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Gazan terrorists fired two mortarshells containing white phosphorous ata community in southern Israel Sun-day prompting a war crimes complaintagainst the Palestinian Authority be-ing filed at the United Nations.Coincidentally, the attack came the

same week as Israeli and Palestiniannegotiators met in Amman, Jordan, forface-to-face talks on the resumption ofthe peace process. There was no indication the attack

was related to the talks, which werehosted by Jordan’s King Abdullah II,

though a Hamas spokesman criticizedthe talks Tuesday as well as the Pales-tinian Authority’s participation them. The shells landed in an open field in

the Eshkol Region, causing no injuriesor damage. Nevertheless, Ynetnewsreported that the Negev District Policeexamined the explosives and con-firmed they did contain white phos-phorous, “which is banned by interna-tional law for use inside dense popula-tion concentrations.”White phosphorous, also known as

Willy Pete, is a colorless, white or yel-low waxy solid with a garlic-like odor.Manufactured from phosphate rocks,

it reacts rapidly with oxygen, easilycatching fire at temperatures 10 to 15degrees above room temperature.The substance can lead to burns, ir-

ritation, damage to the liver, kidneys,heart, lungs or bones for those ex-posed to it — even death, according tothe Agency for Toxic Substances andDisease Registration.JTA reported that the head of the

Eshkol Regional Council, Chaim Jelin,filed the complaint with U.N. Secre-tary-General Ban Ki-moon. He alsosaid it is the fourth time white phos-phorous shells have been fired at

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Israeli dancetroupe organizershope to teachteens a step or twoBY TOBY TABACHNICKStaff Writer

Thanks to the efforts of two Pitts-burghers with a passion for Israeli cul-ture, Jewish teenagers are invited tojoin a newly forming Israeli folk dancetroupe that will represent the Jewishcommunity at a variety of upcomingevents, including the 2012 PittsburghInternational Folk Festival in May.Lee Feldman, who has been running

the Israel booth at the Folk Festivalsince 2006, along with local danceteacher Lynn Berman, hope to createlong-term local appreciation for Israelidance and representation of Israelthrough the dance troupe.In addition to performances at the

Folk Festival, Feldman and Berman an-ticipate the troupe dancing at the YomHa’atzmaut celebrations to be held thisspring at the Jewish Community Cen-ters in Squirrel Hill and the South Hills. Berman, who tried unsuccesfully to

organize a teen Israeli dance troupethrough J-Site this past September, ishoping this new effort will generatemore interest.“Only two kids signed up [for the J-

Site dance class], which was notenough,” she said. “It’s not clear whythere were not more. But this dancetroupe is really important to Lee be-cause of his involvement with the FolkFestival. It is his hope to try to findenough kids who are interested.”The Pittsburgh Folk Festival Inc. is a

nonprofit organization that began in1956, with 17 nationalities represented.Its purpose is to promote “unity in diver-sity” by presenting an annual festival ofcultures. The festival now highlights thecultural diversity of more than 30 nation-alities in the Pittsburgh area.

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An open area in the Eshkol Region of Israel. Two phosphorous mortars struck an open field in Eshkol Sunday. There were noinjuries or damages, but the head of the Eshkol Regional Council has complained to the United Nations about Palestinian use of abanned substance.

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Front pageThe cover photo of the Chronicle’s in-augural issue was not of David Ben-Gu-rion, Israeli soldiers on patrol, not evenof local Jewish leaders engaged in somecivic activity.The honor of gracing this paper’s veryfirst front page went to — Burt Lancaster?That’s right. The lead story of theChronicle’s first issue included a public-ity photo of the famed movie star from ascene in the motion picture, “Judgmentat Nuremberg.”It’s not as unusual as you may think.In the film, which opened around thesame time the Chronicle began publish-

ing, Lancaster starred as a notoriousNazi judge on trial for crimes againsthumanity. So, for the paper’s first fea-ture story, Michael A. Musmanno, then ajustice of the Pennsylvania SupremeCourt, who once served as a judge on theNuremberg tribunals, wrote a first-per-son account of the film.Rarely in its 50-year history has theChronicle published a movie review onpage 1, but this was not your average re-view, nor your average reviewer. “Every question that Spencer Tracy

[who played one of the three judges on thetribunal] puts, every observation hemakes, every rule of law he announces,turns another page in my book of memo-ries,” Musmanno wrote, “and I revel inseeing him extract truth from untruth, jus-tice from injustice, legality from illegality.”Also on page 1 was an editorial — real-ly a tribute — to Samuel Horelick, titled“May His Memory Remain A Blessing.”Horelick, who died the Friday beforeat age 75, was an engineer, corporateexecutive and philanthropist, accordingto the piece.“He worked hard at giving away his

earnings, and enjoyed it,” according tothe editorial. “Giving charity is a virtue.Giving and setting an example and astandard for others to give is a higherrung in Jewish virtue. In this, Sam Hore-lick stood out as a model.”

OpinionChronicle Editor Albert W. Bloombegan his long-running column, “Peo-ple & Issues,” this week. In this piece,Bloom formally introduced the Chron-icle to its readers. He noted it was thesuccessor to two long-running, finallydefunct, newspapers — The JewishCriterion and the American JewishOutlook. And he named the PittsburghJewish Publication and EducationFoundation (PJPEF) — an affiliate ofthe United Jewish Federation — as thepublisher, which it still is. Since then,the PJPEF has become independent ofthe federation, making the Chroniclean independent Jewish newspaper.“The Jewish Chronicle will be, inevery sense of the word, a newspaper,”Bloom wrote. “It will not purport tospeak for the Jewish community. But itis the policy of the publisher to makeof the newspaper, a mirror of the com-munity in its local, national and inter-national aspects.“Its columns will be open to all re-sponsible voices and organizations,”he continued. “Everything of impor-tance in Jewish life will be within itspurview.”The Chronicle still strives to live upto those words Bloom wrote 50 yearsago.

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Riverview Towers in SquirrelHill is the first residential senior livingfacility in Pittsburgh to launch HealthySteps in Motion (HSIM), a comprehen-sive fall prevention program designedto improve residents’ fitness levels andbalance, while reducing the incidenceof 911 emergency calls.Healthy Steps in Motions, which

launched in December, is an exerciseprogram developed by the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Aging in partnershipwith the University of California atBerkeley for adults 50 years of age andolder.Though Riverview is the first area

residential facility to offer HSIM, sev-eral area community centers alreadyemploy it. Riverview also has a certi-fied instructor to work the program.The program includes exercise rou-

tines and education about the benefitsof exercise. Participants learn how toreduce risks of falling, do new exercis-es to build strength, especially in thelower body, and increase flexibility toimprove movement to be safer andwork toward improved health.Of the 40 million Americans over 65,

about 1 in 3 will fall in a given year, ac-cording to the Centers for Disease Control.“Although this fairly new program is

being taught in some community cen-ters, we are the only senior housing fa-cility to offer HSIM in-house,” PhyllisCohen, Riverview director of program-ming, said in a prepared statement.“We are very fortunate to have GerrieDelaney, one of the few trained and cer-tified instructors in HSIM, as our fit-ness instructor. HSIM not only buildsparticipants’ strength and balance, itgives our seniors the self-confidence tobe more independent in their day-to-day activities.”The Jewish Federation of Greater

Pittsburgh supports the programthrough its annual campaign funding.

