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Federation Annual Meeting includes tributes, elections 3

Cyber warfare’s new realityadds to Israel’s battlefield 4

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congregation; Nickie had met SeniorRabbi Gary Robuck and his wife whenthey were in Cleveland, Ohio, earlierthis year. He is American and a fellowgraduate of HUC-JIR in Cincinnati.

Meeting people in person inSydney confirmed to the Robertsesthat the assignment would be a goodfit. “We loved the people,” Nickiesaid. “That’s what sealed the deal.They were excited that we came. Icould feel that through Skype. I likedevery person more than the last.”

“I think we’re both looking for-ward to the opportunity to see a dif-ferent part of the world,” David said.“It’s a wonderful, warm, loving Jewishcommunity. I’m looking forward tothe experience and being a part of it.”

One of Nickie’s professors atHUC, Rabbi Sam Joseph, has lived inSydney. He had “so many goodthings to say about Australia andbeing a rabbi there,” she said. “He wasvery persuasive.” CongregationMicah’s founding rabbi, Ken Kanter,is now associate dean of HUC’s

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By Kathy Carlson

Nickie Roberts’ Jewishpath led her first toC o n g r e g a t i o nMicah, then north toCincinnati and rab-binical school, and

now around the world to Australia.As Rabbi Nicole Roberts, she has

accepted a position as assistant rabbiat North Shore Temple Emanuel inSydney, Australia. She and 12 othergraduates of the Hebrew UnionCollege – Jewish Institute of Religionwere ordained as rabbis on June 2 atthe Plum Street Temple inCincinnati. She doesn’t quite knowwhen she’ll start her new positionbecause visas for her and her husband,David Roberts, are a work in progress.

The couple wanted to “find thebest match for us,” Nickie Robertssaid. “It took us pretty far.”

They were open to an overseasassignment, David Roberts said. AfterSkype interviews came a trip toAustralia so both could meet the full

Rabbi will draw on Nashville,Micah roots at first congregation

she met her husband-to-be when shemade her first pledge to Federation asa college student.

Through her local Federation inPhiladelphia, she and her husbandhelped craft new programs in Jewisheducation. Norry also has met Jewsfrom around the world, particularly inthe Former Soviet Union, and haslearned how they re-established tiesto the Jewish community and Judaismthrough Federation-supported pro-

grams. “This is really about buildingcommunity,” she said.

“Your gift and the work you’redoing is building hope not only inNashville but in Israel and in 70 coun-tries around the world,” Norry said.

“Remember, we’re making afocused effort,” Annual CampaignChair Steve Hirsch said. QuotingLarry the Cable Guy, he encouragedthe teams to “git ’er done.” c

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How often do peoplecompete to givesomething away?

It’s happeningright now, as theJewish Federation of

Nashville’s 2013 Annual Campaigngets under way.

Eight teams met on Wed., Aug.29 to draft community memberswhom they’ll contact in the nextthree months to ask them to continueto support and strengthen JewishNashville. Team members will be call-ing on those who have given $1,000or more in the 2012 AnnualCampaign. They’ll be solicitingpledges for 2013, which can be paid atany time through the end of 2013.

The teams, with names likePredBrews and Sababa, are vyingfor the grand prize - $10,000 to sup-port their area of interest amongthe programs and agencies thatFederation supports. There are alsoprizes for team members and topperformers overall.

Those at the campaign kickoffand draft heard from Gail Norry,chair of the Jewish Federations ofNorth America’s National Women’sPhilanthropy. She talked about how

Annual Campaign turns into a team sport at draft event

Rabbi Nicole Roberts receives a blessingat her ordination from Rabbi DavidEllenson, president of Hebrew UnionCollege-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Hold the date forJewish learning

Mark Sunday, Nov. 18, onyour calendars for aGlobal Day of JewishLearning at Akiva School.It’s a chance to learn withRabbi Zvi Hirschfield, a

faculty member in Talmud at the PardesInstitute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. TheJewish Federation of Nashville is presentingthe event in cooperation with all ofNashville’s synagogues and a host of commu-nity agencies and groups. More informationis available on the back page of this Observerand in future Observers.

