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‘Proud,
unafraid,
and fed up’
In wake of Monsey and Jersey
City, 25,000-strong rally brings
out broad cross-section of
Jewish community

Doug Chandler

Special to NJJN

NJ resident takes helm J ill Schwartz-Chevlin of West
of national women’s Windsor, a senior medical officer
Zionist group at Landmark Health and chair of
Thousands of Jews and non-Jews from the tri-state area and several other states, the Hadassah Physicians Council, said
Our Towns 4 including Virginia, Ohio, and Massachusetts, attended the march across the Brook- she felt personally affected by the re-

lyn Bridge as a show of solidarity in the face of anti-Semitism. cent attacks on Jews, so she joined the

tens of thousands of Jews from the tri-

Princeton rabbi state area — and several other states
— who gathered in Columbus Park in
Brooklyn following the Jan. 5 march
remembered as devoted across the Brooklyn Bridge.
friend and family man

Adam Feldman lauded for making the world ‘a better place’

Marking the completion Shira Vickar-Fox or Sixers apparel as a “reflection of Rabbi
of a Talmud study cycle NJJN Managing Editor Feldman’s love of life and Philadelphia
sports.”
Exit Ramp 23 S prinkledamidmourners’dark,som-
ber clothing were the bright red of On Sunday, Dec. 29, at least 1,000
Our Towns 4 the Philadelphia Phillies and the mourners packed into the sanctuary and West Windsor residents Jill Schwartz-
Opinion 13 dark green of the Eagles. The garb was not social hall of The Jewish Center (TJC) in Chevlin, from left, her daughter Sabrina
Gallery 14 out of place: In the funeral announcement Princeton to remember Feldman, the syna- Chevlin, and even family dog Tara, pre-
LifeCycle 17 of Rabbi Adam Feldman, who died Dec. gogue’s senior rabbi, who died last week pare to walk over the Brooklyn Bridge
Agenda 19 24, the family welcomed Phillies, Eagles, while on a family vacation in Hawaii. He during the Jan. 5 solidarity march.
Touch of Torah 22 was 55.
Exit Ramp 23 Feldman’s lasting PHOTO BY BRIAN CHEVLIN
impact on community, People stood along the walls to honor a
beloved rabbi whose roots run deep in the “When one Jew is attacked, all
page 8 ➞ Conservative movement and whose ties Jews are attacked, no matter the de-
of friendship among people of all faiths nomination,” said Schwartz-Chevlin,
run wide. a member of Beth El Synagogue in
East Windsor. “Most of our [Jewish]
“The world is a much better place with rallies have been for Soviet Jewry and
a friend like Adam,” said Cheryl Magen,
director emeritus of Camp Ramah in the Continued on page 6
Poconos, who met Feldman at the camp
in 1984. At the time he was the head of
sports and told Magen that while teams and
equipment matter, what’s really important
to him is teaching campers “how to lay
tefillin.”

Continued on page 11

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NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 20204 Our Towns
East Windsor resident takes helm
of women’s Zionist organization

Michele Alperin New NA’AMAT USA president Janet Gurvitch, left, joins first vice president ters serve 17,000 children; students
Debbie Kohn at the NA’AMAT convention in Israel. who do not do well in traditional
NJJN Contributing Writer academic settings often thrive in the
The idea behind Pioneer Women, turkey chicks to Israel to help in the organization’s 17 technological high
Janet Gurvitch, the new president known since 1981 as NA’AMAT, was creation of the turkey industry there. schools; and 200 NA’AMAT scholar-
of NA’AMAT USA, first learned to “be equal partners in building the ships enable qualified women to pur-
about the Zionist women’s orga- State of Israel,” Gurvitch said. Her The members of NA’AMAT USA sue graduate and post-graduate work
nization, then called Pioneer Women, own family lived out this ideal. One partner with 300,000 counterparts in in science, technology, engineering,
from her grandmothers. Now her of her grandmothers, who owned an NA’AMAT Israel to support social and mathematics.
daughter-in-law and granddaughter egg farm in Toms River, exported services for women and children in
are also members, making her, she Israel. For example, its daycare cen- At the November convention,
told NJJN, “the third of five genera- Gurvitch said, delegates were taken
tions of members of NA’AMAT.” to many of the organization’s proj-
ects and installations. Among other
Gurvitch, of East Windsor, was sites, they visited NA’AMAT’s Kanot
elected on Nov. 7 at NA’AMAT Youth Village, near Gedera, a residen-
USA’s 43rd convention, in Israel. tial high school for disadvantaged,
challenged, and at-risk teens; the
Founded in New York City in Glickman Center, a new shelter for
1925, Pioneer Women drew its mem- battered women and their families in
bers from the Eastern European Sderot; and the Golda Meir daycare
immigrant generation who were com- center in Tel Aviv.
mitted to Zionist ideals. The organi-
zation’s mission was set: to provide In the States, NA’AMAT USA
social welfare services for women advocates for legislation advancing
and children in prestate Israel, help women’s rights, child welfare, and
immigrants acclimate to their new life educational initiatives. Its member-
there, and encourage American-Jew- ship is organized among four areas
ish women to play a greater role in across the country, with each encom-
Israel and Jewish community affairs.

Beth El welcomes newly minted Rabbi Nover
Rabbi Matt hopes to create meaning for modern Jews

Michele Alperin Rabbi Matthew Nover celebrates Chanukah. Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary (JTS), then joined
NJJN Contributing Writer His nuclear family, he said, was “not said. His grandfather, who lived 15 Beth El, where his responsibilities are
very observant, but they cared about minutes away and was a regular shul- twofold. As assistant rabbi, he helps
Everyone knew I was going to be a Judaism and being Jewish.” They were goer, exerted influence on his grand- with all clergy functions and lifecycle
rabbi growing up,” said Matthew serious about celebrating the holidays son’s life choices. events, leads parts of Shabbat and holi-
S. Nover. “I’d be the kid always and always had Passover seders, he day services, coordinates volunteers
trying to stump the rabbi, the kid who Nover was ordained in 2019 at the to lead services, and reads Torah. As
was excited to go to religious school.” education director, he runs the pre-K-
to-10th-grade education program and
It seems everybody was right; in some adult education courses, co-
July, the newly ordained Rabbi Nover ordinates with committees, and runs
joined Beth El Synagogue in East independent programs, like a weekly
Windsor as assistant rabbi and educa- Coffee and Chat with Rabbi Matt at a
tion director. local Dunkin’ Donuts.

Although Fort Worth, Tex., where His wife, Heather, is director of
Nover grew up, did not have many USY’s New York and New Jersey re-
observant Jews, he said it was a com- gions. They have a 3-year-old daughter.
munity “that cared more about people
being involved in Judaism than ‘This To guide the selection committee
is the one true way to be Jewish.’” His that chose Nover, Beth El used focus
family belonged to a Conservative syn- groups to ascertain what the congre-
agogue, but he interacted with people gation was looking for in an assistant
at the Reform synagogue and the local rabbi. What rose to the top, said Jay
Chabad and was a member of BBYO, Kornsgold, senior rabbi, was “a good
United Synagogue Youth (USY), and
Young Judaea. Continued on page 22

