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DHoeand’tliBnleow It: JON MARKS | JE STAFF
THaelaedslfirnoem the
SHheoafdalrine RABBI BARRY SCHLESINGER was sit- ▲ While most have heard of Tay-Sachs disease, it’s not the only genetic disease that afflicts Jews.
Icto’spnyo easy task to ting in Citizens Bank Park a few weeks ago Experts say would-be parents should be screened for a variety of diseases.
scoupnyd the horn. listening to Bruce Springsteen when a rev-
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Page 00 “The Boss” would’ve been a terrific rabbi.
LOCAL “That concert was like a religious expe- MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF genetic diseases is most likely Tay-
rience,” said Schlesinger, the new rabbi at Sachs disease.
MLIFiEsSThYkLEa&nCSULhTaURloE m Congregations of Shaare Shamayim in FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA. Canavan
Hoeaudselisnea Private Northeast Philadelphia, who’s looking for- disease. Niemann-Pick disease. Bloom You’ve probably even gotten tested for
SHcehaodolilne ward to returning to near where he grew syndrome. Tay-Sachs, as it occurs most commonly in
Scocphyool caters to up. “He was a preacher, and he had his people with Ashkenazi Jewish heritage,
fcoosptyer children. congregation rocking and rolling. If these sound unfamiliar, it’s proba- though it is not the only Jewish genetic
Pcaogpey8. “He is everything a rabbi should be. He’s bly because the first thing that comes to
got spirit. He’s got soul. He loves his fans, your mind when you think of Jewish See Genetics, Page 16
Page 00 and they know every verse of his songs like
LOCAL we know the Shema.
“He turned music into a spiritual expe-
MFOOeDet Julie rience.”
SHeelatzdelirn, ea Rare Perhaps that’s where Schlesinger got his
FHeemadalienSecribe cue for his first High Holiday sermon in
Scohpey’s one of few Philadelphia, which is where he’ll be at least
scofpeyrets worldwide. for the next few years, although his “home”
Pcaogpey1.2 is Israel, where he’s been the last 40 years.
“Basically, I’m going to focus on the
Page 00 sound of the shofar,” said Schlesinger, who’
had been working at a synagogue in
Volume 203080 Ottawa the last few years, just as another
Number 707 rabbi new to the area, Lawrence Troster of
Kesher Israel Congregation in West
Published Weekly Since 1887 Chester, also had a strong Canadian con-
nection after working for several years in
Toronto. “According to Judaism, the shofar

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Tales of the Shofar to Get
the New Year Off Right

LOCAL congregants for various rea- throughout Philadelphia, we ▲ Rabbi Lawrence Troster, the new rabbi at Kesher Israel Congregation,
sons. Perhaps it’s for a special cover any hospital within walk- said his trumpet-playing experience in junior high made it easier for him to
JON MARKS | JE STAFF achievement or to commemo- ing distance to blow the shofar sound the shofar.
rate an occasion. Or maybe it’s a for hundreds and hundreds of
THE SOUND OF the shofar is sign of respect. people,” explained Schmidt of a
usually one of joy and celebra- special custom. “It’s a very, very
tion. It’s a time when Jews But then there was the time moving experience.
throughout the world announce Rabbi Menachem Schmidt of
the coming of the New Year the Lubavitch House at the “When the president of
loud and strong for all to hear University of Pennsylvania Kesher Israel [Congregation],
— even those who aren’t Jewish. remembers when blowing the Abe Mersky, got sick a few years
shofar was anything but joyous. ago, I didn’t know he was in Jef-
It’s an honor bestowed on ferson [Hospital].” Seeing that
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Join us at one or both of the following he was there, “I went to blow the “but it’s not easy to blow the
phone-a-thons to help secure vital shofar for him. We knew this shofar.
Jewish Federation gifts. would be the last time he’d hear
it. Both of us stood there, and “For N’eilah on Yom Kippur,
Just a few hours of your time can significantly impact we cried our way through.” we invite anybody to come up
those in need in our community. and do one final blast together.
Other than those sad occa- Some kids really take to it. I
Monday, September 26, 2016 sions, blowing the shofar for have an 8-year-old grand-
those unable to get to syna- daughter who picked it up.”
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themselves,” added Congrega-
“I’ve gone to people’s houses tions of Shaare Shamayim’s new
sometimes,” he said. “I’ve even rabbi, Barry Schlesinger, who
blown the shofar in jail. I plans to deliver his Rosh
arranged to go to the prison Hashanah sermon on the
early, so I could get back to impact the sound of the shofar
shul. has on our lives.

“As I’m going in, they “It’s a wind instrument, but
announced they were doing an you have to make sure you
‘inventory.’ I didn’t understand practice.”
what that meant.
And whether you play in
“That’s when they lock the synagogue, a hospital or some-
doors and no one goes in or body’s home, remember that
out. I finish and go to leave and blowing the shofar is something
the guard says, ‘You’re not that makes Jews stand out.
going anywhere.’ I was stuck
there for an hour.” “I’ve been going for 36
years,” Schmidt said. “There’s
Within the walls of a syna- no question, it’s definitely one
gogue, the rabbi or cantor will of most rewarding and power-
take care of the job. At others, it ful experiences we have.
goes to someone in the congre-
gation who acquires the skill. “The shofar wakes each of us
up crowning God as king. It’s the
“I played trumpet in junior mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah.” l
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Mesivta High School Boys Clear Local Cemetery

LOCAL Jewish Memorial Cemetery has activity that yeshiva boys and Mesivta — there is a cemetery sibility, and we want the boys to
been working to make the area yeshiva high schools do some- with people who lived whole feel that.”
RACHEL KURLAND | JE STAFF — which stopped accepting times take on,” Steinberg said, lives 100 years ago and probably
burials in 1945 — a respectable also joining the boys in weeding had hard lives, and then were He hopes this experience
IT TAKES A village. Or some- resting site, as well as create an the area in his dark suit and buried here. And they’ve been will influence some of the boys
times, a yeshiva. enjoyable parklike atmosphere. blue-patterned tie. “We discov- pretty much abandoned for to come back because there’s
ered literally in our backyard — almost a century. So it’s not just a lot of work to still be done.
About 25 boys from the The boys split up into groups this is about 3½ miles from the a mitzvah, it’s a sense of respon-
Mesivta High School of Greater to weed patches of headstones See Cemetery, Page 40
Philadelphia tended to the and clear paths — while careful-
overgrown site of the Gladwyne ly avoiding poison ivy —
Jewish Memorial Cemetery on totaling about an hour of work.
Sept. 16.
In the process, they uncov-
Yard work is usually a tedious ered a fallen gravestone, wiping
job, but in a just a matter of min- dirt away to reveal the names of
utes, it was transformed. the deceased.

The cemetery, owned by Head of School Rabbi Avra-
Beth David Reform Congrega- ham Steinberg said the cleanup
tion, hides just up against was a mitzvah but also a learn-
Conshohocken State Road. Up ing experience.
the hilly terrain, it is visibly
beautiful from the towering Tucking in their tzitzit, the
trees creating patches of shad- boys prayed at the entrance of
ows on the ground. the cemetery. On the way out,
they tossed grass over their
But down below, the shoulders, signifying the “res-
gravesites of more than 1,000 urrection of the dead in the era
are dilapidated or covered by of Moshiach,” according to
debris and overgrown weeds. Chabad.org.

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LOCAL days, C.B. Community Schools ish, knew this move would be a ▲ Traeona Carpenter (left) and Amanda Delgado, two students
will fill the second-floor hall. great one because she was
RACHEL KURLAND | JE STAFF always a part of the Jewish at C.B. Community Schools, hug at the school’s new location at
Roberta Trombetta founded community growing up in Mishkan Shalom.
MISHKAN SHALOM is a place the institution as a charter Overbrook Park.
that wears many hats (kippot?). school for children who have They also borrow the social cool thing is we have a Muslim
been abused or who suffer from Her father purposefully
The building that was origi- trauma, but it is now in its sec- moved there, because he hall downstairs and the out- teacher, we have many Muslim
nally a factory more than 150 ond year as a private school. thought “Jewish people knew
years ago has since become how to educate their kids. And door amphitheater area with a kids, and so being in a syna-
home to the synagogue for The previous location on for an Italian, who most kids
about 15 of its 28-year existence. East Haines Street in West Oak got sent to Catholic school, we rock formation and garden that gogue, we’ve had a lot of
Lane was rather uninviting. all went to public school. We
But within that time, the grew up pretty Jewish,” she they sometimes use for classes conversations about it. And
Reconstructionist synagogue has “We were in a basement in laughed.
opened its doors to many others West Oak Lane, and I really or lunch. then there’s also a Christian
in the Philadelphia community. wanted to get windows for the About 70 high-schoolers fill
kids,” she added. the classrooms on the long hall- Each student receives a church here on Sundays — it all
It once accommodated space way of the second floor. With
for a recovery center for chil- So when the space at seven content classrooms, the $20,000 scholarship, which comes together.
dren, then a spot as an Mishkan Shalom became avail- space is small yet doesn’t feel
interfaith center. The church able, she and others from the crowded. covers a lot of the expenses for “What we teach kids about is
still fills Mishkan Shalom’s school met with board mem-
pews with music each Sunday bers from the congregation and The floor also has a cafete- administration. peace, being peaceful. And the
while children from the syna- its building and aesthetics com- ria-style space where breakfast
gogue learn in Hebrew school. mittee to put the move into and lunch are provided, as well
action just this past June. as snacks throughout the day.
And now during the week-
Trombetta, who is not Jew-

To keep the class sizes small whole fact that [Mishkan

— about one teacher to 12 stu- Shalom] means ‘sanctuary of

dents or less — they need many peace’ was pretty cool.”

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▲ Charine Paladino (right), a student at C.B. Commu- and challenge

nity Schools, with founder Roberta Trombetta on the all of us in
first day back at school.
terms of our

thinking,” he

is not as pronounced. Many of added. “It’s one thing to work on

them have been exposed to an idea. It’s another thing to live

churches or mosques in their in relationship with people. So I

lives, but there’s an interesting hope it makes us look at how do

thing that’s happening about we build real relationships with

being in this building. each other, not just sitting at a

“It feels like it dignifies the table around an issue or inter-

kids. It gives them dignity to be faith but the day-to-day. That’s

in a space that is like you’re in a what I feel here is a real opportu-

private school.” nity.”

Rabbi Shawn Zevit at Synagogue members plan on

Mishkan Shalom said the getting involved with the school

school is a great addition. as well through mentoring or

“We look for partners who other forms of volunteering,

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and age and to live one’s Jewish positively impact so many

life as well as be part of the larger lives, is in line with the

world?” Zevit questioned. vision and hope embodied

Bringing communities to- in tikkun olam.”

gether has always been a theme “I really think it is about

for the congregation. On the peace and finding a home.

third floor of the building lies the We’ve been so welcomed by the

Heschel-King exhibit, featuring whole congregation,” Trombet-

historical photos of “Rabbi Avra- ta said. “When you’re working

ham Joshua Heschel and the Rev. with kids who are so vulnerable

Martin Luther King Jr., who and really invisible to much of

strove to integrate prayer and society, to be welcomed and to

social justice,” the marker read. be loved in a place that’s beauti-

“We didn’t pull that out ful and dignifies who they are is

because the school is here,” really special.

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“That’s just a part of who we for us and to really set down

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Welcoming the Sweet New Year

LOCAL sweetness of an apple, and to be Kutztown farm bear 30 differ- apple dumplings tried to move
grateful that the natural world ent varieties of scab-resistant — and wares like out of the way so
LIZ SPIKOL | JE STAFF creates such marvels. These apples. Visitors to those naturally dyed he’d be in the pho-
days, I buy apples in such large orchards were given wooden alpaca yarn. Inside to by himself, but
I WAS NEVER especially fond volume, I get funny looks at the baskets and long-handled fruit an old schoolhouse, he kept sliding
of apples growing up, as I was supermarket checkout. pickers to denude the apple books related to apple down. The pump-
part of Generation High Fruc- trees of their bounty. cookery were being kins were bigger
tose Corn Syrup, whose palettes Fortunately, apples were plen- sold along with relevant than he was. Next to the
were warped by chemical tiful at Rodale Institute’s Eighth Many of the apples had fallen kitchen accouterments and T- pumpkin patch there were rows
sweeteners. Annual Organic Apple Festival to the ground, or were simply shirts with a Warholian image of of cherry tomatoes and peppers
in Kutztown last weekend. gone, as people had arrived ear- J.I. Rodale himself. and wildflowers and butterflies
Apples — and most other ly to get the best pickings. It was of many kinds swooped down;
fruits — never tasted sweet The 333-acre working farm a hot day and, after less than a At one booth, Maria Rodale, one boy caught a large Monarch
enough to me. I required apple- is part of the sprawl of Rodale half-hour of liberating apples CEO of Rodale’s publishing in his hand.
flavored Jolly Ranchers to ventures — from magazines to from their moorings, my father company and J.I.’s granddaugh- All in all, it was a lovely day
satisfy my sugar jones. online courses to groundbreak- and I decided we had enough ter, happily talked to those who — the perfect rural antidote
ing research in organic apples for at least one Jewish were interested in her latest for Philadelphia-area folks
But when I got older and cut agriculture — all of which start- apple cake, and that would have book, Scratch: Home Cooking celebrating the fall harvest and
synthetic sugars from my diet, I ed with the late J.I. Rodale, to suffice. for Everyone Made Simple, Fun, the approach of the Jewish
began to appreciate fruit — a born Jerome Irving Cohen in and Totally Delicious. new year. It’s a day trip people
process that was helped along 1898 in New York. (He changed “Good thing we’re not farm can take year-round. For more
each year at Rosh Hashanah, his name as a young man to workers who get paid by vol- “I don’t think there are any information about visiting,
when the sweetness of the new avoid discrimination.) The son ume,” I said. “We’d starve.” apple recipes in there, though!” call 610-683-1400 or go to
year is celebrated not with the of a grocer on the Lower East she said, laughing. rodaleinstitute.org. l
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youth, but with apples and hon- Pennsylvania in the 1930s to val, though, where numerous Children climbed trees while Contact: [email protected];
ey: God’s candy. begin what we now know of as vendor booths were arrayed adults listened to an acoustic
the organic food movement. across from cornfields and silos. band play Billy Joel and Neil 215-832-0747
At synagogue, I learned to There was food — from grass- Young. One woman propped her
concentrate on the authentic The apple orchards on the fed beef burgers to homemade infant against a pumpkin and

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Picnic Begins 60th Anniversary Celebration for
Perelman Jewish Day School