Steven Remer (left) draws the number that determines who goes first in the draft,as team captains Michael Simon (center), Janet Weismark and Leon Tonelson waittheir turns.

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As we approach thebeginning of theJewish New Year5773, I want to wishour many JewishObserver readers a

very happy, healthy and sweet NewYear. May it be a year of blessings andpeace for you and your families.

I want to advise all of you, well inadvance, of an important upcomingchange concerning the publication ofthe Jewish Observer. Effective January1, 2013, the Observer, long a twice-monthly publication, will be publishedonce a month. The decision to do socomes as a result of a number of reali-ties which impact small publicationslike the Observer.

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New shlicha meets colleagues,gets to know Music City

Nashville’s newest com-munity shlicha, HadarMoskovitz, is learningher way aroundNashville and tooktime as August wound

down to meet some of the people she’llwork with in the months ahead.

At a breakfast get-together at theGordon Jewish Community Center, shemet rabbis, synagogue staffers, leaders ofJewish agencies, and co-workers at theJewish Federation of Nashville.

The community shlicha program was“tremendously important for us in its firstyear,” said Mark Freedman, executivedirector of the Federation. Nashville’sfirst shlicha, Inbar Shaked, “built rela-tionships based on friendship, under-standing and sharing common concerns.”Hadar will build on Inbar’s work andplace her own stamp on the program.

“It’s been an amazing week for me,”she said. “Everyone is so nice; they wel-comed me.”

Hadar, 26, was born in a town incentral Israel, completed her militaryservice, and graduated from Ben GurionUniversity of the Negev, in Beersheva. “Iwanted to do something for Beersheva,the community I was part of,” after grad-uation, she said.

She became a coordinator of 50students working in a one-on-one tutor-ing program with children. As a stu-dent, she had worked with a 6th gradernamed Grace who had made aliyahfrom Peru. “I had a great connectionwith her,” she said.

Hadar had been a shlicha in theUnited States once before, as a 17-year-old traveling with a singing and dancinggroup called the Tzofim Friends Caravanthat builds ties with Israel. “It was the

first time I met the Jewish communityworld,” she said. “I really wanted tocome back for a second shliach, and cre-ate better links” to Israel.

Now was the perfect time for a sec-ond shliach, she said. She had finishedschool and was looking for somethingmeaningful. In Nashville, she’ll be ableto teach Hebrew, about her military serv-ice, and about Israeli culture and currentevents. She’ll also work with college stu-dents through Vanderbilt University’sHillel program. “I feel very lucky to behere,” she said. “It’s an amazing place.”

Harriet Schiftan, FederationPlanning and Partnership2Gether direc-tor, is Hadar’s supervisor. She met Hadarin Israel earlier this year. “I think theconnection was immediate,” Schiftansaid. “We’re delighted she chose usbecause we chose her.”

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Rabbi will draw on Nashville, Micah roots at first congregationContinued from page 1Cincinnati campus and had served inMelbourne, Australia, while a rabbinicalstudent. He encouraged her to considera rabbinate in Australia, she said.

“She’s going to be at a wonderfulcongregation,” Joseph said. “For some-one who is such a warm person, with apassion about people and being involvedand (who) loves to build community, Ithink she’s in a great place.”

About 50,000 Jews live in Sydney,he said. That sounds large compared toNashville’s 8,000-member Jewish com-munity, but Sydney’s total population isabout 4.5 million.

Jews were among the first Europeansto come to Australia in 1788, so theJewish community has been there sincethe beginning, Joseph said. The Jewishpopulation grew after World War I andagain after World War II with the arrivalof Holocaust survivors. Many Hungariansurvivors settled in Sydney.

Nickie Roberts said that about 20percent of Sydney’s Jewish communityworship in Progressive congregations, asReform congregations are known inAustralia.

Her new congregation is one ofSydney’s two Progressive synagogues.With 600 families, it’s slightly largerthan Congregation Micah. Her rabbini-cal work will include adult education,scholarship, pastoral care, counselingand study. She’ll conduct services andgive sermons, and may lead the congre-gation’s 90-student religious school.

As she begins her rabbinate, she’lldraw on her experiences with adult con-gregational life before she became a rabbi;10 years as an active member of Micah;role models; her experiences as a studentrabbi, including at Micah. It also meansa great deal to know “there are people in

Nashville at Micah and at Hebrew UnionCollege who believe in me.”

