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The story behind
Frank Sinatra’s
$10,000 yarmulke
● Last month, when Sotheby’s held at that dinner along with the eve-
a huge auction of items belonging ning’s emcee, the Jewish comedian
to Frank Sinatra and his widow, and Rat Pack fixture Joey Bishop.
Barbara, the item that made the most Mr. Schwartz was a main dinner
headlines was one of the smallest: a organizer the next year, and the hon-
hand-knit yarmulke. oree was his close friend Paul “Skin-
Frank had owned it, and someone ny” D’Amato, the famed owner of
— we don’t know who — bought it for the resort town’s 500 Club. D’Amato, childhood in Hoboken. He frequently vis- night on a Facebook thread ever since
nearly $10,000. among other accomplishments, is ited Israel and he raised money for several the news about the auction. Their opin-
But why did Sinatra have a kippah? known for hosting Jerry Lewis and buildings there that still bear his name. ions on the kippah’s origins differ. Several
Where did he get it? And when? Dean Martin’s first performance, in When Frank appeared at the Hebrew credited one of the rabbi’s daughters,
The story starts on a memorable 1946. He also booked Sinatra at lean Academy dinner, he was presented with but she said that she doesn’t remember
night nearly 40 years ago, when many times in the singer’s career. a kippah that was emblazoned with his doing so and probably would have been
members of the Rat Pack were among D’Amato was one of only a few non- name and musical notes. The kippah in too young to have known how to crochet
the unlikely guests of honor at a fund- Jews to receive the honor. Another the photo is, by all indications, the one in 1981.
raising dinner for a Jewish day school non-Jew who was honored in another that was sold in the Sotheby’s auction. Skinny D’Amato died in 1984. Frank
on the Jersey Shore. year, according to Rabbi Weiss, was “When I saw the picture, the one that Sinatra and Sonny Schwartz died within
The kippah was presented to Sinatra Ivana Trump, the then-wife of the fu- was auctioned, I immediately knew that a few months of each other in 1998.
on an evening in May or June of 1981, at ture president. (During his Atlantic City it was from that time, because my fa- Teplitzky’s closed in 1987, but the name
the old Teplitzky’s Hotel in Atlantic City. days, Donald J. Trump would appear ther got one at the same time,” Pauline was revived briefly a few years ago for
The occasion was the annual awards on Sonny Schwartz’s radio show.) Schwartz said. a coffee shop in the also-since-shut-
dinner held by the Hebrew Academy of D’Amato brought several of his Mr. Schwartz’s widow, Connie, also tered Chelsea Hotel, which was built on
Atlantic County, then in Margate. And showbiz friends to the dinner in 1981. presented me with a picture of a kip- Teplitzky’s site. The Hebrew Academy
the man presenting the kippah to a “I remember the dinner very well,” pah, which — because he was a jour- still is operating, although now it’s called
tuxedo-clad Ol’ Blue Eyes was Samuel Rabbi Weiss said. “At the dinner honor- nalist — features typewriters instead of Trocki Hebrew Academy School of Atlan-
“Sonny” Schwartz, a longtime journal- ing Skinny, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, musical notes. Both kippot spell out the tic County and has moved to Egg Harbor
ist, columnist, radio host, and man- and Sammy Davis Jr. appeared and names using only lower-case letters. Township.
about-town in the Atlantic City area. Danny Thomas sent in a video which Rabbi Weiss said he also received a The kippah’s reappearance is exciting
The late Mr. Schwartz’s daughter, was played for all the patrons at the similar kippah. for the people who remembered it from
Pauline, showed us the photo; she dinner. The entire ballroom was con- Who actually made the kippah? That’s the first time around.
said that a framed copy hangs in her verted to a nightclub with a huge stage a matter of some debate. Rabbi Weiss “I thought, really — they kept it for
mother’s home to this day. stretching almost the complete length believes that presenting it was the idea all these years?” Pauline Schwartz said.
Each year at its gala, the Hebrew of the ballroom. The children of the He- of the late Rubin Wishkin, a past presi- “That’s really something. When you find
Academy would honor a Man of the brew Academy choir also performed dent of the day school, and that pos- out the story, it’s one object that tells so
Year. The academy “would choose one that evening. sibly it was crocheted by Mr. Wishkin’s much if you find out the story behind it.
person in the community who had “I still remember the first joke that wife, Miriam. “It’s a snapshot of a time period and
made an impact on the community, Jerry Lewis said at the dinner,” Rabbi Pauline Schwartz thinks it was made a place and it sort of symbolizes almost
and through this person’s connections Weiss added. “He looked at Skinny by one of Rabbi Weiss’ daughters, or a magical type of thing that took place,
we would be able to raise funds for the straight into his eyes and said ‘Skinny! possibly his wife. when all these celebrities came there,
school,” remembers Rabbi Mordechai Teplitzky’s!’” A group of South Jersey Jews have and it was all to honor this Jewish day
Weiss, the academy’s longtime princi- It’s long been known that the Italian- been discussing their memories of that school in Margate.” STEPHEN SILVER/JTA

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Noshes “#BillsFanMail James, Thank you for your
note. I am Jewish and I don’t have plans
in converting but I do appreciate your note.”
— William Shatner, tweeted to a fan whose long letter —
Shatner included it in his tweet — went from an appreciation of
FINDING ROOTS: a talk the actor had given to a heartfelt plea for his conversion.
Andy Samberg’s
Jewish connection
It’s a big week for he had about 3 percent section devoted to the
ANDY SAM- Ashkenazi Jewish an- film “Jakob the Liar,” in
BERG. On cestry. Episode 7, airing which Williams played
January 6, he’ll first on February 19, fea- the title character, a Jew,
co-host the Golden tures comedian SARAH Itzkoff summed up Wil-
Globe awards (see my SILVERMAN, 48. (I may liams’ connection to the
special “Globes” article, mention these again in Jewish community. He
this issue). On January 8, future columns.) writes: “On face value,
the new season of there might seem to be
“Finding Your Roots,” Beautiful heads-up little common ground
the PBS celebrity If Amazon helps shared by an impover-
ancestry series, begins, fund a film, it ished Holocaust victim
and Samberg, 40, is one often appears on and the Episcopalian
of the two celebrities the Amazon Andy Samberg Sheryl Sandberg Sarah Silverman son of a wealthy Mid-
whose ancestry is Prime Video streaming western auto executive.”
explored. (The other is service not that long (That was Williams.)
George R. R. Martin, the after it opened in “But in his mind, Robin
author of the “Game of theaters. This is the case could justify it: he had
Thrones” books.) Back in with the film “Beautiful grown up around Jews,
August, a “Roots” press Boy,” which will begin worked with them, and
release dropped a big streaming on Amazon on embraced them as some
hint about this episode’s January 4. As noted in of his closest friends; he
content: “Highlights my Globes story (see liked to boast that he
include a search for page 25), a “Beautiful knew so much Yiddish,
Andy Samberg’s biologi- Boy” co-star, TIMOTHÉE ‘people tend to think I’m
cal grandparents…”. I CHALAMET, 24, is Jewish.’ He was fascinat-
gather, from this release, nominated for a best ed with the otherness of
that either Andy’s supporting actor Globe. Jews, admired them for
mother or his father — Free for Prime members. Timothée Chalamet Dave Itzkoff Steve Haft their tenacity, and was
both of them Jewish furious with how they’d
— was adopted. My In memoriam (1969), “All the Presi- er who converted to and “Hill Street Blues”); been treated by history.”
educated guess, based Unlike most dent’s Men” (1976), Judaism in 1982. When ANTHONY BOURDAIN, Itzkoff sums up with a
on a lot of clues, is that it years, I have “Misery” (1990), “Mara- he was 7 he learned that 61, chef/writer/TV host; statement about Wil-
was his mother who was space for a thon Man” (1976), and his maternal grandfather RICKY JAY, 72, master liams and his role in
adopted, and I won’t be column item on “The Princess Bride” was a German Jewish magician, author, and “Jakob the Liar” from
that surprised if she’s well-known Jews in the (1987). The last two were immigrant who married actor; HARLAN ELLI- STEVE HAFT, the pro-
Jewish by birth. (Airs arts who died in the last adapted from novels he a freed slave. Learning SON, 84, science fiction ducer of “Jakob” and
first on Tuesday, January year. You’ll see that I wrote. Also, rap singer this led Lester to a writer (“A Boy and His “Dead Poet’s Society.”
8, at 8 p.m. on PBS.) give more room to the MAC MILLER, 26; actress gradual process (de- Dog”); and CLAUDE Haft told Itzkoff: “‘He
Episode 4, airing less famous. Those who CHARLOTTE RAE scribed in his 1988 book LANZMANN, 92, a realized that Jews had
first on January 29, will left us, as the phrase (“Facts of Life”, “Car 54, “Lovesong”) that ended filmmaker best known come out of this crime
feature SHERYL SAND- goes, include: author and Where Are You?”); up with him becoming a for the Holocaust against humanity and
BERG, 49, Facebook’s Newark native PHILIP journalist CHARLES devout Jew; comedian documentary “Shoah.” crime against human-
chief operating officer. ROTH, 85; playwright KRAUTHAMMER, 68; MARTY ALLEN, 95; More than honor- ity is precisely the sort
Episode 5, first airing on NEIL SIMON, 91; Marvel AHARON APPELFELD, Jefferson Airplane/ able mention: 2019 will of thing that could
February 5, will feature comic creator STAN 85, a Rumanian-born Starship songwriter/ be the fifth year since reach deeply in Robin’s
former House speaker LEE, 95; top screenwrit- Israeli novelist and guitar player MARTY Robin Williams died at heart. You add it all up
Paul Ryan. It’s already er WILLIAM GOLDMAN, Holocaust survivor; and BALIN, 76 (the secular 63. I recently chanced and there is kind of,
been made public that 87. Goldman’s films JULIUS LESTER, 78, a son of a Jewish father); upon the 2018 Williams barely explicable, Jew-
Ryan was surprised when include “Butch Cassidy university professor and STEVEN BOCHCO, 74 biography, “Robin,” by ish consciousness in this
he learned, on air, that and the Sundance Kid” prolific journalist/review- (creator of “L.A. Law” DAVE ITZKOFF, 42. In a goy guy.’” –N.B.

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So happy! So exhausted!
Local teens join others from around the world at NCSY convention in Long Branch
Abigail Klein Leichman

S
tephanie, Linit, and Dennis have
plenty of Jewish classmates at Fair
Lawn High School. But when they
joined more than 400 other pub-
lic-high-school students at last week’s Yar-
chei Kallah Torah study convention run by
NCSY, the Orthodox Union’s youth move-
ment, they made new Jewish friends from
across North and South America.
“I loved meeting people from all over,”
Dennis said. “It opened a whole new world.”
His horizon-broadening experience
began last summer when he was a
camper in an NCSY summer program
called the Jerusalem Journey. TJJ, as it is
called, is geared to members of NCSY’s
network of more than 200 Jewish Stu-
dent Union culture clubs on public-
school campuses.
“When I went to TJJ I met people from
different parts of the world, and here at
my first Yarchei Kallah I met people from
Chile and Argentina,” Dennis said. “When
you go to public school, you don’t realize
how many other Jewish kids there are. We
are all from public school and we don’t
know Torah as well, so we’re all trying to
learn and become friends.
“I will hang out with some of these peo-
ple next week, and then we’ll hang out on Everyone at this year’s Yarchei Kallah convention in Long Branch gathered for a group picture.  COURTESY NCSY

social media.”
The annual five-day retreat, held this year talks from Hillel Fuld, an American-born participants interviewed for this article in members may be going through,” she said.
at Ocean Place Resort in Long Branch, offers Israeli high-tech guru whose brother, order to respect their privacy. When school is back in session, Linit
a December vacation alternative for teens. It Ari, was murdered in a terrorist attack in Stephanie and Linit, both Fair Lawn plans to start attending weekly educational
includes group study, one-on-one learning, September; and from British singer-song- High School seniors, became involved in sessions offered at “Torah High,” the nick-
and late-night discussions with teachers, writer Alex Clare, who told his story about NCSY in 10th grade and attended their first name of the Jewish Student Union club at
advisors, and peers, as well as lots of com- his return to Judaism. Yarchei Kallah in December 2017. Fair Lawn High School.
munal singing and festivity over Shabbat. NCSY requested that the Jewish Stan- “Last year it was absolutely incredible,” Eitan, 16, a student at Teaneck High
The program also included inspirational dard use only the first names of the local Stephanie said. “I knew if I went again this School, was impressed by the teaching style
year I could grow in my knowledge and of Teaneck native Rabbi Moshe Benovitz,
bring back what I learned to other peo- the managing director of the Israel-based
ple. For me, the all-time highlights were International NCSY.
the singing and the ‘mishmar’ learning “I have mild ADD, and I’ve never seen
groups. We had a choice of mishmar ses- such a calm yet energetic learning envi-
sions to attend and I chose the one about ronment,” Eitan said. “At the beginning of
things we are obligated to learn and bring our class about Moshe and what it means
into our lives.” to be a leader, Rabbi Benovitz asked us to
Linit said that Yarchei Kallah “fuels my take off our shoes and hand our phones to
upcoming year and helps me get into the someone else. He said we’d be more con-
correct mindset for where I want to be in nected to our learning if our feet were con-
my Judaism. And it helps me to motivate nected to the ground.
others to do the same thing.” “And it worked.”
Linit said she enjoyed rekindling friend- Eitan has been involved in NCSY locally
ships she made last summer at TJJ, and she for three years. “I’ve been going to Thurs-
was inspired by the event’s overall theme day ‘Latte and Learning’ sessions and to
of the personal story of the biblical leader Friday night oneg Shabbat programs,” he
ETAN VANN/NCSY

Moshe — Moses — and how each person said. “Yarchei Kallah is a different ballgame
can create his or her own story. She also — five days of gaining personal relationships
got a lot out of a session on “the strategy with the advisors and rabbis. The energy is
of sensitivity, where we learned ways to incomparable.
Linit, center, Stephanie, right, and a friend stand together at the convention. deal with situations our peers or family See So happy! page 34

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Hockey or homework?
Frisch student faces difficult choice
LOIS GOLDRICH year he realized that his schedule game, or else we practice once a

T
was untenable. Something had to week and have two games,” Noah
hat’s the thing about making give if he was to have a relatively said. The team holds second place
decisions, 17-year-old Noah normal life. Placing school first, in its division.
Petak said. Put two people in the he withdrew from the club, even The Cougars is a relatively new
same situation and they might though that meant effectively for- team. “It started up five years ago,
choose two different things, depending on going an opportunity to play in when I was still in eighth grade,”
their priorities and preferences. Division 1 some day. Noah said. “When I came in as a
“Just make your own decision,” “It was too hard,” he said. freshman, it really took off. We had
Noah said. “Freshman, sophomore, and really good players,” he added, cit-
He’s a senior at the Frisch Academy in junior years I was practicing three ing in particular his friend Jake
Paramus and a talented hockey player — or four nights a week and then Froman, who lives in Englewood.
and this year he opted out of club hockey playing two games on the week- While other yeshivas have been
to spend more time on his studies and just end. I would get out of school at Noah Petak on the ice. creating hockey teams over the
“hang out.” Not an easy decision when 5:30, go to practice, and then get past few years, “We’re the only
you have played with the North Jersey home at around 10:30, when I would start career. “I really enjoy them both,” he said. yeshiva with a real team,” he said, explain-
Avalanche hockey club for some 10 years, to do my schoolwork. It’s clear that sports are a big deal in his ing that the other schools’ teams don’t
helped create what has become a vibrant “It was a very big decision, but I don’t family. Noah plays golf in the summer, his compete in games “but do practice and
hockey team at your high school, and regret it. I have more time to hang out with father has played basketball all his life, scrimmage. We’re the only school that
won a gold medal at the Maccabiah games my family and friends, I’m home for Shab- his sister swims, and both his younger plays against public schools in the New
in Israel. bat, and I have more time for my school- brothers share Noah’s enthusiasm for ice Jersey high school ice hockey league.”
Still, Noah has no regrets. work. I didn’t have a life. Now everything hockey. Nor has Noah abandoned the Noah said that as an observant Jew —
Noah — who lives in Tenafly with his is more relaxed.” sport. Far from it. He’s an important part and the only Jew on the Avalanche — he
parents Jonathan and Susie and his three Noah still hasn’t decided whether to pur- of the Frisch hockey team, the Cougars. always was aware that “I was a religious
siblings — still loves the sport, but last sue medicine or finance as a professional “We practice twice a week and have one SEE HOCKEY PAGE 34

