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Noshes
I can give you a little bit of Luck Be A
Lady in Hebrew
Ben Platt, best actor Tony nominee for Dear Evan Hansen, on Late
Night with Seth Myers, about how he played Guys and Dolls Sky Masterson
at Camp Ramah; he explained that theres no word for lady in Hebrew
BANDAGES, PLEASE: before launching into the songs opening lines.
A woman Mummy
stalks the screen
on Cruise control
The Mummy is question: Is Rachel a up thereafter. (2) The
the newest entry murderer who is plan- comedians hang out at
in the procession ning to murder Philip, Canters (Jewish) Deli, an
of Mummy too? LA showbiz institution
movies that have come By the way, there was for decades.
out since the 1930s. This a 1952 film of the same The Queen of
time, though, the name starring Olivia Soul, Aretha
mummy is a woman. She DeHavilland, now 100, Franklin, 75, says
was unjustly mummified as Rachel. Its amazing she winding
in ancient Egypt and that 65 years later shes down her touring
awakens in our time in a alive to see a remake of schedule after 54 years of
very bad mood and her film. live performances. But
proceeds to wreak havoc On May 30, she hasnt stopped
on mere mortals. Nick Netflix began recording and plans on
Alex Kurtzman Jenny Lumet Sarah Silverman
Morton (Tom Cruise) streaming a new releasing a new album
attempts to stop her. The stand-up special this January that will
film was directed by starring SARAH feature guests artists
ALEX KURTZMAN, 43. SILVERMAN, 46. She including virtuoso violinist
Hes written or co-writ- takes up many topics, ITZHAK PERLMAN, 71.
ten several hits, including from the silly (the odd Lebanon banned
Star Trek (2009). He habits of squirrels) to the theater showings
co-wrote the story for very intense (abortion). of Wonder
The Mummy that On June 5, HBO Woman on May
others turned into a premiered a 31, citing title star GAL
screenplay. His story documentary, If GADOTs service in the
co-writer was JENNY Youre Not In the Israeli military and
LUMET, 50, the daughter Obit, Eat Breakfast. support for the Israeli
of the late, great director CARL REINER, 96, is the invasion of Gaza in 2014.
SIDNEY LUMET. main interviewer, check- Carl Reiner Itzhak Perlman Gal Gadot (Gadot, 32, said then: I
RACHEL WEISZ, ing in with other very am sending my love and
47, plays the title elderly celebs and asking prayers to my fellow
role in My them how they managed wood comedy club, payoff is experience and (ARI GRAYNOR, 34), a Israeli citizens. Especially
Cousin Rachel. to live so long. Interview- Goldies, which is Goldies sway with talent funny Jewish woman to all the boys and girls
Its based on a novel of ees include NORMAN modeled a great deal bookers, who can turn from a small Texas town. who are risking their lives
the same name by LEAR, 94, KIRK after The Comedy an unknown into a star (Felder is largely mod- protecting my country
Daphne du Maurier DOUGLAS, 100, Betty Store, which was overnight with the right eled after comedian against the horrific acts
(Rebecca). Philip, a White, 95, and, of course, founded by MITZI TV booking (especially ELAYNE BOOSLER, now conducted by Hamas,
young man, comes to Reiners best friend, MEL SHORE, now 86 (the The Tonight Show star- 64.) I think Graynor is who are hiding like
suspect foul play when BROOKS, 90. Reiner also mother of comedian ring Johnny Carson). a great talent who may cowards behind women
his rich former guardian, talks to two remarkably PAULY SHORE, 49). Goldie, we learn early have finally found the and children.)
a cousin of his, marries fit regular folks. Like Shore, Goldie on, is Jewish. (She men- right vehicle to turn her Many Lebanese pro-
Rachel, a mutual cousin, An original (Melissa Leo) rules her tions that a relative is into a star. By the way, tested, pointing out that
and dies shortly thereaf- Showtime series, club with an iron hand. a Holocaust survivor the comedians hang out previous Gadot films,
ter. However, Philip Im Dying Up She doesnt pay com- and translates a Yid- at Canters (Jewish) Deli, including several of the
suppresses his suspicions Here, premiered ics anything, but she dish record for a young an LA showbiz institution Fast and Furious flicks,
when, shortly after his on June 4. The first has a great eye for tal- comedian.) Two Jewish for decades. played Lebanese the-
guardians death, he episode is available free ent and brings comics comedians are promi- Two footnotes: (1) The aters. As I write this, the
meets Rachel for the first on the Showtime along from playing nent characters: Eddie, first episode is rather film is still scheduled to
time and quickly falls in website. Its set in the her cellar, to, when she a ballsy comic from heavy. Critics whove open in Egypt, Algeria,
love with her. The plot 1970s and the action thinks theyre ready, the Boston (Michael Anga- seen most of the first and Tunisia.
then turns to one key centers around a Holly- clubs main stage. The rano) and Cassie Felder season say it lightens N.B.
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Yiddish Soul
Zalmen Mloteks third annual Jewish roots
concert to play in Central Park this week
Joanne Palmer Next week, the sounds coming from the huge
Y
green-and-brown expanse of woods, streams, Zalmen Mlotek
ou could make the argument that just as Jeru- hills, gardens, rambles, fields, paths, boulders,
salem is at the center of the world certainly overlooks, and vistas, carefully landscaped to look mostly Its produced by the Folksbiene, which is headed by
our liturgy does you also could say that Cen- accidental, the place that functions not only as the citys musician, Yiddishist, musicologist, and impresario Zal-
tral Park is at the center, the emotional core, of heart but also as its lungs, will be Jewish. men Mlotek of Teaneck. The Klezmatics headed by the
New York City. Central Park will host the third annual presentation of newly honored (and soon to be formerly honored) Sir
To play a concert there, outside, at Summerstage, is Yiddish Soul, a concert featuring the Klezmatics, Zusha, Frank London more about that later will be the house
a major big deal, a huge accomplishment, an enormous the Maccabeats, and two well-known Orthodox cantors, band, backing the others as well as performing alone.
acknowledgment, an unmistakable honor. Junes perform- Yanky Lemmer of Lincoln Square Synagogue and Chaim The concert is kind of a phenomenon, Mr. Mlotek
ers include George Clinton, the Metropolitan Opera, and David Berson of the Jewish Center, both on Manhattans said. For the last two years, we have brought out several
Elvis Costello. Upper West Side. thousand people to hear Jewish, cantorial, and chasidic
music. This year, there will be a little less salsa or the philharmonic. And so to play it
cantorial music and a bit more emphasis proudly and loudly in New York is so much
on younger performers and the younger fun! There is something thrilling about see-
audiences they attract. The two cantors, ing thousands of people there, dancing
both of whom draw raves from Mr. Mlotek, and having a great time.
are young themselves, he said, and they One more thing, Mr. London. Whats
represent two major Orthodox communi- this about being Sir Frank?
ties in Manhattan. And both Zusha and Its bittersweet, he said. Last year, the
the Maccabeats are young musicians who Hungarian government made him a Knight
draw young crowds. of Cross, so he belongs to the lowest rung
We wanted a New York base and a of the countrys Order of Merit.
younger presence, Mr. Mlotek said. It was a great honor, and it is so much
The ideas behind the concert have fun to be Sir Frank, he said. Its weird.
evolved since it first was conceived, he I was knighted for my work in providing
said. Originally, I wanted to appeal to both Jewish and multicultural work in Hun-
a community of Yiddish speakers that gary. He has no Hungarian ancestry, but
doesnt come to Yiddish theater or con- he has worked in Hungary for many years.
certs. To that end, he made sure that Thats the sweetness, but the bitter
all the performers were men, and even part is there as well. I soon will be ex-Sir
today, when you look at a list of the acts, Frank, he said. Since he was honored,
you see no womens names. But its The Klezmatics; Frank London, second from left, holds his trumpet. the government took a step even further
slowly changing. to the right, and gave the same knighthood
Zusha which includes Mr. Mloteks son Elisha and years Apikorsim on its cover art, the name appears to some really repugnant, anti-Semitic, anti-Roma racists.
Zachariah Goldschmiedt, both from Teaneck, as well as spelled out in English and in Yiddish, and translated. It So he is planning on returning the honor.
Shlomo Gaisin, who is not plays music that its members means Heretics. Then Ill be able to say yeah, I was knighted, but I gave
prefer not to label but is among other things neo-chasidic, The Klezmatics are not heretics, but they tease with it. it back, he said.
soul, and folk, as passionately felt by deeply-Jewish-and- I think the Klezmatics have always walked this very fine
open-to-the-world downtown millennials. Among many line which the Folksbiene also walks, although they do
other things. it differently and its really a three-pointed line, Mr.
The Maccabeats is the decade-old a cappella group from London said. It really navigates three things being reli-
Yeshiva University that has a distinct style each wears a giously Jewish, being culturally Yiddish, and being cultur-
skinny black tie, white shirt, and dress pants a deeply ally Jewish. Since the culture itself is based on the religion
Jewish, clever, and engaging sound, an educational bent, but has its own separate reality, there are three poles. And
and an Orthodox worldview and a devoted following. the question of being spiritual and Jewish without neces-
Daniel Kahn of Painted Bird, a Berlin-based band, sarily being halachically religious what you see in our
entered our heads and stayed there when he reacted to concerts is sort of a reaction to all of them.
Leonard Cohens death by posting a video of himself sing- We, the Klezmaztics, dont follow Orthodox hala-
ing Hallelujah in Yiddish, staring at us through the glass cha, but we are totally engaged with Jewish spirituality.
of the screen, just him and his shining guitar, in a white We perform music about faith, about the coming of the
shirt and a black vest and a dark background, with sub- moshiach, and songs based on religious texts, alongside
titled translations of his not-literal translation. Its haunt- songs in Yiddish about social justice. Songs of doubt along-
ing and sad and lovely. He too will play at Yiddish Soul. side songs of faith.
Its also an opportunity for us to make a statement Hes looking forward to playing with the other perform-
about the quality of Jewish music, Mr. Mlotek said. Its ers; both he individually and the Klezmatics as a group
gotten a bad rap over many years, as schlock music, as have stayed vital as musicians by doing collaborations,
wedding music. As not being inventive. We are present- he said. By allowing ourselves to be put in different situ-
ing artists who are looking at their material with respect, ations and contexts. Hes been working with Cantor Lem-
using all their artistic background to create new sounds. mer for about five years, he added; together, working with
Its exciting for us to be able to present their new kind of Michael Winograd, theyve formed a group called Ahava
expression in Jewish music. Raba. The name means much love, great, abundant, heap-
Its our opportunity as Jews to manifest our culture ing love, and its the beginning of a prayer thanking God
proudly and to enjoy it, he continued. For all of our for so very much love. Its also the name of a musical
issues with America, for all the problems and the injus- mode, Mr. London added.
tices that still exist today, never have the Jews experienced Its great when the Klezmatics get to be with someone
such a community, and such freedom of expression. like Cantor Lemmer or Cantor Burson, because of their
Never before in Jewish history have these outward affinity to the old style of chazzanut. The musical roots of
manifestations of Jewish culture existed. klezmer and old Yiddish music and the traditional Ashke-
Once upon a time, the role of the Yiddish theater was nazic nusach are the same musical roots. The audience enjoys the music at last years Yiddish
to help the masses understand American culture. Today, Often, when you hear contemporary chazzanut, the Soul concert in Central Park.
we see our job as promoting Jewish culture, and making accompanying band is not necessarily steeped in the Yid-
sure that Yiddish and Jewish culture are heard on the best dish tradition. But the Klezmatics are; and we make the Who: Zalmen Mlotek of the Folksbiene: National
possible stages and venues, so that people are aware of its music that we play with them sound every bit as Yiddish Yiddish Theater
riches. So that they can be inspired by it. and as Jewish as they make the vocal part sound. That What: Presents Yiddish Soul, the third annual Jewish
Frank London plays trumpet for the Klezmatics, and he allows us to go in a certain direction. Roots-Rock concert
is one of the bands most well-known members. He played On the other extreme, working with Zusha is finding a When: On Wednesday, June 14, at 7 p.m.
at the first two Yiddish Soul concerts, but this is the first new way of playing Jewish music.
