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Renowned therapist to headline annual Connections brunch DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor

uth Westheimer promises she won’t talk about sexual satisfaction in her March 8 presentation at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Women’s Philanthropy annual Connections brunch. Best known as “Dr. Ruth,” Westheimer is an American sex therapist, media personality, author, radio and television talk show host, and Holocaust survivor. “I never talk about that with mothers and daughters in the same room,” she told the AJP. Her advice instead will flow from the knowledge she shares in the most recent books she has penned. “The reason I am still successful is that I am explicit but careful.” Karola Ruth Siegel was born in Germany in 1928, the only child

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of Orthodox Jews. Her father was taken by the Nazis a week after Kristallnacht. She was sent on a Kindertransport to an orphanage in Switzerland. Her father later died at Auschwitz and her mother was listed as “disappeared.” Emigrating to pre-state Palestine at age 17, she joined the

Haganah defense force. Because of her diminutive height — 4 feet 7 inches — she was a scout and sniper. She recalls hearing Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion on the radio in Jerusalem in 1948 when he declared Israel as a state. Westheimer studied and taught psychology in Paris before immigrating in 1956 to the United States, where she earned a master’s in sociology from The New School and a doctorate from the Teachers College at Columbia University in 1970. She became a naturalized American citizen in 1965 and regained her German citizenship in 2007. A stint with Planned Parenthood sparked Westheimer’s interest in postdoctoral research for Helen Singer Kaplan at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital, where she worked while teaching at Lehman and Brooklyn colleges and Adel-

phi and Columbia universities and West Point. Westheimer’s media career began in 1980 with a weekly 15-minute segment on New York’s WYNY radio, “Sexually Speaking,” so popular that it soon was syndicated nationwide as the “Dr. Ruth Show.” She became a household name and made television appearances on nearly every talk show, which she continues to do. She wrote 14 books in her early years — including the classic “Dr. Ruth’s Guide to Good Sex” — and has added another 33 since 2000. “We cannot be more thrilled or more proud as a community to have such a well-known personality as our keynote speaker for Connections 2020,” says Karen Faitelson, co-chair of the Connections committee with Dana Goldstein. “Dr. Ruth is a role model See Dr. Ruth, page 2

Jewish History Museum, AME church reach out to community PHYLLIS BRAUN AJP Executive Editor

bout 160 people filled the forecourt of Tucson’s Jewish History Museum on Sunday, Jan. 12, for a “No Hate. No Fear” solidarity rally organized by the museum and its next-door neighbor, the Prince Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The rally was a response to rising anti-Semitism in the United States, including several recent violent attacks: a Dec. 10 shoot-out in a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey, that claimed six lives (including the two perpetrators); and a stabbing at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, on Dec. 28 in which five people were

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(L-R) Rabbi Thomas Louchheim of Congregation Or Chadash, Bryan Davis of Tucson’s Jewish History Museum, and Pastor Margaret Redmond McFaddin of Prince Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church speak at the ‘No Hate No Fear’ solidarity rally Jan. 12 in Barrio Viejo.

wounded. In addition, there has been a string of physical and verbal assaults on Orthodox Jews on

the streets of Brooklyn, New York. A solidarity rally in New York on Jan. 5 drew an estimated 25,000

people, Jews and non-Jews. “Safety in solidarity means responding to anti-Jewish terror with intercommunal care,” says Bryan Davis, executive director of the Jewish History Museum. “In the same way that Rabbi [Joseph] Gumbiner reached out to our neighbors at the Prince Chapel congregation in the 1940s and co-created the Tucson Committee for Inter-Racial Understanding during the era of Jim Crow segregation, we are reaching out to our neighbors at the AME Church and Consul of Mexico, throughout Barrio Viejo, and across the community during this time of escalating anti-Semitism. Nurturing these relations is vital because See Community, page 4

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in an email to the AJP. “It is challenging (nothing quite like a German, French, Israeli, American accent — oy!) and exhilarating. Every rehearsal reveals a new discovery as we embrace the essence and ‘terrrrrrrrrrrific’ spirit of Dr. Ruth!” The production is funded in part by the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. For tickets and more information, visit www.invisibletheatre.com.

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on the ride and I was too short,” she says with a girlish laugh. Today, Westheimer worries about the art of conversation getting lost and about loneliness, especially for millennials. “They are always on the phone, looking down and having problems with their neck.” She recently updated “Sex for Dummies” with four new chapters for millennials. Westheimer recommends audience members preview “Ask Dr. Ruth: Size Doesn’t Matter,” a recently released documentary now streaming on Hulu, exploring her contributions to the sexual revolution through humorous and candid advice. With many honorary degrees from American universities, Westheimer will receive her first from Ben-Gurion University in May. “I will waltz in with a $100,000 scholarship endowment for psychology, not sex therapy,” she says, “And I promise good sex for life for anyone who donates. It’s already going really well,” she says of the fundraising effort. The Connections brunch, Sunday, March 8 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, begins at 10 a.m. Westheimer’s talk will be followed by questions and answers and a book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event or attendees may bring their own copies. The event cost is $45, plus a minimum $180 tax-deductible pledge ($18 for students) to the 2020 Federation Community Campaign. Reservations are required at www.jfsa.ticketspice.com/connections-2020 or by calling Anel Pro at 647-8455.

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to all who know of her and her work in both the Jewish and general community. Her dedication and leadership are both remarkable and inspirational. She is an icon, a shining beacon of light and a ray of hope in this often confusing and everchanging world.” Westheimer is proud that “Heavenly Sex: Sexuality and the Jewish Tradition,” written with Jonathan Mark and first printed in 1996, has just gone into its fourth printing with New York University Press. “It’s now a classic … so it will never be out of print,” she says. But a book she will focus upon in Tucson is “Crocodile, You’re Beautiful! Embracing Our Strengths and Ourselves.” “A crocodile has to feel good in its own skin and an ant must feel good to be an ant. If it cooperates it will build bridges. The book lends itself to different generations,” she says. “Leopold” provides lessons for parents and children. “It’s about a turtle. To continue it has to take a risk and stick its neck out. I took that risk when I talked about sex,” she says. “Rollercoaster Grandma: The Amazing Story of Dr. Ruth” addresses her life story. “I talk about the Nazis taking my father but it’s not scary. It uses humor. The Talmud says a lesson taught with humor is a lesson retained.” In it, she also recounts a trip with her grandchildren to an amusement park. “They had to measure to see who was tall enough to go

LOCAL Author to discuss power of gratitude for JFSA vice,” Kaplan told the AJP. “It had a profound effect on me. I AJP Assistant Editor ended up having the best year hat began as a chalof my life.” Kaplan kept a gratilenging idea — to tude journal during that year. “I spend a full year livdon’t do that anymore, it is so ing gratefully — became a lifecompletely incorporated into changing experience for author, my daily attitude. We can’t almagazine editor, and producer ways change events in life but Janice Kaplan Janice Kaplan. Her inspirationwe can control what I call the al memoir, “The Gratitude Diareframing — turning it in a difries: How a Year Looking on the ferent direction. Bright Side Transformed My “Years later, I continue to do Life” (Dutton 2015) reached the the same things,” she says. As New York Times bestseller list. an example, she talks of getGratitude will be the topic of ting frustrated while walking her Together in Jewish Learndown a jostling, crowded street ing talk on Wednesday, March in New York. “I’ll find myself 18, which is the second annual literally stopping on a corner Rabbi Lee A. Kivel Lecture on and thinking how to look at Jewish Life presented by the this moment in a different way. Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. Whatever it may be, wherever you are, it’s As the editor-in-chief of “Parade” amazing how it works. Now I want everymagazine, the most widely read pub- one to have the same thrilling experience. lication in America, Kaplan worked “Most of us understand that gratewith major political figures and inter- ful people tend to be happier. This is not viewed celebrities and stars. She was touchy-feely stuff. Research proves that deputy editor of “TV Guide” magazine, gratitude makes us healthier, improves and executive producer of the TV Guide sleep, lowers stress, blood pressure, and Television Group, creating more than 30 some inflammatory disease, and lessens television shows that aired primetime on depression. Gratitude can have a promajor networks. Kaplan began her career found effect on tragedy and sadness. If as an award-winning producer at ABC- we can help ourselves and help others, I TV’s “Good Morning America.” She has think that matters. appeared dozens of times on television “It’s expressing gratitude that we’re not shows including “Today,” “Entertain- very good at. It can be in the form of givment Tonight,” and “CBS This Morn- ing, saying thank you, writing a letter of ing.” A magna cum laude graduate of Yale gratitude — it’s the doing, not just the University, she won Yale’s Murray Fellow- thinking about it. Find ways to incorporate ship for writing. gratitude into your life, like writing someKaplan is the author and co-author of 15 thing you’re grateful for on a scrap of paper books, including the New York Times best- by the bed at night. selling memoir “I’ll See You Again,” written “Gratitude crosses all religions and I with Jackie Hance. Her novels include “The will indeed mention its important role Botox Diaries,” “Mine Are Spectacu- in Judaism. Rabbis talk about the deeply lar!” and “The Men I Didn’t Marry” and Jewish concept of hakarat hatov….look the Lacy Fields mysteries “Looks To Die for the good. Every time we say a blessFor” and “A Job To Kill For.” Her books are ing we’re expressing gratitude and lifting translated and published in more than a something — like a piece of bread — dozen countries. from the ordinary to the extraordinary.” “The concept of spending a year being Kaplan’s keynote presentation will be more grateful started out as a literary deSee Gratitude, page 5

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have been subjected to murderous attacks. “We Jews belong to a strange fraternity. People know little of our history, our culture, our contributions, and still Jews are being attacked just for being Jews. “Today, worldwide, Jews are frightened. I imagine many of you are frightened. But we will rally together today in solidarity against hate, fear, racism, anti-Semitism, and all forms of bigotry,” he said, adding that he has been called all too often to rallies of support in the wake of attacks against people “because they are a different color, originally from another country” or because of their sexual orientation. The rabbi spoke of Martin Luther King Jr., who said, “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” “For thousands of years Judaism has taught “that there is inherent goodness in humanity,” Louchheim said, adding, “We are not only created in the image of God; but within each human being there is a divine spark.” The goal of violent attacks is “to intimidate us from who we are and what we believe,” he said, imploring the crowd to “let these latest tragedies invigorate us to work harder to ensure that those who voice hatred and that those who are responsible for terror face justice, and that those who are impacted find in us a chaver, a companion; rachmanut, compassion, and shalom, peace.” Ending with a prayer, Louchheim said, “Eternal our God, we are amply blessed. … Help us to know that we cannot have joy, peace, and contentment if others do not have hope.” “The work of the Jewish History Museum, often in partnership with the Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council, in building interfaith coalitions has never been more critical as we stand up against antiSemitism and all forms of hatred,” says Stuart Mellan, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. “This rally in particular demonstrated the creativity and conviction of Bryan and the museum staff and board — it was a proud and inspiring moment for all of us in attendance.”