Our Towns 5 NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 2020

passing councils and, within them, NA’AMAT celebrated the day “by ming for holiday celebrations, and its daycare programs.
local clubs. The national office is in highlighting its support for schol- offered fund-raising workshops — Gurvitch, who has lived in New
Canoga Park, Calif. arships for young women in Israel she was invited to attend leadership
who are looking to obtain degrees in training workshops. To enable her to Jersey since 2001, has three sons and
With about 7,500 members today, law and STEM studies.” NA’AMAT learn about the national body, the or- four grandchildren. She is a member
representing a drop from its highest scholarships have been named in ganization sponsored her attendance of three congregations: Beth El Syna-
level of about 50,000 around 1980, honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Rona at a NA’AMAT convention. She was gogue in East Windsor, Beit Shalom
NA’AMAT USA is taking a more Ramon (widow of Israeli astronaut also sent to a leadership seminar in in Monroe, and the synagogue her
proactive approach as it looks to the Ilan Ramon, who died in the Colum- Israel because, Gurvitch said, she sister belongs to in Omer, Israel. As
future, Gurvitch said. bia space shuttle disaster), and the late was seen “as someone who might a child, besides attending religious
Nechama Rivlin, researcher, science have the potential to be a national school, Gurvitch went to the Labor
“Even in our heyday, we felt we secretary, and First Lady of Israel. leader.” Zionist summer camp Kinderwelt in
were the best-kept secret; we focused upstate New York.
on the work we did and very little on Gurvitch also expressed concern Her first national role was as chair
promotion,” she said. “But we are about the rise of anti-Semitism and of the membership portfolio. Next Gurvitch’s volunteer activities
now looking to have events and draw said that “anti-Zionism is another she was named director of the Eastern with NA’AMAT have benefited her
people to join us via social media.” form of anti-Semitism, and we have Area, a position that, she said, “was personal development, she said. “Be-
These events range from speakers to to get people to be aware of that.” part leadership, part networking and ing a volunteer…has been very sup-
“shopping for a cause” in support of getting to know people and imbuing portive of my growing confidence
women and children in Israel, to net- Active at the local levels of them with the spirit and passion for and the skills I’ve attained through
working and promoting greater sup- NA’AMAT when she lived in New the work we do.” To forward those NA’AMAT — whether speaking
port for the State of Israel. NA’AMAT York, Gurvitch became involved in goals she created a women’s retreat skills or getting out of my comfort
is also looking to format its activities the Brooklyn Council. She was part in the Catskill Mountains. zone,” she said.
in a way more conducive to women of a club that created a “teddy bear
in today’s world “who are not looking patrol” to provide stuffed animals for As national co-vice president of Being a NA’AMAT leader “has
to volunteer in clubs”; for example, children visiting the Brooklyn District fund-raising for the last six years, been empowering for me and gotten
formal meetings may be held just a Attorney’s office with a mother who Gurvitch started a program for b’nei me to try new things for myself per-
few times a year. had suffered abuse. Members also mitzvah students to raise money for sonally,” Gurvitch said. She attributes
collected personal items for wom- NA’AMAT projects in Israel; Tech her willingness to start a new career
NA’AMAT USA is also plan- en’s shelters and wrote letters and for Teens provides equipment for as a financial planner at age 50 — al-
ning an observance of International attended demonstrations in support NA’AMAT’s technological high most 20 years ago — to her “early ex-
Women’s Day on March 8. This of NA’AMAT’s national advocacy schools, and Teens for Tots supports
global event both celebrates the so- on such issues as a woman’s right to Spring 1940:perience as a volunteer, to try things
cial, economic, cultural, and politi- choose, paternity and maternity leave,
cal achievements of women and is a and the right to a living wage. and not be afraid of failing.” ■
call to action for accelerating gender
parity. Because the day has received Gurvitch’s rise to higher levels WritingSpJerwinigsh19a4n0d:
little support in the United States, of NA’AMAT was nourished by the
even from major women’s organi- organization’s commitment to en- MedWiterirtrianngSepJaernwinHigshi1s9at4on0rdy:
zations, Gurvitch said, “NA’AMAT couraging women to become leaders.
feels it is important to join our sisters After national officers recognized MedWitreirtrianngFeJaaenswcHisithstIatonardlyy
worldwide in making people aware of her for her service at the council MediterriannFeaasnciHstisIttoarlyy
International Women’s Day.” level — where she chaired luncheons
and fashion shows, created program- in Fascist Italy
In recent years, she said,

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NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 20206 Solidarity

Rally which killed two chasidim, a police-
man, and an employee of the busi-
Continued from page 1 ness; and a rash of assaults against
chasidic Jews in Crown Heights and
other causes. This was different, a other Brooklyn neighborhoods.
march to show solidarity with our
fellow Jews and putting forth the The attacks were also the reason
message these recent attacks here are Hagit Sten, a Plainsboro resident and
unacceptable.” member of Congregation Beth Chaim
in Princeton Junction, attended the
Organized by the UJA-Federation march with fellow congregants Jack
of New York and the Jewish Commu- and Laura Nash Greenberg.
nity Relations Council of New York
(JCRC), the march drew an estimated “This series of attacks cannot go
25,000 people to protest the rising unnoticed,” said Sten. “We have to
number of anti-Semitic hate crimes show, as Jews, we won’t stand for
in the city and nearby locations, to them.”
express their solidarity with the tra-
ditionally observant Jews who have After gathering at Foley Square
come under attack, and to say that and crossing the Brooklyn Bridge,
they won’t be cowed or intimidated the marchers ended their trek with a
by the scourge. rally in Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza,
where they heard more than a dozen
Those crimes have included a vi- speakers, including politicians, writ-
cious machete attack in Monsey, N.Y., ers, activists, and leaders representing
which injured five; a brazen attack on the major denominations.
a kosher supermarket in Jersey City,
Speaking to NJJN after the event,

SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2020 7 - 11 PM Approximately 25,000 people attended the Jan. 5 march from Manhattan
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husband, Brian Chevlin, who serves as a member of “This is not just a march,” she told the crowd. strength and courage.” ■
the Jewish Federation of Princeton-Mercer-Bucks “We are here to send a clear message. We are
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Jordan also said “there’s no black anti-Semitism.
There’s just anti-Semitism. There may be black
perpetrators of anti-Semitism.”

Speakers at the rally included members of the
black, Latino, Christian, and Muslim communi-
ties, as well as leaders representing the Orthodox
communities in Crown Heights, Williamsburg,
and Jersey City. Bari Weiss, The New York Times
opinion editor and author of the recently published
book “How to Fight Anti-Semitism,” offered defi-
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Devorah Halberstam, whose son Ari was mur-
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NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 20208 Our Towns

Giving ‘thanks to God’ for the gift of
Rabbi Adam Feldman

Civic and religious leaders in Mercer County mourn friend

Michele Alperin Father Ignatius Okoroji, Rev. Matthew Rhodes, and Rabbi Adam Feldman in the new chapel at
NJJN Contributing Writer Princeton Medical Center. RICHARD TITUS PHOTOGRAPHICS

W hen students from Princeton High School vis told NJJN, “so that when things happen in our difficult decisions with Feldman, a certified police
were caught playing a drinking game community we act out of the relationship: whether chaplain, and he “brought calm, logic, and perspec-
called “Jews vs. Nazis,” the superinten- threats of violence, acts of hatred, acts of anti-Sem- tive to situate me that I certainly didn’t have on my
dent of Princeton Public Schools notified Rabbi itism in the schools, or the need to gather in prayer.” own.”
Adam Feldman.
Feldman valued interfaith partnerships, which Feldman was a founding member in 2013 of
One of Feldman’s responses occurred the next was apparent in 2017 at the start of U.S. bans on their chaplaincy program in which trained chaplains
morning when he brought his congregant Vera travelers from Muslim countries. “He was the tend to the spiritual and therapeutic needs of the of-
Goodkin, a Holocaust survivor and retired pro- mover, shaker, and organizer of vigils to support ficers and personnel. He also grew the chaplaincy
fessor, to the high school to meet the students. the Muslim community,” Goodkin said. department in the Princeton HealthCare System
Goodkin recalled the rabbi introducing her in the (PHCS) and was co-chair with Davis of its Board
following way: “Dr. Vera Goodkin was about your She also noted that he had a close relationship of Religious Ministries.
age when her life was turned upside down and she with Princeton Theological Seminary. “He would
has a story to tell.” often go there and lecture on Judaism and would of- Rev. Matthew Rhodes, director of the Depart-
ten invite some of the students, the future clergy, to ment of Religious Ministries of PHCS, said Feld-
Speaking to NJJN, Goodkin said she has long attend our services,” she said. “You throw a pebble man’s lifework was illustrated in how he could
admired the rabbi’s ability to “make everything in a lake and it sort of spreads.” appreciate “the integrity and differences of people,
relevant and age appropriate.” even see beauty in those differences, and come
Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert called Feldman “a together in closeness.”
The untimely death of Feldman, spiritual leader friend, advisor, partner, and inspiration to so many
of The Jewish Center (TJC) for 14 years, on Dec. of us in the Princeton community.” Rhodes said he would turn to Feldman for guid-
24, has created a void in the greater Mercer County ance. During a particularly tough time he sought
community. Leaders told NJJN they felt they had TJC congregant Kim Marks said Feldman was a advice from the rabbi who told him that “difficult
lost more than a colleague; they’re mourning a respected community leader whose ties made him situations in ministry are a rite of passage,” Rhodes
friend. an effective advocate for the Jewish community. recalled, and said Feldman added, “it is on days like
that that you really become a rabbi or a minister.”
“I loved his devotion, his loyalty, his wisdom, “The strong relationships he had with other lead-
and his love, and I rise before you to give thanks to ers in the community meant that his phone calls Davis and Feldman shared a friendship with
God for the gift of his life in my life,” said Rever- were always answered, his advice always listened Imam Hamad Ahmad Chebli of the Islamic So-
end David Davis, senior pastor at Nassau Presbyte- to, and his suggestions always incorporated,” she ciety of Central Jersey in Monmouth Junction. “I
rian Church during Feldman’s funeral on Dec. 29. said. miss him too much,” Chebli said of Feldman, and
recalled his “warm arms and open heart.”
Davis met Feldman and became a longtime Feldman was also an advocate for the Princeton
friend of his through their work at the Princeton Police Department. After the High Holiday season, The three men studied texts together “to under-
Clergy Association and later the Board of Religious he would send a letter to the local papers publicly stand each other’s religion, not from the media, but
Ministries at Princeton Hospital. thanking the department for protecting TJC con- from the main source: the Torah, the Bible, and the
gregants at the synagogue and in services held at Koran” and then shared what they learned with
“Building relationships with other community Riverside School. their respective church, synagogue, and mosque,
leaders through the Princeton Clergy Association according to Chebli.
was especially important to Rabbi Feldman,” Da- Chief of Police Nicholas Sutter called Feldman
a huge supporter “and friend to me and the depart- Mark Merkovitz, executive director of the
SHOES ment.” Sutter said the rabbi was always “here for Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks,
us, not just in times of crisis, but in all types of cited Feldman’s support of federation and lead-
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Congregants recall Rabbi Feldman
as a caring leader who put community first

