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STRANGE DAYS LOST AND
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DLIFoESnTaYLtEe&dCtUoLTURE her emails, but given that more than 30
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Pcaogpey1.0 chuckled. “And the great thing is they keep and for U.S.-Israeli relations.
coming back. So many of us are still there.”
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NATIONAL Founded as Akiba Hebrew Academy in
1946, it’s since expanded from 20 students views held by much of the Jewish
GFO.OAD. Gathers to 380, and five faculty to almost 100.
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hcopldy annual tinuing their parents’ Barrack legacies, ing voted for Hillary Clinton and
mcoepeyting. which Levin said “means somehow or
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school has done something right.”
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The school was founded in the wake of
Volume 203080 the Holocaust to ensure Jewish continuity. Most Jewish organizations conditional hope about the potential
Number 805 issued carefully worded state-
It was originally located in the Young
Published Weekly Since 1887 Men’s Hebrew Association (now the Gersh- ments following Trump’s victory, positive impact for both American Jews
man Y). It relocated to B’nai Jeshurun, then
Merion Station, before settling on its cur- although Steve Feldman, execu-
rent Bryn Mawr campus in 2008.
tive director of the Zionist and for U.S.-Israeli relations.
“When you go back to the history of
Organization of America:
See Barrack, Page 14
Greater Philadelphia, spoke at length of Jews to live in Judea and Samaria.

about Trump’s victory. He said he wasn’t concerned about alle-

“We’re very optimistic given his cam- gations that some of Trump’s comments

paign pledges,” he said, noting Trump’s have been anti-Semitic.

pro-Israel brain trust, which includes Vice “One of his daughters is now an obser-

President-elect Mike Pence, Rudy Giuliani vant Jew,” he said, indicating that all Jews

and Newt Gingrich. have to be vigilant against anti-Semitism.

Feldman cited as positives Trump’s “We have to speak out. We have to con-

pledge to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel demn it.”

to Jerusalem, his rejection of the Iran

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‘Punch-hitter’ Tim Witherspoon Delivers
Knockout Blow at Jewish Ethics Seminar

LOCAL 55-13-1 record over 24 years, and spoon jumped at the opportuni- a connection, a
was one of only a handful of ty to step in.
JON MARKS | JE STAFF pugilists to regain the crown after reinforcement.”
he lost it — wasn’t raised like Call him their “punch-hitter.”
IT’S NOT EVERY NIGHT most of his boxing counterparts. “I didn’t know I was gonna be It was also a
you hear an African-American sitting here talking to a bunch of
former heavyweight boxing So when former heavyweight Jewish people,” said Wither- chance for With-
champion recite the motzi off champ Larry Holmes, who was spoon, who, after growing up in
the top of his head in front of a the feature attraction at the Nov. South Philadelphia, went on to erspoon to think
roomful of Jewish men and 10 Institute for Jewish Ethics decision Greg Page for the WBC
women. (IJE) “Ethical Knockouts” semi- heavyweight title in 1984 then, back fondly to a
nar at the Chevra, had to cancel after losing the title to Pinklon
Then again, “Terrible’’ Tim at the last minute due to health Thomas, reclaimed it by beating time when a Jew-
Witherspoon — who compiled a reasons, the 58-year-old Wither- Tony Tubbs in 1986. “But this is
ish family took

him into its

home.

“I went every

weekend to a

Jewish family up ▲ From left: Simon Rosen, entertainment lawyer; Tim
in Cheltenham,”
said Wither- Witherspoon, former heavyweight boxing champion;
spoon, who was Rabbi Alexander Coleman, head of the Institute of
once Muham- Jewish Ethics; and Rabbi Mordechai Becher. 

mad Ali’s sparring partner. son’s worth prior to the incident

“The kids in the neighborhood and afterward.

didn’t know this guy, Peter The Talmud also spells out

Iskin, was sneaking into our that sport or any occupation

neighborhood and taking me where you put yourself at risk

and my brother out. to earn a living is kosher.

“We’d be eating matzah ball “A combat sport as a means

soup and say the prayer for bread. of earning a livelihood, like

His family made sure nobody boxing or ice hockey or foot-

hurt us. They took care of us.” ball, is permitted according to

Following Witherspoon the Talmud,” Becher concluded.

came Rabbi Mordechai Becher, “One is permitted to put him-

who detailed the history of Jew- self at slight risk.

ish boxers, including Barney “If the person knows what

Ross (champion in three weight they’re entering into with full

classes) and Max Baer, who awareness, then it is permitted.

upset German Max Schmeling Certainly recent medical

in 1933, then took the heavy- research shows the effect of

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“On the one hand, self- “I’ve been doing these for 15

defense is allowed,” Becher said. years,” Rabbi Alexander Cole-

“And not only that but obligato- man said, “but I’ve never done a

ry. And you can hit someone if seminar on the ethics of sport

it’s not destructive. But on the or combat boxing and thought

other hand, physical threats are it would be great opportunity. I

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ON NOV. 10, Jewish Federation Real Estate (JFRE) held the CEO
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Investment Trust; William P. Hankowsky, chairman, president and
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Blavat, Tearson Among Those Honored
by Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia

LOCAL and Smokey Robinson. ceremony to induct living and “Look, I’ve been blessed,” Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia
But 76-year-old Jerry Blavat dead broadcast personalities said Blavat. “I never intended
LIZ SPIKOL | JE STAFF into its Hall of Fame. Blavat, also to be where I am today.”
isn’t just any performer. known by his fans as the Geator
THERE AREN’T MANY If the city of Philadelphia is a With the Heater and the Boss Blavat began his career as a
Philly performers whose mem- With the Hot Sauce, will receive teenager, when he became a
oir would get blurbed by the Bar Mitzvah, Blavat is the enter- the group’s highest kudos as Per- dancer on Bob Horn’s Ameri-
likes of Dionne Warwick, Fats tainer/DJ who’s kept the kids son of the Year, honoring his can Bandstand and was road
Domino, Little Richard, Berry dancing till way past their bed- lifetime contribution to music as manager for Danny and the
Gordy, Burt Bacharach, Kevin times for more than 50 years. a deejay, dancer, producer and Juniors. In 1960, he started his
Bacon, Patti Smith, Davy Jones nightclub owner. first radio show, on which he
On Nov. 18, the nonprofit broke many unknown acts.
Broadcast Pioneers of Philadel-
phia will hold its annual In 1965 his beloved radio
persona made the jump to TV,
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and puts his arm around my often written by other people. A
mother,” Blavat recalled. The Pat Boone hit was originally by
young neighborhood girl was Fats Domino; “Tutti Frutti” was
smitten: Weeks later, she ran by Little Richard.
away and married him.
He started seeking out these
Blavat’s father turned out to be artists, and their original ver-
a rather inconsistent husband sions, and became quite
and parent, so Blavat didn’t get knowledgeable. Even as a 13-
much exposure to the Jewish reli- year-old on Bandstand, he’d pick
gion. “I was raised by the nuns out records for host Bob Horn.
and the Italian side,” he said. This skill led to his radio career.

Culturally, though, “I saw the “I had an ear for music. I
Jewish world and I saw the Ital- picked music that no one else
ian world,” he said, remembering was picking.”
visiting his father and his con-
federates at the colorful Lew Blavat’s evolving professional
Tendler’s, a Center City watering life afforded him more exposure
hole that closed in 1970. to male Jewish role models.

“I’d see the Jewish guys “All the record label owners,
drinking bourbon in suits,” said the club owners, they were Jew-
Blavat. “The Italians at home ish guys,” he said. Their families
were in T-shirts playing bocce.” embraced him, and he learned
about the music business from
them. “I probably saw my Jew-
ish side of the family once a
year, during the holidays,” he

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Veteran disc jockey Michael Tastes Be
Tearson, who will be inducted
into the Broadcast Pioneers wi Bu er
Hall of Fame on Nov. 18, was
the next generation of on-air MICHAEL TEARSON
talent after Blavat. He remem-
bered that his years as a “I had a personal encounter
marquee name at WMMR with Leonard Cohen in the
coincided with the rise of many ’80s,” he said. “He was one of
Jewish DJs. the most courtly people ever.”

“There’s always been in Tearson is pleased by his
broadcasting a strong Jewish induction into the Broadcast
presence, from vaudeville on Pioneers Hall of Fame. “Being
up,” he said. “Jews always used inducted while being unaffiliat-
show business as a way to gain ed [means] this is all based on
respectability and acceptance merit,” he said.
and expression, and I don’t
think that’s ever really changed.” Blavat, who’s been in the Hall
of Fame for several years now, is
Tearson, who now broad- also gratified by his honor. “It’s
casts twice weekly on wonderful, but even if I didn’t
iradiophilly.com, grew up in have that honor, I’ve followed
Baltimore, where his family my passion in my career and my
attended a Conservative syna- love of music,” he said. “Putting
gogue. His interest in religion smiles on people’s faces, danc-
declined after his Bar Mitzvah, ing and playing music … music
then disappeared completely has been my life.”
after his wife, Lynn, died of
terminal cancer. But his life-
long interest in songwriting

Jews always used show business as
a way to gain respectability and acceptance
and expression.”

MICHAEL TEARSON

and music may come from a Along with Tearson, other Dreaming of challah French toast?
Jewish place. Hall of Fame inductees include Only butter gives your favorite breakfast
Monique Braxton, Natasha
“There’s something about Brown, Jerry Del Colliano, Paul




Jewish people and poetry,” said Gluck, Bob Kravitz, Jim Loftus,
Tearson, who — in addition to Barry Magarick, Tommy When it has to be better – Breakstone’s.
his work at SiriusXM, WXPN, McCarthy, Marty Moss-Coane,
WMGK and Radio That David Murphy and Michael
Doesn’t Suck — released one Stairs. Posthumous inductees
album and one EP as a singer. are Barry Cassell, Fred Ficke,
Steve Fredericks, Bill Kimble,
He mentions the late Jewish Pinky Kravitz, David Miller,
singer-songwriter and poet Marie Santarelli, Jess Schooley,
Leonard Cohen, whose death Joan Steck and Ron Tindiglia. l
prompted Tearson to stay up
for hours in his Westmont, N.J., Contact:
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aG-elect Josh Shapiro Faces Tough Task in
Restoring confidence to Tarnished office

local the biggest obstacle he faces. ferty focused on Shapiro’s lack would be a member and JOSH SHAPIRO
“The number one thing is of prosecutorial experience, but part of an organization
JON MARKS | JE STAFF Austin doesn’t consider that a declared most represen- and as someone who makes wise
confidence and morale,” Austin significant obstacle. tative of attorneys in decisions,” Alfano said.
IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND said. “In an office where there Pennsylvania, and take
MONTH for Attorney General- have been unfortunate events “While some may consider advantage of the lawyers While Shapiro (who was
elect Josh Shapiro. within the past few years, we’re that important, it’s not the most we have. unavailable for comment as of
certainly hoping the new attor- critical,” Austin said. “The press time) generated enough
On Nov. 14, less than a week ney general can boost morale attorney general really has to be “We certainly stand at local and statewide support to
after winning a close election among staff. a good administrator and sur- the ready to help within pull out a victory, he’s also
battle against Republican John round himself with a talented our mission.” beginning to make a name for
Rafferty, Shapiro was given the “Going hand-in-hand with and trusted deputy and depart- himself on a wider basis, fol-
honor of introducing President boosting morale internally, we ment head. Gaetan Alfano, chan- lowing his Nov. 14 introduction
Barack Obama on a national hope, would be improving the cellor of the Philadelphia of Obama.
conference call for Democratic public image of the AG itself and “It’s no different than any Bar Association and a
and community leaders. restoring public confidence. We organization. The person at the former prosecutor under “I want to offer a little bit of
might suggest programs respon- head is not doing everything by Ed Rendell from 1980 to solace,” he said to a few thou-
But locally, Shapiro has a big sible to citizens’ needs and himself. He’s delegating.” ’85, believes Shapiro faces sand Democrats plugged into
task ahead of him in restoring investigating nursing home some tough challenges. the conference call. “You have a
confidence in an office tar- abuse and dealing with the ram- One thing the PBA hopes is voice that makes a difference,
nished by the removal and later pant opioid abuse.” that Shapiro keeps them in the “The office he inherit- and I encourage you to use it to
conviction of predecessor loop about what’s going on and, ed appears to have been in have run for office and not to let our
Kathleen Kane. Those are areas of concern as a sign of good faith, joins the been in disarray, and he’s got to future by shaped by others. If we
Shapiro touched upon during organization. first and foremost restore morale each do our part to strengthen
According to Sara A. Austin, his campaign, first in the Dem- and then deal with all the press- our union in our own ways and
president of the Pennsylvania ocratic primary, and then “He is not currently a mem- ing issues … He’s a smart lawyer. own communities on a grass-
Bar Association (PBA), that’s before the general election. ber of the PBA,” Austin said. “I My sense is his primary respon- roots level, our reach and our
would like to think the attorney sibility will be as administrator power will be endless.
During the campaign, Raf- general of the commonwealth
“The lesson we must learn
from Tuesday is we can’t rely on
others to do this work for us.”

It was undoubtedly such
rhetoric that led Rabbi Ira
Budow to tell the students at
Abrams Hebrew Academy,
“Maybe Josh Shapiro one day
will be the first Jewish president
of the United States,” after
Shapiro spoke there Oct. 26.

“That’s very nice,” Shapiro
later said diplomatically, “but
I’m focused on winning this
race.” l

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JON MARKS | JE STAFF of times the agent has a connec- Tastes Be
tion with an outside physician,”
NOTHING PERSONAL, but said Cohen, who runs a private wi Bu er
Eagles fans wish Dr. Lee S. practice in Ridley Park and
Cohen’s career as team podia- Cherry Hill and whose website
trist would be over already. proclaims “Trust the Same
Doctor the Pros Trust.” “Once
After spending 29 years they’re out of our building, our
looking at players’ feet, the man guys don’t have any control.
who received the prestigious
Dick Vermeil Lifetime Achieve- “In the old days, our guys
ment Award at the 18th annual did the surgery and we had full
Otho Davis Scholarship Foun- control. Now they go where
dation dinner on Nov. 9 said their agents tell them to go.”
there’s just one thing keeping
him on the job. While Cohen appreciates all
the modern technology that
“I’m going to keep going until makes his job easier, he misses
I get a [championship] ring,” having someone like Davis
vowed the 68-year-old Cohen. around with whom to talk shop.
“Once I get a ring, I’m done.”
“He was like a Jewish moth-

I’m going to keep going until I get a
[championship] ring. Once I get a ring, I’m done.”

