Liberation of Dachau: The True Story of One Hero

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1 INSIDE: SENIOR-FRIENDLY APRIL EVENTS IN THE SA JEWISH COMMUNITY ALL ORGANIZED IN AN EASY-TO-READ CALENDAR THE SAJSS SCOOP Liberation of Dachau: The True Story of One Hero HAVE YOU SECURED YOUR SEAT YET? RSVP REQUIRED: SAJSS.COM/JACKSACCO Joe Sacco was one of 250 soldiers who liberated the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, On April 22, his son, Jack Sacco, will speak about his father s journey from Alabama farm boy to heroic soldier, as detailed in his Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, Where the Birds Never Sing. San Antonio Jewish Senior Services is partnering with the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio (HMMSA) for this event, which takes place a week before April 22 the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Dachau. In addition to hosting Sacco s book signing after the presentation, the HMMSA will extend its hours until 5pm, allowing visitors to explore the Museum, including APRIL PM IN THE HOLZMAN AUDITORIUM, AT THE HARRY & JEANETTE WEINBERG CAMPUS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY a temporary exhibit with items donated from the children of liberators. The event on April 22 features Jack Sacco s presentation at See HERO, back page HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISRAEL! This year on Israel s Independence Day, we celebrate 70 years! This special day, also known as Yom Ha Atzmaut, will be Thursday, April 19. See insert for more about the celebration. SAJSS OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED: FRIDAY, APRIL 6 To make sure we can accomodate your transportation request, please schedule rides at least 3 days prior. SAJSS: WHAT WE DO TRANSPORTATION: Keeping our Jewish seniors active and connected Need a ride? Call us. We ll get you there! It s on our flyers and on our minds when San Antonio Jewish Seniors need transportation to community social, cultural, and educational events. This year, SAJSS celebrates 50 years of serving Jewish seniors, and transportation continues to be the biggest need among the growing senior population. To keep seniors connected See Rides, back page Happy Passover! We wish you and your families a happy, healthy, and meaningful holiday! As many of you know, San Antonio Jewish Senior Services leads programs for Jewish seniors at Madison Estates, Adante Senior Guy Bourne (left) helps Doris Mendlovitz into his cab after she attended a social event. Doris often uses SAJSS transportation to attend Jewish social events at many congregations. FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stacey Kline Schwartz Living, Golden Estates, and Franklin Park Sonterra. In the last two weeks, I have had the pleasure of joining Jewish residents at Adante and Madison for Chocolate Seders led by Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham of Congregation Agudas Achim. The programs See Schwartz, back page San Antonio Jewish Senior Services NW Military Hwy., Suite 210 San Antonio, TX (210)

2 SAJSS SPONSORED SENIOR EVENTS: APRIL 2018 The following April programs for seniors are sponsored or led by San Antonio Adante Senior Living FRIDAY, APRIL 13 & 27 AT 10:30AM Shabbat with Seniors - Shabbat services in the theater. TUESDAY, APRIL 10 & TUESDAY, APRIL 24 AT 10:30AM SAJSS Presents - Join San Antonio Jewish Senior Services for a film and conversation with Mindi Silver-Weiss in the 2nd floor activity room. For more information, please call (210) Barshop Jewish Community Center MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & NOON Senior Luncheon - JCC seniors enjoy a healthy kosher lunch four days a week for only $3 each. The lunch program is funded in part by the Jewish Federation of San Antonio and San Antonio Chabad Center for Jewish Life & Learning TUESDAY, APRIL 11:30 AM - 1 PM Sunshine Club - Featuring the film The Impossible Spy, at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life & Learning. A 1987 film based on the thrilling true story of Israeli undercover agent Elie Cohen, whose work in Syria in the early 1960s where he was eventually exposed and executed was considered crucial in Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day War. RSVP today: Call Nancy at Chabad: (210) or info@chabadsa.com. Sunshine Club is partially funded by a grant from San Antonio Congregation Agudas Achim THURSDAY, APRIL 11:30 AM Simcha Social Club - Israeli Independence Day Celebration including Israel history-themed Jeopardy and lunch in the Gurinsky Social Hall. Prizes will be awarded! Please RSVP by at RSVP@agudas-achim.org or call (210) Simcha Social Club is partially