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FEBRUARY 10, 2022 / 9 ADAR 5782
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Volume 134
Number 44
Published Weekly Since 1887
Weitzman Focusing
on Jews in
Country Music
JARRAD SAFFREN | JE STAFF
JEWS HAVE A LONG and storied
history in country music and, for a few
weeks this winter, the Weitzman National
Museum of American Jewish History will
showcase it.

On four consecutive Tuesdays,
starting Feb. 15 and ending March 8, the
Philadelphia museum is hosting virtual
programs on the subject. All four sessions
begin at 8 p.m.

Th ey will spotlight a variety of topics,
including the Jewish tailors who helped
design the genre’s famous western
attire, charismatic Jewish musician from
Oklahoma Mark Rubin, Jewish musician
Joe Buchanan who discovered his religion
later in life, and the Jewish band Nefesh
Mountain that recently performed at
the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville,
perhaps the most iconic venue in country
music. Daniel Samuels, the director of public
programs at the Weitzman, described
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia Senior Director of Security Frank Riehl (right) speaks
with Sgt. William Frazier at a 2019 live active shooter training exercise. Photo by Selah Maya Zighelboim
Leaders Ask ‘What Makes
Community Secure?’
SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF
AS THE COLLEYVILLE hostage crisis
evolved on Jan. 15, with gunman Malik
Faisal Akram holding four hostages in
Congregation Beth Israel synagogue,
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Senior Director of Security Frank
Riehl couldn’t help but think about the
Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue complex
shooting more than three years prior.

“It was like, oh my goodness, kinda-
sorta, ‘Here we go again’,” Riehl said.

“Because the Tree of Life tragedy is still
fresh in your mind.”
Riehl received an infl ux of requests
from synagogues aft er the hostage crisis,
asking him to assess or address the
security infrastructure — or lack thereof
— of their respective campuses.

“Th ere’s more of a sense of urgency
when, unfortunately, there’s a major
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