Opinion The Jewish Post & Presenting a broad spectrum of Jewish News and Opinions since 1935. Volume 82, Number 2 • October 21, 2015 • 8 Cheshvan 5776 www.jewishpostopinion.com • www.ulib.iupui.edu/digitalscholarship/collections/JPO Indiana Edition 1427 W. 86th St. #228 Indianapolis, IN 46260 Opinion Post & The Jewish PRESORTED STANDARD US POSTAGE PAID INDIANAPOLIS, IN PERMIT NO. 1321 Monica Rosenfeld has been hosting lunch for Hooverwood residents in her sukkah for the past several years. The sukkah was beautifully decorated and it was obvious that a lot of work took place cooking, serving and cleaning afterward. Their house is con- veniently located near Hooverwood and they have wheel chair access which her husband Dr. Stephen Rosenfeld insisted upon when they moved in. It was a beautiful day and the delicious lunch was traditional Jewish food of baked chicken and brisket with lots of side dishes, salads and desserts. Monica Sukkot at Monica’s (see Cover art, page IN 2)
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Monica Rosenfeld has been hostinglunch for Hooverwood residents in hersukkah for the past several years. The sukkahwas beautifully decorated and it was obviousthat a lot of work took place cooking, servingand cleaning afterward. Their house is con-veniently located near Hooverwood and theyhave wheel chair access which her husbandDr. Stephen Rosenfeld insisted upon whenthey moved in. It was a beautiful day and the delicious lunch was traditional Jewishfood of baked chicken and brisket with lotsof side dishes, salads and desserts. Monica
Sukkot at Monica’s
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Stacy Brooke Geldzahler (below) ofBirmingham,Ala. – daughter of Debbie andGlenn Geldzahler, and granddaughter of Alan and Pat Geldzahler – marriedMichael Benjamin Moss of Indianapolis,son of Evvy Moss and the late William Moss.
Stacy and Mike met in Denver wherethey both reside.The ceremony and recep-tion took place on Aug. 22 in Birminghamat the Pine Tree Country Club. Matron ofhonor was the bride’s sister, StephanieLadden, and the best men were Michael’sbrothers, Andrew and Scott. Rabbi IraFlax officiated.
Jonah Barton Grant (below) onbecoming a bar mitzvah on Sept. 19, 2015,at Goldman Union Camp Institute(GUCI) where he has been a camper forthe past four summers. Jonah’s portionwas Vayeilach. He is doing a MitzvahProject that will benefit GUCI.
Simcha AnnouncementsMazel Tov to…
His parents Scott and Debby BartonGrant along with his younger brothersBen (10) and Sam (6) are all very proud ofJonah for the work he has done. He wassurrounded by many other family mem-bers and friends from all over the countryincluding several friends from CreeksideMiddle School, South Bend, Ind., andGUCI campers from around the Midwest.
Out of town relatives included grand-parents Sandy and Doug Barton, aunt,Jenny Barton Lutz, and cousins fromSouth Bend, grandparents, Michael andDiane Grant from Glencoe, Ill., and aunt,Dana Grant Morris, and cousins fromHighland Park, Ill. Also in attendance wereand cousins Belinda, Scott and GeoffBlumenthal formally from Indianapolisbut now living in Scottsdale, Ariz. Othercousins came from Dallas and Atlanta.
Among the in-town friends and relativeswere Jonah’s aunt, JCRC ExecutiveDirector Lindsey Mintz, and and uncle,Jason Mintz, and their three childrenRachel, Maxine, and Bernie.
Natanya Ida Katz (right) on becominga bat mitzvah on September 26, 2015 atIndianapolis Hebrew Congregation. Herportion was Haazinu. Natanya is thedaughter of Daniela Schuvaks-Katz andRobert Katz, the proudest parents in
Indiana, and the sister of Jonah. She wasjoined by many loving relatives andfriends, including Joe Katz (grandfather)from Rockland County, New York, andSusana Schatzky (grandmother),Bernardo Roguin (grandfather), andDaiana Silvestri (cousin) from BuenosAires, Argentina.
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When I lived in San Francisco, I heard awoman say that her husband alwayskeeps a case of new socks in his car andwill give a pair to anyone who asks him for spare change.
Then ironically this week, I saw the following post on the Facebook profile ofBonnie Rozen who has worked for thepast 20 years at The Reporter, the Jewishnewspaper in Binghamton, N.Y.
“I am very happy and proud of mydaughter. She makes what she calls ‘blessing bags’filled with food and a warmpair of socks. As she drives around whereshe lives, she gives a blessing bag to anyone who looks like they could use it!They always say, ‘Bless you!’ That’s whythey are called blessing bags.”
Jennie Cohen, October 21, 2015 AAAA
Inside this IssueSukkot at Monica’s ..........................coverSimcha Announcements.........................2Editorial.....................................................3Community Events .................................4Seniors in Place .......................................7Dr. Miriam Zimmerman
(Chassidic Rabbi).....................................9Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage
(Book Review)........................................10Obituaries ...............................................11Upcoming IJHS meeting......................12Hoosier Reunion in Israel ...................12Morton Gold
(As I Heard It).......................................14Midwest BBYO regions meet .............14
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humiliating experience. He had given methe chance to be a giving person – to giveto him.
Though I hesitated and didn’t give witha full, open heart or smile, after givingsomething to him – I actually felt goodabout myself. I wanted to offer him, too,the chance to give something and feelgood about himself.
In the end, he gave me so much – a moment of netzach, of eternity – amoment that I will never forget. Our soulsare wired to give. That’s how the Creatorcreated us. Sometimes the kindest act wecan do is to receive – to allow someoneelse to give to us.
Aryeh Ben David founded, and directs,Ayeka Center for Soulful Education(www.ayeka.org.il), in 2006. This initiativecame after almost 20 years of work in formaland experiential Jewish educational settingsincluding Pardes Institute in Jerusalem,Hillel International from and LivnotU’Lehibanot. He is the author of Around the Shabbat Table, a Guide to MeaningfulShabbat Conversations (2000) and TheGodfile, Ten Approaches To PersonalizingPrayer (2007).
Aryeh grew up outside of NYC and studied psychology at Vassar College. Hecame to Israel in 1978, studied at the Meretzyeshiva in Mevasseret Zion and receivedRabbinic ordination from the IsraeliRabbinate. He lives in Efrat, Gush Etzion.
My comments: A local reader contactedme some days after this story appearedand told me that it changed the way sherelates to people on the street who ask herfor money. She first explained that in hercar she always keeps on hand individualgrocery bags, each containing some nonperishable food items such as a juicepack, cans of food that have a pull top,and plastic eating utensils wrapped in a napkin.
Instead of money, she will hand one ofthese bags to the beggar. She told me sheusually receives back a big smile and theyrespond by saying “God bless you”.
The woman continued, “After readingthis story I plan to reply to them by sayingsomething I have not previously said inthis situation,“Thank you for the blessing!”
In our July 29, 2015 National edition wepublished the following story. See mycomments about it afterward.
On the Subway in NYC by Aryeh Ben David
I am taking the Broadway #1 train fromPenn Station to Van Cortlandt Park in thelate afternoon. Van Cortlandt Park is thelast stop on the line.
