Washington Jewish Week back issues from October 2007:
Not just Js in JDate
Oct 04, 2007; ... 'Pro-Semites' seeking matches, too Rima Adler had exchanged a couple of messages with a guy on JDate, but hadn't yet read his profile. When she finally did, she saw something she wasn't expecting - he wasn't Jewish; it said so in capital letters. The 34-year-old District resident ...
Food for thought, and more
Oct 04, 2007; ... Area Jews provide cornucopia for the hungry On Yom Kippur, a day synonymous with material deprivation, area Jews helped alleviate the burden of thousands of families who are deprived year-round. They accomplished this by contributing more than 20 tons of groceries to local food ...
New JSSA exec a fund-raiser who 'talks from his heart'
Oct 04, 2007; ... Kenneth Kozloff already had enjoyed a successful career as a health care executive, but something was missing. "I wanted to give something back to the Jewish community," he said. He now has a prime opportunity to do so. Kozloff, 60, is the new executive director of the Jewish ...
The end of an era at JSSA
Oct 04, 2007; ... Longtime exec Joan de Pontet steps down The importance of helping others was instilled in Joan de Pontet decades ago, while she was growing up on New York's Long Island. "Responsibility and obligation were part of our family values," she said. "They were part of the fabric of our ...
In Focus: Jordan Baruch
Oct 04, 2007; ... Jordan Baruch's father often told him mat "If you have a choice between smarts and lucky, take lucky." A Chevy Chase resident, Baruch seems to have had both luck and smarts. He dropped out of Brooklyn College in New York to enlist in the Army during I World War II, and was given the ...
15 Jewish groups win anti-terrorism grants
Oct 04, 2007; ... Fifteen Washington area Jewish institutions feel a little safer, thanks to the federal government. They are the recipients of $1.3 million in the latest go-round of grants distributed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The money will be used for capital improvements ...
Waiting for straight talk
Oct 04, 2007; ... Sen. John McCain has come under a lot of heat from the Jewish community and others for a Beliefnet interview in which he said "the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation." While somewhat mitigating his comments with his next sentence, noting, "I say ...
Four hundred days, and counting
Oct 04, 2007; ... WashingtonWatch Decisions made during the Supreme Court term that began this week on the first Monday in October will reverberate over the next 400 days until the first Tuesday in November 2008 when American voters will make their own decisions - ones that could determine the makeup of ...
Simchat Torah celebrates possibilities
Oct 04, 2007; ... I have on rare occasions stayed in bed during Yom Kippur because of the flu, but I have never in my adult life missed the festival of Simchat Torah. I have danced with the Torah in student chapels, in formal synagogues, in seminaries, on city streets. To join a dance circle, I have ...
Mitchell Weitzman is 44 - and not a partner
Oct 04, 2007; ... Capital Schmozing I generally don't watch much television other than sports anymore, but every so often, when I'm tired and want something mindless to lull me to sleep, I start surfing the offerings on the networks and cable. On one particularly long, hot summer night, I paused by a ...
Gertrude Berg: Jewish show succeeded in anti-Semitic age
Oct 04, 2007; ... Gertrude Berg: Jewish show succeeded in anti-Semitic age "Something on My Own" Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting, 1929-1956 by Glenn D. Smith Jr. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007. 225 pages. $24.95. Book Review Gertrude Berg was a remarkable figure in American ...
'Shmoozin' with Shmuel'
Oct 04, 2007; ... With new radio show, rabbi seeks to bring 'fun of Judaism' to his listeners He's started a "Shidduch Corner," played folk singer Leonard Cohen's version of the Unetanah Tokef prayer and put out the word to attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey that "we have a seat [at shul] waiting ...
Book traces U.S., French, Russian links at end of the 18th century
Oct 04, 2007; ... Among a group of "extraordinary" world leaders in power in the 1790s - the era that became the foundation for today's world - George Washington may have been the most outstanding, says scholar Jay Winik. Despite the presence of Catherine the Great as ruler of Russia, Napoleon and ...