LOCAL Ufberg clan were among the returned three years ago after l
more than 500 people in atten- serving in a similar position at
ANDY GOTLIEB | JE MANAGING EDITOR dance at the picnic, which B’nai Shalom Day School in ▲ Perelman Jewish Day School students and families gather around a cake
featured food, dunking booths, Greensboro, N.C. celebrating the school’s 60th anniversary.
ONE REASON Perelman Jew- dancing, a band and assorted
ish Day School has thrived games, although the kids large- “We are never static,” she 103 at Forman, along with 75 phia with 39 students in the
since the days of President ly were doing what they do best said. “The minute the curricu- faculty and staff members — basement of Har Zion Temple.
Eisenhower is its ability to draw — running around and creating lum is static, it’s old.” Groner said there are still issues
families. their own diversions. to tackle. The picnic is just one of
Groner touted the Landau numerous celebrations planned
Just ask David Ufberg, the That spirit of togetherness Makerspaces, which are inno- “There’s one gigantic chal- for the 60th anniversary.
head of one of five Ufberg fam- was cited by Ufberg’s wife, Leslie. vation labs opened this year at lenge, and that’s affordability,”
ilies with children enrolled at both the Stern Center as well as she said, noting that the school There also will be a speaker
Perelman. “They feel like this is their the school’s Forman Center in provided about $2 million in series, a Zimrikudiah song and
home,” said Leslie Ufberg, who Melrose Park. scholarships this year. “It’s a dance festival on Israel Inde-
“It’s such a warm, nurturing has two children who went stretch for many families to pendence Day (May 2, 2017)
environment,” said Ufberg, who through Perelman and daugh- The spaces are designed to afford independent day school.” and a tribute event slated for
attended a 60th anniversary ters in the second and fifth promote student exploration May 24, 2017. l
picnic on Sept. 18 at Perelman’s grades. “The kids all feel con- into designing and experimen- Still, it’s come a long way
Stern Center branch in Wyn- nected. I’ve never been to a tation as they study science and since Perelman was founded in Contact:
newood. “The kids get the school where the fifth-graders engineering. 1956 as the Solomon Schechter
academic tools they need and are nice to the first-graders.” Day School of Greater Philadel- [email protected];
also get the Jewish values that She also noted that a
they really will carry with them While the values remain Hebrew-intensive class for 215-832-0797
forever. … They grow into constant, the school itself is preschoolers is in the works
young mensches.” always changing, said Head of next year.
School Judy Groner, a one-time
Various members of the teacher at Perelman who While the K-5 school’s
enrollment is on the rise —
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Female Torah Scribe Part of a Small
and Unique Sorority

LOCAL soferet, although her back- Israel, and working from 2007 ▲ Julie Seltzer spoke Sept. 18 at Congregation Kol Emet in Yardley, where
ground experiences are all tied to 2009 as a baker at the Isabella she described her role as soferet and gave those in attendance a chance to
ANDY GOTLIEB | JE MANAGING EDITOR to a deeply ingrained Jewish Freedman Jewish Retreat Cen- try their hand at the scribal arts.
heritage. ter in Connecticut.
JULIE SELTZER WORKS in a umn of text and four columns first Torah, which was com-
profession so small that she liter- “At a certain point, out of the The latter stop is where she on each parchment sheet. pleted for the Contemporary
ally can count the number of blue, I decided I wanted to write began to learn the soferet craft, There are 62 sheets per scroll, Jewish Museum in San Fran-
members on her fingers and toes. the letter,” she said, touching first from the internet, then which are sewn together. cisco, was written while she
upon a general love of language under the tutelage of Jen Taylor was in public view.
Seltzer is a female Torah and letters, as well as the mythi- Friedman, the first woman to Each word is spoken aloud
scribe, or soferet. She is believed cal history of the Jews. write a complete Torah. before Seltzer applies it to ink. Although the number of
to be just the second soferet in No word, she said, can come soferets is increasing, there are
the world to transcribe an Seltzer studied theater at Ironically, Seltzer said she from memory — Seltzer fol- still some minor roadblocks,
entire Torah. Brown University, then volun- has terrible handwriting. lows along with a scanned copy including traditional Jewish
teered at an Israeli kibbutz, of a real handwritten Torah. laws that proscribe women
She returned to her child- which ignited her love of Writing a Torah is a from joining the scribal profes-
hood home of Yardley on Sept. Hebrew and language. painstaking process completed “It’s a lot about the rhythm sion. Orthodox congregations
25 for a three-part workshop at to exacting standards. Laws of writing,” she said, noting that don’t recognize female scribes.
Congregation Kol Emet, which “I got more and more inter- outlined in the Talmud were she writes for about five hours
included a PowerPoint presen- ested in studying Jewish texts,” developed by early scribes and per day. “I know of people who
tation describing her craft, a she said. have been established for cen- would not accept my Torah for
“tour” of the Torah, and time turies. Aside from now needing their congregation, but they
for participants to try their own Other stops included time reading glasses — a plight don’t disapprove of what I’m
hands at the scribal arts. An working for Hillel in Madison, The parchment sheets must familiar to anyone in their early doing,” Seltzer said.
eager crowd participated. Wisc., scholarly exploration at come from the skin of a kosher 40s — Seltzer has suffered no
the Pardes Institute of Jewish animal. Seltzer uses quills physical ailments and her Now living in Beacon, N.Y.,
Seltzer, 41, took a round- Studies in Jerusalem, teaching carved from turkey feathers to hands work just fine. in the Hudson Valley, Seltzer
about route to becoming a at a Jewish day school in Mary- apply the black ink. does some non-Torah commis-
land, living a couple years in If Seltzer makes a mistake, sioned projects, including
There are 42 lines per col- she has two options. For major custom-designed ketubahs,
mistakes, it means starting over wedding invitations and other
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mistakes, she can use a razor
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Fabulous opportunity to get into prestigious Briar House at a deep discount. Motivated seller asking craft, Seltzer is pondering a
$95,000. Will pay condo fees through January 2017 and provide generous décor allowance for completed closing on or “Once, or maybe twice, I memoir to keep her writing
before 10/31/16. skipped a line and had to start muscles sharp and wants to
Buyers only; no realtors, please. Contact Mr. Bennett at 856-261-7663. over,” she said, noting that she’s spread the word about soferets.
never had a major ink spill.
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• Galley kitchen • Complementary car service to local stops which was commissioned by said. l
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shared space, but is used to [email protected];
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Literary Event at Katz JCC

BOOKS whose name needed to be The Littlest Bigfoot — FOR DETAILS
MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF known, and I want to encourage the first in a trilogy
children — both girls and boys — introducing the e-mail: [email protected];
— to realize that women can be audience to its main visit: www.tay-sachs.org

A PICTURE BOOK about a mathematicians, women can be characters: an aspir- ▲ Jennifer Weiner displays her latest book, I
woman pioneer in computer scientists,” Wallmark said. ing singer who feels The Littlest Bigfoot.
programming. stuck in her Bigfoot Screening for other
Next to Wallmark was a skin named Millie, Jewish Genetic Diseases
A murder mystery about a cheerful explosion of yellow as
also available.

man who isn’t sure if he killed Colleen Rowan Kosinski dis- and a clumsy and lonely human her two daughters and how she This message is sponsored by a friend of

his girlfriend. cussed with readers her book, (or a No-Fur as the Bigfoots call hopes that maybe they won’t be

A fictional story based on a Lilla’s Sunflowers, while sur- them) named Alice, both of interested in reading her books

real woman who, along with rounded by vases of sunflowers whom feel out of place in their (especially her 13-year-old, Nat’l Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases
Association of Delaware Valley
her son, helped a Sudanese and donning a floral headband worlds until they find each other. who keeps trying to sneak a

refugee reunite with his family. to match. So how did the Jewish copy of the very personal Hun-

These are a few of the prem- “It’s about a little girl whose Philadelphian who wrote Good in gry Heart), her love for The

ises of books written by local father went away to serve in the Bed and In Her Shoes, among oth- Bachelor and whether Good in know what jobs were, this was

authors — many of whom were military, and they used to enjoy ers, get into writing a book with Bed was autobiographical (“I the job that I wanted,” she

Jewish — who gathered at the planting a sunflower garden, Bigfoots for 8- to 12-year-olds? think it was me at 28. It was me reflected. “I’m so incredibly

Katz JCC on Sept. 13 as part of and when he leaves she gives Her 8-year-old daughter, after a really bad breakup. It lucky I got to do it when I grew

an event celebrating area talent him a seed,” said Kosinski, who Phoebe, helped plant the seed was me at my most sarcastic up ... Children’s book, adult

with a keynote evening featuring lives in Cherry Hill and did all with her obsession with a show and bitter, and I’m not that way book, opinion piece — it’s all

perhaps the most well-known of the illustrations for her book called Finding Bigfoot on the anymore,” she said to laughs.) good. It all makes me happy.” l

local author, Jennifer Weiner. as well. “When he’s over in Discovery Channel. From there, Weiner’s just happy to be

It was a chance for local Afghanistan, he plants it and they imagined what Bigfoots able to continue doing what Contact:

authors to get to share their sto- when he comes home, she would be like and if they would she’s always loved. [email protected];

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of the JCC’s annual Bank of these people that he served would interface with humans.

America Arts, Books and Cul- with because he gave seeds Readers — kids and adults

ture Festival, which will head from that plant to other people, alike — will soon be able to see JERUSALEMgIsifrtaeshliop
into its 27th year in November. so it spread across the country.” the story on the big screen, as

“Over the last couple of Since its publication in July, the book is in the works to

years, we’ve gotten so many she has received feedback from become an animated movie.

requests from so many people families with members serving But even though it’s animat-

here in the community that we overseas who said the book has ed, she said not to expect to see

just don’t have enough spots in helped them. Selena Gomez in the lead.

our one-week festival to high- “I had a veteran who almost An advocate for body repre-

light the local authors,” said started crying because he said sentation and confidence as

Katz JCC Cultural Director Sab- he was away during the Korean seen through her recent move-

rina Spector. “The goal and War, and he would like to read ment on Facebook where she

objective of this particular event this to his grandchildren and encouraged women to post

was to give more local authors explain why he was away from photos of themselves in swim-

more exposure and perhaps be their mother,” she said. suits to feel confident, Weiner

able to stand out on their own.” Attendees headed into the said she hopes the characters

Laurie Wallmark came from auditorium to hear from anoth- will remain true to their “spirit

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MS Researcher Organizes
Fundraiser for Added Staff

LOCAL many as 2.5 million people where he and his wife still live. DR. JEFFREY GREENSTEIN
worldwide.  “More than any He spent 20 years at Temple
LIZ SPIKOL | JE STAFF other disease, this is a disease University — 15 of them chair- More than any other disease, this is a disease
that disables people in their ing the school’s neurology that disables people in their productive years.”
“SORRY FOR THE delay,” said productive years.” department — but left in 2002
Dr. Jeffrey Greenstein in a to start an independent center JEFFREY GREENSTEIN
smooth, lightly accented bari- MS also combines two of for treating people with MS.
tone, when he came to the phone Greenstein’s great interests: “There’s a sort of tenuous is now to the point of being put
after a few minutes. “We just got neurology and immunology. “I He then developed the Mul- balance in all of us between in front of the FDA for review for
so engrossed in a problem in the really chose MS because it’s sort tiple Sclerosis Research Institute potentially being able to ward potentially going to human tri-
lab, I totally forgot the time.” of the challenge par excellence (MSRI), a nonprofit foundation off something that’s a challenge als, so it’s been very gratifying
of diseases of the immune sys- engaged in cutting-edge molec- and potentially having an over- that we’ve been able to be
Losing track of time in the lab tem affecting the brain and the ular-based science and research active immune response to one’s involved with that process,” he
is probably not an unfamiliar spinal cord. So that was a chal- into human immunology, own tissues. In the case of MS, said. “In fact, I still continue
experience for Greenstein, who lenge in terms of taking care of where Greenstein spends most it’s the myelin, the insulation doing some research on the
has devoted his professional life patients, and it was a challenge of his week. (He also sees around nerve fibers, which gets compounds we’ve developed,
to treating and researching mul- intellectually to see if we could patients in private practice.) damaged.” which have a potentially benefi-
tiple sclerosis and remains as understand this disease.” cial effect on the immune system
passionately interested in it now It’s the MSRI that Greenstein Though Greenstein acknowl- as far as MS is concerned.”
as he was as a medical student in His quest for understanding is promoting now — he recently edged that the last three decades
his native South Africa. took him from South Africa’s appeared on an NBC10 news- have seen progress in the treat- Additionally, the institute
University of Cape Town to cast — in advance of Vivace II, a ment of MS, “there’s nothing received a grant to study a virus
“MS is the prime disabling Case Western Reserve in Ohio classical music concert on Sept. that’s perfectly effective,” he said, that can spread to the brain and
neurologic condition of young to the National Institutes of 24 featuring world-renowned noting that treatment can also cause a devastating and poten-
adults,” Greenstein said in Health, where he spent five pianist Hugh Sung, violinist have severe side effects. He also tially life-threatening infection
explaining why he’s devoted his years as a research fellow. Danbi Um and cellist Timothe- lamented the shortcomings of in people who are on a variety
life to ultimately finding a cure os Petrin. All of the concert’s research to date. of immune treatments.
for the disease, which affects as In 1983, Greenstein came to proceeds will go to the MSRI,
Center City Philadelphia, where Greenstein works with- “We’ve had a tremendous “It’s generically important for
out financial remuneration. amount of interest in trying to people on immune-modifying
. understand the immune system therapies, and we’re hoping that
“Jews have a strong tradition but virtually all of it has been what we’re working on now helps
We ‘re celebrating 25 years! of giving and supporting,” done on animals. The problem us better understand why this
Greenstein said. “Even though is that mice are 70 million years virus goes to the brain,” he said.
Celebrate with us on Monday evenings: the MS research is not a Jewish different from humans on an
1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH charity … my commitment to evolutionary scale; we have at The upcoming fundraiser
taking care of people with MS is least 300 to 400 genes that mice will support that work and more.
POP a balloon for a surprise percentage off. very strongly influenced by my don’t have, and we also use our
being a Jew and my orientation genes differently.” “The primary purpose of
2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH to Judaism.” having [the fundraiser] right
Double stamp on your VIC cards. Much of the scientific now is to support research per-
Judaism also accounts for progress that’s been made, sonnel,” Greenstein said. “We
3RD MONDAY OF THE MONTH his scientific interests, he said. Greenstein said, “hasn’t really are at this point still very small.
Comlimentary birthday cake led us to a deeper understand- I just hired a Ph.D. molecular
“There’s a very strong Jewish ing of MS and the mechanisms biologist who’ll work alongside
4TH MONDAY OF THE MONTH intellectual tradition of seeking involved.” me on various projects.”
Food and prices from our first menu out knowledge and understand-
ing,” he said. “In terms of my At MSRI, Greenstein is pursu- For tickets or more infor-
On & Off Premise Catering research, that’s been a strong ing that deeper understanding. mation about the fundraiser,
driving force.” In the process, he’s been part of a call 267-687-7027 or visit
Showers rehearsal funerals successful collaboration with a MSResearchInstitute.org. The
birthdays anniversaries At the institute, Greenstein colleague at Drexel University. venue is fully handicapped-
continues work he began at accessible and has ample
Communions confirmations Temple in looking at the cause of “I became involved in devel- parking. l
MS, which is thought to be an oping a therapy, which actually
www.scoogis.com immune-mediated illness whose can be used for not only MS but Contact: [email protected];
738 Bethlehem Pike Flourtown damage to the nervous system a number of other conditions. It
causes a degenerative process. 215-832-0747
215-233-1063
“My interest particularly is in
understanding how the human
immune system breaks down in
allowing MS to occur,” he said.
“We have a sort of ultimate
irony in the immune system
where we have to recognize our
own tissues in order to distin-
guish them from things that
challenge us, such as viruses or
bacteria and so on.