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‘One of the most evil symbols of hate’

In response to swastika found in Ridgewood school,
federation to focus on security, anti-bias training
Larry Yudelson

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ext month, the Jewish Federa-
tion of Northern New Jersey
will hold an anti-bias work-
shop for teachers. (See box.)
This comes in partial response to the dis-
covery of a swastika and a star of David in
the stall of a girls’ bathroom in Ridgewood
High School on Chanukah.
And it comes as the federation is hiring
its first community security director.
“With the rise in anti-Semitic activity
here in northern New Jersey, it is impera-
tive that we focus on the safety and secu-
rity of our 125,000 Jews,” Jason Shames,
the federation’s executive director, said.
“This position will ensure Jewish commu-
nal safety by focusing on incident response
and developing individual institution- and
community-wide plans through training, Jason Shames Rabbi David Fine Abigail Miller
risk mitigation, relationships with law
enforcement, and access to other govern- Rabbi Fine said his congregation has important trainings,” she said. “We want “We speak about how it’s possible for
ment resources.” “increased our security protocols, as I to encourage teachers and educators political waves or movements to capital-
Mr. Shames said that graffiti should not believe most of the Jewish institutions in to take seriously the issue of diversify- ize on people’s unconscious bias,” she
be minimized as a low-level threat. the area have done. We remain vigilant. ing classroom materials, voices, and the said. “There’s always a possibility that
“At its core, the swastika is one of the We are grateful for the good working rela- ideas they’re bringing to students, as well if we don’t check our biases, if we aren’t
most evil symbols of hate for the Jewish tionship with the police, with the village, as unpacking their own unconscious bias working to create a sense of social justice
people,” he said. “We’re seeing a lot of with the schools administration. and racism. How do our own beliefs and and a moral compass to stand up against
swastika activity by juveniles. It’s very con- “This type of vandalism is disturbing. bias and racism, if we don’t have that
cerning. Each incident has to be handled It needs to be watched. I hope we won’t sense of urgency with us, it’s easy to get
with the utmost urgency and discretion.” be dealing with anything worse than swept along in the current, as happened
He said that the federation is working
closely with law enforcement, both in
that. No doubt the overwhelming sense
of the public is outrage and horror at
With the rise in Germany in the 1930s. We talk about
the power and influence of teachers, and
Ridgewood and at the county level. these spreading expressions of hate and in anti-Semitic the role of teachers in Germany in mak-
“We had a meeting with the superin-
tendent at the school,” he said. “We had a
intolerance.
“Presumably it was a high school kid.
activity here in ing sure children were indoctrinated in
Nazi ideology.”
security summit for the community which You see inappropriate things scribbled northern New She said swastikas in a school should
drew a hundred people.”
The new federation security official,
in high school bathrooms a lot. But it’s
not always hateful against groups that
Jersey, it is be taken seriously.
“Any kind of hate-based speech on
who Mr. Shames hopes to hire by the end are represented by members of the stu- imperative that campus creates a hostile environment
of the month, will become the liaison with
law enforcement and will work with syna-
dent body. That’s what makes it more
disturbing. It’s not the first time we saw
we focus on for all students. It’s easy to wave this off
as childish behavior. Often students don’t
gogues and other community institutions anti-Semitic expressions written on the the safety and think seriously about these things. We
on security issues.
And in the wake of the Pittsburgh shoot-
walls of school property. I don’t neces-
sarily expect it will be the last. On the
security of our have to contextualize and educate both
students and teachers about the history
ing, Mr. Shames sees the need for the secu- one hand, we don’t want to overreact, 125,000 Jews. of the symbols and what they mean.
rity director to draw up a community cri- to reward and celebritize the student Jason Shames “If we treat it as no big deal, what kind
sis plan, “a blueprint for how we would act who did it. At the same time, we have of message does that send to our young
and go about our business.” to make it clear that it crosses a line that attitudes, whether conscious or uncon- people? We want to amp up the educa-
Rabbi David Fine leads Ridgewood’s can’t be tolerated. scious, affect our students? tion on what these symbols mean. We
Temple Israel. He said the swastika in “It’s one thing when you read about “This presentation came about in a want to bring an empathetic component
the local high school “reflects a growing anti-Semitic outbreaks in other places. reactionary sort of way, responding to of this to students and educators, to help
spread of anti-Semitic imagery and van- When it’s in your own hometown, the unfortunate incidents of bias and dis- them understand why it is so important
dalism that we’ve seen spreading through lesson is there’s no place we can imagine crimination that had already happened,” to respond to these kinds of events.”
the country, of which Pittsburgh was the ourselves in a bubble where we are safe she continued. “As a Holocaust center,
worst example.” from this hatred.” we received a lot of calls from schools
What: Open Heart and Mind:
He praised the response of Ridgewood’s Abigail Miller is director of educa- over the past couple years that had anti-
Softening Bias and Racism
schools superintendent, Daniel Fishbein, tion at Rockland County’s Holocaust Semitic incidents.”
in Ourselves and Our Teaching
who reported on the incident, which he Museum and Center in Suffern, N.Y., The center, at Rockland Community
When: February 6, 4:30 — 6:00 p.m.
called “shocking and disturbing,” in a let- for Tolerance and Education. She will College, is a resource for, Bergen, Rock-
ter to the community. be leading the February anti-bias work- land, and Orange counties. Where: Jewish Federation of
“It’s all been taken very seriously,” Rabbi shop at the federation. Ms. Miller said the history of the Holo- Northern New Jersey
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Local

Sinai and synapses

Rabbi to talk about the relationship between science and religion in Ridgewood
LARRY YUDELSON In recent years, much of the conver-

S
sation about religion and science has
cience and religion often are been led by the so-called New Athe-
thought of as enemies. ists, writers like the biologist Richard
Rabbi G eoffrey Mitel- Dawkins, who published “The God
man disagrees. Delusion” in 2008. How does Rabbi
Rabbi Mitelman is the founder of Mitelman respond to them?
Sinai and Synapses, which boasts “I find that a lot of the New Atheists
of being “Scientifically Grounded. are absolutely brilliant scientists who
Spiritually Uplifting” and attempts to tend to have a straw-man argument
bridge the chasm between religion, against religion. They tend to rally
particularly but not exclusively Juda- their base. They are not bringing the
ism, and science. best arguments of one side against the
Rabbi Mitelman will speak at Tem- best arguments of the other.
ple Israel in Ridgewood on January 12. “They’re not interested in talking to
(See box.) a person of a religious persuasion to
As a child, he said, Rabbi Mitelman, say, ‘Why do you connect to religion?
40, was enthralled by both science What value do you find in it?’”
and religion. He grew up in Westches- He said that Richard Dawkins para-
ter County; his parents were leaders doxically has “been very detrimental
of their synagogue, Woodlands Com- for the teaching of science, because
munity Temple in White Plains. “I he alienates so many religious people.
spent a lot of time in the synagogue People tune him out.”
library” while his parents were at So what would he say if Rich-
meetings there, he said. He matricu- ard Dawkins asked him why he
lated in Princeton as a math major, but was religious?
soon he switched to religion and Jew- “I see religion as a set of tools and a
ish studies. worldview that provides tremendous
After ordination from the Reform joy and tremendous meaning to me,”
movement’s Hebrew Union College he said. “It helps give me language to
in 2007, Rabbi Mitelman got a job as think about things I wouldn’t necessar-
an assistant rabbi at Temple Beth El in ily know how to articulate. It gives me
Chappaqua, where he found himself wonderful texts to be able to grapple
bringing science into his sermons. with and learn from and interpret and
“When I was teaching or preaching, respond to. It helps me give structure
I would bring in something I read in to my life with a calendar and ritual.
Scientific American or the New York And it allows me to find incredible
Times science section,” he said. “A joy and meaning. It’s not something I
lot of psychology and neuroscience. Rabbi Geoffrey Mitelman sees common ground between science and religion. would use to be able to understand the
The congregants were very excited by origins of the universe, to understand
those conversations. The challenge is not conversation between religion and science. new ideas.” quantum physics or the big bang theory
getting Jews excited about science. It’s get- One of its projects works with select Rabbi Mitelman hopes to launch a new or even evolution. That’s not something I
ting them excited about Judaism. synagogues that have “top-notch amaz- program to help synagogues “use the sci- turn to religion for.”
“A lot of my congregants were engaging ing” scientists among their members. ence of positive psychology and human As an example of finding language
more in the science than in their Judaism. Those scientists are encouraged to take flourishing to engage 10- to 17-year-olds.” for experience in religion, Rabbi Mitel-
They had ambivalent feelings about Juda- public roles in their congregations. “We Positive psychology “aims to ask, ‘How man tells of his encounter with the
ism and religion. They viewed religion as give them a little mentorship and guid- do we create more meaning and deeper Grand Canyon.
all those people who fought against sci- ance to help them integrate their science engagement in whatever we’re doing? “If you’ve ever been to the Grand Can-
ence and education. work and their Jewish life,” Rabbi Mitel- These are things Judaism talks about all yon, you can’t really put it into words,” he
“I tried to say there’s a more construc- man said. the time. Prayer can create a deeper level said. “It’s so massive and old and beautiful.
tive way to think about these questions. A These scientists are encouraged to speak of engagement to be fully present. Judaism Your jaw drops. I found words from the lit-
lot of the big questions are human ques- both in their own synagogues and to other commands us to turn off our cell phones urgy. ‘Ma gadlu ma’asecha Yah — How great
tions, not just religious or science. We congregations, and to share their work in for Shabbat, for however many hours you and how deep are your works, Adonai.’
need wisdom from where we can find it.” other ways, including writing on the orga- actually do that. It creates a deeper level “Seeing how the Colorado River spent
So Rabbi Mitelman left his synagogue nization’s blog. of engagement in whatever you’re doing.” millions and millions of years to create the
in 2014 and created Sinai and Synapses. Sinai and Synapses also has a fellowship One focus of positive psychology is Grand Canyon. The level of depth we can
It is an organization that promotes the that brings together scientists, writers, and building deeper relationships with people go into. That allows me to have words not
clergy of different faiths. — something that is a focus of synagogue just to describe the Grand Canyon, but to
Who: Rabbi Geoffrey Mitelman “Academics and clergy tend to be iso- life as well. impact how I deal with people. I can ask
lated from each other,” he said. “There’s “Teenagers are looking to create more how I can go deeper when I’m in conversa-
What: Rabbi Salkowitz Memorial Lec-
ture and Distinguished Speaker Series wisdom an astrophysicist can give to an engagement in their lives,” Rabbi Mitel- tion with others.
Episcopalian priest. There’s wisdom a man said. “They’re looking to thrive, hop- “I don’t necessarily believe that God
When: Saturday, January 12, 4:30-8
rabbi can give to a doctoral student. They ing to make a difference in their world, not literally made the Grand Canyon, but
p.m.
learn from each other and go out and cre- just tick off the next piece for their college with religion I can experience something
Where: Temple Israel, 475 Grove Street,
ate content and programs in their own resumes. How can we equip them with that I wouldn’t have been able to put
Ridgewood
communities that are influenced by their some tools to really flourish?” into words.”

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Lubavitch on the Palisades
of Tenafly will hold its 23rd
annual gala dinner and
auction on January 13 at
the Rockleigh. This year’s
honorees are Michelle and
Omid Dardashti, Jacob
Linker, Stephanie and
Eric Rabbani, and Sharon
Tuch. All the honorees
have devoted much time Omid and Michelle Dardashti Jacob Linker
and energy to their com-
Volunteer packers at last year’s event included from left, Ruth munity and to Lubavitch
Goldstein, NCJW member; Gail Hutnik; and Elizabeth Halverstam, on the Palisades.
NCJWBCS co-president. Courtesy NCJWBCS The dinner’s theme cel-
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NCJWBCS takes snack pack challenge parents who are “Passing
the Torch” of Judaism to
On Tuesday, January 15, at 12:30 p.m., Food Action for distribution to school- their children and keep-
members of the Bergen County section children on Friday afternoons, to pro- ing the Jewish traditions
of the National Council of Jewish Women vide weekend nutrition. The packs con- and heritage thriving
will meet at Temple Emeth in Teaneck to tain individual servings of fruit, cereal, through Lubavitch on the Eric and Stephanie Rabbani Sharon Tuch
pack 1,500 snack packs. That’s up from and other wholesome, appealing foods. Palisades.
the 1,000 they packed last year. The NCJW BCS welcomes all to help. There will also be an auction, dancing, and music.
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Cover Story
‘Lost and Found’
Exhibit at the YU Museum shows faces, connections, emotion, depth, and history

JOANNE PALMER

T
he exhibit at the Center for
Jewish History, in Manhat-
tan, just south of midtown,
is not particularly big, but
it positions itself in a viewer’s mind,
heart, and imagination like a sprawl-
ing Victorian novel, mainly Dickens
but also partly George Eliot, because
of its strong women protagonists.
It’s got an underlying plot that takes
you from beginning to end, but it also
spirals out other plots — eccentric,
driven, or lovelorn characters whose
stories we hear only in part but who
could star in novels of their own; side
excursions into history, and sociology;
a look at the changing borders and
accompanying changing place names in
ERSITY MUSEUM

unstable, revolutionary early-20th-cen-

tury eastern Europe; wild coincidences;
nearly unspellable and to untutored
Americans entirely unpronounceable

ARAVICIUS
Lithuanian names, which sometimes
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bore only minor resemblances to their

COURTESY JUOZAS FED

Jewish names; strikingly beautiful and
breathtakingly sad images; the pre-
23&Me instinct to connect to family, a
postmodern meta plot turn; the night-
mare evil of the Holocaust, and despite
that, survival and growth and hope.
That’s a lot for one exhibit to carry off.
On Sunday, January 6, Dr. Jacob Wisse, Left, Annushka Matz Warshawska; right, Terese Fedaraviciene, who saved Annushka’s
the exhibit’s curator, will talk about the album, stands with her husband Adomas.
exhibit at Congregation Rinat Yisrael
in Teaneck; the exhibit will be at the machzorim, some in more than pictures taken.
museum until March. (See box.) one language, Hebrew and Lithu- Most of the exhibit is of photos in Annushka’s album, or
In 1943, Annushka Matz Warshawska, a anian, as well as a sort of proto- of the people in those photos. We see heavily posed pic-
musician; a daughter, wife, and mother; coffee-table book, illustrated with tures, their subjects staring out at us as grimly as if their
a cultured, well-educated, and attrac- photos of Vilna. faces did not include muscles that allowed them to smile,
tive upper-middle-class Lithuanian Jew, Annushka, like many of her fam- whole families positioned like the Addams family, if the
who had been herded into the Kovno ily members, was musically gifted; Addams family were eastern European Jews. We also see
ghetto and soon would be processed she sang in a chorus, and some- pictures posed with backdrops; one particularly charming
to her death in a concentration camp how, astoundingly, some of its picture is of a young man posed in a very early aeroplane.
called Kloga, managed to get her family’s music has been recorded. In the less formal photos, we see a family at the beach. We
photograph album to a friend, Teresė A n nu sh k a’s p h o t o a l b u m see many photos of Annushka’s two daughters, the older
Fedaravičienė, a butcher’s wife, who was included both posed and more one, Frida, more reserved, the younger one, Bella, so alive,
not Jewish and lived right outside the informal pictures that allow view- so vivid, that the knowledge of what happened to her is
ghetto’s walls. Dr. Jacob Wisse ers to trace the history of photog- even more unbearable than it would have been otherwise.
Annushka was one of 11 siblings — raphy. Dr. Wisse explained that at Historians tell us — and we can see — that those early
most, including her, from her father’s first marriage to a least in Lithuania, photography was considered to be a photographs often were turned into postcards. Many
mother who eventually died, as so many women did, her bit disreputable — sort of like acting in western Europe prints of each successful shot were produced, and fami-
body worn out from so many pregnancies and childbirths, — so its practitioners tended to be people with lower lies would send them out to far-flung relatives. It was, in a
and four from her father’s second wife. Her father headed social standing. Like, say, Jews. So early Lithuanian photo way, a physical connection.
a Jewish publishing company that printed siddurim and studios often were run by Jews, and Jews often got their Annushka and her family were involved in the arts,

