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Haifa-born AI wins debate
● In the debate over the virtues of dia. Both sides delivered a four-min-
artificial intelligence, get ready for the ute opening statement, a four-minute
machines to start chiming in. rebuttal, and a two-minute summary
On Monday, IBM’s new artificial in- in their arguments for each topic.
telligence system engaged in the first Project Debater delivered its open-
live public debate between a machine ing argument in support of govern-
and human debaters. It was two Is- ment-subsidized space exploration
raeli student debating champions and fetching evidence from its massive
it demonstrated a computer’s ability database, comprising mainly news
to deliver persuasive arguments on articles and journals. After listen-
complex topics in real time. ing to Ovadia’s opposing argument,
The system, named Project De- the computer delivered a rebuttal
bater, was unveiled at IBM’s Wat- speech. After closing summaries from
son West site in San Francisco. The each side, results from a snap poll
arguments were about whether showed that the majority of audience
governments should subsidize space members thought Project Debater
exploration and whether the use of enriched their knowledge more than ered at its start. ons on Jeopardy in 2011. But debat-
telemedicine should be increased. its human opponent had. So who won the debates? The crowd ing is a different form of competition,
Preparation for Project Debater The second debate, between the judged that the AI system outper- because language and persuasive-
began six years ago at IBM’s Haifa computer and Israeli debate ex- formed the human debaters in its abil- ness matter.
research lab, but Noam Slonim, an pert Dan Zafir, was about wheth- ity to use a wide range of information Project Debater’s ability to absorb
IBM researcher who created Project er we should increase the use in its arguments, but that the people massive and diverse sets of informa-
Debater, said the AI system only got of telemedicine . had the edge when it came to delivery. tion and perspectives to help people
good enough to debate people two IBM said that Project Debater had Project Debater is the latest AI in- build persuasive arguments and make
years ago. not been trained on the topics and novation from IBM, whose Deep Blue well-informed decisions is new terri-
During the first debate, the com- the debates were unscripted, except system took on chess world cham- tory for AI, IBM’s director of research,
puter was pitted against 2016 Israeli for the jokes which were added dur- pion Garry Kasparov in 1997 and Arvind Krishna, said.
national debate champion Noa Ova- ing the debates and greetings deliv- whose Watson beat human champi- ISRAEL21C.ORG

Knesset spreads Shabbat spirit

● In Israel, a day of rest is no longer and Miki Zohar of Likud, was passed
reserved for the strictly religious. unanimously on Monday.
The Knesset approved a law The two lawmakers explained
that lets employees ask for that some observe Shabbat
a day off on Shabbat — traditions such as a Friday
even if they are not night dinner without
religiously observant. observing the letter
The Work and of religious law and
Rest Hours law had should be allowed a
required employees break from work.
of any religion to Those employed
prove that they were in jobs that involve
religiously observant in public health or safety still
order to take off work for their cannot refuse to work on their

Jews separated from families during

day of rest. sabbath, whether or not they
The new legislation, proposed are observant.

the Holocaust condemn border policy

by Aliza Lavie of the Yesh Atid party JTA WIRE SERVICE

● A group representing children hidden adding that many children separated

Candlelighting: Friday, June 22, 8:14 p.m.
Shabbat ends: Saturday, June 23, 9:22 p.m.
CONTENTS
NOSHES ...............................................................4
BRIEFLY LOCAL .............................................. 15
ROCKLAND ......................................................16
COVER STORY ................................................. 18
JEWISH WORLD ............................................20
OPINION ........................................................... 26
D’VAR TORAH ................................................. 31
THE FRAZZLED HOUSEWIFE ................... 32
CROSSWORD PUZZLE ................................ 32
ARTS & CULTURE .......................................... 33
CALENDAR ......................................................34
OBITUARIES .................................................... 37
CLASSIFIEDS .................................................. 38
REAL ESTATE...................................................41
during the Holocaust slammed the U.S. from their parents during the Holocaust
border policy of separating families still had not overcome the trauma.
seeking asylum. “Most hidden children are now in their
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probably the worst thing that ever hap- and it still hurts, it still aches,” she said.
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any employees.
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Noshes
“Ummm sorry David Brooks ‘religious
bisexuality’ is when you start having crushes on
girls in your religious high school at 14 but feel
too weird to say anything about it to
AT THE MOVIES:
anyone besides your diary for like 8 years.”
A dino tale, — Forward columnist Talia Lavin writing on Twitter after New York Times
a mensch’s tale, columnist David Brooks declared himself a “religious bisexual” for embracing
and a late note both Judaism and Christianity

“Jurassic Park: co-starred in the first two the same name. I know
Fallen Kingdom” “Jurassic” pics, has a small that Shapiro’s mother
is the fourth but important cameo. The isn’t Jewish. Her father
sequel since “Jurassic script was co-written by probably is Jewish. As
Park,” the blockbuster COLIN TREVORROW, 41. with most newcomers,
1992 STEVEN SPIEL- Advance reviews are bio details are scanty,
BERG film that posited great for “Won’t You Be My and right now, I have no
that dinosaurs could be Neighbor?” a documentary idea how she identifies in
brought back from about the beloved chil- a religious/ethnic sense.
extinction by using their dren’s program host Fred “Hereditary’s” director
ancient DNA. The Rogers (1928-2003). Mr. and writer, ARI ASTER,
premise was interesting, Rogers’ children’s program a Brooklyn native, is
but what knocked began in Pittsburgh in 1954, known for going out on
everyone’s socks off as its star simultaneously Ted Levine Jeff Goldblum Colin Trevorrow the edge cinematically.
were the astonishing took theology classes at a His 2011 short fictional
computer generated spe- nearby Presbyterian semi- film, “The Strange Thing
cial effects — CGI — that nary. He was ordained in About the Johnsons,”
made the dinosaurs 1963. He always intended was about a model black
come alive on the to incorporate his religious family marred by one
big screen. training into his TV host- nasty secret: molesta-
Reviews for “Fallen” ing skills. tion was going on. The
are mixed at best, but In the Feb. 1, 2017, issue film got good reviews.
many are like this BBC of the “Canadian Jewish Still, Aster, about 30, had
review: “The plot might News” there is an article to respond to questions
be ludicrous and the CGI by MICHAEL TAUBE about about how a white, Jew-
below par, but the latest some of Mr. Rogers’ Jewish ish guy could write and
dinosaur blockbuster is connections. Summarized, direct such a film. He re-
good old-fashioned sum- here, are three of the big- plied that race had little
mer entertainment.” gest. Taube’s article was Alex Wolff Lindsay Mendez Justin Peck to do with the story.
As the last sequel prompted by an award
ended, the island theme (“Pursuer of Peace”) given and even spins a dreidel. listings or make a mental her daughter’s family
Mea culpa
park where the dinosaurs in 2014 by Pittsburgh Con- Had I checked
(3) HEDDA SHERPAN, the note to see it when it be- begins to unravel cryptic
lived has been destroyed gregation Rodef Shalom to further, I would
granddaughter of a Ho- gins streaming.) and increasingly terrify-
and the dinosaurs fend Mr. Rogers’ widow. have found out
locaust survivor, was one I didn’t cover the June ing secrets about their
for themselves in the (1) Rogers’ book, “The that LINDSAY MENDEZ,
of his program’s longest- 8 opening of “Heredi- ancestry. As they find
jungle. As the new film Giving Box: Create a Tradi- 35, who won the Tony for
serving staff members tary.” (My column that out more about their lin-
opens, a long-dormant tion of Giving with Your featured actress in a
— she was associate week was all about eage, they try to outrun
volcano on the island Children” (2000), was musical (“Carousel”), is
director and producer. In ROSEANNE BARR.) Well, a sinister fate that seems
comes to life, threaten- inspired by the Jewish the daughter of a Jewish
October 2016, she said: “Hereditary” got great to be inherited. ALEX
ing to make dinos extinct tradition of the tzeda- mother and a Mexican-
“I had such great respect reviews and now is turn- WOLFF, 20, plays one of
again. The effort to save kah box, which promotes American non-Jewish
for [Rogers’] wisdom and ing into the mini-block- Ellen’s sons.
them is led by charac- savings and philanthropy. father. Since the Tonys, I
his commitment to serve buster of the summer Milly Shapiro plays
ters played by Chris Pratt (2) A prominent “Happy dug out that JUSTIN
children and families in an and the season’s must- Ellen’s daughter. Shap-
and Bryce Dallas How- Chanukah” banner appears PECK, 30, who won the
authentic and meaning- see thriller/horror film. iro, 18, is making her film
ard. The supporting cast early in the 1977 prime-time choreography Tony (also
ful way — so I wanted to It’s probably still playing debut. She won a special
includes TED LEVINE, special “Christmastime with for “Carousel”), has a
do my very best.” (Open- near you. Tony in 2012 for originat-
61 (“Monk”). JEFF Mr. Rogers.” Later on, Rog- Jewish father and a
ing dates vary a great Basic plot: when El- ing the role of Matilda in
GOLDBLUM, 65, who ers talks about Chanukah non-Jewish mother.
deal. Check local theater len (Toni Collette) dies, the Broadway musical of
–N.B.

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Local
A federal case
Justice department joins Chabad zoning fight against Woodcliff Lake
LARRY YUDELSON
V
alley Chabad in Woodcliff Lake,
which just celebrated its 18th
anniversary, has been trying
to expand for years. After its
request for a zoning variance was voted
down in 2016, it filed suit against the Bor-
ough of Woodcliff Lake. The case, in federal
court, has been proceeding slowly. The two
sides are now in the discovery process.
Now, that legal battle has been joined by
a higher authority.
Last week, the Justice Department
announced that it had filed its own suit
against the Borough of Woodcliff Lake for
illegally blocking Chabad’s plans for growth.
“We allege that over an eight-year period
the town stopped every effort by the group
to purchase an alternative worship site, and
then denied it permission to expand on its
property,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions
told the Orthodox Union Advocacy Cen-
ter’s Annual Leadership Mission last week,
announcing the case. The case was filed
under the 2000 Religious Land Use and
Institutionalized Persons Act.
Mr. Sessions told the group that he was
a senator when the law was passed. “I
remember that Congress heard testimony
that although Jews make up two percent
of the population, they made up more that
20 percent of all reported zoning decisions.
Sadly, that has not changed much. About 15
percent of our open RLUIPA investigations
involve synagogues,” he said.
The lawsuit, like the private suit
that preceded it, alleges that Woodcliff
Lake repeatedly interfered with Valley
Chabad’s efforts to expand both by sabo-
taging efforts to buy new properties and
refusing to allow zoning variances to
expand on its present property..
Woodcliff Lake, for its part, denies that
there is any animus against Chabad.
“The Borough of Woodcliff Lake has in
the past and will continue to welcome peo-
ple of all faiths, including Valley Chabad,”
Ronald Dario, the town’s attorney, wrote in
an email to the Jewish Standard.
“We have in the past and will continue
to cooperate with any investigation into
the Borough’s policies and procedures.
We maintain that our Borough is non-
discriminatory and welcoming for people
of all faiths.
“Lastly, we are saddened by the response
of the Valley Chabad in their choice to take
this action against our quiet New Jersey
town, comprised of hard-working people
of all faiths, that welcomed them into our
community. We merely requested that they
conform to the rules and regulations as
6 JEWISH STANDARD JUNE 22, 2018
required within our Borough borders.”
“We are confident that both Valley
Chabad as well as the Justice Department
will conclude that the evidence supports
non-discriminatory actions of the Bor-
ough and the Zoning Board,” the email
concluded.
For its part, however, the Justice
Department has, in its filing, already
reached a conclusion.
Its suit alleges that Woodcliff Lake has
“prevented Valley Chabad from purchas-
ing alternative sites in the Borough over
an eight-year period, and then denied
Valley Chabad’s efforts to expand on its
current site, thus imposing a substantial
burden on its religious exercise,” in viola-
tion of RLUIPA.
The Justice Department alleges that the
borough has been motivated by religious
animus against Chabad.
“In the early 2000s, the Valley Chabad
community, through conversations
between Rabbi Drizin and a Borough offi-
cial, became aware of concerns that its pres-
ence would transform the Borough into a
town similar to Monsey, New York,” the fed-
eral suit alleges. “The Borough official asked
Rabbi Drizin for a letter that would explain
how Valley Chabad differed from the reli-
gious community in Monsey.”
The Justice
Department
alleges that the
borough has
been motivated
by religious
animus against
Chabad.
In 2006, according to the suit, Valley
Chabad had contracted to purchase a larger
property in Woodcliff Lake. Then a member
of the Borough Council raised the idea of
purchasing the property through eminent
domain. Valley Chabad canceled the con-
tract; Woodcliff Lake acquired the property.
In 2011, Valley Chabad was in negotia-
tions with the owners of three adjacent
properties. After it entered a contract
to purchase one of them, the lawsuit
contends that “the Borough expressed
interest in creating a zoning overlay that
would include the County Road Prop-
erties and permit the development of
Attorney General Jeff Sessions tells the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center’s
Annual Leadership Mission that the Justice Department will sue Woodcliff
Lake for denying a variance to Valley Chabad.
townhomes on those properties.”
The seller then canceled the contract,
the borough passed an ordinance permit-
ting townhouses, and townhouses were
built on the properties.
In 2013, Valley Chabad entered a con-
tract to buy another property. “We are
Woodcliff Lake residents and we do
not want the character of the town to
change,” is how one council member
responded to news of the planned pur-
chase. The council voted to acquire the
property and eventually did acquire it.
For its part, the town denies this alleged
series of events.
“There is no evidence to support the
claim that Borough officials did anything to
interfere in the attempts by Valley Chabad
to purchase other properties,” Mr. Dario,
the borough’s attorney, wrote. “In fact,
the Borough has attempted to assist Valley
Chabad by identifying other larger plots
that can easily accommodate their needs.
For reasons unknown to the Borough, Val-
ley Chabad has walked away from other
projects and failed to entertain the idea of
building on approved locations within the
Borough, which were in conformity with
the Borough’s land use regulations.”
However, the federal law suit contends
that Chabad sought the necessary zon-
ing variances to expand on their present
property.
After several hearings, and revisions to
their plans, their request to expand was
unanimously rejected by the Zoning Board.
But, the lawsuit argues, “The variances
requested by Valley Chabad in its vari-
ance application do not present a threat
to any compelling governmental interest
of the Borough.
“The Zoning Board did not use the
least restrictive means of addressing its
purported concerns about traffic, park-
ing, erosion, flooding, and other sup-
posed impacts when it denied Valley
Chabad’s variance application.
“ The Zoning B oard could have
approved Valley Chabad’s variance appli-
cation with conditions that addressed
the Borough’s purported concerns about
traffic, parking, erosion, flooding, and
other supposed impacts, but did not do
so,” the federal lawsuit alleges.
The borough attorney disagreed: “The
issue before us is not one of religious dis-
crimination, but is strictly a matter of build-
ing size, in that Valley Chabad continues to
demand the construction of a 17,000 sq.
foot facility with seating for 400 plus con-
gregants, on a single family home plot. The
Borough’s Zoning Ordinance requires a
three acre minimum for such a facility. The
proposed Chabad location is for a property
of less than half the required size. The fact
that the zoning application required two
dozen variances shows how ill suited the
property is for their proposed use.”
What’s the likely impact of the federal
government joining in the law suit?
“Usually it’s an eye-opener for the munic-
ipality,” Eric Rassbach said. Mr. Rassbach
is vice president and senior counsel at the
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Local
When history is in your house
Family members can trace their yichus with pride
LOIS GOLDRICH
W
hat must it feel like to open a history book
and read about your grandfather? Or to
take out a book on Jewish history from the
library and realize that it was written by
your uncle?
Longtime Teaneck resident Bernard Rous can tell us what
it feels like. His grandfather, Rabbi Elias Louis Solomon, was
an early leader of the Conservative movement — he was
ordained by Solomon Schechter at the Jewish Theological
Seminary in 1904 — as well as a co-founder of United Syna-
gogue. His Uncle Sol, Rabbi Solomon Grayzel, headed the
Jewish Publication Society and was deemed an authority in
the field of Jewish history.
Mr. Rous, an accomplished Torah reader at Teaneck’s
Congregation Beth Sholom, said he doesn’t know if Jewish
knowledge is genetic or not, “but I think if there are koha-
nim or levi’im or rabbis in your family tree, it will show up
somewhere.”
In addition to yichus, Rous has stories — and at least one
souvenir. He owns a filigreed silver quill pen that was pre-
sented to Solomon Schechter by Dr. Yaakov Nacht on behalf
of the Zionist Faction. Exactly what the Zionist Faction is
remains a mystery, but
that is what was engraved
on one side of a little knife
screwed into the top of the
pen, presumably to sharpen
the quill. The other side of
the quill sharpener reads
“‘lo b’chail, v’lo b’co’ach,
kee eem b’ruach’ — Ot zic-
aron l’ven erainu, gebor
ha-ayt, chacham, v’sofer”
— “‘Not by might and not by
power but by spirit’ — A sign
of remembrance to a son of
our city, a hero of the pen, a
sage, and a writer.”
“I don’t know if the Zion-
ist Faction deliberately left
the yud off ‘b’ruchi (my
spirit)’ in the quote from
Zecharia above, but it is def-
initely missing,” Mr. Rous
said.
Mathilde Schechter pre-
sented the pen to Elias Sol-
The silver pen with omon when her husband
a yad inserted at the died in 1915. “Mathilde
tip was presented to gave it to my grandfa-
Solomon Schechter. ther because [Solomon
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Schechter] wanted him to have it,” Mr. Rous said. He is
proud of his grandfather, and he calls the pen — and all
that it represents — “priceless.” He said he recently visited
a silversmith to have a yad inserted into the end of the
pen, which used to hold the quill. “Now I can use it to read
Torah,” he said.
Ms. Rous said that his grandfather’s cemetery plot is adja-
cent to — possibly at the foot of — Schechter’s plot at Mount
Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, Queens. “The positioning
was deliberate,” he said. “He did it out of affection.” Indeed,
Rabbi Solomon, who remained devoted to his mentor, deliv-
ered Schechter’s eulogy when his mentor died.
Rabbi Elias Solomon was born in Vilna as Eliahu Eliezer
ben Shlomo. He immigrated to the United States in 1888
after sojourns in England, Cyprus, and Palestine. Before he
was ordained at JTS, he earned a bachelor’s degree from
City College in New York. After ordination, he headed the
Barnert Memorial Hebrew School in Paterson, was the
religious leader of Congregations Beth Mordechai in Perth
Amboy and Kehillath Israel in the Bronx, was
associate rabbi of Kehillath Jeshurun in Man-
hattan, and finally because rabbi of Sha’arei
Zedek on New York’s Upper West Side, where
he remained until his death. (The boundar-
ies between the newly established Conserva-
tive movement and the Orthodox world were
porous then, so he was able to move between Rabbi Elias Solomon and his wife
them with ease.) Libby at their summer place in
He was an early president of the United Syna- the Catskills. Inset, Bernard Rous
gogue; during his tenure the Women’s League
and the Young People’s League were estab- “read and write a bit. It’s where I got
lished, the United Synagogue Recorder was inspired.”
launched, and plans were made to build the His uncle, as it happened, “had a
Yeshurun Synagogue in Jerusalem. He remained the organi- reputation for being irascible and short-tempered, but with
zation’s honorary lifetime president. In addition, he served me he was the most patient person in the world. Because of
as president of the JTS Alumni Association, the predecessor that, when I became bar mitzvah, it stuck with me. I learned
of the Rabbinical Assembly. how to read Torah and I still do.” Later, working with Can-
He also held many roles on the national Jewish stage, tor Kurt Silberman at Temple Emanu-El in Englewood, he
including leadership roles with the America Pro-Falasha learned even more. His family moved to Englewood when
Committee, the American Biblical Encyclopedia, and the he was 2, and he was raised there. His father, Arthur Rous,
Jewish Braille Society of America. was “totally secular. He rarely stepped into shul.”
Ms. Rous knows all this. But this also was his grandfather, But his mother, the rabbi’s daughter, was another story.
the man who headed the Shabbat dinners and seders at his Dr. Grayzel, who was married to Sophie, Mr. Rous’ moth-
New York home for the extended family and who — with er’s sister, also was a JTS graduate. He was born in Minsk, the
Mr. Rous’ uncles, aunts, and parents — “bought a place in youngest of 13 children. “By the time he was born, he was
the Catskills in Tannersville, New York” (which he called already an uncle,” Mr. Rous said, adding that according to
“the other side of the Borscht Belt”). “Every summer, when one story, his nieces and nephew dangled their baby uncle
school was out, from June until the fall, I spent summers on their knees.
with my grandfather and uncle.” “He was a rabbi for a short time in New Jersey,” Mr. Rous
His uncle — that’s historian Solomon Grayzel — “took a continued. “He was not a patient man and pastoral activities
shine to me, and on Shabbat afternoon, after attending shul, didn’t suit his character. He was a scholar and a historian. In
we would study and he would teach me.” They learned addition to his well-known textbook ‘A History of the Jews,’,
Pirke Avot, and Uncle Sol also taught his young nephew to SEE HISTORY PAGE 14
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This student shows creative app-titude

