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Personal Care & Memory Care Living An LCB Senior Living Community: More Than 25 Years of Excellence Select apartments still available at our pre-open rate, including our exclusive Terrace Apartments 610-595-4647 | residencebalacynwyd.com 2 OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM THIS WEEK COMING THIS FALL Local 5 Jewish Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Speaks at Penn 6 Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Hires New Leader with Israeli Background 8 Dresher Holocaust Survivor Unites with Family Valley View Green ECO-FRIENDLY BURIALS AT HISTORIC LAUREL HILL IN PHILADELPHIA Opinion 14 Editorials 15 Letters 15 Opinions Cover Story 19 Best of Jewish Philadelphia Community 28 Obituaries 31 Synagogue Spotlight 33 Calendar In every issue 4 Weekly Kibbitz 10 Jewish Federation 12 You Should Know 13 National Briefs 27 Arts & Culture 32 D’var Torah 35 Last Word 36 Classifieds BEGIN YOUR PRE-PLANNING JOURNEY TODAY Cover: JFCS President and CEO Paula Goldstein leads a multiple Best of Philadelphia award-winning organization 5 P ICC hires new leader with an 6 J ewish Supreme Court Justice 8 D resher Holocaust survivor Israeli background Elena Kagan speaks at Penn reunites with his family after 80 years JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 3 Weekly Kibbitz Two Jewish women join all-new cast of ‘The Real Housewives of New York’ Javits Center featuring panels and performances from the cable network’s favorite celebrities. For the fi rst time in its history, “The Real Housewives of New York” will be rebooted entirely. As executive producer Cohen told Variety in March, the network was seeking a more diverse cast “that better refl ected New York City.” The cast will be rounded out by Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank and Brynn Whitfi eld. “I would love an opportunity to kind of pass the baton virtually to them and say, ‘Wishing you the best, and just keep it real,’” Jill Zarin, “RHONY”’s best-known Jewish cast member, told People mag- azine. She left the show more than a decade ago. Though many celebrated the announcement, there has been social media backlash to the inclu- sion of Savetsky, with many decrying her identity as a “proud Zionist,” according to her Instagram bio. Cohen, who is Jewish, tweeted on Oct. 18: “The amount of antisemitism coming from all corners is alarming,” though he did not refer to any remarks specifi cally. Savetsky was not at BravoCon because, as she Ira and Lizzy Savetsky attend a Thomas Ashbourne Craft Spirits and Fleishigs magazine event in New York City on Sept. 18. explained in an Instagram story, she was observ- ing the Jewish holiday of Hoshana Rabbah, the seventh and fi nal day of Sukkot, which took place from Oct. 15-16. Cohen called the group of women “the most diverse cast yet” during the taping of his show. “We were looking for a group of friends who were actually connected and who are vibrant, liv- ing all over New York City, with interesting jobs and interesting relationships, and we found them in this group,” he told “Entertainment Tonight.” The 14th season of “Real Housewives of New York City” is expected to begin fi lming sometime this fall. A release date has yet to be announced, though Bravo confi rmed the season will premiere sometime in 2023. — Julia Gergely/New York Jewish Week PLAN AHEAD FOR peace of mind. 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Also joining the cast is Erin Lichy (neé Yitzhari), a 35-year-old Tribeca-area mom and real estate agent with Douglas Elliman. Lichy, who grew up in Manhattan, is “one of fi ve children in a close-knit Israeli family,” according to her bio on the Bravo website. She also owns home design and renova- tion fi rm Homegirl. Lichy’s husband, Abraham, who runs a law fi rm, as well as DJs on the side and founded a fash- ion brand, graduated from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2010. The announcement about the reality juggernaut’s all-new cast was made during the Oct. 16 live taping of “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen,” which also concluded the festivities of BravoCon, a three-day convention and party at the Jacob K. local Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Hires New Leader with Israeli Background JARRAD SAFFREN | STAFF WRITER R avid Butz was born in Israel; he grew up in Israel; he never expected to leave Israel. But as a teenager, he did. His father had business in South Africa, and the family followed him there. Then the businessman, whose company made packaging machinery, went to a trade show in Philadelphia and got more orders, so his family followed him there, too. And Philadelphia is where they stayed, and where Butz went to college at Temple University, and where he eventually met his wife, Sibyl Weidner. The couple started a photo lab, PhotoLounge, in Center City in 1997 and built it into a successful company. They also moved to Bucks County and raised three kids. Butz thought his story would be an Israeli story, but it blossomed into an American one. Except now, for the first time since his childhood, he’s going back. Butz, 52, was named executive direc- tor of the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce. The PICC connects business people in the Philadelphia region and the Jewish homeland, according to Butz. The organization announced the Philadelphian and Israeli as its new executive director in an Oct. 14 email, succeeding longtime leader Vered Nohi. The new executive director said the position combines Israel, Philadelphia and business, perhaps the three things he cares most about outside of his family. “I’ve never had a career in Israel or with an Israeli company,” he added. “Just experiencing working with Israeli firms is very exciting to me.” Mike Krupit, the chamber of com- merce president, said “the match between the PICC and Ravid could not have been more perfect.” “We are thrilled to be working with him and looking forward to his engag- Ravid Butz  ing with the community,” he added. Butz was born in 1970, just a genera- tion after the founding of modern Israel as the Jewish state. As he explained it, “Israel and the story of how it came to be was everything to me.” He said he was “really absorbed in the miracle of Israel’s creation.” He studied the history, the literature, everything, and found it to be “a very romantic period of history.” After his family left his homeland, the boy was sure that he was going back. He dreamed about joining the Israel Defense Forces. Every stage of Photo by Pano Kalogeropoulos his life in South Africa and the United States was about getting to the next stage, he explained. That way he would be closer to returning. But then, “I realized I wasn’t going back,” Butz said. Instead of serving in the Israeli army in his early 20s, he met his wife. Butz worked with someone who knew Weidner, and after a night when they all hung out, he missed his train home. It got too late, Butz recalled, and he just had to stay. He thought she was cute; she thought he was arrogant; they’ve been together ever since. “We just connected,” Butz said. As he started a family with Weidner, the young man also ended up managing a camera shop. He always had a passion for photography, so it was a good fit. And after the owner closed the shop, Butz opened his own. PhotoLounge was born. As time went on, Butz started to network with people who were found- ing other companies in the area. Then he launched a startup with a digital technology product that he developed at PhotoLounge. In the late 2000s, the couple raised money to sell the product to other retailers and made a profit for a couple of years. After the 2007-’08 financial crisis, though, they sold part of that busi- ness, and Butz started a master’s pro- gram in technology management at the University of Pennsylvania. He com- pleted his degree in 2012 and came out with a new mission: coaching. “I’m very interested in the personal development of the leader of the com- pany before we even tackle the product side of things,” Butz said. Butz began working as a consultant and met the people involved with the PICC in 2017. He also started a consult- ing firm to help founders in their 30s and 40s clarify their missions. “They are not sure why they are doing it,” he said. The consultant has helped bring a series of life science labs to Philadelphia. He also has worked with Grovara, a Philadelphia company that serves as “the world’s first marketplace for food distributors in the wellness category,” he explained. And pretty soon, he will work with Israeli companies, too. “Israel is a leader in tech. Philadelphia also has an active startup culture,” Butz said. “Merging this leader in tech in Israel and this hotbed in Philadelphia is very exciting.” JE jsaffren@midatlanticmedia.com JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 5 local Jewish Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Speaks at Penn JARRAD SAFFREN | STAFF WRITER I n America today, people are losing faith in democratic institutions and ending relationships over politi- cal diff erences. A September Gallup poll found Supreme Court “trust” and “approval” to be at an all-time low. An October New York Times/Sienna College poll uncovered that almost a fi ft h of Americans believed “political disagreements had hurt relationships with friends or family.” Yet despite those fi ndings, United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan appeared before a group of University of Pennsylvania students on Oct. 21. Offi cially, the Jewish justice was sitting down for a conversation with new Penn President Elizabeth Magill during the latter’s inaugural festivities. But once she got through the Ivy League red meat about serving as solic- itor general, as dean of Harvard Law School and now as a Supreme Court justice, and about working alongside former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, among others, she got to the heart of the conversation. Kagan, one of the leaders of America, told its future leaders how Democratic us.” Th e judge believes that the law develops best when it does so “slowly, and incrementally, by the work of many judges over time.” She also thinks that “it’s a kind of hubris to say, 'Well just throw that all out because we think we know better.'” Th e assembled students, professors and Penn staff members clapped again. According to Kagan, this deliberate pace prevents the court from “becom- Compassionate Care with Peace of Mind! F ree ! * Firs Mont t h For additional information and to schedule your in-person or virtual tour, please go to www.TheHearthAtDrexel.org/Visit or call 1-877-205-9428. 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As Kagan said, “We think we know everything, but it turns out people have been doing law for a long time before ing politicized.” Th e justice explained that it’s a human instinct to look at an old doctrine, call it counterintuitive and say, “Why shouldn’t I just get rid of it?” But if judges come onto a court and say they're overthrowing the apparatus and the legal rules, “it starts not to look like law anymore,” Kagan said. Such an approach can degenerate into “tit for tat,” as the justice described it. “Maybe some other justices will come on and they’ll do the same thing,” she said. “Th ere are all these jolts to the sys- tem, and it begins to look not like a court, and more like a political institution.” “Courts should be courts. Courts should act like courts,” Kagan con- cluded. 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Peopledepend on law.” Navigating the Caregiver Journey - Part Two SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN A major concern for family caregivers of persons Later in the conversation, Magill asked a question about how Supreme Court justices get along when they disagree on so much. Kagan was nom- inated to be an associate justice in May 2010 by President Obama and confi rmed by the Senate three months later. Over the last 12 years, she has seen the court go from the moderate body that upheld the Aff ordable Care Act to the 6-3 conservative major- ity that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion. She watched the previous president, Republican Donald J. Trump, appoint three new justices to reverse that balance of power. Th rough it all, though, Kagan remained an American who, as Magill explained, would go on a hunting trip with Scalia. “Why did you do that?” Magill asked. “I did it because I promised to,” Kagan answered. When the Jewish woman was going through her confi rmation process, she did a set of “courtesy visits,” as she described them, to the senators who would be responsible for confi rming her. During those visits, the senators could not ask her how she would vote on a case, but they could fi nd ways to ask her that without asking her that. Conservative senators would pose questions like, “Have you ever hunted? Do you know anybody who’s hunted?” Kagan told the laughing crowd that she grew up in New York City, and that in New York City “this is really not what we did on the weekends.” But during one visit, she invited herself to a gun-loving senator’s ranch. “And this look of total horror came on,” Kagan said. Kagan told Scalia the same story aft er her confi rmation, and he started “laughing uproariously,” she recalled. But then he took Kagan to his gun club and had his son-in-law teach her to shoot. During the last fi ve-and-a-half years of Scalia’s life, Kagan went hunt- ing with Scalia “not once, but many times.” “I enjoy his company very much,” she said. JE jsaff ren@midatlanticmedia.com living with dementia is anticipating what will happen next and how to plan for the disease’s progression. This webinar will discuss care and more unexpected twists and turns as the person with dementia advances towards the latter stages of the disease. Tam Cummings, Ph.D., Gerontologist Author, Untangling Alzheimer’s: The Guide for Families and Professionals © 2022 ProMedica Health System, Inc., or its affiliates 14972_Warminster-Yardley_4.55x11.indd 1 10/3/22 3:04 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 7 PM local Dresher Holocaust Survivor Unites with Family SASHA ROGELBERG | STAFF WRITER T he recent meeting of Franklin Lewinson and his second cousin Klaus Manzel has been about 80 years in the making. Lewinson, an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor living in Dresher, and Manzel, an 80-year-old native Berliner, united on Oct. 13 at Lewinson’s home. The two shared the story of the Lewinson family’s survival during the Shoah and Manzel’s plan to have a Stolperstein — a brass plate honoring victims of Nazi extermination — installed at the address of Lewinson’s family home in honor of Lewinson’s father Hans, who was murdered in Auschwitz. Until a few years ago, neither knew of the other’s existence. “I was shocked,” Lewinson said. “Because I didn’t even realize there was anybody still alive.” Born in 1935 in Berlin, Lewinson, originally named Wolfgang, and his younger sister Renate spent most of their early childhood in Blumenstraße, the neighborhood where most Jews were relegated under Nazi rule. The family relocated from their Tempelhof home, where they were evicted, to Charlottenburg, and then to Blumenstraße in the same year. They were required by law to mark their doors with a Magen David. Lewinson’s mother converted to Judaism in 1930 after marrying Hans, having grown up Christian. Her Christian maiden