps more importantly, the streamlined
process routinely elicits oohs and
aahs from guests. Challah board? How
about a challah board breadbasket? This
challah board transforms itself into a
basket for distributing challah to guests
after it is cut, keeping the Shabbat table
uncluttered.
THINK PRACTICALLY
Mull over this question: What Judaica
does the couple really need around the
house? More specically, what does the
couple need more than one of? A mezu-
zah (with a decorative case) immedi-
ately comes to mind, given the multiple
doorposts in Jewish homes calling for
one. Even more practicaland more
memorableis providing the glass cup
that the groom will break with his foot
under the chuppah, along with a broken
wedding glass mezuzah, whose case
includes room for those sentimental
shards.
GIVE CASH
Are you thinking that cash isnt senti-
mental enough, and that the couple
wont remember you if you dont give
a unique gift? Dont talk yourself into
that myth. Youll be remembered quite
fondly for your cash gift, with which
the newlyweds can buy anything they
desire.
1) Youre getting the couple some-
thing they dont need, because someone
more compliant than you will (wisely)
buy the dishes requested on the registry.
2) The couple wont be able to
exchange your redundant gift for some-
thing they do need because it came
from a store unbeknownst to them.
3) Your gift will enter the notorious
re-gift closet. This creates a vicious
cycle. By re-gifting your gift, the couple
repeats your error of gifting an unregis-
tered standard household item. The gift
proceeds to be re-gifted for perpetuity.
Heres a dirty little secret: For
couples, the point of making a regis-
try is not just to get all the household
items they need, but also to create the
potential to exchange a string of regis-
try items for more expensive items that
you wouldnt have the gall to put on the
registry like a couch. Why should your
unwanted gift that cannot be returned
spoil the couples efforts to implement
this wonderful strategy?
Honestly, these are all just point-
ers. Any gift is deeply appreciated, and
its the thought that counts. At the end
of the day, it isnt the presents, but your
presenceat the wedding, if you can
be there, or through your continued
friendshipthat matters.
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DONT
BE A COPYCAT
The couple will likely get multiple chal-
lah boards, challah covers, menorahs,
seder plates, and the like. Dont join the
fray. Be original. Now, I admit, it would
be quite unfortunate if everyone fol-
lowed my advice and the couple ended
up with none of these hallowed Judaica
xtures.
COMPETE WITH CLOSE RELATIVES
The couples parents or other close rela-
tives may purchase them silver Shabbat
candlesticks or a Kiddush cup, or the
bride and groom may have had these
items passed down in their family over
time. Dont even think for a second that
you can compete with bubbe and zaidy!
DUPLICATE THE REGISTRY
This goes for non-Judaica items, and was
a major pet peeve for me when I got mar-
ried in 2013. Duplicating the couples
registryfor instance, getting dishes or
silverware not listed on the registry
ensures three infuriating outcomes:
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aising funds can involve parlor
meetings, special events, ban-
quets, and journals. For Sam Fish-
man, though, its about telling a
story.
Mr. Fishman, the managing direc-
tor of Sinai Schools, knows many stories
about children and their families over-
coming difficult obstacles, and he tells
them as often as he can.
A video Mr. Fishman produced,
which was premiered at a recent Sinai
banquet, told the story of how two sis-
ters worked hard at their schools with the
Sinai program, overcoming both physical
and learning disabilities to achieve and
thrive. But Mr. Fishman knows that the
special attention and education his 500
students receive costs in the neighbor-
hood of $60,000 per student per year.
Sharing their stories helps raise the
funds the program needs so that the stu-
dents and their parents can be successful.
Mr. Fishman said that Sinai is unique
in the tristate area for the range of chil-
dren we serve and the level of support we
provide. Sinais special needs students
are educated in one of ve mainstream
local schools. The results are wonderful
for our children and for the children of
the partnering school.
We are blessed with a community
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that cares about children, he con-
tinued. Whether its a dinner or a
boutique we hold, the key thing is to
try your best to help the communi-
ty understand Sinais excellence and
how it is so vital for the community. If
we tell the story correctly, people will
understand what were doing.
Mr. Fishman said that when Sinai
tells its stories, people hear us, and as
a result they give.
Its hard work, he added. We
put a lot of effort into putting out
one new video a year. We tell stories
through the eyes of our parents and
our children. They are all heroes.
The recent video already has got-
ten thousands of online views. Last
years video generated more than
10,000 views.
The video tells the story of our
children, he said. Their parents talk
about the transformation theyve
seen.
Every year, when a video is shown
at the banquet, you could hear a pin
drop, Mr. Fishman said. He added that
few of the people in attendance have
to be there; the overwhelming major-
ity of the 800 dinner participants are
there because they want to be.
Sinai adds at least three yearly
sales boutiques to its fund-raising
efforts; it also raises money through
Purim card donations, parlor meet-
ings, and more. Its goal is to raise at
least 40 percent of its revenue through
fund raising.
For Amy Silna Shafron, director
of institutional advancement at the
school formerly known as the Ger-
rard Berman Day School, Solomon
Schechter of North Jersey, the fund-
raising challenge has a new, uplift-
ing aspect. The school was rebranded
Academies at GBDS in November. The
Oakland-based school offers an excit-
ing array of science classes and lead-
ership classes to its students.
Ms. Shafron said that while events
such as family fun days are important
and successful, events are not just the
only way to raise money.
The events weve done are awe-
some, but even then its about the
advocacy of people who attend the
event. We have successful board
members who care about the school.
And ultimately, no matter what the
song and dance is, our goal is to suc-
cessfully connect to people.
You dont want to be a wedding
planner. You want people to feel part
of our family. And it becomes incum-
bent upon us to show them a good
time, and have them believe in our
mission.
Last year was a complete celebra-
tion of Israel. What connects all of
us as Jews is Israel, Ms. Shafron said.
We had an event at a private home
where the cuisine reflected Israel so
much you felt like you were in an
Israeli kitchen. We added a phenome-
nal lecture about Israel. We had Lexus
sponsor our valet parking.
Dunkin Donuts and Ramsey Auto
Group were among the sponsors at a
family fun day.
We found we could enliven
the day with people who wanted to
get their message across, she said.
We brought in Ben and Jerrys. They
brought their ice cream truck with
a guy dressed up in a cow costume.
Health Barn USA brought in its farm-
to-fork program.
Two family fun days allowed us
to be part of the larger community,
she added. We spread our message to
people we otherwise might not have
met. We want to be exciting to peo-
ple. We want people to see us as fresh,
savvy, and interesting.
The school also does an event at
Neiman Marcus every year.
You want to align yourself with
other prestigious organizations, Ms.
Shafron said.
The big news is the schools
rebranding as it builds its science and
leadership curriculums.
Were bringing in chemis-
try, medicine, leadership and envi-
ronmental biology, she said. This
is adding to our Judaic studies. Were
upping the academy by bringing in
experts to teach our children.
Ms. Shafron said that the school
is more like a magnet school and a
day school combined. Were talking
about being marketable for the future
for our students.
A capital campaign is in the
works to help raise funds for a geode-
sic dome for a weather station. The
school also would like a video con-
ferencing center. To raise this money,
the school has embarked on a Brick
by Brick campaign, selling bricks for
future building.
You just cant send a letter any-
more, Ms. Shafron said. You have to
make the school shine.
What we do has to send a mes-
sage that we are thriving, not just sur-
viving. I think the world is changing
and evolving, and we have to evolve
with it. We have to send a message of
excellence.
When it comes to the bottom line,
There are a lot of things that weve
done that have brought in money,
she said. When people see you are
doing an amazing thing, they want
to get behind it. They need to be sure
you are doing what is best with their
dollars.
People want to know were head-
ing somewhere great.
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Jeff Nadler, the chief development
ofcer for the Kaplen JCC on the Pali-
sades in Tenay, has been at his posi-
tion for three months. But already he
can see what he called a generational
shift in giving. The generation that
grew up during and right after World
War II knew that America offered nan-
cial stability and safety. Jews became
part of the American town square, Mr.
Nadler said. Part of Jewish American
culture was to send money to Israel and
Jewish causes and agencies.
Now theres a shift, he said. I see
it tied to the Internet.
Now you can see where your
money goes when you give to specic
organizations. The challenge for Jewish
nonprots is to show that a donors gift
has a measurable impact. Their dona-
tions are helping peoples lives.
