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Pop star Regina Spektor:
Im Jewish because of anti-Semitism
Notorious RBG concurs with Dissent

l Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg poses here with the new
childrens book, I Dissent: Ruth
Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark.
The photo was provided by the PJ
Library, which sends Jewish-themed
childrens books including that one
to families for free. (See PJLibrary.
org for details.)
On Monday, Ms. Ginsburg spoke
at the annual Jewish Federations of
North America General Assembly in

Washington. She said she appreciated her popularity among liberals who
admire her outspokenness and have
dubbed her Notorious RBG.
Did she like seeing Notorious RBG
gear, like T-shirts? she was asked.
Yes.
Except the tattoos, the associate
justice said. I dont like those.
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l Regina Ilyinichna
Spektors piano pop
music is often described as bubbly
or quirky and a
whole range of other,
even more positive
adjectives.
The average listener never would guess
that she lived with
intense anti-Semitism
for years.
In a recent interview with the Guardian, the Russian-Jewish songwriter, 36,
opened up about the anti-Semitism
she faced growing up in Russia, where
Jews were not allowed to practice their
religion or customs for decades under
Soviet rule. She explained that the persecution forced Russian Jews to bond
with each other.
The only reason Im Jewish is probably anti-Semitism, she said. Think
about Soviet Russia religion is illegal.
So theres no cultural Judaism, no tradition. The only thing that made Jewish
people marry other Jews is that they
didnt want to be called kikes. They
knew they wouldnt hear the word zhid
come out of their husbands face when
they had their first marital fight. So its
the only reason a lot of us exist.
She explained that she felt harassed
for being Jewish even after her family
moved to the United States around the
time she was 9. That was during the late
1980s, when Jews finally were allowed
to go. The Spektors settled in Fair Lawn
with the help of HIAS, the Jewish immigration agency, and Regina attended
the Frisch School for two years before
switching to Fair Lawn High School.
Instead of being the Jewish girl in a
Russian school, I became a Russian girl
in a Jewish school,
Spektor said. I had
dumb teenagers telling me to go back to
my fking country.
Telling me we were
taking their jobs. I got
so pissed off I was
like, Youd better believe Im going to take
your job, Im going
to take your job and
three other jobs, too.
She added to the
Guardian that her
brother, a black-hat-wearing Orthodox
Jew, still often is a target of anti-Semitic
harassment.
They get on him, shouting Shalom,
that kind of thing, she said. But I see
anti-Semitism everywhere. Its built into
the fabric of our lives.
But while its anti-Semitism that
made her Jewish, her latest albums title
draws from Jewish roots. Remember
Us to Life came out in September, just
days before Rosh Hashanah; the phrase
is part of the holiday liturgy.
Spektor rose to fame in the mid2000s after touring with bands like the
Strokes, the Kings of Leon, and Keane.
However, shes probably best known
now for writing Youve Got Time, the
theme song for Orange is the New
Black. Shes performed at a number of
Jewish-themed events, from a concert
on the National Mall commemorating
the 60th anniversary of the founding of
Israel in 2008 to a White House reception celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month in 2010.
She is married to another Russian
Jewish musician, Jack Dishel, who
played guitar for the Moldy Peaches.
The couple has a 2-year-old son.
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l Lets face it: at 7-foot-1 and 350
pounds, Shaq is built to dunk.
But dancing? Well, you may be
surprised: This past weekend, at a
Jewish wedding in Miami, the former
NBA star danced the hora.
The guests of newlyweds Blair
Markowitz and Corey Salter look
ecstatic in a video of the momentous event, published by TMZ. The
grooms father, Jamie Salter, works
with Shaq through the Authentic
Brands Group, which owns and
manages his intellectual property.

As the band sings Moshiach!
Moshiach! Shaq and seemingly
diminutive guests dance in a small
circle, beaming. At one point, a man
in a white dress shirt gives the Diesel
a big hug.
Unfortunately, as TMZ points out,
we didnt learn how many Jews it
takes to lift one Shaquille ONeal
reportedly, efforts to lift him in a chair
failed miserably.
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OPENING AVALANCHE:
Cinematic Hebrews
span the screen
Four movies with
major Jewish
connections open on
Friday, November 18. The
first is Bleed for This, a
biopic about real-life
middleweight boxer,
Vinny Pazienza (played
by Miles Teller). In 1991,
shortly after winning a
title fight, Pazienza was
in a very serious car
accident. He defied
doctors predictions and
orders not only by
walking again, but by
getting in the ring to
fight again. KATEY
SAGAL, 62, and TED
LEVINE, 59, co-star as
Vinnys mother and
trainer, respectively. The
movie is directed by BEN
YOUNGER,44, who grew
up Orthodox and made a
splash with his first
movie, Boiler Room
(2000), His best known
follow-up film, Prime
(2005), starred Meryl
Streep as a Jewish
psychiatrist flustered by
the romance between
her young adult son
(BRYAN GREENBERG,
38) and one of her
patients.
HAILEE STEINFELD, 19, stars as
Nadine in Edge of
Seventeen, a coming-ofage story that is a drama,
with some comedy.
Nadine feels confused
and alone when her best
friend starts dating her
brother. But the friendship of a thoughtful boy

helps ease her funk.
KYRA SEDGWICK, 51,
co-stars as Naomis
well-meaning but
ineffective mother.
Fantastic Beasts
and Where to Find
Them is based on a J.K.
Rowling (Harry Potter)
novel of the same name.
The plot is pretty
complicated, and there
are quite a few characters. The story begins in
1926. Newt Scamander
(Eddie Redmayne), a
wizard, has just completed a global trip documenting magical creatures. During a stopover
in New York things go
very wrong, and some
creatures escape. Jacob,
a non-wizard (DAN
FOGLER 40), is a major
figure.
Other Jews with big
parts include EZRA
MILLER, 24 (Credence
Barebone), and RON
PERLMAN, 66 (Gnarlack). By the way, in the
novel there are hints that
two major film characters, the sisters Tina and
Queenie Goldstein, are
Jewish. Rowling has revealed that they are distantly related to Anthony
Goldstein, a 1990s Harry
Potter character who is
the only explicitly Jewish
wizard in the series.
Interesting side note:
Katey Sagal
Ted Levine
Sidney Lumet
PBS-ish stuff
Hailee Steinfeld
Kyra Sedgwick
Miller is now filming The

Flash, in which he plays
the title role. Many say
this role will make him a
star. A journalist reporting for the I09 website
recently was invited to
see some scenes; in one,
the Batman character
calls the Flash a Jewish
looking boy. Its unclear
if this line will stay in, or if
the Flash will be explicitly Jewish.
Loving is a
dramatization of
the story of Richard and
Mildred Loving, a Virginia
couple who married (out
of state) in 1958 and then
were prosecuted in
Virginia, a few months
later, for the crime of
interracial marriage. They
were very ordinary
working class rural

people who just wanted
to be left alone. Their
case was taken up by the
ACLU. The Lovings were
represented by two
young Jewish lawyers,
BERNARD COHEN, now
81 (played by NICK
KROLL, 38), and PHILIP
HIRSCHKOP, now 79,
(played by JON BASS,
30ish). Eventually the
Supreme Court took the
case, and their ruling in
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
struck down all state
laws barring interracial
marriage.
The Loving filmmakers acknowledged they
drew from The Loving
Story, a great 2012 HBO
documentary. Director NANCY BUIRSKI,
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mid-1960s for an as it
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couple and their supermensch lawyers. There
are archive and recent
interviews with the lawyers. HBO has moved

the 2012 effort to first
spot on its documentary list because of the
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Come together, right now
West Bank mayor making three stops in Bergen County
to tell stories of unexpected cooperation as well as unsurprising fear
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
In most parts of the world, having coffee with
friends in a sukkah hardly would be frontpage news.
But its different in Efrat, home to 16,000
Jews in the Gush Etzion region between Bethlehem and Hebron in the West Bank. When
the towns mayor, Oded Revivi, invited Arabs
from neighboring villages to share refreshments in his sukkah with about 30 Efrat residents on October 19, the Washington Posts
Israel correspondent wrote a story that began
Jewish settlers invited Palestinians over for
the holidays. All went well until the guests
headed home.
Though most of the guests got home without incident, the Palestinian Authoritys
security forces arrested four of them. They
were released four days later, after COGAT,
the Coordinator of Government Activities in
the Territories unit of Israels Defense Ministry, intervened.
The men also had to pay the equivalent
of about $15,000 call it a bribe or a fine
a sum that Mr. Revivi is actively raising to
reimburse them. He has been meeting with
them regularly to strengthen their resolve to
continue participating in the cross-cultural
encounters and dialogues.
They are quite proud and know they did
nothing wrong, Mr. Revivi, a 47-year-old
father of six, said. They are extremely upset
and hurt because they didnt expect to end
up in a prison cell for having a cup of coffee
with their neighbors.
He will discuss the episode during three
speaking engagements in New Jersey this
weekend. At Englewoods Congregation Ahavath Torah, he will speak in the main sanctuary at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Saturday
morning. He will focus on his longtime efforts
to build relationships with his Arab neighbors
and he will conduct a question-and-answer
session at seudah shlishit late that afternoon
in the Orthodox shuls social hall.
On Saturday night, he will speak at Congregation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, and on Sunday evening he will meet with current and
alumni Berrie Fellows in Cresskill. The Berrie cohort met with Mr. Revivi last summer in
Efrat and reported being captivated by his
leadership, energy, and focus on diplomacy,
said Berrie Fellow Marcy Cohen of Englewood, a member of the executive committee
of Ahavath Torah.
This is a leader who faces immense challenges, but has created a community, along
with others, where there is a sense of security
and calm, Ms. Cohen said. He has a specific
process he teaches to mayors of other cities.
Oded Revivi
Although Mr. Revivi has lived in Efrat since

1994 and was elected mayor in 2008 and
2013, he also serves as chief foreign envoy
of the YESHA Council, the official body representing some 430,000 Jewish residents of
the West Bank, which they call Judea and
Samaria. (YESHA is the Hebrew acronym for
these regions.)
The foreign envoy position, which Dani
Dayan held until he was appointed Israels
consul general to New York last July, involves
advocacy trips worldwide as well as frequent
meetings with foreign diplomats and journalists in Israel and abroad.
This appointment has given Mr. Revivi a
much larger platform from which to base his
activities, aimed at meaningful coexistence.
Ive been hosting hundreds of groups,
three to four a week, trying to change the
reality and build bridges, he said. What
happened during Sukkot is part of an ongoing
relationship that were building step by step.
In a conversation shortly before taking off
for America, Mr. Revivi said he does not have
time to waste on feeling discouraged by disturbing events, such as those that followed
his Sukkot soiree.
There is a mission and we need to
fulfill it, he said. That mission is being
alive and getting along with our neighbors. We can carry on this conflict for
decades, but thats not what I want. I am
well aware there are people on both sides
who oppose this mission and they show
that in various ways. But we must not get
COURTESY ODED REVIVI
distracted by violent extremists.

The level of fear engendered by extremists
in the Palestinian Authority makes it difficult
to get a true picture of how many Arabs are
in favor of building bridges, Mr. Revivi said.
But he insists the situation between Jews and
their Arab neighbors is not as bleak as most
people are led to believe.
I take my measurements from what I see
on the street, he said. Jews and Arabs are
driving on the same roads and not bumping
into one another; in a real conflict zone, it
would be different. You go into the shopping
center in Gush Etzion and see Jews and Arabs
buying products in the same aisles of the
same stores. There are endless examples of
private individuals trying to live a normal life.
Its our job to increase this to a level where
it becomes official and happens on a more
regular basis.
Mr. Revivi said the Berrie Fellows visit to
Efrat was eye-opening for participants precisely because it afforded a close-up view of
everyday life.
Many times we make up our minds and
build a whole theory about things were not
really well educated about, but when you
come and see the reality and get the facts,
hear the peoples voices and look into their
eyes, you get a much better perspective.
His passion for diplomacy began when he
was young. Born in Ramat Gan outside Tel
Aviv, Mr. Revivi was selected by the Israeli
Foreign Ministry to be part of a teen delegation of goodwill ambassadors to the United
States. He spent four years in the Israel

Defense Forces armored corps and another
25 years as a reserve officer, attaining the
rank of lieutenant colonel.
He received an undergraduate degree
from East London Law School and a masters degree in social sciences and public
policy from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is a graduate of the San Francisco-based Gvanim fellowship, which
fosters the advancement of religious pluralism in Israel, and completed an executive education program at Harvard Business School as a Maoz Fellow.
An outspoken critic of Israels security
barrier, Mr. Revivi was instrumental in
having its route changed, and he has campaigned for its total removal. He believes
that fences are counterproductive.
Border fences became an issue in the U.S.
presidential elections in regard to Mexico, not
Israel. Asked to comment on Donald Trumps
victory last week, Mr. Revivi said: I respect
the American voters decision. It was a fascinating lesson in democracy. I think its very
hard to estimate what kind of president he
will be. Time will tell.
Mr. Revivi already has invited Mr. Trump
to be the first acting U.S. president to visit
the disputed Israeli territories. I will try
everything possible to give the administration a clear picture of the reality in Judea
and Samara and will participate in any
dialogue and establish a mechanism of
discussion, he said.
It is extremely important in such delicate issues that you dont get information
from second- or third-hand parties that
might be biased. If you come and see with
your own eyes, I think you can make judgments and calls that will be much more
accurate than what all the surrounding
advisers might tell you.
On November 10, the Times of Israel published Mr. Revivis op-ed, Come Together,
Right Now, calling on Jews in Israel and the
diaspora to follow the example hes trying to
set between Jews and Arabs.
Unlike many of my peers, my policy has
always been to meet with all groups, irrespective of their religious or political affiliation,
because opening peoples hearts and minds
to the reality of life in Judea and Samaria is
above politics and is vital to understanding
Israel, he wrote.
I believe that peace and understanding
between people can only occur through dialogue and shared experience. This is true for
Israelis and Palestinians as well as Israeli and
American Jewry. If we dont interact with
each other, our differences will only grow.
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Sinai to open new school

SAR in Riverdale will host across-the-bridge partnership
JOANNE PALMER
inai Schools, which provides personally tailored education to students with special needs in six day
schools in New Jersey, is working
with SAR Academy in Riverdale, N.Y., to
establish a pilot program there.
The program, its founders say, will open
in the fall of 2018, and at first will accept 6to 8-year-olds with a wide range of developmental disabilities and complex learning challenges. The next year, if all goes
according to plan, the school will expand
SAR, like the other schools that partner with Sinai, is a modern Orthodox day
school. Its philosophy and approach to
education and inclusion makes them ideal
partners for us at Sinai, Sinais dean,
Rabbi Dr. Yisrael Rothwachs, said.
We are delighted to partner with Sinai,
Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, SARs principal,
added. Bringing Sinai to SAR will allow us
to provide a place for the children of SAR
Music teacher Erika Svolos, right, with a group of students.
families whom we currently are unable

to serve. This new relationship directly
reflects SARs educational goals, to foster
COURTESY OF SINAI SCHOOLS
a community of students who demonstrate sensitivity for their peers and an

appreciation of the differences in others.
We all have something to learn from one

another. Everyone will benefit from our
partnership not only the students who
need Sinais special education expertise,
but our own SAR students as well.
Sinai now works within two elementary
schools, one at the Rosenbaum Yeshiva
of North Jersey in Teaneck and the other
at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy
in Livingston. They both work with firstthrough eighth-graders who have a broad
range of complex special needs. It also
works with three high schools for students
who have intellectual or developmental
disabilities; they are the Torah Academy
of Bergen County, Maayanot Yeshiva High
School, and Heichal HaTorah. All three
schools are in Teaneck. Sinai also runs a
high school at Rae Kushner Yeshiva High
School in Livingston for college-bound
high school students with complex learning disabilities, Aspergers, ADHD, and
social or anxiety disorders.
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Using midrash for self-knowledge

Dr. Norman Cohen brings modern insight to ancient texts in Tenafly this weekend
JOANNE PALMER
idrash is an old form,

and the biblical texts that
midrash explains, expands,
dances around, and uses to
play cats cradle with are even older.
But they can be used to help us understand the bewildering world around us
today, just as they helped our ancestors
understand the bewildering world around
them two millennia ago, and in the centuries that separate us from them.
Rabbi Dr. Norman Cohen, the emeritus professor of midrash at the Hebrew
Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in Manhattan (and not only a widely
respected professor there but also a former provost and dean) will explain how
those insights are within modern grasp
at Temple Sinai of Bergen County in
Tenafly, where he will be scholar in residence this weekend. (See box for more
information.)
Ive studied midrash for 40 years, and
the entire attempt is to study it on different levels, Dr. Cohen said. You start with
the biblical text, and then move to the rabbinic, and study what the rabbis draw from
it. And then, on the third level, I really say
that the story is for all people, at all times.
What can we learn from the story as modern Jews, as modern people, that can teach
us and work for us?
The meta perspective on my talks at
Sinai is that I will try to share the power
latent in the biblical text by using the process of midrash of rabbinic interpretation to draw meaning for our own lives
as Jews, and as human beings, he continued. I want to help people feel the power
that the text can have over us, to challenge
What I generally do is not

only talk about the text but also
share my own reactions and
experiences, in a way that elicits
peoples own self-reflection.
Dr. Norman Cohen
us and to show us who we want to be.

Most of our lives as spent living in relationships. Most of my teaching and study on
the Bible focuses on human relationships in
it, and what we can learn from them.
Because our Torah-reading cycle now
focuses on Abraham and his family, Dr.
Cohen will focus there too. What I generally do is not only talk about the text but
also share my own reactions and experiences, in a way that elicits peoples own
self-reflection, he said. The stories of
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Esau, and Joseph
and his brothers are all about relationships
between parents and children, siblings,
and husbands and wives.
There are 14 hinenis in the Bible, he
continued. Hineni here I am is a
response to God, in response to an all-seeing Gods rhetorical call to one of the people to whom God talks. On Friday night,
Who: Rabbi Dr. Norman Cohen

What: Will be scholar in residence
Where: At Temple Sinai of Bergen County, 1 Engle St., Tenafly
When: At evening services on Friday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m.; at morning services
on Saturday, November 19, at 9 a.m.; and at the brotherhood breakfast on Sunday,
November 20, at 9:30 a.m.
For more information: Go to or call (201) 568-3035.
I will talk about hineni, and give five or six

examples of them from the Bible.
In the morning, I will talk about the
relationships among Abraham, Hagar,
and Ishmael. I will bring in some things
about how the rabbis responded to the
text out of their own experience with
Islam thats because Ishmael, Abrahams older son, whose mother was
Hagar, became, according to midrash,
the founder of the Arab nations. But I
will talk more about the family relationships, how they managed that dynamic,
and what it might mean to us in the context of our own lives.
On Sunday, Dr. Cohen will focus on the
most difficult part of these stories, harder
even than Abrahams decision to cast
Hagar and their son Ishmael out into the
desert, where most likely the boy and his
mother would die. Its the Akeidah, the
Binding of Isaac, the story of how Abraham took his son up Mount Moriah, there
to bind him to the altar and sacrifice him.
He most definitely would die. (Except he
didnt. An angel directed by God stayed
his hand, and a ram was sacrificed in
Isaacs place.)
I will talk about the impact of the
Akeidah on the family, and particularly
on Sarah, Dr. Cohen said. Sarah, Isaacs
mother, never appears again; instead,
her death is reported. I will tell the
biblical story reflected through rabbinic
midrash, and ultimately I will challenge
us to see what those stories mean to us
in terms of our own lives and our own
families.
Dr. Cohen detailed how his method
could be applied to other stories. Take
the relationship between the siblings
Moses, Miriam, and Aaron, he said.
Look at how Moses and Aaron experience their sisters death, he said. Look
at how it affected them, how they were
striving to continue to fulfill their leadership responsibilities in effect, their professional lives while mourning for their
sister. They had to bury her, and also to
lose her special leadership ability.
How did Moses, the kid brother, react
to the death of his older sister, whom
hed journeyed with in the wilderness for
40 years? Classical midrash focuses on
Mosess struggle to find water after Miriams death.
Midrash tells us that a well of sweet
water accompanied Miriam in the desert;
once she died, that source of water dried
up. Miriam represents water, and water
as a source of redemption, Dr. Cohen
said. Even her name, Miri-yam, has water
in it. Yam means ocean. Mosess struggle, from the rabbinic point of view, is to
learn how to draw water himself, to learn
that there is a source of redemption even
after she is gone.
And then Aaron dies, and the struggle
is to complete the journey without Aaron
and Miriam.
The rabbinic struggle emerges in both
a corporate and a personal way. How do
we survive the absence of those who represent our source of redemption?
How do we find the ability to continue
and to strive? In Miriams death the rabbis
confront that question.
Dr. Cohen is a lifelong Reform Jew,
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Testing. Testing. Testing

Literary scholar looks at Akeidah through cinematic lens in Tenafly
JOANNE PALMER
Its not what you usually think of as a Jewish movie. And
youre right its not a Jewish movie at all.
Exam is a thriller, an English film released in 2009.
Its about eight people enclosed in a small room, in unexplained and therefore even more terrifying conflict with
each other, a sort of Lord of the Flies crossed with a
Twelve Angry Men pulse-raising plot.
Theres nothing obviously Jewish about it.
And yet its the film that Dr. Wendy Zierler will discuss
at a meeting of Minyan Tiferet, the partnership minyan in
Englewood, this Sunday.
Why?
Well.
Its a general way of studying matters of Jewish faith,
using movies as a springboard, Dr. Zierler said.
Dr. Zierler is the Sigmund Falk Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Feminist Studies at the Hebrew Union
College Jewish Institute of Religion in Manhattan, one of
the Reform movements main rabbinical seminaries. Shes
also a member of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, the
modern Orthodox shul headed until recently by Rabbi Avi
Weiss, and she is a member of a partnership minyan there.
(A partnership minyan allows women to lead the parts of
a service that do not require a quorum of 10 men, and it
occupies the leftmost corner of the Orthodox world.) Her
understanding of the Jewish world spans the movements,
and she says that she is comfortable, to varying degrees,
in different ways, in all of them.
What does this have to do with
the movies?
For many years, I taught
a course called Reed Theology at HUC, Dr. Zierler said. I
was asked to teach it by Eugene
Borowitz. Rabbi Borowitz, who
died in January, was one of the
Reform movements best known,
best respected, and best loved
theologians, and his influence is
Dr. Wendy Zierler
felt far outside his movement as
well. When he asked her, then a
new Ph.D., to teach with her, Dr. Zierler was both flattered
and intimidated. I had to figure out why he was interested in pairing with an Orthodox literary person, she
said. She took up the challenge.
Dr. Borowitz had the idea that we should be engaged in
the culture, in finding out what is out there and making it
meaningful in a religious way, she continued.
Thats the method used in classical midrash. Often
the rabbis, when they were doing an exegesis of a verse,
would say what they thought it meant, and then follow
it with a parable. But sometimes it could be reverse
engineered, using what she and Rabbi Borowitz called
inverted midrash. Start with the story, and then get it
back to the text. Not only is that a way to introduce texts
with which people might not be familiar, it is also a way to
see them freshly, familiar or not.
That became our method, Dr. Zierler said.
So there they were, a venerated, elderly Reform rabbi
and an up-and-coming young modern Orthodox feminist
scholar, both defying stereotypes, learning from each
other. The two became very close.
Gene was the belief man, and I was the text woman,
Dr. Zierler said. In a way, that was ironic, when you
A scene from the thriller Exam, the movie featured in Dr. Wendy Zierlers presentation.
bring your preset notions about being Reform or Orthodox. The Reform movement now is trying to do more
God talk, and Gene did a great job of getting rabbinical
students to talk about what they believe, and to get them
to take it seriously.
Exam is about a test, both literal and metaphoric.
So in the film, you take this corporate instance of testing, and it becomes an occasion to think about what tests
mean. Why do we student our students? Our employees?
Our children? Our culture? And what does Judaism say
about tests?
The class at Tiferet will be an analysis of the film,
but then it will look at the Jewish traditional and literary
approach to tests. It will include some rabbinic examples,
but generally speaking it will all go back to the Akeidah
to the Binding of Isaac. Abraham was repeatedly tested
to what end?
Studying cinema as text largely has been a Christian
enterprise, Dr. Zierler said; even the title she uses, Reel
Theology, with its obvious and satisfying pun, has been
overdone in the Christian world, she said; there are dozens of books about the theology of film. Why? From all the
way back to the beginnings of the movies, the theaters
were seen as the new temples. One of the puns thats used
frequently is sinema. They were worried, from the beginning, about trying to police what was in the movies.
Jews were making the movies and acting in the movies,
but they did not write about it in the same way. And that
was not because they didnt go to the movies. I can only
speculate about why, but it might be because theology
isnt a Jewish science. Jews do not tend to wax eloquent
over creed.
Dr. Zierler identifies as a feminist, and there is feminism
in Exam. I dont want to say too much about the film,
because it is a thriller, but there is one woman in it who is
important insofar as the film is offering a message about
what sort of virtue ought to be commended, she said.
This woman becomes an exponent of that virtue, and

