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LOCAL JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF that each number represents an actual
Subprime mortgages. Credit default human being who lived a complex life,
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Like Home worldwide have lost their lives to the who made a di erence, in whatever way,
Some adult children Don’t those things sound relatively novel coronavirus, COVID-19. In the while they were here.
are moving back in benign right now? U.S., 56,634 people have died, and in
with Mom and Dad. Pennsylvania the gure stands at 1,597. To honor these people, the Jewish
is year’s class of graduating seniors Exponent has started a series called “ ose
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economic crisis of unknown long-term Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, virus that now threatens to overwhelm
LOCAL severity squarely in the face. ere have Delaware and Bucks counties — the death their memory. Some of these people died
been more than 26 million unemployment toll is at 877. in Philadelphia, and others died elsewhere,
Nonagenarian claims led in the last ve weeks. having counted friends and family in
Continues His All the statistics can obscure the fact
Jewish Education So what of the 2020 graduates? Some
Gene R. Ho man are waiting to see if job, internship and
also donates $100K fellowship o ers are still valid. When
to Gratz College. will grad schools start? Where will grad
schools start? How do 21- and 22-year-
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Kaiserman JCC Lands Loan, Rehires 38 Employees
LOCAL Krulik and Sherman “It was incredibly stressful,” Jordan Bravato, Kaiserman JCC’s Camp Kef camp director, and his son
JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF attended “a bajillion” webinars Krulik said.
and information calls that demonstrate how to make slime. Photo by Jordan Bravato
THIRTY-EIGHT Kaiserman attempted to explain the On April 14, the loan was
JCC employees returned mechanics and benefits of a pro- approved, and $466,000 was Many, Bravato included, going to end and I need to be
to work on April 20, a little gram that millions of for-profit deposited the next day. The loan contributed to the JCC’s online ready to go.”
over three weeks after all and nonprofit entities across the can be used for rent, mortgage content trove, which includes
but two of 178 workers were country desperately needed. and utilities, in addition to pay- entertainment and education Employees were paid hourly
furloughed. roll expenses (including health for children alongside fitness for that work.
The pair familiarized them- insurance costs). The loan is to videos for adults.
Though the building itself selves with the program, which be paid off at a 1% fixed rate “I am beyond overwhelmed
remains closed to the public, initially had $349 billion to in the next two years, with up “No one wanted to sit in only the best way by the
strict health and cleanliness allocate. After obtaining per- to six months of deferments. around and do nothing,” dedication and creativity of the
protocols are being developed mission from the board, an The loan can be converted said Bravato, who contrib- staff,” Krulik said.
so that as many of the staff as application for a $466,000 loan into a grant if a few bench- uted videos of story time and
possible can work there. was submitted on April 3. marks are met. What exactly slime-making. “Everyone And with the staff back,
those benchmarks are remains immediately pivoted to, well, Krulik said she is looking
“It’s this feeling of relief, That number, Krulik unclear, as the Small Business I’m going to keep doing what toward the next major
of recognition that no one explained, represents two- Administration continues to I need to do during this layoff, decision: summer camp. l
abandoned ship,” said Jordan and-a-half times the average issue supplementary guidance. knowing that at some point it’s
Bravato, Kaiserman JCC’s monthly payroll obligations [email protected];
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It was a “heartbreaking require entities to calculate that she would be meeting
decision” to furlough staff that number in their request, with the board on April 19
in March, CEO Amy Krulik to be submitted alongside a to discuss bringing some
said. But what followed was an forest’s worth of forms. The employees back. By April 20,
equally stressful test of her met- JCC, which operates on a full-time employees, the entire
tle, and that of Chief Financial Sept. 1-Aug. 31 budget year, preschool teaching team and
Officer Kathy Sherman: apply- had to provide 990s, audits, some administrative staff were
ing for a Paycheck Protection 941 forms, employee health rehired.
Program loan, a provision of insurance documents, payroll
the federal CARES Act. information and more. Not that they hadn’t been
working in the meantime.
Jewish Federation Revamps Grant Programs
LOCAL Rena Kopelman Jewish Community Fund recognize they may not be the be held accountable in the same
SOPHIE PANZER | JE STAFF Courtesy of Rena Kopelman grants were issued on a three- most critical, they may not be way to meeting certain out-
year cycle beginning in 2017, viable right now or they may comes and metrics. We will ask
THE JEWISH FEDERATION “Because of these unprec- and were extended for a fourth not be able to run as initially them to share what they’ve done,
of Greater Philadelphia edented times, and to be true and fifth year to allow Jewish intended,” she said. but it won’t be as formal a com-
changed its Jewish Community partners to these agencies who Federation to use the findings mitment to say, for example, we
Fund grant requirements we’ve worked with for many of “Community Portrait: A 2019 In addition to providing serve 50 people a month,” said
to support organizations years, they’ll have the flexi- Jewish Population Study,” to help organizations with greater Director of Program Operations
impacted by COVID-19. bility to use the funds where determine community needs. financial f lexibility, the Abbey Frank.
they have the greatest need,” changes reduce the amount of
“The Jewish Federation said Rena Kopelman, Jewish This program is separate paperwork normally required Grant consultation meet-
takes care of the commu- Federation’s vice chair of plan- from the COVID-19 Emergency regarding the use of funds. ings will still take place, but will
nity, and we see this as the ning and resourcing. Fund that provides support for Since these changes apply to not rely as heavily on metrics
best way we can do that right organizations impacted by the organizations already enrolled to measure the strength of
now,” Executive Vice President pandemic. in the Jewish Community various programs, Frank said.
Melissa Greenberg said. Fund Grants program, there is
Kopelman said Jewish no separate application. “We’re saying to our commu-
The funds, which were Federation recognized that nity partners, ‘We know these
program grants designed to grants once allocated to support “We realize that needs have are challenging times, we know
support specific initiatives at in-person classes at KleinLife, changed drastically, and we you may not be able to hold your
Jewish organizations, are now lectures at Gratz College or don’t want to create an undue programs in the same way you
general support grants, which campus events at Hillel can no burden,” Kopelman said. have. We want to give you the
can be used to for expenses longer be used in the same way flexibility to use these funds the
nonprofit leaders deem nec- due to social distancing. Jewish Federation will use way you need,’” she said. l
essary to help organizations different metrics than in the
weather the crisis. “While we certainly value past to measure the impact of [email protected];
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Finding Kosher Meat During Pandemic
LOCAL plant, for what it’s worth, have kept their shelves stocked more widely available than ever. A full shelf of kosher meat at
JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF reopened on April 20. with kosher meat during quar- Aside from grocery stores, House of Kosher on April 17
antine are not dependent on
ON APRIL 2, just before For starters, several Empire as a sole source. Many community leaders and Photo by Shoshana Josefowits
Pesach, Empire Kosher, one grocery stores remain suf- major supermarket chains o er service providers have worked
of the country’s largest kosher Empire as their only kosher together to ensure that those ordered as much as a month’s
meat producers, closed its ciently stocked with kosher meat or as the main one. who want kosher meat will be worth of meat and as little
Mi intown poultry process- meats, including House of able to get it. Lower Merion as a single eight-piece cut-up
ing plant a er two employees Kosher, ShopRite of Roosevelt For stores that o er a diversity Synagogue, Congregation Beth chicken for delivery, Israel said.
tested positive for COVID-19. Boulevard and the Acme of kosher meat brands, keeping Solomon and the Talmudic
on Montgomery Avenue in the shelves stocked hasn’t exactly Yeshiva of Philadelphia, among “ is is really our way to
For those who typically shop Narberth. is was accord- been easy, but far from impossi- other institutions, have set up stay above water,” Israel said.
for Empire meats, this repre- ing to several shoppers, who ble. Stores that remain stocked various programs to keep their
sented a challenge. Combine reported that they were able with kosher meat may have Agri communities fed. Kushner and Israel both
the plant’s temporary closing to nd everything that they Star, Meal Mart or Solomon’s stressed that kosher is de nitely
with the fact that kosher meat needed at those locations. products, among others. Another reason for avail- more di cult to nd, with
is already harder to nd around ability can be chalked up Empire’s temporary shutdown,
Pesach, throw in growing con- Melissa Schwartz, who lives “Because of their to quick entrepreneurial an initial burst of overbuying
cerns about pressures on the in Bala Cynwyd, hasn’t been diversity, they’re able to ensure thinking. at the beginning of quarantine
national food supply chain, able to nd kosher meat at the a continuous availability and the typical Pesach situation.
and some Philadelphians were grocery stores she frequents, of product to the kosher Daniel Israel, the owner and
worried that they wouldn’t be both of which only carry consumer in the Philadelphia head chef of Kosher Catering e extent of that shortage,
able to nd kosher meat. Empire products in their kosher area,” said Kushner, who lives Philadelphia, realized at the however, shouldn’t be overstated,
meats sections. In the past few in Northeast Philadelphia. beginning of quarantine that they believe. ●
According to some regular weeks, she said, she’s instead the dissolution of gala and
kosher shoppers and several headed to House of Kosher. Part of the reason for milestone event season meant [email protected];
people with professional expe- the varied stock, Kushner that he would need a new rev- 215-832-0740
rience in the kosher food Gwen Horowitz, also of explained, is growing demand enue source — and fast. He’s
industry, it was a little more Bala Cynwyd, reported the in recent years. Producers been ordering kosher meat
complicated than that. ough same ndings. that may have once stuck to in bulk, which he trims, cuts,
kosher meat is not as easy to commercial sales now happily vacuum seals and delivers to
David Kushner, who worked sell their retail products to an customers, many of whom
nd at the moment, it is still in the kosher food industry increasingly ample customer don’t want to enter supermar-
available in abundance — if in various capacities for two base. ough the neighborhood kets for fear of infection.
you know where to look. e decades, said the continued kosher butcher appears to have
Empire poultry processing availability of kosher meat gone the way of the dinosaur, He estimated that he’s
locally in recent weeks is due the products they once sold are moved upward of 3,000 pounds
to a few factors. of meat per week. People have
First, he said, the stores that
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LOCAL From left: Aaron, Noa and Efrat Bloch, and Nancy and Morris Kurtzman Hailey Barton reads to 2-year- haven’t done in some time.
