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Jewish Exponent May 28, 2020

Jewish Exponent May 28, 2020

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LOCAL During
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Plans to Retire JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF
Head of School
Sharon Levin to step VERED NOHI GOT ON the phone The Gratz College graduating class of 1917 Courtesy of Gratz College Archive
down in June 2021 last week with an Israeli company that
was trying to make an improvement to Gratz College Celebrates
Page 4 disinfecting material — one that might be 125 Years, Focus Now Online
able to help businesses bring customers
LOCAL back inside their doors faster. JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF her how to be a better educator, but one
that would allow her to become a better
Tribe 12 Fellows ey were trying to get in touch with SAMANTHA VINOKOR MEINRATH Jewish educator.
Showcase Ideas a company in the Greater Philadelphia didn’t want to drop what she was doing to
Entrepreneurs pitch region, one that might be able to help go to graduate school for education. ree years later, now living in the
their companies. pilot the new disinfectant, then bring it to Cleveland area, she’s finishing her
market. Within days, Nohi had identi ed As a Jewish educator, then in Washington, graduate degree at Gratz College. Learning
Page 5 a suitable partner, and discussions began. D.C., she needed to nd a way to earn her exclusively online, she’s been able to have
Ed.D. without giving up the chance to everything she’d set her sights on, educa-
LOCAL at’s how a shidduch is made. actually teach on a day-to-day basis. She tionally and professionally.
“ is is super fast,” Nohi said. “ is is wanted a program that didn’t just teach
Summer Debuts not normal.” e typical student of Gratz College,
at a Di erent “ is,” meaning the pairing of regional
Jersey Shore businesses and educational institutes to
Pandemic likely to potential partners in Israel, is actually
prompt an atypical quite normal for Nohi, executive director
experience. of the Philadelphia Israel Chamber of
Commerce. What’s not normal is, well,
Page 6 everything else. Like ensuring the ow of
life-saving PPE, for instance.
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Columns SWASTIKA TATTOO ON COWORKER DISTANCING PICNICKING THE NEW NORMAL
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Barrack Head of School Sharon Levin to Retire in 2021

LOCAL Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El. as head, there’s been “tremen- The two said they expect it to be
ERIC SCHUCHT | JE STAFF Community endeavors include dous progress, really in all on a year-long process. The search is
service on the boards of Hillel all fronts, and she’s really had in its discovery phase; a specialty
SHARON LEVIN received a of Greater Philadelphia and a very successful tenure.” He firm will conduct research about
multitude of messages from Camp Ramah in the Poconos. said it will be hard to imagine the position’s responsibilities
former students and faculty She is a former campaign chair Barrack without her, but that and the needs of the school to
alike when the announcement and president of the  Women’s the timing made sense — prepare a job description.
went out on May 18: After Philanthropy division of the particularly given that she’s
34 years at Jack M. Barrack Jewish Federation of Greater staying until next June.  An Over the next 14 months,
Hebrew Academy, Head of Philadelphia. And she is the earlier departure would have Levin plans to lead Barrack as
School Levin would be retiring, mother of two Barrack alumni.  left the school either trying it transitions back into its main
effective June 30, 2021. L e v i n ’s r e t i r e m e n t to fill the position during a building after social distancing
Sharon Levin announcement would have pandemic or having someone is lifted. Once retired, she wants
“I’m leaving a very strong Courtesy of Jack M. Barrack been made a few months brand new at the helm to lead to continue her work in educa-
leadership team in place for Hebrew Academy prior but was delayed due to during uncertain times.   tion in some capacity, possibly
the next person,” Levin said, the coronavirus “because I “The timing kind of worked as a consultant, mentor or
adding that if she doesn’t retire the school as a history teacher in wouldn’t want anyone to think out perfectly, and we feel very instructor to other teachers. 
at some point, “then where is 1986. She served as coordinator I was walking away from the lucky that we have her in place
the place for the extraordinary of the humanities department school or the school would not right now,” Treatman said. “I was so blessed to be head
people to move into more of for 20 years and as academic be in the strongest possible T h e s c h o o l ’s s e a r c h of school. It’s pretty amazing,
a consulting role or maybe dean before becoming interim position moving forward committee to find Levin’s pretty extraordinary,” she said.
helping to nurture those young head of school in 2011, replacing during emergency times.” replacement is co-chaired by “And I just hope that at this
teachers ... to follow those of us Steven M. Brown. Her role was School board president Michele Levin and Lisa Sandler. point next year, I can just say,
who are lucky enough to have made permanent by the school’s Howard Treatman described Michele Levin is a former board ‘Wow, I’m so glad to be back in
the career that I’ve had?” board in 2012.  Levin as the school’s “rock-solid president and Sandler is an the building.’” l
iron lady.” During her time executive committee member.
Levin, 70, began her career at Levin grew up in Brooklyn [email protected];
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professional networking space. Tuesday, June 2, 2020
THIRTEEN JEWISH entre- Since the start of the pandemic, Beginning at 11:00 a.m.
preneurs pitched their she has taught online fitness
businesses to loved ones and classes that serve the same Zoom is a free and user-friendly platform.
fellow professionals over Zoom purpose.
during Tribe 12’s 10th annual You can hear and participate in the meeting via
Fellowship Launch on May 12. “People are making friends computer, tablet or smart phone.
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Fellowship Coordinator Polly to each other.” Memory Care Community
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Ashley Toal, another fellow, Pull up a chair with your favorite beverage
The Tribe 12 Fellows originally planned a company in the comfort of your own home and
submitted prerecorded video that would pair adoptable dogs login to attend a Remote Memory Café
pitches and answered questions with people recovering from event.
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train the animals and help them Care partners and their loved ones can
For many fellows, the find forever homes. At launch can connect to reminisce, share stories,
coronavirus pandemic meant night, she pitched iGoodboy, a engage, and build relationships with each
that the project they pitched service that connects owners of other through this Memory Café event.
at the event was different misbehaving pets to behavioral
from what they had planned specialists who can assist with
at the start of the four-month training.
fellowship.
Stay-at-home orders led to
“A lot of our fellows had to an increase in pet adoptions, but
pivot because we’re in this new owners may struggle to train their
now, and they’ve gone from animals without outside help.
in-person ventures to digital-
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Memorial Day 2020: Not Your Typical Day at the Beach

LOCAL Gov. Phil Murphy before “When the coronavirus rst
MATT SILVER | JE STAFF Memorial Day for deciding to started, everything was on hold
open the state’s beaches. — we got a lot of calls about
ABOUT A WEEK before Yet access to New Jersey’s canceling leases,” she added. “But
Memorial Day weekend, Ocean beaches wasn’t restricted to as the weather started turning
City, New Jersey, reopened its locals or primary homeowners. and the beaches started opening,
famed boardwalk and beaches. Day trippers came. Second things picked right back up and,
Ventnor, New Jersey, followed homeowners abounded, right now, our inventory is low.”
suit on May 22. betrayed by their Pennsylvania
and New York license plates. What occurred on the south
Margate, New Jersey, board- And, according to those renting end of Absecon Island was a A Ventnor boardwalk sign reminds walkers, runners and strollers to social
walk-less, had no pedestrians weekend that will be remem-
to worry about, but opened and selling real estate, some bered for mixed feelings. distance. Photo by Matt Silver
its beaches to sunbathing,
swimming and chair-sitting who in a normal year might be Were there instances of on the boardwalk and said hello months,” Dave Engel said. It also
while enforcing social distancing. elsewhere turned to the Jersey conspicuous disregard for the to friends parked in the car. ey gave Engel the chance to enjoy
shore as a viable vacation choice. rules imposed? ere were. Were made room on the beach. his favorite early evening summer
Organized sports and Brigid Bilotta, a broker at there shirtless frat boys playing pastime — reading Tolstoy.
gatherings of more than 10 Marketplace Realty in Margate, spike-ball and outing the timely No one luxuriated on the
remained prohibited, and once feared a disastrous summer, orders enjoining organized beach more than toddlers who’d “And Lauren’s got her Dairy
masks were recommended but but she’s now rejoicing. sports? Most emphatically, yes. been cooped up for the last few Bar. Even if we have to social
not required except in places “Parents are realizing that months ... and their trying-to- distance and can’t eat at our
like supermarkets, pharmacies, with camps closed, even people With all that said, summer’s hold-on-for-dear-life parents. favorite restaurants, a limited
liquor stores and restaurants’ who haven’t rented in the past overture mostly went o without weekend at the shore is still better
take-out windows. are thinking, ‘Well, as long as I a hitch. Count among them Dave and than no weekend at the shore.”
have to work from home anyway, Lauren Engel, and their nearly
Pennsylvania’s Gov. Tom why not work from home down People respected their neigh- 2-year-old daughter. Nora let Same goes for the JCC —
Wolf castigated New Jersey’s the shore?’” she said. bors, their beaches and their loose when she hit the Margate some is better than none at all.
favorite pizza places and sub beach on May 23.
shops. ey rode bikes, jogged e Milton and Betty Katz
“She hasn’t napped like that for JCC in Margate remains the north
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Rent or purchase?
at means that Camp by the
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What care do I need? at the JCC, is still on the table
How will I sell my house? — even if, as Chief Operating
How do I downsize my stuff? Officer Marg Rosenblatt
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We Educate, Guide and Advocate include a capped enrollment and
for Families as they move to few o -campus eld trips.

