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Jewish Community Walks for Autism Support TEAM AMIT RAISES FUNDS, AWARENESS, HOPE
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BY KArEN PAz For The Atlanta Jewish Times
Families, schools, synagogues, agencies and businesses created teams or joined to-gether under TEAM AMIT
as part of the Atlanta Jewish com-munity’s support for the 2012 Autism Speaks Walk. TEAM AMIT has been the top company fundraising team since 2009 thanks to the individual teams who have come together from the community in support of Autism Speaks. The 1.5-mile walk took place May 20 at Atlantic Station. TEAM AMIT’s booth at the morning’s resource fair provided information about special needs services and programs in the Jewish community including The Amit Program, Jewish Family and Career Services, the Marcus Jew-ish Community Center, Camp Yofi, Friendship Circle and Camp Living Wonders. Autism is a complex brain disorder that often inhibits a person’s ability to communicate, respond to their sur-roundings or form relationships with others. Autism spectrum disorders affect people of all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The most recent CDC statistics now show that 1 in 88 children in the United States are being diagnosed with autism, making it more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined. Still, the cause of autism is unknown, and there are no specific medical treatments or a cure for autism. Most people with autism require lifelong supervision and care; only seven percent of children with autism go on to be independent. Recent stud-ies suggest that more than 1 million Americans are living with an autism spectrum disorder, but despite this strikingly high prevalence, autism research remains one of the lowest funded areas of medical research by both public and private sources. Only through biomedical research will we ever understand what causes autism and develop methods to di-agnose autism. TEAM AMIT and
the rest of the Autism Speaks Walk participants helped support funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure; raise public awareness and its effects on individu-als, families and society; and bring hope to all who deal with the hard-ships of the disorder.
Top: Susan and randy Newman formed Team Awareness in honor of their son Asher.
Above Left: The Blumenthal/rodencal family, whose team Zach’s Zealous Friends walked for their son Zach.
Above Right: Mark roithmayr, president of Autism Speaks (left) with Karen Paz, Director of Programming and Development at The Amit Program, in front of TEAM AMIT’s booth at the resource fair.
PHOTOS/courtesy Karen Paz
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Lions Bring Home The Trophy YESHIVA IS JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL WORLD SERIES CHAMPION
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Yeshiva High School of At-lanta won 8-5 over Kush-ner Academy (Livingston, N.J.) in the thrilling three-
hour-plus extra-inning championship game of the Columbus Baseball Invi-tational. A hearty mazel tov goes out to the Lions, who went undefeated for the tournament.
This year’s Invitational, hosted by The Columbus Torah Academy in Columbus, Ohio, began May 17. For this third iteration of the competition, six Jewish high school teams traveled from different cities to compete for the coveted World Series of Jewish High School baseball.
Beyond Kushner, YA and host Columbus Torah, teams participating included Yeshi-va Ohr Yisrael (Atlanta), Ida Crown High School (Chicago) and Ramaz High School (New York). Yeshiva Atlanta pitcher Yondi Kadosh was chosen the MVP of the tournament, and Gary Friedlander and Chad Shapiro, also YA pitchers, re-ceived recognition for their out-standing performances. Noah
Frankel received the game ball for his outstanding double play at third base during the champi-onship game.
The Lions to-gether represent a total of five different synagogues around the Atlanta area: Congregation Ariel, Congregation Beth
Jacob, Young Israel of Toco Hills, Congregation Beth Tefillah and Cha-bad of Alpharetta.
A presentation of the champion-ship trophy to the school was held on Tuesday May 22 in the school Audito-rium.
LEFT: Yeshiva Atlanta senior Yondi Kadosh throws a pitch in the championship game.
ABOV E: The champions are (standing, left to right) Coach Steve Strauss, zev Fran-kel, Yondi Kadosh, Noah Frankel, Daniel Strauss, Chad Shapiro, Josh Weiss-mann, Avi Goodfriend, Isaiah Blanks, Coach Harold Schroeder and (kneeling) Myles ratner, Gary Friedlander, Aaron Siegel and Ari Solomon.
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IF YOU ASK ME
The Knesset’s Coalition is Hopeful SHAUL MOFAZ ASIDE
BY NOGA GUr-ArIEH AJT Columnist
In Israel, everyone and anyone can start their own political par-ty – with any agenda – and
run for election.
This makes every Knesset various and colorful, as it is made up of several parties. The current Knesset, for example, has del-egators from no less than 13 parties.
On the one hand, this is a good thing: Having many groups within the Israeli population repre-sented when big deci-sions are being made is very healthy for the people. On the other hand, having so many parties representing so many agendas is making the Knesset very fragile, which is very unhealthy for the country.
It is hard for me to remember a Knesset which stuck together for the whole four years of a term. It usually takes between a year-and-a-half to three years before ministers get fed up, the prime minister can’t please all parties, the coalition falls apart and we go back to elections.
This time we were this close to com-plete a full term: only nine more months would have brought us full-circle. That is why I was thrilled to hear that the two biggest parties represented in the Knesset, Likud and Kadima, decided to stop and think before calling it quits and subsequently made a deal to form a unified government.
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This announcement came as a sur-prise, I admit, but it wasn’t like it hap-pened a week before the elections, af-ter other parties spent a lot of money on publicity, advertisement and cam-paigning. The decision wasn’t made
“on time,” per se, but it was made be-fore it was too late.
This was a last attempt to save the current Knesset, and for once, make the coalition stable and strong. A co-alition this big is supposed to help decisions pass and make the country stronger and more vital.
To me, the real problem here is Shaul Mofaz, who really showed his true self. Unlike his predecessor Tzipi Livny, who refused to give up any of her principles, Mofaz proved he had none.
Livny might have been a little to un-willing to bend at times, and that may have prevented her from becoming the prime minister. But Mofaz created no terms for his deal with Bibi; a chair in the Cabinet, and that’s that.
Mofaz did absolutely nothing for the party he represents and the voters who believed in its agenda. No condi-tions, no nothing. This is a complete surprise and very, very strange.
Conditions (or concessions, or com-promises, depending on how you look at it) are what move decision-making and law-passing in our colorful Knes-set: “If you want me to vote ‘pro,’ give our party this and that…”
But this Mofaz-Bibi deal (it certain-ly couldn’t be called a “Kadima-Bibi” deal) comes off even stranger after one reads Mofaz’s statements from the day
before, when he claimed he would nev-er ever join Bibi and instead stick with his principles, yada yada yada.
This agreement seems out of place and has truly destroyed Mofaz’s pub-lic figure, but I look at the bottom line,
which is that our Knesset will live to see another day. A unity government is all I could ask for: A strong, solid coalition that may actually do some-thing for Israel and not be based on heads of parties fearing for their seat.
I hope this large coalition will be a powerful one, the kind that tru-ly represents the voting population and work together. Even if Bibi and Mofaz were think-ing only of them-selves and didn’t have the public in mind when making their arrangment, I want to believe the outcome will be positive.
I may be naïve – I probably am – but I see this change as a good one in the long term. For the first time in many years, I really hope to see a gov-ernment stick to the end, proving Is-rael can unite not only externally – in the way it represents itself among the other nations of the world – but inter-nally, for itself.
Editor’s note: Noga Gur-Arieh visited the U.S. after finishing her military service, working at Camp Coleman. She is back in Israel now working as a journalist.
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With Reference to ‘Rolling Reuben’s’Dear Editor:
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itself), provides a spot for the reader to indicate that they liked or agreed with the comments that the group mem-ber provided. I wish you could provide such an option so that I could indicate my enjoyment of the article: “A Tea Party in the American Wonderland – Memories A Beverage May Bring” by Rabbi Marc Wilson.
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Harris Jacobs Run Truly A ‘Dream’Dear Editor:
It’s hard to believe that 19 years have passed since the first Harris Ja-cobs Dream Run began. We know Har-ris is smiling down at the 488 men,
women and children who ran and walked in his memory.
My family and I are so grateful to the fantastic HJDR committee mem-bers, particularly Larry Gordon, who was responsible for making this an annual event. Kudos always to the marvelous MJCCA staff, particularly to DeAnne Jacobson, who spent many hours working on the event, and the many volunteers who once again stepped up to the plate to help.
Again, our sincerest thanks for helping us keep Harris’s memory alive with such a successful event.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALEN-DARS FOR MAY 5, 2013 TO HELP CELEBRATE NO. 20.
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CHANA’S COrNEr
Preparing Toddlers for College INSTILLING JEWISH IDENTITY
BY CHANA SHAPIrO AJT Columnist
My husband and I spend a lot of time with our grandchildren. We are not foolishly
optimistic elders who open bank ac-counts at a baby’s birth; it’s possible that the investment may some day pay for a month or two of post-high school learning, but who knows? With university costs escalating hourly, there’s no telling how expensive four, six or eight years of higher education will be. Knowing that today’s money – ac-crue though it might – cannot be the answer to the future well-being of the grands, we sought ways to endow them with something as good as a boatload of cash. We had to become useful antecedents, playing our part
in the future ego strength, social con-sciousness, and yiddishkeit of these young offspring. I offer the following true-life vi-gnettes for your consideration. Our little morality tale begins sev-eral years ago, in the children’s sec-tion of my favorite second-hand em-porium, on its weekly half-price day. Once the grands started wearing real clothes and playing with something other than toilet paper rolls, I bliss-fully headed toward this area of the store. There were oodles of toddler-appro-priate shirts and pants, which looked to me just like the trendy, high-end ones at the mall. Only these were priced at $.99 and $1.99. And, glory be, it was another half-off! I bought everything I could findthatwouldfitthekidsandwhichdidnot have any offensive stains (blood!)
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or shocking slogans (“Satan’s Little Helper”). Then I purposefully plowed throughtheusedtoysectionandfilledthe rest of my shopping cart. The for-ay – remember, the shopping cart was full – came to a total of $21. When I presented the above-men-tioned gems to our daughters, who should have been thrilled with the windfall, they scrutinized and cri-tiqued each item. “Most of these books are missing pages, all the toys that still have their parts need batteries, and how many Captain Kangaroo stretch pants and Partridge Family T-shirts do the kids really need?” they said. “Do we have to keep everything?” they asked. “Of course not,” I answered, stoi-cally controlling my true emotions. “I can give these lovely things to pitiful children who do not have loving, fru-gal grandmothers to clothe, educate and entertain them. Besides, a lot of this stuff is collectible, classic, vin-tage.” Our daughters rolled their eyes and sighed deeply, but guilt, when applied judicially, often works. Even today, when I see Miriam or Zelly in something I bought for 50 cents, I cel-ebrate the liberation of a few more dollars for those college funds. Then there’s the matter of self-con-trol concerning junk food. Ingesting largequantitiesofartificialflavoring,whiteflour,saturatedfat,salt,sugarand permanently-staining food color-ing is heaven to toddlers. Stumped, I wondered, what would our Jewish sages do? I remembered that the rebbes of yore welcomed stu-dentson thefirstdayof schoolwithcandy, placed on the holy books they were about to study; this controlled use of candy subliminally embedded the sweetness of learning. So I took a page from their book, so to speak. In order to control our grandchildren’s consumption of can-dy, cake and other nosherei, I estab-lished the rule of “Shabbos treats.” On that special day, the ingestion of non-nutritional fare would be accept-able, linking sweetness with the day of rest.
