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Table of Contents 

MARCH 2013/Adar-Nissan 5773 Volume 1/Issue 7 

24 

44 


62 

[Cover Story] 

24 Horsing Around: Danielle & Kevin Rosenbaum 

[Focus] 

UPFRONT 

12 Charles Arnold: Pioneer in Mental Health Law 

FOOD 

20 Chef’s Corner by Lisa Glickman 

40 Where Do Jewish People Eat? 

42 Demystifying the Grape 

A&E 

44 Storyteller Returns to Arizona with New Novel 

46 From Shul to Stage 

FITNESS 

48 Knows No Age Limit 

SENIORS 

50 Resort-style Living 

SINGLES 

58 Rocking the Single Life 

60 Searching for Love in All the Right Ways 

TRAVEL 

62 Destination Russia 

[Passover/Special Section 16-23] 

Kid-friendly seders, Jewish-Latino seder, 

Cash in on Pesach, Don’t find fault with seder 

guests, Spice up Passover with homemade 

gefilte fish and Persian haroset 

[Camps/Special Section 32-39] 

Letters from camp, Building confidence at camp, 

Summer camp news, Evolution of Jewish camps 

[Columns] 

23 Advice: Ask Helen 

30 Fashionista by Kira Brown 

52 Money Matteers: Helping Aging Parents 

Tackle Finances 

54 An Israeli in America by Natalie Nahome 

55 Life on the Other Side by Anne Kleinberg 

56 An American in Israel by Mylan Tanzer 

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66 Volunteer 

67 Happenings 

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How can we decide which amazing 

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Jewish Life? I’ve talked to so many 

people who enrich both the Jewish and 

general communities here, and our writers 

keep sharing wonderful stories about 

people they know. e wealth of ideas is 

almost an embarrassment of riches. 

Fortunately, I’ll have some help deciding 

as we go forward. Janet Arnold, who 

has written several articles on theaters 

and performers in our early issues, has accepted the position of 

associate editor of Arizona Jewish Life. Her immersion in the 

community is impressive. She has been involved with the local 

Jewish community since her family moved to Phoenix in 1957. 

Janet founded and led the Arizona Jewish eatre Company 

for 24 years. She was president of her chapter and the Phoenix 

Region of ORT America, a Jewish organization committed to 

strengthening communities throughout the world by educating 

people against all odds and obstacles. She also served as 

the executive director of the Jewish Community Center Early 

Childhood Education Department. Currently she serves on 

the board of the Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival. is 

truly connected Jewish Arizonan is also a past president of the 

International Association for Jewish eatre. 

When Janet accepted this new role as associate editor, she 

told me, “I’ve always thought of ‘community’ as my middle 


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Our Passover section in this issue reects some of those 

diverse stories. I think our stories on a Latino-Jewish seder, 

making Passover fun for kids and the money-making potential 

of Pesach cleaning make for interesting reading. 

e Camps section reminds us how generations of campers 

have discovered their strengths, best friends and heritage at Jewish 

summer camp. And it shares information on many camps to 

help this generation do the same. 

We have stories about the elections in Israel, Jewish seniors 

nding a home, a tness guru who learned her trade in Israel 

and a best-selling novelist who researched her story in Phoenix 

and is now returning to share her new book. 

Following on the heels of last month’s wedding section, this 

month we look at the joys of singleness and introduce you to our 

new columnist Ellen Gerst, who shares ideas for nding yourself 

before nding a relationship. 

My personal favorite this month, however, was my chance 

to talk “horse.” I had a great time connecting with our cover 

subjects – a Jewish family comprising three generations of horse 

lovers. Ever since I was a teenager showing Arabian horses in 

Michigan, I’ve heard wonderful things about “e Scottsdale 

Show.” It was always too far for me to take my horses, and I 

never ew in just to see the biggest Arabian horse show in the 

country. So it was a real treat for me to interview Kevin Rosenbaum 

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[UPFRONT] 

HONORING CHARLES ARNOLD 

PIONEER IN MENTAL 

HEALTH LAW 

By Elizabeth Schwartz 

“I think of myself as a mental health 

lawyer,” says Charles Arnold, when 

asked what kind of law he practices. 

“We dene our practice by the type 

of people we serve.” 

Arnold – “Chick” to his friends 

– is one of three recipients of the 

Arizona Region American Jewish 

Committee’s 2013 Judge Learned 

Hand Award for Community Service. 

e award, bestowed annually 

on three members of the Jewish legal 

community, recognizes exceptional 

emerging leaders, public service and 

community service. is year’s other 

recipients are Terry Goddard, former 

Arizona attorney general and former 

mayor of Phoenix (public service), 

and Phoenix lawyer Nicole Stanton 

(emerging leadership). According to 

an AJC news release, “AJC’s Judge 

Learned Hand award recognizes 

distinguished individuals within the 

legal profession. Established in 1964, 

it honors those who have contributed 

meaningfully to the legal community 

and whose work reects the 

integrity and broad humanitarian 

ideals exemplied by Judge Hand.” 

Arnold joined the rm of Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold, 

LLP, in June of 2002; his area of specialization is mental health 

and elder law, and his clients are the developmentally disabled, 

the mentally ill and the elderly. Arnold also served as the Maricopa 

County Public Fiduciary from 1980 to 1981; in that role, he 

was the guardian and conservator of approximately 600 mentally 

ill adults in Maricopa County. Arnold is also the named plainti 

in a landmark class-action lawsuit to assert the rights of the mentally 

ill in Arizona. 

Beginning around 1979, social policies across America regarding 

the mentally ill shifted away from a pattern of institution- 


alization to a gradual integration of people with mental health 

issues into the wider community. “When I became the public 

guardian, it was a time when the deinstitutionalization process 

was in full swing,” Arnold recalls. “e rst step in that process 

was development of community-based services for people who’d 

been in institutions; the second step involved releasing people 

from institutional care into an existing community support 

system. In Arizona we jumped to the second step without doing 

the rst. As public guardian, I became the legal caretaker of these 

kinds of people.” e need for laws addressing the rights of the 

mentally ill emerged at the same time as Arnold’s stint as public

guardian. “I grew up with this area of law; it coincided with my career trajectory,” he 

explains. “Because it was new and I was in a high-prole position as public guardian, I 

was able to have an impact on the way the law here has developed.” 

In his job with Maricopa County, Arnold supervised the legal needs of more than 

600 people with serious mental illnesses. Arizona’s traditionally Republican leanings 

toward less governmental involvement in providing human services, coupled with the 

fact that many people relocate to Phoenix alone, without their families or established 

communal support networks, made Arnold’s work especially challenging. “I helped draft 

legislation that is unique in the country; it states that everybody who lives in our state 

with a serious mental illness is entitled to a full range of community-based support. At 

that time, even Republicans recognized there was a decit in this area, and I’ve always 

believed that it was collective communal guilt that passed this legislation,” says Arnold. 

When the law passed, in 1980, it merely established these rights for the mentally ill; 

enforcing them was another matter. “Part of our community existed in what I termed a 

mental health ghetto – a part of town with single-room-occupancy hotels and boarding 

homes, which were scary places.” One of the people under Arnold’s supervision was a 

man named John Gauss, who walked the streets of Phoenix every day because he was 

afraid to stay in his home. “John’s residence, S & W boarding home, was notorious; it 

“I was the kid who always looked out 

for the underdog.” – Charles Arnold 

had burned down two or three times,” said Arnold in an interview on the public television 

program Arizona Horizon in May 2012. “John was ill; he wasn’t stupid … each 

day he’d stop at our oce downtown and visit me. He’d heard about the statute that 

was passed that gave rights to people with serious mental illness, and he wondered why 

there were no services available for him. I was a lawyer; I was John’s guardian; my gosh, 

I simply connected the dots. ere was a critical need to hold our communities accountable 

for the statutes that we had passed.” Arnold joined with the Center for Law and the 

Public Interest to le a class-action suit, Arnold vs. Sarn, on behalf of Gauss and four 

other named plaintis. Despite legal victories in Arizona’s courts, including the Arizona 

Supreme Court, the demands of the lawsuit, which focus on the mandatory duty of the 

state to provide services enumerated in Arnold’s 1980 legislation, have still not been fully 

met. In 2000 Jane Hull, then serving as governor of Arizona, was added to the lawsuit 

as a defendant. “e terms of the legal statute aren’t being addressed, more than 30 years 

after we led our suit,” Arnold explains. “It’s still going on.” 

Like many people who came of age in the 1960s, Arnold was determined to make the 

world a better place, and viewed law school as a means to that end, rather than an end 

in itself. “I had no intention of becoming a lawyer when I enrolled in law school at the 

University of Arizona,” Arnold explains. “I just thought a law school education would 

be invaluable for doing something to serve the greater good.” Arnold could not have 

predicted the convergence of mental health law with his own career path when he began 

practicing law in the early 1970s. However, his clear anity for the legal specialization 

he helped pioneer has another, more personal, component. “I had a profoundly disabled 

sister. So much of my cultural upbringing had to do with being responsible for others; I 

was the kid who always looked out for the underdog, and I tutored disabled kids when I 

was just a kid myself.” 

For Arnold, the social justice aspects of his Jewish upbringing in Queens and later 

at Temple Beth Israel in Phoenix, where his family relocated when Arnold was 14, are 

a central part of his world-view. “Helping make life better for those less fortunate is a 

critical aspect of our faith. e experiences I had with my sister made me a better advocate 

in my work, and my work fuels a wonderful way of being a nice person while still 

being a lawyer.” 

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To merchants who have accepted Visa and 

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Notice of a 6+ billion dollar class action settlement. 

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Notice of a class action settlement authorized by the U.S. District 

Court, Eastern District of New York. 

This notice is authorized by the Court to inform you about an 

agreement to settle a class action lawsuit that may affect you. 

The lawsuit claims that Visa and MasterCard, separately, and 

together with banks, violated antitrust laws and caused merchants 

to pay excessive fees for accepting Visa and MasterCard credit 

and debit cards, including by: 

Agreeing to set, apply, and enforce rules about merchant 

fees (called default interchange fees); 

Limiting what merchants could do to encourage their 

customers to use other forms of payment through, for 

example, charging customers an extra fee or offering 

discounts; and 

Continuing that conduct after Visa and MasterCard changed 

their corporate structures. 

The defendants say they have done nothing wrong. They say that 

their business practices are legal and the result of competition, 

and have benefitted merchants and consumers. The Court has not 

decided who is right because the parties agreed to a settlement. 

On November 27, 2012, the Court gave preliminary approval to 

this settlement. 

THE SETTLEMENT 

Under the settlement, Visa, MasterCard, and the bank defendants 

have agreed to make payments to two settlement funds: 

The first is a “Cash Fund” – a $6.05 billion fund that will pay 

valid claims of merchants that accepted Visa or MasterCard 

credit or debit cards at any time between January 1, 2004 

and November 28, 2012. 

The second is an “Interchange Fund” – estimated to be 

approximately $1.2 billion – that will be based on a portion 

of the interchange fees attributable to certain merchants that 

accept Visa or MasterCard credit cards for an eight-month 

“Interchange Period.” 

Additionally, the settlement changes some of the Visa and 

MasterCard rules applicable to merchants who accept their 

cards. 

This settlement creates two classes: 

A Cash Settlement Class (Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement 

Class), which includes all persons, businesses, and 

other entities that accepted any Visa or MasterCard 

cards in the U.S. at any time from January 1, 2004 to 

November 28, 2012, and 

A Rule Changes Settlement Class (Rule 23(b)(2) Settlement 

Class), which includes all persons, businesses, and entities 

that as of November 28, 2012 or in the future accept any 

Visa or MasterCard cards in the U.S. 

WHAT MERCHANTS WILL GET 

FROM THE SETTLEMENT 

Every merchant in the Cash Settlement Class that files a 

valid claim will get money from the $6.05 billion Cash 

Fund, subject to a deduction (not to exceed 25% of the 

fund) to account for merchants who exclude themselves 

from the Cash Settlement Class. The value of each claim, 

where possible, will be based on the actual or estimated 

interchange fees attributable to the merchant’s MasterCard 

and Visa payment card transactions from January 1, 2004 to 

November 28, 2012. Payments to merchants who file valid 

claims for a portion of the Cash Fund will be based on: 

The money available to pay all claims, 

The total dollar value of all valid claims filed, 

The deduction described above not to exceed 25% of the 

Cash Settlement Fund, and 

The cost of settlement administration and notice, money 

awarded to the class representatives, and attorneys’ fees and 

expenses all as approved by the Court. 

In addition, merchants in the Cash Settlement Class that accept 

Visa and MasterCard during the eight-month Interchange 

Period and file a valid claim will get money from the separate 

Interchange Fund, estimated to be approximately $1.2 billion. 

The value of each claim, where possible, will be based on 

an estimate of one-tenth of 1% of the merchant’s Visa and 

MasterCard credit card dollar sales volume during that period. 

Payments to merchants who file valid claims for a portion of the 

Interchange Fund will be based on: 

The money available to pay all claims, 

The total dollar value of all valid claims filed, and 

The cost of settlement administration and notice, and any 

attorneys’ fees and expenses that may be approved by the 

Court. 

Attorneys’ fees and expenses and money awarded to the 

class representatives: For work done through final approval 

of the settlement by the district court, Class Counsel will 

ask the Court for attorneys’ fees in an amount that is a 

reasonable proportion of the Cash Settlement Fund, not 

to exceed 11.5% of the Cash Settlement Fund of $6.05 

billion and 11.5% of the Interchange Fund estimated to be 

$1.2 billion to compensate all of the lawyers and their law 

firms that have worked on the class case. For additional work 

to administer the settlement, distribute both funds, and through 

any appeals, Class Counsel may seek reimbursement at their 

normal hourly rates, not to exceed an additional 1% of the Cash 

Settlement Fund of $6.05 billion and an additional 1% of the 

Interchange Fund estimated to be $1.2 billion. Class Counsel 

will also request reimbursement of their expenses (not including 

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the administrative costs of settlement or notice), not to exceed 

$40 million and up to $200,000 per Class Plaintiff in service 

awards for their efforts on behalf of the classes. 

HOW TO ASK FOR PAYMENT 

To receive payment, merchants must fill out a claim form. If the 

Court finally approves the settlement, and you do not exclude 

yourself from the Cash Settlement Class, you will receive a 

claim form in the mail or by email. Or you may ask for one at: 

www.PaymentCardSettlement.com, or call: 1-800-625-6440. 

OTHER BENEFITS FOR MERCHANTS 

Merchants will benefit from changes to certain MasterCard and 

Visa rules, which will allow merchants to, among other things: 

Charge customers an extra fee if they pay with Visa or 

MasterCard credit cards, 

Offer discounts to customers who do not pay with Visa or 

MasterCard credit or debit cards, and 

Form buying groups that meet certain criteria to negotiate 

with Visa and MasterCard. 

Merchants that operate multiple businesses under different trade 

names or banners will also be able to accept Visa or MasterCard 

at fewer than all of the merchant’s trade names and banners. 

LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS 

Merchants who are included in this lawsuit have the legal rights 

and options explained below. You may: 

You will receive 

a claim form in the mail or email or file online at: 

www.PaymentCardSettlement.com. 

from the Cash Settlement Class (Rule 

23(b)(3) Settlement Class). If you exclude yourself, you 

can sue the Defendants for damages based on alleged 

conduct occurring on or before November 27, 2012 on your 

own at your own expense, if you want to. If you exclude 

yourself, you will not get any money from this settlement. 

If you are a merchant and wish to exclude yourself, you 

must make a written request, place it in an envelope, and 

mail it with postage prepaid and postmarked no later than 

to Class Administrator, Payment Card 

Interchange Fee Settlement, P.O. Box 2530, Portland, OR 

97208-2530. The written request must be signed by a 

person authorized to do so and provide all of the following 

information: (1) the words “In re Payment Card Interchange 

Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation,” 

(2) your full name, address, telephone number, and taxpayer 

identification number, (3) the merchant that wishes to be 

excluded from the Cash Settlement Class (Rule 23(b)(3) 

Settlement Class), and what position or authority you have 

to exclude the merchant, and (4) the business names, brand 

names, and addresses of any stores or sales locations whose 

sales the merchant desires to be excluded. 

Note: 

(Rule 23(b)(2) Settlement Class). 

. The deadline to object 

is: . To learn how to object, see: 

www.PaymentCardSettlement.com or call 1-800-625-6440. 

Note: If you exclude yourself from the Cash Settlement 

Class you cannot object to the terms of that portion of the 

settlement. 

For more information about these rights and options, visit: 

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IF THE COURT APPROVES THE 

FINAL SETTLEMENT 

Members of the Rule Changes Settlement Class are bound by 

the terms of this settlement. Members of the Cash Settlement 

Class, who do not exclude themselves by the deadline, are 

bound by the terms of this settlement whether or not they file a 

claim for payment. Members of both classes release all claims 

against all released parties listed in the Settlement Agreement. 

The settlement will resolve and release any claims by merchants 

against Visa, MasterCard or other defendants that were or could 

have been alleged in the lawsuit, including any claims based on 

interchange or other fees, no-surcharge rules, no-discounting rules, 

honor-all-cards rules and other rules. The settlement will also 

resolve any merchant claims based upon the future effect of any 

Visa or MasterCard rules, as of November 27, 2012 and not to be 

modified pursuant to the settlement, the modified rules provided 

for in the settlement, or any other rules substantially similar 

to any such rules. The releases will not bar claims involving 

certain specified standard commercial disputes arising in the 

ordinary course of business. 

For more information on the release, see the settlement 

agreement at: www.PaymentCardSettlement.com. 

THE COURT HEARING ABOUT 

THIS SETTLEMENT 

On September 12, 2013, there will be a Court hearing to decide 

whether to approve the proposed settlement, class counsels’ 

requests for attorneys’ fees and expenses, and awards for the 

class representatives. The hearing will take place at: 

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[PASSOVER] 

HOME HOLIDAY 

Observed at home, Passover is a great time to give kids a starring role 

By Rich Geller 

e crack of that rst piece of matzah, destined to become the 

akomen. Homemade matzah ball soup simmering on the stove, 

its magical aroma evocative of days of Pesach past. e warmth 

of family gathered together. Is it any wonder that Passover is the 

most widely observed Jewish holiday in America? 

Why is this night dierent from all other nights? Unlike 

most Jewish holidays, observance of Passover (or Pesach) takes 

place in the home rather than in the synagogue. For parents with 

young children this home-eld advantage can be both boon and 

burden. No need to worry about getting your kids to services 

on time. However, as leader of the seder, now it is up to you to 

conduct the service in a way that captures the imagination of 

your little kinderlach. 

As a Jewish parent during Passover, you are tasked with 

teaching your children the epic story of the ancient Hebrews 

and their journey from slavery to freedom. Growing up in New 

Jersey, I recall that our seders were warm family aairs with 

delicious food, but the Haggadah readings were a little sti. 

Pesach and the ritual of the seder meal really lend themselves to 

Oregon’s thriving do-it-yourself culture. With a bit of planning, 

you can create Passover memories that will last a lifetime. 

As Pesach approaches, have your kids assist you in rounding 

up all the chametz (leavened products) in your home. With 

their help, box it up and dispose of it or sell it to a neighbor. To 


make the bedikat chametz ceremony (the search for chametz 

on the night before Passover) more fun this year, assemble your 

kids into e Chametz Squad! Parents, be sure to scatter small 

pieces of bread throughout the house before you deploy your 

team. Your mission: to seek and destroy all oending breadstu 

throughout the house. Assign each team member a ashlight 

(candles for older kids) plus a feather and spoon (when crumbs 

are found, sweep them into the “dustpan” with the “broom”). 

After the search is completed, place the chametz in a paper bag 

and burn it in the replace (or outdoors). Be sure to recite the 

blessing before burning the chametz. Mission complete! 

Visit Chabad.org and Kveller.com for coloring pages with 

Passover themes that are simple to print; then let their imagination 

run wild. Last year my kids raided their closet and costume 

bins and reenacted a battle of Egyptians versus Slaves. Shop 

local and support Arizona stores for all kinds of fun items to 

liven up your seder table. KidKraft makes a Passover playset 

that includes everything you need for the perfect pretend seder, 

including the akomen, matzah cover, seder plate and even a 

bottle of Passover wine. For an inexpensive alternative, make a 

seder plate out of construction paper, paper plates, glue and 

glitter. Kids love to get crafty: Ask them to create art for the 

walls and decorations for the seder table. 

