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Volume 44, Number 9
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In Their Own Words: Kids Talk Tikkun Olam
By Mary-Ellin Brooks
Head of School Steve Barberio tends to a fig tree with the help of students in Kitah Gimel
“Make everything recyclable and compost!” – Jonah, Kitah Alef
“[I can help the world by]
picking up trash. Not being
mean, not yelling, not pushing.” – Sinai, Kitah Alef
“Give money to homeless
people. Help others. Plant
a tree or a flower or some
kind of plant.” – Sarah, Kitah
Gimel
“Give poor people food
if they’re hungry.” – Owen,
Kitah Dalet
“Give money to poor people so they can buy food.” –
Josh, Kitah Dalet
“Give food, shelter, and
clean water to people who
need it. Some places in the
world don’t have enough
clean water.” – Dasi, Kitah
Hay
“Help someone who’s
disabled do what they really
want to do.” – Nathaniel, Kitah Hay
Head of School Steve Barberio adds, “Jewish traditions
Monthly Service Learning
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Each
month,
Jewish
Academy teachers will lead
a service learning project,
putting tikkun olam into action.
Last month, Chari Ritchie
and Cheryl Saloio (who together teach the combined
Kitah Gan/Kitah Alef class)
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and values are rooted in developing people who have
character. We instill these
values in our students, who
ultimately leave the Jewish
Academy with the resilience
and strength to effect change
in the world. That’s why we
choose themes like tikkun
olam to guide our behavior
– students and adults alike
– through our time together
during the school year.”
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Kids Say…
We asked Jewish Academy students for their
thoughts on tikkun olam. Everyone agreed that it means
to “make the world a better place,” and they want
to do their part to improve
the physical world and help
those less fortunate.
Here’s what some of them
had to say:
“Make more water.” –
Zoey, Kitah Alef
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“Clean up. Make sure our
world is just how G-d left it.”
– Judy, Kitah Gimel
Do a quick search for
tikkun olam, and you’ll find
that this is a concept whose
provenance and meaning has
been researched and written
about. A lot. Some authors
even seem just a touch cynical about this notion of “repairing the world.”
Thankfully, the students
of the Jewish Academy of
Arts & Sciences keep the
spirit of tikkun olam in their
hearts – and their actions.
Following last year’s
theme of derech eretz, the
school has chosen tikkun
olam as its theme and guidepost for the 2014-15 academic year.
mal and infant blanket drive
for the Albuquerque Police
Department and Albuquerque Fire Department. Officer Anna Nuñez visited the
school, answering students’
questions and offering sound
advice for keeping safe and
being a good citizen. The
September project culminated in delivering a generous
collection of stuffed animals
and blankets to the local
APD substation.
Tikkun olam projects
will continue throughout the
school year, and will be led
by a different faculty member each month.
Mary-Ellin Brooks is the
Community Relations Coordinator at the Jewish Academy
of Arts & Sciences. Visit our
website, www.jewishacademynm.org and follow us on
Facebook and Twitter.
Marlyn “Cookie” Gillespie (z”l) May Her Memory Be For a Blessing
By Phyllis Wolf and staff reporter
“She was able to repair the
world because she believed that
no one needed to be repaired, no
one was deficient.” -- Rabbi Harry
Rosenfeld
Cookie Gillespie -- beloved
teacher, advocate, mentor, nurturer, and friend -- died at home
on Wednesday, September 10
of cancer. She is survived by her
spouse of 36 years, Robert “Bert”
Gillespie; and children, Logan
and Jackie, and her siblings Maurice Gross (Keith Case), Mark (Joy)
Schwartz, Karen (Natan) Abraham,
Steven (Iris) Schwartz, and Joel (Susan) Schwartz.
On Monday, September 15,
Congregation Albert pushed back
the walls of its sanctuary to make
room for all of the mourners. At
least 400 people attended her funeral, including row upon row of
teachers. The parking lot overflowed with cars. All of those present wished to pay tribute to the
woman who never stopped giving of herself, who never stopped
helping the most vulnerable, or
those whom others found too challenging to reach.
The service was officiated by
Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld and Cantor
Barbara Finn, both of whom provided eulogies, as well as former
Congregation Albert rabbis Paul
Citrin and Joseph Black. Other
eulogies were given by her brother
Maurice Gross, and her children
Logan and Jackie.
Cookie, all agreed, was first and
foremost a teacher. Her expertise
was teaching special needs children, which she approached with
unmatched passion and dedication. Former interim education
director at Congregation Albert,
Sara Koplik said: “I trusted her expertise implicitly and learned so
much from her wisdom and deep
humanity.” Her friend, Mark Nelson wrote: “She was a woman
full of love and kindness, with a
joy that was contagious to everyone around her. Maybe more than
anyone I have known, she knew
how to make you feel loved and
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understood, no matter what you
were dealing with in life. I was so
blessed to have known her and be
loved by her. .. [Cookie] offered
one of the greatest examples of
‘love your neighbor as you love
yourself.’”
Cookie believed in all of her
kids, in her own two children, Logan and Jackie, and in all of the
others she met at work, at Collet
Park Elementary School, at Congregation Albert, at the JCC, and at
Logan’s martial arts studio.
One of Cookie’s passions was
helping her son Logan launch “Just
for Kicks” many years ago at the
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For A Sweet Start: Recipes for the Month of Tishrei
By Shanna Koenigsdorf Ward
Everyone has their own minhag, or tradition,
for foods served during Tishrei. What favorite
foods do you enjoy during the first month of the
Jewish year? For many, culinary delights aren’t
limited to apples, honey, and round challah
(though, I admit, these are some of my favorite
gastronomic traditions).
I also look forward hearty meat or chicken
dishes, such as seven-hour braised brisket, served
alongside seasonal vegetables and salads, such as
a big bowl roasted zucchini with fresh basil. Of
course, a decadent and fabulous dessert must
(always, always!) make an appearance. Usually,
our family enjoys an apple cake or lekach (honey
cake), but this year, I am considering throwing
something glacé, rich and chocolatey into the mix
– for an extra sweet new year, if no other reason!
Almost flourless, fudgey brownies, studded
with salty, crunchy pecans and rich, dark chocolate morsels are a consistent favorite of family,
friends – and me. Leftover brownies freeze
beautifully. Unfortunately, this method of preservations has not prevented a certain Kitchen
Goddess from her nightly brownie à la mode.
Featured below are three recipes that are
tried-and-true. They are straightforward and
comforting – yet upscale and sure to impress
your guests. As always, each dish is approached
by my little munchkins, who have the most “discerning” and “refined” palettes – and are never,
ever picky. B’tayavon!
Preparation:
• Preheat the oven to 400 F.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir into the
olive oil. Toss the zucchini and mushrooms to
coat.
• Place the vegetables, side-by-side, on a foillined cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle with the salt, pepper, basil and parmesan cheese.
• Roast for ten to fifteen minutes, until light
golden and tender-crisp.
• Remove to a platter and serve warm.
Seven Hour Braised Brisket
Serves 10-12
Loosely based on Patricia Wells’ recipe for
“Seven Hour Leg of Lamb”
Roasted Zucchini
Serves 4-6. Feel free to double recipe for a crowd.
Recipe inspired by the American Pi: Recipes from
Atlanta’s Paideia School Cookbook
Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons garlic-infused olive oil
2 Tablespoons butter or Earth Balance (dairy-free)
Buttery Sticks
3 medium zucchini, cut into one-inch slices
1 pound baby portabella mushrooms, quartered
1/2 cup freshly chopped basil
1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan, about 2 ounces
(optional)
salt and pepper, to taste
and halved
6 bay leaves
1 bunch of fresh thyme
1 bunch fresh oregano
1 bunch fresh rosemary
2, 3-pound each brisket, chuck or beef tender
fillets
2, standard 750 mL bottles of dry white wine,
such as pinot grigio
5 pounds large, red potatoes, quartered
5 large heirloom tomatoes, chopped into large
chunks.
Salt and pepper, to taste
Fresh, chopped parsley or chives (optional)
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 300 F.
• Season the meat well with salt and pepper. Sear
meat on all sides in a very hot skillet.
• Layer the onions, carrots, garlic, tomatoes, bay
leaves, oregano and thyme on the bottom of a
very large roasting pan. Season the vegetables
with salt and pepper. Nestle the meat in the vegetables.