On all other days of the week, these victuals would be taboo. Concurrently, the “only-on-Shabbos” principle also taught them the days of the week: “Bubbe, is today Shabbos?” “No, sweetie, it’s Monday. Five days to go.” “Bubbe, is it almost Shabbos?” “No, honey, it’s Tuesday. Four days to go.” And so forth. I admit that, for now, the love of the Sabbath is still heav-ily linked to chocolate, but one hopes that the junk-food-loving seeds plant-ed today will mature into full-grown young adults who make sure there is a weekly kiddush on their college cam-puses; and with the money I’m saving on clothes at the thrift store, we can probably sponsor some of those kid-dushim. Speaking of the Sabbath, one Fri-day afternoon, our granddaughter, Miriam, started clapping, dancing and singing “Shabbat Shalom.” “C’mon, Bubbe, sing with me!” she urged. We happened to be in the local Kroger dairy section at the time. Since she was blessed with excel-lent pre-school voice projection, her request was noted by many on-look-ers. Wanting to capture the moment of positive Jewish identity, yet not provoke the other shoppers, I sang the words along with her in my quiet-est voice. “Why are you whispering, Bubbe?” she asked. Why, indeed? I threw caution to the wind and sang along. I’d like to say that a talent scout for a multi-generational Jewish reality show spotted us and signed us on the spot, but what really happened was that most people purposefully ig-nored us, shoppers who were my age smiled and nodded in recognition, and little three-year-old Miriam, proud andconfident,hadaswelltime. Out in the parking lot, a woman came up to me. “I hope she’ll still do that when she’s in college!” she laughed. I hope so, too. While she’s prepar-ing kiddush.
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Grey Named NAPO President
Arn Rubinoff, Atlanta attorney and Adjunct Professor in the College of Management at Georgia Tech, was by vote of undergraduate students named Professor of the Year. Rubinoff teaches undergraduate and MBA level courses on technology transfer, international business, business law and business ethics.
MichelleGrey,electedinMarchandactiveinofficeasofMay15asthenewpresident of the National Association of Professional Organizers, becomes the fourth Jewish president of the 17-year-old organization. Grey, owner of AIP Organizing Solutions, is an active member of the commu-nity in Marietta and attends Congregation Etz Chaim. She has been organizing fornearlyadecade,specializinginbothofficeorganizationandorganizingstu-dents through her partnership with Student Organizers of Atlanta. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Grey attended Carnegie Mellon University and received a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems and Business and later at-tended Columbia University and received a master’s Degree in Organizational Psychology.In2007,shebecameaCertifiedProfessionalOrganizerandwasamemberofthefirstgroupoforganizersacrossthecountrytopasstheexamandqualify for this distinction having had the requisite experience. NAPO is a group of about 4,200 professional organizers dedicated to helping individualsandbusinessesbringorderandefficiencytotheirlives.NAPOGeor-gia has more than 100 organizers and associate members. NAPO is the leading organizing authority. NAPO’s mission is to develop, lead, and promote profes-sional organizers and the organizing industry.
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From left to right, past Jewish presidents of NAPO Judith Kolberg, Allison Spitzer Carter and Leslie Walden with (far right) current president Michelle Grey.PHOTO/courtesy Allison Carter
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COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
News from Keturah Hadassah NEW BOARD, AWARDS ANNOUNCED
On the eve-ning of May 7, members and guests
of the Ketura Group of Greater Atlanta Ha-dassah convened at the Mirage Restaurant to celebrate the installa-tion of officers for the2012-2013 year. Sheila Parks coordinated the event.
Rita Loventhal, a former Ketura president, performed the installa-tion of the new board, headed by co-presidents Sybil Ginsburg and Annie Kohut.
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Top Teft:The new Ketura Board includes (front row, left to right) Elaine Clein, Arlene Glass, Rita Goldstein, co-presidents Annie Kohut and Sybil Ginsburg, Helene Jacoby, Fran Redisch, Joan Solomon, (back row) Ellen Frank, Dorothy Scherr, Nancy St. Lifer, Ellen Keith and Cindy Tracy. Not pictured are Judy Greenberg, Reba Herzfield, Katie Kloder, Reina Nuernberger, Carol Schneider, Helen Sharfstein and Arlene Winn.right: Joan Solomon (left) receives the Ketura Hadassah Leadership Award, presented by Sheila Dalmat. PHOTOS/courtesy Joan Solomon
Other highlights of the evening in-cluded a gift from the board presented by Sybil Ginsburg to outgoing co-presi-dent Sheila Dalmat for an outstanding three years of service. Joan Solomon received the 2011-2012 Ketura Hadas-sah Leadership Award.
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J-Serve Unites Jewish Teens in Tikkun Olam YOUTH VOLUNTEER ACROSS METRO AREA
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More than 500 Jewish teens in Atlanta grades six to 12 recently joined with thousands of youth
the world over as they participated in J-Serve, a national day of community service and improvement projects dur-ing the month of April. Across the met-ro area, the goal was tikkun olam.
J-Serve is the annual commu-nity service program for young Jews throughout the world, and since 2005, J-Serve has been part of Youth Ser-vice America’s Global Youth Service Initiative. Participating in these com-munity service projects allows teens to seefirst-handhowtheiractionshaveadirect impact on our city’s future.
Some of the Atlanta J-Serve 2012 Projects Included:
Daffodil Dash at Georgia Perim-•eter College: A one-mile and 5K walk/run in memory of the 1.5 mil-lion children who perished in the Holocaust.
AIDS Quilt:• Founded in 1987, the AIDS Memorial Quilt is a poi-gnant memorial and the largest ongoing community arts project in the world. The quilt continues to grow and reach more communities with its messages of remembrance and hope.
The Gatewood ronald McDonald •House: Teens prepared a hearty brunch for people staying at the Ronald McDonald House, which is dedicated to providing temporary housing and support services to families of ill and injured children being treated at local hospitals.
The Gateway Center:• Teens vol-unteered their time at this center that is designed to serve as the “gateway” to the community, help-ing individuals move out of home-lessness.
Chastain Park Conservancy:• Teens lent a helping hand to beautify the park and learn about conservation efforts.
Project Open Hand:• Teens pre-pared and packaged food that would be delivered to Atlanta’s homebound and terminally ill.
Morgan Falls recycling Center:• Teens worked together to beautify and clean up the city.
In an effort to invite all Jewish teens and tweens to participate in Atlanta J-Serve 2012, the Marcus Jewish Com-munity Center of Atlanta partnered with: Am Yisrael Chai, Amy’s Holiday Party, BBYO, BBYO Connect, Club 678, Congregation Or Hadash, JCC Maccabi Team Atlanta, Jewish Stu-dent Union, MJCCA’s Teen Commu-nity Service, Temple Emanu-El, The Davis Academy, Israeli Scouts, Young Israel of Toco Hills, The Weber School and Congregation Etz Chaim.
“We were so excited to have had the opportunity to participate in this day of education and community awareness. We hope this will inspire more teens to get involved in community service in Atlanta,” said Amy Helman-Darley, MJCCA teen community outreach and education director.
After the service projects were com-pleted, participants from all of the various sites came together at the MJCCA’s Zaban Park for a closing ceremonytoreflectontheday’sphysi-cal and spiritual components and how they tied together. Finally, community servicecertificatesweregiventocon-clude the meaningful day.
Top Right: Jewish teens help promote AIDS awareness, acceptance and safe practice with the AIDS Quilt.
Middle: Helping to beautify Atlanta for J-Serve, Jewish teens connect with each other and their city.
Bottom: At the Morgan Falls recy-cling Center, Jewish teens volunteer-ing for J-Serve do their part in “repair-ing the world.”
PHOTOS/courtesy MJCCA
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Hebrew Order of David’s Lodge Carmel and ML4 Foundation MAKING IT HAPPEN
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BY ANTHONY NATUrMAN AJT Contributor
Individually, people are pre-sented many opportunities to do something good for another person or cause. It feels good to
know you have made a difference. Collectively, as we see from the plethora of humanitarian organiza-tions around the world, when people come together to make a difference, the impact is usually much greater, and the good done can reach a much larger scope. And on April 22, after months of preparation, the ML4 Foundation powered by Hebrew Order of Da-vid’s Lodge Carmel (HOD) hosted an evening at Congregation B’nai Torah that demonstrated just that. “It is powerful to recognize the potential when we as individuals come together for the greater good and in support of each other,” said Randy Gold, a community member whose daughter Eden is affected by Mucolipidosis Type IV (ML4), a ge-netic disease found mostly in Ash-kenazi Jews. It was an event to remember, asmorethan400peoplefilledthehall. The emcee for the event, HOD member David Cohen, afterwards remarked how he had attended many events, of all sizes, but that this one was different. “From start to finish it took 48minutes,” he said. “And on top of that, the people were glued to the presentation, and nobody was rush-ing to go anywhere once it was com-plete.” Doug Stein, the current Lodge president, decided to make ML4 the mainbeneficiaryof theyear‘sphi-lanthropy and was received with full support of the membership. Stein spoke about HOD as a unique global fraternity of Jewish men, then presented the 2012 tribute award to Howard Solomon for his participation in Lodge Carmel and HOD globally as well as for his ac-tive involvement in the community.
Solomon delivered a very gracious response, praising all his HOD brethren for the many good deeds of charity they accomplish. “It is quite evident that all of us present this evening are here for a reason,” Solomon said. “Making a difference is part of our make-up.” Solomon mentioned that, being in the jewelry business, he is often asked, “Is the price of diamonds and gold going up or down?” His response: “Diamondshaveincreasedfiveto10 percent per annum over the past 10 years; gold, on the other hand, has had about a six-fold increase. “But there is a human element of gold, that of Eden Gold. Let her be our motivating force for our gener-osity this evening. Investing in ML4 will prove to be a very safe and gold medal-winning investment.” Solomon also thanked HOD brother David Bloom, Mrs. Helen Zalik and Mrs. Rifki Freundlich for spearheading event organization and acknowledged the HOD wives for their support. Randy Gold provided an emo-tional explanation of ML4 and how it affects little Eden, bringing the story into everyone’s heart. “Doctors say that children with ML4 will likely never walk, never talk, will have a maximum mental capacity of about 18 months, will go blind by age 12 and will have a lim-ited lifespan. Ever since we received Eden’s diagnosis in August 2009, Caroline and I have prayed for the courage to make our lives a bless-ing. “Tonight, I am asking you to have the courage to make your life a blessing by making a donation to helpfindacureforEdenandotherchildren like her with ML4,” he said. “I don’t want you to feel sorry for me or to have pity on Eden. What I do
wantisyourhelptofindacure.” “We are thrilled to be able to do our part,” Stein said after the con-clusion of the event. “People hung around and schmoozed [tonight], and many wanted to meet Eden and her family. That is most unusual at
an event when the audience knows they are being solicited for a dona-tion.” A huge success, the evening raised nearly $200,000 for the ML4 Foundation. Donations are always accepted at ML4.org/donate.
