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from our rEAdErSAJTHooray for Chana!Dear Editor:

I hope the Atlanta Jewish Times realizes what a “jewel” you have in Chana Shapiro. I look forward to her [semi]-weekly columns. They are humorous, poignant, heart warming, relatable and always give me food for thought.

Her recent piece “A Family Memento’s Message Is Revealed” really was meaningful to me. My mother was the collector and guardian of family trea-sures, such as home movies from the early ’50s and years beyond and record-ings that captured messages from many family members. I can still hear myself being encouraged by my mother to sing “Going to Take a Sentimental Journey” when I was 4 years old.

I have been able to secure most of these irreplaceable remembrances. I hope that one day they will be watched and listened to by my children and grandchildren and have the same sentimental value for them that they’ve had for me.

Sincerely,

Jerry Schwartz

Alpharetta

Real Education, Not MemorizationDear Editor:

I just read the letter entitled “Blame the Teachers!” written by Alan O. Feingold, MD, MBA in the Feb. 1 issue of the AJT. Wow, someone finally hit the nail on the head: If we teach our children how to learn and problem-solve, they can apply those skills to anything they want

to learn.

Sir Ken Robinson, education and creativity expert, lectures and writes books about how our schools kill creativity. [In a Huffington Post article, he points out that] a child learns quickly not to risk being wrong in school for fear of humiliation or reprisal.

But America is great because so many people were willing to risk failure. If you breed people afraid of that risk, no one would ever start their own business.

The point of my letter is to ask the AJT to start this discussion as a series of articles. Nothing will change if not challenged, and it could create a wonderful dialogue among your readership and bring a different view to many that can effect change in the system.

Our current system of testing rewards those with good memorization skills, but anyone who has done it can tell you that once the test is over, those facts memorized for that test begin to fade. So, did you really learn anything?

Sincerely,

April A. Weiner

Atlanta

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from ThE JcrcAJTOp-Ed: The Iranian Plot ThickensWEIGHT OF WORDS, OBAMA’S RENEWED FOCUS

BY HAROLD KIRTZAJT ConTRibuToR

The Iranian leadership’s words of animosity for Israel are a constant stream. Still, some in the international

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community believe that mere words do not matter and that they cannot be the basis for action taken against Iran’s nuclear development.

The depth of the hatred, however, should not be underestimated.

Those with ears to listen might hear Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prom-ise to “wipe Israel off the map” or “erase Israel from the page of time.” It seems that the Iranian President is making pronouncements every month, if not every week, about the debasement of or the destruction of Israel and all Israelis – and, in many instances, the extermination of all Jews.

Furthermore, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ex-pressed exactly the same sentiment for many years. In early 2012, for ex-ample, the conservative website Alef – known for its ties with Khamenei – featured an article providing the le-gal and religious justification for the destruction of Israel and the slaugh-ter of its people, and the article was repeated on the website of the Revo-lutionary Guard.

But there remains an irrational chorus who try to tell us that these threats are of little or no conse-quence. Thus, the issue is whether the international community will start taking the Iranian leaders at their word.

It is difficult to not take these words seriously, they are expressed with such vitriol. What’s more, they are accompanied by descriptions of the ever-closer developments of nu-clear capability.

These messages could be either a pronouncement of Iran’s plans or an incitement for Israel to attack their nearby enemy, which would allow these leaders to solidify their hold on the Iranian people. At the very least, we are seeing a pattern of psycholog-ical warfare.

In recent days, there have been hints that Iran might be open to new discussions on its nuclear program, but they have run simultaneously hot and cold on bi-lateral talks. How many times have we gone through this now?

After 10 years, the only real devel-opment is that Iran is now far closer to its ambition of gaining a weapon of mass destruction. Meanwhile, Teh-ran’s defenders and apologists say the regime has never acted in a hos-tile manner against any of its other neighbors – but what of Iran’s arm-ing and funding of terrorist proxies,

including Hamas and Hezbollah?

Consider this: Rafael Bardaji, a former national security advisor to the Spanish prime minister, met with Khamenei some years back. When he asked what was the Supreme Lead-er’s job, Khamenei replied, “My job is to set Israel on fire.”

Their rhetoric has not changed.

What has changed? The re-elec-tion of President Obama and the ad-vice that he has received from Hill-ary Clinton, John Kerry and White House Chief of Staff Tom Donilan may have, and for this reason the U.S. could now be traveling on a dif-ferent path.

The President is now re-engaged with the Middle East; he and John Kerry will be traveling to the region soon. And, in what some commenta-tors would have us believe is a re-versal of attitude from his first term, Obama appears to be aiming for even greater cooperation with Israel in facing the increasingly active axis of Iran-Syria, Hezbollah and – possibly – Egypt.

Although the recent visit by Ah-madinejad to Cairo was not without local controversy, it was clearly un-dertaken to establish renewed ties between the two countries. And, with many Iranian weapons in storage de-pots across Syria, Iran has been ex-erting pressure on their neighbor to transport these arms to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The Israeli strike on Syria a couple of weeks ago was an effort to destroy some of these weapons in storage and their transportation vehicles. Still, according to some intelligence sources, Syria has at least two other warehouse complexes of these weap-ons, and Iran may also be stoking the fire under Assad to get Syria to engage Israel in a hotter exchange of fire.

All of this is part of Iran’s plan to divert global attention from their nu-clear development. The world should not be thus distracted.

Thankfully, the United States and Israel, perhaps with other partners, may be on the verge of setting back Iran’s nuclear program.

Editor’s note: Harold Kirtz is past president of Atlanta’s Jewish Com-munity Relations Council.

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iSrAElAJTIsraeli PrideGOOD NEWS MADE IN THE JEWISH STATE THIS PAST WEEK

ISRAELI PEPPER SETS A RECORD. A green bell pepper dubbed “Godzilla” has won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Grown in brackish water by the company Yofi Shel Yera-kot (“Beauty of Vegetables”) of Moshav Ein Yahav, it weighs half a kilogram.

TOUGH TUMORS TACKLED. Current medication for breast cancer targets receptors in the tumors, but one in six tumors has no receptors and thus are difficult to treat. Now, a team of 11 Weizmann Institute scientists has found a combination of two antibodies that mount a “pincer attack” on these tumors, causing them to collapse.

INTEL ISRAEL HAS A MEGA YEAR. De-spite the global economic slowdown, ex-ports by Intel Israel more than doubled in 2012 to $4.6 billion (from $2.2 billion in 2011). Intel exports now account for one-tenth of Israel’s total industrial ex-ports, and the number of full-time Intel employees grew by 10 percent to 8,500.

CELEB SELECTS “HATIKVAH.” Non-Jew-ish Zionist writer Julie Burchill chose the Israeli National Anthem as one of her eight records for BBC’s “Desert Is-land Discs,” which asks a well-known person which eight albums they would take with them on a desert island. Bur-chill also chose “Hebrew Man” by Is-rael’s Ehud Banai and the theme song from the movie “Exodus.”

ISRAEL GETS MORE BEER. Gush Etzion residents from Scotland and the U.S. have teamed up to create Lone Tree Brewery. David Shire of Scotland de-scribed his new product at the Interna-tional Mediterranean Tourism Market conference in Tel Aviv.

NATURAL ANTI-FREEZE DISCOVERED. A team of Israeli, American and Ca-nadian scientists has unraveled the workings of anti-freeze proteins that allow animals, plants, fish and micro-organisms to exist in cold climates. The discovery has implications in food and medicine production around the world.

SYRIANS TREATED IN SAFED HOSPITAL. The IDF administered emergency first aid to seven Syrians – one in critical condition – wounded in battles between Syrian army forces and rebels near the border fence. They were then taken to the Ziv Medical Center in Safed for fur-ther treatment.

ISRAELI ART DISPLAYED IN ROME. Twen-ty-four renowned Israeli artists are the stars of an exhibition in Rome under the title “Israel Now: Reinventing the Future.” The exhibition has received the Medal of Honor from Italian Presi-dent Giorgio Napolitano.

PROFESSOR DETERMINES THE SECRET TO A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. Bar-Ilan University’s Psychology Professor Ruth Feldman found couples that stay to-gether have higher levels of oxytocin in their blood when they first pair up than couples that ultimately break up.

This list courtesy Michael ordman and verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com.

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chAnA’S cornErAJTBirthing PicassosDON’T BOTHER TRYING TO PLAN CREATIVITYBY CHANA SHAPIROAJT ColuMniST

Children are natural creators whose drawings and paint-ings are uninhibited and gorgeous. They’re born lov-

ing color and making a mess.

I read that Pablo Picasso never actually put a paintbrush into the hands of his offspring, and yet they turned out to be artists of different genres themselves. He didn’t need to push them; they were surrounded by materials of all kinds and allowed, from their earliest years, to wander freely in his crowded and stimulat-ing studio, touch anything and ex-periment with his materials. Picasso gave them space.

I grew up in a neat, clean and tidy home. There was a place for ev-erything – everything had a proper shelf, drawer or container. Yet even in this pristine environment, I al-ways had lots of crayons and water-colors.

My very conventional parents al-lowed me to pull scraps of old letters and discarded pieces of cardboard from the wastepaper basket. I paint-ed these treasures on our newspa-per-covered kitchen table (the paint always bled through!). I even drew pictures in my books.