• Pour the two bottles of wine over the meat and
vegetables. Cover tightly with a lid or foil. After
three and a half hours, flip the two large pieces
of meat over. Cook for at least seven hours, or
longer, basting occasionally.
• Cook until the meat is tender and falling off the
bone and the juice has mostly evaporated. You
want some juice to serve with the meat but not
so much that the dish is “soupy” in consistency.
• Shred the meat and place it on a large serving
platter. Remove the sticks from the rosemary,
thyme and oregano. Serve the vegetables on a
separate platter. Sprinkle fresh parsley or chives
over both platters.
Retain any juices in a gravy boat to be served
along side the dish
Almost Flourless Brownies
Ingredients:
6 medium yellow onions, quartered
6 carrots, peeled and quartered
1 whole head of garlic, about ten cloves, peeled
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Makes 24-32 squares.
These elegant brownies are inspired by Katharine Hepburn’s original recipe.
Ingredients:
4 ounces, one entire package, unsweetened
chocolate, chopped
2 sticks salted butter or Earth Balance (dairy-free)
Buttery Sticks
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 cups white, granulated sugar
4 large eggs
2 Tablespoons espresso or very strong coffee
2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups roasted Georgia pecans, chopped
2 cups 60% dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preparation:
• Preheat oven to 325F and line a 9×13 glass
Pyrex pan with buttered parchment paper. Allow
the parchment paper to hang over the sides of
the pan.
• Melt the chocolate and butter over low-heat,
using a double boiler. Allow to cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the chocolatebutter mixture and the sugar, vanilla, eggs and
espresso.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the cocoa powder,
flour, chocolate chips, pecans and salt.
• Mix the ingredients of the medium bowl into
the large bowl, just until completely combined.
• Place the batter into the prepared pan. Bake
for 30-40 minutes, just until the brownies are set
and a toothpick inserted two-inches from the side
of the pan comes out clean. Do not over-bake.
• Allow pan to cool completely on a wire rack,
then remove the brownies from the pan using the
sides of the parchment paper to lift.
Cut into 24-32 squares and serve.
For more recipes and culinary inspiration, see
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Meditation Shabbat Resumes at Congregation Albert
By Paula Amar Schwartz
We are proud to announce the schedule for the
tradition of Meditation Shabbats at Congregation Albert, October through May. The Meditation Service,
led by Rabbi Rosenfeld, Paula Amar Schwartz, and
Paula Donahue, takes place in the main sanctuary,
running parallel to the traditional Shacharit service,
conducted by Cantor Barbara Finn. The two groups
join for the conclusion of the Shabbat Service with
Torah, Aleinu and Kaddish.
Meditation is not new to the Jewish tradition. King
David is said to have had a breath meditation, which
he taught. References to these practices remain in
Psalms and in our liturgy. “May the words of my
mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable…” Over the centuries of Jewish history, meditation was passed down orally. In later centuries, the
mystical tradition of Kabbalah recorded and refined
many of these practices. In Albuquerque, we are
fortunate to have meditation opportunities at many of
our congregations.
Congregation Albert is unique in being one of a
handful of Reform congregations with ongoing meditation opportunities. For ten years, the congregation
offered Saturday morning meditation preceding services. Five years ago, a Shabbat morning parallel service meditation was offered twice as an experiment.
They were well received by both participants and
by those attending the traditional service. Since that
time, the number of meditation Shabbat services has
increased.
Meditation is a spiritual practice: a way to still the
body, quiet the mind, and open the soul to deeper
levels of consciousness. Linked to our sacred texts,
language, and images, meditation has an important
place alongside prayer and study as a pathway to that
which is holy.
At each Meditation Shabbat, we offer meditations
focused on the weekly parasha or Torah portion. The
format includes a breath meditation, a practice of repetition of a sacred phrase, and a chant. There is always a meditative Shema, followed by a guided imagery based on the parasha. Those attending enter and
leave in silence. To assist in that practice, we often use
recorded music to enter and leave.
The goal of meditation, Judaism suggests, is not to
escape the world, but to become a vehicle for perfecting it. Meditation enables us to quiet our thoughts
and concentrate on the marvel of God’s world, on the
blessings of life. Our meditation schedule for the New
Year 5775 follows.
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Cookie loved the water. Before
dying, she requested that a special
fund be established to help children
with special needs learn how to
swim. In lieu of flowers, donations
in her memory may be made to
the JCC (with notation for “Cookie
Gillespie Swimmer Fund/Cookie’s
Kids”) and mailed to 5520 Wyoming
Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109.
Contributions to this fund may
also be made online at www.jccabq.org by clicking on “Donate to
the JCC” on the home page and then
selecting “Cookie Gillespie Swim-
mer Fund.” Funds will be used for
scholarships to help special needs
kids and needy families participate
in JCC aquatic programs. For more
information about this fund, contact
membership services at 348-4461.
All those who knew Cookie are
diminished by her death, but her
compassion and profound goodness live on through the lives of so
many, most especially the children
that she guided along the way. October 2014
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An Israeli View of Jewish Life on Campus
By Oded Gvaram
Editor’s note: Hillel at the University of New Mexico had a special visitor from Jerusalem for two weeks in
September. Oded Gvaram was sent
by Hillel’s national office, the Jewish
Agency for Israel and by the Jewish
Federations of North America to provide extra support and programming
for college students. The following
article is extracted from his blog.
A Beautiful Shabbat
September 14
Friday started at 7:00 am with
a Hillel student taking me to bake
challah with members of the com-
the extra mile to preserve their Jewish
tradition and heritage. This sentiment
brings to mind a passage from this
week’s Haftara:
“Arise, shine, for your light has
My First Day in New Mexico
September 9
I arrived in New Mexico late last
night, and got into a taxi. Upon arriving at the home of my host, I gave
the taxi driver a $50 bill for an $11
ride. He tried to give me $3 change,
(but was unsuccessful)! I hope that
this is the last thing that isn’t so nice
about this trip!
I went to sleep quickly and woke
up to a beautiful view of the desert
and the mountains.
The next day, I met with a student
who wanted to take me to a special
place to have our meeting. I didn’t
guess that he would take me to the
top of the Sandia Mountains. In our
meeting, we spoke about how to
build a cohesive group that will work
throughout the year. Getting to Know New Mexico’s
Students
September 11
Yesterday morning, I arrived at a
very small and quiet Hillel, and even
at the start, I felt that this is a true
home for the students. I met with the
student who lives in the Hillel House,
and we spoke about many ideas for
Shabbat.
I was really touched by an IsraeliAmerican student who told me about
Havdalah at Hillel House
through dancing with one another in
the city of Jaffa.
The movie offered unique perspectives of the different narratives of
Israeli society. After the movie, I held
a question and answer session. We
ended up discussing different cities in
Israel where there is true coexistence
between Jews and Arabs.
All said and done, I hope that I
have equipped the students with the
tools to build bridges and community
here on campus.
Adventure, Movies and More Fun!
September 17
Today and yesterday, I met with a
lot of students to talk about not only
their opinions regarding Israel, but to
learn more about them as individuals.
We decided to have an Israeli
movie night, and picked “Dancing
in Jaffa,” a movie that I’ve never seen
before, and I was nervous because I
didn’t know what to expect as far as
content was concerned. To my relief,
I found the movie to be a very inspirational documentary revolving around
a dancer who bridged gaps between
Arab and Jewish Israeli children
Lobos for Israel gather at Hillel House
Oded Gvaram (left) and Gabe Zambello bake challah at Congregation Albert
munity at Congregation Albert. It was
really amazing to see the community
so active in baking challot with one
another so early in the morning! After
that, I started to cook for Shabbat at
Hillel. On the menu, there was salmon
with a lemon-honey mustard sauce,
noodle kugel, potatoes and onions,
A view from the back wall of Hillel House
her year in London, where she experienced real prejudice. People would
not even speak to her when they
learned she was Israeli. I was very
moved by her desire to try to become
a bat mitzvah as a young adult.
During these past few days, I started
to get to know the New Mexican
cuisine, and it is delicious! The only
problem is that I support Ha-Poel
Yerushalim! (the Jerusalem soccer
team whose color is red), but every
time the waitress asks me if I want red
or green chile, I needed to say green
because the red is so hot!
come, and the glory of the Lord rises
upon you.”
Sitting among these students as
they made such a beautiful Shabbat, I
really felt this light shining on all of us.
