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OF NOTE Guns at Shul?
Congregations
WORLD Examine Pros
and Cons
Proposed Peace
Plan, Explained ERIC SCHUCHT AND TOBY TABACHNICK
Take a look at the
plan’s details. AS SYNAGOGUES AND other houses President Donald Trump delivers remarks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on
of worship continue to be targeted with Jan. 28 as they unveil details of the Trump administration’s Middle East Peace Plan.
Page 4 violence, many are wrestling with the
question of if — and how — they should Photo by Shealah Craighead, via Wikimedia Commons
LOCAL protect themselves with firearms.
Locals, Others React to
‘Truman Torah’ For some, there is not a clear answer, Trump Peace Plan
Makes Visit to as they weigh the disparate views of mem-
Philadelphia bers who feel unsafe with any gun on the JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF Israel, it depends on who you ask.
Scroll tied to early premises against those who feel unsafe In some regards, the plan is a two-state
days after Israel’s without a gun in their own holster. IS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S
formation. newly unveiled plan for peace between solution. But statements from President
The conversation has taken on some Israel and the Palestinians a good faith Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister
Page 6 urgency as the number of hate crimes in effort toward a workable two-state solu- Benjamin Netanyahu have muddied the
houses of worship rises. tion, or is it just a one-sided gift to the waters a bit.
PHILLY FACES Jewish state?
In 2018 — the year three Pittsburgh On its own terms, the plan presents
Meet Oscars congregations were attacked in the Tree of Well, as with most things involving a vision of the two-state solution, envi-
Prognosticator Life building — there were 1,550 offenses sioning an autonomous Palestinian state
Ben Zauzmer motivated by religious bias committed
Dresher native in the United States, with about 57.8%
develops algorithm, of those motivated by anti-Jewish bias,
proven reliable. according to the FBI. Of those offenses,
15.4% occurred at houses of worship.
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Since the attack at the Tree of Life
Volume 203090 building, many congregations are reex-
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Trump Middle East Peace Plan, Explained

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GABE FRIEDMAN | JTA

PRESIDENT DONALD
Trump unveiled his long-
awaited Middle East peace plan
on Jan. 28, and the release event
was a doozy.
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu joined
Trump at a news conference
and compared it to President
Harry Truman’s recognition
of the state of Israel in 1948.
Netanyahu also snuck in the
fact that as part of the plan’s
starting framework, he will
look to apply Israeli sover-
eignty over territory that
much of the international
community considers illegally
occupied.
In the most basic sense, the
plan is a two-state solution. But
the statements from Trump President Donald Trump appears with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near the Oval Office of the White House.
and Netanyahu, along with the Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

text of the plan, which was
released in full (181 pages, to be
exact) have already triggered a Two states, sort of Bill Clinton in the 1990s, has West Bank and Gaza — would Israel proper — to a Palestinian
wave of speculation and more At its core, the plan pro- lost some support since Trump be a major change. Palestinians state, if both parties agree.
than a little confusion. poses a two-state solution, took office. cannot move between the two
Here’s a breakdown of the ideally envisioning an auton- However, as U.S. Ambass- areas now without Israeli Controversial moves ahead
plan’s most basic components omous Palestinian state. This ador David Friedman stressed approval, which is rarely for Israel
and what they mean moving line of thinking, endorsed by in a phone call with reporters granted. Family members and Under the plan, controver-
forward. every U.S. president dating to following the news conference, others would no longer be sep- sial parts of the West Bank
Israel would retain security con- arated as they are now. would become officially recog-
trol over all the land that would nized Israeli territory.
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state outlined in the peace the language over this issue to Plan” portion of the document It also keeps security con- Netanyahu under a unity coa-
plan. be debated. says the accord has the “poten- trol of both states — essentially lition and rotating the prime
tial to facilitate more than $50 everything from the Jordan minister title, it’s notable
However, he also said that Hamas has to go billion of investment over ten River to the Mediterranean, that he has wholeheartedly
Israel will look to immediately Another key part of the plan years.” It doesn’t get into detail as Friedman put it — under endorsed the plan (at least
“apply its laws” to existing set- about where that would come Israel’s purview. according to Trump). It could
tlements and the Jordan Valley, involves dismantling Hamas and from, but it likely means from signal that some form of rec-
whether or not the Palestinians Islamic Jihad, two Palestinian the U.S. and a coalition of Arab e only thing that might onciliation is on the horizon
buy into the proposal. (Later, groups seen as terrorists by a states that support the plan. remotely worry Netanyahu is before yet another Israeli elec-
Jared Kusher said there would large part of the international how the proposed settlement tion in March — its third in
be no immediate action.) community. Hamas governs Slim chances of success — freeze will play among Israeli less than a year.
Subtle semantics Gaza with an iron st, so remov- except for Netanyahu settlers, a demographic he has
ing it would signi cantly change As for the Palestinians,
To some, this may sound the coastal strip. It’s safe to say, at least at this ercely courted over his record they are almost certain to
like Netanyahu is using the point, that the plan’s chance tenure as prime minister (espe- object to the map in the plan
plan’s release as an opportu- Palestinian o cials also of success — success meaning cially since 2015). from the outset. The pro-
nity to annex that territory would have to agree to stop the that the Palestinians will agree posed lack of security control
right away, as he has long policy of paying the families of to it — is close to nil. Trump likely hopes that this will be seen as a deal breaker,
desired. terrorists who attack Israelis. will give him a boost not just in and the Israeli West Bank set-
at’s because the mere Israel, where the key aspects of tlements present all kinds of
Netanyahu was careful not High-speed rail and other release of this plan is a big win the plan are popular, but also complications. It would be a
to use the word “annex” in his incentives for Netanyahu and the main- at home, where his impeach- Swiss cheese state.
remarks, preferring the “apply stream Israeli right. It codi es ment trial rages on. e plan’s
its law” usage. at could be e plan also aims to create the full U.S. support of Israel’s unveiling also could be a strat- But even if the Palestinians
his way of making the dra- a high-speed rail connection eventual annexation of the egy to distract some attention completely reject the plan,
matic move more palatable to between the West Bank and West Bank settlements and the from the trial. could it jump-start a new series
the international community, Gaza, two Palestinian areas Jordan Valley, which Israel says of talks between Netanyahu
which undoubtedly will criti- that feel physically sequestered is both vital to its security and e plot has thickened con- and Palestinian Authority
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‘Truman Torah,’ Owner Reunited at NMAJH

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MATT SILVER | JE STAFF

IT HAD BEEN more than
70 years since Rabbi Ezra
Finkelstein, 92, last saw
his Torah. But on Jan. 30,
Finkelstein’s Torah, diminutive
in size but overflowing with
meaning, was reunited, if just
for a brief moment, with its
original owner.
The Torah’s purpose that
day was, as it had been nearly
80 years ago, to commemorate
a bar mitzvah — Finkelstein’s.
A crowd had gathered in the
downstairs auditorium of the President Harry Truman and Israeli President Chaim Weizmann with the Rabbi Howard Buechler of the Dix Hills (Long Island, New York) Jewish
National Museum of American gifted Torah in 1948 Center presents a bar mitzvah certificate and 5-pound chocolate bar to
Jewish History and, from the Rabbi Ezra Finkelstein.
Photos courtesy of Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

looks of things, celebratory simultaneously, that it became Finkelstein himself. told a roomful of his father’s away,” he said. “But somewhere
davening was imminent. Men hard to keep track: There was On May 14, 1948, Prime friends, family and rabbinical in his memory was the idea
wrapped in tefillin, and some Rabbi Finkelstein seeing his Minister David Ben Gurion colleagues, all of whom laughed that the Jewish people should
women, too; men wrapped childhood Torah, and there proclaimed Israeli nationhood. heartily. always give the head of a coun-
in prayer shawls, and some was also the commemoration Just 11 minutes later, acting try a Torah, and the only thing
women, too. of the 80th anniversary of swiftly and decisively — and The Torah itself, lovely he actually owned was my
The Finkelsteins, their his bar mitzvah (clergy lead- against the recommendations of scroll of wood and parchment father’s Torah that he gave to
friends, family and many ing the service even presented trusted advisers like Secretary that it is, didn’t itself merit him at his bar mitzvah.”
rabbinical colleagues were the 92-year-old “bar mitz- of State George C. Marshall such prominent placement in
about to show this “Truman vah boy” with an enormous — President Harry Truman for- the Times; it was that higher So the leader of American
Torah” what it had been miss- chocolate bar). But, ultimately, mally recognized the new state purpose, the one Finkelstein’s Conservative Jewry repos-
ing all these years living in the whole program might of Israel, becoming the first father had used it for, that sessed his son’s prized Torah
Midwestern exile. be said to have been one big member of the international landed it there, nestled between for the sake of getting official
At times, there was so tear-inducing vehicle for cel- community to do so. Chaim Weizmann, the first American-Israeli relations off
much being celebrated, almost ebrating the life and work of Ten days later, Finkelstein’s president of the newly-declared on the right foot.
Torah, the one his father had Israeli provisional government,
commissioned to commem- and Truman, to that point the Just like that, the Finkelstein
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Kal Rudman to Sell FMQB Music Industry Mag

LOCAL with the industry, and it was “If you could get him to a frequent guest on the “The In recent years, Rudman and
JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF time for me to move on to my work on one of your records, he Merv Griffin Show” and was his wife founded the Kal and
original passion, medicine.” could bring it home. Success is a regular contributor to “The Lucille Rudman Foundation,
KAL RUDMAN started not easy in an industry that is so Today Show.” To this day, he which boasts a broadsheet’s
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try trade magazine, out of his Deane Media Solutions, and International Records, said of the industry. He’s been pro- Media and Communication,
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And the Oscar (Prediction) Goes to ... Ben Zauzmer

PH I LLY FACES subject: “Oscarmetrics: The predict other fields like base- Ben Zauzmer on the red carpet
JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF Math Behind the Biggest Night ball and politics. Being a movie
in Hollywood.” fan as well, I assumed that
THERE’S MUCH FUN to someone must have done the
be had in arguing about who How would you describe your same for the Oscars. But when
should win an Academy Award. “Oscarmetrics” project? I went to Google and couldn’t
“Joker” or “Little Women” find any such predictions, I
for Best Picture? Quentin In a nutshell, I use math decided to try it myself. I spent
Tarantino or Bong Joon-ho for to answer questions about the a month in the library gather-
Best Director? The arguments Oscars. Most notably, I predict ing data and building models,
are endless. each year’s Academy Awards then put my predictions up
using data and statistics. But online and this whole project
But Ben Zauzmer has a I also write articles exploring has blossomed from there.
different question in mind: all sorts of questions about the
Who will win? And it’s one he Oscars through a mathemat- When did it become apparent
answers correctly, just about ical lens, and I recently wrote that people were really start-
every time. a book called “Oscarmetrics” ing to pay attention to this?
to tell stories about the Oscars And what was that like?
Zauzmer, 27, a Dresher and classic cinema via math.
native, is a Harvard University My very first year, I began to
graduate and a baseball analyst How did you come to start ana- get press coverage from around
for the Los Angeles Dodgers. lyzing the Oscars in this way? the world. I was predicting
Since he was an undergrad, the Oscars in a novel way, and
he’s been developing an algo- This all began in the months people were very curious to
rithm to predict each year’s leading up to the 2012 Oscars, know what the predictions said
Oscar winners. Last fall, he during my freshman year of (that year, the math correctly
even released a book on the college. I am an avid follower identified “The Artist” as the
of statisticians who use data to

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We congratulate favorite to win Best Picture, better decision. With the Oscars,
Best Director and Best Actor the challenge is to build mod-
Mark D. Samson and got a very close Best Actress els that don’t overreact to small
race that Meryl Streep won for amounts of data.
President, FINANCIAL NETWORK “The Iron Lady”). But this work
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for being named to the Reporter invited me to begin a mathematician and your life
writing for them, a relationship as a Jewish person?
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Not the Same Old Tu B’Shevat

