Federation Star - November 2019

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INSIDE THIS Naples, FL ISSUE: 

34109 Attn: IAC 

5A Men’s Cultural Alliance 

6A Women’s Cultural Alliance 

11A Community Focus 

14A Tributes 

17A Jewish Interest 

24A Israel & the Jewish World 

25A Commentary 

27A Organizations 

28A Synagogues 

29A Focus on Youth 

31A Community Directory 

1B Arts & Culture 

6A 

“Speed Dating” through the 

Women’s Cultural Alliance 

Heartfelt insights from guest speaker at 

2020 Community Campaign Kickoff Event 

By Jean Amodea 

The Jewish people have endured. 

That is an undeniable fact. 

Neither oppression, annihilations, 

assimilations nor pogroms have 

squelched their spirit. 

One central, innate drive instilled 

by divinity and nourished by faith and 

perseverance that bears fruit in the 

modern age is that sense of oneness 

in monotheistic beliefs and unity in 

preserving tribal, familial and cultural 

traditions. That is what sustains our 

strength, fueling our ability to prevail. 

And, it is only as we continue to 

spread that seed, that bond, that we will 

continue to flourish. By giving of our 

bounty, we will ensure that generations 

to come will have opportunities, ensuring 

our continued survival, not as the 

tail but as the head, not disgraced but 

honored, not brought down but held 

high. 

To that end, we will have the chance 

to open our hearts and give, to put action 

to beliefs and support our community 

fundraising efforts – each in the measure 

he has earned – on Monday, November 

18 at the Annual Community Campaign 

Kickoff at Stonebridge Country 

Club. 

That night, we will host 

esteemed educator and guest 

speaker Avraham Infeld, who 

will graciously bring that message 

close to home. Infeld is 

President Emeritus of Hillel 

International and founder and 

director of prestigious educational 

institutions. He has 

devoted himself to the task 

of helping his fellow Jews 

understand their place in history, past 

and into the future. Infeld was born in 

South Africa, raised in a Zionist family, 

made Aliyah to Israel in 1959, and is 

currently based in Jerusalem. We recently 

chatted, and Infeld shared some 

heartfelt insights. 

What led you to become a leader 

in the various Jewish communal 

service arenas? Was there a defining 

moment in your life? 

I come from a family in which my 

parents were leaders within their Jewish 

community in South Africa, and they 

served as a model in leadership for me. 

So, if I were to choose one 

sentence to define who I 

am, I would say that I am 

an Israeli only by virtue 

of my being a member of 

the Jewish people. In other 

words, the central focus of 

my life, which I got from 

my parents, is embodied 

in a question: What can 

I do to try to ensure the 

continued significant renaissance of 

the Jewish people? For me, Israel was 

never an end in itself. For me, Israel was 

always in order to help ensure the continued 

remedy under the Jewish people. 

And, having the model of my parents 

as leaders and moving to live in 

Israel, and also having been fortunate 

enough to work in the United States 

twice – once as the first community 

continued on page 4A 

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including the authors, book descriptions, event dates, venues, 

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Renee’s community 

program & events corner 

Reneé 

Bialek 

Program 

Director 

November is filled with the following 

events: Herb Keinon 

will speak on Thursday, November 

7; the Kristallnacht Commemoration 

is on Sunday, November 17 with 

guest speaker Rabbi Stephen Fuchs; 

two Jewish Book Festival programs; a 

Family with Children Group outing; and 

Federation’s Annual Campaign Kickoff. 

If you are interested in any of the 

Federation events, please call our office 

at 239.263.4205 to make your reservation 

before they sell out. Reservations 

for the Evy Lipp People of the Book 

Cultural Event and Jewish Book Festival 

events are flying in! 

Our Community Chanukah Celebration 

is on Monday, December 23. 

The event will take place on the lawn at 

Mercato starting at 5:00 p.m. There will 

Jane Schiff and Jeffrey Feld 

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This publication is brought to you each month thanks to the support 

of our advertisers. Please be sure to use their products and services, 

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Center for the Arts Bonita.....2B 

Chellie Doepke, Realtor ® ....22A 

City Mattress.........................5B 

Classic Chamber Concerts...8B 

Margot Escott, LCSW.........13A 

FGCU.................................23A 

Florida Rep...........................7B 

Fuller Funeral Home.............9A 

Dr. Barrett Ross Ginsberg.....2A 

Gulfshore Playhouse.............5B 

Hadassah .............................14A 

Hilton Naples......................12B 

Hodges Funeral Home..........2A 

Holocaust Museum & Ed. Ctr.11A 

JNF................................7A,24A 

Kaye Lifestyle Homes........19A 

Keystone Place......................1B 

James Knafo, Architect.......20A 

A. Stephen Kotler, Attorney.12A 

Lorel Martens...............5A,30A 

Mattis Inc..............................6A 

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be latkes for sale, entertainment, face 

painting and more. Listen to the Naples 

Klezmer Revival band play beautiful 

music. Free admission for all! If you 

have Judaica items for sale, or if you are 

with a Jewish organization that wants to 

rent a table for this event, please call me. 

Please save these other dates in 

December: 

Wednesday December 4: The Mix 

and Mingle senior singles group 

will have a dance party 

Sunday, December 8: Catholic- 

Jewish Dialogue event 

Wednesday, December 11: David 

Lehrer from Arava will be speaking 

Wednesday, December 18: Briana 

Schwarz from Sharsheret will be 

speaking 

Please see more detailed information 

on these events in this issue. 

If you are not receiving the Jewish 

Federation of Greater Naples eblast 

every Monday, please let me know. It 

is important that you read the updated 

news on a weekly basis. Please like us 

on Facebook and share it. 

Happy Thanksgiving! 

What does “Power of 

Community” mean? 

By Federation President/CEO Jeffrey Feld 

and Federation Board Chair Jane Schiff 

We know that you understand 

the words, but do you fully 

appreciate THE POWER of 

YOUR involvement – your annual gift 

and your being counted a member of our 

community? If you do, then we hope 

that you feel the same sense of pride, 

belonging and accomplishment that we 

feel every single day. 

Using the Power of Community, we 

interact with each of our agencies (more 

on that later in this article). We reach 

out to our larger community through 

the Women’s Cultural Alliance (WCA) 

and the Men’s Cultural Alliance (MCA), 

forming bonds of camaraderie. We reach 

out to the greater community through 

the Jewish Community Relations Council 

(JCRC); the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue; 

our Israel Advocacy Committee 

(IAC); the Shop with a Sherriff program; 

our ongoing security programs with the 

Collier County Sherriff’s Office; the 

Community Chanukah menorah lighting 

ceremony; the Israel Scouts, who 

come from Israel and perform at various 

venues in our community; and through 

our Jewish Book Festival. 

A primary mission of the Jewish 

Community Relations Council is to 

create a connection with our larger community. 

The JCRC, for example: 

Participates in the Martin Luther 

King Jr. Day Parade 

Gives Stand Up for Justice awards 

to educators for programs they develop 

to teach students anti-bullying 

and tolerance 

Gives Human Needs Awards to 

organizations that reach out in the 

general community and make a difference 

in our citizens’ lives 

Lobbies with legislators on key 

issues 

Tracks anti-Semitic activity in our 

community 

continued on page 9A 

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Moorings Park Grande Lake.21A 

Naples Envelope & Printing.18A 

Naples Jewish Congregation.4B 

Naples Jewish Film Festival.11B 

Preferred Care at Home.......9A 

Preferred Travel..................15A 

Senior Housing Solutions...12A 

Sinatra Schwartz Group.....18A 

T-Michaels............................9A 

Temple Shalom...................29A 

Temple Shalom Sisterhood.16A 

The Carlisle Naples..............4A 

The Samuel Team...............13A 

The Terraces at Bonita Springs.17A 

TheatreZone........................3B 

Truly Nolen.........................16A 

Watercrest Senior Living......8A 

Women’s Cultural Alliance...6A 

Wynn’s..............................22A 

ZOA...................................25A 

Debbie Zvibleman, Realtor ® ..9B


November 2019 Federation Star 

3A 

Kick Off 

THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN 

Monday, November 18, 2019 

7:00pm - 9:00pm 

Stonebridge Country Club 

2100 Winding Oaks Way 


bbyo 

Come see the 

agencies and partners 

your donations support! 

Naples Senior Center at JFCS 

Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and dessert reception 

Guest Speaker: 

Avraham Infeld 

President Emeritus of Hillel-The Foundation for 

Jewish Campus life and Birthright’s first International 

Director. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University in 

Bible and Jewish History, and of Tel Aviv University’s 

Law School. 

Admission: 

$100 

per person 

with a minimum Annual Community Campaign 

commitment of $150 expected per person 

Come see where your Annual Community 

Campaign dollars go and how your contribution 

impacts our Jewish community locally, overseas, 

and in Israel. 

Jewish Congregation of Marco Island 

Temple Shalom 

Beth Tikvah 

Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center 

Naples Jewish Congregation 

Chabad Naples 

Collier County Sheriff’s Shop with a Sheriff 

Birthright Israel 

Hillel International 

Ethiopian National Project 

Anti-Defamation League 

World ORT 

Kindly respond by October 31, 2019 

IT ALL STARTS WITH YOU! 

You make everything we do - possible. 

For more information contact 

Julie Hartline, Annual Campaign Director 

239-263-4205 jhartline@jewishnaples.org 

Neve Michael 

Yad Lakashish 

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Avraham Infeld interview...continued from page 1A 

emissary in the United States from religion. I have done that same exercise 

Israel in the seventies, and the second tens of thousands of times with Israelis 

time, serving as the president of Hillel 

International, based in Washington, Muslim, or Jew, Catholic, Protestant. 

and not one ever wrote Jew, Christian, 

from 2002 to 2006. Yes, I would need Every single one of the Israelis, after the 

to connect with a community I knew word “Jew,” wrote Arab and in the third 

very little about, but I also worked in column, then wrote all kinds of words 

England, in Israel and in South Africa. like American, Frenchmen, Italians or 

To me, the central lesson from these Argentinians. 

experiences is that the Jewish people That’s a very different understanding 

of what it means to be a Jew, and 

are facing a very serious crisis of Jewish 

identity. Jews around the world very there are differences like this all over 

often define their being Jewish in very the world. The problem is that because 

different ways. 

of the impact of modernity, they have 

In what ways have you found stopped relating to themselves as a 

Jews define themselves? 

“people,” which is the only description 

of a Jew that is all-encompassing 

I can give you a short story that will 

help. While I was president of Hillel and that includes all Jews. They have 

International, I traveled around the Jewish 

world including in the United States, a nation or a religion and a variety of 

chosen rather to define themselves as 

of course, where we began, Europe, the other definitions, which are not inclusive 

former Soviet Union, Australia, South of all Jews. 

Africa, South America and Israel. And, I have devoted my life to trying to 

wherever I traveled and met with Jewish get Jews to begin to focus themselves 

students, I always carried a chart with and each other about being a people. 

me, and that chart was divided into three What I would like to do when I come 

columns. 

to Naples is to talk about how we got 

Across the top three columns I into all of this, and whether or not I have 

wrote the words, apples, oranges and any suggestions about how to get out of 

bananas. On the second line, I wrote it. That is what I see as my mission in 

shirt, jacket and pants. On the third life – getting Jews to talk about being 

line, I wrote lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers. 

On the fourth line, I wrote the I’ve written a book on the subject. 

members of a people. 

word Jew and left the next two columns It’s called A Passion for a People. I 

blank. I then asked Jews worldwide saw my role at Hillel International as 

to fill in the blanks. I have well over the high point of my educational career 

because I was working with many 

200,000 responses from American Jews 

and tens of thousands of responses from young people, many of whom had not 

Jews elsewhere. It is amazing to see the been challenged to deal with that issue 

way in which different Jews define being in the past. For me, it was very satisfying 

to have that opportunity, and when 

Jewish in different ways. 

The question I was asking them is I travel around the world that is what I 

what is a Jew like, as an apple is to an try to talk about. 

orange. The first line was all fruit, the As far as defining Jews as a 

second all clothes and the third line was people, in what ways do you mean – 

all vegetables. Almost 95% of Americans, 

after the word Jew, wrote Protes- 

Judaism is the culture of the Jewish 

through culture, traditions, identity? 

tant, Catholic or Christian and Muslim, people. And, therefore, I want Jews to 

making the statement that the Jews are a talk about and identify with themselves 

as members of a people, and then to 

understand that what they call Judaism 

is in reality the culture of these people. 

That is what takes me to these trips 

abroad talking to Jewish communities 

and trying to get them to understand 

that. That is what I want to do when I 

come to Naples. 

What is the most important thing 

we can do to help our youth understand 

their place as Jews? 

When I meet young people, I try to 

confront them with the kinds of questions 

that come up when they meet 

someone who defines their Jewishness 

differently from themselves. We have to 

recognize that we are living in a world 

after modernity, which has created a 

whole variety of options about how to 

be a Jew. I like to help Jews recognize 

what we have in common and not what 

separates us from each other. 

Regarding the state of Jewish 

communities today. What do you recommend 

to ensure the continuation of 

Jewish peoplehood? 

I will say that is to get them to begin 

to talk about themselves as a people and 

not as something else. Try to show ways 

of the situation that we are in which the 

Jewish people can become more unified 

without being uniform. 

We have some pressing issues today 

facing the Jewish community in 

Israel, but what do you see today as 

the dangers or the challenges American 

Jews face? 

I think that Americans have difficulty 

understanding what Israel really 


is. For those people born more than 50 

years ago, Israel was something that was 

historic, something that brought a significant 

change to Jewish life throughout 

the world. For young people today, 

Israel is a fact of life. It has always existed 

for them. They don’t understand 

the miracle of Israel, and I would like to 

help them understand why Israel should 

be important to them. 

What is your proudest accomplishment? 

I am the only and first Israeli to be 

appointed International President of 

Hillel International worldwide as well 

as the U.S. For me, that was a great accomplishment. 

My other major accomplishment 

is having four children, 16 

grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, 

four of whom spend many hours 

talking to me about the Jewish people. 

They are all Israelis and live in Israel, 

but they regard themselves as part of 

the Jewish people, and that’s something 

that makes me very proud. 

Originally from New Jersey, Jean 

Amodea is a former educator and was 

a principal in several schools for the 

handicapped. Since 1997, she relocated 

to Naples, and is currently the director 

of Peter Duchin Music of Naples, Inc., 

a FL licensed talent agency. Along with 

her husband, Ron, Jean performs with 

their various bands. Jean is also a freelance 

journalist and has been writing for 

the Naples Daily News and its community 

publications, since 2007. Jean has 

been a contributor to the Federation 

Star since 2014. 

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Published by the Jewish Federation of Collier County 

serving Naples, Marco Island and the surrounding communities 

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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: Jane Schiff 

Vice Chairs: Karen Deutsch, 

Marc Saperstein, Phyllis Seaman 

Secretary: Rosalee Bogo 

Treasurer: Elliot Lerner 

Immediate Past Chair: Alvin Becker 

Board of Directors 

Joshua Bialek 

Harvey Cohen 

Amanda Dorio 

Paula Filler 

Merlin Lickhalter 

Robin Mintz 

Les Nizin 

William Petasnick 

Jamie Satz 

Betty Schwartz 

Arlene Sobol 

Michael Sobol 

Elaine Soffer 

Steve Strome 

Jay Weiss 

Beth Wolff 

Edward Wollman 

Jeff Zalasky 

Past Presidents 

Gerald Flagel, Dr. William Ettinger, 

Ann Jacobson, Sheldon Starman, 

Bobbie Katz, Rosalee Bogo, 

Judge Norman Krivosha 

Synagogue Representatives 

Debra Antzis 

Cantor Donna Azu 

Rabbi Ariel Boxman 

Ted Bunten 

Rabbi Ammos Chorny 

Shelley Goodman 

Rabbi Mark Gross 

Sue Hammerman 

Rabbi Howard Herman 

Stephen P. McCloskey 

Rabbi Adam Miller 

Rabbi James Perman 

Dr. Arthur Seigel 

Rabbi Fishel Zaklos 

Federation President/CEO 

Jeffrey Feld 

Staff 

Renee’ Bialek: Program Director 

Marcy Friedland: Capital Campaign 

& Planned Giving Director 

Julie Hartline: Annual Campaign Dir. 

Janine Hudak: Admin. Coordinator 

Nathan Ricklefs: Database Manager 

Teresa Zimmerman: Finance & 

Operations Manager 

Federation is the central Jewish 

community-building organization for 

Greater Naples, providing a social 

service network that helps Jewish 

people locally, 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 

• Celebrate Israel 

• Educational & Cultural Programs 

• Israel Advocacy Committee 

• Israel Scouts 

• Jewish Book Festival 

• Jewish Community Relations 

Council 

• Jewish Professionals 

• Jewish Russian Cultural Alliance 

• Men’s Cultural Alliance 

• Publication of the Federation 

Star, Connections and 

Community Directory 

• Women’s Cultural Alliance 

• Women’s Division 

• Youth Activities Committee – 

sponsoring youth education and 

scholarships for Jewish Summer 

Camp and the Israel Experience 


MCA Welcome Back Luncheon 

to feature noted broadcast journalist 

By Jeff Margolis 

In one way or another, your life is rooted in experiences 

that connect you to the Jewish Community. 

If you are currently supporting charitable organizations and want to 

continue to do so more effectively, let us know. We are here to help! 

TOP Jewish Foundation, the Jewish Foundation of the Jewish Federation of 

Greater Naples, was founded in 1980 to help community members like you 

make their charitable dollars - and their commitment to tzedakah - 

go further, both during lifetime and thereafter. 

• Gifts in Wills or Trusts (Bequests) 

• Permanent Endowments 

• Gifts of Insurance & Retirement Assets 

• IRA Charitable Rollover Gifts 

contact Ellen Weiss at 813-961-9090 

email: ellen@topjewishfoundation.org 

website: www.topjewishfoundation.org 

Men’s Cultural Alliance President 

Les Nizin and board 

members cordially invite all 

members and prospective members to 

the inaugural event of the new season. 

We hope you had an enjoyable summer 

and have returned to paradise for what 

is surely to be an exciting MCA season. 

Our kickoff luncheon will take 

place at the Audubon Country Club on 

Thursday, November 14 at 11:30 a.m. 

Our featured speaker will be Frank 

Cipolla. His career, which has extended 

for almost 40 years, included stints on 

the Soupy Sales and Imus and in the 

Morning radio programs, to hosting the 

show Staten Island Live and reporting 

for WWOR TV, channel 9 in New York 

City. Frank is the author of the book 

It Shocked Even Us. His presentation 

will be “My Career as a Broadcast 

Journalist.” The cost of the luncheon is 

$30. Reservations are a must and can be 

made online at www.MCANaples.org. 

Be sure to include your menu choice of 

fish or chicken. 

The popular Documentary Film 

program also commences this month 

with a presentation of Carl Laemmle. 

A German-Jewish immigrant, Laemmle 

was one of the pioneers of the motion 

picture industry and the founder of 

Universal Studios. The venue this year 

has shifted to Temple Shalom, which 

offers comfortable seating and viewing 

from two dynamic pull-down screens. 

The film will be presented on Tuesday, 

November 5 at 1:00 p.m. Reservations 

are required and can be made on the 

MCA website. There is no cost for this 

program. 

MCA’s monthly lecture series opens 

with two offerings from returning lecturers. 

Steve Schreier will present his 

ongoing look at Israel with the program 

“Israel Between the Wars – Six Month 

Update.” This program will be held 

in the Naples Daily News community 

Room at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 

6. Jeff Margolis continues his 

research into the American Presidency 

with his program, “The Presidential 

Literary Circle – Books Written by Our 

Chief Executives.” This program will 

take place in the David G. Willens Community 

Room of the Jewish Federation 

on Thursday, November 21 at 10:30 a.m. 

Admission to both programs is free but 

registration is required. Please go to the 

MCA website to sign up. 

There are just a few seats left for the 

MCA overnight excursion to the Kennedy 

Space Center on November 11-12. 

The cost of $580 includes roundtrip 

deluxe motor coach transportation, hotel 

accommodations, admissions and special 

tours, a picnic lunch, and dinner at 

the famed Dixie Crossroads Restaurant. 

For information and reservations, email 

Les Nizin at mcanaplespresident@ 

gmail.com. 

Confused about smart devices? Are 

you thinking about a RING device or 

security cameras? Join MCAers Dan 

Together, we are ensuring the Jewish future 

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contact Marcy Friedland at 239-263-4205 

email: mfriedland@jewishnaples.org 

website: www.jewishnaples.org 

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Dowling and Sid Freund in a workshop 

and interactive programs about the 

myriad of devices to protect your home 

and your family. For information, please 

email Dan at ddowling09@gmail.com. 

Not an MCA member yet? Signing 

up is easy. Go to www.MCANaples. 

org and click on the MCA Membership 

Form and complete the form. You can 

pay by credit card or check. Or send an 

email with your name and phone number 

to joinMCA@MCANaples.org. 

There are 3 Ways to 

Join the MCA! 

1. Go to our website – WWW.MCANaples.org. 

Click on MCA Membership Form and complete the 

form (you can pay by credit card or check). 

2. Send an email with your name, email address and 

phone number to JoinMCA@MCANaples.org. 

3. Mail your name, email address and phone number 

to Larry Israelite, 8820 Savona Court, Naples, FL. 

34119. 

Have any questions? 

Call our President – Les Nizin – at 516-356-2897



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“Speed Dating” through WCA 

By Karyn Conrath, one of WCA’s many enthusiastic members 

After a year in Naples, having I wanted to get myself involved in lots 

moved from Boca Raton, and of group activities. Ultimately, I am 

just when I had given up on more of a loner. I get energy from inside 

finding even one friend, I was fortunate myself. But I went anyway. (I struck a 

enough to meet WCA Board Member pose!) 

Dina Shein at a lecture at Temple Shalom. 

That was four years ago. If you lovely and welcoming. Some convinced 

The first few women I met were 

know Dina, I’m sure you can imagine me to attend a WCA North book group. I 

how she must have taken me under her remember sitting in one member’s home 

wing. I’m not a group kinda’ gal, so I and meeting four or five fascinating 

was hesitant to put myself “out there.” ladies. Before the book discussion began, 

we talked rapidly, trying to garner 

Dina dragged me to a coffee klatch at 

her home. It did not sound like my “cup information as fast as we could in order 

of tea” (even though it was coffee), but to see if we were a good fit. And yes, this 

I acquiesced. 

was the beginning of my experience in 

At that time, having second thoughts “Speed Dating!” 

about our decision to move to the west I listened attentively to these women 

and I began to feel a special affinity 

coast of Florida – away from extended 

family and good friends – I felt a bit for certain people – a sort of good vibe 

tentative being around so many new that touched me sweetly enough to begin 

faces. Believe it or not (for those who to make plans for another time, another 

know me), I was unsure about whether meeting. So I joined the Women’s Cul- 

tural Alliance and officially attended 

my first WCA event: a tea at Bramble’s 

English Tea Room. With hat in hand 

and a little beaded bag on my arm, I 

was lucky enough to be seated next to 

three women who were open, funny and 

charming – three of many! One was also 

brand new to the area and we hit it off 

brilliantly. In fact, she and I are now the 

closest of friends. 

and meaningful. We are missing our 

families and old, dear friends with our 

shared histories from “back home.” And 

we are hoping to have a social life in 

these new surroundings. How does one 

do all that? WCA is one answer. 

So for those of you who are new to 

the area, new to WCA, or simply standing 

back and waiting for others to find 

you, give yourself the opportunity to 

Volunteers do not necessarily have 

the time, they just have the heart. 

~ Elizabeth Andrew 

Don’t Miss 

WCA’s 2020 Community 

Volunteer Expo 

Thursday, January 16, 2020 * 1 to 4 pm 

Community Room at the Naples Daily News 

1100 Immokalee Road 

WCA members and their guests will have 

an opportunity to meet representatives 

from more than 20 local agencies who rely 

on volunteers to carry out their mission. 

Attend the Expo and find out about agencies that: 

* Help to alleviate loneliness among seniors in 

our local community 

* Make a difference in the education of children 

* Support efforts to care for abused and 

abandoned animals 

* and more ... 

Women’s 

Cultural 

Alliance 

Find out the ways that YOU 

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Some “Speed Dating” friends of Karyn Conrath’s (in pink), keeping their date 

to be at her husband Richard’s book launch 

After that event, I was hooked. I 

embarked on a series of lunch dates. 

We’d have a “cuppa” and a salad at local 

restaurants as we learned about one 

another. I felt like I was speed dating! I 

had many opportunities to hear about the 

interior life of each woman. And I got 

to know new places in the area and find 

lots of things to do as well as develop 

new acquaintances and friendships. 

It was astounding how many bright, 

articulate, curious and lovely women 

there are in my new hometown. I was 

pleasantly surprised and thankful to be 

in such good company. In fact, because 

of my enthusiasm for the organization, 

another new WCA friend, Jane Shaw, 

and I created and now co-facilitate 

WCA’s Women’s Global Issues group. 

Some of us are newbies to this new 

Florida way of life. And many are retired 

or working less and finding it difficult to 

make new relationships that are strong 

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meet women who are an intricate part 

of making WCA happen. And I promise, 

ladies, “Speed Dating” through WCA is 

exciting and fruitful. (Now that we are 

older and wiser, speed dating simply 

does not have to be with a guy!) We 

are sisters. We are friends. We are all 

a part of a bigger picture. Jump in and 

take a chance. You’ll be rewarded with 

adventures and lots of new people to add 

to your ever-evolving lives! 

Karyn Conrath, a freelance writer and 

former managing editor of two publications, 

has been a member of WCA for 

five years. She is currently working on a 

young adult fi ction series. Most people 

do not know that she and her mystery 

writer husband, Richard, are gypsies. 

They move every few years and have 

lived in numerous states, dozens of cities 

in Florida, and overseas. Many believe 

the two are in the Witness Protection 

Program. 

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What a year it will be for the Pomegranate Society! 

By Susan Pittelman, Vice Chair of the Pomegranate Society 

The Pomegranate Society of the 

Jewish Federation of Greater 

Naples has an exciting year coming 

up! Two very special events will 

highlight the season. 

Last year, members of the Pomegranate 

Society joined with the Lions of 

Judah at a special reception with author 

Beverly Gray, who had spoken at the 

Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival. 

This year, the Lions and Pomegranates 

will host a private reception Wednesday 

morning, January 29, with Jewish Book 

Festival author Elizabeth Weitzman. 

Elizabeth’s book, Renegade Women 

in Film & TV, honors the women who 

succeeded against all odds in changing 

their industry in front of the camera and 

behind the scenes. In 2015, Elizabeth 

was named one of the top critics in New 

York by The Hollywood Reporter. Each 

attendee will receive a signed copy of 

Elizabeth’s book. 

The financial support of the Annual 

Community Campaign by Pomegranate 

Society members has had a huge 

impact on the recipients of Federation’s 

dollars and services. In addition to our 

important campaign donations, several 

women have expressed an interest in 

doing a meaningful social action project. 

As a result, the Pomegranates will be 

doing a hands-on project suggested by 

Felicia Anchor, a founding member of 

the Pomegranate Society. 

The goal of the project is to organize 

and fill 54 (three x Chai) bags to be distributed 

to women with the assistance 

of the Naples Senior Center’s Food 

Pantry. The bags will contain personal 

care items not eligible for purchase 

through food stamps, such as shampoo, 

dental and feminine hygiene products, 

sunscreen, cosmetics and cleaning 

products. Members of the Pomegranate 

Society will collect the items for the gift 

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bags through February. Felicia, who is 

chairing the initiative, explained, “This 

hands-on project emphasizes the power 

and impact women create through their 

actions and their philanthropy.” 

The project is planned to culminate 

during the week that both Purim and 

International Women’s Day are celebrated. 