Shavua Tov!
Farwell Hillel
September 19
How can I summarize my two magnificent weeks in New Mexico? First,
I want to tell you about my two last
days in Albuquerque. On Wednesday, I spent a lot of time at the Jewish
Federation of New Mexico. I told
them about the activities I had done
with the students at UNM. In the
evening, I spoke with the Federation’s
board members about how my family
was impacted by the missiles fired
with a giant bowl of Israeli salad.
Shabbat was very calm and relaxing (like Shabbat is supposed to be),
but the ball got rolling fast as soon
as Shabbat ended. Immediately after
Havdalah, we cooked up a storm
in the kitchen, making two pans of
delicious shakshuka, as well as more
Israeli salad, and completed the meal
with some authentic Israeli coffee and
chocolate.
Words can’t describe the unique
atmosphere at UNM Hillel. In a predominantly Catholic state, there are a
growing number of students who walk
from Gaza. I sat with the members
and heard about their commitment
to Israel and their plans to help the
South.
Now to summarize my stay at
Hillel: I think the most important
thing I observed was that Hillel really
tries to help its students realize their
dreams. The organization let me carry
out all the things I planned. I realized
once again that to work with youth is
always fascinating. To see how they
are building their own identity in front
of you and to see how you can help
them do that is a unique experience
that I always appreciate.
I also want to say that it’s wonderful to come from a different place and
be exposed to the beautiful culture of
New Mexico – and to see how in this
culture the Jewish community is building its own unique identity. It also
makes me see the importance of building stronger connections between the
more inclusive forms of Judaism that I
saw in New Mexico and the prevailing
forms of Judaism in Israel.
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Belarus Falls (Literally) All Over Native Son Eliezer Ben Yehuda
By Cnaan Liphshiz
JTA — The sun was already at a
zenith when a bus full Jewish tourists
rolled into the small Belarusian town
of Glubokoe.
The drab building style and visible
poverty of this ex-Soviet town failed
to excite the passengers – journalists
and VIP participants of the Belarus
conference organized earlier this
month by the Jewish learning group
Limmud FSU.
We had come because of Glubokoe’s relevance to the life of Eliezer
Ben Yehuda, the man widely regarded
as the father of modern Hebrew. He
studied in Glubokoe, and his wife
was born here.
Those of us with experience
working in the former Soviet Union
expected a city hall reception with
stale biscuits and staler speeches by
low-level local government officials,
followed, perhaps, by some tour of a
decaying municipal museum.
But as the bus neared Glubokoe’s
main square, the sound of gasps of
astonishment filled our bus.
Standing in the sun on the asphalt
of Glubokoe’s main street was an
all-female marching band made up
of 20-odd beautiful young women
who were carrying musical instruments and wearing a white-and-red
uniform featuring short miniskirts
and tall boots.
Fumbling to extract our cameras
and lens caps, we disembarked to
meet a smaller welcoming party
comprising the governor and three
local women. They were holding a
25-inch loaf of bread whose black
crust was decorated with lighter
dough in the shape of a sunflower.
The bread was presented to the
delegation’s guest of honor, Gil
Hovav – an Israeli celebrity chef and
food critic who is Ben Yehuda’s greatgrandson.
The marching band performed
songs for us before leading the delegation to a square with nine columns,
each of them carrying the bust of a
famous personality from Glubokoe.
Among them was a statue unveiled in
2010 depicting the young Eliezer Ben
Yehuda wearing an austere, almost
quarrelsome, expression that people
who knew of him confirmed was
typical of this iron-willed redhead.
Hugging a bottle of water, I hid
from the beating sun under a yellowing chestnut tree and from some
An all-female marching band greets Limmud FSU delegates in Glubokoe, Belarus, Sept. 11, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
distance watched as the marching
band took up positions around the
speaker’s floor.
Hovav delivered a touching yet
honest speech about his great-grandfather, whom he said lived in prestate Israel with a constant feeling of
being under-appreciated– leading to
clashes and fights with real and
imagined adversaries. Ben Yehuda,
Hovav assured the good people of
Glubokoe, would really get a kick
out of seeing his statue there.
But as he was speaking, one of the
women who performed for us earlier
began to stir in her place before
advancing on tiptoe with a dramatic
expression on her face.
Gil Hovav, standing second from right, and other Limmud FSU delegates at
a ceremony in Glubokoe, Sept. 11, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
Eliezer Ben Yehuda, as depicted on
an Israeli stamp. (Wikimedia Commons)
I assumed she was about to give
an interpretive ballet recital on Ben
Yehuda’s life. However, the band’s
male conductor correctly understood that, after standing in the sun
for the better part of an hour, the poor
woman was about to faint and was
staggering forward in an attempt to
avert collapse.Lunging in her direction, the conductor caught her just
before she hit the ground and carried
her away for treatment.
She was not the only Glubokan to lose consciousness that day.
Minutes after her collapse, a second
performer fell — this time without
warning – before the ceremony was
concluded.
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Later that day, a similar ceremony
— minus the fainting — repeated
itself in Luzhki, Ben Yehuda’s hometown, where Hovav unveiled a
special monument for the late linguist. Hundreds of locals came to
watch the unveiling.
I asked Boris Gersten, the chairman of the Union of Belarusian
Jewish Public Organizations and
Communities, why locals seem to
find Ben Yehuda’s legacy so important.
“We don’t get a lot of international
interaction,” he said of his country,
which is sometimes called Europe’s
last dictatorship and is subject to
sanctions by the European Union
for alleged human rights abuses by
its all powerful president, Alexander
Lukashenko. “So whenever there is
some point of interaction with people
from abroad, it is interesting, attractive,” he said.
While this may be true, the presence of regional “cultural officers”
at every stop of the way made some
of us believe the displays of affection toward Ben Yehuda may have
been born out of an edict from the
top rather than grassroots admiration
for his oeuvre.
Either way, the women who
waited for us for god-knows-howlong in the sun in Glubokoe that day
succeeded in leaving an unforgettable first impression.
And though he made a point
of appearing utterly impervious to Europe’s charms, I think Ben
Yehuda would have appreciated it,
too.
October 2014
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Growing a Stronger Self and Revitalizing the Land:
A Volunteer Trip with JNF
By Sarah Abonyi
Editor’s note: In March 2014, Sarah Abonyi received partial funding
from the Jewish Community Foundation’s Galit Mares Fund to travel to
Israel and volunteer with the Jewish
National Fund for a week.
Israel is one of two countries with
a net gain in number of trees upon
entering the 21st century. This global
anomaly is hugely a product of the
Jewish National Fund (JNF), an Israeli non-profit organization and
world leader in environmentalism.
JNF began in 1901 to purchase and
develop land from the Ottoman Empire for the establishment of a Jewish
state. Since then, it has developed
over a quarter million acres of land,
planted 250 million trees, built over
1,000 parks and more than 200 water dams and reservoirs.
But JNF’s profound environmental impact is beyond numbers. As
I discovered on a JNF Alternative
Spring Break trip to Israel this March,
these numbers are stories reflecting
intrinsic Jewish values that have
become defining characteristics of
Israeli culture. My six-day trip was
filled with various volunteer missions in northern Israel that offered
me an invaluable glimpse into the
lives of people who dedicate themselves to enhancing the lives of others through nature. I gained a deeper
understanding of Jewish service and
a spiritual understanding of Judaism’s emphasis on cultivating the
earth. Unfortunately, I cannot recount each event and nuance of my
trip, so I chose to tell you about a
few of the most resonant.
As an active Zionist advocate on
campus, my relationship with Israel
had been primarily formal and political. Planting and foresting on this trip
allowed me to connect to Israel in a
fresh, intimate and powerful way.
In 2010, the largest fire in Israeli
history killed 44 people and destroyed over 5 million trees in the
Carmel Forest. Since then, JNF has
enlisted volunteers for the reforestation efforts. Our group of 40 students
was tasked with clearing brush and
pruning lower branches of mature
trees. Like in New Mexico, this job is
tedious but necessary to prevent devastating forest fires since brush and
lower branches catch and spread
fire quickly. Although our work on
a small area of the forest felt like a
drop in a sea, I was able to tangibly
measure my progress, which cannot
be done with advocacy work.
Our group made much greater
progress with our work on the Bat
Galim community garden in Haifa.
