OUR COMMUNITY NEWS

Volume 6, Number 11

July 2012 -Tammuz/Av 5772

OOOURURUR CCCOMMUNITYOMMUNITYOMMUNITY NNNEWSEWSEWS Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, Inc. 3202 Shalom Way, South Bend, IN 46615Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, Inc. 3202 Shalom Way, South Bend, IN 46615

Come to Say Good-bye to Yael Farber!

Monday, July 30, 2012 5:30 PM

It’s a bittersweet kind of party when we have to send our Shlicha back home to Israel. This is your chance to let Yael know how much she’s become part of our commu-

nity and how much we are going to miss her.

And on her part, Yael wants to thank our community for the hamishe Hoosier hospitality she has received during her two year stay with us so she is preparing an Israeli dinner for all of you replete with Shakshuka, homemade Mediterra-nean salad, pita, hummus and tahini. There will also be pizza for the kids and Israeli chocolate balls and fresh fruit for dessert.

Shakshuka is one of the most popular dishes in Israel. Eggs poached in a spicy tomato sauce make a great breakfast, lunch or din-ner. It’s vegetarian AND it’s a com-fort food everyone enjoys.

Please join us for an evening of good food, and warm memories. RSVPs are requested!! Please call 574-233-1174. Let us know if you are com-ing to dinner or just coming to say good-bye so we can plan accordingly.

Executive Vice President Debby Grant opened the Annual Meeting with reminding us of who makes up a vital Jewish Federation: Volun-teers, staff, community members; all working together for the greater good of our Jewish community!

Charles Simon began his second year as Federation president with a recap of the past year’s many and varied activities and programs.

Ron Cohen, Annual Campaign Co-Chair, reminded the huge audience that support of the Annual Cam-paign is what allows us to provide Chuck Simon recaps a year of suc-

cessful and busy Federation events.

Who we are, what we do, how we do it focus of Federation Annual Meeting

Calendar Clearance on July 17 to introduce Web calendar capabilities

Need to check a date on the Jew-ish community calendar? Want to find the date of the next event Plan-ning an upcoming family Simcha? Want to plan an event for 2013 and hope to avoid a conflict?

The Jewish Community Calendar on the Federation’s Website will now be accessible to organizations and community leadership to add dates on the calendar.

There will be an in-service at our Calendar Clearance meeting at 10 AM on Tuesday, July 17 to instruct

professionals and or-ganization leaders on how to access and make additions to the com-munity calendar.

Please bring your schedules for 2012-13 so that we can begin to enter your dates on our community calen-dar and co-ordinate our events .

Please call 574-233-1164 or email [email protected] to let us know who is planning to attend from your community or group.

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Our Community News Volume 6 , Number 11

July 2012 Tammuz/Av 5772

Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley

3202 Shalom Way South Bend, IN 46615 Phone: 574-233-1164

Fax: 574-288-4103 Web: www.thejewishfed.org

Charles Simon, President

Debra Barton Grant, Executive Vice President

Mitchell Wayne, President Elect

Terry Feldbaum, Vice President

Ilene New, Vice President

David Ravitch, Secretary

Mara Boettcher, Treasurer

Ina Rosenberg, Immediate Past President

Marilyn H. Gardner, Exec. Vice President Emerita

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Melanie Brown Robert Feferman Anita Fishman Bonny Hoover Ruth Hutt Brian Kordansky Barbara Lerman Benjamin Silver Vitaliy Soloveychik Rozi Wax

JEWISH WELFARE FUND Douglas Barton Men’s Campaign Chair

Sandra Barton Women’s Philanthropy Chair

STAFF

Karen L. Dwyer, Office Manager/Editor

Lizzie Fagen, JFS Director

Yael Farber, Israeli Shlicha

Emily Hahnenberg,Administrative Associate

Nitzan Lahav, Associate

Mike McComish, Associate

Regina Rozenblit, Accounting Manager

Susan Sobczak, Receptionist

Anna Soloveychik, Program Director

Our Community News is published monthly by the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley for the Jewish community in Michiana.

The mission of the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley is to serve the Jewish people—locally, in Israel, and through-out the world—

through coordinated fund raising, services, community-wide programming, and educational activities.

the many programs and servi ces we enjoy throughout the year. We are able to help local fami-lies and individuals as well as provide needed dollars in support of programs serving Jewish communi-ties around the world, and we are able to foster a per-sonal connection with Is-rael through our support of the Western Galilee and our incredible Shaliach program.

Annual Meeting highlights (continued from Page 1)

Election of Board & Officers: Anita Fishman, Bonny Hoover, Ruth Hutt, Melanie Brown, David Ravitch, Ilene New ,Terry Feldbaum, Mara Boettcher, Mitchell Wayne, Charles Simon. Not in the picture: Ina Rosenberg, Robert Feferman, Brian Kordansky, Barbara Lerman, Ben Silver, Vitaliy Soloveychik, and Rozi Wax.

Treasurer Mara Boettcher reported on the successful financial state of the Federa-tion, highlighting our new accounting procedures.

Our guest speaker An-drew Berlin drew our larg-est Annual Meeting atten-dance in recent memory. He charmingly spoke about his background, being Jewish, life as a businessman and his life-long love of baseball which lead to his investment in the Silver Hawks.

The 24th Robert Simon Leadership Development Award was presented to Robert Feferman during the program honoring our state legislators for their efforts to pass the Iran Contract legislation. It was a fitting moment to make the award, since Bob’s leadership in that arena has been so out-standing this past year.

The Simon Leadership Award was established in

Bob Feferman receives Robert Simon Leadership Award

Andrew Berlin

1990 by Kurt and Tessye (of blessed memory) Simon in memory of their son. With this award, Bob will receive a grant that will allow him to attend the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly in Baltimore next November. At the GA, he will receive national recog-nition for his community leadership. Kurt Simon presented Bob with the

Robert Simon Leadership Award

Last June we were honored by Jerry Silverman, the President of the Jew-ish Federations of North America (JFNA) as our keynote speaker for our annual meeting. His talk enti-tled “Dream the Possible Dream” was an enthusiastic embrace of Fed-eration’s such as ours. Our activities and programs during the past year show how much we are living the dream!

Our teen trip to Israel in June was a great experience for our older teens, and in July Camp Ideal began its 58th year of operation. Not only do we have our own Jewish children but we have also welcomed the out of town grandchildren of many of our Jewish community members.

Our Tzedakah Sunday was December 4th . At its conclu-sion we had approximately 85% of our 2012 campaign gifts in hand; the earliest we have reached this percentage level in recent mem-ory. By February, we closed the ac-tive phase of the Annual Campaign. “Israeli Solders Speak Out” was the headline in our February Our Com-munity News, announcing a visit from two IDF combat veterans whose mission is to “put a human face to the IDF uniform.” They spoke at Temple Beth-El in the morning and at Barbara and David Lerman’s in the afternoon. Thank you to all involved and especially to Brian Kordansky, Vitaliy Soloveychik and Mitch Wayne for their leadership on this program.

Our humanitarian aid mission to Cuba in February was a powerful, beautiful and meaningful experience for all who participated.