I guess my mother and father knew what they were up against, be-cause I couldn’t help decorating ev-erything I found. I drew everywhere, including the backs of pastel-colored invoices that came to my parents’ store. I looked forward to the daily mail because I knew how to open and unfold envelopes carefully in order to expose a quasi-trapezoidal blank sheet of paper.

My Aunt Charlotte enabled my obsession. A secretary for a print shop, she raided their garbage for blank scrap paper of every color and size. She became a steady supplier to my drawing habit, and the materials she brought allowed me to make col-

lages.

What’s more, my Aunt Shirley gave me my own stapler and a box of staples, and my mother taught me to make glue from flour and water, so I went three-dimensional. And in the third or fourth grade, I started writ-ing and illustrating my own stories. My parents stood aside, benignly allowing me to draw, cut, glue and paint anything and everything.

The books I loved contained beau-tiful drawings super-saturated in unreal colors, and I started copying these pictures, sometimes squeezing my drawings into the margins, in-side front and back covers and on the flyleaves.

When I moved to grown-up sto-ries that had few illustrations, I dis-covered the drawings of these tales were intricate and perfect. I tried to copy them, but when my copies were pitifully inept by comparison to the originals, I drew my own pictures.

Who cared? Nobody judged me: I had only to please myself, and the more I drew, the better I felt about my “work.”

Really, it was the opposite of work.

Thus, drawing and painting were essential to me as a child, and – mindful of the pleasures of creating – when I became a parent, I wanted to get our daughters off to a good start. They’d never have to make do with the margins of books, unfolded envelopes or blank sides of shipping cardboard.

To ensure that they could be their most creative selves, I bought colored pencils, crayons, chalk, paint, mark-ers, all kinds of paper, glitter, se-quins, beads, feathers and brushes. Pretty rocks, interesting twigs, seeds and acorns were collected when we were outside.

No one came home empty-handed, and then everything was organized into boxes and jars upon our return to the “studio.” Plastic tablecloths were always at hand to cover our kitchen table, ready at any moment for art; bulletin boards were hung; varying sized frames were purchased.

Our daughters well remember our frequent “art projects.” They tell me they enjoyed the organized endeav-ors, but as I look back, I realize that I was always the instigator. They were both good at making things, and I like to assume that the ambience we provided at home had something to

do with it.

But here’s the truth: our daugh-ters were more inventive and origi-nal when they weren’t urged into cre-ativity.

The Next Generation

For the past few years, I’ve tried every trick in the book to get our grandchildren to use this great stuff. We’re blessed that their small mo-tor function and brains seem fine; I’ve seen what they bring home from school, and I love every birthday and anniversary card they’ve made.

So, why can’t I get them to take my lead and create with the tools I present?

I made art kits for each of them, which they enjoy in the car when I’m busy driving. They have more exten-sive house art kits, which they em-ploy on their over-crowded, too-low playroom floor when I’m in another room.

Still, what happened yesterday was truly telling. I was in my office, looking for safety pins; the grand-kids found me there, rifling through drawers of paper punches, brads, mailing labels, road maps and tape. They closed in, and I watched them finger through the containers.

“Can we have some of these?” Zel-lik asked, holding a box of paperclips. “I can use all of them!”

“I need the maps and a paper punch,” Miriam added. “And where’s the scissors?”

I pulled out a pair of scissors.

“Thanks,” she said, reaching for the tape.

“Take anything you want,” I answered, feigning nonchalance. “Here’s a shoe box you can dump ev-erything in.”

They loaded up, and I cleverly fol-lowed with pieces of red and orange cardboard and some markers.

Miriam and Zellik spent the rest of the afternoon making art all over the unprotected kitchen table, while I forced myself to stay out of the way.

Thanks, Mr. Picasso – I finally got it.

Chana Shapiro is an educator, writ-er, editor and illustrator whose work has appeared in journals, newspa-pers and magazines.

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communiTyAJTPure Purim Joy at Etz ChaimCARNIVAL WAS THE “WHOLE MEGILLAH” OF FUN

STAFF REPoRT

No surprise that Mordecai, Haman and Esther were part of the crowd at Con-gregation Etz Chaim last

Sunday. But it was a bit of a shock that Cinderella, Snow White and Spiderman were also enjoying the fun at the East Cobb synagogue’s Purim Carnival.

In fact, there were cats, clowns and jugglers; the usual fun and games – face-painting, spin art, darts, bean bag tosses and a fortune teller – and a few special treats, in-cluding a huge truck filled with video games, two inflatable bounce houses and (for those who dared) a climbing wall and mechanical bull.

Can you say oy vey?!

“This year’s carnival definitely ex-ceeded my expectations,” said Lilly Shneibaum, a member of the shul’s USY chapter and one of the event co-chairs. “It was amazing.”

Purim, the joyous holiday that is equal parts festival and celebra-tion, recalls the defeat of wicked Ha-man and the salvation of the Jews of Persia thanks to the heroic deeds of Queen Esther and her cousin Mor-decai. Synagogues across the U.S. have been holding parties and carni-vals for decades to recall the ancient story (detailed in the biblical Book of Esther, Megillat Esther) and raise funds for special projects.

As often as not – and as was the case at Etz Chaim – the annual event is handled by youngsters, and profits help them fund synagogue youth pro-grams.

“It’s all going great,” said Ben-jy Nadolne, also a member of Etz Chaim’s USY chapter. “I’m just here volunteering. It’s fun and it’s always nice to help out at the synagogue.”

Twins Addison and Dylan Merrill, 3, were too cute for words, all dressed up and ready to party at this year’s Purim

Carnival.

Sy Polakoff, 9, had his ups and downs, spending much of his time last Sunday

zipping along this super slide at Etz Chaim.

Lena Robbins, 13, has a really good idea of what’s going to happen soon. After all, she was the fortune teller at this year’s

holiday happening in East Cobb.

Matthew Pressnall, 7, seemed to be getting up in the world, working his way

along this climbing wall to celebrate Purim.

Rabbi Paul Kerbel of Congregation Etz Chaim was dressed for the occasion.

Depending on your point of view, he was either Mordecai or, according to the cos-

tume’s packaging, a desert prince.

Purim was a lot of bull for Jacob Schwebel, who spent some quality time on this mechanical gizmo.

PHOTOS/Ron Feinberg

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communiTyAJTGAH’s “Women’s Heart Health” a HitHADASSAH EVENT EDUCATES, EQUIPS IN FIGHT AGAINST HEART DISEASE

STAFF REPoRT

Greater Atlanta Hadassah’s “Women’s Heart Health” forum brought together speakers with a specialty

in cardiovascular wellness to inform and empower attendees in their life-long efforts to prevent heart disease. The Feb. 17 event, held at Congrega-tion Beth Shalom, also saw a past Hadassah national president make an exciting announcement.

First, Marsha Hilderbrand, RN and certified health coach, and Dr. Nanette Wenger, Professor of Medi-cine at Emory’s School of Medicine, shared vital information regard-ing heart health, including lifestyle changes to make, steps to take, dan-gers to avoid and signs to monitor.

The former told her personal sto-ry of living at-risk of heart dis-ease, turn-ing her life a r o u n d upon real-ization of the facts and now taking on the title of Wom-e n H e a r t Champion in the fight a g a i n s t p r e v e n t -able heart d i s e a s e deaths.

“We’re the boots on the ground,” Hilderbrand said. “We educate wom-en about the signs and symptoms of heart disease and what you can do to protect your heart health.”

Next, Dr. Wenger presented her very own “owner’s manual” to the heart, providing eye-opening statis-tics as well as guidelines for check-up (ask for a waist measurement), maintenance (opt for a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains) and preventative measures (keep tabs on blood pressure and choles-terol).

“If you come away with just one thing today: Favorable lifestyle changes can decrease your cardiovas-cular risk and decrease your chances of developing disease,” she said. “But it’s not a one-size-fits-all, so you have to match the intensity of what you do

to your intensity of risk.”

Then, Nancy Falchuk – the 24th Hadassah national president, whose visit was announced only weeks be-fore the event – took the stage to tell of philanthropist Irene Pollin’s hugely generous donation to add the Linda Joy Pollin Cardiovascular Wellness Institute to the Hadassah Medical Center system in Jerusalem.

“We [Hadassah] continue to be pioneers with wonderful philanthro-pists and healthcare professionals,” Falchuk said. “Mrs. Pollin really be-lieves that we can make a change in women’s cardiac health by changing behaviors.”

Finally, Susan Gurley spoke of the new partnership between Ha-

dassah and Pollin’s or-ganization, Sister to Sister. Pol-lin founded StS and made the d o n a t i o n for the LJPCI in memory of her daugh-ter, who she lost at age 16 to heart dis-ease.

“This is a wom-an [Pollin] who, as a

psychotherapist, believes in behav-ior modification and also believes deeply and passionately about heart health,” Gurley said. “You are edu-cated women who have taken the time and interest to come here today, but there are a lot of our sisters out there who don’t know and may not have access to healthcare as we do.

“It’s our job to tell people: Heart disease can kill you, but there’s good news too – it’s preventable, and we can mitigate against it. It’s our job to let them know about the tools at their fingertips.”

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cAmPAJTNorthern ExposureCAMPS IN MAINE FOCUS ON LEARNING, PLAYING AND GROWINGBY JIM GILLSPECiAl FoR THE AJT

I’m often asked why Atlanta families choose to send their children to Maine when the same camp experience can

be found via a car ride instead of a plane. My answer:

“It’s certainly not the same experi-ence – starting with the plane.”