As the Haggadah is the central text of the seder, what better 

way to make Passover more meaningful for your family than 

to make your own Haggadot? In our home we use a wonderful 

patchwork Haggadah that my wife, Leslie, forged from multiple 

sources, including the ocial CCAR Haggadah published for 

the Reform movement, numerous children’s Haggadot, and 

material culled from various seders we have attended in other 

people’s homes. You can visit your synagogue’s library or sisterhood 

gift shops to nd kid-friendly Haggadot. Sammy Spider’s 

First Haggadah by Sylvia Rouss and e Animated Haggadah 

(with charming illustrations lovingly rendered in clay by Rony 

Oren) are both excellent children’s versions. 

e 10 biblical plagues sent by G-d to punish Pharaoh are 

the perfect point in the seder for some silly fun. Each child at 

our seder receives a groovy little goody-bag of plagues. For the 

rivers of blood, we give the kids a kosher chocolate-covered 

cherry. For the plague of frogs, we give a small plastic frog. For 

the plague of lice, we give the kids small bags of confetti to toss 

in the air (beware: you’ll be picking it up for years!). For the 

wild beasts and diseased livestock we give small plastic lions, 

tigers and cows. Mini-bubbles represent the plague of boils, and 

a small bag of mini-marshmallows stands in for hail (many local

markets stock kosher-for-Passover mini-marshmallows). We give 

chocolate “bugs” for the locusts. Dollar-store sunglasses create the 

illusion of darkness. To represent the nal plague, death of the 

rstborn Egyptian sons, we give skull and crossbones stickers. 

For the visit from Elijah, you can do everything from the 

ol’ disappearing wine trick to making/renting your own Elijah 

costume and really getting into character! 

After the seder why not snuggle up with your little ones for 

some Passover entertainment? Here are my top ve picks for 

greatest kids’ Passover TV moments: 

1 “A Rugrats Passover”: If you have small children, this 

holiday classic is one they won’t want to miss. When Grandpa 

Boris and the babies accidentally get locked in the attic, it’s 

time for a retelling of the Passover story, Rugrats style. With 

Angelica as the Pharaoh and Tommy Pickles as Moses, you’ll 

be shouting, “Let my babies go!” 

2 “The Prince of Egypt”: Sweeping visuals, a masterful 

score and a stellar cast will leave your kids mesmerized by 

this epic retelling of the Book of Exodus. 

3 “Shalom Sesame: Jerusalem Jones and the Lost 

Afikoman”: In this Passover themed episode of the Israeli 

version of Sesame Street, the afikomen goes missing! It’s up 

to Kippi Ben Kippod and Jerusalem Jones, ably played by a 

young Sarah Jessica Parker, to save Passover. 

4 “The Ten Commandments”: Best Passover movie ever! 

With Yul Brynner as Pharaoh and Charlton Heston as Moses, 

dazzling special effects and a cast of thousands, you’ll be 

swept away like baby Moses down the Nile. 

5 

“The Animated Haggadah”: Companion to the 

aforementioned book. Classic stop-motion claymation really 

brings the story to life! 

Be sure to include an orange on your seder plate in solidarity 

with the girls and women at your seder, and place a Miriam’s 

cup lled with spring water beside Elijah’s cup of wine. ese 

contemporary customs honor women’s contributions to the 

survival and prosperity of the Jewish people and demonstrate 

that Judaism is a living faith. To that end, build on the themes 

of freedom and slavery that dene the holiday. Remind your 

children that African-Americans were slaves less than 150 years 

ago and that around the world people are still held in captivity 

and slavery today. e point of the holiday is making history and 

tradition come alive for your kids. If you make being Jewish fun, 

you might never even hear the age-old plea, “When do we eat?” 

Rich Geller is a freelance writer and father of three children. 

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[PASSOVER] 

Carlos Galindo-Elvira blends his cultures in annual 

Jewish-Latino seder 

By Janet Arnold 

Walking into the oce, one is 

immediately drawn into the 

warmth radiating from the 

colorful artwork and artifacts 

on the walls and shelves. Colorful Latino art 

posters depicting animals, birds and nature, 

and wonderful Judaic handiwork: a menorah, 

a ceramic bowl with a “chai” in the center, 

a wooden box with a bronze Star of David. 

e juxtaposition seems to work perfectly, 

particularly when you talk to the intriguing 

man who has chosen these items to surround 

him at work. 

Carlos Galindo-Elvira is the chief development 

ocer for Valle del Sol. Generally 

that title denotes the person in charge of 

raising money for a nonprot organization, 

but in this case, it means a lot more. 

In addition to raising money for the multifaceted organization, 

he is raising awareness and creating meaningful connections for 

his community – in fact, for both of them. 

Carlos is a Latino Jew… or a Jewish Latino. is wasn’t always 

exactly the case. 

Carlos was born and raised as a Catholic. About seven years 

ago, Rabbi Robert Kravetz and Ken Smith invited him to spend 

a week in Israel through the American Jewish Committee’s program 

called Project Interchange. 

Project Interchange is an educational institute of AJC, bringing 

policy-makers and community leaders to Israel for a week of 

intensive travel and learning. Participants experience Israeli society, 

connect with their Israeli counterparts and learn about Israel’s 

extensive contributions in their elds. 

“Before the trip, I thought of Israel as biblically grand,” says 

Carlos. “But when you’re there on the ground, you realize how 

tiny it is, and that brings to focus so many of the social and political 

realities.” It was an ecumenical trip; the tours included visits to 

major points of interest for all the major religions represented in 

the area. “When we went to Yad Vashem,” he smiles with modest 

pride, “I was the one chosen to lay the wreath.” And when they 

reached Masada, Carlos felt something special happened. ey 

had come down from the top of the fortress when he heard his 

name called. He looked back to see a group gathered around 

the agpole, and he suddenly remembered the end of the lm 

“Masada,” which he had seen as a young child: the same scene, 

around the agpole. It seemed to Carlos that things were coming 

full circle. 


He had been looking for more religious 

meaning in his life. He called Rabbi Andrew 

Straus, who was at the time the rabbi for Temple 

Emanuel in Tempe. Rabbi Straus suggested 

that Carlos might be interested in taking a basic 

“Understanding Judaism” course. Carlos agreed, 

and thus began his exploration. He appreciated 

it when Rabbi Straus told him, “You are the 

driver on this journey. I am not going to call or 

suggest or push. You are in charge.” 

After reading in depth and taking additional 

courses, Carlos knew Judaism was what he 

wanted in his life. He completed his requirements 

for conversion and accompanied the 

rabbi to Saguaro Lake for submersion on June 

21 that year, “the longest and hottest day of the 

year,” he recalls. With them was a teenager who 

had received permission to convert as well. As 

Carlos was coming out of the lake, he wondered why the young 

man was still behind him, splashing away. He gave his hand to the 

teenager and helped him out of the water. 

It seemed the young man could not swim. Carlos had saved a 

life – his rst ocial mitzvah. He says Rabbi Straus smiled and 

said, “You see, Carlos, G-d approved of your decision.” 

In Carlos’ home the Galindo-Elvira family celebrates all the 

holidays. His parents approved of his conversion when they understood 

that he still believed in G-d, in being his brother’s keeper, in 

providing service to others and in the all-important honoring one’s 

parents. “Once my mother understood that honoring one’s parents 

also meant caring for them, she felt grateful that she could count 

on this son to take care of her in her old age,” he grins. 

About a year prior to his trip to Israel, Carlos was approached 

by Ken Smith and Rabbi Larry Bell, then director of the local 

AJC. ey wanted to create a Latino-Jewish seder in the Valley. 

ey knew that Valle del Sol sponsored the Hispanic Leadership 

Institute, which helps to develop leaders in the Latino community. 

It turned out to be the perfect partnership. 

e two communities share a love and respect for family and 

community. And Passover’s message of freedom and hope is one 

that resonates with both as well. Smith, a local philanthropist who 

passed away last year, had the vision to connect the communities 

to move the conversation forward in a meaningful way. On March 

14 the Eighth Annual Latino-Jewish Seder will be held at the 

Arizona Jewish Historical Society’s Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage 

Center. 

Carlos is particularly pleased that the Center will be their new

home. “It’s perfect,” he says. “e Center itself is a place that exudes 

appreciation of diversity, having been home to so many dierent 

ethnicities.” His reference is to the fact that the building began as 

Temple Beth Israel in 1921, became a Chinese Baptist church in 

1957, then a Latino Baptist church in 1981, and now has come 

back to the Jewish community. He’s equally pleased that Rabbi 

Maynard Bell will continue to lead the service. 

Attendance at this unique seder is by invitation only, simply to 

control numbers. Between 100 and 150 individuals attend, including 

those from the Hispanic Leadership Institute, American Jewish 

Committee and a variety of other community organizations. Carlos 

takes care to seat the Latinos and Jews in checkerboard fashion, in 

case there are questions. 

e Haggadah for the seder is a lovely, full-color booklet that is 

now in its second printing. Originally 8,000 were printed, and those 

are now gone, since each participant is allowed to take one home. 

Included are the basics of any seder, but there are some special additions 

to this one. 

“Kuanto fue demudada la noche la esta mas ke todas las noches” 

(Why is this night dierent from all other nights?) is Ladino, the 

Sephardic Jewish language that combines Spanish and Hebrew. 

e four questions and an ancient poem, also in Ladino, are 

included in this Haggadah. 

e Haggadah includes an interesting addition to the plagues. 

Besides the 10 biblical plagues, this Haggadah contains modernday 

evils: hatred, violence, crime, fraud, political corruption, 

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injustice, xenophobia, discrimination, neglect of human needs 

and neglect of our environment. ese are accompanied by the 

traditional drops of wine and said with the hope that people will 

cast out these plagues wherever they are found. 

While the seder is not meant to have political overtones, 

Carlos knows that each year the topic of immigration will come 

up. He knows, too, that this year the discussion will be even more 

emphatic than usual. In fact, he laughs, he’s thinking of putting 

another empty chair next to Elijah’s and labeling it “Immigration 

Reform,” hoping that it too will walk through the door very soon. 

In addition to creating good feelings and warm friendships, the 

seder and the extended Latino-Jewish relationships it encourages 

have very practical benets. Just a couple of years ago, the Arizona 

Legislature was debating the birthright provision in the U.S. 

Constitution. e 14th Amendment ensures that anyone born in 

the United States is a citizen. Repealing or amending this right 

would have devastating consequences in the Latino community. 

Fourteen rabbis – he repeats the number – wrote an editorial in 

the Arizona Republic to stand up for the existing amendment. “It 

matters who carries the message,” he added, saying the support 

from the Jewish community was very signicant. 

“It is in the interest of both the Latino and the Jewish communities 

that we are friends and support each other. Maybe the 

Goldberg will help the Garcia today, and tomorrow the Garcia 

will come to the aid of the Goldberg.” And Carlos Galindo-Elvira 

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[PASSOVER] 

CHEF’ S 

By Lisa Glickman 

Every year when it’s time to shop for supplies for my Passover 

seder, I see the grocery store’s annual holiday display made up 

of boxes of matzah, potato starch, macaroons and potato kugel 

mix. Invariably included in the arrangement of foodstus is 

the jarred gelte sh oating in murky liquid. Who actually 

eats this stu? In the words of my 12-year-old, it looks “a bit 

sketchy!” Our good friend Dan, who is originally from New 

York, told us the sh is in fact a delicacy and that he once 

heard a funny story about where these gelte sh come from. 

He relayed this story by Lawrence Sherry to us: 

Many times I have been upset by people who seem to think that 

gelte sh is some kind of mixture you make in the kitchen rather 

than one of the Lord’s creatures. is has led me to explain exactly 

what a gelte sh is. 

Each year, as soon as the frost on the Great Gelte Lakes (located 

somewhere in the Catskill Mountains) is thin enough to break 

the surface, frum (observant) shermen set out to “catch” gelte sh. 


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Spice up your Passover 

with homemade Gelte 

Fish and Persian Haroset 

Now, unlike your normal sh, gelte sh cannot be caught with a 

rod and a reel. e art of catching gelte sh was handed down for 

hundreds, maybe thousands of years. You go up to the edge of lake 

with some matzah and whistle and say “Here boy,” “Here boy.” e 

sh just can’t resist the smell of the matzah. ey come en masse to 

the edge of the lake, where they jump into the jars and are bottled 

on the spot. 

Funny story, but since we have no gelte shermen in our 

family and live nowhere near the Catskills, I prefer to make 

my own! Typically, because it’s more economical, gelte sh is 

made with two or three dierent types of freshwater sh such 

as pike, haddock and carp. I opt for sh that are indigenous to 

the West Coast, like Alaskan halibut, lingcod and salmon. I 

utilize salmon for its beautiful color, fat content and richness, 

halibut for its creamy texture and cod for its mild avor. In my 

recipe melted leeks – which, when slightly caramelized, have a 

pleasant sweetness – stand in for the onions. For the poaching 

liquid, you can make your own sh stock or buy a good-quality

GEFILTE FISH 

Makes about 20 “egg size” fish balls 

1 pound salmon fillet, fresh if possible 

1½ pounds halibut fillet 

1½ pounds Alaskan lingcod fillet 

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 

3 carrots, separated 

3 leeks, white and light green parts, rinsed and finely chopped 

1 tablespoon sugar 

1 egg 

2 tablespoons matzah meal 

½ cup water 

2-3 teaspoons kosher salt 

2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning 

12 cups fish stock 

Remove any skin and bones from fish and cut into 2-inch cubes. 

Using food processor fitted with a steel blade, pulse each type of fish 

separately until ground and place in a large bowl. Heat fish stock 

to medium high in a large skillet or Dutch oven with high sides and 

a lid. (You will probably need two.) Heat olive oil in a large skillet on 

medium high. Grate two of the carrots on the fine side of a box grater. 

Place leeks in olive oil and soften slightly. Add carrots and continue 

to sauté until carrots are tender and leeks begin to caramelize, 

about 8-10 minutes. When cooled slightly, add vegetables to fish 

along with beaten egg, matzah, sugar, water and spices. Mix gently 

but thoroughly. Mixture will seem a bit loose. When stock is hot, 

packaged one. e trick to making moist, tender gelte sh is to 

poach the pieces at a low temperature and not to let the stock 

boil too vigorously. It should just be bubbling gently at a simmer 

on the stove. Cooked too quickly, the sh balls may not remain 

moist throughout. Serve chilled or at room temperature with red 

horseradish and garnished with cooked carrot coins. 

On the Passover seder plate, haroset symbolizes the mortar 

used by slaves in Egypt. e classic Eastern European haroset 

features apples, honey, sweet wine and cinnamon. Although most 

American Jews are familiar with these ingredients, this is by no 

means the only combination possible. Walnuts, pine nuts, peanuts, 

pistachios or chestnuts can be mixed with apricots, coconut, 

raisins, dates, gs and even bananas. Also intriguing are recipes 

with spices like ginger, cloves, cayenne and cardamom. Haroset 

is a tasty snack that can be enjoyed with matzah all week during 

Passover. Most families have a recipe they have been making for 

years. is year, try adding just one new ingredient to the family’s 

traditional recipe. I borrowed my favorite ingredients from this 

Joan Nathan recipe for Persian Haroset. I love the subtle sweet 

avor from the banana and the little touch of heat from the black 

and cayenne pepper. 

Lisa Glickman is a private chef and teacher, 

and she recently made a TV appearance on the 

Cooking Channel’s “The Perfect Three.” She can 

be reached via email at lisa@lisaglickman.com. 

take a small teaspoon of the fish and drop into stock. Let cook for 

2-3 minutes, remove, taste and adjust seasonings. Peel and slice 

remaining carrot into coins and drop into stock. Using wet hands, 

scoop about ½ cup of fish mixture and shape into egg-shaped balls. 

Gently drop into hot stock in a single layer, trying not to let them touch. 

Bring stock up to a gentle boil, cover, reduce to a simmer, and cook 

for one hour. Check occasionally to make sure stock is not boiling too 

rapidly. When cooked, carefully remove gefilte fish to glass baking dish. 

Extricate carrots and save. Pour stock over fish and allow it to cool 

uncovered. Fish can be served chilled or at room temperature. 

PERSIAN HAROSET 

25 dates, pitted and diced 

½ cup salted pistachio nuts, coarsely chopped 

½ cup almonds, chopped 

½ cup yellow raisins 

1½ apples, peeled, cored and diced 

1 banana, sliced 

½ to 1 cup sweet red wine 

¼ cup apple cider vinegar 

¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper 

½ teaspoon ground cloves 

1 teaspoon cinnamon 

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper 

Mix spices together in a small bowl. Combine the fruits and nuts 

in another larger bowl. Add the wine and vinegar until a paste is 

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[PASSOVER] 

Clean Up,Cash In 

Use Passover cleaning to declutter 

your life, aid others and get a bit of cash 

By Masada Siegel 

Clearing clutter and cleaning house is a Passover ritual. e Jewish 

version of spring cleaning started a long time ago, when the 

Jews had to leave Egypt on the run and without lots of stu. 

Today, however, life is messy, and it’s so easy to keep collecting 

more and more clutter. But does more stu make us happier? 

On the contrary, clutter usually makes people tense and 

stressed out. 

So while you’re scouring your home of chametz, it’s a great 

time to do a little spring cleaning – make that Passover cleaning. 

A way to create new opportunities in your world is to clear 

your mind, and one of the best ways to start is by clearing 

your house. 

Donating your goods will 

also get you a tax break. 

First, look around the house and see what you haven’t used 

or worn in a few years. Ask yourself, am I really ever going to 

wear this or use this more than once a year? If I’ve lived this long 

without it, do I really need it? If the answer is no, take the item 

and put it in a “toss” pile. 

When you have a pile of things to toss, you can determine 

what should be thrown away, and what could be used again by 

someone else. 

At this point, make sure to congratulate yourself. You are on 

a path to a place where your life will be easier to navigate, and 

now you have an opportunity to improve your world as well as 

improve the lives of others. 

So what should you do with the expensive suit that has been 

sitting in your closet for three years, or those handbags that are 

collecting dust and never seem to see the sunlight? ere are 

many options. 

First, and perhaps easiest, is to ask those around you – friends, 

neighbors, co-workers and people who work for you, like a house 

cleaner, gardener or au pair – if they would like any of the items. 

Second, pick up the phone and call charities such as Jewish 


Family and Children’s Services, or log onto websites such as 

volunteermatch.org to nd out how to turn your junk into 

other people’s treasures. 

Many charities have drop boxes, while others have scheduled 

pickups in your neighborhood at set times during the 

month. Donating your goods will also get you a tax break. 

ird, let technology do the work. Use a digital camera 

to take photos of the items and post them on eBay. You can 

sell pretty much anything on eBay, from clothes to housewares. 

Be aware that eBay involves a little more eort than 

simply giving things away, and there are fees involved (including 

a listing fee and a percentage fee if the item sells) – 

but if you have something people want, you can make a 

few bucks o your throwaways. 

In order to turn your clutter into cash on eBay, do the 

research. Search the site to nd out what sells and to see 

the going rate for similar items. It is important to describe 

the item precisely and be honest about its condition. 

Most important, when setting a price, make sure you are 

being realistic. Bidding can start as low as a penny, but you 

might end up selling a $150 item for a dollar, in which case, 

is it really worth the eort? Conversely, if you start the 

bidding too high, you could discourage bidders. 

If the ins and outs of eBay make your head spin, a 

consignment shop might be a fun alternative. 

Dierent from thrift stores like Goodwill, consignment 

and secondhand shops usually sell more upscale and 

designer items. ey will often give you store credit in 

exchange for your clothes or will pay you a percentage after 

an item sells. 

However, some stores are picky about what they accept, 

so you may have clothes left over when you’re done. 

Whether it’s cold hard cash, more peace and harmony 

in your home or simply saving the planet by recycling, 

clearing clutter is a win-win situation. And once you clear 

your clutter and can nally relax before the rst seder, you 

will revel in the good vibes, knowing you’re doing a mitzvah 

and giving to others. An added bonus: You’ll have plenty of 

room in your closet for a little something new. 

Masada Siegel is the author of the new novel Window Dressings, 

available at masadasiegelauthor.com.