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habad of Oro Valley will host a community-wide event addressing safety and security on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m.. The Oro Valley Police Department will present an “active shooter response” class to provide attendees with strategies for dangerous situations. Since the recent violent attacks against Jewish communities, including the Jersey City kosher supermarket shooting and the knife attack in Monsey, New York, there has been a push from the community for more safety measures. “Our shooter response class is in no way a sign of weakness; Chabad’s reaction to terror always has been growth,” says Mushkie Zimmerman, co-director of Chabad Oro Valley. “We will continue to thrive and brighten Oro Valley with the light of Judaism — beefed up security or not.” Chabad of Oro Valley also will be recruiting people for a security committee at the meeting. “The healthiest form of living is when there is a fusion of spirit and matter, body and soul — and the concept of keeping ourselves safe is no exception,” says Rabbi Boruch Zimmerman, who is coordinating the event.

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followed by breakout sessions related to gratitude with community rabbis. The Synagogue Federation Dialogue Group coordinates this annual lecture, which is funded by the Rabbi Lee A. Kivel Endowment Fund, held at the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona. Jane Kivel established the fund with a gift to the Jewish Federation to support Jewish community learning initiatives in memory of her husband. This year’s committee was cochaired by Rabbi Thomas Louchheim and Avi Erbst. Banking on the success of last year’s lecture topic — transformation through suffering — Rabbi Robert Eisen suggested Kaplan to the selection committee as a speaker, based on the recommendation of a New York rabbi. “Gratitude brings to the table where we are at the moment. The topic provides practical knowledge with rabbinic resonance. We all realize there are text and pretext. We will follow the lecture with Jewish learning from a different place and meet in the middle,” says Eisen. Kaplan promises that attendees can profoundly change their family relationships with what she will share in the lecture. “Improve relationships with your children, your spouse, and the whole family. Knowing how to appreciate your children brings gratitude to their lives.” She also will talk about gratitude at work, “how it can help transform a workplace and make you more successful.” “Gratitude Diary” books will be available for sale for $12 at the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, 3718 E. River Road, in advance of the lecture. The event will be held at Tucson Hebrew Academy, 3888 E. River Road, 7-9:15 p.m. Advance registration is $5 until Feb. 28, at www.jfsa.org/jewishlearning2020. Registration at the door, for $10, opens at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments, book sales, and a book signing will follow the program.

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Congregation Chaverim 5901 E. Second St., Tucson, AZ 85711 • (520) 320-1015 Rabbi Stephanie Aaron • www.chaverim.net Shabbat services: Fri., 7 p.m. (no service on 5th Fri.); Family Shabbat, 1st Fri., 6 p.m. / Torah study: 2nd Sat., 9 a.m., followed by contemplative service,10 a.m.

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Congregation m’Kor hayim 3888 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 (Tucson Hebrew Academy) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 31806, Tucson, AZ 85751 • (520) 305-8208 Rabbi Helen Cohn • www.mkorhayim.org Shabbat services: 2nd and 4th Fri., 7 p.m. / Torah study, 2nd and 4th Sat. 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Congregation or ChadaSh 3939 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 512-8500 Rabbi Thomas Louchheim, Cantor Janece Cohen www.orchadash-tucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 6:30 p.m.; 1st Fri., Friday Night LIVE (Sept.-May); 2nd Friday, Tot Shabbat (Sept.-May), 6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. / Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m.

temple emanu-el 225 N. Country Club Road, Tucson, AZ 85716 • (520) 327-4501 Rabbi Batsheva Appel • www.tetucson.org Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m./ Torah study: Sat., 8:30 a.m. except when there is a Rabbi’s Tish.

temple Kol hamidBar 228 N. Canyon Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 • (520) 458-8637 www.templekol.com Mailing address: P.O. Box 908, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636, Friday night Torah study group: 6 - 7:15 p.m. / Shabbat services: Fri., 7:30 p.m.

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Congregation Bet Shalom 3881 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718 • (520) 577-1171 Rabbi Hazzan Avraham Alpert • www.cbsaz.org Shabbat services: Fri., 5:30 p.m. (followed by monthly dinners — call for info); Sat. 9:30 a.m., Camp Shabbat (ages 6-10) 10 a.m.-noon, followed by Kiddush lunch; 12:30-2 p.m. CBS Think Tank discussion led by Rabbi Dr. Howard Schwartz and Prof. David Graizbord; monthly Tot Shabbat (call for dates) / Weekday services: Wed. 8:15 a.m. / Hagim 9:30 a.m.

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JewiSh arizonanS on CampuS 2146 E. 4th Street Tucson, AZ, 85719 • (520) 834-3424 • www.myjac.org Shabbat hospitality and social events for UA students with Yosef and Sara Lopez. Shabbat services on request.

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COMMENTARY Holocaust survivors soon will be gone; now it’s up to us to speak out RONALD S. LAUDER JTA NEW YORK t is a fact well-documented and well worth repeating: Within 25 years, it is likely that no survivors of the Holocaust will be alive. As a Jew, I am frightened by how the world looks in 2020. The rise of antiSemitism we are experiencing today, both in the United States and elsewhere, feels eerily like 1933 Europe. The Interior Ministry in Germany reported last year that anti-Semitic incidents in that country rose almost 20% between 2017 and 2018, reaching 1,799 politically motivated crimes with a presumed anti-Semitic motive in 2018, the most recent data available. Yet Germany is failing to provide police protections to synagogues. On Yom Kippur last year, a white supremacist would have killed far more than the two innocent victims he did had Roman Yossel Remis not bravely protected his fellow congregants in Halle. When

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I visited that German town mere weeks after the attack, I was shocked that a historic Jewish house of prayer, which had survived even the Nazis, was abandoned to its own fate, left to face the hate alone, unguarded and defenseless. In the first half of 2019, there were

nearly 800 anti-Semitic incidents in the United States alone — including the attack on a synagogue in Poway, California, that left one woman dead — and the year ended on a similarly distressing note. As Jews around the world celebrated Hanukkah last month, a small group of

worshippers in Monsey, New York, were attacked by a machete-wielding zealot while convening at a rabbi’s home for a holiday party. Earlier in the month, three innocent people were shot to death in a Jersey City kosher supermarket by the same two shooters who killed a police officer nearby. This bloodshed comes in addition to the seemingly unending stream of verbal and physical assaults launched at Jews in Orthodox neighborhoods. And the year before saw the worst attack on Jews in the history of the country, when a gunman killed 11 people during Shabbat morning services at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. The rate of increase of anti-Semitic crimes in the United States and abroad should frighten every citizen, everywhere, whether they live in a community with a large Jewish population or not. We all have a responsibility to sound the alarm in order to prevent further violence and vitriol because left unchecked, we know all too well the horrors that See Survivors, page 7

Why intersectionality can distort a vision of the Jewish experience BATSHEVA NEUER JTA NEW YORK hirty years ago, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality as a way to help explain the oppression of African-American women. The theory of how different forms of discrimination interact is a useful tool to

recognize the way privilege and oppression overlap. It can serve to challenge notions about oppressions and hierarchies, class struggles and racial divides. But the recent spate of anti-Semitism in New York compels us to ask if it also has its demons. Identifying Jews as white in the context of American history is not only a perversion of the Jewish past but a denial

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of its peoplehood. In American politics, white implies one who is a beneficiary of the past 500 years of European exploration and exploitation. It is identified with control, dominance and exclusivity — hardly accurate characteristics of Jewish history. While in the past 50 years American Jews have enjoyed privileges associated with hierarchical whiteness, only a collective amnesia would preclude us from recalling just how recently Jews were still barred from exclusive hotels, unwelcome in select restaurants, country clubs and even neighborhoods, and restricted by elite universities that had a “Jewish problem” (i.e too many Jews), forcing them to limit Jewish registration by implementing quotas. It is nearly impossible to imagine that any other group who had one out of every three of its members wiped out in a six-year span would be considered privileged. This narrative, however, is facilitated by the absorption of Jewishness into whiteness, which is both an erasure of Jewish ethnicity and misrepresentation of the dynamic Jewish identity. Jewishness as whiteness obscures the unique and often oppressed experiences of Jews, including those of Sephardic, Arab, African or Middle Eastern descent. It also accentuates and accelerates anti-

Semitic tropes based on Jewish power. The subsuming of Jewishness into whiteness was displayed recently by Linda Sarsour, who was filmed one month ago saying that Israel was “built on the idea that Jews are supreme to everyone else” and implied that one cannot be against white supremacy unless he or she is against the Jewish state. Although Sarsour tried walking back her word choice, the linking of white supremacism to Israel — a country that is distinctively Jewish — was intentional. White supremacism is an acceptable identifier — even if it obfuscates the Jewish experience and demographic reality — whereas Jewish supremacism sounds reactionary and bigoted. The discourse associating Jews with power based on their perceived whiteness is particularly threatening given the centrality of the myth of Jewish hegemonic pursuit in the repertoire of historic antiSemitism. As law professor David Schraub notes: “The Whiteness of the Jewish figure served to cleanse, even validate, arguments that otherwise would reek in their anti-Semitic familiarity.” In fact, a perceived all-encompassing Jewish power, or cabal, is one of the few tropes that unites extremists on the right See Intersectionality, page 8