MATT SILVER | JE STAFF Courtesy of the Kurtzman family old daughter Noa in her brother Delegating responsibility and
Brandon’s childhood bedroom. accounting for feelings makes
MANY HAVEN’T LIVED weeks with Lucy’s paternal scenario is not a revival of the old for hard work, she said.
with Mom and Dad full time Courtesy of Hailey Barton
since going o to college. Most “But I’ll take this every
couldn’t remember the last time grandparents in suburban high school song and dance. time,” she added. “My grand-
the house they grew up in served daughter, my daughter, my son-
as their permanent address. in-law here. We’re navigating
and doing the best we can.”
eir parents had come to
grips with the fact that they were And improving, Kurtzman
no longer the default emergency added. Her son-in-law will
contact listed at gyms and doc- begin a residency at omas
tors’ o ces. Some handled it Je erson University next year in
better than others. psychiatry and his perspective,
she said, has been instructive.
But as cases of the coronavi-
rus began to mount in densely “He’s gotten to know us a lot
populated cities like New York better,” she kidded, adding that
and Philadelphia and models through this crucible “families
predicted surges still weeks are learning how to communi-
away, many young professionals cate with each other better.” ●
— urban homeowners and rent-
ers, singles and young families Connecticut before decamping “Typically when we come for a full house — these are [email protected];
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“Plus, the child care’s free,” “It was too di cult to do enjoy family time,” Barton said.
said Hailey Barton, director of work with a child (in New “ ere’s too much on our plates
digital media at a New York York),” she said. “And, also, to feel like teenagers again.” HAOTTMEENCTAIVREE
City ad agency. there wasn’t enough ability to Nancy Kurtzman and her
go outdoors.” husband Morris, of Wynnewood, Excellent Home Care Services
Barton, 35, and her hus- Playgrounds in Upper can relate. eir daughter and Provided in the Comfort of
band David have leaned on Dublin Township are closed, but son-in-law, Efrat and Aaron
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essential child care; both have and woods and creeks around Upper West Side, brought their Personal Care thought of moving to
been expected to maintain the Apters’ Dresher neighbor- 1-year-old daughter Noa to the Independent Senior Living?
some semblance of standard hood abound and are ripe for the Main Line for Shabbat and a long Companion Care
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packed to be gone for one week.” Kurtzman said. “My husband’s in our How do I downsize my stuff?
“ ey’re happier having us “ ere’s de nitely been a really great in the morning, Can I bring my dog?
out of the city,” Barton said. lot of needing to adjust ... to then (Noa) naps, then I pretty Directories
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College like nursing, which is pretty ultimately work for a Jewish Michelle Margoles, 21, a senior public health major graduating from
hands-on, online?” Margoles nonprofit. She’d planned on Temple University in May, plans to start nursing school later that month.
Continued from Page 1 asked. getting a taste for that sort
of work via a fellowship
nursing program at Jefferson Still, through it all, Margoles’ this summer with Hillel
University. certainty as to her course hasn’t International — which just laid
wavered; if anything, recent off or furloughed 20% of its
“I’m going to Jefferson, and events have been affirming. staff — but that’s now in limbo.
I’m going to be studying nurs-
ing online right now,” she said. “(COVID-19) is really “They’re trying to figure out
“It’s going to be through Zoom showing the world how much their budgets for the next year
and virtual simulations.” we rely on (nurses),” she said. to come and whether they can
“I want to do this.” still fit that fellowship within
Although the program’s their budget,” Rosov said.
plan is to launch on its regu- Things are more up in the
larly scheduled date, practical air for Liat Rosov, a 22-year-old Through the quarantine,
questions about the method of graduating Temple senior from she has remained active with
instruction persist. Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Rosov the campus Hillel and lauded
hopes to eventually get a grad- Hillel staff for continuing to be
“How are we really sup- uate degree in social work and
posed to learn a profession
Now more than ever Courtesy of Michelle Margoles
CONGRATULATE great resources professionally, — to volunteer opportunities.
YOUR GRADUATE personally and spiritually. They’re not creating new
The Jewish Exponent’s first ever graduation issue
will publish on Thursday, June 11TH “The technology we have opportunities, Raskas said, but
now has made it possible to connecting eager volunteers
DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD not lose much in terms of the to services aiding those who
personal relationships and the are made most vulnerable to
ASIZE Congratulations$BS7IZ5E DSIZE mentorship,” Rosov said. “In a isolation due to social distanc-
$45 way, we’re lucky something like ing. The organization’s motto
$9C5 ongratulations Adam, this happened now and not 10 is “Corona spreads through
Work hard Congratulations years ago.” droplets, kindness spreads
Rachael, We wish you the in College Emma! through connection.”
best in this next chapter next year, The technology available
we wish you You always make today is helping Hadassah “When this whole thing
of your life. the best! us so proud Raskas, a 22-year-old gradu- started, a lot of peers and
ating senior at the University myself were describing kind
Dad, Mom, Sister & Brother Mom & Dad Your loving family of Pennsylvania majoring in of feeling helpless and wanting
public health, to make the most to do something but not sure
CSIZE Highlight the of her time stuck at home. how to do it,” Raskas said. “I
achievements of felt that there was not a site
$45 Mazel Tov! your graduate! Raskas, who is interested out there that made it seam-
in behavioral science, said the less and easy on the volunteers’
Jeremy, on your graduation! Limit 25 words economy’s closing came at an end to find something ... and
and photo. inopportune time for her partic- thought that if we could cre-
Grandma & Grandpa ular job search, which included ate a site that made it easy for
“more niche” consulting firms the volunteers, then we could
PLEASE RUN MY CONGRATULATIONS IN YOUR GRADUATION ISSUE. and companies with small increase the number of people
behavioral science departments. volunteering.”
I WOULD LIKE AD circle one here A, B, C, D
“Most of the jobs I was Raskas’ spreadsheet turned
Name _______________________________________________Phone Number ____________________________________ interested in were not hiring into a prototype of a website; she
eight months out, so while I then collaborated with a crack
Street Address ________________________________________City _______________________ ZIP __________________ had been looking at differ- web developer, a fellow student.
ent options before this, this
e message should read: ________________________________________________________________________________ is about the time I would’ve “Then we threw it around
started job searching,” she said. within my friend group to see
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ who it reaches,” Raskas said.
Raskas was not flustered,
I am enclosing a check for $ _____________________________ (all congratulations must be paid for in advance) though. She was quite the At some point, 2020 grad-
opposite — focused and reso- uates will get the celebrations,
OR email your information and credit card number to: classi [email protected]. lute. Out of a class assignment the congratulations and claps
to develop a web-based orga- on the back they’ve earned; for
MAIL TO: CLASSIFIED DEPT., 2100 ARCH ST., 4TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19103 nization, she and three other now, they seem content just
Penn classmates launched to remain connected to one
If you have any questions, contact the Jewish Exponent at 215.832.0749 or classi [email protected]. coronaconnects.org, which another. l
connects volunteers — many of
whom have found themselves [email protected];
with unexpected free time 215-832-0737
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HEADLINES Shlomo Gelley
MA, MSW, LCSW
Lost to his peers at Germantown co-director of the Chabad Ethel Hamburger A practice focused
Friends School. “It was poi- of Delaware County, heard Photo by Justin Cohen on addiction
Continued from Page 1 gnant in the ways that you that she called out for her counseling and
would expect,” Weinstein said. husband then. He said he sees April 15. e next day, she was
the region. If you know some- that as a manifestation of the diagnosed with COVID-19. relapse prevention
one with strong ties to the Margit Feldman died from soul connection between his
Philadelphia-area Jewish com- coronavirus on April 14, and grandparents. Hamburger had lived at 450 N Narberth Ave
munity who has lost their battle her husband remains hospi- Irvin Kean Wesley Enhanced Living Narberth Pa 19072
with COVID-19, send infor- talized with the disease as of Irvin Kean, 95, worked out Main Line in Media since
mation to Managing Editor this writing. twice a day, and six days a 2007, so that’s where every- 732-616-2266
Andy Gotlieb at agotlieb@ Rebbetzin Rachel Altein week, he walked the golf one went. e extended family
jewishexponent.com for possi- On April 13, Rebbetzin Rachel courses of Sarasota, Florida, came from Newtown Square, [email protected]
ble inclusion in the series. Altein, a massively in uen- like he’d built them. He hadn’t, Jenkintown, Manhattan and www.addictionrecovery.pro
tial leader within the Chabad of course, but he was respon- beyond. Family members came
Margit Feldman Lubavitch movements, died of sible for having senior tees to her window to wave and talk grow up in a religious family.