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MS Researcher Organizes
Fundraiser for Added Staff

LOCAL many as 2.5 million people where he and his wife still live. DR. JEFFREY GREENSTEIN
worldwide.  “More than any He spent 20 years at Temple
LIZ SPIKOL | JE STAFF other disease, this is a disease University — 15 of them chair- More than any other disease, this is a disease
that disables people in their ing the school’s neurology that disables people in their productive years.”
“SORRY FOR THE delay,” said productive years.” department — but left in 2002
Dr. Jeffrey Greenstein in a to start an independent center JEFFREY GREENSTEIN
smooth, lightly accented bari- MS also combines two of for treating people with MS.
tone, when he came to the phone Greenstein’s great interests: “There’s a sort of tenuous is now to the point of being put
after a few minutes. “We just got neurology and immunology. “I He then developed the Mul- balance in all of us between in front of the FDA for review for
so engrossed in a problem in the really chose MS because it’s sort tiple Sclerosis Research Institute potentially being able to ward potentially going to human tri-
lab, I totally forgot the time.” of the challenge par excellence (MSRI), a nonprofit foundation off something that’s a challenge als, so it’s been very gratifying
of diseases of the immune sys- engaged in cutting-edge molec- and potentially having an over- that we’ve been able to be
Losing track of time in the lab tem affecting the brain and the ular-based science and research active immune response to one’s involved with that process,” he
is probably not an unfamiliar spinal cord. So that was a chal- into human immunology, own tissues. In the case of MS, said. “In fact, I still continue
experience for Greenstein, who lenge in terms of taking care of where Greenstein spends most it’s the myelin, the insulation doing some research on the
has devoted his professional life patients, and it was a challenge of his week. (He also sees around nerve fibers, which gets compounds we’ve developed,
to treating and researching mul- intellectually to see if we could patients in private practice.) damaged.” which have a potentially benefi-
tiple sclerosis and remains as understand this disease.” cial effect on the immune system
passionately interested in it now It’s the MSRI that Greenstein Though Greenstein acknowl- as far as MS is concerned.”
as he was as a medical student in His quest for understanding is promoting now — he recently edged that the last three decades
his native South Africa. took him from South Africa’s appeared on an NBC10 news- have seen progress in the treat- Additionally, the institute
University of Cape Town to cast — in advance of Vivace II, a ment of MS, “there’s nothing received a grant to study a virus
“MS is the prime disabling Case Western Reserve in Ohio classical music concert on Sept. that’s perfectly effective,” he said, that can spread to the brain and
neurologic condition of young to the National Institutes of 24 featuring world-renowned noting that treatment can also cause a devastating and poten-
adults,” Greenstein said in Health, where he spent five pianist Hugh Sung, violinist have severe side effects. He also tially life-threatening infection
explaining why he’s devoted his years as a research fellow. Danbi Um and cellist Timothe- lamented the shortcomings of in people who are on a variety
life to ultimately finding a cure os Petrin. All of the concert’s research to date. of immune treatments.
for the disease, which affects as In 1983, Greenstein came to proceeds will go to the MSRI,
Center City Philadelphia, where Greenstein works with- “We’ve had a tremendous “It’s generically important for
out financial remuneration. amount of interest in trying to people on immune-modifying
. understand the immune system therapies, and we’re hoping that
“Jews have a strong tradition but virtually all of it has been what we’re working on now helps
We ‘re celebrating 25 years! of giving and supporting,” done on animals. The problem us better understand why this
Celebrate with us on Monday evenings: Greenstein said. “Even though is that mice are 70 million years virus goes to the brain,” he said.
1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH the MS research is not a Jewish different from humans on an
POP a balloon for a surprise percentage off. charity … my commitment to evolutionary scale; we have at The upcoming fundraiser
taking care of people with MS is least 300 to 400 genes that mice will support that work and more.
2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH very strongly influenced by my don’t have, and we also use our
Double stamp on your VIC cards. being a Jew and my orientation genes differently.” “The primary purpose of
to Judaism.” having [the fundraiser] right
3RD MONDAY OF THE MONTH Much of the scientific now is to support research per-
Comlimentary birthday cake Judaism also accounts for progress that’s been made, sonnel,” Greenstein said. “We
his scientific interests, he said. Greenstein said, “hasn’t really are at this point still very small.
4TH MONDAY OF THE MONTH led us to a deeper understand- I just hired a Ph.D. molecular
Food and prices from our first menu “There’s a very strong Jewish ing of MS and the mechanisms biologist who’ll work alongside
intellectual tradition of seeking involved.” me on various projects.”
On & Off Premise Catering out knowledge and understand-
ing,” he said. “In terms of my At MSRI, Greenstein is pursu- For tickets or more infor-
Showers rehearsal funerals research, that’s been a strong ing that deeper understanding. mation about the fundraiser,
birthdays anniversaries driving force.” In the process, he’s been part of a call 267-687-7027 or visit
successful collaboration with a MSResearchInstitute.org. The
Communions confirmations At the institute, Greenstein colleague at Drexel University. venue is fully handicapped-
continues work he began at accessible and has ample
www.scoogis.com Temple in looking at the cause of “I became involved in devel- parking. l
738 Bethlehem Pike Flourtown MS, which is thought to be an oping a therapy, which actually
immune-mediated illness whose can be used for not only MS but Contact: [email protected];
215-233-1063 damage to the nervous system a number of other conditions. It
causes a degenerative process. 215-832-0747

“My interest particularly is in
understanding how the human
immune system breaks down in
allowing MS to occur,” he said.
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LOCAL grateful parents will be there. impact on this world.” form to talk to about organ dona- However, some organs, like
“The events are usually very The idea behind Jessie’s Day tion, she did it. After she passed, a piece of the liver or lung or a
JON MARKS | JE STAFF we had two ideas. We talked kidney, can be transplanted
emotional,” said her father, came behind a collective effort about opening a library because from living donors.
Janice Schwartz Donahue is David Hess. “Every story is per- between Schwartz Donahue, she was such an avid reader.
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years. your story. Gift of Life CEO Howard Nathan. “But the more Mom and I any time.
Five years retired from her talked, we remembered how
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Continued from Page 1 Mother Turns Sadness Into Advocacy

disease despite being perhaps wants you to do: Get screened.

the most well-known. Even if you aren’t Jewish, LOCAL

“It is estimated that nearly there may be Ashkenazi lineage

one in three Ashkenazi Jews in your heritage, so testing is MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF

in the United States is a carri- important.

er of at least one of 19 Jewish Schneider, the medical Dylan Singer’s room looks just the way it was before he died.

genetic diseases,” according to director at the Einstein Victor Sesame Street posters adorn the walls, including one of Elmo with Dylan’s name

the Jewish Genetic Disease Center for the Prevention of printed next to him. A plush Barney character sits patiently on his neatly made bed.

Consortium’s website. Jewish Genetic Diseases in Dylan Singer lived 19 years with familial dysautonomia (FD), an autonomic nervous

However, as geneticists can Philadelphia, has been working system disorder. He was a big brother and a loving son, grandson and nephew.

tell you, technology has gotten in genetics since she was in And his story is one his mother, Cindy, hopes will live on for others.

more and more advanced — medical school. Testing for FD was not available until Dylan was about 8 years old, Cindy Singer said.

there are tens more diseases, For her pediatrics rotation, “It was a sort of an odyssey getting to a diagnosis because nobody had even heard of

maybe even hundreds, to be she was taken to a school and the disease,” she said, noting she was a carrier of Tay-Sachs.

tested for these days. worked with children with phys- Born in November 1996 at 5 pounds, Dylan started exhibiting symptoms of FD early

Grouped together as Jewish ical and intellectual disabilities on, such as not swallowing or being able to control his body temperature. But without

genetic diseases — though they and loved the experience. Mix- knowing what the disease was,

don’t all only show up in Jewish ing this new passion with her it was difficult to understand

people — some of these gene interest in biochemistry, genet- what was happening.

mutations can show up in all ics seemed like a good fit. After a few months where it

populations. And since she started work- seemed Dylan’s health was

“This term describes a ing at Einstein, working with worsening and doctors

group of conditions which are Jewish genetic diseases was brushed off her concerns as

unusually common among even more of a natural fit. just those of a hysterical new

Jews of Ashkenazi, Central and She helped start the Victor mother, Singer was able to get

Eastern European descent,” per Center along with founder Lois Dylan admitted to Children’s

the Norton and Elaine Sarnoff Victor — who herself lost two Hospital of Philadelphia where

Center for Jewish Genetics’ children to a Jewish genetic dis- he was, “through a stroke of

website. “Although these dis- ease — in 2002 and created God,” finally diagnosed with

eases can affect Sephardi Jews, education programs and FD that February.

non-Jews, and those from screening opportunities in BEN, DYLAN, CINDY AND BRANDON SINGER “I brought him home and
from there — there’s no parent-
mixed backgrounds, they Philadelphia and beyond.

appear in those of Ashkenazi “Genetics is a lot different hood manual let alone a manual for taking care of a special needs kid,” she said, “and so

Jewish descent more often — than it was back then,” she said, I was probably close to having a nervous breakdown as you could get because first of all,

as much as 20 to 100 times reflecting on her start in the it’s nobody’s part of the plan to have an unhealthy baby. It doesn’t enter your mind when

more frequently.” field back in the ’70s. “There’s you’re young and having children, you just assume you’re going to have a healthy baby. So

With that in mind, there is much more to know now, more if somebody told me I could have a do-over, I probably would have done it over.

one thing Dr. Adele Schneider testing you can do, more you “But then, I guess by May, I was out with him somewhere and he smiled at me and

that was it, he was mine and I fell in love with him,” she recalled. “From that point on,

See Genetics, Page 17 I not only became his mom, but I became his advocate.”

Since he passed in April 2016, Singer is focused on ensuring his story lives on.

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nauseated but once it passed, he was done. He had every reason to be angry or

depressed but he wasn’t.”

He would sit on the couch with Singer or her father, Dylan’s Pop-Pop and “buddy,”

and watch TV or play on the computer. Books he liked to read are still on a shelf in their

living room.

He went to school at the Springtime School in Newtown, which is geared toward

individuals with autism “because Dylan was nonverbal and he communicated with an

iPad, but he had to be taught the same way one who was on the spectrum would be

taught,” Singer explained.

And while people might have underestimated him or made wrong assumptions

about Dylan’s intellect and ability to express emotions, he was bright, Singer said. She

recalled with a laugh a time she was shopping for bathing suits and received a call that

Dylan had told his Pop-Pop he loved him through his iPad, which made Singer cry —

and caused a saleswoman to reassure her they would find her a bathing suit.

“It showed the depth of his feeling that people underestimated him,” she said.

His disease created a new normal for the Singer family. They learned to “divide and

conquer” when it came to giving Dylan attention as well as spending time with their

younger son, Brandon. Singer said he is an FD carrier.

See Dylan, Page 46

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Bala Cynwyd Woman Not Letting Continued from Page 16
Cystic Fibrosis Slow Her Down
can learn — it’s an amazing is Ashkenazi, Sephardic and dis-

field, it’s just growing daily.” eases that affect all populations.”

With that, she encourages Some diseases that have

LOCAL others to learn more and think become more common don’t

beyond Tay-Sachs. only affect Jewish people, such

RACHEL KURLAND | JE STAFF “In the early 2000s, people as cystic fibrosis or Gaucher dis-

thought only Tay-Sachs was ease. Pan-ethnic screenings are

EMILY KRAMER-GOLINKOFF has put her- what you needed to be screened recommended for that reason.

self into the future of cystic fibrosis. for,” she said. “Then there were “Nowadays, what we’re talk-

So much so that she’s donated millions of her six and then nine and 11 — the ing about more is screening

own cells to spur research to find a cure for a number has increased exponen- everybody and being aware

rare form of cystic fibrosis. tially as technology in genetics that people don’t know their

It came as a shock when Kramer-Golinkoff has advanced. Now that the ancestry. You might find

was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at just 6 technology has really advanced, somebody who doesn’t identi-

weeks old. you can screen for hundreds.” fy as Jewish but is carrying a

“My parents were like most out there, Although there are panels mutation that is a Jewish
unknowing carriers, and I was their first kid. It
EMILY KRAMER-GOLINKOFF for nearly 100 diseases to genetic disease,” Schneider

never occurred to them that your baby could be born [with it],” she added. screen for today, Schneider said explained. “We’ve moved away

Cystic fibrosis is a progressive genetic lung disease that is fatal. It can also affect oth- there isn’t really a specific num- from only Jewish genetic dis-

er organs and cause gastrointestinal problems or cystic fibrosis-related liver disease, ber anymore. ease screening because so

diabetes or arthritis, the latter two of which Kramer-Golinkoff experiences. “Mount Sinai in New York, many people are intermarry-

“It really is the disease that keeps giving,” she joked. which is really what I would call ing and we have to screen the

But at 31 — the life expectancy of the disease is 37 — she’s not giving up any time soon. the leader in Jewish genetic dis- partners.”