I use it as a way to challenge a certain way of thinking
that lauds Abraham for his detachment, for clinging to
God and separating from his family. I offer a feminist-oriented reading of the Akeidah that basically looks at Sarahs
unspoken role in it.
Dr. Zierler has written a book, due out next year, called
Movies and Midrash: Popular Film and Jewish Religious
Conversation. It offers close readings of 12 movies her
text and explores one religiously significant theme for
each. The chapter on The Truman Show, for example,
looks at the concept of truth; The Kings Speech looks
at what she calls speaking Gods word, and A Serious
Man is about parables of Jewishness.
Its about Jewish engagement with popular culture and
secular society, she said.
Rabbi Borowitz wrote the books preface; Dr. Zierlers
publisher, SUNY Press, accepted it the day after he died.
Its a very poignant thing, she said.
Dr. Zierler said that the best way to get as much as possible from the program at Tiferet would be to watch Exam
before her talk its on Netflix although she will show
clips during the evening.
Oh, and she also likes the movie. I only teach about
films I like, she said.
Who: Dr. Wendy Zierler

What: Will teach Akedat Yitzchok: A Feminist Interpretation
When: On Sunday, November 20, at 8:30 p.m.
Where: At a private home in Tenafly
How much: Suggested donation is $10 per person
For more information: Go to www.minyantiferet.org
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The chasid and the misnagged should be friends

Author to speak about Rabbis Soloveitchik and Schneerson in Teaneck
LARRY YUDELSON
The Rav and the Rebbe, by Rabbi Chaim
Dalfin, begins on January 28, 1980, at 770
Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, the
headquarters of Chabad Lubavitch.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson,
the Lubavitcher rebbe, is celebrating the
30th anniversary of his leadership in the
traditional chasidic way with a farbrengen. The Yiddish word means joyous gathering, and it features singing, toasts, and
because it was the rebbes farbrengen,
a 90-minute Yiddish Torah lecture from
him. Chabad videotaped it to preserve the
rebbes teachings and you can watch a clip
at theRebbe.org.
Watch as the rebbe walks through the
room, stopping to shake the hands of
another white-bearded rabbi. Thats Rabbi
Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the Yeshiva University talmudist known as the rav. The
two white-bearded rabbis the rebbe was
born in 1902 and died in 1994, and the rav
was born in 1903 and died in 1993 talk for
10 seconds, until the rebbes aide pulls him
along, to take his seat at the

Talking with Rabbi Dalhead of the table. The video
fin, it becomes clear that he
cuts to the rebbe speaking,
sees this meeting between
then to Rabbi Soloveitchik,
two rabbis as a pivotal
and then to Rabbi Schneermoment in the history of
son talking with Rabbi
the Lubavitch movement
Soloveitchik on his way out.
and chasidism writ large,
For Rabbi Dalfin, the 1980
and therefore of Jewish hisencounter encapsulates the
tory, and, perforce, the hisconnection between two
tory of the world.
leaders of 20th century
This historic event is the
Orthodox Judaism. (Rabbi
end of two hundred years
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin
Dalfin will speak in Teaneck
of divisiveness, he said.
Sunday night; see box.)
Two hundred years of
In researching his book of 400 pages
the Vilna Gaons and the Baal Shem Tovs
and 560 footnotes, Rabbi Dalfin, who
edicts against each other.
A refresher on 18th century Jewish comhad been at the farbrengen, watched
munal politics: The Baal Shem Tov began
the full video. It brought back fond
teaching his doctrines of chasidism in the
memories, he said. I studied that
1740s. He died in 1760, but the movement
video, the facial expressions of the
grew. So too did a backlash against it by
rebbe and Rav Soloveitchik when they
its opponents, known as the misnagdim.
shook hands, when they came into the
In 1772 the Vilna Gaon Rabbi Elijah
room. I observed Rabbi Soloveitchik liscondemned the chasidim, and because in
tening for an hour and a half while the
those days a simple press release did not
rebbe talked. I saw the smile. I thought
suffice, excommunicated its adherents
about their near embrace.
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excommunicated the chasidim. This time
he singled out Rabbi Shneur Zalman of
Liadi, who founded the Chabad movement
and the Lubavitch rabbinic dynasty.
Chabad chasidim preserve the memory
of that conflict through the annual celebration of 19 Kislev, the date Rabbi Zalman was
released from a Russian prison after being
set up by his ideological enemies, followers
of the Vilna Gaon.
What does this have to do with
Rabbi Soloveitchik?
Well, he was a sixth generation descendant of a student of the Vilna Gaon.
So the handshake between Rabbis
Soloveitchik and Schneerson was the peaceful resolution of their 18th century ancestors, the chasidim and the misnagdim.
Historic indeed, from that perspective.
Though, from another, maybe not
so much.
After the meeting, according to the book,
Rabbi Soloveitchik told a student that the
dispute between the chasidim and the followers of the Vilna Gaon was already
resolved by Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.
But actually it was resolved before then, at
least for Rabbi Soloveitchiks family. Back
when he was 7 years old, his teacher was a
Lubavitcher chasid.
The rav spoke of him with such love,
such admiration, Rabbi Dalfin said. Under

his teachers influence, the rav developed a
love of chasidus, chasidic teachings.
Rabbis Soloveitchik and Schneerson first
met in their youth in Berlin.
After coming to America Rabbi Soloveitchik arrived in 1932 and Rabbi Schneerson
in 1941 they didnt meet much face-toface, Rabbi Dalfin said. Nevertheless, their
relationship was very deep and respecting.
The relationship between the two men isnt
about meeting monthly or yearly. Its correspondence, sending books and seforim to
each other; its asking about their health.
Among Rabbi Soloveitchiks students
whom Rabbi Dalfin quotes in his book are
Rabbi Yosef Adler of Teanecks Congregation Rinat Yisrael and Rabbi Menachem
Genack of Englewoods Congregation Shomrei Emunah. Rabbi Dalfin also scoured the
writings and recordings of Rabbi Soloveitchik for quotations of Chabad teachings.
And, according to a story Rabbi Dalfin
was told by the son of a student of Rabbi
Soloveitchik, at some point in the late 1940s
Rabbi Soloveitchik requested a prayer for
healing from Rabbi Schneerson. When
Rabbi Soloveitchik got better, he dedicated
some time toward the end of each Talmud
class to give a chasidic interpretation of that
piece of Talmud, Rabbi Dalfin said. I only
have one source for that.

Rabbi Genack is the source for a report
that when Rabbi Soloveitchik taught Talmud in the summer of 1968, he spent a few
minutes at the end of each class teaching
from the writings of the first Lubavitcher
leader, Rabbi Shneur Zalman. chasidic
teachings complement the Talmud, Rabbi
Dalfin said. chasidism takes the rational,
logical, cold Talmud and brings it to life.
Which leads to Rabbi Dalfins bottom
line one of the key messages he wants
his book to bring across to students of the
rav, students of students of the rav, rabbis
who are leading OU and Young Israel congregations we need to communicate to
the youth that it is important to emulate the
rav. And how do you do that? By studying
chasidism. And in particular Chabad chasidism. Its chasidism that gives a person the
ultimate love and depth of Judaism. Thats
coming from the rav. Im just paraphrasing
and elaborating.
You dont have to be a Lubavitcher
you can still appreciate and study chasidism, he said.
This interpretation of Rabbi Soloveitchik
as a strong advocate for chasidism seems a
bit forced, however. Most plainly, the two
or three semesters where Rabbi Soloveitchik spent a little time teaching Chabad
texts are outweighed by the dozens in

which he didnt.
Of course, measured by the standpoint of
the 18th century excommunication, thats
giving a lot of respect to Chabad. And perhaps a desire for that respect is what motivated a senior Chabad official to venture to
Yeshiva University in 1980 to invite Rabbi
Soloveitchik to the 30th anniversary farbrengen in the first place.
As Rabbi Dalfin reports, Rabbi Soloveitchiks son, Dr. Haym Soloveitchik, later
lamented his fathers decision to go to the
farbrengen. If I had been in New York at
the time, I never would have let my father
go, Rabbi Dalfin quotes him as saying.
Writes Rabbi Dalfin: Haym and other
family members were concerned lest
Chabad turn the rav into a propaganda
piece for their own benefit.
Who: Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author of

Rav and Rebbe
What: Book launch and talk
Where: Congregation Beth Aaron, 950
Queen Anne Road, Teaneck
When: Sunday, November 20, at 8 p.m.
Admission: Free
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Hows everything?
Teaneck family runs a baby gemach
because sometimes it isnt okay but it can get better
portable crib or stroller to accommodate visitors
from out of town.
Because any gemach must limit the population it serves so it does not become overwhelmed with requests, the Teaneck Baby
Gemach focuses on Jewish families in Bergen
County. (There is a separate baby gemach for
Passaic Countys Jewish families.)
But sometimes exceptions are made, and Ms.
Fried views them as opportunities for Kiddush
Hashem, literally sanctifying the name of God.
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
We never want to
embarrass anyone.
Chesed has to
come from
kindness and has
to lift a person up,
not lower them.
Once, a woman who does tremendous
chesed in the community contacted me from
the hospital to report that an underprivileged
non-Jewish family was not being permitted to
take their baby home because they didnt have
an up-to-standards car seat, she said. I had a
beautiful car seat in my garage at the time.
When the father came to pick it up, my husband was struggling with assembling a particular vacuum, she continued. The man said to
him, Oh, I used to sell that vacuum for 15 years.
Let me help you! I took it as a sign from Hashem
that it was meant to be for us to help him, and
for him to help us. We just try to do the right
thing.
In fact, Ms. Fried said that she detects a divine hand
guiding all the gemachs transactions.
For instance, Ill get a request for an Arms Reach CoSleeper, and two days later someone says they want to
donate an Arms Reach Co-Sleeper. Its really incredible.
Ms. Fried handles the donor and recipient logistics via
smartphone during her daily two-hour commute to and
from work, and welcomes volunteers to help sort, coordinate, or store donations from their own home.
When she is offered a donation that she cannot store
and for which she has no appropriate recipient, she refers
the donor to other baby gemachs in the tristate area to
help as many people as possible.
I want to inspire others who feel that they are just too
busy to handle anything else, Ms. Fried said. You can
always create your own way to do a mitzvah and incorporate it into your lifestyle. Having your own organization
means that you can run it on your own terms and during
your own time.
To get in touch with the Teaneck Baby Gemach, email
teaneckbabygemach@gmail.com.
To get in touch with the Passaic Baby Gemach, call Siggy
Berger at (201) 486-1492.
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A familys financial situation does not always

align with the image it projects through such
external factors as a house, a car, a job, or living
in a particular neighborhood.
Ginnine and Avi Fried of Teaneck know this
well.
For three months before their twins were
born in November 2009, Ms. Fried was on bedrest, earning no income from the job she had
started only that June as a government attorney.
Back then, there were no federal maternity benefits. Mr. Fried was laid off when the babies were
just one week old.
Everyone assumes everything is okay with
people but nobody knows whats going on
behind the scenes, said Ms. Fried, who is not
only an attorney but also is a certified health
coach, runs a kosher healthful recipe website
(www.Gininthekitchen.com), and does Zumba
and face-painting parties for kids.
Facing steep new expenses, the Frieds were
grateful to hear from Rachel Fleisher, also of
Teaneck. Ms. Fleisher, also the mother of twins,
had inaugurated the Teaneck Baby Gemach
(www.teaneckbabygemach.org) in memory of
her mother.
A gemach is a Jewish free-loan organization
dealing in items for long- or short-term use.
Each gemach tends to specialize in a specific
area, for example wedding centerpieces and
gowns, wheelchairs and walkers, Purim costumes and toys, or in this case baby paraphernalia. The word is an acronym composed
of the first three letters of the Hebrew phrase
gimlet chasadim, meaning acts of kindness.
(The singular of chasadim is chesed.)
It was such a blessing, Ms. Fried said. The
Ginnine and Avi Fried with twins Mason, left, and Ariella.
help they received from the Teaneck Baby
Gemach made a big difference to her and her
easy that way, because everything flows.
family. Just getting diapers meant a lot. It meant that the
She never uses names when soliciting items on FaceJewish community cared about us.
book. We never want to embarrass anyone, she said.
A year later, Ms. Fleisher moved away, and she put out
Chesed has to come from kindness and has to lift a pera call for someone to take over the gemach. When nobody
son up, not lower them.
responded, the Frieds decided that despite their demanding role as new parents of twins, the best way to show
Jogging strollers and car seats are the most frequently
their appreciation would be to step up to the task.
requested items at the baby gemach, she said. Car seats
We run it as a team, Ms. Fried said. My husband
in the U.S. expire after five years, and with our suburban
handles the financials and fundraising. We operate under
lifestyle they are in high demand.
the auspices of a local synagogue in Teaneck. The highThe Frieds placed collection boxes in businesses
light is that doing chesed together on an ongoing basis for
around town, earmarked mostly for buying diapers, and
six years has helped our marriage. Its really like having
they fundraise for specific purposes. They tell recipients
another baby, through which we get to know each other
that Donations are always gladly accepted and never
on other levels and appreciate each others skills.
required and they never ask for proof of need.
Whereas the original gemach operated in the typical
People have to appreciate that cash flow isnt steady in
way, with an inventory of donated items collected in a
all homes, said Ms. Fried, a Brooklyn native who has lived
basement for recipients to explore, the Frieds shifted to
in Teaneck since 2007. Ive delivered diapers to some of
a sort of matchmaking system. They store only portable
the biggest houses in Teaneck. Some people havent paid
cribs and baby formula.
their mortgage for a year. Thats not something anyone
Donors say they have XYZ, and I post a Facebook meswould know.
sage asking who needs XYZ. Or someone emails us about
Requests also come from people who are not in financial straits. They may simply be frugal, looking to borrow
someone needing XYZ and I post a message seeking a
a short-term item like a baby swing, or they may need a
donation of that item, Ms. Fried explained. Its kind of
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Lecture features Israel official
The second annual Rabbi Dr. David M.
Feldman memorial lecture is on Sunday, November 20, at 8:30 p.m., at Ohr
Saadyah of Teaneck. Dr. Tal Becker, the
acting legal adviser to Israels Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and a senior fellow
at the Shalom Hartman Institute, will
discuss Discourse of Diplomacy in a
Turbulent Middle East.
Drs. Ben and Miriam Landau sponsor the lecture. The shul is at 554
Queen Anne Road in Teaneck. More
information is at www.ohrsaadya.org.
Professor Alan
Dershowitz
Dr. Tal Becker
Rabbi Dr. David M.

Feldman zl
The journey of koshering meat

On Thanksgiving morning, November 24, at 9:30 a.m., Rabbi
Danny Senter will discuss Our Meat, Its Not All in Vein From
Field to Table: The Koshering Journey of Our Meat, at Congregation Beth Aaron in Teaneck.
Rabbi Senter is chief operating officer of KOF-K Kosher Supervision, the Teaneck-based kosher certification agency that has
offices and representatives throughout the world. He has been
on the board of the Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey and was
a member of both the Greenway Advisory Board and Teanecks
Rabbi Danny
Historic Preservation committee. As an emergency medical techSenter
nician, he has been president of Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance
Corps and chief of the Bogota First Aid Squad.
Congregation Beth Aaron is at 950 Queen Anne Road in Teaneck. For information call (201)
836-6210 or go to www.bethaaron.org.
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Ambassador
Danny Danon
Congressman
Ed Royce
ZOA awards dinner this weekend

The Zionist Organization of Americas
annual Justice Louis D. Brandeis awards
dinner is set for Sunday, November 20, at 5
p.m. at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York
City. The awards honor notable defenders
of Israel and recognizes their contributions
to the American Jewish community.
Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Home
Depot, the Israel Democracy Institute, and
the Marcus Foundation, will be awarded
the Justice Louis D. Brandeis award.
Congressman Ed Royce (R-Calif.), chair of

the House Foreign Relations Committee,
will receive the Adelson Defender of Israel
award. Israels ambassador to the U.N.,
Danny Danon, will be honored with the
Dr. Bob Shillman award. And the Mortimer
Zuckerman award will be presented to Alan
Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard
Law School.
For information, go to www.zoa.org or
call (212) 481-1500.
Burial group seeks used tallitot

The Hebrew Free Burial Association is looking for tallitot to shroud bodies that it is called
upon to bury. It would be grateful for used
tallitot that their owners no longer need.
Arrangements can be made to pick them up
or to find convenient places to drop them off.

For information, call Andrew Parver, the
associations director of operations, at (516)
672-2922 or email him at aparver@gmail.
com.
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here are many different ways to volunteer in

Israel. The Orangetown Jewish Center has chosen a short but very intense one.
This November, as it has for the last 11 Novembers, a group of about 20 people from the Conservative
synagogue in Orangeburg, led by Rabbi Craig Scheff, has
gone to Israel to do work. Real physical work.
We are all paying a lot of money to come here for a
few days to put on old clothes and work gloves, Simone
Wilker of Washington Township said, in a phone call from
Kfar Ahava in northern Israel. We paint and cement and
glue and dig. We created something really special today.
Kfar Ahava is a place that takes care of children whose
families cannot look after them. Its sort of an orphanage,
in that many of its children are more or less abandoned,
but its no Dickensian nightmare. Instead, its a place
where you dont live in a dorm, but you get a mother and
a father, Ms. Wilker said. Children live in group of eight
to 10, with an adult couple who lives there with them.
The children go to school in the morning, and then they
come home for lunch. Thats the main meal of the day.
In the afternoon, they share activities, and the parents
prepare dinner.
We had lunch there, and we met a girl who is doing her
community service. She lives there too, and goes home
every two weeks. She works 12 to 14 hours a day with the
kids, so its a family with two parents, her, and ten 8- to
Gloria Brettner, Rabbi Craig Scheff, Mikalah Weinger, Leslee Schwartz, and Allison Waldman create mosaics
that will go on benchtops in Kfar Ahavas new garden, which the Orangetown Jewish Center is building.
12-year-old boys.
The Orangetown groups stay in Israel is short usually the group meets in Israel on a Sunday, and finishes
work on that Thursday, so anyone who wants to be back
at home for Shabbat can do it easily. But the bonds that
form between the group members are strong, and aided
by the fact that most participants have been on the trip
many times. A few of them, in fact, have gone many times
since it began. She has gone only twice, so shes still new.
This year, Ms. Wilker added, there were only two new
From left, Linda Varon, Harriett Wolf, Adele Garber, and Ellen Levine build brick walls as they create flower beds in the new garden at Kfar Ahava.
participants; two teenage girls, both of them traveling with

their fathers. Often only a husband or a wife comes, she
added. This kind of work-intensive trip isnt for everyone.
The group goes to Kfar Ahava every year, so participants
can see how their work has changed during the interval,
and get a good idea of what to do next. Once the group
has finished its work there, it visits someplace else. That
second place changes from year to year. This year, it was
Aleh Israel in Tel Aviv, a home for people with profound
disabilities. The Orangetown group came at the same time
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to have care 24/7. Its a huge undertaking. They serve about 700 people. And
Aleh takes everyone who comes. It
doesnt matter who comes to them
what religion, what background, what
age. They take everyone. And therefore, she added, Aleh, which gets about
one third of its funding from the government, has a huge need for money.
Ms. Wilker, who lives in Bergen
County and is a longtime member of
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley,
first learned about the trip circuitously.
Her son Dov is the regional director
of the American Jewish Committee in
Atlanta, Georgia, and Rabbi Scheffs sister, who also lives in Atlanta, is active in
the AJC and other Jewish organizations
there. Ms. Wilker and Rabbi Scheff first
met at a dinner for Atlantans at a meeting of the American Jewish Committees
Global Forum in Washington, D.C., when
they found themselves sitting next to
each other and began to talk geography.
This was 2014. Ms. Wilkers husband,
Bernie, had died about six months ago.

She started talking to Rabbi Scheff. I
told him that I wanted to go to Israel,
but I didnt want to go on a tour, she
said. He told me about this trip, and it
was the perfect thing. It was a way to
work out grief. And Bernie would have
loved it, she said. I felt like I was bringing Bernie to Israel with me. He always
wanted to do good things for people.
Amy Schwartz of New City has gone on
the trip five times. It gives me the opportunity to be in Israel to give, she said. As
opposed to the arts festival in Tel Aviv
that I go to every February. That one is all
about me. But when I go on this trip, its
all about the country, and about giving.
It gives me the opportunity to go to
Israel with a different framework. I love
this country, with all the wonderful and
not-so-wonderful things about it. This is
a great way to give to it.
She remembers planting a memorial
garden at Kfar Ahava last year, in memory of one of the trips founders, and also
in memory of the son of one of the participants, who had died that year. This
year we saw the garden and the quiet
space, and it was very moving, she said.
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Meet the Jews in Donald Trumps inner circle

JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
resident-elect Donald Trump

has a complicated history with
Jews. On the one hand, his
daughter Ivanka converted to
Orthodox Judaism before marrying Jared
Kushner, and hes spoken fondly about
having Jewish grandchildren.
On the other, some of Trumps supporters identify with anti-Semitic elements of
the alt-right movement, and hes a favorite of prominent white supremacist David
Duke. On Sunday, Trump appointed Stephen Bannon the former chairman of
Breitbart News, a site with ties to the altright as his chief strategist, in a move
that sparked swift criticism from the AntiDefamation League.
Still, Trumps cadre of advisers is not
short on Jews. While the real estate magnate and former reality TV star may not
officially appoint family members to his
Cabinet because of federal anti-nepotism
regulations, heres a look at his Jewish
advisers, their views, and their possible
roles in his administration.
Jason Greenblatt
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Jason Greenblatt
Greenblatt, who lives in Teaneck, has
worked as a real-estate lawyer for Trump
for 19 years, and he is one of two Jewish
lawyers whom Trump has said he would
appoint as his Israel advisers. An Orthodox Jew and Yeshiva University graduate,
Greenblatt studied at a West Bank yeshiva
in the mid-1980s and even did armed
guard duty there.
Greenblatt, who is the father of six children, does not have any political experience. He has said that he speaks with people involved in the Israeli government but
has not spoken to any Palestinians since
his yeshiva studies. He has cited the American Israel Public Affairs Committee as one
of his main sources for staying informed
about the Jewish state, and helped draft
Trumps speech at the lobbying groups
annual conference in March.
Greenblatt, who has said he supports
the two-state solution, has implied that
Trump will take a more laissez-faire
approach to peace building.
He is not going to impose any solution
on Israel, Greenblatt told Israels Army

Radio last week. He also said that Trump
does not view Jewish settlements as an
obstacle to peace.
David Friedman
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David Friedman
Alongside Greenblatt, Trump named
Friedman, 57, as an Israel adviser. Friedman, a bankruptcy expert and partner
at a New York law firm, Kasowitz Benson
Torres & Friedman, is the president-elects
longtime attorney. The son of a Conservative rabbi with a family history of ties to
Republican presidential candidates his
family hosted Ronald Reagan for a Shabbat
lunch in 1984, the year the president won
re-election Friedman lives in Woodmere,
in Long Islands Five Towns, and owns a
house in Jerusalems Talbiyeh neighborhood, according to Haaretz.
Friedman has expressed doubt about
the future of the two-state solution, traditionally a pillar of bipartisan U.S. policy
in the region. Before the Republican Party
passed a platform that omitted references
to the two-state solution, he said it might
be time for the party to reject the concept.
The two-state solution might be one
answer, but I dont think its the only
answer anymore, he said in July.
Friedman also has said that annexing
the West Bank would not damage Israels
status as a Jewish state.
Jared Kushner
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Jared Kushner
Kushner the 35-year-old scion of one of
New Jerseys most prominent real estate
families, and the husband of Trumps
daughter Ivanka since 2009 played a
crucial role in the president-elects campaign, especially with regard to Israel. He

worked on Trumps speech to the AIPAC
annual policy conference that earned
Trump a standing ovation, and helped
plan a trip to Israel for his father-in-law last
year. (Trump canceled the trip after Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
slammed his call to ban Muslim immigration to the United States.)
Trump appears to be smitten with
Kushner, often referring to his fantastic son-in-law when boasting of his proIsrael credentials. Kushner, an Orthodox
Jew who lives with his wife and their three
children on Manhattans Upper East Side,
may have become a household name during the campaign, but hes no stranger to
the limelight. In 2006, at 25, he bought
the Observer newspaper. Two years later
he became CEO of his fathers company,
Kushner Properties, four years after his
father was sent to jail for tax evasion, illegal campaign donations, and witness tampering. His misdeeds including entrapping his brother-in-law into have sex with
a prostitute, filming the encounter, and
sending the video to his sister. In 2015, Fortune named Kushner to its 40 Under 40
list, its annual ranking of the most influential young people in business.
Ivanka Trump
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Ivanka Trump
Trumps daughter Ivanka, 35, who converted to Orthodox Judaism, has served
as the polished, softer face of her fathers
campaign. A successful businesswoman
whose brand is centered around her family name and says it empowers working
women, she stood by her father when
recordings were released that caught the
president-elect bragging, in crude terms,
about sexually assaulting women.
Ivanka reportedly has tried not
always successfully to have her father
tone down or walk back some of his most
inflammatory remarks, including having
called Mexican immigrants rapists, according to New York magazine.
She is the founder of the Ivanka
Trump Collection, a fashion and lifestyle
brand, and is the executive vice president of development and acquisitions
for the Trump Organization, her fathers
company. Ivanka, who gave birth to her

third child in March, belongs to the Upper
East Side Orthodox synagogue Kehilath
Jeshurun with Kushner and has described
her family as pretty observant. She made
Fortunes 40 Under 40 list in 2014, a year
before her husband did.
Boris Epshteyn

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Boris Epshteyn
Epshteyn, 34, is a Republican political
strategist and staunch defender of Trump
who has appeared as the president-elects
surrogate on major TV networks more
than 100 times, the New York Times
reported.
A New York-based investment banker
and finance attorney, Epshteyn worked as
a communications aide for Senator John
McCains presidential campaign in 2008,
focusing his efforts on the Arizona senators running mate, then-Alaska Governor
Sarah Palin, whom Trump is reportedly
considering for interior secretary, according to Politico.
Epshteyn, a Moscow native, moved to
the United States in 1993. A fluent Russian speaker who has moderated a panel
encouraging investment in Moscow, he
may serve as an asset for Trump in navigating relations with Russia Trump has
expressed his desire to improve ties with
President Vladimir Putin.
Then again, Epshteyns temper may
make him less of an asset to Trump. TV
hosts described him as very combative and abrasive, and in 2014 he was
charged with misdemeanor assault after
he was involved in a bar tussle. The charge
was dropped after Epshteyn agreed to
undergo anger management training and
perform community service.
Stephen Miller
Miller, 30, has played a crucial role in
Trumps campaign, helping to warm up
crowds at rallies and drafting speeches,
including the president-elects acceptance speech at the Republican National
Convention.
Miller, who has described himself as a
practicing Jew, joined the Trump campaign in January, quickly rising through
the ranks to become one of the most
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Stephen Miller

Steven Mnuchin
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important people in the campaign, as

Trumps campaign manager told the Wall
Street Journal. Before that, he worked
for seven years as an aide to Senator Jeff
Sessions (R-Ala.), helping the lawmaker
draft materials to kill a bipartisan Senate
immigration reform bill. Some of Sessions
arguments contain similarities to Trumps
harsh and often controversial statements
on the issue, such as calling for building a
wall on the Mexican border and banning
Muslim immigration to the country.
Though Miller grew up in a liberal Jewish home in Southern California, he was
drawn to conservative causes early. As a
high school student he wrote a letter to
the editor of a local paper in which he
slammed his school for providing free
condoms to students and for making
announcements both in English and Spanish, among other things.
Steven Mnuchin
Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs executive, worked as Trumps national finance
chairman during the campaign.
Trump and Mnuchin have been friends
for 15 years. Before he was put in charge
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Some saw Trump

teaming up
with Mnuchin
as unusual,
considering that
the real-estate
mogul had bashed
Goldman Sachs
consistently.
of Trumps campaign finances, Mnuchin
served as an adviser. Part of what the
New York Times describes as one of Manhattans elite most influential families,
Mnuchin and his father both got rich
working at Goldman Sachs. The younger
Mnuchin also co-founded the entertainment company RatPac-Dune Entertainment, which has worked on such Hollywood hits as Avatar and Black Swan.
BRIEFS
ADL releases post-election tips

to help with emotional healing
The Anti-Defamation League has released recommendations and tips to assist young people in processing their
feeling and understanding what happened in the wake
of the presidential election.
Its imperative that we help our kids navigate their
feelings, understand what happened and work through
their fears, said Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADLs CEO,
in a statement in response to Donald Trumps election
victory.
The ADL offers the following guidance: Allow young
people to express their feelings; answer questions;
be honest about your personal thoughts and feelings;
remain positive and explain that there are a variety of
ways to be an activist, including countering bias, bullying and stereotyping; tell them you will protect and fight
for them, and discuss and monitor what young people
come across on social media, and encourage connecting
with others.