HOD members David Cohen, David Bloom, Howard Solomon and Doug Stein flanking randy Gold. PHOTO/Eric Bern
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The Next Great Wave of Innovation SUCCEEDING THROUGH TURMOIL
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BY STEVE rOTHSCHILD AJT Columnist
How do you see change – as a threat, or as an opportunity?
Our industries, our society and even our planet are in a stateoffluxaswestruggle tocometo terms with turbulent economies, dwindling resources and a changing climate.
In “The Sixth Wave,” a book on business and innovation, authors Moody and Nogrady predict that we are on the cusp of the next great wave of change for the future. They also demonstrate that periods of change in history have always been the time when the greatest opportunities ex-ist for the introduction of new tech-nologies, products and services and for inspired ideas about whole new ways of doing things.
If you see change as a threat, you’re taking a “glass-half empty” perspec-tive. You probably say, “I can’t keep up with this constant technological innovation. There’s something new to learn every week. It’s like I never left high school!”
You’ll be annoyed whenever there’s a new trend in management. You’ll wince whenever you hear of competitors introducing new busi-ness processes. You’ll see change as the slings and arrows of business misfortune.
On the other hand, if you see change as an opportunity, you’re taking a “glass-half full” perspective. You are likely to think, “Every time there’s a change, new niches open up for me.”
You know that some of your com-petitors will be slow to adapt and
you’ll be thefirst to step inand re-lieve them of a few customers. You’ll say to yourself, “I’m a small business. Ihaveasmall,flexibleandeffectiveteam. Adaptability is my middle
name. We’re the ‘make it happen’ people!”
While your larger competitors need to look ahead a year or more, you’ll change focus much more quick-ly. If you’re a manufacturer, you have smaller production runs, so you can customize to suit the needs of
particular customers, and customers can reach you much more easily than they can a CEO of a large corpora-tion – you’re responsive.
You look ahead with anticipation, not with anxiety. You think, “Well, some of my prod-ucts are nearing the end of their life cycle. What’s the next big thing? How can I sur-
prise and delight my loyal customers with something that they don’t even realize they want?”
If you take this attitude, business will become more of a game than a chore. You’ll feel freer to think cre-atively. And you’ll try to communi-cate this attitude to your team.
You’ll do so with a frank and open management style, because honesty is the best way to help people man-age change. Fear of the unknown is one of the greatest impediments to change in the workplace.
You can also get people to feel pos-itive about change by empowering your workforce: Reward people who have good and innovative ideas and let them have a say in implementing them. Offer both praise and mon-etary rewards for innovation.
So, in this time of transformation, stay alert and keep well informed. Look out for the winds of change. Seek advice. A Business Diagnostic and Performance Review with your RAN ONE accountant might be a good way to help you scan the exter-nal environment for changes in the industry that could sooner or later have an impact on your business, as well as analyze the internal opera-tional strengths and weaknesses of your business as part of the process.
Yes, it may mean major change for your business, but the way to look at that change is to see it as the oppor-tunity for growth and improvement.
Editor’s note: Steven G. Rothschild is a CPA and CFP at Robinson, Rabi-nowitz & Bernstein, P.C. RRB is a member of Member of Ran One, an international network of consulting and CPA firms; learn more at rrbcpa.com. This article is not altered in any way to give an incorrect impression of the content of the original; copyright 2012, Bullseye Business Systems Pty. Ltd., all rights reserved, reprinted with permission from ranone.com.
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The Call for Presbyterian Caution ANOTHER THREAT OF DIVESTMENT
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As I wrote several weeks ago, the United Methodist Church had its national conference in Tampa, Fla.,
where it considered a recommenda-tion to divest the church’s holdings in three companies that do business with Israel. The conference turned down that recommendation by a vote of 685-246, and for that, we were thankful. Achurchofficialstated: “The decision of United Methodists against divestment rejects simplistic one-sided blame that characterizes so much anti-Israel advocacy…Hope-fully, other churches, like the Pres-byterian Church (USA), will follow United Methodists in resisting calls to pressure Israel alone into making concessions.” That second assertion is impor-tant, as the Presbyterian Church will vote on similar resolutions to divest from these three companies at its national General Assembly at the end of June. The Atlanta JCRC is working with the national JCPA to convince participants in the Presby-terian conference to reject this pro-posal. The impetus for these proposals findsoneofitsoriginsinadocumententitled “Kairos Palestine,” which is a centerpiece for Palestinian Chris-tians, who make up less than 6 per-cent of the Palestinian population. An important provision of this docu-ment, which lays out all of the griev-ances of the Palestinians, is the fol-lowing: “If there were no occupation, there would be no resistance, no fear and no insecurity…Therefore, we call on the Israelis to end the occupation. “Then they will see a new world in which there is no fear, no threat but rather security, justice and peace.” Thus, the Kairos document makes its central point that if the settle-ments and the accompanying mili-tary presence did not exist, there would be no Palestinian resistance and no security issues for Israel. This also makes a crucial mistake; it could even be characterized as a lie.
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The resistance to Israel and Israe-lis began in the Middle East before World War II, whereas settlements didnotstart–andatfirstwereverymodest – until well after the Six-Day War in 1967. The settlements are not the real issue. However, they continue to be the focus for many groups, including many religious groups. Even though the Methodists voted down the divestment recommenda-tion, they did approve a recommen-dation to boycott “products made by companies in Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.” While this action may not be viewed as egregious as the divestment proposal, it is trou-blesome nonetheless. The call for boycotts is trouble-some because of the continued focus on placing the blame for the lack of peace solely on the Israelis. It is the Palestinians who are holding up the peace process; if the Palestinians re-nounced violence against Israel and Israelis and accepted that Palestin-ians must resettle in the West Bank and Gaza Strip rather than in Israel proper, the conflict would be overshortly. The boycott is also troublesome because of the impact it would have on the ground. The settlement prod-ucts to be boycotted include those produced by the 15,000 Palestinians who work in various factories in the West Bank; a factory owner in the Barkan Industrial Park states that his Palestinian workers who freely work there are concerned that a boy-cott will affect their ability to earn a living. For these reasons, the boycott will not work to put pressure on Israel butwillonlyworktoinflametensionswithout addressing the central cause oftheconflict,andthereforethecen-tral cause of Palestinian suffering. When will the various religious de-nominations decide to support the appropriate path to peace and call on their Christian and Muslim brothers to stop this 65-year-old confrontation with Israel?
Editor’s note: Harold Kirtz is Presi-dent of the Jewish Community Rela-tions Council of Atlanta (JCRC).
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Atlanta-born Designer Among AJWS Contest Winners FEINBERG’S ‘CHANGE’ WINS $2,500 AND TRIP
Atlanta-born Lily Feinberg is one of three winners of the American Jewish World Service’s design
competition “Where Do You Give?”, which challenged artists to create a 21st-century icon inspired by the values and imagery of the traditional Jewish tzedakah box. Feinberg’s large-scale sculpture, “Change,” functions both as a recep-tacle for tzedakah and as a catalyst for community engagement in lo-cal causesand reflection on theactof giving. The structure physically spells out the word “change,” a word that indicates its contents as well as
its ultimate function. The dual mean-ing of this word prompts tzedakah givers to associate more closely the act of physically giving money to the impact it actually can have. The following is from an interview with Feinberg:
Q: What is your educational and professional background?
A: I earned my BFA in graphic de-sign from the University of Georgia. I currently work as a graphic designer for the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. and am also study-ing type design.
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Q: What inspired you to enter this contest?
A: A friend of mine told me about the contest and encouraged me to sub-mit an idea. I was drawn into the chal lenge because it prompted me to think about my p e r s o n a l t z e d a k a h habits and consider what might raise my own awareness and involvement in giv-ing. The more I thought about the ques-tions this challenge raised and how to effectively make tzedakah a topic of modern American conversation, I realized how important this contest actually is in reminding people of this important obligation and making it pertinent to their lives.
Q: tell us a little bit about the message you hope to get across through your design.
A: The ostensible message of this sculpture is the play on words: by giv-ing change, you can effect change in your own community. But I hope the deeper message – raising the visibility of tzedakah as an obligation and awareness of the numerous deserving causes all around us – grounds people to the real impact tzedakah can have and encourages them to incorporate into their lives a commitment to giving.
Q: how do you think art can shape or change the way we think and
talk about giving?
A: Art can connect to people through intellect and emotion and can trans-
late a complex concept into something neat and consumable. In this way, it can speak on multiple levels to all types of people and hopefully spark reflection,discussionandaction.
Q: Who is your favorite artist/de-signer?
A: It’s impossible to narrow this down to just one person, so to name a hand-ful: Paul Rand, Louise Fili, Paula Scher, Amando Testa, Matteo Bolo-gna and Neil Summerour. As a grand-prize winner, Feinberg will receive $2,500 and a trip to visit AJWS’s grassroots partners in the Americas, Africa or Asia. Addition-ally, her design and those of the other winnersandsixfinalistswillbefea-tured in a national mobile tour hosted in galleries, synagogues and various communal spaces.
Editor’s note: American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development and human rights orga-nization. To learn more about the con-test winners, visit wheredoyougive.org.
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None of our children are alike. Over the years, I have understood more and more the wisdom of
King Solomon who instructs parents to “educate a child according to his way,” which implies that parenting is not a cookie-cutter skill.
Rather, effective parenting in-volves understanding the unique-ness of each child and recognizing that success in life can be measured in many different ways. For one, it might be getting an advanced de-gree; for another, it might be being a very skilled plumber. All we can do is teach children how to navigate life, give them freedom to choose their own path, and pray for the best re-sults.
But, life, like a river, is constantly moving, and we can’t always see what is at the bottom. There is a mystery that we cannot penetrate and unpre-dictable things can happen after the best parenting efforts.
You can do everything right, and your child may still make bad deci-sions; your hopes and dreams for that child may never be realized. How do you relate to that child and how do you integrate that outcome into your own life?
“A River Runs Through It” – the autobiography of Norman and Paul, brothers growing up in Missoula, Mont. in the ‘20s – offers suggestions. The boys’ father, a Presbyterian min-ister, does his best to parent them while at the same time recognizing their need to follow their own hearts. Fly-fishingistheactivitythatbondsthegenerationsandisthefilm’slyri-cal metaphor for achieving perfection in life.
