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OF NOTE $32 Billion
State Budget
LOCAL Renews
Security for
Judaism Doesn’t Jewish Day
Take a Holiday Schools
Options abound
for those “down RACHEL KURLAND | JE STAFF The doors to YPC Shari-Eli with its name outlined in sculptures and (inset) inside the sanctuary
the shore.”
WHAT HAS BEEN a contentious will- of YPC Shari-Eli. Marissa Stern
Page 4 they, won’t-they battle in the Pennsylvania
General Assembly has now given many a Last South Philadelphia
LOCAL brief sigh of relief. Conservative Synagogue
Continues to Survive
Eastern State A threat to cut funding for school
Maintains Jewish security in the 2018 scal year — specif- MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF It got its start when a group of young
Presence ically reaching Jewish day schools across congregants at a nearby synagogue, Shaari
The former prison the state — has now been put back in the YPC Shari-Eli may not have held a large Eliohu, broke away to form what became
showcases its education section of the budget. event since service leader Joe Costin’s YPC Shari-Eli, a Conservative synagogue —
Jewish heritage. 1999 Bar Mitzvah, but you can still trust a contrast to the many Orthodox synagogues
“In the wake of bomb threats, reli- that every Saturday, its doors will be open that used to populate the once-heavily Jewish
Page 8 giously motivated vandalism and other for Shabbat services at 8:30 a.m. neighborhood. Israel Wolmark became the
anti-Semitic attacks, the Pennsylvania congregation’s part-time rabbi in 1973 and
LOCAL legislature should be looking to increase The synagogue has been around served for approximately 30 years.
and expand the Safe Schools Target- since 1952, though its predecessor was
Hello Muddah, ed Grants program, rather than elimi- around long before then, maybe as far e building at the corner of Frank-
Hello Faddah nate it,” wrote Arielle Frankston-Morris, back as 1928. lin Street and Moyamensing Avenue that
Summer camps director of Teach PA, a project of the
update o erings. Orthodox Union.

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reached $32 billion June 30.
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17 LIFESTYLES

LIFESTYLES/CULTURE

Counting to 10 Leads to Emmy Win
for Temple Graduate

ARTS several endangered languages. e videos, which LaBan
“I was astounded by the hosts on his website, are accom-
unique mix of cultures and panied by footage of the regions
MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF

languages you hear on the in which the languages hope to
ELI LABAN WILL probably street and the Caribbean in u- continue to ourish and text
start checking his spam folder ence — it was amazing to me,” giving further context into the
more o en. he recalled. “ e place is very history and traits of the areas.
e recent Temple University marginalized, there’s very little A fourth short video
grad — he studied media stud- infrastructure. In this part of explores a type of music that is
ies and production — received the country, there’s no roads, disappearing from the region,
an email, congratulating him really, between the cities, you showing performances and
on his nomination for a College have to get everywhere by interviews with the last living YOUR
Television Award, run by the speedboat through the jungle.” Maypole musicians. AD HERE
Television Academy Founda- Inspiration struck for the He shared one of the rst
tion (aka the Emmy Awards). independent study project he videos of people counting to 10 (HALF PAGE)
But he didn’t realize it until was required to do. on his Facebook page, and the
he got a follow-up email to him “I was in this area, and it response was overwhelming.
and the other nominees with just seemed like, ‘Wow, I don’t “I was able to send it to
information about ying to Los know necessarily what my top- the people of the community
Angeles for the awards ceremo- ic is going to be, but I want I lmed it in and it started
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the Cheltenham native, who
to do a video here,’” he said, getting shared a lot, like hun-
“because this is the place that dreds of times, and I didn’t
I’ve never heard about, I’m sure expect that,” he said. “And I
nobody else has heard about. was watching the comment
Even in Nicaragua, people
don’t know much about it.”

e result was traveling
to di erent communities and
(FULL PAGE)grew up going to Congregation

Adath Jeshurun.
A er momentary confu-

sion, lo and behold in his spam
stream under the video, and Eli LaBan won a College Television Award for Learn to Count in an
people were having these real-
ly powerful reactions to this
one-minute video I did.”

Endangered Language, found at elabancbk.wixsite.com/mysite.

I was watching the comment stream under the video, and people were Photo provided by Eli LaBan
having these really powerful reactions to this one-minute video I did.”
eos made more sense because three-dimensional that’s uni-
it accurately re ected all these versally relatable, so that you
di erent communities that each can watch this in the suburbs
ELI LABAN have their totally unique story.” of Philly or what have you, and

He’ll get to continue telling be like, ‘Wow, I relate to that.’”
these stories when he returns Winning the College Emmy
folder was the original con- nding residents to speak on e breadth of responses to the region in the fall. e SIT shows that this issue is something YOUR AD HERE
gratulatory email. camera — he has a fair share and shares he received showed Study Abroad through which that does have broad appeal. (HALF PAGE)
LaBan took home the top of expertise with videography, how little known this area was, he completed his study o ers “Now that I have that Emmy,
honors in the “Series-Un- having interned at NBC 10 even to local Nicaraguans he a grant for students to return it’s really great to be able to use
scripted” category for a series Philadelphia and working on a met, and he wanted to promote to where they studied for a that award as tangible evidence
of short social media videos he series about addiction that won the area further. community project, which he of the universal nature of this
created as part of a project that him a regional Emmy — and Creating short videos was will work on with the Rama issue, and how this format can
began during a study abroad having them count to 10. a way to give a quick but wide community primarily. make such a niche, far-o sit-
program in Nicaragua. He created three short vid- look into the area in a way that He hopes to continue to make uation interesting or relatable
As he wanted to learn Spanish, eos, each less than three min- kept people’s attention — no videos and spread the word for people in a totally di erent
LaBan chose Nicaragua for his utes long, showing children easy feat. about this cultural preservation. area of the world,” he said.
semester-long study abroad and with enthusiastic smiles and “It’s hard to get people to sit “My goal is to take some- “I’m really happy about it and
ended up learning much more adults counting to 10 in three down and watch a whole thing thing that many people would I think it’ll give a good founda-
than the language — he learned endangered languages: Garifu- on the internet,” he noted. “If think is an exotic, far-o issue tion for continuing to do this
about at least three others. na, Rama and Miskito. you want to spread a message, — you know, people that speak kind of work, which is exactly
During his semester there, e Rama language, for you have to make it short and a di erent language and dress what I intend on doing.”
he took a trip to the Caribbean instance, is considered “mor- you have to make it catchy so a certain way and are living
Coast region, a remote area ibund,” the video says, which it will stop people just scroll- in the jungle, something that Contact:
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Ninety-four-year-old Leonard Becker
Has a 70-Year Legacy of Giving

