TOP CHOICE SPRING TRAINING More than 50 years later, The Chosen remains infl uential. FEBRUARY 14, 2019 / ADAR 9, 5779 PAGE 19 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM — WHAT IT MEANS TO BE JEWISH IN PHILADELPHIA — $1.00 OF NOTE MUSiC ‘Sing Hallelujah’ Returns for Second Year Tree of Life rabbi to make appearance. Page 4 LOCAL Valentine’s Day Makes Some Jews Uneasy Area rabbis off er diff ering opinions. Page 5 LOCAL Building’s History Reveals Cultural Changes Original Temple Sinai has housed church and mosque. Page 6 Volume 239 000 Number 44 0 Published Weekly Since 1887 Widow of 9/11 Pilot Shares Life Lessons SELAH MAYA ZIGHELBOIM | JE STAFF MIRIAM HORROCKS-ISENBERG’S poise in front of the Chabad of the Main Line audience suggests she has told her story countless times, but when she men- tions her late husband, her voice still breaks. “I had married a man named Michael Horrocks,” Horrocks-Isenberg said. “We had been married for almost 12-and-a- half years, and during that time we had had two beautiful children. On Sept. 11 of 2001, Michael was taken from us.” Michael Horrocks was the fi rst offi - cer on United Airlines Flight 175 when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked the plane and crashed it into the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board. 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This year’s Sing Hallelujah is scheduled for 8 p.m. Feb. 20 at Verizon Hall in the Kimmel Center. Attendance at the inaugural event was 1,700 and Tilman, the event’s music direc- tor and conductor, believes that number is something to build on. The upcoming program will celebrate the arrival of the Jewish people in America and the unique evolution of the community’s music from the 19th century to the present. “When we were planning this event, we wanted to include one of the best Jewish voices we could attract,” Tilman said. “Cantor Mizrahi is known inter- nationally and has performed for world leaders and with many renowned orchestras. He is an immigrant as well, having come to the United States from Greece as a youngster. I officiated at his wedding, and he officiated at mine. What he will add to such a strong assemblage of voices is remarkable.” Mizrahi is looking forward to again singing in Verizon Hall. “I performed there once before,’’ Mizrahi said. “It is an outstanding venue as far as acoustics and the audi- ence’s enjoyment is concerned. I’m excited about it. Glad to Cantor David Tilman rehearsing with a choir be there for David.” Having performed at Days of Remembrance ceremonies for presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, as well as with legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck and orchestras and choirs worldwide, Mizrahi is passionate about Judaism and Jewish music. “My father survived Auschwitz,” Mizrahi said. “I wanted to be an opera singer when I was young and I did some of that, but as a cantor, I can sing beautiful music and celebrate being Jewish. What better can a person do? In a way, I’m still acting onstage, and contributing to something I truly feel passionate about.” Tilman also has a close connection with Myers, a man of chesed following the tragic shooting and death of 11 con- gregants at his synagogue Oct. 27 in the Squirrel Hill neigh- borhood of Pittsburgh. “I taught Jeffery [who is both a cantor and a rabbi] at the Jewish Theological Seminary and I wanted him to be here for this program,’’ Tilman said. “I am quite pleased he accepted.” Myers will give a short talk before singing Yehezkel Braun’s “Adon Olam.” Braun was a famous Israeli composer who died in 2014. “I am honored and delighted to be reunited with my Delaware What Happens To Your Brain during Exploring the New Field of Experiences? Religious Neurotheology What Happens To Your Brain during Religious Experiences? Exploring the New Field of Andrew B. 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Newberg, Photos provided Valley colleagues as we lift our voices in song in praise of the Almighty,” Myers said. Sing Hallelujah’s music will not be of any one American Jewish denomination. “That’s not how we are presenting the music,” Tilman said. “It’s the over- all development of Jewish music in America, and the effect America has had on it. If a piece was composed in Berlin, there always would be German themes in it. There is a difference between Ashkenazi and Sephardic music for those reasons.” The eight choirs sched- uled to participate include the Adult Choir of Rodeph Shalom, Adult Choir of Main Line Reform Temple, Beth Israel Choir, Cantors Assembly Delaware Valley Region, Choir of Congregation M’kor Shalom, Choirs of the Old York Road Kehillah/Jewish Community, Makhelat Beth Sholom and Sharim v’Sharot People of Song. “I feel we have a great mix of voices from our Greater Philadelphia Jewish commu- nity and some outstanding individuals joining us.” Tilman said. “The object, again, is to bring our community together. Nothing does it like song.” l jweisberger@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0737 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM H eadlines Differing Jewish Views on Valentine’s Day L O CAL JED WEISBERGER | JE STAFF FOR MAN Y JEWS, Valentine’s Day is a day for cards, chocolate, gifts and maybe a romantic dinner. However, in some Jewish families, Valentine’s Day — which has roots as a Western, Christian holiday — is a day that has been met with conster- nation and non-recognition. “It is not a Jewish holiday,’’ Center City resident Rhona Gerber said. “And my son was uncomfortable with it in public school, being raised in an observant Jewish home, and that made me feel badly. Also, we have our own Jewish romantic holiday, Tu B’Av.” Tu B’Av, the 15th day in the month of Av on the Hebrew calendar, less than a week after Tisha B’Av, is mentioned in the Mishna and several other sources as a “day of love” in the era of the temples. On that day, the unmarried girls in Jerusalem dressed in white garments and went to dance in the vineyards hoping to find husbands. This was also done, according to the Talmud, each Yom Kippur, with both Tu B’Av and Yom Kippur labeled “the two happiest days of the year.” Between the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in the year 70 and the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, Tu B’Av got lost in the shuffle. The minor holiday never had any liturgy attached to it, just love and romance. With Israel’s establishment, came a re-establishment of Tu B’Av which, in turn, has become a desired day to sched- ule your wedding. It also offers a lift after the austere Bein had-Metzarim, the three weeks that lead up to Tisha B’Av. Tu B’Av is Aug. 15-16 in 2019. “That we look forward to celebrating,” Gerber said. “It is the Jewish holiday of love, sim- ilar to Valentine’s Day.” Area rabbis offer differing viewpoints on Valentine’s Day and Tu B’Av. Rabbi Lance Susssman of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel leaves the observance of either — or both — to his congregants. “Valentine’s Day is good for cards and flowers, and Tu B’Av is in the middle of the summer,” Sussman said. “In our synagogue, we don’t pay attention to either. It’s up to the family or individual.” Rabbi Albert Gabbai of Orthodox Sephardic Congregation Mikveh Israel in Center City, had an interesting take on both holidays. “Tu B’Av is our holiday and has a beautiful tradition of girls all dancing in the same white, so the character is judged, not the looks or attire. But if Valentine’s Day brings out the tradition of love between a husband and wife, and gives a chance to look at our Jewish traditions, I • Does the debated activity have no issue with it. Love is have a secular origin or important.” value? 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The build- and tolerance for differing iden- ing in West Oak Lane tity groups. But the building at worked well, though. the corner of Limekiln Pike and From 1947 to 1977, Washington Lane is, in some Temple Sinai was home ways, a brick-and-mortar repre- to hundreds of fami- sentation of what some disparate lies. In the early days, Flossie Albert at her wedding to Bernard Albert, back Masjidullah in its present form Photo provided groups have in common rather Bar Mitzvahs were when the building was Temple Sinai doubled and tripled up than what sets them apart. The West Oak Lane struc- on Shabbat, and Rabbi In 1977, the congregation felt the enormity of the building of Joseph (Yusuf, in the Quran) ture was first built by Jews in Sidney Greenberg, who would become a world-famous rabbi relocated to its current location they were inheriting. He likened takes place in Chapter 12. 1947 for a congregation called in his own right, was a massive in Dresher, and before long, the them to Joshua taking over lead- Temple Sinai. Flossie Albert, The most important 12 in draw on Friday evenings and original building had a new ership of the Israelites after Moses’ his life, however, is 7401 (7+4+1) who broke ground on the tenant: the West Oak Lane death, looking out over Canaan: Limekiln Pike, the adress of complex’s school at the time, Saturday mornings. “Sidney drew a mob. A Church of God. recalled that the congregation “How can we possess something the onetime-synagogue, one- had been meeting for a few mob!” Albert remembered. The Pastor Horace Sheppard, so large?” But they found a way, time-church that is now the years at an American Legion synagogue was the center of whose pastor father led the church building a community of hun- home of Masjidullah, Inc. before they tried a brief stint social life for its members. back then, said the congregation dreds that stayed in the build- “These were signs from God ing until 2013 — enough time for that we were on the right path,” Sheppard to leave, come back and Shabazz said. NAME: SILVER LINING HOME HEALTH CARE*; WIDTH: 5.5 IN; DEPTH: 5.5 take his father’s place at the pulpit. Until he found this build- “Temple Sinai was just a ing, the congregation of hun- IN; COLOR: BLACK PLUS ONE; AD NUMBER: 00083090 great building,” he said. dreds had been packed into Mezzuzahs from the pre- spaces far too small for its vious residents remained on increasing growth. After a few some of the doorposts, and near successes in the preced- more than a few former Temple ing years, a large fundraiser Sinai congregants came back in 2013 put the congregation to pay their respects over the in the position to buy the years, occasionally sitting in on Church of God, transforming it into Masjidullah (“House of Sunday services. When it came time to sell God,” in Arabic). It was a sale the building, there was interest that Sheppard was more than from Imam Mikal Shabazz of happy to make. “It still could be an example the Masjidullah mosque. of at least, at the very least, a cer- “Oh boy,” Shabazz laughed. tain level of tolerance and a cer- “We had been looking for a long time” — since at least tain level of respect for people,” 1990, he recalled. But this he said, to sell the building to a building was the winner, in group of a different faith. part because of Shabazz’s affin- And now, the Masjidullah ity for the number 12. community has a space to PA State Licensed / All caregivers are bonded and insured. Ph i ladelph ia a nd hold interfaith forums, prayer, Pennsylvania, he explained, musicals, banquets and more. both have 12 letters. “It’s like a dream come true,” Philadelphia is 39 feet above Shabazz said. sea level — 3+9 — and is situ- “Independent of our labels ated at 39 degrees latitude, 75 and our nationalities,” he said, longitude. Masjidullah’s origin “we are all one.” l story, he added, is similar to that of Joseph, the favorite son jbernstein@jewishexponent.com; of 12. Not only that, the story 215-832-0740 L O CAL Helping to care for the people you love. 6 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 JEWISH EXPONENT JEWISHEXPONENT.COM F TAY-SACHS R F R E E E E H eadlines NAME: TAY SACHS ALLIED ASSOCI- ATES; WIDTH: 1.75 IN; DEPTH: 3.62 IN; COLOR: BLACK; AD NUMBER: 00083197 TAY-SACHS & CANAVAN Grad Network Initiative Supports Shabbat & CANAVAN SCREENING we don’t really have that so SCREENING L O CAL SELAH MAYA ZIGHELBOIM | JE STAFF SOON AFTER THE Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha shooting, Lyssia Katan and a dozen of her friends gathered around a Shabbat dinner of challah, stuffed grape leaves and chicken to honor the 11 victims. Katan organized the din- ner with support from the Jewish Graduate Student Network’s Shabbat Across Philly Initiative, which helped her cover the costs. Inspired by similar pro- grams aimed at undergraduate students at Hillels across the country, the Shabbat Across Philly Initiative provides sup- port for graduate students and young professionals interested in hosting their own Shabbat dinners. This support can include answering questions about how to do certain bless- ings, connecting participants to resources in the commu- nity and reimbursing food and plasticware costs for $7 per person for up to 10 people. “It’s very difficult to come together for a Shabbat dinner,” said Katan, a Drexel University alum and a young professional working in construction mate- rials. “Many people are far from their families. On cam- pus at least, I know several of my friends were in AEPi. We would always go to Chabad or Hillel for Shabbat, but since much and everybody’s spread out, it was really nice to have everybody back together for a Shabbat and just hang out and reminisce on how it was.” The initiative had a “soft launch” around the High Holidays, said Tslil Shtulsaft, executive director of Hillels in Philadelphia and the Graduate Student Network. “We are supporting and empowering all of these grad- uate students and young pro- fessionals that perhaps have never taken a leadership role in their lives in an organization,” Shtulsaft said. “And now, they are responsible for hosting a Shabbat Jewish experience.” When the initiative first launched, a handful of people participated. After the shooting, interest surged as young adults like Katan were inspired to put on Shabbat dinners of their own. “We were hearing over and over that people wanted to do something,” Shtulsaft said. “They just weren’t sure what to do. Some of them went to syn- agogue the following Saturday. Some of them maybe partic- ipated in Shabbat dinners if they knew of any.” The Grad Network sent out information about the initiative through email and social media, and dozens of people in the com- munity decided to participate. Since then, the number of par- ticipants has tapered, but Program Director Mallory Kovit said that CALL (215) 887-0877 FOR DETAILS e-mail: ntsad@aol.com; visit: www.tay-sachs.org ■ Screening for other Jewish Genetic Diseases also available. This message is sponsored by a friend of Nat’l Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association of Delaware Valley A Shabbat dinner supported by the Shabbat Across Philly Initiative Photo provided as the new semester starts there’s been an increase in interest. “We’re not able to engage all grad students every Friday night and certainly they’re not able to come every Friday night to an event that we would hold,” Kovit said. “We want more people to experience Shabbat in their homes and feel that community.” To participate, graduate students or young profession- als should fill out an online questionnaire, available on the organization’s website. The Grad Network asks hosts to send a list of the attend- ees’ names and email addresses dinner, if you’re going to invite your friends to your house for anything, any dinner, why not have it be Shabbat?” The Grad Network has wanted to launch a program like this for some time to reach more people, Shtulsaft said. He esti- mates that between 80 and 85 percent of those who’ve attended Shabbat Across Philly din- ners have not previously been involved in the Grad Network. In June, an anonymous donor made the initiative pos- sible by providing a gift cov- ering the full expenses of the initiative for a year. “We’re in this era of peo- ple not necessarily connect- ing with traditional Judaism,” Shtulsaft said, “so we want to provide an opportunity for them to experience Judaism on their own terms.” l so they can track who is com- ing to the events. These people do not, Kovit said, get added to an email blast list. The Grad Network also asks participants to take a photo of their Shabbat and share it on social media with the hashtag #ShabbatAcrossPhilly. If partic- ipants are shomer Shabbat, they can take a photo of Shabbat preparation, Kovit said. “Shabbat is not as hard as it might seem,” Kovit said. “There is preparation needed, but it can really be something that if you decide on a Monday or Tuesday szighelboim@jewishexponent.com; that you’re going to have Shabbat 215-832-0729 JFRE Members Focus on Security, Future Projects L O CAL JED WEISBERGER | JE STAFF FOLLOWING THE OPEN- ING of the revamped $7 mil- lion Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial Plaza in October, the Jewish Federation Real Estate Group (JFRE) is turning its focus in 2019 to another JEWISHEXPONENT.COM area of interest — security. “We’re assessing what our synagogues and schools need,” said JFRE Executive Committee Chairman Michael Markman, president of BET Investments. “We’ve already gotten several requests. As JFRE goes on, we’ve been able to raise more and more money for projects like this. 