STILL MARVELOUS MAUS FLAP Season four debuts, focusing on gritty times. PAGE 18 FEBRUARY 17, 2022 / 16 ADAR 5782 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM — WHAT IT MEANS TO BE JEWISH IN PHILADELPHIA — $1.00 OF NOTE LOCAL 1790 Letter to be Read at Mikveh Israel George Washington to discuss respect, tolerance for all. Page 4 LOCAL Jews Recount Escape to China Many avoided Nazis by heading east. Page 5 OBITUARY Former Jewish Federation CEO Dies at 79 Harold Bonavita- Goldman also led JFCS. Page 6 Volume 134 Number 45 Published Weekly Since 1887 Organizations Prioritize Community Building, Interfaith Solidarity SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS ADMIT that though the increased presence of security through cameras, shatter-resis- tant glass and lighting in parking lots may be important in maintaining a secure campus, more is required to create a safe community. As much as community safety means keeping intruders out, it also means welcoming people in to foster solidarity, leaders said. “We can’t really have safety unless we have solidarity,” Jewish Community Relations Council Director Jason Holtzman said. “Th e problems or the threats posed to Jewish institutions, Jewish spaces are defi nitely a major problem, and it’s a problem that we share with other faith groups.” A 2020 FBI report stated that 81 hate crimes were reported in Pennsylvania in “Maus” author Art Spiegelman argued that the banning of “Maus” by the McMinn County School Board was “Orwellian.” Bertrand Langlois/AFP via Getty Images via JTA.org Educators Argue That ‘Maus’ Still ‘Impactful’ in the Classroom SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF ON FEB. 2, IMAGES OF a book burning led by a pastor in Tennessee cropped up across social media. To Jason Lerner, a Jewish middle school English and social studies teacher at Austin Mehan Middle School in Philadelphia, the images elicited a strong response. “It’s just eerily mirroring the book burnings that took place in Nazi Germany in the 1930s,” Lerner said. “If the pictures were black-and-white, you might not be able to know the diff erence.” Th e book burning took place in tandem with a national conversation around book bannings sparked by the Jan. 10 unani- mous vote by the McMinn County Board of Education in Tennessee to ban the Pulitzer-prize winning graphic novel See Community, Page 12 See Maus, Page 13 ANNIVERSARY Ann S iv A er L s E ary 555 S. 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And so it will be Malissa, as the first president, who headlines Mikveh Israel’s Feb. 21 event at 1 p.m. For the main show, the actor will celebrate not just Presidents’ Day but Washington’s relationship with the Jewish people. Malissa will read the president’s letter to Congregation Mikveh Israel in 1790 affirming Washington’s support for religious freedom. The letter is similar, though less famous, to Washington’s note that same year to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. Washington was already serving as the nation’s first chief executive, and his words are known for establishing the precedent of religious freedom in the United States. “It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights,” Washington wrote in his letter to the Touro Synagogue. “For happily the government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to perse- cution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.” Mikveh Israel’s event, co-hosted with the Museum of the American Revolution, is free and open to the public. 4 FEBRUARY 17, 2022 The synagogue, which traces its own history to colonial times, is at 44 N. Fourth St. in Philadelphia. Tours showcasing the congregation’s historical artifacts from early Jewish life in America, which include correspondence and other documents, will be avail- able from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rabbi Albert Gabbai said his synagogue has held the event for “many years,” though the last one was in 2019 before the pandemic. COVID case numbers have declined since the peak of the omicron surge in January. Gabbai said it’s important for Mikveh Israel to bring back its Presidents’ Day celebration. “It projects an image that Jews were an integral part of the citizens from the begin- ning of us becoming a nation,” he added. Malissa, who is Jewish, also believes that it’s important to emphasize this history. He has done this event in the past and built up a relationship with Gabbai. The Washington imperson- ator is semi-retired, having graduated to emeritus status at Mount Vernon, the president’s Virginia estate-turned histor- ical attraction. But Malissa still does events because he wants to continue telling the story. And the letters, in his opinion, are a huge part of Washington’s legacy. “You had these people who left Europe and a history of pogroms and second- and third-class citizenship,” Malissa said of the Jews. “Now, they’re in a new promised land and for the chief magistrate to welcome that, it’s profound.” For Washington, the Newport letter was a response to a letter from the Touro Synagogue expressing support for the president. Two other congregations at the time, including Mikveh Israel and one in Savannah, Georgia, The Congregation Mikveh Israel sanctuary wrote their own notes, too. It’s often an untold part of the story that the founding father responded to all of them, not just Touro’s; and the father of our country echoed the same principle of religious freedom in each letter, according to Gabbai. The rabbi and his Philadelphia congregation still have their letter and will put it on display for visitors who tour the synagogue on Presidents’ Day. “We are blessed to be in this country, where Jews are not officially oppressed by the government,” Gabbai said. Malissa has read both letters, the one to the Touro Synagogue and the one to Mikveh Israel, several times in the past. Usually, regardless of which one he recites, he sees a similar scene play out in the audience. There’s always a percentage of people who are unfamiliar with Washington’s history of writing letters to rabbis and congregations, according JEWISH EXPONENT Courtesy of Congregation Mikveh Israel Dean Malissa, as George Washington, speaks to a crowd. Courtesy of Dean Malissa to Malissa. When they learn about this history, they react with an “aha” on their faces, the impersonator said. “It’s always cool to see,” he added. Gabbai expects 50 to 60 people to attend the event. But Mikveh Israel has room for more if residents are interested. He put the word out via email to the synagogue’s 200 or so member families. Tickets must be bought ahead of time at amrevmu- seum.org on the events page. Guests ages two and up must wear facemasks in accordance with Philadelphia’s health and safety guidelines, per an event press release. l jsaffren@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0740 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM H EADLINES Refugee Stories from Shanghai Ghetto Live On L OCA L SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF TO MANY AMERICAN Jews, the extent of their connection with China takes the form of slurping lo mein on Christmas Day, an annual tradition paying homage to the proximity of the Jewish and Chinese neighborhoods on the Lower East Side of New York in the late 1800s and into the 20th century. To others, the connection extends beyond the United States border and across the Pacifi c Ocean to the munici- pality of Shanghai, a temporary home and haven for Jewish Holocaust refugees. Inge Booker, a Warminster resident, spent almost nine years of her life in a ghetto in Shanghai from 1939 to 1948, where her family lived in a two-room apartment with no gas or electricity, cooking over a charcoal stove for meals and sleeping on mattresses infested with bedbugs. “It was more or less kaput,” Booker said. Now 99, Booker still remem- bers the resilient and vibrant Jewish community in the Hongkew Shanghai ghetto that survived despite the chaos and Japanese surveillance of the area during the Sino-Japanese war from 1937 to 1945. Her family ate at a small Viennese restaurant on Friday nights, where the community held Shabbat services. She was married at 19 under a small chuppah set up in her parents’ home. A rabbi and cantor were both in attendance, but the family could only aff ord a maximum of a cup of coff ee and two pastries for reception guests. Booker’s story, though a shock to those unfamiliar with the Jewish Holocaust refugees who made their home in China, is similar to those of 23,000 Jewish refugees who lived in the Shanghai ghetto between 1941 and 1945, according to the Shanghai Jewish Center. Aft er the Nuremberg Laws and Kristallnacht cemented Europe as an unsafe place for Jews, China became a place of refuge. Aft er the British colonization of Shanghai in the 1800s, the municipality February 27, 2022 This Super Sunday, help the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: • Care for people in need • Build and sustain Jewish life in Greater Philadelphia • Connect our community to our global Jewish world Make your Super Sunday gift today: jewishphilly.org/give ● 215.832.0899 See Refugee, Page 21 Paul Hoff mann on a rickshaw in the Hongkew ghetto in Shanghai Courtesy of Jean Hoff mann Lewanda JEWISHEXPONENT.COM JEWISH EXPONENT FEBRUARY 17, 2022 5 H eadlines Former Jewish Federation CEO Dies at 79 OB ITUARY JARRAD SAFFREN | JE STAFF HAROLD BONAVITA- Goldman, the former president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, died from COVID complications on Feb. 5. He was 79. He moved to Philadelphia in the early 1980s and led two prominent Jewish organiza- tions in the region, according to a synopsis of his life provided by his family. From 1983 to 1999, he served as CEO of Jewish Family and Children’s Service. From 2000 to 2006, he guided Jewish Federation. “He was the first out gay leader in both organizations,” the synopsis read. After stepping down from Jewish Federation, he moved to New York City with his husband John Bonavita-Goldman, but he didn’t leave Jewish organi- zational life. He stepped up to serve as executive director of his synagogue, B’nai Jeshurun on the Upper West Side and remained in the position for five years. Harold Bonavita-Goldman is survived by John, his husband of 11 years and partner of 39 years, as well as his sister Marilyn Weinman, her husband Bernie and their four children. “He really liked helping people,” John Bonavita- Goldman said. Harold Bonavita-Goldman was born in 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee. After earning his juris doctor degree from the University of Memphis, he provided legal services to the Harold Bonavita-Goldman Courtesy of John Bonavita-Goldman poor in Tennessee and Illinois. During that period, he grew apart from his Orthodox upbringing. As a kid, he got beaten up on the playground for having payos and wearing a kippah, according to his husband. “He stopped doing that,” John Bonavita-Goldman said. “He tried to fit in.” But in the early 1980s, Harold Bonavita-Goldman’s father died, and he felt a sudden desire to reconnect. While he didn’t go back to being Orthodox, he did rediscover Jewish life. “That was really a turning point for him,” John Bonavita- Goldman said. And Harold Bonavita- Goldman turned toward Philadelphia, moving here for the job as CEO of JFCS. At JFCS, he fulfilled the organizational mission of helping the poor, said Ande Adelman, a volunteer at the time. The CEO was a great listener who excelled at fundraising and securing government contracts, which gave JFCS the money it needed to operate smoothly. But Harold Bonavita- Goldman didn’t just fulfill the mission; he added to it. According to Paula Goldstein, who has been with JFCS since 1984 and now serves as president, Harold Bonavita-Goldman started a program for people struggling with HIV and AIDS. He also created a management counsel to bring together leaders of programs and the leaders of the organization. “You felt when you were a program director you had access to him and you started to understand how decisions were made,” Goldstein said. On the personal side, Harold Bonavita-Goldman was also building. He met and fell in love with his future husband, a radiologist, shortly after moving PLAN AHEAD FOR peace of mind. W H E N YO U M A K E YO U R F I N A L A R R A N G E M E N TS I N A DVA N C E , you can plan a memorial that truly reflects your faith and passions. 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During Harold Bonavita-Goldman’s presidency with the latter, John Bonavita- Goldman got to accompany his husband to almost nightly fundraising dinners during the week. “He would really ask people what they were interested in and try to tailor stuff to people’s interests,” he said. While leading Jewish Federation, Harold Bonavita- Goldman updated its strategic plan to allow donors to desig- nate their dollars to programs; he established an open culture that made area synagogue leaders comfortable about coming to him; he also ran two Israel campaigns and established Netivot as Philadelphia’s sister city in the Holy Land. “He was a very special person. Brilliant. Terrific problem solver,” Adelman said. “But his best part of him was his relationship skills.” After Harold Bonavita- Goldman’s tenure with Jewish Federation, he moved to his husband’s native home, New York City, so the latter could take a job with New York University’s Department of Radiology. Harold Bonavita-Goldman initially called himself retired. But he quickly came out of retire- ment to lead B’nai Jeshurun. It turned out the synagogue needed him; he helped it survive by raising $25 million to buy back an old building. And at long last, this mainstream organizational leader was able to enter the mainstream on a personal level, too. In 2011, New York passed the Marriage Equality Act, joining the rising tide of states opening up to same-sex marriage. The week the law went into effect that summer, Harold Bonavita-Goldman and John Bonavita-Goldman got married on a Friday morning at City Hall. A CBS News cameraman captured the moment. On the subway back home, “everyone was congratulating us,” John Bonavita-Goldman said. The couple enjoyed collecting art and compiled more than 100 pieces to hang in their home. Sometimes, they would hit as many as 40 galleries in a weekend. “He was fun and really solid to be with,” he said. l jsaffren@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0740 Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too Wednesday, February 23 5 pm Come learn about auction houses, letting go of items and preserving family stories. Enjoy a tour and take home a dinner to go. Presented by Kamelot Auctions and Memoirs & More Family History Services. This will be a socially distanced event. Masks required. 