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Jewish Federation: A year of living the possible dream

September saw the kickoff of our 2012 annual campaign. Under the capable leadership of Linda Mintz and Ron Cohen we conducted a 150 day campaign which achieved 93 % of its pre campaign goal. Our com-pliments to our campaign leader-ship, our campaign workers and our campaign supporters.

Our campaign kick off keynote speaker was Sophie Ambrose. Sophie shared with us her history as to how Birthright Israel helped her to discover her Jewish heritage an the impact this had on her life.

October saw the first of our Commu-nity Lunches during Sukkot and a Welcome Dinner for our new resi-dents.

In November an enthusiastic group attended a Hockey Night at Notre Dame, sponsored by the Men’s Divi-sion of the Annual Campaign.

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March brought us our always well- received community Purim Carnival

as well as our Comedy N i g h t featuring c o m e -d i a n B e n j i Lovitt.

A CRC highlight this past March was Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Fort Wayne, South Bend Diocese. The Bishop spoke of the importance of preserving our religious liberty. He expressed his concern for “attempts to marginalize religion in our society”. His remarks were fol-lowed by a lively question and an-swer session. Our thanks to Bob Fe-ferman and Barbara Lerman for their dedicated work on this project.

In April, our 2012 Yom HaShoah speaker was Jeannie Smith, the daughter of Polish rescuer Irene Gut OpDyke. Jennie’s talk about her mother’s experience emphasized that “one person can make a differ-

ence.”While in South Bend Jeannie spoke at the St. Joseph County Courthouse, students and faculty at Marian High School, to the Jewish community and to students at Stanley Clark School. Her mother’s story will have an impact on all who heard her for many years to come. Also in April we commemorated HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, and heard from journalist Gil Hoff-man. The somber remembrance was followed by our festive Yom HaAtz-maut celebration of Israel’s 64th birthday.

Our second annual Michiana Jewish Film Festival was a series of eight films shown over a four day period at Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Center for Performing Arts. May ended with a showing of Ira-nium, a documentary film that ex-plores the Iranian nuclear program as it pertains to strategic threats against the West, and Islamic funda-mentalism in Iran, (see CRC box be-low).

These are just some of the highlights from the past Jewish Federation year. It has been busy and exciting here at the Federation, and we look forward to another exuberant year.

Under the leadership of Bob Feferman, (right) the Community Relations Committee has made it a priority to educate our community about the threat of a nuclear Iran. Above are Matan Shamir of UANI, David Sklar of Indianapolis JCRC, Sen. Tom Wyss, Rep. David Niezgodski, Sen. John Broden, Nathan Carlton, UANI, who were honored at the showing of Ira-nium on May 31. The event was an opportunity to celebrate the unique part-nership created between state lawmakers, the Jewish community of Indiana, and the national organization United Against Nuclear Iran to promote Iran Contract Legislation. Indiana was the fourth state in the nation to pass the Iran Contract Legislation and a similar bill is now going through the Michi-gan state legislature , thanks to the efforts of Board members David Ravitch and Brian Kordansky.

CRC: A year united against nuclear Iran

2012 Jewish Federation Annual Campaign2012 Jewish Federation Annual Campaign2012 Jewish Federation Annual Campaign

King David Kurt Simon

Chai Ronald Cohen

Jerusalem Terry and Alan Feldbaum William Gitlin Craig Kapson Bernard and Etta Nevel Joan New Donna and Mark Richter Ina and Irving Rosenberg Cari and Barry Shein Charles Simon

Zahav Sandy and Doug Barton Shirley and Samuel Raitzin Family Endowment Fund

Lion Janet B. Berman Lion of Judah Endowment Fund Minette and Irvin Brown Nancy Cohen Muriel Hurwich Carol Kapson Julie and Jack Keller Marcus-Schulman Family Endowment Fund Sherry MedowLinda Mintz Ilene New Jeffrey New Andra & Irwin Press Philan-thropic Fund Robert Rosenfeld Evelyn Rosenstein Lynda B. Simon Babs Waks Cheryl Waldman Dr. Richard Weiss Barbara Wind Judith Ziker Morton Ziker Hatikvah ($3,000-4999 David and Billie Bankoff Marzy and Joseph Bauer Tammie and Alan Brown Steven Goldberg Tsipi and Gerald Lerman

Mimi and Mike Lerman Shish Rubin Marge and Martin Schaffner Carol and Pat Traub Dr. Harvey Weingarten Pomegranate Ira Anes Louis Baker Bette Barron Susan Blum Melanie Brown William Cohen Lynne & David Fischgrund William Frank Philanthropic Fund Dr. Gary Fromm Marilyn Gardner David Gardner Lisa Gerber Dr. Steve Gerber Margaret Goldberg Fred Kahn Cookie Katz Judd and Reggie Lowenhar Geoffrey Newman Cristyne Porile James Porile Ann Silverman Carin Weingarten Dr. Joseph Wind Gloria Wolvos Cheryl and David Ziker Ben Gurion

Jon Barron Judi & Donald Bleich Dr. Joyce Block and Dr. Henry Weinfield Marilyn Brown Jody and Dr. Daniel Bruetman Naida and Dr. David Cohn Terry Satiover Fagen Jody Freid Dr. Michael Freid Lee Friend Alfred and Dorothy Fromm Sally Goloubow Kathy and Bruce Greenberg Robbie and Dr. Paul Grimstad Laurie and Steve Katz Aaron Katz z”l Ilana and Michael Kirsch Shonnie and Lou Klatch David Lerman Richard Mintz Dr. Ben Plotkin Elli and Paul Price Dorothy & Dr. Hebert A. Schiller Endowment Fund Debbie & Dr. Alon Shemesh Ronald A. Silverman Janet Swenson Janet and Arnold Valencia Ray Waldman Monika & Dr. Mitch Wayne Shirlee Wishinsky Doreen and Harold Zisla

Golda Meir Marsha Brook AJ and Robert Brown Ruth Goltz Mel and Deb Jacobson Dr. Lionel Jensen Barbara Lerman Lisa and Bill Lerman Mona Medow Adele Paskin Jill Ross Jody and Dr. Kirk Reinbold

Aliyah Mara Boettcher Anita F. Boorda Dr. Jay Brockman and Jean Ketcham Dr. Peter Cholak Dana & Richard Cohen

Gail and Dr. Alan Dowty Lizzie Fagen Robert Frank Rabbi Michael Friedland Nana Fromm Marjorie Goldwin Sally & Roger Hamburg Bonny Hoover Candace & Dr. Maury Hurwich Matt hew Kahn & Janine Felder-Kahn Bernard Katz Catherine & Jordan Kirshenbaum Razel and Ted Lerman Bobbi Levin Michael Levin Jenny and Jonathan Luz David Mirkin Charlene Pippenger Julie and David Ravitch Beatrice & Dr. Milton Reisman Steven R. Rodin Francie RosenMorris Rosen Dr. Charles Rosenbaum Debbie Rosenfeld Pam Rubenstein Betty Sandock Susan & Dr. Mark Sandock Stephanie Scharf Arthur Schulman Tela Schulman-Hektor Betty Signer Valerie and Benjamin Silver

The good we do starts with you! Our Jewish Federation Annual Cam-paign is the foundation of the what we do — and we can’t do it without you, our donors. Our 2012 Campaign has reached $557,400 including $3,200 specifically earmarked for Jewish Family Services.

