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February 2015 Shevat-Adar, 5775

2014 Tzedakah Campaign Thank Yous ......3, 14-15 Jewish Federation Upcoming Events ......................5 Simchas & Condolences ........................................6

Congregation News ..........................................8-9 Jewish Social Services ........................................17 Jewish Education ..........................................18-20

Lechayim Lights ............................................21-23 Business, Professional & Service Directory ............24 Israel & The World ........................................26-27

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We are so happy to report thatthanks to the generosity of 694 gifts by1,164 donors to the Jewish Federationof Madison’s 2014 Tzedakah Cam-paign, our community will continue tosupport all of the essential agencies andwonderful programs that we have herein Madison and the hundreds of human-itarian programs in Israel and 70 othercountries around the world. Thesedonors, recognized on pages 14 and 15,contributed a total of $1,009,524.03 tothe 2014 Tzedakah campaign.

This exciting result is thanks to thehundreds of donors who gave with in-credible generosity as well as the hardwork and dedication of the Federationboard and committee members, cam-paign solicitors and the entire profes-sional staff.

The campaign was expertly led byMarc Shovers with the help of his vice-chairpersons, Elizabeth Schreiber and

Dan Mitchell. In addition, members ofthe Financial Resource DevelopmentCommittee, Shanee Ellison, Jeff Levy,Alicia Schiff, Judy Schreiber and OrlyVardeny Ni, provided endless help andenthusiasm for the campaign.

Federation leadership and commit-tees have already begun the importantresponsibility of determining how to al-locate these funds within our localcommunity and to those in need world-wide. We hope that each of you has theopportunity to take part in one of ourlocal programs and encourage you tolearn more about what we do world-wide.

We express our sincere appreciationto the community members who con-tributed to the 2014 Tzedakah Cam-paign. The Madison Jewish News willcontinue to keep you updated through-out the year about the needs being metthrough your generosity.

The 2014 Tzedakah Campaign: A TrueCommunity Effort

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Please visit www.JewishMadison.organd follow the directions for online reg-istration. If you have questions beforeregistration begins, please contact [email protected].

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Guest Speaker: Zach Brandon, President,Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce

Date: Thursday, February 12th

Time: 12pm-1:30pm – Lunch will be served followedby a discussion with Mr. Brandon andProfessor Jon Eckhardt

Place: Nakoma Country Club

Register: www.jewishmadison.org or by [email protected]

Break up your work week by meeting up with fellow professionalsfor lunch and lively conversation about all things Madison.

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Greenbush BakeryPaul GrossbergMichael HeifetzIan’s PizzaBrad KahnDan KaplanSasha KerlowMark LaufmanLee LazarJonathan LippSusan LippJeff LevyPhillip Levy

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Our Community expresses its sincere appreciation to thesededicated volunteers and businesses who made the

2014 Tzedakah Campaign a success

The 2015-16 legislative session hasofficially begun. The Governor, AttorneyGeneral and state legislators were swornin on January 5, 2015. Republicans con-trol the State Senate with a 19-14 major-ity and the State Assembly with a 63-36majority—the largest since 1957.

As promised, the first bill of the newsession is a comprehensive school ac-countability bill, which has created con-troversy on both sides of the aisle.

In his State of the State Address heldon January 13, Governor Walker pro-vided a broad overview of his legislativeagenda, including plans to merge severalstate agencies, increase employment ini-tiatives for people with disabilities andenact education reforms. More detailsabout the Governor’s legislative agendawill emerge when he releases his 2015-17 state budget on February 3.

Other “hot topics” that may be ad-dressed during the 2015-16 session in-clude: public assistance reform, humantrafficking, a revamped voter ID bill, ex-pansion of the school choice program,mental health reforms, a 20-week abor-tion ban and possible Right-to-Work leg-islation.

To learn more about the state budgetand other legislation making its waythrough the State Capitol and CapitolHill, be sure to attend Wisconsin JewishConference’s kickoff public policy eventon February 22 at 10:30 a.m. at the MaxWeinstein Jewish Community Building,6434 Enterprise Lane, Madison.

This post-election briefing andoverview of the new legislative sessionwill feature UW-Madison Political Sci-ence Professor Ken Mayer who will bejoined by Wisconsin Jewish ConferenceExecutive Director Michael Blumenfeld.They will provide an analysis of the 2014state and federal elections as well as anoverview of the political landscape goinginto the 2015-16 legislative session. Thisevent is free and open to all members ofthe Jewish community, but please RSVPto [email protected] or 608-257-1888. A light brunch will be served.

And keep an eye out for two other up-coming advocacy events sponsored bythe Jewish Federation of Madison and the

Wisconsin Jewish Conference in con-junction with Interfaith Advocacy Day:

Advocacy Training Seminar, March2015: Participants will receive advicefrom experienced advocates on how toeffectively communicate with elected of-ficials and bring about real policychange. Participants will receive anoverview of the 2015-17 state budget,pending legislation on both the state andfederal level and other timely legislativeinformation. This event is free and opento all members of the Jewish community.

2015 Interfaith Advocacy Day, April29, 2015: The Jewish Federation ofMadison and the Wisconsin Jewish Con-ference are cosponsoring this importantbiennial event. Please see information inthis issue of the Madison Jewish News.Those participating in the AdvocacyTraining Seminar will be able to partici-pate in this day for a reduced fee.

Please contact Michael Blumenfeldwith any questions regarding these up-coming events at [email protected] or 608-257-1888.

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UW-Madison Political ScienceProfessor Ken Mayer and WisconsinJewish Conference Executive Direc-tor Michael Blumenfeld.

Analysis of the 2014 state and fed-eral elections as well as an overviewof the political landscape going intothe 2015-16 legislative session.

When: February 22, 2015 at10:30 a.m.

Where: The Max WeinsteinJewish Community Building, 6434Enterprise Lane, Madison.

RSVP: This event is free, butplease RSVP to [email protected] or 608-257-1888.A light brunch will be served.

Post-ElectionBriefing andOverview of the2015 LegislativeSession

The 2015-16 WisconsinLegislative Session Begins;Kickoff Event is February 22BY MICHAEL BLUMENFELD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Wisconsin Jewish Conference

Calling all Jewish Social Entre-preneurs!

The Jewish Federation of Madi-son Innovation Panel (JFMIP) ispleased to announce that we are ac-cepting proposals for new, innova-tive Jewish community projects byMarch 3, 2015. Supported by aboard designated endowment fundas a result of an anonymous bequest,JFMIP will award up to $28,000 an-nually to deserving, creative initia-tives for Madison’s Jewishcommunity. This fund will be avail-able until 2016, before it may be re-directed by Jewish Federation ofMadison Board of Directors.Grants will be made on a semi-an-nual basis. The fourth proposal anddeadline cycle is March 3, 2015.Submissions are due by 5:00 pmCST on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 andshould be submitted electronically [email protected]. A fifthround of submissions will be ac-cepted on September 3, 2015.

The JFMIP is chaired by Deborah

Minkoff, with members appointed toserve on an annual basis. The panelwill read all applications, evaluateand rate each one according to theestablished criteria, then prioritizefor approval by the Executive Com-mittee of the Federation. Recipientswill be presented to the Board of Di-rectors prior to a public announce-ment.

Applicants are welcome to sharetheir proposal ideas with a panelmember by February 3, 2015. Thepanel member will be happy to workwith applicants prior to the deadline.If interested, please email [email protected].

JFMIP is charged with identifyingand investing in creative, innovative,new programs and organizations thathave the potential for communityimpact. JFMIP supports programsbased in the greater Madison area.

For more information, criteriaand guidelines, please visit Jewish-Madison.org or email Dina [email protected].

The Jewish Federationof Madison InnovationPanel Request forProposals March 2015

Beth Israel Center 1406 Mound Street

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Center for Jewish Mindfulness (Chicago) and the Director

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Spirituality (New York). Prior to pursuing his rabbinical

studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Jordan

studied Conservation Biology at the University of

Wisconsin-Madison, spent several months at Zen centers

in California and France, and studied Jewish text at the

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Beth Israel Center brings together the teachings of three thought leaders in Jewish practice and mindfulness:

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Learn with Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell:Sundays, March 15 and May 39:30am - 3:00pm

On Thursday evenings in March and April, Rabbi Joshua Ben-Gideon

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Are you an adult who is interested in learning Hebrew? Would you like to learn

conversational skills?

Now is your chance!Join Racheli Komar-Aziz, our community Shlicha

(Israel Program Coordinator), for an adult Hebrew class.When: Beginners, Mondays, 6-7 p.m.; Advanced,Mondays, 7-8 p.m.Where: The Max Weinstein Jewish Community Building,6434 Enterprise Lane, MadisonFee: $18 (Scholarships available)Please contact Racheli at [email protected] withquestions. Register online at www.JewishMadison.org

Organized and sponsored by theJewish Federation of Madison

Hebrew Playgroup: A play group for Hebrew-speakingfamilies with young children (newborn-4)Sunday afternoons from 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Rotating locations as desired by the group, including homes, parks, or other publicspaces. This will be an entirely Hebrew-speaking environment intended to support thelanguage development of our children, giving them exposure to Hebrew in an enrich-ing, semi-structured group setting. In ad-dition to play, the meetings will includeHebrew story time and sing-alongs! Ifyou are interested in participating, pleaseemail: Aviv at [email protected] Racheli at [email protected]

Collaborative Dialogue about Israel and Its Conflictwith the Palestinians. (Second of two sessions)Thursday, February 12th (for UW college students), 7:00-9:00 p.m.UW Hillel, 611 Langdon Street, MadisonFee: $5 (can be waived if needed)

To register for more more information, please contact office@shamayim. org.Funded by the Jewish Federation of Madison Innovation Panel Grant.

Schmooze and Shabbat ClassesFriday, February 6th, 9:15-10:15 a.m.Max Weinstein Jewish Community Building Conference Room6434 Enterprise Lane, Madison

This is a free playgroup for children ages 0-3 and their caregivers. Move, sing,read, smile, and shake off the cold. For more information or to register, visitwww.JewishMadison.org

K’tantanim Israeli Dance ClassSundays, February 15th, March 8th, and April 19th, 3:30-4:00 p.m.Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound St.,MadisonCost: $5 per class

Our programming this year will be fo-cused on Tikshoret – Communication.For more information contact EllenWeismer, [email protected]

Community Purim Carnival!Thursday, March 5th4:30 p.m. Purim Shpiel, 5:15-7 p.m.Purim Feast & Carnival BoothsBeth Israel CenterAdmission: $7.00 for kids 3-12 years old;Ages 2 and under are free

See the back page ad in this issue formore information.

Ivrit B’Kef (Hebrew Fun) ~ Time for Hebrew, Time for Fun!Dates: Thursdays through May 28th, Time: 3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.(Note: No class on March 5th, April 2nd, April 9th)Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street, MadisonCost: $270 per student (cash or check) / $275.50 (credit card)

Immerse your child in learning Hebrew in a fun, casual and engaging program!Kindergarten – 2nd graders are invited to join Racheli Komar-Aziz, our CommunityShlicha, on an adventure through the Hebrew language in 18 exciting sessions focusedon familiar themes. No Hebrew language experience is necessary.

Registration is available online at: www.Jewish-Madison.org

For more information: Contact EllenWeismer, Program Director at (608) 278-1808 [email protected].

Yad B’Yad (Hand in Hand) PlaygroupTuesday, February 3rd, 9:30-11 a.m.

Free playgroup for children ages 0-2 and their caregivers. Kosher snacks provided.Contact Tiz Goff for location and to RSVP at: [email protected] or call

773-620-4404.

Jewish Business & Professionals RoundtableLunch with Guest Speaker Zach Brandon, President, Greater MadisonChamber of CommerceThursday, February 12th, 12:00-1:30 p.m.Nakoma Country Club4145 Country Club Road, MadisonCost: $25 per person

Lunch will be served at 12 p.m. followed by a discussionwith Mr. Brandon facilitated by Professor Jon Eckhardt ofthe UW Business School. For more information or to registercontact Lynn Kaplan, [email protected], or visitwww.JewishMadison.org

Hamantashen Baking Open HouseSunday, February 22nd, 2:00-5:00 p.m. (Dough making tutorial 2:00-2:30 p.m.)Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound St., Madison(Dough prep help needed Feb. 22 and20, 9:30-11:30 a.m.)

Help fill, fold, and bake Hamantashen tobe sold at the Community PurimCarnival on March 5th. For details or tosign up to help, contact Ellen Weismer [email protected]; or visitwww. JewishMadison.org

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Join the Madison Jewish YouthGroups for a night of laser tag fun,new friends, and tasty snacks at Ul-trazone Laser Tag on Saturday night,February 7. Take on the challenge ofteam strategy in a high-tech arenaand hang-out time in the glowingparty room. Meet in the Ultrazonemain lobby at 7:30pm sharp, lo-cated at 680 Grand Canyon Drive.Game play starts at 7:30pm and endsat 10:00pm in the party room. Wearcomfortable clothes and sneakers.

All 8th through 12th gradeteenagers from Temple Beth El(MaTTY), Beth Israel Center(MOUSY), BBYO Heifetz, and Con-gregation Shaarei Shamayim are in-

vited to join forces in the alternateuniverse of laser tag. See your indi-vidual youth group Facebook or ad-viser for the participation fee for thisevent.

RSVP by Monday, February 2 toyour specific youth group or congre-gation. If you are from Temple BethEl, email Naomi Segal [email protected]. Ifyou are from Beth Israel Center,email Deborah Hoffman at [email protected]. If you arefrom BBYO Heifetz, email JakeFuterfas at heifetzbbyo @gmail.com.If you are from CongregationShaarei Shamayim, email Sara Jossat office@ shamayim.org.

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Simchas & CondolencesMazel Tov on the engagement of:Hannah Jacobs, daughter of Mark Jacobs and the late Susan Jacobs, to AdrielBienn.

Congratulations to:David Gordon and Dr. Kari Sveum on their recent engagement.

Mazel Tov on the birth of:Jackson Elliot Stone, son of Emily and Jeff Stone; grandson of Willie andClaudia Haus and grea-grandson of Warren and Gerry Randy; andMatthew Benjamin Suttin, son of Lindsay and Jonathan Suttin.