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Riverview Towers’’ HSIM certifiedinstructor Gerrie Delaney demonstratesproper posture during class with helpfrom resident Charlie Roth.

BY TOBY TABACHNICKStaff Writer

For approximately 80 percent of chil-dren in the Reform movement, celebrat-ing a bar or bat mitzva will be the lastconnection they will have to their Jewishcommunity throughout the rest of theirteen years.For some, it will be their last connec-

tion for the rest of their lives. Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, senior vice

president of the Union for Reform Ju-dasim, and other Reform leaders, localand national, are trying to reverse thisstartling trend.The centerpiece of their efforts is the

URJ’s new Campaign for Youth Engage-ment, aiming to help congregationsthroughout North America get teens andyoung adults to remain involved in Jew-ish life.The campaign, which was unveiled at

last month’s URJ Biennial convention inWashington, D.C., by URJ President-elect Rabbi Richard Jacobs, will beheaded by Rabbi Bradley Solmsen.“The campaign is a mass movement

in the Reform movement, and be-yond,” said Pesner, who, with a back-ground as a community organizer, isone of the campaign’s principal lead-ers. He believes that organizationslike Hillel on Campus, B’nai B’rithYouth Organization, and local JewishFederations will all need to partner inorder to ensure the next generation ofJews remains tied to its heritage. The aim of the campaign is an all-en-

compassing, movementwide effort to en-gage a majority of Reform Jewish youthby the year 2020.“There has to be a true revolution of

culture, and a real commitment of localpeople, ” Pesner said. “We will have toshow our youth that synagogue life isabout deep engagement in living andlearning, and not just about preparationfor b’nai mitzva. The question is, ‘Howdo you do that?’”

One problem congregations face inkeeping their youth involved is the com-peting demands for the kids’ time, saidRabbi Jessica Locketz, associate rabbiand temple educator at Temple Emanuelof South Hills. “We are feeling the results of the

added pressures our teens are facing,”Locketz said. “There is decline in in-volvement. They are still signing up tobe involved in the youth group and in ed-ucational programs, but they cannot al-ways make the events. It’s not for thelack of them wanting to; it’s just thatthey are so incredibly busy. Sometimes,school comes first.”The Campaign for Youth Engagement

will help congregations focus on threespheres that have been proven to helpmaintain youth involvement, accordingto Pesner: early integration into syna-gogue life; attendance at Jewish camp or

other immersion experiences; and, pro-fessional training of youth workers.“We know that families who are inte-

grated through early childhood tend tostay after bar and bat mitzvas,” he said.“We know that families whose kids go toJewish summer camp, or other immer-sion activities [like trips to Israel or so-cial action programs] stay engaged.”The URJ also will be supporting more

professional training of youth workers,and will work with community partnerslike local federations to professionalizethe field.“There is a heavy turnover with youth

workers,” Pesner said. “And kids get en-gaged in synagogue life because of rela-tionships, not programs. They get con-nected to the adults who mentor them,and they get connected to robust rela-tionships with their peers. If there is ahigh turnover, relationships get severed

and kids drop out.”To reverse the trend of losing kids af-

ter their bar or bat mitzva, said RabbiRonald BB Symons, director of lifelonglearning at Temple Sinai, communitiesneed to “put more boots on the ground interms of trained youth workers.”Symons met with 30 URJ leaders

about 18 months ago to address the issueof disengaged youth and come up withsolutions. He has been working locallywith the Agency for Jewish Learningand the Jewish Federation of GreaterPittsburgh to garner funding for a NFTY(North American Federation of JewishYouth) Pittsburgh coordinator, whosejob would be to help and advise all localReform youth groups, and to organizecitywide, multigroup events. Symonshas approached the URJ for funding aswell.“We have already made a concerted ef-

fort to get the teen leaders [from local Re-form congregations] to work together, andto plan events together,” Symons said, cit-ing a recent combined “latke fry-down”Chanuka event that drew 25 kids from allover the city, and an upcoming social ac-tion shabbaton in February.“We are committed to strengthening

our own youth groups in our syna-gogues, while strengthening teens’ con-nections to each other,” Symons said. “It’s all about relationships,” he added.

“We love our teens. We want them toknow each other, and to know us.”The URJ has already garnered consid-

erable financial support for its Cam-paign for Youth Engagement, and hasover $1,000,000 in seed money to en-hance its youth staff and provide syna-gogue innovation grants.Relationship building has worked at

Temple Sinai, where the congregation hasmixed formal and informal education —religious school and youth group — andtypically draws 70 to 80 participants to itsMonday night teen programs.


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Rabbi Barbara Symons ofTemple David, Monroeville, will leadthe weekly Current Events Class,Friday, Jan. 13, from 10:30 to 11:30a.m. hosted by the Jewish CommunityCenter of Greater Pittsburgh’sAgeWell’s Adult Department.The class will be held in Room 156

in the JCC’s Robinson Building, 5738Darlington Road, Squirrel Hill. Thereis no fee and the program is open tothe community.Contact Nicole Mezare, 412-521-

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NEW YORK — If you’re an optimistand were asked to name three of themost significant Jewish events of thepast 12 months, you might cite the re-lease and emotional homecoming of Gi-lad Shalit after more than five years incaptivity; the protest movement thatspread across the Arab world, signalingan end or challenge to autocratic ruleand a push for democracy; and aJerusalem-Washington relationship bol-stered by new military and strategic ad-vances, and politically by America’s de-cisive efforts to thwart Palestinian ef-forts to achieve statehood through theUnited Nations and to prevent a nuclearIran through tightened sanctions.For good measure you might add that

American Jewish life is undergoing anexciting renaissance, with a burst of in-dependent minyanim, and an array ofsocial justice and startup groups amongyoung people.If you’re a pessimist, though, you

could point to the same topics as proofthat Israel is under increasing threat ofphysical and political harm from its ene-mies, and increased diplomatic strain

with Washington. And you could makethe case that with fewer young peopleinterested in synagogues or Jewish orga-nizational affiliation, American Jewishlife is in deep decline.Granted that we all view events

through the prism of our own hopes andfears, is there an objective take on howIsrael and the Jewish world fared in2011?Maybe not, but in trying to view what

has transpired in the last 12 months withas much impartiality as I can muster, Iwould have to conclude that we havemuch to worry about.Of course that’s nothing new. Jews are

known for their pessimism. It used to besaid that the quintessential Jewishtelegram reads: “Start worrying. Detailsto follow.” (For those of us old enough toremember telegrams.)The way I see it, while Israel’s econo-

my continues to amaze, the Jewish stateis more isolated in the world and facinga more chaotic and dangerous regionthan a year ago. Plus, Iran is that muchcloser to building a nuclear bomb, andno nation other than Israel is seriouslyconsidering military action to stopTehran.Yes, Gilad Shalit’s release was a moral

high for a tiny nation that showed theworld how much it values a single life.But in practical terms, releasing morethan 1,000 terrorists underscored the in-ability of the Israeli military to rescuetheir man, the renewed clout of Hamasand the sober understanding that moreIsraeli lives may well be lost as a resultof the swap.Earlier this year, Israeli analysts who

warned of the dire consequences ofabandoning Mubarak in Egypt and wereless than ecstatic about the Cairo streetprotesters, were viewed as politicalScrooges, out of touch with the call forchange charging through the region. Butthe ensuing months have shown thatdemocracies aren’t formed overnight,and that the case Mubarak made foryears in seeking U.S. support — that ifhe fell, he would be replaced by Islamicfundamentalists — seems to be correct.When given the freedom to vote, most