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

O
n the first day of the 2018
Apple Worldwide Developers
Conference in San Jose, 5,350
attendees sat down to lunch.
Exactly two of those meals were kosher
by request.
Ordering a kosher lunch wasn’t the only
way in which 18-year-old Aryeh Greenberg
of Teaneck stood out from the crowd at
WWDC, held from June 4 to 8. He also was
one of only 350 applicants to be awarded a
scholarship to the annual event. The other
5,000 tickets — which cost $1,599 apiece —
are granted by lottery.
In fact, it was the second year in a row
that Mr. Greenberg won a scholarship enti-
tling him to a free WWDC ticket, free lodg-
ing, and a free one-year Apple developer
membership.
Nobody knows exactly how many stu-
dents over 13 years old vied for the schol-
arship by submitting an original three-
minute interactive scene on Apple’s Swift
Playground (they’re judged on the basis of
technical accomplishment and creativity
of ideas) and answering written
questions. Rumor has it that the
acceptance rate is between 5 and
15 percent.
“I’ve always been a diehard
Apple fan,” Mr. Greenberg said,
perhaps stating the obvious. “Any-
one who knows a lot about Apple Aryeh Greenberg of Teaneck outside the San Jose Convention Center during
wants to go to this conference.” Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference. Inset, Greenberg in a selfie with
WWDC is where Apple announces Apple chief Tim Cook.
new product releases and updates
for the coming year. Mostly, how- gratefully that Mr. Greenberg had found with ready-to-heat kosher meals; Apple
ever, the conference is a wonder- a genuine mistake in the product docu- only provided lunch.
land for Apple developers from mentation having to do with setting the The young developer, a regular
across the globe. Mr. Greenberg friction of an animated object. attendee of the teen minyan at Congre-
roomed with a 22-year-old Bra- “I love programming and creating in gation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, prayed
zilian participant in a dorm at general,” Mr. Greenberg said. “I have on his own each day of the conference.
San Jose State University, about a remote-control airplanes I built with Rather than a kippah, he opted to cover
15-minute walk from the San Jose my own hands. But it’s more expen- his head with an Apple hat, though offi-
Convention Center. sive to make an object. Building some- cials asked him to remove it for public-
“My favorite thing at this event thing virtual is low cost, and you don’t ity photos.
is just talking to the people there,” need a physical workshop.” The publicity truly paid off. On June 2,
he said. “The first day, they brought Earlier this year, Mr. Greenberg Apple featured apps from WWDC 2018
the scholarship winners to Apple’s was captain of the software group of scholarship winners in a special editorial
new headquarters and had an orienta- for developing apps. They may ask the the Lionotics 2 robotics team from the piece in the Today tab of the iOS 11 App
tion for us. We went into Steve Jobs The- engineer for help with a problem they’ve Yeshiva University High School for Boys Store. “I got 6,000 downloads of my app
ater for lectures and they gave us free encountered or point out a possible bug. (Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy) from that,” Mr. Greenberg reported.
AirPods, the wireless earbuds that cost He actually did both in his conversa- who made history as the first yeshiva Mr. Greenberg graduated from high
$160.” He took this opportunity to snap a tion with the engineer behind SpriteKit, high school team ever to qualify for the school on June 11. This summer, he will
selfie with Apple Chief Executive Officer a graphics rendering and animation infra- FIRST Tech Challenge East Region Super- intern as an iOS developer at EventMate,
Tim Cook. structure for animating textured images. Regional Championship. a startup in SoHo. He then will fly to
“Aside from that, the whole conference Mr. Greenberg had used SpriteKit to As a senior, he didn’t miss any school to Israel for a gap-year program at Yeshivat
is sessions and labs,” he continued. “Ses- create his scholarship entry, a short game attend the WWDC because classes already Eretz HaTzvi in Jerusalem.
sions are classes of about 1,000 people featuring an animated Apple Car with a had finished for the semester. Last year, he “My main takeaway from WWDC was a
each, where a team of engineers speaks. bobblehead Tim Cook on top, in which the not only missed classes but also some final lot of new connections,” he said. “I spoke
The coolest part of the event by far is the player uses special features of the Apple exams, with the permission of his parents to a couple of engineers about machine
labs, where you speak to Apple engineers Car to accomplish feats from climbing a and the administration. learning, something I’ll get more into in
one-on-one as long as you want.” wall (level 1) to launching the car to Pluto To get to the conference on time, Mr. the future. And I got to play SwiftShot, a
Mr. Greenberg explained that partici- using built-in rocket thrusters (level 4). Greenberg spent the Shabbat before it in very cool new augmented-reality game.
pants choose which engineers to approach The SpriteKit engineer showed Mr. San Francisco, with Rabbi Joel Landau I’m looking into making an augmented
by checking the schedule to find out who Greenberg something he had been doing and his family, and he headed to San Jose reality multiplayer game; I’m updating
made the particular software they’re using incorrectly, but also acknowledged on Saturday night. He’d come stocked up my Mac right now to start working on it.”

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Reading clothing
Local artists exhibit at show where modesty drapes the discussion
JOANNE PALMER

M
odesty — tzniut, to call it by
its Hebrew name — is a spiri-
tual value by which all Jews
are supposed to guide them-
selves (although it is a value that generally
the Orthodox world stresses more than lib-
eral Jews do).
Modesty — tznius, to call it by its more
down-home Yiddish name — is a practical
regulation that governs what Orthodox
women wear, and how they present them-
selves physically in the world.
The Jewish Art Salon has put together
an exhibit called “The Invisible Jew,” in
which 38 artists from around the country,
the continent, Israel, and the world exam-
ine, as the long subtitle tells us, “the lack
of representation of women in Orthodox
media, the circumstances that allowed it,
its consequences, and related issues.”
The exhibit will be in Red Bank (see box),
but two of those 38 artists, Miriam Stern and
Joel Silverstein, are from Bergen County.
“I’ve been doing work around this
issue since the early 1990s,” Ms. Stern
said. She lives in Teaneck, grew up Ortho-
dox, and dislikes labels but now belongs
to both an Orthodox and a Conservative
shul — and is married to an Orthodox
rabbi, Dr. Michael Chernick, so her cre-
dentials are unassailable. “The first show
that I had was at Yeshiva University, and
it was about wigs and covering the body “Tznius Police” by Miriam Stern
(and I give YU credit for exhibiting it).”
But Ms. Stern makes clear that her work “The name of the piece was ‘Double found photographs of some famous “I think that true modesty doesn’t
is not about passing judgment on the Exposure.’ The question was whether (and famously scantily dressed) sing- demand that you walk around hunched
way modesty is defined or enforced — or she was modest. In my opinion, she isn’t ers, actors, and other celebrities. She over, trying not to be seen,” she added.
about anything else, for that matter. “I modest in either.” Even in the side where made a piece called “Tznius Police”; in “And modesty also affects speech. Mod-
just ask questions,” she said. “I don’t ever she’s wearing a long skirt, “she still is that work, “I used a marker to mark out esty is a big thing. It’s so much more than
say that this is wrong or stupid. That is sitting there with her legs spread,” Ms. which parts of their bodies shouldn’t be the length of a skirt or a neckline. That’s
not at all the point. The point is to think Stern said. seen,” she said. just one small aspect of modesty and it
about what it means to be modest. “It’s about who you are and how you “Your attitude, the truth about who should be individually decided.
“Is it just about the length of your sleeve, present yourself,” she continued. “It you are,” is the thing that other peo- “My point is that we should not just look
or does it have other layers of meaning?” is not just how many inches below the ple can see the most clearly. There are
Ms. Sterns remembers a piece that she elbow your sleeve is. women, powerful women, whose power
did in the mid-90s. It shows Drew Barry- “A big part of that exhibit was about can come through to observers no matter
more “sitting in a very provocative way, married women covering their hair, what they wear.”
with her legs stretched out. On the other about the choice between a wig as Look, for example, at the series about
side of the painting, it showed her sitting opposed to a kerchief or a hat,” she said. Beyoncé. If you were to cut out Beyoncé”
in the same way, but with her legs covered In 2015, the artist Jim Shaw put up an — that is, cut out the figure in Ms. Stern’s
up by a long skirt. exhibition in Mass MOCA, the contem- artwork, paper doll-style — “and put
porary art museum in North Adams. “It on the modest clothes” — paper-doll
Who: The Jewish Art Salon, which had nothing to do with tzniut, or with Beyonce’s Miriam Stern-created clothing
includes artists Miriam Stern of Teaneck women, but he used crazy wigs,” Ms. — “I don’t think that she’d be in any way
and Joel Silverstein of Mahwah Stern said. “They were outrageous. I took anyone other than Beyoncé. It’s the way
What: Offers an exhibit, “The Invisible photos of the wigs, and then I revisited she’s standing, and the way she just is.
Jew” the idea of using these crazy, crazy wigs, “It’s about the superficiality of judging
Where: Detour Galley, 24 Clay St., and then I realized that I should revisit clothes,” she said.
Red Bank the part about clothing also.” “If you think that modesty is a value that
When: The exhibit runs from June The wigs’ flamboyant fabulous- should be elevated, both for Jews and for
24 to July 12; the opening reception ness inspired Ms. Stern. She looked non-Jews, it is important to think not only
is June 24 from 3 to 5 p.m. Hours are at the divide between the outrageous- about the items of clothing you are wear-
Tuesday through Saturday, 9 to 5, by ness of pop stars and the behavior ing but how you carry yourself and how
appointment. Call (732) 704-3115. expected of Orthodox women. So she you present yourself to the world. “Tamar” by Joel Silverstein

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Local
Federal Case
FROM PAGE 6
Becket Fund, a nonprofit organization specializing in liti-
gating religious liberty claims — including zoning matters.
“Sometimes you see the municipality say, ‘We were
wrong, we’ll stop that.’ Others view it as this grave insult
to their dignity and really entrench themselves in their
position,” he said.
Mr. Rassbach said RLUIPA cases “come up pretty much
anywhere there’s a religious group that’s not as popular
as other groups. The sort of church that has been there
14 JEWISH STANDARD JUNE 22, 2018
a long time usually doesn’t have a problem. The mosque
that just moved in has more issues,” he said. A few years
back, the Becket Fund fought for an Albanian mosque
in Wayne.
Does a court case guarantee victory?
“They can go either way,” Mr. Rassbach said. “It
depends a lot on the facts. They tend to be very fact-
intensive cases. Sometimes the defendant can say, ‘We
can’t allow this for X, Y, and Z reasons’ and they can put
forth a decent reason. The local government is put to its
proof. It can’t just speculate.”
In his remarks to the Orthodox Union, Mr. Sessions
announced a new program, the Place to Worship Initia-
tive, which aims to raise awareness about the legal rights
of religious institutions under RLUIPA.
“I am hopeful that, as more people learn their rights,
they will speak out where discrimination exists and pre-
vent further discrimination from happening,” Mr. Ses-
sions said.
Mr. Rassbach said that such education “might head off
a lot of these disputes early on.”
“A lot of these localities do not realize they are bound
by this federal civil rights statute and treat religious
institutions like they do a lot of land use applicants. In a
lot of municipalities, there are some people who enjoy
the power of being able to say no to particular land use
applicants. They’re very unused to seeing this sort of
federal statute come in and say you have to treat this
as something that is specially protected as opposed to a
convenience store,” Mr. Rassbach said.
History
FROM PAGE 8
he wrote a very interesting volume called ‘The Church
and the Jews in the 13th Century.’”
The book, dealing in large part with papal pro-
nouncements that critically altered Christian-Jewish
relationships, required research in the Vatican. “He was
the first Jew allowed into the Vatican Library to study
papal bulls,” Mr. Rous said. “They were all in Latin.” His
mother, Vivian, who had gotten her master’s in Latin at
Hunter College and lived until the age of 102, was able to
help him with some of his research.
Mr. Rous said that his family’s published bios don’t
always match the stories he heard over the years. He
remembers his grandfather — he was 11 when the rabbi
died, in 1956. For example, the Virtual Jewish Library
reports that Rabbi Solomon was born in 1879, but Mr.
Rous thought it was 1878. In addition, “they say he immi-
grated to the U.S. with his family. I believe he came alone
as a young boy to meet his older brothers or uncles.” At
any rate, none of those hardcopy versions record the
more personal family stories.
For example, Mr. Rous said, “When he came on a
boat from Palestine to New York, someone gave him a
banana. He didn’t know what it was. So he ate it — with
the skin.” Another story presaged his grandfather’s
move away from Orthodoxy. “He must have known he
wasn’t going to be so Orthodox,” Mr. Rous said. “When
he arrived at Ellis Island, just coming off the boat, he cut
off his payes.” And he wasn’t old-fashioned. “He had two
daughters, my mother and my aunt. Both had college
educations.”
What else does Mr. Rous remember? He recalls that
his grandfather always said “Guten Shabbes” twice in a
row; that “Grandma Libby,” his grandfather Rabbi Elias
Solomon’s wife, was very short, warm, and jolly. Despite
her autocratic tendencies, we really loved her.”
Mr. Rous, now retired from his position as director of
publications for the Association of Computing Machin-
ery, has much to occupy him, in addition to Torah read-
ing. He and his wife, Sue Grand, maintain a large and
lovely garden. “Sue is a psychologist,” he said. “Her office
faces the garden. She said it’s part of her clients’ therapy.”
A self-taught artist, he also has a studio in his backyard
and is filling up its walls with his drawings and paintings.
Reflecting once more on his pen, Mr. Rous said it
is priceless not only because it is elegant and old, but
also because “It’s like a piece of history. It connects my
grandfather to Solomon Schechter and the Zionist Fac-
tion and the early years of the Conservative movement.
It’s an entire period of history.”
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Wayne shul
adorns its
new doors
Rabbi Meeka Simerly, the leader of

COURTESY TEMPLE BETH TIKVAH

SANDY ALPERN
Temple Beth Tikvah in Wayne, hangs
and blesses a new mezuzah on the
doorpost of new doors in the front of
the sanctuary.
Founding and charter members at the celebration included, from left, Irene
Reiss, Helga Bodeen, Lola and Henry Weber, Albert Nahum, and Elaine Adler.

