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Wishing You a Healthy and Sweet 5768<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong><br />
THE<br />
<strong>Georgian</strong><br />
Volume 18, Number 6 Atlanta, Georgia SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007 FREE<br />
What’s Inside<br />
Have a Kosher<br />
New Year<br />
Thinking of going kosher? Now is a<br />
great time to start.<br />
By Rabbi Reuven Stein<br />
Page 41<br />
March of the Living<br />
Two weeks changed the life of a <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
teenager.<br />
By Josh Slovin<br />
Page 28<br />
Distinguished Speaker<br />
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is featured at this<br />
year’s Leo and Berry Eizenstat<br />
Memorial Lecture.<br />
By Susan Kahn<br />
Page 37<br />
<strong>The</strong> Real Unreal Deal<br />
Genuine Fake Rabbis reach out to the<br />
unaffiliated.<br />
By Joel Alpert<br />
Page 16<br />
Protecting Your<br />
Good Credit<br />
With the Brickery’s pay-at-the-table system,<br />
you’ll never lose sight of your credit<br />
card.<br />
By Brian Katzowitz<br />
Page 6<br />
A Leader in His Field<br />
Robert Friedmann is Georgia State<br />
University’s first Distinguished Chair of<br />
Public Safety Partnerships.<br />
Page 34<br />
TRIBE Three-Sixty a new option for Atlanta’s <strong>Jewish</strong> teens<br />
What’s in a name? When you’re talking<br />
about the newest <strong>Jewish</strong> agency in town,<br />
there’s a lot. Since TRIBE Three-Sixty,<br />
Atlanta’s hub for today’s <strong>Jewish</strong> youth,<br />
burst onto<br />
the community<br />
scene<br />
July 1, the<br />
agency has<br />
been the talk<br />
of the town.<br />
“We’re<br />
creating<br />
something<br />
entirely new<br />
and exciting<br />
for Atlanta’s<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong><br />
teens,” says<br />
C h e r i<br />
Levitan, Cheri Levitan<br />
TRIBE’s executive director. “We’re replac-<br />
By Leon Socol<br />
At the beginning of the last century, a<br />
small, four-tent “hospital” was set up in the<br />
desert outside Los Angeles to quarantine<br />
patients with tuberculosis. <strong>The</strong> hospital<br />
staff consisted of a doctor and a nurse. It<br />
was the beginning of the renowned City of<br />
Hope Hospitals. That institution has grown<br />
to become one of the world’s best hospitals<br />
for cancer research and treatment, as well<br />
as other medical fields such as diabetes,<br />
ing classroom lectures with interactive and<br />
energizing educational activities that will<br />
turn on the teens to Judaism.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> agency—in a previous incarnation,<br />
the Center for <strong>Jewish</strong> Education &<br />
Experiences and Tichon Atlanta—is offering<br />
teens a unique combination of community-wide<br />
programs and educational opportunities<br />
that are intended to complement<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> youth groups, summer camps, student<br />
clubs, and day school experiences.<br />
“TRIBE Three-Sixty meets one of the<br />
major needs discovered in the demographic<br />
study conducted for the <strong>Jewish</strong> Federation<br />
of Greater Atlanta,” says Robyn Faintich,<br />
senior director. “That is the need to create<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> youth who are confident with their<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> identities, as demonstrated by a<br />
commitment to <strong>Jewish</strong> values, <strong>Jewish</strong> continuity,<br />
and Israel. Through a creative combination<br />
of experiential education and initiatives,<br />
TRIBE Three-Sixty wants to help<br />
HIV/AIDS, and bone marrow transplantation.<br />
City of Hope’s medical campus is located<br />
on a 134-acre site in Duarte, California,<br />
where its original tent hospital began. <strong>The</strong><br />
institution has been recognized as one of 30<br />
outstanding medical research and treatment<br />
centers in the country and lauded for its caring<br />
medical staff. Its outreach programs are<br />
Atlanta’s teens grab their Judaism, twist it,<br />
turn it, and<br />
ultimately<br />
own it.”<br />
Hence<br />
the name.<br />
<strong>The</strong> word<br />
“tribe,”<br />
w h i c h<br />
became part<br />
of <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
heritage<br />
after the<br />
Exodus from<br />
Egypt, when<br />
the <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
people were<br />
divided into<br />
Robyn Faintich<br />
12 tribes, speaks of community, in this case,<br />
a community of teens. <strong>The</strong> number three-<br />
See TRIBE, page 5<br />
Hope comes from a great hospital<br />
Jeanie and Dick Katz attended the<br />
City of Hope convention and honored<br />
the memories of their loved<br />
ones.<br />
offered throughout the United States and<br />
many foreign countries.<br />
City of Hope directs 85 cents of every<br />
dollar raised to essential research and treatment.<br />
Patient services are offered on a nonsectarian<br />
basis.<br />
In the past few years, exciting discover-<br />
See HOPE, page 5<br />
Don’t miss the multimedia presentation of Joseph and the Amazing<br />
Technicolor Dreamcoat. This community theater production can be<br />
seen at the Morris and Rae Frank <strong>The</strong>atre at the MJCCA, September<br />
6-16. For the complete story, go to MJCCA News on page 10.
Page 2 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN September-October 2007<br />
THE<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Georgian</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Georgian</strong> is published bimonthly by Eisenbot, Ltd. It<br />
is written for Atlantans and <strong>Georgian</strong>s by Atlantans and<br />
<strong>Georgian</strong>s.<br />
Publisher Marvin Botnick<br />
Co-Publisher Sam Appel<br />
Editor Marvin Botnick<br />
Managing Editor Marsha C. LaBeaume<br />
Assignment Editor Carolyn Gold<br />
Consulting Editor Gene Asher<br />
Associate Editor Barbara Schreiber<br />
Copy Editor Ray Tapley<br />
Assistant Copy Editor Arnold Friedman<br />
Makeup Editor Terri Christian<br />
Production Coordinator Terri Christian<br />
Medical Editor Morris E. Brown, M.D.<br />
Photographic Staff Allan Scher, Phil Slotin, Phil Shapiro<br />
Graphic Art Consultant Karen Paz<br />
Columnist Andi Arnovitz (Israel),Gene Asher,<br />
Jonathan Barach,<br />
Janice Rothschild Blumberg (Washington),<br />
Marvin Botnick,<br />
Shirley Friedman, Carolyn Gold,<br />
Jonathan Goldstein, George Jordan,<br />
Marice Katz, Balfoura Friend Levine,<br />
Marsha Liebowitz, Howard Margol,<br />
Bubba Meisa, Erin O’Shinsky,<br />
Ben Rabinowitz (Israel),<br />
Lew Regenstein, Roberta Scher,<br />
Jerry Schwartz, Leon Socol,<br />
Rabbi Reuven Stein, Nancy Taffel,<br />
Hannah Vahaba, Cecile Waronker,<br />
Evie Wolfe<br />
Special Assignments Susan Kahn, Lyons Joel,<br />
Advertising Marsha C. LaBeaume<br />
Editorial Advisory Board Members<br />
Sam Appel Rabbi Alvin Sugarman Sam Massell<br />
Jane Axelrod Albert Maslia William Rothschild<br />
Gil Bachman Michael H. Mescon Marilyn Shubin<br />
Asher Benator Paul Muldawer Doug Teper<br />
290 Carpenter Drive, Suite 100<br />
Atlanta, GA 30328<br />
(404) 236-8911 • FAX (404) 236-8913<br />
jewishga@bellsouth.net<br />
www.jewishgeorgian.com<br />
AA's Eizenstat Memorial Lecture 32<br />
AAA Sandy Springs/<strong>Buckhead</strong> 13<br />
Alon's 40<br />
Atlanta Art Gallery 2<br />
Atlanta <strong>Jewish</strong> Experience 11<br />
Bangkok Thyme Thai Cuisine & Sushi Bar 11<br />
Baskin Robbins in Sandy Springs 32<br />
Bennie's Shoes 8<br />
Beverly Beren 10<br />
<strong>The</strong> Breman 22<br />
Brickery Catering 35<br />
<strong>Buckhead</strong> Garage 15<br />
<strong>Buckhead</strong> Plaza Shoe Service 17<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cohen Home 12<br />
Congregation Or Ve Shalom 37<br />
Curry Honda 42<br />
<strong>The</strong> Davis Academy 28<br />
Dressler's <strong>Jewish</strong> Funeral Care 5<br />
Dunwoody Opticians 21<br />
EdenBrook of Dunwoody 7<br />
Ellen's House of Sweets 13<br />
<strong>The</strong> Epstein School 36<br />
Fido Fido 18<br />
Five Guys 13<br />
Gaucher Disease 19<br />
Goldberg's Bagel Restaurant Deli 14<br />
Grand Hyatt <strong>Buckhead</strong> 33<br />
Greenfield Hebrew Academy 9<br />
Habif Arogeti & Wynne 8<br />
Halpern Enterprises 20<br />
Havurat Lev 7<br />
Israel Bonds 41<br />
Huntington Learning Center 26<br />
Reclaim Righteousness<br />
I have written before about the soundness<br />
of the time cycles in Judaism. <strong>The</strong><br />
Sabbath gives us a day of rest and reflection<br />
each week to put our thoughts in renewed<br />
priorities. Our daily prayers are designed to<br />
put our relationship with God and the teachings<br />
of the religion in the forefront of our<br />
lives. And for most of us, the Days of Awe,<br />
which occur once each year at this time, act<br />
as a focal point to bring all of this to bear<br />
almost as a summation.<br />
We live our lives with a microscopic<br />
view of our existence, and we tend to see<br />
the world as it affects us at this time and this<br />
place. Even during the annual Rosh<br />
Hashanah-Yom Kippur holy days, we tend<br />
to focus on the small window of life as it<br />
deals with our own personal space. And this<br />
is as it should be, for this is a time when we<br />
try to realign our existence with that which<br />
Judaism teaches us should be.<br />
But part of this introspective examination<br />
must be couched in a realization that,<br />
unlike the sun, the world does not revolve<br />
around us, nor is there only the present:<br />
there is the past and the future. <strong>The</strong> words<br />
of our prayers are guideposts, not acts.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se words should stimulate us to delve<br />
deeply into who and what we are, our relationship<br />
with other individuals, and our<br />
responsibilities as Jews, Americans, and<br />
It's My Party 37<br />
JF&CS Child Testing & Evaluation 16<br />
JF&CS Transition Program 21<br />
JF&CS Legacy Home Care 31<br />
JF&CS Volunteer Program 41<br />
Kroger 44<br />
Landmark Diner 26<br />
Marcus <strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center 36<br />
Stan Milton Oasis Hair Salon 23<br />
Nothing But Noodles 4<br />
Oak Grove Market 27<br />
Options for Senior America 16<br />
Omni National Bank 24<br />
Perimeter Clinic 18<br />
Personal Touch Lawn Care 9<br />
Presstine Cleaners 29<br />
Realty First 26<br />
Restaurant Eugene 6<br />
Sandy Springs Pharmacy 15<br />
Sensible Networks 15<br />
Shield's Meat Market 26<br />
Southern Sweets 29<br />
Sprong - Shoes for Kids On <strong>The</strong> Go 13<br />
Sukkot Family Retreat 36<br />
<strong>The</strong> Temple 39<br />
Tires Plus 38<br />
Trader Joe's 40<br />
Vein Innovations 34<br />
Video Impact 17<br />
<strong>The</strong> Weber School 6<br />
Wilson & Sons, Ltd. 43<br />
Wish for Wendy 32<br />
Young Chefs 11<br />
BY<br />
Marvin<br />
Botnick<br />
humans. Words are merely the joining of<br />
letters of an alphabet into something to<br />
which a meaning has been ascribed. Saying<br />
or reading words does not do anything but<br />
create an utterance. It is understanding and<br />
believing the words, which are being read<br />
or spoken, that is necessary, and it is the<br />
transference of these words into actions that<br />
actually gives true meaning to the words.<br />
A good, wholesome life is something<br />
that most of us seek. Part of this package is<br />
an inner peace, which seems to be one of<br />
the most elusive parts of life. Maybe this<br />
elusiveness is partially caused by a misdirection<br />
of what is important and a priority<br />
of values. Maybe we do not visualize the<br />
realistic picture that we are really only one<br />
of many dots.<br />
I have heard a number of people, some<br />
of whom may not attend services on a regular<br />
basis, say that the solemnity of the holidays,<br />
the aura arising from the services,<br />
and the extended removal from the daily<br />
routine leaves them with a feeling like no<br />
other they experience during the rest of the<br />
year. <strong>The</strong> hustle and bustle seems to give<br />
way to calm, and there is a feeling of serenity<br />
that they say envelops them.<br />
In different degrees, we all lack interpersonal<br />
skills. This is a time when we can<br />
and should try to understand our shortcomings<br />
and realize how we unintentionally<br />
may have hurt others, many times those<br />
who mean the most to us. Take this time to<br />
stop and think about this and remember, as<br />
an unattributed quote I read recently put it,<br />
“To the world you may mean just a person,<br />
but to a person you may mean the world.”<br />
Many of us are caught up in the dynamics<br />
of everyday living and the competitiveness<br />
that has become a mantra. We seem to<br />
have imputed into our value system a need<br />
for tangible rewards for our actions rather<br />
than our <strong>Jewish</strong> concept of good deeds for<br />
the sake of righteousness. In Judaism we<br />
refer to a righteous person as a tzaddik, a<br />
person who does not just obey the letter of<br />
the law but also encompasses in his actions<br />
the spirit and intent of what is required. As<br />
we enter this High Holiday season, this is a<br />
concept that should guide us in this time of<br />
introspection and prayer. Hopefully we will<br />
move forward into the new year in a spirit<br />
of tolerance and acceptance.<br />
Shana Tovah!<br />
Atlanta Art Gallery<br />
"Bistro Chefs", Robert Spooner, oil on panel, 24" x 26"<br />
3005 Peachtree Road, NE . Suite B . Atlanta, Georgia 30305 . Tel: 404.816.7322<br />
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM<br />
www.AtlantaArtGallery.com
September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 3<br />
What’s<br />
HAPPENING<br />
ARTHUR BLANK, MICHAEL VICK,<br />
AND JEWISH LAW. We attended Atlanta<br />
Falcons owner Arthur Blank’s July 24 press<br />
conference on the Vick dog-fighting kerfuffle<br />
and can tell you that he said all the right<br />
things, although many of them never got<br />
reported in the press. He stressed how much<br />
he loves dogs and hates dog fighting and<br />
other cruelty to animals, which took some<br />
courage, since his star quarterback had just<br />
been accused of doing terribly cruel things<br />
to dogs.<br />
Although Arthur had a ten-year, $130million<br />
contract with him, he clearly distanced<br />
himself from Vick. This did not<br />
please some of his fans, but was the right<br />
thing to do, and we congratulate Arthur on<br />
the integrity he showed early on in this crisis<br />
for his<br />
team.<br />
Maybe<br />
he will even<br />
help support<br />
legislation to<br />
be introduced<br />
next year to<br />
strengthen<br />
Georgia’s<br />
laws against<br />
dog fighting.<br />
Amidst<br />
all this<br />
Atlanta Falcons owner<br />
Arthur Blank<br />
uproar, we<br />
are proud to<br />
note that<br />
Judaism has strong laws and teachings forbidding<br />
cruelty to animals, and even the Ten<br />
Commandments require kindness to creatures<br />
in our care, mandating that they, too,<br />
be allowed a day of rest on Shabbat.<br />
RENAISSANCE WOMAN ANN TITEL-<br />
MAN. Our “Most Interesting Person” this<br />
month is the always delightful, strikingly<br />
beautiful, and elegantly glamorous Ann<br />
Titelman—fashion model; commercial realtor;<br />
bond broker; art and classical music aficionada;<br />
web entrepreneur; founder of the<br />
Concorde Group, a brokerage firm for tenants<br />
specializing in leasing—and full-time<br />
animal lover and rescuer.<br />
Ann’s family founded the famous<br />
Puritan Sportswear company and moved<br />
here from Pennsylvania a few years back.<br />
At Emory, Ann majored in anthropology<br />
and business, with a minor in French, and<br />
she has had an exciting and successful<br />
career in real estate and bonds. She’s even<br />
dated real estate tycoon and U.S. News &<br />
World Report owner Mort Zuckerman, the<br />
lucky guy.<br />
Ann also has a heart of gold. After<br />
Hurricane Katrina left tens of thousands of<br />
pet dogs and cats stranded in New Orleans,<br />
BY<br />
<strong>The</strong> multi-talented<br />
Ann Titelman<br />
Reg<br />
Regenstein<br />
many trapped<br />
in their aband<br />
o n e d<br />
homes, Ann<br />
spent almost<br />
three months<br />
there, wearing<br />
wading<br />
b o o t s<br />
(designer, of<br />
course) up to<br />
her hips;<br />
breaking<br />
down doors<br />
with axes<br />
and crowbars;<br />
wading<br />
through filthy water; rescuing, feeding, and<br />
rehabilitating stranded pets; and getting one<br />
or two hours sleep a night.<br />
One of her rescued cats, a veterinarian<br />
told her, had only about a ten percent<br />
chance of survival, but now is her “angel in<br />
heaven”—happily living with Ann in her<br />
home.<br />
Ann is very private, and the only reason<br />
she is letting us write about her is to plug<br />
her animal rescue group, Camp Rescue,<br />
with which she now spends much of her<br />
time. As long as there are animals that need<br />
help, her business ventures will have to<br />
share her valuable time.<br />
Check out her group at www.camprescue.org,<br />
and contact them if you’d like to<br />
get involved. Just getting to meet Ann<br />
would make all your effort worthwhile.<br />
Ann is an amazing person—she told us<br />
that once, in Africa, she ate a peanut butter<br />
and jelly sandwich while hanging from a<br />
tree limb in Kenya, but that’s for another<br />
column.<br />
A NIGHT IN BARCELONA. If you can’t<br />
take a trip to Spain this year, the next best<br />
thing is the William Breman <strong>Jewish</strong> Home’s<br />
upcoming gala, “A Night in Barcelona,”<br />
November 17, at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta.<br />
Celebrating the romance of Spain, the gala<br />
will feature stirring flamenco dancers, classical<br />
Spanish guitar, a mime performance,<br />
singers, a dance band, a European-style<br />
market, fabulous food prepared by Chef<br />
Billy Skiber of the Grand Hyatt Atlanta,<br />
plus live and silent auctions.<br />
<strong>The</strong> gala honors two of our community’s<br />
most dedicated and respected members,<br />
Sandy London<br />
S a n d y<br />
London and<br />
F r e d<br />
Halperin,<br />
who volunteer<br />
for the<br />
home on an<br />
almost daily<br />
basis.<br />
Publicity<br />
Chair<br />
Randi Levy,<br />
of Resume-<br />
Works (more<br />
about her<br />
later), promises “a sensory feast, with the<br />
heady scent of blooms wafting through the<br />
outdoor<br />
European<br />
market, full<br />
of unique<br />
items…..<strong>The</strong><br />
evening’s<br />
excitement<br />
builds, as the<br />
exquisite aromas<br />
and delicious<br />
tastes<br />
of our culinaryextrava-<br />
Fred Halperin<br />
ganza are<br />
unveiled.”<br />
We can hard-<br />
ly wait. Hasta la vista!<br />
<strong>The</strong> muy sympatica, bonita Co-Chair<br />
Janet Selig says, “<strong>The</strong> 2007 Fall Golden<br />
Gala promises to be a most unique and<br />
exciting celebration,” with a live auction<br />
that includes a brand-new 2008 ES 350<br />
Lexus and a silent auction featuring swanky<br />
dinners and trips.<br />
For complete info on the gala, contact<br />
Adria Wiggins at the <strong>Jewish</strong> Home, 404-<br />
351-8410.<br />
To everyone involved in this wonderful<br />
evening, we offer congratulations and<br />
muchas gracias for all your hard work.<br />
HELPING ISRAEL’S DISABLED. No<br />
group does more good work or is more<br />
deserving of our support than the Israel<br />
Sport Center for the Disabled, which helps<br />
rehabilitate disabled Israeli kids, wounded<br />
soldiers, and others.<br />
Executive Director David Koren was in<br />
town a few days ago, meeting with some<br />
Atlanta Friends of the Center—including<br />
Mark Euster, Lois and Larry Frank, Beverly<br />
Greenwald, and Lori Halpern at the lovely,<br />
woods-surrounded home of Marcia and<br />
Michael Schwarz.<br />
Right now, the center serves 550 kids,<br />
teaching them swimming, table tennis, and<br />
wheelchair basketball.<br />
As David says, it’s a wonderful feeling<br />
to see the kids go from total helplessness to<br />
being useful members of society; many<br />
have even won numerous competitions in<br />
tournaments around the world.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Friends of the Center in Atlanta are<br />
encouraging kids who get bar/bas mitzvahed<br />
to take on the center as a project, especially<br />
in helping them purchase wheelchairs.<br />
For information on how to contribute<br />
and help out, contact Marcia and<br />
Michael at msmrs@mindspring.com.<br />
From October 14-17, the center is sponsoring<br />
“Good Wheel 2007,” a four-day,<br />
265-mile bike ride, through the lovely<br />
scenery of the Galilee and the Golan, to<br />
support the ISCD. For details, contact<br />
info@iscd.com, or visit<br />
http://bikeride.iscd.com.<br />
SENIOR CITIZENS’ BEST FRIENDS. Jill<br />
Berry and Jade Sykes have for years been<br />
making life more enjoyable for our senior<br />
citizens, entertaining them during the holidays,<br />
providing them with gifts, and spending<br />
time with folks who sometimes get<br />
lonely from a lack of visitors or family. <strong>The</strong><br />
mother-daughter team is so beautiful, just<br />
seeing and being with them would be<br />
enough to cheer up anyone. It sure lifts our<br />
spirits.<br />
Recently, Jill and Jade helped organize a<br />
cocktail party at the magnificent home of<br />
two of <strong>Buckhead</strong>’s most gracious and<br />
charming hosts, Danielle Berry and Mark<br />
Squillante. <strong>The</strong> party benefited Santa for<br />
Seniors, which gathers gifts all year long, to<br />
be delivered to seniors during the winter<br />
holidays. Some 150 hungry, schmoozing,<br />
gift-bearing guests showed up, and it was a<br />
delightful evening.<br />
“Senior citizens are probably our loneliest<br />
and least considered group,”<br />
Chairperson Jill Filler Saul Berry explained.<br />
“A little bitty gift makes them smile like the<br />
days when they were young.”<br />
Reg with Jade Sykes (left) and Jill<br />
Berry<br />
Santa for Seniors, a program of Senior<br />
Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta<br />
(which is probably best known for its Meals<br />
on Wheels program), is collecting new,<br />
unwrapped “senior-friendly” items, such as<br />
large-print books, bath or personal hygiene<br />
products, small blankets, slip-resistant slippers,<br />
personal fans, flashlights, and stationery.<br />
Items can be dropped off at SCS,<br />
1705 Commerce Drive NW, between 9:00<br />
a.m.-5:00 p.m. For more information, contact<br />
Steve Hargrove at hargrove@scsatl.org<br />
or 404-605-8450, or visit www.scsatl.org.<br />
MISS AMERICAN PIE OUT IN PAPER-<br />
BACK. Margaret Sartor’s acclaimed book<br />
about growing up in Louisiana in the 1970s,<br />
Miss American Pie, is just out in paperback.<br />
Better get one—or several for gifts—before<br />
they sell out.<br />
<strong>The</strong> New York Times and Washington<br />
Post bestseller was included in O, <strong>The</strong><br />
Oprah Magazine’s “What to read this summer”;<br />
the Chicago Tribune said it was “the<br />
best book of the year”; and, of course, we<br />
here at <strong>The</strong> JG gave it our highest praise,<br />
which we’re sure helped it soar to the top.<br />
See HAPPENING, page 4
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Happening<br />
From page 3<br />
Margaret is married to native Atlantan<br />
and renowned photographer Alex Harris,<br />
whose distinguished old Atlanta family—<br />
Helen and Cecil Alexander, Carol and Art<br />
Harris, Judith and Ed Augustine, Jill and<br />
G e o r g e<br />
Brown, and<br />
Sophie and<br />
Alan Joel,<br />
celebrated the<br />
paperback’s<br />
publication at<br />
a great party<br />
at Wordsmith<br />
Books in<br />
Decatur.<br />
Margaret’s<br />
diary has<br />
Author Margaret Sartor some wild<br />
entries, such<br />
the one on November 22, 1963, when she<br />
heard that President Kennedy had been shot<br />
and then went and got her hair done. Well,<br />