How about climate? Maine has more than 3,500 miles of coastline, rivers, lakes, lobsters, woods and moose; warm sunny days in the 80s (without the humidity) and clear star-ry nights with tem-peratures f a l l i n g to the mid -60s . In other w o r d s , summers up here are noth-ing short of perfection.

Many camps in Maine were es-tablished more than 75 years ago and lead the industry in providing a premium camping experience that incorporates independence, self-reliance and social skills; and fills a gap by teaching children how to have real conversations, resolve conflicts maturely and form real and lasting friendships.

The Need For Camp

In today’s world of constant con-tact, parents often cling to their chil-dren. If their youngster doesn’t an-swer their cell phone or immediately reply to a text, some moms and dads fear that something is amiss. This causes anxiety for both parent and child.

It’s my belief that the technology that keeps us in contact with our children is sometimes a problem. Technology today is leaving our chil-dren more alone in the world than they have ever been and causing par-ents to not let their children venture too far. Let me elaborate:

At a recent TedX presentation, Champions Camp director Steve Baskin used an analogy to sum up our plight with communication “in-novations.” He asked the audience to think of when Neil Armstrong made his famous quote, “This is one

small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” and how Armstrong at that moment was connected to the entire world (or at least to every per-son that had a television or radio).

In reality, though, Neil Armstrong had never been more alone in his life. And this is exactly what is happen-ing to our children.

While they are so connected to everyone around them, kids aren’t developing the social skills and con-fidence to successfully navigate the

world. In turn, par-ents are k e e p i n g their chil-dren close to home b e c a u s e they do not be-lieve in

their child’s ability to navigate the world – not even summer camp – without their guidance.

Parents also worry that their child will need them close and, therefore, choose to send their child to a sum-mer camp that is close to home.

My Solution

So, how does a parent make sure that their child realizes his or her potential as a confident, prepared member of society?

Send him or her up to Maine for summer camp.

If you would like your child to have independence, resilience, self-confidence, have real face-to-face conversations and the ability to navigate the world successfully, then demonstrate your confidence in your child and put them on the plane up North this summer.

Editor’s note: Jim Gill is the owner and Director of Fernwood Cove, an overnight, half-season girls’ camp lo-cated in Harrison, Maine. Check out fernwoodcove.com and other premier Maine summer camps at mainecam-pexperience.com.

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cAmPAJTHave It All – Here,In the City!FUN CAMP OPTIONS AT EMORY

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In the City Camp at Emory offers exciting, social camp memories

right here in the At-lanta area. Children ages 6 to 10 are di-vided into small groups supervised by quality staff to experience the day in a way that is 100-percent child-centered.

Although safety is the top priority at In the City, fun, friendships and learning are tied for a close second. Summer activities include hiking, gym-nastics, plenty of field trips, late nights and much more.

And beyond that, a co-ed Tween Camp – open to 11- to 13-year-olds during Sessions 2, 3 & 4 (see below) – provides a separate, age-appropriate choice for older kids. Specialized activities include video production, overnights, Braves games, and more. The group is small, so space is limited!

Hours for both options are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday until 3 p.m. Morning care and lunch are offered at additional cost, and personal sports coaching is available until 5 p.m. after hours. Carpool is located at Emory Marcus Hillel Center.

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AJTWhat’s Your Summer Camp Style?JAZZY, SPORTY OR OTHERWISE, TIPS TO FOLLOW

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BY DR. BRENT RUNNELSSPECiAl FoR THE AJT

Finding the right summer camp can be daunting. With all the choices – from those that focus on various topics

and disciplines to others with differ-ing locations and costs – narrowing the selection can be a challenging process.

Are we looking for a day camp, or one with overnight lodging? Is food provided? If the camp is skill based in some way, is there a “tryout” or “audi-tion” process?

Many publica-tions like this one have discovered it can be benefi-cial to readers to publish a sum-mer camp guide, as there are so many camps in Atlanta geared to students of all ages and backgrounds. These are certainly helpful, although not neces-sarily comprehensive, as only those organizations that offer information for these sections get listed.

But perhaps that effort on a camp staff’s part may also be a signal to those searching, as buying an ad-vertisement months before summer starts can suggest a degree of stabil-ity and planning on the part of the organization producing the camp.

Of course, like most other search-es for information these days, un-doubtedly combing the internet is part of the process too. Those of us in the camp production business have learned that the new social media platforms have provided an addi-tional degree of reach for advertis-ing. Searching on Facebook can be a great way to learn about what is hot in a particular area.

In any case, most families prob-ably start with the dates of a camp and the particular subject in which students are interested; those in-terested in sports or athletics will quickly gloss over notices for music or arts camps, while families with musically-inclined students might try to go to music stores or local school’s websites to see if a camp is being promoted or produced through

their programs.

It is also advisable to make direct contact with camp organizers to see if there is open space remaining, even if it seems to be very late in the registration process. Most camps will accept participants right up to the start of camp if there are still spots available.

Finally, con-sider the venue of your camp choices, keep-ing in mind that certain fa-cilities aren’t always geared towards serving young students or in possession of the needed equipment for a particular discipline. In our case, Jazz Orchestra At-lanta has been

producing a Summer Jazz Camp for middle and high school students for more than 10 years, but we have moved around a good bit.

Fortunately, we’ve now found a great fit for our camp at Temple Sinai in Sandy Springs. The edu-cational wing of Sinai is ideal for a daily music camp, as it separates the frequent comings and goings and ad-ministrative offices from the glories of young musicians learning a chal-lenging musical style.

What’s more, a beautiful large so-cial hall serves as an excellent con-cert venue, and the Temple Sinai leadership couldn’t be more support-ive of music in general. It’s a great place to learn and enjoy a week of music making!

If you have a child interested in jazz and improvisation, I hope you will look us up at jazzorchestraatlan-ta.org. Good luck with your search for the perfect summer camp!

Editor’s note: Dr. brent Runnels is the executive and artistic director of Jazz orchestra Atlanta.

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cAmPAJTCamp Barney MedintzCelebrates 50th Anniversary“OUR SUMMER PLACE” SET FOR AUG. 23-25FROM THE MJCCAFoR THE ATlAnTA JEWiSH TiMES

Camp Barney Medintz (CBM), the Marcus Jewish Community Cen-ter of Atlanta’s (MJCCA) award-winning overnight camp, announc-es its 50th Anniversary Celebration. Set for the weekend of Aug. 23 through 25, the event – entitled “Our Summer Place” – will offer

hundreds of alumni three days of camp activities and nostalgia with family and friends.

The festivities will begin with a traditional camp-style Shabbat dinner in the dining hall, to be followed by Shabbat services in the Zaban Chapel. Campfires, “Milk Line,” and an auction featuring CBM memorabilia are among the highlights of the activities planned, which will conclude after brunch on Sunday morning.

Further details of the bash are being worked out by event co-chairs Gail Goldstein Herman, Debbie Medintz Jacobs, Maury Shapiro and Ronnie Gold-man. All four come from multi-generational camp families and agree that their summers at camp made a tremendous impact on who they have become as adults and members of our Jewish community.

“Our committee composition is a true testament to the long-lasting impact Camp Barney Medintz has made on all of us,” Medintz Jacobs said. “Nearly 100 CBM alumni have joined on to help plan and promote the 50th. We all care so deeply about ‘Our Summer Place.’”

Today, CBM is a premier Jewish overnight camp providing a magical sum-mer experience to more than 1,200 campers from metro-Atlanta, 26 states from coast to coast, and several other countries. Since its establishment in 1963, the camp has always been known for its spectacular mountain setting, exhilarating activities, rich culturally Jewish program and opportunity to make or strengthen friendships, all under the supervision of the most tal-ented, enthusiastic, conscientious and caring staff.

“Camp Barney is so much more than exceptional facilities and incredible activities,” Jim Mittenthal, Camp Barney director, said. “It’s about discover-ing your talent, experiencing exhilarating new adventures, connecting to our rich Jewish culture, appreciating our natural environment, and making or strengthening lifelong friendships.

“My staff and I are very much looking forward to this special 50th anni-versary celebration weekend. We’ll enjoy our favorite camp activities, build new camp memories, and kick off the next 50 years!”

Registration for “Our Summer Place” will be available online beginning March 15. Those coming to spend the weekend at camp will make themselves at home in camper cabins; alternatively, CBM has reserved blocks of hotel rooms for those who wish to stay off site (weekend and day rates for Celebra-tion attendees will be offered).

Editor’s note: For more information about Camp barney Medintz’s 50th An-niversary Celebration, visit campbarney.org or call (678) 812-4151.

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Area Day Schools Take Top Honors at Tech FairGHA, DAVIS, EPSTEIN AND WEBER COMPETE AT NAJSTFSTAFF REPoRT

Greenfield Hebrew Academy hosted the 9th-annual North Atlanta Jewish Students’ Technology Fair on Jan. 23. This year, partici-pants included students from GHA, the Davis Academy, the Ep-stein School and the Weber School as well as Medlock Bridge El-

ementary School.

The NAJS Technology Fair offers an alternative to the standard Saturday choice for public-school-based technology fairs. Students who take first place in their categories move on to the Georgia Educational Technology Fair, the statewide competition held at Macon State College.

