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Hungry and unfulfilled: Jewish

women struggle with their bodies
By Joanne Weintraub cream is practically a cultural touch-
On the one hand, there’s the stone and where the genetic predis-
grandmother who offers homemade position is not to resemble Heidi
knishes, blintzes, rugalach and the Klum, and Jewish women can find
adoring advice, “Ess, ess, mein themselves confused, depressed,
kind!” — ”Eat, eat my child!” resentful and sometimes even the
On the other, there’s the mother victims of serious eating disorders.
who sees you at the refrigerator door “Ours is a culture where food is
and warns, “Are you sure you’re used for all kinds of celebrations and
going to be able to fit into that dress gatherings, and none of these are
you bought for Cousin Traci’s wed- low-fat, low-carb kinds of foods,”
ding?” says Dr. Stacey Nye, a Mequon ther-
Add in the fact that these two apist who specializes in the field of
maternal figures are often the same eating disorders, body image,
person, and is it any wonder Jewish women’s issues, depression and anxi-
women have some issues about food ety.
and body image? Then there’s the traditional body
OK, it’s easy to blame Mom. The type of Eastern European Jewish
fact is, most women, Jewish or not, women, the ethnic group from
have a hard time balancing the lean, which most of American Jewis
lithe, willowy ideal with the reality descend.
of the (usually) rounder, softer body
they live in.
“It’s round, curvy, often with a big
nose and kinky hair,” says Nye, who
Add in a heritage where sour recently joined the staff of
Oconomowoc’s Rogers Memorial
Hospital as eating disorders program
specialist. “It’s not the Western ideal
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“wrong” their bodies are, and how
much they need to change them.
Nose jobs for Jewish teens have
become so common that many par-
ents don’t question them, Nye
notes. Judging one’s worth by the
size of one’s thighs is perceived as
perfectly ordinary.
Anorexia and bulimia
Mara Schulman knows well what
relentless self-judgment can lead to.
At 29, Schulman is in recovery from
years of eating disorders that includ-
ed both anorexia, which involves
compulsive self-starvation, and
bulimia, which is gorging on food Israeli serenade — Kinneret Mordoh, from the Israeli singing group
and then intentionally purging. Kolot, serenades a group of teenage girls during the Yom HaAtzmaut concert
on Monday, April 19 at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community
A longtime volunteer at the Center. The concert was part of a two-day celebration of Israel sponsored by
Harry & Rose Samson Family Jew- the JCC and the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Photo by Elana Kahn-Oren.
ish Community Center who now
works professionally at the JCC’s
Gan Ami preschool, Schulman is a
graduate of Nicolet High School New Catholic-Jewish center
and Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.
She’s a dark-eyed, lively woman
who speaks with warmth about her
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As a result, some Jewish women and Shari Sadek Family Camp In academia, it often happens
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Were American Jews silent
during the Holocaust?
By Leon Cohen
In the summer of 1956, teens at
the Reform movement’s Union
Institute camp (later renamed Olin
Sang Ruby Union Institute) in
Oconomowoc, Wis., published
their own literary magazine.
And while this magazine was
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Continued on page 21 that “If you have someone with a
particular passion or interest,” and
who has created a niche for it in
the institution, “when that person
retires or leaves, it ends.”
And as Richard Lux, Ph.D., said
in a telephone interview on April
18, he doesn’t want his “particular
passion and interest” to end when
he completes his 37-year tenure
this spring as professor of scripture
studies at Sacred Heart School of Richard Lux, Ph.D.
Theology (SHST).
Why should the Jewish commu- who changed the landscape of
nity care what happens at this Catholic-Jewish relations in Mil-

Catholic seminary that primarily waukee, it would be Richard Lux,”

filled with recollections of camp said Kathy Heilbronner, interim
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activities, the teens who wrote the
articles obviously felt haunted by
something else — the destruction
of European Jewry during World
War II; and they referred to it often.
New York University historian
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narians and 40 other students in
other programs?
Hasia Diner Because Lux’s “particular passion
and interest” for much of his career
has been Catholic-Jewish rela-
director of the Jewish Community
Relations Council of the Milwau-
kee Jewish Federation and long-
time co-chair of the Milwaukee
Catholic-Jewish Conference. “He
has been the quintessential bridge-

Hasia R. Diner mentioned and
quoted from this magazine at the
beginning of her 2009 book, “We
Remember with Reverence and
Love: American Jews and the Myth
of Silence after the Holocaust
1945-1962” (New York University
Press, 2009).
That magazine was just one item
in an abundance of evidence Diner
had uncovered showing that, con-
trary to a commonly believed myth,
during the first two decades after
World War II, Jews throughout the
United States were not indifferent
to, nor did they try to avoid or sup-
press discussion of, the Holocaust.
Indeed, as Diner said in a tele-
phone interview on April 16, “I
was pretty irritated, kind of
appalled, by the way other histori-
ans wrote about this subject”
because they made their claims
Continued on page 25
tions; and that has made him a sig-
nificant figure in the Milwaukee
Jewish community.
Both in his academic and his
community-service activities, Lux
has worked with Milwaukee Jewish
religious and interfaith leaders to
create what is one of the strongest
such interfaith community rela-
tionships in the entire country.
”If I had to point to one person
builder.”
But with his coming retirement,
Lux said, “I was afraid that what I
had done at the school” in this area
“would fall into a black hole.”
So with the help of several peo-
ple in the Jewish community, the
school is taking steps to continue
his work.
In March, the school announced
its plans to create the Lux Center
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Candlelighting Times What’s Nu?

Milwaukee Madison Green Bay Wausau Melrood receives tion and Development Corpora- join the National Young Leader-
lifetime award tion for Israel/Israel Bonds. He also ship Cabinet; and Susan Stern has
May 7 7:41 p.m. 7:47 p.m. 7:45 p.m. 7:53 p.m. Paul Melrood received the Life- serves as national chair of CLAL- been given the Ritual and Judaica
May 14 7:48 p.m. 7:54 p.m. 7:53 p.m. 8:01 p.m. time Yiddish Service Award from The National Jewish Center for portfolio of the National Young
the International Association of Learning and Leadership. Leadership Cabinet.
May 18 7:53 p.m. 7:59 p.m. 7:57 p.m. 8:05 p.m. Yiddish Clubs during its 13th con- In late April, Susan Stern trav-
May 19 9:04 p.m. 9:07 p.m. 9:08 p.m. 9:16 p.m. ference, held April 23-26 in San Menorah honors eled to Morocco on a cabinet mis-
Francisco. Rubinstein, Kahn sion.
May 21 7:56 p.m. 8:02 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:09 p.m. Temple Menorah will honor
President of the association
May 28 8:02 p.m. 8:08 p.m. 8:07 p.m. 8:16 p.m. since 2005, he is a native Yiddish Debby Rubinstein with its Woman Robins to sing
speaker and active member of Mil- of Valor Award and Irving Kahn National Anthem
waukee’s Yiddish Club, which is with its Leadership & Dedication Cantor Rebecca Robins of Con-
hosted by Congregation Shalom. Award at the synagogue’s Shabba- gregation Sinai will sing the
ton and Honors dinner on May 7. National Anthem at the May 16
The evening includes Shabbat
H AN D YMAN S E RVI C E Former Chronicle editor
wins UN reporting prize services at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7
p.m. For dinner reservations,
Milwaukee Brewers game versus
the Philadelphia Phillies.
Ruth Eglash, former assistant
Q UAL I T Y W O RK - A F F O RD AB L E R AT E S editor of The Wisconsin Jewish required by May 3, call the syna- Lerman honored for
Chronicle, has been named a co- gogue at 414-355-1120. social justice work
H O N E S T, R E L I AB L E S E RVI C E recipient of the X-Cultural Report- David Lerman received the Jack
R E S I D E N T I AL - C O MME RC I AL JCF awards $27,000 Rosenberg Award for lifetime com-
ing Award organized by the United in scholarships
Nations Alliance of Civilization mitment to social justice from the
The Jewish Community Foun-
and the International Center of Wisconsin Community Fund at its
STEFAN GENDELMAN dation awarded scholarships to 63
Journalists. local children to attend 18 differ- April 29 Milwaukee celebration.
Eglash, social affairs reporter at One of two local prosecutors
414-688-7732 The Jerusalem Post, and Jordanian
ent overnight camps this summer.
A total of $27,000 was awarded. who serve as restorative justice
journalist Hani Hazaimeh won the The JCF is the endowment coordinators for Milwaukee Public
award for their cross-border report- development program of the Mil- Schools, Lerman has conducted
ing on the dismal state of relations waukee Jewish Federation. trainings on the topic for the Israeli
between the two states. Ministry of Justice.
Locals rise to national
Gellman receives federation leadership Hochberg student center
Tikkun Olam award Several members of the local wins design award
Former Milwaukeean Larry community were chosen for The Barbara Hochberg Center
Gellman and his wife, Kristen, national positions with the federa- for Jewish Student Life at the Uni-
received the Tikkun Olam Award tion’s umbrella organization, the versity of Wisconsin-Madison will
from the Tucson Hebrew Acade- Jewish Federations of North Amer- receive the Future Landmark
my, where he has been board presi- ica. Award for Innovative New Design
dent for three years. Andrea Schneider was nominat- by the Madison Trust for Historic
Before moving to Arizona, Gell- ed to the board of directors of Preservation.
man was an active volunteer leader JFNA’s National Women’s Philan- The award will be given May 6
at the Milwaukee Jewish Day thropy; Phillip Katz and Henry at the Orpheum Theater in Madi-
School, Milwaukee Jewish Federa- “Trip” Stern have been invited to son.
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
WITS alumni
honor school
with new
Torah scroll
In celebration of its 30th
anniversary, Wisconsin Institute
for Torah Study will dedicate a
new Torah scroll on Sunday, May
23.
The scroll is being donated by
alumni Shua Ray and Nachy Sha-
bat, of the classes of 1992 and
1991, respectively. In addition to
fulfilling the commandment to
write a Torah scroll, the gift is “the
ultimate representation” of their
feelings of gratitude toward the
school’s rabbis, they wrote in a
fundraising letter.
Beginning at 11:15 a.m., WITS
alumni, students, staff and commu-
nity members will gather at 3238
N. Marietta Ave., where the last
five letters of the Torah will be
written. Accompanied by music
and dancing, they will then escort
the new scroll down Lake Drive
and into the school.
That afternoon, WITS will hold
a banquet celebrating the Torah
dedication and the school’s
anniversary at Hilton Milwaukee
City Center, 509 W. Wisconsin
Ave., in Milwaukee. The reception
will begin at 2:30 p.m., followed by
dinner at 3 p.m.
WITS opened in 1980 with 11
students. Classes were held in rent-
ed classrooms at Henry Clay
School in Whitefish Bay. Now in
its own building at 3288 N. Lake
Dr., in Milwaukee, the school now
has 130 students — 80 in the high
school program and 50 in the post-
high school program.
For information about the Torah
scroll or the event, contact alumni
director Rabbi Jay Hellman, 414-
963-9317, or witsemail@aol.com.
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Wisconsin
A woman’s view — Sherry Blumberg, Ph.D., (front row, second from
left) spoke at Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue Sisterhood’s April 12 program on
the topic, “Women and God.” Photo by Sandy Kaner.
Celebrating Over 31 Years and 3100 Families Served!
The Home Selling Team of
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According to the UW’s Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, the
institute will be the only such institute devoted to fostering an understand-
ing of the world of Yiddish through the arts.
The centerpiece of the new institute will be Mayrent’s collection of
Two Jews, Three Opinions:
6,000 78-rpm discs of Jewish music, which she plans to donate to UW-
Madison’s Mills Music Library. Inside American
Read an in-depth article about the new Yiddish institute in the June
issue of The Chronicle and Israeli Politics
War Veterans award
13 scholarships
The Morris R. Guten Auxiliary No. 487 of the Jewish War Veterans of
the USA will present 13 scholarships to high school graduates to use
toward their first year of college.
A ceremony will be held Sunday, May 16, 1:30 p.m., at Congregation
Beth Israel.
Recipients of $1,000 scholarships are: Natanya Russek, Dr. Paul and
Ann Guten Memorial Scholarship; Louis David Cooper, Nancy Lynn
Radbil Memorial Scholarship; Monica Ste. Marie, Bonnie Lynn Mechanic Professor Fred Lazin, Guest Scholar
Memorial Scholarship; Nathan Frazer, Harry Hecht and Family Memorial Faculty, Ben Gurion University
Scholarship.
Recipients of $500 scholarships are: Rebecca Katz, Barbara Stein Schol- of the Negev
arship; Jennifer Winston, Florence and Sammy Cohen Memorial Scholar- Visiting Scholar NYU
ship; Sharyn Graves, Walter W. Peltz Memorial Scholarship; Julia Irwin,
Zavik/Bubrick Memorial Award in honor of the marriage of Cheri and Rabbi Dudley Weinberg Memorial
Howard Bubrick; Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Michael Edwards, Zavik/Bubrick Memorial Award; Desmond
Rodriguez, Gary and Marcia Rose Scholarship; Halee Lynn Wilson and Friday, May 21
Jacob S. Levey, Morris R. Guten Auxiliary Scholarship; and Rachelle
Sophia Brick, Al Green Memorial, Erv Chudnow Memorial, Walter W. Dinner 6:00 pm
Shabbat Evening Service 7:30 pm
Peltz Memorial Scholarship.