Egyptians are not choosing young liber-als and secularists but leaders of theMuslim Brotherhood and even moreradical followers of Islam who are anti-Western, anti-women’s rights, anti-Zion-ist and anti-Jewish.While bolstering its border with Egypt

militarily, Israel also faces a murderousSyrian government in disarray, thegrowing sense that there will be nopeace with the Palestinians anytimesoon, an increasingly hostile Turkey andan Iran determined to complete its nu-clear mission, the rest of the world bedamned.But when Jerusalem turns to the Unit-

ed States for leadership, it finds an Oba-ma administration focused on the 2012re-election campaign, and with no lovelost between the president and IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Does their personal relationship really

matter in the scheme of foreign policymoves? Yes, in that trust between worldleaders can have a huge impact. (Wit-ness George W. Bush and Tony Blairbonding militarily during the lead-up to

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A good year for energy independence

Are Jews better off today than a year ago?

L ooking back, 2011 is shaping up tobe a good year for energy inde-pendence — and consequently a

bad year for the enemies of Israel andthe United States.NPR reported last week that for the

first time in six decades — we repeat, sixdecades — the United States is export-ing more gasoline and diesel fuel — fin-ished petroleum products — than it im-ports. That’s a direct result of Ameri-cans using less gasoline.“U.S. dependence on imported oil has

dramatically declined since peaking in2005,” according to a report from theU.S. Department of Energy. “This trendis the result of a variety of factors in-cluding a decline in consumption andshifts in supply patterns.”The DOE report cites other factors as

well: the recession, improvements in ef-ficiency, changes in consumer behaviorand patterns of economic growth. Butit’s hard to get around the fact thatAmericans, by and large, are drivingsmaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles andusing less gasoline. “At the same time,” the report contin-

ues, increased use of domestic biofuels(ethanol and biodiesel), and strong gainsin domestic production of crude oil andnatural gas plant liquids expanded do-mestic supplies and reduced the needfor imports.”

That’s the real good news. The morewe can depend upon ourselves for ourenergy needs — both fossil and green —the less we’re at the mercy of oil produc-ing states that are anti-Israel, anti-America, or both.Even the military is getting into the

act. In Afghanistan, Marines are usingbiofuels and solar power for everythingfrom communications to heating and airconditioning tents. In fact, the Navy hasset a goal for using nonfossil fuels for 50percent of its power by 2020.The news isn’t all good. The United

States still imports 49 percent of itspetroleum — crude and refined — ac-cording to DOE. Oil companies, whichimproved the efficiency of their re-fineries in the good times, are nowfaced with closing some of them andare laying off workers. At the same time, though, the U.S. In-

terior Department just announced ap-proval for a solar plant in California anda wind farm in Oregon that are expectedto create enough power for 112,500homes and create jobs.Such is the balancing act America is

playing as it strives for energyindependence.Israel appears further along. The

country plans to tap into the massiveLeviathan gas field, with estimated re-serves of 17 trillion cubic feet, off its

Mediterranean coast, despite protestsfrom Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon,and an Israeli company, called BetterPlace, is in the process of launching anelectric car network in the Jewish statethat will make it possible to drive any-where in the country without range lim-itations. Motorists will be able to pull offat “battery switch” stations and trade intheir spent fuel cells for charged ones.Better Place has already announced

the locations for nine of its 40 plannedbattery switch stations — Hadera,Modiin, Mahanaim, Mitzpeh Ramon,Beer Sheva, Yavne, Beit Shean andBilu Junction — and has signed 400agreements with parking lot ownersacross Israel to deploy thousands ofcharge spots with the first 200 sites al-ready under construction. Twenty-seven municipalities have signedagreements to ensure that BetterPlace charge spots are deployed incentral locations in their cities.For the auto industry, this will be a

game changer.Neither country can be energy inde-

pendent through fossil or green fuelsalone. Both know they must be energyindependent to assure national security.Israel and the United States made greatenergy strides toward energy self-suffi-ciency in 2011. Let’s hope 2012 is evenbetter.

garyrosenblatt

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Food, meds or taxes?My grandparents lost everything theyhad to the Nazis, including their home.Am I going to lose my home to Alleghe-ny County and the City of Pittsburgh?I was employed at the Division ofComputer Services of Allegheny Countyfor 23 years. As a senior analyst/pro-grammer, I was responsible for the de-sign, implementation and maintenanceof all Allegheny County land systems,including the comparable sales searchsystem and the computer-assisted massassessment system, so I am knowledge-able with respect to property tax sys-tems.In 1996, I retired due to multiple dis-abilities. It took me 45 years to realizethe American Dream when, in 1987, Ipurchased my home. I thought I wouldlive there for the rest of my life and beable to leave my home to my children.The Allegheny County and City ofPittsburgh property tax laws are slowlyforcing me out, as I am living on a fixedincome.When individuals are faced with ne-cessity of choosing between payingproperty taxes, supplemental medicalinsurance and food each month, it is ille-gal and unconstitutional. Life is definite-ly threatened if one cannot afford to pay

for medical care or food as a result of ataxation policy that is not based on theindividual’s ability to pay, but instead onthe value of the home in which they live.I am blind, but it appears that ourstate and local representatives have lostsight of the problem. Some believe thatincreased taxation on property marketvalues should occur every two or threeyears, but this does nothing for us onfixed incomes; we’ll still be at the sameincome level three years from now.Some Pittsburgh representatives be-lieve that reducing the city millage willsolve the problem, but this reduction isonly applicable to city taxes and notcounty and school taxes.Incidentally, it is the school districttax that is the back breaker; it is morethan three times greater than the othertwo.Keeping in mind our constitutionalright to happiness, show me a happyhomeowner who has spent his entire lifepaying his fair share, raising a family,retired, expecting to live out his goldenyears in his own home only to be forcedout because of an unfair, oppressiveproperty tax law.

