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OBITUARY FOR THE FIRST TIME in its 39-year The bill will allow groups like the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia to apply for security-
history, the Gershman Philadelphia Jewish
Veteran Allan Film Festival — also known as Fall Fest — bolstering grants for their facilities. Photo by Eric Schucht
Kalish Dies at 94 will take place as the signature event of an
He helped liberate independent lm institution, rather than Gov. Tom Wolf to Sign
Dachau, among as the signature event of a Jewish arts and Security Bill
other achievements. culture institution (the recently departed
Gershman Y). It’s been a whirlwind year JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF e bill will allocate $5 million for the
Page 9 for the GPJFF, developing new programs scal year to help faith-based nonpro ts
Festival Plus! and the upcoming Jewish FOR JEWISH NONPROFITS in across the state put increased resources
ARTS New Media Fest as the organization began Philadelphia and across the state, there toward the safety and security of their
a new era. is relief and appreciation that, as of press facilities and communities.
Game Explores time, Gov. Tom Wolf was slated to sign
Jewish Themes is year’s lineup at Fall Fest, which HB 859 on ursday, Nov. 7, thereby “It’s sending a message that security
Ambler resident runs from Nov. 9 to Nov. 23, re ects establishing a Nonpro t Security Grant is paramount,” said Naomi Adler, pres-
involved in project. some of those changes, according to Olivia Fund. ident and CEO of the Jewish Federation
Antsis, executive artistic director of the of Greater Philadelphia, one of the
Page 34 GPJFF. For one thing, the lineup itself is a
bit smaller than usual.
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but also a lot more dynamic, engaging and
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Election Day 2019: New Machines, New Voters

LOCAL o -year election — new vot- govern us.”
ing machines, which replace Levin said she knew of
devices that were last updated some people this year casting
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in the 1990s. absentee ballots as they were
IN THE HOURS BEFORE Below, some sta dispatches uncomfortable with the new
the polls opened on Tuesday, from various neighborhoods. machines. But Levin noticed
Nov. 7, numerous Pennsylvania those who were nervous got
news outlets were predicting Graduate Hospital the hang of it. Meyers said he
low turnout, despite the fact Last year on Election Day, didn’t have any trouble, but
that there were a number of key just past 7 a.m. when the wished the ticket review at the
races to be decided. polls opened, a line of more end was displayed on the cen-
In Philadelphia, it was a gen- than about 100 people waited ter of the screen as opposed
eral election for mayor, all 17 at Birchwood at Grays Ferry, to the right side, making it
City Council seats, county sher- formerly St. Anthony’s Senior easier to read.
ri , register of wills, municipal Residences, to vote. e line
and trial court judges, and all wound through the building,
three seats on the city com- into the courtyard and down Voters cast their ballots on the Center City Mt. Airy
At the Germantown Home
misssion. ere were also three Carpenter Street. is year, new machines, which allowed It was a slow but steady on W. Sedgwick Street in Mt.
ballot questions, though one of there was hardly a line at all. them to look at the actual trickle of people at the vot- Airy, things were quiet just
them — so-called Marsy’s Law, But that’s fairly typical for paper ballot before it gets cast. ing station inside William a er polls opened — unlike
relentlessly hyped by Kelsey an o -year election, said Jacob As they trickled out of the Penn House on Chestnut Election Day in 2016 and last
Grammar — could not be cer- Tulsky, 32, a Jewish Democratic building, anti-gerrymandering Street between 19th and 20th. year’s midterms, when a line
ti ed due to a court injunction committeeperson from the advocates with Fair Districts PA Occasional clapping and to get in snaked alongside the
that came down just prior to 30th Ward. In a Democratic signs were waiting to ask the cheering could be heard from entrance to the building well
Election Day. city like Philadelphia, the exiting voters to sign a petition. volunteers as voters exited the before 7 a.m.
Elsewhere, there was a hot important election was earlier One of those voters was booths around 8 a.m. Outside, ings started to pick up as
race for County Council in this year during the primary, Rachel Semigran, who is Jewish a man was handing out y- the morning went on, though,
Delaware County, a battle for he said. ere’s also some inter- and works in marketing and ers for City Councilman Allan with a small but steady stream
district attorney and sheri est in the new voting machines, communications. She listed Domb. of voters. A half-hour into the
positions in Chester County, which Tulsky said should, in ending mass incarceration, ere was no line in the day, roughly 25 people had
board of commissioners races theory, work better than the holding police accountable, apartment building, so peo- voted.
in Bucks and Montgomery previous machines. women’s rights, LGBTQ rights ple entered and exited with ere was extra input and
counties, and state Assembly “It’s pretty early, but there’s and the environment among ease. Volunteering as judge explanation from the poll
seats up for grabs in New Jersey. been a trickle of people coming the issues she cares about. of elections at the site was workers this time around to
ere were also three bal- in,” Tulsky said. “I vote in every election,” Susan Levin, who is Jewish. explain how the new voting
lot questions, and — perhaps As it got closer to 8 a.m., a she said. “Local elections mat- Her Election Day started at 6 machines worked — or didn’t
most contMrAoKvI-SeArNs-Aiadvl.podff 1al1l0i/3n0/2t0h19e 6:1s1h:48oPrMt line began to form inside. ter. ey’re really important.” a.m. and she expected to wrap work, as the case may be; one
things up around 8:30 p.m. A of the three machines was not
volunteer since 2016, she said functional when the polling
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Levin estimates about half was trying to vote 20 minutes
to two-thirds of the building’s later.