About 3 stops from the end, everyone inmy car exits. I’m left alone.
The door opens from another car. Entersa 30-something year old guy, big, andobviously drunk. I’m at the other end ofthe car.
He calls out,“Hey, you got a match?”I answer,“I don’t smoke.”He says, “I guess then you wouldn’t
have any matches.”He stumbles over to me. I’m getting a
bit nervous. He’s bigger than me, and I’ma worrying kind of guy.
He leans over close to me, about 5 inchesfrom my ear, and whispers: “Tzedaka. Youknow what tzedaka is?”
Surprised and amused, I answer “yes.”He waits. I pause. Then I take a dollar
out of my pocket and give it to him.He begins to stumble away.I don’t know what happened to me, but
I call after him, “Hey. I gave you some-thing. Now you give me something.”
He looks back at me, not understanding.I say it again,“Give me something.”
I call out, “I gave you tzedaka. You giveme a blessing.”
He looks puzzled.I say,“I have a kid who just had 2 knee
operations. Do you have a blessing?”He stops. Looks straight at me, thinking
what to say.“I guess you don’t believe inJesus, huh?”
I shake my head.He says,“I bless you that your kid will be
healthy.”Then he takes a step to walk away and
stops. Puts his hand on the subway pole,turns back to me and says,“And I give youa blessing, that whatever happens to yourkid, God will give you the strength to handlewhatever it is.”
Wow. I was overcome with emotion.I had given him a dollar from my pocket.He gave me a blessing from his heart.The train stopped. We said goodbye to
each other. “Goodbye friend, thank you.”“Goodbye friend, have a good day.”
At the moment, I didn’t know what propelled me to ask him for a blessing.Looking back, I understand it like this:
Asking for something – a cigarette ormoney – can be a very degrading and
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addressed the residents with a brief explanation about the history and ritualpractices of the holiday. The residentsappreciated getting out and it was a lovelyopportunity for them to experience theholiday firsthand. Yasher Koach to Monicafor doing this and so much more that shedoes for the community. AAAA
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Event is Free & Open to the Public ~Dessert Reception to follow ~ Dietary Lawsobserved. More info: contact Lindsey Mintzat [email protected] or call 926-2935.
Jewish Lawyer’s Luncheon GroupThis group meets for lunch at noon
usually on the fourth Wednesday of eachmonth at Shapiro’s downtown. The nextmeetings will be Wed., Oct. 28 with RickKammen on Guantanamo; Nov. 18 withJim Shella, Senoir Political Observer; andDec. 16 with Professor Rob Katz on TheIndiana Religious Freedom RestorationAct. For more information email: [email protected].
The Syrian Refugee Crisis – A two day event
Join the Multifaith Alliance for SyrianRefugees, the Indianapolis JewishCommunity Relations Council, St. GeorgeOrthodox Christian Church, and theIndianapolis Hebrew Congregation as weraise awareness about the Syrian crisis.
Thurs., Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m., at St.George’s Orthodox Christian Church10748 E. 116th St., Film: Red Lines,followed by panel discussion led by MFAFounder Dr. Georgette Bennett, herself aJewish refugee from post-WWII Europe,and MFA’s Senior Syria Advisor ShadiMartini, a Syrian refugee.
Fri., Oct. 30, at 6:15 p.m. at IndianapolisHebrew Congregation, 6501 N. MeridianSt., Dr. Georgette Bennett and ShadiMartini will present during Friday Shabbatservices. These events are free and open tothe public.
Israel Bonds Indiana Artisan SpiritsTasting for young leadership
Sun., Nov. 1, at 7 p.m., at the home ofJill and Matt Burnett. Featuring 18 Vodkahandcrafted in Indiana, Gin, Whiskey,Limoncello, and Raspberry Liquor.Minimum $36 Israel Bond investment isrequired to attend. Must be 21 or over.
to it prepare for its new reality.Besides for providing answers to life’s
biggest questions, Journey of the Soul willinspire you to remain focused on the partsof life that really matter; it will assist you inbecoming more in touch with yourself,with your soul, and with your spiritualdimension; and it will help you discover anewfound relationship with your loved oneswho are no longer here with us in body.
The class will be held at Chabad Centerfor Jewish Life, 2640 W.96th St., Carmel,Ind., six Sundays: Oct. 25–Dec. 6, from10:30 a.m.–noon OR six Tuesdays, Oct.27–Dec. 1, either from 10:30 a.m.–noon orfrom 7–8:30 p.m. Fee: $79 textbook included.Instructor: Rabbi Mendel Schusterman.For more information: Call 317/698-6423or email [email protected]. Thiscourse is eligible for CE credits.
JCRC and Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Sun., Oct. 25, 6 p.m., at JCC’s LaikinAuditorium. The Indy JCRC and theCatholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis willcelebrate – and commemorate – the 50thanniversary of Nostra Aetate, the SecondVatican Council, which repudiates thecharge of Jewish deicide and decries alldisplays of anti-Semitism.Keynote Speakers:
Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin wasnamed the Archbishop of Indianapolis in 2012, returning to the Midwest after 20 years in Rome serving as GeneralConsultor, Superior General, and as the Vatican's liaison to religious ordersworldwide. He began his priestly ministryserving parishes in Detroit & Chicago.
Rabbi Michael J. Cook is the BronsteinProfessor of Judeo-Christian Studies at Hebrew Union College's Cincinnaticampus. He is the only rabbi in NorthAmerica with a Full-Professorial Chair inNew Testament, and he is the author ofModern Jews Engage the New Testament:Enhancing Jewish Well-Being in a ChristianEnvironment.
Hadassah Lunch and LearnWed., Oct. 21 at 11:30 a.m., at the MCL in
Carmel, 1390 Keystone Way. Learn aboutJean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers.Presented by Rachel Johnson. Nov. 18Louise Nevelson, sculptor. Presented byMarion Garmel. For more info call LeslieBarrick at 475-4278 or email: [email protected].
Join us to hear Eva Mozes Kor speakThurs., Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Clowes
Hall, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Ave.Tickets are free of charge and must bereserved by preferably texting (or calling)Michelle Hershenson at 317-370-7326.This invitation is open to everyone.
Eva, a child Auschwitz survivor, wassubjected to Dr. Mengele’s experiments, andshares her story from trauma to triumphin displaying fortitude, forgiveness andhope for future generations. As a shiningexample of humanity, Eva founder ofC.A.N.D.L.E.S. Museum in Terre Haute, Ind.,was awarded an honorary Butler degree,and was their 2015 commencement speaker.
Those wishing to extend the eveningwith Eva are invited for continued conver-sation with coffee and dessert at the homeof Michelle and Marv Hershenson, 1213Woodbridge Lane, 46260.
IHC Scholar in Residence Weekendwith Dr. Joel Hoffman
Fri.–Sun., Oct. 23–25, Dr. Joel M.Hoffman focuses on bringing the Bible tolife and is known for his “fresh insightsand interpretations about religious life inthe 21st century.”He presents to churches,synagogues, community groups, and university audiences across the world.Dr. Hoffman holds a Ph.D. in linguisticsand has served on the faculties of BrandeisUniversity and Hebrew Union College.For more info contact IHC at 255-6647.