While there have been great strides in the past few years to treating cystic fibrosis, ease screening, has a panel of 96 Getting screened is as simple

Kramer-Golinkoff from Bala Cynwyd has a rare form of the disease, the Ashkenazi or 98 diseases,” she said, “which as a blood test, and Schneider

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“About five years ago, as some of these big breakthroughs were coming down the

pipe and I was getting sicker and sicker, I started to dig into the research,” she remem-

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recommends to get screened as Jewish Genetic Diseases. be just carriers and which will screenings and meet with the of course, many more than six
diseases to screen for now.
you think about starting a family “The couple also has a 50 be affected by a disease. genetics counselor there to learn
The Victor Center works
but before becoming pregnant. percent chance with each preg- If couples choose to get more about what the diseases with Jewish young adult and
young professionals groups as
“We are trying to educate nancy to have a child who is a pregnant “the regular way,” as mean for them. She particularly well as rabbis and other com-
munity members to raise
people to do that because that’s carrier with no symptoms of the Schneider called it, there is still recommends that those who awareness about Jewish genetic
diseases and getting screened.
when you have the most repro- disease,” read the brochure, “and the one-in-four chance in each were screened in college and are
“People should know that
ductive options,” she said. “If a 25 percent chance to have a pregnancy the child will be a now getting married get everybody of reproductive age
should get screened and if you
you get screened and you know child who does not inherit a carrier and 75 percent chance screened again — this typically have Jewish ancestry, make sure
you get screened for all the rel-
you’re a carrier and your partner gene mutation from either par- of a healthy baby. includes those in their 30s. evant diseases,” she said,
emphasizing, however, the
If you get screened and you know you’re a carrier and your partner is a carrier for the same thing, message is not just for one pop-
there are reproductive options.” ulation. “It’s not just Jews now,
it’s everybody. So the message
ADELE SCHNEIDER really is for everybody of repro-
ductive age.”
is a carrier for the same thing, ent and is not a carrier.” This method also allows the “When they were screened,
To make appointments at the
there are reproductive options.” So in all, there is a 75 per- couple to decide if they want to they were not screened for all Victor Center, call 215-456-8722
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If both partners of a couple cent chance of a healthy baby, continue the pregnancy the diseases there are now,” she
Contact:
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[email protected];
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with each pregnancy to have a ease is through in vitro difficult because it usually mid-30s, many of them are

child affected with that dis- fertilization (IVF), which involves keeping or terminating married now and many came

ease, according to an Schneider said has become very a pregnancy.” back for more screening.”

informational brochure from common. This allows them to She encourages people to vis- At that time, they screened

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is sounded both days of Rosh scholar in residence at Green- there’s an inner desire by every I’m going to focus on the sound of the shofar.
Hashanah. faith, the interfaith environ- Jewish person to come into the According to Judaism, the shofar is sounded both
mental coalition in New Jersey. shul and deepen their connec- days of Rosh Hashanah.”
“I’m going to talk with the “We’re not stuck on a lot of tion,” Sherman said. “It’s part of
folks about how this nonverbal things to feel depressed about. the challenge and also very RABBI BARRY SCHLESINGER
prayer should inspire us to act. rewarding having an opportu-
Where do want the sound of “The High Holidays give nity to deliver a message that messages you want to share. The sermons I give, some
the shofar to take us?” you a chance to start the year will empower people Jewishly. “Whatever rabbi is giving might be informed by the fact
with a clean slate. It’s a very I’m Reform, but none by the
He’ll also tell the moving optimistic message.” “My goal is not to lecture the message, it’s how to make fact I happen to be a woman.” l
story of when he was a student them, and my message is not yourself better. To talk about
rabbi in Netanya, Israel and That’s similar to the kind of choreographed. It’s based in forgiveness and acceptance and Contact:
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tionist Or Hadash Congregation want to have staying power. The
“They told me about a Jew in Fort Washington. Torah has been around 3,000 “They’re fairly universal.
from the Soviet Union playing years. It’s a pretty good product.”
in the Israeli Philharmonic who “I try to think about what it
wanted to blow it,” recalled is I think people need to hear The bottom line, though,
Schlesinger, who’ll make a cou- and specifically what they need regardless of denomination,
ple of trips a year back to Israel, to hear in connection with the gender or sexual preference for
where his children and grand- holiday,” said Waxman, who’s Jews and their rabbis, is essen-
children live. “He’d been denied flexible enough that should tially the same.
his Judaism in Russia, and now something big take place in the
he was in Israel. next week or so — though not “I can’t speak for other rab-
as cataclysmic as 9/11, when bis or other women,” said Rabbi
“I taught him how to play on rabbis universally had to change Geri Newburge, associate rabbi
the phone. He knew the beats their sermon topics — he can at Main Line Reform Temple in
and the staccato sound a shofar adapt. “Messages of renewal, Wynnewood, who’ll deliver the
makes. I met him a day before hope, change, redemption. sermon on Kol Nidre. “There’s
Rosh Hashanah, and he was a theme to the season, certain
outstanding. “This year, I’m going to be
speaking about our attitudes
“Elie Wiesel once wrote toward race and racial justice.
about the Jews of silence in the When I do that, it’s very much
former Soviet Union. This Jew grounded in the message of the
of silence was no longer silent. season.
It inspired everyone in the
congregation.” “At Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur, I don’t want to simply
While that will be take advantage of the largest
Schlesinger’s introduction to crowd I’ll have all year. I want
his new congregations — keep to make sure it makes sense
in mind Shaare Shamayim with what’s going on.”
offers both traditional and egal-
itarian services — Troster will And he doesn’t feel being a
touch on a topic closer to home. Reconstructionist rabbi makes
him any different from his coun-
That will be the upcoming terparts in other denominations.
election.
“Every rabbi is going to be
“Rabbis don’t endorse candi- asking himself those same
dates from the pulpit,” said questions,” said Waxman, who’s
Troster, the 15th rabbi at Kesher been at Or Hadash for 13 years.
Israel, which has been in exis- “What I feel is I have to say
tence for more than a century. something meaningful and rel-
“That’s a good thing. evant at this time of year.

“It frees us to talk about “In doing so, I want to make
important social issues. One of sure to include the values pre-
the things I want to start with is cious to me and my community
the issue how do we really make — support for diversity and
a change? Personally? In the respect for individuals. Funda-
community? What’s stopping mentally, people attracted to a
us? I’m going to reflect on that.” Reconstructionist synagogue
are going to be more open. It’s
While the news cycle and important to me my sermons
the election rhetoric often reflect those values as well.”
sounds like a prophecy of
doom, Troster doesn’t believe That’s equally important to
Judaism sees it that way. Rabbi Shraga Sherman of
Chabad of the Main Line.
“There’s a positive message
in our tradition that believes we “The Jewish soul is very
can change,” said Troster, who open on the High Holidays, and
most recently was a rabbinic

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EDITORIAL Delco Neighbors Have Rallied

Congregational After Swastika Incident

Collaboration in BY ESTHER COHEN-ESKIN nothing triumphs over hate I am getting responses
more than love. At that same from all over the world and
the New Year ON AUG. 19, I was taking the moment, my other friend and interviews with more venues
trash out and saw a swastika neighbor came over and said we than I ever knew existed. I
HERE’S A THOUGHT to take to High Holiday services next spray-painted on our trash can. should paint smiley faces on all even got a pair of handmade
month: Collaboration between congregations can be a good thing. of our trash cans. That’s when mittens from an 87-year-old
I had to look twice, thinking we got the idea to tell everyone woman from Virginia who
In an article in eJewish Philanthropy, Larry Glickman, the that maybe it was just the way in the neighborhood what hap- started a global ministry. She
director of network engagement and collaboration for the Union the light was hitting it, but pened and that we could all join knits “luv mittens” for people
for Reform Judaism, questioned the spirit of competition in the unfortunately it had nothing to together and paint our trash to wear so that it will make
synagogue world. People go “shul shopping” and ultimately sup- do with the light. I ran inside to cans in solidarity and positivity. you feel like we are all holding
port just one synagogue above others, he observed. tell my husband, whose imme- hands in peace.
diate reaction was to call the I had one stipulation in the
“To what extent do we want all Jewish families in our area to join cops and not to touch anything. note I passed around: You had This may not have started
our congregation, even at the expense of neighboring congrega- The police officer came over to start with the sign of hate, to as a positive encounter, but
tions?” Glickman asked. “Do we want other congregations to close?” and kindly informed us that feel what that awful feeling was, the response with a positive

A Reform movement survey found that congregations were there have been no other acts of Love does triumph over hate. Doing
happy to use others’ ideas and materials, “but they’re hesitant to this kind, and we were most something positive makes people
share their own valuable intellectual property with neighboring likely targeted by someone who feel good. People really need that
congregations,” he wrote. “They fear their ideas may be copied, obviously knew us. feeling right about now.
that people may decide to join neighboring congregations instead
and that their congregational membership (and ultimately We have lived in Havertown and paint over it to see how reaction seems to have
income) will decrease.” now for close to 20 years. We much better and empowered sparked something in so many
love our community. Our kids that makes you feel. Not every- people that I am gracious for
If there is a twinge of recognition in any of this, the holidays had a wholesome childhood one who painted their cans did all of the support that has
may be a good time to consider whether this is the proper mind- with tons of friends that we all that — they said it was too hard come out over the last two
set. Although Glickman’s article is titled “Why Congregational consider family. We live in a to bring themselves to paint a weeks. Love does triumph
Competition is a Good Thing,” he actually argues that synagogues neighborhood where we call swastika, so they just painted over hate. Doing something
should be “competitive and cooperative while still maintaining a the kids in for dinner, sweaty signs of peace. positive makes people feel
strong sense of community and individuality.” Organizations that from playing outside all day. good. People really need that
reach out and work with each other “stay sharp and focused, Our community raises each In no time at all, we were feeling right about now.
always moving forward.” other’s kids, and we always have inundated with pictures of
felt nothing but love here. trash cans being painted. If anyone who reads this
Glickman, a former synagogue executive director, offered three feels the urge to paint their
ways that synagogues can reach out to their Jewish neighbors: So, needless to say, when I Our small town, which has trash cans, please send pictures.
Collaboratively advertise the benefits of affiliating to whatever texted my dear friend and very few Jewish people as resi- Another neighbor has been
synagogue serves the needs of a person’s family; send members neighbor about what had hap- dents, showed us they had our keeping track of them at
with children to another synagogue’s early childhood program if pened, he immediately said that backs. I always knew this town havertownies.com/2016/
your synagogue doesn’t have one; and “create curriculum and pro- was special, but they really 08/hate-painted-over/. l
gramming” together and “then share it.” shined in the shadow of this
darkness. Esther Cohen-Eskin is a Havertown-
Do any of these ideas have a chance? Maybe. They’re certainly
worth considering, especially since congregations nationwide, The word has spread like based artist.
including here in this community, are feeling the pinch. Every wildfire.
year comes the news of local synagogues merging or cutting back
on staff and services, even as a handful of more successful ones
report growing membership.

There will always be failed and failing congregations, but the
competition between those that make it and those that don’t does
not have to be a zero-sum game. Everyone can work together to
ensure a community with more affiliated Jews tomorrow than
exist today.

Glickman explains the possible consequences of every congre-
gation only looking out for itself, with a variation on the old Jewish
joke about synagogues. He tells the story of the last two Jews in
Afghanistan. Each belonged to his own synagogue and refused to
step inside the other. We cannot let that happen here. l

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Special Needs Summer Camp KVETCH ’N KVELL
an Eye-Opening Experience
Reader Welcomes an Issues Focus

BY ABBEY FRANK I learned quickly that this was not going to be I ENJOYED READING the Sept. 15 “View from Here” column
just another summer at camp, but one filled with (“Take Two Pills and Call Me After Election Day”).
THIS YEAR, I had the incredi- lots of special moments.
ble opportunity to be the I could not agree more regarding the importance of focusing in
“mother,” adviser and friend to if the tunes or words were my annoyance at being awoken “the issues.” But what are the issues? Israel, the economy, security,
15 young adults with varying familiar to her, but she seemed so early and smile at the amaz- the American infrastructure, education? All of the above? There’s
levels of disabilities who take to enjoy the singing, clapping ing scene in front of me. A more, to be sure. But I think a good issues topic might be one in
part in the Vocational-Educa- and overall ruach. 32-year-old adult with disabili- which we encourage all Americans, especially American Jews, to
tion Program (Voc-Ed) at ties who lives 10 months a year take a moment and ask ourselves, what are we here on earth to do;
Camp Ramah in New England. When it came to the Shema, in a group home in Brooklyn, what are our values?
My children are third-genera- from the first day on, Kate N.Y., Eric clearly enjoyed being
tion campers and, for the past watched intently as I gathered in nature. He woke me up each We should ask these questions of ourselves. Then maybe we
10 years, either my husband or I my tzitzit, wrapped them morning much earlier than I can begin to participate together in the same movement, the
have worked there while our around my finger and kissed would have liked, but when he movement toward doing the best we can not just for ourselves, but
children make great friends, live them in the traditional manner. left camp early, I truly missed for each other.
full Jewish lives and ignore us. I noticed and smiled to myself. my morning wake-up calls.
The next week, Kate looked at Frank L. Friedman | Delanco, N.J.
I had time in between jobs me, grabbed the drawstrings I was often asked if I had
this summer and, because I from her sweatshirt and mir- training in special education as I Hillel Is the Real Jewish Story at Penn State
have always loved working with rored my actions. From that seemed to fit right into the Voc-
Ramah’s Tikvah program for day on, Kate and I shared my Ed program. My response was I AM ALWAYS happy to read about any Jewish involvement by
special needs campers, I felt it tzitzit, taking turns kissing always the same — I am a moth- college students (“Young Couple Mark First Year of Serving Penn
would be a great way to spend them at the appropriate times, er and it’s not that different than State’s Many Jewish Students,” Sept. 8). I am glad there are stu-
the summer. I knew it would be smiling each time we did. taking care of young children. dents who have connected with Chabad. Nonetheless, your article
fun and lots of work, but I never makes it sound like Chabad is the only Jewish game in town.
could have imagined what a Another magic moment That analogy was shattered Nothing could be further from the truth.
strong impact it would have on happened one morning early the first time I was brushing a
me as an individual, mother on. I was awoken very early — participant’s hair and found Penn State Hillel has been “the” Jewish organization on campus
and professional. I did not before sunrise — to sounds of a gray mixed in or when I had to for more than 60 years. Until recently it was the only Jewish organi-
anticipate how deeply connect- faint voice outside my window. help with other areas of person- zation, to the best of my knowledge. As a member of the Hillel
ed I would become with each of Slightly annoyed, I got out of al hygiene. As any family choir, I had the privilege of singing for President Dwight Eisenhower
these incredible young adults bed and there was my friend member of an adult with dis- and his younger brother, Penn State President Milton Eisenhower, at
and just how much of an impact Eric, standing with a huge grin abilities will tell you, this the dedication of the Eisenhower Chapel in 1955. My Hillel experi-
this program has on the partici- on his face, singing his favorite analogy only goes so far. ence helped shape my Jewish involvement to this day.
pants, their families and the Beatles tune, “Here Comes the
camp community as a whole. Sun,” over and over again. He The reality is that while intel- Congratulations to Chabad for whatever they are doing, but con-
was so happy and content, that I lectually and mentally, their gratulations to Hillel for reaching thousands of students each year.
From the first day when the had no choice but to put aside
gates opened to the last day, See Camp, Page 22 Stanton Selbst | Class of 1957
when our building once again
became just an empty space, Looking for a Wynnefield Resident —
our Voc-Ed family shared Want to Help?
many incredible moments. For
most of our participants, camp I WOULD LIKE to locate a woman who was a profound influence
was familiar, but for others, on my life when I lived on Arlington Street in Wynnefield in the
this was their first experience 1940s. Her name then, and perhaps now, was Myrna Rosenberg. She
at Ramah Palmer. was a few years older than I was, and she read books all the time.