Jeffrey LewinHighland Park

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Israel not isolated despite gloom and doom reports

TEL AVIV — Despite incessant claimsof Israel’s isolation from the political op-position, media pundits and U.S. offi-cials, the level of the Jewish state’s bilat-eral relations with crucial players indi-cates otherwise.Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secre-

tary Leon Panetta warned of “Israel’sgrowing isolation” in the region. He sug-gested Israel act to reverse this troublingtrend by engaging with Turkey, Egypt andJordan. Along with general perceptions ofincreasing regional isolation, opposition

figures within Israel often proclaim Is-rael’s state of isolation in the internationalcommunity. These claims routinely followpublic reprimands from European orAmerican leaders. With that being said,judging Israel’s international stance onpopulist public statements is misleading,because they do not accurately representthe Jewish state’s diplomatic standing.With respect to the United States, quar-

rels over settlements and various peaceprocess issues have strained relations onthe official level. However, the U.S.-Israelrelationship remains secure. Certainly, Is-rael’s diplomatic relationship with Ameri-ca was tested and mistrust lingers, yetstrong bilateral agreements and militaryexercises continue. Furthermore, beyondthe halls of Washington, American publicopinion remains favorable toward Israel.Elsewhere on the continent, Canadian-Is-raeli ties are stronger than ever, with Ot-

tawa as one of Jerusalem’s chief defend-ers in the public arena.Israel’s affiliation with the European

Union has never been easy. Recent reportsof a possible E.U.-led United Nations Se-curity Council censure of Israeli activityin Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) fur-thered impressions of Israel’s isolation.Nonetheless, European states did notcampaign in favor of the Palestinian Au-thority’s recent bid for U.N. recognitionand many actively discouraged it. Al-though more criticism originates fromwestern European capitals than praise, bi-lateral relations, economic agreementsand defense contracts remain intact. Withmuch of the attention awarded to state-ments from Berlin, Paris, Brussels andLondon, many overlook Israel’s strength-ening ties with Cyprus, Greece, Italy andEastern Europe. Improved Israeli rela-tions with southern European countries,

fostered above all by a more antagonisticTurkey, highlight that machtpolitik andstrategic concerns still dictate bilateralrelations. These countries see Turkey asa threat to their regional interests, espe-cially in reference to newly discoveredMediterranean oil fields. For southernEuropean states, Israel is a regional andstrategic ally that can help protect theirinterests.Despite a variety of strong and weak

Israeli relationships within the Euro-pean Union, the organization is rela-tively weak. E.U. member states inde-pendently and collectively lack the po-litical, economic and military strengthto have a real impact on Israel’sstrategic environment. Europe is im-portant diplomatically, however, interms of power politics other regionsare of greater significance.

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the Iraq War.) No, in the sense that theWashington-Jerusalem relationship hasendured crises since Israel was found-ed, and the strategic ties remain strong.That’s why Obama spoke out firmly at

the United Nations this fall against thePalestinian Authority’s attempt at adiplomatic end-around toward state-hood, and has stepped up diplomaticmeasures to pressure Iran.Closer to home, assimilation, disinter-

est and a low birthrate continue to pres-ent major threats to American Jewishlife and its communal structure.The list of events, and how we choose

to interpret them, goes on. Was the hugeseries of protests this summer in Israelcalling for social change an ideal exam-ple of a nonviolent movement bringing

about progress, or a fluke outcry againstthe continuing economic imbalancethreatening the fabric of society?Do we view the scene of Republican

presidential candidates outdoing eachother in support of Israel a harbinger ofa significant shift in Mideast policy inWashington, or a soon-to-be-forgottenmemory a year from now?Amidst the uncertainty and our own

conflicting views, what we do share is acommon hope and prayer that 2012 willbe a year of renewed faith in Americaand Israel, and the noble ideals westrive to fulfill in our commitment toeach.Happy New Year.

(Gary Rosenblatt, editor and publisherof The New York Jewish Week, can bereached at [email protected]. Thiscolumn previously appeared in the Week.)


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Asia is rapidly becoming one of themore powerful regions within the interna-tional system. Israel’s relationships witheastern powers China, India, Russia,Japan and South Korea are lucrative androbust. In India, Israel is conductingtraining for the country’s frontier anti-ter-ror units and increasing sales of weaponryto the Asian power. As the geopolitical bal-ance of power shifts eastward, strong Is-raeli ties with these countries must not beoverlooked. These relationships are notwithout troubles, most notably with Rus-sia and China over issues such as Iran.However, Beijing and Moscow’s increas-ingly autonomous foreign policy is meantto maximize Russian and Chinese influ-ence on specific issues. Their policies actto counter Western, mainly U.S., foreignpolicy influence. Thus, despite Russianand Chinese objections to Israeli securityconcerns, their activity does not denotegeneral hostility and greater cooperationon other issues can ensue. Elsewhere, Is-rael’s relationships with former SovietAzerbaijan and Georgia are robust withAzerbaijan emerging as an important eco-nomic and strategic partner in the region.In the Middle East, Israel’s relation-

ships with Egypt, Jordan and Turkey areindeed in dire straits. These are danger-ous developments, yet they have more todo with domestic and regional ideologicaland political trends than with Israeli poli-cies vis-à-vis Palestinian Arabs. The chaosand instability gripping the region todayis illuminating historical tribal, religiousand ethnic disputes in the Middle East.Due to these transnational disputes, most,if not all regional Arab and Muslim states,find themselves mired in a myriad of con-flicts. Moreover, the touted Turkish presi-

dent’s “zero problems” foreign policy hascollapsed in light of crises with Cyprus,Israel, Iran, Syria, Greece and nowFrance. Elsewhere in the region, the trou-bling developments in Jordan and Egyptare beyond Israel’s control. Israel’s dete-riorating relationships with Jordan andEgypt are dangerous, as both countrieshave peace deals with Israel. Even so, Is-raeli meddling in such a fractious envi-ronment is unwise. While the Muslimworld battles historical disputes, Israel isseemingly left out. However, for the timebeing, Israel’s seclusion in the MiddleEast is a convenience.Examining Israel’s position within a

strategic paradigm illustrates that Israelis not isolated. Israel’s burgeoning tieswith Asia are crucial. Maintaining itsstrong relationship with the United Statesand simultaneously increasing ties withAsian states is a major diplomaticachievement for Israel. More practically,Israeli prowess in hi-tech, defense tech-nology, along with the massive energy dis-coveries off Haifa, will only increase theJewish state’s attractiveness in Asia.The doom and gloom reports of Israeli

isolation are unwarranted. Israel’s rela-tionships with all major internationalplayers remain intact and secure. Giventhe international communities’ obses-sion on this conflict, public criticism ofIsrael will undoubtedly take place. Withthat being said, one must look at the crit-icizing country’s ability to act on it. Is-rael is not isolated internationally. Addi-tionally, increased Israeli seclusion fromregional turmoil is preferred. In the end,being isolated from the myriad of tribu-lations resulting from the so-called“Arab Spring” is a good thing.

(Danny Brode, a Pittsburgh native andgraduate of Duquesne University, is a Mid-dle East analyst living in Israel. His blogcan be read at thejewishchronicle.net.)

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(As part the Chronicle’s 50th anniversary celebration, The Chronicle Cooks will take anoccasional look at recipes and their stories over the years. To read the full article, visitthejewishchronicle.net and click on archives.Here is a recipe from the March 22, 1962, edition.)

CONNIE’S ROAST CHICKEN (GREEK)

1 large fryer, quartered, salt, pepper and oregano to taste*1 round tablespoon tomato paste¾ cup warm water½ cup dry white wine1 teaspoon vegetable or olive oilSprinkle the chicken quarters with salt, pepper and oregano to taste and place them, skin

side up, in a Dutch oven or earthenware casserole. Combine the tomato paste with the warmwater until blended, add the wine and pour over the chicken. Drizzle the oil over the top of thechicken pieces. Cover the pan tightly and roast at 400 degrees for two hours. Do not uncoverduring the cooking.