She is grateful for the TischFellowship that helped her attend rab-binical school, a fellowship that focuseson scholarship, synagogue transforma-tion, leadership and spirituality. Also, sheparticipated twice in clinical pastoral edu-cation units, each involving 400 hours ofwork in hospitals and similar settings.

Rabbi Julie Schwartz leads the pas-toral counseling program at HUC-JIR.“Nicole was actually taking an advancedcourse adding to the basic requiredcourse. And that, of course, says it all,”Schwartz said in an email. “She took,during her senior year, a time when shemight have chosen easier options, a verytime-consuming and personally demand-ing course. … She has a gentle, compas-sionate way that allows her to caredeeply for another while guiding themthrough their faith questions and lifejourney. She is the ‘real deal’ as a rabbiand I welcome her as my colleaguealthough I regret that I will have tonegotiate a time change in order to speakwith her.”

The Robertses acknowledge they’veaccepted a big change.

David works in real estate inNashville and may continue in thatfield. “I’m just going to start exploring,”he said. He’s gravitating toward a help-ing profession in which he’s workingwith people more than with things ordata. “We feel very, very fortunate tohave the opportunity to spend threeyears in Australia,” he said.

“Nashville and Micah have beenour community for years now,” Nickiesaid. “It’s all very hard to leave behind.

“…We’re going because it’s a matchand to have a meaningful experience andbecause we love the people there.” c

Federation Annual Meetingincludes tributes, elections

As the new yearapproaches, take stockof the past year forNashville’s Jewish com-munity at the 76thAnnual Meeting of the

Jewish Federation of Nashville andMiddle Tennessee. The event will beheld at 7 p.m. on Wed., Sept. 12 at theGordon Jewish Community Center. Themeeting is preceded by a special, by-invi-tation reception of the JewishFoundation beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The meeting will recognize MartinTed Mayden, the outgoing president ofthe Federation, and Judith A. Saks,recently retired community relationsdirector and editor of the JewishObserver. Sandra Averbuch, the imme-diate past chair of the AnnualCampaign, will receive the firstFederation President’s Award. OutgoingFederation board members also will berecognized for their service.

New officers and members of the

Federation Board of Directors will beelected, a new rabbinic representativewill join the Board, and meeting partici-pants will consider several amendmentsto the Federation’s constitution, includ-ing the establishment of the JewishFoundation Development Committeeand the creation of the JewishFederation Council of Past Presidents.There are several other minor amend-ments, and all proposed amendments areon the Federation website, www.jewish-nashville.org.

For more information about theAnnual Meeting or to RSVP, contactBarbara Schwarcz, at [email protected] or by phone at 354-1630.

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Chazak Achsav!-Strength Now!

By Ben Sales

TEL AVIV (JTA) – As the frequen-cy of suicide bombings increased in the1990s, Israelis began to realize that theirconflicts had shifted from the conven-tional battlefield to their streets, busesand cafes.

Now the country – along with therest of the world – is adapting to a newbattlefield, one that defense experts callthe “fifth dimension,” computers.

The impact cannot be underestimat-ed, says Dror Mor, CEO of the SdemaGroup, an Israeli company that special-izes in homeland security protection.

“A big part of the next war, wherev-er it is in the world, will be cyber warfareto silence infrastructure, electricity, com-munications, movement of planes andtrains,” he says.

Land, air, sea and even space havebeen battlefronts for decades or centuries,but cyber warfare has gained prominencein the past few years and will continue toadvance. Although some industries havebeen computerized for more than 50years, increasingly complex viruses havemade computers more vulnerable thanever to cyber attacks.

Several viruses already have figuredprominently in the Middle East. In 2010,the Stuxnet virus hit computers in Iran’snuclear enrichment facilities, andobservers say it set back the IslamicRepublic’s alleged nuclear weapons pro-gram by as much as two years.

Three months ago, Iran acknowl-edged that another virus, allegedly creat-ed by Israel and the U.S. and calledFlame, had infected its computers.According to the Washington Post, thevirus tapped into Iranian computer net-works and accessed intelligence.

