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www.jewishfederaionlcc.org Vol. 40, No. 10 June 2018 / 5778 Happy birhday Israel housands of years old, 70 years young!

from righ here in his milesone in Israel s hisory. Hashem was surely waching ou for us as raeli dancers led by Marsha Kisler.

Despie he srong wind, he everyone in he singing of he Naional shuk vendors were able o display Anhem and o Lawrence Dermer for heir wares, and aendees were able o leading Haikvah.

Thank you o he local synagogues and organizaions and all heir voluneers who suppored his even along wih he Jewish Federaion: Temple Beh Shalom, Congregaion Ba Yam, The Communiy Free Synagogue, Shalom

Israeli music and dancing, Israeli wine asing, Israeli food and Israeli ar and jewelry for sale, along wih a variey of oher iems and aciviies, added o he fun of he afernoon.

The Shalom Band s music added a lo of spiri o he afernoon T-shirs celebraing Israel s 70 h birhday were for sale Face paining is always a hi wih he kids Phoos couresy Michael Shapiro A few of he BBYO

radiional Jewish home, bu here were only hree Jewish families in our school.

When I go o Israel a 19 (why Rozzi Israel, why 19? a Oserman sory for anoher evening), everybody already knew he Hanukkah sory, mazah was in he supermarkes, Friday nigh was Shabba...my job was done.

Fas forward 20-plus years. When we visied For Myers for he firs ime, we immediaely called he Jewish Federaion o ge a sense of he Jewish communiy.

1 Vol. 40, No. 10 June 2018 / 5778 Happy birhday Israel housands of years old, 70 years young! By Leni Sack, Federaion Program Direcor Over 400 people came ogeher Thank you o our enerainers: The on Sunday, April 15 a he Shalom Band from Miami, The Big Heighs Cener o celebrae Yarmulkes (a band from righ here in his milesone in Israel s hisory. Hashem was surely waching ou for us as raeli dancers led by Marsha Kisler. Lee Couny) and he Federaion s Is- he prediced rain held off unil he fes Also hanks o Saundra Falk for leading was over. Despie he srong wind, he everyone in he singing of he Naional shuk vendors were able o display Anhem and o Lawrence Dermer for heir wares, and aendees were able o leading Haikvah. enjoy he enerainmen, delicious food Thank you o Nir Cohen and Ilan and shuk shopping. Dahan and heir families, who cooked and served he food. They worked very hard and we owe hem a lo of hanks. Thank you o he local synagogues and organizaions and all heir voluneers who suppored his even along wih he Jewish Federaion: Temple Beh Shalom, Congregaion Ba Yam, The Communiy Free Synagogue, Shalom Life Cener, Temple Beh El, Temple Judea and BBYO. Also, hank you o Miromar Oules, one of our communiy ars & culure sponsors. Israeli music and dancing, Israeli wine asing, Israeli food and Israeli ar and jewelry for sale, along wih a variey of oher iems and aciviies, added o he fun of he afernoon. Thank you o he vendors and o everyone who aended and showed heir suppor for he Sae of Israel. The Shalom Band s music added a lo of spiri o he afernoon T-shirs celebraing Israel s 70 h birhday were for sale Face paining is always a hi wih he kids Phoos couresy Michael Shapiro A few of he BBYO eens who voluneered a he BBYO booh, which suppored Israel s Lone Soldier projec Rozzi Oserman s speech a Federaion's Annual meeing I grew up in Washingon Sae and Norhern California in a very radiional Jewish home, bu here were only hree Jewish families in our school. So we were always he ones asked o explain Hanukkah, bring in he menorah and lakes, explain Passover and mazah, he bread ha we didn have ime o wai for because we were rushing ou of Egyp. When I go o Israel a 19 (why Rozzi Israel, why 19? a Oserman sory for anoher evening), everybody already knew he Hanukkah sory, mazah was in he supermarkes, Friday nigh was Shabba...my job was done. In Israel, living on Kibbuz Gvar Am, I me John Oserman, a very cue Jewish boy from Toledo, Ohio. We milked cows ogeher never hinking ha we would find ourselves in he U.S. and in For Myers. Fas forward 20-plus years. When we visied For Myers for he firs ime, we immediaely called he Jewish Federaion o ge a sense of he Jewish communiy. I so happened ha he week we were in own was he week of Major Gifs. Helene Kramer, he Execuive Direcor, invied us o come. So, we were under he impression ha every monh or so, Federaion donors dressed up and me speakers like Ed Koch and Elie Wiesel. We moved o For Myers and we found he communiy o be warm and inviing. I joined he Federaion board and even agreed o ake a few soliciaion cards. For a few years, my only cards were he Siegels Barb and Alan and he Zuckers Sherri and Ira. I would call hem for heir gifs and hey would hank me! Again, like our firs Major Gifs The Shalom Israeli dancers always pu on a good show even, I hough ha all people would always hank me for aking he ime o ask for money. So why such a long commimen o he Federaion? And why am I somewha awkward a being honored? Because, my relaionship wih he Federaion has always been a naural fi. Because he mission of he Federaion, promoing he Jewish values of benevolence, repairing he world and aking responsibiliy for one anoher, is he same mission ha John and I share wih our children, I is a naural fi. The people involved are likeminded. Many of my deares friends are on he board. They are houghful and generous of heir ime and alens. When I aend an even, i feels like family. And when I speak wih you, I feel he love. Being chosen as a leader is a gif. I have raveled o Ukraine o visi wih elderly Holocaus survivors, winessed Aliyah made by young families from Ehiopia firshand, and me many Shuk vendors displayed a variey of iems for sale Israelis in absorpion ceners, hospials and aferschool programs for kids-arisk, as well as ariss and eachers, all while represening you. I have learned abou special needs in our communiy and been inspired by so many of our members who are leaders in he symphony, heaer, Habia for Humaniy, ar and universiies. I love collaboraing wih our alened saff. Lori and I are like kids in a candy sore when we sar creaing inviaions. Leni is he mos diplomaic and houghful lady. And Alan is he broher I never had, whom I admire and annoy a he same ime! I especially reasure he experience of sharing he imporance of leadership and Jewish values wih my children. Thank you for honoring me. When you honor me, you honor John and our belief in benevolence, repairing he world and aking responsibiliy for one anoher Commerce Cener Cour For Myers, Florida DELIVER TO CURRENT RESIDENT OR POSTMASTER: DATED RELIGIOUS NEWS ITEMS. TIME SENSITIVE PLEASE EXPEDITE! NONPROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID FT. MYERS, FL PERMIT NO. 175

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And a special hank you o Temple Judea s shlicha, Zohar ben Hamu, for leading all he programs and inroducing young families o he celebraion of holidays, Israeli syle. Fun was definiely had by all.

Their high school faculy advisor, Elisa Grossman, was hrilled ha he sudens no only commied o collecing he food, hey also commied o loading heir cars and bringing he food direcly o he food panry.

The sudens showed he commimen and characer of he members of he Naional Honor Sociey while supporing families in need. I hope hey inspired all of you o keep he food panry in mind hroughou he year!

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2 2 In his issue: 7 Our Communiy 9 Jewish Ineres 14 Markeplace 15 Israel & he Jewish World 17 Commenary 18 From he Bimah 20 Focus on Youh 21 Organizaions 22 Communiy Direcory 23 Temple News Jewish news published monhly by Jewish Federaion of Lee & Charloe Counies 9701 Commerce Cener Cour, For Myers, FL (239) Fax: (239) Online a June 2018 Volume 40, Number 10 Presiden: Brian Simon Board: Paul Barrop Jack Esformes Karen Fine Carolyn Gora Jerry Greenfield Keih Grossman Andi Horowiz Linda Idelson Marsha Kisler Sara Krivisky Michele Laboda Rozzi Oserman Barbara Siegel Sylvia Simko Sherri Zucker Execuive Direcor: Alan Isaacs Program Direcor: Leni Sack Execuive Assisan: Lori Ramos Jewish Family Services: Jodi Cohen Edior/Designer: Ted Epsein (239) Adverising: Jim Lewin (239) L CHAYIM invies correspondence on subjecs of ineres o Jewish people. Parisan poliical opinions will no be published, bu opinions on subjecs affecing he Jewish communiy are welcome. All inquiries regarding copy for L CHAYIM should be direced o he edior. All news maerial mus be very clearly prined or yped (no in all-capial leers) and double-spaced. Elecronic submissions encouraged. The edior reserves he righ o edi for space and conen. Phoographs should be clear, black-and-whie or color prins. If you wish a phoograph reurned, include a samped, self-addressed envelope of appropriae size. The Jewish Federaion of Lee & Charloe Counies disclaims responsibiliy or endorsemen of he views expressed by he wriers and claims by adverisers. Program noes I wan o hank Temple Beh El, The Communiy Free Synagogue, Shalom Life Cener and Temple Judea for hosing he four PJ Library holiday programs held his pas year. And a special hank you o Temple Judea s shlicha, Zohar ben Hamu, for leading all he programs and inroducing young families o he celebraion of holidays, Israeli syle. Fun was definiely had by all. Food panry A special hank you and shou ou also go o he For Myers High School Naional Honor Sociey sudens, who conduced a food drive ha benefied he Jewish Federaion s Leni Sack food panry. Their high school faculy advisor, Elisa Grossman, was hrilled ha he sudens no only commied o collecing he food, hey also commied o loading heir cars and bringing he food direcly o he food panry. In fac, he projec was originally scheduled o end in December, bu sudens asked if hey could coninue hrough he end of he school year. The sudens showed he commimen and characer of he members of he Naional Honor Sociey while supporing families in need. I hope hey inspired all of you o keep he food panry in mind hroughou he year! Auhor evens By he ime you read his, Carolyn Gora and I will have jus reurned from our annual rip o he Jewish Book Council Conference in New York Ciy, where we ge o hear over 200 auhors pich heir books o hose of us who arrange for auhors o speak in our OUR FEDERATION communiies each year. The crieria for presening is ha he conen of he book has a Jewish heme and/ or he auhor is Jewish. I is an inensive hree days of workshops and auhor presenaions for us, bu Carolyn and I love bringing ineresing and engaging auhors here. I hope you can wai o hear who will be coming for he calendar year! Jewish Film Fesival No only are we saring o plan for auhor evens, he film fesival commiee has also sared o preview films for he 2019 Jewish Film Fesival of Souhwes Florida. For all you snowbirds who may wan o make your reservaions o come down in ime for i, he fesival will begin January 10, We expec o again show en films on Tuesday and Thursday evenings hrough February 12. Israel Scous Anoher annual favorie for our communiy is he Israel Scous Friendship Caravan. The group of en Israeli eens bring heir lively singing and dancing performance o Temple Judea on Monday, June 18 a 7:00 p.m. The free family concer is open o all and is sponsored by Temple Judea, Temple Beh El and he Jewish Federaion. This alened and inspiraional group of eenagers represens he bes of Israel. Wha a grea way o sar he summer! And as I hink abou he summer, I have o ake a momen o kvell. In jus a couple of weeks, I will be going o Los Angeles for he 6 h grade graduaion of our oldes grandson from his Jewish Day School. I will definiely be a proud Sava as I wach him walk across he sage. I wish everyone a good and safe summer. Holocaus Memorial Service By Leni Sack, Federaion Program Direcor The annual Holocaus Memorial Service was held on Sunday, April 8 a Temple Beh Shalom in Cape Coral. Over 150 people aended he moving service, highlighed by a video sharing he sory of he survivors who were a he service. Rozzi Oserman, pas presiden of he Jewish Federaion and an experienced documenary filmmaker, inspired by a projec of he Temple Judea Religious School and using fooage from he Holocaus Museum & Educaion Cener of Souhwes Florida, edied he video. Thank you o Temple Beh Shalom for hosing he even his year and o he Temple Beh Shalom choir for heir beauiful music. Holocaus survivor Francoise Onufer aided by Temple Beh Shalom Presiden Harvey Wolfson Special hanks o all he clergy and lay leaders who paricipaed: Rabbi Devora Buchen, Temple Beh Shalom; Rabbi Michael Schorin, Gulf Coas Hospial Chaplain; Rabbi Nicole Luna and Canor Richard Bessman, Temple Beh El; Rabbi Marc Sack, Temple Judea; Rabbi Sephen Fuchs, Congregaion Ba Yam; Rabbi Bruce Diamond, The Communiy Free Synagogue. Also hanks o Lawrence Dermer, Shalom Life Cener; Cheryl and Barry Fulmer, Congregaion Ba Yam; Joyce and George Rosinger, Temple Judea; Harvey Wolfson, Presiden of Temple Beh Shalom. Phoos couresy Michael Shapiro JULY ISSUE EDITORIAL DEADLINE: Tuesday, June 5 Holocaus survivor Carla Beninga Temple Beh Shalom choir direced by Rabbi Devora Buchen Grow your business wih L CHAYIM. Reach 5,000 local Jewish residens hrough his paper. For more informaion or o place an ad, call Jim a or send an o JamesLewin@jfedLCC.org. Holocaus survivor Peer Simenauer Holocaus survivor Paul Simko Holocaus survivor Lore Rosensrauch For a coninuously updaed calendar of evens, visi

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4 4 OUR FEDERATION The Jewish Federaion Annual Campaign provides he resources o srenghen and enrich our Jewish communiy locally, in Israel and around he world. YOUR SUPPORT Honor/ Remember A LOVED ONE Share your MITZVAH Promoe KINDNESS Sunday March 1s Srenghen & enrich JEWISH COMMUNITY This year please consider making an addiional campaign conribuion in honor or in memory of a loved one. Because kindness is conagious we would like o highligh your generosiy in L CHAYIM and noify personally hose whom you honor. You may choose how your generosiy is noed and how we share your mizvah wih our communiy. TRIBUTES In honor of Rona & Barry Axelrod from Ron & Lynn Talone Each monh, L CHAYIM will lis your Tribues. Please send hem o Lori Ramos a he Federaion a loriramos@jfedlcc.org. STAY IN TOUCH Sign up for e-blass! GET THE LATEST INFORMATION ON UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, BREAKING NEWS, UPDATES FROM ISRAEL & MORE. Send an o lenibsack@jfedlcc.org Send an o amypadilla@jfedlcc.org The Jewish Federaion hanks our GENEROUS DONORS How he Jewish Federaion of Lee & Charloe Counies Serves Local Jewish Educaion and Culure Communiy-wide Jewish Educaion and Culure Programs for all ages including he Jewish Film Fesival, Jewish Auhor Evens, Israel Celebraion, Jewish genealogy, Israeli folk dancing, social groups, ec. L CHAYIM published monhly o keep he Jewish communiy informed abou local, naional and inernaional Jewish issues. Communiy Relaions aciviies include monioring ani- Semiism and issues of separaion of church and sae in he communiy. Israel Advocacy and Iniiaives o srenghen local Jewish communiy ies wih Israel. Holocaus Educaion hrough he Holocaus Museum of Souhwes Florida o middle and high school sudens in he communiy. Overseas Funding o he Jewish Agency for Israel and he American Jewish Join Disribuion Commiee (JDC) for full specrum social services o Israel and Jewish communiies in 60+ counries around he world. Parnership 2Geher relaionship wih he Hadera-Eiron Region in Israel. Local Seniors Services Holiday baskes and een visis o seniors and senior faciliies for Rosh Hashanah, Hanukah and Passover. Seniors & Voluneers Lunch Program. Emerging and pressing needs relaed o senior housing, healh and socializaion. Local Case Managemen Services Non-secarian, individual and family oureach, informaion and referral services. Individual life coaching and suppor services. Local Emergency Services Food Panry. Emergency financial assisance. Educaion and aid associaed wih naural disasers. Local Communiy Services Suppor families of children wih special needs. SAT preparaory classes for high school sudens. Voluneerism. Organizaional Collaboraion. Assessmen and Planning. INDIGENT FUND Shalom Dancers Mary & Judy Freling Jack & Ellen Esformes Gene & Andrea Sipe Ron & Lynn Talone Temple Judea Jewish Communiy Foundaion An endowmen ha ensures he long-erm financial base of chariable, social and educaional programs in our communiy. Needs-based college scholarships and sudy scholarships in Israel. Projecs and programs aimed a Jewish communiy enrichmen. FOOD PANTRY Temple Beh El Temple Judea Shalom Life Cener Mellow Mah Jongg Jay Sco Vicor Gold Sara Krivisky Brian Simon Herb Goldenberg Boni Rai Phyllis Henkel Ruh Lefberg Howard Silverman Joseph Horowiz Israel Travel Grans Available The Joseph Horowiz Israel Travel Gran is available hrough he Communiy Foundaion of he Jewish Federaion of Lee and Charloe Counies. The gran may be used for ravel o Israel o paricipae in programs ha are voluneer or educaional in naure. Our hope is ha hese programs will enhance Jewish knowledge and ideniy in preparaion for paricipaion in American Jewish life. This gran is for Jewish residens of eiher couny who are 25 years old or younger and can demonsrae a financial need. Academic sanding and communiy involvemen may also be considered. For more informaion or an applicaion, please visi our websie a or conac he Federaion a , ex. 4 or loriramos@jfedlcc.org. Togeher we CAN Make a Difference!

OUR FEDERATION Mee Caravan Dekel: Tzofim Friendship Caravan 2018 By Rabbi Marc Sack The For Myers Jewish communiy will once again hos a roupe of Israeli scous for an evening of singing and

This year s roupe feaures Scous from a wide range of backgrounds.

They are mulialened eenagers who proudly represen he spiri of Israel. Gali Goldberg, 16, has sudied balle and modern dance since 4 h grade. In he Tzofim, she oversees en younger counselors.

Roni Lamdan, 17, leads a roupe of Scous her own age for which she creaes maerials o each her peers. Roni has been playing piano since 3 rd grade.

Her faher is currenly he CEO of SodaSream Inernaional. In addiion o working oward her black bel in karae, she creaed a Facebook group called Peace Inifada, which now has more han 2,500 members.

Sharon Gabriel, 17, who sudies acing, leads a group of 15 6 h grade girls. Las summer, she joined NFTY and accompanied American eenagers visiing Israel.

He also paricipaed in a Space Olympics compeiion, leading a eam of junior scieniss ha came in hird place in he naional Israeli compeiion. Shira Yehidi, 17, also sudies acing.

Now he leads a group of eigh 6 h grade boys. In his spare ime, Ami plays piano.

Yuval was, herself, a member of he caravan in 2012. Amir Shoval, 24, he oher group leader, was in Scous for nine years.

