Federation Star - December 2016

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Answer Our Call 

On Sunday, December 4 

The finish line of our Annual Campaign is in sight. We can surpass our goal with your gift if 

you haven’t made one yet. Please answer our call on Sunday, December 4 between 9:00 a.m. 

and 1:00 p.m. Please give from the heart to support the Jewish Federation of Collier County’s 

beneficiary agencies and ongoing programs in Collier County, Israel and around the world. 

Your generous dollars count. If you have already made your gift, we say THANK YOU! 

GIVING IS NOT JUST ABOUT MAKING A DONATION, 

IT IS ABOUT MAKING A BETTER WORLD. 

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Celebrating Jewish Life in Collier County, Israel and the World 

Federation Star 

Published by the Jewish Federation of Collier County 

serving Naples, Marco Island and the surrounding communities 

www.JewishNaples.org December 2016 - Kislev/Tevet 5777 Vol. 26 #4 

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 

4A Women’s Cultural Alliance 

6A Men’s Cultural Alliance 

10A Community Focus 

15A Jewish Interest 

16A Donor Appreciation List 

20A Israel & the Jewish World 

21A Tributes 

24A Commentary 

25A Focus on Youth 

26A Synagogues 

28A Organizations 

30A Community Calendar 

31A Community Directory 

1B Arts & Culture 

7B Jewish Book Festival 

Capacity Building Grant announced 

The Jewish Federation of Collier 

County is very excited to announce 

that it is the recipient of a 

three-year $150,000 Capacity Building 

Grant from the Schiff Family Fund of 

the Herbert H. Schiff Foundation. This 

grant is designed to allow the Jewish 

Federation of Collier County to do an 

infrastructure and systemic investigation 

that campaign dollars cannot cover. 

The first two years of grant money 

is being used for two initiatives, actually 

two studies. The first is a business/ 

strategic plan that is being directed by 

an outside consultant, Sallie Williams 

of Williams Consulting Group. There 

have been interviews with donors and 

non-donors as well as strong input from 

the Federation’s Board of Directors. The 

results of this study will be used as a 

blueprint for the Board of Directors in 

mapping the business plan for increasing 

our campaign in order to build the 

community. 

The other initiative will have 

Brandeis University, headed by Assistant 

Research Professor Dr. Matthew 

Boxer, conducting a demographic and 

needs assessment study for our Federation 

and community. This is an in-depth 

study which uses the latest techniques 

for estimating, with a high likelihood 

of accuracy, how many Jews live in our 

area, where they live, what services they 

currently use, and what services they 

might like or use in the future. Dr. Boxer 

and The Maurice and Marilyn Cohen 

Center for Modern Jewish Studies of 

the Steinhardt Social Research Institute 

have done these types of studies for cities 

such as Boston, Seattle, Nashville 

and Buffalo to name a few. All information 

gathered will be reported only 

in the aggregate. Any information that 

can identify an individual is destroyed 

and never released to the Federation or 

any other entity. These restrictions are 

Federal law. 

Calls will be made in the January to 

April time frame to individuals and/or 

families chosen at random by a computer. 

If you have been selected to receive 

a call, you will first receive a letter from 

Brandeis asking you to participate. You 

may then participate either online at the 

designated secure website or you will 

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4A 

Volunteering for WCA – 

a gift that gives back 

Memorial Garden Art 

Installation at Museum 

10A 

20A 

Naples resident in cycling 

tour in Israel with FIDF 

25A 

Preschool of the Arts 

update 

Jewish Federation of Collier County Inc. 

2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Ste. 2201 

Naples, FL 34109 

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Chanukah 

begins 

Saturday 

night, 

December 24

2A Federation Star December 2016 

Renee’s community 

program & events corner 

Renee’ 

Bialek 

Community 

Program 

Coordinator 

On Monday, December 26, the 

community will come together 

at 5:45 p.m. to celebrate Chanukah. 

Please join us on the lawn at 

Mercato for entertainment and yummy 

latkes! After lighting the menorah, 

Montana Maxwell Hendry, a 2 nd grade 

student at The Community School of 

Naples, will sing a Chanukah song. 

Tracey Lane will sing a few medley 

songs such as “Yossel Yossel” and “Bei 

Mir Bist Du Shein.” We will also get to 

hear Cantor Donna Azu and Cantorial 

Soloist Hari Jacobsen sing. And let’s 

not forget the Naples Klezmer Revival 

Band! Thank you to all these entertainers. 

We look forward to hearing you all 

perform along with our emcee, Kevin 

Aizenshtat. 

If you haven’t entered the Latke 

Eating Contest, please do so! The winners 

will receive a gift card from Yoga 

Loft. And, of course, all the chosen contestants 

will eat delicious latkes cooked 

by Stage Deli Fine Foods. 

While you’re at the celebration, 

please visit the exhibitors: Women’s 

Cultural Alliance for dreidels, BBYO 

for arts and crafts projects, Tama Caldarone 

for an art project, and decorate 

your own cookie at the Men’s Cultural 

Alliance table. 

Please join us at the end of this event 

when glow sticks will be handed out and 

we will all sing “Hatikvah.” 

Free admission for all! Donations 

and sponsors are welcomed. 

I’d like to thank the Chanukah 

committee for all of your hard work: 

Denise Samuel, Tama Caldarone and 

Marcy Bigel. 

Happy Chanukah! 

Alvin 

Becker 

Federation 

Board Chair 

JEWISH FEDERATION 

Where to retire…and stay 

active and healthy 

As reported in the Naples Daily 

News last month, the latest 

edition of Where to Retire 

magazine confirmed what we all know: 

that would-be retirees have long chosen 

Naples as the ultimate destination to live 

the good life. 

The national publication chose 

Naples because of its high rankings for 

its arts, outdoor features and recreational 

opportunities (translation: 90 golf 

courses). The magazine referenced the 

area’s beaches, boating, parks, zoo and 

botanical garden, and praised the city’s 

cultural attractions (art and film festivals 

and its performing arts offerings). Most 

importantly, Where to Retire also mentioned 

last year’s Gallup-Healthways 

Community Well-Being Index survey 

of the happiest and healthiest places in 

the country, which ranked Naples first. 

We agree with Gallup. In addition 

to providing abundant sports, cultural 

and outdoor features for seniors, Naples 

also offers countless opportunities for 

volunteerism which, in turn, promotes 

good physical and mental health as measured 

by the well-being index. Research 

shows that volunteering confers mental 

and physical health benefits for those 

doing the helping. Being a volunteer 

can help keep the brain and body active, 

which contributes to continuing 

cognitive health, according to numerous 

studies. 

A 2010 study from United Healthcare 

found that people who volunteer 

have less trouble sleeping, less anxiety, 

less feelings of helplessness and hopelessness, 

better friendships and social 

networks, and a sense of control over 

chronic conditions. Another study revealed 

that, among seniors, volunteering 

is likely to reduce the risk of dementia 

and is associated with reduced symptoms 

of depression, better self-reported 

health, fewer functional limitations and 

lower mortality. 

Where to volunteer to derive its 

many health and happiness benefits? 

Look through this issue of the Federation 

Star. All of the agencies and 

organizations profiled and referenced 

here are in need of volunteers in order 

to carry out their important missions. 

Find one of interest and contact them 

with an offer to volunteer. Of course, 

the Jewish Federation of Collier County 

is dependent on volunteers to fulfill 

its wide-ranging mission and community 

goals. Call the Federation office atb 

239.263.4205 to learn about its many u 

volunteer opportunities. 

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Federation invests 

in the future 

Youth Leadership Awards to be given to two high school seniors 


County Youth Leadership congregation and/or BBYO youth 

Actively involved in respective 

Awards will be given to honor group 

the achievements of Greater Collier Strong academic record 

County high school seniors demonstrating 

leadership in their activities at their Jewish related activities 

Leadership in both high school and 

respective congregation and/or BBYO Application forms may be picked up 

youth group. They will be recognized at the Federation office or downloaded 

for their successful balancing of Jewish at www.jewishnaples.org/scholarships. 

leadership, high school academics, athletics 

and clubs, and community service. is strictly confidential and will be re- 

All scholarship application data 

A one-time award of $2,000 each viewed without any identifying information 

using established selection criteria. 

will be given to two deserving seniors. 

This scholarship will be used to further All applications are due by January 

1, 2017. The award recipients will 

their education at an accredited college, 

university or vocational school. be notified by February 1, 2017. Both 

Applicant qualifications: 

award recipients will be required to be 

Jewish youth in their senior year of present at the annual Power of Community 

Celebration dinner on Saturday, 

high school 

Residents of the Greater Collier February 11 at The Ritz-Carlton Golf 

County Area (Naples, Marco Island, Resort, Naples. 

Bonita Springs, Estero) 

For more information on the 

Festival, see pages 7B-10B. 

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Rabbi 

Harold Kushner cannot attend the event 

on January 19. In his place, Steve Katz 

will entertain us with a presentation 

about his book Blood, Sweat, and My 

Rock ‘n’ Roll Years, and a mini-concert. 

Capacity Building Grant...continued from page 1A 

e called by a Brandeis researcher. We Schiff and her family for making this 

rge you participate in order to build a important, invaluable and amazing gift 

ewish community for the future, which to our community. 

ill be able to provide the services, The Jewish Federation of Collier 

pace and personnel needed to service County has other opportunities available 

to anyone who wants to also come 

nd sustain our growth. 

The Jewish Federation of Collier forward and create something unique, 

County cannot plan for the future without 

knowing who, what, where and why and above what is currently possible 

something special, and something over 

we as a Jewish community currently with the limited resources available. 

exist. The Capacity Building Grant from For more information, please contact 

Jeffrey Feld at our Federation at 

the Schiff Family Fund of the Herbert 

H. Schiff Foundation allows us to take 239.263.4205 or email Matt Boxer at 

this snapshot of ourselves in order to Naples@Brandeis.edu. 

provide for our future. We thank Jane 

December 2016 Federation Star 

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BBYO NAPLES 5TH ANNIVERSARY 

CELEBRATION 

Inviting all teens, parents, alumni, and friends of 

BBYO to join us for food and fun as we celebrate 

five years of BBYO Naples 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2016 

1:30–3:30 PM 

TEMPLE SHALOM SOCIAL HALL 

4630 Pine Ridge Road 


For questions, please contact Skylar Haas 

at 239-263-4205 or shaas@bbyo.org 

RSVP at bbyo.org/naplescelebration 

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Saturday evening, February 11, 2017 

The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples 

Featuring Tovah Feldshuh 

Tovah Feldshuh is an American actress, singer and playwright. She has become 

best known for her role as Deanna Monroe on AMC’s television adaptation of 

The Walking Dead. 

A Broadway star for more than four decades, she has earned four Tony Award 

nominations. Her Broadway credits include Sarava, Yentl, Lend Me a Tenor 

and 

Golda’s Balcony. 

She has also received two Emmy Award nominations for her performance as 

Helena Slonova in the mini-series Holocaust 

and for her recurring role as defense 

attorney Danielle Melnick on Law & Order. 

In addition, she has appeared in such films as A Walk on the Moon, She’s Funny 

Th a t W a yand 

Kissing Jessica Stein. 

Currently, she portrays Naomi Bunch, an overbearing Jewish mother, on The 

CW television series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. 

Invitations will be mailed to all members of the Jewish Federation of Collier County. 

For more information, please call the Federation ofice ofice at 239.263.4205.



WOMEN’S CULTURAL ALLIANCE www.WomensCulturalAlliance.com / 215-820-6697 

Volunteering for WCA – a gift that gives back 

By Harriett Kleinman, WCA Volunteer Director 

This is the season of giving. All 

faiths embrace and, in fact, 

require this act of kindness. It 

doesn’t have to be about giving money. 

It can be as basic as offering someone a 

ride, cheering up someone who is down, 

or even sharing your knowledge with 

others. Doing something for someone 

else is among the most rewarding experiences 

we can have. When we give 

to others, we get to learn more about 

ourselves and build new relationships. 

Volunteering ends up actually being a 

gift to the volunteer. 

Two years ago, I moved to Naples 

full-time. After having moved many 

times in my life, I knew that to feel 

WCA Volunteer Director Harriett Kleinman (seated) welcomes 

WCA’s wonderful volunteers to the WCA Spring Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 

at home, I needed to find a group of 

women with interests similar to mine. I 

had heard about WCA from a friend and 

joined. I attended the WCA New Member 

Coffee and met a wonderful group of 

energetic and talented women. I knew 

right away that I wanted to devote my 

energy and time to WCA. Before I knew 

it, I had joined several interest groups. 

I even offered to lead one of them! I 

found that simply helping with a mailing 

was not only an easy way to meet 

people, but it also allowed me to repay 

WCA for what I felt I was getting from 

this organization. As Volunteer Director, 

I want to help other members have a 

similar rewarding experience. 

A reason for volunteering, which 

I often hear from women I speak with, 

is perhaps best expressed by Peggy 

Brown, who said, “Connecting with 

people from different walks of life and 

different parts of our country makes 

volunteering an absolute must for me! 

WCA has given me this opportunity.” 

Shelley, an inveterate WCA volunteer, 

added, “I like volunteering for 

WCA because it gives me the opportunity 

to meet more women than I otherwise 

would. The 

time commitments 

are minimal and 

the rewards are 

great! I especially 

like being a greeter 

at WCA events. It 

gives me the opportunity 

to speak 

with many women 

at one event. Taking 

RSVPs also gave 

me a chance to become 

familiar with many names, so it 

was fairly easy when I met someone 

face-to- face.” 

Before landing in Southwest Florida, 

WCA members had active lives 

– careers, families, friends and helping 

others. Once we retired here, we often 

needed to re-invent ourselves. Many of 

us found that we could make a new life 

here through what we could give. We 

had our experiences, talents and time 

to draw from and to share. We wanted 

Senior Housing Solutions presents the 

Volunteers extraordinaire Patti Bloom 

and Emilia Libers 

to seek opportunities where we could 

make a difference, no matter how small. 

Our members often suggest new interest 

groups, lectures and events. Some 

may initiate an idea and see it through to 

fruition. Others help by taking RSVPs 

or check in and greet members as they 

arrive at an event. A smiling face as you 

walk into a room can lead the way to a 

positive feeling! WCA member Denise 

Samuel commented, “For all the wonderful 

program offerings that we get 

from our WCA membership throughout 

the entire year, there are opportunities 

for everyone to ‘give back’ in some way. 

I derive great personal satisfaction sharing 

what I know with other members or 

‘showing how to.’ It’s fun to organize a 

program or entertain a group at my home 

for a morning coffee or cocktail party, 

or simply act as an email conduit for 

signups and registrations. Best of all, it 

is a great way to meet new women and 

make new friendships!” 

WCA exists today because of our 

members and their ongoing interest 

and involvement. We are an organization 

that was formed by and for our 

members. Nancy Kahn explained to 

me that when she joined, WCA was the 

Brandeis University National Women’s 

Committee. Nancy said, “It is where I 

made my first friends when we moved 

to Naples. It was warm and welcoming, 

inviting and interesting. It is important 

to me that WCA remains that same way 

for all our newcomers, and continues to 

do so for all our longtime members.” 

By being involved in WCA, you can 

help decide the programs and direction 

for our group. WCA Program Director 

Patti Boochever is always open to suggestions 

for programs or lectures. But 

these events simply do not just happen. 

They are successful because of talented 

and generous members who give of their 

time to make them a reality. 

I personally experience almost as 

much pleasure knowing that I helped an 

event succeed as I do from the event itself. 

Judy Belmont observes, “As in every 

volunteer organization, I have found 

that the more you give, the more you get 

out of it. As the former coordinator of 

the WCA PA/NJ/DE Northern Branch 

as well as coordinating the “Women 

on Wheels” Tuesday Morning Biking 

Group, I have met such lovely women 

with whom I have shared so many terrific 

experiences – and I am so happy 

to consider many of these wonderful 

women my friends.” 

I thank all the volunteers – past 

and present – who have volunteered for 

WCA. If you are a member of WCA, 

please contact me if you would like to 

volunteer for WCA in any way. If you 

are not yet a member and would like to 

join WCA, please complete the membership 

application below and mail it in. 

And remember, as the saying goes, 

“Volunteers are not paid, not because 

they are worthless, but because they 

are priceless.” 

WCA Volunteers Susy Payne, June Kruger, Elaine Malin, Andrea Goodman, Lorie Rapport 

and Diane Greene were among the women being thanked by WCA at the brunch 

SENIOR HOUSING 

BUS TOUR 

February 8, 2017 

8:00am – 4:30pm 

Join us for a fun-filled, educational, ‘no-obligation’ day of 

guided senior community visits, chef-prepared meals, 

and a senior-related showcase event hosted by 

senior housing expert Bruce Rosenblatt 

Featured communities will be: 

Inspired Living 

Sandalwood Village 

Arbor Trace 

Pickup/dropoff at Riverchase Publix, 11200 Tamiami Trail N 

Advance registration is required 

Only 

$25.00 

per person! 

Call 239-595-0207 

to reserve your seat 

Mail check to: Senior Housing Solutions 

28518 Azzilli Way, Bonita Springs, FL 34135 

or register online at “events” 

www.seniorhousingsolutions.net 

Seating 

is limited. 

Reserve 

today! 

New Member____ 

Women’s Cultural Alliance Membership Form 

Our Membership year runs from September 1 to August 31. 

Dues for members who join after March 1 st will cover the next season. 

Renewal____ Is there a change in your information from last year? YES___ NO___ 

___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ 

Name Spouse/Partner Name 

___________________________________________________________________ 

Email Address (very important) 

___________________________________________________________________ 

FL Street Address, City, Zip 

_________________________________ _______________________________ 

Community in which you live FL Home Phone 

______________________________ ____________________________________ 

Cell Phone Northern Phone 

___________________________________________________________________ 

Northern Street Address, City, State or Province, Zip 

In FL: Full Time______ OR Part Time______ From _________________________ to _______________________ 

Membership Dues are $90.00 (US Funds), which includes a $36.00 donation to Federation $90.00 

I am also including a voluntary donation to the Federation in the amount of $_________________ 

Total enclosed or authorized $__________________ 

____I will be paying by check. (Please make your check payable to JFCC/WCA.) 

____I will be paying by credit card: Card Number_________________________________________________________ 

Exp. Date_______________ Name on Card________________________________________________________ 

CVV 

You must sign the waiver below, and return this completed form with your check or credit card information. 

To be included in the WCA Directory, we must have this information by August 1. 

____I would like to volunteer for WCA by Chairing or Co-Chairing a program. 

____I would like to be a speaker or lead a workshop on these topics: If checked, list topic(s)_______________________ 

____I would like to volunteer in some capacity, but I am not yet sure what. 

Please sign Event Participation Waiver: As a participant in a WCA event, I, acting for myself, my executors, 

administrators, heirs, next of kin agree as follows: I waive all rights, claims, courses of action, of any kind whatsoever that 

I or my heirs or my legal representatives may claim to have against The Jewish Federation of Collier County, The 

Women’s Cultural Alliance, or their agents, servants, and/or employees, for any loss, injury, or damage sustained by me 

while participating in a WCA event. This waiver and release shall be construed broadly, under the laws of the State of 

Florida. Your membership payment is your permission for Women’s Cultural Alliance to take and use photographs/videos 

for appropriate purposes in accordance with WCA’s mission 

Signature_________________________________________________ Date__________________________ 

Please mail this form (with the signed waiver) and your check or credit card number to: 

Jewish Federation of Collier County, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd. #2201, Naples FL 34109. 

If you prefer, you may complete this form online at www.WomensCulturalAlliance.com and then print off the 

form, sign the waiver, and mail it to the Jewish Federation (at the above address) with your payment.


Published by 

2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, 

Suite 2201 

Naples, Florida 34109-0613 

Phone: (239) 263-4205 

Fax: (239) 263-3813 

www.jewishnaples.org 

Email: info@jewishnaples.org 

Officers 

Board Chair: Alvin Becker 

Vice Chair: Kevin Aizenshtat 

Vice Chair: Jane Schiff 

Vice Chair: Phyllis Seaman 

Secretary: Wallie Lenchner 

Treasurer: Jerry Sobelman 

Immed. Past Chair: 

Judge Norman Krivosha 

Board of Directors 

Joshua Bialek 

Rosalee Bogo 

David Braverman 

Harvey Brenner 

Dan Carp 

Stephen Coleman 

Karen Deutsch 

Dr. Ed Ezrine 

Michael Feldman 

Alan Gordon 

Neil Heuer 

James Knafo 

Joel Pittelman 

Marc Saperstein 

Betty Schwartz 

Arlene Sobol 

Michael Sobol 

Steve Strome 

Dr. Daniel Wasserman 

Beth Wolff 

Edward Wollman 

Past Presidents 

Gerald Flagel, Dr. William Ettinger, 

Ann Jacobson, Sheldon Starman, 

Bobbie Katz, Rosalee Bogo 

Board Members Emeritus 

Hans Levy 

Shirley Levy 

Synagogue Representatives 

Cantor Donna Azu 

Sue Baum 

Rabbi Ammos Chorny 

Rabbi Mark Gross 

Phil Jason 

Rabbi Adam Miller 

Suzanne Paley 

Rabbi James Perman 

Dr. Arthur Seigel 

Rabbi Sylvin Wolf 

Rabbi Fishel Zaklos 

Debbie Zvibleman 

Federation President/CEO 

Jeffrey Feld 

Staff 

Renee’ Bialek, Community Prog. Coord. 

Julie Hartline, Donor Relations Coord. 

Stacy Hersha, Business Oper. Mgr. 

Federation is the central Jewish 

community-building organization for 

Collier County, providing a social 

service network that helps Jewish 

people in Collier County, in Israel 

and around the world. As the central 

fundraising organization for Jewish 

communal life in our area, strength 

is drawn from organized committees 

of dedicated volunteers. 

Programs include: 

• Annual Campaign & 

Endowment fund 

• Educational & cultural programs 

• Israel Advocacy Committee 

• Israel Scouts 

• Jewish Book Festival 

• Jewish Community Relations 

Council 

• Jewish Russian-American Cultural 

Alliance 

• Men’s Cultural Alliance 

• Publication of the Federation 

Star, Connections and 

Community Directory 

• Strategic Planning 

• Women’s Cultural Alliance 

• Women’s Division 

• Youth Activities Committee – 

sponsoring youth education and 

scholarships for Jewish Summer 

Camp and the Israel Experience 


Join the Jewish Professionals Group 

at its December events 

By Andy Singer, Chair 


County’s Jewish Professionals 

Group is a great way to make an 

important connection. Being involved in 

a Jewish professionals organization can 

help you in many areas of your life. Not 

only can there be excellent networking 

opportunities, you also may find new 

business associates, business mentors, 

friends, spiritual support or even dating 

opportunities. Below are upcoming 

events that I hope you can attend. RSVP 

in a timely manner as there is limited 

space. I look forward to meeting each 

of you. 

Thursday, December 8 at 5:00 p.m. 

The Jewish Professionals will meet at 

Bokamper’s at 5:00 p.m. for Dutch treat. 

We have a private room, which is limited 

to 40 people. At 6:30 p.m. we will 

BENEFITING THE COLLIER/LEE CHAPTER OF HADASSAH 

KOSHER COMEDY TOUR 

presents 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017 • 7:30PM • TEMPLE SHALOM, NAPLES 

In the tradition of “Catskills on Broadway,” this exciting multimedia comedy show stars 

three top-notch Jewish comedians: PETER FOGEL • STU MOSS • MARLYN SANCHEZ 

DIAMOND $1,000 

Finest seating for two, dessert party, 2 CDs 

PLATINUM $500 

Premium seating for two, dessert party, 1 CD 

GOLD $250 

Excellent seating for two, dessert party, 1 CD 

SILVER $136 

Reserved seating for one, dessert party 

BRONZE $54 

General seating for one (At the door, if available, $100) 

Proceeds to benefit Hadassah Medical Organization and the work 

of Hadassah. Your attendance at this event gives permission for 

Hadassah to take and use photographs for appropriate purposes 

in accordance with its mission. 

Make check payable to HADASSAH and mail to: 

CATHOLIC-JEWISH DIALOGUE 

Sunday, November 13 (2:30 P.M.) 

78th Anniversary SCHEDULE of Kristallnacht OF EVENTS Commemorative FOR Service. 

Kristallnacht THE 

is recognized 2016-2017 

by most SEASON 

historians as “The Night 

The Holocaust Began”. 

Temple Shalom, Theme: 

4630 Building 

Pine Ridge Rd., Bridges 


Sunday, November December 413 (2:00 (2:30 P.M.) P.M.) 

78th Walking Anniversary God’s Paths of Kristallnacht Part 3, “Common Commemorative Texts, Service. Different 

Kristallnacht Scriptures” film is recognized and discussion. by most historians as “The Night 

The Part Holocaust three of a series Began”. of six short videos designed to discuss the 

Temple differences Shalom, and 4630 commonalities Pine Ridge Rd., of Christian Naples, FL and 34119 Jewish 

religions. Commentary by a rabbi and priest following the 

Sunday, film, dialogue December discussion 4 (2:00 and P.M.) refreshments. 

Walking Beth Tikvah, God’s 1459 Paths Pine Part Ridge 3, Rd, “Common Naples, FL Texts, 34105Different 

Scriptures” film and discussion. 

Part Sunday, three December of a series 4 of (6:00 six short P.M.) videos designed to discuss the 

differences Catholic and and Jewish commonalities Teen Program. of Christian and Jewish 

religions. Catholic and Commentary Jewish teens by will a meet rabbi and and greet priest one following another in the an 

film, interfaith dialogue program. discussion and refreshments. 

Beth St. Agnes Tikvah, Catholic 1459 Pine Church, Ridge Ministry Rd, Naples, Hall, FL 7775 34105 Vanderbilt 

Beach Rd, Naples, FL 34120 

Sunday, December 4 (6:00 P.M.) 

Catholic Friday, January and Jewish 6 (8:00 Teen pm) Program. 

Catholic Interfaith and Weekend, Jewish teens an opportunity will meet and to greet witness one another worship in an 

interfaith services of program. both religions. 

St. Rabbi Agnes Mark Catholic Gross Church, invites Catholics Ministry to Hall, the 7775 Friday Vanderbilt evening 

Beach Shabbat Rd, service. Naples, FL 34120 

Jewish Congregation of Marco Island, 991 Winterberry Dr., 

Friday, Marco Island, January FL 6 (8:00 34145pm) 

Interfaith Weekend, an opportunity to witness the worship 

services Friday, January of both 6 religions. (7:30 pm) 

Rabbi Adam Mark Gross Miller invites invites Catholics to to the Friday evening 

Shabbat service. 

Jewish Temple Congregation Shalom, 4630 of Pine Marco Ridge Island, Rd., Naples, 991 Winterberry FL 34119 Dr., 

Marco Sunday, Island, January FL 834145 

(5:00 pm) 

Friday, Fr. Tim January Navin invites 6 (7:30 Jews pm) to the Sunday evening Mass. 

Rabbi San Marco Adam Catholic Miller invites Church, Catholics 851 San to the Marco Friday Rd, evening Marco 

Shabbat Island, FL service. 34145 

Please see other side 

Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Rd., Naples, FL 34119 

Sunday, January 8 (5:00 pm) 

Fr. Tim Navin invites Jews to the Sunday evening Mass. 

San Marco Catholic Church, 851 San Marco Rd, Marco 

Island, FL 34145 

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR 

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Theme: Building Bridges 

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cancelled 

head over to the Naples Italian American 

Foundation for the WWII film My Italian 

Secret, which will screen at 7:00 

p.m. The film is free with a suggested 

donation made to the Holocaust Museum 

& Education Center of Southwest 

Florida. Separate reservations are necessary 

to the two email addresses below. 

For dinner, RSVP by December 5 

to andy.singer@singerexecutivedevelop 

ment.com. Bokamper’s address: 8990 

Fontana Del Sol Way, Naples. 

For the film, RSVP to GenShoah 

swfl@icloud.com. Naples Italian American 

Foundation address: 7035 Airport 

Pulling Rd. N., Naples. 

5A 

Monday, December 19, 

6:00 to 7:30 p.m. 

The Jewish Professionals Group is 

invited to attend my free seminar on 

time management. You won’t want 

to miss this 45-minute version of my 

“Master of Time” time-management 

training. How do we learn to be more 

efficient and productive so we can get 

everything accomplished? Come to the 

Jewish Federation of Collier County at 

6:00 p.m. Appetizers from Café Luna 

will be served. Remit payment of $10 

by December 14 to Renee’ at the JFCC, 

2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Ste. 2201, 

Naples, FL 34109. 

Stay connected at www.jewishnaples.org 

Sunday, January 8 (5:00 pm) 

Fr. Bob Kantor invites Jews to the Sunday evening Mass. 

St. Agnes Catholic Church, 7775 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, 


Sunday, February 12 (4:00 P.M.) 

Joe’s Violin; film and discussion 

This short documentary tells the story of a blossoming friendship 

between a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor and a Bronx 

14-year-old schoolgirl, brought together by a violin that he 

acquired at a displaced person’s camp in postwar Germany. 

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Ballroom, 625 111th 

Ave. N. Naples, FL 34108 

Sunday, March 5 (1:30 P.M.) 

Dr. William Madges – Presentation and discussion. 

Dr. Madges has been a co-director of a multimedia traveling 

exhibit, A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the 

Jewish People. 

St. Ann Jubilee Center, 525 9th Avenue South, Naples, FL 

34102 

Sunday, April 30 (2:00 P.M.) 

Walking God’s Paths Part 4, “Season of Freedom, Season of 

Rebirth” film and discussion. 

Part four of a series of six short videos designed to discuss the 

differences and commonalities of Christian and Jewish 

religions. Commentary by a rabbi and priest following the film, 

dialogue discussion and refreshments. 

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Claussen Center, 625 

111th Ave. N. Naples, FL, 34108 

For all events, please RSVP to: cjdialogue@naples.net or 

call (239) 263-4205. • jewishnaples.org/get-involved/cjd 

Free admission to all events. Donations payable to JFCC are 

always welcomed. 

The purpose of the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue is to engage 

Jews and Catholics in understanding their past history and 

advancing the cause of mutual understanding and 

appreciation of their differences, as well as their 

commonalities.