AskHelen 

Skip the post-seder analysis 

of everyone’s faults 

Dear Helen: 

Please remind your readers about the etiquette of family events. 

Every year I end up embroiled in the post-seder round-robin conversations 

between various siblings, nieces, aunts and cousins, critiquing 

the quality of so-and-so’s cooking, commenting on the inappropriateness 

of someone’s attire, who said what to whom – every possible way 

that one human being can kvetch about another. And this in a family 

that generally likes one another. 

—Tired of Gossip 

Dear Tired of Gossip: 

e irony of turning a holiday that’s about liberating ourselves 

from slavery into enslaving ourselves to criticism is beyond 

sad. We’re supposed to be celebrating the end of 400 years of 

brickmaking and servitude. Not turning up the heat on those 

near and dear to us. I’m reminded of the scene in “Avalon,” a 

great movie set in mid-19 th -century Baltimore, about two brothers 

who feud on a anksgiving. One drives o in a hu while 

the other screams at him, waving a drumstick; they don’t talk for 

50 years. Imagine 50 years without a sibling. You might smile for 

a bittersweet second, but in truth it would be a terrible loss. 

Here’re the rules for all family events, from Passover through 

Hanukkah: ou shalt not criticize others. at includes their 

cooking, clothing, children, homes, cars, choice of vacations, or 

selection of souvenirs for the mishpoche. ou shalt not say anything 

that can be misinterpreted by someone with a grudge against 

someone else. When asked about anyone’s cooking, answer, “It 

isn’t how I remember my mother’s but is an interesting new way 

of doing that dish.” When asked about someone’s atrocious new 

sofa or dress say, “It’s not my taste but it suits her and seems to 

be making her very happy.” Express joy in the satisfaction of 

others. Do not appear to take any pleasure in the misfortunes, 

shame, failures or other life traumas of anyone in your circle. 

Compliment sincerely when possible; keep your mouth shut 

when not. It’s all a pretty good 

way to improve your adherence 

to lashon hara, the mitzvah that 

proscribes gossip. It’s also a good 

way to get people to like you 

more, relatives or not. Kindness 

breeds kindness, not rancor. 

Helen claims to have black belts in 

schmoozing, problem-solving and 

chutzpah. She’s a writer and an artist 

(www.kabbalahglass.com). 

Please email your questions to 

helen@yourjewishfairygodmother.com. 

OR ADAM CONGREGATION 

for HUMANISTIC JUDAISM 

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Second Night Community 

Passover Seder 

 

Temple Emanuel invites congregants, members of the 

community and those who seek to participate in a 

community seder to join us at Temple Emanuel. 

e service will be led by Rabbi Shapiro. 

Adult Member $36 | Adult Non-member $54 

Senior Member $30 | Senior Non-member $40 

Children Member $18 | Children Non-member $25 

Children under 5 free 

Bring your favorite wine to enjoy with dinner. 

Reservations are required. Please RSVP by March 19. 

For more information please call the Temple at 480-838-1414. 

 

 

 

 


[COVER STORY] 

horsing 

around 

By Deborah Moon 

Kevin and Danielle Rosenbaum ride for 

the love of horses, but they’ve also won 

many national championships 

he genesis 

of 18-year-old 

equestrienne Danielle 

Rosenbaum’s 13 national 

championships extends back to decades before her 

birth, to the summer her grandfather Carl Rosenbaum 

fell in love at camp – with horses. 


Danielle won her rst two national championships at the tender 

age of 11 at the Arabian Horse Youth Nationals in Albuquerque, 

NM, riding her purebred Arabian hunter in pleasure and 

equitation. After that she shifted to western-style riding and 

began competing in reining, reined cow horse and horsemanship 

classes, in which she has won the balance of her national championships, 

in addition to 12 reserve national championships and 

numerous top 10 honors. 

Danielle Rosenbaum on Blue 

Viking (Vic). The pair won five 

U.S. National Championships 

and four Reserve National 

Championships. In 2011 

alone, the two were the 

champion Arabian Reining 

Horse, 14-17; Arabian Reined 

Cow Horse; and Arabian 

Reining Seat Equitation, 14- 

17. Kevin Rosenbaum also 

won the 2010 U.S. National 

Championship for Arabian 

Amateur Reining on Vic.

Kevin Rosenbaum and Tina Turnaround 

demonstrate the classic sliding stop for 

which reining horses are known. At the 

2012 Scottsdale Show, they won the 

Non-Pro Half Arabian Reining Futurity. 


[COVER STORY] 

Kevin 

Rosenbaum and 

Jackie O Whiz 

(Rita) win the 

Scottsdale Non- 

Pro Half-Arabian 

Reining Futurity. 

Last month, in preparation for the 

derbies put on by the NRHA (National 

Reining Horse Association), she rode her 

new Quarter Horse, Coronas in Hollywood, 

at the Sun Circuit reining show 

sponsored by the Arizona Quarter Horse 

Association at West World in Scottsdale. 

She returned to West World Feb. 14-24 

to compete in the 58th annual Scottsdale 

Arabian Horse Show, the largest event of 

its kind in the world, drawing more than 

2,200 horses from across the country. 

Kevin and Danielle Rosenbaum in the early 

days of their riding partnership. 


ough results for this year weren’t available at press time, last year her father, Kevin, 

won the non-pro Half-Arabian reining futurity on Tina Turnaround, who also was a 

top 10 Scottsdale Half-Arabian junior horse. 

Two years ago at the famed Scottsdale show, Kevin won the non-pro Half-Arabian 

reining futurity on Jackie O Whiz (Rita), the rst horse the family bred and raised. 

Rita was the daughter of a mare the family bought as a broodmare. But when Rita was 

just 6 weeks old, the mare died. Fortunately another nursing mare on the farm allowed 

Rita to nurse alongside her own foal. 

It was the rst time any of the Rosenbaums’ horses had even been seriously sick, 

and it hit them hard. As successful as Danielle and Kevin have been in the show ring, 

they say they consider their horses family pets. “ey know us when we get to the 

barn,” says Kevin. 

“It’s about loving riding. Showing is fun, but on Saturday it’s 

about sitting around on a horse talking with your friends for 

three hours.” 

It’s a natural progression from Carl’s love aair at camp 

long ago. 

Carl’s love for horses led him to buy an Appaloosa gelding 

when Kevin was about 6. Kevin spent many summers at the same 

camp his father had attended – Greenwoods Lake of the Woods 

in Decatur, MI. He says it was popular with his Jewish friends in 

Chicago who enjoyed getting out to the country for water sports 

and horseback riding. 

“From that point on I loved horses and did shows all over the 

Midwest,” says Kevin. His bar mitzvah gift was a hunter/jumper 

that he showed till near the end of high school. 

But Kevin quit riding for about 20 years while he helped run 

his family’s record store in the Chicago area, where his dad also 

worked as a concert promoter for 27 years. 

e family enjoyed escaping to Phoenix for vacations every year, and Grandpa Carl 

started to tell Danielle he would buy her a horse. When technology changed, Carl and 

his wife, Joanne, closed the record store and moved to Scottsdale.

ough the years Kevin 

has divided his time between 

aiding his daughter’s riding career 

and coaching his son’s baseball teams. 

ey also joined Temple Solel, 

where Danielle and Matthew attended 

Sunday school and Hebrew school. 

Kevin Rosenbaum competes at the 

2008 Scottsdale Classic. 


[COVER STORY] 

e Rosenbaums are still in the 

music business, selling CDs and 

DVDs to big retailers from Top 

Hits, their family business headquartered 

in Chicago. When technology 

enabled the family to run 

the business largely online, Kevin 

and his wife, Marianne, brought 

Danielle and her older brother, 

Matthew, to Phoenix. At Grandpa 

Carl’s urging, the two youngsters 

began to take riding lessons when 

Danielle was about 6. Kevin says 

that as soon as Matthew discovered 

horses involved mucking out stalls, 

he turned his attention to baseball. 

Meanwhile, Carl fullled his promise and bought Danielle her 

rst horse, a small Arabian named Form VanRaf. e rst time 

Danielle showed “Peanut” in a big show, her legs were so short 

they didn’t reach below the saddle pad. 

“I was kicking the entire class,” says Danielle, noting Peanut 

just calmly carried her 7-year-old rider through the class at a 

slow walk. 

rough the years Kevin has divided his time between aiding 

his daughter’s riding career and coaching his son from T-ball 

through high-school baseball. e family also found time to join 

Temple Solel in Paradise Valley, where Danielle and Matthew 

attended Sunday school and Hebrew school until Matthew’s bar 

mitzvah. Danielle says she enjoys celebrating all the holidays, 

especially Passover, when the family gathers for the seder at her 

grandparents’ home. 

ough Danielle’s mom, Marianne, is afraid of horses, she 

enjoys watching the shows and every year accompanies Danielle 

to Nationals for a 10-day mother-daughter getaway. 

While Danielle was competing on her Arabian hunter, Kevin 

became interested in reining horses. Danielle was riding at one 

stable, and Kevin had his reining horse at Crystal McNutt’s 

Performance Horse barn. Soon Danielle was tagging along 

and riding the reiners too. Now all eight of their horses are at 

Crystal’s barn. 

ey still own Eddy, an 18-year-old that Kevin calls his rst 

really good horse. Kevin bought SR Desperado (Eddy) nine 

years ago, after Eddy won the Half-Arabian reining national 

championship that year. Soon Eddy became his daughter’s horse, 

and, though Eddy is now retired from showing, Danielle says he 

is still the rst horse she rides when she gets to Crystal’s barn. 

“Had I not been with Crystal, I probably wouldn’t still be rid- 


“Danielle is a really genuine person and a hard worker. She 

works hard for what she has … that’s nice in a young person.” 

– Trainer Crystal McNutt 

Danielle Rosenbaum on Kona, a Half-Arabian. 

ing,” says Danielle. “Crystal makes 

it so much fun.” 

Kevin agrees: “Crystal has made 

the entire experience fun and enjoyable.” 

Crystal specializes in Arabians 

and reining horses. In 2011 she was 

inducted into the Arabian Professional 

& Amateur Horseman’s 

Association’s Hall of Fame the 

same year she was named APAHA’s 

Horsewoman of the Year. 

Crystal says Danielle, who was 

nominated for APAHA Junior 

Working Western Rider in 2011 

and 2012, has earned all of her 

victories. 

“Danielle is a really genuine person and a hard worker,” says 

Crystal. “Every time she comes out, she wants to get better. She 

works hard for what she has … that’s nice in a young person.” 

Crystal also praises Kevin: “He’s a very supportive person. 

ey got into it so they could ride together. ey ride for the 

love of the horse.” 

Crystal took 40 horses to this year’s Scottsdale Arabian 

show. “Scottsdale is the highlight of the year for Arabians,” says 

Crystal. “It’s an event. e Arabians put on a great show.” 

According to an article by Linda White in the Arabian 

Horse Times, the Scottsdale show is “the largest equine event 

of its kind in the world, with more than 2,200 horses coming 

to town to compete for over $1 million in prize monies. And if 

that isn’t enough, some 300,000 people from 50 countries come 

to Arizona’s Valley of the Sun to participate, to spectate, buy and 

sell horses, make new friends and have even more fun than they 

ever imagined. Arabian horse enthusiasts everywhere plan far in 

advance for the annual pilgrimage.” 

So if you missed the show this year, be sure to put it on your 

calendar for next February. e 11-day extravaganza also includes 

Shopping Expo, featuring one-of-a-kind sculpture, jewelry, 

artwork, footwear, hats, clothing, tack and fencing as well as 

real estate agents knowledgeable about equestrian properties in 

the area. 

And you’ll be able to see Danielle compete in her nal year 

as a youth competitor next year. After considering three colleges, 

she chose to attend Arizona State University in Tempe so she 

can keep riding and showing. She received an academic scholarship 

and plans to major in biology, with thoughts of medical 

school or veterinary school in the future.

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[CAMPS] 

Letters from Camp 

An attempt to make parents feel guilty turned into a condence-boosting life skill 

By Debra Rich Gettleman 

The rst time I went to overnight camp I 

was 9 years old. I don’t remember having 

any particular desire either to go or not 

go. It was just what 9-year-old little girls from 

Chicago’s North Shore did. For two months! 

Two months! at was a really long time for 

my 9-year-old self to be away from home, and I 

wasn’t ready. 

I spent a good portion of that summer sobbing 

alone in my upper bunk. I wanted to go home. I remember 

promising my dad that if he’d just let me come home, I was 

amenable to all sorts of torturous events. I would do the dishes 

after every meal. I would snow blow the walk every single 

time it snowed once winter arrived. I would even let my cloying 

Aunt Frieda hug and kiss me to her heart’s content. But 

no dice. My parents stood rm. I was there for the duration 

whether I liked it or not. 

I went back to overnight camp a second summer. It was entirely 

against my will and I literally went kicking and screaming. 

My mother insisted I go. 

Certain she wanted me gone 

so she could take over my 

closet with her overowing 

collection of expensive 

designer togs, I set out to 

make her summer every 

bit as miserable as I was 

sure mine was going 

to be. 

Armed with a stack 

of Holly Hobby 

stationery, a package 

of Bic pens and Art 

Linkletter’s newest 

book, Letters From 

Camp – a twist on 

his bestseller Kids 

Say the Darndest 

ings – I was 

determined to have 

my mother crying 

for mercy as she and 

my dad hopped the 

rst plane to Wisconsin 

to save their youngest 


daughter from the perils of the Northwoods. 

I spent hours carefully calculating which letter 

to copy and send home each day. ere was the one 

about catching malaria from my bunkmate, the one 

about my unfortunate horseback riding accident that 

sent my beloved horse to the glue factory; I even 

included the somewhat predictable epic about the 

violent kidnapping of my one and only camp friend, 

a loner from Pomona with a propensity for lice 

infestations and with whom I shared all of my hats, 

hairbrushes and pillows. 

I sent a letter a day, every day, for eight weeks. e thing 

is, it started to be really fun. I liked sending my daily treatises, 

imagining my parents’ faces as they perused each letter, 

not quite sure if it was real or a mere gment of my tortured 

imagination. I started to share my letter writing escapades 

with my cabin mates. ey thought it was fun too. Every day 

after lunch we would retreat to our cabin for rest time, and I 

would regale my compadres with various Linkletter entries. 

en we would vote on which one to send to my poor unsuspecting 

parents. 

A funny thing started to happen to me that summer. I 

started to connect to people, to make real friends, friends who 

thought I was funny and clever and just a little bit quirky. I 

had found my rst audience and I was loving it. Suddenly 

camp became a special place where I could let my hair down, 

be myself and explore my newfound creativity. 

I grew to love my summers in Eagle River, WI, and went 

back for 10 consecutive years. My parents forgave me for torturing 

them. My mom even started to laugh about the letters 

I’d sent that second summer. 

My 12-year-old son, Levi, rst ventured to overnight camp 

when he was 9 years old. He rst went for 12 days and was immediately 

smitten by the energy, joy and Judaism that denes 

Jewish summer camps. He went back the next two summers 

for equally wonderful 12-day sessions. Still scarred by my own 

eight-week camp stretches, I never pressed him to go longer. 

But this summer he’s going for a full month. He couldn’t be 

more excited. 

My youngest son, Eli, always insisted that he would never 

leave home, a declaration I was pretty sure he’d outgrow, but 

since you can never be sure, I did have some concerns. When 

talk of summer came up this past fall, Eli surprisingly decided, 

with a bit of parental nudging, that he too would like to y 

up to wine country and experience life away from home for a 

few days. He’s attending a short, 12-day camp session in June.

He’s denitely more apprehensive about it than his brother ever 

was. But just beyond the fear, I can sense an excitement about 

venturing o on his own and experiencing what his brother has 

labeled “the most incredible place in the universe.” 

I still have my collection of Art Linkletter books packed away 

in our garage somewhere. It might be fun to pull them out and 

share my mischievous letter-writing escapades with my kids 

before their summer sessions begin. But, come to think of it, that 

might inspire copycat behavior that would ultimately bring me 

down. I realize now how precious those camper letters really are 

to parents. Just a few scribbled words before running o to play 

mean more than any kid can imagine. 

I tell my kids that they don’t have to write me letters from 

camp. ough I write to them daily. It’s a habit I started the rst 

summer Levi went away. But I want them to have fun, to be 

happy and carefree. e last thing I want to do is saddle them 

with the responsibility of having to write home. Plus, maybe 

I’m just a little afraid that there’s a heap of karmic mail oating 

around in the universal post oce that really does deserve to 

nd its way back to my doorstep as some kind of payback. 

So I think I’ll keep my Linkletter books safely packed away 

and my Allan Sherman CD with the infamous “Hello Muddah, 

Hello Faddah” song locked in my armoire until they’re a few 

years older, say maybe in their 30s, with kids of their own. After 

all, it’s not until then that we start to really appreciate our own 

parents and feel sorrow for the silly, stupid, selsh things we did 

when we were little. 

Debra Rich Gettleman is a mother and blogger based in the Phoenix 

area. For more of her work, visit unmotherlyinsights.com. 

SUMMER CAMP FUN 

Temple Kol Ami 

Welcome 

templekolami.org 

Our Early Childhood Center fosters each child’s intellectual, 

physical, emotional, social and language development. Music, 

Science, Spanish, Hebrew and Creative Movement enhance a 

curriculum that prepares children for their journey ahead. 

Nurturing and Loving Environment 

Small Class Ratios 

Highly Qualified Staff 

Part-time and Full-time Hours (Infants - Pre K) 

We welcome new students and would be pleased to show 

you our school. Contact our Early Childhood Center 

Director, Debbie Glassman, at 480.951.5825 

www.templekolami.org/early-childhood-center 

Sports 

2013 Camp Dates 

June 16-29 June 30-July 14 July 15-28 

8-Day Camps: July 15-21 & July 21-28 

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[CAMPS] 

BB Camp cultivates confidence 

By Suzye M. Kleiner 

Camp is about activities, friendships, the great outdoors, skill building, selfmanagement, 

leadership, building community, Shabbat walks and havdallah, 

songs and spirit – it all adds up to a lot of fun. Beneath the fun, an important 

quality is helping to shape individuals. 

Simply put, camp boosts condence. 

Layers of dierent camp experiences 

help foster condence, which 

is something that helps kids resist peer 

pressure, work toward goals and become 

open to change. 

B’nai B’rith Camp has been fostering 

these positives since 1921. According to 

the American Camp Association’s 2011 

research report: 

of campers say camp helped them 

feel good about themselves; 

of campers say they tried things 

at camp that they were afraid to do 

at rst; and 

of parents say their camper gained 

self-condence at camp. 

“Camp is an opportunity for kids to 

be kids, delve into new experiences and 

do it on their own terms. ey not only 

learn who they are, they create who they 

are while strengthening 

their Jewish identity,” said 

Michelle Koplan, executive 

director of BB Camp. “Kids 

not only gain condence 

when they master a skill, but 

they are building condence 

along the way.” 

BB Camp helps train 

counselors to recognize 

campers’ strengths, using a variety of 

programs centered on building self-condence 

in campers. Much of the counselor 

training is focused on teaching valuable 

life skills, such as problem solving and 

negotiating situations. 

“I like to loan kids some condence till 

they grab their own,” said Vicki Gordon, 

waterfront director 2012, who rst came 

to BB Camp in 1979. Her favorite part of 


BB CAMP REGISTRATION 

Visit bbcamp.org to register for camp. 

Check out the new track programs 

held during the one-week Maccabee 

session for basketball or theater open 

to fifth- to eighth-graders. 

The high-ropes course 

at BB Camp instills 

confidence and 

teamwork among 

campers.

camp has always been “skill builders” because of the condence 

that comes with mastering a new skill. 

e ropes course is an obvious camp activity that instills 

condence. It is a challenge by choice opportunity where a 

major component is peer encouragement – it’s teamwork. is 

team approach plays out throughout the BB Camp experience, 

whether it’s on the water, performing, cleaning cabins or leading 

a Maccabiah team. 

“I try to instill a sense of encouraging ‘spirit’ and it has a 

domino eect. I cheer on a camper, care about the camper, other 

kids see a camper be successful, and then everyone starts to feel 

it,” said Jason Arch, 21, a counselor who started at BB Camp 

at age 8. 

Camp empowers kids to feel a dierent comfort level 

than they feel in the real world where they are bombarded by 

homework and other commitments. Every type of personality 

benets from the camp experience, and kids attempt things 

they would never try at home. 