PROFILES IN GIVING ed causes. at’s a tradition “I was active in [Jewish] Fed- estate it was $25,000, and years ago, I’m grateful to be
that dates to when his father, eration in my 40s and 50s, so then I gave $200,000 for the spared these extra years to
Isaac, took him as a teenager I know what goes on — help- Legacy Fund and the Philan- spend with my family,” he said.
JON MARKS | JE STAFF ing people domestically in thropic Fund.”
need of meals, medicine and is article is part of an
to the annual dinner of the other things. He believes that generosity occasional series of pro les of
AT 94, Leonard Becker still organization that eventually was repaid through longevity. Jewish Federation of Greater
drives from his Wynnewood became Jewish Federation. “I started out giving about While his gol ng foursome Philadelphia supporters.
home to his Havertown o ce “A er I got home from the $400 to $500 each year. Then, and other friends are gone,
every day, still relives the Bat- war in 1946, from that day after 20 years, I moved up Becker remains full of life. Contact:
tle of the Bulge — where his forward I continued what my to $5,000 each year. When [email protected];
life was spared by the helmet father instilled in me,” Becker I started to do well in real “Although I don’t have the 215-832-0729
that took the bullet — and still said. “I didn’t miss a year from strength to do what I did 15
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Besides a sense of humor and — which is not doing as much
a sharp business acumen that as it could now — matures,
enabled him to do well in the they’ll increase their interest
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goes back even further. children, has no complaints.
He estimates that over the “I had a penchant for being
course of his lifetime he’s given a sucker to make investments
nearly $1 million to Jewish Fed- in other businesses — like a
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Aaron Loether, University of Delaware
Graduate Student, Dies at 28

OBITUARY Loether’s wife, Annie At the university, Loether edged the sorrow facing the AARON LOETHER
RACHEL WINICOV | JE INTERN Loether (née Horlick), ew to researched how light changes crowd. “If only there were suf-
Costa Rica with her parents, the structure of matter, co-au- never to have lived with him,
AARON LOETHER, a 28-year- Sally Sherwood and Geof- thoring multiple papers and cient words to explain the and for that, we are eternally
old graduate teaching assistant frey Horlick, on June 22 to was named a nalist of the unimaginable, to bring comfort and immeasurably grateful.”
and Ph.D. student at the Uni- be with the Loethers in the Daciar-Bata Prize in September to you, Aaron’s family and clos-
versity of Delaware, died June recovery process. e families 2016 for best student research est friends,” she said. “If only e printed program for
20 a er a riptide carried him remained in Costa Rica until paper in physics or astronomy. there were words, or a balm, the service included lightheart-
away from shore in Costa Rica, June 28, when they ew back that would take the anguish.” ed comments about Loether.
where he was vacationing with to the U.S. On June 29, the family held According to the pamphlet,
his family. the rst of two funerals at Interspersed in Henry’s Loether was bad at the march-
Annie and Aaron met while Temple Brith Achim in King speech were musical per- ing part of marching band and
Aaron Loether’s brother, Zack attending college at Drew Uni- of Prussia. A Pittsburgh-area formances from Sher and a disliked mushrooms, but he
Loether, also lost control in the versity. Loether, who grew up ceremony was held July 2 at sequence of addresses from excelled at giving hugs and loved
water, but two strangers rescued in Pittsburgh, graduated in Temple Ohav Shalom. Loether’s loved ones. the game Dungeons & Dragons.
him a er an hour in the current. 2011 with a bachelor’s degree
He has since made a full recovery. in physics and mathematics. For the Philadelphia-area ser- As the ceremony drew to a Along with his wife, parents-
vice, Loether’s Pittsburgh family close and Henry prepared to in-law and brother Zack, Loether
e Red Cross and Coast Guard e couple married in 2014, called in Rabbi Sharyn Henry lead the Kaddish, she re ected is survived by brother Joseph,
did not locate Loether’s body living in Elkton, Md., 20 min- of Pittsburgh’s Rodef Shalom on the purpose of the prayer. parents Susan and Richard
until June 23, when it was spotted utes from Newark, Del., where Congregation and Cantor Leon Loether, and many aunts, uncles,
half a mile down the beach from he attended graduate school, Sher of Congregation Beth El in She explained, “precisely cousins and friends.
the family’s resort. studying condensed matter Voorhees to lead the ceremony. when we can’t imagine being
and material physics. grateful, we look deep into
Henry repeatedly acknowl- our hearts and know that to
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FLASHBACK

February ’46 in the Exponent: munities throughout the country, under the auspices of the Jewish Welfare
Aftermath of WWII Board,” the article reported.
Still Leading Page 1
According to an article in the subsequent Exponent, more than 2,000 volun-
Special Red Headline teers crammed into the Broadwood Hotel at Broad and Wood streets (the hotel
Marks News About Rally was demolished in the 1980s) and pledged to “ascertain the actual number of
Jewish men and women in Philadelphia who participated in World War II.”
ANDY GOTLIEB | JE MANAGING EDITOR
“Personal and Social”
WHILE RETURNING SOLDIERS were busy (ahem) producing the rst the Facebook of 1946
baby boomers, World War II remained very much on the minds of everyone.
FACEBOOK WAS STILL decades away — although
e Feb. 1, 1946 Jewish Exponent featured the rarity of a lead headline in one of the rst computers, ENIAC, would debut at
red: “Community War Records Rally, Tues., Feb. 5.” the University of Pennsylvania just two weeks later — so readers turned to the
Exponent’s “Personal and Social” column to tell the world their family news.
e city-wide rally “of all those who have volunteered to serve on the War
Records Committee as well as many others interested in this e ort” featured Although there were no blurry sel es, the 30 or so brief items include
Gen. Jacob L. Devers, whose service record included time as commander gen- several mentions of families leaving for Florida vacations, a few notices about
eral, Sixth Army Group in France. e York native was praised in a back-page veterans returning from overseas, an item about an Overbrook High School
ad (also in color!), “for his willingness to assist in completing the War Records graduate receiving a four-year full tuition scholarship to the Pennsylvania
of our Jewish community.” Academy for the Fine Arts and a couple blurbs about ill people.

e article noted that the committee’s goal was to develop a complete list of “ e friends of Miss Majorie Cohen, of 6510 N. 16th St., will be pleased to
those who served or were serving in the armed forces. learn that she has returned from the hospital and is recuperating from home,”
one read.
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What Some Camps Are Doing This Summer