LEE COHEN

While the importance of er,” Cohen laughed. “He’d






Cohen and the rest of the Eagles’ always say, ‘I told you if you lis- Only butter gives cookies the rich taste and chewy-
medical team in the Birds’ suc- tened to me, you’ll be OK.’ The
cess may pale next to Carson way he talked to people, he took

Wentz, he has played an instru- every precaution.”
mental role. Originally from When it has to be better – Breakstone’s.
Wynnewood, he attended Tem- That appreciation is what
ple Sholom in Broomall before made receiving this award so
heading to Pittsburgh for his special.
residency, but has been a com-
munity fixture since returning. “This has been biggest thing
that’s happened in my profes-
And while he only worked a sional life, because of my
few years with Davis, the leg- admiration for Otho David and
endary trainer whom Cohen Dick Vermeil,” said Cohen, who
said had more power than expressed gratitude to owner Jef-
some Eagles’ coaches, he frey Lurie for helping to ease
learned much. Cohen’s grief following the recent
loss of his father, Hyman. “Otho
“Otho didn’t take any taught me not to keep your highs
chances with people,” Cohen too high or your lows too low,
said. “He sat guys longer than because this, too, shall pass.
most others. He could go to the
coach and say, ‘This guy’s not “My dad always said, ‘Soon-
playing.’ He was way ahead of er or later you realize you can’t
his time. He would like how take anything with you from
advanced we are today.” this world. But you can leave a
lot behind.’” l
But there are other things
Davis, who died in 2000, prob- Contact:
ably wouldn’t have liked.
[email protected];
“Now as soon as something
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Collection of International Criminal Court
Documents Donated to Villanova

LOCAL creation of the historic Interna- ICC — for the annual Assembly
tional Criminal Court (ICC) at of States Parties, which consists
RACHEL KURLAND | JE STAFF a Treaty Conference of Nations of 125 countries who have rati-
in Rome 1998. fied the ICC Rome Statute.
ENID ADLER HAS done it all.
She’s traveled the world; Adler hasn’t missed an ICC And throughout her partici-
meeting since — she’s contin- pation, she has collected
worked in public relations, ued to be actively involved with countless tangible time cap-
journalism and education; led the organization, human rights sules of the ICC — documents,
her own law practice; sung with and the rule of law. photos, transcripts, court cases,
world-renowned opera singers personal notes and memos —
in Italy; and participated in the She is now in The Hague, which she is donating to her
Netherlands — the seat of the

▲ Samples from the Adler Collection, compiled by the Villanova Law
Library’s Collection Management staff.

alma mater, Villanova Universi- Coalition for the ICC, which is

ty School of Law. made up of more than 2,500

The ICC was an outgrowth of civil society organizations

the WWII Nuremberg trials, and worldwide — though only

it is “the world’s only permanent, about 100 or so show up to

independent, treaty-based inter- these meetings alongside Adler.

national criminal court with Adler is a semi-retired

jurisdiction over individual cul- lawyer whose practice focused

pability for crimes against on asylum immigration and

humanity, war crimes, genocide family reunification.

and the crime of aggression,” “From all of these years, I

according to Villanova’s law have boxes and boxes and boxes

school. of documents, and I have all of

“The court was an outgrowth my notes, plus I always walked

of Nuremberg, but it was put around with camera around my

into effect because of the Cold neck, so I have many, many his-

War,” Adler explained. “Then in toric photographs,” she recalled,

the 1990s, it became clear that which were all kept in her small

we could no longer allow townhouse in Center City.

impunity to go on with people She wanted it to go to good

committing all kinds of crimes.” use rather than collect dust, so

At the time of the treaty, she reached out to Villanova,

Adler was the chair of the Inter- from which she graduated in

national Law Committee of the 1988.

Philadelphia Bar Association. Vicenç Feliú, associate dean

Her commitments to the ICC for Library Services and a law

since have been pro-bono. professor, said Adler’s donation

“I firmly believe in rule of is massive.

law and humanitarian issues, “We’re just beginning to

and I felt very strongly about scratch the iceberg with it,” he

this,” she said. said. So far, they’ve received 17

She is a part of the non- boxes, “but I think she has more.”

governmental organization He predicts it will take three

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to four years to completely go president of the International Depth: 11" ing

through all the files, log them, Law Society; as a young jour- EveryColor: Black plus one

archive them and digitize some. nalist she covered the Yom Comment: -
Ad Number: -

This will be the library’s Kippur War and Golda Meir

largest collection. while living in Israel for seven Tastes Be er

“This collection is for any- months, and she was part of the

body that’s studying the history White House press corps in

of the ICC or how the develop- 1979; she worked for the Amer-

ment of an international court ican Lung Association; and led wi Bu er

goes about,” he said. “It just goes her own PR and law firms.

beyond the students and the Long story short: She’s worn

faculty — anyone interested in many, many hats over the years.

I firmly believe in rule of law and
humanitarian issues, and I felt very strongly
about this.”

ENID ADLER

doing historical research on the The point: “All of these things If you’re going to do it, do it right – no
international courts, but schol- led up to my interest in human

ars of the university as well.” rights. My PR, I used a lot of

politicians in the things that I
But as soon as documents did and lobbied on behalf of When it has to be better – Breakstone’s.
are archived in the flesh, they lung disease and smoking. It all
will be available to the public. led me to law school,” she said.
“When it comes to the impor-
“As we go through box by tance of justice and rule of law
box and create the actual physi- and the moral law, [Judaism] is
cal archive, the materials are all encompassed in that.”
available as we are cataloging as
we go,” he added. In whatever ways Adler con-
tributed her humanitarian
“It’s so rare to be able to have efforts, she remains humbled and
somebody at the inception of a grateful for the opportunities.
body like the ICC collect these
materials and think about the “As a Jew — which is proba-
future,” Feliú continued. “Most bly how I got into asylum
of the time people do things like immigration, in part, too — if
this and they just chuck this you are fleeing persecution
stuff. I’m really thankful that we then you should be represent-
have somebody like Enid who ed, and our countries need to
had the vision to store this stuff do a lot of work on its immigra-
and collect it and put it all tion system,” she noted.
together. Now we have some-
thing for anybody — any Adler also traveled to
scholar interested not just in Nuremberg this past September
this court of this type, but they for the International Humani-
can see the process. It’s just tarian Law Dialogs.
fantastic.”
“As I stood in Zeppelin Field
“I was just thrilled when the where Hitler had the 400,000-
head librarian there was so people rallies, and I saw this big
excited and said he’d take the concrete podium where he
collection,” Adler said. “I’m at stood, I thought, ‘You know
the age where I thought I need- what, Hitler? I’m here. You did-
ed to do something with it n’t win,’” she recalled. “As a Jew,
because it would have been it’s all very important because
horrible just to have it all we no longer can allow leaders
thrown out.” or people to get away with
impunity, and that’s what [the
Adler went to law school at ICC is] there to end.
the age of 50. She was active in
her law school community but “It’s my way of giving back.” l
kept her involvement in several
other areas. Contact:

She chaired the Women’s [email protected];
Law Caucus; she was the vice
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Heavy Hitters Assemble for JFNA Assembly

NATIONAL mitment to the Jewish commu- which is operating with eight ▲ “The world has gone mad,” Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former
nity, network and hear from justices and one seat vacant. chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, told 3,000 participants of the Jewish
GEORGE ALTSHULER, DAVID HOLZEL experts on Jewish issues. While Federations of North America’s General Assembly in Washington.
the election was the subject of “President Trump will fill it,
AND DANIEL SCHERE | JE FEATURE numerous workshops and con- then perhaps Congress will do Ron Sachs
versations throughout the some work,” she said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The convention hall, there were also core American values.” wrong.”
General Assembly of the Jewish breakout sessions on Israeli Ginsburg added that the Later that morning, White Tevi Troy, who served as
Federations of North America policies and the country’s eight-justice court is doing just
got underway on Nov. 13 with needs; on the boycott, divest- fine. “It’s to the court’s credit House Jewish liaison Chanan White House Jewish liaison in
Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, for- ment and sanctions (BDS) that last term there were only Weissman talked about how the George W. Bush adminis-
mer chief rabbi of the United movement; and on fundraising. three decisions that came down Jews can respond to anti-Semit- tration, said in an interview
Kingdom, telling the 3,000 com- There were showcases for local 4 to 4,” she said. ic tweets and other hate speech. with Joshua Runyan, editor-in-
munity activists and staff how innovations, called FEDova- chief of the Jewish Exponent,
the world has changed since he tions. Later, over drinks and din- “One thing we need to do is that Jews would be wise to take
last addressed the G.A. in 2014. ner with Philadelphia delegates speak out publicly whenever we a “wait-and-see” approach
Disability inclusion and in a Dupont Circle restaurant, can,” he told Times of Israel reporter about Trump’s election.
“Since we last met, the world reaching out to millennials Caitlin Shmidheiser said Gins- Rebecca Shimoni-Stoil.
has gone mad,” he said. “The were also session topics. burg’s appearance was a “I would tell the Jewish com-
world is moving into a new and highlight of the G.A. “She’s my Between sessions, Sara Rabin munity to be wary of what they
dangerous phase that I call the At an election postmortem feminist rock star,” she said. Spira of Washington, D.C., con- say in these early days,” he said.
politics of anger.” on Nov. 13, Kenneth Weinstein, sidered how the election
president and CEO of the Hud- Stephen Moss of Philadel- affected her two small children. Sarah Arenstein, senior phil-
The politics of anger comes son Institute, explained why phia agreed. anthropic officer in the Jewish
from fear, he said. Those gath- Trump’s win came as a surprise “It’s been a difficult week,” Federation of Greater Washing-
ered in the Washington Hilton to so many Jews. “To hear a Supreme Court she said. “I had to explain to my ton’s United Jewish Endowment
ballroom must counter that fear justice speak was a really cool kids about Donald Trump. That Fund, said that after the elec-
with hope, which Sacks called “Frankly, given the demo- experience. It’s a rare opportunity was a heartbreaking conversa- tion, “it’s important more now
“the greatest gift to humanity as graphic makeup of the Jewish and in such an interesting time tion. I told them that what we than ever that the Jewish com-
a whole.” community — which skews for the Supreme Court,” he said. can do is practice tikkun olam.” munity comes together and
toward the highly educated stands united, because we have
Sacks mentioned the election white-collar worker at the Nov. 14 began with news One debriefing, a discussion a lot of work to do as a country.”
of Donald Trump as president upper end — we were com- that Trump had appointed for- among Jewish Republican oper-
four days before, but in the gen- pletely out of touch with the mer Breitbart News chairman atives, demonstrated that Shmidheiser of Philadelphia
tlest way. He called the contest base of voters out there in rural Steve Bannon to the position of Republicans, too, are still sort- said the G.A. was a great place
between Trump and Hillary America,” he said. chief strategist in his incoming ing out the election results. to network.
Clinton “almost as acrimonious administration.
as a synagogue board meeting.” On Nov. 14, U.S. Supreme Republican Jewish Coalition “The speakers were phenom-
Court Justice Ruth Bader Gins- Bannon, with his connections Executive Director Matt Brooks enal. I always love seeing a big
The presidential election burg was interviewed onstage by to the white nationalist alt-right said he looks forward to sitting crowd represented from
was just one of several topics of Washington, D.C., attorney Ken- movement, has been dogged by down with Bannon. Philadelphia, they’re wonderful.”
the three-day G.A., the Jewish neth Feinberg. Feinberg asked accusations that he is an anti-
Federation world’s annual con- what effect Trump’s election will Semite. Bannon’s appointment While having never met Rachel Calman, marketing
vention in which participants have on the Supreme Court, was criticized by some Jewish Bannon, Brooks brushed aside director at the Jewish Federa-
gather to reenergize their com- groups, with Anti-Defamation the accusations that have tion of Greater Philadelphia,
League CEO Jonathan Green- swirled around the Trump said, “It was interesting to see
blatt calling Bannon “hostile to adviser. Everyone who Brooks how the [Jewish] Federations
knows who has worked for came together and look around
Bannon has said the man “does the room and say, ‘Wow, there’s
not have an anti-Semitic bone a lot of us all in this together.’
in his body,” Brooks said. What’s important for our staff is
to see our work firsthand and
Panelist Noam Neusner, a get out of the office and really
speechwriter for President George tell that story to our visitors.” l
W. Bush, said he is not optimistic
about a Trump presidency. The authors are staff members of

“President-elect Trump has Washington Jewish Week, an affiliated
a lot to prove, and he knows it,”
Neusner said. “I have severe publication of the Jewish Exponent.
doubts, but he could prove me

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The Ability to Bounce Back: The Art of Resilience

SENIORS deal with life’s obstacles and
move forward with the belief
MARCY SHOEMAKER | JE FEATURE that there will be better times
in the near future.
EVERYONE EXPERIENCES
trying times. There are many theories
concerning the benefits, char-
We may question how to sur- acteristics and causes of
vive and wonder what steps to resilience in individuals. At the
take to deal with such times. We same time, parents, teachers
may look at examples of how and loved ones may question if
others have dealt with them. the trait of resilience can by
Many people have faced devas- taught or learned. These ques-
tating situations and found ways tions and theories may be
to move on with their lives. helpful to examine when faced
with a difficult time in your life.
When asking a senior who
has lived a long life, or an indi- You may meet a survivor of a
vidual who has survived traumatic situation, such as a
devastating financial or chronic Holocaust survivor or a veteran
health problems, what their from Iraq or World War II, and
secret of success is, you will wonder why one individual pros-
most likely receive varied pers while others experience
answers including diet and prolonged periods of suffering
exercise, support from others and inability to live a fulfilling life.
or their deep faith in religion
and spirituality. According to the APA Mon-
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Barrack ▲ Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy faculty and students form a human Leah Lande, now a pulmonary had a big impact on her.
and critical care doctor, graduated Every Thursday evening,
Continued from Page 1 “70” in honor of the school's anniversary. in ’89. Levin currently teaches two
of Lande’s three kids. Wachs took a group of students
the school,” Levin said, “we school benefactor. Barrack will keynote speakers (he spoke in to the Pennsylvania Coalition to
were the first pluralistic, non- “The No. 1 value of the End Homelessness.
denominational Jewish day host a gala to celebrate its 70th ’67 during the Six-Day War)? school for me was I really truly
school in North America.” believe it helped shape who I am “It was so important to her to
anniversary in March 2017. “Every time a new sixth-grade as a human being,” Lande said. keep this going and to take us
Most other schools at the downtown to do this literally
time were yeshivas, but Barrack There are about 2,700 alumni [class] comes in, I tell myself, ‘I Levin and Lande have a spe- every Thursday night for years
coupled secular and Jewish cial connection: When Levin’s and years and years,” Lande
studies, as well as Hebrew. worldwide. hope I’m still in this job when mother visited from Florida recalled. “We got no recognition
nine years ago, she fell and end- for it. It was giving charity in a
“The school has been willing “You walk into the building they graduate seven years from ed up in the intensive care unit. completely anonymous way.”
to evolve with the times,” she
added. “But at our core, we are and everyone will remember now! How can I not see them “Leah was her doctor,” Levin Linda Schaffzin graduated
still a school that wants to instill recalled. from the school in 1964 and
values, ethics, Jewish knowl- you. You could have graduated graduate?’” she said. worked at the school over three
edge. Our students and alumni Her mother passed away in different time spans. “It’s all
will tell you that they’re taught 20 years ago,” Levin noted. She hopes to foster that tra- July, and “it was Leah who was around babies,” she laughed.
in all of their classes to question there with me. … To know that
no matter what the subject is, But for Levin, graduation jectory of success and your own mother’s life is in the “I married an Akiba grad
[and to] be respectful of others’ hands of someone you love and and we gave birth to four Akiba
opinions and think critically.” season is her favorite time of community in all her students, trust so much — I can’t begin to grads,” she continued. “When
tell you. And for me, that’s what our youngest left in 2001, that
That approach gives students year — how can it not be when many of whom are still a big part our school is all about.” was the end of something like
the self-confidence to succeed, 45 years of our family’s direct
whether they graduated in the people like Elie Wiesel are of her life post-graduation. Lande said watching her relationship to the school.” And
first class in ’51 — back when own children go through the now it’s “renewed” with her
tuition was $400 plus a $15 “sup- school has been rewarding. daughter teaching at Barrack.
plies fee” — or in 2016.
Akiba taught her to see both Schaffzin is getting her doc-
Akiba was renamed Barrack sides of every issue and respect torate in education at Barry
in 2007 in memory of Leonard differing opinions. University in Florida. Her disserta-
Barrack, an alumnus and tion topic: the emergence of Akiba
“By learning to tolerate other and the success of its early years.
people’s beliefs and understand
the other side, I feel that I was “I always felt that Akiba was
much more suited to go out into special and different, and now
world,” she said. “It’s been so I’m learning it in reality,” she said.
rewarding and interesting for
me to watch that same thing She interviewed 18 alumni
happen with my children.” and faculty from those early years
and learned that Barrack was the
No matter the Jewish back- first community day school in the
ground, pluralism was infused U.S. that was pluralistic and co-
in everything taught, she said. educational for grades six
through 12.
“You’d think that everyone at
Barrack is the same because “We were taught to be learn-
everyone is Jewish, but in fact ers. We were taught to make
there’s an incredible heterogene- choices in our lives and in our
ity,” she said. “The only thing in learning,” she added. “Little by
common is the [Judaism], but the little, as we grew, we were given
people are really quite different.” more and more responsibility.”