JCCP/CBT annual dinner marks

60 years since groundbreaking
About 125 guests celebrated the 60th
anniversary of the groundbreaking of
the Jewish Community Center of Para-
mus, now known as the JCC/Congrega-
tion Beth Tikvah.
Shul pre sident Howard L eop -
old, Rabbi Arthur Weiner, and Para-
mus Mayor Richard LaBarbiera were
among the speakers. Mayor LaBarbiera
included his appreciation to the shul for
its help in the recent tragedy involving
the Eastbrook Middle School. Henry
Weber, the shul’s first president, read
the speech he gave 60 years before,
when the ground was broken for con-
struction of the JCCP.

Fred Nagler, principal and director of the Bergen County High School of Jewish
Studies, sixth from right, attends the NAACCHHS meeting.
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BCHSJS principal meets peers
at conference of Jewish educators
Fred Nagler recently attended the North
American Association of Community
and C ongre gational Hebrew High
Schools conference in Louisville, Ky. The
conference focused on understanding
today’s Jewish teens. David Bryfman
of the Jewish Education Project led
the discussion and made suggestions
on how to enhance school programs.
Other sessions included “Managing Teen
Stress,” “Preparing Students for College,”
“Mussar for Teens,” and online courses
for Jewish teens.
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NCJW Jersey Hills section
installs a slate of new officers
The Jersey Hills section of the National Council of Jewish Women installed its
officers on May 24. From left, Jane Levine, Ina Pearlman Laman, Lori Daugh-
erty, Linda Schlagel, Elaine Meyer, Arlene Bernhardt, Sylvia Krauss, Vicki Mono-
loy, Helen Grabman, Susan Amsterdam, Gladys Jacobs, section president Eileen
Janowsky, Leona Sesholtz, Joan Donow, Linda Cohen, and Harriet Berger.

Temple Emeth hosts pride Shabbat

O n F r i d a y, J u n e 8 ,
Teaneck’s Temple Emeth
held it Pride Shabbat ser-
vice. Bianca Chanel Mayes,
Garden State Equality’s
health and wellness coor-
COURTESY NORPAC

dinator, was the guest

speaker. She advocates for
the health of the lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and trans-
gender community.
Temple Emeth View- Dr. Daniel Feuer, left, with Drs. David Wisotsky and Lynn Sugarman,
points programming cel- Naomi Feuer, Representative Mark Meadows, and his wife, Debbie.
ebrates diversity of the
Jewish community and its
programs help educate
Karen Rappaport, left, chair of Emeth’s Viewpoints Norpac schedules meeting
people about interfaith,
Committee, Bianca Chanel Mayes, and Rabbi Steven
Sirbu.  BARBARA BALKIN
with North Carolina congressman
LGBT, and interracial Naomi and Dr. Daniel Feuer and Drs. Lynn Sugarman and David Wisotsky will host a
issues. Norpac pro-Israel meeting for Congressman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) on Sunday, June
24, at 9 a.m., in Englewood. Meeting chairs also include Drs. Esther and Ben Chouake.
For information, call (201) 788-5133 or email Avi@NORPAC.net.

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Suffern student receives doctorate
during JTS graduation ceremonies
Nehama Rose Benmosche of Suffern
was among the graduates at the
Jewish Theologic al Seminary ’s 124th
commencement ceremony; she received a
Ph.D. from the William Davidson Graduate
School of Jewish Education.
JTS Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen gave the
commencement address. Honorary degrees
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the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun professor
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Cover Story
Lily Cohen of Englewood, right foreground, and other members of the dance company perform at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades.
Gotta dance
Kaplen JCC’s youthful performers span all ages and styles
LOIS GOLDRICH
L
ily Cohen of Englewood jazz-
danced up Fifth Avenue dur-
ing this year’s Celebrate Israel
parade, joining the many thou-
sands of Israel supporters who turned out
to wish Israel a happy 70th birthday.
“We danced all the way along the route,”
said 11-year-old Lily, a student at Ben Porat
Yosef Yeshiva Day School in Paramus and
a member of the dance company at the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly. “I
love Israel and I love to dance, so this was
two of my favorite things together.”
And, she added, “There was a lot
of cheering.”
“It was the first JCC group ever to dance
all the way down the parade route,” said
Allyson Carolan of Dumont, the direc-
tor of the JCC dance program. “It was all
14 blocks — pretty terrific. Crowds were
screaming, clapping, and cheering.”
According to Ms. Carolan, who has
headed the JCC’s dance program for the
past nine years, some  425 students — rang-
ing from 18 months to 16 years old — are
now taking classes spanning all styles of
dance, from ballet to hip-hop. Most of the
18 JEWISH STANDARD JUNE 22, 2018
students come from Tenafly, Closter, and
Englewood, and some take six or seven
classes a week. And if the preponderance
of students are female, there are never-
theless plenty of boys who dance there as
well, many in hip-hop, and some in lyri-
cal dance.
Can 18-month-olds dance? The toddlers
do ballerina turns in their baby ballet class,
Ms. Carolan said. “They’re just adorable. I
love it.” Dance offerings for children a bit
older “run the gamut, with classes in bal-
let, tap, jazz, lyrical, pointe, and hip-hop.
Many students do more than one kind
of dancing.”
Ms. Carolan’s goals for her students
extend far beyond any one performance.
“The most important thing is the joy of
dancing — to flat out love what they do
and do what they love and share it with
the community.  If you can walk, you can
dance. If you’re enjoying what you’re
doing, we can make it work.”
Dance is a performing art as well as a
way of becoming involved in the wider
community, she added. “The company
children dance in mitzvah-based perfor-
mances all over the area. It’s really impor-
tant to give back to the community and
have the kids understand that dance is to
be shared.” The Israel parade is just one
example. JCC dancers have visited the Jew-
ish Home in Manhattan, the Actors Fund
Home in Englewood, and Mt. Sinai Chil-
dren’s Hospital.
“We talk to the kids about what we’re
doing and what we can bring to an audi-
ence,” she said, adding that “art is an
essential part of life. It brings out the
beauty, allowing the child to shine with
both inner and outer beauty.”  Next Janu-
ary, the company will visit Disneyworld,
doing jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, and contem-
porary dance. Students perform a ballet
every year — they danced “Swan Lake”
this year — and all 400 participate at the
annual dance recital, held this year on
June 10.
Ms. Carolan, who holds a fine arts
degree in musical theater from the Hartt
School at the University of Hartford, has
studied various styles of dance from the
time she was 2 years old, including each of
the styles she teaches at the JCC. She spent
several years performing professionally,
“before settling down and having babies”
(she has two boys and one girl). “My boys
did hip-hop for a while, before moving on
to baseball,” she said. “But my daughter
will be dancing.”
She has been teaching dance since
2000, and became the JCC dance direc-
tor in 2009. Her program is special, she
said, “because the main thing is that our
five teachers truly care about the health
and well-being of every single kid. That
doesn’t happen at other dance schools.”
In fact, she said, the school provides a ser-
vice that goes beyond dance. In between
school, dance, and homework, “there’s
not always a chance for parents to jump
in” and offer the immediate help a child
may need. That’s a gap the school can fill.
“We’re paying attention,” Ms. Carolan said.
Tzipora Cohen, the JCC’s chief market-
ing officer and Lily’s mother, echoed that
sentiment. “It’s very welcoming,” she
said. “They do a great job building the girls
up. It’s got a different kind of atmosphere
— you feel they care about each individual
girl. Being a shomer Shabbat family, we
know they’ll never schedule a competi-
tion on Friday or do something on Shab-
bat. We can participate fully.”
Lily has participated “in all different
types of dances for competitions,” mostly
held at dance schools, she said, and “I did

Sharon Mor of Tenafly has been
dancing at the Kaplen JCC since she
was 2.
good. Last year for the competition I got
to do hip-hop.” Company members are
required to study ballet or lyrical dance,
and choose one other kind of dance. Lily’s
favorite style is tap.
Lily said that she practices “all the time
at home. It’s worth it. The dance company
is so amazing. Not only does it build skills,
but we really come together as an incred-
ible group. There are kids from all differ-
ent communities and schools.”
“It’s inspirational,” her mother added.
“They’re great with the girls, teaching
them how to be mature young women,
how to conduct themselves.” The teach-
ers, she said, act like team coaches, “like
you’d see in basketball. You want to work
hard for them. You watch the dancers’
confidence skyrocket. They’re not scared
to perform.”
Lily, who said she would like to be a
A contingent of dancers from the Kaplen JCC step up Fifth Avenue during this year’s Celebrate Israel parade.
Cover Story
professional dancer, said she always looks
forward to the next class. “You can appre-
ciate being on the team,” she said. “It feels
very special. I’ve met so many people. It’s
fun to hang out with my dance friends.”
Fourteen-year-old dancer Sharon Mor
lives in Tenafly and attends Tenafly Middle
School. She has been dancing at the JCC
since she was 2. “I’ve done almost every
type of dance, but my favorite is lyrical, a
mix of ballet and jazz,” she said. “It’s soft
and nice.”
Sharon said that she had a great time
dancing down Fifth Avenue at the Israel Hip-hop appeals to these two boys in the dance program.
parade. “I enjoyed that a lot,” she said. “It
was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and
I wouldn’t have had it without the JCC.”
As part of the company, she has partici-
pated in several mitzvah visits. “I’ve been
to nursing homes, Mt. Sinai Children’s
hospital, and the JCC special needs pro-
gram. We danced with the people there,
and had a blast.”
Sharon continues to love dance, but she
has come to see it as a hobby, although she
would like to incorporate it into whatever
she does. For example, she said, “I’d like
to bring dance into a whole new world,
like medicine.” This year, she studied lyri-
cal dance and jazz, and she enjoyed it a
lot. “Dancing is a big part of my life,” she
said. “I can’t imagine life without it. One
year I did gymnastics, but then I went back
to dance.”
Why does she give it her all? “It allows The baby ballet class brings out the Lily Cohen accepts a bouquet after a
the dancers to have freedom. You feel at best in this toddler. recital at the JCC.
home. When you dance in front of teach-
ers or peers, you have the feeling that you And then there is that “warm feeling” and it was so much fun. We were learn-
gave them the message” you were trying she gets at the JCC. “I’ve grown up there,” ing together.”
to send. she said. “I’m always welcome. You build To learn more about the Kaplen JCC on
Fo r S h a r o n , d a n c e i s a f o r m a connection,” you grow close to the other the Palisades dance program, go to jccotp.
of communication. students you dance with. “I did a duet org/dance.
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Jewish World