International Women’s Day, 

which always falls on March 8, is a day 

that focuses on women working to help 

empower other women. Donating these 

greatly needed items to local women 

in our community fulfills the Purim 

mitzvah of Matanot l’Evyonim, gifts 

to the less fortunate. And as part of the 

celebration of Purim, the gift packages 

will also include a small Shalach Manot 

bag containing edible treats. 

On Thursday afternoon, March 12, 

Pomegranate Society members will 

gather at the Naples Senior Center to 

assemble the bags. It will be a meaningful, 

educational and enjoyable time as 

we work together in recognition of the 

leadership and commitment of Queen 

Esther and of International Women’s 

Day. We will also have an opportunity 

to tour the center (one of the agencies 

that receives funds from the Annual 

Community Campaign) and meet with 

President/CEO Dr. Jaclynn Faffer. As 

is traditional for Purim celebrations, 

Dr. Paula Brody, who has many years 

of experience leading discussion groups 

within the Jewish community, will offer 

some “Jewish inspiration,” after which 

we will enjoy refreshments and an opportunity 

to socialize and celebrate. 

The Pomegranate Society is a sisterhood 

of women who share a commitment 

to playing a vital role in supporting 

those in need and in building a strong 

Jewish community. A minimum gift of 

$1,800 in your own name to the Annual 

Community Campaign earns your 

place as a member of the Pomegranate 

Society. Since the founding of our 

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Pomegranate Society two years ago, 36 

women in our community have joined. 

Becoming a member of the Pomegranate 

Society is a meaningful way 

for you to help to strengthen our Jewish 

community. We hope that you will 

consider becoming a part of this remarkable 

group of women and participating 

with us in this year’s wonderful 

programming. For more information, 

please contact Annual Campaign Director 

Julie Hartline at the Federation 

office at jhartline@jewishnaples.org or 

239.263.4205. 

Alexandra Silber 

in Concert 

One Night Only 

Tuesday, January 7 

at 7:15 p.m. 

Temple Shalom 

Accompanied by Ben Moss 

Al and Ben entertained at the Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival in December 2017. 

Tickets are $36 ($45 at the door if seats available) 

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Alexandra Silber takes you on a musical journey through 

her multi-faceted career encompassing classic hits from 

Fiddler on the Roof, Kiss Me Kate, Cabaret, She Loves Me 

and West Side Story, plus she will introduce you to new 

tunes and hidden gems. Witness intimate and honest performances 

that have catapulted this lovely, young actress to 

Broadway, the West End and symphony stages nationwide! 

“The fastest-rising soprano in musical theatre... 

the firestarter for getting the Broadway world 

re-acquainted with its ‘legit sound’ – the same 

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Piano provided by Steinway Piano Gallery. Visit the showroom at 28751 S. Tamiami Trail, Bonita Springs. 

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Rabbi Stephen Fuchs 


Community invited to Kristallnacht Commemoration 


Eighty-one years ago, on the night 

of November 9-10,1938, members 

of the Nazi SA paramilitary 

launched a pre-meditated attack upon 

the Jewish communities of Germany 

and Austria, burning synagogues, vandalizing 

Jewish homes, schools, hospitals 

and businesses. Thousands of Jews 

were rounded up, arrested and taken 

to concentration camps. This series of 

events, which has become known as 

Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken 

Glass,” or the November Pogrom, 

launched the beginning of what was to 

become the Holocaust and led to the 

murder of six million Jews. 

On Sunday, November 17 at 2:30 

p.m., the community is invited to come 

together to remember these events in the 

ballroom of Saint John the Evangelist 

Catholic Church, 625 111 th Ave. N., 

Naples. The program is sponsored by 

the Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier 

County. 

The keynote speaker for this program 

is Rabbi Stephen 

Fuchs. Rabbi Fuchs 

earned his undergraduate 

degree from Hamilton 

College and was 

ordained at Hebrew 

Union College. He 

went on to earn a doctor 

of ministry degree 

in Biblical Interpretations 

from the Vanderbilt 

Divinity School in 

Nashville, Tennessee. 

In October 2017, the 

school bestowed upon 

Rabbi Fuchs its Distinguished 

Alumnus Award, the first 

person of Jewish faith to ever receive 

it. He is also the recipient of the Four 

Israel Advocacy Committee update 


Are you confused about the outcome 

of the recent elections in 

Israel? Would you like to learn 

more about the relationship between 

the United States and Israel? 

Please plan to join us on 

Thursday, November 7 at 

7:30 p.m. to hear a presentation 

by Israeli journalist 

Herb Keinon. Keinon is a 

long-time writer for The Jerusalem 

Post and is also the 

author of two books: French 

Fries in Pita and Lone Soldiers: 

Israel’s Defenders 

From Around the World. 

He has lived in Israel for 

35 years and has lectured extensively 

around the world on the political and 

diplomatic situation in Israel. This program 

will take place at Temple Shalom. 

The cost is $18 in advance and $25 at 

the door. There will also 

be a Patron dinner with 

our speaker with a modern 

Israel gourmet meal 

provided by Chef Dalia. 

The cost of the dinner 

is $100 and includes a 

ticket to the event. 

On Wednesday, December 

11, David Lehrer 

from the Arava Institute 

for Environmental 

Studies will speak at 

Temple Shalom. The Arava Institute for 

Herb Keinon 

Environmental Studies is the leading 

transboundary environmental education 

and research campus in the Middle 

East. Where agriculture, underground 

aquifers, the sun and winds know no 

borders, each nation’s choices affect 

the other countries. Cooperation is essential. 

Graduate students from Israel, 

Jordan, the U.S. and other nations come 

to the Kibbutz in the Negev for up to 

two years, living together, studying and 

conducting research. Building international 

professional cooperation and deep 

personal friendships, the Institute has 

more than 1,000 graduates working for 

stronger cooperation and a more sustainable 

environment. Lehrer will discuss 

the important work and contributions 

Chaplains Award. Rabbi Fuchs is the 

former president of the World Union for 

Progressive Judaism (WUPJ). He is the 

author of several books, 

including What’s in it 

for Me?, Who Created 

God?, “Why the Kof?, 

Why Triple Chai? and 

…And Often the First 

Jew. He is currently the 

rabbi at Bat Yam Temple 

of the Islands on 

Sanibel. Rabbi Fuchs’ 

parents were victims 

of Kristallnacht. The 

rabbi’s most recent 

book will be available 

for purchase. 

This year’s commemoration 

program will also inaugurate 

a new community-wide initiative, 

“Butterflies of Hope and Remembrance.” 

The yearlong project, taking 

place throughout Southwest Florida, B 

will feature programming and special 

events to commemorate the 75 th anniversary 

of the end of World War II and 

the liberation of the Nazi concentration 

camps. For more information about 

these upcoming events, please email Ida 

at genshoahswfl@gmail.com. 

The Kristallnacht program is being 

sponsored by Catholic-Jewish Dialogue 

of Collier County, Diocese of Venice in 

Florida, Holocaust Museum & Janet G. 

and Harvey D. Cohen Education Center, 

GenShoah SWFL, and the Jewish Community 

Relations Council of the Jewish 

Federation of Greater Naples. For more 

information about the Kristallnacht 

Commemoration, email cjdialogue@ 

naples.net. 

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of the Arava Institute. The cost is $18 

in advance and $25 at the door. 

Be sure to check future issues of the 

Federation Star for updates on other 

forthcoming events this season. We 

hope you will join us. 

Registration for these events can be 

made by calling the Federation office at 

239.263.4205 or by mailing a check to 

JFGN, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., Ste. 

2201, Naples, FL 34109. 

For more information about upcoming 

events or to obtain information about 

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ewish Community Relations Council Day of Learning: 

Confronting Anti-Semitism – Overcoming Hate 

By Betty Schwartz, Jewish Community Relations Council Chair 

Last month you were introduced of diverse communities, since 2017. In 

to Sally Kohn, a highly regarded addition to being a sought-after speaker 

national commentator and author, 

who will be sharing her perspec- 

in Israel, his articles have 

throughout the country and 

tive on overcoming hate at the Jewish been published in many 

Community Relations Council Day of places, including Tablet 

Learning. This significant event will magazine. His essay “Skin 

be held Sunday morning, January 19 at in the Game: How Antisemitism 

Animates White 

Temple Shalom. 

We are very fortunate that Eric Nationalism,” published 

Ward, another nationally recognized by Political Research Associates, 

is frequently cited 

commentator, will also be speaking 

at the event. A long-time civil rights in the examination of the 

strategist, he is a respected scholar negative influences of that 

and philanthropist as well as a riveting movement. 

speaker. Ward has served as the executive 

director of Western States Center, knowledge of the White Nationalist 

Ward is renowned for his extensive 

a vital resource for grassroots leaders movement, which is rapidly gaining 

Catholic-Jewish Dialogue event 

By Martin Gauthier, Catholic-Jewish Dialogue Co-chair 

Educational visits to a Jewish Catholic-Jewish Dialogue and will begin 

at 2:00 p.m. at Temple Shalom, 4630 

synagogue and a Catholic church 

have been scheduled for Sunday, Pine Ridge Road, Naples. At 2:45 p.m. 

December 8. There will be no services attendees will then drive to St. Agnes 

involved, but explanations by a rabbi Catholic Church, 7775 Vanderbilt Beach 

and priest of the various elements used Road, Naples. After the tours, a social 

in worship will be provided in both hour will give you the opportunity to 

spaces. This is an opportunity for Jews share your experience and meet new 

and Catholics to learn about the similarities 

and traditions of both faiths in a RSVP to cjdialogue@naples.net or 

friends. 

mutually respectful environment. call Renee’ at the Jewish Federation of 

The program is sponsored by the Greater Naples at 239.263.4205. 

influence even as the White Supremacy 

movement is losing ground. It is 

estimated that nearly 

one-third of Americans 

support it to some degree. 

He will enlighten 

us on the history of this 

movement, the tenets 

of White Nationalism, 

its impact on society, 

and what we must do to 

counteract the alarming 

influence of this 

group. In our current 

culture of identity politics, 

Ward will identify misperceptions 

of the White Nationalist movement and 

increase our awareness of the very real 

Eric Ward 

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threat it poses. He will also give us reasons 

to be hopeful that we can improve 

our chances of becoming a more just 

society. 

The JCRC Day of Learning provides 

our community an opportunity to 

explore the background of newly emerging 

anti-Semitism, examine its impact 

on our society, and identify strategies 

for overcoming hate. I hope you will 

join us at the JCRC Day of Learning as 

Sally Kohn, Eric Ward and our third nationally 

recognized speaker, Eric Ross, 

share their knowledge with us. 

Tickets for the event are $18 in 

advance and $20 at the door. For more 

information and to register, please see 

the form on page 11B. 

What does “Power of Community” mean?...continued from page 2A 

Presents an annual Day of Learning to the Annual Community Campaign 

that focuses on a topic important to are what enable us to reach out to and 

our Jewish community. 

to better the lives of members of our 

The Israel Advocacy Committee Jewish community in Greater Naples, 

sponsors speakers who shine a light in Israel and throughout the world. 

on topics that are directly or indirectly Our Annual Campaign benefits each 

related to Israel, increasing our community’s 

of our local Jewish congregations and 

awareness of Israel. 

agencies. It provides financial need- 

The Women’s Cultural Alliance based scholarships to attend a Jewish 

and the Men’s Cultural Alliance have preschool, religious school or Jewish 

grown dramatically and now boast a camp to Jewish children whose families 

combined membership that exceeds might not otherwise be able to afford 

2,400. This growth is reflected in the that opportunity. The Annual Campaign 

increasing number of programs they also helps to provide resources for frail, 

offer, the variety and scope of which needy Holocaust survivors in our community, 

is spectacular. The Federation also offers 

and a meeting place for our 

its own programming. The most youth, who will help to ensure Jewish 

successful, in terms of attendance and continuity. We believe that our tagline 

visibility throughout our Jewish community, 

is correct: “No Gift Touches More 

is the Jewish Book Festival. The Lives!” Our Annual Campaign provides 

upcoming festival, our fifth, will offer more services and support locally and 

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Set Sail for the 2019-20 Greater Naples 

Jewish Book Festival 

Opening Event: Tuesday, November 5 

7:00 - 9:30 p.m. at the Hilton Naples 

Elyssa Friedland • The Floating Feldmans 

Sink or swim. Or at least that’s what Annette Feldman tells herself when she 

books a cruise for her entire family. It’s been over a decade since the Feldman 

clan has spent more than 24 hours under the same roof, but Annette is determined 

to celebrate her 70 th birthday the right way. Just this once they are going 

to behave like an actual family. Too bad her kids didn’t get the memo. 

Between the troublesome family secrets, old sibling rivalries and her teenage 

grandkids, Annette’s birthday vacation is looking more and more like the 

perfect storm. Adrift together on the open seas, the Feldmans will each face 

the truths they’ve been ignoring – and learn that the people they once thought 

most likely to sink them are actually the ones who help them stay afloat. 

Elyssa Friedland is the author of The Floating 

Feldmans, The Intermission and Love and Miss 

Communication. She has written for The Washington 

Post, Bustle, POPSUGAR, Real Simple, 

McSweeney’s and more. She is a graduate of 

Yale University and Columbia Law School. Elyssa lives in 

New York City with her family. She has survived a cruise and 

many family trips. 

This cruise-themed event includes: 

Cruise ship atmosphere with photo station and island music 

Preview presentation of all 2019-20 Jewish Book Festival events 

with ticket and book giveaways 

Book Cover Bingo with prizes 

Light bites and drinks 

Free valet parking at the Hilton “port” 

Dress in cruisewear or casual Naples resort wear 

Scenes from the book will be acted out during Elyssa’s presentation 

Sponsored by Preferred Travel and Casual Connection 

Send your best cruise photos to be shown on screens 

in the Hilton ballroom from 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. 

The top five will win prizes. 

Send 1-3 photos to Ted Epstein at fedstar18@gmail.com 

with “cruise photos” in the subject line. 

Include your name(s) in the body of the email. 

Winners must be present. 

$30 in advance • $40 at the door • includes light bites and one drink 

For full details on the 2019-20 Greater Naples 

Jewish Book Festival – including the authors, 

book descriptions, event dates, venues, tickets 

and more – see pages 13B-16B in this issue 

of the Federation Star. Tickets are on sale now!

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HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & COHEN EDUCATION CENTER www.holocaustmuseumswfl.org / 239-263-9200 

Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center update 

Susan 

Suarez 

President 

& CEO 

Greetings from the new Holocaust 

Museum & Janet G. and 

Harvey D. Cohen Education 

Center! This month, the Museum officially 

begins a new chapter in its history. 

Please join us for our Grand Opening 

and Dedication Ceremony on Sunday, 

November 10 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. 

There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony 

with local dignitaries, tours, talks and 

children’s activities. And, we are happy 

to say the Boxcar Exhibit is now permanently 

located in front of the Museum. 

Another highly anticipated event 

in November is the opening of the 

Rissa and Richard Grossman Reflection 

Room. The Grossmans have been longtime 

supporters of the Museum’s mission 

and Education programs. This will 

be a bittersweet occasion as Richard, a 

Museum board member, passed away 

this summer before its completion. The 

Reflection Room will provide a muchneeded 

contemplative space for visitors 

to quietly pause after a tour and consider 

the lessons of the Holocaust and its impact 

on their lives going forward. 

The annual community-wide 

Kristallnacht Commemoration will 

take place on Sunday, November 17 at 

2:30 p.m. at Saint John the Evangelist 

Catholic Church in the Community 

Ballroom, 625 111 th Ave. N., Naples. 

The Kristallnacht commemoration will 

also be the kickoff to a special year-long 

program, the “Butterflies of Hope and 

Remembrance.” The year-long program 

recognizes the 75 th anniversary of the 

liberation of concentration camps and 

the end of WWII. A variety of organizations 

throughout Southwest Florida, 

including the Museum and GenShoah 

SWFL are participating. The signature 

symbol of the event is a butterfly, which 

represents hope for the future. It was 

inspired by “I Never Saw Another Butterfly,” 

a poem written by a prisoner 

in Theresienstadt. More information 

is available on the Museum’s website. 

Education Specialist David Nelson 

will give five talks about “Stories of 

the Holocaust.” Three will be held in 

November and two in December. The 

lectures are free and open to the public. 

RSVPs are requested to info@Holo 

caustMuseumSWFL.org. The topics 

will be: 

Wednesday, November 13: “Hanau 

– One Day in May” about photographs 

taken by a German photographer 

of the Jewish deportations in 

Hanau, Germany 

Wednesday, November 20: “Wilhelm 

Spira aka Bill Freier” about 

the incredible survival of an artist/ 

illustrator who escaped multiple imprisonments 

in Nazi concentration, 

slave labor and internment camps 

 

Wednesday, November 27: “Varian 

Fry – The American Schindler” 

about Fry’s mission to rescue from 

Occupied France prominent targets 

of the Nazis 

We were pleased to co-sponsor the 

2 nd annual “Movies that Matter SWFL” 

documentary film series. The series 

shed light on the contemporary human 

rights issues of child labor and child 

trafficking, hunger in America and the 

opioid epidemic. A panel discussion 

following each film led by experts and 

local authorities provided perspective on 

the impact of these issues in our SWFL 

community. Thank you to our panel 

participants, co-sponsors and all who 

Catholic-Jewish Dialogue 

of Collier County 

invites the community 

81 st Anniversary of Kristallnacht 

Commemorative Service 

Kristallnacht is recognized by most historians as 

“The Night the Holocaust Began” 

Sunday, November 17 at 2:30 p.m. 

Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church 

Ballroom ~ 625 111 th Ave. N., Naples 

Guest speaker: Rabbi Stephen Fuchs 

Distinguished rabbi, author 

and son of Kristallnacht survivors 

Everyone is invited. Free admission. 

RSVP to cjdialogue@naples.net 

Sponsored By: 

Catholic-Jewish Dialogue of Collier County 

Jewish Community Relations Council 

of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples 

Diocese of Venice in Florida 

GenShoah of SWFL 

Holocaust Museum & Janet G. 

and Harvey D. Cohen Education Center 

attended this important series. 

Dr. Timothy Snyder of Yale University 

spoke last month in conjunction 

with our current “Holodomor” exhibit. 

His well-attended lecture provided the 

audience with additional information on 

this little-known genocide perpetrated 

by Josef Stalin in 1932-1933. Millions 

of people in Ukraine were starved to 

death because of Stalin’s draconian 

regulations on them as punishment for 

their nationalism in the face of Soviet 

collectivization of farms in the “Breadbasket 

of Europe.” Dr. Snyder specializes 

in the history of Central Europe and 

is the author of several books, among 

them Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler 

and Stalin. The “Holodomor” exhibit 

GRANT RECIPIENT 

is co-sponsored by the SWFL Chapter 

of the Ukrainian Women’s League of 

North America and will be on display 

through the end of November. 

Registration is now available for the 

8 th annual Elliot Katz Lecture Series. 

The six-lecture series will again be held 

at Hodges University’s Naples campus 

in the White Community Room. This 

year, tickets are being sold on a subscription 

basis for the entire series. The 

$150 subscription must be purchased 

through the Museum’s website: https:// 

www.HolocaustMuseumSWFL.org/ 

calendar-item/elliott-katz-2020-lectureseries/2020-01-09/. 

Should any tickets 

remain as of December 1, they will be 

sold on an individual basis. 

The new Museum is receiving rave 

reviews from our visitors, with many 

people saying they will be back with 

family and friends. We hope to see you 

at the interesting exhibits and events 

we have planned for this coming year. 

Information is available on our website 

at www.HolocaustMuseumSWFL.org. 

For details on how you can support 

the Museum’s Education programs or 

sponsor exhibits and events, contact me 

at susan@HolocaustMuseumSWFL.org 

or 239.263.9200. I am excited for you 

to see our new Museum! 

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Naples Senior Center update 

Dr. Jaclynn 

Faffer 

President/ 

CEO 

One of the challenges of agencies 

like Naples Senior Center 

is that the work we do is of 

a very confidential nature. What we 

find is that the best way to share our 

story, and “introduce” you to those we 

serve, is through our case vignettes. We 

change the names to protect privacy, 

but otherwise, the story is true. Let me 

introduce you to Louise, a participant in 

our Dementia Respite Program. 

Louise is 82 years old and refers to 

herself as a former Las Vegas “server.” 

She regales the group with stories about 

the celebrities she served and the time 

Elizabeth Taylor was asked to leave 

the restaurant because she was wearing 

pants. Louise loves to talk about the 

“old days.” They are certainly more 

interesting than her life now. Now she 

can barely remember what she had for 

lunch and struggles to recognize her 

daughter, with whom she lives, although 

she knows that she is a nice woman who 

helps take care of her with love and 

kindness. Louise has dementia. 

Louise came to Naples when a 

neighbor found her wandering the halls 

of her Las Vegas low-income apartment 

building in her robe. Her daughter was 

called immediately and within 24 hours 

both were on a plane to the Fort Myers 

airport. Her daughter, not really recognizing 

the depth of her mother’s condition, 

was looking forward to having an 

extra hand at home since she was single 

and worked full-time in a department 

store. Within a few days she realized 

she would need an extra hand to help 

care for her mother. She called Naples 

Senior Center and through its Geriatric 

Case Management program was able 

to get a referral for an affordable home 

health aide for a few hours a day. 

Change is difficult for most, but 

often more difficult for someone with 

dementia. Louise became quiet and 

withdrawn. The Naples Senior Center 

geriatric case manager suggested an 

evaluation for the agency’s Dementia 

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flair, Louise responded beautifully 

to the art and music therapy programs. 

Within two weeks of attendance, Louise 

became “one of the gang,” sharing 

stories from her life, and of Elizabeth 

Taylor! 

NSC currently has six respite 

groups in Naples, and two on Marco Island. 

Each group serves 12-14 individuals 

and gives each one an opportunity to 

engage with others through structured 

activities. For more information on our 

Dementia Respite Program, please call 

us at 239.325.4444. 

KOTLER LAW FIRM P.L. 

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The Cardozo Legal Society 

For years, the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples’ Cardozo Legal Society has 

offered attorneys and judges an opportunity to get involved with the Jewish 

community of Southwest Florida while creating long-lasting relationships with 

colleagues. 

The Cardozo Legal Society offers a great variety of social, religious and networking 

programs that include speakers, lunches and other amazing events. The Cardozo 

Legal Society is named after distinguished Supreme Court Justice Benjamin 

Cardozo. 

Upcoming Event: 

Wednesday, November 20 at noon: Torah Study with Rabbi Adam Miller 

at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur offices, 9132 Strada Place, Third Floor, 

Naples. Lunch will be provided. Please bring $10 to cover the cost of lunch. 

For more information or to RVSP, 

contact Joshua M. Bialek, Attorney, 

at 239.593.2962 or jbialek@porterwright.com 

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Community 

Chanukah Celebration 

The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples 

and our Community Synagogues and Organizations 

invite you to join us 

Monday, December 23 at 5:00 p.m. 

The Lawn at Mercato 

Across from Silverspot Cinema 

Free Admission ~ Everyone is Welcome! 

Greetings from community leaders 

Concert by the Naples Klezmer Revival Band 

Menorah lighting 

Jewish War Veterans’ flag presentation 

Crafts at the “Kids Corner” hosted by BBYO 

Face painting 

Children’s performances 

Food available for purchase 

Sponsored by Mercato 

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Jewish Federation of Greater Naples • Beth Tikvah • Chabad Jewish Center of Naples 

Jewish Congregation of Marco Island • Naples Jewish Congregation • Temple Shalom 

BBYO • GenShoah SWFL • Hadassah • Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center 

Jewish Historical Society of SWFL • Jewish Russian Cultural Alliance 

Jewish War Veterans Post 202 • Naples Senior Center at JFCS 

Men’s Cultural Alliance • Women’s Cultural Alliance • ZOA


Symbolic butterflies offer 

opportunities for commemoration 

By Carole J Greene 

Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken 

Glass,” is commemorated 

annually at a city-wide gathering, 

and this year will introduce an 

uplifting project. On Sunday, November 

17 at 2:30 p.m., be in the ballroom 

at Saint John the Evangelist Catholic 

Church (625 111 th Ave. 

N., Naples), to experience 

the kickoff of a 

year-long celebration. No 

reservations required. 

Called “Butterflies 

of Hope and Remembrance,” 

this butterflythemed 

initiative will 

present several programs 

throughout 2020 to commemorate 

historical anniversaries. 

Significant 

among them are the 75 th 

anniversary of the end 

of World War II and the 

liberation of Nazi concentration camps. 

This idea originated in Sarasota and 

developed from the vision and efforts of 

Bette Zaret and Dr. Andre Krauss. It has 

found support from numerous organizations 

throughout Southwest Florida, 

including GenShoah, the Holocaust 

Museum & Cohen Education Center, 

Temple Shalom and South Regional 

Library. 

The title of this project was inspired 

by “The Butterfly,” a poem written in 

1942 by Pavel Friedmann while he 

was imprisoned in Theresienstadt concentration 

camp. In 1944, Friedmann 

was deported to Auschwitz, where he 

perished. In many cultures, butterflies 

are representations of life and rebirth. 

Throughout the world butterflies have 

powerful symbolism and meaning. 

During the coming year, many 


commemorative events will carry the 

butterfly theme – not to appreciate the 

beauty and meaning of butterflies, but 

to honor the memory of the six million. 

These projects will be a way to thank 

the liberators and those who fought for 

freedom or stood up for equality and 

justice and demonstrated 

compassion. Groups 

throughout Southwest 

Florida, working with 

community partners – 

schools, teachers, libraries, 

universities and 

faith-based organizations 

– will participate 

in programming for this 

year-long initiative. In 

addition to commemorative 

events, there will be 

a variety of educational 

programs, speakers, 

films, musical programs, 

displays and art exhibits designed to 

involve the entire community. 

Save the dates for these 

upcoming programs: 

Friday, January 10 at 2:00 p.m.: 

Film screening of Not the Last 

Butterfly at South Regional Library, 

8065 Lely Cultural Parkway, 

Naples. Accompanying art exhibit. 

RSVP beginning in December at 

collierlibrary.org/events. 

Wednesday, January 15 at 2:00 

p.m.: Discussion of Alyson Richman’s 

historical novel The Lost Wife 

at South Regional Library. RSVP 

beginning in December at collier 

library.org/events. 

Sunday, January 26 at 2:00 p.m.: 

To commemorate International 

Holocaust Remembrance Day, 

a film screening of Defiant Requiem, 

Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine 

Ridge Road. RSVP at holocaust 

museumswfl.org. 

Monday, January 27, time TBA: 

International Holocaust Remembrance 

Day film screening of The 

Boys of Terezin, Holocaust Museum 

& Cohen Education Center, 975 Imperial 

Golf Course Blvd., Suite 108. 

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RSVP at holocaustmuseumswfl.org. 

Wednesday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m.: 

Film screening of Footsteps of 

My Father, presentation by Perry 

Switzen about his father, a liberator, 

along with honoring liberators, 

Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education 

Center. RSVP at holocaust 

museumswfl.org. 

Jewish Genealogy Group Meeting 

The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogy SIG (Shared Interest Group) 

at the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples offices (2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd., 

Suite 2201, Naples) is on Tuesday, November 12 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. 

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improv games and laughter we share have 

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Commemoration and celebration: 

Join GenShoah for both 

Ida 

Margolis 

GenShoah 

Chair 

It’s wonderful to have something to 

celebrate, something to feel good 

about, to enjoy with family and 

friends. It is so exciting that in Naples 

there is a new Holocaust Museum & 

Cohen Education Center. It is such a joy 

that each December so many members 

of GenShoah come in friendship to join 

others at the annual pot luck. But there 

are times for commemoration, rather 

than celebration. Times when we need 

to stop and remember, a time to memorialize 

a person, an event or sacrifices 

made. There is a time to weep and a time 

to laugh. Whether one remembers these 

words from Ecclesiastes or even from 

Pete Seeger or the Byrds, many people 

see the wisdom in them. 

