Jewish Exponent Dec. 7, 2017

Community Amy Feldman, KYW Robin Burstein,
Newsradio business Anti-Defamation
Nearly 200 people attend- correspondent and League associate
ed the “Anti-Semitism in moderator regional director
Your Backyard” panel at
Gratz College on Nov. 19.
KYW Newsradio business
correspondent Amy Feld-
man moderated the event,
which covered anti-Semi-
tism on campus, as well as
hate crime law legislation
and enforcement.

The American Friends of Soroka Medical Center (AFSMC) held a fundraiser at The
Chevra on Nov. 16 for the Soroka Medical Center’s new Comprehensive Cancer Cen-
ter. The Soroka Medical Center, located in Beersheva, is the largest medical center in
the southern region and the second-largest in all of Israel.

From left: Kim Rosenberg Amzallag, development consultant for AFSMC; Ruth Steinberg, pres-
ident of AFSMC’s Board of Directors; Rachel Heisler Sheinfeld, executive director at AFSMC; Pazit
Levitan, AFSMC planning committee; Sharon Geller, AFSMC planning committee; Dana Yael Leiner,
chair of AFSMC; and Ken Winneg, AFSMC planning committee

From left: Temple Judea religious school’s students around
Congregation Mikveh the completed menorah made out of Lego pieces
Israel Rabbi Albert E.
Gabbai and Sharon Students in kindergarten through sixth grade at Temple Judea of Bucks
Gessler, AFSMC County’s religious school built a 14-foot menorah made of about 75,000
planning committee Lego pieces on Dec. 3. The students and their families spent about two hours
constructing this menorah under the direction of Building Blocks Work-
shops LLC with its founder, Stephen Schwartz. Building Blocks Workshops
provides opportunities for children to work together building structurally
sound models out of Legos.

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