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Lewis Eisenberg

Michael Glassner

Some saw Trump teaming up with

Mnuchin as unusual, considering that the
real-estate mogul had bashed Goldman
Sachs consistently. But it didnt seem to
get in the way of a good working relationship Trump now is reportedly considering Mnuchin for the position of Treasury
secretary, according to Politico.
Eisenberg told JTA that he was extremely

enthusiastic about a Trump presidency, calling him a strong advocate for Israel, a strong
advocate for justice and order.
Lewis Eisenberg
Eisenberg, the private equity chief for
Granite Capital International Group, is the
Republican National Committees finance
chairman. He was one of a small group of
Republican Jewish Coalition board members who did not flee from Trumps candidacy, and he was a major contributor to
groups backing Trumps election only
nine of 55 RJC board members gave to
Trump. He worked alongside Mnuchin to
raise funds for the candidate.
Eisenberg grew up in New Jersey, the Forward reported, and he has been floated as a
possible pick for commerce secretary in the
Trump administration. He was the chairman
of the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center.
Netanyahu: Israel will prevent

Irans presence in Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Russian
counterpart, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, that he will
prevent Iran from establishing a military presence in Syria.
In a meeting with Medvedev in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said
that Israel has two key objectives concerning Iran: First, prevent Iran from achieving nuclear weapons; and second, to
prevent Iran in any situation that arises in Syria, with or
without an agreement from establishing itself militarily in
Syria, on the ground, in the air or at sea.
Netanyahu also noted that Israel will continue to prevent
Hezbollah or any other Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim militias
from obtaining dangerous weapons.
We are also determined to prevent it [Iran] from bringing
about the establishment of Shiite militias, which it is organizing, and of course, the arming of Hezbollah with dangerous
weapons aimed at us, he said.
Medvedev hailed the strong bilateral ties between Israel
and Russia.
Every time I visit Israel I feel at home, he said. Our countries have common challenges, primarily terrorism. Terror
threatens the entire world, but in this region it is felt particularly strongly.
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Michael Glassner
Glassner was not new to Republican presidential campaigns when Trump appointed
him as his national political director last
year. He worked as director of vice presidential operations for McCains 2008 campaign and ran George W. Bushs campaign
in Iowa in 2000. He has also worked with
Palin and Senator Bob Dole, a former presidential candidate.
Like many of Trumps Jewish advisers,
Glassner is outspoken in his support of
Israel. Before he joined the Trump campaign, he worked as the political director
for AIPACs southwest region. Glassner has
praised the anti-establishment movement,
and he told Jewish Insider that his experience with Palin and the fact that he lives
in New Jersey, not Washington, D.C., made
him a good fit for Trumps political outsider message. He also served as a senior
adviser to Eisenberg when he was the Port
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Authority chairman.
Azerbaijan may acquire

Israeli Iron Dome defense
system batteries
Azerbaijan is planning to acquire several Israeli Iron
Dome air defense system batteries, Israel Hayom
reported.
The Iron Dome, manufactured by Rafael Advanced
Defense Systems, is designed to intercept and destroy
short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from distances of 2.5 miles to 43 miles.
The impending acquisition was announced ahead
of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus scheduled December visit to Azerbaijan. The prime minister
is also scheduled to visit Kazakhstan next month.
Azerbaijan is in the southern Caucasus Mountains,
bordering the Caspian Sea to the east, Georgia and
Russia to the north, Iran to the south, and Armenia to
the west. In recent years, several top Israeli officials
including former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and
current Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman have
visited Azerbaijan. On his upcoming visit, Netanyahu
will seek to further bolster ties with the Shiite MuslimJNS.ORG
majority nation.
Jewish World
RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON Enforce the Iran deal.
Violate the Iran deal.
Leave it to Congress.
Do nothing.
President-elect Donald Trump will have an
array of options before him when he assumes
the presidency on January 21, according to
supporters and opponents of the deal. The
agreement, which Iran and six major powers led by the United States reached last
year, rolled back Irans nuclear program in
exchange for sanctions relief.
The open question as are so many questions about Trumps intentions is what does
the next leader of the free world want to do?
His peregrinations were evident when
Trump spoke to the American Israel Public Affairs Committees policy conference in
March. There, he claimed literally minutes
apart that he both planned to enforce the
deal and to scrap it.
My No. 1 priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran, Trump said at the time.
Then a few moments later: We will enforce
it like youve never seen a contract enforced

before, folks, believe me.
More recently, Trump appears to be leaning more in the direction of enforcement over
scrapping.
His two top advisers on Israel, David
Friedman and Jason Greenblatt, released an
Israel position paper in the last days of the
campaign. It included provisions meant to
lighten the collective heart of the right-wing
pro-Israel community on Jerusalem, Palestinian statehood, and settlements. But it was
notably circumspect on the Iran deal.
The U.S. must counteract Irans ongoing
violations of the Joint Comprehensive Plan
of Action regarding Irans quest for nuclear
weapons and their noncompliance with past
and present sanctions, as well as the agreements they signed, and implement tough,
new sanctions when needed to protect the
world and Irans neighbors from its continuing nuclear and non-nuclear threats, said the
position paper from the advisers, two longtime lawyers for Trump.
That reluctance to directly confront Iran
counteract, not cancel; when needed, as
Does Trump want to scrap the Iran deal?

If so, he has an array of options
President-elect Donald Trump comments on his victory as Vice President-elect

Mike Pence looks on at the New York Hilton Midtown on November 9.
opposed to right now could stem from

Trumps professed warmth toward Russia,
which is allied with Iran in its bid to crush
rebels in Syria, or it could be a realistic desire
to keep his options open.
Here are some of the president-elects

options on Iran:
Silence
The deal essentially is done. Sanctions are
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lifted, and Iran has rolled back its nuclear program.

Trump never took much advice during his campaign; he
may be less inclined to do so as commander-in-chief. If he
doesnt want a headache, this is one way to go.
Drawbacks: A number of his formal rivals for the
Republican presidential nomination are back in their Senate seats, including Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of
Florida. They hate the deal, they want to be president in
2021, and theyre itching to distinguish themselves from
Trump. If they can do it from the right, thats just the
cherry on top. Trumps silence on Iran would hand them
a huge opening for political disruption.
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Declare it dead, move on

Does Trump want to shut up Rubio and Cruz? Just declare
the deal dead and do nothing. He ran a campaign successfully navigating the tensions between contradictory declarations and actions why shouldnt he get away with the
same as president?
Drawbacks: The Iranians can point to a declaration of
intent to withdraw in order to drop out of the program
themselves and then start enriching uranium to weaponsgrade levels.
The Iranians might present themselves as a victim
and begin to start restoring their centrifuges, said Dennis Ross, a former top Iran adviser to President Barack
Obama, speaking at a session on Trumps possible foreign
policy charges at the Washington Institute for Near East
Policy, where he is now a fellow.
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Fact:
Scrap the deal

Trump has a number of mechanisms at his disposal that
would pull the United States out of the deal immediately.
All of them involve restoring an array of sanctions that
targeted third parties that deal with Iran. (Direct dealings
with Iran, with several exceptions, are still banned for U.S.
entities.)
He simply could stop waiving the sanctions already in
place according to existing law. Trump could, as President
Bill Clinton did in 1995 not long after pro-Israel lobbying
shifted to focusing on Irans nuclear program, issue an
executive order advancing new sanctions. Or he could
invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act of 1977, which gives the president broad sanctioning
power.
Drawbacks: Any pullback from the Iran deal will raise
the question of who is at fault for its collapse. The more
proactive the United States is in killing the deal, the likelier
that the international partners whose sanctions brought
Iran to the table will blame the U.S. and continue trading
with Iran, threats be damned.
Moreover, Trump may not have the ability to waive
existing sanctions, which is the most passive option
described above. Thats because the Iran Sanctions
Act, which authorizes the sanctions, is set to lapse on
December 31. Congress broadly agreed that it has to be
re-enacted, but there is precious little time to do so. Moreover, Democrats want a clean re-enactment of the original
law, with no additions, while Republicans want to insert
language making it harder for any president to waive the
bills provisions. They have yet to settle on a compromise.
Without renewal, the president would have to use executive action to impose penalties on Iran.
Enforcement
Worried that the world will turn away from the United
States should it pull out? Then make it clear that the Iranians are at fault, say conservatives who oppose the deal.
He has to start irst enforcing it, second doing a bunch
of stuff thats allowed that the [Obama administration]
hasnt been doing, said Omri Ceren of the Israel Project.
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The new chief strategist

5 things Jews need to know about Stephen Bannon
BEN SALES
n Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump

appointed Stephen Bannon to be his chief strategist. Before joining Trumps campaign, Bannon
was the chairman of Breitbart News, a website
steeped in conspiracy theories that has featured the white
supremacist anti-Semitic ideologies of the so-called altright. Bannon has also been accused of making anti-Semitic
remarks himself.
The Anti-Defamation League slammed Bannons appointment; its CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, called him hostile to
core American values.
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Here are five things you should know about Bannon, who
will have the presidents ear.
1. Bannons site ran many columns that have been accused
of being anti-Semitic.
Breitbart News, one of the most vociferously pro-Trump
outlets during the presidential campaign, has been accused
of racism and Islamophobia. Jewish critics also have accused
it of anti-Semitism.
In May, Breitbart ran a column with a headline calling
anti-Trump conservative writer Bill Kristol a renegade Jew.
The column, by conservative activist David Horowitz, said
Kristol led a small but well-heeled group of Washington
insiders who aimed to undermine Trump, even though
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he won the nomination. Horowitz, who also is Jewish,

also accused Kristols plan of putting Israel in danger
by enabling Hillary Clinton to win the election.
In September, Breitbart ran another column accusing a Jewish anti-Trump writer, the Washington Posts
Anne Applebaum, of helping orchestrate attempts
to impose a globalist worldview upon citizenries that
reject it alongside a coalition that included George
Soros a favorite Jewish target of the alt-right.
Hell hath no fury like a Polish, Jewish, American
elitist scorned, the column continued.
Breitbart has failed to remove some blatantly antiSemitic comments, including one that says Heil Hitler, below the column.
2. Bannon allegedly called Jews whiny brats.
His ex-wife claimed in a sworn statement in 2007
that Bannon made three separate anti-Semitic remarks
when they were choosing a school for their daughters.
The ex-wife, who also accused Bannon of attacking
her, made the statement during divorce proceedings.
In one instance, according to NBC News, Bannon
asked a school director why there were so many Chanukah books in the library. At another school, the exwife said, Bannon asked me if it bothered me that the
school used to be in a temple. I said no and asked why
he asked ... he did not respond.
At a third school, the Archer School for Girls, Bannon went on to say the biggest problem he had with
Archer is the number of Jews that attend. He said that
he doesnt like Jews and that he doesnt like the way
they raise their kids to be whiny brats and that he
didnt want the girls going to school with Jews.
Bannons spokeswoman denied the allegations in a
statement to NBC News.
At the time, Mr. Bannon never said anything like
that and proudly sent the girls to Archer for their middle school and high school educations, she said.
In addition to the allegations of anti-Semitism, an
article in the left-wing Mother Jones magazine called
him a champion of the most ardent anti-Muslim
extremists because he brought anti-Muslim guests on
his radio show.
3. Bannon called Breitbart the mouthpiece of the
white nationalist alt-right movement.
While still at Breitbart, Bannon told Mother Jones,
Were the platform for the alt-right in an August
interview. The alt-right a loose movement that has
gained prominence during this election season promotes white nationalism and has been accused of
being racist, Islamophobic, and anti-Semitic.
The alt-right, short for alternative right, encompasses a range of people on the extreme right who
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Israelis still lining up

to visit Trumps America
ANDREW TOBIN
TEL AVIV Donald Trumps surprising
win may have spurred increased chatter
among some Americans Jews included
about moving to Canada. But for Israelis, at least, the United States hasnt lost its
luster.
Citizens of the Jewish state are as eager
as ever to visit, and Trumps election
apparently hasnt altered any of their
travel plans.
On Monday morning, dozens of Israelis lined up outside the U.S. Embassy here
to acquire American travel documents.
While the embassy does not provide official numbers about applications, guards
outside the building said some 600 to 700
people were coming from throughout the
country every day in other words, business as usual.
About a dozen Israelis spoke to JTA as
they left the embassys sprawling beachside compound, many clutching new passports or visas.
Being familiar with Israels fragmented

politics, they were not completely shocked
by Trumps divisive rise. Though some
voiced concern about his experience and
temperament, all agreed that the former
reality TV star would likely do a better job
than President Barack Obama had of protecting the interests of Israel and the Jews,
which they did not seem to distinguish.
I think weve heard the real voice of
whats happening in the U.S., said Rachel
Baram, a 39-year-old Israeli-American
manager at a web development company who was renewing her U.S. passport before an upcoming business trip
to Orlando, Florida. After the shock, Im
kind of optimistic. I think Trump could get
things done because hes not an idealist.
I do think hes kind of nuts, though,
she added, half whispering.
Baram said Trump appealed to so many
Americans partly because the left pushed
its agenda too hard under Obama just as
Israelis did in trying to make peace with
the Palestinians.
Israelis waiting for appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.
Its the same right-left issues we have

here, she said. The left bullies people,
and it creates resentment. Then you get
these reality TV politics.
But Im not worried about American
Jews, and I think the starting point for Israel
is better than it was with Obama. At least
he wont focus just on the settlements.
Before the election, a survey found
ANDREW TOBIN
that Israelis would have preferred to

see Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, in
the White House over the Republican
Trump, 43 to 34 percent. Thats even
though 38 percent thought Trump
would be better for Israel, compared to
33 percent who said Clinton.
According to an Election Day poll,
70 percent of American Jews voted for
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Clinton while 25 percent cast their ballots for Trump.

Yarin Cohen, a 21-year-old law student at Bar-Ilan University, had helped
his friend get a tourist visa so they could
attend a wedding together this winter in
Brooklyn. He was surprised that American politics had become as extreme as
Israels, but thought Trump would bring
their governments closer.
As I see it, the relationship between
Bibi [Netanyahu] and Trump is an
improvement, he said. I dont think it
can get worse than it is right now.
Cohen did not think Trump, who
railed against immigrants during the
campaign, would make Israelis less
welcome in the U.S. But he said he had
heard from others who were concerned.
Maybe Im a bit nave, he said. A lot
of people around me are talking about it.
My mom said, Its good youre getting a
visa now. It could be harder once Trump
is president.
Haim Levy, a 26-year-old computer
specialist at an American corporation
in Israel, had just gotten a tourist visa to
visit his family in Tampa, Florida. Levy
said he understood why Americans had
chosen Trump.
I dont think Americans were afraid
there wasnt a big terror attack right
before the election or something, he
said. Theyre just becoming more
aware that radical Islam is very violent
and we should try to stop it somehow.
Noting Trumps Jewish daughter,
Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner,
Levy said he thought the president-elect
would keep the United States safer for
Jews than most countries in Europe and
protect Israel.
Trumps America first perspective isnt so different from Netanyahus
obsession with Israels security, he said.
But Levy suggested that Trump could
learn a little statesmanship from the
Israeli prime minister.
Trump says a lot of things in the
moment that he regrets a moment
later, he said. Bibi always knows what
hes saying.
A 68-year-old retired secretary who
was born in the Bronx and still has the
Haim Levy stands across the street

from the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.

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accent to prove it had just renewed her

U.S. passport, and so had her Israel-born
daughter.
The woman, who asked to be anonymous, said she goes back to the United
States twice a year and has no concerns
about the status of American Jews under
Trump. As the daughter of Holocaust
survivors, the ex-New Yorker said she
found comparisons of Trump and Adolf
Hitler ridiculous and said Trump should
not be held responsible for the white
supremacists among his supporters.
Talk to people who went through the
Holocaust, she said. They will tell you
what Hitler is.
I just hope he doesnt screw it up. I
hope he doesnt build that wall he promised on the border with Mexico to keep
out illegal immigrants, the woman said.
It reminds me of the Berlin Wall.
Karen Kadosh, 15, from the northern city of Safed, had just acquired a
tourist visa to spend a week as part of
an exchange with a Manhattan Jewish
school. The high-school freshman said
she was waiting to see what Trump
would do before reaching any conclusions. But her teachers told her not to
bring up the subject with their American peers.
They said its a sensitive subject or
something, Kadosh said, shrugging.
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Quietly adjust wording.
Welcome to the second week of the
World of Trump, Jewish organizational
edition.
Week 1 was fraught enough, with
Jewish statements marking Donald
Trumps surprise election ranging from
the confrontational to its a new day
accommodation.
Then President-elect Trump named
Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist.
The appointment of Bannon, formerly
the CEO of Breitbart, the right-wing news
site that has been the clearinghouse for
the alt-right movement, has been the
buzz in the hallways and at lunch tables
at the Jewish Federations of North Americas annual General Assembly meeting
here this week. More than 3,000 Jewish
communal professionals and lay figures
from 120 communities are here, and
almost all of them are talking about it.
Comments on the record, though,
were rare, a reflection of the bafflement
prevalent in the Jewish community at
how to deal with a president-elect who
has no experience in public office and
won the presidency through a scorchedearth campaign.
The Anti-Defamation League and a
range of liberal Jewish groups have condemned Bannons appointment.
It is a sad day when a man who presided over the premier website of the
alt-right a loose-knit group of white
nationalists and unabashed anti-Semites
and racists is slated to be a senior staff
member in the peoples house, Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADLs CEO, said in
a statement on Sunday evening, after
Trump made the announcement.

Bannon is believed to have written
the October 13 speech Trump delivered
in West Palm Beach, Florida, that cast
his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, as
part of a secretive international cabal of
international financiers seeking world
control, with the assistance of a servile
media.
The speech did not mention Jews, but
the themes were familiar to anyone with
a memory of conspiracy theories featuring Jewish villains.
The sense that the campaign was dog
whistling to white supremacists who
embrace such theories was reinforced
when in its last days, it ran an ad featuring excerpts of the speech, accompanied
by images of three prominent Jews.
Such themes are prevalent at Breitbart, and while the site does not indict
Jews per se with rare exceptions and
is robustly pro-Israel, it also has become
a nexus of the alt-right movement,
where anti-Semitism has become prevalent, as well as misogyny, white supremacism, and homophobia. The site does
not remove anti-Semitic comments.
Bannons ex-wife has also has accused
him of disparaging Jews in an affidavit;
he has denied the claims.
Breitbart employs Jews, and his confidants insist he is not anti-Semitic. Jason
Miller, a top Trump campaign official,
told CNN on Monday that media examination of Bannons alt-right ties was
irresponsible, and that the focus of
coverage now should be on Trumps
planned policies.
Matt Brooks, the director of the
Republican Jewish Coalition, speaking
on a panel of Republicans reviewing the
election at the Jewish Federations assembly, said he wanted to know more about
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From left, Matt Brooks, director of the Republican Jewish Coalition; Noam
Neusner, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush; Tevi Troy, deputy
health secretary under President George W. Bush; Jeff Berkowitz, former
research director of the Republican National Committee; political fundraiser
Lisa Spies, and panel moderator Jacob Kornbluh of the Jewish Insider at the
Jewish Federations of North Americas General Assembly in Washington, D.C.
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Bannon, although he was confident from

his statements that he was pro-Israel.
I look forward to the opportunity to
sit down with him and figure out how
to work with him in the coming administration, said Brooks, whose group,
until the final days of the campaign, had
avoided advocating for Trump.
In a press release, the right-wing Zionist Organization of America listed stories showing Breitbart as sympathetic
to Israel or to Jews. Its director, Morton Klein, called on ADL to withdraw
and apologize for their inappropriate
character assassination of Bannon and
Breitbart.
Liberal Jewish groups were unequivocal in their condemnation of the
appointment.
If President-elect Trump truly wants
to bring together his supporters with
the majority of the country that voted
against him by a margin that is nearing
two million people Bannon and his ilk
must be barred from his administration,
the National Council of Jewish Women
said in a statement.
The dilemma posed by Bannons hiring is one of access to the executive
branch. It is the lifeblood of groups
seeking to influence every nuance of
Israel policy, as well as groups that
partner with federal agencies on a
range of domestic programs, including combating bias and preserving the
social safety net.
Greenblatt said in a phone interview
that the ADL will engage with the government on areas of common interest and
strike a critical posture when necessary,
as it has in the past.
Were prepared to engage optimistically and take the president at his word
about bringing the country together but
hold the new administration [to account]
relentlessly on our issues, which means
well speak out when theres a white
nationalist as adviser, he said.
Thats a formula that has worked

with presidents until now. An array
of Jewish groups, including the ADL,
vigorously opposed last years nuclear
deal with Iran, but maintained access
to the White House. In its statement
condemning Bannons appointment,
the ADL took care to begin by commending Trumps other major appointment Reince Priebus, the Republican
National Committee chairman, will be
White House chief of staff.
But Trump ran a campaign that set
new markers for invective, with the
candidate hurling insults at reporters,
politicians, and just about anyone he
didnt like. The fear among Jewish leaders is that the White House will be run
the same way.
Rabbi Jonah Pesner, who directs the
Reform movements Religious Action
Center, another group that condemned
Bannons appointment, said with
resignation that groups would likely
lean more on Congress to advance their
agendas.
We network with Republicans and
Democrats, said Pesner, whose group
has forged ties in recent years with
Republicans seeking to protect persecuted Christians overseas and preserve
voting rights for minorities, among
other issues.
Pesner said he expected other organizations to step up.
American Jewish organizations have
to speak up with clarity and strength,
he said.
That did not appear to be happening, in the short term at least, among
centrist Jewish organizations. The
American Israel Public Affairs Committee refused to comment on Bannon, noting that it did not routinely
comment on appointments. (It has, in
exceptional circumstances, advocating in the mid-2000s for the Senate to
confirm John Bolton as U.N. ambassador; Bolton is now on the short list for
secretary of state.)
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artists and geeks revel in tradition
BEN SALES
fter Brett Parkers great-grandfather fled the