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Laudenslager, who wrote under her first married name Marilyn Silverstein, was 80 when she died. “She took every comma, every period, every word seri- ously,” said Josh Silverstein, Marilyn Laudenslager Photo provided Laudenslager’s youngest son. “She believed in the power and importance of the written word and was just very careful to try to get it right.” Her decades as a journalist include 17 years at the Jewish Exponent, from 1985 until 2001, where she worked as the religion editor and features editor. “She wanted to go after assignments that made things right,” said Fredda Sacharow, who served as the Jewish Exponent’s managing editor from 1986 until 1998. “She wanted to write about the homeless in Philadelphia. She wanted to write about things that she saw that could be made better by stories that she did.” Laudenslager pursued top- ics others felt were a shanda for her to cover, including clergy abuse and the trial of Rabbi Fred Neulander, who was con- victed of hiring two men to kill his wife. Laudenslager also went undercover to report on the Jews for Jesus movement. Homelessness in the Jewish community was one of the topics she was most passion- ate about covering, even when her articles were not neces- sarily flattering to the Jewish community. After leaving the Exponent in 2001, she continued to com- mit herself to Jewish writing. She spent eight years at the New Jersey Jewish News, where she served as the Princeton/ Mercer/Bucks bureau chief. She also worked as a freelance copy editor and edited a pleth- ora of Jewish writing, includ- ing Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility, A Guide to Jewish Practice by Rabbi David Teutsch and the quarterly journal The Reconstructionist. She also did copyediting for The Forward and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Her work won her numer- ous awards, including from the American Jewish Press Association and the New Jersey Press Association. “She had a passion there for the Jewish community that kept her doing that work,” Josh Silverstein said. “Even long after she left, she loved building rapport and relationships with rabbis and having discussions with them about Jewish cus- toms and teachings. That’s just really where she developed her network, her sources. It was all there. Even when she left the Exponent, she wanted to keep that and wanted to continue to have a hand in talking about things of importance to the Jewish community.” Laudenslager is survived by her husband Richard J. 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She said she is deeply commit- ted to stymieing socialism in Irina Goldstein, in a still from her upcoming campaign commercial Photo provided the United States. “Th ey got rich, and we got poor,” she says of her family’s time in the U.S.S.R. “We had equal amounts of nothing.” Her father, a builder in Ukraine, and her mother, a radiology nurse, worked as a day laborer and a hospice care nurse, respectively, in the U.S. Aft er testing out of high school early, she attended Community College of Philadelphia before transferring to Temple University. She had a stint in the pharmaceutical industry, but found it draining. Before long, she decided that she had bigger plans, and moved on to the MBA program at Saint Joseph’s. While she studied part time, she started Gold Bull Management, a fi nancial services company. A few years later, she started a fur coat company called MOD+FURS. Even still, it felt like something was missing. Th at’s when some of her more politically inclined friends began to tell her she should con- sider running for offi ce. “I speak a lot of truth,” she said, “and I never met a politi- cian who spoke the truth.” But her friends convinced her with a comparison to one particular Republican: President Trump. Though at first evasive on her stance on Trump (“I respect the position of the pres- ident of the United States”), she eventually confesses: She sees herself in him. “What I don’t like about him is actually what makes him most eff ective,” she said. Like him, she said, she’s a bulldozer. Indeed, she displays a similar capacity for taking advantage of the news cycle and utilizing social media. She rails against the “radical, Marxist and self-centered agenda” of city Democrats on Twitter, and the “delusional, nonsensical, child- ish thinking and planning” of their national counterparts. Of her own longtime coun- cilman, Bobby Henon, who was recently hit with federal charges of bribery, conspiracy and fraud, she said: “You fi nd out that the councilman from Northeast Philadelphia, where you grew up, where you and your parents have paid taxes for over 30 years, is not there to advocate on your behalf!” She’s similarly frustrated with the Philadelphia GOP. “I wasn’t met with fanfare, I can tell you that,” she said of her appeals for assistance. “Any candidate that calls and asks for assistance and guidance, we’ve been happy to give it, and we have given it to Irina,” responded Christopher Vogler, vice chair and execu- tive director of the Republican Party of Philadelphia. Wherever she fi nds her sup- port, Goldstein is ready for the campaign. “I have the mouth of a sailor and the heart of a servant,” she said. “Where does this person fi t in? 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Kopp served on the advisory board to the Resolution Trust Corp., was appointed in 1980 to Gov. Dick Thornburgh’s Special State Tax Commission and was appointed co-chair of the Philadelphia Tax Committee in 1982. Israel Defense Assistance, Anti-BDS Bill Passes Senate By a 77-23 vote, the Senate approved a bill codifying $38 million in Israeli defense assistance, while also giving states legal cover to battle the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, JTA reported. Several prominent Democratic senators — including both declared and likely candidates — voted against the bill. They said that while they opposed BDS, they were worried that state laws against it conflicted with freedom of speech. Dissenters included declared presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California, as well as likely candidates Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who just announced her candidacy, voted for the bill. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky was the lone Republican voting against the bill. ESPN: Foul Ball to the Head Killed Jewish Woman in 2018 at Dodger Stadium ESPN reported Feb. 5 that a foul ball to the head killed a California Jewish woman on Aug. 29, four days after she was struck. Linda Goldbloom, 79, died of “acute intracranial hemorrhage due to history of blunt force trauma,” according to a coroner’s report. The incident had not been previously reported. Goldbloom was struck in the ninth inning of a game and taken to a hospital, where she had emergency brain surgery. After being unconscious on a respirator for three days, her family allowed her to be taken off, as per her prior wishes. Goldbloom and her husband of 59 years, Erwin, had been partial season ticket holders for a decade. Anti-Semitism Envoy Named President Donald Trump on Feb. 5 named Los Angeles prosecutor Elan Carr as the State Department’s envoy for anti-Semitism, JTA reported. The post had been empty for two years. Carr, 50, is an Army veteran with service in Iraq. He also was the national president of Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi. “We eagerly look forward to working with Carr, as his office combats rising anti-Semitism, generated from the far right, the far left, and Islamist extremists, and abetted by the ubiquitous nature of social media,” American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris said in a statement. One of Carr’s first orders of business was attending a con- ference on anti-Semitism in Bratislava, followed by a European Union conference on anti-Semitism to be held in Brussels. l JEWISHEXPONENT.COM H eadlines ISRAELBRIEFS Increased Settlements in Judea and Samaria Promoted RIGHT-WING LAWMAKERS in Israel are promoting a set- tlement plan calling for 2 million Jews to settle in Judea and Samaria, JNS.org reported. Israel Hayom reported that numerous lawmakers from the Likud and other right-wing parties have signed a Nahala movement petition calling for the settlements. The plan was originally introduced during the administration of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. Government policies would shift significantly under the plan, with increased construction in existing settlements and new set- tlements throughout the territory. Nahala activists have protested in recent weeks outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem. They are calling for the government to settle throughout Judea and Samaria and end thoughts of a two-state solution. First of 1,000 Ethiopian Immigrants Arrive in Israel More than 80 Ethiopian immigrants arrived in Israel on Feb. 4 as part of a plan to bring 1,000 Ethiopians who already have children there to the country, JTA reported. The 82 arrivals are part of the Falash Mura community. It claims linkage to Jewish descendants who converted under duress to Christianity generations ago and now want to return to Judaism. About 8,000 Falash Mura seek permission to immigrate to Israel. The plan to bring in 1,000 immigrants was approved by Israel’s Cabinet in October; the immigrants must have first-de- gree relatives already in Israel who entered through prior gov- ernment decisions about the Falash Mura. Parents may bring partners and unmarried children without children of their own. Surveys: Israelis Tops in Social Media Usage Israelis ranked first worldwide in social media usage, with 77 per- cent of adults using social platforms, according to a Pew Research Center reported released Feb. 5, The Times of Israel reported. South Korea came in second, with 76 percent of respondents using social networks, followed by Sweden, the Netherlands, Australia and the United States, where 70 percent of adults are social media users. In addition, Israelis ranked second in smartphone ownership at 88 percent, with 98 percent owning a mobile phone. South Korea was first, with 95 percent of its adults owning a smartphone. In advanced economies worldwide, 76 percent of adults own a smartphone, compared to 45 percent in emerging economies. More than 5 billion of the 7.5 billion people worldwide own mobile devices, according to the survey. 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Pepper had founded the precursor to the preschool that would eventually be created, and Bernstein was in the first class. Rachlis taught him during confirmation, and watched as Blaze worked as a madri- ach for Sunday school classes. “Blaze was a wonderful young man,” he said. “Remarkably intelligent.” For all the time he spent at the synagogue — Pepper said that he spent most Sundays of his precollegiate life there — Bernstein found it difficult to form a sense of community. Part of it had to do with his sexual orientation. Bernstein identified as gay from a young age, but was terrified of how it might affect people’s percep- tion of him. Pepper, who now works as a writer and activist, wishes that more Jewish com- munity centers were receptive to people like Bernstein. Arriving at Penn Jamie-Lee Josselyn remem- bered the first time she met Bernstein. She is the associ- ate director for recruitment at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at 12 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 Penn, tasked with seeking out gifted high school writ- ers. Bernstein was a student of the Orange County School for the Arts in Santa Ana, which boasts an exceptional creative writing conservatory. He was an exceptionally strong writer, she said, the first high school student to have a piece accepted by the Penn Review, a student literary mag- azine. Besides that, she also found out he was a whip-smart biochemistry student, recruited by that school within the uni- versity as well. Suffice it to say, the center put in word that they wanted strong consideration for Bernstein’s application. When he arrived on campus the fol- lowing year, Josselyn became his academic adviser. asking people to contact him or his wife if they had any information. Josselyn received notice from a pro- spective student at Bernstein’s high school. Marcus was f loored; Bernstein was notoriously sar- castic, so much so that “you often didn’t even know he was making a joke,” according to Josselyn. Would he be sarcastic about this? The answer was no, and for the next few days, they all went about their business with Bernstein on their minds. His mother joined Twitter, blasting out calls to see if anyone knew anything about where her son was. It was too late. When Bernstein was found on Jan. 10, he had been dead for a week. College Life Amy Marcus struggled to pick a favorite story about Blaze. Was it when, in a manda- tory meeting group for incom- ing freshman that required them all to watch Citizen Kane, Bernstein was quick to name and shame those who had clearly shirked their duty? Could it be when, suffering from a concussion, she opened her door to find him with an armful of home-baked lemon cookies and snickerdoodles, ready to spend three hours watching Judge Judy? Perhaps most simply, it could be when he introduced himself for the first time. “This kid introduces himself as Blaze Bernstein, and I was like, that’s a name, like, wow,” she remem- bers. They lived in the same freshman hall, and in the two years they knew one another, they’d become close friends. “He was the quirkiest, cool- est, kindest most caring person that I’ve ever known, really,” she said. ‘A Grand Farewell’ Rachlis, back in California, oversaw two memorial ser- vices, one for friends and fam- ily and another for the general public. Thousands of people attended, he said. The wound was deep, for him and for the community. At Penn, a memorial ser- vice was convened at the Kelly Writers House, where Bernstein had spent a lot of time cook- ing and planning events for the house. His friends and family were determined that the service reflect what they saw in Blaze. Josselyn did her best to get her hands on some fake LaCroix tat- toos — Bernstein drank it like water, and was even thinking about getting a real LaCroix tat- too — but alas, her payment was swallowed up by the inter- net, without a peep from the seller. “I think it was a grand fare- well,” Pepper said. “Truly a memorial to a very sensitive, very kind person who touched many, many people in his short life.” “It was this amazing celebra- tion of life,” Marcus recalled. Missing Everyone heard that Bernstein was missing in a different way. Marcus saw a Facebook post made on Bernstein’s page by his father, Blaze Bernstein with his grandmother, Regina Pepper Fund, offered to aspiring writers in need of financial assistance. Winners meet his parents after their acceptance. His family also runs numerous charitable foundations in his name back in California, encouraging people to “Blaze it Forward.” The ways in which Bernstein remains in the lives of the peo- ple who knew him is perhaps less tangible than those pro- grams but no less real. Marcus owns a blanket of his, gifted to her by Pepper. She still reflex- ively goes to text him. She does the best she can with his snick- erdoodle recipe, but “they never come out as well as he used to make them,” she reported. Josselyn participated in the Broad Street Run last year, and raised money for Bernstein in the process. The Edible Books Contest at the Kelly Writers House was held in his honor ‘I can still hear his voice’ this year, where students com- Today, there is a scholar- pete in a potluck-pun compe- ship for writers at Penn called tition (e.g. The Dough Also the Blaze Bernstein Memorial Rises bread, The Gouda Earth JEWISH EXPONENT cheese). Bernstein’s parents were judges, and proclaimed a chewing gum head — Gum Girl — as the “Blaziest.” For Pepper, there was a bizarre privilege in becoming so acquainted with her son’s life at Penn. “I don’t think very many people really understand who their kids are and who the peo- ple are that they spend a lot of their time with when they go away to school. I really didn’t know very much about Blaze’s private life,” she says. “These are remarkable people.” He remains in the “fiber of [her] every day,” she said. Just recently, she was going through the pantry, remembering how meticulously organized and labeled everything was by her son’s insistence. “I can still hear his voice in the back of my head,” she said. l jbernstein@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0740 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM H eadlines 9/11 Continued from Page 1 living, but truly living and — to coin her phrase — in limitless potential.” Horrocks-Isenberg’s talk in the Penn Valley Elementary School auditorium was part love story and part motiva- tional speech. She spoke about her struggle to find closure after her husband’s death and the lessons she learned from that experience: Trust your higher power; honor your values, not your fears; release resentment, stay present and say yes. “More important than just sitting here tonight and listen- ing to my story, I want you to find yourselves in my story,” Horrocks-Isenberg said. “I want you to create your own life lived in limitless potential. What is limitless potential? It is exactly that. There are no limits on the amount of joy and peace and happiness and faith and love that one person can have in a lifetime.” She was a student at West Chester University when she met Horrocks. He bumped into her when she was out dancing with a group of friends at a club. “Build Me Up Buttercup” played in the background as she turned around to see who it was. Horrocks took her hand. The two danced until the club closed. Afterward he walked her to her apartment, and they talked on her couch until sunrise. As she rushed to get him out the door before her roommates woke up, he kissed her and asked her when he could see her next. Three years later, they got married. They had a daughter in 1992 and a son in 1995. September of 2001 began as an exciting time for the young family. After a decade in the mili- tary, Horrocks was starting a new job with United Airlines. Only months before, they had bought a home in Glen Mills, close to their families. Both of their children were in school JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Miriam