YLD fun volunteer opportunitySat., Oct. 24 from 5:15–9 p.m., help
volunteer with Jewish Family Services for a special night of fun with children withspecial needs. Please email Julie SondhelmJFS Social worker at [email protected].
New Jewish Learning Institute ClassJourney of the Soul explores the mysteries
surrounding the spiritual dimension ofour existence – our destiny that continueseven after we’ve shed our earth-boundbody suit. We examine the transition ofthe soul into the hereafter, the kinds oflegacies that are valued even after we’veforsaken this earthly existence, and theaccompanying emotional journey and rituals that help the soul and those closest
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Danielle and Ryan Warrenburg onthe birth of their daughter Julia Lucilleon Oct. 5, 2015. Maternal grandparentsare Bob and Toni Bader, and paternalgrandparents are Vince and DianeWarrenburg. All are from Indianapolis.
Elizabeth (Liz)Goldsmith (right) on her95th birthday on Oct. 7.Liz, who resides atMorningSide of CollegePark celebrated with family.
Rabbi Yisrael and Rebetzin MiriamGettinger on the birth of a granddaughteron Oct. 13 to their daughter and son-in-law Rabbi Moshe Zev and Esther ShiraGranek of Lakewood, NJ. May she growl’Torah, l’Chuppah, u’lemasim tovim, andbe a credit to the entire family!
The 5/6 grade Hasten HebrewAcademy of Indianapolis VolleyballStars (below) for being crowned 2015Indianapolis Independent School LeagueChampions (first in the school’s history)for the best league record – despite theslim loss by just three points to Bethesdain the final game of the IISL tournamenton Oct. 13. Congratulations HHAI Starson your wonderful performance this year!
Josh Frankel (above right) on hisupcoming bar mitzvah on Oct. 27. He isthe son of Dr. Steven and KathyFrankel, former residents of Indianapolis,now living in Israel.
Steven was the president ofCongregation B’nai Torah from 2005–2008and again from 2010–2012. Besides theirtwo sons, the Frankels also have twodaughters, Eliana and Moriah – they allattended the Hasten Hebrew Academy ofIndianpolis. AAAA
Oct. 7, 2015 – “We had such an excitingmorning. First rain in Israel and first timeputting on tefillin for our son, Josh. Sospecial to be able to celebrate this milestone at the Kotel.” said KathyFrankel, who took the photo. L-R: Josh’sbrother, Jeremy, Dr. Allon Friedman (visitingfrom Carmel, Ind.), Josh, and (father) Dr.Steven Frankel.
The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh(www.thejewishchronicle.net) had thisphoto on the cover of their Aug. 27, 2015edition with the caption: “Play Ball! RabbiBryna Milkow of Temple Ohav Shalomthrows out the first pitch at the Pirates’Jewish Heritage Night at PNC Park lastweek.” Rabbi Bryna Milkow’s first positionafter graduating HUC-JIR in Los Angeleswas with Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation(IHC) and the Indianapolis Indians are aminor league, AAA farm team for thePittsburgh Pirates. (The photo is reprintedwith permission from both them and thenewspaper.) ~ After an almost yearlongsearch, in July 2013, Temple Ohav Shalomhired Rabbi Milkow to serve the AllisonPark congregation of 176 families. Beforethat she was a congregational rabbi at EtzHayim, an 80-family Reform congregationin Derry, N.H., about an hour from herhometown of Boston. She got her start asassistant rabbi at IHC from 2006–2010.
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Jordan, Bill Walton, Pete Rose, Bill Walsh,Peyton and Eli Manning, Brett Favre, JohnMadden, Howard Cosell, Cris Collinsworth,and many, many more. Sponsored byIsrael Bonds.
International Tracing Service –Group Lecture
Sun., Nov. 15, from 2 – 4 p.m., at theEugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana HistoryCenter, 450 W Ohio St., Indianapolis,46202. The International Tracing Servicewas set up after World War II to help |survivors of Nazi Germany find their families. It is still helping to reunite survivors. This is your opportunity to hearabout the service in general at the IndianaHistory Center and to also schedule anindividual consultation at the JCC.
For more info call 317-232-1882 or visitwww.indianahistory.org. Tickets are $12/non-member, $9/IHS and JCC member.
Hadassah Book ClubMon., Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. The book is
Between Friends by Amos Oz. Hostess isMarsha Rauscher and Facilitator isJennifer Berday. Dec. 20 – All the Light WeCannot See by Anthony Doer and Jan. 17 –The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. Formore info or to RSVP contact HelaineHerman at [email protected] or theHadassah office at 475-4278. Officeadministrator is Leslie Barrick and heroffice hours are Mon., Wed., and Fri., from9 a.m.–2 p.m. AAAA
performance incorporates music, video,and spoken word to shed light on what it’slike to age in today’s world and dispelstereotypes about aging.
Recipient of the 2015 Spirit & PlaceAward, a $20,000 award sponsored by theCentral Indiana Senior Fund, an affiliate of the Central Indiana CommunityFoundation. Additional support providedby The Penrod Society, Ltd. Both perform-ances are free Spirit & Place events.
Second Sunday Concerts at IHC(Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation)
Sun., Nov. 8, at IHC, at 2 p.m., PeggyReich, piano will perform, “TravesiaMusical”. Free and open to the public. Formore info call 255-6647.
Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage:Folktales, Legends & Letters
Mon., Nov. 9, at 7 p.m., in the LaikinAuditorium of the Arthur M. Glick JCC.Join Rabbi Sandy E. Sasso and renownedstoryteller Peninnah Schram as they discuss their new book, a treasury of talesthat speaks to love’s blessing and chal-lenge. They will share powerful stories,from Biblical times to the present, aboutfaith and love, even in times of heartbreak.Some of the stories and letters are frompeople you may know here inIndianapolis! You won’t want to miss thisengaging and heart-warming evening. Co-sponsored by The Alan and Linda CohenCenter for Jewish Learning and Living atBeth-El Zedeck and the JCC Ann KatzFestival of Books & Arts. (See a review oftheir book on page IN 10.)
Author Jon Wertheim at Ann KatzFestival of Books and Arts
Tues, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Arthur M.Glick JCC. An evening with SportsIllustrated executive editor and Indiananative, Jon Wertheim, one of the mostaccomplished sports journalists inAmerica. He’ll talk about his wide range of experiences and his new book, whichhe co-wrote with Al Michaels, legendarysportscaster and the play-by-play voice ofNBC’s Sunday Night Football.
In this highly entertaining and insightfulmemoir, one of television’s most respectedbroadcasters interweaves the story of hislife and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events andfascinating figures in modern sports.
You Can’t Make This Up shares never-before-told stories from Michaels’ earlyyears and his rise to the top, coveringsome of the greatest moments of the pasthalf century – from the “Miracle on Ice” –the historic 1980 Olympic hockey finals –to the earthquake that rocked the 1989World Series. Some of the greatest nameson and off the field are here – Michael
RSVP by Oct. 25. For more info contactLisa Weinstock at [email protected] or 312-558-9415.