Thank you all for your support!


Thanks to our campaign co-chairs Linda Mintz and Ronald Cohen for doing such a great job!

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Gayle Silver Robert Silver Anna & Vitaliy Soloveychik Linda and Dr. Mark Toth Elsye Vodnoy Zabe Williams Chaverim Deena & Rabbi Dovid Abraham Paul Abrams Ron Adelsman Ilene Alpern Sheri Alpert Becky and Dan Asleson Mary Sue Austin Amy and Max Baim Judy & Rabbi Jacob Bechhofer Searle Behr Frida Belenkis Shirley Berebitsky Dr. & Mrs. Alan Birnbaum Maureen and Steven Bluth Rimma & Alex Bluvshteyn Steve Blyveis Lyudmila Bobova Tianna & Brian Boeker Mara Boettcher Anita F. Boorda Alvin Braudo Donald Brody Melvin Brook Sara Brook Beverly Brooks Karen Brown Larry Brown Melanie Brown Dr. Payton Brown & Family Seth Brown & Marya Lieberman Drs. Marc and Rachel Bruell Jody and Dan Bruetman Cynthia and Andrew Burch Ciliberti Family Beverly Cohen Jill Cohen Joel Cohen Barbara and Mickey Cohen

Ramona Cornett Linda Cossman Donald and Marni Cronk Michael and Jo Duke Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Eichenbaum Alana and Yair Elias Enamorado Family Eric Ericksen Laurel Eslinger Robert Feferman Rabbi Shoshana Feferman Yevgeniya & Robert Feldleyfer Mary Fisher Elaine Flamm Marion and Newton Frank Maxine Frank Stephen Fredman Michelle and Robert Freel Rosa Frenkiel Amy and Richard Frieden Sharon and Don Gentner Darlene Getz Dr. J. Daniel Gezelter & Ms. Carey Gaudern Ibett Giannone Sharon and Stephen Gilbert Alyssa Gillespie Delphine and Gerald Glaser Dr. Joseph Glazier Mina and Dr. Wayne Gleiber Moe and Sheila Glenner Janina and Abraham Goetz Dovid and Rochel Goldberg Dora Goldberg Jim and Judith Goodkin Elizabeth and Milton Gould Debby and Scott Grant Tira and Moishe Gubin Julia and Steve Hanberg Cara Hardin Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Harley Aviva & Yohonatan Hershberg Judy Heumann Michele and Sean Hoffman Terry Hoffman Peter Holland & Romana Huk

Mr. and Mrs. Brian May Carolyn McGuire Rosann McGuire Laura and Randy Medow Ossie and Dan Meisel Lindsey and Jason Mintz Lene Mirkin Sherril Mirkin Joyce Mishkin Dr. Marvin Mishkin Leorit & Zalman Mittman Lauren Nassau Chaya and Fred Nebel Mikhail Netsmekh Dan New Megan New Drs. Tzvi & Rachel Novick Zehava & Rabbi Shlomo Nussbaum Susan W. Oliver Keith Oppenheim and Dr. Susan Weinstein George Opperman Elky & Rabbi Reuven Pelberg Anna Petkova Laura and Dr. David Pflum Colin Pier Barbara and Howard Piltch Larry Piser Robert Polis Meira & Rabbi Raphael Pollack Celene Potysman Debbie and Greg Proven Ervin Racz Radmila Ragimbekov Renada and Chingiz Ragimbekov Daniel Ravitch Beatrice & Milton Reisman Pamela and Tim Rerick Faye Resnick Karen & Tony Riffer-Reinart Sue and Evan Roberts Sandy Roland-Hall Herschel Rolnick John Roncz Ruth Rosenbaum Blanche Rosenberg z”l Alice and Irving Rosenberg Larry Rosenberg Michael and Lisa Rosenberg Vicki and Sheldon Rosenberg Mildred Rosenfeld Rabbi Yisroel Mayer and Naomi Rosenman J.W. and Betsy Rossow Rose Marie Roth Shelley and Martin Rottenberg Regina and Mark Rozenblit Valentina Rozenblit

Dr. Keith Howell Ruth Hutt LeighAnn and Ben Jacobson Nadine and Wilbur Jarvis Vivian and Marvin Kagan Ina Kahal Pam Kahn Cindy and Dennis Kaplan Corinne Karlin Erwin Karlin Clara Kats

Essi Katz Muriel S. Katz Paulette & Harlan Katz Dr. Sam & Mary Ann Katz Shirley Katz David & Elaine Kirshenbaum Daryl Kleiman Natalie H. Klein Paul Klein Lilac and Brian Kordansky Alla and Anatoliy Kostylev Dr. and Mrs. Mark Kricheff Lesley & Michael Krueger Tom and Claudia Kselman Ralph Lampkin Paula and Gary Leece Chavi and Aaron Lerman Adam Levine Danny Levine Sandra Levine Naomi and Maurice Levitt Michal and Dan Liberzon Nancy Lichtenstein Bekki and Kuppel Lindow Marvin Lopata Lynne LoSecco Sarah and Steve Lotter Michael and Buffy Lowenhar Vadim and Tatyana Luban Vladimir Luban Myrna and Gary Marcus Bina and Dovid Margulies Ruth and Joseph Markley Sue Marsh Laurie and Alex Martin Dr. and Mrs. Eric Matlis Margarita & Keith Mattingly

Thank you to our donors for your generous support!

Tonya and Dennis Ruben Joshua Rubin Steven Rupholdt Yelizaveta Ryzhkova Florence Saltzman Brad and Amanda Sandler Diane and Lou Sandock Emily and Jacob Sandock Mira and George Satori Arielle and Jeff Sax Mr. & Mrs. Barry Schiff Sandra and Rick Schpok Debbie Schrager Mitzie & Howard Schrager Sally Schreiber Alice Schuster Rivka & Yehuda Seligson Gita and Lev Shapiro Mikhail Shapiro Sura Shikhman Nina Shor Jeff Siegel Paul Silberman Irene Silverman Kurt & Tessye z”hl Simon Lynda B. Simon Debra & Rabbi Eric Siroka Anna and Fedor Sirota Eileen and Albert Slein Nancy and Chuck Stanton Rita Stephan Barbara & John Stephenson Sara Stewart & Mitch Yaliw Karen and William Stonehill Simone Street Sukhotinhskya Family Julie Tafelski Leona Thornton Rabbi and Mrs. Avi Tkatch Alina Toma Drs. Avishalom & Debbie Tor Posi Tucker Ruth Tulchinsky Will Turbow Nataliya Vdovina Vera and Ilia Volfson Byra Warner & Gary Horvath Rozi and Alan Wax Nelson Weindling Eileen Weingarten Leonard Weingarten Shirley Weingarten Marie Weiss Donald Wertheimer Dr. Sandra Winicur Tova & Rabbi Moshe Yachnes Mirra Yeselevich Heidi Zavatsky Zina Zilbert Alisa Zornig Bernadette and Tom Zoss Brian Zubkoff Catherine & Michael Zuckert