And Lande said the Jewish Her daughter recently told
studies classes enrich her chil- her “now that she’s on the other
dren’s education. side, she’s very impressed with
how hard it is to do what she
“Interestingly, it’s their Jewish received. I was glad to hear she
studies and Tanakh classes that understands that.”
teach them more than anything
about how to understand differ- At Schaffzin’s 50th reunion a
ent views,” she said. “Teaching few years ago, many grads had
these young kids to care about the chance to reconnect.
our community, our country, our
world. My kids will come home “Some of us who haven’t spo-
from school nonstop talking ken to each other in I don’t know
about these issues with passion how many years are talking to
and insight. each other, supporting one
another,” she recalled. “It’s such a
“You make a lot of decisions in good feeling. All those memories
life that you question, and I can are coming back, and they’re still
honestly say that this is one deci- there. Those were good years.” l
sion that I really never questioned.
And since I’ve made it, I’ve ques- Contact:
tioned it even less,” she added.
[email protected];
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Trump President-elect Trump to class, one participant said her PHILADELPHIA C
demonstrate that America is daughter was thinking about
Continued from Page 1 not afraid of refugees, and to leaving the country. Another 1st Annual
show leadership for human participant, attorney Lynne
Feldman was also pleased by rights and refugee protection,” Saionz of Wynnewood, took a Festival OF Lights
incumbent Sen. Pat Toomey’s HIAS President and CEO Mark call during class to console a
victory over Democratic chal- Hetfield said in a statement. crying daughter. Defenders of Israel Gala
lenger Katie McGinty.
Not every organization was And the day after that, the Tuesday, December 6, 2016
“Again, it’s the Iran deal,” hopeful about the future with blood was still boiling there.
Feldman said, noting that Trump as president. : R | : P  D
Toomey opposes it, while “Here’s how bad it is — any
McGinty supports it. “He really “It is traditional in America other year I have wouldn’t have Honoring
understand and gets the dan- after an election for the defeated spoken to [a reporter],” said Joe
gers of the Iran deal.” party to say, ‘We accept the Katz of Merion, who is an Dr. Sherman N. Leis
results.’ And while we do accept administrator at the Maurice H.
Not surprisingly, the Repub- these results as legal and bind- Kornberg School of Dentistry Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Founder and President
lic Jewish Coalition (RJC), was ing, we cannot call the idea of at Temple University. of the Lower Merion Symphony Orchestra, member Rotary
pleased with Trump’s victory. Donald Trump as president International; past president of Bala Cynwyd-Narberth chapter,
acceptable,” according to a state- Katz has plenty to say now. Cantor at Annual Seder for Golden Slipper & Charities.
“Tonight’s historic victory ment from Bend the Art Jewish “Trump himself is a com-
for Republicans up and down Action CEO Stosh Cutler. plete nuclear wasteland,” said Keynote Speaker
the ticket is a sound rejection of Katz, who preferred Bernie
the failed policies of the Obama “We have opposed Donald Sanders, but voted for Clinton. Dr. Herbert I. London
administration. ... It’s clear the Trump because of the things he “It will set this country back at
American people are ready to has threatened to do if elected. least a decade.” President of the London Center for Policy Research
turn the page on the past eight ... In the conduct of his cam- Katz said he expects Oba- and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
years,” Executive Director Matt paign he has encouraged macare to at least partially be
Brooks said in a statement. violence as a tool of politics and dismantled and that attempts Featuring
has emboldened an alt-right will be made to overturn Roe v.
Some organizations sent out movement that is awash in Wade, among other outcomes. StandWithUs Leaders of Tomorrow
messages that hold Trump’s feet explicit anti-Semitism.” One elliptical machine over,
to the fire and call for a healing Anne Ross Harvey of Wyn- Ethan White Joel Danilewitz
of the divisiveness generated by J Street’s president, Jeremy newood, who works with
the election. Ben-Ami, echoed Cutler’s words psychiatric patients, said StandWithUs Emerson Fellow StandWithUs High School Intern
in a statement from the organi- Trump’s victory hurt the psyche University of Delaware Harriton High School
“We wish President-elect zation the day after the election. of many.
Trump well moving forward,” “I’m seeing people who are Reservations can be made online at:
David Bernstein, the Jewish “During this election, J devastated and betrayed,” said www.standwithus.com/PAGala2016
Council for Public Affairs’ pres- Street made unequivocally Harvey who, like Katz, pre-
ident and CEO said in a clear our conviction that Don- ferred Sanders yet voted for For further information,
statement. “We commend him ald Trump is not fit to be Clinton. “It’s clear that Trump is
on the message of unity he con- president of the United States,” a narcissist — and he’s already [email protected] or [email protected]
veyed in his acceptance speech.” Ben-Ami wrote. “Within the starting on a divisive note.”
American Jewish community, Others were less strident, 215-971-8602
The American Jewish Com- not enough organizations but equally disappointed.
mittee (AJC) had a similar denounced the bigotry and “Most of the gains of the last Dietary laws observed.
sentiment. intolerance of his campaign, eight years will be lost,” said
the fear-mongering and naked Stan Weintraub of Havertown, Supporting Israel Around the World
“Now that the election is appeals to the worst of human an engineer for Lockheed Mar-
over, a first priority should be nature that should have been tin. “Those poor workers who executive chairman as his chief munity and the realization that
to address the wounds of an disqualifying. … Our task now voted for him are the ones who strategist. “Breitbart champions our struggle is not simply hav-
extraordinarily divisive con- is to stand up again — this time are going to be shafted.” the alt-right and gives voice to ing cocktail parties and chatting
test,” AJC CEO David Harris in defense of our values and Weintraub said the govern- the KKK and many lies told with office holders. It’s doing
said in a statement. “The Unit- our country.” ment’s systems of checks and about the left.” what this community did well,
ed States is one country with balances should help some- but no longer does,” he said in
one destiny, and any expression Ben-Ami suggested that a what, but not completely Mark Segal, publisher of the an email, quoting from his most
of bigotry and exclusion, as Trump presidency might prevent problems. Philadelphia Gay News, said recent column. l
we’ve regrettably seen during expand the role of the organiza- “You’re not going to see the there may be a silver lining to
the extended campaign, must tion, which generally focuses on Constitution thrown under the Trump’s victory. Contact:
never be allowed to corrode our advancing a two-state solution. rug, but you’re going to see [email protected];
pluralistic fabric,” Harris added. some less stringent enforce- “Get involved. If this shock 215-832-0797
Meantime, the Jewish com- ment of the laws,” he said. creates one thing, it might very
HIAS, a nonprofit that munity continued to express The disappointment and well end the apathy of our com-
works to protect refugees, dismay about Trump’s victory. discouragement continued into
called on Trump to uphold the the next week at the JCC.
nation’s tradition of protecting The Conston Fitness Center “I am getting angrier
said refugees. at the Kaiserman JCC was a because of the appointment
microcosm of that dismay. today of Stephen Bannon,”
“As a bitter and hard-fought Saionz said on Nov. 14, refer-
campaign for president comes The day before the election, ring to Trump’s controversial
to an end, so should the divisive a male 6-foot-5-inch Clinton selection of the Breitbart News
rhetoric about refugees. Ameri- supporter argued heatedly with
ca has always been at its a barely 5-foot-tall female
greatest when it has welcomed Trump supporter, who was
refugees to our shores, and at clearly outnumbered.
our weakest when we have shut
its doors out of fear. We urge The day after the election,
during a “boot camp” fitness

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OPINION

EDITORIAL Making Sense of an Historic Election

The Need to BY JASON HOFFMAN solely because his message was lenged us and called us out for
going to attack Israel.  our missteps and our failures in
Move Forward LIKE SO MANY, I’ve been try- a way that no other Jewish
ing to wrap my head around On top of all that, the first leader ever had.
LAST WEEK’S PRESIDENTIAL election revealed not so much a Donald Trump’s victory. Gulf War brought about some
nation divided, as it did a society whose residents inhabit two very good old-fashioned anti-Semi- Here was a man who took on
different realities — with the apparent inability of those who live And like so many, I thought tism, as fliers sprouted the Soviet Union and its refusal
in one to understand the perceptions and beliefs of those who live Hillary Clinton was a horribly campus-wide warning Ameri- to allow Soviet Jews to emigrate.
in the other. flawed candidate. She was run- can soldiers not to end up like He was arrested dozens of times
ning in an election where Jesus Christ, i.e., “dying for the protesting outside Soviet
Which begs the question: How do we move forward in the face “populism,” as exemplified by sins of the Israeli butchers.” embassies and consulates and
of that newly exposed reality? Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders, was involved in bombing attacks
was the name of the game.  Into that void stepped Rabbi against them when his warnings
What can our community, which largely supported Hillary Meir Kahane.  went unheeded. He did things at
Clinton — reportedly, 70 percent of Jews backed the Democrat for And while we can debate the a time when the Jewish estab-
president — learn from the rude awakening early in the morning merits of whether Trump’s The Israeli author and politi- lishment merely talked about
of Nov. 9 when Donald Trump was declared the winner? And comments make him a racist, cal firebrand was a lot like a doing things.
while we understand that half the electorate does not share many sexist or anti-Semite, there’s no Jewish version of Farrakhan.
of our views, is it really so clear that “the other half of the elec- question people are scared. Had Farrakhan, to many in the black
torate” is that much different from us? Mitt Romney won in 2012, I
doubt we’d have seen protests in And while we can debate the merits of
Post-election polls report surprising statistics regarding many the streets. There is a legitimate whether Trump’s comments make him a racist,
aspects of the vote, including that a majority of college-educated fear among millions not just of sexist or anti-Semite, there’s no question
white men and women voted for Trump. And that’s in addition to President-elect Trump or his people are scared.
the blue-collar and working middle-class vote that most under- Cabinet, but that 60 million of
stood to be favoring Trump. their fellow Americans could community, isn’t about the anti- Here was a man who was the
support someone they view as a Semitism, the anti-white racism very antithesis of the wimpy,
So, how should we react? While street demonstrations against threat to their freedom. or anti-gay bigotry for which he nerdy, nebbishy Jew. He found-
the lawful winner appear to be a waste of time, acceptance of the is often criticized. Instead, they ed the Jewish Defense League,
result doesn’t mean that anyone needs to compromise or abandon It got me thinking of my focus on the 95 percent of his and said that if anti-Semites
core beliefs and moral principles. Rather, even as we accept that time as president of the Jewish three-hour long speeches that attacked Jews physically, Jews
the country wants change, we see no reason not to continue to Student Union at the University espouse black empowerment should attack right back. 
insist that our leaders show the kind of compassion, concern, sen- of Maryland, because at one and self-sufficiency, and raising
sitivity and respect that has been the hallmark of American point we also considered sup- a generation of proud black That message was empower-
exceptionalism since the birth of our republic. porting someone whom many youth. He takes black leaders to ing for a group of students who
viewed as a racist.  task and calls out the sellouts he for years had to listen to speakers
But rather than complain, call names, accuse and point fingers, thinks have failed his communi- talk about our people in the same
we suggest that the wisest course is to wait and see. Will the pres- Despite the fact that some 25 ty. How you view Farrakhan — language the Nazis once used.
ident-elect move smoothly from rhetoric to planning to action? percent of the undergraduate an empowering black leader or a
That is not going to be easy, even with both houses of Congress population were Jews, our cam- racist anti-Semite — depends in But there was another side to
and the executive branch in the hands of one party. Indeed, the pus played host to a Who’s Who large part on how desperate you Kahane, just as there is another
Republican Party, considered as good as dead a few weeks ago, is of Jew-haters during my time are to cling to his solutions. For side to Farrakhan. Because
very much alive but clearly divided. Nonetheless, the responsibil- there. some in the black community, mixed in with that message of
ity is now theirs to improve the economy, fix the national Farrakhan offers a glass of water Jewish pride and self-determina-
infrastructure, improve the health care system, make college From the Nation of Islam, to a community dying of thirst. tion was a message of bigotry
affordable, provide retraining for the unemployed Americans we hosted Louis Farrakhan and In that glass of water is a drop of against the Arabs living in Israel. 
whose jobs will not be returning or bring those jobs back, save the Abdul Alim Muhammad. From poison, but for many, the risk of He called for them to either
social safety net, reduce the debt, keep relations with our allies — the “Jewish doctors invented that one drop of poison is more accept Israeli sovereignty in the
including Israel — strong, manage relations with adversaries such AIDS” club, we hosted Steve than offset by the risk of dying West Bank and Gaza, or accept
as Russia and China, remain involved in the Middle East and lead Cokely. From “the best Zionist of thirst. financial compensation to leave.
the way to blunting the environmental catastrophe caused by is a dead Zionist” crowd, we Those who did neither would
global warming. hosted Kwame Toure, and other Kahane authored books face forced expulsion to another
noted Jew-haters, Professor with titles like Never Again,” country. He called Arabs “dogs”
It’s a long list. But no longer than it was during the last eight Griff of Public Enemy, Leonard “Why be Jewish? and Uncom- and any time there was an attack
years. Trump has promised to solve most of these problems. We Jeffries and more. Most of these fortable Questions for against Israelis by Arabs, you
hope that he can. And it is because of that hope that we pray that speakers were brought by the Comfortable Jews. He called out could count on Kahane and his
Trump and his team will move to heal the fissures of our society Black Student Union with sup- the Jewish establishment in the followers to march through the
as they make the White House theirs. We wish them well, and we port from the usual far-left United States and in Israel. He Arab villages, shouting anti-
are ready to do what we can to help. l contingency of Arab, socialist spoke about Jewish strength Arab slogans and calling for the
and Lyndon LaRouche groups. and pride, railed against the villagers to be expelled.
Join the conversation! risks of intermarriage and
Things were so bad that at assimilation, and challenged His message was empowering
Tell us what you’re thinking and interact with one point the Organization of Jews to support our ancestral to enough Israelis tired of living
Arab Students and Black Stu- homeland of Israel. with the constant fear of Arab
the community at jewishexponent.com dent Union co-sponsored an wars and terror that Kahane won
anti-Israel speech. The speaker, Here was a man who did not a seat in the Israeli parliament in
Connect with us on William Baker, was head of the care how many toes he stepped 1984. (In 1988 Israel passed a law
Populist Party, the same party on. Here was a man who chal-
for which David Duke ran for See Election, Page 18
president. The Black Student
Union brought in a literal white
supremacist on their dime,