Bat Galim is an urban neighborhood
primarily inhabited by mostly new,
underprivileged immigrant families
and elderly people who rarely interact due to language and age barriers.
The garden was established on bar-
Making adobe bricks in Haifa. Photo courtesy of Sarah Abonyi.
ren, government land in the middle
of a few apartment buildings by the
independent initiative of a couple of
young Haifa locals.
For the past four years, JNF volunteers have helped them landscape,
plant, prune, and paint. My duty
was to weed, and then use the stems
of the weeds mixed with sand and
water from the garden to create mud
bricks for new seating areas. Others helped create individual plots of
soil that residents could use for larger, private planting. The garden is
mostly maintained by neighborhood
residents from all strata, providing a
space for them to interact, and most
importantly, to collaborate in cultivating healthier, fresh eating options.
Like the Bat Galim garden, Lotem
nature trails invigorate a typically
marginalized portion of the population through nature. Lotem is a nonprofit organization that makes nature accessible to handicapped and
special-needs individuals. Through
well-defined trails, guidance, and
nature workshops, Lotem allows
people who are blind, deaf, physically or intellectually challenged
to enjoy the therapeutic benefits of
nature. After clearing hiking trails for
wheel chair access, we listened to
the story of Raz, a Lotem volunteer
who, because of the organization,
was able to enjoy nature even after
a crippling car accident in his youth
left him bound to a wheel chair.
Motivated by Lotem and sponsored
by JNF, Raz raced in the Jerusalem
marathon.
Concluding the trip, we each
planted a tree in Neot Kedumim, the
View of the garden in Bat Galim, Haifa. Photo courtesy of Sarah Abonyi.
Biblical Landscape Reserve near Jerusalem. As I planted my small oak
sapling amidst the park’s diverse
vegetation, I realized that I, too, will
continue to grow, to participate, in
this Jewish landscape rich with history, tradition, and diversity, in which I
am deeply rooted.
Thank you to friends and community members for your generous funding, and especially to Erika
Rimson and the Jewish Community
Foundation of New Mexico whose
Galit Mares scholarship enabled me
to participate in this revitalizing program.
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Successful Elul Retreat Community S’lichot Service at
B’nai Israel, September 20, 2014
After the torahs have
been dressed in white,
the shofar is sounded,
the S’lichot service ends
with the prayer Avinu
Malkeinu. The service
program was compiled
and edited by Cantor
Barbara R. Finn.
Rabbis Paul Citrin, Deborah Brin and Min Kantrowitz concluded the daylong Elul retreat with a Havadalah service. Photo Credit: Diane J. Schmidt.
By Diane J. Schmidt
Thirty-three participants celebrated a pre-High Holy Days retreat led
by Rabbis Deborah Brin, Paul Citrin
and Min Kantrowitz for the Jewish
community on September 6, 2014.
Representing a cross-section of the
Albuquerque Jewish community,
Nahalat Shalom, Congregation Albert, Temple B’nai Israel, Havurat
HaMidbar, and other community
members all came together and enjoyed an entire day and evening of
prayer, singing, studying sacred texts
in teachings, walking meditations,
yoga, three satisfying meals, and
ending with a Havdalah service. The
program ran from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30
p.m. on the peaceful grounds of the
Norbertine Center on South Coors
in Albuquerque, which has 33 acres
of walking paths through a natural
landscape.
As the program, titled “The Mirror of Elul: Reflecting on our Lives,”
described, “Jewish tradition recognizes the great spiritual challenge of
making the High Holiday Days personally meaningful and elevating.
For this reason, Jews have devoted
the last thirty days of the year, the
month of Elul, to self-examination
and soul-searching.” Rabbi Min
added, “Through text study, silence,
probing questions, walking meditation and lively, deep conversations,
participants began the important inner work of personal transformation
which characterizes this holiday season. “
There was enthusiastic agreement that the daylong program was
a success and the desire was generally expressed that similar retreats
could be held in the future. The
rabbis said they enjoyed having the
time to discuss questions in-depth in
an open classroom setting with one
group, and with a loosely structured
thematic program that they each created and brought together.
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Bringing Judaism Home to Your Family: A Workshop in Three Acts with Joy Rosenberg
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Havdalah
during
S’lichot with Rabbi
Min Kantrowitz of
Shutafim: New Mexico Jewish community
connections, Cantor
Barbara R. Finn and
Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld of Congregation
Albert, Rabbi Deborah
Brin of Nahalat Shalom, and Rabbi Arthur
Flicker of B’nai Israel.
SIMCHAS
B’not Mitzvah
Anna and Emily Kuehn will become b’not
mitzvah on Saturday, October 11 at Congregation Nahalat Shalom. Anna loves animals,
especially cats, and enjoys computer graphic
art and games. Emily enjoys singing, music of
all kinds and the creative arts. Both twins are
in the 8th grade at Eisenhower Middle School.
Anna and Emily invite the community to join
them on their special day.
Message from the President of the State of Israel
to the Jewish Communities of the Diaspora on
the occasion of Rosh HaShana 5775
Brothers and Sisters,
According to Jewish tradition, Rosh HaShana represents
a time of personal, community
and national soul-searching. In
the shadow of the events of the
past months, this year, here in Israel, these days of reflection are
reaffirmed and take on a special
Reuven Rivlin
meaning.
With the kidnapping and murder of the four teenagers: Naftali, Gilad, Eyal and Muhammad; and the ongoing campaign in southern Israel in the background, the
citizens of Israel and their leaders were faced with difficult dilemmas: the responsibility to defend our homes
and land, alongside the concern of harming innocent
people; the commitment to enable a free democratic
dialogue, versus the need to set clear limits to restrain
manifestations of inflammatory behavior and incitement. Israel had to respond to the threats of terror organizations from the outside, while maintaining its image
and values as a Jewish and democratic state that is committed to international law and is dedicated to providing
all its citizens with equality and dignity, Arabs and Jews
alike.
The resilience of Israel is not based on its military
strength, but emanates from the liberal, democratic and
Jewish values on which it was founded. Even at a time
when Israel is required to mobilize its military front, it
cannot ignore its home front and the surge of violent political manifestations of incitement and hate in its streets.
Israel’s leadership and Israel’s society are judged not
only by their military resiliency, but also by their civil
resiliency, not only in normal times, but also in times
of crisis.
In the course of Operation Protective Edge, I felt that
Israel was not alone in the arena. Leaders of the free
world and many of the members of the various Jewish
movements and communities stood shoulder to shoulder with Israel, supporting its duty to defend its citizens
and identifying with its efforts to restore peace to Israel’s
southern communities.
On the threshold of the New Year, I want to thank
you, leaders and members of the Jewish communities,
for your support of Israel’s soldiers and its home front,
and especially its southern communities. It is with much
anticipation that I hope we shall continue to stand together in the face of the challenges awaiting the Jewish
people in Israel and the Diaspora in the future, generated by a sense of mutual responsibility and partnership.
The coming year is marked by Jewish tradition as
a shmita year, a sabbatical year for land and man. The
observance of shmita serves to slow down the economic
race and utilitarianism, and see in others, a human being. I pray that this year the gates of our hearts will open
to let in compassion, generosity and mutual responsibility. May the coming year bring the sound of joy, a symphony of miscellaneous Jewish voices that will unite us
all as a family, community and people.
Shana Tova Ve’Metuka,
Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin
October 2014
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Allen Weh
• Married 46 years to Becky
• 3 children & 7 grandchildren
• CEO of CSI Aviation, Inc. which he founded
• Colonel, USMCR (Ret)
• If you're Pro-Israel, I need your vote
on November 4, 2014
“Washington is broken; if you want to restore
leadership, you have to change the Senator."
Israel and the United States have a special
relationship that developed following Israeli
independence in 1948. That relationship
remains strong today with the American
people despite the adversarial pressure being
applied to the Jewish Nation by the current
administration in Washington. It should be a
policy of the United States to continue to
support Israel, both
economically and in
matters of National
Defense, without
pre-conditions.
Furthermore, I have zero tolerance for the
anti-Semitism now revealing its ugly head
among elements of the Democratic Party witness the “Free Palestine” bumper stickers
on cars sporting support for Democrat
candidates. These people are not our friends.