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Although several conservative Muslim groups have expressed opposition, representatives from Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization — and the world’s largest Islamic organization — have said they support the exhibition, as does the local government. NFL Player Wishes He Could Dine With Hitler Defensive tackle Jonathan Allen of the NFL’s Washington Commanders said that if he had his druthers he’d break bread with Adolf Hitler, then later apologized, JTA reported. In an “ask me anything” tweet, a fan asked Allen who were the three people, dead or alive, he wanted to dine with. He listed his grandfather, Hitler and Michael Jackson. When asked why Hitler, Allen said, “He’s a military genius and I love military tactics but honestly I would want to pick his brain as to why he did what he did. I’m also assuming that the people I’ve chosen have to answer all my questions honestly.” Allen removed his off ending tweet aft er Twitter blew up. Later, he tweeted: “Early I tweeted something that probably hurt people and I apologize about what I said. I didn’t express properly what I was trying to say and I realize it was dumb!” British Jews Record Highest Antisemitic Tally Across Europe in 2021 British Jews and authorities recorded 2,255 antise- mitic incidents in the United Kingdom in 2021 — the highest recent total in Europe, JTA reported. It’s the highest total reported in a single calendar year by the Community Security Trust, British Jewry’s antisemitism watchdog. Its report found an increase of antisemitic incidents of 34%, up from 1,684 incidents a year earlier. Th e 2021 tally is 24% higher than the 2019 record of 1,813 incidents. Of the 2021 tally, 871 incidents happened in May and June, close to when Israel and Hamas were exchanging fi re. “It is no exaggeration to say that the landscape of UK-based antisemitism in 2021 is largely defi ned by responses to confl ict in Israel and Palestine, as indeed is the unprecedented annual fi gure,” CST wrote. Th e UK’s Jewish population is 292,000. In France, where the Jewish population is 446,000, a watchdog group there recorded 589 hate crimes against Jews in 2021. Convicted German Holocaust Denier Hides in Brazil A far-right German extremist convicted of denying the Holocaust is taking shelter in Brazil, JTA reported. Nikolai Nerling, 41, told a Brazilian news site that he fears he will be arrested if he returns to Germany. Th e Berlin public prosecutor’s offi ce declined to say whether Interpol was notifi ed of his presence in Brazil or whether an extradition request would be fi led. Nerling was fi red in May 2018 from a Berlin elementary school where he taught from 2009 to 2018 aft er a local newspaper report showed that he was disseminating neo-Nazi content. In December, he was fi ned 6,000 euros for denying the existence of the Holocaust in front of students visiting the Dachau concentration camp. Nerling arrived in Brazil on a tourist visa in November and has spent the last few months touring cities in and creating more content for his social media channels. ● In Memory of Harold Goldman z”l 1942 – 2022 The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia mourns the passing of Harold Goldman. Harold spent more than 20 years in leadership roles in the Greater Philadelphia Jewish community, as Chief Executive Officer at Jewish Family and Children’s Service and then the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. Our hearts are full as we reflect on the impact he had within the Jewish community and the legacy he leaves behind. May his memory be for a blessing, and his husband, John Bonavita-Goldman, sister, and many nieces and nephews be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. 8 FEBRUARY 17, 2022 JEWISH EXPONENT JEWISHEXPONENT.COM H EADLINES JEVS Expands Off erings Via Project EM Initiative L OCA L SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF JEVS HUMAN SERVICES, Philadelphia is expanding its programming due to its partnership with Project EM: Empowering and Employing Our Community, a consortium of 19 members of the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies. Th e Project EM initiative off ers a large slate of workshops — sometimes up to 10 off er- ings per day — as well as personalized support for those recently unemployed or who are looking to switch careers. Workshops include “Mindful Career Strategies,” “How to Get Your Resume and Cover Letter Noticed” and “Using Age to Your Advantage.” Th e partnership announced Jan. 31 comes at nearly the two-year mark of the onset of the pandemic, which caused unemployment numbers to spike across the country. “Th e ups and downs of the pandemic have thrown a curve ball into this jobs market,” said John Colborn, JEVS chief operating offi cer and vice-chair of the NJHSA board of direc- tors, in a press release. “Many workers remain on the sideline, fi nd themselves severely under- employed, work multiple jobs, or lack access to benefi ts. Others, who have upskilled during the pandemic, need help breaking into new fi elds.” In Philadelphia, in the weeks following the fi rst wave of COVID restrictions, Jewish nonprofi ts were forced to lay off employees, said Peggy Truitt, program director of JEVS Career Strategies and Helping Hands. Many of those nonprofi ts turned to JEVS to give support to recently laid-off workers. “Th at was a population that we were very familiar with, that we could provide services JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Peggy Truitt, program director of JEVS Career Strategies and Helping Hands Courtesy of Peggy Truitt A Project EM web banner to,” Truitt said. Th roughout the pandemic, JEVS, with its Career Strategies and Helping Hands programs, was able to continue to provide one-on-one support to those unemployed or looking to switch careers and guidance on using social media to fi nd a job, craft ing eff ective resumes and interviewing well. “We also lent a lot of emotional and motivational support, building confi dence for people who have been unemployed for a while and need to get back into the job force,” Truitt said. Project EM allows JEVS to further its impact by providing additional services, such as workshops and more person- alized support and consulting. “We are able to refer our clients to resources that we do not necessarily have an exper- tise in,” Truitt said. “We’re only able to do so many public workshops due to the size of our staff and other things that we’re committed to.” For example, if a veteran Courtesy of Project EM came to JEVS needing assis- tance, the agency could refer the individual to another member of the network or a specific workshop through Project EM that wouldn’t otherwise be available through the Philadelphia agency. Not only will the partner- ship give more resources to Philadelphians looking for job resources, but it can reach individuals not living in metropolitan areas with robust Jewish Federations and human services. Project EM partners include Career Connections of Palm Beach County, Jewish Family and Career Services Atlanta and JVS SoCal, Los Angeles. Th e programming through Project EM is free of charge, which Truitt hopes will be instrumental in expanding the reach of its resources. “People come to us and, a lot of times, they just don’t know where to begin, how to start, how to get the help,” Truitt said. “So it just really just gives us a lot more opportunities to JEWISH EXPONENT help our clients, and of course, the more that we can help them, the more they can be successful in terms of reaching their goals, whether it’s fi nding a job, bettering their employ- ment or learning something new to make them more employable.” To sign-up for personalized support or workshops through Project EM, visit jewishto- gether.org/project-em. ● srogelberg@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0741 THINKING ABOUT – Moving? Moving to Independent Senior Living? Selling your home? S 3 Living THINK ABOUT – Strategic Senior Solutions S 3 Living or Life Plan Community (CRRC). S 3 Living represents YOU , not the communities. 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Th e draft also protects cannabis users from criminal prosecution (other than in exceptional cases), removes the distinction between fi rst and subsequent off enses and allows people with criminal records to be subject to the same decriminalization laws. Th e law proposes, in part, to classify ads that don’t meet the requirements of the law as social injustice and a crime. Advertisers not meeting the requirement who release photoshopped commercials without disclosing the manipulation will face fi nes starting at about $3,100. Fine proceeds will go toward eating disorder prevention and treatment. Violators will be named, and legal case details would be published on a govern- mental website. “Eating disorders have been an issue that doesn’t aff ect just the minorities for a long time now,” said MK Limor Magen, who submitted the proposal. “We can continue to close our eyes to the changes in society and culture or we can act. I have chosen to act.” Knesset Passes Law to Exempt Olympic Medalists from Income Taxes Th e Knesset passed into law on Feb. 7 exempting Olympic medalists from income taxes, Th e Jerusalem Post reported. Law Banning Photoshop in Advertising Th e law will be retroactively applied, so the 14 Advances in Knesset A photo editing law requiring advertisers to inform Israelis who won medals at the Tokyo Summer the public when using photoshop on models passed Olympics in 2021 will be exempt from taxes. Th e law a preliminary reading in the Knesset on Feb. 9, Th e also applies to medals won in the Paralympics. “Th is tax exemption is our way of thanking these Jerusalem Post reported. athletes who represented Israel with pride and stood on the podium wearing blue and white,” Knesset Finance Committee Chairman Alex Kushnir said. “Th ey shouldn’t have to pay taxes for representing Israel and winning medals.” Before the law was passed, medal winners paid 35-50% of their winnings in income tax. Israel has yet to win a medal at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Joint Israeli-NASA Project to Help Astronauts Grow Chickpeas in Space One of the founders of Israeli nonprofi t SpaceIL is teaming up with NASA to try to grow chickpeas in space, JTA reported. On Feb. 19, Yonatan Winetraub and a team of scientists and engineers from Israel and Stanford University will send a sealed miniature greenhouse on a NASA cargo shuttle bound for the International Space Station. Inside the box will be 28 chickpea seeds from Israel that Winetraub and his team will attempt to germinate and grow remotely, via soft ware, in an environment free of gravity and natural light. Th e plants will grow for a month, then be refrigerated until they are brought down to Earth in June. ● — Compiled by Andy Gotlieb To live here is to live in harmony. 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Following the Colleyville, Texas, hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue on Jan. 15, Philadelphia’s faith commu- nity coalesced to support the Jewish community, the most recent victims of hate. Jewish organizations, including JCRC, received letters of solidarity from advocacy organization Interfaith Philadelphia Board Chair Imam Quaiser Abdullah and Director of Religious Community Initiatives Rev. Edward Livingston. However, according to Interfaith Philadelphia Executive Director Abby Stamelman Hocky, the most potent way to build solidarity is not retroactively, but proactively. “It takes the day-in and day-out work at every level of building relationships at the 12 FEBRUARY 17, 2022 Jewish Community Relationsh Council Director Jason Holtzman Courtesy of Jason Holtzman academic level, at the commu- nity leadership level, at the religious leadership level, at the grassroots level,” Stamelman Hocky said. Community events around security are not in and of themselves a means of commu- nity building, Stamelman Hocky said, but they are a reminder of opportunities to be “good neighbors” and share resources that help build solidarity in the long term. Community building is aspirational, Stamelman Hocky said, something that is ongoing. One goal of commu- nity building, according to Stamelman Hocky, is for Interfaith Philadelphia Executive Director Abby Stamelman Hocky Courtesy of Abby Stamelman Hocky Jewish community members to become “trusted messengers,” a term coined by former Surgeon General Vivek Murphy about those providing COVID vaccine information to vaccine skeptics. “Our goal is not to make people feel judged or to look down upon them in any way, but everyone should make sure they get their questions answered,” Murphy said in a May 2021 NPR interview. A trusted messenger is someone who “builds bridges” over time, Stamelman Hocky said. “Trusted messengers don’t come overnight,” she said. The aspiration of becoming a trusted messenger has been reflected in security train- ings following the Colleyville hostage crisis. “It’s really uncommon to confront somebody at the door who is an actual threat,” Congregation Rodeph Shalom Rabbi Jill Maderer said. “It’s really common that we are, in that moment, at risk of making someone feel unwelcome.” Rodeph Shalom, in partner- ship with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and Interfaith Philadelphia, hosted a training on Feb. 8 that not only involved situational awareness tips and run, hide, fight strategies standard in security trainings but also ways to create “signs of welcome” JEWISH EXPONENT Rodeph Shalom, in partnership with Jewish Community Relations Council and Interfaith Philadelphia, hosted a security training on Feb. 8 that emphasized “signs of welcome” in the community. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and instill feelings of safety to those who may feel distrust in security systems that involve law enforcement. The training was open to all faith groups, and faith leaders in attendance brain- stormed ways to create feelings of security beyond the presence of police. “There are signs of security that for some people, make them feel safer, and for other people, those very same signs of security make them feel less safe, especially people who are brown or Black or trans,” Maderer said. “So when we have that law enforcement or that security present, we’re all the more responsible to make sure there are also signs of welcome.” Maderer told attendees that while trusting one’s gut is important, gut feelings of fear could also reflect ingrained prejudice and should be questioned at times. “What’s important to remember is that we’re actually learning that fear could just as well be a sign of racial bias,” Maderer said. “The very same fear could actually lead us to act in an unwelcoming way.” The 2020 killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody and Breonna Taylor, who was shot by Louisville police, underlie the urgency of creating welcoming spaces and building trust among faith communities and racial and ethnic groups, Holtzman said. “The work definitely kicked into a higher gear after the murder of George Floyd and the murder of Breonna Taylor, some of the other horrible things we saw during 2020,” Holtzman said. “But it wasn’t new for us.” Before the summer of 2020, JCRC was engaged in a series called “Confronting Racism as Jews” to gain tools on how to address racism. And just as JCRC and other advocacy organizations have initiated community-building efforts in the past, JCRC is looking toward the future for opportunities to lead in community building. On Feb. 22 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, in partnership with the Jewish Federations of Greater Pittsburgh, Greater Harrisburg and Lehigh Valley; Anti-Defamation League; Secure Community Network; and Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition, will host the Pennsylvania Statewide Forum on Hate and Extremism over Zoom. The event is open to the public. l srogelberg@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0741 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM H EADLINES Maus Continued from Page 1 “Maus” by Art Spiegelman from the middle school curric- ulum due to concerns about profanity and female nudity in the book. “Maus” is an autobiograph- ical accounting of Spiegelman interviewing his father, a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor, about his life. In the graphic novel, Jews are depicted as mice and Nazis as cats. Spiegelman called the book banning “Orwellian” and said in a CNN interview, “I moved past total baffl ement to try to be tolerant of people who may possibly not be Nazis, maybe.” Lerner expressed a similar sentiment about the banning, drawing connections between the book banning and the book burning event: “It invokes thoughts of how it was in the 1930s with fascism: ‘You can’t read this. You can’t say this. You can’t do this. And you have to do what we do.’ And it’s all in step and right in line with what then was Nazi Germany to me.” Lerner and Spiegelman are not alone in their attitudes toward the book banning. Other Jewish educators agree that the banning of “Maus” was the wrong call. “Banning is a really extreme measure,” said Barbara Mann, Chana Kekst Professor of Jewish Literature at the Jewish Th eological Seminary. Mann argued that the reasons for banning the book — the use of the word “goddamn” and the depic- tion of Speigelman’s mother naked in a bathtub following her suicide — were loft y, but Mann doesn’t argue that the content of the graphic novel isn’t disturbing. “Th ere’s a lot of really brutal stuff in here. Th e Holocaust was kind of a brutal event,” she said. However, the difficult material, such as Spiegelman’s mother’s suicide, is situated in JEWISHEXPONENT.COM regardless of the age of the person reading the graphic novel, there must be appro- priate context given about the diffi cult topics covered. “You have to know your class. You have to know your students. ... 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BY JASON VAN LEEUWEN MY ENTIRE ADULT life I have espoused and jettisoned multiple theologies and philos- ophies after subjecting them to the ultimate test: Would they survive Auschwitz? Sometimes yes, sometimes no, almost always with some kind of caveat. Now Auschwitz presents a new test much closer to home. This month, the subject of who betrayed Anne Frank and her family has exploded onto the airwaves. A new book, prominently featured on “60 Minutes,” claims that the Franks were betrayed by Arnold van den Bergh, a member of the Joodse Raad, or the Jewish Council of the Netherlands. Van den Bergh was a scion of the Dutch-Jewish family that patented margarine and helped found the conglomerate Unilever. He was also my cousin. Anne Frank and her family, including Otto Frank, were Jewish refugees from Germany who went into hiding in Amsterdam during the Holocaust. They were discovered after two years and sent to concentration camps. Anne Frank and her sister died, probably of typhus, in Bergen-Belsen, where my grandfather also was sent and also contracted typhus but survived. Among the Franks, only Otto survived. My father is the son of Henri (Opa) and Eva (Oma) van 14 FEBRUARY 17, 2022 Leeuwen. Opa owned a casings factory in Holland, and Oma was the daughter of Nathan and Rosetta van Zwanenberg (née van den Bergh). Rosetta was the first cousin of Arnold van den Bergh. The allegations against Arnold and the story of my grandfather is a study in contrasts. Opa is a hero to us, his descendants. After failing to get a visa to join his wife and children on the last boat out of Holland prior to the Nazi invasion, he forced himself into the Heineken Brewery and hid there as Nazis leveled Rotterdam. He was able to gain a fake identity and posed as a Protestant minister in order to pass notes to and from impris- oned members of the Dutch resistance. He was arrested and sent to Westerbork (a transit camp ironically built as a haven for German Jewish refugees prior to the invasion), then to Bergen-Belsen, where he miraculously survived. He died when I was eight. My grandfather, unlike most others in the world, believed early on that Hitler meant business. Before the war, he published and wrote for a small publication aimed at his fellow Jews. In the 1930s he helped convince scores of German Jews to leave Germany while they could. He estab- lished the Dutch-based Jewish Colonization Society (with generous contributions from his in-laws) and went to the infamous Evian Conference in 1938, managing to convince a few delegates to work with him in resettling Jewish refugees. He laid his own life on the line when a guard in Bergen- Belsen discovered a Hebrew Bible belonging to a child in his barracks. Opa lied and said it belonged to him. For some reason, the officer opened the Bible, recited the first verse in perfect Hebrew, handed it back to him and walked away. Oma’s cousin Arnold survived in another way. A prominent philanthropist, he was among the original members of the Joodse Raad, convened by the occupying Nazi forces and its puppet govern- ment. Its raison d’être was to communicate and implement all laws and decrees impinging on the Jewish community. Like similar councils set up across Europe, the Joodse Raad determined that things would go better for the Jewish community if they accom- modated these decrees and did not resist them. They did manage to get permission to “hire” thousands of people, which initially shielded them from deportation, but they also helped to implement depor- tation orders and in some cases even determined which Jews would be deported and which would be spared. Their strategy turned out to be a tragic miscalculation of epic proportions. Around 75% of Jews in Holland, including some German refugees, ended up being murdered anyway. The evidence against van den Bergh appears to be a letter sent anonymously in 1945 to Otto Frank, Anne’s father, claiming van den Bergh shared the family’s hiding place with the Nazi-run Central Agency for Jewish Emigration in Amsterdam. Van den Bergh was able to escape deportation, going into hiding until after the war. Dutch Jews still seethe when the topic of the Joodse Raad comes up. Hindsight is, of course, 20-20, but when Eichmann himself is quoted praising the remarkable efficiency with which Dutch Jews were being liquidated, you know you’ve got a serious problem. Many others come to the council’s, and to van den JEWISH EXPONENT Bergh’s, defense, saying that no one can judge the choices Jews and non-Jews made under great duress. This inner conflict used to be abstract for me, but now it’s quite personal. With respect to my cousin Arnold, the debate on social media and among Holocaust scholars has been quite fierce. Some say the coverage of the book is motivated by a desire to place more blame for the Holocaust on Jews and less on Nazis and their non-Jewish collaborators. Dutch Jewish scholars have called the report “rubbish” and “slander.” Others say the report is quite credible. The Anne Frank Huis, the museum inhabiting the building Otto Frank once owned and where his family hid, has charted a middle path, praising the investiga- tors for coming up with new evidence and calling for more investigation. After doing many hours of my own research, and with gratitude to a Jewish genealogy Facebook page for providing ample documentation, I have come to a conclusion: There is no conclusion. I have much less confi- dence than the investigators that there is a smoking gun. We have no evidence that van den Bergh was able to trade information in order to stave off deportation; indeed, many in his extended family were murdered by the Nazis, as were most members of the council. He may simply have been able to bribe a few key people and go into hiding without betraying anyone. However, the Joodse Raad did have information on addresses where Jews were hiding, as they were known to pass along letters to them. Van den Bergh is likely to have knowledge of some or more of them. Also, at least two members of that council were not sent to Auschwitz, but rather to places like Theresienstadt and Bergen-Belsen, which were not extermination camps (cold comfort). The investiga- tors assert that van den Bergh not only was not deported, but rather he lived “openly” in Amsterdam — though I’ve found nothing corroborating this. And then, of course, there’s that anonymous letter. I have always tried to model myself after Opa, the fundraiser-diplomat-fighter who embodied Hillel’s dictum: “In a place where there is not a mensch, strive to be a mensch.” But now I learn that other members of my family chose a different course — one of accommodation, not defiance. Whether or not he betrayed the Franks, van den Bergh belonged to a council that helped the Nazis control the Jews. Did he go along to save as many Jews as he could, or to save himself? Certainly the Nazis knew they were presenting Jewish leaders with an impossible choice. Although I am in no position to judge them for their behavior, I am left wondering: what would I do? Would I be Opa or Cousin Arnold? The truth is, unless one has person- ally traversed the crucible of the Holocaust, one cannot possibly know. I remember something Opa once said: The only ones in the camps he could trust were the criminals and common thieves. I know for a fact that is not true, because everybody in the camps also trusted Opa. And so do I. l Jason van Leeuwen is a rabbi and cantor who serves as spiritual leader of Temple B’nai Hayim in Los Angeles. He is also a chaplain and composer. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM O PINION Condemning That Flawed Amnesty International Report Doesn’t Bring Israel Any Closer to Peace BY MATT NOSANCHUK AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL released a 280-page report on Feb. 1 calling Israel an apart- heid state and charging it with crimes against humanity, including atrocities against Palestinian citizens of Israel. Such claims have been made before, usually over vociferous objections from supporters of Israel. Predictably, the report unleashed harsh criticism from the Israeli government and from voices throughout the American Jewish commu- nity. Much of the criticism, including the statement issued from my organization, the New York Jewish Agenda, focused on the report’s language, terminology, omissions and conclusions, which called into question Israel’s very legiti- macy as a homeland for the Jewish people. For example, as we noted in our statement, Amnesty Internationa l ’s report concludes that Israel has employed a system of apart- heid within its borders since the nation was established in 1948. As an American Jewish organization uniting liberal Zionists who are passionate about Israel and hold a deep commitment to promoting their Jewish values here at home and in Israel, we share the anger of many in the Jewish community regarding the excesses of the report, especially during this time of growing concerns about the rise of antisemitism and authoritarianism in the United States and around the world. At the same time, we believe in the necessity of a more nuanced response beyond that anger. We must look beyond this report’s controversial legal conclusions and examine the diffi cult realities of Israel’s 55-year occupation of the West Bank, its control of the Gaza border, and the unfulfi lled promise of full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel. It’s not just Amnesty International that has documented this in detail: Numerous Israeli NGOs and the U.S. State Department have warned about the many costs of occupation. Th ese realities cannot be ignored — not by those who live in Israel, nor by those of us who support Israel here in America. I have traveled to Israel numerous times over the past 46 years, including spending a year there during college. I have seen fi rst-hand the harsh realities of the occupa- tion and felt the dream of a peacefully shared society for Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel slipping away. I have also observed STATEMENT FROM THE PUBLISHER We are a diverse community. The views expressed in the signed opinion columns and let- ters to the editor 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, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia or the Jewish Exponent. 