When you can tell those stories of
how donations make a difference, thats
whats going to touch donors and build
those relationships.
Mr. Nadler said hes heard people
say that asking for money is difcult. He
said that that the real need is to build a
relationship, not to ask for a one-time
gift.
The JCC has life-long relationships
with families, he said, and it is a magnet
for families because they feel at home
there.
When parents have young kids,
they want their children to have that
attachment to Judaism, Mr. Nadler
said. Kids who come here can go
through the nursery school, and get
involved with Shabbat in the classroom.
There are adult activities, and programs
for seniors and Holocaust survivors.
The JCC is one of the few places
where Jews of every denomination can
nd a place, he said.
Like Mr. Fishman of Sinai Schools,
Mr. Nadler talks about the incredible
stories that unfold at his institution.
We have one little girl who started
out with some severe limitations who
has grown and ourished and now just
had her bat mitzvah, he said. She was
trained and coached by someone at the
JCC.
Theres the Rubin Run, a health and
fitness day that raises money for the
JCCs special needs program. There is a
camp for children living through pedi-
atric cancer.
There are stories out there that will
tug on peoples heartstrings, he said.
But Mr. Nadlers bottom line is
looking ahead to future growth as the
JCC continues to serve the community.
Its time for newer generations to
step forward, he said. Previous gener-
ations have built this magnicent facil-
ity. Through capital funding, we need to
maintain it as a beacon.
The programs and services offered
by the JCC are the lifeblood of this com-
munity. Its the forever funding, the
bequests and more. We have to make
sure that the JCC is here for the next
generation, and with continuity for
future generations.
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With so many bar/bat Mitzvahs each
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Owners Sam and Melanie Pel-
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studio to keep it fresh and exciting.
The studio in East Hanover, has been
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guests two unique environments in
one space.
The Pellegrinos just recently
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Also, theres the Paramus loca-
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Call Sam and Melanie anytime for
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(written by yours truly), Bridal Guide magazine recent-
ly posted on its website the following beneath a photo
of bridesmaids in stylish, vertical-lined soft green, gray
and ivory cobra prints: Allowing bridesmaids to wear
ultra-trendy patterned dresses can deliver an added
benefit: Vertical patterns are slimming! So look for
longer pattern lines that your bridesmaids will love
wearing.
Here are some of the top looks in patterned
bridesmaid dresses:
Florals: These bridesmaid gowns in white and
pastels showcase hundreds of small owers such as
roses, lilies, or irises along with greenery tendrils and
leaves. In a bolder trend, oral patterns feature over-
size blooms such as hibiscus owers that are 1 foot
or more in height and width. There may be several of
these big blossoms around the skirt, with the top of
the dress left a solid color to avoid being too much.
And for island-based destination weddings, tropical
ower motifs are a hit.
Hummingbirds: For a garden wedding, pat-
terned bridesmaid dresses include flowers and the
pretty little creatures who inhabit gardens, such as
hummingbirds, which is a top motif for the coming
year.
Polka dots: Preppy polka dots also have a place
in the patterned bridesmaid dress realm, with tiny
white dots on a dress of any color. And a unique twist
on the black-and-white wedding brings white dresses
with little black polka dots. This is an immensely re-
wearable style, especially in cocktail length. And for
nautical weddings, navy, and white dotted dresses are
pure class.
Stripes: Speaking of nautical themes, bridesmaid
dresses in wide light-blue and white vertical stripes say
nautical chic. Blues are best for this pattern because
pinks can look a bit too girly and costumey. One bride
looked at a pink-striped dress for her bridesmaids, and
their response was, Do we work in a candy store?
Ikat: Ikat designs with their detailed patterns add
exotic air to bridesmaid dresses, and the look is as
trendy for these gowns as it is for your invitations and
linens.
Lace cutouts: Picture a dress in a beautiful,
bright solid color with an overlay of black lace allow-
ing that color to peek through, creating an elegant,
chic pattern. The Dessy Collection offers this new
ultra-trendy, ultra-popular look in more than 80 colors
from burgundy to white to hot pink, citrus orange, and
more. Its pattern, but its also lace, which is the No. 1
look in bridal fashion.
Ombre: Ombre involves graduated shades of
color from light to dark and is very trendy for 2014
weddings. Neutrals such as ivory to champagne to a
darker tan and white to gray to black are especially
popular. Island weddings could highlight bridesmaids
in ombre dresses of coral to pink to fuchsia, and pur-
ple is also a top shade for the ombre look.
Patterned skirts: Angelica Bragg, blog maven at
The Bridal Detective, says, It doesnt get any more
stylish than well-dressed bridesmaids in skirts with
prints. Skirts patterned with swirls, orals, stripes, or
other motifs and paired with a solid-color top create a
best-of-both-worlds look.
Of course, on reality shows youll see bridesmaids
in camouflage and leopard-skin patterns, which is
ne if the group loves the look. The dramatic element
of those choices simply supports the good news for
bridesmaids: Patterned dresses are in.
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and the two shades complement
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Pink and mint are not an exclusive
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seasons sweet color motifs, so do keep
these additional shades in mind, as
advised by the editors of a top wed-
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Here are some ways that pink
and mint are showing up, softening
and sweetening weddings in spring
and summer of 2014:
As invitation colors. Far from being too feminine,
the pairing of mint and pink creates an expectation
of a very colorful celebration. And its also a trend to
color-match personal wedding websites to the colors
of the invitations; a great many brides and grooms are
customizing their wedding websites in the pink and
mint color motif. One design idea is to choose an all-
mint background and place just a few pink, cream and
gray owers around each pages design.
Create bouquets in pink and mint. The pink may
be your primary shade, with tiny touch-
es of mint and cream or white flowers
throughout. In bouquets, its always best
to use one color for the majority of the
design and the other colors as accents -
take your pick as to which shade, pink or
mint, youd like to star in your bouquet
- rather than have your bouquet look
supermarket-bought with a 50-50 split of
shades.
Design an aisle runner in pink and
mint. Again, one color gets to be the
overall shade and the other color in a
lighter or darker shade can be the accent
hue for your personalization choices,
whether it be your names, wedding date,
or simply a oral or patterned motif. Julie
Goldman of The Original Runner Co.
suggests then turning your aisle runner
into a keepsake by framing the portion
of it that bears your personalized mes-
sage design. And they lived happily ever after as the
framed portion of your aisle runner will surely become
a treasured home decor item.
Create escort or guest placecards. Alternate pink
and mint cards for a prettier arrangement of those
where are we sitting? cards that guests look through
to nd their names.
Swag your setting. Fabrics draped in a dramatic
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or save the fabric swag concept as stage curtains
around your candy buffet.
Set your tables. Choose one color, pink or mint,
as your tablecloth shade, and then add a table runner
in the other shade along the center of your table.
Create centerpieces. Pink and mint flowers,
blending with other coordinating shades, will be cause
for a renewed interest in which each guest gets to take
home the centerpiece. And since a trend in rustic wed-
dings is to set out bud vases in groupings on the table,
display a variety of bud vase colors and alternate the
color of the ower in each.
Frost your cake. An all-pink cake dotted with tiny
mint and cream frosting pearls couldnt be prettier, or
choose a mint-shade cake accented by just a few pink
oral sugar roses per tier.
Create a photo booth backdrop. In wide pink
and mint-colored stripes, a photo booth backdrop is
a big design trend for weddings. Done well, with wide
stripes instead of narrow ones, it doesnt create a wel-
come-to-the-circus look. Its purely wedding.
Design your candy buffet. Jackie Sorkin, owner
and candy bar creator of Hollywood Candy Girls, says
to play with color in your candy buffet. While you
could display pink and mint candies in all clear glass
vases, why not put pink candies on a mint-colored
tray, and mint candies on a pink tiered tray? Add in a
color-matched tablecloth. Go with a pattern to make a
smaller collection of candies look more dramatic or a
solid-colored one to make a large collection of candies
grab all the attention.
Give out favors. Tulle baggies of pink and mint
candies or frosted cookies are always a favorite of
guests.
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Owner On the Forks Catering
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Quilted Giraffe Sign of the Dove
Bolivar Tapas Lounge Eros
Casa La Femme Camino Sur
Kenneys Commune and Commissary
Executive Chef
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has worked at them all...
Now hes available
for your next affair.