Norman and his father have an affinity forpoetry. When Norman discov-ers his dad re-citing a Word-sworth poem, Norman chimes in and reads alternate vers-es; thus they achieve a per-fect synchron-icity of souls. They truly are on the same wavelength.
While Nor-man achieves academic success, Paul achieves success as a newspaper re-porter and fly fisherman, demon-strating a level of artistic perfection ashecatchesfishinBlackfootRiver.But Paul hides his addiction to ca-rousing and gambling.
Catchingahugefishinthemidstof being pulled by a powerful current is a special moment for Paul and his father. For the secret, though, we sense that this brief moment of per-fection in the life of father and son will not last.
As Norman narrates the story of his family as an old man, he observes that “life is not a work of art.” He recognizes that in spite of our best efforts, outcomes are beyond our con-trol.
A classic phrase in Jewish prayer is “Our Father, Our King.” When we ask God for help, we appeal to two aspects of the Divine persona: He is our King, the one who makes the rules, and He is also our Father, al-ways there with unconditional love in spite of our shortcomings.
This is the Jewish paradigm for parenting.
R e v e r e n d Maclean, father of Norm and Paul, says it eloquently in a sermon:
“Each one of you will at one time in your lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the ques-tion: We are will-ing to help, Lord, but what, if any-thing, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to
us. Either we don’t know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it is that those we live with and should know, they still elude us. But we can still love them; we can love completely with-out complete understanding.”
This is a Jewish sensibility, to be present always in the lives of those we love most, both when they make us proud and when they encounter uncertainty or failure.
Editor’s note: Rabbi Cohen, former principal of Yeshiva Atlanta, now re-sides in Beit Shemesh, Israel. kosher-movies.com.
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ArTS & LIFEAJTBerger’s works chosen for airport display STRIKING LANDSCAPE PHOTOS
Floral photographer Ha-zel Berger has three images included in “Picturing Georgia,” a
show of Georgia landscapes juried by Amy Miller and Corinne Ad-ams of Atlanta Celebrates Photog-raphy at the Hartsfield-JacksonInternational Airport in Atlanta.
The show, billed as a temporary exhibit and slated for at least one
year, opened with the new Inter-national terminal on May 16 and adorns the walls of the secure area as travelers immigrate into the United States. Berger’s fea-tured images are entitled “Canyon Wall,” The Dance,” and “Provi-dence Canyon.”
In total, 21 photographers’ work is included; there are 44 im-ages included on three separate hallways of the airport. The pho-tographs are large format images displayed behind Plexiglas pan-els.
The artists to be show-cased were chosen through a closed call for entries. Each photographer was present-ed with an honorarium, as city ordinance requires one percent of eligible capi-tal construction budgets be dedicated to the arts. More information is available here at acpinfo.org.
Berger has honed her pho-tography skills since taking her first class in 1984. In2007, after an eye-opening
trip to Barcelona, she decid-ed to start showing and sell-ing her art. She is currently selling her photographs at art festivals across the Southeastern United States. Navigate to hazelberger.com for the complete list of her works, or view online at magmoment.etsy.com.
Berger lives and works in Marietta with her three chil-dren.
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LET IT BE rEADAJT“The Horse Adjutant,” by Leon Schagrin and Stephen Shooster BOOK REVIEW
BY rABBI YAAKOV THOMPSONAJT Contributor
“Son, if you survive, tell the story of every-thing that happened to us. The world must
know…you will live longer than any of us.” These are the last words that Leon Scha-grin’s father ever said to him. It was to be the last that Schagrin would ever hear from his family be-fore they were separated. At age 12, he was alone. The rest of the family died in Belzac, the camp with the single purpose to kill every-one who arrived. Schagrin survived thanks to a miraculous series of twists and turns that would allow him to live to see liberation. Schagrin’s story is told in “The Horse Adjutant.” A highly personal narrative, the author (with co-au-thor Shooster) tells of his childhood in pre-war Poland – specifically,the small town of Grybow, in which Jews, Christians, Gypsies and Rus-sians lived side-by-side. They went to the same schools, they played to-gether and they went to market day together. Schagrin was a rambunctious child who would rather wander the hills and forests than go to school. The narrative of his childhood re-calls a peaceful place, a great place, with all kinds of secrets to be discov-ered. But by the time that he was old enough to become a bar mitzvah, that world is replaced with a hellish limbofilledwithunexplainedatroci-ties. As a boy, Schagrin was always readytofindanexcusetogetoutof
helping his father, a self-taught vet-erinarian who had a special gift for treating horses. Ironically, it would be the little that Schagrin did learn about horses that would save him more than once. As a coach driver for the Schutz-staffel (SS), Schagrin is able to get a
little food, and car-ingforanofficer’sprize steed keeps him from the gas chamber. But his ability to handle horses also forces him to witness the extermination of his neighbors; after the Nazis killed people on the street, just to make a point of their cruelty, Schagrin would be ordered to bring a wagon and take the bodies away. The pages recount Schagrin’s
day-to-day struggle to live and his desperate hope to escape Auschwitz. Itisadailyfighttowardoffstarva-tion, beatings and selection. While I think many of us who study the Holocaust try to deal with the “big picture,” a story like “The Horse Ad-jutant” reminds us that it is easy to miss the tree as one tries to under-stand the forest. None of us can ever comprehend the death of six million. As we try to comprehend that number, we lose sight of the loss of six million indi-vidual lives – the number is just too greatanddefiesourabilitytounder-stand. Accounts like this one remind us that sometimes our greatest under-standing is found in the details of a single life. Perhaps the individual stories let us begin the task of recov-ering the individual faces of a world that was destroyed. “The Horse Adjutant” is a must-read. It will not teach you about the great battles of the war, it will not explain how human beings could kill
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Editor’s note: Rabbi Yaakov Thomp-son is a regular contributor to the South Florida Jewish Journal; more of his writing can be found at yaak-ovthompson.blogspot.com. More on “The Horse Adjutant” (2011, Shooster Publishing) can be found at thehorse-adjutant.com.
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FOOD FOr THOUGHTAJTCreating a Bar Mitzvah Menu: A falafel is a falafel is a falafel… WITH APOLOGIES TO GERTRUDE STEIN
BY BEVErLY LEVITT
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It’sbeen20yearssincemyfirsttrip to Israel, when three gen-erations of my family hopped on El Al to visit my youngest
daughter, who was studying at Ye-shiva Neve Yerushalayim. I remember choking up when we stood on that certain hill, looking out over the sacred city, feeling both sad-dened and giddy as I left a note in a crevice at the Wailing Wall, watch-ing bar mitzvahs praying with their parents; and then later feeling elated as I climbed all the way to the top of themajesticMasada,asIfloatedonmy back in the salty Dead Sea and as I purchased a painting in the magi-cal city of Tsvat.
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It was an historic, memorable bus tour all over the country with mymom, dad and daughters, filledwith as much politics as pleasure and a massive dose of enlightenment thrown in. But the funny thing is that, years later, what we reminisce about the most is an unremarkable stop that our driver insisted on mak-ing, even though it was 20 kilometers out of his way because he loved it so much and knew we would too. It still brings an ironic giggle and a sigh when one of us says, “Remember that falafel stand in the middle of the desert, just to the left of nowhere?” “It was the best! That sesame sauce. And those pickles – I can still taste it.” “Why can’t we go there again?” “Becausewecan’tfindit…”
“Come on, it was right outside of Jerusalem, near Bethlehem.” “No, it wasn’t. It was on the way to Haifa.” “No, we were going to the Dead Sea…” And so it goes… Wherever it was, what we do re-member is that the pita was steam-ing fresh, the falafel had a slight crunch and then melted in your mouth, the pickles had just the right amount of burn, the tomatoes were sweet as the summer, the cucumbers were crunchy for days, and the Te-hina dressing… The bad news is that we were on an organic bus trip, and our kindly driver seems to have disappeared. On subsequent trips, we’ve tried both in reality and in our minds to retrace our steps to that stand to no avail. The good news is that because we all fell in love with the ubiquitous street snack, I’ve spent the last 20 yearstryingtorecreatethoseflavors,and in the process have come to re-alize that there is no dish that’s as much fun to make. There are ump-teen condiments you can pack into a pita, most of which begin with the word “Israeli,” and everybody – from my five-year-old granddaughter toher 95-year-old great-grandparents – loves to eat falafels. Falafels feel like family. They feel like our homeland, Israel, and when we eat them, we always feel like we’re celebrating. That’s why falafels would make the quintessential main event for a bar mitzvah. In our speed-swept society, it’s of-ten made with a mix, but that’s why I’ve been experimenting. For your bar mitzvah, imagine a long rectan-gularfalafelbarfilledwithstacksofsteaming pita, crunchy golden brown falafel balls and all those the top-pings. And that’s where you can get really creative. You’ll set out bowls and platters of all the colorful vegan offerings you can stuff into the pita – roasted or fried eggplant; red or green peppers; fried yellow onions; fresh crunchy
red onions and scallions; purple and green crunchy, pickled, or sweet-and-sour cabbage; carrots; radishes; kohlrabi; or green peppers. And to drizzle over all of it, the addictive Te-hina dressing alongside sauces made of onion, garlic and hot spicy skhug, which contains hot peppers, spices and olive oil. Then you’ll bring on the Israeli side dishes: the brightly-colored ubiq-uitous Israeli salad tossed with lem-on, olive oil, cumin, coriander, salt and pepper; Israeli Cole slaw; Israeli green cracked olives; Israeli pickles, etc. You can even add a hot station of schwarma, lamb or chicken-and-beef kebabs, which you can stuff into the special Israeli pita bread – whichisfluffierandtastierthananyof its American counterparts – and to round out the menu, offer golden-brown bourekas of potato, spinach, mushroom or meat. The best part about this menu is that it can made totally at home, with a little help from family and friends, or you can pick up part of it – or even all of it – at places such Pita Palace, Falafel King or Café Ag-ora. This satisfying, fun-to-assemble meal costs a fraction of the price of the more expected bar mitzvah meat-and-potatoes menus we’re used to, and many of the items are so easy to make, we’ve been cooking them for years. Although this sensational street food menu might not be new, this delicious-yet-sagacious way of enter-taining is just what our times seems to demand. Family and friends of all generations will gather at the same food stations – no need for a kiddy menu – appreciating your warm, fa-miliar offerings all the while. Ask any member of the family… mine or yours.
Editor’s note: Beverly Levitt is an award winning journalist and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. Stay tuned over the next few weeks as her recipes for many of the above-mentioned dishes are published in the AJT.