Where: At Summerstage at Central Park; enter the
time that the band will be there too. And then theres playing in Central Park. Its fun, Mr.
park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
The Klezmatics are 30 years old now. The group has London said. Its joyous. And to play klezmer in the
How much: Its free
been central to the revival of klezmer music, and theyve park? This kind of klezmer can be defined in many ways,
always maintained the tension between then and now, the he said. This may be a little self-serving, but I think that it For more information: Go to www.nytf.org or call (212)
world they not as much inherited as unearthed and the is real New York music. It is one of the sounds one of the 213-2120, ext. 204.
new one that spreads before them. Its latest album is last many sounds of New York. Its right up with listening to
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Clearly, she had a promising career at
azi. Holocaust. Loot. Repara- Newsday, but she still felt something was
tions. Restitution. missing. She would find it, she believed, by
These are not words heard in making aliyah. That is how she got to the
most Jewish homes on a daily Jerusalem Post.
basis, but for most of our 23 years of mar- We met in Jerusalem in September 1988
riage, they were heard every day in our and were married in December. We were
home, because they were locked into the going to live in Israel, but Marilyn decided
very fiber of my wifes being. that we had to move back to New Jersey
And it wasnt just words. It also was temporarily, for personal family reasons.
books. Books, most Shoah-related, filled We put our possessions in a warehouse,
the shelves in two rooms of our house. and came here. First we moved to Hacken-
These words and books all played a role in sack; a few years later, we made our home
defining my wifes life. in Teaneck, where I still live.
I recently gave those books to The transition to New Jersey at first
the Teaneck Public Library in my proved too much for Marilyn, and she
wifes memory. returned to Jerusalem and to the Post
Her name was Marilyn Cohen Henry. a few months later, but our separation
That was the name on which she had built proved even more difficult. She returned
her reputation as a journalist. After gradu- to New Jersey and took up her new job as
ating from Rutgers University and obtain- the New York area correspondent for the
ing a masters in statistics from Penn State, Jerusalem Post.
she returned home to St. Augustine, Fla., Again, she found purpose still lack-
and took a job as a reporter for the Jack- ing. Covering the Jewish organizational
sonville Times-Union. She quickly rose world, and the goings-on at the United
to become its wire editor the person Nations, simply did not give her a sense
responsible for sorting through and edit- of fulfillment.
ing the seemingly never-ending news feeds She thought she would be a better
from the Associated Press, United Press reporter for an Israeli newspaper if she
International, and Reuters. had a better understanding of the Islamic
For Marilyn, though, living and working world, so she began amassing an impres- Marilyn Henry and her husband, Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer, on Masada.
in the northernmost part of Florida (or, sive collection of books on Islam and
as she often described it, the southern- enrolled in a masters program at Colum- adviser, Dr. Peter Awn (she affectionately the time of her death in 2011. She read
most part of Georgia), meant something bia University for a degree in Islamic his- referred to him as Peter the Great), simi- every one, and kept extensive notes. She
was missing: purpose. She took a report- tory. Her thesis, on the Sunni-Shiite rift, so larly urged her to do so. was particularly interested in restitution
ing job on the financial desk at Newsday impressed the late Dr. Fouad Ajami that he While she still was considering pursu- issues, and in repatriation of Jewish cul-
on Long Island. Soon, she was its night encouraged her to pursue a doctorate. Her ing her doctorate, she met two men and tural property. She also began making reg-
the direction of her life changed forever ular fact-finding trips to Europe.
Rabbi Israel Miller and Mr. Saul Kagan, Soon Marilyn became recognized as
may their memories be for a blessing. the go-to person for information and
They were respectively the president and advice on Holocaust restitution matters.
the founding director of the Conference on While such words as Nazi, loot, repara-
Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. tions, and restitution now were everyday
Returning to Israel now was put off words in our home, after a while there was
indefinitely, in part because a warehouse another unusual feature: telephone calls
fire destroyed all of our possessions there, from the U.S. State Department, or attor-
and in greater part because Marilyn had neys involved in restitution cases, or from
found her purpose in life: to bring to pub- ambassadors involved in restitution mat-
lic attention the need for complete justice ters, each picking Marilyns brain about
for the survivors of the Shoah and for their one issue or another.
families. She could do that best from her Judah Gribetz, the New York attorney
base in the United States. and special master who prepared the
Immediately after her first meeting with plan of allocation and distribution for U.S.
Rabbi Miller and Saul Kagan, she pro- District Judge Edward R. Korman in the
posed to her editors a change in her job 1996-97 Swiss bank Holocaust restitution
description. She would head the New York suits, said this of Marilyn following her
bureau, but from there she also would death: The journalism profession and the
cover Holocaust-related news from East- Jewish world have lost a shining star at the
ern and Central Europe. Her Jerusalem top of her game.
Post editors agreed. Since meeting her in 1999, I have mar-
Marilyn immediately immersed herself veled at Marilyns wisdom and knowl-
in learning everything she could about the edge of the complex world of Holocaust
Egon Schieles 1912 Portrait of Wally Neuzil was instrumental in helping Marilyn Shoah, mainly by amassing yet another restitution, he said. Her more than
Henry decide to devote her life to Holocaust art restitution. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS library of books, numbering over 200 by 100 articles about this lawsuit reflect her
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Emily, left, and Alexa Char in their Woodcliff Lake living room, which doubles
as the staging area for Project Hearts to Homes.
Hearts to Homes
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are people in poverty, but seeing that
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n entire room of the Char list and knowing they live 10 minutes
family house in Woodcliff from us was totally eye-opening. So we
Lake is piled high with baby- decided we needed to do something
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15, pack up plastic laundry baskets and underwear instead of a toy or a cell
full of basic supplies for distribution phone thats unbelievable. And this is
to low-income parents of premature happening right in our backyard.
babies and to single teen moms who The sisters approached Valley Home
lack familial support. Care to determine how best to direct
Play Fore! the Kids Not just a glorified bat mitzvah their efforts. They told us they have at
such household necessities as deter- and didnt give up until they got one Tikkun olam is a huge part
gent, soap and toilet paper, and a fam- positive response a $2,500 grant from
ily package that combines items for Valley National Bank. They also received of Jewish community life and
both baby and household. contributions from Costco and BJs we were brought up to
The sisters had enough resources to wholesale clubs.
include a second distribution channel. We buy most of our supplies from Target understand the importance
They chose Zoes Place in Garfield, a Chil- we have our own Project Hearts to Homes of giving back to the
drens Aid and Family Service facility that account there and once Target found out
provides supervised housing and other why we were buying so much, they donated community. We were taught
support services for pregnant teens and a few hundred dollars to us, which was very that doing a mitzvah is holy.
teen moms and their children. helpful, said Alexa, a student at Pascack
The abundance of resources is the Hills High School in Montvale.
result of the Char girls proactive style. Nancy Graves, president and chief for their bar or bat mitzvah. how much we are affecting people.
They didnt sit back and wait for dona- executive officer at Bank of New Jersey The girls sold coupons in conjunc- The sisters in turn expressed their
tions to pour in. They reached out to and Bancorp of New Jersey, agreed to tion with Lord & Taylors Shop Smart Do appreciation for the continual sup-
schools, synagogues, and businesses. mentor the girls and secured a corporate Good fundraising day a couple of months port of their parents, Felice and Daniel
Emily, a Dwight Englewood student donation for them as well. Since she has ago, yielding not only proceeds from pur- Char, and their older sister, Ilana. The
and a member of Pascack Valley Bnai so many connections, she is able to help chases made that day but also an addi- family belongs to Temple Beth Or in
Brith Girls, asked delegates to two recent us in many ways, Emily said. tional $400 from Lord & Taylor for assist- Washington Township.
Bnai Brith Youth Organization regional The sisters sell chocolate bars for $1 at ing with the event. We were born and bred to donate,
conventions to bring along one or two Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque, And they were nominated for a 2017 Emily said. Tikkun olam is a huge
items for Project Hearts to Homes. I donating the profits to creating baskets Russ Berrie Making a Difference Award. part of Jewish community life and
spoke to a lot of my peers and its great packaged with the help of volunteers from We didnt win the top prize but we got a we were brought up to understand
to see that they want to know how to be Lakeland and their own schools. certificate, Emily said. the importance of giving back to the
helpful, she said. Alexa went to a Kehillah Partnership The best prize, however, is the expres- community. We were taught that doing
The sisters made a presentation to the program to tell sixth- and seventh-grade sions of appreciation they receive from Val- a mitzvah is holy.
Paramus Rotary Club, which gave them religious school students from across ley Home Care and Zoes Place and from T h e p ro j e c t s we b s i te i s w w w.
$100 on the spot and provided valuable North Jersey about Project Hearts to the baskets recipients. Its nice to hear hearts2homes.org and the Char sis-
contacts. They spent a couple of hours Homes, hoping to spark interest from from people who appreciate our work, te r s m ay b e re a c h e d at p ro j e c t -
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ew Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta
Weinberg of Teaneck hasnt seen it all, but
shes seen quite a bit.
Ive been around long enough that, fortu-
nately and unfortunately, there are not too many things
to legislate about that I havent seen, said Ms. Weinberg,
who has been a member of the New Jersey Senate since
2005 and a public servant for many years before that.
Speaking about her successful efforts to educate
the senate about aphasia she spearheaded the drive
to name June Aphasia Awareness Month, and more
recently she helped spur the creation of the Mike Adler
Aphasia Task Force Ms. Weinberg said that her mother
lived with aphasia for many years, and that her sister has
the condition now.
My sister was a radio broadcaster, living in Califor-
nia, Ms. Weinberg said. She was with me for a cou-
ple of years. I took her to the Adler Aphasia Center. Ill
always remember what happened on one of the first
days. Mike [Adler] came up to her and said, in his own
slurred speech Mr. Adler had aphasia as well Dont
ever let anyone convince you that you cant improve.
Ill always remember that, she said noting that her
sister, now back in California, took Mr. Adlers words
to heart. There are certain moments in time that stick
with you. That was one of those moments the courage
of this man who had been a hugely successful executive
now devoting these years to helping other people. Mr.
Adler died in 2015 at the age of 91. His wife, Elaine, has Senate Majority leader Loretta Weinberg of Teaneck, left, with Mike and Elaine Adler.
been carrying on the centers work.
Sponsored by Ms. Weinberg and Assemblywoman Val- The Department of Health shall provide professional
erie Vainieri Huttle of Englewood, the task force named and clerical staff to the task force as may be necessary
for Mr. Adler was created to assess the needs of peo- for the task forces purposes, and the task force shall
ple with aphasia and their families, and to ensure that There are certain also be entitled to call upon the services of any State,
adequate support services and information are available
to them.
moments in time that county, or municipal department, board, commission,
or agency, as may be available to it for its purposes.