And in August Gauss, a virus relat-ed to Stuxnet, hit personal computers inLebanon and Israel, enabling the cyberattackers to access financial data and thesocial network profiles of tens of thou-sands of people.

“The tech sector has become moreopen, which is good for business, butwhen that happens it’s bad for security,”says Avi Weissman, chairman of theIsraeli Forum for Information Security.“States have learned to take advantageof this to create malicious code.”

As Gauss showed, cyber warfarethreatens private companies and govern-ments. Transportation systems are espe-cially vulnerable, Mor says.

“Someone can go in the system, con-fuse the stoplights and create big eco-nomic problems,” he says. A crisis alsowould ensue, Mor adds, “if you get intothe Israeli train system and put two trainson the same track that have no idea thatthey’re going toward each other.”

As to private companies, vulnerabili-ty to cyber attacks means that the actionsof ordinary office employees could lead toa breach in a system’s security.

“It’s a cultural change as to how anorganization deals with protection,” Morsays. “You’re in an organization, youhave a laptop and a flash drive. The flashdrive you use with your computer andthe computer in the office. How do wecreate a separation between the compa-ny network and the outside world?”

Mor adds that the dangers stretcheven beyond national defense and safe-guarding civilian infrastructure.

“If they stop the creation of cottagecheese, you think there will be a problemhere?” he asks rhetorically, referring to a

staple of the Israeli diet. “People can’tlive without cottage cheese.”

Defense threats, however, especial-ly concern information security expertsin Israel, a country where national secu-rity issues dominate conversation. Infact, last year Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu launched the NationalCyber Staff, which is charged withimproving Israel's defenses againstcyber warfare.

Israel has not fought a full-scaleconventional war against another coun-try in nearly four decades, principallyfighting terror groups since the 1980s.Still, the biggest cyber threats comefrom countries that have the necessarymanpower to develop and execute adamaging attack, according to IsaacBen-Israel, a professor of security anddiplomacy at Tel Aviv University andformer head of military research anddevelopment for the Israeli DefenseForces and Defense Ministry.

“Terror groups work with smallgroups of people, so the likelihood thatthey’ll attack our system is small,” Ben-Israel says.

Israel also is the birthplace of inter-nationally well-regarded informationsecurity companies such as the SdemaGroup. But some experts say the countryremains unprepared to meet potentialcyber threats.

“We’re OK relative to the world, butwe are not OK relative to the threats inthe region,” Ben-Israel says.

Weissman of the Israeli Forum forInformation Security points out thatIsraeli companies do not invest enoughin cyber defenses because the dangersdon’t seem as real as those of bombs.

“This cyber threat seems far away, sowhy put money into it?” he asks.“Organizations don’t bring in enoughpeople, they cut corners.”

And, Weissman says, the govern-ment’s budget is too tight to invest themoney it should to prevent cyber attacks.

“Israel has a lot of problems: reli-gious people and secular people, Arabsand Jews,” he says. “There aren’t anyteeth to Israeli regulations because thereisn’t money.”

While Weissman calls for moremoney in technological education andcyber defense, he says it is no substitutefor conventional hardware such asplanes, bombs and soldiers.

“It’s not going to take the place ofconventional warfare just like chemicalwarfare isn’t replacing conventional war-fare and planes don’t replace groundtroops,” he says, adding that cyber war-fare “will complete warfare.” c

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Cyber security developers like those seen here from Elbit, an Israeli defense electronics com-pany, will need to play an increasingly integral role in halting more complicated computerviruses. (Courtesy Elbit Systems)


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In Hollywood’s ‘The Possession,’ the dybbuk is backBy Tom Tugend

LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- Thoughtyour daughter’s odd behavior was justanother preteen phase?

There may be an alternate explana-tion: The dybbuk is back.

The malevolent spirit from 16th-cen-tury Jewish mysticism and folklore reap-pears in “The Possession,” a Hollywoodfilm featuring Matisyahu and KyraSedgwick that opened over the Labor Dayweekend. The film grossed more than $21million in its first weekend.

In keeping with the times, the spirithas migrated from the Eastern Europeanshtetl of S. Ansky’s iconic play “TheDybbuk” to contemporary Americansuburbia and the home of Clyde Brenek,a high school basketball coach conflict-ed about the divorce from his wife andthe father of two daughters.