President Obama has failed Prime Minister
Netanyahu numerous times, and Tom Udall
has consistently
supported Obama 94%
of the time. For my full
policy position on
Israel and the Middle
East, please visit my
website.
www.AllenWeh.com
505-828-4876
Allen Weh For Senate
PO Box 26086
Albuquerque, NM 87125-6086
Paid for by Allen Weh For Senate, Rebecca Sanchez, Treasurer
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An Evening with Kinky Friedman at the JCC on December 6
Legendary humorist, writer and musician
Kinky Freidman will deliver an evening of
song, social commentary, and irreverence at
the Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at
7:30 p.m. All proceeds from this event, which is presented by the Jewish Community Center and
Jewish Federation of New Mexico, will benefit
the JCC’s Jewish Arts and Culture program and
the Jewish Federation’s 2015 Annual Campaign.
Described as a cross between Mark Twain,
Groucho Marx and Johnny Cash, in the early
1970’s, Friedman achieved international noto-
riety with his band, Kinky Friedman &
the Texas Jewboys, which resulted in an
invitation to the Grand Ole Opry.
Meanwhile, his songs – “Ride ‘em
Jewboy”; “They Ain’t Making Jews
like Jesus Anymore”; “Shield Of Abraham” and “Something’s Wrong With
The Beaver” -- and his now-classic albums -- Sold American, Lasso from El
Paso and Old Testaments & New Revelations -- mix biting satire with knowing empathy on such issues as the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and the other side
of the American dream. In 1999, Willie
Nelson, Tom Waits, and Lyle Lovett cov-
2014
JCC
Author
Series
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JCCBook
Book Fest
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engaging topics · entertaining speakers · year after year
Sun 10/19 · 3 pm
Allen Salkin, From Scratch: The Uncensored History of the Food Network
$10 advance, $15 at door; book $17
S
ausage-making and scandals, Garten (Ina) and gossip, Salkin’s dishy
behind-the scenes history of the Food Network and the celebrity chefs it
made famous will fascinate anyone interested in food, media, and afterhours wheeling and dealing. As a reporter for The New York Times, Salkin has
written hundreds of features about food, culture, and media. This book is an
exhilarating roller coaster ride from chaos to conquest—and sometimes back
again. Anecdotes, slides and video clips will bring these real tales to life.
Wed 10/22 · 7 pm
Molly Antopol, The UnAmericans
$10 advance, $15 at door; book $15
T
ales from Tel Aviv to the Upper West Side, Belarus and beyond,
Molly Antopol’s debut collection of short stories depicts sympathetic
characters struggling for footing in an uncertain world. These
provocative and haunting stories are intimate depictions of the lives of OldWorld and New-World Jews. Antopol, professor at Stanford, recently won
the National Book Foundations “5 Under 35”.
Thur 10/23 · 7 pm
Nicole Mones, Night in Shanghai
$10 advance, $15 at door; book $25
PR’s Alan Cheuse calls Nicole Mones’ novel, “historical fiction at
its best.” This page-turner reveals the saga of African-American
jazzmen living in Shanghai in the 1930s, until the Japanese
bombing of Shanghai and the outbreak of World War II. Meanwhile, in
Vienna, Chinese Consul Ho Feng-Shan falsifies thousands of visas, enabling
Jewish families to escape. Based on true stories, Night in Shanghai is an
entertaining look at a time largely forgotten. The presentation will include
period slides and music.
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Sun 10/26 · 3 pm
Gail Sheehy, Daring: My Passages
$10 advance, $15 at door; book $30
G
ail Sheehy, legendary author of the worldwide bestseller, Passages,
turns the lens on her own passages in this gutsy memoir. In Daring,
we follow Sheehy as she overcomes the ‘pink ghetto’ of newspapers “women’s pages”- to conquer the gritty “man’s world” of New Journalism.
Writing for New York Magazine and others, Sheehy walked city streets with
hookers to expose violent prostitution, marched with protesters in Northern
Ireland, and interviewed Egypt’s president Anwar Sadat after he was targeted
for assassination. An amazing life told in person by the woman who is living it!
Wed 10/29 · 11:30 am
Juliana Maio, City of the Sun
Luncheon $25 (reservations required); book $16
I
t’s 1941 in wartime Egypt, and Cairo is playing host to a stream of refugees,
spies and soldiers from around the world. Jewish/Egyptian-born author
Juliana Maio’s enthralling historical novel sets a love story against the
backdrop of a threatened Jewish community with the rise of the Muslim
Brotherhood. Passion, espionage, and shifting alliances converge in a time and
place that sowed much of the turbulence in today’s Middle East, which Maio
will also address. Video clips and photos will be shown.
Registration and books available at www.jccabq.org, 348.4518 or at the JCC.
Books are also available at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, 344-8139.
JCC of Greater Albuquerque · 5520 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 · 505.332.0565 · jccabq.org
ered his music on the tribute album Pearls in
the Snow: The Songs of Kinky Friedman.
As an author, Friedman has written for Rolling Stone and Texas Monthly magazines and,
most famously, has become a writer of unique
and outrageous mystery novels such as Greenwich Killing Time, A Case of Lone Star, and The
Mile High Club, which feature a Jewish country singer turned private eye named Kinky
Friedman.
Tickets are $36 each and are available
at www.brownpapertickets.com. The event
will also include a live auction of Kinky Friedman memorabilia. For more information
call (505) 821-3214. Mark Your Calendar for the
December 14th Chanukah Fest
By Phyllis Wolf
The JCC of Greater Albuquerque will again be hosting its annual community Chanukah Festival,
a huge Jewish holiday celebration,
open to all, on Sunday, December
14, from 12:00 – 4:00 pm at Embassy Suites Hotel, 1000 Woodward Place NE (at I-25 between
Mountain and Lomas)
This year’s celebration will
again feature Jewish ethnic foods
from New York deli sandwiches
and kosher hot dogs to the requisite latkes and falafel plus other
Middle Eastern staples and desserts. A latke cooking demonstration and tasting will be must visit.
Nonstop entertainment on the
stage will anchored by the best
Klezmer band in Albuquerque:
The Rebbe’s Orkestra with Israeli
and Klezmer dancing, children’s
performances and will culminate
in a Menorah community lighting
with singing led by Cantor Barbara
Finn.
For Chanukah and holiday
shopping, look no further than our
merchant bazaar and silent auction which will include Judaica,
books, artwork/photos, jewelry,
skin care, wood and glasswork,
novelty clothing items, and much
more.
Jewish organizations and congregations will be hosting tables
to provide information about their
resources and services.
The Jewish Academy of Arts
and Sciences will present an exciting array of adult-supervised children’s activities: inflatable bouncers, dreidel games, craft activities,
and face-painting. Teen Scene
coordinated by BBYO will return
with activities for youth from 1217.
Our mitzvah projects will be
two-fold: the NM Diaper Bank will
be taking collections of all sizes
from infant to elderly for economically disadvantaged families; and
rescue pets will be available for
adoption.
For more information, contact
Phyllis Wolf, cultural director,
348-4500; phyllisw@jccabq.org
or Sarah Friedland, cultural coordinator, at 348-4518
92nd Street Y Live Kicks Off with
“Cooking Fast and Slow”
By Phyllis Wolf
Congregation Albert and the
Jewish Community Center are cosponsoring 92nd Y Live this fall. The
first event will be held on Sunday,
October 12, at the JCC, 5520 Wyoming Boulevard NE, and will start
promptly at 5:00 pm.
Mark Bittman -- the beloved New
York Times food writer and author
of the mega-selling How to Cook
Everything -- joins his friend, master chef Mario Batali, for a gastronomic tête-à-tête. Mario celebrates
slow food in his new book, America
Farm to Table, which pays homage
to American farmers with brilliant
recipes created from their lovingly
grown top-of-the-line produce. Bittman -- who has just revolutionized
everyday cooking with his new magnum opus, How to Cook Everything
Fast -- shares his genius for creating
maximum flavor with ease in minimal time. Hear both sides moderated by Sam Sifton, food editor at the
New York Times and formerly served
as its restaurant critic and national
editor.
Doors will open at 4:30 pm and
the program will conclude at about
6:30 pm. Tickets are $8 in advance
(and $10 at the door) and may be
purchased at the JCC website www.
jccabq.org, by calling 348-4518, or
in person. Light refreshments will be
served.
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Brotherhood Gubernatorial
Debate Changes Gears
Swab a Cheek and Be Inscribed for Life
at Yom Kippur Bone Marrow Registry
dates’ views on matters of interest available to both the congregational and local community.