“Volleyball has become such a positive aspect in my daughter’s 

life, one she wouldn’t have found without BB Camp,” said 

Emily Bauman, a parent. “A counselor recognized a spark of an 

interest and taught her techniques that gave her the condence 

to try out for the volleyball team at school.” 

For 2013, BB Camp will be oering new immersion 

basketball and theater track programs for its one-week Maccabee 

session. Registration is now open for the entire summer. 

Suzye Kleiner resides in Scottsdale, AZ, and loves spending her summers 

at BB Camp. She has enjoyed the positions of camp store manager, 

photographer and writer. 

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[CAMPS] 

CAMP STEIN WELCOMES NEW DIRECTOR 

Congregation Beth Israel welcomes Brian Mitchell as 

the new director of Camp Daisy and Harry Stein for 

summer 2013. 

Brian is originally from St. Louis, MO, and 

graduated from Indiana University in 1999. For the 

past year and a half, Brian has been the director of 

the University of Missouri Hillel at Columbia. He 

previously was the senior assistant director of the 

Union for Reform Judaism’s (URJ) Crane Lake Camp 

in West Stockbridge, MA. 

Brian has also been a member and standards visitor 

of the American Camping Association. He has been 

involved with Jewish camps all his life. Brian says he 

can’t wait to get started. 

e public is invited to the Prescott camp for an 

open house on Sunday, March 31, from 10 am to 2 pm. 

RSVP online by March 24 at campstein.com. 

FRIENDLY PINES CAMPERS GET BROAD BLEND OF FUN 

An Arizona tradition since 1941, Friendly Pines Camp turns childhood moments 

into life’s rich memories. High in the heart of the cool, pine-clad Bradshaw Mountains 

near Prescott, AZ, the camp oers over 30 activities for both girls and boys, 

ages 6-13, in June and July. Campers from around the world choose from a list that 


News 

Top left: If a camper brings a guitar to 

Camp Alonim, counselors will teach him 

how to play a Hebrew song. Top right: 

Water sports are popular at Friendly Pines 

Camp near Prescott. Above: Three-yearolds 

enjoy varied activities at Temple Kol 

Ami’s summer camp for preschoolers.

includes horseback riding, waterskiing, rock climbing, sports, 

performing arts, ne arts, pets, hiking, canoeing and kayaking, 

and much more. With its low camper to sta ratios, Friendly 

Pines provides a safe, well-supervised environment where kids 

can enjoy all the wonders of childhood. 

For more information, visit friendlypines.com. 

KOL AMI CAMP CHANGES WEEKLY FOR PRESCHOOLERS 

Temple Kol Ami in Scottsdale gears up for another fun summer 

for infants through pre-kindergarten. e 10-week camp program 

includes a variety of activities with exciting weekly themes 

that oer challenging and innovative learning opportunities: 

music, creative movement, science, Spanish, water play and 

Shabbat. Weekly fees are available for part-time and full-day 

programs. 

For more information, visit templekolami.org. 

CAMP ALONIM CREATES SPARKS 

Camp Alonim strives to spark a love for Jewish culture, tradition 

and community in campers by exposing them to a multitude 

of ways to be Jewish. Camp Alonim sta see every activity 

as a “gateway” – a means by which to engage with being Jewish. 

By starting with activities a child already enjoys, counselors 

show him or her how that activity might be Jewish, thereby 

making it a gateway to a Jewish connection. For example, a 

camper who brings his electric guitar to camp will learn to play 

a Hebrew song. A camper who loves to play basketball will 

learn about Jewish values such as teamwork, humility and fair 

play while she is on the court. 

Jewish camping has been found to be one of the most eective 

methods of Jewish education, ensuring a Jewish identity in 

adulthood. It is so eective because it is a complete immersion 

experience where Jewish values are lived and modeled by the 

sta, the rhythm of the week is anchored by Shabbat, and 

Jewish culture is brought to life through song, dance and 

experiential education. 

A program of the American Jewish University, the camp 

is set in Simi Valley, CA. e picturesque grounds include a 

climbing wall, basketball courts, Ga-ga pit, swimming pool, 

sports elds and a beautiful Havdallah garden. 

For more information, visit alonim.com. 

THEATER WORKS EXPANDS YOUTH PROGRAMMING 

eater Works, located in Peoria, AZ, is proud to present a 

summer day-camp experience like no other. Unprecedented 

demand for eater Works Youth programming in its one-ofa-kind, 

state-of-the-art performing arts venue prompted the 

program to expand its youth programming. 

Campers experience a topnotch summer theater camp in a 

facility that was built for actors and audiences. 

Choose from a summer camp series that oers a full-scale 

musical production, a comedy slapstick play and three one-week 

workshops. Prices have been restructured to be more familyfriendly 

and we now oer a variety of dates that are sure to 

meet the needs of even the busiest vacationers. Break-out workshops 

will place kids with their peers for more age-appropriate 

training. Professional artists will guide the way in this noncompetitive, 

safe environment. Campers can design their own 

summer program based on what they love about theater. 

For more information, visit theaterworks.org. 

 

 

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[CAMPS] 


CAMP Jewish 

By Eileen R. Warshaw, Ph.D. 

Jewish summer camps are a uniquely American invention, 

an invention that over the years has changed the lives of 

countless Jewish youngsters. Founded in 1883 by the Jewish 

Working Girls Vacation Society, located in New York, the first 

Jewish summer camp was a girls’ camp. 

camps change to 

meet the needs of each new era 

City youth head off to Camp Judaea.

Campers enjoy Camp Charles Pearlstein (now Camp Stein) in Prescott, AZ, in 2011. 

“Going to Jewish camp has made me a prouder Jew because 

being at camp just makes me feel more spiritual in general with 

Judaism. It has changed me for the better to grow and be a better 

leader to everyone I love. It has changed my life positively; it has 

brought me my best friends, family and the love of my life.” 

– Brooke Wolinsky, Camp Daisy and Harry Stein (formerly 

Camp Charles Pearlstein), 2004-2012 

e concept expanded widely at the turn of the 20th century as a means of giving 

inner-city youth, many of whom were European immigrants living in the squalor of 

settlement houses or orphanages, a chance to breathe the unpolluted air of the countryside. 

Focused on social services, some of the camps directed their programming as a way 

to accelerate new immigrant children into the American Jewish way of life. 

In the polio epidemic of the 1940s and ’50s, many inner-city youth were sent to 

summer camps in the belief that the fresh air and camp activities would help to stop the 

spread of the crippling disease. 

In the 1950s and ’60s the focus of the camps shifted from social services to educational 

experiences and Jewish identity. ese fresh-air programs blended spiritual, 

educational and recreational components. e campers were Jewish, and the camps were 

run by Jewish communities with Jewish counselors, in a nurturing and supportive Jewish 

manner. e camps oered common Jewish experiences, building lifelong friendships 

in the fun of the outdoors. 

“Summer sleepover camp is where I learned condence and forged lifelong friendships,” 

states 1950s camper Dr. Barry Friedman, of Tucson. “It taught me to ‘give it a 

shot,’ I couldn’t fail. My experiences at camp, what I learned there about myself and life 

in general, have been instrumental in directing me along a Jewish life.” 

ere is broad agreement about 

the power of all summer camps as a 

transformational experience for children, 

but that has been especially true 

at Jewish camps. e eects of camping 

on Jewish identity are well documented. 

Jewish Camping 2000, by Gary Tobin 

and Meryle Weinstein, cites an Atlanta 

Federation study that showed that 

adults who attended Jewish camp as 

children are more than 50% more likely 

to belong to a synagogue than those 

who did not attend camp. 

Over the centuries, Jewish camps 

have evolved to meet the community’s 

most pressing needs. No longer focused 

on providing refuge from the squalor of 

the inner city, today the Jewish camping 

experience may be specically 

focused on celebrating the art 

of Yiddish, computer science 

and the Kabbalah, kosher 

cuisine or Jewish ethics 

in the teenager’s hightech 

world. 

Today, with 

synagogue membership 

dwindling, the 

struggle to instill Jewish 

leadership in the next generation 

is a daunting task. e Jewish 

camp of today is one of the crucial 

tools being utilized to build pride of 

heritage in today’s youth, the Jewish 

leaders of tomorrow. 

Camp programs have denitely 

changed, but yesterday and today Jewish 

campers still sit around campres in the 

same camps their grandparents attended. 

Campers still ll the night skies with 

Israeli songs old and new. Jewish camps 

continue to build Jewish pride, combat 

assimilation and build friendships 

that last a lifetime. Sometimes those 

friendships become a Jewish family and 

the next generation of Jewish campers. 

e statement above proves that while 

Jewish camps will continue to adapt to 

our community’s needs, some things 

stay eternally the same, and the mission 

of the Jewish camp is fullled today as it 

was yesterday. 


[FOOD] 

By A. Noshman 

Remember when pizza was kid food? It was the most anticipated 

lunch in the school cafeteria, and in Arizona, it was a real 

treat to go to Shakey’s or Organ Stop Pizza. At home, Mom 

would make the dreaded homemade pizza from a box or, almost 

as bad, frozen pizzas that really didn’t taste much like pizza at 

all. ere were a few neighborhood places in Phoenix like Red 

Devil Pizza, where you could phone in an order but you had to 

pick it up yourself. en came Domino’s with home delivery and 

Pizza Hut, but for the most part, all of this stu was doughy 

bread with canned tomato sauce and melted mozzarella. 

Yet, we ate it because pizza shares the same quality that all 

ideal foods do. No utensils are required. 

Today, there are gourmet pizza shops, take-home-and-bake 

pizzas, thin crust, deep 

dish, white pizza, Greek 

pizza, fried egg pizza and 

just about any kind of 

pizza you can dream up. 

Because we are hardwired 

from childhood to 

adore pizza, the disappointment 

of biting into 

a mediocre slice is just so 

sad for me. I’m constantly 

looking for a delicious 

pie, and I have found it 

at a restaurant called e 

Parlor Pizzeria – a name 

that honors the beauty 

parlour that occupied 

that space for 58 years, 

Salon de Venus. 

Gone are rows of hair dryers and the ladies with 

their shampoo sets. e restaurant has been beautifully 

made over into a trendy, hipster joint that combines 

cool original features of the ’50s-era building – like the 

see-through block wall in the front and the salon chairs 


Where do 

JEWISH PEOPLE EAT? 

The Parlor Pizzeria $$ 

1916 E. Camelback Rd. 

Phoenix, AZ 85016 

theparlor.us 

as barstools – with a sleek hardwood interior design and modern 

xtures. 

It’s a beautiful night and the windows are open. e sounds 

and smells of the restaurant spill outside. It’s kind of a loud 

place; alternative music is playing, but it’s happy people talking 

and eating that makes most of the noise. 

ere are 16 draft beers on the menu, a nice wine list and 

some very interesting cocktail specialties. We settle in for our 

dining experience with a great deal of hope, which is kind of 

dashed by a waiter who doesn’t know too much about the menu. 

Fear not though, the food speaks for itself. Here’s what we had: 

ODELL MYRCENARY DOUBLE IPA SNIFTER $5 It is served in a brandy 

glass to allow the oral aroma and citrus avors to breathe and 

you to breathe it in. Look out, 

though, it has a 9.3% alcohol 

content; maybe the small 

glass is a good thing if you’re 

driving. 

CAPONATA BRUSCHETTA $7.50 

Sweet and Sour Eggplant/ 

Roasted Peppers/Pine Nuts/ 

Currants/Herbed Ricotta 

Spread I am a sucker for 

roasted peppers and love eggplant, 

so this one was an obvious 

choice; it was scrumptious. 

Crispy bruschetta mounded 

with sweet, smoky herbal 

yumminess. It was comforting 

and complex and delicious. 

ARANCINE $8.50 

Crispy Saron 

Risotto/Provolone/ 

Pomodoro 

Out came three 

meatball-looking (it’s 

not meat) fried rice 

balls swimming in 

a red sauce that just 

screamed “eat me.” 

ey were crispy on 

the outside, but tender 

on the inside, and not 

the least bit greasy. e 

pomodoro was fresh 

and avorful. e two 

of us looked at each

other when it came down to the last rice ball and no words 

needed to be said. It was cut into equal halves because no one 

was going to oer to give up the last bite. 

MIXED GREEN DINNER SALAD WITH WHITE BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE 

$5 I had a confession to make. I have never heard of, let alone 

tasted, white balsamic vinegar, so this I had to have. It was 

truly delicious. e salad was cold, crisp and fresh, perfect 

really, and the dressing was out of this world. White balsamic 

is lighter and not as sweet as dark balsamic, which makes it an 

excellent and aesthetically pleasing ingredient for a dressing. I 

am going to look for this in the store. 

FUNGHI PIZZA $8 (8” PERSONAL PIZZA) Roasted Mushrooms/ 

Goat Cheese/True Oil/Chives ere is a list of house 

specialty pizzas or you can build your own. is one sounded 

delicious, as I am a fan of the mushroom in or on anything, 

so I went with it. It’s a thin crust pizza (not a cracker), and it 

arrives hot and loaded with a variety of mushrooms that 

taste like they were sautéed before they were baked on the 

pizza. It is fresh and wonderful. e crust is golden 

brown from the wood-red oven, and at this price it really 

can’t be beat. 

ARTICHOKE HEART AND SPINACH PIZZA $8 (8” PERSONAL PIZZA) 

is was a build-your-own aair and, like the other pizza, 

came loaded with toppings. e artichoke hearts were huge 

but invisible under the generous serving of fresh spinach 

leaves. e menu says that they use a house blend of cheeses, 

and I’m not sure what it is but it works! 

BREAD PUDDING $6.50 House-Made Brioche/Roasted 

Chestnuts/Dates/Tuaca Custard My friend, who for the 

past 15 minutes has been saying how stued she is, orders 

dessert. What’s that about? She goes for the bread pudding, 

and it is elegantly served on a large plate in a pool of custard 

sauce. e bread pudding has a crispy, powdered sugar-coated 

crust. It falls apart in chunks in the shape of croutons under 

the pressure of our fast-moving forks, and she says, “I think 

these are croutons.” It wasn’t your traditional bread pudding, 

but I can report there was none left. e custard sauce was 

heavenly and reminded me of warm rummy eggnog. It was 

worthy of spooning up after the bread pudding was gone. 

ere was one disappointment. As I mentioned earlier, the 

cocktail specialties looked interesting and I felt like having 

an after-dinner drink. e one I ordered, a rye and apple 

bitters with cinnamon, apparently was a “seasonal” drink and 

no longer available. I asked the waiter to please double check 

because he hadn’t been that knowledgeable about the menu 

before, but, darn it, he was right this time. is is a pet peeve 

of mine. If you don’t have it, don’t put it on the menu. 

Kids grow up and I guess pizza does too, and 

that’s why there was true oil on mine. e 

Parlor is a charming place with very good food 

at reasonable prices. I will go back, though not 

on Sundays, when they are closed. I still want 

that drink! 

Contact A. Noshman at a.noshman@azjewishlife. 

com. 

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[FOOD] 

Demystifying the Grape 

By Mark Gluckman 

So my editor asks me to write an article 

about wine – maybe something about 

kosher wines? During a Torah class I 

attend, the subject of kosher wine comes 

up at times. OK, I’m in the wine business, 

and I’m curious about what is considered 

kosher wine. A quick heads up, I am a very 

secular Jew. In one sentence, a kosher wine 

must be produced, handled and supervised 

from the beginning by Shabbat-observant 

Jews and must contain only kosher ingredients. 

at said, here is the wine version 

of the typical Jewish answer to almost any question: it’s a kosher wine if … however it 

could be kosher when …, but then maybe it would be considered kosher at times. Got 

that? Neither do I, but that’s the beauty of Judaism – the discussion, the arguments. 

Unfortunately, in the Phoenix market a consistent source of good kosher wines exists 

not. Trader Joe’s had a wonderful kosher tempranillo from Spain for about $5, but 

they no longer carry it. Costco had a lovely Italian kosher moscato for $6, but it’s hit 

or miss which Costcos have it. AJ’s and Whole Foods also have an array of wines, but 

again each store has a dierent selection. So I switched subjects – good wines under 

$12, that’s easy. As I started the hunt, I realized it’s too subjective. What’s good? I’m 

not going to drink a $5 moscato, white merlot or riesling, and there are people who 

would never drink a big earthy $7 Bordeaux that needs two hours out of the bottle to 

breathe. 

en it occurred to me: Ask my clients. I had them each write one question they 

would love answered about wine. I carried a notebook with me and queried more than 

100 people. Here is a smattering of the questions: 

Aren’t corks better than screw tops? I don’t think cork is better than a screw top, 

and neither do some very prominent wineries. Tests have shown that in the short term, 

meaning 10 years and under, screw caps were as good a seal as cork for wine, if not 

better. Researchers at U.C.-Davis will test the eects of various types of seals on 600 

bottles of Sauvignon Blanc including natural cork, screw caps and synthetic cork. e 

results will not be known until the summer of 2013, when a chemical analysis will be 

conducted on the wines. So it seems the only reason to prefer corks can be summed up 

perfectly by Tevye: “Tradition!” 

What’s with the ratings and what do they mean? 

A wine with a higher rating is normally more expensive than average wines, although 

this is not always true. Some ratings take price into consideration, much like 

Consumer Reports does when assessing a car or washing machine. A major drawback 

to wine ratings? ey’re absolutely subjective, and the taster’s opinion is colored by 

various factors: mood, food, company. With movies I will ask people or read reviewers 

whom I know have similar taste, and I do the same with wine. My friend Amy loves 

gory slasher horror lms (I don’t), so I would not ask her about lms, but I would trust 

her implicitly with picking out a great Gevrey Chambertin. On the other hand, my 

Aunt Jewels has impeccable taste in foreign movies; however, I would not ask her to 

recommend wines. She slugs Manischewitz Elderberry while watching Akira Kurosowa’s 

“Rashomon.” 

What’s the dierence between sweet and fruity? 

is concept is the biggest cause of bewilderment in the neophyte wine drinker. 


ere’s a simple answer. Sweet is adding 

four tablespoons of sugar to your iced tea; 

fruity is biting into an apple or orange. 

People confuse wine that is fruity, like 

sauvignon blanc or chardonnay, with 

wine that is sweet, like Concord grape, 

white zinfandel or moscato. In fact, there 

is a huge dierence. A wine can be dry 

and fruity, or sweet and fruity but not 

dry and sweet. A grape is normally fruity, 

while the grape that becomes a raisin is 

sweet; drying the fruit concentrates the 

residual sugar. A dry wine is a wine that 

isn’t sweet – nothing more complicated 

than that. Most of the wine sold in the 

U.S. is dry, and that holds true be it 

red or white. Dryness is the absence of 

sweetness, so white wines can be just as 

dry as red wines. Remember, when you 

add lemon to that sweet iced tea, it is 

now sweet and fruity. 

In the early 1970s while spending a year in 

Europe, Mark Gluckman began his oenology 

education when he decided wine was both 

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returned to the U.S., a wine guru named Ralph 

at Trader Joe’s guided his love of the grape. 

Ralph pointed to a $1.99 1971 Saint Emilion 

and a 1975 Nuits-Saint-Georges and explained 

they were either $12 wines (a fortune at the 

time) or great vinegar. Since then, Mark has 

worked in restaurants as a waiter, busboy, 

wine steward, wine buyer and even as an 

owner. You can email your wine questions to 

Mark at winegeekmark@gmail.com.

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[ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT] 

The Storyteller 

Since Valley residents shared their stories with her, novelist 

Jodi Picoult shares her new novel in Arizona 


It’s a bit intimidating to nd yourself on the other end 

of the telephone with one of the top-selling novelists 

in the world. But when she’s as bubbly, personable and 

unassuming as Jodi Picoult, you quickly forget about 

her multiple No. 1 best-sellers and nd yourself enjoying 

the chat as if you were longtime pals catching up 

on old times. 

Picoult’s novels My Sister’s Keeper, Vanishing 

Acts, e Tenth Circle, House Rules, 

Handle with Care and Lone Wolf are just 

some of her New York Times best-sellers. 