Clyde takes the girls – Hannah, 15,and Em, 11 – to a yard sale, where Em isoddly attracted to a small box inscribedwith Hebrew letters and persuades herfather to buy it. At home, overcome withcuriosity, Em is in her room when shepries open the box and finds a bird’sskeleton, a lock of hair, strange carvingsand an ancient-looking ring.

Predictably, terrible things begin tohappen. Em stabs her dad’s hand with afork and giant moths invade her bed-room. Her father disposes of the box in adistant dumpster, but she sallies forth inher nightgown across a dark desertedstreet to retrieve it.

The increasingly desperate fatherseeks medical advice; an MRI revealsstrange apparitions within the girl’s body.A psychiatrist is ineffective. Finally, aprofessor recalls the dybbuk story andadvises Clyde to travel to Brooklyn andappeal to an old Chasidic rabbi.

Clyde’s pleadings are rejected bythe rabbi, but the rabbi’s son, played bythe reggae and alternative rock musi-cian Matisyahu, takes pity and agrees totry an exorcism.

In a stormy session, Em is freed ofthe dybbuk – the dislocated spirit of anodious sinner who dies before repentingand now seeks refuge from avengingangels. It then infests her father until itis finally forced to beat a protoplasmicretreat back into the box. Though seem-ingly defeated, the dybbuk eventuallyextracts its revenge.

There is no gain in saying that thePG-13 movie is quite frightening, evento the mature skeptical mind. That said,it also is fairly safe to wager that “ThePossession” will not win any Oscars,though young Canadian actress NatashaCalis, as the possessed girl, is convinc-ingly frightening.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the sorelytried father turns in a solid performance,while Sedgwick is stuck in the role of hisshrill, angry ex-wife, Stephanie.Matisyahu as the exorcist makes animpressive screen debut.

Horrormeister Sam Raimi is the co-producer, with Danish director OleBornedal at the helm of the film. TheLionsgate/Ghosthouse production isbased on a 2004 Los Angeles Times arti-cle by Leslie Gornstein titled “A jinx inthe box?” which gives it a conceivableclaim to veracity.

Gornstein’s article tracked a myste-rious box -- inscribed with the wordsfrom the Shema prayer -- allegedlybrought to America by an agedHolocaust survivor. It passed through thehands of various calamity-prone owners

until it was auctioned off on eBay. Thehigh bidder was Jason Haxton, a medicalmuseum curator who investigated thestory over many years and turned it intoa book, “The Dibbuk Box.”

Haxton's story is rooted in the actu-al world, with people sending emails andbuying and selling on eBay, but in theend he leaves it to the reader to decidewhether the story is a hoax.

Bornedal now owns the box and hasit buried in his backyard.

“I’m not superstitious,” he tells JTA,saying that for a few weeks he has wornthe ring found inside the box.

Still, he acknowledges twinges ofconcern while flying, aware that the ringwas along for the journey in his suitcase.

Bornedal speculates that the dyb-buk’s possession of Em was largely anallegory on her inner fears at a time

Continued on page 10 Matisyahu as Tzadok and Natasha Calis as Em in a scene from "The Possession." (Diyah Para)


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About 100 beer aficiona-dos or just plain curioustypes came out on amuggy Sunday forNowGen Nashville’sCraft Beer Revue, held

on the grounds of the Gordon JewishCommunity Center.

Folks from all generations – frombabies to seniors and everyone inbetween – turned out for the event underthe leadership of NowGen Nashville.Everyone (except the babies) tasted froman assortment of 40 microbrews fromNashville and beyond.

At a brunch at the GJCC earlier inthe day, Shmaltz Brewing Co. founderJeremy Cowan signed copies of hisrecent book, “Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah,”and talked about his business and beers,which include He’Brew and ConeyIsland brands. It was Cowan’s secondtime in Nashville, and he checked outsome live music and the local beer scenebefore the Aug. 26 event. He gavethumbs-up to both.

Cowan started out in 1996 – 5757,as the Shmaltz web site points out – sell-ing He’Brew beer out of the trunk of his

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Reva Heller and Jeremy Cowan chat in front of the Shmaltz Brewing tasting station.