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family. ese young leaders are family’s values. leave a legacy like they have,” new ways of thinking about
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Continued from Page 1 “because we are working full
force with our partners, with
innovators from Israel and the my board, with as many people
Greater Philadelphia region to as we can engage, various
meet, was scrapped, along with organizations in the region ...
many other planned in-person to help local companies and in
events. And though PICC Israel bring to market solutions
typically pairs businesses and for COVID-19.”
educational institutions across
a wide range of industries to The pandemic, Nohi believes,
fill in technological gaps, Nohi crystallized the value of PICC.
said, she and the board find
themselves working around PICC, founded in 1987, is a
the clock to make pairings for nonprofit dedicated to organi-
projects specific to COVID-19. zational matchmaking, but also
to helping companies from the

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lived in the Philadelphia area
and was almost certainly Zoom Friendly
Jewish; if they weren’t young
immigrants, they were the The sta of Gratz College, celebrating the 450 N Narberth Ave
children and grandchil- 125th anniversary of the school’s founding Narberth Pa 19072
dren of such people. ey
were there to learn Hebrew Courtesy of Gratz College
language and Jewish studies,
as both subjects were still rare was a little less, well, unique. opportunity for them to get brings students from across 732-616-2266
In the spring of 2001, either an undergraduate degree, the country to the college
nds at mainstream colleges Gratz began experimenting or certainly not an advanced for a week in the summer for [email protected]
and universities. ey were with online education. Ruth degree, in some areas in Jewish graduate seminars. www.addictionrecovery.pro
probably going to become Sandberg, the Leonard and Ethel studies,” Sandberg said.
teachers themselves. Landau Professor of Rabbinics The key to the early Alexandra Rudolph is a department of military history at
at Gratz College, and director successes of the online program, single mom and high school the Command and General Sta
But as Gratz has transitioned of the BA in Jewish Studies and both Sandberg and Finkelman history teacher in her rst year College at Fort Leavenworth. It’s
to a primarily online institu- Jewish Professional Studies and said, came down to the decision of Ph.D. study at Gratz, taking important to educate the o cers
tion, a process that began in MA in Interfaith Leadership, to use asynchronous educational classes from her Augusta, who study there on the subject;
2001 and continues to this taught the rst online class at techniques, rather than synchro- Georgia, home. ough she they may encounter genocidal
day, the student base has also Gratz: Essential Rabbinic Belief. nous. Students, who may have isn’t Jewish, she learned the activities in the course of deploy-
changed. Today, though still Sandberg had ve students jobs and families, or may simply importance of preserving the ment, Cotter said, as he did
likely to be Jewish, the typical to start. live in a di erent time zone, memory of the Holocaust from during his time in Iraq.
student is almost certainly not is was not a universally could watch lectures at their a young age.
within commutable distance of welcomed decision among the leisure, rather than attend a “ ese folks clearly knew
Philadelphia, according to Paul faculty, Sandberg said. Some one-sided livestreamed lecture. To be able to take the classes how to do distance education,”
Finkelman, president of the professors didn’t believe that “What we found over time on her own time, she said, Cotter said of Gratz.
college. ey’re not necessarily there was a suitable substitute as we experienced more online “means the world to me.”
in the U.S. at all, he said, noting for classroom discussion, and teaching was that because we ough Gratz had a gala
that Gratz counts learners from felt online education couldn’t have an entire week to discuss a David Cotter knows what planned this week to celebrate its
Turkey and Vietnam in its approach the academic rigor of particular topic, it actually allows she’s talking about. e retired 125 years, it has been postponed
graduate student body. ey’re in-person instruction. Nobody for more engagement among the Army colonel is the nal stages of due to the pandemic. It will be
probably adults who already was too keen on the idea of students,” Sandberg said. his own Ph.D. in Holocaust and held instead in December. ●
have a job, usually in education, talking into a computer screen By the 2005-2006 school Genocide Studies at Gratz, and
and are pursuing a graduate he hopes to put what he’s learned [email protected];
degree on the side. to good use at work — leading the 215-832-0740

So, how did that happen? for lectures that were over an year, Gratz began to o er
How did a school that began hour long. Sandberg, however, online degree programs to
as four basement rooms at had always been intrigued by the students. In the years since, NNIBDNEEAA;RPMMC:TEEO0H::L0:WSO03ERW.8N6:9D2IBO7BL3IRNA1A;LCMCIKVO;8INAL6OGD0R;SN:WPUBEIMLDCATBIACHELK:RI3S:P.T0L6SU02;0S5W8OII9NDN5;TE5DH;3E:AP3DT.6HN2:U53M.I6N2;
Congregation Mikveh Israel possibilities of the application of as many more students of
turn into a global online center new technologies in education. di erent backgrounds were
for graduate study? e technology was not what reached, administrators and
it is today. Without Zoom or faculty recognized the need for
By the ’90s, according to other videoconferencing tools, a greater diversity of o erings.
Finkelman, it was clear that Gratz Sandbergwouldtypeupquestions, Today, in addition to its Jewish
would need to change to remain provide readings and then create a areas of study, Gratz o ers
essential. Relocating alongside space for the students to leave master’s programs in nonpro t
Philadelphia’s Jews, from those comments on a shared message management, as well as camp
basement rooms in Old City to board. ere, they’d Talmudically administration and leader-
Congregation Rodeph Shalom to annotate and respond to one ship. It also confers doctorates
Melrose Park, Gratz’s o erings another, comments building in education in leadership.
for students of all ages became on comments. It took some Of Gratz’s 400 or so degree-
more widely available from other adjustment, Sandberg said, but seeking students, 98% of them,
sources (though programs like she was hooked. by Finkelman’s estimate, learn
Jewish Community High School “A er I taught that rst exclusively online.
remained popular). Mainstream course, I realized what the e Holocaust and Genocide
colleges and universities came potential was for reaching Studies doctoral program is
to frequently o er degrees in people, especially people in a particular point of pride.
Hebrew and Jewish studies and, areas where there was very little ough also taught online, it
suddenly, Gratz’s unique appeal

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Opinion

Maintaining Holocaust Education in the Era of COVID-19

BY ARLENE B. HOLTZ our school embeds Holocaust circumstances. Our 10th-grade survivors, as they struggle to that we must not remain silent
education into the 10th-grade special education teacher, Kira comprehend how they endured in the face of injustice. These are
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION English course with an emphasis Gutter, contacted Philadelphia’s the experience. One year a lessons that our students will
in public schools can have on meaning-making rather than Holocaust Awareness Museum student asked David Tuck, who carry with them, even during
a precarious life in the best of just learning a chronological list and Education Center to arrange survived Auschwitz, “Do you the uncertainties they face.
times because the high school of events. Our program began in for Holocaust survivor Michael believe in God?” Tuck responded,
study of history has descended 2009, when then-English teacher Herskovitz to speak about “What does God have to do with Recently, the U.S. Senate
on the ladder of importance as a and now Assistant Principal his experience on Zoom, and this? People did this.” In the approved $10 million in funding
non-tested subject. The passage David November requested that Gutter quickly worked to sign absolute silence of the classrooms for Holocaust education in
of the new Holocaust Education Elie Wiesel’s memoir “Night” up students for the opportunity. at Bracetti, our students have American schools. The funds
legislation made me think about be added to the English curric- Students were eager to partic- listened to these stories, took will be administered over five
how our school is educating our ulum. He asked students to read, ipate although they would not selfies with them, and hopefully years by the U.S. Holocaust
students on the issue, including reflect, talk and write about have the chance to connect with they will never forget the impact Memorial Museum, which will
during this time of COVID-19. I their reading. Over the years, he the survivor in person. these stories had on them. support the dissemination of
am proud that our teachers and incorporated trips to Holocaust curriculum. This is indeed a
administrators at the Mariana museums in both New York and I am pleased that as a school As survivors of the Holocaust positive step toward providing
Bracetti Academy Charter School, Washington, D.C., and each year we did not accept that this continue to decrease and meaningful Holocaust education
a K-12 Philadelphia charter located invited a Holocaust survivor to year’s group would not hear a amnesia seeps into the fabric of for more schools. In my experi-
in the Frankford section of North speak to our sophomores. survivor tell his story. Through society, Holocaust education is ence, funding and programming
Philadelphia, have elected to survivors’ stories over the years more important than ever. Our matter a great deal, but the
shift Holocaust education online, The closure of Philadelphia our students heard of how Jews students continue to find deep passion and commitment of the
including our yearly presentation schools on March 13th due to and others rebelled, or hid, or meaning and applications as school community, from princi-
by a survivor on Zoom. the COVID-19 pandemic came bartered and survived. They they study the Holocaust and its pals to teachers, is what makes
right in the middle of our learned how people in camps texts. Students develop compe- all the difference. I know that the
As the president of the board Holocaust studies, and threat- maintained their humanity in tencies in critical thinking, exposure our students have had
of trustees of the Mariana ened our ability to provide the face of cruelty and evil. For empathy, resilience and compas- to Holocaust education, even
Bracetti Academy Charter the same level of program- me, as a Jew, it’s been a powerful sion as they learn about the past under this year’s extraordinary
School, I have had a unique ming for our students. I feared experience to sit in a classroom atrocities. They learn of the roots circumstances, will be life-
vantage point of witnessing how our students would lose the and witness this exchange of anti-Semitism and many find altering and help them develop
opportunity to hear from a between the generations. The connections to their own experi- as future leaders and meaningful
survivor — an experience that effort our teachers and admin- ences as Hispanic or African contributors to society in need of
is essential component of our istrators made, in spite of the American children growing rebuilding.
program. However, as learning COVID-19 pandemic, to ensure up in North Philadelphia. They
shifted online, students finished that this opportunity was not learn of the impact of propa- Wiesel wrote, “The opposite of
reading Wiesel’s memoir with lost on our students, speaks to ganda and dehumanization on love is not hate, it’s indifference.”
the support of their teachers, the values of decency, caring and society, and how words matter. It is through education that we
who offered online sessions social justice we seek to embody Many discover their voice and can overcome the darkness of
featuring reading and discus- in ourselves and our students. realize their own capacity to indifference and build. l
sion and timely nonfiction texts make meaningful change in
that helped bridge the gap to the Throughout the years, I’ve their communities. Perhaps Arlene B. Holtz is president of
suffering in our contemporary been particularly impressed most importantly, they learn the board of trustees at Mariana
by the questions students ask Bracetti Academy Charter School.

When the Pandemic Hit While Teaching Abroad, I Stayed in Israel

BY ZIVA SHAPIRO in Israel to coincide with a found myself quickly rooted in the orders to stay at home, she my neighbors on the stairwell,
once-in-a-century global Bat Yam — waking up to the already showed such warmth I receive a smile and often a
I DID NOT EXPECT my pandemic. But when the choice constant rain of beeping horns, and care toward me and my question about whether we
yearlong teaching fellowship to leave and go back home to the patches of parks nestled co-teacher by inviting us over have everything we need. And
New Jersey came, I was confi- between streets, the bakery on for meals and during the High my roommates and I have not
dent in my decision to stay. the corner with my favorite Holidays. She would make sure forgotten how to have fun. We
seeded bread — and I wasn’t I had a jacket if it was chilly eat family-style meals, launch
I arrived in the Tel Aviv-area ready to let my community go. outside and always offered us into impromptu dance parties
city of Bat Yam in August tea in the teachers’ lounge. and laugh whenever we can.
as part of the Masa Israel Being stuck in my apart- Now she calls to make sure
Teaching Fellows program ment has only strengthened that my roommates and I have Even with the heaviness
with a goal of immersing many of the communal bonds enough food and continues in the air of knowing that
myself in my new commu- I felt. Elizabeth, an Israeli to offer a loving shoulder to everyone is struggling to cope
nity and making connections teacher I work with, still lean on. with the pandemic in their
with my students. By the time calls me every Friday before
the pandemic arrived, I had sundown to check in. Before Every time I pass one of See Shapiro, Page 23