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Arizona’s new law: Why we should care
By Elana Kahn-Oren
Three of my grandparents came
to this country seeking safety and a
second chance. They traveled, like
so many other immigrants from
Eastern Europe, crammed into
ships, thankful for the opportunity
to get out and surely fearful of the
vast unknown before them.
When they arrived in Milwau-
kee, they continued to speak Yid-
dish in their homes and lived in
neighborhoods populated by other
“greenehs,” new immigrants, and
extended family members.
This story is common. They
gave birth to children who spoke
without accents and married other
Americans, who made their way in
the world of Jell-O molds, Chevro-
lets, higher education and
respectable jobs.
Two generations later, I married
a man from Israel who became an
Lessons for Goldstone’s grandson
By Rabbi Laurie
Zimmerman
The fury over Richard Gold-
stone, the internationally
renowned judge and South African
Jew, has reached new levels. He has
canceled plans to attend his grand-
son’s upcoming bar mitzvah after
some South African Jews warned
that they would protest his pres-
ence at the Johannesburg syna-
gogue.
The United Nations-commis-
sioned Goldstone report detailed
the three-week war in Gaza in late
2008 and early 2009 and charged
that both Israel and Hamas delib-
erately targeted each other’s civil-
ian populations and committed
war crimes. Judge Goldstone was
condemned as a traitor to his peo-
ple and many in the organized Jew-
ish community shunned him for
issuing this report.
Nevertheless, many Jews were
appalled to learn that the South
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American immigrant. Our chil-
dren, like my parents, see the world
from two perspectives — as the
native and as the newcomer.
Our story is typical in the Unit-
ed States, a country built and pop-
ulated by immigrants. So inherent
is the ideal of sheltering newcom-
ers that it is immortalized at the
Statue of Liberty with Emma
Lazarus’ poem, “The New Colos-
sus,” which ends with the words:
Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to
breathe free,
Th e wre t c h e d re fuse o f yo ur
teeming shore.
Send th ese, th e h omeless, th e
tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside th e golden
door.
The nation has strayed far from
that ideal to SB 1070, Arizona’s
new immigration bill that was
Commentary
African
Zionist Fed-
eration is
threatening
to disrupt
Judge Gold-
stone’s grand-
son’s bar
mitzvah cere-
mony, and Rabbi Laurie
some who Zimmerman
vehemently
disagree with the Goldstone report
have publicly declared that the vit-
riol has gone too far.
The very notion that Jews would
protest a grandfather’s participa-
tion in or even presence at a bar
mitzvah is particularly distasteful.
It is one thing to critique Gold-
stone in the political arena; it is
something else to intrude into his
private affairs.
This incident, egregious as it
may be, did not emerge from a vac-
uum. It was borne of a climate in
the Jewish community that has
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
signed into As American Jews, we should
law April 23. find this particularly troubling. We
The law, must be alarmed by the notion of
which is sup-
Arizona police officers stopping
posed to take Latinos and asking, “Papers
effect 90 days please.”
after the leg- Not long ago, we were strangers
islative ses- in the U.S. Not long ago in
sion ends, Europe, Jews were forced to carry
requires that Elana Kahn-Oren identification papers and lived in
police check fear of being stopped or questioned.
the immigration status of anyone
suspected of being an illegal immi- This singling out of Jews in Europe
grant and makes failure to carry led to horrific end. What will
become of immigrants in this
immigration documents a state
crime. country?
Like European Jews in our recent
The law has been roundly con-
demned as a mandate to discrimi- past, will immigrants, legal and
nate on the basis of race and eth- not, be afraid as they shop, visit
nicity. If illegal immigrants are museums and eat in restaurants?
discovered, they are to be trans- Will they learn to distrust police
ferred immediately to the custody officers rather than depend on
of U.S. Immigration and Customs them for protection from real
Enforcement or Customs and Bor- harm?
der Protection. Continued on page 27
Quoted
One of the most important lessons I learned from
my grandfather is to always listen to your instincts
and stand up for what you know to be right. Even
when everyone around you is telling you you’re
wrong, listen to your gut. It was Tuvia’s strong con-
nection to his instincts that gave him the uncanny
ability to always know to do the right thing at the
right time, and this is what helped him to survive
and save so many lives. And thus he sought safety in
the woods. Many around him had difficulty under-
standing the realities; even people who had lost
entire families thought, “This won’t happen to me.”
Sharon Rennert, filmmaker and granddaughter of
Tuvia Bielski, who spoke April 15 on “Defiance:
The True Story” at an event sponsored by
Lubavitch of Wisconsin and the Nathan and
Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center,
a program of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s
Coalition for Jewish Learning.
become increasingly intolerant of a grandfather the joy of watching
dissent. Jews who dare to raise their his grandson read Torah? There is a
voices in critique of Israeli policy real cost to avoiding unpleasant-
are often disparaged as traitors and ness, and it not only affects the per-
self-hating Jews. They are told, sonal situation of Judge Goldstone
sometimes quite directly, that they and his family. It erodes our com-
are not welcome in our congrega- munal obligation to serve all Jews.
tions and community institutions. Closing a synagogue’s doors to a
While there used to be a wide
range of discourse on Israel in the Dissent and free
Jewish community, Jews with dis-
senting opinions have either cho- discourse
sen to silence themselves or leave
the community.
strengthen us as a
South African Bet Din head
Rabbi Moshe Kurstag, noting the
people
anger that many in the South
African Jewish community feel
towards Judge Goldstone, said that Jew because of his or her position
the agreement for him to stay away on Israel is destructive to our com-
“was quite sensible to avert all this munity.
unpleasantness.” Ignoring or isolating Jews who
Judge Goldstone’s presence in hold dissenting views allows us to
synagogue would certainly be surround ourselves with people
unpleasant for some. But to who agree with us, shield ourselves
encourage a fellow Jew to stay away from difficult questions, and avoid
from a family simchah? To deprive Continued on page 27
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
Jews must stay on
visionary Obama’s side
By Joshua Levine Grater
Pasadena, Calif. (JTA ) — When Presi-
dent Obama took office last year, our
country seemed to be teetering. Eight
years of war, monstrous deficit spending, a
breakdown of diplomacy, and a disdain for
science and civil liberties welcomed the
new president into office.
A mere 15 months later, our nation,
while by no means completely healed,
surely is on its way out of this dark period.
The economy is improving and jobs are
slowly beginning to return, stabilized by
the needed, albeit not popular, stimulus
package.
Doing the hard work that is needed in
government is often unpopular, but Presi-
dent Obama does it anyway, and his hard
work is paying off.
President Obama passed health care
reform, possibly the greatest domestic poli-
cy achievement in a generation. He is
standing up to the greed
and self-interest of Wall We would be wise movement, the feminist
Street. He supports a
woman’s right to choose
and successfully appointed
Justice Sonia Sotomayor perseverance when
to the Supreme Court.
He is committed to end-
ing the proliferation of
considering serious
nuclear weapons. He takes
global climate change
whether we should the
seriously. He values gov-
abandon the with
ernment transparency. He
is working to reintroduce
America into the world as president after only hope Sarah Palin will run
a partner for peace and
justice after eight years of
isolation on the world
stage.
And then there is Israel. President
Obama has committed himself to the Jew-
ish people by committing himself to work-
ing for a two-state solution to the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict. Has it gone smoothly
so far? Certainly not.
However, since all parties to the conflict
agree that there is no military solution,
President Obama, a statesman capable of
understanding nuance and complexity, is
precisely the kind of leader we need now.
He has surrounded himself with Middle
East experts, including many Jews, and is
listening to the American-Jewish commu-
nity, the majority of whom support a two-
state solution.
Battle for reform
American Jews overwhelmingly sup-
ported Obama in the 2008 election, and
the majority continues to support him
because his vision for our country — a
vision of inclusion, strength through
diplomacy, peace and providing for the
neediest among us — resonates deeply
with Jews.
The battle for reform and improvement,
Two Views
especially in the face
of fear and misinfor-
mation, is a long one
that requires persever-
ance. We would be
wise to embrace perse-
verance when consid-
ering whether we
should abandon the
president after only Rabbi Joshua
one year. Levine Grater
Ancient Jewish tra-
dition in Pirke Avot, the Ethics of our
Ancestors, teaches, “While we are not
called upon to finish the job, we are cer-
tainly called upon to never cease from try-
ing.” For Jews, this applies to the task of
building a nation that lives up to the
ideals of both our Jewish sages and our
American founders.
There are those who feel threatened by
the accomplishments of the past half cen-
tury in the civil rights
movement, the environ-
to embrace mental movement and the
gay rights movement.
They decry any effort by
government to address
problems like job-
lessness, health care and
environment. They
seek communities only
those who think and
believe as they do. These
are the political forces that
for president.
one year. With the challenges we
face, including the threat
of Iran to both the United States and
Israel, we need an American president
who is methodical, smart, courageous and
willing to do what is right even if it is not
popular.
We need a leader who understands the
workings of the world, has the respect of
the world and, when needed, can stand up
to the world.
Being U.S. president is more than ignor-
ing those with whom you disagree and
then attacking them if they do not capitu-
late. Being the president requires vision,
courage, perseverance and respect for
diversity.
The Jewish community knows that Pres-
ident Obama is this kind of leader, and we
should continue to support him in his
efforts to better our country and be a true
friend to Israel.
Rabbi Josh ua Levine Grater is th e spiri-
tual leader of th e Pasadena Jewish Temple
an d Ce n t e r an d se rv e s o n t h e n at i o n al
ad v i so ry b o ard o f J S t re e t . Th e v i e ws
e x p re sse d h e re are so l e l y t h o se o f t h e
wri t e r an d d o n o t re p re se n t an y o f t h e
organizations h e serves.
Connecting you to the Jewish world
Palin’s policies reflect
Americans’ spirit on Israel
By Benyamin Korn
Philadelphia (JTA) — The Obama
administration’s tilt against Israel, its tacit
acceptance of a nuclear-armed Iran and its
weak approach to combating Islamic terror-
ism all pose a direct challenge to Jewish
Americans.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has
described the “Obama doctrine” in U.S. for-
eign policy as “coddling our enemies while
alienating allies.” Palin has emerged as the
leading public voice in opposition to Presi-
dent Obama’s dangerous new direction.
For these reasons, my colleagues and I are
launching a national organization of Jewish
Americans for Sarah Palin, supported by the
new Web site JewsforSarah.com — Home
Page for Jewish Independents.
JASP is comprised of academic, religious
and community leaders who are dedicated to
promoting consideration of Palin’s policy
positions in the wider American Jewish
community. We are uncon-
nected to any political Palin has emerged page ads in major American
campaign or fund-raising
organization.
as
We find Palin’s positions
on Israel, Iran, national
security, fiscal responsibili- public voice in U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieber-
ty, energy and social policy
— as well as her record on
opposition
these issues as governor of
Alaska and candidate for
vice president of the Unit- President Obama’s characterized the presi-
ed States — to be serious,
substantive and politically dangerous new itant
mainstream.
Though not at present a
candidate for any office,
Palin’s track record in pub-
lic office has been exemplary and has with-
stood the test of the most demanding scruti-
ny of investigative news media.
Thatcher and Reagan
In her time, Margaret Thatcher was first
dismissed as unintelligent, unsophisticated,
the wrong gender and incapable of taking
her place among the world’s statesmen.
In the end she proved her detractors
wrong and restored Britain’s economic,
political and national security institutions to
their former greatness. Today and for poster-
ity, she is reckoned among the handful of
pivotal world leaders of the late 20th centu-
ry.
Likewise, Ronald Reagan was looked
upon initially with scorn both by American
Jews and even by many conservatives. Com-
mentary magazine editor Norman Podhoretz
wrote recently that his early support of Rea-
gan’s 1980 presidential candidacy was greet-
ed by his friends with derisive remarks about
“this B-movie star.”
In the end, conservatives came to respect
and then revere Reagan. In the 1980 elec-
tion, 60 percent of American Jews deserted
President Jimmy Carter, with most of them
www.jewishchronicle.org
May 2010 • Section I, Page 5
voting for Reagan.
Podhoretz sees a paral-
lel to Sarah Palin. So
do we.
In recent days,
prominent Jewish lead-
ers and other Jewish
political figures have
publicly challenged
President Obama’s for- Benyamin Korn
eign policy in terms
that were unimaginable only a few weeks
ago. Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch,
a lifelong Democrat, has excoriated the pres-
ident for “demeaning and slandering” Israel.
“There is a foul whiff of Munich and
appeasement in the air,” Koch has written.
Anti-Defamation League leader Abraham
Foxman has raised the prospect of a Jewish
march on Washington to protest Obama’s
tilt against Israel.