Ethan, Heidi and John Hassenfeld

grandma’s car. Three months later, hequit his day job and devoted himself full-time to craft beers. Initially, the beerswere brewed in California but produc-tion moved to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in2003 and all brewing is done there now.Shmaltz contracts with other breweriesto follow its recipes and make its beers;“I’m just the English major with thecrazy ideas,” Cowan said.

These days, Shmaltz’s sales breakdown about 50-50 between He’Brew andConey Island, and while much is sold inthe northeast, they “sell a little in a lot ofplaces,” he said.

Shmaltz’s beers have racked up goldand silver medals in the World BeerChampionships, Cowan said. Onereview, on Tastings.com, gave the 2010He’Brew Rejewvenator Ale 91 points,meaning exceptional. It won a goldmedal in the championships and wasdescribed as “a rich, complex food beer,”with “rich caramel sauce on sourdoughraisin toast and sour cherry pie aromaswith a chewy, fruity-yet-dry full body anda smooth cream sauce, roasted root veg-etable and chive accented finish.”

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U.S.-Israel joint military exercise downsized

JERUSALEM (JTA) – U.S. militaryofficials acknowledged that an upcomingjoint U.S.-Israel military exercise wasdownsized, but denied it was because ofmistrust of Israel.

Time magazine reported thatAustere Challenge 12, the ballistic mis-siles exercise scheduled for the end ofOctober, was greatly downsized, withWashington cutting by more than two-thirds – to about 1,500 – the number ofU.S. troops participating, and reducingthe number and quality of missile inter-ception systems to be used.

“Basically what the Americans aresaying is, ‘We don’t trust you,’ ” Timequoted an unnamed senior Israeli mili-tary official as saying.

The exercise originally had beenscheduled for the spring, but was post-poned by Israel due to budgetary consid-erations. U.S. military officials said thenumber of troops to be involved in theexercise was reduced in part because ofother commitments around the time of

the rescheduled exercise, and that Israelwas aware that it would happen.

Budget restrictions also are an issueon the U.S. end, according to Time.But the magazine also pointed out thatthe decision two months ago to scaleback the exercise came at the sametime as tension began increasingbetween President Obama and PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu overIsrael considering an attack on Iran'snuclear sites.

"Austere Challenge-12 remains thelargest-ever ballistic missile defense exer-cise between our nations and a signifi-cant increase from the previous event in2009," Air Force Lt.-Col. Jack Miller, aPentagon spokesman, told Time.

"The exercise has not changed inscope and will include the same types ofsystems as planned. All deployed sys-tems will be fully operational with asso-ciated operators," he said, adding thatthe exercise "is a tangible sign of ourmutual trust." c


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B’nai MitzvahVivian Abigail Klein Herzog will be

called to the Torah asBat Mitzvah onSaturday, Sept. 29, at 11a.m. at The Temple.Vivian was born onAug. 12, 1999 inNashville. She is thedaughter of Risa KleinHerzog and DrewHerzog and her grand-parents are Mimi and Jerry Klein ofNashville, Rhoda Weinstein Herzog ofDaphne, Ala., and the late AlbertWalter Herzog of Meridian, Miss.

Vivian is an 8th grader at J.T. MooreMiddle School in Nashville. For Vivian’sMitzvah project, she is providing CrockPots for each apartment at RenewalHouse and making Crock Pot cookbooksfor residents. Renewal House is a familyshelter where women recovering fromdrug and alcohol addiction can live withtheir children while learning how to bebetter parents. Additionally, Vivian hasjoined the B’nai Tzedek program of theJewish Foundation, having created afund to encourage teen philanthropy.

Her special interests include volley-ball, diving, reading, cooking, gymnastics,singing, and spending time with friendsand family. Vivian and her family invitethe community to join her in celebration.

HonorsCongratulations to Avi Poster and

the Coalition for Education aboutImmigration for receiving theWelcoming Tennessee Award from theTennessee Immigration and RefugeeRights Coalition. Poster received theaward at TIRRC’s 2012 American DreamBanquet on Aug. 30. CEI was born froman idea developed by Poster and JudySaks, recently retired director of theJewish Federation’s CommunityRelations Committee. TIRRC is astatewide immigrant- and refugee-ledcollaboration whose mission is toempower immigrants and refugeesthroughout Tennessee to develop a uni-fied voice, defend their rights, and createan atmosphere in which they are recog-nized as positive contributors to the state.

