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Volume 22, Issue No. 4 ADAR 5774 MARCH 2014

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By Rabbi Annie Lewis

It is a Mondaymorning in a Febru-

ary that seems end-less. I am driving

over gray layers of snow listening toWXPN. I pull my sleeves over myhands to buffer them from the chill ofthe steering wheel, and I have a mo-ment of envy for those living in sun-soaked San Diego. A song comes onthe radio and before long, I tune outthe crunch of my tires on Mt. PleasantStreet. I find myself bopping my headto the voice of Pharrell Williams andsinging along, “Because I'm happy.Clap along if you feel like a room with-out a roof. Because I'm happy. Clapalong if you feel like happiness is thetruth. Because I'm happy. Clap alongif you know what happiness is to you.Because I'm happy. Clap along if youfeel like that's what you wanna do.”

Adar is here. It is the month that the

ancient rabbis teach is set aside forsimcha, happiness. Because we findourselves in a leap year in the Hebrewcalendar, the month of Adar is doubledand our season of joy is expanded. Wewill celebrate the holiday of Purim inthe second month of Adar, putting oncostumes, getting silly and telling thestory of how the Jewish people sur-vived persecution in Persia. Leading upto our GJC Purim Bash and the readingof the Megillah, we are gifted withextra time to tap into a spirit of simcha.What is the source of Adar’s height-ened happiness? How might we connect to it when the ice hangs heavyon the trees or when our hearts arehurting?

We can gain insight from the cycle

of our Torah and the personality of itspriestly protagonist. We are now enteringthe book of Leviticus, known as Torat Ko-hanim, the priestly manual. Aaron, thebrother of Moses, has been appointed asHigh Priest, to supervise the realm of theholy. The Torah relays instructions to thepriests and the people for bringing offer-ings to God’s altar, for staying in touchwith the Divine in moments of abun-dance, anxiety and regret. Midrash sug-gests that Aaron is uniquely suited for thisresponsibility because of his relationshipwith his brother, Moses:

“All brothers hated each other until

Moses and Aaron. . . When Moses re-ceived the kingship and Aaron, thepriesthood, each was happy in theachievement of the other. When Moseshesitated to accept his mission, it wasbecause he did not want Aaron to behurt. . . Said the Holy One to Moses,“Not only will he not be hurt, he will behappy. And not only externally happy,but he will see you and rejoice in hisheart!”

(Midrash Tanchuma Shemot 27,translated by Matis Weinberg)

Our work in the season of Adar is to

model our hearts after the heart of Aaron.We have an opportunity to cultivate ourability to rejoice in the successes of ourbrothers and sisters and all those aroundus. We also have an opening to explorethe obstacles that prevent us from beingtruly happy for others.

In our day, we no longer bring the

finest of our fruits and flocks to sacrificein the Tabernacle in honor of major mo-ments in our lives. Instead, some of uspost about these life events on Facebook.A number of articles have been writtenrecently about “Facebook Envy.” Timespent scrolling through the Facebook

News Feed has been linked to in-creased anxiety and decreased self es-teem among teens and adults alike. Aswe view photos of fancy vacations andread updates about the accomplish-ments of others, we may become stuckin a pattern of comparing ourselveswith those around us. As an antidote tofeelings of inadequacy, I am remindedof the wisdom of my teacher RabbiEliezer Diamond. During our tumul-

The Happy Heart of Adar

Program Highlights• Red Cross Blood Drive sponsored by Men’s Club

• Heartbeat Israeli-Palestinian Youth Concert (offsite)

March 2

Arava Institute Event with Gershon Baskin (at GJC)

“Is Israeli Palestinian Peace Possible?Challenges, Obstacles & Hopes”

March 6

Women’s Club Purim Bash Fundraiser March 8

• Polish Jews Then & Now (Hazak)• Electronics Recycling

March 9

PurimDorshei Derekh &

Minyan Masorti FestivitiesMarch 15

GJC Celebrates! Purim & Purim Carnival

March 16

Men’s Club ShabbatMarch 22

Kid’s Stuff ExchangeMarch 23

Little Shop Flea MarketMarch 30

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IN cElEBRATIoN…Stefanie & Alex Seldin on their wedding

anniversary

Carol & Marty Kaplan on the birth of

their 6th great grandson, Snir David

Boutavia

Barry Farber on his 70th birthday

Joyce & Sheldon Eveloff on their 50th anniversary

Rachel Marcus & Eileen Carlin on the birth of their daughter,

Marguerite Leora Marcus-Carlin, granddaughter of Mitch &

Sue Marcus

(December 2013-January 2014)