funded by a grant from San Antonio Jewish Senior Services. Congregation Rodfei Sholom WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11:30 AM - 1 PM L Chayim Club Luncheon - Living Under Nazi Occupation of Belgium, a presentation by Henri Roanne-Rosenblatt, a kindertransport survivor from Belgium. D Var Torah given by Rabbi Scheinberg, followed by a delicious home-cooked meal. Please RSVP to Rodfei at (210) or rodfeisa@gmail.com. Franklin Park Sonterra FRIDAY, APRIL 10:30 AM Shabbat Program - In the chapel on the 1st floor. Golden Estates FRIDAY, APRIL 13 & WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 AT NOON Respite Luncheon - Lunch and a movie in the activity room with SAJSS friends. RSVP to Lety at (210) Madison Estates MONDAY, APRIL 9, 16, 23 & 30 AT 2:30PM Jewish Living Program - Social gathering and a movie in the T.V. Room on the 3rd floor. FRIDAY, APRIL 13 AT 10:30AM Yad B'Yad - Passover celebration with the children from Heintz Preschool of Congregation Agudas Achim as part of an intergenerational program. This event is supported in part by San Antonio FRIDAY, APRIL 20 AT 10:30AM Shabbat with Seniors - Shabbat services in the T.V. Room on the 3rd floor. Temple Beth-El SATURDAY, APRIL 11:45 AM Shabbat Lunch Chavurah - Lunch and the movie Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies, & The American Dream in the Block Conference Room. $5 for those under 65, and no charge for those 65 or older. RSVP to geri@beth-elsa.org or (210) , ext This event is supported in part by San Antonio Yom Ha Atzmaut: ISRAEL'S 70th BIRTHDAY, THURSDAY, APRIL 19! Many Jewish Americans celebrate Israel s Independence Day, also known as Yom Ha Atzmaut. On May 14, 1948, which corresponds with the fifth day of Iyar, the eighth month of the civil year, in the year 5708, David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, read Israel's Declaration of Indepence. Check our calendar inside for senior-friendly happenings to celebrate Israel!

3 Yad B Yad Purim celebration at Adante Senior Living. The costumes, songs, and hamantaschen were a big hit with our senior friends. Thanks to our partners at Heintz Preschool of Congregation Agudas Achim for always making this such a joyful program! Chocolate Seders?! Oh yes and they were divine. Rabbi Abraham of Congregation Agudas Achim led a Seder at Madison Estates and Adante Senior Living using his customized Haggadah that was tailored to the blessings of all things chocolate, while still giving the history of a traditional Seder. Sunshine Club Seniors enjoyed oldies musical stylings of Mark Greenwald and lunch at Chabad Center for Jewish LIfe & Learning.

4 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT :00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 9:30 AM - HMMSA TEXAS SENIOR GAMES - (OFFSITE) NO SENIOR GAMES TODAY TEXAS SENIOR GAMES - JCC Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Docent Tour / Survivor Testimony 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM - JCC 11:45 AM - Temple Beth-El JCC CLOSED - PASSOVER 6:00 PM - JCC 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC Senior Chefs / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Shabbat Lunch Chavurah Kosher for Passover Dinner Crochet Mitzvah / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch NO SILVER CINEMA TODAY 7:45 PM - Temple Beth-El 12:15 PM - Temple Beth-El Post Passover Pizza / Pasta Potluck Lunch & Learn w/ Rabbi Nathan 7:00 PM HMMSA - (OFFSITE) Play - My Heart in a Suitcase * Passover Ends This Evening TEXAS SENIOR GAMES - (OFFSITE) TEXAS SENIOR GAMES - JCC TEXAS SENIOR GAMES - (OFFSITE) TEXAS SENIOR GAMES - (OFFSITE) TEXAS SENIOR GAMES - JCC TEXAS SENIOR GAMES - JCC TEXAS SENIOR GAMES - JCC 9:30 AM - Temple Beth-El 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 9:30 AM - HMMSA 5:15 PM - Temple Beth-El (OFFSITE) Adult Education w/ Rachel Stern Dollar Store / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Crochet Mitzvah / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Docent Tour / Survivor Testimony 60's+ Evening at Jazz TX - Pearl 10:00 AM - Agudas Achim 2:30 PM SAJSS (OFFSITE) 10:30 AM SAJSS (OFFSITE) 11:30 AM - Rodfei Sholom 5:00 PM - Agudas Achim (OFFSITE) 10:30 AM SAJSS (OFFSITE) University Series - Betsy Tontiplaphol Film and Discussion at Madison Estates Film and Discussion at Adante L'Chayim Club Luncheon Brews & Big'z Burgers Shabbat Program at Adante 10:30 AM - Temple Beth-El 11:30 AM - Chabad 12:15 PM - Temple Beth-El 11:00 AM - JCC Bagels & Books Club Sunshine Club Senior Luncheon Lunch & Learn w/ Rabbi Nathan Fit4Life / Grocery Day - HEB 7:30 PM HMMSA - (OFFSITE) 10:30 AM - Agudas Achim (OFFSITE) Yom Hashoah Event at Rodfei Sholom