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. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM how the lack of Palestinian equality corrodes Jewish Israeli ideals of a democratic, just, and secure state. Like so many others, especially many younger American Jews, I fi nd it increasingly diffi cult to see those ideals in the current state of Israel. What matters most are the realities of life on the ground for Jews and Palestinians, not the labels — however contro- versial — that one puts on them. Th e categoric condemnation of the Amnesty International report by many in our commu- nity avoids grappling with the ongoing control and denial of rights that Palestinians in the occupied territories and (to a lesser degree) in Israel experience day in and day out. This unsupportable reality — with no moral, logical or politically feasible endgame — must change. It threatens to bring about the end, one way or another, of a democratic homeland for Jews. In just the past few weeks, Palestinian families were forcibly evicted from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. An 80-year-old Palestinian-American man, Omar Assad, died of a heart attack aft er being detained, handcuff ed, blindfolded and abandoned in the cold by soldiers who apparently had no good reason to detain him. Th is ongoing Israeli coalition debate over the construction of a yeshiva in Evyatar, an illegal West Bank outpost, demon- strates the continued push by the settlement movement to take over more land in the West Bank and the apparent unwillingness of the govern- ment decision-makers to stop them. For each one of these examples, supporters of Israel invoke others in which Israelis JEWISH EXPONENT were targeted by Palestinians. They all become part of competing and irreconcilable narratives on both sides of the confl ict. We can continue down the rabbit hole of one-sided recriminations — with no good end in sight — that has defi ned this decades-long confl ict. Or we can focus our energies on supporting eff orts to build a better future for Palestinians and Israelis alike. Imagine if those of us who care deeply about safeguarding a democratic homeland for Jews in Israel expended as much eff ort fi ghting for greater justice in Israel and an end to the occupation as we spend responding each time someone condemns Israel: We could help make a real diff erence in transforming the situation. We must stop allowing outside critics to defi ne the conversa- tion and limit our voices. While a just, negotiated two-state solution to the confl ict feels remote at this time, we don’t need to limit our activism and voices to defending Israel in the face of harsh criticism. Many Jews and Arabs, Palestinians and Israelis — with support from many American Jewish organi- zations — work together every day to build trust and seek consensus around common issues. In our increasingly polar- ized and siloed world, we too oft en hear only voices with which we agree and ignore or condemn the rest. It does not have to be this way. We know many in the New York and American Jewish communities share our feelings about the confl ict. Like them, we remain committed to standing up for our values. Th is requires acknowledging that there are diffi cult realities on both sides. We can wait for the next report and the ensuing round of statements and recriminations, or we can raise our voices in support of building bridges of understanding and a shared society. Th e choice is ours to make. ● Matt Nosanchuk is a lawyer and the president and co-founder of the New York Jewish Agenda. He served as the liaison to the American Jewish community in the White House during the Obama- Biden Administration. Be heard. Email your letters to the editor. letters@jewishexponent.com FEBRUARY 17, 2022 15 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. Your Participation Matters: Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month AS PAPER CALENDARS TURNED and digital devices switched to the month of February, the change also signifi ed another important time — national Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month, better known as JDAIM. While disability rights and inclusion is a year-round issue, this month is a concerted eff ort that provides a platform for disability advocates to bring additional exposure. In its 14th year, Jewish Learning Venture’s Whole Community Inclusion and the Jewish Special Needs/Disability Awareness Consortium of Greater Philadelphia, which includes the Jewish Federation, have channeled this national commemoration into a local movement with a strong array of programming, educational resources and advocacy. Th is year is no exception, with nearly 30 programs of learning and empowerment. Out of this eff ort, more than 20 synagogues are involved in JDAIM Shabbat Across Philadelphia, where they dedicate a Shabbat service to disability awareness themes. Outside of local programming, people from around the globe can virtually join the Jewish Federations of North America for Jewish Disability Awareness Day, or JDAD, on Feb. 23 and 24. Over two days, participants will have the opportunity to learn from disability rights champions, experts and legislators about the current state of disability rights and what can be done to promote inclusion. While February is at its halfway point, there are still a number of opportunities to get involved. Find out some of the ways you can participate below: Let’s Talk About Mental Health: A Jewish Community Forum Wednesday, Feb. 16 | 7-8:30 p.m. Th e Jewish Disability Inclusion Consortium of Greater Philadelphia is excited to invite the community to an important evening focusing on eradicating the stigma of mental health challenges. Th e program will begin with Sharon Rosenblatt, keynote speaker and accessibility professional, a panel of people with lived experience with mental illness and experts in the mental health fi eld and breakout groups for refl ection. Clergy Lunch and Learn: Kavod Habriot with Rabbi Lauren Tuchman Th ursday, Feb. 17 | noon In recognition of Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month, Jewish Learning Venture invites Philadelphia area rabbis and cantors to join Rabbi Lauren Tuchman — one of the fi rst blind women to enter the rabbinate — for an hour of study focused on Kavod Habriot, which is honoring God’s creations, a central value in Judaism. Explore two stories found in the Babylonian Talmud in which individuals we might identify today as having disabilities exercise personal agency and demand dignity in deeply undignifying situations. Inclusive Grandparenting: How We Fully Celebrate ALL Our Grandchildren Tuesday, Feb. 22 | 7:30-8:30 p.m. Disability inclusion specialist Lisa Friedman will lead us in a conversation exploring how we can enrich our relationships with our grandchildren through the use of inclusive language, ongoing learning and active listening. Discussion, framed in Jewish text and values, will include practical tips for inclusive grandparenting such as celebrating diff erences and recognizing the potential of every child. Th is event is co-sponsored by Jewish Learning Venture and the Philly Friendship Circle. Changing Landscape: Work and Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities Monday, Feb. 28 | noon Join the Jewish Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council and JEVS Human Services to learn more about the important work JEVS does locally to train adults with disabilities for jobs. A panel of experts will explore how the pandemic impacted employment for people with disabilities and what new opportunities have emerged for those seeking employment. Hear from employers, advocates, service providers and clients with fi rst-hand experience navigating the labor market during COVID. Inclusive Classrooms and Universal Design Monday, Feb. 28 | 7:30-8:30 p.m. An evening of learning for educators. Join Whole Community Inclusion Specialist and occupational therapist Alanna Raff el as she shares the approach of universal design for creating inclusive classrooms. Raff el will share ways that you can support students with learning and behavioral challenges by creating classrooms that support all students. Bring your questions — leave with practical resources! For registration details and a full roundup of JDAIM programs, visit jewishphilly.org/jdaimlist. jewishphilly.org/give • 215.832.0899 16 FEBRUARY 17, 2022 JEWISH EXPONENT JEWISHEXPONENT.COM L ifestyle /C ulture Pudding: Love in a Bowl F OO D KERI WHITE | JE FOOD COLUMNIST PUDDING IS AN underrated dessert. Many people avoid it, thinking of the substandard instant versions of yore, and others sneer at it as a lowbrow, humble dish. But they are missing out. Sure, pudding can be simple and homey (and delicious), but it can also elevate to elegance and sophistication with some simple modifications. As the temperatures have turned cold, I have enjoyed a warm bowl of pudding for dessert on many a winter’s eve. The beauty of these recipes is that they can be made in about 10 minutes, so a last-minute craving can be satisfied. They are also gluten-free, so for people avoiding gluten, they are a worthy treat. Finally, they can be served hot (my preference) or chilled (in the unlikely event of leftovers), so they are a cook’s friend. The versions below are the more elegant recipes, as they are finished with some flour- ishes, but you can skip these if you want a simpler dessert or don’t have these ingredients on hand. the vanilla for another flavor — consider a tablespoon of rum or coffee liqueur, orange cordial, Frangelico, coconut extract or crème de menthe. Garnish the pudding with toasted chopped nuts, toasted shredded coconut, crumbled cocoa nibs, a sprinkle of chili powder or coarse salt. Or not. ⅔ cup brown or white sugar ¼ cup cocoa powder ½ teaspoon instant espresso or coffee 2 tablespoons corn starch 1½ cups whole milk ½ cup half-and-half ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ cup dark chocolate chips (if gluten-free is a priority, check the label) In a medium saucepan, whisk the dry ingredients together. Add the milk and half-and-half, and whisk to blend. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, for about 10 minutes; the pudding will thicken and begin to bubble. When it reaches that point, allow it to bubble for another minute until well thickened. Remove it from the heat, add the vanilla and chocolate chips, and stir to melt. Serve CHOCOLATE HEAVENLY it hot, or allow it to cool to the PUDDING desired temperature. Serves 2 generously or 4 sensibly You can finish this with fresh whipped cream, fruit or I prefer to add a handful of dark serve it solo. chocolate chips and a spoonful of instant espresso to push this BUTTERSCOTCH HEAVENLY to the next level, but you can PUDDING omit them for a straightforward Serves 2 generously or 4 sensibly bowl of chocolate pudding with absolutely no downside. If you are serving this to If you prefer a lighter youngsters, you may wish to version, you can use 2 cups of omit the booze. It is unlikely to milk instead of using the ½ cup intoxicate anyone, but it does of half-and-half. I also prefer deliver a more sophisticated the depth that brown sugar flavor, and the kiddies may like delivers, but white sugar works it best without. just fine here. And if you wish to riff on ⅔ cup brown sugar other flavors, you can swap 2 tablespoons corn starch JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 1½ cups whole milk ½ cup half-and-half ½ teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons best-quality salted butter (such as Plugra, Kerrygold) 1 tablespoon bourbon or scotch whiskey (optional) Sprinkle of coarse sea salt, to finish In a medium saucepan, whisk the dry ingredients together. Add the milk and half-and-half, and whisk to blend. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, for about 10 minutes; the pudding will thicken and begin to bubble. When it reaches that point, allow it to bubble for another minute until well thickened. Remove it from the heat, add the vanilla, whiskey and butter, and stir to melt. Serve it hot, or allow it to cool to the desired temperature. Just before serving, sprinkle the pudding with coarse sea salt. You can finish this with fresh whipped cream or fruit or serve it solo. l JEWISH EXPONENT Chocolate and butterscotch pudding Photos by Keri White www.jewishexponent.com FEBRUARY 17, 2022 17 L IFESTYLE /C ULTURE ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Shows its Grit T E L EVISION JARRAD SAFFREN | JE STAFF IT’S HARD TO DO what you actually want to do in life. It’s much easier to sell out for money, to conform to some traditional gender role or all of the above. “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is an Amazon Prime show about a Jewish woman, Miriam “Midge” Maisel, played by Rachel Brosnahan, who grows from doing the latter to doing the former. Mrs. Maisel starts season one, which premiered in 2017, as a housewife and mother of two; she ends it as a hilarious and magnetic stand-up comic. Midge, according to her manager Susie Myerson, played by Alex Borstein, just has it; she’s a natural on stage. But even for a talent like Brosnahan’s character, the journey to stardom is long and diffi cult, fi lled with setbacks and moments of doubt, oft en darkened by the unsettling feeling that you might never get there. LEGAL DIRECTORY ELDER LAW AND ESTATE PLANNING Wills Trusts Powers of Attorney Living Wills Probate Estates Protect assets from nursing home LARRY SCOTT AUERBACH, ESQ. CERTIFIED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY CPA-PFS, J.D., LL.M.,MBA 1000 Easton Road Abington, PA 19001 For consultation call 215-517-5566 or 1-877-987-8788 Toll Free Website: www.Lsauerbach.com 18 FEBRUARY 17, 2022 Season four of “Mrs. Maisel,” which Amazon is releasing in two-episode installments for four consecutive weeks begin- ning Feb. 18, captures just how diffi cult this journey can be. In doing so, it shows that Maisel is more than just a stylized celebration of the female empowerment that swept across American culture during the show’s time period: the late 1950s and early 1960s. Instead, the series is about a modern hero’s journey. Episode one of the new season, “Rumble on the Wonder Wheel,” picks up Midge after her greatest success yet, a riotous set at the Apollo Th eater, and her biggest setback — getting dropped from the tour for making fun of its headliner, the fi ctional musician Shy Baldwin, during that same set. Th e rest of the hour shows a woman and a journey in limbo, as Midge returns home to New York City, hides in the bar/comedy club where she got her start and lies to her family about being in Prague. At one point, Susie, who is on the same journey in her eff ort to become a successful manager, goes to a dive bar and asks the bartender why the calendar is still set to April, even though it’s June. He tells her they like the idyllic picture with trees and a splash of sun illuminating the end of a trail. It’s an apt metaphor. By episode two, “Billy Jones and the Orgy Lamps,” Midge’s secret is out, and her failure is known to the people who matter to her: her parents, her ex-husband/the father of her children and his parents/ Midge’s former in-laws. But the truth also sets her free to move forward, as she furnishes a new apartment, asks her parents to move in and tries to get back on stage with a commitment to the strategy that got her kicked off tour: total comedic honesty. Yet action doesn’t lead to Rachel Brosnahan plays Miriam “Midge” Maisel in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” on Amazon Prime. Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein in an episode of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Courtesy of Prime Video instant success; it rarely does. Midge has trouble buying groceries due to a money shortage from the tour debacle; her parents invade on her space, the operation of her household and ask Midge to tell people that they bought the apart- ment for her; and her eff ort to get back on stage is rebuff ed by a club manager in favor of mediocre male comedians. In the same episode, Midge reads a column from an enter- tainment writer who refers to her sets as “deeply unfunny meanderings.” Th e column was not even about her; the writer just used her as an example of a bad comic. Mrs. Maisel is back in action, but her stock is not yet rising again. Th e journey is not easy. It’s not easy for the show’s supporting characters, either. Throughout season three, JEWISH EXPONENT inspired by Midge, her father Abe Weissman, played by Tony Shalhoub, her mother Rose Weissman (Marin Hinkle) and her ex-husband Joel Maisel (Michael Zegen), all started doing what they actually wanted to do, too. Abe leaves a comfortable career as a tenured professor to become the cantankerous theater critic he was probably always meant to be; Rose ends a cozy existence as a housewife to become a match- maker; and Joel, whose own comic dreams in season one led to him breaking up with Midge, and to her getting on stage, fi nally grows into the independent businessman that the show makes clear he is supposed to be. But as season four begins, Abe is dealing with a meager paycheck, while Joel is fi guring out how to handle the Chinese community in which he now does business, and that wants a cut from him. “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” has reached a new chapter in its maturation process. It’s no longer just about one modern hero’s journey, but several. At the end of episode two, Abe and Midge are sharing a drink during a moment of doubt for Abe. “Are you sure?” he asks. ● jsaff ren@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0740 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM L IFESTYLE /C ULTURE ‘Breaking Bread’: A Cholent of Identity, Culture FI L M DAVID RULLO | JE FEATURE BETH ELISE HAWK’S new documentary “Breaking Bread” takes an intimate look at the A-Sham Food Festival in Haifa, Israel. The festival, launched in 2015 by microbiolo- gist Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the fi rst Muslim to win the Israeli cooking competition MasterChef, pairs Jewish and Arab chefs. Ismaeel said the festival aimed to move beyond the confl icts of the region because there is no room for politics in the kitchen. Hawk opens the fi lm with Ismaeel describing her identity. “I am a Muslim. I am an Arab. I am an Israeli. I am a Palestinian. I am a woman. I am a scientist. I am the fi rst Arab to win Israel MasterChef. It caused a lot of happiness in society,” she says. Filmed during the 2017 and 2018 festivals, Hawk spotlights several chefs, highlighting their backgrounds and diff er- ences, while showing the synergy food can create. Haifa chef Shlomi, who operates the restaurant started by his grandfather aft er the family patriarch came to Israel at the end of World War II, is paired with Arab-Israeli chef Ali. Ali’s family immigrated to Israel from Syria and lives in Ghajar Village, on the border between Lebanon and Israel. Th e Arab chef is quick to note that, despite his Syrian roots, he views himself as Israeli. “I am part of the nation,” he says, aft er pointing out that the Israeli military protects his village. Ali’s food honors his Syrian roots; Shlomi’s that of his Eastern European grandfather. Despite the diff erences in backgrounds, food, it appears, is a common denominator. “I’m going to work with Ali Khattib on the dish for JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Chef Nof Atamna-Ismaeel the festival,” Shlomi says. “It’s not my style of cooking at all, but that’s what’s nice — it’s my mother’s style because her roots are Egyptian.” Th e fi lm succeeds as an exploration of identity. Each of the chefs discusses how they see themself and what they bring to their dishes from their background and heritage. Each chef also acknowl- edges that despite their various backgrounds — Jewish, Syrian, half Christian/half Jewish, Arab, Moroccan — they are all Israeli. “In our neighborhood,” Jaff a-based chef Salah says, “we spoke Arabic. We laughed in Hebrew. We cursed in Romanian. We got upset in Moroccan. And it was all ‘sababa’ (OK).” Removed from the constraints of the confl icts that might have weighed heavier if the festival were held in another city, Haifa is presented as touched by its past and infl uenced by its ethnici- ties but, most importantly, as a foodie’s paradise — eclectic and cosmopolitan. Despite making occasional references to the confl icts that have scarred the country and region, the documentary mostly achieves Ismaeel’s goal of a politics-free festival. Instead of discussing the tensions that exist in the country, the fi lm highlights the inclusive nature of Israel — Osama, a chef from Akko talks of the synagogue, two churches and two mosques in his neighborhood. Former Haifa mayor Yona Yahav points to the peace in the city between Jews and Arabs which celebrates Ramadan, Christmas and Chanukah. Th e fi lm doesn’t take a deep dive into the various confl icts that exist between cultures, instead celebrating the food and eateries of those cultures. Ingredients are presented in raw and prepared states, and the chefs profi led are shown cooking in their restaurants. Chickpeas and fi sh markets share the screen with outdoor cafes and high-end restaurants. While “Breaking Bread” advances Ismaeel’s mission, it doesn’t take a deep dive into the festival, nor does it present a completely inclusive point of view, as most of those featured in the fi lm are male chefs. Hawk’s documentary opens with a quote from Anthony Bourdain: “Food might not be the answer to world peace ... but it’s a start.” Th e same might be said for documentaries about food. “Breaking Bread” opens Feb. 18 at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute and Landmark Ritz 5 Movies - Philadelphia. ● David Rullo is a staff writer for the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, an affi liated publication of the Jewish Exponent. JEWISH EXPONENT “Breaking Bread” title sequence Courtesy of Cohen Media Group BUSINESS DIRECTORY nmls Overwhelmed with the thought of moving? 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Th e founding artistic director of the Main Line-based salon theater company loved that play because of its writer: New York City-based Anna Ziegler. As Baer Mozes recalled, “Dov and Ali” had distinct characters, dialogue that drew you into their stories and journeys that kept you interested. Ziegler, according to Baer Mozes, could engross you “in a matter of moments.” “I fell in love with her work,” the director added. So, almost two years later, with Th eatre Ariel back open in person at local synagogues, Baer Mozes is putting on another Ziegler production. “The Wanderers,” the playwright’s most recent work, about a Satmar Chasidic couple whose marriage was arranged and a Jewish secular couple who have been friends since MEET YOUR MATCH MEET YOUR MATCH! Place your ad to find companionship, friendship and love. You may include your email/phone number in the ad. If you choose not to, you will be given a JE Box Number and any letter responses will be forwarded to you as received. 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Ziegler’s latest work explores how two couples who are so diff erent on the surface can be quite similar when you dig into their stories and confl icts. “Th ere is much that binds these couples in a play of twists and turns about human nature, marriage and what we neglect to see,” reads a play descrip- tion from a Th eatre Ariel press release. “Th e Wanderers” will appear in the Philadelphia suburbs before its Off -Broadway run in January 2023. Baer Mozes called the play “exquisite.” “Because she’s such a skillful writer, you really get to feel the pain of the struggle in very down-to-earth ways,” the director added. Aft er the local run of “Dov and Ali” in February 2020, Baer Mozes started looking into Ziegler’s oeuvre. She learned of “Th e Wanderers” because it was completing a run at Th eater J in Washington, D.C., around the same time. More than a year later, in the spring of 2021, the director got a copy of the script from the Alliance for Jewish Th eatre, “an international network of Jewish theatres and theatre artists,” according to its website. Baer Mozes was in the process of planning her 2021-’22 season and needed shows. She began reading and fell in love with Ziegler’s words all over again. “Aft er the fi rst paragraph, I was there,” the director said. Baer Mozes contacted Anna Ziegler Photo by Jessica Nash A performance of Anna Ziegler’s last play to run at Theatre Ariel, “Dov and Ali,” in February 2020 Courtesy of Rebecca Cureton Ziegler about producing the show, and Ziegler, for her part, was excited; Th eatre Ariel had put on one of her plays before and now it wanted to put on another. But there was an issue: Th e Roundabout Th eatre Co. held the rights and planned to produce the show Off -Broadway last spring. “I didn’t think we were going to get it,” Baer Mozes said. Yet she kept calling Ziegler’s agent, once, then twice. He said he needed to reach out to Roundabout, which had not yet opened the show. Finally, last summer, on Baer Mozes’ third call, Ziegler’s agent informed her that Roundabout had granted permission. “I was ecstatic,” Baer Mozes said. Ziegler was, too. Th ough she’s now working on scripts for HBO Max and Apple TV, she still considers herself a JEWISH EXPONENT playwright fi rst and foremost. It’s just been hard to get any work to the stage during the pandemic years. The playwright is not planning on attending the run because she’s still being careful about avoiding the virus. She also said she doesn’t love watching her plays on Zoom. But she is grateful. “It’s just nice, especially during a pandemic, people are still out there reading your work and want to make it happen,” Ziegler said. Th eatre Ariel’s most recent play of the 2021-’22 season, “Th e Sabbath Girl” by Cary Gitter, drew in-person crowds of 41 and 35 people, respec- tively, during its run back in December. Baer Mozes expects a similar audience for “Th e Wanderers,” even though, as COVID continues, salon theater fans are waiting until the last few days to buy tickets. “We have a very loyal audience,” Baer Mozes said. Th e salon theater has the same COVID protocols as it did at the end of 2021. Audience members must show proof of vaccination at the door and wear masks during the performance. ● jsaff ren@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0740 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM T orah P ortion Moses the Ideal Leader BY RABBI ALAN ISER Parshat Ki Tissa IN THIS WEEK’S Torah portion, God threatens to destroy the entire nation of Israel for the sin of worshipping the Golden Calf. Moses intercedes and convinces God not to carry out that destructive plan, and God renounces the punishment. Later in his dialogue with God, Moses asks God to forgive the people’s sin, but if not, God should “blot me out from Your book” (Exodus 33:32). Did God really intend to destroy the entire nation? Why is Moses offering to give up his own life? Let me provide an answer to the second question first. Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapira, the last Chasidic rebbe alive in the Warsaw Ghetto, in his collection of sermons Refugee Continued from Page 5 became home to two interna- tional settlements — places of refuge that did not require a visa for entry. At the time, Nazis required two pieces of documentation to leave occupied countries — one of which was a passport, which Jews were forced to surrender to the Third Reich in 1938. Shanghai became one of the few options for refuge for fleeing Jews. “Jews were desperate,” said Jean Hoffmann Lewanda, a Yardley resident whose father fled from Vienna to Shanghai in 1938. “When Jews discov- ered that they could go to Shanghai, they just started getting boat tickets.” Lewanda is virtu- ally presenting “Escape to Shanghai” at 2 p.m. on Feb. 20 at Congregation Beth El of Bucks County to detail her family’s experiences. Lewanda’s father, Paul JEWISHEXPONENT.COM delivered in the ghetto, “Aish Kodesh” (Holy Fire) explains that a person who is willing to sacrifice his life to save a fellow Jew is greater than someone who gives their life for the sake of God alone. (I would expand this to include saving the life of any human being.) In a metaphor Rabbi Shapira relates, the former is like someone who gives their life to save the king’s son. Their love for the king is so great that they are willing to give up their life, not only for the sake of the king, but also for the king’s son. When Moses saw that the people were in need of mercy, he was prepared to sacrifice his life for the Jewish people, who are the children of God, out of his love for both the people and God. God, in turn, was aroused by Moses’ love to love and be merciful to the people he was leading. Some commentators see God’s angry threat as deliber- ately testing Moses as a leader. First, God refers to the people as “your people” while informing Moses of the events that occurred at the bottom of Mount Sinai, as if challenging Moses to assume his responsi- bility for the people. Then when God says, “Let Me be, that My anger may blaze forth against them and I may destroy them and make you a great nation” (Exodus 32:9), God is providing Moses with an opening to plead his case and dissuade God. The midrash asks why does God need to say “leave me alone”? Was Moses holding God back? Rather, it is like a king telling his son’s tutor, let me alone so I can hit and punish my child. The king doesn’t Hoffmann, was one of the first Jews in Vienna to find a boat ticket, and he also settled in a small, two-room apartment, where he would study and read at night at a small desk, lit only by a cup filled with peanut oil with a wick in it. Hoffmann, who died in 2010, fared better than many in the Hongkew ghetto, according to Lewanda. In “Witness to History: From Vienna to Shanghai: A Memoir of Escape, Survival and Resilience,” a memoir written by Hoffmann and edited by Lewanda, Hoffmann recounts his time training to become a lawyer and eventually moving to the French Concession, a much prettier area of the inter- national settlement. Hoffmann and his soon-to-be wife Shirley Hoffmann met in 1949, married in 1950 and had their first child in 1952. His privilege and status meant his young family enjoyed niceties others didn’t. Though many refugees left for Israel, the U.S. or Australia in the years leading to the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949, the Hoffmanns stayed until 1952, arriving in New York in 1953 before moving to Philadelphia. Despite the Hoffmann family living in Shanghai for several years and through the beginnings of the Communist Revolution, the family never learned to speak Mandarin and learned English in schools, indicating little assimilation into Shanghai culture. Booker had a strong distaste for Chinese food because of the living conditions within the ghetto, and the robust interna- tional settlement community clung to many of their western roots and cultural touchstones but remained friendly with the Shanghailanders, who showed them little malice. “The remarkable thing about China was there was no antisemitism,” Lewanda said. “Jews were no different from any other foreigners.” Though the Jewish JEWISH EXPONENT CAN DL E L IGHTIN G Feb. 18 Feb. 25 need the tutor’s permission but is sending a message for the tutor to restrain him. In our case, Moses takes the hint and intercedes. Indeed, in a daring recre- ation of this conversation, another rabbinic passage has Moses grabbing hold of God like a person grabbing a friend’s garment and saying, “Master of the Universe, I am not leaving You alone until you forgive them” (Brachot 32a). This story illustrates why Moses is known in Jewish tradition as “Moshe Rabbeinu,” or Moses, our teacher. As the ideal leader, he does not shrink from the burden of leadership. In a time of crisis, he defends the people and puts the needs of others before his own needs and desires to the point of laying his life on the line. Our sages also portray the 5:22 p.m. 5:30 p.m. opposite of this kind of leader- ship in a predictive curse. In the future, they say, your leaders will be like dogs, sniffing the wind to see which way to go. May we merit to have leaders like Moshe Rabbeinu. l Rabbi Alan Iser is an adjunct professor of theology at St. Joseph’s University and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and also teaches at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. The Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia is proud to provide diverse perspectives on Torah commentary for the Jewish Exponent. The opinions expressed in this column are the author’s own and do not reflect the view of the Board of Rabbis. Paul and Shirley Hoffman at their wedding in 1950 community in Hongkew was insular and tight-knit, descen- dants of these refugees are just now beginning to form bonds. Lewanda met Evie Shaffer, daughter of Booker, a few months ago when Shaffer received an email about a talk Lewanda was giving about her father’s memoir. Before Lewanda, Shaffer hadn’t met another Jewish person with roots in the Shanghai ghetto. Shaffer asserts that though her meeting of Lewanda was a “weird coincidence,” the experi- ences of all Holocaust refugees share common threads. “Everyone who survived the Holocaust has their own interesting story. The Shanghai story is not unique,” Shaffer said. “There are Jews who emigrated to South America, Australia, wherever they could get a visa and get the hell out of Germany.” l srogelberg@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0741 FEBRUARY 17, 2022 21 C ommunity COMMUNITYBRIEFS Musical About Rabbi Fred Neulander Planned A PLAYWRIGHT FROM the Philadelphia area has written a musical about Rabbi Fred Neulander, the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, rabbi who was convicted in 2001 of having his wife, Carol, murdered seven years earlier, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Neulander, who at the time was believed to be the first United States rabbi tried for murder, is serving 30 years to life. The Gefen Playhouse in Los Angeles is slated to debut “A Wicked Soul in Cherry Hill” by Matt Schatz, who grew up in Cherry Hill, where Neulander lived and worked, from June 21 through July 24. The playhouse website describes the show thusly: “On a November night in 1994, a murder was committed in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. In this true-crime story told completely through song, a tight- knit Jewish community gathers to recount, remember, and reckon with the details of what happened in — and to — their town. Written with humor and chutzpah, this wholly original musical asks what it does to our souls when our leaders fall from grace.” Several songs were posted recently on social media, then removed. Schatz said the show isn’t a comedy, nor is it a Broadway-style extravaganza. Schatz said it was his job as an artist to ask questions. “The rabbi was telling people how to be a person, how to be a Jew, and he turned out to be evil,” Schatz told the Inquirer. “How do we reckon with that?” The congregants of M’kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, which Neulander founded in 1974, aren’t happy with the planned production. “We know nothing about the content of the play,” congregation President Drew Molotsky said in a statement. “This is our history. It involves our friends and our community, and it is very serious to us. To make light of it or to exploit it for entertainment value is not something we will ever condone.” Rabbi Writes Megillah Senior Rabbi Lance J. Sussman of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel wrote a new Megillah entitled “The Purim Story.” The Megillah was written for use at home or in the synagogue and features new, original artwork by Marlene D’Orazio Adler, the chair of the KI Temple Judea Museum Artists Collaborative. “The Purim Story” presents an easy-to-understand version of the “Scroll of Esther” and includes illus- trations that aid in the telling of the Purim story. It includes a glossary of terms related to the story and holiday of Purim. “There is a need for a new presentation of the Megillah precisely at this very moment because of the rise of antisemitism,” Sussman said. “The holiday of Purim has helped Jews navigate the emotional stress Eddie Bruce Courtesy of Eddie Bruce of antisemitism for centuries. Purim is also fun. It’s our most joyous holiday and in these challenging Programs featuring Bennett have long been a part times, it is very important to find ways to celebrate of Bruce’s repertoire, although the venue of a rock Judaism and affirm our heritage.” music hall is a bit unusual. Tickets start at $20. l The book is available on Amazon as an e-book, softcover and at the KI office. Statewide Forum on Hate, Extremism Planned for Feb. 22 Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, along with other Jewish Federations in Pennsylvania, the Anti-Defamation League, Secure Community Network and the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition, will host a daylong forum to address hate and extremism on Feb. 22. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. via Zoom. Individual Zoom sessions will focus on topics such as securing religious institutions, legislative advocacy and action and talking to children about acts of bias and violence. Each session will be hosted as an individual Zoom meeting and require separate registrations. For details, visit jewishphilly.org/get-involved/ or contact Jason Holtzman at jholtzman@jewishphilly.org. Fred Neulander 22 FEBRUARY 17, 2022 Jewish Exponent archives Eddie Bruce to Channel Tony Bennett at Ardmore Music Hall Longtime bandleader and cabaret performer Eddie Bruce will play the music of Tony Bennett at the Ardmore Music Hall at 3 p.m. on Feb. 27. He will be joined by pianist Dean Schneider’s trio and jazz tenor saxophonist Larry McKenna. JEWISH EXPONENT SHARE your engagement, wedding, birth, Bar/Bat Mitzvah announcement and any other simcha on both jewishexponent.com and the weekly Jewish Exponent newspaper for ... FREE. J E W I S H E X P O N E N T . C O M / S U B M I T - M A Z E L - T O V JEWISHEXPONENT.COM C ommunity / deaths DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES DEATH NOTICES A L B ER T H A N D E L M A N K A TZ M E R I O N Obituary of Molly Albert The inevitability of time exhausted a life force which enriched Philadelphia, delighted a community, and enhanced the lives of count- less people. Known as the unsinkable Molly Albert to her friends. This daughter of immig- rants, overcame childhood tragedy, poverty, and struggle, with a smile on her face, and a wink at the future. A woman of enormous en- ergy, creativity, and joy. Among her many accomplishments, and contributions: dress- ing as Betsy Ross to guide tourists through her city, organizing group jaunts to Broad- way, and always being there for her friends in times of need. Molly is remembered for her brilliant blue eyes, boundless energy, and boisterous laugh. But her sharp mind and open heart, as she approached the end of her 9th decade were exceptional. She sensed our precarious political situation in 2020 and en- couraged and counselled her fellow senior citizens to write in ballots, and mail them promptly. Also her loving heart, opened for people of every race, creed, and orientation. Through it all she always was dressed eleg- antly and with inimitable style. She died quietly in her 98th year with her loving part- ner, Dr. Harold Meyer at her side. In her final days Molly reflected on the joy this romance, which began when both were well past 90, brought her in her final years. She is sur- vived by her daughter Andrea Batchler (Paul), and her son Marc Albert (Stephen), and grandchildren Bryan Batchler (Brooke), Julie Alberti (Chris), Stephanie Catalano (Jason); Great Grandchildren Jackson, Janie, Chase and Nate, Brody, Brooklyn and Nicholas. Her husband of over 50 years Sidney prede- ceased her. She died at home after a battle with cancer. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS www.levinefuneral.com B A RT A SH Sandra “Sandee” Bartash On February 6, 2022. Beloved wife of Mitz Bartash. De- voted mother of Adria Bartash and Meredith Ortlieb. Loving Mom Mom of Rylee, Brynlee, and Kaden. Funeral services were held on Wednesday February 9, 2022 at Shalom Me- morial Park, Huntingdon Valley, PA. Contri- butions in her memory may be made to the Eastern PA Chapter of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: bit.ly/llsteambartash GOLDSTEIN'S ROSENBERGS' RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com C H A C HK I N Anita Chachkin, of Delray Beach, FL and formerly of Philadelphia, PA, passed away on January 31st, 2022, at the age of 98. She was the beloved wife of the late Dr. Samuel Chachkin. Loving mother of Marlene Chach- kin (Gerry Kean) and Roberta Chachkin Dos- sick (Gary). Anita is also survived by her ad- oring grandchildren, Liza Dossick and Sam (Lysett) Dossick and great-granddaughter, Savannah, who was the light of her life. She will also be greatly missed by Michael Kean and her nephews, Gary and Bob Hemmel- stein. Anita was a strong supporter of Israel and an advocate for gun control. She was a champion at making the most of every day. She was an avid tennis player and golf enthu- siast. In 1980 she became a Life Master in bridge, later taught bridge and ran duplicates. She, and a friend, started Because We Care in 1963 to support The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. That organization still exists today. She was the proud recipient of a Lion of Judah. In lieu of flowers, the fam- ily requests contributions to the Brady Cam- paign or a charity of the donor’s choice. To place a Memorial Ad call 215.832.0749 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Jack Handelman passed away on February 5, 2022. Husband of Ruby Handelman (nee Snyder). Father of Risa (Bob) Lewis. Grand- father of Jessica Lewis. Services and Shiva will be private. Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com Jordan A. On February 9, 2022, husband of Cynthia (nee Maklin), father of Dr. Bruce (Jade) Katz, and Dr. Melissa (Paolo) Pepe, brother of Dr. Warren (Ellen) Katz, grandfath- er of Claudia (fiancé Charles), Gabriel and Olivia. Contributions in his memory may be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation, Israeli Guide Dog Center or Main Line Reform Temple. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS www.levinefuneral.com K A H N Marcia (nee Shelley) Passed away on Febru- ary 9, 2022. Wife of Ernest Kahn. Mother of Rachel Kahn Ross and Beth Kahn. Grand- mother of Daniel and Brian Ross. Contribu- tions in her memory may be made to Americ- an Diabetes Association, www.diabetes.org, or to Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel Pre- School Program, www.bzbi.org. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com K L I NG H OF F E R Leonard "Lenny' Jerome Klinghoffer passed away peacefully on February 6th in his Wyn- newood home with his wife, Alice Olenberg Klinghoffer by his side. Born on July 29th, 1924 in Philadelphia, Lenny was the last re- maining child of the late Louis and Becky Klinghoffer. Raised in Philadelphia, he atten- ded Overbrook High School and at the age of 18, enlisted in the army to serve his country in WWII. After his service, Lenny started his 60+ years successful and rewarding career in the produce industry, eventually becoming the president of his own company at the Phil- adelphia Distribution Center. His legacy con- tinues with his children Steve, Gary, Freddie and Robyn, his 15 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Lenny is preceded in death by his wife Sheri J. Klinghoffer (dcd 1982). In lieu of flowers, a contribution in his memory may be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation. GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com L E V I N K A R M A T Z Anne B. (Kozart), 78, of Bala Cynwyd, PA, passed away on February 8, 2022. Anne was born in Philadelphia to Harry R. and Dorothy Feldman Kozart on January 8, 1944. She grew up in Penn Wynne, and attended Penn Wynne Elementary, Ardmore Junior High School, and Lower Merion High School. She graduated with a BA from the University of Pittsburgh, and received MA’s from Villan- ova University and Penn. She was married to Michael Karmatz in 1966 in Philadelphia, PA. Anne was an English professor at the Uni- versity of Arts for 35 years. She started her career as a high school and college French teacher, and then an Associate Dean at Penn State Delaware County Campus. Anne was an artist, a writer, an avid tennis and golf player, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, a loyal friend, and an overall very funny person. Anne loved the theater, museums, the or- chestra, movies and crossword puzzles, and was never without a book. Most importantly, family meant everything to Anne. She was an incredibly supportive mother and grandmoth- er, never missing an opportunity to watch her children and grandchildren in their various athletic and artistic pursuits. She was proud of her family’s accomplishments and was endlessly effusive with her compliments, no matter how small the achievement. Anne is lovingly remembered by Michael Karmatz, her spouse of 55 years, daughters Caryn Karmatz Rudy (Lee Rudy) and Laura Karmatz (Lee Detwiler), and grandchildren Julia, Eliza, Madelin, Shay and Sam. She is predeceased by her brother, David Kozart, and beloved cousins Mike and Bill Harris. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Anne’s name to the Bala Cynwyd Library or any charity you feel passionately about. Anne would no doubt approve. GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com HONOR THE MEMORY OF YOUR LOVED ONE... CALL 215-832-0749 Marvin A. Levin, 83 of King of Prussia, passed away on January 23rd, 2022. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, col- league and friend who liked to be around people and laugh. Just as he dealt with many experiences in life, Marvin managed his ill- ness with strength, resilience, stubbornness and humor. Along with his many years of service as a Certified Public Accountant and partner in Fishbein and Company, Marvin generously gave his time and energy to his community, serving as President at Old York Road Temple Beth Am, Treasurer at Heritage Creek, and several other clubs he was in- volved in. Although he never had the oppor- tunity to go on the African safari he always dreamed about when he retired, his love of ti- gers and pandas (even if they don’t live in Africa) was evident throughout his life and in the various artwork and figurines that decor- ated his room as well as several t-shirts. Marvin loved photography, even if his family didn’t share his passion or patience since he took several minutes to frame and focus each photo. Marvin was an unshakably honest man always trying to do the right thing. His lack of concern for society’s rules later in his life provided endless laughter for his grand- children, occasional embarrassment for his sons, and consistent frustration for his wife. His love of Benny Goodman was replaced by his deeper love of Barbara Streisand, even though he never met her. While his doctrine of a Macintosh apple a day did not, in fact, result in keeping the doctor away, his love of pretzels and ice cream (mixed together, of course) may have factored into that outcome. His mispronunciation of words, including Acme (“ackimy”) and water (“wooter”), was truly confounding, but his friends and family overlooked that because he was just such a nice guy. In addition to his wife of 58 years, Phyllis (Marcus), and his sons Jay and Stephen, he is survived by his daughter-in- law Jeanne and his grandchildren Samuel, Kenneth, Madeline and Oliver. As one of Mar- vin’s final acts of generosity, he donated his body to Science Care so that medical re- searchers and educators can learn new tech- niques to improve and save lives. Donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, the American Heart Association or a charity of your choice. JEWISH EXPONENT Cecile (nee Kopstein), February 8, 2022, of Dedham, MA, formerly of Meadowbrook, PA. Beloved wife of the late Samuel M. Merion; loving mother of Joseph Lyon Merion, David Dean Merion and Judith Ann Merion; cher- ished grandmother of Dhamma Merion, Theodore Matthew Murray (Fairlee Fabrett), Genevra Frances Murray (Mose Jones-Yellin) and the late T’ai Ananda Merion and great grandmother of Gabriel, Antonella and Juli- etta Murray and Nico Scotia and Isa Antonia Jones-Yellin. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Cecile’s memory may be made to New- bridge on the Charles at www.hebrewseni- orlife.org/giving or the Germantown Jewish Centre at www.germantownjewishcentre.org. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS www.levinefuneral.com S C HW A R TZ Raymond, Feb. 2, 2022. Husband of Annette (nee: Stillman), father of Helene Schwartz and Gary Schwartz. Brother of Melvin Schwartz. Also survived by 3 grandchildren. Ray was an Army veteran and a member of Steuben Lodge #113, Knights of Pythias. Condolences and contributions at Berschler- AndShenberg.com BERSCHLER AND SHENBERG www.berschlerandshenberg.com ZASLOW Marcella Zaslow, nee Cohen, 97 years young, of Pompano Beach, FL, formerly of Phil- adelphia - Mt. Airy, Pine Valley & Wyncote, Pa., wife of the late Sidney Zaslow, passed away on Friday, February 4, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Kitty & Isaac Cohen. Beloved mother of Sharyn Weintraub, grand- mother of Sherry (Scott) Wengrow & Craig (Bianca) Weintraub, & great grandmother of Ethan, Siena & Sophia. Sister of the late Mar- vin Cohen & Sheldon Cohen. MEMORIALS A D L E R MATTHEW DAVID ADLER In Memoriam Born: 6/15/1970 Philadelphia, PA Died: 2/18/2011 Seattle, WA Dear Matt: On this, the eleventh an- niversary of your passing, we are still heart- broken over the loss. Is it possible that 11 years have gone by? Your children in Seattle are doing great with Jenn as a single mom. Jake is 16 and Zoe is 12. G-d Bless them. I imagine your friends at DLA Piper LLP are still missing you. Marc and Varusha in Havertown have 2 little kids, Olivia, 5 and Alex, 3. G-d Bless them. We have many fond memories of our good times together and we still look for you in rainbows. Mom & Dad www.forefront.org/about/mattadler HONOR THE MEMORY OF YOUR LOVED ONE... CALL 215-832-0749 Honor the memory of your loved one … CALL 215-832-0749 TO PLACE YOUR YAHRTZEIT AD. FEBRUARY 17, 2022 23 REPAIRS/ CONSTRUCTION STATEWIDE ADS CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD: LINE CLASSIFIED: 215-832-0749 classified@jewishexponent.com SEASHORE SALE E D U C A T I O N P L U S Private tutoring, all subjects, elemen.-college, SAT/ACT prep. 7 days/week. Expd. & motivated instructors. 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Private Duty, Set-up and escort to medical appointments. 215-824-5108 Notice is hereby given that, pursu- ant to the Business Corporation Law of 1988, S e r v i c e - T e c h C o r p o r - a t i o n , a business corporation incor- porated under the laws of the Delaware, has withdrawn from do- ing business in Pennsylvania. The address of its principal office in its jurisdiction of incorporation is 17350 Bittersweet Trail, Chagrin Falls, OH 44023 and the name of its commercial registered office pro- vider in Pennsylvania is C T Cor- poration System. The statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration shall take effect upon filing in the Department of State. THE SAMUEL F. BROWN AND RE- BECCA L. BROWN REVOCABLE TRUST AS AMENDED SAMUEL F. BROWN, Deceased Late of Phil- adelphia This Trust is in existence and all persons having claims or demands against said Trust or de- cedent are requested to make known the same and all persons in- debted to the decedent to make payment without delay to BAR- BARA ANN BROWN, TRUSTEE, c/o Adam S. Bernick, Esq., 2047 Lo- cust St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to her Attorney: ADAM S. BERNICK LAW OFFICE OF ADAM S. BERNICK 2047 Locust St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 Notice is hereby given that Articles of Incorporation for a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation for W e s t E n d P l a z a C o n d o m i n i u m were filed with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The address of the corporation’s registered office is 491 Old York Road, Suite 200, Jen- kintown, PA 19046 in Montgomery County. This Corporation is incor- porated under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corpora- tion Law of 1988, as amended. ESTATE NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES Pa s s y u n k R o w O w n e r s A s s o c i - a t i o n , Inc. has been incorporated under the provisions of the PA Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988. Orphanides & Toner, LLP 1500 JFK Boulevard Suite 800 Philadelphia, PA 19102 SELL IT IN THE JEWISH EXPONENT 215-832-0749 ESTATE NOTICE Estate of J u d i t h H a t t e n , late of Maple Glen, County of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Deceased. Letters of Administration on said Estate hav- ing been granted, and all persons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will present them without delay for settlement to:Car- oline Jaroszewski, Administrator c/o Solomon Weinstein, 1032 Millcreek Drive, Feasterville, PA 19053. www.JewishExponent.com OAK HILL TOWER 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2nd floor. Newly renovated, new paint and carpets. Granite counter tops in kitchen. Lots of closet space. Washer/dryer. 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MARGATE NEW LISTING! $2,150,000 PARKWAY NORTH NEW CON- STRUCTION! WILL FEATURE 5 BR, 4.5 BATHS WITH A DESIR- ABLE LAYOUT AND FINISHES! VENTNOR NEW PRICE! VENTNOR $1,599,000 NEW CONSTRUCTION JUST STEPS TO THE BEACH! 5 BEDROOM 4.5 BATH SINGLE FAMILY HOME! NEW PRICE! $524,900 GORGEOUS 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH IN 5000 BOARDWALK! INCREDIBLE OCEAN VIEWS FROM PRIVATE BALCONY! MARGATE $399,000 HURRY! THIS SOUTHSIDE COTTAGE WON’T LAST! 1 BEDROOM 1 BATH AND JUST STEPS TO THE BEACH! 9211 Ventnor Avenue, Margate 8017 Ventnor Avenue, Margate NEW LISTING! MARGATE $1,099,000 SHORT WALK TO THE BEACH AND A SPACIOUS ROOFTOP DECK! 3 BEDS, 2.5 BATH TOWNHOME NEW PRICE! VENTNOR MARGATE $999,000 SOUTHSIDE MARGATE JUST STEPS TO THE BEACH! PERFECT BEACH HOUSE WITH 5 OR 6 BR NEW PRICE! $379,900 JUST STEPS TO THE BAY! THIS HOME FEATURES 3 BED- ROOM 2 FULL BATHROOMS, AND A NICE SUNROOM! WANTED TO BUY NEW LISTING! MARGATE $225,000 ADORABLE 1 BEDROOM, 1 FULL BATH, PET FRIENDLY CONDO LOCATED IN THE DE- SIRABLE PARKWAY SECTION! LEGAL SERVICES ATTORNEYS! RONALD BACHRAD 561.706.0505 Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker representing buyers & sellers of luxury properties in Boca Raton and Palm Beach County from under $500ʼs to many millions ADVERTISE YOUR LEGAL NOTICES AND LEGAL SERVICES WE GUARANTEE THE BEST RATES! WHAT’S GOING ON in Jewish Philadelphia? WE CIRCULATE THROUGHOUT THE TRI-STATE AREA (PA, NJ, DE) Submit an event or browse our online calendar to find out what’s happening at local synagogues, community organizations and venues! CALL THE CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FOR DETAILS Submit: listings@jewishexponent.com Online: jewishexponent.com/events/ classifi ed@jewishexponent.com FAX: 215-832-0785 215-832-0749 or 215-832-0750 To Place a Classified Ad CALL:215.832.0749 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM JEWISH EXPONENT FEBRUARY 17, 2022 25 ESTATE NOTICES ESTATE NOTICES ESTATE NOTICES ESTATE NOTICES ESTATE NOTICES ESTATE NOTICES FICTITIOUS NAME Estate of Annette Farber Farber, Annette 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 Lawrence Marc Goodman, c/o John R. Lundy, Esq., Lundy Beldecos & Milby, PC, 450 N. Narberth Ave., Suite 200, Narberth, PA 19072, Executor. Lundy Beldecos & Milby, PC 450 N. Narberth Ave. Suite 200 Narberth, PA 19072 ESTATE OF ERNESTINE HOYLE a/k/a ERNESTINE FLEMING, 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 TIFFANY TINA HOYLE, EXECUTRIX, c/o Jay E. Kivitz, Esq., 7901 Ogontz Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19150, Or to her Attorney: JAY E. KIVITZ KIVITZ & KIVITZ, P.C. 7901 Ogontz Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19150 ESTATE OF HOWARD LEE SAMPSON a/k/a HOWARD LEE SAMPSON, SR., 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 CAROLYN P. SAMPSON, ADMINISTRATRIX, c/o Adam S. Bernick, Esq., 2047 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to her Attorney: ADAM S. BERNICK LAW OFFICE OF ADAM S. BERNICK 2047 Locust