Shabbat chai-lites

IN MEMoRIAMEva Katz, mother of Myra Kranzel

Milton Sanders, husband of Frieda Sanders & father of Susan Weiss

Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Beatrice Needleman, mother of Jeffrey Needleman

Samuel L. Pinkenson, parent of Linda Dzuba

Polly Hoben Greenberg, mother of Rabbi Julie Greenberg

Anne Kalcheim Zaslow, mother of Rebecca Zaslow & grandmother

of Guston & Zoey

Polly Wright, mother of Patty Wright Finestone

Natalie Levine, mother of Herb Levine

Hyman Oliver Schneier, father of Joel Schneier

Seymour Meyers, partner of Marilyn Silberstein

February 28 & March 1• Kol Zimrah • Kol D’mamah

• Torah Yoga for Kids

• Musical Marching Minyan

• Mazal tov to Isadora Barnett, daughter of Wendy Schwartz& Benjamin Barnett and granddaughter of Elliot Schwartz,on becoming Bat Mitzvah (Minha Bat Mitzvah at 5 PM)

March 7 & 8• Carlebach Shabbat • Torah Yoga for Kids

• Parshat ha-Shavua b’Ivrit • Social Justice Text Study (offsite)

March 15• Charry Service – Mazal tov to Caleb Rudick, son ofDenise Wolf & Paul Rudick, on becoming Bar Mitzvah

• Torah Yoga for Kids

• Dorshei Derekh & Minyan Masorti Purim Festivities

March 22• Men’s Club Shabbat • Torah Yoga for Kids

March 28 & 29• Kol Zimrah

• Minyan Masorti Seudah Shlishit (offsite)

April 4 & 5• Carlebach Shabbat • Women’s Shabbat

• Kol D’mamah • Musical Marching Minyan

April 11 & 12• Tot Shabbat

• Pre-Pesach Community Dinner

• Charry Service – Mazal tov to Naomi Laver, daughter ofDavid Laver & Adina Laver, on becoming Bat Mitzvah

April 18 & 19• Pesach

April 25 & 26• Kol Zimrah

• Pirke Avot Study (offsite)

Kabbalat Shabbat/Carlebach Shabbat/Kol ZimrahFridays at 6 PM

Shabbat MorningServices at 10 AM

Kol D’mamah at 10 AMMusical Marching Minyan at 10:15 AM

Parshat ha-Shavua b’Ivrit at 11 AM

Shabbat Morning Kids Space - Room 305

Kids are welcome to play Shabbat-friendly games in Room 305 - bring your own and some will be provided.

Please respect the space, clean up after yourselves and put all games away after use.

Sundays at 10 AM$5 per session

For more info call Tamar Magdovitz at 215-247-9614

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NEW MEMBERS

• Jim Gould

• Anna & Jason Shurak & family

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T h e C e n t r e C a l l g e r m a n t o w n j e w i s h c e n t r e

years old, you are likely to have successin school,” she says.

The problem resides mostly with

Deaf students of hearing parents whodon’t know how to communicate withthem. Learning sign language is a diffi-cult task for adults. It’s like learning aforeign language.

This is how Amy explains the issue:

“It’s as if someone hands you a baby andsays, ‘Here’s your Mandarin baby, so gotake some Mandarin classes along withyour husband and all the siblings andgrandparents. All of you have to studyMandarin so you can communicate withyour child,’ which is difficult in the bestsituation.”

Thus, many of Amy’s students have

difficulty using English and she sees herrole not just to present social studies,but also to enhance their abilities to useEnglish. Amy finds “the whole questionof language and language developmentso interesting. What happens if youdon’t have language and you have tolearn American history, English, wordsand grammar all at the same time?” sheasks. If that sounds like a major chal-lenge, Amy makes it clear that it is achallenge she’s taken on because sheenjoys her work.

Mark’s parents were founding mem-

bers of the Oxford Circle Jewish Com-munity Center, which has since beenabsorbed by Adath Jeshurun in ElkinsPark. Born in Northeast Philadelphia, hegraduated from Northeast High Schooland started at Temple University, buttransferred after freshman year to theCollege of Emporia in Kansas. He got hisMasters of Education at Antioch College,Philadelphia branch.

Mark, 65, was substituting in the

Philadelphia public schools when hefound out about an intensive program inspecial education training at CheyneyState (now Cheyney University). Earninga certificate from that program openeddoors for Mark, enabling him to spendhis career teaching special education atOlney High School, where he beganteaching in 1973 and retired in 2008.