A spectacular musical event! 

March 5, 2017 

7:30PM 

Temple Shalom 

from 

Bimah 

Broadway 

Cantor 

Daniel Mutlu 

to 

Encore! 

Cantor 

Donna Azu 

Cantor 

Carrie Barry 


Stu Schweitzer returns to 

MCA by popular demand 

By Jeff Margolis 

Internationally-renowned financial 

guru Dr. Stu Schweitzer returns to 

MCA on Thursday December 8 at 

the Vineyards Country Club. Stu will 

be speaking about the state of the U.S. 

economy under a new presidential administration. 

The cost of the luncheon is 

$28. For reservations, please send your 

check, payable to JFCC/MCA, to Meir 

Kehila, 4751 West Bay Blvd., #804, Estero, 

FL 33928. Make your reservations 

early as we are expecting a big turnout. 

Upcoming events 

The MCA Documentary Film Group 

will be presenting Carvalho’s Journey 

on Thursday December 1 at 2:00 p.m. 

in the Naples Daily News Community 

Room. The film presents a portrait of 

a Sephardic Jew from the south and 

his groundbreaking photography and 

artwork. Reservations are required via 

email to docfilmsnaples@gmail.com. 

Space is limited. 

The second lecture in the MCA 

series will take place on Wednesday, 

December 14 at 10:30 a.m. Judge Louis 

Whitman will present “Jerusalem - a 

Long and Varied History.” Judge Whitman 

will examine Judaism’s most sacred 

city and provide the audience with 

a virtual tour of the city’s past and present. 

The program will take place in the 

David G. Willens Community Room of 

the Jewish Federation. For reservations, 

please email mcalectures@aol.com. 

Join your fellow MCA members 

at our 4 th Annual Night at the Florida 

Everblades on Wednesday, January 25 

at 7:30 p.m. at Germain Arena. The 

Blades will take on the Allen Americans. 

Tickets are $25. Please send your 

check, payable to JFCC/MCA, to Jeff 

Margolis, 5588 Hammock Isles Drive, 


Interested in learning about Collier 

County’s largest employer? Join MCA 

members on Tuesday, January 24 for 

a private tour of the Arthrex facility 

in Naples. Visitors will view a Power- 

Point presentation about the company 

followed by a tour. The cost is $20 and 

the program is limited to 25 members. A 

box lunch from Jason’s Deli is included. 

For reservations, please Larry Hecht at 

lhecht@mymts.net. 

It’s not too early to plan for the 

MCA Second Annual Sweetheart and 

Presidents Day Dinner and Dance to be 

held on Saturday, February 18 at 6:00 

p.m. at the Vineyards Country Club. 

The cost is $140 per couple. Look for 

more information in future issues of 

the Federation Star. For reservations, 

please send checks to Meir Kehila, 

whose address is listed above. 

Are you interested in serving on 

the MCA Program Committee? If so, 

please email Jeff Zalasky at jzalasky@ 

comcast.net. 

If you are not yet an MCA member, 

please complete the membership form 

below and join a great group of guys! 

Happy Hanukkah to everyone at 

MCA. 

Fed Cup: A golf event 

for everyone 

By Kevin Aizenshtat 

On Sunday, December 18, the 

Jewish Federation of Collier 

County will host Fed Cup 

VII at The Club TwinEagles. This is 

a fundraiser to support 

the JFCC’s Scholarship 

Program, offering partial 

scholarships to young Jewish 

children in our community 

to attend Jewish 

summer camps, and teens 

from our community to attend ership conferences and meaningful 

leadtrips 

to Israel. Keeping our youth connected 

to their Judaism has always been 

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a leading priority of our Federation. 

At the Jewish Federation of Collier 

County we are truly BUILDING COM- 

MUNITY TOGETHER. 

I’d like to thank everyone 

who has participated 

in the past and I encourage 

you to come out again this 

year. I hope you see you 

all at FED CUP VII. The 

cost is $150 per player and 

includes a boxed breakfast, and lunch 

during the awards banquet. Please contact 

me at kevin@gcipnaples.com or 

239.777.1451. 

L 

Cantor 

Mary Rebecca Thomas 

Cantor 

William Tiep 

General admission 

tickets 

$60 in advance 

$75 at the door 

$125 single ticket & 

Champagne dessert reception 

Purchase tickets in the Temple office 

or call 239-455-3030 

Temple Shalom • 4630 Pine Ridge Rd. • Naples, FL 34119 

Men's Cultural Alliance of Collier County 

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Look who’s coming to Naples! 

Our experience selecting authors at the Jewish Book Council conference 

By Robin Mintz and Susan Pittelman, Jewish Book Festival Co-Chairs 

Can you imagine working on a 

book for many, many years, and 

then being told that you have 

only two minutes (and they mean two 

minutes!) to describe your book? That 

was the situation for the 200 authors 

who made presentations at the Jewish 

Book Council’s Meet the Authors event 

last May! 

More than a hundred representatives 

of JCCs, Jewish Federations, 

synagogues and other organizations 

from throughout the country gathered 

in New York City to hear about the 

newly published books for this year 

Susan Pittelman and Robin Mintz 

and to select the authors they wanted 

to invite to their communities. As two 

of the three co-chairs for the Jewish 

Book Festival of Collier County (Phil 

Jason is the third), we were asked to 

join Jewish Book Festival Coordinator 

Ted Epstein at the conference and help 

select authors for the Collier County 

Jewish Book Festival. 

The presentations were divided 

into four “Meet the Author” sessions 

of approximately two hours each. As 

each author spoke, we (Ted, Robin and 

Susan) independently rated each speaker 

on a scale of 1 to 10 on two criteria: 

1) How engaging was the presenter? 

Did the author use notes? Was the presentation 

interesting to listen to? Did it 

hold the audience’s attention? 

2) How interested will the members 

of our community (you!) be in 

the book’s topic? Is it relevant? Educational? 

Stimulating? Entertaining? 

Following each “Meet the Author” 

session, a reception was held that offered 

us the chance to talk individually 

with the 50 authors who had just presented. 

This gave us the perfect opportunity 

to find out more about the authors 

we thought might be a good fit for our 

Naples audience. This is how we found 

out that Amy Kurzweil (The Flying 

Couch) visits her grandmother in Naples 

every January and that one of her cartoons 

had just been selected to appear in 

The New Yorker; that Ina Pinkey’s (Ina’s 

Kitchen) fabulous recipes included some 

that perhaps could be served at a book 

event; that Gail Buckland (Who Shot 

Sports) was having an exhibit in New 

York of photos from her book; and that 

Ronald Balson (Karolina’s Twins) went 

to the same elementary school as Susan. 

The Jewish Book Council also 

scheduled several sessions to assist 

both new and experienced book fair 

coordinators and committee members 

on a variety of topics related to planning 

book fairs. The first one that we attended 

was an Orientation/Q&A workshop for 

new and second-year coordinators, led 

by our own Ted Epstein. 

The final breakout session was 

organized by region, and it gave us a 

chance to find out which authors other 

southern Florida coordinators were 

thinking about inviting. 

A top priority for the three of us 

was to get together as soon as possible 

after each “Meet the Author” session 

and share our reactions and our ratings 

for each of the authors who had presented. 

The first night, we sat down at 

a table at the hotel with our ratings in 

hand, and realized that we were sitting 

near another Florida community that 

was doing the same thing! We began 

to share our impressions of the authors, 

and it was during 

one of those 

conversations that 

we came up with 

the idea to have 

a Debut Fiction 

Panel, which is 

going to feature 

Victoria Kelly 

(Mrs. Houdini), 

Jennifer Brown 

(Modern Girls) and Martha Hall Kelly 

(Lilac Girls). 

Before Ted left New York, he created 

a spreadsheet of authors who had 

scored an average of 8 or higher on our 

10-point scale and sent the information 

to our exceptional committee members, 

asking them to begin to review the 

books written by those authors. 

We returned to Naples exhausted 

– but also exhilarated – at the available 

possibilities. We shared this information 

with co-chair Phil Jason, who in 

addition to all of his other skills is a 

renowned book reviewer. After getting 

ratings on the books from our committee 

members, we started to put together 

events that would include the highlyrated 

authors. 

We took our proposals to our dedicated 

committee members, who were 


very enthusiastic about the outstanding 

selection of authors available to us, and 

together we finalized the list of authors 

that Ted would ask the Jewish Book 

Council to invite to our Festival. It 

was nearly a three-week wait until the 

Jewish Book Council confirmed who 

had accepted our invitations. We were 

delighted – and you will be too! We are 

thrilled that entrepreneur and motivational 

speaker Jessie Itzler (Living With 

a SEAL) agreed to come to Naples. He 

is a dynamic speaker! It will be a “blast 

from the past” when Steve Katz (Blood, 

Sweat, and My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years), 

founding member 

of the legendary 

Blues Project and 

Blood, Sweat & 

Tears, entertains 

us through talk 

and music. 

We have a 

fabulous line-up 

for you! It includes 

four very 

special events at the Hilton Naples, 

starting with a “Book Festival Preview” 

2 nd Annual 

presented by 

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luncheon on Tuesday, December 13. The 

event will feature Kate Siegel, author of 

Mother, Can You Not?, along with her 

mother (!), Kim Friedman. It will be 

extremely entertaining – but a word of 

caution – some “mature” language may 

be used as our presenters share their 

mother/daughter relationship! 

Take a moment to look at the 

other fantastic programs listed in the 

four-page pullout in this issue (pages 

7B-10B) and reserve your tickets now! 

Based on the ticket orders thus far, we 

expect to sell out several events! 

Of course, you can guarantee a 

front-row seat at all programs – and 

support the JBF – by becoming a Book 

Festival Patron for $199. 

If you are interested in volunteering, 

jot a note on your order form or call the 

Federation office at 239.263.4205. 

We look forward to seeing you at 

the Festival! 

19th Bi-Annual HotWorks.org 

Estero Fine Art Show 

January 7 & 8, 2017 

At Miromar Design Center 

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or selling your home? 

CALL ME…I can help! 

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Premiere Plus Realty, Co. 

239-877-1722 

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www.sells-naples.com 

www.facebook.com/chelliedoepkerealtor 

Making real 

estate dreams 

reality 

HotWorks.org 

Ronnie Phillips, Mixed Media 

Voted top 100 Art Shows in America 

Up to 175 Juried Artists 

Miromar Design Center ~ I-75 & Exit #123/Corkscrew Road 

Saturday & Sunday, 10am-5pm ~ $5 donation 

Kids! Enter your original art for a chance to win a prize 

with the Youth Art Competition, grades K-8 

See Art, Love Art, Buy Art!


Campaign Chairs and Directors Mission 

to Paris and Israel, July 2016 – Part 4 

Phyllis 

Seaman 

Federation 

Vice Chair 

On arriving in Tel Aviv on my 

sixth trip, the third in four 

years, I experienced a totally 

different feeling than at other times. The 

excitement was palpable even though 

most of us had traveled with Federation 

to Israel before. This time, we were escorting 

a French family of six. Not only 

were we sharing their happiness and 

anxiety, we were entering the arrivals 

area at Ben Gurion Airport packed with 

about a thousand enthusiastic teens and 

young adults from all over the world arriving 

for Birthright, Masa and BBYO 

programs. 

With all the crazy, terrifying things 

happening around the world, seeing this 

enthusiasm and support for Israel was a 

ray of sunshine and hope. 

Our guide, Gabi, said it has been 

very heartwarming to have everyone 

coming to Israel and feeling the support 

and love they share with the Israeli 

community. 

As of press time, we have 

about 100 tickets remaining 

for the Evy Lipp People of the 

Book Cultural Event featuring 

Scott Turow on February 15. 

To reserve your ticket, email 

rbialek@jewishnaples.org. You 

will receive a confirmation email. 

Fed Cup VII 

Sunday, 

December 18 

at The Club 

at 

TwinEagles 

Many people have been surprised 

that I continue to make trips overseas, 

especially this one to Paris and Israel. I 

will never let fear stop me from doing 

what is important to me. Personally, 

I’ve felt safer walking alone in Tel Aviv 

and Jerusalem than in some U.S. and 

European cities. 

After checking into the David Intercontinental 

Hotel in Tel Aviv, we were 

off to a celebratory dinner of music and 

dancing with IDF soldiers in a beautiful 

facility at Tel Aviv University. At 

dinner, a couple of soldiers were seated 

at each table and we were able to have 

great conversations and hear about their 

responsibilities. 

Bat El, my dinner companion, is 

a computer programmer for the Iron 

Dome and other military equipment. 

This 22-year-old woman impressed 

me so with her maturity and matter-offactness. 

This is their life and she loves 

and is excited about her service to her 

country. 

More than 70% of the Israeli military 

is under 25. We all know it is mandatory 

that almost every Israeli has to 

serve in the IDF. These young people 

are so dedicated and uplifting. 

Jerry Silverman, President and 

CEO of The Jewish Federations of 

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A golf event for all 

skills and ages 

to benefit young 

Jewish children and teens 

to experience 

Jewish Summer Camp 

and travel to Israel. 

Shotgun Start 9:00 a.m. 

For more information about 

the event and hole sponsorships 

contact Kevin Aizenshtat 

at kevin@gcipnaples.com. 

North America, spoke about our mission 

– Campaign Chairs and Directors 

Mission – being the kick-off for the 2017 

Campaign. 

He stressed that we “touch the product 

and investment” and bring it back 

to our communities. We are the leaders 

and the fuel to feed the Campaign. We 

as people make all the difference. 

We have a covenant to take care of 

and save our people around the world. 

I have witnessed our dollars nurture 

Harold Gernsbacher, JFNA National Campaign 

Chair, and Jerry Silverman, JFNA President/CEO 

and support people, and have told their 

stories. 

Our campaign is the keystone of 

what we do, and we need YOU and your 

support to achieve our goals. 

Our Federation is now in our last 


month of the 2016 Campaign. Our goal 

and a record of $1.1 million is within 

reach. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! 

Money is important, but not as important 

as our Jewish community coming 

together for a cause. As Jews that is 

what we are all about and what we do. 

Our Jewish community is growing 

and so are the requests for grants from 

our synagogues, JFCS, JNF, Birthright, 

BBYO and so many other organizations 

here and in Israel that depend on 

our support. As you read my article, 

our Allocations Committee is working 

diligently to try to meet all the requests 

as best that we are able. 

I realize how much “WE” is used 

in my articles. As a Jewish Community, 

we are “WE” and help and care for our 

community together. 

If you have already made your gift 

to the 2016 Campaign, THANK YOU! 

If you haven’t, please consider your 

gift and an increase of 10-20% over 

last year. 

I’ve heard over the years that a “No” 

is a “Yes” waiting to happen. Please say 

“YES!” 

We Are the Strength of a People 

– The Power of Community 

Maimonides Medical Society 

For Jewish people in the medical field 

sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Collier County 

The Wonders of Weizmann: 

Innovations from the Weizmann Institute of Science 

Tuesday, January 17, 6:00 - 7:30 pm 

The Weizmann Institute of Science advances knowledge and innovation 

that position Israel as a global technological and scientific 

leader. Scientists at the Institute depart on daily journeys following 

their curiosity toward greater scientific understanding. Come hear 

about the latest discoveries, from stem cells to solar cells, from new 

medicines to new machines that are changing your lives. You will 

come away from this presentation with a deeper understanding of 

new discoveries in health and medicine, technology, agriculture 

and the environment, arising from one of the world’s top-ranked 

centers for scientific research and graduate study. 

RSVP to rbialek@jewishnaples.org 

by January 9. 

Light refreshments will be served. 

Free admission. Donations are welcomed. 

EIGHTH ANNUAL 

MARCO ISLAND 

COMMUNITY CHANUKAH 

CELEBRATION 

Sponsored by 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2016 

TIME: 5:45 PM 

Jewish Congregation of Marco Island 

991 Winterberry Drive 

Marco Island, FL 34145 

(239) 642-0800 

www.marcojcmi.com 

Join us for a Candle Lighting Ceremony 

and Chanukah Music 

Lots of holiday spirit for the entire family 

Chanukah holiday treats 

will be served!


HONORING TRADITIONS, 

strengthening faith. 

Every life is unique and deserves 

to be remembered in a special 

way. The professionals at 

Hodges Funeral Home at Naples 

Memorial Gardens are dedicated 

to helping you and your loved 

ones honor the heritage of the 

Jewish faith with a meaningful 

SAVE THE DATE 

For the 2 nd Annual Multicultural Celebration of Israel 

Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Fleischmann Park in Naples 

12 to 3 PM 

Israel: A start-up nation, a nation that leads in stem cell research, 

a democratic nation, a nation of inclusion, a high-tech nation, 

a nation of resilience, a nation of innovation, and a nation that 

protects freedom of worship for all religious communities. 

FREE ADMISSION 

Fun for all ages 

Visit 30 Israel-themed booths covering travel, science, medicine and communications. 

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Cardozo Legal Society update 

Author Scott Turow will be speaking at the Evy Lipp People of the Book Cultural 

Event on the evening of Wednesday, February 15 at Temple Shalom. The 

Cardozo Legal Society will meet for dinner before going to hear him speak. 

More details to follow. Please register for the event by emailing rbialek@ 

jewishnaples.org. JFCC members are entitled to one ticket per person but must 

register in advance. 

The Cardozo Legal Society is an affinity group composed of Jewish members 

of the legal community. Cardozo Legal Society events are open to active 

and retired attorneys and judges. For more information, please contact Josh 

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spirit of Hanukkah with 

friends and family! 

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Dynamic speakers, film 

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The community is invited to attend 

the kick-off event for the 

Israel Advocacy Committee of 

the Jewish Federation of Collier County. 

The featured speaker will be Dr. Mitchell 

Bard, author, lecturer and one-time 

editor of the Near East Report, the 

weekly paper of AIPAC. With graduate 

degrees in political science, Dr. Bard 

has been an active policy analyst for 

Israel issues. 

This event, co-sponsored with the 

Southwest Florida Chapter of ZOA 

(Zionist Organization of America), will 

take place on Wednesday, December 7 at 

7:30 p.m. at the Chabad Jewish Center 

of Naples, 1789 Mandarin Road. Tickets 

are $20 in advance and $22 at the door. 

Please send your check, payable to ZOA 

SWFL, to 4003 Upolo Lane, Naples, 

FL 34119. 

Many members of our community 

have read Dan Senor and Saul Singer’s 

2009 book, Start-Up Nation, which 

chronicles the success of Israel’s hightech 

industry. But that is just the tip of 

the iceberg. Israel is more than just a 

country steeped in religion and wracked 

by violence. A new film, Israel Inside, 

How a Small Nation Makes a Difference, 

will make its Southwest Florida 

debut on Sunday, January 8 at 7:00 p.m. 

at Beth Tikvah, 1459 Pine Ridge Road, 

Naples. 

The film, narrated by Dr. Tai Ben 

Shahar, illustrates how a small nation 

has overcome adversity to grow into 

a robust nation burgeoning with new 

ideas that have served to help people 

throughout the world. 

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this event. Mr. Baredes has degrees in 

business administration and management 

and will be available to answer 

questions following the film. 

Tickets for this award-wining 

film are $10 in advance and $15 at the 

door. Please send your check, payable 

to JFCC, to the Jewish Federation of 

Collier County, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach 

Road, Suite 2201, Naples, FL 34109, 

Attn: Renee’. Seats are limited so make 

your reservations early. 

Other upcoming events 

Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, President and 

Founder of the American Islamic Forum 

for Democracy, will be the featured 

speaker at an IAC event on Wednesday, 

February 22 at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Shalom, 

4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples. Dr. 

Jasser, author of A Battle for the Soul of 

Islam: An American Muslim Patriot’s 

Fight to Save his Faith, has frequently 

been asked to brief members of the 

U.S. Congress about Islamic threats to 

the United States. 

Tickets for this event are $15 in 

advance and $20 at the door. There will 

also be a lunch reception with Dr. Jasser 

at the Club at Olde Cypress at 11:30 a.m. 

on the date of his program. The cost for 

the luncheon is $100. Please send your 

check for either or both events to the 

Jewish Federation of Collier County. 

The reservation deadline for the luncheon 

is February 15. 

Best wishes for a Happy Hanukkah 

from the Israel Advocacy Committee 

and Chair Dr. Ed Ezrine. 

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Coming up at the Museum 

Amy Snyder 

Executive 

Director 

It is hard to believe we have come 

to the end of another year, and 

2017 is fast approaching! We look 

forward to welcoming you in 2017 with 

a number of very special programs and 

events. Please visit our website at www. 

HolocaustMuseumSWFL.org and look 

for our January column to provide additional 

details. 

Annual Luncheon 

The Museum’s Annual Luncheon will 

be held on Thursday, December 15 from 

11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at The Ritz- 

Carlton Beach Resort, 280 Vanderbilt 

Beach Road, Naples. Host Sponsors for 

the event are Estelle and Stuart Price. 

Our guest speaker is author Louise 

Borden, who will discuss her book, The 

Journey that Saved Curious George. 

The book describes the “story behind 

the story” of the creation of the muchloved 

Curious George character. Be 

prepared to learn a lot of “curious” facts 

about everyone’s favorite monkey. Did 

you know that his original name wasn’t 

George? Or that he wasn’t the main 

character starring in the books created 

by H.A. and Margret Rey? Or that he 

almost never got to be famous at all? Ms. 

Borden will fill you in on all the details. 

She is also the author of several 

children’s books dealing with World 

War II and the Holocaust. Five of her 

books will be available for purchase at 

the event as a set for $60. Titles included 

are The Journey that Saved Curious 

George – 75 th Anniversary Edition, 

The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue 

at Dunkirk in World 

War II, Across the Blue 

Pacific, The Greatest 

Skating Race and His 

Name Was Raoul Wallenberg. 

The set can 

be pre-ordered with a 

signed bookplate, at no 

extra charge, and will 

be ready for pickup at 

the event. 

Luncheon tickets 

are $150 per person, and 

sponsorships are available. 

Dress is business 

casual. Net proceeds 

benefit the education programs of the 

Holocaust Museum & Education Center 

of SWFL. For more information on 

reservations and sponsorships, please 

contact Development Specialist Tim 

Morrison at Tim@HolocaustMuseum 

SWFL.org or call 239.263.9200. 

Memorial Garden Art Installation 

nearing completion 

The Museum’s Memorial 

Garden Art Installation 

in our front 

windows is nearing 

completion. As mentioned 

in our October 

column, artist Juan 

Diaz created the four 

beautiful panels in, 

and as part of, the 

LIGHT Performance 

Art Style Series for 

which he is well 

known. 

When he received 

the Memorial commission from the Museum, 

Mr. Diaz considered options for 

its creation. Contemplating the tragedy 

of the Holocaust and 

“all of the genocides 

which had occurred in 

history and continue 

to occur in the modern 

world,” he “decided to 

create a work of art that 

would convey serenity 

and beauty, always 

keeping in mind our 

hopes, to live in balance, 

peace and love 

in the world society, 

moving away from our 

mistaken primitive ways 

of thinking and going 

forward with the lessons learned.” 

Entitled “The Garden, 2016,” the individually-framed 

painted backgrounds 

feature an idealized meadow scene. The 

memorial “tribute flowers” created during 

the November workshops will be 

incorporated into the design. Under Mr. 

Diaz’s direction, some were created by 

Holocaust survivors in honor of the family 

members they lost, and others were 

created by the families of Holocaust survivors 

and camp liberators we worked 

with in our education programs who 

have passed away. The community also 

participated by creating tribute flowers 

for relatives lost in the Holocaust, as 

well as garden landscape flowers created 

by students and the public to fill in the 

garden background scene. 

The official unveiling of the Memorial 

Garden will take place in late January 

2017 as part of the commemoration 

of International Holocaust Remembrance 

Day. 

The Museum is located at 4760 

Tamiami Trail North, Suite 7, in Naples. 

It is open year-round Tuesday through 

Sunday; closed Monday and major Jewish 

and U.S. holidays 

We extend our best wishes for 

Happy Holidays to you and your 

family. 

Photo Credit for Curious George image above: 

The requested images from the cover are used 

in the book by permission of the de Grummond 

Children’s Literature Collection, The University of 

Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. 

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GenShoah of SWFL Schedule of events 

for the 2016-17 Season 

Thursday, December 8, 7:00 p.m. 

Film - My Italian Secret- co-sponsored by Italian-American Club - Story of 

courageous Italians who carried out ingenious schemes to rescue Jews and refugees 

from Nazi-occupied Italy 

The Italian American Foundation, 7035 Airport Road, Naples 

Sunday, December 18, 4:30 p.m. 

Pot luck dinner at member’s home with a discussion of the book The Nazi Titanic, 

led by Shelley Lieb 

Sunday, January 15 

Trip to Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg followed by lunch with 

Generations After Tampa Bay 

Tuesday, January 31, 7:00 p.m. 

Film - No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story - with speaker 

Jonathan Brent, Executive director of YIVO, the archives where letters written by 

Otto Frank were recently uncovered 

Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples 

Sunday, February 19, 5:00 p.m. 

Speakers Steen Metz, presenting his survivor story, and Marina Berkovich discussing 

her interview with a Holocaust Denier 

Holocaust Museum, 4760 Tamiami Trail N, Naples 

Sunday, April 16 

Program TBD 

Beth Tikvah, 1459 Pine Ridge Road, Naples 

RSVPs are required for all GenShoah events. For reservations, 

information and to receive the GenShoah enewsletter, 

contact Ida at genshoahswfl@icloud.com or 239.963.9347. 

Additional Community Programs of Holocaust Relevance: 

Thursday, January 19, 7:00 p.m. 

Jewish Book Festival, author Amy Kurzweil, Flying Couch, at Jewish Federation 

Monday, January 23, 1:00 p.m. 

Jewish Book Festival, authors Robert Watson, The Nazi Titanic, and Josh Aronson, 

Orchestra of Exiles, at Beth Tikvah 

Friday, January 27, 7:30 p.m. 

UN Holocaust Day, Speaker Dr. Stephen Berk, at Temple Shalom 

Sunday, March 5, 1:30 p.m. 

“Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People” presented by Dr. William Madges, 

at St. Ann Jubilee Center, 479 9 th Ave. S., Naples 

Sunday, March 19, 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Jewish Community Festival of Learning, scheduled presentations include “Bearing 

Witness” by Goldie Bertone, and “Nazi Olympics” by Dr. Bartrop, at Temple Shalom 

Sunday, April 23, 10:00 a.m. 

Yom HaShoah program, at Temple Shalom 


Programs of great interest to history buffs 

Ida 

Margolis 

GenShoah 

President 

Many readers of the Federation 

Star are now familiar with the 

type of excellent programming 

that GenShoah SWFL has been 

bringing to our community. Consistent 

with the mission of GenShoah to promote 

Holocaust education and human 

rights, are special programs that will be 

presented this season. 

Co-sponsored by the Naples Italian 

American Foundation, the film My 

Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes 

of the Holocaust, will be shown on 

Thursday, December 8 at 7:00 p.m. 

at the Foundation, 7035 Airport Road 

N., Naples. This film tells the incredible 

story of forgotten heroes such as 

cycling idol Gino Bartali, Dr. Giovanni 

Borromeo and other courageous Italians 

who carried out ingenious schemes 

to rescue Jews, partisans and refugees 

from Nazi-occupied Italy. The doors 

will open at 6:00 p.m. Admission is 

free but tax-deductible donations to the 

Holocaust Museum & Education Center 

of Southwest Florida will be greatly 

appreciated. Space is limited. Reservations 

are a must and may be made 

at genshoahswfl@icloud.com, naif@ 

niafoundation.org or 239.597.5210. 

The film No Asylum: The Untold 

Chapter of Anne Frank’s Story, which 

will be accompanied by an appearance 

by Dr. Jonathan Brent, Executive Director 

of New York’s YIVO Institute for 

Jewish Research, is the major GenShoah 

event for this season. According to 

Gary Goldstein of the LA Times, “Just 

when you thought you’d heard every 

vital story about the Holocaust, along 

comes the stirring documentary to shine 

further light on one of history’s darkest 

periods.” Brent will be making a presentation 

about YIVO, where a cache of 

letters written in 1941 by Anne Frank’s 

father, Otto, was recently found. He will 

also be available for a Q&A. The screening 

and presentation will take place at 

Participants sought for “Meet 

a Holocaust Survivor” program 


County invites all Holocaust survivors, 

and all students from our 

community in grades 6-12 to participate 

in this important program. 

We will pair students up with a 

Holocaust survivor. Students will have 

the chance to meet, interview, get to 

know and learn from Holocaust survivors 

on Sundays, February 5, February 

12 and March 26 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. 

at Temple Shalom. 

On Sunday, April 23, during the 

community-wide Yom HaShoah Observance, 

the students and Holocaust 

survivors will come together, and the 

students will give a summary of their 

“Meet a Holocaust Survivor” program. 

If you are a survivor, or a student in 

grades 6-12, please respond by Friday, 

December 16 so we can match you up 

for this wonderful program. Please make 

sure you can attend all four of the dates 

listed above. Parental consent is necessary 

since we will be videotaping this 

experience. 

For more information, please contact 

Ida at ida.margolis2@gmail.com or 

Renee’ at the Jewish Federation of Collier 

County at rbialek@jewishnaples.org 

or 239.263.4205. 

Temple Shalom on Tuesday, January 31 

at 7:00 p.m. 

Anyone with an interest in history 

will surely want to see the presentations 

of two authors who are coming 

to Naples as part of the Jewish Book 

Festival. The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible 

Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in 

WWII by Robert Watson tells the story 

of a Holocaust tragedy and one of history’s 

worst maritime disasters. Watson 

will be at Beth Tikvah at 1:00 p.m. on 

Monday, January 23, along with author 

Josh Aronson. Aronson will talk about 

his book Orchestra of Exiles: The Story 

of Bronislaw Huberman, the Israel Philharmonic, 

and the One Thousand Jews 

He Saved from Nazi Horrors. These 

are two stories you will definitely want 

to hear. More information about these 

and other Festival books, along with a 

ticket order form, can be found in the 

four-page pullout in this issue (pages 

7B-10B). 