Lessons for Israel and for us
Oct 04, 2007; ... Lessons for Israel and for us Jews and Power by Ruth Wisse. New York: Schocken Books, 2007. 184 pp. $19.95. Venerating powerlessness is not a Jewish value Book Review Part of the standard liturgy of Jewish prayer is the pronouncement that "we were exiled for our ...
David Carliner, lawyer, civil rights advocate, 89
Oct 04, 2007; ... In 1934, David Carliner, then a high school student in Washington, D.C., was arrested outside the German Embassy for protesting the policies of Germany's Nazi government. Carliner, who died Sept. 19, would go on to fight for many causes during his life, through an activist legal career, and ...
Rosalie Fonoroff, JHSGW supporter
Oct 04, 2007; ... Rosalie Fonoroff, who worked at Rand Corporation for 53 years and was a supporter of a number of Jewish organizations, died Sept. 25 at Sibley Hospital. She was 84. A native Washingtonian, Fonoroff graduated from McKinley High School in 1941 and received a scholarship to Wood Business ...
JDS girls soccer team off to a quick start
Oct 04, 2007; ... The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School girls varsity soccer team has gotten off to a good start under new coach Eyal Fierst. The Lions are 5-1 overall and have a 4-1 record in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference. They are in second place in the conference behind Sandy ...
Celebrations
Oct 04, 2007; ... Daniel Max Fanaroff Daniel Max Fanaroff, son of Suzanne and Michael Fanaroff of Rockville, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 6, at B'nai Israel Congregation in Rockville. Family members joining in the simcha include his sister, Jamie, and grandparents, Nancy and Arnold ...
Conference to focus on outreach
Oct 04, 2007; ... The New York-based Jewish Outreach Institute will hold its annual conference in Washington, DC, Oct. 14-16 at die Holiday Inn Washington-On die Hill, 415 New Jersey Ave., N. W, two blocks from Union Station. "Opening die Tent" will explore visions and practices for "a more inclusive ...
Scholar series kicks off Tuesday
Oct 04, 2007; ... The Foundation for Jewish Studies is presenting its "Distinguished Scholar Series," a weekly series of free lectures by scholars on various facets of Judaism, to take place Tuesday evenings, starting next week. The first four lectures, all from 6:30 to 7:15, will be held at the Jewish ...
LOC talk, exhibit to spotlight Jews of India
Oct 04, 2007; ... The Library of Congress will host a lecture next Thursday on the Jews of Cochin and South India by Kenneth X. Robbins, an expert in Indian history, art, religion and numismatics, philately and medicine and curator of 10 exhibitions on these themes. Robbins is also currently editing a book on the ...
Putting stock in vice can compromise values
Oct 04, 2007; ... Is it unethical to invest in "vice stocks," such as those specializing in immodest entertainment? There are different levels of complicity with wrongdoing. The worst is enabling wrongdoing; this is when the transgression could not take place without your involvement. The next level is ...
Just A Menschen
Oct 04, 2007; ... D.C. businessman joins Capital Bank board Joshua Bernstein, president of Bernstein Management Corporation in the District and its investment affiliate, Bernstein Development Corporation - which own and manage 50 apartment, office and industrial properties totaling 5 million square feet ...
JewishROC to hold open house
Oct 04, 2007; ... The congregation JewishROC (Jewish Rockville Outreach Center) will celebrate its new building at 11304 Old Georgetown Rd., in Rockville, with an open house on Sunday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., to include the ...
Shoah issues envoy to give address
Oct 04, 2007; ... Ambassador Christian Kennedy, State Department special envoy for Holocaust issues, will be the featured speaker at the annual membership brunch of The Generation After, set for Sunday, Oct. 28, 11 a.m., at Congregation Tikvat Israel, 2200 Baltimore Rd., Rockville. Kennedy will discuss ...