LOCAL program that’s scalable for said Rabbi Kevin Kleinman,
MATT SILVER | JE STAFF the littlest kids who come director of education at Main
in from the nursery schools Line Reform.
TU B’SHEVAT, the New Year all the way up to third- and e new program will take
of the Trees, is upon us. fourth-graders from the local the shape of the inaugural
synagogues,” Hawley said. MLRT Youth Climate Summit.
For those of a certain age and “It’s going to be fun and di er- “ e goal is to connect the
level of observation, this may ent, and I know the teachers, traditional observance of Tu
call to mind the passing around at least, are going to be excited B’Shevat — celebrating the
of tin tzedakah boxes, the drop- because they were probably birthday of the trees — with
ping in of the surplus quarters really tired of the program we the values of being shomrei
le over from the trip to your did for the past 25 years.” adamah, guardians and care-
synagogue’s vending machine If your feeling is that Tu takers of the Earth,” Kleinman
before Hebrew school started, B’Shevat should be a jump- said. “We’ll be thinking about
and the vague, distant promises ing-off point for larger where, speci cally, the Earth
of all those tin cans somehow discussions about climate needs our care and how we, as
making it to Israel where they’d change, sustainability and a religious school and a syna-
be planted as trees. renewable resources, then gogue, can connect our Jewish
Joan Kober with kids outside on a tour of Morris Arboretum. Main Line Reform Temple’s Tu values to individual and com-
Well, those dog days of Tu Photo by Alex Correia B’Shevat curriculum is the one munity actions that will make
B’Shevat are over. It’s said that
the younger generations value you’ve been searching for. a di erence in combating
experiences over things; that, deadline? Or that it wasn’t at’s the tree from which the “We’re doing something climate change.” ●
combined with increasing con- until the 17th century that we ingredients necessary for birch totally new this year that brings
cern for the environment, has began to see the Kabbalistic beer are derived. my passion for Jewish environ- [email protected];
spawned Tu B’Shevat activities appropriation of the tree sym- “We’ve come up with a mental education to the fore,” 215-832-0737
all over town that promise to bolism. And, even then, it was
appeal to almost every sector only prevalent in the Sephardic
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All the activities mentioned Healthy celebrating the grand opening
below will entail a pretty deep didn’t really pick it up until the Living of our New Community Center!
dive; here are some relevant Ashkenazim and Sephardim Active lifestyles and community
questions to consider: Do you started interacting in Israel in wellness are the nurturing roots
prefer something that uses the the ’50s,” he added. of our beginnings in Bucks
holiday of Tu B’Shevat more County. Today, we share pride
as a springboard to discuss If you like to have your in the deep connection to the
and actively address broader mind blown and leave a place
issues a ecting the environ- smarter and potentially more
ment? Or would you prefer a pedantic than before, this one’s
less hands-on but more exis- for you. e event’s open to people we touch for the
tentially minded meditation on anyone over 21, as alcohol will
the Kabbalistic history of Tu be consumed. You do not need betterment of the community
B’Shevat paired with several to be an AJ member to attend. we serve.
glasses of wine and heavy hors
d’oeuvres? If children’s education is Call Maureen or Linda today
the highest priority, the newly
If it’s the latter, check out overhauled annual Tu B’Shevat at 800.992.8992 to learn
Adath Jeshurun’s Tu B’Shevat program at the Morris all about active living options
Seder for Young Jewish adults Arboretum is it. ere’s been at Pine Run.
on Feb. 8 at Time in Center a Tu B’Shevat program at the
City. AJ’s Rabbi Shai Cherry arboretum for at least the past Ask about our Power Lunch series.
will be on hand speaking to the
historical origins, evolutions 25 years, but there’s renewed
and permutations of a holiday excitement in 2020.
that most people really don’t is year, the program is
understand. focusing speci cally on leaves,
said Liza Hawley, the arbo-
For instance, did you know retum’s assistant director of
that Tu B’Shevat has been visitor and youth education.
reinvented several times over, Students will learn how leaves
and its origins can actually make their own food, and
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Local Duo Releases ‘Senior Song Book’

LOCAL Bryn Mawr have put that love
JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF to good use, and recorded an
album that’s received interna-
ONE WAS BORN in tional attention: “Senior Song
Leavenworth, Kansas, and Book.”
the other in Philadelphia.
One served in World War II, “We did this because
and the other rode an aircra we really both believe this
carrier in the North Atlantic music ought to be preserved,”
about a decade later. One ran Tripp said.
an ad agency, and the other had
a long career as a consultant. “Senior Song Book” is a
10-track album of original
All the while, Alan Tripp songs, with lyrics by Tripp
(the Kansan WWII veteran, and Weisbord. Taking the
102) and Marvin Weisbord music of big-band leaders like
(the seaworthy Philadelphian, Cole Porter and Jerome Kern,
88) harbored an abiding love Tripp and Weisbord have
for the big-band jazz music recreated the sound of their
of their youths. Now, the pair musical heroes, but with lyr-
of residents of Beaumont at ics in a more contemporary
idiom. Not that they’re pre-
tending to be something that

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Personal Care Your Name,” they know who If it sounds to you like father’s printing business for
the main audience is for Weisbord knows how to turn almost a decade, while he pur-
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Thrown Pork Chops Lead to Hate Crime the amount of commemoration of the Holocaust is Yeshiva qualified for the NCAA Division III
Charge in New York appropriate, while 24% said the topic required more basketball tournament for the first time in 2018.
A WOMAN WHO allegedly threw a package of pork attention and 22% said there was too much attention Holocaust Survivor Delivers Prayer at
chops onto an upstate New York synagogue’s steps to the issue. That latter total included 56% of those House of Representatives
was charged with a hate crime, JNS.org reported. identifying with the far-right, anti-immigrant party Rabbi Avraham Hakohen “Romi” Cohn, a 90-year-
Alternative for Germany. old Holocaust survivor, delivered the opening prayer
Tara Rios, 47, faces a charge of first-degree harass- at the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 29, JNS.
ment for the alleged incident on Jan. 19, which And in a survey of 1,018 people by Infratest for the org reported.
caused pork fluids to spill onto the front steps of Deutsche Wells news agency, 72% of Alternative for
Congregation Anshe Emeth in Greenport, New York. Germany supporters said the country had done its “As a young boy of 13 years, I was condemned to
The criminal complaint was filed with the Livingston remembrance duty and should stop obsessing over be dead, to be murdered, along with my entire family,
Town Court by New York State Police. Nazi crimes. and including my 3-year-old little sister, by one evil
man, may his name be erased forever,” said Cohn,
“These acts caused the membership of Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews who was invited to speak by U.S. Rep. Max Rose
Congregation Anshe Emeth to be in reasonable fear in Germany, said reflecting on Nazi crimes used to be (D-NY).
of further anti-Semitic acts, which could result in a priority, but “this consensus is crumbling.”
physical injury,” the complaint read. Cohn was born in 1929 in what was then
“If we do not take countermeasures now, our Czechoslovakia. When the Nazis invaded in 1942, his
Rios, who was released on her own recognizance democracy could be seriously endangered,” he said. parents smuggled him to Hungary. Two years later, he
and set to return to court on Feb. 3, allegedly returned Yeshiva U. Hoops Ranked for First Time returned to Czechoslovakia to join the underground.
to the scene to take photographs, police said. For the first time ever, the Yeshiva University men’s He was credited with saving 56 families and received
basketball team was ranked in the NCAA Division III the Silver Star Medal of Honor. His mother, two
Survey: One in Five Germans Says Top 25, JTA reported. sisters and two brothers died in the Holocaust. l
Holocaust Remembrance is Overdone
About 20% of Germans — and a majority of right- The Maccabees were ranked 24th in the D3hoops. www.jewishexponent.com
wing populists — believe too much attention is paid com poll released Jan. 27 — just ahead of the Brandeis
to the Holocaust, according to two recent surveys, University Judges.
JTA reported.
At the time, the Maccabees were 14-1 and in first
In a survey of 2,052 Germans by the Yougov place in the Skyline League with a 7-0 mark. The lone
Institute for German news agency dpa, 45% said loss was in the season opener to Occidental College.