The cooking here is very assured with a fine
sense of balance and admirable restraint.
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or save the fabric swag concept as stage curtains
around your candy buffet.
Set your tables. Choose one color, pink or mint,
as your tablecloth shade, and then add a table runner
in the other shade along the center of your table.
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blending with other coordinating shades, will be cause
for a renewed interest in which each guest gets to take
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color of the ower in each.
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oral sugar roses per tier.
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tray, and mint candies on a pink tiered tray? Add in a
color-matched tablecloth. Go with a pattern to make a
smaller collection of candies look more dramatic or a
solid-colored one to make a large collection of candies
grab all the attention.
Give out favors. Tulle baggies of pink and mint
candies or frosted cookies are always a favorite of
guests.
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Tragedy as catalyst
Devorah Halberstams path from bereaved
mother to counterterrorism authority
URIEL HEILMAN
W
hen a 16-year-
old Lubavitcher
named Ari Hal-
berst am was
gunned down on the Brooklyn
Bridge on March 1, 1994, by a
Lebanese livery cab driver, the
killing seemed to be a cut-and-
dried case.
The shooter, Rashid Baz,
was captured the follow-
ing day, and he confessed to
police. After a trial several
months later, he was sen-
tenced to 141 years in prison.
But a murder conviction
was not enough for Aris
mother, Devorah Halberstam.
She saw a terrorist conspiracy
behind the shooting and criti-
cized authorities for treating it
as an ordinary homicide.
For years she obsessively campaigned
for further investigation, clamoring to be
taken seriously by authorities. She waited
on receiving lines to buttonhole senators
and congressmen, knocked on doors at
City Hall, and traveled back and forth to
Washington.
Twenty years after her sons killing, Ms.
Halberstam is now an authority on ter-
rorism with close ties to law enforcement
officials a highly unusual role for a cha-
sidic woman.
In the beginning I was only a hysteri-
cal mother, without a doubt, Ms. Halber-
stam said in an interview at her Brook-
lyn home. Today I am included by law
enforcement. I am part of them.
She regularly helps train security offi-
cials on terrorism-related issues, giving
seminars to police and FBI agents, flying
to Army bases to lecture soldiers, teach-
ing Border Patrol agents, and meeting
with security officials from overseas.
Last week, a man who tried to build
a pipe bomb for use in New York, Jose
Pimentel, was sentenced to 16 years in
prison on terrorism charges under laws
that Halberstam helped to draft.
If I had to use one word to describe
Devorah, I would use the word relentless,
Raymond Kelly, who served as the com-
missioner of the New York Police Depart-
ment from 1992 to 1994 and again from
2000 to 2013, said. Shes a major force
in the political world, and certainly those
people who focus on the issues of coun-
terterrorism know that well.
Ms. Halberstam acknowledges that she
never could have imagined this life for
herself two decades ago. Back then it was
all about achieving a measure of justice
for her son.
Ms. Halberstams campaign, which
focused on having her sons shooting rec-
ognized as a terrorist act, wasnt merely
semantic. To her, the issue cut to the heart
of what she saw as the authorities failure
to fully pursue other avenues of investiga-
tion: Who helped inspire the attack, plan
it, abet it and conspire to shelter Baz in
the hours after the shooting?
On the surface, the attack appeared to
be an Arab gunmans angry response to
the massacre in Hebron several days ear-
lier, when 29 Palestinians were gunned
down by Baruch Goldstein, a West Bank
settler.
Ari Halberstam had been a passenger in
a van full of chasidic boys that was trailing
the motorcade of the Lubavitcher rebbe,
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, on a trip
home from the hospital for eye surgery.
Ms. Halberstam believes the van became
a Jewish target of convenience once the
rebbes vehicle disappeared into a tunnel.
In the condolence letter that President
Clinton wrote to the family, he pledged
his commitment to deal with the hatred
and criminality that caused your sons
death.
But the lawyer for Baz, who had an
arsenal of weapons with him that day,
maintained the shooting was the result
of a traffic dispute carried out by a lone
assailant without assistance. No official
motive was determined at the trial.
Ms. Halberstam wanted more. She
worked to collect letters of support
from powerful politicians, got a Brook-
lyn Bridge ramp named for her son, and
raised millions of dollars for the construc-
tion of a Jewish childrens museum in the
Devorah Halberstam honored Raymond Kelly,
the former commissioner of the New York Po-
lice Department, at a gala dinner at the Jewish
Childrens Museum in Brooklyn last May.
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Crown Heights section of Brooklyn dedi-
cated to Aris memory. She sued the compa-
nies that manufactured the guns used in her
sons killing (and lost). She pushed the state
to pass Aris Law, which requires a license
to possess a gun kit and is meant to curtail
interstate gun trafficking.
All the while, her sons case remained
closed.
The turning point came in 1999, when
media reports about the case sparked
renewed calls for a reassessment by New
Yorks governor, U.S. senators, and con-
gressmen. The FBI finally responded,
describing the shooting as an act of road
rage.
The imprudence of the designation ulti-
mately led to Ms. Halberstams triumph:
Under public pressure, in May 1999 the FBI
assigned an agent to review the case, and in
December 2000 the agency officially con-
ceded that the shooting indeed had been an
act of terrorism.
But Ms. Halberstams campaign was not
over.
She kept pushing for the investigation
of unfollowed leads, arguing that counter-
terrorism required a different approach to
law enforcement. In June 2000, New Yorks
then governor, George Pataki, appointed
her to serve on the states first Commis-
sion on Terrorism. For Ms. Halberstam, the
idea wasnt just to make sure that those
who aided Baz were punished though it
was that, too. Hers was a campaign to have
authorities deal differently with terrorist
crimes, to scrutinize the milieu from which
terrorists came, to map their networks and
monitor their associates.
Now we can clearly see that it was part
of a whole pattern of terrorist activity that
keeps repeating itself, former New York
City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said of the Hal-
berstam shooting in 2009.
After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that
kind of aggressive, holistic approach to ter-
rorist crimes suddenly didnt seem like a
paranoid overreaction. In the ensuing years,
close, ongoing scrutiny became de rigueur,
as the trove of revelations from Edward
Snowden has made clear.
In a way, the attacks of 9/11 have really
validated her position and given her
increased credibility, Mr. Kelly said of Ms.
Halberstam. Her stressing this issue before
9/11 was important, but clearly the horrific
events of 9/11 really galvanized the law
enforcement community, and shes been a
player in it.
Ms. Halberstams own public profile
changed in tandem with the new prioritiza-
tion of counterterrorism. In 2009, in a sign
of how dramatically she had gone from vic-
tim to authority, she received a community
leadership award from the office of the FBI
director, which hailed her as a vital asset in
our fight against terrorism.
She has become an expert on the topic of
terrorism, and is well versed as to the vari-
ous terrorist entities such as Hamas, Hezbol-
lah and al-Qaida, to name just a few, Joseph
Demarest, assistant director of the FBIs
Cyber Division, said. She has truly taken,
one could argue, the most horrific event
losing a child and used it as a catalyst for
good.
Over the years, Ms. Halberstam also
found validation of some of her suspicions
in Aris case.
In a 2007confession, Baz corroborated
Ms. Halberstams longtime contention that
his real target had been the Lubavitcher
rebbe. Last year, the Palestinian uncle who
Ms. Halberstam long had claimed provided
Baz with the weapons he used in the shoot-
ing was arrested for allegedly being part of a
multistate cigarette-smuggling ring that had
terrorist ties.
Today, Ms. Halberstam isnt concerned
only with terrorism. She organizes meet-
ings in Crown Heights to help tamp down
tensions between blacks and Jews, includ-
ing after the spate of knockout attacks in
Brooklyn last fall. She continues to raise
money for the Jewish Childrens Museum,
where many of her community encoun-
ter programs take place; the museum sits
across the street from Lubavitch world
headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway.
Lately, shes also been trying to organize
a conference on protecting the homeland
in the age of terrorism. And she spends
time, when she can, with her grandchildren,
three of whom are named for Ari.
What drives her to do all this, Ms. Halber-
stam says, isnt just justice. Its about trying
to make sure other mothers dont have to
endure the loss and pain that was thrust
upon her 20 years ago and remains with
her every day, still.
I feel like I have an obligation to my
child, she said. Somebody else stole
his life. And I dont think just somebody
else; its a system that was in place. And I
believe no matter how long it will take, I
will not stop.
