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PHOTO BY THE JEWISH JOURNALTemple Beth Or recently celebrated the Installation of Rabbi Robert B. Rubin (left) as their new Spiritual Leader. The Installing officer was Rabbi Steven Wernick (right), Executive Vice President and CEO of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

On Sunday, December 11, 2011 Temple Beth Or celebrated the Installation of Rabbi Robert B. Rubin as their new Spiritual Lea-der. TBO is located in Brick, NJ.

The Installation ceremony began at 3 pm with welcome remarks by Mona Sternbach, Vice President of TBO. Rabbi Dr. Robert E. Fiers-tien, Rabbi Emeritus, did the Invocation. Then followed Greetings by: Reverend Douglas Chase, President of Brick Ministerial Association, and Danny Goldberg, Executive Director of Jewish Federation of Ocean County.

The Installing officer was Rabbi Steven Wernick, Executive Vice Pre-sident and CEO of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Then Rabbi Rubin shared some comments for the attendants. The closing comments were offered by Dr. Robert Ostrove, President of Temple Beth Or.

The ceremony was followed by a congregational dinner.Rabbi Robert B. Rubin joined Temple Beth Or in August 2011. He

recently served congregations in Pennsylvania (Adath Israel, Merion Station and Congregation Beth T’fillah, Philadelphia) and previously in New Jersey (Temple Mekor Chayim, Linden and Congregation Agudath Israel, Caldwell).

Rabbi Rubin was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City and has a MA in Rabbinics from JTS, EdM from Teachers

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Congratulations.to the winner of our Name Game contest: Ms. inez Levine of Barnegat Happy.ChanukahHappy.Chanukah

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Winter has officially set in. The days are shorter, the trees bearer, the weather colder, and possibly

our moods are becoming affected too.Life has its ups and downs. And now, fa-

cing the long winter ahead of us, does not necessarily add to a positive mood. One may feel that difficult life circumstances are harder to surmount during the winter months. In addition, due to the changing of the clock the days are much shorter and once the darkness sets in we may be limi-ted to what we can do which leaves us with our emotions to face. Winter brings with it gloomy, dark, wet and cold days, thus depression is common. For some that may be nodding their head as they read this and identifying with this information, have you ever considered the possibility of Seasonal affective disorder, also known as SAD?

SAD is episodes of depression that oc-cur at certain times of the year, usually during the winter months. Symptoms of SAD may include the following: increased appetite with weight gain, increased sleep and daytime sleepiness, slow lethargic mo-vement, unhappiness, and irritability. The-re is no official test that can diagnose this feeling, yet, creating a positive attitude and mindset can help conquer and deal with the aforementioned information.

The following are some helpful tips to create a positive attitude and feel more productive during these winter months: � ASSERT CONTROL OVER YOUR

ATTITUDE! This will give you a sense of empowerment. � Wake up and prior to leaving your bed

opt for the mindset “to have a terrific at-titude.” Remember you’ve got the power!

SAD.and.Winter,.What’s.the.Connection

� Dress in pleasant clothes that will make you feel good. For women, makeup or bright jewelry may be ideal while for men, a fresh shave can do the trick. When one dresses well, attitude cannot resist but to change for the better. � Take a brief 15-20 minute brisk walk.

It’ll release the tension and give you a good feeling about yourself. Bundle up, no matter the weather and walk! The trendy rain boots were the best thing that happe-ned! It makes the walks easier no matter the weather and keeps you dry. � Keep scores of your capabilities to

create a good day and this will forge you with renewed strength to continue achie-ving good days. � Eat healthy. White flour foods and

sugar tend to pull people down, so make smart eating choices. � Get rest if you need, yet do not indulge. � Remain around happy individuals -

they will keep you smiling and upbeat. � ENJOY LIFE! THE POWER LIES

WITHIN YOU!If you can identify with the above fe-

elings and find it hard to use the helpful tips to maintain a positive mindset then it is important to take additional steps to maintain a positive attitude. You may want to contact your physician and make sure your symptoms are not as a result of a different disorder. In addition, there are other ways in feeling better; the use of UV lamps, a vacation or medication may be necessary. Counseling may help you na-vigate these sad feelings. To contact the Jewish Federation and Children’s Services call 732- 363- 8010.It is important to create a positive mindset since a small ray of good feelings can do a lot of good. It’ll be a sunny winter after all.

By Danny GoldbergExecutive Director of the Jewish Federation of Ocean County

As Federation Director I worry about many things that go on, or not, in our Jewish Community. Some pertain to how Israel is understood and perceived, some have to do with providing services to various groups,

and at other times the focus is the future and raising the dollars needed to keep all this in motion.One of the things I don’t get to do often enough is to thank you. Yes, to you!It’s because of you and your generosity I have the privilege of helping people who often have no where else to turn. While it would seem my main focus is on the macro, our Jewish Community as an entity, this time I wanted to include you in the story of just one of our community members for whom you have made a difference.The individual in question is a Holocaust survivor. I can’t use his name due to confidentiality considerations, but the story is true. He came to the Fede-ration office seeking help. He had received a letter in German after applying for assistance to the German government under one of the programs looking to compensate survivors as victims of persecution during the war. He doesn’t speak or read German.The first thing we did is get the letter translated. It was sent to inform him that according to his application he did not qualify for the program and would not receive funds. We sat down and, based on the letter, reviewed the original application and discovered a number of shortcomings.With great difficulty and a good amount of emotional pain, the survivor was able to share his story. Slowly over a number of meetings we built a case and found the needed documentation for him to reapply.I just learned the other day, informally, by phone in conversation with the Claims Conference in New York that the German government would be appro-ving the claim! The wheels of government bureaucracy turn slowly, but formal notification would be coming in the mail in as “little” as a few months.