But we’re not talking about her admirable 

achievements, impressive academic 

credentials or numerous honors and awards 

today. What brings us together today is 

her newest book, scheduled for release 

Feb. 26. Called e Storyteller, it’s about 

a beloved 90-year-old man, Josef Weber, 

and his unlikely friendship with Sage, 

a young woman who works in the local 

New Hampshire town’s bakery. Josef has 

a strange request for Sage: to help him 

die. “It’s what I deserve,” he confesses, and 

brandishes a photo of himself in an SS 

ocer uniform. Complicating things just a 

wee bit more is the fact that Sage’s grandmother, 

Minka, a Holocaust survivor, has a 

surprising connection to Josef. 

Sage struggles to comprehend her 

grandmother’s story of survival and how 

she was able to live a peaceful and productive 

life after the brutality and horrors she 

endured at the hands of the Nazis. But 

Sage also is plagued by how a respected 

elder who coached Little League and 

taught German at the local high school 

could have committed acts of unthinkable 

evil. In e Storyteller Picoult takes readers into the mind of a 

Nazi, oering his own rationale to justify his acts of horror. She 

also draws us into the heart of a remarkable survivor whose path 

to forgiveness has taught her how to go on living. 

Picoult did extensive research for this novel here in the Valley. 

She spoke with several survivors as well as Paul Wieser, a local 

Holocaust historian and Mandel fellow of the U.S. Holocaust 

Memorial Museum. Picoult’s parents heard Wieser speak at a 

Jewish lm festival in town and asked if he would meet with 


Best-selling author 

Jodi Picoult speaks 

on her new novel, 

The Storyteller 

TUCSON 

Tucson Festival of Books 

March 9, 1 pm at University of 

Arizona; Student Union, 

Ballroom, 1303 E. University 

Blvd., 2nd Floor 

Contact: 520-954-3300 

PHOENIX 

March 10, 1-3 pm at 

Congregation Beth Israel, 

10460 N. 56th St., Scottsdale 

Contact: 480-947-2974 

Pre-event: Private reception 

hosted by ADL: 602-274-0991 

Jodi Picoult 

their daughter on her next visit. Weiser 

said his rst conversation with Picoult was 

wonderful. “e next thing I knew she 

was over at the house, and we spent hours 

talking about the history, possible story 

lines, viewing photos ...” 

Wieser explains that Picoult eventually 

connected with Peter Black, head 

historian at the USHMM. He helped 

her enormously with details and accuracy. 

Picoult also worked with someone in the 

special investigations oce – a real live 

Nazi hunter, whose job it is to nd and 

prosecute former Nazis. According to 

Picoult, the road to prosecution is tough, 

since you cannot prosecute genocide in 

this country unless perpetrated by Americans 

against Americans. “e only way 

to punish former Nazis is to catch them 

on immigration violations,” she explains. 

“en you can extradite them and hope that their home country 

prosecutes them.” 

Picoult also spoke with several local survivors. “Every single 

Holocaust survivor is inspiring,” she insists. But she especially 

connected with Mania Salinger, spending the most time and 

eort getting to know her story. “Mania reminded me so much 

of my grandmother,” says Picoult. “I’m so grateful she allowed 

me to rie through her memories.” Picoult says she and Salinger 

have become good friends, and she praises Salinger for her

commitment to telling her story to young people and speaking 

to school groups. 

One of Picoult’s greatest compliments on e Storyteller came 

when she sent Salinger several chapters of an early manuscript to 

read. Salinger read the rst chapter about the Jewish ghetto and 

had to put it down before going on. “She told me it was too real,” 

says Picoult. “She had to work up the courage to read the second 

chapter.” at gave Picoult faith that she had accurately depicted 

the horrors of that devastating period in history. 

e Storyteller raises questions about the absolute nature of 

good and evil. According to Picoult, “No one is ever black and 

white. ere are always extenuating circumstances. You can’t look 

at good or evil in a vacuum. You have to see the world as it is.” 

Picoult’s research has also taught her to avoid absolutes and 

generalizations about any group. “It’s a mistake to assume that 

all Nazis were evil. ere were individuals who did something to 

save lives.” She also points out the error of the belief that Nazis 

who refused to kill Jews were shot for insurrection. “at’s just 

not true,” Picoult recounts, “a Nazi wouldn’t have been shot on 

the spot if he said no to harming Jews.” 

Picoult was raised in a Jewish family but doesn’t consider herself 

a practicing Jew. She did have relatives who died in the Holocaust. 

Beyond her personal connection, however, Picoult was 

drawn to the subject through Simon Wiesenthal’s compelling 

book, e Sunower, in which Wiesenthal recounts his experience 

in Lemberg Concentration Camp in 1943, when he was summoned 

to the bedside of a dying Nazi to oer forgiveness for the 

man’s heinous crimes against Jews. Wiesenthal’s book sparked 

religious and philosophical debate about whether or not someone 

who commits brutal acts of hatred and violence can ever be 

forgiven. For Picoult, “e Holocaust represents the greatest act 

of evil in our history.” us it provided a perfect environment to 

explore the issues of good versus evil and forgiveness. 

While Picoult admits to having a personal connection to the 

subject because of her Jewish heritage, she reminds us, “Jews 

were not the only victims of the Holocaust’s genocide. Lots of 

other people were grievously aected by the Nazi regime.” 

e relevance of hatred is still palpable for Jews and people 

throughout the world. No one knows that better than the Anti- 

Defamation League, which ghts anti-Semitism and all forms 

of bigotry in the U.S. and abroad through information, education, 

legislation and advocacy. e ADL has joined Congregation 

Beth Israel to promote Picoult’s visit to Phoenix on Sunday, 

March 10. She will speak at Congregation Beth Israel from 1 to 

3 pm. ADL is sponsoring a pre-event private reception. 

Bill Straus, Arizona Regional Director of ADL, says, “We are 

connected to Jodi Picoult both through her parents (who live 

here) and through the ongoing education ADL does with regard 

to the Holocaust. Ms. Picoult’s research for this book included 

a survivor who lives here in the Valley, and also Paul Wieser, 

who for years was our director of education here. As one of this 

region’s most knowledgeable authorities and educators on the 

Holocaust, Paul’s contribution to the writing of the book created 

a natural tie to the work we do in this area.” 

Debra Rich Gettleman is freelance writer and blogger based in Phoenix. 


[ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT] 

By Janet Arnold 

David Ira Goldstein’s 

theatrical 

career began in 

the shul where 

he became a bar mitzvah. He 

was a teenager in the Jewish 

suburb St. Louis Park in 

Minneapolis and his temple 

was putting on that mainstay 

of community musicals, “e 

Music Man.” David won the 

role of Mayor Shinn, and his 

career took o from there. 

“My shul is a bit famous,” 

David adds, “not because of 

‘e Music Man’ for sure, but 

because it is the same one 

used in the Coen brothers’ 

movie, ‘A Serious Man.’” 

Now in his 21st year as 

artistic director of Arizona 

eatre Company, David 

looked back at his entrée 

into the theater world with 

a nostalgic grin. e sole 

member of his family to be 

intrigued by the arts, David 

nonetheless received great 

support from his parents and 

siblings. While they might 

have preferred he go into law 

or medicine, they accepted 

the fact that he had a penchant 

for the arts, attended 

his shows and encouraged 

his drive. He received his 

bachelor of ne arts degree 

and started in the theater 

as an actor, but he eventually realized that he was even more 

interested in directing. 

After acting at various venues around the Twin Cities, he 

returned to school at the University of Minnesota to earn 

a master’s in ne arts, with a directing emphasis. He soon 

discovered that while his potential career as an actor might not 

be successful, his future as a director was very bright. He’s been 

steadily employed as a director ever since. 


From Shul 

to Stage 

David was associate 

artistic director at Actors 

eatre of St. Paul from 

1983-86 and also served 

as a consultant for the 

National Endowment for 

the Arts (NEA), traveling 

to various theaters 

throughout the country 

and writing reports on 

the strengths and needs 

of regional theaters. In 

this capacity he was also 

able to expand his network 

of colleagues, which 

in turn, led to invitations 

to direct at theaters 

across the country. 

He has directed in 

theaters from Alaska to 

Florida and most places 

in between. Before coming 

to Arizona eatre 

Company, he was associate 

artistic director at 

ACT eatre in Seattle. 

In 1992, he had come 

to Tucson to direct “Other 

People’s Money” for 

Arizona eatre Company 

when he was asked if 

he’d like to apply for the 

position of artistic director 

of ATC. He jumped 

at the chance, though 

he did have to have a 

suit sent from Seattle 

by FedEx so he could 

look presentable for the 

interview. Since that time 

he has produced more 

than 190 mainstage plays, workshops and presentations, including 

acclaimed appearances by the Royal National eatre of Great 

Britain and the eatre Royal Bath. He received the 2010 Leader 

of the Year Award in Arts and Humanities from the Capitol Times 

and the 2003 Governor’s Arts Award as Individual Artist for his 

contributions to the arts in Arizona. 

David recently was able to cross one desire o his bucket list: to 

direct “Fiddler on the Roof.” “With such a terric book and won- 

After catching the theater bug as a teen, David Ira 

Goldstein grew up to lead Arizona Theatre Company 

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derful music, ‘Fiddler’ is a joy to direct. We had only three Jews 

in the cast at Village eatre (Seattle), so we brought in several 

rabbis to help with background. I’ve always wanted to be able to 

bring this show ‘To Life’ and had a great time doing it.” 

Not wanting to be type-cast as a director of just “comedies” 

or “musicals,” David directs them all, including Shakespeare. 

While he has directed intimate, small shows, he prefers to direct 

a large-cast show, such as a musical or Shakespearean production. 

His training emphasized this kind of work, and David nds 

it both challenging and rewarding to paint the large pictures on 

the stage. When directing for ATC, David wears dual hats as the 

stage director and company artistic director, which gives him great 

authority and also great responsibility. 

As artistic director, David chooses the season. is year he has 

included the Neil Simon classic “e Sunshine Boys,” which he 

will direct himself. “I think of ‘e Sunshine Boys’ as a bridge play 

between Simon’s earlier comedies and his later, more signicant 

works. I’d count it among his top ve plays, alongside ‘e Odd 

Couple,’ ‘Brighton Beach,’ ‘Broadway Bound’ and ‘Lost in 

Yonkers.’” 

Written in 1972, “e Sunshine Boys” tells the story of the 

vaudeville comedy team of Lewis and Clark. ey’re aging and 

haven’t performed together for 11 years, mostly because they 

can’t stand each other! ey agree to reunite for one last TV 

performance, if they can manage to get along long enough for 

the taping. It is most likely based on the comedy team of Smith 

and Dale (born Sultzer and Marks), who performed with heavy 

Jewish dialects and memorable one-liners. Simon may have also 

been inuenced by Gallagher & Shean. Shean was born Albert 

Schoenberg and was the brother of Minnie Marx, the mother of 

the Marx brothers. 

“is play has a great mix of comedy and pathos. Simon got 

the mix just right,” David opines. “It’s very honest and touching. 

Simon knows this world. eir bickering is so Jewish. e play 

deals with issues of aging, friendship, resentment and reconciliation, 

all wrapped up in the comic genius of Neil Simon’s writing.” 

In 2011 ATC produced “Lost in Yonkers.” For the part of the 

crotchety grandmother, they brought in Judy Kaye from New 

York. Judy is a two-time Tony award winning actress who was 

born and raised in Phoenix. And now, for “e Sunshine Boys,” 

ATC is bringing in David Green, who happens to be Judy’s husband, 

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Every year at Passover we tell the story of the Jews leaving 

Egypt. Whether you take that story to be a literal tale 

of a people moving from slavery into freedom, or a symbolic 

representation of a massive psychic shift of consciousness, 

in retelling the story it benets us to look at our own lives, 

confront the issues that hold us back and nd new ways to free 

ourselves from the self-imposed limitations that curtail our 

growth and impede our personal progress. 

Ilana Arzt, founder and owner of Enerjoy Fitness in 

Scottsdale, is the perfect person to help you challenge those 

old limiting patterns. As a daughter of Conservative Rabbi 

Raphael Arzt, she grew up in Israel and found it curious that 

“Jewish people were always so focused on the mind and the 

spirit. It was like they tended to ignore the body, to negate its 

importance.” Ever since Ilana can recall, she’s been educating 

people about the body and 

inspiring others to move beyond 

the limitations they often set for 

themselves. 

“ere is a common agreement 

in society,” explains Ilana, 

“that once you hit 40 you start 

declining. But that isn’t inevitable.” 

She recognizes that the accumulation 

of years and wear and 

tear on the body is real. But with 

the proper components, Ilana 

guides people to replenish their 

bodies and limit their discomfort 

from aging and disease. 

Ilana taught aerobics in Israel 

and was the Israeli champion in 


Fitness 

Former Israeli aerobic 

dance champion now 

inspires Arizonans of all 

ages to stay fit 

Knows No Age Limit 

Ilana Arzt’s master bodybuilders range in age from 60-71 

and have fun with their fitness. 

aerobic dance in 1993 and 1994. She represented Israel in the 

world championship in 1995. She also served in the Israeli Air 

Force and was a tness trainer for combat soldiers. She had a 

good life in Israel. 

But after attending a seminar by People Unlimited in Tel 

Aviv, she found a community of like-minded individuals who 

shared her beliefs about agelessness and wellness. So she packed 

up and moved to their headquarters here to Scottsdale. 

Two years ago she opened her own gym, Enerjoy Fitness, to 

inspire people around her to move and stay healthy. 

“is belief that you have to slow down as you age,” counsels 

Ilana, “is simply not true. You actually have to speed up. But you 

have to be smart about it. I’m inspired to move. So my clients 

are inspired to move. We propel each other.” 

Ilana’s clients range from people in their 20s to octogenarians. 

She works with them on diet, exercise and overall wellness. 

In fact, six of her “masters” (age 

60+) competed in last year’s Natural 

Figure and Body Building competition 

in Mesa, AZ, an event attended 

by more than 300. Isa Parrault, 62; 

Cheryle Piatelli, 64; Sandy Felkins, 

60; Christi Christians, 62; Christina 

Iriza, 71; and Sara Goldenberg, 66, 

donned string bikinis and brought 

the audience to its feet when they 

were introduced at Mesa Arts Center. 

eir beauty, vibrancy and condence 

was overwhelming. Like Ilana, these 

women challenged the myths that 

insist growing old means looking 

old, feeling old and thinking old. “It’s 

unheard of for women in their 60s

plus to look and feel this good,” says Ilana, “so we were excited 

to break new ground.” 

“Physically,” says Isa Parrault, “I am in better condition than 

I’ve ever been in my life.” 

Christi Christians agrees, adding, “I want to give the message 

to people that we never have to give up, that we can be t, 

beautiful and attractive at any age.” 

Ilana is proud of her masters team and the progress they have 

made. “I felt they could reach places they never dreamed of,” she 

condes. “I knew it would give them a feeling of being unlimited 

and not giving in to the way that people think about aging. I 

wanted them to experience a dierent reality – that as long as 

they choose to, and are willing to work at it, they can get better 

all the time.” 

So this year, as you tell the amazing story of our ancestors’ 

exodus from Egypt, challenge whatever beliefs are holding you 

back and enslaving you. Believe that you can break free from 

your own limitations. Maybe that means physically challenging 

yourself, or at least challenging the myths that in some way hold 

you captive. As my father, alav ha-shalom, used to say, “You can 

do anything when you put your mind to it.” 

Check out Ilana at enerjoytness.com. 

Debra Rich Gettleman is a freelance writer and blogger in Phoenix. 

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LA SIENA RESIDENTS 

enjoy new home 

By David M. Brown 

“A sheynem dank,” “Molto grazie,” “Many 

thanks.” 

Dr. Herbert and Seema Liston and Joyce 

Stutzer are all enjoying their new retirement 

homes at La Siena, so whether they say it in 

Yiddish, Italian or English, they’re glad they 

moved into the lifestyle-focused senior-living community in 

north Phoenix. 

Named for and taking some of its architectural styling cues 

from the Italian city of the same name, La Siena, at 909 E. 

Northern Ave., is just four years old, and in that short time has 

already received ve silver awards from the National Council of 

Senior Housing. In addition to its design excellence, La Siena 

oers Stutzer, the Listons and their neighbors resort-style living 

to meet their individual needs. 

On ve acres, in view of Phoenix’s second-highest point, 

Piestewa Peak, the four-story, 190-unit community oers 

residents outstanding accommodations, premier community 

amenities, friendly neighbors and the opportunity to celebrate 

their Jewish heritage. 

“I didn’t live too far from here – and I am happy I moved on 

my own choice and not my children’s,” says Stutzer, who moved 

to the Valley 36 years ago from Minneapolis with her husband, 

Gerald, who died a few years ago. For years, they ran a retail 

clothing business in McCormick Ranch. 

She and one of her sons, Wayne Stutzer, a nancial planner 

and senior vice president of RBC Wealth Management in the 

Valley, chose the community late last year because of its convenience, 

the option of either independent or assisted living, and 


Above: During Hanukkah some La Siena residents made olive oil for the menorah, 

and Selma Shapiro joined a game of dreidel. Top: Seema Liston: “We lit the menorah 

and enjoyed the holidays in a very comfortable setting.” 

because they can rent rather than buy. Her other son, Michael 

Stutzer, Ph.D, is a professor at the University of Colorado in 

Boulder. 

“Wayne and I loved La Siena immediately, and I knew it was 

a new home I would enjoy,” says Joyce Stutzer. “It’s such a lovely 

place, and the people here are marvelous.” 

e Listons moved to the community in September 2012 for 

the same reasons: “We thought it was the best location and we 

wanted to stay in the area where our children grew up,” Seema 

says. Married for nearly 56 years, they have lived in Phoenix for 

50 years, where Herbert practiced podiatry for 30 years. 

e couple has three children: Aaron, who lives in Corvallis, 

OR; Sally, who lives in Glendale, CA; and Elaine in Los Angeles. 

ey have four grandchildren who are working or in colleges here 

in Arizona and California. 

One of 17 communities operated by SRG Senior Living, 

based in Solana Beach, CA, La Siena features “destinations 

within the community” that encourage and enhance resident 

socialization, explains Mary Poisson, the community’s director of 

sales and marketing. 

ese spaces include the 41-seat surround-sound movie 

theater where residents can also watch sports events or the news 

and even play Nintendo Wii’s bowling game. e second-oor 

clubhouse has an extensive library, where Stutzer and the Listons

can also play bridge or mah-jongg and discuss books with other 

residents in the community book club. 

And, in the craft room, the community schedules Monday and 

Friday morning ceramic classes and greeting-card creation and 

painting sessions ursday afternoons. Salon PS, a full-service 

salon and spa, oers manicures and pedicures, massage therapy, 

facials, makeup application and hair and barber services. “ey 

really know how to deal with an older person there,” Stutzer says. 

Dining oers two options: the formal Grande Canal restaurant, 

with outdoor seating, and the more casual bistro. Here, too, 

is the always stocked Bud’s Pub, named for Bud Brown’s Barn, 

which once occupied the site. 

e community also employs an onsite tness instructor, who 

coordinates activities in the heated pool: “Our residents love doing 

laps and water aerobics,” Poisson says. 

In addition, there’s yoga, workouts in the fully equipped gym, 

shueboard, the Dance Studio or the putting green. Within 

three miles are the Moon Valley and Phoenix country clubs, both 

with 18-hole golf courses. e community oers its challenging 

Brain Fitness classes designed to help reduce short-term memory 

loss. “ese signature programs can often help rejuvenate your 

memory,” she explains. 

Stutzer and the Listons are enjoying their homes, with 

features such as granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, 

washer and dryer, walk-in closet, covered patio or balcony and 

climate-control settings. ey are also happy to live in a maintenance-free 

community without the burdens of household tasks. 

“A lady comes in once a week to clean,” Stutzer says, “and I 

don’t have to worry about paying bills such as the electricity.” 

Seema adds, “is gives us the opportunity to do the things we 

want to do without chores such as grocery shopping or even taking 

care of appliances.” 

Stutzer uses this time to go to the nearby Paradise Valley Mall 

and take part in the community singing group, e Hipsters. She 

also attends services whenever she can at Temple Chai, where she 

has been a member for 15 years. With La Siena’s program director, 

Logan Johnston, she is also discussing enhancing La Siena’s 

gift shop. 

Seema, who has a little more mobility than Herbert, takes 

education classes at the Women’s Jewish Learning Center at e 

New Shul. 