It is the only state task force of its kind, just as the stick with you. That was Its mission, says the legislation, is to monitor the
Adler center was the first, and, for a while, the only cen-
ter offering support to aphasics and caregivers, Ms.
one of those moments prevalence of aphasia in New Jersey; to assess the unmet
needs of people with aphasia and their families; to iden-
Weinberg said. The legislation passed unanimously and the courage of this tify, and facilitate the establishment of aphasia support
the governor signed it, she added. Seats on the task force
will be filled by professionals or caregivers.
man who had been a groups and other support and informational resources
designed to assist in satisfying the unmet needs of resi-
We want more general recognition, she continued. hugely successful dents with aphasia, and their families; and to provide
This is so widespread, and people dont even know
what they have. Also, its equally important to help
executive now devoting recommendations to the governor and legislature for
legislation or other governmental action that would fur-
get research dollars to find a treatment, and to con- these years to helping ther facilitate the support of people with aphasia, and
tinue providing services to people with aphasia and
their caregivers.
other people. their families.
Ms. Tucker said that many of the items in the mis-
Ms. Weinberg said that as she continued to learn more sion statement can be contracted out to a nonprofit,
about aphasia, she realized that many more people suf- speaks admiringly about its mock trials, musicals, and and, in fact, we are doing many of these items already.
fer from it than she originally thought. It could come advocacy work. She also mentioned the centers store, Ms. Weinberg said the task force legislation was able
from a stroke, or traumatic brain injury, she said. She which sells jewelry made by the members. I used to to get bipartisan support partly because of her long-
recalled an unpleasant incident in the state Senate, tease my sister that she spent more time shopping than time educational efforts she brings some of the cen-
when somebody with a communication disorder came she did in her groups. ters clients to the Senate floor and talks about aphasia
before the Judiciary Committee. Someone on the com- Ms. Weinberg said she works every year to get money every year as she recognizes June as aphasia month. She
mittee went after this person, she said. But when it was for the center in the budget. She has been a supporter of knows, she said, that law enforcement personnel need
time to vote, Ms. Weinberg, together with former state the facility since its inception, having worked for many more information about aphasia, recognizing, for exam-
senator Barbara Buono, who had a relative with aphasia, years with Mike and Elaine Adler on various endeav- ple, that a person may not be able to respond during a
stood up and said that the man in question suffered from ors in the community. She also served for a while on its traffic stop not because they are drunk or uncoopera-
the condition. They stressed that while aphasia impairs board. But now legislators no longer are able to sit on tive, but because they have a speech disorder. Doctors
speech, it does not affect intellect. the board of nonprofit organizations, said Karen Tucker, also need more information, she said, since doctors
Ms. Weinberg said she respects the Adler center not president and CEO of the Adler Center. dont know much about treatment after people have
only because it helped her personally through my tri- Ms. Tucker noted that the new task force, under the passed through the acute phase after a stroke.
als and tribulations, but for the work theyve done. purview of the Department of Health, will receive funds While the creation of the task force is a major achieve-
She has convened several legislative meetings there and for its clerical staff from the department. The bill reads: ment, we need funding, money for research, and
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facilities to begin programs.
One positive development, she said, is that the
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We need to look at the full breadth and scope of
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group of eighth graders from New Jersey visiting
Israel last month got an unpleasant message from
two kibbutzim they stayed at: Dont let us catch
you praying with our Torah scrolls.
Why couldnt they?
Because, like 90 percent of American Jews, the students
from the Academies at Gerrard Berman Day School in Oak-
land believe that both women and men can read from the
Torah and lead prayers.
Its not that the two kibbutzim that wouldnt share their
Torah scrolls with the Conservative schools students were
Orthodox. But they had been threatened with loss of their
kosher certification from their kashrut supervisors, who are
Orthodox. In Israel, kashrut supervision is a legal monopoly
overseen by the governments Orthodox rabbinate.
The student group could use the kibbutz Torah scroll, they
were told, only on condition that they use with a mechitza
the barrier used in Orthodox services to separate women
from men. The kashrut supervisor would attend to make sure
the mechitza was up.
The leaders of the tour group rejected the offer. Berman
is a Solomon Schechter school, affiliated with Conservative
Judaism, as were the two other schools taking part in that trip:
Solomon Schechter School of New York, based in Manhattan, Solomon Schechter of New York students during their trip to Israel.
and the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford
in Connecticut. Back home after the trip, however, he told his students who rented a private dining room in the Ritz Carlton in
Instead, the students davened without a Torah scroll and what really had happened. He gave them his essay in the Herziliya, one of the fanciest hotels in the country, he
read the days Torah reading from photocopied sheets. Forward, and showed them the Channel 10 report. He said. A family was celebrating a simcha with a Shabbat
The kids had prepared in advance for reading from the asked them to discuss their feelings, but also to try to lunch and wanted to show a computer presentation.
Torah, Moshe Gold, the director of the Ramah Israel Institute, take on the perspective of the kashrut supervisors who The hotel originally told the family that it would be fine.
said. The institute handled the trips logistics in Israel. Its not made the decision. But then they were told that there would be a problem.
a little thing for them to read the Torah in Israel. I want my students to be able to be empathetic and to The Herziliya kashrut department head had a very
Last year, Conservative groups had no problems using guest have a respect for Clal Yisrael the Jewish people that interesting line, Rabbi Regev said. He said, Im aware of
house or hotel Torah scrolls. I dont know if this is a directive was so absent from the mashgichim, the kashrut supervi- the new rules, but here in Herziliya, out of respect to the
from the rabbinate, or the supervisors acting on their own sors, who refused us access to a sefer Torah, he said. I elderly city rabbi, all of the hotels have voluntarily been
initiative, Mr. Gold said. want my students to understand there will be different types keeping the old regulations.
But an investigative report on Israels Channel 10 last month of Jews in the world, with different religious commitments. In the end, the projector was allowed on a Sabbath
showed the situation to be widespread. The broadcast played No country is perfect, he said. Even when they dont clock, with a gentile hotel employee as a backup in case
several conversations in which a reporter sought to book a treat me like Id like them to. Even as we offer them a cri- it doesnt work.
hotel for a non-Orthodox prayer service and was denied, on tique, I want them to know Im standing strongly in support Rabbi Regev said his organization is now preparing to
the grounds that it would cost the hotel its kosher certification. of Israel. Well continue to advocate for whats right for our take some hotels to court for not following the new regula-
The Masorti movement, the Israeli branch of Conservative religious community, but not allow our commitment to the tions. He said the hotels that refused to provide Torahs to
Judaism, said it is preparing legal action against the hotels. State of Israel to be diminished. the Schechter group may be among them.
The Israel rabbinate, which sets standards for kashrut In Israel, meanwhile, Rabbi Uri Regev says he too may be From his standpoint, its a clear-cut legal issue of dis-
supervision, refused to respond to Channel 10. taking this case to court. crimination. Theyre refusing to provide the Conserva-
We never had a problem before, said Benjamin Mann Rabbi Regev, who is Reform, heads Hiddush, an organi- tive group that stays in those hotels with the full service
of Teaneck, who is the principal of the New York Schech- zation that advocates for religious freedom in Israel. The they provide other Jewish groups, namely the ability to
ter school. abuse of authority by the rabbinate and kashrut supervi- use the synagogue and the ability to use the sefer Torah,
He said that his schools annual eighth-grade trip is the cul- sors is an ongoing story, Rabbi Regev said. They attempt he said.
mination of its Zionist message. We want our students to feel to force their beliefs and religious convictions in enforcing Rabbi Regev said that Mr. Manns going public with his
that the Jewish story thats playing out in the Jewish state is other areas of religious observance, not just in assuring the schools experience is a very important development.
their story, and that they have a stake in it, he said. food is kosher. More and more people and organizations, including fed-
When the Jewish communities theyre connected with are In theory, the use of Torah scrolls shouldnt even be an erations, are not willing to choose the other cheek.
devalued by the religious authorities in Israel, its a stumbling issue. The rabbinates kashrut division has authority over At least one Israeli Orthodox rabbi believes that the
block to building the kind of Zionist commitments I want my food only. Recently, following pressure from Hiddush, the position taken by the kashrut supervisors is ridiculous.
students to have, he added. rabbinate issued revised kashrut guidelines that made clear The legal basis in inconceivable, Rabbi Seth Farber said.
As he put it in an essay published in the Forward and the that the law authorizes the rabbis to use their discretion only Rabbi Farber heads Itim, an organization that often
Jerusalem Post: Why would young American Jews feel con- with regard to food and nothing else, Rabbi Regev said. challenges the rabbinate. A couple of years ago, he said,
nected to a country and culture that rejects them? This was meant to end the practice of hotels being told he was at an Orthodox bat mitzvah. The plans were for
Mr. Mann said that the educators decided not to explain that they could not put up Christmas trees to cater to a womens service where women would read from the
why they did not have a Torah scroll for services. We Christian pilgrims, or that events in private dining rooms Torah. There were to be no men present. But for the
didnt want to have our students feel diminished or deval- could not use electricity on Shabbat. But implementation supervisor in charge, it might as well have been a mixed-
ued in any way, he said. We wanted to stick to the goals is another matter altogether, Rabbi Regev said. gender service.
of the trip. He said he recently was involved in a case of someone See PROBLEM page 47
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New Jersey Israel Commission briefed by official Israel Deputy Consul General for New York Amir Sagie,
Last month, Mark Levenson hosted a meeting of the New between New Jersey and Israel, and gave his view of the left, Ofir Akunis, Israels Minister of Science, Technology,
Jersey Israel Commission in his Newark law office. It fea- situation at home. and Space, and Mark Levenson, chair of the New Jersey
tured a presentation by Ofir Akunis, Israels Minister for Mr. Levenson, chair of the New Jersey Israel Com- Israel Commission stand next to the Empire State Chair,
Science, Space, and Technology. Mr. Akunis highlighted mission, spoke about the New Jersey-Israel trade a project of the WAE center of the Jewish Service for the T
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Combining,
not homogenizing
Prizmah helps day schools face challenges together across denominational divides
Joanne Palmer also give it form and structure. Many of no way out of it. striking how much the Jewish educational
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them come together occasionally at JCCs And then there is Prizmah. world is attracted to acronyms, initials,
ometimes the world seems as and federations, but even there we tend to The year-old midtown Manhattan- and capital letters. There is no doubt a
if its divided into so many little stick with our own kind. based organization, whose name in doctoral dissertation in that.)
never-intersecting bubbles that Jewish day schools also generally are full, its Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day PEJE dealt with Jewish education in gen-
its coming out of a gigantic plas- shaped by the movements they repre- Schools appropriately means prism, eral; the other four organizations repre-
tic wand a crazed giant is waving in the air. sent; there are some community schools was formed from five groups. In alphabet- sented Orthodox, Conservative, Reform,
We see the dangers of that separation, for progressive families, and at times Con- ical order, they are PARDES (the Progres- and community schools.
that state of walled-offness, all around us; servative parents send their children to sive Association of Reform Day Schools), Amazingly, the professional and lay
in our politics, in our news sources, in our Orthodox schools and Reform parents to PEJE (Partnership for Excellence in Jewish leaders of all these organizations agreed
understanding of the world. We certainly Conservative ones, but those crossovers Education), RAVSAK (the Jewish Commu- to merge their bubbles and work together,
see it in the Jewish community. Each of the are relatively rare. nity Day School Network), the Schechter with the understanding that they are
streams is locked into its own riverbed, Many people despair of this segmenta- Day School Network, and YUSP (Yeshiva stronger together, and with the resolve not
imprisoned, it seems, by the banks that tion even as they continue to live it, seeing University School Partnership). (Yes, it is only to acknowledge their differences but
It sends a
powerful message
about one Jewish Above and below right, educators work together at Prizmahs annual conference in Chicago in April.
community,
working together
to serve
day schools.
for Jewish parents. To that end, Prizmah
will work with schools in four areas pro-
viding tools to foster educational excel-
lence, to work toward financial viability, to
develop professional and lay leaders, and to
make the case for day schools.
