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SCOTT LEAVES TURN
New 76ers announcer Kate Scott
details her Jewish background.

OCTOBER 14, 2021 / 8 CHESHVAN 5782
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JEWISHEXPONENT.COM — WHAT IT MEANS TO BE JEWISH IN PHILADELPHIA —
$1.00 Jewish Federation
to ramp up
security efforts.

Har Nebo
Cemetery Cleanup
Slated for
Oct. 17
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SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF
LOCAL IN EARLY NOVEMBER 2020, Richard
Blumberg took his son to Har Nebo
Cemetery in Oxford Circle to visit the
graves of 10 ancestors.

Upon arriving, Blumberg was devas-
tated. About 2,000 of the cemetery’s 35,000
stones had toppled and broken in half.

“When I saw all the stones — falling,
broken, ready to fall — I was like, ‘there’s
got to be good people that would care,’”
Blumberg said. “Th is is atrocious.”
Blumberg has devoted the past 11
months to partnering with the National
Park Service and the Jewish Federation of
Greater Philadelphia, creating his group,
Friends of Jewish Cemeteries, committed
to leading eff orts to tidy cemeteries and
repair gravestones.

Friends of Jewish Cemeteries and the Jewish
Federation will host a cleanup of Har Nebo on
Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. It is continuing to raise up to
$20,000 for a pilot restoration project to fully
restore 10-20 graves at the cemetery.

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Founder of large
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LOCAL Africa Night to
Honor Israel Set
Rabbi to speak at
second annual event.

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Volume 134
Number 27
Published Weekly Since 1887
Larry David, star of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Photo by Kevork S. Djansezian/Getty Images via JTA.org
Do Jews Still Love ‘Curb’?
What Do You Think?
JARRAD SAFFREN | JE STAFF
LARRY DAVID’S “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
returns to HBO for its 11th season on Oct.

24 — and local Jews can’t wait.

Th e upcoming 10 episodes will form
the third season since “Curb” returned
from a six-year hiatus in 2017.

Th ose fi rst eight seasons, airing between
2000 and 2011, transformed David into
an unmistakable celebrity and attracted
millions of devoted fans. But a six-year
hiatus is a long one. And the more recent
seasons, airing in an era with more enter-
tainment options, have gotten slightly
lower ratings.

At the same time, local Jews haven’t
forgotten about David. Instead, many
See Cemetery, Page 16
See Curb, Page 17
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