Condolences to the families of:Meyer Williams, husband of Lucille Williams;Betsy Scharlack, sister-in-law of Bobbie (Bill) Malone; andClaire Goodsitt, cousin of Ginny Graff.

HamantashenBaking Open HouseBrought to you by the Jewish Federation of Madison’s Family Education Committee

Join us for an afternoon of baking, filling, folding and funWhen: Sunday, February 22, 2:00-4:30 p.m.Where: Beth Israel CenterCome for the whole time or just drop by for a little while to help. There will be

a dough-making tutorial from 2:00-2:30 and the rest of the time will be spent fill-ing, folding, baking and packaging.

Learn to bake Hamantashen. Help fill them, fold them, and bake them to be soldat the community Purim carnival on Thursday, March 5 at Beth Israel Center.

*We are looking for volunteers to help prepare the Hamantashen doughin the mornings on February 18 and 20, if you are interested in helping, pleasecontact Ellen Weismer [email protected].

Over the past couple of weeks I havereceived several emails, phone calls andquestions from members of the commu-nity about why the Community PurimCarnival is on a Thursday this year in-stead of a Sunday and the answer is quitesimple. We are having the carnival on aThursday because that is Purim and thecommunity leadership, including myself,the Rabbis and the Executive Directorsfelt that it was important to show the sig-nificance of this holiday by celebrating iton the actual calendar date. We don’tmove other holidays like Rosh Hashanah,Yom Kippur and Passover and there isnothing in the Torah that says that aPurim Carnival must be held on a Sun-day! The carnival is going to be from4:30pm-7:00pm, a reasonable window

for kids of all ages and the best part…youdon’t have to cook dinner that night! So,mark your calendars now and get thosecostumes ready for a fun evening of en-tertainment, games, delicious foods andmost important COMMUNITY! Wehope that everyone will embrace thischange and join us for the fun! See thead on the back page of this issue for moredetails and information about how to getinvolved.

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A unique opportunity brought to youby the Beth Israel Center Adult Educa-tion Program, Sunday, March 15 –Sunday, May 3

Our awareness of mindfulness and Jew-ish mindfulness in particular has becomemuch more acute in recent years. Mindful-ness, a type of meditation, is a way of di-rectly relating to, and working with, ourlived experience as human beings: how weact, think and feel. Mindfulness is not spe-cific to any religious tradition; it is a humancapacity. Traditional Jewish sources callthis kind of spiritual practice avodah. Avo-dah reflects Jewish values, the Jewish cal-endar, and other conceptions of spiritualpractice (mitzvot, prayer, Shabbat, etc.).

Jewish practice lends itself to the impor-tation of mindfulness traditions from othercultures. At the same time, rabbis, scholarsand practitioners have been finding and de-veloping mindfulness practices alreadypresent in Jewish tradition. Three leaders inthis area are Professor Richie Davidson,Rabbi Alan Lew z"l, and Rabbi JordanBendat-Appell.

To bring these kinds of connections toMadison, Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell, co-founder and director of the Center for Jew-ish Mindfulness (Chicago) and the Directorof Regional Programing for the Institute forJewish Spirituality (New York), will lead atwo-part program this spring -- on Sunday,March 15 and Sunday, May 3, from 9:30amuntil 3:00pm -- with supplementary ses-sions on several Thursday evenings in be-tween, including one special evening withProfessor Richie Davidson.

The program begins on Sunday, March15 with a timely Passover theme: Pesach,Matzha and Marror: A Day of Jewish

Mindfulness Practice. Pesach is calledz'man cheiruteinu, the time of our freedom,and it is the epitome of a spiritual qualitythat we cultivate throughout the year andour lives: how can I move from narrownessand constriction to greater expansivenessand freedom? Jewish mindfulness is apractice that can help us enter into thesethemes of Pesach in a lived way. By en-gaging in the dynamics of inner liberationin an experiential, felt way, we are able toopen up the symbols (like Pesach, matzahand marror) of the holiday for the sake oftruly growing as a human being.

The first day-long retreat will draw uponthe wisdom of Pesach in order to frame aJewish mindfulness practice that is acces-sible and effective. Participants will learnthe fundamentals of this practice and havean opportunity to engage in them over thecourse of the day through sitting, walking,and eating meditation.

In the weeks between the two Sundaysessions, participants will read Rabbi AlanLew's groundbreaking book Be Still andGet Going, with discussion and practice fa-cilitated by Rabbi Joshua Ben-Gideon onThursday evenings in late March andthroughout April (excluding Pesach).

The cost for the Torah and Mindfulnessprogram, which includes two day-long ses-sions (March 15 and May 3) and the addi-tional sessions in March and April, is$72/person for Beth Israel Center membersand $96/person for non-members. The costincludes Rabbi Lew's book and lunch onboth Sundays. To register, please contactBeth Israel Center at (608) 256-7763 [email protected].

The Sunday retreats are made possibleby an Innovation Grant from the JewishFederation of Madison.


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Mazel tov to Ken Stein, in honor of his 75th birthday:Norm and Doreen MarcusClaire and Ken FabricStanley and Merle FerstadtJan and Irv BerlinSuzy PeltzSherry and Denny MillerJere and Suzy WillcoxonDenny and Gary GellerSandra Weinstein and Edward BlumbergJudy and Jerry SchumacherNatalie FrankelCathy RosenAl and Barbara Simon

Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Marcus, in honor of their newgrandson

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In Memory of beloved mother and father of Mr. and Mrs. MichaelSchlossman

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In honor of Ken Stein’s birthday Happy birthday, Love Jim, Hannah and Jake

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Thank you Madison Jewish Federation, Jewish Social Services andCamp Shalom for all you do to make our community great!

The Herstand Family

Torah & Mindfulness withRabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell

Many people, I am told, lose touch withtheir Jewish identity while they are awayin college. I am proud to say that the op-posite is true for me. Although I grew upin a mixed religion household, I loved cel-ebrating Passover and Hanukkah. This,plus the fact that I had plenty of Jewishfriends, caused me to consider myself Jew-ish, although I had no idea what that meantnor did it mean much of anything to me.Arriving as a student to the University ofWisconsin-Madison, I joined a mostly-Jewish sorority and often joined my friendsfor delicious Shabbat dinners at the UWChabad House. My friends and I alwaysenjoyed ourselves immensely in the warmand inviting environment of Chabad. Nev-ertheless, as one of the only Jews I knewwho never went to Hebrew school and did-n’t have a bat mitzvah, I wasn’t really surehow much I belonged in the Jewish com-munity. All of that changed this winterwhen I chose to join Rabbi Mendel on aBirthright trip to Israel with other UW stu-dents. We arrived on a Friday and on thatfirst day of our trip I celebrated my first fullShabbat with services, dancing, food, andfriends. Rabbi Mendel’s passion towardsJudaism inspired me instantly. Throughoutthe trip, this inspiration continued to grow.One thing that Rabbi Mendel said thatstuck with me was that he is not more Jew-ish than any of us. One could tell that he

didn't just say it, he meant it. This reallymade me feel connected to Judaism as itwas a weird thought for me. How can I bejust as Jewish as Rabbi Mendel when Idon’t keep kosher, celebrate Shabbat on aweekly basis, and had never had a batmitzvah? He told us that despite differentupbringings, every one of us are, throughour birthright, an integral part of the Jewishpeople. We each have an innate relation-ship with God, Israel, the Torah, and Jew-ish history. Everything Rabbi Mendeltaught me in just ten short days made mefeel a real connection to being Jewish. Thatis why I was ecstatic when he asked if Iwanted to have a Bat Mitzvah at the West-ern Wall. I finally had the opportunity tomake my commitment to Judaism and itcame at the perfect time in my life. Unlikethose who had bar mitzvahs for a party orbecause their parents made them, I madethis decision based on my personal beliefs.I now feel just as Jewish as any of mypeers which is something I never thoughtI would have. I am very fortunate I had abat mitzvah at a time when my commit-ment to Judaism could mean the most tome. It would not have been possible with-out Rabbi Mendel’s guidance and support.I look forward to continuing my Jewishjourney in Madison with the help ofChabad. I will also make sure that all myfriends take advantage of this beautifulcommunity that they have created on cam-pus, a community emphasizing of unique-ness of each individual.

Discovering My JewishBirthright with Chabad

Bat Mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall. The author is sitting in the center.

Wisconsin pride in the Jerusalem hills.

BY CORIE KING

UW-Madison senior

Shaarei Shamayim, Madison’s JewishReconstructionist and Renewal congre-gation, welcomes new and prospectivemembers, as well as visitors, to partici-pate in our services, discussions, classes,and celebrations. For more informationor to learn about events, please visit ourwebsite at www.shamayim.org, email usat [email protected], or call 608-257-2944.

Shabbat Evening Potluckand Intergenerational Tu B’shevat SederFriday, February 6, 6:00 p.m.Please call the office for location.

Celebrate Shabbat in community andjoin us for our monthly potluck in amember’s home. Children are welcome.We will celebrate Tu B’shevat withsinging, eating dried fruits and nuts, andstorytelling. Please bring a vegetariandish to share.

Mindfulness Seder forTu B’shevatSaturday, February 7, 6:00 p.m.Please call the office for the location.

We will celebrate Tu B’shevat mind-fully through singing, chanting, medita-tion, and Havdalah in the framework ofa seder of fruits, nuts, wines, and juices.If you would like to attend, please RSVPat [email protected].

Special Guest: Rabbi MauriceHarris from InterfaithFamily“On the Cusp of New JewishCommunity”

Following IntergenerationalShabbat ServicesSaturday, February 14First Unitarian Society900 University Bay Drive

Join us for a musical service for allages from 9:30-11:00 a.m., followed bya bagel lunch. See below for more infor-mation about Rabbi Harris’s presentation.

Social Action Shabbat:“Working Towards a NewUnderstanding of theMid-East Conflict”A Presentation and Discussion byZaccai LewisFriday, February 20Please call the office for the location.

We’ll gather at 6:00 p.m. and beginour Shabbat service at 6:15 p.m. Thiswill be followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m.and our discussion at 7:30 p.m. Pleasebring a vegetarian dish to share.

Interested in Bar/BatMitzvah? Join us for FamilyEducationSundays, February 22, March 1, 8Center for Families2120 Fordem Avenue.

All are welcome to attend these familyeducation classes for 5th, 6th, and 7thgraders and their parents. We’ll reflecton the function of this rite of passage forteens and its meaning for the entire fam-ily. To register, please contact Sara at [email protected]. (These classes areoffered free of charge.)

Visiting Rabbi Speakson Interfaith Issues

“On the Cusp of New JewishCommunity,” a Presentation byRabbi Maurice Harris

Saturday, February 14, 9:30-11:00 Shabbat Service, 11:00 a.m.presentation

First Unitarian Society, 900 Uni-versity Bay Drive

Rabbi Harris will lead a workshopon patterns and trends in Americansociety around interfaith marriageand what thismeans for thecurrent and fu-ture Jewish com-munity. Nowthat we have en-tered into an eraof changing def-initions of whatit means to bepart of an iden-tity group, wesee that olderparadigms arephasing out.How will thegroup identities we have taken forgranted reconfigure and adapt? Howdo we reframe and confront the fearembedded in Jewish continuity dis-cussions? What is the function and

purpose of Jewish identity and com-munity?

Maurice Harris is the Rabbi / Sen-ior Educator at InterfaithFamily(www.interfaithfamily.com), the pre-mier resource supporting interfaithcouples exploring Jewish life and in-clusive Jewish communities. A grad-uate of the ReconstructionistRabbinical College, Rabbi Harrisserved for eight years as Associate

Rabbi and Headof School atTemple Beth Is-rael in Eugene,Oregon. He andhis wife,Melissa Crabbe,are the adoptiveparents of twoc h i l d r e n ,Clarice andHunter, whohad previouslybeen in the Ore-gon foster caresystem. Harris

is also the author of two books offer-ing progressive Jewish readings ofTorah: Moses: A Stranger among Usand Leviticus: You Have No Idea,both published by Cascade Books.

Come see our newly renovated syn-agogue at the corner of Mound andRandall!

Visit our website, www.bethisrael-center.org, or call us at (608) 256-7763for service schedules and other pro-gramming information beyond what islisted here.

Experience our vibrant style of tradi-tional, egalitarian Jewish community.All Beth Israel Center programs areopen to everyone.

Program highlights:

Melton Class on Creating aJewish Family begins Feb. 1

Beth Israel Center is bringing theMelton School to Madison, startingwith a Foundations of Jewish FamilyLiving 10-class series. Classes, taughtby Rabbi Rebecca Ben-Gideon, willmeet at Beth Israel Center on Sundaymornings starting February 1. Classdates run through the end of May. Thecost is $96, which includes course ma-terials. Developed by the renowned Flo-rence Melton Adult Mini-School, aproject of the Hebrew University inJerusalem, Foundations of Jewish Fam-ily Living is a new curriculum designedfor parents that acknowledges the im-

portant role of learning in adulthood. Toregister, go to www.events.org/Melton-Madison.

Yom Rishon10:00amSunday, February 1

Come experience preschool familyeducation at its finest! Yom Rishon is atheme-based program including art,movement, music, stories, and projects.There will also be some further learningon each session's topic for parents andother adults who accompany the children.

Put all the 2014/15 dates on your cal-endar: February 1, March 1, April 12, andMay 10. Attendance at all sessions is notrequired. Come when you can! Ques-tions? Contact Beth Copelovitch, [email protected] or 256-7763.

Youth Group Laser Tag7:30-10:00pmSaturday, February 7

MOUSY is pleased to partner withMaTTY, Heifetz BBYO and Congrega-tion Shaarei Shamayim for a night ofLaser Tag at Ultrazone. More details areon page 6 and on each youth group’sFacebook page.

Board Game ShabbatSaturday, February 28

After lunch on the last Shabbat inFebruary, we’ll bring out the games andcards and play throughout the after-noon. If you have a favorite Shabbat-appropriate (no writing required) gameto contribute, please bring it to the BICoffice before noon on Friday, Feb. 27.