I learned quickly that this Myrna lived in the 5600 block of Arlington. Her father worked
was not going to be just another for the Philadelphia Record. She babysat for me and my brother
summer at camp, but one filled sometimes, but mainly I remember the books she lent me, among
with lots of special moments them Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, when I was still in the
that would deepen my under- first grade being given Dick and Jane primers.
standing of the many incredible
benefits of living in an inclusive I think that Myrna went to Temple University a few years
community. before I did, and that she became a librarian. I hope she’s well and
living a pleasant life. She’d be about 82.
Let me share just a few of
these here: Because of Kate, I Carole Stein Appel | Alexandria, Va.
will always have a special asso-
ciation with the Shema. Kate Statement From the Publisher
joined our Ramah family for
the first time this summer. Like We are a diverse community. The views expressed in the opinion columns and letters
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THE VIEW FROM HERE Camp

Bombs Discovered Continued from Page 21
in New York, Life
Goes On bodies may be stalled, their bod- time and appreciate nature.
ies mature in all the same ways I miss my newly adopted
BY JOSHUA RUNYAN protected by an earnest if not Israel talk about eradicating ter- that others’ do. I have three chil-
overbearing security presence rorism. They contemplate ways dren who I expect to mature children and look forward to
A FREQUENT TRAVELER to — at each boarding gate, a fully- to minimize its effects, accepting typically and become pretty our FaceTime calls, quick texts
both New York City and Wash- armed officer stood with his it as a given that, in a chaotic independent; with few excep- or pre-Shabbat calls. In my day-
ington, D.C., I was one of the assault rifle ready — I wondered world, there will always be those tions, this is not the case for my to-day routine, I miss the
thousands of commuters forced what was possibly “unprece- who hate you more than they Voc-Ed children. different perspective that being
to change travel plans the dented” by the trio of incidents love themselves. So long as around kids and adults with
morning of Sept. 19 after first (four if you count the Min- there’s someone out there will- I could fill pages with the disabilities adds to life and
responders discovered five neapolis shooting)? ing to sacrifice his life for an many highlights of my summer think about just how much
explosive devices at the Eliza- untold number of victims, the but, as with other life experi- richer all of our lives would be
beth, N.J. train station, and We were little more than a threat of terrorism will remain. ences, it’s easy to focus on all if we could find a way to make
Amtrak cancelled trains up and week past the 15th anniversary fun and ignore the more diffi- our schools, synagogues and
down the Northeast Corridor. of the 9/11 attacks, when thou- To be sure, the Israelis have cult times. From this experience workplaces more inclusive.
sands died after four hijacked made remarkable progress in I have true admiration and
I rescheduled my meetings airliners brought down both protecting their society. The respect for families caring for Camp lovers will always say
in Washington and spent the towers of the World Trade Cen- profiling of likely suspects their children and siblings full- that camp is the most magical
day in my office right here in ter, plowed into the Pentagon helps, as does the security fence time, year-round. place, a place where life is lived
Philadelphia. Compared to and crashed into an open field separating the Jewish state’s like no other place on earth.
what could have been, my near Shanksville, Pa. populous center from Palestin- This summer, I worked While there is certainly some
inconvenience, if you can even ian areas in Judea and Samaria. harder than I ever have. Aside truth to that, there are definite-
call it that, was insignificant. What happened last week- Its intelligence apparatus is top- from long days punctuated with ly lessons about communal
end, by contrast, while notch as well, aided by little sleep, there were times living and the Jewish commu-
As it turns out, save for the 29 undeniably scary, was just the cooperation with western agen- where I felt unequipped to stop nity that can undoubtedly be
people injured in a Saturday blast sort of outcome you would hope cies and technology funded by harmful behaviors, redirect applied to “real life.”
in the Chelsea neighborhood of for in a world beset by terrorism U.S. military aid (which will anxiety or make sure everyone
Manhattan that many are linking of both the homegrown and rad- increase to $38 billion in 2018, had their needs taken care of. I challenge us all, in the year
to the Elizabeth bombs, as well as ical Islamic varieties: Explosive according to the terms of a new Now home, I realize that I will to come, to think about how we
the explosion of a pipe bomb in a devices were discovered, dis- Memorandum of Understand- never be able to fully thank the can create more inclusive com-
New Jersey shore town, my expe- abled and, in one case, detonated ing between the United States members of Voc-Ed 2016 for all munities so that all of us can
rience was not unlike those by law enforcement. A suspect and Israel signed last week). that they have given me. I benefit from the gifts we can
of other ordinary Americans. named Ahmad Khan Rahami understand just how many gifts share with one another. l
The latest exposure to terrorism was apprehended. The injured There is probably more that adults with disabilities have to
is far less than what Europeans went home. (According to news can be done here to protect the offer — whether it is highlight- Abbey Frank is the assistant director
have recently faced and what accounts, two policemen shot U.S. homeland, and Israel pro- ing the meaning of a routine
Israelis deal with on an almost- during a gun battle related to the vides a ready example of what ritual or teaching me to take of the Jewish Community Relations
constant basis. arrest of Rahami were not might be efficacious. But that’s
believed to be seriously hurt.) assuming that we, as Ameri- Council of the Jewish Federation of
This is why I cannot fathom cans, are in a state of danger
one particular headline emerging Some invoked the brushes equal to or more dangerous Greater Philadelphia.
from the weekend’s events (also with terror to lament the coun- than that of our Israeli brothers
on Saturday, a man reportedly try’s failure to defeat terrorism and sisters. You cannot prove Be
referencing “Allah” stabbed nine and the major party presidential that assertion when bombs are heard.
people during a rampage in a candidates vowed to break the discovered and disposed of,
Minneapolis mall before being so-called Islamic State, which and an investigation starts Email
shot dead by an off-duty police said the Minneapolis shooter bringing people to justice. your letters
officer). With a banner of “Amer- was one of its “soldiers.” One of
ica under attack,” the headline, the candidates pointed out that The system, in my mind, to the
found on the website of the Daily Israel profiles potential terror- worked this time. With a fer- editor.
Mail, referenced an “unprece- ists and, if the practice were vent prayer that it continues to
dented trio of terror strikes” used here, the incidents in New work, I look forward to life in [email protected]
erupting “on U.S. soil within 12 York, New Jersey and Minneso- America, the occasional incon-
hours.” “Are they linked and are ta might not have happened. venience excepted, continuing
more coming?” it asked. as well. l
The problem with such rhet-
Misjudgments happen all the oric is that it oversimplifies the Joshua Runyan is the editor-in-chief of
time in media, of course. I’d like problem and draws a false anal-
to think as an editor that I apply ogy with a state that has been the Jewish Exponent. He can be reached
a certain attitude of “there but dealing with the scourge of ter-
for the grace of God go I” to rorism for more than four at [email protected].
these things, but as I walked decades.
through a 30th Street Station
Few, if any, serious people in

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Aging is Optional, Because
Tovah Feldshuh Hopes It Is

ARTS wine is now. There’s no longer stage, such as Golda Meir in Gol-
time to wait or waste.” da’s Balcony, as well as on TV in
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Feldshuh — who chose to be The Walking Dead — she was
IF YOU ASK Tovah Feldshuh, known by her Hebrew name, recently bitten off, but will appear
she is going to live to 104. Tovah, rather than her birth again in Philadelphia and other
name, Terri Sue — decided to cities for the Walker Stalker con-
That’s because the versatile be an actress after she got on the vention — and the most Jewish
and acclaimed stage and screen waitlist for Harvard Law School. of Jewish mothers as Naomi
actress has decided to stop liv- Fortuitously, she won a fellow- Bunch in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
ing in chronological linear time. ship that same year to the
Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Min- In Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, her
Having climbed Mount Kili- neapolis. very first scene that she physi-
manjaro last year, hiked glaciers cally appears in involves a
a few months ago, visited Siena After spending two years showstopping number titled
for the biannual Palio horse race understudying leading roles and “Where’s the Bathroom?” in
and countless other adventures, playing 21 parts in 11 plays, she which she (lovingly) nitpicks
the 62-year-old Walking Dead became somewhat discouraged. everything about daughter
and Yentl star has decided the Rebecca, from her interior dec-
Luckily, she could sing and orations to her appearance.
dance.
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mounting Cyrano: The Musical,
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Continued from Page 24 until soft. Drain, reserving dressing (recipe follows).
some of the liquid, if using. I’ve added sunflower seeds for pear slices spritzed with
about eight minutes, depending some added crunch in lieu of 2 cloves garlic lemon juice to prevent
upon the thickness of the cutlets. Return the sweet potatoes to nuts, which are avoided during ¼ cup mustard browning, orange
the pot, and mash with the Rosh Hashanah, particularly ¼ cup honey sections, strawberries,
Remove the chicken from remaining ingredients. Add among Ashkenazi Jews. Because 2 tablespoons cider vinegar pretzels, cookies,
the grill, cover with foil for more liquid, if needed, to attain the Hebrew word for nut has the ½ cup olive oil marshmallows — the sky’s
about five minutes to seal in the the desired texture. same numeric equivalent (17) as Pinch salt the limit, so be creative.
juices and serve. the word for sin, nuts do not Generous dousing of fresh
Note: To make this a dairy appear on Rosh Hashanah tables. Chop the chocolate into
Serves 6 dish, omit the stock and olive ground pepper small pieces and melt it in the
oil; add a half stick butter and Apples are included because microwave for three minutes
HONEY MASHED 2/3 cup milk. they are just coming into season Put all the ingredients in a on 50 percent power. Stir until
SWEET POTATOES and tradition dictates that we blender and puree until totally smooth.
Serves 6 eat a “new fruit.” Carrots make smooth and emulsified.
4 large sweet potatoes the cut because the Yiddish Add the honey, stir again
(each about the size of ROSH HASHANAH word for carrots is merren, sim- Serves 6 and serve. If the mixture cools
your two fists) ilar to “more,” another hope for and the texture thickens too
SALAD WITH HONEY the new year — more blessings, HONEY CHOCOLATE much, you can microwave it
⅓ cup honey more happiness, more success. FONDUE again on 30 percent power
½ cup vegetable stock or MUSTARD DRESSING This can be presented in a very briefly before serving.
The slight bitterness of the esca- 1 head escarole, rinsed, informal way, with a couple of
reserved cooking water role works well with the communal bowls of fondue Serves 6 l
(or more, if needed) sweetness of the apples. If you spun and torn into small alongside trays of tasty dippers,
¼ cup mild olive oil, can’t get your hands on escarole, or it can be served elegantly in
margarine or canola oil pieces individual china teacups with
Salt and pepper to taste the dippers artfully arrayed on
1 apple, chopped and a saucer or dessert plate.
Peel the sweet potatoes and
chop them into chunks about spritzed with lemon juice 12 ounces dark chocolate, 70
the size of a golf ball. percent cacao or higher
to avoid browning
Place the sweet potatoes into
a large pot, cover with water, ½ cup raisins
sprinkle with a teaspoon of salt
½ cup sunflower seeds

2 carrots, grated

¼ cup red onion, chopped

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THE GLUTEN FREE
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FOOD That’s why Goldman calls new lifestyles.
herself the Gluten Free Jewish I write a blog,
JON MARKS | JE STAFF Momma. She bakes a special and I have a ALEXANDRA AND LISA GOLDMAN
Rosh Hashanah challah and passion to
A CRUMB. Jewish kugel for her daughter spread awareness because I
That’s all it takes for Lisa and husband and makes sure never want anybody to go
everything on the table is prop- through something like what
Goldman’s daughter, Alexandra, erly labeled, since she and her we went through.”
or her husband, David, to start son, Andrew, can still eat what-
feeling some of the side effects ever they please. In fact, the only reason Alex
that come with inadvertently was diagnosed with celiac
eating products containing “I had to change everything,” disease was because they
gluten — primarily flour or said Goldman, who grew up in started conducting fol-
wheat — after both were diag- Yardley, where her parents still low-up tests after she
nosed with celiac disease. live, but now lives in Lake Mary, was diagnosed with
Fla., near Orlando. “I complete- something far more
That’s how careful they and ly redesigned my kitchen to rare and devastating:
others suffering from the dis- accommodate my family. Behçet’s disease, an
ease, which can result in inflammation in the
anything from an upset stom- “My daughter felt better blood vessels that attacks
ach to headaches, have to be in almost immediately, and I the autoimmune system and
monitoring everything they put became an advocate on social wreaks havoc throughout the
into their mouths. Even then, media to help others so over- body.
they still might not be safe. whelmed with having to create

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“As a mother, you always have recipes, because challah or bagels
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know it was a health issue.” been evolving with this diet and Half Roast Chicken with Stuffing Oven Browned Potatoes
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have a happy ending. come. When Alex was first diag- with Stuffing Kasha & Bowties
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only a lot of hard work and have an added distress or feel • Sweet Muenster Cheese • Greek Olives
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That’s because it doesn’t take through college and go into the a large mixing bowl. Add the
much to cause her daughter’s health industry. I want to con- water and whisk until the yeast
stomach to start acting up or tinue my advocacy.” is dissolved. Mix in the eggs, oil
for her husband to get a and vinegar. Add both flours,
Here is Goldman’s gluten- salt and xanthan gum.
headache. free challah recipe.
“It can be a crumb,” Mix well. Add the raisins for
1 package yeast a sweet new year.
said Goldman, who’ll 1¼ cup water
break the fast following ¼ cup honey Pour into a lightly oiled 9-
Yom Kippur with one 2 eggs by-5 inch loaf pan.
table gluten-free and the ¼ cup vegetable oil
other regular. “She’ll be out 1 teaspoon cider vinegar Cover with a towel and let
somewhere and come home 2 teaspoons kosher salt the dough rise for two hours.
doubled over with a stom- 1 tablespoon xanthan gum
achache because maybe there 1½ cups gluten-free oat flour Preheat the oven to 375
was something in the sauce. It 1 cup tapioca flour degrees.
doesn’t happen very often, but ½ cup of another gluten-
you have to be so careful. Bake uncovered for 45 min-
“And her friends are so sup- free flour (such as rice or utes.
portive. The kids bring in coconut flour)
separate cookies for her. And Options: raisins, sesame Cool for 10 minutes.
all our Jewish friends in the seeds, poppy seeds Take the challah out and
community have been support- place it on a cooling rack for an
ive. Alex has a goal to continue Place the yeast and honey in hour before slicing. l