Yad B'Yad Passover at Madison Estates 12:00 PM - SAJSS (OFFSITE) Lunch and Movie at Golden Estates 6:15 PM - Temple Beth-El *Yom Hashoah Begins This Evening *Yom Hashoah Ends This Evening Family Shabbat & Dinner TEXAS SENIOR GAMES - (OFFSITE) 10:00 AM - Beldon Library 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM / 1:00 PM - JCC ** 10:30 AM SAJSS (OFFSITE) 10:00 AM - Agudas Achim Music Appreciation in the JCC Senior Center Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Crochet Mitzvah / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Fit4Life / Senior Lunch / Silver Cinema Shabbat Program at Madison Estates University Series - Sara Ronis 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 12:00 PM - Temple Chai 12:15 PM - Temple Beth-El **Lunch includes a presentation by JFS for Utility 11:00 AM - JCC Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Lunch & Learn w/ Rabbi Komerofsky Lunch & Learn w/ Rabbi Nathan & Transportation Assistance and Senior Fraud Fit4Life / FIELD TRIP (call for details) 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Jewish Community Tricentennial Shindig All Outdoor Event With Minimal Shade No Outside Food or Beverage Allowed Portable Restrooms Only Parking is Limited High Security / Personal Bag Check 2:30 PM SAJSS (OFFSITE) 5:30 PM - JFSA 6:00 PM - Temple Beth-El 6:30 PM - Temple Beth-El 7:45 PM - Temple Beth-El (OFFSITE) Film and Discussion at Madison Estates Yom Hazikaron Ceremony Adult Hebrew Class w/ Rachel Walsh Sephardic Cultural Event 50's+ No-Host Dinner at Los Barrios 7:00 PM - Temple Beth-El (OFFSlTE) 7:00 PM - Temple Chai From Remembrance 11:30 AM - Agudas Achim Sisterhood Library Art Tour Pirke Avot Class Simcha Social Club Senior Luncheon 7:00 PM - Chabad (OFFSlTE) 7:00 PM - Agudas Achim (OFFSITE) Women's Rosh Chodesh Dinner *Yom HaZikaron Begins This Evening Moonlight Supper Club No Host Dinner * Yom Ha'atzmaut To Celebration Ends This Evening :00 AM - Agudas Achim 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:00 AM / 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC 10:30 AM SAJSS (OFFSITE) University Series - Sara Ronis Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Bingo / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Crochet Mitzvah / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Memory Game / Fit4Life / Senior Lunch Shabbat Program at Adante 3:00 PM - SAJSS **FEATURED EVENT** 2:30 PM SAJSS (OFFSITE) 10:30 AM SAJSS (OFFSITE) 10:00 AM- Temple Beth-El 7:00 PM - JCC 10:30 AM SAJSS (OFFSITE) Jack Sacco Talk & Book Signing at HMMSA Film and Discussion at Madison Estates Film and Discussion at Adante Aging Wisely w/ Lynn Stahl & Arlene Dryer Author & Speaker Series: Emily Paster Shabbat Program at Franklin Park Sonterra 7:30 PM - Rodfei Sholom 12:00 PM - Temple Chai 12:00 PM - SAJSS (OFFSITE) 11:00 AM - JCC Rodfei Movie Night - "Aftermath" Lunch & Learn w/ Rabbi Komerofsky Lunch and Movie at Golden Estates Fit4Life / Grocery Day - HEB :00 PM - Chabad (OFFSlTE) 6:00 PM - Temple Beth-El "What is?" JLI Learning Series Adult Hebrew Class w/ Rachel Walsh 7:00 PM - Temple Chai 7:30 PM - JFSA Pirke Avot Class Senior-Friendly Events in the SA Jewish Community Maimonides Society Dinner & Lecture 7:30 PM - Chabad "What is?" JLI Learning Series *Battle of Flowers Parade 9:30 AM - Temple Beth-El 11:00 AM / 12:00 PM- JCC Adult Education w/ Rachel Stern Fit4Life / Senior Lunch SAJSS (SA Jewish Senior Services) (210) Hebrew Free Loan - Laura Richardson (210) :15 AM - Agudas Achim 2:30 PM SAJSS (OFFSITE) JCC (Jewish Community Center) / The Vex (210) Rodfei Sholom - Rabbi Scheinberg (210) EVENTS CAN CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. PLEASE CONTACT THE HOSTNG ORGANIZATION Mother's Day Shop for a Cause Film and Discussion at Madison Estates HMMSA (Holocaust Museum) (210) Chabad - Rabbi Teldon (210) :00 AM - Agudas Achim JFS (Jewish Family Service) (210) Temple Beth-El - Geri Gregory (210) University Series - Orit Elyon JFSA (Jewish Federation of SA) (210) Agudas Achim - Jennifer Meredith (210) :30 AM - Temple Chai (OFFSITE) Beldon Library - Lynn Waghalter (210) Temple Chai - Rabbi Komerofsky (210) Founder's Brunch This is not a complete listing of all community events. Some events require residency, membership, registration fees, or ticket purchase. Events are current FOR INFORMATION AND 5:30 PM - Jewish Family Service as of 3/27/18. If your favorite Jewish organization's senior-friendly events are missing from this calendar, please let your contact know that they can send their Evening of Inspiration Benefit * Fiesta Ends TO RSVP. events to DanielleR@sajss.com by the 15th of each month, and we will happily add them to the next issue.