Join us on Sunday, November 17 

at 2:30 p.m. for the Kristallnacht Commemoration 

in the ballroom at Saint 

John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 

625 111 th Ave. N., Naples. Another 

Holocaust commemoration, isn’t it 

enough already? I don’t know when 

there will ever be enough commemorations. 

Perhaps there needs to be six 

million commemorations, or perhaps 

40 million commemorations for the 

civilians killed. And we must commemorate 

the military heroes who gave 

their lives for freedom. My point is that 

while thankfully there is a time to laugh, 

there must also be a time to weep, a 

time to commemorate, and a time to 

remember. And remembering serves 

many purposes that most people could 

easily list. That list would likely include 

the importance of recalling historical 

events and people, understanding where 

we have been – and that to understand 

where we are going in the future, one 

needs a foundation of the past. 

Both the Holocaust Museum and 

our GenShoah, which is an affinity 

group of the museum, recognize the 

importance of commemoration, as 

do all Holocaust museums. We are 

fortunate that in this community the 

Catholic-Jewish Dialogue and other 

groups sponsor a commemoration of the 

anniversary of Kristallnacht, and that 

Catholics join with Jews and others to 

commemorate this day as a reminder to 

combat neo-Nazism and bigotry today 

and to make certain that rights of all 

people are protected. 

At the Kristallnacht Commemoration 

this year there will be an introduction 

to a special project known 

as “Butterflies of Hope and Remembrance.” 

Throughout 2020, GenShoah, 

the Holocaust Museum and many community 

groups will commemorate the 

75 th anniversary of the end of WWII 

and the liberation of the Nazi concentration 

camps through this project. It will 

include programs that will be of great 

interest and very inspirational, and tell 

stories with which many people may 

have been unfamiliar. More details will 

be announced soon. 

For more information about Gen- 


Shoah SWFL, its mission and to receive 

the GenShoah e-newsletter, please email 

genshoahswfl@gmail.com. 

Recently, at a 9/11 commemoration, 

I was introduced to the poem 

“The Voices Live,” written by Andrew 

Motion for a September 11 memorial 

service held at Westminster Abbey to 

remember British victims of the New 

York attacks. In keeping with the topic 

of commemoration, I would like to share 

this poem: 

The voices live which are the voices lost: 

we hear them and we answer, or we try, 

but words are nervous when you need 

them most 

and shatter, stop or dully slide away 

so everything they mean to summon up 

is always just too far, just out of reach, 

unless our memories give time the slip 

and learn the lessons that heart-wisdoms 

teach 

of how in grief we find a way to keep 

the dead beside us as our time goes on - 

invisible and silent, but the deep 

foundations of ourselves, our cornerstone 

Tributes 

Tributes require a minimum donation of $18. 

Tributes to the Jewish 

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From: 

Diane Block 

In memory of your husband, Gil Block 

Phyllis & Michael Seaman 

Gracia Kuller 

Monica & Allan Goodwin 

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memory of someone, please contact Nathan Ricklefs 

at the Federation office at 239.263.4205 or nricklefs@ 

jewishnaples.org. Tributes require a minimum donation 

of $18. A note will be sent to the person you are 

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Torah Talk 

Join the volunteer-led discussion of the 

week’s Torah portion on the first Saturday 

of each month. On November 2, the 

portion is Noach. There will be a light 

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

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

and all are welcome. 

Blessing of the Animals 

Join us on Sunday, November 3 at 9:00 

a.m. near the preschool garden with 

your beloved pets for a special service 

and blessing to honor God’s creatures. 

Please make sure your pet is leashed or 

in a carrier. 

Veterans Shabbat 

Join us for a Veterans Shabbat service 

on Friday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. 

Everyone is encouraged to attend this 

service honoring our Jewish veterans 

and the men and women currently serving 

in our Armed Forces. Veterans, dig 

out the uniforms, the ribbons and the 

medals! 

Sisterhood luncheon 

On Tuesday, November 12 at 11:30 a.m. 

the guest speaker will be Myra Daniels, 

founder of the Naples Philharmonic 

(Artis—Naples) and a driving force for 

many charitable organizations. Visit the 

Sisterhood luncheon page on the Temple 

Shalom website, www.naplestemple. 

org, to purchase tickets online. For 

more information, please email Barbara 

Druckman at barbaradruckman@gmail. 

com. 

Sisterhood Book Bag 

This month’s selection is Before We 

Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. The Sisterhood 

Book Bag takes place every 

third Thursday of the month. All are 

welcome on November 21 at 1:30 p.m. 

Please email Helen Weinfeld at helenweinfeld@aol.com 

to let her know you 

will be attending. 


Temple Shalom events 

open to the community 

For more information on these events, call 239.455.3030. 

Beading for Betterment 

Beading for Betterment is a project of 

Temple Shalom designed to build on 

our temple’s commitment to support 

our greater community. Participants 

are invited to bead necklaces, bracelets 

and earrings for the children who attend 

the Guadalupe Center in Immokalee to 

give as gifts to the special women in 

their lives. The fee for this event is $18/ 

person and includes the materials. If you 

can bring your own beads and materials, 

there is no cost. Join us on Wednesday, 

November 20 at 12:30 p.m. Email Carol 

Hirsch at chirsch1951@gmail.com for 

more information and to RSVP. 

Shabbat at the Beach! 

On Friday, November 29 we will gather 

together at Lowdermilk Park for a beautiful 

Shabbat evening service on the 

beach. We meet at the north end of the 

beach. All are welcome. Don’t forget a 

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Aging Jewishly – What our traditions teach us about growing old 

“Should I go back to work?” 

By Rabbi Barbara Aiello 

Sheila’s face said it all. In recent 

months, Dina noted that her best 

friend rarely smiled and seemed 

out of sorts, sad and drained of enthusiasm. 

Finally, Dina broached the subject. 

“Sheila, what’s wrong? In all our 

years I’ve never seen you like this.” 

That’s when Sheila opened up. “I 

used to do so much,” she said. “I loved 

my job and really 

never wanted to 

retire. But I’m 

coming up to 74 

on my next birthday. 

I want to be 

useful again but 

who’s going to 

hire an old lady 

like me?” 

Rabbi Barbara Aiello Sheila’s dilemma 

is a common one but also one 

that has not gone unnoticed – at least 

not by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

that began to examine an interesting 

trend. In 2017, according to the Bureau’s 

job report, 19 percent of seniors 

ages 70 to 74 were still working at least 

part-time. The agency also notes that 

seniors are working nearly 10 years 

beyond the traditional retirement age 

of 65. 

Danielle Kunkle Roberts is a member 

of the prestigious Forbes Financial 

Council and contributes regularly to 

the online publication, Boomer Benefits. 

Roberts writes (November 23, 

2018) that “back when Social Security 

and Medicare were created, 65 was the 

normal age at which people retired.” 

Now, more than a half century later, 

things are very different. Roberts reports 

that “jobs for senior citizens are 

on the rise across America, and it’s a 

really good thing.” 

In response to Sheila, who asks, 

“Who’s going to hire an old lady like 

me,” apparently there are dozens of 

companies that are looking for the 

skills, temperament and, most of all, 

the work ethic that seniors bring to the 

workplace. 

In her article “How Companies are 

Making Room for Baby Boomers to 

Stay in the Workforce,” Roberts offers 

specific examples of jobs for seniors 

and cites the CVS pharmacy company 

as one of the best. They’re called the 

“CVS Snowbirds,” and represent a 

unique program that has been a frontrunner 

in senior employment. The 

company provides flexible scheduling 

options “that encourage seniors to fill a 

variety of available jobs from cashiers 

to photo techs. The company feels that 

would-be retirees add value as they 

can directly relate and interact with the 

company’s target market.” 

Other national companies have 

worked actively to retain and attract 

seniors to their employee pool. 

The Marriott Corporation created the 

“Flex Options” program specifically 

designed to help older Marriott team 

members transition from physically 

demanding jobs into other roles by offering 

on-the-job training that allows 

them to acquire new skills.” 

Seniors who worked as contractors 

or who have expertise in the trades 

are valuable resources to Home Depot, 

whose program, “Senior Experts,” 

employs a workforce that taps into the 

decades of experience that “boots on 

the ground” seniors bring to the job. 

As consultants, these seniors are contributing 

their building talents and 

time-tested ideas without engaging in 

the hard labor that once characterized 

their workday. 

In our Jewish tradition we call it 

“zaken,” the wisdom that comes with 

age. Thanks to medical advances and a 

general societal emphasis on wellness, 

seniors have longer life spans and in 

general are healthier than the elderly 

of generations past – a societal advancement 

that allows seniors to share 

their “zaken” with colleagues and coworkers. 

Couple that with the fact that many 

jobs require less physical exertion, 

many seniors who return to the workforce, 

either full-time or part-time, 

find that it is easier to work well past 

retirement age. What that means, Roberts 

says, is that “for the first time in 

modern history, there are five generations 

of Americans working together, 

collaborating and coexisting in our 

workplaces.” 

Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, who 

writes on the “Positive Aspects of Aging” 

for the Reconstructionist Jewish 

movement’s innovative “Ritualwell” 

program, puts it best when she says, 

“The guidance of elders is seen as critical 

to the survival of the people of Israel: 

For one who takes advice from 

elders never stumbles.” (Exodus Rabbah 

3:8). 

Seniors have wisdom, experience 

and practical skills that are essential 

in today’s world of work. U.S. companies 

are becoming more and more 

aware of what seniors have to offer as 

they create opportunities that celebrate 

“zaken,” the wisdom that comes with 

age. 

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served as resident rabbi at Aviva – A 

Campus for Senior Life. She is rabbi 

of the Reconstructionist synagogue 

Ner Tamid del Sud in south Italy and 

recently served as visiting rabbi in 

Greece’s oldest synagogue. Contact 

her at Rabbi@RabbiBarbara.com. 

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Velvel Pasternak, legendary Yiddish musicologist, passes 

By Arlene Stolnitz 

Earlier this summer, the world 

lost an icon of Eastern European 

Jewish music. Velvel Pasternak 

was an ethnomusicologist and musician 

who collected Jewish music from 

the world over 

with selections 

from Yemen, India, 

the Balkans, 

the United States 

and more. 

Known mainly 

for his interest 

in Hasidic music, 

he is credited for 

Arlene Stolnitz having written, 

transcribed and recorded hundreds of 

niggunim (traditional wordless melodies). 

At one time he even had a stint 

with Hollywood moguls who consulted 

him about Hasidic dress for a 

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movie. According to his daughter Shira, 

he was the one who dressed Gene 

Wilder as a Hasidic rabbi in the movie 

The Frisco Kid. 

Pasternak was born in 1933 in 

Toronto to an Orthodox family. His 

parents had emigrated separately from 

small Polish towns. They, of course, 

wanted him to be a rabbi, but his interests 

led him toward his passion 

for music. He was a musical prodigy 

and taught himself to play piano on 

an instrument his mother bought for 

him. Later, he studied at Julliard and 

received a master’s degree in Music 

Education from Teachers College at 

Columbia University. 

I met up with him several years 

ago when I attended the North American 

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of intensive immersion in music workshops 

and singing of Jewish music. 

Jewish music publishers display and 

sell their music, and that is where I met 

Velvel Pasternak, a legend in his own 

right. 

He and his wife Goldie ran their 

company, Tara, out of their Cedarhurst, 

New York, basement. The music publishing 

company was named after their 

daughter Atara. It was a family affair 

with members of the family sorting, 

shrink wrapping, packing, shipping 

and doing whatever was necessary to 

run the business. 

And successful it has been, with 

over 150 volumes in print to date and 

distributed through the Hal Leonard 

Publishing Co. Understanding the 

changing technology “Vel,” as he was 

known, went digital with the company 

and has a website dedicated to the music 

he has preserved. Volumes with titles 

such as “The Best of Jewish Folksongs,” 

“The Great Jewish Sing-along,” “Melodies 

of Modzitz,” “Songs of Chassidim,” 

“Shabbat Songs” and “Passover 

Anthology” are just a sampling of the 

hundreds of songs he has transcribed 

and put into print and digital form. 

The Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler 

Oral History Project has a fascinating 

interview with Pasternak conducted 

in 2011 by Hankus Netsky in which 

Pasternak talks about his interest in 

the preservation of Jewish music and 

its importance. He recalls the difficulties 

of recording niggunim as sung 

by Hasidim as well as his reasons for 

writing and recording these songs. He 

describes his particular interest in the 

niggunim of the Modzitz Hasidic dynasty. 

The interview also includes details 

of how he began his career of recording, 

transcribing and then publishing 

original Jewish melodies. According to 

him, it began with the request for one 

song for a traditional wedding which 

he wrote in musical notation and sent 

to the family. It’s a fascinating narration 

by Pasternak himself, and the video 

shows the simple surroundings he 

worked in, right out of his Cedarhurst 

basement. 

Arlene Stolnitz, founder of the Sarasota 

Jewish Chorale, is a member of 

the Jewish Congregation of Venice. A 

retired educator from Rochester, New 

York, she has sung in choral groups 

for over 25 years and also sings in 

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the preservation of Jewish music of all 

kinds has led to this series of articles 

on Jewish Folk Music in the Diaspora. 

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19A 

t the Movies in November 

he Irishman, a Martin Scorsese film, 

opens in limited release on Friday, November 

1. This expensive film found financing 

via Netflix or it wouldn’t have 

been made. Netflix financing means 

that if you don’t want to see it in theaters, 

and you are a Netflix subscriber, 

you only have to wait until Wednesday, 

November 27 to see it on Netflix’s 

streaming service. However, if you 

are a Scorsese fan, or a film lover in 

general, do go and see it while it is in 

theaters. This film has received 100% 

advance rave reviews from top critics. 

You have a rare opportunity, now, to 

see it on a really big screen and have a 

total cinematic experience. 

The Irishman tells the story of 

real-life Mafia hitman, Frank “The 

Irishman” Sheerhan. The screenplay 

is based on a biography published in 

2004, a year after Sheerhan’s death. In 

the bio, Sheerhan said he was involved 

in JFK’s murder and the murder of 

Jimmy Hoffa. The film concentrates 

on the murder of Hoffa (played by Al 

Pacino). Robert De Niro, a frequent 

Scorsese actor, plays Sheerhan. HAR- 

VEY KEITEL, 80, who appeared 

in the first film that Scorsese made 

(1967) and many others since, has a 

big role as Mafia boss Angelo Bruno. 

The supporting cast includes JAKE 

HOFFMAN, 38 (DUSTIN’s son), as 

ALLAN DORFMAN (1923-1983), a 

close associate of Hoffa who turned the 

Teamster pension fund into a bank for 

the mob. Like Hoffa, he was “rubbed 

out” by the mob. 

Jo Jo Rabbit officially opened on 

Friday, October 18, but opens most 

places on Friday, November 1. This 

is a controversial film and you should 

read long reviews before seeing it. 

JoJo, a lonely boy in Nazi Germany, 

has Hitler as his imaginary friend. Jo 

Jo has grown up on Nazi propaganda 

and his imaginary friend is a wonderful 

guy. Then his world turns upside down 

when he discovers his mother (SCAR- 

LETT JOHANSSON, 34) is hiding a 

Jewish girl. JoJo has to reconcile his 

“friend” Hitler with the reality in his 

own home. The director and writer is 

Taika Waititi, a New Zealander who 

has made good movies in many genres. 

He’s long said his mother is Jewish, but 

that seems, based on new info I have, 

not to be exactly accurate. His mother 

had a Jewish father. I don’t know if she 

was raised Jewish. 

A Marriage Story, another Netflix 

film, opens in limited release on 

Wednesday, November 6 and begins 

streaming on Friday, December 6. Like 

The Irishman, it has received 100% 

good advance reviews from leading 

critics. Capsule plot: A stage director 

(Adam Driver) and an actress (Scarlett 

Johansson, again) struggle through 

a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that 

pushes them to their personal and creative 

extremes. WALLACE SHAWN, 

75, has a supporting role. The film 

was directed and written by NOAH 

BAUMBACH, 50. 

Frozen 2, a sequel to the animated 

musical mega-hit Frozen (2013), opens 

on Friday, November 22. Really, who 

cares about the plot? The whole original 

cast returns and they sing a lot. 

IDINA MENZEL, 48, returns as star 

character Elsa, and JOSH GAD, 38, a 

Florida native, returns as Olaf, a major 

character. 

Jews on the Gridiron 

The following players were on a National 

Football League (NFL) team 

roster as of September 20. All have at 

least one Jewish parent and were raised 

Jewish or secular. This item was written 

with the assistance of Jewish Sports 

Review magazine. 

JORDAN DANGERFIELD, 28, 

safety, Pittsburgh Steelers. After a 

season-ending injury in 2017, he was 

healthy all last year. Dangerfield is 

of Ethiopian Jewish background. My 

guess is that he is the only Ethiopian 

Jew in American professional sports; 

NATE EBNER, 30, New England 

Patriots. Ebner is an invaluable special 

teams player. He was injured in 

2017, but returned strong in 2018; 

ANTHONY FIRKSER, 24, tight end, 

Tennessee Titans. He played basketball 

at the 2013 Maccabiah Games. He 

graduated from Harvard in 2017 with a 

mathematics degree. In 2018, he joined 

the Titans and in mid-season was promoted 

from the practice squad to the 

“regular” team; ALEXANDER “Ali” 

MARPET, 26, outside guard, Tampa 

Bay Buccaneers. In 2018, Marpet 

started all 16 games and was rewarded 

with a five-year, $55M contract extension; 

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Miami Dolphins. Rosen had a 

rough rookie year (2018) with a lousy 

Arizona team and was traded during 

the off-season; and JULIAN EDEL- 

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Jewish background in a long article I 

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Inspired by actual events, this novel for all readers 

should become a Young Adult classic 

Book review by Philip K. Jason, Special to the Federation Star 

My Real Name is Hanna, 

by Tara Lynn Masih. 

Mandel Vilar Press. 

208 pages. Trade paperback 

with flap $16.95. 

In her brilliant, poetic novel that 

reads like Holocaust testimony, 

Tara Lynn Masih presents a family’s 

horrifying journey to escape ultimate 

victimhood. In her early teens 

as the narrative begins, Hanna Slivka, 

as if keeping a diary, takes her future 

readers through 

the steps of her 

family’s struggle 

with Nazi oppression. 

In important 

ways a comingof-age 

story, this 

novel begins by 

describing the 

Phil Jason situation for Jews 

in the small town (shtetele) Kwasova 

as Nazi forces cross the border into 

Soviet-occupied Ukraine. Kwasova is 

a community that has been Austrian 

and Polish; its residents can’t be sure 

what it will become next. This is especially 

true of its Jewish community, 

which before Hitler’s tyranny could 

at least get along with its non-Jewish 

neighbors. 

The attempt to relocate and/or annihilate 

the Jew begins with orders to 

brand them. Hannah’s father Abram 

tells the family, “The SS issued orders 

to the Ukrainian police and the Jewish 

Council. Jews are now being ordered 

to register and to make their own armbands, 

a blue Mogen Dovid, our Jewish 

star, sewn onto a white background.” 

As the status of even substantial 

Jewish families falls, Abram realizes 

that maintaining housing and obtaining 

food will soon become impossible. It 

is also clear that hiding in barns, which 

worked for a while, won’t work anymore 

as their fellow townspeople will 

betray them. 

Money and cherished valuables are 

disappearing. Now the Jewish families 

of the town must somehow disappear 

as well. The victims, in public opinion 

and via effective propaganda, have 

been transformed into the cause of the 

war that is threatening all of Europe. 

Through her teenage narrator, Ms. 

Masih shows the material and psychological 

effects of these circumstances 

on the members of this family 

and another family with 

which they make joint plans 

for survival. They need to 

act quickly before they are 

marched into ghettos or 

simply murdered “in plain 

sight” to underscore SS 

power. 

There is a feature of 

their lives that is especially 

moving. Facing disaster, 

these Jewish families manage 

to observe their religion’s precepts 

and holy days. They hide the 

synagogue’s Torah and other important 

items. Such dedication becomes a 

source of strength. 

How does a family hide in a forest? 

After walking a great distance 

from Kwasova, they come across a 

run-down isolated forestry station that 

will become their home. It is built from 

logs, and the gaps are filled with moss. 

They had carried with them as much as 

they could. Her father and Uncle Levi 

make a roundtrip to and from the town 

for much-needed tools and 

other supplies. Now they 

can modify the cabin to fit 

their needs. They discover 

a small stream with clear 

water that will serve their 

need for hygiene and food 

preparation. 

They must arrange 

their days to avoid detection 

of their lantern light 

and smoke from the fire, 

and they must find the wood to feed 

the fire. 

In constant fear, the family members 

support one another and search for 

sustenance. They obtain nutrition from 

the wild vegetation. 

Sometimes they can 

scrounge a chicken, 

yet most of the time 

they are starving. 

Abram risks occasional 

trips to the 

shtetele for flour and 

kerosene. The snow 

drifts are a big obstacle, 

and he must 

avoid leaving tracks 

in the snow. Networking 

with others, he establishes a 

coded way of leaving messages on a 

tree. It’s a silent, secret language. It 

helps with a much-needed commodity 

– news about what’s going on in the 

world around and beyond them. News 

of Hitler’s war. 

The people in this nomadic entourage 

of relatives represent a spectrum 

of age groups, but it is Hanna who 

holds our attention as she helps take 

care of her younger siblings and as 

she muses about building her relationship 

with Leon Stadnick, who is two 

years her senior. They pray to make it 

to their next birthdays. These children 

are growing up fast and taking on adult 

tasks and risks. 

Fearing that the Germans will 

eventually find them in the forest, 

Abram decides to take advantage of 

news about habitable caves, the gypsum 

caves of Kwasova, “where darkness 

is even darker than light.” Making 

a safe haven out of the caves is even 

Tara Lynn Masih 

more difficult and dangerous 

than living in the forest 

cabin, but it serves the 

group’s purposes as a place 

to survive the Holocaust, 

which in this case means 

until the Russians return 

to Kwasova and drive the 

Germans out. However, the 

eventual allied victory does 

not promote, politically or 

psychologically, a vision of 

return to the once familiar home territory. 

The Slivka family and some of 

those who hid with them in the forest 

and the caves decide to build new identities 

and lives in the United States. 

From beginning to end, the story 

told is one of a cooperative effort. The 

family is aided in many ways by some 

members of their Kwasova community. 

Among these people are the Cohan 

twins, Pavel and Jacob, who are always 

showing up with the news or goods 

that the Slivkas need. Both early and 

late in the story, their dearest neighbor, 

Alla Petrovich, is of great support and 

encouragement to the family. She carries 

the “righteous Christian” role in 

the story, and her colored eggs seem to 

make miracles possible. On the other 

hand, few of the townspeople show 

any desire for the possible return of 

their former neighbors. 

Tara Lynn Masih blends diligent 

research, blazing imagination and sophisticated 

literary technique in this 

transformational narrative. Marketed 

as a Young Adult novel, it can engage 

and educate readers all across the age 

spectrum. 

This novel can be richly explored 

with the help of an easily available 

Reader’s and Teacher’s Guide. Go to 

http://taramasih.com/my-real-name-ishanna-readers-guide.pdf 

Philip K. Jason is Professor Emeritus 

of English from the United States Naval 

Academy. He reviews regularly for 

Florida Weekly, Washington Independent 

Review of Books, Southern Literary 

Review, other publications and 

the Jewish Book Council. Please visit 

Phil’s website at www.philjason.word 

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Knafeh, kunafeh, kunafa, konafi, etc. 

– recipe by Chef Dalia Hemed 

However you pronounce it, remember 

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then the Israeli dessert dish of knafeh is 

set to become the next big thing. 

Israeli food is all the rage, and the 

inspiration behind more than a few 

food trends in recent years. The latest is 

knafeh (spelled many different ways), a 

divine dessert of melted cheese wrapped 

up in shredded filo pastry, drenched in 

syrup and served warm. It’s like a combination 

of baklava and cheesecake, and 

the result is a moreish, sensational – not 

to mention calorie-laden – delight. 

Growing up in Israel, I was lucky to 

have the opportunity to eat quite a few 

good knafeh. It is hard to decide what 

makes this dreamy, creamy and crunchy 

dessert such a winner. Is it the complex 

texture of the Kadaif Phyllo dough? Or 

is it the creaminess and tanginess of the 

combo flavors of the melted cheese in 

the middle? Maybe it is the fact that all 

of this goodness is soaked in a one-ofa-kind 

syrup of sugar, lemon juice and 

rose water, and topped with crushed 

pistachios? 

Knafeh, which can be bought in 

most restaurants and bakeries in Israel, 

usually consists of one or two layers of 

thin and crunchy kadaif noodles, soft 

white cheese, sugar syrup and ground 

pistachio nuts. Many varieties can be 

found in the Middle East, but knafeh 

is also part of Israel’s culinary DNA. 

Inspired by the Arab people who have 

made it for years, Israeli chefs are taking 

the concept and doing their own thing 

with it. 

The traditional dessert is usually 

cooked in deep sheet pans and served 

warm. It takes a certain skill to master 

knafeh’s artisanal elements, and its fans 

are fanatical and often unforgiving. 

So knafeh is an odd choice for an 

ex-pat to take on. And yet, as the sweet 

has become part of a modern Israeli cuisine 

that embraces ethnic dishes, knafeh 

is more accessible and open to interpretation 

from home cooks, restaurant chefs 

and hipsters alike. 

Varying from country to country, 

village to village, and even household 

to household, knafeh recipes depend 

on a few key flavors and raw materials: 

Kadaif flour noodles (or “hairs,” 

as they are referred to in Hebrew) are 

best made by master artisans. The highquality 

kind are produced in specialty 

factories from batter poured through a 

sieve or draped with a special tool onto a 

moving heated circle that quickly cooks 

the angel hair-thin strands as they spin. 

Goat or sheep cheese is essential. 

The most classic choice for making 

the type of knafeh enjoyed in Israel is 

Nabulsi, a soft-brined cheese that is firm 

yet has the ability to melt. 

Because Nabulsi is hard to find 

outside of the region, many recipes call 

for mozzarella in combination with a 

softer cheese to try to fake the unique 

way Nabulsi cheese reacts to heat. Alternatively, 

other goat or sheep cheese of 

similar texture can be used in the dish, 

or even farmer cheese. 

Samneh (ghee) is clarified butter, 

heated in a saucepan and skimmed of 

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the milk solids that float to the top, 

leaving pure butterfat behind. This striking 

golden liquid is much richer than 

ordinary melted butter, intensifying the 

buttery flavor of the knafeh. 

Heavy syrup spiked with spices, 

citrus and sometimes perfume-like 

floral extracts is poured generously by 

bakeries over pastries such as knafeh 

and baklava just out of the oven. It soaks 

through the pastry to soften it and seal 

in the freshness. 

Pistachios are a sign of prosperity 

and provide a stark color contrast to 

the bright orange kadaif on top of the 

knafeh. When peeled, soaked, removed 

of their brownish skins and chopped 

finely, these chartreuse-hued nuts really 

gussy up the dish. 

Ingredients for the Knafeh: 

• 8 oz. kadaif pastry 

• Butter spray or 2½ oz. butter 

• 1 cup farmer cheese 

• 2 cups mozzarella cheese 

Ingredients for the Syrup: 

• ¾ cup sugar 

• 1½ tbsp lemon juice (freshly 

squeezed) 

• ¾ cup water 

• 1 drop rose extract 

Ingredients for the Topping: 

• Pistachios 

• Knafeh 

Directions for the Knafeh: 

Combine farmer cheese and mozzarella 

cheese. Mix into a unified 

cheese mixture. 

Separate the kadaif pastry threads 

and spray or brush with butter 

evenly. 

Heat a nonstick wide pan and cook 

on medium heat. 

Arrange half of kadaif pastry in pan 

flat and evenly. 

Spread an even layer of cheese 

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Kurt Daluege and the Nazi police state 

By Paul R. Bartrop, PhD 

The police state that terrorized 

Germany after 1933 – and then 

all of Europe progressively after 

1939 – did not emerge out of thin air. It 

had to develop, and it was 85 years ago 

this month, in November 1934, that the 

immense authority of Kurt Daluege, 

head of Nazi Germany’s uniformed 

Ordnungspolizei (Orpo), was confirmed. 