“This year’s tech fair entries are the most diverse we have ever had, en-compassing more categories at a higher level of difficulty,” Scott Forbus, GHA’s Network Administrator, said. “Furthermore, many of the skills the students exhibit are the same as those being used right now in colleges and beyond.”

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Members of the Davis contingent – 28 students and 35 projects strong - took top honors in six categories and collected 14 First-Place awards.Davis Academy’s First-Place Award Winners:

• Zach Cohen, Digital Video Production, 7-8 Grade Division• Ohad Rau (with Dan Jutan of GHA), Team Programming Chal-lenge, 7-8 Grade Division• Justin Thompson, Digital Video Production, 5-6 Grade Divi-sion• Jared Solovei, Project Pro-gramming, 5-6 Grade Division• Ben Cohen and Ross Wil-liams, Robotics, 7-8 Grade Division• Willie Lieberman (“Glogster”), Web 2.0 Internet Applications, 7-8 Grade Division

• Brandon Jaffe and Matt Diamond, Technology Quiz, 7-8 Grade

Twenty Epstein students placed in the top three for their respective catego-ries, and 12 took First-Place honors.Epstein’s First-Place Award Winners:

• Lilah Juliet Presser Weiss, Digital Video Production, 3-4 Grade Divi-sion• David Leavitt, Robotics, 3-4 Grade Di-vision• Emma Mailman, Technology Literacy Challenge, 3-4 Grade Division• Eitan Pritzker, Technology Literacy Challenge, 3-4 Grade Division• Carly Judenberg and Micayla Pollak, Animated Graphic Design, 5–6 Grade Divi-sion• Isabel Berlin, Multimedia, 5-6 Grade Division• Yoel Alperin, 3D Modeling and Digital Photography, 7-8 Grade Divi-sion• Hallie Bernstein, Animated Graphic Design, 7-8 Grade Division• Shaun Regenbaum, Hardware, 7-8 Grade Division

• Elaine Berger, Technology Literacy Challenge, 5–6 Grade Division

GHA students made their best showing in the Tech Fair’s nine-year history, taking nearly half of the 71 available ribbons, including 17 First-Place rib-bons.GHA’s First-Place Award Winners:

• Daniel Sanders, 3-D Modeling, 5-6 Grade Division• Raina Grosswald, Animated Graphic Design and Multimedia Appli-cations, 3-4 Grade Division• Yoni Bachar and Matthew Chen, Case Modification, 7-8 Grade Divi-sion• Sophie Knapp, Digital Photography, 3-4 Grade Division• Daliya Wallenstein and Sophie Knapp, Multimedia Applications, 3-4 Grade Division• Ariel Cann, Multimedia Applications, 5-6 Grade Division• J o n a t h a n Nooriel, Mul-timedia Ap-plications and Non-Animated Graphic Design, 7-8 Grade Divi-sion• Katherine Cranman and Nissa Newman, Non-Animated Graphic Design, 3-4 Grade Divi-sion• S h a y n a Shapiro, Non-Multimedia Ap-plications, 3-4 Grade Division• Ari Slomka and Zach Mainzer, Non-Multimedia Applications, 5-6 Grade Division• Jared Amdur and Sam Brenner, Project Programming, 3-4 Grade Di-vision• Dan Jutan (with Ohad Rau of Davis), Team Programming Challenge, 7-8 Grade Division• Arielle Wallenstein, Robotics, 5-6 Grade Division• Matthew Minsk, Web 2.0 Internet Applications, 3-4 Grade Division

The group from the Weber School was the smallest in terms of number among the five schools represented, but what they lacked in quantity, they made up for with quality.

Weber’s First-Place Award Winners:

• Talia Katz, 3D Modeling and Technology Literacy Challenge, 9-10 Grade Division

• Andy Axelrod, Digital Photogra-phy, 11-12 Grade Division

• Ben Goldfein, Digital Video Edit-ing, 11-12 Grade Di-vision

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And The Band Played On!SWEET SOUND AT EPSTEIN

FROM THE EPSTEIN SCHOOLFoR THE ATlAnTA JEWiSH TiMES

This school year, the Epstein School launched the Epstein School Band under the direction of music specialist Gale Scott. The pro-gram is an extension of the elementary music curriculum and is in-tended for third- through fifth-grade students interested in a more

challenging music experience.

Beginner students start the learning process in a multi-instrument class and progress as a group, making teamwork an emphasis of the class. In-struction is offered for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone and percussion.

The band performed at the school’s Hanukkah Assembly and will perform for several other school events throughout the year.

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TOP LEFT: Epstein third-grader Lu Lu Rosenberg plays the clarinet in the Epstein School Band.TOP RIGHT: Gabriel Weiss, fourth-grader, percussionMIDDLE: Left to right, brass players Roy Ginzberg, Daniel Bernstein, Salo Szum-stein and Asher ForceBOTTOM: Ava Granot, third-grader, flute

Renowned Violinist Stops by Greenfield Hebrew AcademyGLUZMAN WOWS STUDENTS BEFORESYMPHONY DEBUT BY DEBBIE DIAMONDAJT ConTRibuToR

Before he brought the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra audience to their feet in thunderous applause in late January, violin soloist Vadim Gluzman paid a special visit to Greenfield Hebrew Academy (GHA) to entertain a much younger group of fans.

Gluzman, who has played with such orchestras as the Israel Philharmonic and London Symphony, has received critical acclaim from classical music aficionados throughout the world. Before his local debut with the ASO, he found time in between rehearsals to speak and perform before GHA’s fourth- through eighth-graders.

Arriving with his 1690 “ex-Leopold Auer” Stradivarius violin in hand, Gluzman spoke about his life in the former U.S.S.R., his classical music training and making aliyah as a teen. Listening with rapt attention, stu-dents were engaged and curious about Gluzman’s life and work.

“He was amazing,” said an animated Noam Laufer, who asked many ques-tions during the presentation. “He must have practiced a lot to get to where he is now.”

The humorous, good-natured presenter answered the student’s many questions, joked and played excerpts from classical concertos – as well as jazz – delighting students with the improvisational bow style used in the lat-ter genre.

“The opportunity for our students to hear from and meet with artists at the pinnacle of their craft is an important part of our three C’s – Curiosity, Commitment and Community, that we practice at GHA,” said Franeen Sarif, assistant principal and director of the GHA Middle School. “Our students were in awe and captivated by Mr. Gluzman’s stories, candor, accessibility and extreme talent. I heard from several students that this will definitely be one of those moments they will cherish forever.”

The program opened with performances by middle school students Bella Cantor and Ari Stark, who played “The Star Spangled Banner” and “Ha-tikvah.” Both students indicated they were inspired and motivated by the presentation.

In fact, as Stark left the school’s performing arts theatre, he summed up the sentiments of many students when he said;

“It was really cool to see Mr. Gluzman go crazy with the violin.”

In middle school-speak, that’s a great review for an outstanding perfor-mance by Vadim Gluzman.

LEFT: Vadim Gluzman (center) with opening acts Bella Cantor and Ari StarkRIGHT: World-renowned violinst Vadim Gluzman presents to Greenfield Hebrew Academy middle-schoolers.

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ArTS & lifEAJTExclusive Q & A with Lisa LoebHEADLINING AJMF’S MAIN EVENT, MARCH 16

BY ELIZABETH FRIEDLYASSiSTAnT EDiToR

The year is 1994; a time of chunky boots, short skirts and grunge. Lisa Loeb, an-other fresh face in the New

York City club and coffee-shop scene, is about to hit it big.

Loeb’s personal friend and neigh-bor, actor-turned-heart-throb Ethan Hawke, was working at the time with Ben Stiller and Wi-nona Ryder on the movie “Re-ality Bites.” One day, Hawke handed Stiller a tape of Loeb’s work – and the rest is history.

The first notes of “Stay” filled theaters as the film’s credits rolled. Suddenly, Lisa’s song was number one on the charts, play-ing over radios across the nation and eventually culminating in a Grammy nomination. It’s the sort of thing ’90s dreams are made of.

But she didn’t stop there; Loeb proceeded to turn that success into a prolific career. With five studio al-bums (two of which went Gold) and two children’s records, her time in music has been as varied as it’s been successful. Some of her more color-ful contributions include a track for the soundtrack of “Legally Blonde,” a cameo for Japanese girl-group Rin, and guest vocals on pop-punk staple New Found Glory’s cover of her hit “Stay.”

What’s more, she didn’t stop at music. She has launched two original reality TV series (for Food Network and E!) and has acted in both 2011’s feature film “Fright Night” and the “Gossip Girl” series. Also, as a wom-an known for her own distinctive eye-wear, Loeb has created the Lisa Loeb Eyewear Collection, featuring frame designs – named after her song titles – for both men and women.

Now, in anticipation of her head-lining performance at the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival, Loeb spoke with The Atlanta Jewish Times about her particular fondness for the

city of Atlanta, her career, her new album and just how her faith fits in to the equation.

Atlanta Jewish Times: Could you describe what it felt like, living that sort of dream scenario of going from

local shows to being picked up for a major film soundtrack?

Lisa Loeb: It always felt like there was a lot of mo-mentum, so it was really r e w a r d i n g and excit-ing to have a song picked up for the soundtrack of a big mov-

ie.