Eva Kor: Remembering (and forgiving) the Holocaust
Tues., Nov. 3, from 7–8:30 p.m., atUniversity of Indianapolis KrannertMemorial Library, 1400 E Hanna Ave,Indianapolis 46227. Eva Mozes Kor is asurvivor of the Holocaust who, with hertwin sister Miriam, was subjected to humanexperimentation under Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. How could she possibly forgive? Kor received international atten-tion when she publicly forgave the Nazisfor what had been done to her. This storywas later explored in the documentaryForgiving Dr. Mengele. Sponsored byCenter for Interfaith Cooperation. Formore info contact Lang Brownlee [email protected] or 317-788-3382.
Wrestling with the InfiniteSat., Nov. 7, at 12:30 p.m. at the
Artsgarden in the Circle Center Mall, 110W. Washington Street, for a special Spirit& Place event. Enjoy an afternoon of art,music, poetry, and dance inspired by theBiblical stories of Jacob’s dreams. Analliance of poets, musicians, dancers, andvisual artists will join together to turn theArtsgarden into a vast “dreamscape” withmusic and spoken words, art installations,and movement. Select artists from the“Religion, Spirituality & the Arts”seminar,a program of Butler University andChristian Theological Seminary anddirected by Rabbi Sandy E. Sasso, willengage the public with interactive displaysand performances in a dream-like space.This program is presented by The Alan &Linda Cohen Center for Jewish Learning and Living at Congregation Beth-El Zedeckwith support from the Arts Council ofIndianapolis, Castleton United MethodistChurch, Northminster Presbyterian Church,and Unitarian Universalist Church ofIndianapolis. For more info contactJennifer Hodes 317-253-3441, ext. 2 [email protected].
The Choreography of Dreamsby Dance Kaleidoscope
Sun., Nov. 8, two performances at 10a.m. and 1:30 p.m., at the JCC. An award-winning collaboration between the JCC ofIndianapolis, Dance Kaleidoscope, JewishFamily Services at the Albert & SaraReuben Senior and Community ResourceCenter, and the Indiana Writers Centerfeaturing five unique video stories as relatedby community elders and interpreted by Dance Kaleidoscope dancers. The
For additional events and to RSVP forthese, please call Janet 251-8881 unless stated otherwise.
Civic Theatre: The Game’s AfootThurs. Oct. 22 at 5:15 p.m. It is
December 1936 and Broadway StarWilliam Gillette, admired the world overfor his leading role in the play SherlockHolmes, has invited his fellow cast-members to his Connecticut estate for aweekend of revelry. But when one of theguests is stabbed to death the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrorsquickly turns dangerous. Then it’s up toGillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to trackdown the killer before the next victimappears. $7 transportation.
Purdue Varsity Glee Club atWarren Performing Arts Center
Sun. Oct. 25, leave the JCC at 2:45 p.m. With integrity, passion, unparalleledshowmanship and attention to every
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heavily German-accented English. Morewords sealed in my memory.
As a physician affiliated with St. Anthony’s Hospital in Terre Haute, andas a 1937 German-Jewish refugee whoserecommendation from the MotherSuperior of the Catholic Hospital ofCologne, Germany, helped him obtain aninternship at St. Elizabeth Hospital inLafayette, Ind., Dad had a lifelong interestin Catholic-Jewish relations. His internshipat “St. E’s” enabled him to become alicensed physician in his adopted home-land, the United States of America. Heinstilled in all of his three children that theU.S. was the best country in the world.
In 1985, Dad accompanied some of hisCatholic clergy friends from St. Anthony’sto South Bend, Ind., to attend a 20-yearretrospective of the Second VaticanCouncil, “Vatican II (1962–65),” at theUniversity of Notre Dame. Dad was notinterested in the changes in Catholic liturgy, but in Nostra Aetate, the initiativethat resulted in a seismic shift in Jewish-Catholic relations.
Nostra Aetate, signed on Oct. 28, 1965 atVatican II, is “Latin for ‘In Our Time,’ a document that revolutionized the CatholicChurch’s approach to Jews and Judaismafter nearly 2,000 years of pain and sorrow,”according to the Anti-Defamation Leaguewebsite, http://archive.adl.org/main_interfaith/nostra_aetate_whatisit.html#.VhFY0ysS11Q.
Specific provisions included repudiating“the centuries-old ‘deicide’ charge againstall Jews, [stressing] the religious bondshared by Jews and Catholics, [reaffirming]the eternal covenant between God andthe People of Israel, and [dismissing]church interest in trying to baptize Jews.”The biggest change, removing the deicidecharge, meant that the Church would nolonger teach that Jews were responsible forthe death of Jesus. (Tell that to Mel Gibson.)
Dad informed me about the interestingresults he learned from attending the con-ference at the University of Notre Dame,20 years after the signing of Nostra Aetate.One finding: academic nuns and priestsknow about the teachings of NostraAetate, but such teachings had not filtereddown to the parish level of catechism.
Flash forward 30 more years. On Sept. 9,2015, I attended a 50-year retrospective ofNostra Aetate at the Jesuit-run Universityof San Francisco (USF), where I,coincidentally, completed my doctorate 24 years earlier. The campus, cleaner,better landscaped, and with several newbuildings, had changed enormously sinceI was a grad student.
The interfaith Anniversary Program atUSF, celebrating Nostra Aetate, began witha prayer by a Buddhist priest. NostraAetate defined the “interior journey to the
heart.” It commemorated the spirit andcelebrated “our oneness and wholenessthat transcends” superficial differences.Nostra Aetate changed not only relation-ships between Catholics and Jews but alsobetween Catholics and all other religions.
In his welcome, Father Paul Fitzgerald,president of USF, cited Swiss theologianHans Küng, “There can be no peaceamong the nations until there is peaceamong the religions.”Tell that to ISIS – theviolent fundamentalist Islamic regime currently beheading Christians and allother “non-believers” in the MiddleEastern territories under its control.
The gathering at USF of about 50 students,faculty, and campus and community religious leaders, celebrated 50 years ofinterreligious dialogue and collaboration,a direct outgrowth of the changes resultingfrom Nostra Aetate. The Joan and RalphLane Center for Catholic Studies andSocial Thought sponsored the event.
Father James Hanvey, S.J. of theUniversity of Oxford and former visitingprofessor of theology at USF, summed upkey characteristics of Nostra Aetate. Thefollowing paraphrased snippets do not dojustice to his scholarly analysis; I translatedhis profundity into PowerPoint-like bulletpoints, for the sake of brevity in this space.
Nostra Aetate represents not a loss ofChurch identity, but a deepening of iden-tity. There is a fundamental image ofhumanity in all religions – the fundamentalconditions of humanity do not change.Nostra Aetate gave us the courage tochange; it calls for a generosity of spirit,asking us to focus on the greatness ofGod, not to be imprisoned by limitationsof our own religious vision.