Margaret’s hair certainly looked fine at her<br />
book party, but we’ve gotta say that the<br />
prettiest woman there was her mother-inlaw,<br />
Helen.<br />
Here’s an entry from July 3, 1972: “A<br />
111-year-old lady in our church died yesterday.<br />
I thought she was already dead.”<br />
And on August 9: “Today everyone was<br />
angry. Momma was angry at Stella and<br />
Mary, who were angry at each other.<br />
Momma was angry at Daddy because he<br />
didn’t care enough about who was angry.<br />
Daddy left and Stella started crying and<br />
Mary went outside and slammed the door.<br />
Mama made a racket in the kitchen. Bill<br />
went to his room and read comic books. I<br />
hated it.”<br />
Bless their hearts!<br />
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CLAUDIA LEWIS VISITS HER HOME-<br />
TOWN. Native Atlantan and now Miami<br />
resident Claudia Lewis was in town for a<br />
few days in July, and she looks just as beautiful<br />
and youthful as when she was growing<br />
up here, and all the guys had a crush on her.<br />
She made a side trip to visit her 92-yearold<br />
cousin in Alabama, Donald Lewis, who,<br />
she says, “...still has the bluest blue eyes<br />
and all his hair! He is a vegetarian. He was<br />
a lieutenant in the war, and he was assigned<br />
to Supreme Headquarters on Eisenhower’s<br />
staff.”<br />
Claudia Lewis with Yetti Levinson<br />
Arp, Laura Krugman Vincens, and<br />
Susan Postal<br />
Claudia had dinner with some old<br />
friends, the lovely and charming native<br />
Atlantans Laura Krugman Vincens (now<br />
living in Paris) and Yetti Levinson Arp, as<br />
well as Florida friend Susan Postal, who<br />
went to camp Sky Lake with many<br />
Atlantans.<br />
Best of all, we even got to have a drink<br />
with Claudia under the pretense of conducting<br />
an interview for our column.<br />
Claudia has a family of mentally and<br />
physically challenged folks that she mentors<br />
and helps, and she takes them to the<br />
Piccadilly Cafeteria at Greenbrier Mall<br />
whenever she is in town. Now that’s a real<br />
power lunch—the power of compassion—<br />
and Claudia is truly just as sweet as she is<br />
beautiful.<br />
THE WEINSTEIN HOSPICE. Bailey<br />
Barash’s great film, 203 Days, co-produced<br />
with the Weinstein Hospice, has won a prestigious<br />
CINE Golden Eagle Award. Golden<br />
Eagles are recognized “internationally as<br />
symbols of the highest production standards<br />
in filmmaking and videography.” Among<br />
the previous winners are such luminaries as<br />
Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Ken Burns,<br />
Frederick Wiseman, and Charles<br />
Guggenheim.<br />
203 Days is the story of an 89-year-old<br />
terminally ill Atlantan, Sarah Neider, and<br />
her daughter, Kaye Green. It shows the final<br />
months of Sarah’s life and how she, Kaye<br />
(with whom she is living), their family, and<br />
the hospice conduct their day-to-day activities<br />
and cope with her impending demise.<br />
Weinstein Hospice will use the documentary<br />
for<br />
education<br />
and outreach<br />
to community<br />
groups,<br />
synagogues,<br />
and other<br />
interested<br />
organizations.<br />
It will<br />
be submitted<br />
to film festivals(includ-<br />
Filmmaker Bailey<br />
Barash<br />
ing next<br />
y e a r ’ s<br />
Atlanta<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Film Festival) and media outlets.<br />
In collaboration with Joseph M. Civetta,<br />
M.D., professor of surgery, University of<br />
Connecticut School of Medicine, 203 Days<br />
is available for viewing on the internet at<br />
http://fitsweb.uchc.edu/days/days.html,<br />
accompanied by a study guide. This is<br />
offered without cost to anyone who might<br />
find it useful for educational purposes.<br />
To purchase a DVD of 203 Days, go to<br />
http://bbarash.com/bb_203days.htm.<br />
BANGKOK THYME. We have become<br />
addicted to the delicious food at Bangkok<br />
Thyme restaurant in Sandy Springs, and<br />
lots of other folks have, too, judging by the<br />
many loyal customers we see there.<br />
<strong>The</strong> food is authentic Thai, featuring<br />
delectable dishes from the various regions<br />
of the country, including several types of<br />
curry, noodles, rice, and soups such as<br />
coconut and spicy/sour—most of which can<br />
be ordered to your specifications, including<br />
leaving out the meat. <strong>The</strong>re is even a sushi<br />
bar, with the most imaginative and diverse<br />
rolls and variations we have seen in a long<br />
time. You can view the menu at<br />
www.bangkokthyme.com.<br />
Bangkok Thyme is conveniently located<br />
at 4969 Roswell Road at Belle Isle<br />
(phone: 404-389-0909). We wish you the<br />
Thai equivalent of bon appetit.<br />
GOLDBERG’S DELI. We don’t know if<br />
it’s the new décor or the old food, but loyal<br />
customers are mobbing the newly refurbished<br />
Goldberg’s at 4383 Roswell Road.<br />
Before proprietor Howard Aaron admonishes<br />
us, let us hasten to add that we don’t<br />
mean the food’s old, of course, just that it’s<br />
the same treasured dishes. Goldberg’s has<br />
See HAPPENING, page 5
September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 5<br />
Tribe<br />
From page 1<br />
sixty, in conjunction with the arrows in the<br />
agency’s logo, illustrates the comprehensive<br />
approach designed to encourage teens<br />
to create and be comfortable with their own<br />
unique <strong>Jewish</strong> identity.<br />
TRIBE Three-Sixty is leveraging the<br />
expertise of local rabbis, youth educators,<br />
and other professionals to construct something<br />
entirely new in Atlanta. Its foundation<br />
is based on three cornerstone programs.<br />
Pathways, a <strong>Jewish</strong> learning community<br />
for 8th-graders, is centered on four minicourses<br />
that launch September 9. Each<br />
mini-course is themed and comprises two<br />
Sunday sessions and a weekend retreat, for<br />
a complete program total of eight sessions<br />
and four retreats. <strong>The</strong> themes are: American<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Teen; Discover Israel; <strong>The</strong> Big<br />
Questions; and Shmirat HaGuf: Guarding<br />
the Mind, Body, and Soul. Parents are invited<br />
to some of the Sunday sessions.<br />
Journeys, the program for 9th-graders,<br />
begins October 14 and includes six Sunday<br />
Hope<br />
From page 1<br />
ies have been made in the institution’s laboratories.<br />
In one study, it was found that<br />
directly injecting islet cells into the liver of<br />
a diabetic allows the organ to regenerate<br />
insulin on its own, which may result in a<br />
cure for diabetes rather than just a treatment.<br />
Other medical treatment discoveries<br />
are just as dramatic. Many patients who<br />
have been told by other medical facilities<br />
that their conditions were terminal have<br />
turned to City of Hope and had wonderful<br />
results.<br />
I n<br />
June, City of<br />
Hope held<br />
its 2007<br />
National<br />
Convention<br />
in Beverly<br />
Hills, with<br />
800 delegates<br />
and<br />
volunteers<br />
from across<br />
Hazel Katz, a pioneer<br />
member of the Atlanta<br />
chapter of City of Hope<br />
the country<br />
in attendance.<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
three-day<br />
conference was packed with programs and<br />
seminars about the workings of the research<br />
Happening<br />
From page 4<br />
always served what people love so much,<br />
the best deli food in town. As good as New<br />
York’s, without the rudeness. Our favorites<br />
are the healthy and delicious <strong>Jewish</strong>-style<br />
grits, barley and mushroom soup, veggie<br />
burger, and all the Odwalla fruit drinks,<br />
which somehow seem to taste better when<br />
workshops and three trips to Southern<br />
cities. Participants will travel to Charleston,<br />
Birmingham, Montgomery, and Utica,<br />
Mississippi, in a program focusing on<br />
Southern <strong>Jewish</strong> identity.<br />
Crossroads, launching September 30,<br />
provides a variety of alternatives for 10ththrough<br />
12th-graders, including Pop<br />
Culture, Leadership Development, and Sex<br />
in the Texts. <strong>The</strong> program includes 15<br />
Sunday evenings and two camp<br />
Shabbatonim.<br />
All Sunday programs will be held at<br />
<strong>The</strong> Weber School, and all Shabbatonim<br />
will be at Camp Ramah Darom.<br />
But that’s not all. TRIBE Three-Sixty<br />
also encompasses the Israel Experience<br />
program, which disburses scholarship<br />
money provided by the <strong>Jewish</strong> Federation<br />
of Greater Atlanta. Passport to Israel certificates,<br />
presented to youth becoming b’nai<br />
mitzvah at participating congregations, provide<br />
$350 for approved high-school Israel<br />
programs. Scholarships for <strong>Jewish</strong> camps<br />
are also allocated by TRIBE Three-Sixty,<br />
although the money comes from endowment<br />
funds housed at the Federation.<br />
To further encourage teens to travel to<br />
hospital and its accomplishments. Among<br />
the many volunteers recognized for their<br />
work and support were Dick and Jeanie<br />
Katz, who represented the Atlanta City of<br />
Hope chapter.<br />
Dick Katz said he was amazed at the<br />
operation of the hospital and research facilities,<br />
even though, as a layman, he didn’t<br />
understand all the scientific material presented<br />
at the seminars. He and his wife<br />
were drawn to the research of City of Hope,<br />
in part, because their previous spouses died<br />
from the same type of cancer. In addition,<br />
Dick’s parents, Hazel and Jay Katz, were<br />
ardent volunteers for the organization. Dick<br />
explained that his parents weren’t able to<br />
make large donations, but his father said his<br />
greatest contribution to City of Hope was<br />
his wife. Hazel recruited many volunteers<br />
for the Atlanta chapter and continued to<br />
work on its behalf until her death. Dick<br />
found several plaques in the institution’s<br />
buildings dedicated to his parents.<br />
On October 8, the Atlanta chapter of<br />
City of Hope will celebrate its 50th anniversary<br />
with a dinner at the Fish Market. <strong>The</strong><br />
guest speaker will be Bill Nigut, regional<br />
director of ADL. At the dinner, Dick and<br />
Jeanie will be honored for their philanthropy<br />
and recent $100,000 pledge in Hazel<br />
Katz’s memory. Dick has generously supported<br />
many charities, but, he said, “I was<br />
tremendously impressed with what I saw<br />
and heard at the City of Hope’s convention.<br />
they are served by our favorite waitress,<br />
Patti.<br />
And if you happen to be a few miles<br />
southwest of that location, the Goldberg’s at<br />
Northside Parkway and West Paces Ferry is<br />
equally good and just as crowded with<br />
happy, hungry customers.<br />
COMING UP. Next issue: Exclusive<br />
Report—what ever happened to native<br />
Atlantans Ruth Abram, now in New York,<br />
and Laura Krugman, now in Paris?<br />
Israel, TRIBE Three-Sixty will launch a<br />
pilot community-wide trip next summer,<br />
when Israel will celebrate its 60th year.<br />
March of the Living, another program<br />
of TRIBE Three-Sixty, takes high-school<br />
juniors and seniors to Poland for a week to<br />
memorialize Yom HaShoah and then to<br />
Israel to celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut. <strong>The</strong><br />
next march is April 28-May 11, 2008.<br />
Recruitment for this life-changing experience<br />
is in full swing. Space is limited, so<br />
teens are encouraged to contact TRIBE<br />
Three-Sixty as soon as possible.<br />
Experiential education comes in many<br />
forms. For instance, TRIBE Three-Sixty<br />
encourages teens’ involvement in community<br />
service. Amy’s Party, in its 13th year, is<br />
a holiday party for children living in homeless<br />
shelters and foster homes. Scheduled<br />
this year for December 9 at <strong>The</strong> Weber<br />
School, Amy’s Party is an informal program<br />
designed for <strong>Jewish</strong> 8th- through 12thgraders<br />
to give back to the larger community.<br />
J-Serve, scheduled for April 13, 2008,<br />
is the <strong>Jewish</strong> element of an annual day of<br />
service for youth throughout the world. It is<br />
a day on which <strong>Jewish</strong> teens join their coun-<br />
If I had known how pleasurable it is to give<br />
money away, I would have worked harder<br />
to make more.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> entire Atlanta community is invited<br />
to attend the chapter’s anniversary event.<br />
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terparts in other faith communities, other<br />
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time to serve the communities in which<br />
they live. J-Serve 2007 engaged over 7,000<br />
students in service projects coordinated in<br />
over 70 different communities.<br />
“TRIBE Three-Sixty’s target market is<br />
the 89 percent of Atlanta’s <strong>Jewish</strong> teens<br />
who do not attend <strong>Jewish</strong> day schools,”<br />
says Levitan. According to the Atlanta<br />
Population Research study, of the 9,700<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> teens between the ages of 12-17,<br />
only 1,200 are engaged in <strong>Jewish</strong> programming<br />
or formal education. More worrisome<br />
is the fact that 49 percent of Atlanta’s<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> teens live in intermarried households,<br />
and, of those, 67 percent have not<br />
had any <strong>Jewish</strong> education.<br />
TRIBE Three-Sixty hopes to find these<br />
teens where they are. Thus, the marketing<br />
efforts will employ the latest media and<br />
technology, such as podcasts, as well as utilize<br />
terminology that speaks to teens.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> whole idea is to encourage our<br />
teens to become members of the TRIBE,”<br />
states Faintich.<br />
For more information, visit www.tribethreesixty.org,<br />
or call 404-961-9950.<br />
For more information and to make reservations,<br />
call Reva Riener, 770-565-6793. For<br />
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Page 6 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN September-October 2007<br />
<strong>The</strong> Brickery wants to take the headache out of settling the bill<br />
By Brian Katzowitz<br />
<strong>The</strong> routine is the same for almost<br />
everyone, everywhere. Whether you’re<br />
grabbing a quick bite during a busy lunch<br />
hour at Chili’s or enjoying a filet mignon at<br />
Atlanta’s finest steakhouse, paying the bill<br />
can be an arduous, multi-step process. But<br />
in an industry that has come increasingly<br />
under fire due to credit card theft and<br />
“skimming,” in which a card’s magnetic<br />
strip is duplicated, restaurant owners are<br />
beginning to seek out other options.<br />
Bruce Alterman, the longtime owner of<br />
<strong>The</strong> Brickery, a Sandy Springs restaurant<br />
staple for the synagogue crowd, understands<br />
the massive flaw in the restaurant<br />
industry’s payment system and is participating<br />
in a pilot project to offer a pay-atthe-table<br />
system for his customers.<br />
Developed by Verifone, the project supplies<br />
<strong>The</strong> Brickery’s waitstaff with manual credit<br />
card machines that allow customers to<br />
never lose sight of their cards.<br />
“It benefits us and our customers in a<br />
number of different ways,” said Alterman.<br />
“In addition to streamlining efficiency and<br />
greatly reducing the chance that cards get<br />
misplaced, it will hopefully eliminate the<br />
credit card fraud that’s plaguing our industry.”<br />
Already prevalent in Europe, the payat-the-table<br />
system has yet to hit the mainstream<br />
in the U.S., although many owners,<br />
Alterman included, predict that it will.<br />
Whether due to the expense, up to $12,000<br />
per restaurant, or skepticism about its reliability<br />
or effectiveness, it is unclear whether<br />
systems like Verifone’s will become the<br />
norm when dining out.<br />
For Alterman’s restaurant, the pay-atthe-table<br />
system offers him the chance to<br />
jump ahead of the curve in the restaurant<br />
business, an opportunity rarely afforded to<br />
a family-owned, neighborhood establishment.<br />
“We haven’t always had the financial<br />
resources to compete against the big chains,<br />
but the advent of new technology like these<br />
systems puts us on equal footing,” he said.<br />
While he may not enjoy the revenue of<br />
Atlanta’s chain restaurants, Alterman has<br />
done something right in his 16 years of<br />
owning <strong>The</strong> Brickery. <strong>The</strong> customers are<br />
loyal and the crowds steady. Rarely does<br />
one pass through the front door without recognizing<br />
a familiar face from down the<br />
street or down the aisle at temple.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pay-at-the-table system may or<br />
may not make it out of the pilot stage, but<br />
Alterman will continue seeking out options<br />
to lead the way in customer service and<br />
restaurant efficiency.<br />
PAY AT THE TABLE: Katie Rosenberg with Brickery regulars Arlene Turry,<br />
Kimberly Jordan, and Sherry King
September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 7<br />
Your everyday life will fascinate<br />
future generations<br />
For the last several years, I have been<br />
writing my memoirs. Since I was the only<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> kid in a small Southern mill town, I<br />
thought it could make some interesting reading,<br />
similar to <strong>The</strong> Jew Store by Stella<br />
Suberman.<br />
I have published some of my experiences<br />
in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Georgian</strong> and may still put the<br />
stories in book form. However, if that does not<br />
happen, there still will be a record for my kids<br />
and their kids. I believe that all of us have a<br />
story to tell, and, if we do not act, that story<br />
will be forgotten after we leave this earth. Of<br />
course, there will be photographs and letters<br />
(although, these days, many people e-mail or<br />
call). However, thoughts and feelings cannot<br />
be captured by a photograph alone.<br />
Recently, I saw the “Anne Frank in the<br />
World” exhibition and learned a great deal<br />
when I saw a video that gave a brief history of<br />
the Franks. Anne’s father said he did not realize<br />
the depth of his daughter’s personality<br />
until he read her diary. He said he thought he<br />
knew his daughter, but he did not. His comments<br />
reinforced my determination to keep<br />
writing my memoirs.<br />
Another occurrence also helped me continue<br />
to write. Several years ago, my wife’s<br />
cousin Michael Carasik, who lives in<br />
Philadelphia and is a Judaics scholar at the<br />
University of Pennsylvania, received an email<br />
from the YIVO Institute for <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
Research in New York, asking if he was related<br />
to a Sam Carasik. It seems that over 50<br />
years ago, there was a contest in which participants<br />
were asked to submit accounts of their<br />
immigrant experiences. Sam Carasik, who<br />
was born in Russia and immigrated to<br />
Baltimore in the early 1900s, submitted his<br />
story.<br />
<strong>The</strong> stories entered in the contest were<br />
forgotten, only to be rediscovered in the mid-<br />
1990s. Of the more than 200 stories, YIVO<br />
wanted to publish 15 in book form. Sam<br />
Carasik’s entry was one of the 15. Needing a<br />
release from a family member, YIVO located<br />
Michael via the internet and contacted him.<br />
<strong>The</strong> bottom line is that Sam Carasik was<br />
indeed my wife’s grandfather. YIVO sent the<br />
120-page story to Michael, who sent a copy to<br />
my wife. <strong>The</strong> story was written in Yiddish, but<br />
the institute provided an English translation.<br />
My wife and I read with great interest her<br />
grandfather’s account of growing up in<br />
Poland. At one point in the story, Sam mentioned<br />
his beautiful two-year-old granddaughter.<br />
(My wife was his first grandchild.) He also<br />
had some vivid comments about his wife. I<br />
met Sam once, after Marilyn and I were married.<br />
(He was living in Jacksonville, Florida,<br />
at the time.) He had an infectious smile and a<br />
wonderful, hearty laugh. I remember Marilyn<br />
telling me how intelligent he was. In his autobiography,<br />
he recounted many times the books<br />
he read as a boy. Sam had truly left a legacy to<br />
his family.<br />
By now, I know what you are saying. “I<br />
can’t write. My memories are not that good. I<br />
can’t remember things.” Just know that you<br />
probably are not going to publish your story.<br />
You are writing for future generations. Don’t<br />
worry about grammar. Just write as if you<br />
were talking. Start off slowly—maybe a halfpage,<br />
maybe once a week, maybe once a<br />
month. You don’t have to show your work to<br />
anybody.<br />
A technique to help you remember experiences<br />
is to look at old photographs. Think<br />
about what was happening at the time. What<br />
were your thoughts? Were you happy, sad, or<br />
angry? <strong>The</strong>re are also good books on writing<br />
memoirs. If you really do not want to write,<br />
use a good tape recorder. If you feel comfortable<br />
doing so, you might ask someone to type<br />
what you have recorded.<br />
Remember Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign?<br />
You will be amazed how you can remember<br />
things once you get started—and, I promise<br />
you, it will be fun. Just think—one day, maybe<br />
your grandkids or great-grandkids will read<br />
your story instead of just looking at pictures. I<br />
like to imagine my own saying, “Wow, I didn’t<br />
know that about granddad. He was really<br />
something.”<br />
Just do it!<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are not<br />
your grandparents’<br />
High Holy Day services.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re that—and a whole lot more.<br />
Please join us for our inclusive, egalitarian and participatory<br />
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Sonenshine<br />
Fellowship of the Full Heart<br />
A <strong>Jewish</strong> Reconstructionist Federation Community<br />
All services $118/individual, $200/couple • Single services $36<br />
No charge for children or students attending with their families.<br />
Childcare available by reservation only.<br />
Services will be held at Central Congregational Church<br />
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A mission to Moldova brings blessings to all<br />
By Susan N. Orloff<br />
With trepidation, this 60-year-old occupational<br />
therapist packed suitcases<br />
crammed with toys and began a journey that<br />
would actualize the Yiddish song, “Mayn<br />
Shtetle Beltz” (My Little Shtetl Beltz).<br />
It was a journey less of miles and more<br />
of visualized memories of what my Bubbie<br />
Yettie had told me of her life “back in the<br />
old country” and images of my mother, of<br />
Blessed Memory, glibly referring to herself<br />
as the “Queen of Romania.” In so many<br />
ways, I felt as if I went home.<br />
And like trips back home, it was warm,<br />
welcoming, and familiar.<br />
I almost didn’t go. I was scared and<br />
unsure about going far away to a place<br />
where I didn’t know anyone. My daughter’s<br />
good friends, the Spaldings, convinced me<br />
otherwise, and so, on faith in Hashem, off I<br />
went.<br />
Once the decision was made, it was as if<br />
instant fairy godmothers appeared in the<br />
form of Terri Bagen, Julie Kaminsky, and<br />
Natalia Alhazov. <strong>The</strong> trip was organized by<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Healthcare International and directed<br />
by Terri, who is a mitzvah guided by the<br />
hand of G-d.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first stop was Kishinev, a bustling<br />
city of electric streetcars and outdoor cafés.<br />
It is also home to the Kishinev <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
Center, a large building housing a daycare<br />