pogroms in Europe and came to the United
States, he opened a drug store where he sold
comic books.
Each week he would give his grandson, Parkers father,
five comic books to take home. Growing up during the
early years of Superman instilled in Parkers dad a lifelong
love of comics many of them written by Jews that he
passed on to his son.
Imagine if he kept them, Parker said, laughing, thinking about the first editions of Superman, which would
fetch high prices now. But as a kid, Parker preferred
another superhero, also created by Jews: Batman.
What I liked about Batman was that he didnt have any
superpowers, Parker said. This is so Jewish: He didnt
have any superpowers; he studied, he learned, he perfected himself, he taught himself, he was very intellectual,
he had a gadget for everything.
And more than that, it was all about tikkun olam
for him, he added, referring to the Jewish imperative to
repair the world.
Parker and his son Bayard,
9, were two of the 140 or so
attendees at the first Jewish
Comic Con, a comics convention hosted in Congregation
Kol Israel, a small Orthodox
synagogue in Prospect Heights,
Brooklyn. The gathering
mostly adults with some children gave Jewish artists a
space to show their work, talk
shop, delve into the historical
connection between Jews and
comics, and analyze Jewish
characters from the vast universe of comic books.
The major Comic Cons in San Diego and New York draw
well over 100,000 people each and are held in vast convention centers with broad atriums filled with stands and
super-fans in costume. They are destinations for actors,
Hollywood types and geeks alike who want to spend a few
days with their ilk.
Sundays convention was a much more intimate, lowkey, and, well, Jewish affair. It opened with Shacharit, the
morning prayer service, and broke in the middle of the
day for an afternoon prayer. Two rows of tables in the synagogue sanctuary were set up in front of wooden pews
that had been pushed to the wall, while guests in kippahs,
tzitzit or long skirts perused comic books retelling liturgy,
Holocaust stories, Jewish history, or biblical tales.
The convention had little of the involved costumery that
colors the larger Comic Cons, but attendees wore Batman,
Superman or Marvel Comics shirts, and a kid in a SpiderMan costume played by the Torah ark.
I thought it was a story that was important to present,
said Fred Polaniecki, who organized the convention. I
thought it was even more important to present the people
who are following in the footsteps of the Kirbys, the Lees
and the Kanes meaning Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and Bob
Kane, three legendary Jewish comic artists.
Some of Kirby, Lee, and Kanes followers at the convention both artists and enthusiasts said the Jewish role
in creating the comic book industry sparked their interest
Left, panelists talk about Jewish Heroes and Villains at the Jewish Comic Con
in Brooklyn. Above, the audience listens.
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in the field. Julian Voloj, who

is writing a graphic novel
about one of the creators
of Superman, Joe Shuster,
said that Jewish immigrants
could relate to how Superman balanced two competing identities.
What made Superman
appealing was that he was, to use a Yiddish term, a gornisht, said Voloj, using a word meaning nothing. But
in reality he was a superhero. In a way its a metaphor for
the immigrant experience. Youre one thing, and youre
seen by people as one thing, but in reality, youre so
much more.
The variety of comics and graphic novels for sale reflect
the variety of current Jewish comics efforts.
At the synagogue, Voloj sold his graphic novel, Ghetto
Brother, about a Bronx gang leader turned activist with
Jewish roots. Jewish historian Rafael Medoff and comics
historian Craig Yoe sold an anthology of political cartoons
from the 1940s called Cartoonists against the Holocaust.
Isaac Goodhart, 29, hawked his comic, Postal, about a
detective working in a town full of criminals, where he
includes Hebrew writing and Jewish themes. Jordan Gorfinkel, who worked as part of the management team of the
Batman comics, displayed samples of his weekly comic
strip Everythings Relative, which appears in the New
York Jewish Week.
Gorfinkel moved around a lot as a kid and said he found
his best friends in superheroes, who acted as role models he could always trust. He now runs a workshop at Jewish schools and camps, where he teaches children the
rudiments of comic art and has them reimagine a story
from the Bible through drawing.
He is working on a graphic-novel version of the Passover
Haggadah, complete with traditional text. Gorfinkel says it

will engage kids through dynamic art in a way a traditional
seder cannot.
Kids, and adults that are kids at heart, need to connect
to our Jewish texts in entertaining ways, he said. When
youre sitting around the seder table with a book, whats
the most logical way to bring the story to life? Using a modern medium that also happens to be one Jews created.
Like many Jewish conventions, this one couldnt
help getting snarled in the thorniest of Jewish debates.
At a panel on Jewish characters in comics, the discussion opened by asking who, exactly, counts as a Jewish character.
If you have one [ Jewish] parent and identify as Jewish,
you have a lot of characters, including the third Robin,
shouted someone in the audience, referring to Batmans sidekick.
The man was seated, along with a few others, on a
repurposed synagogue pew, while most of the audience
of several dozen people sat on folding chairs. On the walls,
presenters at the conference advertised comic art for auction, with the proceeds going to Kol Israel. One panel had
a drawing of the Star Wars villain Darth Vader saying the
Hebrew word for repentance.
While Sundays gathering was a far cry from the largest
comic cons, in a certain sense, said artist Dean Haspiel, it
was the most appropriate feel for the genre. While Marvel
and DC Comics films are booming, he said, comic book
artists like Jews remain a small community invested
in its tradition.
Even though comic books have become popular in
movies and costumes, the actual comic book is becoming like a rare breed, Haspiel said. What I admire about
the Jewish people that were here, they have each others
backs through thick and thin, and thats the same way we
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Yossi Klein Halevi, left, and Abdullah Antepli are co-directors of the Muslim
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Jews and Muslims in U.S.

increasing dialogue
after Trump election
BEN SALES
For years, whenever Jews and Muslims
engaged in dialogue and activism, it usually concerned one issue: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
With Donald Trumps ascent to the
presidency, that appears to be changing. Regardless of whats happening
across the ocean, Jews and Muslims in
the United States are joining together to
fight for shared domestic concerns.
It is a perhaps growing recognition that [the Israeli-Palestinian conflict] cannot define how American Jews
and American Muslims relate to one
another, said Rabbi David Fox Sandmel,
the Anti-Defamation Leagues director of
interreligious engagement. The shared
concerns we have about prejudice, about
bias, about threats of violence, about disenfranchisement these are the kinds of
things that can bring us together.
This week, the American Jewish Committee and the Islamic Society of North
America launched the Muslim-Jewish
Advisory Council, a group of religious
and business leaders from both communities who will help draft domestic
policy legislation and advocate on issues
of shared concern. The ADL is planning
to increase its efforts to provide support
for legal and legislative efforts in the fight
against anti-Muslim bigotry. And the Shalom Hartman Institutes Muslim Leadership Initiative, which educates young
Muslim leaders about Judaism and
Israel, held a retreat over the weekend
called Living in Trumps America: Muslim Vulnerability and Jewish Echoes.
Whats happened as a result of the
poisonous atmosphere that Trump has

created is that American Muslims are
desperate for allies, said Yossi Klein Halevi, the Muslim Leadership Initiatives
co-director. And the argument that MLI
has made to the Muslim community
which is that the Jews are, at least in theory, natural allies for embattled Muslims
now has become compelling.
Both Jewish and Muslim groups have
expressed worry about Trumps rhetoric, and his supporters actions, over
the course of the presidential campaign.
Muslims have protested Trumps 2015
call for a ban on Muslim immigration to
the United States, as well as his insinuations that Muslims celebrated the 9/11
attacks and have withheld information
from law enforcement about terrorism. Anti-Muslim attacks rose during his
campaign, and a string of attacks has followed his election.
And while Trump has not targeted Jews
explicitly, Jewish groups raised alarm
over his endorsements by white nationalists and online attacks on Jews by his
supporters, along with his remarks late
in the campaign that echoed anti-Semitic
tropes. Jewish groups have protested his
naming Stephen Bannon, a white nationalist, as his chief strategist. In addition,
the ADL decried a wave of anti-Semitic
vandalism following the election.
In the past, differing stances and sensitivities about Islamic extremism or Israeli
military action drove groups apart. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council
on American-Islamic Relations, said he
hopes Jewish groups will be more willing to work with his organization after
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Trumps election. Jewish groups, including the ADL, have

resisted working with CAIR because of its anti-Israel stances.
Its always been our position that were open to shared
and cooperative action with the Jewish community, Hooper
said. It doesnt really take Donald Trump to spur that. I
think its created an urgent need for mutual cooperation
between all like-minded organizations and communities.
The newly formed Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council,
which has 31 members from both communities, formed
shortly before Trump was elected last week. The council

will focus on protecting the right to wear religious head coverings, prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, recording hate crimes, and advocating for immigrants and refugees, according to Robert Silverman, the American Jewish
Committees director of Muslim-Jewish relations.
It is a reaction to some of the bigotry and hate speech
that came out of the campaign, Silverman said. Were
concerned about the public discourse in the whole country. Were also concerned about messages that originated
within the two communities. The Trump phenomenon is
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only going to make it come together more quickly.

Jewish activists who have championed Jewish-Muslim collaboration for long time believe that their community finally is coming around.
Rabbi Marc Schneier, co-founder of the Foundation
for Ethnic Understanding, which brings together leaders from the two religions, says he hopes Jews will come
to the defense of Muslims if Trump follows through on
his proposals to ban Muslims from entering the country, or to create a registry of American Muslims.
In June, Schneiers foundation launched an initiative called Muslims are Speaking Out that highlights
Muslim condemnations of extremism and aims to dispel misconceptions Americans have about the Muslim
community.
We have the obstacle of greater Islamophobia and
anti-Muslim rhetoric, Schneier said. The opportunity is that this is another test for the American Jewish
community. Will it step up to the plate, and will it perform as it has done in the past?
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Israel has announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Turkey in what is viewed as the final step in reconciliation and normalization between the two countries.
Eitan Naeh, Israels deputy ambassador in London
and a former Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan, has been
selected for the post, the Foreign Ministry said. Naeh
joined the Foreign Ministry in 1991, where he specialized
in Turkish affairs, and was posted in Ankara in 1993.
Last month, Turkish media reported that Kemal Okem,
a close adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had
been selected as envoy to Israel.
Erdogan had expelled the Israeli envoy in 2010 during
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State Department expresses

deep concern over Israeli
settlement outpost bill
The U.S. State Department strongly condemned an
Israeli Knesset bill that seeks to legalize Jewish settlement outposts retroactively, saying that the bill breaks
with longstanding Israeli policy of not building on private Palestinian land.
Were deeply concerned, Elizabeth Trudeau, the
State Departments director for press operations, told
reporters.
Trudeau said the legislation would represent an
unprecedented and troubling step that is inconsistent
with prior Israeli legal opinion and breaks non-standing
Israeli policy of not building on private Palestinian land.
This legislation would be a dramatic advancement
of the settlement enterprise, which is already gravely
endangering the prospects for a two-state solution,
she added.
The legislation, known as the Arrangement Law,
seeks to legalize some 2,000 settler outposts on private Palestinian land retroactively. That includes settler
homes in Amona that are scheduled for demolition in
December. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
so far has opposed the bill. Even if the bill becomes law,
it might also be struck down by Israels Supreme Court.
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Nefesh BNefesh will open two new centers

Agency responds to meet immigrants needs in Tel Aviv and northern area
esponding to rising demand

for post-immigration services for English-speaking
immigrants to Israel, Nefesh
BNefesh will open two new aliyah centers in January 2017.
Headquartered in Jerusalem, Nefesh
BNefesh works in cooperation with
the Israeli government and the Jewish
Agency for Israel to revitalize immigration to Israel from North America and
the United Kingdom. Last years arrival
of 29,715 new immigrants in Israel
marked the highest single-year aliyah
figure since 2002, according to Israels
Central Bureau of Statistics; Nefesh
BNefesh facilitated the aliyah of 4,450
immigrants from North America and the
U.K. in 2015.
The new aliyah centers will be in
Tel Aviv and the northern Israeli city
of Karmiel. Rachel Berger, director of
post-aliyah and employment for Nefesh
BNefesh, envisions a shared space
where immigrants (olim in Hebrew)
can drop by, and get one-to-one services in times of employment and postaliyah guidance. The new centers also
will offer a place for immigrants to build
community upon their arrival.
Nefesh BNefesh, which was established in 2001, says that it has welcomed
more than 50,000 newcomers to Israel,
and 90 percent of them stay in the Jewish state. Although the exact percentage of immigrants who stay in Israel is
the subject of debate, Nefesh BNefeshs
services strive to increase immigrant
retention by minimizing financial, professional, logistical, and social obstacles
to aliyah.
There is a discernible difference
between immigrants who come to
Israel with or without Nefesh BNefesh
guidance. With ongoing guidance
both before and after aliyah immigrants who come to Israel with Nefesh
BNefesh often understand their benefits
and responsibilities as new Israelis long
before stepping on the plane. Nefesh
BNefesh brings the immigrants to Israel
on chartered flights or in other groups,
streamlines their bureaucratic tasks,
and checks up on them every month.
Arguably one of the most important services that Nefesh BNefesh offers after
immigration is employment assistance

and seminars.
While immigrants from countries outside of Nefesh BNefeshs jurisdiction
bemoan the lack of assistance in streamlining their aliyah process, immigrants
from North America and the U.K. enjoy
a so-called soft landing in Israel. The
two new Nefesh BNefesh centers are
likely to make the landing even softer for
new immigrants who live in Tel Aviv and
northern Israel.
With more than half of Israels new
immigrants many of them young professionals and students choosing to
live in cities outside of Jerusalem, Nefesh
BNefesh hopes that the new offices
in Tel Aviv and the north will increase
accessibility, information, and a sense
of community for immigrants in those
areas.
Thats really important for our people from a cultural perspective as well
as a guidance perspective in order to
help them thrive here in Israel, Berger
said. She identified the need for additional Nefesh BNefesh offices a year ago,
when her team set up shop in a WeWork
shared workspace in Tel Avivs Sarona
Market. When immigrant after immigrant visited, Nefesh BNefesh realized
the importance of having its own space
in which the organization could offer
more for the immigrant experience.
Nefesh BNefeshs weekly Tel Aviv
seminars on employment and career
services under the auspices of the Tel
Aviv-Yafo Municipality and in partnership with Jill Reinach, the municipalitys
director of projects for English-speaking immigrants, usually draw about
120 attendees. Among the post-aliyah
services it offers, helping immigrants
find employment is and will continue
to be one of the new centers main priorities, according to Benji Davis, Nefesh
BNefeshs post-aliyah coordinator
and Israel program manager. Finding
employment is one of the main challenges that immigrants to Israel face,
as is the case with any other immigrant
population coming to a new country,
Davis explained.
Since the aliyah experience hinges
largely on an immigrants ability to find
a job, Nefesh BNefesh sees employment
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ELIANA RUDEE
A couple making aliyah, wrapped in an Israeli flag, get off an El Al flight in 2014.
assistance as a method of facilitating the

Zionist aspirations of immigrants. The
organizations seminars may include how
to start a start-up, Israel workplace culture, branding yourself with your CV and
LinkedIn, interviewing for a job in Israel,

and your elevator pitch.
We believe that olim have an impact on
Israel, and we want to give them space to
jumpstart that impact, Davis said. JNS.ORG
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Kids pitch in
Seniors
Students ranging in age

from tots to teens and their
families baked cookies for
first responders and veterans, created cheerful crafts
and cards for hospitalized
children, and assembled
care packages for American
soldiers.
Here, Temple Emanuel of
the Pascack Valley religious
school students, deliver
cookies to Woodcliff Lakes
police department.
Volunteers served pancakes for breakfast at a

senior center and brought
their pets to be admired as
choirs and clowns provided lighthearted entertainment, and visitors and
residents played bingo.
There even was a carnival.
Here, members of
Areyvuts Mitzvah Clowning program entertain
seniors at CareOne
Teaneck.
The great
outdoors
Volunteers prepared flowerbeds for the winter, removed
more than 50 bags of trash
and brush in parks and historic sites, and planted bulbs
that will flower in the spring.
Here, Boy Scout Troop 226
and the Pack 613 Webelos Den
of Teaneck clean up debris at
Paterson Great Falls National
Historical Park.
Fighting hunger and homelessness
Blood drives
The community collected, sorted, and distributed food, toiletries, warm coats,
and clothing for homeless and disadvantaged men, women, and children.
Members of Shaar Communities, pictured, distribute food at CUMAC in
Paterson.
Donors helped save lives by donating more than 150 pints of blood at five synagogues in northern New Jersey.
The Jewish Community Center of Paramus/Congregation Beth Tikvah hosted an
American Red Cross blood drive.
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36 Jewish Standard NOVEMBER 18, 2016
Gallery
Chaya Kohn
Ari Sugarman
Rachel and Nochy Zimmerman
Ari Sugarman of Teaneck, Chaya Kohn of Monsey, N.Y., and Rachel Zimmerman of
Chicago, shown with her son, Nochy, who has Perthes disease and is supported by
Chai Lifeline, all were part of Team Lifeline and ran in the New York City Marathon
on November 6. Yossie Leff of Spring Valley, N.Y., and Florence Haut and Adam
Sasouness, both of Englewood, were also on the 21-member team who ran for the
children and families of Chai Lifeline.
Courtesy Chai Lifeline
The Teaneck International Film Festival was held November 3 to 6

at different venues in Teaneck, including Temple Emeth. Top, the
panel from the documentary Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and
the NRA included co-producer Tara Vajra, Senator Loretta Weinberg of Teaneck, moderator David Bland, and gun violence survivor Kate Ranta. The Bergen County section of the National Council
of Jewish Women sponsored the screening. Bottom: The panel
from the documentary Carvalhos Journey, with director Steve
Rivo, moderator Rabbi Steven Sirbu, author Arlene Hirschfelder,
and David Oestricher.
Photos by Barbara Balkin
IDF Sgt. Ari Abramowitz went to the Valley Chabad Hebrew School on November 13 to launch a mitzvah project with the
students. Last year, more than $1,700 was raised for IDF lone soldiers. In anticipation of their bnai mitzvah this year, the
class will raise funds for the troops and show appreciation for their duties.
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Editorial
The delegation from the Jewish
Federation of Northern New Jersey,
one of the Jewish Agency for Israels
biggest funders, met with Natan
Sharansky, the former refusnik who
has served the Israeli government
in many ways, including in its
relationship with the diaspora, and
who now chairs the Jewish Agency.
Back row, from left, Julie LipsettSinger, Erica Silverman, Leonard
Cole, Joan Krieger, Bruce Brafman,
and Jayne Petak. Second row, Lisa
Marcus Abramowitz, Lisa Harris
Glass, and Natan Sharansky. Seated,
Roberta Abrams and Donna Kissler.
The Jewish federation system at work
here are so very many Jews

in one place!
This year, as every year,
the Jewish Federations
of North America held its convention. This year, like last year, it was
in Washington, in a big hotel convention center close to many of the
citys prettiest and most vibrant
neighborhoods.
The JFNA is the umbrella group
that includes the continents Jewish federations, including our own
Jewish Federation of Northern New
Jersey. This year, as it does every
year, our federation sent a delegation of lay and professional leaders
to meet, talk, think, eat, drink, and
simply be together.
This years highlight was Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who spoke at
the plenary on Monday. On the big
stage in the huge, refrigerated ballroom, Justice Ginsberg looked tiny
and idiosyncratic, as someone her
age has earned the right to be. Her
hair was in a small ponytail, and she
wore a light-colored turtleneck and
jacket and dark gloves.
Her interlocutor was Kenneth
Feinberg, the lawyer and mediator
who, as special master, oversaw the
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who has been active in Washingtons federation and other Jewish
organizations for decades, and
now is the chair of JFNAs executive
committee. (Ms. Feinberg introduced her husband, calling him the
master of disaster.)
It was moving to see and hear
Justice Ginsberg, whose voice and
words belied the fragility of her
appearance. She talked a bit about
her Brooklyn girlhood; despite her
love of opera, she said, when she
was in music class public school,
she was in the group called sparrows. Sparrows were to move their
mouths as if they were singing, but
no sound should escape them.
Justice Ginsberg didnt talk about
politics, but she did acknowledge
the problems facing the Supreme
Court, given that the Senate
refused to give President Obamas
nominee for the vacancy left by
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though, maybe Congress will do
some work. Still, she said, the
missing justice had not affected
the disposition of cases.
There used to be Jewish justices,
she said, and just one at a time. Now,
there are justices who are Jews.
Being Jewish has shaped her, she
said. She talked about her religious
background her parents had
tried both the Orthodox and the
Reform movements before deciding correctly, in her judgment,
she said to become Conservative.
The family joined the Midwood
Jewish Center. She talked about her
many trips to Israel; the first, with
her husband, as a tourist, others to
participate in panels and conferences, including one on civil law
and halacha. And her granddaughter went on Birthright, she added,
to great applause.
How did she feel about becoming the Notorious RBG? And what
did she know about the Notorious
B.I.G., the rapper who had a version of the name first? The two did
have some things in common, RBG
said. We were both born and bred
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How Abrams
way trumps
divided America
hen it comes to immediate relevancy, last

weeks Torah portion, Lech Lcha, proved
to be right on target.
The parashah began with a 75-year-old
man hearing a voice in his head that he takes on faith to be
Gods voice. It tells him to uproot himself from his comfort
zone and his support system, and travel to an unnamed
land and that he and his posterity will be blessed for his
doing so.
The parashah continues with a famine in Canaan,
sending that 75-year-old man, Abram as he is known at
the beginning of the parashah
(it ends with his name being
changed to Abraham), on
a dangerous journey into
Egypt.
A while later, when Abram
is back in Canaan, a world
war of sorts breaks out, pitting five Canaanite kings
against the invading armies
Rabbi
of four Mesopotamian monShammai
archs with Abram and his
Engelmayer
own private army joining
in the wars final battle. We
will return to that war in a moment. (For the record, the
Abram of the Torah text is a powerful desert sheikh, with
at least 1,000 people in his camp, including an army of 318
men, who also has the support of powerful allies.)
One episode in the parashah that often gets little
comment is the separation of Lot from his uncle
Abram. Lot became Abrams ward upon the death of
his father, Abrams brother Haran. Although the two
men traveled everywhere together, and Abram clearly
was in charge, Lot began amassing his own followers
and possessions. Eventually, their camp became too
large, and conflict ensued.
And there was quarreling between the herdsmen of
Abrams cattle and those of Lots cattle... the Torah tells
us. Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife between you
and me...for we are kinsmen. Is not the whole land before
you? Let us separate: If you go north, I will go south; and if
you go south, I will go north. (See Genesis 13:7-9.)
The story often gets short shrift because it is probably
nothing more than a set-up for the story of Sodom and
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Israel of the Palisades in Cliffside Park.
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Gomorrah in this weeks parashah, Vayera. Only, because of
what happened on Election Day and in the days following,
this story and its aftermath have a great deal of relevance
for us today.
This nation is like Abram and Lot: divided to the point
that it cant find common ground on which both sides
can live. Half the voters in our nation cheered on election
night as Donald Trump swept to victory. Half the voters in
our nation woke up the next morning filled with great and
unsettling fear.
I do not recall riots and demonstrations breaking out in
my lifetime following a presidential election, but there continue to be such in the wake of this election from coast to
coast, with thousands of people taking to the streets, some
carrying signs saying Not my president and others chanting Donald Trump go away. Racist, sexist, anti-gay.
Something else I do not recall, in this case from 16 years
ago: Al Gore won the popular vote in 2000, but a Supreme
Court decision gave George W. Bush the Electoral College,
and that was that. Some people talked about reforming the
Electoral College or scrapping it, but no one actually did
anything about it.
That is not the case this time. One candidate won the
popular vote by about 2 million votes and apparently set
a record for the most votes ever cast for a presidential candidate but that candidate, Hillary Clinton, lost the Electoral
College vote. So a petition began circulating, urging electors to cast their votes for the winner of the popular vote.
Within the first 24 hours, that petition amassed 3.5 million
signatures.
Confronted with a split in his camp, Abram chose separation you go your way, Lot, and Ill go mine. If you go right,
Ill go left.
Some time after that split, however, that world war
referred to above broke out. The Mesopotamians won and
took the spoils, which included Lot and his family, and all
they possessed.
When Abram learned of this, he did not say, a plague
on Lot, we split up because we couldnt live together
peacefully. Without a moments hesitation, he ordered
his private army into battle, and he enlisted the armies of
his three allies.
Abram and Lot may have had their differences; they
may have gone one to the right and the other to the left,
but in the end, they still were family. And family takes
care of family.
America is a family, too.
At noon on January 20, 2017, the name of the president of
the United States will change from Barack Obama to Donald
Trump, and there is nothing anyone can do to change that.
We, all of us, regardless of where we stand, have no choice
but to accept that. Our system of government requires that
we come together after an election.
We, all of us, also have no choice but to be vigilant for the
next two years and even the next four. We, all of us, have no
choice but to get involved in our political system from the
ground up if we want to avoid the chaos of Election 2016.
Donald Trump needs watching. Democrat, Republican,
Independent, it does not matter; all sides found something
objectionable about him and the things he says and does.
We need to pray for him to be the best president for all the
people anyone ever could be, but our eyes and ears and
minds must be focused on the actions he takes, the people
he appoints, and the programs he seeks to initiate.
The future of this country depends on such vigilance.
American-style democracy depends on it. Our lives and the
lives of our children and grandchildren depend on it.
Abram could have said Lot was no longer his problem,
but he did not. Family is family.
We, all of us, are Americans; we are family. We are sorely
divided, and it will only get worse unless we find a way to
live together.
The lost art of argument

for the sake of heaven
he Jewish tradition is one of argument.