LOCAL “We continue to really try healthy dose of ivrit this sum- es that this year’s campers can run the camp for an evening,
hard to create an open and mer with its new Sha’ar Phil- look forward to “having a great and rising 12th-graders run
MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF safe community here at Har- adelphia Hebrew immersion camp experience in a warm, the camp for an entire day.
lam,” David said. “We’re guid- program that it is piloting. Jewish environment.”
AS THE RISING temperatures ed by our values, but also it Camp Galil – Habonim Dror ey’re given a budget, a tech-
indicate, summer is o cially emphasizes that each person One bunk of 14 campers “It depends on how you look at nical director, a head person
upon us. And for many kids, brings value, and that this is who just nished kindergar- it,” Executive Director David and have the opportunity to
in between celebrating school not something that we do to be ten will spend their camp Weiss said about new pro-
being over, the summer means nice to those who, for example, days speaking only in Hebrew grams this summer. gure out what needs to be set
a chance to get away from it all identify as transgender or who with their own unit head and up and where and other duties.
and head to camp for some bug have disabilities but more so counselors, Assistant Director As they use a youth leader-
juice and arts and cra s. our community is diminished Eileen Graub said. ship model and the youths always “ e bene t of that,” he said,
when we don’t have them as change, every year is di erent. “is it allows them to develop
For some overnight and part of it, that they bring value e Ramah camp in Nyack their own leadership skills.”
day camps, the season o ers a and that we’re missing out on started the program and it “ e programs get reimag-
chance to o er new programs a full picture of who our com- was well-received, so the local ined and reinvented every year Like Harlam, Galil has a tech-
to pique the campers’ interests. munity actually is when they’re branch decided to try it out. by the new generation of youth free policy, which allows the
not part of our community.” leaders,” he said, adding this campers to have more face-to-
Here are what a few camps “We are a Conservative year’s theme for educational face interaction and connection.
are doing di erently this year: ere are new physical spac- movement camp and we’re try- programs is hineni.
es on camp such as a communal ing to infuse the camp with “ ey have an opportu-
Camp Harlam - Union gathering place called Fendrick Hebrew and Judaism, and we ese youth leaders get a nity here to carve out their
for Reform Judaism Commons and new cabins have felt like there would be a good chance to develop their skills own identity and explore who
Camp Harlam is not only cel- been added to the campus. response to it and there really by having the opportunity to they want to be in a place that
ebrating the start of its camp was,” Graub said. actually run the camp. allows them to take risks and
season, which opened June 28, ey’ve also implemented a try new things,” Weiss added.
but also its 60th anniversary. technology-free policy, which She encourages kids to “to Rising 10th-graders, Weiss
David noted isn’t new, but create community and learn explained by example, get to Contact:
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“It’s humbling to have this “ is is about building some Make a Healthy Choice
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said David, who started her world means that they have Community!
Harlam journey as an 11-year- to gain some con dence and
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being a woman in charge of an riencing camp,” she said. “And care retirement community owned
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David noted, which allows them characters based on the camp’s
to better support campers with founders written and illustrat-
mental health issues or concerns. ed by an alum; a special alumni
day event in August where they
Harlam has also welcomed will celebrate couples who met
transgender campers who can at Harlam; a weekend retreat; a
live in the cabin of their gen- Phillies game and many more.
der identity. Camp Ramah - Day Camp
Ramah Day Camp for pre-kin-
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modi ed zipline at the facili- seventh-graders will have a
ty to accommodate those with
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Makom Accelerating to Higher
Ground in Center City

LOCAL UpStart’s Accelerator pro- us both assess the work we’re Beverly Socher-Lerner displays a Makom learning board about
JON MARKS | JE STAFF gram. UpStart will provide tips already doing and come up
through video conferencing, with out-of-the-box ways we community responsibilities. Photo by Jon Marks
BEVERLY SOCHER LERNER individual coaching and links might want to innovate next.”
trusts the process. to potential nancial supporters. signed up for a program that enabled her to expand the
In many ways, the Acceler- meets them at their school at staff to three.
No, not “the Process” Joel Socher-Lerner, who started ator is the embodiment of her 3 p.m. then walks them to the
Embiid and the Sixers swear the nondenominational pro- de nition of Makom. center. ere they combine But spreading the word
to that involves sinking to the gram in 2014 following “about Jewish learning, teamwork and hasn’t come easy, though
bottom before building your 150 co ee dates” where she “I spent 12 years” at syn- fun until 6 p.m. funding through the Lasko
way back up. proposed her ideas to anyone agogue Hebrew schools, the Family Foundation and the
in the Jewish community who 30-year-old Socher-Lerner Now there are 21 chil-
e director of Makom would listen, is excited about said. “At each one, I would dren enrolled, which has See Makom, Page 16
Community, a Center City its prospects. innovate in ways allowed to by
after-school program edu- the culture of the congregation.
cating children ages 4 to 10 “It’s a three-year incubator I found the congregations I was
and their parents about how program that helps startups working with were interested
to enrich their lives through and nonpro ts either start or in innovation but only so far.
Judaism, believes hers is a for- get to the next level from where
mula that more families want. they’re at,” Socher-Lerner said. “ en I began watching all
“It’s about growth and vision. these young families putting
She’s determined to help down roots in Center City and
them get it and recently received “At Makom Community noticed there weren’t dynam-
a huge boost when Makom we’ve grown more than 300 ic Hebrew schools or Jewish
became one of nine organiza- percent in three years, so it’s day schools in Center City. e
tions to join Cohort 10 of the pretty clear there’s a demand options were very slim.”
San Francisco Bay Area-based for what we’re o ering. e
idea of the incubator is it helps When Makom opened
its doors, only four children

Expansion to Chabad Facility in Camden and
Burlington Counties Will Double its Size