History learned from someone’s 

personal experience often has the ability 

to make an impact that just reading or 

viewing cannot. On Sunday, February 

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transported to Theresienstadt Concentration 

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Marina Berkovich will tell her story 

about interviewing a well-known Holocaust 

denier. On Sunday, March 19, as 

part of the inaugural Jewish Community 

Festival of Learning (JCFL) at Temple 

Shalom, Goldie Bertone will be sharing 

the story of her mother who escaped 

from Dachau. (A registration fee will 

be required for the JCFL.) 

The “historians” who are reading 

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understand the present and attempt to 

meet the challenges of the future,” and 

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Naples Senior Center membership tops 1,000! 

Dr. Jaclynn 

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President/ 

CEO 

When we opened our doors 

on January 22, 2014, we 

welcomed 80 seniors to our 

first “Lunch and More” program. Today, 

we have 1,036 members, and I am sure 

by the time you read this article we will 

have at least 20 more! Our members 

range in age from 60 to 102 and come 

from as far south as Marco Island and as 

far north as southern Fort Myers. They 

come to enjoy a weekly hot lunch followed 

by lively entertainment or educational 

programs. Our members take part 

in physical fitness activities such as Tai 

Chi, Chair Yoga and Bone Builders. We 

even have a walking club, and several of 

our members have completed 100 miles! 

There are many opportunities to 

be creative, something we know to 

be very important as one ages. From 

professionally-taught art classes to selfdirected 

coloring groups, to members 

who sit together and knit and crochet 

blankets for frail seniors, caps for people 

undergoing chemotherapy or sweater 

sets for dolls…we seem to have it all. 

We have a creative writing group and 

a comedy club. And if you stop by on 

a Thursday afternoon you will see our 

ever-expanding line dancing program. 

Need some help with your computer, 

tablets or smart phones? We have 

“an app” for that, as well. 

Most important, however, is that 

through all of our structured programs 

and classes we provide something that is 

needed and appreciated by all who walk 

through our doors – the opportunity to 

socialize and make friends in a warm 

and welcoming environment. Come 

by and visit, and you will see why we 

have been referred to as “the miracle on 

Castello Drive.” 

And while you are checking your 

calendar to see when you might stop 

by, please be sure to circle Saturday, 

January 14. Our 5 th annual signature 

fundraiser, “An Evening for Better Tomorrows: 

Dancing, Doo Wop and Rock 

& Roll,” will begin at 6:00 p.m. at Grey 

Oaks Country Club. Chaired by Judith 

and Edward Anchel, and featuring legendary 

singing sensations The Crystals 

and The Crests, the evening will include 

cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a lavish 

dinner buffet. 

Tickets are $300 per person. For 

more information, please visit www. 

jfcsswfl.org or call 239.325.4444. We 

look forward to seeing you there! 

Three Jewish Book Festival events people will be talking about for months! 

All three events take place at the Hilton Naples (complimentary valet parking). 

Tuesday, December 13 

11:30am - 2:30pm Luncheon 

Thursday, January 5 

11:30am - 2:30pm Luncheon 

Thursday, January 19 

2:00 - 4:00pm Mini-Concert 

Kate Siegel & mom Kim Friedman 

Jesse Itzler 

Steve Katz 

For more information and a ticket order form, see pages 7B-10B in this issue. 

Mix & Mingle – Jewish senior singles update 

Since our opening get-together 

at Inca’s Kitchen in November 

2015, Mix & Mingle has grown, 

promoting new friendships. Our activities 

are as diverse as our membership. 

We have attended lectures, museum 

tours, theater productions, wine tastings 

and dinners, as well as taken advantage 

of volunteer opportunities. The good 

news is that there are so many other 

ways that we can continue the success 

of M&M. We are waiting to hear about 

your interests and suggestions for 

events. This is your organization! 

Reminder: Annual dues of $10 

should be mailed to JFCC by December 

15. As with event reservations, checks 

should be made payable to JFCC and 

mailed to the attention of Renee’ Bialek 

at JFCC, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, 

Suite 2201, Naples, FL 34109. 

In recent weeks, we laughed through 

a performance of Erma 

Bombeck’s At Wit’s End, 

visited Shy Wolf Sanctuary, 

and listened to speaker/writer 

Helene Gaillet de 

Neergaard while enjoying 

a beautiful brunch at Chez Boet. 

As we look forward to future events, 

we hope you will join us. 

Monday, December 5 (12:45 to 

3:30 p.m.): Join our group for a private 

visit to the Conservancy of Southwest 

Jewish Genealogy Group Meeting 

The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogy SIG (Shared Interest 

Group) at the Jewish Federation of Collier County offices 

(2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201, Naples) 

is on Tuesday, December 13 at 10:00 a.m. 

Seating is limited. RSVP to genresearch13@yahoo.com. 

You will receive an acknowledgement that 

you have a reservation. Bring a notebook and pen 

with you to the meeting. 

Florida, which includes an electric boat 

tour and a stop at the Dalton Discovery 

Center. Hear about the wildlife program. 

There is a limit of 22 people so please 

send your check to Renee’ soon. The 

cost is $10 for members and $15 for 

nonmembers. 

Monday, December 12 (6:00 

p.m.): Let’s Mix & Mingle during 

dinner at Cibao’s in the Neapolitan 

Shopping Center. This is a Dutch treat 

event, but please send your check for 

$5, payable to JFCC, to Attn: Renee’ to 

hold your reservation. It is imperative 

that we have an accurate count as space 

is limited. We will truly be dining as 

nothing is prepared in advance at this 

wonderful restaurant. If you like walleye 

pike, it’s the best! 

Thursday, January 26 (10:45 

a.m.): Join M&M for a private tour of 

Palm Cottage and the Norris Garden. 

A Dutch treat lunch will follow at the 

Ridgway Bar & Grill. As with other 

activities, space is limited so please send 

your check for $12, payable to JFCC, to 

Renee’ by January 16. 

Please watch for M&M 2017 events 

to include a return to the Baker Museum 

in February, and a performance by comedian 

Lenny Dave in March. 

As a reminder, continue to read your 

Federation Star and watch for flyers and 

eblasts. These resources will keep you 

updated on current activities and any 

changes or additions to our schedule. 

For more information on how to 

get involved, contact Judi Palay at 

judipalay@aol.com or call Renee’ at 

239.263.4205. 

ZOA Southwest Florida 

Chapter update 

By Jerrold L. Sobel, President, ZOA Southwest Florida Chapter 

From our inaugural meeting and scholars such as Daniel Pipes and Dr. 

speaker presentation in November 

until now our goal has been of Robert Spencer, a Christian, and 

Andrew Bostom, but also the viewpoints 

consistent: to enlighten the greater Nonie Darwish, a Muslim. With Raheel 

Naples community about the concerns Raza, a pro-Israel Muslim scheduled to 

and perils facing Israel and the Jewish speak on Wednesday, January 25, this 

people in the United States and throughout 

the world. 

as the others. 

season portends to be equally as great 

In doing so, we’ve been fortunate In co-sponsorship with the Jewish 

to recruit renowned scholars to grace Federation of Collier County, we are 

our community and lecture on topics proud to be hosting Dr. Mitchell Bard on 

germane to their fields of expertise. To Wednesday, December 7 at the Chabad 

name just a few who have appeared over Jewish Center of Naples. Dr. Bard is 

the years: 

the Executive Director of the American- 

Bret Stephens: Pulitzer Prize winner Israeli Cooperative and the Director of 

and Wall Street Journal columnist the Jewish Virtual Library. Regardless 

Jonathan Tobin: editor of Commentary 

Magazine and syndicated to be consequences for the State of Is- 

of who wins the election there is certain 

column, View From America rael. What are they? Dr. Bard will help 

Yoram Ettinger: Former Israeli us decipher it all in a talk entitled “The 

Ambassador and Publisher of the American Election: Its Consequences 

Ettinger Report 

for Israel.” For further information, 

Interestingly, we’ve been able to email me at jerrysobel@aol.com. 

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THE NAPLES 

PLAYERS 

COMEDY 

BY DONALD MARGULIES 

BASED ON THE STORY THE LOUDEST VOICE BY GRACE PALEY 

BASED ON THE STORY THE LOUDEST VOICE BY GRACE PALEY 


Joanie Leeds in concert 

Her destiny became obvious to 

Joanie Leeds’ parents when, at 

the tender age of two, Joanie 

grabbed a band mic and belted out the 

entire song “Tomorrow” from Annie. 

Jaws dropped! No one could remember 

ever hearing a big voice like that 

coming from one so tiny. 

Joanie Leeds, who will be performing 

in Fort Myers on Saturday 

evening, December 10, was a musical 

theater major at Syracuse University 

S 

playing for adults on the club circuit. B 

The songs that Joanie Leeds began E 

turning out reflected this sense that lifef 

is a joyful adventure. Entertaining ati 

birthday parties and preschools soon w 

progressed into concert performancesa 

nationwide and generated material 

for seven full-length CDs: City Kid, 

Challah, I’m a Rock Star, What a Zoo, 

Bandwagon, Good Egg and Meshugana! 

Joanie has also released two fulllength 

DVDs: City Kid Live and Joanie 

A HOLIDAY SHOW 

FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY 

November 23 - December 18 

Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies weaves 

together nostalgia, music and merriment in 

this tale of a young Jewish girl who is cast as 

Jesus in her school’s Christmas pageant. 

Tickets: $ 35 Students 21 and under $ 10 

Call 239-263-7990 or visit 

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when she began composing her own 

songs. After graduation, she supported 

herself bartending in New York City 

clubs while looking for every opportunity 

to perform onstage. While making 

the rounds as a singer/songwriter, she 

discovered a passion for singing with 

and for kids. 

As Joanie describes it, life clicked 

into place when she realized that children 

transform themselves into amazing 

creatures of joy, forgetting how 

to hold back. Seeing the kids get in 

touch with their true selves gave her a 

sense of fulfillment that even surpassed 

Torah Talk 

Join the volunteer-led discussion of the 

week’s Torah portion on the first Saturday 

of each month. On December 3, the 

portion is Toldot. There will be a light 

breakfast at 8:15 a.m. with a discussion 

to follow at 8:30 a.m. There is no charge 

and all are welcome. 

Family Shabbat Experience 

On Friday, December 2 at 5:30 p.m. 

join us for a different kind of Shabbat 

experience for families with young(ish) 

children, with activities, music, dinner 

and service. There is no charge to attend. 

RSVP to the Temple Shalom Education 

Office at 239.455.2233. 

Sisterhood Book Bag 

Our next event is Thursday, December 

15 at 1:30 p.m., when we will discuss 

Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow. Facilitator: 

Arlene Yedid. This novel captures the 

spirit of America between the turn of 

the 20 th century and World War I. The 

National Library considers this novel 

to be one of the top 100 novels ever 

written. RSVP to HelenWeinfeld@aol. 

com. 

Melton Adult Education 

“The Holocaust as Reflected in Diaries 

and Memoirs.” Journey into the world 

of Jewish individuals and communities 

as the events of the Holocaust unfold 

Leeds and the Nightlights – Live from 

Madison Square Park. 

Joanie is currently touring the 

country performing at concerts and 

leading songwriter workshops while 

maintaining a busy teaching schedule. 

We are very lucky to have Joanie 

and her husband, Drummer Dan, performing 

for us in Southwest Florida. 

Her music may be written with children 

in mind, but listening to it brings 

out the child in all of us! 

For more information on Joanie’s 

concert in Fort Myers, please see the 

ad on page 2B. 

Temple Shalom events 

open to the community 

For more information on these events, call 239.455.3030. 

around them. Explore the profound 

record of the first-person accounts in 

diaries and memoirs uncovered in the 

years since the Holocaust. Ten weeks 

beginning February 1; Wednesdays 

from noon to 1:30 p.m.; Instructor: 

Dr. Anna Salomon. Please visit www. 

events.org/MeltonNaples to register for 

this class. 

Temple Shalom 

Sisterhood 

Judaica Shop 

Beautiful NEW merchandise 

from Israel! 

Visit our shop for all your Chanukah needs 

Gifts, menorahs, dreidels, candles, cards, 

wrapping paper, latke platters, gelt 

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Tuesday through Friday - 10AM to 12:30PM 

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YIDDISH CLUB 

OF NAPLES 

meets the 1 st and 3 rd Tuesdays of 

December, January, February, March and April 

at 10:00am at Temple Shalom, 

4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples 

You don’t have to speak Yiddish to enjoy. 

You just have to enjoy hearing it spoken, read or sung. 

Come Schmooze and Enjoy!

JEWISH INTEREST 

Stars of David 

By Nate Bloom, Contributing Columnist 

Editor’s note: Persons in BOLD CAPS are deemed by Nate Bloom to be Jewish 

for the purpose of the column. Persons identified as Jewish have at least one Jewish 

parent and were not raised in a faith other than Judaism – and don’t identify 

with a faith other than Judaism as an adult. Converts to Judaism, of course, are 

also identified as Jewish. 

irk Douglas Turns 100 

his item is being penned a few weeks 

efore Kirk Douglas’s 100 th birthday 

on Friday, December 9. God willing, 

he’ll celebrate it with family and 

friends and there will be a lot of media 

attention. But, you never know – so 

let me relate a few “evergreen” things 

about Douglas that aren’t likely to be 

in the standard birthday article or any 

type of short coverage. 

Born Issur Danielovitch, the son of 

a ragman, Douglas had a remarkable 

run of quality hit movies from the late 

’40s through the mid ’60s. Less well 

known is that he was the producer, as 

well as the star of two great movies: 

Spartacus and Paths of Glory. He hired 

a virtually unknown STANLEY KU- 

BRICK to direct those films, and he 

hired blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo 

to write Spartacus and gave him screen 

credit – a mortal blow to the blacklist. 

He starred in the first Hollywood 

film made in Israel (The Juggler, 

1953). This story of a Holocaust survivor 

starts dour. But ultimately the 

film is a hopeful look at the then new 

country. 

A near death experience in 1991 

started the intellectual process that led 

Kirk to embrace rigorous Jewish practice 

and he had his second bar mitzvah, 

at age 83, in 1999. His wife of 62 years, 

ANNE BUYDENS, now 86, converted 

to Judaism in 2004. It must be gratifying 

for Kirk that MICHAEL, 72, the 

most famous of his four sons, decided 

in the last few years to firmly identify 

as a Reform Jew. Michael was led to 

this largely by his own son, DYLAN, 

now 15, who expressed a sincere wish 

to be Jewish and have a bar mitzvah 

(which happened in Jerusalem). 

Last year, on his 99 th birthday, 

Douglas gave $15 million to build a 

larger center for Alzheimer’s patients 

at the Motion Picture & Television 

Home. This is on top of $25 million 

he has already given the Home. This 

is his most famous charity, but there 

are scores of others. I suspect part of 

his fortune stems from his foresight 

in buying up (1962) the rights to One 

Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. He 

turned the film rights over to Michael, 

and Michael got an Oscar for producing 

the 1975 film. It cost $3 million to 

make, and made $109 million (almost 

$500 million today). 

Catch-Up and Something New 

Man with a Plan is a CBS comedy 

series that started on October 24 and 

new episodes air Mondays at 8:30 

p.m.. Matt LeBlanc stars as a stay-athome 

dad whose wife has returned to 

work. JESSICA CHAFFIN, 34, has 

a regular supporting role as Marie, a 

neighbor LeBlanc consults about parenting. 

Chaffin and her comedy partner, 

JAMIE DENBO, 43, have long had 

a comedic bi-weekly podcast (“Ronna 

and Beverly”) on the Earwolf Network. 

They play two 50-something Jewish 

women who dispense advice and interview 

real celeb guests. 

The CBS series The Great Indoors 

premiered on October 27 and 

new episodes air Thursdays at 8:30 

p.m.. Joel McHale stars as a reporter 

who traveled the globe for an outdoors 

magazine. Then the magazine’s owner 


Interested in Your 

Family’s History? 

15A 

Nate Bloom (see column at left) has become a family history expert in 10 

years of doing his celebrity column, and he has expert friends who can help 

when called on. Most family history experts charge $1,000 or more to do a 

full family-tree search. However, Bloom knows that most people want to start 

with a limited search of one family line. 

So here’s the deal: 

Write Bloom at nteibloom@aol.com and enclose a phone number. 

Nate will then contact you about starting a limited search. If that 

goes well, additional and more extensive searches are possible. 

The first search fee is no more than $100. No upfront cost. Also, 

several of this newspaper’s readers have asked Bloom to locate 

friends and family members from their past, and that’s worked 

out great for them. So contact him about this as well. 

(STEPHEN FRY, 59), decides to 

turn it into a web-only magazine and 

McHale finds himself office-bound and 

supervising a staff of “raw” millennials. 

The show also co-stars CHRIS- 

TOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE, 27, as a 

tech nerd who knows everything about 

surviving on Mars, but has never been 

out of the city. 

Both actors are the sons of Jewish 

mothers and non-Jewish fathers. Fans 

of Brit TV will know Fry, a UK native, 

from the Blackadder shows in the 

’80s. His film roles include the Master 

of Lake-town in two Lord of the Rings 

movies. Mintz-Plasse is most associated 

with his debut film role in Super 

Bad (2007) as a teen with a phony ID 

that hilariously says that his name is 

“McLovin.” 

On Friday, December 2, Netflix 

will start streaming the Israeli series 

Fauda, a suspense drama about the 

soldiers of Mista’arvim, the special 

defense forces of the Israel Army. This 

commando unit is specially trained to 

integrate into the Palestinian community 

by adopting the language, clothing 

and mannerisms of the locals. A 

huge critical and ratings hit in Israel, it 

is presented in the original Arabic and 

Hebrew (with subtitles). Its drawn both 

Jewish and Arab audiences because 

of its intricate plots, realistic combat 

scenes, and the way in which it depicts 

the lives and thoughts of both Israeli 

and Arab combatants. It has been 

praised for giving roughly equal time 

to both sides and not painting either 

side as wholly evil or good. 

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DONOR APPRECIATION LIST 

Campaign 2016 Jewish Federation of Collier County Donor Appreciation List 

Below is an alphabetical listing of the people who have made commitments to Campaign 2016. Thanks to 

each of you, we are able to enhance and enrich the quality of Jewish life by recognizing and supporting the 

charitable, educational, humanitarian and social service needs of the Jewish community locally, nationally, 

overseas and in the State of Israel. Thank you for your generous commitment to our community! 

Sally Aaron 

Phyllis Aaron 

Bonnie and Peter Abeles 

Faye and Larry Abels 

Cheryl and Murray Abrams 

Linda and Dan Abrams 

Phyllis and Hy Ackerman 

Harriet Adelstein 

Tricia Adkins 

Judith and Fred Adler 

Susan Adler 

Doris Adler 

Doris and Alan Adlestein 

Sheryl and Melton Affrime 

Sheila and Howard Agranat 

Carolyn Agress 

Belle and Ronald Agronin 

Jacqui and Kevin Aizenshtat 

Barbara and Hymie Akst 

Martha and Ben Alalouf 

Carol and Ronald Alderman 

Bella and Burton Altura 

Hella Amelkin 

Judith and Edward Anchel 

Felicia and Kenneth Anchor 

Sheryl and George Annes 

Marlene and Nate Apkon 

Carol and Les Appel 

Nancy and Robert Armocida 

Debra Antzis and Chad Atkins 

Hedy and Albert Aurecchia 

Sigrid Axelrad 

Axelrod Family Fund at the Jewish 

Community Foundation of Greater 

Mercer 

Mimi and Richard Azreal 

Cantor Donna Mashadi and Zadok Azu 

Beverly and Leonard Baker 

Barbara and Ronald Balser 

Arlene and Joel Banow 

Ruth and Martin Barber 

Barry Barber 

Linda and Don Barger 

Judy Liff and Jo Barker 

Barbara and John Barlas 

Julie Barocas 

Phyllis Barolsky 

Jane and Arnold Baron 

Melanie and Chuck Barry 

Sue Baum 

Gersha Bayer 

Bernice and Edward Bayer 

Gail and Jack Baylin 

Joan and Harv Becker 

Sheila and Alvin Becker 

Claire and Robert Beckler 

Nancy and Lawrence Bell 

Elaine and Alan Bello 

Susan Bellows 

Judith and Don Belmont 

Judy and Bruce Bendoff 

Myra and William Benedikt 

Judith Bergen 

Carol F. Berger 

Mardelle and Bennett Berman 

Patti and Sanford Berman 

Minda and Michael Bernberg 

Harriet and Louis Berneman 

Robin and Joseph Bernstein 

Nancy Bernstein 

Robin Bernstein 

Stephanie and David Bernstein 

Karen and Brad Bersh 

Goldie and Louis Bertone 

Shirley and Marshall Besikof 

Paula and Stuart Biegel 

Ruth and Bruce Bier 

Marcy Aizenshtat and Jon Bigel 

Eleanor Bittman 

Paula and Michael Blachman 

Helen and Arthur Blatt 

Joanne and Roger Blau 

Beverly and Andrew Blazar 

Diane and Gilbert Block 

Janet W. Bloom 

Margery and Michael Bluestein 

Bea Bluestein 

Barbara Blumenfeld 

Joyce and Robert Blumenthal 

Shussie and Allen Blumenthal 

Arlene and Burt Blustein 

Bonnie Bodin 

Rosalee and Jerry Bogo 

Maria Bollt 

Laurie and Roberto Bollt 

Jill and Edward Bolner 

Eleanor Bonder 

Eleanor Bonder 

Bette Bonne’ 

Sonia Boodman 

Susan and Arthur Bookbinder 

Betsy Borden 

Caren and Nat Bosk 

Nancy and Edward Boyer 

Valerie Braun 

Jeanne and Neil Braverman 

Maxine and Harvey Brenner 

Elizabeth and Richard Brenner 

Susan and Eugene Briskman 

Enid and Eugene Bronstein 

Pearl Brostoff 

Lori and Frederick Brown 

Diane Solomon and Stuart Brown 

Joyce and Barry Brown 

Peggy and Kenneth Brown 

Sybil Brown 

Jean and Abe Brown 

Melvin Bubrick 

Erica and James Buchweitz 

Diane and Pete Burke 

Joanne Burton 

Robert Cahners 

Norma Carl 

Linda and Dan Carp 

Judith and Jerome Carr 

Brian Cassell 

Elaine Chase 

Linda and Paul Chase 

Flo Chelm 

Ellen and Larry Chernikoff 

Aviva and Rabbi Ammos Chorny 

Rosemary Christie 

Roslyn and David Citrin 

Carol and Michael Clarke 

Janet and Stephen Cohen 

Barbara and Edward Cohen 

Lois and Lawrence Cohen 

Katie and Harvey Cohen 

Diane and Martin Cohen 

Adele and Mark Cohen 

Lois and Philip Cohen 

Georgette and Raphael Cohen 

Nancy and Ronald Cohen 

Marilyn and Larry Cohen 

Miriam and Burton Cohn 

Karen and Martin Cohn 

Mark Cohn 

Mark Coleman 

Stephen D. Coleman 

Nancy and Ed Colodny 

Lynn and Ellis Cook 

Alan Cooper 

Janet and Saul Cooperman 

Jeanne Copeland 

Becky Cornacchia 

Marcy and Ira Cotton 

Paula and Ronald Creed 

Myra and Peter Cristall 

Barbara Ann and Leonard Cutler 

Marilyn and Philip Dano 

Marcia and David Danoff 

Susan and Alan Daroff 

Terri and Michael David 

Robert Davidson and Shellie Specter 

Fern Davis 

Susan and Phil Dean 

Celia Deifik 

David Dembo 

Linda Denning 

Johnna Dettis 

Karen and Stanley Deutsch 

Laraine and Laurence Deutsch 

Cissy and Harvey Dezen 

Sandy and Sid Diamond 

Corinne Ditkof 

Marilyn Dolid 

Meredith Dondero 

Barbara Druckman 

Steve Earl 

Bobbi Ehrlich 

Kathy and Ron Emanuel 

Richard Endlar 

Marian and Joel Engel 

Geraldine Feldman and David Epstein 

Ted Epstein 

Eileen and Bill Ertag 

Joan and Azariah Eshkenazi 

Kella and Bill Ettinger 

Sandra and Gary Faber 

Reesa and Michael Faeder 

Jaclynn Faffer 

Judy and Ray Fant 

Mignon and Stanley Farb 

Elaine Feffe 

Cheryl and Mark Feinberg 

Florence Feinson 

Kathy and Eric Feinstein 

Susan and Jeffrey Feld 

Sue and Rich Feldman 

Leslie and Ed Feldman 

Michael Feldman 

Audrey Fenton 

Carolyn and Sidney Ferder 

Genine and Josh Fidler 

Paula and Ronald Filler 

Eileen and Samuel Finkelstein 

Marlene and Arnan Finkelstein 

Jan and Steve Fischer 

Liz and Harry Fischman 

Eloyse and David Fisher 

Cheryl and Barry Fisher 

Rischa and Harry Fishman 

Linda and Michael Fiterman 

Barbara and Gerald Flagel 

Jennifer and Marc Fleischer 

Nancy and Harold Fogelson 

Madeline and Norman Foster 

Christine Frank 

Linda and Bruce Frank 

Helayne and Craig Frankel 

Judy and Barry Freedman 

Anita and Phil Freeman 

Diane and Louis Freeman 

Susan and Yale Freeman 

Lisa and Sid Freund 

Jane and Lester Friedberg 

Judith and Samuel Friedland 

Carol and Cliff Friedman 

Mary Ann and Mel Friedman 

Myra and Mort Friedman 

Carol and Stephen Friedman 

Olga and Boruch Frusztajer 

Ellen and Richard Gabriel 

Susan and Bob Garelick 

Ilene and David Garfield 

Nancy and Darryl Garfinkel 

Phyllis and Philip Garon 

Peggy and John Garson 

Jean Gelbort 

Donna and Emory Geller 

Peg and Marvin Geller 

Jan and Marc Gerber 

Richard Gerstein 

Heidi and Howard Gilbert 

Nancy and Stuart Gitis 

Janet Gladstein 

Eta Gluzband 

Dennis Gold 

Jeri Hall and Ted Goldberg 

Barbara and Marc Goldberg 

Donna and Richard Goldblatt 

Marilyn and Barry Goldenberg 

Barbara and Gene Goldenziel 

Cindi and Harold Goldfine 

Marsha and Melvin Goldfine 

Carol and Bill Goldman 

Frances and Allan Goldman 

Hilliard Goldman 

Phil Goldman 

Susie and Ron Goldsmith 

Lenora and Bernie Goldstein 

Marsha and Michael Goldstein 

Diana and Ken Goldstein 

Melissa Chalfin and Ramon Gonzalez 

Jill Goode 

Cary and David Goodman 

Suzanne and Jonathan Gopman 

Helene and Alan Gordon 

Ellen and Michael Gordon 

Sharon and Burton Gordon 

Stephanie and Sandy Gradinger 

Leah Graham 

Jane Schiff and Lon Gratz 

Betsy and Michael Green 

Eileen Green 

Debi and Michael Greenberg 

Marcia and Paul Greenberg 

Nancy and Hank Greenberg 

Carole Greene 

Diane and Neil Greene 

Heather and Jonathan Greenfield 

Jane Greenfield 

Freya Greenspahn 

Sheila Greenspan 

Lenore Greenstein 

Sondra and Thomas Greer 

Carol and Rabbi Mark Gross 

Ellen and Ronnie Gross 

Carol and Mark Gross 

Margaret and Lawrence Grossgold 

Ellen and Robert Gurnitz 

Debbie and Scott Gutterson 

Diane and Owen Hahn 

Susan and Joe Hammerman 

Sheila and Lester Handler 

Sharyn and Lawrence Harris 

Paula Brody and Merrill Hassenfeld 

Karen and Lawrence Hausman 

Sandra and Stephen Hechler 

Evelyn and Larry Hecht 

Suzanne and Herbert Herman 

Janet and Martin Herring 

Marie Hersh 

Judith and Robert Hershenhorn 

Rosalind and Morris Herstein 

Stephanie and Neil Heuer 

Sylvia and Ralph Heyman 

Carol and Burton Hirsch 

Harriet and Myron Hirsch 

Evelyn Hochberg 

Jeanne and James Hochman 

Harriet and Ted Hollander 

Joan and Martin Holzinger 

Susan and Michael Horovitz 

Susan and Michael Horowitz 

Sheldra and Lawrence Horwitz 

Judith and Charles Huizenga 

Muriel Hurwich 

Dana and Lonnie Hurwitz 

Linda and Larry Hyde 

Rosie and Chuck Hyman 

Lynda and Donald Insul 

Jo Isaacson 

Fredda and David Isaacson 

Alice and Art Isenberg 

Nina and Stephen Iser 

Heidi and Donald Ivener 

Hari and Jack Jacobsen 

Rosalyn and Howard Jacobson 

Liz and Alan Jaffe 

Lois and Richard Janger 

Ruth and Philip Jason 

Rona Javitch 

Ginny and Herbert Jermanok 

Rabbi Earl Jordan 

Gladys and Irwin Kabler 

Miriam Kaemen 

Nancy and Jeffrey Kahn 

Florette Kahn 

Barbara and Steve Kahn 

Nancy Kalishman 

Jill Kamin 

Merrylee and Joseph Kandel 

Ruth Kanter 

Janet and Stanley Kantor 

Eloyse and Elliot Kaplan 

Susan and Hyman Kaplan 

Nancy Kaplan 

Nancy and Burt Kaplan 

Patricia and Joshua Kaplan 

Chris and Paul Kardon 

Judith and Wayne Kargher 

Esie and George Karpman 

Helaine and Harvey Kasoff 

Nancy and Gary Kass 

Roslyn and Albert Katz 

Barbara and Morris Katz 

Bobbie and Gene Katz 

Gloria Katz 

Lisa and Dale Katz

DONOR APPRECIATION LIST 


17A 

Campaign 2016 Jewish Federation of Collier County Donor Appreciation List 

Susan and Elliott Katz 

Elsa and Fred Katz 

Judith and Jack Kaufman 

Vivian and Rabbi Foster Kawaler 

Shelley and Sheldon Kaye 

Jay and Stuart Kaye 

William G. Kaye 

Lee Kaye 

Melissa and Harry Keel 

Brian Kelly 

Dr. Herbert and Hanita Kern Family 

Philanthropic Fund 

Rita and Bob Kessel 

Joan and Joel Kessler 

Laureen and Jerry Kinast 

Natalie and Marvin Klein 

Anne and Peter Klein 

Lin and Ron Klein 

Linda and Louis Klein Jr. 