Michele Alperin Cantor Jeff Warschauer, who joined The Jew- realize how novel that was and that even today it
ish Center in 2018, with Rabbi Adam Feldman. is still not the norm,” Gordon said. “He would go
NJJN Contributing Writer up as close to the line as he possibly could where
PHOTOS COURTESY THE JEWISH CENTER he thought there was a benefit.”
Over his 14 years at The Jewish Center
(TJC), Rabbi Adam Feldman partnered Torah service honor of any kind,” according to Linda Milstein, former vice president of reli-
with lay leaders and staff to provide Gordon, he still found ways to include them, such gious affairs, talked about what Feldman did to
guidance and pastoral care for congregants, teach as allowing them to give the child the tallit, to bring the different constituencies in the congre-
and nourish them, balance Jewish law and com- stand on the bimah during the child’s aliyah, and gation together. For one, he allowed many types
munal needs, and serve as the synagogue’s emis- to join in blessing the child with the Three-Fold of concurrent services on Shabbat, as long as ev-
sary to the larger Princeton community. He did (Priestly) Benediction. eryone joined together for the kiddush luncheon
so quietly, often behind the scenes. following services. It was, Milstein wrote, “a
“The Jewish Center community didn’t always great example of Rabbi Feldman’s ability to cre-
Tragically, Feldman died on Dec. 24, the sec- ate a sense of community in a congregation with
ond day of Chanukah, while on vacation with his diverse views and experiences.”
family in Hawaii. He was 55. His congregants
and co-workers, past and present, shared some of Said Linda Meisel, president from 2017 to
their memories of the rabbi with NJJN. 2019, “Rabbi Feldman saw lay leadership as a
partnership, and I think that was a real strength.
Gil Gordon, president of TJC from 2013 to He was also very skillful at helping the leader-
2015, first met Feldman during the congrega- ship manage change,” as TJC faced shifts in the
tion’s rabbinic search in 2004. “From that initial size of the congregation, personnel, membership,
chat until the last time I spoke with him [on the and demographics.
Shabbat before Feldman’s death], he was brim-
ming with energy and passion for life, Judaism, Current president Randall Brett told NJJN that
congregational needs, and more,” Gordon wrote Feldman “tried to keep in mind on every occa-
in an email. sion the best interests of the whole congregation
as he understood them.” The rabbi “was always
One way he served the congregation, Gordon there for you when you needed him, sometimes
wrote, was by balancing communal norms with at his personal expense. He went through his own
his commitment to Jewish law as set by the Rab- troubles, as every human being does, and he put
binical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law that aside when people needed him.”
and Standards. Although Feldman wouldn’t bend
on “the issue of a non-Jewish parent having a Continued on next page

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In an email to NJJN, Steve Cochrane, superin-
tendent of Princeton Public Schools, wrote, “I pray
that all of us who knew him can continue to pass
on his light, and in the face of darkness, honor his
memory with acts of love and laughter, healing
and hope.” ■

NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 202010 Our Towns

Caring leader came and we were talking about risks, and to move forward in new
where to put it, Rabbi Feldman de- directions.”
Continued from previous page cided it should go right next to the
entrance to the sanctuary. He said, Former assistant and associate
Abigail Rose, co-chair of the ‘It should be in a prominent place.’” rabbi at The Jewish Center, Annie
Social Action Committee, recalled Tucker, now senior rabbi at Temple
especially the support and guidance Colleagues remembered the lee- Israel Center in White Plains, N.Y.,
of Feldman in her efforts to include way and guidance he gave them wrote about her memories of Feld-
a rainbow flag in The Jewish Center to develop as professionals — in man in a pre-Shabbat message (a
lobby. When she encountered some partnership with him. Sharon Dia- form of communication she learned
resistance on the board, the usually mondstein, who joined the staff as from him). As “part of a professional
quiet Feldman spoke up, saying, director of congregational learning team that felt more like a family,”
“This is the right thing.” in the summer of 2018, wrote in an she wrote, “Adam truly allowed me
email, “I have learned from him to grow and develop in every pos-
And, Rose said, “When the flag to believe in my decisions, to take sible way at TJC and to share our
congregation as a partner.”
The Jewish Center staff, religious school teachers, and b’nai mitzvah tutors Rabbi Adam Feldman, at right, with
following a lunch thanking synagogue staff. Rabbi Adam Feldman is in the Neil Wise, former director of his family, from left, wife Sara Bu-
back row, third from the right. programming and development, choltz and their children Talia, Ilan,
said that in working together to cre- and Dena Feldman.
Har Sinai Har Sinai Temple ate a vibrant synagogue, Feldman
Temple P2w(2wPH64e4we0w2na2n9w1nrw1n)i.7nPi.ShnPhg3eageiant0nrntorns-oan8sniinnniii1,nn,ag0NTagNit0.eiJoto.Joomnr0nr0g8Rgp8R5d5ld3.e34. 4 “allowed my creativity and crazi- Neal Masia, a member of one of
Religious ness … to let me go off the beaten the study groups Feldman led around
School path.” town, wrote: he “was somehow able
to inspire a group of very busy dads,
2019-2020 609 730-8100 For Amy Rubin, who served all with kids and frenetic profes-
as administrator for many years, a sional lives, to put everything aside
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! moment that illustrated the mutual once a month and think really hard
trust between her and Feldman oc- about being Jewish.… He delighted
2018-2019• No tuition fees for members of Har Sinai Temple. curred after a congregant collapsed in the many times when we would
during services. Because the rabbi debate the issues — either in the
• Modest tuition rates for families with oldest child in knew she was capably handling the Torah or just the issues of the day
emergency, she wrote in an email to — and was so proud that he had cre-
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!3rd grade or below. Membership not required. NJJN, he “doubled down on leading ated this group where we could all
the service, bringing the communi- learn from each other.” Remember-
• Preschool – 10th grade classes meet Sundays , 9 a.m. ty’s attention back to Shabbat, back ing how the rabbi emphasized the
to Noon to Torah. … He placed the experi- importance of gratitude, the group
ence of the congregants there to wor- will show theirs by continuing the
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his own need to be involved.”
Shabbat dinner and service Feldman was a strong supporter
Feldman was available to sup- of The Jewish Center’s involvement
(60(690)97)37300--18150000 wwwww.hwa.rjseincani.oj.rogrg port religious school students, too. with refugee resettlement of a Bur-
When she was upset that her history mese family in 2006, a Syrian family
[email protected] teacher suggested that Adolf Hitler in 2015, and six more individuals
may have had a Jewish grandparent, and families through an offshoot
Molly Mitlak asked the rabbi for ad- of The Jewish Center’s Social Ac-
vice. She wrote in an email that Feld- tion Committee, the TJC Interfaith
man connected her with a Rutgers Refugee Resettlement Committee,
University professor of Holocaust chaired by Louise Sandburg. She
history who supplied her with Hit- wrote that “Rabbi Feldman was al-
ler’s lineage. Mitlak showed it to her ways willing to talk about how, as
teacher, who then sent a retraction to Jews, we all had refugee family sto-
the entire class. ries to tell, as well as obligations to
help refugees.”
Another time, a 12-year-old stu-
dent revealed that he had been the Cantor Jeff Warschauer, who
victim of anti-Semitic bullying. came to The Jewish Center in 2018,
Feldman first made sure the boy was said that “Rabbi Feldman welcomed
OK, then turned to his own rabbi for me warmly into the community, he
support and reached out to the prin- was always there to help, and he was
cipal and superintendent. a wonderful guide and mentor to me.
I will miss him very much.”
Two congregants spoke passion-
ately about his effectiveness as a And Judi Fleitman, vice president
teacher. Mike Cruickshank wrote of administration for TJC, told NJJN
that Feldman “was never about that Feldman “was such a source
lifeless responses to deadpan in- of strength and gave such wise and
quiries.… It was never about ‘Just compassionate counsel to me and
the facts ma’am.’ Everything was so many others,” adding that “now,
meant to go beyond the surface, to when I, and we, need his guidance
get to deeper issues, just like in the most, he’s not here.” ■
Torah.”