Hundreds of disagreements among the
Sages appear in the Mishnah and Talmud.
Most of them are formulated without indicating any rancor. This presentation of arguments
conforms to the maxim found in Pirkei Avot, the tractate of Mishnah usually called in English The Ethics of the Fathers. In Avot 5:17 we find the following:
Any argument that is for the sake of heaven in the
end will endure, and any argument that is not for the
sake of Heaven in the end will not endure.
Commentators were puzzled by this statement.
Why should an argument for the sake of Heaven
endure? Shouldnt it end with a final conclusion to
the argument and all factions at peace?
The explanation of this maxim that resonates most
with me is the one that says that when people argue
An argument for
the sake of heaven
demands the ability
to listen. It also
demands the ability
to be malleable, to
change your way
of thinking or living
when someone
elses perceptions
ring true.
for the sake of heaven they put aside ego and the need
to win at all costs. By not descending into ad hominem
insults and dismissal of the truth of the other participant in the argument, the parties to the argument
bring to light different facets of ultimate truth. In this
way, they arrive at as much truth as human beings are
vouchsafed. This truth, which is the end product of a
combination of deeply held principles tempered by a
willingness to yield in the face of a point of view that
resonates with the mind or the heart, endures and
has a powerful impact on the lives of those who hear
and accept it.
An argument for the sake of heaven demands the
ability to listen. It also demands the ability to be malleable, to change your way of thinking or living when
someone elses perceptions ring true, even though you
wish to cling to the familiar. These capabilities, however, mostly characterize saints, and most of us, including this writer, are far from being saints. The pity is that
too many of us no longer even aspire to saintliness.
This failure to be in touch with our higher selves
not only hurts others but devalues ourselves as
well. The biblical tradition holds that humanity was
created in the image of

God. It is that aspect of the
divine imprinted in our DNA
that gives us and our fellow
human beings worth and
dignity. When we cannot
hold a respectful argument
in which the others worth
and dignity are as precious
Rabbi
to us as our own, we have
Michael
lost the art of arguing for the
Chernick
sake of heaven.
This has not been the best
season for the argument for the sake of heaven. For
the sake of the American dream of liberty and justice
for all, however and for the sake of heaven we
must learn to argue with each other respectfully, with
compassion and empathy for one another. If we can
accomplish this, we will have the truths that make our
lives meaningful, deepened and enhanced by assimilating important truths of others, even when their
truths shake us up a bit.
The word for argument in Hebrew is makhloket.
Its root means division. Please God, the future will
make whole that which now is considerably divided.
The same Hebrew root lies behind the Hebrew word
for portion, something divided properly according
to the recipients needs. Division and divisiveness
come to an end when each person receives his or
her appropriate and adequate portion, not only of
the so-called pie, but of respect and concern. Jobless American, white or black, must have their fair
portion of wealth, respect, and concern. Women
and men, gay or straight, must have their portion of
rights, respect, and concern. And people who have
come to our shores seeking better lives, in quest of
the same things we or our ancestors hoped for, need
and deserve their portion, too.
If we do not do all in our power to give the manifold communities of whatever race or religion that
make up this Union their fair portion no easy task
we will engender angry arguments, not for the sake
of heaven, that will produce nothing worthwhile or
enduring.
May God give us the wisdom, and more importantly the patience and humility, to recapture the art
of the argument for the sake of heaven. Where there
has been incivility, may there now be civil discourse.
Where there has been hurt, may there now be healing. May we aspire to be the best we can be, for the
sake of heaven and for our own sakes.
Professor Michael Chernick of Teaneck holds the
Deutsch Family Chair in Jewish Jurisprudence and
Social Justice at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Religion in New York. His area of expertise is
the Talmud. He received his doctorate from the Bernard
Revel Graduate School and rabbinic ordination from R.
Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.
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Why many Jews are wrong about Donald Trumps win
he Jewish community is many

things, not least of which is a
member of the coalition that
makes up the left.
Undoubtedly, many members of the
Jewish community are flummoxed by
Donald Trumps presidential election
win. They view his victory as a rebuke of
all that a good Jew should believe that
our actions can help heal the climate,
that multiculturalism is a positive thing,
that the government should be able to
use coercion to force economic activities
on individuals and groups, that raising
the minimum wage to a living wage is
good for workers, and so on
Though it is vastly reductionist, the
majority of the Jewish community generally believes that inclusivity and progressivism were dealt a significant blow with
the election of Donald Trump. But the
inclusivity that responds to the breadand-butter concerns of Rust Belt voters
with decades of derision isnt inclusive.
The progress that results in the middle
and upper classes sending their kids to
top tier schools in lily white suburbs
and gilded private schools but leaves
the white, black, and brown poor stuck
in failed public schools is rather more
Undoubtedly,
many members
of the Jewish
community are
flummoxed by
Donald Trumps
presidential
election win.
regressive than anything that resembles
the word progress.
The plan fact is that under the last
eight years of a declared progressive,
healthcare costs, cost of living, and
income inequality went up, while work
force participation, the ease at which
small businesses could engage in the
economy, and the standard of living for
millions of Americans went down. Where
were the shiva services being held in the
Jewish community for the tens of thousands who lost their jobs in the energy
sector? Where were the protests against
of many in our community who

the regulatory red tape
have deified the presidency
that helped further bury
and remained silent as it accuA m e r i c a n i n d u s t r y,
mulated extra-constitutional
including a large portion
powers, our communal leadof our tribe? Where were
ers should be telling our comthe statements by Jewish
munity to grow up, mourn,
community leaders when
but then make your case to the
in election after election
public without engaging in diviRepublican candidates
Joshua
sive down-the-nose language.
were caricatured as latSotomayorter-day Nazis by the left?
Regardless of who is in the
Einstein
Where was the Jewish
Oval Office, the country needs
community when rioting
a strong opposition to keep
replaced peaceful protesting as the new
our system healthy, hold the party in
acceptable social discourse?
power accountable, and provide an intellectually stimulating counter-narrative
In the main, the Jewish community was
that challenges people to think.
silent. Currently, rabbis and other Jewish
Its time for the Jewish liberals to help
leaders across the country are engaging
get the Democratic party and the left in
in grief counseling for their communities on what was the peaceful election of
general out of gutter of name calling and
the 45th president of the United States.
into the battle of ideas.
Rather than share with them the plain
and obvious facts that their congregants
Joshua Sotomayor-Einstein is originally
are adults, blessed to be born in a constifrom Teaneck and has lived in Hoboken
tutional republic, and that no one always
for nine years. He founded Moishe
wins, they are being consoled, because
House Hoboken in January 2007, is the
those mocked as anti-intellectual bigots
chairman of both the Hudson County
didnt support the candidate representRepublican Club and the Hudson County
ing the side that mocked them.
Young Republicans, and enjoys reading
Rather than indulge the infantilization
and science fiction.
Our responsibility, now the elections over
abbi Lewittes wrote this

open letter last Wednesday
morning:
Friends,
Far from the anticipated euphoria of
Hillary Clinton shattering the proverbial glass ceiling, our country awoke to
a nation deeply, dangerously splintered.
The shards are symbolic not only of
political fragmentation, but of moral and
ethical dissension that can threaten our
citizens hard-won equality and dignity.
Those are core American and Jewish
values.
It is yet to be seen if and how our freedom and safety, as Jews and as Americans, may be threatened under our new
leadership. It is our civic duty to grant the
incoming administration the opportunity to govern, and to govern responsibly.
However, it is also our civic duty, and no
less our Jewish duty, to remain vigilant in
protecting the dramatic gains in the area
of social justice that we have achieved in
the last decade.
Protecting the rights of the LGBTQ community, including marriage equality, and
working to abolish racism, anti-Semitism,
and xenophobia, protecting the rights of
immigrants and their families, and ensuring access to healthcare for all Americans
are hallmarks of a society rooted in the
pursuit of justice. It is our responsibility

to ensure that these values remain the distinguishing features of our nation.
There is ongoing work to be done in our
local communities, and on the state and
federal levels. And we each must find a way
to become active. But these efforts truly
begin at home, just as they always have. If
we are concerned about resurgent racism
in this country, let us be sure that our own
words and actions are free of bias. If we are
concerned about resurgent misogyny, let us
be sure that our own behavior reflects the
inalienable rights of women to live free of
harassment, objectification, unequal pay,
and coercion with respect to our own bodies. If we fear the threats of climate change
will go unheeded, let us be sure our own
consumer choices are ones that conserve
energy, limit pollution and protect fragile
resources.
Our commitment to defend and preserve the accomplishments weve made
toward building a more perfect society for
all includes, but transcends, our concerns
for the Jewish community. Yes, as Jews, we
must guard against anti-Semitism. But as
Jews, we must protect all who are vulnerable. Our well-being, as history repeatedly
and painfully has taught us, is inextricably intertwined with the well-being of all
those ever at risk.
This is what I understand

For Jews, the image of
it means to be an American.
broken glass evokes the terrifying episode known as
This is what I know it means
Kristallnacht, the Night of
to be a Jew.
Broken Glass, which hapAs for Shaar Communities,
pened 78 years ago this
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for Jewish living, learning,
launched a day of attacks
and loving. Help us nurture
on synagogues, Jewish stores
Rabbi Adina
open hearts and open minds
and homes, killed at least
Lewittes
within the Jewish community
100 people and signaled the
and beyond. Extend with us
murderous destruction of
our communitys embrace of
European Jewry by Hitler
all who seek shelter and sanctuary.
and the Nazis that was to come.
Ill end with the closing words of the
Most disturbingly, on the day after the
heartfelt talk I had with my children this
election of Donald Trump as our nations
morning:
next president, an achievement celebrated
All of us have to commit, all of us have
by alt-right activists, the windows of an
to take responsibility and labor for our colabandoned fur shop in Philadelphia were
lective future. I love you endlessly and will
vandalized with swastikas, and the words
never stop working to protect you and give
Sieg Heil 2016 were scrawled on them.
to you a world that will ensure your hapThese shards are a clarion call to
piness and safety, your freedom and your
attention.
dignity.
There are those who are mourning the
With continued dedication to all of you
result of the election, and those who are
and to the holy work we must undertake
jubilant. Each of us needs some time to
together,
absorb the new reality that is unfolding in
Dini
our own way. But then we must all of us,
regardless of political affiliation return
Rabbi Adina Lewittes of Closter is the
to the work of building, and reinforcing, a
founder and spiritual leader of Shaar
world of love, of justice, of freedom, and
Communities.
of dignity.
Opinion
What would Arthur Hertzberg say?
ur father, Arthur (Avraham) Hertzberg, zl, has

been gone for more than
10 years. He was a rabbi, a
historian, a prolific writer and scholar.
He was also a liberal, a Democrat, a
Zionist, and fiercely opinionated. But
his opinions and politics were always
grounded in his Jewish faith and in his
deep devotion to social justice.
This is the man who in the 1960s
worked for school integration and
thundered against our involvement
in Vietnam. He called for a two-state
solution for Israel and Palestine almost
immediately after the Six Day War in
1967. This is the man who spoke about
politics from his pulpit on the High Holidays and forbade his congregants to
vote for Richard Nixon. He mourned

for months after 9/11.
He would have been one of the first
and fiercest critics of Donald Trump
and his hate-filled rhetoric.
Arthur Hertzberg would be horrified
at the results of the vote on November 8. He would have wasted no time
denouncing Donald Trump and the
political and social vision he promotes.
But how would Arthur Hertzberg proceed now that the unthinkable has
happened?
Arthur Hertzberg would have come
up fighting in the only way he knew,
with his words and deeds. Consistent
with his belief that Jewish law obligates
us to fight injustice wherever we find
it, he would have mobilized people
and found funding. He would be at the

very front and the emotional core of
the opposition.
All human beings possess basic
rights, even if they live in a political
environment that does not protect
them. So let us protest, in actions and
writing. Let us support the things that
will make this world better and tear
down barriers between us, and not
raise them up. Lets start with restoring decency, civility, humility, mercy,
honesty, due process, and ethical
behavior.
Ar thur Her t zberg would have
expected and demanded it.
Linda Hertzberg, M.D., grew up
in Englewood, studied at Yale and
Linda
Hertzberg
Susan
Hertzberg
Stanford Universities, and is a physician

anesthesiologist in private practice in
California. Susan Hertzberg is a lifelong
resident of Bergen County. She holds a B.A. and
M.B.A. from Harvard and is a reimbursement
manager and patient advocate for Genentech.
The obligation to respond

A look at the parallels between Germanism and Trumpism
dmonishing Western leaders to take ominous threats

to the free world and especially to Israel more seriously, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly has invoked historical
events, including the tragedy of European anti-Semitism. In particular, in
speeches to the U.N., Congress, and
AIPAC and in press interviews, the
prime minister has showcased Western appeasement of Germany in 1938 as
analogous to contemporary toleration
of the Iranian menace. So it should be
no surprise that many turn to historical precedent in understanding how to
respond to this years divisive election.
Some claim that Donald Trumps presidential win parallels the appointment
of Adolf Hitler as Germanys chancellor
in 1933. But that invites easy dismissal as
hyperbole, inasmuch as Trumpism (at
least so far) does not embrace the genocidal aspirations propelling Nazism.
There is, however, a closer analogy
that should inform and influence our
responsibilities and obligations to protest against Trumpism.
American minorities including Jews
but also others are facing not the
Nazi anti-Semitism and racial bigotry
of 1933 but the German anti-Semitic
political movement of 1880. That movement arose after the Bourse (stock
Donald Trump gives the thumbs-up sign to supporters during a presidential

campaign rally.
market) crash of 1872/73,

anti-Semitism was about
which was blamed on Jewmaking Germany great
ish speculators. Conseragain for authentic Gervative ideologues, politimans. It was a cultural
cians, religious leaders, and
movement that fostered
intellectuals rallied to this
anti-Semitic political parties; by 1892, there were 16
cause, which did not seek
anti-Semitic deputies in the
to exterminate the Jews,
German Reichstag. Antibut to marginalize them.
Daniel D.
socialist politicians, such as
This was connected to the
Edelman
Adolf Stoecker, and consereffort to embolden a new
vative intellectuals, such as
Germanism, intended to
Heinrich Treitschke, joined
reinvigorate the pride of
the anti-Semites in defining Germanism
Tacitus Germania. Nineteenth-century
as excluding Judaism. It was they not
German anti-Semitism rejected the liberalism of emancipation, under which
Hitler who popularized the ominous
Jews became citizens and prospered
slogan Die Juden sind unser ungluck.
in finance, the media and professional
(The Jews are our misfortune.)
jobs as well as scholarly and artistic
In 1879 and 1880, Treitschke wrote a
endeavors.
series of articles called A Word About
This modern anti-Semitism professed
Our Jewry. He explained that anti-Semitism may not be pleasant, but it is essento be something different than age-old
tial to strengthen Germany. After pumanti-Judaism, objecting to Jews not as
meling Jews for their corrosive foreign
much for their religion but more for
intrusiveness, Treitschke concluded:
the changes the new Jewish citizens
May God grant that we come out of the
wrought to German life. Anti-Semites
ferment and unrest of these exciting
contended that Jewish ways were polluting German culture through peryears with a stricter concept of state and
ceived Jewish dominance of the media,
its obligations and with a more vigorous
the banks, and cultural institutions,
national consciousness.
especially in the major cities. As one
Donald Trumps alt-right supporters
anti-Semitic agitator described Berlin
are not dangerous because they are neoin 1879: One meets here . . . the arroNazis or white supremacists. For the
gant Jew . . . the flea-market and martsmost part, they are not. They are, however, political descendants of the same
of-trade Jew, the press and literature
exclusive nationalism that motivated the
Jew, the parliamentary Jew, the theatre
19-century Germanism of the anti-Semand music Jew, the culture and humanity Jew . . . hand in hand with their kept
ites. It must be underscored that nationalism per se is not the problem. Fidelity
press and stock market, they actually
and allegiance to your country even
control the whole city government.
SEE TRUMPISM PAGE 42
Nineteenth century German
Opinion
Trumpism
FROM PAGE 37
romantically so is often healthful and

necessary to a strong society. But the altright is not about simple nationalism. It
is about exclusive nationalism, which
seeks to define a nation by excluding the
undesirables. Based on the presidential
campaign and the appointment of Breitbarts Stephen Bannon as PresidentElect Trumps chief strategist, it appears
that Trumpism veers toward exclusive
nationalism.
We in the Jewish community cannot remain silent about the threats of
Trumpism. During the campaign, Mr.
Trump espoused an exclusive nationalism that all too frequently demonized
whole groups and constituencies in our
country. Many of them already are on
the margins. For example, Mr. Trump
bellowed for a reinvigorated America
by demonizing Mexicans and Muslims
and by mocking disabled people. Taking a page out of the anti-Semitic playbook, the candidate vilified the media
and other elites as distorting globalist influences protecting the undesirables, thereby dog whistling anti-Jewish
groups to their campaign.
Notwithstanding our historical obligation to combat anti-Semitism (and all
hatred), some argue that we should not
oppose Trumpism because Mr. Trump
also ran on a pro-Israel platform, and
the now anti-Israel agitators and policies, mainly associated with liberal
organizations and politicians, pose
the greater threat. Irrespective of the
immorality of such an approach and
it is truly immoral to ignore the hateful
statements Mr. Trump has made, especially now that he can make good on his
threats Jewish interests today include
both those affecting Israel and those
impacting the diaspora.
Just as diaspora Jews are called upon
But the alt-right is not

about simple nationalism.
It is about exclusive
nationalism, which seeks
to define a nation by
excluding the undesirables.
to support, protect, promote, and
defend the State of Israel, so too Israel
must show concern, compassion, and
support for diaspora communities,
even America. The exclusive nationalism that historically has beleaguered
diaspora Jewish civilizations is no less
a threat today. We are not at liberty to
abandon our brothers and sisters, no
matter where they live.
But the more important point is
that we do have a moral imperative to
resist the Trumpist hate. As Rabbi Dr.
Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the great modern Orthodox sage, made clear during
the evil days of the Holocaust, we must
publicly protest against the oppression
of the helpless, the defrauding of the
poor, the plight of the orphan. . . .
No religious cult is of any worth if
the laws and principles of righteousness
are violated and trampled upon by the
foot of pride.
How can you possibly be an impartial advocate for Moving Forward??

The world as we know it has been
smashed. No it hasnt! A meteor crashing
into Times Square would do that. ISIS reaching the eastern shores of the U.S. would
do that. 9/11 came close. A Trump win has
smashed this world?
Kristallnacht another allusion to
smashing. The Nazis. Terror. Isnt this the
media fanning the flames after all? Mike
Pence, Rudy Giuliani, Jeff Sessions et al may
not be your cup of tea, but they too, like the
Clintons, have served the public for decades,
faithfully and successfully, and are part of Mr.
Trumps inner circle. They are a seasoned
and astute team with whom you may have
disagreements, but it ends there.
Your Moving Forward words made me take
two steps back in astonishment.
Robert Katz, Fair Lawn
over 200 teens and women volunteered their

time the week of the event to help prepare
ingredients and the venue for the evenings
program.
On behalf of the 2016 NJ Great Big Challah
Bake Steering Committee, thanks once again
to the northern New Jersey Jewish community for supporting the event.
Miriam D. Gershfield, Teaneck
Daniel D. Edelman of Teaneck is an

attorney working in New York City.
Letters
Trumps win called
divine intervention
The unappreciated political reality is that

Donald Trump was the only candidate that
was concerned with the liberal issues of
the working class population. This giant
sleeping population that was awakened to
bring Trump to power has been neglected
for more than 50 years. Their perception is
that for eight years they have experienced
economic hardships due to the nations
bleak economic growth and competing
expanding foreign labor. Trump was the
only one sympathetic to their concerns.
This group also perceived that both political parties nurtured the inner city population for political purposes. In spite of
bestowed benefits the inner cities population grew and continued to fall behind on
issues of crime rate, broken families, education and high unemployment, as well as
increasingly becoming dependent on government favors.
The cause of this change in the U.S.
governance might be perceived as divine
intervention punishment or a divine saving from disaster. The depth of belief in the
Jewish soul is that events happen according to plan. According to Genesis the reason for humans existence was for societies
to continue the creative process, ineluctably advancing in knowledge and building.
Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed for
sinful morality and the saving of Nineveh
was because of the wealth and creativity of
the society. It is reasoned that this change
in U.S. governance is a saving positive event
for the U.S. to go forward. It may be considered as both a saving and a warning. We
can repent by noting the need for correcting
the structure of family and out-of-wedlock
births that encumber every aspect of society and particularly creativity the reason
for our existence.
Sidney Kaplan, Fort Lee
Irresponsible journalism?
I am a big fan of The Standard, having read

every issue, cover to cover, I believe, since
1988.
I also respect and admire Joanne Palmer,
who as editor has taken your paper to great
heights.
Joanne, the final paragraph of your Moving Forward editorial on the Trump presidency was disturbing in many ways. Allow
me to highlight some of your words:
To understate, the result was a shock.
Even Michael Moore, uber-liberal film producer and ardent Clinton advocate, took
Democrats to task for not seeing the inevitable. Take a look at the Red/Blue map,
scorched with red throughout the Great
Plains of America. It was only a shock
because we dont live there, but rather in our
own cozy-comfy Northeast bubble.
The angry results have divided the country even further. Who can call 60 million
Americans supporting a candidate an angry
result? I do not believe that is responsible
journalism.
Many others of us feel abject terror. You
are fanning the flames here. If you are Moving
Forward, how could you feel abject terror?
Thanks from the Challah Bake
This past Wednesday evening, November

9, over 1,000 women from Bergen, Passaic,
Hudson, Morris and Essex counties gathered
at Factory 220 in Passaic to take part in this
years NJ Great Big Challah Bake. The event
kicked off a weekend of programs as part of
the Shabbos Project.
Thank you to the Jewish Standard for
announcements and an article to help promote the event. In addition, area synagogues
and temples, schools, organizations, businesses, and corporations helped publicize
and support the event, without which it
would not have been successful. In addition,
Where the Bible came from
The Jewish community had no say in what

constituted the Bible. The decision was
made by a small group of rabbis whose
respect by the community enabled its acceptance. The Samaritans never accepted rabbinic Judaism because they were excluded
and shunned by those who left Babylon in
order to construct the second Temple in
Jerusalem. The current Bible is a result of
the work of the Masorites in the early Middle
Ages. The Psalms were never prayers and
the Greek translation gives the reason for
many of them. Some Psalms were recited
with musical accompaniment.
I applaud the efforts of Dr. Brettler (Whys
the Bible the way it is? November 4). Too
many Jews are not aware of the history and
evolution of the Bible. The one in use today
was certainly not the original, despite the
claims by persons unaware of the history
of our people. Studying the Bible and the
Talmud without studying the history of our
people and their relationship to others, Jews
or Gentiles, falls short of what a real Jewish
education encompasses.
Shel Haas, Fort Lee
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Cover Story
Cover Story
FIRST PERSON
Leonard Cohen,
my father, and me
Cnaan Liphshiz
Remembering
Leonard Cohen,
whose Jewish-infused
poetry and songs
inspired generations
Ron Kampeas
eonard Cohen, the
Canadian singer-songwriter whose Jewishinfused work became
a soundtrack for melancholy, has died. He
was 82.
It is with profound
sorrow we report that legendary poet,
songwriter and artist Leonard Cohen has
passed away, his Facebook page told the
world. We have lost one of musics most
revered and prolific visionaries.
It did not give a cause of death.
He died on Monday, November 7, in
Los Angeles, his death was announced on
Wednesday, November 9, and his private
funeral, in his childhood synagogue in
Montreal, was held on Thursday.
Cohen, a Montreal native born in 1934,
was playing folk guitar by the time he was
15, when he learned the resistance song
The Partisan while working at a camp
from an older friend.
We sang together every morning, going
through The Peoples Song Book from
cover to cover, he recalled in his first
Best Of compilation in 1975. I developed the curious notion that the Nazis
were overthrown by music.
As a student at McGill University,
Cohen became part of Montreals burgeoning alternative art scene, which
burst with nervous energy. That was a
time when tensions between Quebecs
French and English speakers were coming to the fore.
His influences included Irving Layton,
the seminal Canadian Jewish poet who
taught at McGill, and like Cohen grappled
with the tensions between the secular

world and the temptations of faith.
Cohen began to publish poetry and
then novels, and the national Canadian
press started to notice him. Moving to
New York in the late 1960s his song
Chelsea Hotel is about his stay at that
notorious refuge for the inspired, the
insane, and the indigent he began to put
his words to music.
Suzanne, about the devastating platonic affair with a friends wife that was a
I developed the
curious notion
that the Nazis
were overthrown
by music.
factor in his deciding to leave Montreal,
was recorded by Judy Collins and became
a hit, launching his career.
Cohen sang in his limited bass and wrote
his songs so he could sing them. They
would have been dirges but for their surprising lyrical turns and reckoning with joy
in unexpected places.
In Bird on the Wire, one of his most
covered songs, he recovers from a crippling guilt when he finds inspiration in a
beggar, and then in a prostitute: And a
pretty woman, leaning in her darkened
door/ She cried to me, Hey why not ask
for more?
Cohen embraced Buddhism but never
stopped saying he was Jewish. His music
more often than not dealt directly not
Using his M-16 assault rifle as a pillow,