Father Hanvey elucidated five principleswith which the Church must still grapple,first, the realization that difference is not a
HolocaustEducatorREVIEWED BY MIRIAM L. ZIMMERMAN
Her eyes, now etched in my memory,conveyed fear, embarrassment, andextreme discomfort. “My priest told methat if I stepped foot in a synagogue, that Iwould go straight to hell when I died,”herwords that reverberated in my brain forover 50 years matched her eyes.
It was before the days of the mega b’naimitzvah parties. In small town Indiana,mothers and their friends catered thereception after the ceremony. At least, thatwas my experience in Terre Haute, Ind., atmy 1959 bat mitzvah. It was important thatmy mother, z”l, know how many guests toexpect, so that she could plan how muchto augment from the local bakery.
Mother asked me many times to findout from Gloria, my only Catholic friendgrowing up, if she would be attending mybat mitzvah. Gloria’s family could notafford the private school tuition of thelocal Catholic high school, which almostall of the Catholic kids attended, and sohad to matriculate at the public WileyHigh School, along with the less thanfaithful, such as me. At that time, we weregood friends.
Confronting a close friend on such anissue, an implicit criticism for being thelast to RSVP, was not something this 12-year-old found easy to do. When I finallysummoned the psychic energy to ask, shelooked at me with that stricken face andarticulated those words that would echo inmy brain for a lifetime. Sadly, neither of ushad the tools to deal with such a statement.We drifted apart after that.
Flash forward six years. I was a junior atNorthwestern University in the fall of1965. A phone call from Dad, z”l, caughtme off guard. He asked me if I had heardof the sweeping changes undergoing theRoman Catholic Church. I had not.
He explained that the Catholic Churchno longer believed that the Jews killedJesus; it was no longer official Catholicteaching. “If that had happened before,there would never have been theHolocaust,”he proclaimed excitedly, in his
Celebrating 50 yearsof Nostra Aetate –seismic shift inJewish-Catholicrelations
Miriam Zimmerman in front of the GleesonLibrary at the University of San Francisco.
October 21, 2015 The Jewish Post & Opinion – IN 9the delicious Mediterranean lunch andtalk about why we were there and ourthoughts about diversity.
Student leaders, including representativesfrom the Hillel chapter at San FranciscoState University and the Jewish StudentOrganization at USF also made brief comments. A video portrayed USF campus leaders talking about diversityand their involvement in their respectiveorganizations. Some of those campusleaders were in attendance and gave con-cluding remarks. It was a well-organizedand efficient program, celebrating 50 yearsof interfaith dialogue. I was delighted Ihad trekked to San Francisco to attend.
Father Hanvey graciously spoke withme privately after the USF program andfilled in a great many of my informationgaps. I told him of my Dad’s conclusionthat without the charge of deicide, theHolocaust would not have happened. Heshook his head dismissively at such athought. Did the good Father not knowhow much the “Jew as Christ-killer”figured in Christian art and liturgythroughout the centuries and that the Nazisused such images in their propaganda liberally and extensively? The Nazis builton images and prejudices that the Churchinstilled for 2,000 years. There was a direneed for Nostra Aetate, “which brought the Church from the 13th to the 16thCentury,” as one of the panelists said,tongue-in-cheek, to correct such injustice.
A celebration of Nostra Aetate that I willnot be able to attend is the 2015 EthelLeFrak Holocaust Education Conference atSeton Hill University’s National CatholicCenter for Holocaust Education (NCCHE),October 25–27. The title of this year’s conference, “The Holocaust and NostraAetate: Toward a Greater Understanding”stimulated the same brain neurons thatmotivated me to attend the USF program.Unfortunately, a competing mediationconference in Washington, DC, precludesmy attending this important conference.
At the NCCHE conference, I am sure I would be able to find a scholar to corroborate my Dad’s observation aboutthe connection between the deicidecharge and the Holocaust. I thought ofGloria’s priest and wondered when helearned that it would have been okay forGloria to attend my bat mitzvah. In smalltown Indiana, it would probably takelonger for the Church to enter moderntimes. I hope that the theological changesin the Catholic Church wrought by NostraAetate has made it more difficult forpriests to prohibit any Catholic child fromentering a synagogue, in Terre Haute, Ind.,or anywhere else in the world. This isindeed, good news for those interested inJewish-Catholic relationships.
threat but a gift and the need to rejectprejudice and the violence prejudiceengenders. (Tell that to Donald Trump.)
Second, the Church cannot be theChurch if it renounces Judaism.
Third, interfaith dialogue should not bepolitical, but created out of love. Dialoguegives space for people to speak as they are,reveal their space with God. Dialogue is acommitment to transform ourselves.
Fourth, religion stands for humanity’sneed to have a profound respect for allhuman life and creation. Nostra Aetate isas timely today, in reference to Jewish-Muslim relations, as it was in 1965. Finally,there is a need for religious freedom, bestexpressed by [this writer’s favorite pope]Pope John Paul II in Albania,“Freedom ofReligion is a safeguard against all forms oftotalitarianism.”
The Jesuit priest concluded his commentsby citing how the current pope, PopeFrancis, sees all this. Father Hanvey referenced those who make a pilgrimageto Jerusalem, as did Pope Francis. A pilgrim is a person who starts out poor; it is how Abraham lived. This is how we should all live,“Before the mystery ofGod, we are all poor.”
The program celebrated diversity. Twowomen spoke, representing non-Catholicreligions, Muslim and Jewish. Long-timeinterfaith activist, now retired, Rita Semelreported what the Archbishop said to herin 1965 when he called to plan with her hisannouncement of the signing of NostraAetate at the then Temple Emanu-El in SanFrancisco: “You bring the flyers; I’ll bringthe nuns.”
Rabbi Jonathan Singer, senior rabbi atnow Congregation Emanu-El, joined thewomen at the podium to speak. The audience became participants as we weregiven time at our respective tables to eat
Father James Hanvey, S.J. of the Universityof Oxford.
In the past month we have been sufferingfrom a wave of terror. Many innocent people were murdered, and many morewere injured. I asked myself: “What can Ido to help?”I can’t patrol the streets. I am65 years old, and haven’t held a gun forover 25 years, since I last served in theIsraeli army. Here are some ideas thatcame to my mind.
We can pray to Hashem (G-d) to protectus. We can pray for our complete and final redemption. At that time, in the eraof Moshiach (Messiah), there will be nomore terror, no more war, no more evil in any form.
We believe that the Lubavitcher Rebbeis Moshiach. We are now in the beginningof the final redemption. It is really happening! However, though many goodthings have already happened, there is stillmuch suffering. We cry out to Hashem: “Admausai? (How long do we have to wait?)”
In addition to praying, there is muchthat we can do. Every Mitzvah that we dospeeds up the process of our redemptionby increasing good in the world. It makes the world a better place. Love your neighbor, be nice to him, do whatyou can to help those in need.
Hashem gave us the Torah. The Torahis the wisdom of Hashem. When we learn Torah, we unite ourselves withHashem’s wisdom. In the Torah are 613 commandments, (Mitzvahs). TheseMitzvahs are the will of Hashem. When wefulfill these Mitzvahs, we bring Hashem’swill down into this world.
Now it is especially important to learnChassidus, the inner meaning of the Torah.This will help us to overcome the difficultiesthat we face, and the hard times that weare going through.