Terri and Stuart Kline 

Frances and Judson Knox 

Adrea and Charles Kofman 

Beverly and Steven Koren 

Rebecca and Tyler Korn 

Simonne and Alexander Kott 

Shirley and Henry Kraus 

Sheila and Richard Krentz 

Helene and Judge Norman Krivosha 

Ruthi and Irwin Kroskin 

June and Steve Kruger 

Jodi and Ryan Kuhl 

Gracia Kuller 

Marilyn and Bernard Kunitz 

Barbara and Ira Kushnir 

Bob Kutner 

Diane La Penna 

Trudy and Malcolm Labell 

Carol and Marvin Lader 

Elaine and Richard Landau 

Heidi Thorner and Gary Layton 

Fran and Gary Lazaroff 

Phyllis Lazear 

Bonnie and Richard Lechtner 

Ruth and Burton Leibert 

Bettye and Jerry Leibowitz 

Rhoda and Ted Lempert 

Wallie and Gary Lenchner 

Elaine D Lerner 

Larry Levey 

Arlene and Sander Levin 

Myrna and Stephen Levin 

Anna and Yale Levin 

Linda and Larry Levin 

Delores and Sheldon Levin 

Norma Rosen and Samuel Levin 

Judi and Richard Levin 

David H. Levin 

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Hilda and Marty Levine 

Judy and Mayer Levitt 

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Godfrey Levy 

Diane and Robert Levy 

Irv Lewis 

Phyllis and Larry Liebman 

Janette and Leonard Linkon 

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Teri Kampmeyer and Stan Lipp 

Dorothy Lipschultz 

Beverly Lipson 

Evelyn Lissauer 

Melanie and Anthony Listrom 

Jack Lite 

Arlene and Mark Litow 

Ilana and Bernard Loewenthal 

Ileen Malitz and Michael Long 

Leda and Robert Lubin 

Bobbie and Bernie Lublin 

Kat Luchene 

Beverly Ludwig Fisher 

Marlene and Edwin Lyons 

Gail and Steve Machov 

Dottie Magen 

Phyllis and Stanley Magrill 

Paula and Robert Maisel 

Frances Kline and Mark Malone 

Nancy Brown and William Maltby 

Bea Margolis 

Harriet and Sheldon Margolis 

Ida and Jeff Margolis 

Marci and Howard Margolis 

Lorel Martens 

Toby and Robert Maxmen 

Lorie Mayer 

Eileen and Bob McNeill 

Gloria and Ed Meer 

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Ann and Burton Meisner 

Helene and Gerald Melnick 

Jacqueline and Michael Mendelsohn 

Nancy and Terry Meyer 

Paula and Ron Meyer 

Ronald Michelin 

Martin Millender 

Jennifer Siegal and Rabbi Adam Miller 

Linda and Stuart Miller 

Lynn and Robert Miller 

Marilyn and Malcolm Miller 

Joel Miller 

Jack Millstein 

Deborah Minnick 

Eli Montague 

Elaine and Jay Moorin 

Jean E. Morrison 

Ellen Katz and Milton Moses 

Karen and Neil Moss 

Neil Moss 

Kathy Schneiderman and Martin Moss 

Bobbie and Jack Myers 

Micki and Mort Naiman 

Gail and Alexander Nash 

Cynthia and Stuart Nayer 

Bobbie and Richard Nemerson 

Jerry Nepon 

Marciadee and Herb Newman 

Martin Nicolau 

Gail and Les Nizin 

Vickie and Truly Nolen 

Jack Nortman 

Frances and Robert Nossen 

Jack Nothmann 

Patricia and David Okeon 

Arlene Tannenbaum and Jim O’Leary 

Nancy and Charles Olender 

Harvey Oriel 

Cheryl and Arthur Orlick 

Samuel Oshry 

Barbara and Steve Ostrolenk 

Marjorie and Charles Ostrov 

Judi Palay 

Sara Pantel 

Jackie and Franklin Paulson 

Susan and Richard Payne 

Nanda and Joel Pearlman 

Jeanne and Melvin Pelletz 

Freddie and Alan Peltz 

Bonnie and Richard Perlman 

Jane and Rabbi James Perman 

Glenn Perrin 

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Aileen and Michael Pierce 

Stanton Pikus 

Susan and Joel Pittelman 

Grace and Richard Plager 

Carol and Dick Polinsky 

Rochelle Pollens 

Irene and Donald Pomerantz 

Henny Porter 

Stephanie and David Portman 

Karen and Curt Posner 

Debbie Laites and Ben Post 

Beth-Ellen and Irv Povlow 

Estelle and Stuart Price 

Judit and Richard Price 

Isabel B Price 

Kate and Ilya Prizel 

Lynn and Richard Prosten 

Joseph Pugach 

Susan and Jack Rabin 

Cecille Raichlen 

Sandy and Jeffrey Randall 

Lourene Rapport 

John Reisman 

Marcelle Reiss 

Alice and Jerry Richter 

Sandy Rick 

Mae and Judge Mort Riefberg 

Susan and Nathaniel Ritter 

Donna J. Robbins 

Dena and Gerald Robbins 

Lorraine and Norman Rocklin 

Naida and Michael Rodman 

Tova and Basil Roman 

Wilma and Sidney Rosen 

Selma Rosen 

Toni and Michael Rosen 

Linda and Kim Rosenberg 

Harvey Rosenthal 

Florence Rosenthal 

Helen and Edward Rosenthal 

Gloria and Lyle Rosenzweig 

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Days of infamy 

By Paul R. Bartrop, PhD 

This month sees an important 

75 th anniversary in the life of 

the United States that is sure to 

be marked across the country; indeed, 

around the world. 

The morning of December 7, 1941, 

saw the Japanese attack on the United 

States at Pearl Harbor, 

on what President 

Franklin D. 

Roosevelt referred 

to as a “Day of Infamy.” 

The event itself 

did not automatically 

lead to the U.S. 

Dr. Paul Bartrop 

entering World War 

II, and for a few short days this new 

conflict saw the United States in a war 

with Japan only. America did, however, 

have an ally in this conflict, because 

simultaneously with the Japanese attack 

on Pearl Harbor came attacks on 

British Hong Kong and Malaya, drawing 

the British Empire into war with 

Japan. 

Then, inexplicably in the eyes of 

some at the time, German dictator Adolf 

Hitler and Italian dictator Benito 

Mussolini declared war on the United 

States on December 11, 1941. In Washington, 

President Roosevelt asked 

Congress for a counter declaration of 

war on Germany and Italy, saying that 

“Never before has there been a greater 

challenge to life, liberty and civilization.” 

Almost immediately, the President 

pledged the U.S. to a “beat Hitler first” 

strategy that saw the United States concentrate 

on the European theater prior 

to turning on the Japanese enemy in 

the Pacific. Eventually, by war’s end, 

nearly 90 percent of America’s military 

resources were devoted to defeating 

Hitler. 

While all this was being played 

out, other “days of infamy” were taking 

place with regard to the Holocaust. 

On De cember 8, 1941, near the 

city of Lodz in Nazi-occupied Poland, 

Chelmno, a new extermination camp 

designed specifically for murdering 

Jews, became operational. Jews taken 

there were placed in mobile gas vans 

and driven to where they would be buried, 

while carbon monoxide from the 

van’s engine exhaust was fed into the 

sealed rear compartment. All those in 

the van would be murdered. Early in 

the New Year, these vans gave way to 

fixed gassing installations at Chelmno, 

the first of what became known as the 

Nazi “extermination camps.” 

As if to underscore these new arrangements, 

on December 16, 1941, 

the Nazi governor of occupied Poland, 

Dr. Hans Frank, declared during 

a cabinet meeting of his senior advisers: 

“Gentlemen, I must ask you to rid 

yourselves of all feelings of pity. We 

must annihilate the Jews wherever we 

find them and wherever it is possible 

in order to maintain there the structure 

of the Reich as a whole.” With this, the 

worst phase of the killing during the 

Holocaust was about to begin. At the 

start of 1942, 80 percent of all Jews 

in the Nazi-occupied areas were still 

alive; one year later, 80 percent of all 

those to be murdered in the Holocaust 

were already dead. 

Earlier that same week, on December 

12, 1941, the Struma, a small ship 

carrying 769 Jews desperate to leave 

Europe for safety in Palestine, departed 

the Romanian port of Constanţa and 

ventured into the Black Sea. 

The waters off Constanţa – the 

biggest port on the Black Sea – were 

mined for defense, so a Romanian vessel 

escorted the Struma out to sea. On 

December 15, the ship arrived in Istanbul, 

Turkey, but not before its diesel 

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British implored the Turkish government 

to prevent the Struma from continuing 

her voyage, while the Turks 

refused to allow any of the passengers 

to come ashore. As a consequence, 

while the diplomats haggled, the Struma 

ran short of supplies. 

After weeks of intense discussion, 

the British decided to allow a few of 

the Struma’s passengers to continue 

their journey to Palestine by land. On 

February 12, 1942, British officials 

approved that children on the Struma 

aged between 11 and 16 would be 

given visas for Palestine, though the 

Turks objected to transporting them at 

Turkish expense. The British, in turn, 

refused to send another ship to rescue 

the children, while Turkey denied them 

permission to travel overland. 

On February 23, 1942, with her engine 

still unworkable and her desperate 

refugee passengers still aboard, Turkish 

authorities boarded the Struma, and 

cast it out to into the Black Sea. 

The next morning there was an 

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sank. It was later determined that it had 

been torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, 

which classified the ship as an “enemy 

target.” Some passengers survived 

briefly by hugging pieces of debris, but 

for hours no rescue came. The torpedo 

and subsequent sinking of the Struma 

killed all 10 crew members and all but 

one of the 780 Jewish refugees aboard. 

Only one young man, 19-year-old David 

Stoliar, survived, by hanging onto a 

floating piece of what remained of the 

ship’s deck. 

It is generally recognized today 

that the neglect and abandonment of 

the Struma passengers was a major catastrophe 

that could have been avoided 

if the will to do so had existed. 

December 7, 1941 was, indeed, a 

“Day of Infamy;” but that awful month, 

75 years ago, saw more than just that 

one day, a fact that we should keep in 

mind during the commemorations that 

will surely take place as we recall Pearl 

Harbor. 

Dr. Paul Bartrop is Professor of History 

and the Director of the Center for 

Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies 

at Florida Gulf Coast University. 

He can be reached at pbartrop@fgcu. 

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ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD 

Naples resident participates in 6-day cycling tour 

in Israel with FIDF 

By Jean Amodea 

Exhibiting solidarity with the 

brave soldiers of the Israel Defense 

Forces (IDF) who fight 

to protect Israel and Jews worldwide, 

in September, Friends of the Israel 

Defense Forces (FIDF) held a six-day 

cycling tour of the land. Among the four 

Floridians of the 37 Americans who 

participated was Guido Vande Walle 

of Naples. 

An avid cyclist, biking over 10,000 

kilometers a year throughout the U.S. 

and Europe, the challenge was a natural 

fit for Vande Walle. 

And, the chance to visit the land to 

focus on the price Israel has paid for its 

defense was particularly meaningful 

to the cyclist. He said that meeting the 

brave men and women who risk everything 

to keep Israel and Jews worldwide 

safe, visiting the monuments erected in 

honor of the victims of terror, and seeing 

military bases made the experience 

especially poignant. 

Beginning near the Sea of Galilee, 

the American cyclists covered more than 

400 miles and a total vertical climb of 

about 32,000 feet. Joining at various 

points of the tour were wounded Israeli 

combat veterans who have benefited 

from FIDF rehabilitative programs and 

prosthetic devices. 

Vande Walle described that from 

the top of Mt. Hermon, overlooking 

Lebanon and Syria, he could see the 

smoke rising from ongoing skirmishes 

below, and that it was surreal being able 

to observe the fighting and still feel 

completely safe. “Sort of like being in 

a movie,” he said. 

The FIDF, a non-profit organization, 

was established in 1981. Today, with 

150,000 members, it provides “educational, 

cultural, recreational and social 

programs and facilities that provide 

hope, purpose and life-changing support 

for the soldiers who protect Israel and 

Jews worldwide.” Soldiers, wounded 

veterans, and families of fallen soldiers 

are also given support with the goal 

of strengthening the “bond between 

the communities in the United States, 

the soldiers of the IDF, and the State 

of Israel.” For more information, visit 

www.fidf.org. 

With his wife Nitza, a native Israeli, 

Vande Walle spends three months in 

Guido Vande Walle during the FIDF Cycling Tour 

Naples and equally shares the rest of 

the year between Nice, France, and 

Andalusia, Spain. We caught up with 

Vande Walle to find out more. 

When and why did you become 

involved with FIDF and the cycling 

event? 

I became involved with FIDF about 

The group of 37 cyclists and FIDF supporters from across the U.S. on Tel Aviv’s coast 

two years ago, as I love Israel and 

wanted to support Israel’s soldiers. I had 

always wanted to cycle across Israel, 

but my wife’s Israeli relatives warned 

me that it could be dangerous to do so 

on my own. When I saw an email from 

FIDF about the Cycling Tour of Israel, I 

jumped at the opportunity to ride across 

Israel on my bike with a group of likeminded 

people. My support shows that 

I care about the soldiers and appreciate 

what they are doing for their country and 

for Jews worldwide. I’m proud of them, 

and I’m proud to support them. 

What did the event involve? 

The event involved eight days, with 

six days of cycling. During 

each of the six cycling days 

we rode about 110 miles. The 

group met in Tel Aviv and 

traveled by bus to the Ramot 

Resort near the Sea of Galilee. 

Using the resort as a base, we 

cycled the Golan Heights, 

including Druze areas, Mt. 

Hermon, the Sea of Galilee 

rift, the Hula Valley, the Jordan 

Valley, the Valley of the Sprigs and 

the Jordan Rift Valley. On the fifth day 

of cycling, we took a bus to the Dead 

Sea, and from there we biked through 

HaMakhtesh HaGadol (the Big Crater) 

and ended the ride in the town of Yeruham. 

We then took a bus from there to 

Tel Aviv and spent the sixth cycling day 

riding along the Mediterranean. The 

tour concluded with Shabbat dinner 

on the beach with students who benefit 

from the FIDF IMPACT! Scholarship 

Program. 

Did you make any special stops or 

speak to the public? 

Yes, we stopped at an IDF base on 

Mt. Hermon, where we met Israeli soldiers, 

including a few American Lone 

Soldiers (those who immigrate without 

immediate family to serve in the IDF). 

Another highlight was meeting Avigdor 

Kahalani in the Golan Heights’ Valley of 

Tears. Kahalani was one of the greatest 

Cyclists riding through the Negev Desert 

heroes of all time of Israel’s 1973 Yom 

Kippur War. Despite being outnumbered 

and outgunned, he kept Syrian forces at 

bay long enough for Israeli reinforcements 

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How many Israeli wounded veterans 

participated? 

Different wounded veterans came 

and went, joining us for different 

amounts of time, but there were at least 

two and up to four riding with us each 

day. The soldiers as well as those we met 

along the way were thrilled to meet us. 

In what way were you able to 

show solidarity with the wounded 

The group of 37 cyclists and FIDF supporters from across the U.S. at a memorial in the Golan Heights’ 

Valley of Tears, the site of a major battle during the 1973 Yom Kippur War (Photo Credits: Nadav Ariel) 

Israeli co-participants? 

Cycling over the difficult terrain and 

just sharing the day together was a real 

bonding experience. But the wounded 

veterans were at least as strong as most 

of the American riders – some even 

stronger. 

What would you tell others about 

the importance of supporting organizations 

like FIDF? 

There would be no State of Israel 

without the soldiers of the IDF. The 

FIDF supports IDF soldiers, including 

Lone Soldiers, wounded veterans, and 

the families of fallen soldiers through 

well-being and educational programs 

that make a huge difference in these 

heroes’ lives. 

Did you know any of the three 

other Florida cyclists before the trip? 

Not a single one, but we became fast 

friends. One of the other riders was born 

in the same hospital in Tiberius as my 

wife, in the same year as she was born. 

Did you stay in Israel after the 

event? 

We stayed another month, and got 

to spend Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, 

Sukkot and Simchat Torah in Israel. It 

was an amazing experience. 

Jean Amodea, a former school principal 

from New Jersey is a freelance writer 

for the Naples Daily News and its community 

publications as well as director 

of Peter Duchin Music of Naples/Entertainment 

Direct. She also performs 

with her husband Ron’s dance band, 

jazz ensemble and Caribbean quartet. 

Reach Jean at jeanamodea@gmail.com. 

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 7:30 P.M. 

The Chabad Jewish Center of Naples 

1789 Mandarin Road 


Dr. Mitchell Bard 

The American Election: Its Consequences for Israel 

Dr. Bard is a foreign policy analyst who lectures frequently on U.S.-Middle East 

policy. In addition to his work as Director of the American-Israeli Cooperative, 

he heads the Jewish Virtual Library, the world’s most comprehensive online 

encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture. He also co-chairs the task force 

on BDS & delegitimization for the Global Forum on Combating Anti-Semitism. 

For three years, Dr. Bard was the editor of the Near East Report, the American 

Israeli Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) weekly newsletter on U.S. Middle East 

policy. He also served as a polling analyst in the 1988 Bush presidential campaign. 

Along with hundreds of articles published in academic journals, Dr. Bard has 

edited and authored 23 critically acclaimed books. 

Bring friends and family and don’t miss this opportunity to hear one 

the giants of Israel advocacy speak before our community. 

Admission: 

$20.00 prepaid 

$22.00 at the door 

$7.00 Students with valid ID 

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Israel rushes aid to the world’s worst earthquakes 

Israel is often one of the first countries on the ground to offer 

humanitarian aid after the world’s most devastating earthquakes. 

By Nicky Blackburn, ISRAEL21c, www.israel21c.org, September 13, 2016 

When Krishna Devi Khadka, 

was pulled out of the rubble 

of a hotel five days after a 

devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake 

in Nepal on April 25 2015, the first 

people she saw were Israeli. 

Khadka, a maid at the hotel, had 

been trapped in an air pocket covered 

by a corpse. She was rescued after a 

dramatic 10-hour operation led by IsraAID, 

an Israeli humanitarian aid organization. 

The 24-year-old was taken immediately 

to the only working hospital in 

Kathmandu, a large field hospital run 

by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). 

Khadka was one of thousands of 

people across Nepal who survived 

the first quake and the second magnitude 

7.3 quake that followed two 

weeks later, thanks to Israeli aid. The 

IsraAID working in the Gongabu district of Kathmandu 

(Photo: IsraAID/Mickey Noam Alon) 

two quakes were a catastrophic double 

blow for Nepal that left 9,000 people 

dead, 22,000 injured and hundreds of 

thousands of homes, offices and temples 

destroyed or damaged. 

Israel was one of the first countries 

to send humanitarian aid to Nepal, 

and the range and breadth of that 

aid from so many sectors of Israeli 

life – the government, the military and 

various NGOs – was so significant that 

the Nepalese today regard Israel as a 

source of inspiration. 

According to figures compiled by 

CNN, Israel sent more personnel to the 

disaster scene than any other country. 

The IDF arrived in Nepal two days 

after the first quake, with a team of 

260 physicians and search-and-rescue 

experts. Within 12 hours they had set 

up a field hospital in Kathmandu, the 

IDF’s largest ever, which included two 

operating tents, four intensive-care 

tents, 60 hospital beds, and specialists 

in neonatal and adult care. 

The team brought 95 tons of humanitarian 

and medical supplies from 

Israel, and during their stay they treated 

1,600 patients, performed more than 

85 surgeries and delivered eight babies. 

They also fortified 332 public 

buildings, and conducted safety and 

survival workshops for 605 Nepalese 

citizens. 

Israeli civilian NGO IsraAID also 

arrived two days after the quake, with 

an emergency relief team of doctors 

and search-and-rescue specialists. The 

team quickly established a temporary 

field clinic in the Sindhupalchowk 

district of Nepal, one of the worst-hit 

areas. 

The organization brought supplies 

and medical services, and opened psychologist-staffed 

safe spaces for children 

left wandering the streets after the 

quake. 

Community development nonprofit 

Tevel b’Tzedek (The Earth in 

Justice), which has been carrying out 

humanitarian work in Nepal since 

2007 and already had a team on the 

ground, rushed to help, providing connections, 

training and understanding of 

the region to other NGOs arriving on 

the scene. 

Magen David Adom (MDA) sent 

out a trained disaster delegation including 

10 paramedics and two physicians, 

and later distributed building supplies 

and food to 800 Nepali families. 

The Dream Doctors sent medical 

clowns to bring relief and cheer to survivors. 

Other Israeli NGOs – ZAKA, 

United Hatzalah, Natan International 

Humanitarian Aid and Israeli Flying 

Aid – were also involved in rescue, 

recovery and relief operations in Nepal 

along with FIRST, a consortium of 

Israeli government and army rescue 

services. 

Over a year later, Tevel b’Tzedek 

and IsraAID are still at work in Nepal, 

offering training and support to help 

villagers get back on their feet. 

Tevel b’Tzedek runs a youth service 

program modeled after Israel’s 

Shnat Sherut, year of national service, 

in earthquake-devastated villages to 

help rebuild communities. Tevel also 

runs a variety of recovery programs 

in agriculture, education, disaster-risk 

reduction, resilience, crisis intervention 

and income generation for some 

25,000 villagers in six of Nepal’s most 

impoverished regions. 

IsraAID runs a variety of humanitarian 

projects in Nepal and plans to be 

there for at least three more years. The 

organization distributes warm clothing 

to Nepali children, has brought in 

The IDF field hospital in Nepal 

Israeli specialists to train local NGOs 

to run an emotional support hotline, 

and has set up a beekeeping cooperative 

staffed by women who lost their 

homes and sources of income in the 

earthquake. 

The organization also trained six 

theater troupes to present plays in 

earthquake-affected districts, to relay 

information about community resilience 

and trauma, a model that is now 

being adopted by UNICEF. 

Nepal was not the first time that 

Israel has rushed to provide aid in the 

wake of a deadly earthquake. Israeli 

humanitarian workers have helped 

out after earthquakes in India, Turkey, 

Peru, and the devastating earthquake 

and tsunami that hit Southeast Asia in 

2004. 

Here are the main earthquakes where 

Israel has given aid since 2010: 

Jan 2010: Israel gained worldwide 

praise for the speed and efficiency 

with which it offered aid to Haiti 

in the wake of a catastrophic 7.0 

magnitude earthquake that killed 

around 160,000 people and left 

280,000 buildings destroyed. Five 

years later, Israel was still in Haiti 

helping rebuild the community. 

July 2010: An 8.8 magnitude earthquake 

in Chile. 

Feb 2011: A 6.3 magnitude earthquake 

in New Zealand, which 

killed 185. 

March 2011: The 9.0 magnitude 

earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku, 

Japan, which killed some 16,000 

people and left 230,000 homeless. 

As in Haiti, Israeli aid organizations 

remain in Japan today long 

after all other foreign aid organizations 

have left. Aid workers are 

helping to build a mental health 

support network in the country, 

and recording the testimonies of 

survivors. 

April 2015: A double earthquake 

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A baby is born at the IDF field hospital in Nepal 

(Photo courtesy of the IDF) 

in Kumamoto City, Japan, which 

killed 49 and injured 3,000. 

Feb 2016: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake 

in Taiwan, which killed 117 

people, 115 of them in one residential 

building in Kaohsiung City. 

April 2016: The 7.8 magnitude 

earthquake in Ecuador, which 

killed 661 and injured nearly 

28,000 people. 

To view more stories on Israel’s 

exceptional humanitarian aid efforts 

abroad in the My Name is Israel aid 

exhibition, or to download the exhibit 

for display, visit http://www.israel21c. 

org/exhibition/my-name-is-israel/. 

Editor and Israel Director, Nicky 

Blackburn has worked extensively as 

a journalist and editor both in Britain 

and Israel for a range of national 

and international publications including 

Travel Weekly, Israel High Tech 

Investor and The Times of London. 

She was the Associate Editor at LINK, 

Israel’s Business and Technology Magazine, 

and the High-Tech Correspondent 

for The Jerusalem Post. 

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The ages of Hanukkah 

Rabbi 

Ammos 

Chorny 

Hanukkah has a special hold on 

American Jews. I believe it is 

not just because of its proximity 

to the non-Jewish holiday season. I think 

there is something for everyone in the 

holiday and its traditions. 

Very young children are fascinated 

by fire. The story of the miracle of the 

flame which burned for eight days carries 

an immediate impact on them. But 

I think there is something in that story 

which can appeal to people of all ages. 

In the oldest records of the Maccabean 

victory, there is no mention 

of this so-called miracle. The initial 

legends stressed the military prowess 

of the Maccabees. The legend of the oil 

burning for eight days came to the fore 

some 300 years after the recapture of the 

Temple and the festival of rededication. 

The rabbis chose to emphasize the 

miracle because they were great pacifists. 

They had seen too many examples 

of attempts at armed rebellion resulting 

in great destruction. Instead, they 

wanted to emphasize dedication (the 

literal meaning for the word “Hanukkah”), 

not warfare. In so doing, they 

sought to stress the difference between 

our people and all others: Other people 

might trust in the power of arms, but 

that would never insure their survival. 

Our people would trust in God’s spirit, 

and in the process of trusting, survive. 

Hundreds of years after the initial 

legend, the medieval rabbis proposed a 

midrash on a midrash: They asked why 

Hanukkah should last for eight days; 

if the oil lasted seven days longer than 

expected, then there was no miracle on 

the first day. They then provided the answer 

that the miracle of the first day was 

that the Maccabees lit the oil in the first 

place. It was an act of hope, performed 

even when it seemed futile. 

Thus, we see a second – even 

greater – miracle performed within the 

first more obvious one: the ability to act 

with hope, even when all hope seems 

to be gone. Perhaps this message is so 

subtle that it is hardly even noticed. But 

the message gets across, with a meaning 

for many different people: 

People with addictions: When they 

get sick and tired of getting sick and 

tired, there is a reason to start over, 

to walk the road to recovery. 

Anyone who undergoes serious illness 

or surgery: It’s not the end of 

your life, but rather the beginning of 

a new phase of life. Our capabilities 

are diminished, but we can still live 

and function with them. 

People in troubled relationships: 

Love and marriage need tune-ups; 

communication and understanding 

do not happen on their own. When 

we find ourselves in times of crisis, 

there are ways and means to bring 

these precious relationships back 

on track. 

People who have lost their youthful 

idealism: The scars of experience 

need not rob us of our idealism. Indeed, 

it can lead to pragmatism that 

will help us accomplish what, in our 

youthful naivete, we could not do. 

Hanukkah can speak to people in 

every stage and situation in life. As 

children, we remember a simple lesson: 

that of a fantastic miracle. As adults, we 

can learn of an even greater miracle: 

the ability to act with hope, even when 

hope seems to be gone. If we can learn 

this lesson, we learn new meanings for 

the second blessing which we recite 

on this holiday: Praised is God…who 

performed miracles for our ancestors 

in days of old, and who continues to 

perform them for us at all times. 

Happy Hanukkah. 

Rabbi Ammos Chorny serves at Beth 

Tikvah in Naples. 

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Choose light 

Rabbi 

Fishel 

Zaklos 

Our lives have many choices, 

from deciding on careers and 

homes to suitable clothing and 

food. We constantly weigh our options. 

However, I think there’s an overriding 

choice ultimately at the heart of all 

choices, one that makes an impact on 

and influences every aspect of our lives, 

whether we realize it or not. It’s perspective, 

or how we choose to see things. 

We can see our world as a cold, dark 

place, threatened by terror and violence. 

Or, we can see a warm and welcoming 

home, filled with opportunities. We may 

feel we have devoted many years to 

hard work and still remain unrewarded, 

or we can thank G-d for a source of 

income to support our families. We can 

wish our appearance were better, or we 

can be thankful we are healthy and still 

breathing. None of these statements is 

incorrect, it’s just how we choose to 

interpret what we see. We can either be 

positive or negative. 

I have always found it intriguing 

that the first of God’s creations was 

light. When we picture creation we think 

of hard reality; tangible objects that we 

can touch and feel. 

Light, though, is elusive and vague, 

it doesn’t take up space like other objects, 

and cannot be held, although we 

can measure its speed and intensity. 

What exactly is light and what can we 

learn from its being the beginning of 

all creation? 

The lesson here is most powerful. 

True, light itself is not an “object,” but it 

is only with light that we are able to see 

all other “objects.” Light is what allows 

us to put things in place, to give context 

to our surroundings. 

The Torah’s message is clear. We 

are surrounded by an entire world of 

creations – tangible objects that we can 

COMMENTARY 

Look for commentary from Rabbi Mark Gross 

and Rabbi Adam Miller in the January issue. 

HEY KIDS! 

touch and feel. These objects are the 

experiences we have, the friends we 

make, and the lot we are given. Before 

creating any objects, though, God created 

light. God created the framework 

within which these objects are to be 

perceived; the lens with which the rest 

of creation is to be viewed. 

God says, “I created a world, full 

of physical objects, but it was not for 

nothing – everything I created exists 

for a purpose.” 

Most importantly, God placed the 

creation of light within each one of 

us. “We are workers of light,” says the 

Talmud. Every person was given the 

ability – and, as a result, the responsibility 

– to discover the light in every area 

of creation. 

The creation of light is, in truth, the 

entire story of Chanukah. The Greeks 

were the most advanced of civilizations, 

well ahead of their times in all areas of 

culture, politics and technology. Their 

mistake, though, was to deal exclusively 

with the last five days of creation – the 

creation of objects. They mastered the 

sciences and probed the depths of nature, 

yet they failed to realize that there 

is a purpose for which all was created. 

They chose to ignore the first day, the 

creation of light, and the meaning it gave 

to all of creation. 

