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On behalf of Congregation ShaareiShamayim, I wish the Madison Jewishcommunity a shanah tovah, a new yearfilled with health and happiness. All arewelcome to share these holidays with ourcommunity free of charge and to join us formeals, services, and programs at this spe-cial time of year.

At this time of year our attention shiftstowards teshuvah, of seeking forgiveness,making amends, and turning back to ourbest selves. We commit to working harderin the next year to live with more integrity,to be more thoughtful, and to create a morejust world.

I find that some of us focus intently ondoing personal teshuvah, of examining ourindividual actions and setting things right.We call up a friend to sort through past dis-agreements, we apologize to our spouse, orwe make a personal commitment to helpingothers more regularly in the year to come.Others of us are more comfortable thinkingof teshuvah in collective terms, of callingon our communities or our society to makechange and to live up to our communal val-ues – caring for the poor, working for racialjustice, or creating Middle East peace.

The story of Jonah, which is tradition-ally read on Yom Kippur, teaches us thatboth are necessary, and they cannot be sep-arated from one another.

Jonah is the prophet who resists God’scall to go to the city of Nineveh to tell thewicked people that they must change theirways. He runs the other way and boards aship to Tarshish. He then goes to sleep at

the bottom of the ship and remains asleepas a huge storm erupts. While the otherpeople on the ship are trying to save it fromsinking in the storm, Jonah continues tosleep.

The captain of the ship arouses Jonahfrom his sleep, and Jonah suggests that hebe thrown overboard to save the ship. Onceoverboard he is swallowed by a large fish,and after three days of reflection in its bellyhe is spit up onto the land and finallychanges his ways. He promises to go toNineveh, acting courageously to do his partto create change.

The people of Nineveh do change, andGod relents. However, Jonah has no com-passion for them and is angry with God forsaving them. Change does not come easilyto Jonah. He struggles with apathy andcynicism. He flees from personal respon-sibility even as he asks others to changetheir ways.

Jonah reflects our own struggles – weflee from responsibility, we turn the otherway, and we become resentful of others.Change starts with ourselves; if we cannotbe forgiving, compassionate, and kind, wecan hardly call on others to be forgiving,compassionate, and kind, and we cannotexpect to create a society that is forgiving,compassionate, and kind. Likewise, if weonly focus on ourselves, and we ignore theactions of our communities or our society,our ability to create a better world for our-selves and generations to come is limited.

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur call onus to do teshuvah individually and commu-nally – to work harder in the next year tolive with more integrity, to be morethoughtful, and to create a more just world.

It is my honor to wish the Madison Jew-ish community a healthy, happy new yearin 5774. I am grateful for this opportunity.

Recently I was having a conversationwith some friends when one told a story ofhow she had once wanted to be an actor.She had worked on it so diligently! Shepracticed the lines. She tried to develop thecharacters that she would play. She askedher siblings and friends to help her practicethe parts by reading the lines with her. Butduring these practice readings she wouldrepeatedly notice that they seemed to bebetter at it than she. They remembered thelines faster. They mimicked the voices soclearly! Here were her friends trying tohelp her accomplish her goal, and theyseemed to be more suited for it than she!She remembers realizing that she wouldnever be a good actor. She remembersthinking that she had failed at her dreams.Then she remembers feeling a sense of re-lief as she realized that, although it was per-haps a failure to leave acting behind, itwould also be a liberation for her and thatshe would not struggle so much anymoreat something at which she was not verysuccessful. Failing at acting would give heran opportunity to do something else, better.

Our tradition teaches us: “A righteousperson falls seven times and rises up again”(Proverbs 24:16). Seven is a significantnumber in the Jewish tradition. There areseven days of creation. There are sevendays in a week. At a wedding, the bride cir-cles the groom seven times. And there areseven times seven days of counting for the

49 days between Passover and Shavuot.Seven is life-giving. It is a number full ofstrength and health and hope for the future.

