BUBBLING
UNDER TURKEY TIME
NOVEMBER 18, 2021 / 14 KISLEV 5782
HBO series “Succession” introduces a Jewish
character, and antisemitism enters the equation.

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LOCAL How Are JWV
Chapters Faring?
Challenges loom as
membership ages.

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LOCAL Kristallnacht
Remembered at
Holocaust Plaza
Participants note
ongoing importance
83 years later.

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OBITUARY Rabbi Mimi
Ferraro Dies at 59
Ferraro was the first
graduate of Gratz’s
doctoral program.

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Volume 134
Number 32
Published Weekly Since 1887
Holiday Gatherings
Back On
This Year
JARRAD SAFFREN | JE STAFF
AFTER A YEAR of sacrifi cing in-person
holiday parties because of the pandemic,
Jewish Philadelphians are getting together
again in 2021.

Th anksgiving is on Nov. 25, and
Chanukah starts just three nights later.

So with both fast approaching, local Jews
have already planned their holiday season
parties. Joyce Heisen, who lives in the suburbs,
said that, just like last year, she trusts the
guidance: COVID vaccines work, so it’s
OK to gather again. Heisen is getting her
booster shot and, since almost 70% of
Americans have received at least one jab,
she feels comfortable gathering again.

“I’m just not going to keep postponing
things,” Heisen said.

Th e suburban resident is part of a group
of widows who call themselves “Th e Good
Grief Goddesses.” Th ey met in a virtual
bereavement group through Goldsteins’
Rosenberg’s Raphael-Sacks during the
pandemic and became fast friends.

Lately, they’ve been gathering in person
See Gatherings, Page 14
A 2019 Amudim workshop on overdose prevention trainings, where Narcan, an emergency
narcotics overdose medication, was distributed
Courtesy of David Kushner
‘A Disease of Isolation’:
How Jews Combat
Addiction Stigma
SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF
THERE’S A YIDDISH SAYING: “A
shikker iz a goy,” which translates to “an
alcoholic is a non-Jew.”
Filled with sharp consonants, the
phrase is harsh to say, and for Jews with
substance abuse disorders or those recov-
ering from addictions of any kind, the
implication is even harsher.

“Th ere is still an incredible amount of
stigma in the Jewish community,” said
Rabbi Ilan Glazer, a Baltimore-based
rabbi and creator of Our Jewish Recovery,
See Addiction, Page 15