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GO TO THESE PLACES INSTEAD

FOOD special menus for Rosh This list wouldn’t be complete ing latkes, mini hot dogs, as well as gefilte fish, chopped
Hashanah, whether for a sit- without this top destination for chicken liver, veggies and liver or hummus and pita.
MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF down dinner or for takeout: some good ol’ Jewish food. matzah ball soup.
Entrees include choices such
AS WE CONTINUE enduring Tiffany Diner: They have a full takeout You’ll have a choice as brisket with gravy, lemon
a record hot summer, the idea 9010 Roosevelt Blvd., menu catered for Rosh between salmon, brisket or caper chicken and Chilean sea
of standing in the kitchen slav- Philadelphia • 215-677-3916 Hashanah and Yom Kippur chicken stuffed with challah, bass with pineapple mango salsa,
ing over a kugel for Rosh A staple in Northeast Philadel- available for $21.99 a person in addition to enjoying some as well as others. Sides include
Hashanah can be understand- phia, Tiffany Diner will with options for a full dinner or challah rolls and desserts staples like kasha and bowties,
ably unappealing. continue its tradition of offer- a la carte on their website, like brownies or apple cake. potato pancakes and sweet kugel.
ing special dinners for the benandirvs.com/holidays/. Because it wouldn’t be Rosh
And while the idea of a holiday on both nights. Hashanah without an apple fla- There are also plenty of
home-cooked holiday meal has They also will be doing a sit- vor, right? choices for a sweet treat after
its delicious perks (meatballs For $23.99 a person, you can down dinner both nights, but dinner, and a children’s menu is
anywhere else never taste as enjoy soup, salad, a choice of it’s better to call and make Best to call and make reser- available. A full menu is featured
good as my mom’s), if you feel chicken, turkey, beef or salmon reservations, as spots are filling vations in advance. at maggiosrestaurant.com.
like interrogating your grand- and dessert. up quickly.
children about their love lives in Maggio’s: Reservations are required by
a new setting this year, there are You can also just get individ- Evviva: 400 2nd Street Pike, Sept. 28.
plenty of alternatives for places ual plates if you don’t want the 1236 Montgomery Ave., Southampton • 215-322-7272
to go to get the family together full meal. It is recommended to Narberth • 610-667-1900 Continuing its tradition of See Restaurants, Page 32
to celebrate the New Year. make reservations at least a For the past 30 years, Evviva hosting dinners, Maggio’s in
week before. has hosted holiday dinners, and Hampton Square will serve
But you better call ahead this year is no exception. Rosh Hashanah dinner on both
soon, or you’ll be stuck doing Ben & Irv’s: Oct. 2 and 3 in its ballroom.
dishes. 1962 County Line Road, For both nights of the holi-
Huntingdon Valley day, the Narberth restaurant For varying prices, you can
Here are just a few restau- 215-355-2000 will host a dinner chock full of enjoy appetizer choices like
rants around the city offering yummy holiday staples includ- Bubbe’s chicken soup and salads,

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Pickles & Sour Tomatoes Jumbo Whitefish • Kippered Salmon
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Half Roasted Chicken w/Challah Stuffing
30 SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 Fresh Roasted Turk ey w/Challah Stuffing & Gravy Sweet Munchee • Imported Swiss
Tomatoes • Cucumbers • Onions
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Moroccan Chicken w/Tu rmeric Sauce
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$19.99 p.p. (10 Person Min.)
Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers
The Smoked Fish Alternative
Roasted Garlic Potatoes Kasha ‘n Bowties Your Choice of Nova Scotia or Reg. Lox,
String Beans Almandine Potato Latkes Whitefish Salad, Cream Cheese, Swiss & Sweet
Carrot Tzimmes w/Sweet Potatoes Munchee, Asst. Bagels, Pumpernickel,
Candied Yams w/Ap ples
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Sours: Pickles, Tomatoes, Sweet Krau t, Cucumber Salad
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Name: Izzie's Deli LIFESTYLES/CULTURE
Width: 5.5"
Depth: 5.5" Restaurants tunities to spend the holidays
Color: Black plus one all together.
Comment: Jewish Exponent
Ad Number: 00069704 Continued from Page 30 Pumpernick’s Deli:
917 Bethlehem Pike,
ART Zahav: North Wales • 215-393-5800
237 St. James Place, Pumpernick’s will hold two
Izzie’s Rosh Hashanah Philadelphia • 215-625-8800 eat-in dinners each night of
and Yom Kippur The popular spot by restaura- the holiday — reservations
catering menus teurs Michael Solomonov and only — at 5:15 and 7:15 p.m.
are here! Steve Cook will offer Rosh for $29.95 per person, which
Hashanah dinner on Oct. 4. gets you everything from
Plan ahead and place your order today appetizers to soups to entrees
by emailing [email protected] For $54 a person, you can to sides to drinks to desserts.
or calling 484-322-2126 enjoy matzah ball soup, duck
and foie kebab among others, You can choose from tradi-
Also visit www.izziesdeli.com for ordering information. and an entree of grilled poussin tional appetizers like sweet
dates, sweet potato and black and sour meatballs, gefilte fish
Be sure to like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/izziesdeli harissa. It also includes a and chopped chicken liver.
dessert bursting with tradition- Entrees include half roasted
Name:The al apple and honey flavors. chicken with savory chicken
5.5" stuffing, stuffed breast of
O N FWidth: Definitely call for reserva- capon with apricot glaze,
Market of LaRfayDetEteRHill* OW OR tions. broiled salmon pomodoro and
many other savory choices and
Depth: 5.R5" OSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR Abe Fisher: you can pick from a wide
Color: Black plus one 1623 Sansom St., assortment of sides to go with
Comment: JE/Rosh HaHshaanvaehafoondice Holiday! Philadelphia • 215-867-0088 your meal.
InCsioduieMnnttayhWreAFkeaLlatrsamynoncearesster Another of Solomonov and
APP•ESTIDIZEESR•SB•AEKNETRRYÈESAd Number: 00069620 Cook’s ventures, Abe Fisher will Desserts include apple and
offer Rosh Hashanah dinner on honey flavored loaf cakes
THE GLADWYNE MARKET Oct. 2 for $54 per person. among other flavors as well as
a traditional round challah
359 RIGHTERS MILL ROAD, GLADWYNE, PA • TEL: 610.642.9600 • WWW.GLADWYNEMARKET.COM Start with an assortment of (with or without raisins).
appetizers like apples and hon-
THE MARKET AT LAFAYETTE HILL ey or date and olive rugelach The menu is also available
531 E. GERMANTOWN PK., LAFAYETTE HILL, PA • 610.941.7101 and try a brisket “pho” with egg for takeout for $21.99 per
KNISHES & DISHES DELI noodles, sliced brisket, pickled person.
551 GERMANTOWN PK., LAFAYETTE HILL, PA • 610.897.8107 onions and dill. Your entree
will be a choice of meals such Best to call soon as reserva-
as gefilte fish “in a blanket” or tions are closing up quickly
slow-braised beef. And and there is limited space for
desserts include sweet treats each dinner.
with fall flavors like apple or
pomegranate. Izzie’s Deli:
700 Dekalb Pike,
Call for reservations. Blue Bell • 484-322-2126
Izzie’s menu is chock full of
Marco Polo Ristorante & Bar: choices for both takeout as
8080 Old York Road, well as a sit-in dinner Sunday
Elkins Park • 215-782-1950 night (call to find out more),
Marco Polo will offer a holiday such as entrees like stuffed
dinner both nights as they have cabbage, Moroccan lamb stew,
every year. That includes a beef brisket with gravy, roasted
three-course meal with entree turkey breast with gravy and
options such as filet of Norwe- half roasted chicken for vary-
gian salmon grilled with a touch ing prices.
of mandarin orange vinaigrette
served with vegetables and There are tons of sides and
oven-roasted potatoes, and tra- appetizers to choose from as
ditional tender brisket of beef well, such as a very Rosh
accompanied by oven-roasted Hashanah-y pomegranate and
potatoes and vegetables. arugula salad with honey
vinaigrette.
A full menu can be
found on their website at Plus Jewish apple and hon-
mymarcopolo.com. ey cakes and babkas for
dessert.
Reservations are requested
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TORAH PORTION

Torah Imparts Timeless Message That CANDLE LIGHTING
There’s Truly No Place Like Home
September 23 6:37 p.m.
September 30 6:26 p.m.

BY RABBI SETH GOREN match historical reality. The presenter continues: In seeking to prod the chil- idea of home can make us hear
For these authors, home can “My father was a fugitive dren of Israel to follow this Como’s song a bit differently.
Parashat Ki Tavo Aramean. He went down to commandment, among others, As we look toward the start of
be somewhere you’ve never Egypt … and sojourned there Moses goes on to explain the the Jewish new year and the fall
AS PERRY COMO crooned so been, somewhere always else- … The Lord freed us from communal choice between holiday season, these diverse
beautifully, there’s no place like where, or somewhere that Egypt … and … brought us to blessing and curse, going into thoughts and feelings may
home for the holidays. He never existed. this place and gave us this land, explicit detail about what each come into play, unique for each
might not have had Rosh a land flowing with milk and option entails. Among the of us and our home.
Hashanah and Yom Kippur in We currently find ourselves honey” (26:5-10). threats laid out for violating the
mind, but the sentiment still in the final book of the Torah divine covenant is the warning We’re better off if we
resonates as we head into the toward the conclusion of the This ritual reveals a deep that G-d “will drive you, and acknowledge these complexi-
High Holiday season. long journey from one home, connection and commitment to the king you have set over you, ties, restrain ourselves from
albeit a home rooted in sub- where one lives. Tending fruit to a nation unknown to you or projecting idealized expecta-
Defining and relating to servience and slavery, to the trees long enough to grow, har- your fathers” (28:36). This pos- tions onto mismatching
“home,” however, is more com- cusp of entry to a new home in vest and offer up their yield is sibility of exile implicitly situations, and give ourselves
plicated than a song lyric. the Promised Land. Upon predicated on a more settled reminds us that having a strong permission to experience the
arrival, we are told, additional idea of home. In contrast to sense of home means that emotions that flow from the
Living in Spain and writing obligations will come into decades of wandering, the text there’s more to lose; here, home reality of where we are, not
of the land of Israel, the force, binding the Jewish peo- assumes staying in one location comes with vulnerability, as any where we or others think we
medieval poet Yehudah Halevi ple to the land of Israel and and grounding home in a geo- meaningful relationship does. should be.
displayed the tension between setting clear expectations of graphic site, not in the people
where we’re from and where we how to build a permanent soci- with whom one is wandering or Put simply, our connections However you’re spending
belong when he pined, “My ety rooted in longer-term in the items one carries. with home and with the people your holidays, and wherever
heart is in the east, and I am at relationships with one place. and places that are home to us home may be for you this sea-
the end of the west.” More Moreover, the juxtaposition can be extraordinarily complex. son, I wish you all a shanah
recently, Alan Jacobs reflected Among these obligations is of our unnamed ancestor’s They can make us feel secure, tovah. l
on his current residence in delivering the first produce of refugee status and Egyptian exposed, grateful or frightened.
Chicago and his visits to family the annual harvest to the priests slavery with an established, They can awaken yearnings for Rabbi Seth Goren is the cIty director
in Alabama, where he grew up, at the temple in an act of grati- permanent residence hardly homes we knew, lost or never
and “realized that we were tude. After the Israelites have seems accidental. According to had. They can remind us of of Repair the World: Philadelphia.
always describing the place we come to “the land that the the prescribed text, the declar- what once was, help us appreci-
weren’t as home.” In The Way LORD your God is giving you ant recalls a time in our ate what we have, or encourage The Board of Rabbis of Greater
We Never Were, Stephanie as a heritage, and you possess it people’s history when home us to consider what could yet
Coontz challenges common and settle in it,” an individual was elusive or oppressive, be. And they can be and do all Philadelphia is proud to provide the
perceptions of what the Ameri- must bring these first fruits, accentuating the difference of these at once.
can home looked like in the proclaiming aloud that “I have between a fragile and nomadic Torah commentary for the Jewish
past, and exposes much of it as entered the land that the LORD past and a present shaped by Recognizing this range of
misplaced nostalgia that doesn’t swore to our fathers to assign relative security and stability. responses tangled up in the Exponent.
us” (Deuteronomy 26:3).

Aging

Continued from Page 23

much more in my rhythm, things when I might not have for the experiences, she is look- 2016 and in 1976 when we met. “I want to empower the
much more than it used to be as been capable or qualified at all ing ahead to the future and So sometimes that takes will audience to climb their own
a younger person when I didn’t because they figured, ‘If her what she wants to do — and but I want this will. I want to Kilimanjaro, to swim their own
understand it all,” she continued name is Tovah Feldshuh, play- what she is capable of. function at this level. I want to half-mile, to understand that a
with a laugh. “I was too peppy ing a part like Yentl the yeshiva stay young, I want to die young lean horse runs a long race,” she
for that place when I was boy, she’s got to be right,’ you Perhaps that includes star- — not chronologically, I want continued. “And to stand on
younger, but now it’s smooth know?” she said. “So because of ring in a television show that she to die at 104 — and I want to their head and keep using their
going. If George Clooney comes the perceived value of my writes or starring in a musical or live, really live, until I pass marbles until the day they leave
out of there, how bad could it name, I was given these Jewish playing a man. She took on the away, until I leave my body.” their body. That’s my hope. I
be? It’s gotta be a good place.” roles, and because of my desire role of Grandma Berthe in the want the audience to go away
to do a good job I studied like a Broadway revival of Pippin a few Feldshuh, who swims a half- with hope, in maintaining
As she takes on new roles, she dog and I studied very diligent- years ago, which involved a tra- mile every day in addition to youth throughout their life.”
is mindful of making choices ly, whether it’s the Talmud and peze act and reminded her of taking time to do pilates and
that make her happy, which Kabbalah and things that Yentl being a little girl, hanging upside yoga, hopes that audiences who Tickets can be purchased
sometimes means she turns roles explored and was curious down on a swingset. see Aging is Optional feel online at princetheater.org/
down — usually Jewish roles in about, or whether it was Middle empowered to live the same way. events/tovah-feldshuh or at
off-Broadway productions. East politics, which was Golda “When I got to do Pippin, I the door the day of the per-
Meir’s primogenitor.” was 3 years old again. I was “If I can perform an act that formance. l
“Been there, done that,” she back in that time,” she said. deals with the different ways
laughed. While she acknowledges her “When I see old friends from and different pathways into Contact:
breakthrough roles were her high school, when I see my hus- making aging optional, and not
But her Jewish identity has Jewish roles and she is grateful band, I don’t see him an obligation, think what they [email protected];
certainly informed her career. completely in 2016, I see him in can do,” she said.
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
mobilizes financial and volunteer resources to
address the communities' most critical priorities
locally, in Israel and around the world.