Its like breaking up a gang, and we have
to fight this. I dont know if Ill see it in my
lifetime, but I sure as hell am going to con-
tinue doing it until the day I die, as long as I
live on this earth.
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Jews with disabilities
Communal awareness is growing
but advocates still see barriers
JULIE WIENER
I
n the coming months, six young
Jews with disabilities will start paid
internships at major Jewish federa-
tions through a pilot program. If it
is successful, the program will expand to
communities throughout North America.
In the fall, Manhattans first Jewish day
school for children with special needs
will open.
Meanwhile, the Foundation for Jewish
Camp is seeking to raise $31 million for a
multipronged effort to more than double
the number of children with disabilities
attending Jewish overnight camps.
As the sixth annual Jewish Disabilities
Awareness Month draws to a close
events nationwide included an advocacy
day in Washington the issue of disabili-
ties is enjoying greater prominence than
ever in the Jewish communal world.
I feel like were really riding a wave
of care and interest on this issue, said
Ilana Ruskay-Kidd, founder and head of
Manhattans Shefa School, which will
serve children with speech and language
delays when it opens in September.
William Daroff, vice president for pub-
lic policy of the Jewish Federations of
North America, a sponsor of Jewish Dis-
abilities Awareness Month and co-chair
of the Jewish Disabilities Advocacy Net-
work, said, Within the Jewish commu-
nity, recognizing that every part of our
community should be included in our
communal activities has become more
apparent and is being fulfilled more and
more. To not include individuals with
disabilities and their family members in
an open Jewish community is really seen
as being treif in other words, as not
being kosher.
Nonetheless, advocates say the Jewish
community still has a long way to go when
it comes to opening doors for Jews with dis-
abilities, a diverse group estimated to make
up 15 to 20 percent of the total Jewish popu-
lation. Its a group that encompasses every-
one from those with language and develop-
mental delays to the autistic, to people with
physical and psychiatric disabilities.
In part, advocates say, the process of
change has been slowed because Ameri-
can Jewish communal institutions like all
religious organizations are exempt from
the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.
In particular, many synagogue schools and
Jewish day schools turn away children with
disabilities whom they feel unable to serve.
Physical accessibility also is limited in many
Jewish institutional buildings.
At the moment, we [the Jewish com-
munity] hold ourselves to a lower standard
than the broader public is held to, said
Ari Neeman, founder and president of the
Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, a nonprofit
run by and for autistic people.
There is unfortunately a perception
that in some ways this is justified or that
because the law does not require religious
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Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, CEO and presi-
dent of RespectAbility USA, a group that
focuses on disability issues in the faith-
based sector, says the inclusion of people
with disabilities is not just a moral or civil
rights issue but important for Jewish
survival.
Ms. Laszlo Mizrahi, who was the founder
and longtime director of the Israel Proj-
ect, a group shaping public perceptions of
Israel, says that certain genetic risks and
the tendency of American Jews to have
children later in life means Jews likely have
more disabilities per capita than the Ameri-
can population at large.
By not doing more to include and wel-
come this segment of the Jewish popula-
tion, the Jewish community risks driving
away not only individuals with disabilities
but also their families and friends, says Ms.
Laszlo Mizrahi, herself the mother of two
children with disabilities.
A RespectAbility USA poll of 3,800 Amer-
icans in the disability community last fall
found that Jews with disabilities are far
less engaged in their faith than their coun-
terparts who are Catholic, mainline Protes-
tant, or Evangelical.
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cent attend religious services at least once
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However, Ms. Laszlo Mizrahi says Jews
with disabilities are far more alienated
from Jewish life than Jews in general
because many have been turned away
from, or not had their needs met by, Jewish
institutions.
If you have a disability and, say, want
to attend a day school or camp, youre
frequently told no, she said, adding that
many Jewish day schools counsel you to
leave if they dont think youre successful
enough.
Jay Ruderman, president of the Ruder-
man Family Foundation, echoes Ms. Laszlo
Mizrahis assessment that greater inclusion
is good for Jewish continuity and that far
more work needs to be done.
Jewish organizations run after people
who are well educated, upwardly mobile
and not engaged, but at the same time they
are really bad at connecting all these parts
of the Jewish community that want in, Mr.
Ruderman said. There are all sorts of parts
of the Jewish community that want in that
are kept out, whether because of ignorance
or people saying it is too costly, which is not
the case.
At the end of the day, its really about
a discriminatory attitude that the future of
our community looks a certain way, he
said, adding that if American Jewish insti-
tutions do not become more inclusive,
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unattractive to the very young people were
trying to attract because they are used to
living in a pluralistic, inclusive society and
will think the Jewish community looks like
a country club.
Mr. Rudermans foundation arguably has
become the leading advocate for Jews with
disabilities, both in the United States and in
Israel.
Since 2002, the foundation, which spent
$2.7 million in 2011, the last year for which
tax forms are available, has focused most
of its efforts on promoting inclusion in the
Jewish community. Initially it concentrated
on Boston, where it partnered with the
local federation to help area day schools
better serve children with disabilities and
helped launch a job-training program for
Jews with disabilities. In recent years it has
sought to have a more national impact by
partnering with or convening other funders
and national Jewish groups.
For example, in December the foun-
dation launched a partnership with the
Union for Reform Judaism to improve
attitudes about inclusion and disabilities
among Reform community leaders and
clergy, Jewish professionals, organiza-
tional leaders, and congregants, and to
ensure full inclusion and participation of
people with disabilities and their fami-
lies in Reform Jewish life. The founda-
tion is now in discussions with Chabad
about developing a joint effort, Mr. Rud-
erman said.
The foundation also is working with the
Jewish Federations of North America to cre-
ate federation-based internships for people
with disabilities.
JFNAs Mr. Daroff says the project is
about individuals getting training and
experience, but its also to help expand
the horizons of the federations themselves
and give federation employees experience
working with people with disabilities.
Dori Frumin Kirshner of Closter, execu-
tive director of Matan, an organization that
advocates for Jewish students with special
needs, says the federation internships are
significant because federations are the
umbrella for many other organizations in
a community, so if this is something they
are deeming important, then its going to
impact many other agencies as well.
While she is pleased by the rising pro-
file of disability issues, Ms. Kirshner says
it leads to another challenge: the need to
train more professionals who are capable
of helping Jewish communities support all
kinds of learners.
The demand is going to outweigh the
supply of well-trained educators unless
theres real push to plan for it, she said.
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CHICAGO Actor, director, and writer
Harold Ramis died Monday morning at
his Glencoe, Ill., home.
Mr. Ramis, 69, died of complications
from vasculitis, an autoimmune dis-
order that leads to inflammation and
damage to blood vessels, according to
the Associated Press.
Mr. Ramiss filmography reads like
an encyclopedia of great comic movies
of the last 30 years. He was the brains
either as writer, as director or as
both behind some of the most often
quoted and referred-to film comedies
of recent decades, including Animal
House, Meatballs, Caddyshack,
Stripes, National Lampoons Vaca-
tion, Ghostbusters, Groundhog
Day and Analyze This. A Chicago
native and a Chicago Second City
alum, Mr. Ramis returned to Chicago
from Hollywood many years ago to be
closer to his parents.
In the spring of 2009, JUF News inter-
viewed Mr. Ramis. Here are excerpts
from the interview:
JUF News: Your movies are constant
pop culture references. How does it
make you feel to know that so many
of your films have made it into the cul-
tural fabric of society?
Harold Ramis: Everyone starts out
with big dreams, particularly people
who want to be artists or have careers
in entertainment. Then, when it hap-
pens, you dream about it, you picture
it, you imagine what its going to be like,
and then its so weird when it actually
happens. You learn that its great on
so many levels and in such a big way,
it doesnt change anything. Youre still
who you are, you still have the same
problems and issues and same insecuri-
ties, and the same responsibilities. Im
really glad people like these films and
that a couple of them have lasted so
long and I love doing what Im doing,
but I try not to be grandiose about it or
be even more narcissistic than I already
am.
JUF: You dont sound too narcissistic
to me. Why did you choose a life in Chi-
cago instead of Hollywood?
HR: My wife grew up there:, and her
father was a film director. We liked it
out there. We werent really refugees
to Chicago from there. I came back
to Chicago to be near my parents,
who were getting too old to travel. My
mother passed away and my father is
still around. He lives in Northbrook
and is 94 years old. I wanted them to
know my second family. Id been mar-
ried before and had been away all those
years and thought this was a chance to
reunite my family.