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threaten. We must prevent history from repeating itself. As International Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches, together we must remind ourselves and others why 6 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis: Because they were Jewish. The survivors of the Holocaust who so courageously share their stories have taken it upon themselves to relive the horrors they experienced so no one else has to. But with the number of living survivors rapidly dwindling, it is more imperative than ever that every person of conscience does their part to educate others on what can come if hatred and evil are left to fester unchecked. The atrocities of the Holocaust must not be forgotten, and the best way to ensure that is through organized, formal, and ubiquitous Holocaust education. I’m grateful to global leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who just last month, while visiting Auschwitz for the first time as the leader of her country, publicly declared her own personal commitment as well as Germany’s to increasing Holocaust education there. And there is still so much more to do. We must encourage leaders around

the world to stand up to a horrifying new wave of hatred. To curb the rise in antiSemitism and bigotry, we need action, not words. For the fourth year, the World Jewish Congress is leading the #WeRemember campaign, bringing people together on social media to ignite a conversation about the critical need for Holocaust education. The project is simple, yet extremely impactful, and anyone can take part. From now until Jan. 27, when the campaign will culminate at the official commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, take a photo of yourself — or in a group — holding a sign that says “We Remember,” and then post it to your favorite social media platforms using the hashtag #WeRemember. I implore you to join us in stating emphatically that together, “We Remember.” When the world was silent, millions of innocent people were systematically murdered in cold blood. Let us join forces and raise our voices to ensure the atrocities of the Holocaust will never be repeated.

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power. Those are some of the findings of a new study by the Pew Research Center released on Tuesday, ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The study asked nearly 13,000 respondents, Jewish and non-Jewish adults and teenagers, four questions about the Holocaust. Most knew that the Holocaust took place between 1930 and 1950, and that Nazi ghettos were areas of cities where Jews were forced to live. But only 45% knew that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust. About 12% each thought that the number was lower or higher, and 29% did not know the answer. Among the teens, only 38% knew the number of Jews killed. Those numbers are higher than those reported in a 1993 survey of U.S. adults commissioned by the American Jewish Committee. That survey found only 35% of adults knew the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust, and only a slim majority said the word “Holocaust” re-

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and left. In November, white supremacist Patrick Little of Idaho declared his candidacy for the general election, running as a Republican. He told the Idaho Press that “the only way to challenge Jewish power in this country is with local elections.” He also said that the “top priority” for the Jewish people is to displace white people specifically, adding that the Jews control the media, entertainment industry, and politics. Along these same lines on the left, British Parliament member Angela Ormerod of the Labour Party was suspended in 2018 after a tweeting that “Jews control media.” From ancient through medieval times, the fear of a secret Jewish conspiracy to dominate both the economy and government was used to justify anti-Semitic violence. Later, the Nazis capitalized on old Christian themes of secret Jewish dominance to propagandize and mobilize support for their Jewish liquidation program. Today, that fear has been expanded by modern antiSemites to the point of caricature to include the media, global markets and geopolitical stability. Framed according to this trope, a paradox develops:

ferred to the extermination of Jews — as opposed to 84% of U.S. adults in the Pew survey. In the Pew study, 43% of the American adults knew that Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany through a democratic process. A quarter of adults thought Hitler came to power through violence and another 25% did not know. Only a third of the teenage respondents, ages 13-17, knew Hitler assumed the position democratically. In the Pew study, nearly half of the adults knew the answers to three or four of the questions, while 16-18% knew the answers to zero, one, or two questions. Teens answered all four questions correctly at lower rates than adults. College graduates answered all four questions correctly at above-average rates. Jewish respondents to the Pew survey answered all the questions correctly at higher rates than the overall sample. Ninety percent knew the era when the Holocaust happened, 86% defined ghettos correctly and knew 6 million Jews were killed, and 57% knew that Hitler became chancellor democratically. The survey was conducted in February with a sample of 10,971 U.S. adults. The sample had an error margin of 1.5%, while the Jewish sample, 429 respondents, had an error margin of 8.6%. Teens were surveyed in March and April; a sample of 1,811 had an error margin of 3.1%.

Not only is the Jewish experience lost in whiteness, but Jewishness serves to epitomize whiteness’ vilest iteration. A white Jew is not only powerful but hyper powerful. He is not only exploitative and manipulative but the arch puppeteer, controlling world affairs. While intersectionality can be a valuable tool, it has been ineffective in the case of “white Jews.” The result is a dangerous distortion of the Jewish experience — its history, diversity and challenges. Although Jewish skin comes in every shade — reflecting the diversity of a people that spans the globe and is all at once an ethnicity, nation and religion — some of its whitest members endured a genocidal program that prompted the world to proclaim Never Again. An intersectional approach can prove useful only if the two identities are separated and if the Jewish experience is articulated rather than subsumed or dismissed. Fighting anti-Semitism will begin when the complexity of Jewish experience is properly portrayed rather than lost in skin color. Batsheva Neuer teaches Jewish thought at Touro College and is pursuing a doctorate in New York City. Her articles appear in The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AJP or its publisher, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona.

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Local artist brings 19th century cantor to life in ‘My Grandfather’s Prayers’ DEBE CAMPBELL AJP Assistant Editor

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elocating her well established Red Herring Puppets studio from North Carolina to Tucson last year was a big move for Lisa Amie Sturz. She brings to the Old Pueblo 40 years of experience in building, performing, and directing puppetry for film and television, theater, museums, educational institutions, and special events. Her first multi-media performance to the Jewish community on Sunday, Feb. 16 is “My Grandfather’s Prayers.” The story is based on the life of her grandfather, Cantor Izso Glickstein (18901947), a fourth-generation Jewish cantor and child prodigy. He was born in Ukraine, but his family fled the Russian pogroms to settle outside Budapest, where he became uber-cantor of Europe’s largest synagogue. He emigrated to America in 1923 and became a prominent figure in New England’s Jewish community. He was cantor at Temple Mishkan Tefila in Boston, had a weekly radio show to promote Hebrew music, and was Leonard Bernstein’s earliest musical mentor. At the time, Bernstein didn’t have a piano and practiced at the cantor’s home, Sturz explains. Glickstein’s powerful voice carried ancient Jewish melodies with precise, wavering quartertones. “People would line up around the block to hear him sing,” Sturz says. “He was a voice from the old country, the voice of people who escaped and survived. This is not just a Jewish story; it’s much bigger than that.” While she grew up knowing her grandfather was a cantor, he died before she was born. When Sturz was staying with a relative in Boston in 2007, her cousin shared some family archives. “She had scrapbooks that my grandfather’s

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Artist Lisa Amie Sturz manipulates a puppet representing Cantor Izo Glickstein as she narrates ‘My Grandfather’s Prayers.’

sister Esther had kept, with hundreds of articles.” With copies of the archive materials, Sturz began research that took her to London and Budapest. “It was exciting. This story touches people; we all have the craving to know where we came from. This was an opportunity for me to get more grounded and rooted in where I came from. “In London, Uncle Mitch had digitized some of the old recordings. When I listened to that CD I just started sobbing. It brought me somewhere I’d never been before. In my version of the story I have a feeling of connection to him,” Sturz says of her grandfather. “Also as an artist, and on some levels, wanting to connect with him or have his approval.” To tell the story, Sturz uses film and theatrical elements, monologue, animated props, shadow puppets, scrolling backgrounds, marionettes, digital compositing, and poetic text to explore her own ancestry, artistry, spirituality, and social

responsibility. Recordings of the cantor singing are the backbone of the show. Sturz started Red Herring Puppets in Los Angeles in 1988. She began creating original touring productions for schools, families, and adult audiences while working in film and television. In 1992, Red Herring Puppets moved to Asheville, North Carolina, and in spring 2019 Sturz began relocating to Tucson to be with family. She has opened a studio/performance space in the Tucson Mall upper level that offers performances, workshops, and handmade puppets for sale. Sturz has worked with Jim Henson Productions, Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Imagineering, The Ice Capades, PBS, NBC, the Field Museum, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Silver Dollar City Theme Park, and many others. Film and television credits include “Howard the Duck,” “The Flintstones,” “Ninja Turtles III,” “Murphy Brown,” “Muppets from Space,” “Elmo in Grouchland,” “Puzzle Place,” “Roger Rab-

bit,” “Gremlins II,” “RoboCop,” and “Batman Returns.” Her work has been featured at the Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta) Puppet Showplace (Boston), 1st International Puppet Fringe Festival (New York City), Black Cherry Puppet Theatre (Baltimore), and the Asheville Community Theatre. Sturz received a California Emmy, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a UNIMA award — the highest honor in American Puppetry. She holds a master’s degree in experimental theater and a master of fine arts in puppetry. She is certified to train artists as educators, has taught at California Polytechnic University, Grinnell College in Iowa, and Warren Wilson College in North Carolina, and led numerous residencies, professional training, and conferences. The Feb. 16 performance is at 7-8:30 p.m. at the Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Road. It is intended for adults and older teens. A question and answer session will follow. Tickets are $10 and are available at www.tucson jcc.org/event/my-grandfathers-prayersperformance.

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JHM to debut Sephardic and Mizrahi Festival

Miriam Peretz, left, and Rachel Valfer of the Ladino Project will perform ‘MADRE’ in Tucson on Feb. 2.