At the time, it seemed like a really normal thing to happen, but in retro-spect I realize that it’s a very unique situation – even if you’re friends with actors [as I was] – for a song to ac-tually get chosen to be a prominent part of a movie and be played as a single on the radio is a really big deal. So it was really exciting, work-ing for years towards that success.

AJT: And all without a label?

LL: Yes, and at the time it felt very natural to me, as an artist who makes music on my own and choos-ing the people that I work with, be-cause that’s what I’d been doing for years. And again, in retrospect I was a unique situation. People weren’t al-ways so independent.

Now it’s more commonplace for people to be more independent in the way they make their music, the way they sell their music and get it out to other people. Along the way I ended up working with people from RCA records, but I was lucky enough to make music the way I wanted to make it.

AJT: Since then you’ve been very busy! Of all your non-music related projects, do any stand out for you?

LL: Again, I’m really pleased with the way things have changed with the entertainment business. When I started out, it wasn’t really as ac-cepted to do really more than one thing. When I started off, I played music and that was the main thing I was known for, but I had all these other interests.

Through the years, it’s been re-ally satisfying to get to explore a lot of different things I’m interested in; maybe it’s doing a food show on the Food Network, because I love cook-ing and learning about food. I grew up like a lot of kids taking acting classes and dance classes and music classes – so there’s a lot of things I want to do creatively.

[And] I’m also a business person, so I like to produce things and make things. It’s nice to be in a place now, in 2013, where it’s encouraged – not only acceptable but encouraged – for musicians to not just play music. That fits me perfectly.

AJT: Speaking of the business end, what was it like designing your own line of glasses?

LL: It’s really been a learning experi-ence for me. I love glasses. I’ve worn glasses for most of my life. I embrace people who wear glasses, who want to be able to see but also to look cute and sexy while they’re wearing them. Somebody who’s comfortable in their glasses is really cool, and I wanted for them to also feel excited about wearing glasses, especially women.

Learning about the eyewear in-dustry has been a whole new thing for me. Our eyewear line has been growing for the past few years; it’s available online and in stores. It’s been a rich part of my life, being able to have this other project, [so] I can learn so much more about the things I love.

AJT: You’ve also branched out musi-cally. What was it like reuniting with your former Liz and Lisa bandmate, Elizabeth Mitchell, for a kids album?

LL: So when Barnes & Noble offered me the opportunity to make a record that was different than the ones I’d made in the past, I really wanted to make a kids’ record.

[Liz and Lisa] was our band in col-lege, and we hadn’t worked together since then. I realized Liz has made some really great kid’s music; she re-ally knows how to produce a record that sounds like real people are play-ing real music, which is also what I wanted, so we reunited to produce the “Catch the Moon” record, which also comes with a book. We made a couple videos for it, and I moved on from there to make “Camp Lisa” [her second children’s album].

AJT: And I understand that record grew into something more?

LL: I started the Camp Lisa Foun-dation. I wanted to share my love of summer camp with other people through music, because that was one of the places where music became re-ally important to me as something to do socially and for entertainment. We’d make up songs with the other campers.

I went to Jewish day camp when I was little, but my favorite camp was a sleep-away camp called Camp Champions outside of Austin, Texas. I went for about six years. I loved it so much; we ran around in bathing suits all day, ate a lot of chimichan-gas, and we sang all the time.

It was a regular camp with a lot of sports, which weren’t really my thing, but we’d [sing] standing on the benches in the cafeteria; out in an inner tube in the middle of a lake; marching to and from breakfast. Those are some of my favorite things.

AJT: Now, back to your adult re-cords, you had some pretty cool col-laborations on this newest release. Who all was involved?

LL: Chad Gilbert [of New Found Glo-ry] co-produced the record. He’s the one who came to me about making a record that was so punky and rock ’n

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roll and poppy-sounding.

And one of my favorite bands in that genre is Tegan and Sara, who incidentally he brought into the project. They wrote two of the songs on the re-cord.

I also did col-laborations with old songwrit-ing friends of mine, like Maia Sharp, Mor-gan Taylor and Marvin Etzion. And when I met with Chad, he helped me go through some of the songs I had written over the last couple years to figure out what would work for the album.

[Chad and I] also wrote songs to-gether, like a song called “The 90s.” It’s about the making of “Stay,” that period and how much I love it and am very nostalgic for it, but at the same time I like moving forward.

AJT: The album comes off as almost retro, in that it’s got such a clean and simple sound. Was that a conscious decision?

LL: I think that’s something that’s part of my style. That being said, for me this record is a lot more pop-py-punky rock than any record I’ve made in the past.

I think the way my voice is and the way I like the final mixes to be, there’s always a clarity that’s really important to me. Part of that is also that I value the songwriting, so the song always needs to be done before we go into the studio. You can even have the song and strip everything away to just the guitar and vocals, and the song will work.

AJT: What was it that brought you to the Atlanta Jewish Music Festi-val?

LL: You know, I love playing in At-lanta. I’m looking forward to playing with my band [Nine Stories], and it

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gave me a great opportunity. Also, my Judaism is very important to me, so I thought it would be fun to take

part in another Jewish commu-nity and in a dif-ferent city.

AJT: How has faith factored into your life-style?

LL: I have a great rabbi in Los Angeles named Rabbi Mordecai Fin-ley. Through his classes and teaching ses-sions, he’s really helped me think

a lot about bringing Judaism into

your daily life. I don’t keep kosher, but it’s like what they say about Bud-dhism – it [Judaism] is a way of life and looking at things.

Of course, there’s some overlap with Judaism and other religions, and even people who aren’t religious at all. But through my studies of Judaism – things like counting the omer and observing holidays – it re-ally takes me through the year in the way that I’m constantly evaluating my life and how I live.

I’m looking at things in a Jewish way, which I think is about looking at things from a lot of different an-gles, trying to do what’s right, trying to respect other people. I don’t get to synagogue as often as I’d like to and as much as I did before I had my two kiddos, but that’s something that I’m trying to make a priority this year.

AJT: Is there anything else you’d

like to say to your fans?

LL: I want to make sure people know to follow me on Twitter, “Like” me on Facebook and check out my website. I don’t know if people know, but the way music industry is these days, it’s really important for all these great fans who write me letters and emails to really engage with musicians [in these new ways].

I love it when people check out my new video on YouTube or watch me on television, but it also means a lot when they check out the music and actually buy it! So I look forward to sharing my music with other people who support me and other musicians by purchasing music.

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ArTS & lifEAJTWriting a Novel: A Family ApproachLOCAL AUTHOR RELEASES “ADVENTURES IN FAUN FOREST”BY ELIZABETH FRIEDLYASSiSTAnT EDiToR

Thirty-three years and nine published books into her writing career, local author Maxine Rock has finally

tackled her first children’s book. Rock penned “Adventures in Faun Forest” with the help of two very special col-laborators: Julia, 9, and Rachel, 12 –

her granddaughters.

Now a full-length, published nov-el, “Faun Forest” began as a series of bedtime stories for Julia and Rachel. Each night, the girls would gradually shape the fictional world with their contributions; they also are credited with the editing and illustration of the book, respectively.

This, however, is only the latest development in a story that arguably

began at the New York University School of Journalism, where Rock supported herself in part with her skills as a writer. She went on to attend the University of Michigan for gradu-ate studies and then later accepted a fellowship to John Hopkin’s Knight Center for Special-ized Journalism.

She spent the next 10 years as a professional journal-ist writing magazine articles and news features for various publications. Then, in 1980 Rock teamed up with friend and physician Dr. David Taylor to write her first investigative novel, “Gut Reac-tions: How to Han-dle Stress and Your Stomach.”

The pair trav-eled around the country promoting the book together. Ultimately, “Gut Reactions” would be the jumping off point for Rock’s string of publications to come. She went on to publish eight other informative non-fiction works on a wide range of topics, including “The Automobile and the Environ-ment,” and “The Marriage Map: Un-derstanding and Surviving the Stag-es of Marriage.”

For her tenth book, Rock decided it was time to try something new.

“All of my previous books have been about how to do something,” said Rock. “I wanted this one to be a legacy for my children and grand-children.”

And so came about “Faun Forest,” the story of ten 10-year-old “fauns” (half-boy, half-goat) who inhabit and protect a mythical forest of other hybrid creatures. In the 80-page ad-venture, all of the forest folk combine elements of multiple real-world ani-mals, such as the “furtles” or “pan-tahpusses” (fox-turtles and panther-octopuses).

“That brought forward a constant theme with the children,” said Rock, “which is that nobody’s purely any-thing. That’s sort of a political state-ment as well. I was encouraging them to be open-minded about every-body, because everybody has many facets to them.”

And beyond that lesson of acceptance, Rock and her granddaughters have

also infused lessons about the environ-ment as well as ac-ceptance. The fauns – to each of whom a chapter is dedicated – must protect the forest from invaders looking to use its re-sources for their per-sonal gain.

“That’s why, in a way, it’s just as much an adult book as it is a children’s book,” said Rock. “What I enjoy is that the kids really picked up on that.”

In addition to the larger contex-tual themes, Rock also made a point to write “Faun Forest” using adult vocabu-lary. She holds the belief that if a child comes across a word that’s unfamiliar,

they will either learn its meaning from context or look it up in the dic-tionary.

“They weren’t just doing it as a bunch of stories,” said Rock of her granddaughters, “but they started forming their own ways of looking at the world through these stories. They knew they were expressing feelings about the environment and about people in general.”