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Putin Pardons Israeli-American Backpacker censorship. She said censoring political conversation recoup its insurance payout. The $130,000 selling price
AN ISRAELI-AMERICAN BACKPACKER sen- could limit exposure to the politicians and their was the lowest estimated bid suggested by Tiroche. The
tenced to 7½ years in prison for drug smuggling was responsibility for their statements. name of the Tel Aviv buyer wasn’t released.
pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin, JTA EL Al Pauses Flights to China
reported, citing Russian news agency Interfax News. If a politician does share content determined to be El Al announced Jan. 30 that it is suspending flights
false, that material will include a warning saying it is to China for two months because of the coronavirus
Naama Issachar, 26, was returning to Israel from false and misleading. In addition, that content can’t outbreak there, The Times of Israel reported.
India via Moscow in April 2019 when authorities be included in advertising on the site.
detained her, contending there were 9 grams of mari- “After a situations assessment this morning, El Al
juana in her bag. She denied the drugs were hers. In addition, Fosco Riani, associate manager of decided to pause its flights to China until March 25,”
public policy in Facebook’s EMEA (Europe, the the company said in a statement.
Reports speculated that Russia was using Issachar Middle East and Africa) elections team, said they
as a bargaining chip to prompt Israel to release hadn’t uncovered any foreign interference or distribu- The virus has killed at least 170 people and infected
Russian hacker Alexei Burkov, who was to be extra- tion of fake news related to Israel’s current elections. thousands more.
dited to the United States. Burkov ultimately was
extradited. Once-Stolen Chagall Painting Fetches But other companies flying from Israel to China
$130K at Auction reported no changes and flights to Hong Kong,
Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu A Marc Chagall painting stolen in 1996 and not redis- including those of El Al, weren’t impacted.
and President Reuven Rivlin met with Putin a week covered until 2015 sold at auction in Israel on Jan. 25
earlier, pressing him for a pardon. Putin also met with for $130,000, JTA reported. Earlier in the week, Sichuan Airlines said it was
Issachar’s mother, Yaffa. temporarily stopping its twice-weekly flights to Israel.
The small painting, which is titled “Jacob’s Ladder,”
Israeli Politician Fact-Checking for was up for sale in 1996, but was stolen days before the The first cases of the virus in the Middle East were
Upcoming Election Nixed by Facebook auction date. It was found in the estate of an elderly confirmed Jan. 29 in the United Arab Emirates.
Facebook said it won’t fact-check assertions Israeli woman in 2015.
politicians post on the social network during the That same day, Israel’s Health Ministry said it
upcoming national elections, JTA reported. Migdal Insurance paid the claim on the sto- was thinking about asking Israelis who had recently
len painting and demanded custody of it when it visited China to quarantine themselves.
Jessica Zucker, a product policy manager resurfaced; a Tel Aviv court agreed.
for Facebook, said the company concluded that The virus first appeared in the central Chinese
fact-checking politicians’ statements is akin to The insurer then offered the Jewish modernist’s work city of Wuhan in December. It produces flu-like
for sale through Tiroche Auction House in Herzliya to symptoms, including cough and fever and, in severe
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Guns shooter, law enforcement is
“trained to make split-second
Continued from Page 1 live-saving decisions whether
to engage a target, and with-
evaluation and plan. out this training there is the
To help congregations possibility of a friendly fire sit-
uation or a civilian or innocent
make informed decisions on bystander being harmed.”
best practices when it comes If a congregant is to be armed,
to guns, a new 23-page white Brokos said, “they should either
paper titled “Firearms and be a current or former law
the Faithful: Approaches to enforcement officer who has had
Armed Security in Jewish significant training in the use of
Communities,” created by the firearms.” Those with military
Secure Community Network, training would “absolutely be a
an initiative of The Jewish second choice.”
Federations of North America Since the Pittsburgh shoot-
& the Conference of Presidents ing on Oct. 27, 2018, Knesset
of Major American Jewish Hasefer: The Educational
Organizations, was distributed Synagogue of Yardley has
to Jewish organizations across started encouraging its con-
the country. The guidelines set gregants to become firearm
forth in the document were trained and bring concealed
developed through consul- weapons to services. Rabbi
tations with law enforcement Nesanel Cadle said they’re
officers and security experts. hoping to expand their list
of carriers, himself possibly
Frank Riehl, director of secu- included.
rity for the Jewish Federation of “It’s only a gain. An emotion-
Greater Philadelphia declined to ally, mentally stable individual
discuss the white paper, saying who is trained, especially for
it stood on its own merits, but an incident in the shul, I see it
his counterpart for the Jewish only as an advantage. I don’t
Federation of Greater Pittsburgh see the downside,” Cadle said.
explained its key points. “These are concealed weap-
ons. It’s not like we’re having
“The main takeaway is someone walk around with an
that if a congregation is going AK-47. So it doesn’t disrupt the
to have individuals who are demeanor of the shul at all, and
armed in that congregation, it’s only a plus.”
the best-case scenario is to Other synagogues in the
have a trained law enforce- Philadelphia area have com-
ment officer as your armed mitted to taking a more neutral
person within the congrega- stance — and some declined to The cover of a recent white paper on firearm guidelines
tion, whether they are on-duty
or off-duty,” said Philadelphia discuss the topic. in the future.
native Shawn Brokos, director While Congregation have a policy against it, there is of South Philadelphia Shtiebel “It is certainly a conversa-
of community security for the Brothers of Israel in Newtown a tacit permission that is given.” said the congregation is so new
Pittsburgh Federation. actively discourages con- that a conversation on fire- tion that every congregation is
cealed carry in its building, Rissinger knows of several arms has yet to come up, but having now,” he said.
“The reason we are advo- the synagogue stops short of congregants who are retired Fruchter feels confident about
cating for current or former prohibiting the practice. police officers and bring con- the overall security situation. Brokos stressed that it is up
law enforcement officers is “We don’t ask our members cealed weapons into the to individual synagogues to
that those are the individuals if (they have a firearm),” office building. In these instances, Steve Kantrowitz, the make decisions about allowing
who have received the high- administrator Sharon Segarra there is an informal arrange- congregation president of congregants to bring concealed
est level of training,” Brokos, said. “If we happen to know ment for these members to Temple Brith Achim in King weapons to synagogue.
a former FBI agent, stressed. someone (does), they have inform the synagogue when- of Prussia, called Pittsburgh a
“There is a large distinction every right to, but we don’t ever they’re carrying. The “terrible, tragic, wake-up call” “But our guidance would be
between being able to carry a necessarily encourage it.” synagogue informs both its and “a moment that was hard that those who are armed have
weapon and being able to shoot At Reform Congregation security team and local police. to ignore.” Since then, discus- the necessary training,” she
a weapon for target practice, Keneseth Israel in Elkins sions on an official concealed said, noting that the training
versus actively engaging a fire- Park, Executive Director Brian Some synagogues have begun carry stance have come up, and would need to be “ongoing.” l
arm in a tactical situation. And Rissinger said, “Because we don’t to broach the issue of concealed Kantrowitz thinks it’s likely a
law enforcement are the only carry among congregants. policy will be implemented [email protected];
individuals who have had that 215-832-0751
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Bank, Gaza and undeveloped struction that would impinge little faith in the leadership of ations with the Palestinians,”
territory between Jerusalem upon the new Palestinian state. the PA — “or the PLO, who are the statement concludes that Dressing • Housekeeping
and Jordan. Jerusalem would interchangeable, as far as I’m “a lasting, genuine peace will Laundry • Errands
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Palestinian capital consist- Palestinian side to disman- between the parties themselves Meal Assistance • Shopping
ing of some portion of East tle Hamas and Islamic Jihad. “They have rejected, they and tough compromises from
Jerusalem. In addition, a collec- Given that Hamas governs have not changed, they will both sides.” Servicing Philadelphia, Bucks, Mongomery,
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could end up as part of the represents a serious challenge. to nothing,” Friedman said. “When I saw it, I just Call Us Today For a FREE
Palestinian state. But even The plan also calls for an end thought, ‘Well, did they have In-Home Assessment!
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state is in dispute. officials have remunerated released a 30-point statement ers in that region?’” said Jared PremierCompanionCare.com
the families of terrorists who with chairman Mark Levenson, Jackson, the founder of Jews of
Though the new Palestinian attack Israelis. which praised certain aspects All Hues. Jackson is also a part conflict,” the statement reads.
state would have its own system of the plan. The plan “acknowl- of the progressive Hatikvah slate “Instead, it is the logical cul-
of government, Israeli forces Palestinian President edges that the territory that for the World Zionist Congress. mination of repeated bad-faith
would still have the freedom Mahmoud Abbas rejected the Israel is being asked to transfer He saw a “severe lack of nuance,” steps this administration has
to patrol the area. Israel would, plan before it was released. is ‘territory to which Israel has something that may have been taken to validate the agenda
under the plan, have “overrid- asserted valid legal and histor- alleviated, he believes, by involv- of the Israeli right, prevent
ing security responsibility and Reactions from national ical claims, and which are part ing Palestinians in the creation the achievement of a viable,
control over the entire territory organizations and Philadelphians of the ancestral homeland of of the plan — upholding the negotiated two-state solution
from the Jordan River to the ranged from gentle praise to the Jewish people.’” principle of “nothing about us, and ensure that Israel’s illegal
Mediterranean Sea,” according skepticism to condemnation. without us,” Jackson said. occupation of Palestinian terri-
to U.S. Ambassador to Israel “ZOA hopes and prays that “I wish they had done bet- tory in the West Bank becomes
David Friedman. Yoni Ari, the Philadelphia the Arab and Muslim reli- ter,” he said. permanent.”
regional director of the Israeli- gion’s hatred against the Jewish The national J Street state-
One significant proposition American Council, believes State and the Jewish people ment was harsher. Peace Now said that “the
would allow Palestinians to that the fact that a deal will finally end for the ben- “It is absolutely clear that plan not only neglects to
move freely between the West proposed by a right-wing gov- efit of both peoples and that the ‘plan’ released today by the advance peace, but also has
Bank and Gaza, without Israeli ernment would include land the Palestinian Arabs and the Trump administration stands the potential to severely harm
approval. swaps is “a clear statement that Arab Muslim world will finally zero chance of serving as the prospects for a genuine peace
Israelis are for peace.” give peace a chance,” the state- basis for renewed diplomacy to plan for both parties.” l
All Israeli settlements ment concludes. resolve the Israeli-Palestinian
sprinkled throughout the Steven L. Friedman, a part- [email protected];
Jordan Valley and the West ner at Duane Morris and a board A statement released by 215-832-0740
Bank would become official member of the Republican AIPAC largely avoided any
Jewish Coalition, said that he

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Trump’s Peace Plan Won’t Work, But Could Strengthen
Arab-Israeli Relations

BY EINAT WILF came to perceive Iran as a survival. In fact, for many open support for Israel. It also makes vital regional
threat, Israel’s stability, mili- decades, the positive sentiment In the past, Palestinians cooperation more likely to
PRESIDENT DONALD tary power and political will to in the Arab world toward the continue and strengthen over
Trump’s Middle East peace plan limit Iran’s power became ever Palestinians and the negative could generally count on the time.
will probably not achieve its more attractive to those states. one toward Israel was actu- Arab countries — not just to
goal of bringing peace between ally used by many regimes to openly fight wars for their Israel, for its part, must
Israel and the Palestinians, but So behind the scenes, Israel, deflect anger away from their cause, as they did in 1948 and endorse and adopt the plan in
it might just bring about peace Saudi Arabia and the Gulf own shortcomings. 1967, but to stand firmly behind its entirety if it is to serve as
between Israel and more of its states grew closer, sharing them, accepting what the a framework that enables the
Arab neighbors. Here’s why. intelligence and cooperating The dramatic events of the Palestinians accept and reject- Gulf countries to pursue ever
on security to confront Iran. Arab Spring made it even more ing what the Palestinians reject. closer cooperation with Israel.
Over the past several years, Precarious ties with Jordan and necessary for Arab regimes to This is no longer the case. It is crucial that even if Israel
Israel has become an appealing Egypt were further cemented remain attuned to public sen- ultimately annexes the terri-
partner to Arab states for two by the joint battle against ISIS timent for their survival, but it So although the Palestinians tory designated for Israel in the
main reasons. and, more long-term, by the also began to change that sen- were still able to rally the Arab plan, it does so while making it
discovery and mining of sub- timent, as publics increasingly League — a group of Arab clear that the remaining terri-
Ever since the revolutions stantial gas reserves on Israel’s focused on domestic demands. countries that is already a tory, assigned in the plan to a
known as the Arab Spring Mediterranean coast. This means that while empa- shadow of its former powerful Palestinian state, would not be
toppled several regimes and thy for the Palestinian cause self — to join in their rejection annexed and will be kept for a
undermined and threatened As all of this cooperation remains strong across the Arab of Trump’s plan, their isolation future Palestinian state.
the stability of others, Israel’s became more visible, these world, it is no longer uniform, in the Arab world is growing
stability in the region has Arab countries had to find a and in some places it is fraying. more apparent. It is tempting to ridicule the
become ever more apparent. way to do so without appear- American president’s vision,
ing to abandon the Palestinian There is growing evidence This is the most important but the plan does offer the
Moreover, as Arab coun- cause altogether. of decreased willingness to aspect, and the greatest news, prospect of greater peace and
tries in the Gulf increasingly place the Palestinian cause to come out of the plan’s intro- prosperity for those countries
It is easy to dismiss the above domestic Arab inter- duction. Not only does the plan in the Arab world who accept
concerns of non-democratic ests. Voices that in the past reflect the political preferences that Israel and the sovereign
regimes and argue that they would have never been heard of the vast majority of Israel’s Jews have come back to their
can pursue their economic and in the Arab world now appear Jews — with the Likud, Blue ancient homeland to stay. l
security interests with utter on local Arab television and and White and Yisrael Beiteinu
disregard for how the public social media, questioning parties endorsing the plan Einat Wilf is a former Labor
views them. But this opinion why their countries continue — but it has been cautiously member of the Israeli Knesset and,
betrays a misunderstanding to hitch their wagons to the welcomed by Saudi Arabia, together with Adi Schwartz, is the
of the extent to which even Palestinians, who are prone to Egypt, Oman, the United author of the upcoming book “
non-democratic regimes rejecting compromise. In some Arab Emirates and Qatar The War of Return.” This piece first
have to navigate public opin- cases, these voices even express as at least a legitimate basis appeared on JTA.org.
ion to ensure their continued for negotiations.

Peace Plan Puts Israeli Communities in Danger

BY DAVID HA’IVRI Jan. 28, Trump revealed his any conceivable angle. identical to the one presented be forced to leave their homes.
vision for solving the Israeli- For Israelis who have sup- by Trump’s team last week. However, it also lists 15 Israeli
PUT SIMPLY, President Palestinian conflict, which he towns that would become iso-
Donald Trump’s “deal of the says has been one of the most ported and built Israeli towns These plans suggested that lated enclaves deep within
century” is bad news for Israel. difficult and complex problems or settlements here, this plan the highly Arab-populated the proposed Palestinian
to solve. He claims that his is dreadful and the results may mountain ridge from Jenin state. These towns would be
In a historic event on plan offers “the most detailed be disastrous. In many ways to the hills of Hebron would under siege by the Palestinian
proposal ever put forward by it puts us back 30 years. This be given to the Arabs and the Authority and would almost
far,” and that it’s a “‘win-win’ cannot be accepted. Jordan Valley would remain certainly be placed under
opportunity for both sides.” under Israel’s control. Parts of a building freeze. In effect,
Although claimed to be the lower lying areas on the towns that are not allowed to
As a Jewish Israeli who has original and full of creativity, western side, which are less grow will slowly dry up.
lived in the heart of the Shomron similar plans have been pro- populated by Arabs and closer
area of the West Bank for the posed by the left since Israel to the Israeli population centers Their residents won’t be
past 30 years, as a local activist regained possession of the West along the Mediterranean, would forced to leave by law, but when
and community leader, I am sad Bank in 1967. Maps envisioned also become part of Israel. forced to live in detached islands
to say that the above statements by Israeli Labor party lead-
are questionable from almost ers from Yigal Allon through Trump says that in his plan, See Ha’ivri, Page 32
Yitzhak Rabin were almost no Israelis or Palestinians will

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Trump’s Peace Plan Breaks KVETCH ’N’ KVELL