World Jewish Congress President Ronald
Lauder has taken out full-
newspapers to criticize
the leading Obama for pressuring Israel
to retreat to the “indefensi-
ble borders” of 1967.
man (I-Conn.), chairman
of the Senate Homeland
to
Security and Governmental
Affairs Committee, has
dent’s refusal to include mil-
Islam in his list of ter-
ror promoters as “offensive,”
and said it “contradicts
direction. thousands of years of
accepted military and intel-
ligence doctrine to ‘know your enemy.’”
President Obama’s disgraceful personal
treatment of Israel’s prime minister on his
official visits to Washington and the ugly
personal tone that the president has injected
into U.S.-Israel relations has angered even
many of his supporters and driven Obama’s
popularity to an all-time low among the
Israeli public.
The suddenness of the president’s change
in his policies toward Israel, after having
campaigned vociferously in 2008 as a friend
of the Jewish state, has caught many in the
American Jewish community off guard. No
longer.
We believe it is time for American Jews to
declare independence from President Barack
Obama, and we believe that Gov. Sarah
Palin’s heartfelt and unflinching support for
America-Israel friendship reflects the true
spirit of the American people, among whom
love and respect for the Jewish state has
never faltered.
Benyamin Korn is th e former executive
editor of th e Jewish Exponent of Ph iladel-
p h i a an d a v e t e ran Je wi sh c o m m un i t y
organizer.
Page 6, Section I • May 2010
By Elana Kahn-Oren
Zion Ozeri wants to combat
“frontal education,” the experience
of having a teacher stand before a
class and deliver information.
“As a kid, you think, what does
this have to do with my life today?”
Teachers, Ozeri believes, have to
make that connection for their stu-
dents.
So the New York-based photog-
rapher developed a way for teens to
use cameras and photographs as
learning tools. His six-year-old proj-
ect, the Jewish Lens, is now used in
Jewish schools and in communities
in the U.S. and Israel.
In Milwaukee, teens from four
schools, five synagogues and Wis-
consin Region BBYO are participat-
ing in the semester-long project
sponsored by the Coalition for Jew-
ish Learning, the education pro-
gram of the Milwaukee Jewish Fed-
eration, and funded by the
Covenant Foundation.
He will speak at a reception and
exhibit of student photography on
Tuesday, May 11, 7-9, p.m., at the
Harry & Rose Samson Family Jew-
ish Community Center.
Through its curriculum, the Jew-
ish Lens “engages the next genera-
tion of Jews worldwide in an explo-
Arts & Culture
Discovering values through images
Photographer helps students look, reflect and shoot
ration of Jewish identity, values and
peoplehood,” according to its Web
site.
First, students learn to observe
photographs and reflect using text,
Ozeri said during an interview.
What is the pshat (the intended
meaning) and what is the drash
(the interpretive meaning)? “What
are the literal words saying and
what do we read between the lines,”
Ozeri posed. What is the objective
and what is the subjective?
“Instead of dictating what Jewish
values are,” let them discover those
values through images. “They find it
and they reflect on it” and look for
it in Jewish sources.
“It’s very empowering for stu-
dents,” Ozeri said. Students feel,
“That means that what I have to say
is important. How I see the world is
important.”
Students then use that knowl-
edge, plus practical training, to
shoot their own photos.
Born in Israel to Yemenite immi-
grants, Ozeri is best known for his
Zion Ozeri’s “The Secret” is one of the photos that students used in their study
of Jewish values and identity.
dramatic photos of Jews from
around the world, a subject that
springs from his personal experi-
ence, he said.
“The founding fathers and moth-
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important not only to show people
on the margins. Even in a bigger
community, there’s a big mosaic.”
That mosaic is the subject of
local students’ photographic aspira-
tions. And Ozeri understands the
challenge of taking remarkable
shots of everyday local scenes.
“Taking photographs in India or
in Africa, because it’s so exotic, is
almost easy. But taking a photo of
something familiar, something we
don’t even think about, the famil-
iarity of it makes it almost boring.”
“To look at something that we
have seen many times and to find
the angle or [ask,] ‘How do I see it?
What do I want to say about it?’ [is
difficult], especially in America,
where we think our lives are so
mundane.”
Though the program’s primary
goal is to educate about Jewish val-
ues and identity, it also helps stu-
dents develop technical aptitude.
“We want them to hone their
skills so that they will be better at
taking photographs, so that their
photographs will be more meaning-
ers of Israel were mostly European. ful and will convey what they want
The influx of Jews from Arab lands to convey,” he said.
with no formal education were rele- Ozeri’s local involvement began
gated to menial jobs. Ashkenazi last summer, when he worked with
Jews had one up on them.” the five teens who traveled to Israel
The inequity continued at with CJL’s Israel Alive Project. That
school, he said, trip was the impe-
where “the cur- If you go tus for a program
riculum includes “My Jewish Lens…” Exhibit and that he’s develop-
more European Reception ing to help Amer-
history and not so May 11, 7-9 p.m. ican students
much my own Harry & Rose Samson Family
background…. learn about Israel.
JCC It is one in a
Growing up like More information:
that, you try to www.youngjewishmilwaukee.org series of similar
find your place in initiatives based
that society.” on the Jewish
“Many times, I think that the Lens platform of using photos to
reason I go and highlight small teach and explore ideas, including
communities around the world is a public school program in New
…. kind of a dah af, an impulse, to York called The Diversity Lens and
give weight, to give legitimacy to Hebrew-language programs in
these communities that are part of Israel. The Bedouin Lens operated
Jewish peoplehood. in some Bedouin schools this year
But, he added, “of course it’s too.
~ You Are Invited ~
The Case for Israel: Democracy’s Outpost
This landmark documentary film
featuring Alan Dershowitz, will be shown
Sunday, June 6
7:00 P.M.
in the Daniel M. Soref Community Hall
of the Harry and Rose Samson Jewish Community Center,
6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Israel Center/Community Schlicha Paz Goldschmidt,
Moderator.
The film “presents a vigorous case for Israel —
for its basic right to exist, to protect its citizens from terrorism
and to defend its borders from hostile enemies.”
Admission is free
Sponsored by
The Committee for Truth and Justice
The Coalition for Jewish Learning
Advocates for Israel
For further info: contact@truthandjustice-online.com
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What’s up in May?
Jody Hirsh
Jody Hirsh, director of Judaic education for the Harry & Rose Samson
Family JCC, is scholar-in-residence at Congregation Beth Israel. Topics
include Jewish theater, the written word and Jewish art.
May 7 and 8; Cost of Friday’s Shabbat dinner and lecture: Adults $15,
children under 12 $7.
Congregation Beth Israel, 6880 N. Green Bay Ave., Milwaukee
Contact: 414-352-7310.
Middle-Eastern music concert
Iraqi-American musician Amir ElSaffar will perform with the Present
Music chamber music ensemble. A folk dance party with local ensemble
Ethnictricity will follow the concert. Ticket prices are $30, $20 and $10.
May 8, 7:30 p.m.
Turner Hall Ballroom, 1032 N. 4th St., Milwaukee
Contact: 414-271-0711 or www.presentmusic.org.
Milwaukee Brewers game
Young Jewish Adults of Milwaukee gather to watch the Milwaukee
Brewers vs. the Atlanta Braves. RSVP deadline is May 4.
May 11, 7:10 p.m.
Miller Park, 201 S. 46th St., Milwaukee
Contact: 414-967-8393 or sstuckert@jccmilwaukee.org.
Jewish Lens exhibit
Reception and exhibition featuring the photos of more than 100 Jewish
Milwaukee teens. Guest speaker: Israeli photographer Zion Ozeri.
Sponsored by the Coalition for Jewish Learning, the education program of
the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Free.
May 11, 7 p.m.
JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee
Contact: 414-963-2710 or www.youngjewishmilwaukee.org.
Shalom Baby playdate
Shabbat-themed playdate for parents, their babies aged 0-18 months and
their siblings to age 4. Sponsored by the Harry & Rose Samson Family
JCC and the Women’s Division of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Free;
reservations are required.
May 13, 9:30 a.m.
JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee
Contact: Dana Emold, 414-967-8174 or demold@jccmilwaukee.org.
Amy-Jill Levine, Ph.D.
Amy-Jill Levine, Ph.D. discusses “Common Origins, Distinct Paths: Jews
and Christians in Conversation.” Sponsored by a coalition of Northeast
Wisconsin synagogues, churches and other groups.
May 14-16; various sessions and locations in Green Bay. Call or e-mail for
full program information
Contact: 920-465-0492 or commonorigins@gmail.com.
Professional advisor seminar
Featuring law professor Christopher R. Hoyt, on the topic “Hot Topics in
Charitable Giving.” Sponsored by The Greater Milwaukee Foundation
and the Jewish Community Foundation and presented by Marquette
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What’s up in May? Continued from page 8 Auction for Haiti — Jim

Heisler, assistant activities coordina-
Associates. Cost: $25, includes breakfast. tor at Chai Point Senior Living
May 18, breakfast at 7:30 a.m., program at 8 a.m.
Apartment Complex, leads the sell-
Pfister Hotel, 424 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee
Contact: 414-390-5712 or lynnp@milwaukeejewish.org. ing at an Auction for Haiti, held on
April 13 at the Jewish Home and
Kindertransport survivor Care Center’s Rubenstein Pavilion.
Jacki Lewis, a second-generation Holocaust survivor, will speak about the Organized by Chai Point residents,
Kindertransport and her grandparents’ experiences.
May 19, 1:30 p.m. the auction raised $1,200, enough
Sarah Chudnow Campus, 10995 N. Market St., Mequon to purchase a ShelterBox that can
Contact: 262-478-1500. house and protect up to 10 people
during the rainy season. Photo by
Chorale concert
Jeanne Paluszynski/MJF.
The Milwaukee Jewish Community Chorale presents “Zimriah — Come
Together in Song,” featuring guest soloist Cantor David Barash. Cost: $18
for adults, $15 for seniors and students, $7 for children 12 and under.
May 23, 3 p.m.
Congregation Eman-El B’ne Jeshurun, 2020 W. Brown Deer Rd., River Hills.
Contact: nikiskinner@ameritech.net.
JCC annual meeting
The Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC’s annual meeting and awards
ceremony. Free and open to the public.
May 26, 7:30 p.m.
JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee
Call 414-967-8224 to register.
Glean Machine
Annual mid-year collection project to restock local shelters and agencies.
Bring the following items: spring and summer clothing, household items,
linens, toiletries and school/craft supplies. Bathing suits, large-sized
clothes, washcloths, sunscreen and umbrellas are in particular need.
Sponsored by Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee.
May 24 • 2-5 p.m. at Beth El Ner Tamid/Congregation Shir Hadash.
May 25 • 1 a.m.-1 p.m. at Congregation Sinai.
May 26 • 2-5 p.m. at Congregation Shalom.
May 27 • 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Congregation Beth Israel.
May 28 • 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun.
Contact: Cindy Cooper at 414-354-6380.
Family Fun Day
Family Fun Day at Jewish Museum Milwaukee, including family friendly
activities and a bookmaking workshop led by local artist Robin Kinney.
Cost: Free admission, $12 per family for the workshop.
May 30, noon
Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee
Contact: Ellie Gettinger at 414-390-5742 or
educator@jewishmuseummilwaukee.org.
Economic Forum
Gov. Jim Doyle speaks at Economic Forum, a program sponsored by the
Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Cost: $15, includes kosher lunch.
June 1, noon-1:30 p.m.
Rubenstein Pavilion of the Jewish Home and Care Center, 1414 N.
Prospect Ave.
Contact: 414-390-5770, www.milwaukeejewish.org.

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Donate to Area Shelters & Agencies
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This year we will be collecting...
• Seasonal clothing
• Toiletries
• Linens/twin bedding
• Toys/books/craft supplies
• Kitchenware/small electric appliances*
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Please bring items to the Glean Machine. A clearly marked
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Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
Gregarious Goodman shared his
quiet brother’s community values
By Leon Cohen
It seems to be almost impossible
for some Madisonians to imagine
the Goodman brothers, Robert
and Irwin, separately. Nearly all
accounts of these renowned busi-
nessmen and philanthropists
describe them together, and in
terms of each other.
Robert, who died this past April
1 at age 90, was the extroverted
one in public, “very gregarious,”
according to Steven H. Morrison,
executive director of the Jewish
Federation of Madison. “He really
told ‘groaner’ jokes” and “enjoyed
being with people.”
Irwin, who died this past August
at age 94 (see September 2009
Chronicle), “was very reserved,”
said Morrison.
Indeed, most accounts of them
say that in the downtown Madison
jewelry store they ran successfully
from 1937 until their retirement in
1998, Robert was the greeter in the
showroom, while Irwin worked in
the back.
Yet in private, they seemed to
reverse roles. Irwin became “the
more verbal one” and Robert “the
shy one,” said Morrison.
But “their values … were com-
pletely shared and identical,” said
Morrison. “They had genuine love
for the community, the university,
and the people here.”
And they left permanent marks
on Madison’s Jewish and general
communities. Said Ghita Bessman,
who knew the Goodman brothers
since 1950. “There’s not a Madison
newspaper that doesn’t have a
Goodman something in it… Every
aspect of the community was of
interest to them.”