Our Towns11 NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 2020

Feldman Rabbi Adam Feldman, who died on Dec. 24, was this season will be permanently diminished for those of
senior rabbi at The Jewish Center in Princeton us who love him…. He was a living shamash sharing his
Continued from page 1 for 14 years. own light to make us shine brighter knowing that it didn’t
diminish his own.”
Magen asked those gathered to be the kind of friend
Feldman was to her: “Someone whose commitment Lucas closed his eulogy with a parable of a young boy
is sincere and unwavering, someone who is your con- questioning the impermanence of a Chanukah flame. He
science, your cheerleader, and your confidante. Some- is told by an old man that while a candle burns for a short
one who checks in regularly, who makes time for you, time, while it’s lit “it burns brightly and it brings light and
someone who says they value you and your friendship, warmth and kindness to the world.”
someone who really celebrates your victories with you
and supports your failures.” Feldman is survived by his wife of 24 years, Sara
Bucholtz, who grew up in Maplewood, and his three
RabbiAlan Lucas of Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn children. Two daughters are graduates of Golda Och
Heights, N.Y., led the ceremony. His friendship with Academy in West Orange — Talia in 2017 and Dena
Feldman goes back decades to when they met at a United in 2019 — and his son Ilan is a sophomore. He is also
Synagogue Youth (USY, the youth group affiliated with survived by his parents, Leonard and Nikki Feldman of
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism) event when Mt. Laurel, and sisters Lisa andAmy.
Feldman was in high school in Cinnaminson. More re-
cently, Feldman was Lucas’s assistant and associate rabbi Memorial contributions may be made to The Jewish
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of all because it offered him the “opportunity to be with
people at the most significant moment of their lives,”
whether that was sharing the joy of b’nei mitzvah or
comforting grieving congregants.

Feldman received ordination in 1999 from The Rab-
binical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Following his graduation from Rutgers University and
before rabbinical school, Feldman worked for several
Jewish organizations, including Camp Ramah in the Po-
conos and the Berkshires, USY, and Highland Park Con-
servative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth, where
he directed youth and adult programming and worked
alongside Rabbi Yakov Hilsenrath, who died in 2014.
Lucas called Hilsenrath “a major influence” for Feldman
of “what a rabbi could be and what a rabbi should be.”

Lucas read remarks about Feldman from formerTJC
cantor Hazzan Joanna Dulkin, who wrote “the light of

NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 202012 Editorial
Avi Chai’s legacy continues

I n 1984, the investor and philan- drift” over time. But the $1.2 billion number of our educational projects, and most especially Write On For
thropist Zalman Bernstein set up in total grants it disbursed assured including Fresh Ink for Teens, our Israel, a two-year leadership train-
a foundation committed to “the that its legacy will continue — in- online site whose content is written ing and educational program for
perpetuation of the Jewish people, Ju- cluding here at NJJN and its sister for and by high school students; The high school juniors and seniors that
daism, and the centrality of the State publication, The New York Jewish Conversation, an annual retreat for Avi Chai founded with us in 2002.
of Israel to the Jewish people.” Week, where initiatives supported a wide variety of thoughtful and ac- Thanks in part to its crucial support,
by Avi Chai helped make possible a complished Jewish men and women; the program continues and more than
Within a few years it began to fo- 750 students have taken part in semi-
cus most on sustaining and strength- nars here and in Israel, gaining the
ening Jewish day schools and tools they need to be effective lead-
residential summer camps. Continu- ers in the pro-Israel movements on
ing after Bernstein’s death in 1999, campus.
the Avi Chai Foundation, under the
chairmanship of his widow, Mem We are forever grateful for the
Bernstein, and the tireless assistance support Avi Chai provided to our
of board member Arthur Fried and educational projects over the years.
North American executive direc- One begins to realize the scope of the
tor Yossi Prager, was an unmatched foundation’s reach and effectiveness
force in Jewish education and Israel in considering the hundreds of insti-
advocacy. It contributed more than tutions and countless numbers of stu-
$350 million over 35 years for re- dents and others who benefited from
search, schools, and institutions de- its generosity and commitment.
voted to the idea of “best practices”
and to understanding what works In all of its endeavors, Avi Chai
and what doesn’t when it comes to functioned as a “venture philanthropy,”
engaging the next generation of com- funding programs and studies meant to
mitted Jews. have an impact not just through the
next fiscal year, but well into the fu-
On Dec. 31, by design, Avi Chai ture. Its commitment to the generations
closed shop, having spent down its that will outlive it is captured in a verse
assets in order to avoid the fate of from the Talmud: “Just as my ances-
other private and family founda- tors planted for me, I too am planting
tions that have suffered “mission for my descendants.” ■

America is home, despite a wave

of anti-Jewish hate

I n the three weeks between the to train a volunteer cadre of armed law enforcement either stop caring or City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced
deadly shooting at a kosher gro- congregants. encourage them. The “American ex- new interfaith Neighborhood Safety
cery in Jersey City and a vicious periment” is not over when top elected Coalitions, increased NYPD presence,
home invasion in Monsey, N.Y., on For many, the attacks have shred- officials direct efforts to combat anti- and new school lesson plans.
the seventh night of Chanukah, there ded their faith in the American enter- Semitism, and when leaders of all faiths
were 11 recorded violent attacks on prise. On social media, users wonder if gather to condemn bigotry and defend Nationally, the response from poli-
Jews and their institutions in the New the safety and welcome Jews have felt their Jewish partners. ticians has been heartening. Statements
York area. In most of these, identifi- in America was a short-lived experi- of support have been overwhelming
ably Orthodox Jews were punched, ment, and whether the current crisis All that has happened during the and bipartisan. President Donald
slapped, chased, or threatened with a suggests that, as history tried to warn current wave. In the wake of the re- Trump denounced the attack and called
weapon. This tally doesn’t include the us, Jews can never be safe in the dias- cent murders in Jersey City, Gov. Phil on the country to unite in battling anti-
graffiti and incidents of verbal harass- pora. Reacting to the Monsey attack, Murphy said he commits “to take ev- Semitism.
ment, like the thugs who taunted cast the head of Israel’s Yisrael Beiteinu ery step possible to keep our residents
members on the street after a recent party, Avigdor Liberman, declared that safe.” Attorney General Gurbir Gre- That doesn’t mean that authorities
performance of the Yiddish production “the main solution to such phenomena wal wrote a five-point plan for fighting can’t or shouldn’t do more, or that they
of “Fiddler on the Roof.” is immigration to Israel.” hate and anti-Semitism. haven’t failed some of our communi-
ties in the past. There is still too much
The fear engendered by this epi- Immigration to Israel should be en- In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo tolerance for those who deploy anti-
demic is real and understandable. In couraged on its own merits, but the deep announced more than $10 million in Semitic rhetoric. But as bad as the past
Orthodox neighborhoods, children despair over the wave of anti-Semitism additional funding for security at Jewish weeks have been, actions and state-
tell their parents they worry about is a misreading of history and the pres- institutions. He directed state police to ments by leaders offer assurances that
going outside. Wives warn husbands ent reality. The attacks are vicious and increase patrols in Orthodox neighbor- Jews are not alone, and the bigots have
not to wear their kippot on the streets. unacceptable. But societies turn inhos- hoods. And he issued a joint statement been given no sanction. We have the
Synagogues are wondering if it is time pitable for Jews not when street thugs with over 130 faith leaders condemn- tools, courage, influence, and allies to
turn violent, but when authorities and ing anti-Semitism. Similarly, New York get through this. ■

Opinion13 NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 2020

Is Trump ‘resistance’ harming
fight against anti-Semitism?