Congregation Albert Brotherhood
King will be present during the fascheduled its 2014 debate between New
mous and delicious breakfast, after
Mexico Gubernatorial candidates for
which he will speak on issues of the day
Sunday, October 5. Governor Susana
that are important to New Mexicans. He
Martinez declined the invitation to dewill answer questions and visit with the
bate her opponent, Attorney General Gary
audience.
King. The event will now be a candidate
Reservations are requested and can
breakfast and forum with gubernatorial
be made by calling (505) 883-1818,
candidate Gary King at 10:00 a.m. at 3800
extension 3203 or emailing: brotherLouisiana Blvd. NE, Albuquerque.
Gary King
hood@congregationalbert.org. The cost
Congregation Albert Brotherhood has
of the breakfast and participation in the
hosted candidate debates for more than 50
years, welcoming candidates for mayor, US Senate, forum is $10 for Brotherhood and Sisterhood memUS House of Representatives, governor, attorney gen- bers and $12 for non-members.
For more information, please contact Brotherhood
eral and other offices. King accepted the invitation
promptly, and Congregation Albert Brotherhood will President Jeffrey Paul at (505) 259-3190 or jbartonp@
maintain its public service tradition of making candi- comcast.net
A person suffering from leukemia, lymphoma or other bloodrelated diseases, could view each
day as if time were running out.
Bone marrow transplants offer a
hope, perhaps a chance to return to
a normal life with their loved ones.
Sadly, there is a shortage of Jews registered in the National Bone Marrow
Registry. That shortage denies donors an opportunity to try to save a
life, and it denies the stricken an opportunity to be healed. The Union
for Reform Judaism is enlisting its
congregations to conduct bone marrow screenings during Yom Kippur.
Congregation Albert in Albuquerque
will take part.
“We are commanded in Torah
to not stand idle while our neighbor bleeds,” says Rabbi Harry
Rosenfeld. “We are also commanded that potentially saving a life takes
By Peter Weinreb
A PA in the UK: Hadassah Luncheon
Discusses the British Way of Life
“After 25 years of practicing as a physician assistant in the
US, Sharon Girard is looking for a
new challenge. When she hears
that the United Kingdom is bringing American PAs to England she
jumps at the chance to incorporate
her love of travel with her love of
medicine. What happens next is a
delightful story, a mix of love, frus-
tration and the excitement of an expat’s life.” With these lines, Amazon.com describes Sharon Girard’s
journey on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
The author herself will speak
about her experience practicing
socialized medicine and adjusting
to the British way of life. Sharon Girard will have her book for sale. The
books originally went for $15 but
will be sold at $10 with the entire
sale monies going to Hadassah
The luncheon will occur
on Tuesday, October 21st at the JCC
at 11:45. The cost of the vegetarian/gluten free meal is $15. For a
reservation or for questions, please
email, albuquerque@hadassah.
org or call Sandy at 331-1456
Shabbat Sing and Pot Luck Dinner
Crafted for Families with Young
Rabbi Rosenfeld shares a story
Do you want to share a
short and sweet Shabbat?
Congregation Albert invites
everyone - whether you are a
family with young children, or if
you are just young at heart! On
October 10, from 5:00 – 6:00
pm, please join us for Shabbat
Sing and Pot Luck Shabbat.
At Shabbat Sing, Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld and Cantor Barbara Finn make the most of Shabbat; we give tzedakah, we sing
the blessings, we joyfully bless
each other and we enjoy a marvelous story, sometimes a PJ Library Book, and always told by
Rabbi Rosenfeld. These stories
are created for the young, enjoyed by all, and always meaningful for everyone.
After the story, it’s time
to share a pot luck dinner, so
bring a friend – or make a new
Gems to Warm a Chilly
Autumn Night at Jewelry Sale
Take care to protect your eyes
amidst the sparkling bounty of rings,
bracelets, beads, pins and more at
the annual Jewelry Sale on Sunday,
November 2 from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. at Congregation Albert, 3800
Louisiana Blvd. NE, Albuquerque.
Sisterhood has gathered thousands,
truly thousands, of new and gently
used jewelry items with an unrelenting goal. That goal, of course, is to
treat women to sparkling bargains.
This sale gives both men and
women an opportunity to please a
special person with a memorable
gift.
Fashion-savvy Sisterhood
members can advise the undecided.
Sale proceeds benefit youth and
temple activities, so buyers can feel
doubly-good about their purchase.
Entry is free.
To donate, bring items to the
temple office during business hours
through October 31. Tax letters are
available. To volunteer at the sale,
please contact Arlene Paglia at 2998839. Volunteers to sort, price, bag
and set up on November 1, please
contact Joyce Wall at 821-9429.
For
additional
information,
please contact Congregation Albert
Sisterhood at (505) 883-1818 ext.
3016.
friend, bring something tasty and
let’s share Shabbat as a community.
By Peter Weinreb
precedence even over Shabbat and
Yom Kippur. By participating in
the bone marrow registry on Yom
Kippur, we get to fulfill both these
important commandments. It’s part
of our commitment to social action
and social justice to make a difference in society”
The screening is a simple, painless swab inside the cheek. The
results are coded for privacy.
Volunteers will conduct the screening on Friday, October 3 from 6:30 –
7:30 p.m. and on Saturday, October
4 from 9:00-10:00 a.m. and from
1:00-3:00 p.m. Eligible donors must
be between the ages of 18 and 60,
be in good general health, meet
the guidelines, and be willing to
donate to any patient, at any time,
worldwide. For those who are not
members of Congregation Albert, an
RSVP is required to Cassidy Smith at
(505) 883-1818 or office@congregationalbert.org.
Jewish-Christian Dialogue Meeting
Focuses on End-of-Life Issues
The October meeting of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue of New Mexico will feature guest speaker Dr.
Aroop Mangalik speaking on “Discussing Religious Aspects to End-ofLife Medical Decision-Making.”
Dr. Mangalik is a retired oncologist, one of the plaintiffs in the New
Mexico physician aid-in-dying lawsuit, and interested in helping terminally-ill patients achieve peaceful
deaths. Clergy as well as laypeople
are invited to attend and participate
in what will be a fascinating discussion.
The meeting will take place
on Thursday October 23 at 4:30
p.m. at Congregation Albert, 3800
Louisiana Blvd. NE in the board
room (between the sanctuary and
the chapel).
The Jewish-Christian Dialogue
usually holds their monthly meetings on the third Thursday of the
month, but the Jewish holidays of
Shemini Atzereth and Simchas Torah coincide with that date this year.
For more information about the dialogue and this meeting, contact president Gail Rubin at (505) 265-7215.
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Doyenne of Death Helps Plan Ultimate Party
By Tori Lee
Link correspondent, Santa Fe
The
“Doyenne
of Death,” aka Gail
Rubin, specializes in
planning funerals for
those who don’t plan
to die. Ever.
Through her website, newspaper columns, weekly radio
show and recently
released TV/DVD series, Ms. Rubin helps
people of all faiths
and none navigate
the emotional, legal
and financial complexities at the end
of life, whether for
oneself or a loved
one. Perhaps even
a not-so-loved one.
Ms. Rubin does so
with grace, humor and empathy for
those who are confused scared or
both. What else can you say about
a woman who begins her TV talk
show with an episode titled “Over
My Dead Body?”
Although a certified thanatologist (death educator) with experience
in many religions traditions, Gail
Rubin specializes in Jewish funeral
traditions and burial practices. New
Mexico Jewish Link readers may recognize Ms. Rubin’s name from workshops on Jewish funeral traditions
presented at A Taste of Honey. No
topic or question related to death
and/or burial is off limits, nor are
questions related to preparing for
death or how survivors can begin to
cope after the death of a loved one,
including a pet.
Rubin tackles questions about
cremation for Jews, what a Jewish
burial society can and cannot do,
how to arrange a “green funeral” to
return the body to the earth as naturally as possible, why embalming is
not generally acceptable in Jewish
and Muslim funeral practices, and
how to respect practices and rituals
for death, burial and mourning in interfaith families.
The average
price of a burial
including
preparation of
the body and a
funeral service
is
$10,000,
c o n sid e r a bly
higher if no arrangements are
in place beforehand. Pre-planning as well
as pre-paying
for burial expenses makes
much
sense
and Ms. Rubin
has created a
comprehensive checklist
on her website
to help people
navigate the process.