St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF JOYCE WILLIS a/k/a JOYCE B. WILLIS, 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 CHRIS STEVEN GLADNEY, ADMINISTRATOR CTA, c/o Adam S. Bernick, Esq., 2047 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to his Attorney: ADAM S. BERNICK LAW OFFICE OF ADAM S. BERNICK 2047 Locust St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF SHARON R. KELLER, 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 CONNIE FIORENZA, AD- MINISTRATRIX, 314 Nina Court, Williamstown, NJ 08094, Or to her Attorney: BETH B. MCGOVERN Trevose Corporate Center 4624 Street Rd. Trevose, PA 19053 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 Novem- ber 29, 2021 for Vi c t o r i a C i g a n i k , O T R / L at 1044 Ryan Circle, Glen- side, PA 19038. The name and ad- dress of each individual interested in the business is Victoria Ciganik at 1044 Ryan Circle, Glenside, PA 19038. This was filed in accord- ance with 54 PaC.S. 311.417 ESTATE OF DEBRA DENISE MICKLES, DECEASED Late of Montgomery County LETTERS on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the Es- tate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedents to make payment without delay, to Steven Lipski, Administrator c/o Ellen S. Fischer, Esquire 955 Horsham Road, Suite 307 Horsham, PA 19044 ESTATE OF ERROL DAVID, 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 BEVERLY DAVID, ADMIN- ISTRATRIX, c/o Adam S. Bernick, Esq., 2047 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to her Attorney: ADAM S. BERNICK LAW OFFICE OF ADAM S. BERNICK 2047 Locust St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF ILEAN MAE MATHIAS a/k/a ILEAN M. MATHIAS, ILEAN MATHIAS, 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 ILEAN I. MATHIAS, EXECUTRIX, c/o David S. Workman, Esq., 200 S. Broad St., Ste. 600, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Or to her Attorney: DAVID S. WORKMAN ASTOR WEISS KAPLAN & MAN- DEL, LLP 200 S. Broad St., Ste. 600 Philadelphia, PA 19102 ESTATE OF KENNETH M. SHERID- AN, 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 JAMES JOHN SHERIDAN and THOMAS SHERIDAN, JR., AD- MINISTRATORS, c/o Bradley New- man, Esq., 123 S. Broad St., Ste. 1030, Philadelphia, PA 19109, Or to their Attorney: Bradley Newman Estate & Elder Law Office of Brad- ley Newman 123 S. Broad St., Ste. 1030 Philadelphia, PA 19109 Estate of Natalie C. Bellerjeau, De- ceased 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 Richelle Beller- jeau and William W. Bellerjeau, Ad- ministrators, c/o Gary A. Zlotnick, Esq., Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer & Toddy, PC, One Comerce Sq., 2005 Market St., 16th Fl. Phil- adelphia, PA 19103 or to their at- torneys, Gary A. Zlotnick, Esq. Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer & Toddy, PC One Commerce Sq. 2005 Market St., 16th Fl. Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF DONALD D. FEATHER, SR., 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 JAMES MILLER, EXECUTOR, c/o Daniella A. Horn, Esq., 2202 Delan- cey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to his Attorney: DANIELLA A. HORN KLENK LAW, LLC 2202 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF DOROTHY LORRAINE TAYLOR a/k/a DOROTHY TAYLOR, 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 TINA SHAREE TAYLOR, ADMINISTRATRIX, c/o Marc Vogin, Esq., 1608 Walnut St., Ste. 1703, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to her Attorney: MARC VOGIN KLEIN, VOGIN & GOLD 1608 Walnut St., Ste. 1703 Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF ENRIQUE BORGES, 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 NILSA BORGES-CRUZ, ADMINISTRATRIX, c/o Daniella A. Horn, Esq., 2202 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to her Attorney: DANIELLA A. HORN KLENK LAW, LLC 2202 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF ERNEST POLLARD, SR., 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 ERNEST POLLARD, ADMINIS- TRATOR, c/o Jay E. Kivitz, Esq., 7901 Ogontz Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19150, Or to his Attorney: JAY E. KIVITZ KIVITZ & KIVITZ, P.C. 7901 Ogontz Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19150 26 FEBRUARY 17, 2022 ESTATE OF ESTHER M. ROBERTS, 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 GAIL D. GREEN, ADMINIS- TRATRIX, c/o Roy Yaffe, Esq., One Commerce Square, 2005 Market St., 16 t h Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042, Or to her Attorney: ROY YAFFE GOULD YAFFE AND GOLDEN One Commerce Square 2005 Market St., 16 th Fl. Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042 ESTATE of FRANCIS J. BICCHETTI Deceased Late of 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 Francis Bicchetti, Adminis- trator c/o his attorney Debra G. Speyer, Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. ESTATE of GROVER REED, JR. Deceased Late of 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 Mychal Reed, Administrat- or c/o his attorney Debra G. Spey- er, Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. ESTATE OF HARRY C. BARBER a/k/a HARRY BARBER, 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 HELEN C. MELCHIORE, ADMINISTRATRIX, 13 Valley Green Dr., Aston, PA 19014, Or to her Attorney: MARK J. DAVIS CONNOR ELDER LAW 644 Germantown Pike, Ste. 2-C Lafayette Hill, PA 19444 www.JewishExponent.com ESTATE OF IRENE N. LANGRON, 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 DEBRA MOORE, 1328 Wanamaker St., Philadelphia, PA 19131 and KONSWELLA BENTLEY, 130 Stony Creek Rd., Lansdale, PA 19446, ADMINISTRATRICES, Or to their Attorney: MARK J. DAVIS CONNOR ELDER LAW 644 Germantown Pike, Ste. 2-C Lafayette Hill, PA 19444 ESTATE OF JENNIE PASQUARELLO, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION DB- NCTA on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the es- tate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to JOHN F. PASQUARELLO, ADMINISTRATOR DBNCTA, c/o Joseph C. Honer, Jr., Esq., 631 Waterside Way, Siesta Key, Sarasota, FL 34242, Or to his Attorney: JOSEPH C. HONER, JR. 631 Waterside Way Siesta Key, Sarasota, FL 34242 ESTATE of JOSEPH L. ROSSI,SR., Deceased Late of 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 Debra G. Speyer, Esq., Ad- ministrator c/o his attorney Debra G. Speyer, Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. facebook.com/jewishexponent Follow us on @jewishexponent ESTATE OF LINDA SEGALL, DE- CEASED. Late of Warrington. 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 Mindy Indictor, Co-Executrix, 570 Glen Meadow Road, Richboro, PA 18954 ESTATE OF LUKE PIERRE ELLING- TON, 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 DAVID V. BOGDAN, AD- MINISTRATOR, 100 S. Broad St., Ste. 1520, Philadelphia, PA 19110, Or to his Attorney: DAVID V. BOGDAN 100 S. Broad St., Ste. 1520 Philadelphia, PA 19110 ESTATE of MARC A. GARAFOLO, Deceased Late of 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 Francis J. Garafolo, Admin- istrator c/o his attorney Debra G. Speyer, Two Bala Plaza, Suite 300, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. ESTATE OF MINNIE FEURTADO a/k/a MINNIE M. FEURTADO, 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 REBECCA SALLEN, AD- MINISTRATRIX, 325 Merion Rd., Merion Station, PA 19066, Or to her Attorney: REBECCA SALLEN SALLEN LAW, LLC 325 Merion Rd. Merion Station, PA 19066 ESTATE OF RANDOLPH WALLS, 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 MARGARET FOSTER, AD- MINISTRATRIX, 1720 Brassie Court, Kissimmee, FL 34746-4535, Or to her Attorney: BETH B. MCGOVERN TREVOSE CORPORATE CENTER 4624 Street Rd. Trevose, PA 19053 Estate of Rose M. Bonino aka Rose Mary Bonino, 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 Lisa M. Turowski, Executrix, c/o Gary A. Zlotnick, Esq., Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer & Toddy, PC, One Com- merce Sq., 2005 Market St., 16th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19103 or to their attorneys, Gary A. Zlotnick, Esq. Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer & Toddy, PC One Commerce Sq. 2005 Market St., 16th Fl. Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF ROSITA CARRION, 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 Carlos Rivera and Felicia Rivera, Administrators, c/o Jay E. Kivitz, Esq., 7901 Ogontz Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19150, Or to their Attorney: JAY E. KIVITZ KIVITZ & KIVITZ, P.C. 7901 Ogontz Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19150 ESTATE OF SALVATORE GANCI, 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 GARSON, EXECUTOR, c/o Rebecca Sallen, Esq., 325 Merion Rd., Merion Station, PA 19066, Or to his Attorney: REBECCA SALLEN SALLEN LAW, LLC 325 Merion Rd. Merion Station, PA 19066 JEWISH EXPONENT SELL IT IN THE JEWISH EXPONENT 215-832-0749 ESTATE OF ZAIRA BRUNO, 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 SUSAN MATOUR, Executrix, c/o Michael L. Golden, Jr., Esq., One Commerce Square, 2005 Market St., 16 t h Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042, Or to her Attorney: MICHAEL L. GOLDEN, JR. GOULD YAFFE AND GOLDEN One Commerce Square 2005 Market St., 16 th Fl. Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042 FICTITIOUS NAME 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 01, 2021 for M y P i x T h e r e at 426 East Montana Street Philadelphia, PA 19119. The name and address of each individual interested in the business is Mark Tines at 426 East Montana Street Philadelphia, PA 19119. This was filed in accord- ance with 54 PaC.S. 311.417 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 01, 2021 for Th u m n a l e D e s i g n S t u d i o s at 1155 S 7 th St. Apt. 3 Philadelphia, PA 19147. 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Call 855-402-5341 Place an ad in the REAL ESTATE Section CALL: 215.832.0749 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM C ommunity COMMUNITYCALENDAR FRIDAY, FEB. 18 Jewish Signs Exhibit The Signs of Our Jewish Times exhibit at the Temple Judea Museum at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel will be on display until March 31. What constitutes a “sign”? Admittedly, our definition is quite broadly interpreted. See for yourself. 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. For more information: TJMuseum@ kenesethisrael.org; 215-901-2656 or 215-887-8700, ext. 416. Parsha for Life Join Rabbi Alexander Coleman, Jewish educator and psychotherapist at the Institute for Jewish Ethics, at 9 a.m. for a journey through the Torah portion of the week with eternal lessons on personal growth and spirituality. Go to ijethics.org/weekly-torah-portion. html to receive the Zoom link and password. MONDAY, FEB. 21 President’s Day Celebration Join Congregation Mikveh Israel and the Museum of the American Revolution from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. for a full tour of the Museum of the American Revolution and Congregation Mikveh Israel’s colonial synagogue. Mikveh Israel’s annual reading of President George Washington’s “Letter to our Congregation” will be at 1 p.m. Tickets may be bought at amrevmuseum.org/events/ presidents-day-weekend-at-the- museum. Mahjong Game Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El Sisterhood invites the community to join our weekly mahjong game at 7 p.m. Cost is $36 per year or free with MBIEE Sisterhood membership. For more information, call 215-635- 1505 or email office@mbiee.org. 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park. Night of Learning Join Kehillah of Chester County’s virtual Kallah at 7:15 p.m. for thought- provoking entertainment and intellectual fulfillment. The event features a live performance of Theatre Ariel’s “Ethics of the Fathers aka: The Gangster and The Grandpa.” For more information, email chestercounty@kehillah. jewishphilly.org. N E W S MAKE R S Perelman Starts New Social Studies Unit Perelman Jewish Day School introduced a new social studies unit to fourth and fifth graders. Its subject was economic diversity with a specific focus on hunger/food insecurity. Students learned how they could help alleviate food insecurity, too. A representative from Mazon, a Jewish organization that fights hunger, talks to Perelman students. Courtesy of the Perelman Jewish Day School TUESDAY, FEB. 22 Bingo with Barry Join Barry at Tabas KleinLife for an afternoon of bingo from 12:30-3:30 p.m. on Feb. 22, 23 and 24. Free parking and free to play with snacks available on Feb. 23. For more information, call 215-745-3127. 2101 Strahle St., Philadelphia. Barrack Names New Head of Upper School Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy named Rebecca Trajtenberg as its new upper school director. Trajtenberg has worked at Barrack for 13 years, currently as dean of college counseling and student affairs. She will begin her new role overseeing the academic and overall program of the upper school on July 1. Virtual Tour Join Golden Slipper Gems at 1:30 p.m. as we tour the galleries of the newly opened Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience with tour guide Lizzi Meister, MSJE’s public programs manager, over Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/ register/WN_j7GqOVOLTdyXmjd- cappmQ. THURSDAY, FEB. 24 JEVS Workshop Could you benefit from an education to employment program to help you gain new skills? JEVS career coaches will share education-to- employment programs focused on gaining skills needed for a satisfying job that balances work, family and social distancing at our virtual 11 a.m. workshop: jevshumanservices. org/event. l www.jewishexponent.com Rebecca Trajtenberg Courtesy of Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy Jewish Family Service Gets Donor Pledge The Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties got a two-year donor pledge from Visiting Angels of Atlantic County, a home health care service based in Egg Harbor Township. Visiting Angels will provide funds to help older adults in the community continue to enjoy programs and access services for individual needs. The company has been a JFS partner for more than 13 years. From left: Visiting Angels representatives present a check to JFS Senior Director of Communications and Donor Relations Beth Joseph, center. 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