center and multiple <strong>Jewish</strong> agencies, working<br />
to recreate, stimulate, and preserve<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> life in an area of the world that was<br />
over 60% <strong>Jewish</strong> before World War II. <strong>The</strong><br />
optimism, dedication, and hunger for information<br />
demonstrated by the staff and program<br />
participants was infectious; I was at<br />
once both the teacher and the student—<br />
learning from them about appreciating life<br />
at its roots, while re-discovering mine.<br />
Next came Tiraspol, an island of<br />
Russian rule in the middle of the country,<br />
where visas are required for entry. Now that<br />
was scary! It was as if we needed a visa to<br />
go from <strong>Buckhead</strong> to Marietta.<br />
But visas and rules and a 90-minute<br />
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As an occupational therapist who uses<br />
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various activities in which the children<br />
eagerly joined.<br />
Beltz was amazing, both the <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
center and the home visits. Going to see the<br />
homes—the small, well-kept living quarters<br />
of people who are poor but proud—was<br />
heart-warming. This was the shtetl. <strong>The</strong> dirt<br />
roads, the gardens of potatoes, and kitchens<br />
smaller than most of our guest bathrooms<br />
awed me as I remembered my bubbie’s<br />
“struddle and milikah”—how did she do it<br />
in such a small place? I could close my eyes<br />
and see Shabbos of 100 years ago in these<br />
humble, well-loved little homes.<br />
Camp was another experience—I taught<br />
baseball, one of my favorites—and both<br />
children with and without disabilities<br />
played together. Although all the games<br />
were “tied”—courtesy of a little rigging on<br />
my part—clearly, I felt like the winner.<br />
My mission-mates were outstanding.<br />
We became more than colleagues—we<br />
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Lauren Zimet expanded my vision of<br />
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So to Lauren Zimet, the speech therapist<br />
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the mascot of our mission); Israeli psychologist<br />
Inbar Kremer; Israeli physical therapist<br />
Miri Ratson; Drs. Elena Deseatnicova<br />
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September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 9<br />
My wishes for the New Year<br />
I listen to the news all during the day<br />
and into the night—on the radio, on TV, in<br />
my car, in the kitchen, in my bedroom. It is<br />
a habit I need to break. I’m sick of the<br />
news!<br />
All this over-saturation has one<br />
redeeming feature—it has made me sure of<br />
what I wish for the New Year. My first wish<br />
is that I never hear of another American<br />
soldier killed in Iraq. I cry for these young<br />
boys and for their<br />
families.<br />
My next wish<br />
is for a political<br />
climate free of<br />
lies, spin, deception,<br />
and wrongdoing.<br />
May our<br />
country know<br />
truth, honor, and<br />
the respect it so<br />
richly deserves.<br />
I wish that stem cell research becomes<br />
a reality. When lives could be saved with<br />
this advance, how can the funding for it be<br />
questioned?<br />
Recently, I heard the news of an agreement<br />
to sell more arms to countries in the<br />
Middle East. How can increased arms be<br />
thought the road to peace?<br />
Every day here in Atlanta, there are<br />
Best wishes for a<br />
Happy New Year, and<br />
may all your wishes<br />
and mine come true.<br />
BY<br />
more and more shootings—families, children,<br />
young and old victims of violence. Is<br />
it too much to ask for stricter limitations on<br />
firearms?<br />
I wish that the<br />
trillions of dollars<br />
we are spending<br />
on war could be<br />
allocated elsewhere,<br />
such as on<br />
the now questioned<br />
funds for<br />
child healthcare.<br />
And while we are<br />
speaking of health,<br />
I hope for good health here at home for<br />
many friends and relatives.<br />
Lastly, in my simplistic list of dreams, I<br />
wish that Atlanta’s traffic could be helped,<br />
but I guess that is going to take Divine<br />
Intervention.<br />
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MJCCA News<br />
DREAMCOAT RETURNS. <strong>The</strong> Broadway<br />
musical Joseph and the Amazing<br />
Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to the<br />
Morris & Rae Frank <strong>The</strong>atre of the Marcus<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center of Atlanta, 5342<br />
Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Directed by<br />
George Fox and running September 6-16,<br />
this community theater production is for all<br />
ages. It includes a cast of talented members<br />
of Atlanta’s <strong>Jewish</strong> community and a live<br />
pit orchestra directed by Bob Schultz and<br />
Matt Bernstein.<br />
George Fox says, “This is Joseph like<br />
you’ve never seen it before: it’s multimedia,<br />
and this version will be even better than the<br />
November ‘05 production, which sold out<br />
all seven performances.”<br />
Performances will take place Thursday,<br />
September 6, and Monday, September 10,<br />
7:30 p.m.; Saturday, September 8, and<br />
Saturday, September 15, 9:00 p.m.; and<br />
afternoons on Sunday, September 9, and<br />
Sunday, September 16. Tickets are $16-$19<br />
for children and $21-$28 for adults.<br />
Discounts are available for seniors, children,<br />
and MJCCA members. All seats are<br />
reserved.<br />
To order tickets, call 1-800-494-TIXS<br />
or visit www.boxofficetickets.com.<br />
OUTSTANDING LEADERS. <strong>The</strong> MJCCA<br />
honored outstanding community leaders at<br />
the 6th annual Breakfast for our<br />
Champions, August 19, at Zaban Park.<br />
In addition to the two awards traditionally<br />
given during this event, the Erwin<br />
Zaban Bridge Builder and Good Sport of<br />
the Year awards, the MJCCA added a third,<br />
the BBYO Leadership Award.<br />
George Stern received the Erwin Zaban<br />
Bridge Builder Award, which is given for<br />
demonstrating leadership in building<br />
bridges between the MJCCA and the greater<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> community by facilitating communication,<br />
understanding, and cooperation.<br />
Mike Schube is the Good Sport of the<br />
Year honoree. This award is given to the<br />
individual who has shown sustained commitment<br />
to the MJCCA’s Sports & Fitness<br />
department through a longtime involvement<br />
in coaching, mentoring, or recruiting.<br />
Philip Karlick received the BBYO<br />
Leadership Award. This honor goes to a<br />
successful community leader and <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
philanthropist who is also an advocate for<br />
teen programs and has demonstrated an<br />
exemplary commitment to BBYO.<br />
NEW YORK LIFE MAKES CASH<br />
AWARD. <strong>The</strong> MJCCA was awarded a grant<br />
through the New York Life Foundation’s<br />
Competitive Grants Program. <strong>The</strong> New<br />
York Life Foundation annually awards up<br />
to 40 grants of $5,000 to the most compelling<br />
children-related projects submitted<br />
by eligible New York Life employees,<br />
agents, or retirees. <strong>The</strong> MJCCA is using the<br />
grant to provide a safe place for refugee<br />
children whose parents are unable to supervise<br />
them during the daytime summer hours<br />
and after school. Approximately 50 refugee<br />
children and teens attended at least one full<br />
week of day camp at the MJCCA this summer<br />
or will attend vacation camp during the<br />
year.<br />
“I am proud to be actively involved with<br />
the MJCCA,” said Bryan Wulz, a volunteer<br />
from New York Life’s Atlanta office. “This<br />
organization is making a difference in our<br />
community, and I am pleased to support its<br />
mission.” Wulz has been involved with the<br />
MJCCA for 12 years, serving as a member<br />
of the Sports & Fitness Committee, commissioner<br />
of the Men’s 40 & over basketball<br />
league, captain in multiple basketball<br />
leagues, and a volunteer at many community<br />
events.<br />
FRIENDLY COMPETITION. Despite two<br />
consecutive Sunday rain-outs and continuing<br />
inclement weather on the third, the<br />
Fugees and the MJCCA Maccabi U14 (14year-old)<br />
and U16 (16-year-old) boys’ soccer<br />
teams finally met on the soccer field,<br />
Sunday, July 22, at the MJCCA for an afternoon<br />
scrimmage.<br />
All was not sunny skies, however, as the<br />
rain finally interrupted play after the Fugees<br />
outscored the U16 team, 1–0, and the U14<br />
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and socializing on July 22 (Photo<br />
courtesy the MJCCA)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fugees, a Clarkston-based team of<br />
refugee children between the ages of 9-17,<br />
made national headlines earlier this year<br />
when Mayor Lee Swaney told a local newspaper<br />
that there would be no more soccer<br />
played in the town park. Following an article<br />
in the New York Times, Mayor Swaney<br />
invited Coach Luma Mufleh and the Fugees<br />
back to the park, citing a misunderstanding<br />
on the part of the city.<br />
For now, the Fugees are back on grass.<br />
However, the biggest surprise came straight<br />
from Hollywood: Universal Studios plans<br />
to immortalize the Fugees on the big screen<br />
and has agreed to a $3 million book and<br />
movie deal. This money will be held in a<br />
trust and used for the Fugees’ continuing<br />
education.<br />
HOME AWAY FROM HOME. <strong>The</strong><br />
MJCCA’s Sophie Hirsh Srochi <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
Discovery Museum is presenting “Your<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Home,” through February 1.<br />
This new exhibition opens the door to<br />
children’s imagination when they step<br />
inside a home built just for them. Children<br />
can play with furry pets in the front yard,<br />
help one another plant and harvest in the<br />
garden, have a picnic in the Sukkah, prepare<br />
a kosher dairy or meat meal, explore the<br />
treasures and toys in the child’s room, try<br />
Avigail Slifkin and Zoe Shapiro play<br />
with the pets and the doghouse in<br />
“Your <strong>Jewish</strong> Home.”<br />
their hand at Hebrew school homework,<br />
and more. Each portion of the exhibition<br />
has a detailed explanation of its relationship<br />
to <strong>Jewish</strong> thought, holidays, and customs.<br />
Additionally, the museum invites children<br />
and their families from across the<br />
community to enjoy Sunday Family<br />
Fundays. Families will delight in traditional<br />
stories and songs, while making crafts relating<br />
to <strong>Jewish</strong> holidays and customs. <strong>The</strong><br />
first Sunday Family Funday, September 30,<br />
10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, is called “Make<br />
Your Own Chocolate Sukkah.”<br />
“Your <strong>Jewish</strong> Home” was designed by<br />
Museum Director Cyndi Shapiro and Travis<br />
George. Museum hours are Tuesday-<br />
Thursday, 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Friday, 10<br />
a.m.-2:00 p.m., and Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-<br />
4:30 p.m. Admission is $3 per child for nonmembers;<br />
free for members. For more<br />
information, contact Cyndi Shapiro at 770-<br />
395-2511 or cyndi.shapiro@atlantajcc.org.<br />
WORKING TOGETHER. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
Community Center Association/<br />
Coca-Cola Company Days of Caring<br />
and Sharing Program at the MJCCA’s<br />
Camp Isidore Alterman Teen<br />
Leadership Camp allowed teens<br />
ages 13-15 to gain a strong sense of<br />
teamwork, community, leadership,<br />
and Tikun Olam. Pictured: Delaney<br />
Rohde, Lindsay Kraun, Natalie<br />
Mancini, Alex Frank, Abbi Folk, and<br />
Josh Lieberman<br />
A CUT ABOVE. Maya Schiele, 5,<br />
shows off her stylish new “do” after<br />
donating eight inches of her hair to<br />
Locks of Love, a non-profit organization<br />
that provides hairpieces for children<br />
suffering from long-term medical<br />
hair loss. Pictured with Maya is<br />
Van Michael Salon’s Robin Sanford,<br />
who donated her time during <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
Festival 2007 to cut hair for Locks of<br />
Love.
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Things to do if you’re a 20-something Jew<br />
La Shana Tova! Enjoy your family and<br />
friends during the High Holidays, whether<br />
it is in synagogue or at a big dinner party.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are so many opportunities to get<br />
involved with local <strong>Jewish</strong> groups this time<br />
of year. Hope to see you at one of the cool<br />
events listed below.<br />
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL. <strong>The</strong> registration<br />
for Birthright Israel’s Atlanta group trip, a<br />
free trip to Israel for young adults, is open<br />
now. Contact Erin Hirsch at 404-870-1614<br />
or ehirsch@jfga.org, or visit<br />
www.birthrightisrael.com.<br />
RABBI SILVERMAN. Rabbi Dave<br />
Silverman, one of the founders of Atlanta<br />
Scholars Kollel, hosts a discussion group<br />
that meets one Sunday a month at his house<br />
in the Toco Hill area.<br />
<strong>The</strong> goal of the group is to raise young<br />
adults’ level of <strong>Jewish</strong> awareness by presenting<br />
the Torah and the responsibility that<br />
Judaism entails in a sophisticated and<br />
meaningful way. Topics include contemporary<br />
situations, the <strong>Jewish</strong> calendar, and<br />
current events. For more information, contact<br />
Jon Grant at<br />
jonathanlgrant@hotmail.com.<br />
KOSHER CHAMELEON. Kosher<br />
Chameleons are young <strong>Jewish</strong> profession-<br />
BY<br />
Hannah<br />
Vahaba<br />
als living in Atlanta. <strong>The</strong>y enjoy going out<br />
in Midtown, the Highlands, and, rarely,<br />
<strong>Buckhead</strong>. Kosher Chameleon parties are<br />
hosted by Spiral Entertainment, which has<br />
been throwing parties for the past nine<br />
years. <strong>The</strong> events draw 1,000-4,000 people,<br />
mostly 21-40-year-old intowners. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
parties are not religiously affiliated. For<br />
more information on this and other events,<br />
visit www.kosherchameleon.com.<br />
2135 THE SINGLE SPOT. 2135, the<br />
MJCCA <strong>Jewish</strong> singles group, has several<br />
upcoming events for young professionals<br />
such as leisure activities, night-time entertainment,<br />
and exciting trips. A co-ed kickball<br />
league starts Ocober 8; games are<br />
Mondays at MJCCA Zaban Park, 7:00-9:00<br />
p.m.; fees are $45 for members and $65 for<br />
non-members. A Yom Kippur Break-the-<br />
Fast for young adults takes places<br />
September 22, 8:00 p.m., at the Post<br />
Briarcliff clubhouse, 7000 Briarcliff Gables<br />
Circle NE. Registration for all events is<br />
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HILLELS OF GEORGIA. Hillels of<br />
Georgia is hosting Conservative and<br />
Reform High Holiday services at the<br />
Emory Campus, 555 Asbury Circle NE.<br />
This is a very popular event for young<br />
adults in the Atlanta area. Rosh Hashanah<br />
services will be hosted on September 12<br />
(Erev Rosh Hashanah), September 13, and<br />
September 14. Hillel will also host Yom<br />
Kippur services on September 21 (Erev<br />
Yom Kippur) and September 22. For more<br />
information or to purchase tickets, call 404-<br />
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www.hillelsofgeorgia.org.<br />
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Page 16 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN September-October 2007<br />
“Genuine Fake Rabbis” are a<br />
hit with the unaffiliated<br />
Getting unaffiliated Jews into a synagogue<br />
is no easy task, even on the High<br />
Holidays. Many people don’t have much of a<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> education or familiarity with rituals.<br />
And many have an interest in keeping up with<br />
our <strong>Jewish</strong> traditions, but don’t feel that comfortable<br />
walking into a synagogue that they<br />
don’t attend very often. Getting unaffiliated<br />
Jews into an Orthodox synagogue could be<br />
even more challenging.<br />
Enter, stage left, the Genuine Fake Rabbis<br />
of the Atlanta <strong>Jewish</strong> Experience.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re two lay leaders, non-rabbis, who<br />
lead unique learner’s services in Atlanta.<br />
During Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services<br />
last year, almost 300 unaffiliated Jews<br />
followed these pied pipers into a synagogue<br />
for what was promised to be inspiring services<br />
they could understand and appreciate.<br />
Four years ago,<br />
Beth Jacob, “the<br />
Orthodox synagogue<br />
for all Jews” started a<br />
learner’s service for<br />
the High Holidays.<br />
Little did the congregation<br />
know that, by<br />
becoming “fake,” the<br />
project could gain so<br />
much genuine atten-<br />
tion. But let’s take a<br />
step back, and see how<br />
“the experience”<br />
evolved.<br />
Matt Lewis and Kivi Bernhardt are two<br />
Beth Jacob members who gave up their own<br />
participation in High Holiday services to do<br />
this community outreach. In their first year,<br />
they had 40 or so people at Rosh Hashanah<br />
services and about 70 at the Yom Kippur service.<br />
“We thought there were many more people,<br />
young people especially,” says Matt<br />
Lewis, “who would be interested in our services,<br />
and we wanted to share what we could<br />
offer and actively promote these unusual<br />
services.”<br />
Taking on the marketing of these holiday<br />
services, Matt, Kivi, and I “pumped up the<br />
volume.” First we named the services<br />
“Atlanta <strong>Jewish</strong> Experience,” designed a<br />
logo, developed a four-color ad campaign in<br />
distinctive colors, and gave this learner’s<br />
service a home on the internet at<br />
www.Atlanta<strong>Jewish</strong>Experience.org. We<br />
promised our services would be “spiritual, but<br />
accessible…with fewer prayers and more perspective.”<br />
We explained that you don’t have to be<br />
familiar with ritual, and you don’t need to<br />
read Hebrew. It was for anyone with any level<br />
of experience and from any background—<br />
Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist—<br />
who wanted an interactive, experiential service<br />
that had explanations and inspiration for<br />
the coming New Year. We also explained that<br />
it wouldn’t cost a nickel to get in, and there<br />
would be no solicitation.<br />
An Associated Press reporter, who was<br />
doing an article on the annual scramble for<br />
BY<br />
Genuine Fake Rabbis: Kivi Bernard<br />
and Matt Lewis<br />
Joel<br />
Alpert<br />
High Holiday tickets, saw our ads. She was<br />
particularly intrigued by the phrase we used<br />
in last year’s marketing, which branded the<br />
two lay leaders as “Genuine Fake Rabbis.”<br />
Her article eventually appeared in 30 daily<br />
newspapers and publication websites, including<br />
New York Newsday, Chicago Sun-Times,<br />
Miami Herald, Washington Times, and<br />
Forbes. And when she mentioned the<br />
“Genuine Fake Rabbis,” that handle stuck. In<br />
fact, people who made it to the services—and<br />
even people who didn’t—seemed to remember<br />
“Genuine Fake<br />
Rabbis” as much as<br />
“Atlanta <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
Experience.”<br />
At last year’s<br />
services, a wide variety<br />
of people experienced<br />
these “genuine<br />
fakes,” including three<br />
college girls with nose<br />
rings, grandmothers<br />
who always wanted to<br />
know more, a gentleman<br />
from Alabama<br />
dressed in army camouflage, a father from<br />
Alpharetta with his three sons—and even a<br />
few members of Congregation Beth Jacob,<br />
our host synagogue, who wanted to sit in on<br />
these unusual and inspiring services.<br />
Participants heard inspiring stories and<br />
perspectives on the <strong>Jewish</strong> New Year from<br />
Kivi Bernhardt (the son of a real rabbi in<br />
South Africa), whose knowledge of leopards<br />
in the African jungle somehow seamlessly<br />
makes its way into conversations about our<br />
individuality and our <strong>Jewish</strong> spiritual heritage.<br />
“It is, indeed, a privilege for me to have<br />
the opportunity to talk with my fellow Jews<br />
from all backgrounds about the meaning and<br />
perspective of our traditions and perhaps<br />
ignite a spark that touches their <strong>Jewish</strong> souls.”<br />
Participants also benefited from Matt<br />
Lewis’ practical introductions to prayers,<br />
responsive readings in English, and answers<br />
to questions about the services, plus a noholds-barred<br />
Q&A session about anything<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong>, where all sorts of usual and unusual<br />
questions were discussed. Throughout the<br />
service and during the Q&A, there were quite<br />
a few raised eyebrows and “so that’s what<br />
that’s all about” moments of recognition.<br />
From reports last year, most partici<br />
pants were wowed. One said, “”It was a great<br />
experience. And probably my first visit to<br />
synagogue during High Holidays when I did<br />
not feel that I do not belong there.” Another<br />
said, “It was my first time at this congrega-<br />
See FAKE RABBI, page 17
September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 17<br />
What was OK yesterday is risky today<br />
By Cecile Waronker<br />
When my children were little (and it<br />
continues even today) I had the “Five<br />
Second Rule.” If food drops on the floor<br />
and you pick it up within five seconds, you<br />
can go ahead and eat it. Germs don’t grow<br />
that fast!<br />
I loved walking around barefoot, and so<br />
did my children, but my husband didn’t, so<br />
when we heard him coming home, everyone<br />
ran to get their shoes. It was a carefree<br />
feeling, walking around with no shoes on.<br />
I used to leave frozen meat out to thaw<br />
before I went to work. I would come home<br />
that night and cook it, and nobody got sick.<br />
We never heard of food poisoning.<br />
I grew up in a small town, and we hardly<br />
ever locked the door to our house. We<br />
had a key, but everyone who needed it—<br />
including the plumber, electrician, or any<br />
workman—knew the Cohens’ house key<br />
was under the pillow of the rocking chair<br />
on the front porch. After I was married and<br />
long gone, I was visiting home and sitting<br />
on the porch with my mom when we<br />
tion. Since I am not Orthodox, I would not<br />
have come otherwise. <strong>The</strong>ir interesting examples,<br />
metaphors, explanations were most<br />
enjoyable.” And <strong>Jewish</strong> DJ Jimmy Baron,<br />
formerly of Atlanta’s 99X, said, “It helped me<br />
understand Judaism a lot better. Everybody I<br />
talked to left feeling they had gotten something<br />
meaningful and valuable.”<br />
This year, we took the marketing concept<br />
further, capitalizing on the press we received<br />
last year. We developed the official Genuine<br />
Fake Rabbi (GFR) seal and bestowed it upon<br />
Matt and Kivi. As we did last year, in this<br />
year’s marketing we’ve promised that Matt,<br />
an anesthetist in real life, won’t put people to<br />
BY<br />
Cecile<br />
Waronker<br />
noticed that someone had stolen one of the<br />
rocking chairs.<br />
We didn’t have automatic locks on the<br />
car doors. Who locked cars? You turned off<br />
the car and got out. End of story!<br />
Things have really changed. You have<br />
to be so careful with all the food you eat.<br />
We lock our houses and cars, and we carry<br />
cell phones for safety. You used to look<br />
from left to right and then look again when<br />
crossing the street to avoid being hit by a<br />
car. Now, you look all around yourself even<br />
when you are simply walking to your car.<br />
It’s being sensible.<br />
We have security systems for our houses.<br />