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so the photos include actors and singers
famous in that time and place. (There’s
also one of Marlene Dietrich, famous
also here and now.) They also ran a san-
itarium, a summer camp in the country
whose mission seems to resemble the
Fresh Air Fund’s.
It was a family with education, talent,
wide-ranging interests, beauty, and obvi-
ous charm.
Seventy or so years after Annushka
gave the album to her neighbor, Teresė
Fedaravič ienė’s grandson, Juoz as
Annushka, in the striped top, sits with friends at the beach at Palanga, a resort town on the Baltic Sea.
Fedaravičius, and his wife cleaned out

She tried to keep

memories of their
having existed
alive in the world,
VICIUS

Annushka, Leonas,
even as they
RTESY JUOZAS FEDARA

and a friend had

were hounded their photograph
taken in a studio,
to death.
COURTESY OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

peering through an
airplane backdrop.
their house; his father, Antanas, had died.
The album hadn’t been exactly forgotten
— they knew it was there, in the house
they’d inherited — but it had been left
alone because they didn’t know what to
do with it.
Now, they were faced with a choice.
There’s a video of the grandson in the
exhibit, sitting in front of a house so
brightly, happily painted that it makes the
viewer wonder what colors the clothing in
the black-and-white pictures would have
been. (Although black and white is more
artistic, more evocative, more haunting,
it also provides far less information to a
COURTESY OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

Annushka and
viewer trying to imagine what life looked Leonas’s two
like.) The grandson says that it did occur to daughters, Frida
him for a second just to toss the thing — so and Bella
much easier! — but his wife said no, and he
realized that she was right. It was old, but
it mattered.
So they gave the album to the local his-
torical museum, and two people — nei-
ther of them Jewish, themselves driven,
extraordinary, with backstories — an Eng-
lish photographer, Richard Schofield,

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who is so obsessively interested in Lithu- that one of the siblings had escaped Lithu- make up the Center for Jewish History.) at a reception. We do not know whether
anian history that he moved to Kovno and ania and then escaped Europe. She and her Pieces of the story came together. or not there were sparks between them;
devotes his life to it, and a local historian, husband and children lived in Montreal. Jacob Wisse and his siblings grew up we do know that nothing seems to have
Saulė Valiūnaitė, who works at the Vilna That family was Masha Matz Roskies, her with his grandmother’s album; many happened then, but in a few years,
State Jewish Museum, decided that they husband Leo, and their four children, Ben- of the photos in that album either are they were openly in love and wanted to
had to trace it. The people staring out from jamin, Ruth, Eva, and David; two of the sib- exactly the same as the ones in Annush- marry. Annushka needed a divorce.
it deserved their names. The two worked lings grew up to be famous Jewish academ- ka’s or they clearly were taken at the So she found her estranged first hus-
tirelessly to trace the links that led to more ics. Dr. David Roskies teaches Yiddish and same studio session, with different poses band in Russia — he was in the Russian
and more stories. Jewish literature at the Jewish Theological but the same clothing. The family can army — and bargained with him. He
Another thread that shines through this Seminary; his book “Yiddishlands,” with its piece together their history. agreed to a divorce, but she had to send
tapestry is the loving and brave work that stories of his family, including their names, Some of the side stories are fascinat- their daughter, Lyuba, their only child
non-Jews do for Jews. was an important link in the chain that con- ing, deeply human, inescapably sad. together, to live with him in Russia when
Eventually, through much sleuthing, nected the Lithuanian Matzes with his fam- Annushka was married twice. She and she turned 14.
much of it online and through Facebook, ily. Dr. Ruth Wisse, who teaches Yiddish and her first husband, Samuil Isakovitsh, sep- Annushka went back to Leonas with
Mr. Schofield and Ms. Valiūnaitė were able comparative literature at Harvard, is Jacob arated, and he left, went back home, on her divorce documents, the two married,
to find some relatives who had survived the Wisse’s mother. (Dr. Jacob Wisse, the cura- the other side of the border that sepa- and had two daughters together; Leo-
war. In a plot twist that might have seemed tor, is the director of the Yeshiva University rated Lithuania from Russia. nas vanishes from history just before the
over the top had it been fiction, it turns out Museum, one of the five institutions that She and her second husband, Leonas ghetto is liquidated, and Annushka, Frida,
Warshawsy, who also was married, met and Bella, are murdered by the Nazis.

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What about Lyuba? She was a student in nieces and nephews.

Moscow during the Russian revolution, and Annushka Matz Warshawska gathered pho-
became a revolutionary; eventually she was tographs for the same reasons we all do. She
rounded up and sent off to Siberia, where wanted to be able to remember what happi-
she too vanishes from history. ness had looked like, and to remember the
It’s hard not to try to imagine yourself into people she loved when they were young, and
her story, although it’s impossible to imag- middle-aged, and old. She saved them, put-
ine you’re doing it accurately. Was Lyuba ting both herself and her neighbor at risk, for
betrayed and abandoned twice, first by her reasons most of us do not have to think about.
mother and then by her country? Or did she She tried to keep memories of their having
want to go? Did her mother think that some- existed alive in the world, even as they were
how she’d be safer in Russia than in Lithu- hounded to death.
ania? Her face stares out at the viewer, and She succeeded.
her story haunts. She created links between her family then
What is incontrovertible is that the branch and now, and the art and beauty of those
of the family that survived has thrived. When photographs, and the stories that they tell,
the exhibit opened, they gathered, Masha’s and the stories of their discovery reveal, tell
grandchildren and great grandchildren, who us a great deal about her, about her family,
also are Annushka’s grand and great grand and about us.

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Editorial
Thinking about pictures
TRUTH REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES

Will Nikki Haley’s

T successor, Heather Nauert,
he faces. Those extraordinary Dodgson took, and who, as Lewis Carroll,
faces. he wrote about in “Alice in Wonderland.”
I found it almost impossible
to stop staring at those faces.
Those two girls lived at different times, in
different places, and despite their physi- fill her shoes?

W
The Center for Jewish History is on a cal resemblances had very different lives.
pretty block just east of Chelsea; it sits But the resemblance is striking. ith Senate confirmation funder of global terror.
between lovely old townhouses, a short The other photograph is taken at a hearings for Heather Nau- In briefing after briefing, Nauert made it
walk from Manhattan’s controlled chaos beach on the Baltic Sea. A group of peo- ert — President Donald unmistakably clear that the hatred and dis-
but apart from it. Yeshiva University’s ple in the foreground, clearly happy J. Trump’s pick to replace cord being sown across the world by Iran
museum is one of five Jewish institutions with each other’s company, dressed in Nikki Haley at the U.N. — now on the hori- would be met with the strongest sanctions,
that made up the center. bathing costumes (which are similar to zon, the question of experience has come to and that any countries that sought to violate
The exhibit that we write about this but different from bathing suits), relax dominate the conversation. those sanctions would be held responsible.
week, “Lost and Found: Adventures of comfortably, while other people, in the And who could replace Nikki Haley Nauert also has used her platform to give
a Family Album Lost in the Shoa,” with background, wearing various fascinating anyway? a voice to those suffering under the brutal
the dozens of big, good photographs that variations on bathing dress, stand closer On its face the question of experience rule of the mullahs. In a tweet last October,
line its walls, is particularly compelling. to the water. would seem designed to score political Nauert again stood up for the people of Iran,
We know that six million Jewish lives, The photograph is fascinating both points, given that Nauert ranks at num- calling on the Islamic Republic to embrace
six million Jewish worlds, were lost in for the story it tells — it’s an early snap- ber four in a State Depart- the type of religious tolerance
the Holocaust. We see some photos of its shot, informal, natural — and for what ment that employs 75,000 introduced to the world by
victims, and every time we look at one it evokes. people and Vox reports that Cyrus the Great, who assisted
of them, when we look at someone and At the same time that this group, happy, Nauert is a “key member” his Jewish subjects in erecting
we know that her end was terrible, dic- wealthy, carefree, with no idea what was of Secretary of State Mike the Second Temple in Jerusa-
tated by monsters — no, by monstrous going to happen to them, I know that my Pompeo’s policy team. lem, then under his control.
human beings; there was nothing super- grandparents might have taken a week- I recently met Nauert at her “The Iranian regime should
natural or other-worldly about them — it end day to go to Coney Island or Orchard office at the State Department. learn a few lessons from his
is devastating sad, and also impossible to Beach, where there would have been Don’t be fooled by her leadership and stop persecut-
understand. more people and less money, but no pleasant poise and polish. She ing #Bahais, Christian con-
But these photos also tell other stories, looming Holocaust. (Although certainly is made of steel. Rabbi Shmuley verts, #Gonabadi Dervishes
stories about class and history and art many of the young men on the beach in This is the woman who, for Boteach and other minority groups
and changes over time. the late 1930s would have ended up in the past two years as chief in #Iran” — shedding light on
They also point out an unfair but the U.S. armed forces.) State Department spokesper- crimes entirely ignored by
unavoidable truth — that as fascinating as I also think about the impulse to find son and under secretary for public policy Obama during his negotiations with Iran.
the pictures of anybody can be, the pic- family. That’s the impulse that would and public affairs, has been the instru- When members of the Gonabadi Dervish
tures of attractive people are even more have compelled people to send copies ment for one of the most muscular foreign community was murdered at the hands of
so. They make you stare longer, and with of their photographs to their relatives policies in American history. Iranian government — one in a summary
less embarrassment. around the world. It’s also the impulse Nauert is the one who was charged with execution, and the other at the hands of his
They also show how much like each that compels us now to spit into test going before the media and the world interrogators — Nauert used her platform to
other we are, despite differences of tubes and send the unsavory results to explaining President Trump’s summary make both their sacrifice and the true face
clothing and haircuts and the way we 23&Me, and then find out that we have execution of President Barack Obama’s of their murderous government known
each are training to hold ourselves and hordes of cousins, distant, yes, but disastrous deal with Iran, re-enacting throughout the world.
smile or glare at the camera, to look at it related to us nonetheless. The Ashkenazi sanctions, and bringing the Iranian rial to Nauert has used her position to draw the
or to look away from it. Jewish world is so small, and we are so its lowest point in years. If you think every- world’s attention to Iran’s total disregard for
Of all the stunning photographs in this tied together, that coincidences and sur- one applauded, think again. democracy and the human rights of even its
exhibit, two most caught my imagination. prises abound. Obama’s appeasement of Iran had been non-minority citizens. When Iran’s revolt-
One is of two cousins, young girls, both Photographs tell stories; even more, embraced by most of Europe. Nauert had ing leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, laugh-
of whom died, one in the Holocaust, one they mainline emotion through our eyes to communicate the brutality of Iran in ably claimed Iran had the world’s only “real
in the Russian revolution. Both are gor- directly to our hearts, sometimes side- a way that is convincing to a world for democracy,” Nauert reminded the despot
geous. One is dark; the other, a blonde stepping our brains, sometimes engaging whom expediency of making billions off that “real democracies don’t arrest labor-
with eyes that are clearly light-colored, hearts and brains simultaneously. Iran was greater than the principle of not ers for peacefully protesting about their
even in the black-and-white photo And sometimes, as with the photos empowering a regime that is the foremost unpaid salaries.” In a world that has, for the
although we can’t tell if they’re blue or taken now, that show the children of the
green, looks amazingly little Alice Liddell, families that the Nazis could not root out Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is the author of 30 books, including his most recent, “The Israel
the girl whose picture Charles Lutwidge entirely, they are pictures of pure joy. —JP Warrior.” Follow him on Twitter @RabbiShmuley.

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BEAUTIFUL
BEGINNINGS
WINTER 2019

A supplement to the Jewish Standard

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New year, new trends.................................................... 4

What will 2019 weddings look like?
Wedding trends through the decades............................ 5
Let them eat crullers.................................................... 6
Out-of-the-cake-box ideas for wedding desserts
Consider the lighting.................................................... 8
How lighting sets the tone of the event
Color theory............................................................... 10
How to make color palettes work for you
Nautical nuptials........................................................ 12
Everything you need to know for a wedding on the water
A couple’s guide to common money myths.................. 14
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Heidi Mae Bratt confections range from classic white to eye-catching color. Purple is Replacing Pink
Believe it or not, warm bronze, soft gray, pale blue and When considering 2019 wedding trends, pale pinks are
very year couples seek new and unique details gold are some favorite fondant tones. That takes the cake. retreating and shades of purple are taking center stage.
to include in their wedding ceremony and recep- Lavender and other darker hues of purple are the new “it
tion. When it comes to 2019 wedding trends, Sculptural Floral Installations color,” replacing blush and pink. Think bluebell roses or
brides and grooms can find updates to currently Floral installations became the hot new design. The floral various shades of purple in the accessories. Using the color
popular designs and innovative ideas that have installations can include a wall of roses, an exploding bou- of royalty, purple can be light and airy or very bold and
not been seen before at weddings. Here’s some quet as a centerpiece, or something as unusual as flower dramatic.
of what’s in store for the upcoming year. placemats. Floral installations are still popular for 2019,
but the trend will bring even more unique sculptural instal-
Signature and Customized Cocktails lations, which are placed on the table.
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cocktails with a play on the names of the groom and bride, Couples have been adding multiple events to their wedding
have become the rage. For example, couple Mark and Pam weekend, including welcome parties, after parties and
served their guests “Mark’s Manhattan” and “Pam’s Pome- post-wedding brunches for years, but instead of ending the
granate Martini.” weekend at the brunch, they’re planning the big event for
“Signature drinks have become very popular,” Mr. Fried- Sunday. The wedding weekend is stretching from Friday to
man said. The caterer also has customized drinks in the Sunday, especially when the family is Sabbath observant.
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when blue or purple is a dominant color in the wedding. Polka Dot Wedding Wear
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dot, always in style, will walk down the aisle in 2019.
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Wedding trends through the decades