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Opinion

Zoom Judaism Can’t Replace Building a KVETCH ’N’ KVELL
Stronger Jewish Home
Remembering the Dead
BY AVIGAYIL HALPERN American Judaism has moved communal again. After all, the OVER THE COURSE of months, we’ve heard 50,000 dead,
toward gender egalitarianism, Jewish community is composed 75,000 dead, 95,000 dead, and it is easy to become numb and
ADAPTING JEWISH rituals to the public rituals that once were of millions of Jewish individuals. indifferent to these deaths. Each one represents a real, multi-
fit our tech-dependent, socially reserved for men have also been dimensional person, a U.S. citizen, who had families that loved
distanced times has been a opened to all, but home practices These home-centered efforts them and had meaningful lives.
daunting task. These moves, that were considered the domain are at risk of focusing on a “tradi-
from Zoom Sedarim to online of women — and in many tional” picture of the Jewish Thank you for publishing “Those We’ve Lost” to COVID-19
minyanim and shiva calls, reflect Orthodox communities still are nuclear family. But instead they to introduce us to extraordinary people who walked this earth.
the remarkable commitment of a — have been marginalized. should be targeted most toward They all deserve to be remembered and mourned.
diverse range of Jewish commu- people living alone or not with
nities to continuing their shared Kabbalat Shabbat, for others “doing Jewish.” Any Suzan Hirsch | Fort Washington
goals of prayer, Torah study, example, is framed as a central effort at creating intentional,
community building and acces- piece of the Shabbat experience, personal Judaism must ensure Reconsider NMAJH Plan
sibility for those who otherwise while spending a Friday after- we’re not neglecting those most Regarding “NMAJH Furloughs About 2/3 of Staff” (May 7), I have
would struggle to participate. noon cooking Shabbat dinner isolated, and these resources been a member of the museum since its opening and fully support
is seen as burdensome at best, a can be most impactful for those its mission of telling the story of Jews in America. However,
But these offerings fail in a necessary requisite for Shabbat without even the Jewish context whoever’s collective vanity was responsible for conceiving and
basic way: Jews are living their but not a valuable practice on its of others around them. building this edifice, the sad truth is, the Philadelphia Jewish
lives at home right now. We own terms. community simply cannot support the operation and the
can’t simply translate public, This pandemic is a perfect liabilities of $150 million white elephant.
communal Judaism to the This is a moment for Jewish opportunity to rethink what
internet — Jewish organizations communities to rediscover what religion should be and simulta- There are simply not enough people to justify maintaining
and leadership ought to move it feels like for Shabbat to be neously widen access to parts of such a large facility. And relying on an annual fundraising
beyond simply putting their a day not defined by clergy in our tradition that have been lost dinner and occasional rentals of the space for private functions
typical offerings online. Rather the synagogue, but a nourishing or dismissed. does not do any justice to the stated goal.
they must focus on providing day that is restful and defined
resources to empower Jews to by oneg, physical pleasure that As a female rabbinical My suggestion, instead of throwing good money after bad,
develop and enrich the parts of creates a spiritual environment. student who studies and prays is to sell the building to someone able to repurpose it for other
Jewish life that start in the home. in egalitarian spaces, cleaning use, pay off the mortgage and move the most important part of
We should talk about my apartment and cooking for the exhibit to smaller quarters, and then put it online, including
This moment offers the Jewish preparing the home for Shabbat Shabbat on Friday is no less regular special exhibits.
community an opportunity to on Friday so that when the important to my Shabbat than
reconnect with home Jewish sun sets, the day feels new and going to shul or preparing a The money spent on this important but unaffordable under-
practice, and build something genuinely restful. We should dvar Torah is. taking will be better spent elsewhere in the community.
new and generative that can encourage people to dress up
outlast the current crisis. for Shabbat to honor the day The solo prayer habits Jeffrey Gladstein | Penn Valley
rather than to look appro- I developed growing up in
Judaism has always begun — priate at shul. We should offer an Orthodoxy that didn’t Holocaust Education Act Lacks Teeth
and been centered — at home. In guidance to help people get encourage me to be at shul are at According to an article in the Exponent (“Senate Passes Holocaust
the past two centuries, Judaism in real meaning and sustenance the core of my davening practice. Education Act,” May 21), the U.S. Senate passed a Holocaust
many communities has taken the from the embodied delights of Egalitarianism has opened education act and provided $l0 million to the United States
shape of the Protestant version: Shabbat. These are all practices up wide swaths of Judaism’s Holocaust Memorial Museum to produce educational materials
clergy-led public religious that can coexist with any level beauty and power to so many for those who teach Holocaust history.
worship. And as the bulk of of observance, and can enrich Jewish people, but its work is
and sustain Jewish practice incomplete. All Jews deserve Nowhere is it stated that anyone has to teach it. The states of
even once we return to shul. to be empowered to access the California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan,
elements of Judaism that are New Jersey, New York and Oregon mandate Holocaust history
Daily prayer, too, is also centered at home or that take must be taught, and Florida, Illinois and New Jersey also
ripe for reevaluation. What if place in private. This can sustain mandate genocide education in grades seven through 12.
synagogues offered classes in us now and make our commu-
how to navigate the prayer book nities even stronger once we are Pennsylvania passed Act 70, which does not impose a
independently? What if organi- able to come together. l mandate, but state schools may offer Holocaust instruction to
zations offered how-to guides students, though providing no funds for materials to schools
with tips for developing focus Avigayil Halpern is studying for already struggling. Act 70 was passed because an attempt to
and consistency in solo prayer? rabbinic ordination at the Hadar mandate instruction could not be passed.
These possibilities can only Institute in New York. This piece
enhance Jewish life once it is first appeared on JTA.org. It has been said politics is the art of compromise but this
non-action by the Pennsylvania Legislature was surrender. There
STATEMENT FROM THE PUBLISHER are millions of people who have no clue what happened in the
1930s and 1940s, so how can we proclaim “Never Again,” when
We are a diverse community. The views expressed in the signed opinion columns and letters to the editor published in the Jewish Exponent are those of the they don’t know what happened in the past? l
authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the officers and boards of the Jewish Publishing Group, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
or the Jewish Exponent. Send letters to [email protected] or fax to 215-569-3389. Letters should be a maximum of 200 words and may Ralph D. Bloch | Jenkintown
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Spring Supper

FOOD

KERI WHITE | JE FOOD COLUMNIST leafy green sprouting beautiful
yellow flowers — when I rinsed
AS WE LOOK TO warmer it in the colander it looked
weather, we often crave like a floral bouquet and I was
less-hearty meals and more momentarily hesitant to cook
seasonal ingredients. it. But I prevailed.

Along these lines, I pulled Choi sum is similar to a
together a deliciously light but milder broccoli rabe; it has a
still satisfying meal last week hint of bitterness, tempered by
with ingredients from the a bit of sweetness. I spoke to a
farmers market. In addition friend who hails from East Asia
to the traditional fresh about this new-to-me discovery,
produce, Headhouse Farmers and she advised me on how to
Market offers fresh fish from cook it — she said to sauté it
a Jersey shore supplier, and I like any leafy green but to add
was lucky enough to procure some sweet wine like mirin to
some golden tilefish, a local the pan. I didn’t have mirin, but
catch from the waters off Long port wine worked beautifully.
Beach Island.
I had some left over from the
On this particular Sunday, dinner, and the surplus delivered
I also discovered a new a surprisingly delicious topping
vegetable, which is my latest for homemade margarita pizza
obsession: choi sum. It is a the following evening.

SHOP Pan-seared tilefish with lemon, garlic and parsley Photo by Keri White

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meat, fish, & with any white fish. I’d gener- 2 cloves garlic
takeout for ally aim for a firm-fleshed Sprinkle the fish with salt 1 tablespoon oil
you and varietal like fluke, bass or cod, and pepper and place it in a ½ teaspoon salt
deliver it to but milder fish like sole or skillet. Add the lemon juice. ½ teaspoon crushed red
your door. flounder would be fine — just
cook them for less time and While the fish cooks, spoon pepper flakes, if desired
SHOP OUR LOW Shop online at take care in flipping them. the butter mixture onto the 1 tablespoon mirin or
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Two Digital Theater Productions Set to Debut

THEATER said the organization initially emailed a cookie and sangria
ERIC SCHUCHT | JE STAFF planned on postponing the recipe to make their own treats.
show to June, but as the quaran-
THE STAGES MAY be closed, tine progressed, decided to do “We’re trying as much as
but the show must go on. it virtually. She said Bernstein’s possible to give the audience
previous livestreamed show a salon Ariel experience via
Two theatrical productions drew in thousands of viewers Zoom,” Mozes said. “It’s just
from members of Philadelphia’s from across the country, a feat really a perfect play for these
Jewish community are set to the theater hopes to replicate times when we’re in isolation
premiere this weekend. Both along with the traditional because it’s a very thoughtful
have made the transition online theater experience. In keeping play about faith.” l
to reach audiences during the with a dessert reception
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approached Goldstein to co-pro- Ariel. tain and inspire others to a synagogue of your choice or the
duce. Macie Poskarbiewicz was approach the Torah, whether Food Bank of South Jersey.
brought on to direct, and half a “The Scribe” is the second familiar or unfamiliar with the
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messages and the meanings literary works together into the
of these plays, and under- Torah. Since college, Bernstein Bernstein said it’ll be an
stand that we are allowed to said he’s been fascinated with unusual experience to do a
talk about these things. And, the creation of the Torah, in live reading from his apart-
in fact, we should be talking particular the hypothesis that ment, but it is one he looks
about these things that make forward to.
us uncomfortable.”
“It’s weird,” he said. “Not
The plays include “My having performed this in front
Gay Lifestyle” by Domenick of an audience and only doing
Scudera, “Night Ride” by Mark it via Zoom where I can’t see
Cofta, “Reflect” by Devin T. their reactions, I can’t hear any
Randall, “Rejected Transplant” laughs or any other kind of
by Caitlin Cieri, “Running” response, is odd and a little
by Reva Stover and “Intimate nerve-wracking.” 
Life” by Doriane Feinstein.
Each performance is followed Theatre Ariel Artistic
by an interview with the cast Director Deborah Baer Mozes
and crew.