And Morrison added: “There’s
barely anything in this Jewish com-
munity that has not received their
Obituary
Robert Goodman
support and encouragement and
funding.”
Sensitive to individuals
The Goodman brothers became
most famous for larger gifts and
projects. These included in the
general community Madison’s first
community swimming pool (for
which they donated $2.8 million;
and in the Jewish community the
Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman
Jewish Community Campus, the
154-acre recreation and education-
al facility in Verona.
But they also made gifts that
were anonymous and personal.
“They were very sensitive to indi-
viduals with needs,” said Bessman,
who also is a former president of
the Madison Jewish federation and
a former Hadassah regional presi-
dent. “There was just real kindness
about them.”
And for all their differing per-
sonalities, they apparently were
warm people who did not get angry
or express negative emotions very
often.
Indeed, Morrison said, “One of
the few times I saw them get upset
was when Israel would be criticized
unfairly” on television or in news-
papers. Indeed, they were “passion-
May 2010 • Section I, Page 11
ate supporters of Israel and long-
time Zionists,” who visited the area
even before Israel became a state
and many times since.
Morrison said their favorite
lunch hangout “typified them.”
Though they were both vegans —
i.e., vegetarians who eat only plant
products — they often ate at a par-
ticular Ponderosa Steak House in
Madison because “they had devel-
oped a relationship with the
owner,” who both created a booth
specifically for them and made sure
a vegan meal would be prepared for
them.
Their diet was only one aspect of
their lifelong interests in health
and activity. These natives of St.
Paul, Minn., were athletes when
younger and “were great fans of all
kinds of sports” throughout their
lives, said Bessman.
They also frequently supported
exercise and nutrition programs
and facilities — not just the Madi-
son community pool, but also the
aquatic center on the Jewish com-
munity’s campus.
Even after death, the Goodman
brothers — who always lived
together and never married — will
keep on giving to Madison,
through their own Goodman
Foundation and through funds
they had established at the univer-
sity, United Way and elsewhere,
said Morrison.
Still, Morrison said, their deaths
are a great personal loss. “The real-
ity is, I just miss them so much.
That permanency that death
brings reminds you to take the
opportunity that there is to be with
people you care about.”
Fo rm e rl y o p -e d e d i t o r, Le o n
Cohen has written for The Chron-
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New York (JTA) — Recently my
3-year-old granddaughter played
with a music box she had received
from her parents at Chanukah.
“What is Chanukah?” I asked
her.
“It’s the candle holiday,” she said.
At such an early age, she was
impressed by the drama of this pow-
erful symbol. Yet she’s not old
enough to realize that Jewish holi-
days are rife with symbols that spark
the imagination and sometimes
memories of favorite foods.
If Purim is the hamantaschen
holiday, Passover the matzah holi-
day, then Shavuot could be consid-
ered the dairy holiday.
Arriving seven weeks after
Passover, Shavuot (on May 19 this
year) has evolved over time.
In the Bible, Shavuot was an
agricultural festival, a celebration of
the end of the barley harvest and
the beginning of wheat season.
Shavuot originally commemorat-
ed the ancient Israelites bringing
the first fruits of the seven species to
the Temple in Jerusalem. The
species were wheat, barley, grapes,
figs, pomegranates, olives and dates.
Along with Passover and Sukkot,
Shavuot was one of three harvest
Dairy, dairy, Shavuot is quite contrary
to holidays’ meat traditions
festivals.
Early on, the Rabbis worried that
Shavuot celebrations might wane
because the holiday was not
attached to a historical event the
way Passover was connected to the
Exodus.
To ensure Shavuot’s survival, by
the third century the Rabbis decid-
ed to link its observance to the
Children of Israel receiving the
Torah at Sinai, thus elevating
Shavuot to a multifaceted holiday.
Despite this effort, Shavuot never
became associated with any specific
rituals and remains an important
holiday that falls under the radar
screen of many Jews.
There is no definitive answer as
to why dairy foods are prevalent on
Shavuot menus, but several theories
have been offered. In the “Song of
Songs,” the verse “Honey and milk
on your tongue” is assumed to refer
to the Torah. The whiteness of milk
is considered a symbol of the Torah’s
purity.
In Israel, “the Land of Milk and
Honey,” Shavuot falls at a time of
year when there is an ample supply
of barley and wheat for cows to feast
on, causing them to gush with milk.
From a practical point of view,
Food
enterprising cooks had to find cre-
ative ways to incorporate this filling
yet refreshing ingredient into
recipes.
In America, Shavuot is usually
celebrated as a bagels-and-lox
brunch. This much-loved sandwich
often is served alongside kugels,
blintzes and pickled herring with
sour cream. Cheesecake has become
the classic dessert.
As my family eats bagels and lox
every chance they get, I would
never drop this delicacy from the
menu. However, I like to shake up
things occasionally by offering some
exciting alternatives to elevate
Shavuot from typical Sunday
brunch fare to a holiday as cher-
ished as a dollop of sour cream over
blintzes.
As friends and family arrive, I put
out crudites with a curry cream dip
along with a bowl of marinated
mozzarella balls. Alongside platters
of smoked fish, bread pudding
accented by cherries is a surprising
change from noodle kugel. At
Shavuot, recipes calling for cherries
are a culinary tradition in Hungary.
I also serve a trendy mesclun mix
that I augment with unexpected fla-
vor and texture.
I cap off the meal with a buttery
kuchen, a coffee cake, which has
been a popular pastry in Jewish
homes for centuries. Often contain-
ing fruit, kuchens are usually raised
by yeast. However, my easy recipe
bypasses this trickiness. Acquired
from my Viennese mother-in-law,
this lovely dessert is topped by sea-
sonal fruit. Once you try this cake
for Shavuot, you’ll bake it again and
again all summer.
Most Jewish holidays revolve
around foods compatible with meat;
Shavuot is a time to let loose with
the wholesome richness of milk. It’s
a time to savor foods oozing with
butter, yogurt and sour cream, to
serve whipped cream with abandon.
It’s a time to smile and say cheese.
The following recipes have been
developed by Linda Morel.
Marinated Mozzarella Balls
(Dairy)
This zesty hors d’oeuvre tastes
best when prepared a day in
advance. It will disappear faster
than you can imagine.
1 pound (golf ball-sized)
mozzarella balls, preferably made
with salt
1/4 cup olive oil
3 garlic cloves
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt, or more,
if desired
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
Drain water from mozzarella
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balls. Place them on paper towels to
dry.
Pour olive oil into a small
saucepan. Squeeze garlic cloves
through a press. Place the pressed
garlic in the oil. Discard the fibrous
parts of the garlic remaining inside
the press.
Heat oil on a low flame for 2 min-
utes, or until oil becomes fragrant
with garlic. Be careful not to scorch
the garlic. Remove pan from flame.
Add the remaining ingredients to
the warm oil; stir until combined.
Transfer balls to a plastic contain-
er with a top that has a tight seal.
Pour oil mixture over the balls.
Close the container and gently
shake until all the balls are well
coated. Refrigerate balls for 24
hours. Every few hours, shake balls
to insure even coating of oil.
Remove from the refrigerator an
hour before serving.
Yield: 14-16 mozzarella balls
Cherry Cream Challah
Pudding (Dairy)
This divine pudding must be
assembled the night before and
then baked before serving, making
for easy entertaining.
Butter for greasing souffle dish,
plus 1/4 cup, melted
1 (16-ounce) can of cherries
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Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
Shavuot recipes
Continued from page 12
2 (8-ounce) bars of cream cheese
8 slices of challah, cut about 1/4-
inch thick
8 eggs
1 3/4 cups milk
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Coat a 2 1/2 quart soufflé dish
with butter. Using a strainer placed
over a bowl, drain liquid from cher-
ries and reserve.
Cut bars of cream cheese into 6
slices and place in a microwave safe
bowl. Pour 1/4 cup of the cherry liq-
uid over cheese and discard the rest.
Microwave at high power for 90
seconds or until cheese softens. Mix
together with a fork. Juice doesn’t
fully incorporate.
Cover the bottom of the souffle
dish with 4 slices of challah. Slices
may overlap. Spread half of the
cream cheese mixture over the
challah. Spoon the cherries over
the cheese mixture.
Cover cherries with the remain-
ing challah. Spread the remaining
cheese mixture over the challah.
Place the remaining ingredients
in a large bowl and beat at high
speed until well combined. Eggs
turn frothy but butter clumps. Pour
the egg mixture over the layered
challah slices. Gently wiggle a
spoon along the souffle dish’s edges
to ease the egg mixture into every
crevice. Cover and refrigerate
overnight.
The next day, preheat oven to
350. Bake bread pudding for 90
minutes, or until it domes like a
souffle. Serve immediately.
Yield: 8 servings
First Fruits Shavuot Salad
(Dairy)
This salad is dotted with figs,
grapes, olives and dates, four of the
holiday’s seven first fruits. A sprin-
kle of blue cheese adds a dairy twist.
1/4 pound mesclun mix, rinsed
under cold water and dried in a
salad spinner or in paper towels
25 red or green seedless grapes, cut
in half
20 kalamata olives, pitted and cut
in half
10 medjool dates, pitted and cut
into thirds
10 dried figs, stems removed and
cut in half
1/2 cup blue cheese, crumbled
Place all ingredients in a large
salad bowl and toss with A Simple
Vinaigrette (below).
Yield: 6-8 servings
Simple Vinaigrette (Pareve)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
Kosher salt to taste
Place ingredients in a jar, close
top and shake until well combined.
Pour over salad immediately.
Summer Fruit Kuchen
(Dairy)
This cake tastes best when baked
one day ahead. Like many Euro-
pean pastry recipes, this one
requires the weighing of ingredi-
ents, which is no harder, and far
more accurate, than measuring by
volume.
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sponsor of a bill that would provide
illegal immigrants with an oppor-
tunity to normalize their status.
“You see people pouring out of
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to become a police state.”
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed tough measures are necessary — establishing a training program on
the Support Our Law Enforcement given the federal government’s fail- how to avoid racial profiling when
and Safe Neighborhoods Act into ure to act — to rescue the state implementing the new rules.
law last week, though the measure from a flood of illegal immigrants On Monday, following a week-
won’t go into effect for 90 days. from Mexico that they say sap tax- end of protests, vandals — appar-
The new law requires that police payer-funded programs and, in ently opposed to the new law —
check the immigration status of some cases, commit violent crime. smeared refried beans in the shape
anyone suspected of being an ille- They also note that the gover- of swastikas on the windows of the
gal immigrant, a tactic civil liber- nor has issued an executive order Arizona State Capitol buildings,
ties groups and several Jewish The Associated Press reported.
organizations say effectively man- See related Editor’s More protests were being planned.
dates racial profiling. Desk, page 4. The new law has been criticized
Proponents of the law say the Continued on page 27
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle May 2010 • Section I, Page 15

Books
Biography captures fascination of poet and theologian Yehuda Halevi
By Leon Cohen
Yehuda Halevi (1070-1141) was
one of — if not the — greatest of
the Hebrew poets during the cul-
tural flowering of the Jews in
Medieval Spain. And why should
anybody today care?
Readers may well ask that ques-
tion as they begin the biography
“Yehuda Halevi” (353 pages, $25
hardcover) that U.S.-born Israeli
author and translator Hillel Halkin
wrote for the outstanding “Jewish
Encounters” series produced by
Schocken Books and Nextbook.
Halkin starts with a partly
charming, partly puzzling chapter
showing how the young Halevi
won the friendship and patronage
of Moshe Ibn Ezra (1055-1135),
wealthy poet, philosopher and gov-
ernment official in Granada.
The chapter describes how poet-
ry was central to the pleasures of
people, Jewish and Arab, belong-
ing to the cultivated classes of that
time and place. To be able to write
a poem was an important social
skill.
People would send poems as
invitations and RSVPs, give poems
as gifts, or try to top or complete
each other’s poems as party games.
And people who excelled at this
became celebrities.
Halevi shined in this milieu, and
Halkin devotes several pages to
analyzing the poem he sent to Ibn
Ezra, a bit of virtuoso extemporiz-
ing done at a party, to show how
gifted Halevi was. One is willing to
take Halkin’s word for it, but his
demonstration is technical and dry,
and can only be of interest to
another Hebraist.
Yet I would advise readers not to
get bogged down by this chapter,
but to press onward through the
book. For Halevi – a rabbi, physi-
cian and theologian as well as a
poet — was a fascinating person
who lived in a fascinating time.
Halevi vs. Maimonides
His poetry may be only of aca-
demic interest today — although I
would encourage enterprising com-
posers to explore them, especially
the secular ones, for possible set-
ting. (At least one already might
have; Halkin says that Naomi She-
mer lifted a couple of Halevi lines
for her “Jerusalem of Gold.”)
But Halevi’s great book about
Judaism, “The Kuzari: The Book of
Proof and Demonstration in
Defense of the Despised Faith”
(completed around 1140), raises
and explores issues eternally perti-
nent to Jewish life. Indeed, Halkin
and others pair it with the “Guide
for the Perplexed” by Maimonides
(1135-1204) as the greatest works
of medieval Jewish theology.