Torah & Mindfulnesswith Rabbi JordanBendat-AppellSunday, March 15 through Sunday,May 3

Beth Israel Center presents a pro-gram on Jewish mindfulness lead pri-marily by Rabbi Bendat-Appell,co-founder and director of the Centerfor Jewish Mindfulness (Chicago) andthe Director of Regional Programmingfor the Institute for Jewish Spirituality(New York), along with a night of learn-ing with Professor Davidson (Thursday,March 26) and the study of teachingsfrom Rabbi Alan Lew z”l. Please seethe full article about this unique oppor-tunity on page 7.

Talmud Class9:00amWednesday mornings

Rabbis Joshua and Rebecca Ben-Gideon lead study of the eighth perek ofMasechet Sota. This perek begins withthe speech a Kohen must make to troopsbefore a war and explores the differencesbetween a defensive war of necessity--what might be called a righteous war--and other wars. The class covers bothhow to study Talmud and the text andsubject matter.

Shabbat Morning Services9:30am every Saturday

Looking for warm, inspiring, and egal-itarian traditional Shabbat services? Comefind us in our new sanctuary. Our worshipbegins with P’seukei D’zimra and contin-ues through Shacharit, Torah service andMusaf. We join together for a communitykiddush lunch after services every week.Children’s services for babies, preschool-ers, and elementary school age childrenbegin at 10:30 most weeks. Subscribe toour weekly e-news to receive children’sservice schedule updates. (Find “Get ourE-announcements” on our website or [email protected] and ask to beadded.) Visitors are always welcome!

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Congregation News8/Madison Jewish News February 2015

Congregation Shaarei Shamayim

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Rabbi Maurice Harris

Our events listed below are open to thecommunity. Check out our Temple Beth Elwebsite at www.templebethelmadison.orgfor more information on our worship timesand special events. All events take place atTemple Beth El; 2702 Arbor Drive, Madi-son, unless otherwise noted.

We encourage members of the JewishCommunity to join Temple Beth El, andwe welcome prospective members to par-ticipate in programs and activities. Pleasecontact Heidi Lauhon, Executive Director,at 608-238-3123 or [email protected] for membershipinformation.

Tots and Tunes9:30am-10:30am, Sunday, Feb. 1,Feb. 22, Mar. 22 & Apr. 19 in theEzra Frank Adult Lounge

Fun for all children newborns to 5year olds!!! There will be singing, crafts,challah & juice. Come hang out withleaders Lynn R., Karin H. and Kenny L.as they teach the tots about Shabbat andJewish holidays through songs andcrafts!

Shabbat Dinner Get Together7:15pm, Friday, Feb 6Imperial Gardens2039 Allen Blvd, Middleton

Be part of our first Shabbat dinner onthe town in 2015. Choose your favoriteChinese dish to spice up the dreary winter.Order exactly what you want, or join withothers and share a variety of dishes. Youcan't go wrong. There will be fortune cook-ies at the end of dinner, which may tell usabout the upcoming year. Join us beforehand at Temple Beth El Pre-Shabbat Onegat 5:30pm and Shabbat Services at 6pm.

Roaring 20s Murder at theJuice Joint Speakeasy7pm, Saturday, Feb 7

Callings all Flappers, Dolls, Mobsters& Gents! Come to our speakeasy in your20s garb and solve the mystery. $20/ adult.21+. Register on our website to be as-signed your character. Contact AleezaHoffert 608-238-3123 or [email protected]. Advance registra-tion requested to assign characters inadvanced. Walk-ins also welcome.

Shabbat Service with GuestSpeaker Greg Jones7:30pm, Friday, Feb 13

Greg Jones, newly elected president ofthe Dane County NAACP, will addressour congregation on the relationship ofpolice and young black men, and the in-equity that still exists in our society in atalk entitled, "An Awakening Among Us:Will Justice Prevail?"

Liesl M. Blockstein MemorialLecture & BrunchJill Karofsky, Executive Directorof the Wisconsin Department of Jus-tice's Office of Crime Victim Services."Bravery of a Super Hero: We Rely onVictims to Fully Cooperate with the Jus-tice System. Are We Doing All We Canto Support Them in This Process?"9:30am, Sunday, Feb 15Temple Beth El2702 Arbor Drive, Madison

The lecture is a joint program of Jew-ish Social Services and Temple Beth El.The program and brunch are free andopen to all, but we ask that you registeronline by emailing [email protected] or calling Aleeza Hof-fert at 608-238-3123 with how manypeople will be attending.

Prior to her appointment, Jill was an As-

sistant Attorney General – ViolenceAgainst Women Resource Prosecutor atthe Wisconsin Department of Justice. Inthat role, she provided training and supportto Wisconsin prosecutors to enhance theirprosecutions of sexual assault, domestic vi-olence, stalking, and related offenses.

Singles Creating CommunityCoffee Clutch9am, Friday, Feb 20 Panera on University3416 University Avenue, Madison

Enjoy a cup of joe with your SinglesCreating Community friends.

MaTTY led Shabbat Service7pm, Friday, Feb 20

Everyone is invite to join us to usherin Shabbat together as our MaTTY teenslead us in Shabbat Services. MaTTYsponsored oneg to follow.

Talk by Author Doug Moe onhis latest book: Good Men,The Lives and Philanthropyof Irwin A. and Robert D.GoodmanSunday, March 1, 9:30am Brunch10am Talk by Doug Moe with Q & A

There’s no charge for this brunch andtalk but we ask that you register to ensurespace and food. Register online or contactAleeza Hoffert at [email protected] or 608-238-3124. Co-spon-sored by Temple Beth El Men’s Club. Wewill have Purim theme activities

Doug Moe is a lifelong Madisonian andhas worked as a journalist in the city fornearly four decades. For the last 18 yearshe has written a daily newspaper columnabout the city, most recently for the Wis-consin State Journal. Prior to that, he waseditor of Madison Magazine. He has beennamed Madison's best writer or columnistin reader polls more than a dozen times. Heis the author of numerous books, including"The World of Mike Royko," a ChicagoTribune Choice Selection of the Year, and"Lords of the Ring: The Triumph andTragedy of College Boxing's GreatestTeam," runner-up for the August DerlethAward as best non-fiction book of the yearby a Wisconsin author. He is currentlyworking with former Wisconsin governorTommy G. Thompson on Thompson's au-tobiography.

Purim Seudah (Dinner) andThe Scroll of PurimWednesday, March 46:15pm Dinner7:30pm The Scroll of Purim

Reservations required for our Persianthemed dinner $15 for adults 13+, $10 kids5+ and $7 tots. Dinner will include savoryhamentashen, dolmas, lamb or vegetarianstew and more. During dinner we’ll alsohave the opportunity to hear part of themegillah chanted. All ages welcome at din-ner. Following dinner enjoy our congre-gant written and directed Purim Shpeilintended for a mature audience entitled“The Scroll of Purim.” End the eveningwith a tasty hamantashen.

Film Screening: The NaziOfficer’s Wife7pm, Thursday, March 12

In preparation for Angela Schluter’svisit (the daughter of Edith Hahn) onMarch 16, join us for a special moviescreening at Temple Beth El. The movie isone hour and forty minutes long. Themovie, based on the book The Nazi Offi-cer’s Wife: How one Jewish woman sur-vived the Holocaust, is about the life ofEdith Hahn who kept her identity as a Jewsecret. Despite the risks, Edith kept manyrecords, real and falsified documents, andphotos of labor camps. These moving arti-facts, along with testimony from Edith andher daughter Angela bring this tale of sur-vival, resilience and redemption to life.The film is narrated by Susan Sarandonwith Julia Ormand. Please RSVP online orto Aleeza Hoffert [email protected].

Special Engagement:Angela Schluter Comingfrom LondonDaughter of the famed couple whoselives are depicted in the book andmovie The Nazi Officer’s Wife. 6:30pm, Monday, March 16

We are honored to bring AngelaSchluter, a dynamic speaker on the story ofher parents and her own upbringing and theimpact of the Holocaust. Her trip to Wis-consin is made possible by the HolocaustEducation and Resource Center and Con-gregation Shalom in Milwaukee. Angela is

the daughter of Edith Hahn Beer, the sub-ject and author of The Nazi Officer’s Wife:How one Jewish woman survived theHolocaust. Copies of the book are avail-able from Temple Beth El for $15 each.Contact the Temple office to purchase yourcopy.

Angela was born in Brandenburg, Ger-many in 1944, the daughter of a Nazi Partymember and a Jewish woman who washiding from the Gestapo and living underan assumed identity in the heart of theThird Reich. Angela’s mother, Edith Hahn,came from Vienna, Austria, was sent to alabor camp in 1940, and then because of aseries of miraculous coincidences man-aged to live through the war and ultimatelyimmigrate to England in 1948. Angela willbe speaking about her mother, the book(which is also a movie) and her own up-bringing as arguably the only child of aJewish mother born in a German hospitalduring World War II.

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The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jew-ish Studies and the Hillel Foundation atthe University of Wisconsin-Madison,Barbara Hochberg Center for JewishStudent Life are thrilled to announce anupcoming joint event: Representing TelAviv, Representing the West Bank: ASymposium with Israeli Author AssafGavron. Leading Israeli author AssafGavron will appear together with UWMadison faculty to explore the chal-lenges facing Israeli writers who areworking to break down stereotypical im-ages and provide a more nuanced under-standing of Israel and the Middle East.The first session will revolve around thecity of Tel Aviv and its representation inTel Aviv Noir, a recent anthology editedby Gavron and Etgar Keret, featuringstories by them and ten other leadingyoung Israeli writers. Critics havepraised this “outstanding” volume for es-caping the limits of formula fiction andexposing the “noir underbelly” of TelAviv, far from the popular images of

sunny beaches and political turmoil,where “human passions run deep.” Thesecond session will address Jewish set-tlements in the West Bank and their rep-resentation through the prism ofGavron’s most recent novel, The Hilltop.Praised by the New York Times andnamed a Best Book of 2014 by NPR,The Hilltop, according to Tablet’s AdamKirsch, is a ‘great Israeli novel’ in muchthe same way that Jonathan Franzen’sFreedom was a ‘great American novel’.

The event will take place on February5, 2015 at the Hillel Foundation at Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Madison Hillel(611 Langdon St.).

The first session on Tel Aviv Noir,will be held at noon, and the second ses-sion on The Hilltop will be held at 7 p.m.

The event is funded by the UW-Madi-son Jay and Ruth Halls Visiting ScholarFund, the Mosse/Weinstein Center forJewish Studies, Hillel Foundation at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, andthe Middle East Studies Program.

The event is co-sponsored by theMosse/Weinstein Center for JewishStudies, Hillel Foundation at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Madison, the MiddleEast Studies Program, the Center for theHumanities, and the Program in CreativeWriting.

This event is free and open to thepublic. For more information, please e-mail [email protected].

Representing Tel Aviv, Representingthe West Bank: A Symposium withIsraeli Author Assaf Gavron

The Modern Hebrew program at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison haslong been recognized as one of the finestin the country. By all accounts, the suc-cess of the program would be unthink-able without Bilha Mirkin, who hastaught here for nearly four decades.“Bilha and I joined the Hebrew Depart-ment at the same time,” recalled GilMorahg, now an emeritus professor ofmodern Hebrew. “I was a young assistantprofessor. She was a younger languageinstructor. I was hired to restructure andrevitalize the modern Hebrew languageand literature program. As I began work-ing, it quickly became clear that Bilhawas the most valuable collaborator in thisundertaking.”

Mirkin’s students and colleagues willnow have to face the unimaginable:Mirkin, who started teaching here in1977, will retire at the end of the fall se-mester. “It's almost as if Bascom Hill orthe Terrace were to one day disappear,”said Jacob Beckert ’14, a former student,upon hearing the news.

With her colleague Haya Yuchtman,Mirkin was responsible for teaching thefirst 2–3 years of the modern Hebrew se-quence. Despite the difficulties of learn-ing a new language, Mirkin inspiredstudents to rise to the challenge. “She isso passionate about what she wants stu-dents to get out of her class that she is notafraid to stand her ground,” noted NaomiSegal, a major in Jewish Studies. “Whena student complained about rules in He-brew, [she would say to them], ‘It's not

my father's factory,’ — i.e., she did notcreate these rules, but they are the waythey are.” A note of thanks Mirkin re-ceived from two former students con-veyed a similar sentiment: “We havenever met such a teacher… who hasmade us truly passionate about a lan-guage. [Her] warm composure andfriendliness allowed us to want to con-tinue learning Hebrew.”

Beyond simply teaching the mechan-ics of Hebrew grammar and vocabulary,Mirkin exposed her students to the rich-ness of Israeli literature and culture. AsYuchtman recalled, “working with Bilha,I could feel the enthusiasm and passionshe had for the Hebrew language, Israeliculture and Jewish heritage. Bilhabrought to her classes an authentic andmemorable Israeli experience.” For manystudents, Mirkin’s classroom offered aplace of refuge and support. “It is veryeasy to get lost at a school this big, butyour class is the thing that keeps me smil-ing,” wrote a student to her years ago.Mirkin’s colleague Professor Rachel F.Brenner similarly observed that Mirkin“gave [students] a sense of understandingand sympathy that is so difficult to findin a big university.”

Mirkin will remain in Madison afterher retirement, using her new time to doother “adventures of the mind,” as sheputs it: travel to India in February, audit-ing courses, and spending time with herfamily. “We wish Bilha all the best in thenext phase of life for her,” SimoneSchweber commented about Mirkin’s de-parture, adding, “we also secretly hopethat she may decide to come back andteach Hebrew again….”

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As a student at the University of Wis-consin-Madison, it is easy to feel lostamongst the thirty-thousand undergradu-ate students and overwhelmed by thehundreds of clubs and organizations oncampus. Early on, I felt lost at times.Now, as a junior, I do not feel lost any-more because I have found a home, andessentially a family, at the UW Hillel.Hillel is now my home base for most ofthe activities that I do on campus, offcampus, and in the Madison Jewish com-munity.