5 OUR FEDERATION Mee Caravan Dekel: Tzofim Friendship Caravan 2018 By Rabbi Marc Sack The For Myers Jewish communiy will once again hos a roupe of Israeli scous for an evening of singing and dancing. Sponsored by he Jewish Federaion of Lee and Charloe Counies, Temple Beh El and Temple Judea, Caravan Dekel will perform a Temple Judea on Monday, June 18 a 7:00 p.m. The program is free and open o he enire communiy. This year s roupe feaures Scous from a wide range of backgrounds. Wha hey have in common is ha each of hem has aken on leadership roles wihin he Tzofim, overseeing groups of younger Scous and counselors. They are mulialened eenagers who proudly represen he spiri of Israel. Gali Goldberg, 16, has sudied balle and modern dance since 4 h grade. In he Tzofim, she oversees en younger counselors. Adi Mesika, 17, is ahleic and loves scuba diving, recenly passing he Open Waer Diver course. He is responsible for 40 children and four counselors in Tzofim. Roni Lamdan, 17, leads a roupe of Scous her own age for which she creaes maerials o each her peers. Roni has been playing piano since 3 rd grade. Amir Ron, 16, lived in California for hree years wih his family. In Tzofim, he is currenly a counselor for a roupe of 8 h graders. Shai Birnbaum, 17, was born in Cincinnai. Her faher is currenly he CEO of SodaSream Inernaional. In addiion o working oward her black bel in karae, she creaed a Facebook group called Peace Inifada, which now has more han 2,500 members. Avi Raa, 17, was born in Gonder, Ehiopia. He is a 7 h grade counselor in Tzofim. An avid surfer, Avi also pracices Krav Maga. Sharon Gabriel, 17, who sudies acing, leads a group of 15 6 h grade girls. Las summer, she joined NFTY and accompanied American eenagers visiing Israel. Ami Zaga, 17, who leads a group of 6 h grade boys, loves camping and he oudoors. He also paricipaed in a Space Olympics compeiion, leading a eam of junior scieniss ha came in hird place in he naional Israeli compeiion. Shira Yehidi, 17, also sudies acing. In addiion o her work in Tzofim, Shira voluneers in a kindergaren for refugee children in souh Tel Aviv. Ami Inbar, 17, was a counselor for a 12-year-old boy wih auism, meeing wih him every week. Now he leads a group of eigh 6 h grade boys. In his spare ime, Ami plays piano. Yuval Einger, 23, one of he madrikhim, group leaders, esablished he firs roupe for special needs children in her communiy. For her miliary service, Yuval was an air raffic conroller for he IAF. Yuval was, herself, a member of he caravan in Amir Shoval, 24, he oher group leader, was in Scous for nine years. Afer high school, ogeher wih seven friends, he posponed miliary service for one year o work in a small own building new scouing roupes. Amir 5 loves he field of educaion and sees ha in his fuure. We look forward o welcoming and celebraing wih Caravan Dekel, 2018 s roupe of Israel Scous in Souhwes Florida. Senior Oureach Program Come ou for lunch, see familiar faces and mee new friends a our free monhly senior lunches. Thursday, June 14h 12:30 PM The Palms 2674 Winkler Ave. For Myers (RSVP by June 8h - Space for only 35 people) Thursday, July 19h 12:00 PM Communiy Free Synagogue Mero Pkwy., For Myers (RSVP by July 16h) Le us know if you will be driving or if you would like a voluneer o pick you up. RSVP Jodi Cohen , ex. 6 or jodicohen@jfedlcc.org FREE FAMILY CONCERT MONDAY, JUNE 18 7PM TEMPLE JUDEA A & W BULB RD FORT MYERS, FL Info: jswfl@gmail.com

6 The Hear Remembers projec updae By Jodi Cohen, Senior Oureach Coordinaor Ceramics schools, ariss and on an individual, organizaional and eachers were invied o ake

par in The Hear Remembers projec, an inernaional arisic Heligman s garage/sudio o decorae Six For Myers ariss me in Janice exhibiion mean o commemorae fallen IDF

The phoos show he process of 23,545 ceramic red hears (one for creaing he hears and also he hears each fallen soldier) ha were placed in he Yizhak Rabin Cener,

The he For Myers ariss: Carolyn Gora, hears were placed jus prior o Yom Janice Heligman, Celese Borah, Jodi HaZikaron, Memorial Day for Israel s Cohen, Juli Bobman

The Hear Remembers is a projec of Parnership2geher (P2G), a successful Jewish Agency model for generaing ongoing, direc and meaningful parnerships beween Jewish

Temple Beh Shalom, wih food provided by our communiy parner, Jason's Deli.

The ocave in he room was in he key of joy.

I akes a village o walk ino a place and se up a village!

Sories ranged from a couple geing married on a bus o someone finding suppor for her kids a a rade show in Ialy, o how he communiy gahered around a family during

The free monhly senior luncheon is a chance for Jewish seniors o ge ogeher o mee new people, deepen friendships, learn a lile somehing and enjoy a meal ogeher.

The Senior Lunch Bunch feels like a big celebraion every monh, and here is always a place a he able for anyone ineresed in joining.

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6 6 The Hear Remembers projec updae By Jodi Cohen, Senior Oureach Coordinaor Ceramics schools, ariss and on an individual, organizaional and eachers were invied o ake whole-communiy level. par in The Hear Remembers projec, an inernaional arisic Heligman s garage/sudio o decorae Six For Myers ariss me in Janice exhibiion mean o commemorae fallen IDF soldiers. ed in preparaion for our working ses- he hears ha Janice generously crea- The projec saw he creaion of sion. The phoos show he process of 23,545 ceramic red hears (one for creaing he hears and also he hears each fallen soldier) ha were placed in he Yizhak Rabin Cener, including a special phoo noing he work of along he road leading up o and inside Tel Aviv's Yizhak Rabin Cener. The he For Myers ariss: Carolyn Gora, hears were placed jus prior o Yom Janice Heligman, Celese Borah, Jodi HaZikaron, Memorial Day for Israel s Cohen, Juli Bobman and Elise Sewall. Fallen Soldiers. The Hear Remembers is a projec of Parnership2geher (P2G), a successful Jewish Agency model for generaing ongoing, direc and meaningful parnerships beween Jewish world communiies and Israeli communiies OUR FEDERATION Senior Lunch Bunch updae By Jodi Cohen, Senior Oureach Coordinaor The Federaion's April luncheon was hosed by Temple Beh Shalom, wih food provided by our communiy parner, Jason's Deli. As seems o be he rend, we welcomed new faces ino he mix and everyone's voices blended o creae boiserous Jodi Cohen sounds hroughou he lunch. The ocave in he room was in he key of joy. The voluneers swooped in and did a fabulous job greeing people, seing hings up, keeping everyhing moving and helping wih he cleanup work. I akes a village o walk ino a place and se up a village! Voluneer and phoographer exraordinaire Helene Glocer faciliaed a wonderful soryelling program afer lunch, inviing people o alk abou meaningful experiences. Sories ranged from a couple geing married on a bus o someone finding suppor for her kids a a rade show in Ialy, o how he communiy gahered around a family during ragedy and loss. We laughed, we cried and, of course, we ae. The free monhly senior luncheon is a chance for Jewish seniors o ge ogeher o mee new people, deepen friendships, learn a lile somehing and enjoy a meal ogeher. People aending for he firs ime are assigned lunch 'buddies' and everyone is warm and welcoming. People who don' drive are given rides by he fabulous voluneers. The Senior Lunch Bunch feels like a big celebraion every monh, and here is always a place a he able for anyone ineresed in joining. Ronny S Taschner DDS Acive Member of he American Academy of Periodonology Jennifer Taschner DDS MMSc Diplomae of he American Board of Periodonology 1645 Medical Lane, For Myers, FL Phone Visi Our Websie NEXT SENIOR LUNCH: Thursday, June 14 a 12:30 p.m. The Palms, 2674 Winkler Avenue, For Myers Space for 35 people RSVP by Friday, June 8 o Jodi Cohen a x6 or jodicohen@jfedlcc.org L CHAYIM delivers! Inroduce your business o a POWERFUL demographic and reach 5,000 readers each monh for pennies per reader! For ad raes and deadlines, conac Jim Lewin a or JamesLewin@jfedlcc.org. This monh s adverisers This publicaion is brough o you each monh hanks o he suppor of our adverisers. Please be sure o use heir producs and services, and menion ha you found hem in L CHAYIM. Advanced Pain Managemen...24 Advanced Physical Therapy...10 Alliance Financial Group...14 Hal Arkin, Realor...14 Ar of Fashion and Moore...14 Avi G. Locksmih...15 Dr. Daniel Bendeowicz...14 Cypress Cove...9,13 Harold Eskin, Aorney...14 FGCU...21 FineMark Nal. Bank & Trus...19 Florida Specialiss in Urology...14 Susan Glasser, Realor...8 Gordon s Pool & Spa Service...14 Green Schoenfeld & Kyle, LLP..14 Gulf Coas Orhodonics...5 Dr. David Heligman...7 Henderson Franklin...14 Higginson Tax & Accouning...14 Hodges Funeral Home...7 Lee Lighing...14 Living Happily Counseling...14 Charles Massie, CPA, CFP...14 Michael Shapiro Phoography...20 Paragon Pools...14 PCC Tile...14 Alan J. Rubinsein, Aorney...14 Senior Housing Soluions...11 Seniors Helping Seniors...14 Snyderman s Shoes...14 Douglas Spiegel, Aorney...14 Taschner Periodonics...6 The Palms of For Myers...16 Bob Vinikoor, Realor...14 Paul Weinsein, CFP...14

OUR COMMUNITY Holocaus Museum updae Susan Suarez By Susan Suarez, Execuive Direcor A large crowd of invied guess and digniaries, including Collier Couny Commissioner Penny Taylor, celebraed he

Wearing hardhas and wielding mini-sledgehammers, Museum board members and Capial Campaign Lead Gif Donor Jane Guman Cohen broke hrough a wall joining wo large spaces which will house he Museum s main

The Museum will remain open a is curren locaion, 4760 Tamiami Trail Norh in Naples, unil he end of 2018, when i will relocae o is new home.

This communiy impac is he goal of he Museum s mission and Educaion programs each he lessons of he Holocaus o inspire acion agains bigory, hared and violence.

They hoped someday o own a permanen space wih adequae room o presen exhibis, hold communiy evens and, mos imporanly, educae sudens and he public abou he hisory and lessons of he Holocaus.

People like he lae Holocaus survivors Ann Jacobson and Abe Price, who were insrumenal wih Golden Gae Middle School eachers David Bell and Michelle Lee in ransiioning he Ou of he Ashes classroom

7 OUR COMMUNITY Holocaus Museum updae Susan Suarez By Susan Suarez, Execuive Direcor A large crowd of invied guess and digniaries, including Collier Couny Commissioner Penny Taylor, celebraed he symbolic groundbreaking for he fuure home of he Holocaus Museum & Educaion Cener of Souhwes Florida in Norh Naples. Wearing hardhas and wielding mini-sledgehammers, Museum board members and Capial Campaign Lead Gif Donor Jane Guman Cohen broke hrough a wall joining wo large spaces which will house he Museum s main exhibi space. Following he ceremony, renovaions began on he 6,000 sf space a 975 Imperial Golf Drive, Norh Naples. The Museum will remain open a is curren locaion, 4760 Tamiami Trail Norh in Naples, unil he end of 2018, when i will relocae o is new home. Rabbi Adam Miller of Temple Shalom gave he inroducory blessing, saying, May all who ener his space in he years o come be parners in creaing a world of shalom, peace and wholeness. This communiy impac is he goal of he Museum s mission and Educaion programs each he lessons of he Holocaus o inspire acion agains bigory, hared and violence. Board Chair Herb Berkeley noed his day was a long dream-of goal for he communiy leaders who founded he Museum in They hoped someday o own a permanen space wih adequae room o presen exhibis, hold communiy evens and, mos imporanly, educae sudens and he public abou he hisory and lessons of he Holocaus. Many of hose involved in he Museum s early years were among he guess. They carried wih hem he spiris of hose who were insrumenal in he Museum s creaion and developmen. People like he lae Holocaus survivors Ann Jacobson and Abe Price, who were insrumenal wih Golden Gae Middle School eachers David Bell and Michelle Lee in ransiioning he Ou of he Ashes classroom projec on he Holocaus ino he Museum. Liberaors like he lae Peer Thomas who, because of his warime experiences, undersood he imporance of eaching fuure generaions he imporance of respec for ohers and he consequences Execuive Direcor Susan Suarez, Board Chair Herb Berkeley, Donor Jane Guman Cohen of hae. Communiy members like Diana and he lae Homer Heler and he survivors, liberaors and oher dedicaed people who helped build he Museum s permanen collecion of unique arifacs and original phoographs. Also in aendance were Holocaus survivors Renee Beddouk, Rosee Gerbosi, Rob Nossen and Michael Eisensad. Mrs. Gerbosi addressed he guess, relaing how she became involved wih he Museum. The audience also included children of survivors, dedicaed voluneers, former board nembers, communiy supporers and generous benefacors. The Museum was also honored o have Jane Guman Cohen aend he even. Mrs. Cohen noed in her remarks ha she was pleased o be in a posiion o suppor an organizaion ha is close o her hear and has an imporan impac in he communiy. In recogniion of her generous gif, he Museum will be named he Holocaus Museum & Jane G. and Harvey D. Cohen Educaion Cener in honor of Mrs. Cohen and her lae husband, Harvey. In addiion o being a Finalis (for he second year in a row!) in he 2018 Bes of he Gulfshore readers poll in Gulfshore Life magazine, he Museum recenly was ranked by TripAdvisor as #6 of 132 Things o Do in Naples, a jump up from our previous posiion of #11 of 122 Things o Do in Naples. Thanks o all who have submied a TripAdvisor review or spoken abou a Museum visi o family and friends. You helped us crack he Top 10 lis! Rabbi Adam Miller gives a blessing 7 This year s annual Teacher Educaion Summer Workshop will be offered on hree differen daes o accommodae eacher schedules: June 11, July 23 or Augus 3. The one-day, 9:00 a.m. o 3:30 p.m. workshop is open o currenly acive SWFL eachers, grades 5 hrough college/universiy, from public, privae, charer and home school seings. Each eacher will receive Coninuing Educaion Poins, breakfas, lunch and ligh refreshmens, plus a selecion of classroom-ready maerials o use wih heir sudens. For more informaion and o regiser, conac Educaion Specialis Sam Parish a Sam@Holocaus MuseumSWFL.org or We hope you will save he following daes on your calendars for wo imporan Museum evens: Thursday, December 13 The Luncheon a he Riz-Carlon Beach Resor in Naples Monday, March 4, 2019 Triumph 2019 Annual Fundraising Even a Grey Oaks Counry Club in Naples Proudly serving he Jewish communiy of Lee Couny for over 52 years, Hodges Funeral Home a Lee Memorial Park Cemeery off Sae Road 82 provides many convenien and affordable opions for radiional as well as conemporary funeral and burial services. Specializing in oupaien hip and knee replacemen Garden of David spaces saring a $2,995 H odges Funeral Home a Lee Memorial Park Sae Road 82 For Myers, FL (239)

8 BAR MITZVAH Asher Emil Pincus, son of Suzanna and David Pincus, will be called o he Torah as a Bar Mizvah on Sabbah morning, June 23 a The Communiy Free Synagogue.

Asher is following in he fooseps of his sisers, Ariel and Talia, who also sudied wih Rabbi Bruce Diamond and were also called o he Torah as B no Mizvah a The Communiy Free Synagogue.

Edna Josephson celebraed her 101 s birhday in April.

(Edna is picured wih Rabbi Bruce Diamond.) OUR COMMUNITY Communiy Free Synagogue evens and programs Brown Bag Movie Nigh The nex Communiy Free Synagogue Brown Bag Movie Nigh begins a 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 14.

"Persisen wheeler-dealer Norman falls in wih an Israeli poliician on he rise.

" (Roen Tomaoes, 89% "Cerified Fresh") "Norman Oppenheimer is he Presiden of New York-based Oppenheimer Sraegies.

Mos of ha work is as a fixer: doing work ha ohers don' wan o do and wih which hey don' wan o be officially associaed. In realiy, Norman is a shyser, and no a very good one a ha.

.." (IMDb) Pack your dinner and join us in he Communiy Hall, 10868 Mero Parkway, For Myers. Admission and soft drinks are complimenary.