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FOOD FOr THOUGHTAJTPete and Gerry’s Blue Eggs MAKE OVER-THE-TOP BREAD PUDDING
I had the opportunity to work with some world-class eggs over the last few weeks. Now available in Atlanta at
Fresh Market locations, Pete and Gerry’s heirloom eggs come in blue and tan. The outside look of the eggs is like nothing you have seen before; the light blue color just makes you think of summer and all the good treats you can make. When you crack them open, the bright yellow yoke brings the warmth of summer into your kitchen and providesadeep,rich,creamyflavorto any dish you choose to use them
in. Check out the recipe below from one of Atlanta’s fastest rising chefs. Chef Ryan Hickey was generous enough to lend his time and skills to help make this wonderful banana bread pudding. He used banana bread from world-famous bakers Holman and Finch along with Pete and Gerry’s heirloom eggs. The creaminess of the organic eggsbringsoutthefullflavorofthebananas; try it for yourself and let us know what you think.
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was used, but any oven-safe glass baking dish can be used. Butter the baking dish and set aside. Mix caramel sauce and sea salt in small bowl. Spoon caramel into the bot-tom of each baking dish and set aside. Whisk eggs, heavy cream, milk, ¼ cup light brown sugar, vanilla, kosher salt, rum and ginger in medium bowl. Tofillbakingdish,alternate
layers of bananas and bread as many times as possible with the top-most layer being bread. Pour enough milk mixture into dish to reach top. Let stand until bread absorbs some of the mixture, about 15 to 20 minutes. Reserve any remaining mix. Brush exposed bread pieces with melted butter and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the brown sugar. Set dish in large pan. Pour enough hot water into pan to come halfway up the sides of baking dish. Bake pudding until set and knife inserted into custard comes out clean, about 45 minutes, depending on the size of the baking dish. Remove from pan; cool. Dish can be made up to eight hours ahead; cover and refrigerate until serving. Serve at room temperature or warm.
Editor’s note: Jason Apple is an At-lanta native and a lover of food. When he’s not running around town trying everything the Atlanta food scene has to offer, he works at Kitchen Fronts of Georgia, a kitchen refacing company, and writes a local food blog, “The Kitchen Man Can.”
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EDUCATIONAJTJourney of a Lifetime DAVIS STUDENTS EXPERIENCE ISRAEL AS A FAMILY
In the early morning of May 6, 59 Davis Academy eighth-graders, three Amit Gar’inim students and eight adult chaperones
headed for the airport. The group was bound for Israel, where they spent more than two weeks learning, laughing, eating and forging strong bonds with each other. Meanwhile, the Davis Academy home community eagerly received updates via blog and Twitter. A few tweets:
Great morning at the Israel muse-•um! Off to lunch soon, and then a hike at the Sataf Springs! It’s a beautiful (and HOT) day in Je-rusalem!
On the road again, visited border •with Egypt and Jordan. We do an amazing hike at Ain Avdat today and learn about Ben Gurion!
Great hike. Driving through sand-•storm in Negev. Very cool!!
The journey, which is the long-awaited capstone to the Davis Acad-emy education, provided students with an amazing tour of Jewish and Israeli history and natural beauty as well as opportunities to meet Israe-lis, reconnect with old friends (such as the ORT exchange students that visited Davis in February) and chal-lenge themselves physically, mental-ly and spiritually. When visiting the Kotel, for ex-ample, one student said: “It felt unreal. I couldn’t believe thatafter14yearsofmylifeIfinallygot to be here and put in special let-ters from me and my family.” Said another: “I felt like I was with God.”
Davis Academy students tour Jerusalem’s Old City.
The family of the late Major Haggai Bibi, an IDF soldier killed in action, meets with students at
the Major’s grave.
Students scuba-dived at a coral reef of the red Sea near Eilat.
The Ain Avdat hike took students throughamagnificentcanyon.
A highlight of the trip was kayaking down the Jordan river from K’far Blum.
Ice cream tastes just as good – if not better – in Israel.
The Davis contingent visited the Baha’i Gardens, which overlook the city of Haifa.
Gathering together in front of a fresco, Davis students soak in the Holy Land.
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EDUCATIONAJTGHA Marks Milestone With M’silot Celebration PROGRAM PIONEERS HONORED
BY LEAH LEVY AJT Contributor
On the evening of May 21, the Katherine and Jacob Greenfield Hebrew Acad-emy of Atlanta held the
M’silot Celebration to pay tribute to the school’s like-titled and award-winning kindergarten-through-eighth-grade program for students who learn differently. GHA proudly honored retiring teachers Kathy Eisenband (the pro-gram’s original first-grade teacher)and Chris Oertle (developer of the GHA Running Start Kindergarten), both of whom have dedicated years of love and guidance to the Acad-emy’s students. The Celebration also featured recognition for a family that has been very involved in the success of M’silot from the start: In 1999, Saul and Adele Blumenthal, z”l, do-nated the seed money in honor of their grandson, Matthew, who died of muscular dystrophy at the age of 24. The couple’s daughter-in-law and son, Elaine and Jerry Blumenthal, rededicated the program in memory of their son, a GHA graduate; this in-tegral part of the Academy will now be known as the Matthew Blumen-thal M’silot Program. The timing of the Celebra-tion could not have been better, as the end of the 2011-’12 school year marks a special milestone for the program: In the coming weeks, the veryfirstclassevertoattendM’silotwill be graduating from high school. The eight students who made up the first classwill returned toGHA forthe Celebration to share the news of their future plans and explain how the program helped them get where they are today. M’silot began 12 years ago, when directorPhyllisRosenthalidentifiedsomething that was missing here in Atlanta: Jewish education tailored to those who learn differently. She traveled around the country, observ-ing other programs for children who learn differently, and she and her dedicated staff of teachers searched the United States for the latest methods to best teach these students and developed their own curricula to apply the new styles of education
to Judaic Studies and Hebrew language. After a year of exhaustive prepara-tion, the program was launched. “I remember the parents of our firsteight students – they were really pioneers!” Rosenthal said. “The program didn’t exist; there was no one for them to observe, no experienced parents to meet. Our first teach-ers were working with me to invent whole new curricula. “And I remember, when I was developing the program, there was nothing out there like us…so I guess I was a pioneer, too!” One of the unique characteris-tics of M’silot is that although it is a school within a school – M’silot students learn in small classes, and there is a focus on teaching strate-gies to help children compensate for their learning differences – the stu-dents are still very much a part of the larger whole. For everything oth-er than their specific classroom les-sons, these students are completely integrated with and a full part of the rest of their grade. “M’silot is the Hebrew word for ‘pathways,’” Rosenthal explained. “We wanted to stress that, although different children take different pathways to learning, they arrive at the same place in the end.” Rosenthal stresses that one of the most important benefits of theprogram is that students are taught to identify their own learning styles, their own strengths and weaknesses, and formulate strategies and tech-niques to help them achieve their goals. This makes their transitions back into mainstream education much smoother. “A child who knows what he needs is a child prepared to ask and to become successful,” Rosenthal said. The former M’silot students, now graduating from local high schools that include Yeshiva Atlanta High School, The Weber School, Wood-ward Academy and several public schools, all agree. Many visited GHA
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prior to the Celebration to participate in a video shown to the audience; they were de-lighted to be back, excited about the future and happy to share their feel-ings about M’silot. M’silot graduate Risa Hayet ran herfingersthroughhercurlsassherattled off the names of colleges that
had accepted her; she smiled as she said, “Had I not been in a program like M’silot, I might not have made it into schools like this.” Her father agreed, citing the foundation she had received from the program for making her an or-ganized,efficientlearner.Rosenthalproudly reported that all of the stu-dents from this original class will be attending college and that all were accepted to more than one univer-sity. “We were like a family,” Rachel Kleiman, another M’silot graduate and part of the Weber School’s Class of 2012, said.
Editor’s note: Leah Levy is an experi-enced book editor.
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EDUCATIONAJTSunshine School Happenings
Preschoolers at the Sunshine School spent two weeks exploring music of all varieties, instruments, notes and how sound is made.
Highlights of this period of discovery were a student-performed piano and violin recital; Shabbat Sing “spiced-up” with percussion and guitar by Bram Bessoff and Robyn Shippel; parent Yelena Nayshtut playing violin with piano accompaniment; sing-alongs to Hava Nagila and Dayenu; and Wendy Bennett from Young Audiences visiting to teach about different kinds of music in her performance, “Sing.”
The exploration culminated in Showtime Shabbat. Each of the classes at the Sunshine School performed a special song with props and costumes.
The pre-K classes at the MJCCA’s East Cobb preschool, The Sun-shine School, had a fun picnic to celebrate Lag B’Omer on the grounds of the Doc Lebow house adjacent to Temple Kol Emeth. It was a perfect day to celebrate!
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EDUCATIONAJT
On May 11, Yeshiva Atlanta was privi-leged to host Rabbi Shmuel Bowman,
Executive Director of Operation Lifeshield, an organization com-mitted to raising needed funds to
build and deliver transportable shelters to areas in Israel most at risk of rocket attacks from Hamas, such as Sderot and other communities in the Negev.
In anticipation of Rabbi Bow-man’s visit, the Yeshiva Atlanta Student Council spearheaded a drive to raise money for Opera-tion Lifeshield and even put up a matching grant to jump-start the campaign. Thanks to the efforts of Yondi Kadosh and Michael Lor, Student Council co-Presidents,
Yeshiva Atlanta’s Gift to Operation LifeshieldDRIVE HAS ‘RIPPLE’ EFFECT
Columbus State University is pleased to announce the conferment of Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degrees upon Henry and Joyce Schwob, longtime supporters of the university and its nationally respected music program at its 104th Commencement Ceremony on Monday, May 7, 2012. Support by the Schwobs is pivotal to the success of the university that now features the family’s name on two important programs:
Schwob School of Music Schwob Memorial Library
“Columbus State University’s contributions to this region are enormous and we’re proud to support its ongoing eff orts to provide a world class educational experience.”
— Henry and Joyce Schwob
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ClarificationIn reference to your article on “High School House” in the Apr. 13 issue of the AJT, it should be clarified that, while Yeshiva Atlanta is happy for any
family choosing Jewish education, Yeshiva Atlanta endorses only those situ-ations and accommodations that allow for halachic Shabbat observance.
Paul Oberman, Interim Head of School, Yeshiva Atlanta
Yeshiva Atlanta was able to pres-ent Rabbi Bowman with nearly $3,400 in cash and checks.
Rabbi Bowman was very grate-ful to receive this donation, and as he shared with the YA student
body that their generosity is al-ready having a “ripple” effect. Two other North American high schools launched similar cam-paigns after hearing of the Ye-shiva Atlanta endeavor, and as a result, Operation Lifeshield has received more than $10,000 from the three schools.