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Local Med Student Helps Reduce Testing Disparities
in African American Neighborhoods

CORONAVIRUS school, she spent a year despite making up 40% of the From left: Medical that put them at greater risk
JOSEFIN DOLSTEN | JTA working on a mobile medical population. student Tal Lee and of contracting and sustaining
van through Avodah, a Jewish nurse Michele Morton complications from the
AT THE BEGINNING of her social justice fellowship in Many factors contribute to are working with coronavirus.
day, Tal Lee will see as many New York, providing street- those disparities, but unequal the Black Doctors
as hundreds of cars snake side health care, including access to coronavirus testing COVID-19 Consortium “Just seeing how happy the
around the church parking lot preventive treatments and is likely playing a role. So Dr. to provide free mom was to just know the
where she is helping to conduct HIV testing, to homeless Ala Stanford decided to take coronavirus testing. status of her children, it’s very
coronavirus tests. people and undocumented things into her own hands and nice to be able to give that to
immigrants. has raised more than $150,000 Courtesy of Tal Lee someone,” Lee said.
Dressed in two face masks, online to cover the cost of
a face shield and scrubs, Lee Lee, 28, said Jewish values testing, personal protective their symptoms and helps prepare In addition to volunteering
works alongside doctors, inspired her to take action when equipment and educational the nasal swabs before a doctor or with the initiative once or
nurses and medical students her in-person rotations were materials provided by the nurse conducts the test. twice a week, Lee has also been
like herself to conduct as many canceled due to the pandemic. consortium. Many who come helping with a local multifaith
as 300 coronavirus swabs a for the free testing do not have The team works eight-hour initiative to deliver food to
day in predominantly African “It’s one of the biggest health insurance or access to a days — rain or shine — wearing local people in need.
American neighborhoods in reasons why I am doing this,” primary care provider. multiple layers of protective
Philadelphia. They are brought she said. “Living your values gear. Lee initially worried “This is my time,” she
together by the Black Doctors and beliefs is very important. Stanford said she was about potentially contracting remembers thinking when she
COVID-19 Consortium, an It’s something to talk about inspired to found the consor- the virus from her patients. heard about the Black Doctors
initiative founded by a local it, to learn about it, but it’s tium after hearing officials COVID-19 Consortium. “This
surgeon to combat the corona- another thing to actually talk about the high death rates “This person standing is what I’m wanting to do and
virus pandemic’s high death put beliefs and values into among people of color without in front of me could have it’s presenting itself.” l
rate among African Americans. action.” taking action. coronavirus,” she remembers
thinking. “It is nerve-wracking,
Signing onto the initiative Jewish communities were “I got tired of watching I’m not going to say it’s not.”
was a natural choice for Lee, among the first hit by the corona- it,” she told The Philadelphia
a fourth-year medical student virus pandemic in the United Inquirer, “so I called local But Lee says patients’ relief
at the Philadelphia College States. But as the pandemic officials, I called the state and at being able to get tested
of Osteopathic Medicine has worsened, it has become said, ‘What are we doing in more than makes up for the
who plans to work as an clear that African Americans our hard-hit communities? I worry. She recently helped test
OB-GYN treating underserved are far overrepresented among want to help.’ I got crickets. a mother and her four daugh-
populations. cases and deaths across the Because there was nothing ters, several of whom had
country. In Philadelphia, happening.” preexisting health conditions
Before beginning medical African Americans represent
54% of coronavirus deaths Lee helps patients fill out
paperwork, talks to them about

Shapiro Friday night and do Havdalah flowers to local Holocaust delivering the flowers. haven’t seen for more than a
every Saturday night. survivors. This year, we wore The next morning, I stood month. There are times when
Continued from Page 10 masks and gloves. When we it is very lonely. There are
I’m no stranger to this — knocked on doors, we immedi- silently at home as the siren moments when I feel misun-
own way, I have been inspired my father is a rabbi living in ately stepped back at least blared and Israelis across the derstood. But I try to step back
to see people band together. New Jersey, and the sounds and 6 feet. country reflected on our 6 and remind myself that we are
Along with my peers in the rhythms of Jewish living are million brothers and sisters all just doing the best we can.
program, I feel deeply grateful like old friends I grew up with. While my friend and I were who perished in the Holocaust.
for the opportunities to Yet many of these practices fell walking door to door, a middle- The children we’d taught in It might be a cliché, but
volunteer and support low- by the wayside as I became a aged Israeli woman with short, Bat Yam, their parents, their home isn’t just a place — it’s
income families and at-risk teenager, went to college and curly red hair began talking to cousins, our fellow teachers, our a feeling. It’s the small and
community members during grew up. These days, weeks and us in rapid-fire, almost angry- friends and that woman who big and medium-sized things
this crisis. months have been like a high sounding Hebrew on the street. wanted to make sure that survi- that make you feel welcomed,
school reunion — rediscovering Startled, it took us a second vors’ flowers would last a little loved and seen. People around
In many ways, this lockdown great friends and, at the same to understand what she was longer all sat silently in their the world were asked to stay at
has been an unexpected oppor- time, discovering new things to telling us so passionately: We homes, too. home during the coronavirus
tunity to reflect upon, celebrate love about them. As different as were carrying the flowers incor- pandemic. That’s why I stayed
and deepen my Jewish practice. things are, it is comforting to rectly, in a way that would make It is difficult to be in a in Bat Yam. l
Since the order to stay at home know what stays the same. them wilt faster. We exchanged country that is both familiar
took effect, my friends and I a laugh, changed our grips on and unfamiliar. I feel acutely Ziva Shapiro is a 2019-2020 Masa
have made a conscious effort On the eve of Yom Hashoah the flowers until she approved, the absence of my family and Israel Teaching Fellow. This piece
to have Shabbat dinner every each year, Masa Israel Teaching thanked her and continued my home. There are some first appeared on JTA.org.
Fellows in Bat Yam deliver people in my program that I

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Jews of Philly Fashion: Brian Lipstein

FASHION consulting business that “To me it’s not about clothing,”
year, just as he was finishing he said. “It’s about what clothing
his undergrad career at the can do for somebody.”
JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF University of Pennsylvania.

IT’S THE NEWEST edition of “Who’s going to let you Would you rather see someone
Jews of Philly Fashion, intro- dress them?”, Lipstein, 36, wear clothing a little too tight
ducing you to the Chosen few remembered his sisters asking. or a little too loose?
who dress our city. They might The answer turned out to be This is an unfair question
mix wool and linen, but they’ve numerous business executives for someone who prefers to see
got some strong opinions on in Philadelphia and beyond, someone wearing clothing that
mixing stripes with florals. In along with anyone else with is perfectly fit! ... If you were
this space, we’ll talk to designers, a few hours for fitting and forcing me to choose one, I’d
sellers, buyers, influencers, material selection to spare. pick a little too loose, because the
models and more. This week, we Lipstein’s company, Henry A. likelihood of being able to alter it
Davidsen, Master Tailors & is easier than clothing that is too
spoke to Brian Lipstein.
When Brian Lipstein was Image Consultants, is located tight and may not have enough
growing up in Malvern, he was at 17th and Spruce streets, and fabric in it to be let out. It’s
a T-shirt guy. An oversized you’ll need an appointment. always easier to take something
jeans and button-down fellow. For Lipstein, who has long in than to let something out.
Track pants. Hoodies. Up until since ditched the oversized
about 2006, everything he wore jeans, picking the right suit is What clothing trend would you
was just enormous. less about the jacket and pants, like to see make a comeback?
So you can imagine the and much more about what they I’ d love to see more
surprise his friends and family can communicate in a profes- men ta k ing pride in t heir
felt when he co-founded his sional setting, to the wearer and
custom tailoring and image the people around them. See Fashion, Page 23 Brian Lipstein Photo by Marie Labbancz

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son of Haviva Goldman & Gregory Lattanzi Proudly Announces our Confirmands of 2020-5780

Oliver Moscow Confirmands Parents
Alyssa Brooke Fields Michele and Steve Fields
son of Sharon Strauss & Dan Moscow Evan Glickman Barbara and Haim Glickman
Rebecca Hope Reiter Susan and Sean Reiter
Caleb Shapiro Mendelsohn Samantha Erin Saks Rachel and Brian Saks
Alysha Farrah Schneider Jodie and Richard Schneider
son of Mindy Shapiro & Alan Mendelsohn Sarah Teitelman Beth and Gary Teitelman

STAFF Elliott N. Perlstein, Annelise Ocanto-Romo, Diane Pevar,
Rabbi Adam Zeff Rabbi Cantor President
Ben Rotenberg, Education Director
Noah Rubin-Blose, Confirmation Educator Paul Frimark, Barbara Glickman,
Kelsey Shea, Religious School Assistant Cantor Emeritus Education Director

Germantown Jewish Centre extends thanks and gratitude to Steve & Chris Levin and Chuck & Martha Schleifer Ohev Shalom celebrates the uniqueness of each individual and
for their support of the Confirmation and Teen Tuesday programs. welcomes diversity within our sacred community.

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Beth Tikvah B’nai Jeshurun Confirmation Services
Sunday, May 31, 2020 • 6 Sivan 5780
Virtual Services 10:30 a.m.

Zoe Julia Bryan
Gittleman Levinson Schecter

Daughter of Ariane and Daughter of Son of Janice and
Jeffrey Gittleman Sharon Levinson Richard Schecter
and Brett Levinson

Rayna Dylan Halle
Handis Smith Schwartzman

Daughter of Rachel Son of Elissa and Daughter of Beth and
and Lee Handis Mark Smith David Schwartzman

Rabbi Saul Grife, Rabbi Rabbi Roni Handler, Valarie Hurwitz,
Benjamin Greenfield, Director of Congregational Learning Executive Director
Nancy Center, President
Cantorial Soloist and Associate Rabbi

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Anna Danielle Turk Karan Sofia Acadia Asuncion
Daughter of Elizabeth Daughter of Cheryl
and Jason Asuncion
and Douglas Turk Karan

Melena Florence Walter Jacob Noah Feiner
Daughter of Hillary Son of Sharon Feiner
and Raul Walter

Beth David Reform Lilly Feder Connor Marsh Congregation Adath Jeshurun Beth Sholom Congregation
Congregation’s 7763 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027 8231 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027
2020 class of six Cindy Courtman and Fred Feder Eric and Suzanne Marsh 215.635.6611 • www.adathjeshurun.info 215.887.1342 • www.bethsholomcongregation.org
Confirmation students
completes a new level William Levensten Eliza Rudy
in their Jewish education.
Scott and Tara Levensten Caryn and Lee Rudy

Jackson Litz Gillian Schwartz

Timothy and Renay Litz Elizabeth Gosch and Alan Schwartz

Beth Kalisch Lauren Goodlev Rabbi Kevin Bernstein Jill Cooper Ginny Kendall Shai Cherry, Rabbi; Howard K. Glantz, Hazzan David Glanzberg-Krainin, Raymond and Ruth Perelman
Rabbi Cantor Education Director Executive Director Confirmation Teacher Senior Rabbinic Chair; Andrea Merow, Rabbi

Henry Cohen Lilia Kazansky Susan Levey Louis Bricklin Debbie Miner, AJ/Beth Sholom Jewish Teen Collaborative Director
Rabbi Emeritus Cantor Emerita ZT”L Temple Educator Emerita President

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Join us for Shavuot – 6 Sivan 5780
Shavuot Evening Service – Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 7:30PM
Shavuot Morning Service with Yizkor – Friday, May 29, 2020 at 9:30AM

Our Con rmands will "Zoom" in for a "Group Aliyah"
during our SHAVUOT EVENING Service

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Simchat Torah, this coming Fall - Please join us then as well.
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CONFIRMATION SERVICE
Friday, August 28, 2020/9 Elul 5780 at 7:30 P.M.