name, Ruckheim, and paperwork helped her find a job at a time when employment for Jews was scarce. While most Jews were assigned limited evening hours to shop — when Betsy (left) and Franklin Lewinson with Klaus Manzel and Julia Flood at Lewinson’s Dresher home on Oct. 13  Courtesy of Betsy Lewinson TOMANDLINDA PLATT most of the food was already gone — Lewinson’s mother was able to buy groceries during regular hours. Her Christian paperwork was what saved her and her children’s lives, but Hans Lewinson was not as lucky. In 1943, after multiple arrests and imprisonments at Nazi labor camps, he was deported to Auschwitz on a train car carrying more than 1,000 prisoners. He was killed shortly after he arrived at the death camp. The Lewinson children spent the years of 1940-1945 inside at their mother’s behest. She received no sup- port from her Christian family, who all but abandoned her and joined the Nazi Party. “I can remember leaving the house two times,” Lewinson said. On a rare outing, Lewinson’s mother removed the yellow Magen David from her children’s clothing. They hid peri- odically at convents and farms, but only for brief windows of time. Fortune continued to be on Lewinson’s side. The family came to the U.S. in November 1946 on a troopship. His mother’s status as a single woman with Trunk Show Thursday to Saturday November 10-12 11-5 pm 19th & Sansom Streets 215-567-4662 Discounted Parking Platt TS Ad 2211 (6.9x5.5).indd 1 8 OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 5/25/22 9:53 AM two children allowed the family During the war, Manzel’s fam- to immigrate early. The American ily was afforded some protection Jewish Joint Distribution by their Christian status, but Committee helped the family set- Manzel’s father was anti-govern- tle in Jackson Heights in Queens. ment, and the family was never After a two-year stint in the affiliated with the Nazi Party. Army stationed at Fort Dix and The dedication of a Stolperstein Poitiers, France, Lewinson moved was a way for Manzel to memori- with his family to Lakewood, alize Lewinson’s father and do his New Jersey. He met his wife Betsy part in continuing the Shoah’s there, and the two married in legacy of “never forget.” The stone 1982, moving to Blue Bell in 2000, will be installed in January. and to Dresher 15 years later. Though Lewinson can no lon- Lewinson’s lack of family ger travel to Berlin to visit where knowledge was not through lack his childhood home once stood, of trying, Betsy Lewinson said. Manzel plans on attending its “Wherever we have been — dedication. we’ve been to Auschwitz, to Yad “The stone will be right smack Vashem in Israel, elsewhere ... no in the middle of a completely one could ever trace his father,” new complex, where you would she said. never know [a Jewish family lived Across the sea in Germany, there],” Manzel said. “That street Manzel’s grandmother had A mock-up of the Stolperstein honoring Lewinson’s father Hans, which will be installed at their has a new name, but the whole Photo by Julia Flood point of the memorial stone is that kept in touch with Lewinson’s family’s old address in January mother until her death in 1987. you wonder, ‘What is this?’. What Manzel knew that Hans had been will be useful is to stumble upon arrested and that the Lewinsons were and contacted her and Lewinson in band, or they didn’t have children,” it and pause and consider and hope that living in America. With the help of his 2020. The family exchanged letters, Manzel said through Flood’s trans- something like that will never happen daughter Julia Flood, who’s now a ther- emails and WhatsApp messages. lation. “So [I] was just curious to see again.” JE apist in San Jose, California, Manzel “For that generation, everyone had if there was anybody left and what was able to find Renate in New Jersey died out because they lost their hus- became of them.” srogelberg@midatlanticmedia.com JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 9 Jewish Federation Real Estate Legends and Leaders Going Strong for a Decade The Jewish Federation Real Estate (JFRE) group of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia hosted its 10th annual Legends and Leaders event on October 21 at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall. “It is incredible that we have hosted the Legends and Leaders event for ten years. It is a testament to the original founders of JFRE that we have continued to have such a strong foundation after all these years,” said Jonathan Morgan, JFRE chair. “This year’s Legends and Leaders was our best one yet. JFRE remains resolute in its mission of bringing real estate and related industry professionals together as well as providing philanthropic opportunities for our members. I’m honored to lead JFRE into the future.” Approximately 600 professionals in real estate and related industries attended the signature event that featured breakfast, networking and two conversations with expert speakers. Presentations included discussions about the current geopolitical pressures of real estate and This year’s panel discussion centered on the topic of “The Power of Sports to Lift Communities.” Pictured (L to R): 76ers Managing Partner CEO Tad Brown, Jewish Federation Board Co-Chair and 76 Devcorp Chairman David Adelman, 76ers Managing Partner Josh Harris, and JFRE Executive Committee Member and Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds Principal Jessica Morgan (moderator). Legends and Leaders attendees had the opportunity to network with the best and brightest minds in the real estate and related industries. 10 OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM the future of sports infrastructure in Greater Philadelphia. JFRE’s Legends and Leaders event proved to withstand the test of time, raising over $500,000 in sponsorship from nearly 70 companies. This is the largest amount in the history of the program. In 2021-2022, the JFRE Fund granted $444,936.42 to 18 capital projects in Greater Philadelphia, Israel and overseas. Around $160,000 was additionally allocated to the development of a medical clinic in Gondar, Ethiopia from the JFRE Fund and contributions by JFRE Executive Committee to provide humanitarian assistance to Ethiopian Jews as they await aliyah to Israel. To learn more about how JFRE strengthens the real estate industry and Jewish communities, visit jewishphilly.org/jfre or contact Joel Schwarz, major gifts officer, at jschwarz@jewishphilly.org or 215.832.0544. (L to R) CBRE Economists Richard Barkam and Spencer Levy talked about “Inflation, Rising Interest Rates and Geopolitical Tension: What Does it Mean for US Real Estate.” Bill Glazer, founding JFRE member and Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia campaign co-chair, shared his commitment to philanthropy and inspired the audience about the impact of giving to the Jewish Federation. Some of the members of the Jewish Federation Real Estate Executive Committee with Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia staff. Jonathan Morgan, JFRE chair, welcomed the hundreds of attendees. Thank you to the sponsors of Jewish Federation Real Estate’s 10 th Annual Legends and Leaders event. Your support made this year’s signature event an astounding success and provided critical dollars to the JFRE Fund, which awards grants to essential capital projects in our Jewish communities in Greater Philadelphia and in Israel each year. 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SASHA ROGELBERG | STAFF WRITER A n asymptote is a line that approaches a given curve but never touches it. On a graph, the mathematical concept looks like two functions moving closer toward one another but never quite meeting or intersecting. For the past five years, Jewish author Moriel Rothman-Zecher has had something of an asymptotic relationship with his grandmother. In 2017, Rothman-Zecher, 33, began writing “Before All the World” — his sophomore novel loosely based on his hidden family history — within months of his grandmother’s death. In July, he moved from Dayton, Ohio to West Philadelphia, just 20 blocks from where his grandmother and her sister grew up on Cobbs Creek Parkway. Rothman-Zecher is interested in both the malleability and pre- cision of time, a seeming contradiction that he has woven through “Before All the World,” published Oct. 11 by Farrar, Straus and 12 OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Giroux. The novel is grounded in his- tory, but is fiction; it’s based on real people and places Rothman-Zecher wants to honor, though he admits that at least one of the stories he based the book on could have been apocrypha. The Jerusalem-born author’s deep curiosity about his Jewish roots and connection to the places his family lived — Israel, Ohio, Pennsylvania — are a common theme in his writing. His 2018 debut novel “Sadness is a White Bird” was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and earned Rothman- Zecher recognition on the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” list. Rothman-Zecher teaches poetry and fiction at the University of the Arts. “I’m primarily a novelist; I’m primar- ily a storyteller, and I’ve turned now — for the last seven or eight years — mostly to fiction, in order to tell the truth through making things up,” he said. “What I’m most drawn to is the truth of the story in its kind of narrow sense, in its kind of spiritual sense, and not necessarily its factual sense.” “Before All the World” is set in Prohibition-era Philadelphia in a time when the word “pogrom” refers to both the violence against Jews in Eastern Europe and the violence against Black people in America. Leyb, a Jewish man, finds himself in the city after escaping from the Eastern European village of Zatelsk, where most of the residents were taken to a nearby forest and killed. At Crickets, a speakeasy serving a mostly gay clien- tele, Leyb meets Charles, a Black man from Philadelphia’s Seventh Ward, becoming fascinated with Charles’ ability to speak Yiddish, a language Leyb has previously only thought to be spoken by Jews. Miraculously, Leyb also reunites with Gittl, the other Jewish survivor of the Zatelsk pogrom. The story of unlikely survival of the three protago- nists asks both the characters and the readers to imagine a better world. Though Zatelsk, Crickets and Charles’ apartment addresses are fic- tional locales, their coming together is loosely based on real events. Rothman-Zecher, who attends Kol Tzedek, grew up very close with his grandparents, but following the death of his grandmother, he uncovered parts of her life that were once hidden. “We had really extensive, deep con- versations about a lot of things. But also in my early adulthood, I realized that there were some subjects that had been totally off-limits,” Rothman-Zecher said. “Specifically, growing up, I had thought that my grandmother had one sister, Beatrice, who lived in Center City for her whole life, and we would visit her regularly. I think when I was in my late teenage years, maybe early 20s, I realized that my grandma had actually had two sisters.” Rothman-Zecher’s grandmother’s younger sister Leonore Steinberg had a child with a Black man in the 1940s. Shortly after the child’s birth, Steinberg was sent to a psychiatric hos- pital, where she lived for the rest of her life. The institution adopted her child. Rothman-Zecher is unsure whether the child was adopted for nefarious reasons or whether Leonore was institution- alized because her relationship with a Black man was pathologized. Rothman-Zecher also drew on a story his grandfather once told him about his experience at a speakeasy-turned- gay bar, though Rothman-Zecher isn’t entirely sure he remembered the story correctly. As he tries his best to extract the spiritual truth from his family’s sto- ries, Rothman-Zecher has observed a transformation in his relationship with them. “Writing the book, researching the book and living in the book and mov- ing around the book was this opportu- nity to be in conversation with people who weren’t alive anymore,” he said. “It has been a special feeling, to feel the presence of my family members, both literal and literary, as the book goes out into the world.” JE srogelberg@midatlanticmedia.com Courtesy of Moriel Rothman-Zecher Moriel Rothman-Zecher nation / world USPS Issues Chanukah Stamp The U.S. Postal Service announced on Oct. 20 the release of a new Chanukah stamp. “I remember looking forward to Chanukah as a child, especially the traditional foods, gifts and games,” said Lori Dym, USPS managing counsel for procurement and property law, who served as the dedicating official at an event at an Ohio synagogue. Chanukah begins this year at sundown on Dec. 18. The stamp art features the design from an original wall hanging. The fiber art was hand-dyed, appliquéd and quilted to form an abstract image of a hanukkiah. Blue and purple represent the sky, while greens and browns represent the earth. The bright yellows and oranges represent the Festival of Lights. At the bottom of the stamp, the words Hanukkah, Forever and USA appear in white capital letters. ‘Hitler Truck’ Inflames Tensions in Berkeley Three weeks after a prominent pro-Israel activist accused the University of California, Berkeley of creating “Jew-free zones,” two trucks rolled into town to address the controversy, JTA.org reported. One displayed a massive picture of Adolf Hitler. “All in favor of banning Jews, raise your right hand,” read the billboard on the side of the truck. The truck was dispatched by a political advocacy group called Accuracy in Media, which has a history of finding ways to provoke liberals and progressives. The group’s president Adam Guillette told J. The Jewish News of Northern California that the truck was part of a larger campaign to combat antisemitism on college campuses and was meant to oppose the Berkeley Law student groups that recently announced they had adopted a bylaw pledging to bar Zionist speakers from campus. “The amount of hatred, intolerance, and antisemitism is morally outrageous and it’s time for us to (non-violently) fight back,” Guillette said. But whatever the truck’s intended effect, its presence frightened students and drew condemnation from the local branch of the Anti-Defamation League, Berkeley Hillel and the local Jewish Community Relations Council, along with offers of emotional support from university administrators. Some passersby threw rocks at the vehicle. 