Rabbi Bowman said he is sure thatthisisjustafirststepinevengreater involvement by Jewish high schools throughout North America.
rabbi Shmuel Bowman speaks to the Yeshiva Atlanta student body, which as a whole raised $3,400 for Operation Lifeshield. PHOTO/courtesy Michael Davis
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TDSA Science Fair SIXTH- AND SEVENTH-GRADERS PRESENT
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Torah Day School of Atlanta’s 2012 Sixth- and Seventh-Grade Science Fair was a tremendous success thanks
to the hard work of the students; the exceptional guidance of middle school science teacher Mrs. Christine Castle; the support of Mrs. Linda Rabinow-itz, general studies principal; and head of school Rabbi Naphtali Hoff’s encouragement to all. More than 150 par-ents, community mem-bers, students and fac-ulty members came to TDSA on May 15 to see approximately 70 science fair exhib-its set up throughout the gymnasium. The students were able to explain and in some cases demonstrate their hypothesis and outcomes. Some of the topics included the effect of a corked baseball bat versus a baseball bat that had not been al-tered; the hardness of various metals; a flu vaccine survey de-termining if educa-tion level affected the use of thefluvaccine;bending light; magnet-ic attraction through various substances and more. Mazel tov to win-ners Aden Shmuel, Ben Steele, Aha-ron Wiggins, Rivkah Orah Cohen and Zoie Wittenberg (seventh grade) and Ari Fier, Binyomin Pearlman and Maayan Schoen (sixth grade. Receiving honor-able mention were seventh-graders Daniel Filreis, Levi Yitzchok Globus, Nechama Spotts,
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Trucks, Vans and Cars, Oh My! CBT PRESCHOOLERS LEARN ABOUT TRANSPORTATION
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Ready to Visit Colleges? GETTING THE MOST OUT OF TOURS AND INTERVIEWS
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BY Dr. MArK L. FISHEr
AJT Contributor [email protected]
What happens when you are ready to buy a house? Probably, you look at a picture of the house;
maybe you access that photo online. But would you plunk down $120,000 to $200,000 without ever seeing the house,findingoutabouttheneighbor-hood, the schools and supermarkets within so many miles? If the answer is “no” to the above concerns, consider that this is the way some families look at colleges. These families don’t investigate the colleges to any appreciable degree; the name is the game. Granted, there are families who explore colleges in detail. When should one visit colleges? The summer is a good time because the student is not in school and does not miss class time. For some parents, it is easier to get away in the months from June to August. There is a disadvan-tage, for the usual undergraduates are not on campus, whereas in the fall and spring, the enrolled students are on campus. Of course, preliminary visits can be followed up by more intensive visits when one narrows down their accep-tances. The student has been admit-ted, so he or she can visit and be re-laxed at that point. There are two major objectives dur-ing a visit: One is an interview, and the other is a tour of the school itself. Interest in a college is an important factor from the point of view of the ad-missionsofficepersonnel.Thiswriterknows of one school located in a major city where the following might occur: A student living in that city doesn’t attend the college’s informational tour of the college during their final twoyears in high school. The college will note that fact in the student’s folder, and that could seal the verdict not in the student’s favor. The college’s attitude is that if the student doesn’t express interest when it is easy to do so, the school should not express interest in him or her. If a student from California doesn’t visit a college in New York, no harm done; the college is not next door, the trip far moredifficulttomake. Should the student visit the college
alone? With parents? With a friend? That may be a family decision. Going with a parent(s) has its ad-vantages; parents may see or note things that the student doesn’t see on a tour. Since the parents will be the ones footing the eventual college costs, they too would like to see what they are buying. And both student and parents can have more of discussion, as both have visited the same institu-tion. What about a friend? Not a bad idea, but beware. What if the deciding student follows the advice of the friend more often than not? And if the friend has a negative attitude on the visit and points out everything he or she doesn’t like about the college, will the decid-ing student also put down the college because the friend feels that way? Perhaps the friend is correct in their assessment – for him- or herself – but that doesn’t mean the college is not good for the student making his or her choice. Colleges have tours on a regular basis. Student tour guides work for theadmissionsoffice,sobeware;don’tjudge 2,000 to 20,000 students on the basis of one student who you happen not to adore. And while the guide is giving the tour, one can notice some things about the campus not necessar-ily mentioned: How friendly are the students that walk past you? What notices happen to be on the bulletin boards around campus? In the library, what are the students doing? Taking out books, studying in the stacks, just relaxing?
Pick up the student newspaper as you walk by that spot. Perhaps chat for a moment with a student. If you seeacampuspoliceofficer,askaboutthe crime rate on campus or nearby; don’t expect the tour guide to tout bur-glaries and more. Once while visiting a campus and hearing how safe it was all the time, this writer picked up the student newspaper and read about a recent crime on that campus. Ask: Are students utilizing the stu-dent union? Where are the most popu-lar hangouts? Are you seeing the best dormitory that is there as the “model room”? Or does the school not want to show where freshmen actually may re-side? Are the athletic facilities nearby? Is the campus walkable or do you need to take a bus to get around? Think of all the things you want to see prior to your visit. After the tour, you can seek out the places you want-ed to see but were not pointed out on the tour or where you would want to spend more time. When walking along the tour, no-tice the upkeep of the buildings, look for construction, computer availabil-ity, classroom size, etc. Keep your eyes open and look around, but don’t lag be-hind and miss what the guide has to say. If your prospective major is among the sciences, then visit the buildings that are appropriate; don’t expect the tour to cover every building. And where is the Hillel? Does the Hillel have its own building or just an of-fice?VisittheHillelorfindoutmore
about Jewish life on campus. Make an appointment with the Hillel director or one of the Hillel staff. No, the tour guide is not going to be stopping at the Hillel. If you keep kosher, take a look at the dining facility. Research the dining plan, including cost and any limited number of meals per week. Is the food fresh, or are the meals like that which would be served on an airplane? And where are the Sabbath ser-vices located that you would desire to attend? How often are there services? Do all students, regardless of which service they attend, eat together at the Sabbath meal? If a college offers individual inter-views, go for it, but be prepared. Know the college, its offerings, its extra-cur-ricular activities and its philosophy; have questions ready for the inter-viewer, for that person will usually ask if the interviewee for any questions. Don’t ask how many fraternities and sororities are on campus; that question only proves that you can’t read, for it is easytofindtheanswertothatques-tion. If you’re curious about Greek life, ask how the fraternities and sororities control social life on campus. Ask intelligent questions, for that shows the interviewer that they are interviewing an intelligent person. In my educational consulting practice, we prepare for those interviews because there are only a few times one can give a subjective picture of themselves and “sell” themselves. The other time is the essay, and hopefully, your recommend-ers will not just state extra-curricular activities which the college can read on your application. When visiting a college, ask if a pro-spective student can sit in on a class, meetaprofessorinafieldofinterest,talk to students and not only walk on the campus but ride or walk around the neighborhood where the college is situated. One site to utilize is go-seecampus.com, which can aid you in planning your visits. Thinking about visiting colleges? Perhaps you have already started your trips? Or maybe you should start.
Editor’s note: Dr. Mark Fisher is a col-lege and career consultant at Fisher Educational Consultants (fishereduca-tionalconsultants.com) and is the col-lege counselor for Yeshiva Atlanta.
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News from the Melton Mini-School CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP
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Gordon Zacks, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School, a
project of the Hebrew University, has announced two important develop-ments in the organization. After 21 years of dedicated and dynamic ser-vice to Melton, Dr. Yonatan Mirvis, International Director, has tendered his resignation, effective as of Dec. 31, 2012.
Dr. Mirvis will continue his po-sition on the faculty of the Hebrew University’s Melton Centre for Jew-ish Education, where he is the fore-most academic specialist in adult education, social entrepreneurship, and strategic social innovation. In addition, he will pursue new initia-tives in the field of Jewish educa-tion.
Under Dr. Mirvis’s exceptional leadership, the Melton Adult Mini-School has achieved worldwide rec-ognition as the preeminent leader in Jewish adult learning. Among the many accomplishments and mile-stones during Mirvis’s tenure were the development of the renowned two-year curriculum that forms the core of Melton’s contribution to Jewish adult learning, as well as the Rachel Wasserman Scholars Curriculum for graduates, the new Foundations of Jewish Family Living curriculum for parents and the Israel Seminars.
Zacks also announced that Profes-sor Menachem Ben Sasson, the Pres-ident of The Hebrew University, has accepted the unanimous recommen-dation of the Board of Directors and has appointed Judy Mars Kupchan to the position of CEO of the interna-tional Melton Corporation. Kupchan has been the Director of Melton’s North American Division since 2009, and has served in senior leadership positions in the Melton organization for more than 16 years.
At the same time, Dr. Howie Dei-tcher, Senior Lecturer of the Melton Centre for Jewish Education, and an internationally renowned author and educator, has been appointed Direc-tor of the Florence Melton Institute at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Rabbi Morey Schwartz, currently
Director of Curriculum and Faculty Development, was appointed Direc-tor of Education, maintaining his key role in curriculum research and development at the Institute in Jeru-salem as well as his work with facul-ty, staff, directors, and communities worldwide.
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Congratulations Davis Academy Class of 2012!
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Samantha AltermanJamie Antonino Cassidy AroninJessica Bachner Samuel BaroffLogan BotnickMax BrandwineLillian Brown Kadey Burstein Noah CaspiZachary ChaseAbagail ChepenikJulie CovallDanielle DinbergLeah Elgart
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In the spirit of community, we are also pleased to celebrate the 2012 graduates of The Amit Gar’inim School, which has been based on the campuses of The Davis Academy since its inception in 2002:
Molleah HolderAsher Newman Zach Rodencal Drew Shulman
“These extraordinary educators will lead Melton forward with cre-ativity and vigor,” Zacks said in a statement. “Their proven talents and leadership, their strong conti-nuity with Melton’s past and vision for the future, will lead Melton from strength to strength.”
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Ryan Mermelstein T h e bar mitzvah of Ryan Mer-melstein of Al-pharetta was held Apr. 28, 2012 at Temple Beth Tikvah in memory of the young man’s m a t e r n a l grandmother, Marjorie Mel-lon, and great-aunt, Deborah Gabry. Ryan is
the son of Evan and Sharon Mermelstein and has a sis-ter, Ilana, 10. He is the grandson of Philip Mellon of Solon, Ohio and Marvin and Dana Jo Mermelstein of Rockville, Md. For his mitzvah project, Ryan held a canned food drive and raised money for North Fulton Community Charities. He is a seventh-grader at Northwestern Mid-dle School.
Sarah Fay Peljovich The bat mitzvah of Sarah Fay Peljovich of Sandy Springs was held Mar. 17, 2012 at Temple Sinai. Sarah is the daughter of Allan and Lori Peljovich and has two brothers, David, 15, and Josh, 10. She is the granddaughter of Dale and Susan Schwartz of Sandy Springs and Benny and Hilda Peljovich of Surfside, Fla. and the great-granddaughter of Florence and Sandy Schwartz of Ath-ens, Ga. For her mitzvah project, Sarah tie-dyed and donated socks to the Shepherd Center, where her father is a doctor, her dog a therapy dog, and, for six months, her camp director a patient. She is a seventh-grader at the Epstein School.