This amount serves four. This may be served from the casserole or the chicken quartersmay be arranged on a platter and the gravy passed separately.

*Whenever a recipe calls for only a part of a can of tomato paste, and the remainder is notto be used within a few days, it may be placed in a small container, covered, and frozen.

Here is what Mildred Grosberg Bellin, Chronicle-JTA Food Editor, writes about this recipe:

“The second dish is Connie’s [Mrs. Donald Matthews] favorite for guests, and is always wellliked when she serves it. Once the chicken begins to bake, it requires absolutely no further at-tention.

In fact, for success, the cook mustn’t even peek to see how it is progressing. When it is fin-ished, the chicken is a rich brown with the flesh soft and juicy. There is just enough gravy toserve with any starch accompaniment desired. Rice, macaroni,potatoes, or noodles, are all good.”

I made this recipe for dinner Tuesday night and have a few comments. Tastes have changedsince 1962, and today, this chicken is rather bland. Although extremely easy to make, whendone, the chicken seemed more like soup chicken in texture. This may have been a favoritefor guests in 1962, but I would not serve it to my guests in 2012. Not a big hit with the

family either.(Angela Leibowicz can be reached at

[email protected].)

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New members of community

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Dor Hadash held its annual “Hanukah on Ice” party at the Schenley Ice Rink, and thecongregation invited members of the Pittsburgh Bhutanese community to join them. TheDor Hadash Religious School and their social action committee are working this year withthe Bhutanese refugees, who are being settled in Pittsburgh by Jewish Family & Children’sService.

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My Little Outback owners Todd and Erin Schachter organized atoy drive to benefit the children of refugee families resettledby Jewish Family & Children’s Service. When refugees come toAmerica, they typically come with little more than the clotheson their backs and a limited understanding of America’s vastand complex culture. JF&CS meets them at the airport andtakes them to the apartments they’ve established for them,and refugee services staff work to help the familiessuccessfully resettle in the Pittsburgh community. Pictured,from left, are My Little Outback staff member Walter Drennanwith JF&CS refugee caseworkers Ximena Martinez, DawnZuckerman and Benedict Killang.

Toys bring happiness to refugee families


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Giant Eagle, others, unveil matchinggrant for federation’s annual campaignBY LEE CHOTTINER

Executive Editor

In an effort to attract new contributorsand bolster existing ones, the Giant Ea-gle Foundation and a group of privatephilanthropists have offered a $100,000matching grant challenge to the JewishFederation of Greater Pittsburgh.The grant will donate 50 cents for

every new and increased dollar, up to$100,000, raised toward the CentennialYear Annual Campaign goal of $13 mil-lion.Campaign Chair Jimmy Wagner said

he can’t recall a bigger matching chal-lenge in the campaign’s history, nor oneas encompassing as this.“Unlike past challenges, which have

been smaller in nature, this year we de-cided to make it a communitywide chal-lenge and publicize it.”He described the grant challenge as a

“generous” offer from the Giant EagleFoundation and philanthropists, whomhe said prefer to remain anonymous. The twofold goal of the challenge — to

attract new donors and encourage cur-rent ones to increase their gifts — ismeant to push the campaign toward itsgoal while replacing donors lost throughattrition — donors who have died,moved away or fallen on hard timesthemselves.He said he’s optimistic the campaign

can raise $100,000 in new or increaseddonations.“I can tell you the campaign is ahead

of last year,” Wagner said.The Giant Eagle incentive is being of-

fered as a means to celebrate the feder-ation’s centennial.“This remarkable opportunity allows

us to raise the funds to meet the ongoingneeds of the community,” federationPresident and CEO Jeffrey H. Finkel-stein said in a prepared statement. Contact Jessica Brown Smith, director

campaign and financial resourcedevelopment, at 412-992-5248 [email protected] for more information.

(Lee Chottiner can be reached [email protected].)

JFilm stages short film contest;competition goes internationalJFilm: The Pittsburgh Jewish Film

Forum is sponsoring a competition forfilmmakers whomake shorts.The Robinson

I n t e r n a t i o n a lShort Film Com-petition, as it’scalled, is namedfor Sanford N. Robinson. It is intendedto further the careers of filmmakers byawarding significant monetary prizesand offering exposure for their work.The international competition is open

to any independent filmmakers, includ-ing college and graduate level film stu-dents, as well as professionals in thefield.The guidelines for entries are:• The film must be a Pittsburgh pre-

miere (no prior public Pittsburghscreenings or television broadcasts);• Films completed in 2009 or later;• Screening formats: 35mm, Beta SP

(NTSC), Digibeta (NTSC), HDCAM,Blu-ray;• Foreign language films must have

English subtitles; and• Film must be 40 minutes or less.Acceptable genres include narrative,

documentary or animated films. Sub-missions must contain an essence ofJewishness as represented by theme,history or culture.Up to 10 films will be selected for

presentation by JFilm: The PittsburghJewish Film Forum at an awardsevening in early May. The winning filmswill be announced immediately follow-ing the screening. The first place prizeis $10,000; two honorable mentions willeach receive $3,000.Filmmakers will be notified in March

of their selection. JFilm: The PittsburghJewish Film Forum and the Robinsonfamily would like all selected filmmak-ers to make every effort to attend theawards evening. Attendance, however, isnot mandatory to receive a prize.Entries are due Jan. 31. There is a fee

to enter.Visit jfilmpgh.org for entry forms and

more information about the competition,including entry guidelines.

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THE BREW THAT’S FIT FOR A JEW

BY MATT ROBINSON

JNS

Manischewitz has its role, but now andthen, a Jew needs a good cold beer.

Shmaltz Brewing Co., with headquar-ters in San Francisco and a brewery inSaratoga Springs, N.Y., has been produc-ing beers worthy of the Chosen Peoplefor 15 years and counting.

“Completely shocking,” says propri-etor Jeremy Cowan, when asked abouthis brand’s longevity. In fact, Cowan sayshe is still not sure how it’s even possiblethat the first 100 cases of Shmaltz —handcrafted as an experiment forChanuka in 1996 — have grown into theproduction of over 10,000 barrels a yearinternationally.

In celebration of the 15th year, a seriesof new and repackaged brews are beingreleased, including the appropriatelynamed Jewbelation 15 and Genesis15:15. There is even a new book thatchronicles the company’s first 13 yearscalled “Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah,” whichincludes a list of suggested beers to ac-company each chapter.

“When I started Shmaltz, it was reallyjust an experiment,” Cowan says. “I justthought it would be fun and funny tomake this country’s first and only Jewishcelebration beer.”

With the help of a small brewery inNorthern California, the former Englishmajor pitched a business idea (despitenot knowing a dram from a dreidel), andShmaltz was born. Hand-brewed, hand-labeled and hand-delivered, the first bot-tles of Shmaltz quickly caught on, evenoutside the Jewish community.