BETH OR CONFIRMATION CLASS OF 2020 – 5780 Tyler Z. Pohl..............................................................................................Neil I. Pohl & Elizabeth Roth Pohl
We congratulate our congregants on their achievement in reaching their Zachary Thomas Porter ...............................................................................................Scott & Jennifer Porter
spiritual goal and recognize their passion and dedication to living Emmy Blue Rutberg .........................................................................................................Erik & Fern Rutberg
a vibrant and committed Jewish life. Tobi Seligman..............................................................................................................Danny & Judy Seligman
Delaney Benjamin ............................................................ Jay & Amy Benjamin Jason Michael Selsley ....................................................................................................... Elliot & Beth Selsley
Benjamin Dorsey....................................... Bruce Dorsey & Jennie Nerenberg Naomi Shigon ............................................................................................................. Marshall & Judy Shigon
Julia Germer..................................................................John & Melissa Germer Alex Warsaw.................................................................................................... Staci Warsaw & David Warsaw
Alli Gerson ........................................................................ Greg & Sheri Gerson Jessica Winegrad..............................................................................................Robert & Stephanie Winegrad
Raya Gilman.......................................Jill & Howard Altman & David Gilman Rafi Yanoff .................................................................................................. Neal Yanoff & Jessica Kleinerman
Sarah Green...............................................................Jeffrey & Samantha Green Emma Ziff..........................................................................................................................Harry & Andrea Ziff
Andrew Heisman............................................................ Scott & Elisa Heisman Gregory S. Marx, Senior Rabbi................................................................................. Josh Gottlieb, President
Julia Lauren Horowitz............................................. Michael & Sheri Horowitz Jason Bonder, Associate Rabbi..............................................................Amy S. Abrams, Executive Director
Margot Felice Klein ........................................................... Stuart & Jamie Klein David Green, Cantor.....................................................Aaron Nielsenshultz, Director of Religious School
Ari Michael Lasdon............................................................Alan & Cari Lasdon
Charles Abraham London...............................Larry London & Carol Meyers
Ben Lotman.........................................................Keith Lotman & Amy Prosen
Morgen Jolie Lubinski...............................................Daniel & Melisa Lubinski
Talia Rae Newman............................ Ellen Harris Newman & Scott Newman
Joshua N. Platt...........................................................Christopher & Jenny Platt

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Ezra Jerome Briskin Samuel Michael Sherman

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Jessica Ilene Firestone Kyra Anna Del Signore

daughter of Robin and Glen Firestone daughter of Beth and Glenn Del Signore

Brady Dylan Klein Cara Jade Malia Silverman

son of Mindi and Neil Klein daughter of Judith and Rick Silverman

Logan Joshua Saifer Isabella Rose Stein

son of Alison Saifer and Mitchell Saifer daughter of Elisa Stein and Scott Stein

Carson Theodore Shaffer

son of Jennifer and Matt Shaffer

Charles K. Briskin, Rabbi • Rachel Kohlbrenner, Cantor
Eric S. Goldberg, Director of Education • David Sandman, Confirmation Instructor

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Rabbi Shawn SimonHazani (HZT), Lindsay Reisner (HZT), Aaron Levine (BAI), Leo Fuhrman (BAI), Daniel Novick (HZT), Dori Olson (BAI)

Hazzan Harold Messinger (BAI), Leo Perlstein (HZT), Jakob Schulman (HZT), Andrew Strayer (HZT), Rabbi Andrew Markowitz (AI), Rabbi David Ackerman (BAI)
Shoshana Promer (BAI), Bella Stein (BAI), Morey Averill (AI), Jason Dichter (HZT), Rabbi Neil Cooper (TBH-BE), Noa Cutler (BAI)
Ava Susser-Stein (HZT), Carina Hurok (AI), Simon Roling (AI), Lillian Abella (AI), Nathaniel Jean (HZT), Kate Goldstein (AI)
Not pictured: Julia Sobel (BAI)

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Shavuot: First Fruits of Revelation CANDLE LIGHTING

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as well as many midrashim/ is revealed to us this month, So, what will we
BY RABBI SHAWN ZEVIT interpretations as to where remember that your particular open to receive, reflect and act diary, June 1915

Shavuot revelation occurred. voice and journey offers new on this Shavuot of 5780/2020? Every act of kindness and
The Torah was given in insights to the Torah we have How will the past, future generosity, every mask worn
THIS WEEK HERALDS in public, openly in a free place. inherited, at the same time and current generations of and caring distance kept, every
Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, For had the Torah been given our rich heritage has much to the Jewish people, and all of virtual campaign for justice
one of our three regalim, or in Eretz Yisrael, the Israelites reveal to us about our current humanity view our values, or tzedakah you are part of
pilgrimage festivals, which could have said to the nations condition. As Rabbi Lawrence beliefs and actions? What are in-home, with loved ones or
originated as an agricultural of the world, “You have no Kushner writes in “God Was in we embodying or rejecting online is contributing to our
event in biblical times. It share in it.” It was given in the This Place”: from the Torah handed down to collective story. What will you
celebrates the beginning (the wilderness publicly and openly “Each person has a Torah, us? Which additional chapters open to receive at the foot of
Bikkurim, or first fruits) of the in a place that is free for all, unique to that person, his or are we writing with our lives reality this year and what will
early harvest in Israel: everyone who wished to accept her innermost teaching. Some in these extreme times that be the fruits of your harvest
“On the day of the first it could ... Another reason: to people seem to know their future generations — here with from these unprecedented
fruits, your Feast of Shavuot, avoid causing dissension among ‘Torahs’ very early in life and us today — will have to live times? What Torah will you
when you bring an offering of the tribes, else one might have speak and sing them in a into as a result of our actions embrace and live out and what
new grain to the Eternal, you said, “In my territory the Torah myriad of ways. Others spend or inactions? truths will you ignore or resist?
shall observe a sacred occasion: was given”... Therefore the Torah their whole lives stammering, C OV I D -19 h a s p u t I look forward to gathering
you shall not work at your was given in the desert, publicly shaping, and rehearsing them. humanity at the foot of a global with you across the generations
occupations” (Numbers 28). and openly, in a place belonging Some are long, some are short. Sinai with a challenge to all and realities past, present and
“Then you shall observe to no one. — Mechilta de R. Some are intricate and poetic; to say “na’aseh v’nishma: we future, sharing our wisdom
the Feast of Weeks for the Ishmael (Ex. 19.2, 20.2) others are only a few words and will do and we will listen!” and receiving new insights
Eternal your God, offering Our tradition, in both still others can only be spoken The previous “normal” many together — once again. Chag
your freewill contribution Torah (Deuteronomy 5:19) and by gesture and example. But describe a desire to return to, sameach l’kulam! l
according as the Eternal your Midrash (Shemot Rabbah 28), every Soul has a Torah. To hear filled with its opportunities
God has blessed you. You shall offer us the idea that all of another, say their Torah is a and great strides, has been Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit is the
rejoice before the Eternal your Israel including future gener- precious gift”. built on racial injustice and rabbi at Mishkan Shalom in
God” (Deuteronomy 16). ations were present at Sinai to Especially in the deeply gender inequity, an emphasis Philadelphia and co-founder/
In later centuries, when we receive the Ten Utterances and c h a l le n g i n g , s ome t i me s on material possessions with director of the Davennen
were disconnected or driven the core directives of the Torah. distressing, traumatizing and a disregard for the planet, Leader’s Training Institute.
from lands where we had lived This mirrors Moshe’s initial reactivating pandemic times inadequate preventative and The Board of Rabbis of Greater
and farmed, and in times of experience on Mount Horeb/ we live in, with challenges responsive care for everyone’s Philadelphia is proud to provide
exile, we spiritually trans- Sinai (Exodus 3:14) when he to our physical and mental health and well-being- not only diverse perspectives on Torah
formed this idea and began has his personal experience of well-being alongside economic, the privileged.
commentary for the Jewish
to view the Torah itself and the Divine in the bush that was political, racial, anti-Semitic We are not born free and Exponent. The opinions expressed
revelation as the first fruit — radiant though not consumed, and climate justice issues, we equal, but we are born to become in this column are the author’s own
and Shavuot as the annual and God reveals an eternal need each other’s Torah and free and equal. It is the goal and do not reflect the view of the
reliving of the download from name — Eheyeh asher Eheyeh the values and teachings of our of all social endeavor to bring Board of Rabbis.
the mainframe of Divine truth or I am/Was/Will Be that I people, the wisdom of many about equality in the inequality
to us wherever we were. This am/Was/Will be — the past, faiths and cultures, the health into which people are born. It
understanding included oral present and future co-arising and scientific communities and is the goal of spiritual endeavor
interpretations and written source of all existence. the Earth itself to grow and to make humanity free. —
Torah (zman matan Torah), As we open to whatever flourish. R. Mordecai M. Kaplan,

Tribe 12 Digital. The company provides Noga Schechter’s decision to Department of Defense DPA on our pitch than normal,”
website and social media change projects during the Title 3 cooperative agreement she said. “Tribe 12 did a really
Continued from Page 5 strategy support to small fellowship. She originally planned in April to manufacture the good job thinking through the
businesses and nonprofits. a co-living space to fight loneli- equipment. logistics.”
felt like they had nowhere to ness. Then her mother died of
turn and felt they would have “This truly shows the coronavirus-induced lung failure. “I immediately went into Rabinowitz appreciated the
to return their pet to a shelter need for what I do,” Saks this ventilator project because networking opportunities.
because of these behavioral said. “I help people build an Now she is the chief of the way my mother passed
issues,” Toal said. easy-to-use website or social operating officer and head away,” Schechter said. “We’re “The fellowship did a really
media platform. Having that of implementation at Rapid about two weeks away from good job of bringing people
For Michael Saks, the digital presence and footprint Medical Parts, Inc., a company FDA submission.” together and creating a strong
pandemic shed a new light is vital to keeping your building ventilators to help network of people in Philly, and
on the demand for the digital business afloat, especially for hospitals prepare for a second She was happy with the I’m grateful for that,” she said. l
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by his business, Michael Saks in the fall. RMP received a [email protected];
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia mobilizes
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JEVS Internships Go on in Revised Form