Mt. Airy resident Judy coronavirus at 95, and was bur- installed on his community’s from afar. Hamburger waved She was born in London
Weinstein was a child when she ied near the Rebbe Menachem course, which is close enough, and talked back. She wasn’t during World War II and mar-
met Holocaust survivor Margit Mendel Schneerson’s grave and also happened to do won- exhibiting symptoms yet, and ried a “bespoke tailor from
Feldman in Bridgewater, in Queens, New York. The ders for his handicap. didn’t really until the day Liverpool” named Gerald
New Jersey. Weinstein’s Rebbe had been at the engage- before she died. Coleman, in the words of Rabbi
father, Arthur Roswell, was ment celebration of Rachel Irvin and Anna Mae Kean Coleman. She lived in England
friends with Feldman and her Devasha (as she was known Photo by Amy Jo Kean On April 23, family until a few years a er her hus-
husband, Harvey. then) and Rabbi Mordechai members gathered at her band’s death, and moved to
Dov Altein in 1943, and offi- Kean, a dentist for 43 years, window around noon, bring- New York 14 years ago to live
Feldman was born in 1929 ciated at their wedding a few had recently moved to his ing other relatives with them with Rabbi Coleman’s brother.
in Hungary and then survived months later. daughter Amy Jo Kean’s house via Zoom. ey stayed there,
Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen in Wyncote, alongside his wife, and then, around 8:50 p.m., A week a er Purim, she had
and other death camps. Her Rebbetzin Rachel Altein Anna Mae, when he and Anna Hamburger, a longtime
parents did not survive those Courtesy of the Altein family Mae both contracted coronavi- Sisterhood leader at Beth El Loretta Coleman
years. Feldman moved to the rus. On March 17, Amy Jo Kean Congregation in Bethesda, the Photo by Rabbi Alexander Coleman
U.S. in 1947, and soon a er, Altein was born in the checked her parents into the 1947 Chicago Jr. Hadassah
met Harvey. Soviet Union in 1924, and grew emergency room at Abington Membership Queen and one- a sore throat, which necessi-
up in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Hospital. It was the last time time Congregant of the Year at tated a quick hospital trip. A
She was active in her Jewish A er school, she took a leading she ever saw her father, aside Beth Sholom Congregation in few days later, she returned
Federation, which was how she role in shaping the women’s from a FaceTime call facilitated Elkins Park, died. to Westchester Medical Center
met Roswell. Roswell asked organization within one of the by a nurse that Amy Jo Kean for the nal time.
Feldman to tell her story to largest Jewish movements in is desperate to nd and thank. On April 27, Hamburger
children at Temple Beth El modern history. Altein worked was buried next to her husband ough her family would
in Hillsborough, New Jersey; at the Chabad Women’s “I was able to tell him how of 60 years, Irvin, in Chevy like to bury Loretta Coleman
she’d never told it to a crowd Organization’s publication Di much I loved him,” she said. He Chase, Maryland next to her husband in
before. Yiddishe Heim (“ e Jewish died on March 26. England, it seems like it will
Home”) as its English-language Loretta Coleman take quite a while. She is
Feldman served on the editor. Within Chabad, she Even in recent years, father Rabbi Alexander Coleman, temporarily interred at Linden
New Jersey Commission leaves a decades-long legacy and daughter spoke every sin- founding director of the Hill Cemetery, in Queens. ●
on Holocaust Education for of passionate dedication to gle day, and Amy Jo Kean said Institute for Jewish Ethics in
more than 40 years, speak- education. that her father was her best Philadelphia, saw his mother [email protected];
ing about the Holocaust at friend. Amy Mae, 92, recov- Loretta for the last time on 215-832-0740
Judy Weinstein’s high school, Altein’s husband died a few ered, but a er her return, Purim. In the last photo her
among many others. In 1994, months ago at 100. at night, her daughter placed her in a ever took of her, he noted, she
she helped pass a state law Altein went into the hospital memory care unit. is listening to the Megillah
mandating a Holocaust and for an unrelated reason. Her Ethel Hamburger being read at his brother’s
genocide curriculum in pub- grandson, Rabbi Tzvi Altein, Ethel Hamburger turned 92 on house in Monsey, New York.
lic schools, and co-founded Coleman died at the age of 85
Raritan Valley Community just a few weeks later, the day
College Institute for Holocaust before Pesach.
and Genocide Studies.
Loretta Coleman didn’t
In 2003, Feldman wrote a
book about her experiences
called “Margit: A Teenager’s
Journey Through the
Holocaust and Beyond,” and
she was chronicled in the 2016
documentary “Not A23029.”
A few years back, Noah
Weinstein, Judy’s son, arranged
for Feldman to come speak
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Opinion
When Did Elderly People Like Me Become Disposable?
BY PAUL SOCKEN if there aren’t enough respirators rise before an old man distin- over, and a semblance of nor- the underbelly of a society that
for everyone? Should the elderly, guished in age.” In “Guide for malcy resumes, we will need to has forgotten its roots, no longer
THE CORONAVIRUS pan- who have lived their lives long the Perplexed,” he writes that answer many questions about has a strong set of values and
demic of 2020 is shaking the enough, have the same right to “with the ancient is wisdom.” the economy, health care, the does not understand the impor-
world in disturbing ways. medical care as young people appropriate political response to tance of honoring all life.
who have whole lives ahead? I always thought that the an extreme emergency and the
As someone who is no lon- psalmist’s plea “Do not cast me nature of our global world. What an irony it would be if
ger young, I find one aspect to There are cold, calculating off in old age; when my strength we learned to preserve physical
be particularly unnerving: the cost-benefit analyses associated fails, do not forsake me” was But no less important is the life infinitely better than previ-
attitude toward the elderly. with this grim reaper scenario. addressed to God. Now I under- question of the nature of our ous generations only to abandon
One columnist came down on stand that it is an appeal to our society and its values. What their more sophisticated search
The media is filled with stories the side of “saving Grandma” fellow men and women as well lack within us gave rise to the for truth and meaning in life.
about the problem represented only after weighing the pros and not to abandon the elderly when discussion of the disposability
by the elderly. What will happen cons as if it were an accounting their “use” is no longer manifest. of the elderly? This crisis has What will it profit us to
problem. Others said that the exposed a materialistic calcu- reestablish our economy, restruc-
elderly should sacrifice them- It is heartbreaking to see so lus, a coarsening of society’s ture our health care and solve
selves for the good of the country. many deaths due to the virus discourse since the dismissal our global problems if we ignore
and the personal stories associ- of the religious sensibility that the human issues that underpin
But this is not the Jewish atti- ated with those losses. In many built our system of values and it all? What is the purpose of life
tude. Psalm 92 proclaims that countries, a large proportion of ethics over millennia. if we fail to see the humanity in
“in old age (the righteous) still the dead are in nursing homes everyone around us? l
produce fruit, they are full of sap where the elderly are ware- If we have, indeed, entered
and freshness.” In his Mishneh housed with inadequate staffing a post-Christian, post-religious Paul Socken is a distinguished profes-
Torah, the great philosopher and and medical care. We can and society, a trauma such as the cur- sor emeritus and founder of Jewish
doctor Maimonides states that we must do better than this. rent one reveals its consequences. studies at the University of Waterloo.
“even a young scholar should I would argue that we have seen This piece first appeared on JTA.org.
When this crisis is finally
What It’s Like to Be a High School Senior Right Now
BY REBECCA SHAID AND DEVORA SOLOMON with finishing high school. In the cars near each other in an empty yet come to terms with the fact of this pandemic, but we believe
midst of these terrible times, we parking lot to talk, this year bears that college, which has always that with so much lost to seniors
COVID-19 HAS COME at an feel such uncertainty surround- no resemblance to the senior year seemed so far away, seems to be in this time, there will be a new-
untimely period for high school ing the country, our families and we had come to expect. getting even further. found conviction to make the
seniors across the country, us our futures. most of the time we have. You
among them. When Gov. Tom Not only has COVID-19 left As Jews, one of our most never know when, in a blink
Wolf announced all schools’ Senior year of high school is us without closure in this chap- important values is community. of an eye, it could be gone, and
closing, many students saw it well known as a year of mile- ter of our lives, it’s leaving us We lean on our community in we have come to understand
as a vacation, an extension to stones. We were shopping for with little security in the future. times of need and we offer help that. We know now more than
spring break and opportunity prom dresses (and dates), talking As the pandemic erupted in our when those around us are suffer- ever to value the vibrant Jewish
to hang out with friends outside about our summer plans and pre- country, we were trying to decide ing. Throughout this pandemic, community at our fingertips,
the confines of school. paring to leave the school we between colleges, some of which it has been made harder and every last moment we have
had attended for seven years. we’ve never been to. It was hard harder for us to be together as a with our loved ones and, very
Little did we know that on that However, senior year is not for us to decide with so much less community. We can no longer go importantly, our health.
day we would be saying goodbye only made special by the big information than we expected to to synagogue together or have a
to high school forever. It’s been moments; the time spent with have in making this decision. meal with others, meaning our While we are very sad to
about a month and a half since friends before venturing out to Currently, we don’t even know Passover seders, usually full of have lost our senior year, we
then, and we now know that we college is treasured by so many. if schools will commence in the family and friends, were restricted of course recognize those in
won’t have the final months with Saying goodbye over video chat fall, and all expected certainties to only those living in the same worse positions than us. Our
our best friends before college, to the teachers, administrators are now daunting unknowns. homes. Despite these challenges, thoughts go out to all the brave
and the life milestones that come and school that have shaped our Sometimes it feels like every day the Jewish community has rallied, medical professionals helping
learning and character growth we see a new article with new organizing programming such as this country recover from
does not provide the closure that predictions about colleges and online services, singing sessions this horrible disease and we
we so deeply crave to have with their fall semesters. Some have and opportunities to reach out hope that COVID-19 stops
our teenage years. Although we said they want incoming fresh- to others in the community. This harming so many people,
are so grateful to have the tech- men to be acclimated to remote, quarantine has truly shown us the medically, economically and
nology available to us to keep in online learning. As much as our power of the Jewish community. otherwise, as soon as possible. l
contact, it does not feel like any- senior year of high school was When it looked like that had been
thing close to the same as being different than we expected, we taken away from us, we found new Rebecca Shaid of Merion Station and
with our friends. No matter how never imagined our fall semester ways to be together and strengthen Devora Solomon of Wynnewood are
many socially distanced walks would be spent at home rather our Jewish connection. seniors at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew
we take or times we park our than on campus. We haven’t Academy.