New Ground Death Penalty Doesn’t Solve Anything
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE will seek the death pen-
BY MARTIN OLINER for Israel to withdraw from Bush was president even called alty of the alleged murderer in the Tree of Life massacre, and
nearly all of what are called for internationalizing the Old the Exponent (“Death Penalty for Synagogue Shooter Sparks
IN THIS WEEK’S Torah settlements, under Trump’s City under the leadership of Debate,” Jan. 16) did an excellent job explaining the pros and
portion, Moses displayed plan Israel will be able to keep five countries, including a new cons to this action from a legal and ethical point of view, but
great courage by standing almost all of them and annex Palestinian state, Jordan and there are other considerations.
up to Pharaoh, the leader of sizable portions of Judea and Saudi Arabia.
the world’s greatest nation at Samaria, the biblical heartland Who does the death penalty punish? The relatives and friends
the time, who insisted on not of the Jewish people. Trump’s plan is, of course, of the victim who must endure years of mandated state and
letting the Jewish people go not perfect. It would cre- federal appeals reliving the horrendous event, Pennsylvania
despite Egypt suffering plague Instead of a plan that calls ate an inevitably dangerous taxpayers watching the expenditure of millions of dollars better
after plague. But Moses never for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian state and require spent or the prisoner who will have a needle painlessly inserted
got the reward he so desired: land first in hopes that the Israel to give up more terri- into a vein? Then there is the fact the sentence is rarely carried
entering the promised land. Palestinians will concede on tory, territory that God gave to out. Pennsylvania has executed just three people in the last 57
the refugee issue afterward, Abraham for the Jewish peo- years, and two of them requested death rather than life in prison
Israeli Prime Minister this plan calls for Israel to ple. Even if these stages never with no parole.
Benjamin Netanyahu has argu- apply Israeli law to its land first arrive due to the intransigence
ably fared much better. and only gives the Palestinians of Palestinian leaders, merely There is an elephant in the room: The death penalty is pres-
a state later on, if they accept accepting these terms is a very ently suspended in Pennsylvania and Gov. Tom Wolf has stated
In May 2011, Netanyahu conditions that they are very painful concession on Israel’s he will never sign a death warrant, and prosecutors using the
stood up to Barack Obama as unlikely to accept, like demil- part. death penalty to bolster their careers are fully aware of this.
he attempted to impose a harsh itarizing Gaza. Enough. This disgrace to humanity should not receive the
diplomatic plan upon Israel But this plan is so much notoriety he seeks and be quietly and inexpensively put into a
based on its pre-1967 borders. Instead of sending a message better than all of its predeces- maximum security prison for life. l
Obama unveiled the plan while to the world that America is sors that Israel and American
Netanyahu was en route to unhappy with Israel and invit- Jewish groups must show Ralph D. Bloch | Jenkintown
Washington, in the ultimate ing other countries to pressure proper appreciation. Both
ambush. the Jewish state, Trump has Netanyahu and Gantz did that STATEMENT FROM THE PUBLISHER
sent a message to the world before, during and after their
Netanyahu’s reward came that the path to Washington meetings with Trump, reflect- We are a diverse community. The views expressed in the signed opinion columns and
on Jan. 28, when Obama’s goes through Jerusalem. ing the views of the consensus letters to the editor published in the Jewish Exponent are those of the authors. They
successor, President Donald of the people of Israel. do not necessarily reflect the views of the officers and boards of the Jewish Publishing
Trump, unveiled a peace plan That message has been Group, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia or the Jewish Exponent. Send
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Reuven Rivlin said he initially Even those that avoid U.S. and will not be published.
American Jewish leaders expected four or five leaders Israeli politics must realize
should recognize what a gift to come to Jerusalem to mark how far Israel has come over Join the
Trump has given Israel and the 75th anniversary of the the past decade. conversation!
the Jewish people, and express liberation of Auschwitz. The
appropriate gratitude. fact that 45 ended up coming The time has come for Tell us what you’re thinking
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Instead of unveiling a fait atmosphere emanating from wake up and smell the positiv-
accompli on the eve of a visit the White House. ity, and to thank Trump. at jewishexponent.com
by the Israeli prime minister,
without listening to him first, The best evidence of that is As the Hebrew saying goes, Connect with us on
the president first listened not that the British royal family we have overcome Pharaoh, so
only to Netanyahu but also to had boycotted Israel for seven we can overcome this. Even the
the leader of his main political decades, but there was Prince complacency and indifference
rival, Blue and White leader Charles, the heir to the throne, of too many American Jews in
Benny Gantz. coming to Jerusalem just ahead the face of the reward received
of Brexit, which will leave the from the most pro-Israel U.S.
And instead of a plan calling United Kingdom needing the president ever can and must be
United States more than ever. overcome. l

In Trump’s plan, Israel will Martin Oliner is co-president of
retain control over its capi- the Religious Zionists of America
tal: an undivided Jerusalem. and chairman of the Center for
Not only Obama but also Bill Righteousness and Integrity, and
Clinton and even George W. serves as a committee member of
Bush tried to get Israel to relin- the Jewish Agency. This piece origi-
quish parts of the historic Old nally appeared on JNS.org.
City. A plan worked out while

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Don’t Be Sour About Surplus Sour Cream

FOOD

KERI WHITE | JE FOOD COLUMNIST The second started off to Sour cream-scallion sauced fish Photos by Keri White
be a cherry cake — I was going
AFTER CHANUKAH, I had to make cherry pie filling
a pint of sour cream left over from dried tart cherries and
from our latke party. It’s not strew it through and atop the
something that I routinely buy cake. The pie filling was sim-
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New Feinstein Show: More Than Just Gershwin

MUSIC and on. You know the names demographic as well as any Michael Feinstein, a Great American Songbook ambassador
MATT SILVER | JE STAFF — Feinstein’s counting on that. touring musician and, as any Photo courtesy Guttman PR
Jewish mother who’s seen him
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, But he’s doing things a little live knows, he aims to please. experience that stays with was that all these songwriters
the multiplatinum crooner different this time, paying hom- me to this day. He was a very were, for the most part,
and pianist, and arguably the age to the now-historic canon “I always take requests from kind, gentle man who never first-generation Americans
foremost living interpreter of American music that picks the audience,” Feinstein added. had children, and I became whose parents wanted very
and ambassador of the Great up where the Great American “My shows are very interactive, the grandson he never had. deeply for them to be American,
American Songbook, will per- Songbook leaves off. So expect with a lot of anecdotes and And even though there was a to soak up American cul-
form at the Keswick Theatre in to hear tunes from folks like humor. There’s always a lot of 60-year age difference between ture and assimilate,” said
Glenside on Feb. 7. James Taylor, Burt Bacharach, spontaneity to it, and that’s one us, we spoke the same lan- Feinstein, who, in addition
Billy Joel, Chicago, Stevie of the most important parts of guage, which he, at times, to arranging, conducting and
Featuring “American Idol” Wonder and Carole King. performing for me. I love the found confounding — that I performing, serves on the
alumnus Haley Reinhart, the interaction.” could relate to him so deeply Library of Congress’ National
show is titled “You’ve Got a “The show will be a lov- even though we were so far Recording Preservation Board.
Friend: From Gershwin to ing expansion of the Great One prolonged interaction apart in age. “They had experiences that
Carole King and Beyond.” As American Songbook,” Feinstein that was particularly indis- were so rooted in the joy and
with any Feinstein show, expect said. “The classic material I’ve pensable to Feinstein’s career “I spent six years with him, excitement of creating a new
heavy doses of reimagined always done is still the bedrock was with Ira Gershwin, when and those years, ages 20 to 26, life and a new way, and they
tunes from the pens of your of my shows and always will be. Feinstein was a singer-piano are important years in anyone’s were imbued with an optimism
favorite Tin Pan Alley compos- However, as time and our lives player in his 20s, just starting life, and so that time was golden and a hope that anything was
ers like the Gershwins, Cole evolve, many people have simi- out and looking for direction. and something that I treasure. I possible. The American dream
Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers lar love for what might be called try to cling to the memories and was a reality on a level that’s
and Hammerstein, Jerome the second wave of great song- Feinstein had moved to experiences because I don’t ever hard to understand today.”
Kern, Burton Lane, Harold writing that happened in our Los Angeles, hoping to make want to lose them.”
Arlen, Johnny Mercer, and on country. Looking back at these it, when he was introduced, In 2007, Feinstein founded
songs, they’re equally timeless.” through a mutual friend, to Ira Gershwin and his brother the Great American Songbook
Ira Gershwin. Gershwin hired George were just two of the Foundation, an organization
Feinstein knows his the young Feinstein to cata- Jewish songwriters and lyricists dedicated to preserving this
logue and archive his extensive who comprised an extraordi- music, which is so undeniably
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part artistic assistant, Feinstein Philadelphia-based jazz musi- I’ll introduce a song saying,
There are many ways we can tackle stayed on with Gershwin for cians of the 1950s and early ’60s, ‘This is an unusual song in the
IRS or State tax relief together: six years and the two became how did it come to be that there American Songbook repertoire
very close. was such a dense concentration — it’s a Christmas song written
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CANDLE LIGHTING

Fiction Is as Fiction Does Feb. 7 5:09 p.m.
Feb. 14 5:17 p.m.

BY RABBI SHAI CHERRY in Genesis I, all land animals attacked the weakest from the separates them from the living, Torah teaches that creation
emerge on the sixth day. rear (Deut. 25:18). That threat, enriching Jewish tradition by is hospitable to redemption.
Parshat B’shallach while temporarily neutralized turning Torah into mere chil- I believe that. I also believe
WHY WOULD ANYONE hang It’s not Darwinian evolu- for the remainder of the des- dren’s stories. that Judaism provides a moral
their faith on a biblical hook? tion, but it certainly points to ert sojourn, was guaranteed to compass and ritual stations to
our continuity with the animal reemerge. “The Lord will have Maimonides forcefully help us pilgrims move along
This week’s Torah portion kingdom and some humans’ war with Amalek from gener- rejects both approaches. He the road to redemption.
alone features pillars of cloud predisposition to beastliness. ation to generation” (Exodus teaches that when science con-
and fire, the splitting of the That beastliness is what the 17:15). Amalek goes by differ- tradicts the literal sense of the Saadia Gaon, a 10th-century
Red Sea, manna from heaven legal framework of the rest of ent names throughout Jewish Torah, we must read the Torah Arab Jew, wrote that the great-
and military victory over the the Torah is designed to con- history. Today’s Amalek is figuratively, as literature. est miracle in the Torah was
Amalekites because Moses — tain, and our divine image gives cleverly named Amelia, Amelia the manna because it lasted for
get this — held up his hands. us a fighting chance to succeed. Bedelia. There is a dispute in the the entire 40 years the Israelites
On what basis would anyone Passover Haggadah about wandered the desert. I don’t
believe any of that? Given that we exist, we had Amelia the Amalakite whether our degraded origins believe that manna fell from
to have been created. But, did represents a wholly different were rooted in slavery or idol- heaven. That’s fiction. I do have
Our six-day creation story we have to have been slaves? danger to the Jewish people atry. The Torah celebrates our faith, though, born of my expe-
in Genesis I is equally implau- Why make slavery essential to than did the Egyptians. Amelia victory over slavery to Pharaoh rience, that God provides us
sible. It is, literally, incredible our origins story? The ninth reads Genesis One as science — freeing us to pledge our ser- the strength and resources to
(i.e., unbelievable). That’s why plague on our road to redemp- and the exodus as history. vice to God. It also enshrines, travel in our desert along the
we don’t read it literally. tion, darkness, takes us back Amelia the Amalekite reads through a whole host of laws, road to redemption together.
Genesis I is fiction. By the and reverses God’s very first the Torah literally, not liter- safeguards to prevent us from
same token, our foundational act of separation, light from arily. (Miluli, sharing the same becoming pharaohs. In addi- My faith is not dependent
story, the story of millions of darkness (Genesis 1:4). The root letters as Amelia, means tion, the Torah warns us about on the Torah. The Torah con-
Israelites being redeemed from subsequent parting of the Red “literal” in Hebrew.) the ongoing lure of idolatry. firms and strengthens my faith.
slavery in Egypt, is also fiction. Sea has the waters separate That’s the power of fiction.
But fiction is as fiction does. horizontally rather than verti- She attacks the Jews at the Sometimes, idolatry man- Fiction is as fiction does. l
cally (Genesis 1:6). rear who haven’t caught up to ifests as a molten calf. The
Let’s start at the beginning. those of us who understand, Chasidic master, Mordechai Rabbi Shai Cherry is the rabbi at
The method of creation in The message, clear as water, as did Moses Maimonides Joseph Leiner of Ishbitza Congregation Adath Jeshurun.
Genesis I is separation — light is that slavery is so ungodly (1138-1204), that just because (1802-1854), understood that The Board of Rabbis of Greater
and darkness, upper waters that it threatens to undo God’s something is fiction does not the prohibition against making Philadelphia is proud to provide the
and lower waters, and ocean work of creation. When the mean it’s false. The Jews at molten images included even Torah commentary for the Jewish
and land. We humans, prod- waters reunite, drowning the the rear are prey to a naïve the Torah’s own command- Exponent.
ucts of day six, are separated Egyptian cavalry and saving literalism that either infan- ments. God forbid that the Tree
from other land animals by the Israelites, that threat is tilizes them through primitive of Life should become petri-
virtue of being created in the eliminated. beliefs by which they justify fied wood by reading the Torah
divine image. Yet we do not their adherence to atavistic ele- literally. That’s when Amelia
have our own distinct day; But our Torah portion ments of Jewish tradition, or it Bedelia, the Amalakite, wins.
doesn’t conclude without intro-
ducing the next threat: Amalek As religious literature, the