C nearly 600 residents are Jewish, “Is that someone’s cell
with close to 80% coming out phone?” asked a poll worker
M to vote. As of 8:25 a.m. they apparently unfamiliar with the
Y had 48 people stop by. As only machine’s noises.
CM building residents use the poll- Two poll workers joined a
MY ing station, Levin said they voter inside the curtains of the
have a “captive audience” and beeping machine to try to g-
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CMY not to vote here.” One of those a few minutes, but they got the
K coming out to vote was Rodney machine back online.
Meyers, 83. He said there were
no particular issues that drove University City
him to the booth. Most Penn undergradu-
“Just an obligation to vote,” ates vote in the oak-paneled
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Women Come Together for High Holiday Food Sort

LOCAL for Mitzvah Food Program cli- Women sorting food at the Share Food Program Warehouse on Nov. 4 from the Mitzvah Food Program’s High
ERIC SCHUCHT | JE STAFF ents. It’s believed more than
11,000 Jewish households in Holiday Food Drive. Photo by Eric Schucht
A LABYRINTH OF boxed the region face food insecurity.
apples and potatoes crowded To help, the program distrib- work that we actually do. When got trashed. Apparently, rac- was the first time for Terri Soifer.
the walkways at the Share utes nutritious food at its five you come and it’s fun and it’s coons are big fans of matzah. Wearing a purple Baltimore
Food Program Warehouse in pantries, serving 8,600 indi- social,” Miller said. “It’s a nice Ravens beanie, she helped out
North Philadelphia. The sound viduals each year. way to interact with the women, As a result, the program at the nut-butter table. Soifer
of beeping forklifts could be get them involved and start to now only accepts non-perish- decided to come out after hear-
heard in the distance as the Local synagogues and understand where our dona- able, non-breakable containers. ing about the food sort from
machinery weaved throughout organizations join together to tions go and where our dollars Being more selective has elimi- Women of Vision, Philadelphia’s
the maze of food. A crowd collect kosher food as a part go, and to better understand the nated waste from expired food. Jewish Women’s Foundation.
had gathered on the morning of the drive. Then members work of Jewish Federation.” The pantry has gone from hav- She appreciated the chance to
of Nov. 4, wedged between of Women’s Philanthropy at ing to throw out 1,000 pounds help with other women of the
blue painted cement pillars. It Jewish Federation sort it at the Deirdre Mulligan, the of expired food from the drive community.
was that time of year again for warehouse before it’s sent off. Mitzvah Food Program senior to now just a single paper box.
the annual food sort for the Jodi Miller, chair of Women’s manager, said the demand at Of note, Mulligan said the “It’s wonderful that we all
Mitzvah Food Program’s High Philanthropy at Jewish its pantries has increased over oldest thing ever received was come together,” Soifer said.
Holiday Food Drive. Federation. said the food sort the years, but the program has powdered key-lime Jell-O from “We collect at our different
gives people the opportunity yet to experience a shortage of the ’70s, which she was too synagogues and community
Each High Holiday sea- to learn more about the work food. The program has evolved afraid to open. Though they ask centers for the High Holidays,
son the Jewish Federation of of the Mitzvah Food Program. in the 14 years Mulligan has for kosher foods, it’s common and to all come together as one
Greater Philadelphia orga- been a part of it. Years ago, to receive non-kosher donations. community to sort it ties the
nizes its largest food collection “What I find so meaningful the High Holiday food drive Those will be left with Share Food whole program up nicely.”
of the year, providing more is that it’s a way to engage vol- accepted any food people were Program to distribute to 500 pan-
than 50,000 pounds of food unteers in a Mitzvah Project. willing to give. Mulligan said tries throughout the area. Amy Wittenstein, the vice
It’s a way to bring them in to get they received lots of pasta, chair of Women’s Philanthropy,
a better understanding of the potato chips, bags of cereal “I can guarantee that I will was working at the same shift
and open jars of used peanut get pork and beans. I guarantee with Soifer. She spoke about
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA butter. While well-intentioned, I will get clams. And I will be the value of volunteering.
these items would easily break giving those right to Share,”
The Kehillah of Old York Road presents and tear open, attracting ver- Mulligan said. “It’s an important mitz-
min. A lot of donations were vah to do,” Wittenstein said.
A LECTURE WITH thrown out. Mulligan recalls At the sort, about 120 women, “People at the High Holidays
an incident about eight years bundled in warm jackets and feel that they want to give and
Dr. David Breakstone ago where there was a break-in hats, split between two shifts and help out, and this is a way to do
and “those unwanted guests spent hours sorting canned pro- it. Basically, it has really been a
Deputy Chairman, The Jewish Agency for Israel came in and had a feast.” teins like nut butters, canned great event.” l
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THE MILTON AND Betty Isaac Mizrahi Nikki Haley under-the-radar potential identity. Gad is a mixed-race
Katz JCC of Cherry Hill is cel- Courtesy of Katz JCC showstoppers? Spector said to woman who was adopted and
ebrating the 30th anniversary Courtesy of Katz JCC keep eyes and ears out for a pair raised by white Jewish parents.
of its annual Festival of Arts, from a strictly observant fam- of authors, Melanie Benjamin In trying to navigate where she
Books and Culture. ily of Syrian Jews. Other guests in festivals past. So who should and Marra Gad. Benjamin has fit in, she had to confront racism
include Jewish comedian Orny we keep an eye on this year? written “Mistress at the Ritz,” a within her own extended family.