In Tel Aviv’s African neighborhood,

asylum seekers strive for normal life
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TEL AVIV — The Sudanese pizza restau-
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noon, but that doesn’t seem to bother its
owner, Yakoub Al-Aldoum, who happily
cooks goulash in a small, square kitchen.
Pizza, his specialty, will go into the oven
in the evening, Al-Aldoum assures me
repeatedly. He makes a regular crust with
tomato sauce, then covers it with Suda-
nese staples like beans and lentils, or beef
or tuna.
Al-Aldoum picked up pizza baking in a
large restaurant in his home country of
Sudan, then took the craft with him to
Libya when he fled, seeking asylum.
Eleven years ago he arrived in Israel.
Like tens of thousands of other African
asylum seekers, he settled in the South Tel
Aviv neighborhood of Neve Shaanan, next
to the city’s grimy bus station, and found
work in restaurants. He draws Sudanese
customers, but also neighboring Eritreans,
local Israelis, and others.
“In Sudan, before, in Libya, we all
worked in pizza,” said Al-Aldoum, 47. “I
came here and there was no pizza. We
worked with meat. Now we work with
pizza and meat, beans, lentils, poultry — in
every form. We make a little money here, a
little money there.”
Adjacent to the restaurant is a bar that’s
easy to miss from the street. Its entrance
is through a blue metal gate, cordoned
off by a tarp and barbed wire. The only
way to know it’s there is from a rectangu-
lar sign above the gate showing a smiling
woman exhaling smoke from a hookah.
The entrance leads into a dim courtyard
covered by a tent.
A few African men are sitting on plastic
armchairs drinking coffee and smoking
hookahs , while a handful of others sit at
a table with a red-and-white checkered
tablecloth. Everyone is watching three TV
screens showing, respectively, a pro wres-
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rupted the rhythm of life with loud music and unruli-
ness in public. She feels that the government, which
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doned it.
“There were always problems, but we managed to
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Asylum is different than that of the Eritrean and Suda-
FROM PAGE 21 nese. He feels a sense of belonging in a Jewish
neighborhood now. He accused asylum country, while he says that for them, Israel is
seekers of “craziness,” though police statis- just a place they have been able to stay.
tics show that the local foreign-born popula- “For us, there was someone who took care
tion has a below-average crime rate. of us the right way, not like them,” said Shi-
Although foreign residents, mostly Afri- razi, 74. “They have care, but we had a home
can asylum seekers, make up a majority of here. We were coming to the land of Israel
residents of Neve Shaanan and its surround- to stay.”
ing area, they accounted for less than a third Neve Shaanan exists in the shadow of Tel
of the crime rate from 2015 to 2017. Police Aviv’s Central Bus Station, a concrete behe-
have also beefed up their presence there. moth that seems like it was designed by M.C.
The station responsible for Neve Shaanan’s Escher on an off day. The neighborhood’s
area grew from eight police officers in 2010 streets are shaped in semicircles, intended
to nearly 200 last year — plus 50 border to look like a menorah on the map, and com-
police officers. bine small storefronts with crowded, dilapi-
Shirazi, like his African neighbors, is an dated apartment buildings and some new
immigrant. He came from Iran with his fam- gentrified developments.
ily in 1958, when he was 14. He still longs for They are also dotted with unlicensed
his boyhood home — “You don’t forget the bars like the one next to the pizza place,
place,” Shirazi said — but added his situation called hamaras, that police have been trying
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to shut down. A
large, relatively
well-maintained
park is across the
street from the
bus station, where
children play on
a swing set and
drug addicts lay by
the curb.
The main pedes-
trian avenue, Neve
Shaanan Street,
is a row of stores:
There are Suda-
nese and Eritrean
restaurants selling
staples from their
home countries.
Next to them are
barbers, cloth- Yakoub Al-Aldoum cooks goulash in his restaurant
ing shops, phone kitchen. He opened up a fusion Sudanese-pizza place to
shops, and shoe diversify the neighborhood’s offerings.
stores. There are
also some places to send money abroad. throughout the years, a disadvantaged
A few stores are owned by old-time population remained here,” said David
Israeli locals, but in the evenings it’s
largely populated by African locals.
According to Tel Aviv’s official statis-
Cohen, a guide who does historical and
culinary tours of Neve Shaanan. “By
the ‘60s this was one of the most severe
tics, Neve Shaanan has about 5,000 resi- neighborhoods in Tel Aviv. Many of the
dents — part of a larger South Tel Aviv apartments were empty, without rent-
district with a population of 30,000. ers. A lot of businesses closed, and that
But the real number is much higher. An drew a lot of crime organizations.”
Israeli Knesset report from 2016 said It was still a bad neighborhood in
that anywhere between almost 15,000 the early 2000s when asylum seekers
and 30,000 African asylum seekers live began arriving from Africa. Because
in South Tel Aviv — most of them in and Neve Shaanan was next to the bus sta-
around Neve Shaanan. tion and so neglected — with abandoned
“The neighborhood is very crowded,” apartments and few police patrolling the
said Haim Goren, who has lived in Neve streets — it was an easy place for illegal
Shaanan for 11 years. “It’s a neighbor- immigrants to settle. Asylum seekers
hood where 20,000 people live, where filled the neighborhood as more than
30 years ago it was 5,000. There’s fric-
tion when you have tons of people on a
small land area.”
The neighborhood was founded in
1921 by another set of refugees — Jews
fleeing anti-Semitic violence in the adja-
cent Jaffa. Funded by foreign Jewish phi-
lanthropy, they eventually built a row
of orchards that supplied Europe with
fresh Jaffa oranges. In the 1920s, Tel Aviv
incorporated the neighborhood and
established its central bus station there
in the 1940s, filling the streets with noise
and pollution, and driving out anyone
who could afford to move. So another
set of refugees — recent immigrants to
the new Jewish state — filled it up.
It was known, however, as the shoe
district. In the era before ubiquitous
malls, Neve Shaanan Street was where Teklit Michael is an Eritrean activist
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40,000 came between 2010 and 2012.
Many spent their first few nights sleep-
ing in Levinsky Park next to the bus sta-
tion, then moved into small apartments
where eight or 10 people slept on mat-
tresses. Because the asylum seekers have
few rights in Israel, they are prone to
exploitation by landlords charging high
rents and demanding payments in cash.
They have also consistently faced rac-
ism from locals as well as national poli-
ticians. In 2012, a mob attacked African
residents of South Tel Aviv. Miri Regev,
now Israel’s culture minister, called them
a “cancer” (she later apologized). Official
government documents refer to them as
“infiltrators.”
The neighborhood has changed drasti-
cally with the influx of Africans, although
even longtime residents can’t always
agree how. Ayala Sinvani complained
both that the African population was
made up of young rowdy men — and that
too many African children are crowding
local schools.
“We are not living here, we are surviv-
ing,” said Teklit Michael, an Eritrean asy-
lum seeker who came to Israel in 2008 and
has since become an activist, serving as a
spokesman for his community and helping
fellow asylum seekers secure their rights.
“You don’t know what’s going to happen
the day after right now. You have to live as
you can, to be safe for the day.”
Last month, Michael was denied a
checkbook by his Israeli bank.
African residents all said the same thing.
They wake up early to go to service jobs —
in restaurant kitchens, as busboys, factory
workers or street cleaners — then come
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people making noise on the street, but life in
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Jewish World
Jewish activists are helping families
separated at the border
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W
hen Mary McCabe explains
America’s immigration
courts to children who have
been separated from their
parents, she tries to make it interactive.
She draws a sketch of a courtroom and
asks kids to identify the figures in the room
— like the judge or the lawyers — and where
they sit. For younger ones, ages 6 or 7, she
brings a box of crayons and a sketchpad for
doodling. Older kids sometimes play with
a toy that drips colored oil into water. Any-
thing to give them a little diversion from her
discussing why they are apart from their par-
ents — and what happens next.
“I’ll bring along art supplies that they can
use so when we talk, they don’t have to stare
at me and talk. They can talk while they
color,” said McCabe, an immigration attor-
ney with HIAS Pennsylvania, an indepen-
dent Jewish refugee aid organization that’s
a separate partner of the national agency
HIAS.
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“Even the older kids, talking about some-
thing that’s upsetting, they can play with
that and it helps them be less upset,” she
said of the water toy. “If they can play and
have something they’re fiddling with, it can
be easier to talk sometimes.”
HIAS Pennsylvania is one of the Jewish
groups actively aiding families that have
been separated at the southern U.S. border
under a new government policy dictating
that every illegal migrant who crosses the
United States border will be prosecuted and
detained. Since children cannot be pros-
ecuted with adults, they are reclassified as
unaccompanied minors and taken away,
either to mass children’s shelters or foster
homes. More than 2,300 children have been
separated from their parents, according to
The New York Times.
Critics of the policy say forcibly separating
parents and children indefinitely is trauma-
tizing and draconian. Government officials
— like President Donald Trump and Attorney
General Jeff Sessions — say it’s a necessary
measure to enforce border security.
A boy from Honduras is shown being taken into custody by U.S. Border
Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico border near Mission, Texas, June 12, 2018.
On Tuesday, Sessions called compari-
sons of family separation to Nazi actions
“a real exaggeration.”
McCabe and her colleagues have coun-
seled a dozen separated children now
living in a shelter in Pennsylvania about
their legal rights, the process of seeking
asylum and how they may be able to see
their parents again. She has counseled
children ranging in age from 6 to 15.
“One 7-year-old girl said, ‘My mom
can’t talk to me, she doesn’t have a
phone now, she can’t talk to me,’”
McCabe recalled. “Some of the older
ones are also really suffering.... They
were fleeing gang or domestic violence,
and they often came with their parent
because their parent was also afraid. A
lot of times the older kid is afraid the par-
ent will be deported.”
A broad spectrum of Jewish groups
have spoken out against the policy, along
with many other religious organizations.
Some Jews, on the southern border and
elsewhere, are working to provide physi-
cal or legal assistance to migrants, or to
organize other local Jews to speak up.
“Obviously Jews had a history of immi-
gration and of moving when sometimes
they haven’t wanted to, and having to
find places where they’re welcome,”
Mayor Jonathan Rothschild of Tucson,
Arizona, told JTA. His city is 60 miles
from the border.
“There’s also a moral faith that follows
religion,” the Jewish lawmaker said. “You
can’t but have your stomach turned by
the stories that we hear.”
Last week, 28 Jewish groups — includ-
ing, in a rare show of unanimity, the
leadership of all four major American
Jewish religious movements — signed
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an open letter to Sessions decrying the
policy, saying it “undermines the values
of our nation and jeopardizes the safety
and well-being of thousands of people.”
“I haven’t seen anything like this in
this field since the first executive order
came out,” said Mark Hetfield, presi-
dent of the national HIAS organization,
referring to the January 2017 travel ban
on seven Muslim countries. Nearly all
major American Jewish groups opposed
that policy as well.
Rothschild, a Democrat, said that
because family separation is a result of
federal policy, there is not much he can
do directly as Tucson’s mayor to hinder
it. But he signed a joint letter this month
with the mayors of Los Angeles, Houston
and Albuquerque, New Mexico, calling
the policy “cruel,” “morally reprehen-
sible” and “utterly inconsistent with our
values of decency and compassion.”
Although Arizona as a state has a his-
tory of strict immigration legislation,
Rothschild says his constituents largely
oppose the family separation policy.
“We have a community where so
many people have friends, family and
relatives who live on both sides of the
border,” he said. “In Tucson, the over-
whelming consensus is that these are
bad policies.”
One of Rothschild’s constituents is
Alma Hernandez, a Mexican-American
Jewish woman running this year for the
Arizona House of Representatives. Her-
nandez, 24, resigned as the coordinator
of Tucson’s Jewish Community Rela-
tions Council to run for office. This year,
perceiving a lack of progressive politi-
cal action from the established Jewish
community, she co-founded the activist
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Editorial
Taking children
from their parents
I Trump’s Singapore summit
’ve been thinking about the
Kindertransport a lot lately.
In 2013 I interviewed Sig Sil-
ber of Paterson, who then was
a successful, well-rooted, and happy
patent attorney with an engineering
degree from MIT, a thriving family, and
a flourishing legal practice in Clifton.
He also was a man whose mother
had put him, his older brother, and
their baby sister on the Kindertrans-
port. He never saw his mother again;
he and his siblings battled the trauma
of that separation for all of their lives.
Mr. Silber’s struggles seem to have
been successful, but he was quite clear
about the toll they took on him, about
how that separation from his mother,
and the other separations over the
course of the next decade that took
him from home to home as the needs
of the people caring for him and the
bureaucracies that lost and then found
him changed him, made it harder and
harder for him to attach to new people.
He stayed in Paterson long after he
could have left, and everyone like him
socioeconomically had left, he told
me, because that’s where he ended up
in this country, and “I wanted to put
down roots.”
He was one of the very lucky ones.
His sister, who had been seven months
old when her mother had to give her
up, never flourished, and died young.
That’s not surprising. The kind of
trauma that comes from the sepa-
ration from a parent can actively
reroute a young person’s brain, sci-
entists warn us.
I’ve often imagined what it must
have felt like for parents who had to
put their children on the Kindertrans-
port, but then I make myself stop. It’s
not possible to imagine that level of
fear and pain, and if it were possible it
would be devastating.
We are so very lucky not to have to
imagine that.
But the parents who are bringing
their children up to the United States’
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southern border don’t have to imagine
it either, because they are living it.
I know that we need immigration
policies. We can’t let everyone in. But
I also know that most, by far most, of
the people who come to our southern
border are looking to escape the vio-
lence and fear and degrading poverty
of their lives. They are not at all unlike
our ancestors; all were drawn by the
vision of the Lady in the harbor, with
her torch shining on them. They were
drawn by our talk of life and hope and
prosperity and vast open spaces. Of
amber waves of grain.
There are other questions about
immigration, even if they pale in com-
parison to what we’re doing with par-
ents and children.
We need immigrants.
As much as we (we not being all of
us, needless to say) talk about how
immigrants take Americans’ jobs,
unemployment is low now, and the
jobs immigrants take are the ones
Americans don’t want. They’re day
laborers. They’re the guys on bikes
with big bags of food, most visible
when it’s roasting hot or pouring rain
and their lucky customers don’t want
to go out, so they do. They’re the peo-
ple who kill cows and then butcher
them. (Remember Aaron Rubashkin,
the Agriprocessors owner whose
sentence President Trump com-
muted? His slaughterhouse, in Iowa
— not exactly right over the border —
employed many undocumented for-
eign workers. That’s because almost
no Americans want to work in such
places — and the ones who do, the
ones who want to kill, are the ones
we really have to look out for.)
At this point, there is neither cour-
age nor novelty in speaking out against
the remarkably cruel and profoundly
un-Jewish policy that has American
immigrant officials taking children
away from their parents. But until that
practice is ended, every single one of
us who has a voice must raise it. -JP
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TRUTH REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES
The difference between
Obama’s Iran deal and
P
resident Trump has come under a
lot of criticism for his summit with
Kim Jong-un at Singapore. Oppo-
nents of the president say that he
did exactly with Kim what Obama did with
Iran. He legitimized a rogue regime in order to
get rid of their nukes. So why did Republicans
condemn Obama and praise Trump?
I’m not here to get political on this issue.
Ensuring rogue regimes don’t have nukes is
way too important for it to be a partisan. And
amid my praise for the president for bringing
North Korea to the negotiating
table — startling in itself — I con-
fess to a strong distaste for see-
ing a tin-pot brutal dictator like
Kim being elevated to a place of
global importance.
But let’s point out some of
the major differences between
Obama’s Iran deal and Trump’s
North Korea summit.
First, Obama negotiated with Rabbi
Iran even while it incessantly Shmuley
threatened a targeted genocide Boteach
of an ethnic group consisting of
six million people, in this case,
the Jews of Israel. He never once warned Iran
that it must stop its promises to annihilate the
Jews or he’d withdraw from the negotiations.
That was not true of Trump and Kim. As
soon as Kim’s government started sounding
belligerent and attacking Vice President Pence,
Trump canceled the summit.
It was only when Kim stopped the belligerent
talk that Trump agreed to the meeting.
The Obama administration gave the Iranians
$150 billion — a large chunk in untraceable cash
— and even admitted that some of the money
will probably go to terrorism. Trump didn’t
give Kim a nickel. At least not yet, and we hope
it will remain that way.
Obama legitimized Iran’s nuclear program
and allowed for 6,000 centrifuges to continue
to spin as part of the deal. This is significant
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because North Korea built its nuclear arsenal
with fewer centrifuges.
Trump, in his negotiations with Kim,
demanded, and Kim signed, a declaration
agreeing to the complete denuclearization of
the Korean Peninsula.
I recognize that this agreement is thus far
meaningfulness, as it has no details or timeta-
bles. But at the very least its focus is on North
Korea completely dismantling every vestige of
its nuclear program, as opposed to Iran, which
was allowed to remain nuclear.
Obama lifted all the major
sanctions against Iran and
saved its economy from total
implosion through multibillion-
dollar deals that were imme-
diately inked in the wake of
Obama’s disastrous deal.
The Trump administration
has said that even in the wake
of the summit in Singapore no
sanctions will be lifted.
Finally, and most importantly,
Obama’s Iranian deal allowed for
sunset clauses that would give
the Iranians the capacity and the
right to produce an unlimited number of nukes
when the deal ended in over a decade.
Trump’s discussions with Kim involved
North Korea getting rid of its nukes and
nuclear program completely and utterly.
Now, let’s recognize that North Korea
is a rogue regime and Kim is a tyrant. I
hated seeing people cheer a murderer on
the streets of Singapore and Kim being
afforded all the trappings of a legitimate
world leader. I hated seeing him portrayed
— however temporarily — as an equal to the
leader of the free world and the earth’s fore-
most democratic republic. Having said that,
if Trump succeeds in getting Kim to volun-
tarily give up all his nukes, that will be a tre-
mendous accomplishment for world peace
and the summit will have been a success. It
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would, of course, be even better if
there were regime change in North
Korea. But for now, Trump’s goal
of ridding North Korea of dooms-
day weapons remains laudable and
worthy, if indeed he can achieve it.
But there must be timetables on
these negotiations and Kim cannot
be allowed to drag out the negotia-
tions indefinitely.
For me, the most embarrass-
ing thing about Obama’s nuclear
deal was how he had no problems
negotiating with a regime that was
promising weekly to destroy Israel
and kill all its citizens. Genocidal
incitement is expressly prohibited
by the 1948 U.N. Anti-Genocide
convention, to which the United
State is a signatory.
There is good reason for this.
Genocidal rhetoric is the first step
in genocidal implementation.
World War II began on Septem-
ber 1, 1939, with the German inva-
sion of Poland. Shortly afterward,
Heinrich Himmler, the head of the
Gestapo and the SS, created spe-
cial mobile killing units within the
SS, the Einsatzgruppen, respon-
sible for liquidating all political
enemies of the Reich. They were
placed under the command of his
deputy, Reinhardt Heydrich. On
September 21, 1939, Heydrich sent
a secret memo to the chiefs of the
Einsatzgruppen. It is a remarkable
document that makes clear that a
conference in Berlin that day dis-
cussed the solution to the Jewish
question and the importance of
keeping the plans for implement-
ing it secret. The memo euphe-
mistically refers to the “final aim”
of the Nazis, which he says would
take some time, and the stages
necessary for fulfilling it in the
short term.
The “first prerequisite,” which
Heydrich said should “be carried
out with all speed,” was the “con-
centration of the Jews from the
countryside into the larger cities.”
If an explanation for this action was
needed, he wrote, they were to say
“that Jews have most influentially
participated in guerrilla attacks and
plundering actions.” Foreshadow-
ing future plans, Heydrich said to
create “as few concentration points
as possible…so as to facilitate sub-
sequent measures,” and to choose
locations along railroad lines. The
memo also uses the word “ghetto,”
which may be the earliest reference
to the German plan to confine Jews
to ghettos.
Two years later, the implemen-
tation of the radical solution to
the Jewish question to accomplish
the “final aim” began when the
Einsatzgruppen were assigned
to kill Jews during the invasion of
the Soviet Union in June 1941. Ulti-
mately, these mobile killing units
would murder an estimated 1.4
million Jews.
The next stage in the genocide
was tested on September 3, 1941,
when 600 Soviet prisoners of war
and 260 ill or weak prisoners at
a concentration camp in Poland
known as Auschwitz were herded
into an experimental gas chamber.
The Germans filled the room with
crystalline hydrogen cyanide gas,
an insecticide with the commer-
cial name Zyklon B. The test was
“successful” and the gas chamber
was used for mass murder starting
in January 1942.
A few weeks earlier, the Nazis
had tested another method for
gassing prisoners at Chelmno, a
camp 30 miles northwest of Lodz.
Prisoners there were forced into
vans with tubes directing the car-
bon monoxide from the exhaust
pipe into the area where they were
trapped. Three vans used to kill
more than 150,000 people in less
than three years drove and emp-
tied the victims into mass graves.
So, the Holocaust had begun,
and the extermination of the Jews
was already in full swing, when
Heydrich invited 14 high-ranking
Nazi Party and government lead-
ers to the SS-owned villa at Wann-
see, a suburb of Berlin. It was not
referred to as the Wannsee Con-
ference, that is name given to it
later, and we only know of its exis-
tence because one of the 30 copies
(marked number 16 of 30) believed
to have been distributed to the
participants and other parties was
found in 1947 by American war
crimes investigators in the files of
the German Foreign Office. It was
at this conference that the compre-
hensive arrangements for the final
solution of the Jewish question was
decided upon.
And my point?
Genocide does not happen all at
once, but piecemeal. Often, it is a
case of trial and error and of the
governments implementing the
genocide testing public response,
probing world opinion and oppo-
sition, and actual methods of mur-
der. Which is why genocides must
be resisted just as soon as they are
mentioned or discussed.
It was in this crucial matter that
President Obama failed so miser-
ably when he refused to call out
Iran for its promises of total Jewish
extermination.
And it is a lesson President
Trump must take with him should
Kim Jong-un return to any kind of
threats against any other nation.
Opinion
Dear graduates: As you
leave home, celebrate —
but be aware of the risks
D
ear High School Senior: some other institute of higher
As I sat down to write learning, there will be moments
this article, I was just when you will wish you were back
days away from attend- home, surrounded by your family.
ing my first significant graduation as There will be times when you will
a father. be stressed out because you had a
True, it was an elementary school tough day, you are missing a sim-
graduation and not a high school cha back home, you are dealing
one, but those milestone moments with unresolved issues that have
at any age prompt parents to think Rabbi Zvi been tucked away in the back cor-
about the words of wisdom they Gluck ners of your mind for years, or
want to offer their kids at this cru- you are trying to find your place
cial juncture in their lives. So I come in an unfamiliar social scene and
to you today not wearing my Amudim hat, but as a wondering why on earth you ever thought
dad, albeit one who knows more than most about spending a year away from home would be a
the challenges teens face today. good idea.
As you got ready to don your cap and gown At moments like that, when you are feeling
(or maybe just a suit and tie) you were no lost and vulnerable, escaping reality by get-
doubt excitedly looking towards the opportuni- ting drunk or high might seem like an excel-
ties that lie ahead. For many of you that means lent idea.
leaving home for the first time as you write the Or consider this scenario. You are away in
next chapter of your educational career and, school and have really clicked with your new
quite possibly for the first time ever, being friends. They are fun, they really get you, and
responsible for yourselves. Some of those deci- now that they are far away from their par-
sions that lie ahead may be as simple as where ents’ watchful eyes, they know how to party
to spend Shabbos or whether or not to go out like nobody’s business. While you undoubt-
for dinner with your friends, while others may edly are mature enough to realize that they are
involve far more serious matters that can have clearly overindulging, you really want to fit in
devastating consequences. And with your par- and be one of the gang, and you may find your-
ents many, many miles away, this time you will self wondering if bingeing on alcohol, smok-
be the one determining what your next move ing some weed, or experimenting with pills is
will be. really such a big deal.
I am telling you right now, that it is. Going
down any of those roads could potentially set
you on an extremely dangerous path, one that
could have devastating consequences. Addiction
As with so many can have lifelong consequences.
Fatal ones, too.
other challenges Finding yourself as you are now, on the cusp
in life, it helps to of adulthood, it’s time to realize that life is full
of unexpected surprises and not all of them
be prepared for are pleasant. There are times when the going is
what is heading going to be way more than tough, and you just
don’t know how you are going to get through
your way, so that the day. Turning to drugs or alcohol to numb
when you hit one the pain might seem like a good idea, but noth-
ing could be further from the truth. Whether
of those inevitable you are 18 or 81, numbing the pain doesn’t
bumps in the road, solve anything. It is a temporary escape, and
once your poison of choice wears off, the pain
you know how to still is going to be there. Worse yet, you will
deal with it. have created an even larger problem for your-
self, because when future difficulties crop up,
drugs or alcohol will seem like the easy answer,
As with so many other challenges in life, it and before you know it, you can get caught up
helps to be prepared for what is heading your in the vicious cycle of addiction, one that has
way, so that when you hit one of those inevita- taken all too many young lives in recent years.
ble bumps in the road, and I promise you, you And while we are discussing sensitive sub-
will, you know how to deal with it. Whether jects, there is one more that I need to address.
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Opinion
Of children and parents
O
n dozens of occasions, the
Torah instructs us to dem-
onstrate compassion for the
widow, the orphan, and the
ger, the stranger, or, as often rabbinically
interpreted, the convert. Moreover, the
Torah, in mandating this additional level of
care and compassion, roots this mandate
in our historical experience as strangers in
the land of Egypt. Our own national story
must, the Torah teaches us, make us more
concerned for other oppressed or vulnera-
ble groups, and not, as some espouse, con-
cerned only with our own suffering.
As such, we must abhor the current prac-
tice of separating children from their parents
on the southern border of the United States.
Every administration has both the right
and the duty to devise an immigration pol-
icy that balances sovereignty, security, and
compassion, in accordance with our history
as a nation of immigrants. And yet, in this
complex equation, some practices are sim-
ply beyond the pale: ripping children out
of the arms of their parents, in some cases,
Holocaust comparisons muddy the immigration debate
L
et me start by stating what should
be obvious: Holocaust compari-
sons are lazy and more often
than not hysterical. They dimin-
ish Nazism and genocide by making them
synonyms for “very bad things.” You may
regard the Trump administration’s zero-tol-
erance stance at the border, and its policy
of separating parents and children, as inhu-
mane and un-American. But if you think
that’s Nazism, you don’t know Nazism.
But wow, how weird was Attorney Gen-
eral Jeff Sessions’ reply when Laura Ingra-
ham asked him about the Nazi comparisons?
Here’s the June 18 exchange on Fox
News’ “The Ingraham Angle”:
Ingraham: This is how your opponents,
[Attorney] General Sessions, are dema-
goguing this issue. … Nazi Germany, con-
centration camps, human rights viola-
tions. Laura Bush has weighed in. Michelle
Obama, Rosalynn Carter, you’ve got all of
the first ladies, going back to Eleanor Roo-
sevelt, she’s apparently weighed in as well.
General Sessions, what’s going on here?
Sessions: Well, it’s a real exaggeration, of
course. In Nazi Germany, they were keep-
ing the Jews from leaving the country. But
this is a serious matter. We need to think it
through, be rational and thoughtful about
it. We want to allow asylum for people
who qualify for it, but people who want
economic migration for their personal
financial benefit, and what they think is
their families’ benefit, is not a basis for a
claim of asylum. But they can make that
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never to be reunited, is something that we,
as Jewish people, described by our Sages as
rachmanim bnei rachmanim, “compassion-
ate people, the children of compassionate
people,” can never accept. We, who read of
Jacob’s decades of torment when Joseph is
ripped away from him, could not but recoil
at this policy.
Both my wife and I had grandparents who
endured brutal separation from their own
parents during the Holocaust, and our own
familial narrative shapes our worldview to
this day. Two years ago, on Yom HaShoah,
I heard a lecture from Frieda Laub, a child
survivor of the Holocaust, who told our
group that when she was separated from
her mother at the age of six, and spent the
rest of the war hiding in a pigsty, she began
each day with a Yiddish prayer, “Hashem,
please let me see my mother again.”
It is particularly painful to me that one of
the primary architects and vocal defenders
of this so called zero-tolerance policy of sepa-
rating children from parents, according to
media reports, is a member of our own faith.
claim, we will process it, and I will review
the situation and make a decision.
Let’s start with the word “exaggeration.”
If a wife accuses her husband of adultery,
and he replies “You’re exaggerating,” I’m
pretty sure this marriage can’t be saved.
“Exaggeration” suggests you are overdoing
it, but there’s, you know, a continuum.
It gets weirder when you finish Sessions’
thought for him after he says “they were
keeping [people] from leaving the coun-
try.” As opposed to what: “We are trying
to keep them out”? That’s the difference
between the Nuremberg Laws and our
immigration policy? You can almost hear
the thought process as, “Yes, we both had
problems with alien populations. But ours
is ethically defensible because they aren’t
our citizens.” It’s telling that it’s the first
distinction he can think of.
If somebody compared something I did
to the Nazis, I hope in outrage I would
jump right to the heart of Nazism: “The
Nazis’ aim was to harness all the power
of the state to industrial-scale murder and
the destruction of an entire race. Unless
you are actually talking about genocide,
it’s demagoguery to compare any policy
with which you disagree to Nazism.”
I hope I wouldn’t narrowly parse what I
and the Nazis do and don’t have in common.
I don’t believe Sessions is soft on Nazism.
The problem here is defending what more
and more people on both sides of the aisle
insist is an indefensible policy. And it’s what
happens when some members of your own
This past Shabbat, at our
shul, in light of the summit
with North Korea, I spoke of
the evils of communism, an
ideology responsible for the
deaths of tens of millions of
people, at minimum, over
the course of the last century.
I lamented how, in contrast
to the brave and courageous Rabbi Daniel
stand that our government Fridman
took in its policies toward
the Soviet Union, especially,
the Jackson-Vanik amendment, the human
rights of the suffering, often starving, peo-
ple of North Korea were completely absent
from these discussions.
I might have also mentioned, in that
context, the systematic practice in com-
munist countries of separating children
from their parents, of breaking down the
family unit. The parent-child relationship
is a sacred one. The undying love a parent
feels for a child is the very basis of all other erance policy is cruel. It is immoral.
social structures, such as community, and
nationhood.
Immigration policy is complex, as stated
above. A balance between competing values
administration insist there is
no such policy, others insist
it is a necessary policy, others
— namely Sessions — defend it
on biblical grounds and still
others — namely, the presi-
dent — say they hate the pol-
icy but lie about their own
ability to rescind it. Confused
and indefensible policy leads Andrew
to confused and indefensible Silow-Carroll
thinking and rhetoric.
It also leads opponents to
overdo it. A detention center or shelter is
not a concentration camp, as upsetting as
it is to see children and adults separated
into facilities that include chain-link hold- can prove that something isn’t Nazism,
ing areas. Wikipedia has even included the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection facili-
ties on a list of concentration and intern-
ment camps. But these centers are troubling
and cruel on their own terms. Putting them
on the same list as Auschwitz and Sachsen-
hausen only diverts the conversation — and
actually gives the purveyors and defenders
of a bad policy, a la Ingraham, the opportu- ous matter. We need to think it through,
nity to claim hurt and insult.
Holocaust analogies also force Jews to
become language police over a policy
most seem to abhor. Nearly 30 Jewish
groups have signed a letter asking the gov-
ernment to suspend its family separation
policy, including representatives of all the ordered and defended.
major Jewish denominations. As author
Ijeoma Oluo put it so succinctly on Twit-
ter, “Hey, if Jewish people say that they
must be found, and this is
never a simple task. And yet
any society that tears children
from the arms of parents,
that instructs guards in these
detention centers not to pick
up or hold these children to
comfort them, let alone one,
such as ours, that once was
proud to take in the poor
and huddled masses fleeing
evil dictatorships all over the
world, has lost its way.
In our polarized climate, there are those
who will willfully conflate a basic sense of
morality and humanity with partisanship.
And yet we know better. There is noth-
ing partisan, or political, about decrying
brutality.
To conclude with the words of Republi-
can former First Lady Laura Bush, “I appre-
ciate the need to enforce and protect our
international boundaries, but this zero-tol-
“And it breaks my heart.”
Daniel Fridman is the rabbi of the Jewish
Center of Teaneck.
are uncomfortable with the
use of ‘concentration camps’
to describe the horrific treat-
ment of undocumented immi-
grants bc it feels like an exploi-
tation of their trauma from
genocide, IT’S NOT BECAUSE
THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT
WHAT’S HAPPENING.”
Exactly.
Responsible Jewish groups
guard against loose Holocaust
analogies not because they
want to claim all the world’s suffering for
themselves, but because they believe dis-
tinctions matter. And they fear that if you
then hey, it might not be all bad. But as
Oluo continues, “We don’t actually have to
invoke the deep trauma of Jewish people in
order to point out that separating families is
wrong and putting people in cages is wrong.
It is outrageous on its own. It should be
enough to force us into action on its own.”
So Jeff Sessions is right: “[T]his is a seri-
be rational and thoughtful about it.” Being
rational is putting our immigration pol-
icy in proper historical and political per-
spective. And being serious is listening to
your critics and taking responsibility for
the actions you and your colleagues have
Andrew Silow-Carroll is editor of the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency. He lives in Teaneck.