The year before I started college, Ilived in Israel on a Reform Jewish, Zion-ist, leadership gap-year program. When Ibegan my college journey, I did not thinkthat I would find a community on campusthat was similar to my gap-year commu-nity. Luckily, there was Hillel. As a fresh-man, I had the opportunity to participatein the Freshmen Leadership Experience(FLEX) with about 40 other Jewishfreshmen on campus. The most importantthing that FLEX created was an under-standing for the freshmen is that Hillel isa pluralistic community for all Jewishstudents on campus that provides variousoutlets for the ways students express theirJudaism. Since participating in FLEX, Ihave served as the David Project intern,founded the Social Action Israel Net-work, an apolitical pro-Israel student or-ganization that focuses on raisingawareness, support, and money for cer-tain Israeli organizations that strive tomake the world a better place, and thisyear I am one of the four Next Step in-terns. In my various positions at Hillel, Ihave made some of my best friends. Thefriendships and experiences have taughtme that Hillel is a unique place servingstudents from all different types of Jew-ish backgrounds. Students are able tothrive in this pluralis-tic atmosphere andhave the opportunityto grow as individu-als from the new ex-periences, to expressour views and teachothers about our cus-toms and our homecommunity.

For example, oneof my friends foundher home at Hillelafter she went on

Birthright and loved Israel so much thatshe became the Israel intern at Hillel.Birthright and similar programs are sosuccessful at Hillel because when stu-dents return from their trip they can applytheir knowledge and experience in lead-ership roles at Hillel. These experiencesgive all students an opportunity to furthertheir Jewish education in areas that inter-est them while empowering their peersand building confidence.

My experience with Jewish life inMadison goes beyond Hillel; since I amthe youth group advisor for Temple BethEl and I coordinate programs with thethree synagogues in Madison and theJewish Federation. As I have becomemore involved with the larger JewishMadison community, I have also grownmore attached to Hillel because it iswhere I feel my roots are in Madison. Mypassion for Jewish education has beengrowing since high school, but with thesupport of Hillel, the Center for JewishStudies, and the larger Madison Jewishcommunity, I have been able to turn mypassion into real programs.

Hillel’s commitment to Jewish educa-tion, pluralism, and leadership are why

each student canfind their individ-ual voice at Hillel.We, as the futureJewish leaders ofour generation, willbe able to ensureJudaism’s valueswill continue to bepassed down fromgeneration to gen-eration.

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Hillel is My Home Base:A Student’s Story

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BY NAOMI SEGAL

Naomi Segal

This past Hanukkah, students at Madi-son Jewish Community Day School heldthe first annual Maccabee March, atzedakah project benefiting homeless chil-dren housed through The Road Home.

Students ran laps at the YMCA West for18 minutes, spurred on by festiveHanukkah music. Families donatedmoney to sponsor their children's march-ing/running, and volunteers kept track ofthe laps and refreshed students with waterand oranges at a “pit stop” station.

Then students took the money earned toTarget, where they purchased gifts for chil-dren in need. The Road Home had sent alist of individual children and their specificholiday gift wish lists and ages, so students

knew they were making a gift to a real andindividual person.

Students then returned to school to dec-orate wrapping paper, write personal holi-day notes to the recipients, and wrap thegifts.

“I wanted them to experience the wholeprocess of giving and to understand thereare kids that don’t have what they are ac-customed to having,” says teacher MarlaBecker, who designed and led the project.

“We wanted them to experience every-thing from earning the money (by runninglaps) to going out and actually visiting astore, picking something out with themoney they earned, and bringing it backand wrapping it up, so that it’s a very per-

sonal gift,” she says.MJCDS students enjoyed the day

and were also proud of what they hadaccomplished. “It felt great because Iknew I was doing a mitzvah,” sayskindergartener Sheleigh Leguizamon.“I was helping other kids.”

Second grader Charlotte Kobylarzagrees. “It was a good workout! Thenwe went to Target and picked out toyswhich was really fun, because we got tochoose the toys. It’s nice to do thingsfor other people.

First grader Lilah Heifetz also enjoyedmany aspects of the day. “I liked the run-ning and then how we went to Target andpicked out something to give to homelesskids. We were doing a mitzvah and it’snice to do a mitzvah!” she says.

Todah Rabbah to the YMCA West,Coaches Brian and Mark, The RoadHome, Sherry Minkus, Michelle Minkus,Domingo Leguizamon, Aimee Coen, LenaBen-Gideon and Vered Ben-Gideon fortheir help in making this a memorable andrewarding project.

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The world may be a drastically dif-ferent place for Jewish women today,when compared with 1914, when Madi-son Hadassah was founded. But thecore values of Hadassah members arenot that different one hundred yearslater.

As a group, the Jewish women inHadassah want to make a difference, totake action. They share aspirations fora better world that practices our Jewishvalues of tikkun olam and tikkun klalYisrael, caring for the world and creat-ing strong community and an enduringIsrael.

Hadassah’s action priorities can beviewed as three pillars:

• Empower Women to Advocate• Build Community & Leadership• Advance Health & Well-being

For example, Hadassah has been astaunch advocate and will continue to ad-vocate for the prevention of all forms ofviolence against women and children. Wewill also continue to advocate for genderequality and health care access for every-one.

This year, National Hadassah hascommitted to emphasize its pursuit of

Four Advocacy Priority Issues (on a na-tional level and to assist chapters thatchoose the same issues).

• Gender Equity• Affordable Child Care• Preventive Health Care• Human Trafficking

Madison Hadassah members are in-vited to share your thoughts, to get moreinvolved in planning events, help withadvocacy campaigns and/or help withother tasks.

We are currently preparing for pro-grams on Health and Human Trafficking

in Madison. And of course, fun socialgatherings will always be on the agenda.

Important: Please send us or call uswith your current email address or mail-ing address if you are not hearing fromMadison Hadassah. Also, let us know ifyou do not have or use email.

Contact information:Phone: (608) 770-6521

Email: [email protected],Website:

Hadassah.org/MadisonWisconsinFacebook:

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Jewish Federation of Madison recognizes and thanks these donors to the 2014 Tzedakah Campaign

Nevi'im (Prophet) Society$50,000+Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Foundation

Theodor Herzl Society$36,000 to $49,999Joel and Deborah MinkoffFrances Weinstein

King David Society$25,000 to $35,999Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Foundation

Inc., Phillip Levy, Marvin Levy, andJeff Levy

Thomas Palay and Diane GutmannDiane Seder and Bruce Rosen1 anonymous donor

Maimonides Society$10,000 to $24,999Daniel and Lynn KaplanMark and Ilene LaufmanJeffrey C. LevyMarvin LevyJonathan and Susan LippMitchell and Sharon RapkinHarry and Karen RothEric and Sara SchwartzJames Stein and Andrea Stein z”lHarry and Marjorie TobiasToby WallachCheryl Rosen WestonAllen and Ruth Zacharias5 anonymous donors

Chai (Life) Club$5,000 to $9,999Niles and Linda BermanHarold BlotnerEliot and Sara ButlerNaomi Chesler and Daniel SidneyMarcus and Sheila CohenMarvin and Mildred ConneyJonathan and Lee EckhardtAmy and Marty FieldsIsadore FineGary Friedman and Bonnie Denmark

FriedmanWilliam and Claudia HausAlan and Harriet HymanJanice KaplanMark and Laura KasselJean and Lawrence LandweberAllan and Sandra LevinPhillip LevyLester Pines and Roberta GassmanPurple Moon FoundationGary and Judy RiesRob and Susan RoquitteDavid and Tina SchwartzJeanne and Joseph SilverbergGerald and Vicki StewartDavid and Dina Weinbach

James and Nancy Youngerman2 anonymous donors

Moreshet (Heritage) Society$2,500 to $4,999Livia AsherLawrence and Janice BenskyHoward and Heidi BregmanJoseph and Connie DavisFrederick Edelman and Ivy DreizinByron and Janet FrenzRandall GoldMichael and Kerry GoldrosenJeffrey Grossman and Nadine NehlsStephen and Linda KailinJeffrey and Marcia KushnerFlorence LedermanDaniel and Kathy LevinRichard and Nina RieselbachArlene Rotter and the Rotter Family

FoundationRobert and Judith RubinDavid Silverberg and Elizabeth HuebelDavid Sulman and Anne Altshuler2 anonymous donors

Shofar (Ram’s Horn) Society$1,000 to $2,499Muffin and Ed AlschulerAssociated Insurance Agency Inc.Jeff and Kaye BeckerMichael and Leigh BeckerTheodore and Sandra BernsteinGhita BessmanBarbara Blodi and Justin GottliebKathy and Michael BlumenfeldJudith Burstyn and Stephan DeutschGordon and Gail DerzonGary and Lori EdelsteinJane M. EisnerDavid Falk and Jo Anne RobbinsMichael Feldman and Sandra WolensTed Finman and Jean AzemoveMark FrankelZach Galin and Krista SterkenDebbie GartenGary and Annie GartenSamuel Gellman and Julie PlotkinHoward and Sandra GoldbergStanley GoldfarbMichael Heifetz and Michelle MinkusSimon and Billie HellersteinDeborah Hoffman and Mark HazelbakerJonathon and Rebecca KaiserKenneth and Tamara Sue KaplanNeal and Marci KatzSasha and Eric KerlowPerry and Sara KivolowitzRochelle KlaskinLorna KniazSteven Koslov and Mary FultonDiane Kravetz and Mark SaltzmanMerilyn and Joel KupferbergRichele Leathem Deneckere and

Raymond DeneckereJeff and Rachel LevyHerbert Lewis and Francie Smith SaposnikDaniel and Bettine LipmanRona MalofskyDonald and Kathleen MinerMichael and Elaine MinkoffSteven Morrison and Goldie KadushinDavid and Trudy MylreaRuth and Seymour ParterScott PerlmanJudith PierottiThomas Popkewitz and Lea AschkenaseMartin and Lynn PreizlerToni and Don RichardsLisa and Eric RosenstockBeth Schreiber and Russell KahnDavid and Shelley Schwarz

Earl Shrago, M.D.Maryann Sumi and Carl SinderbrandPaul and Sherie SondelJames and Melissa SosmanBill and Bunny SpitzKenneth and Diana SteinGregory and Andrea SteinbergerJulie SwedarskyLawrence and Diane TabakJane TavesArnold and Ellen WaldHarvey and Bonnie WendelSuzanne and Mitchell WolfRichard WolmanAlexander Yevzlin and Paola Fliman3 anonymous donors

Magen David (Shield of David)Society, $500 to $999Shirley and Seymour AbrahamsonBetsy Abramson and David SeligmanJulius and Hildegard AdlerMichael and Lorelei AllenAlliant Energy Foundation Matching Gifts

ProgramRozan and Brian AndersonRita and Leon ApplebaumJon and Susan AxelrodLeonard and Norma BerkowitzBennett Berson and Rebecca HolmesSandra and John BiermanNancy and Aaron BrowerDon and Judy BuksteinSanford Carimi and Alayne Gardner-CarimiAaron Carrel and Lisa HunterSteve and Jill CohanToby and Bernard CohenAndrew Cohn and Kim VergerontCari and Stephen DiTullioRonald and Nicole DolinNena and Thomas DyhrEdward and Rosanne EhrlichMiles and Amy EpsteinHoward and Pam ErlangerRick Ezell and Kristen BernardLarry and Marla FrankJonathan FriedbergMilton and Jacki FriendMarc and Eve GalanterDenny and Gary GellerTerrie and Len GorenJan GreenbergPaul Grossberg and Dean ZiemkeNoah and Rosalyn HershkowitzNancy and Jesse IshikawaCraig and Wendi JosephCatherine and Thomas KaplanWilliam and Corliss KarasovH. Jerome and Lois KeislerTheodore and Irene KnuppJudy and Jordan KoniskyKenneth Kushner and Erica SerlinJeffrey and Donna LandsmanLee Lazar and Dr. Mona LazarJoan Lerman and Ken O'NeillRuth Litovsky and David BaumBarbara LormanMadison Computer WorksMarsha Mailick and Albee MessingBen R. MinkoffSteven Mintz and Vicki Stone MintzFredric MoskolSteven and Kaaren OreckAllen and Mona PaschenMarj and Don PassmanRichard PhelpsElissa and Jonathan PollackRachel Posner-Mitchell and Dan MitchellLinda ReivitzPeter and Carrie RitzMonroe Rosner and Ronnie HessAlicia and David Schiff

Francis and Sally SchragJudith SchreiberLucyna and Yoram ShenkerMarc Shovers and Jan LoebJoe ShumowJudy and Ben SidranJan Silvers and Kenneth OpinHarvey and Judith SokolowLouis and Elsbeth SolomonJoseph Brian StarckCarla and Anthony StaresinicCharlotte SteinRayla TeminHarvey and Barbara Myers TemkinSylvia ThalCharles VetznerElizabeth and Harry WalterMichael and Diane WeinerPat and Melvin WeinswigJulie and Michael WitkovskyMichael and Nancy YaffeDaniel and Irene Zimmerman4 anonymous donors

Kehilla (Community) Club$250 to $499Rob AsenPhillip and Sara BarakLinda and Howard BellmanJoanna BerkeRobert Blank and Susan CoppersmithSol and Corlie BlumenfeldGregg and Amy BogostJill and Bill BoissonnaultDavid BookstaffStephen and Danielle BoorsteinAdrienne Borisy-GrossRobert and Jean BreslowMarc BrodySue and Charles CenterMerle B. CohenShelly Dutch and Chuck CallenderPatricia EpsteinBarbara and Daniel EsserNancy FeingoldRussell D. FeingoldAndrew FrankHoward and Debra FriedCarol and Jeff GepnerJamie and Adam GepnerSimone and Lanny GlinbergRobert N. Golden MD and

Shannon C. Kenney MDLeslie Goldsmith and Dale KuninLenora and Bernard GoldsteinLouise Goldstein and Bruce ThomadsenJerilyn GoodmanJanice Gratch and Steven WilenskyAllen and Agnes GreenJared and Michele GreenbergRahel GreenleeDaniel and Leslie GreenspanVicki GustafsonAnna HeifetzCynthia HirschEric and Karin HorlerJoanne KanterMichael KaplanSara KaronAndreas and Valerie KazamiasNeil Kodesh and Shanee EllisonEdward KrinskyStephen and Susan LaBelleJack LadinskyClara and Rafael LazimyPhyllis LefcowitzJanet and Steve LesgoldRosalind LevinMilferd LieberthalLois LurieKent and Valerie MannisRick and Celia Margolis