Torah would come see it every year.’ they’d extracted and made the passed it down to his three Rudman
To which Truman, not missing fabric of their family lives, that children, he’d learned it from
Continued from Page 6 a beat, said, ‘100,000 are going was, and remains, most prized. his eminent father. Continued from Page 7
to come see it in my library. It’s
Presidential Library and staying with me.’” Said Harvey Finkelstein, “He taught us that the Torah Exponent why he felt compelled
Museum. “Through his journey in life, was a symbol,” said Rabbi to give away his life’s earnings,
And it did. my father didn’t have the Torah Finkelstein, who admitted Rudman answered in his char-
Several years after the gift, It stayed with him in the as an object, but he had the that, even at 92, for better or acteristic style: “Because I can,”
the elder Rabbi Finkelstein qui- White House, then came Torah inside of him from the worse, his father is still the he said.
etly tried to broker a deal with with him when he retired to lessons he taught. My father, primary organizing principle
Truman to return the Truman Independence, Missouri, then and mother Elaine, taught us and reference point in his life. Rudman won’t be too far
Torah to the Jewish Museum became part of the perma- that having a physical Torah is “That Torah was a symbol of from the industry. In fact, in
in New York City. He gently nent collection at the Truman not what it’s about. It’s about the commitment of two Jews 2019 he and his close friend,
pleaded with the president, Presidential Library when it what the Torah means to us to the state of Israel: Chaim endocrinologist Joseph J. Fallon,
Rabbi (Ezra) Finkelstein told opened in Independence, on and to our traditions that Weizmann and my father, who debuted a new show called
me: “He said ‘Mr. President, a hill overlooking the Kansas makes us the light unto the recognized that a Sefer Torah “Inside Medicine,” a weekly
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possession of the Jewish peo- Though certainly the belongs to the world.” l Philadelphia stations. l
ple, and it would be a great Finkelsteins valued the phys- This has been a lesson that’s
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at 11:30 a.m. in the Meyers Library. From jazz to klezmer to Jewish Rabbi Alexander Coleman will explore Temple will lead a discussion on the
humor, Ulansey will play them and tell the stories behind the music. the weekly Torah portion over a Michael Feinstein Concert. weekly parshah and talk about its
For more information, email [email protected] or call 215- delicious breakfast of bagels, lox and “You’ve Got a Friend” is a musical context and history. All are welcome.
887-8700, ext. 416. 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. coffee in this weekly interactive class. experience that brings together 9 a.m. 410 Montgomery Ave.,
9 a.m. Young Israel of Elkins Park. five-time Grammy nominee of Wynnewood.
THURSDAY, FEB. 6 Lunch and Learn. 7715 Montgomery Ave., Elkins Park. Jewish decent Michael Feinstein
Is concert eavesdropping or Wifi and “American Idol” alumni Haley Torah Study.
Mommy & Me. piggybacking considered theft? Torah Study. Reinhart. From Gershwin to Carole A discussion of the weekly parshah,
Sherrie Turetsky, director of the School When is borrowing without Join Rabbi Eric Woodward and Rabbi King and beyond, these two entirely in Hebrew, will be held at
of Early Learning at Old York Road permission OK and when is it not OK? Danielle Parmenter in the library from entertainers showcase songs from all Germantown Jewish Centre. Services
Temple-Beth Am, will lead a weekly Approved by PACLE for 1-hr Ethics. 11 a.m. to noon for study of the weekly different eras. The show pays tribute will be held prior and kiddush after.
one-hour “Mommy & Me” class at 9:30 12:30 p.m. Institute for Jewish Ethics. Torah portion. Tiferet Bet Israel. 1920 to artists such as Frank Sinatra, James For more information, email joels7@
a.m. For more information, call 215-886- 1500 JFK Blvd., Philadephia. Skippack Pike, Blue Bell. Taylor, Chicago, Stevie Wonder, Carole hotmail.com. 11 a.m. 400 W. Ellet St.,
8000. 971 Old York Road, Abington. King and others. 7 p.m. Keswick Philadelphia.
Canasta Open Play. Tu B’Shevat Service. Theatre. 291 N Keswick Ave., Glenside.
Torah Study. Canasta walk-in friendly game. The same food and community spirit Children’s Shabbat.
Study of commentaries found in 1-3 p.m. Social hall at Ohev Shalom with a whole new fresh program Shabbat Service. Join Tiferet Bet Israel for a Shabbat
the Hertz Chumash, the Etz Hayim of Bucks County. Weekly open play featuring Tu B’Shevat activities for Congregation Kol Ami will celebrate service led by David Kuperstein for
Chumash and the commentaries of for $2. To register, call 215-968-6755. kids and a singalong concert after March birthdays and anniversaries toddlers and another for grades
modern biblical scholars to deepen 944 Second Street Pike, Richboro. dinner. Snack and schmooze at 6 p.m. with a blessing from Rabbi Leah K-2 led by Lisa Ashery. This service
our understanding of the first book Tu B’Shevat Shabbat service at 6:30 Berkowitz under the tallit. 7:30 p.m. will include more Hebrew and be
of the Bible. Lead by Rabbi Ira Flax. Financial Check-up. p.m. Dinner at 7:15 p.m. Main Line 8201 High School Road, Elkins Park. developmentally appropriate for
10 a.m. Har Zion Temple. 1500 Hagys Stop in for a visit to the Jewish Family Reform Temple. 410 Montgomery children in grades K-2. Parents are
Ford Road, Penn Valley. and Children’s Service Financial Ave., Wynnewood. Shabbat Service. welcome to drop off but must remain
Empowerment Center for a free Shabbat evening service at Reform in the building. The service will end
Bible Study. financial check-up. Attendees will Kabbalat Shabbat. Congregation Keneseth Israel at 8 with Kiddush and motzi in the main
The rabbis at Main Line Reform meet one-on-one with a financial Congregation Beth Or’s Cantors p.m. 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. sanctuary. 11:15 a.m. 1920 Skippack
Temple will lead an ongoing social worker and have access to David Green and Jaime Murley lead Pike, Blue Bell.
discussion of the Tanakh over the year. a computer and printer. 1-4 p.m. an inspirational, music-filled intimate SATURDAY, FEB 8
Open to all. 11 a.m. 410 Montgomery The Barbara and Harvey Brodsky worship experience in the Haines Tu B’ Shevat Lunch.
Ave., Wynnewood. Enrichment Center of JFCS. 345 Memorial Chapel the first Friday of Shabbat Morning Hike. The Congregations of Shaare
Montgomery Ave., Bala Cynwyd. each month at 6:30 p.m. 239 Welsh Spend Shabbat morning surrounded Shamayim are hosting a Tu B’Shevat
Torah Study. Road, Maple Glen. by nature. No previous experience lunch and learn seder following
Midday Torah study with Rabbi Eric FRIDAY, FEB. 7 needed. Meet at the Main Line Shabbat services. A dairy luncheon
Lazar at noon. All are welcome. Kabbalat Shabbat. Reform Temple parking lot at 8:30 (tuna fish salad, egg salad, whitefish
Temple Brith Achim. 481 S. Gulph Active Adult Friday. All are welcome as Rabbi Sigal Brier a.m. Carpool leaves for Barmouth salad) will be served. Cost is $18 per
Road, King of Prussia. A full day of activities for active and religious school students in third Trailhead at Cynwyd Trail at 9 a.m. For adult and $7 per child. The seder
grade lead people in a celebration more information, contact Rabbi Geri will be led by Rabbi Reuben Israel
of Shabbat. 7 p.m. Temple Judea Newburge at [email protected] or Abraham following the luncheon. For
of Bucks County. 38 Rogers Road, 610-649-7800. 410 Montgomery Ave., more information, call the synagogue
Furlong. Wynnewood. office at 215-677-1600. Noon.
9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia.
(H)Our Shabbat Service. Torah, Bagels and Coffee.
Old York Road Temple-Beth Am will Begin Shabbat morning at Old Tu B’ Shevat Lunch.
celebrate (H)Our Shabbat Service with York Road Temple-Beth Am with Congregation Adath Jeshurun
a discussion of the weekly portion will bring back its Center City Tu
including bagels and coffee at 9 a.m. B’Shevat seder welcoming Jewish
followed by a peer-led Shabbat service young adults (21-30+) for a night of
at 10:15 a.m. Casual dress is appropriate
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Calendar Ecclesiastes, along with Pirkei Avot.
The aim is to try to understand the
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and look for tidbits useful in people’s
meeting new friends, enjoying wine, own lives. Free and open to the
appetizers at Time Restaurant while community. For more information,
celebrating Judaism all led by Rabbi call 610-667-5000. 1 p.m. Har Zion
Shai Cherry. 6:30 p.m. 1315 Sansom Temple. 1500 Hagys Ford Road,
St., Philadelphia Penn Valley.