EVERY SUMMER, JEVS hosts the Franklin C. Ash Summer Internship host career panels with people from different HR departments to discuss what
Program and Lasko College Prep Program. These signature programs allow they’re looking for in first jobs. They will also hold mock online interviews for
for high school and college students to get hands-on experience in Jewish jobs, which both Cohen and Truitt noted could very well be how interviews are
organizations. But, thanks to COVID-19, this will be a vastly different summer conducted in the future.
experience than what was planned.
“We actually are finding that we are offering an enhanced internship experi-
“When we came to the realization that this is was happening, there was a lot ence for these kids,” Truitt remarked. “Because we’re doing everything online,
of concern about how we were going to make these internships happen,” JEVS we can offer even more programs to our interns, such as hearing from Holocaust
Career Strategies Director Peggy Truitt said. “We even discussed canceling them speakers and doing programs focused on food insecurity. We’re also doing a
altogether. But after discussing it with our generous donors, we decided to make new program with Challah for Hunger where everyone will bake challah in
it work in whatever way was possible.” their own homes. Overall, our interns are getting more exposure to their Jewish
communities than during a normal summer.”
While JEVS began to build out a virtual internship program, it knew that
not everyone would be willing to give up the hands-on experience for a digital Cohen added that JEVS has had so much success with doing programs on
one. As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, JEVS immediately began reaching Zoom that it will be moving many programs to the platform in the future.
out to the accepted students and the placement organizations to see if they For example, JEVS would normally take its school students to visit two college
still wanted to participate, and were pleasantly surprised to hear that everyone campuses in one day of the program. But now they’re able to visit multiple
wanted to move forward in some shape or form. campuses virtually, and the students have the chance to discuss the pros and
cons and other elements they normally wouldn’t be able to.
For Rhonda Cohen, administrator of community relations at JEVS Career
Strategies, this enthusiasm is a reflection on the strength of the program. Also changed is the mentor-mentee program, where the Ash interns would
mentor the Lasko interns about college.
“The Jewish organizations just know that our interns are great,” she said. “So,
they didn’t want to give up the opportunity to have their intern this summer. “In the past, they would only meet face-to-face on one or two occasions,
They have been amazing at coming up with projects the interns can do at home. since not everyone lived near each other,” Truitt explained. “But this year it’s
It’s not going to be the same, but they are delighted to have them, and the all over Zoom or on the phone or text. They can now have a more structured
students are grateful to retain a paid internship.” relationship and find out even more about the college experience, the good and
bad, meal plans etc. Doing it virtually allows them to get mentored better and
She noted that, due to the ailing economy, many of the interns’ friends had more personally.”
lost their internships and summer job opportunities.
Every year, the Ash and Lasko programs at JEVS helps to ensure local youths
The Ash and Lasko internship programs expose students to real-life work are prepared for the future. But after this summer, the participants may be even
experiences, while also providing them the opportunity to practice Jewish better prepared for a digital and virtual working world then the rest of us.
values through volunteer opportunities and mitzvah projects throughout the
Philadelphia region. The placements are highly competitive: JEVS usually gets “These kids are on Zoom all day; they’ve accepted the new normal,” Cohen
about 50-60 applicants for 14 spots and one Brandeis fellow. Every summer said, with a laugh. “It’s the adults we’ve had to train.”
provides the interns with valuable lessons and relationships that they will carry
with them into their next steps. The internships are made possible by Frank Ash,
the Lasko Family Foundation and many other generous supporters.

Even though this is a different experience, the interns are still enthused. For
Elyse Goldstein, a rising senior at the University of Wisconsin, she feels incred-
ibly fortunate to spend her summer working remotely with her JEVS placement.

“I am extremely excited to work with JEVS this summer because I feel that
their values resonate with me,” she said. “I appreciate that they are continuing
the program even during this challenging time. The JEVS community seems
extremely passionate about their mission and so far, and everyone has been so
welcoming towards me already. I am eager to continue learning more.”

In a typical summer, the interns would work 28 hours a week. But this
summer, most are working 15-25. There is a challenge to fill these extra hours,
particularly for the high school students who are placed at camps and JCCs
or at the Jewish Federation’s Mitzvah Food and where it is not possible to do
remote work.

“This was a huge challenge for us — how do we fill this time with meaningful
experiences?” Cohen said. “What we thought was to replace that time during the
week with some sort of community service or other types of panel discussions.
We’ve been coming up with different ideas to replace that time, and our partners
have really stepped up to help.”

In these extra hours, JEVS is offering much of their same programming
but just doing it over Zoom. Throughout the summer, they will continue to