Pictured here are the Lions of Judah, who represented the Greater Philadelphia
community at this year’s International Lions of Judah Conference in Washington, D.C.

Lions of Judah Conference
a Roaring Success

THE JEWISH FEDERATION of Greater Philadelphia’s Lions of Judah have

From left: Bryna Berman, returned after an incredible three-day conference in Washington, D.C. Lions of From left: Sheryl Samter, Rosalie Goldberg, Marlene Green,
Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award Judah give an individual gift of $5,000 or more each year to the Jewish Federa- Phyllis Finkelstein, Marian Fisher and Barbara Geller. 
winner Phyllis Finkelstein and tion’s campaign. More than 50 women from Philadelphia represented the
Women’s Philanthropy President fourth-largest delegation, chaired by Marian Fisher and Amy Stein, at the con-
Sheree Bloch. ference, which welcomed more than 1,300 women from around the world.

This year’s conference featured more than 100 speakers, including former

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; political commentators Nicole Wallace and Paul Begala; the founder of Our Closet, Philadelphia’s Jill Aschkenasy; and three

female senators in Tammy Baldwin, Amy Klobuchar and Debbie Stabenow. Breakout sessions focused on Israeli social entrepreneurship, the millennial mindset, chal-

lenges on university campuses and inclusiveness. The Lions celebrated this year’s local Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award winner, steadfast Jewish Federation leader Phyllis

Finkelstein, who also will be honored at Women’s Philanthropy’s Lions of Judah Annual Luncheon on Oct. 6. 

Together, Philadelphia contributed almost $600,000 to the staggering $31.5 million raised over three days to support the Jewish community. For more information

on the luncheon, Lions of Judah or Women’s Philanthropy, please contact Sarah Bernstein Solomon, associate director of Women’s Philanthropy, at 215-832-0894 or

[email protected].

Getting A Taste of Make the Calls That Carry
the Light Throughout
Jewish Life in Our Communities

Greater Philadelphia YOU CAN CARRY the light throughout Jewish com-
munities here, in Israel and around the world by
ON SEPT. 13, 85 people attended the High Hol- joining the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
iday Wine Tasting event hosted by the Jewish at our fall phone-a-thon next week to help us reach our
Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s NextGen campaign goal.
group along with 16 partner organizations. Par-
ticipants were able to try a variety of delicious Monday, Sept. 26, 2016
kosher wines. Additionally, 19 synagogues from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
around Greater Philadelphia had representa- SofterWare, Inc.
tives there to meet with the young adults, 132 Welsh Road #140, Horsham, PA 19044
describe their communities and offer tickets to Dinner will be served
High Holiday services. “This was a great oppor-
tunity for meeting new people and learning Volunteers can register online at jewishphilly.org/
how to get involved, not only with synagogues, phoneathon, by calling the hotline at 215-832-0517 or
but with the other groups who serve young by emailing Adam Clements, community campaign
adults throughout Philadelphia,” said Cara manager for the Jewish Federation, at  aclements@
Behneman, director of NextGen. For more informa- jewishphilly.org. If you can’t volunteer on Monday
tion on NextGen, contact Cara Behneman at night, then please take our volunteer’s call. Thank you.
215-832-0861 or [email protected],
or visit jewisphilly.org/nextgen.

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▼THURSDAY, SEPT. 22 Sav-on Pharmacy at 215-676-6279. Learn about the correct way to Community Partnerships Around
Diabetes Prevention. dispose these medications and why Education and Food Insecurity
it’s necessary with KleinLife from Issues: Partnering with Cheltenham
Birthday Celebrations. Learn how you can avoid becoming 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. 10100 Jamison School District.”
a diabetic at 9 a.m. and be a part of Ave., Philadelphia. Begins at 8 p.m. 8339 Old York
Put on a birthday hat, eat some cake and a special Diabetes Prevention Group Road, Elkins Park. For more
celebrate September birthdays with starting on Oct. 27. Brought to you For Seniors. information, call 215-887-8700.
entertainer Dave DeLuca at KleinLife: by Temple Health and KleinLife.
Montgomery County at 12:45 p.m. 10100 Jamison Ave., Philadelphia. Seniors are invited to join KleinLife: ▼SATURDAY, SEPT. 24
7763 Old York Road, Elkins Park. Center City for its weekly event at
Pharmacy on Wheels. the Jewish Community Services Torah, Bagels, Coffee.
Building starting at 8:30 a.m., with
▼THURSDAY, SEPT. 22 $50 per person/year; synagogue- Our friend Dave from American coffee, tea and munchies. A choice Begin Shabbat morning at Old York
affiliated: $100 per person/year; Pharmacy is back at KleinLife: of chair exercise or current events Road Temple-Beth Am with an
Mommy and Me. unaffiliated: $150 per person/year. Montgomery County at 10:15 a.m., will follow starting at 9:30 a.m., with interactive, engaging discussion of
The Meyers Library, 2nd Floor, 8339 demonstrating items that will make blood pressure screenings provided the weekly portion including bagels
Sherrie Turetsky, director of the Old York Road, Elkins Park. For more your life easier, along with his by Jefferson nursing students from and coffee at 9 a.m. followed by a
School of Early Learning at Old York information, call 215-887-8700. Pharmacy on Wheels. Many items 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. At 10:30 a.m., join peer-led Shabbat service at 10:15
Road Temple-Beth Am, will lead a will be available for sale for your Rabbi Beth Janus for Kabbalat a.m. Casual dress is appropriate, and
weekly one-hour “Mommy & Me” JCHAI Open House. convenience. 7763 Old York Road, Shabbat followed by a hot kosher everyone is welcome. For more
class at 9:30 a.m. For more Elkins Park. lunch at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will be information, call 215-886-8000.
information, call 215-886-0650. Judith Creed Homes for Adult followed by a special high holiday- 971 Old York Road, Abington.
971 Old York Road, Abington. Independence (JCHAI) Fall Open Film Screening. themed DVD showing of 18 Voices
House and Apartment Tour at Sing Kol Nidre. RSVP to 215-832- Tot Shabbat.
Adult Education. 6 p.m. Meet our program directors You’re invited to a free screening 0539. 2100 Arch St., Philadelphia.
and visit JCHAI self-advocates in and discussion of the PBS program Join Old York Road Temple-Beth
Join Reform Congregation their own apartments. Plenty of Being Mortal from 7 to 9 p.m. at The Simchat Shabbat. Am on the third Saturday of every
Keneseth Israel’s adult education room, but RSVP required to Jewish Center in Princeton. Light month for a special Tot Shabbat. We
program for “A Hidden Child Returns Dr. Beth Rosenwasser at refreshments will be served. Being We call it Simchat Shabbat, the joy begin at 10 a.m. in the Temple Beth
to Her Roots” at 11:30 a.m. As a 4- [email protected] or Mortal delves into the hopes of of Shabbat, and there is a lot of joy Torah Chapel for a short musical
year-old, Ruth was hidden with her 215-498-1270. Learn more at patients and families facing terminal in our service — we sing, we dance, service, birthday celebrations,
family in southern France, avoiding jchai.org. illness. The film investigates the we pray. Led by Main Line Reform breakfast, and special art activity.
capture by the Nazis. In October practice of caring for the dying and Temple’s Director of Early Childhood Meet Sammy the Spider and make
2015, Ruth returned to Germany and Flu Shots. explores the relationships between Education Missy Horrow, and Ross M. new friends. Family and friends are
France with her daughter. She will patients and their doctors. See this Levy, director of Youth Engagement, welcome. Bring a neighbor, bring a
show a slideshow that illustrates the Members and area residents are moving documentary, join the this monthly service at 5:30 p.m. is friend and celebrate Shabbat as a
sights where their families had lived invited to take advantage of free flu conversation and explore what open to the public. All are community. There is no charge for
before World War II. $10 per class if shots being offered at KleinLife by matters to you. All are welcome. welcomed, encouraged and invited the program. We will join together
not an adult ed member; KI Acme Sav-on Pharmacy from 9:30 435 Nassau St., Princeton, N.J. to join us for our most spirited on the playground at 9:30 a.m.,
members: a.m. to 1 p.m. Advance registration is Shabbat celebration, perfect for weather permitting. For more
required by calling Mukti at Acme ▼FRIDAY, SEPT. 23 families with preschool-aged information, call 215-886-8000.
children. RSVP to Carole in the 971 Old York Road, Abington.
Coffee and Conversation. ECE Office, [email protected].
410 Montgomery Ave., Wynnewood. Shabbat Potluck.
When medications are expired or
not needed anymore, there is a Kabbalat Shabbat. Jewish Philadelphians, come eat
proper way to throw them away. Shabbat dinner with us. Join
Join Old York Road Temple-Beth Philadelphia Shabbat Potluck
Am for Kabbalat Shabbat services Coalition at Temple Beth Zion-Beth
beginning at 6 p.m. in the Temple Israel for a vegetarian potluck
Beth Torah Chapel, with kiddush and Shabbat lunch at 12:15 p.m. Show
motzi to follow. For more off your cooking. Catch up with old
information, call 215-886-8000. friends. Meet new people. People
971 Old York Road, Abington. of all ages and affiliations welcome.
We are LGBTQ, as well as interfaith
Shabbat Speaker. family friendly. Sign up and find out
more about what to bring at
Congregation Beth Or welcomes bzbi.org/event/potluck-coalition-
Middle East historian Asaf shabbat-lunch/. Rittenhouse
Romirowsky, a fellow at the Middle Square, 18th and Walnut streets,
East Forum and co-author of Philadelphia.
Religion, Politics, and the Origins of
Palestine Refugee Relief. Auction and Gala.
Romirowsky is a former IDF (Israel
Defense Forces) international The National Liberty Museum’s 17th
relations liaison officer in the West Annual Glass Auction and Gala, a
Bank. 6:30 p.m. 239 Welsh Road, magical event featuring stunning
Maple Glen. glass art available for live and
remote bidding, will honor Dr.
Evening Service. Arlene Silvers as the 2016 Hero of
Liberty. The event will be held at
Join Reform Congregation 5 p.m. at the Philadelphia Marriott
Keneseth Israel for a Shabbat Downtown. $300 per person. All
evening service with Dr. Wagner event proceeds will benefit the
Marseille, “Re-envisioning

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▼SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 at 8 p.m. for a spiritually rousing and relationships forged between tops all offers for your
heart-opening evening of music, members of different faith diamonds & jewelry.
Theater Performance. prayer and contemplation, with communities in the frightening
clergy and prayer leaders from BZBI, aftermath of America’s darkest time. We can pay more because
Covers, by Lost & Found Project, a NYC-based theatre company, will be Kol Zedek, Congregation Leyv Ha-ir Free and open to the public. we know the true value.
performed at KleinLife at 7 p.m. Covers is the second original award- and Society Hill Synagogue. The 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. Immediate cash for one
winning production from the Lost & Found Project, presented to sold- evening will begin with Maariv and piece or an entire
out audiences in New York, Canada and Russia. An Havdalah with a dessert reception to Selichot Service. collection.
interactive play that explores personal family stories follow. 300 S.18th St., Philadelphia.
about the Russian-Jewish identity experience, Congregation Rodeph Shalom will 201 Old York Road • Jenkintown, PA
Covers looks into family bonds, our Selichot Service. hold “Healing the World Through
choices, our definition of success Mindful Compassion” Selichot with (215) 885-7070
and the directions we take that Congregation Beth Or will bring in Dr. Dan Gottlieb. Desserts at 8 p.m.,
form our lives. More info about the High Holy Days with a dessert study at 8:15 p.m., Selichot service at Open Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.
the company can be found at: reception and discussion at 9:30 9:30 p.m. Please note that the study 10am - 4:30pm
www.lnfproject.com. p.m., “An Introduction to the New session will be held in the sanctuary
Tickets available: High Holy Days Machzor, Mishkan this year. Gottlieb, host of NPR’s Closed Sunday, Monday & Tuesday
coversphily.eventbrite.com. HaNefesh: Innovative Ways to be show Voices in the Family will lead
10100 Jamison Ave., Philadelphia. Traditional.” 239 Welsh Road, the study session where he will be Pennypack Hike.
Maple Glen. discussing “Healing the World
NLM’s character and leadership this event. 9768 Verree Road, Through Mindful Compassion.” Join the Mosaic Outdoor Club of
programs, including the NLM’s Philadelphia. Selichot Service. 615 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. Philadelphia for a hike on the
proprietary Young Heroes Outreach Byberry Extension of the Pennypack
Program, a yearlong, innovative, Selichot Service. Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El will ▼SUNDAY, SEPT. 25 Trail. The group will carpool at 10
educational initiative for fourth welcome Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, a.m. from in front of the Target store
through eighth grade that With the Selichot service we usher in Chaplain, FDNY, a first-responder Countering Bias. at Bustleton Avenue and Bleigh
empowers students in the areas the Days of Awe. This year we will during 9/11, as its Selichot speaker at Street in Northeast Philadelphia.
of leadership, civic engagement enter into the Days of Awe with a 8 p.m. Potasnik and Rabbi Charles Join StandWithUs Philadelphia for The group will go out to eat after
and social justice. 1201 Market St., communal Marom-style Selichot. Sherman of MBIEE will engage in a “Countering Anti-Israel Bias” at Beth the hike. For information,
Philadelphia. Join Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel conversation, “Life: What’s It All Tikvah B’nai Jeshurun at 9:30 a.m.
About?” Potasnik’s conversation Breakfast will be served. $5 donation
with Rabbi Sherman will touch on appreciated. 1001 Paper Mill Road,
the dark days after 9/11 but focus Glenside.
on healing, growth and the

Selichot Service.

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Adath Israel, Beth David Reform confronting our complex religious landscape: NEW YORK CITY | NOVEMBER 13-14
Congregation, Har Zion Temple, Main • Progressive Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Beth Hillel-Beth El — for a Selichot
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to the community. Reception • Judaism in the digital age
followed by Havdallah starting at • Feminism and pluralism
7:45 p.m., followed by concurrent • Transformative worship
learning at 8:15 p.m. and concurrent • Culture and social change
services/worship (traditional • Theology, politics, and economics
davening, contemplative service, • Covenant, communalism, and public policy
gates of forgiveness service with
choir) at 9:30 p.m. Our
neighborhood clergy will challenge
and enlighten us in concurrent study
sessions on relevant topics related to
the themes of the holiday season.
250 N. Highland Ave., Merion
Station.

Selichot Service.