Alpha only Stephen Alpert Lillian Altman Sarah Anne Anes Anonymous Dr. Peri Arnold R. Michael Beatty Sharon and Scott Beisel Abe Berebitsky Harold Berebitsky Tammy and Steven Berebtisky Dr. Gary Bernstein Nelia and Ivan Bernstein Susan Bernstein Marsha Brook Brumer Family Rabbi & Mrs. Meir Bulman Marianne Burdeen Beverly Chamberg Lynne & David Clayton Jeff Cohn Stuart Cohn Ilene and Barry Burton Jody and William Comer Drs. Candace Corson & George Knowles Nathan Cossman Mr. & Mrs. D. Crook Carol DeVorkin Phyllis and Jerry DeVorkin Michael Eliasohn Judith & Joseph Engelsberg Jim Feinstein Mendel Feldleyfer Cheryl and Steven Felman Dr. Michael Feltman James Fischoff Anita and Stu Fishman Barbara Fizdale Fleenor Irene (Rene) Frank Sharon & Hillard Friedman Alice Frost Jaye and Shane Galloway Leslie Gitlin June Glazier Rosa Gelder Michele Gelfman Lenny Gentner Elise Gettleman Dena & Rabbi Jonah Gewirtz

Marianne Surges & Neil Gilbert Eli Glazer Linda Glazier Harvey Gluck Rita and Joseph Gold Samara and Shaya Gold Dorothy Goldbaum Paul Goldberg Ilene Golden Marc Golden Nancy and Mitchell Goldstein Dr. Paul Goldwin Gloria Gour Eduard Grabshteyn Mr. & Mrs. Jared Greene Helen Griffis Dr. David Halperin Barb and Phil Hartman Mitchell Heppenheimer Mrs. Ruth Heumann Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hoffman Marlene Hollenkamp Todd Hoover Robert Hutt Sharon and David Kalling Helene Katz Morris Katz Steven A. Katz Mr. and Mrs. Avromi Klor Golde Konefka-Kronenberg Paula and Anthony Kupferer Dr. Alan Leichter Sondra and Al Levin Susan and Ed Levy Barbara and Joseph Levy Cathy and Yair Liker James Linder Emiliya Luban Mr. & Mrs. Leland MacMillan Toni and Bruce McDougal Fran Mesirow Birgit and Hugh Metzger Sam Mirkin Jeanette Morgenroth Dr. Gayle Nunez Gross and Dr. Ramon Nunez Gross Marylyn Oppenheim Ella Paston Dayle and David Piser Dr. Barth Pollak Helen Pollak

Dr. Tracy Poston Patrick, Karen, Rachael & Daniel Powers Lynda and Jeff Price Yael Prizant Jacob Raab Pinky Raab Catherine and Ron Ravitch Ann and Dr. Elliot Rosen Carol and Charles Rosenberg Susan and Bill Roth Mr. & Mrs. Jean Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Martin Rutchik Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Safur Judy & Steve Saltzman Esther & Dovid Samber Pauline Saretsky Diane and Bill Sarnat Teresa and James Schrager Cheri Berman Schuster Jennifer & Dr. Bruce Schwartz Harold & Cynthia Silberman Leah Silver Neil Silver Lori Silverman Sorah and Jeremy Stein Richard Stern Marissa & Philippe Sucosky Leona Thornton Patricia & Tom Tucker Peggy and Richard Tucker Andrea Turbow Miriam Viktora Suzanne Watson Bonnie Waxman Kalvin Waxman Pearl Weinhouse David and Rose Wenger Mrs. Eleanor Wiswell Colette & George Wolfson Myrna and Robert Wolosn Richard Wright Robert Yamplosky & Diane Rapaport Rabbi and Mrs. Amiram Zeiger Marty Zusman If you have not yet made your pledge to the 2012 Annual Cam-paign, please call the Federation office so we can add you to our do-nor roster.

ENDOWMENT FUNDS SUPPORTING THE ANNUAL FEDERATION CAMPAIGN

Janet B. Berman Lion of Judah Endowment

William Frank Philanthropic Fund

Marcus-Schulman Family Endowment Fund

Irwin and Andra Press Philanthropic Fund

Shirley & Samuel Raitzin Family Endowment Fund

Dorothy & Dr. Herbert A. Schiller Endowment Fund


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Partnership close to home

Our regional Israel Partnership Steering Committee will be meeting in Indianapolis on Sunday, July 22—

Tuesday July 24. New participants are invited to a pre-meeting Partnership 101 course at 9:30 AM on July 22. David Ravitch, our Federation Chair, will be accompa-nied by Vitaliy Soloveychik, Debby Grant, & Bonny Hoo-ver who will be representing us– there is still room avail-able if you are interested! They will be happy to talk to you about partnership opportunities. Call the Federation office for more information, 574-233-1164.

Kapson and Roland Scholarships available for Jewish students This fall, The Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley will once again award scholarships to Jew-ish students in our service area from the Craig and Carol Kapson Scholarship Fund and the Lillian and Harvey Roland Trust.

The Kapson Scholarship helps Jewish students from our area attend a univer-sity, college or technical institute in Indiana. A committee of Jewish com-munity members will re-view eligible candidates based on the motivation of the student to receive a higher education along with merit and financial needs. The Scholarship Fund will allow a new stu-dent each year to be awarded $2,500, with the remaining funds to be di-vided between other stu-dents with a minimum distribution of $750 per student.

T h e L i l l i a n and Har-vey Ro-l a n d Scholar-s h i p Fund serves the purpose of providing higher educa-tion scholarships to ma-triculating college stu-dents of parents who are active in the Jewish com-munity and/or are con-tributors to the Jewish Federation. This Scholar-ship will provide $750 to a student matriculating to Indiana University who have demonstrated aca-demic scholarship and fi-nancial need. Interested students should contact Debby Grant by email at [email protected] or 574-233-1164 to request an application. Completed applications are due August 1st.

Playing chess in the Hafuch Center. The Hafuch Cen-ter teens were preparing for their annual chess tour-nament, so Vitaliy was happy to give some pointers. Of course, Vitaliy won!

The Soloveychik Family en-joyed their time in our Partner-ship Region Akko & Nahariya during their visit to Israel.

The Emergency Response Group (ERG) is a week-long intensive training course for physicians, nurses, health-care administrators and others in the healthcare field to manage Mass Casualty Events and implement emergency preparedness in home institutions. Please call Debby Grant if you know of doctors or hos-pital employees who may be Interested in this amazing opportunity. 574-233-1164.

Registration is now open for ERG at Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya from October 19-25, 2012

Memorial Contributions to Jewish Federation Designated Funds

We welcome contributions to our various funds listed below. Individual acknowledgment cards are sent for each contribution.