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Right before Chanukah this year, the weekly Torah portion will be Va-yeshev, the story of our ancestor

Joseph’s arrival in Egypt after his jealous brothers had sold him into slavery. A man named Potiphar, a courtier and steward of the Pharaoh, buys Joseph, installs him in his home, and comes to favor him. Making Joseph his personal attendant, Potiphar en-

December.Dilemma

By Rabbi Kim S. GeringerCongregation Sha’arey Ha Yam

Manahawkin, NJ

trusts Joseph with everything that he has. Joseph, the story tells us, was well built and handsome.

However, someone else lived in that household too. Potiphar had a wife. Here’s what happened next, directly from the bi-blical text: “After a time, his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, ‘Lie with me.’ But he refused. He said to his master’s wife, ‘Look, with me here, my master gives no thought to anything in this house, and all that he owns he has placed in my hands. He wields no more authority in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except yourself, since you are his wife. How then could I do this most wicked thing, and sin before God?’ And much as she coaxed Joseph day after day, he did not yield to her request to be with her. One such day, he came into the house to do his work. None of the house-hold being there inside, she caught hold of him by his coat and said, ‘Lie with me!’ But he left his coat in her hand and got away and fled outside.”

Now the Torah doesn’t tell us anything about what Mrs. Potiphar looked like, but every time I read this story my imagination starts working overtime. In my mind I see a beautiful, mysterious-looking woman, gold bracelets jangling from her arms. Her eyes are outlined in black, and she glides through the rooms of her sumptuous home in magnificent robes of the most exquisite colors. I see her face half-covered with a veil, jewels in her hair, and rings on every finger as she whispers to Joseph, temp-ting him. Now, I don’t doubt that some of you will quickly recognize the source of my fantasy about this alluring woman as pure Disney. I admit it, but imagining Mrs. Potiphar as so beautiful and myste-rious and alluring helps me remember just how tempting she must have been to Jose-ph and helps me appreciate what he was up against right until that moment when he yanked his arm out of his coat sleeve and fled her charms.

I wonder if we ourselves always see temptation as clearly as Joseph did or if we fully understand its appeal. I raise the question because, without a doubt, there is another temptress among us at this season. Like Mrs. Potiphar, this temptress is both mysterious and beguiling. This temptress also beckons us with her lights, her colors, and her promises. Draped in silver, she glitters in the dark. If only we would follow her, she seems to be saying, we would find ourselves in a place of beauty and wonder such as we can scarcely imagine. Dazzled by her charms, we feel our resolve weake-ning. I see her every day, and so did you. I’m talking, of course, about Christmas.

What are we Jews to do during this holi-day season? The candles on our menorahs burn down in half an hour while our neigh-bors’ decorations blaze unceasingly for a month. Chanukah, our holiday, mostly stays home. Christmas blazes from the White House lawn to Rockefeller Cen-ter to the lampposts on Main Street. We dole out our gifts one at a time. Not for us the bounty, the overflowing heap under the beautiful tree. Chanukah doesn’t take one day off from work, but Christmas is a vacation industry all by itself. In the midst of such startling contrast, how ought we

Jews respond?Well, the simplest answer is: just say no.

We ignore Christmas. We tell our children, grandchildren and students: “We are Jews. Christmas is not our holiday; we don’t ce-lebrate it.” Short, to the point, appealing…but not enough. In the 80’s, “Just say no,” was then-First Lady Nancy Reagan’s res-ponse to the drug epidemic. It wasn’t a te-rribly effective strategy then, and I don’t think it is now either. It’s a too-simple an-swer for a far more complex problem.

So, we can build up Chanukah, make it our own great blue and white hope, and some of us do. We can – and we do - stake out our spot on the town green, plant our modest menorah next to the tree and the crèche and proudly proclaim our holiday and our traditions along with those of our Christian neighbors. We can decorate our homes, give elaborate parties and tons of presents, spin 100 dreidels, and, if we can stand what it’s doing to our cholesterol, we can fry up latkes for eight nights in a row, but as valiantly as we try to inflate it, Chanukah is a minor holiday celebrated by a minority people. Our major holidays are elsewhere in the calendar: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in the fall, Passover in the spring. Chanukah can’t hold even eight of its candles to Christmas, one of the ho-liest days in the Christian year. Chanukah up against Christmas is like David against Goliath, except without the slingshot. It can’t compete with Christmas, nor should it try.

It’s not that we Jews haven’t wrestled mightily with this problem. We’ve even given it a name. We call it “The December Dilemma.” It’s a handy, catch-all name. Be-cause it’s such a challenge, congregations often offer discussion groups and works-hops at this time of year to help cope with what sometimes feels like the tidal wave of Christmas in our midst. Rabbis preach about it a lot. The concerns and questions raised by Jews at this time of year are hear-tfelt and sincere, but I’ve come to believe that there may be an unintended effect of our neatly rolling up this problem, giving it a catchy, alliterative name, and pulling it out of the closet to look at it once a year. Because what happens in January? More often than not, in the New Year the whole messy, unresolved business just gets pus-hed to the back of some closet shelf of our minds. This gives us some temporary re-lief, no doubt, but no lasting resolution.