Heidi Mae Bratt weddings announced at the beginning of
the week took place that very weekend.
Wedding trends have evolved during the With supplies scarce, wedding parties were
decades. From the length of the dress to the much more simple.
size and number of tiers of the cake, trends
for nuptials have been informed by the cul- 1950s
tural hegemony of the era. Hollywood and Grace Kelly, who took the
Check out the trends through the de- world by storm with her high collar, lace-
cades. sleeved dress, informed the look of brides
this decade. Also popular were ballerina-
1900s length dresses and sweetheart necklines.
Where did the tradition of a bride wear- Gloves became de rigueur, and bouquets
ing a white wedding dress originate? You got grander and bigger.
can thank Queen Victoria’s choice of wed-
ding gown color when she married Prince 1960s
Albert. The dresses of the early 20th cen- Flower power and the launch into space
tury also featured S-shaped corsets for went into the wedding halls. The most
Rust is the New Velvet and Lucite that ever-decreasing waist, high necklines, popular flower was the daisy, a nod to the
puffy sleeves, and frilled bodices. hippie movement. In addition, shiny details
Hot Metallic That plush and rich fabric, velvet, will
be making a very big play in the coming a la NASA were popular touches at wed-
Metallics have evolved from shiny sil-
year. Different tones and textures of vel-
1910s dings. Pillbox hats, made trendy by Jackie
vers and golds to matte copper and
vet add an element of timeless elegance Henry Ford and the Model T and the onset Kennedy, were also a headdress must-have.
brass, and now they’re progressing
and classic feel. Lucite gives the décor a of more automobiles riding the nation’s The empire waist also was a big look.
to rust. When using rust in your wed-
very contemporary vibe. The lucite can new roads helped launch the first out-of-
ding palette, include a brighter color
be used in flatware, name cards or table town weddings. In addition, honeymoons 1970s
to ensure that it doesn’t look too dark.
numbers. that were farther away were also on the The 70s can be described as a mélange of
Rust goes well with navy and grey and
rise. Makeup, that is, mascara and eye trends because the country was in transi-
rust paired with cream and burgundy
Pastels shadow, also became more popular. Brides tion. The free-loving 60s was to become
are a good look, experts say.
Trend forecasters say that celadon green left the natural look and wore a more dra- the rah-rah and conservative 80s. Outdoor
matic face when they said their “I do’s.” weddings became more formal, and wed-
Brides are Opting for will have a big moment next spring. The
minty green is just one of the many pas- ding vows — influenced by the feminist
Classic Beauty Looks 1920s movement — dropped the “obey” promise
Bridal beauty is going classic. A big look tel colors that will frequent wedding
color palettes in 2019. Match with lav- Flapper fever and the roaring 20s informed from the wedding vows.
for brides includes wine-colored lips the style in general, and of particularly
with full lashes or a metallic eye shadow ender, beige, and pale blush shades to
capitalize on the marbled, earthy qual- weddings, which became more informal. 1980s
and soft pink lip. Faux lashes are nearly Wedding dress hems were knee-high and Long, long trains and veils, and sleeves that
used all the time because they enhance ity of this beautiful color.
hairdos were short bobs topped with a had enough poof to rise, all thanks to Prin-
the eyes (especially in photographs) headdress, putting aside the traditional cess Diana’s iconic wedding gown in her
without having to add more makeup
Keeping it Neat
A tidy table for guests with an immac- veil. In fact, weddings became so informal marriage to Prince Charles in 1981, made
to the skin. The look for hair is half-up- that many city hall marriages and elope- every bride want to be a princess. The dress
sweeps that frame the face with some ulate place setting—free of virtually
everything but the charger, menu, and ments were not uncommon. was bigger, the cakes were bigger, and even
hair softly gathered in the back of the the hair was bigger. It was a big decade.
head. napkin—are both photographically and
spatially pleasing. This way the focus is
1930s
on the food and on the fun. The tradition of bride and groom cake top- 1990s
Plants and Herbs pers had its start in the 30s. This was the Sleek and slinky. Spaghetti straps and little
as Table Decorations Vellum Paper Goods wedding indulgence because The Great detail. After the big 90s, wedding style went
Instead of traditional flowers, some cou- Depression influenced weddings consid- in the opposite direction. Lots of movies
These almost-sheer paper accents are
ples are still looking to include greenery erably. Instead of buying a wedding gown, informed the decade, including “My Best
ones to watch for in 2019. Vellum is used
in their reception décor, but are select- brides pored through their closets and Friend’s Wedding” and “Runaway Bride.”
in myriad ways, calligraphed for escort
ing something other than foliage. White found the most elegant dress they already
cards, an overlay for invitations, and
ceramic, black ceramic, and wood boxes
envelopes with beautiful hand-drawn owned. If brides were able to get a white 2000s
are some of the modern-style containers wedding gown, after they got married, Weddings began to take place in hotels and
artwork on the inside. Vellum is one of
being used. they dyed it and wore it again on another country clubs, and less often in churches.
the many ways paper goods are evolv-
ing. Expect to see other unique medi- occasion. That meant that brides could wear more
Black Accents strapless ball gowns. With the less formal
ums, like leather, suede, acrylic, and
A chic choice for any wedding color
even gold leafing, they add.
1940s church ceremony atmosphere, at the wed-
palette, expect to see black accents on Many brides-to-be waited for grooms ding party bands, DJs, and partying into
tablescapes far and wide. The stark because of the onset of World War II. So the night, became the standard. For the
Balloon Walls
contrast in colors from a light-colored that meant that weddings were centered sweet touch, traditional towers of cupcakes
For some couples, balloons are the new
centerpiece to the sophistication of say on the groom’s deployment. Sometimes, replaced traditional wedding cakes.
flowers. No longer just for kids parties
black candlesticks can make a display
or New Year’s Eve, they can make won-
really stand out.
derful celebratory décor for weddings.
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Let them eat crullers

Out-of-the-cake-box ideas for wedding desserts
Kristen Castillo and for mail order. Flavors change de-
bride’s head. The bride and groom then pending on what’s fresh and in season
Dessert is a sweet way to end any meal and shared the crumbs. from local farms.
a wedding is no exception. But who says you Over time, cakes have gotten sweeter

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have to just serve cake? and now they’re not even the only treat Doughnuts
Wedding cakes date back to ancient dished out on the big day. Here’s a look at Doughnut displays have been all the rage
Rome when — for good luck — a cake of the sweet indulgences making a statement at weddings lately and for good reason.
wheat or barley was broken over the at wedding receptions and dessert tables. They’re budget-friendly and taste amaz-
ing. Plus, they photograph well. Insta-
gram and Pinterest are filled with images
Pie, Please! Pies make a nice presentation, too. of impressive doughnut walls. Hint: search
Many couples and their guests are saying Leung has seen brilliant displays of small #DoughnutDisplay
“yes, please!” to pie for dessert. pies, as well as larger pies, stacked in a While the doughnut walls are easy to
“Pies are the opposite of the overly for- wedding cake configuration. There are make with pegboard and loads of round
mal, too-pretty-to-eat vibe of traditional great color combinations by alternating doughnuts, your dessert table isn’t lim-
wedding cakes,” says Mariana Leung, fruit pie, like apple or cherry, with rich ited to circular sweets. Set up a plate of
event designer at Wicked Finch Farm, fillings like chocolate or banana. doughnuts as a practical centerpiece for
who says pies are a natural fit for rustic, You can make your own pies or buy each table. Or use tiered plates to create
bohemian weddings. them. Bubby’s bakery sells pies locally your own delicious doughnut table featur-
ing a variety of your favorites like glazed
crullers, doughnut bites, chocolate-frost-
ed with sprinkles and yes, powdered
Stack cookies like these colorful
doughnuts. (Note to brides: White sugar
macaroons create an eye-catching
will blend right in with your dress; just be
and tasty dessert tower.
careful with that jelly filling!)
For a fancy approach, you can do tray- to cupcakes and more. The custom-made
passed doughnuts with a chocolate or party treats look like traditional cakes on
caramel dipping sauce. the outside but break the exterior and
candy spills out!
DIY Desserts
Wedding guests love an experience. Inter- Farewell Sweets
active dessert stations, ranging from build- Often brides and grooms offer their des-
your-own ice cream sundaes to candy sert to go. Pastry chef Alisha Falkenstein
tables to make-your-own s’mores are gain- at Kimpton Hotel Vintage creates macaron
ing in popularity. Other out-of-the-cake- cookie towers. Guests can grab a macaron
box dessert ideas include cotton candy, or two to enjoy in the moment or at a later
mini cupcakes, tarts and pastries. time. Milk and cookies has become another
“Instead of the traditional wedding popular staple for the end of the wedding

Plan your next event in our cake, we’ve seen a lot more dessert bars,”
says Tasha Bracken of SD Events, who
notes having variety at the table gives
party.

Not a Cheesy Idea

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One of Bracken’s clients wanted board-
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homage to the bride’s summers spent on
Customized cheese plates are a sweet (and
often savory) option for wedding des-
serts. While the display doesn’t need to be
extensive, it should feature a few varieties
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provide guests with plenty of napkins.
Smash Cakes
The newest wedding dessert trend is like Kristen Castillo is a three-time Emmy Award-
an edible pinata. It even comes with a mal- winning journalist. An editor and writer for
let for smashing. LA SmashCakes is whip- wedding magazines, she’s written hundreds
ping up handmade, candy-filled chocolate of wedding articles, as well as an e-book,
piñatas in a variety of shapes from hearts “Weddings on a Dime.”
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Anastasia Romanova Photography

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Consider
the lighting
How lighting sets
the tone of the event
Kristen Castillo

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matters. But think again. Lighting is about more than
illuminating a space.
“When it comes to lighting, I say go big or go home,”
says destination wedding planner Aviva Samuels of
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an
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“Lighting is an expensive proposition but
it can really take your event from ordinary
to extraordinary.” Consider these lighting
uplights around the perimeter or wash
the walls with color from a distance. “If
the lights are elevated and placed on ‘light
trees,’ they shine across the room and
affair?
styles and techniques to complete your have a wider wash,” Samuels explains.
wedding aesthetics. She also suggests using pinspot lighting,
a focused beam of light directly overhead,
In the Mood to illuminate your tables and centerpieces:
“Lighting can be used to set the tone, mood “This is highly effective when it comes to
and feel for an event — it can completely opening the door to the room and seeing
transform a space,” says Dee Wood, senior the drama immediately, versus not really
catering sales manager at The Ballantyne getting a good look at the beautiful floral
luxury hotel in Charlotte, North Caro- centerpiece until you get close up to it.”
lina, which hosts weddings most week- Going all out with lighting might seem
ends throughout the year. Don’t just use too high-drama, but it can actually create
white lights. Spin the color wheel instead. a balanced and wholesome aesthetic.
“The color used enhances the mood of FIRST PLACE
the event,” says Woods, who explains that Perfect Patterns SPECIAL OCCASION
oranges and soft yellows create a cozy feel, Project unique patterns on a wall, ceil- DRESS SHOP
while purple and blue uplights create an ing or dance floor with gobo lights. Wood 2011-2018
energetic vibe. notes that they personalize an event and
Samuels notes that an easy way to set the can “add a whimsical and fun touch.” Tem-
mood for the party is to “simply dim the plates can be customized, such as a design
existing lighting fixtures or eliminate them with the newlyweds’ last name, initials or
altogether by simply turning them off.” a logo. Or go with a standard pattern like
hearts or stars. This offers more design
Find the Focus freedom and flexibility with choices.
“Always focus lighting where you want
your guests eyes to go,” says Greg Jenkins, Camera-Ready Come see the
partner and co-founder of award-winning The right lighting will highlight your most
event planning and production company flattering angles. Wedding photographer Largest Selection
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light an area, like the cake table? Or do you sider adjusting the lighting at reception
need to draw attention away from an area? venues when they see it’ll be dark or unflat- Sportswear, and
“You can always use pipe and drape to tering on their wedding day.” And there are
mask areas in the venue,” he says. Echo- many clever ways to do so. Simply draping
Accessories, too!
ing Samuels, he adds, “Another option is a sheer white fabric can soften the look
to turn off lights where you don’t want of the venue’s standard yellow overhead
guests to notice.” He warns couples not lights, she notes. You and your guests will
to use green lighting to highlight the food be ready for awesome photo-ops.
station because it makes the food look
unappetizing. Some colors like burgundy Budget Tips
can be rich, but they can also be too dark
and, therefore, wash people out. He rec-
Great lighting is even possible on a bud-
get. Jenkins suggests spending money on
Mishelyne’s
ommends soft pinks and peach to make
guests look great throughout the event.
Once you figure out whom or what fea-
lighting instead of extras like pricey lin-
ens, as the right lighting will make decor
look less plain. Candles are an affordable
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if you don’t use enough, the resulting look winning journalist. An editor and writer for
appears striped, not a consistent and over- wedding magazines, she’s written hundreds
all wash of color. The fix is to add more of wedding articles, as well as an e-book, www.m-fashions.com
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Color theory How to make color palettes work for you

DiAnne Crown at your wedding will set the stage.

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Selecting a wedding color palette can be as easy as
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champagne and wine lady or a primrose bride? Do ing a color scheme that evokes a certain mood. Or it
you envision a glamorous setting, or something could be much trickier; it isn’t always easy once you’ve
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Nautical nuptials
Everything you need to know
for a wedding on the water

Creators.com photo courtesy of Danielle Richards Photography

Sharon Naylor Cover the Basics

I
Find a reputable yacht company and a
n search of the perfect wedding venue
wedding coordinator who specializes in
— a place with spectacular views and a
yacht weddings. Many yacht companies
sense of wonder — a growing number of
employ their own wedding planners, who
wedding couples are choosing to hold
have experience working on your particu-
their big days aboard yachts. Established
lar boat. A professional planner who knows
yacht companies may have dozens of dif-
the ins and outs of weddings on your vessel
ferent styles and sizes of yachts in their
can point out needs and decisions vital to
fleets, from smaller boats ideal for more
the success of your day and can help run
intimate weddings with smaller guest lists
things smoothly.
to enormous yachts for 200-plus guests,
Before you embark on the task of se-
with grand ballrooms, elegant staterooms
lecting your wedding yacht, it’s essential
and glamorous decor. Yacht weddings cre-
to have a few of your wedding plans set.
ate a destination wedding feel, an escape
Know your budget so that you can con-
from the usual types of wedding venues in
sider yachts within your means and you
your area, with spectacular photo oppor-
don’t torture yourself with dreams of a
tunities in every direction and a VIP feel.
larger, more expensive yacht. You’ll also
Yachts weddings offer fabulous views and deck space for celebrations and
photo-ops.

need to know the size of your guest list Ask your wedding planner about licens-
because yachts have strict capacity and es required for an officiant to perform
weight limits. your ceremony aboard the boat. You may
“It’s most advisable that you set up think a ship’s captain can marry you, but
tours of the yachts in a company’s fleet so in reality, there are many factors at play
that you can see and feel the realities of regarding the legality of an officiant. For
the boats,” says Camille Cerria, nautical instance, your captain may be required to
event planner for Smooth Sailing Celebra- be a justice of the peace or a minister. It
tions. Though it may seem to be a smart all depends on where you’re sailing and
savings of time and effort to peruse gor- what the rules of nautical officiating are.
geous photos of various yachts in a fleet, Learn the legalities so that you’re not
nothing can compare to boarding the inviting trouble. The same rule applies
boat and seeing everything for yourself. about the insurance needed for boat wed-
During your tour, walk through all rooms dings. You don’t want your insurance to
and ballrooms, decks and gathering spac- be marked as invalid because of a broken
es, and check out the bathrooms. rule, such as bringing more guests aboard
Choose a boat with both indoor and than the ship’s capacity. “Always check
outdoor space to provide beauty, as well with your nautical wedding planner to be
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Some companies have official teams —
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Save-the-date Magnets • Menus • Labels Many companies will give you a list of their ing your yacht wedding, you may be able
preferred vendors, known to them as good to arrange for your wedding to take place
Vinyl Bags • Banners • T-shirts • Mugs and more... performers on their yachts, and your event while the boat remains docked. With no sail-
coordinator can negotiate to get permis- ing in open seas, you might avoid the motion
sion for an outside vendor you would pre- of swells and waves that can contribute to
fer to be hired for your event. queasy stomachs and affected movement. “I
An important issue is the yacht’s kitch- like to have candied ginger available for wed-
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docked boat may be boarded by late-arriving shells, rope tied in nautical knots, and
guests. A boat at sea would leave late arrivals nautical flags. You’re not stuck with a red,
stranded on the dock. “Set an arrival time white and blue color scheme. Nautical
for an hour before the start of the ceremony accents can fit into any palette.
or sailing time to avoid missed connections,”
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says Cerria. Choose Your Wow Factor

Some wedding couples arrange for fire-
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past decade, tried to downplay Iran’s evils in the hope of lucrative

nuclear accords, Nauert’s efforts to lift the veil on the regime’s awful Seeds of redemption