“Once I got into the project,” Cowanrecalls, “I realized this was my opportu-nity to create my own brand of a Jewishcommunity organization. [It] allowedme to celebrate my culture and to tie itinto Jewish text, holidays and traditionsin a meaningful contemporary way mostrelevant to my own sensibility.”

While he is happy with his creation’scache in the Christian and Catholicworlds, Cowan is especially proud of theimpact he has had in Jewish homes.Most of his beers are certified by theKosher Supervision of America (KSA),which is accepted by the Orthodox Union(OU) worldwide.

When it comes to kosher dietary law,beer isn’t subject to the same level ofrabbinic and talmudic scrutiny as wineis, Cowan notes. However, he says it“was important to get the [Shmaltz]

beers kosher certified so thewhole community, regard-less of their level of ob-servance, would feelconfident bringing ourproducts into theirhomes and into theirlives.”

Cowan says thename of Shmaltz’sfirst offering —He’Brew — was a“fun shtick my palscame up with whenwe were just slightlyunderage in NorthernCalifornia.” Thoughhis product has beenthe subject of “lots offunny looks and ques-tions,” Cowan emphasizesthat the most importantjudge — his mother — ap-proves.

“She even helped me delivercases of the first batch,” he says, not-ing that she is “relieved that the business

is doing well enough that I don’t need tosleep on her foldout couch nearly as of-ten as I used to.”

Once people get past the name, Cowansuggests, they often find that Shmaltzproducts are more than just a Jewishjoke. “When people read the story andtaste … the beer,” he says, “[they] realize

that I was very serious about this fun anddelicious project that honestly cele-brates Jewish tradition, text and sensi-bility, [and] they love it.”

For its 10th anniversary, Shmaltz ex-panded by adding a new line of EastCoast-inspired beers. Approached by “anice Jewish boy from Manhattan” who

had become a fan and whowanted Cowan to help cele-

brate New York’s most fa-mous playground — ConeyIsland — Cowan decidedto kick off a “sideshow”beer line to raise moneyfor the famous fun park.

Today, Shmaltz’sConey Island line in-cludes such boardwalk-inspired flavors as Albi-no Python, Sword Swal-lower, Human Block-head, and Freaktober-

fest. “For over 125 years,

Coney Island has beenAmerica’s playground,”

Cowan suggests. “ShmaltzBrewing is ecstatic to cele-

brate that flavor and spiritthrough this exceptional line of

unique craft lagers.”Looking to the future, Shmaltz con-

tinues to expand while keeping its rootsfirmly in mind.

“One of my favorite parts of my craftbeer business is to play with stereotypesand add unique angles and create addi-tional layers of meaning and flavor,”Cowan says, “to tickle people’s expecta-tions and increase their delight with ourofferings.”

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Top: a label from Shmaltz’s “Sideshow” beer line to support Coney Island. Above: Shmaltz has extended its beer line over 15 years.

One hallmark of a good writer isfinding a new way to tell an old story.Fans of Alice Hoffman will be sur-prised, and yet pleased, to discover“The Dovekeepers,” a fresh version ofthe story of Masada in the year 70C.E., just after the Temple is de-stroyed. Historical fiction is a total de-parture for Hoffman’s adult novels, al-though she does weave familiarthemes of magic and mysticism intothe story.

In an author’s note, Hoffman noteshow profoundly changed and inspiredshe had become by a visit to Masada inIsrael. Masada is an ancient fortresssurrounded by steep cliffs that had

been used by Jews to escape the Ro-man military, the Sacirii.

“The Dovekeepers,” while fiction, isbased on years of research.Hoffman has read the writ-ings of the ancient historian,Josephus (who leaves theonly account of the eventsat Masada) and learns thatthere are two women andfive children out of 900who survive; two ofthose women are the fo-cus of the book.

The book is brokenup into four parts,each one narrated bya different womanwhose lives inter-twine at Masada.There is Yael, theredheaded daugh-ter of an assassin,born to a deadmother; Revka,the baker’s wifewho witnessesthe brutalmurder of heronly daughterand is now chargedwith raising her grandsons;Aziza, born a female but is trained asa warrior; and Shira, Aziza’s mother,known as the Witch of Moab, who isthe keeper of many secrets, including

that of a long-ago connection she hasto one of the other characters.

Each woman has loved deeply, lostgreatly, and has the scars to prove it,

both physical and emotional.When Yael arrives at

Masada after atime int h edesert, theo t h e rw o m e n ,sensing thatthere iss o m e t h i n gspecial abouther, assign herto work in thedovecote, caringfor the doves;their excrementis used as fertiliz-er, though some-times they are sac-rificed for food.Yael’s father blamesher for the death ofher mother in child-birth; her brother,Amram, is a powerfulwarrior and is in lovewith Aziza.Initially wary of each

other, the four womengradually become somewhat of a fami-ly as they come together at the Masada

fortress; the suspense builds as theRomans surround the mountain.

Though by no means flawless,Hoffman’s female characters areintelligent, independent, kind andstrong despite great loss and hard liv-ing conditions. In some ways they arelike modern women; they are mothers,and they are prepared to sacrifice fortheir families.

Even if the reader is familiar withthe story of Masada and knows what iscoming, Hoffman manages to createan atmosphere of suspense and sad-ness as the inevitable end of daysapproach.

While it is challenging to find a fa-vorite passage out of 500 pages of lu-minous prose, this stands out as a tes-tament of the desire for life, spoken byYael:

“We would probably die before long.Our bones would be white upon thewhite rocks. We would be clawed at byeagles, taken by jackals. We wouldrise into the wind and become ashes.But not now. Not yet. We were stillalive.”

“The Dovekeepers” may very wellbe Hoffman’s masterpiece.

(Hilary Daninhirsch can be reachedat [email protected].)


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Even in smaller congregations thefostering of positive, personal rela-tionships with teens is key to keepingthem involved, according to Rabbi Au-drey Korotkin, of Temple Beth Israel,in Altoona.The spiritual leader of the 75-family

Reform congregation says that theteens of Temple Beth Israel do remainengaged in synagogue life throughtheir high school years.“In a lot of larger congregations,

there are problems with post-bar andbat mitzva retention,” she said. “Somerabbis have called their own congrega-tions ‘bar mitzvah mills.’ ”But at Temple Beth Israel, where

Korotkin personally tutors and devel-ops a relationship with each b’nai

mitzva, the teens all go on to confirma-tion, she said. While at the recent URJBiennial, she advised Jacobs to take alook at her model.“I said to Rabbi Jacobs, ‘Please visit

Altoona,’ ” she said, “Because we arenot a b’nai mitzva mill. All our kidsstay through confirmation, and a lotstay through high school. You can’t be

anonymous in a 75-family congrega-tion. I said, ‘you need to come toplaces like Altoona and see anothermodel. There are other models youneed to take a look at. Personal con-nections can go a long way.’ ”

(Toby Tabachnick can be reached [email protected].)