JYPI programs set for NoVa teens
Oct 04, 2007; ... The Rockville-based Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute (JYPI) has opened registration for two youth philanthropy groups for Jewish teens in Northern Virginia in grades 8-9 and 10-12. Registration is open through Dec. 3 for the programs, which will have participating teens meeting ...
They all ran for home
Oct 04, 2007; ... Hundreds, including the three-generation Williams family, turned out in Rockville Sunday morning for the Home Run, benefitting the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington and the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes. Along with 1OK and 5K runs, a "fun run" was held for youngsters. New ...
Overcoming loneliness
Oct 04, 2007; ... D'varTorah This week's Torah portion is B'reishit, Genesis 1:1-6:8. God said, "It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a help-opposite for him" (Genesis 2:18). With these words, the very first value judgment made by God, the Creator, alerts us to one of the most ...
Let's reflect on our lives, day by day
Oct 04, 2007; ... On a beautiful Sunday morning, Sept. 16, nearly 100 Shaare Tefila congregants gathered at Lake Needwood in Rock Creek Regional Park, Rockville, for a Shacharit service in the woods, followed by a special program and Tashlikh service. Religious school students and their parents ...
KIDDISH
Oct 04, 2007; ... The Rooster Prince "Crown Prince Rudolph," begged the doctor. What's gotten into you? Get out from under the table, put on your clothes, and for heaven's sake, stop making those chicken noises!" "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" crowed the prince happily. He crawled a few feet, flapped his ...
Turning supper (leftovers) into next day's tasty lunch
Oct 04, 2007; ... There's no rule that says brown-bag lunches should be boring, such as those predictable tuna fish or egg salad sandwiches. To spice up your lunch, think leftovers! No need to push what was a tasty supper to the back of the fridge, only to be resurrected weeks later and tossed out. Instead, ...
Paws from Israel
Oct 11, 2007; ... Reunion held for rescued dogs These dogs just don't know how lucky they are, says Ariel Greenlee. They came from a war zone and found these great homes in Greater Washington. The Arlington resident is referring to some 20 dogs who, with their owners, got together on ...
Corned beef and corn pone
Oct 11, 2007; ... Gathering to focus on the Jews of the South What do Harry Golden, Hurricane Katrina and the city of Greenbelt have in common? Not much, except that each has played a role in the evolving story of Jews in the South, a region not often identified with a people who are nearly ...
Kosher on campus
Oct 11, 2007; ... GWU Hillel home to new cafe It's like having my mother cook lunch for me when I come home." That's the high praise George Washington University sophomore Alex Sasson gives to the new Colonial Kosher Cafe on the Foggy Bottom campus. Sasson says it is "extremely exciting" ...
Legally helpful
Oct 11, 2007; ... JWI launches Web site for legal resources on domestic violence; creates attorney network Tovah Kasdin prosecuted domestic violence cases for 4 1/2 years in Montgomery County, but she "never had one battered Jewish victim" in all that time. That wasn't because Jewish women aren't ...
Making the tent accessible
Oct 11, 2007; ... Confab addresses needs of Jews with disabilities Rebecca Dubowe, who may be the only deaf woman rabbi in the world, has a message for those who, perhaps unwittingly, have erected barriers preventing people like her those "born into the graceful world of silence" - from fully ...
Judith Sandalow
Oct 11, 2007; ... Name: Judith Sandalow Lives in: Washington, D.C. Birthday: Sept. 10, 1962 Favorite Jewish food: "Aunt Bess' noodle kugel" Favorite Jewish holiday: Passover When Judith Sandalow met 7-year-old Phillip, she was confident she'd be able to provide him with a ...
Hadassah founder inducted into women's hall of fame
Oct 11, 2007; ... When Zionist leader Henrietta Szold was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y. - the birthplace of the American women's rights movement - three of her descendants were there. And, one of them recalled on Tuesday how family-oriented Szold, the founder of ...
Note from Tourism Commissioner for North and South America
Oct 11, 2007; ... Dear Friend, Earlier this year, when we were planning our new advertising campaign, we considered which elements of an Israel vacation were the most engaging. And we came to the realization that even more than any single site, monument or shrine, the No. 1 attraction of visiting Israel ...