These two books, however, are
antipodal, according to Halkin.
“[E]very Jewish intellectual might
be called a Maimonidean or a
Halevian. He either believes that
Judaism can and needs to be har-
monized with the advanced
thought of his age [like Mai-
monides] or he doesn’t [like Hale-
vi]…. Of course, such antitheses
are simplistic.… Still, whoever
reads both … will tend to feel
instinctively more drawn to one or
the other.”
Halevi’s life also communicates
some important messages. He
arrived at the end of the “golden
age” of medieval Spanish Jewry,
which Halkin demonstrates was
not as “golden” as many would
claim.
At that time and place, Jews
could rise in status, wealth and
even political power. But in a
Spain divided between rival and
often warring Christian and Mus-
lim realms, “the higher Jews did
rise, the more they aroused the
anger and resentment of the Mus-
lim and Christian majority, and the
more vulnerable they became. The
culture of tolerance stretched only
so far… In the long run, the antag-
onism prevailed.”
In the decade before Halevi’s
birth, Muslims of Granada massa-
cred 3,000 Jews. During his life-
time, the Christian Crusaders car-
ried out massacres of Jews on their
way to the holy land and murdered
the Jerusalem Jewish community
once they got there.
No wonder Halevi, who lived
and worked in both Christian and
Muslim Spain, described Judaism
as “the despised faith” that needed
a defense.
And also no wonder that at the
end of his life, Halevi decided he
just couldn’t go on living in exile,
but had to try to settle in the land
of Israel, even though it was ruled
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by the Crusaders. One of his poems
still encountered today expresses
that longing – “My heart is in the
East and I am at the edge of the
West.”
That message has personal reso-
nance for Halkin, who describes
how he himself struggled with his
American and Jewish identities
before he moved to Israel, and how
he found in Halevi an inspiring
“proto-Zionist.” But he acknowl-
edges that others have and do see
Halevi differently, and “This is as it
should be.”
”It is one of the measures of liter-
ary greatness that we see ourselves
in it,” Halkin writes. “The good
reader reads with his whole mind;
the best reader, with his whole life.
Yehuda Halevi brings out the best
in us.” And that is why we might
care about Halevi today, and why
this book about him is well worth
reading.
Fo rm e rl y o p -e d e d i t o r, Le o n
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Israel
Impact of proposed Israeli
conversion law under debate
By Uriel Heilman
New York (JTA) — If Knesset
member David Rotem has his way,
Israel will enact a new law to make
it easier for non-Jewish Israelis to
convert to Judaism.
This will have the effect of bet-
ter integrating tens of thousands of
Israelis of Russian extraction, if not
hundreds of thousands, into Israeli
Jewish society, according to Rotem
and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minis-
ter Danny Ayalon, whose party, the
Russian-dominated Yisrael Beit-
einu, is sponsoring the bill. Most
important, they say, the measure
will make it easier for the Russians
to marry other Israelis.
“This is not a one-time placebo David Rotem, seated, chats with Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieber-
but a real, serious effort to keep the man, Israel’s foreign minister, during a Knesset session, March 2, 2010. Photo
Jewish people together,” Ayalon by Miriam Alster / Flash90 / JTA.
told JTA. from Yisrael Beiteinu, whose any form of the bill.”
But critics, including some Dias- leader, Foreign Minister Avigdor Rotem and Ayalon also met with
pora Jews and non-Orthodox lead- Lieberman, promised in the last the Orthodox Union and federa-
ers in Israel, are not happy with the campaign to tackle marriage and tion executives, among others, to
proposal. They say the bill does not conversion issues. Rotem and discuss the proposed legislation.
go far enough to ease the conver- Ayalon spent three days visiting “I want them not to worry it’s
sion process, expands the power of American Jewish organizational going to harm them,” Rotem said.
the Chief Rabbinate, delegitimizes leaders in a bid to allay concerns “This law doesn’t deal with conver-
non-Orthodox conversions and about the proposed bill. sions done abroad. We have to
does nothing to secure recognition The point of the tour, Ayalon solve an internal Israeli problem.”
in Israel for conversions performed explained, was “to alleviate any Rabbi Uri Regev, a leading
in the Diaspora. concerns from our brothers and sis- Reform rabbi in Israel and now
The objections are part of what ters in the Conservative and president of Hiddush, a group that
prompted a U.S. explaining tour Reform movements that they advocates for religious freedom in
this week by the two legislators would be adversely impacted by Continued on page 18
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle May 2010 • Section I, Page 17

Preserving our history: museum archives volunteers

By Shelly M. Sampon Russia. That to me is more fun “They are the backbone of the
On most days, the archives of than the press; anyone can read the archives, and the archives and Jew-
the Jewish Museum Milwaukee are press.” ish Museum Milwaukee would not
a quiet place where research is per- Though the volunteers enjoy be what they are without them.”
formed and vast collections of arti- working with any artifacts, each The volunteers have equal
facts and materials are meticulous- admits to having favorite projects. praise for Hyland’s guidance: “We
ly catalogued. “Not being a Milwaukee native, adore him,” said Dizack. Spivek
On Monday mornings, however, I find that I have learned more adds, “He is our gold find.”
visitors witness a flurry of activity about Milwaukee working on large The importance of the archives
and the buzz of conversation as projects in the Archives,” said Ber- extends beyond Milwaukee’s Jew-
volunteers lend a hand by process- nice Spivek, a 16-year volunteer ish community, as requests for
ing materials for the archives. who is currently working on per- information have been submitted
The number of volunteers, led sonal biographical archives. from worldwide as people trace
by Clarice Resnick, chair of the Arlene Mann recently finished their family histories and students
archives catalogue committee, cataloguing sermons by various of all education levels working on
varies on any given Monday rabbis, including Rabbi Jay Brick- term papers.
depending on the time of year, but man and Rabbi Harry Pastor, and The archives were the main
the group has 19 volunteers in eventually used parts of sermons resource for John Gurda’s 2009
total, with years of service ranging dating back to 1941 for her own book, “One People, Many Paths: A
from one year to 24, reaching back Passover seders. Archivist Jay Hyland works with Joan Barnett and other volunteers in the
History of Jewish Milwaukee.”
to the creation of the archives in “I like projects that involve peo- archives of the JMM. Photo by Shelly M. Sampon/MJF. “The Archives tell the history of
1986. ple who make a difference. We can our community and preserves the
When I visited the archives in grab that back and make it impor- along,” said Lil Rakita. gone, to look for everything in the legacy of the Jews,” said Annalee
mid-March, I was greeted by nine tant today,” said Mann. The archives volunteers come Jewish archives.” Sosman. Mann agreed. “It’s our
volunteers who were elbow-deep Stories of how the volunteers from various backgrounds, but all The Monday morning volunteer history, and we’re important. Jews
in paper, but happy to share their came to the archives are almost as share an interest in history, and group has become a family, with in history are important. I cannot
experiences and current and past especially historical preservation strong friendships and even far- imagine Milwaukee without the
projects with a fellow history buff. The Jewish Museum and genealogy. They are commit-
The main charge of the volun- Milwaukee ted to preserving their own histo- Preserve your history and donate your items to the archives
teers is to sort and catalogue items 1360 N. Prospect Ave. ries, and most volunteers have
their own files to which they rou- of the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.
donated by organizations and peo- Hours: Monday-Thursday 10
ple in the Jewish community. Cur- a.m.-4 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m.-2 tinely add items. Please call Jay Hyland at 414-390-5759 or e-mail
rent projects include items from p.m.; Sundays, noon-4 p.m. Joan Barnett, who curated a jayh@milwaukeejewish.org for more information.
the former Milwaukee Jewish show at the Milwaukee Art Muse-
Council for Community Relations um, submitted the exhibit’s cata-
varied as those they catalogue. logue to her file, and Harriet Diza- ther-reaching connections. The Jewish Museum or the archives.
(now the Jewish Community Rela- Many of them were referred by first day Marlis Lippow worked in This is who you are.”
tions Council of the Milwaukee ck routinely adds news clippings
friends. In at least two cases, what about her grandson, a jazz trum- the Archives and saw Harriet Diza- The Jewish Museum Milwaukee
Jewish Federation), the National started out as a trip to the archives ck, her former Brownie troop and its archives are a program of
Council of Jewish Women and the peter, to hers.
to donate personal items ended in All of the volunteers have leader whom she hadn’t seen for the Milwaukee Jewish Federation.
Helen Bader Foundation. years of volunteer service. years, she was pleasantly surprised You can help ensure that work in
Harriet Dizack, who is process- become the archives’ and Jewish
“We came to donate and they Museum Milwaukee’s best ambas- and addressed her as “Mrs. Dizack,” the archives continues by making
ing Soviet resettlement archives, tricked us!” laughed Marlis Lippow. to which Harriet replied, “I think the most generous gift possible to
finds interesting items along the sadors, urging their friends, family
Others like to see and feel histo- and neighbors to donate their enough time has passed. You can the 2010 Annual Campaign of the
way. “It’s been fascinating to find ry for themselves. “I love to look call me Harriet now!” Milwaukee Jewish Federation,
items.
little notes people write and post- through things, and I’m really Overseeing the group and its which provides essential support to
Said Barnett, “I tell my children
cards from people getting out of enjoying myself. I learn as I go and grandchildren that after I’m projects is archivist Jay Hyland, this vital program. Invest in the
who believes the volunteers’ efforts programs that define our commu-
are priceless. nity.
Libraries exhibit local Jewish artifacts “They are my mentors, because
going into this I had little informa-
Make your gift today by visiting
www.milwaukeejewish.org or mail-
By Shelly M. Sampon sion) knife, a prayer guide and a New Method Hebrew tion about the Jewish community, ing a check to The Milwaukee Jew-
School Bat Mitzvah class photo from 1949. but they have all taught me so ish Federation, 1360 N. Prospect
In the month of May, Jewish artifacts provided by
JMM educator Ellie Gettinger will speak about Jew- much,” he said. Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
the Jewish Museum Milwaukee will be on display at
two local libraries. The Milwaukee Central Library ish marriage rituals at the North Shore Library on May
(814 W. Wisconsin Ave.) will host a display about Jew- 10, 7:00 p.m.
ish lifecycle events, and the North Shore Library
To experience more Jewish Milwaukee history, visit
the JMM, located at 1360 N. Prospect Ave. Hours are 2010 Annual Campaign
(6880 N. Port Washington Rd., Glendale) will feature
items focusing on Jewish weddings.
Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Fridays,
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; and Sundays, 12 noon – 4 p.m. nears close
Among the displayed items will be a ketubah, wed- The Jewish Museum Milwaukee is a program of the The 2010 Annual Campaign of the Milwaukee Jewish Federa-
ding contract, from 1903, a mohel (ritual circumci- Milwaukee Jewish Federation. tion is moving into its final phases.
Under the strong leadership of campaign chair Moshe Katz and
women’s campaign chair Andrea Schneider, the 2010 campaign has
Shin Shin program seeks host families benefitted from the energy of a highly motivated, deeply committed
group of volunteers.
By Shelly M. Sampon emissaries for five months; from August 2010 until Jan- Over the next few weeks, they will be working hard to reach out
The Shnat Sherut (Shin Shin) program of the Israel uary 2011, and from January until June 2011. to donors and finalize gifts. On May 4, they will be making phone
Center of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation is looking During this time, the teens will become members of calls to facilitate the giving process.
for a few good host families. the host families and follow household rules, gaining This has been a year of financial uncertainty and partial recovery.
The Israeli, teen-aged young emissaries, known as valuable experience of living with an American Jewish Our agencies continue to be strained by the combination of addi-
shin shinim, spend a pre-army year of volunteer service family on a day-to-day basis and celebrating holidays tional demands and these financial challenges.
by serving the Milwaukee community, especially by with them. Our future as a vibrant Jewish community is strengthened by
teaching Israeli culture at institutions throughout Mil- If you are interested in learning more about this pro- every gift that comes in. If you haven’t yet made your gift, visit us
waukee’s Jewish community, including the Milwaukee gram or becoming a possible host family, please call or online at www.milwaukeejewish.org, mail a check to MJF at 1360
Jewish Day School and the Harry & Rose Samson e-mail Paz Goldschmidt at 414-390-5705, N. Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202 or answer the call on
Family Jewish Community Center. pazg@milwaukeejewish.org or Elsie Crawford at 414- May 4. There’s still time to support the community you love.
The Israel Center is looking for families to host the 390-5762, crawfe@milwaukeejewish.org.
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Israel
Continued from page 16
Israel, says that American Jewish
leaders should not be distracted
from the real harm the bill does in
Israel.
“The devil is in the details,”
Regev said. “What he’s not telling
you is that the bill would result in
serious ramifications in terms of
the legal status of converts in gen-
eral, of non-Orthodox converts in
particular, and will not provide
Russian olim with the kind of
access and protection he claims.”
Local power
The conversion bill aims to
address several problems with the
status quo in Israel, according to
Rotem, the chairman of the Knes-
set Constitution, Law and Justice
Committee.
In the 1990s, hundreds of thou-
sands of people from the former
Soviet Union immigrated to Israel
under the Law of Return, which
grants the right to Israeli citizen-
ship to anyone with a Jewish
grandparent.