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Boaz Dvir, an award-winning Join Reform Congregation Congregations of Shaare Shamayim
Self-Acceptance Workshop. filmmaker and Penn State professor, Oscar Party. Keneseth Israel for its annual will host an Oscar night. Several
Laura Ellen White will lead a will discuss his new Rowman & Join the Sisterhood of Old York pre-Oscar party. Choose from one movies nominated for Academy
workshop on practical steps to foster Littlefield book, which tells the story Road Temple–Beth Am to hear of five films followed by dinner Awards, including one kids’ movie,
self-acceptance. White is a certified of World War II aviators who raced Professor Emeritus Moylan Mills from Sweet Lucy’s BBQ. Films will be shown. Afterward, enjoy a
Daring Way facilitator who founded against the clock in 1948 to prevent discuss “Oscar Buzz.” This is one of include: “Judy,” “Yesterday,” pasta dinner as the Oscars show will
The Daring Workshop to bring what they viewed as a second the most competitive Oscar races “Brittany Runs A Marathon,” be live-streamed on the big screen.
research-based content to groups and Holocaust. 6 p.m. Beth Chaim Reform ever. Almost every category is up “Toy Story 4” and “Spider-Man: The cost is $20 per adult and $10
social service organizations. $10 per Congregation. 389 Conestoga Road, for grabs, with no clear winner in Far from Home.” Babysitting per child over 7. Babysitting will be
person and includes light breakfast. Malvern. sight. For tickets and reservations, available. Call 215-887-8700 for available with preregistration for a
10 a.m. Beth Sholom Congregation. call 215-886-8000. 9:30 a.m. tickets. Adults are $27. Children flat fee of $5 per child. To RSVP or for
8231 Old York Road, Elkins Park. Mahjong. 971 Old York Road, Abington. under 13 are $17. 2-7 p.m. more information, call the synagogue
Sisterhood of Melrose B’nai Israel 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. office at 215-677-1600. 5-10 p.m.
Music for the Soul. Emanu-El hosts a weekly mahjong 9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia.
Music for those living with Alzheimer’s game. Open to the entire kehillah.
or dementia and their caregivers. No charge for MBIEE sisterhood lunch included. Preregistration is week. This session will be led by community. For more information, call
Program includes time to schmooze members. A one-time charge of $36 recommended. For information, contact Rabbi Morton Levine. All are welcome. office 215-635-1505 or visit mbiee.org.
and nosh. Led by Rabbi Beth Janus, an includes membership to the MBIEE 215-635-7300 ext. 155 or mcohen@ Noon. 1801 Market St., 17th floor, 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park.
experienced chaplain who has worked Sisterhood. Contact 215-635-1505 gratz.edu. $25. Noon. Gratz College. Philadelphia.
with dementia patients throughout or [email protected] for more 7605 Old York Road, Melrose Park. Mahjong.
her rabbinate. RSVP required at information. 7 p.m. 8339 Old York Lunch and Learn. This mahjong group meets at 1 p.m.
[email protected] or Road, Elkins Park. Yiddish Culture Club. Discussion of the parshah of the in the Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel
215-887-1342, ext. 109. 11 a.m. The Yiddish Culture Club led by Jack week. This session will be led by synagogue chapel to play the game,
Beth Sholom Congregation. TUESDAY, FEB. 11 Belitsky is a joint venture program Rabbi David Glanzberg-Krainin. Noon. have fun and raise money for tikkun
8231 Old York Road, Elkins Park. by Northeast NORC and The Congregation Adath Jeshurun library. olam. Have you heard of mahjong and
Art Class. Congregations of Shaare Shamayim. 7763 Old York Road, Elkins Park. want to learn to play? Are you new in
Mikvah Groundbreaking. This series of hands-on art-making At noon there will be a light lunch and town looking for the game? Have you
There will be a celebration of The workshops will introduce participants the session will begin at 12:30 p.m. A Yiddish Cultural Group. lived in town and want a new group to
Adele Mermelstein Community to charcoal, pastels, watercolor and nominal $2 will be collected to cover Join the members of the Melrose play with? The group is always looking
Mikvah groundbreaking at Glazier acrylic paint. Each individual will then the light lunch. Call 215-677-1600 B’nai Israel Emanu-El family Yiddish for new players. A $4 donation is
Jewish Center. Refreshments, choose one medium to create their for details. Transportation available Cultural Group for a discussion of asked per session. 300 S. 18th St.,
greetings and remarks followed by own unique piece. Participants may through Northeast NORC. 215-320- Yiddish language, culture, humor and Philadelphia.
groundbreaking ceremony at the site. choose to work from photographs, a 0351. 9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia. history. Group meets at 12:30 p.m.
RSVP at amcmikvah.com. For more still life setting or their imagination. in the board room (enter through Sisterhood Meeting.
information, call Lubavitch of Bucks This program is open to all adults. Lunch and Learn. the MBIEE lobby). Coffee, tea and The Sisterhood of Congregations
County at 215-497-9925. 11 a.m. Beginners to advanced levels Discussion of the parshah of the desserts served. Free and open to the of Shaare Shamayim will host a
25 N. State St., Newtown. welcome. Call 267-256-2018 to
register. $30. 10:30 a.m. The Barbara
MONDAY, FEB. 10 and Harvey Brodsky Enrichment
Center of JFCS. 345 Montgomery
Talmud Study. Ave., Bala Cynwyd.
This class asks the overarching
question: What is the Talmud trying Lunch and Learn.
to tell us about shame/shaming? This event showcases the works of
11:45 a.m. Har Zion Temple. 1500 film legends like Molly Picon, the Marx
Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley. Brothers, Barbra Streisand, Mel Brooks
and many others in laugh-out-loud
Wisdom of the (S)ages. film clips while each performer’s
This class led by Ely Levine will Jewish roots are discussed. Presented
explore selections of the biblical by Irv Slifkin, film critic, historian and
books of Proverbs, Job and Temple University professor. Kosher

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meeting at 1 p.m. The guest speaker is Service for a deep dive into suicide Lunch and Learn. event. Within 24 hours after the event Torah Study.
Richard Krassen, who will review his and awareness education. Book Discussion of the parshah of the week. we’ll email you your matches. Email Midday Torah study with Rabbi Eric
book “Breadcrumbs on My Journey: reading includes “What Made Maddy This session will be led by Rabbi Gary [email protected] with any Lazar at noon. All are welcome.
Celebrating Life In The City of Brotherly Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Charlestein. All are welcome. 12:30 questions. $25. 16 S. Second St., 2nd Temple Brith Achim. 481 S. Gulph
Love.” Refreshments will be served and Death of an All-American Teen,” by p.m. 1710 Romano Drive, Norristown. floor, Philadelphia. Road, King of Prussia.
there is no charge. Copies of the book Kate Fagan. Be sure to get a copy
will be available for purchase. Large of the book and read it in advance. Bereavement Group. THURSDAY, FEB. 13 Short Story Discussion.
print editions can be ordered by special Contact Sarah Waxman at swaxman@ For the post-bereaved, held at This group meeting at Main Line
request. Contact the synagogue office jfcsphilly.org to purchase a copy of Northeast NORC, from 1-2:30 p.m. Mommy & Me. Reform Temple will read “Stations
at 215-677-1600 for further details. the book through JFCS. 10:30 a.m. Free. Email rivkapowers@gmail. Sherrie Turetsky, director of the of the Cross” by Julie Orringer, from
9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia. The Barbara and Harvey Brodsky com or call 215-320-0351 to register. School of Early Learning at Old York her collection, “How to Breathe
Enrichment Center of JFCS. 345 8546B Bustleton Ave., Philadelphia. Road Temple-Beth Am, will lead a Underwater.” All are welcome to
Judaism’s Gifts Class. Montgomery Ave., Bala Cynwyd. weekly one-hour “Mommy & Me” class attend. 12:15 p.m. 410 Montgomery
The Jewish Learning Institute’s Sisterhood Movie Afternoon. at 9:30 a.m. For more information, Ave., Wynnewood.
latest class will unpack six of the Parshat Hashavua. The Sisterhood of Congregations of call 215-886-8000. 971 Old York Road,
world’s most cherished values In this class for those between the Shaare Shamayim will host a movie Abington. Canasta Open Play.
and how they were delivered to ages of 45ish and 65ish, Rabbi Shawn afternoon at 1 p.m. The film screened Canasta walk-in friendly game. 1-3
humankind by the Torah. Instructor SimonHazani will focus on topics that will be “Seabiscuit,” a 2003 film about Torah Study. p.m. Social hall at Ohev Shalom of
is Rabbi Yochonon Goldman. Fee is are relevant today, such as dealing a racehorse starring Jeff Bridges and Study of commentaries found in Bucks County. Weekly open play for
$99 (textbook included). For more with aging parents, the loss of your Tobey Maguire. Refreshments will the Hertz Chumash, the Etz Hayim $2. To register, call 215-968-6755. 944
information, visit myjli.com. 7 p.m. parents, family illness, and their be served. The cost is $5 per person. Chumash and the commentaries of Second Street Pike, Richboro.
B’nai Abraham Chabad. 527 Lombard health, adult children and dating. RSVP by Feb. 7. For more information modern biblical scholars to deepen
St., Philadelphia. Learn what the Torah teaches about or to make a reservation, call 215-677- our understanding of the first book Blood Drive.
people’s responsibilities in these 1600. 9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia. of the Bible. Lead by Rabbi Ira Flax. American Red Cross blood drive at
Grief Support Workshop. areas. 11 a.m. Har Zion Temple. 1500 10 a.m. Har Zion Temple. 1500 Hagys Beth Sholom Congregation. 2-7 p.m.
Reform Congregation Keneseth Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley. Mahjong. Ford Road, Penn Valley. 8231 Old York Road, Elkins Park.
Israel’s Inclusion Committee will host Old York Road Temple-Beth Am will
a grief support workshop facilitated Yiddish Cultural Group. host a drop-in mahjong game at 7 Bible Study. Torah Study.
by Bonnie Neubauer in the Bride’s Join the members of the Melrose p.m. Bring your cards. Mahjong sets The rabbis at Main Line Reform The Congregations of Shaare
Room. Attendees are asked to RSVP B’nai Israel Emanu-El family Yiddish and cards will be for sale. For more Temple will lead an ongoing Shamayim will host a class led by
for each monthly session. RSVP to Cultural Group for a discussion of information, call 215-886-8000. 971 discussion of the Tanakh over the year. Rabbi Reuben Israel Abraham as part
Bonnie Klein at bkki279@comcast. Yiddish language, culture, humor and Old York Road, Abington. Open to all. 11 a.m. 410 Montgomery of the synagogue’s adult education
net Donations to the Sharing is Caring history. Group meets at 12:30 p.m. Ave., Wynnewood. calendar. His topic is ”Proclaim Liberty
Fund are welcomed. 7 p.m. 8339 Old in the board room (enter through Jewish Speed Dating. Throughout the Land: The Hebrew
York Road, Elkins Park. the MBIEE lobby). Coffee, tea and Come for a night of conversations Film Screening. Bible as a sourcebook for the creation
desserts served. Free and open to the with Jewish singles in their 20s and The movie “Fill the Void” will be of the United States.” Refreshments
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12 community. For more information, call 30s at the Infusion Lounge. Check-in screened at Reform Congregation will be served. For more information,
office 215-635-1505 or visit mbiee.org. is at 6:45 p.m. A singles mixer with Keneseth Israel. $10. 11 a.m. 8339 Old call 215-677-1600. 8 p.m. 9768 Verree
Coffee and Conversation. 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. no time limit is planned for after the York Road, Elkins Park. Road, Philadelphia. l
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Ha’ivri worry about. The Palestinians the Jewish people to our histori- DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES
never miss an opportunity to cal homeland.
Continued from Page 16 miss an opportunity. BARAN FELDERSTEIN
I can understand the feel-
within a hostile Palestinian Well, what if they don’t pass ings of relief on the part of my Morris Paul Baran, Esq. on January 26, Ruth Felderstein (nee Glassman), on January
Authority, chances are that up this opportunity? Then we brothers and sisters who have 2020. Husband of Elaine (nee Winicoff), fath- 22, 2020. Wife of the late Jerome; mother of
many would leave on their own. are in a real fix, aren’t we? felt for years that they were er of William (Cynthia, Esq.) Baran, Esq., Lynn (Michael) Sher and Arthur (Tracy) Feld-
treated like criminals for their brother of Ida Jackowski, grandfather of erstein; grandmother of Alex and Emily Feld-
Today, Israelis are not even If the art of the deal is call- passion to return and rebuild Jackson and Brandon. Mr. Baran practiced erstein, Sarah and David Sher. Contributions
allowed to drive through ing the other side’s bluff, so our ancestral lands, years of law for over 60 years. Graduate of Penn in her memory may be made to MS Society,
the Palestinian Authority- far, Trump has succeeded in being told that they were to Wharton School and Temple University Law 30 S. 17th St., #800, Phila. PA 19103.
controlled Area A, because calling both sides’ bluffs. The blame for the lack of peace in School. Contributions in his memory may be
doing so is life-threatening. Palestinians, true to their tra- the Middle East — and even made to your favorite charity. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS
Placing a small Israeli town ditional behaviors, are rejecting in the entire world. By con-
deep in a Palestinian domain the proposal in spite of it being trast, it is refreshing to hear the GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S JACOBY
is simply a death warrant for the best deal they could ever get. president of the United States RAPHAEL-SACKS
both the individuals living in On the other hand, Netanyahu’s recognize the ancient connec- Meta Joy Cohn Jacoby (nee Gellman), Janu-
these communities and for the endorsement of the deal traps tion of the Jews to this land. BRECHER ary 26, 2020 of Haverford, PA; beloved wife
communities themselves. Israel into the very worst of of the late Gilbert Cohn and the late Kenneth
terms that will forever be the But we cannot ignore Brecher, E. Fred, on January 24, 2020, of Ar- Jacoby; loving mother of Beth (Robert)
Some mistakenly take some starting point for any future the maps and detailed plans dmore, PA. Beloved husband of Jeanette Stack, Jane (Stuart) Siegal, Paul (Marcy)
consolation in the thought that arrangements or negotiations. behind the words that, in Sparks, loving father of Leslie (Gary) Free- Cohn; cherished grandmother of Laura
the plan lists only 15 small man, Deanne Brecher, Neil (Emily) Brecher, (John), Julia, Gregory (Rikki), Harris, and
towns to be isolated and cut off It is sad and frustrating to hear voices of joy from Andrew (Dara) Brecher and the late David Matt; adoring great-grandmother of Mason
from Israel. A closer look at the friends of Israel who misread this deal as some Brecher and devoted grandfather of Hannah, and Carter. Contributions in her memory may
Trump map reveals that another kind of gift to Israel. Noah, Vivienne, Jeremy, Amanda and Cate. be made to the Gratz College Holocaust Oral
40 larger Israeli towns, including Contributions in his memory may be made to History Archive Fund (gratz.edu/give-now) or
my own, share a very similar It should be no surprise, effect, decree a building freeze The Franklin Institute / Education Fund. the USC Shoah Foundation (giveto.usc.edu).
fate. They will find themselves then, that Jared Kushner and a slow death to some 60 www.fi.edu/support (www.levinefuneral.com)
like isolated outposts connected proudly told Egyptian TV that Israeli towns in the heart of JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS
to the rest of Israel by very nar- the Trump administration is Judea and Samaria. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS
row corridors, surrounded by the only U.S. administration LINDEMEYER
Palestinian controlled space. that has succeeded in convinc- My great concern is that after BRODY
ing the Israelis to concede land this plan has been embraced Ilse (nee Engelbert) Lindemeyer, January 27,
Towns like Kiryat Arba and to the Palestinians. by leaders like Netanyahu and BRODY, LUCILLE: On Monday, January 20, 2020; of Phila.; beloved wife of the late Her-
Hebron that are now about Trump, only a miraculous mes- 2020. Beloved wife of Edmund A. Brody; be- bert; loving mother of Rochelle “Shelley”
a one hour drive south of Some still argue that President sianic event could reverse the loved mother of Scott M. Brody and Lee H. Lindemeyer and Susan “Sue” Bristol (Jeff) ;
Jerusalem will, in the vision Trump’s announcement was a process of losing these precious (Melissa) Brody; sister of the late Dr. Steph- cherished Oma of Joshua and Daniel Bristol.
of “the deal of the century,” historic recognition of the con- communities my people have en Levin; grandmother of Benjamin S. and In lieu of flowers, contributions in her
only be accessible via a narrow nection of the Jewish people to lived and died to establish. I Joshua A. Brody; aunt of Dr. Michael memory may be made to the Holocaust
artery north of Be’er Sheva, Judea and Samaria and a sign am having a hard time imag- (Stephanie) Levin, Debra Gelman, Jan (Julia) Awareness Museum-Klein Life, 10100 Jamis-
which will likely take about that he accepts Israeli towns ining — and think it unwise Brody, Jill (Richard) Marquand and Dean on Ave., Rm. 210, Phila., PA 19116. 215-
two and a half hours to reach here as legitimate, rather than to depend upon — the likes of (Debra) Brody. Services and Interment were 464-4701 ([email protected]).
from Jerusalem. “illegal” settlements or obstacles Mahmoud Abbas riding in on held at Beth Shalom Cemetery, Pittsburgh,
to peace. This recognition fol- a white donkey waving the flag PA on Sunday, January 26, 2020. The family JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS
It is sad and frustrating to lows decades in which countries, of refusal, thereby saving the requests donations in Lucille's name be
hear voices of joy from friends including the United States, have day for the Jews. l made to the Pennsbury Education Founda- MACHLES
of Israel who misread this deal declared that Israelis should not tion, c/o Pennsbury School District, 134
as some kind of gift to Israel. be allowed to live in these areas, David Ha’ivri serves on the Yardley Avenue, P.O. Box 338, Fallsington, Anna May Machles. On January 30, 2020,
Many of them who are aware denying the indigenous rights of Shomron Regional Council. PA 19058. Arrangements entrusted to Ral- she was a retail store owner. The former
of the horrible details of the ph Schugar Chapel, Inc., family owned and Anna Glazer, wife of Martin Machles; mother
plan write off their concerns, operated. www.schugar.com of Michele Machles and Stacey (Michael)
trusting that the Palestinians Gaughan; grandmother of of Sophia Ostroff,
will never agree to the terms. RALPH SCHUGAR CHAPEL INC. Emily Gaughan, Tripper Gaughan and Valerie
So, they say, there is nothing to Gaughan. Contributions in her memory may
BURSTEIN be made to Abramson Senior Care, 1425
Horsham Road, North Wales, PA 19454 or to
Hyman Burstein on January 24, 2020. Be- Abramson Day Care, 3535 Market Street,
loved husband of Ruth (nee Pravdo); Loving Suite 750, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
father of Michelle (Ofer) Shlomo; Devoted
grandfather of Tuval (Meghan), Edon (Kate) GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S
and Stefanie; Adoring great-grandfather of RAPHAEL-SACKS
Avram and Ellis. Contributions in his memory
may be made to a charity of the donor's TO
choice. PLACE A
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COOPER Call 215.832.0749