About twenty years ago, our home was<br />
broken into in the middle of the day. <strong>The</strong><br />
burglars stole the oddest things—passports,<br />
WORLD PREMIERE<br />
Celebrating its 13th year, <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong>atre of the South opens the season<br />
October 13, with Mark Goldsmith’s<br />
Comparing Books. This new comedy tells<br />
the story of Brown University student<br />
Brad Feingold, who finds himself in debt<br />
to the Mafia and brings a loan shark to his<br />
family’s Upper East Side apartment to<br />
search for money. Mark Goldsmith also<br />
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2006 Fringe Festival. Directed by<br />
Melanie Martin Long, the Comparing<br />
Books world premiere runs through<br />
November 4. Preview performances are<br />
October 10-12.<br />
For ticket information and purchase,<br />
contact the JTS Box Office at 770-395-<br />
2654, or buy tickets at www.jplay.org.<br />
Fake Rabbi<br />
From page 16<br />
Sharon Zoe Litzky and Eric<br />
Mendenhall in Mark Goldsmith’s<br />
Comparing Books (Photo:<br />
TWMEYER.com)<br />
sleep, and Kivi, an outdoorsman from South<br />
Africa, will leave his machete at home.<br />
We also began to take advantage of “Web<br />
2.0” internet tools—the enhanced capabilities<br />
and interactivity available via evolving internet<br />
technology—by embedding a fun video<br />
on every page of our website. And we’re<br />
offering free tickets that are personalized and<br />
returned via e-mail immediately after you<br />
request a ticket on the site. So that’s instant<br />
gratification plus access to a taste of our<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> heritage—a pretty sweet deal for the<br />
New Year.<br />
L’shanah Tovah!<br />
Joel Alpert, a direct marketing specialist and<br />
business strategist, has been a part of what’s<br />
now called Atlanta <strong>Jewish</strong> Experience since<br />
2005.<br />
coins in a metal cabinet, but no money, no<br />
televisions, no silver, no jewelry. We aren’t<br />
even sure how they got into our house.<br />
Shortly after that, we installed a security<br />
system—after the horses were out of the<br />
barn. Back when I was young, no one had<br />
house alarms, and no one felt scared living<br />
alone. It was not a fearful or scary time.<br />
Once on a Sunday, my mother heard my<br />
father talking to someone in the living<br />
room. She went to see who it was. A strange<br />
lady had knocked on our front door, Daddy<br />
let her in, and he was now listening to her<br />
sad story—she had apparently been<br />
dropped off by some unknown person and<br />
just walked up to our house. I don’t know<br />
her whole story, but my parents didn’t think<br />
twice about helping her out that day. Who<br />
today would dream of letting a strange person<br />
off the street into their home?<br />
My grandmother wanted to pick up any<br />
hitchhiker, but we convinced her that it<br />
might be dangerous. You seldom see hitchhikers<br />
today, although you might see homeless<br />
people on the streets.<br />
Those were the days. Times sure have<br />
changed.<br />
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A football fan’s High Holy Day dilemma<br />
Happy, healthy New Year to the readers of<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Georgian</strong> and to the non-readers<br />
of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Georgian</strong>. Happy, healthy New<br />
Year to everyone.<br />
As I look back over the 70 years of attending<br />
High Holy Day services, I realize that my<br />
favorite sermon was in 1946. I was a freshman<br />
at the University of Miami in Coral<br />
Gables, and no member of the student body or<br />
faculty was a bigger Miami football fan than I<br />
was. I may not have been the eternal sophomore,<br />
but I certainly was the most spirited<br />
freshman. Go Hurricanes, go, go, go!<br />
In the first game of the season, the ‘Canes<br />
defeated a solid William & Mary team 13-3.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second game was against the highly rated<br />
North Carolina Tar Heels, featuring two All-<br />
Americans, the great Charlie (Choo Choo)<br />
Justice and glue-fingered end Art Weiner. This<br />
was going to be a home game for Miami in the<br />
Orange Bowl. I couldn’t wait. But of all<br />
things, the game was to be played on Yom<br />
Kippur Eve. All week, I was beside myself.<br />
What do I do? Get my chance to see<br />
Justice and Weiner and watch my Hurricanes<br />
unload a stunning upset on one of the nation’s<br />
top teams or go to services and miss the<br />
game?<br />
Talk about frustration. On the one hand, I<br />
had been looking forward to this game since<br />
the first day of school. On the other hand, this<br />
was Yom Kippur Eve and, since I can first<br />
We never really went to Uncle Ben’s and<br />
Aunt Byrdie’s for dinner, because they<br />
always came to our house for the family gettogethers.<br />
I guess it was because there were<br />
so many of us, and my aunt and uncle were<br />
never blessed with children. Mama and<br />
Daddy counted their blessings, all right: one,<br />
two, three, four, five, six. And, of course,<br />
there was always room for two more around<br />
the table, even if Mama didn’t always know<br />
whether they were coming.<br />
As youngsters, my brothers and sisters<br />
and I were always glad to see Uncle Ben,<br />
because he presented each of us with a shining<br />
new nickel, which gave us the clout to<br />
press our noses against the candy case in Mr.<br />
Gandy’s grocery store and make a mouthwatering<br />
selection.<br />
Our aunt and uncle lived in Newton, one<br />
of the few towns small enough to make our<br />
hometown of Pelham come on like a city<br />
lady; but we loved our outings over there,<br />
first of all because we crossed a huge, clumsy<br />
bridge over the Flint River, and Daddy<br />
would tell us about the time of the bad flood.<br />
Newton, Baker County’s seat, had the courthouse<br />
right there in the middle of town; there<br />
were hitching posts, hogs going aimlessly<br />
about their way along the unpaved streets,<br />
and there, in the middle of it all, a wonderful,<br />
continuously flowing sulfur water fountain<br />
whose unique odor announced, “Hey, I’m<br />
over here.”<br />
But, like climbing Mt. Everest, everybody<br />
drank the water because it was there.<br />
And it was free during Depression days.<br />
Twice a day in Newton, a bell that<br />
reached every eager ear was rung by the postmaster<br />
to announce that the mail was up. We<br />
loved catching one of those times. It seemed<br />
BY<br />
Gene<br />
Asher<br />
remember, I never had missed a Yom Kippur<br />
service.<br />
Well, I decided, North Carolina or no<br />
North Carolina, I never had missed a Yom<br />
Kippur service, and I wasn’t going to start<br />
now.<br />
On Yom Kippur Eve, I went to temple, but<br />
my thoughts were on what was happening in<br />
the Orange Bowl, not the service.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the rabbi got to his sermon. He<br />
talked about attendance and said, “<strong>The</strong> only<br />
time the temple is full is for the High Holy<br />
Days.” And then he said, “Even tonight, the<br />
holiest night of the year, some of our congregants<br />
who should be here are at the Orange<br />
Bowl.” He then looked down and then looked<br />
out at the congregation and said, “And those<br />
same congregants who should be here are at<br />
the Orange Bowl seeing North Carolina lead<br />
14-0 at the half.”<br />
Well, North Carolina won 20-0, and am I<br />
glad I went to temple and not to the football<br />
game.<br />
A nickel for your laugh<br />
BY<br />
Shirley<br />
Friedman<br />
that all of the people ran out of their houses at<br />
one time to stampede the post office—a custom<br />
I still think made a lot of sense.<br />
Everybody in Baker County loved Uncle<br />
Ben and Aunt Byrdie, and they always told us<br />
about how he fell in love with her as she was<br />
sitting on the steps of the house where she<br />
roomed (she was a schoolteacher), drying her<br />
beautiful long red hair. He watched this<br />
“Bathsheba” every Saturday morning, and<br />
she remained his faithful redheaded wife all<br />
of his life.<br />
When Uncle Ben died, I inherited his<br />
laugh, which was a legacy that served me<br />
right, because I used to make so much fun of<br />
his unmistakable cackle when he was alive—<br />
but so did all my siblings and cousins. So I<br />
don’t know why I was chosen to be the benefactor<br />
of what the French would call “rire,”<br />
when my cousins inherited a more negotiable<br />
remembrance. When we used to go to Albany<br />
to the picture show and stage review on<br />
Sunday afternoon, we would sometimes hear<br />
the telltale sounds of Uncle Ben’s response to<br />
something humorous, and we’d look at each<br />
other and say, “He’s here!”<br />
Actually, even though I already had a distinct<br />
laugh of my own, I’ve enjoyed that extra<br />
one, especially when I’m alone and something<br />
strikes me as being hilariously funny,<br />
and I can cackle and not break up a polite<br />
gathering. It’s well worth a shiny, new nickel.
September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 19<br />
Epstein works to enhance<br />
its community of peace<br />
Kehillat Shalom (community of peace)<br />
is the “buzz” at the Epstein School.<br />
Students, teachers, parents, and community<br />
members are joining together to enrich,<br />
nurture, and further develop the caring<br />
community and culture for which Epstein is<br />
known by bridging communication gaps,<br />
enforcing messages of love, building on<br />
strengths, defusing power struggles, and<br />
working cooperatively. Kehillat Shalom<br />
supports academic excellence as it<br />
enhances a learning environment that is<br />
embedded in <strong>Jewish</strong> values.<br />
Early Childhood Program Principal<br />
Cathy Borenstein with S h a n y<br />
Shaked (right) and Itai Gonen.<br />
Two years ago, a task force was gathered<br />
to think about what Epstein was doing<br />
as a caring community and what people<br />
would like to see happen in the future. A<br />
questionnaire, sent out to all families and<br />
faculty members, included questions<br />
regarding the importance of creating a caring<br />
community at the school. It was designated<br />
as a priority, and a caring community<br />
committee set out to find programs that<br />
might be used as tools to create a peaceful<br />
culture. <strong>The</strong> board of directors approved the<br />
committee’s choice to use the Positive<br />
Discipline program.<br />
Epstein student Amir Dressler and<br />
his granddad Jay Barcus take a<br />
break from planting flowers to beautify<br />
a memorial garden.<br />
Since music is a universal language, a<br />
Kehillat Shalom theme song was written<br />
and a video created to help establish a<br />
mood and tone as the program launches this<br />
year. All students and faculty are learning<br />
the song.<br />
<strong>The</strong> principles outlined in Positive<br />
Discipline, a book by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D.,<br />
have been lauded by many psychologists as<br />
the gold standard for creating mutual<br />
respect with children, bridging communications<br />
gaps, winning cooperation at home<br />
and at school, and teaching children how to<br />
think, not what to think. Epstein educators<br />
are utilizing the Positive Discipline program<br />
to create common strategies and language<br />
in helping children develop the<br />
ABCs of Kehillat Shalom: Accept new<br />
challenges and responsibility. Be kind, caring,<br />
and loving. Cooperate with others.<br />
Under the direction of Epstein’s<br />
Director of Family and Student Services<br />
Janet Schatten, the Leadership Team, teachers,<br />
and parents will be involved in creating<br />
Kehillat Shalom.<br />
Director of Family and Student<br />
Services Janet Schatten<br />
<strong>The</strong> program goals are:<br />
• Develop and implement a training program<br />
for teachers, master trainers, and<br />
administrators. With the guidance of<br />
Positive Discipline trainer Tracy<br />
McConaghie, LCSW, CPDA, teachers<br />
attended a two-day workshop at the end of<br />
the 2006-07 school year and will continue<br />
to be involved in professional development.<br />
• Create opportunities to foster community<br />
and student leadership, including multi-age<br />
experiences. Students are exploring group<br />
dynamics by working with children of different<br />
ages and communicating with students<br />
from different cultures using the principles<br />
of Positive Discipline.<br />
• Develop a parenting program and parentstudent<br />
programs to support the values of<br />
the school. Parents are being encouraged to<br />
read and discuss Positive Discipline and to<br />
attend book club meetings as a way of getting<br />
familiar with the principles and language<br />
that are becoming part of the school<br />
culture.<br />
• Create opportunities to foster community<br />
among staff and among families. Kehillat<br />
Shalom programs and communications are<br />
using Positive Discipline tools to enhance<br />
and create community.<br />
GAUCHER DISEASE<br />
1in450<br />
Have it…<br />
1in15<br />
Carry it…<br />
1in1<br />
Should know<br />
about it.<br />
Type 1 Gaucher disease (pronounced Go-Shay) is the<br />
most common <strong>Jewish</strong> genetic disease, and among the<br />
least well known. In fact, it is much more common than<br />
Tay-Sachs disease. <strong>The</strong> symptoms of Gaucher disease<br />
are progressive and often debilitating. Symptoms can<br />
begin at any age.<br />
Fortunately, Gaucher disease is treatable, and the earlier<br />
the diagnosis the better, because irreversible problems or<br />
premature death can occur if left untreated. If you<br />
or your family members are experiencing any of the<br />
following symptoms, ask your doctor if a Gaucher<br />
blood test is right for you.<br />
— GAUCHER DISEASE SIGNS & SYMPTOMS —<br />
• FATIGUE (ANEMIA) • BONE PAIN<br />
• EASY BRUISING AND/OR BLEEDING<br />
• ENLARGED ABDOMEN (SPLEEN AND/OR LIVER)<br />
If you are <strong>Jewish</strong> and of Eastern European<br />
ancestry, and would like more information,<br />
call Genzyme Medical Information at<br />
1-800-745-4447 (option 2) or visit<br />
www.genzyme.com.<br />
r-GCR/US/P271/06/06
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Schwartz on Sports<br />
Andy Lipman was born in 1973 with<br />
cystic fibrosis (CF). It’s a debilitating,<br />
incurable, and usually fatal disease that<br />
attacks thousands of youngsters. CF causes<br />
the body to produce abnormally thick,<br />
sticky mucus, due to the faulty transport of<br />
sodium and chloride within cells lining<br />
organs such as the lungs and pancreas.<br />
Doctors told Andy’s parents that he’d be<br />
lucky to live to age 25. <strong>The</strong> same disease<br />
killed Andy’s sister, Wendy, who lived only<br />
16 days.<br />
On his 25th birthday, Andy picked up a<br />
pen and began writing his story, Alive at 25:<br />
How I’m Beating Cystic Fibrosis.<br />
At age 34, he’s living an active life as a<br />
husband, father, son, and brother. He’s met<br />
34 years of challenges with courage and<br />
determination, and I’m proud to be able to<br />
tell a small part of his story in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
<strong>Georgian</strong>.<br />
I first heard about Andy Lipman from<br />
Susan Andre of the Wish For Wendy<br />
Foundation. She thought his story would be<br />
an inspiring one for <strong>The</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Georgian</strong><br />
readers. After meeting and talking with<br />
Andy and reading Alive at 25, I agreed that<br />
Susan was completely right.<br />
Andy grew up in the Dunwoody area,<br />
graduated from Dunwoody High School,<br />
and attended the University of Georgia,<br />
where he was a member of the TEP fraternity<br />
and graduated with a degree in business<br />
administration with a minor in<br />
Spanish.<br />
His story could be similar to that of hundreds<br />
of <strong>Jewish</strong> boys, except that Andy had<br />
to fight daily a disease that, as Boomer<br />
Esiason put it, is ugly and fatal. Andy realized<br />
he was different from other kids. He<br />
coughed all the time. His parents had to<br />
give him daily therapy, spending 30 to 60<br />
minutes pounding on his chest and back to<br />
break up the thick mucus in his lungs that<br />
could literally suffocate him. <strong>The</strong>re were no<br />
overnight camping trips, and playing the<br />
typical kids games was difficult. Andy<br />
couldn’t be like anyone else. He knew he<br />
had a terminal disease, and that was tough<br />
emotionally. He read at age seven about CF<br />
in an encyclopedia and learned that he<br />
BY<br />
Jerry<br />
Schwartz<br />
might not live to 25.<br />
Now, what would you say if I told you<br />
that this sickly boy is not only 34 but has<br />
run 11 Peachtree Road Races, the most<br />
recent in July 2007 with his wife Andrea,<br />
who has run the race five times? Andrea’s<br />
story is also an inspirational one of courage.<br />
She has beaten thyroid cancer and lives<br />
with multiple sclerosis. Along with 18month-old<br />
daughter Avery, they call themselves<br />
the “the A Team.”<br />
Andy was selected to carry the Olympic<br />
torch in December of 2001, after his wife<br />
and friends nominated him. His 2/10-mile<br />
run was in Athens, near his fraternity house<br />
at UGA. He said that next to getting married<br />
and becoming a father, it was the greatest<br />
experience of his life. Andy then nominated<br />
his wife, and she was selected to carry<br />
the Olympic torch in 2004. I wonder how<br />
many other husband-and-wife teams have<br />
shared this honor.<br />
Not only did Andy start writing his<br />
book at age 25, but he also found out at that<br />
time that his sister, Wendy, died in infancy<br />
from CF. Her death, although tragic, probably<br />
saved Andy’s life, because when he was<br />
born, he was immediately diagnosed with<br />
CF and started receiving treatment.<br />
In honor of Wendy, the Wish For Wendy<br />
Foundation was formed in 2001, with its<br />
major goal to raise awareness of CF. His<br />
sister’s memory has been an inspiration to<br />
Andy all of his life.<br />
Andy is also the organizer of a yearly<br />
softball tournament that has raised over<br />
$400,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis<br />
Foundation. This year’s tournament will be<br />
held on November 3 at Alpharetta Park.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be 16 teams involved, corporate<br />
sponsorships, the Atlanta Falcons<br />
Cheerleaders, a silent auction, and celebrity<br />
guests.<br />
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Andy told me that there have been<br />
many challenges and setbacks along the<br />
way. His lowest point was probably at age<br />
20, when he was at college. He stopped taking<br />
his medication, was sick all the time,<br />
and dropped down to 120 pounds. He was<br />
depressed and had about given up, but<br />
something happened to change that. A basketball<br />
game at his fraternity needed one<br />
more player. He was the only person available,<br />
and so he tried to play. He was<br />
knocked down, and one guy made a derogatory<br />
remark—”Joining any weight-lifting<br />
contests anytime soon?” At that low point,<br />
Andy made a determined effort to take better<br />
care of himself. He started lifting<br />
weights again and running. Six months<br />
later, during a basketball game, he knocked<br />
down the guy who taunted him. His whole<br />
attitude about life, physically and emotionally,<br />
changed drastically.<br />
Andy’s second book, A Superhero<br />
Needs No Cape, is a story about dreams,<br />
dedication, and desire. <strong>The</strong> book is dedicated<br />
to his parents, Eva and Charles, “who<br />
taught me how to step up to the plate on and<br />
off the field.” Andy is planning book number<br />
three, which will center on CF as it<br />
relates to the parenting experience. If it’s<br />
like his first two, it will be well worth reading.<br />
I asked Andy what he does daily to take<br />
care of himself. He gets up at 5:00 a.m.,<br />
takes his 40 pills, goes through 30-60 minutes<br />
of therapy, works out with weights in<br />
his home gym for 30 minutes, and tries to<br />
run at least once a week. <strong>The</strong>n he gets<br />
dressed and goes to work as a purchasing<br />
director for a heating and air-conditioning<br />
company.<br />
Andy told me his inspirational message:<br />
“Live your dreams, love your life.” It’s a<br />
message that he’s lived for 34 years. When<br />
he was in 6th grade, a fellow student asked<br />
him if he was going to die. He didn’t have<br />
an answer then, but he has one now. “Sure,<br />
I’m going to die—when I’m done living.”<br />
Andy Lipman is an inspiration for all of us.<br />
Andy Lipman, holding his book,<br />
stands in front of the sculpture<br />
Winning at the Marcus <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
Community Center of Atlanta.<br />
A JEWISH GEORGIAN AT THE<br />
NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES. It used to<br />
be that when I thought about Louisville,<br />
Kentucky, I thought about Cassius Clay<br />
(Muhammad Ali), Rick Pitino, Rich<br />
Petrino, Freedom Hall, Churchill Downs,<br />
and the Louisville Slugger bat. That was<br />
before this June. Now I have another memory:<br />
the National Senior Games, which<br />
were held in Louisville, June 22-July 7.<br />
I was a member of the Atlanta Classics,<br />
which participated in the 3X3 half-court<br />
basketball tournament, one of 17 sports<br />
events. We qualified by winning the<br />
Georgia Golden Olympics in September<br />
2006. <strong>The</strong> basketball competition was held<br />
at the Kentucky Exposition Center, right<br />
next to Freedom Hall, where the University<br />
of Louisville plays. <strong>The</strong>re were 16 courts<br />
set up, and basketball was played from 8:00<br />
a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day. Our age group,<br />
65-69, participated during a four-day span<br />
in which we played nine games, finishing<br />
with a record of seven wins, two losses. We<br />
made the “Elite Eight” and finished 6th in<br />
the country. It was great competition and a<br />
great experience. Luckily, our seven players<br />
were Roger Kaiser, two-time All American<br />
at Georgia Tech; Jimmy Pitts and Alan<br />
Johnson, who started at UGA; Paul Vickers;<br />
Bill Ide; Dave Hinderliter; and myself. It<br />
was good that we had a 7-player team,<br />
because we played nine games in four days.<br />
Most of the guys brought their wives, and<br />
we had a great time eating out together. <strong>The</strong><br />
wives—Martha Vickers, Janice Pitts, Judy<br />
Johnson, Beverly Kaiser, and Nancy<br />
Schwartz—were our cheerleaders and fan<br />
club all rolled into one.<br />
Our team is moving in the right direction.<br />
In 2003, at the games in Hampton<br />
Falls, Virginia, we didn’t win a game. In<br />
2005, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we made<br />
it to the “Sweet Sixteen” and now the “Elite<br />
Eight.” Our goal for San Francisco in 2009<br />
will be a “Final Four,” that is, if we can find<br />
a 65-69 year old guy who is 6’ 7” and can<br />
still play basketball!<br />
Louisville is a great city, very tourist<br />
friendly, and we had a chance to tour the<br />
Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory<br />
and get some souvenir bats for our grandkids.<br />
We even saw bats from Braves Jeff<br />
Francoeur and Andruw Jones on display.<br />
(Andruw’s had a hole in it....just kidding.)<br />
Also, if you ever get to Louisville, you have<br />
to eat at Proof, which is downtown. It is a<br />
unique experience, one you’ll never forget.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Atlanta Classics: (from left) Alan<br />
Johnson, Paul Vickers, Roger<br />
Kaiser, Bill Ide, Jimmy Pitts, Dave<br />
Hinderliter, and Jerry Schwartz<br />
Hope you enjoyed reading this edition.<br />
Until next time, drive for the bucket and<br />
score.