While most of the Russian-
speaking immigrants were Jewish
according to halachah, or Jewish
law, many did not have a Jewish
mother and so were classified in
Israel as non-Jews.
That has led to all sorts of prob-
lems for the estimated 350,000 to
400,000 Israelis in this category,
particularly when it comes to mar-
riage, which is controlled by reli-
gious authorities.
Israeli law makes no accommo-
dation for civil marriage, whether
between a Jew and a non-Jew or
between two people of no religion.
So the only way these Israelis can
wed is if they convert to Judaism
— no easy process in Israel.
Would-be converts must take
classes, pass exams and pledge to be
religiously observant, and the
approval for conversions is subject
to the whims of special conversion
courts.
Complicating matters further,
rabbinical courts in Israel in the
past two years have invalidated a
number of conversions performed
years ago, casting doubt on thou-
sands more conversions and pro-
voking a firestorm of controversy.
The Israeli Rabbinate also has
circumscribed acceptance of con-
versions performed overseas,
including Orthodox conversions,
rankling Diaspora rabbis.
Rotem says his bill would address
some, but not all, of these prob-
lems.
The measure would empower
any rabbi who is or was on a district
rabbinate in Israel, or was or is the
chief rabbi of a city or town, to per-
form a conversion for any Israeli
regardless of place of residence.
This would free would-be con-
verts from the whims of the special
conversion courts. It also would
eliminate the current curricular
requirements for converts, instead
leaving conversion to the discre-
tion of local rabbis.
Under the proposed law, conver-
sions could be voided only if the rab-
binical court that conducted the
conversion determined it took place
under false pretenses, subject to the
approval of the president of the
national Rabbinic Court of Appeals.
And under Rotem’s proposal, a
convert seeking to marry but
‘There is a historic
opportunity here to
solve and dismantle
a ticking time
bomb.’
encountering obstinacy at his local
rabbinate could return to the rab-
binical court that converted him to
acquire his marriage license.
A few months ago, Rotem man-
aged to get a separate bill passed to
enable couples with no religion to
enter into civil unions. Critics
complain, however, that the law’s
limitation to couples of no religion
limits its impact to some 100-200
couples in Israel per year, and that
it leaves unclear whether these
unions will be recognized overseas
as marriages.
The bill does nothing to help
interfaith couples, who are barred
by law from marrying in Israel, or
Jews who want to get married civil-
ly rather than through the rab-
binate.
Dangerous provisions
The conversion bill faces signifi-
cant hurdles in the Knesset. Ultra-
Orthodox, or haredi, parties are fight-
ing provisions of the bill that would
ease the conversion process, and some
non-Orthodox leaders complain that
certain provisions of the bill may
make matter worse for converts.
Rotem says the conversion bill is
essential for Israel’s future. With-
out it, he warns, the non-Jewish,
non-Arab population of Israel will
swell to 1 million by 2035.
“There is a historic opportunity
here to solve and dismantle a tick-
ing time bomb that when it
explodes, we in Israel won’t know
what to do with ourselves,” Rotem
told JTA.
Regev, a staunch critic of the
bill, says that while well-meaning,
the measure contains several dan-
gerous provisions.
For one, it expands the Ortho-
dox-dominated Chief Rabbinate’s
jurisdiction by bringing conver-
sions, until now the province of
special conversion courts, under
the explicit authority of the Chief
Rabbinate.
For another, it requires the con-
sent of the president of the nation’s
Rabbinic Court of Appeals for a
conversion to be revoked. While
that might be an improvement
over the current situation, in
which lower rabbinic courts are
unilaterally voiding conversions, it
also raises the specter that the posi-
tion could be taken up by a funda-
mentalist who would take a
tougher line against converts.
Rabbi Shlomo Amar, who is seen
as a relative moderate, occupies
the post until 2014.
Moreover, the conversion bill
does not guarantee that rabbinates
in Israel will recognize conversions
performed overseas. While Israeli
law recognizes such conversions as
valid, in practice Israeli rabbinates
often disregard them and bar such
converts from marrying Jews —
particularly in the case of non-
Orthodox conversions.
Rotem dismisses this problem,
saying that a convert from the
United States always can find some
rabbinate in Israel willing to grant
him a marriage license — it’s just a
matter of “legwork” going from city
to city to find one.
Regev says this is ridiculous.
“Instead of allowing people to
marry as they see fit, with the start-
ing point being freedom of mar-
riage, there are acrobatics when
the chief rabbi of the city makes
problems for a convert who wants
to marry,” he said.
This scenario also opens the
door for fundamentalist rabbis to
exercise whatever coercive power
they can — from ostracization to
intimidation — to compel mem-
bers of lenient district rabbinates
to fall into line.
Just how liberal a district rab-
binate can be in Israel remains to
be seen. They are exclusively
Orthodox and frequent battle-
grounds between moderate and
fundamentalist Orthodox rabbis.
Ultimately, Rotem acknowl-
edges that his bills may not go far
enough, but says they are an
improvement over the status quo.
“Let’s start with this,” he said.

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Reaction to tragedy showcases changes in Polish-Jewish relations
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
Rome (JTA) — The Jewish reac-
tion to the April 10 death of Polish
President Lech Kaczynski and
dozens of other senior Polish officials
in an air tragedy highlights a
remarkable change in how the Jew-
ish world views Poland.
The prayers, public statements
and personal tributes, including a
special remembrance during the
March of the Living, were normal
expressions of grief and solidarity for
a close friend and ally — in short,
heartfelt sentiments that probably
could not have been made 20 or
even 15 years ago.
Poland looms large in the collec-
tive Jewish consciousness. Huge
numbers of North American Jews
trace their ancestry to Poland, and
before World War II Poland was
Europe’s Jewish heartland. Some 3
million Polish Jews were killed in
the Holocaust.
Until fairly recently, however,
much of the Jewish world regarded
Poland as little more than a vast,
anti-Semitic Jewish graveyard.
These attitudes were exemplified in
1989 by Israel’s then-Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir, who famously
declared that Poles “suck in” anti-
Semitism “with their mother’s
milk.”
Today, however, Poland is one of
Israel’s best friends, and Jewish lead-
ers hailed Kaczynski and others on
the doomed plane for their dedica-
tion in helping write a new chapter
in Polish-Jewish relations. Kaczynski
was buried Sunday.
Jewish life in Poland
This change in Jewish attitudes
by no means came overnight. It was
the fruit of a deliberate, sometime
rocky post-communism Polish poli-
cy aimed at convincing the Jewish
world that Poland — and Poles —
could be trusted partners.
This included organized outreach,
Poland’s emergence as an ally of
Israel and extensive Polish interac-
tion with international Jewish
organizations on both a formal and
informal basis.
In 1995, the Polish government
even established the unprecedented
post of roving ambassador to the
Jewish Diaspora to foster contacts
and provide a conduit for communi-
cations.
Meanwhile, lacerating public
debates in Poland over anti-Semi-
tism and the Polish role in the Holo-
caust, sparked by several books and
films, also demonstrated to the Jew-
ish world a willingness in Poland to
tackle these troubling issues.
“Jewish attitudes became more
positive as the world began to recog-
nize Poland as a modern democratic
nation rather than the apocryphal
place of our ancient sufferings,” says
Michael Traison, a Jewish American
World
Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, were laid to rest after
funeral services at St. John’s Cathedral in Warsaw, April 18, 2010. Photo by
Andrzej Rybczynski / AFP / Getty Images.
lawyer who has maintained an office
in Poland since the mid-1990s.
“And attitudes were impacted by
the growth of information flowing
out of Poland to the Jewish world as
people learn that ‘Am Yisrael chai’
[the Jewish people lives], even in
Poland.”
Jewish figures themselves played
key roles by demonstrating their
own openness to Poland and high-
lighting the revival of contemporary
Jewish life in the country.
Shevach Weiss, a Polish-born
Holocaust survivor and former
speaker of the Israeli Knesset,
became a popular and even beloved
figure among locals as the Israeli
ambassador to Poland from 2000 to
2004.
I’ll never forget seeing him plunge
into a crowd of 10,000 frenzied fans,
most of them Catholic Poles, who
crammed into the main square of
Krakow’s old Jewish quarter, Kaz-
imierz, for the final concert of the
annual Festival of Jewish Culture in
2002.
The Krakow Festival and the new
Museum of the History of Polish
Jewry under construction in Warsaw
also have won enthusiastic Ameri-
can supporters.
Poland’s American-born chief
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
rabbi, Michael Schudrich, has been
tireless in spreading the word that a
small but living Jewish community
exists in Poland.
Organizations such as the San
Francisco-based Taube Foundation
and the American Jewish Commit-
tee now make it a point to bring
Jewish groups to Poland not just to
commemorate the Holocaust but
also to take part in Jewish cultural
events and meet local Jews and
Catholic Poles.
“The story of Judaism in Poland
did not end with the Holocaust,”
promotional material for Taube-led
tours says.
What all this means is that after
decades of looking at Poland
through a lens tinged darkly with
tragedy and distrust, Jewish leaders
increasingly are willing to demon-
strate belief that Poland has
changed. Or at least is changing.
To be sure, this does not mean
that Polish anti-Semitism has van-
ished; on the contrary. It does recog-
nize, however, that other forces are
in play, too.
To someone like me, whose rela-
tionship with the Jewish experience
in post-Holocaust Poland goes back
nearly 30 years, this change of atti-
tude is as dramatic as it is welcome.
It remains to be seen, though, how
far it has trickled down.
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Body image the little girls at Gan Ami look to

Continued from page 1
Interlaken in Eagle River.
As Schulman recalls, food wasn’t
a subject of great drama in her fami-
ly. Yet she wasn’t more than 5 years
old before she stood at the mirror
and thought, “I need to lose weight.”
When she was a little older, she
began skipping breakfast and eating
only half her sandwich at lunch. In
high school, being 5-foot-5 and just
over 100 pounds still seemed too
chunky to her.
But it wasn’t until she became an
Interlaken counselor that things
took a more serious turn. Training
the camp’s lifeguards, she spent
many strenuous hours in the water
— and at the same time, decided to
go on a juice fast.
Fatigue and
undernourishment
took their toll, and ‘Judging
soon her supervi-
sors noticed. In by the size of one’s ish approach to
2006 they took
action. thighs is perceived disorders and
“I was asked to
leave until I could
go and get myself
healthy,” she says,
and it’s clear the
memory is still
painful. “I was in
such denial that I didn’t even know
what they meant.” Reluctantly at
first, she enrolled in the first of what
was to be a series of eating-disorders
programs. Only in the last year has
she felt confident enough to describe
herself as in recovery.
Part of what motivates Schulman
to maintain a healthy weight is
working with young people and
knowing that she’s a very visible role
model.
At Interlaken, she says, “my heart
sank when I would hear young girls
who weren’t at all fat talk about what
was wrong with this part of their
body and that part of their body, and
how they needed to lose weight.”
She’s very conscious, she says, that
adults like her for cues on how to eat
and how to look — and she’s deter-
mined to project a healthy image.
Nye, too, believes it’s important to
walk the walk as well as talking the
talk. For her, at 47, that means being
comfortable in her 5-foot-4 inch, size
16 body. After years of yo-yo diet-
ing, she now thinks less about her
size and more about her health. She
exercises, eats well, enjoys dressing
up and notes that “the size of my
thighs isn’t part of my identity.”
For someone who first joined
Weight Watchers in her native Lin-
colnwood, Ill., at age 12, that’s an
accomplishment.
“I take care of myself, and I love
adorning myself,” Nye says. “But as
soon as you start looking at yourself
and start thinking, ‘This or that has
to change,’ you
might want to ask
one’s worth yourself why.”
A uniquely Jew-
preventing eating
body-image prob-
as perfectly lems among girls is
offered by the pro-
ordinary.’ gram “Bishvili: For
Me,” developed by
Harvard Universi-
ty’s Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair
with support from the Hadassah
Foundation.
The program aims to counter
mainstream messages about “good”
and “bad” body types by “strength-
en[ing] girls’ connection to their
Jewish identity as a source of spiritual
nourishment that increases their self-
and body acceptance.”
“Bishvili” serves as a Jewish
adjunct to Steiner-Adair and Lisa
Sjostrom’s 2006 book “Full of Our-
selves: A Wellness Program to
Advance Girl Power, Health and
Leadership.” Learn more at Due Diligence Puts
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By Rabbi Saul Prombaum
My name is Ruth. I am an iconic
figure in the Bible, a symbol of self-
lessness, kindness and loyalty, a
model righteous convert. I’m cur-
rently on a national tour touting
my new book, “Ruth, My Truth.”
In part, the book is a response to
the question I’m asked wherever I
go. “If you lived in the 21st century
instead of the biblical period of the
Judges, would you still convert to
Judaism?”
My agent’s mantra is, “Buy the
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share this tidbit from a contempo-
rized “what if” version of my story,
you’ll buy the book anyway.
I love my mother-in-law Naomi,
although we never speak anymore.