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he Jewish History Museum is sponsoring “In Diaspora We Are Many,” a festival that explores the Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish cultures. The festival will take place Friday, Jan. 31 through Sunday, Feb. 2. This is the museum’s first Sephardic and Mizrahi festival. “We are holding a Sephardic and Mizrahi culture fest because we strive to present Jewish histories and identities in their full, expansive, and global complexity,” says JHM Executive Director Bryan Davis. “Many people in the U.S. have a sense of Jewish history and identity that is limited to the Ashkenazi experience. While the majority of Jewish people in the U.S. do come from an Ashkenazi heritage, we are committed to expanding awareness of Jewishness and Jewish possibilities beyond this limited frame.” The festival has a full schedule of activities, many of them free. On Friday, Jan. 31 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, “Mapping Migrations” will look at the migrations of Sephardic and Mizrahi families to Southern Arizona. From noon to 3 p.m. the museum will present the testimony of the late Isaac Senor, a Holocaust survivor from Salonika, Greece. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. there will be a Moroccan

Shabbat with Micah Chetrit, a child of revered Moroccan-Israeli poet Sami Shalom Chetrit. Micah lives in Tucson and is co-founder of The Midbar Project, Tucson’s first Jewish farm project. On Saturday, Feb. 1 a Moroccan Havdalah with Micah Chetrit at 6 p.m. will be followed at 7 p.m. with a concert by Qadim, an ensemble hailing from the Bay Area, playing music from the Near East. Tapas will be served. Tickets are $25. Festival activities on Sunday, Feb. 2, include a lecture from 12:30-1:45 p.m. by University of Arziona master of fine arts student Matisse Rosen on the poetry of Edmond Jabès, an Egyptian Jew who wrote in Paris after being forced into exile by the 1956 Suez Crisis. Finally, from 2-4 p.m. the festival will end with the Ladino Project presenting MADRE, a Sephardic dance and musical performance. There will be a Moroccan mint tea ceremony and Mizrahi desserts will be served. Tickets are $30. “Anyone who enjoys music, dance, poetry, and learning about underrepresented histories and cultures will find something of interest and joy at this festival,” Davis says. Tickets for individual events and festival passes for $75 are available at www. jewishhistorymuseum.org. For more information, call 670-9073.

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he Tucson Jewish Community Center Gallery will present “Elements of Nature through the Artist’s Eye: The works of Lily Rosenberg and Lisa Mishler” Feb. 2–March 14. An artist reception will be held Sunday, Feb. 9, 1:303 p.m. Rosenberg uses acrylic paint in a contemporary impressionistic style to express her love of flowers and landscapes. Her work features vibrant colors, lines, and design work, a nod to her early career as an illustrator and graphic designer. “My creations radiate a sense of joie de vivre,” she says. “I am motivated to paint by the joy of creation and the happiness of being an artist.” Rosenberg was born in Bulgaria in 1946, raised and educated in Israel, and attended the Tel Aviv College of Art. She has had solo exhibitions in Calgary and Tucson as well as exhibiting in such juried, international shows as the Arizona Aqueous Exhibition at the Tubac Center of the Arts. She is a member of The Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild. For more information, visit www.lilyrosenberg.com. For Mishler, art is about the discovery of color, thickness of paint, movement, spatial placements and time. While categorized as an abstract expressionist, at her

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(Above) ‘Irises in Bloom’ by Lily Rosenberg, 21 x 24 inches, giclee (Left) ‘Catch Me If You Can’ by Lisa Mishler, 30 x 40 inches, acrylic

core, Mishler is a process artist, following intuition rather than intellect. “I arrive at the canvas empty yet excited like a child ready to play with paint,” she says. Mishler begins each work with color, stepping back, See Natural, page 18

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‘Incitement’ director tries to get inside the head of Yitzhak Rabin’s killer TOM TUGEND JTA LOS ANGELES ver the past century, Jews have endured what filmmaker Yaron Zilberman calls a “trilogy of traumas”: the Holocaust, the Yom Kippur War, and the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The Israeli-American writer, director, and producer has spent much of his career exploring these ordeals, and his latest film is no exception. “Incitement” focuses on the 1995 shooting of Rabin in Tel Aviv and specifically on the man who pulled the trigger — Yigal Amir, the Orthodox child of Yemenite immigrants. It took Zilberman five years to research the path followed by Amir, from ambitious law student to murderer, and another year to put the film together.

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Assassin Yigal Amir, as portrayed by Yehuda Nahari Halevi, torches a poster of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in the film ‘Incitement.’

“The assassination of Rabin is arguably the most traumatic event in the history of Israel,” Zilberman, 53, said in an interview. “The murder of a Jewish prime

minister was impossible to comprehend, and the circumstances leading to it were not, at the time, investigated in full — perhaps to avoid a civil war.” The sense of a nation on the precipice is vividly recreated in “Incitement,” which takes viewers back to the mid-1990s and powerfully dramatizes the deep fissures then opening up over the pursuit of a peace agreement with the Palestinians. The signing that year of the Oslo II Accord promised to bring the country closer to a peaceful resolution to the conflict. But since the agreement called for the return of some of the land won by Israel during the SixDay War in 1967, a determined opposition virulently fought against any concession. As passions intensified, protesters displayed effigies of Rabin in Nazi uniform or as Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Rabin, a former general who had engineered the Israeli victory

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in the 1967 war, was called a traitor at increasingly vitriolic public demonstrations. The film shows newsreel footage of Benjamin Netanyahu, then a rising young right-wing politician and now prime minister, encouraging the protesters at one such event — though not, he insisted later, advocating violence. On Nov. 4, 1995, at 8:30 p.m. as Rabin left a peace rally in Tel Aviv, Amir emerged from the crowd and pumped two pistol shots into the prime minister. Rabin was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Amir is portrayed by Yehuda Nahari Halevi, an actor whose family lived in the same Yemenite neighborhood as Amir and who dominates the screen throughout most of the film. Critics have applauded his performance, but some have observed that his power-

ful portrayal might elicit the sympathy of the audience, his horrible deed notwithstanding. That criticism doesn’t surprise Zilberman, who co-wrote and directed the film. One reason it took so many years to make the movie was that Zilberman wanted to get into Amir’s mind and avoid portraying him as a unidimensional “monster.” In Zilberman’s retelling, Amir’s road to perdition is paved with real or perceived personal slights and the misguidance of certain rabbis — and even of his own mother. The former led Amir to conclude that Jewish law permits, and even encourages, the killing of traitors. Amir’s mother, in her short turn, drums it into her son’s head that he is super-smart and destined for greatness. On top of all that, his longtime girlfriend Nava (Daniella Kertesz) breaks up with him, leading Amir

to conclude that her Ashkenazi family opposed her relationship with a dark-skinned Yemenite. Just about every review of the film draws a parallel between the popular mood in Israel in the 1990s and the one in the United States today. Variety writes that the film’s portrayal of a divided democracy, in which provocative language from politicians and the media lead to lethal violence, is hardly a relic of history. “This plot summary sounds as if it could be ripped from recent U.S. headlines,” the magazine said. In Israel, the film is known by the punchier title “Yamim Noraim” — literally “Days of Awe,” the collective name for the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a period of self-examination and judgment. “Incitement” was deemed the best motion picture of the year in Israel and became the country’s automatic See Director, page 18

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The display lights up the stones for a few seconds at a time, “symbolizing, like breaths in the dark, the lives taken away from the community,” Roosegaarde is quoted as saying. The display will be installed in various museums and public spaces, including the synagogue in Groningen in the country’s north. Once home to several vibrant provincial communities, the north of the Netherlands saw some of the most methodical roundups of Jews, which obliterated those congregations to this day. Of Groningen’s nearly 3,000 Jewish residents before the Holocaust, only 150, or 5%, survived the genocide, according to the Volkskrant newspaper. The Groningen Synagogue operates nowadays as a museum with a gift shop and functions only rarely as a place of worship.

New York and Tel Aviv. He is married to the film producer Tamar Sela and the couple have three children. “Incitement” was co-written with Ron Leshem and Yair Hizmi. The film opens Jan. 31 in New York City and Feb. 7 in Los Angeles, to be followed by a rollout in other U.S. cities.

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giving herself permission to “feel the frequency of the pigments” she has chosen. The works in this exhibit express the interaction between mankind and the natural world. Mishler’s work has been shown in the Louvre in Paris, as well as in galleries in the United States. She also has published two books, “L’Chayim — To Life,” a collection of paintings and narration inspired by her parents harrowing journey of survival in Poland before emigrating to the United States, and “Zalman Ber: The True Story of the Man the Nazis

Could Not Kill,” as told to Mishler by her father, Sol Kotz. Mishler is a member of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Aqueous, Southern Arizona Artist Guild, Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona, PaperWorks: the Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists, Southern Arizona Wax Artists, and the Tubac Center of the Arts. For more information, visit www. lisamishler.com. The Tucson Jewish Community Center Gallery is located at 3800 East River Road and is open Sunday-Friday during the J’s regular business hours. For more information, call 299-3000 or visit www. tucsonjcc.org.

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Community arts news, in brief Bonnie Schock has been selected as the new executive director of the Fox Tucson Theatre, beginning March 9. Schock comes to Tucson from Red Wing, Minnesota, where she has been executive director of the Sheldon Theatre of Performing Arts since 2015. Along with a Bachelor of Arts from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota, she has multiple fellowships and boasts three decades of experience in the theatre arts and entertainment industry. The Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation selected Schock following a national search to fill the position left vacant by longtime Executive Director Craig Sumberg. Tucson Museum of Art opened the Alice Chaiten Baker Center for Art Education on Jan. 12. The renovated center includes the Stonewall Foundation Community Room, classrooms, conference rooms and a reference library. Alice and Paul Baker, long time museum benefactors, made a $1.5 million gift to support art education at the museum. The gift supports the renovation of the education center and establishes a fund for long-term financial sustainability. The donors also intend to gift their substantial collection of pre-Columbian and Latin American art. For more information, visit www.tucsonmuseumofart.org.

Daniel Asia, composer and professor of music at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music, was nominated by President Donald Trump to be a member of the National Council on the Arts through Sept. 3, 2024. The nomination was brought to the Senate floor Jan. 6.