No, Rabbi Boteach,
Trump’s not good for Jews
In reference to Rabbi Boteach’s June 8 column, “Is
Trump good for the Jews? It’s an easy yes” — yes, I
believe the U.S. embassy should be in Israel’s capital,
Jerusalem. I hail Nikki Haley for her unwavering support
for Israel in the United Nations. But other than that, say-
ing Trump is good for Jews is despicable.
Using the shortcomings of biblical characters as an
excuse for Trump’s outright immoral behavior is ridicu-
lous. We Jews are moral people (though there are excep-
tions — Bernie Madoff, Trump’s mentor Roy Cohen,
among others). Our Torah exhorts us to be kind to oth-
ers, to be honorable, and to take care of God’s creation.
Trump is in no way honorable or kind, nor does he
care about God’s creation, our planet, as demonstrated
by his withdrawal from Paris climate accord. He has
cheated his workers, cheated students, abused women
and the disabled. He violates our Constitution. He lines
his pockets, using his office for himself and family. He
supports bigots and despots, has fanned racism, and
may very well have committed treason. Most recently
has shown no humanity by separating children from
their parents at the border. To use Congresswoman Pelo-
si’s word, this is “barbaric.” His policies hurt the poor.
This list could be greatly expanded.
As a Jew, I find it offensive to be linked to Trump!
Ilana Kantey
Fort Lee
Awaiting the rabbi’s next column
I await, with bated breath, a column by “America’s
Rabbi” Shmuley Boteach condemning Donald Trumps’s
policy of separating children from parents at the Mex-
ican border. Hopefully, Sheldon Adelson will give the
good rabbi permission to take a stand against this
immoral practice.
Gerald Fischer
Teaneck Holocaust memorial
will be a gateway to learning
I was pleased to see coverage of the proposed Holocaust
memorial and the proposed memorial for enslaved Afri-
cans in last week’s paper. I feel that a few things were
not fully fleshed out. From the perspective of the Holo-
caust project, we are planning for this be a memorial
Graduates
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For a variety of reasons, people who were abused as
children often are afraid to speak up while they are liv-
ing at home, and over the past few years we have seen
many young adults who go away to Israel or anywhere
else for a year finally seeking the help they need, now
that they are in a safe environment. If you have an inci-
dent in your past that needs to be addressed, or there is
something going on in your school or in your life right
now that sets off alarm bells, seek out someone you trust
and tell them that you need their help. Or you can call
Amudim’s Israel office, which was created to deal with
exactly these situations.
Know that far from feeling embarrassment or shame
for things that may have taken place that were beyond
your control, dealing with them head on is an act of
incredible bravery. I cannot emphasize enough just how
and an education center where visitors from all over the
region will come and with the use of augmented reality,
be able to learn, explore, question, and discover infor-
mation about the holocaust.
As mentioned in the article, we are not trying to build
a new museum but on the exterior part of the project,
we will have a reading rail that when you point a smart
phone or tablet to specific markers, the app will bring
you to a web page that explains that concept or histori-
cal fact or question. We want visitors to ask questions
and explore the answers. We want this to be the place
where schools, shuls, churches, and other groups come
to learn about the Shoah and while they are here, they
will be able to learn about the plight of enslaved Africans
across the Municipal Green and visa versa.
The other parts of the memorial will be a central sculp-
ture which will be determined by a competition of designers
and architects as well as a memorial wall where community
members can memorialize the names of family members
who were killed in the Holocaust. To make it more region-
centric, there will be testimonials and artifacts from local
survivors accessible in the library along with a multi-level
curriculum that we will design in cooperation with other
holocaust educational organizations.
Donations to help this become a reality can be made
at nnjholocaustmemorial.org.
Steve Fox - co-chair
Northern New Jersey Holocaust
Memorial & Education Center
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More on healthy living
Rabbi Engelmayer has, as usual, written an instructive
piece on how to live a good life ( “Healthy living, the
Torah way,” June 15.) In it, he cites seven guidelines
that his physician (Doc A, we know who you are) has
given him. They are all excellent and we should fol-
low them. But he has left out one more, which might
trump all the others.
Full disclosure. I spent the better part of my professional
life in the healthcare industry. Along the way, I met a num-
ber of experts in cardiology. One, who shall be known as
Dr. Z, stands out. Among other things, he was the head of
cardiology at Yale University medical school.
Dr. Z counseled that good heart health is always about
risk factor reduction. Among the primary risk factors
important it is to deal with unresolved issues like these
now, before you choose a spouse and start a family of
your own because, as with so many other situations in
life, burying serious problems is a recipe for disaster
because they only come back to haunt you somewhere
down the road.
So as you finish up your last finals and get ready to
close the book on high school, I ask you to take these
fatherly thoughts to heart.
Choose wisely when it comes to making new friends.
Be prepared for the fact that some days are going to be
hard, and have solutions prepared to deal with them.
Listen to those voices in your head that tell you that
indulging in certain behaviors is not a good idea. Know
who the trusted adults are in your school and speak to
them if you need someone to pick you up when you’re
feeling low or have unresolved issues that you need to
discuss. And if you find yourself in need of more serious
help, know that Amudim is there for you on both sides
Letters
are exercise, diet, stress and smoking. The evils of the
latter have been well documented. But the issue of stress
has been overlooked and poorly understood. So, Dr. A
failed to include it in his instructions to our dear Rabbi.
There are two kinds of stress. One is the momen-
tary effect of being blindsided by something extremely
unpleasant such as a car accident, or getting a phone
call at 5 am in the morning that your mother’s house
has a burglar alarm (that happened to me recently). The
other kind of stress is long-term and environmental. It
involves your lifestyle, your occupation, and the circum-
stances of family life.
When, for example, you find yourself in a troubled
work environment, when you worry about keeping
your job, when keeping your job requires you to live
with great stress, all of this can have a profound impact
on cardiac function. A significant fraction of myocardial
infarctions (aka “heart attacks”) are triggered by stress.
I believe that our sages recognized this reality in two
ways. The observance of Shabbat is all about re-charging
our emotional batteries. We extract ourselves from ordi-
nary life and enter a different time and space. Stress is
removed, at least for a day each week.
The other mechanism that copes with stress is daily
prayer. When we engage with the divine, when we daven
the Amidah or sing Psalms, when we pray for shalom,
we are administering an antidote to the toxins of daily
life. Some of us are fortunate enough to do this one, two
or even three times a day. Personally, I find wrapping
myself in a tallit every morning creates a powerful feel-
ing of calmness and serenity.
For others, meditation, yoga, walking, gardening or
just reading a good book can produce the same result.
Talk therapy (chatting with a friend) is another way to
vent pressure. Dr. Z’s favorite stress reduction method
is long distance running and exercise, which also
achieves stress reduction, over and above the obvious
physical benefits of making the human machine hum
like a Swiss clock.
So, to my dear rabbi: Don’t forget about stress. And,
by all means, do something about it. We should all
examine what produces stress in our lives – and beyond
compensating for it (with prayer, meditation etc.), seek
ways to reduce it.
Eric Weis
Wayne, NJ
of the Atlantic and our caseworkers are ready to help
24/7m in Israel at 02-374-0175, 516-636-0175 or help@
amudim.org.il, and in the United States at call (201) 464-
8000 or email NorthernNJ@amudim.org.
Mazel tov on this wonderful accomplishment and
hatzlacha raba in your upcoming studies. I can’t wait to
hear great things from you in the future.
Best Wishes,
Zvi Gluck
Rabbi Zvi Gluck is the director of Amudim, an
organization dedicated to helping abuse victims
and those suffering with addiction within the Jewish
community, and he has been involved in crisis
intervention and management for the past 18 years.
Amudim has established a presence in Teaneck. For more
information go to www.amudim.org, call (201) 464-8000,
or email NorthernNJ@amudim.org.
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Jewish World
Slaves’ exodus celebrated in New York
with a ground-breaking Juneteenth seder
STEVEN DAVIDSON
T
hose who first sang “Go Down
Moses” did not need reminding
of what slavery was like in Egypt.
Their Moses was in fact alive,
and her name was Harriet Tubman. The
water they waded into was not the Red Sea,
but streams and rivers that allegedly threw
the slave owners’ dogs off their tracks.
African-American liberation and the
Exodus story are uniquely connected in
spiritual inspiration and in embodying
resilience, yet never before have the sto-
ries been brought together and blended
like they were at the Juneteenth seder
— the first of its kind — in New York City
last week.
Organized by New York City’s Jews For
Racial and Economic Justice ( JFREJ), the
June 14 seder utilized the rituals and tra-
ditions of Passover to celebrate “June-
teenth,” the liberation of African-Ameri-
can slaves announced on June 19, 1865 in
Galveston, Texas.
“We came together not just as black
Jews or Jews of color, but with the entire
community,” said the charismatic Yehu-
dah Webster, who co-founded JFREJ’s
Jews of Color caucus and was the seder’s
MC of sorts. “We know that all of our lib-
eration is tied together.”
A haggadah unlike any other
JFREJ’s Jews of Color caucus led approxi-
mately 200 people — black, white, Jew-
ish, and non-Jewish — in a seder of their
own design. The Juneteenth haggadah
provided the blessings, rituals, and imag-
ery of Passover that all Jews are familiar
with, but with the content itself radically
reimagined.
The East River of Manhattan served
Yehuda Webster speaks at the June-
teenth seder put on by JFREJ, held
alongside the East River in New York
City on June 14, 2018.  RAFAEL SHIMUNOV
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as its backdrop as the seder began as so
many have — with the traditional Hebrew
prayer to light candles, and the She-
hecheyanu blessing, recited to celebrate
special occasions.
This seder, however, beyond provid-
ing feminine and humanist prayer alter-
natives, would offer many blessings for
those that came before them — stretching
back to Africa.
“We memorialize the ending of chattel
slavery in the way we remember our lib-
eration from Egypt because ritual is a form
of collective, embodied memory,” read
black Jewish activist Koach Frazier from
the Juneteenth haggadah, which he co-
authored. “We embody our experiences
as both slaves and people on a journey
towards liberation.”
Elijah and Miriam’s cup honored ances-
tors in the pan-African tradition. Frazier
led the kiddush over the traditional four
cups of wine, celebrating black forebears
that fought for freedom like Frederick
Douglas, Fannie Lou Hamer, James Bald-
win, Audre Lord, and Sammy Davis, Jr.
“Our tradition tells us: ‘B’chol dor vador
chayav adam lirot et atzmo k’ilu hu yatza
mimitzrayim,” the haggadah continued.
“In every generation, each person must
see themselves as if they had come out of
[slavery in] Egypt.”
The seder plate
The Juneteenth seder plate recreated the
traditional Passover symbols using culi-
nary traditions of the American South
and Caribbean, emphasizing red foods as
is customary on Juneteenth to symbolize
“ingenuity and resilience in bondage.”
On this unique Seder plate, the z’roa
took the form of beets, a vegetarian sub-
stitute for the Passover shank bone. Okra,
the green vegetable brought over from
West Africa to the American South, served
as the karpas, or greens.
Black eyed peas, which represents the
new year in American Southern tradition,
was beitzah, the egg. Hot red pepper —
what else? — induced maror’s bitter tears
of slavery. The baked sweet potato was
charoset for its hardiness, and there wasn’t
matzah but cornbread: the poor bread that
Southern slaves were able to make.
Telling stories
past, present and future
“Tonight, we will hear stories of our ances-
tors’ journey to freedom, like we hear
every Passover,” announced Frazier.
The Maggid, or story-telling portion of
the seder, was carried out in the African-
American tradition of oral story-telling.
Accompanied by the beat of a drum,
these ancestral stories took everyone
from Africa to slavery and eventually
liberation, an exodus story of its own
Attendees at the Juneteenth seder put on by JFREJ, held alongside the East
River in New York City on June 14, 2018. 
unfolding over several hundred years.
Ma nishtana, the seder asked next — why
is tonight different from all other nights?
“This night is different because we take
time for ourselves to revel in the liberation
that is our birthright,” read JFREJ orga-
nizer Leo Ferguson. He directed everyone
to ask among themselves what “a future
of joy, freedom and collective liberation
look[s] like,” pausing for individual con-
templation and group discussions.
As the seder neared its conclusion, its
narrative focused squarely on modern-
day injustices oppressing the black com-
munity. Reading from the haggadah, Rabbi
Barat Ellman addressed Jewish complicity
in and benefiting from white supremacy,
calling to begin black reparations in the
form of divestments from oppressive sys-
tems like mass incarceration and the New
York Police Department.
Victoria Davis, the sister of Delrawn
Small, who was killed by an off-duty New
York police officer during a road rage inci-
dent last year, spoke earlier at the seder
about her family’s struggle for justice. The
officer remains on the NYPD payroll.
Uniting a community
of many histories
Frazier, who will begin studies at Recon-
structionist Rabbinical College in the
fall, led this eclectic congregation in the
Hebrew blessings over the (corn)bread
and wine (hibiscus tea) before the break
for the meal.
As the sun set, and with the East River
breeze sweeping across the crowd, soul
musician Ashley Philips concluded the
seder by leading an emotional rendition
of “Wade in the Water.”
“Water to speed our escape from Mitz-
rayim [Egypt], halt our escapes from the
cotton fields,” read this first Juneteenth
haggadah. “Water to deliver Moses to
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Pharaoh and carry him to Batya. Water to
swallow up Pharaoh’s pursuing armies and
oceans to hold the nations of kidnapped
Africans destroyed by the Middle passage.
The currents that bore Robert Smalls to
freedom, and the undertow that forced
the last breath from Emmett Till.”
Weaving these traditions and stories
together was a powerful experience for
many.
“I love Passover,” said Leo Ferguson.
“It’s my favorite Jewish holiday and it feels
very meaningful. But in a funny way, this
is the Passover that I think I always wished
to have — the music that was being played,
the people around me, this is what I always
longed for as a young person.”
For those in the black Jewish commu-
nity, the Juneteenth seder affirmed a more
whole identity — and the perseverance it
has required, past and present — among
overlapping and separate communities.
“This was a chance to experiment with
something new,” said Ferguson. “When
you look at the rate of young people leav-
ing Jewish institutional life, it feels like
such an important thing to realize that
if we are to have a future as a commu-
nity that is multiracial and multiethnic,
it reflects the way that young people are
growing up with different identities.”
Frazier said that through shared narra-
tives, this Juneteenth seder could trans-
form what these identities fundamentally
mean.
“Freedom and liberation is a part of my
story as a black person, as a Jewish person,
as a black Jewish person,” said Frazier.
“When we hear those stories, we envision
what it is like to be free, what it smells like,
what it feels like. It is a recreation of Pass-
over. Just like on Passover, we are doing it
today so that we can live in that liberation
— rather than living in oppression.”
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 D’var Torah
Chukat: Mourning for Miriam