Jonathan S. Tobin But however much the no longer possible about the subject. However it would be foolish to
Trump is responsible for helping assume that we’ll go back to normal
Special to NJJN majority of Jews may de- once Trump leaves office either in
to undermine civil debate on this and 2021 or 2025. The politicization of
T hose who regard the spise Trump, it’s time for most other issues. The president’s anti-Semitism and the lack of restraint
push to impeach and even those most obsessed comments to a supportive IAC au- and good sense as well as the refusal
remove Pres. Don- with what they consider to dience provided ammunition for his to credit political foes with good inten-
be his awfulness to pause critics. By saying that Jews should tions under any circumstances in the
be especially opposed to Sen. Eliza- discussion of the issue have become
ald Trump from office as a and consider whether their beth Warren’s wealth tax and mak- normalized.
ing a passing remark about Jewish
righteous cause see them- instinct to resist him is re- real estate brokers in New York being Trump bears some of the blame for
“brutal,” he seemed to be invoking tra- that but the same is true of his detrac-
selves in the front ranks of ally more important than ditional anti-Semitic tropes about Jews tors whose impulse is to demonize
and money. both the president and his defenders.
the fight against hate. But combating anti-Semitism. If the “resistance” isn’t willing to rec-
His words were inappropriate but ognize that Trump is not only NOT an
in one of the many ironies Part of the problem here were also delivered in the context of anti-Semite but actually someone who
a speech in which he criticized Jews has done a great deal to fight it, then it
that have become so commonplace in is the way the “everyone I can’t stand for not being supportive enough of has become part of the problem rather
Israel and in which he gave a ringing than its solution. ■
politics in the age of Trump, the same is Hitler” paradigm has reached absurd and unqualified condemnation of anti-
Semitism from both the left and the Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of
people who believe they are attempt- levels with respect to attitudes toward right. That makes it hard to argue that
he’s actually encouraging Jew hatred. JNS.org and a columnist for the New
ing to save the republic if not civili- the president. It’s all well and good to Or at least it would be if so many of us
weren’t driven off the deep end by him. York Post. Follow him on Twitter at:
zation itself from the scourge of the oppose his conduct or his policies and
@jonathans_tobin.
45th president are becoming unwit- even to support impeaching him if you

ting impediments to the actual struggle are willing to countenance what turned

against anti-Semitism. out to be a partisan show.

That was made clear during the Yet the last weeks seem to crys-

course of the two weeks preceding tallize the way the discussions about

the House of Representatives vote to anti-Semitism have not so much been

impeach Trump when many liberal or influenced by partisan politics as they

left-wing Jews seized upon the presi- have completely taken them over. We

dent’s actions and already knew that

statements as fur- many on the left

ther proof of the have become blind

justice of the “re- to Jew hatred com-

sistance” to him. ing from their end

The discussion ofTrump’s speech of the spectrum
and many con-
to the Israeli-

American Coun- servatives seem

Trump’s executivecil (IAC) in which equally unwilling
to confront hate on
he both invoked

old and dangerous the right. For Those Who Value Community

tropes about Jews order showed But the discus-
and money while sion of Trump’s

urging Jews to be executive or-

more supportive der showed that

of Israel sparked that we’ve gone we’ve gone far
fresh outrage beyond the hyper-

among his critics. partisanship that

Days later, far beyond is the essence of
his signing of an public debate in

executive order contemporary

seeking to ex- hyper-partisanship. America. The
tend protections willingness of so

of Title VI of the many on the left

1964 Civil Rights to not merely ig-

Act to Jewish nore the fact that

students who are Trump was tak-

being intimidated ing action against

by anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, anti-Semitism but to claim his execu-

and Sanctions (BDS) propaganda on tive order was either an attack on free The preferred career resource
for the Jewish community.
college campuses was interpreted by speech (a consideration that no one
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Jew haters on the far right and an at- on colleges promoting racism against

tack on free speech. To his detractors, blacks or Hispanics) or a racist redefi-

this seemed to sum up the threat he nition of Jewish identity that was in-

supposedly poses to American free- spired by white supremacist attitudes

dom in one bold stroke. demonstrated that rational debate is

NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 202014 Gallery

TORAH DEDICATION — Kehilat HaNahar, The Little Shul by the River in New Hope, Pa., dedicated a new Torah on Dec. 18 at an event led by
scribe and Jewish educator Julie Seltzer. Left photo, KHN member Steffany Moonaz and other congregants look on as Seltzer points out special details
of the new Torah; at right, members Scott Abrams and Judy Dornstreich practice calligraphy.

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tion policy at Kehilat HaNahar, The Little
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Gallery15 NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 2020

YOUNG MUSICIANS — Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor hosted members
of The Peddie School Music Club on Nov. 10.

CHANUKAH CELEBRATION — Chabad of the Windsors held their annual CHANUKAH CANDLES — Chabad of the Windsors
Chanukah celebration on Dec. 22. The Program included a menorah lighting held a pre-Chanukah candle making workshop on
ceremony dedicated to the memory of the victims of the recent Jersey City Dec. 15.
attack with participation by local law enforcement.

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temporary Conservative Judaism, recogniz- • On Feb. 2, an Illustrated Historical Tour of

ing different levels of observance. WE are an Jewish Paris will be led by Gary Kraut, an award-

Welcome to Welcome to egalitarian, welcoming congregation serving winning travel writer.
Mercer and Bucks counties. The congregation • On Feb. 23, MOSAIC brings us a Musical
is fully handicapped accessible and special Performance: One Community — Many Voices
Adath Israel Adath Israel headphones for the hearing impaired are avail-
able in the sanctuary. Our building is beautiful — A Concert of Unity and Harmony with local
CONGREGATION CONGREGATION churches, mosques, and synagogues participat-
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FsaimmTchihilasy.past year has been a banner year with • On April 26, a Lecture in Song by Fred
Shabbat services and new Miller will feature Composers of Bucks County:
newly enhanced Hammerstein and Sondheim
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• On May 3, there will be a special oppor-
tunity to see the hidden places when we
visit Ellis Island and take a private Hard Hat
Tour. Separately, on May 1, the Sacks-Wilner

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On Feb. 9, we’ll are family; you’ll love being part of this family!
WE welcome you to services and all happen-
celebrate Tu b’Shvat, the new year of the trees. ings at the synagogue. Please call or come in
to meet Rabbi Benjamin Adler, Hazzan Arthur
Women’s League and Men’s Club welcome

you to their own social, educational and com-

munity service programs. Katlin, and the many active members. Our

The MOSAIC, a Center for the Arts and doors are always open! It’s a home for every
Culture at Adath Israel, sponsored Deadbeats Jewish family!

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Also in 2003, the State of New Jersey Senate Congregation, Lawrenceville, with arrangements
Martin Siegel by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing.
and General Assembly passed a joint legislative Memorial contributions may be made to The
Martin R. Siegel of resolution honoring him for his “meritorious Martin Siegel Community Fund of the Princeton
Palm Beach Gardens, record of service and leadership,” citing that “by Area Community Foundation, or Greenwood
Fla., and New Hope, his deeds and by his example, he has earned the House in Ewing.
Pa., died Dec. 17, respect and admiration of all who know him as
2019. Born in Trenton a man of remarkable character and exceptional Evelyn Kohn Azarchi
to Irving and Alice determination.”
(Novros) Siegel, he Evelyn Kohn Azarchi, 89, of Yardley, Pa., died
resided in the Mercer In 2005, the Martin Siegel Community Fund Dec. 14, 2019.
County area his entire of the Princeton Area Community Foundation
life, having lived in was established to commemorate his 50th year Mrs. Azarchi worked in the family business,
Trenton and Yardley, at Hamilton Jewelers, in order to benefit local doing bookkeeping and accounting.
Pa., for 26 years and educational, medical, and arts organizations in
Princeton for 33 years. the region. An active member of the Jewish community,
she was active at Greenacres Country Club and a
Mr. Siegel attended lower schools in Trenton, In 2011, National Junior Tennis and Learning donor to Jewish causes. She was volunteer secre-
Milford Academy in Connecticut, and Duke of Trenton, an organization which enriches the tary for the Jewish Historical Society of Trenton.
University before serving in the U.S. Army lives of under-resourced youth by combining ten-
Artillery in Germany in 1953-54. nis and education, dedicated a tennis court locat- She enjoyed gourmet cooking, Mahjong,
ed at Cadwallader Park in Trenton in his honor. bridge, tennis, art, and antiques.
He joined his father as the second generation Last May, Greenwood House once again honored
of his family to work at the heritage fine jeweler, the Siegels for their community leadership. Predeceased by her husband of 60 years,
Hamilton Jewelers, where he was elected presi- Arthur, she is survived by two daughters, Lynne
dent in 1968. Hamilton grew from a local store He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Denise (Steve Steinhauser) and Karen; and two grand-
to a nationally recognized industry leader with (Ulanet); four sons, Hank (Lisette), Jeffrey children.
clients from all 50 states and around the world. (Heidi), Scott (Lucy), and Peter (Kari); and seven
A pioneer in launching new products to the local grandchildren. Private services were held Dec. 16 with
market, he was among the first in the United
States to order special Rolex timepieces from Continued on next page
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stone dials for the clientele in Palm Beach. cBoemforted

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from 1994 until his death, a role that allowed him honor a loved one.
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In 1982 he received the Crusade Citation from the
American Cancer Society for his leadership. In
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and informational center at Princeton Hospital,
and was recognized for his contributions to the
field of diabetes education. He received a citation
from Trenton’s City Council for his dedication to
the Trenton Little League, which he supported for
over 50 years. He also sponsored foster children
in Latin America for over 20 years.