Let’s talk about Joseph again for a mi-nute. When Joseph arrived at Potiphar’s

What.are.we.Jews.to.do.during.this.holiday.season?

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By Colin Lewis

The journey for the lead attorney fighting for the homeless of Ocean County all started with a temple’s

desire to share blankets, cases of water and food to some people they heard were living in the woods struggling to survive.

There is no shelter for the homeless in Ocean County. There are facilities and pro-grams that take in people who have no pla-ce to live, but there is no shelter that takes in people regardless of the circumstances that disqualify them for help through the Board of Social Services. When a person becomes homeless in Ocean County they can be placed in a hotel in Seaside or ma-ybe Toms River, or even go into a host of programs. Interfaith Hospitality aids fami-lies, Harbor House helps homeless teens, Grace Initiatives assists pregnant homeless girls, and many agencies like the House of Hope and Salvation Army provide tempo-rary shelter or finances to people who have no place to sleep for the night. The resi-dents of Ocean County and the Board of Social Services, which is administered by the Board of Chosen Freeholders, for years have also sent residents to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission.

“Tent City” is the home for 70 people who live in tents, make-shift wooden structures and shanties who keep themsel-ves warm with wood burning stoves. They even have a tent with a shower and was-her and dryer. They are people who have not been rejected by the Board of Social

Jeff.Wild’s.fight.for.the.homeless

Services, have chosen not to live in hotels or go into programs offered near and far, and some who have just decided to remove themselves from the governmental system.

It is a societal dilemma the residents of Ocean County have struggled with. Now, with a recent court case and the eviction notice filed on Tent City, the conflict is about to intensify and potentially crea-te new dynamics on the issue of how the people of Ocean County will service the homeless. In the forefront of the battle is Jeff Wild, an attorney from a local synago-gue who learned of the plight of the people of Tent City while visiting with his syna-gogue.

Jeff Wild received his B.A from Cornell University and graduated from Columbia Law School as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scho-lar in 1985. He has worked at Lowenstein Sandler PC for more than 23 years and has been a partner in the Litigation De-partment for 17 years. Wild sits on several committees including the NJ Coalition to End Homelessness and is the Vice Presi-dent of the Barnert Temple, in Franklin Lakes, NJ. Barnert Temple is one of the ol-dest Reform Jewish Congregations in New Jersey, going back to 1847.

Wild’s first encounter with Tent City took place when his temple started provi-ding supplies. Steven Brigham, the Minis-ter who oversees Tent City remembers that “a couple times a year they would come down with 5 SUVs loaded to the brim with all kinds of supplies.” Minister Brigham

recalls “one characteristic that impressed me with Jeff and the synagogue was the depth of sincerity and heartfelt concern for the poor, manifested by an outpouring of tangible items like camping supplies, ban-dages, even medical attention, as well as a wide variety of items.”

Year after year, Barnert Temple conti-nued to increase their giving to Tent City. One winter, during the intense snow, they ended up raising $5,000 to pay for a three-bedroom apartment for a pregnant woman, a family with an infant baby, and a veteran.

During his visits, Wild started to natu-rally provide direction and connection to efforts and programs that would assist the homeless in legal services.

Minister Brigham first approached Wild when he heard that Lakewood Township was thinking about taking legal action. “When I first heard of rumblings that the township was about to take legal action, Jeff was visiting the camp so I mentioned to him, and he said “if they try anything let me know and I will stand up for the camp.’ ” said the Minister.

It was the summer of 2010, on July 4th,

when Wild addressed the whole camp. “The whole camp gathered and Jeff moun-ted the steps of the Tent City community gathering area and proceeded to allay the fears of the homeless, telling each and every one that he would represent them as their lawyer,” remembers Minister Brigham.

When Wild was asked about that day he said “I believe that all moral people are committed to social justice, and for a Jew, this is the mandate of tikun olan - the obli-gation to work to repair the world. I also know that anyone could be homeless with a little bad luck, such as my father, who was raised during the Great Depression by a single mother (a gypsy from Romania), and told me stories of how they and his sisters would have to flee in the middle of the night when the rent came due because they didn’t have the money. I went to law school to fight for justice, and that’s what NJ’s homeless deserve.”

Lakewood Township started the litiga-tion in 2010 by bringing a motion to eject the homeless from the Tent City. Lowens-tein Sandler, the law firm where Wild wor-

“Tent.City”.is the home for 70 people who live in tents, make-shift wooden structures and shanties who keep themselves warm with wood burning stoves.

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PHOTO BY THE JEWISH JOURNALMinister Steven Brigham (center), addressing the crowd during a recent rally in solidarity with Ocean County’s homeless residents.

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Smith, the Chairman of the U.S. Com-mission on Security and Cooperation in Europe also known as the Helsinki Com-mission said: “By most accounts, and thanks to the work of many courageous nongovernmental organizations, NGOs, the despicable evil of anti-Semitism has decreased in most parts of the OSCE re-gion in recent years, but it still remains at higher levels than in 2000. This is simply unacceptable, and it’s why we’re here to-day,” he said.