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When the ‘Emperor’ Has Clothes KVETCH ’N KVELL

BY LYNNE LECHTER divorced from emotion and are used for personal expenses, Everyone Reads the Exponent C
reduced to a hookup sport. and vendettas are raged against
A WEEK AFTER an historic dissenting thinkers and mem- THIS PAST MONTH, I was approached in shul and at commu- AN
election, we are witnessing an All the above is accompanied bers of the opposing party. nity events, and received scores of responses of Facebook, and it
historic epidemic of mass hys- by the prevailing philosophies Manifestations are rampant. seems like everyone reads the Jewish Exponent (“AEPi Honors A
teria. Shock, surprise and dark “everyone deserves a trophy,” Balcher,” Oct. 20). n
anger abound. Houses and con- pass-fail grades and parental In totality, this is the world Je
dos are going up for sale in chants of “good job” for breath- where if a government agent is It should be noted that sitting next to me in the group photo ex
California as Californians con- ing, as they treat their offspring caught red-handed committing is Asaf Romirowsky, executive director of Scholars for Peace in ab
comitantly scream succession; as pampered poodles. a wrong, they merely say “I the Middle East, who also was presented with an honorary AEPi im
celebrities muse whether they accept all responsibility,” but membership. an
want to leave the country; The second faction to be receive no punishment.
schools, colleges and houses of busted is our press. What was The Jewish community greatly benefits from the work of AEPi, vi
worship are offering special once referred to as a free press Enter President-elect Don- which brings college students together and educates them with is
sessions to discuss personal is now anything but. It has been ald Trump, and the world experts like Romirowsky, Fay Goldstein from Hasbara Fellow- ov
angst, and offering private exhibited in the “echo cham- where other folks live. They do ships, Aron Heir from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and other C
counseling for those delicate ber” of talking points, where in not have government jobs that experienced community professionals. They train the next gener- an
souls more deeply affected. any news cycle, a specific word are supported and pampered ation of Jewish leaders. el
Meanwhile, demonstrations or phrase has been transferred and paid for by taxpayer mon-
have broken out in cities such through the mainstream media ey. They live in a world where if The Philadelphia Jewish community also benefits from the is
as New York, Philadelphia, like a baton passing in a relay one makes a mistake, saying, chronicler of Jewish life in this area, which is the Exponent. That’s m
Washington, Portland, San race. This biased coverage “I’m sorry” might not be why people say, “If it’s not in the Exponent, it didn’t happen.” vi
Francisco and elsewhere. extended into Election Day. enough, especially if lives are m
lost. They live in a world where Lou Balcher | Langhorne Z
On the other hand, the stock The third faction busted open one does have to obey the laws, ca
market, projected to dive 900 is progressive Hollywood, and and if they don’t, they may face It Was Racism at
points, has exploded upwards. the cult of celebrity. Once dotted real consequences.
The man accused of being a with patriotic stars who proved I WAITED FOR all the experts to check in and tell me how a h
racist and xenophobe, especial- their worth by fighting in World Why Trump? It’s not simple, morally, ethically and legally challenged person with no qualifica- n
ly towards Muslims and War II, supported by movies that but it’s not that complicated tions for the job could be elected president of the United States tr
Hispanics, received his first call extolled the American way and either. America was founded on (“City, State Vote in a Contentious Election,” Nov. 10). Some id
of congratulations from Egypt- the defeat of the evils of Nazis equality and justice with a lot of blamed it on Hillary Clinton and her baggage. Baggage there was, G
ian President Abdel Fattah and communists, the hills are optimism thrown in. It was but nowhere near his. She was uninspiring, yes, but experienced
el-Sisi, and received 29 percent now singing a different song. founded on the belief that its and qualified in almost all facets of the job.
of the Latino vote, larger than Movies and rap stars are univer- leaders would follow the will of
Romney’s 27 percent in 2012. sally pro-radical left. Dissent is the people, and that justice would So as the demographics came in, we saw it was the white vote
The man accused of being the hidden in fear of employment be blind. Most importantly, it was all over this country that won Donald Trump the election. White
worst kind of anti-Semite has discrimination. Paradoxically, founded upon the twin pillars of people who rarely voted came out. White non-college-educated
been congratulated by Israeli men overwhelmingly voted for him. Despite his demeaning
Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu So why are so many shocked, stunned, in grief behavior regarding women, the majority of non-college-educated
as “a true friend of Israel.” and looking for escape? Because reality has white women voted for him. White supremacist groups saw
busted open their monolithic “progressive” Trump as their hero. Somehow, it happened. The small, far right-
So why are so many shocked, world. This world consists of many factions. wing portion of the Republican Party first captured the
stunned, in grief and looking for nomination, and then the general election.
escape? Because reality has bust- misogyny is alive and well — in sovereignty and the rule of law.
ed open their monolithic the lyrics of rap music, and the Under Obama, the perception Then came the quotes from people who voted for Trump: “I vot-
“progressive” world. This world antics and political alignments of has solidified that none of these ed for him because he’ll bring back jobs, he’ll make foreign countries
consists of many factions. the stars who mouth them. In founding ideals are important or pay their share, he’ll get rid of undesirable immigrants, he’ll build the
this world Democrats are 1,000 worth being followed. In fact, wall, he’ll place tariffs on products made in foreign countries, and
The first faction is educa- percent good and right, while they are being trashed. he’s for America first.” It goes on and on, and it’s all bull.
tion. In our educational system, Republicans are 1,000 percent
from pre-K through graduate evil and wrong. The sins of the Brexit was the canary in the The reason all those white people voted for Trump, pure and
school, the system has been former are ignored and buried, coal mine. Brexit was the expres- simple, was racism. They’ll never say it in public, but there it is.
relentlessly spewing propagan- the sins of the latter are hyped sion for self-rule and autonomy They’re tired of the liberals running the country. They’re tired of
da and assault on free speech. and over-reproduced. that was mirrored in the subtext an African-American president and other high-ranking African-
This is evidenced through of Trump’s campaign. Most American appointees. They’re tired of the “elites” and the
edicts on groupthink, the cre- The fourth faction busted thought Brexit would fail where “bankers.” There’s always someone else to blame for what they
ation of microaggressions, open is our corrupted federal Trump did not. Almost all the think is wrong with this country.
white privilege, male privilege, bureaucracies. This is a world political and pundit universe
rape culture, and outright cen- in which connections matter, missed Trump’s subtext: Main- Trump will shortly be the most powerful person in the world,
sorship. American history has following orders is mandatory, tain sovereignty, implement the and his party will have full control of the House and Senate. Bar-
literally been rewritten. Words, and being fired is a thing that laws, get government account- ring indictment or impeachment, the only minimum control is
thoughts, ideas, food prepara- never happens. Responsibility able and off our collective backs, the ineffectual Republican establishment. America and the world
tion and costumes deemed and accountability don’t exist, and put Americans first. The are in deep trouble. l
inappropriate are banned, as is retention of job and position ruling class didn’t get Trump’s
anyone with the temerity to rank way above doing one’s job, David Weinraub | Cherry Hill
object. G-d is dead, replaced by federal corporate credit cards See Emperor, Page 18
climate change and an ode to Statement From the Publisher
saving the planet, and sex is
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THE VIEW FROM HERE Election Emperor

We Need to Talk Continued from Page 16 Continued from Page 17

BY JOSHUA RUNYAN Assembly earlier this week con- always a discrepancy between banning racist parties from run- message, but the voters did.
firmed the assessment that we’ve what a candidate promises and ning, effectively ending his The Trump who governs as
MY FRIENDS, IT’S time we all entered entirely new territory. what a president can achieve, political career.)
had a heart-to-heart. between what a president her- president will not be the Trump
Here in Philadelphia, the day alds in a State of the Union How you viewed Kahane we have seen as promoter, actor,
Like you all, I saw the results after the election began with address and what an adminis- back in 1990 — an empowering playboy or detractor. He also will
late into the early morning last pictures of swastikas and racist tration actually delivers. Look Jewish leader trying to wake up not be Trump the candidate. The
Wednesday. I was floored by the graffiti in Point Breeze. It ended to the concluding presidency of a slumbering people, or an anti- Trump we will see is a man who
magnitude of the outcome of with protesters shutting down Barack Obama. Arab racist — depended in delegates successfully. A man
the presidential contest, which traffic and marching north up large part on how desperate you who praises success. A man who
essentially indicted an entire Broad Street from the vicinity of Fundamentally, Trump were to cling to his solutions. loves our country and people. A
industry of media analysts and City Hall. Anger, whether you didn’t win because he promised How badly you wanted to sip man who, at the Republican con-
political prognosticators as pro- voted for Donald Trump or more or better or bigger. He from that glass of water, even vention, openly expressed his
fessional navel-gazers. Hillary Clinton, is palpable. And won because he was the candi- knowing full well it might have support of gays, and then pro-
it shows no signs of abating. date who best spoke the one drop of poison in it. foundly thanked the raucously
I internalized the message — language of middle-class people cheering crowd who supported
while we all need to challenge If this election taught us and their concerns. He won To dozens of Maryland stu- his statement. A man who-
our assumptions about our anything, it’s that politicians because he was the most believ- dents, we were desperate humbly admitted that he did not
country, our society, our neigh- ignore the white, working mid- able in terms of being the enough, tired enough, sick deserve all the support he had
bors and ourselves, mine is an dle-class struggling to get by in people’s champion. enough of living as victims that received from religious groups.
industry that perhaps needs to a recovering economy that has we decided to invite Kahane to
do it most of all. left them behind at their peril. Call it populist, but it campus. On the world stage, the fear
Put another way: If you ignore worked. And on a certain level, regarding Trump’s effect on for-
In addition to the press, the marginalized, you lose. there’s nothing wrong with We told him to focus on Jew- eign affairs is risible. Here is what
armies of politicians should populism. To a large extent, it ish pride, how to stand up to the foreign policy under Obama and
also be eating crow. But don’t But that’s not a truth appli- was the animating force behind constant anti-Semites visiting Clinton has wrought: The Mid-
think that the advice applies cable only to the rarefied realm the campaign that almost made our campus, and taking on the dle East is in shambles. Protestors
solely to the Democratic Party. of politics. Sen. Bernie Sanders the Demo- Jewish leaders who didn’t sup- in Iran cried out for American
Anyone who underestimated cratic nominee. port our student activism. assistance, but were cruelly left to
the dissatisfaction with the sta- The same can be said for fend for themselves; many were
tus quo among the middle class community institutions, as well. Perhaps we all need to be a A few weeks before he was tortured and killed. The Arab
needs to get out of the office Those who run synagogues, little more populist, at least in to speak at Maryland, he was Spring died before it turned into
and into the community. organizations and schools the sense of working to bring assassinated by a man later an Arab Summer and chaos there
should all look to this election the most good to the most peo- involved as a co-conspirator in now reigns. The world has
Anyone who took voters for and wonder if they’ve been lis- ple. In our communities, it the 1993 World Trade Center watched a barbaric cynical geno-
granted — many leaders of the tening to their constituents in a means speaking the language of bombings. cide of Christians and Arabs
Republican Party are just as way that makes them feel individual Jewish needs more carried out by the radical terror-
guilty on this score for assum- they’re being listened to. than the language of global We were spared the very dif- ist group ISIS. Obama’s Syrian
ing that a GOP candidate, Jewish philosophies. ficult challenge of hoping he line in the sand turned red from
especially one who was not a It’s not enough to want to would stick to his Jewish the blood spilled due to Ameri-
career politician, couldn’t win improve people’s lives. We all Practically speaking, it’s not empowerment message and not can inaction.
in the Rust Belt — should be want to do that. We have to take that big of a shift from what we veer off into anti-Arab language.
reevaluating how they believe the underserved, the under- do now, but if we really want to Essentially this campaign,
politics works. privileged, the less fortunate, live the ideal of American and We were spared the chal- like Brexit, was a war between
the less religious and the less Jewish unity, we’re going to need lenge of fighting fire with fire. the denizens of a dystopian,
But the strongest message of educated seriously. to heed the old parental advice We were spared having to face greedy, power-sucking Wash-
the election is just how fragile of our youth: The Almighty accusations that we were no ington elite and a citizenry that
our nation has become. If the We have to value everyone’s granted each of us two ears and better than the students who has felt its increasing strangle-
lead-up to Election Day hadn’t voices, because it’s their status as one mouth, so we should listen helped bring the anti-Semites hold on their autonomy.
disabused you of the notion that human beings — not as home- twice as much as we speak. l to campus by bringing our own Additionally, Americans looked
the people of the United States owners, voters, special interests, bigot to school. at what progressive policies in
are as united as the compact professionals, graduate stu- Joshua Runyan is the editor-in-chief of Western Europe and the Euro-
binding the states together, wel- dents, you name it — that gives But that experience has pean Union have created and
come to the post-election world. them a right to an opinion and the Jewish Exponent. He can be reached helped me, in some small way, don’t like the outcomes.
to be taken seriously. to understand the anger of so
Euphoria for the victor’s at [email protected]. many Americans who voted for Now that the people have
camp and dejection among the For all of the promises Trump. spoken, the press will start
loser’s voters is to be expected. Trump made to the disaffected reporting more honestly, Holly-
But in my two decades as a jour- individuals who voted for him, And I understand what it’s wood celebrities will not leave
nalist, I haven’t seen a week the jury is still out or whether like to hold that glass of water America — the greatest country
following an election like this he’ll be able to fulfill all of as you are dying of thirst, and on Earth — and a World War III
one. Conversations with those them. Will shuttered mills and weigh the benefits of drinking will not erupt from anything
much older than me at the Jew- factories return to small towns from it, no matter how harm- Donald Trump provokes. l
ish Federations of North in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio less you’ve been promised that
America’s annual General and Pennsylvania? one drop of poison within it Lynne Kessler Lechter is a practicing
may be. l
Probably not. But there’s attorney in Philadelphia at Lechter
Jason Hoffman is the former president
w w w. j e w i s h ex p o n e n t . c o m & Sasso, P.C., and serves on the
of the University of Maryland Jewish
President’s Council of the Republican
Student Union, as well as a former re-
Jewish Coalition.
gional coordinator of the World Zionist

Organization’s student department.