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that Cantor Mordecai Heiser of B’nai Is-rael Congregation would join a famedCleveland cantor and composer, SholomSecunda, for a recital of Sabbathmelodies at B’nai Israel . . . Judge Mus-manno, who wrote the “Judgment atNuremberg” piece, received the Broth-erhood Month award at Beth Jacob Syn-agogue in New Kensington . . . KatharineS. Falk reviewed the book, “Notes from aDark Street” in her column, The Peopleand the Book, and Bernice Ellman Blue-stone, in her society column, Social andPersonal, sent back news of Pitts-burghers vacationing in Florida and Ari-zona that winter — that’s right, snow-birds are nothing new — as well as othervacation spots. Among the Pittsburghersshe named were Mr. and Mrs. Harry

Perrins, Mrs. Rube Schmidt and Mrs.Felix Weil.

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In my work with Sivitz Jewish Hos-pice, I often help patients review theevents of their lives and pass along wis-dom and advice to the next generation.

People discuss the decisions theymade, the regrets they have and howthey might have done things different-ly. Sometimes, they attempt to recon-cile with estranged family members.They want to settle matters and to feelat peace before they depart this world.They also want to leave a spirituallegacy.

One way to do this is to prepare anethical will.

Just as a will passes along ownershipof the person’s property to his (or her)family, an ethical will is a written docu-ment in which a parent would summa-rize what they wanted most for and fromtheir children. The person passes alongthe life wisdom they had acquired to thenext generation.

According to Rabbi Jack Riemer, towrite an ethical will one must try tosummarize “the essential truths one haslearned in a lifetime, face up to one’sfailures and consider what are thethings that really count.” Common

motifs often include: faith in Hashem,commitment to mitzvot, concern for thefamily and for Jewish continuity.

The words of Jacob in this week’sTorah portion are seen as an ethicalwill.

At the end of his life, he called hischildren and his grandchildren togetherso that he could give them his finalblessing.

He said “O G-d, before whom my an-cestors walked, G-d who sustains me. …May the angel who redeems me from allevil bless these children, and may myname be declared on them, and thenames of my forefathers Abraham andIsaac.” (Genesis 48:15-16)

Jacob said that his children should al-ways be aware of the great spirituallegacy left to them by his father, Isaac,and grandfather, Abraham. They shouldcontinue to be inspired by their familyheritage.

Secondly, he said that his children’sachievements should always be a sancti-fication of G-d’s Holy Name. When peo-ple see the loving-kindness in theirdeeds, they will praise and bless theName of Hashem.

We ought to constantly remember thedeeds of our Patriarchs and Matriarchs.We are all Jacob’s children. We read hislast words each year to remind our-selves that they apply to us as well.

Shabbat shalom.

(This column is a service of the GreaterPittsburgh Rabbinic Association.)

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Feldman began manning the Israelbooth at the festival in 2006 after attend-ing it for many years, and getting “tickedoff” that there was no Israeli booth.“I decided I had to put up or shut up,”

he said, and with the help of Carolyn Lin-der, director of the Agency for JewishLearning’s Jewish Teacher ResourceCenter, along with some funding from theAJL, he created a cultural booth at thefestival representing Israel. The 2006booth featured Israeli music, dancing ledby Pittsburgh’s local shlichim, and a craftproject allowing people to create book-marks with their photos superimposed onan image of the Western Wall. “It’s important to me to have the Jew-

ish community represented at the festi-val,” Feldman said. “The festival is agrassroots approach to meeting the gen-tile community. The people who do thefestival are very proud of their heritage.There is a lot of camaraderie there. Weall work together.”The new Israeli dance troupe will be

open to both boys and girls, and no pre-vious dancing experience is necessary,

Feldman said.“The point is, I’m trying to see if there

is enough interest,” he said, “as I sus-pect there is.”While Berman recognizes that Pitts-

burgh “does not have a strong culture ofkids doing Israeli dance,” she is doingher best to generate interest, and devel-op that culture.“I have been teaching Israeli dance at

five local Sunday schools on an occa-sional basis,” she said, “so kids nowhave exposure to dance. If we can gen-erate interest and excitement aboutdance, there will be a natural interest toperform at big events. Part of the issueis that kids don’t know what Israelidance is because we haven’t had it yet.”Israeli dance is popular in other cities,

she said, and once teens become in-volved with it, they often continue withit in college groups. “Our short-term goal is getting the

group up and going this year,” she said.“Our long-term goal is creating a com-munity of Israeli dance.”While Israeli dance classes are cur-

rently offered at Beth El Congregationof the South Hills and the Jewish Com-munity Center in Squirrel Hill, Bermansaid those sessions primarily attractadults. “It’s easier for kids to go to classes

with other kids,” she said.

(Toby Tabachnick can be reached [email protected].)

Eshkol, according to Ynetnews.Palestinians and certain internation-

al agencies have claimed Israel usedwhite phosphorous during the 2008-09Operation Cast Lead. The army initial-ly denied those claims, but later re-vised its statements, saying they wereused legally to provide a smokescreen.“The Israel Defense Forces, charged

with protecting the residents of theState of Israel, are criticized andjudged due to their being the militaryof a U.N. member state,” Jelin wrotein his complaint to Ban. “In contrast,

Hamas, the ‘neighborhood bully,’ isnot subject to international laws, andfeels free to use illegal weaponryagainst an innocent civilian population— without being judged or criticizedby any international body. I call uponyou to put an end to this hypocrisy!”Some 13,000 people live in the

Eshkol Region.The phosphorous rockets weren’t the

only attacks this week on Israeli territo-ry. According to the Sderot Media Cen-ter, two Kassam rockets fired from Gazaexploded in the Sha’ar Hanegev farmingregion in the south on Tuesday evening.One rocket slammed into a storagehouse adjacent to a kindergarten in akibbutz. There were no injuries. A sec-ond projectile fell in open territory.