LOCAL to take ve months, Mangel “We’re essentially doubling by both men and women. And ception is that we’re still stuck
JON MARKS | JE STAFF now concedes the job may not the size of the building,” Man- within the South Jersey area in the shtetl, and that couldn’t
be nished until perhaps early gel said. “What used to be the there are several Chabads, be further from the truth,”
RABBI MENDY MANGEL 2018, meaning it will have to sanctuary will now become the the closest in Medford and Mangel said. “While our reli-
can’t explain why synagogue rent space at the nearby Katz kiddush room, and we’re build- Gloucester County. gious practices are as true as it
enrollment is generally declin- JCC for High Holiday services. ing another sanctuary. was when Moses gave us Torah
ing throughout the country as What’s the attraction? at Mount Sinai, the core process
fewer people seemingly main- Already, though, he’s antic- “On a regular Saturday “We strongly believe God of how we think and operate
tain their Jewish identities. ipating the moment he gets one of the focus points of our met the Jewish people at through modern technology
to conduct services and pray Chabad is that it’s not only Mount Sinai and gave the gi has changed.
He only knows that the in the new facility, which will about prayer and services, but of Torah to Moses and that has
number of those he sees reg- essentially be attached to the about family and people being been transmitted from gener- “Second is that we’re an all-
ularly at Chabad Lubavitch current one. together. Having a larger room ation to generation all to this or-nothing package. Our mes-
of Camden and Burlington to congregate will help foster present day, and what’s beau- sage is everyone should take
Counties in Cherry Hill, N.J., “I’m honored to be the that feeling.” tiful is we’ve kept true to it,” the best steps best they can.
keeps climbing. rabbi of such an incredible Mangel said. One mitzvah. Each mitzvah
congregation,” Mangel said. According to Mangel, “We haven’t wavered. is is has monumental value. Be bet-
It’s climbing so quickly that “I feel enthused and really Chabad “participation” as not Orthodoxy or Chassidism. ter for the world today than
the Chabad center has outgrown empowered by them. To see he calls it, since there are is is Judaism.” you were yesterday.”
its space and needs to expand. this many caring, giving, lov- no actual memberships, has
ing people, it humbles me to grown steadily. A decade ago at Judaism is greatly mis- Contact:
That’s why construction have this opportunity.” they built a $1.2 million mik- understood by the general pub- [email protected];
is underway on a $2 million vah behind the main build- lic, he maintained. 215-832-0729
project. Originally expected e organization will soon ing, which is used regularly
be taking on a new look. “ e No. 1 greatest miscon-

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Synagogue had his Bar Mitzvah. Shabbat Murray Costin attended while munity and connections it pro- For Murray Costin, it’s also
services are lay-led by Joe Cos- growing up nearby. “South vides makes it worthwhile. a way of preserving a piece of
Continued from Page 1 tin, part of the father-son team Philly born-and-raised” Cos- Jewish history in a place where
leading the synagogue. He said tin still lives nearby. “Just the fact that we’re sur- there’s not much le .
houses the synagogue today — everyone who comes to services viving makes it special,” Joe
its exterior painted blue with a plays a role. ere was a men’s club and a Costin said, noting that the “Nobody wants to see a
modest sign signaling its name women’s auxiliary club as well people who come — usually Jewish community fall apart,”
— formerly housed Shaare “We start services on Satur- when it was thriving in the ’50s around 12 or 14 on a given he said.
Torah, an Orthodox synagogue day morning at 8:30 a.m., which and ’60s, he added. Saturday — are like family to
back around 1928. e congre- is a little early for people,” he him. “Knowing that every- “Especially in a place that
gants changed the interior to admitted, “but that’s always e changing neighborhood body’s moved away or passed used to be all Jewish, basically,”
been the time and what I tell makes keeping the synagogue away, we’re still here and made Joe Costin added.
t their needs, eliminating the them, you get a jump-start on open even more important, Joe it through and we’re going to
format typical of an Orthodox your day. … I lead the services, Costin noted. continue to make it through.” “We’re the only ones le ,”
congregation, such as the sepa- my father will read the Torah Murray Costin continued, “so
rate women’s balcony upstairs. and, like I said, we incorpo- “I remember when I was “The door is open and we keep doing it.”
rate everybody so people will little, there were still some people are cordially invited
“ ey came and xed all come up for aliyahs. We read Jewish businesses around,” he and we’d like them to come,” Contact:
this up, done by hand by all in English a summary of what recalled, “so I grew up around Serota added. [email protected];
the congregants in 1950,” said we read in the Torah each week, some Jewish stu and just to 215-832-0740
Executive Director Murray so we have somebody read that. see that now there’s very little
Costin, sitting in the open Everybody has a part. It’s a le , it’s still important to keep Name: Artis Senior Living; Width: 3.625 in;
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icent” bagels, lox and white sh Bernie Serota, a dedicated synagogue survives on dona-
spread prepared by his wife, “member” of the synagogue tions. ere are no membership
Nancy. ey were married at whom Joe Costin couldn’t dues, Joe Costin said, and they
the synagogue. recall missing a service, also get most donations around the
reads Torah during services High Holidays.
Men and women now gath- sometimes and has done some
er together in the chapel, a maintenance for the syna- e number of congre-
narrow space with two rows of gogue. He said that by keeping gants may have dwindled,
benches on either side facing the synagogue alive, they also but through Facebook or oth-
the bimah, where two pulpits show that they “keep the Jew- er means, they always form
stand on either side of the ark. ish tradition alive here.” a minyan as people nd out
about them.
e number of those who Hidden City Philadelphia
gather, however, has decreased noted that South Philly was “We had seven [people] one
quite a bit since the synagogue’s once “one of the largest and time, we didn’t know whether
beginnings, and the “young” most densely populated Jew- we wanted to open or not,”
part may have also changed. But, ish communities in America.” Murray Costin recalled, “and
Murray Costin proudly notes, Many Jewish buildings and the next thing you know four
they always have a minyan. facilities were le casualties of people came. ey just came
the changing neighborhood, because they knew we were
e synagogue is open every like the Sti el Senior Center, open somehow.
Saturday morning for services which was located at the south-
and every year for the High east corner of Marshall and Por- “So we’re here every Satur-
Holidays. ey advertise in e ter streets and o ered Hebrew day, come heck or high water.”
South Philly Review around the classes. It closed in 2011.
holidays to let people know they ey’ve worked with oth-
are open. In its early iteration, YPC er synagogues that struggle to
Shari-Eli had services on Fri- form minyans or get stuck for
For High Holiday services, day nights as well and had a services, he added.
they bring in Rabbi Gail Glicks- Sunday school program, which
man, who used to be with Adath ey hope the synagogue
Shalom, where Murray Costin can someday return to the
height of its success, with Fri-
day night services and a school.
But in the meantime, the com-

CORRECTIONS

An article on Page 8 of the June 29 Jewish Exponent (“Local Maccabiah Games Rowers Have Med-
als on eir Minds”) misidenti ed the grandfather of rower Ethan Genyk. e grandfather’s name
is Samuel Krausner.

e cover article in the June 29 issue (“Jewish-Owned Dayton Dragons a Hot Ticket Around Gem
City”) incorrectly identi ed the high school attended by Marshall Weiss, the editor and publisher
of e Dayton Jewish Observer. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School.