And, there are regular community excursions to venues and 

events such as the Phoenix Art Museum, Desert Botanical 

Garden, Herberger eater Center and Chase Field to see the 

Arizona Diamondbacks. 

All three say they appreciate the many opportunities La Siena 

provides for them to enjoy their religious and cultural heritage, 

with events such as Rosh Hashanah services onsite and organized 

trips to activities at the Jewish Community Center in 

Scottsdale. 

“is Hanukkah season we had Linda Feldman, the fantastic 

daughter of La Siena resident Ann Robin, who was a big part 

of our scheduled events,” Poisson says. “We lit the menorah and 

enjoyed the holidays in a very comfortable setting,” Seema adds. 

On the rst Friday of every month, a Shabbat dinner and 

service is led by cantorial soloist Patricia Bruner. “It’s very nice, 

and Cantor Bruner is very good,” Stutzer says. “I wish we would 

do it every week!” 

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[ISRAEL/AN ISRAELI IN AMERICA] 

The Israel 

National Trail 

By Natalie Nahome 

e Israel National Trail, listed in National Geographic’s 20 

most “epic trails,” is a hiking trail that crosses Israel from south 

to north. Beginning at the Gulf of Aqaba in Eilat, it runs north 

to Dan, near the Lebanese border crossing approximately 1,000 

km (620 miles) long. e Israel National Trail has been described 

as a trail that “delves into the grand scale of biblical landscapes 

as well as the everyday lives of the modern Israeli.” 

Unfortunately, I have not yet had a chance to enjoy the trail, 

but my sisters Nadine and Sharon went on a three-day trip along 

the northern section of the trail. ey enjoyed it so much they 

plan to return and continue on from their stopping point. e 

trail provides an amazing way to experience Israel through its 

nature and history, and it oers splendid views. 

Because the hike is so long, hikers often seek help from “trail 

angels” who oer “lawns to sleep on,” “a room with a shower” or 

“a pickup from the trail.” 

For example, at Kibbutz Yagur, a soldier leaves the key to 

her room for hikers who need a place to sleep, and a farmer in 

Hadera Forest oers sleeping quarters in exchange for a day’s 

work. So as long as you plan your trip in advance, you won’t be 

left sleeping outside unless you want to. You can do part of the 

trail or be ambitious and do the whole trail at once. For most 

people traversing the entire trail takes about two months. 

e Israel National Trail includes 11 sections, each unique in 

its own way: 

NAFTALI RIDGE AND RAMIM CLIFFS (UPPER GALILEE): is area begins at 

a deserted sandstone quarry above Kiryat Shmona, at the height 

of 280 meters above sea level, and stretches south toward Yesha 

Fortress. 

KADESH ILI STREAM AND YESHA FORTRESS (UPPER GALILEE): Along the 

Kadesh Stream, hikers can climb rock steps up the stream’s 

southern bank to view the ravine from above. 

MERON STREAM’S PARKING LOT TO EIN ZEVED AND SHEMA RUINS (UPPER 

GALILEE): In spring you can see a variety of rich blossoms including 

orchids. As summer approaches, owers color the area 

yellow. 

MOUNT TABOR (LOWER GALILEE): is trail takes hikers up the Tabor 


Left: Nadine Nahome enjoys the view from a mountaintop on 

the northern stretch of Israel National Trail. 

Right: Hikers, such as Sharon and Nadine Nahome, are 

smart to pack swimsuits to take advantage of the many 

water features along the trail. 

and around the monasteries on its peak, near the remains of ancient 

walls, corner towers, caves, exposed antiquities, spring blossoms 

and views in any direction from the sides of the mountain. 

TZIPPORI STREAM (LOWER GALILEE): Along the trail are streams of 

owing water, improvised water pumps and a castle named e 

Monks Mill. You can see the remains of another impressive 

gristmill at the Alil ruins. 

MA’APILIM/NAKHASH STREAM (CARMEL): A walk along Nakhash 

Stream provides a complete representation of the Carmel’s 

hidden treasures: From the top of the trail and while walking 

down the ravine, you can see an impressive view of the Northern 

Coastal Plain and the Galilee. 

SHAYAROT RANGE (JUDEAN MOUNTAINS): A trip to the Shayarot Range 

provides views down to the Coastal Plain and up to the Judean 

Mountains, walking routes, caves and an abundance of owers in 

the spring. e trail passes through the famous “Burma Road.” 

MAMSHIT AND MAMSHIT STREAM (NEGEV): e trail passes through 

the ancient city of Mamshit – its alleys and churches, remains of 

stables, houses and administrative structures. 

MITZPE RAMON AND RAMON CRATER (NEGEV): e town of Mitzpe 

Ramon is a meeting place for artists, a station for people going 

south to Eilat and a base for visitors to the Ramon Crater. Ibex 

roam free on the clis, and the colors of the crater change at 

dierent times of day. 

KISUY STREAM AND OVDA VALLEY (NEGEV): Near Ovda Valley are sand 

dunes like those found on the beach or in the Sinai. Ancient 

remains include temples, ritual locations and interesting structures 

near the sides of the roads. 

SHKHORET STREAM (EILAT MOUNTAINS): e Eilat area features 

dierent shades of sandstone, granite in varied shapes and 

dark colors, plaster ornaments on the rock 

and colors galore. 

To read answers to some travelers’ questions 

about the trail, visit wikitravel.org/ 

en/Israel_National_Trail. 

Natalie Nahome is the Israeli Shlicha (emissary) to 

the Jewish community of Portland.

Lifeon the Other Side 

by Anne Kleinberg 

Ah, the joys of Passover preparation. 

For anyone celebrating this 

holiday with some semblance of 

observance, the arrangements 

required to ready the house often 

seem like an additional plague. 

As I scan my brain for early 

recollections, I can feel the 

backaches coming on. Not to 

speak of the aching feet and 

steel-wooled hands. Ladies, 

this is not the time 

to consider a manicure! 

e preparations 

always start 

with shopping. 

Huge 

quantities of 

stu invade the house – and they stay in their bags, away from 

the chametz products of everyday life. In my home it started with 

cleaning products, shelving paper, aluminum foil and potatoes – 

don’t ask me what the potatoes were for. 

If you want to do it right, counters have to be scrubbed, 

re-scrubbed and then totally covered with aluminum foil. Range 

burners have to be disinfected to the point of nearly burning down 

the house. en you have to cover them with tinfoil too. Ovens 

have to be stripped bare, down to the primary coat of enamel. 

Refrigerators have to be totally emptied. (Ah, so that’s where I left 

the sun-dried tomatoes!) And they too have to be scrubbed down 

– best if you just throw it out and buy a new fridge. 

Every crumb that has ever entered your home must be searched 

out and zapped. Nuke ’em if you can – just get them out of there. 

Because then, on the eve of the rst night of Pesach when you 

conduct the Bedikat Chametz ceremony, there must not be even 

microscopic evidence of the nasty leavened products. Except, of 

course, for the big chunks that you hide and then have to nd with 

a feather and a candle. (I love that hide-and-seek adventure.) 

Every shelf you intend to use during the holiday has to be 

covered. Wax paper was the covering of choice in my youth. And 

every shelf that you don’t intend to use must be covered, wrapped, 

hermetically sealed – whatever – just so long as you don’t see 

what’s sitting on it. 

And then, after you’ve schlepped up hundreds of heavy cartons 

from the basement – all illegibly marked – and unwrapped all the 

dishes, cutlery, pots, pans, utensils, etcetera that you will use for 

exactly one week, you get to relocate it all in the newly covered 

drawers, cabinets and shelves. I am telling you right now – anyone 

who wants to disagree with me is welcome to, however wrong she 

may be – this is the hardest holiday of all, and it always falls on a 

woman’s shoulders. Do you think that God decided he would test 

every modern-day woman to see how devoted she is – by making 

her shlep, scrub, shop, cover, wrap and unpack? 

But there’s good news. You get to buy new lipstick. at was 

the treat in my home, new lipstick (I was always considered too 

young to wear it, but Pesach brought an opportunity to enjoy 

Yardley Happy Pink). You also get new toothpaste (kosher of 

course), new toothbrushes and, best of all, new clothes. at meant 

a trip to New York’s Lower East Side to Berent & Smith – every 

Jewish girl’s favorite clothing store, where you were nobody if you 

didn’t get to pick up a few designer numbers for a great discounted 

(of course) price. And new patent leather shoes. Ooh, I loved these 

parts of the holiday preparations. 

ere were lots of fun food products that I adored (even 

though we were supposed to be making do with less during these 

times). ere were Horowitz-Margareten chocolate chip cookies, 

for instance. I think the main ingredient was some sort of talc, 

but I loved them. And there was chocolate-covered matzah and 

Barton’s chocolates and ice cream (that was a really special treat). 

And almond kisses, and macaroons and chocolate-covered jellies 

and chocolate-covered orange rinds (still don’t get why people like 

those). Now that I think of it, Pesach is a chocoholic’s dream of a 

holiday. 

On the one hand I can’t stand the thought of so many women/ 

people having to go through the dicult preparations this holiday 

requires. Isn’t the fact that one has to eat matzah for an entire 

week enough? If you’re Sephardic, at least you get to eat rice and 

legumes (and I have it on good authority from a converted Ashkenazi 

woman that in general Sephardic food, especially on Pesach, 

is better). But perhaps all the fuss and hellish preparations make 

the holiday feel like a more special time. 

And maybe all this food one is “forced” to eat is really an enjoyable 

part of the ritual. And maybe 

that refrigerator really did need 

cleaning out. 

Good luck – I’m thinking 

of you. 

Anne Kleinberg, author of Menopause 

in Manhattan and several cookbooks, 

left a cushy life in Manhattan to begin a 

new one in Israel. Now she’s opened a 

boutique bed and breakfast in her home 

on the golf course in Caesarea. For 

details, visit www.annekleinberg.com 

and www.casacaesarea.com. 

[ISRAEL] 


[ISRAEL/AN AMERICAN IN ISRAEL] 

Israelis bet new party’s vision 

oers brighter future By Mylan Tanzer 

Binyamin Netanyahu, right, retained leadership of Israel’s Knesset, 

but Yair Lapid’s new party, Yesh Atid, was the big winner. 

In the run-up to the elections, the vast majority of media commentators 

and so-called experts relentlessly classied these 

elections as the least interesting and most lackluster in recent 

memory. is is the ninth time I have witnessed an Israeli 

election campaign in all of its sometimes wondrous and often 

questionable glory. While I am far from an expert, I scratched 

my head at the media’s dismissal of the interest in these 

elections due to their potentially game-changing ramications 

for Israeli society. 

It was a foregone conclusion that the recent Likud-Yisrael 

Beiteinu alliance would gain the largest amount of seats and 

that Binyamin Netanyahu would form the next government. 

is created an illusion of apathy and set a trap that the hyperalert 

Israeli media generally avoids. ey should have thought 

of basketball: When a team leads by 20 points at halftime, the 

false sense of security can lead to an upset by the time the nal 

buzzer sounds. From the moment Bibi Netanyahu called for 

early elections, every move he and his party made smacked of 

the arrogance of the overwhelming halftime lead, followed by 

the panic of not knowing what to do when the opposing team 

gains momentum. 

Yes, the Likud-YB coalition won the most seats, but the 

number plummeted to 31 from the combined 42 seats in the 

outgoing Knesset. e Likud itself will have only 20 seats, just 

one more than Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid (ere Is a Future) party, 

unanimously regarded as the election winner due to the ex- 


traordinary success of a rst-time party whose 19 newly 

elected legislators have never served in the Knesset. 

e morning after the election veteran columnist Dan 

Margalit wrote in the pro-Bibi paper Israel Today, “e 

Likud suered a decisive political blow. ey ran a awed 

campaign from the moment they joined forces with 

Yisrael Beiteinu all the way to the ridiculous recruitment 

of Kahlon.” (Two days before the elections, Bibi 

attempted to appoint Moshe Kahlon, the popular Likud 

minister who had announced he would not continue in 

the next government, to chair the Israel Lands Authority 

to oversee reduction of outrageously high housing prices.) 

e Likud-YB made many errors, four of them 

disastrous: 

with Yisrael Beiteinu alienated many 

Likud voters who do not identify with YB leader Avigdor 

Lieberman’s Russian immigrant agenda. 

intensely negative campaign against Naftali 

Bennet, the young and energizing new leader of the rightwing 

nationalist religious Bayit Yehudi ( Jewish Home) 

party, turned o potential Likud voters who in turn voted 

for other parties – mostly for Lapid, ironically. 

awed primary system created a list of rightwing 

extremist candidates, who ousted almost all the wellrespected 

party veterans, including Menachem Begin’s son, 

Benny. 

completely missed the boat by not focusing 

on the issues that concern the public. Security issues, the 

Palestinian problem and even Iran were not at the top of 

the public’s list. Netanyahu chose to focus on security to the 

exclusion of intenal problems. ough these issues are pressing, 

most Israelis realize that we must deal with our internal 

problems to be strong enough to cope with external existential 

challenges. All the Likud campaign could muster was the slogan, 

“Netanyahu, a strong leader.” Aluf Benn of Haaretz summed it 

up when he said, “e Likud ran a very poor campaign. ey 

kept showing shots of Bibi at the borders, with the bomb drawing 

at the U.N., at the Western Wall with a kippah, but this time 

the voters were concerned rst and foremost with issues other 

than a united Jerusalem, Nasrallah or Ahmadinejad.” 

While the tent cities and 500,000-strong protests of disgruntled 

Israelis are no more, the high cost of living and the 

inequitable burden on the middle class remains, as does the 

political system that allows a government to arrogantly maintain 

34 ministers (half of the coalition members are ministers). ose 

ministers not only fail to solve the problems of the majority, but 

they cater to sectors who do not serve in the military, and they 

turn a blind eye to extremists. 

More astonishing than the result itself was the failure of the 

experienced pundits to recognize this resentment was still brewing 

and would come out on election day. 

Given this state of aairs, it is surprising that Likud-YB did 

not lose even more seats. Netanyahu and the Likud-YB were the 

clear losers in these elections, and centrist Yesh Atid – and to a 

lesser extent the right-wing Bayit Yehudi and left-wing Meretz 

party – were the winners. ese elections transcended and

maybe shattered the traditional right-wing, left-wing paradigm, 

because the issues of these elections obliterated party lines. e 

record number of 46 new Knesset members attests to the desire 

for change. 

Nahum Barnea wrote in Yediot Ahronot: “It started in the 

2011 summer protests. Come fall, the tents were removed; the 

general feeling was that the protest was dead and buried. at 

was wrong. e seeds were sown and waiting for the rain to 

sprout. e rain arrived. e protest demands were not met and 

the token steps that were taken helped the ultra-orthodox more 

than the young middle-class majority. e feeling of disgust 

from the rules of the political game did not die, they got stronger. 

ey transcended Facebook and inuenced not only the 

urban younger generation but impacted other age groups and 

layers. e votes of disgust went to Lapid and the other parties 

who represent something dierent.” 

Ben Caspit of Ma’ariv commented, “ere is no King Bibi 

(referring to the Time magazine cover last year). We are not a 

banana republic, not a monarchy. Lapid might be a new driver, 

but Bibi is a drunk driver. Let them drive together. e public 

said that you (Bibi) won’t be alone at the wheel any longer.” 

Channel 2’s political correspondent, Udi Segal, was no less 

blunt: “e voters said you are Prime Minister, not King, and it’s 

not forever, and as we cannot rely on you and we don’t think that 

you’re a strong leader, we are going to tell you who your coalition 

partners will be and what the agenda will be.” 

On election night, when the rst returns bore out the exit 

polls, Netanyahu and Lapid ended up addressing the faithful 

at their respective headquarters at the same time, which the 

networks covered with a split screen. 

Sima Kadmon, writing in Yediot, described the moment: “On 

the left side of the screen, Lapid. On the right, Netanyahu. On 

the left, the future. On the right, the past. ere is no other way 

to put it. e public performed a no-condence vote in Netanyahu 

and not only in him. e public showed their disgust in 

the entire political system and proved that they want new faces 

without connection to their political aliation.” 

is is the true revelation of the 2013 elections. ey were 

possibly as dramatic as the 1977 elections, which saw the historical 

victory of Menachem Begin and the Likud. 

Lapid has ridden the wave of the Israeli public’s desire for 

resolution of social issues to overwhelming success. If he joins 

the government and cannot deliver, he, his party and this rare 

opportunity to change the system could be vanquished for a 

long time to come, perhaps until it is too late. 

Nahum Barnea writes, “e success at the ballot box creates 

huge expectation amongst the voters. If in a matter of weeks or 

months these expectations are not fullled, they will not want to 

hear about him (Lapid); 19 seats will evaporate. Until election 

day, Lapid was a national darling. e darling status ended with 

the counting of the votes.” 

Or, as Channel 2 pundit Amnon Abramovitch put it by playing 

on the name Yesh Atid, “e dierence between there is a 

future and there was a future is about one day.” 

As I write, the coalition negotiations are just beginning and 

the structure of the next government is not set. Lapid’s ability to 

translate his electoral success and fulll Yesh Atid’s agenda 

will determine whether these elections will truly be a watershed 

event or yet another disillusioning failure of a centrist 

party. Netanyahu will be the prime minister, but Lapid has 

the power to call the shots in forming the government and 

become its moving force. Netanyahu needs Lapid almost 

more than Lapid needs Netanyahu. 

Lapid’s success was based on his tenacious repetition of the 

four main tenets of the Yesh Atid platform: No more religious 

exemptions from military or national service, electoral reform, 

lowering the price of housing and a reduced government. 

He must immediately succeed on the rst issue and at least 

one of the other three. e religious parties completely reject 

compulsory service for yeshiva students. For Yesh Atid, it is 

the do-or-die issue. e brutal coalition negotiations must 

deliver a written agreement with Netanyahu that a meaningful 

compulsory service law for all 18-year-olds will be put forth 

when the government is sworn in. Without this, Netanyahu 

will do to Lapid what he has done often in the past. 

Sima Kadmon quotes an anonymous source: “When 

Netanyahu needs someone, there are three stages: He woos 

and charms them with promises, telling them everything 

they want to hear, then exploits them and in the end betrays 

them.” She adds, Netanyahu will probably nd in Lapid “a 

much tougher and less naïve gure than he appears to be.” 

I hope Lapid has the foresight to lm coalition negotiations. 

In the world of Israeli politics, where truth is sometimes 

in short demand and spin doctors are everywhere, it 

could be valuable evidence if Yesh Atid does not join the 

government and instead ends up leading the opposition. 

Likud, the ultra-orthodox parties and all of the old order 

will attempt to cause the failure of the 19 Yesh Atid Knesset 

newcomers, who will aggressively practice their campaign 

slogan, “We have come to change.” Add this to the pressure 

of coalition negotiations and one gets a feeling for the uphill 

battle that Lapid and his party will have to ght to impact 

Israel’s future. Whether or not they join the government, they 

can create a more civilized model for Israeli politics, one that 

will not be based on the old, bitterly partisan lines. e fact 

that none of the 19 have served in the Knesset before oers 

hope that this might be possible. 

e curtain has come down on the rst two acts of the 

Israeli democratic process. e campaign was a worthy warmup 

to a very good election. Now the third and nal act of 

the show – the coalition horse-trading – begins. Like most 

Israelis, I wish for the sake of my children and for all of Israel 

that the hope of the 2013 elections is at 

least partially fullled. 

Born in the U.S., Mylan Tanzer moved to Israel 

in 1981. He was the founding CEO of the first 

Israeli cable and satellite sports channel. 

Since 2005, he has launched, managed and 

consulted for channels and companies in Israel 

and Europe. Tanzer lives in Tel Aviv with his 

wife and five children. He can be reached at 

mylantanz@gmail.com. 


[SINGLES] 

ROCKING 

the single life: 

what is right 

with you! 

By Masada Siegel 

So it’s a new year, Valentine’s Day has come and gone 

again, and you are single. You most likely have had 

enough of those concerned, pitying looks that silently 

say, “Oh, you are single, at your age.” You know they 

are secretly thinking, “What is wrong with you?” e 

fact is, everything is right with being single. Let’s take a moment 

to point out all the positives of 

your single life. 

1. First of all, you are free as a 

bird, and you can travel the world. 

One of my favorite things is to 

travel solo. e truth is, when you 

travel alone you are never alone. 

People nd you, gravitate toward 

you and want to protect you. 