Finally, as if the positive mes-sage weren’t enough, a portion of the profits from “Faun Forest” will go to cancer research. The decision was that of Rock’s daughter, Lauren Sue, named after her great aunt who died at the age of 7 from leukemia.

“I’m really happy with the book,” said Rock. “It turned out to be some-thing that not only was a family ad-venture, but one that other people got drawn into as well.”

After some thought, she added, “And you know, 10 is a nice, fat, chubby number. I like the idea of it being my 10th book. There’s even a character in the book that’s named ‘Ten.’ He was the 10th and last faun.”

Rock is currently working on her next novel, “The Eaters,” a young adult science-fiction thriller. “Adven-tures in Faun Forest” is now avail-able by calling the publisher Book-logix at (770) 346-9979.

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TOP: This painting, which hangs in Rock’s house, served as the original inspiration behind the

titular fauns.BOTTOM: From left to right, Julia

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“The Experiment”: Two Months Down…FOLLOWING DR. JANET PAGE’S “GET MARRIED THIS YEAR”

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BY ANDREw SINGLEMANAJT ColuMniST

Where last we left off, I had met and started dat-ing a woman I’ve identi-fied, for the purposes of

this column, as “Rachel.”

Now, if you had told me back in December that by February I’d be in a fairly serious relationship, there was no way I would have believed you. My intent for 2013 was to take it easy, date a little and just be gen-erally social.

Well, we all know of the best-laid plans of mice and men. Rachel and I have now been together for two months, and I took the opportunity over Valentine’s Day to recognize our “anniversary” as well as celebrate the holiday.

Here’s some tips, guys: a home-cooked meal (steak, salad and two sides); three red roses; a bottle of red wine; and a certificate redeemable for an hour of massage and foot reflexol-ogy. The gifts were a home run, and overall it was a special night that I felt was worthy of a special effort.

Now, I realize at this point you might be thinking:

“Andrew, a single home-cooked meal on Valentine’s Day doesn’t con-stitute a relationship, let alone a se-rious one.”

I agree. However, our time togeth-er over the past two months has far exceeded that.

We’ve taken long walks and had long talks. We text, email, and/or talk to each other daily. We see each other two or three times a week. We spent New Years together and have even celebrated one of our birthdays together.

What’s more, I’ve met some of her close friends, and she mine. I’ve cooked multiple meals for her as well as for her and her kids. And to top it off, both sets of our kids have met and spent time together, and fortu-nately, they get along well.

We both originally felt it would be a while before we told our children about “us,” but circumstances and a

twist dictated otherwise. Indeed, the kids have become a core issue in this relationship and are what I’ve been leading up to in this month’s column.

Keep in mind that I’ve spent just over the past two-and-a-half years fo-cusing exclusively on mine since my separation and divorce. Meanwhile, Rachel’s children have been her only priority for longer than that.

For both of us, this is our first post-divorce relationship and the first person our children have seen us with other than their other par-ent. This has not come without its challenges.

Following Dr. Page’s advice, I’ve spoken to my kids about my dating life. I explained that their mother and I won’t be getting back together and that I’m establishing a social life and making new friends, which in-cludes dating.

I’ve even spoken to Rachel’s kids, making sure they were OK with me taking her out. I told them both that I liked their mom very much and wanted to make sure they were com-fortable with me as well as me and their mother dating.

Despite these efforts, though, I am still dealing with issues of fair-ness in quality time, jealousy and compromise, whispers and secrets and privacy. Thus, we had a “family summit” recently to clear the air and make sure everyone was on the same page.

After about an hour of discussion, there was laughter, agreement and understanding all around. What was most impressive for me was how Ra-chel initiated and led this meeting: She saw the problems and stepped right up to nip things in the bud.

She’s quite a woman, and I’m lucky to know her as well as date her.

As usual, tune in next month for another installment and progress report. If you wish for more regular updates or even have questions and comments for me, I can be followed on Facebook as well.

When You Least Expect It…

BY ELLEN MAZELMANAJT ColuMniST

So I’m sitting at home again on a Sunday, getting ready to watch the Oscars and re-flecting on my weekend, the

new year and the changes I know I need to make in my life. Meanwhile, I’m watching “Sex and the City” re-runs for inspiration.

I still need to read “Get Married This Year,” revamp my profile on JDate and Match.com and make an appointment with Dr. Page. I have lots to discuss with her about setting goals and reaching them in the dat-ing world.

I’m hoping to get all this done this week or, at least, by next month, when I’ll be right back here writ-ing my next article. Unfortunately, houseguests, kids and work have once again gotten in the way; but I’m planning on making my dating life a priority. I have to do this in order to move forward.

I have found that the hardest parts of dating again in my 50s are finding my voice, being honest with myself as well as those in my dating world and figuring out exactly what I want. Sometimes I wonder: In the dating world, is “telling the whole truth” really the best policy?

I often joke that I’m not ready to share “the clicker”; as time marches on, am I getting too comfortable to living alone, not having to answer to anyone else and doing what I want, when I want? I talk about travel-ing, seeing friends and hanging out with my kids, but I think of them as things I need to do on my own.

Or have I just not found the right person for whom I’m willing to give up all these things?

To catch you up: I’ve been dating someone for quite a while, but he’s much more committed to me than I to him. He’s a great guy, adores me and makes me laugh, but there are some red flags. Lots of them.

I know I’m not going to find the perfect mate; after all, I recognize that I’m far from perfect. But I’m pretty sure he’s not for me, and I’m

not being fair to him. I need to find my voice and be honest with him.

I say “yes” to dates with guys that I know aren’t right for me because I feel like I have to be “in the game.” Again, is honesty the best policy or have I just not found my voice? You never want to hurt someone’s feel-ings, and it’s nice to know that some-one is out there for me, checking in on me and ready to be my “plus-one” if needed.

There, I said it!

I’ve never been good at saying “no” or sharing what I’m really feeling. I tend to go with the flow instead of detailing what I really want or need. Yes, it’s true: I hate confrontations.

There, I said it again.

Still, I’m not a wimp, and I like to control the day-to-day stuff in my life. After all, I really don’t need anyone’s help to get things done. I can take care of everything and anything. But this isn’t how I want to live out the next chapter of my life.

I want to find a true partner, but I’d rather live my life out with my friends and family than settle for the wrong person. I definitely don’t want to get married again just for the sake of getting married.

So, as I switch over from Car-rie Bradshaw to the Oscars, I know I have a lot of work to do. It’s time to clean out the closets, get a fresh start, find my voice and get honest.

Come join me at Dr. Page’s work-shop on March 4 and see if you can figure out who I am…but remember, if you do, it’s between me and you!

Signed,

The Fiftysomething Carrie bradshaw

Figuring It All Out

Editor’s note: our anonymous columnists, Andrew Singleman and Ellen Mazelman, are reading Dr. Janet Page’s “Get Married This Year,” and following the steps on their dating journey. Here we catch up with them two months into the process.

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WhAT’S hAPPEninGAJTFRI., MARCH 1

Art, Writing and Music Contest Dead-line, from the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust. Submit entries by March 1. Division I: grades 6-8, Division II: grades 9-12. Info at ho-locaust.georgia.gov/art-writing-and-music-contest.

SAT., MARCH 2

Families Center Stage, presented by Cartoon Network and North High-land; festival tickets include ad-mission to “Charlotte’s Web.” Sat., March 2, 2 p.m. $38/adults, $25/chil-dren. Woodruff Arts Center Galleria. Tickets and info at alliancetheatre.org/familiescenterstage.

Etz Chaim Movie Madness, benefit-ing the Etz Chaim Department of Education, featuring hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, dancing and silent auction. Sat., March 2, 7:30 p.m. Congre-gation Etz Chaim’s Hammer-Tritt Social Hall. Register online at etz-chaim.net/preschool_events_regis-tration.aspx.

Jerry Farber’s 75th Birthday Party & Kosher Weiner RoastA majority of the proceeds will ben-efit The Georgia Center For Humane Education - Advocating The Benefits of The Human-Animal Bond. www.human-animalbond.org. Doors open at 7:30PM, Show starts at 8:30PM. $25 per person - advance tickets available here: https://www.xorbia.com/e/laffs/farberweinerroast

SUN., MARCH 3

The Daffodil Dash, the annual run for Holocaust education and children in peril in Africa. Sun., March 3, 9:30 a.m. Georgia Perimeter College. Reg-ister via daffodildash.org.

“What’s in Your Genes?” take a simple blood test to find out if you are a car-rier of Jewish genetic diseases. Sun., March 3, 10 a.m. $25/person (maxi-mum). Congregation Or VeShalom. Pre-register at vistorcenters.org/screenings.

Hebrew Story and Art Project, for par-ents and children ages 3 to 6, fea-turing “Mommy and Me” by Emma Chichester Clark, in partnership with Sifriyat Pijama B’America. Sun., March 3, 11:15 a.m. Free. The Epstein School. [email protected]

Bearing Witness, sponsored by Eter-nal Life Hemshech, featuring survi-vor Ben Hiller’s story. Sun., March 13, 2 p.m. The Breman Museum. RSVP via eventbrite.com.

Parenting Perspectives, a two-part class with Rabbi Yossi and Dassie New. First session Sun., March 3; continues March 10. Chabad of Geor-gia. (404) 843-2464 ext. 102.