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Aged recognized the Siegels for their leadership
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arrangements by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Predeceased by her husband, she is sur- Beth Chaim, Princeton Junction, with arrange-
Chapel, Ewing. Memorial contributions may be vived by three daughters, Sheila Davidoff of ments by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel,
made to Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer East Brunswick, Roberta (Jeremy) Spector of Ewing.
Bucks. Princeton, and Eileen (Norman) Shoenfeld of
Cypress, Texas; a sister, Millicent Fineburg of Irvin Glassman
Myra Schached Boynton Beach, Fla.; five grandchildren; and
seven great-grandchildren. Irvin Glassman, 96, of Princeton died Dec. 14,
Dr. Myra Schached, 70, of Lawrenceville died 2019. He was a native of Baltimore.
Dec. 27, 2019. Services were held Dec. 27 at Adath Israel
Congregation with arrangements by Orland’s Prof. Glassman was the Robert H. Goddard
She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing. Memorial Professor (Emeritus) of Mechanical and
Martin. contributions may be made to Adath Israel or Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University.
Hadassah. He retired from Princeton in 1999 after 49 years
Private services were held with arrangements on the faculty.
by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing. Daniel Roth
He was considered one of the world’s lead-
Ruth Engelman Daniel I. Roth, 74, of Princeton died Dec. 27, ing authorities on combustion as applied to
2019. problems in energy production, pollution, pro-
Ruth L. Engelman, 95, of Paoli, Pa., died Dec. pulsion, and fire safety. In 1972, he found-
18, 2019. Mr. Roth is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, ed Princeton University’s Center for Energy
and a daughter, Allison. and Environmental Studies. He was editor and
Predeceased by a son, David (Tricia) Green, founder of the journal Combustion Science and
she is survived by her children, Stephanie Services were held Dec. 30 with arrangements Technology and published more than 250 arti-
Matkov, Cynthia Laskin, Keith Laskin, Lee by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing. cles as well as two major books, including
(Joanne) Engelman, Suzy (Larry) Block, Judy “Combustion,” considered the leading book in
(Bert) Quinn, and Mimi (Art) Ungar. Ann Cohn his field. He was elected to the National Academy
of Engineering in 1996, received an honorary
Services were held Dec. 19 with arrangements Ann S. Cohn, 80, of Monroe Township died Dec. doctorate of science from Princeton in 2009, and
by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing. 5, 2019. Born in Chicago, she was a former resi- was awarded the Daniel Guggenheim Medal in
dent of Lawrenceville. 2018, which honors innovators who make notable
Frances Friedman achievements to aeronautics.
Predeceased by her husband, James, she is
Frances Friedman (Weinstein), 92, of Ewing survived by her daughter, Rachel (Jeff) Vaupen; He received his bachelor of engineering in
died Dec. 23, 2019. She was born and raised in her son, David; a brother, John Shapira; a sister, 1943 and his doctorate of engineering in 1950
Trenton, with the exception of spending one year Janet Barkun; and two grandchildren. from Johns Hopkins University, from which he
in Brooklyn during the Great Depression. received a scholarship.
Services were held Dec. 8 with arrangements
Having skipped third grade, Mrs. Friedman by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing. He served during World War II in the U.S.
graduated from Trenton High School and then Army as a research scientist and was honorably
worked for Prudential Insurance. After spending Abraham Krosnick discharged in 1945.
many years as a stay-at-home mother, she began
working for the State of New Jersey. Abraham Krosnick, 96, of Washington, D.C., He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Beverly
died Dec. 8, 2019. He resided in the Trenton area Wolfe Glassman; three daughters, Shari (Warren)
A longtime member of Adath Israel for over 78 years before moving to the Baltimore/ Powell, Diane (Edwin) Gienger, and Barbara
Congregation in Lawrenceville and Hadassah, D.C. area 18 years ago. Glassman (Arthur Rubin); and six grandchildren.
she enjoyed crossword puzzles and Mahjong.
Mr. Krosnick worked for the U.S. Postal Services were held Dec. 15 with arrangements
Predeceased by her husband, Samuel, whom Service for over 35 years before retiring in 1979. by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, Ewing.
she married in 1952, and a son, Jeffrey (Charyl), Memorial contributions may be made to the
she is survived by two sons, Howard (Robin) and He graduated from Trenton High School. Irvin Glassman Fund at the Trustees of Princeton
Mitch (Sherry); and seven grandchildren. He served during World War II. University (Princeton University, Alumni and
Predeceased by his wife, Selma, in 1982, he is Donor Records, P.O. Box 5357, Princeton, N.J.
Services were held Dec. 26 with arrange- survived by his son, Jay (Freda) of Silver Spring, 08543-5357).
ments by Riverside Memorial Chapels, Ewing. Md.; and two grandsons.
Memorial contributions may be made to Adath Services were held Dec. 10 with arrangements Obituaries must be received no later
Israel or Greater Princeton Hadassah. by Riverside Memorial Chapels, Ewing. Memorial than four months after the funeral.
contributions may be made to Congregation
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earned a graduate degree from Lehman College. address above.
She was the president of her high school
sorority “Pi Eta” and belonged to “Iota Alpha Predeceased by her husband, Howard, she
Pi” sorority during her college years. She was is survived by her daughter, Heidi Shore (Cliff
a graduate of Rider College, where she earned Torban); her son, Jeffrey Frankel; a sister, Lenore
three degrees. Gerson; four grandchildren; and four great-
grandchildren.
She was a longtime member of Ahavath Israel
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Jewish values Wainer Apter, a former law clerk for Su- The Women’s League program will be fol- NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 2020
preme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, will lowed by a Skype session with author Lynda
“Judaism’s Gifts to the World: How lead a presentation on the rise of anti-Semitism Shuster. The book is available for $16 in the
Major Jewish Ideas Evolved into Uni- and the work her office does to fight hatred and synagogue office.
versal Values,” a Rohr Jewish Learning defend civil rights in the state.
Institute course, will be instructed by Call 609-896-4977 or go to adathisraelnj.
Rabbi Yaakov Chaiton of Chabad of Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to org.
Princeton at two area locations: 609-896-4977.
Women’s League Shabbat
At Princeton Chabad Center, 645 Rachel Wainer Apter
State Rd., the course will be offered on The Women’s League at Adath Israel Congre-
Tuesdays, Feb. 4-March 10, 7:30-9 a.m. Organ donation gation, Lawrenceville, will lead Friday evening
services along with clergy members on Jan. 31
A second class will be held in Rob- A Nosh & Knowledge program, “Organ Do- at 7:30 p.m.
binsville on Wednesdays, Feb. 5-March nation,” will be held on Thursday, Jan. 23, at
11, 7:30-9 p.m. 12:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Chaim, West An oneg will follow the service. To par-
Windsor. ticipate, contact Peggy Shapiro at kendimo@
The cost is $80 (textbook included), comcast.net or Jan Berger at janberger17@
$130 for couples or those who bring a Rabbi Brian Beal will explore texts relat- gmail.com. Call 609-896-4977 or go to ada-
friend, free to try out the first class. ing to the Jewish views of organ donation in thisraelnj.org.
a program cosponsored by Jewish Family and
Contact [email protected] Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County Ripped from the Headlines
or 609-480-6604. and Greenwood House. A kosher lunch will be
provided (with a requested $5 donation), or Rabbi Benjamin Adler of Adath Israel Congre-
Kosher Café participants may bring their own kosher-style gation, Lawrenceville, will present “Ripped
lunch. from the Headlines,” a discussion of Jewish
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of views on current events, on Thursday, Feb. 6,
Greater Mercer County offers a Kosher Café RSVP by Jan. 17 to Beth Englezos at 10:30-11:30 a.m. at McCaffrey’s Supermarket,
lunch program Tuesdays-Fridays at 11:30 a.m. [email protected]. Yardley, Pa.
at Adath Israel Congregation, Lawrenceville.
RSVP to Debi Henritzy at debih@jfcsonline. Advanced Torah reading Participants may purchase coffee or tea at
org or 609-987-8100, ext. 236. the supermarket before attending the class in
An advanced Torah reading class will be taught the upstairs meeting room. Call 609-896-4977
Sephardic history by Rabbi Benjamin Adler on Thursday, Jan. or go to adathisraelnj.org.
23, 7:30-9 p.m. at Adath Israel Congregation,
“From Golden Age To Expulsion: The Trans- Lawrenceville. Jewish Paris
formations of Sephardic Culture” will continue
on Wednesdays, Jan. 15 and 22, at 8 p.m. at The course is designed for those who are Gary Kraut will present an illustrated lecture,
The Jewish Center, Princeton. proficient in the Torah trope system but would “A Jewish Tour of Paris: Exploring Historical
like to move toward mastery. and Contemporary Jewish Paris,” at Adath Is-
The course is taught by Prof. Benjamin rael Congregation, Lawrenceville, on Sunday,
Gampel of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Call 609-896-4977 or go to adathisraelnj. Feb. 2, at 10 a.m.
who will present “The Muslims Fall and the org.
Christians are Triumphant: And What About Kraut, a Paris-based travel writer, is
the Jews?” on Jan. 15 and “Riots, Inquisition Book Club discussion the editor of the web magazine France
and Expulsion: The Birth of the Sephardic Di- Revisited.
aspora” on Jan. 22. A discussion of “Dirty Wars
and Polished Silver: The Life Tickets are $15. RSVP to 609-896-4977 or
Contact [email protected] or 609- and Times of a War Corre- go to adathisraelnj.org.
921-0100, ext. 200. spondent Turned Ambassa-
trix” will be held on Sunday, Funday Sunday
Health-care decisions Jan. 26, at 9:30 a.m. at Adath
Israel Congregation, Law- A Tot Funday Sunday program, for parents and
“Self-Determination in Our Golden Years” will renceville. children ages 2 1/2-4, will celebrate Tu b’Shvat
be presented by Beth Hammer, a geriatric care on Feb. 9, 9:15-10:15 a.m. at Adath Israel Con-
manager at Jewish Family & Children’s Service gregation, Lawrenceville. Call 609-896-4977
of Greater Mercer County, on Thursday, Jan. 16, or go to adathisraelnj.org.
at 1 p.m. at Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor.
Jews Clues
RSVP to Beth Englezos at bethe@jfcson-
line.org or call the synagogue at 609-443-4454. Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor Seniors and
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater
Hate in New Jersey Mercer County will present “Jews Clues” on
Thursday, Feb. 20, at 1 p.m. at Beth El.
“The State of Hate in New Jersey” will
be presented by Rachel Wainer Ap- Author Steven Cohen will explore how
ter, director of the New Jersey Divi- overlooked household items, Jewish holiday
sion on Civil Rights, on Thursday, Jan. 16, traditions, and even food customs can provide
at 7 p.m. at Adath Israel Congregation, a glimpse into one’s family history.
Lawrenceville.
RSVP by Feb. 17 to 609-443-4454 or go to
bethel.net.