September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 21<br />
<strong>The</strong> Blumberg Report<br />
<strong>The</strong> Days of Awe—High Holy Days, as<br />
we have come to know them—are a time<br />
for reflection and renewal. <strong>The</strong>y are like an<br />
extended annual Shabbat in which we try to<br />
catch up with all of the Sabbaths that we<br />
have missed during the year. We attend<br />
services, sit quietly listening (or not listening)<br />
to the rabbi, praying or not praying as<br />
the liturgy indicates, singing or not singing<br />
with the cantor and the choir. We greet<br />
friends, many of whom we haven’t seen<br />
since the last High Holy Days, exchange<br />
comments on the rabbi’s sermon, and hopefully<br />
internalize some of the ideas from it.<br />
Observant or not, we take time to think. We<br />
come away from the sanctuary mindful of<br />
what has been, invigorated for what will be.<br />
Scholarly conferences are something<br />
like that. <strong>The</strong>y give us an opportunity to<br />
relax and reflect, to listen and learn, to gain<br />
inspiration, to schmooze with friends whom<br />
we haven’t seen since last year’s conference,<br />
to retool our intellect for tomorrow’s<br />
challenge. That is why I look forward each<br />
year to the annual conference of the<br />
Southern <strong>Jewish</strong> Historical Society. I anticipate<br />
its meeting this year and next with<br />
special pleasure, because this year it will be<br />
in Washington, D.C., where I live, and next<br />
year it will be in Atlanta, my hometown.<br />
Both events promise exciting programs in<br />
cities replete with unique offerings in terms<br />
of history and community.<br />
As chair of the host committee for the<br />
upcoming 2007 conference in D.C., I have<br />
been blessed with a superb group of friends<br />
who generate ideas and expedite them<br />
enthusiastically. Most members, like me,<br />
are transplants from farther south, and a<br />
few, such as former Texan Maryann<br />
Friedman, who serves as host committee<br />
co-chair, are longtime members of SJHS.<br />
Conference details<br />
<strong>The</strong> Southern <strong>Jewish</strong> Historical<br />
Society will welcome the nation’s preeminent<br />
scholars of Southern <strong>Jewish</strong> history<br />
to a historic gathering, November 2-4. <strong>The</strong><br />
three-day conference, “Honoring the Past<br />
for the Sake of the Future,” will be the<br />
society’s 32nd and the first to be held in<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
<strong>The</strong> SJHS, whose membership is<br />
determined by scholarship and not geography,<br />
defines its focus as the study of Jews<br />
from Baltimore to mid-Texas and the<br />
Caribbean. In addition to its academic<br />
journal, Southern <strong>Jewish</strong> History, it also<br />
publishes a quarterly newsletter, <strong>The</strong><br />
Rambler, and offers grants for research<br />
and travel and an annual book prize.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong> Historical Society of<br />
Greater Washington, co-sponsor of the<br />
conference, expects some 150 scholars<br />
and students to participate in the three-day<br />
meeting, which will feature provocative<br />
discussions on topics ranging from the<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> response to Hurricane Katrina, to<br />
“failures and successes” among East<br />
BY Janice Rothschild<br />
Blumberg<br />
Other <strong>Georgian</strong>s on our team are Carole<br />
Ashkinaze and Rabbi Michael Safra from<br />
Atlanta and Mary Beth Schiffman from<br />
Columbus.<br />
While it is the host committee’s duty to<br />
make everyone welcome and supervise<br />
operations, the real tachlis—the meat of the<br />
meet—is in the capable hands of another<br />
Atlantan, Mark K. Bauman, and his<br />
Program Co-Chair Stephen Whitfield.<br />
Bauman shares another distinction, however,<br />
as editor of the society’s annual journal,<br />
Southern <strong>Jewish</strong> History, now celebrating<br />
its 10th consecutive year of publication.<br />
Beginning with a slim volume in 1998, with<br />
very few illustrations and no advertising, its<br />
latest issue is almost twice that size,<br />
includes book reviews, offers numerous<br />
illustrations with each of six essays, and<br />
proudly displays eight pages of advertising<br />
by notable publishers. This success is due<br />
not only to the quality of its peer-reviewed<br />
contents, which Bauman nurtures with professorial<br />
discipline and discrimination, but<br />
also, in great part, to the diligence of<br />
Managing Editor Rachel Heimovics.<br />
Together, they have made Southern <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
History a gift eagerly anticipated each<br />
October by SJHS members, who receive it<br />
automatically. Copies are available for purchase<br />
through Heimovics at 954 Stonewood<br />
Lane, Maitland FL 32751 or by e-mail at<br />
journal@jewishsouth.org.<br />
A glance at the subjects dealt with dur-<br />
European Jews in Texas, to a consideration<br />
of mid-twentieth-century quotas and<br />
institution building in the U.S.<br />
Organizers are also planning a special<br />
briefing at the Israeli Embassy, a behindthe-scenes<br />
tour of the U.S. Holocaust<br />
Memorial Museum, and a reception at the<br />
home of the celebrated <strong>Jewish</strong> cookbook<br />
author Joan Nathan, featuring some of her<br />
favorite recipes.<br />
Conference headquarters will be at the<br />
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bethesda,<br />
Maryland, with opening sessions at the<br />
6th and I Synagogue and the Library of<br />
Congress, and Shabbat dinner and services<br />
at the Washington Hebrew<br />
Congregation. <strong>The</strong> community is invited;<br />
advanced registration is required.<br />
For further information, contact<br />
Stephen J. Whitfield, stevewhitfield@<br />
juno.com or 781-736-3035; Janice<br />
Rothschild Blumberg, jorb@verizon.net<br />
or 202-362-3047; or Mark K. Bauman,<br />
markkbauman@ aol.com, 404-366-3306,<br />
or 678-428-3622.<br />
ing these ten years of publication tells much<br />
about the enormous diversity of Southern<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> history and the widespread interest<br />
among scholars who research it.<br />
Geographical and chronological gamuts run<br />
from the memoir of a <strong>Jewish</strong> woman on the<br />
Florida frontier to Kinky Friedman in contemporary<br />
Texas; from a study of Alsatian<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> immigrants in the Mississippi Delta<br />
by Anny Bloch of Marc Bloch University in<br />
Strasbourg, France, to anti-<strong>Jewish</strong> violence<br />
in the New South by Patrick Q. Mason of<br />
Notre Dame and <strong>Jewish</strong> response to civil<br />
rights by British historian Clive Webb.<br />
Southern <strong>Jewish</strong> History also provides<br />
interesting profiles of <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>Georgian</strong>s.<br />
<strong>The</strong> story of noted Atlanta educator Annie<br />
Teitlebaum Wise and the city’s school system,<br />
by Atlanta educational consultant<br />
Arlene G. Rotter, appeared in 2001. In the<br />
most recent issue, there is a well-illustrated<br />
essay on Rabbi David Marx and Atlanta’s<br />
religious diversity in the early 20th century,<br />
written by George R. Wilkes of Cambridge<br />
University in England. My own work on<br />
Rabbi Edward B.M. (Alphabet) Browne<br />
and his founding of the South’s first <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
newspaper in Atlanta was featured in the<br />
2001 volume—and, likewise, in the 2006<br />
volume, one about his wife, Sophie Weil<br />
Browne of Columbus, describing the ongoing<br />
activities of the Century Club, which<br />
she founded there in 1900.<br />
It would be presumptuous to claim<br />
Southern <strong>Jewish</strong> History as the bible of its<br />
field, but, thus far, it has no rivals for that<br />
exalted position. We invite you to decide for<br />
yourself. Join us for the upcoming<br />
Washington Conference (registration<br />
includes 2007-2008 dues for new members)<br />
and, in addition to receiving Southern<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> History, you will get all the benefits<br />
of that once-a-year intellectual invigoration<br />
that follows your spiritual reinvigoration of<br />
High Holy Days at shul.
Page 22 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN September-October 2007<br />
Image courtesy of <strong>The</strong> Maurice Sendak Archive, <strong>The</strong> Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia.<br />
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Business exchange produces “speed dates”<br />
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Twenty emerging Israeli and Southeast<br />
U.S. companies joined more than 40 leading<br />
North American companies in the new<br />
media industry for the first-ever U.S.-Israel<br />
New Media Business Exchange. Held July<br />
25 – 26 at the Atlanta corporate campus of<br />
Turner Broadcasting, the event offered an<br />
unparalleled opportunity for the emerging<br />
companies to present themselves at prearranged<br />
and pre-qualified meetings with<br />
companies from the U.S., Canada, and<br />
Mexico to foster joint venture research and<br />
development, investment, content, and<br />
marketing alliances.<br />
<strong>The</strong> event was hosted by Turner<br />
Broadcasting System, Inn., and organized<br />
by the American-Israel Chamber of<br />
Commerce, Southeast Region (AICC), in<br />
partnership with Microsoft.<br />
Uri Admon, co-founder and CEO of Tel<br />
Aviv-based Dyuna, said, “In less than two<br />
days, we met 17 companies, every one<br />
worth a trip alone. A key point was that we<br />
met the right people, who received information<br />
on Dyuna in advance and came prepared<br />
for our meetings. We left Atlanta<br />
with a number of strong open leads.”<br />
Participating North American companies<br />
included Turner Broadcasting,<br />
Microsoft, Time Warner, AOL, Warner<br />
Brothers, HBO, Intel Capital, Time, Inc.,<br />
Time Warner Investments, Arris, UPS<br />
Strategic Enterprise Fund, Veritas Venture<br />
Partners, IDG Ventures, Castille Ventures,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Weather Channel, Intent Media Works,<br />
Cox Enterprises, Ericcson, Pulvermedia,<br />
Cablemas, and Comcast Interactive<br />
Capital.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Israeli and Southeast emerging<br />
companies included 5min, Arootz,<br />
Asankya, blogTV, Digitalsmiths, Dyuna,<br />
Exent, Gumiyo, Hingi, i-Mature,<br />
MuseStorm, Oversi, Pando, Playcast,<br />
PLYmedia, Radvision, Scopus Video<br />
Networks, SimplyGen, SpeedBit, and<br />
VBox.<br />
In 2006, 27 Israeli and eight Southeast<br />
emerging companies participated in the<br />
2nd annual U.S.-Israel Broadband<br />
Business Exchange in Atlanta, organized<br />
by the AICC in partnership with Cox<br />
Communications and CableLabs. In less<br />
than 24 hours, the innovative matchmaker<br />
event produced more than 600 one-on-one<br />
meetings with major U.S. companies, producing<br />
business relationships, investments,<br />
joint ventures, and the decision of several<br />
Israeli firms to establish their U.S. headquarters<br />
in Atlanta. AICC invented the<br />
Business Exchange economic development<br />
model in 1994 and has since organized 13<br />
matchmaker events in Atlanta, Memphis,<br />
Nashville, and Huntsville in telecommunications,<br />
medical technologies, software,<br />
automotive, and aerospace.<br />
“Atlanta is a major center for telecommunications<br />
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<strong>Jewish</strong><br />
THE<br />
<strong>Georgian</strong><br />
Kosher Affairs<br />
By Roberta Scher<br />
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oranges, and tart cranberries, is an extremely versatile, ready-to-use<br />
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as a spread for challah, all-natural Hot Squeeze is a combination of<br />
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Where have all the “shtetl” <strong>Georgian</strong>s gone?<br />
By Balfoura Friend Levine<br />
Hawkinsville’s <strong>Jewish</strong> community also the public schools, rode their bikes all over<br />
occurred in the other county seats— the place, played baseball, went to Girl<br />
As Rosh Hashanah approaches, I think Cochran, in Bleckley County, and Eastman, Scout and Cub Scout meetings, were in the<br />
back on the days when we lived in in Dodge County—as well as in such neigh- annual Christmas parade, and joined in var-<br />
Hawkinsville, Georgia, and, with other boring towns as McRae, Adel, Camilla, and ious music, garden, and PTA group activi-<br />
Middle Georgia <strong>Jewish</strong> families, were plan- Dublin. In each of these various locations, a ties.ning<br />
to worship in our Fitzgerald Hebrew small group of <strong>Jewish</strong> merchants raised<br />
Congregation, about 60 miles south of us. their young families and then moved to the<br />
Back in the ‘50s, my husband, Hans big city. <strong>The</strong> children all went off to school,<br />
Mayer, and I combined our names for mostly to the University of Georgia, and<br />
Bohans, the shoe store we owned. followed their professions to the large<br />
Hawkinsville had a handful of other cities.<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong>-owned businesses, too, including Such cities as Macon, Savannah, and<br />
Dobkins Department Store, Silver’s, United Columbus still have sizable <strong>Jewish</strong> commu-<br />
Department Store, Freed’s, and Sam<br />
Sommer Pecan. By the end of the ‘60s, all<br />
of them were gone, either by attrition or<br />
death. Minnie Silver and I, both of us now<br />
nities, but I doubt they still have mom-andpop<br />
stores.<br />
I understand that a visiting rabbi conducts<br />
Shabbat services once a month at the<br />
Cadet Scout Sandy Mayer, with her<br />
mother and Girl Scout leader Bo<br />
Mayer (now Levine), November 1965<br />
in Atlanta, are the only folks left standing.<br />
<strong>The</strong> children, now in their fifties, are no<br />
longer in Hawkinsville, nor are any of them<br />
running mom-and-pop stores. <strong>The</strong> young<br />
‘uns are now professionals, living and<br />
working in the big cities. Many are attorneys,<br />
doctors, accountants, and teachers.<br />
Hawkinsville, the seat of Pulaski<br />
County, is part of what’s called the Tri-<br />
County area. What happened with<br />
synagogue in Fitzgerald and also travels to<br />
other small synagogues like the ones in<br />
Vidalia and Valdosta.<br />
Fitzgerald’s High Holy Day services<br />
will attract some old-timers, mostly from<br />
the Atlanta area, whose kinfolk have<br />
remained in the area, although they, too, are<br />
in their eighties and retired.<br />
I think fondly of our days in<br />
Hawkinsville, where our children attended<br />
Laurie, Sandy, and Ronnie Mayer in<br />
Hawkinsville, 1963<br />
We parents fully participated the<br />
Jaycees, Lions, and PTA, as well as the<br />
Merchant’s Association, and were good,<br />
civic-minded families. No one ever locked<br />
their house or car door, either.<br />
Last year, on my visit to the Big H for a<br />
neighbor’s funeral, I ran into a member of<br />
one of the town’s original and leading families,<br />
a deacon of First Baptist Church. He<br />
told me how much he missed my family and<br />
said, “All of our <strong>Jewish</strong> residents are gone,<br />
and we miss y’all a lot. Hawkinsville is<br />
much the poorer for it.”<br />
I thought that was a lovely compliment<br />
for all of us who lived in Hawkinsville and<br />
all the other “shtetls” as well.