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SUNDAY, JANUARY 8: ANNA BRODIE, HAROLD E. CAPLAN, ABRAHAM COHEN, MOLLY CREA,GERTRUDE ENGELBERG, JACOB HARRY FEINGOLD, DAVID ARI FLAMM, SAMUEL GOLDBLATT, SIMONGREENGARD, FREDA GREENWALD, PHILLIP JACOBSON, SAUL JACOBSON, LOUIS C. KLEIN, YETTA KROVIT-SKY, LEONARD L. LAUNER, SAMUEL LEVIN, SIDNEY LINZER, MURRAY LITT, HYMAN MALLINGER, MARYMICHAEL MARKS, MARVIN L. OLENDER, JACOB PERER, RELLA WILKOFF RATNER, MARY SAUL, SAMUELL. SCHNITZER, TILLIE SCHUTTE, ETHEL SCHWARTZ, SOPHIA NERNBERG SEGAL, SEYMOUR N. SELTMAN,BEN SIMON, BELLE SKIRBOLL, JACOB SPEVOCK, DOROTHY STEIN, LENA STEINFELD, ARTHUR J. STERN,SAM WARMSTEIN, EDITH WOLINSKY, ELIZABETH ZENTLER.MONDAY, JANUARY 9: SAMUEL ABRAMS, REV. NATHAN ABROMSON, ABRAHAM AZINSKY, DORAS. BIRNBAUM, HYMAN BLECKMAN, VIOLETMAE CAPLAN, MOSES L. FISHER, KATE FRIEDLANDER, SARAHGERSON, ANNA LEBOVITZ GLICK, JACK GREEN, BENJAMIN HUSHAN, ROSE JOSEPHSON, HELENKARNOLD, CLARA LABOVITZ, ABRAHAM LEIBOVITZ, SONIA B. LEWINTER, OSHER LEMEL MANES, BESSMARCHEL, HARRY D. MARGOLIS, IRVING MASLOFF, BENJAMIN MILLER, ROSE MILLER, HENRY MUSTIN,ROSE MYERS, WILLIAM NATHANSON, JOSEPH NELSON, CARRIE W. NEVINS, IDA NOVEN, LEWIS PERL-STEIN, BERTHA REINGOLD, IDA LEVINSON REUBEN, ROSE ROSENBERG, LOUIS G. RUBEN, HARRIS AARONSAMUELS, LOUIS SCHEINHOLTZ, PHILLIP SCHOLNICK, JOSEPH SCHULTZ, MAX SCHWARTZ, PAULINESHARON, HARRY SKEEGAN, IRVIN SKIRBOLL, ROSE SOLOMON, LEO B. STOLLER, M. D., ANNIE B.VOLKOVITZ, YETTA WEISS, RHEVA LOUISE METZ WELLS, BERTHA A. WIESENTHAL, JACOB WOLK.TUESDAY, JANUARY 10: DOROTHY AUGENBLICK, LOUIS BAGRAN, SAMUEL BELLE, MAYER BEREN-FIELD, JACOB BERNSTEIN, ISADORE L. COHEN, RONALD E. FISHMAN, JACOB FOREMAN, ERNIE M. FRIED-MAN, SAUL GARBER, SARA BARBARA GOLDBERG, PAULINE GOLDENSON, ISRAEL HEYMAN, SARAHLABINSKY, IDA LAVINE, PEARL C. LAZAR, SAMUEL LEVENSON, HYMAN LEVINSON, CHAIE DOBRE LEVISON,ROSE LEVY, JEROME ZACHERY LIEBER, MORRIS K. MANELA, IDA MARCUS, DORA MODELE, LOUIS M.MORRIS, MORRIS NATHAN, ANNA PEARLE, BENJAMIN RAPHAEL, SAMUEL RUBEN, IRWIN SAUNDERS,BESSIE SCHACHNE, LOUIS SEIGLE, IRWIN SHAPIRO, MELVIN SILBERBLATT, JOSEPH A. SIMON, ESTHERROSE SINGER, DAN SNIDER, ROY SNYDER, HARRY SOUPOFF, ISADORE TEVELIN, BARNET TURETS, MOR-RIS VERTMAN, WILLIAM WEIN, RACHEL WEISENTHAL, JOSEPH WEISS, ROSA WIESENTHAL, WILLIAMWOLFE, OSCAR ZASLOV.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11: SIMON ALPERN, NATHAN G. BAGRAN, ROSALIND CAPLAN, JAKEDAVIS, HOWARD JAY DUNHOFF, ROSE EDELSTEIN, JOSEPH ELIAS, ALFRED ENGEL, GEORGE GOLDBERG,LOUIS GORDON, SERA HERSKOVITZ, HAIMAN KOELMAN, YITZCHOK LEIB KOIDANOV, ALBERT L. LANGE,WILLIAM LAVINE, ALBERT LENCHNER, GEORGE A. LEVENSON, CHAI DOBRE LEVINSON, RUTH HIRSCH LIN-DER, BEATRICE LOEB, ESTHER TEPLITZ LOVE, SAMUEL MALYN, MORRIS MARTIN, BENJAMIN MELET,ELAINE G. MESSER, WILLIAM ROSENBERG, ISRAEL ROSINSKY, BERNARD J SCHILLER, GUSTELLA SCHMIDT,CARRIE SCHWARTZ, MYNA SHUB, LOUIS SILVER, ROSE BERKOWITZ SIMENSKY, RUDOLPH SOLOMON, ES-THER TEPLITZ, SAMUEL WILKOFF, HAROLD I. WOLK, DELLA YAECHEVER, NATHAN ZIFF.THURSDAY, JANUARY 12: CLAYE CLARA BIERMAN, HERMAN GODFREY BIGG, JACOB BLOOM,JOSEPH BRAND, ESTHER BROAD, ISRAEL BUCK, JACOB COHEN, SAMUEL DAVIS, WILLIAM EDGAREGERMAN, ALBERT EPSTEIN, SAM FAIGEN, MORTIMER M. FRANKSTON, BESSIE GETTLEMAN, MAURICEA. GOLOMB, LILLIAN GRANOFF, ANNA KAUFMAN, FANNIE KEIZLER, SAM KLEE, ELIZABETH KOPELMAN,MARTIN KOVACS, IDA KURFEERST, SAMUEL E. LATTERMAN, DR. FRED LAUFE, IDA LEVINE, KATE LEWIS,SOPHIE LIEBERMAN, SAM LIEBMAN, KATHERINE GREENBERG LINCOFF, BESSIE MARCUS, SAM MELNICK,ROSE HARRIS MILLER, MILTON MOSES, FLORENCE NEFT, BESSIE SILVERSTEIN PERMAN, ROSE POHL,HARRY ROM, ABRAHAM ROSENFELD, ETHEL SACHS, BERNAT SAMUELS, LOUIS SEDER, ANNA G. SERBIN,ELKA SHAPERA, ANNE DEUTCH SHAPIRO, MEYER S. SIKOV, PAULA SILVERSTEIN, JEAN SOLOMON, HER-MAN M. SPIEGEL, HERMAN SPIEGELMAN, HELYN R. SPOKANE, IKE TEPPER, HARRY VERK, MOLLIE B.WEISS.FRIDAY, JANUARY 13: ALBERT ACKERMAN, REBECCA BIER, JULIUS CAPLAN, JACOB L. COHEN,JACOB DIZNOFF, ROSE FRIEDBERG, HARRY GERSON, MORRIS GROSS, IRWIN GROSSMAN, MINNIE GUSKY,CELIA HEPPS, GERTRUDE P. KATZ, MARGARET KOPELSON, MEYER LAZEAR, YENTA LEIBER, ROSE LEVINE,FANNIE LEVINSON, HENRY LEWIS, CHARLES LIPSITZ, SYLVIA R. LITMAN, IRWIN LUICK, MAURICE H. MAR-GOLIS, MILDRED BROIDA MARKOVITZ, BENJAMIN M. MARKOWITZ, ROSE STEINMAN MORRIS, BEN L.MOSES, RAYMOND MOSS, RUTH MOSS, PHILIP H. NEVINS, DR. WILLIAM RATOWSKY, CELIA RATTNER,MEYER REICH, AARON D. REINER, BELLA ROBIN, KENNETH E. ROSENBERG, LOUIS E. ROSENTHALL,BERNARD ROTH, ROSE RUBENSTEIN, SARAH SAMBERG, ETHEL SCHULBERG, MAX SHAPIRO, BEN SIMON,BELLE SOMACH, MINNIE SPERLING, JENNIE SPOKANE, REV. ALEX SPOKANE, NATHAN STALINSKY, SAULH. 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