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he ultra-Orthodox make up some 13% of Israel’s population. The main cities in which this largely secluded population lives are Jerusalem and Bnei Brak, with large ultra-Orthodox communities in Elad, Betar Illit, and Modi’in Illit. There also are ultra-Orthodox communities in mixed cities such as Sefad, Ashdod and Tiberius. The recently dissolved 22nd Knesset had 16 seats out of 120 held by representatives of the Ashkenazi and Sephardic ultra-Orthodox community. What is it like to belong to this community and grow up in a separate educational system, learning very little English and math, living in a purely religious society? Is it different for men and women? What happens when an individual tries to get out? In recent years, we have seen an influx of popular, critically acclaimed films by Orthodox film directors, telling stories that take place within this unique setting. These include Shuli Rand’s “Ha-Ushpizin” (2004), Rama Burshtein’s “Fill the Void” (2012) and “The Wedding Plan” (2016), and Meny Yaesh’s “God’s Neighbors” (2012). All were created by filmmakers who started Jewish observance relatively late in life. The Israeli TV series “Shtisel,” available on Netflix and soon to air its third season, was created by artists who grew up in ultra-Orthodox communities, where family is a leading value. Marriage rates are high and couples marry at a relatively early age. In the ultra-Orthodox community, birth rates average seven children per woman. These and other TV and cinematic creations gave the Israeli public a crucial firsthand look into the ultra-Orthodox way of life where, historically, the majority of young men and women did not participate in the mainstream educational system, enroll in the army, or participate in the workforce.

The Southern Arizona Jewish community will have an opportunity to explore this unique world with Yehonatan Indursky, co-creator of “Shtisel.” In preparation for his Jan. 27 talk, part of the Shaol and Louis Pozez Memorial Lectureship co-sponsored by the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies and the Tucson Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona will hold a “Shtisel” watch party tomorrow night at its Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life in the Northwest. As Israel internally negotiates its future through political processes, including elections, legislation, social movements, and activism, these creations might serve to remedy some of the misconceptions and prejudice toward these unique communities. Of course, mutual understanding is far from solving some of the challenging issues. The nature of secluded communities around the world is that they tend to exclude those who reject their ways. These include women and men who are victims of violence, LGBT, and others who see themselves restrained and restricted by the traditional way of life. Adding to that, personal status issues in Israel, such as marriage and conversion, remain controlled by the Orthodox rabbinical institution, and women are prohibited from running for office in the ultra-Orthodox political parties. These phenomena have a deep influence on the Israeli public sphere, and many groups are working through civil society organizations toward change. A few examples are Leshinuy (“Association for Change”), which works to advance former ultra-Orthodox young adults in the general society, and Lo Nivcharot, Lo Bocharot (“No Voice, No Vote”), a women’s movement aiming to change political representation. Please join us for the community-wide “Shtisel” watch party tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Olson Center, 180 W. Magee Road #140, and for the Pozez Lecture on Monday at 7 p.m. at the J, 3800 E. River Road. Inbal Shtivi is a shlicha (Israeli emissary) in Southern Arizona and director of the Weintraub Israel Center.

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From Nov. 20-Dec. 5, Thomas Sayler-Brown and his husband, John Linder, traveled as first-timers to Israel. Sayler-Brown, chair of the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation board, planned their itinerary, and did research for a future JPride group trip. The pair are drawn to urban settings, with Thomas describing Tel Aviv as “modern, vibrant and a great place to live.” An architect, he has studied the Bauhaus architectural style. The “White City” of Tel Aviv has the largest concentration of Bauhaus style buildings in the world, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for this reason. The couple took the Bauhaus tour, viewing many of these structures dating from the 1930’s. They also took an artist-led graffiti tour of the Florentin neighborhood of Tel Aviv. That evening, they enjoyed a home hospitality dinner hosted by a Yemenite Jewish family.

UArizona Hillel Birthright contingent at the Westerm Wall. Nirit Gelfer (Israel Fellow) is standing, left; Tucsonans are Rachel Davenport (standing, fourth from right), Ryan Sheets (behind Davenport), and Drew Sheets (standing, second from right)

friendships develop between the students and the Israeli soldiers. Plus, I watch as this trip opens their eyes as I show them my home and they understand more of what it is like to be an Israeli. I look forward to exploring with them the diverse opportunities to return to Israel.”

death camp, since everything was destroyed, monuments represent the communities that once existed. Majdanek is well-preserved with major sections of the camp still standing. The group celebrated Shabbat with a service at one of Krakow’s old synagogues, followed by a typical Polish dinner of perogies, cholent, cabbage salad, and other fixings. They visited Kazimierz, the former Jewish quarter in Krakow, which comprises the most intact collection of Jewish buildings in Central Europe. One sees structures and synagogues still standing, fences with Jewish stars and menorahs in metal work, plus traces of the ghetto wall, and Oskar Schindler’s factory. Kacie was impacted by a quote from the tour guide: “People respect those who respect their religion” — in other words, be proud to be Jewish. She also was moved by one of his stories: A prisoner lit a candle during Hanukkah at Auschwitz. The Nazis told the prisoners to put it out. A 13-year-old boy said that Jews do not extinguish light; we make light. The Nazi left and the candle stayed lit.

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Thomas Sayler-Brown and John Linder at the Bahai Gardens in Haifa

Another highlight included the Jordanian ancient city of Jerash, where they slept in a Bedouin camp before visiting Petra the next day. Once in Jerusalem, our travelers visited the usual sites. They partook in an allAmerican Thanksgiving Shabbat lunch at the home of Israeli cousins in Beit Shemesh who had made aliyah and who Thomas had not seen in 45 years.

Seven UArizona students traveled with Jewish Arizonans on Campus to Poland from Dec. 30-Jan. 6 over winter break. The students were mainly from UArizona, Arizona State University, University of Pittsburgh, and Penn State. Phoenix staff — Rabbi Yehuda Weiss and Risa Brumer — accompanied them. Tucsonans Kacie Bauer and Kayla Tilicki, both UArizona juniors majoring in neuroscience and cognitive science, took part in this week of powerful Jewish experiences and meaningful group bonding. During the journey, their tour guide played music, read quotes, and told stories that made this trip covering pre- and postwar Poland all the more poignant. Highlights of the itinerary: In Warsaw, they toured the Jewish cemetery to understand the richness and diversity of pre-war life there. A walking tour of the city included the former ghetto and memorial sites. Kacie felt a personal connection to Bialystock, having family from there who left before the war. With snow on the ground, the group walked the grounds of Auschwitz, now a museum. At Treblinka

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All aboard for another 10-day Birthright Israel trip of a lifetime. UArizona Hillel students filled half of the bus along with others from Cal Poly, UC Davis, Hillel of Silicon Valley, Hillel 818 (Los Angeles), Portland, and Utah. Tucsonans Rachel Davenport, Drew Sheets, and Ryan Sheets were among the UArizona travelers. Nirit Gelfer, UArizona Hillel’s Jewish Agency Israel Fellow, helped chaperone the group. Nirit has served as an Israel Defense Forces soldier and officer, traveled the world, attended college, and served as an Israel Fellow at the University of Central Florida before joining the UArizona Hillel staff. “Leading a Birthright Israel trip is one of my passions as an Israel Fellow,” she says. “It is exciting to accompany the students for their first time in Israel — to see their curiosity and how, step by step, they understand their connection to Israel. It is gratifying to watch the deep

UArizona JAC members in front of a 17th century synagogue, now a Jewish museum, in Tykocin, Poland. (L-R): Elana Terner, Kacie Bauer, Benji Gerst, Rabbi Yehuda Weiss, Kayla Tilicki, Risa Brumer, Zach Allen, Brendan Buckman, Morgan Buckman

Rachel Einstein-Sim (left) and Dena Goldberg Linder at their Nice Jewish Dogs calendar launch party

If you haven’t already purchased your 2020 calendar, here is a suggestion: Rachel Einstein-Sim, a homegrown Tucsonan now residing in San Francisco, and Dena Goldberg Linder created the Nice Jewish Dogs calendar. The concept came about after Rachel and Dena first met at a San Francisco dog park, Rachel with her labradoodle, Elle, and Dena accompanied by her pup, Poppy. Rachel noticed that Poppy was wearing a Jewish star collar. The two women bonded, became fast friends and began this venture. A portion of the proceeds from the calendar benefit Canine Companions for Independence, an organization that trains dogs to assist people with disabilities. Einstein-Sim, a senior product manager at Adobe, and Linder, a genetic counselor at UCSF, held a dogfriendly calendar launch party on Dec. 8. Elle, Poppy, and other dog models are featured in creative calendar group shots celebrating Passover, Rosh Hashanah and other holidays. Rachel and Dena’s philosophy is that these dogs are like their babies — i.e., if dog owners are Jewish, then their dogs are Jewish too! The calendars are available online at www.nicejewish dogs.com.