8 8 BAR MITZVAH Asher Emil Pincus, son of Suzanna and David Pincus, will be called o he Torah as a Bar Mizvah on Sabbah morning, June 23 a The Communiy Free Synagogue. Asher excels in language ars, science and physical educaion in he 6 h grade a Lexingon Middle School. He is a forward on he Swiffles, a leading eam in he Souhwes Florida Junior Baskeball League. Asher is following in he fooseps of his sisers, Ariel and Talia, who also sudied wih Rabbi Bruce Diamond and were also called o he Torah as B no Mizvah a The Communiy Free Synagogue. WEDDING BIRTHDAY Nicole Lynn Fuller and Jonahan Lawrence Cohen of The Communiy Free Synagogue will be married on Saurday, June 2 a he Planaion Counry Club, wih Rabbi Bruce Diamond officiaing. Edna Josephson celebraed her 101 s birhday in April. Edna, an award-winning performance aris, accomplished musician and Soliaire maven, is a Communiy Free Synagogue pioneer and was par of is musical group. She shares a home wih daugher Dr. Judy Piesco. (Edna is picured wih Rabbi Bruce Diamond.) OUR COMMUNITY Communiy Free Synagogue evens and programs Brown Bag Movie Nigh The nex Communiy Free Synagogue Brown Bag Movie Nigh begins a 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 14. Norman: The Moderae Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer sars Richard Gere in he ile role wih a special appearance by Seve Buscemi as Rabbi Blumenhal. "Persisen wheeler-dealer Norman falls in wih an Israeli poliician on he rise. When he poliician is eleced prime miniser, Norman rises in eseem wih he New York Jewish communiy, even hough his social connecions migh only be a sham." (Roen Tomaoes, 89% "Cerified Fresh") "Norman Oppenheimer is he Presiden of New York-based Oppenheimer Sraegies. His word-of-mouh business is consuling work largely in American-Israeli business and poliics, ha focus due o being Jewish. Mos of ha work is as a fixer: doing work ha ohers don' wan o do and wih which hey don' wan o be officially associaed. In realiy, Norman is a shyser, and no a very good one a ha. His office is comprised of his cell phone and whaever is suffed in his sachel, which is usually slung over his shoulder as he wanders he srees..." (IMDb) Pack your dinner and join us in he Communiy Hall, Mero Parkway, For Myers. Admission and soft drinks are complimenary. S Sabbah Eve dinners o The Communiy Free Synagogue Sab-bah Eve dinners coninue hrough-ou he summer and are open all a nof charge every Friday a 6:30 p.m. TheseW kosher-syle meals begin wih kindlingc he Sabbah lighs, proclaiming is2 sanciy (Qiddush) wih a cup of wine, p and he radiional blessing by parens of heir children and by spouses ofa each oher, sharing homemade arisans hallah. They end wih he hanksgiving prayers, he Birqa Hamazohn. i Paricipans may bring a salad or a H dish of heir choosing as long as i is non-dairy and conforms o he Torahn mea regulaions. Wine is also always( welcome! Reservaions are never required. K Please join us in he Communiy Hall, T Mero Parkway, For Myers. d B Sudying family hisory brings more han jus hisorical knowledge, i builds relaionships. Learning he sories behind names and daes eaches a personal hisory ha explains more han jus how each person came o be. EVERYONE WELCOME. Jewish Genealogy SIG (Special Ineres Group) No May Meeing Nex meeing: Thursday, June 14 10:00-11:30 a.m. Each monh, L CHAYIM will lis your Life Cycle evens birhs, B nai Mizvah, engagemens, weddings, anniversaries and obiuaries. For B nai Mizvah, please include up o 150 words abou your child. Submi your evens o LChayim36@gmail.com. Phoos are appreciaed; please as JPGs a 300dpi. LEARN HOW TO BEGIN RESEARCH INTO YOUR FAMILY S HISTORY OR GET HELP FINDING NEW STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE SEARCH YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED. There is no cos o aend. RSVP is a mus o Arhur a genresearch13@yahoo.com For a coninuously updaed calendar of evens, visi For All Your Souhwes Florida Real Esae Needs Susan Glasser, Realor John R. Wood Properies McGregor Blvd. #105 For Myers, FL In fron of Gulf Harbour SusanLGlasser@gmail.com Mobile: (239) Office: (239) Lee Couny residen for more han 20 years

JEWISH INTEREST Sars of David By Nae Bloom, Conribuing Columnis Edior s noe: Persons in BOLD CAPS are deemed by Nae Bloom o be Jewish for he purpose of he column.

9 JEWISH INTEREST Sars of David By Nae Bloom, Conribuing Columnis Edior s noe: Persons in BOLD CAPS are deemed by Nae Bloom o be Jewish for he purpose of he column. Persons idenified as Jewish have a leas one Jewish paren and were no raised in a faih oher han Judaism and don idenify wih a faih oher han Judaism as an adul. Convers o Judaism, of course, are also idenified as Jewish. he Second Jewish Solo and More olo: A Sar Wars Sory, which opens n Friday, May 25, is described as a space Wesern. The film covers Han olo s early days as a smuggler and his riendship wih Chewbacca, a wookie. e also find ou how he me Lando larissian. ALDEN EHRENREICH, 8, plays Solo, wih Donald Glover laying Clarissian. Ehrenreich, who was discovered a bar mizvah recepion by STEVEN PIELBERG, old Collider.com ha he young Solo was more of an ideals han he one in he original films. e also added ha he consuled wih he original Solo, HARRISON FORD, ow 75, abou how o play he role. Ford s lae moher was Jewish). The scrip is by LAWRENCE ASDAN, 68, and his son, JONA- HAN KASDAN, 38. The elder Kasan previously co-wroe wo of he bes Sar Wars films: The Empire Srikes ack (1980) and The Reurn of he Jedi 1983). The younger Kasdan has a small ole in Solo as Tag Greenly, and JON AVREAU, 51, provides he voice of io Duran (described as a very cool nd imporan alien characer in film ubliciy). Tag, opening on Friday, June 15, is ased on a rue sory. I s abou a group f old friends who mee up once a year or a rousing game of ag. Of course, enal games also go on. Co-sars nclude RASHIDA JONES and ISLA ISHER, boh 42. able and Sreaming emember PAIGE DAVIS? This musical acress was he perky hos and sar of he TLC series Trading Spaces for mos of is original run ( ). Early in April, he show was rebooed on TLC (new episodes air Saurdays a 8:00 p.m.). Davis, 48, is again he hos, and he premise is he same: couples swap homes and have a limied budge o redo each oher s homes wih he help of a designer. Now sreaming on Hulu is he firs seasona of The Advenures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, he classic 60s animaed series. The show funcioned on wo levels. I worked as a children s show, bu frequenly made references and jokes ha were direced a aduls (ofen hip, well-read aduls). Two Jewish acors voiced a lo of he series iconic characers. PAUL FREES ( ), born Solomon Hersh Frees, was he voice of baddie Boris Badanov and Capain Wrongway Peachfuzz. JUNE FORAY ( ) was he voice of Rocky, baddie Naasha Faale and every oher female characer in he show (including disinc caroons wihin he show, like Dudley Do-Righ). Foray (born Forer) was he daugher of a Lihuanian Jewish immigran and a French Canadian moher who convered o Judaism. Look up he amazing lis of voice roles she creaed during a career ha lased 70 years. Foray was he greaes female voice acor of all ime. Her only compeiion for he greaes, male or female, is MEL BLANC ( ). Look him up, oo. Reasonable people can differ on wheher hey like he usually diry Ineresed in Your Family s Hisory? Nae Bloom (see column a lef) has become a family hisory exper in 10 years of doing his celebriy column, and he has exper friends who can help when called on. Mos family hisory expers charge $1,000 or more o do a full family-ree search. However, Bloom knows ha mos people wan o sar wih a limied search of one family line. So here s he deal: Wrie Bloom a neibloom@aol.com and enclose a phone number. Nae will hen conac you abou saring a limied search. If ha goes well, addiional and more exensive searches are possible. The firs search fee is no more han $100. No upfron cos. Also, several of his newspaper s readers have asked Bloom o locae friends and family members from heir pas, and ha s worked ou grea for hem. So conac him abou his as well. sand-up humor of GILBERT GOTT- FRIED, 63. Someimes I like Gofried s humor diry or no and someimes he doesn amuse me a all. However, I was charmed and ouched by he documenary film abou his life, Gilber, which was released in 2017 and is now sreaming on Hulu. He wed his girlfriend of en years, DARA KRAVITZ, now 48, in 2007, and hey now have wo lovable young children. Kraviz is a film producer and a former op record promoion execuive. She is he perfec wife for Gilber a miracle really. She s smar, funny, nururing and oleran of his huge quirks and neuroses. She laughs a suff ha would urn off many oher women. Gilber s wife and kids clearly adore him and jus seem o accep his quirks and his absences due o frequen road rips. The unexpeced coninues as we see how kind Gilber is o his sisers (los of home movie suff) and how hey, oo, adore him. Forge wheher you like his comedy. This is a grea 9 and oddly hearwarming Jewish family sory. Michelle Wolf The now-famous comedian Michelle Wolf is no Jewish. The Times of Israel, while menioning her our of Israel a few years back, saed she is no Jewish. Also, LARISA KLEBE, he Depuy Direcor of he Jewish Women s Archive, a quie good websie, says she asked Wolf if she was Jewish by messaging her via Insagram las year and Wolf replied ha she isn Jewish. Google Larisa Klebe and Michelle Wolf and you ll find wo aricles Klebe wroe abou Wolf. The mos recen one is a smar exploraion of how he criicism of Wolf ofen veers ino ani- Semiic ropes. Wha do you hink? Need o reach he edior of L CHAYIM? Send an o LChayim36@gmail.com.

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10 L CHAYIM is a monhly nonprofi newspaper suppored by generous readers, commied adverisers and he. 10 ighly original novel explores he damage ha false spiriual gurus can inflic ook review by Philip K. Jason, Special o L CHAYIM The Kabbalah Maser, by Perle Besserman. Monkfish. 202 pages. Trade paperback $ esserman has penned a fascinaing porrai of an insecure Jewish woman, Sharon Berg, who in er mid-hiries becomes infauaed wih somewha charismaic spiriual leader. abbi Alber Joachim is he head of The ener for Mysical Judaism. Sharon sudies here and becomes a slave o her Kabbalah Maser. She works long hours for lile pay and scan aenion. Sharon s life had run aground. Phil Jason Divorced, wih wo children, and wih few prospecs, she s easy prey o her own imaginaion. er needs are projeced on an imagined ersion of a caring Rabbi Joachim who eems o be simply using her. Sharon anasizes ha he will reurn her love. erhaps divorce his wife and marry her. Unable o properly paren her chilren, she had invied her moher o move n and help ou. This siuaion has an pside and a downside. Se in Brooklyn s Coney Island nd oher secions of New York, The abbalah Maser offers a rich ehnic ase. Is emporal seing is 1972, a ime of social change and coninuing xperimenaion iniiaed in he 1960s. ELIMINATE YOUR PAIN RESTORE YOUR MOBILITY REGAIN YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE All physical herapy is no he same Thank you for leing us show you wha ses us apar from he res! AWARDED SW FLORIDA S BEST PHYSICAL THERAPY & REHABILITATION CENTER 5 YEARS IN A ROW! One-on-one care wih all paiens You will always receive he personalized care you deserve Perle Besserman knows he erriory and handles i wih auhoriy. Sharon, a somewha ime-worn, nice Jewish girl, is desperae for validaion. Ener Junior Canana. Junior is seven years younger han Sharon and gives he firs impression of being much younger han ha. Their meeing is foruious. To Sharon s eyes, he has movie-sar looks. He is polie, caring, and alernaes beween seeming vulnerable and sure of himself. There is a genuine aracion beween his couple. However, hey have backgrounds ha pu pressure on a possible relaionship. Wha is Sharon doing, she imagines ohers saying, fliring wih his younger man. She wonders herself. The image of Rabbi Joachim flis hrough her mind, his gravias, learning and remarkable allure so much in conras o Junior s aura. Los of lile hings define him. He smelled pleasanly of rees in he rain. Sharon has always believed her desiny is o marry a Jewish man, o raise Jewish children, and o deepen her Jewish knowledge and ideniy. She already aemped ha life, and hough he Jewish children are sill here, he husband is gone. Can she really flourish in a relaionship wih his Ialian-American Vienam War veeran? Is her aracion o him a counerbalance o her adoraion of Highly skilled and licensed herapiss Relaxed, friendly and encouraging amosphere Therapis-owned privae pracice Bes of Souhwes Florida recipien We inves ourselves personally in every paien s progress and goals. This is all par of having a rue commimen and passion for wha we do. THE RESULTS YOU WANT. THE CARE YOU DESERVE. Thomas S. Zeller, DPT & Associaes For Myers Cape Coral Perle Besserman Rabbi Joachim? Won she always seem an old lady in his circle of friends? Rabbi Joachim is no presen for a subsanial par of he novel. He is off visiing his wife and children in Israel. Jewish mysicism, however, coninues o be represened by a neighborhood occul book sore owned and run by Seymour Priceman. He is also Rabbi Joachim s publisher. An asue businessman, he admis o having absoluely no personal ineres in he concerns of he books he sells and publishes. Ms. Besserman, hrough Priceman s sance, suggess ha mos who dabble in mysicism, Jewish or oherwise, are charlaans. Clearly enough, in he auhor s view, many are. And in ha group, perhaps, is Rabbi Joachim, whose wriings on he curaive powers of herbs are under aack. The clover cure has caugh he aenion of he FDA. And ye Priceman, who is as publisher is likely o be sued, is willing o believe ha Rabbi Joachim is sincere, alhough misguided in his enhusiasms. There is a lo o like abou his book. Many chapers read like deachable vignees of New York life, he main characers peripheral o ohers who populae hese scenes. These secions are no a all disracing; raher, hey se Sharon ino a larger, richer and more complex culural environmen. Moreover, hough he sory s main hrus aligns wih serious curren concerns abou false, manipulaing gurus aking advanage of women, readers will find a smile on he auhor s face. The book is rich wih a wise and unexpeced humor. Will Sharon be able o build a new life for herself? Read he book and make your own decision. Abou he auhor Recipien of he Theodore Hoepfner Ficion Award and pas wrier-inresidence a he Mishkeno Sha ananim Ariss Colony in Jerusalem, Pushcar Prize-nominee Perle Besserman was praised by Isaac Bashevis Singer for he clariy and feeling for mysic lore of her wriing, and by Publisher s Weekly for is wisdom [ha] poins o a universal pracice of he hear. Houghon Mifflin published her auobiographical novel Pilgrimage, and her shor ficion has appeared in The Souhern Humaniies Review, AGNI, Transalanic Review, Nebraska Review, Souherly, Norh American Review and Bamboo Ridge, among ohers. Her books have been recorded and released in boh audio and e-book versions and ranslaed ino over en languages. Her mos recen books of creaive non-ficion are A New Zen for Women (Palgrave Macmillan) and Zen Radicals, Rebels, and Reformers, coauhored wih Manfred Seger (Wisdom Books). Two novels, Kabuki Boy and Widow Zion, and Yeshiva Girl, a sory collecion, are available from Aqueous Books, Pinyon Publishing and Homebound Publishing, respecively. JEWISH INTEREST A Q&A wih Perle Besserman, auhor of The Kabbalah Maser: A Novel When did you sar wriing? I published my firs sory when I was 9. Wha inspired you? I was rained as an acor, singer and dancer from an early age, so my life as a performer influenced my vision of life as a narraive filled wih muliple characers and siuaions calling for expression. Where do hose characers and sories come from? They are enaced on he sage of my imaginaion, my dreams and my memories, similarly o wha William Buler Yeas described as a sor of mediumisic rance. Wha was your childhood like? My parens were boh soryellers. Books, movies and he ars in general were he basis for he life drama enaced a home a perfec maelsrom of love and conflic beween creaiviy and Jewish orhodoxy. Why wrie abou Kabbalah? I was par of my spiriual search. I also made rips around he world and wroe books abou Orienal Mysicism and women s spiriualiy (The Way of Wiches). I sa wih Tibean and Sufi eachers and found my home, finally, in Zen. How do you feel abou wriing in he digial age? I sar ou wih a problem, so I can answer ha quesion objecively. Years ago, when firs working on a compuer, I discovered ha my elecromagneic field was aniheical o compuers and mos digial devices. Things go so crazy, when I was eaching a Illinois Sae Universiy, ha my deparmen chair had o bring in he IT saff o see why I was killing he lis serve, and why my syllabi couldn ge downloaded. Anyway, he IT people esed me (a couple of Bell Labs physiciss had sudied he problem years before) and found ha I was among 4 % of he populaion wih ha elecromagneic field problem. So, all I can say is ha my creaive urge, he characers and siuaions demanding o be wrien, are sill alive and well despie my fraugh relaionship wih he digial age. Who are among your favorie auhors? James Joyce, Flauber, Dickens, he Brones, Alice Munro, W.B. Yeas, Homer... In spie of his solipsism and sexism, I kind of like Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, o name a few. Where do you ge your maerial? The sage of my imaginaion is filled wih characers and sories needing o be old. I une in and lisen. Someimes ha sage is bare, so I have o say quie and respecfully wai for he characers and heir sories o ener. Philip K. Jason is Professor Emerius of English from he Unied Saes Naval Academy. He reviews regularly for Florida Weekly, Jewish Book World, Souhern Lierary Review, and oher publicaions. Please visi Phil s websie a Read he curren and recen issues of L CHAYIM online a

JEWISH INTEREST The boxer who cared By Paul R.

American hero Joe Louis. The figh was o have implicaions beyond a simple sporing cones. Of modes background, Schmeling was born on Sepember 28, 1905. He Dr.

On June 19, 1927, he won he European ligh heavyweigh ile, and hen he German heavyweigh crown.

Schmeling won when Sharkey was disqualified afer delivering a low blow he only occasion in boxing hisory when he heavyweigh championship was won by disqualificaion.

He old Schmeling ha while in he Unied Saes he should inform he American public ha repors abou Jewish persecuion in Germany were unrue.

Laer ha year, Schmeling suffered defea a he hands of Max Baer before a crowd of 60,000 a Yankee Sadium.

Baer s faher was Jewish, and Baer himself fough wearing shors emblazoned wih a Sar of David. By his sage Schmeling was viewed as a somehing of a Nazi puppe.