my father was awakened abruptly from
a dreamless sleep by the pleading voice
of a young woman outside his tent in
the Sinai.
The woman, a uniformed volunteer,
was urging reservists like him to forego
shuteye to hear a musician whose
name she did not know, but who had
come from far away to perform for
Israeli troops on the southern front of
Israels traumatic 1973 war with Egypt
and Syria.
Stumbling out of the khaki tent, my
father and 12 other soldiers encountered Leonard Cohen, the eminent
Jewish Canadian poet-singer whose
death, at 82, was reported last week,
prompting passionate eulogies
from fans all over the world, including Israels prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and its president,
Reuven Rivlin.
Cohens visit to the Sinai Desert, during which he wrote his haunting song
Lover Come Back to Me, was the
beginning of my familys bi-generational love affair with his irreverent yet
spiritual writing. Cohens benign sobriety has shaped me as very few other
writers have.
In the best-known photograph from
his tour of the front line, where he
spent at least a week performing at
gathering points and bases, Cohen,
singing, stands next to an attentive
Ariel Sharon, the Israeli general and
future prime minister who grabbed
victory from the jaws of defeat during
that war. The Israeli virtuoso composer
Matti Caspi is accompanying Cohen on
guitar as dozens of soldiers huddle all
around them. Some of their expressions suggest deep reflection.
My father was a noncommissioned
communications officer in charge
of connecting Sharon to higher-ups
whose orders Sharon was notorious
for ignoring. The concert he saw was
somewhat less photogenic.
So a dozen of us who agreed to wake
up saw this sweaty Jew wearing dusty
fatigues standing with a guitar in the
sun, my father recalled. Im pretty
sure the other guys had no idea who
he was and I doubt that that changed
thanks to the concert, which, honestly,
was kind of heart-wrenching.
When they finally were dismissed, my fathers brothers-in-arms
complained about the concert, which

they found dull. They had hoped for
a show by the ha-Gashash ha-Khiver,
a famous Israeli comedy ensemble
whose Hebrew name means The
Pale Scout.
It was an awkward situation for
Cohen, whom Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a warmhearted
Jew, recalling the musicians impulsive
decision to come to the front lines.
That was something the prime minister also experienced firsthand. (At the
time, Cohen was living in Greece with
his girlfriend, Suzanne Verdal, who
served as the inspiration for one of his
best-known songs, Suzanne.)
But my father was bowled over.
He recognized Cohen instantly his
songs, he said, had hit him like a thunderbolt when he first heard one of his
records some years earlier.
His lyrics were poetry, not pop,
they were deeply sober but almost
never veered into either the outright
sarcasm nor the activism that one finds
in Bob Dylans sung poetry, for example, my father said. He has an acute
allergy to anything that reminds him
of the politicized art he experienced
growing up in communist Poland.
As for me, I was a reflective and
slightly morose 14-year-old when my
father introduced me to the music of
Leonard Cohen. I was mesmerized by
his trademark levity, with which he
explored deep and sometimes dark
emotions. Like my father before me, I
had never heard anything quite like it.
I was deeply influenced by the selfdoubting words and nasal voice of
this strange bird on a wire, forever
searching for a perch from which to
observe the human soul with love but
without illusions.
His way of looking at the human
psyche, which I hungrily analyzed in
his songs and in his two novels, shaped
in no small part my own way of looking
at the world.
In Hey, Thats No Way to Say Goodbye, his simple and intimate descriptions of a lover informed my first
notions of romantic love with lyrics like
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy
golden storm.
In Everybody Knows he shook
my naive perceptions about race relations and the balance of power Old
Black Joes still pickin cotton for your
ribbons and bows. He did it again in
See liphshiz page 46
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just with his faith but with his Jewish
peoples story.
His most famous song, covered hundreds of times, is Hallelujah he has
said its unpublished verses are endless,
but in its recorded version is about the
sacred anguish felt by King David as he
contemplates the beauty of the forbidden
Bathsheba.
Cohens version, released in 1984, did
well in Europe. (In a video on German
TV he is backed by a childrens choir hiding behind a faux Greek set.) John Cale
recorded a piano-driven version for a
Cohen tribute album in 1991. Jeff Buckley
heard that version and used it as the basis
for his own six-minute cover, reinterpreting on his guitar the arpeggios Cale had
used to accompany the song.
Running longer than six minutes,
Buckleys version became the go-to for
extended TV show montages depicting
trauma and melancholy song in the late
1990s. Cales version was used in Shrek
in 2001, and that did it. The song became
inevitable.
First We Take Manhattan, recorded
in the late 1980s when Cohen was living
in Europe much of the time, plumbs the
anger of a modern Jew traveling through
a postwar consumerist Europe that has
become adept at ignoring its Jewish ghosts:
I love your body and your spirit and
your clothes
But you see that line there moving
through the station?
I told you, I told you, told you, I was one
of those.
Cohen was droll, but also reverent: Each
of his explanations of his songs on 1975s
Best Of is sardonic except for one, for
Who by Fire.
This is based on a prayer recited on the
Day of Atonement, was all he wrote.
Cohen, in his 70s in the late 2000s,
again began to tour and record; a manager
had bilked him of much of his fortune. He
released his final album, You Want It
Darker, last month.
He often toured Israel, and he expressed
his love for the country Cohen toured for
troops in the 1973 Yom Kippur War but
Leonard Cohen entertains Israeli troops on the southern front during the 1973 war with Egypt and Syria as Gen. Ariel
Sharon listens appreciatively.
he also talked about his sadness at the

militarism he encountered there. Under
pressure from the boycott Israel movement to cancel a 2009 concert, he instead
donated its proceeds which he needed
to a group that advances dialogue between
Palestinians and Jews.
Tickets to the stadium at Ramat Gan sold
out in minutes. His Israeli fans embraced
him that September night, and he
returned the love, sprinkling the concert
with Hebrew and readings from scripture
and ending it with the priestly blessing.
In August he wrote an emotional letter
to his former girlfriend and muse Marianne
Ihlen, who died in late July, suggesting that
he, too, was ready to embrace his death.
Last month in a profile, the New Yorkers
editor, David Remnick, wrote about Cohen
in the magazine, Bob Dylan compared his
fellow singer-songwriter to Irving Berlin,
linking three iconic Jewish musicians in
one poignant assessment.
Cohen is survived by a son and a
JTA Wire Service
daughter.
Liphshiz
from page 45
Democracy the homicidal bitchin

that goes down in every kitchen to determine who will serve and who will eat.
And he even taught me to laugh at a
taboo in The Captain (Complain,
complain, thats all youve done ever
since we lost. If its not the crucifixion,
then its the Holocaust.)
Which is why it broke my heart to
skip, for ideological reasons, his concert
in Israel in 2009. Under pressure from
promoters of the Boycott, Sanctions
and Divestment movement not to perform in the Jewish state, Cohen partially
buckled, by saying hed perform in

Ramallah as well as in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan.
When that proved impractical, he
agreed to donate the concerts proceeds
to organizations whose supporters refer
to them as peace groups.
And while I see nothing wrong with
either decision, I did not wish to reward
his partial surrender to people and
organizations that, as I see it, abuse
and leverage artists to promote political
ends.
It didnt help that one of the organizations that received some of the proceeds
was a group of bereaved Palestinian
Leonard Cohen clutches his trademark fedora during his 2009 concert in Israel.
and Israeli parents who had lost children to the conflict. While I recognize
the universality of grief, I found that the
rhetoric of this particular parents circle risked creating a moral equivalence
between terrorists and their killers.
I had expected more from Cohen,
whom I fortunately got to see, after all,
when he toured Europe in 2012.
But my father took a different view.
The discussions we had on this point
became yet another case in which
Cohen, from his tower of song, informed
both my outlook and my relationship
with my father, who is by far my best
debate adversary.
I can see why a man like Cohen, who

also practiced Buddhism, decided to try
for and promote compromise instead of
ignoring dissent, my father told me.
I have changed my views on Cohens
2009 actions; I see Cohen as the closest
thing to a rabbi that Ive ever had. I now
see them as part of his legacy, which has
taught me to adhere to my own convictions as he did during the Yom Kippur
War without placing them over the
convictions of others, out of insecurity,.
While Cohens music will stay with
me forever, Im ready to let him go. Its a
good way to say goodbye.
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A new and very Yiddish Hallelujah

Singer Daniel Kahn tells how he came
to translate and perform the Leonard Cohen classic
Larry Yudelson
White shirt. Black vest. Workmens cap.
Black beard.
Except for the acoustic guitar, Daniel
Kahn could be appearing in Fiddler on
the Roof.
And then he starts to sing in Yiddish to
a familiar tune: Geven a nign vi a sod, vos
Dovid hot geshpilt far Got.
The subtitles translate: There was a
secret tune, that David played before God.
Yes, it is a Yiddish rendition of Leonard
Cohens Hallelujah.
The Forward recorded the video in September and posted it to its website last
Wednesday morning.
That night, word came of Leonard
Cohens death.
It was sadly serendipitous, Mr. Kahn
said.
Like many of Mr. Cohens songs, Hallelujah uses biblical imagery. It refers
to David explicitly. Bathsheba, implicit
in the original, is named in the translation. In Yiddish, everything becomes a
bit more Jewish. The dove becomes the
Shechina, the kabbalistic feminine aspect
of God. The informality of the rhymes of
do ya and knew ya are replaced by the
more resonant Hebrew-rooted words like
geula, redemption; yeshua, salvation;
and refuah, healing.
You always lose something and gain
something in translation, Mr. Kahn said.
I call it tradaptation: adaptation and
translation. I try to approximate the gesture of the original.
If you enjoy the Yiddish rendition, you
can thank Frank London of the Klezmatics. Mr. London asked Mr. Kahn and a couple other Yiddish songwriters to translate
a verse or two of the song for the choir
of KlezCanada, an annual Yiddish retreat.
I reluctantly agreed to give it a shot,
Mr. Kahn said. Once I got into it, the task
didnt let me go, and I ended up translating all seven verses of the song that we
have. (Mr. Cohen performed different
versions of the song over the years, and
said he had notebook pages of unpublished, unsung, verses.)
Mr. Kahn recorded the song in the
Forwards studio, after someone at the
papers Yiddish edition heard him play it
at a party for a Yiddish journal. He comes
to New York often, but he lives in Berlin,
where he is pretty involved with the Yiddish culture movement.
He has recorded four albums with his
band, Painted Bird, which he describes
as a combination of punk, folk, and
klezmer and he is working on a fifth. He
Daniel Kahn credits Leonard Cohen with inspiring him to become a songwriter.
also works in the theater.

He grew up in Detroit. I come from an
Ashkenazi family, he said. My grandmother spoke Yiddish.
Interest in klezmer music led him to the
study of Yiddish. At some point I got into
learning the songs, translating the songs,
he said.
Why Berlin?
I couldnt afford to take Manhattan, so I
took Berlin, he said, paraphrasing a Leonard Cohen song. Thats the short answer.
Ive lived in New Orleans. Ive tried
many places. I love Detroit, Im still connected to the folk scene there. But Berlin
is a very special city. I moved here in 2005.
I figured it was a good time to broaden my
scope and to live among the nations, to put
myself in a kind of double diaspora.
I fell in love with the city, the music
here, the patchwork of cultures and the
kaleidoscope of languages.
Berlin is a truly cosmopolitan city in the
way it hasnt been since the 1920s. Unlike
Paris or London, its a city where artists
can afford to be creative and not make a
ton of money. As a base its been wonderful. Its allowed me to travel all around
Europe and still travel to North America.
Im always touring. When Im not doing
that Im working on theater projects.
Berlin is a great town for that. For now.
Im well aware of how precarious the comforts of civilization are.
Mr. Kahn approached Hallelujah,
the translation and particularly the
performance, with some trepidation.

Because its a cliche at this point that people
feel the song shouldnt be covered any more.
Its become a standard, used for purposes
counter to the nature of the song itself.
People think of it as a very straightforward spiritual song in a vague way because
it has all these resonant images that convey biblical meaning. The text of the song
contradicts that on its own terms. Its a
song where every verse contains the word
but or though. Its all about contradictory juxtapositions, the holy and the profane, profound doubt, God and sex, and
the lack of both. It contains within it the
depth of humor and irony and ambivalence and circumspection and hesitation
and thought and consideration that was in
so many of Cohens lyrics.
He was not a dogmatic poet. He didnt
offer easy answers. His poetry illuminated
very complicated truths.
Thats why in the recording, he skips the
Hallelujah chorus until the very end of
the song.
For me its all about the verses.
His albums with Painted Word mix
songs in English, Yiddish, and other languages. Unfortunately, Yiddish is often
relegated into the realm of kitsch or nostalgia or comedy, he said. Which if you
know anything about Yiddish literature or
modern Yiddish culture, you know its not.
When you read Yiddish literature, its not
all folky little wisdoms. Its a deep culture.
I try to focus on the sides of the culture
that are unexpected when I translate out

of Yiddish and into Yiddish. You can sing a
Beatles song in Yiddish and it can be funny
because its Yiddish. I try to find things
that have other levels of relevance.
Hallelujah is essentially a Yiddish song
Leonard Cohen wrote in English, by which
I mean its Jewish. Its like the Song of Solomon, the double working of devotion to
God and devotion to a lover, the juxtaposition of eroticism and spirituality. These are
all, to my opinion, very Jewish themes. To
do it in Yiddish made sense.
Mr. Kahan has been to four Leonard
Cohen concerts. Ive been a fan and student of his since I was a teenager, he said.
Im in my later 30s now. I wouldnt be a
songwriter without him.
At the same time that the Forward posted
the video of Ms. Kahan playing Hallelujah, it also put up another, where he was
playing a Yiddish revolutionary song from
the 1890s, called Working Women.
I had planned to put it out as a celebration of Hillarys victory, he said. I
decided to put it out anyway.
I was taken aback by the number of
people who responded to both songs.
Hallelujah, a song that has nothing to
do with politics, was a kind of solace for
so many wounded people right now. Im
honored that people got that through my
version of it.
That speaks to the deep healing quality
of a truth teller and true artist like Leonard
Cohen.
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Thanksgiving dinners comes when
someone announces, Lets go around
the table and each say something that
we are thankful for.
This year, instead of attempting a
generic or reflexive answer so as not to
over-share, perhaps it is time to dig a
little deeper and give the response some
thought. You may not realize it, but this
could be good for your mental health.
In fact, researchers have shown that
gratitude helps drive a sense of purpose
and a desire to do more. In a study of
those who were asked to keep a Gratitude Journal in which they wrote down
five things they were grateful for once a
week, participants in journaling made
20 percent more progress toward
achieving goals that they had set, compared with the control group of those
who did not record their gratitude.
In a similar study, participants consistently reported feeling more energetic,
alive, awake, and alert. Expressing and
feeling gratitude has also been found
to inspire pro-social behavior such
as generosity, compassion, and charitable giving.
Gratitude even helps in hard times, as
it correlates resilience to adversity. So
at this years Thanksgiving table, give it
a go!
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It is a full day to look forward to.
Rediscovering favorite pastimes. Sharing meals with friends. Enjoying the privacy
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Brightview Tenafly is filled with people who are comfortable, who feel at home,
who are rejuvenated and gain the energy to pursue their passions.
An appreciation for possibilities rather than limitations is the focus.
Everyone enjoys Brightview.
Residents are engaged in a full calendar of intellectual and cultural pursuits,
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best in New Jersey for having the lowest
30-day mortality rate from heart failure.
While the national average is 12.2 percent, Holy Name has an 8.5 percent rate,
making it among the leading hospitals
in the nation for treating a disease that
affects 5.7 million American adults.
Heart failure occurs when a weakened
heart muscle cant pump enough blood
into the aorta, which allows blood to
pool in the heart. It may be caused by
a number of conditions, including past
heart attacks, coronary artery disease,
high blood pressure, heart valve disease,
congenital heart defects, and alcohol
and drug abuse.
We are particularly proud of our
[low] heart failure mortality rates, said
Sheryl Slonim, executive vice president
of patient care services and chief nursing officer. This accomplishment is a
result of an interdisciplinary team effort,
including accurate assessment and diagnosis as well as aggressive management,
which is continually monitored and
reassessed.
Patients with heart failure fare better at Holy Name for a number of reasons, including the care given by highly
trained cardiologists and a Transitional
Care Team, assigned to each patient and

led by a nurse practitioner certified in
heart failure.
Those at risk for readmission due to
advancing disease are offered 30-day
post discharge care that includes a visit
by a nurse to perform an overall assessment, check medications, ensure physician follow-up visits, reinforce education, and provide a self-care binder for
patients to organize all the aspects of
their chronic illness.
Holy Name works very hard to make
sure our heart failure patients are given
the highest quality care that extends
well past their hospitalization, said Dr.
Adam Jarrett, medical director of Holy
Name Medical Center. We consistently
utilize new advanced therapies and our
palliative care team has been a strong
partner in giving our patients better
outcomes.
Early diagnosis and treatment of
patients with heart failure can help
improve their quality and length of life.
Treatment typically involves medications, reducing salt in the diet, and physical activity.
Patients with heart failure may experience shortness of breath, general feeling
of fatigue or weakness, trouble breathing when lying down, and weight gain in
the feet, legs, ankles, or stomach. Symptoms should be tracked on a daily basis
and then discussed with the healthcare
team.
Palliative care and how it

can help patients and families
November is National Hospice and Palliative
Care Month and, although the focus is on
raising awareness of them at the same time,
it is important to note important distinctions
between the two services.
Hospice is a philosophy of care for people
who are near the end of life and are no longer seeking curative treatment. Palliative care,
on the other hand, focuses on preventing or
relieving the symptoms, pain and stress that
can accompany a serious, chronic or incurable illness. Palliative care can also be used
during times of acute illness.
Palliative care is appropriate at any age and
at any stage of a serious illness and it is offered
alongside not instead of curative care. By
receiving comprehensive treatment and services in concert with those of a primary care
physician, a patient can see improvement in
their quality of life.
The role of palliative care is to treat pain
and other symptoms and help patients to realistically review the goals of their care, said
Sandy Balentine, director of clinical onocolgy
at Valley Hospital.
Clinicians trained in the subspecialty of palliative care work together with the patients
disease-directed care team, helping to better
meet the patients needs with a team-based
approach. The team includes nurse practitioners, physicians, social workers, dietitians,
chaplains, pharmacists, registered nurses,
and others.
The team helps patients gain control of
their illness by exploring their goals of care,
better understanding their treatment options,
and avoiding unwanted care. A partnership
develops that includes the palliative care
team, the patient and the patients family.
Patients are relieved to have assistance with
understanding what to expect and how to
handle it, and difficult decisions can be made
with more information and insight.
Palliative care also provides comfort and
support for family members or other caregivers. It can help both patients and their families cope with the challenges of living with a
serious illness. As family members receive
support, they can, in turn, better support
their loved one during illness.
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At Valley, we recognize the difference that
palliative care can make in the quality of life
for our patients, Balentine said. We started
with an inpatient palliative care program and
today also offer palliative care in the outpatient setting or for homebound patients at
home in the privacy of their residence. This
service is an extra layer of support for an
improved quality of life for our patients.
For inpatient palliative care services within
Valley Hospital, any patient or family member may request a consultation by asking their
physician or nurse.
For outpatient palliative care services,
which are provided at Valleys Luckow Pavilion in Paramus, any patient or family member who is considering outpatient palliative
care can ask their physician for a referral to
the program.
In addition, Valley Home Care offers palliative care services to patients directly in their
homes. For more information on both services, call (201) 634-5699.
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shows her products at Englewood
Hospital and Medical Centers annual
Walk for Awareness on October 30.
This event raises funds to provide uninsured women with access to a range
of healthcare services. The Womens
Health Boutique, which caters to the
needs of breast cancer patients and
to pregnant and nursing moms, is
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Adler Aphasia Center members who

participate in a weekly Fantasy Football league
meet New York Giants star Harry Carson. From
left, Bob Mayer of Rockleigh, Harry Carson,
Bill Grundy of Ridgewood, and Ed Morgan of
Hawthorne, N.Y.
Fantasy football
becomes reality for
Adler Aphasia center
Harry Carson, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer and
former captain of the New York Giants, was
honored by the Adler Aphasia Center with its 2016
Advocacy Award at their recent annual gala. While
in attendance, he posed with center members
who are currently participating in a Fantasy
Football group, as part of therapy to build their
communication skills.
This life skills group has been one of the most popular offered at the center. An Adler league was created and members with aphasia are using technology
(iPads) to participate in this group. Each week members get to choose players and discuss the latest events
in football. The winner of the league will receive an
football autographed by Carson.
For more information, visit AdlerAphasiaCenter.org
or call (201) 368.8585.
Israeli-German
medical team gives
14 children gift of life
Save a Childs Heart and
Deutsches Herzzentrum perform
lifesaving catheterizations in
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Fourteen Tanzanian children underwent successful
heart catheterizations during the first Israeli-German
Wolfson Medical Center/Deutsches Herzzentrum joint
medical mission to Dar es Salaam this month.
The five-day medical mission supported by Save
a Childs Heart Canada and Ein Herz fr Kinder
included a German team from the Deutsches Herzzentrum in Berlin under the leadership of Professor Felix
Berger and an Israeli team from the Wolfson Medical

The Bristal at Woodcliff
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Day by honoring 20
residents who served in
the armed forces
The Bristal at Woodcliff Lake, an assisted and independent living community, celebrated Veterans Day
on November 11 by honoring 20 residents who served
in the military.
State and local officials joined the ceremony,
including Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo,
Woodcliff Lake Council members Kristy Herrington,
Angela Hayes, and Corrado Belgiovine, state Senator Gerald Cardinale, and state Assemblyman Robert
Auth.
The 20 veterans honored were: Martin Nunberg,
Clarence (Tom) Thompson, Irving Seidenberg, John
Rothschild, Lawrence Clayton Bibb, Dominic Garamone, Mortimer Mendoza, Anthony Corbo, Ralph
Lilore, Uriel Goldsmith, Joseph Dispoto, Saul Gandle, Gennaro Jerry Casale, Thomas James Connors, Paul David Dry, Jacob Levinger, Frederick A.
Saunders, Robert Tore, Earl C. Valder, and Angelo
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The Bristal Assisted Living at Woodcliff Lake is the
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The Engel Burman Group has been managing
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Long Island and two in Westchester County. For information about The Bristal at Woodcliff Lake, call (201)
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They cared about me

as a person.
Center, led by Dr. Akiva Tamir, head of the pediatric
cardiology unit, and Dr. Sagi Assa.
The Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute hosted the
Israeli and German doctors and nurses. Dr. Godwin
Godfrey, Tanzanias first pediatric cardiac surgeon
trained by Save a Childs Heart (SACH) in Israel, and
Dr. Naiz Majani, pediatric cardiologist also trained by
SACH in Israel, led the Tanzanian team.
Cardiac catheterization, as explained by the Cleveland Clinic, is an invasive imaging procedure that
allows doctors to evaluate heart function.
In addition to the lifesaving procedures, the Israeli
and German doctors held an open clinic for heart
disease patients. Among the children waiting in line
to be screened was Dismas, age 6, who was brought
to Israel two years ago by SACH to undergo lifesaving heart surgery at the Wolfson Medical Center. His
mother reported that since returning from Israel, he
has started to attend school and loves to run and play.
SACH reported that the mission was a successful one paving the way for future cooperation
between Save a Childs Heart and the Deutsches
Herzzentrum.
Valley Health Systems cancer care team now works with Mount Sinai
Health System. In addition to having Mount Sinai doctors practice at
Valley, we collaborate so we can be even better at preventing and
beating cancer. Heres Alexs story.
Alex was a healthy runner and mother of two.
Cancer was never on her radar because she
didnt have a family history. Then, at a yearly
wellness visit, Alexs doctor discovered
a cancerous lump in her breast. After careful
consideration, she chose Valley a decision
that resulted in finding undiagnosed cancer
in her other breast.
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Typically, caregivers provide more than
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Holy Name Medical Center wins
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Holy Name Medical Center was honored with an A grade from The Leapfrog Group (Leapfrog), in its Hospital
Safety Score, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from accidents,
errors, injuries and infections. The Hospital Safety Score is compiled under the
guidance of the nations leading experts
on patient safety and is administered
by Leapfrog, an independent industry
watchdog.
The first and only hospital safety rating to be analyzed in the peer-reviewed
Journal of Patient Safety, the score is
designed to give the public information
they can use to protect themselves and
their families.
As the science of patient safety and
performance measurement improves,
Leapfrogs scoring methodology continues to evolve, said Michael Maron,
president and CEO, Holy Name Medical Center. At Holy Name, weve been
using the data in these reports to continuously improve our safety measures
in accordance with our commitment
to meet the highest standards and
were confident these efforts are seen
in our A rating.
Protecting patients from harm is the
most important charge for any hospital,
said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The
Leapfrog Group. We recognize and appreciate A hospitals vigilance and continued
dedication to keeping their patients safe.
Developed under the guidance of
an expert panel, the Leapfrog Hospital
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assign A, B, C, D, and F grades to more
than 2,600 U.S. hospitals twice per year.
It is calculated by top patient safety
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Medical Center was one of 844 hospitals
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New technique for quick diagnosis

aids mothers while nursing
Israel21c staff
A dermatoscope is an instrument typically used by dermatologists to provide
magnified images of skin lesions for
easier diagnosis. Two Israeli researchers have discovered that this tool is also
useful for quickly diagnosing the causes
of pain during breastfeeding.
In an article published in the clinical
research journal Breastfeeding Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
scientists detail how using a dermatoscope for examining nursing womens
breasts is an important advance for rapidly and accurately identifying the factors responsible for nipple pain that can
cause mothers to give up on nursing.
It is well recognized that breast milk
provides optimal nutrition and immunological protection for infants. However,
many women experience nipple pain or
soreness, which is one of the most common reasons they stop breastfeeding,
explained Dr. Sody Naimer of BGUs
department of family medicine and Dr.
Zeev Silverman of the department of
physiology and cell biology.
Prompt evaluation and diagnosis is
crucial for identifying the cause of this
pain so that a new mother can resume
breastfeeding, they continued. A
superficial breast exam with a traditional direct inspection is clearly inadequate for this task.
Naimer also sees patients in two Clalit
Health Services clinics in Israel and has
previously authored studies on using the

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A dermatoscope, which enlarges and
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an optimal image for diagnosis, is an easily adaptable existing technology that
requires little training at a reasonable
cost, Naimer and Silverman say.
The tool can provide 10-fold magnification and a three dimensional image,
without distortion, to distinguish conclusively between normal and abnormal tissue. The dermatoscope can help
identify causes of nipple pain ranging
from asymptomatic candida infection to
extremely painful minute lesions.
Improved wound surveillance and
standardization for purposes of research
documentation are additional benefits
anticipated with the use of breast dermoscopy, the researchers said.
The authors stated that they hope
broader adoption of this readily available method for observing an area suspected of causing discomfort will lead to
more correct, targeted clinical appraisals of nursing-related nipple pain.
Our eventual aim is to prepare an
atlas with the full spectrum of normal
and pathological states that any physician or health practitioner who joins the
community of breast examiners can use
as a reference, Naimer and Silverman
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Scientists have known for 60 years that
proton therapy is a superior form of
radiation therapy for cancerous tumors,
because it allows for zapping diseased
cells with higher doses of radiation while
significantly reducing damage to healthy
surrounding tissue.
However, proton therapy has been
introduced in only a handful of cancer
treatment centers because of the high
cost of the machinery and space to
house it.
Availability could improve dramatically now that a compact, lower-cost
device from Israeli company P-Cure has
received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.
The patented P-Cure system uses
diagnostic-quality computed tomography (CT) to enable proton-therapy treatment planning, positioning, and delivery
for cancer patients in a seated position.
The system is more cost-effective and
more therapeutically effective than the
current standard of treating the patient
in a horizontal position, says Michael
Marash, Ph.D., founder and CEO of
P-Cure.
The benefits of treating patients in a
seated position include greater patient
comfort, less internal organ movement,
better saliva drainage, and a better position for breathing for asthmatic and
other patients experiencing impaired
breathing, he explains. It may also
deliver less collateral radiation to sensitive organs while enabling greater accuracy in proton beam delivery.
Adult and pediatric patients with cancers of the lung, breast, chest, lower
torso, head and neck can benefit from
this clinical breakthrough, Marash adds.
The initial American trial of P-Cure was
carried out in a Chicago hospital with
lung cancer patients.
The company has sold three P-Cure
systems: one in the United States
and two in Europe. Further sales are
expected shortly, says Marash.