A Capital Anniversary
Oct 11, 2007; ... As Jerusalem now celebrates its reunification 40 years ago, a visit to some of the landmarks along the old border reveals how much has changed since 1967. To understand what the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification is all about, a good place to start is the tiny museum on what ...
The stewards of the future
Oct 11, 2007; ... USCJ bestows first-time young leaders' awards Tami Abramowitz's work with young parents of nursery school children at B'nai Shalom of Olney "shows her commitment to ensuring the growth of the community," according to a testimonial from the congregation. Robert Shankman, a member ...
The Message of Masada
Oct 11, 2007; ... The Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) continues to upgrade Masada, which tells one of the most dramatic tales in Jewish history. The latest jewel in its ancient crown is its new museum. Masada has become a symbol of the 'heroism and tragedy that exemplify one of the most ...
Home of the Big-Little Pioneer
Oct 11, 2007; ... The living museum at Kibbutz Ein Shemer presents its rich heritage as one of Israel's first collectives, accented by its unique exhibit of working vintage tractors and a locomotive, an olive press and flour mill. You'll meet the big-little pioneer everywhere at Kibbutz Ein Shemer, at the ...
Milestone Memories made in Israel
Oct 11, 2007; ... There's no doubt about it: Holding a Bar/Bat Mitzvah or a wedding in Israel will make your special day even more memorable and meaningful. And it's easy to organize everything from flowers and photographers to camel rides, with the help of experienced event planners. Whether it's a ...
Songs of Zion
Oct 11, 2007; ... From the Bible to contemporary poets, Jerusalem as seen through literary eyes offers surprising new perspectives on the city about which the last word is never likely to be said. Among the hundreds of unforgettable metaphors that Jerusalem's unofficial poet laureate, Yehuda Amichai, has ...
GALILEE'S GOT IT ALL
Oct 11, 2007; ... Lots of family fun and learning experiences are not the only advantages of an unforgettable trip to Israel. Just imagine your child some day saying to his or her child, "I remember coming here when I was your age." This four-day Galilee itinerary reaches for that goal. Most Israeli ...
PROJECT BIOSPHERE
Oct 11, 2007; ... In the rolling Menashe Plateau, an off-the-beaten-track destination awaits - a blend of ancient and modern history with beautiful natural surroundings and thriving communities seeking to safeguard the landsccape they treasure. Pull off the two-lane road between the Juara Haganah Museum ...
The Chip in the Old Block
Oct 11, 2007; ... Excavations using cuttingedge technology are yielding a unique array of fascinating finds that have transformed the ruins of a Golan Heights synagogue into a high-tech adventure into the past. A gravel road leads from the southwestern Golan's main road to the synagogue of Umm el-Qanatir ....
Rooted in the Past
Oct 11, 2007; ... On the edge of the desert and the southern Judean hills lies a fascinating region studded with the remains of ancient towns and a forest covering more than 9,000 acres, planted where no one thought trees could ever grow. An ancient Hebrew inscription near the entrance to the synagogue at ...
Jewish World
Oct 11, 2007; ... WJC officials meet Pope Benedict Top officials from the World Jewish Congress met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Monday. WJC President Ronald Lauder and new secretaryGeneral Michael Schneider focused on interreligious dialogue and antSemitism in their talks with the ...
Bike it? You'll like it!
Oct 11, 2007; ... The 100,000 Israelis who cycle regularly would love for visitors to share in their two-wheeled pleasure. As the bike trails multiply, you and your family can enjoy this exciting way to experience Israel, from snowy Mount Hermon to the beaches of the Red Sea. Israel is made for cycling ....
Around the Beltway
Oct 11, 2007; ... RAC, others work on SCHIP Several Jewish groups are working to override the veto of a child health-care measure. Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, on Monday added his voice to the Jewish outcry over President George W. Bush's veto of a ...