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But it made Morrison an outlier among the vast majority of world leaders, who have long held that whether Jerusalem is Israel’s capital should be negotiated as part of an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord. Australia’s embassy never moved from Tel Aviv. And now, Morrison’s successor is returning the country’s official position to the one it maintained until 2018. “Australia is committed to a two-state solution in which Israel and a future Palestinian state coexist, in peace and security, within internationally recognised borders,” Penny Wong, Australia’s minister for foreign affairs, said in a statement. “We will not support an approach that undermines this prospect.” Israel, Bahrain Sign Accord on Agricultural Cooperation Israel and Bahrain on Oct. 19 signed an agricultural cooperation declaration on the sidelines of the first-ever International Summit on Food Technologies from the Dead Sea and Desert that took place in Eilat, JNS.org reported. The conference, an initiative of Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, was attended by 70 senior officials, who focused on promoting coordi- nation and innovation in aquaculture and the overall battle to combat food insecurity. The declaration calls for the promotion and expansion of cooperation between Jerusalem and Manama in the fields of agriculture, livestock and food security, and the sharing of related knowledge, technology and diverse products. JE — Compiled by Andy Gotlieb FREE ESTIMATES PERSONALIZED SERVICE SENIOR DOWNSIZING DECLUTTER / HOARDING CLEAN OUTS ALL ITEMS SOLD, DONATED, OR REPURPOSED RESPECTFUL OF HOMES WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 30+ YEARS JOLIE OMINSKY OWNER SERVING PA, DE, NJ JOCSERNICA@YAHOO.COM 610-551-3105 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 13 editorials Celebrate Israel’s Economic Juggernaut A s we brace for the frustration and uncertainly of Israel’s fifth national election in four years to be held next Tuesday, and bemoan the frustration of an Israeli electorate so deeply divided on a host of political and social issues, it is worth taking a step back to marvel at the remarkable success of the Jewish state’s bursting economy. While virtually every country in the world is suffering from rampant inflation, slow economic growth and challenges to maintenance of cur- rency values, Israel is an exception. Israel’s econ- omy is growing at one of the fastest paces in the world; it boasts a very low rate of inflation and a high level of employment. Israel’s shekel is reported to be the world’s best performing cur- rency among the more than 30 that trade actively, and the only one that strengthened against the dollar in the past decade. Israel’s projected domestic product growth in 2022 will reach 5.2%. Unemployment is at an impressive 3.5%, and Israel’s inflation rate of 4.3% is less than half the annualized rate in the U.S. and Europe. Israel’s economy is strong and is poised to continue to grow. Analysts attribute that strength to a culture of innovation that dominates Israel’s business sector and a broad, diverse and growing base of companies that make up corporate Israel. As highlighted in a recent Bloomberg analy- sis of Israel’s economic success, it is innovation and technology that drive Israel’s remarkable impact on some of the world’s largest industries. The range of impacted industries includes busi- ness sectors as diverse as auto parts, medical equipment and food, water and climate-change solutions. Companies like Mobileye Global Inc., the creator of vision-based driver assistance pro- grams, and Innoviz Technologies Ltd., the maker of light detection ranging (Lidar) sensor and percep- tion software for autonomous driving are making a significant impact on the worldwide automobile industry. And Nanox Imaging Ltd. — a company devoted to moving from predictive medicine to preventive medicine — brings new approaches and promise to governments, hospitals and clinics with cloud-based image analysis, online diagnosis and billing services while continuing its work in the development of a 3D medical imaging device. And then there is Redefine Meat, the Israeli startup in its fourth year that seeks to address meat’s significant impact on the challenges of cli- mate change and sustainability by creating the first 3D printed plant-based steak, which now boasts distribution in more than 500 restaurants and butcher shops in Israel, Berlin, Amsterdam and London. There are, of course, many more such compa- nies, each with an impressive story and many with eye-popping success. There are some 630 compa- nies domiciled in Israel. Not all of them will succeed. But not one of them accounts for more than 10% of Israel’s market value. That diversity — coupled with an innovative, single-minded dedication to under- standing new challenges and working through them without fear of failure — bodes well for con- tinued growth and expansion of Israel’s economy. We can only hope that the new government Israel will elect on Nov. 1 will bring a similar sta- bility, reliability, innovation and a drive to solve problems creatively. JE T he upcoming midterm elections on Nov. 8 are important. The outcome will determine control of the U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives and leadership and control of state government. In our deeply divided and hyper-partisan political environment, the stakes couldn’t be higher. So, if you care about who is going to rep- resent your interests in the next Congress and in the state Capitol, and you care about any of the issues being debated on the campaign trail, you need to make your voice heard by voting. Candidates you elect will be in a position to make a differ- ence going forward. We urge you to vote no matter what com- peting polls are predicting. That’s because we have seen repeatedly that many polls are not reliable predictors of election out- comes. Analysts have differing views on why pollsters keep getting things wrong. Some complain that the polling questions themselves are biased and tend to pre-ordain a result. Other argue that some pollsters improperly focus on registered voters rather than likely voters and assert that likely vot- ers will more accurately predict election results than registered voters who may not actually show up to vote. And then there is the claimed under- counting of Republicans because of “shy Trump 14 OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM supporters” or others seeking to avoid vilification or worse for support of more conservative can- didates or positions. This sometimes leads to no answer or misleading answers to polling surveys and skews poll results. Further complicating things are the hot political issues that initially grab voter attention, and then cool down after some period of time. In this elec- tion cycle, the abortion issue, the flailing economy and the Jan. 6 hearings may be good examples of hot topic concerns with differing voter impact with the passage of time. Earlier this year, most analysts expected Republicans to make big gains in November, as usually happens for the party that doesn’t hold the White House. But the Supreme Court’s decision to over- turn Roe v. Wade, the rollout of the Jan. 6 hearings and the investigation of for- mer President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents and the rise, fall and threatened further rise of gas prices have all captured voter attention and served as a rallying point for advocates to push for voter turnout to elect candidates sympa- thetic to a particular view. That was then. But now, some reports suggest that uneasiness about the economy and immi- gration may have overtaken abortion con- cerns or continued focus on the expanding saga of Donald Trump’s legal problems, raising new concerns and predictions about control of the House, Senate and state capitols. But who knows? And that’s precisely the point. No matter what you hear from the pollsters, not a single poll result actually votes for a candidate. Only registered voters can do that. Voting is an enormous privilege and empowers each of us to be a part of a communal decision on issues that matter to us. We encourage you to vote on Nov. 8. Your future depends on it. JE iStock / Getty Images Plus/ SDI Productions Ignore the Polls. Go Vote! opinions & letters Does Trump Hate Jews, or Just ‘Bad Jews’? they are not. That’s the Trump heard in a recent video clip, asking if the fi lmmaker was “a good Jewish character.” Good Jew or bad Jew? Tamkin calls her book an attempt to “wrestle with what I believe to be the one truth of American Jewish identity: it can never be pinned down.” Still, a lot of people have tried — sometimes out of the best of intentions, and sometimes to push people out of the fold. When we presume to tell ourselves who is and isn’t a “good Jew,” however, we shouldn’t be shocked when others — espe- cially a politician who has made racial tribalism his brand — do the same. JE BY ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL Photo by Gage Skidmore / The Star News Network /cc-by-sa-2.0 I n her new book “Bad Jews,” Emily Tamkin frames recent American Jewish communal politics as a series of clashes between antagonists who insist there are right ways and wrong ways to be Jewish — that is, “good Jews” and “bad Jews.” It’s a useful and revealing way to look at how Jews fi ght among themselves. It’s also incredibly timely (or timeless). Donald Trump had his own version of “bad Jews” in mind when he tweeted this month that American Jews were insuffi ciently grateful to him for his support of Israel, and warned that “U.S. Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel — before it is too late!” Some Jewish groups heard that as an antise- mitic threat. Even giving him the benefi t of the doubt — I thought he meant that Israel itself would be in danger if Jews didn’t vote for a pro-Israel president like him the next time — it does fi t into a pattern in which Trump treats “the Jews” as a monolith, and distinguishes between the good Jews who vote for him and the bad Jews who don’t recognize their own self-interest. That sort of ethnic pigeonholing never ends well. And as I have written before, I don’t know if Trump is antisemitic, but he has certainly been good for antisemitism. Trump was also echoing the kinds of internal Jewish conversations that Tamkin describes. It may be presumptuous for a gentile politician to explain how “good Jews” vote, but Jewish individuals and organizations have been doing it for years. Liberal Jews use the “good Jew/bad Jew” framing, on everything from immigration to LGBTQ rights. But it has over the years become a conservative specialty, especially when it comes to Israel: In 2002, New York Times columnist William Safi re urged Jewish Democrats to put their domestic agenda aside to vote for Republicans he felt had a better record on Israel. In 2008, neoconservative icon Norman Podhoretz lamented that liberalism had “super- seded Judaism and become a religion in its own right.” In 2011, Jewish conservative fi rebrand Ben Shapiro tweeted, “The Jewish people has always been plagued by Bad Jews, who undermine it from within. In America, those Bad Jews largely vote Democrat.” In 2018, Jonathan Neumann turned that idea into a book-length attack on Jews involved in Andrew Silow-Carroll is editor-in-chief of the New York Jewish Week and senior editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Former President Donald Trump in 2021 social justice movements, subtitled, “How the Jewish Left Corrupts and Endangers Israel.” In each case, the writers implied that good Jews put the fate of Israel ahead of other values — which, to the degree that they are liberal, seem to the writers barely Jewish in the fi rst place. Some of those objecting to Trump’s tweet said it fed the “dual loyalty” accusation — that is, Jews pledge their true allegiance to Israel. But again, Trump is turning an internal Jewish discourse back on itself. Let’s be honest: Caring about the well-being of Israel — political, social, military — is a normative value in the vast majority of American Jewish settings: synagogues, schools, summer camps, community councils. That’s not dual loy- alty, but solidarity with millions of co-religionists and extended family members. Such solidarity is the right of any ethnic group, and Jews have rightly owned it, even as polls show that is the minority of Jews who make Israel their number one issue at the polls. Trump’s tweet is a funhouse version of that tendency — demanding Jews stand in solidarity with Israel but on his terms, and exclusive of other priorities. Trump’s tweet is of a piece with what Maggie Haberman, in her new book about Trump, describes as the “racial tribalism” the real estate mogul absorbed in the New York City of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. In that Archie Bunkerish New York, individuals were pegged and defi ned, for good and ill, by their ethnicity. In Trump’s view, Jews are good business people, savvy negotia- tors and of one mind when it comes to Israel — and are confounding and even ungrateful when letters Compounding an Error The president recently said that “there will be consequences” in his latest kerfuffl e with the leader of our once-close ally, Saudi Arabia. This may be one of the few times in his tenure that he may be right/half right, since we will suff er the eff ects of those consequences. As the Exponent implies (“From Fist Bump to Poke in the Eye,” Oct. 20), Biden’s statement during his campaign to make the kingdom an “international pariah” was a sound moral state- ment while at the same time being a very poor foreign policy one. The reason is simple: While the Saudis’ morality leaves much to be desired, its economic and political power remains vital to the Middle East’s ability to contain Iran’s hegemony in the area. It’s long been obvious that both America and Israel need the kingdom to be part of a coali- tion to act as a buff er against Iranian expansion. Threatening the Saudis along with some of his other poorly conceived policies was an unforced error, and compounding it by indulging in retali- ations would send the kingdom directly into the Soviet and Chinese coalition. JE Steve Heitner, Middle Island, New York Letters should be related to articles that have run in the print or online editions of the JE, and may be edited for space and clarity prior to publication. Please include your first and last name, as well your town/neighborhood of residence. Send letters to letters@jewishexponent.com. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 15 opinion Israel Should Stay Out of the War in Ukraine BY JONATHAN S. TOBIN ight months into Russia’s brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine, two things are clear about the confl ict. One is that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s launching of the largest land war in Europe since 1945 was a crime that has largely united the civ- ilized world in revulsion. Another is that no one seems to have any realistic idea of how it can be brought to an end. Note that I used the word “realistic.” By this I mean a solution that doesn’t require the com- plete military defeat of a nuclear power that is unlikely to accept abject humiliation. That would also rule out a policy predicated on an attempt at regime change in Moscow, a reckless notion with unknowable and possibly catastrophic con- sequences. Of course, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose courageous leadership has helped Kyiv mount a resolute and surprisingly successful resistance to the onslaught, does have a vision of how the war will end. He says Ukraine will keep fi ghting until a military victory chases the Russians off of every inch of soil that his country controlled in February, and perhaps even those areas it lost to Russia in 2014. In pursuit of that goal, he has obtained the kind of massive military and intelligence assistance that is reminiscent of the West’s commitment to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Biden adminis- tration had already committed itself to spending $54 billion on aid to Ukraine, with the implicit promise of continuing that fl ow. But that isn’t enough for Zelenskyy and his admirers. Not only does he want even more American weaponry, the supply of which has already stripped active U.S. forces of most of their reserves of armaments; he is also continuing to clamor for Israel to join the confl ict by sending Kyiv some of its most sophisticated weapons systems. Pressure on Israel There is a growing chorus of criticism of the Jewish state for its attempt to chart a middle course between pure neutrality and becoming an open participant in the fi ghting. Israel has sent consider- able humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and taken in refugees, yet has stopped short of military aid or involvement. Former Prisoner of Zion and Jewish Agency head Natan Sharansky has chided the Jewish state for “being afraid” of Russia. He’s right about that. But Israel has good reason to worry 16 OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM about escalating tensions with Putin. There is a sizable Jewish population that still lives in Russia which, up until this year, seemed to enjoy Putin’s protection. The war has called that into question. Moscow’s heavy-handed eff orts to signal Israel that it would pay a price if it did more to help Ukraine has included threats against the Jewish Agency’s operations in the country. Russia also has a large military presence in Syria. Putin has acquiesced to Israel’s military carrying out strikes against Iranian, Hezbollah and other terrorist targets inside that state without repercussions. This would be put at risk if Israel joined Ukraine’s war. More important than Sharansky’s stand is the criticism coming from Congress. A number of lawmakers have attacked Israel for its position on Ukraine. They, like Zelenskyy, dismiss the fact that Israel has done a lot to help Ukraine, even off ering it an early-warning system that could help it defend its population against Russian attacks. Like the Ukrainian leader, they want Israel to “get off the sidelines.” It’s worth questioning why, ever since the fi ght- ing started, Israel’s position is the focus of so much interest. With the U.S. and Europe on its side, Ukraine doesn’t need Israel. However, Zelenskyy, in particular, seems to have devoted an inordinate amount of attention to pressuring Israel. That included a virtual speech to the Knesset, in which he falsifi ed the history of the Holocaust by claiming that Ukrainians had stood with the Jews during the Shoah, instead of being the most enthusiastic of collaborators with the Nazis in helping to kill hundreds of thousands of Jewish victims. Had any other European leader uttered such an appalling lie, he or she would have been roundly condemned and treated like a pariah by world Jewry. But Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, and is seen as a 21st-century version of Winston Churchill by many otherwise sober observers, got away with it. And the pressure on Israel, which is always judged by a double standard on any issue, continues to grow, That’s because support for Ukraine transcends the usual sympathy that underdogs elicit. Despite the lionization of Zelenskyy and the justifi ed admi- ration for his country’s resistance, Ukraine is far from a model of democracy and human rights. In fact, it is arguably as corrupt as most former Soviet republics. The impulse to romanticize it as a uniquely noble cause involves more than a belief that sovereign nations should not be invaded by larger neigh- bors, and goes beyond outrage over Russian atrocities. The accusation that Russia helped steal the 2016 presidential election for former President Donald Trump — a myth that many still believe, despite the collusion charges turning out to be a hoax — helps fuel anger at Moscow. Without that, and the fact that a conversation with Zelenskyy was the excuse for the Democrats’ fi rst attempt to impeach Trump, it’s possible the American reaction to Putin’s invasion would have resem- bled the passive indiff erence on the part of the Obama administration to his seizure of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine in 2014. At the same time, many traditional foreign-policy Oleksii Liskonih / iStock / Getty Images Plus E opinion hawks consider the war to be in America’s inter- est, since it is helping to weaken Russia — a geo- political foe of the United States and ally of China, an even more dangerous potential enemy. From that point of view, it is a grand military exercise in which Western military and intelligence capa- bilities are being field-tested in real time against Russian materiel and that of its Iranian allies, who have supplied drones to their ally in the conflict in Syria. The above argument is undermined, however, by the spectacle of Russian incompetence that has rendered untenable the idea that it poses a conventional, as opposed to a nuclear, threat to the West. Dismissing talk of peace The international community has always opposed allowing Israel to achieve the kind of complete military victory over its enemies that would force them to give up their struggle against its exis- tence. World opinion also dismisses terrorist attacks on the lives of Israelis as being part of a “cycle of violence” that ought to be stopped, regardless of who is in the right. In contrast, many otherwise sensible people think Ukrainian ambitions for a military victory over Russia should be indulged, including if that means, as even President Joe Biden recently acknowledged, a risk of a nuclear confrontation. Anger and disgust with Russia are justified, as are economic sanctions, even if they are clearly hurting the West more than the Putin regime. Yet, now that Ukraine’s extinction is no longer possi- ble, a rational rather than an emotional response to the situation shouldn’t involve an open-ended commitment to an endless war that — Zelenskyy’s boasts and Biden’s promises notwithstanding — isn’t going to end in a total Ukrainian victory or anything like it. Instead of ganging up on Israel in an effort to force it to join a war that has nothing to do with its security, perhaps the virtue-signalers should start considering whether it wouldn’t be more sensible for the United States to begin exploring a way to end the war. Instead, they are supporting policies geared to ensure it goes on indefinitely, and speak as if advocacy for a negotiated settlement is Russian propaganda. They have no coherent exit strategy or achievable goal and accuse those who point out this inconvenient fact of being insufficiently supportive of the cause of freedom. The idea that Israel should be dragged into this morass simply for the sake of a dubious romanti- cizing of the conflict, to assert its status as a world power or any other reason is as irresponsible as it is reckless. JE Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS. Israelis Should Vote Their Conscience No Matter What BY DAVID M. WEINBERG W ith only a few days to go until the Israeli election, the message one hears from almost all the various party leaders is: Vote for me to block the other guy. Vote for me to stymie the other guy’s potential coalition. Such “tactical” voting is rotten. It completely ignores the critical diplomatic, defense, economic and social issues at hand. It guts Israeli politics of any serious ideological argument. It reduces our serial election campaigns to yet another round of sumo wrestling. It is a mind-numbing approach to determining Israel’s future. Worse still is the oft-heard admonition not to “waste” your vote, not to vote for a political party that teeters at the so-called “threshold.” (The cur- rent electoral threshold, the minimum for gaining Knesset representation, is 3.25% of all valid votes. In practice, this means that a party that fails to gain votes equivalent to about four Knesset seats is wiped-off the political map.) This, too, is a terrible contention. It strips voters of their right to vote their conscience in an unadul- terated manner. It reduces election day to tactical play, instead of it being a celebration of democ- racy in action. It is a dispiriting approach to Zionist and Jewish political commitment. I say, forget the “threshold.” Be a strategic and principled, not a tactical and cynical, voter. Vote your conscience, even if it means your ballot might “go to waste.” Voting in such upright fashion is a healthy and satisfying form of political engagement. Selecting the political party and political leader that most closely represents one’s worldview without slav- ish reference to the latest polls proffered by biased media outlets and various political huck- sters is a corrective to the cynicism that almost all Israelis feel about the political system. It might mean that your vote “goes to waste,” but guess what? It could also mean your vote does not go to waste. If enough people in your “sector” vote their conscience and best ideologi- cal judgment, your preferred political party might be elected to the Knesset. Your vote could make the difference. And what’s the worst that can happen? Israel seems headed towards another political stale- mate, with repeat elections likely in April 2023. So, you’ll get another chance at that time to recon- sider your vote and make a greater impact on the overall result. (And perhaps, hopefully, by then the range of political party options and especially their leaders will be better and broader.) To be clear, I am not suggesting that Israelis vote for any one of the two dozen super-fringe factions that will have ballot slips on Nov. 1. Doing so would be truly silly. These splinters are too wacky to be taken seriously and too tiny to have any chance whatsoever of being elected to the Knesset. But I am suggesting that left-wing Israelis who believe in the principles espoused by Zehava Galon of Meretz should vote as a matter of princi- ple for Meretz, even though the pollsters question whether the party will cross the threshold. They should not be off put by the pollsters. I am suggesting that Arab Israelis who are impressed by the bravery of Mansour Abbas of Ra’am in joining an Israeli government (the first time that an Israeli Arab party has done so), and by his achievements in government, should vote as a matter of principle for Ra’am. They should not be deterred by doubts that the party can surmount the threshold this time (nor should they be threatened by radicals in their sector for identifying with Ra’am). I am suggesting that right-wing and/or reli- gious-Zionist Israelis who deem Ayelet Shaked to be an honest, effective and weighty conservative leader should vote as a matter of principle for Yamina. They should not be daunted by threshold uncertainties, nor frightened by angry accusations of “disloyalty” to the Netanyahu bloc. If enough people in this sector vote their conscience and best ideological judgment, Yamina may indeed be elected to the Knesset. The same goes for potential voters for Merav Michaeli. Her version of the Labor Party, and each of the above-mentioned parties, has a clear identity and political history and there are tens of thousands of votes behind it, making it a passable choice. Alas, Israeli voters face another muddy election in a convoluted Israeli political system where negative campaigning and personal animosities are at a peak. Most politicians are selling fallacies instead of tackling real issues with concrete solu- tions. They are selling tactical calculations instead of purposeful policies. They tell Israelis to vote to sidetrack the other guy. Israelis ought to ignore such soul-destroying rat- a-tat and proudly vote their principles, even defi- antly vote their conscience. Worse come to worst, there will soon be another election. JE David M. Weinberg is a senior fellow at the Kohelet Forum and Habithonistim: Israel’s Defense and Security Forum. This article was originally pub- lished by Israel Hayom. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 17 opinion Recognizing That Western Jerusalem Is Israel’s Capital Should Not be Controversial BY DR. ERIC R. MANDEL his month, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong reversed the previous government’s decision to recognize Western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The question that should be asked is why that recognition was controversial at all. No fair-minded person who believes in two states for two peoples thinks Israel should not be entitled to at least the western part of Jerusalem in any future settlement with the Palestinians. This principle has been part of every peace proposal in recent memory and the area has been in pos- session of the Jewish state since it was founded. On multiple occasions, Israel offered the east- ern part of Jerusalem to the Palestinian Arabs as their capital. It was repeatedly turned down. That is because the real problem, unacknowledged by Australia’s recently elected left-leaning gov- ernment, is that the Palestinians and their current leadership refuse to accept a Jewish state in any part of the Land of Israel. Israel is the only country in the world whose capital is not recognized by the overwhelming majority of the world’s countries. If Israel were any state other than Jewish, the international community would have, at minimum, accepted the western half of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital while leaving the disputed eastern half for a future settlement. The United States has gone much further, not only recognizing all of Jerusalem as Israel’s cap- ital but moving its embassy to the city. President Joe Biden, to his credit, has not moved the embassy back to Tel Aviv, despite pressure from the pro-Palestinian left-wing of his party. After Russia, of all places, recognized western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 2017, international law scholar Eugene Kontorovich wrote, “There’s no good reason to maintain the charade that Jerusalem is not Israeli.” As a Jerusalem Post editorial recently stated, “How ironic it is that the Russians, whose rela- tionship with Israel is now being strained by the war in Ukraine, have not reversed their Jerusalem move, while Australia, considered among Israel’s best friends in the world, has done just that. … They have said that western Jerusalem, the coun- try’s capital since 1948, is up for negotiations. … It reinforces the rejectionist tendency amid the Palestinians.” Critics have claimed that to acknowledge any part of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital prejudges the final settlement of a sensitive issue. But if the west- 18 OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM ern half of Jerusalem is considered up for nego- tiation, it means that not only are the Palestinians laying claim to the entire city, but the international community acknowledges Palestinian claims on Israel within the 1949 armistice lines. The excuse that the U.N. partition plan of 1947 envisioned Jerusalem as an international city should have disappeared when the Arabs attacked Israel within five hours of its creation. Every part of Jerusalem the Arabs controlled was emptied of Jews. Almost all of Eastern Jerusalem’s synagogues were destroyed, and Jewish prop- erty was desecrated. Jewish tombstones from the Mount of Olives were used for building mate- rials. Jews were not allowed to enter the Old City of Jerusalem, which contains their holiest sites, despite international guarantees that they would be able to do so. Under Israeli rule, Jews, Christians and Muslims can all visit and pray at their holy sites. In short, Wong’s claim that recognizing Western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would undermine a final settlement to the conflict is disingenuous. Her government’s decision rewards a weak and corrupt Palestinian Authority, which is supporting an ongoing insurrection in Judea and Samaria and glorifies terrorists as