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Thought You’d Like to Know<br />
By Jonathan Barach<br />
Conversations series of concert-plus-com- for directions and details. <strong>The</strong> event is free, 678-443-2961.<br />
mentary programs, will be held at the but donations will be accepted.<br />
KIDS AT HOME. “Your <strong>Jewish</strong> Home,” an MJCCA’s Morris & Rae Frank <strong>The</strong>atre, Contributions to the Cystic Fibrosis EXPERIENCE HISTORY. Tour the inter-<br />
interactive exhibition for children, runs 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Jeffrey Foundation can also be sent to Marisa C. de nationally acclaimed “Anne Frank in the<br />
through February 1, 2008, at the Sophie Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations series, la Garza, Coordinator of Special Events for World: 1929-1945” exhibition, housed in<br />
Hirsch Srochi <strong>Jewish</strong> Discovery Museum exclusive in the Southeast to the Morris & A Wish for Wendy, Cystic Fibrosis the Old Courthouse in the Square in down-<br />
of the Marcus <strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center of Rae Frank <strong>The</strong>atre, was designed to make Foundation, 2302 Parklake Drive NE, Suite town Decatur. This unique exhibition,<br />
Atlanta. <strong>The</strong> exhibition offers children the classical music more accessible to every- 210, Atlanta GA 30345-2896.<br />
which reveals the lessons of the Holocaust<br />
opportunity to play and explore <strong>Jewish</strong> life one. Tickets are $20/general admission and<br />
through Anne Frank’s eyes, reinforces the<br />
in a home built just for them. Hours are $12/MJCCA members, with discounts for FILLING THE BOWL. <strong>The</strong> Empty Bowl universal message of tolerance, human<br />
Tuesday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., children and seniors. Tickets are available Dinner, the annual “soup kitchen” benefit- rights, and mutual respect. Free docent-led<br />
and Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at 770-395-2654 or www.jplay.org. ing Project Connect, JF&CS’ homelessness tours for adult and school groups can be<br />
Admission is $3 per child for non-members<br />
program, takes place November 11, at First scheduled by visiting www.holocaust.geor-<br />
and free to members. For information on LAYING DOWN THE LAW. Michael S. Presbyterian Church. For more information, gia.gov.<br />
the exhibition and related Sunday Family Chernuchin, former executive producer and visit www.jfcs-atlanta.org/emptybowl.asp.<br />
Fundays, contact Cyndi Shapiro at 770- head writer of “Law & Order,” “Michael<br />
GETTING TOGETHER. 45+ Shul Singles<br />
395-2511 or cyndi.shapiro@atlantajcc.org. Hayes” and “Brooklyn South,” will speak at STEM CELL RESEARCH. “Touching and Friends is a new group uniting<br />
the Hadassah Attorney’s Council program, Tomorrow: <strong>The</strong> Promise of Stem Cells” is a Atlanta’s congregation singles and the unaf-<br />
October 10, 6:30 p.m., at Maggiano’s Little panel discussion on the medical, political, filiated. Events will be activity based to fos-<br />
Italy, in <strong>Buckhead</strong>. <strong>The</strong> cost is $36 for ethical, and religious issues surrounding ter relaxed conversation. Most will feature<br />
Hadassah members and $40 for nonmem- embryonic stem cell research. Panelists are table games and food; special interest activbers,<br />
plus $5 for Georgia Bar members who Dr. Yaron Ilan; Georgia Senator David ities will be created by participants. Events<br />
want to earn CLE credit. Any attendee who Adelman; and Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz. This will rotate among the congregations, peo-<br />
becomes a Hadassah Life Member during free program, sponsored by Greater Atlanta ple’s homes, and other locations. Costs will<br />
registration or the event will receive a gift. Hadassah, takes place November 18 at be kept low to cover expenses. Contact<br />
Reservations are requested by October 1. Congregation Or Hadash/<strong>The</strong> Weber Dave Savage, dave@davesavage.com, to<br />
Contact the Greater Atlanta Hadassah office School, 6751 Roswell Road. <strong>The</strong> program get on the e-mail list.<br />
at 678-443-2961 or begins at 10:00 a.m., followed by refresh-<br />
hstrelzik@hadassah.org.<br />
ments from 11:30-noon. For more information,<br />
contact Greater Atlanta Hadassah at<br />
HELP IS ON THE WAY. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
Genealogical Society of Georgia offers oneon-one<br />
assistance to genealogists in<br />
researching family history. Upcoming sessions<br />
are Thursdays, September 6,<br />
November 1, and December 6, 11:00 a.m.-<br />
1:00 p.m.; and Sundays, September 9,<br />
October 14, November 11, and December<br />
9, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Sessions take place at the<br />
Breman Museum, 1440 Spring Street.<br />
Admission is free for museum members<br />
and $5 for non-members. For more information,<br />
visit www.thebreman.org/jgsg.htm,<br />
or leave a message at 404-575-3767 or<br />
JGSG@<strong>The</strong>Breman.org. Reservations are<br />
required.<br />
WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN. From<br />
September 18 through November 5, <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
Family & Career Services is partnering<br />
with Atlanta area experts in a series of<br />
workshops throughout the metro area<br />
designed to support women in career and<br />
life transitions. Topics include communication<br />
styles, building boundaries, back-towork<br />
plans, and more. For more information,<br />
contact Ann Vitale at 770-677-9472 or<br />
avitale@jfcs-atlanta.org. For a complete<br />
schedule of workshops and classes, visit<br />
www.jfcs-atlanta.org.<br />
SOUPER DUPER. Join ORT Atlanta for a<br />
“souper “ night, September 25, 7:00 p.m., at<br />
Souper Jenny, Andrews Square Shopping<br />
Center, 56 E. Andrews Dr. NW. Enjoy a<br />
cooking demo and tasting, and learn new<br />
recipes. Souper Jenny, the renowned<br />
<strong>Buckhead</strong> hot spot, is owned by Jenny<br />
Levison, a part-time actor who employs acting<br />
buddies to help make mealtime entertaining.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cost for the evening is $30 per<br />
person, which includes wine & heavy appetizers.<br />
Space is limited. Your check (made<br />
payable to ORT Atlanta) is your reservation;<br />
mail to Andrea Levy, 1866 Olde<br />
Village Run, Dunwoody GA 30338.<br />
TICKLING THE IVORIES. Internationally<br />
acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns to<br />
Atlanta, September 30, 4:00 p.m., to perform<br />
“America: Fascinatin’ Rhythms!”<br />
This concert, first in the 2007-08 Keyboard<br />
AT THE BREMAN. <strong>The</strong> William Breman<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Heritage Museum presents “<strong>The</strong><br />
Forgotten Photographs: <strong>The</strong> Work of Paul<br />
Goldman from 1943-1961,” October 11-<br />
December 30. “Where the Wild Things Are:<br />
Maurice Sendak in His Own Words and<br />
Pictures” continues through September 30.<br />
For information on these exhibitions and<br />
other programming, visit www.thebreman.org.<br />
JF&CS@SINAI. JF&CS@Sinai, a new<br />
component of JF&CS based at Temple<br />
Sinai, is presenting several events. “When<br />
Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness” is<br />
October 21, 2:00-6:00 p.m. “Tools for<br />
Women: How to Move Forward With Your<br />
Back-to-Work Plan” is November 5, 9:30<br />
a.m.-2:30 p.m. For more information or to<br />
register for “Tools for Women,” contact<br />
Ann Vitale at 770-677-9472 or<br />
avitale@jfcs-atlanta.org.<br />
SHOP FOR A CAUSE. Help JF&CS at the<br />
Shopping Benefit at Bloomingdales,<br />
October 25, 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m., at<br />
Lenox Square and Perimeter Mall. Receive<br />
a certificate for 15-20% off regular and sale<br />
prices. Admission is $10 per person; 100%<br />
of your admission ticket will benefit<br />
JF&CS. For tickets, contact Susan Metz at<br />
770-677-9329 or smetz@jfcs-atlanta.org.<br />
A WISH FOR WENDY. <strong>The</strong> 8th Annual<br />
Wish for Wendy Softball Challenge, benefiting<br />
the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, is<br />
November 3, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., at<br />
Alpharetta’s North Park. <strong>The</strong> event will feature<br />
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March of the Living<br />
By Josh Slovin<br />
March of the Living is an international<br />
educational program that brings <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
teens from all over the world to Poland on<br />
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day)<br />
to march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the<br />
largest concentration camp complex built<br />
during World War II. <strong>The</strong>y then travel to<br />
Israel to observe Yom HaZikaron (Israel<br />
Memorial Day) and Yom Ha’atzmaut<br />
(Israel Independence Day).<br />
Last spring, Josh Slovin participated in<br />
March of the Living. This is what he wrote<br />
about the experience.<br />
<strong>The</strong> most important idea a Jew in this<br />
generation can remember is to never forget.<br />
For thirteen years in <strong>Jewish</strong> day school, this<br />
idea has been drilled into me. Of course, I<br />
Making the right choices in life is what learning is about.<br />
May the New Year be filled with the joy of learning,<br />
the fulfillment of good choices, and much happiness.<br />
Lower School Open House:<br />
Sunday, November 18, 2007<br />
10:00 a.m.<br />
Sunday, January 27, 2008<br />
10:00 a.m.<br />
took it seriously; who wouldn’t? I was<br />
taught that millions of people were brutally<br />
murdered just for being <strong>Jewish</strong>. <strong>The</strong> problem<br />
was I didn’t feel it. I knew the facts, I<br />
knew the stories, but I didn’t truly understand.<br />
When the opportunity for the March of<br />
the Living came around, I admit I was a little<br />
skeptical. I didn’t know if missing two<br />
weeks of school right before AP testing was<br />
the best idea. However, friends and family<br />
pushed me to go, and I can’t thank them<br />
enough.<br />
Starting off in Budapest, Hungary, my<br />
group (consisting of the entire Southern<br />
Region) took wonderful tours highlighting<br />
the <strong>Jewish</strong> life in the city. That night, we<br />
flew to Poland.<br />
Poland was unlike any other country I<br />
had ever visited. As I took my first step off<br />
HAPPY NEW YEAR!<br />
the plane, it hit me. I was now in the country<br />
where three million of my brothers and<br />
sisters had been murdered—a place where<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> life had once flourished; a place<br />
where many great yeshivas once stood; a<br />
place where my ancestors had been born,<br />
had their bar mitzvahs, had their weddings,<br />
and had died. As the trip continued, I began<br />
to feel uncomfortable. I had a feeling in my<br />
gut that we were not welcome. Not to say<br />
that it was not safe; the security we were<br />
provided was more than adequate. I knew<br />
that I should be there, but I was not happy<br />
to be there.<br />
We spent a week in Poland. After touring<br />
many areas where my people once<br />
flourished, the day finally came: we visited<br />
Auschwitz, and I began to understand the<br />
importance of the trip. <strong>The</strong> day of the actual<br />
march, 8,000 people from all around the<br />
world marched from Auschwitz to<br />
Birkenau. Even with so many of us marching<br />
in, Birkenau felt empty. <strong>The</strong> enormity<br />
of the killing center was mind-blowing. We<br />
then traveled to Majdanek, where we saw<br />
the terrible ash pit containing tons upon<br />
tons of human ash.<br />
It was now time for our trip to Israel. I<br />
cannot describe the feeling of utter relief as<br />
I boarded that plane. We had just spent an<br />
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exhausting week in a country where we<br />
were not welcome, a country that no longer<br />
contained the top <strong>Jewish</strong> thinkers of the day<br />
but instead was clouded by the death and<br />
destruction of three million Jews.<br />
As we landed in Israel, I turned to my<br />
friend and saw tears pouring down her<br />
cheeks, and I finally understood what my<br />
teachers had been trying to tell me for all of<br />
those years. People may hate the Jews, people<br />
may try to kill us, but we will always<br />
find a way to survive. Hitler sought to kill<br />
every Jew on the planet, but we came up<br />
from the ashes and formed Israel, a place of<br />
haven for all Jews.<br />
I will never forget the March of the<br />
Living. I don’t believe Jews should allow<br />
themselves to miss the opportunity of seeing<br />
firsthand the power of hate, and then<br />
seeing how strongly we, as a people,<br />
responded.<br />
Next year’s March is scheduled for April<br />
28-May 11. <strong>The</strong> first deadline for applications<br />
is September 15. For more information,<br />
go to www.tribethreesixty.org, or call<br />
404-961-9950.<br />
Josh Slovin is a senior at Yeshiva Atlanta.<br />
Middle School At-a-Glance:<br />
Monday, November 5, 2007<br />
9:00 a.m.<br />
Wednesday, November 14, 2007<br />
9:00 a.m.
September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 29<br />
Spa Day at the Breman <strong>Jewish</strong> Home<br />
Entering the auditorium, I was overwhelmed.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were balloons and lights on<br />
all of the little trees, and there were smiling<br />
faces in a roomful of people. Lots of residents<br />
were present to take advantage of everything<br />
that was offered at Spa Day.<br />
And offered it was, by a wonderful<br />
woman named Sydell Harris—yes, Miss Spa<br />
Sydell, as I nicknamed her, who has been<br />
involved with the William Breman <strong>Jewish</strong><br />
Home for 20 years, including a stint on the<br />
board. She brings spa services to the residents<br />
on the last Tuesday of every month and created<br />
the festive, annual Spa Day three years<br />
ago.<br />
Marie Allen, Spa Sydell education<br />
director, and Adelle Levine, resident<br />
<strong>The</strong> first person I ran into was Audrey<br />
Galex, who is volunteer director at the home<br />
and who puts her heart and soul into her job.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n, I met Mr. Martin Isenberg and his wife,<br />
Phyllis. I was impressed by Martin’s contribution<br />
that day—taking pictures of everybody,<br />
which he did non-stop. Phyllis<br />
described the goings-on as “incredible,” and<br />
Marice<br />
Katz<br />
no other word could have properly described<br />
it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pampering the residents received was<br />
impressive. Ann Lamb told me how much she<br />
looks forward to Spa Day. Billie Smith told<br />
me she is from St. Anne’s Terrace, but she<br />
comes to the home because it is the best place<br />
for therapy that she has ever known. Several<br />
residents described Spa Day as “relaxing.”<br />
In every corner, there were staff members<br />
from several Spa Sydell locations, giving<br />
manicures and hand, neck, and shoulder massages.<br />
I asked several of the staff what made<br />
them give up their Sunday to do this work,<br />
and they all said the same thing—they wanted<br />
to give back to the community and wanted<br />
to make the people at the home feel good.<br />
Kimberly Hard, director of the Park Place<br />
at Perimeter Spa Sydell, put in a lot of time<br />
making arrangements for the food, entertainment,<br />
and the staff who would attend. Doug<br />
Jervey, who played the piano and sang<br />
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“New York, New York,” which was not too<br />
good, because neither she nor I can carry a<br />
tune.<br />
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By Belle Klavonsky<br />
OFF TO A GREAT START. Greenfield<br />
Hebrew Academy’s new principal of general<br />
studies hit the ground running with the<br />
start of the new school year. Leah Summers<br />
(pictured) started in August and was a hit<br />
with both students and parents. Summers<br />
was at the Cohen Hillel Academy in<br />
Massachusetts for 27 years, where she held<br />
numerous positions, including lower school<br />
principal, assistant principal, director of<br />
student services, <strong>Jewish</strong> studies teacher,<br />
and general studies teacher. She was the<br />
interim co-head of school for the past year.<br />
TOP POEM. A poem about Darfur written<br />
by GHA graduate Erica Halpern was named<br />
a Top Ten poem by Creative<br />
Communication. Erica wrote the poem in<br />
8th grade, during a lesson on the challenges<br />
facing the people of Darfur. Her poem,<br />
which will be featured in the anthology A<br />
Celebration of Young Poets, was selected<br />
from thousands of entries from across the<br />
country.<br />
A NEW SEASON. <strong>The</strong> GHA girls’ volleyball<br />
teams (pictured) kicked off their seasons<br />
after successful campaigns last year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> girls’ A team finished second in the<br />
conference, and the B team finished in first<br />
place. Over the last five years, the teams<br />
have a combined record of 110-10.<br />
Pictured: (l-r) 8th-grader Leah Topper (A<br />
team) and 6th-grader Carly Berlin (B team)<br />
HONORING DEDICATED VOLUN-<br />
TEERS. At the 30th annual Dinner of<br />
Honor, GHA will pay tribute to parents<br />
Sheli Feldman and David Frankel for their<br />
volunteer work in the GHA community and<br />
in the <strong>Jewish</strong> community. <strong>The</strong> Dinner of<br />
Honor will be held at the Crowne Plaza at<br />
Ravinia in Dunwoody on January 13 2008.<br />
For more information, contact Gail<br />
Medwed, director of development, at medwedg@ghacademy.org.<br />
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. This year, the Epstein<br />
School will celebrate Israel’s 60th birthday<br />
in grand style with Shiriyah, a Hebrew<br />
song-and-dance extravaganza. Middle<br />
schoolers bring down the house every year<br />
with this fun-filled, “Epstein-style” family<br />
event. In honor of Israel’s 60th birthday,<br />
this year’s presentation, which takes place<br />
November 15, 7:00 p.m., will be very special.<br />
Coming the day before VIP Day, it is a<br />
wonderful event for grandparents. For more<br />
information, visit www.epsteinatlanta.org.<br />
Pictured: Shiriyah 2006<br />
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE “NET<br />
GENERATION.” Under the leadership of<br />
Principal of Media and Technology Patty<br />
Nathan, the Epstein School is constantly<br />
moving forward in the development of its<br />
technology programs, so that Epstein students<br />
can assume leadership positions in the<br />
global community. <strong>The</strong> school recently<br />
added a MAC book mini-lab, consisting of<br />
ten state-of-the-art laptops; these allow students<br />
to create movies, work collaboratively,<br />
and integrate information from all subject<br />
areas. Epstein also purchased three<br />
more Activboards, an integrated whiteboard<br />
system, for a total of seven. Pictured:<br />
Sidnie Gothard works on an Activboard<br />
HEBREW OF THE HEART. Epstein<br />
Middle School teachers have been engaged<br />
in long-term professional development for<br />
the last three years with Dr. Vardit<br />
Ringwald, director of the Hebrew and<br />
Arabic Languages Program at Brandeis<br />
University. This process has led the Middle<br />
School Hebrew teaching team to develop a<br />
program called Ivrit Mehalev (“Hebrew of<br />
the Heart”). This program matches students’<br />
interests and skill level to their<br />
Hebrew education, resulting in a personalized<br />
program of study. Pictured: Teacher<br />
Liat Kadosh speaks with Ali Marbach and<br />
Sloane Arogeti during Hebrew class<br />
EPSTEIN WELCOMES NEW BOARD<br />
OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT. <strong>The</strong> Epstein<br />
School began the school year with a new<br />
president of the Board of Trustees, Robert<br />
Franco (pictured). <strong>The</strong> parent of two alumni,<br />
he assumes leadership as the school<br />
begins exploring options for expansion and<br />
renovations of the Colewood Way facilities.<br />
AHEAD OF THE CURVE. This summer,<br />
Alfred and Adele Davis Academy faculty<br />
and staff underwent an intensive 5-day<br />
accredited technology training course to<br />
help them better plan and implement technology-integrated<br />
instruction in the classroom.<br />
As part of the school’s increased<br />
commitment to technology education,<br />
SmartBoards have been installed in classrooms<br />
throughout both Davis facilities.<br />
SmartBoard interactive whiteboards have<br />
been found to positively impact student<br />
engagement, learner motivation, and<br />
knowledge retention in pupils with a variety<br />
of learning styles, including those with special<br />
needs. Pictured: Instructional<br />
Technologist Carole Kamerman trains<br />
teachers on the use of SmartBoard technology.<br />
SOUNDING THE SHOFAR. Davis<br />
Academy 2nd-grader Micah Cohn (pictured)<br />
is sounding the Shofar every morning<br />
throughout the Hebrew month of Elul—<br />
the month preceding the High Holidays.<br />
This daily ritual serves as a reminder of the<br />
upcoming High Holidays and helps the<br />
Davis community mentally prepare for this<br />
important time.<br />
NEW POSITION. Jamie Kudlats is the<br />
Davis Academy’s first Middle School assistant<br />
principal. Kudlats first came to Davis<br />
in 2000 to work as a teaching assistant. In<br />
the Middle School, he has worked as a math<br />
teacher and middle school cluster leader,<br />
and he was named dean of students in 2004.<br />
His expanded responsibilities include<br />
teaching, scheduling, grade monitoring and<br />
reporting, discipline, technology, and coordinating<br />
alumni affairs and additional student<br />
life events. Kudlats supervises the<br />
school’s yearbook and broadcasting staffs<br />
and recently coordinated the rollout of the
September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 31<br />
new SmartBoard technology. Pictured: 8thgraders<br />
Sam Lack and Lauren Siegel with<br />
Jamie Kudlats.<br />
FIFTEEN YEARS AND COUNTING. <strong>The</strong><br />
Davis Academy began its 15th school year<br />
on August 14, with a record 700 students.<br />
<strong>The</strong> school, which opened in 1992 with 20<br />
students in grades K and 1, has progressed<br />
from a rented space on Abernathy Road to<br />
two state-of-the-art campuses on Roberts<br />
Drive in Sandy Springs. Davis, the fastest<br />
growing Reform <strong>Jewish</strong> Day School in<br />
North America, is one of only five private<br />
schools in the Southeast with triple accreditation<br />
from SACS, SAIS, and GAC.<br />
Pictured: Lower School Principal Becky<br />
Hunt escorts Ayden Grey into school for her<br />
first day of Kindergarten.<br />
BUSINESS BITS<br />
By Marsha Leibowitz<br />
ATTRACTING ISRAELI INVESTORS.<br />
<strong>The</strong> American-Israel Chamber of<br />
Commerce, Southeast Region (AICC), and<br />
the Renaissance Communications Group<br />
are launching Atlanta ROI*—Real Estate<br />
Opportunities and Investments, a publication<br />
and website (www.atlantaroi.com)<br />
introducing Israeli institutional and entrepreneurial<br />
investors to the commercial real<br />
estate market in Atlanta and the Southeast.<br />
<strong>The</strong> magazine will be delivered directly to<br />
more than 250 Israeli investors. <strong>The</strong> first<br />
issue of Atlanta ROI* will be distributed in<br />
October, at a special event during the<br />
AICC’s October 27-November 1 mission to<br />
Israel.<br />
TOPS IN FUNDRAISING. Steven Green,<br />
campaign executive of the <strong>Jewish</strong> National<br />
F u n d ’ s<br />
Southeast<br />
region, was<br />
n a m e d<br />
Campaign<br />
Executive of the<br />
Year at JNF’s<br />
annual professionalconference.<br />
In his<br />
nearly two years<br />
on the job,<br />
Steven Green<br />
Green has cultivated<br />
a strong<br />
JNF presence in the region, which includes<br />
North and South Carolina, Georgia,<br />
Tennessee, and Alabama. Before joining<br />
JNF, Green served as director of media and<br />
public affairs for the Consulate General of<br />
Israel to the Southeastern United States. He<br />
has also held positions at the American<br />
Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Anti-<br />
Defamation League, and the Washington,<br />
D.C., office of Congresswoman Denise<br />
Majette.<br />
PARADIES WINS DIVERSITY AWARD.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Paradies Shops received the Airport<br />
Minority Advisory Council (AMAC)<br />
Corporate Partner Award at the Annual<br />
AMAC/FAA Airport Business Diversity<br />
Conference in Las Vegas. Paradies was recognized<br />
for its significant commitment to<br />
the development of Disadvantaged<br />
Business Enterprises, as well as having a<br />
workforce that reflects a sound dedication<br />
to diversity. In addition, Paradies’ internship<br />
program for college students and<br />
recent graduates was praised as the standard<br />
by which other programs are measured.<br />
LIEBERMAN AT PRUDENTIAL. Real<br />
estate professional Sunny Lieberman has<br />
joined the Prudential Georgia Realty sales<br />
team. She is<br />
based out of the<br />
company’s new<br />
Johns Creek<br />
location, 11035<br />
Bell Road,<br />
Johns Creek<br />
Walk. Formerly<br />
with ERA<br />
<strong>Buckhead</strong><br />
R e a l t y ,<br />
Sunny Lieberman<br />
Lieberman has<br />
three years real<br />
estate experi-<br />
ence. Originally from Connecticut, she<br />
moved to Atlanta seven years ago and<br />
resides in Forsyth County. Lieberman, who<br />
specializes in residential real estate and<br />
investment properties in northern metro<br />
INSPIRING TEACHERS. Dr. Betty Siegel<br />
recently spoke to Davis Academy faculty<br />
members about how teachers can change<br />
students’ perceptions of themselves and,<br />
therefore, their lives. Siegel, the first<br />
woman to head an institution in the<br />
University System of Georgia and the<br />
longest-serving woman president of a public<br />
university in the nation, served as president<br />
of Kennesaw State from 1981 to 2006.<br />
Siegel inspired the teachers to develop<br />
social consciousness and responsibility in<br />
Atlanta, is a member of the Atlanta Board<br />
of Realtors, the Georgia Association of<br />
Realtors, and the National Association of<br />
Realtors.<br />
HAPPY CUSTOMERS. Microtel Inns &<br />
Suites has been ranked highest in guest satisfaction<br />
among economy/budget hotel<br />
chains in the J.D. Power and Associates<br />
2007 North America Hotel Guest<br />
their students and stressed the four principles<br />
of trust, respect, optimism, and intentionality.<br />
Pictured: Betty Siegel (left) and<br />
Middle School language arts teacher Susan<br />
Fields.<br />
ACTING UP. As an extension of the Davis<br />
Academy’s emphasis on the fine arts,<br />
Applause for Kids, a local drama troupe, is<br />
now teaching drama in Kindergarten<br />
through 3rd grade. Each grade will receive<br />
weekly drama lessons as part of the curriculum.<br />
This opportunity for younger students<br />
to express themselves through the<br />
dramatic arts is one more way in which the<br />
Davis Academy is continuing to expand<br />
students’ exposure to the fine arts. With the<br />
adoption of the school’s Board of Trustee’s<br />
Fine Arts Initiative several years ago, the<br />
Davis Academy has added arts programming<br />
and/or expanded arts facilities each<br />
year.<br />
Satisfaction Index Study. Microtel is the<br />
only economy/budget brand in the hotel<br />
industry to have received this recognition<br />
six successive times. Microtel Inns & Suites<br />
scored highest of 11 national hotel brands in<br />
its segment, outperforming competitors in<br />
six out of seven key guest satisfaction<br />
measures, including reservation, checkin/check-out,<br />
guestroom, hotel services,<br />
hotel facilities, and costs and fees.