This year’s lineup is espe- Adams, the brutally honest novel based on the true exploits
cially star-studded, featuring comic whose latest special is One of Spector’s not-so-dark of an American woman who Gad spoke recently at the
headliners like former U.S. airing now on Showtime, and horses this year is the match- worked at the Legendary Ritz Jewish Book Council. Spector
Ambassador to the United Steve Israel, the former U.S. making tandem of Rori Sassoon Hotel in Paris during the was there and said, “She had
Nations and South Carolina congressman from New York, and Dr. Errol Gluck, who are Nazis’ occupation, all the while the entire room speechless.
Gov. Nikki Haley and iconic who’s written a new satirical known for their appearances secretly working for the French After it was done, there was
fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, take on our political system on “The Real Housewives of Resistance. Those in the know room full of Jewish mothers
both of whom will be discuss- and the firearms industry. New York” and who’ve recently are calling it “the hottest book- lined up to give her hugs.”
ing newly penned memoirs. teamed up to co-author a new club book of the season.”
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big names are appearing at young women out to reframe the “The Color of Love” has gen- Culture runs from Nov. 10 to
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fascinating. But Isaac Mizrahi
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Philly Faces: ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’

PH I LLY FACES own experience with Tourette’s with Sen. Chuck Schumer Adam Fishbein is pursuing
SELAH MAYA ZIGHELBOIM | JE STAFF syndrome and ADHD, among (D-NY). e goal of the latter, a career in disability policy
other disabilities. Fishbein said, is to diversify the and advocacy.
ADAM FISHBEIN WANTS Senate workforce.
to advocate for people with Fishbein grew up in Elkins Photo by Michael Murray
disabilities and in uence dis- Park, where he attended He is now at the National
ability policy in the public or Congregation Kol Ami and Committee for Responsive handled them, embraced them
nonpro t sector. graduated from the Woodlynde Philanthropy as a membership eventually and really learned
School in Stra ord. He recently intern. how to cope with them.
at’s why, at just 21, he is
pursuing a master of public nished a fellowship in Jewish What made you interested In addition to my handling
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LOCAL “Something special that we what it is. how it feels.
ERIC SCHUCHT | JE STAFF like to do in each di erent city is
hone in on what the city has to • Abington’s premier There aren’t exactly words for it, but
THE DILLER TEEN Fellows’ o er, so here it was a no-brainer Life Plan Community while the rational reasons to consider
rst cohort in 1998 had some for us that we were going to Rydal Park can satisfy your head, until
spend a day at the Jewish • Maintenance-free living and you set foot on our campus, you can’t
20 participating American and Museum,” Maas said. “Philly the promise of future care, truly know how we satisfy the heart.
Israeli teenagers. Today there is a really special place to hold if ever needed Come by and see the beauty of our
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e sta that makes the • Multiple dining Exceptional. Without Exception.
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from last week for their annual fellowship program, described The Club Room & Bar
Professional & Lay Leaders the conference’s opening event
Conference. is was the rst as “an emotional moment” with • On-campus cultural
time this train-the-trainer work- a mother speaking to the crowd programming
shop was held in Philadelphia. of the program’s impact on her
More than 120 people from family and two daughters. e • Fitness center, indoor pool,
communities in Israel, the U.S., conference’s keynote speaker was personal trainer
Canada, South Africa, Australia, Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, president
Argentina and the UK came for of Shalom Hartman Institute of • And so much more
training and collaboration. e North America, who spoke on
conference is the only oppor- the future of Jewish peoplehood. Get an early look at Rydal Park’s new expansion of maintenance-free cottages,
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share best practices in person.. and principal at ird Plateau
Social Impact Strategies, whose For more information about exceptional living for people 62 and better,
e Jewish Federation of presentation was titled “Diller visit ExploreRydalPark.org.
Greater Philadelphia has part- Evolution Planning.” Another
nered with Diller to o er the highlight was indie pop band 1515 The Fairway, Rydal, PA 19046 | 215-814-0420
program for two years. Jewish Distant Cousins, comprised of
10th and 11th graders spend a Duvid Swirsky, Dov Rosenblatt one-year mark of the Pittsburgh Alex Malanych joined her. experiences.
year learning in bimonthly pro- and Ami Kozak from Los shooting. e director of teen engagement “It gives a lot of hope for
grams and completing service Angeles, leading a workshop on and leadership at the Jewish
projects, attending Shabbatons songwriting. But one of the best “It has been really great so Community Center of Greater what the Jewish future is going
and developing leadership parts for Nir, who is from Israel, far,” Swartz said of the confer- Pittsburgh, Malanych had never to look like by getting teens to
skills. It all builds up to a three- was interacting and speaking to ence. “We just came out of the been to the conference before, think about what leadership
week trip to Israel. sta ers from around the globe. commemoration in Pittsburgh, or the museum. He said he is from a Jewish perspective,”
so this has been personally enjoyed exploring the exhibits Malanych said. ●
Leah Maas is a Philadelphia “It’s so interesting. We have and professionally a nice time and acting as a translator for
resident and works as director so much in common. We’re run- for me to reinvigorate, jump Israelis. He also enjoyed hearing [email protected];
of leadership and engagement ning the same programs. You start and remind myself of the program alumni speak of their 215-832-0751
at Diller. She said the leaders hear the di erent accents, but importance of my work.”