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OPINION

EDITORIAL Caring for Captured and

Israel’s ‘Welcome’ Mat Wounded Enemy Soldiers

THIS WEEK, 10,000 athletes from 80 countries converged on Israel a Fundamental IDF Value
for the 20th Maccabiah Games, the “Jewish Olympics.” ose are
impressive numbers compared to the 800 athletes from 19 countries BY ITZHAK BROOK became a physician. I approached them. I could see
who participated in Israel’s rst Maccabiah Games in 1950. As a battalion physician the fear in their eyes, as if they
ONE OF THE greatest chal- expected that I would harm
It makes sense for the Jewish Olympics to take place in Israel, lenges of a medical corps team in the Yom Kippur War, I them. I wondered if their fear
which Jews around the world rightly see as the home of the Jew- member is to care for captured took care of several wounded was based on knowing what
ish people. Israel promotes herself as such, and Prime Minister and wounded enemy soldiers. Egyptian soldiers, providing they would have done to me
Benjamin Netanyahu has even gone as far as to suggest that he is I served as an army medic them with the same level of should I have been a prisoner
the prime minister of the Jewish people. during the 1967 Six-Day War treatment that I gave my own of war. I also assumed that
in the battle over Jerusalem injured men. Even though I years of anti-Israeli propagan-
So it is ironic that notwithstanding Israel’s marketing e orts, the and as a battalion physician in had mixed feelings about da depicted us as monsters.
government that Netanyahu leads has taken one action a er another the 1973 Yom Kippur War in treating the wounded enemy
to send a clear message that Jews are not at all created equal. Indeed, the Sinai Desert. In both wars, soldiers, I saw them rst and Most of these soldiers
contrary to the unifying message and pronouncements of world I cared for many captured and foremost as human beings. were tense and apprehensive
Jewish unity symbolized by the Maccabiah Games, the Israeli govern- wounded enemy prisoners. throughout the treatment, and
ment seems to be sending a message of disunity and exclusion. While my natural instincts looked in disbelief as we worked
e Six-Day War broke and years of medical training to care for their wounds.
Consider the conversion bill. Haredi Orthodox parties are out two weeks before the end urged me to help any wounded
promoting legislation that would grant the Chief Rabbinate a warrior to the best of my abili- I was proud that I could
monopoly on conversions performed in Israel. In its current overcome my anger and treat
form, the bill would rob individuals who convert under Reform, Even though I had mixed feelings about treating these individuals as I would
Conservative and private Orthodox auspices performed in Israel the wounded enemy soldiers, I saw them first have wanted to be treated in a
of eligibility for citizenship under the Law of Return. and foremost as human beings in need of help. similar situation.

Last week, Netanyahu — facing an onslaught of Diaspora out- of my last year at Hadassah ty, I could not deny the feeling e medical corps of the
rage and pressure that only got stronger a er his Cabinet reneged Medical School in Jerusalem. of animosity toward the enemy Israel Defense Forces had
on a deal for an egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall — I had worked as a nurse in in the heat of battle. I managed always provided medical care
announced a six-month delay in considering the conversion bill the emergency room of the to overcome these misgivings. for all injured soldiers, even if
while a team he’ll appoint comes up with recommendations. Hadassah University hospital Caring for these enemy they were their adversaries. is
Any delay is a positive thing. But the longer such legislation is for the prior two years and prisoners of war humanized is one of the core values of the
seriously considered, the more it sends the message to Reform, was stationed at that hospital our adversary to me, and I felt IDF and is spelled out in the
Conservative, Reconstructionist and even some Orthodox Jews when the war started. I also inner satisfaction that I could oath taken by all the physicians
that in Zion they are second-class people. went out with the ambulances still honor the sanctity of the of the Israeli Medical Corps.
to evacuate the wounded back human life, a value with which
Netanyahu and his government have no problem turning to to the hospital and cared for I had been raised. Indeed, this policy is being
Diaspora Jews when they need them. e painful ght with former them during the ride. In particular, an experi- implemented today, as the IDF
President Obama over the Iran deal is a good example. And it is During the rst 72 hours, ence with an injured Egyp- has opened a eld hospital near
unquestionably the in uence and rock solid nancial and political we took care of more than 500 tian prisoner of war — a the Syrian border and cares
support of American Jews that helps advance Israel’s interests and wounded soldiers and civil- fighter pilot whose plane was for victims of the civil war
objectives in the billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid that ow to Israel ians, among them many Jorda- downed by an Israeli jet — in that country. Even though
yearly. So, we should be welcomed with open arms in Israel, right? nian and Egyptian prisoners of changed my perspective. there is an o cial state of war
war. All the wounded received As I mended his broken leg between Syria and Israel, more
Not so fast. the same care at the hospital, and bandaged his burns, he than 3,000 injured and sick
e new, clear message from Israel is that Diaspora Jews are whether they were Jordanian, showed me a picture of his fam- Syrian nationals have so far
Egyptian or Israeli. I cared ily as a sign of gratitude. In the been treated at this hospital.
kosher enough to be relied upon to act as a uni ed community to for many enemy soldiers and pictures were two young chil-
help and support Israel from afar, but not kosher enough to be wel- struggled to save their lives. dren, the same ages as my own It is my hope that those
comed as one people in Israel. e discordance of that message is They were human beings two children. I realized at that wounded enemy soldiers and
unnerving, and its potential consequences should be of real concern. in need of medical attention. moment that he, too, wanted to civilians that we cared for in
Watching my medical school see them again. Following this 1967, 1973 and today have
All of that said, the Maccabiah Games belong in Israel, teachers and the teams at encounter, it became emotion- served as emissaries for peace
which is the home of the Jewish people. But we worry: Under Hadassah fight for the lives ally easier for me to treat other and reconciliation a er they
Israel’s new exclusionary approach, what is going to happen to of men who were fighting wounded Egyptian soldiers. returned to their homes. Hope-
the Reform- or Conservative-converted Maccabiah athlete who against us set an ethical stan- Many of these wounded sol- fully, their testimonies have
wants to get married in Israel and make aliyah? dard that I clung to when I diers were visibly scared when advanced the cause of peace.

Join the conversation! Itzhak Brook served as a medic in the
Six-Day War and as a battalion phy-
Tell us what you’re thinking sician in the Yom Kippur War. He is a
and interact with the community professor of pediatrics at Georgetown
at jewishexponent.com University.