Why would our tradition teach us thatfalling seven times is a righteous act? Whatcan a person learn by falling seven times?And why should we see the act of falling asa positive thing rather than as a total failure?

Perhaps by now each of us has learnedthat finding success is not a straight path. Itis circuitous, and arduous. We all knowpeople who fall down and get up. But wemay tend to judge a person who falls downrepeatedly. We might see this person as afailure. We might even judge ourselveswhen we repeatedly fall down. We mightsee ourselves as a failure.

Instead our tradition encourages us tosee a person who has fallen down as a right-eous person. A person who falls down onceand again and again and continues to riseup and correct his mistakes, to try again, tolearn to do things right, has courage. A per-son who fails and redirects his path andrises up again has the courage to maketeshuvah. Making teshuvah means that wehave a willingness to change and learn fromour mistakes. We can recognize our failuresand we can feel relief that we have anotheropportunity to rise up again. We get anothertry.

The Days of Awe are our opportunity toadmit when we have fallen, dust ourselvesoff, and rise up again. At this time of theJewish New Year, may each of us recognizewhen we have fallen, and rise up again withrenewed strength.

May 5774 be a time of peace and healthfor each of us, for Israel, and for all people.L’shana Tova Tikateivu.

Dear Madison Jewish Community,

It is my pleasure and honor to wish aShannah Tovah U’Metukah, a good andsweet new year on behalf of the Beth IsraelCenter members and staff; Rabbi RebeccaBen-Gideon, Deborah Hoffman, CheriKeen, Lily Nagy-Deak, Elissa Pollack andStephanie Rose.

My wife Rebecca very much enjoysputting together jigsaw puzzles. She espe-cially enjoys puzzles that, when they arecomplete, depict a piece of art that she en-joys. She is a professional in this endeavor,and I am just an amateur. This is a wonder-ful activity on Shabbat afternoons, espe-cially in the winter.

I have noticed as other people join in thepuzzle solving, they often bring a certainstyle, skill or approach. Some people liketo focus on one particular area for an houror more, pouring over pieces that couldpossibly fit. Others like to take a piece thatneeds to be placed and is particularly dis-tinguished in some way, and then scour thepart of the puzzle already put together to

find its home. Some people can sit forhours; others, like me, flit in and out fortwenty minutes here and there and try todistract everyone with conversation.

In the end, whatever each person con-tributed to the puzzle, we end with morethan the picture, now complete, which wewill enjoy for anywhere from a few min-utes to a few hours before breaking it upand putting it away in its box. We will haveenjoyed friends’ company. We will haveenjoyed time with family. And we willhave enjoyed an activity that allows differ-ent people to bring their various skills andinterests together to create something beau-tiful.

When we are at our best, our MadisonJewish community is like a good puzzle. Itallows people and families with such awide variety of interests, commitments andbackgrounds to come together as a commu-nity. When we realize that our differencesare our strengths and they help us to createa more vibrant community, then we cantruly appreciate the beauty of our own ex-tended Jewish family here in Madison.

Shannah Tovah U’Metukah,Rabbi Joshua Ben-Gideon

To the readers of the Madison JewishNews, I send sincere and warm greetingsfrom the Officers, Board of Trustees,Staff, and Members of Temple Beth El,Madison’s Reform synagogue. May yourNew Year of 5774 be one of success,health, prosperity and peace in all itsmanifestations!

The Haftarah for the morning of YomKippur is taken from Isaiah 58, a passagewritten in anticipation of the Israelites’return from Babylonian exile. Theprophetic author reminds us of the truepurposes of our holy day fasting, whichare, first, to empathize with those hungryfrom poverty, and second, to commit tostruggle against the injustices in theworld that bring about this assault to hu-manity.

During my recent Sabbatical, I volun-teered for the Second Harvest Food Bankof South Central Wisconsin. Part of myresponsibilities included sifting throughlarge palettes of produce that local retail-ers had donated and process the usablefood for distribution to the food pantriesin the Food Bank’s service area. Anotherpart of my tasks included interviewingfood recipients at local food pantries fora national hunger study.