P
arashat Chukat recounts one of
the most dramatic and tragic
episodes in Moses’ and Aaron’s
tenures as leaders of the nation
of Israel.
When the Israelites arrive at Kadesh in
the fortieth year of their journey through
the wilderness, the people complain of a
lack of water. God commands Moses and
Aaron to gather the nation around a rock,
speak to the rock before the people and
bring forth water from the rock. Moses
draws water from the rock but something
goes awry in the execution. Perhaps it is
in the angry words that he utters to the
nation or perhaps it is the fact that he
strikes the rock, although not explicitly
commanded to do so by God.
Whatever the exact cause, God declares
that Moses and Aaron have failed to sanc-
tify God’s name before the nation of Israel.
As a result, they lose their privilege to lead
the people into the Promised Land. The
location becomes known as mei merivah
— or waters of contention — reflecting the
strife of the people.
What was so egregious about Moses’ and
Aaron’s conduct that their punishment is
the denial of the culmination of their life’s
work? Was it the slight transgression of
God’s precise instructions? Or did the epi-
sode demonstrate the need for a new kind
of leadership?
I suggest a reading of the mei meri-
vah episode based on its literary context
and language. The Torah introduces the
story by telling us that Miriam, Moses’
and Aaron’s sister, died
and was buried in Kadesh.
Immediately thereafter,
there was no water and the
nation quarreled with their
leaders. A midrash notes
that (although unstated in
the text) there is a connec-
tion between these events.
The rabbis infer that it was Dean Rachel
in Miriam’s merit that a Friedman
miraculous well followed Lamdeinu, a center
for adult learning
the people throughout their in Teaneck,
journeys in the wilderness, Orthodox
providing a plentiful supply
of water, only to disappear
when Miriam died.
Surely, the loss of the prophetess Miriam
caused not only physical thirst but great
grief to her family and nation. Piecing
together the disparate references to Mir-
iam in the Torah, we conclude that Miriam
was a woman of the people — a woman
who stood for and sustained all of the peo-
ple. She is Moses’ sister who watches him
from a distance at the Nile River in a bas-
ket and arranges for his adoption by the
daughter of Pharaoh. She leads the women
in song and dance at the crossing of the
Red Sea, celebrating the divine miracle of
redemption and including the women as
partners in that redemption. It is not sur-
prising that when Miriam is afflicted with
leprosy for her criticism of Moses’ taking a
Cushite woman (Bemidbar 12), the people
do not continue their journey until Miriam
returns to the camp.
The death of Miriam at
Kadesh no doubt left the peo-
ple with a spiritual and emo-
tional vacuum just as the loss
of “Miriam’s well” led to their
physical thirst. This was a
moment in which Moses and
Aaron had the opportunity
to supply not only water but
an extra dose of empathy — to
share their personal grief with
the people, to rally the people
in a show of caring and unity.
Instead, Moses and Aaron flee
the people to the ohel moed
or tent of meeting. Further-
more, God commands Moses and Aaron to
speak in unison to the rock before the peo-
ple, presumably to announce the upcoming
miracle. Instead, Moses speaks alone to the
people before the rock and his words con-
vey anger and frustration. Moses declares,
“shimu-na ha-morim; ha-min ha-sela ha-zeh
notzi lakhem mayim?” “Listen now, O reb-
els, shall we bring forth water for you from
this rock!?!”
It is striking that the Hebrew word for reb-
els used by Moses is morim spelled m/r/y/m
— the exact spelling in Hebrew of the name
Miriam (m/r/y/m) — his recently deceased
sister whose demise introduces the story
of mei merivah. The Torah uses words with
similar sounds and letters in order to con-
vey subtle, textual messages. When Moses
utters, “listen rebels — ha-morim (m/r/y/m),”
we are reminded that Moses and the peo-
ple had just suffered the loss of “Miriam
(m/r/y/m)” — a supportive and nurturing
presence. The Hebrew word merivah (m/r/
y/v/h) also calls forth the similar m/r/y of
Miriam and ha-morim. We may deduce that
the contentiousness of the people at mei
merivah (m/r/y/v/h), and Moses’ dramatic
response in which he calls them ha-morim
(m/r/y/m), were related to the recent loss of
their beloved Miriam (m/r/y/m).
The thirst of the nation of Israel at Kadesh,
which immediately followed the death of
Miriam the prophetess, was a moment of
both physical and emotional emptiness
for the people of Israel. But it was also an
opportunity for Israel’s leaders to sanctify
God’s name and solidify their connection to
the grieving nation. Sanctifying God’s name
is often about mediating miracles, but it
may also be about offering words of conso-
lation. It is ironic that the word Kadesh, the
location of Israel’s thirst and complaints in
Parashat Chukat, contains the same Hebrew
letters — k/d/sh — as the word kadosh which
means holy or sacred. Sadly, the waters of
Kadesh are remembered as mei merivah or
waters of contention, rather than as waters
of sanctification.
May it be our goal as Jews and human
beings to address moments of challenge
with acts of caring and words of comfort.
May we strive to transform waters of con-
tention into waters of unity and holiness.
Shabbat shalom.
Dean Rachel Friedman is the founder of
Lamdeinu, a center for Torah study in
Teaneck.