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County Courthouse in Atlantic City, NJ) and
private sectors (The Wistar Institute at the
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few of many successful projects that bore the
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Lisbeth Binder (nee Rezek), May 19, 2020; of mind to the meticulous examination of resid-
Bala Cynwyd, PA; beloved wife of the late ential homes, sprawling office complexes, Leonard Feldman passed away peacefully and Richard A. Grossman, CHERRY HILL – May
Howard L. Binder; loving mother of Marsy and commercial towers. He was known to of natural causes on April 28, 2020. Len was 5, 2020. Husband of Harriet Grossman (nee
Binder and the late Tanya A. Binder; twin sis- root out defects that escaped notice by oth- born in 1923 in West Philadelphia, to Paul Mondal). Father of Frederick (Vera) Gross-
ter to the late Lina Schleien; adored aunt of ers in order to protect many a devoted client. and Fannie Feldman, attended schools in the man and Michael (Linda) Grossman. Grand-
Daniel and Gideon Schleien. Services were He was sought out for advice nationally; his Philadelphia area, then served in World War father of Amy (Craig) and Sean (Carissa).
private. Contributions in her memory may be client list extended from New England to Flor- II with the rank of Sergeant in the European Great grandfather of Connor, Luke, Harrison,
made to a charity of the donor’s choice. ida, and its composition and breadth led one theater, earning a Meritorious Unit Award and Elizabeth and Benjamin. Richard is also sur-
news outlet to refer to him as the ‘Inspector a Purple Heart Medal. In 1947, Len gradu- vived by a third son and his family. Contribu-
JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS to the Stars’. Expert in his field, Barry was a ated from University of Pennsylvania with Phi tions in his memory may be made to a char-
Beta Kappa honors and in 1949 received his ity of the donor’s choice.
CHANIN modern-day David going up against Goliaths, MBA from the Wharton School. Len became
but never allowed pressure to influence the a CPA and worked with his father at the Phil- PLATT MEMORIAL CHAPELS, Inc.
adelphia accounting firm of Feldman & Feld-
Blanche Chanin (nee Becker), May 18, 2020; straightforward and honest reporting of facts. man, and later with Morris J. Cohen Inc. un- KAHN
of Lansdale, PA, formerly of Beverly, NJ; be- His reputation brought countless court ap- til his retirement at the age of 94. In 1950,
loved wife of the late Albert Chanin and the pearances as an expert witness. He also en- he married the love of his life Judy Shestack Edward Kahn, 86, of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania,
late Sidney Wexler; mother of Robert Chanin joyed leading historic property restoration from Wynnefield and raised three children, passed away on May 17, 2020. Husband of
and the late Barbara Wexler; sister of Raphael projects throughout Philadelphia. He be- Ken, who passed away in 2007, Rick and Shirley (nee Osterneck). Father of Jeffrey
Becker; grandmother of Renee and Garret. longed to many professional associations. Kathy in Wynnewood. In 1962, Len and Judy (Susan Lessack) and Andrew (Maureen
Services will be private. Contributions in her Barry’s upbringing provided him with a were one of the 17 founding families of Ruchhoeft). Grandfather of Emma, Samuel
memory may be made to a charity of the strong sense of his heritage. He would often Temple Beth Hillel, later merging as Temple and Max Kahn. A native Philadelphian, Ed
donor’s choice. recount that his great-grandfather was known Beth Hillel-Beth El. He developed there a life- was born in the Wynnefield neighborhood of
JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS as a builder of churches in Russia. His grand- time of friends and served as its President in Philadelphia to immigrant parents. He had
father and father followed suit as builders of 1972. He also served as the President of the many fond memories of his upbringing and
synagogues including Beth Sholom in Elkins William Porter Lodge. Len was an avid ten- retained lifelong friendships with many
ELFMAN Park, PA, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright nis player, committed to weekly foursomes HABER people he knew as a child. Ed attended
and designated a National Historical Land- with close friends, except during tax season. Temple University and received a degree in
Gladys Elfman (Schaeffer) passed away mark. Beth Sholom was the family’s place of For many years, Len and Judy enjoyed their Sylvia Estelle Haber (Papierman) passed marketing. After earning a master’s degree
peacefully on May 16, 2020. Mother of Ar- worship in which Barry, like his father and winter apartment at Boca Lago in Boca away at the age of 88. Daughter of Isaac (de- and postgraduate training in Detroit and New
lene Elfman, Sueann Hedgepeth; grandmoth- grandfather before him, was deeply involved. Raton. They also loved to travel, and Len ceased) and Rose (deceased) Papierman; York, he returned to Temple where he taught,
er of Julianne & Zach (Vish) Hedgepeth & Barry continued honoring his heritage in his documented not only every vista with his loving wife of Lawrence Haber (deceased) did research, and held administrative posi-
great grandmother of Zachariah. We will al- commitment to Beth Shalom in Brigantine, photography but also with a running com- and loving mother of Irwin and Ida (Selig- tions. His professional life had a number of
ways remember Gladys for her smiles, terrif- NJ, or as he referred to it, the “Little Shul by mentary. This hobby extended into an in- man) Haber, Nancy (Haber) and Dr. Richard chapters. Ed worked as a marketing consult-
ic sense of humor and her love of family. A the Sea.” Barry loved life and living it to the cessant taking of pictures of friends and fam- Schmidt and Marla Haber (deceased); loving ant, an executive for a large Fortune 500
memorial service will be held at a later date fullest. Each day was a new adventure for ily at every major and minor event only to be grandmother of Nathan Haber, Ryan and company, general manager and chief operat-
due to current restrictions. appreciated many years later. Len was a Shlomit Haber, Rena Haber, Anne and David ing officer of several companies that sold
lover of classical music, played to the highest Frankel, Richard Jr. and Jackie Schmidt, products to consumers, founding partner and
him. He traveled to many wonderful places in of decibels on the home phonograph, while Laura and Drew Osach, Grant and Remi president of a publishing company, and edit-
the world with dear friends and family. He conducting his favorite Mahler’s 1st Sym- Schmidt, and Max Schmidt; loving great- or of a magazine. At each place he worked,
loved art, music, and theater! He was an avid phony, often only to an audience of his dog grandmother “GG” to Arianna Haber, Ava he made an impact with his unique manage-
sports fan, always eager to cheer on any and Misty. Len was also an avid and loyal Phil- Haber, Noa Haber, Aiden Haber, Sebastian ment style, creativity, and compassionate
all Philadelphia teams, especially his beloved adelphia sports fan. After Judy’s passing Frankel, Logan Frankel, Mila Schmidt and leadership. Ed served as a mentor to count-
Villanova Wildcats. He enjoyed fishing and several years ago, Len moved from Haver- Peri Schmidt; loving aunt and great aunt; less people, providing valuable support and
would talk of falling asleep on the dock be- ford to the Watermark, walking distance to dear sister of Julius Papierman (deceased) guidance that influenced many people’s ca-
hind his condominium in Brigantine, only to his accounting firm. Our family is so grateful and Hy Papierman (deceased); beloved sis- reers and lives. He had eclectic interests, al-
be awakened by the tug of a fish at the other for the friendship and care Sandra, Carlene ter-in-law of Esther Papierman (deceased), ways had a twinkle in his eye, loved to tell
end of the pole, and then going across the and Annie provided to him these last few Gilbert and Lenore Haber and Stuart Haber. stories and jokes, and retained a relentlessly
way to a Chinese restaurant where they years. Len will be remembered for his Donations should be sent to Chabad of So- positive outlook on life. He was a loyal friend
would cook his catch of the day. He gave warmth, kindness and cheery disposition. lon and Lankenau Medical Center Wyn- to many and fiercely devoted to his family,
back to his community, always helping and Throughout his long life, Len never com- newood, PA. You will remain in our hearts especially his wife of 60 years. Funeral Ser-
generous to those less fortunate, and in- plained about anything and took great joy in forever. Private family services were held at vices Private. Contributions may be made to
stilled in his children a desire to do the same. his family, friends and neighbors. He was a Mt. Olive Cemetery. Arrangements by Old York Road Temple Beth-Am, 971 York
BORNSTEIN He was active at Abington Friends School in man of unparalleled character, principled and Berkowitz-Kumin-Bookatz memorial Chapel, Road, Abington, PA 19001, or to a charity of
It is with great sadness that the family of Jenkintown, PA. Barry was an amazing son, understated. He is survived by his younger Cleveland Hts., OH. the donor’s choice.
Barry Bornstein announce his passing on brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, sister Grace, her husband Ed, sisters in law
May 13, 2020 after a long battle with Parkin- cousin, friend, colleague, and leader. He had Marciarose, Louise and her husband Alan, BERKOWITZ-KUMIN-BOOKATZ GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
son’s Disease. An exceedingly warm and kind a wide circle of friends who loved him for all and his loving grandchildren Zachary, Noah, MEMORIAL CHAPEL RAPHAEL-SACKS
man with a huge heart, he was unfailingly of his wonderful qualities and character. He Jesse and his wife Eva, and Allie. Donations
generous, had a playful and affectionate was authentic and lived wholeheartedly and in his memory may be made to Temple Beth
sense of humor, a twinkle in his eye, and an will be profoundly missed by all who knew Hillel- Beth El, 1001 Remington Rd., Wyn-
indefatigable sense of integrity. He was him! Barry was preceded in death by his fath- newood, PA 19096. Due to current restric-
fiercely intelligent and creative. He loved er, N. Herman Bornstein. He is survived by tions, a celebration of his life will be held at a
nothing more than to be surrounded by his his loving and devoted wife, Fran Dratch, later date.
family, his many friends, and his dogs. He mother Shirley Bornstein (Dembow), brother
possessed boundless optimism and belief in Steven Bornstein (Susan Lynch), daughters FORMAN HOCKMAN
himself, in capacity for growth, and in the Jennifer and Elizabeth Bornstein (Scott
ability to direct his destiny. He was resolute Hinckley) from his first marriage to Vicki, Ann Forman (nee Good), on May 14, 2020, Joan Hockman (nee Dubin), May 18, 2020, of
in his determination to overcome the many granddaughter Naomi Hope Hinckley, and died due to COVID-19. Wife of the late Albert; Bala Cynwyd PA. Wife of the late Norman
challenges of Parkinson’s Disease despite many other beloved and adoring family mem- Mother of Mark Forman and the late Carol Hockman; Mother of Kenneth Hockman and
there not being a cure. His Herculean efforts bers. If you wish to make a donation in (and the late Darryl) Roseman; Grandmother Frank and Lori Hockman. Sister of Burton Honor the memory
to maintain strength and independence over Barry’s memory, please consider Temple of Jamie (Mark) and Ronald (Brenda); Great- Dubin (Dec'd). Grandmother of Erin (David), of your loved one...
the years were marveled at by all those who Beth Shalom 4419 W. Brigantine Avenue grandmother of Mark, Aidan and Jacob. Ser- Corey, Jessie and Jake. Great grandmother to
came to know him. He was an inspiration to Brigantine, NJ 08203, seashul.org; The Mi- vices and interment were private. Nora. Also survived by a multitude of nieces, Call 215.832.0749 to
all. Born in Philadelphia to N. Herman and chael J. Fox Foundation, P.O. Box 5014 nephews, cousins and friends that felt like place your memorial.
Shirley Bornstein (Dembow), he was raised Hagerstown, MD 21741, michaeljfox.org; or a GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S family. Services are Private. The family re-
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Academy and Central High School, where he memory be made to a charity of the donor's
played on the football team, and Villanova HONOR THE MEMORY choice.
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In 1949 she married David, and lived in Levit-
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Bensalem School District for over 25 years.
As a talented painter she spent many sum- MEYER
mers painting vistas at workshops along the
East Coast and abroad. She enjoyed visiting M. Barry Meyer, 1931-2020. It is with great
museums and attending classical music con- sadness that we announce the passing of M.
certs while sketching the musicians. She had Barry Meyer, husband, brother, father and
a brilliant mind and a lifelong love of learning. grandfather on May 18, 2020, after succumb-
Melva had a sharp wit, was a voracious read- ing to Covid-19 at the age of 89. Born in
er, enjoyed playing word games and was an Charleston, West Virginia, and raised in Phil-
exceptional Scrabble wiz. Melva was always adelphia, Barry graduated from the Wharton
ready for a lively political debate, especially, School of Business and Harvard Law School.
related to the state of Israel. She was pre- While in Boston attending Harvard, he met
ceded in death by her husband, Dr. David Newton, Mass. native Thelma Lee Berch. Fol-
Klebanoff. She is survived by three daugh- lowing their marriage, they moved to suburb-
ters, Freda Willis, of Upper Darby, Abbe Kle- an Washington, D.C., where Barry’s passion
banoff (Steve) of Philadelphia and Daphne for government led him to work for the Bur-
Klebanoff (Phil) of Lawrenceville, NJ; four eau of Public Roads and the American Truck-
grandchildren, Anthony, Habeeba, Steven and ing Association before eventually becoming
Stephanie; great-grandchildren, Emily, Ash- Chief Counsel and Chief Clerk for the Senate
ley, Nate, Anthony Jr., and Dylan; and loving Committee on Public Works. There, working
nieces and nephews. Services will be held for committee chairman West Virginia Senat-
privately. A celebration of life will be held at a or Jennings Randolph, he helped to write
later date. Contributions in her memory may landmark clean air and clean water legisla-
be made to The Jewish Federation of Greater tion. After working for ten years on Capitol
Philadelphia. Hill, he spent 25 years in government rela-
tions at the Aluminum Association. A lover of
GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S puns, books of rules, sports, theater, sym-
RAPHAEL-SACKS phony and family, a longtime member of
Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, Md.,
KLINE and a lifelong Democrat, Barry is survived by
his wife Temmy, his sister Mary Lou and
Adelle Kline (nee Sussberg), May 14, 2020; brother-in-law and childhood friend Pace
of Phila.; beloved wife of the late Charles R. Reich, his children David and wife Gwen, De-
Kline; loving mother of Marlene Kline (Robert borah and husband Matt, Rebecca and hus-
Yablon), Susan Kline Klehr (Leonard), Lauren band Kevin, and Dan and wife Bo and his
Powers (Robert); cherished grandmother of grandchildren Ethan, Layla, Carla, Talia,
Michael (Lea), Zachary (Deborah), Eli, Sophia, Molly, Eva, Sarah and Katie. In lieu of
Samuel, Emma and Olivia; adored great- flowers, the family requests contributions to
grandmother of James, Noah and Ethan. the Alzheimer's Foundation at
Services are private. Contributions in her https://alzfdn.org/support-us/donate/ or to a
memory may be made to Albert Einstein nonprofit charity of your choice.
Healthcare Network Covid-19 Crisis Re-
sponse Fund, Congregation Rodeph Shalom WWW.WESTLAURELHILL.COM
or a charity of the donor’s choice.
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Allan J. Oliner, May 17, 2020, of Philadelphia,
PA. Beloved Husband of the late Laura M
Oliner (nee Loeb); loving father of Craig M.
(Alyson) Oliner and Hollie O. (John) Palo;
cherished grand-father of Leah C. Owen-
Oliner; adored uncle of Robyn L. (Michael)
Barrett and Laran J. Lerner. Services were
private. Contributions in his memory may be
made to the Jewish Federation of Greater
Philadel-phia Covid-19 Emergency Fund
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arts degree in Jewish studies from Gratz Col- Tyler. Funeral Services and Interment at
lege and a master of arts degree in Jewish Montefiore Cemetery are Private. Contribu-
studies from Dropsie University. During his tions in her memory may be made to Ab-
many years in Philadelphia he taught hebrew ramson Center for Jewish Life, “Beds for Bal-
school and trained young people for their bar abustas” (established in Doris’s honor), 1425
and bat mizvah in a number of local syn- Horsham Rd., North Wales, PA, 19454 or to
agogues. David is survived by his sister the Deborah Heart and Lung Center, 200
Wendy and brother in law Avi Keter, neph- Trenton Road, Browns Mills, NJ 08015.
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Hannah Reich, on May 14, 2020. Beloved Sylvia Soble (nee Ratener) died May 7, 2020.
daughter of Benjamin and Emily (nee Lasker) Beloved wife of the late William (Bill), moth- MATT SILVER | JE STAFF
Reich; Loving sister of Batya Reich; Adored er of Phyllis, Alan and Janet. Also 6 grand-
granddaughter of Pace and Mary Lou Reich. children and 7 great grandchildren. She was ON MAY 15, President Donald Cliff Mintz Courtesy of Cliff Mintz Lorraine Whitman
Services and interment are Private. Contribu- a dental assistant for over 20 years. One of Trump announced, “Vaccine or Courtesy of Lorraine Whitman
tions in her memory may be made to St. the first area women to obtain a FCC license no vaccine, we’re back.” are conducted in both
Christopher’s Hospital, www.stchristopher- as an amateur radio operator. An organizer randomized and controlled knowing which, if any, are safe
shospital.com or Children's Hospital of of the Penn Jersey Yls (a Delaware Valley The words came mere minutes groups, the vaccine is submitted and effective — a process known
Phila., www.chop.edu or National Rare Dis- group of women radio amateurs), an ardent after Trump announced the for FDA approval. If approved, as “at risk” production.
eases Assoc., www.rarediseases.org. Mah Jong enthusiast and a major activist in public-private venture called marketing can begin, followed by
creating a national Jewish Amateur Radio As- Operation Warp Speed, which, manufacturing and distribution. If all goes according to plan,
GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S sociation. Donations may be made to Mel- per the Department of Health and billions will be spent on vaccine
RAPHAEL-SACKS rose B’nai Israel Emanu-El. Human Services, aims to have Even after a vaccine’s been candidates that aren’t “the one”
“substantial quantities of a safe approved, the FDA can call — the idea being that once “the
SALZMAN BERSCHLER and SHENBERG and effective vaccine available for for phase four post-mar- one” is found, it will already
Americans by January 2021.” keting studies, which address have been manufactured to
Abraham H. “Abe” Salzman on May 15, 2020. WAPNER concerns over sample size and scale to serve billions of people,
Husband of Ruth (nee Bodner). Father of Normally, said Lorraine representativeness. saving months, maybe years in
Susan Salzman Hoover, Dr. Gary (Janet) Morton Bernard Wapner, on May 15, 2020, of Whitman and Cliff Mintz, two bringing the vaccine to market.
Salzman and Karen (Jerry) Bliss. Grandfath- Jupiter, FL, formerly of Logan, Philadelphia veteran pharmaceutical industry Mintz said the coronavirus
er of Jason, Eric and Sarah Hoover, Max, Ben and Bala Cynwyd, PA; beloved husband of medical writers, it can take up to vaccine will likely undergo Still, the time this money
and Rachel Bliss, Daniel, Joshua and Dr. Elinor Wapner; loving father of Howard 10 years just to get a new drug or phase four scrutiny because of may be buying isn’t cheap and
Brandon Salzman. Funeral Services private. Wapner, Paul Wapner (Diane Singerman), vaccine through the Food and the scope of its distribution. there are concerns over which of
Contributions in his memory may be made to and Susan Wapner Thiele; cherished grand- Drug Administration’s approval Operation Warp Speed’s partners
Hadassah, 1518 Walnut St., Suite 402, Phila., father of Jacob, Jonah, Eliza, and Zeke. Due process. A prospective vaccine’s “The quickest vaccine I know — public or private — will pay.
PA 19102 or Jewish National Fund, 2100 to COVID-19, services are private. Contribu- clinical trials generally proceed that’s ever been developed is
Arch St., Suite 3E, Phila., PA 19103. tions in his memory may be sent to Temple in three phases. between four and five years,” “I don’t know how (pharma-
Beth Am, 2250 Central Blvd., Jupiter, FL said Mintz, who was a professor ceutical) companies are going
GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S 33458. In phase one, the vaccine is in the University of Miami’s to have the financial where-
RAPHAEL-SACKS tested for safety in small groups department of microbiology and withal to do it,” said state Sen.
WEINER of healthy people. immunology before writing and Daylin Leach, whose district has
SCHWARTZ consulting. Warp Speed’s goal is GlaxoSmithKline facilities. “It
Fred Hal Weiner, passed away peacefully on Phase two tests the vaccine’s seven months away. can’t be feasible for 115 or more
Joseph Schwartz, on May 16, 2020. A guid- May 18, 2020. Fred was special. Everyone efficacy by giving doses of different companies to be building
ance counselor for the Philadelphia School went to him with their problems, and he nev- varying sizes to the infected. “The likelihood of a successful, plants to manufacture a vaccine.”
System for over 30 years. Mr. Schwartz was er turned anyone away. He was revered by “And then,” said Mintz, “you let safe and effective vaccine being
a veteran of WW II serving in the Army Air everyone throughout his life. One of Fred’s these people out into the world available by January 2021, in Whitman, who spent 17 years
Corps, stationed in London England. Be- greatest joys in life was establishing the non- and see how many develop my estimation, would be slim to at Pfizer, fears more than higher
loved husband of Libby (nee Kraus). De- profit camp Dragonfly Forest which allowed neutralizing antibodies that are none,” Mintz said. taxes; she worries that Operation
voted father of David Schwartz. Loving uncle children with disabilities to experience sum- protected against the virus.” Warp Speed could cut corners.
of Shelly Fineman, Hedda Chairnoff, Vilma mer camp. As a result of his hard work and “Now, I believe if everything
Rozansky, Harvey Stein, and Beverly Gold . compassion, he was able to bring joy to the Phase three consists of hits and all the milestones are But Mintz said he believes in
Graveside services will be private. Contribu- lives of many children with special needs. double-blind studies in large met,” he added, “I think that the FDA’s institutional integrity.
tions in his memory may be made to Cong. Fred loved to travel the world, and through groups. “You’ll have 5,000 who a vaccine available sometime
Beth Or 239 E. Welsh Road, Maple Glen, PA his love of photography, he was able to skill- will be immunized, 5,000 who towards the end of 2021, early “There’s absolutely no
19002 or Kindred Hospice www.kindred- fully capture its beauty. Fred was the epi- won’t be,” Mintz said. 2022, straddles that border of way that the Food and Drug
healthcare.com. tome of a mensch. The world is a better place possible and miraculous.” Administration is going to cut
because he was a part of it. May his memory “That’s the irony of vaccine corners,” Mintz said. “I would
GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBRG'S be a blessing. He was devoted to his family production: The only way to The Operation Warp Speed say that only 1% of all approved
RAPHAEL-SACKS and left behind his beloved mother and fath- determine that a vaccine is architects believe this can be drugs over the past 50 years
er, Bernice and Sam Weiner, his brother and actually effective is to have achieved not by skipping phases have been taken off the market
SIGAL sister-in-law Lee and Amy Weiner, his sister people get sick,” Mintz said. of clinical trials but by beginning because of safety issues.” l
and brother-in-law Caren Weiner and Frank mass manufacturing for dozens
Nathan Sigal, on May 17, 2020. Loving broth- Medvedik, and his beloved nieces and neph- Vaccines couldn’t be of potential vaccines before [email protected];
er of Ruth (Samuel) Goodman and Muriel ews Max, Zoe, Scott, Nicole, and Amanda. produced for SARS and MERS, 215-832-0737
Goldfrad. Also survived by 6 nephews and 2 Graveside Services are being held Sunday, Mintz explained, because after
nieces. Graveside Services were held on May May 24, at 10:30 AM precisely (A Zoom link the initial outbreaks, there were
24, 2020. Contributions in his memory may will be provided by the family). Contributions never second waves.
be made to Abramson Senior Care, 1425 can be made to one of the following charities
Horsham Road, North Wales, PA 19454. in Fred’s memory: For Pete’s Sake (cancer “In the case of this virus,” he
respite foundation): https://takeabreakfrom- said, “most virologists expect a
GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S cancer.org/one-time-donation/, H.E.R.O.E.S. second wave because it’s so easily
RAPHAEL-SACKS (special needs camp Zoe attended) https://se- transmitted and so contagious.”
cure.paperlesstrans.com/HEROES.
SINGER After phase three studies
GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
Lawrence Donald Singer, on May 11, 2020; RAPHAEL-SACKS
of Media, PA, formerly of Merion, PA; be-
loved husband of the late Pearl (nee Barrack); WEISS
loving father of Jamie Singer (Timothy Ely),
Audrey Singer, Margie Singer Robinson (The B. Robert Weiss, on May 20, 2020. Hus-
late David) and Jennifer Singer (Todd Smith); band of Jean (nee Kahler). Father of Renee
cherished grandfather of Allegra, Jacob, Nat- (Robert) Lewitt, Kim (Catherine) Chambers
alie, Julia and Elliott. Services are private. and the late John Weiss. Grandfather of
Contributions in his memory may be made to Richard, Sarah and Alicia. Great Grandfather
MLH, 240 N. Radnor Chester Rd, Ste 340, of 7. Private Graveside Services are being
Radnor, PA 19087; indicate Employee COVID held. Contribution in his memory may be
fund and Larry's name on memo line. (ht- made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospit-
tps://www.mainlinehealth.org/ways-to- al www.stjude.org
give/employee-emergency-fund)
GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS RAPHAEL-SACKS