Horrocks-Isenberg is the widow of Michael Horrocks, a pilot on the United Airlines Flight 175 that was hijacked on 9/11. Sarah R. Bloom There are no limits on the amount of joy and peace and happiness and faith and love that one person can have in a lifetime.” MIRIAM HORROCKS-ISENBERG for the first time. Together they worked on home improvement projects, building a walkway up to the front door. When Horrocks left for a flight scheduled to leave from Boston and land in Los Angeles, that walkway was still incomplete. It looked like a moat, Horrocks-Isenberg said. Horrocks called that morning from the cockpit. He spoke on the phone with his wife and kids and sang “Rise and Shine” to them, a family morning tradition. He told his wife that he loved her and would call when he landed. “I would never hear my hus- band’s voice again,” she said. After her husband’s death, Horrocks-Isenberg’s sister took a six-month leave of absence from her job and moved in with them. Every morning, they wrote a list of tasks for the day. At first, the list included tasks like brush teeth, comb hair, take a shower. The list also included figuring out what to do with the incom- plete walkway — a decision Horrocks-Isenberg dreaded. She didn’t want life to move on. She told her sister she was putting the walkway in God’s hands. One morning, she heard voices outside her bedroom window. Then she heard trucks. She looked out the win- dow and saw people building the walkway. She started to cry. Her sister came into the room and hugged her. “Miriam,” Horrock- Isenberg recalled her sister saying. “Look. God is building your walkway, and those peo- ple are out there, are all of his little angels.” Horrocks-Isenberg said this instant taught her to trust in her higher power. It was one of several illustrative anecdotes she shared that evening. She met Paul Isenberg in 2003. He was a recent widower, and friends asked her to reach out to him. She supported him as his family went through the same tragedy hers had gone through just two years before. The last of her anecdotes to illustrate her life lessons, she said yes when he asked for her help in picking out a puppy for the kids — and then yes again, a year later, when he asked her to marry him. “We said yes to blending this beautiful family,” Horrocks- Isenberg said. “Blending this family was the most challeng- ing thing that we have ever done in our lives and the most JEWISH EXPONENT beautiful and rewarding thing that we have ever done in our lives. We are blessed.” When Horrocks-Isenberg was diagnosed with non-Hod- gkin’s lymphoma, she put her lessons to the test. Trust your higher power. Honor your values, not your fears. Release resentment. Stay present. Say yes. They served her well on her road to survival and recovery. Today, Horrocks-Isenberg has a happily blended fam- ily. She and her husband have also undertaken more home improvement projects to accommodate their larger fam- ily of four children, who have since grown up. “If I did not step into limit- less potential, I would be giving the terrorists exactly what they wanted, and that was not what I was going to do,” Horrocks- Isenberg said. “I was going to live the life that I knew Michael would have wanted me to live.” l szighelboim@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0729 HELP WANTED ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE This candidate must be results-driven, possess a strong work ethic and outgoing personality. 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This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. Computer skills a must! Send resume to Sharon Schmuckler Director of Sales sschmuckler@jewishexponent.com FEBRUARY 14, 2019 13 O pinion EDITORIAL Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, Bridge-Building Philanthropist INTERNATIONAL Fellowship of Christians and Jews founder Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, who died Feb. 6 at age 67, is being remembered this week by poli- ticians, clergy and Jewish com- munity leaders. From all corners of the world, the tributes are pouring in for the New York-born rabbi whose organization raised more than a billion dollars from the evangelical commu- nity to support Israel and the Jewish people. In addition to facilitating immigration to Israel from all over the Diaspora, Eckstein’s IFCJ helped transform the lives of thousands of Israeli resi- dents, including IDF soldiers and their families, adults and children living in poverty and elderly Holocaust survivors, as well as the Jewish poor in the former Soviet Union. In every area where his IFCJ got involved, it did so in a big way, and made a big difference. The posthumous outpouring might surprise Eckstein, a dual American-Israeli citizen, whose efforts to foster ties between evangelicals and Jews were not always met with approval. Indeed, when he first proposed building alliances between the two groups in the late 1970s, he was met with deep skepticism and even disdain. Undeterred, he founded IFCJ in 1983, and battled to gain credibility for his bridge-build- ing efforts in the “mainstream” Jewish world, even as he culti- vated extraordinary relation- ships with evangelical leaders and their flocks and pulled in eye-popping donations. Eckstein’s activities gained traction in the 1990s, when he pursued efforts in support of Jews in the former Soviet Union, raising enough funds to facilitate thousands immigrants to Israel. In the following years, his Jerusalem-based organi- zation became a well-oiled money-making machine with diverse programming — one of the largest charitable organiza- tions in Israel. But notwithstanding his organizational and financial success, Eckstein was frus- trated by his inability to per- suade many of his fellow Jews to believe in the purity of his motives and the legitimacy of his outreach to evangelicals. He tangled with Israel’s Chief Rabbinate and was criticized by a wide array of Orthodox leaders, liberal American Jews and Jewish organizational stal- warts. Later, he would have a very public falling-out with the Jewish Agency. In a 2005 profile of Eckstein for The New York Times, Zev Chafets reported that he was focused on getting Jews to practice “the Four As: aware- ness that evangelicals are help- ing Israel; acknowledgment of that help; appreciation; and attitude change.” We have no question that “awareness” and “acknowledge- ment” have been met. And the posthumous accolades for Eckstein’s extraordinary accom- plishments suggest that “appre- ciation” may have also been achieved. As for the desired “attitude change,” the jury is still out. Part of the problem may have been Eckstein’s larger-than- life persona and related issues that got in the way. But in the end, all that is over- shadowed by the good Eckstein did for the Jewish world, all driven by his deep passion for the Jewish people and love for the state of Israel. May his memory be for a blessing. l The View from Here will return next week. Coming to Grips With the Truth About Qatar BY JONATHAN S. TOBIN THIS WEEK, the national press has continued to keep the heat on Saudi Arabia as more details about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi have made it clear that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman probably ordered the killing. The outrageous slaying of Khashoggi, a resident of the United States who wrote for The Washington Post, has focused the world’s attention on the brutal nature of the Saudi regime and, as far as 14 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 many Americans are con- cerned, called into question its status as a U.S. ally. But while the Saudis are being subjected to even greater scrutiny than ever, with many in Congress demanding that the United States stop assisting their war against Iranian allies in Yemen, another more insid- ious force for radicalism has been flying under the radar. The emirate of Qatar on the coastline of the Persian Gulf has benefited greatly from the limited attention span of Americans who think that the only threats in that region emanate from Iran, ISIS terror- ists or Saudi Arabia. But given Qatar’s determi- nation to spend a lot of its oil wealth on spreading Islamism and funding terror, even while this Gulf State enjoys the sta- tus of U.S. ally, it’s high time that the West started paying more attention to the insidious nature of its activities. A start was made towards that goal with a conference held this week in Washington, D.C., by the Middle East Forum under the title of “Qatar: U.S. Ally or Strategic Threat.” The daylong event brought together scholars, intelligence profes- sionals, journalists (I moder- ated one of the panels) and some members of Congress to ponder the extent of Qatar’s reach, as well as what to do about a situation in which it has largely avoided being held accountable for its activities for the simple reason that it is not the Iranians, ISIS or the Saudis. The answer that came out of the sessions was clear: Qatar is not merely a dangerous source of radical Islam and terror funding, but has also benefited from a successful effort to influence American thought leaders, including some American Jews, convinc- ing some to view it as a force for moderation when in fact, it is anything but that. The problem starts with the fact that the emirate has almost completely replaced the Saudis JEWISH EXPONENT as the source of funding for Islamist education around the world. The Saudis are no longer trying to spread its own harsh Wahabi brand of radical Islam in the way they did as recently as a decade ago. ical Islam in the region and was responsible for Egypt’s brief period of radical Islamic rule after the fall of the Mubarak regime, as well as serves as the spiritual godfather of the Hamas terrorist movement. Qatar is not merely a dangerous source of radical Islam and terror funding, but has also benefited from a successful effort to influence American thought leaders, including some American Jews. But the same madrassas and mosques that were being influ- enced by the Saudis are now getting money from Qatar. That wouldn’t be a bad thing if Qatar was pushing a moderate curriculum, but it’s doing just the opposite. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the exiled Egyptian cleric who is the chief ideologue of the Muslim Brotherhood, is orchestrating all of Qatar’s efforts in spread- ing Islam. The Brotherhood is one of the chief sources of rad- Qaradawi is also deeply involved in the Qatar Foundation, an institution supported and sustained by members of the Qatari rul- ing family that has spread radicalism around the world while masquerading as a charitable group. But Qatar doesn’t just fund institutions that promote Islamism. It has been directly funding Hamas’s efforts to See Tobin, Page 16 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM O pinion KVETCH ’N KVELL Listen Now, Rather Than Planning for the Future BY DAVE ANDERSON HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) deserves to be congratulated for her vic- tory over President Donald Trump. But the victory must be regarded as partial since she was able to get the partial gov- ernment shutdown terminated, but only for three weeks. The saga we are living through concerning border security is politics at its worst. Yet it is a prism into what pol- itics is so frequently about: positioning for a future elec- tion and optics. First, politicians do not have job security and they must work hard to keep their jobs and that work is ongo- ing. Second, politicians, like most people, look for images and pictures and symbols to advance their agendas. Trump, Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) were all as and building walls like doz- ens of other countries around the world. We are a country that must have a wall, the president says, to protect ourselves against crime, drugs, terrorists and illegal immigrants that steal American jobs. We are a country that must not have a wall, the core Democrats say, because, apart from being ineffective, it is rac- ist, xenophobic, antiquated and down-right un-American. This saga illustrates two goals we need to set for American politics. First, we must figure out ways to make the next election less critical to decisions today than the importance of the pol- icy issues at stake. This can be done in various ways, including longer terms of office and term limits. We need a national com- mission to address this funda- mental problem. Second, we must shift the attention in our politics from the eye to the ear. Philosophers like Richard Rorty in Jewish Community Should Respond to Virginia Governor Blackface Scandal visualize the future. Analogies, metaphors and images can be misused by politicians and make our thinking more rigid and uncompromising. We need a politics — as many of our centrist organi- zations like No Labels, Better Angels, the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies, and the Bipartisan Policy Center have been explaining for years — that focuses more on dialogue and listening. We need politicians who will speak to those tens of mil- lions of Americans in the mid- dle who are not certain and who want bold, creative solu- tions that take ideas from the left and the right. Ironically, if we put lis- tening over both talking and ocular metaphors, we will also make an abstract unreachable future less relevant to decisions today because our long-term goals will be more integrated with our current challenges. In short, we can make the next election less relevant to We need politicians who will speak to those tens of millions of Americans in the middle who are not certain and who want bold, creative solutions that take ideas from the left and the right. focused or more focused on the 2020 election than what was in the best interest of the country today. Trump needs the wall to fulfil a campaign promise, and the Democrats need to block his request in order to deny him the loyalty from his base that he craves. A 2,000-mile concrete wall is a vivid image that helped Trump win in 2016. It is also an image that is anathema to many Democrats since it paints a pic- ture of the United States which is offensive to their moral sen- sibilities — the United States losing its exceptionalism status JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature have decried the role that ocular metaphors play in Western thought for illustrat- ing how knowledge is obtained. Focusing on visualizing the future basically devalues the importance of other human senses, notably listening. Every politician and corpo- rate leader creates a vision for the future. Truth be told, this leadership style is overrated. Politicians spend too much time speaking and not enough time listening, and they spend too much time focused on the future and getting voters to our politics if we listen more to each other and envision the future less than we try to hear it from each other. Hearing the future does not mean not having long-term goals; it means not having simplistic visions which we will realize and which make us less likely to compromise with others. l Dave Anderson is editor of Leveraging: A Political, Economic and Societal Framework. He has taught at the University of Cincinnati, Johns Hopkins University and The George Washington University. JEWISH EXPONENT THE BLACKFACE AND KKK scandal of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam offered the Jewish community an opportu- nity to join forces with African-Americans, including the Congressional Black Caucus, in calling for the governor’s res- ignation. Yet the Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee and other national Jewish organizations have been silent. Historically, the Black-Jewish alliance was at its high point during the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s, when Jewish leaders such as Rabbis Abraham Joshua Heschel and Wolfe Kelman marched in tandem with Martin Luther King Jr. at Selma, Ala., and other places in the South. Since that time, there have been fractures in the alliance. Now, however, this opportunity presented itself, but we let it slip away. Jews might view this through our own prism. Imagine Gov. Northam had Nazi memorabilia on his yearbook’s page. We would be outraged and demanding his resignation. There’s no difference. If the Nazi memorabilia insults our sensibilities, we should recognize that the blackface and KKK robes do the same for African-Americans. It’s not too late. The ADL, et al. can still weigh in. And we can learn for the future, as incidents like this will surely surface. Next time, the Jewish community should be ready to act. David Broida | Bryn Mawr Roe v. Wade Under Ongoing Attack Stanley R. Askin wrote (“Human Life is Worth the Inconvenience,” Feb, 7), “As a Jew, I would never wish to force upon a woman the burden of caring for a child that she does not want.” Yet, he goes on to condemn abortions performed for reasons other than the “usual rape, incest and for the health of the mother.” Roe v. Wade gave women the right to control their repro- ductive health and that the right to choose is to be made by her, her health care provider and loved ones should she so choose. The Casey decision placed constraints on Roe allowing states to restrict that right as long as they did not constitute an “undue burden.” Every Republican governor has pushed the envelope on “undue burden” to the extreme. Abortion will be illegal in 35 states as soon as Roe is over- turned or rendered meaningless by the Supreme Court. This will happen during the Trump administration. Ironically, it’s the Republicans who call for less government intrusion on our lives and freedom of choice yet they always embrace the religious right to pass laws restricting personal freedoms that conflict with their personal dogma. l Mark N. Cohen | Havertown Statement From the Publisher We are a diverse community. The views expressed in the opinion columns and letters