11 JEWISH INTEREST The boxer who cared By Paul R. Barrop, PhD Exacly eighy years ago, on June 22, 1938, arguably he mos famous boxing mach in hisory ook place a Yankee Sadium, New York, when he German heavyweigh champion, Max Schmeling, confroned American hero Joe Louis. The figh was o have implicaions beyond a simple sporing cones. Of modes background, Schmeling was born on Sepember 28, He Dr. Paul Barrop became a professional boxer a he age of 19 and won he German ligh heavyweigh ile wo years laer. On June 19, 1927, he won he European ligh heavyweigh ile, and hen he German heavyweigh crown. Moving quickly o he number-wo ranking and a sho a he heavyweigh ile, on June 12, 1930, he me Jack Sharkey o sele he ile. Schmeling won when Sharkey was disqualified afer delivering a low blow he only occasion in boxing hisory when he heavyweigh championship was won by disqualificaion. In April 1933, no long afer Adolf Hiler became chancellor of Germany, he summoned Schmeling for a privae dinner meeing wih himself and several leading Nazi officials. He old Schmeling ha while in he Unied Saes he should inform he American public ha repors abou Jewish persecuion in Germany were unrue. When Schmeling arrived in New York he complied, saying ha here was no ani-semiism in Germany and emphasizing he poin ha his manager, Joe Jacobs, was Jewish. Laer ha year, Schmeling suffered defea a he hands of Max Baer before a crowd of 60,000 a Yankee Sadium. The loss was deemed a racial and culural disgrace in Germany, where i was considered ourageous ha Schmeling would even have had o figh a non- Aryan. Baer s faher was Jewish, and Baer himself fough wearing shors emblazoned wih a Sar of David. By his sage Schmeling was viewed as a somehing of a Nazi puppe. On March 10, 1935, he fough and knocked ou American Seve Hamas in Hamburg, and he 25,000 specaors sponaneously sood and sang he Hors Wessel (he Nazi anhem), wih arms raised in he Hiler salue. This caused ourage in he Unied Saes, wih Schmeling now being publicized in Germany as he very model of Aryan supremacy and Nazi racial superioriy, somehing he would dees all his life. The American public was desperae for Schmeling o reurn o he Unied Saes for anoher figh, his ime agains he young American hero, he Brown Bomber, Joe Louis. On June 19, 1936, he figh ook place a Yankee Sadium. As Schmeling s record of lae had no been srong, he was a 10-1 underdog, and many people hough ha a 30 years of age he was pas his prime. Ye Schmeling had sudied Louis s echnique closely and found a weakness in his defense. In he 12 h round, he scored wha some consider he upse of he cenury, when he sensaionally knocked Louis ou. In Germany, he Nazi press o Schmeling s dismay boased ha he vicory represened whie Aryan supremacy. When he reurned o Berlin, he was invied by Hiler o join him for lunch. The remach, a Yankee Sadium on June 22, 1938, became a culural and poliical even. I was billed as a bale of he Aryan versus he Negro, a sruggle of evil agains good. Held before a crowd of over 70,000, he mach saw a deermined and highly-moivaed Joe Louis knock Schmeling ou wihin wo minues and four seconds of he firs round. Schmeling said laer he was relieved o have los, as he defea removed Nazi expecaions of his abiliies. I made i easier for him o refuse o ac as a Nazi, and he was shunned by Hiler and he Nazi hierarchy for having shamed he Aryan Superman ideal. Hiler never forgave Schmeling for losing o Louis. On he nigh of November 9, 1938, as ani-semiic mobs were sacking Jewish propery hroughou he Reich during he Krisallnach, Schmeling s opposiion o Nazism was esed as never before. One of his Jewish friends, David Lewin, begged in desperaion for Schmeling o sheler his wo sons, Heinz (14) and Werner (15). Wihou hesiaion, Schmeling ook hem o his room in he downown Excelsior Hoel and kep hem here for hree days, elling he desk clerk ha he was ill and mus no be disurbed. Risking his life o save he wo brohers, he hen helped hem escape Berlin. Afer hings seled down, he drove hem o his house for furher hiding. Waiing anoher wo The YMCA Jerusalem Youh Chorus Arlene Solniz By Arlene Solniz Browsing hrough music websies on he Inerne is one of my favorie preoccupaions. Tha s wha becomes of a wanna-be wrier wih a focus on he Judaic music world! Recenly, I happened upon a unique group ha caugh my aenion. The incredible power of music is eviden in his wonderful group of young singers who are desined o become he leaders of peace in heir communiies. They are known as he YMCA Jerusalem Youh Chorus. Learning abou hem makes me hink i will be he younger generaion who will be on he forefron of repairing he world. For sarers, heir home page is wrien in hree languages: English, Hebrew and Arabic! Tha says a lo in iself, since he goal of he program is o encourage undersanding hrough song and dialogue among Israeli and Palesinian youh in Jerusalem. Their mission saes, Through he co-creaion of music and he sharing of sories, he chorus seeks o empower youh in Jerusalem o become leaders in heir communiies and inspire singers and liseners around he world o work for peace. The singers are young people, high school sudens, ages 14-19, from Eas and Wes Jerusalem, who come ogeher in a common experience and, in he process, experience undersanding, communiy and a shared ideniy. Their music can be described as somewhere beween Pop, Arabic Classical, Hip-Hop and Chan. In he words of a descripion in heir album Home, תיב,تيب braving violence and fear, he singers, boh Israeli and Palesinian alike, suppor each oher in creaing a space ha is a home for all, and in doing so show wha Jerusalem can be. The group was esablished in 2012 by Founder and Direcor Micah Hendler, an award-winning singer and music direcor from Yale Universiy who has sudied he inersecion beween music and conflic ransformaion. Hendler has spen years developing his model based on his paper, I Am a Seed of Peace: Music and Israeli-Arab Peacemaking. Much of his wriing and oher papers he has auhored are he basis for he YMCA Jerusalem Youh Chorus model. I is an official program of he Jerusalem Inernaional YMCA and he Jerusalem Foundaion, an independen communiy foundaion ha suppors an equiable and open place where people from all walks of life can feel comforable. The chorus curren direcor is Nizar Alkhaer, an Israeli classical pianis and composer who brings a wealh of musical experience o he group, boh from his work in Israel and hroughou Europe. He has specialized in organizing projecs for youh music educaion and youh orchesra. In addiion o he YMCA Youh Chorus, he direcs a choir for people wih physical limiaions and special needs. The chorus has abou 30 singers wih an equal balance beween Arab and Jewish membership. The Arab members are roughly one-hird Chrisian and wo-hirds Muslim wih a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds among hem. The reperoire is diverse, sung in several languages, including English, Arabic, Hebrew and ohers. The music is a ype of Eas-Wes musical fusion wih a mix of creaive and innovaive arrangemens. One number is an arrangemen of a Sufi chan. Rehearsals are held weekly and run for hree and a half hours, mosly in English excep for necessary ranslaions for speakers of Arabic and Hebrew. Here are some of he commens from he singers hemselves: You ge o know he oher side you ge o be ogeher, you ge o see wha i s like being wih kids differen han you. Avial, Israeli singer The choir is beauiful and we enjoy i because we are Arabs and Jews ogeher a he same ime. Ameer, Palesinian singer I only knew Israelis. I had never me any Arabs before I came here. I wasn sure wha I expeced, bu wha I realized was we are all he same. Shifra, Israeli singer I live in Israel, I m an Arab, here s Jewish people bu I never alked o hem I never knew heir opinion. Afer joining his choir i changed my life. I made me know wha hey hink. I made hem know wha I hink. Samia, Eas Jerusalem I urge you o visi he YMCA Jerusalem Youh Chorus websie a www. L CHAYIM delivers! Inroduce your business o a POWERFUL demographic and reach 5,000 readers each monh for pennies per reader! For ad raes and deadlines, conac Jim Lewin a or JamesLewin@jfedlcc.org. Hones, caring and knowledgable advice abou assised living opions a no cos o you! Personal and professional advice for you or a loved one when you need i he mos 11 days, he hen delivered hem safely o heir faher. In 1939, Schmeling helped he family o flee he counry alogeher. They wen o he Unied Saes where Heinz (now Henri) became a prominen hoel owner in Las Vegas. During World War II a sill enraged Adolf Hiler saw o i ha a he age of 35, Schmeling would be drafed ino he Lufwaffe as an elie pararooper, where he served during he Bale of Cree in May I was said ha he Führer ook a personal ineres in seeing o i ha he former champion would be sen on suicide missions. Afer he war and in reiremen, Schmeling became one of Germany s mos revered and respeced spors figures. He remained popular no only in Germany, bu also in America. He became friends wih many of his former foes, paricularly his old opponen, Joe Louis. Schmeling would ofen help him financially, and heir friendship lased unil Louis s deah in 1981, when Schmeling, in a final ribue, paid for he funeral. Max Schmeling was a man in conflic wih boh he Hiler regime and he racial policies of Nazism. The degree of resisance he showed was buil around a sense of wha i was o be a decen human being. On February 2, 2005, he died a age 99, a his home in Hollensed, near Hamburg. Dr. Paul Barrop is Professor of Hisory and he Direcor of he Cener for Judaic, Holocaus, and Genocide Sudies a Florida Gulf Coas Universiy. He can be reached a pbarrop@fgcu.edu. ymca.jerusalemyouhchorus.org. As wih me, you will be blown away. I promise. You may even buy heir CD. Arlene Solniz, founder of he Sarasoa Jewish Chorale, is a member of he Jewish Congregaion of Venice. A reired educaor from Rocheser, New York, she has sung in choral groups for over 25 years and also sings in Venice s Chorale (formerly Exsulae!). Her ineres in choral music has led o his series of aricles on Jewish folk music in he Diaspora. Bruce B. Rosenbla, Owner Senior Housing Exper

12 The French pronounce i Terr-WAH By The Wine Whisperer Terroir. I s a word from he wine world, and like mos of hem, i s French.

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12 12 The French pronounce i Terr-WAH By The Wine Whisperer Terroir. I s a word from he wine world, and like mos of hem, i s French. And like mos French words, i means more han jus he limied definiion of earh or land or dir. In winespeak, erroir refers o he specific place where he grapes are grown. Bu, as menioned above, i s much more han ha. In he wides sense, i means everyhing abou ha specific place: he soil, elevaion, drainage, he direcion he vineyard faces, how he fog from he ocean keeps he grapes cool in he morning, Jerry and wha ime i Greenfield burns off. And in a way, even he winemaking radiions of he paricular area. In many regions, he soil is very sie-specific. My vineyard may have a vein of limesone running beneah i, which impars cerain qualiies o he grapes grown here. My neighbor s vineyard, jus a few fee on he oher side of he car pah, doesn have any limesone. Tha s why I ge $5,000 a on for my grapes, and he has o sell Like us on Facebook! ConneC wih your Jewish Communiy JewishFederaionLCC his for only $2,000. The concep of erroir varies in imporance and significance depending on he counry and region. In he Old World (France, Spain, Ialy, Germany) i s criical. Grapes grown in a cerain region, vineyard, and even a paricular par of a vineyard are carefully and precisely classified. In fac, wine is he very firs produc in hisory o esablish and promoe geographic indicaions. We don do i wih broccoli or asparagus. In Florida, we do i wih oranges. Bu here s some indicaion ha he idea of giving winegrowing regions specific geographical indicaions is more of a markeing ploy han a designaion of qualiy. According o a recen aricle in Forbes magazine, his whole idea of a link beween locaion and qualiy is a big sicking poin in inernaional rade dispues. The quesion is, should we, as wine lovers, care abou his? Well yes. As far back as 1756, in Porugal, wealhy vineyard owners lobbied for special designaions of qualiy for heir own properies, of course. From his, regulaions were esablished abou which grapes could be grown where, and oher laws abou how he wine mus be made. Today, i s much facebook.com/jfedsrq more complex han ha. In Europe, and especially in France, here are governmen minisries, like wine police, ha decree which vineyards are in he S. Julien appellaion, for example, and why he vineyards 100 fee away across he car pah aren. And hese decrees are sricly enforced. In he U.S., he delineaion of American Viiculural Areas (AVAs) is conrolled by he Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives. This gives me he giggles every ime I hink abou i. Neverheless, knowing where your wine comes from can be imporan. Cerain grapes grow bes in cerain areas, and i makes a difference (especially in he price) wheher your Caberne Sauvignon comes from Napa or Noplace. I s he climae, he fog off he river or ocean, he kind of yeas ha grows on he grapes i s everyhing. Now for his week s new favories Guigal Côes du Rhône Blanc 2015 ($10) The Guigal family doesn make every single wine in he norhern Rhone. I jus seems like i. This valuepriced whie is he radiional blend of Viognier, Roussanne and Marsanne. Hugely aromaic, wih flavors of pear, flowers and a pronounced noe of Israel: 70 years of hisory hrough food recipe by Dalia Hemed Join me on a journey hrough he las 70 years o honor how Israel has become one of he mos creaive and innovaive counries as well as a rising food capial. Israel s sory is a phenomenal one. I s he sory of a counry ha was founded 70 years ago in he middle of a deser, wih few naural resources, and a backdrop of relenless war and error. And ye, agains all odds, Israel managed o build a naion ha is no only srong and democraic, bu also one of he mos innovaive and creaive naions of he world oday. And over he pas few years, Israel has become somewha of a culinary capial, boasing several high-class bouique resaurans in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and oher ciies, which serve a fusion of ypical Israeli sree food and much more han jus falafel. Mos people sar asing and even smelling falafel he very second hey land in Israel. Mos people arrive in he beauiful Whie Ciy of Tel Aviv, or he workaholic and beauiful green-landscaped Haifa, and he firs forced sop afer dropping heir bags is he neares and asies falafel spo. Bu here s much more o Israeli food han jus hese specacular fried balls of chickpea dough. Oh yes, Israel is one heck of a place o come o if you re ino eaing good food! There is such a variey of amazingly delicious foods available in Israel, largely due o he huge meling po of culure and immigrans from 120 differen counries! You ll be spoiled by he choices. I d like o ake his opporuniy o share wih you oday and for he nex few monhs some Israeli recipes ha you don wan o miss on your nex visi o he land of milk and honey. So pu ha drooling ongue away and wash hose hands here s no need for knives and forks wih hese delighs! Since we are all familiar wih he falafel, Israel s Naional Food, I am more han happy o sar our journey by inroducing he recipe of he Israeli naional desser, malabi (Israeli milk pudding). If you like creamy, swee hings, slide a spoon ino he sofly yielding whie mass and pu i in your mouh. You ll ase rose-flavored sweeness and a ligh, creamy exure ha keeps you dipping your spoon back in unil he pudding is all gone. Malabi is made in 10 minues. I sounds like a desser for children, and children naurally do love i, bu malabi has been served in resaurans and a dinner paries. As a lile girl in Israel, one of he firs dessers I ever made for my family was malabi. I is served in one big dish and everybody scoops he malabi from his one big dish. You will find i in every lile kiosk or resauran you pass as you wander he srees of Old Jaffa where I grew up. I s presened very simply, usually in a plasic conainer wih some desiccaed coconu, chopped walnus and red syrup on op. Bu don le he modes exerior fool you. I s one of my mos reasured, favorie swee dishes. As a chef, I waned o creae a modern inerpreaion of he classic malabi, so every elemen has received an upgrade. You can eiher go for he modern-syle version and serve i in individual ramekins wih all he fancy oppings, or do i my family's way one big bowl and everyone digs in wih heir spoon. In eiher case, you can rever o he radiional simple oppings. My hear belongs o boh. Ingrediens: Malabi 3/4 cups milk 1 cups whipping cream ¼ cup sugar 4 bsp cornsarch, dilued in ¼ cup waer 1 sp rosewaer Walnu brile Red swee syrup Walnu brile ½ cup walnus ¼ cup sugar Red syrup 1 sp red food coloring 1 sp rose waer ¼ cup waer ¼ cup sugar Direcions: XX XX To make he malabi, se aside ½ cup of he milk. Pour he res ino a heavy-boomed saucepan wih he cream and sugar, and simmer, sirring genly unil he sugar has dissolved. Add he cornsarch o he milk you have se aside along wih he rose waer, and sir unil horoughly blended and here are no lumps of cornsarch lef. The bes ool o use here is your fingers, as i s he only way o ensure ha he malabi has a smooh exure. When he creamy milk boils, give he cornsarch one final sir before adding i o he saucepan of creamy milk. Simmer over a low hea unil he mixure begins o hicken, sirring consanly o make sure here are no lumps. This should ake no longer han 2 minues. Once hickened, pour he mixure eiher ino 4 individual ramekins, JEWISH INTEREST mineraliy. The floral noes are a bi on he swee side, bu quie pleasan. Grea value. WW 88. Guigal Côes du Rhône Red 2013 ($9) Very rue o ype, his radiional blend of Grenache and Syrah (and perhaps a few ohers) gives you a lighbodied rea of black cherry, blueberry and leaher wih a medium finish. A good selecion for weekday enjoymen. WW 89 Ask he Wine Whisperer I ve heard ha a coffee filer can remove sulfies from wine. Is ha rue? Seve N., New York Sorry, no. Sulfies occur naurally as a by-produc of fermenaion, so you ll find hem in all wines. Winemakers ofen add more sulfies as a preservaive, and in fac only abou 1% of he populaion is acually allergic o hem. More people experience headaches or oher discomfor from hisamines in wine and, of course, from he alcohol. Jerry Greenfield is The Wine Whisperer. He is Creaive Direcor of Greenfield Adverising Group, and Wine Direcor of he inernaional Direc Cellars wine club. His book, Secres of he Wine Whisperer, is available hrough his websie. Read his oher wriings a XX XX XX XX Personal Chef Dalia Hemed can be reached a daliahemed@msn.com. or a large bowl if you re going family-syle. Cover wih plasic wrap and leave o cool o room emperaure, and hen chill in he fridge for a couple of hours. The malabi can be kep in he fridge for up o hree days. Now make he oppings. To make red syrup, bring sugar and waer o a boil in a 1-q. saucepan. Sir in he rose waer and food coloring o make syrup. To make he walnu brile, prehea your oven o 350 F. Spread he walnus ou on a baking shee and oas in he oven for 7 minues. To make he caramel for he walnu brile, hea a heavy-boomed nonsick pan over a low hea and add he sugar in one even layer. The mos imporan hing here is no o sir. If you re worried abou burning, add a couple of drops of waer, bu oherwise le i be. Once all he sugar has meled and you have a golden caramel, ake he pan off he hea, sir in he oased walnus and hen ransfer o a ray lined wih parchmen paper. Leave o cool compleely, and hen chop finely. To serve malabi, op each pudding wih he rose waer syrup, walnu brile and coconu, and enjoy he explosion of flavors and exures. Look for Chef Dalia Hemed s recipes each monh in he pages of L CHAYIM.