Rabbi Yona and Faygie MatusofJanet Mertz and Jonathan KaneBilha Mirkin and Yair MazorWayne J. MosleyGilbert Nathanson and Mary SaeckerAlan OrenbergRon Sklansky and Carol OttensteinMark and Judy PaschenRichard and Sheila PlotkinSeth Pollak and Jenny SaffranJenny PressmanRobert Radwin and Pamela PotterLynn and Craig RennerDaniel ResnickJames RickunJudith and Jeffrey RossRon and Cathy RotterJonathan Rozenfeld and Jill KoreyRobert and Marney ScheeleSteve Scheibel and Jane PearlmutterRobert SchnurDavid and JoAnn SchoengoldLeslie Grant and William SchwabDarlene and Stuart SchwartzMargaret Schwarze and Joshua MezrichSherwood and Jaclyn SeigelSusan and Russ Shafer-LandauDavid and Marsha ShawCary and Aviva ShlimovitzLeon and Amy ShohetMarcus and Blanche SingerKathryn SmithIna and Theodore SmolkerJesse and Emilie SondelStephanie Stone and Daniel PekarskyHoward SweetJulius TemkinSusan Tikalsky and Albert FriedmanBarbara and Frank TuerkheimerGrace WahbaMyron WeinbachEllen and Ben WeismerDeena and Peter WilliamsLucille Williams and Meyer Williams z"lRon ZerofskyLaura Zimmerman and Renee BauerClarice and Newton Zinder5 anonymous donors

Bonim (Builders)$100 to $249Ingrid and Christopher BrownCarolyn and Jared BakerAdam Balin and Karin MahonyLynne BallestaAriel and Rachel BarakLawrence and Sharon BarishEllen and Bryan BaumJanice BeersRabbis Joshua and Rebecca Ben-GideonLawrence and Melissa BergerRhoda BermanRonald and Kris BermanDawn Berney and Ed AngelinaRuthanne Bessman and Neil BohrodJonathan Biatch and Bonnie MargulisJames and Freda BlairDavid Blehert and Regina VidaverMark and Debbie BlitzFelice Borisy-Rudin and Nathan RudinAlbert BorokhimAllyn BressTatyana BudkerKarla BuksteinMartin BurnsStephen and Barbara ByerMelanie Cohen and Joel EhrlichDebra DavisAndrew and Esther de LaixRonald and Cherie DiamondAlison C. DornerDoris and Richard Dubielzig

Jennie and Matt Edes-PierottiMark and Debbie EdgeIrvin and Vivian EhrlichNathan and Louise ElbaumShulamit ElkayamPearl and John FantleEdgar Feige and Elizabeth PalayFred FensterEve Fine and Ken SchneckMarc and Marcia FinkRona Finman and Warren PalmerDonald FolbergMichael and Jane FoxRichard GilbertMichael and Rinat GofmanChad Alan Goldberg and Anna ParetskayaIrwin Goldman and Leora SaposnikGoodWorks FoundationSvetlana and Alex GovorukhaLeslie GrendahlFlorence and Jules GrossbergSylvia GrunesSheldon HaberMarsha and Jim HarnettLarry and Beatrice HarrisMarc and Judith HerstandVictoria and David HestadLoren and Anita HoffmannPhilip Hollander and Juliet PagePhyllis Holman WeisbardHuron Consulting GroupAnn and Ben ImigMark and Catherine IsenbergAnne IwataSteven and Roberta JellinekThe Jens familySally Jones and Aaron FriedmanSari and Mike JudgeBrad, Sharon, and EJ KahnMichael J. KantorJoan KaranJudy KarofskyEstelle Katz and James RissmanThomas Kaufman and Dvorah

Hellman-KaufmanEdith and Bernard KayeLeslie and Daniel KempAnatoly and Irina KhazanovRobin N. Kite and Jeffrey PercivalElizabeth KohlJudith and Marc KornblattThomas and Margie KrauskopfJeffrey and Judith KravatRoberta KuninThe Lang familyEsther LangeSharon and Daniel LangerRenata LaxovaRegis Lecoanet and Robin MoskowitzDomingo Leguizamon and Kristin GilpatrickVictor and Susan LevyJayne and Larry LibmanSteven and Janel LiptonBill and Diane LittmanJordan and Jessie LoebNancy LoewensteinYael and Eric LundJill Maidenberg and Richard ThalRabbi and Mrs. Avremel MatusofRabbi Mendel and Henya MatusofCarl Mauer and Kari DavisKen and Susan MayerAphra and Adam MednickJoshua Medow and Tricia SchweppeMarty and Gail MegeffCaren MinkoffJoshua MinkoffLeslie and Denise MirkinBarbara and John MitchellMel MorgenbesserSteven Nadler and Jane BernsteinFay Nager

David and Sally NathansonLana and Boris NenideJanis and John NoonanShira Phelps and John Paul CroakeSusanne PolicanoSandra Porter and familyMike and Dana PragerWarren and Gerry RandyMikhail and Tatyana ReyfmanMax and Betty RosenbaumJonathan RosenblumMichael Ross and Kirsten FruitJoan and Leonard SableRachel and Chip SauerThe Schneiderman familyMyra J. Schultz and Arthur PolansRobert SchwartzRobert Schwartz and Jerri

McCallum-SchwartzLisa Seidman and Percy MatherAaron Seligman and Jami CrespoMary and Lon ShapiroRagen Shapiro and Lee PierNadav and Miriam ShelefAnne Shlimovitz and Timothy SchneiderBetty ShoversKyra SidoFlorence B. SinaikoRobert and JoAnn SklootLeonard and Judith SmallDebra and Jack SpearBarbara SpiererThe Steffin familyRochelle StillmanElinor and Jerome StotskyDavid and Judith SuchmanJoshua Sulman and Erin McGrathTatyana and William SwansonMerle and Patti SweetLeon and Barbara SwerinSuzanne and Michael SwiftIrene D. TempleTama and Howard ThomasLaura and Dave TosoRonald and Ann TrachtenbergMarv and Elizabeth TurnerLyn UngrodtHagit and Uri VardiBurton and Georgia WagnerJeannie and Art WaldmanBruce and Jennifer WasserstromZiva and Jim WearJamie and Dan WeissburgHenry WertheimerRuss and Liz WhiteselJoel and Susan WinnigMindy Wiseman and Mark EvansDr. Barbara L. WolfeCharlotte M. WoolfJanis WrichIda WymanSol Zaichick15 anonymous donors

Chaverim (Friends)Up to $99Richard AdelmanDavid and Carol AhrensGary and Deborah AldermanDeb and Tony AnkowiczRoger Baker and Andrea SaadiaTodd BarnettSue BaumblattDanielle BehrmanAnne Bensky and Joseph PetersPatricia BernhardtBrenda BernsteinLinda BloomShirley BotwinickBarbara BrownAlta CharoNatalya Chubukova

David and Candace CohenMarsha Cohen and Michael PressmanRichard and Judy ConneSteven and Heather CradeJoel and Shannon DavidsonJosh DavidsonRobert DemontBarbara DickeyRonald and Harriet DinersteinKatie and Ryan DodgeMartin DrapkinRoman and Maria DubrovskyHarvey DymMillard EislerIsadore ElbaumJoan ErshlerMichael and Michelle FelberKenneth and Laura FelzHilda FineBela FlaxMarshall and Lisa FlaxMiss Naomi FleischmannHaim Fleminger and Romy ArensonJudy and Daniel FrankelCarl and Elizaeth FrederickSusan Friedman-HillLisa Friend-Kalupa and Jim KalupaNancy and David GiffeyGayle J. GinsbergNicholas Glass and M.J. BaumannElizabeth and Peter GoffMarion GoldMiriam GoldbergRobert and Susan GoldenLaura Heisler and Steve GoldsteinDebbie Goodfriend Kennedy and

Scott KennedyJerry and Carolyn GoodmanStacy GraffVirginia C. GraffBarbara GranickPeter GrantLiana Hershey-NexonAdam and Kate HirschSusan and Steven HirschHollis JellinekDori KalishKim and David KantorLeonard and Martha KaplanJane KapustaJeffrey KasselArt and Amy KelenyCandice KildowZylah Kniaz and Robert NennigAmy Krauthamer-Maloney and Dan MaloneyRachel Krinsky and Scott TitusAbraham LandsmanJudith and Victor LevineDiane and Jose LezamaSharon Lezberg and Brian YandellSusan LiimattaJeffrey Lindholm and Leslie FieldsMichael and Kathy LippJoe Loehnis and Evan MossDavid LormanJohn LupoliRonald LuskinDaniel and Monica LyonsFrances Mann

Robert and Peggy MargoliesSara Markham and Ronald KentAmy and Tom McFarlandCherie McKenneyCarol McLainLorraine F. MeisnerGloria K. MeyerIgor and Maria MilovetsBob and Wenda MincbergRebecca Minsley and David GulisanoMichael and Cheryl MoskoffBarbara MulhernLaurie Nagus and Paul WilsonIrwin NathanEdward and Thelma NewmanBarbara NowakDoris Olander Graff and Daniel GraffNancy and Richard PeidelsteinJill and Jacob PfeifferMichael and Barbara PratzelLisa RaderMark and Ingrid GlassKim and Patty RichmanStaci and Steve RiederJoan and Kenneth RiggsCathy RiverPamela Robbins and David FriedmanMichele RohanMichael Rosenblum and Jessica BalisPatricia Rosenmeyer and Peter TimbieBarbara RothJacquelynn Rothstein and Michael DalyMorris and Sarah RubenSherwin Rudman and Jane SherwoodLeslie and James SatchellAdam ScheschGary and Laurie SchmidtAdam and Cathy SchragerDonald and Susan SchusterKaren Shevet DinahBen ShoversSam ShoversLeslie Shown and Jonathan VoichickLynn SilvermanJacob SteinLois StolerMarylyn and Stewart StroupAllison SuchonJeanne SwackAlan and Susan SweetThermo Fisher ScientificCatherine S. VakhninaFlora van WormerYelena Vilshanskaya and Simon EltermanNadya VinokurPaula Volpiansky and Larry ChapmanAndrew and Hallie WaxenbergDottie and Herbert WeinerProf. Emeritus Alan J. WeisbardDan Weiss and Carey MooreJean WeissburgMark Wexler and Kathy HeadyWilliam and Linda WhiteClarice WortzelHaya and Moshe YuchtmanJoan and Steven ZieglerRobert and Dianne Zimmerman16 anonymous donors

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Adamah Neighborhood Table openedits doors for extended hours on Thursdaynight, January 8th for its first CommunityNight Open House. Despite subzero tem-peratures and snowy conditions, there wasa good turnout for the event! All Madisoncommunity members were invited to stopby for an evening filled with tasty samples,raffle prizes, community and fun! Therewere samples of several favorite dishes –cinnamon challah french toast, falafel withroasted garlic hummus, fresh fruit smooth-

ies and of course- matzo ball soup!The next Community Night is slated

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Temple Beth El and Jewish SocialServices are pleased to announce JillKarofsky will be the honored speaker atthe 2015 Liesl M. Blockstein Annual Me-morial Lecture on Sunday, February 15 atTemple Beth El, 2702 Arbor Drive, Madi-son. The program will start at 9:30 a.m.with brunch, and the speaker will beginaround 10:15 a.m. Jill is the Executive Di-rector of the Wisconsin Department of Jus-tice's Office of Crime Victim Services. Shewas appointed to the position by WisconsinAttorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Jan-uary 3, 2011. Prior to her appointment, Jillwas an Assistant Attorney General – Vio-lence Against Women Resource Prosecutorat the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Inthat role, she provided training and supportto Wisconsin prosecutors to enhance theirprosecutions of sexual assault, domestic vi-olence, stalking, and related offenses.From 2001-2010 Jill was an attorney forthe National Conference of Bar Examinerswhere she served as the Director of HumanResources and Counsel, and the Directorof Education. Jill started her career in theDane County District Attorney's Office asan Assistant District Attorney and thenDeputy District Attorney. Since 2005 Jillhas been an adjunct professor at the Uni-versity of Wisconsin Law School. She hastaught Trial Advocacy and is currentlyteaching a course she developed calledVictims in the Legal System. Jill is a grad-uate of the University of Wisconsin LawSchool (J.D.) and the LaFollette School ofPublic Affairs (M.A.) Her undergraduatedegree is from Duke University.

The Liesl M. Blockstein Fund was es-tablished by her family as a memorial fund

after her untimely death in 1986. The Fundsupports two purposes: a scholarship for aWisconsin woman who chooses to study atthe Hebrew Union College – Jewish Insti-tute of Religion in the fields of rabbinicalstudies, cantorial studies or education, andpresenting an annual lecture at TempleBeth El. The Liesl Blockstein MemorialLecture series annually honors a Wisconsinwoman involved in politics, academics, thearts and/or cultural affairs to address ourcommunity. This lecture is co-sponsoredby Temple Beth El and Jewish Social Serv-ices of Madison, in which Liesl wasactively involved.

The program and brunch are free andopen to all, but we ask that you register byemailing [email protected] or calling Aleeza Hoffert at 608-238-3123 with the number of peopleattending.

Liesl M. Blockstein MemorialLecture and Brunch is Feb. 15

Jill Karofsky

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Bikur Holim means visiting thosewho are sick. The Talmud says that sucha visit removes 1/60th of the person’s ill-ness, but really the good that is donethrough a simple visit is immeasurable.

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Come talk with us about doing a Baror Bat Mitzvah project with Jewish So-cial Services. There are also opportunitiesfor older youth and youth groups to vol-unteer and contribute to the community,develop new skills and have fun. ContactLouise Goldstein at 608-608-278-1808,ext. 227 for a brochure or to discussdoing a mitzvah project with Jewish So-cial Services.

Double your Volunteering MitzvahCheck with your human resources de-

partment to see whether your companyhas a policy of matching employees’community volunteer hours with a mon-etary donation to the agency for whomthe employee volunteers. What a greatway to enhance the benefits of your vol-unteer work!