One way to work toward that goal is to
build a network to connect schools across
the country, she added. Network con-
nections are critical to helping people do
their jobs more effectively.
Most day schools face similar problems Elissa Maier
first, most pressing, most unavoidable
among them being the tuition bills they around. And each school has its own Mandel Center for Leadership Excellence. job hes a private investor but I live
present, based on the expenses they must characteristics. At Prizmah, I will be overseeing opera- and breathe this stuff, he said.
pay. But northern New Jersey is unlike Across the country, though, you have to tions, marketing, and finance, she said. Hes a big fan of the way the group mod-
most other parts of the country in that it make the case for why day school. The chal- I will be working on managing the team els cooperation, and hes realistic about
is well stocked with day schools. In many lenge there is when you dont have as large in the office. It is a merged organization, the needs that drove its creation. None of
parts of the country, administrators have a population to feed into the schools, when with people who came from all five of the the five groups were sustainable on their
to scramble for students, whose parents you have a community that is declining in different organizations that make it up. I own, he said. Essentially it became clear
often have to be convinced of the schools size or strength. The challenge is very much will be doing a lot of work building culture that we could save the Jewish community
value. Here, many parents enter the school determined by where you are located. and leadership development. Its sort of a lot of money and get a much better prod-
search pre-convinced, but have to decide All schools need money, however. We a model within a model of cooperation, of uct for the schools by combining them.
which school is best for them. provide guidance and resources to help reaching beyond preconceptions, of real- Each of the organizations had its own
Does that make Prizmah less valuable schools identify sources of funding and izing that the whole is stronger and more strength. We wanted to see the best pro-
here? No, Ms. Maier said. Not at all. There grants, and help them create fundrais- resilient than any of the pieces. grams, which until now had been deliv-
definitely is an environment of competi- ing models that they can work with, Ms. Nathan Lindenbaum of Teaneck has ered only to one stream, being delivered
tiveness, but Bergen County already has Maier said. been active in many local schools hes to them all.
shown that there is value in bringing day Prizmah is open to all schools that focus been president of Moriah in Englewood, For example, YUSP had very effective
schools together for conversation and on both Jewish and secular subjects, she has been and continues on the board of leadership and coaching programs, but
sharing resources. Initially there can be said. Yeshivat Noam in Paramus, and is a trustee only Orthodox schools were taking advan-
a reluctance to come together, but when Ms. Maier has just begun to work at at SAR in Riverdale, N.Y. Hes also a founder tage of them. Similarly, the other move-
we show them the value when it demon- Prizmah; until now she has been at the of TeachNJS, an organization that advo- ments had programs that were not cross-
strates itself that changes. Jewish Federations of North America, cates for state funding for day schools. pollinating. And on top of that, there was
Here, we have a large enough com- where she was the vice president of finan- Perhaps unsurprisingly, he also sits on so much overhead. This way, there are
munity, with enough students to go cial resource development and headed the the board at Prizmah. He does have a day some economies of scale.
And then theres the but that is not the only way but its not rote. Thats clear. acknowledges the implications
message underlying the to slice and dice differ- Each one says it with passion of those differences for how
practicalities. ences between schools, Mr. and conviction. The realiza- they define success and what
This model is a great thing Lindenbaum said. There tion of that is the essence of they need to do to grow and
for the Jewish people, Mr. are schools in metropolitan Prizmah. Its why it works. flourish, and then we custom-
Lindenbaum said. We can New York and schools out- Mr. Bernstein lives in West- ize the things we do for them
model cooperation without side here; larger schools and chester County now, but he according to those needs.
homogenizing. small ones. We are able to grew up in London. I am a For example, if you are run-
That was a concern that deliver programs along these day school alum, and there ning a professional develop-
many people had could we matrices, as well as others. never was any question of ment day in a school, you want
still meet the unique needs And the more schools you where my kids would go, to make sure that it fits with
of the various streams and Nathan Lindenbaum have involved, the better first in London and then for Paul Bernstein the schools curriculum and
movements but there is so you are able to do this kind the last six years at Schechter pedagogy. Some schools will
much that we have in common in terms of customization. in Westchester, he said. It is a core part run a more integrated dual curriculum and
of administration, fundraising, gover- A big part of creating the various net- of everything we believe in an incredibly some run those things separately, so what
nance, continuing education, professional works is that we can allow educators to good Jewish and secular education experi- you do for training is mindful and respect-
development. There is far more that we group themselves, so people can reach ence and values, in a school that has been ful of that.
have in common than is unique to each out with ideas and questions to similarly nothing but supportive of their growth. Not all pedagogic choices are neatly
movement. minded and similarly experienced peo- There is a real driving force that unites predictable by religious affiliation, he
This is an example of how the whole ple, he added. day schools across different religious affili- added. It might seem as though the more
community can work together without The networks work mainly online this ations, he continued. Thats because we to the left in the Jewish world a school is,
coming up with something bland. Each is, after all, a vast country but there also are after the same ultimate goal, in terms the more likely it is to have a unified cur-
movement retains its own identity. is a big annual conference. This years was of success. What we are doing is working riculum, but thats not necessarily true.
There are many networks a reshet, as in April, in Chicago. We had more than with the schools, individually and collec- There are some schools to the left that
each one is called representing different 1,000 people there, Mr. Lindenbaum said. tively, in achieving success. That means a would run them as separate tracks, Mr.
commonalities among member schools. Paul Bernstein is Prizmahs founding lot of work is shared. Bernstein said. And the balance between
One of the ways in which ideological, CEO. Realizing that there is more that unites secular and Jewish and Hebrew studies
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Israel impose an end to the war that was more to Isra- happy with the presence of Hamas in the capital of a major
els liking, and that kept Hamas isolated. U.S. ally. On the other hand, he said Israel has been work-
Its about Al-Jazeera Five Arab nations just ing with Qatar since 2014 to keep the Gaza Strip from col-
lapsing into chaos.
Qatar houses and underwrites Al-Jazeera, the muck- pulled off what Israeli And while Israels outward posture toward Iran has been
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Prime Minister Benjamin one of confrontation, it appreciates Qatars efforts to mod-
erate the Iranian regime, if only because that could mitigate
irritant to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the other regimes. Netanyahu has wished the dangers of a regional arms race, said Anthony Cordes-
Depending on who is talking, Qatars critics hate the
light the network casts on their oppression, or they
for years that the West man, who holds the Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for
Strategic and International Studies.
are sick and tired of what they see as its agenda-driven would do: Exact a From Israels viewpoint, you have to decide if you want a
fake news.
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painful price on a constant arms race or you want the kind of pressure on Iran
that will moderate it, he said.
for Newsweek, says that the nations effectively block- nation for flirting with What should Israel do?
ading Qatar want nothing less than for the channel to
be shut down.
Hamas and Iran. Stay out. Stay quiet. Theres no upside to buying in,
Cordesman said.
The best position is to hope that if Israel stays out of this,
Its personal when it hosts the World Cup in 2022. The late Shimon Peres, what you will get is a compromise that will, on one hand,
The father of Qatari leader Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad when he was deputy prime minister, in 2007, made a high- put more pressure on Qatar in terms of Islamic extremism,
Al-Thani, who relinquished power to his son in 2013, profile visit to Qatar. particularly the financing of extremists, but it will not freeze
seized the country from his own father in 1995 in a Jonathan Schanzer, a vice president at the Foundation for the situation with Iran as a whole, he said.
coup, prompting Saudi Arabia to attempt at least one Defense of Democracies, said the Israelis have not been JTA Wire Service
Its Trump
Trumps message last month when he visited Saudi
Arabia and addressed regional leaders was twofold:
Lets unite to crush terrorism and contain Iran, and
what you do on your own time is not our business. It
looks like the Saudis were listening.
The Qatari crisis isnt the first time Trumps winks
and nods precipitated trouble. Just days after top
Trump officials said last month they would be okay
with the Assad regime in Syria outlasting the civil war
another break with years of U.S. policy the Syrian
regime allegedly launched its worst gas attack on civil-
ians since 2013.
Trump himself also has made contradictory noises
about Qatar. In a meeting with Al-Thani in Saudi Ara-
bia last month, Trump referred to Qatars purchase of
beautiful military equipment from the United States.
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squeeze broke, Trump wrote: During my recent trip
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Shabbat services followed, each accompanied by a participated in an event for refugees at the Madrid Central Cobano agrees. Nowadays people want to live their Jew-
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lar. And every year its broken into two good in shorts. He carried an accordion; his voice
parts the part before, when we wait, is heavenly, stirring, strong, supple, lovely. He can
and the part during, when we walk. and did play accordion, sing, and walk at the same erusalem I spent the morn- neighbor. We taught the world
Last year it drizzled and misted and poured; we time. ing at the Israeli Parliament, that every human being is created
wore dark wet coats that covered the vivid colors Behind us, the group from Beit Simchat Torah, meeting with Israeli mem- equally in the image of God and
of the shirts that we are asked (in what I always the citys LGBT shul, sang too. bers of the Knesset and that life is the highest value.
find a bit of overreach, because I simply do not It is a joy to walk up Fifth Avenue, in the middle some government ministers, in A crematorium operating just
dress that way) to wear. of the broad street, with palatial apartment build- an effort to discuss Syria. 140 miles from the Jewish state in
The year before that, it was hot. The colors were ings and the hugely looming Temple Emanu-El on The State Departments rev- the year 2017 is abomination. It
bright, but we wilted. the east side and the deep green of the park on elation, made about three weeks cannot stand.
So if last year was Baby Bear and two years ago the west. There were fewer spectators than there ago, that Syria is operating a cre- Just over 70 years ago, Frank-
was Papa Bear, this year was Mama Bear. It was just used to be maybe because its not so easy to get matorium is shocking and vile. lin Roosevelt failed to bomb Aus-
right. (It started raining soon after the parade, and in to see it but the ones who were there were U.S. satellite photos identified the chwitz camp and other death
rained the rest of the day, but whatever) enthusiastic. crematoria at Syrian President camps, allowing the Nazis to
So the walk downtown, like the parade itself, There was, as always, the one disgusting part; Bashar Assads Sed- continue to mur-
was glorious. But the thing about getting there, the the men of Neturei Karta, dressed like charedim naya prison. The der millions of Jews
thing about the parade itself, the sobering thing, is but hurling insults like rage-driven long distance killing centers appar- with impunity. If the
how hard it is to get in. truckers. They waved their foul signs at us. Next ently were built to phrase Never Again
As always, the perimeter of the parade is marked to them, most of the Palestinian demonstrators destroy evidence of is to have any mean-
by concrete barricades and swarms of police offi- there were just a few seemed to model restraint Assads mass murder ing, the Western
cers. They are there to protect us. I know that. But (but of course everything is relative). of innocent civilians powers that stand
the reason that they have to be out in such force Most of the guards were New York City police and political oppo- for moralit y and
is frightening. officers, in their recognizable uniforms, but among nents in Syria, amid against genoc ide
I walk with my synagogue. We were told to meet them I also saw it would have been hard to miss a growing genocide. must immediately
on 55th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues at men in black uniforms, carrying what I assume Im well aware Rabbi bomb the Syrian
10:30, to leave at 11 sharp. To get there, you have to were submachine guns, with their hands on the that Israel has mas- Shmuley crematorium.
navigate barricades, cordons, and police officers triggers. The cops seemed more or less relaxed; sive security prob- Boteach Israel is not
who politely but firmly ask you where youre going, these guys were staring at the crowd in front of lems of its own and absolved of that
who youre going with, and why. Last year, I didnt them or the buildings and park behind them. That is surrounded by r e s p o n s i b i l i t y.