published in the Jewish Exponent are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the officers and boards of the Jewish Publishing Group and/or the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. Send letters to letters@jewishexponent.com or fax to 215-569-3389. Letters should be a maximum of 200 words and may be edited for clarity and brevity. Unsigned letters will not be published. FEBRUARY 14, 2019 15 O pinion It’s Time for Electoral Reform in Israel Tobin BY DANIEL J. SAMET ON APRIL 9, Israeli voters will head to the polls to select the 21st Knesset. This cam- paign, as in past years, features many parties vying for 120 seats — a whopping 12 parlia- mentary groups are currently represented in the Knesset. Polling indicates that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conservative Likud Party will win between 25 and 29 seats, well below the 61 needed for a parliamentary majority. The Israel Resilience Party, a new faction led by ex-general Benny Gantz, should pose a strong center-left challenge to Likud, whereas the country’s once-for- midable Labor Party may pick up only seven or eight seats. Following the elections, Israel will find itself in a familiar quagmire: The prime minister will cobble together disparate parties in a ruling coalition that shares few legis- lative priorities. Israel’s volatile political scene results from a low elec- toral threshold. Parties need to take only 3.25 percent of the vote to return a member of the Knesset (MK). Such a system ensures the gamut of political parties will be represented. Israel is a divided nation, and the electoral system worsens its divisions. A raise in the minimum threshold would force parties to appeal to large swaths of the country, not just small voting blocs. If Israel is to eliminate its political dysfunction and elect working governments, elec- toral reform is sorely needed. In comparison to other parliamentary democracies, Israeli politics is tremendously volatile. The Jewish State has endured more than 30 coali- tion governments since 1948, many of which united ideo- logically opposed factions. The House of Commons, in con- trast, has seen only a handful of coalitions throughout the 16 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 United Kingdom’s long history. Likud, currently the most rep- resented party in the Knesset, has just 30 seats. To form the cur- rent government, Netanyahu has culled a razor-thin 61-seat majority that includes centrist, right-wing, National Religious, Ashkenazi Haredi and Sephardic Haredi parties in addition to his secular conservative Likud. Netanyahu’s government has seen vicious infighting on everything from the ceasefire with Hamas, which compelled the hawkish Avigdor Liberman to remove his Jewish Home party from the coa- lition, to Haredi conscription. Under the current system, small parties can make the survival of a ruling coalition conditional on its promotion of niche interests that detract from the greater national agenda. It is almost impos- sible to govern effectively in arrangements like this. Electoral reform has enjoyed popular backing in the past. In 2014, the Knesset raised the minimum threshold from 2 percent to 3.25 percent. Prior to 1992, it was only 1 percent. Though detractors claimed that the increase targeted Arab and Haredi blocs, they were incorrect in arguing that the change imper- iled representative democracy. Many parliaments in Europe have thresholds, and few would claim these countries are undem- ocratic. Israel’s low threshold may have functioned well in the coun- try’s nascent years, but it has long outlasted its expiration date. There is widespread agree- ment that reform is necessary, yet change does not transpire. Part of the problem is that any revision to Israel’s Basic Laws, the country’s effective consti- tution, requires a supermajor- ity vote in the Knesset. The prospect of increasing the elec- toral threshold and potentially liming their power is a tough sell for smaller parties. Despite brushback from some corners, MKs should once again raise the threshold in the interest of a functional state as they did five years ago. A higher threshold would strengthen big-tent par- ties, reduce political fragmenta- tion and deliver more effective governments. However, recent reports suggest the opposite may occur — the government is con- sidering lowering the threshold to ensure the election of MKs from small right-wing parties. So much for a way forward. Another route of reform is to implement a district-based system. Israel has no elec- toral districts, meaning voters select parties based on national considerations. The Israeli system is unlike that of the United Kingdom, for instance, where candi- dates run in specific districts and are directly accountable to the constituents they rep- resent. Advocates say that fixed-boundary constituencies would reduce the influence of the party establishment while favoring greater local repre- sentation. Right now, voters in Herzliya receive the same bal- lots as those in Mea Shearim. A district-based system would probably bolster parties that have broad appeal. It’s true that raising the elec- toral threshold or moving to a constituency system would curb the power of certain blocs. Yet the status quo in Israeli pol- itics is untenable. Demographic changes will further widen Israel’s social cleavages and produce an even more divided legislative body. Israel’s polit- ical dysfunction is well-docu- mented, and its electoral system is the root cause. Coalition gov- ernments are inherently bad, but in Israel’s case they’re unsta- ble to an unacceptable degree. No matter what happens on April 9, we can expect a fractured vote. It’s clear that MKs should come together to reform an outdated electoral system. l Daniel J. Samet is a foreign affairs researcher in Washington, D.C. JEWISH EXPONENT Continued from Page 14 slaughter Jews and Israelis. It deserves to be held accountable for those killed by these mur- derers. Yet it’s clever enough to pose as an intermediary between Hamas and Israel through which its funding can be falsely represented as a ges- ture towards peace. Qatar is also deeply involved with the Islamist government of Turkey and that of Iran. Indeed, it has served as Iran’s agent in the Arabian Peninsula — something that has led other nations there to seek to iso- late it. And it has been a vital source of foreign currency to Tehran as the Trump admin- istration has sought to tighten the screws on a dangerous regime that is determined to achieve regional hegemony and inch its way towards acquiring nuclear weapons. But unlike Iran, which is still viewed with distaste even by many who favored President Barack Obama’s pol- icy of appeasement, Qatar has acquired a misleading image as a force for modernity. Qatar controls a global media empire in the form of the Al Jazeera network (and other efforts to influence the press, such as helping to fund Khashoggi’s work), which operates not so much as a news source, but as a powerful agent of influence that undermines efforts to shine a spotlight on the way it supports radical Islam and terror. The really difficult aspect of dealing with Qatar is that it is so adept at playing a double game with the United States. While serving as a regional clearinghouse for radicalism and funding terror, it also hosts a U.S. airbase. Yet rather than this being a source of U.S. lever- age over Qatar, it has become an argument for ignoring the regime’s flaws and crimes. As former U.S. intelligence expert and current Hudson Institute analyst Michael Pregent noted, the Qatari capi- tal of Doha is the moral equiv- alent of the bar in the original Star Wars movie, where ter- rorists and bad guys of every variety gather with impunity even though American forces are stationed nearby. America needs to start try- ing to hold Qatar accountable for its bad behavior and make it clear that it will lose the U.S. base if it doesn’t do so. After all, there is plenty of flat land in the Middle East from which planes can take off and land. Even worse, as long as so many Americans allow them- selves to have their heads turned by Qatari agents of influence — a term that includes friendly media, paid lobbyists and use- ful idiots who were impressed by the free trips to the emirate that they received — nothing will change. l Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS — Jewish News Syndicate. Join the conversation! Tell us what you’re thinking and interact with the community at jewishexponent.com Connect with us on JEWISHEXPONENT.COM L ifestyles /C ulture Books: Exploring Grief, Remembering Potok BO OKS Grieving with a Modern Twist JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF kaddish.com Nathan Englander Alfdred A. Knopf THE SIMPLEST RESPONSE to being taught the story of Jacob and Esau as a child is to wonder which of them you are. Are you sensitive, thoughtful Jacob, who cleverly — perhaps sneakily — acquires his brother’s birthright? Or are you the virile, dull Esau, a physical genius who neverthle- less gives up his birthright for a bowl of lentil soup? The answer, as Nathan Englander posits in his newest novel, kaddish.com, is that you are, in fact, both. Even at the peak of Jacob-ness, Esau lurks, and vice versa. It’s 1999. Larry, who left the Orthodox Judaism of his fam- ily, arrives sullen, surly and (worst of all) tattooed to his father’s shiva, held in the house of his sister Dina, who stayed on the derech, in the parlance of Larry’s former life. Following the predictable clashes, Larry is cornered by Dina and their religious betters with a request. Will Larry take on the responsibility of saying Kaddish for their father? He hems and haws, screams back JEWISHEXPONENT.COM and forth with Dina, until the rabbi steps in to offer a solu- tion: what if Larry found “a kind of shaliach mitzvah — like an emissary. A proxy to say it in your stead.” Though he loved his father dearly, Larry is more than ready to give up his birthright, and like any good modern man, he looks to the inter- net for a solution, where he stumbles upon an answer to his bitter prayer: kaddish.com. The site offers its customers the chance to pay dedicated, hon- est-to-God yeshiva boys to say Kaddish on your behalf for the requisite 11 months. What’s an Esau to do? He signs a digital kinyan, symbol- ically giving away his right to the Kaddish. If the book ended right here, it would have already been an excellent read, which speaks to Englander’s strength as a writer of short stories. But there’s too much of Larry’s story left to tell. Twenty years later, Larry is now Reb Shuli, a ba’al teshuva who uses his former life as a cautionary tale for whoever happens to crowd his Shabbos table that night. He’s a rabbi, a teacher, a husband and a father, and he couldn’t be happier. With regards to the story, Shuli says, “I only share it to say, it’s never too late to live one’s true life.” We’ve spent too much time at Shuli/Larry’s nadir to believe that this is his one “true” life, whatever that means. Soon, he’s tasked with finding the root of some un-yeshivish behavior from Gavriel, a pre-Bar Mitzvah boy in his class. He stumbles on a terrible conclusion: though he’s been saying Kaddish for his father all these years now, the kinyan he signed away, even if it was in Flash, renders his prayers irrelevant. Shuli, who thought that he left the world of obsession and impulse behind with Larry, soon finds himself consumed with a need FANS OF CHAIM POTOK, author of the bestselling The Chosen and My Name is Asher Lev, now have a chance to explore another side of the late novelist’s work. His daughter, Rena Potok, has compiled five of her father’s plays in a new book, The Collected Plays of Chaim Potok, which came out in October. Many of the plays, all of which premiered in Philadelphia, draw on Potok’s lived experiences. Born to a Chasidic fam- ily in New York, Potok came of age during World War II, then went on to become a Conservative rabbi. He served in the Army as a chaplain in South Korea, where he faced the cultural confrontation central to his writing. He found that Judaism, so fundamental to his identity, had no place in Korean culture. Potok also has roots in Philadelphia, where he attended the University of Pennsylvania Collection of Plays and was a scholar-in-residence Explores Playwright at Har Zion Temple. This collection includes SELAH MAYA ZIGHELBOIM | JE STAFF Out of the Depths, an origi- nal work about Russian Jewish ethnographer S. Ansky; Sins of the Father, a combination of the two one-act plays The Carnival and The Gallery, the former based on The Promise and the latter based on My Name is Asher Lev; The Play of Lights, based on The Book of Lights about two young Jewish men serving in Korea; and The Chosen, based on the novel of the same name about a friend- ship between two young men coming of age during and after World War II. The collection includes The Collected Plays of stage notes and prefaces for the Chaim Potok plays. It also includes a tran- Edited with an introduction by script of an Out of the Depths Rena Potok; contributions by post-performance panel dis- David Bassuk, Carol Rocamora cussion with Potok, which is and Aaron Posner probably the most fascinating Adam Kadmon Books section of the entire book. An to re-obtain his birthright. Englander’s sense of humor and willingness to wallow in Shuli/Larry’s basest moments aren’t out of the ordinary for him, and neither are the extended dream sequences. What does feel new is the ste- reoscopic effect of breaking the story up into 28 chapters over just a scant 200 pages. Just as everything starts to settle into 3-D, click! Next slide. It’s an interesting effect. One quibble. Though the title seems to promise a more thorough interrogation of what the internet has done to Judaism (and to everyone), Englander, so wordy and will- ing to take his time on other themes, seems to want to let the reader do the work when it comes to the Web. This task, in some ways, feels not unlike the experience of furiously Googling in search of a single result, only to be stymied by a simple fact: you’re gonna have to figure it out yourself. JEWISH EXPONENT introduction written by Rena Potok connects Potok’s life to the plays’ themes and analyzes how each explores his ideas. These additions elevate the book, from simply a collection of plays to an in-depth look at the author himself. In both his novels and plays, Potok’s protagonists struggle with what was maybe the big- gest question of postwar 20th century American Jewish life: How do you live in a secu- lar world without letting go of your Judaism? The plays explore the idea of what Potok called “core-to- core culture confrontation,” when one grows up in the heart of a subculture and confronts an element at the heart of the umbrella culture. Characters face art, politics and other religions that challenge their Jewish identities. Relationships between male friends and between fathers and sons serve as another theme in Potok’s writing. Fathers play important roles in symbolizing one side of the cultural confrontation, while friends serve as confidantes in the midst of this conflict and even sometimes as narrators. Women are noticeably absent from Potok’s work and, when they do appear, they are not given the same depth as the male characters. The collection’s standout play is Out of the Depths, which is grander and more epic than the others. While the other plays tend to feel like they’re more about the ideas the char- acters represent rather than the characters themselves, Out of the Depths breaks from that trend, making for a much more interesting read. Overall, the collection is intellectual and will provide plenty of material to muse on. If you’re looking to bet- ter understand Chaim Potok, this collection is a good place to start. l FEBRUARY 14, 2019 17 L ifestyles /C ulture Act II Playhouse Puts ‘Dr. Ruth’ on Stage T H EATER SELAH MAYA ZIGHELBOIM | JE STAFF HOLOCAUST ORPHAN. Israeli sniper. Sex guru. There aren’t a lot of people who can be described with that particular trifecta, but one who can is Ruth Westheimer, the pop culture icon more com- monly known as Dr. Ruth. Her life story, told in Becoming Dr. Ruth, is now on stage at Act II Playhouse in Ambler, where it will continue its run until Feb. 17. The Feb. 14 show is the community part- ner night, when a portion of ticket sales will go to Temple Sinai Sisterhood. In the play, a 69-year-old Ruth Westheimer (she is now 90) tells the story of her life to the audience, from her child- hood fleeing Nazi Germany to her present day as a renowned sex therapist. “What she lived through in one life, 10 of us have not lived through,” said Drucie McDaniel, who stars as Westheimer in the 90-minute one-woman show. “But she didn’t allow it to defeat her. She always used it as something to buoy her up to something higher, and it was always about helping other people.” Westheimer was born Karola Ruth Siegel in 1928 Germany to a Jewish fam- ily. At the age of 10, she left Germany on a Kindertransport to Switzerland. Her parents died in the Holocaust. After the war, she immi- grated to Israel and joined the Haganah, where she learned to be a sniper. She also spent some time in France. By the time she immi- grated to the United States, Westheimer had already been divorced. She had to navigate her new life in New York as a single mother. Despite those obstacles, she flourished. She earned several 18 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 degrees and married a third time. And, of course, she was given her own radio show, which launched her career as a sex therapist. “It’s not just called Dr. Ruth or The Dr. Ruth Story. It’s Becoming Dr. Ruth,” McDaniel said. “All the circumstances of her life, the good and bad, are what ultimately gave rise to the person that she became.” Like many, McDaniel grew up seeing Dr. Ruth’s famil- iar face. She was like a Betty