Empty Nesters Potluck, meet oth-ers entering the “empty nest” stage of life and enjoy a delicious dinner. Sun., March 3, 6:30 p.m. Private res-idence. For more info and to RSVP, email [email protected].

Moas Chitim - Passover Food Drive, CDT’s seventh-grade mitzvah class collects kosher food with JF&CS. Sun., March 3. Congregation Dor Ta-mid. (770) 623-8860.

MON., MARCH 4

“Tilly’s Table,” the launch of Tilly Jof-fe’s cookbook; enjoy a demonstration and dessert table. Mon., March 14, 7:30 p.m. Private residence. RSVP via (404) 394-6108 or [email protected].

Understanding the Siddur, three-part class with Rabbi Sender Lustig. First session Thurs., March 4; continues March 11 and March 18. Chabad of Georgia. (404) 843-2464 ext. 102.

TUES., MARCH 5

Italian Dinner, join Atlanta Jewish Singles for a meal at 20 percent off. Tues., March 5, 7 p.m. La Nonna’s Italian Restaurant in Norcross. meetup.com/Atlanta-Jewish-Singles/events.

“All-of-a-Kind Family,” Temima pres-ents the original play penned by Mir-iam Feldman. Tues., March 5, 7:30 p.m. Women only; $22/advanced, $26/door, $14/student. Greenfield Hebrew Academy. RSVP via (404) 315-0507 or [email protected].

WED., MARCH 6

“The Arts and Peacebuilding” Lecture, led by Frank Dominguez, vice presi-dent for Arts for Peace. Wed., March 6, 7 p.m. $5/person. Free for ages under 12 or members. Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. museum.ogelthorpe.edu.

THUR., MARCH 7

Innovations in Security, come meet and learn from Israeli innovators about making your mobile adoption powerful and secure; hosted by IBM with guest speaker Jim Brennan. Thur., March 7, 7:30 a.m. $15/AICC members, $25/non-members; reg-ister by March 4. (404) 843-9426 or [email protected].

“Grease: The School Version,” MJC-CA’s Jerry’s Habima Theatre, for ac-tors with developmental disabilities. Thur., March 7, 9, 10, 14, 16 and 17. $35/adults (non-members), $15/un-der 12 (non-members), $25/adults (members), $10/under 12 (members). Tickets and showtimes at atlantajcc.org/boxoffce.

MON., MARCH 9

ORT America Annual Meeting, three-day retreat focused on strengthen-ing ORT America’s leadership. Mon., March 9. $90/person. The JW Mar-riott/Le Merigot, Santa Monica, Ca-

lif. Registration at ORTamerica.org/ORTBEYOND2013.

SUN., MARCH 10

Hunger Walk/Run, the Atlanta Com-munity Food Bank’s annual walk/run through downtown Atlanta. Sun., March 10, 12 p.m. Turner Field. hwr2013.org.

“Whipping Man” performance, an af-ternoon at the theater with the Ke-tura Group of Greater Atlanta Ha-dassah. Sun., March 10, 2:30 p.m. $36/person. Alliance Theater, Hertz Stage. RSVP to [email protected].

“And Then They Came For Me,” ‘Re-membering the World of Anne Frank,’ a Georgia Ensemble Theatre multimedia public performance; vid-eo and live actors. Sun., March 10, 7 p.m. Roswell Cultural Arts Center. (770) 641-1260 or [email protected].

MON., MARCH 11

“The Pursuit of Happiness” Lecture, changing tactics and why happiness is eluding us with guest speaker Rabbi Ari Sollish. Part of the Chabad lecture series. Mon., March 11, 8 p.m. Chabad Enrichment Center of Gwinnett. (678) 595-0196.

TUES., MARCH 12

Ladies Lunch ’n Learn. Tues., March 12, 12 p.m. Chabad Enrichment Cen-ter of Gwinnett. [email protected].

“Contemporary Wine, Food, Art” Din-ner, wine sampling, art tour and food tasting featuring Sommelier Jeremy Iles and Eli Kirshtein of Top Chef. Tues., March 12, 5:15 p.m. $50/Bre-man members, $75/non-members. Private residence. Tickets via (678) 222-3758 or [email protected].

THURS., MARCH 14

AYJAN Meeting, Atlanta Young Jew-ish Attorneys Network first meeting of the year discussing volunteerism and pro-bono work. Thurs., March 14, 6:30 p.m. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta. Register via (678) 336-7238 or [email protected]

AJMF Jazz Night with the Michael Feinberg Quintet and Jordan Dayan & Friends. Part of the Atlanta Jew-ish Music Festival. Ages 18-plus. Thurs., March 14, 7:30 p.m. $15/per-son. Steve’s Live Music. Tickets at ticketfly.com/event/216209.

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AJT mAy ThEir mEmoriES BE A BlESSinG

Sol Blumenthal88, OF ATLANTASol Blumenthal, 88, of Atlanta, passed away on Feb. 21, 2013. He was the son of the late Theodore Blumen-thal and Lena Talan Blumenthal and brother to the late Dr. Irvin Blumenthal, identical twin David Blu-menthal and sister Joyce B. Gilbert-Barnett. He grew up in Royston, Ga., helping his father in the family’s dry good business. Sol fought bravely for his country in World War II, during which he served as a combat infantryman fighting in the campaigns in New Guinea and Luzon, where he was wounded in both legs. He was awarded the Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars and the Silver Star for valor. After the war, Sol returned to Royston to take over the family’s dry goods store; soon after, he made the move to Atlanta to join his twin brother in the interior design business David Inc., where he practiced the art of designing fine interiors for more than 40 years. He is survived by nieces Dr. Lisa Blue-Baron and Jodi Cobb; nephews Dr. Richard Blue, Dr. James Blue and John Blue; and his beloved cat, Kitty. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Tues., Feb. 26, 2013 at H.M. Patterson & Son-Oglethorpe Hill Chapel, 4550 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30319. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution in his memory to your favorite charity.

Jonas Davidson95, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLA.Jonas Davidson, 95, a retired jeweler of Jacksonville, Fla., died Wed., Feb. 20, 2013. Surviving are his nephew, Jules Davidson of Jacksonville, Fla.; nieces Lorraine Furst of Atlanta and Gail Zimmerman and family of Miami; and cousin Linda Liss and family, all of Atlanta. Mr. Davidson was a veteran of WWII, and a lifetime Scottish Rite Mason. Graveside services were held Sun., Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. at Greenwood Cemetery, 1173 Cascade Ave., Atlanta. Arrangements by H. M. Patterson & Son Arlington Chapel, observing Jewish funeral rituals and traditions.

Harry Seitz90, OF ATLANTAHarry Seitz passed away peacefully at his home on Wed., Feb. 20, 2013 after battling Alzheimer ’s disease for several years. Harry was a native Atlantan born at Crawford W. Long Hospital on Dec. 17, 1922. He attended Boys’ High and graduated with a degree from Georgia Tech. He served his country in the Naval Air Corps during World War II and was a life member of the Jewish War Veterans. Following the war, he began working at Atlanta Provi-sion Company in 1948 and then guided the company’s growth over the years until its sale in 1985. In 1962, he married Mary, the love of his life. Together, they shared a beautiful life for more than 50 years. Harry was fortunate to be a friend and mentor to many people during his lifetime and will always be re-membered for his generous spirit and sense of humor. He is survived by his wife Mary; his son and daughter-in-law Greg and Eileen and grandchildren Sam and Abby; and his daughter and son-in-law Jodi and Mark Kobrinsky and grandchildren Mikey and Danny. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, 34 Washington Street, Suite 200, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 (curealzfund.org). Graveside services were held Sun., Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. at Arlington Memorial Park.

Saul Vinokur92, HUSBAND TO THE LATE BEATRICESaul Vinokur, 92, passed away on Feb. 11, 2013 in Waterbury, Conn. He was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y. on March 1, 1920 to the late Bertha and Jacob Vinokur. Saul was a longtime resident of Eastchester, N.Y. He was prede-ceased by his beloved wife of 52 years, Beatrice, in 2001. With his brother Benjamin, Saul was a partner/owner in B&S Specialties Plumbing & Heat-ing in Mount Vernon for more than 48 years. Saul was also a professional musician, playing saxophone, clarinet and flute for more than 70 years. As this was his passion, he continued playing music with local community bands in Yonkers and Mamaroneck, N.Y., as well as with the Atlanta Concert Band and Callanwolde Concert Band with his daughter, Lisa. Saul was a longtime member of the Musicians Union, Local 38, the Odd-Fellows Organization and the local AARP in Mount Vernon. He also was a member of CBI Syna-gogue in Mount Vernon until its closing. He proudly served in the U.S. Air Force Band during World War II, stationed in Baton Rouge, La. and was on tour to Casablanca, Morocco during the war. Saul enjoyed boating and fish-ing, especially on the Galene, but most of all he enjoyed spending time with his family. Saul was a tinkerer who loved to use his imagination to create, and he often would make lamps out of just about anything – most notably, musical instruments. In his retirement years, he also refurbished antique chairs and sewing machines. He would often gift these creations to family and friends. For many years, he delighted in sharing vegetables that he grew in his home garden. Saul will be remembered with love as a devoted hus-band to his late Beatrice; an adoring father to Drs. Lisa (Ira) Vinokur-Tedoff, Drs. Bruce (Marilyn) Vinokur and Gail (Robert) Burke; a wonderful gramps to Perlman and Bryna Tedoff, Pauley Tedoff, Sidney (Kristen) Burke, Dr. Shayna Burke, Dr. Jessica Vinokur and Lauren (Benjamin) Sigg; and great-gramps to Henry and Hannah Burke.He is survived by his siblings: Benja-min Vinokur, Sophie Vinokur and Elizabeth Gamzon. Dad had a happy heart and will always be missed by all who knew and loved him.