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JF&CS News<br />
DENTAL CARE FOR THE WORKING<br />
POOR. <strong>Jewish</strong> Family & Career Services<br />
(JF&CS), one of Atlanta’s leading human<br />
services agencies, has earned the O’Connell<br />
Community Impact Award for expanding<br />
dental care to the working poor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> award, presented by the United<br />
Way Tocqueville Society, recognizes the<br />
role of JF&CS, as parent organization of the<br />
Ben Massell Dental Clinic, in raising more<br />
than $3.86 million to relocate the clinic to<br />
larger quarters, thereby doubling its capacity<br />
to serve indigent clients. It also lauds<br />
JF&CS for a strategic alliance with the<br />
Dental Technology Center at Georgia Tech<br />
A NEW CLINIC FOR A NEW ERA.<br />
JF&CS recently received the<br />
O’Connell Community Impact Award<br />
for the Ben Massell Dental Clinic.<br />
Pictured, from left: Gary Price, managing<br />
partner, Pricewaterhouse-<br />
Coopers, LLP; Gary Miller, CEO,<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Family & Career Services;<br />
Mark O’Connell, retiring CEO, United<br />
Way of Metropolitan Atlanta; Jack<br />
Hardin, managing partner, Rogers &<br />
Hardin; and David Witt, president,<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Family & Career Services<br />
(DenTec) to bring state-of-the-art technology<br />
to the new clinic.<br />
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Massell Dental Clinic has a 96-year history<br />
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<strong>The</strong> new Ben Massell Dental Clinic on<br />
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“As the only all-volunteer dental clinic<br />
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health has been severely neglected,” said<br />
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Career Services, on accepting the<br />
O’Connell award. “<strong>The</strong> clinic provides<br />
clients with more than just fillings and<br />
extractions—it offers hope, the possibility<br />
of employment, and the confidence to succeed.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> grand opening for the new clinic is<br />
anticipated in early 2008. For more information,<br />
or to become a clinic volunteer,<br />
contact Deborah Fluker or Barbara Jones at<br />
404-881-1858.<br />
TEEN LEADERS. JF&CS and<br />
Congregation Etz Chaim will sponsor<br />
“Tools for Teens: Lead On!,” an interactive<br />
leadership workshop, October 14, 1:00-<br />
4:30 p.m., at Congregation Etz Chaim, 1190<br />
Indian Hills Parkway, in Marietta. <strong>The</strong> 2nd<br />
annual teen workshop will focus on skillbuilding<br />
and will impart skills to help teens<br />
lead their youth groups.<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> teens in 10th-12th grade are<br />
invited to participate in this special workshop,<br />
which will include a self-assessment<br />
test to determine leadership styles, roleplays,<br />
and group discussion facilitated by<br />
JF&CS professionals. Synagogue and<br />
agency staff will discuss volunteerism and<br />
performing good deeds, and teens will complete<br />
a service project for the Ben Massell<br />
Dental Clinic, for which they will receive a<br />
certificate for 3.5 hours of community service.<br />
<strong>The</strong> program is $18 per person, which<br />
includes snacks and take-home materials.<br />
Pre-registration and payment is required by<br />
October 7. Register online at www.jfcsatlanta.org/cobbcounty.asp,<br />
or mail checks<br />
(payable to JF&CS) to Susan Halpert,<br />
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Suite 100, Marietta GA 30062. For more<br />
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September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 33<br />
Kosher<br />
From page 25<br />
cake yeast will rise approximately six cups<br />
of flour.<br />
• Active dry yeast is processed one step<br />
further than cake yeast. Three 1/4–ounce<br />
packets of active dry yeast equals the activity<br />
of 2 ounces of cake yeast.<br />
• Quick-rise/bread machine yeast is highly<br />
active yeast that will shorten the rising<br />
time as much as 50%.<br />
For everything you “knead” to know<br />
about yeast, visit redstaryeast.com.<br />
King Arthur Flour and Red Star products<br />
are locally available at most supermarkets<br />
including Wal-Mart, Kroger, and<br />
Publix.<br />
On a personal note: My mother, Rose<br />
Schoen Snyder, always made her delicious<br />
challah with Red Star Yeast. She was a<br />
great fan of Red Star and believed that the<br />
quality of this company’s product gave her<br />
challahs that extra “rise.” That may be true,<br />
but I, of course, believed that it was her<br />
special touch!<br />
SPEAKING OF CHALLAH. “And there<br />
was a continual blessing in her dough,”<br />
writes Tamar Ansh in A Taste of Challah.<br />
This new book, from Feldheim Publishers,<br />
is a comprehensive guide to challah baking.<br />
Ansh, an experienced recipe developer<br />
and food columnist, shares her advice, tips,<br />
and recipes for challah baking. She writes,<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re is something mystical and unique<br />
about challah. <strong>The</strong> skill of baking and<br />
braiding challah has been passed down by<br />
generations, surviving upheaval, migration,<br />
and exile.” Clear, easy-to-follow<br />
instructions, along with 350 photographs,<br />
make bread-baking seem accessible to the<br />
home baker. Ansh offers complete directions<br />
on how to make unique challah creations,<br />
including pull–aparts, twists, simcha<br />
braids, cloverleaf challah rolls, and<br />
yom tov shapes. <strong>The</strong> book offers tips on<br />
several other tempting breads and baked<br />
desserts, including traditional babka and<br />
mouthwatering cinnamon buns. To preview<br />
the book and view some sample<br />
recipes, visit tasteofchallah.com. This<br />
“tasteful” gift is available locally at<br />
Judaica Corner and Chosen Treasures and<br />
online at Amazon.com.<br />
YUMM! FINALLY! Jelly Belly is becoming<br />
OU kosher certified. Look for the OU<br />
mark on all 50 official flavors of packaged<br />
Jelly Belly beans. To check out the flavor<br />
menu, go to JellyBelly.com; click on “fun”<br />
and then “flavor guides.” Jelly Belly beans<br />
are parve.<br />
OPENING SOON. Trudy’s Bakery is<br />
located in Toco Hill Shopping Center, next<br />
to Kroger. It’s been quite a few years since<br />
Atlanta has had an all-parve kosher bakery.<br />
We can hardly wait!<br />
ATLANTA, START YOUR OVENS.<br />
Here’s your chance to win a grand prize<br />
package worth $25,000, including GE<br />
Profile kitchen appliances. <strong>The</strong> 2nd annual<br />
Simply Manischewitz Cook-Off is under-<br />
way. U.S. residents 18 or older are invited<br />
to submit an original, kosher, easy-to make<br />
entrée (eight ingredients or less) for this<br />
judged competition. Recipes must include<br />
at least one Manischewitz product and be<br />
prepared and cooked in one hour. For official<br />
contest details and registration, visit<br />
www.manischewitz.com. All recipes must<br />
be received by September 21.<br />
May 5768 be a sweet and peaceful year<br />
for the <strong>Jewish</strong> people and for all good people<br />
everywhere. May we grow in our spiritual<br />
lives and rejoice in our relationships,<br />
in our homes, and, of course, in our<br />
kitchens!<br />
What’s cooking? Email kosheraffairs@gmail.com.<br />
This column is meant to provide the<br />
reader with current trends and developments<br />
in the kosher marketplace and<br />
lifestyle. Since standards of kashruth certification<br />
vary, check with the AKC or your<br />
local kashruth authority to confirm reliability.<br />
See RECIPES, page 39<br />
Have a vintage New Year<br />
Here are some great ways to toast<br />
the New Year.<br />
From the Recanati Winery, an artisan<br />
winery based in Israel’s northern<br />
Galilee, Palm Bay Imports offers some<br />
quality selections. Vineyard founder L.<br />
Recanati’s strong bond with the land of<br />
Israel, coupled with his deep passion for<br />
fine wine and his Italian heritage,<br />
inspired him to pursue his dream of a<br />
state-of-the-art winemaking facility.<br />
Royal Wine, America’s largest<br />
kosher wine importer, is introducing<br />
some exciting new labels at varied<br />
prices. It is primarily due to the foresight<br />
and vision of the Royal Wine<br />
Corporation that America’s kosher wine<br />
drinkers have been given the opportunity<br />
to enjoy fine wines from vineyards<br />
around the world.<br />
Some excellent selections from<br />
Rothschild (France), Herzog<br />
(California), and Recanati (Israel)<br />
I recently had the opportunity to<br />
taste several of the newest selections<br />
See VINTAGE, page 40
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Friedmann honored with endowed chair<br />
<strong>The</strong> College of Health and Human<br />
Sciences at Georgia State University has<br />
established the Distinguished Chair of<br />
Public Safety Partnerships in the<br />
Department of Criminal Justice. <strong>The</strong> purpose<br />
of the endowed chair is to help ensure<br />
the provision of better public safety in an<br />
era of international terrorism and support<br />
the efforts of the Georgia International Law<br />
Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) and the<br />
International Law Enforcement Exchange<br />
(ILEE).<br />
Robert R. Friedmann, criminal justice<br />
professor and founder and director of<br />
GILEE and ILEE, is the first faculty member<br />
to hold the Distinguished Chair of<br />
Public Safety Partnerships. This chair will<br />
promote a better understanding of crime<br />
and international terror threats and the challenges<br />
they pose. It will also work to<br />
increase international cooperation in the<br />
area of homeland security and promote<br />
shared experiences of best practices.<br />
Dr. Robert R. Friedmann<br />
Friedmann, who has been a faculty<br />
member at Georgia State University since<br />
1986, has considerable experience in developing<br />
and growing partnerships throughout<br />
the law enforcement community. His areas<br />
of research interest include his work on a<br />
$4.5 million research grant from the<br />
National Institute of Justice to improve<br />
crime-reporting databases. He is also a<br />
known expert on law enforcement executive<br />
development and community policing.<br />
Friedmann is the author of five books<br />
and numerous book chapters and journal<br />
articles, including A Diary of Four Years of<br />
Terrorism and Anti-Semitism: 2000-2004,<br />
Volumes One and Two and Community<br />
Policing: Comparative Perspectives and<br />
Prospects.<br />
In addition to chairing the Department<br />
of Criminal Justice, Friedmann has served<br />
in various capacities in the law enforcement<br />
community. He chaired the Georgia<br />
Commission to Assess State Crime<br />
Laboratory Needs into the 21st Century,<br />
was vice president from 2000 to 2003 of the<br />
Metropolitan Atlanta Crime Commission,<br />
and chaired the advisory board of the<br />
Georgia Security Council. He also served as<br />
executive-on-loan to Central Atlanta<br />
Progress; was a member of the Atlanta<br />
mayor’s 911 Blue Ribbon Commission and<br />
the Fulton County Courthouse Security<br />
Blue Ribbon Commission; and assisted in<br />
planning, preparation, and evaluation of<br />
security for the 1996 Olympic Games.<br />
<strong>The</strong> establishment of the chair was<br />
announced at a reception held at Cox<br />
Enterprises for the 15th delegation of the<br />
GILEE trip to Israel. <strong>The</strong> reception was<br />
attended by Carl V. Patton, president of<br />
Georgia State University; Susan J. Kelley,<br />
dean of the College of Health and Human<br />
Sciences; Richard J. Terrill, acting chair of<br />
the Department of Criminal Justice; major<br />
GILEE supporter Jay Davis, CEO of<br />
National Distributing Company; and other<br />
Department of Criminal Justice and GILEE<br />
donors such as UPS, <strong>The</strong> Home Depot,<br />
Georgia Power, Equifax, and Carbon<br />
Motors.
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and peaceful New Year<br />
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Justice Ginsburg will give the 20th Annual Leo and Berry Eizenstat Memorial Lecture<br />
By Susan Kahn<br />
Ahavath Achim Synagogue will host<br />
the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate<br />
justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, as<br />
the guest lecturer for the 20th Annual Leo<br />
and Berry Eizenstat Memorial Lecture. This<br />
year’s event will take place on Sunday,<br />
October 21, 2:00 p.m., at the synagogue.<br />
Established by the Honorable Stuart<br />
Eizenstat, a key figure in both the Carter<br />
and Clinton administrations, the lecture<br />
series is one of Ahavath Achim’s most<br />
important gifts to the community.<br />
Distinguished world figures, including Elie<br />
Wiesel, Ehud Olmert, and Presidents Carter<br />
and Clinton, have come to Atlanta through<br />
Stuart Eizenstat’s innovative effort to honor<br />
the memories of his father, Leo, and his<br />
uncle Berry, both of whom were pillars of<br />
MISH MASH<br />
By Erin O’Shinskey<br />
seeking volunteers for visitor services and<br />
docent positions. Training is provided. <strong>The</strong><br />
exhibit is open Tuesday-Sunday and is currently<br />
housed at the Old Courthouse in the<br />
Square in downtown Decatur. For more<br />
information, call 404-370-3056, or visit<br />
www.holocaust.georgia.gov.<br />
FIVE RECEIVE NATIONAL HADAS-<br />
SAH AWARD. Five members of Greater<br />
Atlanta Hadassah have received the 21st<br />
Annual Hadassah National Leadership<br />
Award. <strong>The</strong> award pays tribute to members<br />
whose leadership within Hadassah and<br />
beyond reflects Hadassah’s dedication to<br />
the principles of the volunteer ethic. <strong>The</strong><br />
five recipients are: Rachel Schonberger,<br />
representing the Greater Atlanta Hadassah<br />
chapter; Sara Dell, representing the chapter’s<br />
Nes Harim group; Tamara Haas, representing<br />
the Kol Nashim group; Sandy<br />
Sarlin, representing the Ketura group; and<br />
Susan Rosenheck, representing the Metulla<br />
group.<br />
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Coordinators<br />
of the internationally acclaimed “Anne<br />
Frank in the World 1929-45” exhibition are<br />
Ahavath Achim.<br />
Justice Ginsburg was nominated to the<br />
Supreme Court by President Clinton in<br />
1993. Prior to her appointment to the court,<br />
she served as a member of the U.S. Court of<br />
Appeals and taught law at Columbia<br />
University. Justice Ginsburg has written<br />
widely on legal issues from civil procedure<br />
to constitutional law.<br />
Rabbi Neil Sandler said, “It is a particular<br />
honor for our congregation to host<br />
Justice Ginsburg as the U.S. Supreme Court<br />
opens its fall session. Justice Ginsburg<br />
found her voice in a particularly interesting<br />
manner last spring, and I am sure she will<br />
leave us with much stimulating ‘food for<br />
thought’ concerning the future of the court.”<br />
Justice Ginsburg’s lecture is free and<br />
open to the public. Tickets will not be<br />
issued. For security purposes, attendees are<br />
TAKE A SEAT. In honor of <strong>Jewish</strong> <strong>The</strong>atre<br />
of the South’s bat mitzvah (13th) season,<br />
the Marcus <strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center of<br />
Atlanta is offering a one-time opportunity<br />
to dedicate a seat. For just $250, naming<br />
rights can be purchased for a seat in the<br />
Morris & Rae Frank <strong>The</strong>atre. Dedicate a<br />
seat—in honor of a birthday, in memory of<br />
a loved one, to celebrate your love of the<br />
theater, or in recognition of your organization—with<br />
an elegant, permanent plaque.<br />
For information, call 770-395-2614, or visit<br />
www.atlantajcc.org.<br />
Bar/Bat Mitzvahs • Weddings • Corporate Events • Fundraisers<br />
Exclusively Planning Parties for 13 Years<br />
It’s My Party,Inc.<br />
Full Service Event Planning<br />
Sharon Fisher<br />
770-395-1094 • itsmypartyinc@hotmail.com<br />
Special Occasions • Holiday Parties • Banquets • Meetings<br />
asked to arrive 30 minutes early. For information,<br />
contact Ahavath Achim<br />
Synagogue, 404-355-5222.<br />
Previous Eizenstat lectures have featured<br />
Elie Wiesel, Natan Sharansky, the<br />
Honorable Abba Eban, the Honorable Dr.<br />
Henry Kissinger, the Honorable Teddy<br />
Kollek, the Honorable Simcha Dinitz, the<br />
Honorable Itamar Rabinovich, Rabbi<br />
Shlomo Riskin, the Honorable Shimon<br />
Peres, Cantor Benjamin Muller and Choir,<br />
Professor Alan Dershowitz, Herman Wouk,<br />
the Honorable Joseph Lieberman, U.S.<br />
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the<br />
Honorable Jimmy Carter, the Honorable<br />
Bill Clinton, the Honorable Ehud Olmert,<br />
the Honorable Hillary Clinton, and Paul<br />
Wolfowitz.<br />
BBYO KICKOFF EVENT. <strong>The</strong> Atlanta<br />
Council BBYO, the <strong>Jewish</strong> Youth<br />
group for 9th-12th-graders, held its<br />
first event of the year on Sunday,<br />
August 19. Activities included bowling<br />
and a live band. More than 300<br />
teens had the opportunity to mingle<br />
and see friends. Pictured: Nikki<br />
Cohen, Maddy Oppenheim, Ashley<br />
Matatiaho, Lindsey Friedrich, and<br />
Charli Cohen<br />
Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg<br />
A blessed and sweet year to all<br />
<br />
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah<br />
and Yom Kippur with<br />
Congregation Or VeShalom<br />
Our multi-generational Sephardic congregation<br />
has been bringing Southern hospitality, spirituality, and<br />
tradition to the Atlanta community for over 90 years.<br />
You are invited to join us for services on the High Holy Days.<br />
Please come by the OVS office in advance<br />
to pick up your complimentary visitor tickets<br />
and a schedule of services.<br />
We look forward to welcoming you.<br />
Rabbi Hayyim Kassorla Lenny Franco<br />
President<br />
1681 North Druid Hills Road • Atlanta, GA 30319<br />
Phone 404-633-1737 • Fax 404-633-5938<br />
www.orveshalom.org • office@orveshalom.org<br />
For security purposes no one will be admitted to services without a ticket.
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Alpharetta • 3895 Old Milton Pkwy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-521-8644<br />
Athens - Bogart • 3965 Atlanta Hwy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706-546-5030<br />
Athens - College Station • 1425 College Station Rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706-208-9918<br />
Athens - Industrial Blvd. • N. Hwy. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706-549-6816<br />
Athens - Jennings • 1181 Jennings Mill Pkwy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706-549-5583<br />
Athens - Watkinsville • 1980 Experiment Station Rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706-769-9393<br />
Austell • 4195 Austell Rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .678-945-4295<br />
<strong>Buckhead</strong> • 3041 Piedmont Rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404-814-1751<br />
Canton • 100 Juniper St. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-720-0367<br />
Cascades • 3735 Cascade Rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404-696-6614<br />
Conyers • 1270 Dogwood Dr. SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-922-2847<br />
Cumming • 612 Old Buford Rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .678-513-2909<br />
Decatur • 577 DeKalb Industrial Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404-296-8901<br />
Douglasville • 6081 Fairburn Rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-920-8480<br />
Duluth • 2709 Buford Highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .678-474-0558<br />
Duluth • 3755 Satellite Blvd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .678-475-9987<br />
Dunwoody • 8911 Roswell Rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-650-2822<br />
Johns Creek • 4070 Johns Creek Pkwy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-622-1444<br />
Jonesboro • 7861 Tara Blvd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-471-1670<br />
Kennesaw • 1550 Hickory Grove Rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .678-290-8709<br />
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Lithia Springs • 662 Thornton Rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-819-8061<br />
Lithonia • 5289 Minola Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .678-418-0198<br />
Loganville • 4329 Atlanta Hwy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-554-9112<br />
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East Cobb/Marietta • 665 Johnson Ferry Rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-565-4517<br />
Newnan • 510 Bullsboro Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-304-2457<br />
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Peachtree City • 2765 W. Highway 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-486-8484<br />
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Roswell • 765 Holcomb Bridge Rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-998-1234<br />
Stockbridge • 3501 Hwy. 138 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .678-565-0969<br />
Stone Mountain • 5900 Memorial Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404-499-0362<br />
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Smyrna • 3520 Atlanta Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-432-3384<br />
Woodstock • 9695 Main Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .770-516-9661<br />
At the Breman: Photographer documented<br />
the beginnings of the State of Israel<br />
Paul Goldman’s career as a press photographer<br />
focused mainly on a newborn and<br />
its growing pains. Goldman photographed<br />
vivid scenes in the life of his adopted homeland<br />
as it became Israel and struggled to<br />
survive. His simply composed, brightly lit<br />
images, shot with a chunky Speed Graphic<br />
news camera during the 1940s and 1950s,<br />
document intimate moments at a time of<br />
sweeping, historic change.<br />
More than 100 of his newly restored<br />
images, many never published, will be<br />
included in “<strong>The</strong> Forgotten Photographs:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Work of Paul Goldman from<br />
1943–1961,” which will be on display at<br />
the Breman Museum, October 11-<br />
December 31.<br />
Paul Goldman was a Hungarian-born<br />
photojournalist who fled from Budapest in<br />
1940 with his wife, Dina, to escape spreading<br />
Nazism. Arriving in Palestine during its<br />
tumultuous final years under the British<br />
control that began in 1918, Goldman found<br />
work as a freelance photographer for local<br />
newspapers and international news services.<br />
Thanks to his privileged access—first<br />
as a British Army member, later as a journalist<br />
befriended by Israeli leaders—he<br />
gained a front-row perspective at a pivotal<br />
time for the Middle East.<br />
<strong>The</strong> resulting collection of 40,000 negatives<br />
embodies a panorama of events, families,<br />
leaders, struggles, and hopes.<br />
Goldman’s best-known image is one taken<br />
in September 1957, showing Israeli Prime<br />
Minister David Ben-Gurion doing a headstand<br />
at the Sharon Hotel beach in<br />
Herzliyah.<br />
David Ben-Gurion performing a<br />
headstand<br />
“Paul Goldman seemed to have been<br />
almost everywhere and at the right<br />
moment,” said curator Shlomo Arad, a<br />
renowned former Newsweek photographer.<br />
“He stood with his camera by the cradle of<br />
the state in the making.... His subjects were<br />
refugees and diplomats, leaders, and ordinary<br />
men and women.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> images in the exhibition are from<br />
the collection of Spencer M. Partrich, a<br />
real-estate developer based in Farmington<br />
Hills, Michigan. Partrich purchased the 4” x<br />
5” negatives from Goldman’s daughter in<br />
late 2001 and had them restored at a<br />
Jerusalem lab.<br />
<strong>The</strong> images span 18 years and an array<br />
of subjects. Some scenes are ordinary, others<br />
extraordinary; some are poignant, others<br />
disturbing.<br />
Images include peaceful 1945-46<br />
streetscapes and beach scenes in Tel Aviv,<br />
including a roasted-corn vendor at Mugrabi<br />
Plaza and a beggar with a performing monkey.<br />
On other days in 1945, the same camera<br />
pointed at Holocaust survivors from<br />
Buchenwald, Auschwitz, and other Nazi<br />
camps as they landed at the Port of Haifa<br />
and reached resettlement camps in<br />
Palestine.<br />
In July 1946, Goldman raced in his Jeep<br />
to the site of an historic attack by Israeli<br />
underground fighters against British Army<br />
offices at the King David Hotel in<br />
Jerusalem. He arrived in time to photograph<br />
casualties being evacuated from the explosion<br />
site, where 91 people died and hundreds<br />
were wounded.<br />
Historic rarities include a 1949 photo<br />
essay showing the secretive journey of<br />
Yemenite Jews from Aden to camps in<br />
Israel. <strong>The</strong>y were among 47,000 refugees<br />
relocated in an Operation Magic Carpet airlift<br />
by 380 American and British planes.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are also such familiar faces as<br />
Chaim Weizmann, the nation’s first president,<br />
and emerging figures destined to gain<br />
international fame—Golda Meir, Moshe<br />
Dayan, Menachem Begin, and a young lieutenant<br />
colonel commanding a paratroopers’<br />
brigade in March 1957. That uniformed<br />
officer is Ariel Sharon, who became Israel’s<br />
prime minister.<br />
Goldman worked in anonymity at a<br />
time before photojournalism was respected<br />
as a creative form. News photos generally<br />
appeared uncredited or with a tiny credit<br />
line. “His images made their way into the<br />
national pantheon in almost total anonymity,”<br />
Arad writes. In the museum catalog,<br />
Arad calls the collection “a treasure for historians<br />
and sociologists, students and<br />
researchers.”<br />
For more information about “<strong>The</strong><br />
Forgotten Photographs” exhibition or the<br />
Breman, visit www.thebreman.org or call<br />
678-222-3700.