William Cooper. On January 23, 2020, of classified@
King of Prussia, PA. beloved husband of jewishexponent.com
Irene (nee Shapiro) Doniger, father of the late
Harold Scott Cooper and brother of Nancy
Warner. Services were held Sunday, January
26, 2020 at Joseph Levine & Sons Memorial
Chapel - West, 2811 West Chester Pike,
Broomall, PA. Interment took place at Tiferet
Bet Israel Cemetery. Contributions in his
memory may be made to Feeding America
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MARK VALEN

Eugene Mark, on January 24, 2020 of Seattle, Rose Valen (nee Bittan), passed away on
WA at the age of 96. Beloved father of Peter January 27, 2020. Beloved wife of Carl. Lov-
Mark. Funeral services were held on January ing mother of Bruce (Marci) and David
31, 2020. Contributions in his memory may (Susan). Grandmother of Daniel (Kelly),
be made to the National Yiddish Book Center Jordan, Joshua and Carly and great grand-
or National Museum of American Jewish His- mothter of Ginny. Contributions in her
tory. memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s As-
sociation (alz.org)
GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S
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SILVERMAN

Howard L. Silverman, an insurance salesman,
on January 27, 2020 at the age of 90. Broth-
er of Jack (Madalaine) Silverman.

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SOLOMON MARKS Since its founding, Monte ore has honored
and kept the traditions of Judaism.
Florence (Floss) Frances Fishman Solomon, IN LOVING MEMORY OF
age 86, of Philadelphia, PA, passed away on MITZI MARKS • Jewish owned & operated
Thursday, January 30th in Wyncote, PA. • NO vaults or liners required
Florence was born in Philadelphia to Nathan ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF • Prudent nancial management
and Ann Fishman on June 1, 1933. She HER ELEVENTH YAHRZEIT ensuring highest standard of care
graduated from Philadelphia High School for our lives go on without you
Girls and worked as an administrative assist- Let Montefiore Cemetery help you protect your loved ones
ant for the state of PA for 20 years. Florence But nothing is the same from overwhelming decisions and expenses.
later worked as an usher at the Kimmel Cen- We have to hide our heartaches
ter and volunteered at various charitable or- When someone speaks your name And, as always, 0% Interest on all pre-arrangements.
ganizations. Florence is survived by her lov- Sad are the hearts that love you
ing children Ricky Solomon of Boca Raton, ONTEFIORE CEMETERY COMPANY
FL, Lisa Hanson of Panama City, Panama and Silent the tears that fall
Donna Goldberg of Wyndmoor, PA. and her Living our lives without you Serving the Jewish Community…Preserving Our Tradition
loving grandchildren, Jessie Solomon, Kristin
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sisters-in-law Ruth Fishman, Florence So- You did so many things for us
lomon and the late Dorothy Solomon. In ad- Your heart was kind and true www.montefiore.us
dition Floss is survived by many adoring And when we needed someone
nieces, nephews and friends. She was pre- We could always count on you
ceded in death by her former husband Alvin The special times will not return
Solomon, her loving brother Erwin Fishman
and her beloved partner James Hendrix. Con- When we were all together
tributions in Florence’s memory can be made But with the love within our hearts
to the American Lung Association 55 W.
Wacker Drive, Suite 1150, Chicago, IL 60601 You will be with us forever
https://www.lung.org? We love and miss you
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Notice is hereby given that Articles ESTATE OF BENJAMIN McFADDEN, ESTATE OF DAVID WAYNE ASI- ESTATE OF JOEL G. FLAKS a/k/a
of Incorporation for a Domestic DECEASED. MOS a/k/a DAVID W. ASIMOS, DE- JOEL FLAKS, DECEASED. www.jewishexponent.com
Non-Profit corporation for 724 N. Late of Philadelphia County, PA. CEASED. Late of Philadelphia
19th Street Condominium LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the Late of Philadelphia LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the
Homeowner's Association were above Estate have been granted to LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to
filed with the Commonwealth of the undersigned, who request all above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all
Pennsylvania. This Corporation is persons having claims or demands the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands
incorporated under the provisions against the estate of the decedent persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent
of the Pennsylvania Non-Profit Cor- to make known the same and all against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all
poration Law of 1988, as amended. persons indebted to the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent
to make payment without delay to persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to
PRESUMED DECEDENT - KHALEEL McFADDEN, EXECUTOR, to make payment without delay to ROSALIE S. OTT, EXECUTRIX c/o
ANN McCANTS, Presumed De- care of Marco J. Capone, Esquire, BEATRICE M. QUATTRONE, EXEC- David S. Workman, Esq., The Bel-
cedent, last known address of 1422 2332 South Broad Street, Phil- UTRIX, c/o Martin J. Pezzner, Esq., levue 6th Fl., 200 S. Broad St., Phil-
S. 21st St., Phila., PA 19146. To her adelphia, PA 19145, 100 W. Sixth St., Ste. 204, Media, adelphia, PA 19102,
heirs, and all persons interested in Or to his Attorney: PA 19063, Or to her Attorney:
her estate or having any know- MARCO J. CAPONE Or to her Attorney: David S. Workman
ledge of her whereabouts: Notice is 2332 South Broad Street MARTIN J. PEZZNER Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP
hereby given that Patricia McCants Philadelphia, PA 19145 GIBSON & PERKINS, PC The Bellevue 6th Fl.
a/k/a Patricia McCants Riddick has ESTATE OF CREIGH HORVATH, DE- 100 W. Sixth St., Ste. 204 200 S. Broad St.
petitioned the Orphans’ Court Div. CEASED. Media, PA 19063 Philadelphia, PA 19102
of the Court of Common Pleas of Late of Philadelphia ESTATE OF GENEVA ELERBEE a/k/a ESTATE OF JOHN F. MILLER a/k/a
Phila. County, PA to enter a Decree LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on GENEVA ELLERBEE, Deceased JOHN MILLER, DECEASED.
(i) finding that Ann McCants died the above Estate have been gran- Late of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Late of Philadelphia
on/about 8/10/1996; and (ii) au- ted to the undersigned, who re- County, Pennsylvania LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the
thorizing the Register of Wills of quest all persons having claims or Notice is hereby given that in the above Estate have been granted to
Phila. County to issue Letters of demands against the estate of the estate of the decedent set forth be- the undersigned, who request all
Admin. with respect to the Estate of decedent to make known the same low, the Register of Wills has gran- persons having claims or demands
Ann McCants. A hearing will be and all persons indebted to the de- ted Letters Testamentary or of Ad- against the estate of the decedent
held on 5/5/20 at 9:45 a.m., Rm. cedent to make payment without ministration to the person named. to make known the same and all
414, City Hall, Phila., PA. All per- delay to STEPHANIE J. JOSEPH, All persons having claims or de- persons indebted to the decedent
sons who have any knowledge of ADMINISTRATRIX, 1420 Locust mands against said estate are re- to make payment without delay to
Ann McCants are asked to attend St., Apt. 24-Q, Philadelphia, PA quested to make known the same, DIANE MILLER, EXECUTRIX, c/o
the Court hearing or to contact the 19102 and all persons indebted to said es- Harry Metka, Esq., 4802 Nesham-
undersigned: Patricia Riddick, c/o Estate of David J. Gawlinski aka tate are requested to make pay- iny Blvd., Ste. 9, Bensalem, PA
Richard L. Vanderslice, Atty. for David John Gawlinski; Gawlinski, ment without delay, to the Execut- 19020,
Petitioner, 1445 Snyder Ave., David J. aka Gawlinski, David John, ors or their attorney named below: Or to her Attorney:
Phila., PA 19145, 215.667.8070. Deceased. Geneva Williams, Executrix c/o At- HARRY METKA
Late of Philadelphia, PA. torney Robert A. Stewart, Esq. 777 4802 Neshaminy Blvd., Ste. 9
ESTATE NOTICES LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on Township Line Road Suite 250 Bensalem, PA 19020
ESTATE OF ALICE C. CONARD, DE- the above estate have been gran- Yardley, PA 19067 ESTATE OF JOHN S. SCHEIDLER
CEASED. ted to the undersigned. All per- ESTATE of Hazel D. Foote aka Hazel a/k/a JOHN SCHEIDLER and JOHN
Late of Philadelphia sons having claims against or in- Diana Foote; Foote, Hazel D. aka S. SCHEIDLER, SR., DECEASED.
LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on debted to the estate should make Foote, Hazel Diana, Deceased Late of Philadelphia
the above Estate have been gran- claims known or forward payment Late of Philadelphia, PA. LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on
ted to the undersigned, who re- to Michael Gawlinski, c/o Michael J. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY the above Estate have been gran-
quest all persons having claims or Flanagan, Esq., 4238 Richmond St., on the above estate have been ted to the undersigned, who re-
demands against the estate of the Philadelphia, PA 19137, Adminis- granted to the undersigned, who quest all persons having claims or
decedent to make known the same trator. request all persons having claims demands against the estate of the
and all persons indebted to the de- Michael J. Flanagan, Esq. or demands against the estate of decedent to make known the same
cedent to make payment without 4238 Richmond St. the decedent to make known the and all persons indebted to the de-
delay to JOHN CONARD, ADMINIS- Philadelphia, PA 19137 same, and all persons indebted to cedent to make payment without
TRATOR, c/o Harry Metka, Esq., the decedent to make payment delay to THERESA M. O’BRIEN, AD-
4802 Neshaminy Blvd., Ste. 9, Ben- SELL IT IN THE without delay, to Carol Dove, c/o MINISTRATRIX, c/o Harry Metka,
salem, PA 19020, JEWISH EXPONENT Hope Bosniak, Esq., Dessen, Esq., 4802 Neshaminy Blvd., Ste. 9,
Or to his Attorney: Moses & Rossitto, 600 Easton Bensalem, PA 19020,
HARRY METKA 215-832-0749 Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090, Ex- Or to her Attorney:
4802 Neshaminy Blvd., Ste. 9 ecutrix. HARRY METKA
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ESTATE OF JOSEPH CROSLEY, JR. ESTATE OF MICHAEL S. MARI- ESTATE OF PHILIP C. SAVOCA, DE-
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quest all persons having claims or persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent This is a part-time position which will span a good sense of humor. Must live in