T
record have never mattered more.
With regard to the horrific civil war still playing out in Syria, Nau- his past Thanksgiving I had the good for- just one life, he is considered to have saved an entire
ert has been at the front line of the administration’s efforts to stem tune of spending quality time with my world. The size of the trees planted in the garden
civilian deaths in Syria, and make the butcher of Damascus Bashar tweenager on a mother/daughter bat do not vary based on how many lives were saved by
al-Assad pay a price for his use of poison gas against his own people. mitzvah trip in Israel. each person.
When reports emerged that Assad did exactly that in Duma in April Organized by Emunah and led by Rebbitzin Lisa As you pass through the visitors center, at the
of 2017, Nauert made it clear that Assad’s use of chemical weapons Septimus, yoetzet halacha of the Five Towns and entrance to the garden, there stands a tree com-
was “not in dispute.” She conveyed that the United States would Great Neck, 20 of us (eight mother/daughter and memorating Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker
“use all efforts available to hold those who use chemical weapons, in two grandmother/granddaughter pairs) followed the who did indeed save many lives. It has been noted
Syria and otherwise, accountable.” “Russia,” she insisted, “with its theme of doing chesed (good deeds) as we explored that she and those working under her lead in War-
t unwavering support for the regime, ultimately bears responsibility the country’s history and daily life. Some memo- saw saved about 2,500 children.
- for these brutal attacks.” rable chesed moments were interspersed with vis- I bring up Irena Sendler because of the nature by
Nauert has also emerged as one of the world’s leading advocates iting such sites as the Haas Promenade, Ir David, which her courage was brought into the spotlight.
, for Syria’s White Helmets, a group of a few thousand volunteer res- and Kever Rachel, as well as perspective-changing In short: In 1999, three girls in a high school
cue workers who have saved more than 70,000 lives since the Syrian places such as Dialogue in the Dark (aka the Blind in Uniontown, Kansas, worked on a project for
. civil war began. A makeshift emergency response team, the White Museum), and an exciting spelunking adventure National History Day that focused on Irena Sendler.
Helmets were featured in an academy-award winning Netflix docu- in the Charitun Caves in Tekoa. We packed food at Although Irena had been recognized by Yad Vashem
l mentary, earning the world’s awe for their courageous operations Pantry Packers, the food distribution arm of Tzeda- in 1965 and had received support from the Jewish
r, to save helpless civilians amid the aerial bombardments of Assad’s kah Central/Colel Chabad. We handed out treats to Foundation for the Righteous in New York City, the
, blood-drenched offenses. chayalim at Pina Chama. We had a bat mitzvah party students — and the world — knew very little about
The White Helmets have been targeted across Syria for their work, with the girls from Simcha L’Yeled. We spent Shab- her other than what was published in a short news-
with seven members being executed this past spring as they slept, bos at Emunah’s Beit Elazraki Chil- paper clipping in 1994. The students
y awaiting the next emergency call. Beyond facing unthinkable physi- dren’s Home. researched Irena’s story and created a
cal dangers, the White Helmets are also being globally maligned by In stepping outside their norm, play called “Life in a Jar,” which was
pro-Assad forces and periodicals, such as Sputnik and Russia Today, the girls had the opportunity to think picked up by the local press and was
- each of which has accused the group of having terrorist connections about their place in a world that then further recognized up the media
. simply because they operate in rebel-held areas. Of course, those extends beyond their day-to-day lives. food chain until her story was told
are the areas being ceaselessly bombarded by Assad and his Rus- Yes, middle school provides the first worldwide.
sian enablers. stepping stones on the path from ado- One of the things I took away from
- Even former Pink-Floyd front man Roger Waters, a rabid anti-Sem- lescence into adulthood. But there’s no this story was the tremendous power
- ite who has made it his life’s mission to destroy Israel economically, substitute for literally walking on those adolescents possess, and how impor-
stopped a Barcelona concert to tell his audience that “the White Hel- same stones in a place where that com- Dena Croog tant it is to help them see this and strive
mets is a fake organization that exists only to create propaganda for ing of age is palpable. The trip my to actualize their potential. Here is a
jihadists and terrorists.” daughter and I took this late fall was a story of an amazing woman who saved
y Amid all of this, Nauert repeatedly employed her powerful hands-on introduction to what it means to become thousands of children during the Holocaust — and
. platform at the State Department to voice American backing a bat mitzvah. three ordinary high school students had the power to
for the struggling organization. In statements, briefings, and Visiting Yad Vashem was, expectedly, intense and bring her name into the public eye on a national scale
f even tweets, Nauert has gushed with unequivocal support for meaningful as it relates back to our Jewish history and identify the importance of her role in history.
y the “incredible group of individuals” known as the White Hel- and where we’ve come to now. It was established by Through the years, Irena Sendler’s story has contin-
mets. “The Assad regime and Russia continue to falsely accuse an act of the Knesset in 1953 as “a monument and a ued to flourish. Schools have been named after her. In
the White Helmets through a massive disinformation campaign name” — the literal translation of Yad Vashem — to Warsaw, a teaching award was named after her. The
leaving its volunteers at significant risk,” Nauert told reporters memorialize the 6 million Jews who were murdered Polish Embassy in Israel honored her with a stamp.
this past fall. Speaking in no unclear terms, Nauert asserted that during the Holocaust, as well as to commemorate The Life in a Jar presentation has been produced
“we recognize and appreciate and are very grateful for all the those who fought for the survival of others during almost 400 times. There have been thousands of
work that the White Helmets continues to do on behalf of the one of the darkest periods in our history. media stories about her. Irena was nominated for the
r people of their country and on behalf of the US Government I had been to Yad Vashem before, and on this trip Nobel Peace Prize. Movies, books, exhibits, and even
and all the coalition forces.” With her signature eloquence, Nau- I was particularly taken by the “Garden of the Righ- a musical score have been created. And most recently,
- ert made the case for “these heroic first responders [who] have teous Among the Nations,” which honors the 27,000 2018 was declared Irena Sendler Year in Poland. All of
- one of the most dangerous jobs in the world” she said this past non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during this stemmed from a school project a small group of
June, “and continue to be deliberately targeted by the Syrian the Holocaust. In this section, trees were planted in teenage girls made for National History Day.
t regime and Russian airstrikes.” She also paid solemn tribute to each “Righteous” person’s honor, symbolizing the This is not to equate the act of saving thousands
- the “more than 230 of these brave volunteers [that] have been lives that were saved as well as the lives that sprung of lives with the thousands of ways that have memo-
r killed while working to save innocent Syrian civilians.” from them and the generations that will continue to rialized that act. What it does illustrate is the mag-
The ability to convey American values with courage and convic- grow thereafter. When there was no more physical nitude of the actions of a single person, whether
tion on the floor of the UN is the ultimate qualification for the ambas- space for trees, names were displayed on the wall to she be a social worker during the Nazi regime or a
sadorship. Adlai Stevenson is best remembered for his bold confron- commemorate these Righteous Gentiles. Some peo- school child in rural Kansas.
tation with the Soviet ambassador at the height of the Cuban missile ple saved thousands of Jews, others saved just one. According to the 18th-century Jewish mystic
crisis, during which he declared his adversary to be standing “in the But as the saying goes, even when a person saves the Baal Shem Tov, “In forgetfulness is the root of
courtroom of world opinion.” Patrick Moynihan is best remembered exile. In remembrance the seed of redemption.”
for his heroic defense of the State of Israel in a speech where he Dena Croog is a writer and editor in Teaneck and We as a people have faced anti-Semitism in every
railed against the “Zionism is racism” resolution of 1975. And with the founder of Refa’enu, a nonprofit organization generation, whether that be in ancient Egypt,
Nikki Haley will go down in UN history as a mighty protector of a tiny dedicated to mood disorder awareness and support. Nazi Germany, modern-day Israel, or Pittsburgh.
American ally that is the only democracy in the Middle East. Learn about the organization and its support groups A sense of vulnerability exists as part of the Jew-
From what we’ve seen of Nauert over these past two years, she at www.refaenu.org, or email [email protected] with ish identity, especially in Israel on the heels of the
will follow in the path of her greatest predecessors, giving voice to questions or comments. SEE REDEMPTION PAGE 20
American values and to those suffering the brutality of dictatorships.
Nauert has used the State Department as a platform for the world’s
victims and a warning to despotic governments across the world. The opinions expressed here are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the newspaper’s editors,
At the U.N., she will be an American hammer against despots who publishers, or other staffers. We welcome letters to the editor. Send them to [email protected].
destroy human life and bullies who brutalize their people.

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Opinion

How to teach the Holocaust going forward

I
magine that you are a changing radically.
Jewish doctor in a Nazi Holocaust survivors all have reached advanced ages,
concentration camp. meaning that there won’t be any in-person testimonies
About 100 of your fel- to listen to within a few years (even if we are left with
low inmates suffer from diabe- their accounts captured on video, holograms, or other
tes, and you have only a limited forms of visual reproduction.) Since 1945, countless other
supply of insulin, with no guar- genocides have wreaked havoc in the Balkans, much of
antee of more on the way. Do Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, while a few of those that
you give each patient the same occurred before — the Herero nation slaughtered by Ger-
amount regardless of individ- Ben Cohen man colonists in southern Africa, the Armenians annihi-
ual need, knowing that most lated by Turkey — remain under-recognized to this day.
likely all of them will die within Is the Holocaust, it is often asked, any more important
a month? Or do you reserve your supply for those with a than these other demonstrations of inhumanity in the
greater chance of survival, meaning that those with severe world?
diabetes will die much sooner as a result? And there’s more, much more. In countries like Lithu-
Or imagine that you are the Greek Jewish teenager from ania and Ukraine, wartime Nazi collaborators now are being Yad Vashem’s “Hall of Names” commemorates
Salonika who’s picked up enough German from polish- lionized as anti-Communist heroes. The Israeli government Holocaust victims. DAVID SHANKBONE VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
ing the boots of the Nazi officers occupying your city that walks along an undignified diplomatic tightrope with these
when you are eventually deported to Auschwitz, your lin- states, having to balance present-day bilateral relations are key.
guistic abilities land you a low-level clerical job, instead with guardianship of the Holocaust’s truths. Elsewhere, First, there still are some Holocaust survivors alive.
of a spot in the gas chamber. In the camp administra- some Holocaust-commemoration activities are so fixated I think specifically of a man named Albert de Leeuw, as
tive office, you have access to the index-card system that with a universalist approach that basic facts about the Jew- well as 150 other former child laborers in the Amsterdam
assigns each prisoner to a different slave-labor brigade ish character of the genocide — like the young diarist Anne ghetto, who still have not received proper compensation
— most of which involves punishing physical work in the Frank having been Jewish, and + being deported because from the German government, and who continue fighting
freezing outdoors, with the risk of frostbite, pneumonia, she was Jewish — are buried in a bid to be “meaningful” to for that recognition in the twilight of their lives. To aban-
beatings, or even execution for those the guards think are “everyone.” don them now would be shameful.
slacking off. Meanwhile, in Western Europe and the United States, Second, however much people believe politics has
One of your fellow prisoners, who is near death, begs social protest movements, like the “Yellow Vests” in France changed with the rise of populism on the left and the
you to sneak his card into the box of a different brigade, and the Women’s March in America, have been penetrated right in the last several years, the Holocaust remains a
one with lighter duties. As long as your Nazi overlords by Holocaust-deniers, anti-Semitic conspiracy-mongers, and truly foundational moment of our era and the source
don’t catch you, it’s in your power to do that. But if you advocates of Israel’s elimination. And that’s not to mention of many of the international institutions that, for good
decide to help your friend, then you have to switch his those who don’t deny the Holocaust but do delight in invok- or ill, manage international relations today. Look back
card out with that of another person from the same bri- ing the Nazis as a metaphor for Israeli policies towards the and you will see that the Holocaust changed a good deal
gade, and then that person spends his or her days facing Palestinians or go the whole hog by — check out the French more than we realize — for example, how we look at art
snow, ice, and death from starvation. What do you do? “comedian” Dieudonné M’bala M’bala — making fun of it in and music, our relationship with technology, and our
And, come to think of it, how on earth did you end up in theaters, front of receptive crowds. agonizing about inclusiveness in our society. As we pre-
this position? In the recent past, perhaps the key Holocaust debate pare in 2019 to mark the 80th anniversary of the out-
The above documented examples are what many Holo- was why the Allied powers did so little to stop it. Dur- break of World War II, expect much more reflection on
caust scholars and educators like to describe as “choice- ing our group’s exchange with Avner Shalev, the chair of all that.
less choices” — appalling moral dilemmas faced by peo- Yad Vashem, who pioneered its renewal over the last two Thirdly, if we are to teach our children the basic facts
ple who were systematically dehumanized by the Nazi decades, he told the story of guiding President George W. of the Holocaust, they can be boiled down like this:
regime, and who knew that they faced death at any sec- Bush around the institute’s impressive museum. When Six million Jews died because they were dehumanized
ond. Those dilemmas formed part of an intense, enriching they reached the exhibit about President Franklin D. Roo- because they were Jews. Many of them resisted, in a
four days that I spent with a small group of other writers sevelt’s response to the Holocaust, Bush turned to his then variety of ways. And far too many were faced with the
and journalists at Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust national security advisor, Condoleezza Rice, and asked: choiceless choices that symbolize the reality of the
commemoration museum, memorial, and institute. “Why didn’t FDR bomb the camps? He should have.” Holocaust. JNS.ORG

We were there to study and discuss many aspects of the But that burning question has been superseded by an
Holocaust—from choiceless choices to archive manage- even more vexing one: Why should we seek to educate Ben Cohen writes a weekly column for JNS on Jewish affairs
ment to Holocaust art—but we did so from a starting point about the Holocaust in a world where the phrase “Never and Middle Eastern politics. His work has been published in
that the way we teach younger generations about the Nazi Again” sounds farcical to many people? Commentary, the New York Post, Haaretz, the Wall Street
attempt to destroy the Jews of Europe and North Africa is There are many answers; to my mind, three of them Journal, and many other publications.

the cycle going forward. Survival on a cultural level suc- meaning. The amazing thing about this mother/daughter
Redemption ceeds not only with a single seed but with many seeds trip, though, was that as adults we have the ability to expe-
FROM PAGE 19
planted. Not with one bat mitzvah girl but in a group of 10. rience multiple perspectives — through our own eyes as
Holocaust. Yet so, too, exists resilience, regardless of And still, our tour group existed only because of each moms, from the memory of our teenage selves, and through
affiliation and practice. individual girl. Or rather, each mother/daughter pair. And the eyes of our daughters as they approach adulthood.
In Israel, physically planting a tree is both an honor and so the lesson I would like to tell my daughter is not only The opportunity to experience Israel with my daugh-
a practical act of survival. In a desert land, each tree must about the power of numbers but also that she, herself, has ter was both magical and meaningful. In addition to qual-
be planted, nurtured, and cultivated so that it can provide the power within to change the entire world. The lesson I ity time, enjoying the sites and history of the land, and
food and oxygen and assist in the natural progression of would tell myself is much the same. partaking in acts of chesed, we learned about those who
life. When looked at as a metaphor for Jewish survival, in As we left Yad Vashem, a friend and I followed behind helped us flourish despite the threats to our existence.
relation to our children as they become bar and bat mitz- our daughters and reminisced about our summer teen tours The trip in itself was testament to our growth and suc-
vot, I think it is imperative that we teach them about our in Israel — she on Machach and me on ACHVA — and how cess. And what I took home with me was the idea that we
heritage and nurture them on a constant basis so that they interesting it would be to go on those trips as adults. In a dif- must love and nourish our children, because they are the
may preserve our identity, culture, and faith and continue ferent context, the places we visited would yield a different seeds of redemption.