It covered all 

German uniformed 

police and emergency 

services. Daluege 

commanded municipal 

police forces, the 

rural gendarmerie, 

traffic police, the 

Dr. Paul Bartrop 

coast guard, the railway 

police, the postal protection service, 

fire brigades, the air-raid services, 

the emergency technical service, the 

broadcasting police, the factory protection 

police, building regulations enforcement 

and the commercial police. 

Who was the man who wielded 

such immense power? 

Kurt Daluege was born on September 

15, 1897. He completed high school 

in 1916, joined the German army, and 

in October 1917 commenced officer 

training. He was severely wounded in 

combat, hospitalized and decorated for 

bravery. 

From 1918 to 1921, Daluege was a 

member of a German irregular militia 

unit. After working briefly as a factory 

hand, he studied civil engineering at 

the Technical University of Berlin between 

1921 and 1924, graduating as an 

engineer. 

In 1923 he joined the Nazi Party 

and in March 1926 became leader 

of Berlin’s Stormtroopers. Then, in 

July 1930, he joined the SS. The next 

month, when Berlin Stormtroopers attacked 

the Berlin Nazi headquarters 

in what became known as the Stennes 

Revolt, Daluege’s unit overpowered 

the attack. In an open letter thanking 

Daluege for his service, Adolf Hitler 

declared “SS man, your honor is loyalty,” 

which then became the motto 

adopted by the SS. 

In November 1932, Daluege was 

elected to the Reichstag. In May 1933, 

Hermann Göring moved him into the 

Prussian Interior Ministry, where he 

took charge of the regular police force. 

In this capacity he purged the force of 

“social democratic” elements and filled 

it with SS men. 

Daluege played a key role in the 

notorious Night of the Long Knives 

during which Ernst Röhm and many 

leaders of the SA were purged between 

June 30 and July 2, 1934. In August 

1934, SS head Heinrich Himmler promoted 

Daluege to SS-Obergruppenführer 

(Lieutenant-General). 

In 1936, the entire German police 

force was reorganized, with administrative 

functions now placed under the 

control of the SS. There were two main 

branches: under Reinhard Heydrich 

were the political police (Gestapo) and 

the criminal police (Kripo); and under 

Daluege was the Orpo, covering the 

municipal police, the rural police and 

the community police. 

By 1938, Daleuge had over 62,000 

police officers under his command. 

This had risen to 244,500 in mid-1940. 

Many Orpo units were later transferred 

into the regular army as an essential 

force for holding down occupied 

Europe. Daluege also established a unit 

of police officers responsible for the 

suppression of internal revolts. 

Daluege was an integral element in 

the Nazi plans to “cleanse” the Soviet 

Union of Bolsheviks and Jews, and 

Daluege’s police battalions were told 

to pursue their tasks ruthlessly. During 

the summer of 1941, mass shootings 

took place all over the occupied territories, 

and on July 9, 1941, Daluege 

congratulated his troops for participating 

in the defeat of Bolshevism. In one 

action, at Białystok on July 12, male 

Jews between the ages of 17 and 45 

were brought by Daluege’s police to a 

sports stadium. A day later they were 

taken to dig anti-tank ditches and by 

the end of the day about 3,000 Jews 

had been killed. 

Shortly afterwards, on September 

1, 1941, Daluege attended another 

mass execution of Jews near Minsk, 

in occupied Belarus. In October 1941, 

he signed deportation orders for Jews 

from Germany, Austria and the Protectorate 

of Bohemia and Moravia to Riga 

and Minsk. 

Daluege then authorized a new 

role for the Orpo: they would guard deportation 

trains taking people to their 

death. Between fall 1941 and spring 

1945, hundreds of trains under the control 

of Daluege’s Orpo took German, 

Czech and Austrian Jews to camps and 

ghettos in the East, together with many 

additional transports from Hungary, 

the Netherlands, Slovakia, France, 

Belgium, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria and 

Croatia. 

After Reinhard Heydrich was 

assassinated in Prague in May 1942, 

Daluege was sent there to become Deputy 

Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. 

In June 1942, he ordered the villages of 

Lidice and Ležáky razed to the ground 

in reprisal for Heydrich’s assassination. 

The destruction of Lidice saw 

the murder of all 173 male inhabitants, 

with the village’s 198 women and children 

deported to Ravensbrück. 

Daluege then attended a conference 

on July 7, 1942, organized by 

Himmler. They discussed an extension 

of Aktion Reinhard, the Nazi 

secret plan for the mass murder of 

Polish Jews. It was to be the ultimate 

phase of the previously decided Final 

Solution. 

Daluege acted as Deputy Protector 

of Bohemia and Moravia until May 

1943, when he suffered a massive heart 

attack. He resigned in August 1943 and 

took no further part in the war. 

In May 1945, Daluege was arrested 

by British troops in Lübeck. 

He was interned in Luxembourg, and 

then tried at Nuremberg as a major war 

criminal. In September 1946, after being 

extradited to Czechoslovakia, he 

was tried for crimes against humanity. 

Throughout his trial he was unrepentant, 

claiming that he was beloved 

by “three million policemen,” only 

following Hitler’s orders, and had a 

clear conscience. He was convicted on 

all charges and sentenced to death on 

October 23, 1946. Aged 49, Daluege 

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was hanged in Prague the next day. 

Dr. Paul Bartrop is Professor of History 

and the Dir. of the Center for Judaic, 

Holocaust, and Genocide Studies 

at Florida Gulf Coast University. He 

can be reached at pbartrop@fgcu.edu. 

Speaker at FGCU 

On Sunday, September 22, Dr. Jennifer 

Rich, Director of the Rowan Center 

for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at 

Rowan University, New Jersey, made a 

powerful presentation at Florida Gulf 

Coast University. 

Dr. Paul Bartrop, Director of 

FGCU’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, 

and Genocide Studies, said later that 

Dr. Rich’s talk, entitled “The Future 

of Holocaust Memory,” showcased the 

path-breaking nature of Dr. Rich’s work. 

“Dr. Rich demonstrated that her 

work is cutting-edge with regard to how 

the Second, Third and Fourth Generations 

of the Holocaust are, and are likely 

to be, viewing the experience of their 

survivor forebears,” Dr. Bartrop said. 

He added that “this work is a spectacular 

entrée to a topic that is sure to be with 

us for some time to come.” 

The audience, comprised of local 

community members, FGCU faculty 

and students, was stimulated by Dr. 

Rich’s research findings, and the excellent 

discussion that followed was just as 

lengthy as the presentation itself. 

Friday, November 15 will see the 

release of Dr. Rich’s new book on 

the subject. Keepers of Memory: The 

Holocaust and Transgenerational 

Identity will delve into the complicated 

relationship between history, truth and 

memory, and is based not only on firstrate 

scholarship, but also tells its tale 

through personal stories and in-depth 

interviews. 

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ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD 

Jewish National Fund-USA hosts largest ever 

national conference 

Washington, D.C. – September 

17, 2019 – Over 1,300 

leaders, philanthropists, 

high school and college students from 

across the U.S. and Israel gathered in 

our nation’s capital for Jewish National 

Fund’s (JNF-USA) annual National 

Conference. (Editor’s note: This year’s 

conference had the largest turnout of 

Jewish Floridians – more than 300.) 

This year’s lineup of speakers emphasized 

JNF-USA’s critical work in 

Israel and highlighted groundbreaking 

accomplishments from the past year. 

Speakers included: 

Ron Dermer, Israel’s Ambassador 

to the United States, who spoke 

about the important work being 

undertaken to develop infrastructure 

in Israel’s south, and how cities 

like Be’er Sheva are becoming 

global centers for cybersecurity 

Elan Carr, U.S. Special Envoy for 

Monitoring and Combatting Anti- 

Semitism, who discussed his tireless 

efforts and the unapologetic 

role he plays in combatting anti- 

Semitism throughout the world 

Lucy Aharish, the first Muslim 

Israeli-Arab news anchor, reporter 

and TV host, who expressed her 

love for Israel and her desire to 

continue to be an outspoken voice 

for tolerance and bridgebuilding 

Governor Larry Hogan, governor 

of the State of Maryland, reaffirmed 

his unwavering support for 

America’s Jewish community and 

support for the State of Israel along 

with his work to combat anti-Semitism 

Matti Friedman, award-winning 

author and New York Times contributor, 

who gave insight into how 

foreign journalists in Israel are 

rarely briefed to cover topics outside 

of the conflict 

“Never before have we seen such 

a passionate and diverse group of JNF- 

USA partners and affiliates come together 

to celebrate our achievements 

and plan for our future,” said National 

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer and Israeli-American journalist Michelle Divon 

Conference Co-Chairs Jayne 

Klein and Gary Kushner. 

“The atmosphere at this 

year’s conference was absolutely 

electric, and the sense 

of ru’ach (spirit), especially 

from our 480 college and 

JNFuture (Jewish National 

Fund’s young professionals 

division) participants, was 

simply incredible.” 

“More than any time in 

recent history, the destiny of 

Israel and the Jewish people 

is in our own hands,” said 

JNF-USA President Dr. Sol 

Lizerbram. “Thanks to JNF- 

USA’s bold One Billion Dollar 

Roadmap for the Next 

Decade, we are leading efforts 

to support greater resiliency 

in Israel’s north and south. This 

year’s National Conference was the 

greatest validation yet of the support 

our plan has and the impact we are having 

on the lives of everyday Israelis. 

People often wonder why our donors 

are so enthusiastic, and I tell them that 

when you are changing the narrative 

of a country and the story of an entire 

people for the better, what’s not to be 

enthusiastic about?” 

Next year’s National Conference 

will take place in Israel, where JNF- 

USA’s partners and affiliates will gather 

at iconic sites throughout the country 

to drive the organization’s activities 

and experience firsthand the impact of 

their critical work. 

“For some time now, we have been 

thinking about how we can bring Israel 

to the JNF-USA family. How can we 

emulate the incomparable feeling of 

being in Jerusalem, the cosmopolitan 

buzz of Tel Aviv, or the awe-inspiring 

experience of being on the site of one 

National Conference Co-Chairs Jayne Klein and Gary Kushner 

of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day 

War, Ammunition Hill?” said National 

Conference 2020 Co-Chairs Dr. 

Sol Lizerbram and Jeffrey E. Levine. 

“Then, it dawned on us – let’s do 

something truly bold and audacious. 

Let’s bring the JNF-USA family to 

Israel.” 

Next year’s conference will be on 

a scale never seen before. Rather than 

host the conference in one location, 

Jewish National Fund will be holding 

conference events and meetings 

at JNF-USA sites and locations across 

Israel. “We are doing something that 

has never been done before, and we 

encourage our supporters to take advantage 

of the discounted registration 

rate currently on offer,” said Lizerbram 

and Levine. 

JNF-USA’s 2020 National Conference 

will take place in Israel on October 

25-29, 2020. For more information 

and to register, please visit jnf.org/ 

nc2020. 

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COMMENTARY 


The BDS movement: sinister ramifications for Israel 

By Jerrold L. Sobel, ZOA of SWFL President, September 23, 2019 

Most people over the past 15 a group of 12 organizations advocating 

for “Palestinian refugees internally 

years have heard or read 

about the BDS movement. displaced in Palestine and in exile.” The 

The term itself refers to Boycott, Divestment 

and Sanctions movement. BDS National Committee (BNC), which 

GPRRC is a member of the Palestinian 

Founded by two virulent anti-Semites, coordinates the anti-Israel boycott, 

Omar Barghouti and Jamal Juma, it’s divestment and sanctions movement 

a propagandist campaign conducted worldwide. The central organization in 

against the State of Israel and the Jewish the BNC is the Palestinian National and 

people worldwide. However, relatively Islamic Forces (PNIF), which includes 

few understand its history and its ramifications 

for the Jewish state. 

tions: Hamas, the Popular Front for 

five U.S.-designated terrorist organiza- 

The roots of BDS date back to the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the 

the Arab League’s boycott of Israel in Popular Front - General Command, the 

1950, two years hence her successful Palestine Liberation Front and Palestinian 

Islamic Jihad. 

War of Independence. The purpose 

was to starve the Jews out of their new It’s important the uninitiated recognize 

that BDS does not exist in a vacuum 

homeland. Failing this but with varied 

success, other incarnations such as the or just on American campuses. It is part 

blacklisting of countries, organizations and parcel of an insidious movement 

and corporations doing business with of coordinated organizations grouped 

Israel were attempted throughout the together with one focused goal, the 

ensuing years. 

destruction of the State of Israel by any 

As an example, in 2001, under means. 

the tutelage and sponsorship of Yasser With tentacles spread throughout 

Arafat, a Jew named Adam Shapiro the world, often aided by left-wing 

and his Palestinian wife, Huwaida Arraf, 

created the International Solidarity ated themselves on campuses, in youth 

media and academia, they have insinu- 

Movement (ISM). Ostensibly created groups, board rooms, labor unions and 

as a pro-Palestinian peace movement, even pro-Palestinian Jewish organizations 

such as Jewish Voice for Peace and 

Shapiro and Arraf called for a combination 

of nonviolent and violent resistance Jews for Justice for Palestinians. 

to bring down the Jewish state. Arraf Most assuredly, BDS is not an innocuous 

movement of a bunch of rowdy 

admitted such in a letter to The Washington 

Post, stating that the group works college kids acting stupid. In reality it’s 

in cooperation with the Popular Front a poison replete with every anti-Semitic 

for the Liberation of Palestine, Palestinian 

Islamic Jihad and even Hamas. As ish people for millennia. It’s an attack 

trope and libel that has haunted the Jew- 

one of a myriad of precursors to BDS, not upon Israeli policy vis a vis the Palestinians, 

or settlements or statehood. 

Arraf and Shapiro managed to create a 

worldwide network to delegitimize the It’s an assailment against Israel as a 

Jewish national homeland throughout Jewish state and an anti-Semitic movement 

against Jews throughout the world. 

the U.S. and Canadian college systems 

and in Europe. 

What’s the answer? How do Israel 

Another is Al-Awda, a founding and Jews in general counter accusations 

member of the Global Palestinian by the UN, the E.U. and all the faux 

Right of Return Coalition (GPRRC), liberals in and out of government that 

buy into BDS propaganda? It’s a daunting 

task which may defy an answer. As 

a truly anti-Semitic movement, there 

is no way of convincing people of that 

predilection otherwise. 

To explain the land of Israel with 

Jerusalem as its capital is the ancestral 

homeland of the Jewish people falls 

upon deaf ears, as do the numerous attempts 

of sharing the land in peace with 

the Palestinians predating 1948. Would 

clarifying that the wall and checkpoints 

separating both people were put in 

place not to create apartheid but to stem 

school attacks, bus bombings and mass 

murdering of Jews in restaurants and 

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theaters change anything? Could Israel 

bring about modification within BDS 

by explaining Gaza was abandoned in 

2005, leaving all infrastructure in place 

as a gesture of peace? The answers to 

these questions are quite obvious. 

What Israel and all those who support 

the Jewish state can do is remain 

strong and united against the onslaught 

of this sinister movement. They must 

continue building an economically 

strong nation of innovation and science, 

be open to peace but not acquiescence, 

and have faith in the Creator who 

led them back to their ancestral homeland. 

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Founded in 1897 

ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA 

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2019/2020 ZOA Lecture Program 

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 

“Hate Speech on Campus” 

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 

“Instructing Congress on Israel’s 

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020 

“Israel in the Age of Terrorism” 

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 

“Radical Liberal Groups 

Here and in Israel” 

Dr. Richard Cravatts, PhD 

Author, Lecturer, National ZOA Board Member 

Dan Pollak 

ZOA National Director of Government Relations 

Elliot Resnick 

Chief Editor, New York Jewish Press 

Yechezkel Moskowitz 

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The marathon 

doesn’t really end 

Three weeks ago, I stood in shul 

listening to the piercing sound of 

the shofar, imagining its echoing 

call, ushering all of us into a world of 

peace and unity forever more. 

Two weeks ago, I stood in shul 

with the holy ark open in front of me, 

as we all proclaimed G-d’s name with 

the passion and devotion of millions of 

others with us and before us in history, 

rededicating our lives to Him. 

One week ago, I stood in shul, reveling 

in watching my children dance joyfully 

on Simchat Torah, with the Torah 

and each other. 

And here I am now, trying to figure 

out our perplexing Judaism, which 

commands three weeks of a non-stop 

spiritual marathon when we entrench 

ourselves in spirituality with four 

holidays, which entails hours of fasting 

and prayer and song, along with festive 

meals back-to-back, at times for three 

days in a row! And then it all comes to 

a sudden halt. On this Tuesday morning. 

As I sort through piles of mail, walk 

outside our Chabad Center to head out 

to a meeting, and sit in traffic to reach 

my son’s school. 

Or does the spiritual marathon 

really come to a halt? 

I sort through my mail and discover 

an envelope that belongs to the neighbor 

next door. Looks like mindless, useless 

junk, but I take the time to bring it to 

them, knowing that only she deserves 

to make that decision. 

I walk outside our Chabad Center 

on this ordinary day and take the opportunity 

to talk for a few moments 

to a jogger passing by that I knew had 

recently suffered a painful loss. 

I sit in traffic, and in order to stay 

calm I listen to something uplifting, 

maybe Torah. 

Because Judaism is not about serving 

G-d and being spiritual solely in a 

shul, with the holy Torah scrolls in view. 

It’s about serving G-d at all times, wherever 

you are, and whatever is demanded 

of you. You can bring G-d pleasure with 

intense prayer on Yom Kippur, and you 

can then bring G-d the same pleasure on 

an ordinary Tuesday when you are honest 

in business, patient and encouraging 

to the new clerk at Starbucks, cook a 

nutritious kosher meal for your family, 

and take care of their physical and 

emotional needs warmly and lovingly. 

So in a spiritual way, it’s actually 

Yom Kippur on every regular Tuesday 

as well as on every other day of the year. 

The marathon doesn’t really end. There 

may be fewer formal meals and different 

prayers, but daily continuation of some 

kind of spirituality is the responsibility 

of the individual. 

G-d is there for us. It’s up to us to 

bring G-d into our lives. 

Rabbi Fishel Zaklos serves at Chabad 

Jewish Center of Naples. 

Opinions and letters printed in the Federation Star do not 

necessarily reflect those of the Jewish Federation of Greater 

Naples, its Board of Directors or staff, or its advertisers. 

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Rabbi 

Fishel 

Zaklos 

Themes On Philanthropy 

JOIN US for a lunch & learn! 

Ellen Weiss, Executive Director of 

TOP Jewish Foundation, will conduct 6 sessions 

on various philanthropic topics, 

including opportunities for tax-savings. 

The second session is listed below: 

November 19, 2019 

11:30 - 12:30 pm 

Legacy Giving: charitable bequests 

from wills and living trusts 

Sessions held at the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples 

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All sessions are complimentary. 

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Together, we are ensuring the Jewish Future 

The power of words 

Rabbi 

Adam F. 

Miller 

Excerpted from Rabbi Miller’s Yom 

Kippur sermon. 

The tale is told of the Chofetz 

Chaim, a noted rabbi of his age, 

and another rabbi stopping to eat 

a meal. When they finished eating, the 

owner approached and asked, “So, how 

did you like my food?” “Very good,” 

said the Chofetz Chaim. “Oh, it was 

quite good,” said the second rabbi, “but 

it could have used more salt.” 

As the owner left, the Chofetz 

Chaim turned white. “I can’t believe it! 

Why did you speak lashon hara?” 

Seeing the Chofetz Chaim’s reaction, 

his companion was confused. 

“What did I say that was so wrong?” 

he stammered. “I said that the food was 

good – but it needed some salt!” 

“You simply don’t realize the power 

of words!” cried the Chofetz Chaim. 

“Let’s go to the kitchen and see for 

ourselves.” As they opened the door to 

the kitchen, they saw that the owner was 

berating the cook for not using enough 

salt and insulting her honored guests. 

The cook stood wiping tears from her 

eyes and shouting back at the innkeeper 

about the quality of her cooking. Their 

voices reached a crescendo as the owner 

threatened to fire the cook. 

The other rabbi ran to stand between 

them, “Please, stop! Forgive me for 

causing harm – the soup was good and 

my tastes are unusual. Please do not fire 

her on my account.” Hearing the rabbi’s 

heartfelt apologies, the innkeeper agreed 

to keep the woman on staff. 

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author 

of Words that Hurt, Words that Heal, 

helps us to understand why the Chofetz 

Chaim became upset. “As a rule, most 

people seem to think that there is nothing 

morally wrong in spreading negative 

information about others, as long as the 

information is true. Jewish law takes a 

very different view. Perhaps that is why 

the Hebrew term lashon hara has no 

precise equivalent in English. For unlike 

slander, which is universally condemned 

as immoral because it is false, lashon 

hara is by definition true. It is the dissemination 

of accurate information that 

will lower the status of the person to 

whom it refers; I translate it as ‘negative 

truths.’” 

Think about that teaching from 

COMMENTARY 

Telushkin. The veracity of information 

cannot be used as an argument to justify 

sharing that information with others. 

There was no need for the rabbi to 

comment about salt. Those words only 

served to diminish the reputation of the 

innkeeper and the restaurant. 

While our words have the power to 

hurt, they also carry the power to heal. 

We read in Torah, “God said, ‘Let there 

be light.’ And there was light.” Words 

bring hope and inspire the spirits of 

others. Imagine if the rabbi had complimented 

the cook on the soup, “Please 

thank the cook for the best soup I’ve had 

all week!” 

The parable is told of a teacher who 

gave out pieces of paper to her 7 th grade 

class, instructing them to write one nice 

thing about each of their classmates. 

That night, she sat down and compiled 

a list for each student which started with 

the words, “Thank you for being…” and 

then continued with the list of positive 

attributes identified by the student’s 

peers – a friend, a nice person, smart, 

etc. 

The next day, the teacher handed out 

the lists and asked the students to each 

read them aloud. While some giggled, 

most seemed surprised to learn that their 

peers appreciated their talents, skills and 

personalities. From that point forward, 

the teacher noticed a more positive 

atmosphere in the class. Students who 

previously snubbed one another, now sat 

together and talked. While others, who 

previously felt isolated, now interacted 

with the whole group. 

Years later, the teacher attended 

the funeral of a student from that class. 

When she met the parents of the deceased, 

they started to cry. Apologizing, 

they explained that the teacher had 

made more of an impact on their son 

than any other person in his life. The 

mother pulled out a tattered and worn 

piece of paper. “He had this with him 

in his pocket at all times,” she said. The 

teacher opened it up and saw her note 

with the words of thanks and praise from 

his classmates. Other students, walking 

by, saw the list in the teacher’s hand and 

began to share how those lists of gratitude, 

generated by their peers, forever 

changed their lives. 

One month into this new year, 

may we be mindful of how we use our 

tongues, and the power of our words. 

May we refrain from the temptation to 

speak ill, no matter how true. Instead, 

may the words of our mouths be for 

blessing. 

Rabbi Adam Miller serves at Temple 

Shalom in Naples. 

COMMENTARY BRIEFS 

JORDAN VALLEY NEEDED 

TO PROTECT ISRAEL FROM 

THREATS TO THE EAST 

The Arab countries roundly – if 

rather perfunctorily – condemned 

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s announced 

intent to extend Israeli 

sovereignty over the Jordan Valley. 

Dore Gold, the head of the Jerusalem 

Center for Public Affairs and 

a former director-general of the 

Israel Foreign Ministry, said that 

the muted response has to do with 

“understanding very well...the Iranian 

threat to the eastern portion of 

the Arab world.” 

He said that there is a degree of 

understanding about the context of 

the move, and how it has “strategic 

military significance” in checking 

malign Iranian intentions in the 

region. 

Gold noted that one of the significant 

aspects of Netanyahu’s 

announcement was that he presented 

a map where he defined the 

area that he feels is necessary for 

Israel’s security, and that the map 

he used is very close to the one that 

Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon 

proposed soon after the 1967 war. 

Gold said that Prime Minister 

Yitzhak Rabin also adhered to the 

Allon Plan to retain the Jordan Valley, 

saying in his final address to the 

Knesset in 1995 that in any future 

agreement, “the Jordan Valley in 

the widest sense of that term would 

be the security border of the State 

of Israel.” 

At the time, Gold said, “Israeli 

planners were largely preoccupied 

with the future threat of an Iraq 

expeditionary force that could cross 

Jordan in 35 hours.” 

While Saddam Hussein has been 

eliminated, he said, the threat to Israel 

from the east did not disappear, 

since Iran “is very actively trying to 

project its military power westward 

toward the Mediterranean.” (Herb 

Keinon, Jerusalem Post) 

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COLLIER/LEE CHAPTER OF HADASSAH www.hadassah.org / 732-539-4011 

Hadassah Magazine and you 

Diane 

Schwartz 

Collier/Lee 

Hadassah 

President 

If you are a Hadassah member, Life 

Member, Associate Member or supporter, 

you should be receiving your 

copy of Hadassah Magazine every other 

month. Hopefully, you enjoy reading it 

and find it as helpful as I do. 

This award-winning magazine has 

reinvented itself and covers a wideranging 

list of stories, features, photos 

and even food information/recipes from 

around the world while covering social 

issues in America and Israel. 

Here are some highlights from the 

September/October 2019 issue: 

“Active Security” by freelance 

author Donna Gordon Blankenship 

highlights how the debate over guns 

in synagogues has evolved. The recent 

shootings in Poway, Pittsburgh and 

Miami have prompted a new level of 

soul-searching over safety in houses of 

worship: Should Jewish institutions hire 

armed guards and should congregants 

carry concealed weapons to services? 

Amid the debate, national Jewish groups 

are helping organizations assess threats, 

make security plans, and train staff and 

volunteers. 

On a lighter note, “Bringing the 

Catskills Back to Life” by Hilary 

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

Plan it! Calendar it! See you there! 

Marina 

Berkovich 

JHSSWF 

President 

What does it take to make an 

emerging Jewish organization 

thrive and fit the needs 

of the diverse, yet very interconnected, 

Jewish horizon of Southwest Florida? 

That is the million-dollar question we 

are asked often enough to know it is on 

the minds of many. 

This season we are, once again, 

bringing to our local Southwest Floridians, 

programs tailored with SWFL and 

the local community at the center. 

We will celebrate Florida Jewish 

History Month in January with the 

woman whose work is why we have 

this remarkable month-long celebration 

to begin with. On Monday, January 6, 

Marcia Jo Zerivitz, L.H.D., Founding 

Executive Director, Jewish Museum of 

Florida-FIU, will be our guest speaker 

in the Naples Daily News Community 

Room. In 2016, Florida International 

University awarded her a Doctor of 

Humane Letters Honoris Causa for her 

vision and leadership throughout her life 

to expand knowledge and enrich collective 

historic memory. Marcia Jo has 

been a trailblazer in the American and 

Floridian Jewish communities, serving 

national, state and local organizations. 

From 1984 to 1992, Marcia Jo traveled 

250,000 miles throughout Florida, conducting 

grassroots research and retrieving 

the state’s hidden 250+ year Jewish 

history, resulting in a major archive and 

the MOSAIC: Jewish Life in Florida 

exhibit that traveled to 13 cities from 

1990 through 1994. 

In 1995, under her direction and 

planning, this project evolved into the 

Danailova, who writes about travel, 

culture, politics and lifestyle, is a gem. 

She brings the Catskills culture to life 

and shares stories from the past including 

celebrity visits. In addition to a 

“written visit” through the history of the 

area famous for the so-called Borscht 

Belt, Danailova also focuses on “the 

latest iteration of American leisure, 

Catskills-style, through green living 

and roughhewn chic which offers a nod 

to the region’s storied heritage.” She 

touches on the fun and relaxing times 

in a beautiful “country” setting, but also 

explains the impact of anti-Semitism. 