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OPINION will have to grow dramatically and quickly. NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 2020
Most importantly, many of our largest local Fed-
In This Time of Crisis, the Jewish Community
Must Do More — and We Will erations have created their own Community Initia-
tives that both draw on the resources and expertise
of their local communities and partner with our na-

By Eric D. Fingerhut and Mark Wilf

On Sunday, Jan. 5, a huge crowd re-
sponded to the call from UJA-Feder-
ation of New York to march against
anti-Semitism. The sense of threat
is so pervasive at this moment that Jewish Fed-

erations and other organizations bused thousands

from other states and locales to march in solidar-

ity with the Jews of New York, who have expe-

rienced an unprecedented wave of violent anti-

Semitic attacks, most recently in Monsey on the

seventh night of Chanukah.

People may be asking what the leadership of

the Jewish community in America is doing. The

answer is that we are dramatically accelerating People march across the Brooklyn bridge
in a show against anti-Semitism. MATT SILVER
work on safety and security that has been under-

way since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United

States.

Following 9/11, The Jewish tions across the country, from ur- tional system to make sure we are all working to-
gether and developing the highest standards for se-
Federations of North America ban areas to rural ones, can apply curity. They have hired local Community Security
Directors, helped with funding to harden commu-
(JFNA), the umbrella for 146 for funding. That means houses of nity facilities, organized training, and maintained
constant vigilance in their service areas. SCN is
local Federations and 300 other worship in places like Rockland, making sure that every community has a local sys-
tem that meets the highest standards of security
networked communities, acted on New York, and White Settlement, and coordinates with our national efforts.

several fronts. Eric Fingerhut Mark Wilf Texas, both of which were at- The attacks on the Tree of Life Synagogue
First, recognizing the govern- tacked this week within 24 hours building in Pittsburgh will likely be looked back
on as our community’s own 9/11. Though the
ment’s responsibility to protect its citizens in their of one another, can now seek funding. training provided by the Pittsburgh Federation’s
Community Security Initiative and SCN saved
houses of worship and community centers, we urged In our system of government, state and local lives on that horrible day, the urgency of building
out security systems across communities, large
Congress to establish the Nonprofit Security Grant agencies have significant responsibility for law and small, is now clear to all.

Program (NSGP) to bolster nonprofit institutions at enforcement. The state advocacy teams of our The Chanukah attacks in New York, so soon af-
ter the Jersey City attack, will be viewed as a mo-
risk of attack. local Federations, in coalition with many others, ment when the process of securing our community
accelerated dramatically and began to reach critical
Since then, JFNA has worked with Congress and have so far worked successfully with eight states mass. No further evidence is needed — just pur-
poseful, effective and clear action to complete the
a broad coalition of partners to increase the NSGP to to provide security funding for faith-based institu- security umbrella for the Jewish community.

$90 million for the coming year. This amount — a tions. We believe every state should do the same. We will do it.

50% increase from the prior year — was signed by However, as much as we can push on govern- Eric D. Fingerhut is president and CEO of The
Jewish Federations of North America. Mark Wilf
President Trump days before the New Year and just ment to meet its responsibilities, we will not leave is chair of the board of trustees of The Jewish
Federations of North America.
one week before the attack on Rabbi Rotenberg’s the security of the Jewish community to govern-
This article first appeared in the Philadelphia
house in Monsey. Already, we are working with ment alone. We know we must organize ourselves Jewish Exponent

bipartisan leadership in Congress to support Sen. effectively to ensure the safety of our community.

Chuck Schumer’s call for an emergency increase in Following 9/11, JFNA worked with law enforce-

these funds to $360 million. All told, these advocacy ment partners and the Conference of Presidents of

efforts have secured $419 million in U.S. govern- Major American Jewish Organizations to create

ment funding that has been invested in increasing the Secure Community Network (SCN), a safety

the security of our synagogues and communal insti- and homeland security organization established to

tutions. We anticipate that much more will become protect the Jewish people. SCN coordinates with

available as a result of our efforts. federal law enforcement, provides critical train-

We are also working to ensure that the institu- ing and support to local communities, and works

tions that need the funding the most can receive with national organizations like Hillels, Chabad

it. Until recently, only facilities in designated “ur- on Campus, AEPi and the Foundation for Jewish

ban areas” could apply for federal NSGP funds. Camps. In addition, SCN has the skills and re-

Today, thanks to intense advocacy and the lead- sources to help institutions access and effectively

ership of U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), institu- use government security grants, a capacity that

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| SHABBAT CANDLELIGHTING | Jan. 17: 4:38 p.m.

The rebellion of the midwives

Shemot looked this way and that, and seeing that no one was refused to carry out. As with the midwives, Pharaoh
nearby, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in will ultimately be unable to destroy those whom God
Exodus 1:1-6:1 the sand. When he went out the next day, he found two has protected.
Hebrews fighting, so he said to the offender, ‘Why do
Rabbi Richard Hirsh you strike your neighbor?’ He replied, ‘Who made Thus it is not surprising that this week’s Torah por-
you chief and ruler over us? Do you mean to kill me tion, in so many ways an overture to the events to
W hen does liberation begin? as you killed the Egyptian?’ Moses was frightened, come, concludes with the words “And the Lord said to
“The king of Egypt spoke to the thinking: ‘Then the matter is known.’When Pharaoh Moses, ‘Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh;
Hebrew midwives, one of whom was learned of the matter, he sought to kill Moses, but he shall let them go because of a greater power...’”
named Shifra and the other Puah, say- Moses fled from Pharaoh.” (2:11-15) (6:1) In the simple but often unobserved escape of the
ing, ‘When you deliver the Hebrew women, look at midwives from the wrath of Pharaoh, we discover the
the birthstool: if it is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her Unlike the midwives whose reverence for God key to the story of the Exodus: the liberation of the
live.’ The midwives, revering God, did not do as the compelled them to defy with impunity the decree Israelites, once set in motion, will perhaps be delayed,
king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.” of Pharaoh, Moses is pictured as a furtive, nervous, but it will not be deferred. Pharaoh’s inability, or un-
(Exodus 1:15-17) Pharaoh resorts to a new strategy: and frightened agent of rebellion. Even the language willingness, to take action against Shifra and Puah
charging the entire Egyptian population with the obli- — “[He] hid him in the sand” — suggests a desire to signals that he will ultimately be unable to resist the
gation to drown at birth all male Israelite infants. avoid discovery. Divine defiance of his presumptuous power.