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OBITUARIES Sherberg, supporter of Tucson Jewish community, fire foundation, dies PHYLLIS BRAUN

sther Sherberg, a longtime Tucson resident and Jewish community volunteer, died Jan. 9, 2020, at the age of 86. Services were held Jan. 10 at Evergreen Mortuary, with Rabbi Robert Eisen of Congregation Anshei Israel officiating. Interment was in St. Louis, Missouri. Esther Sherberg Ms. Sherberg was born Oct. 1, 1933 in St. Louis to Bessie and Joseph Sherberg. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Ralph Sherberg and Manuel Sherberg. Ms. Sherberg arrived in Tucson in 1975 to take an administrative position in a new department at the University of Arizona. Until her retirement in 1994, she held various posts there, including a year-on-loan to the Arizona Board of Regents to staff a task force studying how to prepare Arizona universities for the approaching new century. Ms. Sherberg earned her bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and did graduate work at the University of Maryland. She worked previously at Washington University, Stanford University, and the University of Maryland. She was very active in the Tucson community, and was a life member of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, which hon-

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Esther Sherberg is the only civilian to be honored with transport toward her final resting place in The Last Alarm Foundation fire truck.

ored her as Woman of the Year 1992. “‘Queen Esther,’ as reflected in the email moniker she chose, effused kindness,” says Stuart Mellan, JFSA president and CEO. “She was such a sweet soul who touched the hearts of many. Her devotion to our Jewish community was resolute — as evidenced by the many trips to Israel we took together — several during the Intifada as an act of solidarity with the people of Israel. Her work with every department of the Federation and Foundation spanned many decades.” Ms. Sherberg was president of Congregation An-

Gerald “Jerry/Big D/Grand D” Vegodsky (1929 - 2019) Gerald Vegodsky was born Feb. 12, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York. He married the love of his life, Ruth, in 1950. He was a proud veteran of the Army and did his military service from 1951-1953. He and Ruth moved to Tucson with their two small children in 1959 where he originally worked with his father in the slipcover business. He worked for many years in Tucson as a very successful salesman in the floor covering and interior design business. It is impossible to think of Jerry without smiling. He was a kind, gentle soul who loved to laugh and make others laugh with his good-natured humor and mischievous practical jokes. He was called upon for many years by family and friends to emcee weddings and Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, which he did for the love of giving. In retirement, Jerry and Ruth shared adventure and traveled the world, making lasting friends on several

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continents. Jerry loved volunteering. He taught grade school kids art. He helped prepare meals for the homeless at the Casa Maria Soup Kitchen and he worked as a professional patient at the University of Arizona to help instruct medical students. In his free time he loved deep-sea fishing, playing poker (he won several tournaments), flying kites (and giving them away to children), feeding the birds, and especially enjoying his children, grandchildren, family, and friends. Jerry is survived by his wife of 69 wonderful years, Ruth; his sister, Barbara; his brother-in-law, Alan; his sister-in-law, Bonnie; his son, Steve; his daughter, Ellen; his daughter-in-law, Maureen; his son-in-law, Rene; his additional “adopted” children, Gary, Amy and Ellen; by his five grandchildren and one greatgranddaughter, and by many nieces and nephews. Jerry passed in his sleep on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. A memorial service will be held Sunday, March 1, at 1 p.m. at Villa Hermosa. For more information contact ruthvego@yahoo.com. Jerry was an original and a gem. He will be missed.

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shei Israel 1999-2001, and vice president of the Jewish Community Foundation. She served on the boards of the UArizona Hillel Foundation, Tucson Hebrew Academy, Jewish Education Tax Credit Organization, and the America-Israel Friendship League. “She was truly my mentor, she shared her wisdom very generously,” says longtime friend Madeline Friedman. “She was also my shul buddy — she sat next to me in synagogue. “Many of her philanthropic passions have become my passions,” adds Friedman, citing Congregation Anshei Israel, the Greater Tucson Fire Foundation Endowment Fund, the Jewish Community Foundation, and in general supporting the local Jewish community. Ms. Sherberg’s favorite pastime was visiting Israel, and she was particularly interested in fostering the partnership between the Greater Tucson Fire Foundation’s “Firefighters Beyond Borders” program and Israeli first responders. Friend and fellow fire foundation volunteer Patty Vallance arranged for Mark Cromey, a Tucson Fire Department bagpiper, to play outside Ms. Sherberg’s window while she was receiving home hospice care. “She had the biggest smile,” says Vallance. “It was so beautiful.” Ms. Sherberg also was the only civilian honored by the Last Alarm Foundation with transportation toward her final resting place in a restored historic fire truck. This honor usually is reserved for retired firefighters or those killed in the line of duty.

Diana Leeds Diana Jo (Zieger) Leeds, 83, died Dec. 26, 2019 in Phoenix. Mrs. Leeds was born in Philadelphia and grew up in New Jersey. She moved to Phoenix in 1953, finished at North High and met her eventual husband, Ron, at Arizona State University. After their marriage, Mrs. Leeds taught for a couple of years until they moved to Tucson where she was a stay-at-home mother. She returned to her passion of teaching for another 20 years in Tucson’s Catalina Foothills district, and maintained relationships with many of her past students. After her retirement, she and Ron moved to Phoenix to be closer to family. They also spent their summers for 28 years in Coronado, California. Memorial contributions may be made to your favorite charity that benefits children.

Sarah Katz Sarah Katz, 97, died Dec. 25, 2019. Mrs. Katz moved to Tucson from Skokie, Illinois in 1971. She worked at Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging for 25 years, until her retirement. Mrs. Katz was predeceased by her husband of more than 50 years, Jerome Katz. Survivors include her son, Stephen (Geri) Katz of Tucson; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services were at East Lawn Cemetery with Rabbi Robert Eisen of Congregation Anshei Israel officiating.

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onor centrism has become a rallying cry in the Jewish philanthropic giving space. For many modern donors, the ability to see the impact of their funds is essential to their charitable involvement. This results-driven mindset marks a shift from the more hands-off approach taken by prior generations, in which individuals relied on central institutions to take their unrestricted donations and allocate them to the most critical community needs. Each tack has its advantages. The modern frame has a sense of visceral engagement; the causes and organizations that donors support come to have a close and personal meaning. Donors watch a direct line from their giving to change enacted in the world around them. There is a gratification in this kind of philanthropy that encourages donors to continue to engage because the reward is so readily apparent. The ethos more common previously takes a wider perspective and avoids missing the forest for the trees. In giving broadly, donors enable the professionals in organizations and institutions to distribute their contributions, rather than making decisions based on an organization’s marketing or other more superficial factors. In this way, causes that are less “sexy” and less obviously appealing, but no less strategically important, continue to be funded. This is particularly important in meeting the needs of invisible, indigent, and needy community members who may be far away from donors’ personal involvement. As donors continue to move toward a preference for the intimate experience of making personalized decisions and lose the comprehensive view that a broader, more community-minded perspective allowed, our philanthropic agencies and institutions must make a concerted effort to accommodate this shift and the associated tradeoffs. One of the best ways to preserve the newfound push for donor centrism without allowing certain causes and institutions to lose support is to promote communication and synergy across existing organizations. Leaders from the organizations that thrive in this new paradigm (i.e., those organizations that donors support because giving to them has a clear and immediate impact) have the responsibility and oppor-

tunity to assist and encourage those organizations that may lag behind, or be less directly appealing to donors. As Jewish organizations and institutions in a close-knit community, we are all intimately connected to one another. The success of each one of us depends on the success of the others. As Rabbi Hillel teaches us, “If I am only for myself, who am I?” Unity in our Southern Arizona Jewish community can take many different forms. One of the explicit purposes of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona is to bring our wider community together to strengthen our bonds. In this way, we advance the broader view. Our Federation works every day to accomplish this goal through fundraising, events, planning, communal services, and engagement. The Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona provides a place for philanthropic giving to be centralized. This is in line with a more donor-directed model of philanthropy. At JCF, donor-centric giving is elevated to a sacred undertaking. Our community members are empowered to support the individual causes they care about, both within and beyond our community. At the same time, JCF partners with donors to inform them of critical needs and opportunities emerging in our community. Both the JFSA and JCF are deeply connected with and committed to the other Jewish agencies and synagogues in Southern Arizona and meeting the needs of Jews in Israel and around the world. Together, they form the philanthropic backbone of a powerful support system that has sustained our community for generations. It is no accident that the JFSA and the JCF are housed in the same building, the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy. This simple integration of two powerful, important organizations allows for the flow of ideas from one organization to the other. Resources as basic as kitchens and as complex as professional and volunteer brainpower are shared on a daily basis. The strengths of the two agencies come together to complement and advance one another. The more that these two organizations — and, indeed, the rest of the agencies in Southern Arizona — integrate their ideas and even share their spaces, the more that we all learn from each other and create an environment in which all of our organizations are able to flourish and thrive.

Graham Hoffman, president and CEO of the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, will helm both the JCF and the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona as we celebrate the retirement of JFSA president and CEO Stuart Mellan in the coming months.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The calendar deadline is Tuesday, 10 days before the issue date. Our next issue will be published Feb. 7, 2020. Submissions may be emailed to office@azjewishpost.com or mailed to AJP, 3718 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718. For more information, call 319-1112. See Area Congregations on page 5 for synagogue addresses and additional events. Men’s Mishnah club with Rabbi Israel Becker at Cong. Chofetz Chayim. Sundays, 7:15 a.m.; Monday-Friday, 6:15 a.m.; Saturdays, 8:15 a.m. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Chabad of Sierra Vista men’s tefillin club with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, first Sundays, 9 a.m., at 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www. jewishsierravista.com. Southwest Torah Institute Beginners Hebrew for Women with Esther Becker, Sundays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 14 sessions through Feb. 2, at 5150 E. Fifth St. Free. Register at 591-7680. “Too Jewish” radio show with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon on KVOI 1030 AM (also KAPR and KJAA), Sundays at 9 a.m. Jan. 26 Greg Schneider, executive vice president of the Claims Conference, on the embargoed French anti-Semitism report. Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley bagel breakfast and Yiddish club, first Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Members, $7; nonmembers, $10. 648-6690 or 399-3474. Southern Arizona Jewish Genealogy Society, second Sundays, 1-3 p.m. at the Tucson J. Contact Barbara Stern Mannlein at 731-0300 or the J at 299-3000. Tucson J Israeli dance, taught by Brandi Hawkins, 2nd and 4th Sundays, 5 p.m., no partners. Members, $6; nonmembers, $8. 2993000. Cong. Anshei Israel parent-tot class, led by Ally Ross. Mondays, 9-11 a.m. Children up to 24 months and their parent(s). Free. Mandatory

Friday / January 24

11AM: Jewish History Museum hosts local Holocaust survivors who will read from their book, “To Tell Our Stories,” published by JFCS. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum. org. 564 S. Stone Ave. 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Shabbat Rocks! service with fourth and fifth grade classes, Avanim Rock Band and youth choir, followed at 6:30 p.m. by family Shabbat dinner, and traditional service at 7:30 p.m. Dinner $12 for adults, $3 ages 4-12, age 3 and under, free. RSVP for space availability for dinner at 3274501 or www.tetucson.org.