Deducting Expenses incurrredwhile Volunteering

Some expenses incurred during volun-teer work are deductible. Volunteersshould keep records and save receipts forthese expenses. Check with your tax ad-visor about these deductions.

Jewish Social Services will holdtwo Passover Seders at retirementcommunities, for which there are vol-unteer opportunities. On Wednesday,April 8 we will be at Capitol Lakesand on Thursday, April 9 we will beat Oakwood West. Volunteers willhelp set-up, escort and seat guests,pour wine, water and grape juice, par-ticipate in the Seder, assist diningroom staff with serving and clearing,and other duties as they come up.

Ten volunteers are needed at CapitolLakes and five at Oakwood; volun-teers will receive a complementarymeal at both locations (vegetarian op-tion available). Contact Louise at608-278-1808, 608-442-4083 director louise@ jssmadison if you’re in-terested in volunteering at a seder.Registration information to attend theseders themselves will be available inthe March issue of “LechayimLights.”

Volunteer Opportunitiesat our Passover Seders

Jewish Education18/Madison Jewish News February 2015

Below is an article by Sam Pressman, a2013 Midrasha graduate and recipient ofthe Lawrence A. Weinstein Midrasha In-centive Award. Sam is currently a studentat the University of Michigan. TheMidrasha Incentive Award is given tograduating seniors who have completed allof the Midrasha requirements. The recip-ients receive [up to] $2000 to use in fur-thering their Jewish education.

During Winter break of 2013, I used myMidrasha award to travel to Turkey with afriend of mine and freelance reporterAaron Magid, where we would try to bothexplore a little about the Jewish historythere and talk to the Israeli ambassador andthe Turkish foreign minister about thetense relationship between Israel andTurkey.

Upon my arrival in Istanbul, I sought outa synagogue that I had read about to try andmeet some of the people in the local Jewishcommunity. Located near Taksim Squarein the Karakoy neighborhood, this syna-gogue has been the target of multiple at-tacks since 2000. After searching for overan hour in the neighborhood of the syna-gogue, I finally found it, clued in by thesmall Star of David hanging above it. Tomy dismay, the synagogue was blocked offby two heavy duty security doors, multiplecameras, and security fencing. Without aprior form filled out, I was unable to sim-ply show up and enter the synagogue, un-derstandable, yet disappointing. Due totheir history, we found out that TurkishJews are often secretive and much lesswelcoming than Jews in other parts of theworld, where showing up to a shul or find-ing a Shabbat dinner to attend is much eas-ier.

Leaving Istanbul, my friend and Iheaded off to Ankara, the capital of Turkey,where we would meet with the two gov-ernment officials. To make a very longstory short, we came out of the two en-counters with similar experiences. Heavysecurity, vapid answers, and some freefood. Both the foreign minister’sspokesman and the Israeli ambassador(who was kicked out the year prior)seemed to deflect our questions, and it was

obvious that each of them held vastly dif-ferent views on the other country. Whenmy friend brought up quotes that Erdogan(the prime minister of Turkey) had saidabout Israel, the Turkish minister oftenblamed it on “Western media” rather thanaddressing the quote itself. A deep distrustof the West by the Turkish people was ap-parent even in their government, onewhich is struggling with its identity in boththe European and Arab worlds.

Our last foray into the world of Turkish-Israeli relations was one which presentedmuch more tension and hostility: a basket-ball game. On a whim, we saw MaccabiTel-Aviv play Galatsay, two teams in thepremier EuroLeague, of which MaccabiTel Aviv has won its fair share of champi-onships (when we saw them, they werebeing coached by the current coach of theCleveland Cavaliers). Outside of the sta-dium, riot police in full gear stood guardwhile pat downs and metal detectors weremandatory for all entering the stadium.Palestinian flags were a common confisca-tion item, despite many making it in. Mac-cabi’s bench (of which many players arenot actually Israeli), was covered by bul-letproof glass. Despite my rudimentaryTurkish learned from the back of a LonelyPlanet type book, I was still able to under-stand the constant inappropriate languageand gestures towards the Maccabi teamand Israel. All in all, it was probably themost intense sporting event I have everbeen to, and I would not have wanted towear anything identifying myself as a fanof the Israeli team. While I found manyTurkish people to be very welcoming andfriendly, their attitudes towards Israel andJews was often not welcoming and rifewith countless conspiracy theories (includ-ing the Turkish minister). Based on our ex-periences, we felt that the tensions betweenthe two countries is unlikely to dissipateanytime soon.

While Turkey was an amazing experi-ence in many ways, it made me realize thatbeing a Jew is not always easy. While Imay go to a school where one in every fourpeople are Jewish and it is easy to find aShabbat dinner to go to, many Jews aroundthe world are not so fortunate. While BethIsrael Center in Madison makes the frontpage for marching around with the Torah,these shuls in Turkey make it for horribleattacks that are directed at them. Despiteall of this, the many Turkish people who Iinteracted with and felt comfortableenough to bring up Judaism or my familyin Israel were often surprised that I wasJewish or had connections to Israel. Thisjust goes to show that many of our fearsand the ongoing tension can be confrontedwith simple day to day interactions, suchas sitting down for coffee with someonedifferent than yourself. I would certainlylike to thank the Weinstein family for giv-ing me this amazing opportunity to traveland see a part of the world, both Jewishand non-Jewish alike, that I had never seenbefore. This year, my award will go to-wards a class I am taking on Anne Frankat the University of Michigan, one whichwill open up yet another realm of the Jew-ish world to me, this time in Northern Eu-rope.

The Maccabi Tel Aviv bench, covered by bulletproof glass.

The synagogue, its heavy securitydoors on the lower left of the picture.

Midrasha Incentive Award RecipientSam Pressman’s Experience in TurkeyBY SAM PRESSMAN

Yad B’Yad met in the bitter cold ofJanuary. We decided to venture out of amembers’ home and meet at an indoorplay space. While it was a small group, itwas fun to get out of the house and havetime to talk to another parent in the Jew-ish community. Sure, Yad B’Yad is forkids ages 0-2 to meet their Jewish peers,but it also the time for parents to connectto other parents. Childrearing questions,funny stories, Jewish geography, net-working, and more is discussed during

our monthly meetups; please join us ifyou are available! Also, we have a Face-book page (JFM’s Jewish Caregivers)you can join. Please contact Tiz Goff forfurther questions: 773-620-4404 or [email protected].

Parents ConnectWhile Kiddos Play!

Ivrit B’Kef (Hebrew Fun)Time for Hebrew, Time for FUN!

Kindergarten through 2nd gradersare invited to join Racheli Komar-Aziz, our community Shlicha (IsraelProgram Coordinator), on a fun adven-ture through the Hebrew language.Racheli will lead the students in 18 ex-citing sessions of exploring the lettersof the Aleph Bet and developing read-ing and writing skills through struc-tured lessons, arts and crafts,movement and more! No Hebrew lan-guage experience is necessary.

Dates: Thursdays, January 8ththrough May 28th (no class on March5, April 2, and April 9)

Time: 3:45pm-5:30pm

Price: $270/ student

Registration is available at www.jewishmadison.org. For more informa-tion please contact Ellen Weismer,[email protected].

Jewish EducationFebruary 2015 Madison Jewish News/19

Thanks to the generosity of the JewishFederation of Madison Innovations Panel,Camp Shalom and the Family EducationCommittee we organized a Winter Mac-cabiah Camp for kids in 2nd-8th grade.There were 53 campers registered for Win-ter Maccabiah. Before the program started,all of the families received emails with de-tails about the events. And most excitingof all, the participants learned which teamthey were on (they were divided into threeteams: red, blue and green) so they couldcome to camp each day full of ruach(spirit)!

The program was led by two HeadCoaches (Ari Davidson and EmilySatchell), three Team Captains (MicahBaum, Kailee Winkle and Amy Prine) and12 coaches (Oliver Kemp, Paul Miner,Emma Ranheim, Jake Prine, HannahEhrlich, Emery Rankin-Utevsky, BenjiWeissburg, Ben Shovers, Sam Shovers,Jake Stein, Jennifer Wagman and RachelKlein), all high school and college studentswho were selected from 30 applicantsbased on answers to questions and creative

programming ideas. This was an outstand-ing staff that brought so many creativeideas to the table and worked like a teamfrom day one even though they didn’t allknow each other and hadn’t worked to-gether before.

Highlights from the week included:• Exciting opening ceremonies includ-

ing a “torch lighting,” music, staff per-formances etc.

• Warm-ups each morning includingcalisthenics and team challenges.

• A scavenger hunt involving solvingSudoku puzzles, climbing through yarnobstacles, physical challenges and team-work. Teams collected supplies along theway to be used for building “bobsleds”which the counselors had to race.

• Israel Programming with Racheli andItamar (the Shinshin from Milwaukee) in-volving an active and fun lesson on how toplay Netball. Racheli was on the IsraeliNational Team and participated in theMaccabi Games so it was really fun for thekids to learn from a real athlete. She andItamar made an awesome team and they

had everyone moving and working hard.• During Chofesh (free-choice) the kids

had the chance to participate in playingboard games, using a life-sized Jenga set,making pita with Itamar and Racheli, play-ing dreidel, doing arts and crafts and ofcourse Ga-ga.

• Knowing that the weather was notpredicting snow we ordered make-your-own-snow kits. Enough to make 20 gal-lons of “snow” that we colored with theteams colors and left outside so it wasfrozen. It was too cold to go outside on thelast day so we covered the Moadon floorwith tarps and set up targets on the floorand the kids tossed snowballs to earnpoints for their team. It was amazing!

• Classic camp activities like Ga-ga,jewelry making and arts and crafts were in-corporated each day.

• “Ugly-sweat suit” decorating contestand fashion show.

• Team talent contests involving song-

writing, dancing and banner-decorating.• Kids received long-sleeved tee shirts,

a team photo and a trophy at the end of theprogram.

• The final day was a half-day that in-cluded a pizza lunch, cake, dance party,and videos of highlights from the threedays.

At the end of the day, the Blue Teamwas crowned victorious, however, withthis much fun and excitement all of thecampers and staff members were winners!

Thank you to the staff and campers whomade this event such an awesome success.And thank you to the JFM InnovationsPanel for helping to make it possible!

Look What’s Happening at Gan HaYeled Preschool!

Solly climbs throughthe tunnel.

The Gimel Class is learning about howeveryone is the same and how everyone

is different.Orly and Benny are working on their"Self Portraits".

Gabe and Sophie enjoy paintingpictures of themselves.

Benny and Jacob practice "Hop-Scotch".

Fun in theGimel Class ...

The Gimel Class participates in KEVAthis semester. Ravyn shows her classhow to do the balance beam.

Jenna paints a snowflake picture.

Malia likes playingwith the Doll House.

Sophie shows her claycreation.

Jenna climbsthrough the tunnel.

FunduringWinter

Session!

For moreinformation,

please contactRachel Sauer at608-278-1808 or

[email protected]

Winter Maccabiah Camp For Kids A Huge Success!

Jewish Education20/Madison Jewish News February 2015

Amira has been a camper at Camp Shalom since she was5 years old. Below is an article that she wrote last summerall about Camp Shalom.

Camp Shalom is held on the Goodman Campus eachsummer. It is a camp that gives kids a fun learning experi-ence. Each day the counselors are there to greet thecampers, in a happy and cheerful way, when they get off thebus.

There are three units each made up of campers enteringtwo grade levels. Unit Aleph is grades K-1, Unit Bet isgrades 2-3 and Unit Gimel is grades 4-5. There is also aCamp Shalom Noar-Bogrim (sometimes referred to asNOBO) that is for grades 6-9. The NOBO campers spendsome of their days at the Goodman Campus and some oftheir days on field trips.

Three different specialty programs are offered. Omanutis arts and crafts where campers work on big projects. Thissummer we made catapults that we used to throw paint bal-loons onto big wooden boards to create group masterpieces.Other projects this summer included creating wire and plas-ter sculptures. At Teva (nature) we played games and wenton lots of nature walks. During Sport we played Capture theFlag, Ultimate Frisbee and more. Each of these activitiesare run by specialists with help from many counselors.

Once each day there is a choice time called Chugim.Kids get to choose from many activities that are offered suchas friendship bracelets, swimming, fishing, tye dye, scav-enger hunts and a bunch more. Campers also have grouptime where they get to spend time doing an activity in asmaller group of 10-15 kids divided by grade level. Thereis also a daily unit time where the entire unit comes togetherfor a big, fun activity.

Campers have the chance to swim each day. We havewonderful lifeguards who lead activities and help camperswith their swimming skills before they have open swim.

Every Friday is special at Camp Shalom because every-one comes together for a peaceful song session and to saysome blessings over challah, grape juice and candles and tolisten to a special story. Afterwards each group finds a quietspot to eat their challah and reflect on the fun times they hadduring the week.

The entire camp comes together at least twice a day for

“rally” which is a time for singing, learning Hebrew wordsand information about the day. During the afternoon rallyat the end of the day, several awards are distributed. The“Golden Broom” is given to the group that did the best jobwith their end-of-the-day Nikayon (clean-up) job. This is agreat way to keep the campers motivated to help keep ourcampus clean!

The other award is called the “Mitzvah Medal”. A mitz-vah is a good deed and this award is given to a camper whohas gone above and beyond by helping a friend, picking upgarbage, listening or doing something else out of the ordi-nary.

A big highlight for all of the campers is on the lastWednesday of each session when we have a late night pro-gram. The campers stay late at camp, have another rally, achance to do Chugim again, and a chance to practice skitsor dances they will perform later that evening. It is a greatchance for the campers to bond with each other and with thecounselors. Everyone typically ends up playing a fewrounds of Comedy Sports which is always a favorite. Com-edy Sports are games led by the counselors that involve cre-ative thinking and camper participation.

Around dinnertime the families start to arrive bringing apicnic dinner to share with their camper. Everyone sits inthe big field together around the makeshift stage, created bylining up orange cones. Camp shirts, CDs, water bottles andsometimes raffle tickets are available for purchase to helpraise money for Camp Scholarships.