How was the victory of Chanukah 

celebrated? By lighting candles. By 

championing the first day of creation 

– that the physical exists for a purpose, 

that there exists a context to creation. 

This Chanukah we can choose our 

perspective wisely. We can choose 

light. Light a menorah in your home 

and celebrate a positive outlook. Make 

that conscious choice to see things for 

the good. We’re not deluding ourselves 

and ignoring the dark. We’re recognizing 

that light preceded – and therefore 

pervades – all of creation, bringing positivity 

and hope to every circumstance. 

Light a menorah. Our world could 

do with a little more positivity. 

Rabbi Fishel Zaklos serves at Chabad 

Jewish Center of Naples. 

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FOCUS ON YOUTH 

BBYO teens gather on Election Night 


By Skylar Haas, Assoc. Regional Dir. of BBYO’s North Florida Region 

On Tuesday, November 8, Jewish 

teens from across Naples North Florida Regional Kallah, a oneend 

at Camp Wewa to participate in the 

gathered together at Bowland of-a-kind weekend that was memorable 

Woodside for a unique and fun approach for all those who attended. The retreat 

to celebrating such a special night in brought together the Alephs and BBGs 

our nation. Through hosting a Stars & from across the region to be one community. 

Values were defined, and life- 

Strikes tournament, the teens had the 

opportunity to talk about the milestone long friendships were made. The teens 

in our country of electing a new president 

as well as taking part in a friendly story and share in others’ stories. The 

had the opportunity to reflect upon their 

bowling competition. There was a prize weekend was our launch for an incredible 

and impactful year in North Florida 

for the teen who showed up in their best 

red, white and blue spirit, as well as a Region and Naples BBYO. 

patriotic cake to top off the night (who Join us on Sunday, December 11 

doesn’t love cake?). 

at Temple Shalom from 1:30 to 3:30 

This past October, Naples teens p.m. for our five-year celebration. We 

traveled to Orlando to spend a week- 

will be honoring past alumni, hearing 

from our current chapter leaders, 

and celebrating the success in Naples 

BBYO! The event is open to the entire 

community – friends 

and families are welcome. 

RSVP by visiting 

www.bbyo.org/ 

naplescelebration. 

For more information 

about service, 

advocacy and philanthropic 

opportunities 

for Naples teens, 

email me at shaas@ 

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Temple Shalom Preschool update 

By Seyla Cohen, Preschool Director 

Winding down our autumn celebrations, 

we are reminded 

how thankful we are here 

at Temple Shalom Preschool. In our 

classrooms, we teach the children to 

be thankful for the food they eat, the 

friends they have, and the love they 

receive from their families, friends and 

teachers. The TSP staff is thankful for 

the supportive families, the opportunities 

to teacher such wonderful children, 

and for the incredible school we get to 

come to every day. 

Children love the holidays and our 

Temple Shalom Preschool students 

recently celebrated Thanksgiving with 

a delicious feast and sing-along with 

family. And now, with the arrival of 

December, we celebrate the joyous 

holiday of Chanukah, commemorating 

the miracle of our heritage. 

As we move into our winter celebrations, 

there is so much going on before 

we break for the holidays and the New 

Year. On Wednesday, December 7, in 

preparation of Chanukah, we will have 

Preschool of the Arts update 

By Ettie Zaklos, Preschool Director 

The last two months of the calendar 

year always seem to be the 

busiest! Throughout November 

and December, schedules are packed 

to the brim, Naples is buzzing with its 

peak activity, and there is a wonderful 

holiday spirit in the air. At Preschool 

of the Arts, we look at the start of the 

holiday season as a chance to bring together 

our entire community for special 

events and celebrations. We know that 

the largest educational gains occur when 

teachers, students and parents work together 

toward the same goals. Creating 

a joyous community atmosphere for our 

students and their families allows our 

community members to meet and greet 

one another in more social settings, and 

fosters stronger and deeper relationships 

that benefit all. 

Our holiday season’s programming 

starts with a bang with our grand annual 

Thanksgiving performance in late November. 

Every year, the Thanksgiving 

celebration is one of our preschool’s 

our afterschool Holiday Workshop 

where children will make gifts to give to 

their family members for the holidays. 

This workshop is fun for the children 

and it gives them that special joy of 

giving from the heart. 

Beginning Monday, December 

12, TSP children will be traveling the 

globe during our “Chanukah around 

the World” Week. They will be cruising, 

flying and traveling across different 

countries. They will be visiting China on 

Monday, Eastern Europe on Tuesday, 

largest celebrations as family and 

friends gather to watch their little ones 

perform a beautiful medley of songs 

and admire their artistic handiwork. In 

past years, the grand event also included 

a large communal sit-down feast, a 

hallmark of the holiday marked by its 

iconic foods. This year, our preschool 

community decided to go a different 

route and in lieu of a communal meal, 

we collected hundreds of donations of 

non-perishable food items and more for 

the local Harry Chapin Food Bank. 

The meaningful Mitzvah initiative 

inspired the children and their families 

in the themes of charity and giving 

that are the true heart of the holiday 

of gratitude. It was beautiful to see the 

tremendous response from our generous 

community and we are thrilled at the 

success of the food drive, which will 

bring much sustenance to those in our 

community who are most in need. 

Our talented students will once 

again be taking their singing voices to 

Little Cubs registration 

Italy on Wednesday, and Mexico on 

Thursday. On Friday, December 16, they 

will complete their journey in Israel, 

celebrating Shabbat with Rabbi Adam 

Miller, Cantor Azu and Miss Jane, and 

having fun at our Chanukah festival, 

eating challah and sampling different 

foods from Israel. 

All preschool families are invited to 

our Annual Chanukah Festival. Parents 

join their little ones at the festival featuring 

latkes, sufganiyot, dreidel coloring, 

candle making, crafts and Chanukah 

the stage at Preschool of the Arts and 

Chabad of Naples’ annual communitywide 

Chanukah extravaganza on Tuesday, 

December 27. This year’s theme 

is Chanukah in the Chocolate Factory, 

and the children are so excited for their 

“delicious” debut. The children’s performance 

is always a highlight of the 

huge event that gets bigger and better 

each season! While the excitement of 

chocolate-filled activities and plenty 

more surprises in store, the event is sure 

to draw a crowd. We are positive that our 

students will be the stars of the show, 

Children shop and learn at the Market 

at Preschool of the Arts 

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Naples BBYO teens at North Florida Regional Convention 

at Camp Wewa in Orlando 

gelt. This is a very special event filled 

with laughter, songs and happiness. 

Once again, TSP will be opening 

its doors for our Winter Camp when the 

regular preschool is closed for vacation. 

Children ages 2-6 can come for the 

day or week to play with their friends, 

sing, cook, and enjoy science and arts 

and crafts. Registration is now open 

for Winter Camp which will be held 

December 19-30. 

Registration is also open for our 

Little Cubs class with Miss Jane, which 

begins Tuesday, January 10. This nurturing 

class is open to our youngest TSP 

children who turn 2 after September 

1. The class is offered Tuesdays and 

Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

A limited number of spots are still available. 

Call now to register. 

For further information on any of 

our wonderful programs, please contact 

me at 239.455.3227. 

From our family to yours we wish 

you a Happy Chanukah and peaceful 

and healthy New Year. 

shining their inner light brighter than 

the candles of the Chanukah menorah! 

Please join us at Cambier Park at 5:00 

p.m. for the grand Chanukah festival. 

The fun doesn’t end there, though! 

Before our students take their Winter 

Break at the end of the month, we have 

one more surprise that they won’t be 

expecting – a “Snow Day” in Naples, 

Florida! On Friday, December 16, our 

preschool will be one of the only places 

in town where the children will be able 

to play with real (man-made) snow! This 

seasonal day of fun will have children 

delighting in the wonders of cold winter 

fun – all too rare for a young Neapolitan! 

December also opens registration 

for our currently enrolled families and 

those on the waitlist. We are proud to 

have such popular community interest 

about joining our preschool, and look 

forward to opening enrollment to all 

prospective families in January. 

For more information, contact me 

at 239.263.2620 or naplespreschool 

ofthearts@gmail.com, or visit www. 

naplespreschoolofthearts.com. 

Although the collaborative art project “Jonah & the Whale” is done, we still reinforce 

the importance of apologizing for our mistakes at Preschool of the Arts 

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Chabad Jewish Center of Naples update 

Jewish Art Calendar 

Our beautiful Chabad Naples Jewish 

Art Calendar featuring an updated 

design has been delivered! For the last 

thirteen years, it has been our pleasure 

to mail this beautiful calendar to the 

entire Jewish community of Naples and 

Marco Island at no charge. If you do not 

receive a calendar and would like one, 

please call our Center at 239.262.4474 

or email office@chabadnaples.com and 

we will mail one to you at no charge. 

Men’s Club 

Join the Men’s Club every Wednesday 

from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Alex 

& Carol Glassman Chabad for insightful 

and inspiring insights with Rabbi Fishel 

Zaklos. For more information, email 

Marv Bomberg at mbomberg@aol.com. 

Children’s Chanukah Olive Oil 

Workshop 

On Wednesday, December 14 from 

4:30 to 6:30 p.m. we will be presenting 

an enjoyable and educational hands-on 

olive oil workshop. The children will 

learn about olive oil and discover how 

it is prepared so that it can be used to 

kindle the menorah, with particular relevance 

to Chanukah. The children will 

also have the opportunity to make their 

very own olive oil, and then create their 

own menorah! 

Chanukah in the Chocolate Factory 

Festival 

Calling all chocoholics! Join us on 

Tuesday, December 27 from 5:00 to 

7:00 p.m. in Cambier Park. What could 

be sweeter than a silly and chocolatey 

Willy Wonka-style Chanukah-themed 

celebration including rides for the whole 

family, arts and crafts activities, food 

and entertainment, Willy Wonka-style 

characters, and kindling of Collier 

County’s most creative menorah by 

Mayor Bill Barnett? The event is free 

to the entire community. Please call 

239.262.4474 or visit www.chabad 

naples.com for more information or to 

Are you looking for delicious kosher food? 

Chabad of Naples has partnered with the well-known Aroma Kosher Market and 

Catering of Cooper City, Florida, to bring kosher food to you. Please call the Chabad 

office at 239.262.4474 for an order form and instructions. Aroma Market delivers 

orders to the Chabad of Naples, 1789 Mandarin Road, once a week. 

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An Evening with Rena Finder 

We are honored to welcome back by 

popular demand, guest speaker Rena 

Finder for an evening of inspiration 

and courage on Tuesday, January 17th! 

Last year we regret we were unable to 

accommodate everyone who expressed 

an interest in hearing her speak of her 

experiences as the youngest survivor on 

Schindler’s List . We are thrilled to be 

welcoming her back on Tuesday, January 

17! Mark your calendars as this is 

sure to be another sold-out event! 

Hebrew School 2016-17 

Chabad Hebrew School is currently 

in full swing for our 2016-17 Hebrew 

School year. Our curriculum includes 

Hebrew reading (using the Aleph 

Champ reading program); Jewish history; 

mitzvot and Jewish practice (the 

hows and whys of Jewish living); and 

tefillah (prayer). Lessons are engaging 

and exciting, with lots of projects, 

activities and discussions that provide 

meaningful insight into contemporary 

Jewish life. Hebrew School is held on 

Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. 

Openings still available. To enroll your 

child, please call us. 

Shabbat services 

Our warm and welcoming Shabbat services 

are held every Saturday morning. 

The Torah Service begins at 11:00 a.m. 

and includes Rabbi Fishel’s insights 

during the Torah reading. Services are 

followed by a delicious Kiddush buffet 

lunch. Bring your children and grandchildren! 

Our Junior Shabbat Minyan, a 

I 

children’s service for ages 3 to 11, gets 

the kids up and moving as our teachers 

follow the parsha of the week through 

games, songs, stories, activities and a 

snack (and some fun on the outdoor 

playground, too). It is a wonderful opportunity 

for your child to learn in a 

friendly and sociable environment. 

Flying Challah 

Each week, we distribute freshly-baked 

challahs to families in our community. 

Would you like to welcome a new family 

to town? Perhaps you are aware of 

someone who is not feeling well? Or 

maybe you want to let someone know 

you are thinking about them. A Flying 

Challah needs only your suggestion 

and a call to Ettie at 239.262.4474. 

ISRAEL BRIEFS 

TEL AVIV, JERUSALEM 

AMONG WORLD’S 

40 BEST CITIES 

Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are on the 40 

Best Cities in the World list as compiled 

by Condé Nast Traveler readers. 

The annual Readers’ Choice Awards 

survey slotted Tel Aviv as 17 th best city 

and Jerusalem as 28 th top municipality. 

“With influences from Europe, 

North Africa, the Middle East and the 

Mediterranean, Tel Aviv is one of the 

world’s most vibrant, diverse cities. 

Hummusiyas and falafel aside, what 

continues to draw travelers? Notably 

nightlife and beaches, museums (Eretz 

Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of 

Art), and the world’s largest concentration 

of buildings in the International 

Style – more than 4,000 of them comprise 

Tel Aviv’s White City, a UNES- 

CO World Heritage Site,” reads the 

Condé Nast Traveler blurb about why 

Tel Aviv is included on the list. 

Winter or summer, the Tel Aviv 

beach is always number one on any todo 

list. 

The travel magazine’s readers also 

chose Jerusalem as a place every true 

global traveler must visit. 

“Long a place of religious pilgrimage 

for Christians, Jews and Muslims, 

Jerusalem is now drawing a different 

sort of pilgrim: the global traveler. In 

addition to its significant sacred and 

religious sights, the city draws visitors 

with its cutting-edge art scene and a 

growing number of notable restaurants. 

Head to the Israel Museum for an exploration 

of the country’s culture, and 

stop for a bite at Machneyuda for authentic 

Mediterranean cuisine,” reads 

the magazine’s entry on Jerusalem. 

Tokyo, Kyoto and Florence took 

the one, two and three spots on the 

list. The magazine reported that readers 

cast more than 100,000 votes when 

choosing the 40 best cities. (Viva Sarah 

Press, ISRAEL21c) 

AMERICAN AND ISRAELI 

JEWS: TWIN PORTRAITS 

Four out of every five Jews in the 

world live in Israel or the U.S. The Pew 

Research Center has surveyed Jewish 

adults in both places, and has found 

deep bonds between them. Nevertheless, 

their experiences and perspectives 

are very different. 

Fewer than half of Israeli Jews 

(43%) polled in 2014 and 2015 said 

they believe “a way can be found for 

Israel and an independent Palestinian 

state to coexist peacefully with each 

other,” compared with a clear majority 

of American Jews (61%). 

About four in ten American Jews 

have traveled to Israel at least once 

(many have done so more than once), 

and a similar share of Israeli Jews have 

visited the U.S. 

A solid majority of Jewish Americans 

say they are either “very” or 

“somewhat” attached to Israel and that 

caring about Israel is either “essential” 

or “important” to what being Jewish 

means to them. Most Israeli Jews say 

that a thriving diaspora is vital to the 

long-term survival of the Jewish people 

and that Jews in the two countries 

share a “common destiny.” (Pew Research 

Center) 

ISRAEL’S NEW 

NATIONAL CAMPUS 

FOR ARCHAEOLOGY 

IN JERUSALEM 

The Israel Antiquities Authority is constructing 

a multimedia, multi-floored 

underground complex designed to 

show off some of the best finds from 

the past 1.5 million years. 

Uzi Dahari, the authority’s deputy 

director, said that Israel has more than 

2 million ancient artifacts in storage so 

it is building what he calls an “archaeological 

campus.” 

The center, due to be completed in 

2018, will also house one of the largest 

archaeological libraries in the Middle 

East, specialized archaeological laboratories 

for rescuing and restoring 

ancient relics, and climate-controlled 

storage rooms. (Ruth Eglash, Washington 

Post) 

SAUDI LOBBYIST CALLS 

FOR “COLLABORATIVE 

ALLIANCE” WITH ISRAEL 

While having a common enemy in Iran 

will help accelerate any rapprochement 

between Saudi Arabia and Israel, a 

more solid foundation for establishing 

ties could manifest in a mutually beneficial 

economic partnership. History 

tells us that Arabs and Jews were some 

of the strongest partners in trade, culture 

and mutual security, living in relatively 

peaceful coexistence for centuries. 

continued on page 29A

SYNAGOGUES 


27A 

Beth Tikvah update 

Phil 

Jason 

President 

It has been great to see the growing 

influx of snowbird members and 

friends through the late fall. I can’t 

wait to enjoy the “full house” of winter 

in our community. Beth Tikvah will do 

its part in providing plenty of activities 

to keep you busy. We are also hosting 

events by other organizations. From 

month to month, we will inform you 

via this column, email and our 

website. Our winter lecture 

series begins next month. Our 

concert by the local Night 

Train band comes in February. 

SIR weekend with Dr. Joel 

Hoffman is in March. 

Meanwhile... 

Thursday, December 8 

at 7:30 p.m.: Screening of 

Wrestling Alligators: The New 

Seminole Wars (90 minutes). 

James Billie is the charismatic, 

controversial leader of 

BETH TIKVAH www.bethtikvahnaples.org / 239-434-1818 

the Seminole Tribe of Florida. He is an 

alligator wrestler, a Grammy-nominated 

record artist, and the father of Indian 

gaming. He also sits at the head of one 

of the biggest gaming operations in the 

world. 

The greatest change to happen to 

Native Americans in the last century 

is the creation of legalized gaming on 

Indian reservations, a revolution that 

has made self-reliance a reality for 

many tribes. 

Controversial both inside and outside 

his tribe, James Billie has used his 

charm and wits to beat the white man, 

time and again, at his own game. Now, 

faced with new battles, James and his 

tribe once again find 

their way of life challenged. 

$5 donation 

suggested. 

Monday, December 

19 at 7:30 

p.m.: Our Book 

Group discusses A 

Land Twice Promised 

by Noa Baum. 

Israeli storyteller Noa 

Baum began a heartfelt 

dialogue with a 

Palestinian woman 

while living in the United States. She 

weaves together their memories, and 

their mothers’ stories, to create a moving 

testimony that illuminates the complex 

and contradictory history and emotions 

surrounding Jerusalem, for Israelis and 

Palestinians alike. 

Tuesday, December 20 at 7:30 

p.m.: Step Smart Collier Program. Step 

Smart Collier (SSC) is an all-volunteer 

partnership founded to increase seniors’ 

awareness of the risks of falling and to 

educate how to mitigate those risks. 

Falls by seniors are by far the leading 

cause of injury and death among seniors 

in Florida and particularly in Collier 

County. Did you know that 33% seniors 

fall each year and 60% of these occur 

in the home? 20% of seniors who fall 

are hospitalized with moderate to serious 

injuries. 

This program will demonstrate how 

to prevent most falls with Smart Steps 

that include actions in the three major 

areas of risk: physical environment, 

medication management and balance 

improvement. Step Smart Collier will 

present the appropriate Smart Steps 

and give attendees the opportunity to 

test their balance. No charge. We encourage 

registration in order that we 

may have adequate amounts of materials 

and staffing at this event. RSVP to 

bethtikvah.naples@gmail.com or call 

239.434.1818. 

Friday, December 23 at 6:15 p.m.: 

Our Chanukah-themed Latke Dinner 

“Eat and Learn” Shabbat begins with a 

service followed by dinner and a learning 

session. These events provide a 

splendid opportunity for social engagement. 

For the meal, make reservations 

with Shelley Goodman at shelleygoodman@rogers.com 

and send your $25 

check payable to Beth Tikvah with 

“December 23 E & L” on the memo line. 

Religious services schedule 

Friday services begin at 6:15 p.m.; Saturday 

services begin at 9:30 a.m. and 

conclude with a Kiddush luncheon. Sunday 

9:00 a.m. minyan has resumed. We 

regularly convene Yahrzeit minyanim 

upon request. Please join us at any service. 

Our participatory worship services 

and most other events are held at 1459 

Pine Ridge Road, just west of Mission 

Square Plaza. For more information, 

call 239.434.1818, email bethtikvah 

naples@aol.com or visit www.bethtik 

vahnaples.org. You can reach Rabbi 

Chorny directly at 239.537.5257. 

NAPLES JEWISH CONGREGATION www.naplesjewishcongregation.org / 239-234-6366 

Naples Jewish Congregation update 

By Suzanne L. Paley, President 

Naples Jewish Congregation is 

pleased to offer the entire Jewish 

community the opportunity 

to join us at the following events: 

Open House 

Please join us on Friday, December 9 for 

an Open House Shabbat. We will begin 

the evening with a Wine and Cheese 

Reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by our 

Shabbat service. Come and meet Rabbi 

Sylvin Wolf, Cantorial Soloist Jane 

Galler and Music Director Alla Gorelik 

Stadnik, as well as the friendly members 

of our congregation. 

Annual Chanukah Party 

Our annual Chanukah party will be 

held on Wednesday, December 28 at 

Longshore Lake Clubhouse. Everyone 

who attends this event walks away with 

feelings of joy, commitment and family. 

We hope you will consider celebrating 

with us. Tickets for nonmembers at $65 

include a complete dinner of brisket or 

chicken with plenty of potato latkes, 

entertainment with music, raffles and 

spinning the dreidel. For reservations 

and to purchase your ticket, please visit 

our website or call Iris Weissman at 

239.431.7944. 

Artist/Scholar-in-Residence 

Broadway – here we come! On Thursday, 

February 9, Naples Jewish Congregation 

will present this season’s 

Artist and Scholar-in-Residence, Rabbi 

Kenneth Kanter. Plan to join us at the 

Wang Auditorium of Opera Naples for 

an evening of wonderful music – to sing 

along if you choose – and learn about 

the many Jewish composers and lyricists 

who produced those lasting memories. 

Complete the evening with a delightful 

champagne and dessert reception. You 

will be entertained and we guarantee 

that you will go home happy and exhilarated, 

singing your favorite songs! 

Tickets are $50 for general seating and 

$75 for benefactor status and preferred 

seating. Please visit our website for 

complete ticket information. 

On Friday night, February 10, during 

our Shabbat service, Rabbi Kanter 

will give a more scholarly presentation 

regarding the effect of Jewish backgrounds 

and values on the music produced 

for Broadway and Tin Pan Alley. 

This is, of course, open to everyone. 

Jewish Book Festival 

On Monday, March 13 from 1:00 to 3:30 

p.m., Naples Jewish Congregation will 

sponsor and host the final event of the 

Second Annual Collier County Jewish 

Book Festival. Taking place where we 

gather to worship, the Unitarian Universalist 

Congregation, two authors 

will present their books and share their 

humor that has made them famous. 

A dessert reception will follow these 

presentations. Please see the four-page 

pullout in this issue (pages 7B-10B) 

and reserve your tickets now. Let’s end 

the festival on a happy and humorous 

note! 

You’re only one click away! 

In an effort to make things as easy as 

possible for everyone, we are now offering 

an online service for placing your 

order for tickets to NJC events. Just 

visit our website at www.naplesjewish 

congregation.org and with one or two 

clicks you can charge your tickets to a 

credit card of your choice or to a PayPal 

account and you’re done! Yes – we’ve 

finally joined the 21 st century! 

Shabbat services 

We hope you will accept our invitation 

to join us for our Open House Shabbat 

on December 9. 

Our regular Friday night Shabbat 

services begin at 7:30 p.m.. For all of 

our services, we gather at the Unitarian 

Universalist Congregation of Greater 

Naples, located at 6340 Napa Woods 

Way. Please join us for a Shabbat service 

and find out why “NJC is a place for 

you to belong!” An Oneg follows our 

evening services, which gives everyone 

a chance to greet, meet and chat. NJC 

is a warm, Reform, affordable and adult 

congregation. For more information, 

please call 239. 431.3858 or visit www. 

naplesjewishcongregation.org. 

JEWISH CONGREGATION OF MARCO ISLAND www.marcojcmi.com / 239-642-0800 

Let’s go to the Jewish Film Festival! 

By Sue R. Baum, President 

The Sydney Hoffman Jewish Film 

Festival was organized 18 years 

ago by Dr. Isabel Price, in partnership 

with the Jewish Federation of 

Collier County. It was the first Jewish 

Film Festival in Southwest Florida. This 

year we are fortunate to have Stephen B. 

Goldenberg, Esq. as chairperson. 

The opening event is Sunday, December 

18 at 2:00 p.m., with the Israeli 

film Beneath the Helmet. The story follows 

the journey of five Israeli high 

school graduates who are drafted into 

the Army to defend their country. At 

the age of 18, away from their families, 

friends and homes, these young people 

go through a challenging time, revealing 

who they are and what they want 

to be. The story unfolds as the soldiers 

develop a fervor not only for protecting 

their families and loved ones, but their 

beloved country. 

Movie schedule (all films 

begin at 2:00 p.m.): 

Sunday, January 15: To Life ~ A 

Young man on the run arrives in 

Berlin in time to save the life of 

an aging German-Jewish cabaret 

singer from the Nazis. 

Sunday, February 19: Dough ~ 

What happens when a Jewish baker 

hires a young Muslim teen whose 

stash is accidentally dropped into 

the mixing dough. 

Sunday, March 26: About Executing 

Eichmann ~ Eichmann is 

sentenced to death for executing the 

mass destruction of the Jews. Some 

Jewish leaders opposed the sentence 

as contrary to the values of Judaism. 

The issues are relevant today. 

See you at the movies. 

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supported by generous readers, committed advertisers 

and the Jewish Federation of Collier County. 

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ORGANIZATIONS 

HUMANISTIC JEWISH HAVURAH www.hjhswfl.org / 248-417-2514 

Chanukah: Its Humanist value 

Paula 

Creed 

HJH 

President 

The Humanistic Jewish Havurah 

celebrates Chanukah on Wednesday, 

December 28 with fun activities 

and a traditional holiday meal at 

Vasari Country Club. Reservations will 

be secured upon receipt of your check 

in the amount of $45 per person, made 

payable to HJH, and mailed to Joan 

Weinstein, 15191 Cedarwood Lane, 

Apt. 2505, Naples, FL 34110 prior to 

December 1. Consider bringing a gift 

of comfortable clothing to be distributed 

to seniors in need of assistance or 

a monetary contribution to be donated 

to JFCS. For more information, contact 

Dena Sklaroff at 239.591.0101. 

Any objective study of Chanukah 

reveals two things. First, the origin of 

this holiday predates the Maccabean 

revolution, stemming instead from a 

seasonal rite marking the winter solstice. 

Second, Chanukah was never a major 

event in the Jewish liturgical year. It 

became such an event only in response 

to the persuasive and pervasive aspects 

of the Christian solstice festival of 

Christmas. 

Chanukah has been bolstered and 

buttressed in an attempt to keep Jews 

from the temptations of the Christmas 

celebrations, but no holiday can long 

survive simply as a countermeasure to 

assimilation. If a holiday is to command 

respect and observance, it must articulate 

meaningful values and offer one a 

forum for an authentic encounter with 

one’s history and reality. 

Chanukah does both. 

There are three levels to the understanding 

and the celebration of 

Chanukah: as a festival of nature, as a 

reminder of our shared history, and as an 

affirmation of universal human values. 

The pre-Israelite peoples who 

marked the winter solstice did so out 

of fear that the sun, which was at its 

farthest point from the earth, would not 

return and that the earth would not yield 

her bounty. Such a celebration speaks of 

a people living at the mercy of a wanton 

nature and the supposed supernatural 

powers that rule her. 

Today we find ourselves in a far 

more sophisticated relationship with 

both the planet and the universe. We 

have uncovered the laws of nature using 

our human ingenuity, also a natural 

phenomenon. For us, then, Chanukah 

cannot simply be a solstice holiday. Yet 

it can be a recognition of the marvels of 

the natural universe and our place in it. 

The second level of Chanukah is 

that of historical remembrance and the 

retelling of the Chanukah story. Our 

identity as Jews cannot rest solely on 

present circumstances. Our roots are 

deep and thousands of years old. If we 

are to retain and transmit a sense of 

Jewish identity, we must recall and retell 

the tales of our people. By sharing 

the exciting saga of the Jewish revolt 

against the Hellenizers, we remind 

ourselves and each other of the importance 

of heroes and the grandeur of the 

Jewish spirit. 

Naturalism and storytelling, however, 

are not enough to ensure the survival 

of Chanukah among modern Jews. This 

festival also articulates relevant values. 

The story of the Maccabees is a 

story of human courage, integrity and 

hope. The success of their revolutionHt 

is rooted in the people’s desire for reli-gious, 

political and economic freedom; w 

their desire to choose their future forH 

themselves. This they accomplishedl 

not by pious pleas or tearful entreaties t 

but by decisive action, expert planningd 

and sheer guts. 

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The modern Jew must also take thet 

future into his or her own hands. We 

must choose for ourselves how we shall 

live, and we must act on that choice 

courageously without loss of integrity 

or hope. 

JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SWFL www.jhsswf.org / 239-566-1771 

“Jewish is as Jewish Does” contest 

 

Marina 

Berkovich 

JHSSWF 

President 

Jewish Historical 

Society of 

Southwest Florida 

Membership Form 

Please send your check (payable to 

JHSSWF) and this form to: 

Jewish Historical Society of SWFL 

899 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 116 


Phone: 239.566.1771 

Email: jhsswf@gmail.com 

Online: www.JHSSWF.org 

Sechel is a Hebrew word, whose 

meanings had been absorbed 

into Yiddish long ago. Whether 

you pronounce it sekhel or seykhel, 

it means intelligence, smarts, brains, 

reason, common sense, cleverness or 

even wisdom. Eben Shoshan Hebrew 

Dictionary defines it as “the spiritual 

ability to think, to weigh, the strength 

to judge, and to come to a resolution.” 

That, we believe, was what our early 

Southwest Jewish Floridians brought 

with them in abundance, and we find 

traces or entire stories of their character, 

struggles, survival, successes and, yes, 

sometimes failures as well. 

The last hundred or so years have 

brought many interesting and important 

Jews to Southwest Florida. Some of 

them influenced their contemporaries 

through their deeds, legacy, accomplishments, 

stories, conversation or just their 

very presence in some circles. Jews of 

Southwest Florida used to be few, and 

mostly everyone knew everyone else 

even as recently as just two decades ago. 