I look around and I see a lot of good. Isee the majority of the population of theworld trying to lead good lives, to bringpeace to the world, to help the poor, thesick, the hungry. I see more and more people who believe in Hashem and try tofollow His commandments.
However, there is still some terror. Infact, each of us has a little terrorist, a littledevil inside. In Hebrew he is called the yetzer hara, the evil influence. Whenever I start to say my daily prayers, he sends all kinds of interesting and importantthoughts into my mind, to distract me fromthinking about the words of the prayers.
This little terrorist is very clever, and amaster of disguise. In extreme cases he
BY RABBI BENZION COHEN
Chassidic Rabbi
Hard Times
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Schram includes letters written by her fatherto her mother in 1930. Schram discoveredthem in her parents’ Connecticut homeand translated the Yiddish herself.
Contemporary love stories make up thefourth section of the book, which openswith Rabbi Sasso’s own story. She narratesin the present tense, which invites thereader into the delightful story of hercourtship with her fellow rabbinical student, Dennis Sasso. This section of thebook ends with an intriguing and uniquepiece, Sukkat Shalom: A Micrographic LoveStory, by Sonia Gordon-Walinsky. Like agraphic novel, but compressed, it consistsof five stunning illustrations that tell a lovestory in the context of the liturgy of the hakafot (circles we make around thesynagogue with the Torah throughoutSukkot, climaxing on Simchat Torah). Theinked figures in each drawing, exceedinglycomplex, are formed wholly by theHebrew prayers.
The fifth and final section of the book isa guide on how to write your own lovestory, one that you can pass along to yourchildren or other family members.
Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage is amust-have addition for any Jewish library,
There’s nothinglike a love story
Take a look at your parents’ weddingportraits. Those evocative photographscapture that moment in time when thefuture held all possibilities. You mightremember stories your parents told youabout their early lives. You might imaginewhat their lives were like during theircourtship. Of all the stories we tell, there’snothing like a love story.
Rabbi Sandy Sasso enlisted her friend,Peninnah Schram, to help in her search forJewish love stories when Sasso’s daughter,Debbie, became engaged. They collectedstories, added Debbie’s story, and printedit all in a pamphlet to use at the aufruf(when the groom, and in non-Orthodoxcongregations, the bride are called to the Torah on the Shabbat preceding theirwedding). This pamphlet served as theseed for RabbiSandy Sasso andPeninnah Schram’snew book, JewishStories of Love andMarriage.
I had no idea theJewish traditionheld such a wealthof love stories.The authors dividethe book into fivesections. The firstconsists of biblical and rabbinic love stories, and begins with a story written byHoward Schwartz, The Very First Wedding,that describes the marriage ceremony of Adam and Eve. In this part of the bookwe also read about the nuptials of ourmatriarchs and patriarchs. One of thepieces at the end of the section describesthe coming together of Rabbi Akiva andhis wife, Rachel.
Folk tales, which make up the secondsection of the book, are by nature entrancingand fanciful and those in this collectionare no exception. Jonathan and theScorpion begins as a different kind of lovestory: one of two sons’love for their father.The story, which includes talking animalswho grant wishes, a royal wedding, and aJewish community in peril, ends with ourhero, Jonathan, marrying the deceasedking’s widow and saving the Jews.
The third section is a collection of loveletters of historical personalities. The lastentry, titled, You Found Your Way to MyHeart, left me verklempt. Here Peninnah
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The magic of social media has made itpossible for Gloria and I to resume afriendship interrupted for 50 years by pre-Nostra Aetate attitudes about Jews.A few years ago, we became friends onFacebook where she has “liked” and commented on pictures of my grandchildren.
Although not about Nostra Aetate, Iwould like to conclude this column with amention of a ceremony at my own NotreDame de Namur University, in celebrationof diversity and interfaith dialogue. I wasasked to represent Judaism, in prayer. Youcan read my prayer at the following link:
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can convince us that it is right to committerrible crimes. He pretends that he is aprophet, and convinces people that theircrimes are holy, or at least justified.
In Russia he convinced millions not tobelieve in Hashem, and that religion is theopiate of the masses. This brought abouthorrible suffering and death to about 50million innocent citizens.
What can we do? How can we over-come our own private little terrorist? Welearn in Chassidus about the forces of goodthat we have inside of us. We learn aboutour G-dly soul. Just as Hashem is infinite,so also our G-dly soul, which is a portionof Hashem, has unlimited power to dogood. We learn about all of the temptationsand tricks of our evil side, and how toovercome them.
We believe that Hashem is good. If so,why did He create evil? And why did heput evil in each of us? This, and manyother questions are answered in a veryspecial book called Tanya.
This is what each of us can do to eliminate terror forever. We can learn how to overcome our own little terrorist,who stops us from learning Torah anddoing Mitzvahs. Then we will succeed inlearning Torah and doing Mitzvahs tobring Moshiach now!
Rabbi Cohen lives in K’far Chabad, Israel.He can be reached at [email protected]. AAAA
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Dr. Zimmerman is professor emerita atNotre Dame de Namur University (NDNU)in Belmont, Calif., where she continues toteach the Holocaust course. She can bereached at [email protected]. AAAA
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ObituariesPatricia J. Linderman, age 93, passed
away Sept. 24, 2015. She was born Sept.12, 1922, in Indianapolis to the late Harryand Gertrude Jackson. Patricia graduatedfrom Shortridge High School in 1939where she excelled in sports. After attend-ing Indiana University, Patricia worked asFinancial Director at Sigma Delta Tau for25 years during which time she becameNational President of the sorority.
Other memberships include NationalCouncil of Sigma Delta Tau board member,former President of the IndianapolisHebrew Congregation (IHC) Sisterhood,president of the Indianapolis Chapter ofBrandeis University Women, President ofIndianapolis Golf Association, and BoardMember of National Council of JewishWomen. She enjoyed playing golf, bridgeand reading the latest novels.
Survivors include her loving children,Nancy Felsher, Dr. Richard (Jane)Linderman, Dr. James Linderman; sister,Joan Stoner; and grandchildren, Heatherand Rebecca Shoemaker, Adam, Ben, Gregand Sara Linderman. She was preceded indeath by her beloved husband, Irving E.Linderman, of 70 years of marriage.
The family would like to thank the nurses
member of Congregation Beth-El Zedeckand a Life Member of Hadassah.
Julie was a manufacturer’s representativewith the Chicago firm of Duncan & Co.,selling over one hundred lines throughoutIndiana. An avid crossword puzzle solver,Julie was independent, highly intelligentand an excellent conversationalist, alwaysavailable with sound advice for her familyand friends. She was generous of natureand an animal lover (especially her horse,Lady Baltimore and, her favorite dog,Parnelli). Julie possessed numerous closefriends to whom she was loyal throughouther life. Julie will be fondly rememberedand sorely missed.