He lives in Orlando, Fla.

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LIFESTYLES/CULTURE

American in Paris Leaves Audiences With
Message of Hope, Adds Jewish Themes

THEATER ▲ Etai Benson as Adam Hochberg in an American in Paris. son said. “They have this Italian with the darkness, and his injury
Matthew Murphy sandwich place I discovered last and feels he has to put all that
JON MARKS | JE STAFF time I was there. I was in heaven. heaviness in his music.
more powerfully than the film. eighth-grade production of The
THE COUNTRY is just get- “Being on a tour’s a tricky “He meets Lise, and she
ting over a bitter war as the “The show deals quite a bit Wizard of Oz. lifestyle. But once you get in a becomes his muse. Only then is
story begins. No one’s quite groove you find time to do a lot. he able to write his masterpiece.”
sure what to expect. The air is with Jewish themes that were “This show I have songs I We have a very rigorous sched-
filled with gloom and despair, ule — eight shows a week and The bottom line, then, is
remnants from a battle that has perform every day except Mon- that even in times of despair we
taken many casualties. day, which is often a travel day. should never lose hope.

Out of this abyss, where can “Once you adjust to that “There’s a very big discus-
people find hope? schedule, you can make time.” sion in the play about the role
of art and whether it’s meant to
Sound familiar? By the same token, once confront all the darkness in the
Only this story isn’t about Benson’s character in An Amer- world or bring us out of it,”
21st-century America in the ican in Paris is able to adjust to Benson said. “This play kind of
aftermath of Donald Trump’s his new life, he finally finds does both of those things.
election. It takes place in Paris happiness.
in 1945, when a real war with “There are messages of opti-
real casualties has come to an “Throughout the play, Adam mism and love and hope that
end, leaving those who’ve sur- is trying to write his masterpiece, reoccur. That’s a message we
vived filled with uncertainty. to find his voice,” explained can really use right now.” l
And it’s the backdrop for An Benson, who said his 2007 expe-
American in Paris — the musi- rience in Russia gave him a true Contact:
cal based on the 1951 Academy appreciation of the power of the-
Award-winning film featuring ater and acting. “He’s obsessed [email protected];
Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron —
which runs at the Academy of 215-832-0729
Music from Nov. 22 to 27. But
unlike the movie, which won not in the film,” said Benson, sing on my own and mono-
six Oscars, including Best Pic-
ture, the story here has been whose best-known role before logues and dramatic scenes,” said
reworked to make it more rele-
vant to the period. this was Boq, the lovesick Benson, who wasn’t selected for
It’s also become quite per-
sonal to Etai Benson, who plays munchkin in Wicked, although the role in the original cast, but
Adam Hochberg, a cynical
American Jewish composer he did play the title role in My persevered. “This is sort of a
who’s coming to grips with the
war wounds he suffered. Ben- Name Is Asher Lev. “The play deeper role than I’ve ever played.
son said it’s given him a true
opportunity to appreciate his begins literally seeing a Nazi “When I heard they were
Jewish heritage.
“Being from Israel and flag torn down and replaced by doing a national tour, I said to
speaking the language, it’s very
much a part of my identity,” said a French flag. myself I needed to pursue this. I
Benson, who also serves as the
narrator, giving him the rare “One of the lead characters, called my agent and went back
acting opportunity to break that
“fourth wall.” “I read this book Lise, is a Jewish girl who was in in and the director [Christo-
about American Jewish soldiers
who fought in the war. It really hiding during the war. There pher Wheeldon] remembered
gave me a new perspective of
Judaism and allowed me to con- was a reference to her being Jew- me from my auditions years
nect in a deeper way and
connect with my character.” ish and a vague reference to her ago and offered me the role.


According to Benson, who with
attended the University of being taken care of by someone, “You know, we audition for a
Michigan and studied at the




Moscow Art Theatre, the musi- but the film didn’t really deal living, and sometimes you feel
cal brings out certain themes





with those themes at all.” when don’t get something you







Benson said playwright think it’s over. But sometimes it


Craig Lucas wanted to bring has to be right timing, the right





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depth to the story, considering stars have to align, but all those



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“You can’t deal with it and pected ways.”

ignore Jewish themes,” he said. So Benson is on the national

“It’s not a Holocaust play, but it tour, a 30-city trek that started

doesn’t ignore that. And while in Boston for two weeks, then

you have some of these edgier stopped in Hartford, before

themes, it’s still a Gershwin heading here. Benson, who

musical, still romantic, still a lives in New York, is looking

love story.” forward to visiting cities such as

For Benson, whose charac- Seattle, Portland, Houston, St.

ter is loosely based on Louis, Denver and others.

Gershwin himself, this is really But he’s already mapped out

the first time he’s getting to his strategy for Philadelphia.

show off his singing chops since “I want to spend every day in

he played the Tin Man in an Reading Terminal Market,” Ben-

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man said he “has never worked with anyone more dedicated.” During
the remarks of David L. Cohen, the evening’s honorary co-chair along
with his wife, Rhonda, he referred to the Jewish
Federation as a “historic organization that has stood the test of time.”

Special guest Andy Cohen entertained everyone with stories from
his career and his Jewish upbringing, including his Bar Mitzvah and
camp experiences. He also answered questions during a Q&A session
with Jewish Federation CEO Naomi Adler. Beth and David Blum and
Meredith and Stephen Moss led the successful celebration as co-chairs.
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along with (front row) co-chair David Blum, Bud Newman and Judy Newman.

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For Davy Rothbart, What’s Lost Is Found

THEATRE “They’re being completely raw to be curious what other peo-

MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF and intimate and unselfcon- ple’s experience of being human

WE ALL DO IT. scious. They didn’t think is like, and that’s what these
You’re walking somewhere,
anyone else would ever read notes give us is in such an
eyes to the ground, absently
noticing what’s stuck to the this stuff, just the person they intense way.”
sidewalk.
were writing to or maybe just The values in Found also
It could be dried-up gum,
receipts that missed the trash themselves, maybe it’s a to-do align with the Jewish values
can, loose pennies.
list or a journal entry. You’re with which Rothbart was raised.
Next time you see some-
thing that catches your eye, you glimpsing people at their most “Some of these notes are
might want to pick it up. These
scraps could turn out to be love naked and honest, and the written from people who are in
letters lost in the wind, old pic-
tures, to-do lists — and Davy thing is, you really end up relat- a lot of pain,” Rothbart said,
Rothbart wants you to send
them to him. ing to these finds. “whether it’s emotional pain

Rothbart founded Found “When I laugh at a letter, it’s over a broken relationship or
Magazine, which compiles
these “found” notes and photo- because I’m laughing at myself. whether it’s struggling with
graphs that tell people’s stories.
It’s like people-watching on I’m like, ‘I’ve written the same financial circumstances or loss
paper, Rothbart said.
pitiful love note a hundred times of a job, death of a loved one.
It started back in 2001 when
Rothbart, living in Chicago at myself,’” he laughed, recalling “To me, it’s a Jewish value to
the time, found a rather color-
ful note on his windshield his book of essays, My Heart Is love those who are struggling
addressed to “Mario.”
an Idiot, on his own misadven- and try to offer our helping
An upset woman named
Amber was writing to Mario, tures in love and relationships. hand,” he said. “Often we might
dropping F-bombs all over,
expressing her anger at finding The musical was a bit of a not meet the person who actu-
Mario’s car at her house (hint:
not Amber’s) when he told surreal experience for Roth- ally wrote some random found
Amber he was at work.
bart, as some of its characters note written by a stranger. We
“P.S. Page me later,” it ended.
“She’s so angry and upset are based on his real friends may never know who wrote
with him but also still hopeful
and in love,” Rothbart recalled. and, of course, himself. that note, but as our awareness
“And of course, it wasn’t even
Mario’s car. It was my car.” “I grew up loving musical builds about any suffering in
He started showing the note
to his friends and was surprised theater. I never imagined there our world, our compassion
by how many of them had
found notes of their own. Roth- ▲ Founder of Found Magazine, Davy Rothbart. would be a musical written grows, and we might just help
bart began to think of a way to about my life and the life of the people who are around us.”
share them. Dan Busta
“Sometimes it was a kid’s Found Magazine,” he said. He hopes that those who see
drawing they found in the gut-
ter or a Polaroid they found on The magazine is still pub- the musical or decide to pick up
the subway, but usually they’d
have this thing taped to their would be a cool way to share books, more magazines, even lished annually and Rothbart a piece of paper on the ground
refrigerator and it just seemed
like a shame to me that only what they’re finding with now a podcast that launched this has a new favorite find — the next time they’re walking can
people who passed through
their kitchen would get to see everybody else.” summer. Rothbart and his sometimes funny, sometimes see the world a bit differently.
that stuff,” Rothbart said. “So I
was looking at this Mario and After spending a few months brother, Peter, began doing live not — every time. “I hope the world, despite
Amber note, and I’m looking at
all my friends’ notes and I compiling these found notes shows all over the country, read- While he’s drawn to the love what challenges we face in
thought a magazine, just a zine,
and working with his cousins to ing aloud some found notes. notes, there are also stories like today’s world and politics,

put together the first issue of Peter, a musician, has performed the letter a teenage boy wrote to what’s going on politically in

Found, they headed to Kinkos to original songs based on some of his mother about how much he our country, I hope we can try

print 50 copies “because that’s the notes they received. missed her and told her about to work even harder to become

how grand our ambitions were,” The story has also been the new girl he’s seeing and how more open and tolerant. Read-

Rothbart laughed. adapted into a musical called he got his driver’s license so he ing these finds is a way of

An employee at Kinkos con- FOUND, which Philadelphia can visit her every day. The let- connecting with people that we

vinced him to print 800 copies Theatre Company will present ter was found tied to a balloon might not otherwise cross

instead after seeing the prod- from Nov. 9 to Dec. 11. The stuck in a tree by a cemetery in paths with,” he said.

uct. Rothbart held a release musical had its first run a few Chicago, presumably set loose “The more we can take

party and sold about a hundred years ago off-Broadway. by the boy. what we learn from reading all

of those copies and was left It tells Rothbart’s story as “It’s ones like that where it’s these finds and sort of cele-

with boxes of 700 magazines well as the stories of those who half a page and you get a pow- brating our collective weird-

filling up his apartment — his wrote the notes, which is where erful sense of story and get such ness, the more we can carry

roommate, understandably, the real value of Found is, well, a really powerful look into that over to our everyday life

was not pleased. found. another person’s life. Some peo- and look for ways to be gener-

However, upon returning “The finds themselves are ple wonder, ‘Is this voyeurism?’ ous and compassionate and

from a trip, Rothbart noticed the stars of the show. By that, I and I say, ‘Absolutely,’” he tolerant and loving in the rest

all the boxes were gone and all mean the FOUND musical, the laughed. “But a certain degree of our lives.” l

the copies had been sold. magazine — these are written of voyeurism is healthy. We’re

“So many people were com- by people who are sharing surrounded by strangers all the Contact:

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10 for their friends that the thoughts,” Rothbart said. sitting on the bus — it’s natural 215-832-0740

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police,” Rothbart said. “They For tickets to FOUND, visit philadelphiatheatrecompany.org. To learn more about the
thought he was selling drugs magazine and submit your own finds, visit foundmagazine.com.
out of the apartment.”

From there, Found grew into

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alongside the stew. The gravy is 1 onion, chopped the empty can halfway with over with tongs, repeatedly, preparation before as a comple-
tasty, so you’ll want to sop it up water; add to the pot. Bring it to until they are wilted and cooked ment to autumn and winter
with something. 2 cloves garlic, minced a boil, then lower the heat. Cov- through — this takes about five dinners with other poaching
er and simmer one hour or to seven minutes. Serve warm liquids — this one hits a high
As for dessert, this is quite a 1- inch piece ginger, grated more until the meat is fork ten- or at room temperature. note with Indian spices and
hearty meal, so my inclination der. Add the potatoes and complements the curry nicely.
is to go light and simple: I sug- 1 teaspoon salt simmer another 30 minutes Serves 4
gest pears poached in syrup until they are softened. 4 firm, ripe pears, peeled,
infused with Indian spices like 2 tablespoons canola oil LIME CILANTRO BEETS
cardamom and ginger. Serve with chopped cilantro with stem intact, and
2 teaspoons cumin and lime wedges. 6 beets
Not your cup of chai? Con- Salt for boiling and seasoning bottom-trimmed to a flat
sider a mango, lime or coconut 2 teaspoons tumeric Serves 4 with leftovers ¼ cup chopped cilantro
sorbet, which keeps the sub- Juice of ½ lime surface (Bosc, Bartlett or
continental theme going and 1 teaspoon ground SAUTÉED BEET GREENS
has the benefit of requiring no Place the beets in a large Anjou recommended)
work from the chef. If you want coriander Greens cut from two bunches saucepan or stock pot and cover
something a bit more substan- of beets with water. Add about one tea- Juice of ½ lemon
tial, consider an autumn fruit 1 teaspoon cayenne or spoon of salt and bring the water
cobbler or apple cake that uses 2 tablespoons oil to a boil. Simmer the beets, cov- 1½ cups water
Indian spices in lieu of the other powdered chili 2 cloves garlic ered, until soft, about 30 minutes.
more traditional flavors. Salt and pepper to taste 1½ cups sugar
pepper (less for milder Drain the beets, and when
BEEF CURRY Rinse the greens well. They they are cool enough to han- 1 stick cinnamon or
flavor) tend to be gritty — I soak them dle, remove the skin. Chop
I made my own spice blend to in a large bowl of water and the beets into bite-sized 1 teaspoon cinnamon
control the flavor and add some ½ teaspoon dried mustard rinse them several times to pieces, and place them in a
extra kick with additional chili clean them thoroughly. Remove medium bowl. 4 cardamom pods or ½
powder, but you can simplify ¼ teaspoon cinnamon the long stems; you can leave a
this by using curry powder in bit of the stem on near the leaf. Sprinkle with the desired teaspoon cardamom
place of the spices. Added 1 can coconut milk amount of salt, spritz with lime
bonus: This curry freezes well In a large skillet, heat the oil, juice and add chopped cilantro. 1 inch piece fresh ginger,
— so if you are feeling just a lit- 4 large potatoes, peeled garlic, salt and pepper. Stir and serve warm, or chill
tle bit motivated, double this, and serve as a cold salad. grated
and it easily becomes another and cut into bite-sized When the garlic is fragrant,
dinner in few weeks when you add the greens and turn them Serves 4 with leftovers Spritz the pears with lemon
don’t have the time or inclina- pieces juice to avoid browning.
tion to cook. POACHED PEARS
Lime wedges and chopped Place the sugar and water in
2 pounds beef chuck, These are a go-to as a pareve a medium saucepan (large
fresh cilantro for serving option, especially at this time of enough to hold pears). Bring
cut in bite-sized year when pears are in season the mixture to a boil so that the
Sprinkle the beef cubes with and meals tend to feature sugar dissolves. Add the
cubes and trimmed salt and pepper. Heat the oil in hearty meat main courses. I’ve remaining ingredients, return it
a Dutch oven over medium and offered other versions of this to a boil and add the pears.
of excess fat add onion, garlic, ginger and
salt. Sauté until fragrant. Add Cover and simmer for 20
the beef, and brown on all sides. minutes until the pears are
This takes about five minutes. tender.