Finding “no room at the inn,” Jewish 

businessmen were able to purchase real 

estate properties previously unwelcoming 

to them following a tuberculosis 

outbreak. The Catskills is a part of 

Jewish cultural history. 

The article “Mission Possible,” 

the theme of Hadassah’s 99 th Annual 

Convention, summarized the quality 

and quantity of this meaningful event 

this past summer – New York City 

blackout and all. Nearly 1,000 people 

from across the country attended, and 

by the time the convention concluded, 

“delegates had elected a new president, 

and members young and old had rallied 

for reproductive rights, heard inspiring 

stories of healing,” and interacted with 

friends, old and new. 

Food writer Adeena Sussman, in her 

article “Bringing the Flavors of Israel 

Into My Kitchen,” covers the “ascendant” 

Israeli food scene described as 

“where traditional ingredients and modern 

ideas combine in delicious ways.” 

Her article featured her personal story, 

her life in Israel and shopping in the 

nearby Carmel market. The bonus was 

the recipes for Overnight Chicken Soup, 

Harissa-Honey Pargiyot, a deliciouslooking 

chicken dish, and “Eser” Halvah 

and Baharat Coffee Cake. 

If you are hungry right now, Hadassah 

Magazine publishes weekly online 

food columns by American-Israeli food 

writer Jessica Halfin. You can find recipes 

and more at hadassahmagazine.org/ 

food. 

The magazine’s Table of Contents 

lists the breadth of coverage – articles, 

feature stories and opinions. You can 

check out and learn from Commentary, 

Save the Date: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jewish Museum of Florida on Miami 

Beach, housed in two adjacent restored 

former synagogues that are on the National 

Register of Historic Places. 

Marcia Jo initiated the legislation 

for both Florida Jewish History Month 

(FJHM) each January, and Jewish 

American Heritage Month (JAHM) 

each May, to increase awareness of the 

contributions of Jews to the quality of 

life for all. 

On Sunday, January 12 in the David 

G. Willens Community Room of the 

Federation, our celebration of Florida 

Jewish History Month continues with 

a premiere of film 11 in the Southwest 

Florida Jewish Pioneers film series. 

The film, Irv Berzon, Engineering the 

Future, is about a long-time Naples 

resident whose civil engineering efforts 

made our living here resemble 

paradise. 

On Thursday, February 6, we present 

a premiere of film 12 in the Southwest 

Florida Jewish Pioneers film 

series, Florence Hertzman, By the Pier, 

about a Canadian-Jewish family in Old 

Naples. 

On Monday, March 23, we will 

celebrate the 10 th anniversary of the 

Jewish Historical Society of Southwest 

Florida by re-introducing Naples Mayor 

Bill Barnett as our guest of honor at the 

Celebration Event at the Hilton Naples, 

and premiering a documentary film 

about his life and achievements. 

It has been a very interesting journey 

through time and we are very fortunate 

and honored to be able to share 

it with you, our supporters, members, 

fans, friends and future followers. The 

very reason we exist is because of your 

encouragement and reflections. We are 

happy to see that what we do really and 

truly matters to our local Jewish and 

non-Jewish communities. We thank you 

for your generous support. 

All JHSSWF films are locally produced 

using local resources and expertise. 

Please make an effort to support 

our projects. Contact us for sponsorship 

opportunities, become a member, renew 

or donate. 

Membership in The Jewish Historical 

Society of Southwest Florida is open 

to anyone who is interested in our mission 

of historical preservation. 

Essays, Health, Travel, Food, Arts and 

Books features and, yes, a crossword 

puzzle. 

The Letters to the Editor section 

highlights readers’ comments from 

across the country. In the above issue, 

readers noted the cover story of the 

July/August 2019 issue, “Me Too and 

the Jewish World,” “Cross-stitching the 

Torah,” “Cremation and Last Wishes” 

and “Jews of Color.” 

Hadassah Magazine is a magnet 

for good reading and topical issues. It 

enhances our understanding by highlighting 

the work and issues of Hadassah 

and of Jewish life, here and in Israel. I 

invite you to share my enthusiasm and 

enjoyment. Happy reading! 

Wednesday, November 13: Fall Luncheon and Crafty Women Boutique, and 

Guest Speaker Jeff Margolis speaking about “Broadway Jewsicals” – contact 

Elyse Morande at amorande@aol.com or 239.498.0623 

Sunday, December 15: Keeper of the Gate 20 th Anniversary Breakfast 

featuring Ellen Hershkin, National Hadassah President, open to all members 

– contact Ellen Harris at ehih@comcast.net or 508.395.5116 

Thursday, January 16: Hadassah Presents… A Book Reading: We Are 

Going to be Lucky: A World War II Love Story in Letters – contact Debbie 

Kaprove at dkaprove@hotmail.com or 860-558-3331, or Dale Hackerman at 

dhackerman@comcast.net 609-8283766 

Thursday, January 23: Installation of Officers and Fashion Show by 

Rebecca’s – contact Elyse Morande at amorande@aol.com or 239.498.0623 

Monday, February 3: Annual Mahjong, Card & Game Day – for reservations, 

contact Carol Weisberg at carolw@tetragonia.com 

Monday, March 16: Spring Luncheon featuring That’s Entertainment with 

vocalist Carolann Sanita – contact Elyse Morande at amorande@aol.com or 

239.498.0623 

The Jewish Historical Society 

of Southwest Florida 

8805 Tamiami Trail North, 

Suite # 255, Naples FL 34108 

833.547.7935 (833.JHS.SWFL) 

www.jhsswf.org ~ office@jhsswf.org 

Virtual Museum of SWFL 

Jewish History http:// 

jewishhistorysouthwestflorida.org/ 

You are Cordially Invited to Attend 

You Our are Open Cordially House Invited to Celebrate to Attend the 

Our Rededication Open House of Our to Celebrate Sanctuary the 

Rededication And Raskin of Our Social Sanctuary Hall 

And Raskin Social Hall 

Join us to enjoy a 

Wine and Join Hors us d’’oeuvres to enjoy a Reception 

Wine and Hors d’’oeuvres Reception 

Thursday, November 21 

Thursday, 5:00 – November 7:00 pm 21 

5:00 – 7:00 pm 


Jewish 991 Congregation Winterberry of Marco Drive Island 

Marco 991 Winterberry Island, FL Drive 34145 

Marco Island, FL 34145 

RSVP Requested by Friday, November 15 

RSVP 239-642-0800 Requested or tboxma@marcojcmi.com 

by Friday, November 15


SYNAGOGUES 

eth Tikvah update 

Beth Tikvah Co-Presidents 

Shelley Goodman and Sue Hammerman 

ovember is the unofficial beginning 

of a new season for Beth 

Tikvah as most of our fulltime 

lorida residents have returned from 

heir summer travels and many of our 

easonal residents are beginning to restablish 

their lives in Naples. It is a time 

f fresh beginnings and exciting hellos 

lled with the joy of renewal. 

Returning to Naples is always speial. 

It becomes even more so when we 

re able to enjoy New Year celebrations 

ith our Beth Tikvah family. We exend 

our appreciation to Rabbi Ammos 

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

Chorny and Cantor Frani Goodman for 

providing us with spiritual leadership as 

well as musically beautiful High Holiday 

services. This year we welcomed 

Olga and Jacob Yampolsky from the 

Odessa Conservatory to enhance the 

inauguration of our Yom Kippur service 

with a performance of the Max Bruch 

Kol Nidre for violin and viola. We are 

deeply appreciative to the Yampolskys 

for offering to be with us to share this 

soul-stirring composition. We hope that 

wherever you were you had a pleasant 

and sweet beginning to the holiday 

season. 

We begin the New Year with a full 

season of programming ready to launch 

at Beth Tikvah. Our regular Shabbat and 

holiday observances expand to include 

Sunday minyanim and our monthly 

Women’s Rosh Chodesh Study Group. 

There will be many lectures and learning 

opportunities, musical events, and 

eat and learn dinners on the schedule. 

Many of the favorite programs from 

years past will be repeated, and there 

will be some exciting new ones. Beth 

Tikvah is pleased to also be sponsoring 

several community-wide events. Many 

thanks go to Paulette Margulies, our 

Vice-President for Programs, for all her 

efforts to make this season the best we 

have ever offered. 

All Beth Tikvah religious services 

and events are open to the community. 

For more details, visit us online at www. 

bethtikvahnaples.org. Email office@ 

bethtikvah.us or call 239.434.1818 for 

all reservations. All are welcome to 

join Beth Tikvah members at any event 

offered. 

Beth Tikvah is the affiliated congregation 

in Greater Naples of United 

Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 

(USCJ). It is our privilege to partner 

with the Jewish Federation of Greater 

Naples (JFGN) in supporting the growth 

of our local Jewish community. We 

are particularly appreciative to JFGN 

for support to our youth education, 

Scholar-in-Residence and Naples Jewish 

Film Festival programs. We invite 

all who are interested in being a part of 

our progressive egalitarian approach to 

Conservative Judaism to join with us in 

celebrating and learning. 

Beth Tikvah November Happenings: 

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Saturday, November 9: Veterans B 

Recognition Shabbat Service at 

9:30 a.m. 

Monday, November 11: Greater 

Naples Jewish Book Festival event 

sponsored by Beth Tikvah at the 

Naples Conference Center at 1:00 

p.m. 

Thursday, November 14: Lecture 

Series: Inaugural Speaker Jeff Margolis 

at 7:30 p.m. 

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Sunday, November 17: Kristallnachte 

Commemoration at Saint John theM 

Evangelist Catholic Church at 2:30s 

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Sunday, November 24: Rosh Chodesh 

Women’s Study Group from i 

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Friday services begin at 6:15 p.m.; Sat-urday 

services begin at 9:30 a.m. andt 

conclude with a Kiddush luncheon. Wen 

convene Yahrzeit minyanim upon re-quest. 

We are located at 1459 Pine Ridge 

Road, just west of Mission Square Plaza. i 

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NAPLES JEWISH CONGREGATION www.naplesjewishcongregation.org / 239-431-3858 

Listen Up! They’re coming to NJC! 

Steve 

McCloskey 

President 

On Thursday, February 20, we 

will be in the throes of the maelstrom 

that is the 2020 election 

cycle. If you seek a much needed and 

well-deserved respite from the incessant 

cacophony that is Presidential politics, 

then come to Naples Jewish Congregation’s 

2020 Artist Program, featuring 

the pure, unadulterated and joyous song 

making that is the essence of Listen 

Up! (LU!), an award-winning Jewish 

a cappella quartet from Chicago. 

Listen Up! had its genesis in 1992, 

when a short-lived a cappella jazz 

quintet was suddenly faced with the 

loss of its two non-Jewish singers. 

The three remaining Jewish songsters, 

among them Steve Singer, the founder, 

then added a fourth vocalist. The rest is 

the enduring legacy of Listen Up!, the 

house band (without instruments) of the 

Greater Chicago Jewish Festival for the 

past quarter century. 

Steve Singer, Freddie Feldman, Eli 

Taylor and Kadi House – the members 

of Listen Up! – are all educators in their 

day jobs, as well as Jewish music educators 

for its audiences All four vocalists 

have unique talents that contribute to 

the success of this outstanding vocal 

group. Steve Singer, says that “it is pure 

joy to create and sing together.” He is 

a student of Jewish music, the group’s 

arranger and the bass percussionist who 

delivers the rhythmic soul for Listen 

Up! Freddie Feldman is a terrific tenor 

whose longstanding expertise in sound 

engineering and video production has 

showcased Listen Up!’s zest for singing. 

Freddie has been immersed in the 

world of a cappella, as a vocalist and a 

producer, for over two decades. 

Eli Nathan Taylor, a boffo baritone, 

is a vocal anchor for this amazing group. 

Eli delights in combining his passion 

for music with his love for Judaism and 

Israel. Kadi House, a mezzo soprano 

and newest member of the group, has 

a charismatic personality that bolsters 

the already dynamic force that is Listen 

Up! This is not Kadi’s first foray 

into a cappella singing, but LU! allows 

her to synthesize her passion for unaccompanied 

vocalizing with her love of 

Jewish song. 

All four vocalists of LU! stand out 

as soloists, yet meld perfectly for exquisite, 

often transcendent harmonies. 

When I interviewed Steve Singer by 

phone recently to delve deeper into the 

soul of LU!, Steve told me that “voice 

elevates the human condition” and that 

LU!’s goal is to “help others connect 

to their Jewishness through song.” LU! 

seeks to provide “a musical window to 

the Jewish cultural and religious history 

and tradition.” 

Although LU! takes a somewhat 

serious approach to performance for 

a wide variety of audiences, it leavens 

this with humor and warmth, to learn 

and sing Jewish songs while having fun. 

LU!’s mission is to reinterpret old 

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tunes, to take older material and reinvent 

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it as new. For instance, they have recast 

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Adon Olam to the tune of “Happy,” the 

mega hit by Pharrell Williams. More 

recently, LU! arranged a Hebrew remix 

of the monster country-rap hit, “Old 

Town Road,” retaining the tune, but 

replacing the lyrics with the words of 

“Dror Yikra.” 

NJC is most appreciative of the 

unstinting support of the Jewish Federation 

of Greater Naples over the past six 

years, since the inception of NJC’s Artist 

Program. This year’s most generous 

grant serves to underwrite this concert 

with LU!. 

LU! revels in audience engagement 

and participation. They want you to 

feel the joy they experience performing 

for you. It will be a night you will not 

soon forget! Come see why the Chicago 

Tribune has crowned Listen Up! 

“Chicago’s uniquely compelling Jewish 

vocal band.” For more information 

about LU!, visit www.jewishsong.com. 

Look for ticket information in upcoming 

issues of the Federation Star. 

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

JCMI’s cup runneth over 

Ted 

Bunten 

President 

Event chairs at the Jewish Congregation 

of Marco Island have 

readied the programs for the 

coming season. The events are abundant 

and excellent. 

The Saul I. Stern Cultural Series 

begins its 26 th season on Saturday, January 

18 with “Klezmer to Gershwin,” 

the music of the shtetl to the greats of 

jazz. On Saturday, February 15, enjoy 

the magical music of the Artis—Naples 

Brass Quintet. On Saturday, March 7, 

“Jews in the Mob” will be presented by 

Myron Sugarman. Relating his life in 

prison, he tells of suitcases of cash from 

Meyer Lansky’s casinos to the new State 

of Israel and more. 

The Sydney R. Hoffman Jewish 

Film Festival begins its 19 th season with 

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me 

on Sunday, December 15. Additional 

films this season are Tel Aviv on Fire 

on Sunday, January 12, Shoelaces on 

Sunday, February 9, and The Interpreter 

on Sunday, March 15. All films are 

award-winning, must-see productions. 

A series of concerts begin Saturday, 

January 25 with the Atlantic City Boys, 

featuring the harmonies of The Beach 

Boys, Frankie Valli and others. On 

Saturday, February 22, Motown Magic 

features hits from The Temptations, 

Marvin Gaye and others. Finally, The 

Alter Eagles on Saturday, March 21 is an 

authentic representation of The Eagles 

in their prime. Tickets are available 

online at www.marcojcmi.com. 

In addition, JCMI offers Bingo, 

Duplicate Bridge, Social Bridge, Book 

Club, weekly Mah Jongg, Mah Jongg 

Tournament, Jewish Book Festival and 

more. The public is always welcome. 

For more information, please visit 

our website or call the JCMI office at 

239.642.0800. 

Changing your address? 

Keep the Federation Star 

coming to your home. Email 

nricklefs@jewishnaples.org. 

For a continuously updated community calendar, 

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

FOCUS ON YOUTH 

Naples BBYO happenings 

By Jessica Zimmerman, Associate Regional Dir., North Florida Region 

Jessica Zimmerman 

Happy November from BBYO! 

In September, Naples BBYO 

gathered in Fort Myers to kick 

off the term with Southwest Florida 

BBYO (which includes Jewish teens 

from Naples to Sarasota). 

Twenty-nine 

teens came together 

for a private rental 

of Revolution Cable 

Park. Teens spent 

two hours wakeboarding, 

water skiing, 

knee boarding 

and wakeskating. It was an amazing 

event and a huge success. Kylie Bell, 

Mishpacha BBG committee member, 

said, “I had an amazing time. I got to 

meet so many people.” 

Naples BBYO will be joining Jewish 

teens from all over the North Florida 

Region at FallCon for a weekend of 

great friends, Jewish enrichment and a 

whole lot of fun! FallCon takes place 

the weekend of November 15-17. It is 

not too late to sign up. Register at bit. 

ly/nfrfallcon19. 

Middle and high schoolers looking 

for community service hours: On 

Sunday, November 17, join the Naples 

community for a Kristallnacht 

Commemoration at Saint 

John the Evangelist Catholic 

Church. Teens must register 

in advance for community 

service activities. You can 

do so by going to bit.ly/communitykrist. 

On Sunday, November 

24 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., 

Mishpacha BBG will take 

over Cycle Guroo for an 


hour-long class. Register in advance at 

cycleguroo.com. 

On Sunday, November 24 from 

1:00 to 2:00 p.m., join Negev AZA at 

the Brainstorm Escape Room in Bonita 

Springs for an event to remember! Will 

Negev escape? You’ll have to join us 

to find out. 

On Sunday, December 8, Jewish 

middle and high schoolers are invited 

to get their cook on at our first annual 

Latke Cookoff at Temple Shalom 

from noon to 1:45 p.m. This event will 

include gift card prizes, an array of 

special guest judges, and some BBYO 

swag raffles. Register in advance at 

bit.ly/latkes1. 

Naples BBYO is getting ready for 

sleepovers the weekend of December 

7-8. This event will include elections 

for spring term Mishpacha and Negev 

boards. 

To register for these great events 

and to learn more about local programming, 

email me at jesszimmerman@ 

bbyo.org. 

After Southwest Florida Kickoff, Mishpacha teens 

gathered for some sisterhood time 


SHALOM YELADIM! 

Shalom Yeladim! (Hebrew for ‘Hello Children!’) is 

a brand new FREE monthly program taught by the 

talented Gloria Mellman for parents and their 

lihle ones (2-4 years old). Through craas, play, 

yoga, music and fun, kids will begin to learn about 

Judaism in a hands-on and experien/al way. 

Parents are invited to join their children on this 

engaging Jewish educa/onal journey. 

Temple Shalom membership is not required. 

Interfaith families welcome! 

SESSIONS 

9:00am - 11:30am 

Nov. 17, Dec. 8, Jan. 26, Feb. 23, Mar. 22, Apr. 26 

Oct. 27, Nov. 17, Dec. 8, Jan. 26, Feb. 23, Mar. 22, Apr. 26 

REGISTER HERE 

hhps:///nyurl.com/shalomyeladim 

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*This program is generously supported by 

the Jewish Federa/on of Greater Naples 

Jewish teens from Naples, Fort Myers and Sarasota at Revolution Cable Park 

HEY KIDS! 

What are your plans 

for the summer of 2020? 

Would you like to go 

to a Jewish Summer 

Camp or visit Israel? 

The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, 

Temple Shalom and 

Temple Shalom Men’s Club, 

together offer PARTIAL scholarships 

for Jewish Summer Camps and 

the Israel Experience for teens. 

There are scholarship opportunities for 

all Jewish children in the community 

regardless of congregation affiliation. 

For information and a scholarship application, 

contact your local synagogue or call 

the Jewish Federation at 239.263.4205. 

Scholarship request deadlines: 

Summer Camps: December 18, 2019 

Israel Programs: February 3, 2020 

Are you a Jewish 

High School Student 

Graduating May 2020? 

PRESENTS: 


Patricia J. Adkins Youth Leadership Award 

A one-time award of $2,500 for further education! 

TO QUALIFY: 

Jewish senior in high school 

Resident of Collier County 

Active in a congregation and/or BBYO 

Strong academic record 

Active leadership role in the community 

Application Deadline: January 1, 2020 

jewishnaples.org/scholarships-grants 

For Questions Contact Reneé at rbialek@jewishnaples.org


Preschool of the Arts update 

By Ettie Zaklos, Preschool Director 

t the start of this school year, the 

Preschool of the Arts’ team was 

humbled to learn that we won 

old in the 2019 Naples’ Champion 

hoice awards in three categories – Best 

reschool, Childcare and Educational 

ervices. This is the eighth year in a 

ow that our preschool has won this 

restigious award. Achieving this exeptional 

level of performance as judged 

y families in our community does not 

appen by chance. It takes intentional 

ffort to achieve this level of continued 

uccess and we are so proud of our staff 

nd teachers who continue to raise the 

ar for excellence in early childhood 

ducation! 

As I reflect on our successful first 

uarter of our 2019-2020 academic year, 

feel incredibly grateful and blessed to 

e in a position where we can provide 

arly, defining childhood experiences 

hat set the foundation for a lifetime of 

earning. The past two months coincided 

ith the Jewish holiday season, and it 

Celebrating Shabbat at Preschool of the Arts 

was a joy to celebrate these special days 

with our students as they learned all 

about our beautiful traditions. 

Inspired by Rosh Hashanah, our 

school welcomed a local beekeeper 

who brought in thousands of buzzing 

bees for an incredible hands-on experience 

that taught the children about 

bees’ habitats and honey-making ability. 

The children had a great time helping 

extract the honey from the beekeeper’s 

cylinder and collecting it in their very 

own jars of honey that they had artistically 

handcrafted. It was wonderful to 

see how the experience ramped up the 

children’s enthusiasm for the holiday! 

The fun continued as we celebrated 

the joyous holiday of Sukkot. The 

holiday’s numerous themes and exciting 

traditions inspired much of our 

daily curriculum. In our classrooms, 

teachers provided many opportunities 

for students to explore the different 

fall, construction and harvest-inspired 

elements of Sukkot and discover the 

holiday for themselves. 

A handyman guided the 

children in using construction 

tools to build a 

real-life sukkah, which 

they then decorated. Our 

little engineers practiced 

their budding STEM 

skills as they measured 

and hammered away! 

Parents also had a 

chance to participate in 

some fun, community-building activities 

at our annual Parent Curriculum 

Night. The wonderful evening of community 

and learning gave parents new 

strategies and perspectives on early 

childhood education, as we took a deep 

dive into our award-winning school’s 

educational philosophy and how it impacts 

children every day both in and out 

of the classroom. 

At Preschool of the Arts, we are 

guided by our understanding of how 

young children learn best. Our program 

offers students the opportunity to 

develop the building blocks for future 

success – positive self-image, social 

skills, language communication 

and independence. Even 

at a very young age, children 

have an infinite potential to 

absorb knowledge. Our days 

are filled with opportunities 

to learn new skills, concepts 

and ideas, building on children’s 

natural curiosity and 

thirst for learning. Through 

a dynamic and developmentally 

appropriate curriculum, 

we create an atmosphere that 

FOCUS ON YOUTH 


invites children to observe, to try new 

things, to actively participate and to 

make choices. The evening’s message 

resonated with our parents, as they 

understood the importance of gifting 

children with a solid education, and the 

impact it can have on their future. 

For more information about Preschool 

of the Arts, call 239.263.2620, 

email naplespreschoolofthearts@gmail. 

com or visit www.naplespreschoolofthe 

arts.com. 

Sign up for The PJ Library and you’ll receive a FREE, high-quality 

children’s book or CD each month. The PJ Library will enrich your family’s 

life with Jewish stories and songs – and it’s absolutely FREE for families 

with children from six months up to eight years of age in Collier County. 

The PJ Library is brought to the Greater Naples 

community by the Naples Senior Center at JFCS. 

For more information, call 239.325.4444. 

Jewish Families with Children Group 

Collier County Educator Award 

“Stand Up For Justice” 

Please join us 

• Sunday, November 24: Bounce! with us! 

Bounce! Trampoline Sports, 2320 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples 

Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m. 

Cost: $10 per bouncer 

RSVP by November 20. Let Renee’ know how many kids and adults are 

bouncing. For those who don’t want to bounce, we can talk in the lobby 

and read PJ library books. 

• Monday, December 23: Community Chanukah Celebration 

at 5:00 p.m. on the lawn at Mercato. Face painting, games and 

music. Free admission. Latkes for sale. 

More information can be found in our weekly eblast. 

Contact Renee’ at rbialek@jewishnaples.org or 239.263.4205. 

For the 10 th year, a grant has been established by the Jewish Community Relations Council of 

the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples. 

The 2020 STAND UP FOR JUSTICE Educator Grant recognizes High School, Middle School 

and Elementary School educators who are innovative in bringing respect for others’ differences 

into their activities with students in a transformative, impactful and caring way. The goal is to 

create a resource for educators of any discipline to incorporate strategies that promote 

understanding and respect among students, countering bigotry and bullying. This grant 

recognizes teachers, guidance counselors, school librarians, media specialists, school 

psychologists, administrators, etc. 

Visit this link to download the application and see previous recipient submissions: 

https://jewishnaples.org/outreach/educator-award 

For additional information, please contact 

Grant Coordinator Beth Povlow at 239.393.6306 or 

MarcoPovlow@hotmail.com. 

Federation Star Publication Policy 

The Federation Star is a subsidized arm of the Jewish 

Federation of Greater Naples (JFGN). Its purpose and 

function is to publicize the activities and programs of 

the Federation, and to publicize the ongoing activities of 

the established and recognized Jewish organizations in 

Greater Naples. 

The goal of the JFGN is to reach out and unite all Jews 

of the Greater Naples area. While differing opinions and 

points of view do, and will continue to, exist about many issues 

of importance to Jews, the Federation Star will confine 

itself to publishing ONLY items that report the facts of actual 

events of concern to Jews and will only offer commentary 

that clearly intends to unite all Jews in a common purpose or 

purposes. 

Critical or derogatory comments directed at individuals 

or organizations will NOT be published. 

(Adopted by the Offi cers and Board of Trustees 

of the Jewish Federation of Collier County 1/98) 

To avoid misunderstandings, controversies and destructive 

divisions among our people, the Officers and Board of 

Trustees of the “Federation” have adopted the following 

publication policy: 

Advertisements: All advertisements, regardless of their 

sponsor, shall be paid for in full, at the established rates, 

prior to publication. The contents of all advertisements shall 

be subject to review and approval of the Federation Board 

or its designee. Commercial advertisers may make credit 

arrangements with the advertising manager, subject to the 

approval of the Federation Board. 

Regular Columns: Regular columns shall be accepted only 

from leaders (Rabbis, Presidents, Chairs) of established and 

recognized Jewish organizations in Greater Naples and the 

designated Chairs of the regular committees of the Jewish 

Federation of Greater Naples. 

Special Announcements: Special announcements shall be 

accepted from established Jewish organizations in Greater 

Naples and may, at the discretion of the Federation Board, 

be subject to the conditions applicable to paid advertisements, 

as set forth above. 

News Items: Only those news items pertaining to matters of 

general interest to the broadest cross-section of the Jewish 

Community will be accepted for publication. 

Note: Items of controversial opinions and points of view, 

about political issues, will not be accepted for publication 

without prior approval of a majority of the Federation Officers 

and Trustees. 

All persons and organizations objecting to the actions 

and rulings of the Editor or Publications Committee Chair 

shall have the right to appeal those rulings to the Officers 

and Board of Trustees of the JFGN.

COMMUNITY DIRECTORY 


31A 

TEMPLE SHALOM 

OF NAPLES (Reform) 

4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples, FL 34119 

Phone: 455-3030 • Fax: 455-4361 

Email: info@naplestemple.org 

www.naplestemple.org 

Rabbi Adam Miller, MAHL 

Cantor Donna Azu, MSM 

Rabbi Ariel Boxman, MAHL, MARE, 

Rabbi Educator 

Rabbi James H. Perman, D.D., 

Rabbi Emeritus 

Deborah Rosen Fidel, J.D., MAJPS, 

Executive Director 

Debra Antzis, President 

Susan Feld, Ed. S., Preschool Director 

Jim Cochran, Music Director 

Shabbat Services: 

Shabbat Eve - Friday 7:30 p.m. 

Shabbat - Saturday 10:00 a.m. 