After two years as a classroom

teacher, Mark saw a need for his stu-

Mark Spiller and Amy Cohen arelongtime teachers in the

Philadelphia public schools and es-tablished members of Minyan Masorti.You can recognize Mark by the bas-ketball kippah he always wears to shul(“Basketball is another religion,” hesays) and Amy by her warm smile andknockout handcrafted earrings.

Born in Harrisburg, Amy, 56, at-

tended Yeshiva Academy (now theRabbi David Silver Academy) throughninth grade, and then went to Harris-burg High School. Many of her class-mates moved over the city line andAmy was a minority in her inner cityschool, but was glad to be out of herinsular community. At Penn State,Amy trained to be a teacher of theDeaf, the profession she has practicedfor 33 years. Amy earned a mastersdegree in Teaching English as a Sec-ond Language from Temple Universityand is certified as a social studiesteacher.

For most of her career, Amy has

taught history in the Program for Deafand Hard of Hearing Students at Abra-ham Lincoln High School, a largeneighborhood school in NortheastPhiladelphia. Many of her students areimmigrants from the Middle East, Asiaand Latin America. She observes thatthe problem with deafness isn’t justthat you can’t hear. The problem is thelack of access to language if you havehearing parents.

“If you’re Deaf and have Deaf par-

ents and you have real communica-tion which enables you to developlanguage skills before you’re five or six

Mark Spiller, Amy Cohen and family.

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Member Spotlight by Linda Kriger

dents to gain job skills. He submitteda proposal for a vocational trainingprogram enabling students to volun-teer in the mornings and go to schoolfor academics in the afternoons. Ein-stein Hospital’s Volunteer Departmentagreed to be the host. Mark has coor-dinated the Ancillary Hospital ServicesProgram since 1975 and it became amodel throughout Philadelphia. Assoon as Mark retired from the schooldistrict, Einstein hired him part time tocontinue coordinating the program. “Asignificant number of students go onusing the skills they’ve acquired and Itake my greatest sense of accomplish-ment at seeing former students be-come valued employees at Einstein,”Mark says proudly.

Amy and Mark met on a street cor-

ner near the now-demolished CivicCenter after leaving a meeting of thePhiladelphia Federation of Teachers tovote for strike authorization in June1982. (Thankfully, the strike wasn’tnecessary). “I didn’t drive a car andwas waiting for the D bus at the endof the meeting,” Amy recalls. “I hadborrowed my roommate’s dress. I wasready to be social.”

Mark noticed her. “I saw this vision

walking across the street,” he says. Heapproached her and started a conver-sation. “I suggested that we go some-where and continue the conversation,but due to her correct Harrisburg up-bringing, she told me, ‘I’m not goingto get in your car. I don’t know you.’ Isuggested we could walk to a restau-rant. We talked for three hours,” hesays. “I think it was four hours,” Amyadds. She let him drive her home.

But Amy had a boyfriend “and I

should have immediately broken upwith him” but didn’t. (“Procrastinationis something of a trait here,” Mark sayswryly.) After meeting her, Mark calledhis mother and told her he’d met thewoman he would marry. “I was on amission,” he says. During the next twoyears, they would accidentally runinto each other (usually orchestratedby Mark). Given that they were work-


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ing in the same school, Mark says, “Iwas able to continue my pursuit afterschool hours. I would stop by herclassroom and make sure I ran into herin the office. I was persistent.”

Amy finally saw the light and they

married at the end of 1985. Amy knewhe was the right person for her and re-grets the time she wasted by not get-ting together with him sooner. “All’swell that ends well,” says Mark.“We’ve been married 28 years.”

During their early days at GJC,

Amy and Mark were what Amy calls“interlopers” with their friends Yonaand Howard Dansky, who were mem-bers. They would come to synagoguewith the Dansky’s but go to Amy’s fam-ily in Harrisburg for the High Holi-days.

When their children, Gabe and

Lucy, were born, their involvementdeepened. They joined GJC and theirkids attended ECP, and later the reli-gious school became important tothem. Amy served for many years as

co-chair of the Religious School Com-mittee, working with Josh Goldblumand Linda Feder. Mark became an offi-cial member of the “playground min-yan.” They took Lucy and Gabe to thechildren’s service first run by LyndallMiller. Both Gabe and Lucy went on tovolunteer in the ECP, to work asteacher’s aides in the Religious Schooland to serve as High Holiday Torah read-ers in the Charry Sanctuary. Gabe andLucy, who attended Philadelphia publicschools, are both students at Temple.Gabe will graduate this spring and Lucyis a freshman.

Now Amy is co-vice president with

Ilene Poses of the Youth Outreach Com-mittee of the Women’s Club, sendingholiday gifts to children of all GJC fami-lies, from ECP toddlers to far flung col-lege students. She is also a regularmember of the Sunday morning minyan.Coming as she does from an Orthodoxupbringing, Amy is proud of her partici-pation in the Masorti service.