Place the spices in a small Remove the pears from the
bowl or cup and mix; sprinkle pan and boil the poaching liq-
into a pan. Cook’s shortcut: You uid until it reduces and
can substitute two to three becomes a syrup. Strain the
tablespoons of your favorite syrup and drizzle it over the
curry powder for the spices. pears before serving.
Continue to stir as the beef
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bottom, add a bit more oil and
scrape them up.

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TORAH PORTION

Be Guided by Moment-to-Moment CANDLE LIGHTING
Truths as Life Unfolds Each Day
November 18 4:24 p.m.
November 25 4:20 p.m.

RABBI SIMCHA ZEVIT tuted for Isaac as the sacrificial listening for and hearing the experiences the intensity of his In “Netivot Shalom,” the
offering. Isaac’s life is spared, truth of the present moment. love for his child, and his hinei- Slonomer Rebbe says: “What is
Parshat Vayera and Abraham’s willingness to ni reveals his devotion to Isaac. the most important way to
give up that which he so deeply The other stance, willful- serve God? It is the thing that
IN THIS WEEK’S PARSHA, loved in order to do God’s will ness, is what happens when we Not knowing what to do, he God is showing you right now.
Vayera, we read the well-known has been seen by many feel that we have some knowing goes back to willingness — to Wherever we find ourselves, in
story of the Akeidah. throughout our history as the about what God is showing us openness, to receptivity — to a situation of clearest light or in
ultimate act of devotion. to do or to be, when we are listening deeply for the truth. those dark times that none of us
The story begins: “After clear about the next steps to Only because he moved from like, we need to go deep into
these things God tested Abra- Whoa! How could God ask take in life, and we then use our willingness to willfulness and ourselves, we need to be open
ham, calling to him ‘Abraham!’ such a thing? Doesn’t Judaism will to do God’s will as we back again and yet again, was and receptive to the truth in
and Abraham answers ‘hineini value life above all else? And understand it. This is the pos- he able to hear the voice of the each moment to find out what
… here I am.’” God then asks how could Abraham, who ture after hearing the call, of angel, see the ram, and Isaac’s they are asking of us in heaven.”
Abraham to take his beloved argued with God about saving carrying out our “instructions” life is spared. In being receptive
son Isaac and to bring him to the lives of the people of Sodom or our sense of what is right. to the moment-to-moment May each of us be blessed
the land of Moriah and to offer and Gomorrah, obey so will- Willfulness is Abraham setting truths being revealed to him as with the capacity to say “hineini
him as a sacrifice there. And ingly a command such as this? out on that journey with his son each moment unfolds, Abra- … here I am” as we seek to dis-
seemingly without argument, by his side. ham’s path stayed in alignment cern in each phase of our lives
Abraham sets out to the desig- These questions and more with the highest good. what steps we need to take. May
nated place. understandably arise in Applying these ideas to the we be guided by the moment-
response to the story, but the story of the Akeidah is very I see in the story of the Akei- to-moment truths of life as it
As he is walking side by side exploration of the repetition of revealing. If Abraham heard dah that Abraham is a model of unfolds before us! l
with his beloved child, Isaac this word, hineini, is what God’s request to sacrifice Isaac, faith and devotion not because
turns to him and says, “My draws my attention for further and went forward as if that were he was willing to sacrifice Isaac Rabbi Simcha Zevit serves as rabbi for
father?” and Abraham answers consideration. the final word, the story would out of love for God, but rather
again: “hineini, my son … here have a very different outcome. because he was able to say the Narberth Havurah, chaplain for the
I am.” And again, once Abra- There are two alternative But Abraham did not do that. hineini over and over. He was
ham reaches his destination, stances that we can take in rela- He kept coming back to the willing — despite what he Hospital of the University of Pennsylva-
builds an altar, arranges the tionship with God: willingness question, “What is true in this thought he knew — to start
wood, binds his son, lays him and willfulness. Willingness is moment?” fresh in each moment and ask nia and as a community rabbi offering
on the altar and stretches out that open, receptive stance we yet again if he was on the path
his arm to slay him, a messen- take when we seek to discern With the first hineini, Abra- that he was meant to walk. He life cycle ceremonies and services. The
ger from heaven calls out, what God is asking of us in our ham finds the depth of his had the trust to stay open in
“Abraham, Abraham,” and he lives, when we seek divine desire to serve God, and the each moment, perhaps with the Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia
answers “hineini … here I am.” guidance or our own deepest truth that he would do any- faith that in the end he would
wisdom to show us the way. thing out of love for God. As he be guided to act in accordance is proud to provide the Torah commen-
Abraham lifts his eyes and Willingness is the stance Abra- walks with Isaac, though, and is with the highest truth.
sees the ram that is to be substi- ham takes when he says hineini; fully present to his son, he tary for the Jewish Exponent.

Seniors empathy results in resiliency. His ter, is the link between mental ter the degree, don’t deter while realizing that this is your
belief that a shift from self-focus illness and resiliency. resiliency but may enhance one’s body’s way of reacting to a diffi-
Continued from Page 13 in the search for meaning accom- ability to maneuver and over- cult situation. Also remember
panied by creativity occurs in He studied great leaders in come challenges in creative ways. that these feelings won’t inhibit
trauma survivors by encourag- resilient individuals. business and government who your ability to be resilient.
ing them to have or develop had some form of mental illness, Steps to take to increase your
supportive relationships and Simply put, one can bounce including Abraham Lincoln, ability to be resilient include: Identify others who have
encourage the creation of life back from all trying situations. Martin Luther King Jr. and Ted overcome adversities, and study
narratives to help boost their The field of positive psychology Turner. He felt that historians Identifying your strengths the steps they have taken. These
sense of identity. also emphasizes an individual’s have not paid much attention to by asking yourself and others, people can be famous leaders,
ability to use internal strengths these features of their lives. what characteristics of resilien- admired friends or role models.
Viktor Frankl, the founder of while changing the way that one cy you possess.
logotherapy and a Holocaust sur- thinks in dealing with crises. Ghaemi demonstrated that There are many theories and
vivor whose writings and research their symptoms were not only Embrace moments of happi- ways of looking at resiliency in
can be seen as the precursor of It is not unusual, especially present in their lives but were ness and positivity in your life one’s life.
positive psychology, believed that during difficult times, to experi- relevant to their successful and or step back to recognize the
individuals could find meaning in ence feelings of anxiety and creative leadership. Mental ill- simple things in life that make It is something that can be
life through spiritual involvement depressed mood, which is some- ness or related symptoms are not you happy and bring joyfulness. achieved, whether through
and by identifying a purpose, even times mixed with moments of inherently bad or good. He also inherited traits, spirituality,
during extremely challenging highs and lows. These feelings found that creativity, resiliency Acknowledge your adversi- being in the moment or identi-
times. In many ways, he rein- do not mean that you are unable and empathy are greater in peo- ties by examining your beliefs, fying one’s strengths and
forced the importance of “being to be resilient during over- ple with these challenges. disputing negative thoughts challenging negative beliefs.
in the moment,” now found in the whelming times of stress. and choosing more effective
practice of mindfulness. The takeaway value for every- forms of action. Realizing that a crisis is not
An interesting theory relat- day people is that we all face unsolvable but a chance for per-
Frankl also stressed that com- ed to resiliency identified and times in our lives in various Don’t identify failures as sonal growth and development
passion, positivity, happiness and studied by Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, degrees when we experience negative experiences but realize is the key to resiliency. l
who runs the Mood Disorders depression, anxiety and mood that they can become positive
Program at Tufts Medical Cen- changes. These feelings, no mat- learning experiences. Marcy Shoemaker, Psy.D., is a psychol-

Accept feelings of anxiety and ogist at Abramson Center.
depressed mood as a part of life,

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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.

Mission Enables 33 Community
Members to ‘Carry the Light’
to Israel, and Back

Below, Gail Norry, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia campaign chair, shares
highlights from the Kesher Mission that returned from Israel last week.

EVEN EXCESSIVE DELAYS could not dampen the spirit of the 33 participants on the Kesher Mis- The group poses for a photo at the Syrian border during a briefing
sion. Chaired by Andi and Scott Barsky, Kesher, the Hebrew word for connection, was designed for by Col. Miri Eisen.
couples who wished to travel to Israel and connect more deeply with our Jewish Federation, fellow
participants and our Jewish homeland. There were six first-timers, some of whom had not been back Mission participants pose before a meeting at the Peres Center for Peace
to Israel in decades, and some mission “junkies.” Beginning in the north, our first hotel overlooked in Tel Aviv.
the magnificent Sea of Galilee. We began with a security briefing by Col. Miri Eisen, standing at the
northernmost lookout into Syria. Although the weather was beautiful all week, that morning the Participants enjoy a delicious Shabbat dinner with Philadelphia-area rab-
wind was whipping; however, no one considered going inside Coffee Anan before hearing every last binical students and lone soldiers.
word she had to share. Next were ATV rides, a gourmet lunch at a moshav (agricultural community)
and making challah at Youth Futures in Tiberias, a program for youth at-risk developed by the Jew-
ish Agency for Israel, one of our overseas funding partners. And that was only day one!

As we worked our way toward Jerusalem, we picked nearly 2,000 pounds of kohlrabi in the fields of
Leket, another partner agency, to be distributed to the 20 percent of Israelis living with food insecurity.
During lunch at Tulip Winery, we met Maria, a young adult with special needs who is employed there
and lives in the nearby village. The village was developed by families to provide a socially conscious environment
for adults with challenges to have a place to live with meaningful employment opportunities.

Arriving in Jerusalem at sunset was magical. The group really bonded as we danced, and said the
shehecheyanu (a prayer to commemorate special occasions) overlooking the Old City. Our stay in
Jerusalem included a midnight bakery tour of Machane Yehudah (a market), tours of the Old City
and a day trip to Masada and the Dead Sea. We had an incredible visit at Yad Vashem with a special
look at some unique archives. At Mount Herzl, we paid tribute to Shimon Peres and Philadelphia’s
own Michael Levin, a lone soldier who fell in battle in 2006. We chanted Kabbalat Shabbat on the
new egalitarian platform at the Western Wall created in partnership with Jewish Federations of
North America, providing a place for world Jewry to pray together.

As we headed to Tel Aviv on Sunday, we visited the Foreign Ministry so they could learn from us
about American Jews’ most pressing issues. Most fascinating was our tour with expert Danny
Tirzah, who explained all of the complexities involved in building the security fence, its success and
his hope for a time when it can be taken down.

We concluded our trip in Tel Aviv, beginning with a delicious lunch at an Ethiopian restaurant
with Olim B’yachad, a mentoring program that helps to successfully integrate Ethiopian immigrants
into the fabric of Israeli society. We loved the Birthright Innovation Center, an interactive exhibit
highlighting Israel’s high-tech successes. We also enjoyed visiting Cafe' Europa where Holocaust sur-
vivors can live out their golden years with dignity.

Our final evening was extraordinary, as we were joined by Bat Galim Shaar, the mother of Gilad
Shaar, one of the three boys kidnapped and murdered in the summer of 2014. She inspired all of us
to honor his memory by striving to do acts of tikkun olam, to make our world a better place when we
are faced with adversity in our lives. The Jewish Federation movement was there to support her family
in their darkest days. She showed our newly bonded Kesher family how to take all that we learned
over the past week and carry the light back to Philadelphia and build a stronger Jewish community.

Left: Jewish Federation President Bud Newman and JEWISH EXPONENT JEWISHEXPONENT.COM
mission participant Robin Katz pose next to a crate full
of freshly picked kohlrabi. The group worked hard to
pick close to 2,000 pounds of the vegetable so it can
be delivered to families in need. 

Middle: Mission participants Elliot Norry, Bill Spiegel,
Caren Fires, Gail Norry and Bud Newman enjoying
a midnight bakery tour in Jerusalem.

Right: Holocaust survivors at Cafe' Europa present a
gift to Kesher participants as a thank-you for Jewish
Federation's support, love and care.