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Dentist Helps Ferment a Brewing Empire

LIFESTYLE more dentists and oral surgeons It will soon be complemented Top: The outside of Conshohocken Brewing Company at Bridgeport.
MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF and orthodontists involved in it,” by a beer garden o the parking
he said with a laugh. lot overlooking the Schuylkill Bottom: The draft list at Conshohocken Brewing Company at Bridgeport,
IT STARTED WITH an email. River, which Rosen hopes will with beers such as Glazing Saddles, a beer made with local Suzy Jo Donuts.
Andy Rosen had been a As he was nding investors open in the next few weeks.
— including WIP sportscast- Marissa Stern
beer enthusiast for years, even er and Jewish Sports Hall of e success has only contin-
homebrewing his own concoc- Famer Glen Macnow — Rem- ued to pour out. ey signed Across from the Colonial he emphasized by raising a
tions a er he realized there ington and Buonocore were with distributors Gretz Beer eatre where e Blob once glass of Ye Olde Brown Ale.
was more beer to drink than looking for a location, which Company and Penn Beer as they terrorized moviegoers is a spot
just Budweiser and Miller. He they found in an old ware- had previously been self-distrib- that will soon house a taproom For him, the chances to meet
owned a beer distributor in house o the Schuylkill River uting. e beer can be found in with games like Ping-Pong and cool people and the tikkun
South Philly with a friend until Trail in Conshohocken. major supermarket chains and shu eboard, comfy seating olam aspect of being able to
they sold it. both Citizens Bank Park and and music. host charity events and support
rough more connections, Lincoln Financial Field. “We wanted to come in with local organizations stand out.
He estimates 3,000 beer including one of Rosen’s patients, a di erent idea,” he said, not-
bottles from around the globe who designed and built the spot, eir real luck came as they ing this too will also open in e brewery also keeps him
line the walls in his Wynne- they got the place together and were opening the Bridgeport the fall. “We didn’t want to be active. While he used to play
wood home. He made friends built a 15-barrel brewery helmed Brewpub when the Pennsyl- the h brewpub there. is is basketball at Kaiserman JCC,
and connections with people by lead brewer Andrew Horne, vania Liquor Control Board a di erent concept, gaming.” now he bikes 40 or so miles on
in Philly breweries like Yards who previously worked for Yards announced breweries can now Apart from his role as “the Sundays down the trail among
and Victory. and Avery Brewery. also sell state-distilled spirits, money man,” he joked, as he the brewery locations, stopping
which allowed them to expand works with the investors on into “Conshy” and Bridgeport
Rosen, founder of the den- Complete with a tasteful their drink menu for those who equity and securing funding, for a pint or two.
tal practice Rose Tree Dental menu of snacks, the taproom may not enjoy beer. his “o cial” title listed on his
Group in Media, had always opened nine months later on business card is one he relishes: And the best part?
said that if the opportunity April Fool’s Day — no joke — With the new rules, they Chief Taster. “Beer doesn’t give you cavi-
came to be involved in a new in 2014. also were allowed to open two It signi es one of the most ties,” he promised.
brewery, he would jump on it. storage spaces, which Rosen enjoyable parts for him, which
“It was everything we envi- noted was a loose de nition Contact:
So when an attorney friend sioned it would be, and it just and could mean a restaurant or [email protected];
emailed Rosen about a couple has not slowed down since,” a taproom, as long as they don’t 215-832-0740
of guys who wrote to his rm said Rosen, who grew up in the brew on the premises.
about a business proposal to Bronx before moving to Phila-
start Conshohocken Brewing delphia for dental school at the Enter their next project:
Company, the opportunity University of Pennsylvania. new locations in Havertown
presented itself. and Phoenixville.
Upon the success of the
“My buddy saw it and sent me Conshohocken brewery, new “So [Remington] called me
an email in the summer of ’13 ideas started owing. once again,” Rosen said with
and basically said, ‘I know you a jokingly exasperated sigh.
love beer, I don’t know where Remington called Rosen “He says, ‘I’ve got some new
you’re at or what’s going in your one day in late 2015 and told ideas. You’ve got to check it
life right now, but I gured if I him to come to Bridgeport out, I’ve got two more plac-
didn’t show this to you, you’d where they met at an aban- es.’ I said, ‘Two?! Are you kid-
kick my a**,’” Rosen laughed. doned warehouse — “We’re ding me, two?’ … I said, ‘I just
into warehouses,” Rosen noted hit these people up for money
A er looking through the — to scope out a location for a in August.’ And he said, ‘No,
47-page proposal, Rosen got new brewpub. you’ve got to see these places.’”
in touch with founders John
Remington and Ken Buono- Rosen saw the place’s poten- e investors came through
core. Over beers at Gulli y’s, tial, and called on the initial once again and they found
Rosen told them he wanted to investors again plus a few more their next spot in the space
be involved and that he would to raise the money to get the that once housed Nais Cuisine
get them the money to get the place open. on Benedict Avenue in Haver-
brewery running. town, which recently closed.
at turned into a two-story Rosen said a one-story brew-
Rosen, who belongs to Tem- brewpub right o of Route 202 pub with the same menu as
ple Beth Hillel-Beth El, sought with a smaller brewing sys- Bridgeport will open hopefully
investors by talking to friends tem and a full kitchen that in the fall.
and colleagues and drawing up opened in August 2016. e
paperwork and LLCs to get the large space, its front door lit- “ e buzz has been tremen-
new venture o the ground. erally pointing you in the right dous in Havertown,” he said.
direction with its “Beer Here” “We’re gonna crush it there.”
“I can guarantee you there’s sign and arrows pointing down
no brewery on this planet that has to the entrance, has a space for In Phoenixville, a new idea
parties or charity events. came to Remington.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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.