demands against the estate of the against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all from mid-March through the end of June, Center City Phila.
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LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on the above estate have been gran- the undersigned. All persons hav- Ad
the above Estate have been gran- ted to the undersigned. All per- ing claims against or indebted to
ted to the undersigned, who re- sons having claims against or in- the estate should make claims CALL:
quest all persons having claims or debted to the estate should make known or forward payment to
demands against the estate of the claims known or forward payment Francyne Holtzin, c/o Bart Benoff, NICOLE
decedent to make known the same to Judd T. Fitzpatrick, c/o Michael Esq., Benoff Law Firm, 5 Nesham- MCNALLY
and all persons indebted to the de- J. Flanagan, Esq., 4238 Richmond iny Interplex, Suite 205, Trevose, 215.832.0749
cedent to make payment without St., Philadelphia, PA 19137, Ad- PA 19053, Executrix.
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LAWRENCE S. CHANE above Estate have been granted to the above Estate have been gran-
BLANK ROME the undersigned, who request all ted to the undersigned, who re-
One Logan Square persons having claims or demands quest all person having claims or
130 N. 18th St. against the estate of the decedent demands against the estate of the
Philadelphia, PA 19103 to make known the same and all decedent to make known the same
ESTATE OF LESLIE HOLMES, JR., persons indebted to the decedent and all persons indebted to the de-
DECEASED. to make payment without delay to cedent to make payment without
Late of Philadelphia James B. Dilsheimer, Executor, c/o delay to Howard L Bernstein, Ad-
LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on David V. Bogdan, Esq., 100 S. ministrator, PO Box 164 Dresher,
the above Estate have been gran- Broad St., Ste. 1520, Philadelphia, Pa 19025
ted to the undersigned, who re- PA 19110, Estate of Margaret A. Flanigan, De-
quest all persons having claims or Or to his Attorney: ceased.
demands against the estate of the DAVID V. BOGDAN Late of Philadelphia, PA.
decedent to make known the same 100 S. Broad St., Ste. 1520 LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on
and all persons indebted to the de- Philadelphia, PA 19110 the above estate have been gran-
cedent to make payment without ted to the undersigned. All per-
delay to CAMERYN A. ESTATE OF SOEHAERNA M. sons having claims against or in-
SCHUBERTH, KYLE L. SCHUBERTH JONES, DECEASED debted to the estate should make
and TARRESSA Y. HOLMES, AD- LATE OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, claims known or forward payment
MINISTRATORS, c/o Lawrence S. PENNSYLVANIA to Susan V. Wertz, Administratrix,
Chane, Esq., One Logan Square, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION c/o Joseph J. Marinaro, Esq., 421
130 N. 18th St., Philadelphia, PA on the above Estate have been Bustleton Pike, Feasterville, PA
19103, granted to the undersigned, who 19053.
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One Logan Square same, and all persons indebted to of Incorporation were filed in the
130 N. 18th St. the decedents to make payment Department of State of The Com-
Philadelphia, PA 19103 without delay, to: GREGORY J. monwealth of Pennsylvania for
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To place an LEN S. KELLERMAN, ESQUIRE 255 sions of the Pennsylvania Business
ad in the S. 17th Street, Suite 2609 Phil- Corporation Law of 1988, as
Real Estate adelphia, PA 19103. amended
Or to attorney:
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Movement to Free Soviet Jews Mid-Atlantic Mini and Junior Maccabi Games — strengthen our ability to solve the many challenges
Returns to NMAJH a sporting event for Jewish athletes ages 9-12 — on facing our communities.”
THE TRAVELING EXHIBITION “Power of Protest: May 3.
The Movement to Free Soviet Jews,” which was Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Christiana
originally created at the National Museum of American Delegations from across the Mid-Atlantic region Care and Trinity Health (Mercy, Nazareth hospitals)
Jewish History, has returned to the museum. from as far as Baltimore and Albany, New York, will are other area members of the collaborative.
travel to Cherry Hill, New Jersey, to participate in an
The exhibit is on display at NMAJH through opening ceremony and soccer, basketball, baseball, Local Rabbi Visits Guatemala
March 15 and is a part of the ongoing free admission. swimming and tennis competitions. Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, executive director of
the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, was
The panel exhibition showcases Americans’ efforts “The Mid-Atlantic Junior Maccabi Games are a among 14 Jewish leaders who visited Guatemala for a
in the late 1960s through 1990 to free refuseniks — great introduction to the JCC Maccabi Games pro- week as part of the Global Justice Fellowship run by
Jews who lived in the Soviet Union and were denied gram,” said Bryan Lentine, JCC sports and leagues American Jewish World Service.
the rights to live freely, practice Judaism or leave the director. “Our mini and junior athletes find the AJWS supports human rights and efforts to fight
country due to their religion. Mid-Atlantic Games to be an incredibly rewarding poverty in developing countries.
experience.” Wechterman, who returned
“The successful movement to free Soviet Jews has Einstein Joins Healthcare Anchor Network to the United States on Feb. 2,
compelling connections to modern-day advocacy, Einstein Healthcare Network announced that it has met with leaders of nonprofit
highlighting how grassroots efforts can have an enor- joined the Healthcare Anchor Network, which is a groups working to advance
mous impact. This exhibition serves as a reminder collaborative of nearly 50 mission-based, progressive human rights in Guatemala.
of how individuals can help preserve, protect and hospitals and health systems around the nation. “One of the plagues of the
expand America’s unique promise of religious free- modern era is separation of
dom, even for individuals on the other side of the The network is dedicated to improving the people, on an individual and
world,” said Josh Perelman, NMAJH chief curator health and well-being of the local communities it communal basis,” Wechterman
and director of exhibitions and interpretation. serves. said. “But the more we learn
about people’s stories, the
Among other things, “The Movement to Free Network members pledge to align and leverage key more we recognize ourselves Rabbi Elyse
Soviet Jews” walks visitors through the human rights resources to address the socioeconomic issues that in them.”
campaign that took place on behalf of Soviet Jews. create barriers to health and thriving for people and Wechterman will advocate Wechterman
communities.
It also highlights stories of everyday Americans who Courtesy of AJWS
helped Soviet Jews, including Philadelphians Elaine and “For Einstein to fully deliver on our mission
David Ravich, who smuggled out tape recordings of con- and thrive as an institution, our communities for human rights while vis-
versations during their 1978 visit to the Soviet Union, must thrive as well,” said Dixie James, president iting members of Congress and other officials in
and Constance and Joseph Smukler, who helped several and chief operating officer for Einstein Medical Washington, D.C., in March as part of the fellowship.
well-known Soviet Jews win their freedom. Center Philadelphia. “Through our membership Aside from the Guatemala trip, Wechterman will
with the Healthcare Anchor Network, we can better participate in six months of human rights education
Katz JCC to Host Mid-Atlantic Mini and advance our work by learning from each other as we and action, including training with AJWS staff in
Junior Maccabi Games collectively address social determinants of health and the U.S. l
The Katz JCC announced that it will host the

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NEWSMAKERS On Jan. 22, American Jewish Committee Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey hosted
Kåre R. Aas, ambassador of Norway to the United States, at an Ambassador Speaker Series
Pianist Lou Walinsky performed a concert for members and luncheon at the Pyramid Club. Aas’ presentation focused on the Norway-U.S. relationship;
guests of KleinLife in the newly refurbished theater in Northeast Norway’s robust economy; Norway-Israel relations and growing trade ties; Norway’s leadership
Philadelphia. Walinsky’s concert was funded through a grant role in NATO and transatlantic relations; and more.
from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

From left: Fred Strober,
Ambassador Kåre R. Aas,
Tom Tropp and Dean E. Grabelle

From left: Sheva Kruglikov, Lou Walinsky and Inna Gulko From left: Tammy
Photo by Stephanie Hampson Hertzbach, Fred Strober,
Ambassador Kåre R. Aas,
At Abrams Hebrew Academy, Raya Benhaim’s David Hyman and
sixth grade modern Jewish history class Peter Longstreth
completed a unit on the Israeli wars, from 1947
to present. Each student made a presentation Photos by Christopher Brown
to the class, which culminated in a prayer for
Israeli soldiers. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM

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In response to the wildfires in Australia, some residents of the In the month of January, Beth Am Israel hosted new works from the local Souls Shot Portrait
Ephraim Goldstein Apartments created homemade dog blankets. Project, which depicts victims of gun violence. On Jan. 20, the synagogue hosted a panel of
They were led by Alexandra Demuth, service coordinator, with mothers of sons murdered by gun violence who have participated in the Souls Shot project, along
assistance from Amy Palumbo, assistant property manager. The with Beth Am Israel congregant Elisa Abeloff, a Souls Shot artist.
completed blankets were shipped to a veterinarian’s office in
Connecticut that is coordinating shipments.

Romanna Kulyk From left: Rabbi David Ackerman,
Elisa Abeloff, Laura Madeleine,
Lisa Harmon and Trina Singleton

Photos by Peter Decherney

On Jan. 19, the Or Hadash Gun Violence Prevention Task Force held a town hall discussion
with local lawmakers on current gun violence legislation. Speakers included state Rep. Steve
McCarter, state Rep. Todd Stephens, Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh and state
Sen. Vincent Hughes.

Sherry Davis Courtesy of Alexandra Demuth

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