On the one hand, I was stunned by the

amount of food that came into the FoodBank that was not fit to send on to others.The produce had turned bad, and we hadto dispose of it.

On the other hand, when I visited localfood pantries, I saw both a vast amountof food that was not being picked up bythe agencies’ clients, and I also under-stood that the overall demand on foodpantries had decreased.

All of this seemed a bit odd to me. Alot of food not purchased at markets andbig-box stores that went to waste by thetime it arrived at the Food Bank, and asurplus of food at food pantries with de-clining client bases.

Now, it’s possible that the number ofpeople requiring food assistance has de-creased. But national statistics wouldsuggest otherwise. Second Harvest, thelargest national agency concerned withfeeding our nation’s poor, reports thathunger in America exists for over 50 mil-lion people, including 1 in 6 of the U.S.population, including more than 1 in 5children. This is an increase in the num-ber of poor people in the US over the lastfew years, a sad statistic for us to ponder.

Nonetheless, the book of Isaiah asksthat we continue the struggle for socialjustice and to feed those who are impov-erished. Regardless of the statistics, ourtask must continue each year as we see tothe welfare of others. I hope you have asuccessful year in doing so.

BY RABBI JONATHAN BIATCH

Temple Beth El

High Holy Days Greetings!

Shananah Tova U’Metukah

The New Year is OurOpportunity to Rise Up AgainBY RABBI ANDREA STEINBERGER

Hillel at the University of Wisconsin

BY RABBI JOSHUA BEN-GIDEON

Beth Israel Center

Rosh Hashanah Greetings fromCongregation Shaarei ShamayimBY RABBI LAURIE ZIMMERMAN

Congregation Shaarei Shamayim

Rosh Hashanah – A TimeTo Reflect and Renew

The Talmud states: “The first personwas created on the eve of Shabbos.”Why? It may be likened to a king whobuilt a palace, perfected it, arranged afeast, and then invited guests... Such isthe way of the Holy One blessed be He,Who created... the whole world with wis-dom and all worldly needs (and then hebrought in guests), namely, Adam andChavah (Eve).

Yet, the Torah also declares, “Manunto toil is born,” and that every personshould live by the credo, “I was createdto serve my Creator.”

How are these two contradictory ideasabout the purpose of man to be recon-ciled? If man is G-D's honored “guest”who finds everything ready and preparedfor him, how can he at the same time bea “servant” who has to serve G-d con-stantly, and in a manner of real effort(toil)?

One explanation of the apparent con-tradiction is, that G-d gave Adam andChavah - and through them to all Jews,men and women, to the end of posterity -the capacity and ability to “serve,” thatis, to add something to the “palace” withall its requirements, notwithstanding thefact that these were created by G-d, withDivine wisdom.

Thus, however good the state of af-fairs is around a person and with the per-son, everyone can (hence, must) bring itto a higher degree of perfection, to theextent of - to quote the remarkable ex-pression with which the Torah describesman's contribution to Creation - becom-ing a “partner with the Holy One blessedbe He in the work of Creation.” In otherwords, he is capable of contributing somuch that the Torah declares him quali-fied as a “partner.”

The said contribution cannot beachieved in full measure through a lim-ited, sporadic service, rendered on specialoccasions, or at certain times; but - onlythrough a way of life which expresses it-

self in every-day service, by consecratingevery act, word, and thought to be for thesake of Heaven, and consonant with theprinciples of know Him in all your ways- so that G-Dliness clearly pervades alldetails of even mundane matters, and, onan ordinary working day of the week.

Rabbi Mendel and Henya, RabbiAvremel and Mushka, Faygie and I, ex-tend our blessings to each and every oneof you to be inscribed and sealed for agood and sweet year, a year of true peace,prosperity and love.

Shana Tova U’metukah.