JUF: Your movies have so much
heart. Is there a common thread that
all your movies share?
HR: Ive looked at the first few films
I did and thought we were working off
a kind of late 60s anti-establishment
posture that came out of being in col-
lege, a kind of us versus them, the hip-
sters against the squares, the rebels
against the institution. That was Ani-
mal House, Stripes and Meatballs.
Having worked through that, I
started looking at other concerns I
have. The movie Vacation was about
what it was to be a good father and a
good husband, two very difficult things
to do in life.
Then I made three films Ground-
hog Day, Multiplicity, and Bedaz-
zled about what it really is to be a
good person in general. Groundhog
Day is about how we use our time and
priorities, losing our narcissism and
vanity, taking a good look at others, and
being in the moment. Then Multiplic-
ity is about the divided self, the things
that pull us in different directions and
how can we integrate ourselves and be
one person. Bedazzled is about the
things we wish for that we think will
make us happy, like money, fame, suc-
cess, power, sex, good looks all those
things that we think are the keys to
happiness. And of course the film ends
up saying thats not where happiness
comes from. Theyre all about navigat-
ing in the midst of this great existential
despair were all born into.
JUF: Groundhog Day is probably
referred to in conversation by my peers
about once a week. I read that you said
that that was the movie that got you to
make comedies that meant something.
Did you go on to follow that path?
HR: I was always looking for meaning
in the things I was doing, no matter how
broad or silly or gross or crude they seem.
To me, the [movies] meant something.
Groundhog Day was the first film that
was overtly about life and how we live it,
and the response was so great. It was such
a satisfying thing to invest a comedy with
your real feelings about the most impor-
tant issues in life. It made me want to do
that again.
JUF: How does your Jewish identity
Harold Ramis on his feelings of obligation: As an example to Jewish kids, I dont
push religion, but I push integrity.
SEE RAMIS PAGE 42
I love doing
what Im doing,
but I try not to
be grandiose
about it or be
even more
narcissistic than
I already am.
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influence your work?
HR: I use Passover as the central story of Judaism
because, for me, it results in two concepts driving it. One
is the concept of freedom, personal liberation, and politi-
cal liberation. The other is the concept of justice Moses
receiving the law. For me, this fits perfectly with my own
political liberalism and my yearning for social justice in the
world. Thats where my Judaism connects with all my work
and with this film in particular. I also wanted to say in this
film that regardless of what anyone believes creation,
myths, or what God is or isnt the burden is still on us to
act responsibly in the world.
JUF: Do you feel a responsibility as a Jewish role model?
HR: Yes, I feel that every Jew represents all Jews in the
world. I have associations in Winnetka and Wilmette,
not traditional Jewish territory. Sometimes I find myself
in country clubs that were restricted or in settings where
very few Jews are or have been. In places like that, I get even
more Jewish than I am. I start speaking Yiddish and I just
feel the need to represent. As an example to Jewish kids, I
dont push religion but I push integrity. I have incorporated
a lot of Buddhism into my Jewish thinking too, which a lot
of Jews have done. That kind of works for me because the
[two religions] are similar. As a Jew and a Buddhist, I try
to express a creed that is inclusive and focuses on personal
responsibility.
JUF: Is life as funny as your movies portray it to be, or are
your movies an escape from a world that isnt really funny?
HR: Someone once said that when we recognize that the
world is insane, we have choices we can see it as tragedy
or we can see it as comedy. Everything can be funny, but not
everything is funny. There are horrors and tragedies in life
that I would not want to joke about or hear anyone else joke
about it. Yet, conceptually, everything seems like fair game.
I mourn any persons death, but death as a concept is valid
territory for comedy.
JUF: Whats the secret to writing good comedy?
HR: Its all point of view. What fails in most comedy is
not that the writers arent smart, but that [a lot of comedy]
is like other things weve seen. To be funny, you need to
be original. Its like the kid who wants to play peek-a-boo.
The first couple times its funny; the 400th time its not that
funnythe kind of comedy that really scores is where you
reveal or expose something that is deeply embarrassing or
deeply shocking or deeply offensive in some way and put it
out there in a clever, original way and allow people to pro-
cess something that they havent been able to deal with or
express in another way. Thats why theres so much comedy
about sexuality, because the funniest stuff is the stuff were
most afraid of.
JUF: I know you have been asked this a thousand times,
but whats your favorite film and why?
HR: I never answer that question because I just love mak-
ing films and every film Ive made has been a great experi-
ence and I find it almost impossible to separate the results
from the process. I love them all.
Harold Ramis is survived by his wife, Erica Ramos;
his sons, Julian and Daniel; his daughter, Violet, and two
grandchildren.
JTA WIRE SERVICE/JUF NEWS
Ramis
FROM PAGE 41
Sometimes I nd myself in
country clubs that were
restricted or in settings
where very few Jews are
or have been. In places
like that, I get even more
Jewish than I am.
BRIEFS
German chancellor visits
Israel, receives honor
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a 16-mem-
ber delegation of ministers arrived in Israel Monday
for a two-day meeting with Israel Cabinet members.
Israeli President Shimon Peres awarded Merkel the
Presidential Medal of Distinction.
Ministers from both countries were expected to
sign several agreements, including one to allow
Israelis visiting countries without diplomatic rela-
tions with the Jewish state to get German consular
services, Reuters reported.
This visit is a golden opportunity to underline
Germanys longstanding and robust support for
Israel and strengthen Germanys increasing role in
Mideast affairs Germany and Israel have strong
common interests and values, said Deidre Berger,
director of the American Jewish Committees Berlin
office.
JNS.ORG
Hamas terror cell nabbed
in plot to bomb convoy
Members of a Hamas terror cell who planned to det-
onate a roadside bomb against an Israel military con-
voy in the West Bank have been apprehended as part
of a larger group of Palestinian terrorists, the Israeli
Security Agency (Shin Bet) said.
The Hamas cell was part of a group of 15 Pales-
tinians from the village Bayt Ur a-Tachta, who were
arrested by the Shin Bet for their involvement in
roadside attacks, including Molotov cocktails and
rocks, against Israeli drivers on Route 443 outside
of Jerusalem.
According to the Shin Bet, Masab Ibrahim Badran,
27, who was one of the 15 apprehended, confessed
to forming a Hamas terror cell and that its members
had practiced assembling an explosive device.
Route 443, which runs through the West Bank for
about 10 miles, is one of only two major roads that
connect Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
JNS.ORG
IDF chief sees threats
from Iran, Syria, Gaza
For Israel, there is no front where Iran is not
involved, handing out torches to pyromaniacs, with
munitions and rockets, Israel Defense Forces Chief
of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz told reporters during a
tour of the Golan Heights on Sunday.
Commenting on the nuclear negotiations that
world powers are conducting with Iran, Gantz said
a nuclear Iran is dangerous for the world, the
region, and Israel in that order.
I hope that international pressure on Iran will
continue in a way that keeps Iran from renewing its
military nuclear program, he said.
Gantz said the ongoing transfer of weapons from
Syria to Lebanon was not a good thing, adding that
events could happen from time to time, a possible
reference to Israeli military action to prevent such
transfers.
In Gaza, Hamas and the other [terrorist] organi-
zations are continually building up their strength,
Gantz said.
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Jewish organizations have set up emergency assis-
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community amid ongoing political unrest there.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
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areas of Kiev, Ukraines capital, to ensure that elderly
Jews and people with disabilities receive essential sup-
plies at home. JDC staff and volunteers have been pro-
viding food packages and medical supplies to these
homebound individuals.
Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for
Israel, said immediate assistance for Ukrainian Jews
would come from the Emergency Assistance Fund for
Jewish Communities, established after the 2012 terror
attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, France. Addi-
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campaign to boost the Ukrainian Jewish communitys
security.
On Friday, Ukrainian Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman
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country due to fears that Jews might be targeted in
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I told my congregation to leave the city center or
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I dont want to tempt fate... but there are constant
warnings concerning intentions to attack Jewish insti-
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JNS.ORG
Anti-Israel conference
will convene at NYU
The American Studies Program at New York Univer-
sity, with the support of American Studies Association
president-elect Lisa Duggan, is set to hold a two-day
anti-Israel conference.