Jewish Federation Community Campus Endowment Jewish Federation Executive Director’s Discretionary Fund Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley (Unrestricted) Jewish Welfare Fund/Annual Federation Campaign Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund Ruth and Ben Levy Senior Services Fund Bernard H. Natkow Community Lecture Fund Bernard and Shirley Natkow Campership Fund (Camp Ideal) Bob and Pat Turbow (Library Acquisitions) Fund Friends of The PJ Library Okon Family Endowment Fund for Holocaust Education Ronald S. & Nancy Plotkin Cohen Endowment Fund Post 318, Jewish War Veterans Library Fund Robert Simon Leadership Development Fund Kurt and Tessye (z”l) Simon Seniors Living with Dignity Fund

The Jewish Federation expresses its sincere appreciation for these contributions:

From the following contributors:

Janet Berman Lynda & Charles Simon June and Eli Glazer Muriel Hurwich Temple Beth-El Food Pantry Sally Goloubow Beverly and Peri Arnold Sloman Family Cookie Alpern Elaine Koenig Shish Rubin Nancy and Ron Cohen Jo-Anne & Bill Lopatin Terry and Jeffrey Zelvy Judy and Mort Ziker Barbara Brown Katz Betty and Mel Sandock Sherry and Don Medow Reggie & Judd Lowenhar Ina and Irv Rosenberg Board & Staff of the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley

To the following funds: Jewish Family Services and Kosher Food Pantry Jewish Welfare Fund/Annual Federation Campaign Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund Kurt & Tessye (z”l) Simon Seniors Living with Dignity Fund Okon Family Endowment Fund for Holocaust Education

Congratulations and Best Wishes to: Irv and Ina Rosenberg on their 50th Anniversary Robert Feferman, Robert Simon Leadership Awardee

Judy and Mort Ziker on Grandson’s Wedding Diane and Bill Sarnat on birth of Grandson, Jaboc Paoli Paul Klein, Temple Beth-El Distinguished Service Awardee Judy and Steve Baruch on Birth of Grandson Bernice Spivek on Birth of Greatgrandson

Get Well /Thinking of You to: Shirley Berebitsky Steve Katz Carol Kapson Birthday Greetings to: Jennifer Hepker In Loving Memory of: Ed Friend Aaron Katz Rael Brown Lucy Gould Joyce Berman Bill Bromberg Bayla Bartky Burnham


Here’s a date to put on your calendar….

Wednesday, August 15 Jewish Community Night at the Cove at 7 PM.

Details will be forthcoming.

Jewish Federation Book Club

Monday, July 23, 2 PM. “The History of Love” by Nichole Krauss.

The book selection for August is “The Tenth Song” by Naomi Ragen

The Book Club is open to anyone who is interested in

discussing our selections. Call the Federation office for more information, 574-233-1164.

Person-to-person

Don’t be blue — let us talk to you!

Let our Person-to-person call-ing team lift your spirits!

Jewish Family Services offers daily phone calls to individuals who might need a friendly check-in call or just a brief daily contact through its Per-son-to-Person calling program. Please call Lizzie Fagen at 574-233-1164 for more information about this service.

JWEF goes to Fernwood

Friday, August 10, 2012

11:00 AM Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund is taking a field trip to Fernwood Botanical Garden for a leisurely af-ternoon at the nature preserve. While there, the group will see how their grant was used to provide back-packs for the summer nature camps.

Admission to Fernwood is waived. Lunch prepared by Chef Tim Carrigan may be purchased at the Café.

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PJ Library Babies, Tots, & Blocks Summer Play Date

Plan a play-date for your little ones! Babies, Tots and Blocks provides age appropriate play for children ages 0 to 5 under the direction of Lizzie Fagen. Older siblings are welcome to come to our Summer ses-sion. Weather permitting, we’ll play on the playground outside. Questions? Call Lizzie at 574-233-1164.

Our next play date: Wednesday, July 25 from 9:30—11:00 AM

For more information about the PJ Library program, please contact Nitzan Lahav at [email protected] or call 574-233-1164.

BOOKS FOR JULY 2012:

ForAges 6 mos. to 2 years Sunrise, Sunset By Sheldon Harnick Illustrated By Ian Schoenherr

From the musical Fiddler on the Roof comes this illustrated version of the much-loved song about the passage of time.

For Ages 2 to 3 Naamah and the Ark At Night Written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Illustrated by Holly Meade

Floating along with Noah and their extended family, Naamah sings and soothes all the inhabitants of the ark on a dark and stormy night. For Ages 3 to 4 Five Little Gefiltes Written and Illustrated by Dave Horowitz

Mama Gefilte isn’t thrilled when her curious little ones leave their jar and go out to explore the world, but she can certainly be proud of what they know about being a mensch.

For Ages 4 to 5 The Shabbat Puppy By Leslie Kimmelman Illustrated by Jaime Zollars

Every Saturday Noah and his grandfa-ther go for a walk together, looking for “Shabbat Shalom” – Sabbath Peace. For what seems like the longest time to the little boy, Grandpa won’t allow Mazel, Noah’s puppy, to join them. Eventu-ally, though, the dog is permitted to join in, with sweet results.

For Ages 5 to 6 A Song for My Sister By Lesley Simpson Illustrated by Tat-

jana Mai-Wyss

Mira’s wish for a baby in the family comes true, but who knew how much noise she would make? No matter what Mira and her parents do, the baby’s reaction is WAAAA. On the day of her simchat bat (Jewish welcoming cere-mony for a baby girl) Mira finally finds the answer to all the wailing.

For Ages 6 to 7 The Brothers Promise

By Frances Harber In this poignant retelling of a Talmudic story, siblings recall the promise each lovingly made to his father.

Picnic Shelter Upgrade

Just in time for Camp Ideal! Our preparations for Camp Ideal have included an up-

grade to our Picnic Shelter. The river rocks surrounding the shelter have been replaced by a concrete pad, adding nearly two feet to the pad. The gravel pathway to the picnic shelter is now a sidewalk.

“It will be so much easier to move equipment and sup-plies to the picnic shelter,” said Debby Grant. “We are very excited about this improvement to our outdoor campus.

The rocks and gravel were reused to shore up the Weinberg Rock identifying the play area.

Another upgrade is additional rubber mulch will be added to the playground area to cushion falls and help eliminate weeds.

The Federation also is forming a Re-Visioning Commit-tee to make suggestions for improvements and make-over's to the Federation building and campus that are needed as we enter its “teen years.” Watch for more information as we continue to grow.

Summer Fun for PJ Library Families and others Sunday, July 15, 2012

10 AM – 1 PM at the Jewish Federation Join us for a mid-summer morning of play! We’ll have sprinklers and the whole area just for us. So… bring bicycles, tricycles, swimsuit or extra cloths, water toys and small pools. Bring your own lunch. We’ll take care of drinks and snacks.

Sprinklers and water fun Safe, spacious area for bikes Story time Playground



Eighteen reasons why you should have Lea, next year’s Shlicha, over for a visit:

1. I met her and she is lovely 2. It doesn’t have to be for a Shabbat diner, it could be

any other day and it could be just for coffee. 3. Friday night by yourself is not fun! 4. Nothing makes you feel more at home than having

someone open their home to you. 5. You already know this, but she comes here all by her-

self and it’s not easy being so far away from your fam-ily and friends, for a whole year!

6. It’s also not easy, coming to a new place where every-thing is so different.

7. And everyone is new. 8. So it’s sort of a Mitzvah. 9. A real connection is formed after breaking bread to-

gether. 10. When was the last time you had an Israeli over for

dinner? 11. This is your chance to ask all you ever wondered

about (even hard questions) and maybe learn some-thing new about life in Israel.

12. A couple of questions you should ask Lea: What did she do in the army? Where did her family come to Israel from? And much more…

13. If you have a dog, Lea is a dog trainer, and she could give you some great advice.

14. Since it’s her first time living by herself, Lea is looking forward to learning how to cook, so invite her for the cooking part as well.