There is little good to come
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Opinion
Sefirat HaOmer: Making Every Day Count
BY SAUNDRA STERLING EPSTEIN this time during which many during Pesach. We recall we like Rabbi Akiba, Muhammad He focuses on these influences
Jews do not listen to live music, were freed from Egypt (zeman began receiving these teachings in Chinese practices, dress of
JOKES HELP US maintain participate in large celebratory cheiruteinu) in order to receive at the age of 40. Muslims mark Shinto priests in Japan and lin-
sanity in our present reality. One gatherings, cut hair, wear new Torah. This counting is to raise this time by fasting during day- guistic sharing, among others.
shows a calendar with all pre- clothes, and so on. our morale, showing that each light hours, prayer, avoiding As the counting of the yarrow
fixes to “day” missing ... each day day is different, marking those many pleasures and reflecting on sticks are found in teachings of
is just “day.” Another claims this Among the explanations for differences intentionally. how to do and be better, similar Confucius (551–479 BCE) and
is the 935th day of March. And these practices is remembering to Lent and Sefirat HaOmer. before, Shachan’s thesis that the
so it goes — we are conscious of the scourge of deaths among Our Christian friends Jews of the Assyrian exile from
counting days. Rabbi Akiba’s 24,000 students, recently completed their season One more culture to consider: 722 BCE may have influenced
particularly heartbreaking as of counting days. Lent began the Chinese. In the I Ching, the these and other practices seems
We count forward to indicate we learn that it was due to their on Ash Wednesday and culmi- Book of Changes, sacred to the plausible. For centuries, schol-
how many days we have been abhorrent behavior toward each nated with Easter. The purpose Chinese, there is a counting of ars have researched how Jewish
socially distanced, self-isolated other, not following Akiba’s teach- of Lent is self-examination and yarrow sticks in which people exiles brought their practices,
or quarantined. We know people ing of loving each other truly and penitence, demonstrated by try to ascertain higher meanings dress, sense of time and so much
who are sick and, unfortunately, honestly. They were so caught up self-denial, in preparation for in their lives. There are 50 sticks, else with them no matter where
leaving this planet we all share. in the details of practice, love and Easter. In its beginning, we are with one set aside and leaving they went.
It’s sad and draining. As Jews empathy were eclipsed. told it only lasted a few days; but 49 to arrange in a variety of
and human beings, we are sad, later, in 325 CE, the Council of hexagon formations, each one So here we come back to
frustrated, lost. We are also taught that count- Nicea instituted a 40-day Lenten representing another aspect of our lives in this moment. We
ing each day represents spiritual season of fasting, which was to existence. One proceeds through count. But how we count is up
We are also counting days preparation and anticipation for include the entire church com- all 64 combinations. to us. Time may appear fixed
— seven weeks of seven days the giving of the Torah, Z’man munity as it does today. I find and definable to the scientist.
between Pesach and Shavuot, Matan Torateinu, Shavuot. it fascinating that this period While each represents a step For us, however, time is what
totaling 49 days. We articulate Jewish mystics and others teach of 40 days — so known in the up the ladder of self-actualiza- we make it. In that spirit, let
a daily count and bracha for that each day is characterized by Jewish system of counting — tion, there is a break between us commit to making our days
each day of the grain harvest. various combinations of seven appears here, specifically as our the 49th combination which count, think about how to do
This recalls the daily sacrifice of our 10 sefirot: chesed (kind- rabbinic tradition bloomed and ends the “climbing up” dynamic and be better and to consider
of the Omer offered in the Bait ness), gevurah (strength), tiferet took hold. and the 50th formation, which how we will all come out of this
HaMikdash during this period. (beauty), netzach (eternity), hod begins the upper reaches of year’s cycle of Sefirat HaOmer a
There are practices that mark (splendor), yesod (foundation) Similarly, our Muslim neigh- what one can attain. I am fas- bit more evolved and spiritually
and malchut (sovereignty of bors begin their own counting of cinated by the 49 sticks; the enhanced, ready to confront the
self). Each day includes different days of Ramadan, this year from mention of the 50th paralleling challenges ahead.
combinations of two of these April 23 until May 23. Ramadan, our 50th day, Shavuot; use of
seven characteristics; we think the ninth month of the Islamic agricultural product parallel- Happy counting! l
about their place in our lives. lunar calendar, is a most signif- ing the Omer; and that one has
How can we show strength by icant time for Muslims — the reached a plateau after the first Saundra Sterling Epstein directs
being kind? How is there beauty month in which the Qu’ran 49 combinations. BeYachad: Bringing Jewish Learning
in what is eternal? was revealed to the Prophet and Living Together, is the president
Muhammad by the archangel In Avigdor Shachan’s book of the Cheltenham Area Multi-Faith
As we do this, we are pre- Gabriel in 610 CE while “In the Footsteps of the Lost Ten Council, directs Welcoming Shuls
paring to recommit ourselves to Muhammad was sequestered in Tribes,” he shows that the Jews Project of Eshel and teaches, lectures
the receiving of Torah with no a cave. Tradition also teaches that from the Assyrian exile went east and publishes in a variety of venues.
less celebration than we shared and influenced many cultures.
KVETCH ’N’ KVELL
Nonprofits Have Online Options consider future dates for a live in-person concert, we also In this “paradigm shift,” organizations are finding
THE JEWISH EXPONENT did a great service used creativity in a timely replacement event for our gala. new ways to inform and engage the community.
highlighting how nonprofit organizations have dealt Through Zoom, we also have a permanent record of new
with COVID-19 (“Numerous Gala Plans Altered by As one function of these Jewish events is to educate knowledge gathered. l
Pandemic,” April 23). the community about Israel, many organizations are
holding Zoom conferences highlighting their experts in Lou Balcher | National Director, American
At American Friends of Kaplan Medical Center, we Israel dealing with the coronavirus. Friends of Kaplan Medical Center
appreciate this critical role of sharing insights.
“AFKMC worked with local professionals to reach STATEMENT FROM THE PUBLISHER
Our first national gala, which was to honor “Women of other national and Israeli offices. On April 6, four Israeli
Valor” Jewish executives Vered Nohi and Linda Richman experts from Magen David Adom, Hadassah, Ben- We are a diverse community. The views expressed in the signed opinion columns and
— and in which acclaimed Jewish songstress Neshama Gurion University of the Negev and Rambam Hospital letters to the editor published in the Jewish Exponent are those of the authors. They
Carlebach was to perform on March 23 — was postponed gave a comprehensive analysis from their multiple orga- donot necessarily reflect the views of the officers andboards of the Jewish Publishing
for a second time. The initial Dec. 2 date was halted due nizational perspectives on the Israeli response to the Group, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia or the Jewish Exponent. Send
to the threat of the season’s first blizzard. Who could have coronavirus, with Israel Nitzan, the New York Deputy letters to [email protected] or fax to 215-569-3389. Letters should be a
predicted a world pandemic to strike on the reset date? Consul General, sharing how Israeli “best practices” are maximum of 200 words and may be edited for clarity and brevity. Unsigned
informing U.S. government and public health officials.” letters will not be published.
While we have been in touch with Carlebach to
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Lifestyles/Culture
Dishes from Spain
FOOD
KERI WHITE | JE FOOD COLUMNIST restaurants when guests arrive Spanish-Indian chicken Tomato bread Photos by Keri White
— think pickles at a Jewish
THOSE OF YOU who read my deli or bread and olive oil at symphony of flavors and is a bread, in batches if needed, to because the chicken packs a lot
column regularly know that an Italian restaurant. It can be snap for the cook. a crisp. of flavors.
I am afflicted with the travel made with any loaf that has
bug. I had the good fortune some heft (don’t use challah CATALAN TOMATO BREAD Rub the cut side of the garlic 1½ pounds thin-cut skinless,
to visit Spain recently — just or brioche), and is an excellent Serves 4-6 clove over the surface of the boneless chicken breasts
before the crisis — and was way to use day-old bread. bread.
able to enjoy the flavors of that Called pan con tomate in 4 cloves garlic, crushed
beautiful country. The chicken dish was given Spanish or pa amb tomaquet Rub the cut side of the 1 lemon
to me by a friend who was in Catalan, this bread is deli- tomato over the surface of the 1-inch piece of ginger, grated
Given the status of the living in Barcelona until cious no matter what you call bread; press it firmly to transfer ½ teaspoon salt
world today, it is unclear when recently. She is of Indian it. Toasting the bread to a the juice and flesh onto bread. ½ teaspoon black pepper
we will resume our normal descent and had a grand time crisp is key; this enables you When done, the tomato should 1 teaspoon ground cumin
lives, let alone international in España creating fusion to, essentially, “grate” the gar- be flat and all that should be ¼ cup olive oil
travel. Until then, I shall relish recipes of her native cooking lic and tomato on the bread, left is the skin, and the bread ½ cup chopped fresh mint
my memories of past trips and and the local fare. which captures and infuses should be lightly coated with
enjoy the cuisines of far-flung more flavor. the tomato innards. leaves (for serving)
lands while I shelter in the The cuisines do have some
safety of my home. ingredients in common, such We served it with grilled Lightly drizzle the bread Mix the garlic, ginger,
as garlic, and others that are chicken and a salad comprised with olive oil and sprinkle with lemon juice plus rinds, salt,
Tomato bread is nearly ubiq- disparate but complemen- of lettuce, raw beets, avoca- salt. Serve immediately. pepper, cumin and oil in a
uitous in Barcelona and the tary, such as ginger, cumin, dos, cucumbers and black sealable bag or container. Add
surrounding Catalan region. It lemon and mint. This dish olives, but this bread goes with SPANISH-INDIAN CHICKEN the chicken and flip it to coat
is often placed on the table at blends them into a delicious virtually everything. Serves 4 all pieces thoroughly.