conference rotates from city to you learn about the di erent a-
city each year, with last time vors and the di erent realities,”
being in Montreal, and the Nir said. “So it’s fascinating.”
year before in San Francisco
to celebrate the organization’s From across the state came
20th anniversary. She said the Debbie Swartz, Israel and overseas
change of scenery allows for planning associate for the Jewish
sta to experience di erent a- Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
vors of Jewish culture. Diller She said having conversations
sta at this year’s conference with people from Mexico, South
spent the majority of their time Africa and Australia allowed her
at the Hilton Philadelphia City to think beyond her own com-
Avenue, but also got the chance munity and hear of new ideas and
to visit the National Museum strategies to implement back home
of American Jewish History. a er recently commemorating the

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Allan Kalish, Iconic Ad Executive,
Dachau Liberator, Dies at 94

OBITUARY spots by Kalish’s partner Allan Kalish, founder and CEO of Kalish & Rice, accomplishments in busi- about his accomplishments. It
MATT SILVER | JE STAFF Howard Rice for client had an enduring love for Israel. ness afforded him the wasn’t false modesty, insists
Philadelphia magazine. opportunity to do what granddaughter Sophia Hendler,
ALLAN KALISH DID Photo by Mimi Janosy he really did best: serve 29. “He was actually uncom-
extraordinary things with his After beginning his others. He was president fortable putting himself in that
94 years, things about which professional career in of the Philadelphia Ad arena … of being the lead part
he could’ve justifiably bragged. ad sales for Philadelphia Club; he was inducted of the story. It was impossi-
magazine, an early-career into Broadcast Pioneers ble to get him to brag about
From the early ’60s to the stint at WCAU cemented of Philadelphia Hall of anything; he always wanted to
mid-’80s, Kalish & Rice was Kalish’s love for broad- Fame in 1994. He served make sure that someone else
to Philadelphia’s advertising casting. “In his heart of on charities’ boards (the was acknowledged.”
scene what Sterling Cooper hearts,” said Betsy, 63, Police Athletic League,
was to “Mad Men’s” New York. “he was always a radio the Jewish Federation of Betsy echoed, “It was never
They had the big accounts man.” Greater Philadelphia and about his own achievements.
ranging from the Phillies to the Philadelphia Sports It was about the effect he could
Silo, the old Philadelphia- Much of Kalish & Congress) and made have on helping people become
based electronics giant, whose Rice’s most success- more time for the home- their best selves.”
radio ads remain delightfully ful work affirmed this. less, serving on Mayor
stamped in daughter Betsy “Even when he was at the Rendell’s Commission When asking friends, fam-
Kalish’s memory: “Silo is hav- agency,” she added, “their for the Homeless, than ily and former colleagues about
ing a sale! A what? A sale!” she specialty was radio. The many who were far Kalish, that’s what comes up
recalls by heart, just as she does radio spots they did were less busy. most frequently — how willing
the “beautifully written” radio really groundbreaking.” a mentor he was.
But Kalish was humble
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boss. He wanted you to grow; Bulge and invaded Normandy language and it was pretty obvi- Yisrael. Those who traveled laugh and laugh.”
he wanted to teach; he wanted on D-Day, witnessing things so ous he didn’t speak English. with him say the physical place Allan Kalish died peace-
you to be the best person you horrific during the latter that Frustrated, Kalish’s colleagues of Israel became a very big
could be,” said Nancy Leichter, he’d rarely speak of them. left to put themselves to bet- part of his Jewish identity. “He fully on Tuesday morning Oct.
a longtime friend and former ter use elsewhere, but Kalish just loved Israel and he wanted 29, 2019, surrounded by his
ad agency colleague, who was He was among a group of remained. He approached the everybody to see it, to love it family. He is survived by his
one of the six founding mem- American soldiers who lib- survivor cautiously, so as not and to understand it,” added daughter Betsy, son David and
bers of Kalish & Rice. erated Dachau concentration to alarm, and began to sing the Leichter. “I certainly got more granddaughter Sophia, as well
camp. He’d recount the story Shema. The man, overcome, of a sense of being Jewish [by as by two beloved stepchildren,
“And he was a truly brilliant for family and close friends began to sob. He rose and fol- visiting Israel with Kalish], and Jason and Emily Mayer, and
marketing and salesperson,” every so often; it’s one of those lowed Kalish out the gates of I think that’s probably what he his beloved personal assistant,
she continued. “But one thing stories that, once heard, is not Dachau. was hoping people would find.” Mary Grace Salamone. He is
about Allan that people may or easily forgotten. also survived by two ex-wives:
may not know: He encouraged The experience was for- Kalish lived with Parkinson’s Beth Kalish, whom he married
and helped women, particu- Moving from building mative, and he wanted to the last handful of years but in 1954 and divorced in 1971,
larly. He might’ve been one of to building, his group came give others a sense of Jewish was especially perceptive until and Leslie Mayer, whom he
the first people I know who upon a gaunt, gravely under- continuity. the end — “almost intimidat- married in 1994 and divorced
promoted women into execu- nourished prisoner, still in his ingly so,” joked Hendler, his in 2016.