15. It doesn’t matter if you have kids at home or not, shlichim enjoy talking to adults just as much.

16. If you do have kids, I am sure they will enjoy this ex-perience!

17. I am sure you will enjoy it too! 18. Ok, so maybe I only have 17 reasons, but I am sure it’s

more than enough reasons, to make the move and have your Shlicha over.*

Anita Fishman is already planning Lea’s schedule, contact her if you are interested: [email protected] or call her at (H) 574-233-5574, ( C) 574-850-5155.

An invitation to dinner I am so very grateful that I was invited to many dinners

throughout my two years of shlichut here, so now it’s my turn to invite all of the St. Joseph Valley Jewish community over for dinner. I will be cooking for a change (with some professional help), and you will be eating. I couldn’t have thought of a better way to say thank and good bye. I really hope you can make it! See page 1 for more information.

Out-going and incoming Shlichim. Yael Farber wel-comes Lea Lahav, our new Shlicha who will be starting in the fall.

Sunday, July 1st A city wide Scavenger Hunt

With an exciting surprise at the end We will meet at the Federation at

1:00 PM * Bring closed shoes or sandals that can get wet (no flip-flops!)

A city wide Scavenger Hunt

Sunday, July 22nd A cookout at Fuller’s Beach

We will meet at the Federation at 3:30 PM

This will be our final activity for the year. We will say good bye to the seniors and to Yael.

* Bring a bathing suit and a towel.

can get wet (no flip

Sunday, July 22nd

mailto:[email protected]

ChaiLights: Around and about the community

shberg welcomed the birth of Moshe Yisroel born June 5.

Enjoying the sweet cries of a new baby girl are Sarah and Steve Lotter, whose daughter, Nona Sylvia, was born June 6.

Also born on June 6 to Tira & Moishe Gubin was a son, Yosef Chaim.

Mazel tov to Channie

and Avromi Klor on the birth of their baby daugh-ter, Malka.

Mazel tov to the par-

ents, grandparents, aunts and uncles of these new little ones.

We’ve also heard that Diane and Bill Sarnat are new grandparents of Jacob Daniel Paoli, son of Bran-den Paoli and Lauren Sar-nat. High School Graduates

Our 2012 high school graduates include:

Adams High School: David Cholak, son of Zabe Williams and Peter Cholak, Moshe Friedland, son of Lizzie Fagen and Rabbi Michael Friedland, Daniel LoSecco, son of Lynn LoSecco; and Nicole Martin, daughter of Laurie

B’nai Mitzvah honors. Mazel tov to David

Safur who became bar mitzvah at Temple Beth-El. David is son of Neli and Jerry Safur.

Wedding Wishes. Congratulations to Robbie and Paul Grim-stad on the marriage of their son, Joel Grimstad to Alana Greenfogel. The happy couple spent their honeymoon in Africa and will be residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Best wishes also to Renada and Chingiz Ragimbekov on the mar-riage of their daughter, Rada. Shalom Babies!

Congratulations to Ami and Shira Zeiger on the birth of their daughter, Shaindy in mid-May. Mazel tov also to Sara and Rabbi Levi Goldwasser who are also the proud parents of a baby girl, Ahuva, born in late May.

Aviva and Honi Her-

and Alex Martin. Well deserved honors

go to Adams High School valedictorians Moshe Friedland and Nicole

Martin!

Marian High School: Jennifer Porile, daughter of Cristyne and James Porile. We also wish mazel tov to Jennifer, who was named valedictorian at Marian.

Penn High School: David Bernstein, son of Susan and Gary Bern-stein; Aaron Howell, son of Keith Howell and Susan Howell; Karly Kleiman, daughter of Daryl Kleiman and Chris Kleiman.

American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro, NC: Mike Bruell, son of Marc Bruell and Rachel Stern Bruell.

St. Joseph High School, Michigan: Nick Clayton, son of Lynne and David Clayton.

South Haven High School: Danielle Riffer-Reinhart, daughter of Karen and Toni Riffer-Reinhart.

Yeshiva of South Bend: Akiva Abraham, son of Deena and Rabbi Dovid Abraham, and Naf-tali Bechhofer, son of Judy and Rabbi Bechhofer.

Congratulations to all our graduates and to their families! We wish you much success in your fu-ture endeavors.

Talia Sabato, a Junior

at St. Joseph High School, received the Peacemaker Award at the Annual Meeting of the United Re-ligious Community. The award was presented by Rabbi Erik Siroka, who was elected president of the URC at that same meeting. Mazel tov to both!

Yael Farber was pleased to present Leader-ship Awards at the An-nual Meeting to David Bernstein, David Cholak, and Moshe Friedland for their participation in Sa-BaBaH, the Federation’s Youth Group.

We are thrilled to share the news that the Indianapolis Jewish Com-munity Relations Council has selected Lindsey Mintz as the organiza-tion's next Executive Di-rector . Lindsey is the sis-ter of Debby Barton Grant, and daughter of Doug and Sandy Barton. Someone missing? If we missed a graduate or other simcha or honor, please call it in to Our Community News. Please let us know about your special person or event by e m a i l i n g [email protected].



There have been recipes that I have seen that are noted as being good for summer days when it is too hot to cook. I under-stand that. If it is really hot outside, you want to keep the house cool. Using the oven is not a very good way to keep the house cool. I really do under-stand. Yet, I have a prob-lem with that. More than anything else, summer (to me) represents fresh pro-duce. There is no such thing as going to the farmer’s market too often. I love that place. And I have friends who garden who will share their surplus. There are such wonderful things growing around here in the summer. And my favorite method of preparation is – roasting.

Roasting usually com-bines high heat with lots of minutes. Obviously this isn’t a good way to keep the kitchen cool. But the things it does for your pro-duce! Whatever natural flavor and sweetness a vegetable has, it will be enhanced incredibly by roasting. All you really need to add is salt, pepper, and a little bit of olive oil. Wow. If you want even

more “wow”, add some garlic too. I have a great recipe for garlic roasted sweet potatoes. I’ll give you that recipe in the fall. This month we will roast tomatoes.

The time to use toma-toes is when they are in season. Out of season to-matoes are not very excit-ing. Sometimes an out-of -season tomato looks ane-mic and you know that it isn’t even worth it. And if you find a bright red to-mato in February, I can pretty much guarantee that it can’t compete with the bright red tomato of summer. This is THE time to enjoy tomatoes in sal-ads, pasta dishes, or on their own. And if you’ve never roasted a tomato you’re in for a real treat. Plus, tomatoes require less heat than other vegetables. So roasting tomatoes won’t heat up your kitchen as much as roast-ing a sweet potato or even a zucchini.

Most summers I make a batch of tomato sauce. I don’t can products, but I would like to start doing that someday. (If you like to can, let me know. Maybe I can come and

watch or help and learn the ropes of canning.) Anyway, I make this amazing tomato sauce and use it on pasta. I usually freeze about half of it for use at a later time. I know that grocery stores offer all sorts of tomato based sauces where all you have to do is open a jar. I won’t try to defend my DIY rec-ipe – just try it and you will understand why it is worthwhile to make a sauce from scratch. Enjoy!