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eight costumes that first night. at least two people, she shares From Abraham Lincoln Machiz said he’s happy While quarantining will
them online. to all members of “The Brady Markowitz has been able to find eventually come to an end, it
Soon she started posting A lot of her costumes rely Bunch,” Markowitz is open to a creative outlet and put her doesn’t appear like Markowitz’s
pictures of homemade cos- on using household objects in tackling nearly any character. craft to good use. costume challenge will slow
tumes to social media and creative ways. In the beginning, she was wor- down anytime soon.
continued the challenge after For the green dinosaur ried that many pitches would “Anybody doing anything
receiving positive feedback. Yoshi, she made a mask out of a be lewd suggestions from creative and productive during “I really don’t want to stop,”
She now posts new costumes neck pillow and a cardigan. For strangers online. But she’s this time is the healthiest she said. “I feel like anytime
daily under the Instagram way we can spend this quar- that I catch myself falling
handle @quarantween_ antine,” Machiz said. “And if into a depression or a funk, if
costumes and has racked up it makes other people happy, somebody messages me and
more than 80 costumes so far. that’s even better.” it’s like, ‘Hey, can you do this
costume?’ I can focus on it no
“When I started doing it, it matter where I am, no matter
felt so stupid. And now I real- how tired I’m feeling, no mat-
ized that it’s the perfect type of ter how much of a funk I was
entertainment because it doesn’t in before.
require any attention span
whatsoever,” Markowitz said. “So as of right now, I can’t
“And I’m engaging with people. see myself stopping anytime
And it’s not controversial. soon. I’m just having too much
fun right now.” l
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Jews of Philly Fashion: Jennifer Rosen
FA S H I O N we spoke to Jennifer Rosen. Rosen opened a Hope and strives to give her custom- brand, and the soft fabric
“I know lingerie,” Jennifer Chest location in Philadelphia ers the feeling that the name provides all-day comfort. The
JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF (a separate entity from the promises. fit is so consistent, it makes my
Rosen said. “I know bras like Haverford location, owned by job so easy. It’s a no-brainer for
IT’S THE NEWEST edition of the back of my hand.” Rosen) in 2012, and spent years “So many women open any woman.
Jews of Philly Fashion, introduc- learning about the business at up a clothing store because
ing you to the Chosen few who People certainly seem to her 20th and Chestnut streets they want to sell their style. What clothing trend would
dress our city. They might mix agree with Rosen, 35, who location. But in mid-2019, she But I was really doing it for you like to see make a
wool and linen, but they’ve got began working with bras and moved the store to South 19th Philadelphia,” Rosen said. comeback?
some strong opinions on mixing lingerie 15 years ago. The Street, and this January, she
stripes with florals. In this Gladwyne native started at finally gave the new venue What is your favorite piece of Corsets and bustiers. They
space, we’ll talk to designers, Hope Chest in Haverford as a what it needed most: a new clothing sold in your store? aren’t only meant to be worn
sellers, buyers, influencers, sales associate, and credits her name. Rosen went with Je Suis underneath your clothes. Many
models and more. This week, keen eye for customer desire to Jolie (“I am pretty” in French), My favorite piece is also our
her experience working in that bread-and-butter, the Simone See Fashion, Page 15
small boutique. Perele T-shirt bra. It’s a French
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Lifestyles/Culture
Gratz Alum Pursues Doctorate at 91
E D U C AT I O N Judaism of course is the most Seton Hall University part time
SOPHIE PANZER | JE STAFF important to me. I had a bar in 1994. He completed a bach
mitzvah and a Jewish wedding, in religious studies in 1996.
GENE HOFFMAN’S academic I’m a Reform Jew, but I wasn’t
career lends new meaning to the active in the temple at all after He saw an advertisement
phrase “lifelong learning.” my bar mitzvah,” he explained. for Gratz in “Reform Judaism
Magazine” and signed up for
After earning his master’s Hoffman graduated high the online master’s in religious
in Jewish studies from Gratz school in 1946. He earned studies in 2003. He was happy
College in 2013, the 91-year- associate degrees from the with the opportunities for dis-
old decided to pursue his University of Bridgeport and cussion with fellow students
online doctorate in Jewish General Motors Institute in and professors.
studies from Spertus Institute 1948 and 1950 before joining
for Jewish Learning and the Air Force. “I thought that was one of
Leadership. the highlights of class. Gratz was
His interest in religion, par- really one of the places that kept
“I don’t know if I’ll make it, ticularly religious education, me going, because they’re such
but I’ll do my best,” he said. surged after he completed his a great place. I wouldn’t want to
service in the Korean War. change anything,” he said.
Hoffman splits his time
between Maplewood, New “My thinking changed,” He recently donated
Jersey, and Palm Beach, he said. “It made me think, $100,000 to the school.
Florida. He was raised Jewish, what is it all about? What is it
but was not engaged with the about religion that makes life “I had seen that he had
Jewish community as a young so complicated?” made other gifts to similar
adult. institutions to support Jewish
After his military service, learning, and we began a con-
“I always was fairly inter- Hoffman owned a BMW versation about how he could
ested in various religions and and Chevrolet dealership in be a champion for Gratz,” said
Maplewood and enrolled at Naomi Housman, director of
My thinking changed (after the Korean War). It made me think, what is
it all about? What is it about religion that makes life so complicated?”
GENE HOFFMAN
institutional advancement. Gene Hoffman at his 2013 Gratz College graduation
Hoffman has also donated Courtesy of Jan Hoffman
to Birthright Israel, given it’s used for scholarship money, financial support to students,
scholarship funds to Hebrew advertising money, money for bolster the school’s marketing
Union College and started a educators, all the good things and communication initiatives
free online program with the that good leadership will find. I and boost alumni engage-
Allen and Joan Bildner Center wish people knew about it. The ment. That includes revamping
for the Study of Jewish Life at program is fabulous,” he said. the website and increasing
Rutgers University. outreach.
Rebecca Chabrow, director
His goal? To help younger of enrollment management She said Gratz is more rel-
generations engage with and recruitment, said since the evant than ever now that all
Judaism. school is online, many people levels of learning have gone
simply don’t know what it is. online.
“The world is different today
than it was 10 years ago, 20 “We’re exploring different Hoffman, meanwhile, will
years ago, in terms of religion,” avenues to get the message continue working toward his
he said. out there. We already have next degree.
the products; now we have the
Hoffman hopes Gratz will resources to show we have the “I love studying and I love
use the funding to support stu- products,” she said. learning,” he said. l
dents and get the word out
about their programs. Housman said the funds [email protected];
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“I want to give back. I hope
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Fashion
Continued from Page 13
bustiers are works of art that What’s your go-to quarantine Gwyneth Paltrow. She Jennifer Rosen: “I know bras like the back of my hand.”
should be shown off. You can meal, for yourself and your dresses with style, but it seems Courtesy of Je Suis Jolie
pair with jeans and a blazer for family? so effortless. As a mom on the
a glamorous night out. go, I try to put together easy
Soups. Lots and lots of outfits that still look as good as
And what trend are you soups. Easy to make. Gwyneth.
content to leave in the past?
What’s the best thing you’ve What talent would you most
Cargo pants. Enough said. watched in quarantine? like to have?
What’s something you can’t “Little Fires Everywhere.” To dance. I’m embarrassed
believe you used to wear? I’m on the last episode, and to admit this, but watching
I’m so upset it’s over. It’s deep TikTok throughout quarantine
I used to wear a Kate Spade and intense and of course stars makes me jealous of the skilled
diaper bag as a purse in high Reese Witherspoon. dancers.
school. I used all my babysit-
ting money to buy this trendy What item of clothing should What is your most defining
bag. But it was a diaper bag, more people be wearing? characteristic?
and I didn’t have a baby.
Good bras in the right size I have a big heart and I am
Is there a current fashion that fit well. Too many woman very empathetic. Whenever I
trend that you detest? are walking around wearing see someone in need, I want to
the wrong size. If they give be the one to help. l
I don’t understand the the better-quality companies a
overpriced sneakers that come chance, it will be life-changing. [email protected];
looking worn and marked up. 215-832-0740
Whose style do you admire?
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Torah Portion
CANDLE LIGHTING
Forging Trust Vital to Society May 1 7:38 p.m.
May 8 7:45 p.m.
BY RABBI JON CUTLER in any transaction and that a suspicion devastate society. curse the deaf person – simply showing compassion.
judge must render a just deci- When people do not act because you have the power The Torah portion begins
Parshat Aharei Mot-K’doshim sion, asserting that all people to do so.” In other words, we
THE DOUBLE PORTION of before the court must be treated morally a downward spiral is sometimes do things because with the acclamation: “You
the Torah reading this week, equally. Honoring the aged and created because trust is built on we can, with no fear of conse- shall be holy … (Leviticus 19:
Aharei Mot-K’doshim, con- honesty in business are part moral behavior. The outcome is quences. It is an act of cruelty. 2). And then the Torah con-
tains one chapter that’s known of creating a new world real- that people begin to circum- tinues with a catalog of right
for its moral power, Chapter 19. ity that is full of compassion, vent the rules and regulations. Social media often creates behaviors which for moral
It is only 37 verses but becomes justice and holiness. Those who are not able to out- the illusion that we can scream depth and ethical breadth
foundational to Judaism wit the “system” are at a loss, curses because the volume but- stands as a landmark for what
because it defines a just and These laws include the leading to resentment, which ton is on “mute.” An outcome sacred living is all about. A
compassionate society. renowned verse of “Love your fuels conspiracy theories, out- is that so many comment sec- sacred society is not just about
fellow as yourself,” (Leviticus right lies and unabashedly tions and other channels are religion or religious practice,
It begins with a command 19:18) quoted in the Christian shameless behavior leading to swamped with violent and but about proper behavior, acts
for the nation to be holy, because scriptures and in many moral cynicism and despair. hateful expressions. of trustworthiness, and love
God is holy. This concise but codes in the Western world. of the stranger (Leviticus 19:
powerful chapter tells Israel But, significantly, not only An example of trust being But the Torah instructs us 33-34). The Torah portion this
that children must revere their Israelite citizens were to be broken was one of the major to refrain from rage and violent week speaks to us with a clear-
father and mother, observe the treated with equity, but the scandals last year when some speech and, though it will not ness and a powerful message. l
Sabbath, resist any form of idola- stranger, as well. And the obscenely wealthy parents be heard and no one will seem
try and leave parts of a harvested Torah demands that one must found ways to bribe their to be hurt by our curses, it is Rabbi Jon Cutler is the rabbi at
field untouched so that the poor love the stranger, because you children’s entry into presti- still an act of cruelty which can Beth Israel Congregation of Chester
can have the dignity of collecting know what it was like to be a gious colleges that would not overflow into the real world. County. The Board of Rabbis of
their own sheaves. Laws against stranger, when you were slaves ordinarily accept them. This mitzvah is a fence to Greater Philadelphia is proud to
theft, swearing falsely in a court in Egypt (Leviticus 19: 34). prevent this from happening. provide diverse perspectives on
of law and fraud are combined Unlike bribery, which is obvi- Torah commentary for the Jewish
with the positive law of pay- Nothing defines the health ous another prohibition, what is Therefore, the basis of an Exponent. The opinions expressed
ing one’s laborers promptly and of a society as much as the level not obvious is, “Do not curse a ethical society is trust, which in this column are the author’s own
without delay. of trust that individual citizens deaf person” (v. 14). Why would begins with just weights, fair and do not reflect the view of the
have for one another and trust the Torah single the deaf person scales and evenhanded mea- Board of Rabbis.