tive positions. This was in the Nazi-issued striped pajamas, Beginning in the mid-’90s, granddaughter.
late ’60s, early ’70s when that huddled in a corner. Kalish began leading group A memorial is planned for
was very, very unusual.” trips to Israel every few years. “Even his last days, he was Nov. 24 at 2:30 p.m. at the
“Petrified, in the truest Jews came. Non-Jews came. super-aware. I know he heard Germantown Friends Meeting
After growing up poor out- sense of that word,” is how “All that mattered to him was everything everyone was say- House, 31 W. Coulter St.,
side of Pittsburgh, an only Betsy Kalish remembers her whether you were the type of ing, and I know he would Philadelphia.
child living in an Orthodox father describing the survivor. person who’d get something have said something and that
household of 16 adults with out of the trip and, maybe, it probably would have been Donations may be made
one bathroom, Kalish enlisted The story goes that all of the come to love Israel like he did,” pretty funny,” Hendler said. to the Southern Poverty Law
in the military at 17, serving other soldiers in Kalish’s group said Leichter, who joined on an “He had a very quiet sense Center at splcenter.org. l
30 months in World War II. tried to coax the terrified, and early trip. of humor that was very, very
He fought in the Battle of the likely very confused, survivor loud. We would just laugh and [email protected];
out of his corner. None of the Kalish had a zeal for Eretz 215-832-0737
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Kosher Sandwich and Hummus Bar Opens in Center City

LOCAL originally from Israel, owns who had been a Philadelphia reopened without cer-
ERIC SCHUCHT | JE STAFF Mix Bar and Grille on the same resident since 1995. ti cation as Swiss Haus
block but he wanted to down- Cafe & Pastry Bar.
THE CALLS TO Nadav size. So he approached Abergel “And since then, I’m stuck,” Hirsch said he’s
Abergel’s phone were constant about buying Hey Hummus. Abergel said. happy to hear of a new
since he made the announcement. kosher eatery in the city.
Originally posting “coming soon” “It was doing good,” Fellus Abergel worked as a chef He’s glad the restau-
on social media, as of Nov. 3 it’s said. “I made money but and manager at Burger.org rant will be closed on
o cial: Star of David Kosher Grill because of my restaurant next at 942 Montgomery Ave. in Fridays, Saturdays and
has opened a second location in door it was too much for me.” Narberth. When Burger.org for Jewish holidays due
Center City. Unlike the original, closed, the brothers acquired to it serving kosher
Star of David Kosher Sandwich While Hey Hummus was the restaurant and converted it meat and requiring
& Hummus Bar will focus on certi ed under the International to Star of David. higher standards.
the lunch crowd, serving schnit- Kosher Council, the new eatery is “Star of David is Nadav Abergel sits inside his new
zel, shawarma and falafel on pita certi ed under the supervision of Rabbi Eliezer Hirsch of restaurant, Star of David Kosher Sandwich &
bread, wraps and baguettes. Community Kashrus of Greater Mekor Habracha/Center City doing the right thing,” Hummus Bar, which opened on Nov. 3 at
Philadelphia, or Keystone-K. It’s Synagogue keeps track of all the Hirsch said. “It’s chal- 2101 Chestnut St. Eric Schucht
“I want to keep it good qual- the supervision used by Star of kosher restaurants in the Greater
ity, good quality of meat, good David in Narberth, which was Philadelphia area. In the past lenging, but hopefully
quality of bread, and if some- founded in 2015 by Abergel and year, he said Samosa Vegetarian the other days of the week the it’s closed.
body needs to eat kosher here, his brother Sharon, who owns Indian Restaurant, 20th Street Jewish community can support “It’s hard for a kosher busi-
they have a spot,” said Abergel. Espresso Cafe & Sushi Bar in Pizza and Luhv Vegan Deli them and make up for it.” nesses to be anywhere,” Abergel
Northeast Philadelphia. have become kosher certi ed by Abergel acknowledged the said. “But if you’re doing it for
e venue at 2101 Chestnut IKC. Over the summer, kosher di culties of running a kosher a good reason and God willing,
St. is the former home of Abergel moved to the U.S. restaurants Honest Tom’s Plant establishment. Additional it’s going to be OK.” ●
Hey Hummus, which Victor from Israel about eight years Based Taco Shop in University costs come from more expen-
Fellus opened in 2017. Fellus, ago a er nishing a three-year City and Swiss Haus Bakery sive meat, kosher supervision [email protected];
stint in the IDF. His original in Rittenhouse have closed, and utilities on the added days 215-832-0751
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though Faulkner’s since gone start at the main branch in
on to Berklee College of Music Beijing and hit several of the
and now plays and tours with Nine Beats campuses over two-
Branford Marsalis, when- and-a-half weeks.
ever anyone asks him where
he learned to play drums, “We’re going to be doing
Faulkner’s answer is Sam performances, workshops,
Ruttenberg. master classes and private les-
sons,” Ruttenberg said.