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School of Early Learning at Old York
Road Temple-Beth Am, will lead a For Seniors.
weekly one-hour “Mommy and Me”
class at 9:30 a.m. For more Seniors are invited to join KleinLife:
information, call 215-886-0650. Center City for its weekly event at
971 Old York Road, Abington. the Jewish Community Services
Building starting at 8:30 a.m., with
The Aging Eye. coffee, tea and munchies followed
by a choice of chair exercise or
Join Amy Juarez at 10:15 a.m. at current events at 9:30 a.m. “Keep It
KleinLife: Montgomery County as Moving: A Chronic Disease Self-
she continues her discussion Management Program” (Session 4
concerning low vision and aging of 6) is 9:30 a.m. to noon. At 10:30
eyes. Many topics will be covered. a.m., Rabbi Beth Janus will lead
Feel free to bring your questions Kabbalat Shabbat followed by a hot
and concerns. 7763 Old York Road, kosher lunch at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will
Elkins Park. be followed by a special program
led by Marius Gherovici, a Holocaust
Book Club. survivor who will share his story.
RSVP to 215-832-0539. 2100 Arch
Join a book club, whether you read St., Philadelphia.
the book or not, at 12:45 p.m. at
KleinLife: Montgomery County. Career Workshop.
Miranda will facilitate a lively and
interesting discussion on Deaf Join JEVS Career Strategies for
Sentence by David Lodge. “Rules of Negotiation” from 10 a.m.
7763 Old York Road, Elkins Park. to noon as part of the Career
Strategies Job Search Series.
Gala Dinner. Establish trust and confidence,
accurately value your talents and
The Cousins for a Cure Gala in experience, and solidify post-
honor of Sydney Breslow to benefit interview success. Great for those in
United Mitochondrial Disease all stages of career transition, no
Foundation takes place from 6 to 9 matter if you’re: seeking a new
p.m. $150; registration covers position, currently employed,
cocktails, dinner, silent auction and considering a career move, looking
featured speaker Michael for your first job. Free. Register at
Smerconish. Smerconish will speak jevshumanservices.org. 2100 Arch
about the 2016 election. Register St., 4th Floor, Philadelphia.
mdf.org/cousinsforacure16. The
Mansion on Main Street, 3000 Main Family Arts Shabbat.
St., Voorhees, N.J.
Join Main Line Reform Temple for a
Film Series. family celebration of the arts
starting with wine and cheese/milk
KI’s Meyers Library is sponsoring a and cookies and then begin our
Jewish Film Series; join a screening Shabbat worship at 6:30 p.m. After
of Remember at 7 p.m. With the aid services, stay for a delicious buffet
of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a dinner followed by your choice of
handwritten letter, an elderly man three concurrent 8 p.m. arts
with dementia goes in search of the programs: Professor Samantha
person responsible for the death of Baskind will speak on “The
his family. Free and open to the Influence of Jewish Artists on 20th-
public. For more information, call Century Art”; Families Making Art,
215-887-8700. The Meyers Library at suitable for parents and children
Reform Congregation Keneseth age 10 and older; MLRT in
Israel, 2nd Floor, 8339 Old York Performance with Cantor Portnoy.
Road, Elkins Park. Reserve and pay for the dinner by
writing a check payable to MLRT
Global Warming. with “Arts Shabbat” in the memo.
$18/adults; $8/children. 410
Join the Hilltoppers of Temple Montgomery Ave., Wynnewood.
Sholom as they welcome congregant
and scholar Roger Opstbaum at 7:30 Tot Shabbat.
p.m. Opstbaum holds a B.S., M.S. and
Ph.D. in meteorology and Join Rabbi Adam Zeff at
oceanography from NYU, with his Germantown Jewish Centre for an
Ph.D. concentration in atmospheric autumn Tot Shabbat at 6 p.m. for a
physics. He will discuss global
warming, alternative energy sources See Calendar, Page 28
and what we can do to help slow the
process. $5 for non-Hilltoppers

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Calendar ▼SATURDAY, NOV. 19 handbags. For more information, call
215-886-8000. 971 Old York Road,
Torah, Bagels, Coffee. Abington.

Continued from Page 27 Begin Shabbat morning at Old York Film Screening.
Road Temple-Beth Am with an
▼THURSDAY, NOV. 17 interactive, engaging discussion of Join Germantown Jewish Centre, in
the weekly portion including bagels partnership with Mazzoni Center, at 10
Jewish Painting. and coffee at 9 a.m. followed by a a.m. for an insightful exploration of the
Join Kehilat HaNahar, the Little Shul by the River, as Andre Salz introduces everyone to the art of Avigdor Arikha peer-led Shabbat service at 10:15 mix of Israeli-Palestinian-Jewish-Arab-
and RB Kitaj. Arikha was a young Romanian Jew who survived the Holocaust, emigrated to Israel and then lived a.m. Casual dress is appropriate, and LGBTQ culture in Tel Aviv, and stay
and painted in France and Israel. Kitaj was an American with Jewish roots who spent most of his painting career everyone is welcome. For more afterwards for a discussion and Q&A
in England. Salz says the work of these men contributed significantly to the Jewish response to the question, information, call 215-886-8000. 971 with director/producer of Oriented,
“How does one paint figuratively in a post-Holocaust world?” 6 to 7:30 p.m. 85 W. Mechanic St., New Hope. Old York Road, Abington. which follows the lives of three
Palestinian friends exploring their
Morning Service. national and sexual identity in Tel Aviv.
Jake Witzenfeld aimed to inspire
The KI community celebrates a discourse around LGBTQ rights,
simcha at this engaging Shabbat perception of the other in conflict
service at 10:30 a.m. For more zones, and the role of grassroots social
information, call 215-887-8700. activism. Tickets are free. Register at
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, germantownjewishcentre.org in
8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. advance.

Tots-N-Torah Service. Meet the Author.

lively half-hour service in which hiding from the Nazis during World services at Reform Congregation Temple Beth Torah School of Early Old York Road Temple-Beth Am
puppets teach the week’s Torah War II. She dared to dream, Keneseth Israel. Bring your children Learning at Old York Road Temple- welcomes Bruce Berlin, author of
portion. There will be stories and imagining a better world that and extended family for this special Beth Am will hold Havdalah Breaking Big Money’s Grip on
songs, lots of laughter, a basketful of manifested in her creation of nearly fun, musical service at 7 p.m. Tots-N-Torah starting at 5:30 p.m. in America, for a presentation followed
tambourines and a parade. After the 60 watercolor paintings. Her works For more information, call the auditorium with a short musical by Q&A and book-signing at 10 a.m.
service, connect with other families have been displayed in Berlin, the 215-887-8700. 8339 Old York Road, Havdalah service, birthday The book goes beyond examining
in the community around the table U.S. Holocaust Museum and the Elkins Park. celebrations and a special art the problem of money in politics and
as Centre Catering (under traditional Yad Vashem Museum in Israel. activity. Family and friends are explores how a nationwide
kosher supervision) provides a 239 Welsh Road, Maple Glen. Singles Shabbat. welcome. There is no charge for the grassroots democracy movement
delicious, tot-friendly Shabbat program. This month, storytelling can overcome the ruling status of
dinner. Advance RSVP is necessary. Contemplative Kabbalat. Join Beth El Singles for Singles with Michelle Miller. Learn about the Big Money and convert our
$9/adult, $5/child for dinner. Shabbat Services held at symbols of Havdalah. Braid special government into one that serves the
Sponsorships are available upon Join Main Line Reform Temple for Congregation Beth El in the small edible candles, crush grapes and true needs of the American people.
request. 400 West Ellet St., its monthly Contemplative Kabbalat chapel at 8 p.m. This is open to all more. For more information, call 215- Light refreshments will be served.
Philadelphia. Shabbat service at 6:30 p.m. This and there is no cost and reservations 886-8000. 971 Old York Road, For more information, call 215-886-
service is an opportunity to welcome are not needed. Contact Norma Abington. 8000. 971 Old York Road, Abington.
Kabbalat Shabbat. Shabbat and release the stress of the Kamis at 856-662-7916 if you
week in a setting that lifts as well as have any questions. 8000 Main St., Comedy Night. Books and Brunch.
Join Old York Road Temple-Beth calms the spirit. We will be joined by Voorhees, N.J.
Am for Kabbalat Shabbat services singers Lee Fogel and Julie Lipson Comedy with Rabbi Bob Alper from Daniel Torday, author of the novel
beginning at 6 p.m. in the Temple who perform together as New Moon Fall Concert. 7 to 10 p.m. at Beth Chaim Reform The Last Flight of Poxl West, will
Beth Torah Chapel, with kiddush and Chanting. This service offers an Congregation. Join us for drinks, appear at Congregation Kol Emet at
motzi to follow. For more alternative format including At 8 p.m., the Haverford-Bryn Mawr food, friends and laughs. Charitable 10 a.m. Torday’s work has appeared
information, call 215-886-8000. 971 chanting (all chants provided in College Orchestra, conducted by Heidi event for Beth Chaim Reform in multiple outlets, and he is director
Old York Road, Abington. transliteration), opportunities for Jacob, will perform its fall concert. Congregation. Tickets are $40 and of creative writing at Bryn Mawr
meditation and quiet reflection, and This concert will be held in Roberts are still available at bethchaim.net. College. $10 per person or $25 per
Shabbat Speaker. teachings by Rabbi Richard Hirsh. All Hall, Marshall Auditorium on the Questions? Contact family for brunch. Books will be
are welcome. 410 Montgomery Ave., Haverford College campus and is free [email protected]. 389 available for preordering and
Join Congregation Beth Or for a Wynnewood. and open to the public. For more Conestoga Road, Malvern. delivery during the discussion and
special guest speaker during information, email brunch. 1360 Oxford Valley Road,
Shabbat worship service at 6:30 Family Shabbat. [email protected] or PJFF Closing Night. Yardley.
p.m. Dr. Nelly Toll was a small child haverford.edu/music/concerts-
living in Poland when forced into Join us for our family Shabbat events. 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford. Join the Philadelphia Jewish Film Views of the Afterlife.
Festival for its closing-night film
Your Solution for Peace of Mind from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. For more Does Judaism believe in the
information, visit pjff.org or call 215- afterlife? Unequivocally, the answer
“ e help you have given us can only be described as priceless. If I have any regret, it is in not having made the connection earlier.” –W.D.R. JR., CLIENT’S SON 545-4400. 401 S. Broad St., is yes. However, in modern times we
Philadelphia. have lost touch with much of the
traditional Jewish wisdom on the
▼SUNDAY, NOV. 20 afterlife journey of the soul. In this
presentation at Har Zion Temple at
Our highly qualified and trained professionals will help you navigate Vintage Sale. 11 a.m., explore Judaism’s teachings
the medical maze when caring for loved ones. on life after death, particularly in the
Join Old York Road Temple-Beth traditions of Kabbalah and Hasidism.
GERIATRIC CARE MANAGEMENT • SPECIAL NEEDS Am for a vintage jewelry and Reb Simcha Raphael, Ph.D., will lead
HOME CARE SERVICES • ADVOCACY accessory sale starting at 8:30 a.m. this intriguing and interesting
Antique jewelry, choice artwork, conversation. Requested donation of
Complete Care Strategies A Division of Elder Connections classic scarves, fabulous bric-a-brac, $18 for the entire series of lectures.
mid-century modern objects, rare 1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley.
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▼SATURDAY, NOV. 19 p.m. at Old York Road Temple Beth- tops all offers for your
Am. The JAFCO Sibling Support diamonds & jewelry.
Square Dance Dinner. Group is a social, recreational
experience for awesome typical We can pay more because
Enjoy a roast beef and hot dog dinner at 7 p.m. at Reform siblings of brothers and sisters with we know the true value.
Congregation Keneseth Israel with all the fixings. Even if you don’t developmental disabilities. The Immediate cash for one
think you like square dancing, you’ll find a fun-filled evening. $30 per group offers adolescents and young piece or an entire
person. Your check to Women of KI is your reservation. Send to Sue teens ages 10 to 14 a safe, fun collection.
Fried, KI, 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park, Pa., 19027. For more environment where they can meet
information, call 215-887-8700. 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. new friends who really understand 201 Old York Road • Jenkintown, PA
what they are feeling. This group will
Silent Auction. TJM website. Don’t miss your meeting of the Jewish Genealogy have a maximum of 12 participants, (215) 885-7070
opportunity to purchase unique Society of Greater Philadelphia at so be in touch as soon as possible.
Bid on artist brushes that have been works of art as gifts for everyone on Keneseth Israel. For more RSVP to Rachel Levy, LSW, at Open Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.
transformed into delightful works of your Chanukah list. For more information, call 215-338-7920. [email protected] or call 10am - 4:30pm
art by artists of the Temple Judea information, call 215-887-2027. 8339 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. 610-525-1040. 971 Old York Road,
Museum of Reform Congregation Old York Road, Elkins Park. Abington. Closed Sunday, Monday & Tuesday
Keneseth Israel Artists’ Support Group.
Collaborative and by guests from Jewish Boxing. Choral Concert. Cantor Roast.
our broader community at 12:30 Jewish Adoption and Family Care
p.m. Place your bids in the TJM At 1:30 p.m., Harry Boonin will Options (JAFCO) will hold “STAR Children’s choirs from Main Line Congregations of Shaare
Gallery and preview the brushes on discuss “Jewish Boxing in GROUP: Siblings Together Are Reform Temple, Zion Baptist Church, Shamayim invites its members,
the TJM Facebook page and on the Philadelphia a Century Ago” at a Remarkable” from 2:30 p.m. to 4 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Agnes former families with fond memories,
Irwin School and Temple Sholom and the community to celebrate
Broomall will join together at 3 p.m. Cantor Don Samuels and honor his
at Main Line Reform Temple in a 36 years of clergy service with a
special concert to benefit Box Lunch brunch and lighthearted “roast”
and a Book, a summer program that filled with poetry and song at 10:30
provides students in Montgomery
and Delaware counties with lunch, See Calendar, Page 30
books and various activities. This
concert will be enjoyed by all ages.
Free-will offering. 410 Montgomery
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Calendar starting at 8:30 a.m., with coffee, tea and William Shaid, Alina and Adam
and munchies. A choice of chair Levine. For more information, visit
Continued from Page 29 exercise or current events will follow aishphila.com or [email protected].
starting at 9:30 a.m. At 10:30 a.m., 272 Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr.
▼WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23 join Rabbi Beth Janus for a Kabbalat
Shabbat service. A hot kosher lunch Thanksgiving Service.
Friendsgiving Celebration. will be served at 11:30 a.m., featuring
a special Thanksgiving meal. Learn As we give thanks for the many
Following a traditional, festive meal, join KleinLife: Montgomery County at 12:45 p.m. as we sing, dance, tap with Rabbi Janus at the Rabbi’s blessings we share, Old York Road
your toes and continue the festive Friendsgiving celebration with this great musical entertainment. 7763 Old Tisch. Lunch will be followed by Temple-Beth Am will join with
York Road, Elkins Park. musical entertainment by Kirk to members of Our Lady Help of
celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Christians Roman Catholic Church in
a.m. Appropriately, an event fee of attest to this newer trend affecting Music Network. RSVP to 215-832-0539. 2100 Arch. the 66th Annual Community
$36 per person includes a delicious many former long-term marriages. St., Philadelphia. Thanksgiving Service at Our Lady
brunch catered by Barclay, including $10 per class if not an adult ed At 7:30 p.m., the department of Help of Christians Roman Catholic
bagels and lox, French toast, blintzes member; KI members: $50 per music at Haverford College presents Current Events. Church at 7:30 p.m. Clergy and adult
and desserts. Advance registration is person/year; synagogue-affiliated: the Network for New Music volunteer choir will participate.
required at 215-677-1600 or online $100 per person/year; unaffiliated: Ensemble performing “Flying Solo.” Always timely and engaging, Allan Call 215-886-8000. 1500 Marian
at shaareshamayim.org. 9768 $150 per person/year. For more The Network Ensemble musicians Marmon will discuss hot topics in the Road, Abington.
Verree Road, Philadelphia. information, call 215-887-8700. shine in this concert of virtuosic solo press and in the world at 11 a.m. at
8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. music, with each work making a KleinLife: Montgomery County. Adult Education.
▼MONDAY, NOV. 21 unique connection to poetry. In 7763 Old York Road, Elkins Park.
Support Group. addition, there will be a pre-concert One of the greatest scholars of
Adult Education. performance at 7 p.m. of new works Film Series. Jewish law, Maimonides was revered
The Compassionate Friends, Serving by Haverford composition students. through the ages, but he was also
Join the adult education series at Lower Bucks County, Eastern Free and open to the public. 370 KI’s Meyers Library is sponsoring a branded a heretic for his
Reform Congregation Keneseth Montgomery County and Northeast Lancaster Avenue, Haverford. Jewish Film Series and a screening philosophical writings. Join Rabbi
Israel at 11:30 a.m. to discover Philadelphia, a nonprofit support of Remember at 1 p.m. With the aid Avi Winokur at 7:30 p.m. at Society
potential causes for the current group for family members grieving ▼TUESDAY, NOV. 22 of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a Hill Synagogue as he teaches from
increase of “Gray Divorce,” the death of a child, regardless of age handwritten letter, an elderly man Maimonides’ controversial work,
distinguished by demographics of or cause, will meet at 7 p.m. For Seniors. with dementia goes in search of the Guide for the Perplexed, to obtain a
uncoupling over age 50. The rising For additional information, call person responsible for the death of taste of his thinking. Rabbi Winokur
cohabitation rates among older 215-396-0460, ask for Sheldon Seniors are invited to join KleinLife: his family. Free and open to the will delve into his biography to place
Americans, as well as the boom in or Joan. 2068 Red Lion Road, Center City for its weekly event at public. For more information, call his thought and his life in context.
online dating sites for older singles, Philadelphia. the Jewish Community Services 215-887-8700. The Meyers Library This class will meet Nov. 22 and
Building, Thanksgiving special, at Reform Congregation Keneseth 29, and Dec. 6 and 13. 418 Spruce St.,
Israel, 2nd Floor, 8339 Old York Philadelphia.
Road, Elkins Park.
▼WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23
Aish Gala.