Sympathy… to the family of Marsha Joan

Grant, 73, of Memphis, who died onAug. 23. She is survived by her sister,Nancy (Irwin) Hodes, nephews Peter andScott Hodes, and three great-nieces and agreat-nephew, all of Nashville, alongwith her girls, Charlye and Lucy. Ms.Grant taught in the Memphis city schoolsystem for 30 years before retiring. Shewas a graduate of the University of SouthCarolina, University of Memphis andState Technical Institute at Memphis.For several years she was a girls juniorhigh and senior high recreational leaguebasketball coach, with one team winningthe city championship. She enjoyedpoetry and was a life member of theTennessee Poetry Society and a memberof The National League of American PenWomen, serving as president of theChickasaw Branch and Tennessee statetreasurer. She also was an income tax

counselor with AARP for 10 years, a sec-ond-grade math tutor at White StationElementary School and a member ofTemple Israel. A memorial service washeld on Aug. 26 in Memphis, with burialthe following day at Temple Cemetery inNashville. In lieu of flowers, memorialsmay be made to the Memphis HumaneSociety, 939 Farm Rd., Memphis, 38134;or to Playhouse on the Square, 66 SouthCooper, Memphis, 38104.

…to the family of Charles LeoDonnelly, 84, of Nashville, who died onAug. 28. Mr. Donnelly was the formerowner of Marshall-Donnelly-CombsFuneral Home in Nashville. Many fam-ilies in our community may have beenassisted by Mr. Donnelly in the pastthrough Marshall Donnelly’s funeralarrangements for Jewish burials. He waspreceded in death by daughter, JaniceDonnelly Alexander; mother, MathildaGray Donnelly; father, Dennis JosephDonnelly; brothers, John, Tom, Joe,Rob, Bill (Bo) and Frank Donnelly; sis-

ter, Marie Thompson. Charles is sur-vived by his wife, Dorothy PowellDonnelly; daughter, Lisa Donnelly Baltz;grandson, Brian Moore (Staci); grand-daughters, Melanie Baltz Scott (Lee),Brooke Baltz Nicholson (Matt); great-grand children, Reagan and ReillyMoore, Laney Scott, Charlie and

Donnelly Nicholson; sisters, MargueriteSledge and Frances Henson. A funeralMass was celebrated on Sept. 1. In lieu ofcustomary remembrances, the familyrequests with gratitude that contributionsbe directed to Father Ryan High Schoolor Kids on The Block, 1704 CharlotteAve., Suite 200, Nashville 37203.

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In Hollywood’s ‘The Possession,’ the dybbuk is backContinued from page 7when her parents were going through abitter divorce. While shooting themovie, he says he concentrated on theproduction rather than worry about thedybbuk’s alleged powers.

He maintained this attitude, he says,even when all the neon light fixturesexploded one day on the set inVancouver, Canada, and when a firedestroyed all the props used in the movieshortly after the film wrapped.

His new film attests to the continu-ing fascination with the spiritual posses-sion theme, especially in movies thatreenact the viewer’s dreamlike fears whilehe is safe in his seat, says Edna Nahshon,a professor of Hebrew at the JewishTheological Seminary in New York whospecializes on the Jewish theater.

In our time, she says, the dybbuktheme is still alive in the Chasidic worldand is connected historically to kabbalis-tic teaching on the transmigration ofsouls. Nahshon adds that the dybbuktheme is found in various forms in almostevery culture and religion.

In Jewish tradition, the dybbuk isalmost invariably male, usually possess-ing a female soul and body. This scenariogives the possessed woman a “voice” tosay what is normally repressed, includingsexual desire, Nahshon says. But in “ThePossession,” the gender identities aremurkier. The dybbuk, however, is female,Bornedal says.

What is clear is that the dybbukremains with us in theatrical perform-

ances and books. Just before the opening of “The

Possessed,” a Los Angeles theater con-cluded the stage run of “The Exorcist”with a different approach than the famed1974 movie, but also based on WilliamPeter Blatty’s novel.