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Max Kamean The bar mitzvah of Max Kamean of Sandy Springs was held Aug. 13, 2011 at Temple Sinai. Max is the son of Jeff and Reg Kamean and has a brother, Jake Robert, 12, and sister, Madi, 10. He is the grandson of Carol and the late Robert Kamean of Boyn-ton Beach, Fla. and Louise and the late Clifton Free of Tuscaloosa, Ala. For his mitzvah project, Max helped raise money for JAMBowl, an all-day sporting event for boys fifth-through ninth-grade which benefits the BrookhavenChapter of Boys & Girls Club. He is a seventh-grader at the Alfred and Adele Davis Academy.
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Graduation Shabbat, for high school and college grads. Sat., May 26. Congregation Beth Tefillah. (404) 843-2464 ext. 104 or bethtefillah.org.
“The Ten Commandments” Shavuot pro-gram, food and coffee served. Sat., May 26, after Havdallah services. Congrega-tion Or VeShalom. (404) 633-1737.
All Night Torah Study - Sleepless in East Cobb, followed by Shavuot family program the next morning. Sat., May 26, 11 p.m. and Sun., May 27, 10 a.m. Chabad of Cobb. (770) 565-4412 ext. 300.
Shavuot Study Evening, Tikkun Leil Sh-vauot; seudah shlishit, Shavuot evening services, Havdallah and progressive tik-kun led by Mark Leventhal of The Weber School and Miriam Rosenbaum of The Ep-stein School with Rabbi Paul Kerbel. Sat., May 26, 8:15 p.m. Two sessions; private residences. (770) 973-0137.
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Shavuoth Ice Cream Party, starts with children’s program and Ten Command-ments reading. Sun., May 27, 10:30 a.m. Chabad Enrichment Center of Gwinnett. (678) 595-0196.
Shavuot Dairy Luncheon. Sun., May 27, 12:30 p.m. Before May 21, $8, after $12; assigned seating, RSVP required. Congre-gation Beth Tefillah. [email protected] or (404) 843-2464 ext. 104.
Nadav Remez/Omer Avital Quintet in con-cert, part of the 2012 Atlanta Jazz Festi-val. Sun., May 27, 6:30 p.m. Free, open to the public. Piedmont Park. atlantafes-tivals.com.
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Shavuos Luncheon for My Siyum Project Classic & Family Edition participants. Mon., May 28. Discount for RSVP before May 21. Congregation Ariel’s Social Hall. (770) 390-9071.
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CDT Men’s Club Poker Night - Table Cham-pionship. Tues., May 29, 7 p.m. $25 do-nation buy-in. Congregation Dor Tamid. [email protected].
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Beth Shalom’s Annual Meeting. Thurs., May 31, 7 p.m. Congregation Beth Sha-lom. (770) 399-5300.
FrI., JUNE 1
Playgroup with a Purpose, sing-along with residents of the Breman and Cohen homes and Zaban Tower. Fri., June 22; Za-ban: Fri., June 1. All start times 11 a.m. (404) 351-8410.
Dive into Shabbat, celebrate Shabbat with a pool party. Fri., June 1, 5 p.m. Free,
open to the community. Zaban Park. (678) 812-4161.
SAT., JUNE 2
The Return Fundraiser and Concert, an evening of nostalgia, music, food, and fun in support of The Temple. Sat., June 2.
SUN., JUNE 3
CBS Men’s Club Brunch, come for Minyan and stay for brunch. Sun., June 3, Minyan, 9:30 a.m., Brunch 10 a.m. $5/person. Congregation Beth Shalom.
Temple Sinai Prospective Members Brunch, a family-friendly event to meet the clergy, staff and leaders, and a tour of the synagogue. Sun., June 3, 10 a.m. RSVP requested. Temple Sinai. (404) 252-3073 or [email protected].
First-Annual Mt. Scopus Hadassah House Tour, “A Taste of Toco,” the most fabulous houses in Toco Hills. Sun., June 3, 10 a.m. $15/person, benefits the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. RSVP requested by May 21. (404) 325-0340.
Jewish War Veterans Atlanta Bicentennial Post 112 meeting, with guest speaker Ret. Col. Herb Schoenberg. Sun., June 3, 10 a.m. Prepayment required. Landmark Diner. (404) 252-5253 or jwvga.org.
Weber School Graduation, celebrate the Class of 2012 and the 13th Weber com-mencement. Sun., June 3, 11 a.m. Ferst Center for the Arts. [email protected].
MON., JUNE 4
Driver’s Ed at the MJCCA; 30 hours class-room time, six hours behind-the-wheel, licensed by State of Ga. Dept. of Driver Services, must be 15 years old by 30 days following last class, no permit required for classroom portion. Mon., June 4 through Fri., June 8 OR Mon., June 11 through Fri., June 15; 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Zaban Park. [email protected].
TUES., JUNE 5
Shiva Service Training, one session remains with the CDT Ritual Commit-tee and Rabbi Ron Herstik. Tues., June 5, 7 p.m. Congregation Dor Tamid. [email protected].
THUrS., JUNE 7
CBT’s Annual General Meeting, come hear the state of the Shul, induct the new CBT board and honor the members of the year. Thurs., June 7. Congregation Beth Tefillah.
SaT.,JunE9
Fifth Annual Take Steps for Crohn’s & Colitis, the nation’s largest walk program dedicated to raising funds and aware-ness for digestive diseases. Sat., June 9,
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4 p.m. Georgia World Congress Center’s International Plaza. www.cctakesteps.org/atlanta.
SUN., JUNE 10
Community Bas Mitzvah Celebration and Brunch for women & girls, the end-of-year celebration for the Bas Mitzvah Club. Sun., June 10, 10:30 a.m. Sponsorships available, RSVP requested. Congregation Ariel. (404) 991-8295 or [email protected].
Rabbi Lazer and The Garden of Emanua, presentation by Rabbi Lazer Brody, one of leading Rabbis of the Breslev movement in Israel. Sun. June 10, 8 p.m. Free of charge. Congregation Ariel.
MON., JUNE 11
Yugntruf Yiddish Literature Competition, for writers up to 35 years of age. Dead-line Mon., June 11. Submit prose (max 2,500 words) or poem (max 60 lines) in alef-beys (not transliterated) to [email protected]. yugntruf.org.
TUES., JUNE 12
Jesus for Jews: A Jewish Understanding of the New Testament, class with Steve Chervin and the Lisa F. Brill Institute for Jewish Learning. Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. be-ginning June 12. Congregtion Beth Sha-lom. (770) 399-5300.
11th-Annual Eagle Star Awards Gala, the flagship event of the AICCSE, this year honoring Robert Deutsch and the Israel Economic Mission to the Southern U.S. and featuring keynote speaker Jonathan Medved. Tues., June 12, 7 p.m. Westin At-lanta Perimeter. 2012.eaglestargala.com or (404) 843-9426.
WED., JUNE 13
MJCCA Beth Shalom Pool Party. Wed., June 13, 6 p.m. RSVP requested by June 6. Zaban Park. (770) 399-5300 or [email protected].
Chabad of Cobb Women’s Book Discus-sion Group, focused on contemporary classic “Holy Days.” Wed., June 13, 7:30 p.m. Whole Foods Merchant Walk Com-munity Room. (770) 565-4412.
THUrS., JUNE 14
American Diabetes Father of the Year Awards Dinner, honoring Craig Kaufman, Randall Kessler, Robert Stargel Jr. and Gary Stokan. Thurs. June 14, 6 p.m. Inter-Continental Buckhead hotel. (404) 320-7100 ext. 3045.
SAT., JUNE 16
Meet-the-Artist: David Clayman. Event Sat., June 16 at Gallery 4463 in Acworth; exhibit runs Memorial Day weekend 2012 through May 2013 at the World of Coca-Cola. davidclaymanart.com or [email protected].
SUN., JUNE 17
Touch-a-Truck. Sun., June 17, 11 a.m. $10/family. Congregation Ariel.
TuES.,JunE19
Thriving Beyond Surviving, personal sto-ries of rising above loss in childhood, adulthood and old age, the first in a se-ries of forums presented by the Vi & Mil-ton Weinstein Hospice and the William Breman Jewish Home. Tues., June 19, 7 p.m. Free, open to the community. Bre-man Home’s Garson Auditorium. (404) 352-4308 or wbjh.org.
WED., JUNE 20
Travel to Cuba with the MJCCA. Wed., June 20 through Wed., June 27; applications due May 10. [email protected].
SUN., JULY 15
Pathways in the Park, join the MJCCA and other interfaith families and adults for dinner, hike, crafts and more. Sundays July 15, 23 and 30, 5 p.m. $18/family or $5/individual. Morgan Falls Park. [email protected] or (678) 812-4160.
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Life Line Screening, a stroke screening. Pre-registration is required. Thurs., July 19. Congregation Beth Shalom. 1-(800) 324-1851 or (770) 399-5300.
SUN., JULY 22
Essentials for Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond, presentation with guest speakers, Mayim Bialik, PhD, midwife Ina May Gaskin and other parenting specialists. Sun., July 22, 11 a.m. Holiday Inn Atlanta Perimeter. www.belliestobabiesfoundation.org.
CBS Night of Baseball, Gwinnett Braves v. Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees. Sun., July 22, 5:05 p.m. (770) 804-9721 or [email protected].
TUES., JULY 31
God and the Brain: Mind, Body & Soul, class with Steve Chervin and the Lisa F. Brill Institute for Jewish Learning. Tues-days 9:30 a.m. beginning July 31. Con-gregtion Beth Shalom. (770) 399-5300.
National Jewish Retreat, “Experience Heaven on Earth” with the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. Tues., July 31 through Sun., Aug. 5. Hyatt Bonaventure in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (877) 573-8732 or jre-treat.com.
ONGOING
Support Through Divorce for 50 and Un-der, facilitated by Elisheva Funk, LSCW of JF&CS. First and third Tuesdays, 7 p.m. (eight sessions). MJCCA. [email protected].
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Parsha Hashavua – Bamidbar CONTINUING TRADITIONS
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BY rABBI HArVEY J. WINOKUr Temple Kehillat Chaim and the Atlanta Rabbinical Association
Pesach is our zman heruteinu – “our season of freedom.” Shavuot is our zman matan torateinu –
“our time of giving the law.” From re-demption to liberation to revelation, we relive the journey of the Israelites to Sinai each year.
On Saturday evening, we conclude the Counting of the Omer and begin the Festival of Shavuot. We also complete Parashat Bamidbar, the firstportionoftheBookofNumbers.