After dinner the counselors and campers come to thestage to perform songs together as a camp. Then, each unithas an opportunity to perform a special song or dance. UnitAleph typically does a cute dance to a popular kids’ songand units Bet and Gimel perform a song about Camp to thetune of a popular song. A group of kids also participates inDance Chug and they practice a routine every day that theyperform during the late night program. They always havecool outfits and awesome dances!

Finally, at the end of the late night we do a FriendshipCircle, similar to the one that the campers do at the end ofeach day. Everyone crosses arms and holds hands with theperson next to them while singing a song about friendshipand the end of the day. And then, the Aleph and Bet campersleave and the lucky Gimel campers are invited to sleepoverat camp. This year we had night swim, made s’mores andlistened to campfire stories!

After hearing about all of this fun don’t you want to tryit? You should come to Camp Shalom some day and meetall of the friendly faces!

Camp CornerOnly 21

Weeks until

Camp Shalom

2015!

Registrationwill be openon Monday,

March 9

Summer, Friendship, Laughter, Fun…Register for Camp Shalom ONLINE on Monday, March 9th

BY AMIRA PIEROTTI

Camp Shalom

Rewarding and fun…come work at CampShalom or Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim! Appli-cations for summer 2015 will be availableonline on January 15th.

We are looking for enthusiastic, caring, re-sponsible, creative leaders with innovative ideasand a love for being outdoors!

Positions available include:Counselors in Training – This is a volunteer

position for those going into 10th grade. Fulfillyour volunteer requirements in one summerwhile learning a lot and working with awesomementors!

Junior Counselors – under 18 years oldSenior Counselors – over 18 years oldSenior Counselors with lifeguarding certifi-

cation Specialists – flexible hours or full-time

positions available for those with experience fa-cilitating sessions in yoga, pottery, fine arts, per-formance arts, dance, graphic design, personaltraining, improv and comedy, martial arts andmore.

For more information about any of the posi-tions above or to apply please visit our website,www.JewishMadison.org/campshalom.

Camp Shalomis Hiring!

Sharsheret Dance Camp 2015 registration will start laterthis month. Sharsheret is a full weekend of Israeli dancingfor 5th-12th grade girls and boys, Yonim and non-Yonimkids, no dance experience required! This is your chanceto learn amazing choreography and perform on stage at theend of the weekend. Sharsheret Dance Camp runs May 1-

3, 2015 at OSRUI in Oconomowoc. The Sharsheret DanceFestival will be Sunday, May 3rd in Madison.

Upcoming Performance:Sunday, March 22 at 2pm in the Oakwood Village Au-

ditorium, 6205 Mineral Point Rd., Madison

K’tantanim Israeli Dance classes for kids ages 3 to 5years old!

Three more classes will be held this spring: Sundays,February 15, March 8, and April 19, at 3:30-4:00pm atBeth Israel Center, 1406 Mound St.

Final performance will be Sunday, May 3 at the Sharsh-eret Dance Festival.

All pre-schoolers are welcome!

Please contact Cathy Schrager at [email protected] with any questions.

Sharsheret Dance Camp Registration Coming Soon!

A Beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Madison A Senior Adult Program of Jewish Social Services

Lechayim LightsHarry J. and Belle Goodman, parents of Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman


Two Ways to Make YourLechayim Reservation:

• When you check in at Lechayim, sign up for the following week.• Call Louise Goldstein at 608-278-1808 or 608-442-4083

(direct) or email [email protected] by 12:00 p.m. on the pre-ceding business day.

• Reservations cannot be taken after noon on Fridays or over theweekend.

• If you didn’t make a reservation in time but would like to come,call Louise on Monday morning before 10:00 a.m. on Mondayto see if there have been cancellations.

• We regret that we are unable to guarantee a meal for last minutereservations or walk-ins.

FebruaryLechayim Calendar

Join us for great food, congenial conversation and stimulatingprograms at Lechayim Lunchtime Plus at Temple Beth El, 2702Arbor Drive. Contact Louise Goldstein at 608-278-1808, direct 608-442-4083 or [email protected] by noon on the preceding busi-ness day, usually a Friday. The kosher-style meals are catered byBlue Plate Catering and a vegetarian or strictly kosher option isavailable with a reservation. If you are over age 60, a minimumdonation of $4.00 is suggested, but please only pay what you canafford. The cost of the meal is $7.50 for those under age 60.

Monday, February 211:30-12:00 Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson12:00-1:00 African Sweet Potato Spinach Stew, Rice with

Lentils, Honeydew Melon Wedge, Golden WhiteCake

1:00-2:00 Marsha Cohen, “Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro”

Monday, February 911:30-12:00 Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson12:00-1:00 Broccoli Cheese Casserole, Garden Salad with

French Dressing, Fruit Salad, Rainbow Sherbet1:00-2:00 Bill & Bobbie Malone sing “Love Songs for

Valentine’s Day”

Monday, February 1611:00-12:00 Operation Self-Care (medication labels) with the

Wisconsin Society of Pharmacy Students11:30-12:00 Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson12:00-1:00 Crispy Cod Fillet with Tartar Sauce, Dilled Baby

Carrots, Creamy Coleslaw, Chocolate Chip Cookies1:00-2:00 Linda Hancock, “Calligraphy in the Modern Age”

Monday, February 2311:00-12:00 Free blood pressure screening by Lori Edelstein, RN11:30-12:00 Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson12:00-1:00 Minestrone Soup, Rotini Pasta with Marinara, Green

Beans Almondine, Turtle Brownies1:00-2:00 Kris Rasmussen & Janice Beers, “Immigration:

An Inside View of Family Detention”

Next month’s datesMarch 2, 9, 16, 23

For changes, updates or new information about any Jewish Social Services program, check our website at

www.jssmadison.org

Lechayim Snow Day Policy

Transportation to LechayimTransit Solutions provides door-to-door service for $1 round trip, payable

to the driver. Contact Louise Goldstein (608-278-1808, direct 608-442-4083 or [email protected]) by 2:00 p.m. the Friday before Lechayimto make a reservation. Wheelchair accessible vehicles are available uponrequest. Please contact us if you need to cancel a ride.

Lechayim is cancelled when the Madison MetropolitanSchool District closes schools due to inclement weather.Listen to WIBA, WTSO, WZEE, WMLI, WMAD, WOLX,WMMM or Charlie FM or watch a local channel on TV or theInternet (WKOW, WMTV, WISC or Fox 47) to learn if Madisonschools are closed. If Madison schools are open but we thinkconditions warrant it, we will decide whether to cancelLechayim. In that case, the decision will be made by 8:00 a.m.,we will send an email or someone will call you and we will postthe cancellation on our website.

Lechayim Lights22/Madison Jewish News February 2015

In recent years we’ve becomefamiliar with the concept of a“bucket list,” essentially a wishlist of experiences people wouldlike to have in their lives. Lastyear Marsha Cohen accomplisheda major item on her list when sheclimbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Asshe said to her children, “I hopeyou realize that when you are mid-dle age, happily married, you canstill pursue something that isscary, new & difficult. That youcan shake up your world by chal-lenging yourself to do somethingyou always wanted to do and thatyou will be cheered on by thosewho love you.” On Monday, Feb-ruary 2, Marsha will share what itwas like to prepare for and accom-plish this feat when she discusses,“Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.”

Our friends Bill and BobbieMalone return on Monday, Feb-ruary 9 to serenade us with “LoveSongs for Valentine’s Day.” Bill isthe host of the popular weeklyshow “Back to the Country” on

WORT (89.9 FM) and his book,“Country Music, USA” is the de-finitive scholarly work on Ameri-can country music. An EmeritusProfessor of History at TulaneUniversity, Bill’s honors include aGuggenheim Fellowship in 1984and a Lifetime AchievementAward from the Society for Amer-ican Music in 2008. His books in-clude Don't Get above YourRaisin': Country Music and theSouthern Working Class, WorkingGirl Blues: The Life and Music ofHazel Dickens (co-authored withHazel Dickens) and Music fromthe True Vine: Mike Seeger's Lifeand Musical Journey.

After teaching for ten years,Bobbie Malone received her Ph.D.in American History from TulaneUniversity and came to Madisonto be director of the Office ofSchool Services at the WisconsinHistorical Society, from which sheis now retired. There she wrotemany books for students as well asteachers’ guides for the study ofWisconsin history. Her writingsinclude the book, "Rabbi MaxHiller: Reformer, Zionist, South-erner, 1860-1929."

Together Bill and Bobbie per-form all around Madison, includ-ing the High Noon Saloon, WildHog in the Woods and the FrothHouse. Lechayim is one of theirfavorite venues, and we’re de-lighted to have them back.

The ancient art of hand letteringhas been brought back to life inthe modern era, a stunning exam-ple of which can be seen in theSaint John's Bible currently ondisplay at the Chazen Museum ofArt in Madison. On Monday,February 16, local artist Linda P.Hancock will present images fromthis artwork, and will expand herdiscussion with examples of thecreations of modern calligraphic

artists includ-ing herself,who are ex-ploring newand excitingpaths for pre-senting thewritten word.

Linda P.Hancock hasbeen a work-ing artist for over 30 years, withan emphasis in watercolor paint-ing and drawing. She maintains afulltime commercial lettering &calligraphy studio in Madison,Wisconsin. Linda has studiedpainting and drawing with instruc-tors both at the University of Wis-consin-Madison and at EdgewoodCollege. Her emphasis is on stilllife, with a continuing desire to ex-plore light and shadow, and nega-tive and positive space. Herartwork has been selected for ex-hibition and awards in many ju-ried exhibitions. She has studiedwith such noted artists as ThomasIngmire, Brody Neuenschwander,Georgia Deaver and Denis Brownamong others and has exhibited inMadison, Minneapolis, Chicago,New York and London. Her calli-graphic art has been selected forthe permanent collection of theChazen Museum of Art in Madi-son and the Newberry Library inChicago and has been showcasedin many of the juried annual exhi-bitions in the international publi-cation Letter Arts Review.Examples of Linda’s art may beviewed at her website: www.lin-daphancock.com.

Jewish Social Services has a vi-brant and well-respected immigra-tion program, headed by JaniceBeers, Director of Immigrant andRefugee Services. As a volunteerrepresentative of JSS, Kris Ras-mussen spent a month workingwith a pro bono project that pro-vides legal services to women andchildren who, after fleeing vio-

lence in Central America, arebeing detained while their asylumcases are pending. On Monday,February 23, Kris will talk abouther experiences working withthose families in her presentation,“Immigration: An Inside View ofFamily Detention.” Janice Beerswill also provide an update onJSS’ immigration program, whichreceived a $25,000 grant from the2015 Dane County budget.

Kris Rasmussen is an attorneycurrently providing pro bono serv-ices to JSS’s Immigration Pro-gram. Formerly in-house legalcounsel for UW-Madison, Kris

has volun-teered formany non-profits in theMadison areaand servedfor severalyears onJSS’s Boardof Directors,

including as President of theBoard. Janice Beers started work-ing at JSS in 1990 and led JSS’ re-settlement effort of refugees fromthe Former Soviet Union. She isfluent in Russian and continues toprovide casework, case manage-ment and interpreting services tothe Russian-speaking community.In 2005 Janice became DaneCounty’s first Accredited Repre-sentative with the Board of Immi-gration Appeals. This accreditationallows Janice to represent immi-grants in a variety matters at theMilwaukee United States Citizen-ship and Immigration Services(USCIS).

Janice has aBA in SlavicLanguages andLiterature fromNorthwesternUniversity andan MA in Lin-guistics fromthe UW-Madi-son.

About our Programs

Bill and Bobbie Malone

Linda Hancock

Kris Rasmussen

Janice Beers

Marsha Cohen

Scenes from Lechayim

Florence Grossberg andDean Ziemke

HarshaKeister andMilt Leidner

Nena Dyhrand

Eve SiegelBetsy Abramson and Corine Cohn

Euna Staniforth, Karen Sielaff,Charlie Meyer, and Alice Loew Janis Wrich, Karen Sielaff, Andy, Harsha

Keister, Janelle Bentley, and Nena DyhrMindy Wiseman, Pam PhillipsOlson and Roz Levin

Racheli Komar-Aziz, Jeremy Maissel,Louise Goldstein, and Joanna Burke

Charlie Shoham and Eileen Rabson

Photos by Eve Siegeland David Lipman

Lechayim LightsFebruary 2015 Madison Jewish News/23

Jewish Social Services BringsShabbat to Our SeniorsOur monthly Shabbat gatherings include wine donated byFrank Liquor, candles and challah, singing and discussion.

Attic Angel Place at 2:30 in the Garden Room8301 Old Sauk RoadA program of Jewish Social Services and Attic Angel Place.Music by Les Goldsmith and the assistance of Angel Volunteers.

March 6, May 1

Capitol Lakes at 3:00 in the Grand Hall333 West Main StreetA program of Jewish Social Services and Capitol LakesRetirement Community. Led by Rabbi Andrea Steinbergerwith assistance from UW students through the UW-HillelFoundation.

February 13, March 13

Oakwood West at 4:00 in the Oaks Community Room6225 Mineral Point RoadA program of Jewish Social Services and Oakwood VillageUniversity Woods. With the assistance of JSS volunteers andmusic by Lauren Mazur.

February 6, March 20

ATTENTION REHAB PATIENTS: If you are going to be in oneof these locations during your rehabilitation, you are welcometo attend.

TransitionsHappy February Birthday

Al FrankLee Applebaum

Linda BogerArlene Rotter

Milt RosenbergRuth CaldenTom Becker

Best Wishes for your WellnessSally Jamison

Lillian Deutsch

Bon Voyage, Welcome BackFay Nager, Miami

Lorna Kniaz, Grand CaymanHilary Blue

Harsha Keister, IndiaKaren Shevet Dinah, Guatemala

Welcome to your New HomeLillian Deutsch

When the Israeli soldier spiedSandy tromping through the desertin 1955, he became irate! He madeher get into the jeep and transportedher to safety, scolding her all thewhile. ”I was just thinking how cutehe was!”

Sandy was used totaking risks. Growingup, she lived in farmcountry in Pennsyl-vania. “I was tor-mented by anti-Semitic peers. Oneday I got so fed up Ipunched a girl andthey finally quit.”