And putting a stumbling in the institutions that safeguard from among all people? sures overseen by judges who
block before the blind was the basic rights and obligations cannot be bought, and by
understood to mean that one of all the inhabitants of the A verbal assault is meant citizens who act in ways of
must never lead another astray land. When that trust breaks to hurt that person. But if the creating a just society and hold
down, anger, jealousy, envy and person cannot, hear why would their leaders to be responsible
he or she still wish to curse at for a just and fair leadership
them? Ibn Ezra states: “Do not
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
mobilizes financial and volunteer resources to
address the communities’ most critical priorities
locally, in Israel and around the world.
A Day in the Life: Volunteering with Bat-El Trabelsi
Helping people stay safe, healthy and nourished during COVID-19
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On a recent volunteer day, Trabelsi began her shift by driving to Mitzvah
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DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES
APPEL BRENMAN CANTOR GOTTLIEB MENDELSOHN
Faye Appel (nee Hamot), on April 18, 2020. Arnold King Brenman, M.D., age 89, of Rydal, Jerome Cantor, age 92, died on April 16, Harvey Gottlieb of Philadelphia, PA, age 85, Frances “Fran” Mendelsohn (nee Forstater),
Beloved wife of the late Barney Appel. De- PA died peacefully in his home surrounded 2020. Beloved husband of the late Jac- son of the late Philip and Sadie Kriwonos widow of Dr. Eugene (Bud) Mendelsohn, OB-
voted Mother of Andrea Gordon and the late by family on April 16, 2020. He is survived by queline (nee Rennie); cherished father of the Gottlieb, died suddenly on April 7, 2020. GYN, mother of five, beloved mother-in-law,
Joyce Heyduk. Dear sister of Herman Hamot his beloved wife Jeanne and their children late Ralph, Cindy (Jerry) Kruger, and David; Brother of Sharon Gottlieb Barr and the late grandmother of fifteen (one of whom prede-
and the late Gertrude Berman. Also survived Caren Parker (Randy), Paul Brenman and dear grandfather of Ryan (Melissa Viola Alvin Gottlieb. Preceded in death by wife Ida ceased her), and great grandmother of
by 5 grandchidren and 8 great-grandchildren. Steven Brenman (Debra). Adored grandfath- mother of Ryan), Jane, Rachael, and Joshua; Pascucci. Survived by former wife Judith twelve, died of natural causes at the age of 96
Funeral services will be private. A celebration er of Cam, Naomi, Isaac, Ellie, Julian and and great-grandfather of Meaghan and Mario. (nee) Syderman Hirsch. Stepfather of Mi- on April 16, 2020. Fran was born in Phil-
of her life will take place at a future date. Nora. Arnold was born on June 20, 1930 in He was passionate about his family, friends, chael Pascucci, Sr. Father of David Gottlieb adelphia on November 8, 1923 into the lov-
Contributions can be made to the charity of Lübeck, Germany and came to the United several sports and the preservation of Israel. (Valerie), Randy Gottlieb (Patricia), and ing family of Anna and Isaac Forstater and
your choice. States in 1934 with his parents Regina and There will be a memorial service when Rhonda Gottlieb Soltroff (Jeremy). Grand- raised above their corner soda fountain /
Siegfried, brother Henry and uncle Max Bren- friends and family can gather. father of Katie, Tommy, Nick and Luke Got- candy store at the corner of 30th and Whar-
GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S man. Arnold was a graduate of the University tlieb and Heather Soltroff Loadwick (Joe). ton in Grey’s Ferry with her older siblings
RAPHAEL-SACKS of Rochester and the University of Chicago GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S Herman, Gertrude, and Morris and her little
Pritzker School of Medicine. He served as a RAPHAEL-SACKS GREENBERG brother Sidney. A graduate of South Phil-
BOREEN physician in the U.S. Army, stationed in Pu- adelphia High School and the School of In-
erto Rico from 1956 to 1958. Arnold prac- FISCH Lisa Ann Greenberg on April 23, 2020. Be- dustrial Art, Fran was a lifelong artist whose
Lois A. Boreen, 85, Friday, April 10, 2020. ticed otolaryngology and microsurgery of the loved daughter of the late Fred and Janet home was filled with her original watercolors.
Daughter of the late Walter Golwyn and Betty ear in Philadelphia for almost forty years and Susan Fisch (nee Bertman), on April 17, Greenberg. Sister of Rhonda (Art) Goldberg, Fran met Bud on a blind date while she was
(Subin) Golwyn. Wife of the late Henry I. Bor- made contributions to the field of medical 2020. Wife of Barry Fisch. Mother of Kim- Bonnie Greenberg, and Marc Greenberg. in art school and Bud was in medical school
een. Loving mother of Stuart and his wife photography. He was cherished by his family, berly (Alan) Superfine, Paul (Wendi) Fisch Services and interment private. Lisa was a at Penn. Prompted by his new infatuation
Joan of Bethlehem, PA and Susan Hailman patients and friends. His pleasures included and Jennifer (Jordan) Maltz. Sister of Ginger kind soul who saw the beauty in everyone, with Anna and Isaac’s daughter and his old
and her husband Eric of Lexington, MA, and time with family, summers on Long Beach Is- (Jay) Levit. Sister-in law of Irwin Fisch and and she will be greatly missed. Contribu- love of their ice cream, Bud asked Fran to
grandmother of Kevin and Michael Boreen land, opera and photography. Graveside buri- Suzanne (Leonard) Moses. Grandmother of tions in her memory may be made to Tobias marry him on their second date. Prior to their
and Joshua and Alexander Hailman. Sister of al and shiva were private. In lieu of flowers, Brett and Casey Superfine, Heather and Sam Mobile Veterinary Services, P.O. Box 536, marriage in 1947, Fran worked as a freelance
the late Dr. Daniel Golwyn. Beloved Aunt and kindly consider a donation to the University Fisch and Justin and Madison Maltz. Ser- Devault, PA 19432 or the fund for the hospit- artist and decorator at Fay Forman, an ex-
Great Aunt. Born and raised in Philadelphia, of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine to be- vices and interment private. Contributions in al workers at the hospital who cared for Lisa: clusive Philadelphia nursery and furniture
Lois earned a bachelor's degree in Home nefit the Arnold King Brenman, M.D. Scholar- her memory may be made to American Dia- https//giving.trinityhealthma.org/mercy- boutique. After stints in Bronx, NY, Lafayette,
Economics from Temple University's Teach- ship. Checks may be made payable to the betes Assoc., P.O. Box 15829, Arlington, VA fitzgerald (select colleague emergency fund) IN, and Vienna, Austria, Fran and Bud re-
ers' College. She worked as a hospital dieti- “University of Chicago Medicine” and sent to: 22215. www.levinefunerl.com turned to Bud’s hometown of Reading and
tian and an educator. A “people person” and University of Chicago Gift Administration, settled with their three children Jay, Louise,
a lifelong learner, her interests included Arnold K. Brenman, M.D. Memorial, 5235 JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS and Barbara into suburban life in Pennside,
spending time with family and friends, travel, South Harper Court, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL where Steve and Elaine were added. Raised in
gardening, crafting, and reading. Her warmth, 60615. Donations may also be made online FISHMAN KRANTZ a diverse South Philly neighborhood, Fran
generous nature, humor, curiosity, and sense at: giving.uchicago.edu-arnold-brenman May learned early that every person has value and
of fun will be greatly missed. Private ser- his memory be forever a blessing— his lov- Sima Fishman, April 18, 2020, of Alvin C. Krantz of Philadelphia passed away should be treated with respect. She demon-
vices are being held. Donations in Lois’s ingkindness an everlasting gift. Arlington,VA. Beloved wife of Mark Cody. on April 17, 2020 after battling a long illness. strated her positive regard for others in her
memory may be made to Hadassah or to the Adored and adoring mother of Levi Cody. Al is survived by his wife, Stephanie (nee Eis- daily life and set a strong example for her
medical research organization of your choice. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S Cherished daughter of Brenda Tepper Fish- enberg), sons Matthew David and Mark Alan; children, grandchildren, and great grandchil-
www.brezniakfd.com. RAPHAEL-SACKS man and the late Lowell Fishman. Dear sister and sister, Marleen Kessler. Al was born on dren of inclusion and charity of spirit. Fran
BREZNIAK-RODMAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS of Dr. Alan (Robin Mano) Fishman. Adored February 17, 1950 in Philadelphia, PA to and Bud travelled extensively throughout
A Community aunt of Ariel and David Fishman. Contribu- Anne and Rudy Krantz. Al was a successful their marriage. Fran delighted in experien-
Remembers tions in her memory can be made to the Pan- Philadelphia attorney and an avid basketball cing new foods and cultures and decorated
creatic Cancer Action Network player. He was a loving husband, father, and her home with treasures from around the
Monthly archives of www.pancan.org or the Shirley Mae/Michael friend. His passion for life resonated with world. After her children were grown, Fran
Jewish Exponent Death Notices J. Fund www.shirleymaefund.org people who knew him. He lived every day to returned to her art and began a home-grown
the fullest. Services will be held at a future business offering original needlepoint
are available online. PLATT MEMORIAL CHAPELS, Inc. date. Contributions in his memory may be designs and finished pieces. After Bud died in
made to the American Cancer Society. 2001, Fran moved to The Highlands in Wyo-
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Palm Beach, FL. Beloved wife of the late M. LEVICK sports teams. Years ago, after one particu-
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mother of Andrew Gitomer, Carolyn Gitomer, passed away on February 29, 2020 surroun- every single Phillies game, was rushed to the
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(215) 546-5800 PENNSYLVANIA Joseph Ward (Regina), Erin Ward, Ryan years of the late Allan M. Levick. She will be fully kept Fran alive long enough to see her
Gitomer, Lauren Gitomer and Rachel deeply missed by her children, Marlene Reading Jewish Community Center and Ha-
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the late Arnold Rosenberg. Services are cherished by her grandchildren, Jennifer to one of those organizations or to the Anti-
private. Contributions in her memory may be Robins (Douglas), Benjamin Bronson (Alis- Defamation League.