The event this weekend, titled Circuits of Influ-
ence: U.S., Israel, and Palestine, comes following an
unprecedented wave of public dialogue in response
to the American Studies Associations recent endorse-
ment of a boycott of Israeli academic institutions,
according to an event flier. About 200 universities
have condemned the ASA boycott.
Duggan, in a Facebook post, describes the event as a
kick ass conference that will feature speakers solely
from the anti-Israel perspective, such as Students for
Justice in Palestine and the Jewish Voice for Peace.
JNS.ORG
Forum backs bill to promote
Israel as Jewish state
Former Israeli Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser is pro-
moting a bill intended to legally anchor the notion of
Israel as a Jewish state as one of the countrys Basic
Laws, which serve in lieu of a constitution.
The Kohelet Policy Forum, whose mission state-
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state of the Jewish People, held a conference on the
issue Sunday, according to Israel Hayom. Five min-
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speak, including Interior Minister Gideon Saar, Jus-
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Immigrant Absorption Minister Sofa Landver.
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Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz reportedly met
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Maybe now, when there is international recognition and a
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U.S. justify giving money to a regime that demonizes Jews
as descendants of monkeys and pigs? Conditioning funding
on the end of hatred is the ethical thing to do. And hopefully
the PA will get the message that they have to choose between
being a terror-promoting entity ostracized by the U.S. and the
Western countries, like Hamas, or a sincere peace partner.
Americas current funding of the PA has enabled them
to continue promoting hate and terror and still be seen as a
peace partner, even though the two are inherently contradic-
tory, added Marcus. JNS.ORG
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Shabbat Shekalim: Building community
A
t a recent com-
munity discus-
sion with other
l ocal rabbi s
about the future of the
Jewish people, I remarked
that just as people buy
OtterBoxes for thei r
iPhones to protect the
valuable interior electron-
ics, it is up to us to create
our own metaphoric Jew-
ish OtterBoxes. This will
help us keep our Judaism
from becoming too bat-
tered to effectively and
purposefully function.
The special reading for
this weeks Shabbat Shek-
alim presents a commandment that at
face value appears somewhat irrelevant
to our 21st century societal and sanctu-
ary structure: the Biblical obligation of a
half shekel annual tax which males over
the age of 20 are required to give to the
construction of the Tabernacle. This
portion is read on the Shabbat before
Rosh Chodesh Adar so that
every adult man would have a
months notice to prepare the
money, which due on the first
of Nissan during the times of
the Temple in Jerusalem.
The question is, without the
Temple, how can we practi-
cally fulfill this mitzvah today?
Even the Mishnah Berurah
(Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan of
Radin, 1839-1933) ruled that
the only way we can perform
this mitzvah is through the
reading of Parashat Shekalim
during this Shabbat preceding
Rosh Chodesh Adar.
Perhaps, however, we can
perform this mitzvah using
an OtterBox approach of preserving its
spirit, by both accounting for the commu-
nity and contributing to the communitys
welfare.
In an important disagreement with the
halachic decisor Rabbi Moshe Isserles
(the Rema), the Magen Avraham disputes
the Remas assertion based directly on
the Torah that this mitzvah was intended
for men over the age of 20. He writes in
concurrence with the Rambam and the
Ramban that the Biblical mitzvah to con-
tribute a half-shekel to the Temple applies
to all those who have reached the age of
bnai mitzvah.
There are still many people for whom
a divine presence needs to be nurtured
through communal giving. Thats why
this time of year (Shabbat Shekalim)
should be a time to help inspire our chil-
dren to contribute the equivalent half-
shekel to our greater community. After
all, children are among those in the Torah
who are not commanded to contribute.
When Parashat Shekalim is read, many
of our children also celebrate the 100th
day of school. What if, on the 100th day
of school, all of our schools, private and
public, collect a quantity of 100 of house-
hold items (toiletries, food, and cloth-
ing) and give them to 100 area families in
need?
In the spirit of the Magen Avraham and
full disclosure, that is exactly what one
of our students at Solomon Schechter
did. He has successfully galvanized our
entire school community to give their
half-shekel in the form of shampoo, toi-
let paper, and other personal-care items
to 100 area families. For more informa-
tion about this inspiring project, please
go to our Facebook Page at https://www.
facebook.com/ssdsbergen.
In explaining Rav Kooks discussion of
this special parasha, Rabbi Chanan Mor-
rison writes that through the giving of the
half-shekel, a society may be unified in
two ways: in deed and in thought. Unity
in deed refers to practical actions to
assist ones neighbors or to contribute to
the nation as a whole. Unity in thought
means concern for fellow citizens and
love for ones people. For Israel, unity
in thought is the ultimate goal, while
unity in deed is a means to bolster and
strengthen it.
Let our commandment to each con-
tribute our individual half-shekel unify
us in thought and let the actions of our
youth inspire us to be united in deed
regardless of our affiliation. That is an
unbreakable OtterBox.
Rabbi
Fred Elias
Congregation
Kol HaNeshama,
Englewood,
Conservative
Solomon Schecher
Day School of
Bergen County,
Paramus
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Pollard release
urged by hundreds
at U.S. embassy
Hundreds of people demonstrated on
Sunday evening outside the U.S. Embassy
in Tel Aviv, calling on the U.S. to release
imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.
The demonstrators held signs read-
ing Free Pollard and 29 years, thats
enough. A number of Knesset members
took part in the demonstration, including
Moshe Feiglin and Tzachi Hanegbi (both
Likud), Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli (Habayit
Hayehudi), and Nachman Shai (Labor).
We are appealing to the Americans and
telling them, Enough, Shai said. Its
been almost 30 years. This man has paid
everything he owes to American society
and American law. Let him go.
Pollards wife Esther said, Today, after
30 years, there is no one in the world who
doesnt know that the life sentence Jona-
than is serving is completely out of propor-
tion and unfair. Pollard is the only person
in U.S. history to receive a life sentence for
spying for an American ally.
JNS.ORG
Alice Herz-Sommer,
worlds oldest-known
Holocaust survivor,
dies at 110
Alice Herz-Sommer, who is considered the
worlds oldest-known Holocaust survivor,
died Sunday at the age of 110 in London.
Herz-Sommers death comes a week
before a film chronicling her story, The
Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
will be up for Best Short Documentary at
the March 2 Academy Awards.
We all came to believe that she would
just never die, Frederic Bohbot, a pro-
ducer of the Oscar-nominated documen-
tary, told the Associated Press.
Born in Prague in 1903, Herz-Sommer
became an accomplished pianist. In 1943
she was sent to the Terezin-Theresienstadt
concentration camp along with her son
and husband. At the camp she was allowed
to continue to perform music. But her hus-
band was eventually sent to Auschwitz and
then Dachau, where he died. JNS.ORG
Israeli Air Force
reportedly strikes
targets at Syria-
Lebanon border
The Israeli Air Force bombed two tar-
gets in the Syria-Lebanon border region
on Monday night, according to Lebanese
media reports.
We heard warplanes followed by explo-
sions, it could be along the border with
Syria, Jaafar al-Musawi, head of the Al-
Nabi Shayth municipality, told Lebanons
Al-Jadeed TV network.
Various reports suggested that the tar-
gets of the airstrike could have been Hez-
bollah weapons storage facilities, a Hez-
bollah rocket base, or an arms convoy
traversing the Syria-Lebanon border. Israel
has repeatedly warned that it would act
to thwart the transfer of advanced weap-
onry from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon,
but has never officially confirmed several
strikes that it has reportedly carried out
inside Syria to halt such transfers. JNS.ORG
Muslim worshippers
arrested for Temple
Mount violence
Several dozen Muslim worshippers
clashed with Israeli security forces on
the Temple Mount on Tuesday morning,
throwing stones and firecrackers at forces
routinely deployed in and around the com-
pound, Israel Hayom reported.
Two policemen sustained mild injuries,
and three rioters were arrested. The com-
pound remained open to visitors through-
out the incident.