20 JEWISH STANDARD JANUARY 4, 2019

 Opinion

Anti-BDS laws are a constitutional

and PR mess. Here’s how to make them better

B
ERKELEY, Calif.— At the very least, this latest fiasco should be a cautionary misinterpretation and chilled speech is especially high. Take
Ronald Reagan infa- tale about relying on government to wage a fight that should a high school debate judge from a local college who receives
mously described be won and lost in the open marketplace of ideas. a form demanding that he, the “contractor,” forgo boycot-
the “nine most terri- But no doubt some will be less keen on giving up legisla- ting Israel. It would be easy to see how he would perceive the
fying words in the English lan- tive options altogether. Is there a way to craft an anti-BDS demand to be aimed as his personal, off-the-job conduct.
guage” as “I’m from the gov- law that is not, or at least less, prone to being applied (or More importantly, it’s easy to see how an overworked and
ernment and I’m here to help.” misapplied) in nakedly censorial fashion? uninformed school district administrator could believe that.
Right now, pro-Israel activ- Rule One: Don’t write the laws as Israel-only one-offs. If the goal is to avoid bureaucratic mishaps and chilled
ists are recoiling from the While anti-BDS advocates often complain the movement speech, it’s probably best to avoid regulating even the “busi-
unanticipated consequences David Schraub “singles out” Israel for stricter scrutiny, it is fair to rejoin that ness” decisions of sole proprietorships — at least when they
of state laws which only many anti-BDS laws single out Israel for especially favorable are off the state’s clock. (The author of the Texas law has
sought to “help” them fight treatment. A Texas state contractor can decide to boycott signaled he wishes to amend the act so it no longer applies
BDS, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement anywhere from Myanmar to Venezuela to France — but not to sole proprietorships.)
targeting Israel. Israel. Why should Israel, alone among the nations, get the By contrast, states are perfectly legitimate in demand-
The precise content of the laws vary from state to state, special solicitude of an American state? ing that contractors behave in nondiscriminatory fash-
but in the main they prohibit state contractors from boy- It shouldn’t. Boycotts targeting Israel should be governed ion in the course of fulfilling their contract. The state
cotting Israel during the duration of their contract. Typi- by the same statutory and constitutional standards as any might not have any valid interest in how its speech
cally, this requires the would-be contractor to sign a dec- other boycott — no better, no worse. South Carolina’s “anti- pathologists stock their home offices, but it has a very
laration disclaiming any such intent to boycott. BDS” law provides a useful model: It does not mention Israel strong interest in confirming that they won’t, for exam-
Twenty-six states have already passed legislation of this at all. It covers boycotts of any jurisdiction “with whom South ple, refuse to treat an Israeli exchange student or refrain
sort, and two — Kansas and Arizona — have seen theirs Carolina can enjoy open trade,” and even then only when that from using a valuable educational program just because
fail constitutional challenges. But the issue exploded back boycott “is based on race, color, religion, gender, or national it was published by an Israeli company. Ditto the college
onto the national scene when a Palestinian-American origin of the targeted person or entity.” People are just as lim- student judging a high school debate: What he does on
Texas speech pathologist claimed she was terminated ited in their ability to boycott French products as Israeli ones. his own time is his business, but he certainly can’t claim
from her position at her local school district after she A law that singles out Israel appears to take sides in a free expression right to refuse to judge a round that
refused to sign a statement that she doesn’t boycott Israel. a fraught ideological controversy. It is easy to feel for the happens to have an Israeli competitor in it.
The case already has become a public relations debacle Texas pathologist who feels compelled to sign some sort of In sum, the ideal anti-BDS law is one that (a) applies not
for the pro-Israel community. It has all the appearances of pro-Israel ideological declaration. It would be harder for just to Israel, but generally to boycotts of countries with
an overbearing government thought-police pressing down her to muster the same sympathy if she objected to stating whom a state has open trade with, and (b) covers how
on the little guy, holding paychecks hostage in order to that she would refrain from discriminating on basis of “race, contractors fulfill their contract with the state, but not
demand ideological conformity on the merits of a country color, religion, or national origin.” their private, off-the-job conduct.
two continents away. What possible business is it of Texas Rule Two: Anti-BDS laws also should restrict themselves to You might notice, however, that such a law starts to look
what a random speech pathologist does or doesn’t think the contractor’s behavior on the job. States do have a valid like a pretty general non-discrimination commitment. It
about Israel? Condemnation has been swift and brutal, interest in regulating how their contractors do the job they isn’t really an “anti-BDS law” at all. It’s just an anti-dis-
and in many cases crossed partisan boundaries. were hired to do. They have much less legitimate investment crimination law.
All of this was eminently predictable (indeed, the Anti- on how such contractors behave on their own time. Yet most That’s no accident. When government actors jump in to
Defamation League did predict it — in internal documents anti-BDS legislation requires a contractor to stipulate that they “help” fight BDS, specifically, they’re likely to do it with a
at least). From the start, these state laws have been inter- will not boycott Israel, not just in the course of fulfilling their typical bureaucratic mix of grandstanding and ineptitude,
preted in manners that seem calculated to cause maxi- state contract, but in any capacity for as long as the contract and the results usually are as terrifying as Reagan might have
mum embarrassment to those they purportedly “help”— is in force. The Texas speech pathologist, for example, cannot predicted. But when they sit down and try to solve a general
trying to block an academic speaker at Arizona State, refuse to buy an Israeli software program for her home office problem — regulating state contractors as state contractors,
refusing to distribute hurricane relief aid in Texas, without while working for the school district, even if that software has not as private citizens, and refraining from punishing people
a commitment from the recipients not to boycott Israel. nothing to do with her work for the school. for having the wrong ideology — they might be able to do
It does little good to say “those are misapplications of It may be true, as law professor David Bernstein argues, that some common good. JTA Wire Service

the law.” When laws are drafted quickly and sloppily, with the Texas law regulates the pathologist only as a contractor,
much attention to the press release and little concern and not in her “personal life.” But such distinctions are easily David Schraub is a lecturer at the University of California,
towards the possibility of overreach or misconstrual by blurred in the case of sole proprietorships and independent Berkeley School of Law and senior research fellow at
the bureaucrats tasked with enforcing them, these are the contractors, where personal and business purchasing deci- the California Constitution Center; he is also a doctoral
results you can expect. sions often meld together. And in such cases the potential for candidate in the UC-Berkeley Department of Political Science.

Letters

Music heals Community Hall in Paramus. It will be dedi- mullahs in Iran eventually sending them Finally, Rabbi Meir apparently had no
Helene Emanuel’s December 14 obituary cated to the memory of Helene Emanuel. $1.7 billion in cash (“I am very afraid for qualms when the Obama administration
in the Jewish Standard, as provided by the Randi Spaeth my country,” December 28.). monitored reporters’ phone records and
funeral home, read “Donations welcome to Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra As the rabbi notes this country was built issued subpoenas against other report-
the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.” The on immigration, but he fails to mention that ers to force them to reveal their sources.
correct address for those donations is 311 But Obama was worse! it was legal immigration. The GAO found Trump talks a lot, but Obama’s actions
Cornwall Rd., Glen Rock, NJ 07452. Funny how Rabbi Meir was not afraid that illegal immigrants cost the U.S. billions against the press were far worse. Perhaps
Helene was a dedicated board member of for his country when President Obama more than any revenue they generated. the better question for Rabbi Meir is: Why
the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra for 44 enjoyed a baseball game with dictator This was not the case decades ago since weren’t you very afraid for our country
years. She knew that music helps us heal in Raul Castro, shook hands with Hugo there were no government welfare benefits during the Obama administration?
all different ways. Chavez, told Medvedev to convey to Putin for them to illegally access. Today we don’t Michael Milchen
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra’s how he will have “more flexibility” after know who is coming for economic opportu- New Milford
next concert on March 16 at the Syriac the 2012 election and cozied up to the nity or economic opportunism.

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 D’var Torah
Va’era: An act of mercy inspires justice

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ost of us are familiar with and reprieves. Again and again, Pharaoh sees important to contextualize the plagues as more than just
the plagues that struck God’s power and, after making an empty a grudge match between two warring deities. If the story
Egypt because they are promise to release the Israelites, God’s of the plagues is to have enduring value then its lessons
recited during the Passover mercy. But until now Pharaoh hadn’t seen must be deeper and more nuanced than simply that God
Seder. They are named in order and a mercy expressed as a caveat to the threat. was more powerful than Pharaoh.
drop of wine is removed for each of the No one had. Anyone could have avoided the In distilling the lessons that were intended for the Egyp-
plagues. Extracting that sweetness from hail by simply going inside, and those who tians, Leibowitz and Abravanel are really articulating the les-
our meal is a symbolic way to empathize recognized God did exactly that. sons that we are to learn from Parashat Va’era. A first read-
with the Egyptians, whose suffering we This intersection of mercy and punish- ing shows God of Exodus has immense power to punish
mourn even as we celebrate our freedom Rabbi Steven ment was identifiable even to the Pharaoh as and inflict pain; that is why we remove the wine from our
at Passover. Sirbu justice. And maybe Pharaoh pleaded guilty in cups. But by looking closely at the text, we can see that God
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Kosher Crossword The Frazzled Housewife
“MOVIN’ ON UP” BY YONI GLATT
[email protected]
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MANAGEABLE
Making sad funny

I
try to write a humor column every conversation about the potency of the
week, sincerely hoping that any- flu vaccine ensued.
one who reads it gets at least one Thank God I haven’t been on the
chuckle. That’s the goal — just one receiving end of a shiva call, but I have
chuckle. (I would imagine that people had in-depth conversations with people
who do not like me and read my col- who have, unfortunately, been in that
umn give a few eye-rolls, but that is for position. The people who are uncom-
another time.) fortable with crowds are equally uncom-
This week’s topic, inspired by true fortable in a shiva situation, but they
events, might be a little delicate. The have always said that they appreciate
shiva house. There is nothing funny a humorous reprieve. That, at times,
about that. Families come together to the conversation comes to a standstill,
grieve for the loss of a loved one. Of whether it be because they aren’t famil-
course, every situation is unique, every iar with the people visiting them or it
situation is sad. I am not minimizing has just been a very long day. Husband
any of that. I write this column because #1 is much more comfortable paying
sometimes, when things are very sad, shiva calls than I am. Many years ago,
you need to laugh (or drink…). And here he saw that a man was sitting shiva in
we go… a neighboring commu-
This past week husband nity, a man he had been
#1 and I went to pay a shiva roommates with when he
call to a treasured mem- went to Keren B’Yavneh
ber of the community. It is (a school in Israel).
someone who, though we He felt that even though
are not close friends, we he had not seen this man
feel a special connection to. in a while, he didn’t even
And because she and I both question going to pay a
Across Down spend our lives wasting our shiva call. He got to the
1. Animated Explorer 1. Get rid of time on social media, we Banji house and went in to sit
5. Washington and Jefferson, once 2. “Lawrence of Arabia” star know what is going on in Ganchrow down. He didn’t see his
11. Places for RNS 3. Estée Lauder competitor each other’s lives (or what friend, so he assumed
14. Residents: suffix 4. One from Tibet we post, anyway, because that the empty chair was
15. Brother of Charlie (Sheen) 5. No longer working: Abbr.
you never really know. Those folks who his. Someone came back into the room
16. Rare football ending 6. It doesn’t fly in Oz
17. Where over 185,000 moved on up 7. Container just got back from Italy could have some and sat down in the empty chair. It was
from in 1990 8. Sequon got the ball from him this year major credit card debt. Who knows?) So not his friend. There was a person block-
19. Pure treif 9. ___ Judah (Jewish symbol) when we saw that she was sitting shiva, ing husband #1’s view so he looked to
20. Where over 105,000 moved on up 10. The face of 13-Down we knew we were going to go. Because the person next to him and whispered,
from between 1948-1951 11. Where over 20,000 moved on up from
you can never do the wrong thing by “Where is so-and-so?” The visitor looked
21. Premier Khrushchev in 1991
23. Tesla’s Musk, and others 12. Hilariously funny thing doing the right thing. at my poor husband #1 and said, “Um, he
24. Where over 100,000 moved on up 13. See 10-Down So we walk into the house and we sit is sitting right there.” Mr. So-and-So was
from between 1961-1964 18. Lt.’s inferior down in the second row, because there not my spouse’s roommate from Israel.
27. TV host Goodman 22. ___ the Sunshine Band were a few people in the first row. But In fact, Mr. So-and-So was someone who
28. ___ Independence 24. Luka Doncic, e.g., for short
as soon as we sat down, the front row husband #1 had never seen before in his
29. Mimics 25. Miners find
32. Went on and on about 26. “Maggie May” singer Stewart popped up, and the woman sitting shiva life. As he sat hoping no one would start
33. Shoot using a scope, say 28. Used to be exclaimed, “But I am not contagious. talking to him, the man in front of him
34. All time best sellers 30. Brand for those who might need to Really! I am not!” Husband #1 and I got up to leave and husband #1 stood up
38. So far plan a bris looked at each other. behind him and gracefully slipped out of
39. What a regular asks for, with “the” 31. View
And then the daughter of the woman the room.
40. Later, to Juan 32. Seminary subj.
43. Onion, for one 33. Letters for a savior? sitting shiva walked in and said, “Yes, my Does this kind of thing ever happen to
44. Oil option 34. Bro mom has the flu…I think I am going to anyone else?
45. Palindromic billing for some websites 35. The Cyclones of the NCAA, for short put gloves on.” Umm, what to do. This The moral of the story is, when in
48. Where over 52,000 moved on up 36. Where over 37,000 moved on up from poor woman just lost her brother, but doubt, do the right thing. Sometimes
from between 1919-1948 between 1948-1951
she sounds like she has tuberculosis. you have to bring Tamiflu with you, and
50. It has legs and sometimes arms, but 37. One might say Calvin Klein
no hands 38. Corn site I looked at her and said, “Perhaps we sometimes you should really know who
52. Rapper Iggy 40. Tenn. neighbor should put some yellow caution tape you are going to see.
54. Where over 10,000 have moved on up 41. Beit follower up around your immediate periphery?” May 2019 only give us reasons to
from since 2010 42. Brown’s vines She laughed and said, “Oh no, you are celebrate….
55. Neighbor of Swed. 44. Warren Buffett, e.g.
going to write a column about this,
56. Destination of those moving on up 45. Name for 56-Across, once
60. “___ didn’t!” (denier’s phrase) 46. Having one in New York this time of aren’t you?” “Would you like me to?” Banji Ganchrow of Teaneck hopes no one
61. Deep, narrow valley year is unlikely I asked…and here we are. The daugh- thinks this topic was in bad taste. If you
62. Sony laptop, once 47. Doctrines ter was spraying Lysol, and a whole do, it was husband #1’s idea…
63. A good king of Israel 49. Back in?
64. “Limit, ___ customer”
65. Accompaniers of cover letters: Abbr.
50. Wail
51. Bisect This week’s topic, inspired
52. Funny Faris
53. Jerusalem Biblical and Bronx by true events, might be
54. Kind of collar
57. First palindromic name, perhaps
a little delicate.The shiva
The solution to last week’s puzzle
is on page 30.
58. Single, e.g.
59. A Beatle bride
house. There is nothing
funny about that.
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 Arts & Culture
It’s award season:
The Golden Globes and SAG awards
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BC is televising Golden Globe awards live by BRAD FALCHUK
FALCHUK, 47. Another best drama nomi-
this year on Sunday, January 6, at 8 p.m. nee, the Amazon series “Homecoming,” was based on
Sandra Oh and ANDY SAMBERG, 40, will a podcast written by ELI HOROWITZ, 41, and MICAH
host. Here’s a list of the confirmed Jewish BLOOMBERG
BLOOMBERG, 40ish. Horowitz and Bloomberg were
nominees and a number of Jews closely connected to heavily involved in the creation of the TV series.
a nominated film or TV program. Globes are given for The best musical or comedy series nominees
excellence in film and TV. (As in my regular column, include ““The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” co-created
a Jewish person’s name is in caps the first time it’s by AMY SHERMAN PALLADINOPALLADINO, 52, and “The
mentioned here.) Kominsky Method,” created by CHUCK LORRE,
66. The nominees for best miniseries or TV movie
Film categories include “A Very English Scandal,” a British series
No Jewish thespians were nominated for a shown on Amazon; it was directed by STEPHEN
leading actor or actress film role this year. FREARS
FREARS, 77, a Brit. “Scandal” competes with
TIMOTHéE CHALAMET,, 22 (“Beautiful “Escape at Dannemora,” which was directed
Boy”), is up for the best supporting actor by BEN STILLER, 53, and co-written by
Globe and RACHEL WEISZ, 48 (“The JERRY STAHL
STAHL, 64, and MICHAEL TOLKIN,
Favourite”), is a best supporting film 68. Stahl’s memoir about being a drug addict,
actress nominee. Chalamet’s role was “Permanent Midnight,” was made into a
based on the real-life NIC SHEFF, now movie starring Stiller in 1999. Stahl credits
36, who long battled drug addiction. Weisz the making of that movie — and his commit-
played Lady Sarah Churchill, a historical fig- ment to stay clean — with saving his life and
ure who was involved in 18th-century royal reviving his career.
court intrigue. Honorable mention: Adam Driver and
MARK RONSON,, 43, is nominated for co- Rachel Brosnahan, who aren’t Jewish, are
writing a best song nominee: “Shallow” from “A nominated for playing Jewish characters.
Star is Born.” JUSTIN HURWITZ,, 33 (“First Man”), Driver played a Jewish police officer in “Black
and MARC SHAIMAN,, 59 (“Mary Poppins Returns”), KkKlansman” and Brosnahan plays the Jewish Mrs.
are nominated for best original score. Hurwitz won Maisel in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
two Oscars in 2017 for best score and best song (“La 25th annual Screen Actors’ Guild awards
La Land”). Shaiman is best known for his score for the TNT and TBS will present SAG awards live on Sunday,
musical version of “Hairspray.” As noted in a recent reg- January 27, at 8 p.m. (SAG awards are given for indi-
ular column, the new “Mary Poppins” remake includes vidual and cast acting excellence in film and on TV.)
brief musical references to the mega-hit score of the The lifetime achievement award will go to Alan Alda,
original 1964 “Poppins” film. RICHARD SHERMAN, 82. Alda’s wife of 61 years, ARLENE ALDA, 85, is Jew-
90, who wrote the ‘64 score with his late brother, ROB- ish, and their three children were raised Jewish.
ERT,, consulted on the new “Poppins” film. Film nominees: Rachel Weisz and Timothée Cha-
lament are nominated for best supporting actress and
TV categories actor in, respectively, “The Favourite” and “Beautiful
Acting: SACHA BARON COHEN,, 47, (“Who is Amer- Boy.” Five films are nominated for the outstanding cast
ica?”) and MICHAEL DOUGLAS,, 74 (“The Kominsky award. Only one nominated film, “A Star is Born,” has
Method”), vie for the Globe for best actor in a comedy. Jewish cast members: ANDREW DICE CLAY, 61, and
The varied characters Cohen plays frequently spoof British Jewish actor RAFI GAVRON, 29.
real-life politicians. Douglas stars as Sandy Kominsky, TV nominees, individual awards: Best actress, mini-
an L.A. acting coach. Two Jewish actresses, ALISON series: Patricia Arquette (“Escape at Dannemora”); Best
BRIE, 35 (“Glow”), and DEBRA MESSING, 50 (“Will actress, drama series: JULIA GARNER, 24 (“Ozark”);
& Grace”), compete for best actress in a TV comedy. Best actress, comedy series: Alex Borstein (“Mrs.
ALAN ARKIN, 84, who plays Kominsky’s Jewish agent Maisel”) and Alison Brie (“Glow”); Best actor, comedy
and best friend in “The Kominsky Method,” is up for series: Alan Arkin (“The Kominsky Method”), Michael
best supporting actor; he competes with HENRY WIN- Douglas (“Kominsky”), and Henry Winkler (“Barry”).
KLER, 73 (“Barry”). ALEX BORSTEIN,, 47, who plays Note: the Guild awards don’t include a best supporting
Mrs. Maisel’s agent in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” is TV actor or TV actress award.
nominated for a best supporting actress Globe. Finally, Five TV series are nominated for the outstanding cast
PATRICIA ARQUETTE,, 50 (“Escape at Dannemora”), award. Two shows have Jewish cast members: (1)”The
whose late mother was Jewish, is up for best actress in Americans”: ANTHONY ARKIN, 51 (Adam’s son), and
a mini-series or TV movie. NOAH EMMERICH, 53; (2) “Ozark”: Julia Garner, DAR-
DAVID RABINOWITZ, both 32), and “A Star is Born” REN GOLDSTEIN, 44, and JORDANA SPIRO, 41. Five TV
“Best” awards: Film and TV (ERIC ROTH, 73). Also: a best animated film nominee, shows are nominated for outstanding cast, comedy. Four
The Globes for best film and best TV show are given to “Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse,” was co-written by have Jewish cast members: (1) “Barry”: Henry Winkler and
the movie or series’ principal producers, of whom there RODNEY ROTHMAN, 45ish. SARAH GOLDBERG, 32; (2) “GlowW”: Alison Brie, MARC
are many. My practice is to note if a Jewish director or “The Americans,” created by JOE WEISBERG, 52, is up MARON, 55, and JACKIE TOHN, 38; (3) “The Kominsky
writer/creator is associated with that film or TV program. for best TV series, drama. It competes with “Pose,” an FX Method”: Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas; and (4) “Mrs
Two films nominated for best drama film were co-written drama series that explores several New York City subcul- Maisel”: Alex Borstein, CAROLINE AARON, 66, KEVIN
by Jews: “BlacKkKlansman” (CHARLIE WACHTEL and tures as they existed in the 1980s. “Pose” was co-created POLLAK, 61, and MICHAEL ZEGEN, 39.