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13 JEWISH INTEREST An unforgeable hree hours wih a veeran named Joe As remembered by Rober Peller I m Bob and I am Jewish. As such, I have always been driven o ry o undersand Hiler s incorrigible hared of he Jews and his passion o exerminae hem. In 1995 I was 47 years old and sill hadn learned he answer. We were living in Norhern New Jersey, in a small borough named Wanaque. One Sunday while reading he local Wayne Today newspaper, I spoed an aricle abou a group of WWII American war veerans who had jus reurned from a reunion in Europe o mark heir liberaion of a Nazi Concenraion Camp in souhern Germany 50 years earlier. One veeran, Joe, lived in our own. I phoned him, and he eagerly acceped my dinner inviaion. He said he would share his miliary experiences (and unknown o me a he ime, his personal horror sory). A week laer, Joe arrived a my house and he wasn an average Joe. He was a lo aller and bigger han I firs hough. Joe was no Jewish; he was Caholic. He did no have much of a hisory wih Jewish people before his miliary service or hroughou mos of he war. Afer dinner, Joe old us he sory of his WWII experiences, saring as a Miliary Policeman in France. He found his boring and kep requesing a ransfer for more acion. He regreed his because he was sen ino acion a he fron lines. Afer fighing he Nazis for several years, peace was a hand. In he spring of 1945, his Army Company was assigned he mission of liberaing a Concenraion Camp in souhern Germany. He and his fellow soldiers asked heir capain wha exacly a Concenraion Camp was. The officer wasn sure, bu hough i was a prison camp for poliical prisoners. Joe and he oher soldiers followed railroad racks which hey were old led direcly o he camp. Along he way, hey encounered small arms fire from he remaining Nazi roops defending he area around he camp. They pushed he Nazis back and coninued unscahed up he racks. Upon reaching he Camp, hey were surprised by well-manicured lawns wih shrub beds. They knew his could no be a prison faciliy and hough hey were los. The capain reviewed he map and deermined hey were indeed a he correc locaion. The soldiers proceeded hrough he barbed wire gaes ino he camp. They found he camp desered. No one prisoner or German soldier was in sigh. The only hings hey saw were many long buildings. Everyhing appeared o be diry and in disrepair. The capain divided he plaoon ino several groups of six men. Each had he ask of enering he buildings and repor wha hey had seen. They were advised o use cauion because enemy soldiers could be hiding inside. Joe was he firs one from his group o ener he building. He opened he door and saw a sigh which he old me ha he sill sees when he shus his eyes a nigh (50 years laer). He hadn slep a peaceful nigh in 50 years, ever since he and his Army buddies had liberaed ha Concenraion Camp in They saw he skin and bones of men, some dead, some barely alive, laying on long racks. I was dead quie inside as he prisoners did no undersand who hese soldiers were. They had never seen an American soldier before and were no able o undersand heir language. Each side was frozen in fear. The soldiers blood drained from heir exposed skin. They became pale as whie snow. Mos grew fain. Joe and he five oher baled-hardened soldiers ran from he building and rejoined he capain and oher men, sobbing unconrollably and hyserically as hey ran. Afer Joe aemped o ell he capain wha was inside he building, he capain ordered his men o regroup. The capain wen inside he building, saw wha his men had seen and ried unsuccessfully o communicae wih he prisoners, who were sill cowering in fear. He lef he barracks and ried o resore order wih his men who were visibly in shock, many shaking and crying. When some semblance of calm was resored, Joe and he oher groups reenered he buildings and aemped o assure he prisoners hey mean hem no harm, and were here o se hem free. The capain deermined ha he prisoners were primarily Jewish because of heir language. Coincidenally, wo of he soldiers spoke some Yiddish and could communicae wih hese poor souls. They were old he sory of heir incarceraion; heir being sarved and worked o deah; he losses of heir enire families; he consan fear and dread; he hopelessness; he rampan diseases and afflicions; heir brual reamen by he guards; and he daily execuions. They hadn seen heir Nazi guards in days, bu were afraid o leave heir barracks because hey didn know where o go. Each survivor had bones prorude from heir skin. Their eyes bulged from heir sockes. Their clohes worn and ragged. Sores on heir faces and bodies. Caved-in faces. Joe said hese were he living dead, sripped of heir humaniy. Joe and ohers ried o offer hese malnourished creaures, some barely alive, food, bu he army medic advised no o feed hem, less hey perish from eaing somehing heir frail bodies could no process. While oher soldiers ouside 13 searched he camp area for escaping German guards, Joe and he oher men slowly evacuaed he buildings wih he survivors. The capain had o deal wih anoher problem which required immediae resoluion. The soldiers who winessed hese horrific sighs were hell-ben on wreaking unbridled, medieval revenge on any of he German guards hey capured. The capain admonished his men, saing ha killing a capive German soldier would be reaed as murder. The offending U.S. soldier would face a cour marial. Joe said several of he soldiers did no obey he capain s orders and ook maers ino heir own hands. The soldiers were no prepared o rea and suppor he massive number of survivors. The capain radioed for addiional roops, medical personnel and supplies, which arrived in shor order. The survivors were reaed for heir problems, mosly malnuriion, as bes as possible, and hen ranspored o a medivac holding area. Joe bonded wih one of he survivors and hey became lifelong friends. 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ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD Israel s populaion nears 9 million Israel s populaion sands a 8.84 million on he eve of is 70 h birhday, and here are 8,000 acive high-ech companies. By ISRAEL21c Saff, www.

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15 ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD Israel s populaion nears 9 million Israel s populaion sands a 8.84 million on he eve of is 70 h birhday, and here are 8,000 acive high-ech companies. By ISRAEL21c Saff, April 16, 2018 Israel s populaion on he eve of he Since Israel was founded, more han counry s 70 h birhday sands a million people have immigraed o million according o he Cenral he counry mos arriving in he 1950s, Bureau of Saisics, 10 imes more han when he populaion doubled wihin i was in May 1948, when he populaion four years, and hen again in he 1990s, was jus 806,000. as nearly one million immigrans from The Jewish populaion now sands he former Sovie Union made heir way a 6.59 million (74.5% of he oal), he o Israel. Arab populaion is 1.85 million (20.9%), Over he las 70 years, Israel has and ohers (Chrisians or members of undergone massive socieal changes. oher religions) make up 404,000 (4.6%) In 1948, he average life expecancy in of he populaion. Israel was 64 years for men and 67 for Over he las year, Israel s populaion women. Today ha figure has risen o grew by 163,000 people, some 80.7 years for men and 84.2 years for 28,000 of hem new immigrans o he women. In he UN World Happiness Repor counry. earlier his year, Israel was ranked TOURISM TO ISRAEL KEEPS SMASHING RECORDS February was a record monh for ourism in Israel and 2017 was a record year, wih more han 3.6 million visiors, says Dana Shemesh, he Souheas U.S. direcor of public relaions for he Israel Minisry of Tourism. Israel welcomed 949,000 ouriss in he firs hree monhs of 2018, up 29% from he same quarer in The bigges increases in March came from Poland, Sweden, Spain, Germany and France. (Sarah Moosazadeh, Alana Jewish Times) ISRAEL EARMARKS $5.6 MILLION FOR TECHNOLOGY PARKS IN ARAB TOWNS The Knesse commiee for Arab affairs recenly approved $5.6 million for he creaion of echnology parks wihin Arab owns in Israel. 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Furhermore, an inense urbanizaion process has ransformed Arabs in he Wes Bank from a 70% rural sociey in 1967 o a 75% urban sociey from a sociey which provided a convenien environmen for a muliude of

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Spain is No. 2 wih 20%. 93% of Israeli homes use solar energy for waer heaing, he highes percenage in he world. Israel has he larges percenage of vegans per capia in he world 5% of he populaion. Over 500 million birds migrae hrough he skies of Israel wice a year, bu a researcher, using radar, a moorized glider, drones and a nework of birdwachers, planned alernae commercial air roues, reducing bird-plane collisions by 76%. Israelis have more children han any oher Wesern democracy. Of Israeli moms wih four or more children, 62.5% work full-ime. Acually, double ime. According o Sarup Genome, Tel Aviv has more sar-ups per capia han anywhere else, and i has 61 companies on NASDAQ. Tha's more han Europe, Japan, Korea and China combined. Israel has he highes percenage of sar-ups in he world and is second only o he U.S. in absolue erms. (Barbara Sofer, Jerusalem Pos) JEWISH-ARAB DEMOGRAPHY DEFIES CONVENTIONAL WISDOM In 2016, here were 3.16 birhs per Jewish woman in Israel compared wih 3.11 per Arab woman. Almos all Arab girls in Israel and he Wes Bank now complee high school, and increasingly enroll in colleges and universiies, a process ha has delayed he wedding age. According o he Populaion Reference Bureau, women in he Palesinian Auhoriy rank second (72%) following Morocco (78%) and ogeher wih Jordan (70%) among Muslim users of conracepives and general avoidance of pregnancy. Furhermore, an inense urbanizaion process has ransformed Arabs in he Wes Bank from a 70% rural sociey in 1967 o a 75% urban sociey from a sociey which provided a convenien environmen for a muliude of children who were considered an essenial labor force, o a sociey which does no require many children. Indeed, a dramaic decline in Islamic feriliy rae has aken place hroughou he Muslim world. Moreover, here has Each Tuesday afernoon, an open session of Mah Jongg is held a he Jewish Federaion. Players mus be a leas advanced beginners, as no lessons are given. DAY: Tuesdays, 12:30~3:30 P.M. FEE: $1 per week been an Arab ne-emigraion from he Wes Bank of around 20,000 annually in recen years. In 2017, he share of Jewish birhsi in Israel was 76.5%. The rise of Israel's Jewish feriliy rae is due o he secular B Jewish secor, including he yuppies of Tel Aviv a derivaive of he high level of opimism and parioism, he aachmen o naional roos, and a sense of collecive-communal responsibiliy. In 2018, nowihsanding official Palesinian numbers which are regurgiaed wihou due diligence, here are 6.6 million Jews in Israel, nex o 1.85 million Israeli Arabs and 1.85 million Arabs in he Wes Bank. (Yoram Einger, a member of he American- Israel Demographic Research Group, Jewish Policy Cener) ISRAEL'S DEMOGRAPHIC MIRACLE: MAINSTREAM, EDUCATED, MIDDLE- CLASS ISRAELIS ARE HAVING CHILDREN Today, he Jewish birhrae in Israel oupaces ha of Arabs boh in Israel and in he Wes Bank, and even in mos Arab and Muslim counries. Modern sociey is indeed characerized by a rend of declining feriliy raes ha is paricularly marked in developed counries. In 2015, he average feriliy rae of women in he 35-member OECD was a 1.68 children per woman over he lengh of her childbearing years below he average "replacemen rae" of 2.1. However, in he las generaion, higher educaional and income levels among Israeli Jews have correlaed wih a marked rise in feriliy. In 2015, Israel's feriliy rae in boh Jewish and Arab secors was In 2000, Israeli Arab feriliy was 4.5, while he Jewish rae was 2.6. Meanwhile, he Jewish rae coninues o rise, wih an esimae for 2017 of Since he beginning of he 21 s cenury, feriliy has risen by 15-20% among mos secors of Israeli Jewish sociey. I is aribuable o he combined decisions by millions of Jewish women and men of all Israeli social groups, variously described as radiionalis, non-religious or even secular, who have chosen o have many more children. (Ofir Haivry, an Israeli hisorian and poliical heoris, and vice presiden of he Herzl Insiue in Jerusalem, Mosaic) Wha do you hink? L CHAYIM wans o know! Send your leers & commens o LChayim36@gmail.com. Leers Policy Leers mus include he wrier s full name, full address and dayime phone. Leers should be no longer han 300 words. We reserve he righ o edi for lengh and/ or accuracy. Leers do no necessarily reflec he viewpoin of L CHAYIM nor is adverisers. We canno acknowledge or publish every leer received. Call o see how you can live he excepional life oday! 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To he conrary, German poe Goehe said, The Israel lef i oally 13 years ago, wih he hardes hing o see is wha is in hope of never having o reurn. ron of your eyes.

17 COMMENTARY 17 Opinions and leers prined in L CHAYIM do no necessarily reflec he views of he, is Board of Direcors or saff, or is adverisers. srael versus Hamas: The case for moral clariy y David Harris, AJC CEO, April 10, 2018 Two cenuries ago, he grea on Hamas-ruled Gaza. To he conrary, German poe Goehe said, The Israel lef i oally 13 years ago, wih he hardes hing o see is wha is in hope of never having o reurn. ron of your eyes. Hamas has a vesed ineres in using I s as rue oday as i was hen. is Gaza base for permanen confronaion wih Israel. The difference beween Hamas nd Israel couldn be greaer, ye you Israel, which, alas, can change ouldn know i when lisening o some is geography, has a vesed ineres in a bservers. peaceful, moderae and developing sae For hem, wheher i s Turkish on is border. residen Erdogan or Swedish Foreign Hamas, he sole ruler of Gaza iniser Wallsröm, i s basically all since 2007, has used he las 11 years bou Gaza s innocence and Israel s o smuggle in weaponry and develop uil. Wih nohing else o do bu conider how o provoke peaceful, serene, foundaion of a responsible sae. miliary punch, raher han building he amas-ruled Gaza, he big, bad Israelis Knowing his arsenal has been ave decided o make life difficul for sockpiled for he sole purpose of being used agains i, Israel seeks, as any ocal residens. For a fair share of he media, i s naion would, o preven Hamas from bove all a sory of Palesinian suffering aaining is lehal goal. he hands of Israel s miliary machine. Hamas has no compuncion abou This is a perfec illusraion of deploying erroris cells and weapons everse causaliy. Hamas hreaens and in he mids of civilian populaion arasses Israel, bu i is only Israel s ceners in Gaza, or, mos recenly, deploying people along he border and esponse ha warrans close aenion nd scruiny. encouraging breaches, fully aware Indeed, Goehe was righ. There are ha Israel would have no choice bu hose who can, or won, see wha s o appear o be argeing innocen igh in fron of hem. people. Ideological blinders ge in he way. Israel goes o unprecedened lenghs r a failure of imaginaion abou he o avoid falling ino he Hamas rap, rue naure of Hamas. Or a gullibiliy even phoning and dropping leafles ha allows people o believe whaever in advance o warn civilians o leave he Hamas propaganda machine churns arge areas. u. Or, in some cases, downrigh hosiliy o anyhing ha Israel, he Jewish populaion o say pu, no o reac o Hamas cynically ells he civilian ae, does. Israeli warnings abou imminen srikes. I s high ime for moral clariy, no The more Palesinian casualies, he oral fog. beer, as far as Hamas is concerned, Hamas is a erroris organizaion. including women and children. ha s is official designaion by he Israel makes every effor o aler is nied Saes, he European Union, enire populaion, Jewish, Chrisian and usralia, Canada and ohers. Muslim, o Hamas missile srikes and Israel is a democraic counry wih move people ino shelers as quickly n independen judiciary, he rule of as possible. aw, free and fair elecions, and a robus Hamas uses mosques for soring ivil sociey. arms. Hamas is ani-wesern, ani-seiic, ani-gay, misogynis and anicluding mosques, solely for prayer. Israel uses houses of worship, innellecual. Hamas uses schools as weapons Israel is he exac opposie. depos. Hamas has erriorial ambiions Israel uses schools solely o educae is children, Jewish, Chrisian and n Israel. In fac, ha s puing i oo ildly: i would like o replace Israel in Muslim. s enirey wih a Muslim Broherhooduled sae. redoubs. Hamas uses hospials as erroris Israel has no erriorial ambiions Israel uses is hospials solely o Ani-Semiism in Europe By Jerrold L. Sobel, ZOA of SWFL Presiden There was an ineresing, very o mass expulsions and gheoizaion elling poll published in he hroughou he Middle Ages, he lis April 6, 2018 ediion of he New of cruely and deprivaion is unending. York Jewish Press. According o a Pew Raional hinking would surmise Research Cener survey: 20 percen ha enlighenmen and indusrializaion of Cenral, Easern Europeans do no from he 18 h o 20 h cenuries would accep Jews as fellow ciizens. Wihin have reversed such primiive hinking, his grouping, 32 percen of Armenians, bu hree waves of pogroms in Easern Europe and Russia ( ) 23 percen of Lihuanians, 22 percen of Romanians, 19 percen of Czechs, 18 culminaing in he Holocaus proved percen of Poles, 16 percen of Greeks oherwise. Taken in conex o all his and 14 percen of Russians do no accep and an influx of recen Muslim refugees, Jews as fellow ciizens. he veraciy of he aforemenioned Pew To some, such saisics are unfahomable given he 21 s cenury as Melanie Phillips, famed Briish poll can become axiomaic. a backdrop, bu in realiy hey re no. journalis, auhor and commenaor, Ani-Semiism in Europe has exised likewise agrees. In an aricle wrien for he beer par of wo millennia. I for he April 12, 2018 ediion of he has waxed and waned dependen upon Jerusalem Pos eniled The Toxic he largess of a given ruler during a Realiy of ani-semiism, she saes, paricular poin in ime. However, never Ani-Semiism in Europe has become has enmiy oward Jews by a significan mainsream and normalized a a level proporion of he European body poliic no seen since he Second World War. been far below he surface. Agreeing wih his premise, he From Jewish hared espoused by presiden of he European Jewish he Parisic Fahers in he 5 h cenury Congress, Dr. Moshe Kanor, saed, o he massacres of housands of Jews There has been an increase in open, a he hands of Polish Heman Bohdan unashamed and explici hared direced Khmelnysky in he 17 h cenury, Europe agains Jews. has never been a rue homeland wih Forunaely, Jews in Europe have an equal righs for he Jewish people. From opion never afforded o heir ancesors he blood libel claiming Jews kidnapped he Sae of Israel. No doub he ime and murdered Chrisian children for may be pruden, as he saying goes, o heir blood o he Spanish Inquisiion, ge ou while he geing is good. cure he ill and injured, including residens of Gaza who can find adequae care here. Hamas aspires o kill as many Israelis as possible, firing rockes indiscriminaely in all direcions. Israel seeks ou only he Hamas erroris infrasrucure, and has abored many operaions when he risks of civilian casualies were oo grea. Hamas, as he record amply shows, has no qualms abou falsifying informaion, docoring phoos, saging scenes and inflaing numbers o make is case o he ouside world. Israel, by conras, goes o grea lenghs, even o he poin of someimes losing he edge in he media race, o verify informaion ha i presens abou is operaions. Hamas supporers explode in paroxysms of glee when Israeli arges are hi. Israelis don honk horns, shoo in he air and pass ou candy for doing wha hey wished hey didn have o do in he firs place, and voice regre when he ineviable misakes in warfare occur. Hamas wouldn know how o spell he words inernaional humaniarian law, much less adhere o i. Israel s defense forces have specialiss in inernaional humaniarian law assigned o every uni in an effor o ensure maximum compliance. Hamas shous from he roofops ha Israel is a brual enemy. Israel, unlike any oher argeed naion in hisory, is acually providing righ now mos of Gaza s elecriciy and much of is fuel and foodsuffs, even as Hamas leaders call for Israel s annihilaion and refer o Jews as arges o be exerminaed. Hamas celebraes deah, somehing few people of good will can undersand. Israel celebraes life, somehing all people of good will should undersand. The AJC Wes Coas Florida office, locaed in Sarasoa, can be reached a COMMENTARY BRIEFS THE SILENCING OF PRO-ISRAEL STUDENTS ON CAMPUS Campus ani-israelism does no operae like a genuinely academic movemen governed by ordinary inellecual norms (such as objeciviy, rigor, and he pursui of ruh) and moral or social norms (such as civiliy and respec). A movemen governed by hose norms would favor freedom of speech and welcome he diversiy of views. Bu campus ani-israeliss refuse even o consider he possibiliy ha Israel is no enirely evil and ha Israeli Jews, being no enirely demonic, have heir own legiimae claim o selfdeerminaion. No, ani-israelism paricularly in is invasions, disrupions and personal aacks is abou somehing much darker. No dialogue, debae and free exchange of ideas; no openness, pluralism and diversiy, and he pursui of knowledge ha (ough o) characerize he Wesern universiy, as well as he civilizaion of which he universiy is he hear bu raher: Silencing. (Andrew Pessin and Doron Ben-Aar, Table) SNOWBIRDS, newspapers don fly however, your address will! HAMAS ATTACKS ISRAEL AND THE WORLD CONDEMNS ISRAEL Wih hundreds of Palesinians chaning, We are going o Jerusalem, millions of maryrs, Hamas leaders made clear ha heir March of Reurn is only he laes acic in heir effors o desroy Israel. However, ha hasn convinced much of he global communiy o abandon is comforable narraive of a peace-loving Palesinian people in Gaza driven o violence by an iron-fised Israel. However carefully i responds o violen effors o breach is borders and aack is people, Israel finds iself falsely porrayed, second-guessed and ulimaely condemned. Palesine and Jerusalem belong o us, op Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh declared recenly. Maybe Israel s criics don realize ha wih heir one-sided condemnaions, hey re emboldening Hamas. Or maybe hey do. (Larry Haas, senior fellow a he American Foreign Policy Council, served as senior communicaions direcor for Vice Presiden Al Gore, The Hill) Going Norh? Don forge o conac us wih your change of address o coninue receiving L CHAYIM. Send address changes o: loriramos@jfedlcc.org or call: ex-4 Safe Travels

18 COMMENTARY / FROM THE BIMAH Opinions and leers prined in L CHAYIM do no necessarily reflec he views of he, is Board of Direcors or saff, or is adverisers.