ROASTED TOMATO GARLIC SAUCE

2 Tbsp. olive oil 3 ½ lb. tomatoes 1-2 bulbs garlic 1 tsp. salt 2 tsp. red wine vinegar pepper, to taste Line a baking sheet

with foil. Brush the foil with one tablespoon of oil. Cut the tomatoes in half and squeeze out and dis-card the seeds. Put the tomatoes on the baking sheet cut side up. Cut the top off of the bulbs of gar-lic and place cut side up on the baking sheet with the tomatoes. Drizzle the remaining oil over the to-matoes. Bake at 375° for 30 minutes. Drain the liq-uid from the pan and set aside. Bake for an addi-tional 30 minutes. Cool. When the tomatoes are cool enough to handle, remove the skins and dis-card. Squeeze the garlic cloves from the bulbs.

Use a food processor to puree the tomatoes, garlic, drained liquid, and re-maining ingredients. Sea-son to taste.

Here is the best tomato

recipe that I have. Hands down. The good thing about this recipe is that the tomatoes roast at the (relatively) low tempera-ture of 300 degrees. The bad thing is that they roast for about three hours. I often use the smaller plumb tomatoes (Roma) and reduce the baking time a bit. Once I made this recipe using grape tomatoes and reduced the baking time considerably. Those were so good! They made a great topping for salad. If anyone gives you a bunch of tomatoes that they are giving away be-cause their garden was productive beyond their needs, please try this rec-ipe.

CARAMELIZED TOMATOES

4 lg. tomatoes (or 8 Ro-mas) 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 ½ Tbsp. olive oil ½ tsp. pepper, to taste ¼ tsp. salt, to taste

Cut the tomatoes in half. Place the tomatoes, cut side up, in a baking dish. Bake at 300 degrees for 1½ hours. Combine the remaining ingredients and brush over the tomatoes. Return to the oven and bake for an additional 1 ½ to 2 hours.

Est Gezunterhait (Eat In Good Health)Est Gezunterhait (Eat In Good Health)Est Gezunterhait (Eat In Good Health) Roasted Tomatoes by Deena Abraham

Recipes requested

If you have any recipes that you would like to see featured in this column, send them to me at [email protected]. I can also take your recipes over the phone at 287-8872. Or, send your recipes in the mail to 2926 Erskine Blvd., South Bend, 46614.



The Child Survivors of North East Ohio invite you to World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors

of the Holocaust and Descendants to the 4th Annual International Conference for Child Survivors,

2nd and 3rd Generations and their families

"A Legacy of Strength and Courage" Friday, October 26-Monday October 29,2012 Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio

For information: e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]. Call Rose Gelbart at 1-216-577-

0111 Please also visit our website: www.wfjcsh.org

As you know from the last newsletter, I (Tammie Blackman Brown) have taken the position as superinten-dent of the Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery Association (HOCA) – the cemetery at Logan and Jefferson. You may ask why I would consider working for a cemetery. It cer-tainly didn’t appear to be an obvious natural fit for my college degree in advertising and 20+ years of experience in Public Relations!

Nonetheless, it made perfect sense to me. Several years ago, my husband, Alan and I, with some members of his family went to Prague, Czech Republic. As we have done in many foreign countries, we wanted to visit the Jewish cemetery – and we knew ahead of time the “Old Cemetery” in Prague was different. However, I was not prepared for the cemetery in Prague. Nothing could ever prepare one for THIS cemetery.

The “Old Cemetery” dates back to1478; it is Europe’s oldest “surviving” Jewish cemetery and is located in the area once identified as the Jewish ghetto. Jewish people in Prague were not allowed to bury their dead outside the ghetto, so they had to adapt and built the tombs one on top of the other.

It is disturbing, appalling, SHOCKING and more to see tombs on 12 layers and to imagine that in this area there are more than 100,000 people buried in about 12,000 graves. It is a virtual sea of tilted, crooked, fallen, broken, decaying tombstones – yet, standing in this cemetery brought me an eerie peace and calmness know-ing these are “my people” … but how I wished the look of destruction didn’t rock my peace. How I wished “my people” could rest in peace. I realized the thoughts of “resting in peace” should not be taken for granted.

Fast forward to less than a year ago, when vandalism – tombstones knocked down and more -- occurred at our cemetery, it made me flashback to Prague. Now, in the SOUTH BEND area, MY PEOPLE were no longer resting in peace – disturbing, appalling and SHOCKING. I knew I could make a difference. This is what led me to taking this position – I care about our Jewish community. As you know, all stones are up and I have been working on many other improvements and ongoing care. It has been and I hope will continue to be an honor to help preserve the beauty of this cemetery.

To every member of our community, I thank you for calling me to tell me what you would like different, bet-ter, cleaned, improved and more. DO NOT ever apolo-gize for “bothering” me – your eyes help me see and your requests help me learn how to do a better job.

Always feel free to contact me. HOCA rents space from the Jewish Federation, thus I can be reached at 574-233-1164.

Kurt Simon: A Life of Service

WNIT, Public Broadcasting for all Michiana, is presenting its newest documentary Kurt Simon: A Life of Service, told by Kurt Simon himself. He talks about his first days in South Bend, and his journey to the present day. Kurt recounts how, through hard work and dedica-tion, he became the CEO of one of the largest wholesale foods and industrial supplies distribu-

tors in the area. Throughout the documentary we’ll also meet community members and friends who have been touched by Kurt Simon’s generosity and leadership. The Jewish Federation is honored to be hosting the Premier Showing of this film in September before it begins airing on WNIT in celebration of Kurt’s 99th Birthday.

Please contact Jody Freid 574-286-0452 or email [email protected] for more information on how you can help honor Kurt through a donation to WNIT to support this documentary.

Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery Assoc.Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery Assoc.Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery Assoc. Jewish Community to Engage at JFNA’s 2012 General Assembly in Baltimore Thousands of Jews from across North America and around the world will gather this November for The Jew-ish Federations of North America’s 2012 General Assem-

bly (GA). This year’s conference will take place Novem-

ber 11-13 in Baltimore.The GA will feature the theme: “The 2012 JFNA General Assembly. Where the Jewish

community _____.” With the interactive nature of the

theme in mind, the last word will rotate between "downloads," "uploads" and "shares."

Please call Debby Grant if you would like to join our delegation, 574-233-1164.




There’s a lot going on at MJHS, and we want you to know we’ve been doing and what we’re planning for the coming months. We also want to know what interests you and your ideas for programs and activities because we want MJHS to have something for everyone -- whether you’re 9 or 90, and whether you’ve lived in Michiana for 6 months or 60 years.

Here are a few highlights:

Family and Youth Activities One of MJHS’s priorities is to

make the histories of our families and our community come alive for people of all ages. Whether it’s grandchildren interviewing their grandparents about what life was like ‘in the olden days’ (before computers); seniors describing what Michigan Street and Granger looked like 60 years ago; learning about our history by helping with ongoing projects -- like youth vol-unteers Sarah Feldbaum and Stanley Rozenblit are doing -- we want everyone to appreciate our heritage and to work with congre-gations, religious schools, etc.