martyrs. Wong called for a two-state solution, not a two states for two peoples solution. The Palestinian goal is a one-state solution. For them, that means a de-Judaized state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, and a binational state within the 1949 armistice lines with an unlimited right of return for descen- dants of Palestinian refugees. The Australian move to end recognition of Western Jerusalem as the Israeli capital rewards Palestinian maximalism while undermining the possibility of a resolution to the conflict in which both sides would have to make significant con- cessions. JE Dr. Eric R. Mandel is the director of the Middle East Political Information Network. He is also the senior security editor for the Jerusalem Report. istock / getty images plus / GORSH13 T f o t Bes JEWISH PHILADELPHIA Roman Babakin / iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus Welcome to the inaugural Best of Jewish Philadelphia. The Jewish Exponent has polled the Greater Philadelphia Jewish community about its favorite things. And you responded in dozens of categories ranging from camps to schools to eateries to Jewish organizations. And now, after tallying the votes, our fi rst-ever results are in. Read on to see the Best of Jewish Philadelphia winners that represent a broad cross-section of our Jewish community and showcase its overall depth. JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 19 Our Jane Fishman Grinberg Religious School and Har Zion Day Camp are winners!! Best of JEWISH PHILADELPHIA Day Camp RAMAH DAY CAMP, ELKINS PARK RUNNER-UP: Har Zion Day Camp Overnight Camp CAMP HARLAM, KUNKLETOWN, PA Thank you to our staff and lay leaders for all you do every day to make us the Best of Jewish Philadelphia!!! For more information about our award-winning Religious School, Day Camp (and more!), contact Rabbi Shawn SimonHazani, Director of Lifelong Learning at rabbishawn@harziontemple.org. RUNNER-UP: Camp Ramah, New England, Palmer, MA Special Needs Camp Fraternity ALPHA EPSILON PI, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY (Biannual Bucks County Jewish Festival) RUNNER-UP FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT (Biannual Bucks County Jewish Festival) F 2 2 BEST O 02 Jewish Exponent PHILADELPHIA WINNE R IS H PH IL A DEL H I A J E W P Thank you to all who voted in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent’s inaugural “Best of” awards, and to our community for recognizing the impact of our work to care for those in need and ensure a vibrant Jewish community. jewishphilly.org | 215.832.0500 20 OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Friendship Circle Community Event JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY MONTHLY FOOD DISTRIBUTION, PHILADELPHIA RUNNER-UP: Bucks County Jewish Festival, Newtown, PA RUNNER-UP: Bucks County Jewish Festival, Newtown, PA Fitness Center Phi Sigma Delta Sigma PSU AFC FITNESS, FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE Hillel RUNNER-UP: RUNNER-UP: RUNNER-UP COMMUNITY EVENT RUNNER-UP: RUNNER-UP: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HILLEL, PA #1 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION BBYO, NEWTOWN, PA CAMP RAMAH IN THE POCONOS TIKVAH PROGRAM Family-Friendly Activity RUNNER-UP: PHILADELPHIA ZOO Friendship Circle Har Zion Temple 1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley, PA 19072 610-667-5000 www.harziontemple.org Children’s/Teen Programming Temple University Hillel, Philadelphia Metro Area College/ University TEMPLE UNIVERSITY RUNNER-UP: University of Pennsylvania Sorority PENN SDT RUNNER-UP: Alpha Epsilon Phi, University of Delaware Art Gallery/Museum BARNES FOUNDATION, PHILADELPHIA RUNNER-UP: Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA Life Time Cherry Hill, NJ Nonprofit Organization JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA RUNNER-UP: Jewish Learning Venture Parks/Hiking Trails CYNWYD TRAIL, BALA CYNWYD RUNNER-UP: Tyler State Park, Newtown, PA Performing Arts Venue/ Organization KIMMEL CULTURAL CAMPUS, PHILADELPHIA, PA RUNNER-UP: Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA Playground MONDAUK COMMONS, DRESHER, PA Senior Programming KIDSTIME AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT, KAISERMAN JCC, WYNNEWOOD, PA TIE- GRATZ COLLEGE AJL PROGRAMMING; KLEINLIFE, PHILADELPHIA, PA Golden Slipper Special Needs Programming FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE RUNNER-UP: JFCS People Living with Disabilities Program, Bala Cynwyd Young Adult Programming JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN’S SERVICES RUNNER-UP: Makom Community RUNNER-UP: 2 BEST O 02 Jewish Exponent Tiferet Bet Israel Blue Bell PHILADELPHIA WINNE R Preschool W JE RUNNER-UP: Th CHABAD OF FORT WASHINGTON RUNNER-UP: School of Early Learning, Old York Road Temple Beth Am Private School/ Day School PHILADELPHIA CHAPEL Carl Goldstein, Supervisor 6410 N. 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BANK, MONTGOMERYVILLE RUNNER-UP: The Mens & Boys Store Warminster Shoe Store HOT FOOT SHOES, HUNTINGDON VALLEY Shopping Mall KING OF PRUSSIA MALL RUNNER-UP: Willow Grove 55+ Community DUBLIN TERRACE, DRESHER RUNNER-UP: Five Ponds, Warminster Assisted Living DRESHER ESTATES, BRANDYWINE RUNNER-UP: The Quadrangle, Haverford Homecare Services BAYADA BERTA SAWYER, JENKINTOWN Hospice Care RUNNER-UP: Independent Living Flirt, Blue Bell Car Dealership GLANZMANN SUBARU, HATBORO ABRAMSON SENIOR CARE SHANNONDELL AUDUBON Senior Center ABRAMSON SENIOR CARE arts & culture Theatre Ariel Begins New Season With Play About Passover JARRAD SAFFREN | STAFF WRITER T heatre Ariel opened its 32nd season at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley on Oct. 22. Even though it was a Saturday night when the Philadelphia Phillies were playing in the National League Championship Series, more than 40 people showed up for the show. It was a nice turnout for the fi rst performance of Jesse Bernstein’s tenure as artistic director. Bernstein replaced Deborah Baer Mozes, the Jewish the- ater’s founding artistic director, aft er she retired over the summer. And, like usual, the actors stood on the stage, read from their scripts and made the play, “We All Fall Down” by Lila Rose Kaplan, come to life without costumes, music or special eff ects. It was just their characters and words in a well-lit room. Th eatre Ariel’s salon style is like the theater version of an acoustic concert. It strips away the bells and whistles so the audience can focus on the essen- tials: the characters, the themes and the story. During its 2022-’23 season premiere, the salon theater made yet another story come to life. But in laying this story bare, the Main Line organization also showed us how much better it could have been. Th eatre Ariel’s 32nd season is about legacy, as Bernstein discussed with the Jewish Exponent in August. “What do we inherit? What do we leave behind?” explained an email from the theater promoting the season. “We All Fall Down” has a premise that fi ts with this theme. A Jewish family that has not done “anything even remotely religious for decades,” as a post on Th eatre Ariel’s website explains, gets together for a Passover seder. Founded in 1897 ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA JUSTICE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS AWARD DINNER EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT DONALD J. TRUMP 45 TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ZOA THEODOR HERZL GOLD MEDALLION SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13 2022 PIER SIXTY | CHELSEA PIERS | NEW YORK CITY VIP Reception 4:30pm Dinner 5:30pm HON. KEVIN MCCARTHY DR. MIRIAM AND SHELDON G. ADELSON DEFENDER OF ISRAEL AWARD Glatt Kosher food Black tie optional JOSEPH LUBECK, ESQ. JUSTICE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS AWARD JASON GREENBLATT, ESQ. DR. BOB SHILLMAN OUTSTANDING DIPLOMACY AWARD See Arts, Page 39 ALI MELI STEVEN SASS AWARD ISRAELI GENERAL AMIR AVIVI MYRON ZIMMERMAN SECURITY OF ISRAEL AWARD Photos by Aaron Oster RSVP by November 4, 2022 The actors perform “We All Fall Down” at Theatre Ariel’s season opener at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley on Oct. 22. Call 212.481.1500 x223 Email dinner@zoa.org Visit zoa.org/gala or Scan QR Code: JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 27 obituaries COHEN ESTHER (nee Kevles), age 99, passed away on October 15, 2022. Wife of the late Albert. Beloved moth- er of Laura Sikowitz and Bob (Col- leen) Cohen. Cherished “Granny” of Jackie (Alan) Diamond and Aaron (Chana) Sikowitz, Katie Cohen, and Matthew Cohen. Adored great grand- mother of Danielle, Yehuda, Adina, Ari, Avromie, Dovid, Benny, and Yitzi. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (Pan-Can), Women’s Can- cer Research Foundation c/o 1322 Orcap Way, Southampton, PA 18966, or to a charity of the donor’s choice. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com COHEN SUZANNE DOROTHY, age 88, died on October 18, 2022. She was a retired ward leader who re- sided in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylva- nia. Daughter of the late Leon and Helen (nee Marx) Cohen; aunt of Eric Bernard; and friend of Monica (Ramy) Djerassi. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com GREEN JEAN CYNTHIA GRABER December 17, 1926 - October 3, 2022. Jean graduated from Overbrook High and West Chester State Teachers’ College. She spent sev- eral years as a Philadelphia public school teacher. She married her college sweetheart. They were members of Har Zion Temple. After the birth of her children, Jean joined her husband at their company, Penn Pillow Co. They relocated to Hills- boro Beach, FL in 1975, where they resided until their deaths. Jean and Norman established Century News and Tobacco in Deerfield Beach which is still being run by their son, Elliott today. Jean also became a licensed Travel Agent and traveled the world. She is survived by her children, Elliott (Joanne), Vivian McDorman (Larry) and Abbie Fried- man, her grandchildren, Minda McDorman, Ben McDorman (Ni- cole), Allison Friedman and Joshua Friedman and great-grandchildren Danny and Alexandra McDorman. Condolences and contributions at BerschlerAndShenberg.com BERSCHLER and SHENBERG FUNERAL CHAPELS, INC. BerschlerAndShenberg.com GOLDBERG BERNARD, October 17, 2022, of Philadelphia, PA. Beloved husband of the late Irene Goldberg. Devoted father of Bruce Goldberg (Kathleen), Barbara Dias (the late Howard), Lin- da Goldberg and Howard Goldberg. Cherished Grandfather of Bryan, Michael, Rachel, Danielle, Zachary and Jacob; and Great-Grandfather of Alex, Asher, Ace and Michael. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Philadelphia Protestant Home, www.pphfamily.org. JOSEPH LEVINE & SONS www.levinefuneral.com GOODMAN STEVEN passed away on Septem- ber 30, 2022. He was the son of the late Samuel and Reba Goodman. He grew up in the Logan section of Philadelphia. Steven worked for 35 years in the insurance industry. He was an avid collector of antique radi- os and similar memorabilia. His latest passion was driving around in his vintage Ford Thurnderbird. Steven was a caring feline owner of several beloved pets. He had a keen sense of humor and always appreciated a good joke. Steven will be missed by his cousins and the Jonathan Lazorko family, which whom he had a special relationship over the years. Graveside services were held at Montefiore Cemetery. Donations in Steven’s memory may be made to an animal shelter of the donor’s choice. JOSEPH LEVINE & SONS www.levinefuneral.com 28 GROSSMAN May 30, 1920 - October 14, 2022 MARTHA (nee Zemble) died peace- fully at her home in Boca Raton, Fl, on October 14, 2022, at age 102. She was the beloved wife of the late Morris (Moishe) Grossman, loving mother of Howard (Susan Galante); Gerald; and Barry (Margarite); ex- tremely proud and devoted grand- mother of Jodi Woundy (Richard), Rachel Grossman (Teodoro Ortiz), Jeffrey Grossman, Max Gross- man (Marissa), and Sam Gross- man (Samantha); and an adoring great-grandmother of Jordan and Azlyn Grossman. She was also the much loved sister of the late Nettie Zemble Rafkin and the late Eli Zem- ble. Martha was born on May 30, 1920. Her parents Simon and Jen- nie Zemble were recent immigrants to the United States who settled in the closely knit neighborhood of South Philadelphia. Their lives were hard not only because they were new to the U.S., but also because the country was soon to be ravaged by the Great Depression. Neverthe- OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM less, they managed to keep food on the table and raise Nettie, Martha, and Eli. Martha grew up to be an in- telligent and resilient young woman who helped her immigrant parents navigate the complexities of life in the U.S. Martha met Morris (Grossman at a dance and he was immediately smitten by her beauty, wit, and grace. After their marriage, they lived first in a small apartment above a storefront in South Philadelphia. Three years later, they bought a home in the Lo- gan section of Philadelphia where, at first, Martha was saddened by being “so far” from her family and friends. She adjusted of course, and Morris and Martha raised Howard, Jerry, and Barry in a warm and nurturing environment. During their long and happy marriage, Martha was a con- summate homemaker, renowned cook, expert seamstress and, in her spare time, a self-taught pia- nist. Martha was also an essential contributor to Morris’s toy importing business. She traveled with him on business trips to Hong Kong and Ja- pan and performed many administra- tive tasks for the business. After her sons were grown, Martha rejoined the workforce as secretary to Gloria Hochman, then the Communications Director for the Philadelphia Associ- ation for Jewish Children, an organi- zation devoted to helping children in difficult family circumstances. Martha was a deeply empathetic person who was drawn to this mission. Martha was always proud of her work with Ms. Hochman, who later became an award-winning author and journalist. In their early retirement years, Mar- tha and Morris took courses at Penn State on subjects such as Current Events, Philosophy, Film Studies, and Psychology. Martha earned top grades and was praised by profes- sors for her thoughtful essays and lively writing style. In the 1990s, Mar- tha and Morris began spending win- ters in Boca Raton, FL, where Barry and Margarite had settled. They en- joyed the Florida lifestyle and, most importantly, being able to see Max and Sam grow up, as they were able to do with Jodi, Rachel, and Jeff, all of whom live in the Philadelphia area. Throughout their 66 years of marriage, Martha and Morris were inseparable. When Morris passed in 2006, Martha’s sons worried how she would fare. Slowly, Martha built a life for herself. She formed a close bond with her “machtanista”, Betsy Galante, and Betsy, Howard and Su- san went on many outings together, where Betsy especially appreciated Martha’s dry wit. Gerry took Martha to car shows, flea markets, restau- rants, and rides in Bucks County. He once remarked that he never knew what a cool person she was until he spent time with her one-on-one. Mar- tha also continued to spend winters in Florida, where she relished seeing Max and Sam graduate from college, embark on careers, and meet Ma- rissa and Samantha. In 2016, Mar- tha moved into the Samuel Green House, an independent living senior housing complex in Elkins Park, Pa. There she met a whole new group of friends and was admired for her charm, engaging personality, and enduring fashion sense. She also reunited with a friend from her youth, Hilda Gecker, and together they en- joyed attending Rabbi Sandi Berlin- er’s services and lectures and partic- ipating in programs at nearby Salus University. In 2020, Martha became a full-time Florida resident. While Mar- tha’s mind was sharp until the end, she became increasingly frail phys- ically. However, due to Barry and Margarite’s extraordinary care and devotion, she was able to remain in her own home until her passing. The family is forever grateful for the love and care that Barry and Margarite lavished on Martha. When you met Martha, the first thing you noticed was her beauty, style, and remark- ably youthful appearance. When she obtained her Florida ID card, the staff member could not believe she was as old as her birth certificate stat- ed. She gathered other employees around as she took Martha’s photo. However, once you got to know Mar- tha, you realized she was so much more than her pleasing appearance. At her core, she was an intelligent, talented, and compassionate woman who remained actively engaged with her family and the world until the end of her life. She was an inspiration to her family and friends and to all who knew her. She will be sorely missed. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Jewish Family and Chil- dren’s Services of Greater Philadel- phia, www.jfcsphilly.org. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com KAUFFMAN BEATRICE G. KAUFFMAN nee Mirkin, on September 21, 2022. Wife of the late Marvin. Mother of Steven (Jan) Kauffman, Larry (Su- san) Kauffman, Beverly (Charles) Grossman and Lance (late Bet- ty) Kauffman, also survived by 9 grandchildren and 12 great grand- children. Contributions in her mem- ory may be made to Congregation Tifereth Israel of Lower Bucks County, 2909 Bristol Road, Bensa- lem, PA 19020 or the Parkinson’s Foundation, www.parkinson.org. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com LEVINSON BERNICE (nee Ruttenberg), on October 17, 2022. Wife of the late Howard; loving mother of Da- vid (Kathy Kirn), Michael (Cathy) and Mark (Sally); adoring grand- mother of Al (Meghan), Madeline, Louis, Noah, Sophie and Isabelle. Contributions in her memory may be made to The Greater Altoona Jewish Federation, www.greateral- toonajewishfederation.org. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com LEVY S. ROY - October 17, 2022. Hus- band of Janet (nee Pearl), of Bala Cynwd, father of Albert (Shari) Levy and Robert (Sheryl) Levy, brother of Lorraine Cowan, grandfather of Jessica (Wayne) Robbins, Jamie (Ryan) Sankey, Samantha (Ste- phen) Decatur, Gregory Levy and Allison, great grandfather of Blake and Ethan. Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice. JOSEPH LEVINE & SONS www.levinefuneral.com MYERS HYMAN, Oct. 17, 2022. He was the son of the late Manuel Myers and Sydney Kushner Myers and is sur- vived by his wife of 55 years, Sandra (Kittner) Myers of Philadelphia; son Benjamin Merson Myers of Lisbon, Portugal; sister Sheila Myers Bell (Robert M. Bell) of Glen Mills; nieces June Bell of Foster City, California; Fern Llewellyn of Blue Bell; and Dee- na Evancik of Kingsville, Maryland; and other family members. Contri- butions in his memory may be made to Victorian Society in America, 24 Wilkins Ave., Haddonfield, NJ 08033, www.victoriansociety.org or to Jew- ish National Fund, 42 E. 69th St., New York, NY 10021, www.jnf.org. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com PRESSMAN ROBERT N. - October 11, 2022. Age 97 of Boynton Beach, Flori- da. Devoted husband of Dorothy Pressman (nee Evantash). Loving father of Mitchell Pressman and Ross Pressman. Contributions in his memory may be made to World Jewish Congress, www.worldjew- ishcongress.org/en, or Hadassah, www.hadassah.org GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com memorial service will be held at Con- gregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 N. Broad Street at 1:30pm on Sunday, October 30, followed by a reception. The family will receive visitors at the Kennedy House, 1901 JFK Blvd, on Monday October 31 and Tuesday November 1, from 2-4:00 pm and 7-9:00 pm. The family requests do- nations in her honor go to Rodeph Shalom or a charity of your choice. POMERANTZ-ROMM (FELDMAN) May 2, 1926- October 5, 2022 With sadness the family of Dulcie Pomerantz-Romm announce her peaceful passing. Wife of the late Wil- liam Pomerantz and the late Chuck Romm, the love of her life. Daughter of the late Isobel and King Feldman. Loving mother and mother in law of Betsy Pomerantz and Sam Berliner, Patti Pomerantz and Toni Tortorilla, Jeff and Anna Romm. Proud grand- mother of David and Kelley Berliner, Lara Berliner and Aaron Gluck Thal- er, and Gryffin Romm. Dulcie was a cruise agent for Rosenbluth Travel for over 40 years, retiring at the age of 89. She loved to travel and en- joyed all of her trips, clients, and new friends. She was a devoted member of Congregation Rodeph Shalom, serving in many leadership positions in her decades there. It was fitting that she died while listening to Yom Kippur services in her hospital room, surrounded by loving family there and on zoom. We are grateful to her caregivers Darlene Gillard, Rapha- ele Jean, Fatu Kouyateh, Terry and Aulekia McDaniel and Helen Smith whose care and companionship al- lowed Mom to live well and happily in her apartment until her death. A REMER SANDI LYN on October 17, 2022. Wife of the late Henry John Hoff- man. Mother of Justin Remer-Hoff- man. Daughter of the late Philip and Frances Remer. In lieu of flow- ers contributions in her memory may be made to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com Larry Richman, Brad (Stephanie) Richman, Adam (Jody) Richman, and Bubbie to Zachary (Saman- tha), Max (Alana), Amanda, An- drew, Aaron, Emily, Abigail, Alexis, Alex, and Ava. Born in Philadelphia to Jack and Ruth, Bonnie paved her way as a trailblazer during each phase of her life as a medi- cal technician, mother, co-owner of Karl’s Baby Furniture, and Bubbie to her grandchildren and all of their friends. Bonnie enjoyed each day of her life accompanied by Alan, her family, and each and everyone of her friends. Passionate about the importance of family, she and Alan hosted frequent large gatherings at their home in Cherry Hill for many years. Bonnie lived her life with her glass overflowing with joy and posi- tivity. She found pleasure in helping hundreds of families design nurser- ies, helping the community through many charities related to children and as a Bubbie to each and ev- eryone that crossed her path. In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes memorial contributions made to the Alan Richman Childrens’ Recre- ation Fund, c/o Cong. Beth El, 8000 Main Street, Voorhees, NJ 08043. PLATT MEMORIAL CHAPELS www.plattmemorial.com STEIN RICHMAN BONNIE, on October 17, 2022, passed away in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Bonnie was the wife of the late Alan Richman, sister to Debbie, mother to Heidi (Danny) Silverberg, BERNARD “BERNIE”, 86, of Springfield, Delaware County, PA, died October 16, 2022. Beloved husband of Jean (nee Bacharach); Loving father of Lauren (Eric) Marcuson and Dana (Jonathan) Grosser; Adoring grandfather to Gabrielle (Gaby) and Josephine (Josie); Cherished brother of Leon- ard (Jutta); and Devoted brother- in-law of Lois Schure (and the late Jack). Throughout his life, Bernie was wholly committed to public education and community service. He taught earth science, chemis- try, physics, environmental science and forensics for more than 50 years at Rose Tree Media School District in PA and Deptford School District in NJ. A life-long learner, he consistently sought to educate himself on new methods of teach- ing and new science discoveries, with the goal of bringing them to life for his students. His commit- ment to public education was not solely focused on the classroom; he coached boys’ baseball and wrestling, as well as girls’ softball and basketball for many years. Ad- ditionally, he was a strong advocate for public school teachers, serving for many years as a contract nego- tiator for his teacher’s union. Ber- nie was also dedicated to making his community a better place. He was elected to the Springfield (Del- aware County) Board of Commis- sioners for seven terms and served in that role for 28 years. He was honored by the Chapel of the Four Chaplains for his commitment and service to his community. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Bernie’s memory can be made to the Zionist Organization of America, Planned Parenthood, or the Springfield (Del- co) Township Library. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com STEIN On October 15, 2022, Charlotte Stein (nee Chubin) passed away at the age of 92 in Boca Raton, FL. Charlotte was the wife of Al- fred Stein, deceased, and mother to Irv (Lynn Myers), Jack (Wendy) and Joyce (Don Douglass), grand- mother of 8 and great-grandmother of 14. Born in Philadelphia to Es- ther and David Chubin, she was preceded in death by her brother Joseph, and is survived by her brother Herb. Charlotte worked alongside her husband Alfred in the automobile business that they started. Passionate about the im- portance of family, she and Alfred hosted frequent large family gather- ings they called “Cousins Club Pic- nics” at their home in Dresher for many years. She and Alfred loved to travel, often with friends, and vis- ited many countries. Charlotte was generous and strong. She was a modern thinker, embracing change and new technologies, especially when they helped her stay in touch with family. She was well known for saying what was on her mind, her card-playing skills and amazing memory. More than anything else, she cared about the health and happiness of each member of her large family. In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes memorial contri- butions made to: Mitzvah Circle, Alfred Stein Memorial Fund, https:// mitzvahcircle.org/donate/ or, to a charity of your choice. JOSEPH LEVINE & SONS www.levinefuneral.com VERLIN EILEEN L. (nee Feldman), died on October 15, 2022. Wife of Jerome. Mother of Jonathan Verlin and Max- well (Carol) Verlin. Sister of Eugene Feldman. Grandmother of Brandon and Ethan. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Alz- heimer’s Association, www.alz.org. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com May Their Memory Be For a Blessing The Philadelphia Jewish Exponent extends condolences to the families of those who have passed. To receive our weekly obituary eletter visit www.jewishexponent.com/enewsletter Jewish Exponent PHILADELPHIA jewishexponent.com • 215-832-0700 JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 29 obituaries JARRAD SAFFREN | STAFF WRITER B y all accounts, Yvonne Sytner Lutzner was a “beautiful, charming and magnetic” woman. As her daughter Jodie Garay explained, “There was something about her. People loved her.” Garay doesn’t doubt that this qual- ity helped her mother survive the Holocaust. Born in 1934 in Antwerp, Belgium, she hid in plain sight under an assumed name through the Shoah and World War II. Sytner Lutzner, who was Jewish, stayed with two differ- ent non-Jewish families, even going to church every morning during her time with one of them. After the war, while staying in an orphanage for Jewish children, Sytner 30 Lutzner was spotted by a cousin in the Army, who put her on a refugee ship to America. Once there, “she was welcomed by her uncle, Louis Sitner, in Philadelphia” and raised by his daugh- ter and son-in-law, Miriam Sitner Clibanoff and Louis Clibanoff, accord- ing to her family. And in 1954 she married “the boy next door,” Herman Lutzner, and raised a family with him in Havertown for the next 64 years. “She was a positive and upbeat per- son,” Garay said. “She was so grateful to have family and to have created family.” Sytner Lutzner died on Oct. 12. She was 87. The Holocaust survivor is survived by her children Jodie Garay (Andrea Stanley) and Jeffrey Lutzner (Jessica DeGroot) and three grandchildren. She is also survived by her little sis- OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM ter/biological cousin Lynne Selkow, the daughter of the Clibanoffs who grew up with Sytner Lutzner. The “sisters” talked every day for the rest of their lives. “It’s just what we did,” Selkow said. In August 1942, Sytner Lutzner’s brother had already been transported to Auschwitz, according to Garay. So her parents, Abram and Rosa Sytner, tried to save their daughter by paying a non-Jewish family to take care of her. The Sytners knew the parents, who lived north of Antwerp, because their son had gone to school with Sytner- Lutzner’s brother. For more than a year, the young girl pretended to be Catholic and went to church every morning. The nuns and priest knew she was Jewish, kept it a secret and did not even make her take confession. Over time, Sytner Lutzner “kind of fell in love with the church,” her daughter said. “I think she felt safe there,” Garay added. Soon after, though, Sytner Lutzner no longer felt safe. One of the family members, Garay believes, was having an affair with a German soldier. But the underground network in Belgium helped transport Sytner Lutzner to a different family in Brussels, the Le Chats, with whom she stayed until the end of the war. The young girl’s new guardians were “a bit older,” Garay said, with a daugh- ter in her early 20s. And they treated Sytner Lutzner like a second daughter, giving her all the food, protection and comfort she needed. “They loved her,” Garay said. “She loved them.” Sytner Lutzner would have stayed with the Le Chats, but Zionist organi- zations were gathering Jewish children into orphanages for survivor parents to identify. Sytner Lutzner never saw her parents again, but she did run into that distant cousin in the Army, who filled out the paperwork that allowed her to emigrate. Garay, whose mother told her every- thing about her Holocaust experience, is still not sure how, exactly, the cousin knew Sytner Lutzner was a member of his extended family. “He found her,” the daughter said. If he hadn’t, the young girl never would have met Herman Lutzner, who literally lived next door. Once they started dating when he was 26 and she 20, they became “inseparable,” accord- ing to Garay. After they started a family, Herman Lutzner worked and she stayed home. As their daughter explained, her focus was her family. She cooked great meals like spaghetti and chicken. She attended every sport- ing event that her children played in. Her unconditional love enabled them to “walk with confidence,” said Jeffrey Lutzner, who later went on to own a manufacturing company. And once her children had chil- dren, Sytner Lutzner loved her grand- kids even more unconditionally. Jeff Lutzner, his wife Jessica DeGroot and their kids Jocelyn and Julian lived in the Philadelphia area, so the kids would go over to their grandparents’ house in Havertown every Friday night growing up. Yvonne Sytner Lutzner would cook dinner, and the four of them would play Scrabble, watch TV shows like “Reno 911!” and go for walks in a nearby park. The grandma even took care of the family dog, Meeko. “She was a big proponent of spending quality time together,” Julian DeGroot- Lutzner said. JE jsaffren@midatlanticmedia.com Courtesy of the Lutzner family Holocaust Survivor Yvonne Sytner Lutzner Dies at 