The actions of Shifra and Puah are remarkable for In the act of the midwives, rather than the act of Writing in his commentary on Exodus, Nahum
their audacity. Their significance is enhanced when Moses, we see the paradigm by which the freedom of Sarna states: “[The midwives’] defiance of tyranny
viewed in contrast to Moses’ slaying of the Egyptian the Israelites will ultimately be won: not through sur- constitutes history’s first recorded act of civil disobedi-
taskmaster, which follows almost immediately upon reptitious slayings, but through actions which defy the ence in defense of a moral imperative.”
the actions of Shifra and Puah. When we compare the very authority of Pharaoh. Pharaoh will be humbled
open rebellion of the midwives with Moses’behavior, before, then crushed by, the overwhelming power of Liberation has begun!
we see some significant differences. God; the Egyptians will reap the retribution for their
participation in accomplishing what the midwives Rabbi Richard Hirsh engages in independent rab-
“[Moses saw] an Egyptian beating a Hebrew ... he
binic projects in Wynnewood, Pa.

Our Towns do “something Jewish and something in education.” Panel, exhibit on Jewish
So he looked for a university with a Jewish studies
Nover program that “focused on studying texts rather than lawyers in Nazi Germany
sociology or anthropology.” Rutgers University had
Continued from page 4 that — and good programs in science, which he had “LAWYERSWITHOUTRIGHTS: Jewish Law-
loved as a kid. yers in Germany under the Third Reich,” devel-
educator for our kids.” Although Nover had just been oped by the Berlin BarAssociation and brought to
ordained, he already had extensive experience as a In fact, Nover did a double major at Rutgers: Jew- the United States by theAmerican BarAssociation,
director of congregational learning and of a youth ish studies and physics. “The way I understand the details the challenges of Jewish lawyers in Ger-
education program, a religious school principal, and a world is, science is how the world works and religion many during the 1930s and 40s.
Hebrew high school interim director. is why, and it gives you a whole different level of ap-
preciation for everything when you can see both of The exhibit will be on display at The Jewish
Moreover, Kornsgold told NJJN, Nover is “very those at the same time,” he said. Center (TJC) in Princeton through Jan. 30; the
personable, great with the kids, very enthusiastic, and synagogue is closed Mondays.
his enthusiasm comes through in every thing he does.” Clearly drawn to teaching, he enrolled in the Wil-
liam Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Educa- On Sunday, Jan. 26, from 4-6 p.m., a panel,
For example, Nover set up a system whereby stu- tion at JTS, where he earned a master’s degree in moderated by constitutional lawyer andTJC mem-
dents in the religious school earn points for asking education, with specialties in Hebrew language and ber Bruce Afran, will explore implications of the
challenging questions, attending services beyond day school education. He also earned a master’s exhibit’s time period when “lawyers and judges
those required, and sending him pictures of Chanukah certificate through the iCenter for Israel Education. still had power to resist Hitler,” Afran wrote in an
menorah lightings. The points are being accumulated He graduated in 2014, then took a year to see the email to NJJN.
toward an end-of-year prize. “The idea behind it is to world and earn some money before entering JTS’s
build excitement,” Kornsgold said. Rabbinical School. In the early 1930s lawyers of Jewish descent,
with a few exceptions, had to reapply for admission
He added that Nover “is always coming up with During his rabbinical training, Nover said, he ap- to the legal profession. By September 1938 all Jew-
new ideas, trying new things educationally, and trying preciated learning both academics and the more prac- ish lawyers were banned.
to make sure everyone is as comfortable as possible tical skills that religious leaders need in the field. In
at synagogue.” As prayer leader, for example, he said addition to clinical pastoral education, students take a “The removal of Jewish lawyers and judges
Nover is planning an “alternate tunes Shabbat,” for first-year seminar on theology, where they explore a was a part of the Nazi move to break the will of
Friday evening, Jan. 17 (with the understanding that range of Jewish thinking about God. German Jews and eliminate sources of opposition
if congregants don’t like the departure from their tra- before the regime had gained absolute power,”
ditional melodies, he won’t repeat it). Nover also cited a class with Prof. Benjamin Som- Afran wrote.
mer in which students examine the Bible from an
Even though many people who knew him expected academic perspective, but also discuss the imperative The other panelists include Carol Strauss, for-
Nover to become a rabbi, he said he didn’t make the of discovering “how to live in the world, what is the mer director of The Leo Baeck Institute, Douglas
decision until he was exposed to several alternatives right thing to do.” Morris, legal historian, and TJC congregant Keith
post-high school, including an internship in biomedi- D. Nunes, former director of the Program on Ho-
cal research, a year at the Conservative Yeshiva in “We can learn all these interesting things about the locaust and Law at Touro Law School.
Israel as part of the Nativ program, and a stint teaching Bible and biblical Hebrew,” Nover said, “but as rabbis
gifted but underprivileged students through the inter- we need to be able to take that a step further and share For information contact The Jewish Center at
national Breakthrough Collaborative. that in a way that matters to modern Judaism.” ■ 609-921-0100.

Those experiences left him realizing he wanted to

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A Talmud page of one’s own NJ Jewish News ■ Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Edition ■ January 14, 2020

Ilana Kurshan one who wrote creatively about Talmud, or who was founded by Rabbi Meir Shapiro in Lublin,
regarded their daily study as a dialogue with their Poland. That was nearly a century ago, and yet this
Special to NJJN personal lives. I would listen to podcasts about time, with the completion of the 13th cycle this
the Talmud while jogging through the streets of January, it feels very different. Students of daf yomi
On New Year’s Jerusalem, or while waiting in line to pick up a can find websites devoted to haikus and limericks
Day, Jews all prescription at the pharmacy. Although there were about the daf, as well as a blog with daily draw-
over the world hundreds of thousands of fellow daf yomi learn- ings offering visual interpretations of each page.
completed the ers out there, the vast majority of them seemed to Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s monumental commentary
daf yomi cycle, a program inhabit a world very different from my own. on the Talmud in modern Hebrew has now been
to study the entire Talmud translated into English in an elegant and accessible
in seven-and-a-half years One day recently my kids asked me to explain edition that includes both the traditional format of
at the rate of one page a day. I have been studying to them what a page of Talmud looks like, and what the printed Talmud dating back to 19th-century
Talmud for over a decade, and now, at the conclusion it says. I pulled a volume of Talmud off the book- Vilna, and a clean, modern page design. Now there
of one cycle and the start of the next, I’m often asked shelf and placed it on the shtender on our kitchen are women who teach daf yomi to other women in
if I plan to continue. I respond by repeating what a table — the term is Yiddish for stand, and refers to classes in the U.S. and Israel, and there is at least
friend once told me: Daf yomi is like that boyfriend a wooden book stand used to support open volumes one podcast that consists of a woman’s recording of
you’ve been dating forever whom you just can’t break of Talmud and other heavy religious tomes. Our her daily class. A gala celebration of the completion
up with because you’ve been together so long, even shtender is decorated with a calligraphed quote of the cycle was held Sunday at a major conference
though you know it’s time to move on. from the Mishna, the earliest part of the Talmud: center in Jerusalem, attracting 3,000 women from
“Do not say: When I have time, I will study; lest across the country and around the world.
I carry a volume of Talmud with me everywhere, you never have time.” With five young children
and most of my adult life has unfolded against underfoot, there is never an ideal moment to study Talmud study no longer feels like the exclusive
the backdrop of what I am reading and learning. Talmud — and so I try to view every moment as province of any single sector of Jewish society;
Although I’ve completed the entire Talmud nearly a learning opportunity. “We just read about Og, a anyone can tune in to a podcast or set down a
twice at this point, it is hard to imagine stopping. giant who survived the flood in Noah’s time and shtender on their kitchen table. The more people
Who would I be if not for the texts that give my went on to relay to Abraham the news that his neph- who study Jewish texts, the more insights into
life texture? ew Lot had been captured,” I told my daughters, those texts we gain. The start of the new cycle is an
choosing a story that appears in a part of the Talmud opportunity for even more individuals to join what
At end of the previous cycle, in the summer otherwise focused on bodily fluids and childbirth. is effectively the world’s largest book club. It is a
of 2012, I did not participate in any celebratory My youngest child, who was born on the first day reminder that for all of us, there is so much we have
events, because most if not all of them were not we began learning this tractate, lay calm and alert in yet to learn. Do not say when you have time you
welcoming to women who learned Talmud. At his stroller next to us. How marvelous to think that will study. The time to begin is now. ■
the time I could count on one hand all the women the community of daf yomi learners has expanded
in my social circle who studied daf yomi. When to include a newborn as well. Ilana Kurshan is the author of the 2018 Sami Rohr
I wanted to listen to a recording of a class about
the daily page of Talmud, I could find only classes Jews have been studying daf yomi since 1923, Prize-winning memoir about daily Talmud study, “If
taught by men, generally men who spoke in when the program to learn a page of Talmud a day
Yiddish-inflected Hebrew. I did not know of any- All the Seas Were Ink.”

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