Come to Congregations of Shaare
Shamayim at 8 pm. We will be
celebrating Selichot, a time for
introspection and reflection. Join us
for a screening and discussion of
Beneath the Helmet, an inspiring
film that highlights five young
Israelis as they examine their
motivation and values during their
training as army paratroopers.
Popcorn and other refreshments will
be served. After the movie, we will
have a moving Selichot service at
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call Janet at 267-205-6651. for the curious beginner. Everyone is descent. Bring a bag lunch. ▼MONDAY, SEPT. 26
welcome. You don’t have to be Coffee and dessert will be provided.
jkidphilly Event. Jewish to be curious. Individuals from The only requirement to join this Phone-a-Thon.
all faith backgrounds are welcome. group is that you have read the
jkidphilly will be creating floral Feel free to share with your book. For more information, call Join Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia for a
arrangements in honor of our unaffiliated friends, children and 215-887-8700. The Meyers Library Phone-a-Thon from 6 to 8:30 p.m. SofterWare Inc.,
grandfriends. You can either give them neighbors. Free and open to all. We at Reform Congregation Keneseth Suite 140, 132 Welsh Road, Horsham.
to a special person in your life or we ask you to register so we can save Israel, 2nd Floor, 8339 Old York
will donate them to local seniors. Lots you a seat. For more information, Road, Elkins Park. and Teri Wassel from Montgomery Mah Jongg Game.
of crafts and fun for our jkidphilly visit reformjudaism.org/taste/ County Health Department for a
friends. Hope to see you there. Starts wynnewood or contact Melissa Support Group. demonstration and tasting of Enjoy an evening of mah jongg with
at 3 p.m. at Congregations of Shaare Greenwald at [email protected] healthful fruits and veggies at 11 a.m. the Sisterhood of Old York Road
Shamayim. For more information, or 610-649-7800, to register now. A self-help group for those adjusting 7763 Old York Road, Elkins Park. Temple-Beth Am at 7 p.m. For more
contact Lori Rubin: lrubin@ 410 Montgomery Ave., Wynnewood. to a new diagnosis or dealing with information, call 215-886-8000.
jewishlearningventure.org or the early stages of Parkinson’s Film Screening. 971 Old York Road, Abington.
215-320-0402. 9768 Verree Road, Photography Club. disease will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Philadelphia. at the community center at the Giant The first major feature-length Health and Wellness Fair.
The monthly Photography Club of Food Store. For more information or documentary about the foreign
▼MONDAY, SEPT. 26 Old York Road Temple-Beth Am to RSVP, contact Lorna at airmen in the War of Independence, Join us for another fun event at
will meet at 7 p.m. Photographers of 215-542-2931 or Mary at 215-742-6225. Above and Beyond brings together KleinLife. This special fair, open to
Adult Education. all levels and skills are welcome. 315 York Road, Willow Grove. new interviews with pilots from the everyone, will offer everything from
Call 215-886-8000. 971 Old York 1948 War, as well as leading scholars health screenings and information
Dr. Irene Reiter discusses “Saloons Road, Abington. Rosh Hodesh Circle. and statesmen, including Shimon about primary care, to breast health,
of the West” at 11:30 a.m. as part of Peres, to present an extraordinary, ophthalmology, stroke awareness,
Reform Congregation Keneseth ▼TUESDAY, SEPT. 27 Jewish women of BZBI and Center little-known tale with reverberations nutrition, in-home care and free
Israel’s adult education program. City join together for the first Rosh up to the present day. For more assisted living placement, diabetes
This lecture describes the Aging Program. Hodesh Circle at 7 p.m. at Temple information, call 215-887-8700. Free prevention, emergency services,
furnishings, behavior, set-ups, jobs Beth Zion-Beth israel. Together we and open to the public. Starts at cancer care, and pharmaceuticals.
and people of the saloons of the Join Marge Jacoby from will meet monthly to celebrate the 1:30 p.m. at Reform Congregation There also will be exercise
Wild West, including saloon owners Baederwood Pharmacy at KleinLife: new moon, the new month in the Keneseth Israel, 2nd Floor, demonstrations and giveaways.
Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. $10 Montgomery County for “Tips and Hebrew calendar, and discuss how it 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. 10 a.m. to noon. 10100 Jamison Ave.,
per class if not an adult ed Member; Tools for Independence in 2016” relates to our lives. Please join us Philadelphia.
KI members: $50 per person/year; at 11 a.m. as she presents new and with an open heart and mind, willing
synagogue-Affiliated: $100 per exciting items that will enhance to learn, share, and to listen for our
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Dani Alexa is named in loving memory of Josh’s three baby brothers. and Lily, and her Uncle Matt and Aunt Carman Garber
father, David A. Bresler. and cousins AJ, Jenna, Laine and Mia. 
The babies are the delights of their grandparents
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of Voorhees, N.J.) and Elaine and Jim Yokomizo of great-grandmothers, Kala Hess and Frances Segal
California. Nerenberg.

Jacob is named in memory of his great-grandfather
Jack Fishman. Edward is named in memory of his
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HEADLINES

Dylan Emily

Continued from Page 16 Continued from Page 17

“I had genetic testing done “I knew there was severe they need to be screened.” life. I would do my IV treat- travel the world and one day
She works with Rabbi Larry
with my second child and if brain damage there. And I ments in high school classes.” write her own book sharing her
Sernovitz — who was an associ-
Brandon had come back affect- knew then that he wasn’t going ate rabbi at Old York Road Her friends and family were story, but for now, her goals are
Temple-Beth Am, which Singer
ed, I would have terminated to be the same that we had,” she attended, before he moved to always supportive; they never focused on solving cystic fibro-
Temple Emanuel in Cherry Hill
that pregnancy because I would said. and whose son also has FD — made her feel ashamed of it. sis and her own health.
to create awareness, especially
never put another child After placing Dylan in a in the rabbinic community. “When my mom would Emily’s Entourage has moti-

through what Dylan had expe- medically induced coma for Sernovitz will also lead scream outside and tell me it’s vated her, and she travels across
Brandon’s Bar Mitzvah in
rienced through all of his 19 several days, the Singers made March. His mitzvah project time to do my treatments, my the country to attend speaking
focuses on creating awareness
years,” she said. “However, I the difficult decision to take about Jewish genetic diseases. friends would race inside engagements and symposiums

wouldn’t change what I had their son off of life support and Singer hopes Dylan’s story because it was the highlight of for her mission.
appeals to both Jews and non-
with him because he brought allow him a peaceful end. His Jews, as it is not only Jews who their day,” she recalled. “It was But it’s not just for her.
can be affected by genetic dis-
more joy than he brought pain. quality of life was their priority, eases and need to be screened, almost just factual. I have “There’s a lot of people in
she said.
It changes your life. Singer said, and she and her brown hair. I have to brush my the world who deserve hope for
A makeup artist for her own
“As sick as he was, it’s also husband did not want Dylan to company, Dylan Michael Cos- teeth every night. I have CF. I a future. We need to design the
metics, “I do a lot of weddings
how much life he had, too,” she live being unable to roam in and I don’t let a Jewish bride sit have to do my treatments every system that overcomes a lot of
in my chair without sharing
continued. “He had as much life their home as he had or have to Dylan’s story and without telling day. It was just a fact of life.” the operational barriers so the
them that they should be
as he had illness.” constantly go back and forth to screened. And I’m very blunt. She still takes her breathing only thing that stands between
Like, ‘This is a no brainer; you
This past year was a bad one the hospital. have to be screened.’” and airway clearance treatments us and the cure is science.”

for Dylan. He fought pancreati- He was buried in his air- “I would want people to every day for an average three to For her work, Emily’s
know we were a happy family
tis and rebounded, but Singer plane pajamas, chosen by in spite of this,” she said, four hours — if she’s healthy — Entourage has been honored by
adding she owes her husband
noticed differences in him. Brandon so he would fly to for his support for her speaking in addition to about 30 pills and the White House, named the
and advocacy, and her parents
One day in April, “he wasn’t heaven, and surrounded by his for letting them move in with four insulin injections. Champions of Change for Pre-
them to support Dylan. “I
quite feeling himself, but I was favorite figurines. wouldn’t want people to have “And that’s at best,” she cision Medicine.
this image that we were always
not unused to that,” Singer said, His life inspired Singer to crying. We really weren’t. You laughed. When she’s sick, she Her organization will be
learn to adapt and make the
eyes welling with tears. His start doing speaking engage- new normal. can be in the hospital for weeks hosting the fifth annual

I’m very blunt. Like, ‘’This is a no brainer; you “The thing that makes me We need to design the system that
have to be screened.’” the most sad is I don’t want overcomes a lot of the operational barriers so the
people to forget him. I want only thing that stands between us and the cure is
CINDY SINGER people to know that I had this science.”
amazing child and, for whatev-
blood pressure was up, which ments for the past few years er reason, he was given to me, EMILY KRAMER-GOLINKOFF Evening with Emily’s Entourage
and I want people to know that gala on Dec. 3 at Moulin at
Singer said was also not unusu- with Dr. Adele Schneider from he may have only lived to be 19, on antibiotics. Sherman Mills to continue rais-
but his life in some way will “Truthfully, the hardest part ing awareness.
al, but she couldn’t get it down the Einstein Victor Center for impact the future of other peo-
ple’s lives.” l about living [with CF] at this “It’s really important because
despite giving him medication. the Prevention of Jewish Genet- point is that I’m 31 and I have it’s not just about a rare muta-
Contact: big eyes and all these things I tion of a rare disease. It’s a lot
When Dylan said he wanted to ic Diseases, where a fund was want to do in the world and, in bigger than that. There’s a lot of
[email protected]; so many ways, I’m sort of held other diseases like Duchenne
move from the couch to the also created in Dylan’s honor. back by this body that’s a lot muscular dystrophy or even
215-832-0740 frailer than my mind or spirit,” many forms of cancer that are
floor, Singer said to her hus- The Dylan Singer Educational she admitted. “I have to be so caused by this same nonsense
deliberate with how I use my mutation. It’s much bigger than
band, “he’s going to have a Fund at the Victor Center has energy and it feels in many just about me or about CF even.
ways like I have to hold back,
seizure.” close to $20,000 from the com- and that’s a really frustrating “Particularly for the Jewish
thing to do when it should be community, between one in 25
He had been taken to the munity earmarked for strictly the peak of your life. and one in 27 Ashkenazi Jews is
a carrier of CF, which is as
hospital for seizures before, so educating the community. “It’s a constant burden being much or more as Tay-Sachs.
painfully aware of the uncertain-
this was not out of the ordinary, “I want people to know ty of the future; knowing that all “A big part of the mission is
it takes is just one small cold,” she trying to bring awareness and
but Singer remembered think- that his life has meaning,” she said in a calm, strong voice. let the Jewish community know
that this is our disease. Many of
ing there was something said. “And that first and fore- “I’m walking against the cur- the folks with CF are benefiting
rent trying to achieve stability, from huge advances but the
different about this one. most he was our child, and if I knew that I could stay Ashkenazi mutation is not, and
here forever, that would be the it’s up to us to change that.” l
He was airlifted to CHOP grandchild, brother, but he greatest gift in the world, but I
know that’s not the case. I have Contact:
after seizing for six hours with- was also this involuntary hero lots of friends with CF — I
know what the course before [email protected];
out stopping “and by the 12th who had no idea what his me is, and it’s not fun.”
215-832-0737
hour of trying everything they impact could mean to others. Kramer-Golinkoff wants to

could to calm him down, they And that through his life and

had to put him on pentobarbi- his struggles and his death,

tal, which is basically general hopefully, we’re going to pre-

anesthesia to stop him, and that vent this broad community

was the only thing that would who still tells me they never

stop his seizures.” even heard of this disease that

CORRECTION: The Sept. 15 article “NAMJH Exhibit Ties Bill Graham’s Jewish Past and
Music Genius Together” incorrectly identified the subject of a photo included on the page.
That photo is of David Graham.

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NEWSMAKERS

Michelle Portnoff was named chair The Radiological Society of North Holland native Daniel Kurtz was
America (RSNA) named Mindy
of the Gratz College Board of Gover- Horrow recipient of its Honored named to the newly created position
Educator Award for her work
nors, becoming only the second advancing the field of radiology. The of alumni relations director for Mac-
vice chair of Einstein Healthcare
woman in history to assume that Network’s Department of Radiology, cabi USA. Since serving as coach/
she’s been active performing a num-
role. Since joining as a board mem- Mindy Horrow ber of duties for RSNA, including athlete in open judo for the 16th
serving as a reviewer of education
ber in 2012, she’s played an active exhibits at the organization’s annual convention, mod- World Maccabiah Games in Israel in
erating scientific panels at the annual meetings and as
role, becoming development chair a lecturer. 2001, where the team earned a
A graduate of the Medical College of Pennsylvania,
during that time. she completed her radiology residency at the Brigham bronze medal, he returned in 2005,
and Women’s Hospital of Harvard University. She
Michelle Portnoff As chair, she’ll be able to expand joined Einstein’s Radiology Department in 1992. Daniel Kurtz taking home another bronze.
Author of more than 70 publications, 28 scientific
upon her duties, particularly when it abstracts and more than 50 educational posters, Hor- He became a volunteer for the
row received an outstanding teaching award from the
comes to finding donors, while continuing a family house staff at Einstein, outstanding educator award games in 2009 and 2013, serving as associate team
from the Philadelphia Roentgen Ray Society and the
tradition at Gratz that stretches back several genera- RSNA Eyler Fellowship in journalism.  manager at both competitions, then as team manager
She’s also a member at Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El
tions to her grandmother and great-aunt and has in Wynnewood. at the 2015 European Maccabi Games in Berlin. Prior

continued through her own children. In addition to to joining Maccabi USA, Kurtz served as a school

being a student, she later taught there. administrator in Philadelphia.

Portnoff is the co-founder of Portnoff Law Associ- In his new position, he’ll attempt to build the Mac-

ates Ltd., a firm that represents more than 125 cabi USA Alumni Association through marketing

municipalities, school districts and other municipal activities, job fairs, meet-and-greet sessions and other

authorities throughout Pennsylvania in collecting methods.

delinquent taxes and municipal user fees.

New Rabbi Installed

Kesher Israel Congregation in
West Chester, which has been
in existence for more than 100
years, installed Rabbi Lawrence
Troster as its 15th rabbi. U.S.
Rep. Ryan Costello, state Sen.
Andy Dinniman and Adam
Kessler, director of the Jewish
Community Relations Council,
offered remarks during the
event. l

▲ From left: Dave Gold, chair of the Chester County Kehillah; Adam Kessler, director of the Jewish Community Relations Council; Shelley Rappaport,
Chester County Kehillah director; Rabbi Lawrence Troster; and congregation president Sylvia Veitia.

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