BRIEFS Teams display unity after

Israeli envoy wrote Trump
speech to AIPAC, book claims
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer
wrote a speech that then-presidential candidate Don-
ald Trump delivered at the American-Israel Political
Action Committee in 2016, a new book claims.
In Born Trump, which launches on Tuesday, journal-
ist Emily Jane Fox claims that Dermer essentially dic-
tated the speech to Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The speech was unusual in that Trump read it off a
teleprompter, rather than extemporizing as he did in
most public appearances.
According to Fox, before the event Dermer held an
hour-long phone conversation with Kushner about
the United Nations position on Israel, Iran, and other
issues important to Israel and to the audience, who
were expected to be paying close attention to the
speech.
Fox writes that for Kushner, who at the time was try-
ing to put together an overall Middle East policy for the
Trump campaign, the conversation with Dermer “was
like getting your hands on the answer key the night
before the final exam.” JNS.ORG
No UN construction in
Jerusalem without Israel’s
permission
The Jerusalem District Court required the United Nations
last week to freeze all new construction projects at the
UNTSO’s Armon HaNatziv compound.
In March 2017, a lawsuit submitted by Regavim — an
Israeli NGO that monitors and pursues legal action in
the Israeli courts against any construction lacking Israeli
permits — revealed that the United Nations had commit-
ted numerous violations of Israel’s building and con-
struction laws in the Armon HaNatziv compound, and
had illegally seized dozens of dunams of state-owned
land beyond the area set aside for the treaty-monitoring
body’s use.
The state’s attorney admitted that extensive illegal
construction had been carried out at the site and made a
commitment to engage the United Nations in diplomatic
negotiations aimed at creating a system for coordination
regarding construction at the site. Regavim notes that
the diplomatic channel was opened more than a year
ago with no end in sight: The sides do not appear to be
close to agreement. JNS.ORG
scrapping Jerusalem game
The Israeli-American Council’s Las Vegas branch held a
friendly match with its Argentinian counterpart in a display
of unity and friendship following the cancellation of an Israeli-
Argentinian soccer match in Jerusalem earlier this month.
The June 9 friendly match in Jerusalem was canceled by
the Argentinians after a campaign of death threats, harass-
ment and other provocations targeting Argentinian soccer
superstar Lionel Messi.
The match in Las Vegas, which was organized and spon-
sored by Meir Cohen, president of the Las Vegas Sportspark
and Las Vegas Indoor Soccer, and Fernando Sabbadini,
leader of the Argentinian-American soccer club, sought
to counter that negative BDS-driven campaign through a
friendly soccer game on June 17.
The event featured the singing of the Israeli, Argentinian,
and American national anthems; the flying of those nations’
flags throughout the venue; games to engage the audience;
and the presentation of a “community spirit trophy” to the
Israeli team, which won the match 6-3.
“I hope our next game can be in Jerusalem,” said Sab-
badini. “And I hope the following game can be in Buenos
Aires,” replied Cohen. He continued, “Soccer is the people’s
game … it is an international language that we will continue
to speak without fear.” JNS.ORG

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Kosher Crossword
“A MEAL TO REMEMBER”
The Frazzled Housewife
BY YONI GLATT
KOSHERCROSSWORDS@GMAIL.COM

Kid-watching as sport

P
eople-watching please have a napkin?”
is a very enjoy- the father asked. “Can you
able pastime. please take your scream-
But the best ing child somewhere else?
kind of people-watching We are trying to set up and
is the kind when you are your adorable kid is being
observing parents and sort of a distraction. You
their children but they know, with the blood and
don’t think anyone else is screaming and all that.” No,
watching them. For sure Banji I didn’t say that, silly goose.
you have been witness to Ganchrow But why were they so sur-
a fight between a mother prised when he did run into
and her daughter in the the table?
dress department of some store. Or a Here is a piece of advice. Don’t bring a
mother running after her toddler when 3-year-old to graduation!
he is only wearing one shoe. And pos- Yes, I am judging, but I can do that if
sibly no pants. I never brought a 3-year-old to gradu-
As the observer, you get a chuckle ation. Just like I can judge moms who
out of the situation — unless it hits too
close to home. And then you might
start to cry. In any event, last week, at a
graduation, does not matter which one,
some friends and I decided to observe After an in-depth
from afar, just to see how parents really
parent when there are so many people wipe of the nose,
around that they think no one is judging one cookie is
their parenting skills.
On the tables were cups of candy, touched, then
cookies, and fruit. another, then
Let’s see what happens.
Across
1. Dipped fruit
Down
1. Admits Three little boys start sticking their another, and
6. Dealer’s bane
10. Bad dreidel spin
2. Qualifying clause
3. Bat goo
hands in the cups of candy, put some in finally, a winner
their mouths, decide, “Naa, we don’t like
14. Former town employee
15. Inflatable things
4. “The”, to Éponine
5. ___ Pesach (busy day) this,” and spit it out and put it back in the is selected! He
16. One of four notable animals in 6. Yonah and Yaakov, e.g. cup. What does the mother do? Nothing! takes a bite and
She has her back turned and is having
Parashat Shemini
17. One who might have been offended by
7. From the top
8. Make a stink? a lovely conversation with someone she … nope, let’s put
the menu of 61-Across
20. Day before
9. CBS spinoff
10. “The West Wing” actor
probably doesn’t even like. that one back.
21. Britain’s last King Henry 11. Muslim’s journey Now these little gems decide to try
22. “Fannie” follower 12. Cause of an explosion? the cookies. After an in-depth wipe of
23. He played Bean, Button, and Black 13. Like a marriage during sheva brachot the nose, one cookie is touched, then nurse in public and moms who send
25. Midwestern city where 61-Across 18. Ocasek and others another, then another, and finally, a their kids to school the minute they are
occurred 19. Skateboarding apparel brand
winner is selected! He takes a bite and … in the recovery room.
30. Autocratic Russian rule 24. Braid or plait, e.g.
32. Batteries for remotes, perhaps 26. Notable idol nope, let’s put that one back. What does So watching all these things happen
33. Pal 27. Start of many an Arab name the mother do? Nothing! Now she is talk- was very humorous to us, again, because
34. Dermatology issues 28. Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher, AKA The ___ ing to someone else who she probably these weren’t our children. When your
35. Kind of tree 29. Israel’s protection: Abbr. doesn’t like! This is a fun activity. children get older, there is a whole new
36. Make like Doc Paskowitz 31. Book end?
Oh wait, these little guys are thirsty. set of things to worry about, which have
37. Menu item at 61-Across 35. Elrond, e.g.
41. They made a 42-Down obsolete 36. Curry’s are often far out Let’s see what happens when they go nothing to do with if they touch a cookie
44. Female warrior in two “Thor” movies 38. The ones that got away to the drink table. Don’t lift that bottle and don’t take it, or eat a piece of candy
45. Carlo, of Monaco 39. Place for VIPs? of soda, it’s too heavy for you, little guy! and put it back in the cup.
49. Aloof 40. Text message, formally and briefly Nope, we are going to lift it and proceed Though I really hope my boys aren’t
50. Dells, for short 41. Be into
to pour it in the cup, on the table, and doing that anymore, but with boys, ya
51. Nor’___ 42. See 41-Across
53. What many attendees at 61-Across 43. Colorful rug then on the floor. What does the mother never know.
were doing 46. Poseidon, to the Romans do? Do I really need to tell you? And even though I really wanted to go
56. Quick card game 47. Cut in thirds Now before graduation, when the over to the mom and give her the used
57. Jean who was the abba of Dada 48. Jamaica ___ (Queens neighborhood) room was being set up and everyone candy and “nose-covered” cookies, I
58. Blackens, in a way 50. Run well, as an engine
not setting up was supposed to be at the decided to keep my mouth shut (sur-
60. Org. that will check you out after you 51. Pave the way for
check in? 52. Indian city often used in crosswords actual graduation, there was a mom, prising, right?) And let the kids enjoy
61. Historic Hebrew Union College event 54. One of a notable seven from Israel dad, and little boy running around the their newfound freedom amongst all the
that occured on July 11, 1883 55. Home of the world’s first ghetto room. The little boy was screaming, adults. Because it is best to stay a kid for
66. Equal 59. Social climber, often the parents were chasing after him, it as long as humanly possible and that is
67. Little brook 61. Medicinal amt.
was tons of fun. Well, for me anyway, the truth. And even a real judge will tell
68. 1/8 cup 62. Habayit preceder
69. Cowboys and Indians, e.g. 63. Melodramatic, in slang because it wasn’t my kid. But then the you that…
70. Hog hang out 64. Like many an action star little cutie ran right into the edge of the
71. Schrute Farms vegetable 65. ““___ pasa?”” table because the parents were just let- Banji Ganchrow of Teaneck is trying to
ting him do whatever he wanted, and figure out how to pack her kids for camp
The solution to last week’s puzzle is on page 39 he started screaming at the top of his when no one will give her a straight
lungs, and there was blood. “Can we answer about anything.

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Dreaming of America
Camryn Manheim matches the words and emtions to immigration
CURT SCHLEIER
C
amryn Manheim held it together,
but viewers of the latest install-
ment of PBS’s magnificent Great
Performances series may not.
The latest installment of the long-
running series is a presentation of
Peter Boyer’s “Ellis Island: The Dream
of America,” a multimedia Grammy-
nominated composition that is among
the most popular contemporary classical
pieces in the symphonic repertoire.
It’s performed by the Pacific Symphony
of Orange County, Calif., as part of its
American Composers Festival, and is being
broadcast by PBS now in part to celebrate
June as Immigrant Heritage Month.
Boyer wrote “Ellis Island” in 2002. It is
a work that soars to powerful crescendos
and descends to emotionally resonating
muted sections. On its own, it is a uniquely
moving experience But the music is part of
a greater whole.
Boyer uses archival photos flashed on
a screen behind the orchestra and text
from the Ellis Island Oral History Project
to illustrate the experiences of seven
immigrants who arrived in the United
States between 1910 and 1940.
The immigrants chosen are
representative of the immigrant influx
during the three-decade period: Italian,
Irish, and Jewish. Barry Bostwick,
Michael Nouri, Lesley Fera, Lucas Near-
Verbrugghe, Samantha Sloyan, Kira
Sternbach, and Manheim do not so much
recite the words, but re-enact them,
Arts & Culture
Ellis Island cast of actors, from left, Lesley Fera, Samantha Sloyan, Kira Sternbach, Camryn
Manheim, Barry Bostwick, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, and Michael Nouri on stage for Pacific
Symphony’s “Ellis Island: The Dream of America” by composer Peter Boyer. JOSHUA SUDOCK
interpret them, and bring them to life.
Although it probably isn’t surprising
to people familiar with Boyer’s work,
the three elements of “Ellis Island” are
exceptionally well integrated; like a
perfectly machined motor, the pieces fit
together smoothly. Equally impressive
are the comments of these immigrants,
essentially uneducated people, proving
you don’t need schooling to acquire
wisdom and common sense.
None more so than Manheim’s
Katherine Beychok, who came to America
from Russia in 1910, when she was just 10
years old.
“Hunger was a guest in everybody’s
house,” she told the Oral History project.
“The majority of the people were hungry
all the time. The only time there was relief
from out poverty was on the Sabbath. The
men came home from whatever they were
doing, studying or working for a living, and
they put on whatever better clothes they
had and got ready for the Sabbath. They
went to shul, to synagogue, and when they
came home, and that was the time we had
a big meal.”
Beychok’s father came to the States first,
and when she landed, “this man came
forward, and he was beautiful. I didn’t
know he was my father. I fell in love with
him and he with me.”
In a telephone interview, Manheim
explained: “I was just asked if I could read
the script and of course reading those
beautiful firsthand accounts of going
through Ellis Island filled with fear and
hope and optimism, all that spoke to me,
coming from a family of immigrants.
“They gave me that passage and asked
if I would be comfortable reading it. I
loved it. I loved being able to tell a story
so emotional with the backdrop of a
symphony.
“I remember, we all got together the
day of the performance and waited in the
wings. We walked out one by one, and it
was just a tidal wave of emotions. I can’t
really explain it to you, because I never
felt anything like it before: the power of
Camryn Manheim performs the words
of Russian immigrant Katherine
Beychok in Pacific Symphony’s “Ellis
Island: The Dream of America” by
composer Peter Boyer.
JOSHUA SUDOCK
those words coming from poor immigrant
children in a new land.”
She pauses for a second before
continuing: “I’m getting emotional just
thinking about it now.”
Manheim’s maternal grandparents came
through Ellis Island. “Their names are
probably displayed on the wall there,” she
said. She was born in Caldwell and raised
in a very secular — as she calls it, Jew-ish —
family on the West Coast.
Ironically, she and her siblings (she has
a sister and brother) are more observant
now. All their children (including her son
Milo, an actor) became bar mitzvah, a
fact she attributes to the more welcoming
synagogues that have sprung up.
“We were able to find a community
in keeping with our beliefs and our
connection to Judaism,” she said.
Manheim has won many awards as
an actress (both a Golden Globe and
an Emmy) but probably she still is best
known for her role as Ellanor Frutt on
“The Practice.” Today she spends much
of her time giving keynote addresses at
various Jewish federation functions and
is involved in Bet Tzedek Legal Service,
which provides pro bono assistance to
people in need.
“I talk about philanthropy and tikkun
olam and basically thank the federation
for its amazing service to our community,”
she said. “There are so many wonderful
stories. We just laugh and cry together.”
Great Performances “Ellis Island: The
Dream of America” airs on Friday, June 29
at 10 p.m. on PBS.
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Calendar
Shabbat in Fort Lee:
Friday  Congregation Beth Israel
JUNE 22 of the Palisades hosts
its annual Independence
Shabbat in Closter: Weekend barbecue, 6
Temple Beth El installs p.m. 1585 Center Ave.
its new board at Reservations, (201) 945-
services, 6:30 p.m.; a 7310 or shul@cbiotp.org.
barbecue follows. 221
Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112.
Children’s
Saturday 
clothing

MADELINE HOUPT (LEFT); COURTESY JFNNJ

JUNE 23
Shabbat in Teaneck:
drive at
The Jewish Center of
Teaneck holds its annual
Keter Torah
graduation kiddush The Children’s Clothing
after services, honoring Drive/Gemach will collect
alumni of nursery, pre-K, children’s clothing, shoes,
kindergarten, elementary,
and coats on Sunday, July
middle, and high school,
college, or graduate 1, and on Monday, July 2, at
school. Sponsorships Congregation Keter Torah’s
welcome. 70 Sterling main ballroom in Teaneck.
Place. (201) 833-0515, or
JCOT.org.
Donations must be in very
good condition, and sized
Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Northern
Shabbat in Jersey
City: Congregation
JUNE New Jersey welcomes New York Times bestselling author Jenna
for newborns through
teens. The drive benefits

B’nai Jacob holds
Shabbat yoga services
at Hamilton House, 10:30
a.m. 255 Brunswick St.;
building entrance on 10th
Street where free parking
is available. Rabbi Aaron
Katz, (201) 435-5725 or
rabbiaaron1@gmail.com.
Women’s song circle in
Teaneck: Join a z’mirot House in Marlboro, N.Y.,
27 Blum, who will discuss her new book, “The Lost Family,” at JFNNJ
community members.
headquarters in Paramus, 7:30 p.m. The sisterhoods of Temple Beth It would be helpful for
Sholom of Pascack Valley in Park Ridge, Temple Emanuel of the donors to sort the clothing,
Pascack Valley in Woodcliff Lake, and Women of Chai of Temple Beth Tikvah of bag it by age and gender,
Wayne co-sponsor the talk with the federation. Admission includes the book, and label it. Do not leave
wine, cheese, and desserts. 50 Eisenhower Drive. (201) 820-3906 or jfnnj.org. bags outside the shul.
Volunteers also are
needed to help sort and
Paramus/Congregation then pack the clothing
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

song circle, for women 1:30 p.m. Free tour of Monday  Beth Tikvah, 11:30 a.m. from July 1 to 11, as well
COURTESY OF THE PASSAIC

only, at the Jewish Center the Gomez Mill House Kosher lunch and music
of Teaneck, 5-6 p.m. Use follows. Refreshments. JUNE 25 by Moshe Katzburg. East as to work during the
the ramp entrance on The Gomez Foundation 304 Midland Ave. Shari shopping days, which
70 Sterling Place. Email for Mill House works to Lunch and learn: Rabbi Brodsky, (201) 837-9090, are July 4 to 10. Shoppers
WomensZmirot+owner@ preserve the 300 year- Aaron Katz leads a lunch ext. 237 or sharib@
discussion on current can choose private or
groups.io. old Gomez Mill House, jfcsnnj.org.
the oldest standing topics at Congregation small group appointment
B’nai Jacob in Jersey times. No appointment
Sunday  Jewish dwelling in North
America. 11 Mill House City, noon. $10. 176 West Friday  is needed on the last two
JUNE 24 Road, off Route 9W, Sophia Agranovich Side Ave. (201) 435-5725 JUNE 29 days — Monday, July 9, 6-8
Marlboro, N.Y. or Info@bnaijacobjc.org.
(845) 236-3126 or Music in Paterson: Shabbat in Paramus: p.m., and Tuesday, July
Gomez.org. Award-winning
virtuoso pianist Sophia
Wednesday  The JCC of Paramus/ 10, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
JUNE 27
Congregation Beth Suggested prices are $1
Dance music in Franklin Agranovich returns to the Tikvah hosts an open-
Lakes: Temple Emanuel Lambert Castle Concert
per item; funds are donated
house dinner for
of North Jersey shows series at Lambert Café Europa in prospective religious to Yad Leah. Leftover cloth-
Gomez Mill House a video of a recorded Castle, 5 p.m. 3 Valley Paramus: Café Europa, school families and ing will be sent to Israel
concert with popular Road. Limited seating. a social program
Music in the Hudson their children, 4 to 13 through Yad Leah. To make
Valley: Singers/ dance band music from (973) 247-0085 or sponsored by Jewish years old, 6 p.m. East
the Roaring Twenties, lambertcastle.org. Family & Children’s an appointment to shop
songwriters, Lydia Adams 304 Midland Ave.
Davis, Pat Lamanna, and 2 p.m. Refreshments Services of Northern NJ Free, but reservations or for information, email
Jim Pospisil perform and ice cream. 558 High for Holocaust survivors, required. (201) 262-7733, childrensclothingdrive@
Mountain Road. (201) with funding from the email eduDirector@
handcrafted historical
Claims Conference,
gmail.com.
ballads at the Gomez 560-0200 or www.tenjfl. jccParamus.org, or www.
Foundation for Mill org. meets at the JCC of jccparamus.org.