5 April 2018 San Antonio Jewish Senior Services Dachau, from page 1 3 p.m. in the Holzman Auditorium, followed by a book signing at 4:30 p.m. at the HMMSA (both located on The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Campus of the Jewish Community). Tickets are $5. To RSVP or for more information, visit sajss.com/jack- Sacco or call (210) Rides, from page 1 to our vibrant, event-filled community, we will arrange transportation to programs including congregational senior lunches, religious services, cultural events, and educational programs like the Jack Sacco talk on April 22. So how does it work? It s easy! Call the SAJSS office at (210) with your ride information, we ll call our driver, and then he ll call you to confirm the ride. We only work with familiar drivers, so you can rest assure you ll be met at your door, assisted to the car, and returned home the same way. Wheelchairs can be accommodated; please let us know if that s a need when booking the ride. While we consider all transportation requests important, some really tug at our heartstrings. One of the most poignant calls came from a 90-year old Holocaust survivor. She needed a ride to a congregational cemetery, where she was to help bury a box that held anonymous remains from Auschwitz the concentration camp she survived. We received another call from a woman whose car was totaled. She was relieved to discover that between rides from us and our partner organizations, she could avoid the expensive burden of a new car. Our mission at SAJSS is to make life better for San Antonio Jewish seniors by creating and fostering connections between the individual and the broader community and providing transportation is one of the most effective ways we help seniors connect with the community. Need a ride? Call us. We ll get you there! April YEARS: TRICENTENNIAL SHINDIG Celebrate the impact that the Jewish community has had on our city throughout the years, as we also mark the 70th Anniversary of the State of Israel with a shuk style street fair. All outdoor event, with minimal shade Limited parking Portable restrooms only High security & bag checks No outside food or beverages allowed NOON 6 PM AT TEMPLE BETH-EL THE CORNER OF ASHBY & BELKNAP Schwartz, from page 1 were enjoyable, educational, and creative. For example, the bitter herb was represented by bitter chocolate and wine was substituted by chocolate milk. Sugar-free chocolate was also available. All items represented on the Seder plates were kosher thanks to SAJSS Creative and Special Projects Manager Lauren Sandoval. In addition to holiday celebrations like this, we run Jewish Living Programs at these locations throughout the year. Staff, local clergy, and volunteers lead Shabbat programs, Jewishthemed movies, and discussions in an effort to enrich the lives of Jewish seniors. We are eager to hear ideas of the Jewish programs you would like us to bring to you or to sponsor in the community. Thank you for allowing us to spend time with you and to work together to create more opportunities for your enrichment in the community. I look forward to joining you at additional programs throughout the year and especially to celebrating our 50 years of service together at our anniversary luncheon event later this year. Happy Passover and best wishes, Stacey Kline Schwartz Tomorrow s results are created by today s hopes and dreams. To help San Antonio Jewish Senior Services (SAJSS) continue to grow in the future, please consider SAJSS when making your planned giving decisions NW Military Hwy., Suite. 210 San Antonio, TX / (210) SAJSS STAFF: STACEY KLINE SCHWARTZ, Executive Director StaceyS@SAJSS.com LETY P. VARGAS, Executive Assistant / Office Manager LetyV@SAJSS.com MINDY COHEN, Program Director MindyC@SAJSS.com DANIELLE ROBERTS, Information & Referral Program Manager DanielleR@SAJSS.com LAUREN SANDOVAL, Creative & Special Projects Manager LaurenS@SAJSS.com MINDI SILVER-WEISS, MSW, ACSW Connections Facilitator MindiSW@Gmail.com SAJSS OFFICERS AND BOARD PRESIDENT Suzanne Huber VICE PRESIDENT Howard Feinberg SECRETARY Allan Smith TREASURER Robi Jalnos PAST PRESIDENT Alice Troy BOARD OF DIRECTORS Maury Goldstein Alvin Loewenberg Jeanne Rubin Brenda Schram Dr. Michael Steinberg Gordon Weiner THANK YOU to our February Donors Tom and Dorothy Blackshear Alvin Loewenberg Danielle Roberts Riselle Bloom Elaine and Irving Frank Permanent Memorial Endowment Fund JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Want to receive the SAJSS newsletters and other happenings in the Jewish community via ? Just send your address to LetyV@SAJSS.com or call (210) with your info. GFIND US ON