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Congressman Smith chairs a hearing of the U.S. Helsinki Commission about global anti-Semitism on Dec. 2. At right are U.S. Reps. Mike McIntyre (NC-07) and Eliot Engel (NY-10). Rep. Smith and Engel are the co-chairs of the congressional caucus called the Bi-Partisan Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism.

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Smith has a long record as a congres-sional leader in the fight against anti-Se-mitism. He is the author of the provisions of the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 that created the Office to Moni-tor and Combat Anti-Semitism within the U.S. State Department. In 2009 Smith delivered the keynote address at the Inter-parliamentary Coalition Combating Anti-Semitism London conference. As a result of his landmark 2002 hearing, “Escalating Anti-Semitic Violence in Europe,” he led a congressional drive to place the issue of

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In March 2011, Smith addressed the OSCE at a Prague meeting on “Confron-ting Anti-Semitism in Public Discourse.” He said investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to anti-Jewish bias were cri-tical to addressing the problem.

Experts testifying at the hearing held on December 2 addressed such key issues as anti-Semitism masking itself as criticism of Israel and the danger posed by Holo-caust relativism (attempts to conflate other events that entailed great human suffering with the Holocaust). Other concerns raised

included political transitions in the Arab world and how they might affect Muslim-Jewish relations, including in Europe, and the importance of engagement with Mus-lim communities in Europe, and growing nationalist and extremist movements that target religious and ethnic minorities. Additionally the roles of the OSCE, U.S. government, and Congress in addressing continuing issues of anti-Semitism at home and abroad were discussed.Testifying at the hearing were: � Hannah Rosenthal, U.S. State De-

partment Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism; � Rabbi Andy Baker, Personal Repre-

sentative of the OSCE Chair-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism; � Stacy Burdett, Director, Government

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ks, volunteered to defend the homeless.Wild says “what we contend is a Constitutional right to survive on public land

when there is no emergency shelter available.” When asked if the Lakewood’s governing body should allow people to just take over public land, Wild answered “not take it over, but be allowed to camp in the woods in peace until these despe-rate homeless have another option. We would love to sit down with Lakewood’s leaders and solve the problem together rather than litigate, and we believe that this is in Lakewood’s interests too.”

He added “In addition to defending the homeless in the way described above, we have asserted claims against both Lakewood and the County. We contend that under NJ law, there is a right to emergency shelter under, among other things, the Poor Laws that Lakewood and the County are violating. The Atlantic City Res-cue Mission, which our law firm also represents, has just recently joined in the case and sided with the homeless, suing The County and Lakewood for, collecti-vely, $2 million: the unreimbursed costs that the Mission has incurred during the last six years sheltering men, women and children from Ocean County.”

There are several advocates and organization fighting tenaciously for the ho-meless, but Wild and others knew that a special Coalition had to be formed that would include a more extensive county wide representation. From the start of this litigation Wild has been instrumental in helping to form what people call “The Coalition.” To learn more you can visit www.njcoalitionhomeless.org.

Wild shared the following about this collective group of residents and organi-zations who have come together to address the homeless issue in Ocean County “The NJ Coalition to End Homelessness (the “Coalition”) was formed to eradi-cate homelessness, and we will advocate, educate, organize and, if necessary, litigate for emergency and permanent solutions to homelessness. We believe in a New Jersey where no one is forced to sleep outside and where every man, wo-man and child lives in safe, affordable housing. The Coalition will work with its partners throughout the State until that vision becomes a reality.”

Taking StockContinued from page 5

Fight for the homelessContinued from page 4

Rabbi Stephen D. Gold (center) also addressed the crowd of more than 200 supporters.

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The Jewish Federations of North America recently awarded Randy Gold of Atlanta the 2011 Jewish

Community Hero of the Year Award. The award marked the culmination of the third annual Jewish Community Heroes cam-paign, in which 240,000 votes were cast online to recognize the selflessness and courage of those who are helping their communities through their careers and vo-lunteer service.

Gold was named this year’s Hero for his work in founding the Atlanta Jewish Gene Screen. The organization creates awareness and educates rabbis, doctors and Jewish couples on the importance of genetic counseling and screening for pre-ventable and life-threatening disorders

Randy.Gold.Named.North.America’s.2011.Jewish.Community.Hero

commonly present in Jewish families.When Gold and his wife’s second child

was diagnosed with Mucolipidosis Type IV, a preventable Jewish genetic disea-se, they were surprised to learn that they were only screened for eight of a possi-ble 19 known diseases. This motivated the couple to found the Atlanta Jewish Gene Screen, which aims to one day have screening for all nineteen Jewish genetic diseases as the standard medical practice for Jewish couples worldwide. Gold will receive a $25,000 Heroes grant for Atlanta Jewish Gene Screen.

“We are excited to name Randy Gold as this year’s Jewish Community Hero Award winner for his major contribution to the Jewish community and the positi-ve, healthy future of the Jewish people,”

said Jerry Silverman, president and CEO of JFNA.

Four more Heroes join Randy as fina-lists, selected by the judges to receive a 2011 Heroes grant:

• Jenine Shwekey, Long Branch, NJ.• Shana Erenberg, Chicago, IL.• Hart Levine, New York, NY.• Tessa Gerall, Houston, TX.Each will receive a $1,000 Heroes grant

for their nonprofit organization.“It was an honor to learn about all of the-

se heroes within the Jewish community,”

said Linda A. Hurwitz, president of Natio-nal Women’s Philanthropy of JFNA and one of the Heroes judges. “It’s a privilege to even briefly be touched by and taught by these heroic Jews. We, as the Jewish community, are strengthened by the indi-vidual passion and collective action of our people.”