Beth Israel Center, 256-77631406 Mound Street

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Rosh Hashanah (first day)8:00 AM...............................................Services10:30 AM ..................................Youth Program11:00 AM..................Preschool Family Service5:00 PM ...............................................Tashlich6:00 PM ................................................Mincha

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Erev Rosh Hashanah6:00 PM ......................................Early Service8:30 PM.........................................Late Service

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Erev Rosh Hashanah6:30 PM.................................................Service(Conservative and Reform)

Rosh Hashanah (first day)10:00 AM ..............................................Service

(Conservative and Reform)5:15 PM ...............................................Tashlich6:30 PM ................Service (Conservative only)

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Kol Nidre6:30 PM.................................................Service(Conservative and Reform)

Yom Kippur (Conservative and Reform)10:00 AM ..............................................Service12:00 PM ................................................Yizkor5:15 PM .............................Concluding Service7:35 PM..............................................Havdalah7:45 PM............................................Break Fast

Shaarei Shamayim, 257-2944Services are held at

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Erev Rosh Hashanah5:00 PM...............................Vegetarian Potluck7:00 PM.................................................Service

Rosh Hashanah (first day)9:00 AM ..........................................Tot Service9:30 AM .......................................Main Service10:00 AM.............................Children’s Service10:00 AM ......................................Discussions

(6-8, 9-12 Grade)3:30 PM ...............................................Tashlich

Rosh Hashanah (second day)9:30 AM ................................................Service12:30 PM......................................Picnic Lunch

Kol Nidre6:30 PM.................................................Service

Yom Kippur9:00 AM ..........................................Tot Service9:30 AM .......................................Main Service10:00 AM.............................Children’s Service10:00 AM .......................................Discussions

(6-8, 9-12 grade)2:00 PM ..................................................Yizkor3:00 PM ...........................................Discussion4:30 PM.................................................Avodah6:15 PM ..................................................Neilah8:00 PM ..............................Break Fast Potluck

B”H ~ The Honor To ServeBY RABBI YONA MATUSOF

Chabad Lubavitch of Madison

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For the filling:3 gala apples, peeled and diced1 cup pitted dates, chopped½ tsp salt1 cinnamon stick¼ cup water¼ cup red wine2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar1 Tbsp sugar

For top of challah:1 egg1 tsp water1 tsp honey1 Tbsp sanding sugar1 Tbsp thick sea salt2 tsp ground cinnamon

Directions:In a small bowl, place yeast, 1 tsp sugar

and lukewarm water. Allow to sit around10 minutes, until it becomes foamy on top.

In a large bowl or stand mixer fittedwith whisk attachment, mix together 1 1/2cups flour, sugar, honey, vanilla, cinnamon

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dates, salt, cinnamon stick, water, redwine and sugar in a medium saucepanand bring to a boil. Continue to simmeron medium heat until the mixture is re-duced. Add the balsamic vinegar andsimmer another 2-3 minutes. The mixturewill cook around 10-15 minutes in total.

Remove from the heat and allow tocool 5 minutes. Remove cinnamon stick.

Place mixture in a food processor fit-ted with a blade attachment and pulseuntil smooth.

After the challah is done rising, cut thedough in half. To be as precise as possi-ble, use a scale to measure the weight.

Roll the first ball out using a rollingpin into a rectangle. Spread around half,perhaps slightly less, of the apple-datemixture in an even layer, leaving 1/2 inchall around without filling. Workingquickly, start rolling up the dough to-wards you. Try and keep the roll rela-tively tight as you go. Pinch the end whenyou finish.

Create a pinwheel shaped-challah bysnaking the dough around and around ina circle around itself. When finished, tuckthe end under the challah neatly andpinch lightly. This doesn't have to be per-fect - remember, as long as it tastes good,

almost no one (maybe except that judg-mental great aunt) will care what it lookslike.

Repeat with other half of dough.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.Allow challahs to rise another 30-60

minutes, or until you can see the the sizehas grown.

Beat 1 egg with 1 tsp water and 1 tspof honey. Brush liberally over each chal-lah. Combine sea salt, sanding sugar andcinnamon, and sprinkle over challah.

Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until mid-dle looks like it has just set, and the coloris golden.

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3 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cups sugar 1 cup canola oil 2 teaspoons vanilla

3 eggs 3 cups Golden Delicious or GrannySmith apples, peeled, cored and chopped 1 cup chopped walnuts Turbinado sugar (for sprinkling on top) YIELD: 2 loaves

Directions:Combine flour, salt, cinnamon, and

baking soda in a medium bowl and setaside.

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease

two loaf pans and spread half of the batterinto each pan. Sprinkle the tops of eachloaf with a little sugar and bake for ap-proximately one hour, or until a toothpickstuck in the middle of the cake comes outclean.

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For more details about how to leave a bequest, please contactDina Weinbach, Executive Director, dina@jewishmadison.org; or call 608-278-1808.

Do you want to assure the continuityof our Madison Jewish Community?There are easy and tax-favored options toprovide for the future needs of our localand worldwide Jewish community. Youcan:

• Make a charitable bequest of anyamount in your will or living trust

• Name Jewish Federation of Madisonas a beneficiary of your life insurancepolicy

• Name Jewish Federation of Madison

as a beneficiary of all or a portion of yourretirement plan

• Establish a named endowment fundwith $10,000 or more

• Set up a deferred or immediate char-itable gift annuity with $5,000 or more

Your gift will enrich our community’sfuture, as well as be there to help thosefacing hardship here at home and aroundthe world.

Locally, your gift will allow the Jew-

ish Federation of Madison to continue tohelp support the essential services pro-vided by the Hilde L. Mosse GanHaYeled Preschool, Camp Shalom, Jew-ish Social Services, the UW Hillel,Midrasha Hebrew High School, and theIrwin A. and Robert D. Goodman JewishCommunity Campus.

Internationally, your gift will helpprovide rescue, relief, and developmentprograms and services to Jewish commu-nities in need in 70 countries, includingIsrael, the Former Soviet Union, LatinAmerica, and Central and Eastern Eu-rope. A portion of your gift will also bededicated to providing non-sectarian aidto overseas communities in times of cri-sis.

And depending on what type of giftyou make, you may have the option ofdesignating your funds for a specific pro-gram or purpose.

For more information about making aplanned gift, please contact Lynn Kaplan,Financial Resource Development Director,608-278-1808, lkaplan@jewishmadison.org.

For complete information about char-itable giving and advice specific to yoursituation, please consult a tax advisor oran estate planning attorney.

An estate planning attorney can alsohelp you determine if charitable gifts be-yond those explained here are appropriatefor you, such as charitable trusts, gifts oflife insurance, and donor advised funds.

If you plan to include Jewish Federa-tion of Madison in your estate plan,please let us know so we can consideryour gift in our long-range planning.We’d also like to thank you for your gen-erosity, and if you permit us, to publiclyrecognize your gift. If you prefer to re-main anonymous, we’ll of course keepyour gift completely confidential.

Jewish Federation of Madison doesnot provide tax or legal advice and theinformation herein is not intended aslegal, tax, or investment advice. Pleasecontact a tax advisor or an estate plan-ning attorney for information specific toyour situation.

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KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) — Hours afterassailants shot Rabbi Artur OvadiaIsakov on a street in the Russian repub-lic of Dagestan last week, mainstreamRussian media were still scrambling toascertain his identity.

But Isakov’s name and condition al-ready were known to the readers ofJewishnet.ru, a growing social networkwith 80,000 daily users that has reliedon user participation to cover Jewishnews and help connect fast-assimilat-ing Jews across the Russian-speakingworld.

The first report about Isakov wasposted by a user from Israel, where therabbi is recovering from what authori-ties say may have been a hate attack.Other users added new information onJewishnet’s Facebook page, includingdetails about Isakov’s evacuation to Is-rael and pictures of the rabbi’s family.

“Traffic on the website usually picksup when something dramatic happensin the Middle East or involving theJewish community,” said Igor Ko-

zlovskiy, a technology professional andthe site’s co-founder.