Now, the Nine Beats
Education Institution for Traveling to China will also
Modern Music in China is allow Ruttenberg to introduce
hoping Ruttenberg, 64, can an invention of his to the world’s
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students as he’s been with
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ers in the Philadelphia area. that students often gripped
With more than 1,000 cam- their drumsticks too tightly.
puses in 565 cities throughout Not only did this result in
the world’s largest country drumming that sounded “very
(by population), Nine Beats’ tense and very tight,” students
schools enroll more than would frequently complain of
230,000 student musicians. pain in their hands and arms
that would sometimes lead to
And they’re ambitious. conditions like carpal tunnel
“They want to learn jazz, syndrome.
they want to learn classical,
they want to learn everything,” See Drummer, Page 15
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Athenaeum Debuts Louis Magaziner Retrospective

LOCAL and Louis Kahn a protégé. said Bruce Laverty, curator of
MATT SILVER | JE STAFF ough, unlike them, he didn’t architecture at the Athenaeum
of Philadelphia, where the rst
ARCHITECT LOUIS have a signature style. He public display of Magaziner’s
Magaziner designed every- couldn’t have; he worked in collected works, “A Venturesome
thing from synagogues and nearly all of them. Spirit: Louis Magaziner in 20th
hotels, to mansions, movie Century Architecture,” will run
houses and public housing. “ e styles that he worked in until Dec. 20.
Frank Furness was a mentor, covered virtually every style of
Julian Abele a contemporary American architecture for about Of course, there are blue-
60 years — from the Arts and prints, sketches, oor plans and
Cra s of the 1890s … to full- the like, but the exhibit also fea-
tures accompanying anecdotes
edged mid-century modern,” about Magaziner the man.

LEGAL DIRECTORY He was the rst Jewish
graduate of Penn’s School of
ELDER LAW Attorney Architecture, in 1900, and “…
AND represented the architectural
Margery S. Preddy, Esq. component of a Jewish com-
ESTATE PLANNING munity that, with the dawn of
the 20th century, increasingly
Wills Trusts assumed a leadership role in the A promotional flyer for ‘A Venturesome Spirit,’ an Athenaeum exhibit
Powers of Attorney civic life of Philadelphia,” says
• Estate Planning the exhibit’s promotional lit. about Jewish architect Louis Magaziner Photo by Matt Silver
Living Wills • wills
Probate Estates • trusts Particularly special was Exhibit-goers will nd that palatial waterfront estate in Bar
• powers of attorney Magaziner’s relationship with among Magaziner’s guid- Harbor), he was at least equally
Protect assets from • guardianships fellow Philadelphia architect ing principles was the idea of committed to designing places
nursing home Julian F. Abele, who designed architecture as a democratizing for everyday people to worship,
• Estate Settlements & Probate (or assisted in designing) force. is is best illustrated by enjoy popular entertainment
LARRY SCOTT AUERBACH, ESQ. • Advice on Family Inheritance Philadelphia’s Free Library, the the short dedication Magaziner and convalesce with dignity.
CERTIFIED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY Museum of Art’s main building wrote for the opening of the
Matters and the famed Gothic build- iconic Uptown eater, the last Renderings and hand-drawn
CPA-PFS, J.D., LL.M.,MBA • Nursing Home Care Planning ings of Duke University’s West Magaziner movie house still blueprints of the synagogues
1000 Easton Road Campus, including Cameron standing. Of all buildings, but Magaziner designed are among
Abington, PA 19001 610-359-1999 Ext.3 Indoor Stadium, the legendary particularly of the great movie the several pieces that speak
For consultation call [email protected] gym inspired by Penn’s Palestra. houses and spaces of public to Magaziner’s professional
215-517-5566 or performance, Magaziner wrote, contributions to Jewish life
Law Offices of Just as Magaziner was the “It is a truism that architec- in Philadelphia and are sure
1-877-987-8788 Toll Free Sand Gibbs, LLP rst Jew to graduate from Penn ture re ects the history of its to evoke nostalgia in those
Website: www.Lsauerbach.com 3475 West Chester Pike Architecture, Abele was the times and in its best phases who remember the old Jewish
Newtown Square, PA 19073 rst African American. ough is a development speaking in neighborhoods before the
ROBERT A. ROVNER, Esq. two years apart at Penn, the de nite form of the thoughts, postwar suburban migration.
www.sandgibbs.com two formed a lasting friend- dreams, aspirations and accom-
(former State Senator and Asst. Dist. Attorney) ship there. ey each worked plishment of its generation.” A lifelong member of
To advertise half days on Saturdays and, for Congregation Rodeph Shalom,
ROVNER, ALLEN, ROVNER, in our years, met for a weekly work- To that end, the displays Magaziner designed its suburban
ZIMMERMAN AND NASH ing lunch, where, according to suggest that though Magaziner outpost in 1956, which contin-
Directories Magaziner’s son Henry, they’d took commissions from the ues to operate as a synagogue
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Divorces, Criminal Defense, missed a home game through- residence in Overbrook or B’Nai Aaron in Wynne eld, a
out their lives,” added Laverty. his expansion of Wingwood, building notable for featuring a
Workers Compensation Edward T. Stotesbury’s
OFFICES: PENNSYLVANIA e exhibit is laid out to See Magaziner, Page 35
present Magaziner’s portfolio
and NEW JERSEY not chronologically but cate-
gorically — there’s a section for
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one for the hospitals, the resi-
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the theaters and so on.