At the time the Commandments are given to the Israelites in the ac-count of Exodus, we have not learned of the vicissitudes of the journey which is to ultimately last for 40 years. It is in Bamidbar that we learn the price for freedom.
Egypt (Mitsrayim – “the narrow place”) has squeezed the life out the Israelites. They are unable to com-prehend the gift of freedom present-ed to them on the other side of the Sea. Unbeknownst to them, the slave mentality imprinted upon them from more than 400 years of servitude has to be gradually stripped away.
The journey presents both physi-cal and spiritual obstacles at almost every turn. In her book “Torah Jour-neys, Rabbi Shefa Gold writes of the inner path to the Promised Land:
“The harsh inner reality of the wil-derness purifies whatever traces ofenslavement they still carried. The wilderness forced them to face their resistance, ambivalence and self-de-lusion…”
Finding themselves at times hun-gry, thirsty, exhausted and frustrat-ed, they are stripped of their defens-
es. We begin to understand how the wilderness of Sinai, a place without pretense, is most appropriate for The Revelation; in a desert, the horizon is unobstructed, the views are unclut-tered and the sky seems to hang low aboveyou.Thecloudandthefireofthe Eternal were easily observed.
As they arrived at the holy moun-tain, we would have thought they would be prepared to receive the Brit. The challenges of their sojourn should have given them clarity of thought, purpose and being. That is perhaps what is most confounding about the episode of the Golden Calf.
But that too was yet another test along the way. Committing the ul-timate transgres-sion, breaking the second command-ment before they had even received it,toreawaythefi-nal barrier in their ability to exclaim in one voice na-aseh v’nishmah (“we will observe and pay attention”). They were awakened to a new per-ception and a new reality.
Beyond the physical giving of To-rah to the Jewish people, there was a spiritual bond created between God and the people when Torah was giv-en. This act forever bound the people of Israel to God and God to the people of Israel in a unique relationship.
In Jewish tradition, it is believed that the brit was made not only with those who were present at Sinai but also with all Jews for all time. A midrash (“A Rabbinic Anthology, p.
519) teaches:
“When God was about to give the Torah to Israel, God asked them, ‘Will you accept My Torah?’ and they answered, ‘We will.’ God said, ‘Give Mesuretythatyouwillfulfillitsor-dinances.’
“They said, ‘Let Abraham, Isaac and Jacob be our surety.’ God an-swered, ‘Those are not adequate sureties.’
“Then Israel said, ‘Let our proph-ets be our sureties.’ Again God re-plied, ‘Those are not adequate sure-ties.’
“Then Israel said, ‘Let our chil-dren be our sureties.’ God said, ‘Such pledges will I indeed accept.’”
It is a shame that due to the tim-ing of the end of the school year in the South, many families cannot go on one of the Pilgrimage Festivals. They have already begun their sum-mer vacation, and religious schools have closed for the summer.
Whereas it is traditional to hold Confirmation services on or aroundthe Festival of Shavuot, many syna-gogues – including mine – have giv-en in to the secular school calendar and held them already. Attendance at Shavuot services experiences a severe drop-off when the holiday oc-curs after school is out. It places a challengetoourabilitytofulfillthemidrash above, “Let our children be our sureties.”
On a weekend which concludes with our “American Yom Hazikaron,” Memorial Day, we remember the ultimate sacrifice of the few for themany. The surety of our nation is linked to the vision of our children to remember the price of freedom and cherish the gifts bestowed upon all of us.
Editor’s note: Rabbi Harvey J. Wi-nokur is the founding rabbi of Tem-ple Kehillat Chaim, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and a member of the Atlanta Rabbinical Association.
“Then Israel said, ‘Let our children be our sureties.’ God said, ‘Such pledges will I indeed accept.’”
ACrOSS 1. Israeli city5. Minor Prophet9. Simon players13. King of Israel14. Naomi at times15. __ Epsilon Pi17. Anne Frank’s home19. Like Noah’s animals20. Silent film femme fatale21. Wart23. NY Yankee, _ Blomberg24. Moabite mountains26. Meadow27. Enjoy the seder28. Cain and Abel29. Tears at the Seder?31. Possessed32. Motion starter34. Wilderness of __35. Taxmen36. Hee __37. Ballet impresario, _ Hurok38. Auditor41. Selznick, initially42. Political humorist43. Chazzer (Eng)44. Like Hebrews in Egypt48. First born killed49. Breaks the ninth50. Pierced as sign of bondsman51. Sukkahs53. Van Halen’s singer, initially54. UJA mission55. Tuches56. Cohanim?58. Plagues?62. Baseball’s “Flip”63. Singer novel64. Acted the usurer?65. Mohel preparation66. Chazzan’s concern67. Firstborn twin
DOWN 1. “Lands of the Covenant”2. Gompers or Davis3. Fisher and Todd to Liz4. Bimahs5. Aaron’s Dad6. Meshugge7. Talmud
8. Hannah’s son9. L’il Abner creator10. __ Carte11. Dybbuk12. Seat for David16. “Lou Grant” star18. Son of Gad22. Pesach mitzva24. Babylonian Talmud editor25. “High tref” hubby27. Bilhah’s boy29. Tref female30. Self or free32. Teva product33. Mary Hartman actress37. Shiva mood38. People of Ur39. Harris stats40. “Rock of __”41. Salk and Sabin42. Sidney Lumet film44. Simeon to Gad45. Seder chair wear46. Like Pharaoh’s charioteers47. Spoke, biblically48. Fireplace shelf51. Shandeh (Eng)52. It is, to Ha-Levi54. House for Avram57. Tet (Eng)59. Blessed every 28 yrs.60. Tay-Sachs carrier61. Alphabet run
JEWISH PUzzLErby Kathi Handler ([email protected])
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CHABADChabad Intown 928 Ponce De Leon Avenue Atlanta, GA 30306 www.chabadintown.org 404.898.0434
Chabad Israel Center 5188 Roswell Rd. Sandy Springs, GA 30324 www.cicatlanta.com 404.252.9508
Chabad Jewish Center 4255 Wade Green Rd. Suite 120 Kennesaw, GA 30144 www.jewishwestcobb.com 678.460.7702
Chabad of Cobb 4450 Lower Roswell Rd. Marietta, GA 30068 www.chabadofcobb.com 770.565.4412
Chabad of Gwinnett 3855 Holcomb Bridge Rd. Suite 770 Norcross, GA 30092 www.chabadofgwinnett.org 678.595.0196
Chabad of North Fulton 10180 Jones Bridge Rd. Alpharetta, GA 30022 www.chabadnf.org 770.410.9000
CongregationBethTefillah 5065 High Point Rd. Atlanta, GA 30342 www.chabadga.com 404.257.9306
CONSErVATIVEAhavath Achim Synagogue 600 Peachtree Battle Ave. Atlanta, GA 30327 www.aasynagogue.org 404.355.5222
Congregation Beth Shalom 5303 Winters Chapel Rd. Atlanta, GA 30360 www.bshalom.net 770.399.5300
Congregation B’nai Torah 700 Mount Vernon Hwy. Atlanta, GA 30328 www.bnaitorah.org 404.257.0537
Congregation Etz Chaim 1190 Indian Trails Pkwy. Marietta, GA 30068 www.etzchaim.net 770.973.0137
Congregation Gesher L’Torah 4320 Kimball Bridge Rd. Alpharetta, GA 30022 www.gltorah.org 770.777.4009
Congregation Or Hadash 6751 Roswell Rd. Atlanta, GA 30328 www.or-hadash.org 404.250.3338
Congregation Shearith Israel 1180 University Dr. Atlanta, GA 30306 www.shearithisrael.com 404.873.1743
NON-DENOMINATIONALAtlanta Chevre Minyan Druid Forest Clubhouse North Crossing Dr. Atlanta, GA 30305 www.atlantachevreminya.org
Congregation Shema Yisrael 6065 Roswell Rd., #3018 Atlanta, GA 30328 www.shemaweb.org 404.943.1100
Guardians of the Torah P.O. Box 767981 Roswell, GA 30076 www.guardiansofthetorah.org 770.286.3477
Nediv Lev: the Free Synagogue of Atlanta 3791 Mill Creek Ct. Atlanta, GA 30341 My.att.net/p/PWP-NedivLev 770.335.2311
OrTHODOxAnshi S’Fard Congregation 1324 North Highland Ave. Atlanta, GA 30306 www.anshisfard.com 404.874.4513
Congregation Ariel 5237 Tilly Mill Rd. Dunwoody, GA 30338 www.congariel.org 770.390.9071
Congregation Beth Jacob 1855 Lavista Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.bethjacobatlanta.org 404.633.0551
Congregation Beth Yitzhak 5054 Singleton Rd. Norcross, GA 30093 770.931.8591
Congregation Ner Hamizrach 1858 Lavista Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.ner-hamizrach.org 404.315.9020
The Kehilla of Sandy Springs 5075 Roswell Rd. Sandy Springs, GA 30342 www.thekehilla.org 404.913.6131
Young Israel of Toco Hills 2074 Lavista Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.yith.org 404.315.1417
rECONSTrUCTIONIST Congregation Bet Haverim 2676 Clairmont Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.congregationbethaverim.org 404.315.6446
rEFOrMCongregation B’nai Torah 1633 Hwy 54 E Jonesboro, GA 30238 www.bnai-israel.net 678.817.7162
Congregation Dor Tamid 11165 Parsons Rd. Johns Creek, GA 30097 www.dortamid.org 770.623.8860
Congregation Ner Tamid 176 West Sandtown Rd. Marietta, GA 30064 www.nertamidonline.com 678.264.8575
Temple Beth David 1885 Mcgee Rd. Snellville, GA 30078 www.gwinnetttemple.com 770.978.3916
Temple Beth Tikvah 9955 Coleman Rd. Roswell, GA 30075 www.bethtikvah.com 770.642.0434
Temple Emanu-El 1580 Spalding Dr. Atlanta, GA 30350 www.templeemanuelatlanta.org 770.395.1340
Temple Kehillat Chaim 1145 Green St. Roswell, GA 30075 www.kehillatchaim.org 770.641.8630
Temple Kol Emeth 1415 Old Canton Rd. Marietta, GA 30062 www.kolemeth.net 770.973.3533
Temple Sinai 5645 Dupree Dr. Sandy Springs, GA 30327 www.templesinatlanta.org 404.252.3073
The Temple 1589 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta, GA 30309 www.the-temple.org 404.873.1731
SEPHArDICCongregation Or VeShalom 1681 North Druid Hills Rd. Atlanta, GA 30319 www.orveshalom.org 404.633.1737
TrADITIONALCongregation Shaarei Shamayim 1810 Briarcliff Rd. Atlanta, GA 30329 www.shaareishamayeim.com 404.417.0472
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