While English-speaking Jews have anumber of social networks to sharenews and connect around shared inter-ests, Russian-speaking Jewry had nonewhen Kozlovskiy founded Jewishnetwith a partner, Roman Gold, in 2011.

The site, which maintains sectionsdevoted to dating, couch surfing andfinding travel buddies, is used as wellto promote Jewish events in Kiev,home to one of the largest Jewish com-munities in the former Soviet Unionand one of the most highly assimilated.

According to 2008 figures from theJewish Agency, 80 percent of Jewishnewlyweds in the former Soviet Unionmarried a non-Jew, a figure dramati-cally higher than the rate in the UnitedStates. The vast majority of Ukraine’s360,000 Jews are non-observant, andonly a small fraction is affiliated withthe organized Jewish community,which many young Jews find obsoleteand rife with internal discord.

Social networks, Kozlovskiy says,have the potential to keep Jews, inter-married and not, connected to Jewish

life.“If we don’t reach out to the unaffil-

iated, they will assimilate and will belost to the Jewish people,” Kozlovskiysaid. “The fact that our website isn’t af-filiated with any denomination or Jew-ish institution has allowed us to be aportal for any Jew.”

Jewishnet functions much like anyother social networking platform, al-lowing users to post news stories, sharetips, ask questions, connect with oldfriends and promote events. But mind-ful of the limitations of many web-based networking sites, organizers ofJewishnet have taken steps to provideusers with opportunities for real-lifeengagement with the Jewish commu-nity.

A platform called Juice, which is runpartly through Jewishnet, invites youngJews — many of them young and unaf-filiated — to meetings with communityleaders, Jewish businessmen and jour-nalists. Reports of the events often arepublished on Jewishnet, and users cansubmit questions online in advance thatare asked by moderators during the ac-tual event.

One of the first Juice talks broughtdozens of young Jews last November toa talk with three rabbis, including thechief rabbi of Ukraine, Yaakov Bleich.The goal, according to Juice co-orga-nizer Inna Yampolskaya, was to buildbridges between young Jewish profes-sionals and the establishment fromwhich many feel estranged.

Those in attendance proceeded togrill the rabbis with questions, askingwhy synagogue seats are sold and whyphilanthropists fund projects in Israelwhen there are so many unaddressedchallenges at home. Some questionswere submitted anonymously onlinebecause participants felt uncomfortable

posing them publicly.“It was a unique experience because

it was the first time participants couldask a rabbi anything they wanted,” saidInna Yampolskaya, one of Juice’s vol-unteer organizers. “Transparency isnew in Ukraine, where everything in-cluding Jewish life used to work top tobottom, not the other way around.”

The New York-born Bleich ad-dressed the questions that were put tohim. But in an interview with JTA, hestressed that the message is less signif-icant than the medium. In a societyonly recently liberated from the stric-tures of Communist rule, the discussionhelped to erode longstanding culturaltaboos on challenging authority andconnect otherwise unaffiliated Jews toJewish life.

Others turn to Jewishnet for func-tions more typical of social networkusers the world over.

Liliya Vendrova, an employee of theJoint Distribution Committee’s Kievoffice and coordinator of Juice, uses thesite to find news and make contacts forevents she organizes. Ira Philatova, ahigh-tech professional in her 20s, con-nects with childhood pals.

“It was a pleasant surprise to see oldfriends on the platform, people I foundafter years of not speaking to them,”Philatova said.

The site also has enabled Russian-speaking Jews who live abroad to keepabreast of developments at home. Butit also functions in reverse, permittingusers to connect with wider develop-ments in the Jewish world.

“Many people their age are not in-terested in participating in organizedJewish life, and they are reaching outto those people,” Bleich said. “One ofthe reasons that this is succeeding is theauthenticity.”