87 synagogue spotlight What’s happening at ... Lechu Neranena Lechu Neranena Seeks to Expand Women’s Role in Prayer SASHA ROGELBERG | STAFF WRITER A t Lechu Neranena partnership minyan in Lower Merion, the mechitza, the partition used to divide the men and women in a prayer space, remains a fi xture in the Orthodox community. However, instead of the davening stand skewing toward the men’s side, it sits directly in the middle of the divider, equally visible to both sides of the community. Th e set-up of Lechu Neranena’s prayer space — which has various changing locations in minyan member’s homes — is representative of the partnership minyan’s “liberal Orthodox” philoso- phy of “creating a spiritual and inclu- sive atmosphere within the framework of halacha,” according to the spiritual community’s website. Founded in May 2012, Lechu Neranena is now home to 20-50 min- yan members for weekly Shabbat ser- vices and holiday gatherings, though its email listserv has swelled to 227 interested parties. Men and women participate in their respective Torah services, with women also reading from the scrolls. Women also read the megillah over Purim and lead Kabbalat Shabbat services on Friday night. “One of our values is to convey a sense of respect and acknowledging the importance of everyone in our com- munity,” said Lechu Neranena board member Noah Gradofsky, a member of the partnership minyan for nine years. “It is important for everyone in the community to be able to be a part of our religious ritual in partnership.” Partnership is the key word, Gradofsky said. Lechu Neranena is part of the partnership minyan move- ment created by the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, a national organiza- tion that uses halachic interpretations to advocate for women’s rights. “Driven by multigenerational com- munal interest and leadership, partner- ship minyanim create an environment Louie Asher reads from the megillah on Purim in March. that is not just about giving women the opportunity to lead, but a space where men and women can lead together,” said JOFA Executive Director Daphne Lazar Price. The concept was first devel- oped in 2001 by Modern Orthodox Rabbi Mendel Shapiro and Bar-Ilan University Talmud Professor Rabbi Daniel Sperber, who argued that Jewish law permitted women to read from the Torah and participate in prayer rituals, under certain parameters. In some other Jewish communities, women are not permitted to pray in front of men because it violates kol isha, the idea that men should not hear women’s singing voices, Lazar Price said. Others argue that the participa- tion of women in the Torah services is against kavod hatzibur, the dignity of a congregation. According to Lazar Price, Shapiro and Sperber posited that the principle of kavod habriyot, human dignity, super- seded these other Jewish principles. Partnership minyanim, including Lechu Neranena, still set some bound- aries on participation. In addition to the mechitza, women do not usually lead the Saturday morning Shabbat service or maariv, evening services. Women are not permitted to lead the amidah, kaddish or kedushah. Th ere is some wiggle room, however. With more than 40 partnership minya- nim across the world, there’s bound to be some diff erences in how services are led, Lazar Price said. “Some minyanim may have a spir- itual leader who advises them, and who guides or leads their partnership minyan on a regular basis. Others may follow the generally accepted practices ... and consult a halakhic authority as needed for particular cases,” she said. Lechu Neranena works with halachic adviser Rabbi Martin Lockshin, who off ers his services remotely. Otherwise, the community is lay-led, though some members, such as Gradofsky, are rabbis. Th e members of the minyanim come from a variety of backgrounds, but share the desire for women to participate more fully in the spiritual community. “I have a background of strong involve- ment with Jewish rituals and prayer groups,” said member Louie Asher, who’s been involved at Lechu Neranena since shortly aft er its founding. “I’ve been part of many diff erent types, includ- ing Conservative synagogues, Orthodox synagogues, chavurot, summer camps; and I grew up in a congregation where the rabbi was a great advocate for girls and boys learning how to lead services and do various rituals.” The Orthodox population in Philadelphia and beyond is diverse, Asher said. She maintains the impor- tance of mutual respect: Just as she hopes other Orthodox communities respect Lechu Neranena’s decision to include women in Torah readings and services, she, too, understands why some Orthodox communities keep other rituals. “I know that some people feel like, ‘We want to do it this way. We want our way to prevail. We want our way to be accepted here and there,’” she said. “I just accept that some people do it one way, some people do it another way; some people accept it, some people won’t accept it. I just understand that’s the way Jews are.” JE srogelberg@midatlanticmedia.com JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 31 d’var torah Who Learns What From the Flood: Mortality or Morality? BY RABBI BARRY DOV LERNER Parshat Noach L ast week, we followed the Torah description of the Creation. Now, seemingly this same benevolent Creator decides that this new world does not deserve to survive: “Adonai saw how human wickedness fi lled the earth — how every plan devised by the human mind was nothing but evil all the time.” (Gen 6:5) But haven’t you ever wondered whether our universe is constantly created and destroyed, one aft er another? Not a new question for the Jewish tradition! Our sages of the Talmud themselves debate whether our “world” is the fi rst and only world created or “just another one in a series of creations.” “Rabbi Abbahu claimed that the Creation story itself teaches us that God created worlds and destroyed them, saying, ‘Th is one pleases me; those did not please me.’” (Ber. Rabba 3:7) But the sinfulness of humanity appar- ently is never-ending in our narrative, from the very beginning. Firstly, Adam and Eve fail to follow simple instructions and are punished and are driven from Gan Eden. Th en Cain ultimately murders his brother Abel, needing punishment. Human beings persist in such disobe- dience and selfi shly destroying what God made for them that the Torah records what is to me one of the saddest verses in the Bible. Can anything be sadder than the omniscient divinity being forced to acknowledge a cosmic blunder, an abso- lute miscalculation? God declares that he will blot out every living thing he created because he’s sorry he made them! As the Torah itself records: “And Adonai regret- ted having made humankind on earth.” (Gen. 6:6) But, as in every great story, we can discern a silver lining of hope: God fi nds one redeeming human being. Everyone knows the description of Noah and the reason he is selected to survive: “Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age; Noah walked with God.” (Gen. 6:7) Th erefore, Noah was given the blue- prints, the protocols and the details of the survival of the great fl ood. However, two very important ques- tions remain for interpretation: (1) Did Noah truly act as a “whole-hearted, righ- teous” leader in his generation? Two com- parisons come to mind in this season of beginnings. When Abraham was told of the impending destruction of the evil in Sodom, he begged God for mercy and even forgiveness. And we read just a short while ago about Jonah who, when faced with the destruction of evil, ran away. Jewish Exponent PHILADELPHIA Confirm your mailing address for our weekly edition and online content! Never miss the Jewish Exponent! Complete the form & mail or call 215.832.0700, ext.1 or go to https://www.jewishexponent.com/confirm  Continue my subscription for the Jewish Exponent. Address City Name (Please print) Signature Date * Signature and date required to be valid by the US Postal Service. Restrictions apply. State Zip Phone Email Mail to: Mid-Atlantic Media | Philadelphia Jewish Exponent | 9200 Rumsey Rd., Ste. 215 | Columbia, MD 21045 32 OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Some of our sages claimed that the 120 years it took to build the Ark and then to provision it for all life, was a reasonable and very visible warning to humanity, even if we are not informed that Noah ever told them of impending disaster. (2) Perhaps more importantly, who learned the most from the fl ood? Noah? Not really. He was and remained passive rather than active with regard to his fellow humanity. Ultimately, Noah built his boat for himself — as he was instructed — for his own family and saved them. Even then, he was not certain until the text reports Noah entered the Ark only when told to do so. Th en, “And Adonai shut him in” which Rashi interprets to mean both “He surrounded the Ark with bears and lions which killed some of them." (Gen.R. 32:8) But the literal meaning of the text is: "He shut the door in front of him against the waters.” (Gen. 7:16) At the beginning of the narrative, God is suffi ciently disappointed in humanity to drown the whole earth. But in the end something major changes in God’s thinking; He does an about-face and announces that henceforth humanity will never again be divinely destroyed. Th e story of the fl ood is not about a change in humankind. It’s a story about a change in God, who swears off retribu- tion and chooses relationship. For us, however, when will we learn the lesson of the fl ood to become the compassionate, righteous humanity of which we are capable — justifying our creation and the stewardship of this earth we share with so many? JE Rabbi Barry Dov Lerner is retired and provides kosher supervision for Traditional Kosher Supervision in the Greater Philadelphia area, while teach- ing hands-on craft skills to make and use properly holiday ritual objects. 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Zuritsky, a longtime AJC board member and a key supporter, was an obvious candidate to be this year’s recipient, according to Marcia Bronstein, regional director of AJC Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey. The Human Relations Award “is for a person who’s near and dear to AJC, like a family member,” Bronstein said. “That really does mean Joe, to a T.” “I am honored, very much honored,” Zuritsky said. “It’s part of supporting an organization that I hold in high value.” Zuritsky, a patron of many local, national and Israeli organizations, said he is flattered he was selected for the award, though he admits that, having been honored in a similar fashion so many times over the years, he looks forward to when he won’t impose on friends for their support. “Hopefully, this is the last honor I’ll get,” he laughed. Per the AJC, Zuritsky “has been a stalwart member of AJC’s Board and Executive Committee for many years. He is a passionate advocate for AJC’s mission of protecting Jewish lives and commu- nities, ensuring a safe and secure Israel, and advocating for democratic values and human rights for all. Joe has long been a supporter of interfaith and intergroup dialogue, and a lifelong learner.” The 2021 annual meeting, AJC’s 77th, will feature a keynote address from Drexel University President John A. Fry in the virtual ceremony where Zuritsky will receive his award. Bronstein was not yet AJC’s regional director when she met Zuritsky for the first time. Working in develop- ment and engagement, her first contact with Zuritsky was on a cold call; she director when she met Zuritsky for the first time. Working in develop- ment and engagement, her first contact with Zuritsky was on a cold call; she “wanted to tell him a little bit about who we are and what we do, because he didn’t know.” Zuritsky agreed to a meeting, and it was a fruitful one. Bronstein was not yet AJC’s regional director when she met Zuritsky for the first time. Working in develop- ment and engagement, her first contact with Zuritsky was on a cold call; she “wanted to tell him a little bit about who we are and what we do, because he didn’t know.” Zuritsky agreed to a meeting, and it was a fruitful one. The AJC “captured his imagination,” Bronstein said, by dint of its impact on local and national politics. Zuritsky, with his interest in intergroup relat “He’s a role model, a mentor and innovator, someone not afraid to tackle issues,” Bronstein said. “And Joe embod- ies what AJC stands for. He is a centrist. Zuritsky, for his part, sees the AJC as a bastion of well-trained, intelligent representatives of the Jewish people, bringing a “diplomatic approach” to sensitive, important issues for Jews around the world. “That’s something that the Jewish people really need: really highly qual- ified spokesmen to speak around the world on Jewish and Israeli issues. And 1 The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia that’s what hosted the AJC a night does,” Zuritsky said. JE and related industry of networking and socializing for real estate ment and engagement, her first in contact professionals at The Plaza Conshohocken on Sept. 20. 2 As part of with Zuritsky was on a cold call; she Gratz College’s Forum on Antisemitism in America on Sept. 29, Gratz “wanted to tell him a little bit about President Zev Eleff awarded the Gratz College Medal to Rabbi Lance who we are and what we do, because for his Zuritsky years of distinguished he Sussman didn’t know.” agreed to a service and scholarship. 3 meeting, Main Line Reform Temple-Beth and it was a fruitful one. Elohim took religious school Bronstein in was not K-2 yet AJC’s students grades to the regional Elmwood Zoo on Oct. 2. 4 Congregation director when Carry she the met Light Zuritsky Or Hadash’s team for walked through the rain to raise the first time. Working in develop- almost $3,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ment and engagement, her first contact on Oct. 3. 5 The Vilna Congregation dedicated the Center City with Zuritsky was on a cold call; she Community 509 Pine St. on Oct. 2. 6 The American Jewish “wanted to tell Mikvah him a at little bit about Committee who we are Philadelphia/Southern and what we do, because NJ and the Pennsylvania Governor’s he Advisory didn’t know.” Zuritsky on agreed to a American Affairs launched the Commission Asian Pacific meeting, and it Asian was a fruitful one. Pennsylvania Pacific American Jewish Alliance at the Weitzman Bronstein was not yet AJC’s regional National Museum of American Jewish History on Sept. 29. 