The riot erupted ahead of Tuesdays
Knesset plenum debate on Israeli sover-
eignty over the Temple Mount. Member
of Knesset Moshe Feiglin (Likud) called for
the session. JNS.ORG
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6. Jewish ones may sell hamantaschen to
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10. Belonging to a controversial Kotel
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14. ___ Beach (location of the Jewish
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15. Act like Anne Frank from 1942 to 1944
16. First name in Israeli astronauts
17. Reacts to a Holocaust memorial, per-
haps
18. And let us say, ___
19. Girls name thats Hebrew for spirit
renewed
20. Tony-winning Ragtime lyricist
22. Let the blood ___ down into the
depths of darkness... (verse of
Bialiks On the Slaughter)
23. Harvard president Rudenstine (1991-
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24. Changes Rashis text
26. Jacobs of womens fashion
30. King Jehoshaphats father
31. Something to atone for on Yom Kippur
32. Israels Eldan Rent-___
33. Kosher laws, essentially (abbr.)
35. Suddenly, a Knock on the Door
author Keret
39. Rabbanite opponent
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54. U.S. womens organization founded by
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5. In 2014, it starts on April 1
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7. Length of the wait between eating
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8. The Cairo Genizah contains letters from
the Jews of this Red Sea port
9. Saadia Gaon said all five are mentioned
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The Legacy
Garage Theatre Group premiers prize-winning play
MIRIAM RINN
I
ts not often that residents of north-
ern New Jersey have the opportunity
to see the world premiere of a home-
grown theatrical talent, but thats
just what is going on at the Garage Theatre
Group at the Becton Theatre on the cam-
pus of FDU in Teaneck.
Adam Siegels play The Legacy is get-
ting a full production for the first time; it
is being performed through March 9 on
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8
p.m. and on Sundays at 3 p.m.
Mr. Siegel, who lives in Maplewood, has
written other plays, and The Legacy was
a finalist for the New Jersey Playwrights
Contest and a semifinalist for the ONeill
Playwrights Conference. The well-con-
structed three-character play focuses on
the contentious relationship between
a crotchety childrens book writer and
illustrator, his long-time partner, and his
son, Jacob. Marty Rothberg is 84, in poor
health, and cantankerous. His lover and
caregiver, Nathaniel, also an artist, puts
up with his endless complaints and his
forgetfulness with what seems to be loving
patience. The two men live in a tastefully
appointed house in Connecticut nicely
designed by Robert Perkel and seem to
be like any other couple who have been
together for 40 years.
The fly in this honeypot is Martys
son, Jacob, who arrives unexpectedly. A
museum curator, Jacob has come to get a
specific painting of his fathers for a show
that hes putting together. It is a painting
that Marty did of Nathaniel when they
were both much younger. Jacob insists
that this is Martys greatest work, the piece
that finally will get him the genuine recog-
nition he deserves. He is astonished and
outraged when his father flatly refuses.
What possible reason could he have for
saying no?
Doesnt he want to help his son?
Doesnt he want to finally be taken
seriously?
Aside from writing plays, Mr. Siegel
is also the editorial director of a chil-
drens book publisher, so its somewhat
surprising that all the characters feel such
disdain for childrens books. Both Jacob
and Nathaniel believe that Marty has
wasted his talent on illustrations for his
series of books called Nate at Eight. As
a former childrens writer myself, maybe
Im a tad overly sensitive, but what would
Maurice Sendak say?
Of course, Jacob and Marty are not really
fighting over a painting. They are arguing
over what that painting symbolizes Mar-
tys abandonment of his wife and children
for his lover, Nathaniel. What that meant
to all three characters is revealed in the
first scene of the second act, a flashback
to that time of painful decision. Marty is
torn between his sense of responsibility
to his children and to his genuine love for
Nathaniel. Painting doesnt pay the rent,
he tells Nathaniel when he decides to work
on childrens books, giving the protagonist
the nickname his lover hates.
Although The Legacy can be seen
as a testament to the loving bonds of gay
couples, the play wouldnt change much
if Nathaniel had been another woman.
The emotional rupture and betrayal that
Jacob feels is only somewhat related to his
fathers homosexuality. Mr. Siegel does not
always seem fully to appreciate that, and
Jacob is presented as an ungrateful and
vindictive child.
Ironically, Marty criticizes Jacobs wife
for staying home with the kids and learn-
ing Mandarin, when of course Nathaniel
does pretty much the same thing, minus
the Chinese. Both father and son need
a wife at home. Developing the simi-
larities between them might deepen the
production.
Thom Molyneaux is particularly good as
Marty, and Michael Horowitz as Nathaniel
makes a believable object of desire. Bren-
dan Walsh plays Jacob with a lot of inten-
sity, and sometimes seems to be repeating
himself. Thats not his fault, of course, and
the first act would have benefited from a
trim.
But its always fun to see a new play
locally, and Garage Theatre has mounted
a respectful and entertaining production
of The Legacy.
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Beauty coming from ugliness
A conversation with Omar director Hany Abu-Assad
ERIC GOLDMAN
M
y interview with Hany Abu-
Assad took place during
the New York Film Festival
in the fall. Abu-Assads film
Omar had been chosen to be screened
at the festival and he would shake up the
crowd at a post-screening conversation
at Lincoln Center later that week with
some political remarks. My conversation
with Hany was pleasant, even warm; he
seemed to appreciate that I represent a
Jewish newspaper; no one in my position
had ever sat down to chat with him.
We generally avoided politics, though
he would periodically raise the issue of
the occupation of the Palestinian peo-
ple. I did not challenge his politics, but
rather stayed with questions about the film
and his work as a Palestinian filmmaker.
Omar, as I wrote in my review of the film
last week, is smart and well made. The film
is not a finalist for Best Foreign Language
Oscar by mistake; it is because of the films
quality, not its politics. Though Omar is
a fine film, I would be very surprised on
March 2 if the members of the Academy
choose it over the other nominated films
from Belgium, Cambodia, Denmark, and
Italy, but you never know.
Hany Abu-Assad already had a Golden
Globe award and an Oscar nomina-
tion when he made Omar. He is highly
respected in Israel, and we should look
forward to a collaborative film between
him and an Israeli film colleague in the
not-too-distant future.
New York City
5:00 PM
MAY
18
2014
Bret Stephens
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
for Distinguished Commentary
Champion of Jewish
Light Award
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Obituaries Local
52 JEWISH STANDARD FEBRUARY 28, 2014
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BEATRYCE ZENN
Beatryce June Zenn, who was born on June 18,
1929, passed away on Jan. 30, 2014, at her home in
Millburn, NJ.
Bea resided in Millburn for the past 53 years and
was a member of Congregation Bnai Israel for most
of those years.
She worked as a legal secretary in Newark, NJ, until
the birth of her children. Bea then became a full-time
homemaker.
A very loving and caring mother to her three sons,
she excelled at being the same for her grandchildren.
Bea was the glue that kept her family together, and
also the families of her three sisters who predeceased
her.
After her children left for college, Bea returned to
part-time work as a legal secretary.
As a small woman, she cast a giant shadow, and was
loved by all who knew her.
Bea is survived by her husband of 62 years, Bernard;
her children, Dr. Roger Zenn, Robert and Amy
Zenn, and Jerey and Anne Zenn, and nine loving
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted from Menorah
Chapels at Millburn, 2950 Vauxhall Rd., Union, NJ,
on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. Interment was at Beth Israel
Cemetery Woodbridge, NJ.
PAID NOTICE
The Board of The Moriah School
extends deepest sympathies
to the family of
RABBI YOSSIE STERN, z"l
May the family be comforted
among the mourners of Tzion
and Yerushalayim
Dr. Elliot Prager, Principal
Evan Sohn, President
Jay Goldberg, Chairman
Donald Frankel
Donald I. Frankel of Fort Lee died on
February 18. Arrangements were by Louis
Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Howard Katz
Howard Katz, 92, of Scottsdale, Ariz.,
formerly of New Jersey, died on
February 18.
A graduate of Montclair State Teachers
College, during World War II, he was
a captain and Army Air Corps B-24
navigator, receiving the Air Medal with
three Oak Leaf clusters, the Distinguished
Flying Cross, and a presidential citation.
An accountant, he acted in more than
60 plays and musicals for community
theater.
Predeceased by his wife, Muriel, in
2012, he is survived by his children,
Susan, and Michael (Sandra Kurinsky);
two granddaughters; and four
great-grandchildren.
Donations can be made to the New
Jersey Y Camps scholarship fund,
Jewish National Fund, or a local Jewish
community services organization.
Arrangements were by Robert Schoems
Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Max Magid
Max Magid, 87, of Rockaway died on
February 19.