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Chasidic Jews chased and punched in who provided false identi cation papers to Jewish Quarterback honored for Israel support
series of attacks families, has died. She was 103. Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach will be
SEVERAL IDENTIFIABLY Jewish men and boys honored “for his work as a strong supporter of Israel
were attacked in a string of assaults in the Borough Lundy, who also survived two Nazi concentra- and other Zionist causes.”
Park community of Brooklyn on the same night. tion camps to become a schoolteacher, died in the
northern French town of Epernay this week. e Bnai Zion Foundation, a nonpro t based in the
Three of the attacks involved the same United States that identi es and funds capital projects
passenger car over ve blocks, the Yeshiva World Lundy joined the Resistance at the beginning in Israel, will present the Dallas Cowboys great with
News reported. Surveillance cameras captured each of the Nazi occupation of France, the French news its 2019 American-Israel Friendship Award.
incident, in which several men jump out of the car agency AFP reported. She provided fake papers to
and chase Chasidic men and boys. In one incident, Jewish families and escaped prisoners of war. Staubach wrote in a commentary published in the
the passengers punched a Chasidic man a er their Dallas Morning News ahead of the awards ceremony
vehicle pinned him against a parked car. Victims She was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned by that “(M)y Catholic roots have always helped me see
were punched in two other incidents. the Gestapo in 1944, when she was 28. Lundy was the importance of an Israeli homeland.”
imprisoned at the Ravensbrück concentration camp
Yeshiva World News reported that the victims and later at Buchenwald. Later she was assigned to e Heisman Trophy winner called the purchase
are hesitant to le reports with the New York Police a Kommando slave labor unit near Weimar and was of Israel Bonds while a student at the U.S. Naval
Department since suspects o en are charged only liberated by the Russian army in April 1945. Academy, because they were a ordable, “my rst link
with harassment. to Israel.”
Lundy returned to France but did not begin
e number of hate crimes against Jews in New speaking about her experiences until 1959. He also wrote: “Israel is a very special place that
York City rose signi cantly in the rst nine months represents so many faiths. It covers everyone and
of this year. e NYPD reported 311 total hate crimes “ e words of Yvette Lundy were a powerful call everything, and you don’t have to be Jewish to under-
through September, as opposed to 250 through the for citizen vigilance, so that the darkest hours of stand its singular status and to support it as a nation
same period in 2018. Some 52% of the reported hate the 20th century would never be repeated,” a state- and an idea.”
crimes, or 163, targeted Jews. ment issued by the o ce of President Emmanuel
Macron said. Staubach joined the Cowboys in 1969 and played
French Resistance member dies at 103 with the club for his 11 NFL seasons, leading them to
Yvette Lundy, a member of the French Resistance Her memoir “Le Fil de l’araignée” ( e Spider’s the Super Bowl ve times, including two victories. ●
Web) was published in 2012. In 2017, she received one
of France’s highest honors, becoming a Grand O cer News briefs from JTA.org
of the Legion of Honour.

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Court orders mother to vaccinate children Businessman to turn over letter outcry over its exclusion of female performers.
A TEL AVIV FAMILY COURT JUDGE has ordered An Israeli businessman will turn over to Yad Vashem Controversy erupted after Israel’ Channel 12
a woman to vaccinate her two children within 14 a letter written by an 11-year-old Polish girl killed in
days, saying her reasons against vaccinating were the Holocaust after its sale by auction was blocked by reported that Ezra Lemarpe’s founder, Rabbi Avraham
“general, vague and not backed by evidence.” a Tel Aviv court. Elimelech Firer, had requested that no female singers
be included in the show, a tribute to Israeli rock star
The decision was in response to a lawsuit filed by Dudi Zilbershlag agreed to give the letter to the Shlomo Artzi. Orthodox Jewish law prohibits men
the father of the children, Haaretz reported. The man Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem on the from hearing women sing, considering the female
and woman are not married to each other. They did condition that family members of Rachel Mintz never voice immodest and even a form of nudity.
sign a parenting contract and in that agreement the seek ownership, The Times of Israel reported, citing
mother commits to making sure the children get all an article in its sister Hebrew-language site, Zman Firer requested the canceling of the Nov. 20 event
relevant health check-ups and the vaccines recom- Yisrael. in a letter to the director of Ezra LeMarpe on Monday.
mended by the Health Ministry. The children, 7 and
4, have not been vaccinated against measles and some The businessman said he bought the letter, and “I draw my strength from Jewish law, I am proud
other childhood diseases. four others written by children before the outbreak of of my lifestyle and cling to my life mission: saving
World War II, at the Jaffa Flea Market. He put them lives, and loving others and those who are different,”
The mother argued that the children were sensi- up for sale at Dynasty Auction House in Jerusalem. he wrote, according to Channel 12. President Reuven
tive to the vaccines and that past vaccinations led to The Tel Aviv District Court last week halted the sale Rivlin was slated to attend the show. l
side effects. She presented a recommendation from of all the letters.
a doctor that the children do not receive vaccina- Israel briefs from JTA.org
tions; however, the father presented evidence that Zilbershlag had offered to sell the letter to the
the doctor had never actually examined the children, family for $10,000, and said not being able to auction www.
according to Haaretz. them would cause him “irreparable” financial harm, jewishexponent.com
according to The Times of Israel. The starting bid for
“Measles is a very dangerous illness and there has the letters was $400.
recently been an increase in its incidence, therefore, Israeli charity concert canceled
to for the minors’ benefit, health and safety, there is A charity concert to benefit an Israel-based medical
no choice but to order them vaccinated,” the judge support organization was canceled following a public
wrote in her decision.