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Sylvia Lee (nee Greenberg). Beloved wife of Evelyn Older (nee Makanoff), born on Jeff Simmons, age 78, of Philadelphia, PA, Janice (Jan) Spieller (nee Ingber) formerly of Barak Yaron (Shuki) 76, of Bala Cynwyd and
the of the late Bernard. Devoted mother of September 19, 1933, passed away on April passed away on April 13, 2020. He was pre- Broomall, passed away April 4, 2020 at the Haifa. Husband, father, friend. Passed on
Gary Millrood, Ben Millrood (MaryBeth), 22, 2020, devoted wife of Gerald Older for deceased by his wife Judith (nee Weiss) Sim- age of 91. She was the devoted wife of the April 21, 2020 at 9:06 am at Arden Courts
Rachel Perlman (David), Daniel Millrood 64 years who preceded her in death four mons. He is survived by his children, Jon late Arthur. Jan is survived by her adoring Memory Care Community in King of Prussia,
(Crimora), Ethan Millrood (Samantha), Tobi years ago. Evelyn was also preceded in (Margot) Simmons and Jane Simmons and children Brad (Cindy) Spieller, Don (Roie) PA, Barak was born in Haifa, Israel, and after
Millrood (Benna) and Rebecca Gerchenson death by her parents, Manual & Ida Makan- his grandchildren Leigh Simmons, Graham Spieller and Barbara (Eric) Spevak, loving his military service in the Navy, he moved to
(Micah). Cherished sister of Herb Greenberg off. Loving mother of Fred (Maria) Older, Simmons, Whitney Simmons and Faye Sim- grandchildren Jayme (Lee) Krauss, Jared the U.S. He obtained his JD at the Law
and Cheryl Greenberg. Proud grandmother of Marci (Thomas) Bisset and Stephen (Mar- mons. Services and interment are private. A Spieller, Michelle (Ryan) Woldoff, Marshall School of the University of Miami. His ment-
Michaelann (Nick), Ali (Art), Kathleen, Shea, lene) Older. Sister of Tilda (Allen) Spector. memorial service will be announced at a later (Andrea) Spevak, Josh (Elaine) Spieller, and or and beloved Father figure was Rabbi Leon
Sophia, Morgan, Jonathan, Isaac, Lucas, Adored grandmother of Adam (Shannon), date. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Jeff's Sami Spieller, as well as great grandchildren Kronish from Temple Beth Sholom in Miami
Spence, Tess, Zeke, Josh, Jake, Dean and Gregory, Bonnie (Joseph), Tommy, Stephen memory may be made to Osher Lifelong Callie and Addison Krauss and Landon Beach. Barak moved to Philadelphia in 1980,
Sally. Loving great-grandmother of Thea. (Maureen), Rachel and Melissa. Cherished Learning Institute at Temple University. Woldoff. Jan was an avid golfer and a long- where he met his beloved wife Susan (nee
Services and interment will be private at great grandmother of Gavyn, Tyler, Max, Cal- time member for many years of White Manor Koduss). They married in 1984. They raised
Haym Salomon Memorial Park. Contribu- len, Alayna and Stephen, Jr. Contributions in JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS Country Club, as well as a founding member their four children, David Yaron (Rona Wilf)
tions in her memory may be made to Jewish her memory may be made to C.H.O.P., 34th of Beth El Suburban Synagogue in Broomall. Daniella (Ben Bacigalupa) Mariana (Eric
Family and Children's services of Phil- and Civic Center Blvd., Phila., PA 19104 or SIMON Mom, we will love and miss you forever. A Rossman) and Laura (Todd Serinsky). They
adelphia. Alzheimer’s Foundation of America at memorial service will be held at a later date. were blessed with seven grandchildren. (Jac-
www.alzfdn.org Marshall Warren Simon, on April 19, 2020. ob, Alex and Liliana Rossman; Zachary, Eva
JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS Remembered by Sheila (Barry) Taylor, Gloria WEISS and Ariela Serinsky, and Atai Wilf-Yaron) and
GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S Mills and family, Judy Guaraldo and family, three step-grandchildren (Jasper, Lilly and
MOSS RAPHAEL-SACKS Vincent Musick and family, William Sherman, Betty (nee Whitman), April 23, 2020, of North Samantha Bacigalupa). Graveside Service
Deborah Zimelman, David Taylor and Denise Wales, PA. Beloved wife of the late Meyer took place at Chesed Shel Emet Jewish sec-
Allen Moss, on April 20, 2020. Husband of SHAPIRO Taylor. Private Graveside Services are being Weiss; loving mother of Kerry Weiss, David tion at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cyn-
Rea Moss. Father of Debra Fein (Kenneth held. Contributions in his memory may be (Deborah) Weiss and Mindy (Mitchell) Light- wyd, on April 23 at 11:00 AM. Rabbi Eric Laz-
Kleinman) and Stuart Moss. Grandfather of Charlotte Shapiro (nee Broder) died on April made to a charity of the donor’s choice. man; cherished grandmother of Jonathan, ar officiated. In lieu of flowers, donations
Courtney Victor (Brett), Ari Kleinman (Joelle), 19, 2020. Wife of the late Charles. Mother of Rachel, Lindsey, Jessica and Molly; devoted may be made in Barak’s memory to: Temple
Jordan Fein (Tom Scutt), Nathaniel Kleinman Liz Shapiro, Susan (David) Quatresols, Chuck GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S sister of Ruth Bass and the late Edith Nichols. Brith Achim, 481 South Gulph Rd, King of
(Sayde Ackerman), and Reid Kleinman. Great (Melissa Rickertsen) Shapiro, and Caren Sall RAPHAEL-SACKS Services are private. Contributions in her Prussia PA 19406, Rabbi’s Discretionary
Grandfather of Mia Victor, Bennett Victor, and Shapiro. Sister of George (Nancy) Broder, memory may be made to Jewish Family & Fund, and to Arden Courts, 620 West Valley
Ruby Kleinman. Contributions in his memory and the late Judy Kirshner Broder. Grand- SIMON Children Services of Greater Philadelphia Forge Rd, King of Prussia, PA 19406, Att
may be made to any COVID-19 related char- mother of Ilissa Shapiro (Joe Ranakowski), (JFCS), 2100 Arch Street, 5th Floor, Phil- Nicole Groff.
ity. Jamie Shapiro (Tal Blau), Benjamin and Sam- Mona Samueli Simon, a wife, mother, and adelphia PA 19103.
antha Quatresols. Also survived by many lov- homemaker, died Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at WWW.WESTLAURELHILL.COM
GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S ing nieces and nephews. Service and inter- Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Med- JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS
RAPHAEL-SACKS ment private. Contributions in her memory ical Center, North Bergen, NJ from cardiopul-
may be made to Philadelphia Museum of monary failure. Mrs. Simon was born in Phil- facebook.com/jewishexponent
MUCHNICK Art/Park House Guides in “memory of Char- adelphia and was a Guttenberg, NJ resident
lotte Shapiro”, online at philamuseum.org or for the last 20 years. She and her husband
Sydney Muchnick, April 18, 2020. Age 101. A to P.O. Box 7646, Philadelphia., PA 19101- lived in Somerdale, NJ until his passing in
WWII Veteran. Owner of Muchnick’s Del- 7646; or to the Alzheimer’s Association, or 1998. She graduated from West Philadelphia
icatessen Restaurant and a proud patriarch. charity of donor's choice. High School in 1946. Mrs. Simon was mar-
Devoted husband of the late Lucille (nee ried to her husband Stanley for 50 years. She
Lowenthal). Loving father of Donna Arrow GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S is survived by her sons, Larry and Michael,
(Michael), Steven Muchnick (Judy), and RAPHAEL-SACKS and her daughter Ellen Beth. During her later
Mindy Reich (Alan).Dear brother of Shirley years Mrs. Simon was an active participant at
Pearlstine and the late Blanche Cramer. Be- SILVER the Gallen Adult Day Center at the Jewish
loved grandfather of Ben (Nicole), Suzanne Home in Rockleigh, NJ. On April 17, 2020
(Nick), Seth, Lauren (Faron), Jordan (Jackie), Karol Silver (nee Keller) of Richboro, PA and services were conducted and burial occurred
Stephanie, and Andrew. Devoted great-grand- Ventnor, NJ passed away on April 18th, 2020. at Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA.
father of Charlotte, Hannah, Ava, Logan, Ella, She was predeceased by her parents Nor-
Cooper, and Brynn. Funeral services were man and Estelle Keller (nee Levine), sister IN MEMORIAM
held April 20th. Contributions in his memory Cindy Keller and her husband Marc “Whitey”
may be made to the Abramson Center, 425 Silver. She is survived by her husband Larry MADLYN ABRAMSON
Horsham Road, North Wales, PA 19454. “Buck” Brookman. Loving Mother of Cori
(Josh) Abrams and Nick Silver (Alexandra THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S Perlaki). Devoted Grandmother to Mason and mourns the loss of Madlyn Abramson, from Blue Bell,
RAPHAEL-SACKS Skylar. Private graveside services are being Pennsylvania. She and her husband, Leonard, were
held. A memorial service will be held at a fu- Museum founders and early leaders in the effort
NUTT ture date. Donations in her memory can be to create the Museum and advance the cause of
made to Ohev Shalom of Bucks County, 944 Holocaust remembrance and education. The Museum
Debra M. Nutt (nee Bornstein) on April 22, 2nd Street Pike, Richboro, PA 18954. extends our sincere condolences to Leonard; their
2020. Beloved Wife of James; Loving mother three daughters, Nancy Wolfson, Judy Felgoise, and
of Brittany and Lauren; Devoted daughter of JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS Marcy Shoemaker; nine grandchildren; and the
Elfriede (and the late Milton) Bornstein; Dear entire Abramson family.