The dybbuk theme also showed upin the 2009 movie “A Serious Man” byJoel and Ethan Coen. The film openedwith a visit by a presumed dybbuk in anEastern European shtetl, while its centralcharacter is a man beset by slights andsetbacks that neither he nor the wiserabbis he consults can explain.

As for the grandfather of the cine-matic genre, the 1937 Polish Yiddish film“Der Dibbuk,” it has been restored by theNational Center for Jewish Film and con-tinues to enjoy considerable popularity.

In recent years, the restored“Dibbuk” has screened worldwide invenues ranging from the Austrian FilmArchive to an outdoor screening at theHollywood Bowl, said Lisa Rivo, the filmcenter’s associate director. c

Approaching the High Holy Days as Jews…or as peopleBy Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz

The start of the Jewish NewYear, the month ofTishrei, is filled with holydays, among them fourfoundational celebrations:Rosh haShanah, Yom

haKippurim, Sukkot and Simchat Torah-Shemini Atzeret. They are as differentfrom one another as possible. Yet, wemay also think of all four holidays as twopairs of two. The first two – the day ofmemory and accounting and the day ofatonement – are awe-inspiring and gravecompared with the last two festivals,which are days of joy.

At the same time, the first threeholidays do have a common denomina-tor: As much as these are Jewish holi-days, they carry a universal message.Here, embedded within them, are threeof humanity’s cardinal touchstones:accounting and judgment; mercy andatonement; and the joy of life.

These attributes and qualities areessential to the lives of every humanbeing. We mark the New Year by com-memorating creation on the one hand,and celebrating the Kingship of the Lordon the other. Both creation and God’ssovereignty pertain to all humankindand are not specifically Jewish.

The Day of Atonement, too, is rele-vant to every human being. Life is full ofmistakes and transgressions. Withoutatonement it would be unbearable to goon living with the unresolved andpainful pieces of our past.

Sukkot, at first glance, seems to befar more connected with Jewish history.Yet, at its essence, this holiday is actual-ly a festival of thanksgiving for what wehave. We acknowledge the tranquility inour lives and express our gratitude forDivine gifts. Moreover, our sages teachus that during Sukkot –in the days of theHoly Temple – 70 bulls were offered toGod in the name of the 70 nations of theworld. As the prophet Zachariah fore-

tells, in the days to come it is on Sukkotthat all the peoples of the world willcome as pilgrims to the Temple inJerusalem (14:16-21).

This combination of the particularand the universal is not just one moreinteresting point; it is the key for under-standing the meaning of these three hol-idays. In all our other celebrations, andperhaps in Jewish religious life in gener-al, we stress the specificity of Jewish exis-

tence. Most of our holidays and memori-al days are deeply connected with ourown history.

In Tishrei, however, we focus on ourfundamental humanity, on the fact thatwe are human beings with great prob-lems. In this context, humanity is notdefined as a group of human beings; herewe speak of our basic humanity –humanity as a quality. The very touch-stones that we mark in Tishrei are what

make us human. The essence of the uni-versality of these holidays, then, is not inthe point of sharing with others, it is indelving into ourselves in order to revealand find some of the fundamentals of ourexistence. We explore and acknowledgewhat is universal to all humankind with-in our own selves.

The fourth and last of the holidaysof the month of Tishrei, Shemini Atzeret(and with it Simchat Torah), stands inclear contrast to the first three. As beau-tifully depicted by our sages, the Kingmade great banquet, to which he invitedall the citizens of his realm. At the end ofthese feasts, he called his most belovedfriend and said: now that all these bigevents are over, let us have a small ban-quet just for the two of us (tractateSukkah 55b). c

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz is ascholar, teacher, mystic and social critic. Hehas written over 60 books and hundreds ofarticles on the Talmud, Kabbalah andChasidut and his works have been translatedinto nine languages. Rabbi Steinsaltz hasbeen on a lifelong mission to make theTalmud accessible to all. November 18 is theThird Annual Global Day of JewishLearning, a program spearheaded by RabbiSteinsaltz to bring the study of Jewish texts tocommunities around the world. For informa-tion on the Global Day of Jewish Learning inNashville, see back page of Observer.

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