Rogers, of elevision fame, made i he cenral principle of his show, Miser Rogers Rabbi Michael J.

chaplain for he Texas A & M fooball eam, and he founder of Rick Rigsby Minisries. Dr. Rigsby was inroduced a he For Rabbi Marc Sack Myers Prayer Breakfas as he presiden of Rick Rigsby Communicaions.

Using wha we ews know as he Sh ma as his ex, igsby spoke of having God s words n he doorposs of our homes and n our gaes.

Rigsby made he poin ha we mus ove all of God s children, no jus he nes like us. As an African-American an, he was emphaic in saying ha all ives maer.

Pasor Shafer Neighborhood. So, wha makes his rule so special? Firs, le s ake a look a he verse iself.

Wheher we ge disappoined, or angered, by our neighbors or by our relaives, we are no allowed o ge back a hem, physically or emoionally. From a logical poin of view, his hardly makes sense.

18 18 COMMENTARY / FROM THE BIMAH Opinions and leers prined in L CHAYIM do no necessarily reflec he views of he, is Board of Direcors or saff, or is adverisers. We are all in his ogeher Some religious radiions refer o his verse as he Golden Rule. Rabbi Akiva called i he grea principle of he Torah. And Mr. Rogers, of elevision fame, made i he cenral principle of his show, Miser Rogers Rabbi Michael J. Schorin or Myers rayer Breakfas would never have known ha Rick Rigsby was an ordained miniser had I no read he bio on he back f his book, Lessons from a Third rade Dropou, where i says ha he was he chaplain for he Texas A & M fooball eam, and he founder of Rick Rigsby Minisries. Dr. Rigsby was inroduced a he For Rabbi Marc Sack Myers Prayer Breakfas as he presiden of Rick Rigsby Communicaions. is minisry was never menioned. No nce in his 30-minue presenaion did e refer o his Chrisian faih. Insead he spoke of uniy. He said ha love of God mus ranslae ino ove of oher people. Using wha we ews know as he Sh ma as his ex, igsby spoke of having God s words n he doorposs of our homes and n our gaes. To him (and o us) ha eans remembering o ac in a godly ay every ime we leave our homes nd every ime we ener hem. Tying he hemes of uniy and love ogeher, r. Rigsby made he poin ha we mus ove all of God s children, no jus he nes like us. As an African-American an, he was emphaic in saying ha all ives maer. His message was inended or everyone in he room, people of all aces, poliical affiliaions and beliefs. The real hero of he morning was everend Thom Shafer of Cypress ake Mehodis Church. Pasor Shafer Neighborhood. So, wha makes his rule so special? Firs, le s ake a look a he verse iself. We read i in he Book of Leviicus, Chaper 19:18: You shall no ake vengeance or bear a grudge agains your kinsfolk. Love your neighbor as yourself: I am he Lord. The verse seems o be prey clear. Wheher we ge disappoined, or angered, by our neighbors or by our relaives, we are no allowed o ge back a hem, physically or emoionally. From a logical poin of view, his hardly makes sense. If my neighbor cus down a ree on my side of he propery line or never reimburses me for he sugar and eggs she is always borrowing, why do I have o be he more maure one? There is obviously a reason why we need his mizvah, his commandmen. We can all wan o behave, from ime o ime, like he Hafields and he McCoys. Bu Judaism calls us o a higher belief and pracice. When we lef Egyp behind, here was a religious revoluion. We gave up he power poliics of Egyp and we also gave up he idea of being oally separae from our neighbors. We are all in his ogeher. Par of he idea of he covenan is ha has chaired he Prayer Breakfas for wo years and has changed he one of he program from being predominanly Chrisian o being ruly ecumenical. The goal of his year s Breakfas was o bring ogeher all people of faih for a ime of prayer and affirmaion. Reverend Shafer, working wih Mayor Randy Henderson and he members of his congregaion, made ha happen. This year s Prayer Breakfas was a service for everyone. We mus acknowledge he work of Rabbis Sol Agin and Yizchok Minkowicz, who, for many years, sa on he Prayer Breakfas commiee, making sure here was a Jewish voice a he even. Their effors opened he door o his year s greaer Jewish paricipaion in he program. A door has been opened wide and I hink he Jewish communiy should run hrough i. We should publicize he program and encourage our members o aend. We should encourage our members o be par of he voluneer corps. Wih our aendance and suppor, we should say, As commied Jews, we will join wih you in building communiy in For Myers. Coun us in! Reverend Shafer has a vision of a srong inerfaih communiy in For Myers, and he made ha vision real in his year s Prayer Breakfas. This a vision I share. Our paricipaion will be good for our communiy and, jus as imporanly, good for For Myers. Rabbi Marc Sack serves a Temple Judea in For Myers. Needed o label L Chayim we are all direcly linked o one power source, which is God. Each member of he covenan hen is as proeced, and as special, as we are. To realiae agains a member of he Tribe, so o speak, would be o figh back agains Hashem. As we come o he las words of he verse, as yourself, we have anoher lesson o learn. The ex says ha my neighbor is like me. Is ha possible? She cu down my ree, he didn repay my eggs, sugar and whaever else he borrowed. How can my neighbor be like me? My neighbor, wheher I like i or no, has he same spark of he Divine, as I do. Someimes I behave from my lower self and someimes from my higher self. And ha is exacly wha my neighbor does as well. The lesson is no abou who can be he more maure person, bu abou how much our ego predominaes. When Yom Kippur rolls around, I will pray for my neighbor s sins o be forgiven, along wih mine. So how can I add o ha lis of sins for boh of us? The sages had a wonderful saying: Kol Yisrael aravim zeh b zeh. Each Israelie is responsible for every oher Israelie. As one of my friends says, We are all in his ogeher. Maybe ha is why his verse is called he Golden Rule. Now all we have o do is learn o live by i. Rabbi Dr. Michael J. Schorin, MAPC, BCC is a Chaplain in Lee Healh s Deparmen of Spiriual Services, and minisers a he Gulf Coas Medical Cener. So, who creaed God? My fifh book, Who Creaed God? And Oher Essays, compiled and edied by Susan Marie Shuman, is jus off he press and available a amazon.com a hps:// inyurl.com/y9awrln. The subjec is one I have pondered my enire life. The ile emanaes from an inciden ha occurred back in 1968 a he Rabbi Sephen Fuchs very beginning of my rabbinical sudies. As he years have gone by, I have quesioned wha God is and wha God is no wih increasing inensiy. As a firs-year suden a he Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insiue of Religion, Los Angeles campus, I conduced Friday nigh worship a he Flora Terrace Convalescen Home on Pico Boulevard. I led Shabba Eve worship and hen visied paiens in heir rooms. I earned $10 for each visi. Considering my preparaion and he ime I spen a Flora Terrace each week, I migh have earned $2 an hour. I did no care. I would have paid hem for he experience One Friday nigh, no long afer I began leading worship here, he aendan greeed me wih, Rabbi, you have a new congregan. Rabbi Rosenfeld, an 85-year-old Orhodox rabbi is wih us, and he will be a your service. Wha?! I hough o myself. An Orhodox rabbi is coming o MY service! Many Orhodox rabbis hold Reform Judaism in disdain. Omigosh! Wha will he hink? How will he reac? These houghs played on my mind during he service. Rabbi Rosenfeld sa here, aler bu impassive. There was a large black kipah on his head and he Union Prayer Book from which we prayed sa ighly shu in his hands he whole ime. Afer he service I made my rounds and approached his room wih repidaion. He was mos gracious. He said he service was nice (I breahed a deep sigh of relief), and he suggesed ha when I make a blessing like he Kiddush over he wine or he mozi over he challah, I should have everyone join me. The he old me a sory. I am 85 years old, he said, and I have been sudying Torah my wholewg life. And ye I sill feel like I am a he l W o beginning of my sudies. How is ha? I asked. When I was six years old, my eacher handed me a Chumash (ex of he Five books of he Torah in book form) and said, Read! So I read (in Hebrew) he firs words of he Torah, In he beginning God creaed he heavens and he earh. Then, I looked up and asked, If in he beginning God creaed he heavens and he earh, so, who creaed God? And WHAM! I go such a slap c across he face ha I sill feel i, so I s always feel I am a he beginning of my m sudies. b In sudying Torah, Who creaed o God? is as appropriae a quesion a as, Wha was he (unnamed, and nowhere does i say apple ) frui ha R o led o Adam and Eve s expulsion from Eden? i In radiional Jewish life, one who m has srayed from religious observance bu reurns o he fold is considered l one who, hozer b shuvah, reurns in f repenance. Lierally ranslaed, he i phrase means, one who reurns wih answers. The lae renowned Rabbi Harold Schulweis augh he fel greaer admiraion for one sheh hozer b she elah, one who reurns wih quesions. Quesions are he lifeblood of learning. In he sudy of Torah, no quesions should be ou of bounds. So, Who creaed God? I pray I never sop asking he quesion. Rabbi Sephen Lewis Fuchs serves a Ba Yam Temple of he Islands on Sanibel Island. join us for coffee, bagels and he simple saisfacion ha comes from meeing and making friends wih oher voluneers, as we help keep housands of local readers informed abou local, naional and inernaional Jewish news. Call ex. 3 o add your name o he phone lis. Each monh we will call o confirm he mailing dae and you can le us know if you are available o help label L CHAYIM. Time: 9:30 A.M. Monday, June 25, 2018 Monday, July 23, 2018 Parens in Lee and Charloe counies whose children are enrolled in PJ Library paricipaed in he survey. Resuls of a recen naional survey of 25,000 families conduced by PJ Library PJ Library is making a difference in he lives of families raising Jewish children..

FROM THE BIMAH 19 Opinions and leers prined in L CHAYIM do no necessarily reflec he views of he, is Board of Direcors or saff, or is adverisers.

He wen on o explain ha people allow hemselves o be imprisoned in menal and spiriual cells wih very sou Rabbi Solomon Agin walls, and here is no communicaion wih he ouside world.

We do he same hings, we live he same way day afer day, and hereby deny ourselves he freedom of new experiences, and he exciemen of doing hings differenly.

hen looking back on our lives we end o focus on daes and places: where we rew up, when we graduaed from colege, where we go our firs job, when we moved o Lee Couny.

19 FROM THE BIMAH 19 Opinions and leers prined in L CHAYIM do no necessarily reflec he views of he, is Board of Direcors or saff, or is adverisers. An ineresing hough The lae Jusice Felix Frankfurer once addressed an audience of docors a he Harvard Medical School. He began his address wih his sriking quesion: Have you broken ou of jail laely? He wen on o explain ha people allow hemselves o be imprisoned in menal and spiriual cells wih very sou Rabbi Solomon Agin walls, and here is no communicaion wih he ouside world. The ruh is ha people wih closed minds are living in a kind of jail. One of he ways we confine ourselves is called habi. We do he same hings, we live he same way day afer day, and hereby deny ourselves he freedom of new experiences, and he exciemen of doing hings differenly. hen elling he sory of ur life, wha ruly maers? hen looking back on our lives we end o focus on daes and places: where we rew up, when we graduaed from colege, where we go our firs job, when we moved o Lee Couny. Bu he rabbis of he Talmud are no so concerned wih he deails of hisory. Over and over hey shif he focus away from a Rabbi hisorical narraive Nicole oward a more spiriual sory. Luna Think of Hanukkah and he Macabees. While Hanukkah celebraes he uccessful Maccabean revol, he Taludic rabbis do no menion he war, u insead ell he sory of he miracle f oil lasing for eigh days. They also ribue he Grea Revol agains he omans, which led o he desrucion f Jerusalem and he Temple in 70 CE, o sina chinam, baseless hared, ellng a sory abou wo men named Kaza and Bar Kamza, whose inviaions o a pary go mixed up and ulimaely ed o berayal. The deah of housands rom he Bar Kokhba revol in 132 CE s reimagined as a plague of disease Some workers ake he same roue o work every day. They would no hink of changing heir roue for anyhing shor of a sree deour. They deprive hemselves of new and varied sighs. Some men and women wear he same syle of shoe year afer year. They fear ha if hey change he design hey may appear differen o heir friends. Some people choose he same color every ime hey purchase a new car, hus denying hemselves he opporuniy of a change of pace. Some of us reain he same circle of friends. We deeply fear o break ou and make new friends. In his way we deny ourselves he pleasures and exciemens of experiencing new human beings. So he quesion sill remains, Have you broken ou of jail laely? Rabbi Solomon Agin serves a Temple Shalom in Por Charloe. due o Rabbi Akiva s sudens no acing respecfully. On one hand, his shif from war o moral lessons could be because he Talmudic rabbis are fearful and cauious abou glorifying or even menioning rebellion, while sill living under Roman rule. Ye here is a greaer message a play here as well. The rabbis undersand ha wha maers and wha lass is no hisorical conex. The lessons hey wan o share are eernal and ranscend wha happened in 167 BCE or 132 CE. The riumph of lasing ligh and he dangers of baseless hared and disrespec are he lessons of he Talmud. The deails of he hisory he ime and place are no as cenral as how human beings relae o each oher. The Talmud encourages us o hink deeper abou our lives: wha lessons did we learn from our homeown, who are we sill friends wih from college, wha skills did we learn from our firs job, how did we creae a life here in Lee Couny. When elling he sory of our life, wha ruly maers? As we reflec upon our life hisory, may we ell a sory of ligh, kindness and respec. Amen. Rabbi Nicole Luna serves a Temple Beh El in For Myers. Unexpeced reques for liberal Jews There is an unhappy feeling of rage building up. Don feed i. There is a growing sense of injusice. Don go along. A new civil righs museum jus opened in Alabama. I documens lynchings of blacks. Don invoke an eye for an eye. There is a errible loss of being Rabbi Devora Buchen proeced. Don add o he insecuriy. There is a new shame abou being American. Don quickly surrender our hisory. Bu wha are we o do? All your recommendaions are negaive acions, all we should no do, wha we were old again and again as children, mir ur nich. No so. Wha we are being asked o do is wo asks. Firs, no o make maers worse by adding o he general hyseria. Second and more imporan, he role we are asked o play is for divine inervenion. I is doubly criical i is no only preparaory bu also collaboraive. Why do we have God in he firs place? To demonsrae wha He can do and wha we canno and should no revenge, despair and deah. God has o be given he chance o be God no maer how long i akes or wha unexpeced forms i may ake. Our ask is o help ha happen by no presuming o know God s view on revenge or losing our faih in His ulimae divine jusice. Wha finally emerges clearly, finally and dramaically from all he chaos, is God simple, serene, benign and one. And you helped make i possible. Rabbi Devora Buchen serves a Temple Beh Shalom in Cape Coral. PLEASE SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS WHO HELP MAKE L CHAYIM POSSIBLE. The Yeshivah of Flabush Rabbi Bruce Diamond My moher, may she live long and be well, who urns 90 nex monh, is he oldes of hree, wih wo younger brohers. Mom sailed hrough Lincoln High School during he war and enered Brooklyn College a he age of 17. Bu i wasn quie ha smooh for her middle broher Gerald, a.k.a. Jijee. As Easern European Jews go, Jijee, may he res in peace, was relaively big a a hair over six fee, wih a robus frame o mach. He also was prey aggressive and someimes on a shor fuse. Bu when he hi Lincoln High School, he more han me his mach wih he Ialian boys in he schoolyard and one day came home wih a broken arm. So fearing for her younges son, Grandma Celia, may she also res in peace, sen he more frail Herber (alav hashalom) o he Yeshivah of Flabush o keep him safe from he sharker Talaynas a Lincoln. As a child she had been hrough pogroms in Russia and was aking no chances. Thus he die was cas, so when our imes came, mom sen me and hen my brohers o he same yeshivah for 12 years. Now back hen, he Yeshivah of Flabush was probably he mos elie, preeminen primary and secondary Jewish school in America and perhaps he world. I was also relaively progressive since he classes were augh in Hebrew and no Yiddish, i was coed and arch-zionis. (For hose of you who care abou hese sors of hings, Joseph Telushkin and I spen he 12 years in he same class, and hen Dennis Prager joined us in high school.) Bu i was, neverheless, sricly Orhodox, and we were no. We were more on he radiional side, keeping a reasonably kosher home bu going ou for Chinese, driving and shopping on Shabbes, ec. We belonged o a Conservaive shul, ofen davened a Young Israel, and we were sen o Ramah and Massad Jewish summer camps. So while by mos sandards we were fairly immersed in Jewish living, he level of our Jewish observance was nowhere near wha we were being augh in yeshivah. You migh say I was a Reverse Marrano, having o ac a cerain way five days a week in public, wih a measurably differen religious life in privae. Uncle Herbie, z l, was in he same boa 10 years before me, so maybe you can see why he chose o become a Reform Rabbi in order o resolve he conradicions. And since he was like a big broher o me and my personal hero a he ime, you wouldn' be oo surprised o learn ha I followed in his fooseps ino he Reform Rabbinae (even hough I never sepped foo ino a Reform emple unil I was 23 and had o lead one!). Bu here's he poin: my fuure urned on a simple wis of fae, or beer said, a wis of Uncle Jijee s arm before I was even born! If i wasn for ha ough Ialian kid who showed him who's boss, who knows wha my life would have been like. On he balance, I suppose I owe ha bulvan a deb of graiude. Bu in his way, is my life any differen han yours in his respec? Rabbi Bruce Diamond serves a The Communiy Free Synagogue in For Myers. FineMark Naional Bank & Trus is proud o consisenly earn a 5-sar raing from Bauer Financial, he naion s leading independen bank raing firm*. We aribue our success o he meaningful relaionships we build wih our cliens. The beer we know you, he beer we can serve you. For Myers Bonia Springs Charleson Esero Naples Palm Beach Scosdale Member FDIC Equal Housing Lender *5-Sar Financial Raing issued by Bauer Financial, a leading independen bank raing and research firm. Raing is 5 ou of 5. 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20 20 Bar / Ba Mizvah Specialis Choosing he righ phoographer is an imporan decision. Michael Shapiro has more han 30 years experience in media and journalism. He is able o capure images ha are unique, unexpeced and sponaneous. Oher Services: Weddings / Family Porrais / Evens mike@shapiro-phoography.com Candle lighing imes: June 1: 7:59 June 8: 8:02 June 15: 8:04 June 22: 8:06 June 29: 8:07 FOCUS ON YOUTH Language developmen in children By Joann Goldman, Direcor, Temple Judea Preschool Language employs symbols words, gesures or spoken words o represen objecs and ideas. I is imporan ha we, as eachers, know he developmenal milesones in language developmen. If we have he knowledge of appropriae language developmen, we can provide children wih many differen aciviies o aide in heir developmen. Toddler: from one o wo years of age: Children his age experience he world hrough he physical senses. Language developmen for oddlers includes using wo-word combinaions, aking urns speaking and lisening, using he word no ofen, and using gesures o express needs and desires. Preschooler: from age hree o five: Children his age expand heir word combinaions and are able o speak in senences, use correc grammaical paerns, use pronouns, ariculae sounds clearly, and rapidly increase heir working vocabulary. Preschool children may also undersand words hey do no use hemselves. I is imporan o know ha language developmen in children depends on how we presen i. When communicaing wih children we need o remember ha hey are lile people wih feelings. Some basic guidelines o remember are: Use words ha he children undersand Always sae wha you wan from he children (make i clear) Creae opporuniies for he children o inerac (speak) Give a warning before any ransiion A fun way o accomplish some of he guidelines lised would be o communicae hrough sories, games, songs and discussion. Show picures o children and asking quesions abou he picure: Wha ype of bird is his? Wha color is he bird? Even if children do no know he answers, you will provide he answers and hey will eiher ake i in or repea wha you have said. Wih older children you can expand upon he opic by asking challenging quesions depending on he developmen of he child. Always keep communicaion open and encourage conversaion. PJ LIBRARY RADIO LIVE! DISCOVER THE FUN! SHARE he experience of reading wih your children as hey grow wih PJ Library books. SIGN UP TODAY! Enrollmen is open o Jewish families wih children beween he ages of six monhs o eigh years living in Lee & Charloe Counies. RECEIVE THE GIFT OF FREE JEWISH CHILDREN S BOOKS MAILED TO YOUR HOME EVERY MONTH! Funded by he Roh Family Foundaion & Asher Family Foundaion More informaion, conac Leni Sack ex. 3 lenibsack@jfedlcc.org Families can sign up for PJ Library a pjlibrary.org Now PJ library families can lisen o Jewish kids music anyime, anywhere. Inroducing PJLibraryRadio.com, an online sreaming radio saion wih more han 2,000 songs from hundreds of ariss across he globe. Music is available 24/7 wih special music blocks for Shabba, Holiday and Bedime. Lisen o he music online Download he free app on ITunes, Google Play or Tune In Radio Earn CAS Credis The Jewish Federaion of Lee and Charloe Counies is ineresed in hearing from eenagers in high school who migh like o earn CAS credis hough various work in he Jewish communiy. If you are ineresed, please send he following informaion o LeniBSack@jfedlcc.org: Name Address Phone # Age Grade School Preferred voluneer hours (e.g. 2-5P.M. Sundays) C i P H 1 o c a c s J S a A S c b l 1 f S i A A 4 r m