Putting Jewish Summer Camp within Reach

WHAT ARE THE bene ts of si through the many options and Learning.   “Parents and cover who you and your child either a $700 incentive grant
Jewish camping? How do I nd and match each child with the their kids can choose to spend are, discuss what you want for a rst-time overnight
out what camps are out there? appropriate summer experience. time physically active, interact- for your child, and then pres- camp experience lasting
Is there a camp that will meet “ en we  can help fami- ing with nature, making new ent you with several options. 12 to 18 consecutive days
my child’s speci c needs? Can lies PAY  for camp,” continued friends -- all while immersed in Camp consultations are OR a $1,000 incentive grant
we even a ord camp? When Weinberg, “ with our need- a Jewish atmosphere with Jew- FREE. Noted Hirsh, “Sharon for a rst-time overnight
considering Jewish day and based scholarships for both day ish music, Hebrew words, Jewish has encountered many par- camp experience lasting 19
overnight camping, families and overnight campers and values, Shabbat experiences and ents who were unaware of or more consecutive days,
not surprisingly have a lot of our rst-time camper grants more. e Jewish Federation is the array of Jewish camps, regardless of family income.
questions and concerns. e for Jewish overnight camps.” making this choice a ordable each with their own unique
Jewish Federation of Greater For the summer of 2017, for many of our local families.”  o erings. And among par- • Need-based Day and Over-
Philadelphia is pleased to o er the Jewish Federation has Now, with summer in full ents who knew there were night Camp Scholarships.
the comprehensive support awarded over 900 camp swing, is an excellent time for Jewish camps, many had Campers between the ages of
families need to embark on scholarships and grants total- families to, yes, begin thinking no idea how dynamic and 5 and 19 who identify as Jew-
this exciting journey. ing more than $630,000. about next summer and how sophisticated such camps ish and live in Bucks, Ches-
“ e Jewish Federation o ers “Inadditiontothefunandsig- to reap the most bene ts from have become. e Jewish ter, Delaware, Montgomery
multiple bene ts,” said Abigail ni cant Jewish identity-building Jewish camping. Following are Federation helps families dis- or Philadelphia counties may
Weinberg, Associate Director of experience that overnight camp more details on how the Jew- cover this world.”  be eligible for need-based
Jewish Life and Learning. “First o ers, we are seeing the growing ish Federation can help ensure assistance. Depending on
we help families FIND the camp importance of Jewish day camp your children enjoy a transfor- • Resources for campers the family’s need and the
that is right for them with our as a meaningful experience for mative camping experience: with special needs. Send- cost of camp, eligible camp-
Summer Camp Specialist, Sha- campers and counselors, partic- ing children with very spe- ers can receive between 10%
ron Bromberg.  Using her wealth ularly as some of the day camps • Camp Concierge Services. ci c physical or emotional and 30% of the cost of camp.
of knowledge about the vast o er increasingly sophisticated Sharon Bromberg will be requirements to camp can
array of Jewish summer camps, Jewish content,” said Barbara your camp personal shopper. be even more involved. e • Convening and Advocating.
Sharon can help any family Hirsh, Director of Jewish Life She will meet with you to dis- Jewish Federation has com- e Jewish Federation is
piled comprehensive infor- committed to strengthening
mation about a variety of local Jewish camps by bring-
Jewish Federation options for campers with ing together camp leaders for
Re-launches Health varying needs and abilities. ongoing development and
Care Network discussions, and by advocat-
• One Happy Camper Grants. ing on behalf of camps to
These incentive grants promote Jewish continuity
A CAPACITY CROWD attended an encourage families to try throughout the community.
upli ing program about medical mir- Jewish overnight camp.  One
acles  on June 20th as part of the Jew- Happy Camper, a program “ e thank you notes we
ish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s of the Foundation for Jewish receive from campers who have
revival of its Health Care Network. 
Hosted by Beth Sholom Congregation, Camp, is funded locally by bene ted from our assistance are
the Jewish Federation and a delight to read, and a reminder
the panel discussion included Harley the Neubauer Family Foun- of how profound an experience
A. Rotbart, M.D., author of the new book  Miracles
We Have Seen: America’s Leading Physicians Share dation. Campers can receive camp can be,” said Hirsh.
Stories ey Can’t Forget, as well as local physician
and essayist Harvey Guttmann, M.D. Rabbi David While Sharon Bromberg is away at camp, if you have any
Glanzberg-Krainin provided the Jewish context for questions about One Happy Camper grant, please contact
the inspirational discussion.   Lindsay Weicher at [email protected] or 215.832.0585.
e saving of a life is among the highest of If you have any other general camp questions please contact Abby
Jewish values and the Health Care Network brings Weinberg at [email protected] or 215.832.0570.
together physicians, dentists, health care profession- (From left) Rabbi David Glanzberg-Krainin,
als and other interested community members who author Harley A. Rotbart, M.D., Elliot Norry,
care deeply about this mitzvah. e group sponsors M.D., Gail Norry and local physician and TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE
stimulating programs of broad interest on sub- essayist Harvey Guttmann, M.D. at the June
jects relating to health care developments, medical 20th Health Care Network event. Jewish Federation Family Mission to Israel
December 21 - 31, 2017
and surgical achievements, entrepreneurship and Top photo: Dr. Rotbart shares a miraculous
ethics. For more information, contact Bob Seltzer story with the audience. Spend your winter break in Israel with other Greater Philadel-
at [email protected] or 215.832.0535.  phia families on a journey packed with amazing adventures as
well as time for private family reflection. Visit jewishphilly.org/
travelwithpurpose for details and to register.