Citizenship requires conversion
Oct 11, 2007; ... Lots of immigrants move to the United States and never choose to become American citizens. But, that doesn't prevent them from bringing up their children as proud and patriotic Americans, celebrating this great nation's founding on the Fourth of July, remembering its fallen on Memorial ...
Invite Syria to Annapolis
Oct 11, 2007; ... WashingtonWatch To invite or not to invite. That is the question. Whether to include Syria at the peace summit in Annapolis scheduled for late next month has the Bush administration in a quandary. Will inviting Syria to the meeting be seen in Damascus, Tehran and elsewhere as a ...
Non-Jewish partners deserve a vote
Oct 11, 2007; ... This is the season of election politics. Politicians clamor for our attention and our vote, especially in the race for the president of the United States. But there is also a serious political issue brewing in the Jewish community that requires our immediate attention: the voting rights of ...
Time off isn't what it used to be
Oct 11, 2007; ... Capital Schmoozing After eight years working at the same theater, my husband is changing organizations. He'll still have the terrible commute, but he'll also have better hours and more flexibility to spend time at home. He's looking forward to seeing his daughter for more than 30 ...
Brilliant, blasphemous author
Oct 11, 2007; ... Brilliant, blasphemous author Shalom Auslander at WDCJCC book festival Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander. London: Riverhead Books, 2007. 310 pp. $24.95. Book Review True believers who ultimately spurn their faith sometimes become zealous nonbelievers. That is ...
'The Queen of H Street'
Oct 11, 2007; ... JHSGW production teaches kids about 20th-century life in Washington Anna Shulman was a unique individual - and she was every woman. And, with Anna Shulman: The Queen of H Street, actress Sandra Holliday portrays this Washingtonian, taking youngsters on a trip to 1930 Washington, D.C., ...
'Voices of Lombard Street' focuses on Jews in E. Baltimore
Oct 11, 2007; ... Once a thriving Jewish neighborhood, Baltimore's East Lombard street has gone through several iterations during the past 100 years. The Jewish Museum of Maryland exhibit, Voices of Lombard Street: A Century of Change in East Baltimore, chronicles those big changes in that neighborhood, ...
JDS boys soccer team aims high
Oct 11, 2007; ... The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School's boys' soccer team had a strong season last fall. The Lions went 8-3 and made it to the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference quarterfinals. But this season could be even better. The Lions had a 7-1-1 record through last weekend and were second in the ...
Obituaries: Lillian Woldenberg, made aliyah
Oct 11, 2007; ... Lillian Z. Woldenberg, a 40-year resident of Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring prior to her making aliyah with her late husband, Maurice, in 1980, died in Beersheva, Israel, on Sept. 19. Woldenberg was born in Scranton, ...
Celebrations: Mazel Tov
Oct 11, 2007; ... Yonatan Sol Blumstein Laurie Weiss Blumstein and Eyal Blumstein of Olney have announced the birth of their son, Yonatan Sol, on May 10. Yonatan is also welcomed by his sister, Daniela; grandparents, Anne Weiss of Olney, Donald Weiss of Los Angeles, and Rita and Tzvika Blumstein ...
More lunches from leftovers, easy fits into hectic lives
Oct 11, 2007; ... We are all back into the school-year mode. Classes have begun for kids and adults alike - and life, once more, has become hectic and crazy. I thought life would be a bit easier now that my house is almost empty, but we still have our synagogue meetings, our own school meetings and other ...
In Brief
Oct 11, 2007; ... Melton Mini-School to start in Leesburg Congregation Sha'are Shalom of Leesburg is again hosting the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School, a two-year, comprehensive Jewish adult education program of the Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning, to begin next Wednesday and meet in weekly ...
Just A Menschen
Oct 11, 2007; ... Fellowship named for Olney man Jerrold Michael has been honored by the establishment of a fellowship in his name by the Public Health Service Commissioned Officer Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health, located in Landover. The Admiral Jerrold M. Michael Fellowship in ...