Sunday / January 26

9 AM-1 PM: JFSA Super Sunday phone-athon to raise funds for 2020 Community Campaign. Shifts are 9:30-11:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., with training 30 minutes before. Make calls or help with clerical work. Food, prizes. At Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy, 3718 E. River Road. RSVP to Anel Pro at apro@jfsa.org or 647-8455.

Monday / January 27

7 PM: Arizona Center for Judaic Studies Shaol & Louis Pozez Memorial Lectureship

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ONGOING vaccination policy. Call Nancy Auslander at 7455550 or visit www.caiaz.org. Temple Emanu-El mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m. 327-4501. Cong. Anshei Israel mah jongg, Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon. All levels, men and women. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com. Tucson J current events discussion, Mondays, noon-1:30 p.m. Members, $1; nonmembers, $2. Bring or buy lunch, 11:30 a.m. 2993000, ext. 147. Cong. Bet Shalom yoga, Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $5. 577-1171. Jewish 12-step sobriety support group meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. at Cong. Bet Shalom. dcmack1952@gmail.com. Spouse Bereavement Group, cosponsored by Widowed to Widowed, Inc. at the Tucson J, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Contact Katie at 299-3000, ext. 147. JFCS Holocaust Survivors group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Contact Raisa Moroz at 795-0300. Awakening Through Jewish Meditation — Discover Freedom, with Reb Brian Yosef, Tuesdays/Sundays at 10:30 a.m., at Cong. Bet Shalom. Free. Check calendar at www.torahof awakening.com. Tucson J social bridge, Tuesdays and ThursSeries presents Yehonatan Indursky, co-creator of Israeli TV series “Shtisel,” at the Tucson J, a co-sponsor. Free. 299-3000.

Wednesday / January 29

10:30 AM: JHM scholar-in-residence Maxwell Greenberg presents “’Enlightened’ Imperialism, Colonization and Revolution (1820-1920),” part 2 of 3-course series on Jewish Latinidad. Continues Feb. 5 and 12. Part 3 begins Feb. 19. $75 per course. Register at www.jewishhistorymuseum.org or call 6709073. 7-8:30 PM: Chabad Tucson presents sixweek JLI class, “Judaism’s Gifts to the World.” At Tucson J. $99 includes textbook. Register at www.chabadtucson.com or call 9559680.

Friday / January 31

JHM presents “In Diaspora We Are Many” Sephardic & Mizrahi Culture Festival, continues through Sunday, Feb. 2. Includes 7 p.m. Moroccan Shabbat with Micah Chetrit. Sat. Feb. 1, 7 p.m. Qadim Ensemble Concert, including tapas, $25. Sun. Feb. 2, 2 p.m., Ladino Project presents “Madre,” Sephardic dance and musical performance and Moroccan mint tea ceremony, $30. For more events and ticket information,

days, noon-3 p.m., year round. Drop-ins welcome. Meets in library on second floor. 2993000. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center Social Action/Compelling Futures event. First Tuesdays, 12:45 p.m. Bear witness to Operation Streamline federal criminal immigration proceedings. Meet at rear plaza of DeConcini Federal Courthouse for brown bag lunch and learn with immigration attorneys and migrant justice organizers, then enter courthouse together at 1:30 p.m. 405 W. Congress St. www.jewish historymuseum.org or 670-9073. Tucson J canasta group, Tuesdays 1-4 p.m., and Thursdays noon-4 p.m. Instruction available and a beginners’ table every week. Call or text Lisa at 977-4054. Cong. Anshei Israel Talmud on Tuesday with Rabbi Robert Eisen. Meets 6 p.m. 745-5550. Weintraub Israel Center Shirat HaShirim Hebrew choir, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Learn to sing in Hebrew. Contact Rina Paz at 304-7943 or ericashem@cox.net. Cong. Anshei Israel gentle chair yoga with Lois Graham, Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Members of Women’s League, $6 per class; nonmembers, $8 per class. Contact Evelyn at 885-4102 or esigafus@aol.com. Temple Emanu-El Talmud study, Wednesdays, 10 -11:30 a.m. Text required, call 327-4501. go to www.jewishhistorymuseum.org/sephardic mizrahiculturefestival or call 670-9073.

Saturday / February 1

NOON: Cong. Anshei Israel book club discusses “Gateway to the Moon” by Mary Morris. Contact Helen Rib at 299-0340 or helenrib@ yahoo.com. NOON: Temple Emanu-El Rabbi’s Tish, Torah discussion and dairy potluck lunch with Rabbi Batsheva Appel. 327-4501.

Wednesday / February 5

7 PM: Cong. Anshei Israel “The Trial of King David,” Mock trial with attendees as jury. Continues Feb. 12. $18. Portion of proceeds benefit Southern Arizona Legal Aid Inc. RSVP at 7455550 or www.caiaz.org.

Friday / February 7

11 AM: JHM Gallery Chat, discussion of “Bella’s Ship” with Board President Barry Kirschner. Free. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org. 5:30 PM: Temple Emanu-El Tu B’Shevat Seder followed at 7:30 p.m. by Gertrude, Fred, and Bernard Rosen Sabbath of Song

Chabad of Sierra Vista women’s class with Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, last Wednesdays, 2 p.m., 401 Suffolk Drive. 820-6256 or www.jewishsierravista.com. Jewish mothers/grandmothers special needs support group for those with children/grandchildren, youth or adult, with special needs, third Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at Tucson J. Contact Joyce Stuehringer at 299-5920. “Biblical Breakthroughs with Rabbi Becker” at the Southwest Torah Institute. Fridays, noon, for men and women. 747-7780 or yzbecker@me.com. Temple Kol Hamidbar (Sierra Vista) “Wrestling with Torah” study group, led by Reuben Ben-Adam, Fridays, 6-7:15 p.m. 458-8637. Tucson J Fine Art Gallery presents “Elements of Nature through the Artist Eye,” works by Lily Rosenberg and Lisa Mishler, through March 1. 299-3000 or www.tucsonjcc. org. Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley art gallery presents “Art in Dimension,” with contemporary paintings by Ann Marcus Lapidus, and jewelry and women’s kippot by Jere Moskovitz, through March 10. Open Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. or call 6486690 for a viewing appointment. Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center exhibit, “Asylum/Asilo,” through May 31. Drop-in hours Fridays 1-3 p.m., Saturdays/ Sundays 1-5 p.m. 564 S. Stone Ave. 670-9073 or www.jewishhistorymuseum.org. and Shabbat Shirah with music composed by Robert Lopez-Hanshaw, Sam Golden, Chris Tackett, and Rouzbeh Tebyanian, and featuring the adult choir. RSVP for seder and dinner, $22 members, $27 nonmembers, by Wed., Feb. 5, at 5 p.m. at www.tetucson.org or 327-4501.

Saturday / February 8

10 AM: Temple Emanu-El Women of Reform Judaism morning service, followed by WRJ Kiddush lunch at noon. 327-4501.

Sunday / February 9

10:30 AM: Desert Caucus brunch with Ann Wagner (R-MO). Guests should be prospective members. Contact desertcaucus@gmail.com or 299-2410. 1:30-3 PM: Tucson J Fine Art Gallery opening reception, “Elements of Nature through the Artist Eye,” works by Lily Rosenberg and Lisa Mishler. 299-3000 or www.tucsonjcc.org. 4:30-6 PM: Tucson J Tapas on Tu B’Shevat celebration. Ages 21+; wine will be served. Each ticket includes the purchase of a grape vine in Israel. Members, $18; nonmembers, $25. RSVP at www.tucsonjcc.org. For more information, contact Jennifer Selco at jselco@tucson jcc.org or 299-3000.

UPCOMING

TUESDAY / FEBRUARY 11

7:30 PM: Invisible Theatre presents Susan Claassen in ”Becoming Dr. Ruth.” Funded in part by JFSA. Repeats Feb. 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22, with 3 p.m. shows Feb. 15, 16, 22 and 23. Tickets at www.invisibletheatre.com.

ring Puppets. For adults and older teens. $10. www.tucsonjcc.org/event/my-grandfathersprayers-performance or 299-3000.

SUNDAY / FEBRUARY 23

SUNDAY / FEBRUARY 16

8:30 AM - 5 PM: Arizona Center for Judaic Studies presents “Contradictions & Tropes of Antisemitism” International Conference. Dinner and keynote at 6:30 p.m. Continues Feb. 24, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. At UArizona Student Union Memorial Center. Conference, $50 per day or $75 both days, dinner $50. RSVP for dinner by Feb. 14. RSVP for conference by Feb. 21 at www.judaic.arizona.edu or contact Jackie Schmidt at jan1@email.arizona.edu.

7 PM: Tucson J presents ”My Grandfather’s Prayers,” multimedia performance by award-winning puppeteer Lisa Sturz of Red Her-

10 AM: JFSA Women’s Philanthropy Connections brunch with guest speaker Dr. Ruth Westheimer, at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive. $45 plus minimum of $180 pledge ($18 for students) to the 2020 Federation Community Campaign. Reserve at www.jfsa.ticketspice.com/connections-2020 or call Anel Pro at 647-8455.

SATURDAY / FEBRUARY 15

7:30 PM: UA Hillel presents “The Capitol Steps.” At Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. Tickets start at $50, packages available starting at $180. Supports Hillel’s annual campaign. www.uahillel.org or 624-6561. 9:15 AM-3 PM: Hadassah Southern Arizona Mah Jongg Tournament. Lunch, silent auction. Skyline Country Club, 5200 E. Saint Andrews Drive. $40. No walk-ins. Proceeds beneﬁt Hadassah. Register by Feb. 7. Contact Cathy at 886-6246 or colswing@hadassah.org.