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JCC to screen short films
The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in
Tenafly hosts the “37th Short Film Con-
cert,” from the prize-winning short film
exhibition Asbury Shorts, on Tuesday,
June 26, at 7:30 p.m. It is a collection of
Sacha Horter and Tilda Cobham-Hervey in “The Suitor”  of efforts, from pledging to make streets
Conversation with an Israeli teen
An Israeli teen who participated in Open
Hearts, Open Homes two years ago, will
be at Temple Beth Or in Washington
Township on Tuesday, June 26, at noon.
She lives near the border of Gaza and will
talk about the current situation in Israel.
The program is sponsored by the
Jewish Community Center of Northern
Meditation retreat in Tenafly
Mark Van Buren, a yoga, meditation and
mindful living trainer, leads a “Meditation
Retreat” on Sunday, July 15, at the Kaplen
JCC on the Palisades, beginning at 12:30
p.m. The guided, half-day silent retreat
will teach participants how to incorpo-
rate meditation into their daily routines.
Van Buren will explore meditation in all
forms, including sitting, walking, journal-
ing, meditative dance, and quietly lying on
the floor. He also will share core teachings
and how to attain restorative results.
“Meditation provides a way to find deep
inner peace, mindfulness and calm,” he
said. “It also helps people develop concen-
tration, clarity and a sense of emotional
positivity — something we can all benefit
from.”
Pre-registration required at jccotp.org/
meditation.
For more information, call Hagit Tal
at (201) 408-1477 or email her at htal@
jccotp.org.
award-winning short films, curated from
the top global film festivals, including
“The Suitor,” “The Drive,” and “Pickle.”
For information, call Michele at (201) 408-
1496 or go to jccotp.org.
COURTESY JCCOTP
NJ, formerly the Bergen County YJCC.
OHOH is a program that provides respite
and comfort to disadvantaged Israeli
teens victimized by terror and war. They
stay with local Bergen County host fami-
lies during the summer.
For information, elanaP@JCCNNJ.org or
register at JCCNNJIsrael.eventbrite.com.
COURTESY JCCOTP
Participating at a JCC yoga class.
Teaneck joins AARP network
of age-friendly communities
Teaneck announced this week that it
has joined a global alliance working to
improve the lives of older residents. The
township is the first Bergen County com-
munity, and only the third in New Jersey,
to join the AARP’s Age-Friendly Network
of States and Cities.
Teaneck’s entry into the network
was celebrated at a June 14 recep-
tion attended by Mayor Mohammed
Hameeduddin, Township Manager Wil-
liam Broughton, state AARP leadership,
and representatives of the nearly three-
year-old Age-Friendly Teaneck initiative.
“You can tell a lot about a community
by the way they care for people who are
aging in the community,” said Brough-
ton, adding that he is looking forward to
the additional resources that will come
from the alliance with the AARP and the
more than 260 communities around the
country that have also joined. The town-
ship and Age-Friendly Teaneck initia-
tive have worked together on a number
more pedestrian-friendly to disseminat-
ing a resource guide and promoting key
services to older adults.
The mayor said that he and the rest
of the township council are committed
to addressing challenges faced by older
adults and would welcome any sugges-
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Jewish World
Psychology association faces pressure to boycott Israel
DEBRA NUSSBAUM COHEN
A
s its name suggests, relation-
ships are key to members of
the International Association
of Relational Psychoanalysts
and Psychotherapists.
But there is one relationship some mem-
bers want to sever: the one between the
organization and Israel.
At its 2018 conference, held June 14-17
at a Midtown Manhattan hotel, a vocal
minority of the association’s 2,200 mem-
bers objected to next year’s gathering
being held in Tel Aviv, with some pledg-
ing to boycott it. The 100 people or so
who attended a concurrent meeting in the
same hotel titled Voices of Palestine sug-
gested the objections aren’t marginal.
To be sure, the IARPP is a relatively
small professional organization — it is
dwarfed by the American Psychological
Association’s nearly 116,000 members, for
instance — but this marks the first time that
boycotting Israel has become an issue out-
side of academic and church groups and
the corporate world, according to people
closely observing the Boycott, Divestment,
and Sanctions, or BDS, movement.
Backed by the pro-BDS group Jewish
Voice for Peace, objectors and two dozen
Palestinian mental health professionals,
plus an Israel-based group called Psycho-
active, sent letters to IARPP’s board asking
that the conference location be changed. A
petition made the same point.
Some communications asked that the
conference be moved to Cyprus or Jor-
dan. Another proposal was that it be held
in Nazareth, an Arab city inside Israel
proper, or on the border between east-
ern and western Jerusalem, so the con-
ference would contribute to the Palestin-
ian economy.
The IARPP declined to change the loca-
tion from Tel Aviv.
“The Board engaged in an open and
deliberative process before deciding to
hold the conference in Israel,” Steven
Kuchuck, IARPP’s president, wrote in a
recent letter to members. “If we chose our
conference locations by judging the politi-
cal decisions of national governments,
we might well have a hard time finding
an ideal setting that would fit everyone’s
preferences and values. To allow our orga-
nization to single out one country for a
boycott would be to practice the politics of
exclusion. Boycotts will not help us fulfill
our central mission: promoting values that
are integral to the creative development of
relational psychoanalysis.”
Now those objecting to having a con-
ference in Israel are accusing the rela-
tional psychology group of “silencing pro-
tests” and “responding like an arm of the
Israeli government.”
Meeting in Israel is “implicit support
36 JEWISH STANDARD JUNE 22, 2018
of the Israeli government,” said
Irwin Hoffman, a Chicago psy-
chologist who is also a member
of Jewish Voice for Peace. “The
contention isn’t with every
Israeli individual but proximity
to dehumanizing I think geno-
cidal behavior which makes it
politically destructive for the
organization” to meet there.
Hoffman, 75, has not visited
Israel since he was in college
and will not attend the confer-
ence in Tel Aviv. He would not
be permitted in Israel, he says,
because of his involvement with
JVP. Having the conference there
“normalizes Israeli business as
usual,” he said.
“You wouldn’t have this meet-
ing next to a concentration camp
in Germany,” Hoffman said. Lewis Aron, left, founding IARPP president, and Steven
The topic of holding the con- Kuchuck, the current president, at the group’s 2018 con-
ference in Israel has been heated ference in New York City. 
since it was proposed over a year
ago, according to Kuchuck, a psychothera-
pist and psychoanalyst in New York City.
“We can only have conferences in cities
with a lot of IARPP members and active
leadership,” he said.
Other conferences have taken place in
Australia, Rome, and Chile. Kuchuck said
only Israel has been controversial.
Lewis Aron, IARPP’s founding president
and the director of New York University’s
postdoctoral program in psychotherapy
and psychoanalysis, said “there aren’t a lot
of objections to having it in the U.S. despite
the Trump administration’s policies.”
Kuchuck said Israel’s IARPP chapter
until recently was the second largest out-
side the United States with 160 members.
Australia’s chapter now has 170 members.
The organization’s popularity in Israel is
rooted by its people’s fondness for psycho-
analysis and psychoanalytically oriented
therapies, said Aron, offering that it was
frequently said that immigrants to Israel
arrived “from Europe with Marx in one
hand and Freud in the other.”
“Analysts are active in the media, and a
good number have columns and write for
the general press,” he told JTA. “Analytic
books commonly appear in the windows
of bookstores.”
Israeli accents were heard virtually
everywhere at the Roosevelt Hotel confer-
ence, which was titled “Hope and Dread:
Therapists and Patients in an Uncertain
World.” Israeli therapists spoke on many of
the panel discussions and frequently asked
questions as audience members.
The conflict was addressed directly and
indirectly in a few of the sessions, includ-
ing one on Sunday morning titled “Bridg-
ing a Sea of Fire.” Panelists included
American Jewish and Israeli psychother-
apists, as well as Manal abu Haq, who
works in eastern Jerusalem and Ramla
DEBRA NUSSBAUM COHEN
and has written about Israel’s founding as
the Nakba, or “disaster,” and a “stubborn
trauma” for Palestinians.
Some IARPP members are refusing to
attend next year’s conference in an unof-
ficial boycott.
Limor Kaufman, an Israeli therapist liv-
ing and practicing in New York, said that
she knows colleagues who say they won’t
go, though they are all engaged in “a pro-
ductive, open dialogue” about it.
“I don’t support a boycott. It alienates
the very people who need support, human
rights workers and the people in favor of a
two state solution,” she said.
“Most members of the Israel chapter
are very liberal. There is also so much
misinformation about the Israel-Palestin-
ian conflict” among those favoring boy-
cott, Kaufman said. “They think Israel is
this humongous superpower. It’s hard to
understand Israel’s vulnerability.”
Whether there will be a wider official
boycott is not yet clear.
“It will depend to a large degree on what
our Palestinian colleagues ask of us,” said
an Israeli therapist in private practice in
Tel Aviv who describes herself as an anti-
occupation activist and BDS proponent.
“We may attend and facilitate workshops
on the occupation, or only come to the
opening to relay the message from the Pal-
estinian colleagues. This is not yet known.”
The therapist did not want to be named,
saying it is dangerous to identify as a BDS
activist in Israel.
“We want to protest the normalization
of the occupation and the increasing vio-
lence happening now,” she said, referring
to the number of Palestinians injured and
killed during at times violent demonstra-
tions at Gaza’s border with Israel.
The Voices on Palestine meeting held at
the same time as the IARPP conference in
the same hotel was organized
by leaders of the U.S.-Pales-
tine Mental Health Network.
It attracted about 100 people,
who filled a small conference
room and overflowed into
the hallway.
“IARPP tried to intimidate
us and undermine our effort,”
said Christine Schmidt, an
IARPP member, psychoanalyst
in Brooklyn and an organizer of
the parallel gathering. “There
is significant interest in talk-
ing about Palestinian human
rights among IARPP mem-
bers, and a lot of anger about
the censorship and shutdown
that have happened” at this
year’s conference.
“People I know in Palestine
have had family members mur-
dered and have been forced to
stand naked in the street,” said
Elizabeth Berger, a child psy-
chiatrist on the steering committee of the
U.S.-Palestine Mental Health Network,
who also organized the parallel gathering
at the IARPP conference.
“These atrocities occur on a policy-based
wide scale which is denied,” Berger, who is
Jewish and not an IARPP member, told JTA.
“There’s a whole world of clinicians who
live in the Middle East and [BDS] activists
who will be deprived of participation. It is
for this reason that the State of Israel cannot
be a platform for scholarly debate.”
The idea that those who oppose having
the conference in Tel Aviv would not be
permitted entry to Israel because of the
Israeli government’s BDS blacklist is incor-
rect, said one expert.
“Everyone’s protesting that they’ll be
barred. But I’ve had conversations with
the ministry on this issue and it’s not mem-
bers, it is leaders” of BDS advocacy groups
who would be stopped, said Kenneth
Waltzer, executive director of the Aca-
demic Engagement Network, an organiza-
tion of university professors that opposes
boycotts of Israel and advocates for aca-
demic freedom.
Co-chairs of the Tel Aviv conference next
year already are starting to coordinate
entry permits for mental health profes-
sionals from the west bank and overseas
who want to attend but might otherwise
face difficulty, Kuchuck told JTA. There
will also be pre-conference opportunities
for participants to visit the west bank and
checkpoints and dialogue with Palestin-
ians, he said.
The last time an IARPP conference
was held in Israel was a decade ago and
included similar activities.
“People went home with a much richer
understanding of how complicated the sit-
uation there is,” Kuchuck said.
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is known for its large chasidic Jewish popu-
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the Beis Community, a progressive Ortho-
dox community in Washington Heights.
Though the Beis Community is a syna-
gogue, the Union Street Sanctuary is a
social organization only, hosting events
such as Shabbat dinners, barbecues,
and open mic nights. Most attendees
are millennials and about 60 percent
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Former Israeli minister spied for Iran
Former Israeli minister and Knesset mem-
ber Gonen Segev has been arrested and
charged for spying for Iran, the Israeli gov-
ernment has revealed.
Segev, a disgraced former politician who
had been previously convicted for drug
smuggling and fraud and had been living
in Nigeria in recent years, was arrested by
Israeli authorities last month after being
denied entry by Equatorial Guinea due to
his criminal record.
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Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein wants people of all backgrounds to feel welcome in his
Brooklyn community. 
are Orthodox.
One of Rothstein’s goals is to create an
inclusive place for people regardless of
their ethnic or racial background, religious
beliefs, sexual orientation, or other things
that could make them feel like outsiders in
other Jewish communities.
“Everything about how I was raised led
me to my work on some level,” he said
over smoothies at a juice bar in Lower
Manhattan’s Financial District.
The shared motto of the Union Street
Sanctuary and the Beis Community —
“All are welcome, always” — exemplifies
that commitment.
“When we say it out loud at events,
there’s like ‘Yeah, but am I welcome if I’m
female?’ Always. ‘Am I welcome if I don’t
According to the Israeli Shin Bet secu-
rity service, the investigation into Segev
revealed that he was an active agent for
Iranian intelligence. Israeli authorities
said that Segev had made contact in 2012
with elements from the Iranian Embassy
in Nigeria, subsequently visiting Iran twice
to meet with his handlers.
Segev also met with his Iranian handlers
at various hotels and apartments around
the world that he assumed were used for
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know if I believe in God?’ Always. ‘Am I
welcome if I am a person of color? Am I
welcome if my gender identity, my sexual
identity [is a certain way]?’ Our motto is all
are welcome, always,” he said.
The programming and its attendees
reflect that attitude, Rothstein said.
Attendees at a recent barbecue event
included Jews across the spectrum, from
haredi Orthodox to unaffiliated, as well
as Jews of varying racial and ethnic back-
grounds and ages, he said. The Union Street
Sanctuary hosts meet-ups for Jews of color.
“Being welcoming isn’t just what we try
to do in our programs, it’s what we are as
an organization,” Rothstein said.
In addition to his work at the Union
Street Sanctuary, Rothstein also serves as
covert activity, authorities allege.
The former Israeli politician, who
served in the Knesset from 1992-1996,
including as a minister of energy and infra-
structure, allegedly transferred his Iranian
handlers information on the Jewish state’s
energy economy and security sites, as well
as diplomatic and security personnel and
buildings.
“In order to perform the missions that
he had been assigned by his handlers,
rabbi-in-residence for Be’chol Lashon, an
organization that promotes Jewish diver-
sity, and Hazon, a Jewish environmental
group. He was invited to attend the ROI
Summit, a gathering of young Jewish inno-
vators in Jerusalem in June. He also plays
the guitar and sings in Zayah, a musical
collective he founded that plays Jewish-
inspired rock and reggae.
Rothstein also strives to be inclusive of
any rituals performed at events. He will
perform kiddush or Havdalah, for exam-
ple, but then invite anyone else, including
women, to make their own blessings after-
ward. There are different interpretations
about women performing such rituals,
with most Orthodox Jews believing that a
woman cannot fulfill the Jewish legal obli-
gations reserved for men.
Though there may be ritual elements
like these at the Union Street Sanctuary, it
does not host services and is not intended
to replace the function of a synagogue,
Rothstein said.
“We see ourselves as filling that gap
between social programming devoid of
spirituality and religion,” he said. “We
want to include our ancestral texts of
Judaism, we want to include that spiritu-
ality, but we do it in a way that doesn’t do
the same things that maybe a synagogue
would do.”
Rothstein estimated that approximately
200 people have attended events since its
founding in August.
He hopes that with Union Street Sanctu-
ary, he can help more Jews find a home.
Rothstein felt like an outsider based on his
racial background, but said that many oth-
ers feel similarly for other reasons.
“I think it is something that is rampant
in the Jewish world today of people not
being able to have a solid sense that they
are truly a part of the community,” he said.
“It can be based on not just fitting into the
classic mold.”  JTA WIRE SERVICE
Segev maintained contacts with Israeli
citizens in the foreign affairs and secu-
rity fields. Segev worked to put some of
these Israeli citizens in contact with Ira-
nian intelligence agents by misleading
the former and presenting the latter as
innocent Iranian businessmen,” the Shin
Bet said.
Segev is reportedly currently being held
at a Shin Bet facility.
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