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Adapted from <strong>The</strong>HotSqueeze.com<br />
1 8-oz. package of cream cheese or 6-oz.<br />
log of goat cheese<br />
1 jar Hot Squeeze<br />
Crackers of choice<br />
Pour Hot Squeeze liberally over<br />
cheese, and serve with crackers.<br />
———————-<br />
Go Nuts with this Easy Rum Cake<br />
By Roberta Scher<br />
Cake:<br />
1 6-ounce package Emerald Glazed<br />
Chocolate Brownie Walnuts or any sweet<br />
glazed nuts (I use the nuts whole, but they<br />
can also be coarsely chopped)<br />
1 package yellow cake mix (Duncan Hines<br />
brand is parve)<br />
1 3.4-ounce package instant vanilla pudding<br />
mix (most Royal and Jello flavors are<br />
parve)<br />
4 large eggs<br />
1/2 cup water<br />
1/2 cup canola oil<br />
1/2 cup rum<br />
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease<br />
and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan. Sprinkle<br />
nuts on bottom of prepared pan. Combine<br />
all cake ingredients. Beat for 1 minute on<br />
low with electric mixer, then scrape sides<br />
and beat for an additional 2 minutes on<br />
medium. Pour into the pan.<br />
Place on center oven rack. Bake for 55-<br />
60 minutes or until golden and center<br />
springs back to touch. Cool in pan for<br />
about 20 minutes. Use spatula or knife to<br />
loosen sides, and invert on serving plate.<br />
Use a drinking straw, toothpick, or skewer<br />
to poke small holes on top of cake. Drizzle<br />
warm glaze (recipe below) over top and<br />
sides of warm cake. Serve at room temperature.<br />
Glaze:<br />
4 tablespoons margarine<br />
2 tablespoons water<br />
1/2 cup sugar<br />
1/2 cup rum<br />
Melt margarine in saucepan. Stir in<br />
water and sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes,<br />
stirring constantly, until thickened a bit.<br />
Remove from heat and slowly stir in rum.<br />
NOTE: Although I usually use dark rum in<br />
this recipe, any rum will do.<br />
———————-<br />
<strong>The</strong> following recipes are adapted from<br />
the Recipezaar website. Visit<br />
recipezaar.com/recipes/rosh-hashana,5-orless-ingredients<br />
to discover 65 reviewed<br />
and rated easy Rosh Hashanah/Holiday<br />
recipes. For those of us who are timedeprived,<br />
this site provides short-cut<br />
recipes to create delicious yom tov meals.<br />
(Don’t miss the recipe for esrog liqueur!)<br />
Mom’s Holiday Fruit Salad<br />
(5-minute preparation)<br />
2 11-ounce cans mandarin oranges<br />
2 16-ounce cans chopped pineapples<br />
1/2 cup chopped pecans<br />
1 16-ounce container dairy or parve sour<br />
cream<br />
1/2 cup shredded coconut<br />
Mix all ingredients, and refrigerate 5-6<br />
hours before serving.<br />
Simple, Utterly Delicious<br />
Chicken With Onions<br />
(5-minute preparation)<br />
2 cut-up roasting chickens (8 pieces each)<br />
2 tablespoons garlic powder<br />
1 large, thinly sliced onion<br />
2 cups sweet wine<br />
Put the chicken in a baking pan. Rub<br />
and sprinkle liberally with garlic powder.<br />
Lay the onion pieces on top of the chicken.<br />
Pour the wine over the chicken.<br />
Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 90<br />
minutes. Uncover and bake for another 30<br />
minutes to get nice, crispy onions, and a<br />
lovely glazed skin.<br />
Deli Style Crock Pot Brisket<br />
(10-minute preparation)<br />
1 4-lb. beef brisket<br />
1 large, thinly sliced onion<br />
1 tablespoon garlic powder<br />
1/4 cup ketchup<br />
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (optional for<br />
gravy)<br />
Sprinkle brisket with garlic powder,<br />
and rub on ketchup. Place brisket, fat side<br />
up, in slow cooker. Add onion slices all<br />
around and on top of meat. Add enough<br />
water to coat the bottom of the cooker.<br />
Cook on low for at least 8 hours (or<br />
overnight) for a very tender brisket.<br />
Optional: To make gravy, mix 1 tablespoon<br />
flour with 1/4 cup water, add to slow<br />
cooker, and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.<br />
Serve alongside brisket.
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Vintage<br />
From page 33<br />
from both importers. In my opinion (one<br />
shared by some members of my very willing<br />
tasting team), some are exceptional, and<br />
several provide excellent value. Highlights<br />
are summarized below. <strong>The</strong> wines are listed<br />
in order of suggested retail price; descriptions<br />
are culled from tasters’ opinions and<br />
importers’ websites. Depending on your<br />
preferences and budget, any of these wines<br />
will provide a delightful accompaniment to<br />
a yom tov table!<br />
RECANATI WINERY<br />
Yasmin White 2006—$9.99<br />
A value! Light, refreshing, fruity “reception”<br />
wine. Pairs well with appetizers, poultry,<br />
fish, and vegetarian entrees.<br />
Yasmin Red 2006—$9.99<br />
A value! A light, fruity, medium-bodied,<br />
all-occasion red blend of Cabernet<br />
Sauvignon, Merlot, and Shiraz.<br />
Sauvignon Blanc 2005—$12.50<br />
100% Sauvignon Blanc, full-bodied and<br />
lively, with flavors of tropical fruits.<br />
Merlot 2005—$12.50<br />
Deep garnet red, medium-bodied, with<br />
hints of fruit, pomegranates and vanilla.<br />
Chardonnay 2005—$15.50<br />
Tropical fruit aromas accentuated by subtle<br />
nuances of caramel and hazelnut. Full-bodied,<br />
harmonious, with a long, smooth finish.<br />
Reserva Merlot 2003—$22.50<br />
A highly recommended personal favorite. A<br />
bouquet of red berries, cassis, and roses,<br />
underscored by hints of white pepper,<br />
cloves, and green olives. Aged for 14<br />
months in French oak barrels.<br />
Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2004—<br />
$22.50<br />
Rich, full-bodied red wine; one to enjoy<br />
now or age gracefully over the next decade.<br />
Pair with hearty meat and pasta entrees.<br />
ROYAL WINE CORPORATION<br />
Carmel Young Moscato 2006 (Israel)—<br />
$8.99<br />
A perfect selection for the sweet-wine fan<br />
on a budget. With an easy twist-off cap, this<br />
Moscato is young and refreshing, offering<br />
real value. It is moderately sparkling, lowalcohol,<br />
and appropriate for a toast, aperitif,<br />
or light sipping during the meal.<br />
Sforno Pinot Grigio 2006 (Italy)—$10<br />
An Italian Pinot Grigio, crisp with a slight<br />
effervescence; aromatic with tropical fruit<br />
flavors. Perfect with poultry, fish, and<br />
pasta.<br />
Weinstock Cellar Select Zinfandel 2004<br />
(California)—$18.99<br />
An earthy, rich, and intense wine with notes<br />
of dark berries, tobacco, and spice. (A<br />
smooth, dry red, this is one of my special<br />
favorites!)<br />
Herzog Late Harvest Chenin Blanc<br />
Clarksburg 2005 (California)—$19.99<br />
Medium-sweet white, displaying apple and<br />
pear flavors. Viscous, full-bodied.<br />
Herzog–Edna Valley Pinot Noir 2005<br />
(California)—$26<br />
This is the first arrival of a Pinot Noir in the<br />
Herzog portfolio of special wines. It has a<br />
garnet hue, with intense aromas of rose<br />
petals, red berries, and cloves.<br />
Baron Rothschild Haute Medoc 2003<br />
(France)—$30<br />
From Barons Edmond and Benjamin de<br />
Rothschild, an elegant blend of Cabernet<br />
Sauvignon and Merlot, aged 12 months in<br />
French oak barrels. Spicy notes with rich,<br />
red fruit flavors.<br />
Chateauneuf du Pape Domaine du Boite<br />
2005 (France)—$34.99<br />
I have not yet tasted this wine, but hope to<br />
in the near future. According to the<br />
importer, this is a very special selection<br />
from an ever-growing portfolio of distinguished<br />
French wines.<br />
For a varied selection of kosher wine in<br />
the Atlanta area, try Jax on Roswell Road,<br />
Quality Kosher Emporium, Total Wine<br />
(newly opened in Kennesaw), and Kroger<br />
or Publix in Toco Hill and Sandy Springs.<br />
In addition, Sam’s Club on Clairmont Road<br />
currently carries several types of Herzog<br />
and Recanati wines. For a huge selection<br />
and wine reviews, visit kosherwine.com.<br />
Many of the online wines are not yet available<br />
in the Atlanta area.<br />
A WORD ABOUT MEVUSHAL AND<br />
NON-MEVUSHAL WINES. <strong>The</strong>re are two<br />
levels of kosher wine: (1) that made<br />
through the normal processes of winemaking<br />
and (2) that made with one extra<br />
process. <strong>The</strong> second is called “mevushal”<br />
(Hebrew for “cooked or boiled”). Wine<br />
made in this manner is chemically different<br />
from non-kosher wine in every respect.<br />
According to the laws of kashrut, a<br />
mevushal wine retains its kashrut quality<br />
(kosherness) no matter who opens, pours,<br />
or drinks it—for example, when the bottle<br />
is opened by a non-<strong>Jewish</strong> waiter or passed<br />
around the table at a mixed gathering.<br />
Modern technology allows the rules of fine<br />
wine production to merge satisfactorily<br />
with religious laws.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Recanati Yasmin series of wines is<br />
specifically produced to be mevushal—<br />
making it kosher, regardless of who serves<br />
it, an important consideration for kosher<br />
caterers and restaurants.
September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 41<br />
Kosher Korner AKC<br />
Approved<br />
START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT—<br />
GO KOSHER<br />
In determining whether a recipe you<br />
want is kosher, bear in mind the basic concepts<br />
of kosher food: no mixing of dairy<br />
and meat; no pork or pork products; no<br />
shellfish.<br />
This also applies to the ingredients in<br />
food products. For example, a food coloring<br />
such as cochineal extract, made from<br />
a shellfish and used in fruit cocktail and<br />
some pink grapefruit juices, would be<br />
considered non-kosher and would taint<br />
the food in which it might be used.<br />
Similarly, using an animal fat<br />
together with dairy ingredients renders<br />
the product non-kosher and<br />
taints even the implements<br />
used in making it.<br />
MEAT. Allowed meats are<br />
beef, veal, venison, mutton,<br />
lamb.<br />
Meat that is kosher must have<br />
been slaughtered (shechted) according to<br />
<strong>Jewish</strong> Law.<br />
Even kosher liver contains blood,<br />
which is non-kosher. All liver must be<br />
broiled in a special way before use to<br />
remove this blood.<br />
Because we do not eat the sciatic<br />
nerve, which is in the hindquarters of<br />
beef, generally you will not find kosher<br />
filet mignon, rump, sirloin, or leg of lamb.<br />
BIRDS/POULTRY. Allowed birds/poultry<br />
are chicken, turkey, quail, Cornish hens,<br />
pigeon, goose, duck, and pheasant.<br />
FISH. Allowed fish have fins and scales.<br />
Not allowed are shellfish (e.g., shrimp,<br />
lobster, clams, oysters, scallops, crabs,<br />
crayfish); scavengers (e.g., catfish, monkfish),<br />
unless they have fins and scales; and<br />
sturgeon.<br />
FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND<br />
GRAINS. All are acceptable, unless they<br />
are infested.<br />
PROCESSED FOODS. About one-third<br />
of all supermarket foods are kosher<br />
approved. For a list of reliable kosher certification<br />
symbols, visit the Chicago<br />
Rabbinical Council (CRC) website<br />
(www.crcweb.org), or access the CRC site<br />
from www.kosheratlanta.org.<br />
Because of the sacramental dimension<br />
of wine in Judaism, a special body of laws<br />
governs grape products. Kashruth-observant<br />
Jews use only those grape products<br />
that have proper supervision. This applies<br />
to wine, grape juice, grape jelly, vinegar,<br />
and all soft drinks that may use white<br />
grape juice as a sweetener. It does not<br />
apply to fresh grapes or raisins.<br />
Israeli products should be tithed<br />
before they are used. If a product has a<br />
kosher symbol on it, it has already been<br />
tithed.<br />
BY<br />
Rabbi Reuven<br />
Stein<br />
SEPARATION OF DAIRY AND MEAT.<br />
Meat and dairy ingredients must not be<br />
mixed together. Milk dishes must be<br />
cooked on separate equipment, and that<br />
equipment must be washed separately.<br />
Meat dishes must be cooked on separate<br />
equipment, and that equipment must<br />
be washed separately.<br />
This prohibition against<br />
mixing dairy and meat also<br />
extends to the plates, cutlery,<br />
utensils, and cooking<br />
vessels used in association<br />
with them, necessitating a<br />
full set of each (which, again,<br />
must be washed separately) in a<br />
kosher kitchen. In addition, many<br />
keep additional sets and equipment that<br />
are pareve (neutral). One should speak to<br />
a rabbi about which equipment can be<br />
used for both.<br />
KOSHER NEWS<br />
TCBY, Loehman’s Plaza, 2484<br />
Briarcliff Road, is under the Orthodox<br />
Rabbinical Supervision of the Atlanta<br />
Kashruth Commission. All yogurt products,<br />
cones, and toppings are kosher dairy<br />
with the exception of gummi bears, prepackaged<br />
cotton candy, and smoothies<br />
that are prepared with vitamin supplements.<br />
Although the soft-serve sorbets<br />
(mango, orange, raspberry, and strawberry-kiwi<br />
flavors) are not made with diary<br />
ingredients, the equipment used to serve<br />
them has been in contact with dairy, therefore,<br />
for kosher classification purposes,<br />
these sorbets are considered diary. <strong>The</strong><br />
hand-scooped sorbet (psychedelic flavor)<br />
is kosher if served using a dedicated<br />
scoop.<br />
Cake cones are pareve.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following toppings are pareve:<br />
cherries, coconut flakes, pineapple,<br />
peanut butter sauce, and sprinkles (rainbow/chocolate).<br />
All pre-packaged yogurt cakes, pies,<br />
and quarts are kosher dairy.<br />
Customized decorated yogurt cakes,<br />
Frappechillers, and milkshakes are also<br />
under supervision.<br />
This certification does not include<br />
Passover.<br />
Rabbi Reuven Stein is director of supervision<br />
for the Atlanta Kashruth<br />
Commission, a non-profit organization<br />
dedicated to promoting kashruth through<br />
education, research, and supervision.<br />
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Helping ordinary people become heroes to kids in need<br />
I was looking for a good human-interest<br />
story for the New Year when a close friend<br />
told me about some people she had met at a<br />
Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce<br />
meeting.<br />
<strong>The</strong> organization they represent, Dream<br />
House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc.,<br />
is dedicated to increasing the opportunities<br />
for medically fragile children to live in a<br />
stable, permanent, home environment. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
are doing this by developing support<br />
resources and programs that will increase<br />
the number of families and communities<br />
prepared to care for these children.<br />
I had never heard of the organization or<br />
the term “medically fragile children.” My<br />
friend said the organization helps kids with<br />
complicated health care conditions, many of<br />
whom have been abandoned by their families.<br />
I visited the Dream House corporate<br />
office in Lilburn and met with its public<br />
relations coordinator, Jeff Jansma. Jeff<br />
showed me an introductory video about the<br />
organization and its mission. I have seen<br />
many such videos in my day, but this one<br />
was exceptional. It was informative and<br />
extremely inspiring.<br />
During our meeting, I asked Jeff to<br />
define a medically fragile child. He stated<br />
that a medically fragile child is “any child,<br />
who, because of an accident, illness, congenital<br />
disorder, abuse, or neglect, has been<br />
left in a stable condition, but dependent on<br />
life-sustaining medication, treatment,<br />
equipment, and the need for assistance with<br />
activities of daily living.”<br />
Dream House is the brainchild of Laura<br />
Moore, a pediatric nurse of over 20 years.<br />
She earned a master’s degree in nursing<br />
education, was an associate professor, and<br />
Serving <strong>The</strong> Community For Over 25 Years!<br />
Adam Zukerman<br />
President/General Managing Partner<br />
5525 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.<br />
Chamblee, GA 30341 770-451-2700<br />
BY<br />
Happy New Year!<br />
Kevin Deutsch<br />
Director of Operations<br />
Bill<br />
Sonenshine<br />
Dream House children pictured with<br />
(back row) Dream House CEO and<br />
Founder Laura Moore, Atlanta<br />
Braves’ Jeff Francoeur, and Delta<br />
Captain Mike Doyle<br />
Over 400 New Hondas In Inventory!<br />
www.CurryHonda.com<br />
spent a year working on a CDC fetal alcohol<br />
research project. Laura said it was frustrating<br />
to see kids saved by new medical<br />
technology, only to be abandoned by relatives<br />
who lacked the money or knowledge<br />
to care for them.<br />
One particular patient inspired Laura to<br />
do something about this problem. Mickey<br />
became a quadriplegic at age 14, due to a<br />
gunshot wound to his neck. He lived in the<br />
hospital for four-and-one-half years. He<br />
became very depressed and tried to bribe<br />
Laura to turn off his ventilator. “If I were a<br />
dog,” she recalls him saying, “you would<br />
treat me better and put me to sleep.”<br />
After receiving support from her local<br />
community, Laura established a specialized<br />
foster home in Lilburn to provide a safe and<br />
stable family-centered environment for<br />
medically fragile foster children who were<br />
ready to leave the hospital but had nowhere<br />
to go. Laura and her husband, Mike, sold<br />
their own home and moved into the Lilburn<br />
Dream Foster House as the pilot foster family.<br />
In early 2004, six-year-old Katie was<br />
accepted as the home’s first foster child.<br />
Suffering from a severe digestive disorder,<br />
Katie was near death. <strong>The</strong> Moores provided<br />
months of almost continual care. Katie ultimately<br />
required two five-organ transplants,<br />
the first occurring in January 2005. Now<br />
nine years old, Katie is two-and-one-half<br />
years post-transplant and doing very well.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Moores adopted her in December 2006.<br />
Laura’s next dream is building the<br />
Dream House Resource Center, LLC. <strong>The</strong><br />
looming project is a planned campus in<br />
Conyers, on 10 acres of donated land just<br />
off Sigman Road. <strong>The</strong> center will provide<br />
transition care and support services for children<br />
and their families from all over the<br />
state. Included on the campus are three transition<br />
homes, one respite home, overnight<br />
accommodations for family members while<br />
they learn to care for their children before<br />
taking them home, and a state-of-the-art<br />
training facility that will provide educational<br />
classrooms and a skills lab. Just over $5<br />
million is needed to start this project. Laura<br />
says there is not a campus or program like<br />
this in the whole country.<br />
So far, Dream House has served over<br />
500 families and 540 children from 25<br />
Georgia counties. “When these children<br />
with special healthcare needs have a safe<br />
and stable place they can call home,” Laura<br />
said, “they become emotionally and mentally<br />
healthier, which, in turn, improves their<br />
physical health.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dream House has received national<br />
recognition. In January, the Moores were<br />
featured in People Magazine as “Heroes<br />
Among Us,” and Laura was chosen as<br />
“Person of the Week” by Charlie Gibson<br />
and ABC World News Tonight. Atlanta<br />
Braves outfielder Jeff Francoeur has teamed<br />
up with Delta Air Lines to give Dream<br />
House 25,000 Sky Miles every time he hits<br />
a home run.<br />
I asked PR coordinator Jansma for a<br />
wish list. He said the families Dream House<br />
Laura Moore was a keynote speaker<br />
at the Health Care for Kids Rally at<br />
the State Capitol in Atlanta,<br />
November 4, 2006.<br />
serves need funding for lifts in their vans<br />
($15,000), specialized car seats ($500), hospital<br />
beds ($5,000), and bedroom and bathroom<br />
modifications ($5,000). <strong>The</strong>y also<br />
need help defraying the costs of childcare<br />
training for family members. <strong>The</strong> Dream<br />
House Family for Keeps course is $350 per<br />
person. Jeff also said there are families<br />
waiting to foster or adopt children, but they<br />
also require training and equipment.<br />
If you would like to make a donation or<br />
participate in a fundraising event, contact<br />
Jeff Jansma at 770-717-7410.<br />
As we start our New Year, I knew you<br />
would find the Dream House story uplifting.<br />
When I left the interview with Jeff, I<br />
knew I was going to do something besides<br />
writing this article. Each of us should, at<br />
every chance we can, engage in “Tikun<br />
Olam”—repairing the world.
September-October 2007 THE JEWISH GEORGIAN Page 43
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Look for the Kosher Symbol on<br />
a Variety of Kroger Brand Items