Julie is survived by her husband,Stephen; daughters, Allison Hochmanand Claire (Chris) Hochman-Heffner; andsister, Diane Burnett. Special thank-yousto Julie’s angelic Community North’sHospice caregivers, including Angela,Kristin, Melissa Hill, Tammy and Jackie.Soon, Julie will be carried by mountainwinds and soar with golden eagles.Arrangements entrusted to A.R.N. Funeral& Cremation Services, Max Nelson and Jennifer Nelson Williams. Online condolences: www.arnmortuary.com.
Bernard Weiner, 96, of Noblesville
and aides at Marquette for their kindnessand attentiveness. A funeral service tookplace on Sept. 29 at Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Mortuary. Burial followed at IHCCemetery South.
Julie Wilson Hochman, 73, passedpeacefully on Sept. 26, oflung cancer. She was bornin Pine Bluff, Ark on Aug.13, 1942. Lovingly wel-coming Julie on the otherside are her mother andfather, Helen and WoodyWilson and her Dandie Dimont terrier,Parnelli J. DoWell. Julie attended NorthCentral High School and IndianaUniversity. Under contract with RCA, Juliewas a singer with the trio, the Deb-Tonesand counted fellow recording artists likethe Everly Brothers as friends. The Deb-Tones appeared on the LawrenceWelk and Patti Page Shows. They alsotoured Iceland and Greenland with theUSO and the Indiana Belles.
Julie was a sale associate with Wasson’s,a Girl Scout Leader and made deliciousfried chicken and potato salad. Julie wasthe Regional Chairman for two years forthe March of Dimes, coached softball atAllisonville Little League, and was anaccomplished swimmer. Julie was a (see Obituaries, page IN 13)
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Rabbi Sue Laikin Silberberg is theDirector of Hillel at Indiana University,Bloomington. She grew up in Indianapolisand graduated from Indiana Universitywith a Bachelor of SocialWork degree. She attendedthe ReconstructionistRabbinical College andwas ordained in 1988.While she was a student,she was the Hillel Directorat the University ofDelaware. She spent one year in Israel andreturned to the United States to becomethe Executive Director of the Helene G.Simon Hillel Center at Indiana Universityin August of 1989. She loves IU Hillel andthe students there, and is committed topromoting diversity on campus. Shehelped to found Bloomington United,a grassroots community organization dedicated to building diversity and
Hoosier Reunion in Israel A delightfuland meaningful gathering was held at theHoosier-Israeli reunion on Oct. 11 at thehome of Cyrelle Simon in Jerusalem.Participants shared “d’vrei Torah”, memo-ries of Indiana and enjoyed some heartylaughter. At least five rabbis were presentincluding Benzion Cohen, Tzvi Leshem,Rashi Simon, Hillel Simon, and RonaldGray and his wife, Rachel who came toIndy in 1970 to serve Congregation B’naiTorah. ~ The most senior member of ourgathering was Harry Goldstein who wasborn and raised in Indy until making“aliyah” eight years ago. Mona Blumberg
compiled a list of streets, shuls, culturalsites and other places of interest inIndianapolis. Harry added a few more“shtiblach” (small shuls) which existedyears ago. ~ Names of some of the attendees included Sharon Weiss, Yehuditand Eddie Epstein, Chayim and AliceWeissman, Ronit Simon Comrov, ShiraSimon Pollack, Shabtai and YehuditHerman, Scott Bornstein, Susie Jacobsand Rephael Blumberg. Everyone enjoyedthe meaningful and personal memories,camaraderie and good spirits that flowedthroughout the evening. Co-chairs wereYehudit Epstein and Cyrelle Simon. AAAA
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detail, the men of the Purdue Varsity GleeClub have proudly served as ambassadorsof the university with honor and dignity formore than 115 years. $35 transportationand show.
Plant Club – Rusted WindowFloral Demonstration
Mon. Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. We are meetingat the Rusted Window, 99 E. Carmel Dr., toview demonstration of flower arranging.Everyone attending will receive some-thing to take home. Lunch is following atMuldoons, your expense, 111 W. Main St.Both locations are in Carmel. No van service, car pools can be arranged. Cost fordemonstration is $10.
Carmel Community Players –Lights, Camera, Cabaret
Thurs., Nov. 5, leave JCC at 6:15 p.m.,$10 for transportation, show is free.
Veterans Day Concert –Indianapolis Municipal Band
Sun., Nov. 8, leave JCC at 2 p.m. Theconcert is being performed at the IndianaState Museum. $10 for transportation.Concert is free.
not to mention the perfect gift for anyJewish engagement or wedding. On thefirst page of the book the authors pose aquestion about love stories: “How do wehold onto what is precious and unrepeat-able once it is gone?” By the end of thebook they answer the question by writingthat their love story collection is only abeginning.“It is incomplete without yourfamily’s stories and your own.”
Buy the book. Read the book. Then take the authors’advice and pen your ownfamily’s love story.
The two authors will present this book inthe Laikin Auditorium at the JCC onNov. 9at 7 p.m., an event of the Ann Katz Festivalof Books and Arts.
Susan Lerner is a freelance writer livingin Indianapolis. She is working towards anMFA in Creative Writing and posts bookreviews at http://booklerner.blogspot.com. AAAA
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passed away Oct. 2. He was born April 7,1919. He was a WW II Veteran, US Navyand a Biochemist for the USDA. Bernard issurvived by his children, Joseph Weiner(Debra), Deborah Goldfarb (Ben), sixgrandchildren and Rev. Bruce and Mrs.Deborah Weiman. Funeral services wereheld graveside on Oct. 6, at CongregationBeth-El Zedeck North Cemetery.Memorial contributions may be made tothe Hospice of St Vincent’s, 8450 N. PayneRd. Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46268.Arrangements entrusted to Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Mortuary.
Barbara Opperman, 91, ofIndianapolis, passed away peacefully Oct.2. Born in Mt. Clemens Mich., Barbaraattended Miami of Ohio and was active inthe Democratic party of both South Bend,Ind., and Indianapolis. She devoted herlife to raising her 5 children, RichardFeldman, Jerry Feldman, DavidOpperman, Kim Opperman and LauraOpperman; 8 grandchildren; and 1 great-grandchild. She loved entertaining, eatinghot dogs at Costco, and perfected the artof making cinnamon rolls. A service toremember her was held at her daughter’shouse on Oct. 6. Arrangements entrustedto Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Mortuary.
Alla Kushinskaya, 70, peacefully left us on Oct. 3. A funeral service was heldgraveside Oct. 6, in the IndianapolisHebrew Congregation Cemetery North.(See full obituary at www.arnmortuary.comand in our November edition.) AAAA
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Holiday cooking with Katherine Matutes
Mon., Nov. 9 at the JCC at 11:30 a.m.We are going to have another wonderfullunch. Katherine will show us how to prepare delicious holiday treats. Cost isonly $5 for lunch.
Book ClubTues., Nov. 10 at the BJE at 10:30 a.m.
Call Monica Rosenfeld 255-3604 for additional info.
Mud Creek Theatre: A Funny ThingHappened on the Way to the Forum
Thurs., Nov. 12, leave JCC at 6 p.m.Roman slave, Pseudolus scheming his wayto freedom by playing matchmaker for hismaster’s son, Hero. What happens next?$10 transportation. Play is free.