Sister of Robert (Rochelle) Bornstein. Ser- SILVER
vices and interment are Private. Contribu- Howard M. Lorber, Chairman
tions in her memory may be made to Chil- Karol Silver (nee Keller) of Richboro, PA and Allan M. Holt, Vice Chairman
dren’s Hosp. of Phila., 3401 Civic Center Ventnor, NJ passed away on April 18th, 2020.
Blvd., Phila., PA 19104 or Fox Chase Cancer She was predeceased by her parents Nor- Sara J. Bloomfield, Director
Ctr., 333 Cottman Ave., Phila. PA 19111. man and Estelle Keller (nee Levine), sister
Cindy Keller and her husband Marc “Whitey”
GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S Silver. She is survived by her husband Larry
RAPHAEL-SACKS “Buck” Brookman. Loving Mother of Cori
(Josh) Abrams and Nick Silver (Alexandra
A Community Perlaki). Devoted Grandmother to Mason and
Remembers Skylar. Private graveside services are being
held. A memorial service will be held at a fu-
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Jewish Exponent Death Notices made to Ohev Shalom of Bucks County, 944
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Alumni of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Men’s NextGen’s Leadership Development Program held a Zoom happy hour on April 21. Participants
Mission to Israel heard from Israeli journalist Alon Ben-David from this year’s cohort toasted to their achievement of completing the six-month program and
on a Zoom call. celebrated with virtual socializing and games.
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Attendees play a game of Quiplash
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Howard Gross won a signed Camp Ramah in the Poconos has hosted about 80 online programs since March 16 — “Ramah
photograph of Albert BaWeb.” Popular programs have included Friday Night Z’Mirot, Trivia Night and Rikkud, a
Einstein in a raffle orga- dance lesson.
nized by Jewish Family
Service of Atlantic & Cape One of the 80 virtual events hosted by Camp Ramah A Ramah Day Camp staff hangout.
May Counties. The photo Photo by Elana Rivel
was provided by an anony- in the Poconos Photo by Tobi Afran
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140 tickets totaling $14,000. Mazel tovs
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tributed another $5,000,
bringing the total to $19,000.
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raffle prize
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Kabbalat Shabbat each week hosted by the Israeli-American
Council’s Shishi Israeli program.
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her great-granddaughter, Arielle Isla Bravo, daughter
of Leah Finberg and Erik Bravo of Glendale, Arizona,
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Scottsdale, Arizona.
Arielle is lovingly named after her paternal
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great-uncle Aaron Baer. Isla is also lovingly named
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Chief Cantor of the Israel Defense programs-services-offered/. Murley in their homes at 7:30 p.m. To
Forces Shai Abramson and other participate, like the Beth Or Facebook org/online-progams-services-offered/. financial habits. This is an online group
artists, clergy and survivors from Kabbalat Shabbat page at facebook.com/CongBethOr. until further notice. 3 p.m. RSVP to
around the world. The film will Torah study (Weekly portion) at 11 Medical Support Group Laura Flowers at [email protected]
be released on the “TMF on Yom a.m. Kabbalat Shabbat at 6:15 p.m. Erev Shabbat Jewish Family and Children’s Service or 267-256-2274.
HaShoah” YouTube channel at All Zoom links for Congregation Shabbat service (livestream). Hosted is hosting a weekly supportive forum
terezinmusic.org. Brothers of Israel services and other by Temple Sholom in Broomall. 7:30 for doctors, nurses and their families Torah Study
offerings can be accessed at cboi.org/. p.m. temple-sholom.org/webcast/. facilitated by JFCS professionals Mary Torah study via Zoom hosted y Makom
JFCS Call-In Line Boardman, Carly Chodosh and Sarah Kadosh, the Jewish Fellowship of
The Jewish Family and Children’s Mindful Minyan Kabbalat Shabbat Waxman. This program will be online Chester County. 7 p.m. thejfcc.com/.
Service Friendly Call-In Line is a Mindful Minyan with Rabbi Annie Kabbalat Shabbat or Shabbat songs, at Zoom. Registration is not required.
place where anyone, regardless of if Lewis of Temple Beth Zion-Beth blessings and mourner’s Kaddish All Zoom rooms will be capped at 30 Medical Support Group
they are a JFCS client, who may be Israel. Meeting ID: 319 509 785. zoom. via Facebook Live. Hosted by participants, on a first-come, first- Jewish Family and Children’s Service
feeling lonely or isolated can speak us/j/319509785. 7:45 a.m. Congregation Beth Or. 7:30 p.m. serve basis. 8 p.m. Meeting link: zoom. is hosting a weekly supportive forum
with an empathetic volunteer who will facebook.com/CongBethOr/. us/j/382802095. for doctors, nurses and their families
provide a listening ear. Call 267-256- Shabbat Yoga facilitated by JFCS professionals.
2075 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday Shabbhakti: A Shabbat Yoga Erev Shabbat Parent and Caregiver This program will be online at
through Friday. This is not a mental Experience hosted by Temple Shabbat services hosted by Reform Support Group Zoom. Registration not required. All
health counseling service or crisis Beth Zion-Beth Israel at 10 a.m. Congregation Keneseth Israel. 8 p.m. Parent and caregiver support group Zoom rooms will be capped at 30
support line. Meeting ID: 319 509 785. Zoom. bethisraelmedia.org/form/meeting- with Rabbi Rebecca Richman at 8 participants, first-come, first-serve.
us/j/319509785. request. p.m. All Germantown Jewish Centre 8 p.m. Link: zoom.us/j/237808923.
Community Support Group services and other offerings can be Another session at 1 p.m. on May 6.
Join Jewish Family and Children’s Career Webinar Daf Yomi Class accessed at germantownjewishcentre.
Service professional facilitators LinkedIn and networking tips Daf Yomi virtual classes on org/online-programs-services-offered/. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
Rabbi Tsurah August and therapist presented by JEVS Career Strategies. Wednesday and Friday. 8 p.m. Hosted
Lillian Rozin for a twice-weekly online Noon. jevshumanservices.org/event/ by Har Zion Temple. facebook.com/ TUESDAY, MAY 5 Talmud Class
support group. All are welcome. $10. linkedin-and-networking-tips/. events/247637636260910/?event_ Talmud class hosted by Congregation
Noon. RSVP to Rivka Goldman at time_id=247637639594243. Meditation Group Brothers of Israel. 11 a.m. at cboi.org.
267-256-2250 or rgoldman@ Kabbalat Shabbat Meditation group with Rabbi Malkah
jfcsphilly.org. Also held the same Hosted by Temple Beth Zion-Beth SATURDAY, MAY 2 Binah Klein and Rabbi Sheila Divorce Clinic
time on May 4 and 7. Israel. 6 p.m. Meeting ID: 319 509 785. Weinberg at 9 a.m. All Germantown For women contemplating or in
zoom.us/j/319509785. Torah Study Jewish Centre services and other the process of divorce. Thinking
Career Webinar Torah study with Rabbi Gregory Marx offerings can be accessed at about leaving a relationship can be
Online webinar from writing Virtual Shabbat Service of Congregation Beth Or via Zoom. germantownjewishcentre.org/online- overwhelming. The New Beginnings
that winning résumé hosted Hosted by Congregation Rodeph bethor.org/event/torah-study-via- programs-services-offered/. Divorce Clinic will provide information
by JEVS Career Strategies. Shalom. 6 p.m. Meeting ID: 465-368- zoom.html. and tools to help you figure out how to
Noon. jveshumanservices.org/ 025. zoom.us/j/465368025. Benefits Information Session take the next step. Thirty-minute one-
careerstrategies. SUNDAY, MAY 3 Liliana Barbour and Eric Freda of on-one consultations are available.
Erev Shabbat Jewish Family and Children’s Preregister for a time slot with
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Introduction to Judaism course with livestream. Hosted by Beth Temple Beth Sholom Sisterhood of and information sessions on public
Rabbi Shai Cherry via Zoom at zoom. Sholom Congregation. 6 p.m. Cherry Hill, New Jersey, will host a benefits and resources. They will Bible Class
us/j/969452689 at 7:45 p.m. Course bethsholomcongregation.org/ Zoom meeting featuring Talia Carner, focus specifically on local information Tanakh (Bible) class with Rabbi Peter
requires purchase of accompanying livestreaming. author of five novels. RSVP for link and resources during the coronavirus Rigler via Zoom. Hosted by Temple
CD. Also held May 5 and 7. at [email protected] or pandemic. Drop-in group at 10 a.m. Sholom in Broomall. 7:30 p.m.
Shabbat Service [email protected]. Open to the general public. This session temple-sholom.org/webcast/.
FRIDAY, MAY 1 Shabbat candle lighting service. will be at zoom.us/j/100775878.
Hosted by Society Hill Synagogue. 6 MONDAY, MAY 4 Medical Support Group
Erev Shabbat p.m. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/ Financial Support Group Jewish Family and Children’s Service
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of Bucks County services and Rebecca Richman. 8:30 a.m. All offers financial guidance and support families. Registration is not required.
other offerings can be accessed at Kabbalat Shabbat services and other offerings can be through one-on-one coaching sessions All Zoom rooms will be capped at
bethelyardley.org/virtual-beth-el.html. Hosted by Congregation Adath accessed at germantownjewishcentre. and financial literacy workshops. The 30 participants, first-come, first-
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