When a couple travel together, 

they tend to be more insular and 

spend time only with one another, 

which makes them more alone 

than a solo traveler. 

Traveling solo also makes you 

more interesting and alluring. 

People love to hear your stories, 

and they put you in a special class 

where you are seen as an international 

man/woman of mystery. 

Now that should put a smile on 

your face. 

2. It is all about you. Seriously, 

that is as good as it gets. Your 

main goal in life is whatever you 

want it to be in terms of activities, 

adventures and how to spend your 


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funds. If you wake up one morning and decide you want to surf, 

you can go take lessons. A painting class might be a great way to 

spend your Sunday afternoons, so just go ahead and sign up. e 

world is your oyster, and if you want to learn how to dive and 

nd your own pearls, it is just a phone call away. 

3. Be happy about your life. I know family members might be 

bugging you about “project grandchildren.” 

And if it’s your mom who 

has done the world for you, appease 

her and go to singles events. (I know, 

I know – but all you need to do is 

meet one person.) Otherwise, your 

job is to enjoy your life. You see, 

happy people attract happy people. 

So the only way to meet the person 

of your dreams who is optimistic 

and enjoys life is to be that way 

yourself. erefore, your obligation is 

to bask in your wonderfulness. 

4. One of the best parts of being 

single is about the dishes, laundry 

and vacuuming. You might have 

to do all these chores around the 

house, but seriously, if you are single 

and not in the mood to deal, no one 

cares if they are done immediately. 

If you don’t feel like picking up the 

magazine o the oor, no one is 

there to give you a look of horror at 

your miserable housekeeping skills. 

ere is something so fabulous 

about living your life exactly as you 

wish. You set the schedule and how

you would like to spend your free time. And people are giving 

you looks of horror about your singlehood, otherwise known as 

freedom? 

5. You are exciting, you are intriguing, even if you don’t think 

you are. People assume your life is just like that of a character in 

the movies. If you don’t believe me, ask any married person with 

kids what he or she did for dinner the last two nights. Chances 

are he or she is too exhausted to remember. Every day for you 

can be an adventure, or it can be lled with reading books and 

gaining knowledge to throw out at cocktail parties. You can 

make your life as interesting as you want it to be. Now doesn’t 

that feel good? 

6. Every outing has the potential to be fabulous and fun; you 

never know whom you might meet. It could be going out with 

friends or on your own. While going solo might seem weird or 

uncomfortable the rst time you do it, if you go to an organized 

event and make an eort to talk to people, you might surprise 

yourself. It also makes you very approachable for someone who 

nds you interesting. If you always travel in a group, it can be 

intimidating for someone to try to chat with you. 

7. People pay attention to you. Talk to any of your married 

friends; they always nd your life interesting. ey remember 

the days when people irted with them and their concerns were 

not married people dilemmas, which often focus on dishes and 

diapers. Whether it is true or not, they see your life as lled with 

possibilities and the freedom to do as you please. 

So while you might get annoyed or upset when people look at 

you as if being single is synonymous with being a leper, it’s not, it 

just means you are fabulous and enjoying your life. 

e reality of your singlehood is the following: You have 

something to look forward to because if you do want to nd 

a life partner, statistically speaking, the odds are in your favor. 

At some point the right person will surprise you, and then you 

might have a wedding or some sort of celebration to plan. So 

your future looks bright. You should enjoy every moment of being 

single – because even if it feels never-ending, it’s not going to 

last forever. 

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Searching for Love in All the Right Ways 

By Ellen Gerst 

Welcome to our new 

feature about love: how to 

nd it and how to keep it 

alive and vibrant. I hope this 

column will pave the way for 

you to nd the love you seek. 

W 

When it comes to relationships, if you want 

to be terric, you need to be specic; this is 

actually great advice for any endeavor you 

undertake. 

Can you assess with specicity where you 

are in life and dene the places where you 

aspire to go – physically, professionally and 

personally? If so, have you made a checklist 

of the steps to reach these places? Or does 

your list only include the things you don’t 

want while the things you DO want remain 

nebulous? 

To obtain what you want and to get 

where you want to go, you rst have to 

dene the what and where. You also have to 

know why you want what you want. 

Knowing why moves you forward. Without 

a list of good reasons, it’s easy to make 

excuses for not taking action. After all, why 

would you vigorously move toward a goal 

when you don’t even understand why you 

want to reach it? 

Once you determine your what, where 

and why, the next issue to address is how. 

Although many nd these questions 

easier to answer in their professional life, it’s 

equally important to dene your personal 

goals, especially at the inception of dating or 

a new relationship. 

To begin this process, I suggest you 

complete an exercise I call Be a Reporter of 

Your Own Life. Ask yourself the six basic 

journalistic questions so the answers can 

become the core of an action plan to focus 

on your goals. 

HERE ARE SOME SAMPLE QUESTIONS: 

1. WHO will be the participants? A helpful starting 

point is a “wish list” of the characteristics you are 

searching for in a mate, which may be refined as you 

meet prospective partners. While it’s good idea to 

make this list, try to be flexible. Sometimes features 


you thought were so important may get relegated to 

the bottom of your list when you encounter a person 

to whom you connect on a higher level. 

To recognize the type of person who would make an 

appropriate new partner, you also need to determine 

who you are. If you’ve recently ended a relationship, 

you’re probably not the same person you were at the 

inception of this past relationship. If the last time you 

dated was many years ago, you may have an outdated 

mental picture of yourself. In both these instances, 

your concept of self may need some readjusting. 

2. WHAT concrete steps are you going to take to meet 

people; for example, will you join an Internet dating 

site, go to a matchmaker or start hanging out at 

Starbucks? If you’ve just ended a relationship, what 

steps have you taken to grieve this loss before you 

look for a new partner? What result will you consider 

a success? 

3. WHEN will you put your plan into action? Will you 

give yourself a deadline to complete various steps; for 

example, how soon will you post your profile on the 

Internet? 

4. WHERE are the venues you intend to use to meet 

prospective dates? Are they online? Are they local, 

such as meet-up groups or professional networking 

outlets? Are you considering looking for a long-distance 

romance? When you do meet dates, where will 

these get-togethers take place to ensure your safety? 

5. WHY do you want to start dating? Do you want a 

life partner, to have fun or just lessen your boredom? 

Determining your why allows you to be clear in your 

agenda – and, yes, everyone has some sort of agenda, 

which does not necessarily have a negative connotation. 

It might not be fair to date those who are 

looking for a serious relationship when you are only 

interested in casual dating. Someone is going to get 

hurt in that scenario. 

6. HOW are you going to prepare for success? If your 

previous efforts have not been fruitful, you might want 

to do some research to learn how to approach dating 

and relationship development in the most effective 

manner. You could speak to friends, read books, take 

a class or consult a professional. 

In the coming months, I will help you 

answer some of these questions by sug- 

gesting specic actions you can take to 

see a myriad of options for dating; hone 

the vision of your true self; determine the 

type of partner you seek; jump-start your 

dating career; and, once you nd love, 

have a successful and healthy relationship. 

I hope to open your eyes to seeing the 

world of love, dating and relationships in 

new and dierent ways. 

Some columns will feature questions 

from readers such as the following: 

So many people are successful using 

online dating as a way to meet people. 

Why am I having such a hard time? 

It’s probably because you haven’t 

learned to use this venue in an eective 

manner. Here are six rookie mistakes. 

1. Without any forethought, you wrote your online 

profile. It has typos, grammatical errors and misspellings. 

It’s also boring and reads like every other 

profile with statements such as, “I like sunsets and 

walks on the beach.” Remember that you only have 

one opportunity to make a first impression, and 

your profile is it! 

2. You didn’t upload a picture, or you’re using one 

that doesn’t capture your best qualities. It’s outdated; 

blurry; too small; and the background is telling 

a wrong story about you. 

3. You’re rigid in your age parameters of prospective 

dates. 

4. You’re basing your interest and willingness to 

meet solely on physical attributes. 

5. You’re waiting around for someone to contact 

you instead of searching for those who fulfill your 

criteria. You know best 

the type of person who 

interests you. 

6. You’re sending out 

bad karma by not being 

courteous. If you’re 

not interested in a person, 

at least write back 

with a “Thanks, but no 

thanks.” 

Ellen Gerst is a relationship and grief coach, author and workshop leader. 

Using a combination of her personal experience as a young widow and her professional 

expertise, she helps people look at challenging life circumstances from 

different perspectives to enable them to move gracefully toward a renewal of life 

and love. Visit LNGerst.com or follow her on Facebook at facebook.com/FindingLoveAfterLoss. 

To ask Ellen a question to be answered in a future column, 

email her at LNGerst@LNGerst.com.

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Great Choral Synagogue 

The Nevsky Prospekt 

Bridge crosses the 

Moika Canal. 


Coming from a generation whose rst impressions of Russia 

were molded by early James Bond lms, I hope I might be 

excused for having a soundtrack of Bondian music running 

through my head the day I risked all by breaking away from 

my ocial tour group to enjoy a few glorious hours freely wandering the 

streets of St. Petersburg alone. 

I knew the rules, but getting an “independent” visa is so expensive 

($230) and convoluted that I’d opted for the “all-inclusive” shore excursions 

departing twice daily during the three days my Baltic-cruising ship, 

the Crystal Symphony, was docked in St. Petersburg. Assured of having a 

oating hotel and ample sightseeing opportunities, I nevertheless longed 

to explore a bit on my own. 

destination 

Story and photos 

by Joseph Lieberman 

RUSSIA 

Jewish St. Petersburg

Perhaps the inspiration to “go rogue” came to me when we visited a young couple 

struggling to regain their Jewish roots during Crystal Cruise’s “Jewish St. Petersburg” 

tour. Against the odds, and certainly to the surprise of their parents, Dima and Rivkah 

Krasilshikov had joined a growing movement to resurrect the small surviving Jewish 

community there. 

“During the Soviet era of our parents and grandparents,” Dima explained, “being 

any religion was frowned upon, but being Jewish carried more historical baggage.” 

Rivkah, his wife of just one year, added, “In my family, we lost all sense of Judaism. I 

wouldn’t want our kids, should we have any, to grow up that way. More and more young 

people feel as we do, as we create a support network.” 

When Rivkah started serving light drinks and snacks, some in our group quietly 

slipped a “donation” into Dima’s pocket, knowing that his job xing computers and 

their modest apartment were not evidence of untold riches. 

One might think there wouldn’t be many people on a luxury cruise opting to 

spend half a day focused on such a small niche of Russian culture, but there were 40 

At left, Joseph 

Lieberman in 

the sanctuary of 

the Great Choral 

Synagogue. Below, 

Cantor Gregory 

Yakerson performs 

for a tour group 

at Great Choral 

Synagogue. 

American dermatologists with their wives 

aboard our ship, and almost all were 

Jewish. Others joined in, so we ended up 

lling two busloads. 

Another stop was the Great Choral 

Synagogue, a majestic building constructed 

in Moorish style between 1880 and 

1893. It’s the second-largest synagogue in 

Europe, and one of the most ornate, with 

a cupola reaching a height of 154 feet and 

a prayer hall holding 1,200 worshipers. 

Next door is a small Chabad shul and, 

beside that, a shop that sells kosher food 

and gifts such as Jewish versions of those 

famous Russian “matryoshka dolls.” 


[TRAVEL] 

While two armed policemen stood 

guard across the street, representatives of 

the Jewish community told how the synagogue 

managed to remain open for prayer 

even during the dicult Stalinist period. 

e climax of our visit was a performance 

by the synagogue’s cantor, Gregory Yakerson, 

backed by a keyboard player. Yakerson 

sang three religious and three traditional 

folk tunes with an operatic skill worthy of 

the nest concert halls. 

Other shore excursions in St. Petersburg 

were not Jewish-oriented, but 

several had Hebraic elements. I especially 

enjoyed visiting the tsar’s former Winter 

Palace, now the Hermitage Museum. It’s 

the second-largest art museum in the 

world, after the Louvre. A woman named 

Svetlana (meaning “Sweet Lana,” she kept reminding us) guided us through innumerable 

Baroque halls and throne rooms lled with priceless masterpieces by classical and 

Impressionist painters and sculptors. e Rembrandts included a sympathetic “Portrait 

of an Old Jew,” and the Old Testament themes “Abraham and Isaac” and “Haman 

Realizes His Fate.” 

Moses appears in mosaic wall tiles at another landmark, the spectacular “oniondomed” 

Church on the Spilled Blood. e “blood” refers to that of Tsar Alexander II, 

who was assassinated at the site 

on March 13, 1881. 

Scores of Jews also had their 

blood spilled during dozens of 

pogroms and similar persecutions, 

but that kind of dark history is 

little noted here. ere are no 

Holocaust memorials, but there 

are plenty of monuments to Russian 

royalty, many of whose lives 

ended badly. 

A twist on that theme is seen 

at another palace, famous for a 

grisly murder. e “mad monk” 

Grigory Rasputin gained enormous 

power over the tsar’s family 

using “deception and occult arts.” 

In December 1916 Prince Felix 

Yusupov and his friends murdered 

Rasputin and threw his body into 

the canal that still ows outside 

Yusupov Palace. 

Tsar Peter the Great designed 

St. Petersburg in 1703 to rival the 

great capitals of Europe, and so 

Top: Jewish matryoshka dolls. Bottom: Rivkah and 

Dima Krasilshikov share their story of helping revive 

Jewish life in St. Petersburg. 


it does. Wanting to see more of 

that city unhindered, the next day 

I made my “great escape.” Our 

excursion group had stopped for 

A Chabad Rabbi in St. Petersburg. 

shopping along bustling Nevsky Prospekt, 

the main commercial avenue. Making 

excuses, I committed the ultimate tourist 

taboo and broke away to explore parks, 

waterways and decorative bridges on my 

own as a free agent. 

For lunch, I headed to another 

landmark, the classic Grand Hotel Europe, 

an Orient Express property and the 

most magnicent accommodation in St. 

Petersburg. Manageress Irina Khlopova 

let me view the fabulous Fabergé, Pavarotti 

and Romanov suites, each named for 

the esteemed guests who had lodged here. 

What my stomach wanted, however, 

was a chance to try authentic Russian 

dishes that had inltrated American- 

Jewish kitchens via thousands of immigrants 

– familiar comfort foods such as 

blinis (potato pancakes) or borscht (beet 

soup) with smetana (sour cream). 

“Unfortunately, we serve that only at 

night,” Irina said, “so for lunch, I’d recommend 

a delightful sea bass with saron.” 

at got no argument from me, but 

before long I had to hurry back to rejoin 

my compatriots to re-board the Crystal 

Symphony. I had not accomplished all my 

goals, but I’d certainly enjoyed a wonderful 

slice of life in old St. Petersburg. 

Joseph Lieberman is a freelance travel writer.

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YOU GET MORE THAN YOU GIVE 

By Amy Hirshberg Lederman 

The year was 1976: America celebrated its 200 th birthday, 

Alex Haley published Roots, the Dow Jones closed at 1004, 

and I arrived in Tucson with a backpack, a college degree 

and $80 in my pocket. My parents were less than thrilled 

with my postgrad decision to hitchhike across the country to 

“find myself.” 

Tucson was, and still is, a truly welcoming community, and 

it didn’t take long to feel at home. e mountains and desert 

air intoxicated me in a way I hadn’t felt since my junior year in 

Israel. Everyone I met oered help and suggestions about places 

to live, jobs to nd and the best places to eat under $3. 

But it didn’t take long before my wanderlust turned to wonder-lust. 

I wondered, long and hard, about what I would actually 

do with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and no real skills other 

than waitressing tables and acquiring a serious tan. 

I don’t remember much from my 20s (not because I didn’t 

inhale, but because my memory is getting hazy), but one thing 

stands out: volunteering did more to positively direct and 

inuence my choices than almost anything else. It may be the 

best-kept secret of all time, one that deserves a great big shout 

out for most of us who struggle to gure out who we want to be 

“when we grow up,” but it’s true. 

ARIZONA GIVES DAY 

This March, every single resident in Arizona (this means you!) 

is being asked to do one simple thing – give. 

On March 20, all Arizonans will be asked to participate in the 

first-ever Arizona Gives Day. 

Beginning at midnight on March 20 and continuing until 11:59 

pm, Arizonans can go online at AZGives.org to give where they 

live and support a local nonprofit in their community, or pledge 

their financial support to one of the hundreds of nonprofits 

across the state. Arizona Gives Day, presented by First Bank, 

will focus on giving back to the organizations whose invaluable 

efforts have helped empower communities and provide 

services, products and more to those in need. 

Donations will help the state’s nonprofits: rally volunteers; 

change lives; build leaders; develop networks; fight for rights; 

create scholarships; and champion critical community causes. 

Giving is as easy as 1-2-3! 

1. On March 20, visit AZGives.org 

2. Click on “Donate” 

3. Choose your nonprofit of choice and give away 

Provided by Arizona Gives Day Committee 

I started with what I knew and felt most comfortable with 

– food. As I shelved and bagged organic products at the food 

co-op, I met wonderful people and learned more about Tucson 

than any guidebook could ever tell me. Next I volunteered at the 

Second Street School, where I heard about another volunteer 

opportunity working with kids at a counseling center. at position 

actually led to a paying job when a parent asked me to work 

privately with her disabled daughter. We didn’t call it networking 

in those days, but that’s exactly what it was: a pathway to the 

people, places and opportunities that would indelibly aect my 

eorts to dene myself and determine a career. 

e most signicant experience was my volunteer stint as an 

intake-receiving ocer at the Juvenile Court Center. is required 

extensive training from some of the nest professionals in 

the juvenile system, and while the hours were long and the work 

demanding, the rewards were great. It was in those oces in the 

fall of 1976 that I decided to apply to law school so I could better 

understand the legal system, with the hope that I might help 

those who entangled in it. 

e concept of helping others, of giving of our time, resources, 

talents and money to those in need, is one of the pillars 

of Judaism, based upon core values like chesed (compassion), 

tzedek (justice) and tikkun olam (repairing the world). e idea 

that we are partners with God in the continuing creation of the 

world and therefore have an obligation to repair what is broken 

informs much of the work of Jewish philanthropy. 

At a time when funding for so many of our community needs 

– from healthcare and education to employment and housing – 

is being cut, resulting in serious sta and service reductions, it is 

more important than ever to volunteer. Yet, according to a recent 

study by the National Conference on Citizenship, 72 percent of 

Americans report that they have reduced the time they spend 

volunteering, largely as the result of the recession and a need 

to look out for themselves. e ndings amount to what the 

report’s authors called “a civic depression.” 

e paradox of volunteering is this: the more you give, the 

more you are given – personally, psychologically and professionally. 

Helping others who have problems or needs greater than 

your own can provide a perspective about your own life that 

contributes to a more positive attitude or sense of self-worth. 

Informal networking can lead you in new directions and open 

doors you never knew existed. It is truly a 

win-win situation as everyone – the giver, 

the recipient, those inspired by your eorts – 

comes out ahead. 

Winston Churchill said it beautifully 

with these words: “We make a living by what 

we do, but we make a life by what we give.” 

Today, more than ever before, we should heed 

his message. 

Amy Hirshberg Lederman is an author, Jewish educator, public speaker and attorney. Her columns have won awards from the American Jewish Press Association, 

the Arizona Newspapers Association and the Arizona Press Club for excellence in commentary. Visit her website at amyhirshberglederman.com.

Honoring a Legacy of 

Living Jewishly 

By Michael Rosenthal 

If you are one of the lucky 1,000 bar or 

bat mitzvah students they tutored, or a 

witness to the Jewish sustenance they 

bring to the residents of assisted living 

centers, honoring Hannah and Phil 

Adelman will come as no surprise. On 

April 6 Temple Kol Ami will recognize 

Hannah and Phil Adelman’s love of 

serving the Jewish community in cities 

across the nation – and the world – for 

more than 50 years. 

ey met at a BBYO Sweetheart 

Dance in Denver, then married as 

teenagers one year later. Wherever they 

went, Hannah and Phil, who see the 

world through Jewish eyes, improved 

the lives of the people they encountered 

and left a trail of new religious 

schools, social action programs and lives saved. 