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Saturday  child, 7:30 p.m. Also
January 13. 115 Park Ave.
Friday  Sunday 
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Shabbat in Emerson: Shabbat in Teaneck:
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Israel hosts a special Holocaust photos: of Congregation Beth
“Resolutions” Shabbat Jacob Wisse, the Aaron continues “Talking
service led by Rabbi director of Yeshiva in Shul” series for teens
Debra Orenstein, with a University Museum, and adults with “Frum
discussion connecting presents “Lost & Found: a Distance: When
the secular New Year Adventures of a Family Family and Friends
with the Jewish year, Photo Album Rescued Leave Orthodoxy,”
10 a.m. 53 Palisade Ave. from the Holocaust” 7:45 p.m. Series
(201) 265-2272 or www. at Congregation Rinat concludes February 1.
bisrael.com. Yisrael, 8 p.m. 389 950 Queen Anne Road.
West Englewood Ave. (201) 836-6210 or www.
Sunday  (201)837-2795. bethaaron.org.
Author/book signing in
january 6 Wyckoff: Local author
Tuesday  Saturday  Jenna Hammond reads W
Brunch in Washington january 8 january 12 and signs copies of her
Township: Temple Beth new children’s book,
“Downward Mule,” for T
El of Northern Valley in Program for seniors
Closter joins Temple Beth in Closter: Hazak at Temple Beth Rishon’s c
Or for their first joint Kol Temple Emanu-El meets Activities Committee, t
Dorot New Year’s brunch, noon. 585 Russell Ave. All
Marion Ettlinger

for a presentation by t
9:30 a.m. 56 Ridgewood Dr. Lee Igel, a clinical welcome. (201) 891-4466
Road. (201) 664-7422. or www.bethrishon.org. t
associate professor at
NYU Tisch Institute for N
Blood drive in Global Sport, 11:30 a.m.
Jazz in Glen Rock: p
Englewood: Morgan Treni and the
180 Piermont Road.
Congregation Ahavath Landscapes performs
Julia, (201) 750-9997 or
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vazquez@templeemanu-
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9 a.m.-3 p.m. 240 Broad Rankin in New City: Temple Emeth’s adult [email protected]
brunch about “Jewish Ave. (800) 933-2566 or Dumont historian Dick education committee
www.nybloodcenter.org. Burnon gives a video/ R
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hosts a “One Book One
Community” Shabbaton a
with author/Columbia University
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Pacifist Jeannette Rankin
of Montana: The First
exploring the themes Singles B
of this year’s Jewish 2
Woman Elected to
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Federation of Northern
Sunday  b
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or [email protected]. City Jewish Center, 1:30 book selection, “Among january 6 i
p.m. 47 Old Schoolhouse
Road, New City, NY.
the Living,” a novel n
by Jonathan Rabb. Seniors meet in West a
of the Philharmonic Snow date January 15. 1666 Windsor Road. Nyack: Singles 65+
Friday  Orchestra of the
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(845) 638-9600 or www.
newcityjc.org.
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Chamber Orchestra of JCC Rockland, 11 a.m. All
New York, and pianist
James Rensink, at its
Breakfast in Tenafly: Wednesday  Havdalah/bingo:
The JCC of Paramus/
are welcome, particularly
Rabbi David Levy, those from Hudson,
guest artist Shabbat. regional director of
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at 6:30 p.m., followed Committee, discusses Torah in Closter: Rabbi bingo hosted by its West Nyack Road. Gene,
by a wine, fruit, and “Anti-Semitism: The David-Seth Kirshner Association of Parents (845) 356-5525.
cheese “pre-neg” at 7. Case for Global Jewish discusses “Mikveh: and Teachers, with
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parents: The United
Temple Beth El of
Synagogue of Hoboken s
Northern Valley
begins a two-part
welcomes Benjamin
Shalom Baby workshop
Baron, principal clarinet

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 Calendar

Beyond BDS discussion Heart health in Englewood and Tenafly

in Woodcliff Lake The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades of
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley and AIPIAC are co- Tenafly and Englewood Health offer
sponsoring a discussion for high school and college students the Wellness and Longevity Heart
and adults, “Beyond BDS: The Purpose of the Campus Pro- Health Program, aimed at people
Israel Movement,” on Wednesday January 9, at 7 p.m. Speak- with heart disease or who have such
ers include a student activist, Jonathan Levin, a student at risk factors for heart disease as diabe-
Lehigh University whose family belongs to Temple Emanuel, tes, high blood pressure, and a family
and Adam Teitelbaum, AIPAC’s leadership development history of heart disease; as well as for
director. Jonathan Levin people who are overweight or have
Registration is required. To register, email Logan Tessler at completed a formal cardiac rehab
[email protected], call (347) 778-7735, or go to www.aipac. program. The structured five-week
org/bergenaipaconcampus. program, led by medical and fitness
The shul is at 87 Overlook Drive. experts, aims to lead participants into
a well-rounded, healthy life style. Phy-
sician clearance is required. A JCC trainer leads a class in the Heart
The introductory session will be on Health program.  Courtesy Englewood Health
Thursday, January 10, from 6 to 7 p.m.,
Westchester Schechter open house at the Graf Center for Integrative Medicine in total. Participants will have access to
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The Solomon Schechter School of West- offers state-of-the-art engineering and a program overview and participants will ness staff will be available to help with per-
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tunity to learn about the school and lege placement. For reservations, email taken if requested. Doctor clearance forms month.
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Jewish World

Amos Oz, a ‘saintly intellectual’

who turned Israel’s national reality into art
ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

Amos Oz often would speak in the kind of tossed-off

epigrams that come only with a lot of practice. But just
when you wanted to smack him for his breezy erudition,
he would redeem himself with a flash of spot-on — and
hilarious — self-awareness.
In 2011, speaking at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan
about the novel he’d just published in English, “Scenes
From Village Life,” Oz said that 99 percent of the typi-
cal media coverage of Israel involves extremist settlers,
ultra-Orthodox fanatics and brutal soldiers, “and 1 per-
cent saintly intellectuals like myself.”
Oz died last Friday at 79, having won nearly every lit-
erary prize short of the Nobel and having become per-
haps Israel’s most widely translated author. If Jews were
in the canonization business, Oz would have earned his
wings (halo? robe? my theology is shaky) on the basis
of “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” his 2002 novel-cum-
memoir. Like so much of what he wrote, the book is not
just autobiographical, but a biography of Israel itself.
Although his story ends before he is out of his teens, the
young Amos bears witness to the destruction of Euro-
pean Jewry, the height of the British mandate, a Hebrew
renaissance in Jerusalem, the great Zionist debates (and
debaters) of the day, the rise of the kibbutz movement,
and the birth of the state.
The book’s brilliance is its blurring of personal mem- Amos Oz, shown here in 2015, often blurred the personal and the political in his writing. JASON KEMPIN/GETTY IMAGES

oir and national drama, as in an unforgettable descrip-

tion of the night in 1947 when the United Nations voted “It is only when the bridge collapses that the story “I am wasting my time. People will see it as an allegory.”
to partition Mandatory Palestine, giving international begins,” he said. Oz died at a time when so many of the things he stood
legitimacy to a Jewish state. His father, Yehuda Klausner, Oz also would distinguish Israel from other countries for — a vital Israeli left, a robust peace process, a vision
still “drenched in sweat from the crush of the crowds” in the way it came into being: Other countries were born for sharing the land — are in retreat, if not dead and bur-
celebrating the U.N. vote, crawls into bed with the young out of geography, history, politics, or demography, he’d ied. But even until the end, he never gave up trying. His
narrator. He tells the boy of the “hooligans” who tor- say. Unfortunately for Israel, it was born out of a dream. latest book, “Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land,”
mented him and his brother back in Odessa and Vilna, “The only way to keep a dream intact is never to live it published last month in English, contained essays on the
and how the bullies forced the boy’s grandfather “down out,” he said. “Israel is a dream come true, and therefore rise of zealotry in Israel and around the world.
on the paving stones and removed his trousers too in the it is disappointing.” Discussing it with the Washington Post, Oz insisted
middle of the playground.” Inevitably with Oz, Israel’s left-wing conscience as that neither he nor the book was pessimistic. And in
Oz continues: well as perhaps its greatest writer of fiction, there was doing so, he seemed to be passing a baton.
“And still in a voice of darkness with his hand still los- the temptation to read politics into his prose. “Politically speaking, I have been engaged and involved
ing its way in my hair (because he was not used to strok- “There are political overtones,” he would acknowl- in writing articles, making speeches for 60 years,” he said.
ing me) my father told me under my blanket in the early edge when asked whether this character or that set- “Now it is my time, not to retire but to provide my ammuni-
hours of November 30, 1947, ‘Bullies may well bother ting was meant to be a stand-in for one Israeli crisis or tion, my experience to the younger generation and let them
you in the street or at school some day. They may do it another. When he tried to deny such meanings, he said, take it from here.” JTA WIRE SERVICE

precisely because you are a bit like me. But from now
on, from the moment we have our own state, you will
never be bullied just because you are a Jew and because
Jews are so-and-sos. Not that. Never again. From tonight
that’s finished here. Forever.’”
Armenia’s capital honors Holocaust survivor
In his 92Y talk, Oz explained that the book was neither who coined the term ‘genocide’
a memoir nor a novel, but in fact a “tale,” a designation CNAAN LIPHSHIZ Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, for which
that unfortunately has no category in the Library of Con- he had campaigned for years.
gress. Instead, “A Tale of Love and Darkness” combines Armenia’s capital named a street for Raphael Lemkin, The slaughter of thousands of Armenian civilians
Oz’s strengths as both a novelist and a writer of impas- the Jewish lawyer who coined the term genocide. by Turkish troops during World War I had an early
sioned political nonfiction — as he often would put it, he The deputy mayor of Yerevan, Sergey Harutu- and powerful influence on Lemkin, who was born in
had two pens on his desk, “one pen to tell stories and nyan, said during the ceremony last month that 1900. Upon studying it, he wrote, “my worries about
another pen to tell the government to go to hell.” Lemkin’s legacy had a “serious impact” on world the murder of the innocent became more meaning-
If quips like that sound rehearsed — well, considering history, the Armenrpess agency reported from the ful to me. I didn’t know all the answers but I felt that
his body of work, Oz earned a pass. And anyway, you can’t Dec. 11 ceremony. a law against this type of racial or religious murder
plagiarize yourself. And what quips they were! Asked why Lemkin was born in what is today Belarus to a must be adopted by the world.”
so many of his stories seemed so downbeat, he would Polish-Jewish family. He fled the Nazis in 1941 to the Lemkin was fluent in nine languages and was able
reply, “If I were to sum up my books in one word, I would United States. to read 14. His first published book was a 1926 trans-
say they are about ‘families.’ If you gave me two words, I As a jurist, he helped draft the 1948 United lation of the Chaim Nachman Bialik novella “Noach
would say ‘unhappy families.’” Explaining what makes for Nations Convention on the Prevention and and Marynka” from Hebrew into Polish.
a good story, Oz would say that a bridge that carries thou-
sands of cars each day is no story at all.