think clearly enough, and tried to get in through we needed them was terrifying too. genocidal enemies intent on its Indeed, its proximity begs for
Fifth Avenue, which is harder. There were more The march is short. It starts at 55th Street and annihilation. Im also aware that action.
barricades on the east side of the parades; had it ends at 74th, with a curt sign that says something if Israel were to bomb the Syrian When I went to the Knesset I
not been for my rabbi, whom I ran into in the park, like Route ends here. Stop music now. And so we crematorium, many Arab nations brought with me the Torah scroll
I might not have been able to talk my way in, even made a right turn and were funneled onto the side would see it not as a humanitarian that we wrote in the name of vic-
though I belonged there. street and then to Madison Avenue, with a quick act but as an act of aggression. Im tims of the Holocaust, the Rwan-
This year, our garish shirts did their magic, and stop for a group picture of the 50-odd of us and also well aware of the fact that so dan genocide, and Elie Wiesel. I
I got in fairly quickly. I walked from the west side our banner. many people are so anti-Semitic told the lawmakers I met that if
of the block to the east side, seeing, among other At least in the part of the walk that I see, there is that no matter what good Israel Elie Wiesel were alive, he would
groups, students from Moriah and the Torah a huge range of groups, representing the range of does, they still will attack it as an be demanding action from worlds
Academy of Bergen County, as well as Israeli scout Jewish love for Israel. We all recognize that there aggressor. leaders. He would be horrified
troupes from Tenafly and Fair Lawn. are complexities; the parade is not the place to And still, Israel should bomb that the pages of major newspa-
When you walk, you see spectators and the display them, although there is never a time to the hell out of the Syrian cremato- pers around the world published
groups that wait near you and walk before and pretend that they do not exist. Probably my own rium and remove it from the earth. pictures of crematorium and the
after you, and thats all you see. I saw the float group represented at least 50 opinions. Maybe Why? Because we Jews are a world did nothing.
from the Jewish National Fund, which drew up more, because we all change our minds at least light unto the nations. We taught Now, as we approach Elie Wie-
alongside us before moving ahead. I saw children occasionally. the world that murder is the sels first yahrzeit, the responsi-
sitting on it, looking a bit ill-at-ease; the small band But the feeling of joy in Israel, in being Jewish, supreme crime and that no man bility to stop innocent Arab men,
on it played Zum Gali Gali over and over again, in being part of this vast, fractious community, in may stand idly by the blood of his women, and children from being
and a small girl on the float vigorously and open- being on Fifth Avenue, in being in New York, in
mouthedly chewed gum to its rhythm. being alive it is surprisingly uncomplicated, and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach of Englewood is author of 30 books, including his
Our group, from Congregaton Bnai Jeshurun it happens every single year. JP most recent, The Israel Warrior. Follow him on Twitter @RabbiShmuley.
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he electrified the audience with a demand that we
finally become our brothers keeper. Twelve thou- he Jewish world, together with supporters of the deliberate. Some Americans speculated that the attack was
sand young Jews walked down the same paths as Zionist dream beyond our communal borders, occasioned by American jamming of Israeli communica-
those whose lives were extinguished, whose bodies find ourselves in heady times as we celebrate the tions, or by fear that the Liberty would compromise Israeli
and souls were burned in crematoria, and whose fiftieth anniversaries of the liberation of Jerusa- intelligence regarding the Golan campaign at a point when
remains floated to heaven. lem and the Israeli victories of the 1967 Six Day War. the Jewish states very survival was at stake.
How many of those who were murdered would We look ahead with grateful wonder to the coming years Thankfully, the presidents response prevailed, and for
have lived had Roosevelt decided to bomb the seventieth anniversary of the State of Israels founding. We the most part it has defined historys perspective on the
trains to Auschwitz, and the death camp itself? The have much to celebrate and good reason for thanksgiving. attack on the USS Liberty. It is impossible to determine if
allies already were bombing the IG Farben indus- Each new day seems to recall further details of perilous, LBJs stated perspective reflects his actual beliefs, or if it is
t trial plants near Auschwitz. What would it have decisive, and, one might say, miraculous events now half grounded in self-sacrificing and calculated realpolitik (like
taken to destroy the crematorium? A single bomb- a century past. the facts of the incident itself ). The 36th presidents words,
t ing run? Two? One historic anniversary associated with that remarkable however, speak volumes as to his attitude toward the Jewish
Roosevelt, who ultimately defeated Hitler, has period, however, is far from cause for celebration. On June state: America and Israel have a common love of human
- seen his legacy suffer tremendously for this cata- 8, 1967, Israeli military forces launched a devastating attack freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic
- strophic moral omission. on the USS Liberty, a technical research ship belonging way of life. Whatever Johnson truly believed, and whatever
The same is true of Bill Clintons refusal, in 1994, to the United States Navy, in international Mediterranean the facts, he did not allow the attack on the Liberty to derail
to bomb the radio antenna from which the Hutu waters north of the Sinai Peninsula. The Liberty was torpe- a critical alliance at the height of the Cold War.
- were broadcasting and coordinating the annihila- doed, strafed with machine-gun and cannon In addition to explanations and apologies,
tion of the Tutsi in the Rwandan genocide. Presi- fire, and set aflame with napalm bombs. The Israel also placed a memorial to the Libertys
dent Clinton ultimately apologized for doing abso- attack killed 34 Americans, wounded 171 crew American casualties in its Naval Museum. The
lutely nothing in Rwanda. But that provides scarce members, and left a hole in the ship 39 feet by plaque lists their names and bears an inscrip-
- comfort to the families of more than 800,000 who 24 feet wide. It has been reported that a num- tion in Hebrew: We express deep sorrow
were murdered. ber of Jews, specifically assigned to the Liberty for the 34 friends who died at our hands, in
Each genocide is different, and the Holocaust is because of their facility with the Hebrew lan- a battle that was not theirs, aboard the USS
a crime that has no parallel in human history. Still, guage, were among the American casualties. Liberty, June 8, 1967... May their memory be
the words Never Again must mean the same in all The Liberty incident represents the most a blessing!
y situations of mass murder. perilous moment in the historic, strategic, and The inscription is poignant in its acknowl-
Hitler was emboldened by the worlds failure to diplomatic relationship between the State of Rabbi Joseph edgement of responsibility (they died at our
act after the Nuremberg laws were enacted, after Israel and the United States. It also represents H. Prouser hands) and in its description of American
t Kristallnacht foreshadowed the fate of European the nightmare scenario for American Jews, as military personnel as friends of Israel. The
t Jewry, after his explicit declaration of his intent citizens both fiercely loyal to the United States assertion that the Libertys crew members lost
. to exterminate the Jews, and after learning of the and profoundly committed to the Jewish state. their lives in a battle that was not theirs (bkrav lo la-hem),
r Final Solution. The causes of the attack are a matter of considerable however, is far more unsettling. It is true that Israel, like any
Barack Obama did nothing while Assad terrorized historical debate and mystery. Israel contacted American sovereign nation, bears ultimate responsibility for its own
I and used chemical weapons on his people. Worse, authorities immediately after the incident, explaining that defense. It is true, too, that the United States had estab-
Obamas failure to enforce his red line embold- the Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian warship, lished its official neutrality during the 1967 war, rendering
- ened Assad to gas his people again. Recently, while that it was believed (admittedly in error) to have been shell- the conflict a battle that was not theirs. Yet this phrase,
- being interviewed by John F. Kennedys grandson, ing strategic Sinai positions in advance of an invasion force memorializing the lamentable events of 50 years ago, also
I the former president brazenly claimed that his inac- designed to flank Israeli forces. Army Chief of Staff Yitzchak conveys a subtle moral indictment. Israels daily fight against
f tion in Syria required political courage, as if a fail- Rabin, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, and Prime Minister terror, against explicit threats of annihilation and genocide,
ure to punish the gassing of children is something Levi Eshkol explained that standing orders to attack any are rightfully Americas battle as well. American claims of
that merits applause. unidentified warship in the area had been issued, and that a neutrality in 1967 or in 2017 are not a defense; they are a
To his credit, Donald Trump took decisive action series of errors and the fog of war had led to the tragic and statement of moral failure and culpability.
- in response to Assads last chemical attack. It was his lethal attack on Israels American allies. Israeli authorities This principle was never stated more forcefully or clearly
proudest moment as president. By attacking Assad conveyed abject formal apologies for the attack to the Amer- than by William J. Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Educa-
for gassing Arab children, he enforced the red line, ican administration. President Lyndon B. Johnson accepted tion, in his book Why We Fight: Moral Clarity and the War
something that Obama refused to do. Now, Trump the Israeli apology and explanation. In fact, he devoted little on Terrorism.
- should be equally decisive by sending cruise missiles attention to the tragedy in his memoirs, going so far as to Our essential kinship with Israel is a deep-rooted feel-
- or whatever munitions are required to reduce the under-report casualty numbers. ing of linked destinies, a feeling that echoes back to our
, crematorium to rubble. Not all Americans were as sanguine about Israeli expres- founding and to the birth of freedom which our fathers
But none of this absolves Israel of its moral respon- sions of remorse. Rear Adm. Isaac Kidd, senior officer in the identified with the biblical Israelites emergence from the
sibility to destroy the crematorium, should America American Naval Court of Inquiry investigating the attack, darkness of bondage. And I believe it also has to do with an
and other nations refuse to take action. Of the Israeli reportedly referred to the Israelis responsible for the attack understanding, almost religious in nature, that to our two
leaders whom I met at the Knesset, the person who as murderous bastards. Capt. Ward Boston, senior counsel nations above all others has been entrusted the fate of lib-
most understood this was Minister of Agriculture Uri of the Court of Inquiry, described the incident as a delib- erty in the world.
Ariel, whom we had honored at an evening paying erate effort to sink an American ship and murder its entire On the anniversary of the attack on the USS Liberty, it
tribute to Elie Wiesel. crew. Secretary of State Dean Rusk insisted that Israel had behooves us, too, to contemplate the fate of liberty in the
When President Trump came to Israel recently he confirmed the identity of the Liberty, and its American sta- world, as Secretary Bennett so aptly framed the issue. That
was asked to make a mandatory visit to Yad Vashem, tus, fully an hour before the attack, which, he said, evinced battle certainly is ours, wherever it may manifest itself. In
the museum and memorial to the six million Jews reckless disregard for human life. The official policy of the that continuing battle, neutrality is no virtue.
who were murdered in the Holocaust. And during USS Liberty Veterans Association is to consider the attack as See liberty page 38
that visit, just 150 miles away, Syria was and is still
running a crematorium that is an affront to God,
decency, and every Jewish value.
Israel should electrify the world with its total The opinions expressed in this section are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the newspapers editors, publishers,
destruction. or other staffers. We welcome letters to the editor. Send them to jstandardletters@gmail.com.