SUNDAY / MARCH 8

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NORTHWEST TUCSON

All Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life (JFSA Northwest Division) events are held at 180 W. Magee Road, #140, unless otherwise indicated.

ONGOING

Chair yoga with a Jewish ﬂair taught by Bonnie Golden. At Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, Mondays, 10-11 a.m. $7 per class or $25 for four. 505-4161 or northwestjewish@jfsa.org. NW Needlers create hand-stitched items for donation in the Jewish community. At Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life. Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. RSVP to judithgfeldman@gmail.com or 505-4161. Mah jongg meets at Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life, Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., 505-4161. Chabad of Oro Valley adult education class, Jewish learning with Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman. Wednesdays at 7 p.m., at 1171 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd., #131. 477-8672 or www.jewishoro valley.com. Chabad of Oro Valley Shabbat service and dinner, third Fridays. RSVP at 477-8672 or www.jewishorovalley.com.

FRIDAY / JANUARY 24

6:30 PM: Cong. Beit Simcha birthday Shabbat service with special blessings for January birthdays. www.beitsimchatucson. org or 276-5675.

SATURDAY / JANUARY 25

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7 PM: Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life “Shtisel” watching party. Watch two episodes of hit Israeli TV show and discuss with Inbal Shtivi, director of the Weintraub Israel Center, in advance of Pozez lecture Jan. 27 with “Shtisel” co-creator Yehonatan Indursky. 505-4161.

SUNDAY / JANUARY 26

6:30-8 PM: Chabad of Oro Valley presents six-week JLI class, “Judaism’s Gifts to the World.” Second option, Tuesdays 10-11:30 a.m., starting Jan. 28. At 1171 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd., #131. $99 includes textbook. Register at www.jewishorovalley.com or call 477-8672.

MONDAY / JANUARY 27

5-6:30 PM: Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life and Hadassah Southern Arizona book club discusses “Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home” by Leah Lax. Feb. 24, “Educated” by Tara Westover. RSVP at 505-4161 or northwest jewish@jfsa.org.

TUESDAY / JANUARY 28

6-7:30 PM: Jewish Federation-Northwest community dining out at Truland Burgers & Greens, 7332 N. Oracle Road. Purely social. Purchase your own fare. RSVP by Jan. 27 for an accurate headcount for their staﬀ at www.jfsa. org/truland or 505-4161.

THURSDAY / JANUARY 30

2 PM: Chabad of Oro Valley Torah and Tea for women, with Mushkie Zimmerman. Continues Thursdays for four weeks at 1171 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd., #131. 477-8672 or www.jewishorovalley.com.

FRIDAY / JANUARY 31

5-6 PM Shabbat Shabang Family Shabbat in the Northwest, with Julia Berg, Rabbinic student from Cong. Or Chadash and PJ Library. Free. At Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life. 5054161. RSVP at www.jfsa.org/nwfamilyshabbat.

TUESDAY / FEBRUARY 4

6-8 PM: Ruth and Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life presents “Current Issues on Immigration in Southern Arizona” with immigration lawyer Mo Goldman, Dinah Bear, chair of Humane Borders, and David Wien, author of upcoming book “Our Southern Border — The Impact.” Free. RSVP to www.jfsa.org/ immigrationevent.

SUNDAY / FEBRUARY 9

2 PM: Chabad of Oro Valley and Oro Valley Police Department community wide safety and security class, “Active Shooter Response,” at 1171 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd., #131. Security committee will be forming at the event. Free. rabbiboruch@jewishorovalley.com.

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IN FOCUS JLTC celebrates quinceañera

Photo courtesy Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

Photos courtesy Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

Women enjoy mahj, margaritas, mitzvahs

After cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, women get down to the business of playing mah jongg at a Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona event Jan. 8.

Humberto Lopez, left, and Paul Baker, Jewish Latino Teen Coalition quinceañera co-chairs, display wind chimes presented to them and longtime JLTC Leader Shari Gootter (not pictured). Local artist Julie Szerina Stein created the unique pieces, which capture both cultures to make a “milagro-mizrach,” she says, using the Spanish word for a votive folk charm and the Hebrew word for an ornament hung on an eastern wall to indicate the direction for prayer.

Brunch kicks off Women inPower fellowship

Photo courtesy Tucson Jewish Community Center

The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona welcomed more than 150 people Jan. 5 to honor Jewish Latino Teen Coalition founders Humberto Lopez and Paul Baker at a quinceañera/15th year celebration. Young adult alumni shared their stories, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and former Mayor Jonathan Rothschild delivered greetings, and Shari Gootter was honored for her 14 years of vol(L-R) Former Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, Jewish Latino unteer commitment to the proTeen Coalition alumna Bella Wexler, and Tucson Mayor Regina gram. Baker and Lopez pledged Romero at the JLTC quinceañera at the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik a $20,000 match for 2020 dona- Center for Jewish Philanthropy Jan. 5. tions to the program. The program costs $1,800 annually for each of a dozen student participants. To contribute, go to www.jfsa.org/donate and put JLTC in the comment section of your donation.

A multi-generational group of more than 100 women gathered Jan. 8 at the Harvey and Deanna Evenchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy for an evening of food and drink, mah jongg — with many newcomers learning the game— and giving, hosted by the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Young Women’s Cabinet. The women collected new blankets and $750 for Youth On Their Own, a local nonprofit that helps homeless students complete high school.

Women inPower fellows (L-R) Marian Schiltz, Robin Kelley, and Debbie Boggs engage in a self-reflection activity on values.

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The Tucson Jewish Community Center launched its 2020 Women inPower Tucson leadership program with a brunch orientation session Jan. 12. The fellows chosen for the pilot program funded by the JCC Association are Elise Bajohr, Debbie Boggs, Gabby Erbst, Katie Filous, Katharine L. Gerst, Maya Horowitz, Robin Kelley, Shannon Linares, Kaitlyn Montgomery, Marian Schiltz, Sarah H. Singer, and Katie Spector. Steering committee members are Allison Wexler (WiP Tucson coordinator), Khylie Gardner, Hannah Gomez, Gabby Levy, Monica Rosenbaum, Jennifer Selco, Inbal Shtivi, and Melissa Zimmerman. Following the orientation session, members attended the Tucson Jewish International Film Festival’s screening of “Working Woman.”

GOING AWAY?

Remember to stop delivery of the AJP at least a week before you leave town! Fill out the “delivery stops” form online at: www.azjewishpost.com/print-subscription or call 647-8441 to leave a message with your name, address, zip code, telephone number and the dates you will be away.

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OUR TOWN Engagement

Business briefs Dr. Jonathan Kay joined Arizona Glaucoma Specialists in June 2019, after graduating from the University of Houston College of Optometry in May 2019. He joined his father, Jeffrey S. Kay, M.D., who founded the practice in 1987, as well as his brother, David B. Kay, M.D., who joined the practice in July 2018. A native Tucsonan, Jonathan Kay earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical sciences at Northern Arizona University. He also will be seeing patients in the North Phoenix/Scottsdale, and Mesa locations.

Emily Miller Grant and David Shapir have announced their engagement. Emily is the daughter of Jennifer Miller Grant and Ron Grant and Stephanie Pearmain, all of Tucson, and the granddaughter of Donna Grant and Gordon Waterfall, Merrill and Virginia Grant, Lee Miller and the late Jerry Miller, and Lee Rains and the late Encil Rains. Emily graduated from the University of WisconsinMadison and is currently a second year law student at Northwestern University in Chicago. David is the son of Yishai and Lisa Shapir and Pamela and Steve Belinfante, and the grandson of Yeffet Shapir and the late Simcha Shapir, Arthur Boord and the late Janet Boord, Shirley and Joel Belinfante, and Joyce and Charles Scott. He graduated from Fordham University in New York where he studied finance and business. After working in finance, David now works in the tech industry. Emily and David currently reside in Chicago. A 2021 wedding is planned.

Tucson documentary filmmaker David Arond has opened YOU-R Story, a video story studio for families and businesses to record interviews and combine videos, pictures, and home movies, in the Tucson Mall. YOU-R Story also videos weddings, b’nai mitzvah, and other events. Visit www.you-r-story.com for more information. Flying Aprons Tucson, a new cooking school with classes taught by Southern Arizona chefs, will open next month at Cook Tucson, 1702 N. Stone Ave. Miriam Nickerson, a volunteer for Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, and Michele Schulze, a long-time Tucsonan, are the principals. Flying Aprons will offer classes for adults, couples, teens, and kids, including weekend classes for families, summer camps, and special events such as birthday parties and corporate team building. Learn more at www.flyingapronstucson.com. Send news of your simchas to localnews@azjewishpost.com or call 319-1112

Lazarus & Silvyn, P.C., has changed its name from Lazarus, Silvyn & Bangs, P.C. Partners are Larry S. Lazarus and Keri L. Silvyn, land use and zoning law attorneys with offices in Phoenix and Tucson. The Steven M. Gootter Foundation will hold the 15th Annual Gootter Grand Slam gala dinner, which raises funds to prevent sudden cardiac death through research and an automated external defibrillator donation program, on Friday, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m., at The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa. The foundation’s philanthropic award will be presented to Kwan C. An. Tickets and more information are available at www.gootter.org. Santa Rita Landscaping won four awards at the Arizona Landscape Contractors Association “Excellence in Landscaping Awards” held Nov. 23 at the Wigwam Resort Hotel in Litchfield Park, Arizona. The projects honored were the DeLorme residence in the category of single family residence $45,000 to $55,000; Kansfield residence, single family residence under $25,000; Mattamy Home Vistoso Trails Models, over $100,000; and Unisource-TEP, under $25,000. Owners Brian Ham, Garrett Ham, and Richard Spross also received Lifetime Achievement awards.

Read the book/Save the date! ATTENTION BOOK GROUPS: Read “The Gratitude Diaries” by Janice Kaplan, and meet the author at the Jewish Federation’s “Together in Jewish Learning” event March 18.

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