Actress Mayim Bialik, another Jewish Community Heroes judge, said, “To pick a Hero among heroes is a huge responsibili-ty, and not an easy one. However, the work that Randy Gold has done is not only one of true menschkeit and selflessness, and it is not simply a matter of taking a tragedy

PHOTO CREDIT: JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTARandy Gold and his family - Caroline, Eden and Natanel - receive Randy’s $25,000 Heroes grant for the work of Atlanta Jewish Gene Screen. Randy and Caroline Gold founded the organization after Eden was diagnosed with Mucolipidosis Type IV. The check, on behalf of The Jewish Federations of North America's Jewish Community Heroes program, was presented to Randy in Atlanta on Dec. 7, 2011 by the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s Chair of the Board Robert Arogeti, shown at left.

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The Jewish Federations of North Ame-rica honored Gold with his award on De-cember 7, in his hometown of Atlanta. Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s Chair of the Board Robert Arogeti presen-ted him with his $25,000 grant in a surpri-se ceremony at the offices of the Atlanta Jewish Gene Screen.

A panel of judges selected Gold as the Jewish Community Hero of the Year from among the 20 nominees who received the most online support. This year’s judges included journalist and newspaper editor Jane Eisner (The Jewish Daily Forward), Idealist.org founder and executive direc-tor, Ami Dar, social media entrepreneur and former marketing executive of Face-book, Randi Zuckerberg, Bialik, and last year’s winner Jay Feinberg, founder of Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation.

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“This year’s semifinalists are represen-tative of the highest ideals and values we teach and strive to live by in the Jewish community,” said Feinberg. “Needless to say, it was not an easy process to select the grant winners. I am proud of each and every one and their commitment to Tikkun Olam. I wish them all great success in their individual endeavors and now, as I pass the baton, send my personal congratulations to our very deserving 2011 Hero of the Year!”

Jewish Federations also awarded Joel Marcovitch of Athens, Ga. this year’s Fe-deration Hero of the Year Award, for recei-ving the most online votes for a nominee whose project is directly operated by a Federation or national partner agency of the Jewish Federations. Marcovitch was nominated in support of his work with the University of Georgia Hillel, a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.

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It is also one of Jewish Federations’ lar-gest social media initiatives, significantly bolstering our online and email reach. This year’s program generated more than 80,000 new contacts for Jewish Federa-

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house long, long ago, he was alone and cut off from everything that had once been familiar to him. To his father, Jacob, he was dead. His brothers had turned their backs on him, seemingly forever. Joseph was penniless, frien-dless, and utterly dependent. He was living in the midst of a culture not his own, without family, traditions, or roots to anchor him. He was literally living in the stranger’s house. The notion that he might seek warmth and comfort in the arms of his benefactor’s wife should come as little surprise. So why didn’t he do it? The Torah doesn’t tell us, but the 11th-century commentator, Rashi, does. Joseph, said Rashi, went into the house on a certain day, and almost succumbed to the spell of Potiphar’s wife. What stopped him? It wasn’t what you might think, it wasn’t that Joseph was just sca-red of getting found out by his master. Instead, just as he was about to embrace Mrs. Potiphar, said Rashi, there appea-red to him d’mut d’yukno shel aviv, the image of his father’s face. Suddenly re-minded of who he was and where he’d come from, Joseph stepped back.

Our “December Dilemma” is, in tru-th, our year-round dilemma, and it is the

tion databases. In addition, the Jewish Community Heroes website has had more than six million page views over the past three years, enabling Jewish Federations to communicate our valuable work in support of community service to a sizable popula-tion of online users.

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most profound and difficult question we modern Jews face. We live in a time when we are free to choose how, when, where, and even if, we want to be Jews. Ghetto walls no longer hold us in. Our challenge is to figure out how and why we should be Jewish, and the answers are not always so clear. So it should come as no surprise that we are vulnera-ble to the temptations of Christmas, and many other temptations too. If, like Jo-seph, we feel rootless, adrift in an alien culture, unanchored in who we are, un-sure of our ties to our Judaism, empty, then those Christmas lights will gleam very brightly, and we will hunger after what Christmas seems to be offering us: a firm, warm place in the culture we now call home. If we live rich Jewish lives, and fill those empty places within ourselves with the warmth, wisdom and beauty of our tradition, not just in De-cember, but in February and July, all through the year, and if we see before our eyes d’mut d’yuknam shel avoteinu v’imoteinu, the image of our ancestors’ faces, then we will enjoy watching our Chanukah candles burning brightly for half an hour every night, and it will be enough.

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As a student of the Tanakh (Old Testament), I am required to study Hebrew grammar, culture, history and geography of the land of Israel. In the days of King Solomon to the days of Jesus stood a magni-ficent structure called the Temple. Within this Tem-ple stood a room called the Holy of Holies which housed an article of furniture called the Ark of the Covenant, but it is the geography of where this Tem-ple stood that intrigues me. If we were sitting in a helicopter above this area looking down at the Wes-tern Wall we would see three valleys. Going from right to left (as in Hebrew) the first piece of geo-graphy is the Kiddron Valley, the next valley (same area) is called the Tyropean Valley, also known as the Central Valley, and the final valley is called the Hinnom Valley. There is a wealth of Historical in-formation on these three Valleys, but it is the geo-graphy of the two verses of 2 Chronicles that spar-ked my research.