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Gershman world-renowned Israeli nature A still from “Picture of His Life,” directed by Dani Menken Courtesy of Hey Jude Productions
photographer Amos Nachoum.
Continued from Page 1 Nachoum, a 65-year-old the life and work of Keret, the moment for Canadian cinema, the story of an Israeli family
from Jaffa, is preparing for internationally beloved writer as it was the biggest commer- that must learn to cope with
to Tribeca to Toronto, and the most challenging expedi- whose short stories and other cial success Canada had ever their new lives after their son
seek to showcase the best of tion of his career, a trip to the works have been translated had with film. is left in a coma following a
American and international Canadian Arctic to photograph into 37 languages. botched military operation
Jewish cinema. There are an polar bears. Also of nostalgic interest is in Gaza. It was directed by
equal number of documentary The movie features inter- the 1978 feature “Girlfriends,” festival alum Sharon Bar-Ziv
and narrative features, reflect- The director, Dani Menken, views with admirers like Ira directed by Claudia Weill, (“Room 514”), who also stars in
ing an audience request, as well will attend the screening (which Glass and Jonathan Safran about two Jewish women in the movie. That screening will
as a higher number of uplifting will be in 4K), and attendees are Foer, as well as intervening New York in the late ’70s. The have a discussion afterward
films, another result of feed- invited to a postfilm reception animated versions of his sto- film not only served as inspi- with special guest Amir Bogen,
back. (The majority of the pool at the venue, the Philadelphia ries that try to capture what ration to “Girls” showrunner film journalist for Tablet and
of contemporary Jewish films, Film Center. it is that makes them so spe- Lena Dunham, who asked Ynetnews. Film and talk will
Antsis said with a laugh, do not cial to so many people around Weill to direct an episode of be at the Ritz East on Nov. 14
fit the latter criteria.) Menken will also pres- the world. her HBO series, but also sup- at 7 p.m.
ent the annual Master Class, posedly influenced filmmakers
The lineup includes 20 GPJFF’s collaboration with the That movie will be screened Stanley Kubrick and Noah Antsis predicts an especially
feature-length films — some University of Pennsylvania’s on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Baumbach. high demand for “Standing
new releases, others of an Cinema and Media Studies Vine Street branch of the Up, Falling Down,” the clos-
older vintage — along with Department, a space-limited Free Library of Philadelphia. That blast from the past ing-night comedy shown at the
the ever-popular shorts pro- class the following morning on Funnily enough, the movie screens on Nov. 20 at 7 p.m., Philadelphia Film Center at
gram. In a year of firsts, the Penn’s campus. features a snippet of GPJFF also at NMAJH. 7:30 on Nov. 23.
Fall Fest brings another: For employees walking into a Keret
the first time, they’ll show a Antsis highly recommends reading at that very library. Some films will be amplified Starring Billy Crystal and
live-theater-on-film feature, a one of this year’s Spotlight Films, by post-screening discussion Ben Schwartz, it’s the story
filmed performance of “Golda’s “Carl Laemmle.” Laemmle was a “This is something I know and special guest appearances. of a struggling comedian
Balcony,” starring Tovah German-born Jewish immigrant our audience is going to be (Schwartz) who moves back
Feldshuh. who founded Universal Pictures interested in,” Antsis said. Comedian H. Allan Scott, a from L.A. to Long Island, only
and saved over 300 Jewish fam- gay ex-Mormon cancer survi- to strike up an unlikely friend-
When it was on Broadway, ilies from the Nazis. Known as For narrative films, Antsis vor, coverts to Judaism in the ship with Crystal’s character.
it was the longest-running Uncle Carl, Laemmle brought highlighted several older mov- documentary “Latter Day Jew,” The screening will be followed
one-woman show in the his- together filmmakers as disparate ies in the “From the Vaults” which screens Nov. 16 at 7:30 by a closing night party at
tory of the Great White Way; as John Ford and Walt Disney in category. p.m. at the Suzanne Roberts Attico Rooftop Bar at 219 S.
now, you can catch it at the creating one of the first true film Theatre. Scott will appear at Broad St.
National Museum of American empires, and Hollywood as a On Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. at the screening, along with the
Jewish History at 2 p.m. on major cultural force. NMAJH, audiences can see the film’s director, Aliza Rosen, For more information and
Nov. 20. 1974 film “The Apprenticeship and producer Todd Shotz, an tickets, call 215-545-4400 or
Another Spotlight Film rec- of Duddy Kravitz,” based on Elkins Park native who won the visit PJFF.org. l
The festival opens on ommended by Antsis: “Etgar the Mordecai Richler novel first-ever qFLIX Philadelphia
Nov. 9 with “Picture of His Keret: Based on a True Story.” of the same name, starring Producer Award in 2016. [email protected];
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