Let Us Know - What your family and your

children would like to learn

About ideas for programs or activities

It you’d like to help

Jewish Owned Businesses

Our list of Jewish owned busi-nesses and professional practices has grown to more than 300 names, and we’re collecting photo-graphs and stories about them. Marjorie Baer recently sent us a history of the Baer furniture stores, from their beginnings in South Bend to their current locations in Florida.

Let Us Know – About businesses you remember

and stories you can share

Whether you have photos or mate-rials we can copy and return or add to our Jewish Business Archive

If you’d like to help research and locate information about Jewish businesses throughout Michiana

Oral Histories Francie Rosen and Margie Gold-

win have interviewed several senior members of the community, includ-ing Millie Rosenfeld, Al and Doro-thy Fromm, and others, about life ‘back in the day’ -- including what it was like during World War II and the McCarthy era. We plan to con-tinue interviewing on a regular basis

Let Us Know - If you’d like to do oral (or video)

interviews If you know of someone who should

be interviewed If you have ideas for topics to in-

clude

In addition to what’s going on now, we have many terrific ideas for the future, including:

Booklets and publications about businesses, organizations, con-gregations and other aspects of the Michiana Jewish community

A Genealogy Group for those who are interested in research-ing family histories

Web site and a “Remembering the Michiana Jewish Commu-nity” page on Facebook

Speakers and educational pro-grams about

Let Us Know! your ideas and what you’re interested in! Email [email protected] or call the Federation (574-233-1164) for more information.

Restored chandelier installed at the Sons of Israel at The Cove

The beautiful chandelier that graced the interior of the Sons of Israel Synagogue has been restored and will be reinstalled.

The Jewish community is invited

to the Chandelier Lighting at 6 PM on Monday, July 2, 2012 at the for-mer Sons of Israel Synagogue on William St. adjacent to Coveleski Stadium.

Although the historic building that was once a home for Jewish worship has been repurposed and is now the team store for the South Bend Silver Hawks, the building it-self has been restored to its original architectural design. The beautiful chandelier that was a focal point of the building’s interior has been re-stored by Andrew Berlin, the new owner of the Silver Hawks, and will be installed and will again be a source of beauty.

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MIDWEST TORAH CENTER’S LUNCH & LEARN. Summertime is a great time to join us on July 11 & 25 for our Lunch & Learns. Each session is a self-contained class, which means that even if you miss one, you can still feel comfortable coming to another. The topics are always timely and will really excite your imagination. Our sessions run from 12-1 PM. If you have any ques-tions and/or would like to suggest topics for a Lunch & Learn, please contact me at rabbinebel@midwesttorah. org or call us at 234-9092.

NEW CLASS IN TALMUD BEGINS. While we have

already started the next tractate entitled “Beitzah,” it’s never too late to join us. Presently, we are discussing the laws of the holidays. This is a fun tractate and one you are encouraged to join. The classes are in English and no previous experience is necessary. We meet, as usual, on Sunday at 10:30 AM, following minyan & breakfast.

NEW CLASS –GATES OF REPENTANCE. Rabbi Yonah of Gerondi lived in the 11th century in Catalonia. He was the most prominent pupil of Solomon of Mont-pellier, the leader of the opponents of Maimonides' phi-losophical works. Gerondi was the instigator of the pub-lic burning of Maimonides' writings by order of the au-thorities at Paris in 1233. Subsequently when twenty-four wagon-loads of Talmuds were burned at the same place, Gerondi publicly admitted that he had been wrong in all his acts against Maimonides. Some suggest that as an act of repentance, he authored the Gates to Repentance, which is the book that we are presently studying. Come join us every Tuesday at 7 PM!

NCSY PIZZA & PARSHA. Do you like Pizza? Are you between 13 and 18? Do you like to hang out with friends? Then, come on down to New York Boys Pizze-ria every Sunday at 12:30 PM and join the fun. Besides the great food and drinks, we also discuss ethical dilem-mas that we encounter. If you have yet to try us out, now is the time to join us. “Like” “Sr NCSY South Bend” on Facebook for the most up-to-date information on this and all of our other programs.

MIDWEST TORAH CENTER SHABBATON. Our

next Shabbaton is scheduled for July 6 & 7 . We will be-gin at 7:25 PM with services and then on to enjoying a sumptious Shabbat meal. Join us for all the singing, words of Torah, great discussion and camaraderie. Fol-lowing the meal on Shabbat morning we will explore the question of “Why are we still mourning over the Tem-ple?” Looking forward to seeing you.

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Summer Torah learning at HOC: Evenings: Sunday through Thursday, 8:00 PM: STUDY PARTNERS Choice of topics including Chumash, Mishna, Navi, Gemorah. Rabbi Rephael Pollack, coordinator. Mornings: Monday through Friday, 6:00 AM: DAF YOMI, Mesechta Niddah, taught by Rabbi Meir Bulman Sunday, 9:00 AM: TALMID STUDY GROUP, Mesechta Brochos, taught by Rabbi Dovid Abraham

Events at Sinai in July:

Friday Night Live. Sinai’s popular Summer music se-ries continues. To benefit from our long summer eve-nings, during July we have a special musical instrumen-tal Kabbalat Shabbat program. Local musicians get us in the mood for Shabbat at 8 PM. After the music we put the instruments away and begin our Friday evening ser-vice, making music with our own voices. Weather per-mitting services will be held every other Friday in our Meditation Garden.

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Here’s what’s happening at Temple Beth-El in July:

Thursday, July 25, 6:00 PM – Reading Group pot-luck at Stephanie Scharf’s home (Book selections & meeting day will be discussed).

Monday, July 30, 5:30 PM – Women’s Torah Study at Stephanie Scharf’s home

Mrs. Janet B. Berman was honored at the Annual Meet-

ing on the occasion of her 80th anniversary of her Confir-mation.

For information about events around the Jewish community go to www.thejewishfed/calendar

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_of_Montpellier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimonides

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris

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It’s time to renew voluntary and gift subscriptions!

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It’s that time of year again, when we ask our readers to consider send-ing in a voluntary subscription to the Our Community News. Your financial support helps us cover the cost of mailing the newsletter to all Jewish households in our community.

As we have done in the past, new and renewing subscribers will re-ceive a free checkbook size Jewish calendar. (Subscriptions must be re-ceived by August 20, 2012 to receive a calendar.)

You may also wish to send a gift subscription to a family member who now lives out of town. Here are a few of the letters we have re-ceived from our out-of-town readers:

Thank you so much for putting me on

the mailing list for the newsletter of the Federation. There are many names that I

do not recognize, but I take great pride in reading about the many activities. The South Bend Jewish Community has really grown and I take great pride that so much is offered to the local people. The Jewish Film Festival is a great op-portunity to view special films.

Thank you again, Sincerely, Ida Malki, Chicago Just received the wonderful newspaper

yesterday and so enjoyed reading every article even though I rarely view a name I know. Your community does so much; you are truly amazing and I wish I were there for so many of the activities. Hon-estly I can’t get over it. I really can't say enough compliments to you for all you do as the executive director.

Have a lovely summer. Margie Baer, Boca Raton, Florida

We look forward to hearing from you! Voluntary and Gift subscription rates are listed below, but any dona-tion amount is welcome to help us meet our expenses.

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Send your subscription requests to: Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley

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