Discovering.the.Shin

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of my Jewish friends and some Jewish owned businesses, a Me-zuzah is displayed on the right side of the door frame of the entrance of that home or busi-ness. On the Mezuzah is the 21st Hebrew letter called Shin. This letter Shin represents one of the Names of G-d, El Shaddai.

The Shin representing the name Shaddai, is also formed in the very Valleys that Solomon speaks of in 2 Chronicles Chap-ter six verse 20, “May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.” (New International Ver-sion (©1984))

My conclusion on this matter: - ones studies will never end in discovering the gold nuggets of what is called The Tanakh.

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Rabbi Rubin has served as the Vice Presi-dent of the Rabbinical Assembly Mid-Atlan-tic Region and on the Executive Committee of the VAAD: Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia. He is also a past President of the Rabbinical Assembly New Jersey Re-gion and of the Union County (NJ) Board of Rabbis.

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Temple Beth Or is a traditional, egalita-rian congregation affiliated with the Conser-vative Movement. Their aim is to create a Jewish environment that is warm and caring, meaningful and enriching. The congregation is made up of about 150 families. TBO is located in 200 Van Zile Road, in Brick. For more information call 732-458-4700 or visit their website: www.templebethorbrick.org.

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recent Hanukah luncheon for Holocaust Survivors funded by “The Material claims Against Germany” held at the home of Manny & Annabel Lindenbaum.

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pherds identify which of their sheep carry the gene for twins so they can produce more lambs with smaller herds.

“The Bedouins who traditiona-lly grow sheep anyway whether or not it makes money, now rea-lize the potential here,” said Aviv Kahana, a molecular biologists who heads the department that developed the DNA testing kit at Bactochem Labs in Israel. “This can make a revolution in the Bedouin herds because it makes sense economically.”

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In.Quest.for.Twins,.Bedouin.Seeks.Double-EwesUsing an israeli-devised DNA test, shepherds identify sheep prone to multiple births.

the Negev desert in southern Is-rael have traditionally raised the indigenous, fat-tailed Awassi sheep because it is so adapted to the harsh desert conditions, but about four years ago the Israeli Volcani Center, an agriculture re-search institute, started introdu-cing the new Afec into their herds to reduce the mortality rate and increase the incidence of twins among the Awassi.

The Afec breed is the Israeli name for the Boorola sheep from New Zealand, which is known to carry the multiple birth gene mu-tation.

“Now this mutation has ente-red into the Awassi, which is very hardy and will stand up in the de-sert climate, but instead of having 1.1 offspring per birth, we will

have something like 1.7,” Kaha-na told The Media Line.

Scientists have sought for years to find the double ewe - the sheep with the gene that makes it more likely they will produce twin lambs and give shepherds two animals for the birth of one.

The company is located adja-cent to the Weizmann Institute of Science in Ness Tsiona, less than an hour’s drive from the desert stretches of the Negev. In a meeting of Israeli high tech-nology and traditional herding, Bactochem’s DNA test can be done in the field at a cost of about 60 shekels ($16) for each animal. It identifies the ewes with the special gene. The test is called Real Time PCR. Bedouin she-pherds say it’s worth it since they

can sell the sheep for hundreds of shekels more to other breeders, Kahana said.

The new test allows a shepherd to raise flocks of sheep who will be able to reproduce more effi-ciently since fewer ewes will be required for getting the same number of lambs. This will mean a saving in feed and water.

About half the flocks tested have been found to have the twin gene. While called the twin gene, those that carry it actually have multiple births, often three or four lambs. But as good as it is for the sheep herder, the DNA test is bad news for some ewes. Those found not to have the twin-ning gene have their future ma-pped out for them as mutton on someone’s table. Only the ones

with the twin gene get to keep on breeding.

“The price of feed for animals is rising and you want to pay less for feed and sell more meat … They want is to produce the maximum amount of meat from the smallest number of animals that they have to feed. They feed the mothers and they get from a smaller number of mothers the same amount of meat, or they have the same number of mothers that give now birth to 30% more offspring, meaning a 30% increa-se in meat,” Kahana said.

He said that about 50% of the offspring of the sheep in every generation with the twin gene will carry it, meaning that the



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next generations will have to be chec-ked too. He added that it was difficult to get the use of high-tech developments into the mindset of the Bedouin. “It is not easy because for most of the Bedo-uin words like ‘genetics’ or ‘mutations’ are new for them and the tradition is still very strong to grow traditionally in the remote areas,” Kahana said.

This could prove to be suitable for the Bedouin as they become more seden-tary and less nomadic. Many Bedouin are starting to raise their herds in pens near their homes and Kahana said this was necessary since ewes giving multi-ple births tended to need help.

“These kinds of animals should be grown next to the manager of the herd. There should be an eye on them, not on the traditional way where you don’t see your animals very much. So it is a shift they have to make to manage their herds much more carefully,” he said.

While the testing is being offered to Bedouin and Jewish shepherds, it is also suitable for sheep farmers in the Pales-tinian areas and Jordan, who also have started to cross breed their flocks with the Afec breed. “I think the potential is very high,” Kahana said.