JEWISH CONGREGATION 

OF MARCO ISLAND (Reform) 

991 Winterberry Drive 

Marco Island, FL 34145 

Phone: 642-0800 • Fax: 642-1031 

Email: tboxma@marcojcmi.com 

Website: www.marcojcmi.com 

Rabbi Mark Gross 

Hari Jacobsen, Cantorial Soloist 

Ted Bunten, President 

Shabbat Services 

Friday 7:30 p.m. 

Seasonal: Saturday Talmud-Torah at 

9:30 a.m. and Shachrit at 10:30 a.m. 

Rabbi’s Life Long Learning Series 

Sidney R. Hoffman Jewish Film Festival 

Saul I. Stern Cultural Series 

JCMI Book Club 

NAPLES JEWISH CONGREGATION 

(Reform) 

Services are held at: 

The Unitarian Congregation 

6340 Napa Woods Way 

Rabbi Howard Herman 

431-3858 

Email: rabbi@naplesjewishcongregation.org 

www.naplesjewishcongregation.org 

Stephen P. McCloskey, President 

Jane Galler, Cantorial Soloist 


Friday evenings at 7:00 p.m. 

May - August: services once a month 

Sisterhood • Men’s Club 

Adult Education • Adult Choir 

Social Action • Community Events 

BETH TIKVAH 

(Conservative) 



(just west of Mission Square Plaza) 

Phone: 434-1818 

Email: office@bethtikvah.us 

Website: www.bethtikvahnaples.org 

Rabbi Ammos Chorny 

Shelley Goodman, Co-President 

Sue Hammerman, Co-President 

Roberta Miller, Secretary 


Friday evenings at 6:15 p.m. 

Saturday mornings at 9:30 a.m. 

Youth Education 

Adult Education 

Community Events 

Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Adult Education 

Havurot • Youth Groups • Religious School 

Judaic Library • Hebrew School • Preschool 

Adult Choir • Social Action • Outreach 

Naples’ only Judaica Shop 

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 

Rabbi Fishel Zaklos 

Dr. Arthur Seigel, President 

Ettie Zaklos, Education Director 


Shabbat - Saturday 10am 

• Camp Gan Israel • Hebrew School 

• Preschool of the Arts 

• Jewish Women’s Circle 

• Adult Education • Bat Mitzvah Club 

• Friendship Circle • Smile on Seniors 

• Flying Challah • Kosher food delivery 

The Federation Star is published 

monthly, September through July, 

by the Jewish Federation 

of Greater Naples. 

2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road 

Suite 2201 

Naples, FL 34109-0613 

Phone: 239-263-4205 

Fax: 239-263-3813 

E-mail: info@jewishnaples.org 

Website: www.jewishnaples.org 

Volume 29, No. 3 

November 2019 

48 pages 

USPS Permit No. 419 

Publisher: 


Editor: 

Ted Epstein, 239-249-0699 


Design: 

Federation Media Group, Inc. 

Advertising: 

Joy Walker 

941-284-0520 

December 2019 Issue Deadlines: 

Editorial: November 1 

Advertising: November 7 

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Turkey 

With a planned gift to the Endowment Fund of the 

Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, your estate plan 

Mayflower into a horn of plenty for you, 

and the Jewish community gets the gravy. 

Don’t get stuck at the kids’ table. 

Carve out a piece of the pie for the 

Jewish community. 

This is no small potatoes when it comes to letting 

a flock of taxes gobble up your estate. 

We’ll be happy to guide you through the 

maize of charitable gift planning. 

You’ll get the bountiful end of the wishbone. 

Let a charitable gift to the Endowment Fund 

of the Jewish Federation be the centerpiece of 

your estate plan. 

Give. Thanks. 

For more information on gift planning, 

call Jeffrey Feld at the Federation 

at 239.263.4205. 

Tikkun Olam 


Jewish 

Organizations 

to Serve You 

in Greater Naples 

(All area codes are 239 unless otherwise noted.) 


Phone: 263-4205 • Fax: 263-3813 

Website: www.jewishnaples.org 

Email: info@jewishnaples.org 

• Federation Board Chair: Jane Schiff 

• Federation President/CEO: Jeffrey Feld 

American Jewish Committee 

• Regional Dir: Brian Lipton, 941-365-4955 

American Technion Society 

• Chapter Dir: Kelley Whiter, 561-395-7206 

Friends of the IDF 

• Exec. Dir.: Dina Ben Ari, 305-354-8233 

GenShoah SWFL 

• President: Ida Margolis, 963-9347 

Collier/Lee Chapter of Hadassah 

• President: Diane Schwartz, 732-539-4011 

Holocaust Museum & 

Cohen Education Center 

• President: Herb Berkeley, 263-9200 

Israel Bonds 

• Monica DiGiovanni, 727-282-1124 

Jewish Historical Society 

of Southwest Florida 

• President: Marina Berkovich, 566-1771 

Jewish National Fund 

• Joshua Mellits, 941-462-1330 x865 

Jewish War Veterans Post 202 

• Commander, Harvey Sturm, 261-3270 

• Senior Vice Commander, 

Marty Rubin, 716-863-5778 

Men’s Cultural Alliance 

• President: Les Nizin, 653-9259 

Naples BBYO 

• Jessica Zimmerman, 263-4205 

Naples Friends of American Magen 

David Adom (MDA) 

• SE Reg Dir: Joel Silberman, 954-457-9766 

Naples Senior Center at JFCS 

Phone: 325-4444 

• Chairperson: Edward Anchel 

• President/CEO: Dr. Jaclynn Faffer 


• President: Elaine Soffer, 431-7905 

Zionist Organization of America 

• President: Jerry Sobel, 914-329-1024 

Federation Membership 

According to the bylaws of the Jewish Federation of Greater 

Naples, members are those individuals who make an annual 

gift of $36 or more to the Federation’s Annual Community 

Campaign. For more information, please call Julie Hartline, 

Annual Campaign Director, at 239.263.4205.


presents 

Alexandra Silber 

in Concert 

One Night Only 


at 7:15 p.m. 

Temple Shalom 

4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples 

Accompanied by Ben Moss 

Al and Ben entertained at the Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival in December 2017. 

Tickets are $36 ($45 at the door if seats available) 

© Arielle Doneson 

Alexandra Silber takes you on a musical journey through 

her multi-faceted career encompassing classic hits from 

Fiddler on the Roof, Kiss Me Kate, Cabaret, She Loves Me 

and West Side Story, plus she will introduce you to new 

tunes and hidden gems. Witness intimate and honest performances 

that have catapulted this lovely, young actress to 

Broadway, the West End and symphony stages nationwide! 

“The fastest-rising soprano in musical theatre... 

the firestarter for getting the Broadway world 

re-acquainted with its ‘legit sound’ – the same 

crystal clear, open voice that Leonard Bernstein 

would have heard in his first Maria...” 

— The Huffington Post 

Piano provided by Steinway Piano Gallery. Visit the showroom at 28751 S. Tamiami Trail, Bonita Springs. 

• Check in at the event 

(no physical tickets issued) 

• Doors open at 6:45 p.m. 

• General admission seating 

• Video presentation 

at 7:15 p.m. 

• Show begins at 7:30 p.m. 

• Dessert Reception follows 

the show 

YES! I’d love to attend “Alexandra Silber in Concert” on January 7! 

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3 

In person at the Federation 

office. 

Charge by phone: 

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Celebrating Jewish Life in Greater Naples, Israel and the World 


Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples 

serving Naples, Marco Island and the surrounding communities 

www.JewishNaples.org November 2019 – Cheshvan/Kislev 5780 Vol. 29 #3 

Arts & Culture 

Author of unique book featuring Jewish recipes and 

food lore to speak at Jewish Book Festival luncheon 

Review by Philip K. Jason, Jewish Book Festival Co-Chair 

The alphabet never tasted so good. 

A huge and dazzling array of 

contributors brings to life what 

would seem to be an impossible task: 

a plausible gathering of what’s “most 

Jewish” in the palates of Jews across 

time, space and memory. The contributors 

are at once erudite and down to 

earth. Author Alana Newhouse gives 

them brief but impressive identification 

at the end of the book so that readers 

can connect their perspectives to their 

credentials. 

Readers will chuckle at the book’s 

table of contents. It provides a delightful 

visual image as an identifier for each 

selection, in which these same images 

reappear. They exist to make us hungry. 

The format is basically a mini-essay 

followed by a recipe. So, we travel and 

gorge from adafina (a Sabbath stew) to 

Yemenite soup, with the expected and 

plenty of surprises along the way. 

Just where it needs to be is the 

apple, given a personality by Dan Barber, 

who plays the part well, complaining 

about being blamed for Eve’s lack 

Alana Newhouse 

of discipline, but then boasting about 

having flourished all over the world. 

The apple’s journey is a guilt trip. Apple 

cake becomes the choice for instruction. 

The recipes share a professionally 

structured style that readers will find 

efficient without being overly formal. 

Measurements are given in the vernaculars, 

so the reader will always know 

such things as a half cup of sugar is 65 

grams. Chocolate Babka immediately 

caught my attention, but I plan to get 

my babka by giving a copy of the book, 

properly bookmarked, to a good friend 

who bakes. 

Okay, so you’d expect a section on 

bagels, but don’t tell me you anticipated 

Bazooka gum. Bialys are another must, 

as are black-and-white cookies, blintzes 

and maybe bokser. And borscht is 

inevitable, with this section offering a 

brief essay on “The Secrets of Soviet 

Cuisine.” The section on brisket is best 

read overnight. 

“C” is for carciofi all giudia (artichoke 

Jewish-style). “C” is also for 

challah, charoset and cheesecake – AND 

chicken. Yes, there is a section on Chinese 

food that explains in detail “Why 

Jews Eat Chinese Food on Christmas.” 

The mysteries of cholent and chopped 

liver come next, laced with both wisdom 

and humor. And there is a lot more to 

the (pardon the pun) c-section. 

I have to speed up now: dates, 

deli, dill; eggplant, Entenmann’s, eyerleckh; 

flanken; gefilte fish, goose 

and the wished-for gribenes; halva, 

hamantaschen, haminados and Hebrew 

National hot dogs. 

Let me depart from the alphabet 

now and address some other charms of 

this “most Jewish” book. 

Many of the contributors are notable 

writers, or at least darn good 

ones. Often, they take the opportunity 

to personalize their entries with memories 

of family gatherings, holidays and 

lifecycle events at which Jewish food is 

not the theme, but somehow the bonding 

agent. We can trace how a recipe 

was introduced, passed along to others, 

sometimes modified, but always linking 

the generations – just like Hebrew 

school, but usually with greater impact. 

These personal stories that link the 

food with the occasion and the family 

are sometimes humorous, but always 

moving and inviting. 

There is a surprising and welcome 

inclusiveness in the scope of the recipes. 

A favorite of Tunisian Jews, Pkaila, is 

one of the surprises. Adafina is from 

the Iberian world, and Haminados are 

among the Sephardic tastes readers are 

lured to sample. Jews from the Republic 

of Georgia indulged themselves with 

Labda, which also has a connection 

with Persian cuisine. Jews in India 

enjoy Malida at the Seder table. Treatments 

of matzo are manifold. One of 

these is the Sephardic Mina de Matzo. 

And you don’t want to miss trying 

Mufleta, Persian rice and Ptcha – foods 

with various origins across the Jewish 

world. Tsimmes, of course, is universally 

familiar. 

Well, the person who put all this 

together, New Yorker Alana Newhouse, 

is the editor-in-chief of Tablet, a daily 

online magazine with a huge following. 

Founded in 2009, it features Jewish 

news, ideas and culture. A graduate of 

Barnard College and Columbia’s Graduate 

School of Journalism, Newhouse 

has contributed to The New York Times, 

The Washington Post, The Boston Globe 

and Slate. 

On Monday, December 2 at 11:30 

a.m. at the Hilton Naples, Alana Newhouse 

will be speaking at the Greater 

Naples Jewish Book Festival luncheon. 

The book will be available for sale and 

signing. Find details about the complete 

festival series of events, along with a 

ticket order form, author bios and book 

descriptions in this section and at www. 

jewishbookfestival.org. Need an answer 

fast? Send an email to fedstar18@gmail. 

com or call the Federation office at 

239.263.4205. 

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OFFICIAL BLUES BROTHERS REVUE 


FILMS FOR FILM LOVERS 

Join us Monday nights for the best foreign and 

independent films. Wine, beer, non-alcoholic 

beverages, snacks and popcorn are available. 

Doors open 6:30pm | Films begin 7:00pm 

OTHER PERFORMANCES YOU MIGHT LIKE... 

Murder & Mayhem - Live at the Cabaret.............. Nov 1 

Musical Moments - Rock Around the Clock .......... Nov 3 

Open Mic Bonita .............................................. Nov 14 

Eirinn Abu & Manny Lopez: Sounds of the Season Nov 30 

Musical Moments - Holiday Potpourri .................. Dec 1 

One Too Many (A Cappella) ............................... Dec 7 

Funny Shorts LIVE!.......................................... Dec 13 

Centers for the Arts 

Bonita Springs presents 

“The Art of Healthy Cooking” 

Creating and consuming art is 

good for you. It’s good for the 

spirit, it helps keep you sharp 

mentally and, in some instances, it even 

nourishes the body. That’s definitely the 

case with “The Art of Healthy Cooking” 

series, brought to you by the Centers for 

the Arts Bonita Springs in collaboration 

with Lee Health’s Healthy Life Center 

at Coconut Point. “The Art of Healthy 

Cooking” is a monthly series of special 

dinner evenings designed to empower 

you with the practical cooking skills 

needed for better health. 

Attendees will enjoy cooking demonstrations 

and taste delicious, healthful 

dishes in a supportive group setting. 

Each evening’s fun and delicious demonstration 

and discussion will be led 

by chef, nutritionist and Lee Health 

outreach dietitian Aikaterina ‘Kat’ Galeos. 

The kitchen is stocked, the menu 

is prepared and Kat has interesting and 

informative presentations ready for the 

months of January, February and March. 

Details about each of these evenings 

follow, and those interested many attend 

whichever evenings suit their own interests 

and needs. Space is limited to 12 

guests per event, so please register early. 

At each event, enjoy wine provided by 

PG Wines Florida during the meal and, 

as always, a great dessert. 

Plant Based Cooking: Tuesday, 

January 28, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 

Join Kat in this fun, educational and 

delicious class. Did you know that a 

plant-based diet can greatly benefit all 

of us, reducing the risk of numerous illnesses, 

like diabetes and heart disease? 

Plant-based cooking is not only healthy, 

but easy and delicious! This class features 

a short talk, cooking demo and 

hands-on participation as we create our 

evening’s delicious, health-promoting 

meal, following an easy and affordable 

recipe. Cheers! 

30-Minute Delightful Meals: Tuesday, 

February 11, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 

Busy schedule? Looking for ways to 

make meals easier? Just because a meal 

takes only 30 minutes to prepare does 

ARTS & CULTURE 

not mean it needs to skimp on flavor or 

health. Join Kat in this fun, educational 

and delicious class featuring 30-Minute 

Meals that are bursting with flavor, easy 

Aikaterina ‘Kat’ Galeos 

to prepare and, yes, healthy! Your class 

features a short talk, cooking demo and 

hands-on participation as we create our 

evening’s delicious, health-promoting 

meal, following an easy and affordable 

recipe. 

Crazy-Delicious Mexican Cuisine: 

Tuesday, March 31, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 

Okay, we get it. Mexican cuisine sometimes 

doesn’t have a great reputation 

nutrition-wise. Why not join us, for a 

terrific take on healthy Mexican cuisine? 

Kat has created a fun, educational 

and delicious class featuring healthy 

Mexican cuisine. These healthy versions 

of traditional Mexican recipes 

use whole-food ingredients filled with 

flavor and nutrition. Your class features 

a short talk, cooking demo and hands-on 

participation as we create our evening’s 

delicious, health-promoting meal, following 

an easy and affordable recipe. 

¡A tu salud! 

Each of these events will be held 

at the Healthy Life Center, located at 

Lee Health’s new facility at 23450 Via 

Coconut Point, Estero. Tickets to each 

event are $65. Call 239.495.8989 to 

purchase your tickets and secure your 

reservation today. 


presents Myra Janco Daniels 

By Arlene Yedid 

Who is most responsible for 

the growth of Naples as 

a cultural arts center and 

prominent city? There is no doubt that 

it is the legendary Myra Janco Daniels. 

Temple Shalom Sisterhood is pleased to 

announce that on Tuesday, November 12 

at 11:30 a.m. at Temple Shalom, Myra 

will be reminiscing 

in a special program 

honoring her achievements. 

Her amazing career 

began as a professor 

of marketing 

and advertising. Later, 

Myra became a pioneering 

executive in 

Chicago, heading up 

a national advertising 

firm. Selling her very 

successful company 

to Draper Daniels 

eventually led to marriage. Draper was 

a colorful figure who was the inspiration 

for the character Don Draper in 

the television series Mad Men. When 

it came time to retire, they moved to 

Marco Island. 

After Draper died, Myra became 

interested in forming a Marco Island 

chamber orchestra. Later, she led a 

grassroots drive to gain community support 

for a Naples symphony. Knowing 

that the Naples Philharmonic needed 

a home, Myra led a major financial 

campaign for a center for the arts that 

Myra Janco Daniels 

became the iconic Naples Philharmonic 

Center for the Arts. Next she created the 

Naples Museum of Art, in which hang 

two spectacular blown glass Dale Chihuly 

chandeliers, and a tribute to Naples, 

a massive blown glass ceiling aquarium. 

Myra served 30 years as CEO of the 

Philharmonic Center for the Arts, overseeing 

its growth into 

a cultural arts mecca. 

Myra has said, “I used 

the same principles 

I learned in advertising 

to sell this community 

on the arts. 

You have to believe, 

and then you have to 

get the community to 

believe. You have to 

get them involved to 

the point that they feel 

it’s theirs.” 

Has she retired? 

As Myra has said, “I don’t think that 

anyone can retire from living.” Furthermore, 

she believes that everyone has a 

responsibility to help in some way to 

create a better community. 

Join us at Temple Shalom to meet 

Myra and hear about her amazing life 

and recent project for “latchkey children.” 

The cost is $30 for Sisterhood 

members, $32 for non-members and 

guests, and $50 for sponsors. For information 

or reservations, call Barbara 

Druckman at 239.405.1141.



TheatreZone celebrates its 15 th season, 

announces 2019-2020 shows 

TheatreZone, a Naples professional 

Equity theatre celebrating 

its 15 th season, is pleased to present 

the following Broadway productions 

for its 2019-2020 season: Home for the 

Holidays (December 13-15), Leonard 

Bernstein’s Wonderful Town (January 

9-19), Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera 

(February 6-16), Gypsy (March 5-15) 

and I Love My Wife (April 16-26). 

In a change for this season, all evening 

performances will begin at 7:30 

p.m. Matinees at 2:00 p.m. will continue 

to be offered on Saturdays and Sundays. 

“We like to present a blend of a traditional 

shows, a favorite from the past 

seasons, and a show or two that people 

may not have seen before,” says Artistic 

Director Mark Danni. “This gives our 

subscribers and ticket buyers variety and 

exposure to new things. We believe it is 

our job to introduce lesser known works 

to new audiences.” 

“The idea for Wonderful Town 

came from a conversation we had with 

Leonard Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie 

Bernstein,” he continues. “She told me 

that Wonderful Town is her favorite of 

her dad’s musicals, and I thought, wow, 

that’s really saying something, considering 

he wrote West Side Story. We’re 

looking forward to sharing Wonderful 

Town with our audiences.” 

Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera 

brings a different, edgier musical 

genre to the Florida premiere of this 

brand new show, which has only been 

presented in Boston, New York and 

Chicago. The producer, seeking a new 

staging of this highly entertaining dark 

comedy, immediately considered Mark 

Danni and TheatreZone, and flew to 

Naples to specifically meet with them. 

Andrea McArdle, Broadway’s original 

Annie, will play the tour de force role as 

each character’s (Tonya’s and Nancy’s) 

Shakespearean mother. Tonya & Nancy 

is a fantastically clever show, based on 

a historic event that shocked the world; 

though it does include adult language 

and subject matter more suitable for 

mature audiences. 

With so many well-known songs, 

Gypsy appeals to everyone. “This is a 

classic and timeless Broadway musical 

where audiences leave happy and 

singing,” Danni says. “We expect 

that these tickets will sell quickly.” 

Directing the production will be Karen 

(Moor) Yelaney, who was the original 

Baby Louise with Ethel Merman 

on Broadway. Her talented daughter, 

Megan Yelaney, who was last seen in 

TheatreZone’s Baby, will play Gypsy 

Rose Lee. Mark Danni and Karen Yelaney 

had worked together in New York 

before Mark moved to Naples. “We 

are also thrilled to announce that TheatreZone 

fan favorite Becca McCoy, last 

seen as Princess Puffer in The Mystery 

of Edwin Drood, will portray the iconic 

3B 

roll of Mama Rose,” Danni says. 

Well received when TheatreZone 

staged it in Season 5, I Love My Wife is a 

hilarious 1970s look at relationships and 

sexuality. “The topic sounds racy, but 

the show is not,” Danni says. “It’s more 

about the comedy and how the couples 

get to bed than what happens when they 

get there. I also love that the band are 

characters in the show and have nine 

costume changes!” The show has wonderful 

music written by legendary Tony 

Award-winning composer Cy Coleman 

(Sweet Charity, City of Angels). 

International concert acts and other 

events will be announced at a later date. 

TheatreZone is in residence at the 

250-seat G&L Theatre on the Community 

School of Naples campus, 13275 

Livingston Road, Naples. Tickets 

range from $50-75. For more information, 

visit www.theatre.zone or call 

888.966.3352 x1. 

The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples 

thanks TheatreZone for sponsoring the 

Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival for 

the third consecutive year. The Federation 

truly appreciates the partnership. 

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2019-2020 

Our 15th Season! 

December 13-15, 2019 

A TheatreZone original holiday 

extravaganza of season favorites! 

January 9-19, 2020 

Leonard Bernstein’s Tony 

Award-winning musical! 

February 6-16, 2020 

Florida premiere of this comedic 

original musical! 

C O N C E R T S E R I E S 

March 5-15, 2020 

One of Broadway’s all-time 

hits, starring Becca McCoy! 

NEW! 

April 16-26, 2020 

Cy Coleman’s hysterical satire 

of the 1970’s sexual revolution! 

All evening 

shows at 

7:30 p.m. 

Live 

Professional 

Theatre! 

January 14, 2020 

February18, 2020 February 20, 2020 

Evening performances on Thursdays through Sundays plus weekend matinees. 

BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW! 

www.theatre.zone 888-966-3352 x1 

13275 Livingston Road, Naples, FL 

On the Community School of Naples campus 

Watch for Dates!


Gulfshore Playhouse presents its 2019-20 season 

featuring legendary classics and new productions 

Gulfshore Playhouse is celebrating 

its 16 th season with legendary 

heroes, quarreling lovers, 

award-winning timeless classics and 

fresh new productions. Don’t miss out! 

The regional theatre continues to 

thrive under the direction of Founder 

and Producing Artistic Director Kristen 

Coury, who started Gulfshore Playhouse 

more than 15 years ago with an idea 

to fill the gap of arts in Naples with a 

professional theatre that would further 

elevate the arts – and she has made good 

on that promise. 

Today, the theatre has blossomed 

into an artistic home for more than 44 

staff members, hundreds of visiting artists, 

over 40,000 patrons, and more than 

14,000 students and adults who have 

participated in Gulfshore Playhouse’s 

transformational theatre education 

programs. 

There has never been a more exciting 

time to be at Gulfshore Playhouse 

and experience incredible professional 

productions featuring actors direct from 

Broadway, partake in free audience 

engagement programs, or enroll in a 

unique theatre educational offering. 

The 2019-20 Production Season 

includes: 

● Bedlam’s Saint Joan, October 

19 to November 3: From the critically 

acclaimed New York-based theatre company 

comes an artful, and searingly bold 

and humorous adaptation of George 

Bernard Shaw’s tale of Joan of Arc. 

Recognized in TIME magazine and 

New York Times’ top critic picks, this 

intimate stripped-down production 

captures the epic story of the martyred 

heroine in her unforgettable quest to 

restore France to greatness. 

● It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live 

Radio Play, November 16 to December 

29: Adapted by Joe Landry, this heartwarming 

American classic presented 

as a 1940s radio show 

retells the story of Bedford 

Falls and the Bailey 

Family. With the help of 

an ensemble that brings 

a few dozen characters 

to the stage, the story of 

idealistic George Bailey 

unfolds as he considers 

ending his life one fateful 

Christmas Eve. 

● Native Gardens, 

January 11 to February 

2: This runaway 

hit has been dubbed one 

of the hottest new plays 

and “a true breath of 

comic fresh air” by DC Theatre Scene. 

Gardens and cultures clash in this 

lively and frothy production about one 

of life’s most serious subjects: DIRT. 

Friendly neighbors become unreasonable 

enemies who involve themselves 

in a variety of backyard antics in this 

comedy of good intentions and bad 

manners. 

● The Lady Demands Satisfaction, 

February 15 to March 15: Mayhem 

and chaos quickly arise in this hilarious, 

swashbuckling comedy by Arthur M. 

Jolly. Set in the mid-1700s, masterful 

swordplay and mistaken identities collide 

with conniving suitors and young 

maidens to bring to life this actionpacked 

fun production. 

● The Lion in Winter, March 

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in 1183, King Henry II and his wife, 

Eleanor of Aquitaine, are embroiled in 

a wickedly amusing battle over which 

son will inherit the crown. It’s a highstakes 

political game of chess, and the 

future of England hangs in the balance. 

This Tony Award-winning production 

by James Goldman went on to become 

an instant classic and 

an Academy Awardwinning 

film starring 

Katherine Hepburn and 

Peter O’Toole. 

● The Niceties, 

May 2 to 17: When Zoe 

is called into her history 

professor’s office to 

discuss a paper about 

the American Revolution, 

a civil conversation 

transforms into 

an urgent and personal 

debate. As the conflict 

intensifies, both women 

quickly pass the point 

of no return and must face the consequences. 

Hailed as “bristling and provocative” 

by The New York Times, this 

explosive drama by Eleanor Burgess 

forces an examination on the ways society 

judges, debates and condemns. 

“We are excited to present a bold 

season showcasing Tony Award-winning 

productions, critically acclaimed 

actors, many straight from New York, 

and a world-class creative team,” said 

Kristen Coury. “Coupled with hilarious, 

timeless classics and new, thoughtprovoking 

plays, this season will 

captivate audiences who are looking 

for a taste of New York right in their 

backyard.” 

Single tickets are now on sale for 

the 2019-20 season. Three-, four-, fiveand 

six-show subscriptions are available, 

starting at $192. New this year, 

Gulfshore Playhouse has introduced a 

monthly option that provides patrons 

with the flexibility of paying monthly 

for a subscription. Prices start as low 

as $17 per month for a three-show subscription 

package. Subscription benefits 

include priority seating, invitations to 

exclusive events, exchanges up to 24 

hours before a show and discounted 

pricing. Regular ticket pricing and 

single tickets start at $38. For purchase 

information, visit www.GulfshorePlay 

house.org or call 239.261.7529. 

Gulfshore Playhouse is passionately 

committed to enriching the cultural 

landscape of our region by producing 

professional theater to the highest artistic 

standards and providing unique educational 

opportunities to diverse groups 

of people in a spirit of service, adventure 

and excitement. The Playhouse’s work 

is inspired by a belief in the magic of 

theater to expand the imagination, challenge 

the senses, provoke discussion 

and revitalize in its audiences an understanding 

of our common humanity. 

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impressive vocal talents, the group brings 

multi-generational humor and a surprising 

repertoire to a fun, easygoing evening. Visit JewishSong.com. 