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Also attending were Aunt Robin, Newtown and Jeffrey and Estee
Uncle Micha, brother Simon and cousins Solar of Holland announce the
Gavriel and Shai. engagement of their children,
Emily Katz and Justin Solar.
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Philadelphia, is a hair and
makeup artist in New York City
and Philadelphia. Justin Solar, a
graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., is
director of entertainment at Rogers & Cowan PMK in New York City.

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The couple resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Changing of the Guard at Women’s Philanthropy Court of Philadelphia before founding Wapner radiology reports.
JULIE SAVITCH IS the new chair of Jewish Federation Newman. ART Medical of Netanya, Israel, has a smART+
of Greater Philadelphia’s Women’s Philanthropy
affinity group, succeeding the outgoing Jodi Miller. Wapner founded and served on various charitable platform that monitors and analyzes new data to
Women’s Philanthropy hosted the final board boards, including the National Kidney Foundation help reduce complications due to hospitalization and
meeting of its term on May of Delaware Valley, Golden Slipper Club Camp and enable faster recovery.
20, with 115 women on the the Federation of Jewish Charities in Philadelphia and
call thanking Miller, who Palm Beach County, Florida. He also co-founded and Seegnal of Savyon, Israel, offers a patient-specific
completed a two-year stint, co-chaired Admirals Cove Foundation in Jupiter, Florida. digital platform to mitigate drug-related problems at
for her work and focus on the point of care.
connecting women in all Wapner is survived by his wife Elinor, sons Howard
stages of their lives and Paul (Diane Singerman), daughter Susan Wapner And Somatix of New York and Raanana, Israel, has
“My experience as chair Thiele and four grandchildren. developed SafeBeing, an artificial intelligence-based,
of Women’s Philanthropy Health Technology Contest Winners Named wearable-enabled, remote patient monitoring system.
has deepened my relation- Israel Innovation Authority and Thomas Jefferson NCJW Announces Emergency Grants
ship with the incredible Jodi Miller University announced the four winners of a $1 The board of directors of the National Council of
women of our community million program to develop, test and pilot innovative Jewish Women Greater Philadelphia Section made
Courtesy of Jewish Federation technologies in the health sector. several $250 grants to agencies in Montgomery, Bucks
of Greater Philadelphia and Philadelphia counties to subsidize residents
The winning companies include Agamon experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic.
who are so caring and have so much to give, and it has Technologies, ART Medical, Seegnal and Somatix,
connected me in much more meaningful ways with the all of which feature technologies that help medical Montgomery County agencies receiving grants
work that is done by Jewish Federation.” Miller said. personnel analyze data gathered throughout medical are Inter-Faith Housing Alliance in Ambler, which
“The women with whom I have worked side by side, treatment and gain real-time insights for optimizing supports the Roslyn Food Pantry; Laurel House in
the recipients who we help every day whom I have met personalized medical care. East Norriton, which works to end domestic violence
— sharing their joys and their sorrows, and the work affecting women and children; The Mattie N. Dixon
that we do to help and heal the world and to guarantee The technologies are expected to help fight Community Cupboard in Ambler and North Hills,
our Jewish legacy, have personally touched me forever.” challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. which services 3,000 families annually; and Manna
on Main Street, a Lansdale food pantry providing
Law Firm Founder Morton Wapner Dies at 87 The winning companies received a total of $1 meals to go and grocery bags of food.
Personal injury law firm founder Morton Wapner million in funding from the IIA and in-kind services
died May 15 in Jupiter, Florida. He was 87. that will help them leverage Jefferson’s co-develop- In Bucks County, the Bucks County Housing
ment business model, along with its clinical care Group received a grant and earmarked the money to
The Philadelphia native graduated from Central footprint and clinical trials consortium. go directly to the Doylestown Food Pantry.
High School before attending Temple University,
where he earned a bachelor’s degree, LLB and JD. Agamon Technologies of New York City has And in Philadelphia, NCJW provided a grant to
built advanced software artificial intelligence that Jewish Family and Children’s Service that will be
Wapner served as research editor of the Temple automatically assesses the significance of findings used to buy supermarket cards for clients needing
Law Quarterly and later clerked at the U.S. District from unstructured medical texts, starting with food assistance. l

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