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ow often have you looked at with federations across the state, we suc- Israels Solution for a Water- helping our own community.
the endless torrent of anti- cessfully advocated for anti-BDS legislation Starved World, Seth Sie- The response to the fed-
Israel propaganda and won- in the New Jersey legislature, achieving gels best-selling account of erations advocacy efforts has
dered how so many people overwhelming support from our senate the development of Israels been enthusiastic. In meeting
can believe that nonsense in the face of and assembly for outlawing state pension water resources. Our chair of after meeting, our elected rep-
Israels miraculous achievements? investment in funds that boycott Israel. government relations, Stan- resentatives have expressed
If you are reading this column, theres The success of these efforts shows the ley Goodman, had a brilliant appreciation for our bringing
a good chance that like me, you live in a strength of our community and its support thought: Why not educate ideas to help critical problems
semi-perpetual state of awe-filled admira- for the Jewish state. our legislators on Israeli solu- our state faces, as well as a
tion for the Jewish state. This week, espe- tions to water problems New Laura Fein strong desire to consult Israeli
cially, as we relive the rebirth of Israel Jersey faces? Elaborating, he experts and apply Israeli solu-
through its seemingly impossible victory explained: New Jersey has tions. A number of officials
in the Six-Day War, it seems irrational not newfound water challenges, while Israel and their aides attended a dinner with Mr.
to believe in miracles. From decimating New Jersey has has a history of water experience in tech- Siegel and asked detailed questions on how
the Egyptian air power in a daring flash of nology and management! Connecting New Israels innovations might be applied locally.
chutzpah-fueled brilliance Let there be newfound water Jersey and Israel is basic problem-solving Although efforts are in their early stages,
light! to reuniting the Jewish people with challenges, 101! Why reinvent the wheel? simply raising the issue has transformed
their beating heart, the Kotel, for the first Since March, Mr. Goodman has led the conversations about Israel from an ask to
time in millennia And behold it was very while Israel has a federations effort to meet with state legis- an offer. As solutions are implemented, a
good! the wars impact is as wondrous as history of water lators to discuss the many ways New Jer- broader audience will grow to appreciate
the story of creation itself. Is it an accident sey could benefit by adopting practices Israels contributions.
it took just six days? experience in and technologies that have transformed Indeed, this already has begun. In one of
Following the 1967 war, Israel was an technology and Israel from a nation of severe water short- the more inspiring school projects Ive ever
example to the world of overcoming ages to an exporter of water. The exper- seen, Israeli water innovation was show-
adversity, leveraging opportunities, and management! tise that underlies that transformation cased in Teaneck as part of a broader proj-
standing together to defeat any challenge. STANLEY GOODMAN already has created productive partner- ect sponsored in memory of Jack Flamholtz.
Unfortunately, the David-beats-Goliath ships with Israels neighbors and around (The Jewish Standard wrote about it in the
story got turned on its head, and in recent Our dedication to building support for the world, from Africa to China to Califor- May 11 issue, in a story called Let It Rain.)
decades Israel has been portrayed as an Israel requires us not only to defend, but nia. Similarly, New Jersey can benefit from On a bright sunny May day, a few hundred
aggressor and oppressor. As a result, our also to promote it. Earlier this year, the Israels knowledge. New Jersey has a range public school students at the Hawthorne
community has focused significant efforts Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey of water concerns, including inefficient Elementary School gathered with legisla-
on fighting anti-Israel and BDS forces on was looking to highlight Israel to state leg- water management (there are some 475 tors, elected leaders, and members of the
campus, in the media, and with our legis- islators during our state legislative advo- different water authorities in the state), community for an hourlong ceremony to
lators. The Jewish Federation of Northern cacy day. Having passed the anti-BDS law aging infrastructure, and wasteful usage celebrate the completion of a hands-on
New Jersey convened the iCAN teen con- so recently, we wanted to find another leading to shortages, contamination, and STEM education project, where students
ference, the nations largest such regional reason to engage legislators meaning- more. Israels existence rests on its ability helped install a system to recycle rainfall
meeting, to prepare teens to understand fully with Israel. Meanwhile, federations to handle these very problems. Our goal is to flush the school toilets and water the
and respond to questions with confidence annual One Book/One Community pro- to create new opportunities for education grounds. Many of the officials and commu-
and pride. Additionally, in cooperation gram had selected Let There Be Water: about and partnership with Israel, while nity members who are so excited to apply
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hat is the Jewish fascina- drive me to visit living relatives more? mile markers in history, and cutting-edge address in cur-
tion with death? Why not? to the significance they hold ing cancer?
We seem to put a dis- We seem to be preoccupied with death for our people. Each of these Which one tells the Jewish
proportionate amount of on more than a personal level. Take a first- moments and countless oth- peoples story better?
energy toward the notion of memory and timers trip to Israel as a case in point. Sta- ers, all riddled with pain, suf- I suppose that question is
visiting (and re-visiting) places of death. ples of the visit undoubtedly are Masada, fering, and death, shaped the tantamount to defining Juda-
My loved ones who have left this world are which is an homage to mass suicide, and Jewish community as we are ism as either a people or a
interred in Michigan. Nary a time passes Rabin Square, where the prime minis- today, both collectively and religion, when indeed we are
that I am near their final resting place ter was assassinated in 1995. Everyone, individually. both. So too when it comes
that I do not make a journey to pay my regardless of how short their visit to Israel But is it our focus? Should Rabbi to Israel we are a country as
respects. Often, I make special pilgrimages might be, makes an obligatory stop at Yad it be? David-Seth much fashioned by our past
just for the occasion. Vashem, Israels Holocaust Memorial. Why When a head of state vis- Kirshner as we are working to shape
I am not quite sure why I do it. It is not are we eager to tour death and murder? its Israel for 36 hours or less, our future. So why the fixa-
to be closer to their presence or memory. To further this point, more Jewish visi- and time allows just one visit tion on what happened to us,
That happens to me intermittently, at the tors have gone to Auschwitz and Birkenau outside the traditional handshakes and as opposed to what we are making happen
least expected moment, on any given day then they have visited the synagogues that meetings with the prime minister, should to the world?
or location. What force drives me there to are growing today. that leader lay a wreath at Yad Vashem A few years ago, I visited a water
that physical space? Does that same force Dont think that I am numb to these or visit a technological start-up that is a reclamation plant in Israel that was
Israeli solutions in New Jersey attended, and Rain Harvest. Amir Yecheli, the Israeli sci- They learned how Israel shares its knowl- America, our ability to broaden our base
left inspired, knowing they can find ways to ence teacher who designed the system and edge with needy communities in Africa, is enhanced when we not only share
gain access to Israeli expertise. offers the blueprints for free, has installed using similar systems to provide the first knowledge of these achievements, but
Through the school project, students similar systems in more than 140 schools in clean water some villages have ever seen. also make them relevant to the needs
learned the technology and science that Israel, the United States, and Kenya. As he We can expect that these positive lessons of those around us. By combining these
made the system work, as well as impor- spent time with the students explaining how will leave a lasting impact, building broader streams, the federations efforts could
tant lessons in ecology and conservation. the system works and training them to oper- understanding of Israel that will endure on unleash a flood of support for Israel that
They also could not miss absorbing the fact ate it, students got to know an Israeli, some campus and beyond. will grow for years to come.
of Israels unique attributes and contribu- for the first time. They learned how Israel Israels ability to overcome incred-
tions. The system itself was Israeli designed developed the technology out of necessity, ible challenges and channel them into Laura Fein is the director of the Jewish
and manufactured, complete with cisterns and observed the Israeli culture of problem- sustainable success provides endless Community Relations Committee at the
bearing Hebrew labels from Yevul Mayim, solving, determination, and perseverance. inspiration. As supporters of Israel in Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.
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as negotiable or as blunt instruments of
y mother and been in Jewish hands since Fifty years later, the attack on the U.S.S. financial leverage. Early American states-
grandparents, the destruction of the Sec- Liberty presents all thoughtful Americans man Henry Clay articulated the principle
Holocaust sur- ond Temple in 66 CE. Being American Jews among them with a in terms particularly resonant on the anni-
vivors, moved able to walk openly as a Jew series of compelling lessons and daunting versary of the Liberty attack: I prefer the
to Israel after the creation of the within the old walls of Jeru- challenges: troubled ocean of war to the tranquil,
Jewish state. salem is something I never How critical it is that the president of putrescent pool of ignominious peace.
My aunt was born in Siberia will take for granted. the United States be a person of selfless More to the point, on this historic anni-
in 1944 and my mom in Tem- For many of us, theres moral clarity, who is aware of and respon- versary, as we contemplate both the fate
pelhof, a displaced persons an aura around the Old sive to the weight that a presidents words of liberty and the fate of the U.S.S. Lib-
camp, in Berlin in 1946. The Jason City. It calls to you, radi- and example carry, especially in times of erty, we affirm that Israels battle is our
family settled in a one-bedroom Shames ates as a spiritual beacon, conflict and loss of life. own. We do well to remember Secretary
stone hut in an alley off Bezalel and represents something How critical it is that the president of Bennetts closing words of counsel:
Street, less than a mile from the thats greater than any of the United States respond to crises and Keeping faith with the people of Israel
walls of Jerusalems Old City, a place that us. Through the ages, Jerusalem has repre- set-backs and perceived offenses (per- in their still unfinished confrontation
was forbidden to them. sented Jewish unity and hope for a strong sonal and national) out of measured prin- with evil is, to me, a species of keeping
My moms family remained in Israel until Jewish community. ciple, nuanced deliberation, and historic faith with ourselves; breaking faith, a spe-
they moved to the States in 1956. I was born So many of our ancestors yearned to sensitivity, rather than with raw emotion, cies of self-abnegation. It is exactly that
in Brooklyn but raised in the Bronx. My walk, pray, and reflect within the walls of egocentric self-interest, or the short-term simple, and exactly that difficult, and
upbringing was quite dissimilar in every way Jerusalem, but they couldnt. We, though, gains of political posturing. exactly that consequential.
from my moms. But we did share one thing. are fortunate. We can. How different it is How critical it is that American leaders May all Americans be privileged to cele-
Neither of us would freely pass through the today than it was before June, 1967. I am both civilian and military understand brate Israels 70th Independence Day free
Old City walls until 1983, when we went on often in awe of that fact. the sacred trust of safeguarding intelli- from the fog of war, and blessed with the
a family trip to Israel to celebrate my bar It is my sincere hope that my generation, gence provided and secured by our allies. principled moral clarity, mutual esteem,
mitzvah. my kids generation, and the ones that fol- How critical it is to acknowledge that recognition, and support that worthy alli-
It was hard, if not impossible, for me to low never take a Jewish Jerusalem, our City Americas allies are many, and conse- ances demand.
understand the significance of being able of Gold, the eternal holy city, for granted. quently our battles are many. In addition
to walk to the Kotel for my bar mitzvah in to the state of Israel, the United States has Joseph H. Prouser is the rabbi of Temple
1983. Today, in 2017, some 34 years later, I Jason Shames is CEO of the Jewish Federation longstanding mutual defense commit- Emanuel of North Jersey in Franklin
totally understand it. Jerusalem had not of Northern New Jersey. ments to 27 NATO allies. It ultimately is Lakes.
Letters
Sometimes email is better that you wish him/her a refuah shelayma. How it is Thank you, B.H.O.
Dear Rabbi Zahavy, done should depend on the patients comfort level, not Anyone can see at the Jewish Standard needs an enormous
I read with interest your response to Mobile Mitzvah the well-wisher. amount of help selecting worthy articles for publication.