Phil joined the U.S. Air Force soon after high school and 

eventually became an ocer. His career in the Air Force lasted 

more than two decades. Phil had an extremely varied Air Force 

career, including serving as a bombardier, navigator, pilot, 

teacher, ight instructor and commander. His most dicult 

– but most gratifying – time came when he was stationed in 

Vietnam. Although leaving Hannah and three young children 

behind was dicult, Phil saved many lives as he piloted and 

coordinated more than 100 rescue missions. He retired as a 

lieutenant colonel. 

roughout their years in the Air Force, Hannah and Phil 

moved more than 20 times. In every city, Phil, Hannah and their 

three children, Eddie, Danny and Tova, were integrally involved 

in the Jewish community. If they were stationed at a location 

that had no synagogue, they formed their own. Phil and Hannah 

became lay leaders for Jewish military families. While stationed 

in Bermuda (rescue pilots get some exotic assignments), they 

started a religious school for 10 children who lived there. 

Phil and Hannah have always stressed the importance of 

education. ey both went back to college as adults. Hannah 

earned her degree in Jewish studies (and celebrated her bat 

mitzvah) in her mid-30s, in Salt Lake City. Phil earned undergraduate 

and graduate degrees before his Air Force retirement. 

He then began a second career as a college professor, which he 

continues to this day. As lifelong Jewish educators and universal 

From Bermuda to Vietnam, and all across the 

U.S., from youth to the elderly, Hannah and Phil 

Adelman have helped shape countless lives. 

[HAPPENINGS] 

lay leadership partners, their Jewish 

service has been lled with positions 

ranging from teacher to youth director, 

and from religious school principal to 

board president. e Adelmans moved 

to Phoenix in 1981 when Hannah 

became the principal of the religious 

school at Temple Beth Israel. 

In 1985 the couple’s direction took 

a wild detour when they became bakers 

and opened Hannah’s Donut Shop. 

eir lifelong commitment to tikkun 

olam (repairing the world) remained a 

huge part of their mindset. Hannah’s 

Donut Shop gave generously to food 

banks, missions and a school serving 

underprivileged students. 

Hannah and Phil found their ultimate 

Judaic home at Temple Kol Ami. 

Since joining in 1992, Hannah has never stopped teaching 

religious school and Hebrew School, and is a bar and bat 

mitzvah tutor extraordinaire. She is cherished by each and 

every student. It is mind-boggling to try to calculate the 

number of students Hannah and Phil have taught over the 

last 50 years. e Adelmans’ refrigerator remains wallpapered 

with invitations and notes of heartfelt thanks. Phil currently 

serves on the board of Kol Ami and was highly eective as 

board president. 

Children are not the only ones who have beneted from 

Hannah and Phil’s dedication. Hannah noticed the incredible 

void that exists for seniors throughout the Valley, who 

are in senior centers that provide no Jewish activities for their 

residents. She created a program – Al Tashlichenu (Do Not 

Forsake Us) – to ll that void. For the past 15 years Hannah, 

with the support of Phil, her current students at Kol Ami and 

her friends, has brought Jewish lay services to 14 independent-living 

and assisted-living centers throughout the Valley. 

rough tellah, songs, yiddishkeit and food, our parents and 

grandparents benet through Hannah’s actions. 

For all of these reasons, we honor Hannah and Phil Adelman 

for their immeasurable contributions and their tireless 

support of Temple Kol Ami and the Jewish world they nurture. 

You can be a part of an evening that celebrates how their 

lifetime of work has made the world a better place. For more 

information, contact Temple Kol Ami at 480-951-9660. 


[HAPPENINGS/FACES] 

Centennial Celebration Finale – On Feb. 

1 10 the Arizona Jewish Historical Society 

hosted Marshall Trimble, Arizona’s official 

state historian, at its closing program 

celebrating Arizona’s Centennial. The event 

also featured local artisans who displayed 

their works and a performance by local 

women of “For Better and Worse: Jewish 

Marriages in the Arizona Territory.” Photo by 

BonnieJeanne Photography 

BBYO Convention – Carly Weintraub and Josh Sandquist, 

2 above, coordinated the annual BBYO Spirit Convention 

Jan. 18-21. The event brought together more than 150 

teens from across the region (Arizona, Nevada and Utah) for 

a weekend of chapter spirit, Judaic education and brotherhood/sisterhood 

programming. The BBYO convention was 

held at the Holiday Inn in Mesa. This year the theme was 

“Mountain Region and the Heroic Hunger Games.” 

Festival of Trees – The Jewish National Fund Tu B’Shevat 

3 Festival on Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Scottsdale Civic Center 

drew approximately 2,000 attendees. Children learned to 

plant trees and met Smokey the Bear, who accompanied the 

US Forest Service Fire Truck to the event. Participants also enjoyed 

live music, wine tasting, arts and crafts, 20 retail vendors, 

and Israeli food and dancing. JNF sold 300 trees to be planted 

in Israel. 

4NFTY Weekend – Members of National Federation of Temple 

Youth organize medical supplies as part of a Jan. 18-21 

Southwest Region Social Action Weekend. Other social action 

activities included: making fleece blankets, working at Wilson 

Elementary School, playing at the Boys & Girls Club, and helping 

at St. Vincent de Paul food bank. The weekend included two 

friendship circles, a Shabbat service, Torah study, a workshop on 

mental health, and a dinner - dance at Temple Emanuel in Tempe. 


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Musical Shabbat – Cantorial soloist Todd Herzog is joined 

5 by children and families for a musical Shabbat experience. 

While the biblical Shabbat Shira (Sabbath of Song) occurs once 

a year when the Torah reading includes Shirat Hayam, the song 

the Israelites sang after they crossed the Red Sea, Temple Solel 

has expanded the idea. About four times a year this Reform 

congregation in Scottsdale celebrates a Shabbat Shira, which 

draws about 300 to 400 people. Building on the success of the 

Shabbat Shira service, Temple Solel added the Shabbat Lounge 

for young singles and couples to gather. About 100 people 

ages 21-45 typically stay after services for the Shabbat Lounge, 

which has an open bar, music, food and a relaxed vibe.

MARCH CALENDAR 

Through March 13 

“Visions of the West,” the latest collection of 

photographs by local artist Edlynne Sillman, is on 

display in the fine art gallery of the Tucson Jewish 

Community Center, 3800 E. River Road, Tucson. 

Taken in June of 2011 at the historic Mantle Horse 

Ranch, Sillman’s photographs explore landscapes, 

horses and cowboy culture in a contrasting visual 

landscape. 520-299-3000 or tucsonjcc.org 

March 1-17 

“Maple and Vine,” a dark comedy starring AZJL’s 

own Debra Rich, runs at the Theatre Artists Studio, 

4848 E. Cactus Rd., No. 406, Scottsdale, at 7:30 

pm, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 pm Sundays. 

Fed up with their stress-filled and time-challenged 

lives, a couple decides to leave modern society 

behind and join a 1950s re-enactment community. 

Come to the corner of “Maple and Vine,” where “The 

Twilight Zone” meets “Ozzie and Harriet!” Also stars: 

Maureen Dias, Dale Nakagawa, Radford Mallon 

and Brad Bond. Tickets: $10-20. 602-765-0120 or 

thestudiophx.org 

March 2 

Phoenixphriends is holding a reunion for those from 

the Jewish community who graduated from a Valley 

high school in the 1960s. The 2000 reunion drew 

over 200 people from around the country. 5 pm at 

the Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Cutler-Plotkin 

Jewish Heritage Center, 122 E. Culver, Phoenix. 

phoenixphriends.org 

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Grammy-awardwinning 

South African choral group performs 

at Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 7380 E. 2nd 

St., Scottsdale, $39-$59. 480-499-8587, 

scottsdaleperformingarts.org 

March 2-23 in Tucson 

March 28-April 14 in Phoenix 

“The Sunshine Boys” by Neil Simon brings us the 

comedy team of Al Lewis and Willie Clark, who kept 

audiences in stitches for decades. Though they’ve 

been estranged for 11 years, they agree to reunite for 

one last TV performance. Can they get through their 

most famous sketch one last time without killing 

one another? Reconciliation and friendship battle 

grudges and resentment in this comic masterpiece 

about growing old. Arizona Theatre Company in 

Tucson at the Temple of Fine Arts and in Phoenix at 

the Herberger Theater Center. arizonatheatre.org 

March 4 

New Readers Theatre Group for adults, four Monday 

nights – March 4 and 18; April 8 and 22 – 6:30- 

8:30 pm at Har Zion Congregation in Scottsdale. 

Facilitated by Janet Arnold, former producing 

director of Arizona Jewish Theatre. For men and 

women; no prior experience necessary. $30 for 

Congregation Kehillah or Har Zion Congregation 

members/$35 non-members; registration 

required. 602-369-7667 

March 4 

23rd Annual Brandeis Book and Author Event includes 

boutiques and book sales starting at 9:30 am, 

program at 11, and lunch at 12:30. Sean McLaughlin 

from KPHO, Channel 5 News, is the moderator, 

presenting nationally known authors. Proceeds 

support the work of Brandeis University. $115 at 

Phoenician Resort, 6000 E. Camelback Road, 

Scottsdale. 602-315-1595, brandeisphoenix.com 

2013 Educators Conference on the Holocaust is an 

annual full-day program to help local teachers learn 

both facts and sensitivity regarding the Holocaust. 

The keynote speaker is Doreen Rappaport, author 

of Beyond Courage, The Untold Story of Jewish 

Resistance During the Holocaust. Participants 

can earn six hours of continuing education credit. 

Sponsored by the Bureau of Jewish Education and 

the Phoenix Holocaust Survivors Association in 

conjunction with community colleges and state 

universities. 7:45 am at the Valley of the Sun 

Jewish Community Center, 12701 N. Scottsdale 

Road, Scottsdale. 480-634-8050 or jewished@ 

bjephoenix.org 

March 7 

The Lady at the OK Corral, a book about Josephine 

Marcus Earp, is celebrating its Arizona release. 

Author Ann Kirschner will sign and talk about the 

book. Josephine was Jewish and married legendary 

Wyatt Earp. The evening is dedicated to the 

historic research and memory of Marc Dworkin, a 

researcher for the book and docent at the Jewish 

History Museum in Tucson. Free. 7 pm at the Tucson 

JCC, 3800 E. River Road, Tucson. 520-670-9073, 

jewishhistorymuseum.org 

[HAPPENINGS] 

March 7-10 

Worlds of Wonder featuring “Rite of Spring” is 

presented by the modern dance group Center Dance 

Ensemble. It’s been 100 years since Igor Stravinksy 

shocked the world with the 1913 premiere of his 

“Rite of Spring.” CDE commemorates with Frances 

Smith Cohen’s acclaimed interpretation, plus 

her look at the “Worlds of Light, Love and Loss.” 

Herberger Theater Center, 222 W. Monroe, Phoenix. 

602-252-8497, centerdance.com 

March 8 

Objects d’Art Auction is an evening of visual art 

showcasing the work of Arizona artists. Proceeds 

benefit the Herberger Theater’s arts education 

and outreach programs for youth. 6 pm at 222 W. 

Monroe in Phoenix. 602-254-7399, ext. 105, or 

herbergertheater.org 

March 8-10 

The Scottsdale Arts Festival has been recognized 

for its high-quality fine arts since 1971. The festival 

showcases nearly 200 jury-selected artists from 

throughout the United States and Canada who work 

in painting, sculpture, glass and ceramics, jewelry, 

photography and more. Works of art are available 

for purchase directly from the artists and through 

the Festival’s online art auction. Food and music 

too. Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 

7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale. 480-499-8587, 

scottsdaleperformingarts.org 

March 9 

Speakeasy is a Prohibition-era-themed event to 

celebrate the 83rd anniversary of Congregation 

Anshei Israel. Jeepers creepers! If you’re hip to the 

jive, you’ll want to be there, dressed in ’30s garb 

(cash prize for best costume). The event includes 

gambling, “hooch,” jazz and silent auction. 5550 E. 

5th St., Tucson. 520-745-5550, ext. 242, or caiaz. 

org 

“You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up!” is a new comedy 

by award-winning comedy writers Annabelle 

Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn, presented as a special event 

for Invisible Theatre. One night only at the Berger 

Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd, 

Tucson. 520-882-9721 invisibletheatre.com 


March 9-10 

Devoured Culinary Classic is the region’s premier 

annual culinary event, hosted by Phoenix Art 

Museum, Local First Arizona and Devour Phoenix, 

showcasing the fine food and drink producers and 

purveyors of Arizona. “Devoured” features culinary 

curators and purveyors who support the Arizona 

food, wine and restaurant industries. Starting at 11 

am each day, tickets are $49-$59 with proceeds 

to benefit the Phoenix Art Museum and Local First 

Arizona. Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave., 

Phoenix. 602-257-2124, phxart.org 

March 10 

Planting a Seed and Watching It Grow is this year’s 

theme for the annual Gala for Pardes Jewish Day 

School. This don’t-miss event features delicious food 

and drinks and will take place from 5 to 9 pm at the 

Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 West Rio Salado 

Parkway, Tempe. Tickets are $150-$250 to benefit 

the school. pardesschool.org 

Passages Lecture Series: “Corruption at the United 

Nations: An Ongoing Enigma. Is It Solvable?” Speaker 

Claudia Rosett is a journalist-in-residence at the 

Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a policy 

institute based in Washington, D.C., 7:30 pm at Jess 

Schwartz (East Bldg.) on JCC Campus, 12701 N. 

Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. bjephoenix.org 

Yo Gabba Gabba Live presents “Get the Sillies Out” 

with new music and surprises for the whole family at 

Comerica Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix, 

$25-$45. 602-379-2999, comericatheatre.com 

March 11 

Shaol Pozez Memorial Lecture Series: “Who Is Not A 

Jew?” Speaker Matt Goldish, director of the Melton 

Center for Jewish Studies at Ohio State University, 

is presented by the Center for Jewish Studies at the 

University of Arizona. 7 pm at Congregation Anshei 

Israel, 5550 E 5th Street, Tucson 85711. 520-626- 

5758, judaica.arizona.edu 

March 12 

“A Taste of Passover,” a film hosted by Theodore 

Bikel, includes sacred traditional music and favorite 

Passover drinking songs, silly seder songs in 

homespun and concert versions and a demonstration 

of the perfect matzah ball. Free. 7 pm at Arizona 

Jewish Historical Society’s Cutler-Plotkin Heritage 

Center, 122 E. Culver, Phoenix. RSVP to 602-241- 

7870 or azjhs@aol.com 

March 12-17 

“Fiddler on the Roof,” the Tony Award-winning musical 

that has captured the hearts of people all over the 

world with its universal appeal, embarks on its North 

American tour. No other musical has so magically 

woven music, dance, poignancy and laughter into 

such an electrifying and unforgettable experience. 

March 12-13, Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St, Mesa, 

480-644-6500; March 14-17 Orpheum Theatre, 203 

W. Adams St., Phoenix, 602-262-7272; Tickets: 800- 

745-3000, theaterleague.com 


March 13 

“Zadie’s House” is a new interactive exhibit exploring 

the Jewish home of the 1950s, opening at 1 pm at the 

Jewish History Museum, 564 S. Stone Ave., Tucson, 

$5 general admission, free to members. 520-670- 

9073, jewishhistorymuseum.org 

Phoenix Holocaust Survivors Association’s 

Café Europa luncheon includes the Broadway 

Babies providing entertainment. 1 pm at Beth El 

Congregation, 1118 W. Glendale Ave, Phoenix. RSVP 

to Edie Wade at 602-944-8809 or ewade410@cox.net 

March 13-April 7 

“La Cage Aux Folles,” one of the great Broadway 

musicals, is playing at Phoenix Theatre. Based on the 

play “La Cage Aux Folles” by Jean Poiret, “La Cage” is 

a tuneful and touching tale of one family’s struggle to 

stay together, stay fabulous and above all else, stay 

true to themselves! With a glorious score written by 

Jerry Herman of “Hello Dolly!” and “Mame” fame, and 

a humorous and poignant book by Harvey Fierstein, 

“La Cage” exemplifies once again the Jewish influence 

on Broadway. Phoenix Theatre, 100 W. McDowell, 

Phoenix. 602-254-2151, phoenixtheatre.com 

March 15-April 6 

“Musical of Musicals – The Musical!” June can’t pay 

the rent. Will the evil landlord evict her? Can her 

handsome leading man come to the rescue? It’s an 

oft-told tale, and in “Musical of Musicals” it’s told 

five more times, in the styles of America’s greatest 

musical-makers: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Jerry 

Herman, Kander & Ebb, Stephen Sondheim and 

Andrew Lloyd Webber. One of these is not Jewish – 

know which one? Theater Works, 8355 W. Peoria Ave., 

Peoria 85345. 623-815-7930, theaterworks.org 

March 16 

Sandra Bernhard comes to her hometown of 

Scottsdale to perform “I Love Being Me, Don’t You?” 

This provocateur and graduate of Scottsdale’s Saguaro 

High School is backed by a band for a no-holds-barred 

night of cutting-edge irreverence and high-energy 

performance. $49-$79 at 8 pm at Scottsdale Center 

for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. 2nd St., Scottsdale. 

480-499-8587, scottsdaleperformingarts.org 

March 17 

“Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray” is an award-winning 

documentary from the National Center for Jewish 

Films being shown by the Jewish History Museum and 

Tucson JCC. 2 pm at the JCC at 3800 E. River Road, 

Tucson. 520-670-9073, jewishhistorymuseum.org 

March 19 

Break the Silence on Ovarian Cancer is an informative 

session on this disease. 6 pm at the Tucson JCC, 3800 

E. River Road. 520-299-3000, ext. 193, or llambert@ 

tucsonjcc.org 

March 21 

Book Discussion: Jews and Words by Amos Oz and 

Fania Oz-Salzberger. Through a blend of storytelling 

and scholarship, conversation and argument, father 

and daughter tell the tales behind Judaism’s most 

enduring names, adages, disputes, texts and quips. 

This month’s discussion leader is Rachel Leket-Mor, 

Jewish Studies librarian at ASU. 7 pm at Arizona 

Jewish Historical Society, 122 E. Culver, Phoenix. 

RSVP to 602-241-7870 or azjhs@aol.com 

The Power of Community is the Jewish Community 

Association’s Mega Event for 2013. The keynote 

speaker is Bruce Feiler, a best-selling author and 

national columnist/commentator for NPR, CNN 

and Fox News. Feiler, the author of five consecutive 

best-selling books, is one of America’s most popular 

voices on faith, family, and finding the meaning in 

everyday life. He is known for living the experiences 

he writes about. 7 pm at the Arizona Biltmore, Frank 

Lloyd Wright Ballroom. jewishphoenix.org, or call 

480-634-4900, ext. 1129 

March 25 

Erev Pesach, first seder at sundown. Passover 

extends for eight days through April 2. Specialty 

mock seders, such as women’s seders or chocolate 

seders, are held throughout the community during 

the month of March. Check with a temple or JCC to 

find out about offerings near you. 

March 28 

Community Feasts in Antiquity, a talk by Gloria 

London, Ph.D. Over 25,000 cracked animal bones 

and many cooking pots, the residue of feasting, were 

found in a repository near a 13th-century B.C.E. 

house at Tell al-’Umayri near Amman. 12:30 pm 

in the Vista Room at the U of A Hillel Foundation, 

Tucson. 520-626-5759, judaic.arizona.edu 

Through March 31 

Arizona Renaissance Festival is back to celebrate 25 

years of cheers. With several acres of a medievalthemed 

festival including jesters, jousters, shops, 

music and more, this is a fun trip back in time. 

Saturdays and Sundays at Renaissance Festival 

Grounds, 12801 E. U.S. 60, Apache Junction, 

$11-$21, 520-463-2600, royalfaires.com/arizona 

Cactus League Baseball is here! Spring Training 

games for most of the major league teams are 

available every day. Fifteen teams train in the 

Phoenix metropolitan area from Goodyear to Tempe. 

Check it out at mlb.com or cactusleague.com 

Want to have your event listed 

here? Please email 

editor1@azjewishlife.com 

with all the details.

Please join us in honoring 

Hannah and Phil Adelman 

April 6, 2013 at 6:00pm 

Temple Kol Ami 

15030 N. 64th Street 


Dinner, Dancing, Silent Auction and Raffle 

Be part of an evening that celebrates how their lifetime of work has made the world a better place! 

Please bring canned food items to be donated. 

For more information or to RSVP 

call (480) 951- 9660 

www.templekolami.org/honoring-hannah-and-phil

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