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By Steve SchwagerCEO of JDC

JDC is one of three overseas agencies supported by Your

Federation gift.

I must admit that when I wro-te this column recently at my usual 35,000 feet in the air, I

was relieved to be flying home from Ukraine, feeling quite ex-hausted from what seemed like weeks on the road. Below are some details of my time in Dne-propetrovsk that I would like to share with you; it’s a brief des-cription of what I saw.

In the middle of the 19th cen-tury, Charles Dickens began his book, A Tale of Two Cities, with the following words: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” That just about sums up my visit to Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine, a city that currently has an estimated Jewish population of 50,000.

The.best.and.worst.of.DnepropetrovskDuring the Communist era,

Dnepropetrovsk was “a closed city,” since much of its heavy industry was devoted to military activities. This meant that resi-dents could not leave without special permission, and visitors were not welcome without spe-cial permission. It also meant that the city did not appear on any maps published by the Soviet au-thorities.

After Ukraine declared inde-pendence in 1991, Dnepro be-came the financial capital of the country; some Jews created busi-nesses and made serious money.

The Jewish community came together under a charismatic young Chabad rabbi and created one of the strongest FSU com-munities I have seen to date. Today, there is synagogue life, two JCCs, a Chesed, a sheltered housing facility, a college for women where others teach them

to become teachers, day schools, Sunday school programs for chil-dren with special needs, and the list goes on. The community re-claimed its main synagogue and completely renovated it ten years ago with funds primarily raised from local Jewish businessmen.

And now the community has taken on its most ambitious pro-ject. Next to the main synagogue, it is building a 550,000-square foot series of seven buildings shaped like a synagogue meno-rah. To give you some idea of the size, it is eight times larger than our JCC in St. Petersburg.

The seven interconnected buil-dings are made up of two seven-story buildings, two 12-story buildings, two 17-story buil-dings, and a center building that is 22-stories high. The project when complete will cost over $75 million and will house an 80-room hotel, a youth hostel, a

Jewish museum, a JCC, the Che-sed, JAFI offices, an Israel cultu-ral center, office space for rent, three kosher restaurants, and a kosher catering hall that can seat 1,700 people. The exteriors of all the buildings are complete and interior finishing work is under way with a crew of 500 workers.

Funding for the project was basically paid for by two local Jewish oligarchs. This facility makes a clear statement that Jews are here to stay in Dnepro. Based on what I saw, this aspect of life in Dnepro is “the best of times.”

While in the city, I also visited the Chesed and made three home visits. I’ve visited at least 1,000 homes while working for JDC, yet here I am, once again remar-king how shocked and saddened I was by each of these three parti-cular visits. My ultimate gut reac-tion to all three visits: Jews in the year 2011 should not have to live

this way.Let me describe one of the vi-

sits. I spent time with an exten-ded family living in a building that was set up as a communal apartment. This building had 20 small rooms, each one around 80 square feet. The 20 extended families living in the building shared one small roach-infested kitchen and one small dirty ba-throom. How many people are we talking about? My guess is that approximately 80 to 100 people lived in this particular building. And this piece of Jewish life in Dnepro was what I saw as “the worst of times.”

The Jewish family I visited was made up of five people living in 80 square feet: a grandmother and her brother, the daughters of each one, and a three-year old grand-son. None of the adults were em-ployed; they receive ridiculously

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People living in such places would appear to have no future and no hope. That might be true for the non-Jews living here, but JDC, through its Chesed program and Jewish Family Services, is making a difference for the young grandchild and his mother.

Since the child is connected to the JDC-sponsored Jewish family services, he is enrolled full-time in programs for children with special needs. This is important for the child’s development, and hopefully will allow him to lead a productive life. Simultaneously, it allows the mother to return to school to obtain a professional education as a teacher in the Jewish university. My personal hope is that this will enable the mother and her child in the near

future to escape the grueling po-verty I witnessed.

It is now 20 years since the fall of Communism; clearly much has been accomplished in hel-ping Jewish communities to de-velop, but much more needs to be done. I encourage you to go visit our programs in the FSU. We say it often, but we guarantee that you will come back energized and eager to help JDC do more for these needy Jews. I believe it is within our power to finish the story using only the positive terms in Dickens’ first paragraph: “it was the epoch of belief. It was the spring of hope.”

Until next time.

DID.YOU.KNOW

The Hesed network that JDC helped communities establish in the 1990s across the former Soviet Union included food aid and help with meal preparation for tens of thousands of homebound elderly welfare clients. Today, regular home visits

by Hesed caregivers improve the quality of life for isolated elderly Jews by providing critical human contact along with assistance with basic needs.

Photo: JDC Archives. A Hesed worker delivers needed supplies to an elderly client. Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, 2002.

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World ORT, which is supported by Jewish Federations, will open the lar-gest Jewish high school in the former Soviet Union early next year, in the Moldovan capital of Kishinev. The new school, which is equipped with a sports hall, laboratories and modern technology, will join a network of 17 ORT Jewish schools in the region, which provide high-quality education to more than 6,000 students.To learn more about ORT’s Kishinev school visit: http://www.ort.org/news-and-reports/world-ort-news/article/new-ort-school-set-to-be-biggest-in-the-fsu


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You should be proud that your support allows the Jewish Family and Children’s Ser-vices of our Federation helps dozens of survivors day in and day out without fanfare and without calling attention to itself or its clients.So thank you, for giving me the opportunity, to in a small way, be there to assist this man after all he has been through. Yes, Federation helps over a million people in 70 countries live a better Jewish life every year, but I hope you share my sense of satisfaction that Federation took this one person here in Ocean County a small step forward and made our community a better place. Without Federation’s donors – it could not happen.Thanks and have a Happy Healthy New Year.