Man (Dear Rabbi Zahavy, June 2). He wrote that he had Shari Baran Ive read The Five Odd Moments From Trumps Israel
a friend in the hospital to whom he had texted a get-well Teaneck Trip by Joseph Dolstein/JTA wire service in your May 26,
message. His wife and you both seemed to indicate that 2017 issue. Left wing prejudicial, and asinine are just the
such a response did not constitute adequate fulfillment of [EDITORS NOTE Rabbi Zahavy responds: I do concur beginning of a list of adjectives that many of us apply to the
the mitzvah of bikkur cholim. with you that the patients needs should always come first. material published on page 3 . The focus is on trivia, and the
I beg to differ somewhat. Nowadays, when someone is Thanks for your good advice.] bias against our President ,Mr. Trump, is obvious. If Mr. Dol-
hospitalized, it is because they are very ill and/or in great sten wants to inform your readers of real political events, he
pain. As a friendly visitor with the Teaneck Bikkur Cholim More on Nathan Rapoport should write about how Mrs. Clinton stole the election from
at Holy Name Hospital and the relative of people who have I found it interesting that there was a yahrzeit service in Bernie Sanders. How about writing that our former Presi-
been hospitalized over the past year, I can tell you that memory of the sculptor Nathan Rapoport (Yahrzeit ser- dent, Barack Hussein Obama thinks that climate change is
many people in the hospital dont necessarily want in-per- vice will honor sculptor of Liberty Park Liberation monu- more evil that ISI, and that ISIS is a JV team. Why not write
son visitors. Being in bed in a hospital gown (not the most ment, June 2.) It is unfortunate that it was on the same about how B.H.O. started the Affordable Care Act which
modest clothing), often attached to medical parapherna- day as the Salute to Israel Parade. The State of Israel issued is financially killing Americans. How about writing about
lia, and legitimately often not in the most sociable mood, a State Medal in 1995, called Liberation using the statue how B.H.O. took millions away from Medicare for his A.C.A.
many patients would prefer quiet time. Often a text or in Liberty State Park as the subject matter. How about B.H.O. freeing the murderous scum and FALN
email that can be read by the patient or to the patient can I first saw his work while on Kibbutz Yad Mordechai in leader,Lopez Rivera .How about writing about the time that
convey the senders wishes just as well. Phone calls/video 1961. By the water tower of the kibbutz is the larger than Obama whispered to Russian Prime Minister Medvedev, Ill
calls/Skype can also be less intrusive but just as effective life statue commemorating Modechai Anielewicz, one of be more flexible after the election. Talk about collusion
in letting the patient know that he/she is being thought of. the commanders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, who the and anti-Americanism !!!
In-person visits might be more welcome once the patient kibbutz was named after. Many years later I saw the two Many loyal Americans believe in the Constitution and the
is home recovering. monuments at Yad Vashem that are almost identical to Bill of Rights. Saving this country from the left-wing radi-
I would recommend always checking with the patient those erected in Warsaw, commemorating the Warsaw cals, Communists, Marxists, and the majority of Democrats
or a close family member first to find out if an in-person Ghetto Uprising and the The Last March. There are is the number one reason the body of America voted for Mr.
visitor would be welcome. other large works by him in other parts of Israel. Trump to be our 45 President of these United States.
Also, check to find out if there is a particular time that Mr. Rapoport sculpted many monumental works on Richard Jurasin
would be best for a visit. exhibit in Israel as well as Poland and the United States. Barbara Ina Rosen
The most important thing is to let the patient and Howard J. Cohn
his/her family know that you are thinking of them and New Milford See More Opinion page 44
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Parade 2017
The Final Frontier?
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here are so many to avoid. Because high
areas of life that school never ends. There
are timelines. will always be people who
School for exam- look the other way when
ple. You start when you are they see you a life lesson
little, you go through growth you are taught when it is
spurts and the joys of puberty, happening to you initially
and you finish when you are and then you teach your
old enough to get married own children. It is just the
and start a family. Buying shoes Banji way it is, unfortunately.
again, you start when you are Ganchrow Why cant we all just get
little, you finish buying for size along? Who knows.
instead of for sport when your When you get engaged,
feet stop growing. That is a timeline mile- you just have to go to the parade, because,
stone. (Some people by shoes for sport. I well, you are engaged. When someone
am not one of those people as evidenced asks you How have you been? you can
by the fake crocs that I have been wearing show them your ring.
for 12 years.) And then you decide to go as new par-
Unless, of course, you are a pregnant ents. Why? That I have no answers for. Is it
woman whose feet dramatically increase the love we have for Israel? No, it is prob-
in size, possibly to balance out your mid- ably an excuse to get out of the house and Across Down
dle section, which also grows dramatically hope the little ones will stop screaming 1. Brother of Rebecca 1. Item in Jacobs dream
in size but that is for another time. in the fresh air. My back still hurts when I 6. What a good IDF soldier keeps under 2. Pique, like (Eves) curiosity
pressure? 3. Product that might soothe aches after
Another area of life that is a timeline think about that parade when I thought it
10. One of Life, in Eden a long hike in the Golan
for where you are in the midst of it all is would be a good idea to wear son #2 in a 14. Pais or The Boston Garden 4. Shanah, in Spain
the Israeli Day Parade. The parade is actu- baby bjorn, while husband #1 pushed son 15. Small ox often found in crosswords 5. Portman or Wood, for short
ally a microcosm for so many other things #1 in the stroller. Sleep deprivation it 16. Eilat congers 6. Temple figure
as well, so let us take a look. I remember does funny things to the brain. 17. Sign on the Holy of Holies? 7. One might get rid of challah crumbs
19. Israels continent 8. Lisa who sings Feel What U Feel
marching in the parade as a little girl. And then your children start marching
20. Did some archeological work at the 9. Maples or Sokoloff
(when I say little, I actually mean young, in the parade. And you pack lunch and City of David 10. One might be stacked with sugar
since I was never little.) One year, the snacks and carry those ridiculous chairs 21. Observe shiva packets and kichel
school had us carry umbrellas as part that come with their own handy-dandy 22. David who briefly coached the Cavs 11. Sign for a Shabbat zone?
of a flower theme; of course, that year it travel bag. If you are in a thinner phase, 24. Son of Rebecca 12. Name with melech or sheva
26. Serenity ___! (Seinfeld line) 13. ___ Einai
rained, and my mom wouldnt let me par- you walk around so you run into people
28. Director J.J. 18. Gedi preceder
ticipate in the parade because she didnt or you are brave enough to walk with your 31. Longtime infielder on Wilpons Mets 23. Judge Judys org.
want me getting wet, which would lead childs school. Husband #1 was always a 33. Make like Nissim 25. Jared and Ivankas previous hood
to me getting sick. Even though we were big fan of walking with the boys. There 35. Original Jewish priest 27. Tref Lion King animal
holding umbrellas. Oh well. I remember he would be, blocks behind the rest of the 36. ___ Haderech 29. Danny on Happy Days with Henry
38. Elviss label Winkler
marching in the parade as a senior in high marchers, waving to the crowds on either
40. ___ Can (Sammy Davis Jr. 30. Upsherin sound
school. My friends and I carried the school side of him, talking to folks he hadnt seen memoir) 32. David to Jesse
banner and we thought we were it. No one in years. Husband #1 loves the parade, 41. Brandeis practiced it 34. 1994 Jeremy Piven comedy
especially when he finds parking on the 44. Sign for the Jews leaving Egypt? 37. Jordan to Israel, in 1967
street. If he has to put a car in a lot, well, 47. Org. that ranks Nadal and Sela 39. Holy box
48. Heavenly glow 41. Yalda, in Glasgow
he doesnt and then we miss the parade.
50. Word before Tamid or Kodesh 42. Rental from Hertz or Eldan
(He loves Israel, but not if it is going to cost
When you get him $20 extra for driving a minivan.)
51. Yes, in Ariel
53. Bird that might be featured in some
43. Sign for one wrapping tefillin around
a leg?
engaged, you And then there was this year. Son #3 bris invites 45. Film sch. that rejected Spielberg
T
tity. Interestingly enough, the Tony-nom-
he 71st annual Tony Awards, given inated director of Vogels play, Rebecca
for excellence in the Broadway Taichman, wrote her own play about the
theater, will air live on CBS on events depicted in Indecent which the
Sunday, June 11, starting at 8 p.m. Yale Repertory Theater staged in 2000.
Kevin Spacey will host. This year features an Best (new) musical: Dear Evan Han-
extraordinary number of Jewish nominees sen, music and lyrics by BENJ PASEK
and works with a strong Jewish connection. and Justin Paul, both 32. Pasek and Paul
The following are confirmed Jewish nomi- wrote the lyrics for City of Stars, and
nees in all but the technical categories. won this years Oscar for best song with
Please note: the best play Tony goes to La La Land film composer JUSTIN
the playwright and the plays producers. HURWITZ, 32.
The best musical Tony goes to the musicals The duo, who met in college, had earlier
producers. The number of nominated pro- Ben Platt Bette Midler hits, including a Broadway musical version
ducers is so large that, with one exception, of A Christmas Story. However, Evan
just below, I simply cant cover them in this Hansen is the first show they wrote that
article. As in my regular column, Jewish after an absence of almost 50 years. Born & The Great Comet of 1812; and MICHAEL was not based on another source and they
folks mentioned are in capital letters. and raised in Hawaii, she moved to New GREIF, 57, Dear Evan Hansen. hit a home run.
York in 1965 and quickly landed a big off- Heres a little more about two of these The riveting story of Evan Hansen was
Acting categories Broadway role. Then, from 1966 to 1969, directors: written by STEVEN LEVENSON, 31, and
Leading actor in a musical: BEN she played Tzeitel, the oldest daughter, in Gold is the resident director of the Round- hes nominated for best book (script) for a
PLATT, 23, Dear Evan Hansen. Platt, the original run of Fiddler on the Roof. about Theater Company, one of Manhat- musical. (Pasek and Pauls score is nomi-
who became well known to movie audi- She told CBS Sunday Morning that she tans leading nonprofit theater companies. nated for best original score.)
ences as Benji Applebaum in the Pitch didnt return to Broadway sooner because Hes married to AMY HERZOG, 41, a Pulit- Groundhog Day also is nominated for
Perfect films, is a favorite to win the Tony. musical shows changed and had became zer-nominated playwright (4000 Miles). best new musical. Its a song-filled version
The fourth of five children, Ben is the musical theater. Her love was musical Zaks, the son of Holocaust survivors, has of the hit 1993 movie, which was written
son of MARC PLATT, 60, a leading show- comedy, and Hello, Dolly is certainly been a leading Broadway musical director by DANNY RUBIN, now 60, and the late
biz producer. The elder Platt is Tony-nom- that. She added that two years ago she for more than 20 years. He has two hits HAROLD RAMIS. Rubin is nominated for
inated this year for producing Indecent, had finished a successful run of her tour- now running simultaneously on Broad- best book for a musical.
a best-play nominee. The whole family is ing variety musical show and she was look- way: Hello, Dolly, and a musical version Finally, in this category, is the unlikely
musical and theres a family tradition of ing for a new challenge. Dolly was just of the hit 1993 movie, A Bronx Tale. Zaks hit Come from Away by IRENE
adapting show tunes for family events and the right challenge. grew up in Paterson. SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN, both 40.
singing them together (including at Bens Midler also told Sunday Morning that They are married and both originally are
bar mitzvah). she realized she would be judged against Best of from Canada. Previously, they were best
It was almost natural for Ben to start the original iconic performance by Carol The best play and best musical Tonys, as known for the cult hit musical My Moth-
performing professionally as a child and Channing. So she sought out Channing, noted above, are given to the shows pro- ers Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding. (Its
by age 11 he was in a national touring com- now 96, and, she said, They had a lovely ducers. Here are the Jews, many nominees based on Weins mothers real-life coming
pany of a Broadway show. Recently, he afternoon together. in their own right, associated with those out as an older adult.)
told Seth Meyers that he sang the part of S u p p o r t i n g a c t o r, m u s i c a l : best shows. Come from Away takes place in New-
Sky Masterson (from Guys and Dolls) BRANDON URANOWITZ, 30, Falset- Best Revival, Play: The Little Foxes, foundland, Canada, right after the 9/11
in Hebrew at Camp Ramah. He treated tos. He plays Mendel, a Jewish psychia- by LILLIAN HELLMAN (1905-84); Best attacks. Hundreds of planes were forced
Meyers audience to a few verses of Luck trist, in this revival of a musical originally Revival, Musical: Falsettos, music & to land in Newfoundland and the local
Be a Lady in Hebrew. staged in 1992. The show is about a Jewish lyrics by WILLIAM FINN, now 65, and people rushed to aid stranded passengers.