White — an old, sweet lady who “talked dirty and would surprise you,” McDaniel said. So when McDaniel learned more about Westheimer’s past while working on this produc- tion, “all of it” was a surprise. The play opens in Westheimer’s apartment, where she has lived for decades. Westheimer is planning to move to a new home, and as she packs up the apartment, she comes across objects that spark memories of her past. Tony Braithwaite, the artis- tic director at Act II Playhouse, said one-person plays work well in the playhouse’s small theater, so he is always looking for those kinds of shows. He decided to stage Becoming Dr. Ruth after reading the script at someone’s suggestion. The story of Westheimer’s life amazed him, particularly the fact that she fought in Israel’s War of Independence. “That blew me away,” Braithwaite said. “She’s 4-foot- 7, for God’s sake.” Braithwaite, along with Director Dan O’Neil, audi- tioned dozens of actresses for the part of Dr. Ruth. But that actress would need to fill some very specific shoes. Audiences would have a clear image as to what Dr. Ruth should look and sound like, so they needed some- one who was short like her and could pull off her accent, which is described as German/ From left: Ruth “Dr. Ruth” Westheimer and Drucie McDaniel, who plays Westheimer in Becoming Dr. Ruth Drucie McDaniel as Ruth Westheimer French/Israeli/American. “[McDaniel is] not doing an exact recreation of Dr. Ruth’s voice,” said O’Neil, who was a student of McDaniel’s at the University of the Arts. “She’s not doing an exact impression. She doesn’t look exactly like her, but she’s done a really good job of capturing the essence of Dr. Ruth.” McDaniel said that there are challenges to playing a real person that playing a fictional character does not have. “You don’t want it to just be an imitation,” McDaniel said. “You also need to pay homage to the actual person. You just want to do it honor, and that’s a responsibility.” Westheimer came to see the show the first night of the preview — unbeknownst to McDaniel. Braithwaite decided to keep Westheimer’s presence in the audience a secret because it was McDaniel’s first night perform- ing the show in front of a public audience, and he didn’t want to JEWISH EXPONENT Photos by Bill D’Agostino make her more nervous. After the perfor- mance Braithwaite got on stage and let everyone, particularly McDaniel, know that Westheimer was there. McDaniel’s jaw dropped when she found out. Westheimer joined her on the stage, told McDaniel she had done a great job and asked the audience for questions. “She was remarkable, so kind to me and just so gener- ous and loved our production,” McDaniel said. McDaniel said she imag- ined that Westheimer thought, when she asked the audience for question, that they would have a therapy session. Instead, the audience wanted to know more about her life. At one point during the Q&A, Westheimer said she used to talk about her experi- ence as a Holocaust survivor to combat deniers. Now, she wants to combat Holocaust fatigue. “So much of the play is about her being a survivor,” Braithwaite said, “a literal sur- vivor of the Holocaust but also a survivor in general, if you know what I mean. She says at the end of the play — she holds up a picture of her grandchil- dren — and she says, ‘When I look at them, I know that Hitler lost and I won.’” l szighelboim@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0729 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM L ifestyles /C ulture ‘The Chosen’ Themes Endure 50 Years Later JED WEISBERGER | JE STAFF RENA POTOK BELIEVES she has inherited her famous father’s literary traits, including ability with the written word, analysis and character empathy. The daughter of Chaim Potok, a resident of Merion for much of his life, who became one of America’s most-loved Jewish writers prior to his 2002 death at 72 from brain cancer, had many enjoyable sessions with her dad. “My father audited some of my classes when I was going for my doctorate and it was like having another teacher,” Potok said. “At the Shabbat dinner table, instead of discussing Talmud, we’d discuss my dis- sertations. It was fun.” The Chosen was Chaim Potok’s most-acclaimed novel, selling 3.4 million copies and being translated into several languages. It was made into a movie directed by Jeremy Kagan in 1981 and developed into a play by Aaron Posner in 1999. And it will be the centerpiece of a Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival program at 6 p.m. on Feb. 17, at the National Museum of American Jewish History. The play ran for a month in 1999 at the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia. It also ran at the City Theatre in Pittsburgh and won the 1999 Barrymore Award for best new play. “Aaron really helped my father with all aspects of the play,” said Potok, an adjunct pro- fessor at Villanova University. “He was fortunate to work with some good people.” The 1981 film, featuring Maximilian Schell as Professor David Malter, Rod Steiger as Rebbe Issac Saunders, Robby Benson as Danny Saunders and Barry Miller as Reuven Malter, will be shown. Potok will answer questions from the JEWISHEXPONENT.COM audience and talk about a new book, The Collected Plays of Chaim Potok, which she edited and contributed an introduction. Kagan will be available for ques- tions via Skype. “The Chosen really typifies my Rena Potok Photo provided father’s theme in a lot of his works of core-to-core culture con- the messiah can frontation,’’ Potok said. “He give the Jews a grew up in a strict Orthodox homeland, while house with his parents not the modern wanting him to read books by Orthodox are non-Jewish authors. thrilled with the “He felt some of that grow- aspect of a Jewish ing up. With The Chosen, first homeland. there was the novel, then the The core-to- movie, then the play and, as core clash also one would expect, the adap- occurs individu- tations are a bit different per ally with Danny areas of art. But the core-to- and Reuven, core confrontation — tradition with Reuven’s wanting to versus modernity — theme is date Danny’s sister, Shaindel present throughout.” Saunders, and being told he The plot of The Chosen, set can’t because she already in Brooklyn from 1944-50, has an arranged marriage. features two Jewish teenage Meanwhile, Reuven, who aims boys. The Chasidic Danny is to be a rabbi, takes Danny to expected to succeed his father his first-ever movie. A newsreel as rebbe of the Saunders’ comes on showing the Nazi small sect, and the modern Orthodox Reuven is the son of a liberal college professor and ardent Zionist. The film spotlights the differences in the way the Chasidic group looks at world and Judaism with how the modern Orthodox view the same matters. The boys origi- nally meet in a baseball game in which Danny hits a line drive back at Reuven, who was pitching. The ball breaks his glasses and injures his eye. “In that time period, a lot of things happen,” Potok said. “The core-to-cure culture clash is how the two groups want things to be. After World War II ends, and the subject of the creation of Israel comes up, the Chasidic sect believes only THE LOOK F IL M JEWISH EXPONENT and does not talk to him at any other time. “Danny is a brilliant kid, with a photographic mem- ory,” Potok said. “The rebbe believes because of that, Danny will have no feeling or empathy for people. Teaching through silence turns out to be successful, as Danny becomes a very sympathetic psycholo- gist in the The Promise, which my father wrote as a sequel to The Chosen. So much my father experienced when he was young went into these books. He gave so many their first understanding of the Chasidic world.” The two boys suffer through a few other rough patches because of the core-to-core confrontations between the Chasidic system of beliefs and the modern way of thinking with the same beliefs. After the two boys begin to attend Hirsch College, a Jewish University, Danny decides to transfer to Columbia University to study psychology and appears, not in Chasidic black, but in a mod- ern suit as the film ends. l camps, which the Chasidic contingent had no knowledge of, and leaves the rebbe and his followers terrified. Another feature of the film is how Danny is treated by his father. Except when he and the rebbe are studying Talmud, the jweisberger@jewishexponent.com: father invokes “The Silence” 215-832-0737 LOOK the part. LOOK at what’s new. LOOK your very best. YOUR SOURCE FOR BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN BOTH YOU AND YOUR HOME IN 2019. Don’t miss your chance to reach the affluent Jewish market this Spring! 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I found some surprising suggestions online for menu options in February: nachos, quinoa burgers, meatloaf, scones, chocolate pudding pie and Cinnamon White Russians. Among these menu sugges- tions, fresh foods are noticeably absent. If you live anywhere near Philadelphia, locally grown produce is scarce, unless you canned, bottled or froze enough fruits and vegetables during the summer and early fall to last you until spring. I concluded it’s almost impossible to be locally correct in February. It’s a month to hunker down with root veg- etables and cabbage, the way my great-grandparents did in Vilnius, Lithuania before immigrating to America, seek- ing liberty and abundant food. It made me appreciate that I live now and not when eat- ing local in February was the only option. CINNAMON WHITE RUSSIAN | DAIRY Serves one Ice cubes 1½ ounces vodka ¾ ounces coff ee liqueur ½ ounce cream Cinnamon for sprinkling Spoon two to four ice cubes into an on-the-rocks glass, depending on their size. 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Someone familiar with the desert will know which scrub plants or geological features indicate underground water; likewise, we can seek out strange turns of phrase in the text which suggest that there is some nourishing insight hid- den beneath. Classically, midrash (biblical interpretation) requires just such a “hook” in the text — some oddity of language, expression or image that invites us to dig a bit deeper. Sometimes the Torah portions that seem barren expose these oddities more read- ily because of the very monotony of the landscape. In that spirit, I want to examine a single small section of the reading, which describes the robe of the High Priest. According to Exodus 28:33-35, the robe is meant to be deco- rated with tiny bells: “On its hem make pome- granates of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, all around the hem, with bells of gold between them all around. ... Aaron shall wear it while officiating, so that the sound is heard when he comes into the sanctuary before the LORD and when he goes out — that he may not die.” It seems, on the face of it, that the Torah is suggest- ing that Aaron is required to wear these bells as he walks, so that he does not catch God unaware. And, indeed, the classical rabbis amplify this idea in order to teach a lesson in social etiquette: “Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai said: The man who enters his own house or, needless to say, the house of his fellow man unexpectedly, the Holy One hates, and I too do not exactly love him. Rav said: Do not enter your Own City nor even your own home unexpectedly. When Rabbi Yochanan was about to go in to inquire about the welfare of Rabbi Hanina, he would first clear his throat, in keeping with [the verse] so that the sound is heard when he comes in (Exodus 28:35).” This is a lovely social les- son, and interesting in its own right, but it raises a theological problem — does God really not anticipate Aaron’s approach? Does Aaron really need to be “belled” like a cat in order to avoid startling the divine? One response to this problem is posed by the medieval Spanish commentator Bahya ben Asher: Actually, the sound of the bells was not meant to give warning either to the shechi- nah (divine presence) or to the angels that the High Priest was approaching. It was intended to warn the angels that the approaching High Priest desired to have privacy during his audi- ence with the shechinah. In an interesting reversal, Bahya ben Asher suggests that the bells are not added to pro- tect the privacy of God, but rather to protect the privacy JFRE Continued from Page 7 when we meet,” said committee member Jake Reiter, president of Verde Capital. “But when this group comes together, it is magic. We all feel very fortu- nate, at this stage of life, we are in position to help our Jewish community and provide for its needs. All of us are on sev- eral boards, and our executive committee runs smoother than any of them.” Members say they’ve built a formidable team with the eco- nomic muscle to get things done. “The [Holocaust Plaza] proj- ect succeeded because we all helped each other,” said David 22 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 JFRE Executive Board member Jake Reiter Photo provided Adelman, who also is the “What we accomplished chairman of the Philadelphia together was very satisfy- Holocaust Remembrance ing,” said Matt Pestronk, Foundation (PHRF). president of Post Brothers JEWISH EXPONENT CAND LE LI GHT I NG Feb. 15 Feb. 22 of the relationship between Aaron and God. There is something so intimate about the encounter between them in these moments that even the ministering angels are asked to leave and “give them the room.” This interpretation is in keeping with a long Jewish tra- dition of imagining the rela- tionship between humans, God and angels as one that is some- times fraught. There are many tales of angels complaining about the intimacy that human beings enjoy with God, despite our moral failings and general unworthiness. The repeated lesson of these tales is that it is precisely our complexity and our failings that make us the beneficiaries of God’s intimate attention. Angels, who are already perfect, do not need God’s intimacy. There is something so lovely and important about this per- spective on our connection with God. God’s attentiveness to us is not based on our worth, but is a response to our need. We don’t get what we deserve, but we get what we require in order to become better. God’s love is a chesed (kindness), not a prize. As a rabbi educator, I fre- Apartments and an executive committee member. Those accomplishments included Bill Glazer, president and CEO of Keystone Property Group, helping to sell $53 mil- lion in Israel Bonds, setting a record. In addition, JFRE member Brad Krouse, manag- ing partner of Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, chaired the 2018 Jewish Federation Main Event, while JFRE’s Rob Zuritsky, president of the Parkway Corp., chaired the National Museum of American Jewish History gala. Both cred- ited their peers with making the events a success. But with all this very pub- lic work, JFRE has also com- 5:18 p.m. 5:26 p.m. quently encounter the “bad kids” — the ones who act out or disrupt lessons with challenging questions. I confess that I often love these students the best, since I can most easily sense their need for connection, empa- thy and community (although most of them would not admit it). It is often only in one-on-one encounters that these students are able to share what is on their minds and in their hearts. As we spend time with this week’s Torah portion, I pray that we all find compassionate listeners who love us despite, or even because of our flaws. And I pray that we all listen closely for the tinkling of tiny bells — the small indications that our love and attention are needed by others. l Rabbi Kelilah Miller serves as the cantor-educator at Congregation Ohev Shalom in Wallingford. The Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia is proud to provide the Torah commentary for the Jewish Exponent. pleted several under-the-radar projects in recent years, invest- ing nearly $1.5 million in repairing homes for low- income older adults and fam- ilies, supporting food pantries and safe houses for at-risk youth, upgrading Jewish camp facilities and facilitating other projects in Philadelphia and Israel, where a kindergarten was built. “We try to help as many as we can,” Reiter said. “We work closely with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. The money comes in, the money goes out, to help the community.” l jweisberger@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0737 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM COMMUNITY NEWS The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia mobilizes financial and volunteer resources to address the communities’ most critical priorities locally, in Israel and around the world. Making Philly More Accessible AS THE MOTHER OF a 16-year old autistic son, Gabrielle Kaplan-Meyer understands the way disabilities can pose challenges for families partaking in Jewish communal life. “For example, Purim is loud and wonderful,” said Kaplan-Meyer, direc- tor of Jewish Learning Venture’s Whole Community Inclusion, supported by our Jewish Federation. “But from a sensory perspective, it can be over- whelming to walk into a place with that much stimulation.” Kaplan-Meyer’s family is far from alone. According to the U.S. Census, one in five people has some kind of learning, cognitive, physical and/or developmental disability. Mindful of the need to make Jewish communal  life welcoming to people of all abili- ties, Whole Community Inclusion was formed to make Jewish programming accessible for families raising kids with special needs. That includes creating sensory-friendly jkidphilly programs (like a Purim party with the noise level turned down, or with a designated “quiet space”); expanding education for synagogue leaders and early childhood educators; compiling downloadable lesson plans and resources; and advocating on behalf of special needs families through the Jewish Disability Inclusion Consortium of Greater Philadelphia, a group which includes Jewish Federation. And every February, Whole Community Inclusion programming kicks into high gear. February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month (JDAIM), an interna- tional initiative now in its 11th year, cele- brated locally with “JDAIM Shabbat” — a month’s worth of services, panels, movies and speakers at more than 20 synagogues across the region. Rabbi Phil Warmflash, executive direc- tor of Jewish Learning Venture, points out that the awareness raised on JDAIM Shabbat ultimately benefits everyone. “In order to create truly inclusive com- munities, all community members need to better understand the complex issues facing people with disabilities — whether this per- sonally impacts their family or not,” he said. Or, as Whole Community Inclusion’s JDAIM downloadable coloring book for kids puts it: It’s important to think about how you like to be treated and treat your friends that way. Be kind! When you take time to understand friends who are different from you, you are showing kindness/chesed. That is an important Jewish value. For more information about Whole Community Inclusion and to access a calendar of JDAIM Shabbat programming, visit jewishlearningventure.org. Super Sunday Volunteers Sought SHOW YOUR FAMILY the value of volunteerism. Bring them to one of our five Super Sunday locations on Feb. 24 and do a mitzvah together. Make the calls that make a difference on the day when, working together, we secure vital resources for our communities. Encourage your children to bring their tzedakah boxes for donation to our 2019 campaign and teach them the importance of philanthropy. Child care will be available at two locations and they’ll have the chance to decorate their tzedakah boxes among other activities. Spend time with your friends and neighbors while helping to keep our Jewish communities strong as we kickoff our 2019 Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia campaign. Visit jewishphilly.org/supersunday for locations, times and additional information. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM JEWISH EXPONENT FEBRUARY 14, 2019 23 COMMUNITY PORTRAIT A population study of Greater Philadelphia LEARNING ABOUT OUR J E W I S H COM M U NI T Y Understanding basic socio-economic, demographic and public health trends across the region’s population is essential to enhancing and targeting service delivery for the most vulnerable and at-risk populations. The 2019 Jewish Community Portrait will provide an up-to-date picture of the size and characteristics of Greater Philadelphia communities, and examine key changes in the community by county, which includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, and throughout the region as a whole. You may be selected so check your mail and look for the Community Portrait logo. It only takes a few minutes. Call 215.832.0863 or visit communityportrait.org for more information. 24 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 JEWISH EXPONENT JEWISHEXPONENT.COM C OMMUNITY / calendar NAME: SACK’S JEWELERS; WIDTH: 1.75 IN; DEPTH: 3.62 IN; COLOR: BLACK; AD NUMBER: tops all offers for your 00083094 diamonds & jewelry. THURSDAY, FEB. 14 We can pay more because we know the true value. Immediate cash for one piece or an entire collection. Millennials Shabbaton, Skiing. Shabbat Experience and Ski Weekend (Feb. 14-17) at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel Scranton. Connect with like-minded young professionals. Oneg with “Gorf,” editor of Batman Comics, and hear his story of what it’s like to be a religious Jew in the entertainment industry. Saturday night lounge/party. Saturday night late night comedy and Melava Malka. Sunday skiing/boarding (Discounted ski lift tickets!). facebook.com/events/286105245385154/. 201 Old York Road • Jenkintown, PA (215) 885-7070 Open Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. 11am - 4:00pm Closed Sunday, Monday & Tuesday michelangeloop / iStock / Getty Images Plus THURSDAY, FEB. 14 Mommy and Me. Sherrie Turetsky, director of the School of Early Learning at Old York Road Temple-Beth Am, will lead a weekly one-hour “Mommy & Me” class at 9:30 a.m. 971 Old York Road, Abington. Bible Study. A member of Main Line Reform Temple’s clergy leads a discussion of the Tanakh, or Jewish bible, at 11 a.m. This is an ongoing process, beginning with Genesis and proceeding over the course of the year. 10 a.m. 410 Montgomery Ave., Wynnewood. Biblical Commentaries. Study the commentaries found in the Hertz Chumash, the Etz Hayim Chumash and the commentaries of modern biblical scholars to deepen our understanding of the fi rst book of the Bible. Har Zion Temple, 1500 Hagys Ford Road., Penn Valley. Canasta. Weekly drop-in canasta game at 1 p.m. with the Sisterhood of Ohev Shalom of Bucks County. $2 donation. Lessons by request. Call 215-958-6755 for information. 944 Second Street Pike, Richboro. Stress Reduction. This is the third week of a program that will run through March 14. This is organized by Beth Sholom Congregation, Cost for the course is $500, with Beth Sholom members FRIDAY, FEB. 15 Soap Crafting. Learn the art of soap making with Sabai Soap Co.’s Marna Cutler at noon. Light snacks and refreshments will be available. The workshop is limited to 15 participants and is free for Village by the Shore and JCC members, $5 for non-members. RSVP to Tina Serota at 609-822-1109 or tserota@ jfsatlantic.org. Milton and Betty Katz Jewish Community Center, 501 N. Jerome Ave., Margate City, NJ. AnryMos / iStock / Getty Images Plus JEWISHEXPONENT.COM JEWISH EXPONENT receiving a $100 discount. Payment arrangements are available. For registration, visit jeff erson.edu/ mindfulness and select “Public Programs” or email mbsr@jeff erson.edu. 8231 Old York Road, Elkins Park. FRIDAY, FEB. 15 Minyan, Men’s Club. Learn new insights to the Torah through wrestling with Rashi’s interpretations and our understanding of his reasoning at 7 a.m. Har Zion Temple. Breakfast is served. Call 610-667-5000 for information. 1500 Hagys Ford Road. Penn Valley. Active Adult Friday. A day of activities from 8:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Includes coff ee, tea and munchies, chair exercise or current events, Kabbalat Shabbat service led by Rabbi Beth Janus, kosher lunch and a session on hearing loss, hearing aids and more. RSVP for all programs 10 days in advance, either at the sign-in table or by phone at 215-832-0539. KleinLife: Center City. 2100 Arch St., Philadelphia. College Prep. Learn about the Lasko College Prep Program for Jewish high school juniors from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Program includes free SAT/ACT tutoring, college advising and scholarships, college visits, mitzvah projects and lots of fun. Call Rhonda Cohen at 215-832-0876 to RSVP and for more information about the program and fi nancial eligibility requirements. Jewish Community Services Building, 2100 Arch St., Philadelphia. SATURDAY, FEB. 16 Torah, Bagels, Coff ee. Begin Shabbat morning at Old York Road Temple-Beth Am with an interactive, engaging discussion of the weekly portion including bagels and coff ee at 9 a.m. followed by a peer-led Shabbat service at 10:15 a.m. Casual dress is appropriate, and everyone is welcome. For more information, call 215-886-8000. 971 Old York Road, Abington. Torah Study. Each week, our Main Line Reform Temple rabbis lead us as we read from the parshah, or weekly portion, and learn about its context and history. There is always a lively discussion and anyone is welcome. Call 610-649-7800 for information. 410 Montgomery Ave., Wynnewood. See Calendar, Page 26 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 25 C ommunity / calendar Calendar Continued from Page 25 SUNDAY, FEB. 17 ‘The Forbidden Conversation.’ A one-man play, written and performed by Gili Getz. A deeply personal performance that explores the challenges of having a conversation about Israel in the American-Jewish community at 10 a.m. at Congregation Kol Emet. Continental breakfast will be served. Free for Kol Emet members, $10 for nonmembers. Call 215-493- 8522 or mail office@kolemet.org for information. 1360 Oxford Valley Road, Yardley. Jewish Music for Mind, Soul. Music for those living with Alzheimer’s or dementia and their caregivers at Beth Sholom Congregation. 11 a.m.- 12:15 p.m. Suggested donation $5 per person. RSVP needed at info@ spiritualwell-being.org or 215-887- 1342, ext. 109. Rabbi Beth Janus is an experienced chaplain who has worked with dementia patients throughout her rabbinate. 8231 Old York Road, Elkins Park. MONDAY, FEB. 18 WCI Access Day. The National Museum of American Jewish History invites children and teens of all abilities to join us in a quiet setting for art activities and story time at the museum and to participate in a specially designed museum tour. JCHAI will join us to run a program for older teens and adults. 10 a.m.-Noon. Register at goo. gl/forms/9LWkoLnJN7O4mvk23. Contact Gabby Kaplan- Mayer at gkaplan-mayer@ jewishlearningventure.org for information. 101 S. Independence Mall E., Philadelphia. Mahjong. Play and learn from 12:30-2 p.m. with the HSA of the Noreen Cook Center for Early Childhood Education and the Sisterhood of Har Zion Temple in weekly community open mahjong play. You may bring kosher dairy lunch or dairy/parve kosher snacks. Call 610-667-500 for information. 1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley. Bereavement Group. For the newly bereaved, there’s help at Congregations of Shaare Shamayim from 1-2:30 p.m. No charge. Contact Rivkahpowers55@ gmail.com or leave a message at 215-677-1600 for details. 9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia. Family Clothing Sorting. The whole family is invited from 2-4 p.m. to sort clothing donations for those in need. For more information, contact Valerie Ricapito at vricapito@ jfcsphilly.org or 267-256-2018. There is free parking in the Brodsky center lot, as well as meter and two-hour parking on surrounding streets. Use the entrance in the rear parking lot. Be aware that due to increased security all attendees will be asked to show ID. The Barbara and Harvey Brodsky Enrichment Center of JFCS, 345 Montgomery Ave., Bala Cynwyd. Mahjong. The Sisterhood of Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El invites all to its weekly friendly mahjong game at 7 p.m. Open to the entire kehillah. No charge for MBIEE sisterhood members. A one-time charge of $36 includes membership to the MBIEE Sisterhood. Contact 215-635-1505 or vp-rebecca@mbiee.org for further information. 8339 Old York Road, Melrose Park. SUNDAY, FEB. 17 ‘The Chosen’ Screening. Starring Oscar winners Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger, The Chosen will screen on what would have been author Chaim Potok’s 90th birthday. This special screening will feature a Q&A with author Rena Potok and award- winning director Jeremy Kagan (via Skype). It will also be followed by book signing and complimentary reception. 6 p.m. National Museum of American Jewish History. 101 S. Independence Mall E., Philadelphia. TUESDAY, FEB. 19 Joys of Yiddish. You do not have to be able to speak Yiddish to experience the joys of Yiddish culture. 10 a.m. Har Zion Temple. Enjoy the works of Yiddish authors, poets, songs, theater and cinema and incidentally learn the language. Ours will be on the works of Yiddish poet and songwriter Mordkhe Gebirtig. 1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley. Lunch and Learn. Discussion of the parshah of the week at the Congregation Adath Jeshurun library. This session will be led by Rabbi Fred Davidow. All are welcome. Noon-1 p.m. 7763 Old York Road, Elkins Park. Lunch and Learn. Discussion of the parshah of the week. This session will be led by Rabbi Robert Alpert. All are welcome. Noon- 1 p.m. at BDO USA LP. 1801 Market St., 17th Floor, Philadelphia. area organization. Call 215-677-1600 for details. 9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia, Mahjong. Our mahjong group meets at 1 p.m. in the Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel synagogue chapel, to play the game, have fun and raise money for tikkun olam. Have you heard of mahjong and want to learn to play? Are you new in town looking for the game? Have you lived in town and want a new group to play with? If you fall into any of these categories, reach out to Ellen. We’re always looking for new players. We ask for a $4 donation per session. 303 S. 18th St., Philadelphia. ‘Hatikvah’ Significance. Were there other meanings associated with “Hatikvah” beyond the conventional ones? Two unconventional “moments of signification” of Hatikvah will be addressed: that of a piyyut (religious song) and that of an “Oriental” popular song. Edwin Seroussi, who is the Emanuel Alexandre Professor of Musicology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and director of the Jewish Music Research Centre since 2000, will be featured. Free and open to the public. 5:30-6:30 p.m. No RSVP necessary. For more information, call 215-898-6654, or email jsp-info@sas.upenn.edu. Lerner Center, 201 S. 34th St., Philadelphia. Knitting Group. The Knitting Club of the Congregations of Shaare Shamayim meets at 1 p.m. Work with us in a project of your own, or work on an item that will be donated to an NAME: just CONGREGATION DEPTH: 1.75 IN; Taught by 5.5 Rabbi IN; Albert E. Gabbai Don’t dream of reading MIKVEH Hebrew! ISRAEL*; WIDTH: COLOR: BLACK PLUS ONE; AD NUMBER: 00083268 Five Monday eves only wake up! and come to our Beginners’ Hebrew classes! 26 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 Begins February 18, 2019 5:30-7:00 P.M. Free enrollment For more information, call 215-922-5446 Congregation Mikveh Israel 44 North Fourth Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 JEWISH EXPONENT What’s going on in Jewish Philadelphia? Submit an event or browse our online calendar to find out what’s happening at local synagogues, community organizations and venues! Submit: listings@jewishexponent.com Online: jewishexponent.com/events/ JEWISHEXPONENT.COM C ommunity / calendar THURSDAY FEB. 21 Book Discussion. The Book Discussion Group of the Congregations of Shaare Shamayim, will examine Sacrifice of Tamar by Naomi Ragen. Ragen is an American- Israeli Modern Orthodox Jewish author and playwright. $2 donation. Light refreshments. Noon-2 p.m. Call 215-677-1600. 9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia. School of Early Learning at Old York Road Temple-Beth Am, will lead a weekly one-hour “Mommy & Me” class at 9:30 a.m. 971 Old York Road, Abington. arrangements are available. For registration, visit jefferson.edu/ mindfulness and select “Public Programs” or email mbsr@jefferson. edu. 8231 Old York Road, Elkins Park. Bible Study. A member of Main Line Reform Temple’s clergy leads a discussion of the Tanakh, or Jewish bible, at 11 a.m. This is an ongoing process, beginning with Genesis and proceeding over the course of the year. 10 a.m. 410 Montgomery Ave., Wynnewood. Book Club. Sponsored by Northeast NORC. Located at Congregations of Shaare Shamayim. Light lunch for $2. Starts at noon; book discussion starts at 12:30 p.m. Call 215-320-0351 to reserve a space or to request transportation for NORC members or to inquire as to the book title for this month. 9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia. Biblical Commentaries. Study the commentaries found in the Hertz Chumash, the Etz Hayim Chumash and the commentaries of modern biblical scholars to deepen our understanding of the first book of the Bible. Har Zion Temple, 1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley. ‘In the Sand of Sinai.’ Old York Road Temple-Beth Am presents In the Sand of Sinai - A Physician’s Account of the Yom Kippur War by Itzhak Brook. His talk will be about the historical perspectives of the Six-Day and Yom Kippur Wars, and their long-term effects on Israeli society and the peace process, along with his personal experiences as a medic in the Six-Day War. 7 p.m. For more information, contact Marilyn Webster at 215-886-8000, ext. 136. 971 Old York Road, Abington. Israeli Democracy Dilemma. The Gratz College Stern Family Lecture on Israel Studies presents Amos N. Guiora. One of the greatest challenges facing a democracy is balancing legitimate individual rights with equally legitimate national security rights. The challenge is compounded when threats are posed by state and nonstate actors alike. 7:30 p.m. 7605 Old York Road, Melrose Park. for NORC members. 10100 Jamison Ave., Philadelphia. Lunch and Learn. Discussion of the parshah of the week. This session will be led by Rabbi Gary Charlestein. All are welcome. 12:30-1:30 p.m. 1710 Romano Dr., Norristown. Bereavement Group. For the post-bereaved, held at Northeast NORC, from 1-2:30 p.m. No charge. Email rivkapowers@gmail. com or call 215-320-0351 to register. 8546B Bustleton Ave., Philadelphia. Sisterhood Movie Afternoon. The Sisterhood of Congregations of Shaare Shamayim is hosting a movie afternoon at 1 p.m. The featured film is the 1984 winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Musical, Yentl, starring Barbra Streisand. Cost is $5 per person. Refreshments served. Call 215-677-1600. 9768 Verree Road, Philadelphia. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20 My Million Dollar Mom. Cooking with Lenore. For a down-to-earth experience cooking with Lenore in the kitchen of KleinLife, we start 11:30 a.m., with lunch followed by cooking at 1:45 p.m. Lunch is a $1 donation. Call 215-320- 0351 to register or to request a ride JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Caring for a loved one with dementia? Program features a free half-hour award-winning movie at 6:30 p.m. followed by a question-and-answer opportunity with peers who are managing the same daily struggles. Get information on resources available to help you. The Chelsea at Jenkintown and Brightstar Care invite you to RSVP to Debra Metz at dmetz@cslal.com or call The Chelsea at 215-572-8300 as space is limited. 