As we are fast approaching the 

end of 2016, there are about 30 Jewish 

religious congregations in Southwest 

Florida (Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota, 

Manatee counties), three Jewish 

Federations, a multitude of Jewish organizations, 

and the Jewish population 

explosion is a fact. We may not keep up 

with one another in the way the previous 

generations of Southwest Florida Jewish 

settlers did, but as the old Yiddish 

proverb goes, better to be a wise person 

in hell than a fool in paradise. So let’s 

unite to keep our history before it is lost. 

We call on you to join forces to preserve 

what Jews before us, or among us now, 

have created and to protect their stories 

so that they can inspire the next generation 

of our tribe. 

“The truth surfaces like oil on water” 

asserts another Yiddish proverb. 

So seek out the truth and let us know 

what you hear, learn or already know 

about the Jews of the area. Let us build 

our Southwest Jewish Florida history 

together, preserving one story, one picture, 

one anecdote at a time. 

Each temple, synagogue or organization 

has been doing whatever possible 

to preserve these trails. There are many 

hidden stories about the “under the current” 

Jews. There are many overlooked 

stories and forgotten people, and many 

Jews who are very humble. Perhaps you 

know the stories of those who do not 

belong anywhere or who do not attend 

any events. We’d like to hear them. 

To enter a candidate for the Virtual 

Museum, please send me a one-page 

summary (handwritten is okay) by 

January 7, 2017. Include your contact 

information. Winners will be announced 

on January 11. 

The Virtual Museum of Southwest 

Jewish History can be accessed at www. 

jewishhistorysouthwestflorida.org. You 

may explore our discoveries and collections 

at any time convenient to you, 

and send links to your family members 

and others. 

The next film in the Southwest Florida 

Jewish Pioneers Series will premiere 

in Collier County. It will feature Stuart 

Membership Application 2016 

Kaye, notable Collier County developer 

and one of the contemporary leaders 

of the Collier County Jewish community. 

The premiere will take place 

during Florida Jewish History Month 

on Wednesday, January 11 at 5:00 p.m. 

If you have not reserved your seat yet, 

please email us at office@jhsswf.org. 

Our Mission 

Collecting, protecting and preserving 

Jewish histories to celebrate the contribution 

by Jews in Southwest Florida 

every day of every year is part of our 

mission. 

Become a member of JHSSWF, a 

sponsor, business associate, volunteer 

W 

and/or donor. Contact us at: 

The Jewish Historical Society 


899 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 116, 

Naples FL 34108 

239-566-1771 

www.jhsswf.org 

The Jewish Historical Society of 

Southwest Florida is a section 501(c)(3) 

charitable organization. Contributions 

are deductible to the extent allowed 

by law. 

Membership Level: Student - $18 Family - $54 

Individual - $36 Sponsor - $180 

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29A 

COLLIER/LEE CHAPTER OF HADASSAH www.hadassah.org / 239-370-6220 

Day in the District – Thursday, October 20, 2016 

Gayle 

Dorio 

Collier/Lee 

Hadassah 

Co-President 

Hadassah women do more! In 

addition to supporting Israel, 

Hadassah Medical Organization, 

advanced medical research, etc., 

Hadassah women advocate for many 

worthy causes. Several chapters of 

Hadassah have met with community 

leaders and legislators for “A Day In 

the District.” Topics of concern are 

discussed. Hadassah information is 

distributed with requests for support for 

these causes. 

On Thursday, October 20, 2016, 

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart welcomed 

four Hadassah women from our 

Collier/Lee Chapter into his office. Our 

“Day In The District” discussing two 

important matters – support for Israel 

and support for HR 2010, a resolution 

calling for Gender Equity in Medicine 

– was an experience that we will remember 

as being extremely meaningful. 

Luba Rotsztain, Nominating Chair 

and Chai Society Chair; Fran Nossen, 

Co-Treasurer; Charlotte Foreman, 

Incoming Co-Treasurer; and I, Gayle 

Dorio, Co-President of Collier/Lee 

Chapter met with not only Congressman 

Diaz-Balart, but also in attendance were 

Miguel Otero, Deputy Chief of Staff and 

District Director, and Enrique Padron, 

Southwest Florida Director. 

We presented Congressman Diaz- 

Balart with a packet of information. We 

Fran Nossen, Luba Rotsztain, Gayle Dorio, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, Charlotte Foreman 

showed a Hadassah video that talked 

about advocacy. We discussed and 

asked for condemnation of the recent 

resolution by UNESCO that seeks to 

delegitimize the State of Israel. This 

preliminary resolution, prepared by the 

Palestinian Authority, denies and seeks 

to erase 3,000 years of Jewish history 

and connection to Jerusalem. Twentyfour 

of 58 countries voted in favor of 

this resolution, 26 abstained, and five 

others, including the United States, 

voted against. 

The Congressman explained how 

he is passionate about Israel. He told 

us in great detail how important Israel 

is to him and how he himself is a Zionist. 

Congressman Diaz-Balart shared 

information about how the Palestinian 

government supports prisoners and 

their families with “pensions,” spending 

a huge percentage of their annual 

budget reinforcing terrorism with large 

financial rewards. 

We also discussed G.E.M. - Gender 

Equity in Medicine. We chose from 

many articles and Hadassah pamphlets 

and left the Congressman with those that 

would reinforce the point. Dr. Marek 

Glezerman’s article, “Women are dying 

because most medical research is done 

on men,” was of particular interest. 

Women’s bodies are not studied the 

same way; their bodies react differently 

to medication, etc. 

One story led to another, and our 

request for “just a few minutes of his 

valuable time,” turned into one hour of 

shared information and concerns. The 

Congressman was warm and gracious 

and told us repeatedly that the work 

Hadassah does is indeed important. He 

thanked us for being Hadassah women 

and working so hard. He was grateful 

for our information and plans to read 

it all and make use of it. With “please 

keep in touch, and let us know what is 

needed,” we thanked him again for his 

support and for his time. 

As we left, there were smiles all 

around. We had a feeling that no matter 

how many difficult issues we may 

encounter, if we work hard and ask 

dedicated, well-intentioned representatives 

to help, we will be successful! 

Many thanks to Congressman Diaz- 

Balart, Miguel Otero, Enrique Pardon 

and the entire staff who made our visit 

so meaningful! 

In order to save a huge sum spent 

on postage, printing, etc., our chapter’s 

Hadassah Happenings newsletter is now 

being sent electronically. If you would 

like to receive a copy, please send your 

email address to me at gayledorio@ 

gmail.com. 

Upcoming events 

For more information, email Karen 

Cohn at kcohnrdh@gmail.com. 

Tuesday, December 6: “The Oys 

and Joys of Yiddish” at Beth Tikvah 

Wednesday, December 14: Knowledge 

and Nosh - Israel 101 at the 

Federation office 

Sunday, December 18: Major Givers 

and Keepers of the Gate Brunch 

at Quail West CC 

Tuesday, January 17: Luncheon at 

Vineyards CC 

Thursday, February 2: “The Kosher 

Comedy Tour” at Temple Shalom 

JEWISH WAR VETERANS 239-261-3270 

Jewish War Veterans update 

By Harve Sturm, Commander Post #202 

We kicked off our season on 

October 16 at the Vineyards 

Country Club. Our honored 

guest speaker was Captain Jerry Yellen, 

a WWII Fighter Pilot who flew the 

last combat mission in August 1945 in 

a P-51 bomber. He spoke at our JWV 

Post 202 meeting following brunch. 

He recalled his final 8-hour 

flight from Iwo Jima for 

strafing runs over Japan. 

At 93 years old, Yellen was 

able to recall many of his 

military experiences. It was 

a fantastic event and everyone 

in attendance enjoyed 

Joel Treewater, Harve Sturm, Marty Rubin 

his presentation.” 

As the new Commander 

of Post 202, I plan to reinvigorate 

our Post with a 

new mission and new ideas, 

and further enhance our 

presence in the community. 

This new command has 

participated in 12 events in the Naples 

area from February thru October 2016. 

Our status and Post are now recognized 

throughout the veteran and general communities 

in Naples. 

“We stand for Jewish Pride, Identity 

and American Military Service to Our 

Nation.” 

We appreciate your support! 

Commander: Harve Sturm 

Vice Commander: Joel Treewater 

Vice Commander: Marty Rubin 

Harve Sturm and Captain Jerry Yellen 

BRIEFS 

ontinued from page 26A 

Over the past 70 years, Saudi Arabia 

and Israel have never sought any 

provocative or hostile actions against 

each other. Moreover, there are hundreds 

of Jews hailing from many corners 

of the world who are currently 

working in Saudi Arabia, contributing 

to its financial, infrastructure and energy 

projects. 

Saudi Arabia is going through its 

biggest economic transition in its history. 

Its National Transformation Plan 

represents a golden opportunity for Israel 

to participate in and help bolster 

the Saudi economy. Saudi Arabia is the 

largest country in the world without any 

source of flowing water, while Israel 

is a world leader in water engineering. 

(Salman Al-Ansari, founder and president 

of the Saudi American Public Relation 

Affairs Committee, The Hill) 

THE IDF’S BEDOUIN 

BATTALION 

The IDF Desert Reconnaissance Battalion 

is made up mostly of Bedouin 

officers and men. For much of its 30 

years of existence it has been based 

along the border with Gaza, playing a 

key role in preventing terrorists from 

infiltrating Israel. 

Maj. Nader Eyada, from the Bedouin 

town of Beit Zarzir near the Jezreel 

Valley, is a 10-year veteran of the 

unit. He has a B.A. from the University 

of Haifa. 

Muhammad Shibli, the main medic 

in the unit, has been in the IDF for 

seven years. “I was born in Shibli [a 

Bedouin village in the Galilee]. I wanted 

to protect Israel from terrorism and 

threats, wherever they come from. We 

live with Jews, there is no such thing 

as difference, we are one nation living 

together and we want to live in peace.” 

He notes that rockets fired from 

Lebanon, Syria or Gaza don’t distinguish 

among people and communities. 

Since 1948, more than 110 Bedouin 

have died defending Israel. (Seth 

J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post) 

ISRAEL SHARES KNOW- 

HOW WITH DEVELOPING 

WORLD 

Surrounded by barren desert and malaria-ridden 

swampland, the fledgling 

State of Israel had little food to sustain 

its inhabitants. 

Fast forward six-and-a-half decades, 

and the Little Country that 

Could is not only nourishing its own 

eight million citizens, but is also helping 

countries around the world do the 

same. 

“We are the only country in the 

world that has come to such a high development 

stage in such a short period 

of time,” said Yakov Poleg, head of the 

Agriculture Ministry’s Center for International 

Agricultural Development 

Cooperation (CINADCO). 

“The beauty is that Israel is willing 

to share all its development achievements 

with other nations.” 

Then-Foreign Minister Golda 

Meir created Israel’s Agency for International 

Development Cooperation 

(MASHAV) in 1957 after a trip to Africa. 

Since then, MASHAV has trained 

270,000 participants from 132 countries, 

of which 70% involved agriculture. 

(Sharon Udasin, Jerusalem Post) 

ISRAEL ON CHINA’S 

NEW SILK ROAD 

In 1581, Heinrich Bunting, a German 

cartographer, portrayed the world as 

comprised of the three continents of 

Europe, Asia and Africa, which converged 

in Jerusalem. This world is 

converging with China’s silk road integration 

project. 

With the rise of Salafi-jihadism in 

the Middle East increasingly threatening 

China’s overseas citizens and assets, 

especially their maritime trade via 

the Suez Canal, Israel is emerging as a 

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9:30am BT Services 

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9:00am JFCC Fed Cup Golf 1:00pm HDH Study Group 

9:00am JWV Meeting 


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12:30pm BBYO Chanukah 7:30pm BT Book Group 

2:00pm JCMI Film Festival 

5:00pm GS Event 

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10:00am BBYO Board Meeting 

12:15pm BT Adult Ed 

1:00pm JCMI Duplicate Bridge 

1:30pm CJD Meeting 

4:00pm JFCC Exec Board Mtg 

6:00pm TS Confirmation Class 


7:00pm Hadassah Event 

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1:00pm JCMI Bridge 

4:30pm BT Hebrew School 

4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 

4:45pm TS Hebrew School 


7:30pm IAC & ZOA Speaker 

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11:30am Jewish Book Festival 1:00pm JCMI Bridge 



1:00pm JCMI Duplicate Bridge 4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 


4:45pm TS Hebrew School 

7:00pm FIDF Event 

7:00pm JFCC Board Meeting 

7:30pm BT Lecture 

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11:00am JCMI Book Club 


1:00pm JCMI Duplicate Bridge 


7:00pm TS Exec Comm Mtg 

9:30am HJH Board Meeting 



4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 


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11:00am JCMI Mah Jongg 6:15pm BT Services 

11:00am MCA Luncheon 7:30pm NJC Services 

2:00pm NJC Board Meeting 7:30pm TS Services 

5:00pm Jewish Professionals 8:00pm JCMI Services 

Group Dinner 

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7:00pm BBYO Youth Program 

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3:00pm JRCA Hanukkah Event 5:30pm JCMI Bingo 

5:45pm JFCC Community- 

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5:00pm Chabad Chanukah 4:30pm CHA Hebrew School 

5:30pm HJH Chanukah 5:00pm HJH Chanukah 


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Deli Bash 

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• BT: Beth Tikvah 

• CHA: Chabad Jewish Center of Naples 

• CHA-M: Chabad Men’s Club 

• CJD: Catholic-Jewish Dialogue 

• GS: GenShoah of SWFL 

• HDH: Hadassah 

• HJH: Humanistic Jewish Havurah 

• HM: Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida 

• IAC: Israel Advocacy Committee 

• JCMI: Jewish Congregation of Marco Island 

• JCMI-M: JCMI Men’s Club 

• JCMI-S: JCMI Sisterhood 

• JCRC: Jewish Community Relations Council 

• JFCC: Jewish Federation of Collier County 

• JFCS: Jewish Family & Community Services 

• JHSSWF: Jewish Historical Society of SWFL 

• JNF: Jewish National Fund 

• JRCA: Jewish Russian-American Cultural Alliance 

• JWV: Jewish War Veterans 

• MCA: Men’s Cultural Alliance 

• NJC: Naples Jewish Congregation 

• NJC-M: Naples Jewish Congregation Men’s Club 

• NJC-S: Naples Jewish Congregation Sisterhood 

• TS: Temple Shalom 

• TS-M: Temple Shalom Men’s Club 

• TS-S: Temple Shalom Sisterhood 

• WCA: Women’s Cultural Alliance 

• ZOA: Zionist Organization of America 

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Phone: 455-3030 • Fax: 455-4361 

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Cantor Donna Azu 

James H. Perman, D.D., 

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Eli Montague, Executive Director 

Dr. Anna Salomon, Dir. of Cong. Ed. 

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Sue Baum, President 

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Sisterhood • Men’s Club 

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NAPLES JEWISH CONGREGATION 

(Reform) 

Services are held at: 

The Unitarian Congregation 

6340 Napa Woods Way 

Rabbi Sylvin Wolf Ph.D, DD 

431-3858 

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Jane Galler, Cantorial Soloist 


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CHABAD NAPLES JEWISH 

COMMUNITY CENTER 

serving Naples and Marco Island 

1789 Mandarin Road, Naples, FL 34102 

Phone: 262-4474 

Email: info@chabadnaples.com 

Website: www.chabadnaples.com 

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Dr. Arthur Seigel, President 

Ettie Zaklos, Education Director 


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Whether you’ve made a mint or not, whatever you’ve salted 

away may be enough to give you a dilly of a problem with your 

estate. And you’re no doubt peppered each day with unsavory 

proposals on how to spend and invest your money. 

Yes, regardless of your estate, the taxman some day will be 

cumin, but you can mustard up the courage and move gingerly 

to keep the tax bite at bay with some simple, plain vanilla and 

some more seasoned techniques of estate planning and 

charitable giving. 

Frequently, we try to impart a little sage advice and curry your 

favor for a lifetime gift or bequest to the Endowment Fund of the 

Federation. Have you taken the first step to becoming a tarragon 

of virtue by consulting with us or your financial advisors and 

deciding how to clove out a piece of your assets and fennel it to 

Federation’s Endowment Fund? 

Don’t you think...it’s about thyme? 

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Men’s Cultural Alliance 

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Naples BBYO 

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Zionist Organization of America 

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www.JewishNaples.org December 2016 - Kislev/Tevet 5777 Vol. 26 #4 

Arts & Culture 

The two sides of Scott Turow 

By Carole J Greene 

When you attend the Evy Lipp 

People of the Book Cultural 

Event at Temple Shalom 

on Wednesday, February 15, you are 

likely to be enthralled by renowned 

novelist Scott Turow. As the author of 

such blockbuster novels as Innocent, 

The Burden of Proof, Reversible Errors 

and Presumed Innocent, he has one foot 

firmly planted in the literary stream. 

Guided by his career as an attorney, his 

other foot wades into the river of The 

Law. His 1977 book One L, one of his 

two nonfiction books, shines a spotlight 

on his experiences as a law student. 

When I asked whether, if he had it 

to do over, he would focus on only one 

of those, Turow answered: “No. I’ve 

had a wonderful career with my feet in 

both streams.” 

Author Turow: “My dream was to 

be a novelist. I had no thoughts of law 

school when I graduated from Amherst 

College, finished a two-year fellowship 

at the Creative Writing Center at Stanford 

and began teaching there. At that 

point, I needed to face the fact that my 

writing career was not catching fire. It 

exhausted me emotionally. All of my 

college roommates had become lawyers. 

All the friends I made in California, who 

were writers, were lawyers. I started 

asking myself if I might want to be a 

lawyer, too.” 

Decision made, he studied at Harvard 

Law School and entered the legal 

profession. As an attorney, Turow specializes 

in criminal litigation. He has 

tried a large number of both civil and 

criminal cases, has done extensive pro 

bono criminal work, including capital 

cases, and has served on several public 

bodies. Scott is a former supervisor in 

the United States Attorney’s Office in 

Chicago. He has extensive experience 

with federal criminal prosecutions, 

including grand jury matters, both as a 

prosecutor and as defense counsel. He 

is a member of the Illinois Executive 

Ethics Commission. 

Attorney Turow: 

“Nothing is more exciting 

than awaiting 

a jury’s verdict. And 

nothing can give you a 

greater sense of restoring 

the world to order 

than seeing an innocent 

client, once sentenced 

to death, walk into your 

law office, as happened 

with Alex Hernandez.” Alejandro Hernandez 

was on death row after being 

convicted of the kidnapping, rape and 

murder of a ten-year-old girl. Later, 

DNA evidence pointed to someone else, 

and Hernandez was exonerated. 

But Author Turow has the final 

word: “Day by day, nothing else is more 

Scott Turow 

fun than being a writer, especially 

when it’s going well. 

I get to play all day with my 

imaginary friends.” 

In 2003, combining 

elements of both careers, 

Turow received the Robert 

F. Kennedy Center for 

Justice and Human Rights 

award given to an author 

who “most faithfully and 

forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy’s 

purposes: his concern for the poor and 

the powerless, his struggle for honest 

and even-handed justice, his conviction 

that a decent society must assure all 

young people a fair chance, and his faith 

that a free democracy can act to remedy 

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Scott Turow...continued from page 1B 

disparities of power and opportunity.” whether African-American day workers 

When asked why he felt he was I saw waiting for a bus were Jewish. I 

given this honor, Turow said: “I received maintained they were. EVERYONE I 

the award for Ultimate Punishment, my knew was Jewish. I was close with my 

nonfiction book about my experiences maternal grandparents, both Yiddish 

as a lawyer dealing with the death penalty.” 

It describes his slow evolution into culturally Jewish. That is who I am and 

speaking – not religious, but deeply 

an attorney opposed to capital punishment. 

He expressed gratitude that his Attorney-Author Turow – or is it 

what I come from.” 

work formed a portion of the efforts of Author-Attorney Turow? – has a third 

hundreds of others and “led to the abolition 

of the death penalty in Illinois.” known as the Rock Bottom Remainders. 

side: he is part of the rock ‘n’ roll band 

Turow combined both careers during 

the time he served as president of King, Dave Barry, Mitch Album, Amy 

Along with literary luminaries Stephen 

The Authors Guild. When questioned Tan and more, Turow sits in occasionally. 

He says he has “learned that ev- 

about what is happening in today’s 

literary world and his efforts to protect ery single one of the others, even the 

authors’ livelihoods, Turow responded: least musically gifted, is Beethoven 

“Authors’ lunches are being eaten by compared to me.” And what have they 

many hungry mouths. Consolidation in learned about him? “That I excel in one 

the book industry diminishes the market talent – shamelessness.” 

for new work. Hard-pressed publishers 

offer less marketing and editorial reveal more sides of himself at the Evy 

Shameless or not, Scott Turow will 

guidance to midlist authors. Amazon Lipp People of the Book Cultural Event. 

threatens to put everybody out of business 

but themselves. Self-publishing program will say “thank you” to sup- 

For the thirteenth consecutive year, this 

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County by making tickets available 

writers. The Internet has fed an expectation 

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cadre of independent authors financed Clip and return your reservation form 

through the sale of their works – which located in this issue of the Federation 

the Constitution envisioned and which Star. Then show up at Temple Shalom 

the founders saw as vital to our democracy 

– grows smaller and smaller.” To become a member of the Jewish 

at 7:30 p.m. on February 15. 

When reminded that he would be Federation of Collier County requires a 

speaking to a Jewish audience and might minimum donation to the Annual Campaign 

of a mere $36 per person. This 

want to elaborate on that element of 

his life, Turow replied: “I grew up in event alone is worth the price, but you’ll 

a neighborhood that was almost exclusively 

Jewish – so much so that when gift will help Jews everywhere. 

also receive the benefit of knowing your 

I was three, I had an argument with a For more information, call the Federation 

office at 239.263.4205. 

friend (still a friend 64 years later) about 

As of press time, we have about 100 tickets remaining for the Evy Lipp People of the Book 

Cultural Event on February 15. Federation members (minimum $36 Annual Campaign 

contribution) can reserve a ticket by emailing rbialek@jewishnaples.org. A waiting list 

will begin once we hit capacity. You will receive a confirmation email letting you know 

whether you have a reservation or if you’ve been put on the waiting list. 

ARTS & CULTURE 

“The Joys and Oys 

of Yiddish” 

A journey into the Yiddish language and culture 

(no knowledge of Yiddish is necessary) 

By Iris Shur 

Some of you have never heard of 

Yiddish. Some of you remember 

when your parents spoke 

Yiddish so you wouldn’t know what 

they were talking about. Some of you 

were brought up with Yiddish as your 

“mother tongue.” 

If you fit into any of these categories 

you will get a huge kick out of Riva 

Ginsburg speaking on “The Joys and 

Oys of Yiddish” at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 

December 6 at Beth Tikvah, 1459 

Pine Ridge Road, Naples. 

The program, which includes a 

sweet nosh, is presented by Collier/Lee 

Hadassah. Tickets are $18. Debby and 

Jeff Waranch are the generous underwriters. 

Profits will be donated to the 

Hadassah Medical Organization. 

Riva will share her passion for 

keeping the Yiddish language alive as 

she takes us on a journey of Yiddish 

food, culture, music, humor, wisdom 

and, as she says “mit a bissel flavor.” 

A few Yiddish curse words may be 

sprinkled in! We will also learn about 

the origin and history of the Yiddish 

language. 

Riva Ginsburg 

Yiddish was Riva’s native language. 

She was born in a displaced persons 

camp in Germany after WWII. Her 

Yiddish teaching experience includes 

SUNY Binghamton and Florida Atlantic 

University as well as many synagogues 

and organizations. 

For reservations, mail your check 

for $18 per person, payable to Collier/ 

Lee Hadassah, to Sandy Levine, 14623 

Speranza Way, Bonita Springs, FL 

34135. 

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After concert refreshments 

Meet the performers 

Art activities 

$5/person $20/family 

Free for children 3 & younger 

Purchase limited reserved seating 

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Pre-concert tickets sales: 

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Temple Shalom presents “From 

Bimah to Broadway, Encore!” 

By Bill Maltby 

Nearly three years ago, Temple 

Shalom’s superb Cantor Donna 

Azu invited four of her talented 

young colleagues to present an evening 

of music. The audience was treated to a 

memorable concert that included cantorial 

pieces, Israeli folk songs, Broadway 

show tunes, and operatic arias. 

On Sunday, March 5 at Temple 

Shalom, Cantor Azu will present an 

encore performance with an exciting 

new program and two new voices. Cantors 

Carrie Berry from Coral Springs, 

Florida, and Daniel Mutlu of Houston, 

Texas, will return, while William Tiep of 

Cardiff, California, and Mary Rebecca 

Thomas of Charlotte, North Carolina, 

will be making their Naples debut. All 

five are ordained cantors with outstanding 

voices and wide experience in many 

musical genres. With “Encore,” the Five 

Cantors will provide an unforgettable 

listening experience. 

The concert will be Temple Shalom’s 

major fundraiser for 2017. The 

categories of tickets are as follows: 

Understudy - $18 (one ticket, 

advance purchase for students 

with ID, Temple Shalom religious 

personnel and preschool teachers) 

Cast - $60 (advance purchase), $75 

(at the door) 

Conductor - $125 (includes dessert 

reception) 

Director - $600 (program listing, 

2 tickets with preferred seating, 

intimate pre concert dinner party and 

dessert reception 

Producer - $1,000 (2 reserved 

seats, a chance to win a Reserved 

Parking space, plus all the above) 

Impresario - $2,500 (2 priority 

seats, drawing for 3 nights in a NYC 

 

apartment, plus all the above) 

Executive Producer - $5,000 (all 

the above plus reserved seating at 

dessert, drawing for up to 7 nights 

in a NYC apartment) 

Angel - $10,000 (all the above plus 

4 front row seats and 2 chances for 

the drawing of 7 nights in a NYC 

apartment) 

Doors open at 6:15 p.m.; curtain up 

at 7:30 p.m. Theater or cocktail attire 

appreciated. Order tickets via Temple 

Shalom’s website at www.naplestemple. 

org, or mail your check to Temple Shalom, 

4630 Pine Ridge Rd., Naples, FL 

34119. 

“Would you risk your life 

to save a stranger?” 

Learn about people who did, in the film My Italian Secret. 

Would you risk your life to during WWII. 

“ 

save a stranger?” is a difficult 

question to answer Jacoby reveals in My Italian Secret the 

Oscar-nominated director Oren 

and we all have heard about heroic dramatic stories of a secret underground 

individuals who did just that. However, that has remained largely unknown. The 

there are many stories of heroic individuals 

and their selfless deeds that many of addition to interviews with survivors 

film includes dramatic reenactments in 

us are unfamiliar with. The film My Italian 

Secret: The Forgotten Heroes tells film are narrated by Isabella Rossellini 

and relatives of the rescuers. Parts of the 

the story a number of individuals who with English subtitles. 

performed acts of extraordinary courage. 

Included in this inspiring film is at the Naples Italian American Founda- 

My Italian Secret will be screened 

cycling idol Gino Bartali, Dr. Giovanni tion, 7035 Airport Pulling Road N. on 

Borromeo and other courageous Italians Thursday, December 8. Doors open 

who carried out ingenious schemes to at 6:00 p.m. and the film will begin at 

rescue Jews, partisans and refugees from 7:00 p.m. The film is co-sponsored by 

Nazi-occupied Italy. 

GenShoah SWFL and the Naples Italian 

Gino Bartali, a Tour de France American Foundation. 

champion, risked his life to save Italian Admission is free but tax-deductible 

Jews by smuggling fake identification donations to the Holocaust Museum & 

documents in the frame of his bicycle. Education Center of Southwest Florida 

will be greatly appreciated. Space 

Dr. Giovanni Borromeo invented a 

fictitious disease to scare away the SS is limited. Reservations are a must 

from the hospital where he was hiding and may be made at genshoahswfl@ 

Jews. These men and hundreds of other icloud.com, naif@niafoundation.org or 

Italians risked their lives to save others 239.597.5210. 


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The Naples Players presents Coney Island Christmas 

Nostalgia and merriment for all — November 23 - December 18, 2016 

By Patrice Shields 

Certain to become a holiday favorite 

for all faiths, The Naples 

Players’ Coney Island Christmas 

is a refreshing reach back in time 

and across traditions to the centerpiece 

of holiday celebrations – love and family. 

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Donald 

Marguiles shares the story of 

slightly loud Shirley Abramowitz (Kylie 

Campbell), a young Jewish daughter 

of strong-minded immigrant parents 

who is finding her footing in 1939 

Brooklyn, New York. You can almost 

hear the creak and rumble of Coney 

Island’s famous wooden Cyclone roller 

coaster in the distance as the older and 

wiser Shirley (Ann Hoover) tells her 

great granddaughter about the time she 

was asked to play Jesus in her school’s 

pageant. 

Suddenly cast in a foreign spotlight, 

young Shirley begins to feel that being 

invisible was not half-bad compared 

to having to explain playing Jesus in 

the school play to her parents, Mr. and 

Mrs. Abramowitz (Brad Brenner and 

Christine Mastrangelo). But the school 

pageant director, Mr. Hilton (James 

Duggan), is as certain that Shirley is the 

only student for the part as he is of his 

feelings for the lovely music teacher, 

Miss Glace (Jennifer Price). The rest of 

the story is a gift filled with memorable 

characters, nostalgia and merriment. 

As the ribbon tied into a bright shiny 

bow on top of this show, Coney Island 

Christmas is directed by the Naples 

Players’ new Artistic Director, Bryce 

Alexander, most recently of Denver’s 

Phamaly Theatre Company. 

The Naples Players’ Coney Island 

Christmas is a holiday gift you will want 

to share with the whole family, because 

after all, love and family are what the 

holidays are all about. 

Show dates for Coney Island Christmas 

are November 23 - December 18 at 

the Sugden Theater, 701 5 th Ave. South, 

Naples (Wednesdays & Thursdays at 

7:30 p.m., Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 

p.m., and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.). Tickets 

are $35 for adults and $10 for students 

(under 21). For tickets and more information, 

visit www.naplesplayers.org or 

call 239.263.7990. 