Thursday, February 20 at 7:00pm 

Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6340 Napa Woods Way, Naples 

$40 General Seating • $65 Benefactor Preferred Seating 

Event concludes with an elegant wine and dessert reception 

Tickets are available at naplesjewishcongregation.org or mail your check 

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The NOC is now the NCO 

By Arlene Yedid 

The Naples Orchestra and Chorus 

opens its 27 th season with an 

appropriate name change, the 

Naples Community Orchestra. This is 

an appropriate change since the NCO 

is comprised of talented local musicians 

and music students who bring exceptional 

classical and popular orchestral 

concerts to the community. 

Take note of other changes taking 

place. The new NCO venue is Moorings 

Presbyterian Church at 791 Harbour 

Drive, Naples. It offers a large stage to 

showcase the entire orchestra, and features 

Artistic Director Max Rabinovitsj 

and guest soloists center stage. The 

Moorings Presbyterian sanctuary boasts 

amazing state-of-the-art acoustics and a 

magnificent Fazioli grand piano. 

Concerts will be given Friday evenings 

at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday afternoons 

at 3:30 p.m. 

The season opens on January 17 and 

18, when Broadway star Jessica Grové 

and concert pianist Jodie DeSalvo return 

with a dazzling concert of Broadway 

and pops favorites. Internationally 

recognized clarinetist Bixby Kennedy 

performs Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto 

on the February 7 and 8. The March 13 

and 14 program features brilliant pianist 

Dror Biran in the Beethoven Piano Concerto 

No. 4. The April 17 and 18 concert 

marks the exciting return of Stella Chen, 

recent winner of a prestigious international 

violin completion, bringing the 

season to a rousing conclusion with the 

Brahms Violin Concerto. 

Season tickets are on sale for $100 

and single tickets are $30. There is no 

charge for students. For more information, 

call 239.676.0077 or visit www. 

NaplesCommunityOrchestra.org. 

A new Hadassah program 

Coming this season is a new 

program series, “Hadassah 

Presents: Programs and Events 

to Educate, Entertain and Expand Our 

Knowledge.” 

On Thursday, January 16, Elizabeth 

L. Fox presents a unique book of correspondence 

between her parents Lenny 

and Diana Miller in We Are Going to 

be Lucky: A World War II Love Story in 

Letters. Their daily letters reflect how 

the newly married couple tried to deal 

with the uncertainties and difficulties 

of a three-year separation. This story of 

enduring hope and love is revealed in 

the huge collection of letters Elizabeth 

carefully edited and annotated. You’re 

invited to hear Elizabeth Fox’s memorable 

presentation at 7:00 p.m. at the 

Naples Conference Center, 1444 Pine 

Ridge Road, Naples. 

On Monday, February 17 at 1:00 

p.m., noted art historian Joan Jacobs will 

present a program on the great artist, 

Marc Chagall, known for his unique, 

symbolic artwork as well as his eccentric, 

difficult personality. Of special 

interest to Hadassah are the magnificent 

“Chagall Windows” at Hadassah Hospital 

in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem. Joan 

Jacobs is an accomplished, sought after 

lecturer who reveals a deep understanding 

of artists and their masterworks. 

Her museum-quality slides allow her 

to explore the techniques employed by 

artists through the ages. The presentation 

takes place at Vi at Bentley Village, 

East Clubhouse, 850 Retreat Drive, 

Naples. 

Each program costs $18 for early 

registration and $25 at the door. For 

more information, call Debbie Kaprove 

at 860.558.3331 or Dale Hackerman at 

603.818.3765. 


5B 

“Gulfshore Playhouse Punches Above Its Weight” 

– The Wall Street Journal 

Bedlam’s saint Joan 

October 19 – November 3 

“Irresistible!” and “a force of 

nature” by The New York Times 

it’s a Wonderful life: 

a live radio Play 

November 16 – December 29 

“A lovable, evocative piece.” 

by The New York Times 

native Gardens 

January 11 – February 2 

“A true breath of comic fresh air!” 

by DC Theatre Scene 

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the lady demands 

satisfaction 

February 15 – March 15 

“Good swashbuckling fun!” 

by Chicago Reader 

the lion in Winter 

March 28 – April 19 

“Regal and relevant!” 

by Broadway World 

the niceties 

May 2 – 17 

“A bristling, provocative play!” 

by The New York Times 

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Florida Repertory Theatre’s 2019-2020 season 

Florida Repertory Theatre opened 

its 22 nd season on September 

24 with the country musical 

sensation Always...Patsy Cline in the 

ArtStage Studio Theatre and the run is 

already extended to November 24 due 

to overwhelming demand for tickets. 

The season features six productions 

in the 393-seat Historic Arcade Theatre 

and three in the 120-seat ArtStage 

Studio Theatre. Also featured are the 

multiple Tony Award-winning Best 

Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love 

and Murder, and A Doll’s House, Part 

2 by Lucas Hnath, one of the hottest 

new plays in America, and a multiple 

Tony nominee. 

Florida Rep is also proud to salute 

the late, great Neil Simon with his 

now-classic romantic comedy Barefoot 

in the Park, which will take the 

Arcade Theatre stage in January. The 

Arcade Theatre season kicked off in 

late-October with Ken Ludwig’s The 

Fox on the Fairway, a farce from the 

author of Lend Me a Tenor and Moon 

Over Buffalo, and is scheduled to play 

through November 20. 

Florida Repertory Theatre’s 22 nd 

season also includes a National New 

Play Network Rolling World Premiere 

as part of its ongoing efforts to develop 

new works and nurture playwrights. 

Opening December 20 in the ArtStage 

Studio Theatre, Alabaster by Audrey 

Cefaly is an intimate portrait of survival 

showcased in Florida Rep’s 2018 Play- 

Lab Festival. 

“We are delighted to celebrate 22 

years of professional theatre with this 

varied and exciting season of musicals, 

new works and classics,” said Artistic 

Director Greg Longenhagen. “This diverse 

lineup of plays and musicals, both 

classic and contemporary, will break 

new ground for the theatre, introduce 

many new faces and, of course, showcase 

our ensemble of artists in a variety 

of roles. We hope you’ll join us for 

another year of first-class professional 

theatre.” 

Based on overwhelmingly positive 

feedback from patrons, Florida Rep 

will continue to open its free parking 

lot, conveniently located directly across 

the street from the theatre, two hours 

before each curtain time. And, for a 

third season, the theatre’s weeknight 

performances will begin at 7:00 p.m. 

Florida Rep’s 2019-2020 Season: 

¡¡ 

Always…Patsy Cline created and 

originally directed by Ted Swindley. 

Now extended through November 

24, in the ArtStage Studio Theatre. 

A heartfelt and powerful celebration 

of the most popular female country 

singer in recording history! Hear 

all of Patsy’s biggest hits, including 

“Crazy,” “Walkin’ After Midnight” 

and “I Fall to Pieces.” 

¡¡ 

Ken Ludwig’s The Fox on the Fairway. 

November 1-20, in the Historic 

Arcade Theatre. Marx Brothers’ 

hilarity meets country club politics 

in this signature Ken Ludwig farce 

about love, life and man’s eternal 

love affair with golf! 

Evy Lipp 

¡¡ 

An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley. 

December 6-22, Previews December 

3-5, in the Historic Arcade 

Theatre. A wealthy British family 

is forced to examine their morality 

in this chilling, Olivier and Tonywinning 

masterpiece! An electrifying 

and suspenseful thriller filled 

with twists and turns! 

¡¡ 

Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly. A 

National New Play Network Rolling 

World Premiere. December 

20 - January 26, Previews December 

17-19, in the ArtStage Studio 

Theatre. Funny, heartbreaking and 

earth-shattering, this powerful new 

play about healing and survival 

begins a record-breaking 10-theatre 

Rolling World Premiere at Florida 

Rep before taking the country by 

storm! 

¡¡ 

Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon. 

January 10- 29, Previews January 

7-9, in the Historic Arcade Theatre. 

A hilarious romantic comedy from 

the author of Rumors and Lost in 

Yonkers. Newlyweds decide to play 

matchmaker, and everything that 

could go wrong does in this multiple 

Tony-nominated play! 

PEOPLE OF THE BOOK 

Cultural Event 

Celebrating 16 years of bringing noted Jewish authors 

to our Federation members 


¡¡ 

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and 

Murder. Book & Lyrics by Robert 

L. Freedman, Music & Lyrics by 

Steven Lutvak. February 14 - March 

4, Previews February 11-13, in the 

Historic Arcade Theatre. Can young 

Monty Navarro juggle his fiancée, 

his mistress, and knock off all of 

the heirs ahead of him in the line of 

nobility without being caught? Find 

out in this fresh, irreverent and multiple 

Tony-winning Best Musical! 

¡¡ 

Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan 

Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe. 

February 28 - March 29, Previews 

February 25-27, in the ArtStage Studio 

Theatre. A touching, funny and 

intimate one-person tour-de-force! 

Every Brilliant Thing is an exhilarating 

and inventive new play that 

takes audiences on an unexpected, 

humorous and emotional journey of 

healing and self-discovery. 

¡¡ 

A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas 

Hnath. March 20 - April 8, Previews 

March 17-19, in the Historic Arcade 

Theatre. This smart and sophisticated 

new comedy raises fascinating 

questions about marriage and the 

ways the roles of women have – and 

have not – changed since 1879. One 

of the hottest plays in America! 

¡¡ 

Ripcord by David Lindsay-Abaire. 

April 24 - May 10, Previews April 

21-23, in the Historic Arcade Theatre. 

From the twisted and brilliant 

mind of the Pulitzer Prize & Tonywinning 

author of Rabbit Hole and 

Good People comes a high-stakes 

comedy about two women of a certain 

age locked in a no-holds-barred 

battle to the death! 

Schedules may change, as shows 

extend due to popularity, so call the box 

office at 239.332.4488 or go online at 

www.FloridaRep.org to check the full 

schedule. 

PROUDLY PRESENTS 

Lori Gottlieb 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 at 7:30pm 

Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples 

Tickets: $18 in advance • $25 at the door 

Registration is now open! 

X Use the Jewish Book Festival ticket order form; call the Federation office 

with your credit card number at 239.263.4205; or mail your check 

($18 per person), payable to Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, to JFGN, 

Attn: Renee’, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201, Naples, FL 34109. 

X Tickets will not be mailed. Your name will be placed on a reservation list 

that will be checked at the door. 

X Please call Renee’ if you’d like to be a Patron of this event. Patrons receive 

dinner with Lori Gottlieb, a copy of her book and VIP seating at the event. 

Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York 

Times bestselling author who writes The Atlantic’s 

weekly “Dear Therapist” advice column. She 

also writes for The New York Times, and appears 

as a frequent expert on relationships, parenting 

and hot-button mental 

health topics in media 

such as The Today 

Show, Good Morning 

America, CBS This Morning, 

CNN and NPR. 

Her book Maybe You 

Should Talk to Someone 

is in development 

for a television series 

at ABC. Learn more at 

LoriGottlieb.com.



7B


Classic Chamber Concerts honors Beethoven 

and opens its 25 th anniversary season 

Acclaimed Pianist Orion Weiss 

joins Violinist Yura Lee, and 

Cellist Clive Greensmith, opening 

Classic Chamber Concerts’ 25 th anniversary 

season honoring Beethoven’s 

250 th birthday, on Monday, December 

16 at 8:00 p.m. at the Sugden Theatre 

on Fifth Avenue South in Downtown 

Naples. 

Gifted pianists are everywhere but 

few have the magical presence, speed 

and stamina of Orion Weiss. He has 

a strong connection to the music he 

performs. 

After studying at 

the Cleveland Institute 

of Music during afternoons 

throughout high 

school, Weiss graduated 

from the Juilliard 

School where he studied 

with Emanuel Ax. 

He went on to receive 

an Avery Fisher Grant, 

and was named Classical 

Recording Foundation’s 

Young Artist of 

the Year, both before the 

age of 30. 

One of the most 

sought-after soloists in his generation 

of young American musicians, Weiss 

has performed with American orchestras 

including Chicago Symphony, Boston 

Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic 

and New York Philharmonic. His impressive 

list of accomplishments is 

endless. 

His deeply felt and crafted performances 

go far beyond his technical 

mastery and have won him worldwide 

acclaim. With a warmth to his playing 

that reflects his personality, Orion has 

dazzled audiences with his lush sound. 

According to The Washington Post, 

Orion Weiss (credit: Jacob Blickenstaff) 

“Weiss has both powerful technique 

and exceptional insight, and brought an 

almost sculptural presence and weight to 

the music… When you’re named after 

one of the biggest constellations in the 

night sky, the pressure is on to display a 

little star power – and the young pianist 

Orion Weiss did exactly that…” 

Weiss is known for his affinity and 

enthusiasm for chamber music. Anyone 

who has experienced this genre realizes 

its power to connect and captivate an 

audience. It is the purity of the music 

that attracts composers and artists who 

perform it. The intimacy 

of the music allows 

you to hear every 

element clearly, as it 

stirs the soul. 

Weiss, along with 

Lee and Greensmith, 

will perform a dynamic 

program of 

works by Beethoven. 

“They will be performing 

works written 

by Beethoven in 

the consecutive order 

as he first conceived 

them in his very rich 

‘middle period’ of composing. This is 

a rare opportunity to hear these works 

back to back by brilliant artists,” said 

Michael Finn, Artistic Director of Classic 

Chamber Concerts. 

Orion Weiss added, “Beethoven 

climbed to the highest pinnacles of expression 

and achievement, conquered 

those peaks, and built towers upon their 

summits. What makes him so special 

is that you can almost, almost, almost 

see how he did it. He seems to me, of 

all the great composers, the most like a 

real human person. Yes, a once-in-allhistory 

kind of genius, but the music he 

created definitely came only from him, 

not from God or heaven or some undefinable 

otherworldly ‘inspiration.’ What 

is overwhelming and mind-boggling is 

his energy, his fearless determination, 

his perseverance, and his never-ending 

invention and re-invention. I personally 

connect very deeply with Beethoven. I 

hear his voice in every note, his thoughts 

in every phrase. 

“In our program, we are playing 

consecutive opuses from a short threeyear 

period in Beethoven’s life. I think 

of that time as his most ecstatic period. 

The music is incredibly joyful and 

heaven-reaching. We will be performing 

his last violin sonata, his last cello 

sonata and his last trio, along with his 

28 th (of 32) piano sonata.” 

The All BEETHOVEN PROGRAM 

includes: 

Sonata for Piano No. 28 in A, Op.101 

Sonata for Violin No. 10 in G, Op. 96 

Sonata for Cello No. 5 in D, Op. 102 

No. 2 

Trio in B flat, Op.97, “Archduke” 


This opening night performance 

promises to be a sellout. Tickets are 

$60 and are only available by visiting 

naplesccc.org. A special 25% discount 

for new Season Subscribers is also 

available. 

The Classic Chamber Concerts 

2020 Season also includes: 

January 20, Sugden Theatre 

FORMOSA QUARTET 

February 10, First United Methodist 

Church 

BENJAMIN BEILMAN, VIOLIN 

ANDREW TYSON, PIANO 

February 24, First United Methodist 

Church 

ESCHER & DOVER QUARTETS 

March 9, Sugden Theatre 

MIRO QUARTET AND CLIVE 

GREENSMITH, CELLO 

April 6, First United Methodist 

Church 

SUSANNA PHILLIPS, SOPRANO 

PAUL NEUBAUER, VIOLA 

ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT, 

PIANO 

The Sidney R. Hoffman 

Memorial Jewish Film Festival 

The Jewish Congregation of 

Marco Island is justifiably proud 

of being the first Jewish Film 

Festival in Southwest Florida. The Sidney 

R. Hoffman Memorial Jewish Film 

Festival had its premiere season back in 

2000 and has been bringing interesting, 

entertaining and educational films to 

our community for all to enjoy. We are 

deeply grateful to the Jewish Federation 

of Greater Naples for its sponsorship of 

the film festival. 

Yes, we are a Jewish Film Festival 

and seek to emphasize Jewish themes 

and Jewish life, but we want to share 

these ideas with our neighbors and 

friends. To that end we have had documentaries, 

musicals, love stories, comedies 

and all varieties of films. But we 

hold true to our principles that we show 

only new films and seek to be sure that 

they are all award winners. This season 

promises to be our best one yet. 

We start with our December offering: 

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be 

Me. This film showcases one of the most 

talented musical legends and features 

new interviews with such luminaries 

as Billy Crystal, Norman Lear, Jerry 

Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Kim Novak. 

Sammy Davis, Jr: I’ve Gotta Be Me 

explores the life and art of a uniquely 

gifted entertainer whose trajectory 

blazed across the major flashpoints of 

American society from the Depression 

through the 1980s. 

In January we present Tel Aviv on 

Fire. Palestinian director Sameh Zoabi’s 

irreverent satire on the Arab-Israeli conflict 

follows Salam, a winsome slacker 

whose uncle gets him a job on a sudsy 

Palestinian TV soap opera, Tel Aviv on 

Fire, popular with both Israelis and 

Palestinians. Salam’s daily commute 

from Jerusalem to the Ramallah set 

through the Israeli checkpoint leads to 

regular encounters with the IDF officer 

in charge. In order to gain his favor, 

Salam allows the commander to suggest 

changes to the plot. Torn between 

the demands of the army officer and the 

show’s Arab financial backers on how 

the love story will end, Salam devises 


a final masterstroke. 

In February our film is Shoelaces. It 

tells the story of a complicated relationship 

between an aging father and his 

special-needs son. Reuben’s kidneys are 

failing and his son Gadi wants to donate 

one of his own kidneys to help save his 

father’s life. However, the transplant 

committee objects to the procedure. 

Gadi is furious with the committee’s 

decision and sets out to fight for his 

right to save his father’s life. Through 

the film’s portrayal of a relationship full 

of love, rejection and co-dependency, it 

manages to shed some light and question 

the importance of human life, human 

connection and if life is even possible 

without it. 

If these films haven’t piqued your 

curiosity, The Interpreter, our last film, 

will. Odd-couple traveling companions 

– the son of a Nazi officer and his 

Jewish translator – roam the Slovak 

countryside in this bittersweet road 

movie full of melancholic humor that 

traverses complex moral and historical 

territory. Ali leaves his home to find and 

kill the SS officer who murdered his 

parents during WWII. Instead, he meets 

the Nazi’s son, retired teacher Georg, 

an incorrigible drunk and womanizer. 

Despite their tense first encounter, the 

two ill-matched men travel together, developing 

a prickly friendship along the 

way. The Interpreter explores themes 

of memory, trauma and guilt through 

the shared history of characters seeking 

to bridge their differences and reclaim 

their humanity. 

So there you have it. A season of 

award-winning films that will keep you 

interested and make you think about 

Jewish issues in, possibly, a new way. 

You will want to be a subscriber to all 

four films so that you don’t miss any. 

For tickets and further information, 

please call the synagogue office at 

239.642.0800 or visit www.marcojcmi. 

com. 

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Beth Tikvah’s 2019-2020 arts & culture events 

Beth Tikvah offers a myriad of 

cultural, intellectual, social, 

musical and religious programming 

throughout the year, but especially 

during Naples busiest months. 

Speaker Series 

Our twice-monthly speaker series offers 

talks on subjects of Jewish and general 

interest, including the Poznansky Wellness 

Program. 

Scholar-in-Residence 

Dr. Samuel Kassow, author of Who Will 

Tell Our Story, (the movie of the same 

name was a highlight of last season’s 

Naples Jewish Film Festival) will be 

the Scholar-in-Residence on February 

29 - March 1. The topic will be “viewed” 

from the Polish and Vilna, Lithuania, 

lens. 

Musical Events 

Beth Tikvah is planning a Cantorial 

Weekend on March 20-22 as part of 

our 13 th anniversary celebration. It will 

be a weekend of celebrating, learning, 

singing and, of course, eating. 

Another musical event will be “Jewish 

Jazz” on Wednesday, January 15. This 

duo offers a delightful take on… “Jewish 

Jazz.” 

Lecture Series 

As part of our Adult Education Programing, 

Beth Tikvah hosts a seasonal 

Lecture Series. There are five or six 

lectures offered, each presented by a 

different lecturer on interesting topics 

held throughout the season. Our initial 

lecture is on Thursday, November 

14, with Jeff Margolis speaking about 

“Butterflies of Hope and 

Remembrance” film 

Ascreening of the film The Boys 

of Terezin will be part of a 

special program presented by 

GenShoah SWFL and the Holocaust 

Museum & Cohen Education Center 

on Sunday, January 26 at Temple Shalom. 

This presentation is part of the 

Butterflies of Hope and Remembrance 

project, a year-long initiative throughout 

Southwest Florida comprised of special 

events and educational programs commemorating 

the 75 th anniversary of the 

end of WWII and the liberation of Nazi 

concentration camps. 

Commemorating International Holocaust 

Remembrance Day, The Boys 

of Terezin is a documentary about five 

Holocaust survivors, a boy choir and a 

chamber music group who unite to tell 

the story of a secret concentration camp 

journal. 

This true story that most people 

have never heard shows how Seattle’s 

acclaimed Northwest Boychoir met the 

surviving “boys of Terezin” and how 

they learned about the poems that the 

boys wrote for their secret magazine, 

VEDEM, while imprisoned by the Nazis. 

For the members of the Boychoir, 

their rehearsal of a new oratorio opened 

their eyes to what the Holocaust’s genocide 

meant to teens just like them. 

In a poignant finale, four “boys of 

Terezín” reunite in Seattle after 65 years, 

remembering their lost friends, honoring 

the courage and idealism they all 

shared, and demonstrating that nothing 

is as deeply human as the music that 

can be shared. 

The screening with accompanying 

program and special guests will take 

place at 2:00 p.m. at Temple Shalom, 

4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples. There 

is no cost, but RSVPs are requested at 

holocaustmuseumswfl.org. 

“Presidents and their Writing.” Jeff has 

been a presenter since the inception of 

the series. A former educator, his presentations 

are well researched and creative, 

and are entertaining and informative. 

“All Things Jewish” Events 

Beth Tikvah will hold four varied Shabbat 

Eat and Learn Events on Friday 

evenings beginning during Chanukah 

in December. Our Purim celebration 

in March will include an expanded appetizer 

hour and the megillah reading. 

Our community Seder in April is held 

on the first evening of Passover. 

Our Women’s Rosh Chodesh Study 

Group meets on Sunday mornings at 

10:00 a.m. These sessions have already 

begun with a discussion in October led 

by Cantor Frani Goodman on “Jewish 

Music: Female Artists and Artistry.” 

The next Rosh Chodesh study groups 

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will be held on November 24, December 

29 and January 26. These women’s 

study sessions will continue monthly 

through May 2020. 

Rabbi Ammos Chorny will lead four 

sessions on Jewish Ethics. Together with 

Aviva Chorny, he will teach “Learn to 

Read Hebrew in a Day.” 

The Naples Jewish Film Festival 

will be held at the Sugden Theatre at 

7:00 p.m. on Sundays, March 1, 8, 15 

and 22. 

This is but a taste of what you can 

experience at Beth Tikvah. Watch the 

Federation Star for updates. 

All Beth Tikvah events are open 

to the greater Naples community. If 

interested in attending, you can guarantee 

your seat by going to www.bethtik 

vahnaples.org, or contact us at office@ 

bethtikvah.us or 239.434.1818. 

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MCA helps you find… 

People to Meet! 

Off-the-Hook Dinner, 

Menorah Lighting and 

Comedy Night 

December 18 

5:30 PM 

$60.00 per person 

Sarge is an extraordinary entertainer. A triple threat: 

a musical piano savant, an amazing improvisational 

comedian and singer. His new book, “Black Boychik”, 

traces his hilarious, inspirational life of twists 

and turns, ups and downs. 

Hamilton Unplugged 

With 

Ellen Katz 

January 14 

6:30 PM 

Places to Go! 

Things to Do! 

Babcock Ranch 

Eco-Tour 

A True Wildlife 

Adventure! 

January 22 

8:30 AM - 4:00 PM 

Enjoy participating in an eco-tour at the famous 

Babcock Ranch! Babcock Ranch is approximately 

91,000 acres, with more than 73,000 preserved as 

environmentally valuable areas. The Ranch still ranks 

as the single largest preservation purchase in 

Florida state history! 

Temple Shalom’s 2019-20 

arts & culture events 

Youth Artist-in-Residence 

Friday, November 8 and Sunday, 


Friday, May 1 and Sunday, May 3 

At Temple Shalom we strongly believe 

in music’s power as a communitybuilder. 

Over a three-year period, we 

will invite the URJ’s top song leaders to 

Temple Shalom to sing with our community 

using Jewish music as a tool to 

educate and engage the next generation 

of Jews. Our first Youth-in-Residence 

artist will be Alan Goodis. Noted for his 

dedication to building relationships and 

community through music, Alan tours 

throughout the U.S. to serve as Youth 

Artist-in-Residence and performer at 

temples, youth conventions and Jewish 

summer camps. 

Musician-in-Residence 

Friday-Sunday, January 24-26 

Cantor Evan Kent joins Rabbi Adam 

Miller and Cantor Donna Azu on the 

bimah in song, prayer and learning during 

Friday evening Shabbat services. 

On Saturday morning, Cantor Kent will 

share his perspective of looking at Torah 

through a storyteller’s lens. On Saturday 

evening, Cantor Kent presents his show, 

“Shards – Putting Pieces Together.” 

On Sunday morning, he leads an adult 

workshop on telling our own stories, 

why our individual and collective 

stories are important, and why sharing 

these stories with younger generations 

is valuable. 

Yiddish Music Concert 

with Cantor Susan Berkson 

Sunday, February 23 

Join us at Temple Shalom for an evening 

of Yiddish Music with Cantor Susan 

Berkson. Cantor Berkson was ordained 

in 1989 at Hebrew Union College 

School of Sacred Music in New York. 

Her CD, Life as Song, a collection of 

Jewish liturgical and life cycle music, 

can be found on iTunes. 

Scholar-in-Residence 

Friday-Sunday, March 20-22 

Temple Shalom is excited to welcome 

Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss, Ph.D., the Jack, 

Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost at 

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute 

of Learning. Rabbi Weiss served as 

Associate Editor of The Torah: A 

Women’s Commentary, and she is the 

author of Figurative Language in Biblical 

Prose Narrative: Metaphor in the 

Book of Samuel. Rabbi Weiss will be 

joining us for services on Friday evening 

and Saturday morning, and teaching on 

Saturday evening and Sunday morning. 

The Scholar-in-Residence weekend is 

made possible through the generosity of 

the Shirley and Henry Kraus Scholar-in- 

Residence Fund. 

JCMI Saul I. Stern Cultural 

Series’ 26 th year 

Saul I. Stern was an important 

Washingtonian. He was the man 

who had vast contacts in government 

and the political world. And most 

important, he was devoted to the State 

of Israel. Saul and his wife Marcia were 

long-term residents of Marco Island. 

Each year, they sponsored a tennis 

charity tournament, with the funds earmarked 

for the Immokalee Foundation. 

The Sterns became active members 

of the Jewish Congregation of Marco 

Island (JCMI). The concept of a Cultural 

Series that would enhance the congregation, 

the greater community of Marco 

Island and the outlying communities, 

was introduced by the Sterns. Now in its 

26 th year, events have featured Ambassador 

Dennis Ross; Steve Emerson, the 

professor who holds the Lerner Chair at 

Brandeis; the U.S. Holocaust Memorial 

Museum’s display of the voyage of the 

St. Louis; and leading musicians from 

the Naples Philharmonic. 

The programs for this year are: 

¡ Tim Schwartz & Don Weiser – 

Saturday, January 18 at 7:30 p.m. – 

“From Klezmer to Gershwin – The 

Roots of Jazz” 

¡ The Naples Philharmonic Brass 

Quintet – Saturday, February 15 



at 7:30 p.m. – For the 14 th season 

performing at the Cultural Series, 

the Phil returns with its outstanding 

musical program and commentary. 

A Viennese table and Starbucks 

tasting follow the program. 

¡ Myron Sugarman, “Jews in the 

Mob” – Saturday, March 7 at 7:30 

p.m. – Myron Sugarman speaks of 

prison life, suitcases of cash from 

Meyer Lansky casinos to Israel, 

helping nail reviled Nazi Doctor 

Josef Mengele and more. 