Her mother, thedaughter of an Ortho-dox Cantor, spokeYiddish to Sandy untilshe started school.Her father, born in Ukraine, movedto London and finally to Americawhere her parents met. Sandy at-tended a distant Orthodox shul tolearn Hebrew. The trip entailedcomplex maneuvers for a little girl.“I had to jump up to reach the leverto stop the train and open the doorsto let me out. It was nerve-wrack-ing.” Sandy, always a good student,attended Temple University.

When she married she moved toMadison. Her husband set up abranch of the animal feed businesshis father owned. Sandy attendedUniversity of Wisconsin earning amaster’s degree in RehabilitationPsychology. She and her husband

visited Cuba right before the revo-lution to visit his college roommate.“Chico’s family was working forCastro, although Batista was inpower. I was sure we were in dan-ger.”

Sandy secured a job at MendotaMental Health Institute, working ina maximum-security unit with the

“criminally insane”while working on herdoctorate.

“Once an inmate waslying on the floor cry-ing. I got down andcomforted him. Afterthat, all the otherslooked out for me.They’d get between meand anyone who wastrying to give me trou-ble.”

Sandy is proud of herchildren. Her daughter

works with aggressive kids inChicago. She has a deep well ofcompassion and follows in hermother’s footsteps. Her three sonslive in Madison. One is a doctorwho has adopted two Chinese girls,and one is a lawyer. Her youngestson is a drummer. “He’s also a gour-met cook. I have no idea how helearned.”

Although she says she is not agreat cook, Sandy possesses an avidhunger for learning. She is a life-long learner who appreciates andtakes advantage of the manycourses, films and lectures offeredby the UW-Madison and commu-nity organizations.

BY PAMELA PHILLIPS OLSON

Sandra Golden

(Photo by Pamela Philips Olson)

Spotlight: Sandra Golden

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The Jewish Federation of Madison,Beth Israel Center, Temple Beth El, Con-gregation Shaarei Shamayim and JewishSocial Services joined together to presentThe Israel Seminars from January 10 –12th.

Jeremy Maissel who lives on KibbutzAlumim, on the border of Gaza, gavethree talks during his short stay in Madi-son.

First, he spoke at Beth Israel Centertracing Israeli history through music.Participants came expecting to sing Is-raeli songs but were pleasantly surprisedto be taken on an emotional ride throughmusic that told stories of fear, wars,promises and hope! We learned howmuch history influences Israeli music,and how music influences the people ofIsrael.

On Sunday, January 11th, Jeremyspoke about his and his neighbors’ expe-riences and personal conflicts during“Operation Protective Edge.” Whatwould you do if the siren sounded andyou had just 15 seconds to get to the saferoom? He told of how the people on thekibbutzim deal with children, elderly orpeople with special needs during thesescary times? Do you leave town andleave your home and community behind?Do you send your wife and kids out oftown, while you stay to protect the landand maintain what has to be in your Kib-

butz or town?Those were Jeremy’s dilemmas and

the dilemmas of his friends and neigh-bors, and all of our friends and family liv-ing in Israel.

On Monday he spoke at Lechayim,giving a firsthand account of the pleas-ures and difficulties of kibbutz life. Whatdoes it mean to share your belongingsand responsibilities with everyone else onthe Kibbbutz? How do you split the du-ties of the people on the Kibbutz andwhat it means to truly live communally.

Jeremy’s visited resonated differentlywith everyone who attended his work-shops and we hope it helped the Madisoncommunity to have a deeper understand-ing for Israel and the Israeli people.Thank you to the volunteers who helpedto make this program a success, includingJoanna Berke and the Kesher Committeefor working on the details, the BenGideon family for hosting Jeremy Mais-sel on Shabbat, and Laura and Ken Felzfor their hospitality hosting him duringthe remainder of his stay.

Spotlight from this month:

Gan HaYeled: We continued learning the Alpha Bait.

We did Zebra for the letter Zaiyn. Ani-mals (chayut) for the letter Chet.

Ivrit Bekeef (fun Hebrew):We had a great start with learning the

Aleph Bait, recognizing letters, playing

Hebrew Twister! Discussed the day, theweather, the month, described in Hebrewthings we like the most and many more!There is still space in this program forkids in K-2. Registration is available on-line at www.jewishmadison.org

Jewish Day School:We learned about the Kibbutzim in

Israel. In groups we established our newkibbutzim and played as if we are Kib-butznikim (term for people who live onthe Kibbutz.)

BY RACHELI AND MICKEY AZIZ-KOMAR

Community Shlichim/Israel Program Specialists

From the Mid-east to the Mid-west

India’s 5,000-mem-ber Jewish communitymay be small—a mere0.0004 percent of thecountry’s 1.2 billion+population—but it’srobust and vibrant, as

an intrepid group of Australian Jewish phi-lanthropists learned on a recent visit to thecountry.

Traveling to Mumbai from Sydney andMelbourne, the group, spent time with theelderly residents of the Bayiti old agehome; dined with young community ac-tivists; visited welfare clients in theirhomes; and even learned how to danceBollywood-style with Jewish youth andchildren from the city’s slums at the JDC-supported Evelyn Peters JCC.

A major highlight of the trip came whenthe group received the chance to attend anIndian Jewish wedding. To the delegation’sdelight and surprise, the bride and groomwere very happy to invite them to share intheir festivities.

As a wedding gift, the Australians do-nated funds to JDC’s Jewish Youth Pio-neers program, a multi-faceted initiativefor young Indian Jews. The contributionmade it possible for five young leaders,ranging in age from 18 to 22, to take partin the JYP winter camp, held in late De-cember.

In total, 33 college-age students partic-ipated in the 2014 camp, engaging in ac-tivities like text study, leadership

development, river rafting, and more.The winter camp is just one of JYP’s of-

ferings, all of which are designed to engageJews of all ages in enjoyable, educational,and innovative community activities.

Nikita, a camp participant, spoke withenthusiasm as she described the success ofthe recent Khai Fest, an event JYP organ-izes each year for Chanukah.

“My involvement in JYP provides mewith a sense of belonging,” she said, “andan unparalleled opportunity to use my cre-ative talents for the benefit of the largerJewish community.”

But the winter camp is an especiallymeaningful and important experience forthe college students who participate, ex-plained Salome Abraham, JDC’s programmanager in India.

Even though India is largely free ofanti-Semitism and fiercely proud of itsmultiethnic heritage, the camp representedthe first time many of the participants wereable to spend a weekend outside the citybonding with Jews their own age.

“It provides a space for them to relaxand have fun with their Jewish peers, formpersonal connections, and make newfriends. It gives them a chance to nurtureand develop their Jewish identities,” Abra-ham said. “And most importantly, theygain confidence in their leadership skills,which benefits the entire Jewish commu-nity.”

JDC’s global programs are made pos-sible by the generosity of our supporters.

In Mumbai, Investingin Young Leaders

Connecting with IsraelFebruary 2015 Madison Jewish News/27

JDC stands together with the hundredsof thousands of people, including worldleaders, who gathered in Paris to stand upto terror and demonstrate their solidaritywith the French people — and mournsthe loss of all those who were murderedin cold blood by the terrorists.

Our thoughts and prayers especiallygo out to the families of Yoav Hattab,Yohan Cohen, Philippe Braham, andFrancois-Michel Saada, viciously killedin the Hyper Cacher supermarket in anact of anti-Semitic violence. May theirmemories be a blessing.

Today — as a Jewish organizationwith a proud century of history assisting,empowering and where necessary rescu-ing our fellow Jews in need and dangerwherever in the world they might be —we proudly stand with the Jewish com-munity of France and the French people— in an expression of kol yisrael arevimzeh la'zeh.

Nous Sommes Juifs.We’re also taking concrete measures

at a time of even more heightened con-cern for the global Jewish community:

• We have dispatched senior JDC pro-fessionals to consult with the French Jew-ish community on needs in the aftermathof this tragedy and to ensure resiliencemeasures are being executed and ex-panded as the circumstance dictates. Thisis in addition to our round the clock con-tact and cooperation with French Jewishleaders since the events unfolded after the

Charlie Hebdo massacre.• Addressing challenges and threats to

Jewish safety and security are nothingnew to JDC and our staff, and we do socontinuously. We are now carefully re-viewing key needs in the hundreds ofcommunities where we work, consultingwith local leaders and our global securityand program teams.

• We also take to heart the incredibleoutpouring of support — from worldleaders as well as millions of ordinaryParisians — who are determined to fightfor a robust, tolerant, multi-ethnic, dem-ocratic, and free Europe.

The reality is that today’s Europe ishome to hundreds of thousands of Jewsand our role remains using all our skillsand expertise to enable them to buildstrong, robust, self sustaining communi-ties where they and their families canlead full Jewish lives in freedom and se-curity in whatever way they choose.

We pray for better times ahead.

Five-year-old Guyknows all too well thedifficulties associatedwith living in the southof Israel.

Guy, who lives inAshkelon with his

mother and younger brother, experiencesthe realities of conflict every day. Duringthe first week of Operation ProtectiveEdge, Guy was in his front yard with hismother when a siren sounded. They laydown and covered themselves, but a num-ber of fragments hit the house next door,just a few feet away from where they’dtaken shelter.

“The noise of the explosion was terri-fying,” said Guy’s mother, who was treatedfor shock after the event.

Following the incident, the only thingthat brought Guy any comfort was a pieceof shrapnel from the Iron Dome defensesystem that had fallen near him during thesiren. He carried the shrapnel fragmentwith him and would not give it up.

Guy’s behavior changed after that day.He began to cry every time he was frus-trated and would burst into tears at thesound of each siren. Between alarms, herefused to leave the house out of fear andgrew too scared to continue sleeping in hisown bed.

But most troubling was the violent be-havior he started exhibiting. Guy beganthrowing objects and even biting people.

Around ten days after the close call with

the rocket, Guy and his mother were giventhe opportunity for a respite trip and wereinvited to recover for a few days in anemergency center away from the constantrocket fire. In the beginning, it was veryhard for Guy at the center; he would notparticipate in activities, and often cried andclung to his mother.

Guy’s situation began to change whenhe was introduced to his very own JDC-is-sued Hibuki huggable doll.

JDC’s Hibuki doll program, which hasbeen used in emergency situations sincethe Second Lebanon War, makes childrenthe caretakers of a plush, sad-faced Hibukipuppy doll whose long arms can be fas-tened around a child, embracing them in acomforting hug. Hibuki was initiated byJDC in conjunction with psychologistsfrom the Ministry of Education and TelAviv University.

The Hibuki program is based on theprinciple that children who actively facetheir stress can alleviate fears and betteradapt to life after a trauma. The child is toldthat his/her Hibuki is scared and suffering.By working with the stuffed animal, thechild transfers his/her own fears onto thedoll and in fact, through the doll, helps“treat” him/herself.

For Guy, it was love at first sight; hewrapped the Hibuki doll around him andsqueezed his new friend. Though he stillclung to his mother and cried, the thera-pists were able to work with him and coun-sel him, using the doll as a tool.

When the program therapists askedGuy why his Hibuki doll was sad, he re-ported that it was scared of the loud“booms,” adding that the dog missed hisfather (Guy’s parents are divorced and heresides with his mother). They were ableto gain insight into Guy’s feelings and aftera few days of working as the dog’s care-giver, Guy began to improve.

The little boy was significantly more re-laxed as a direct result of his Hibuki doll,and his violent behavior decreased. Hegave up his piece of shrapnel, began par-ticipating in activities, and no longer clungto his mother.

“I am repeatedly amazed to see thechange that begins to take place once achild ‘adopts’ a Hibuki doll,” said JDC’sDr. Flora Mor. “Ordinarily we don’t have

a way to know why a small child is re-sponding to the trauma they have experi-enced in a certain way. The doll has provento be a critical and powerful tool in thetherapeutic process, since children explainclearly what Hibuki is upset about, ex-pressing their inner worries and fearsthrough the doll. Then our therapists cantreat the child and guide parents and teach-ers.”

JDC’s Hibuki doll program has beenvery successful in previous conflicts, andcontinues to comfort children like Guyduring these difficult times.

JDC’s global programs are made pos-sible by the generosity of our supporters.

Nous Sommes Juifs(We Are Jews)

For Youngest Israelis, Healing Post-War Trauma

When it came tohis job search, ChaiBardogo was hittinga brick wall.

Though he hadgraduated with a de-gree in economics

and business administration and was aveteran of the Israel Defense Forces,all of the 32-year-old's job interviewswere unsuccessful.

For Chai, who has had cerebralpalsy since birth, everything changedwhen he joined JDC’s RampUp pro-gram in Migdal HaEmek, a small cityin northern Israel, about a half-hoursoutheast of Haifa.

Established in 2013, RampUpworks to promote and advance the in-tegration of people with disabilitiesinto the work force. Currently, some110,000 young Israelis with disabilitiesdo not work, and 60 percent of thosewho do wish to enter the workforce failto find a job.

At employment centers across Is-rael, RampUp staff are trained to pro-vide assistance to clients withdisabilities and to liaise with employ-ers to help create positive working en-vironments for job seekers with specialneeds

RampUp staff helped Chai improvehis interview skills, and when a tellerposition opened at a local branch, theyworked with the bank’s human re-

sources staff to make the interviewprocess more accessible to Chai.

That meant making the interviewone-on-one, instead of in a group, andgiving Chai extended time to answer apre-employment questionnaire.

Now working at that bank as ateller, Chai said he's incredibly gratefulfor the boost RampUp gave him.

“I know I work slower than my col-leagues, but I'm determined to sharpenmy skills and improve my perform-ance,” he said. “And just last week, Iwas offered a permanent position atmy bank.”

RampUp is one of many critical in-terventions developed by JDC’sTEVET employment partnership withthe Government of Israel to integrate700,000 chronically jobless Israelisinto the workforce, and its Israel Un-limited partnership with the Israeligovernment and the Ruderman FamilyFoundation to promote the inclusion ofthe country’s one million adults withdisabilities in all aspects of Israeli so-ciety.

RampUp currently works in thenorthern Israeli cities of Karmiel, Acre,Migdal HaEmek, Tiberias, andYokneam.

JDC’s global programs are madepossible by the generosity of our sup-porters.

Breaking Down Barriers forIsraelis with Disabilities


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