The Naples Players has a season fullAf 

of great shows to keep you entertained 

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including Bell, Book & Candle, a comedy 

by John Van Druten about a witch 

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who casts a love spell on her handsome 

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THE FEDERATION STAR POSSIBLE. 

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Thursday, February 9 at 7:30pm 

Opera Naples 

2408 Linwood Avenue, Naples 

Rabbi Kanter presents We Jews On Broadway, a sing-along history 

of the American musical from the Gay ’90s operetta of Romberg & 

Friml… through Berlin, Kern, the Gershwins and Rodgers & Hart… to 

Sondheim, Mel Brooks and Kander & Ebb – the Broadway of today. 

$50.00 General seating • $75.00 Benefactor Preferred seating 

Event concludes with an elegant wine and dessert reception 

Tickets are available at naplesjewishcongregation.org or mail 

your check made out to Naples Jewish Congregation, along with 

your name, address and phone number, to: NJC, PO Box 111994, 

Naples FL 34108, Attn Tickets 

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Friday, February 10 at 7:30pm 

Unitarian Universalist Congregation 

6340 Napa Woods Way, Naples • Free admission! 

Rabbi Kanter will be our guest at Shabbat services, and will trace 

the dominant role played by Jewish composers in Tin Pan Alley. 

From Irving Berlin and George Gershwin to Jerome Kern and Billy 

Rose, these songs are musical companions to American history. 

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and entertainer focusing on the Jewish influence 

on American popular music. Viewers have called 

his unique sing-along concert/ lecture events 

“high-energy,” “inspiring,” “exhilirating,” 

“an absolutely superb night of entertainment 

and joy” and “the kind of event we will long remember.” 

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Shabbat services are held every Friday night at the 

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Jewish Community 

Festival of Learning (JCFL) 

By Ida Margolis Co-Chair 

A 

recent 

article by Talya Zax in the 

Forward discussed books that 

would make good fall reading 

for when one curls up next to the fire 

with a warm blanket and a cup of hot 

soup and a good book. We don’t live in 

an area noted for fall weather, but fortunately 

we live in a community where 

there are a lot of people who love good 

books even without the fireplace and 

cup of soup. 

Among the books selected by Zax is 

Have I Got a Story for You: More Than 

a Century of Fiction From the Forward, 

edited by Ezra Glinter. Since its founding 

in 1897, the Forward has published 

some of the most prominent Jewish 

writers in Yiddish and English, including 

Isaac Bashevis Singer, Sholem Asch 

and the paper’s famous founding editor, 

Abraham Cahan. Ezra Glinter, criticat-large 

for the Forward, examined the 

Forward’s fiction archives and came out 

with a number of stories that show the 

strangeness, the difficulty and the beauty 

of American Jewish life. Glinter has arranged 

the newly translated stories by 

theme, gives biographical information 

for each of the authors, and gives readers 

a joyous book to read even without the 

need for a blanket or cup of hot soup. 

Ezra Glinter will be coming to 

Naples as the closing presenter at the 

Jewish Community Festival of Learning 

(JCFL) on Sunday, March 19 at Temple 

Shalom. 

In addition to Glinter, 

there will be many other presenters 

at the JCFL with great 

stories, interesting information 

and new things to share. 

Look for a list of speakers, 

additional information and 

a registration form for the 

JCFL in the next issue of the 

Federation Star. 

For now, reserve the date 

of March 19 from 10:00 a.m. 

to 2:00 p.m. 


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Exhibit “Drawing Against Oblivion” has local connection 


Manfred Bockelmann knows 

how fortunate he is. The 

son of a well-to-do Austrian 

member of the Nazi Party, born in the 

village of Klagenfurt in 1943, Bockelmann 

escaped the fate of his Jewish 

countrymen and over 1 million European 

Jewish children who were murdered 

during the Holocaust. This fact has had 

a lasting impression on him and his 

work. Trained as a freelance artist and 

photographer, Bockelmann had focused 

on fresco and landscape painting. 

In 2010, Bockelmann had an epiphany. 

He felt compelled to honor and preserve 

the legacies of those children who 

were “born in the wrong cribs” and perished. 

He decided to do this by creating 

their portraits. He chose to use charcoal 

on canvas as his medium. Charcoal is 

made from ashes, and the artist wanted 

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to make a symbolic statement about the 

fate of these children who never had the 

opportunity to love and grow. Bockelmann 

wanted to give these murdered 

children dignity and give them a face 

for humanity to remember. 

When viewing these drawings, the 

viewers are immediately drawn to the 

eyes of the children staring back at them. 

In many portraits, there is a haunting 

and bewildered expression as the children 

are staring at their captors. Some 

children may have just realized that they 

have been torn apart from their families 

and they may never see them again. 

Some of the portraits were drawn from 

family photos of the children before they 

had any idea of their future fate. It is not 

always known who rescued the photos. 

Recently, in Southern New Jersey, 

there was the first U.S. exhibit of Bockelmann’s 

portraits as well as the first 

American screening of the film Drawing 

Against Oblivion, which chronicles 

Bockelmann’s journey in the process of 

Ida Margolis with artist Manfred Bockelmann 

creating his work. Dr. Marion Hussong 

is a professor of Holocaust and Genocide 

Studies at the Richard Stockton 

University in New Jersey. The college 

was one of the first in the nation to offer 

a Master’s Degree in Holocaust Studies 

and has an active and vibrant Holocaust 

Resource Center, due in part to the large 

community of Holocaust survivors in 

the Southern New Jersey area. 

Dr. Hussong also happens to be 

the niece of Manfred Bockelmann. Dr. 

Hussong invited her uncle to come to 

New Jersey and sift through the photo 

archives of relatives of area survivors. 

He selected seven. One of the photos 

was of a 16-year-old boy from Bedzin, 

Poland, named Sy Zuchter. He was 

the younger brother of Ventnor, New 

Jersey, resident Janet Moskowitz. Mrs. 

Moskowitz was the mother of Naples 

resident Ida Margolis, and Sy Zuchter 

was Ida’s uncle, an uncle she would 

never get to know. Margolis is chair of 

GenShoah of Southwest Florida, a group 

for children of Holocaust survivors and 

others interested in the Holocaust and 

human rights. Bockelmann presented 

family members copies of the portraits 

of their relative who had been selected 

from the Stockton archive. 

Bockelmann’s portraits have been 

displayed in the German Parliament 

in Berlin, in Austria, and now in the 

U.S. “I just don’t want these children 

to be forgotten…I don’t know where 

this journey will take me. But I know 

for sure that I won’t stop drawing these 

portraits. I will continue for as long as 

I can. Thank God, art lives longer than 

us humans.” Bockelmann added that the 

portraits are to be a remembrance and a 

Portrait of Sy Zuchter at Drawing Against Oblivion 

exhibit at Stockton University 

warning of what can happen and should 

never happen again. Margolis hopes 

that, because of its important message, 

GenShoah SWFL will be able to present 

the film Drawing Against Oblivion in 

the near future. 

For a continuously updated community 

calendar, visit www.jewishnaples.org. 

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2 nd Annual 

January 5 - March 13, 2017 • Preview Event December 13, 2016 

12 Events • 20 Authors • 1 Mom 

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Featured Event 

Thursday, January 19, 2:00 - 4:00 pm at Hilton Naples • Autobiography 

$18 in advance / $25 at the door & mini-concert 

Preview Event 

Tuesday, December 13, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm at Hilton Naples • Topic: Relationships 

$36 / No tickets sold after December 9 – Lunch included 

Kim Friedman 

and Kate Siegel 

Steve Katz – Blood, Sweat, and My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 

By a founding member of the legendary Blues Project and Blood, 

Sweat & Tears – a man who played the Monterey Pop Festival 

and Woodstock, and jammed with everyone from Mose Allison 

to Jimi Hendrix – comes a blues-folk-rock memoir of resigned 

existentialism and decidedly New York Jewish humor. It is an 

honest and personal account of a life at the edge of the spotlight 

– a privileged vantage point that earned Steve Katz a bit more 

objectivity and earnest outrage than many of his colleagues, who 

were too far into the scene to lay any honest witness to it. Set 

Author Kate Siegel with her mom, Kim Friedman – Mother, Can You Not? 

There is nothing more wonderful than a mother’s love. 

There is also nothing more annoying. Who else can 

proudly insist that you’re perfect while simultaneously 

making you question every career, fashion and relationship 

decision you have ever made? No one understands 

the delicate mother-daughter dynamic better than Kate 

Siegel and her own mother, who drove her so crazy that 

she decided to broadcast their hilarious conversations on 

Instagram. Soon, hundreds of thousands of people were 

following their daily text exchanges, eager to see what outrageous 

thing Kate’s mom would say next. Now, in Mother, Can You Not?, 

Kate pays tribute to the woman who invented the concept of drone 

parenting. From embarrassing moments (like crashing Kate’s gynecological 

exams) to outrageous stories (like the time she made Kate 

steal a cat from the pound) to hilarious celebrations (including but not 

limited to parties for Kate’s menstrual cycles), Mother, Can you Not? 

lovingly lampoons the lengths to which our mothers will go to better 

our lives – even when it feels like they’re ruining them in the process. 

during the Greenwich Village folk/rock scene, the Sixties’ most celebrated 

venues and concerts, and behind closed doors on international 

tours and grueling studio sessions, this is the unlikely story of a rock 

star as nerd, nerd as rock star, a nice Jewish boy who got to sit at the 

cool kids’ table and score the hot chicks. 

Steve Katz was a founding member of The Blues Project and Blood, 

Sweat & Tears. He became a record producer, working with rock 

renegade Lou Reed, among others. These days, Katz and his wife, 

Alison Palmer, run a ceramics shop in South Kent, Connecticut. 

Kate Siegel is a writer and a social media guru behind the 

Instagram account @CrazyJewishMom. She has been featured 

on BuzzFeed, Elite Daily, The Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, 

Today.com, Vogue.com, in People Magazine, and on Nightline 

and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She previously served as an 

associate producer for Condé Nast Entertainment, overseeing 

digital video for Teen Vogue, Bon Appétit, The New Yorker 

Festival, Condé Nast Traveler and Self. 

Kim Friedman is an Emmy-nominated director of primetime 

television, including Beverly Hills 90210, Star Trek Voyager, Star 

Trek Deep Space Nine, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Square Pegs and 

Lizzie McGuire. Kim is also a distinguished theater director, having 

received two Obie nominations in New York and two Los Angeles 

Drama Critics Awards. More recently, Kim moved back to the East 

Coast in an effort to more effectively nag her daughter. 

Kate and Kim’s presentation includes 

mature content and language. 

This event includes a preview of all Jewish Book Festival events, with drawings for tickets, books and more!

Special Events 

Thursday, January 5, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm at Hilton Naples • Topic: Memoir 

$36 / No tickets sold after January 2 – Lunch included 

Jesse Itzler – Living with a SEAL 

In 2011, former rapper and millionaire businessman Jesse Itzler 

approached an accomplished Navy SEAL with this proposition: to 

move into Jesse’s family’s Manhattan apartment and train him for 

31 days. The SEAL, widely considered “the toughest man on the 

planet,” agreed, but on one condition: Jesse would do everything he 

told him – and nothing was off the table. What ensued was a physical 

training regimen that included sleeping in a wooden chair, jumping 

into a frozen lake, and running miles wearing a 50-pound weighted 

vest, with training occurring at all hours of the day and night. At turns 

The following events with green banners are $12 in advance 

and $15 at the door. See the back of this 4-page pullout for 

the Order Form, Patron & Ticket Packages, venues and more. 

Wednesday, January 11, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Temple Shalom • Topic: Fiction 

Alyson Richman – The Velvet Hours 

As Paris teeters on the edge of the German Occupation, a young 

French woman closes the door to her late grandmother’s treasure-filled 

apartment, unsure if she’ll ever return. Inspired by the true account of 

an abandoned Parisian apartment, Alyson Richman brings to life the 

stories of courtesan Marthe de Florian, her granddaughter Solange 

Beaugiron, and the unlikely relationship between two women who 

pursue freedom and independence during uncertain times. Solange 

and Marthe’s stories unfold like velvet itself, each stitched with their 

own shadow and light. 

Alyson Richman is the international bestselling author of The Mask 

Carver’s Son, The Rhythm of Memory, The Last Van Gogh, The Lost 

Wife and The Garden of Letters. Her novels have been published in 

eighteen languages and have been bestsellers in several countries. 

The Lost Wife is currently in development to become a major film. 

hilarious (think The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air goes to boot camp) and 

insightful, Living with a SEAL tells the story of a fitness routine like 

no other – and the unlikely friendship it produced. 

Jesse Itzler cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private 

jet flight card, before helping to pioneer the coconut water craze with 

Zico, acquired by The Coca-Cola Company. He is a former rapper 

and music producer. Jesse often can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta 

Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to 

Spanx founder Sara Blakely; they have four children. 

Monday, February 27, 9:00 - 11:30 am at Hilton Naples • Topic: Food 

$36 / No tickets sold after February 23 – Breakfast buffet included 

Ina Pinkney– Ina’s Kitchen 

Ina Pinkney, the beloved Chicago restaurateur known affectionately as 

the Breakfast Queen, has been feeding people for over 30 years. When 

she closed her restaurant’s doors in 2013, it headlined news across the 

country. Now, the favorite dishes that thousands came to love at Ina’s 

are showcased in her new book. Ina’s Kitchen is part cookbook and 

part memoir, combining 39 of Ina’s favorite recipes with stories from 

her life, including her Jewish upbringing in Brooklyn, overcoming 

paralytic polio as a child, the intermarriage her parents disapproved 

of, and her mid-life choice to change careers and follow her dream. 

From milestone moments and warm memories to the true trials of 

owning a restaurant, readers will gain a deeper understanding of 

Jewish cooking and hospitality. Ina’s Kitchen is a love letter to the 

diners Ina has fed over the years. In it, she shares her wisdom with 

the same generosity – both of food and of spirit – that kept people 

coming back to her restaurant for decades. 

Ina Pinkney was the chef and owner of INA’s and The Dessert 

Kitchen Ltd. catering. She has appeared on the Food Network’s Sweet 

Dreams and The Best Of, and on CNN’s The Turnaround. She has 

been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, 

Details, Chicago Tribune, Gourmet, Midwest Living, and trade and 

in-flight magazines. 

Breakfast includes Ina’s Heavenly Hots – small, thin, sour cream pancakes 

that melt in your mouth. These were a mega hit for 22 years! 

Ronald H. Balson – Karolina’s Twins 

From the author of Once We Were Brothers comes a saga inspired by 

the true events of a Holocaust survivor’s quest to fulfill a promise to 

return to Poland and find two sisters lost during the war. Karolina’s 

Twins is a tale of survival, love and resilience in more ways than 

one. As Lena recounts her story, Catherine herself also recognizes 

the unwavering importance of family as she prepares herself for the 

arrival of her unborn child. Through this association and many more, 

both Lena and Catherine begin to cherish the dogged ties that bind not 

only families and children, but the entirety of mankind. 

Ronald H. Balson is a Chicago trial attorney, educator and writer. 

His practice has taken him to several international venues. He is also 

the author of Saving Sophie and the international bestseller Once We 

Were Brothers. 

Monday, January 23, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Beth Tikvah • Topic: Holocaust 

Josh Aronson – Orchestra of Exiles 

As a teenager, violinist Bronislaw Huberman toured Europe and 

received invitations to play for royalty. But as an adult, witnessing 

the rising threat of Nazism, Huberman conceived of an ingenious 

crusade that would become his greatest legacy: forming the Palestine 

Symphony Orchestra, which would become the lauded Israel Philharmonic 

Orchestra, Huberman arranged the safe passage of hundreds of 

Jewish musicians and their families out of Nazi-controlled territories. 

His tireless campaigning for the project saved nearly one thousand 

Jews from the approaching Holocaust. Arranging for the great Arturo 

Toscanini to conduct the orchestra’s first concert, Huberman’s triumph 

of art over cruelty was heard around the world. 

Josh Aronson is an Academy Award-nominated documentary and film 

writer, producer and director. He has worked with Showtime, PBS and 

others. His films have won awards at festivals all over the world. He 

is also a concert pianist and regularly plays chamber music in New 

York and at the Telluride Musicfest, the chamber music festival he 

founded in 2002 with his wife, violinist Maria Bachmann. 

Robert P. Watson – The Nazi Titanic 

Built in 1927, the German ocean liner Cap Arcona was the greatest 

ship since the Titanic. When the Nazis seized control of the vessel, 

she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport. 

Hitler’s minister, Joseph Goebbels, later cast her as a “star” in 

the epic propaganda film about the sinking of the legendary Titanic. 

In the Third Reich’s final desperate days, the SS Cap Arcona was 

mistakenly bombed by the British Air Force, killing the concentration 

camp prisoners packed aboard. Although the British government 

sealed many documents pertaining to the ship’s sinking, Robert P. 

Watson has unearthed forgotten records and conducted many interviews. 

The Nazi Titanic is a riveting and astonishing story about an 

enigmatic ship that played a devastating role in World War II. 

Robert P. Watson is a historian and political commentator with 

36 books to his name, including America’s First Crisis, which received 

a 2014 IPPY Gold Medal for history. He lives in Boca Raton, 

Florida. 

Monday, January 30, 7:00 - 9:15 pm at Beth Tikvah • Topic: Sports/Sports Photography 

Gary Belsky – On the Origins of Sports 

Our passion for sports has started wars, emptied treasuries, ended 

marriages and set cities aflame. Sports fans regularly spend hundreds 

of dollars on tickets, devote entire weekends to watching games, and 

argue with colleagues over the greatest game and athlete of all time. 

In On the Origins of Sports, award-winning editors Gary Belsky and 

Neil Fine set out to understand why and how sports have become so 

important to us. They gather the original rules, history and miscellany 

of the world’s 21 most popular sports. By taking readers back 

in history to learn the lore behind these sports, they give fans a new 

context for watching and competing in games. 

Gary Belsky is a former editor-in-chief of ESPN The Magazine and 

current president of Elland Road Partners, a consulting firm specializing 

in editorial and content strategy. Belsky lectures and writes 

extensively on sports, decision-making and consumer behavior. A 

graduate of the University of Missouri in his native St. Louis, Belsky 

is an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University and a 

columnist for Money.com. 

Gail Buckland – Who Shot Sports 

From the creator of Who Shot Rock & Roll, Who Shot Sports shows 

the range, cultural importance and aesthetics of sports photography 

through the work of 165 extraordinary photographers – some of them 

heralded, most of their names unknown. 

Gail Buckland has written and collaborated on 12 books of photographic 

history. She is a former curator of the Royal Photographic 

Society of Great Britain, a Benjamin Menschel Distinguished Professor 

at the Cooper Union, and a guest curator at many American 

museums. She lives in New York City and Warwick, New York. 

Gail is the guest curator of Who Shot Sports: A Photographic 

History, 1843 to the Present at the Brooklyn Museum. The 

exhibit, which highlights sport photographers and their place 

in the history of photography, not merely sports history, runs 

through January 8, 2017. Gail was also the guest curator of 

the 2009 exhibition Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic 

History, 1955 to the Present.

Wednesday, February 8, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Beth Tikvah • Topic: Memoir 

Judy Batalion– White Walls 

Judy Batalion grew up in a house filled with piles of junk obsessively 

gathered by her hoarder mother. At the first chance, she escaped the 

clutter to create a new identity – made of order, regimen and clean 

white walls – until she found herself enmeshed in life’s biggest 

chaos: motherhood. Confronted with the daunting task of raising a 

daughter after her own dysfunctional childhood, Judy reflected on her 

upbringing and the lives of her mother and grandmother, both Holocaust 

survivors. What she discovered astonished her. The women in 

her family were more closely connected than she knew, and it was 

Judy’s bond with her mother that healed her old wounds. Judy explores 

navigating the messiness of motherhood and the indelible marks that 

mothers and daughters make on each other’s lives. 

Judy Batalion was born in Montreal, studied at Harvard, and worked 

as a curator and comedian in London before settling in New York 

City. Her essays about parenting, relationships, religion and health 

have appeared in Vogue, The Washington Post, The Jerusalem Post, 

The Forward, Tablet, Cosmopolitan, Salon and other publications. 

Monday, March 13, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at UUCGN • Topic: Humor 

Eric Golub – Jewish Lunacy 

Jewish Lunacy is a lighthearted slice of Jewish life meant to bring 

all Jews together. It is a humorous spiritual journey that weaves love 

of Judaism with love of family in a story of trying to obey religious 

laws amid the secular temptations of the world around us. Whether 

liberal or conservative, secular or religious, Jewish Lunacy can unite 

all readers in laughter and purpose. 

Eric Golub is a national author, speaker and comedian who has spoken 

in all 50 states. He speaks about politics, religion and everything else 

that should not be discussed. He is a former stockbrokerage and oil 

professional living in Los Angeles. He is single, to the chagrin of his 

loving parents, and proud of his Jewish heritage. 

Noa Baum – A Land Twice Promised 

Israeli storyteller Noa Baum grew up in Jerusalem in the shadow of 

ancestral traumas of the Holocaust and ongoing wars. Stories of the 

past and fear of annihilation in the wars of the 1960s through the ’80s 

shaped her perceptions and identity. In America, she met a Palestinian 

woman who had grown up under Israeli Occupation, and as they 

shared memories of war years in Jerusalem an unlikely friendship 

blossomed. A Land Twice Promised delves into the heart of one of 

the world’s most enduring and complex conflicts. Baum’s deeply 

personal memoir recounts her journey from girlhood in Israel to 

her adult encounter with “the other” with honesty, compassion and 

humor, capturing the drama of a nation at war and her discovery of 

humanity in the enemy. 

Noa Baum is an award-winning storyteller who performs internationally. 

She acted with Jerusalem Khan Theater and studied theater 

at NYU and with Uta Hagen. Voted by the Washington Jewish Week 

as one of ten most interesting local Jews, she has lived in America 

since 1990. 

Monday, February 20, 7:00 - 9:15 pm at Federation • Topic: Memoir - LGBTQ 

Julie Tarney – My Son Wears Heels 

When Julie Tarney’s only child Harry was two years old, he told her, 

“Inside my head I’m a girl.” It was 1992. The Internet was no help 

because there was no Internet, and bookstores had no literature for a 

mom scrambling to raise such an unconventional child. There were, 

however, mainstream experts whose theories mirrored a negative 

stereotype of Jewish mothers: a “sissy” boy would be gay because his 

mother was domineering. Lacking a positive role model of her own 

and fearful of being judged as a Jewish mother potentially messing 

up her kid, Julie embarked on an unexpected parenting journey that 

spanned 20 years before eventually drawing Julie to the realization 

that her son had known who he was all along. Her job was simply to 

get out of the way and let him be. 

Julie Tarney is a former PR agency president from the Midwest 

who worked extensively with leading brands like McDonald’s and 

Coca-Cola. She is now a writer, resource for parents raising gendercreative 

kids, and an advocate for LGBTQ youth. She is a blogger for 

The Huffington Post and board member for the It Gets Better Project. 

Thursday, March 2, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Beth Tikvah • Debut Fiction Panel 

Victoria Kelly – Mrs. Houdini 

Before escape artist Harry Houdini died, he vowed he would find a way to 

speak to his beloved wife, Bess, from beyond the grave, using a coded message 

known only to the two of them. When his widow begins seeing this code in 

seemingly impossible places, it becomes clear that Harry has an urgent message 

to convey. Unlocking the puzzle will set Bess on a course back through 

the pair’s extraordinary interfaith romance, which swept the illusionist and 

his bride from the beaches of Coney Island to the palaces of Budapest to the 

back lots of Hollywood. In surprising turns that weave through the dawn of 

the 20 th century and into the dazzling 1920s, Mrs. Houdini is a thrilling tale 

that goes to the heart of one of history’s greatest love stories. 

Jennifer Brown – Modern Girls 

In 1935, Dottie Krasinsky is the epitome of the modern girl. A bookkeeper 

in Midtown Manhattan, Dottie has a steady beau, close girlfriends and an 

eye for fashion. Yet at heart, she is a dutiful Jewish daughter, living with her 

Yiddish-speaking parents on the Lower East Side. So when after a single 

careless night she is “in a family way” by a charismatic but unsuitable man, 

she is desperate – unwed, unsure and running out of options. After 20 years 

as a housewife and mother of five children, Dottie’s immigrant mother, 

Steven Gaines – One of These Things First 

One of These Things First is a wry and poignant reminiscence of a 

15-year-old gay Jewish boy in Brooklyn in the early ’60s and his 

unexpected trajectory from a life behind a rack of dresses in his grandmother’s 

bra and girdle store to the halls of Payne Whitney among 

a captivating group of wealthy neurotics and Ivy League alcoholics 

who subtly begin to change him in unexpected ways. This rich cast 

of characters includes a famous Broadway producer who becomes his 

unlikely mentor, an elegant woman who claimed to be the ex-mistress 

of newly-elected president John F. Kennedy, a snooty, suicidal Harvard 

architect, and a seductive young Contessa. At the center of the story 

is a brilliant young psychiatrist who promises to cure a young boy of 

his homosexuality and give him the normalcy he so longs for. 

Steven Gaines is the author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion 

and Property in the Hamptons, The Sky’s the Limit: Passion 

and Property in Manhattan, and Simply Halston, a biography of the 

fashion designer, among other books. He is a former NPR radio host. 

Rose, is itching to return to the social activism of her youth. With strikes 

and breadlines at home, National Socialism rising in Europe, and a brother 

unable to escape Poland, she knows there is more important work to be done 

than cooking and cleaning. Yet when she realizes that she, too, is pregnant, 

she struggles to reconcile her longings with her faith. Mother and daughter 

must confront their beliefs, the changing world, and the fact that their lives 

will never again be the same. 

Martha Hall Kelly – Lilac Girls 

New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at 

the French consulate, but her world is forever changed when Hitler’s army 

invades Poland in September 1939 with its sights set on France. An ocean 

away from Caroline, Kasia Kuzmerick, a Polish teenager, senses her carefree 

youth disappearing as she is drawn deeper into her role as courier for the 

underground resistance movement. For the ambitious young German doctor 

Herta Oberheuser, an advertisement for a government medical position seems 

her ticket out of a desolate life. Once hired, though, she finds herself trapped in 

a male-dominated realm of Nazi secrets and power. The lives of these women 

are set on a collision course when Kasia is sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious 

Nazi concentration camp for women. Their stories cross continents as 

Caroline and Kasia strive to bring justice to those whom history has forgotten. 

William Novak – Die Laughing 

From the co-creator of The Big Book of Jewish Humor comes a 

laugh-out-loud collection of jokes and cartoons about growing older 

that deals with memory loss, long marriages, medicine, changes in 

sexuality, the afterlife and much more. Growing older can be unsettling 

and surprising, so what better way to deal with this new stage 

of life than to laugh about it? Die Laughing includes more than 

enough jokes (and a nice sprinkling of New Yorker cartoons) to let 

that laughter burst out. 

William Novak is best known to Jewish audiences as the co-editor 

of The Big Book of Jewish Humor, a beloved collection of jokes, 

cartoons and stories that is still in print 35 years after its 1981 release. 

Novak is also a successful ghostwriter who has served as the coauthor 

of the best-selling memoirs of Lee Iacocca, Tip O’Neill, 

Nancy Reagan, Oliver North, Magic Johnson, Tim Russert and Natan 

Sharansky. 

Thursday, January 19, 7:00 - 8:30 pm at Federation • Topic: Holocaust 

Amy Kurzweil – Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir 

Flying Couch tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy’s 

coming of age as a young Jewish artist weaves into the narrative of 

her mother, a therapist, and her Bubbe, a World War II survivor who 

escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. 

Captivated by Bubbe’s story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks to preserve 

and record the past, teaching herself to draw as a way to cope with 

what she discovers. Entwining the voices and histories of these three 

women, Amy creates a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a 

Free event with any ticket purchase (limited to the first 50 reservations). 

family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past. 

Flying Couch uses Bubbe’s real testimony to investigate the legacy 

of trauma, the magic of family stories, and the meaning of home. 

Amy Kurzweil’s comics have appeared in The Huffington Post and 

The New Yorker. In 2013, she was the recipient of a Norman Mailer 

Fellowship. She teaches writing and comics at Parsons, The New 

School for Design and at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She 

lives in Brooklyn, New York. 

For the events with more than one author, the order in which they present 

will be decided a few days prior to their event. If you’d like to know the order, 

please email fedstar18@gmail.com or call the Federation office at 239.263.4205.

Venues 

All locations are in Naples (area code 239): 

Beth Tikvah: 1459 Pine Ridge Road (434-1818) 

Hilton Naples: 5111 Tamiami Trail N. (430-4900) 

Jewish Federation: 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road (263-4205) 

Temple Shalom: 4630 Pine Ridge Road (455-3030) 

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Festival events. 

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Book Sales 

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& Noble store at the Waterside Shops. Be sure to pick up a free Festival bookmark while 

you’re there. Books will also be available for purchase and signing at each author’s event. 

Books make great gifts for friends and family. 

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two private author receptions. Currently, the following authors and dates are confirmed. 

Additional dates and authors may be added. (Authors and dates are subject to change.) 

¡ Alyson Richman and Ronald H. Balson: Wednesday, January 11, catered buffet 

lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (prior to their event) at Temple Shalom 

¡ Steve Katz: An event on January 19 or 20 (depending on Steve’s travel itinerary). 