He was an electrical engineer for Singer
Corporation in Totowa. He is survived by
his wife, Sally, ne Cohen; a son, William
( Jessica); and two grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New
York City. Arrangements were by Jewish
Memorial Chapel, Clifton.
Alyse Pinto
Alyse Diane Pinto, ne Nass, 52, of
Demarest died on February 23 at home.
Born in New York City, she was an
interior decorator in Bergen County.
She is survived by her husband, Ron,
her parents, Lenore and Robert Nass
of Wellington, Fla.; children, Brett,
Brandon, and Brittany; a sister, Sherri
Leonard of North Carolina; and a
brother, Mark Nass of Rockville
Center, N.Y.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial
Chapels, Fort Lee.
Yefim Rapoport
Yefim Rapoport of Fair Lawn died
February 20.
Arrangements were by Louis Suburban
Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Celia Schulberg
Celia Schulberg, ne Silver, 99, of
Waldwick, formerly of Rego Park, N.Y.,
and Coconut Creek, Fla., died January 13.
A New York University graduate,
she worked for the Joint Distribution
Committee. She was a member of the
Rego Park Jewish Center, where she
was a sisterhood president, and Temple
Emanuel of Paterson. She volunteered at Barnert Hospital in
Paterson and was a Hadassah life member.
Predeceased by her husband Jacob in 1975, she is survived
by her children: Rosalie (Lawrence) of Wyckoff, Howard
(Anne Jean) of Livingston, and Helen (Steven) of Randolph;
10 grandchildren, and 25 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Robert Schoems Menorah Chapel,
Paramus.
Selma Shaw
Selma Shaw, ne Novinsky, 93, of Fair Lawn died on
February 20.
She and her husband were active members of the
Benjamin N. Cardozo Knights of Pythias Lodge in Fair Lawn.
Predeceased by her husband of 66 years, David, she is
survived by daughters, Melvina Feldman (Bernard), and
experience in making films like
this to that of some Israeli film-
makers. Have you had interac-
tions with Israeli filmmakers?
Are you accepted by them?
HA: Oh yes. A good friend
of mine is Ari Folman (Waltz
with Bashir, The Congress)
and Dror Shaul (Sweet Mud).
I have a good relationship with
many documentary filmmak-
ers [he lists a few]. And I just
received a phone call from (he
mentions another Israeli film-
maker) to work together on a
film.
EG: So you are comfortable
working with Israelis. But in
the film, you seem to ques-
tion Palestinians working with
Israelis.
HA: Working with Israelis is
something different than work-
ing with the Secret Service.
People know the difference.
EG: Some Israeli movie-
makers have used both Israeli
and Palestinian writers, cast,
and crew. You have chosen in
Omar to primarily employ
Palestinians. What of this?
HA: Look. Ill not make a
movie in order to prove that
we can live together. For
me, two things: We can live
together. Period, and Im sure
about it. And there is no prob-
lem being equal if the occu-
pation is condemned. And I
dont need to make a movie to
condemn it or not condemn
it. I dont need to discuss this.
This is how it needs to be, on
any place on this earth. Mak-
ing a movie for me, first of all,
is to tell a good story, a story
that is not just related to one
place. Omar is really about
love, betrayal, friendship, and
trust.
In Omar, I did hire several
professionals who were Israe-
lis, but when I could I wanted
to hire Palestinians, in order to
create to build up an indus-
try. I do want to make it clear
that I am against the occupa-
tion, but not against Jews. If we
can be equal with Jews, it is a
win for Palestinians to have
Jews as partners.
EG: What about screening
your film in Israel?
HA: We are creating an
Israeli version (with Hebrew
subtitles) and the film just like
Israeli films must first pass
the censor. I am not concerned.
Most Israelis who have seen it
like it. I would like to make it a
hit in Israel too, because it is a
good movie.
BEAUTY
FROM PAGE 47
BRIEF
U.S.-Israel differences on Iran
nuclear program persist ahead
of Netanyahu visit with Obama
The Iranian nuclear issue is expected to top the agenda during
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus upcoming early
March meeting with President Obama at the White House.
Netanyahu is angry about recent developments following the
nuclear negotiations between world powers and Iran, including
the U.S. dropping its demand that Iran halt uranium enrichment
and send already-enriched uranium out of the country.
During meetings with Israeli officials over the weekend, U.S.
Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, the
head of the U.S. delegation in the talks with Iran, said Iran would
be able to continue uranium enrichment, as long as it agrees to
do so under supervision.
Sherman said the U.S. and Israel have the same goal pre-
venting Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon but that there
are legitimate differences of opinion over the path to achieve
that goal.
I view with concern [the] fact that Iran believes that it will
realize its plan to be a nuclear threshold state, with an enrich-
ment capacity that it thinks cannot be touched, with the ability
to develop both nuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles,
which it is continuing to work on unhindered, Netanyahu said
at his cabinet meeting Sunday.
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has changed along with human under-
standing, so too can the halachah here,
she suggested. The rabbis of the rabbinic
period were so much more courageous as
halachic decisors than people tend to be
today.
There is now a tendency for halachic
authorities to shrug their shoulders and
say that there is nothing they can do. That
is a position that is foreign to the halachic
process.
Rabbi Lewittes, who is lesbian, is at the
group as a facilitator, not a participant.
Her wife, Andy Lewittes, who is trained
as a social worker, facilitates as well. The
couple is well positioned to help parents
see a joyous future for their children.
To the extent that I can, I model life
as a gay women, frmly rooted in Jewish
practice, Jewish tradition, and Jewish
values, raising a family in a same-sex
marriage and a richly Jewish home, and
having the privilege of being a leader in
the Jewish community, Rabbi Lewittes
said. I hope that I can help families see
a promising future, and a really hopeful
one, flled with as many possibilities as
anyone else has for a Jewish life.
Partnering with the Bergen County High
School of Jewish Studies, Shaar is planning
the Purim Unmasquerade Ball, a place
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County in Tenafy.
The next parents meeting is set for
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FROM PAGE 17
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240 Jones Road, Englewood. Classic traditional center hall
colonial with four bedrooms and three and one half baths.
Elegant large living room with stone replace and custom
cherry built ins, extra large dining room with hardwood
oors, eat in kitchen with island, family room has easy
access to backyard, and powder room.
280 Fountain Road, Englewood. Classic Victorian design
expertly blends with contemporary convenience and ame-
nities in this magnicent cedar and stone custom estate
on a lushly landscaped acre by the renowned talents of
James Paragano.
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Member of NAR, NJAR, EBCBOR, NJMLS
Bilingual in English and Hebrew
Licensed Realtor in NJ & NY.
Direct: 201-294-1844
Alpine/Closter Office:
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along with her professional experience working on Wall Street makes a tremendous
difference when assisting her clients, says Terri Buffa, branch Vice President of
Coldwell Banker, Alpine/Closter.
*Based on MLS Report 2013 Coldwell Banker LLC. Coldwell Banker is a registered trademark of Coldwell Banker
Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Owned and Operated by NRT LLC.
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AYELET HURVITZ
Realtor
NJAR
, 2012
Coldwell Banker Advisory Council, 2013
Member of NAR, NJAR, EBCBOR, NJMLS
Bilingual in English and Hebrew
Licensed Realtor in NJ & NY.
Direct: 201-294-1844
Alpine/Closter Office:
201-767-0550 x235
www.ayelethurvitz.com
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A longtime Tenafly resident and prior resident of NYC: Ayelet possesses a strong
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along with her professional experience working on Wall Street makes a tremendous
difference when assisting her clients, says Terri Buffa, branch Vice President of
Coldwell Banker, Alpine/Closter.
*Based on MLS Report 2013 Coldwell Banker LLC. Coldwell Banker is a registered trademark of Coldwell Banker
Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Owned and Operated by NRT LLC.
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AYELET HURVITZ
Realtor
Direct: 201-294-1844
Alpine/Closter Ofce:
201-767-0550 x 235
www.ayelethurvitz.com
Gracious victorian on Englewood East Hill.
Traditional charm in this beautiful home,
with 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 1/2 baths.
Te backyard has a beautiful perennial
gardens, patio, and a large lawn. Newer roof.
Enclosed front porch. Updated electric.
Semi-nished basement.
NJAR
, 2012-2013
Member of NAR, NJAR,
EBCBOR, NJMLS
Bilingual in English/Hebrew
Licensed Realtor
in NJ & NY
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