At a minimum, make sure you
have a record of social security
number, mother’s maiden name,
place of birth, military service information, and online passwords. Make
sure someone else knows where this
information is. Government agencies
cannot and will not issue death certificates without some of this information. Likewise, put together a dossier of information about legal documents or copies of the documents
themselves: living will, living trust,
medical power of attorney, advance
medical directive, organ donor information, safe deposit box information
and location of key, original birth
certificate, insurance information of
all types – house, auto, life. Pension,
retirement and investment account
information should also be in the
dossier, as well as information about
your life online.
Ms. Rubin is especially helpful in
providing information and guidance
on planning a meaningful funeral
that celebrates the now deceased
“life of the party,” and how to comfort those left behind. Give people
Retelling Genesis Review
By Gail Rubin, CT
As we approach Simchat Torah, when we begin reading Genesis anew, Retelling Genesis, the
new book by Barry Louis Polisar,
gives a timely fresh perspective on
thirteen stories in the Torah’s first
book. Each story gives a voice to
many secondary characters whose
perspectives are overlooked in the
original Bible stories.
Polisar offers the thoughts and
feelings of many female char-
acters: Eve, Noah’s wife, Lot’s
daughters, Hagar, Zilpah and Bilhah (Jacob’s handmaidens), and
Dinah. He also explores what the
silent Isaac thought about his nearsacrifice, what Cain thinks about
his mark, and ponderings by Esau,
Laban, and Joseph’s brothers.
Readers who know the original
biblical text will pick up on the
poetic references to those passages. For those who don’t, Retelling
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instructions about what you want,
what you don’t want, how you want
to be remembered and for what.
Naturally, there is no guarantee this
will happen, but making arrangements and providing information
ahead of time increases the odds in
your favor.
If you have no children, who do
you want to make the necessary decisions and do they know what you
want? Do you want the local chevra
kadisha (Jewish burial society) to
perform the rituals of tahara (ritual
purification) for you? Do you want a
truthful but tasteful eulogy delivered?
By whom? Do you want a service at
the funeral home, the synagogue, the
cemetery, another location? What
do you consider your five most important virtues or an important act of
charity you performed? Do you want
to take this information to your grave
or let people know about it?
In addition to your will that stipulates the distribution of financial
assets, have you written an ethical
will, a statement of what your values are and why, what you learned
during your many journeys around
the sun, what advice you would like
to leave behind? This document can
be very personal, full of your stories, your memories and can even
be read at the funeral or memorial
service.
Gail Rubin considers a “good funeral” to be a celebration of the deceased’s life, an occasion that gives
the living a chance to remember
and celebrate with both tears and
laughter. She is a certified funeral
celebrant, qualified to both organize and conduct end-of-life rituals that can be as traditional or as
personally idiosyncratic as decorum
and the law permit. For herself, Rubin has planned a traditional funeral
and is hoping for a full house for her
“good goodbye.”
Enormous amounts of information on all topics relating to end-oflife issues are available on Ms. Rubin’s website: www.agoodgoodbye.
com.
Two Cities: Jewish Women’s
Circle Begins Another Year
with the Movies
Marcia Torobin, director of Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival, speaks on
cinema history at the Jewish Women’s Circle meeting.
By Tori Lee
Link Correspondent, Santa Fe
The Santa Fe Jewish Women’s Circle launched another
year of entertaining and informative meetings around the theme
“Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Health: The Jewish Way.”
Rebbetzin Devorah Levertov
presented a well received dvar
Torah (Torah talk) on the need
to immerse oneself in the prayers
of the Rosh HaShanah liturgy.
The guest speaker was Marcia
Torobin, director of the Santa Fe
Jewish Film Festival. In a presentation entitled “A Tale of Two
Cities,” Torobin discussed the
relationship between Hollywood
movie studies and German censorship during the 1930s.
Germany was a big market
for U.S produced and distributed movies. So despite the fact
that several large studios were
owned by Jews, U.S. movie studios cooperated with German
censorship efforts to insure that
Germany and the German people were portrayed in a positive
light in movies shown for public
entertainment. Any movie that
harmed Germany’s image of itself, showed death and defeat of
German soldiers or threatened
public order could be banned in
Germany.
Beginning in 1932, such
problematic scenes meant the
movies could not be shown anywhere in the world if U.S. movie
distributors also wanted to show
the movie in Germany. Until late
into the 1930s, U.S. movie studios allowed a German censor,
Georg Gyssland, in Hollywood
to have approval over content of
American made movies for the
German market. In 1933 alone,
the German censor’s office reviewed 400 American movies.
When the Nazis came to
power in 1933, censorship of
public media became increasingly strict. “Tarzan” movies
were banned in Germany, as was
“Song of Songs” starring Marlene
Dietrich as a prostitute. “Invisible Man,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde” and other horror movies were also banned. In 1933,
Warner Brothers was told to get
rid of its Jewish employees. U.S.
movie studios felt they could not
make movies directly against
anti-Semitism and the Nazis if
they wanted to keep access to
the German film audience.
The movie “House of Rothschild” (1934) was made by the
newly formed 20th Century Fox
under Darryl Zanuck, who was
not Jewish. But the movie was
still full of Jewish stereotypes.
Scenes from the movie were
used several years later in a Nazi
propaganda film to “prove” that
Jewish bankers had a plan to
take over the world.
By 1936, Universal, Disney
and RKO had closed distribution
facilities in Germany. MGM,
Paramount and 20th Century Fox
stayed on until closer to America’s entrance into the war. In
1937, Paramount appointed
a Nazi as manager of its German branch. After Kristallnacht
in November 1938, imports of
American films into Germany
fell dramatically. Lists of Jewish
writers, actors, singers and composers were drawn up. Any movie employing any names on the
lists was banned. The American
studies responded by cutting the
names of Jews out of the credits
for a film. The excision of Jews
from movies was not confined
just to Nazi Germany.
In another sad piece of history, many Jews were blacklisted
in the 1940s by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee.
Much more information on this
area of cinema history is available in Ben Urwand’s book: The
Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact
with Hitler (2013), cited by Marcia Torobin in her presentation.
The Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival will kick off its own season
the weekend of November 8-9
with three films all focused on
New York and New Yorkers. On
Saturday, November 8, the festival will screen “Regarding Susan
Sontag,” a documentary about
the author, social critic and human rights advocate who died
in 2004. Sontag wrote 17 books
and numerous essays critiquing
American politics and culture,
including some harsh remarks
on America after the attacks on
September 11, 2001. She traveled to some of the world’s war
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Reb Zalman Gathers Figs
By Tori Lee
Link correspondent, Santa Fe
In the coming years, any number
of people will write books and articles on one or more aspects of the
ideas and teachings of Rabbi Zalman
Schachter-Shalomi (Reb Zalman),
z”l. Dana Densmore’s Reb Zalman
Gathers Figs is a very thoughtful introduction into this responsa tradition. The book is based on recordings of conversations and teachings
Reb Zalman gave during a series of
weekend retreats in winter 1988-89
at his “Wisdom School” at Naropa
University in Boulder, Colorado.
Participants were graduate level
students, members of his renewal
community P’nai Or and people
constructing a more meaningful
spiritual practice. The text of what
Reb Zalman called “Primal Myths”
is organized around the order of the
weekend retreats. Densmore has
transcribed the recordings, so readers are able to get a feel for Reb Zalman’s insights directly on the page,
accompanied by explanatory context and additional material supplied
by the author.
The subtitle to Reb Zalman Gathers Figs is “A Study of Rabbi Zalman
Schachter-Shalomi’s reading of Biblical text to re-vision Judaism for the
present day.” During his lifetime,
Reb Zalman was aware of concerns
that he was inventing his own brand
of Judaism, divorced from traditional
Jewish theology and practices. Reb
Zalman countered that he was not
re-inventing but re-visioning Judaism, a process that has been occurring daily in post-Second Temple
Judaism.
Unimpressed with traditional
synagogue life, Reb Zalman spent
decades developing insights and
rituals to inject more meaning into
traditional Jewish practices as Jewish Renewal developed into its
own autonomous form. Reb Zalman wanted people to stop pursuing spirituality so much and actually
practice spirituality. But, to ask Reb
Zalman’s favorite question, “how do
we do that?”