440 Old York Road, Jenkintown. Adult Education. “Honor Your Father and Your Mother: Caring for Sick or Elderly Parents.” 6:30-8 p.m., Har Zion Temple. Call 610-667-5000 for information. 1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley. Mahjong. Old York Road Temple-Beth Am will host a drop-in mahjong game at 7 p.m. Bring your cards. Mahjong sets and cards will be for sale. Call 215- 886-8000 for information. 971 Old York Road, Abington. Canasta. Weekly drop-in canasta game at 1 p.m. with the Sisterhood of Ohev Shalom of Bucks County. $2 donation. Lessons by request. Call 215-958-6755 for information. 944 Second Street Pike, Richboro. Stress Reduction. This is the fourth week of a program that will run through March 14. This is organized by Beth Sholom Congregation. Cost for the course is $500, with Beth Sholom members receiving a $100 discount. Payment PAFA Visits Hazak. The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts visits Hazak. We will welcome Abby King from PAFA at 1 p.m. at Temple Beth Sholom. King will guide us through the museum’s current exhibition, “Make Me a Summary of the World,” which highlights artist Rina Banerjee. Hazak’s program is open to all. Refreshments will be served. Free to Hazak members, $10 to nonmembers. 1901 Kresson Road, Cherry Hill, N.J. Shul Stitchers. Knitters and crocheters, beginners and advanced, you are needed. We create a variety of items for those in need. Hats, blankets and more. For more information, contact the Har Zion Temple office, 610-667-5000. 1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley. l NAME: WWDB AM 860; WIDTH: 3.625 IN; DEPTH: 3.62 IN; COLOR: BLACK; AD NUMBER: 00082699 ‘Sing Hallelujah.’ Conducted by Hazzan David Tilman, enjoy Sing Hallelujah: Jewish Music in America, featuring Cantor Alberto Mizrahi and more than 100 singers from across the Delaware Valley at Verizon Hall in the Kimmel Center For more information contact Kim Decker at 717-309-3770 or KDecker@ jewishphilly.org. $20-40. 300 S. Broad St., Philadelphia. THURSDAY FEB. 21 Mommy and Me. Sherrie Turetsky, director of the JEWISH EXPONENT FEBRUARY 14, 2019 27 C ommunity / deaths DEATH NOTICES BARUFKIN Helen Barufkin (nee Grossman), February 4, 2019, of Wyncote, PA formally of Oreland, PA; beloved wife of the late Morris Barufkin; loving mother of Rona (Harvey) Luber, Randi (Michael) Koss and Robert (Deidre) Barufkin; cherished grandmother of Rachel (Jason), Jason, Max, Jennifer (Jason), Jamie (Mark), Jacob and Alexander and 2 great grandchil- dren Rylie Alyssa and Aurora Rose; devoted sister of Sylvia (the late Harold) Malkin and sister-in-law Barbara (the late Martin) Gross- man, the late Rose (Norman) Samiloff, late Betty (Al) Spector and Harry (Evelyn) Gross- man. Helen was 96 years young, who loved her friends, family and traveling the world. Most of all she loved her husband Morris of 58 years. Together they went on adventures for business and leisure with their friends and family. Helen enjoyed the company of everyone she met and was the perfect host- ess at the many parties they had for all their friends, business associates and family. Helen was a model, in fact Miss Westing- house of 1941. She was a partner along with her husband Morris, of Morris Distributors, a floor covering distributor located in Phil- adelphia, Pa. But her role as Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother was her true joy. Contributions in her name may be made to Temple Sinai, 1401 Limeklin Pike, Dresher, PA 19025 www.tsinai.com or Ab- ramson Center for Jewish Life 1425 Hor- sham Road, North Wales, Pa. 19454 www.abramsoncenter.org JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS BRODSKY Samuel Brodsky, on Jan. 25, 2019. Beloved husband and best friend of Carolyn Brodsky (nee Barren). Devoted father of Dr. Bari Sue (Dr. David Gunther) Brodsky and Cindy (Ter- rence Gargiulo) Brodsky. Grandfather of Eli- jah, Maya, Gabriel and Sophia. Employee of Joseph Levine and Sons for 65 years. Mem- ber of Temple Sinai. Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS A Community Remembers Monthly archives of Jewish Exponent Death Notices are available online. www.JewishExponent.com TO PLACE A MEMORIAL AD CALL 215.832.0749 DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES DIAMOND GINIGER Suzanne W. Diamond, on February 1, 2019. Beloved wife of the late Frank B. Diamond. Devoted mother of Eric W. Diamond, Thea Howey (David), and the late Frank B. Dia- mond, Jr MD (Sandy). Loving grandmother of Benjamin Frank Diamond (Christina), Sarah Diamond Neiman (Steve), Amelia Christina Diamond, Jake Diamond Howey, and Luke Diamond Howey. Loving great grandmother of Frank B Diamond III, Vera Diamond, Adele Diamond, and Jane Neiman. Contributions in her memory may be made to American Heart Association 5455 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43214 or the Jewish National Fund 78 Randall Ave, Rockville Cen- ter, NJ 11570. GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S RAPHAEL-SACKS EINGORN-PACHTER Dorothy Eingorn-Pachter (nee Alpern). Febru- ary 3, 2019 of Philadelphia, Pa. Beloved wife of Joseph Eingorn (deceased) and Victor Pachter (deceased). Loving mother of Sheila (Mark) Jacobson and Dr. David (Betsy) Ein- gorn. Beloved grandmother of Aby (Ed) Arm- bruster, Brad Jacobson, Kyle (Bree) Eingorn, and Kate Eingorn. Great-grandmother of Jake, Mia, and Emilia Armbruster; Gavrielle, Ethan, and Anna Jacobson; and Hudson and Charlie Eingorn. Aunt to many nieces and nephews and a friend to all. The family re- spectfully requests that all contributions be made to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS GARBER Sylvia Garber (nee Abrams), on January 16 th , 2019. Sylvia had a deep love for her family and friends, with a nurturing personality and a warm spirit. She taught her loved ones about the importance of family, a message she would often deliver over a delicious meal. She was a teacher of life, a wonderful moth- er, and her lessons will continue to inspire and motivate her family. Beloved wife to the late Lewis Garber; loving mother of Binnie (Elliott) Footer and Larry (Maxine) Garber; adored mom-mom of Brian (Mandy) Footer, Evan (Aditi) Footer, Pamela Garber, Jamie Garber and Chelsea Garber; and great-grand- mother of Jack Lewis Footer, Cross Turner, Taylor Keith, Ryleigh Garber, and Ashton Garber. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Abramson Center for Jewish Life, 1425 Horsham Rd., North Wales, PA 19454. GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S RAPHAEL-SACKS Doris Giniger (nee Wolf), February 1, 2019; of Philadelphia; devoted sister of the late Rita Rosenberg and the late Ingred Ziegler; also survived by nieces and nephews. Graveside services were held on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 at Shalom Memorial Park, Phila. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Holy Redeemer Hospice. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS GINSBURG Norton Ginsburg on Feb. 3, 2019. Beloved husband of Florence (nee Balno); loving fath- er of Steven (Ilana Hessing Esq.) Ginsburg, and Dr. Wendy Feinman; adored grandfather of David, Julie, Michael, and Carlos. Contri- butions in his memory may be made to American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org, or a charity of donor’s choice. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS LAUDENSLAGER Marilyn Laudenslager (nee Schachter); also known as Marilyn Silverstein; age 80; passed away Friday, February 1, 2019 in Medford, NJ. Born in New York, NY; a resident of Winslow Township, NJ. Predeceased by her parents, Dorothy Litowitz and Julius Schachter. Beloved wife of Richard J. Laudenslager. Loving mother of three sons from her first marriage to Philip Silverstein (Robert Silverstein, Steven Silverstein and Joshua Silverstein) and of five grandchildren. Further survived by five stepchildren, 12 step grandchildren and 15 step great-grandchil- dren. Also leaves a brother (Harold Schachter), four half-siblings (Judy Miller, Rania James, Bonnie Wassall and David Schachter) and many other loving relatives. A graduate of Douglass College at Rutgers Uni- versity. A lifelong passionate writer and edit- or, including 17 years for the Jewish Expo- nent, eight years for the New Jersey Jewish News and many additional years as a freelan- cer. A recipient of many journalistic awards from the American Jewish Press Association, New Jersey Press Association and other or- ganizations. The family requests that me- morial donations be made to the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society of Philadelphia (www.fhbs.org). ORLAND'S EWING MEMORIAL CHAPEL HONOR THE MEMORY OF YOUR LOVED ONE... CALL 215-832-0749 A Community Remembers Monthly archives of Jewish Exponent Death Notices are available online. www.JewishExponent.com DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES PERLOFF LEVINSON Howard Levinson, of Philadelphia and formerly of Altoona, PA died on Jan. 30, 2019 at the age of 88. Beloved husband of Bernice Levinson (Ruttenberg) for 64 years. Loving father of David (Kathy Kirn), Michael (Cathy), and Mark (Sally) Levinson. Devoted grandpa of Al, Madeline, Louis, Noah, Soph- ie, Isabelle. Memorial services to be held at a later date. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Curtis Institute of Music, 1726 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103,www.curtis.edu. GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S RAPHAEL-SACKS LITOW Fannie R. Litow, February 2, 2019, of Ft. My- ers, FL. Wife of the late Harold “Hickey” Litow. Mother of Joseph (Valerie) Litow and Lynn (Robert) Flayhart. Grandmother of Kyle Litow, Chelsy (Joseph) Dantono and Bria Litow. Interment Shalom Memorial Park, Lower Moreland Twp., PA. Contributions can be made to Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s Asso- ciation, Association for Frontotemporal De- generation, or Lung Cancer Alliance. PLATT MEMORIAL CHAPELS, Inc. MARCUS Nathaniel E. Marcus, February 5, 1932-Janu- ary 10, 2019. Nat quietly passed away just a few weeks before his 87th birthday. He cher- ished his late wife, Joyce (nee Albert), to whom he was married for 62 years. He was the devoted son of his late parents, Morris & Henrietta Marcus. He was also predeceased bu his brother, Jack (the late Mona). He was the dearest brother of Clare Eilberg (the late William), uncle of Janet (Dr. Burton) Eisen- berg, Stanford Kutler, Ronald (Kim) Kutler and the late Linda Feldman; great uncle of Michelle Mostovy-Eisenberg, Cody Kutler and Paige Kutler. Nat was proud of his achieve- ments as an electrician and electric shop teacher at George Washington High School and Swenson Skill Center. He was honored by the Chapel of the Four Chaplains for mo- tivating and encouraging his students to pur- sue the electrical trade. He was a lifetime member of Pannonia Benevolent Association. Nat is so deeply missed and will never be for- gotten by all who knew him. Family and friends were invited to graveside services Tuesday, January 15, at King David Memori- al Park (Sec. G). Arrangements by Gold- steins' Rosenberg's Raphael-Sacks. A Community Remembers Monthly archives of Jewish Exponent Death Notices are available online. www.JewishExponent.com Geraldine Perloff (nee Richman) Feb. 1, 2019. Age 104. Devoted wife of the late Al- bert. Loving mother of Susan Hausman (Larry), the late Roberta, and the late Fran- cine. Beloved grandmom of Stacy (Jeff), Dana (Peter), Daniel (Brenda), and Lee. Cher- ished nanny of Alexis (Neil), Jared (Danielle), Nicholas, and Jordan. Dear great-nanny of Leverick. Contributions in her memory may be made to Brandywine Health Foundation. GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S RAPHAEL-SACKS POLLOCK Lawrence Pollock, January 31, 2019, he resided in Gladwyne, PA. Husband of the late Carol (nee Hirsh), father of Jackie (David) Kane, Debbi (Howard) Lindenberg and David Pollock; brother of Michael (Marilyn) Planch- er; grandfather of Michael, William, Jessica and Nicky. Contributions in his memory may be made to Abramson Senior Care 1425 Hor- sham Road, North Wales, Pennsylvania 19454 GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S RAPHAEL-SACKS PORTNOFF Alan Portnoff, February 5, 2019, of Longboat Key, Florida. Alan graduated in the 201 class at Central High School, University of Pennsylvania (1957) and its law school class of 1960. He practiced law for over 50 years in Chester County PA. He was an avid tennis and bridge player until Parkinson’s disease forced him to quit tennis and reduce his fre- quency of bridge playing. He is survived by his wife Lois (Robins) of 60 years, children Michelle Portnoff (Scott Schley), Lawrence Portnoff Sharon Portnoff and Ellen Thompson, 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews. Sister Janet Katz and Sister-in-law and brother in law Stephanie (Robins) and Larry Gilderman. Contributions in his name may be sent to Gratz College. GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S RAPHAEL-SACKS REITER Alan Jay Reiter, January 22, 2019, of Voorhees, NJ. Husband of the late Sandra “Sandy” Reiter. Father of Michael (Stacy) Re- iter and Heidi Swartz. Grandfather of Allan, Rachel, Amanda, Max and Avery. Brother of Sephen (Lois) Reiter. Interment Montefiore Cemetery, Jenkintown, PA. Contributions may be made to Samaritan Healthcare and Hospice, www.samaritannj.org PLATT MEMORIAL CHAPELS, Inc. ROSENSWEIG Toby Rosensweig (nee Toltzis), died January 31, 2019. Survived by loving husband Sid- ney; devoted daughter Cindy Faith Swain (Mi- chael); nephew Dr. Norman Weinstein, great niece and nephew Nicole & Scotty; BFF Brenda Sacks, Diane Tassone, Rita Spicer, Shirley Pollard. Her passion was creating unique gift packages at etc., etc., etc. Me- morial service was private. Contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. WWW.WESTLAURELHILL.COM Family owned and Operated since 1883 28 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 JEWISH EXPONENT JEWISHEXPONENT.COM C ommunity / deaths DEATH NOTICES ROTHSTEIN Norman Rothstein, age 102, from Jenkin- town, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on January 31, 2019. Survived by his wife Eleanor (nee Scharf) Rothstein, sis- ter Selma (nee Rothstein) Alpren, children Nina (nee Rothstein) and the late Bart Forman, Rita (nee Rothstein) and Stephen Span, grandchildren David and Renee (nee Forman) Rubenstein, Howard and Phyllis (nee Goldberg) Forman, Scott Span and Ron Romanski, great-grandchildren Andrew Forman, Robyn Rubenstein, Alyson Forman and Daniel Rubenstein. Memorial Service to follow. No funeral announcement. The family respectfully asks that donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association. SANDLER It is with deep sorrow that we inform you of the passing of Dr. Irena Balis Sandler on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 30 Shevat 5779. Irena was the beloved wife of David Sandler (z'l), and sister of Fran Ackerman of Mt. Laurel, NJ. She was the mother of Lauren (Sam) Zurier of Providence, RI; Julie (Mel) Roat of Wynnewood, PA; Amy (Seth) Rubin of Flemington, NJ; Sherry (John) Pearlstein of Bryn Mawr, PA, and Valerie (Alex) Thaler of Reisterstown, MD. She was the beloved grandmother of Rachel, Hannah and Joe Zur- ier; Jordana, Elyse and Adam Roat; Danielle and Allie Rubin; Jake, Jared, Tessa and Joelle Pearlstein, and Sabrina Thaler. A Phil- adelphia native, Dr. Sandler taught and served as a teacher and administrator in the Norristown Area School District for thirty years. Her passions were gifted education and understanding the unique learning needs of gifted and talented students. An avid cel- list and singer, Dr. Sandler was a committed volunteer for Tiferet Bet Israel Congregation (then the Norristown Jewish Community Center) and many other local organizations. She also helped to create local educational opportunities in the arts for young people. Donations in Dr. Irena Sandler's memory may be made to Settlement Music School. 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Late of Philadelphia LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on the above Estate have been gran- ted to the undersigned, who re- quest all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the de- cedent to make payment without delay to ADAMS S. BERNICK, AD- MINISTRATOR, 2047 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19103 Or to his Attorney: ADAMS S. BERNICK LAW OFFICE OF ADAM S. BERNICK 2047 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF JOHN J. GRAHAM, DE- CEASED. Late of Philadelphia LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on the above Estate have been gran- ted to the undersigned, who re- quest all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the de- cedent to make payment without delay to CHRISTIAN GRAHAM, AD- MINISTRATOR, c/o Flora M. Novick, Esq., 1701 Walnut St., 6th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to his Attorney: FLORA M. NOVICK THE LAW OFFICES OF PETER L. KLENK & ASSOCIATES 1701 Walnut St., 6th Fl. Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF PEARL B. KLING, DE- CEASED. Late of Philadelphia LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to SHARON KLING, EXECUTRIX, c/o Amy H. Besser, Esq., 1701 Walnut St., 6th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to her Attorney: AMY H. BESSER THE LAW OFFICES OF PETER L. KLENK & ASSOCIATES 1701 Walnut St., 6th Fl. Philadelphia, PA 19103 Notice is hereby given that Articles of Incorporation were filed in the Department of State of The Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania for 1325 N. Marston Condominium As- sociation, Inc. under the provi- sions of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended. ESTATE OF JOHN TAYLOR, JR., DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on the above Estate have been gran- ted to the undersigned, who re- quest all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the de- cedent to make payment without delay to JOHN NATHANIEL TAYLOR, ADMINISTRATOR, c/o Harvey Abramson, Esq., 86 Buck Rd., Holland, PA 18966, Or to his Attorney: HARVEY ABRAMSON LAW OFFICES OF HARVEY AB- RAMSON, P.C. 86 Buck Rd. Holland, PA 18966 Estate of REVA M. MONAHAN DE- CEASED. Late of Philadelphia, PA. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above estate have been granted tot he undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to: Stanley D. Jacobs, Executor, 123 Signal Hill Road Holland, PA 18966 or to his attorney Larry Lefkowitz 4802 Neshaminy Blvd Suite 5 Bensalem, PA 19020 ESTATE OF BURDETTE VANDER- SCHAAFF, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to DEAN VANDERSCHAAFF, EXECUT- OR, c/o Harry Metka, Esq., 4802 Neshaminy Blvd., Ste 9, Bensalem, PA 19020 Or to his Attorney: HARRY METKA 4802 Neshaminy Blvd. Ste 9 Bensalem, PA 19020 ESTATE OF CHRISTINE K. GRIECO, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to MICHAEL KUBACKI, EXECUTOR, 3420 W. Colter St., Philadelphia, PA 19129, Or to his Attorney: MICHAEL KUBACKI 3420 W. Colter St. Philadelphia, PA 19129 ESTATE OF DAVID CHARLES CAMPBELL, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on the above Estate have been gran- ted to the undersigned, who re- quest all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the de- cedent to make payment without delay to CHARLES CAMPBELL, AD- MINISTRATOR, 3507 W. Crown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19114, Or to his Attorney: BETH B. McGOVERN 4624 Street Rd. Trevose, PA 19053 Estate of David Lee Harris, Sr., Har- ris, Sr., David Lee Deceased Late of Philadelphia, PA. LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay, to Tammy Ackridge- Harris, 1127 W. Colona St., Phil- adelphia, PA 19133, Administratrix. or to their attorneys, Solomon, Sherman & Gabay 8 Penn Ctr., (2200) 1628 JFK Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF DORIS MAY CONNOR, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to KATHRYN ANN STRUNK, EXEC- UTRIX, c/o Mark J. Davis, Esq., 644 Germantown Pike, Ste. 2-C, Lafay- ette Hill, PA 19444, Or to her Attorney: Mark J. Davis The Law Office of Michael S. Con- nor 644 Germantown Pike, Ste. 2-C Lafayette Hill, PA 19444 32 Estate of Michael L. Colosimo aka Michael Louis Colosimo aka Mi- chael Colosimo; Colosimo, Michael L. aka Colosimo, Michael Louis aka Colosimo, Michael, Deceased Late of Philadelphia, PA. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay, to Mary E. Colosimo, c/o Ned Hark, Esq., Goldsmith Hark & Hornak, PC, 7716 Castor Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19152, Executrix. or to their attorneys, Goldsmith Hark & Hornak, PC 7716 Castor Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19152 ESTATE OF NANCY DAVIS LATE OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the above Estate have been gran- ted to the undersigned, who re- quest all persons having claims or demands against the Estate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the de- cedent to make payment without delay to BARBARA D. RUBIN, AD- MINISTRATOR c/o ALLEN S. KELLERMAN, ESQUIRE 255 S/ 17th Street, Suite 2609 Phil- adelphia, PA 19103 or to attorney: Allen S. Kellerman, Esquire 255 S. 17th Street Suite 2609 Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE of NICHOLAS GUACCI Deceased Late of Philadelphia County Notice is hereby given that, in the estate of the decedent set forth be- low, the Register of Wills has gran- ted Letters of Administration to the person named. All persons having claims against said estate are re- quested to make known the same to them or their attorneys and all persons indebted to said decedent are requested to make payment without delay to Frances Ferragino, Administratrix c/o Diane H. Yazuji- an, Esquire, P.O box 1099, North Wales, PA 19454, or to the attor- ney: Diane H. Yazujian, Esquire, P.O Box 1099 North Wales, PA 19454 To place an ad in the Real Estate Section, call 215.832.0749 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 ESTATE of RICHARD H. WEIN- SHEIMER Deceased Late of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Notice is hereby given that, in the estate of the decedent set forth be- low, the Register of Wills has gran- ted letters testamentary to the per- son named. All persons having claims against said estate are re- quested to make known the same to them or their attorneys and all persons indebted to said decedent are requested to make payment without delay to Gregory Javardian Executor, c/o Diane H. Yazujian, Es- quire, P.O box 1099, North Wales, PA 19454, or to the attorney: Diane H. Yazujian, Esquire, P.O Box 1099 North Wales, PA 19454 ESTATE OF RITA M. CIFELLI, DE- CEASED Late of the City of Philadelphia Philadelphia County, PA LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to Executrix: August G. Cifelli, Esquire c/o John A. Torrente, Esquire BEGLEY, CARLIN & MANDIO, LLP P.O. BOX 308 Langhorne, PA 19047 Attorney: John A. Torrente, Esquire BEGLEY, CARLIN & MANDIO, LLP P.O. BOX 308 Langhorne, PA 19047 ESTATE of STANISLAVA WA- SYLKIW Deceased Late of LOWER SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the above Estate have been gran- ted to the undersigned, who re- quest all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the de- cedent to make payment without delay to Mary Wasylkiw, Adminis- tratrix c/o Saul Langsam, Esq. 1410 Two Penn Center Philadelphia, PA 19102. Silvers, Langsam & Weitzman, P.C. 1410 Two Penn Center Philadelphia, PA 19102 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursu- ant to the provisions of 54 Pa.C.S. § 311(g), of the filing of an applica- tion for Registration of Fictitious Name with the Pennsylvania De- partment of State under the ficti- tious name of Armor Seed, with its principal place of business at 4001 Lexington Avenue North, Arden Hills, MN 55126. The names and addresses of all parties to the re- gistration are: Winfield Solutions, LLC, 4001 Lexington Avenue North, Arden Hills, MN 55126. Pursuant to the Fictitious Names Act, an applic- ation for Registration of Fictitious Name was filed on 10/20/2017. Pursuant to the requirements of section 1975 of the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988, notice is hereby given that THE BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH OF FOX CHASE is currently in the pro- cess of voluntarily dissolving. Cheshire Law Group Clarkson-Watson House 5275 Germantown Ave. First Floor Philadelphia, PA 19144 Notice is hereby given that, pursu- ant to the Business Corporation Law of 1988, Equity Residential Properties Management Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware will withdraw from doing business in Pennsylvania. The address of its principal office is 2 N. Riverside Plaza Ste. 400, Chicago, IL 60606 and the name of its commercial re- gistered office provider in Pennsylvania is CT Corporation System. Pursuant to the requirements of section 1975 of the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988, notice is hereby given that Genero- City Community Alliance is cur- rently in the process of voluntarily dissolving. Cheshire Law Group Clarkson-Watson House 5275 Germantown Ave. First Floor Philadelphia, PA 19144 CORPORATE NOTICES NOTICE is hereby given that Art- icles of Incorporation – Nonprofit have been filed with the Depart- ment of State of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, at Harris- burg, PA on or about January 14, 2019 for: The Metropolitan Project, Inc., 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. #6B23, Philadelphia, PA 19130. The corporation’s purpose is for the preservation and promotion of Pennsylvania’s unique cultural, arts, education and literacy pro- grams, and civic engagement pro- grams for the benefit of the gener- al public. The corporation has been incorporated under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Cor- poration Law of 1988. Notice is hereby given that, pursu- ant to the Business Corporation Law of 1988, McGriff, Seibels & Williams of Texas, Inc., a corpora- tion incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas will withdraw from doing business in Pennsylvania. The address of its principal office is 818 Town & Country Blvd, Suite 500, Houston, TX 77024-4549 and the name of its commercial registered office pro- vider in Pennsylvania is CT Corpor- ation System. Notice is hereby given that Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a foreign corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware and with its principal office located at 2801 Gateway Drive, Ste 150, Irving, TX 75063, has registered to do busi- ness in Pennsylvania with the De- partment of State of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, at Harris- burg, PA, on 1/18/19, under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988. Notice is hereby given ScanSource, Inc., a foreign corporation formed under the laws of the State of South Carolina where its principal office is located at 6 Logue Ct, Greenville, SC 29615 has or will re- gister to do business in Pennsylvania with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg, PA, on 1/16/19, under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Business Corpor- ation Law of 1988. Notice is hereby given that the Art- icles of Incorporation for Just Pre- tend Inc. were filed with the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania. The address of this corporation's pro- posed registered office in this Com- monwealth is 802 Dickinson St., Philadelphia PA 19147 in Phil- adelphia County. This was incor- porated under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursu- ant to the provisions of 54 Pa.C.S. § 311(g), of the filing of an applica- tion for Registration of Fictitious Name with the Pennsylvania De- partment of State under the ficti- tious name of Solum Lab, with its principal place of business at 4001 Lexington Avenue North, Arden Hills, MN 55126. The names and addresses of all parties to the re- gistration are: Winfield Solutions, LLC, 4001 Lexington Avenue North, Arden Hills, MN 55126. Pursuant to the Fictitious Names Act, an applic- ation for Registration of Fictitious Name was filed on 3/20/2018. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursu- ant to the provisions of 54 Pa.C.S. § 311(g), of the filing of an applica- tion for Registration of Fictitious Name with the Pennsylvania De- partment of State under the ficti- tious name of Mazuri Exotic Anim- al Nutrition, with its principal place of business at 4001 Lexington Av- enue North, Arden Hills, MN 55126. The names and addresses of all parties to the registration are: PMI Nutrition International, LLC, 4001 Lexington Avenue North, Arden Hills, MN 55126. Pursuant to the Fictitious Names Act, an applica- tion for Registration of Fictitious Name was filed on 7/2/2018. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursu- ant to the provisions of 54 Pa.C.S. § 311(g), of the filing of an applica- tion for Registration of Fictitious Name with the Pennsylvania De- partment of State under the ficti- tious name of Winfiled United, with its principal place of business at 4001 Lexington Avenue North, Ar- den Hills, MN 55126. The names and addresses of all parties to the registration are: Winfield Solutions, LLC, 4001 Lexington Avenue North, Arden Hills, MN 55126. Pursuant to the Fictitious Names Act, an applic- ation for Registration of Fictitious Name was filed on 11/23/2016. To Place a Classified Ad CALL: NICOLE MCNALLY 21.832.0750 or JILL RAFF 215.832.0749 JEWISH EXPONENT FICTITIOUS NAME PETITION NAME CHANGE FICTITIOUS NAME REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that a Regis- tration of Fictitious Name was filed in the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for The Coel Group with a principle place of business located at 1025 W. Airy St. Norristown, PA 19401 and the individual interested in the business is Brian Turpin whose ad- dress is 800 Northbrook Rd Ken- nett Square, PA 19401. The entity interested in such business is Liberty Bell Restoration LLC with a principal office address of 503 Hurst Alley, Norristown, PA 1941 in Montgomery County. This is filed in accordance with 54 Pa.C.S.311 RULE TO SHOW CAUSE (October Term 2018) AND NOW, this 31st day of Octo- ber, 2018, upon motion of Ahaviah Diane Glaser, Petitioner, the Court hereby grants a Rule upon any in- terested party to show cause why Petitioner should not be granted leave of court to change her minor child’s name from Ilana Sophia Patrick to Ilana Sophia Glaser and amend her birth certificate to re- flect her new name. Rule return- able the 7th day of January, 2019, at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 6A, 1501 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. FICTITIOUS NAME REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that an Ap- plication for Registration of Ficti- tious Name was Filed in the Depart- ment of State of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania on Decem- ber 28, 2018 for Metta Body Ther- apy at 525 South 4th Street Suite 364 Philadelphia, PA 19147. The name and address of each individu- al interested in the business is Hol- lace Detwiler at 525 South 4th Street Suite 364 Philadelphia, PA 19147. This was filed in accord- ance with 54 PaC.S. 311. FICTITIOUS NAME REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that an Ap- plication for Registration of Ficti- tious Name was filed in the Depart- ment of State of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania on Decem- ber 28, 2018 for Surplus Recovery America at 138 Polo Drive North Wales, PA 19454. The name and address of each individual inter- ested in the business is Kevin Keenan at 138 Polo Drive North Wales, PA 19454. This was filed in accordance with 54 PaC.S. 311. facebook.com/jewishexponent Follow us on @jewishexponent To place an ad in the Real Estate Section call 215.832.0749 BY THE COURT: /s/ Margaret T Murphy ORDER THE MOTION FOR NAME CHANGE FILED ON OCTOBER 31, 2018 BY PLAINTIFF AHAVIAH GLASER, IS CONTINUED FOR THE FIRST AVAILABLE HEARING ON FEBRU- ARY 25, 2019, AT 9:00 A.M. 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The program was sponsored by the Anti- Defamation League Philadelphia, the Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center and the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, in addition to Gratz. Rabbi Elyssa Cherney Rabbi Lou Feldstein led a seminar on Creating a Culture of Philanthropy at Shir Ami. Leaders from the congregation learned the importance of engaging to help donors perform the mitzvah of tzedakah. Randi Boyette of ADL Philadelphia provides welcome remarks. Rabbi Lou Feldstein The Israel Innovation Authority and Thomas Jefferson University recently signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the field of technological innovation. This collaboration agree- ment provides an effective way for Israeli companies to validate their technologies and enter the U.S. market via the Greater Philadelphia region. Sons and Daughters of Holocaust Survivors of Philadelphia members From left: Mark Tykocinski; Ami Appelbaum, chairman of the board of the Israel Innovation Authority; and Zvi Grunwald, executive director of the Jefferson Israel Center 34 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 JEWISH EXPONENT JEWISHEXPONENT.COM C ommunity Akiva Hollinger, an immigrant to Israel originally from Allentown, was the second-place finisher of Nefesh B’Nefesh’s inaugural Entrepreneur Boot Camp Pitch Night, a finale event where partic- ipants of the organization’s six-week boot camp presented their business ideas to a panel of indus- try leaders. Hollinger’s company, Negev Family Fabrication, creates affordable custom bunk beds for small apartments. From left: Yosef Abramowitz, CEO of Energiya Global Capital and co-founder of the Arava Power Co.; Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, co-founder and executive director of Nefesh B’Nefesh; Akiva Hollinger; Amanda Borschel-Dan, Jewish World editor and archeology editor at The Times of Israel; Beth Newmark, general partner of Emmaleh Student Housing in Be’er Sheva; and Shariel Gun, who heads the joint KKL- Nefesh B’Nefesh “Go Beyond” initiative The University of Pennsylvania held a memorial lecture honoring the late Norman M. Hall, a doctor who spent most of his career at Good Samaritan Hospital in Pottsville and who played a role in establishing the Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Dave Chokshi, the chief population health officer at New York City Health + Hospitals and an alum of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke at the lecture. From left: John Chawluk, a doctor in Pottsville; Patrick J. Brennan, chief medical officer of Penn Medicine; Dave Chokshi; Jack Greenberg, a doctor in Philadelphia; and Wall’s son, Harry Wall From left: Patrick J. Brennan, chief medical officer of Penn Medicine, and Dave Chokshi PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT Published weekly since 1887 with a special issue in September (ISSN 0021-6437) ©2019 Jewish Exponent (all rights reserved) Any funds realized from the operation of the Jewish Exponent exceeding expenses are required to be made available to the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, a nonprofit corporation with offices at 2100 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19103. 215-832-0700. Periodical postage paid in Philadelphia, PA, and additional offices. Postmaster: All address changes should be sent to Jewish Exponent Circulation Dept., 2100 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19103. A one-year subscription is $50, 2 years, $100. Foreign rates on request. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM JEWISH EXPONENT FEBRUARY 14, 2019 35 Not sure where to turn after an Alzheimer’s diagnosis? 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