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Doing It All, and Then SomeG-D HAS REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

AJT mATZAh BAll SouP for ThE Soul

BY RACHEL LAVICTOIREAJT ColuMniST

When I was a kid, there were a lot of things I “couldn’t” do. I couldn’t read long books or re-

member vocab words. I couldn’t get my french horn to sing Hot Cross Buns, and I could never find x. I couldn’t do a cartwheel or a back-bend, and I certainly couldn’t run very fast.

When I said that I couldn’t do these things, adults would say, “Don’t say can’t; it’s that you won’t.”

At the time, those adults were right to encourage me; I would be able to succeed eventually. But 10 years later, as a freshman in college, I’m trying to embrace the “can’t” in my life.

I go to one of the top schools in the country. Fifteen hundred courses are offered each semester, and the aver-age student takes 16 credit hours. We also have more than 300 student organizations. Every day, the flyers are different:

“Purim Festival!”

“WU-Slam Poetry Competition!”

“Stereotypes A Capella Concert!”

“WUnity Multicultural Ball!”

“Relay for Life Meeting!”

“AO𝛑 Strike Out Arthritis!”

The colored posters cling to the walls with blue tape, but they’ll be taken down in a few days, replaced quickly with another fundraiser/meeting/discussion/party/contest go-ing on around campus.

There are about 1,600 kids in my f r e s h m a n class. Among us walk child actors, vale-d i c t o r i a n s , athletes and award-winning Rubik’s Cube-solvers. I’ve met kids who spend their free time pro-graming com-puter apps as well as kids who speak four different languages. I’m learning quickly that, yes, there are things I cannot do.

I have limits. I can’t take 16 cred-its, get straight As, pledge a sorority, buy my groceries, clean my room,

keep up with my favorite TV shows, keep up with my friends, serve on committees and slap a huge smile on my face every morning. I can’t spread myself too thin, and neither should anyone else.

This week’s Torah portion, Ki Tisa, tells one of the most well-known sto-

ries in Juda-ism: Moses gets the Ten Command-ments, then s h a t t e r s them when he sees the I s r a e l i t e s worshipping the Golden Calf. Instead of focus-ing on that, though, I want to con-centrate on the opening lines of the portion:

“The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ‘When you take the sum of the chil-dren of Israel according to their num-bers, let each one give to the Lord an atonement for his soul when they are counted; then there will be no plague among them when they are counted. This they shall give, everyone who goes through the counting: half a shekel according to the holy shekel. Twenty gerahs equal one shekel; half of such shekel shall be an offering to the Lord.’”

While I understand that we have no concept of how much a shekel was worth then, right now it’s worth rela-tively little compared to the dollar – if I’m not mistaken, I bought a $5 ring in Israel for 24 shekels. So why would G-d ask for only half a shekel?

Keep in mind: This is G-d. He saved us from slavery and gave us the Torah, fed us in times of famine and comforted us in times of doubt. And in return, when G-d spoke to Moses, He asked for one half of one shekel.

I like to think that it’s because G-d understands our limitations. The world He created cycles in 24-hour days, and no one day will be longer

than the one before it; we therefore have to choose the ways in which we spend those limited hours.

Some people will choose to divvy up their time – an hour for work, an hour for relaxing, and hour for din-ner with friends – while others may devote a full day to one task. Regard-less, neither person can do both.

It’s not that I am unwilling to work for straight As – it’s that I physically cannot put in the neces-sary work while also saving time for Kappa Kappa Gamma, the Social Programming Board, my friends, my family, my writing and – most impor-tantly – my sleep.

It’s a wildly difficult thing to do, to say “no,” you’re “too busy,” to say “you can’t.” You want to say it’s just one more thing, that you’re strong enough, that you can handle it. But don’t.

We all want to think we’re the exception to the rule, but in reality, we all run the risk of being spread too thin. In fact, G-d Himself spoke to this; he said to Moses, “The rich shall give no more, and the poor shall give no less than half a shekel, with which to give the offering to the Lord” (Exodus 30:15).

Thus, we all have to set limits. This being one of my biggest strug-gles, I am going to start now.

It’s 1:36 a.m., and I got five hours of sleep last night. I took a 13-page midterm today and have another one on Thursday. Needless to say, I’m ex-hausted.

So, regardless of the 150 words this article is shy from meeting the target word count, I am going to have to say “good-night.” There is my half a shekel.

Rachel laVictoire ([email protected]) is a graduate of the Davis Acad-emy and Westminster High School, recipient of the prestigious nemerov Writing and Thomas H. Elliott Merit scholarships at Washington univer-sity of St. louis and an active mem-ber of Temple Emanu-El and the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta. She was recently named to the board of St. louis Hillel.

Shabbat CandleLighting Times

friday, march 1, 2013 Light Candles at: 6:15 pm Shabbat, March 2, 2012 Shabbat Ends: 7:11 pm

friday, march 8, 2013 Light Candles at: 6:21 pm Shabbat, March 9, 2012 Shabbat Ends: 7:17 pm

friday, march 15, 2013 Light Candles at: 7:27 pm Shabbat, March 16, 2012 Shabbat Ends: 8:23 pm

friday, march 22, 2013 Light Candles at: 7:32 pm Shabbat, March 23, 2012 Shabbat Ends: 8:28 pm

SHAbbAT bLESSiNGS

Blessing for the Candles Baruch Arah A-do-nai,El-o-hei-nu

Melech Haolam Asher Kid-shanu b’mitzvotav

V’zivanu l’hadlik ner shel Shabbat

Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of time and space.

You hallow us with Your mitzvot and command us to kindle the

lights of Shabbat.

Blessing for the Wine Baruch Atah A-do-nai, El-o-hei-nu

Meelech Haolam, Borei p’ri hagafen

Praise to You, Eternal our God, Sovereign of the Universe,

Creator of the fruit of the vine.

Blessing for the Bread (Challah) Baruch Atah A-do-nai, El-o-hei-nu

Melech haolam, Hamotzi Lechem min haaretz.

Our Praise to You Eternal our God, Sovereign of the universe,

Who brings forth bread from the earth.

“G-d understands our limitations. The world

He created cycles in 24-hour days, and no one day will be longer than

the one before it; we therefore have to choose

the ways in which we spend those limited

hours.”

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AcroSS 1. Like the Negev5. “Am I glad that’s over!”9. Port of Senegal14. Temple destroyer in 70 CE15. It may be taken with a Bible16. Avoid artfully17. Rush order?18. Italian for “barley”19. Location of the Pletzl (his-torical Jewish neighborhood)20. Martyred “Wall Street Jour-nal” Journalist23. Network for Kyra Sedg-wick’s “The Closer”24. Feminist psychologist Gil-ligan25. Torah ___ (hidden message in the Bible)27. Precisely right30. Bit of Oral Law not included in the Mishnah33. Antiapartheid org.34. Oldest synagogue in the U.S., in Newport, R.I.37. JTS Chancellor Arnold38. Double DLI40. Former network for anti-Israel commentator Pat Buchanan42. Glitch43. She sits near Ruth and Stephen45. Figure skater Cohen47. Hamburg-to-Berlin dir.48. Summoned50. “New Math” songwriter Tom52. Aaron Spelling’s daughter

53. Incline55. “Exodus” hero57. Economist in the Clin-ton and Obama adminis-trations62. Pianist Bronfman64. Sasquatch cousin65. Gossipper Barrett66. “J’accuse!” author Zola67. Joe Klein’s sometime alias, for short68. Kaufman of “Taxi” fame69. British Chief Rabbi Jonathan70. French judge Cassin71. Proto-Zionist Moses

down 1. MIA Ron2. Auschwitz heroine Robota3. “___ excellent driver” (Rain Man)4. Portray5. Place to find a cue6. “___ Speaks” (1962 autobiography)7. Initials for the Irgun8. “Hold it, buster!”9. Regret deeply10. “___ Juive” (Jewish-style dish)11. German socialist revo-lutionary12. “A Guide to Jewish Prayer” author Steinsaltz

JEWiSh PuZZlErby David Benkof

last week’s answers

13. Enjoy Shabbat21. Which wall to hang your Mizrach on22. Orthodox clergy org.26. Candidate’s perch27. “Spider-Man” actor Franco28. Esau, to Gad29. Scholarly, in a way

30. Dylan and Saget31. Bedevil32. “___ Management” (Adam Sandler movie)35. Whence refuseniks36. Biochemist’s letters39. “___ The Woods” (Sond-

heim musical)41. Water additive44. House types46. Jewish frat49. Chanukah substance51. ___ Kadisha (burial society)53. “Street ___,” Elmer Rice play54. Divulge55. Some Knesset votes56. Ashkenazi encoder of Jewish law58. Month after Nisan59. Kind of soldier60. Sen. Bernie Sanders and others61. Some Knesset votes63. Genre

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