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With Popular Website, Kiev ProjectBecomes Hub for Young JewsBY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ

Left to right, Jewishnt co-organizers Inna Yampolskaya and Igor Kozlovskiy,Ukrainian Chief Rabbi Yaakov Rabbi Bleich and Juice coordinator Lilya Vendrovaat a Juice event in Kiev, November 2012. (Courtesy Juice)

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(JTA) – The directors of the JewishCommunity Center of Krakow and theKrakow Islamic Center are joiningforces to fight Poland’s ban on Jewishand Muslim ritual slaughter.

Jonathan Ornstein, the JCC’s execu-tive director, and Dr. Hayssam Obeidat,director of the Islamic Center, issued ajoint open letter Tuesday saying their

“communities stand united and call onthe Polish government and the SupremeCourt if necessary to ensure that we havethe right to ritual slaughter and can prac-tice our traditions as Poland and the Eu-ropean Union allow.”

Poland’s Parliament this summer re-jected a law that would have legalizedboth kosher slaughter, or shechitah, and

Islamic halal ritual slaughter. The failureto legalize ritual slaughter was “a greatsource of distress” to both communities,Ornstein and Obeidat wrote.

“The mistaken idea that such slaugh-ter is particularly cruel to animals goesagainst the very reason it is called for inthe tradition of our people,” their lettersaid. “Muslim and Jewish practices de-manding humane treatment of animalsdate back to the very founding of ourfaiths.”

They continued, “A free, democraticPoland must safeguard the rights of allits citizens whichever race, faith orgroup they belong to. Our two commu-nities, Muslim and Jewish, althoughsmall in number, deserve the same rightsas the majority of Poles, who areCatholic.

“While we do not feel this ruling wasmeant to curtail our freedom and turn usinto second-class citizens, we are afraidthat that is the result. We cannot help butto point out the hypocrisy of a situationwhich allows hunting for sport to be legalbut ritual slaughter to be forbidden.”

Some 15,000 to 25,000 Jews are be-lieved to be living in Poland, severalhundred of them in Krakow. Between25,000 and 40,000 Muslims are esti-mated to be living in Poland, with about1,000 in Krakow.

Ornstein told JTA that while Jewishand Muslim leaders have been in contactabout the ritual slaughter ban, he be-lieved it was the first time the directorsof Jewish and Muslim community organ-izations in Poland had issued a formaljoint appeal or statement.

Krakow Jewish, Muslim Leaders BandTogether to Fight Ritual Slaughter Ban

(JTA) — An open-air concert by Is-raeli musicians will be featured at theopening ceremony of what is beingcalled the largest Jewish community cen-ter in Siberia, Russia.

Hundreds are expected to attendWednesday’s opening in Novosibirsk ofthe Beit Machem Center.

According to Rabbi Zalman Zaklas,the city’s chief rabbi and emissary for theChabad-Lubavitch movement, the centercost approximately $5 million to build.The money was raised in donations onthree continents, he told JTA on Tuesday;the city of Novosibirsk donated the land.

The center, which has 37,000 squarefeet of floor space, has a synagogue,classrooms, a kosher restaurant and Jew-ish shops, as well as a computer corner,entertainment area and gym.

Along with the Israeli musicians, theNovosibirsk Academic Symphony

Orchestra will perform at the openingceremony. Among those expected to at-tend are Rabbi Berel Lazar, a chief rabbiof Russia and the most senior Chabademissary in the country.

Approximately 20,000 of the 3.5 mil-lion residents of greater Novosibirsk areJewish, according to Zaklas, an Israelirabbi who has been living in Novosibirskfor 13 years.

“Many of them are descended fromJews who were exiled here in communisttimes, when Judaism was strongly re-pressed, and in recent years they havebeen retracing and reconnecting to theirJewish roots,” he told JTA.

“The timing of the opening meansthat the community will be able to cele-brate the High Holidays already in thenew center, which will help bring chil-dren closer to the Jewish faith andpeople.”

Largest JCC in Siberiato Open With Concert

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This is a free event open to the entire community, but dinner is limitedand reservations are required. Attending the kickoff event impliescommitment to donate to the 2013 Annual Tzedakah Campaign.

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