The Saul I. Stern Cultural Series is 

made available through the generous 

support of the Jewish Federation of 

Greater Naples. 

Patron tickets are $75 for the series, 

which include preferred seating. The 

series for JCMI members is $50. The series 

for non-members is $60. Individual 

tickets are $20 for JCMI members and 

$25 for non-members. 

For tickets and further information, 

please call the synagogue office at 

239.642.0800 or visit www.marcojcmi. 

com. 

Stay connected at www.jewishnaples.org 

Let Ellen Katz dazzle you with the sheer brilliance of 

"Hamilton". Ellen connects you to the music and 

story of America's amazing founding father. With 

exciting visuals and music she tells his story in a 

unique and creative presentation that both 

stands on its own and will enhance your 

"Hamilton" experience. 

Go to 

www.mcanaples.org 

and join MCA today! 

Jewish Young 

Professionals 

A Program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples 

 

 

 

contact: Reneé 

rbialek@jewishnaples.org 


Salsa & Swing 

Dance Class & Party 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No dancing experience necessary!


Holocaust Museum’s major 

2019-2020 cultural events 

Visit the award-winning Holocaust 

Museum & Janet G. and 

Harvey D. Cohen Education 

Center at our new location: 975 Imperial 

Golf Course Blvd., Suite 108, Naples, 

FL 34110. Our phone number and website 

remain the same – 239.263.9200 / 

HolocaustMuseumSWFL.org. 

We hope you’ll join us for these events 

in 2019-2020: 

¡ Grand Opening and Dedication 

Ceremony - Sunday, November 10, 

3:00 to 5:00 p.m. 

The official opening of our new 

home is free and open to the public. 

Tours, talks, children’s activities 

and more! 

¡ The Luncheon - Thursday, December 

12, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

The Ritz-Carlton Beach Resort, 280 

Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples 

“Music of Hope & Remembrance” 

honoring the 1944 performance 

of “Defiant Requiem” at Theresienstadt. 

Voices of Naples choral 

group will perform. Tickets and 

sponsorship information available 

on our website. Proceeds benefit 

the Museum’s Education programs. 

¡ Triumph 2020 - Monday, March 2, 

5:30 to 8:00 p.m. 


Grey Oaks Country Club, 2400 

Grey Oaks Drive North, Naples 

Annual fundraiser with special 

guest Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Holocaust 

survivor and Kindertransport 

evacuee. Ticket and sponsorship 

information available on our website. 

Proceeds benefit the Museum’s 

Education programs. 

¡ 2020 8 th Annual Elliott Katz Lecture 

Series: January 9 and 23, February 

6 and 20, March 5 and 19, 10:00 

a.m. to noon 

Hodges University Naples Campus 

Information and series subscription 

tickets available on our website. 

No single sale tickets until after 

December 1. 

¡ Museum Exhibits: 

• September - November 2019: 

“Holodomor” 

• January - March 2020: “Art & 

Propaganda in Nazi Occupied 

Holland” 

• April - November 2020: “75 th 

Anniversary WWII Liberation of 

Western Europe” 

SIGN UP FOR THE FEDERATION’S 

WEEKLY COMMUNITY eNEWSLETTER! 

Get the latest information on upcoming community events 

and cultural activities, news from Israel and lots more. 

Send an email to 

info@jewishnaples.org 


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At Your Service! 

Hilton Naples proudly supports 

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November 5, 2019 – March 11, 2020 

12 Events • 22 Authors • 19 books 

presented by 

In this 4-page Jewish Book 

Festival insert, you will find 

information on all 12 events 

in the 2019-20 program. 

To the right are the details 

for the Opening Event. The 

evening includes a preview 

of the other 11 events. 

Evening Events 

On page 2 are the five 

other evening events. The 

day, time and location are 

printed in a blue header. 

The Evy Lipp People of the 

Book Cultural Event is now 

part of the Jewish Book 

Festival. 

Luncheon Event 

On page 3 is the luncheon 

event on Monday, 

December 2 at the Hilton. 

There is a red header above 

the event. 

Afternoon Events 

Also on page 3 are the five 

afternoon events. The day, 

time and location of each 

event are printed in a green 

header. Tickets to these 

afternoon programs are $18 

in advance and $25 at the 

door. 

Page 4 includes the Ticket 

Order Form, the Patron 

Levels and Benefits chart, 

event venues, Sponsor 

logos and other pertinent 

information. 

If you have questions not 

answered in this insert, 

please send an email to 

fedstar18@gmail.com or 

call the Federation office at 

239.263.4205. 

Set Sail for the 2019-20 Greater Naples 


Opening Event: Tuesday, November 5 

7:00 - 9:30 p.m. at the Hilton Naples 

Elyssa Friedland • The Floating Feldmans 

Sink or swim. Or at least that’s what Annette Feldman tells herself when she 

books a cruise for her entire family. It’s been over a decade since the Feldman 

clan has spent more than 24 hours under the same roof, but Annette is determined 

to celebrate her 70 th birthday the right way. Just this once they are going 

to behave like an actual family. Too bad her kids didn’t get the memo. 

Between the troublesome family secrets, old sibling rivalries and her teenage 

grandkids, Annette’s birthday vacation is looking more and more like the 

perfect storm. Adrift together on the open seas, the Feldmans will each face 

the truths they’ve been ignoring – and learn that the people they once thought 

most likely to sink them are actually the ones who help them stay afloat. 

Elyssa Friedland is the author of The Floating 

Feldmans, The Intermission and Love and Miss 

Communication. She has written for The Washington 

Post, Bustle, POPSUGAR, Real Simple, 

McSweeney’s and more. She is a graduate of 

Yale University and Columbia Law School. Elyssa lives in 

New York City with her family. She has survived a cruise and 

many family trips. 

This cruise-themed event includes: 

Cruise ship atmosphere with photo station and island music 

Preview presentation of all 2019-20 Jewish Book Festival events 

with ticket and book giveaways 

Book Cover Bingo with prizes 

Light bites and drinks 

Free valet parking at the Hilton “port” 

Dress in cruisewear or casual Naples resort wear 

Scenes from the book will be acted out during Elyssa’s presentation 

Sponsored by Preferred Travel and Casual Connection 

Send your best cruise photos to be shown on screens 

in the Hilton ballroom from 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. 

The top five will win prizes. 

Send 1-3 photos to Ted Epstein at fedstar18@gmail.com 

with “cruise photos” in the subject line. 

Include your name(s) in the body of the email. 

Winners must be present. 

$30 in advance • $40 at the door • includes light bites and one drink

Monday, December 9 • 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. 

Hilton Naples 

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Thursday, December 19 • 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. 

Hilton Naples 

Two Fun Presentations on Americana 


Two Fun Presentations on Americana 

7:00 Adam - 9:30 Chandler pm • Hilton • Drive-Thru Naples Dreams 

Adam Chandler • Drive-Thru Dreams 

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Stephen Silverman • The Amusement Park 

Stephen Silverman • The Amusement Park 

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$36 in advance University • $45 at Graduate the door School of • includes Journalism. light bites and one drink 

Wednesday, February 5 • 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. 

Temple Shalom 

Evy Lipp 

PEOPLE OF THE BOOK 

Cultural Event 

Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone 

Now included in 

the Greater Naples 


Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times 

bestselling author who writes The Atlantic’s weekly “Dear 

Therapist” advice column. She also writes for The New York 

Times, and appears as a frequent expert on relationships, 

parenting and hot-button mental health topics in media such 

as The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This 

Morning, CNN and NPR. Her book Maybe You Should Talk 

to Someone is in development for a television series at ABC. 

Learn more at LoriGottlieb.com. 

A hilarious, thought-provoking and surprising new book – from a New York 

Times bestselling author, psychotherapist and national advice columnist – takes 

us behind the scenes of a therapist’s world, where her patients are looking 

for answers (and so is she). One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps 

patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to 

come crashing down. As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients’ 

lives, she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones 

she is asking. With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her 

world as both clinician and patient – examining the truths and fictions we tell 

ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, 

meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and 

change. The book is a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, 

and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives 

and our power to transform them. 

$18 in advance • $25 at the door 

Jewish Book Festival Patrons receive a copy of Lori’s book 

Jewish Book Festival Committee 

Coordinator: Ted Epstein 

Co-Chairs: 

Phil Jason, Robin Mintz, Susan Pittelman 

Patti Boochever 

Steve Brazina 

Gayle Dorio 

Judith Finer Freedman 

Susie Goldsmith 

Carole Greene 

Lenore Greenstein 

Lee Henson 

Carol Hirsch 

Bobbie Katz 

Ellen Katz 

Ida Margolis 

Irene Pomerantz 

Dina Shein 

Iris Shur 

Elaine Soffer 

Tuesday, January 28 • 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. 

Hilton Naples 

Arts & Culture: Film & TV 

Arts Culture: Film & TV 

Arts & Culture: Film & TV 



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– The Epic Cycle, 1950-1972 

Ken Sutak • • Cinema Judaica – The Epic Cycle, 1950-1972 

The stunning sequel to Cinema Judaica: The War Years, 1939-1949, this 

book is illustrated with more than 400 four-color, high-definition images 


of Jewish heroines, heroes and history (biblical, Holocaust and Israel’s 


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Elizabeth Weitzman • Renegade Women in Film & TV 

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Renegade Women in Film & TV blends stunning illustrations, fascinating 

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$36 in in advance • $45 at at the door • • includes light bites and one drink 

Wednesday, March 11 • 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. 

Temple Shalom 

Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers 

and the Strangest Movie Never Made – 

a multimedia and musical presentation 

Josh Frank • Giraffes on Horseback Salad 

Giraffes on Horseback Salad was a Marx Brothers film, written by modern art icon 

Salvador Dali who had befriended Harpo. Rejected by MGM, the script was thought lost 

forever. But author Josh Frank found it and, with comedian 

Tim Heidecker and Spanish comics creator Manuela Pertega, 

he has recreated the film as a graphic novel in all its gorgeous, 

full-color, cinematic, surreal glory. It is the story of two 

unlikely friends – a Jewish superstar film icon and Spanish 

painter – and the movie that could have been. 

Josh Frank is a writer, producer, director and composer. He’s 

the author of Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band 

Called Pixies and In Heaven Everything Is Fine; and coauthor 

of the illustrated novel The Good Inn. Frank has worked 

with some of the most interesting and innovative musicians, 

filmmakers, producers and artists in the industry. He has interviewed 

over 200 of America’s most notable names in entertainment for his books and 

screenplays. Giraffes on Horseback Salad is his 4 th book and second illustrated novel. 

$25 in advance • $35 at the door • includes beverages and light snacks 

SOLD OUT 

WAITING LIST ONLY

Monday, December 2 • 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 

Hilton Naples 

Festival Luncheon – All about Jewish Foods 

Alana Newhouse • The 100 Most Jewish Foods 

To paraphrase an old cliché, put any two Jews together and you’ll have three opinions 

about Jewish food. Ask them to name the most Jewish Food and the list turns highly 

debatable – exactly the best way to describe The 100 Most Jewish Foods, edited by 

Alana Newhouse of Tablet magazine. Informative, unexpected, passionate, quirky and 

rich with layers of tradition and history, like an edible timeline tracing the diaspora, it’s 

a book that celebrates the one unwavering constant of Jewish 

life: Food. The book is not about the most popular Jewish 

foods, or the tastiest, or even the most enduring. It’s a list of 

the most significant foods, culturally and historically, to the 

Jewish people, explored deeply with essays, recipes, stories and 

context. The recipes are global and represent all contingencies 

of the Jewish experience. Contributors include Ruth Reichl, 

Joan Nathan, Michael Solomonov, Dan Barber, Gail Simmons, 

Yotam Ottolenghi, Maira Kalman, Shalom Auslander, Dr. Ruth 

Westheimer and Phil Rosenthal among many others. 

Alana Newhouse is the founder and editor in chief of Tablet, a 

daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas and culture. A graduate of Barnard College 

and Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, Newhouse has contributed to The New 

York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and Slate. 

$40 • includes luncheon • No tickets sold after Monday, November 25 

Two Thrilling Novels 

Andrew Gross • The Fifth Column 

Andrew Gross’s latest novel is set in a 1939 New York City teeming with 

Nazi supporters. Charles Mossman, reeling from the loss of his job and the 

demise of his marriage, takes a swing at a Nazi sympathizer, and a torrent of 

unintended consequences follows. As the threat of war grows, fears of a “fifth 

column” – German spies embedded into everyday life – are everywhere. After 

Pearl Harbor is attacked, the Nazi spy conspiracy turns into a deadly threat 

with Charles’ daughter as an innocent pawn. Based on the true story of the 

Duquesne Spy Ring, Gross delivers a tense, stirring thriller. 

Andrew Gross is an internationally bestselling author of nine novels. He is 

also coauthor of five #1 New York Times bestsellers with James Patterson. His 

books have been translated into more than 25 languages. 

Steve Israel • Big Guns 

Former Congressman and author Steve Israel takes you behind the scenes of the 

gun debate in Washington in this “pleasingly wicked” indictment of the state 

of American politics. Mayor Michael Rodriguez starts a national campaign to 

ban handguns from America’s cities, towns and villages. Otis Cogsworth, the 

wealthy chairman and CEO of Cogsworth International Arms, and lobbyist 

Sunny McCarthy convince an Arkansas congressman to introduce federal 

legislation mandating that every American must own a firearm. Events soon 

escalate and Washington politicians are caught between a mighty gun lobby 

and the absurdity of requiring every American to carry a gun. What ensues is 

both discomfiting and hilarious. 

Steve Israel left Capitol Hill – unindicted and undefeated – to pursue a career 

as a writer. He currently heads the Cornell University Institute of Politics and 

Global Affairs. 

Wednesday, January 8 • 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. 

Temple Shalom 

Historical Fiction from Bestselling Authors 

Melanie Benjamin • Mistress of the Ritz 

Praised for her signature ability to breathe life into the narratives of history’s 

most compelling women, Melanie Benjamin presents an enthralling, rich and 

rewarding novel based on the story of the extraordinary life of Blanche Auzello, 

a Jewish-American woman who forged papers to create a new life for herself 

abroad. Auzello secretly worked for the Resistance, all while playing hostess to 

the invading Germans at the legendary Ritz in Paris. Benjamin weaves in a host 

of historical figures – including Coco Chanel, alleged to be a Nazi sympathizer, 

and Ernest Hemingway – creating an engaging group of supporting characters. 

Melanie Benjamin is a New York Times bestselling author, whose books include 

The Girls in the Picture, The Swans of Fifth Avenue, The Aviator’s Wife, The 

Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb and Alice I Have Been. 

Pam Jenoff • The Lost Girls of Paris 

Set against the backdrop of World War II and inspired by true events, The 

Lost Girls of Paris weaves the stories of three brave women and is centered 

on a ring of female spies on a daring mission in France. Filled with intrigue 

and adventure, love and betrayal, the novel is a perfect blend of rich historical 

detail and a gripping, emotional narrative. 

Pam Jenoff is the author of several novels, including New York Times bestseller 

The Orphan’s Tale. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from 

George Washington University and a master’s degree in History from Cambridge, 

and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania. 

Jenoff’s novels are inspired by her experiences working at the Pentagon and also 

as a diplomat for the State Department handling Holocaust issues in Poland. 

Jewish Journeys 

Marra B. Gad • The Color of Love 

The Color of Love is an unforgettable debut memoir about a mixed-race Jewish 

woman who, after 15 years of estrangement from her racist and abusive Great 

Aunt Nette, chose to become her caregiver after Nette developed Alzheimer’s. 

The disease slowly erased Nette’s prejudices, at last allowing Marra to develop 

a relationship with the woman who had shunned her in her youth. This is a 

story ripe with themes of identity, racism, family politics and more. Both heart 

wrenching and heart warming, it is an honest and personal narrative from a 

voice that needs to be heard. 

Marra Gad was born in New York and raised in Chicago. She holds an advanced 

degree in modern Jewish history from Baltimore Hebrew University. 

Gad is an independent film and television producer. 

Angela Himsel • A River Could Be a Tree 

How does a woman who grew up in southern Indiana as a fundamentalist 

Christian end up a practicing Jew in New York? Attempting to understand the 

church’s strict tenets and its Doomsday philosophy, Angela went to Israel when 

she was 19 to study at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Instead of strengthening 

her faith, she is introduced to a new world with different people and different 

perspectives. Eventually, she finds her own form of salvation in a mikvah on 

Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Angela tells her story with warmth, humor, and 

a multitude of religious and philosophical insights. 

Angela Himsel is a New York-based freelance writer. Her work has appeared 

in The New York Times, The Jewish Week, The Forward and Lilith. Her 

column “Angetevka” on Zeek.net has won two American Jewish Press Association 

Awards. 

Wednesday, February 26 • 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. 

Temple Shalom 

Jewish Life and Identity 

Bob Mankoff • Have I Got a Cartoon for You! 

Cartoonist and author Bob Mankoff has devoted his life to discovering 

just what makes us laugh. Mankoff has assembled his favorite Jewish 

cartoons into his new book, Have I Got a Cartoon for You! Mankoff shows 

how his Jewish heritage helped him to become a successful cartoonist, 

examines the place of cartoons in the vibrant history of Jewish humor, 

and plumbs Jewish thought, wisdom and “schtik” for humorous insights. 

Bob Mankoff is the Cartoon and Humor Editor for Esquire and previously 

was the Cartoon Editor for The New Yorker for 20 years. He has 

published over 950 cartoons in The New Yorker. In 2014, he published 

his New York Times bestselling memoir How About Never – Is Never 

Good For You?: My Life In Cartoons. 

SOLD OUT 

Stephanie Butnick & Mark Oppenheimer 

The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia 

WAITING LIST ONLY 

Monday, November 11 • 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. 

Naples Conference Center Monday, January 13 • 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. 

Holocaust-themed Non-fiction 

Jack Fairweather • The Volunteer 

The New Jewish Encyclopedia is an entertaining and thoroughly 

modern introduction to Judaism written by the hosts 

of Tablet magazine’s popular Unorthodox podcast. The 

book is an encyclopedia of short entries and, like contemporary 

Judaism itself, features an array of divergent voices, all 

amusing and well informed and none in perfect agreement. 

Stephanie Butnick is the deputy editor of Tablet and has 

written for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. 

Mark Oppenheimer is the former Beliefs columnist 

for The New York Times and author of The Bar Mitzvah 

Crasher: Road-tripping Through Jewish America. 

Naples Jewish Congregation Wednesday, March 4 • 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. 


To uncover the fate of the thousands being interred at a mysterious Nazi camp 

on the border of the Reich, a 39-year-old Polish resistance fighter, Witold Pilecki, 

volunteered for an audacious mission: assume a fake identity, get captured 

and sent to the camp, and then report back to the underground. Gathering 

information was not his only task. He was to execute an attack from inside. 

The name of the camp was Auschwitz. The Volunteer, the true story of a Polish 

resistance fighter, is an unflinching portrayal of survival, revenge and betrayal. 

Jack Fairweather has been a correspondent for The Washington Post and The 

Daily Telegraph, where he was the paper’s Baghdad and Persian Gulf bureau 

chief. His reporting during the Iraq invasion won him the British Press Award 

(the British equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize). 

SOLD OUT 


SOLD OUT 


Jack Hersch • Death March Escape 

Death March Escape describes 18-year-old Dave Hersch’s year in Mauthausen 

Concentration Camp, his two escapes, and his son Jack’s thrilling journey to 

Mauthausen decades later. After a year slaving in Mauthausen’s granite mine, 

Dave was put on a death march. Weighing 80 lbs. and suffering from several 

diseases, he found the strength to escape, but was quickly recaptured and sent 

back to Mauthausen. Put on another death march, he escaped again. As Jack 

retraces his father’s footsteps, the places he slaved in and those he escaped, he 

learns much more about his father’s remarkable survival, and also about himself. 

Jack Hersch is an expert on troubled companies, and a strategic advisor to 

investment institutions and corporate managements. He has guest-lectured in 

many business schools including MIT, USC and UC Berkeley.

Jewish Book Festival Sponsors 

We are grateful to these businesses and organizations 

for their support of the 2019-20 Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival: 

Become a Book Festival Patron 

and receive numerous benefits! 

Jewish Book Festival Patron Levels and Benefits 

Platinum Gold Silver 

$500 $360 $225 

Patron Benefits: 

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Tickets to all 12 events (a $320 value) 

Copy of Lori Gottlieb’s book 

FastPass & separate check-in 

Recognition in Federation Star 

Sisterhood 

Temple Shalom 

Strengthening our temple, our community and each other 

Reserved VIP seating 

Reserved seating area 

Free book voucher(s) 

Patron event with an author TBA 

Extra luncheon event ticket for guest 

Venues 

Hilton Naples: 5111 Tamiami Trail N., Naples 

Jewish Congregation of Marco Island: 991 Winterberry Drive, Marco Island 

Naples Conference Center: 1455 Pine Ridge Road, Naples 

Naples Jewish Congregation: 6340 Napa Woods Way, Naples 

Temple Shalom: 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples 

Check the events you will be attending for easy reference: 

Tue, November 5 @ 7:00pm - HN Elyssa Friedland 

Mon, November 11 @ 1:00pm - NCC Andrew Gross & Steve Israel 

Mon, December 2 @ 11:30am - HN Alana Newhouse 

Mon, December 9 @ 7:00pm - HN Barry, Mansbach & Zweibel 

Festival Website & Email 

Visit the official Festival website at www.jewishbookfestival.org for more 

information on the authors and their books, event updates and a printable order 

form. Have questions that have not been answered in this insert? Send an email 

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

JEWISH BOOK FESTIVAL 

Jewish Book Festival Ticket Order Form 

Book Festival Patron: Tickets to all 12 events 

Platinum $500 x ___ = total $_____ 

Gold $360 x ___ = total $_____ 

Silver $225 x ___ = total $_____ 

Monday, December 2 @ 11:30am Luncheon w/ Alana Newhouse 

Please indicate choice of entree: chicken salmon vegetarian 

Please indicate choice of dessert: pastry fruit 

Jewish Book Festival Patron Levels and Benefits 

Patron Benefits: 

Tickets to all 12 events (a $320 value) 

Copy of Lori Gottlieb’s book 

FastPass & separate check-in 

Recognition in Federation Star 

Reserved VIP seating 

Reserved seating area 

Free book voucher(s) 

Patron event with an author TBA 

Extra luncheon event ticket for guest 

Platinum Gold Silver 

$500 $360 $225 

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Event location legend: HN: Hilton Naples JCMI: Jewish Cong. of Marco Island NCC: Naples Conference Center 

NJC: Naples Jewish Congregation TS: Temple Shalom 

Evening Events: 

Tuesday, November 5 @ 7:00pm - HN Opening Event w/ Elyssa Friedland $30 x ___ = $_____ ($40 at the door) 

Monday, December 9 @ 7:00pm - HN Dave Barry, Adam Mansbach, Alan Zweibel $45 x ___ = $_____ ($55 at the door) 

Thursday, December 19 @ 7:00pm - HN Adam Chandler & Stephen Silverman $36 x ___ = $_____ ($45 at the door) 

Tuesday, January 28 @ 7:00pm - HN Ken Sutak & Elizabeth Weitzman $36 x ___ = $_____ ($45 at the door) 

Wednesday, February 5 @ 7:30pm - TS Lori Gottlieb (People of the Book Event) $18 x ___ = $_____ ($25 at the door) 

Wednesday, March 11 @ 7:30pm - TS Closing Event w/ Josh Frank $25 x ___ = $_____ ($35 at the door) 

Luncheon Event: 

Monday, December 2 @ 11:30am - HN Alana Newhouse $40 x ___ = $_____ 

Please indicate choice of entree: chicken salmon vegetarian 

Please indicate choice of dessert: pastry fruit 

No tickets sold 

after November 25 

Afternoon Events: 

Monday, November 11 @ 1:00pm - NCC Andrew Gross & Steve Israel $18 x ___ = $_____ ($25 at the door) 

Wednesday, January 8 @ 1:00pm - TS Melanie Benjamin & Pam Jenoff $18 x ___ = $_____ “ 

Monday, January 13 @ 1:00pm - NJC Marra B. Gad & Angela Himsel $18 x ___ = $_____ “ 

Wednesday, February 26 @ 1:00pm - TS Bob Mankoff & Butnick/Oppenheimer $18 x ___ = $_____ “ 

Wednesday, March 4 @ 1:00pm - JCMI Jack Fairweather & Jack Hersch $18 x ___ = $_____ “ 

YES! I’d love to attend and support the 2019-20 Jewish Book Festival! 

I am purchasing the tickets indicated above for a total of $_______. 


Please charge my: MC Visa Discover American Express 

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Phone: _____________________ Email: _________________________________ 


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Thu, December 19 @ 7:00pm - HN Adam Chandler & Stephen Silverman 

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Wed, January 8 @ 1:00pm - TS Melanie Benjamin & Pam Jenoff 

2 

In person at the Federation 

office. Please fill out form in advance. 

Schedule of Events: 

Check the events you will be attending Check for easy the reference: events you will be attending for easy reference: 

3 

Charge by phone: 

239.263.4205 

Please fill out form prior to calling. 

Mon, January 13 @ 1:00pm - NJC Marra B. Gad & Angela Himsel 

Tue, November 5 @ 7:00pm - HN Elyssa Friedland 

Tue, January 28 @ 7:00pm - HN Ken Sutak & Elizabeth Weitzman 

Mon, November 11 @ 1:00pm - NCC Andrew Gross & Steve Israel 

Wed, February 5 @ 7:30pm - TS Lori Gottlieb 

Mon, December 2 @ 11:30am - HN Alana Newhouse 

Tickets ARE Transferable 

Consider purchasing a Patron Festival Package. Even if you can’t make it to all 

12 events, you can gift your tickets to friends, colleagues and family members. 

Wed, February 26 @ 1:00pm - TS Bob Mankoff & Butnick/Oppenheimer 

Mon, December 9 @ 7:00pm - HN Barry, Mansbach & Zweibel 

Wed, March 4 @ 1:00pm - JCMI Jack Fairweather & Jack Hersch 

Thu, December 19 @ 7:00pm - HN Adam Chandler & Stephen Silverman 

Wed, March 11 @ 7:30pm - TS Josh Frank 

Wed, January 8 @ 1:00pm - TS Melanie Benjamin & Pam Jenoff 

Thank you for your support of the 

2019-20 Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival! 

Mon, January 13 @ 1:00pm - NJC Marra B. Gad & Angela Himsel 

Tue, January 28 @ 7:00pm - HN Ken Sutak & Elizabeth Weitzman 

Wed, February 5 @ 7:30pm - TS Lori Gottlieb 

Multi-Author Events 

For the events with more than one author, due to travel arrangements, 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 239.263.4205. 

Wed, February 26 @ 1:00pm - TS Bob Mankoff & Butnick/Oppenheimer 

Wed, March 4 @ 1:00pm - JCMI Jack Fairweather & Jack Hersch 

All authors appearing at the 2019-20 

Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival are members 

of the Jewish Book Council Network. 

• If you cannot attend an event, Wed, you March can 11 give @ 7:30pm your ticket - TS to Josh a friend. Frank 

To make the change, please call the Federation office 

at 239.263.4205 or email rbialek@jewishnaples.org. 

• Open seating at all events. Platinum and Gold Patrons, and Sponsors/VIPs 

will have reserved seats. 

• Event payments are NOT tax deductible. 

• If a venue, start time or author needs to be changed, all ticket buyers will 

• Physical tickets will not be issued. Simply check in at each event. 

• You will receive an email reminder about a week prior to each event. 

• No refunds unless entire event (both authors for multi-author events) is 

canceled and not rescheduled. 

• If an author cancels (weather, illness, etc.) we will attempt to reschedule 

the author in late March or April. Your original reservation will be good 

for the rescheduled event. 

be notified via email.

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