I always will love her. Following
the death of her husband Elim-
elech and her two sons in the fields
of Moab, she persuaded my sister-
in-law, Orpah, to return to her
Moabite family.
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low Naomi back to Bethlehem, in
Judah. I was young, naive and ide-
alistic. I thought that somehow, no
matter what, we would be together
forever. Naomi’s plan was to get us
out of poverty by having a relative
of Elimelech repurchase the estate
she was forced to sell years before. I
would marry our benefactor, Boaz,
and we would live happily ever
after tilling the soil. Through me,
Boaz would sire a progenitor of the
Mashiach (Messiah).
To my surprise, the Boaz I met
was a secular Israeli living in Tel
Aviv. Boaz, a conflicted leftist in
the current political climate, won’t
have anything to do with property
on the West Bank until final status
negotiations with the Arabs.
Naomi, on the other hand, dis-
covered a religious Zionist fervor
she didn’t know she had. She
found a lawyer living in the Gush
Etzion bloc near Elimelech’s prop-
erty (located at the center of a
neighboring Arab village) who will
press her claim for the land, which,
incidentally, sits on rich soil per-
fect for growing wine grapes rival-
ing the best grapes on the Golan
Heights. Naomi, who now calls
herself a settler, stands to become a
wealthy woman.
Sadly, I could not stand with her.
Part of it was the political senti-
ments I shared with Boaz; the other
reason was much more disturbing.
Through her newly-found nation-
alistic lenses, Naomi didn’t look at
me; she looked through me.
She introduced me as a Moabite,
a foreigner, her live-in caregiver, a
migrant worker picked up through
a labor contractor, a refugee wait-
ing for a work permit: anything but
what I was.
“Naomi,” I cried. “I pledged my
loyalty to you and to your people. I
gave up everything for you. Is this
any way to treat a convert?”
“The validity of your conversion
is not in my hands,” Naomi said
matter-of-factly. “You will have to
take it up with the Chief Rab-
binate.”
Boaz was more sympathetic to
my plight. I later discovered that
my conversion would not be recog-
nized by the Rabbinate because I,
like the patriarch Abraham and
matriarch Sarah before me, con-
verted myself without proper aidus
(legal witnesses).
That’s right. Abraham and
Sarah, Judaism’s original converts,
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didn’t make the cut either. Cold
comfort.
Boaz offered to take me to
Cyprus for a civil marriage. I loved
Boaz but didn’t want to share my
life with him; the chemistry wasn’t
there. Besides, I overheard his
mother say she couldn’t accept me,
or any convert for her son.
“My son must have a girl with
yich us (a prestigious Jewish pedi-
gree). After all, we’re a prominent
family.”
Boaz would have done anything
for me. When I told him I was
leaving Israel, he was hurt. “What
about the messianic progenitor we
were going to make together?
“If Mashiach has waited this
long,” I said, “Mashiach can wait a
little longer.”
My famous quote, “Your people
will be my people,” has reverberat-
ed through the ages. I never go
back on my word. So I decided to
go where my adopted people need-
ed me most. I went to the United
States and was ordained by the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Col-
lege.
I found my life-partner Naomi
on JDate.com. I serve as a Jewish
Renewal rabbi in California, a
peace and social justice activist
aiding migrant workers.
My Naomi agreed that Boaz
could be our artificial insemination
donor. This Shavuot, I will be
induced. With G-d’s help, Naomi
and I will be blessed with a baby
daughter confirmed by ultrasound.
Because I take my role as mes-
sianic progenitor very seriously,
and further believe that the
Mashiach will arise from the
Lubavitch community, our daugh-
ter will be named Menachem
Mendel.
Rabbi Saul (Simcha) Prombaum
h as served Congregation Sons of
Abraham in La Crosse since 1982.
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Obituaries
Norman Goldberg
Norman Goldberg, the man
known as the Candy Man to many,
died April 4 at age 90.
He earned the nickname by reg-
ularly distributing candy to chil-
dren and adults at his synagogue,
Congregation Beth Jehudah, and
school, his family said.
A Milwaukee native, Goldberg
worked as a metal recycler for Joe
Stevens Scrap Metal. He was a
32nd degree mason. His nephew
Louis (Dolly) Friedman and niece
Lynn (Jeff) Marcus, both of Mil-
waukee, cared for him in recent
years.
He was preceded in death by
wife Ruth Goldberg (nee
Hirschbein) and is survived by his
brother Herman Goldberg of Deer-
field, Ill., and 12 nieces and
nephews.
Burial was in Agudas Achim
Cemetery. Rabbi Benzion Twerski
officiated and the Jewish Commu-
nity Funeral Home handled the
arrangements.
The family would appreciate
memorial contributions to Congre-
gation Beth Jehudah, 3100 N.
52nd. St., Milwaukee, WI 53216.
Margaret Goodman
Margaret Goodman, nee Lewis,
died April 8 at age 92.
A resident of Manitowoc, she
graduated from Shorewood High
School, attended Marquette Uni-
versity and the University of Wis-
consin-Madison.
She was preceded in death by
her husband of 40 years, Dr. Paul
Goodman and her brother, Merton
Lewis.
She is survived by daughter
Patricia (Howard) Zimmerman of
Manitowoc; sons Dr. John (Patri-
cia Gordon) Goodman of Edmons,
Wash., and Dr. Lawrence (Linda)
Goodman of Houston, Texas;
seven grandchildren and one great-
grandson.
A graveside service was held at
Spring Hill Cemetery. The Pfeffer
Funeral Home handled the funeral
arrangements.
The family would appreciate
memorial contributions to Make-
A-Wish Foundation,
www.wish.org, or Anshe Poale
Zedek Synagogue, P.O. Box 2291,
Manitowoc, WI 54221-2291.
Rochelle Kianovsky
Milwaukeean Rochelle
Kianovsky died of breast cancer on
March 8. She was 71.
A native Milwaukeean, she
graduated from Washington High
School in 1955, earned a bache-
lor’s degree in sociology and a Mas-
ter in Library Science from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She worked as a librarian at the
Milwaukee Public Library and
belonged to the American Library
Association.
She was a member of Congrega-
tion Anshai Lebowitz, NA’AMAT
USA and Hadassah: The Women’s
Zionist Organization of America.
She is survived by her husband,
Raphael Kianovsky of Milwaukee;
daughter Sarah (Frank Friedman)
Kianovsky of Brookline, Mass.;
sons Zev (Arlene Lukin)
Kianovsky of Columbus, Ohio, and
Nahum (Sarah Rosen) Kianovsky
of Maplewood, N.J.; sister Diane
Budner of Portland, Ore.; and
seven grandchildren.
Burial was in Second Home
Cemetery. Cantor Beth Levin and
Rabbi Mitchell Cohen officiated.
Funeral arrangements were han-
dled by Blane Goodman Funeral
Service.
The family would appreciate
memorial contributions to Young
Survival Coalition, 61 Broadway,
Suite 2235, New York, NY 10006.
Sophie Koppel
Sophie Koppel (nee Kaufman)
died Feb. 19, two weeks before her
103rd birthday.
The youngest of six children, she
was born in Chicago. After gradu-
ating eighth grade, she entered the
working world, first making gas
mantles used for lighting and later
at Sears Roebuck and Company
and at L. Klein’s Department
Store.
After marrying Eddie Koppel in
1926 and having the first child of
their three children, the couple
moved to Milwaukee. She was a
full-time housewife and mother,
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her family said.
In 1972, the couple moved to
Los Angeles.
“Sophie was known as the ‘beau-
tiful girl from Chicago’ who joined
the large Koppel family that first
came to Milwaukee around 1890,”
her family wrote in a funeral pro-
gram.
“Sophie was known for her
warmth, good humor, friendly
smile and hospitality. Everyone
who knew her liked her and want-
ed to be her friend.”
Her husband predeceased her in
1976. She is survived by daughter
Annette Koppel of Los Angeles;
sons Irving (Trish) Koppel of
Durham, N.C., and Stuart Koppel
of Los Angeles; and two grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services were held in Los
Angeles.
Joseph Richard Pick
Joseph Richard Pick died March
2 of Parkinson’s disease. He was 86.
He was born in Frankfurt am
Main, Germany, in 1924 and lived
there until age 14, when he took
refuge in Alsace, France, with
friends of the family. Two years
later, his parents escaped Germany
and the family resettled in Milwau-
kee, where his father had many rel-
atives.
He earned accounting and busi-
ness degrees from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee and worked
for 37 years as an accountant at
Pabst Brewery.
In addition to his volunteer
work as a board member of the
Zionist Organization of America,
he was passionate about music and
sang in the choir of Beth El Ner
Tamid Synagogue, when it was
located on Sherman Blvd.
A member of Congregation
Beth Israel, he chanted Torah,
“upholding centuries of traditional
German trope,” his family said. “It
was a privilege and joy to hear him
daven and chant from the Torah.”
He is survived by wife Yvonne
Pick of Milwaukee; son Nathaniel
Pick of Milwaukee; daughter
Sharon (Victor) Pinsker of Trabu-
co Canyon, Calif.; and four grand-
children.
May 2010 • Section I, Page 23
Burial was in Beth Hamedrosh brother Louis Doren of Milwaukee.
Hagodol Cemetery. Rabbis “She was a wonderful person.”
Mitchell Cohen and Jacob Herber She belonged to Adath Jeshurun
officiated. Goodman Bensman Congregation in Minnetonka,
funeral service handled the funeral Minn.
arrangements. In addition to her brother, she is
survived by her husband; daughter
Betty Sandler Debby Saadi of St. Louis Park; son
Betty Sandler (nee Doren), of Rabbi Neil (Susan) Sandler of
St. Louis Park, Minn., died April 5 Atlanta, Ga.; and five grandchil-
of complications of Alzheimer’s dren.
disease. She was 82. Funeral services were held in
A Milwaukee native, she gradu- Minnesota. The family would
ated from Washington High appreciate memorial contributions
School and later married Hymie to the Helen Sandler Camp
Sandler, to whom she was married Ramah Scholarship Fund of Adath
for 62 years. Jeshurun Congregation, 10500
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Dedications
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial dedication cere-
mony in memory of:
Ethel B. Aronson, Sunday, May 23, 11:30 a.m., in Temple Menorah
Ever-Rest Cemetery. Rabbi Gil-Ezer Lerer will officiate.
Eva G. Bernstein, Sunday, May 23, 12:30 p.m., in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Rabbi Marc Berkson will officiate.
Deenie Cohen, Sunday, May 30, 11 a.m., in Second Home Cemetery.
Rabbi Ronald Shapiro will officiate.
Aron Mydlak, Sunday, May 16, 1:30 p.m., in Agudas Achim Cemetery.
Rabbi Jacob Herber will officiate.
Hilda Plotkin, Sunday, May 23, 11 a.m., in Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol
Cemetery. Rabbi Daniel Plotkin will officiate.
Florence F. Sussman, Sunday, May 30, noon, in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Rabbi Ronald Shapiro will officiate.
Thank you to all who were so kind in sending
cards, notes and contributions to agencies,
synagogues and other organizations throughout
the community in memory of my sister,
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David J. Harkavy of Deerfield, Ill.
He is brother to Harrison, 5, and
Josephine, 2.
Bat Mitzvah
Isabella Stechschulte
Isabella Stechschulte will celebrate
becoming a bat mitzvah on May 14 at Con-
gregation Shalom. She is the daughter of
Amy and Thomas Stechschulte of Mequon
and has one brother, Julian, 10.
Her maternal grandparents are Diana
and Ken Stein. Nancy and Jack Stech-
schulte of Waukesha are her paternal
grandparents.
Isabella is a student at Lake Shore Mid-
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Obituaries She was very close with her sis-
ters and helped create a large,
Continued from page 23
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She is further survived by daugh-
Esther Schwade
Beaver Dam native Esther ter Fran (Ronald) Meyers of
Schwade (nee Temkin Liebman) Mequon; son Dr. Jim (Karyn)
died at age 93 on March 20. Schwade of Coral Gables, Fla.;
brothers Dr. Albert Liebman of
She graduated from Washington
High School and earned a teach-
ing degree from Milwaukee State
Mequon and Dr. Monte Liebman
of Milwaukee; seven grandchildren
Teacher’s College. She taught at
Palmer Street School and, during
and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
World War II, taught afternoon
kindergarten at Ninth Street
School. She later studied at Cardi-
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Holocaust
Continued from page 1
without evidence and in the inter-
est of furthering political agendas.
In fact, “the public record is so
different,” she said. “All over the
country, there was engagement,
public programs, ceremonies, writ-
ten material,” plus survivors “being
interviewed, giving public testimo-
ny, creating survivor organizations
and being connected to other
American Jewish organizations.”
The book she wrote about this
won a 2009 National Jewish Book
Award from the Jewish Book
Council and the
American Jewish
American history American history
Studies/Celebrate
350 Award.
Diner will be
speaking about ‘looks different it from the mar-
her findings in
Milwaukee at a
D i s t i n g u i s h e d when you look at it which has been
Scholar Lunch-
eon sponsored by
the Jewish Muse-
um Milwaukee.
from the margins.’