Aish Philadelphia’s annual Turkey Bingo.
community gala honoring Jayne and
Ronald Perilstein, Bonnie and Join KleinLife: Montgomery County
Jonathan Pontell and Freda and at 11 a.m. for a fun game with great
Shmuel Grunberger will take place at prizes, turkey and Thanksgiving
6:30 p.m. at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew related. 7763 Old York Road,
Academy. Event chairs: Elizabeth Elkins Park. l

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BIRTHS WEDDINGS

▶ OWEN JACOB AND ▶ DIGRAVINA-SAGOT

EMILY REESE OSTROFF Taylor Leigh DiGravina and
Adam Jason Sagot were mar-
Matthew and Katie (Kennedy) Ostroff ried on Oct. 15 in Livingston,
of Philadelphia announce the birth of N.J. Rabbi Lenny Mandel
their twins, Owen Jacob and Emily officiated at the Crystal Plaza.
Reese on Sept. 18.
The bride is a postdoctoral
Sharing in their happiness are fellow in clinical neuropsy-
grandparents Lisa and Harvey Ostroff, chology for a private practice
Dell and David Kennedy, and great- serving the Philadelphia
grandparents Gloria and Lowell Toll Main Line region and a certi-
and Helen (Honey) Kennedy. Also cel- fied school psychologist.  She
ebrating the birth are aunts and uncles graduated summa cum laude
Noah and Ashley Ostroff, Ben and from the University of Penn-
Hannah Appel, and Michael and sylvania and received a
Corey Kennedy, along with cousins master’s degree and doctorate
Riley, Logan and Jade Ostroff, Landon in clinical psychology from
and Spencer Appel and Amelia and Cameron Kennedy. Widener University. 

Emily Reese is named in memory of her maternal great-grandfather, Theodore Varbalow; She is a daughter of Cindy and Pat DiGravina of Saddle River,
maternal great-great aunt Renee Levin; and paternal great-great aunt Rene Weiss. N.J.

Owen Jacob is named in memory of his maternal great-grandfather, Warren Kennedy, and The groom is a second-year psychiatry resident, rotating at
paternal great-grandmother, Rita Ostroff. Kennedy Health hospitals in Stratford, N.J., and Cherry Hill, N.J.;
at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J.; and at
ENGAGEMENTS outpatient Veterans Affairs facilities affiliated with the Philadel-
phia VA Medical Center. He is also an assistant professor of
◀ FRIEDBERG-ENGEL psychiatry at Rowan University. He graduated from Penn State
and received a medical degree from Rowan University School of
The family of Lauren Amy Friedberg and David Jacob Osteopathic Medicine. 
Engel announces the recent engagement of their children.
He is a son of Ann and Allan Sagot of Cherry Hill, N.J.
Lauren is an attorney in the investment management
practice group at Morgan Lewis. She received her under- ▶ GIBSON-MARCUCCI
graduate degree from the University of Florida and her
J.D. from New York Law School.  Alexandra Joelle Gibson, a
daughter of Lee Eisner of Man-
Dave, a CPA, is a tax manager at Grant hattan and Robert C. Gibson of
Thornton. After earning his bachelor’s degree from Tem- Port Monmouth, N.J., was mar-
ple University, he received a master’s degree from ried Sept. 9 to Matthew Asher
Villanova University. Marcucci, a son of Bonnie Sue
Bernstein of Wynnewood.
Sharing in their happiness are Lauren’s grandparents, Rabbi Susan L. Nanus officiat-
Gloria and George Koffs of Delray Beach, Fla.  ed at Blue Hill at Stone Barns in
Pocantico Hills, N.Y.
Dave is the grandson of the late Faye and Norman
Engel of Northeast Philadelphia and the late Edith and The bride and groom met at
Stanley Wendkos of Center City Philadelphia. the University of Pennsylvania,
from which they graduated
Excited about the upcoming simcha are Jeffrey, broth- magna cum laude.
er of the bride-to-be, and Rebecca (Zach) Kolsky and Lauren Marks, siblings of the future groom.
Gibson is a marketing man-
An April wedding is planned.       ager for the YouTube brand of
Google; she works in its Man-
▶ JUROS-FINNERAN hattan office.

Penny and Michael Bilker of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., Marcucci is an associate at
and Delray Beach, Fla., and Judy and Richard Finneran of the Manhattan law firm Kent,
Sewell, N.J., announce the engagement of their children, Beatty & Gordon. He received a
Chad Juros and Lauren Finneran. law degree cum laude from
Fordham University. He also
Both Chad and Lauren earned bachelor’s degrees from has been a professional tenor
Richard Stockton University, where they met as members who specializes in early liturgi-
of the Hillel chapter there. Chad is a professional magi- cal music, and from 2011 to
cian/motivational speaker and the owner of Captivate 2015 was a member of the
Entertainment. Lauren works in the hospitality industry. Schola Cantorum of the
Roman Catholic Church of St.
Sharing in their happiness are Chad’s grandparents, Agnes, also in Manhattan.
Roberta and Jerry Goldberg of Boynton Beach, Fla. Chad
is also the son of the late Donald Juros, and the grandson
of the late Leonard and Janet Juros of Willingboro, N.J.

Celebrating the news with Chad and Lauren are their
siblings, Faith, Arthur, Mitchell, Caryn, Larry, Karey, Lori,
Greg, Dan and Brian. Additionally excited to share in the
news is their niece, Dalia, along with many aunts, uncles,
cousins and friends.

A September 2017 wedding is planned in Philadelphia.

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menthal on LaFollette and om hari Bogatin, Lisa Barry Lappin and Patrice Bros., Inc., 8 00 eisterstown oad, at ontri utions in o y s memory may e euven , and the late andy Hanwit . Also
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and riends were invited to Graveside er at pm. Interment Beth iloh emetery our great grandchildren. onations in his
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ment private. ontri utions in her memory e Avenue, Baltimore, 0 or eals On HAUP AN
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sister o Elliot lara othman adored graveside services onday Novem er , Graduate o emple University with a as
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and Eli a eth Finkelstein and older rother o loved wi e o 0 years to the late o ert de
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was a Philadelphian who graduated rom
entral High chool class 7 and emple chott and erry Joey ennedy loving
University. He served in WW ll in the hina, grandmother to James and annon chott,
Burma, and India heater. He was a teacher and Jamie and arah ennedy devoted
or many years at Fels Jr. High and later a daughter to the late ary o eraj very spe
vice principal in the Philadelphia chool is cial riend o Joseph cheinholt . Will e
Bennett Goldstein Gabe Goldstein Julian Weinstein Harry Schwartz Eileen Perice Bruce Goldstein Carl Goldstein trict. anny , who was a caring and thought greatly missed y her amily, her special
ul mensch to all who knew him will e ex riend Joe, her loving aides Edylsa and uth
tremely missed y his whole amily and nu rom orse Li e, and her many riends at
merous riends. ontri utions may e made Brookdale West Palm Beach where she al
in his memory to arty's Place, c o cott ways had a radiant smile. ontri utions in
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the late Estelle. Father o r. Je rey
achelle Litt and herri Litt Brill Brian .
Robert Weinstein Eric Goldstein Randi Casey Brett Schwartz Jason Goldstein Seth Goldstein Joshua Goldstein Brother o Jerome Lidovitch. Grand ather o
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egan. ontri utions in his memory may e
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arah and imon Gross, he was prede
ceased y his rother Joseph Gross and sis 8 treet, Washington, 000 or
the American Heart Association , P.O. Box
ter Esther u in. He is survived y his wi e o 0, hicago, IL 0 .
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ters Bar ara elly and Joanne Wilson GOL EIN ' O ENBE G'
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in the U. . Army rom 0 and was causes and the state o Israel. he was a sel
recalled to active duty as a critical specialist less leader at ongs. o Ner edek and with
1-800-622-6410 during the orean War. A ter practicing as a Hadassah. he loved people and loved eing
PA and working in the electronics industry, social, and in turn, she was deeply loved.
he was engaged in the 0s venture capital ontri utions in her memory may e made to
industry as an active pioneer in the mall Hadassah Hospital or the ongregations o
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Elaine Wolk ahn , Novem er 7, 0 . he At Monte ore Cemetery,
uth Alpern miler, age died on Octo er was loved y all Elaine wi e, mother, grand we follow Torah law by not requiring
0 . Wi e o the late arl . miler. mother, great grandmother and riend. Al
ways putting her amily irst, Elaine's priority concrete vaults or liners. *
other o arcy iamond , Lesley and was our happiness. ide y side in marriage
a i o ert aplan, Neysa Grassi and and usiness with her late eloved hus and Unlike many cemeteries,
Joel miler. urvived y Jerry, she ounded and uilt a success ul Monte ore does not require the use of
grandchildren,and greatgrandchildren. company, nurtured our loving amily and had
onations may e made to the charity o your a eauti ul marriage o years. Elaine al concrete vaults, which separate the
choice. ways ound time or volunteering. Amongst deceased from the earth.
her many projects, her dedication to our syn
OLO ON agogue was stead ast. he was instrumental Let Montefiore Cemetery help you protect your loved
in ringing holocaust awareness through the ones from overwhelming decisions and expenses.
Jack H. olomon, Novem er 8, 0 . Hus imon Wiesenthal enter to the ore ront o
and o the late ary nee osen erg Fath the greater Philadelphia area. Now and And, as always, 0% Interest on all pre-arrangements.
er o Frank olomon and Bruce olomon orever, Elaine will e close at heart to her
andra loane Grand ather o Brittany children, grandchildren, great grandchildren,
o ert utill, Evan arah olomon, and riends and amily. other o Judi ean
Jordan ara olomon Great grand ather o ajor and Linda Jay Levitt. Grandmother o
allen utill and Arthur avid utill. He was a oss ajor, Justin tacey Levitt and ory
Past President o rakauer Yampoler Bene i e orah Levitt. Great grandmother o
ydney, Juliette, Arianna and Olivia. ontri
cial ociety. ontri utions in his memory utions in her memory may e made to the
may e made to the Old York oad ym imon Wiesenthal enter, ox ury
phony, PO Box , Wyncote, PA 0 or rive, Los Angeles, A 00 Phone 0
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COMMUNITY

Chamber Honors JEWISH EXPONENT Davidson Speaks at
336 Volunteers Abramson Auxiliary Lunch
Emmy Award-winning NBC 10 anchor-
The Greater Northeast Philadel- woman Tracy Davidson addressed 170
phia Chamber of Commerce guests on Oct. 27 at the membership
recognized 336 volunteers for luncheon of the Auxiliary of the Madlyn
their contributions at KleinLife’s and Leonard Abramson Center for Jew-
2016 Volunteer Appreciation ish Life in Horsham. Davidson spoke
Luncheon in Northeast Philadel- about her battle with breast cancer and
phia. Featured speaker and the importance of early detection at the
Greater Northeast Philadelphia event, which raised $17,500.
Chamber of Commerce President
Pam Henshall honored the volun- The Abramson Auxiliary sponsors a
teers for the 14,590 hours they variety of programs and recreational
have put in so far in 2016. activities that enhance the quality of life
for the center’s residents and for clients
▶ From left: Barbara Shotz, of the Abramson Medical Adult Day
KleinLife vice president; Services in Northeast Philadelphia.

Anthony Luker, director of ◀ From left: Gay Salin and Andy Cohn,
community relations for membership luncheon co-chairs; Susan Davis,
auxiliary president; and Tracy Davidson.
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle;
Pennsylvania state Sen. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

John Sabatina Jr.; Jeanne Joseph,
KleinLife program and volunteer
coordinator; Andre Krug,
KleinLife president and CEO;
Pennsylvania state
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Pam Henshall.

▶ From left: Barbara Shotz;
Marijka Hoczko, program manager

for the Philadelphia Corporation
for Aging; Jeanne Joseph;
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Orchard Planted at KleinLife

Volunteers from the Philadelphia Orchard
Project and the Junior League of Philadelphia
met with officials of RSVP Philadelphia prior
to planting fruit trees and shrubs for a new
orchard adjacent to KleinLife in Northeast
Philadelphia.

The orchard is part of the effort that will
increase organically grown fruit servings for
recipients from the KleinLife Home Delivered
Meals Program. A second planting will take
place in the spring to complete the project.

▶ Program volunteers and (kneeling in the
front row) Robyn Mello, Philadelphia Orchard

Project program director; John Eskate,
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manager; and Sue Aistrop, RSSVP Philadelphia

director of community services.

Seligsohn Honored at Legacy Awards Dinner

Wynnefield native Sherwin Seligsohn, who founded International Mobile Machines, now Inter-
Digital, was one of four people honored at the first Philadelphia Legacy Awards Dinner held at the
Independence Seaport Museum. Seligsohn was singled out for his accomplishments in helping
transform wireless digital communications and transforming light through organic light-emitting
diodes (OLEDs). He also was cited in a Philadelphia City Council board resolution in September.

The event was kicked off by former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and former Philadelphia
Mayor Wilson Goode.

▶ From left: Former Philadelphia Mayor and Pennsylvania
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AJC Director Speaks

Dr. Steven Bayme, director of
the American Jewish Commit-
tee’s (AJC) Contemporary
Jewish Life Department and
Koppelman Institute on Ameri-
can Jewish-Israeli Relations,
visited Philadelphia AJC
Philadelphia/SNJ during a
series of meetings in Philadel-
phia. Bayme spoke before a
group of community rabbis and
synagogue presidents at a pri-
vate dinner hosted by Rabbi
Eliezer Hirsch at Mekor
Habracha/Center City Syna-
gogue, as well at a program at
Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel.

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