5 2 “wanted to tell him a little bit about who we are and what we do, because he didn’t know.” Zuritsky agreed to a meeting, and it was a fruitful one. Bronstein was not yet AJC’s regional director when she met Zuritsky for the first time. Working in develop- ment and engagement, her first contact with Zuritsky was on a cold call; she “wanted to tell him a little bit about who we are and what we do, because he didn’t know.” Zuritsky agreed to a meeting, and it was a fruitful one. Bronstein was not yet AJC’s regional director when she met Zuritsky for the first time. Working in develop- OCTOBER 27, 2022 | JEWISHEXPONENT.COM 3 6 Photo by Focus Media LLC Photo by Dodi Klimoff Courtesy of Andrea Cantor JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF Courtesy of Daniel Schwarz XXXXXXXXXXXX last word Chani and Zev Baram FORGE CONNECTIONS THROUGH PHILLY FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE SASHA ROGELBERG | STAFF WRITER Courtesy of Chani and Zev Baram T he Philly Friendship Circle, a nonprofit connecting kids and young adults both with and without disabilities to foster connec- tion in the Jewish community and beyond, has grown from one friend to about 300 since 2004. At the organization’s 2022 Philly Friendship Walk on Nov. 13 to raise funds for the Friendship Circle, about 500 participants are expected to attend, a feat despite the organization “build- ing back up” from before the pan- demic, when more than 700 people participated. The nonprofit’s true impact isn’t in the numbers. Philly Friendship Circle offers Sunday Circle, a weekly oppor- tunity for kids under 17 to essentially partake in summer camp activities for the day. The Mitzvah Volunteer Program gives sixth and seventh graders a chance to become part of the Friendship Circle for their b’nai mitzvah project. Virtual happy hours allow young adults to continue to con- nect, even after aging out from other programs. All of the organization’s programming, from its birthright trip to its Teen Leadership Board, is open to individuals with and without disabilities. “We all may be different. We all look different; we all act different; we all have different interests, but each and every one of us has that same Godly soul inside of us,” said Rabbi Zev Baram, Philly Friendship Circle’s CEO. “When we can just look at it in that light ... it allows us to break those bar- riers and make other people feel like, ‘Oh, you and I are one in the same.’” Zev Baram, 43, and his wife Chani Baram, 42, founded Philly Friendship Circle with these values, congruent with Chabad’s philosophy of finding the commonality of humanity among cherished differences. The organization is one of 66 chap- ters of the Chabad Lubavitch-affiliated Friendship Circle International, though Philly Friendship Circle operates finan- cially independently of its parent orga- nization, with programming designed to benefit local community needs. When Zev Baram wanted to begin Philly Friendship Circle after moving to the city in 2003 and before founding the organization a year later, he made sure Philadelphia had the demand for the nonprofit. “My main goal, really, was not want- ing to come in and step on anyone’s toes or reinvent the wheel,” he said. “If we’re gonna focus as a community organization, we want to start off on the right foot, making sure that we are part of that community, either sup- porting the community or supporting other organizations in the community or starting Friendship Circle as a sup- port for the community.” Zev Baram has worked with indi- viduals with disabilities for years. A Sheffield, England, native with Israeli parents, he ran educational workshops at yeshiva and at a friend’s Chabad in Livingston, New Jersey. He moved to Iowa for a year before starting his rab- binical training and worked with a child with a disability, at first meeting with him for an hour a day in the classroom and then shadowing him during lunch. Their relationship “clicked,” and Zev Baram began working full time with the boy and his family from Passover through the summer. He continued to lead educational workshops and pro- vide bar mitzvah training to young teens with disabilities as part of a Friendship Circle in Livingston. “It was something I was really com- fortable doing and really liked doing,” he said. During his rabbinical training pro- cess, Zev Baram met Chani, whose background closely intertwined with individuals with disabilities. Chani Baram is the daughter of Rabbi Menachem Schmidt of Vilna Congregation and the Center City Mikvah Mei Shalva. She grew up steeped in Chabad values and was the oldest of four brothers, three of whom had disabilities. “The way that my parents kind of responded to having three kids with disabilities was just a very natural response of inclusion, which wasn’t the buzzword in those days,” Chani Baram said. “It was something that I think was just really tied in with who they are as people and tied into their philosophy of how they look at the world, that it was just natural for them to include my brothers in whatever was going on.” Through COVID and the growth of Philly Friendship Circle, Chani and Zev Baram are still asking the same question from 19 years ago of how to best serve their community. As the friends from the circle age up but still want to be involved in the organi- zation, Philly Friendship Circle has had to adapt. 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Street Rd., Feasterville, PA 19053, 215.354.1100 BINDER & WEISS CERTIFICATE OF GRANT OF LETTERS Estate of Victoria Hoplamazian Late of Chester County Date of Death: July 15, 2022 File Number: 15-22-1914 Whereas, on the 29th day of August, 2022, my office admitted to probate an instrument dated the 23rd day of August, 2002, known as the Last ESTATE OF AMANDA BROOKE MEDINA, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 Supremacy Transport Inc has been incorporated under the provi- sions of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988. Diviny Realty Corp has been incor- porated under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988. EDWARD BERNARD GIEDA, III, ADMINISTRATOR, c/o Kristen L. 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Behrens Dilworth Paxson LLP 1500 Market St., Ste. 3500E Philadelphia, PA 19102 ESTATE OF DEBORAH McGREGOR a/k/a DEBORAH J. McGREGOR, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 CHARLES A. J. HALPIN, III, ADMINISTRATOR, The Land Title Bldg., 100 S. Broad St., Ste. 1830, Philadelphia, PA 19110, Or to his Attorney: CHARLES A. J. HALPIN, III The Land Title Bldg. 100 S. Broad St., Ste. 1830 Philadelphia, PA 19110 ESTATE OF ARIE DAVIS, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been grant- ed 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 decedent to make payment without delay to TAMIKA DAVIS- MASON, EXECUTRIX, 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 BARBARA ANN NADLEY a/k/a BARBARA A. NADLEY, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 JACOB B. LESSMAN, EXECUTOR, 20 Pelham Dr., West Deptford, NJ 08051 ESTATE OF BARNABAS LOMAX, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 TRACEY LOMAX, 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 CLARA MELES, DECEASED Late of Philadelphia County, PA. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay, to Dale Dunoff, Esecutrix, c/o Tova Weiss, Esq., 648 2nd Street Pike, Southampton, PA 18966 ESTATE OF DAPHNE L. BRYCE ESTATE OF DORIS ROSE JOHNSON a/k/a DORIS R. JOHNSON, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or de- mands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to DEBORAH R. JOHNSON, 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 DUDLEY GRAY a/k/a DUDLEY A. GRAY, DECEASED. 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Late of Philadelphia County 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 ADRIANN O. DEMHENKO, EXECUTRIX, 15158 Wayside Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19116 ESTATE OF HARRY NEWBOLD, DECEASED Late of Philadelphia County, PA. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above estate have been ESTATE OF JAMES J. SANTONI, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 WANTED TO BUY WANTED TO BUY ANTIQUE & FINE FURNITURE Paintings & Sculptures to make payment without delay to ANGELA SANTONI-WEIGHTS, EXECUTRIX, c/o Arthur G. 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Late of Philadelphia County 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 with- out delay to JOSEPH CARPINO, ADMINISTRATOR, c/o D. Keith Brown, Esq., P.O. Box 70, Newtown, PA 18940, Or to his Attorney: D. KEITH BROWN STUCKERT AND YATES P.O. Box 70 Newtown, PA 18940 ESTATE OF JERRY D. TACCAD, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 MYRNA TACCAD, ADMINISTRATRIX, c/o Andrew Gavrin, Esq., 306 Clairemont Rd., Villanova, PA 19085, Or to her Attorney: ANDREW GAVRIN THE LAW OFFICES OF ANDREW GAVRIN 306 Clairemont Rd. 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DiTOMASSO, EXECUTOR, c/o Daniella A. Horn, Esq., 2202 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to his Attorney: DANIELLA A. HORN KLENK LAW, LLC 2202 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF LEROY M. JOHNSON Late of Philadelphia, PA. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above estate have been grant- ed to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or de- mands against the estate of the dece- dent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay, to Genevieve Carminati, Executor, c/o Gary A. Zlotnick, Esq., Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer & Toddy, PC, One Commerce 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 MARGARET M. MARQUART, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or de- mands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to JACOB A. MARQUART, III, EXECUTOR, c/o Daniella A. Horn, Esq., 2202 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to his Attorney: DANIELLA A. HORN KLENK LAW, LLC 2202 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF MARIE LECOIN, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 FREDERICK DOUGLAS LECOIN and SAMUEL KING LECOIN, JR., EXECUTORS, 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. ESTATE OF MATTIE B. WILSON, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 AJAMU WILSON, EXECUTOR, c/o Daniella A. Horn, Esq., 2202 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to his Attorney: DANIELLA A. HORN KLENK LAW, LLC 2202 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF MICHAEL FARINA aka MICHAEL FARINA, JR. Farina, Michael aka Farina, Jr., Michael late of Philadelphia, PA. Maureen M. Farrell, Esq., 1628 JFK Blvd., Suite 1901, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Administrator. Maureen M. Farrell, Esq. 1628 JFK Blvd. Suite 1901 Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF NASEERDHEEN A. DAVIS Davis, Naseerdheen A. late of Philadelphia, PA. Zakiyyah Saleemah Dean-Davis, c/o John R. Lundy, Esq., Lundy Beldecos & Milby, PC, 450 N. Narberth Ave., Suite 200, Narberth, PA 19072, Administratrix. Lundy Beldecos & Milby, PC 450 N. Narberth Ave. Suite 200 Narberth, PA 19072 ESTATE OF PETER BLAISE PERRI, JR. a/k/a PETER B. PERRI, JR., DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 PETER PERRI, III, EXECUTOR, c/o Martin J. Pezzner, Esq., 100 W. 6th St., Ste. 204, Media, PA 19063, Or to his Attorney: MARTIN J. PEZZNER GIBSON & PERKINS, P.C. 100 W. 6th St., Ste. 204 Media, PA 19063 ESTATE OF PHILOMENA K. BATSCHELET a/k/a PHILOMENA BATSCHELET, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 WARREN BATSCHELET, ADMINISTRATOR, c/o Harry Metka, Esq., 4802 Neshaminy Blvd., Ste. 9, Bensalem, PA 19020, Or to his Attorney: HARRY METKA 4802 Neshaminy Blvd., Ste. 9 Bensalem, PA 19020 ESTATE OF ROBERT J. PFEIFER, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 MARK STEPHEN PFEIFER, EXECUTOR, c/o D. Keith Brown, Esq., P.O. Box 70, Newtown, PA 18940, Or to his Attorney: D. KEITH BROWN STUCKERT AND YATES P.O. 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Late of Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County, PA LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to STEVEN M. STEIN and DIEDRE STEIN COLE, EXECUTORS, c/o Adam S. Bernick, Esq., 2047 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, Or to their Attorney: ADAM S. BERNICK LAW OFFICE OF ADAM S. BERNICK 2047 Locust St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 ESTATE OF TOMMY J. DODD aka TOM J. DODD Dodd, Tommy J. aka Dodd, Tom J. late of Philadelphia, PA. Penny E. Dodd- Bruneau, c/o David A. Applebaum, Esq., Friedman, Schuman, PC, 275 Commerce Dr., Suite 210, Ft. Washington, PA 19034, Executrix. Friedman, Schuman, PC 275 Commerce Dr. Suite 210 Ft. Washington, PA 19034 ESTATE OF VERONICA A. BASARA a/k/a VERONICA BASARA, DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia County 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 – LORRAINE BASARA, EXECUTRIX, c/o Benjamin L. Jerner, Esq., 5401 Wissahickon Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19144, Or to her Attorney: BENJAMIN L. JERNER JERNER LAW GROUP, P.C. 5401 Wissahickon Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19144 FICTITIOUS NAME REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that an Application for Registration of Fictitious Name was filed in the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on August 12, 2022 for Saigon Nails at 4741 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19422. The entity interested in such business is Philly’s Nail Salon LLC, whose Commercial Registered Office provider’s address is 4741 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19422 in Philadelphia County. This was filed in accordance with 54 PaC.S. 311. Arts Continued from Page 27 So, it’s a Jewish family that under- stands that it’s Jewish but that also never practices religion. Th at’s a relat- able premise in 2022/5783. Yet as soon as the play starts, you quickly realize that this is not a story about real Jews who are trying to reconnect with their religion. It’s a story about Jewish and millennial caricatures who barely have a Jewish identity. Th ere’s the old white dad Saul, whose opinions are outdated but who still says a little too much; there’s the therapist mom Linda, who cannot stop criticiz- ing her daughters’ life choices; there’s the older daughter Sammi, who lives across the country in California and runs an alternative school that gives no grades; and there’s the younger daugh- ter Ariel, who wants to move to Bali and become a yoga instructor. Th e father looks back fondly on seders at his nana’s house. But the mother was a communist who did not believe in religion, so the family never practiced. Rose Kaplan makes this much clear. What she doesn’t make clear is how this family even maintains a Jewish identity. Saul has his childhood experiences, to be sure. Linda, on the other hand, has no formative Jewish memories to speak of, and her daughters, thanks to her, do not have any either. Th e family has never sat for a seder before; they’ve never stepped foot inside of a synagogue; they’ve never celebrated a bar or bat mitzvah; they do not even reference the type of extended Jewish community that even the most secular Jews oft en fi nd themselves in. Being Jewish is little more than some faint and distant footnote from their family tree. When would it have even occurred to them? Yet somehow, with- out any shared experiences, they all seem to possess a deep understanding of their Jewish identity. Th is is a family of intellectuals. I can see why their Jewish history might be more extreme than that of the aver- age family. But their Jewish history is pretty much nonexistent, making the entire premise seem unrealistic. Th ese are hardly the play’s only fl aws, either. It is 90 minutes, but it could be 40. It has three extra characters who use way too much stage time to carry out their respective shticks. Th ere’s Saul’s sister Nan, an old com- munist and comrade of Linda’s whose only note is to ask why in the world is this family sitting for Passover. Th ere’s Ester, Linda’s assistant who keeps beg- ging her to take a call from Ellen DeGeneres about Linda’s popular new book. And there’s Beverly, a conser- vative former neighbor of the family who is as stupid as you would expect a conservative character in a play about communists to be. If you’re going to write a play about caricatures, you better at least make them funny. 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