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COMMUNITY / calendar

THURSDAY, JULY members: $40 per person for one
course, $100 per person for three or
Bible Study. more courses and $8 per person for
one lecture or movie. Non-members:
Main Line Reform Temple clergy leads a $50 per person for one course, $110
discussion of the tanakh, or Jewish bible. An per person for three or more courses
ongoing process, beginning with Genesis and or $10 per person for one lecture or
proceeding over the course of the year. Anyone is movie. For additional information and
welcome to join in at any point, whether you are to receive a free Lifelong Learning
a longtime student of Torah or if you have never summer series brochure with more
looked at the Torah before. Begins at 11 a.m. complete information, contact
410 Montgomery Ave., Wynnewood. Linda Hershman at 215-698-7300
or email [email protected].
THURSDAY, JULY Fedida will be on-site creating, painting at Reform Congregation Keneseth 04linz/iStock/Thinkstock.com 10100 Jamison Ave., Philadelphia.
and discussing his artistic process all Israel with an engaging discussion of Summer Wellness Program.
One-Man Band. month. Please stop in, spend some the weekly Torah portion. For more [email protected] or 610-660-0190. Join Katz JCC for its S.U.G.A.R (Start
time to meet and learn from this information, call 215-887-8700. 10980 Dutton Road, Philadelphia. Up Good and Right) program for
Musician Tom Tolnay is back by amazing artist. For more information, 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. children with diabetes ages 11-14 and
demand. Enjoy an hourlong concert call 215-627-2792 or visit ocjac.org. MONDAY, JULY 15-18. S.U.G.A.R is a four-week session
of various music styles, old and new. 119 N. Third St., Philadelphia. SUNDAY, JULY that encourages kids to make healthy
This concert is part of Golden Slipper Cook for a Friend. choices through food and exercise.
on the Main Line’s summer program. FRIDAY, JULY JRA Distribution. Each week kids will participate in a
He’ll play at Adath Israel Synagogue Join others who cook and package di erent exercise class followed by
at noon. $10. 250 N. Highland Ave., Summer Shabbat Join Jewish Relief Agency as we pack meals that are delivered to the needy fun, nutrition-centered activities and
Bala Cynwyd. Evening Services. and deliver food from our warehouse in our community at Har Zion Temple games. This brand new program kicks
to struggling families throughout at 5 p.m. Free of charge. Open to the o July 10. Prices vary per class and
Podcast Live Taping. Join Main Line Reform Temple at the greater Philadelphia area. This community. For more information, pre registration is encouraged. For
6:30 p.m. at this casual chapel service wonderful, fun opportunity is great call 610-667-5000. 1500 Hagys Ford more information, please contact Jayne
Join Kaddish podcast host Ariana when we welcome Shabbat with joy for volunteers of all ages and abilities. Road, Penn Valley. Miller-Morgan, JCC assistant fitness
Katz for a live taping of the last and song. Reception at 6 p.m. with Box packing runs from 10 to about director, at [email protected].
episode of season one. After the live light snacks precedes the service. 11:30 a.m., followed by food delivery. Lifelong Learning Series. 1301 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill, N.J.
recording, Kaddish will go on a hiatus, 410 Montgomery Ave., Wynnewood. Times are flexible. Groups welcome. Tai Chi.
so join us for a night of music, poetry, Community service forms available. A long list of learning opportunities Tai chi, an ancient Chinese practice
performance and interviews with Welcome New Baal Tefila. For more information, contact us at will abound for active and maturing that combines slow, deliberate
some amazing guests. The show is adults when KleinLife launches a movements, meditation and breathing
free, but donations are welcome at the The board of directors is pleased to new summer Lifelong Learning series exercises, has picked up in popularity.
door. Due to the content, the event is announce the appointment of Rabbi on July 10. The public is invited. For Two small group tai chi classes, led
not recommended for youth, but up Kevin Bernstein as Melrose B’nai Israel by our resident expert Morris Siegel,
to caregivers discretion. Sponsored by Emanu-El Baal Tefila. Rabbi Bernstein SUNDAY, JULY will be o ered at Katz JCC Mondays
Kol Tzedek Synagogue. With will be on the bimah starting on July 7 at 2 p.m. beginning on July 10, and
any questions, contact Ariana at at 8 p.m. and Shabbat morning July 8 Beach Trip. Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m. beginning
[email protected]. 7 p.m. at 9:15 a.m. Please join us in welcoming July 11. Prices vary per class and pre-
at Kol Tzedek Calvary Center for Rabbi Bernstein. For more information, Bring a bathing suit, towel and registration is encouraged. For more
Culture and Community. Accessible by call 215-635-1505. 8339 Old York Road, sunscreen and join the Mosaic information, please contact Jayne
elevator at the 48th Street entrance. Elkins Park. Outdoor Club of Philadelphia
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SATURDAY, JULY Park in New Jersey. The group
Canasta 101. will carpool at 11:30 a.m. from
Shabbat Services. in front of the ShopRite at the
Canasta 101. New class at Ohev intersection of Routes 70 and 73
Shalom of Bucks County begins July YPC Shari-Eli, the only remaining in Marlton, N.J. We will go out
6. Thursdays 1 to 3 p.m. Lessons $18/ Conservative synagogue in South to dinner after the beach. For
four weeks. Open play $2/week. To Philadelphia, will hold its weekly information, call Jon at
register, call 215-968-6755. Shabbat service beginning at 8:30 a.m. 856-787-0325. $10 to $20.
944 Second Street Pike, Richboro. Women are included as part of our
minyan. If you have any questions, we
Artist-in-Residence. urge you to call the synagogue directly
at 215-339-9897 and leave a message.
Back by popular demand at Old City Your call will be returned. 728 W.
Jewish Arts Center, we’re thrilled to let Moyamensing Ave., Philadelphia.
you know that this July, we will once
again be hosting the internationally Torah Study.
acclaimed artist Igal Fedida as our
artist-in-residence through July 30. Begin Shabbat morning at 9 a.m.

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NEWMAKERS

The Temple Universi- e American Jewish Committee (AJC) Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey installed ve new board
ty Maurice H. Korn- members at its annual meeting on June 28.
berg School of Dentistry
Alumni Association pre- Fran Griesing: e founding and managing partner of Griesing Law LLC has
sented Ernest J. Dellheim represented clients for more than 30 years. e litigation chair of Philadelphia’s
with its Distinguished City Solicitor’s O ce from 1997 to 2000, she’s played an active role on the board
Education Award in rec- of directors for the Jewish Federation of Philadelphia’s Early Learning Services.
ognition of more than 40
years of service. e 1973 Marcel Groen: Chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic
Ernest J. Dellheim graduate, who received a Party for nearly two years and a partner at Fox Rothschild,
he’s been a member of the board of trustees of Beth Sholom
certi cate in prosthetic dentistry from the Bos- Congregation in Elkins Park and a member of the board of
ton University School of Dentistry, practices at directors of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
Markowitz, Dellheim & Block in Narberth. A Fran Griesing

member of Beth David Reform Congregation Will Schwartz: e principal and co-founder of INTECH
in Gladwyne, he’s been active in e orts to Construction has past projects including Congregation
restore the Gladwyne Jewish Memorial Ceme- Rodeph Shalom, the National Museum of American
tery, Har Hasetim. Jewish History and the Philadelphia 76ers Training Center
in Camden, N.J. Marcel Groen

David L. Cohen, who
served as vice chair the
past two years, was named Carole Weintraub-Kau man: e owner and board mem-
chairman of the board of ber of BizTech consulting rm and founder and partner of
the Philadelphia eatre Will Schwartz
Company. The Mount Ben Strauss e Robinson Group, is a principal of Beaumont Sta ng
Airy resident has received and Consulting, which provides employment services on a
public service awards national basis. She’s been providing volunteer assistance to
from the Jewish National Interfaith Hospitality Network.
David L. Cohen Fund Tree of Life in 2012,
Carole Weintraub-
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was named Philadelphia Business Leader of the Del., o ce, he’s the head of its Delaware corporate and
Year by the National Urban League in 2008. Israeli practices. e past president of the Delaware State Bar Association also
serves as chair of the Israel Committee of Hillel of Greater Philadelphia and as a
member of the Philadelphia division of the Israeli-American Council.

Jewish Federation From left: Dean Adler, Susanna Lachs Adler (incoming board chair), Bud Newman
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June 13. ose who made $500 endowment gi s or donations to the center’s annual
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Naturalization
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at Betsy Ross House More than $140,000 was raised at Boys Town Jerusalem’s
Mid-Atlantic Region’s annual Harry Levin/Sam Rabinowitz
Philadelphia attorney Alex- Memorial Golf Outing at Cedarbrook Country Club on June
ander Ginsburg welcomed 26. e fund will go toward the education of boys from limited
13 new citizens during Flag background to become successful young men.
Day naturalization ceremo-
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Executive Director Eli Schostak and co-chair Bob Miller

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