ORGANIZATIONS 21 SHALOM LIFE CENTER For Myers (239) 218-3433 Family firs Lawrence & Robin Dermer Families are complicaed.

21 ORGANIZATIONS 21 SHALOM LIFE CENTER For Myers (239) Family firs Lawrence & Robin Dermer Families are complicaed. No only our modern families, bu ancien ones depiced in our Torah cerainly had heir share of dysfuncional challenges. There was pleny of sibling rivalry beween Joseph and his brohers, couples conneced and broke up, here was love, loyaly and happiness as well as decei and jealousy. Through hese familial bonds and challenges he Jewish people were born. Our Torah ress on he srong foundaion of family, our abiliy o see ha we re all conneced, par of one big Eiz Chayim, he ree of life. Family, for beer or worse is he core of who we are as a Jewish people. The power of love and ogeherness bego he firs families of Judaism and birhed he welve ribes of Israel. The Jewish people as a whole are described as B nei Yisrael -The Children of Israel, no descendans of he land, bu of our pariarch Jacob, he grandson of Abraham. All he children of Israel, all of us, are par of one conneced exended family. Our family relaionships each us how o beer undersand each oher and ourselves. Family is where we firs experience loss and sadness while learning abou joy and happiness. In Hebrew we say mishpacha, which means a Jewish family or social uni ha includes boh close and disan relaives. Simply pu, we re all mishpacha, we re all family and family is he foundaion upon which Shalom Life Cener was buil. Like a family, a radiional spiriual communiy or kehilla is one where everyone is made o feel welcome. I s an environmen where our leadership coninuously sresses he values of love, compassion, inclusion and accepance, consanly encouraging a culure of posiiviy where we lif each oher up and rely on one anoher hrough good imes and difficul ones. The fuure of our Jewish exended family depends on uniy, sabiliy and srong leadership. The Talmud ells us all Jews are responsible for each oher. Hillel said, If I am no for myself who will be for me? If I am only for myself wha am I? As a family, we re all one link in a chain ha sreches back a hundred generaions. We re a bridge beween he pas and he fuure over which he survival of our people will pass. Family is wha will anchor us on eiher shore. The acions we ake oday will allow our children o decide wheher hey care enough o build heir own bridge. From Breishi in he beginning, o presen day, a family, wih all is ups and downs, is forever. Families don need wrien commimens or erm conracs; hey re conneced o each oher for he long haul. They are bound by somehing much deeper, an ofen unexplainable relaionship, unfahomable feeling love. In a world of chaos and disracion, calm and concenraion, our beauiful and deeply rooed ancien radiions and family values offer an oasis of peaceful and swee spiriualiy for us o share wih our Jewish communiy, our exended family. Join us for summerime Shabba evening services every Friday a 7:30 p.m. and Saurday mornings for Torah sudy a 10:00 a.m. Our clubs run hroughou summer while we are preparing o ensure he Souhwes Florida Jewish Communiy 5779 High Holiday Experience a Shalom Life Cener is incomparable. Our choir will be back along wih our incredible symphonic ensemble and world-renowned concer accompanis Bella Gushein. Le your spiri soar a Shalom Life Cener where prayer is inspiraional, meaningful and musical. For more informaion on our many clubs, programs and special evens, please visi call or info@sha lomlifecener.org. HADASSAH Collier/Lee Chaper (239) Hadassah updae: Voluneerism Shelley Skelon We are voluneers. We are fundraisers. We are winners! As our season in Souhwes Florida winds down and many of our friends and colleagues begin raveling elsewhere, hose of us who live here year-round are hard a work preparing for nex season, when all reurn and he cycle begins again. Thanks o compuers, echnology, cell phones, webinars, ec., we are all in consan ouch wih one anoher, a phenomenon ha some ake for graned bu coninues o amaze me on a daily basis. By he ime he so-called lazy, hazy days of summer have passed, we will have signed conracs wih gues speakers, planned programs and, a he very leas, a good guessimae on jus how much of he moneary goal, se forh for us by Naional Hadassah, we can expec o reach. In pas years, we have exceeded our goals hanks o he hard work, diligence and ongoing suppor of you, our members. As voluneers, our greaes rewards are in seeing he resuls of our labors, he ruly wonderful hings ha happen on a daily basis a Hadassah Hospial he wonder of research, he magic of educaion, he inspiraion of discovery, he value of voluneering your ime so ha goals can be me. Yes, we are a fundraising organizaion. Wihou he funds we could no exis. Wihou he suppor of so many we could no coninue o provide he programs, educaion and services so vial o he exraordinary work of Hadassah. In addiion, we enjoy well-planned social evens, we have formed lifeime friendships and we share in our commimen o creae a more producive and rewarding life. In keeping wih he successful oucome of so many Hadassah projecs, in March of his year, a medical oureach was done by Hadassah o Ehiopia eniled Hadassah s Scoliosis Surgery and Educaion Campaign o underake complex spine surgery. For he Ehiopian saff, who ook par in and observed his surgery, he bar was raised high o show he level of surgery ha could be accomplished righ in heir own operaing rooms. For he Hadassah eam, i was an achievemen o demonsrae ha he high level of surgery hey are famous for can be expored o he mos needy paiens. The medical research we do oday can change he world omorrow. Diseases ha once decimaed enire populaions no longer exis. Will we be able o say ha, one day soon, abou cancer, hear disease and diabees? Hadassah Medical Organizaion (HMO) is inernaionally recognized for decades of leadership in sem cell research, and for immunoherapies ha use he body s own resources o figh disease. The Henriea Szold Hadassah- Hebrew Universiy School of Nursing was esablished in This year we celebrae he 100 h anniversary of he Nursing School and he women and men who sudy, each and do research in he broad areas of nursing. In honor of his celebraion, on December 8, 2018, he evening prior o our Major Gifs/Keepers Brunch, The Collier/ Lee Chaper of Hadassah will presen a special program devoed o he nurses in our communiy. Our disinguished gues, Dianne Golieb, a nurse-midwife and Hadassah vice presiden, will speak abou he specifics of nursing a HMO. If you are a nurse, know an ineresed nurse or poenial nursing suden, please save he dae and Karen Ezrine a kezrine@hadassah.org o be placed on our special inviaion lis or o receive addiional informaion. I is our exreme privilege o be a par of Hadassah, he Women's Zionis Organizaion of America, Inc. We are Hadassah, he power of women who DO. HUMANISTIC JEWISH HAVURAH of Souhwes Florida (239) elebraing our firs decade n Souhwes Florida aula Creed umanisic Judaism was founded in 963 by Rabbi Sherwin Wine, a rabbi rained in Reform Judaism, and a group f Deroi Jews waning o creae a new ommuniy where heir Jewish ideniy nd heriage could be mainained and elebraed in conformiy wih heir ecular beliefs. In 1969, emerging Humanisic ewish communiies, springing up hroughou Norh America, creaed he ociey for Humanisic Judaism (SHJ) s is naional organizaion. Currenly here are 30 communiies in Norh merica, he mos norherly in Torono, Canada, he mos souherly here in ouhwes Florida, and from coas o oas across he Unied Saes. We have ecome he fifh branch of Judaism. Foreseeing he necessiy o rain eaders for his modern philosophy, in 985 Rabbi Wine and oher scholars ormed he Inernaional Insiue for ecular Humanisic Judaism a a meeng in Jerusalem. The Insiue mainains a campus in Israel and in Norh merica. Since is incepion, he Norh merican Secion has ordained over 0 leaders/madrikhim/vegvazers and abbis. Many years laer, Rabbi Dan Friedan, a colleague of Rabbi Wine, spoke o he Naples-Marco Secion of he Naional Council of Jewish Women. Aending his even and perceiving he posiive audience reacion o Rabbi Friedman s descripion of how he came o be a Humanisic Rabbi, I sood up during he Q&A and offered o ake he names of hose who would like o explore he idea of having such a communiy here. Saring wih hose names, suppor from Miriam Jerris, SHJ s rabbi, and members of he Sarasoa Congregaion for Humanisic Judaism, we organized in 2008 and became a 501(c)(3) organizaion. Soon we affiliaed wih SHJ. Also crucial o our srong beginning was he encouragemen we received from David Willens, hen Execuive Direcor of he Jewish Federaion of Collier Couny, his assisan, Melissa Keel, and Ted Epsein, edior of he Federaion Sar. I s been 10 years since he Humanisic Jewish Havurah of Souhwes Florida was formed. We arac unaffiliaed secular Jews who now find kinship wih like-minded people. We represen a growing segmen of Jews who are Jews eiher by birh or by choice, who believe ha: Judaism is he hisoric culure of he Jewish people and religion is only one par of ha culure Jewish ideniy is bes preserved in a free, pluralisic environmen People possess he power and responsibiliy o shape heir own lives independen of supernaural auhoriy Ehics and moraliy should serve human needs, and choices should be based upon consideraion of he consequences of acions raher han pre-ordained commandmens Jewish hisory, like all hisory, is a human saga, a esamen o he significance of human power and human responsibiliy. Biblical and oher radiional exs are producs of human aciviy and are bes undersood hrough archaeology and oher scienific analysis. The freedom and digniy of he Jewish people mus go hand in hand wih he freedom and digniy of every human being On he firs Friday of each monh we gaher o celebrae Shabba. We celebrae Jewish holidays for he lessons of humanism hey each represen. Yom Kippur climaxes he self-examinaion begun on Rosh Hashanah and is a ime of self-forgiveness and forgiveness of ohers. As his holiday ends, we conduc a Nizkor ( Le us remember ) ceremony o affirm ha human beings preserve he memory of hose who have died. Chanukah exols courage. Passover is a ime o celebrae he modern, as well as he ancien ques for freedom alongside a celebraion of spring renewal and rebirh. We offer a program wih Humanisic Jewish values o he communiy on he hird Sunday during he winer monhs. If you are araced o our philosophy, a membership form is available a Cener for Judaic, Holocaus, and Genocide Sudies Dedicaed o educaing all secors of sociey abou Jewish civilizaion, he Holocaus, and genocide hrough: scholarship oureach inquiry sharing knowledge preserving he record helping eachers encouraging sudens Visi Dr. Paul Barrop, Direcor

22 ORGANIZATIONS GENERATIONS OF THE SHOAH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (239) 963-9347 The Museum of Jewish Heriage and our area s Holocaus Museum Ida Margolis I was in New York Ciy recenly visiing he Museum of