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Jewish World

The New York Times says a Palestinian

medic’s death in Gaza could be a war crime
ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

T
he New York Times devoted
much of its front page and three
inside pages Sunday to a recon-
struction of the circumstances
surrounding the June death of a Palestin-
ian medic during riots at the Israeli fence
with Gaza.
The newspaper concludes that the
shooting of 20-year-old Rouzan al-Najjar
by an Israeli soldier “appears to have been
reckless at best, and possibly a war crime,
for which no one has yet been punished.”
The investigation is already making
waves — among those who objected to Isra-
el’s use of deadly force to quell the rioting
at the border fence and those who charge
The Times with a pattern of bias directed
at Israel.

How was the piece reported?

David M. Halbfinger, the paper’s Jerusalem
bureau chief, is given the byline on a story
that he and six colleagues reported. The
Times says it analyzed more than 1,000
photos and videos taken by photogra-
phers, protesters, bystanders and med-
ics during the June 1 riot, and interviewed
more than 30 witnesses. The research
agency Forensic Architecture, which has Palestinian protesters during clashes with Israeli security forces on the Gaza-Israeli border, September 14, 2018.
also worked with the Israeli human rights  MAJDI FATHI/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES

group B’Tselem to investigate allegations

of Israeli military abuses, helped create Why do they say it might be a insists that its soldiers were following the who was killed in September by a Palestin-
a 3-D model of the scene. Interviewees war crime? rules of engagement that snipers may ian terrorist in a stabbing attack near his
included Gaza health officials and Israeli Israel acknowledges that it uses live fire at shoot only at people posing a violent hometown of Efrat.
military officials. the Gaza fence confrontations, especially threat. Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said that “The New York Times’ investigation, for
for those hurling projectiles like rocks or Najjar’s killing was unintended. all its dignified trappings, is just the same
Who is Rouzan al-Najjar? Molotov cocktails, or attempting to breach “She was not the target,” Conricus says. old Israel-bashing you can get for free on
The article describes the young medic as the fence, but aims at the ground or pro- “None of the medical personnel are ever any extreme right or extreme left Internet
a “charismatic and committed” Gaza resi- testers’ lower extremities to lower the risk a target.” site or social media feed,” Stoll writes in
dent who was “largely self-taught” in first of deadly casualties. It also says it treats The article reports that 185 Palestinians the Algemeiner.
aid and “lied about her lack of education. unarmed and armed Hamas operatives as have died in rioting at the border fence Seth Mandel, executive editor of the
She was a feminist, by Gaza standards, a violent threat. that began in late March. It cites a senior Washington Examiner, says the article was
shattering traditional gender rules, but The army told The Times that it was Israeli commander who told The Times in “sickening” in the way it downplayed the
also a daughter who doted on her father, targeting a man in a yellow shirt who was August that 60 to 70 other Gaza protesters violence of the Palestinian rioters.
was particular about her appearance and throwing stones and pulling at the fence, had been killed unintentionally, around By contrast, Oded Shalom, a columnist
was slowly assembling a trousseau.” but The Times claims the only man fitting half the total killed at that point. for the Israeli news site Ynet, admires
The Times also says that she frequently that description was about 120 yards from In addition, “Israeli military lawyers the legwork that the Times put into
joked with her friends about becoming a the fence and posed no threat. The news- conceded there had been some miscon- the article.
martyr, and kept returning to the scene of paper quotes “former Israeli and Ameri- duct but said that no soldiers were sus- “As an Israeli journalist I can only envy
the deadly confrontations over the warn- can snipers” saying it would be reckless pected of intentionally killing anyone they the thorough work of Halbfinger and his
ings of friends and family. and possibly a war crime if anyone who knew they shouldn’t have.” colleagues,” he writes. “Having the time
was not a legitimate target could be put and resources for such investigative work
How did she die? at risk. What are the critics saying? should not be taken for granted. While
The fatal shot came at 6:31 p.m. from the “The laws of war would not want any Ira Stoll, who runs a website that cri- the Gaza Strip remains closed to Israeli
Israeli side of the fence, 120 yards away, military personnel to deliberately fire tiques The Times, says the article is one- journalists — on the orders of the Israeli
following a day of rioting that seemed to in the direction of the medics,” explains sided in its description of the Israeli-Gazan security forces — the foreign media is
be winding down. Najjar was standing Ryan Goodman, a law professor at New conflict, using “language to exculpate Pal- free to enter. Us Israeli journalists have
amid a group of protesters and medics York University who was a special counsel estinian Arab terrorism” — for example, to rely on announcements from the IDF
who were treating others for the effects to the Pentagon on war crimes. “I’m not by describing rockets from Gaza in the spokesperson, and have no way of prop-
of tear gas when she was shot in the chest saying it’s close to the line. I’m saying it passive voice without noting that they are erly cross-referencing information. That
and died within minutes. The Times says crosses the line.” aimed at Israeli civilians by Hamas opera- isn’t journalism at its best, even though
its reconstruction confirmed that a single tives. He asks why the paper devoted so some of us have sources across the bor-
bullet hit the ground, fragmented, and How has Israel responded? many resources to the death of the Pal- der and can ask for comments, or verify
managed to strike three medics, includ- In addition to saying that it was target- estinian medic but has so far ignored the some details.”
ing Najjar. ing the man in the yellow shirt, the army murder of Ari Fuld, an Israeli American  JTA WIRE SERVICE

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Gift will benefit Englewood Health’s new outpatient program

The Englewood Health Foundation is the recipient of a lead- with community training in the use of Narcan, stigma-free Kaminsky, senior vice president patient care services and
ership gift set to benefit Englewood Health’s new outpatient initiatives, and mental health first aid training programs. chief nursing officer at Englewood Health. “Our new outpa-
behavioral health program. The Gregory P. Shadek Behav- “There is great need for access to behavioral health ser- tient program will help patients access a network of services
ioral Care Center is named in honor of Gregory Shadek, son vices in our communities, and Englewood Health is ready to and establish a continuum of care. Ongoing education, guid-
of Laurence and Patricia Shadek of Alpine. answer the call,” said Warren Geller, president and CEO of ance and support are key to improved mental health and we
“The issue of mental health is real, and the effects it can Englewood Health. “Through this new outpatient program want to lead in the delivery of this care.”
have on a family and the community are far-reaching. We and thanks to the generosity of the Shadeks, our patients The Englewood Health Foundation raises funds to ben-
are proud to support Englewood Health and the many and community will benefit from a stronger clinical team efit Englewood Health. A $50 million capital campaign
patients that it serves,” Laurence and Patricia Shadek said. and improved access to services and resources for those came to a successful close earlier this year. “Philanthropy
The Gregory P. Shadek Behavioral Care Center — with struggling with mental health issues.” is becoming increasingly important for many nonprofit
the primary location at 25 Rockwood Place in Englewood According to the National Institute of Mental Health, organizations, including healthcare systems like Engle-
— features a dedicated care team of psychiatrists, licensed nearly one in five U.S. adults lives with a mental illness. As wood Health,” said Debra Albanese, executive vice presi-
clinical social workers, an addiction specialist, and other such, and to no surprise, a recent community health needs dent of the Englewood Health Foundation. “Healthcare is
health care professionals. Collaborating with existing non- assessment of Bergen County, completed by a consortium a round-the-clock commitment and with every new turn,
profit and governmental agencies, the team will develop an of local hospitals, revealed mental health as one of the top we find better ways to deliver services to our patients.
education/prevention program rooted in promoting healthy health needs in the community. Each investment made translates to new opportunities,
lifestyles for children and adults living in the community. “Access and affordability are very common hurdles for and we are grateful to benefactors like Laurence and Patri-
Such programs will help to address the opioid epidemic, patients seeking behavioral health services,” says Kathleen cia for their foresight and commitment.”

Technology meets philanthropy opeN House

in Israeli social-tech hub suNdaY, jaNuarY 6
New National Service track Another of the 18 current projects is an awareness cam- t teaNeck t
gives young Israelis and foreign paign for Access Israel that has Israeli high school students
mapping dining and leisure venues that are accessible to
volunteers the tools to invent people with physical limitations. The data will be turned
technological solutions for specific over to Google to add to Google Maps.
societal challenges “The core of National Service is to do something for
the welfare of society,” Carmel 6000 cofounder Yossi
Israel21c staff Tsuria says.
“The idea of Carmel 6000 is to position Israel as a sig-
If Deborah Wolhandler had enlisted in the Israeli military nificant player in the social-tech world similar to where we
she may well have been picked for an elite tech squad are in cyber. We need to grow a generation of people that
such as the renowned 8200 signal intelligence unit where can lead this revolution.”
many founders of Israel’s most successful businesses cut Product expert and ed-tech innovator Michal Ophir
their teeth. heads Carmel 6000’s user experience (UX) department.
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vice (Sherut Leumi). but at the end of the day what did you do for the world?”
A new National Service branch, Carmel 6000, gives
her the opportunity to make a social impact through
Ophir asks. “Can you say you changed something?” BY appoiNtMeNt
technology. Foreign volunteers welcome t teaNeck t
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before completing her bachelor’s degree in computer projects were reverse sensors for electric wheelchairs and
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“The idea of Carmel 6000 is to position Israel as a sig- tive issues. HigHWaYs / sHops / scHools
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Israeli Society for Children and Adults with

Technology Autism.
FrOM page 33
Avital Bayer, head of international rela-
Tsuria says successful applicants must tions for Carmel 6000, recruits private
be passionate self-starters: “People who donors for specific projects and organizes
become legendary in high-tech are not delegations from other countries interested
afraid to try new things.” in replicating the program. R
A short version of Carmel 6000 is open She’s hosted visitors from Zambia, Aus-
to overseas youth in cooperation with the tralia and London. American Ivy League
diaspora Affairs Ministry. A group of these students and alumni are coming next, eager
volunteers last summer created a device to learn how to combine technology and
enabling kids with hand mobility limitations philanthropy.
to spin a Chanukah dreidel at Beit Issie Sha- The London Stock Exchange chose Car-
pira’s holiday party for young clients and mel 6000 as its highlighted charitable part-
their siblings. ner for its recent third annual Capital Mar-
Looking ahead, Tsuria plans a Tikun kets Conference in Israel.
Olam Technology Think Tank (T4), where “In January, the London Stock Exchange
an international group of creative and tech- is launching the Jewish Women Business Yarchei Kallah participants make Havdalah as Shabbat draws to its close.
nological minds will brainstorm about prob- Network and they invited to me speak on
lems and social-tech solutions that can be a panel about what we’re doing here at Car- Egyptian bondage and brought them
made at Carmel 6000. mel 6000,” says Bayer, formerly interna- So happy! the Torah at Mount Sinai — accom-
FrOM page 6
“In some cases, after market research, we tional liaison at the Israeli Embassy in Lon- plished with much personal and com-
will conclude that there is a global need for don’s Trade and Economic Division. “I’ve been never been so happy to be munal hardship — “didn’t just look at
some of our solutions. In order to globalize After two years at Carmel 6000, alumni so exhausted.” his situation but took action and took
our work, we will need to produce the solu- will enter the job market as experienced New Jersey NCSY Metro West adviser a stand for what he believed in and
tion, customize it, provide global support, programmers. Barak Bader, a student at Yeshiva Uni- changed the world.
and so on,” says Tsuria. “Our objectives at “No matter what career I decide on, what versity, said this year’s Yarchei Kallah “These teens all have that ability to
that stage will be met by creating startups I am learning at Carmel 6000 will help me,” attracted the largest-ever contingent of change lives and change themselves.”
around the solutions and IP. This will be Wolhandler says, noting that teamwork, New Jersey NCSY members. There were Mr. Bader emphasized that Yar-
achieved in our Carmel 6000 Accelerator.” planning and project organization are more than 40. chei Kallah is not meant as a one-off
“In the first two years, we intend to among the universal skills she’s gaining. She “You see all these kids coming event. “It was a way for the advisors
produce more than 25 projects, have 60 is also taking master’s courses at Hebrew together with international peers to become closer with the teens and
full-time National Service volunteers, and University in natural language processing and realizing they are not alone,” Mr. encourage them to be involved in JSU
expose the program to hundreds of young and computer vision. Bader said. clubs in their schools,” he said. “I’m
people from the US and other countries Israel’s Ministry of Education, Ministry The themed focus on Moses, he planning to make sure they know it’s
who will take active part in the develop- of Diaspora Affairs, Authority for Civil Ser- added, conveyed the message that not just a single moment of inspiration.
ment of ideas, solutions and products,” vice, AMIT and the Jerusalem Development the man who led the Israelites out of People care about them.”
says Tsuria. Authority support the initiative together
“Longer term, we expect to see a world- with investors including PICO Partners.
leading ecosystem of startups and activi- Within a few years, Tsuria expects to break
ties in this domain around the center in even by charging for projects and commer-
Jerusalem.” cializing IP. and California,” he said. “I still keep
Tsuria points out that unlike social-tech The name Carmel 6000 combines a hockey in touch with some of them, especially
FrOM page 7
hackathons held in Israel, Carmel 6000 Hebrew acronym for “willpower, brain and on the East Coast.”
can provide ongoing tech support for its heart” with 6000, the Jewish calendar year Jew playing at the highest level.” He And while Noah did not mention it,
inventions. that Talmudic and Kabbalistic scholars pre- appreciates that the hockey team according to an article in a local news-
Clients that already have a working rela- dicted the world as we know it would end respected his restrictions. “I told them paper at the time, he was “the young-
tionship with the program also include Yad — either well or badly. The current Jewish before the season when I couldn’t est athlete selected among hundreds
Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance year is 5779. play. They understood that. They were across the U.S. to play ice hockey in the
Center, ALYN pediatric rehab hospital, “Our National Service volunteers have the respectful of my religious needs.” 2017 Maccabi Games in Israel.”
ALEH residential network for children with next 221 years to make sure it goes the way The teen’s first trip to Israel took It’s clear from Noah’s experience that
multiple severe disabilities and Alut-the we want,” explains Bayer. Israel21c.OrG place in 2017, when he was asked learning goes both ways. “At home,
to play in the Maccabiah. “I was at I learned to always stay humble,” he
camp, at Morasha,” in Pennsylvania, said. “From hockey, I learned to keep

Jimmy J
J
“when I got the invitation,” he said. on trying.” Both lessons have been

im
im
“It’s like the Olympics for Jews. The invaluable. He also has learned how to
whole family went for three and a half balance the various parts of his life. He
weeks. It was amazing.” Winning the would tell other students, “Don’t do
gold medal was memorable as well. So what you don’t want to do, what you’re

the Junk Man too were the people he met. “I met a

bunch of people from the East Coast the
the
doing but not enjoying.
“Make your own decision.”

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