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Calendar of Events 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 • 11:30am - 2:00pm 

Relationships 

Kate Siegel, Mother, Can You Not? 

with Kate’s mom, Kim Friedman 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 • 11:30am - 2:00pm 

Memoir 

Jesse Itzler, Living with a SEAL 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 • 1:00 - 3:30pm 

Fiction 

Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours 

Ronald H. Balson, Karolina’s Twins 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 • 2:00 - 4:00pm 

Book talk & mini-concert 

Steve Katz, 

Blood, Sweat, and My Rock ‘n’ Roll Years 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 • 7:00 - 8:30pm 

Jewish Identity 

Amy Kurzweil, Flying Couch - A Graphic Memoir 

MONDAY, JANUARY 23 • 1:00 - 3:30pm 

Holocaust 

Josh Aronson, Orchestra of Exiles 

Robert P. Watson, The Nazi Titanic 

MONDAY, JANUARY 30 • 7:00 - 9:15pm 

Sports/Sports Photography 

Gary Belsky, On the Origins of Sports 

Gail Buckland, Who Shot Sports 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 • 1:00 - 3:30pm 

Memoir 

Judy Batalion, White Walls 

Noa Baum, A Land Twice Promised 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 • 7:00 - 9:15pm 

Memoir - LGBTQ 

Julie Tarney, My Son Wears Heels 

Steven Gaines, One of These Things First 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 • 9:00 - 11:30am 

Cooking/Food 

Ina Pinkney, Ina’s Kitchen 

THURSDAY, MARCH 2 • 1:00 - 3:30pm 

Debut Fiction Panel 

Victoria Kelly, Mrs. Houdini 

Jennifer Brown, Modern Girls 

Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls 

MONDAY, MARCH 13 • 1:00 - 3:30pm 

Humor 

Eric Golub, Jewish Lunacy 

William Novak, Die Laughing 

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11B 

Book reviews and 

author information 

3 nd in a series of 4 

Blood, Sweat, and my Rock ‘n’ Roll Years by Steve Katz 

Review by Lee Henson, Jewish Book Festival committee member 

Steve Katz may never have liked The opportunity to meet Steve, hear 

“Spinning Wheel,” one of his the story of his side of the microphone, 

group’s (Blood, Sweat & Tears) and have him perform for us – that will 

greatest hits, but I did! When I heard be amazing. 

about his book and got ready to read it, There are few surprises in this book. 

the song immediately began playing in I expected the drugs and bed jumping. 

my head. 

But it was interesting to hear how it all 

Blood, Sweat & Tears was part of happened. There was a backstory that 

the soundtrack of my formative years. I hadn’t imagined, an almost linear 

From high school through college, I was progression that explained why certain 

a folk and rock ‘n’ roll fan of the first songs resonated so completely with 

order, as were so many of my peers. Today, 

their songs and the people who sang his fellows experienced leaving home, 

their audience. Just like me, Steve and 

them resonate for me in many ways. facing Vietnam, and making decisions 

Thursday, January 19, 2:00 - 4:00 pm at Hilton Naples 

about love and marriage...but they did 

it in front of all of us. 

Today it is the norm to have your 

actions spread across the media; there 

are no places where one can go for privacy. 

But, in the ’60s, when Steve began 

his journey, things were not so exposed 

unless you were on the stage. 

In college, I thought it daring that 

pot was everywhere. However, the 

amount and variety of drugs that Steve 

was exposed to (and partook of) was 

overwhelming. I am surprised that he 

survived and became the regular guy he 

Steve Katz was a founding member of The Blues Project and 

Blood, Sweat & Tears. He became a record producer, working 

with rock renegade Lou Reed, among others. These days, Katz 

and his wife, Alison Palmer, run a ceramics shop in South Kent, 

Connecticut. 

In addition to his presentation, Steve will perform 

a mini-concert! 

This program is being generously sponsored by 

the Women’s Cultural Alliance. 

More book reviews can be found on the following pages 

and in the October & November issues of the Federation Star. 

is today, whose “neighbors don’t have 

a clue” that he was once Steve Katz of 

Blood, Sweat & Tears – the multi-gold 

album, platinum record, touring rock 

star. 

Steve names names. He tells about 

the amazing people he loved and hated, 

who worked and who coasted, who he 

thinks deserved more, and a few who 

didn’t. 

What resonated for me is that 

throughout his life, Steve has always 

kept his Jewish soul. For example, 

while on tour, his band went to Warsaw 

and the film producers wanted to film 

them visiting Auschwitz. Steve says, “I 

wanted to go, but I was afraid that they 

might do something stupid in the editing 

room, like put “Spinning Wheel” 

into the scene as background music. 

You never know. These guys were from 

Hollywood and not very high-end, so 

we did the wise thing and decided not 

to go.” Very cool, indeed. 

Today, the Steve who wrote this 

book is a different man from the boy 

who lived his life as a rock star. He 

lives quietly with his wife, whom he 

joins in her pottery business. Who’d 

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FRIENDS OF THE COLLIER COUNTY LIBRARY 

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JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL 

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PRESENT THE 

ANNUAL NAPLES KLEZMER REVIVAL BAND CONCERT 

WITH FEATURED CLARINETIST: MICHAEL WINOGRAD 

Michael is an outstanding young musician. He is in great demand, 

performing all over the world. He is one third of the transatlantic 

klezmer/cabaret collective Yiddish Art Trio, clarinetist of Tarras 

Band, a classic 1950’s Jewish American tribute group, and the cofounder 

and director of the ground breaking, borderless world fusion 

band Sandaraa. Michael also collaborates with Cantor Yaakov 

‘Yanky’ Lemmer and Klezmatics trumpeter Frank London in Ahava Raba, a group that explores 

the spiritual sides of Ashkanazy Jewish Music. He has played alongside Itzhak Perlman, 

The Klezmer Conservatory Band, Socalled, Budowitz, Alicia Svigals and more. 

A Land Twice Promised by Noa Baum 

Review by Irene Pomerantz, Jewish Book Festival committee member 

To whom does a land belong? As a young girl, Noa had two recurrent 

dreams: One was wondering, “What 

Answering this question is the 

subject of this provocative memoir, 

told with depth and emotion by Noa to get out of Germany – she would not 

if?” her grandfather had not been able 

Baum. She was raised in Jerusalem by be here. The other was of her baking 

Holocaust survivors and fed on stories a cake, bringing it to a group of Arabs 

of Nazi hatred toward the Jews, her and establishing peace between the two 

mother’s stories of her brother who died peoples. 

for Israel, as well as on a popular series When she was nine years old in 

of childhood literature stereotyping 1967 after the liberation of the Old 

Israeli soldiers as humble, smart, courageous 

and full of mercy while Arabs holding her grandmother’s hand and 

City, she recalls walking in the Suk, 

were characterized as full of hatred, seeing Arabs for the first time, dressed 

arrogant, stupid, cowardly and cruel. in traditional clothing. 

Wednesday, February 8, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Beth Tikvah 

At age fifteen, during the Yom 

Kippur War, trying to comprehend the 

deaths of young soldiers whom she 

knew, she questions why so many young 

boys were being killed and wondering 

why “Everyone hates us…The entire 

world.” But it is also during this time 

when her mother becomes volatile, 

unpredictable and continually critical 

of Noa that she began to hate the stories 

her mother continued to tell. 

Noa’s perceptions of Arabs and 

Jews begin to evolve when she joins the 

Israel Defense Forces and wonders if it 

Noa Baum is an award-winning storyteller who performs internationally. 

She acted with Jerusalem Khan Theater and studied 

theater at NYU and with Uta Hagen. Voted by the Washington 

Jewish Week as one of ten most interesting local Jews, she has 

lived in America since 1990. 

Appearing with Noa Baum will be Judy Batalion, 

author of White Walls. 


the Collier/Lee Chapter of Hadassah. 

White Walls by Judy Batalion 

Review by Irene Pomerantz, Jewish Book Festival committee member 

How does a child cope with ing, honest and emotional portrayal of 

the pain of growing up with Batalion’s attempt to discern if she is a 

a mother who is an obsessive genetic product of her maternal side of 

hoarder, whose piles of papers, stacks the family. Mingling her Bubbie’s past 

of records and books, files and clothes Holocaust experience and her mother’s 

clutter every part of the house, even mental illness and obsessive hoarding, 

the bed so that her father has to sleep in Batalion tells of her own dysfunctional 

a cleared area in the basement? In her and awkward childhood growing up in 

memoir, Judy Batalion finally decides Canada, her difficulties as a young adult, 

to escape. Running becomes a major and with her present life as a wife and 

theme of the memoir when Batalion mother. 

realizes that she has to leave her home She begins the memoir as an adult 

to escape the dysfunction of her family on a bus from New York traveling back 

just as her Bubbie had to escape from to Canada to get an injunction against 

the Nazis. 

her now paranoid and suicidal mother 

White Walls is an insightful, search- 

who has frantically summoned her. 

Wednesday, February 8, 1:00 - 3:30 pm at Beth Tikvah 

Her story bounces back and forth 

between frantic calls from her mother or 

father and her own attempts at finding 

normalcy in her life. Blaming her own 

insecurities on her mother’s hoarding 

which prevented a normal motherdaughter 

relationship, Batalion is fearful 

of becoming her mother as she engages 

with her own daughter. 

As a child feeling socially awkward, 

she has a revelatory moment delivering 

her Bat Mitzvah speech. She discovers 

that she has a talent. “Each of my words 

rang out…as if whole symphonies were 

braided together in my syllables…I 

spoke…to a sea of smiles, bobbing 

Judy Batalion was born in Montreal, studied at Harvard, and 

worked as a curator and comedian in London before settling in 

New York City. Her essays about parenting, relationships, religion 

and health have appeared in Vogue, The Washington Post, 

The Jerusalem Post, The Forward, Tablet, Cosmopolitan, Salon 

and other publications. 

Appearing with Judy Batalion will be Noa Baum, 

author of A Land Twice Promised. 


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is right to arrest young kids for throwing 

stones. She is disillusioned by some 

of the Israeli soldiers who were coarse, 

aggressive and sexist. 

Attending the Theatre Department 

of Tel Aviv University, her conscience 

becomes fully awakened and she joins 

a group that opposes the Occupation of 

the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 

As an adult, Noa befriends and talks 

to an Arab woman who relates her side 

of the Palestinian story including the 

traumatic events of 1948 and how her 

people were affected in the 1967 war. 

Noa transcribed her conversations. 

Seeing the need to “reconcile conflicting 

parties, we must have the ability to 

understand the suffering of both sides.” 

That became the genesis of creating 

a performance piece entitled A Land 

Twice Promised. 

In describing the creative process of 

combining the Palestinian story with her 

mother’s stories, Noa describes how she 

makes peace with her mother’s critical 

assessment of her. In the end, however, 

her greater achievement is the ability to 

use storytelling as a way to “break down 

stereotypes and perceptions” as a means 

to build a path to peace. 

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heads, to kippahs and dye jobs. And, 

to my shock, I loved it. One-on-one I 

would have choked, but up there I was 

the confident center of attention.” 

The memoir takes Batalion through 

her college experiences at Harvard 

where she tries to remake herself and 

escape her past only to discover that the 

study of Victorian interior design is not 

an escape from her family but more of 

a suffocation. She decides that she will 

have to run farther away. 

Batalion’s language is rich. Her 

father’s impatience: “Anger was tucked 

inside him like toy streamers buried in 

a box, building pressure. Then the lid 

would fly open and the strands would 

spiral out and attack everything, hissing 

like snakes.” 

She is introspective. Researching 

living rooms: “I wanted to be a slick, 

smart, visual culture vulture, and find 

the most home-ish representation of 

home. But in all of it, really, I wanted 

to answer the question: what is home 

anyway? My goal was to solve my 

life.” 

Through it all, Battalion remains 

loyal and loving toward her mother. 

Mothers and daughters. They love. They 

hurt. Ultimately, they forgive…because 

they love each other. 

M


To Life! 


13B 

Can’t make up your mind about which 

Jewish Book Festival events to attend? 

Come to our Preview event below and get an overview 

of the entire Festival along with a 12-page brochure. 

We will also have drawings for Festival tickets and books! 

Tuesday, December 13 • 11:30am - 2:30pm 

Luncheon at the Hilton Naples 

One of These Things First by Steven Gaines 

Review by Carole J Greene, Jewish Book Festival committee member 

In his memoir, author and radio personality 

Steven Gaines describes the 

challenges a gay, Jewish, teenaged 

boy faced in 1960s Brooklyn. Back then, 

most people kept their homosexuality 

secret – society had not yet accepted 

people living openly as gays. Some, like 

Steven, felt the normalcy they longed 

for hovered too far out of reach. Unable 

to tolerate the bullying and bigotry, they 

attempted suicide. Many succeeded. 

Steven did not, but the effort to kill 

himself landed him fortuitously in the 

Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic. 

“ 

Much of the memoir tells of the 

rich, privileged eccentrics – alcoholics, 

neurotics and Thorazine zombies 

– who inhabited this private asylum. 

Gaines intertwines narratives about 

these psychiatric patients and anecdotes 

describing growing up gay in Brooklyn, 

struggling with his sexual identity, and 

trying to understand his unusual family. 

Readers learn about Gaines’ attraction 

to a Broadway producer – another 

Payne Whitney patient – who becomes 

his mentor. We also discover the bizarre 

marriage of his grandfather, who lived 

for most of his life with both a wife and a 

mistress in the same home. Grandfather 

Gog covered the cost of Steven’s voluntary 

commitment to Payne Whitney 

so the boy could avoid the horrors of a 

county clinic. 

The grandfather’s wealth materialized 

from Rose’s Bras Girdles Sportswear, 

where young Steven often hid in 

a huge shipping carton, watching the 

Monday, February 20, 7:00 - 9:15 pm at Federation 

goings on in his grandparents’ shop. At 

other times, he frequented the cavernous 

Culver Theater, an ornate 1920s movie 

house where he escaped into secondand 

third-run movies. 

Abutting the theater was the Culver 

Luncheonette. The two men who ran 

it, Irv and Arnie, made fun of Steven 

for being “a homo,” to use the lingo 

of Brooklyn in the early ’60s. Steven 

avoided walking in front of the diner 

so he wouldn’t have to see them mincing 

around inside, curtsying to him like 

a girl. 

Unexplainable behaviors assailed 

him. At age 10, at summer camp, he 

experienced an aching desire to kiss another 

boy. On finding a gooey ice cream 

stick covered with ants, he understood 

Steven Gaines is the author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: 

Passion and Property in the Hamptons, The Sky’s the Limit: 

Passion and Property in Manhattan, and Simply Halston, a 

biography of the fashion designer, among other books. He is a 

former NPR radio host. 

Appearing with Steven Gaines will be Julie Tarney, 

author of My Son Wears Heels. 


PFLAG – Naples Chapter. 

My Son Wears Heels by Julie Tarney 

Review by Patti Boochever, Jewish Book Festival committee member 

Momma...how do you know ney immediately tries to research what 

I’m a boy?” When Julie Harry’s statements might mean. Could 

Tarney’s two-year old son he know at this age that he might be 

Harry asked her this question, it seemed gay? This was 1992, when being gay 

to come out of the blue. She responded was a stigma and a pandemic; when 

with the typical genital variance answer AIDS became the number one cause of 

we’ve all used as parents. But Harry’s death for U.S men ages 25 to 44; when 

thoughtful pondering about her response the words and concepts “transgender” or 

motivated her to ask him, “Why do “transsexual” were not part of our cultural 

tableau, especially in Milwaukee 

you ask?” His response changed her 

life: “Well, inside my head I’m a girl.” where they lived. What might this mean 

Fortunately for Harry, his mother is a for her only child? 

sensitive and enlightened woman. She In her well-written, easy-to-read, 

replied, “Well, it’s a good thing you poignant memoir, My Son Wears Heels: 

know that about yourself, Harry.” One Mom’s Journey from Clueless to 

A smart professional woman, Tar- 

Kickass, Tarney shares her journey 

Monday, February 20, 7:00 - 9:15 pm at Federation 

learning to parent her extraordinary son. 

Tarney discloses painful episodes from 

her childhood that fuel her compulsion 

to counter her utmost fear: that she had 

become her domineering, overbearing 

and controlling mother and somehow 

caused Harry’s “differentness.” She researches, 

reads, advocates and follows 

her gut, disclosing Harry’s struggles, triumphs 

and great sense of style; Harry’s 

greatest joy as a child was dressing up 

in “girls” clothes (great pictures accompany 

the text). 

For a relatively short book, Tarney 

covers a lot of ground. Although her 

husband’s struggles with childhood 

Julie Tarney is a former PR agency president from the Midwest 

who worked extensively with leading brands like McDonald’s 

and Coca-Cola. She is now a writer, resource for parents raising 

gender-creative kids, and an advocate for LGBTQ youth. She 

is a blogger for The Huffington Post and board member for the 

It Gets Better Project. 

Appearing with Julie Tarney will be Steven Gaines, 

author of One of These Things First. 


PFLAG – Naples Chapter. 

the stick would be intolerably lonely 

unless he rescued it. He felt compelled 

to pilfer things. His footlocker held a 

whisk broom, another camper’s sock, 

assorted pebbles, a magazine, his counselor’s 

toothpaste tube, a toilet paper 

roll, chewed bubble gum and a prayer 

book from Saturday morning services. 

He also counted. Sip his chocolate 

milk one time, two times. Roll up 

sleeves – once, twice on the right; once, 

twice on the left. Be certain they rest at 

the same level on both arms. He couldn’t 

understand his obsessive compulsive 

behaviors. 

One day when he was a pale, pudgy 

15-year-old high-school freshman, he 

rolled his sleeves the required two times, 

then plunged his arms through a pane of 

glass, sawing his wrists over the shards. 

Thus the psychiatric ward. 

Readers might reasonably presume 

that the traumas of Gaines’ early life – 

attempting to come to terms with his 

bizarre family, his homosexuality and 

the incomprehensible OCD – helped 

to shape his career. He is now an acclaimed 

writer, author of the best-seller 

Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion 

and Property in the Hamptons, The 

Sky’s the Limit: Passion and Property 

in Manhattan and Simply Halston, the 

biography of the fashion designer. 

Writing this book took courage. I 

admire Steven Gaines for doing so. 

bullying for not being into sports inform 

his relationship with his son, he 

learns to find other activities they can 

enjoy together. Both parents learn to be 

sensitive to gender stereotyping, and 

although they eventually divorce, they 

are united in supporting their son. They 

let him see the movie Rocky Horror 

Picture Show at 13, study abroad in high 

school, collect and wear extraordinary 

clothes. 

In the 20 years covered in the book, 

we are exposed to discrimination by 

institutions and individuals. But we also 

see Harry’s growth, spirt, determination 

and confidence. His favorite present as 

a young child? Colored wigs! 

With a foreword by a psychologist 

and gender specialist, Tarney’s memoir 

is informative, educational, thoughtprovoking 

and touching without being 

preachy. Along her journey, Tarney 

learns to be her own happy and positive 

person (with Harry as her own personal 

style maven), and realizes that by loving 

Harry enough, and letting Harry 

be Harry, she has raised a happy and 

confident young adult. And, oh yes, a 

successful drag queen. 

If you read nothing more than the 

foreword, your views about gender and 

parenting will be transformed.


BRIEFS 

continued from page 29A 

strategic node on China’s southern corridor 

on the New Silk Road. Concerned 

over the presence of ISIS, al-Qaeda 

and other Islamic extremist groups in 

Sinai threatening China’s maritime 

trade, China is building a “steel canal” 

through Israel to connect the Red Sea 

to the Mediterranean Sea that bypasses 

the Suez. 

The emergence of Israel as a Mediterranean 

energy player, its continued 

stability, robust military in a neighborhood 

of unstable and weakening Arab 

states, and outreach to the Eastern Hemisphere 

by joining the China-led Shanghai 

Cooperation Organization, is slowly creating 

a new regional and international 

system of shared interests. (Dr. Christina 

Lin, Asia Times - Hong Kong) 

GAZA BUSINESSMAN 

CALLS TO RESTORE 

ECONOMIC COOPERATION 

WITH ISRAEL 

Gaza businessman Nabil Bouab said in 

an interview, “I was the first person to 

open a factory in the Karni industrial 

zone and in less than a year 50 factories 

were opened there that employed 

tens of thousands of workers. I want 

there to be peace because my interests 

depend on peace and quiet.” 

Bouab recounts that before Hamas 

came to power in Gaza he owned four 

textile factories in Karni, which provided 

2,000 jobs. The factories were 

closed down in October 2007. 

“Gaza’s people have learned the 

hard way that nobody is going to help 

them and so I think looking to their Israeli 

neighbor is the right direction.” 

“Let’s re-operate the Karni industrial 

zone where I had four Israeli partners 

whom I worked with from 1999 

to 2007.” (Amiram Barkat, Globes) 

ISRAEL’S SILICON WADI 

IS BRINGING IN BILLIONS 

FROM INVESTORS 

At Israel’s annual Autonomous, Unmanned 

Systems & Robotics (AUS&R) 

convention, drone models included a 

tiny, kamikaze-like craft bearing an 

explosive charge that hovers and surveys 

its surroundings until its controller 

directs it to crash into and blow up 

a target; a drone as large as a tank that 

can ferry soldiers and cargo in and out 

of urban combat zones; and a UAV 

with the wingspan of a business jet 

that can stay aloft for more than a day 


on espionage missions. 

Israel has transformed itself into 

a high-tech industrial nation with a 

per capita income of $35,300, just behind 

France. Israel has spawned more 

high-tech start-ups than all of Europe. 

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle 

and hundreds of European and Asian 

businesses are investing heavily in their 

Israeli R&D operations, which account 

for about half of the nation’s 290,000 

high-tech jobs. Some 350 global companies 

have R&D operations in Israel. 

In 2015 a record $9 billion was spent, 

mainly by foreign companies, to acquire 

104 Israeli outfits. (Jonathan Kandell, 

Institutional Investor) 

For daily news stories related to 

Israel & the Jewish world, 

visit www.jewishnaples.org. 

Opening Day 

BENEATH THE HELMET 

Sunday afternoon, December 18, 2016 

See You At The Movies 

JEWISH CONGREGATION OF MARCO ISLAND 

IN COOPERATION WITH THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF COLLIER COUNTY 

PRESENTS 

THE SIDNEY R. HOFFMAN MEMORIAL 

JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 

2016-2017 

SHOWCASING THE NEWEST AND BEST AWARD-WINNING FILMS ON 

THE JEWISH CIRCUIT 

Film 2:00 PM 

Beneath the Helmet: From High School to the Home Front is a coming-of-age story which follows the journey of five Israeli high school graduates 

who are drafted into the army to defend their country. At the age of 18, away from their homes, families and friends they undergo a demanding, 

inspiring journey, revealing the core of who they are and who they want to be. Beneath the Helmet illustrates how these young men and women are 

defending not only their homes, but also the values of peace, equality, opportunity, democracy, religious tolerance and women’s rights. 

80 Minutes English/Hebrew with subtitles Reception following the Film 

TO LIFE 

Sunday afternoon, January 15, 2017 

Film 2:00 PM 

Jonas, a young man on the run, arrives in Berlin just in time to save Ruth’s life. Evicted from her apartment, the sarcastic but warm-hearted aging 

Jewish cabaret singer saw no other way out than suicide. Meanwhile, Jonas, driven by a secret, is also fleeing from his love and his future. As Ruth 

recovers, she and Jonas form a deep bond informed by her own tragic love for a non-Jewish man in post-WWII Germany – a love burdened by the 

legacy of the horrors perpetrated by Nazi Germany. Jonas discovers Ruth’s past and the passionate, lusty Yiddish songs of her youth that help her find 

the way back to life. In turn, Ruth helps him find the strength to tackle his fears, and to propose “L’Chaim 

– To Life!” 

86 Minutes German with Subtitles Reception following the Film 

DOUGH 

Sunday afternoon, February 19, 2017 

Film 2:00 PM 

Curmudgeonly widower Nat Dayan clings to his way of life as a Kosher bakery shop owner in London’s East End. Understaffed, Nat reluctantly enlists 

the help of teenager Ayyash, who has a secret side gig selling marijuana to help his immigrant mother make ends meet. When Ayyash accidentally 

drops his stash into the dough, the challah starts flying off the shelves and an unlikely friendship forms between the old Jewish baker and his young 

Muslim apprentice. Dough is a warm-hearted and humorous story about overcoming prejudice and finding redemption in unexpected places. 

94 Minutes English 

Reception following the Film 

ABOUT EXECUTING EICHMANN 

Sunday afternoon, March 26, 2017 Film 2:00 PM 

On December 15, 1961, Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death for crimes against the Jewish people and against humanity. Eichmann played a central 

role in the mass deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps, and the judgement of the court was largely met favorably. But a group of Holocaust 

survivors and intellectuals, including Hannah Arendt, Hugo Bergmann, Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem called for Eichmann’s sentence to be 

commuted. By opposing Eichmann’s execution, they were defending the values of Judaism, and raised questions about Jewish morality, and the very 

nature of a Jewish State. About Executing Eichmann returns to the debate that was central to its era, and makes clear how relevant the issues continue 

to be today, and why we should revisit them. 

60 Minutes English/Hebrew with subtitles Reception following the Film 

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synagogues and cemeteries in the Western Hemisphere. Images from 

the remaining historic Jewish sites in Aruba, Barbados, Curacao, 

Jamaica, Nevis, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Eustatius and Suriname 

reveal the significant yet little-known legacy of 

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Once home to thousands of Sephardic Jews from a melting pot of 

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Also On View Through December 11, 2016: Calen Bennett: Synagogues in Cuba, 2015 

For a continuously updated community calendar, 

visit the Federation’s website at www.jewishnaples.org. 

The Jewish Congregation of Marco Island in conjunction 

with the Jewish Federation of Collier County presents 

The 2017 Saul I. Stern Cultural Series – now in its 23 nd year! 

Saturday, 

January 21, 2017, 7:30 p.m. 

Saturday, 

March 4, 2017, 7:30 p.m. 

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – ITS HISTORY AND MUSIC: Ellen Katz of Baltimore, Maryland, is a presenter 

of super musicals-Broadway shows you love. A graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in 

music, one of her presentations is Fiddler on the Roof. With videos, live performance and colorful costumes, 

she tells the story of Fiddler’s creation, the fascinating history of the unforgettable music, with a performance 

by Ellen Katz. She has received rave reviews at Chautauqua, Peabody Institute, FGCU and more. 

THE CHOCOLATE TRAIL: Retired Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz has spent the last decade studying the link 

between Jewish history and the history of chocolate. Her book, On The Chocolate Trail is in its third printing 

and will be available for purchase. She will weave the story of Jews and chocolate. The recipes in the book 

will be offered following the presentation. The evening will be a fantasy of chocolate. 

 

Sunday, 

March 18, 2017, 7:30 p.m. 

THE NAPLES PHILHARMONIC BRASS QUINTET: For the 11 th season performing at the Cultural Series, 

the Phil returns its outstanding musicians with a delightful variety of music and accompanying commentary. 

A Viennese table and Starbucks tasting follow the program. 

THE 2017 SAUL I. STERN CULTURAL SERIES 

For more information, call the Synagogue Office at 239.642.0800. Please send this form and payment 

to the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island, 991 Winterberry Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145. 

Please send me tickets for the following Cultural Series programs: 

____ $75 Patron, series 

____ $50 Series for members 

____ $60 Series for non-members 

____ $20 Single tickets for members 

____ $25 Single tickets for non-members 

____ Enclosed is my check payable to JCMI 

Please mail my tickets to the address below: 

For those wishing single event tickets: 

# of tickets:____ Fiddler on the Roof 

# of tickets:____ The Chocolate Trail 

# of tickets:____ The Naples Philharmonic 

All events take place at 

the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island, 

991 Winterberry Dr., Marco Island. 

____ Please charge my credit card: 

Credit Card #_______________________________________ exp. ____/____ 

Name_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Address______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

City, State, Zip____________________________________________________________ Phone: ___________________________________________



TICKETS ARE GOING FAST! 

FEB-APRIL 2017 | SUNDAYS AT 7:30PM 

SUGDEN THEATRE | 701 5th AVE SOUTH 

FEBRUARY 26 

ON THE MAP 

This fast-moving and emotional documentary recounts the story of how the 1977 

Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team toppled the four-time defending champions to 

bring the first European Cup to Israel at the height of the Cold War. Interviews and 

action combine to capture the spirit of a nation victorious against all odds. 

Sponsored by Kaye Lifestyle Homes 

PASTRAMI TO PICKLES PARTY (for Patrons and Subscribers only) 

Sponsored by Abbie Joan Fine Living 

MARCH 12 

THE WOMEN’S BALCONY 

An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout 

Orthodox community in Jerusalem. This rousing, good-hearted tale about women 

speaking truth to patriarchal power explores the power of religion to unite us as 

well as divide us. 

Sponsored by Mondo Uomo Fine Menswear 

MARCH 19 

TIME TO SAY GOODBYE 

Twelve-year-old Simon is dealing with a lot. Since his parents’ recent divorce, 

he shuttles between their two homes in Hamburg. The pull between his newly 

observant father and his liberal-minded mother is compounded when Simon falls 

in love with the new, female rabbi, and enlists his friends to help win her heart. 

Sponsored by Wollman, Gehrke & Solomon, PA 

APRIL 02 

LAUGH LINES 

A once in a lifetime gift leads to a crucial result. A young, contemplative woman 

carries the load of her family on her shoulders, while her grandmother senses her 

life coming to an end. Fate intervenes amongst lies and deception to grant one 

last chance of reprieve with an unexpected twist. 

Sponsored by Premier Sotheby’s International Realty 

ON THE MAP 

THE WOMEN’S BALCONY 

TIME TO SAY GOODBYE 

JOIN THE 2017 FESTIVAL NOW! 

Secure your festival tickets by visiting our website or mailing this form 

with a check made payable to: Naples Jewish Film Festival 

1459 Pine Ridge Road • Naples, FL 34109 

Subscriber(s) / Patron(s) ___________________________________________________________ 

_________________________________________________________________________________ 

Email ___________________________________________________________________________ 

Address _________________________________________________________________________ 

LAUGH LINES 

City/State/Zip ____________________________________________________________________ 

Phone __________________________________________________________________________ 

PATRON LEVELS 

Patrons are offered early entrance for priority seat selection 

o EXECUTIVE PRODUCER $1,500 • Six tickets to each of the four films 

o DIRECTOR $1,000 • Four tickets to each of the four films 

o FESTIVAL FRIEND $500 • Two tickets to each of the four films 

Plus PATRONS’ PARTY for Patrons only 

sponsored by Mondo Uomo Fine Menswear 

SUBSCRIBER LEVEL 

o SUBSCRIBER $100 X ____ 

• One ticket to each of the four films 

Single film tickets released 

January 15 if available 

Tickets mail February 5 

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