22 22 ORGANIZATIONS GENERATIONS OF THE SHOAH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (239) The Museum of Jewish Heriage and our area s Holocaus Museum Ida Margolis I was in New York Ciy recenly visiing he Museum of Jewish Heriage. Our daugher old us here were hree exhibis feaured ha we would no wan o miss and she was correc. They were amazing. Before we lef I old he person a he desk how fascinaed we were wih he exhibis. I hen old her ha I would share he informaion wih our readers of he GenShoah SWFL newsleer and aricle in our Federaion newspaper. She was very ineresed o learn abou his group bu even more ineresed o learn ha we have a Holocaus Museum in Naples. I know ha many people are surprised when hey learn abou he Holocaus Museum & Educaion Cener of Souhwes Florida and all i does. I have heard from so many people how impressed hey are wih our lile gem. No wonder i won Gulfshore Life s Bes Museum designaion and ges such high raings on TripAdvisor. Bu more imporanly, is programs reach over 15,000 sudens annually. How wonderful ha hrough he generosiy of Janice Cohen and ohers, our area will have a new and even larger Holocaus Museum and, hopefully, GenShoah SWFL can have even more programs o fulfill our mission. The GenShoah seering commiee is busy a work planning many ousanding programs for nex season. As The hologram of Holocaus survivor Pinchas Guer answers quesions posed by Jeff Margolis a he Museum of Jewish Heriage a child of survivors, I am so graeful ha we have his Museum in our communiy and I am graeful ha we have GenShoah SWFL for he Second Generaion as an affiniy group of he Museum. Whenever I see a Holocaus Memorial or visi a Holocaus Museum in he U.S., I am always so sad hinking abou all of he innocens who were slaughered, bu a he same ime I am graeful o live in a counry where we can have hese museums and a Consiuion o proec our freedoms. As a big fan of museums, I like o visi many differen ypes of museums, and even wach Myseries a he Museum each week. So, when our daugher old us abou he curren exhibis a he Museum of Jewish Heriage, my husband and I decided i meried a rip o New York Ciy. As I saed in he beginning of his aricle, he special exhibis were amazing, no o say ha he core exhibis are no. The core exhibiion always on display includes a mulimedia inroducion, Jewish Life a Cenury Ago: , The War Agains he Jews: and Jewish Renewal:1945-Presen. This alone is worh he rip. However, imagine being able o have virual conversaions wih Holocaus survivors. Made possible by specialized recording and display echnologies, as well as nexgeneraion naural language processing, New Dimensions in Tesimony allows visiors o ask quesions and he life-like projecions answer in real ime, offering personal reflecions and accouns of heir experiences. The survivors in his insallaion presen he world premiere of he esimony of he sepdaugher of Oo Frank and survivor of Auschwiz-Birkenau concenraion camp, Eva Schloss, as well as Pinchas Guer, a survivor of six German HAZAK 55+ CHAPTER a Temple Judea (239) Nazi concenraion camps. More han 200 phoographs aken in he 1940s are on display in Memory Unearhed: The Lodz Gheo Phoographs of Henryk Ross. As an ac of resisance, Ross creaed a phoographic record of he horrors of he Lodz Gheo in Poland. The shor bu powerful film, The Number on Grea-Grandpa s Arm, and ar by aris Jeff Scher, whose animaion is in he film, are he nex special exhibi. The conversaion beween a 10-year-old and his 90-year-old grea grandfaher, an Auschwiz survivor, is an ousanding inroducion o Holocaus hisory and he power of sory. If you canno ge o he Museum of Jewish Heriage a 36 Baery Place, New York, you can go online and learn abou he Museum a mjhnyc.org. You can wach The Number on Grea- Grandpa s Arm a Jan Klein Are you 55 or over and looking for a fun and friendly group o join? If you answered yes, hen HAZAK of Souhwes Florida is for you. HAZAK has monhly programs wih movies, gues speakers and ouings. If you would like more informaion, please HAZAK a jhazak@gmail.com. Someone will ge in ouch wih you. Join HAZAK on Sunday, June 10 a 4:00 p.m. a Temple Judea in For Myers. Enjoy he movie Capain Corelli s Mandolin sarring Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz and John Hur. This movie akes places during WWII. Corelli is he leader of he invasion force ha conrols he Greek island of Cephalonia. He is assigned o live in he home of a local docor where he falls in love wih he physician s daugher, even hough she is engaged o a resisance figher. There is a fee of $5 for nonmembers and $3 for members. This cos covers he movie, snacks and sof drinks. Afer he movie join he group for dinner a Swee Tomaoes. Oher movies are being planned for he summer. If you have a reques, please jhazak@gmail.com. Send updaes and changes o he Direcory below o loriramos@jfedlcc.org. TEMPLE BETH EL REFORM Winkler Road, For Myers, FL Rabbi Nicole Luna rabbiluna@emplebehel.com Temple educaor: Dale Cohen, Ma.Ed., R.J.E Preschool direcor: Jesyca Virnig Presiden: Ellis Rabinowiz Phone: Fax: Web sie: Shabba services: 7:30 p.m. Friday; Torah sudy 9:00 a.m. Saurday; B nai Mizah 10:30 a.m. Saurday Religious School: 9:30 a.m.-noon Sunday Hebrew School: 5:00-6:30 p.m Wednesday Judaica Gif Gallery Affiliaed: Union for Reform Judaism TEMPLE BETH SHALOM REFORM 702 S.E. 24h Ave., Cape Coral, FL Rabbi Devora Buchen Presiden: Arnie Schwarz Phone: Fax: office@emplebehshalomcc.org Web sie: Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday Religious School: Thursday 4:00-6:30 p.m. Torah sudy wih Rabbi Buchen: Shabba 10:30 a.m. Organizaions: Broherhood, Siserhood, Family Service (1s Friday of he monh a 7:30 p.m.) BAT YAM TEMPLE OF THE ISLANDS REFORM Mees a Sanibel Congregaional Church 2050 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel Island Rabbi Sephen L. Fuchs Presiden: Alan Lessack Phone: (Oc-Apr) (May-Sep) bayamsanibel@gmail.com Canor: Murray Simon Web sie: Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday (Nov-Apr) 7:00 p.m. Friday (May-Oc) Adul Educaion: Saurday, 9:00-11:30 a.m. (Nov-Apr) Jewish Curren Evens: Saurday, 11:30 a.m. o 12:15 p.m. (Nov-Apr) Wrie: P.O. Box 84, Sanibel, FL Affiliaed: Union for Reform Judaism TEMPLE SHALOM CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND THE GULF ISLANDS REFORM Uica Ave., P.O. Box Por Charloe, FL Rabbi Solomon Agin Presiden: Gary Wein Phone: (941) shalom06@nezero.com Web sie: empleshalomfl.com Services: 7:30 p.m. Friday Religious school: Sunday 10 a.m. Beginning Hebrew: Tuesday 4:15-5:15 p.m. Advanced Hebrew: Thursday 4:15-5:15 p.m. Organizaions: Siserhood Affiliaed: Union for Reform Judaism IN LEE & CHARLOTTE COUNTIES COMMUNITY FREE SYNAGOGUE REFORM Mero Parkway, Souh For Myers (The Souhwes Florida Masonic Cener) P.O. Box 07144, For Myers, FL Rabbi Bruce Diamond (bdiamond5@comcas.ne) Coordinaor: Naalie Fulon Adul Educaor: Jessica Evers Phone: (239) comfreesyn@gmail.com Web sie: Communiy Sabbah eve dinner each Friday a 6:30 p.m. Sabbah eve worship every Friday a 7:30 p.m. Ligh breakfas and Torah sudy wih he rabbi every Saurday morning from 9:30-11:30 a.m. TEMPLE JUDEA CONSERVATIVE A&W Bulb Road, For Myers, FL Rabbi Marc Sack rabbi@jswfl.org Presiden: Jennifer Manekin Direcor of Congregaional Learning: Elizabeh Singer Preschool Direcor: Joann Goldman emplejudeapreschool@gmail.com Phone: Fax: jswfl@gmail.com Web sie: Services: 6:15 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. Saurday Minyan: 9:00 a.m. Monday Religious School: Sun. 9:30 a.m.-noon; Wed. 4:30-6 p.m. Early childhood educaion: Preschool, M-F, ages 18 monhs-5 years; Mommy & Me, 12 monhs-2 years Affiliaed: Unied Synagogue of Conservaive Judaism CHABAD OF BONITA SPRINGS/ ESTERO ORTHODOX Old 41 Road, Suie 20 (in he Bernwood Cenre) Bonia Springs, FL Rabbi Mendy Greenberg Phone: Web sie: Services: Saurday a 10 a.m., followed by a kiddush CHABAD OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY ORTHODOX 204 E Mckenzie S Uni B, Puna Gorda, FL Rabbi Simon Jacobson Phone: (941) chabadpg@yahoo.com Web sie: Services: Saurday a 10 a.m. followed by a kiddush Torah sudy: Wednesday a 8 p.m. CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ORTHODOX 5620 Winkler Road For Myers, FL Rabbi Yizchok Minkowicz Phone: Fax: rabbi@chabadswf.org Web sie: Services: Friday 5:15 p.m.; Saurday Kabbalah class 9 a.m.; Shachari 10 a.m.; Kiddush a noon Minyan: Monday & Thursday 7:00 a.m. CHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF CAPE CORAL ORTHODOX 1716 Cape Coral Pkwy. W., Cape Coral, FL Rabbi Yossi Labkowski Phone: info@chabadcape.com Web sie: Services: Friday Evening 7:30 p.m. Saurday morning 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush luncheon Sunday morning 8:00 a.m. Monday-Friday morning 7:00 a.m. JLI Courses: Monday evening a 7:00 p.m. Weekly Torah Sudy: Tuesday evening 7:30 p.m. Hebrew School: Sunday 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jgirls: Tuesday 6:00-7:00 p.m. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Shalom Life Cener Lawrence Dermer, Spiriual Leader AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Commiee): Jacki Waksman - (954) AJC (American Jewish Commiee): Brian Lipon - (941) Ani-Defamaion League: (561) B Nai B rih Inernaional: (941) Chevra Kadisha: Gene Sipe Generaions of he Shoah SWFL: Hadassah - Collier/Lee Chaper: Lynn Weiner Hadassah - Sharon Chaper (Charloe Couny): Odee Por - (941) Hazak 55+ Chaper: Joyce Rosinger Humanisic Jewish Havurah: Paula Creed Israel Bonds: Regional Headquarers: (800) Jewish Communiy Services: Jewish Naional Fund: (727) Memorial Tree Planing in Israel Jewish War Veerans: Pos 400: Commander Harvey Charer Mikvah Bashka of Souhwes Florida: Nechamie Minkowicz T d p 7 M s g e W i s o s u w

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23 TEMPLE NEWS 23 TEMPLE JUDEA For Myers (239) Temple Judea is hosing he Israel Scous Tzofim Friendship Caravan on Monday, June 18 a 7:00 p.m. Every summer, groups of Israeli eens our he Unied Saes bringing an energeic and eneraining show of singing and dancing, sharing heir love of heir homeland and heir appreciaion for our suppor. To see who is in he group coming o For Myers his year, check ou he ad and aricle elsewhere in his issue. This even is co-sponsored each year by Temple Judea, Temple Beh El and he Jewish Federaion. Admission is free! This is a show for all ages. Join old friends and new from Temple Judea and beyond for a new look a Israel s culure, errain, innovaions and radiions. Temple Judea s Israel Revisied Trip, scheduled for May 2019, is a ravel experience for hose who have been o Israel before and wan o paricipae in is lively music, ar and heaer, ea in he bes resaurans of he counry, see he bes archaeology, and mee Israelis who make he counry he vibran place i is. Some of he highlighs of he rip include: meeing wih ariss and crafsmen from Tel Aviv, aending a heaer performance in Tel Aviv, exploring Mahane Yehuda alongside an Israeli chef, visiing a gourme spice farm in he Galilee, ouring SodaSream s high-ech producion faciliy in he Negev, and so much more! Rabbi Marc Sack will be aking he group o ou-of-he-way places and exploring pars of Israel ha aren usually on he iinerary for firs-ime sighseers. Informaion abou he rip is now available. Call Rabbi Sack for more informaion abou his new advenure. Our monhly voluneering a he Salvaion Army s Meals wih Compassion (formerly Sally s Café) coninues. Voluneers are needed for Sundays, June 3 and 24. If you would like o voluneer, please Linda Idelson a lindaidelson8@gmail.com. Rabbi Sack s Torah sudy will mee on Thursday, June 7 a he offices of Myers and Breholz and Company. I is an hour of open discussion of Torah and Judaism where all levels of background and all quesions are encouraged. Everyone is welcome and here is no cos o aend. A wine and cheese recepion is held every Friday evening from 6:00 o 6:30 p.m. righ before Shabba services. I s a grea ime for members o enjoy socializing and o gree prospecive new members and hose visiing he synagogue. For more informaion abou Temple Judea or upcoming programs, call or he synagogue office. Regular scheduled evens: Friday evening Shabba services a 6:30 p.m. Saurday morning Shabba services a 9:30 a.m. Lunchime Torah sudy wih Rabbi Sack he firs Thursday of each monh. Morning minyan every Monday a 9:00 a.m. TEMPLE BETH EL For Myers (239) Temple Beh El s Cemeery Commiee invies everyone o our annual Jewish War Veerans Pos 400 Memorial Day Service on Sunday, May 27 a 9:30 a.m., o be held a TBE s Garden of Memories cemeery, 3200 Michigan Avenue, For Myers (wihin he For Myers Cemeery). Please call Pam Arkin a for furher informaion or direcions. TBE s Francophone group, consising of Jewish people who speak French fluenly, will coninue is monhly meeings hroughou he summer. All Francophones are invied. For more informaion, call Rachelle a TBE s Confirmaion class of 2018 includes Jalen Goodman, Jared Olizky, Jeremy Summers and Jensen Weisinger. As par of heir educaion, hese busy ninh-graders voluneered a he LARC group home for developmenally disabled aduls in Cape Coral, Shy Wolf Sancuary in Naples, and Eva s Close & Foundaion (evasfoundaion.org) in For Myers. Our firs wine & cheese preneg was a fanasic even. Congregans, guess and newcomers mingled while enjoying a glass of heir favorie varieal and an array of cheeses. If you missed ou on his preneg, wach for more in he coming monhs. In is second raining session wih Rabbi Luna, our Mizvah Commiee s ongoing caring visiors program rained folks o visi congregans who are unable o ge o emple for whaever reason: surgery, inabiliy o drive a nigh or inabiliy o drive a all, for example. Caring visis by rained voluneers will coninue. Small bu mighy, TBE s Mizvah Day was a day of service and fellowship. Among he organizaions served were Hears & Homes for Ves, Dress for Success, he Guadalupe Cener, Communiy Cooperaive and Lee Healh. We cleaned he emple, beauified he cemeery, packed lunches for Communiy Cooperaive, made ars & crafs for various organizaions, and donaed blood. By he numbers: six pins of blood donaed o Lee Healh (impacing beween welve and eigheen people in need); 60 greeing cards creaed for he Israel Defense Forces; 53 origami cranes creaed for Healh- Park paiens; 43 paper flowers creaed for he Jewish Federaion s Senior Lunch Bunch; a whopping 328 lunches assembled, bagged and delivered o Communiy Cooperaive in For Myers; carloads of clohing delivered o he Guadalupe Cener and o Dress for Success; donaions of all kinds delivered o Hears & Homes for Ves; Rabbi Luna accompanied six eens and nine aduls o engage in Kavod HaMe (honoring he dead) by beauifying he cemeery. BAT YAM TEMPLE OF THE ISLANDS Sanibel (773) hanks o voluneer congregans, Friay evening Shabba services ake lace every week a 7:00 p.m. (no :30 p.m.) in Fellowship Hall from ay 4 unil Rabbi Sephen Fuchs reurns in early Sepember for Rosh Hahanah. I is a devoed and congenial roup of area Jews who gaher ogehr for dinner a a local resauran and hen religious observance each Friday. hoever leads he Shabba service deermines he order and conen, includng he mix of Hebrew and English and he melodies. The resul is ha each ervice is differen due o he choices f he leader and worhy of aendance. As has become cusomary, he final ession of Saurday morning Adul Edcaion is he opporuniy o consider opics and speakers for nex November hen classes begin again. On April 28, abou 25 regular aendees gahered o enjoy a poluck brunch and discussion. I was also an opporuniy o hank Esher Pokedoff for her many years as he coordinaor and creaive spark of he congregan hour, and o welcome Vickie Fuchs who graciously agreed o ake he challenge. A review of he oher aciviies and evens a Ba Yam his pas season, since he arrival of Rabbi Fuchs and Canor Murray Simon, leaves one almos breahless bu happy. An improvised sukkah was he scene of a Sukko service wih members of our hoss, he Sanibel Congregaional Unied Church of Chris (UCC). Rabbi Fuchs managed o unroll our Torah for all o see on Simcha Torah. Rabbi Paul Cirin journeyed from New Mexico o conduc he formal insallaion of he Rabbi and Canor. Chanukah was again observed ogeher wih he Sanibel Congregaional UCC members. Rabbi Fuchs and Reverend Dr. John Danner of he UCC co-augh a series of classes on a Bible opic. Rabbi Ronald Kronish was a special gues speaker abou he necessiy for inerreligious undersanding. The Purim service included congregans acing and singing he Megillah in rhyme. A Ba Yam group aended a Boson Red Sox game. Canor Simon presened a wonderful program wih original film fooage abou he grea canors including singing. Journalis Marvin Kalb came o Ba Yam and spoke abou his new book on he Sovie Union and offered his commens abou he curren sae of American foreign affairs. The communiy Seder exceeded all expecaions. Rabbi Fuchs and oher Ba Yam members paricipaed in he Federaion s Holocaus Remembrance Day and Israel s 70 h birhday celebraion. I was a busy season. On May 13, Rabbi and Vickie Fuchs lef for Germany where hey will spend five weeks eaching ogeher abou he Shoah in high schools. In addiion, Rabbi Fuchs will speak in synagogues and churches, and offer a seminar for rabbinical sudens a he Abraham Geiger College in Berlin. One of he highlighs will be o celebrae Shavuo in Friedrichssad, he ciy where, in 2015, Rabbi Fuchs conduced he firs Jewish service in ha ciy since Krisallnach in Since ime goes by quickly in Souhwes Florida, i is imporan o noe ha he High Holy Days are early his year. Selicho is Sepember 1 and Erev Rosh Hashanah is Sepember 9. Kol Nidre is Sepember 18 and Yom Kippur is Sepember 19. Mark your calendars accordingly. The snowbirds have scaered around he counry and around he world. Driving on Sanibel is much easier. Come o Ba Yam on Friday evenings a 7:00 p.m. for a Shabba service held in Fellowship Hall on he campus of he Sanibel Congregaional UCC a 2050 Periwinkle Way on Sanibel. Members of he communiy, guess and visiors are always welcome o join wih congregans. COMMUNITY FREE SYNAGOGUE For Myers (239) Hearfel condolences o Miriam Berger and her family a he passing of her beloved husband of 60 years, Marvin Berger. Marvin and Miriam, ofen accompanied by heir visiing son, Hazzan Brian, have been longime commied paricipans in he Rabbi s weekly Sabbah morning Torah classes. Mazal Tov o Jonahan Cohen and Nicole Fuller on heir June 2 wedding conduced by he Rabbi in For Myers. Nicole and Jon worship wih us mos every Sabbah eve. We are hrilled ha Asher Pincus will be called o he Torah for he firs ime as a Bar Misvah on Sabbah morning, June 23. Asher, who has grown up in our congregaion and has been sudying wih he Rabbi for five years, follows his older sisers, Ariel and Talia, who also celebraed becoming B no Misvah a The Communiy Free Synagogue. Yash er Ko ah (more power o you) o Joel Aron, who was called o he Torah wih his wife, Eve, in celebraion of his 90 h birhday. Joel and Eve were C.F.S. pioneers. Bis hunder und svansik! Eve & Joel Aron were called o he Torah, wih Rabbi Bruce Diamond, in celebraion of Joel s 90 h birhday We are indebed o Laurie McConville for her invaluable help ediing he Rabbi s 5 h revision of The Communiy Free Synagogue prayerbook. The new siddur more closely follows he radiional Qabala Shabba, he Friday evening liurgy, while expanding he range of older and newer Sabbah songs enjoyed by he worshippers. A downloadable public domain copy of his new Sabbah Eve siddur can be found on he C.F.S. websie a www. formyerssynagogue.com, along wih a broad range of Jewish worship exs and a keuba creaed for C.F.S. ha are free for he aking! Our nex Brown Bag Movie Nigh sars a 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 14 in he Communiy Hall, feauring Norman: The Moderae Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer sarring Richard Gere. For more informaion, see he aricle elsewhere in his issue. Each Friday evening a 6:30 p.m., The Communiy Free Synagogue serves a radiional Sabbah dinner. I is free and reservaions are never required. A 7:30 p.m. he Sabbah is welcomed wih prayer and song. A coffee hour follows worship. Every Saurday a 9:30 a.m., C.F.S. offers a ligh breakfas followed by a lively discussion of he week s Torah porion unil 11:30 a.m., when he Mourner s Qaddish is recied. Now in is 13 h year, The Communiy Free Synagogue is an independen synagogue and valued communiy religious resource. All of is evens and programs, including youh and adul Jewish educaion, are open o all and always free. The purpose of The Communiy Free Synagogue, led by Rabbi Diamond, is Sudy, Worship and Benevolen Acs (Pirqay Avo 1:2), following progressive Jewish values while observing essenial Jewish radiions.

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God s Great Passion. Burning Hearts. Recently a group of Christians were asked the question, Do you know God more than your spouse?

God s Great Passion. Burning Hearts. Recently a group of Christians were asked the question, Do you know God more than your spouse? God s Grea Passion You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me wih all your hear. I will be found by you, declares he LORD... (NASB) Jer. 29:13 A s ofen happens, a young man me a woman a Bible