Chabad.Jewish.Center2001 church road, Toms riverFor more info visit: www.chabadtomsriver.com, email [email protected], or call 732-349-4199

Tuesday.Dec..20,.2:00.pmMenorah.in.ManchesterJoin a public display of Jewish Pride at our Menorah on the lawn of the Man-chester Township Municipal Building. Special holiday refreshments, and a spe-cial appearance by Mayor Fressola. No charge.Manchester Township Municipal Building1 colonial Drive, Manchester

Wednesday.Dec..21,.4:00-5:30.pmCandyland.Menorah.in.the.MallJoin us as we build our annual Menorah in the ocean county Mall, and fill it up with candy. chanukah crafts, games, and delicious refreshments. No charge.ocean county Mall1201 Hooper Ave., Toms river

Thursday.Dec..22,.5:30.pmSpecial.Teen.Chanukah.Bash.in.Tenafly,.NJJoin teens from across the Tri-State area at the chabad center in Tenafly, NJ for an exciting chanukah Bash. Featuring comedian, magician, and ventriloquist John Pizzi. Latkes and chinese dinner.$25 (includes transportation from chabad Toms river)

Sunday,.Dec..25,.3:00-5:00.pmNew.for.this.year:.Grand.Chanukah.BowlJoin adults and children at a chanukah Bowling tournament, light a Menorah made of bowling pins, celebrate chanukah with delicious food, live music, and lots of fun for the entire family.$12, call for family price.Brunswick Lanes101 Locust Street, Lakewood

Monday,.Dec..26,.4:00.pmChanukah.at.AristaCareThe community is invited to Aristacare of Whiting for a grand chanukah Party with refreshments, dreidel games, and lots of fun. The event is open to all mem-bers of the community at no charge.Aristacare23 Schoolhouse road, Whiting

Temple.Beth.Or200 Van Zile rd, BrickFor additional information visit: www.templebethorbrick.org or calling the office 732-458-4700 before 1 pm wee-kdays.

� Friday night services are at 7:15 pm and Saturday morning services are at 9:15 am. There is a minyon on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday eve-nings at 4:30 pm.

� Bingo is played on Thursday eve-nings at 7:00 pm, except when there are Jewish holidays. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

� Adult education, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 7-8:30 pm, Learn to read Hebrew, please register.

� Menorah Lighting at Brick Muni-cipal Building, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 4 pm, followed by reception at Temple Beth or (5 pm approx.) offering pizza, latkes, jelly donuts and songs (rSVP required, $5 per Adult, $3 per child). charge only applies to those retur-ning to Temple Beth or for the recep-tion.

� Adult education, Shabbat Prayers,

NA’AMAT.USA.Local.Club

The Pioneer Women esther Goldsmith chapter of NA'AMAT USA meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at Bella Terra in Jackson.our members come from ocean and Monmouth counties and this chapter was chartered in April 1949 in Toms ri-ver.NA'AMAT is a Hebrew acronym and stands for “council of Working and Vo-lunteer Women”. Shimon Peres said “if you throw a stone anywhere in israel, you will find a NA'AMAT facility nearby”. We support programs and care for the needs of women, children and families in israel, locally and around the world through education, social programs, do-mestic violence prevention and women’s shelters, and much more.For information call Debbie Troy at 908-278-7710 or visit our website:www.naamat.org.

What are We Saying?, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 10-11:20 am.

Sisterhood General Membership Mee-ting, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 7:30 pm.

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The Reform Congregation of Beth Am Shalom located in Lakewood welcomed new family members during Shabbat Services held Friday, November 18, 2011. Thirty-one families have joined the Beth Am Shalom family since June of this

year.Each new family received a personally hand inscribed membership certificate, each cer-tificate bearing the names of the new members done in calligraphy by a local artist. After the Shabbat Service a special Oneg was held in the Temple’s social hall where the new members were greeted warmly by many Beth Am Shalom members.Seven of Beth Am Shalom’s newest families joined with the intent of enrolling their chil-dren in the highly regarded Beth Am Shalom Religious School headed by Josh Inzelbuch for over 25 years.Jacky Philips, as Co-Chair of the Membership Committee stated: “Our members welco-me new faces, new ideas and the new energy that is generated from our new members, we hope they will be happy as part of our community for many years to come.”

New.Members.Welcomed

In.our.November.issue,.on.the.Recent.Events.page.there.were.some.inaccuracies..We.would.like.to.clarify.the.information:

CORRECTIONS

- The rosen Shabbaton is an annual pro-gram of congregation B’nai israel and is not sponsored only by Sisterhood or Ha-dassah.

- The Survivor Luncheon was sponsored by Jewish Family & children’s Services, uti-lizing a grant from the claims conference. The luncheon was hosted by Beth Am Sha-

lom, in Lakewood.- The picture shows rabbi Gourarie greeting the members of JFcS senior group who visited the chabad Sukkah.

The Jewish Journal willingly corrects its factual mistakes. If you think we have made an error please send us an e-mail to: [email protected].

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