Evan Hansen is about a socially awk- family and ends with a bar mitzvah near book by JAMES LAPINE, now 68; Hello The musicals subtext the moral value of
ward teen who tells a big lie to become the deathbed of the bar mitzvah boys Dolly, music & lyrics by JERRY HER- helping strangers in need gives the show
more popular, and the ramifications of father. Uranowitz says he recalls practic- MAN, now 85. Best (new) play: Inde- a contemporary edge. Its both a critical
that lie. It was difficult, reviewers have ing for his bar mitzvah by singing Miracle cent, by PAULA VOGEL, 65. and audience favorite. (Hein and Sankoffs
noted, to make a very nervous protago- of Judaism, a Falsetto number. Indecent is about the controversy score is Tony-nominated for best original
nist whose lie exploits a familys grief sym- Uranowitz was born and grew up in surrounding the 1907 Yiddish play God score and the duo are nominated for best
pathetic. But, the critics say, Platt rose to West Orange. In 2011, he played the son of Vengeance by SHOLEM ASCH musical book.)
that challenge masterfully. He told the New of the late FLORENCE GREENBERG in (1880-1957). Aschs play, about a Jew- Worthy of Note: Oslo, a best play
York Times: I have had a struggle with Baby Its You, a juke-box musical that ish pimp who seeks respectability by nominee, is about the (true) efforts of two
anxiety, always, and as a proud Jew, thats had a brief Broadway run. Greenberg was donating a Torah scroll and marrying his Norwegian diplomats to bring together
not a surprising thing. But I dont think I a Passaic housewife who created her own daughter off to a yeshiva student, was Israeli and the PLO representatives for
have as much trouble as he [Evan] does record company and discovered the Shire- heavily criticized by many Jews when it secret peace talks in 1993. There are
connecting with people generally I think lles, a huge girl group, in the 1960s. first played New York, and the producers important Israeli characters.
Im pretty good at that, and thats Evans were convicted of obscenity. The verdict Danny DeVito and Patti LuPone are
biggest challenge. Directors later was overturned. nominated for acting Tonys for playing
Lead actress in a musical: BETTE Best director, play: SAM GOLD, 39, Vogel is the daughter of a Jewish father Jewish characters in, respectively, The
MIDLER, 71, Hello Dolly. Critics have A Dolls House, Part 2, and REBECCA and a Catholic mother. My sense is that she Price by the late ARTHUR MILLER,
said that Midler practically was born to TAICHMAN, 47, Indecent. Best director, was raised mostly in her mothers faith (if and War Paint. Lupone plays cosmet-
star in the title role. This revival is a smash. musical: JERRY ZAKS, 70, Hello Dolly; any faith at all). In a video interview, she ics mogul HELENA RUBENSTEIN
Dolly is Midlers return to Broadway RACHEL CHAVKIN, 37, Natasha, Pierre said that writing this play put her in touch (1872-1965).
JUNE 10 painting, and prizes. For information, call (201) 837-9090 or go to www. Israeli film in Tenafly:
ridetofighthunger.com or www.jfcsnnj.org. Pre-registration closes at 3 p.m., IAC Cinematec, a
Shabbat in Park Ridge: on Friday, June 9; walk-in registrants welcome on June 11. series of Israeli films
Temple Beth Sholom with English subtitles at
of Pascack Valley hosts the Kaplen JCC on the
its second annual Palisades, concludes with
St. (201) 444-9320 or Road, New City, N.Y. Is That You? by award-
Grandparent Shabbat,
10 a.m. Grandparents
www.synagogue.org. Sunday (845) 352-0017. winning film maker Dani
are encouraged to bring JUNE 11 Ramah scholarship Menkin, 7 p.m. Stuart
their grandchildren run: Ramah Day Weinstock, a director,
and grandchildren are Camp in Nyack holds screenwriter, and an
encouraged to bring its scholarship run at adjunct professor of film
their grandparents. Child- Rockland Lake State at Columbia University,
friendly kiddush. 32 Park Park, 299 Rockland Lake will host. 411 E. Clinton
Ave. (201) 391-4620 Road in Valley Cottage, Ave. (201) 408-1427 or
or www.temple-beth- N.Y. At 10:15 a.m., there www.jccotp.org/israeli-
sholom.org. will be a 5K run/walk; at center-special-events.
11, the camper fun run, Muriel Horowitz
Gitl Schaechter- and from noon-3 p.m.
Story telling in the Monday
a barbecue, family fun
Viswanath Yoga in Tenafly: The day, and alumni reunion
Hudson Valley: JUNE 12
Kaplen JCC on the Storyteller Muriel
Shabbat in Teaneck: at Ramah Nyack, 303
Palisades hosts its Horowitz gives two Music lecture in Tenafly:
The adult education Christian Herald Road, in
fifth annual Yoga on presentations, Sephardic Dumont historian Dick
committee of Nyack. (212) 678-8884
the Green with yoga Jewish Tales and Burnon talks about
Congregation Rinat or RamahNyack.org/
instructors Alison Miller, An Ethical Cultural Funny Ladies of the
Yisrael in Teaneck scholarshiprun.
Robert Hoon, John Education: The Making of Stage and Screen
presents Gitl Quirk, and Jill Schwalbe. Martha Gruening, at the at a meeting of the
Hoboken arts festival:
Schaechter-Viswanath, 9-10:30 a.m. Opening Gomez Foundation for Senior Activity Center
Hudson County Jewish
Victor Weis co-editor of the new meditation by Mary Beth Mill House in Marlboro, at the Kaplen JCC on
organizations, including
Comprehensive English- Sigler. All levels welcome. N.Y., 1 p.m. Free tour the Palisades, 11:15 a.m.
HudsonJewish and the
Shabbat in Ridgewood: Yiddish Dictionary, Participants should United Synagogue of follows. Refreshments. 411 East Clinton Ave.
Victor Weis, executive discussing How a bring a mat, towel, and The Gomez Foundation (201) 569-7900, ext. 235,
Hoboken, will be at
director of Israels revolutionary English- water bottle and wear for Mill House works to or www.jccotp.org.
the festival to meet
Heschel Center for Yiddish dictionary came sunscreen. 411 E. Clinton preserve the 300-year-
people and hand out
Sustainability, will into being in the 21st Ave. (201) 408-1477 or old Gomez Mill House, The Torah: The JCC of
information, 11 a.m.-
discuss Climate Change century, 6:55 p.m. 389 htal@jccotp.org. the oldest standing Fort Lee/Congregation
6 p.m. The festival offers
in the Mideast and Its West Englewood Ave. Jewish dwelling in Gesher Shalom hosts
food, music, art, and
Relation to National (201) 837-2795. Garage sale in New City: North America. 11 Mill The Torah in Time:
shopping. Washington
Security Issues during The West Clarkstown House Road, off 9W. Antiquity with visiting
Street from 8th and
kiddush after services at Jewish Center hosts a (845) 236-3126 or scholar Eitan Kastner
14th streets. Info@
Temple Israel & JCC in garage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Gomez.org. for the shuls CSI
HudsonJewish.org.
Ridgewood. 475 Grove 195 West Clarkstown Scholar Fund program,
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his is a story about
the shared fate of
two quite different
Jews.
They were separated from
each other by continents and
oceans. His native tongue was
Spanish, and hers was French.
He lived in downtown Buenos
Aires, in a swanky bachelors Ben Cohen
apartment. She lived in a run-
down suburb of Paris, in a modest flat. He cut a dashing
figure, often being photographed in public and giving
frequent interviews to the media about his work. She
was a kindly, shy widow, loved and quietly revered in
her community for her work as a kindergarten teacher.
She was older than he was. But he died before she did,
at a younger age.
For all these differences, they had three important
things in common. They were proud Jews. They died
because they were Jews. And in both of their cases, that
latter fact has yet to be recognized, let alone acted upon,
by the investigating authorities.
This story is no hypothetical, though its underlying
themes would make for an interesting thought experiment In January 2016, a protest in Buenos Aires marked the first anniversary of Alberto Nismans death.
in any number of disciplines. JALUJ VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
And then, in November 2015, Kirchner found herself the victim of a severe mental illness. They worried that
dislodged from power by the centrist Mauricio Macri. doing otherwise would give an electoral boost to the far- Ben Cohen writes a weekly column on Jewish affairs and
The wheels of justice began turning slowly again. Now, right presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen. Middle Eastern politics. His work has been published in
in recent days, the Argentine media has begun disclos- And so, like her namesake Ilan Halimi, the young man Commentary, the New York Post, Haaretz, the Wall Street
ing details of a forthcoming report from a federal security kidnapped, tortured and murdered by an anti-Semitic Journal and many other publications.
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According to Israels Water Authority, the Sea of mation and desalination technology, allowing the
Galilee lost 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) of its water Jewish state to significantly reduce its use of water
level in May, decreasing the level to 9 million cubic from the Sea of Galilee.
meters (318 million cubic feet), an all-time low since Nevertheless, the lack of water flow into the Sea of
recording began in 1920. Galilee has led to deep concern over the lakes vital-
The situation in the Sea of Galilee has deteriorated ity, as the drop in water levels causes the salinity of
in recent years, as Israels north faces an ongoing the lake to rise, threatening marine life.
drought. Hydrologists estimate that the water level The Water Authority said the low level will lead
will drop by a meter (3.3 feet) before the rainy season to further withdrawal of water from the shores of the
begins in November. Sea of Galilee and to various environmental and eco-
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in both Jewish and Christian history, with much of The low water level also poses a risk for the Dead
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FROM PAGE 6 from her service in the engineering corps she was a
Solution to last weeks puzzle. This weeks puzzle is dinner as a group with host families in Paterson, Frank- little wary of the idea of staying with a family of strang-
on page 40. lin Lakes, Wyckoff, and Woodcliff Lake. ers in Fair Lawn. But Barbara and Steven Kiel didnt
The trip includes stops in Asbury Park and Princeton, remain strangers very long, and Ms. Grinstein also got
as well as three days of touring in Washington. During close with the other host families during her time in
that trip, the group will meet with Congressman Josh New Jersey.
Gottheimer (D-5th Dist.). This is why she wanted to include them in her wed-
The $40,000 price tag for each years program is ding to a fellow veteran shed met at Beit Halochem. Sev-
raised from the Bergen County Jewish community and eral of the families even went to Israel for the occasion,
a few corporate sponsors. and others sent heartfelt cards of congratulations.
Ms. Grinstein, now 29, recalls that when she heard I am still grateful for all they did, and I stay in touch
about Zahal Shalom at Beit Halochem in Haifa where with them through Facebook and WhatsApp, Ms. Grin-
she continues to go weekly for physical and water stein said.
PARTY Its bad for the future of Jewish life in Israel, he said.
I think it discourages people from coming closer to
observant life, because they resent it so much.
convinced. All four to be clear, married to four dif-
ferent people recently received a letter demanding
they prove their Jewishness or they would be added to
PLANNER He said that on another issue that his group has been
litigating, the religious establishment has been recalci-
trant and avoids keeping its agreements. That issue is
Israels mikvahs, which are government facilities under
the rabbinates list of non-Jews. Such a letter is a break
from long-held traditions and came as a shock to its
recipients.
The letters were sent, Rabbi Farber said, after a cousin
the authority of the official rabbinate. came to the rabbinate to get married and didnt have
Itim succeeded in getting the rabbinate to stop insist- the right documentation to prove theyre Jewish.
ing that a mikveh watch women as they immerse in the The rabbinate, he added, has no jurisdiction to do
pool. The Jerusalem rabbinate, however, responded by that. Were going to the Supreme Court.
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