Based in Lod, P-Cure started operations
in 2007 with the goal of developing an
affordable, compact, scalable device
to image and monitor patients using
robotic positioning and pencil-beam
scanning to enable unprecedented
access to tumor sites.
The targeted nature of the technology
eliminates damage to surrounding organs
and can be used for all ages regardless of
the location of the tumor, says Marash.
The market is huge; today 60 percent
of cancer patients are treated with radiation. At least 20 percent of them are eligible to receive proton therapy, he adds.
There are 8,000 radiation oncology
centers around the world, and only 50
of them use protons 22 of them in the
United States. Our objective is to change
the paradigm and enable each center to
have a proton system. Its been very expensive and we can cut the cost by half.
The cost reduction is in capital expenditures for equipment and construction,
the size of a single-room center or multiroom expandable center and the time
from center planning to treatment.
Marash says that protons have a builtin map affording the oncologist a better
tool for targeting and defining the area for
treatment. The energy distribution of proton beams can be directed and deposited
in tissue designated by the physician in a
three-dimensional pattern.
We are excited to receive FDA clearance for our upright imaging technology.
Now, treating patients seated is a reality,
says Marash. The P-Cure team is committed to enabling all oncology centers
and hospitals globally to establish costeffective proton therapy services for the
best possible care and cure.
The 20-employee company has a
subsidiary incorporated in Delaware
and is raising money to expand operations. The systems were designed by
Taga in Tel Aviv and are manufactured
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Israeli startup Leaf
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With seven more US states voting to legalize forms of medical or recreational marijuana earlier this month, the upcoming
rollout of the Leaf plug-n-plant system
for growing the crop at home couldnt
have been better timed.
Its an exciting time to launch, CEO
and cofounder Jonathan (Yoni) Ofir says.
Were seeing a very interesting trend
even among traditionally conservative
states, and it could be the beginning of the
end of the federal ban on cannabis. From
an industry perspective, this makes our
product even more appealing to entrepreneurs and investors.
Leaf looks like a small refrigerator (2 feet
by 4 feet) but its actually a sophisticated
automatic cannabis-cultivation system.
On average you will yield 4 ounces
of high-quality, pesticide-free medicine
every three months, says Ofir. Our beta
testers have grown almost double that in
certain cases.
You dont need pots, soil, or even a
green thumb. Water, light, acidity, temperature, humidity, and nutrients all are
monitored by sensors and controlled by
a smartphone app. The system dries the
leaves at the end of the grow cycle so
theyre fully ready for consumption.
An embedded HD camera provides a
live stream of images during the process
for users to share via the app, which also
offers explanatory video clips.
The Leaf system is available online in the
near future at a preorder price of $2,990
through early 2017, for shipping next September. A $300 deposit is required; the
balance will be collected at time of shipment and the deposit can be refunded up
until that time.
Initially we will be shipping to the USA
and Canada, says Ofir. We are currently
working on international distribution partnerships to be able to ship worldwide.
Leaf will realize additional revenues
from renewables: carbon filters to keep
odors from escaping the unit, and disposable nutrient pods from Advanced Nutrients, one of Leaf s strategic investors.
The pods fit into the machine like ink cartridges in a printer.
The Leaf system comes with all the nutrients needed to grow the cannabis
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medical use in 1996 and is now approved
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Leaf has about 20 employees, including five horticulturalists doing growth and nutrient testing in the
company headquarters outside Boulder, Colorado,
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that office tremendously as we start sales and customer service, says Ofir.
All research and development activities are based
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and medical research resources they needed. Israel is
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It was extremely easy to recruit top-tier employees
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Blast of thin air may help reset jetlag clocks

Israeli research study
done on mice suggests
recalibrating oxygen
levels on aircraft
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A new way to reset our internal body
clocks is on the horizon, as Israeli scientists have found that changes in surrounding oxygen levels affect the circadian
rhythm of mice.
Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot say that if their
results are confirmed in humans, airlines
might consider moderating cabin air pressure to relieve jetlag, according to a study
published in Cell Metabolism.
It is known that factors including light,
eating times, and temperature help synchronize circadian rhythms in both
humans and animals. The bodys master circadian clock, residing in the brain,
synchronizes a multitude of biological
processes in every single cell. Disruption
to this optimum timing system can cause
imbalances, leading to jetlag and such diseases as obesity, metabolic syndrome, and
fatty liver.
Dr. Gad Asher of the Weizmann Institutes biomolecular sciences department
and his colleagues, including postdoctoral
fellows Yaarit Adamovich and Benjamin
Ladeuix, wondered whether oxygen might
also influence circadian rhythms since
oxygen absorption in animals is linked
with nutrient ingestion and maintenance
of body temperatures.
Indeed, the researchers showed that
changing the concentration of oxygen in
cells by just 3 percent, twice a day, will
reset mouse cells circadian clocks.
They suspected, and ultimately
proved, that a protein called HIF1,
which responds to changes in oxygen
levels and plays a critical role in oxygen
homeostasis in cells, is responsible for
the reset.
Adjusting more quickly

to time changes
Just like humans, mice are prone to jetlag
after a sudden shift in daylight hours. The
mice in the Weizmann experiments were
left to eat, sleep and run on their wheels
in oxygen-controlled environments. Altering oxygen levels during their normal
sleep-wake cycle did not change their circadian rhythms, but once mice experienced a six-hour jump ahead in daylight
hours, varying oxygen levels helped them
adapt their eating, sleeping and running
habits to the new time faster.
For example, the scientists saw that a
small drop in oxygen levels 12 hours prior
to the six-hour daylight shift, or two hours
afterwards, put the mice back on their
circadian schedules faster. This, too, was
dependent on HIF1 levels.
It was extremely exciting to see that
even small changes in oxygen levels were
sufficient to efficiently reset the circadian
clock, said Asher.
He added that the study raises important
questions. Although we show that clock
reset by oxygen is dependent on HIF1, we
did not yet fully identify how HIF1 integrates within the core clock circuitry.
Understanding how oxygen influences
the body clock goes beyond jetlag. Cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, shift-work sleep disorder and other common health problems can result in tissues with low oxygen levels.
We show that oxygen works in
mammals, specifically rodents, but it will

be interesting to test whether oxygen can
reset the clock of bacteria, plants, flies and
additional organisms, says Asher.
We are looking forward to seeing
the outcome of these experiments it
will be interesting both from a basic science and a practical standpoint, Asher
continued. I believe passengers might
be more enthusiastic to inhale oxygenenriched air to alleviate jetlag in contrast
to low oxygen.
Commercial airliners pressurize cabins
to the same air density of a city 6,000 to
8,000 feet above sea level. This low pressure saves wear and tear on the airplane,
but because many passengers suffer from
airsickness in response to the drop in oxygen levels, some airlines and airplane makers are considering ways to increase the
pressure on flights.
The new findings suggest that although
passengers may feel better with higher
pressurized cabins during flights, they
may lose the potential advantage of recovering from jetlag. The researchers now
want to test how higher oxygen levels may
affect the circadian clock.
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Israeli army medics named worlds best in disaster relief
The Israeli armys emergency medical response team has
received the World Health Organizations highest ranking.
The Medical Corps unit, which has been sent to provide aid
in disaster zones around the world, is the first to have been
recognized as Type 3 under recently developed WHO standards, the Israel Defense Forces announced.
After a yearlong vetting process, a team from the WHO visited Israel last week and made the final determination. The
ranking recognizes the unit as a world leader in emergency
medicine and assures it continued early access to disaster scenes.
It was a great privilege to hear from the WHO, which is
part of the United Nations, saying that other countries should
come and learn from Israel first of all how to operate within
the right ethical values and the right moral values in disaster
areas, said Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Ofer Merin, who heads the unit.
This is a great honor for Israel, for the IDF, and of course for
the medical corps of the IDF.
The WHO created standards in 2013 to classify foreign medical teams that respond to disasters on a scale of one to three.
Israel was ranked three-plus, according to Merin, in recognition of its specializations beyond even the basic requirements.
Only a handful of emergency medical response teams could
hope to qualify for Type 3 status, and no others have begun
the process, making the unit the top ranked team in the world.
Merin and his unit will be officially honored at a WHO event
in Hong Kong at the end of the month, where members will
receive patches in honor of the new ranking.
2 Israeli cities
spraying for
mosquitoes after
Zika virus diagnosed
A WHO delegation visiting the IDF Medical Corps field

hospital, September 2016.

Courtesy of the IDF Spokespersons Unit
Israeli disaster relief teams have been among the first and
largest to arrive at the scenes of natural disasters, including an
earthquake in Turkey in 1999, an earthquake in Haiti in 2010,
a typhoon in the Philippines in 2013, and an earthquake in
Nepal in 2015.
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effort to repair its international image. But diplomats have
said the motivation is largely humanitarian. Other Israeli
teams may apply to be recognized by the WHO in the future.

Two cities in central Israel are spraying pesticides against mosquitoes after one case of the
Zika virus was diagnosed in each city.
Rishon LeZion and Holon are spraying in the
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Dvar Torah
Vayera: The easy way out? I think not
ear Reader,
of Mamre. He was sitting at the opening of
I have a confession to make to
his tent during the heat of the day (Genyou. The dvar Torah that you
esis 18:1). Eleventh century commentator
are about to read was not my
Rashi explains that God appeared to Abraoriginal submission to The Jewish Standard.
ham to visit the sick. Quoting a teaching
The night following the presidential election
of Rabbi Chama bar Chanina, Rashi explains
(since the editors ask for our submission a
that it was the third day following Abrahams
week in advance) I was exhausted and found
circumcision.
myself still working at 10:30 at night. So I
Abraham must have been in tremenRabbi Paul
went into my Dropbox, found a dvar Torah
dous pain. He was recovering from a selfJacobson
for Parashat Vayera that I had written four
inflicted surgical wound. He could choose
Temple Avodat
years ago, quickly edited it, and emailed it to
to simply sit down, lie back, and allow
Shalom, River
the editors of The Standard.
Sarah to wait on him left-and-right, but he
Edge, Reform
It wasnt a bad dvar Torah, but then again,
doesnt. Addressing his visitors, Abraham
it wasnt one of my best either. I took the easy
says, Let me get you something to eat, so
way out. There. I said it.
you can be refreshed and then go on your
Only there is one huge problem. Parashat Vayera has
way now that you have come to your servant (18:5).
nothing to do with taking the easy way out just the oppoAfter Sarah and a servant assist in the preparation of
site in fact. When Abraham learns that God is going to
the food, Abraham places a meal before his visitors, his
destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, he challenges God to save
honored guests, and speaks with them. It doesnt matthese cities for the sake of even ten righteous individuals,
ter how he is feeling, the level of his tiredness, his pain
and questions God, Will not the judge of the world act
or suffering. He remains a man of purpose and intent.
justly? When God tests Abraham later in the parashah
Abraham doesnt take the easy way out.
(in perhaps one of the Torahs most awful, inexplicable
Abraham should be a model for us in the current season
scenes), directing Abraham to sacrifice his son, Abraham
and in our current political and social climate. Consider
doesnt back down.
what Abraham does in the span of a few chapters. He is
The beginning of the parashah is no different. We read,
argumentative and he wont back down. He challenges the
And God appeared to him [Abraham] in the terebinths
status quo and he wont take no for an answer. He offers
hospitality and kindness to strangers even while he finds

himself in the throes of unspeakable pain. With his son
before him on the altar that he has built, he stands up
when an angel cries out to him and he says hineni (here I
am), even when his heart must be breaking.
It is so easy to select a piece of writing from ones personal archives, change a word or a sentence, and then
send it along as if its just another item that can be
crossed off the list. And it is so easy to turn a blind eye
to the horrifically troubling state of our world. I am not
naive. I know full well that there is seething bigotry,
misogyny, homophobic discrimination, racism, and
Islamophobia in our world. But I cant imagine that
were satisfied living in a world where white supremacist hatred rules the day.
Our tradition says no to such vitriol. Our tradition
says no to such vicious bile. Our tradition commands
us to respond vociferously, to act, to shed light where
there is none, to stand and to be a decent and loving
human being. Our tradition commands us to defend the
rights of the poor, the orphan and the widow, to love
the stranger in our midst because we were strangers in
the land of Egypt, and ultimately to pursue justice, and
value life at any and all costs.
A pipe dream, you think? After Tuesday, November 8, it
cant be done, you say? Are we all feeling too tired to work
toward these goals? Well, like Abraham, I dont intend to
take the easy way out. And neither should you.
BRIEFS
Jewish group, Israeli firm

partner to develop global alert
system for anti-Semitism
Palestinians threaten to make

life miserable for Trump
if he relocates embassy
The World Jewish Congress announced that it has acquired

a new Israeli-developed global alert system that will enable
Jewish communities around the world to communicate in the
event of an anti-Semitic or terrorist attack.
The software system, being developed by the Israeli firm
NowForce, is a cloud-based computer-aided dispatch system
that seeks to enhance communication as well as reduce the
response time of local authorities and security forces. The system will include a mobile application for citizens in distress to
report incidents as they occur.
The World Jewish Congress is committed to ensuring the
security of Jews everywhere, and will not rest until our communities are better prepared and equipped to protect and
defend themselves against any and every threat, the WJCs
president, Ronald Lauder, said.
According to the WJC, the system will be introduced in
global Jewish communities gradually, over a 10-year period.
We look forward to working closely with WJC in implementing a rapid and successful roll-out of the system and to
its becoming a key resource for Jewish communities throughout the world, NowForces CEO, Assaf Shafran, said.
The Palestinians promised to make life miserable

for President-elect Donald Trump if he decides to follow through on a campaign promise to move the U.S.
embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
If people attack us by moving the embassy to Jerusalemit is a violation of Resolution 181 of the U.N.
General Assembly that was drafted by the U.S.it
means they are showing belligerency towards usIf
they do that nobody should blame us for unleashing
all of the weapons that we have in the U.N. to defend
ourselves, and we have a lot of weapons in the U.N.,
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian representative to the
United Nations, said November 11.
While Mansour acknowledged that his response
could not be a Security Council resolution because the
U.S. would veto that move, he suggested there could
be other ways the Palestinians could undermine the
Americans.
Maybe I cant have resolutions in the Security
Council, but I can make their lives miserable everyday
with precipitating a veto on my admission as a memJNS.ORG
ber state, he said.
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Iran and Russia in talks

over $10 billion military deal
Iran and Russia are in talks over a possible $10 billion military deal that would include advanced weapons and hardware being delivered to the Islamic Republic.
These negotiations are being carried out, the road has
been paved, Viktor Ozerov, head of the defense and security committee of Russias upper house of parliament, told
reporters Monday, RT reported.
According to Ozerov, the $10 billion military package to
Iran would include Russian T-90 tanks, artillery systems,
and various aircraft.
Yet Russia and Iran may not be able to complete any military deal until 2020, when a United Nations moratorium on
Iran obtaining weapons expires. Currently, deliveries can
only be made to Iran with the consent of the United Nations
Security Council.
In the same [U.N.] resolution its been outlined that the
supply of armored vehicles, artillery systems, planes, and
combat helicopters can occur before 2020 with permission
of the U.N. Security Council, Ozerov said, explaining that
the United States and other Security Council members may
veto the deal with Iran. As such, Ozerov said Russia and Iran
will simply return to the issue in October 2020 when the
JNS.ORG
legal [limitations] will be removed.
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1. Blue foe of Magneto
6. Israeli gun
11. Yom Kippur, e.g.
14. Shalom, to 24-Down
15. First name in terrorism
16. Glass of note
17. Car for a Hebrew month?
19. Shmaltz, e.g.
20. Biblical suffix
21. Half of Morks Shalom
22. Good ___ (mitzvot)
24. Goodman or Dawson
25. Fit for David
28. Gehrigs fond of palm leaves?
34. The hora, e.g.
35. Lenins What ___ Be Done?
36. Where the Jews involved with the
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37. Play for a yutz
38. Initials of the Goosebumps author
40. Letters of importance to Magen
David Adom
42. Ken, to Pierre
43. Those, in the country of
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45. Get rid of, like Jehu of Jezebel
47. Singer Cohn and others
49. Be moved by a prayer?
52. Eichlers.com buy, e.g.
53. Initials on Kirks ship
54. Rocker born Saul Hudson
57. Bic items that cant be used for
a Torah
59. Many FL Jews
62. Ein ___
63. Take a bar mitzvah giveaway?
67. ___ Maamin
68. Shreks mishpachah
69. Motivate like Judah Maccabee
70. Title for Schumer or Booker: Abbr.
71. Royals singer with a divine sounding name
72. Many a Jew for forty years
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Hardy: ___
2. Do work on this paper
3. Organization with a building overlooking the Kotel
4. Red or Black
5. Possible terrorist trying to get
into Israel
6. Enter (a synagogue)
7. Gives confidence (like G-d to Joshua)
8. Part of Western city in an Elvis hit
9. ___ Believer (Monkees hit written
by Neil Diamond)
10. Oscar winner Martin
11. Judith to Esau
12. Southern Israeli city
13. An American Tail creature
18. Small device for the Siddur app
23. Ari follower
24. Longley who played for
Reinsdorfs Bulls
26. Graceland or Monticello
27. Unit of goo
28. Gadots Wonder Woman uses one
29. ___ a kind (Noahs flood, e.g.)
30. Effects in many Spielberg films
31. Early rabbi
32. Speak up (for)
33. They can be used on Hermon
34. Many a Simon & Garfunkel song
39. Copacabana girl
41. G-ds name from Esther
44. Gets, like a hard piece of Talmud
46. ___ over (like Adonijah felt)
48. Jolson and Capp
50. Notable Levi
51. Ronsons Uptown hit
54. Israeli party
55. Adam, at first
56. Rabbi Steinsaltz
58. ___ On Down the Road (song in
Lumets The Wiz)
59. Traif email?
60. ___-tat (Max Weinberg output)
61. Sukkah storage locale
64. Freudian topic
65. Make like Moses hitting the rock
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Calendar
Night out in Jersey
City: Join Temple Beth-
Friday
november 18
El for an evening of
mystery boxes, wine
and chocolate tasting,
silent auction, and 50/50
raffle, 7 p.m. 2419 JFK
Boulevard. (201) 3334229.
Nursery school open

house in Tenafly: The
Leonard & Syril Rubin
Nursery School at the
Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades has an open
house, 9:30 a.m. Others
planned for December
9 and January 13, also
at 9:30. 411 E. Clinton
Ave. (201) 408-1436 or
eyurowitz@jccotp.org.
Shabbat in Fort
Lee: The JCC of Fort
Chanani Sandler
Lee/Congregation
Gesher Shalom offers
pre-Thanksgiving
congregational
dinner and musical
service, 6 p.m. Dinner
reservations required.
1449 Anderson Ave. (201)
947-1735.
Kumsitz in Teaneck:
Shabbat in Wyckoff:
Temple Beth Rishon
offers a music-filled
Carlebach Shabbat
in commemoration
of his 22nd yahrzeit,
7:30 p.m. Led by TBRs
Cantors Ilan Mamber
and Summer GreenwaldGonella, Cantor Emeritus
Mark Biddelman of
Temple Emanuel of
Pascack Valley, and TBR
Rabbis Ken Emert and
Lois Ruderman, with
percussionist Jimmy
Cohen. 585 Russell Ave.
Refreshments. (201) 8914466 or bethrishon.org.
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Shaare Tefillah presents a
poetry slam, Novembers
in November A Night
of Poetry, with brothers
Yehoshua and Baruch
November, during the
oneg Shabbat, 7:30 p.m.
510 Cumberland Ave.
(201) 357-0613 or www.
shaaretefillah.org.
Shulem Deen, author

of All Who Go Do
Not Return, a memoir
about growing up
in and then leaving the Skverer
chasidic community, speaks at
Congregation Beth Sholom in
Teaneck, Sunday, November
20, 8 p.m.; meet and greet at 7.
Sandee Brawarsky will moderate.
Proceeds to benefit childrens
programming. 354 Maitland Ave.
(201) 833-2620.
nov.
20
595-6565 or www.
templebethtikvahnj.org.
Saturday
November 19
Shabbat in Bayonne:
Rabbi Cathy Felix is
installed as the new rabbi
at Temple Beth Am,
10:30 a.m. 111 Avenue B.
(201) 858-2020.
Congregation Beth
Aaron holds a kumsitz on
motzei Shabbat Vayera,
8 p.m. Chanani Sandler
and Benjy Rosenbluth
will sing and offer words
of inspiration. Light
refreshments. 950 Queen
Anne Road. (201) 8366210.
Sunday
discusses The Jewish

Roots of Thanksgiving
for a Brunch & Learn
series at Congregation
Beth Israel of the
Palisades in Cliffside
Park, noon. Afterward,
the movie Avalon,
starring Leon Fuchs
and Lou Jacobi, will be
shown; Dr. Eric Goldman
will lead a discussion.
Both Rabbi Engelmayer
and Dr. Goldman
are Jewish Standard
contributing writers. Park
in the municipal lot on
Palisade Avenue behind
the synagogue, or on the
street, 207 Edgewater
Road. Reservations,
(201) 945-7310.
Film in Franklin Lakes:

Temple Emanuel of North
Jersey plays a recording
of a Soviet Army World
War II concert with
Yiddish music, 1:30 p.m.
Refreshments. 558 High
Mountain Road. (201)
560-0200 or www.tenjfl.
org.
Andrew Gross
Shabbat in Wayne:
Andrew Gross discusses
U.S./Israeli Relations:
Partnering for Peace for
the 45th annual Rabbi
Shai Shacknai Memorial
lecture at Temple Beth
Tikvah, 7:30 p.m. Mr.
Gross is the director
of political affairs and
adviser to the deputy
consul general of Israel in
New York. Shai Shacknai
was Beth Tikvahs first
full-time rabbi. 950
Preakness Ave. (973)
Oded Revivi
Shabbat in Fair Lawn:
Shabbat in Englewood:
Rabbi Gerald Zelizer

discusses Violence In
Religion and What We
Can Do About It as the
guest speaker during
services that begin at
9:30 a.m. at the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel.
He is rabbi emeritus
of Congregation Neve
Shalom in Metuchen
and former president
of the Conservative
movements Rabbinical
Assembly. 10-10 Norma
Ave. (201) 796-5040.
Oded Revivi, mayor of

Efrat, Israel, and chief
foreign envoy of the
Yesha Council, discusses
Words Not War: How
He Is Using Diplomacy
to Build Bridges With
His Arab Neighbors, at
Congregation Ahavath
Torah, 11:30 a.m. There
will be another session
with him during Seudah
Shlishit. 240 Broad Ave.
(201) 568-1315.
Film in Tenafly: The

Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades screens In
Search of Israeli Cuisine
as part of the Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jerseys Israeli Film
Festival, 7:30 p.m.
Michael Solomonov, an
Israeli-American JamesBeard-award-winning
celebrity chefrestaurateur and
cookbook author, travels
across Israel to savor a
food revolution rooted in
centuries-old traditions.
411 East Clinton Ave.
(201) 820-3907 or www.
jfnnj.org/filmfestival.
November 20
Israels affordable
housing crisis: Esther
Sandrof discusses the
Affordable Housing
Crisis in Israel and How
It Is Impacted by ArabJewish Relations and
Pluralism at Temple
Emeth in Teanecks
Byachad breakfast,
10:30 a.m. Ms. Sandrof is
a co-founder and partner
at Forsyth Street. 1666
Windsor Road. Breakfast
reservations, (201) 8331322 or www.emeth.org.
Brunch in Jersey City:

Congregation Bnai
Jacobs brunch, Linking
the Past and the Future,
offers a look at archival
footage of the shuls
beginnings. 11:30 a.m.
Bagels and lox. 176 West
Side Ave. (201) 435-5725.
Film in Paramus: The

JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah shows Walk on
Water, a 2004 thriller, as
part of its Jewish Film
Festival, hosted by
Cantor Sam Weiss, 3 p.m.
Optional deli dinner
follows the movie. East
304 Midland Ave. Dinner
reservations, (201) 2627691.
Concert in Clifton:
Rabbi Shammai
Engelmayer
Eric Goldman
Thanksgiving and
Judaism: Rabbi
Shammai Engelmayer
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin
Rav and Rebbe talk in

Teaneck: Rabbi Chaim
8th Day
Rabbi Gerald Zelizer
Kristallnacht: A Family
Story at Congregation
Adas Emuno, 4 p.m. 254
Broad Ave. (201) 592-1712
or www.adasemuno.org.
8th Day performs for

Jewish Family Service
& Childrens Center
of Clifton-Passaics
annual benefit concert
at the Learning Center
(formerly the Clifton
Y), 2 p.m. Jane and
Howard Mandelbaum
are honorees; proceeds
benefit Sequoia senior
program. 199 Scoles
Ave. (973) 777-7638 or
JFSClifton.org.
Kristallnacht program
in Leonia: Dr. Eugene
Marlow of the Heritage
Ensemble will show his
new video, Zikkaron/
Dalfin, author of Rav

and Rebbe, talks about
the friendship between
Rabbi Yosef Ber
Soloveitchik, the Rav, and
Rabbi Menachem Mendel
Schneerson, the Rebbe,
at Congregation Beth
Aaron, 8 p.m. Books will
be available for sale. 950
Queen Anne Road. (201)
836-6210.
Monday
November 21
Hollywood blacklist
talk in Tenafly: Dumont
historian Dick Burnon
talks about Dalton
Trumbo: An Early
Victim of the Hollywood
Blacklist, at a meeting
of the Senior Activity
Center at the Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades,
11:15 a.m. Will include
excerpts from the 2007
Calendar
film Trumbo. 411 East
Clinton Ave. (201) 5697900, ext. 235, or www.
jccotp.org.
Lunch and Learn

in Jersey City:
Congregation Bnai
Jacob holds a lunch and
learn, with a discussion of
Torah and how it relates
to the modern day.
12 p.m. Lunch served.
176 West Side Ave. (201)
435-5725.
Jewish humor and

women: TeaneckHackensack Hadassah
meets at Congregation
Beth Sholom in Teaneck
to hear Dr. Nily Shiryon,
an Israeli psychologist
and educator, talk
about Jewish humor
as it affects women,
1 p.m. 354 Maitland Ave.
Refreshments. Minette,
(201) 837-8157.
Interfaith Thanksgiving
in Pearl River: Beth Am
Temple holds its annual
interfaith Thanksgiving
service with other Pearl
River houses of worship,
7:30 p.m. 60 East
Madison Ave. Call for free
tickets. (845) 735-5858
or www.bethamtemple.
org.
hosted by Temple BethEl, 7 p.m. GailbGill@aol.

com. Dessert follows.
2419 JFK Boulevard.
(201) 333-4229.
Monday
November 28
Monday
Senior program in
Wayne: The Chabad
November 21
Center of Passaic County

continues its Smile
on Seniors program
with lunch and a film
at the center, 11:30 a.m.
194 Ratzer Road. (973)
694-6274 or Chanig@
optonline.net.
Feature film: The Kaplen

JCC on the Palisades in
Tenafly screens Stephen
Spielbergs espionage
thriller Bridge of Spies
for series Top Films
You May Have Missed.
Commentary by Andrew
Lazarus, coffee, and
snacks. 411 E. Clinton Ave.
(201) 408-1493 or www.
jccotp.org.
In New York
Saturday
November 19
Tuesday
November 25
Interfaith Thanksgiving
in Jersey City:
The annual Journal
Square area interfaith
Thanksgiving service is
College and University

System explores AntiIsrael Bias: How Real and
Widespread Is It, and
How Can We Respond
to It? at Lander College
for Women/The Anna
Ruth and Mark Hasten
School, 7 p.m. Forum
is with Touro president
Dr. Alan Kadish and
Representative Mark
Meadows (R-NC),
a member of the
House Foreign Affairs
Committee and the
Subcommittee on
Middle East and North
Africa. 227 W. 60th St.
Refreshments. www.
touro.edu.
Singles
Sunday
November 20
Singles 65+ of the JCC
Rockland meets for lunch
at Sutters Mill, noon. 214
Route 59, Suffern, N.Y.
Individual checks. Gene,
(845) 356-5525.
Jewish game trivia: Stu
Friday
Anti-Israel bias: Touro
Seniors meet in Suffern:
November 22
Lehrer begins Whats
My Jewish Line, a
six-week course, at
the JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah, 8:15 p.m. East 304
Midland Ave. (201) 2627691.
at 6 p.m.; discussion
at 7. To benefit the
Academies@GBDS.
435 W. 116th St. Amy
Soukas, (201) 207-3685,
GBDSTorchTalks2gmail.
com, or www.ssnj.org.
Bob Costas
Lessons from the
Munich Olympics: The
Academies at Gerrard
Berman Day School in
Oakland offers Torch
Talks at Columbia Law
Schools Center for
Israeli Legal Studies.
Sportscaster Bob Costas
will moderate a panel
discussion, Lessons
From the Munich
Olympics. VIP reception
Family program in New Milford

Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County continues Sundays at
Schechter, a community-wide family
series, with Christopher Agostinos
StoryFaces, Sunday, November 20,
from 10 to 11:30 a.m. During the performance, volunteers are brought on
stage to have their faces painted to
illustrate traditional folktales and original stories.
The school is at 275 McKinley Ave.
Call (201) 262-9898, or go to www.ssdsbergen.org/schechter-rocks.
Needlepoint a mezuzah
The Women of Chai invites the community to crafts
night on December 1 at 7 p.m. at Temple Beth Tikvah in Wayne. Participants will create their own
needlepoint mezuzah. All are welcome. It costs $25
and includes colorful materials and instructions.
No previous needlepoint experience is needed. A
dessert buffet will follow.
Bringing a nonperishable food donation for the
WIN-Wayne Interfaith Network. For information,
call Joan Gottleib at (973) 633-5187 or email her at
gotsky5@optonline.net.
Dinner and
entertainment in
Clifton: North Jersey
Jewish Singles 40s-60s,
a group sponsored
by the Clifton Jewish
Center, hosts the Baby
Boomers dance with
music by DJ Allan
Boles, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Light buffet dinner. 18
Delaware St. (973) 7723131 or www.meetup.
com.
Thanksgiving flowers by J-ADD

The Jewish Association for Developmental Disabilities, a nonprofit
agency that serves people with
special needs, offers flowers for
Thanksgiving and other holidays.
Both centerpieces and bouquets are available. Flowers can be
picked up at many local venues,
including Chabad of Tenafly, Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/CBI, Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly, and
Solomon Schechter Day School of
Bergen County in New Milford. To
order, call (201) 457-0058, ext. 18, or email flowersbyjadd@j-add.org.
Monkees to play at bergenPAC

The Monkees, featuring
original members Micky
Dolenz and Peter Tork,
perform Good Times,
the groups 50th anniversary tour, at the Bergen
Performing Arts Center
in Englewood on Sunday,
November 20, at 7:30
p.m. They will play the
favorite hits that made
the Monkees, the quartet that also included
Michael Nesmith and the
late Davy Jones, one of
the most popular bands
of the 1960s.
The theater is at 30
North Van Brunt St.
Tickets are available
at www.bergenpac.org,
www.ticketmaster.com,
or via the box office,
(201) 227-1030. VIP packages are available.
Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork

Courtesy BergenPAc
Jewish World
Iran deal
from page 25
In other words, taking the deal seriously.

Ceren accuses Obama of ignoring violations by Iran and Secretary of State John
Kerry of too eagerly seeking to make clear
to third parties still inhibited by existing
American sanctions that it was okay to
deal with Iran. (The Obama administration
feared that if Irans economy did not benefit from the deal, hardliners there would
persuade the regime to scrap it.)
All that needs to happen for the deal
to fall apart is for the Trump White House
to do what the Obama administration has
refused to do enforce its provisions,
wrote Lee Smith, advancing a similar argument to Cerens in the Weekly Standard.
Drawbacks: Selling the notion that Iran
is in violation to Americas partners might
be hard. Case in point: Smith noted that
the International Atomic Energy Agency,
the U.N. nuclear watchdog, had reported
recently that Iran was exceeding its
allowed limits for the heavy water used to
make weapons-grade plutonium.
However, what the IAEA reported,
according to the Associated Press, which
obtained the agencys internal document,
was that Iran had exceeded its allotment
Condemn
from page 31
The American Jewish Committee also

would not comment on Bannon.
Of utmost concern is ensuring that
policies proposed and put into place
make good on President-elect Trumps
Election Night promise, for the benefit
of all citizens of our too-divided country, and address the central concerns
of the American people and our allies
around the world, said Jason Isaacson,
its assistant executive director for policy.
Presidents get to choose their teams
and we do not expect to comment on the
appointment of every key adviser.
At the Jewish Federations of North
America, the umbrella bodys chairman
of the board of trustees, Richard Sandler,
counseled Jews unsettled by the election
to reconcile with their antagonists and
move on. Sandler suggested that Jewish Americans may have an overinflated
notion of their importance.
Let us stop to try to delegitimate those
who disagree with us, he said. We are
less than 2 percent of the population of
this great country.
It is precisely the place of Jews in the
American firmament that should guide
their opposition to Trump, said Rabbi Jill
Jacobs, who directs Truah, a rabbinical
human rights group. Jews have former
alliances with other minorities that feel
threatened by Trump, and those friendships should now guide the community.
only slightly and would resolve the issue

by exporting the overage and then some.
To an American partner, Irans actions,
described in those terms, could look like
it was going out of its way to make up for
a mistake.
Let Congress do it
If Congress fails to reauthorize Iran sanctions before it concludes its business, there
are any number of Republican senators
ready to write new ones. That way, Trump
doesnt get blamed for walking away from
the deal.
Drawbacks: Democrats likely will filibuster any new legislation. An array of groups
that backed the deal, including J Street,
the liberal Middle East policy group, has
pledged to hold the partys feet to the fire.
There will be fights, and these will be
fights J Street and other supporters of the
deal will engage in with everything weve
got, said Dylan Williams, J Streets vice
president of government affairs.
And perhaps, from Trumps perspective, thats not a drawback: He satisfies
hard-liners by encouraging them to come
up with the toughest anti-deal legislation
possible and then watches it wither on
the vine.

JTA Wire Service
Shtadlanut is a mode of survival,

she said, referring to the practice of
some diaspora communities of deferring to a leader in order to protect themselves. But in the long run cozying up
to authority never works. The danger for
the Jewish community is cozying up to
the administration to get something for
ourselves but tearing ourselves from our
allies.
Rep. John Lewis, (D-Ga.), a civil rights
icon who has longstanding relationships
with Jewish organizations, said younger
Jews should draw inspiration from the
alliances of the civil rights generation.
We are all in the same boat, said
Lewis, who spoke at a General Assembly
gathering at the new National Museum of
African American History and Culture.
They burned synagogues and black
churches because they are a symbol of
those who march for justice.
For Lindsey Mintz, the director of the
Jewish Community Relations Council in
Indianapolis, who is piloting a program
building alliances with African-Americans and Muslims, addressing the proliferation of anti-Semitic vandalism in
the wake of the election was impossible
to tweak apart from attacks on other
communities.
If this is civil rights 2.0, is the Jewish
community going to show up not just
to talk but to listen and march? she said
in an interview at the conference. Thats
the question.
JTA Wire Service
Strategist
from page 26
reject mainstream conservatism in

favor of forms of conservatism that
embrace implicit or explicit racism or
white supremacy, according to the
ADL. People who identify with the altright regard mainstream or traditional
conservatives as weak and impotent,
largely because they do not sufficiently
support racism and anti-Semitism.
Joel Pollak, a Breitbart editor who
is Jewish, defended Bannon in a comment on Facebook this week, calling the
allegations against Bannon a smear.
His post also said Bannon is someone
without a shred of anti-Semitic prejudice, who worked closely with Jews and
started a pro-Israel website.
4. Bannon has links to the European
populist right.
In addition to promoting right-wing
populism in America, Bannon has links
to right-wing populist parties in Europe.
He invited Marion Le Pen, a rising star
in the French far-right National Front
party, to work with Trump. National
Front leaders once espoused anti-Semitism, but when Marine Le Pen Marions
aunt became its leader, she made an
effort to rid the party of its anti-Semites,

including her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen,
the partys founder. Now the National
Front focuses on opposing immigration
and the European Union.
Bannon also has links to Nigel Farage,
the former leader of the U.K. Independence Party, a far-right party in Britain.
Farage was Bannons guest at the 2015
Conservative Political Action Conference, a premier American conservative
confab.
5. Republicans have decried Bannons
appointment.
Just because Bannon will be advising
the next Republican president doesnt
mean all Republicans like him.
On Sunday, Republican strategist John
Weaver called Bannon part of the racist, fascist extreme right. And former
Republican strategist Ana Navarro called
him a white supremacist, anti-gay, anti
-Semite, vindictive, scary-ass dude.
Reince Priebus, Trumps incoming
chief of staff, defended Bannon from the
allegations on Good Morning America.
I dont know where that comes from,
Priebus said. Thats not the Steve Bannon that I know. I have sat with him for
months. I have never, ever, at one time,
JTA Wire Service
experienced that.
Briefs
Palestinians slam Knesset bill barring

mosques use of loudspeaker systems
The Palestinian Authority warned that a
new Israeli Knesset bill that would bar
public places of worship from using
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international communitys assistance to
make Israel repeal the bill.
The controversial proposal, dubbed
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the bill focuses mainly on how mosques
use such sound systems, it targets Muslim worshippers inappropriately.
PA official Adnan al-Husseini told the
Maan News Agency that loudspeakers

used in mosques in Israel comply with
noise regulations, arguing that the bill is
an attempt to erase Jerusalems Muslim
identity.
The bill sponsored by Habayit Hayehudi party Members of Knesset Moti
Yogev, Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli, and Betzalel Smotrich; Likud MKs Miki Zohar,
Avraham Nagosa, and Nurit Koren; and
Kulanu MK Merav Ben-Ari says that
given the proximity of Jewish and Arab
neighborhoods to each other in Israel,
mosques calls to prayer five times each
day affect residents for miles around the
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Donald Trumps election has not
changed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneis opinion of the
United States.
We have no judgment on this election because America is the same
America, Khamenei said in a public
speech in Tehran, AFP reported. In
the past 37 years, neither of the two
parties who were in charge did us any
good and their evil has always been
directed toward us.
Khameneis speech marked his first

comments on Trumps victory. The
president-elect has made statements
calling the Iran nuclear deal a disaster and promising to either renegotiate or renounce the deal altogether.
We neither mourn nor celebrate,
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Martin Blumenthal
Martin Blumenthal, 89, of Boca

Raton, Fla., formerly of New Milford, died November 14.
He served in the Army in
World War II and was a CPA and
a partner with his son, Richard,
at Blumenthal & Blumenthal for
over 30 years.
He is survived by his wife of 67
years, Rosalie, ne Feinberg, children, Janet Lynch (Stephen), Richard (Nancy), and Barbara Bryan
( James); seven grandchildren,
and five great-grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to the
Alzheimers Association. Arrangements were by Robert Schoems
Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Eleanore Eisler
Eleanore Eisler of Rockleigh,

formerly of River Vale and Union,
died November 14.
Predeceased by her husband, Herbert, and daughter,
Susan, she is survived by a son,
Dr. Neil (Kathy) of Cresskill;
three grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
Services were at Temple
Emanu-el of Closter. Donations
can be sent to Temple Emanu-el,
Hadassah, or Alzheimers New
Jersey. Arrangements were by
Gutterman & Musicant Jewish
Funeral Directors, Hackensack.
Warren Kirschner
Warren I. Kirschner, 88, of Lake

Worth, Fla., formerly of Fair
Lawn, died November 8.
Along with his father, Samuel,
he owned Skylark Frocks Dress
Manufacturers, and then Heller
& Heller Liquor Store. He was a
former member and Mens Club
president of Temple Avoda in Fair
Lawn, and a member of Temple
Beth Tikvah in Lake Worth.
He is survived by his wife of 64

years, Judith, ne Hart, children,
Fern Lehrman (Dr. Mark), Ilene
Schwartz, and Amy Meyer (Kenneth); brother, Dr. Robert (Sylvia),
and seven grandchildren.
Donations can be sent to
the Hadassah Medical Centers Department of Neurology.
Arrangements were by Louis Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Obituaries are prepared with

information provided by funeral homes.
Correcting errors is the responsibility
of the funeral home.
Henry Liebman
Henry Liebman, 102, died

November 13.
He came to the U.S. with his
family at age 6. He was a butcher
and a salesman, and the last survivor of seven siblings.
Predeceased by his wife of 62
years, Sydelle, he is survived by
children, Marcia Geller ( Jerry), and
Stuart (Arlene); five grandchildren,
one great-grandchild, and nieces
and nephews.
Donations can be made to
Temple Beth Sholom of Fair
Lawn or Valley Hospice of Valley
Hospital. Arrangements were by
Robert Schoems Menorah Chapel,
Paramus.
Arnold Schindel
Arnold Schindel, 93, of Fair Lawn,

formerly of Paterson, died November 14.
He graduated from Cooper
Union, earned a masters degree
at Stevens Institute of Technology, held over 20 patents, and
was a decorated World War II
veteran and prisoner of war.
Predeceased by his wife, Beulah, ne Spiegel, and a daughter,
Barbara, he is survived by a son,
David; two grandchildren, and two
great- grandchildren.
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Black Box Studios presents the first
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directed by Michael Gurin and based on
an original concept by Matt Okin. Featuring two extraordinairy young professional actors, Jake Levine and Joseph
Ramondino, Twist of Faith will play a
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and seated at the neighboring Black
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per person, and at the high-end steakhouse Nobo the dinner/show package
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In Twist of Faith, a wealthy young
stock trader totally indifferent to his
Jewish heritage is forced to spend a
Sabbath in the religious Jewish section
of Boro Park, Brooklyn. During this
experience, Sam forms an unexpected
bond with Baruch, the nervous young
Orthodox Jew who soon after his
encounter with Sam has his faith

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events. While Sam strives to create
a new life of strict religious observance and comes to embrace the very
faith which Baruch seems to be leaving behind, the friends courageously
search for the meaning of existence.
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landmark Theater For The New City
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Haifa Life Sciences Park
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Gateway to the city
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Its been 40 years since the Haifa Economic Corporation (HEC) opened Matam Hi-Tech Park at the southern
gateway to the city. Today, about 10,000 people work in
50 companies housed inside its 240,000 square meters,
including Intel, Elbit, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Yahoo,
and Philips.
By the end of this year, Matam will have a companion
across the street: the first of five planned buildings comprising the Haifa Life Sciences Park.
Each floor of each building will be custom outfitted with labs, incubators, and other facilities for tenant companies. In total, the buildings will encompass
85,000 square meters, says the parks marketing manager, Ofer Bar. The park is a joint project of HEC and the
Mivne Group real-estate firm.
We want Haifa to be the life-sciences capital of
Israel, says Or Shahaf, head of HEC. This is more than
a real-estate project. The life-sciences field is growing
every year and more companies are looking for places.
Matam is very successful, and we think we can do the
same with this park in biotech.
Haifa is part of Israels medical device triumvirate
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Israeli companies in the biomed sector, 65 percent are
in medical devices, while 20 percent are in biopharma
and the rest in areas such as diagnostics, biochemicals
and software. The northern city is hoping to attract
companies from all these segments.
Shahaf says that the parks biggest advantage is Haifa
Biosys, a life-sciences umbrella organization promoting
cooperation and collaboration among companies and
the Haifa municipality, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, University of Haifa, Rambam Health Care Campus, Carmel Medical Center, Bnei Zion Medical Center,
Rappaport Institute for Research and Medical Sciences,
and technological incubators.
Currently, Jerusalem is the only Israeli city with a fully
operational life-sciences cluster, boasting about 130 biomedical companies and three new innovation centers,
says Shai Melcer, executive director of BioJerusalem, an
initiative of the Jerusalem Development Authority.
The 12,000-square-meter Jerusalem Bio Park, built
nearly 10 years ago at Hadassah Medical Centers Ein
Kerem campus next to the hospital and the Hebrew
University Medical School, was the first place in Israel
that ever hosted all three pillars of the cluster: industry,
medicine and academia, says Melcer.
In Jerusalem, biopharma is about two-thirds of the
biomedical scene, he says. Our Bio Park is almost at
full capacity and were thinking about adding a second
building.
Melcer was one of the moderators at the October 31
launch event for JLM-BioCity, a volunteer-based initiative to unite the biomed industry in Jerusalem and further develop Jerusalem into a nationally and internationally leading center for bio-med and pharma.
The Rehovot/Ness Ziona area is another life-sciences
hub, with around 90 biomed companies occupying
the Rehovot Science Park and Ness Zionas Kiryat
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for brands. Just ask SodaStream, the
Israeli company touted by Hollywood
beauty Scarlett Johansson and Game of
Thrones star Thor Bjornsson. Ask HOT,
the Israeli telecom for which Portuguese
soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo filmed a
funny TV commercial.
But other stars support Israeli startups
with their dollars rather than their faces,
or sometimes with both.
Todays celebs no longer look down
on techies, explains Gil Eyal, founder of
Tel Aviv- and New York-based influencer
marketing platform HyPR Brands.
Its kind of cool to be a nerd now,
and Israeli founders are a unique type
of nerd because they have chutzpah;
theyll walk up to Leonardo DiCaprio
and ask, Do you want to invest in my
startup? Celebrities in general are the
same way, used to getting what they
want, Eyal says.
Furthermore, many stars feel sidelined as companies like Twitter and YouTube made big bucks on their backs.
Suddenly they realized they can bring
enormous value by virtue of giving their
attention, and startups crave attention,
says Eyal, who is experienced in attracting celebrity endorsements and investments for his clients.
Its like a Cinderella story when suddenly someone super powerful comes
in and says, I recognize your potential. Nothing is more lonely than being
a founder, and suddenly the coolest kid
in school wants to hang out. And since
Israeli tech is so hot, it makes sense
that celebrities gravitate to where success has been.
Founded in 2013, Fundbox is the newest Israeli startup with star backing.
Offering a cash-flow optimization system for small businesses, the company
has raised $112.5 million from investors
including Amazons Jeff Bezos and actor
Ashton Kutcher. Fundbox has offices in
Tel Aviv and San Francisco.
Interactive piano-teaching app
Tonara, crowd-styling app Wishi and
mobile applications, artificial intelligence and online services company
Shellanoo Group each got an investment from Black Eyed Peas musician,
producer and serial tech entrepreneur
Will.i.am (William Adams).
Will.i.am also tapped Israeli talent a
couple of years ago to develop Puls, a
beta prototype for his smart cuff wearable, Dial, introduced in early 2016.
Powermat got a jolt of juice from
hip-hop legend Jay-Z in 2012. He signed

on as the face and voice of the venture, taking an equity stake in the company and embedding wireless Powermat Charging Spots in the tables at his
40/40 Club NYC. He announced that he
believes in the future of wireless energy
and in the companys ability to bring on
the revolution.
Powermat is installed in more than
1,400 locations, mostly in North America, providing 150 million phonecharging minutes last year. The Israelifounded companys communication
center is in Neve Ilan.
Moovit, the public transit app serving
hundreds of cities worldwide, has been
heavily supported by Sound Ventures, a
VC firm founded by Ashton Kutcher with
Israeli native Guy Oseary, manager for
Madonna and U2. (Madonna and Oseary
also joined other celebs investing in Vita
Coco, (cofounded by Israeli native Ira
Liran.)
The most recent investment, in late
2015, helped Ness Ziona-based Moovit move into the Chinese and Indian
markets. Kutcher told Business Insider:
Moovits mission to make public transport a first choice for people across the
globe, cutting back on individual car
usage and making cities smarter, sits
well with our vision to invest in game
changers.
PlaySight of Kfar Saba attracted funding from tennis greats Novak Djokovic
and Billie Jean King for its SmartCourt
analytics technology, designed to measure and record playing performance via
HD cameras, cloud software and socialmedia sharing capabilities.
In use across North America and
Europe, SmartCourt works with net
sports as well as basketball, handball,
squash, martial arts, soccer, hockey,
wrestling, dancing and gymnastics.
MyCheck a mobile application that
enables hospitality merchants such as
restaurateurs to let patrons pay, order
and manage rewards from their smartphone received an early investment
from Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli. She
also appeared in a domestic 2012 ad for
MyCheck, which now has offices in Tel
Aviv, Sao Paulo, New York and London.
Mobli illustrates the stark truth that
startups are risky and even star power
cannot guarantee success. Moshe
Hogegs 2010 venture garnered multimillions from the likes of Serena Williams, Leonardo DiCaprio, Toby Maguire, Lance Armstrong and Carlos Slim.
Yet the social mobile photo- and videosharing platform, which counted some 20
million users, was eclipsed by Instagram
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