The event cele-
brates Jewish American Heritage
Month and will take place on
Thursday, May 13, noon, at the
Rubenstein Pavilion of the Jewish
Home and Care Center.
State native
Diner has more than one reason
for opening her book with an
instance from Wisconsin. She her-
self is a state native.
She grew up on Milwaukee’s
West Side. Her father was Morris
Schwartzman, director of and
teacher at the United Hebrew
School, which met at the Beth Am
Center that once existed on
Burleigh St.
Not only did she study Hebrew
with him, but her father and step-
mother, Holocaust survivor Ita
Eichenbaum (her birth mother,
Esther, died when Hasia was 2),
spoke Yiddish at home.
Schwartzman also was an active
Labor Zionist, and Hasia during her
teen years belonged to Habonim,
the movement’s youth organiza-
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she realized that her background
would help her do pioneering work
in American Jewish history.
“The fact that I had a reading
knowledge of Hebrew and Yiddish
meant that I was able to do
research in sources that many oth-
ers could not,” Diner said. “It
opened up the possibility of study-
ing aspects of American history
through the medium of American
Jewish history.”
Diner is also very interested in
women’s history, for much the same
reason that she is interested in
American Jewish
history – because
“looks different
when you look at
gins rather than
from the center,”
“white, male, mid-
dle class Protestant
men.”
Her other
books have includ-
ed “The Jews of the United States:
1654 to 2000” (2004) and “Her
Works Praise Her: A History of
Jewish Women in America from
Colonial Times to the Present”
(2002).
Diner currently is Paul S. and
Sylvia Steinberg Professor of
American Jewish History and
director of the Goldstein-Goren
Center for American Jewish Histo-
ry at NYU.
She is married to Steve Diner,
chancellor of Rutgers University in
Newark, N.J., and has three grown
children.
The cost of the Jewish Museum
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program only. For more informa-
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Fo rm e rl y o p -e d e d i t o r, Le o n
Cohen has written for The Chroni-
cle for more than 25 years.
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Lux
Continued from page 1
for Catholic-Jewish Studies.
According to Lux and Heilbron-
ner, this will be the first such cen-
ter ever to be established at a
Catholic seminary in North Amer-
ica.
The school will inaugurate the
center with a dinner scheduled for
Tuesday, May 11, 5 p.m., at the
Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400
Boerner Dr., Hales Corners.
Rabbi Ronald M. Shapiro, sen-
ior rabbi at Congregation Shalom,
is co-chairing the center’s advisory
board with Rev. Richard Sklba,
auxiliary bishop of the Archdio-
cese of Milwaukee.
“I am honored to have this privi-
lege. I just think the world of
[Lux],” said Shapiro, who has
known and worked with Lux ever
since Shapiro came to Shalom in
1978. The new center, said
Shapiro, will maintain Lux’s vision
“that it is important for seminari-
ans to know the intellectual and
spiritual treasures of Judaism.”
Jewish members of the center’s
11-member executive committee
are Heilbronner, local Jewish edu-
cator Sherry Blumberg, Ph.D., and
Robert Peterman of the Milwaukee
Catholic-Jewish Conference.
Lux said the center’s organizers
have “great ideas and plans” that
involve serving both the students
and the general community. It will
do this via four projects:
• Beginning in the summer of
2011, the center hopes to offer
SHST seminarians the opportunity
to participate in a month-long
study program in Israel that the
center will partly subsidize.
• The center is planning to hire
an adjunct faculty member to
teach Jewish studies.
• The center also hopes to offer
a named lectureship that will bring
Jewish studies scholars to Milwau-
kee for lectures and seminars that
will be open to the general public.
• Finally, the center wants to
increase the SHST library’s Judaic
holdings from the “modest 1,100
items” it now has and make that
May 2010 • Section I, Page 25
collection available to the general anti-Semitism, “The Anguish of
public. the Jews,” written by a Catholic
However, the school needs to priest, Fr. Edward Flannery, first
raise money to begin all this. Lux published in 1964. Lux said that in
said the center will need “a mini- spite of his having attended Notre
mum of a $350,000 endowment to Dame University, he “was unaware
start all these projects. We hope to of this long and sordid history. I
build more over the years, but this resolved that the future had to be
is the threshold figure.” different.”
As a result, he plunged into Mil-
A summer in Israel waukee Catholic-Jewish relations
Lux said his interest in Catholic-
within a short time after he arrived
Jewish relations began when he at SHST in 1973. Highlights of his
was a student in Israel in the sum-
work in that area have included
being one of the co-chairs of the
‘He has been the
sixth national workshop on Chris-
tian-Jewish relations, the first such
quintessential event ever held in Milwaukee,
attended by some 650 people.
Most recently, Lux has written a
bridge-builder.’
book, “The Jewish People, the
Holy Land, and the State of Israel:
mer of 1966, doing archeological A Catholic View,” published this
work and attending The Hebrew year by the Paulist Press (175
University of Jerusalem. pages, $19.95 paperback).
During that time, he was “being And he said that after his retire-
in all the biblical places and seeing ment from the school, he will
the vibrant Jewish community,” remain active in the local inter-
and experiencing “the pain of hav- faith dialogue. “I am not a golfer or
ing to go Cypress and fly to a fisherman,” he said. “I have no
Amman [Jordan] in order to go to plans like that.”
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was then in Jordanian control. Cohen has written for The Chron-
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Zimmerman
Continued from page 4
the challenge of wrestling with
firmly held assumptions.
We do ourselves a real disserv-
ice by suppressing the diversity of
thought among fellow Jews. We
will either alienate so many Jews
that our communities will suffer
from their loss, or Jewish identity
will simply become so bland that
it will not be compelling to the
next generation of Jews.
It is ironic that the heart of the
Goldstone controversy revolves
around a bar mitzvah, a sacred life
cycle event whereby a 13 year-old
becomes an adult in the commu-
nity and takes on additional reli-
gious obligations.
This is an opportunity to
become more responsible and to
act with greater integrity. It is a
time of great celebration. And
yet, what exactly are we teaching
Editor’s Desk
Continued from page 4
A look at our Jewish texts leaves
no question as to how we should
behave. Leviticus 19:33-34
instructs us to act with love and
compassion toward immigrants:
“The strangers who sojourn with
you shall be to you as the natives
among you, and you shall love
them as yourself; for you were
strangers in the land of Egypt.”
Leviticus 24:22 tells us, “You
shall have one law for the stranger
and citizen alike.” That extends to
“the powerful, the poor, the
Israelite, the non-Israelite, the
Arizona
Continued from page 14
by an array of Jewish groups,
including the Hebrew Immigrant
Aid Society, Anti-Defamation
League, American Jewish Com-
mittee, Simon Wiesenthal Center,
National Council of Jewish
Women and the Jewish Council
for Public Affairs, a public policy
umbrella group comprised of the
synagogue movements, several
national groups and scores of local
Jewish communities across North
America.
Gideon Aronoff, the president
and CEO of the Hebrew Immi-
grant Aid Society, who supports
legislation like Schakowsky’s and
that of Sen. Charles Schumer (D-
N.Y.), said he is working actively
with other Jewish organizations to
draft a broad statement condemn-
ing the federal government’s fail-
ure to enact comprehensive
reform.
HIAS also is coordinating with
its partners in Arizona and antici-
pates that rallies, the filing of ami-
cus briefs and other actions may be
warranted in the near future.
“Are most of the Latinos who
suffer from this law Jewish? The
answer is no, but we look at this
through the oral commandment of
‘welcome the stranger,’” Aronoff
said.
“We are all Americans, we are
all our brothers’ keepers. We have
an obligation not to stand by
when legislation so harmful is put
this next generation of Jews? I am
afraid that we have taught Judge
Goldstone’s grandson that if you
do not toe the party line you will
be humiliated, demonized, and
excommunicated from the com-
munity. What a terrible lesson for
a young Jew to learn.
Dissent and free discourse
strengthen us as a people. Jews
have a long tradition of debate,
and the very act of debate has
made our communities flourish
throughout the generations.
When Jews care enough to
carefully engage with each other
we create real opportunities for
learning and growth. The future
of our people lies in our ability to
talk to one another, even on issues
as difficult as Israel.
R ab b i Lauri e Zi m m e rm an i s
spiritual leader of Congregation
Sh aarei Sh amayim in Madison.
stranger and the citizen. This is
the Torah’s social vision,” wrote
Rabbi David Hoffman in a 2007
analysis of that text for the Jewish
Theological Seminary.
Among the estimated 460,000
illegal immigrants in Arizona,
according to the Associated Press,
most are not Jewish. (Some are,
and my colleague, a Jewish jour-
nalist from Phoenix, told me that
many Latino Jews are already
avoiding the drive across town to
their synagogue for fear of being
stopped.)
We Jews have an obligation to
stand up for others and behave as
our brothers’ keepers. We must
through.”
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, a
Jewish Democrat, referred to the
immigration bill as one that
“nationally embarrasses Arizona”
in an Op-Ed piece published Sat-
urday in The Washington Post.
“Already, I have called a special
meeting of the Phoenix City
Council to establish standing to
sue the state on the grounds that
S.B. 1070 unconstitutionally co-
opts our police force to enforce
immigration laws that are the
rightful jurisdiction of the federal
government,” Gordon wrote.
Eight of the state’s Reform rab-
bis wrote a letter to Brewer urging
the governor to veto the measure,
calling it “an affront to American
values of justice and our historic
status as a nation of immigrants.”
And The Jewish News of
Greater Phoenix voiced concern
in an editorial that the new law
would lead to racial profiling and
questioning of U.S. citizens.
Rabbi David Saperstein, direc-
tor of the Religious Action Center
of Reform Judaism, said in a state-
ment that “Allowing an individ-
ual’s accent or skin color to precip-
itate an investigation into his or
her legal status is an anathema to
American values of justice and our
historic status as a nation of immi-
grants.
The bill is also likely to endan-
ger our communities by discourag-
ing immigrants from cooperating
with law enforcement on issues of
national security.”
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64. Grateful Dead drummer 50. “Funny ___” (Barbra
Another Jewish Republican,
known as a “rhythm devil” Streisand film)
state Sen. Barbara Leff, voted for 67. Son of Judah 53. Kafkaʼs close friend Max
the law and defended it. 68. German city with the “Alte 54. “Say Anything...” actress
Leff, the only Jewish member of Synagoge” Skye
69. Part of 37-Across 55. Humorist King
the Arizona Senate, told the local 70. Ding 56. Abrahamʼs was open
Jewish newspaper that “no one 71. “Gypsy” songwriter Jule 57. Grp. for Orthodox
can be stopped without probable 72. Maccabee, e.g. teenagers
59. Wicked king
cause, and no one can be asked Down 60. Satu ___ (ancestral home
anything about their immigration 1. Ein ___ of some Hasidim)
status without there being reason- 2. “___ Hu” (seder song) 61. Buffaloʼs county
able suspicion that they are here 3. Number of mourning days 62. Dustin Hoffman, e.g.
in Av 65. Controversial London
illegally. Racial profiling will not 4. Marvel comics creator Lee mayor Livingstone
be tolerated in this state.” 5. Type widths 66. Needle point?
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Doodling rabbi UC San Diego student

— Rabbi Jay Brick- government to vote on
man signs a copy of
his new book, “Poetry
divestment
Doodles,” for David Los Angeles (JTA) — The stu-
Blumberg at Congre- dent government at the University
gation Sinai on Sun- of California, San Diego is set to
day, March 14. Photo
by Ari Friedman.
vote on a divestment bill targeting
two companies that do business
with Israel.
The Associated Students was
scheduled to hold discussions and
vote Wednesday evening on a res-
olution that calls for student
organizations and the university
system to stop investing in compa-
nies that provide technology and
Climbing the hill — A Wisconsin teen delegation met Sen. Russ Fein- equipment to warring countries,
gold during a Panim El Panim seminar, held March 21-24 in Washington D.C.
The seminar aimed to let teens explore public policy and social activism
specifically Israel.
through a Jewish lens. The local teens are participating in an effort co-spon- Sponsored by several campus
sored by BBYO-Wisconsin Region and the Coalition for Jewish Learning, the organizations, including Students
education program of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. for Justice in Palestine and the Stu-
dent Sustainability Collective, the
resolution identifies by name Gen-
eral Electric and United Technolo-
gies, “companies that materially
support the occupation of the
Palestinian territories.”
The measure is similar to one
that was passed by the student gov-
ernment at the University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley, and then vetoed
by the Associated Students’ presi-
dent. However, the UC San Diego
resolution also condemns human
rights violations around the world.
We remember — Milwaukee Jewish Day School seventh grader Han- Opposition on campus is being
nah Paley reads during the MJDS middle school’s commemoration of Yom
HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day. MJDS students observed a moment of led by the Tritons for Israel student
silence and gathered for an assembly to remember fall soldiers. Photo from organization. A Facebook page
Work for bread — Two-year-olds at Gan Ami Beginnings, Preschool & MJDS.
Kindergarten at the Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC made their own matzah called Students Against ASUCSD
during the school’s Passover celebration on March 24. Photo by Rabbi Shari Anti-Israel Bias and Resolutions
Shamah. has more than 1,000 members.