For Reb Zalman, the first step is
to turn/return oneself to the forma-
tive text of Judaism, the Torah. Each
weekend retreat in the Primal Myths
retreat series was devoted to the
essential narratives of Genesis and
Creation, Exodus, Deuteronomy in
comparison to Ecclesiastes. Reb Zalman wants his students to understand the psychological intention
and intensity of these narratives in
order to give them present and future meaning,
In his teaching on the creation
of Adam and Eve in the Garden of
Eden, Reb Zalman teaches that God
always intended for Adam and Eve
(humanity) to risk physical death to
be able to live a more god-like life.
The “Fall” is actually a necessary
step for humans to assert full personhood in order to have a freely chosen, spiritually evolving relationship.
For Reb Zalman, much of the
Book of Genesis is about family dysfunction and rivalry, but he wants
his students to understand how
these narratives are primarily about
rivalry and argument within each
individual. Each of us is both Cain
and Abel, and about what happens
when we give in to anger. When
reading the Biblical accounts “ask
yourself the question, at each crisis
moment, how could this have gone
differently?... How else could it have
happened.”
Reb Zalman’s concern for the
planet, for environmental ethics,
shows through is his re-visioning of
the consequences of Cain’s murder of Abel. Cain, the world’s first
named farmer, is cut off from the
earth, just as much of contemporary
society has cut itself off from meaningful connection with the natural
world. Cain’s exile from his community of origin sets the stage for
the development of the Jewish Diaspora, an idea Densmore discusses
in her commentary on this teaching.
Some of Reb Zalman’s teachings
tend towards stream of consciousness responses to questions posed
by participants. Densmore’s commentary provides the necessary
textual references and definitions/
translations of Hebrew and Yiddish
vocabulary.
Many people have difficulty understanding why building the Tower
of Babel, developing the necessary
cooperation to complete a complex
project, was such a bad idea that
God destroyed Babel and scattered
the people. Reb Zalman presents a
unique interpretation why Babel’s
destruction was not only necessary
but actually a positive development
when understood from a psychological point of view.
The people building the Tower of
Babel glossed over real conflicts for
the sake of the project, just as many
people gloss over problems in a relationship both with others and with
oneself in order to continue with
the business at hand, only to have
those unresolved issues rear their
ugly heads at a later and most inopportune time. Premature or forced
harmony that covers up emotional
wounds and unfinished business is
not a solid foundation upon which
to build anything.
Dana Densmore has carefully
selected the most cogent passages
from the vast amount of material
generated over the course of eight
weekend retreats. These selections
illustrate Reb Zalman’s technique for
imaginative participation in the action of the biblical narrative. Densmore’s commentary is particularly
insightful in explaining the psychological meaning of Reb Zalman’s
explication of the Book of Exodus.
Each person needs to “walk out
of their own familiar and perhaps
comfortable but limiting past into
freedom.” [p.137] Just as Moses was
raised Egyptian and Jewish, so each
of us must learn something from our
enemy, our other side.
Much of the Torah is recapitulated in the Book of Deuteronomy in
which many chapters recount Moses telling the Israelites do this, don’t
do this, a code of moral absolutes.
What of this past moral code can we
carry forward? Reb Zalman asserts
“Deuteronomy continues to have
value provided…” [p.211]
He understands Moses’ instructions to be as from as parent to a
child who must learn to follow rules
before growing up enough to begin to make his/her own decisions.
Deuteronomy is for the Israelites
when they were children in their
relationship with God. Reb Zalman
contrasts these straight forward instructions with the type of advice or
wisdom recorded in Ecclesiastes in
which the traditional author, Solomon, is an old man writing down
some of his hard-earned wisdom for
the benefit of future generations.
The final 100 pages of Reb Zalman Gathers Figs contains Dana
Densmore’s discussion of some of
the questions raised by Reb Zalman’s psychological interpretations
of and commentary on biblical texts.
How does one interpret passages
that are blatantly misogynistic, that
sanction genocide? How does Reb
Zalman distinguish between what
pieces of Biblical heritage to bring
into the present/future and what
to leave behind? How do modern
readers develop the sensitivity to
analyze the moral substratum of a
Biblical text? How does a modern
sympathetic reader/believer decide
which parts of the bible no longer
apply? How do present day readers
tease out the evolving wisdom encoded within Scripture?
Reb Zalman spent his life gathering figs. [Proverbs 27:18, commentary in Babylonian Talmud Eruvin
54a-b], meaning he gathered new
fruit, new insights each time he
came to Torah. He wished for all his
students to cultivate their own orchards of fig trees.
Polling Expert
Sanderoff
Explains
Election Results
at November’s
Breakfast
By Peter Weinreb
The pivotal 2014 elections will have just concluded.
Who will emerge as the winners, and why? Research &
Polling, Inc. president Brian
Sanderoff tackles those questions at Congregation Albert
Brotherhood’s monthly breakfast, which begins at 10:00
a.m. on Sunday, November 9
at 3800 Louisiana Blvd. NE,
Albuquerque.
Sanderoff has expertise
honed by nearly 20 years of polling and analyzing demographic
data. His firm conducts polls
for the Albuquerque Journal,
and he is the political analyst
for KOAT-TV, Albuquerque’s
ABC network local affiliate. He
has also appeared on CNN,
MSNBC, FOX, BBC and the Jim
Lehrer News Hour. Sanderoff
holds a B.A. in political science
from the University of New
Mexico.
The breakfast’s cost is $10
for Brotherhood and Sisterhood
members and $12 for all others.
Please make reservations by
Wednesday, Nov. 5 via email
to brotherhood@congregationalbert.org or by calling 8831818 ext. 3203 and leaving your
name, telephone and number of
persons attending.
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zones to write her pieces from the
center of the conflict. Sontag stated
that “a writer’s duty is to be as much
in contact with reality as possible.”
On Sunday, November 9, the
festival will screen a completely different type of movie, “Sukkah City,”
a documentary about an internationally juried architecture competition
that drew 600 entries from around
the world. Architects and designers
were challenged to envision “radical
possibilities for traditional design” of
a Sukkah. Twelve Sukkah finalists
were erected in Union Square in
New York City. Over a two-day period, the show was viewed by over
200,000 people. All of the finalist
designs on display met the specifications for a kosher Sukkah. Ms.
Torobin hopes to have some of the
sketches and drawings from these
entries on display with the screening.
The third film that the Santa Fe
Jewish Film Festival will screen
is “AKA Doc Pomus,” on Sunday
night, November 9. Born Jerome
Felder, Doc Pomus was a blues
singer and songwriter in the 1950
and 60s, prior to the Beatles’ arrival
on the American musical scene.
He contracted polio as a child, and
faced life long health issues. He
died in 1991. His name may not be
familiar but his music certainly is.
Among his many hit songs covered
by artists as varied as Elvis Presley,
Ray Charles, Dion and even Bob
Dylan are: “Save the Last Dance
for Me,” (a poignant song written
by a man whose physical disabilities made it impossible for him to
dance) and “This Magic Moment.”
The Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival will again screen a movie on
Christmas Day at its now traditional
Flix and Chopstix event. Marcia Torobin also stated there will be “a
pop-up film” in the line up, meaning
a very recent award-winning film
that will come to the attention of the
program committee without much
advance notice.
For details of the upcoming film
season, please see the Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival website: www.santafejff.org.
Full details of the monthly Jewish Women’s Circle meetings are
available on the website: www.
jewishwomenscircle.com. Meetings
are currently held at the temporary
Chabad Jewish Center of Santa Fe,
509 Camino de los Marquez.
weekly Torah study class with the
rabbi. He has wrestled with these
stories and the questions they raise
for over a decade.
He’s also the author of Telling
The Story: A Passover Haggadah
Explained. Polisar has a four-decades-long career writing books,
and recording and performing his
songs for children throughout the
U.S., Europe and Canada.
The slim paperback is illustrated
with full-color drawings by Barry’s
wife Roni. The book is available for
$7.95 through bookstores, online
retailers such as Amazon.com and
at www.BarryLou.com.
Gail Rubin is President of the
Jewish-Christian Dialogue of New
Mexico.
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Genesis can serve as a juicy introduction to Bible stories they may
consider dry and lifeless.
Polisar, who was raised in a
secular Jewish home, started going
to the Saturday services at Sha’are
Tefila Conservative congregation
when his children entered Hebrew
school. That led to curiosity about
the Torah portions and joining a
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