Catch Me If You CanSat., Nov. 14, leave JCC at 1:30 p.m.
This musical is being presented by NorthCentral High School (NCHS) Theatre. It is based on the story of con artist FrankAbagnale (played by Joey Mervis). Thisplay is being performed at NCHS. $10transportation. Play is free. AAAA
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As I Heard ItBY MORTON GOLD
Accolades for this CDThere are times when I receive a CD to
review that causes me to renew my faith inthis business.
Most new CD’s are aimed at furtheringthe careers of this or that performer/enter-tainer.This one, called Cherished Moments:Songs of the JewishSpirit featuring a choral groupcalled “EssentialVoices USA” andconducted byJudith Clurmanlives up to its title.It is a marvelousCD with performances that are exceedinglywell done and the music of worth. Thereare 14 “cuts” in all and I will give my reaction to most of them. Aside from theartistic leadership of Ms. Clurman, creditmust also be given to Larry Hochman forhis intuitive and skillful arrangements.
No. 1: “Enosh”by Louis Lewandowski asarranged by Hochman for strings andclarinet. If every synagogue/temple choironly sounded like this one there would(should) be standing room only at services.There is an instantaneous feeling that one is in a Jewish house of worship andthe music here reflects the spirit of the textwhich appears as part of the High HolidayYizkor (Memorial) service. It is a shandeh(disgrace) that this master is for the mostpart only represented by his setting ofPsalm 150.
No. 2: “Oseh Shalom” by DebbieFriedman, arranged by Sally LambMcCune. See, it is possible to make a silkpurse out of a sow’s ear! Ms. Friedman isrightfully recognized as the foremost“leader of the folk revolution” thatemerged in temples in the wake of theVietnam War.
No. 3: “Set Me as a Seal”by Nico Muhly.The text is taken from the “Song of Songs”and is composed for chorus with pianoaccompaniment. My feeling is that thiswould be more appropriate in a concertsetting than at temple services. The performance however is superb but I confess that I was less enthusiastic aboutthe music.
No. 4: “V’erastich Li” by Ben Steinbergand arranged by Hochman. This is anexpressive and moving setting of this text,and the soloist, Michael Slattery sang itbeautifully.
No. 5: “M’chalkeil Chayim” by SolomonBraslavsky, arranged by Bruce Ruben forsolo violin and clarinet. While we wouldnot deliberately quote some text withoutcrediting the source, we regularly omitcrediting the composer. The greatest compliment we can bestow is to performhis music! I always thought that thismelody was by “Mr. Traditional”, and Ieven used it in my Yom Kippur Suite forwoodwind quintet. Braslavsky was theorganist and choir leader at TempleMishkhan Tefilah in Boston in the 1930sand 1940s. He was known as Professorthen, but this was more of a putdown thana compliment. This melody will be a livingmemorial to him, simple yet heartfelt andlovingly sung by the cantor and congrega-tion at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
No. 6: “Songs of Freedom: A Celebrationof Chanukah”. This is a series of Chanukahsongs wonderfully arranged by Hochman,Clurman and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Theperformances as well as the arrangementsare such that these alone are well worththe price of the CD! I particularly enjoyedthe performance of “Mi Y’maleil” withbaritone Ron Raines as soloist, as well asthe grand slam home run arrangement aswell as harmonization of “Maoz Tsur”.
No. 7: “Tzadik Katamar” by EmanuelKirchner, arranged by Hochman. Kirchner,the chief cantor in Munich was a favoritecomposer of Dr. Jacob Hohenemser (alsofrom Munich) whom I had the honor ofaccompanying while I was organist atTemple Emanu-el in Providence, R.I., in theearly 1960s.The arrangement as well as themoving performance by the choir is superb.
This review is getting a bit long in thetooth so I will summarize. I must commendHazzan Bruce Ruben both for his compo-sitions as well as for the performances ofthem. The music is beautiful and reflectsthe spirit of the respective texts, and the arrangement by Hochman only addsto these qualities. I wish that I could commend Paul Schoenfield for his settingof “Al Hanisim”, but I cannot. I felt that the overwhelming torrent of notes in the piano part made the entrance of thechorus seem like an afterthought.
The simple yet effective arrangement by Clurman of “Han’shama Lach” was a fitting conclusion to this disc. I believe that this disc is a significant contributionto the catalogue of Jewish music.
If this CD is any guide, Ms. JudithClurman is a skillful and experienced conductor. Her musicianship and knowl-edge of choral timbres find full range withher excellent chorus. The performances ofeach selection have to be recognized asthe platinum standard with which otherperformances will have to be judged.Yasher Koach.
This CD may be obtained at: P.O. Box
227, Boyce, VA 22620, www.SonoLuminus.com, [email protected],or a recording of it can be easily down-loaded from i-Tunes or Amazon.com.
Dr. Gold is a composer/conductor and amusic reviewer for the Post & Opinion. AAAA
“Everyone had a blast,” said new KIORegional Director, Jeff Linkon, about theBBYO MAR-KIO Fall Convention on Oct.9–11 in Carlinville, Ill. It brought togetherteens from KIO (Kentucky, Indiana &Ohio) and MAR (Mid-America Region,Missouri, Kansas & Nebraska) – photosopposite page. This was the first jointconvention of the two regions – an inter-national initiative of BBYO to bringtogether more teens. More than 230 teensin total between both regions attended.
The convention had four goals: Connect teens in another region; ExpandKnowledge of other regions’ successfulprogramming; Inspire teens to elevate the quality and interest in local chapterprogramming; and Increase Enthusiasmfor BBYO summer immersive programs.
New Indianapolis Israeli schlicha, InbarNadir, also accompanied the KIO group.She posted on Facebook on Oct. 12.“Thisweekend I had the opportunity to spendsome quality time with representatives ofour youth in a BBYO conference. Thoseteens are the future of our community,and what terrific future is ahead of us!”AAAA
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responding to incidents of hate. RabbiSue’s presentation will include a history ofHillel at Indiana University and changesin the organization over the years.
Chair of the IJHS Bicentennial Committee,Brandon Roger, will present the IJHS’splans for celebrating Indiana’s Bicentennial.IJHS board members will be available tocollect archival materials for the collectionsat the Indiana Historical Society. Pleasehave all documents and photos identifiedand in a protective envelope.
Reservations are required for the dairybrunch. Cost is $25 per person. Pleasesend your check to the IJHS, 6301Constitution Dr., Fort Wayne, IN 46804. Acheck must accompany all reservations.Please list the names of those attendingthe brunch. Reservations must be receivedby Oct. 23. For more information, contactthe Indiana Jewish Historical Society at260-459-6862 or [email protected]. AAAA
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Jeff Linkon (in the center above), regionaldirector of Kentucky, Indiana and OhioBBYO along with teens from Indianapolis,Dayton and Columbus returning homefrom their recent convention. ~ Indy teensincluded: Ari Atlas, Chava Bunes, EmmaCohen, Isabelle Connell, Noah Frankovitz,Sydney Glazier, Sarah Green, Cece Katz,Tahlia Korin, Rachel Lipofsky, Shaina Mann,Ryan Rubenstein, and Sylvia Siegel.
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