“The most feminist thing I ever did at

the Yeshiva Academy,” she recalls, “hap-pened when the teacher said, ‘This is

just for the boys. The girls can go inthe back and talk’ and proceeded toteach boys Torah trope (cantillationmarks). I was listening.” She started toread Torah when her children wereyoung and later studied haftarah tropewith Eve Pinkenson. Amy continues toread Torah in Masorti and occasion-ally haftarah. She has also availed her-self of adult education classes at GJC,which she clearly relishes. “RabbiYosef Goldman taught this great classon the musical heritage of theMizrachi Jewish community and Itook Rabbi Zeff’s class on social chal-lenges in Israel,” she says. “There arewonderful opportunities to learn.” AndMark? “I am married to the high priest-ess of hamishness,” he says, smiling.

Rabbi’s Message Continued from page 1

tuous first months of rabbinicalschool, Rabbi Diamond advised ourcohort, “We are always comparingour insides with other people’s out-sides.”

The month of Adar challenges us

to look honestly at our insides, at theall-too-human feelings of jealousythat may arise when we hear of theachievements of others. It calls us toapproach those around us with cu-riosity and awe for the mystery ofwhat is happening in their lives be-neath the surface. Adar then invitesus to seek out the space in our heartsto rejoice along with others.

We are taught that both Moses

and Aaron had a deep appreciationfor the uniqueness of each humanbeing. In our multigenerational, plu-ralistic community of communities,we have many opportunities to mar-vel at the differences between us, atthe range of emotions and experi-ences unfolding within our German-town Jewish Centre family at anygiven time. Just as we are called tobe present with those in mourning,we are called to amplify the joy ofthose in celebration. In this super-sized Adar, may we connect to whathappiness means for each one of us,and may our hearts grow wider aswe embrace the joy of others.

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In his rousing sermon on the firstday of Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Zeff

spoke deeply and passionately aboutIsrael and ended with this charge:

We need Israel – as dream, as

spiritual state, as messianic vision, aspolitical entity, and more. We need itnow just as we have needed it alltimes in Jewish history, in all of itsfullness and multiplicity of meaning.And Israel needs us. It needs our en-gagement, our perspectives, our con-nections, our questioning, and oursearching for answers. Together, wecan provide for the Jewish commu-nity and for our young people amodel for connecting with Israel thatis not about uniformity of belief oropinion but about respectful engage-ment with each other, a mahloketl’shem shamayim that enriches us all.The time for silence is past. The timefor engagement is now.

To lead that engagement, Rabbi

Zeff announced the creation of an Is-rael Programming Group “whosecharge is to create programming thathelps us to engage substantively withthe issues surrounding Israel. Thisgroup will take pains to shape pro-grams in ways that both acknowledgethe diversity of our community’s vi-sions of Israel and encourage us toengage with each other in the spiritof mahloket l’shem shamayim, focus-ing on learning, mutual respect,openness to each other, and deep lis-tening.”

Our diverse committee of five has

been meeting since the Fall and iscommitted to engage the German-town Jewish Centre community withmany diverse programs in the monthsand years ahead.

We are pleased to invite you to

participate in our two inaugural pro-grams:

Screenings of the Israeli TV hit se-

ries Hatufim, the inspiration for theAmerican TV series Homeland, be-ginning on March 12 at 7:30 pm. Joinus on the second and fourth Wednes-day’s starting in March, to watch and

secret mission with their unit inLebanon. The story begins with thesoldiers’ return home after years ofnegotiations for their freedom. Nim-rod Klein and Uri Zach return alive,along with the remains of Amiel Ben-

We Need IsraelBy Steve Masters

continued on page 7

discuss the hit Israeli TV series Hatu-fim, which won an Israeli Academyaward for best drama series. Refresh-ments will be provided.

The series, set in 2008, depicts

three Israeli soldiers who were cap-tured seventeen years ago while on a



Early childhood Program (EcP)

Mark Fallon, an ECP parent and Senior Naturalist at Briar Bush Nature Centervisited the ECP for Tu bi’Sh’vat. Mark captivated the children with his hands

on activities including following a tree through the seasons and a very special visitfrom Henry the Opossum who likes to climb trees!

By Jodi Gordon, Interim ECP Director

Hazak

Hazak is the United Synagogue of Con-servative Judaism’s organization for Jew-ish men and women, 55 years and older.The name HAZAK is an acronym. Thehet stands for Hokhma (wisdom), thatzayan for Ziknah (maturity) and the kuphfor Kadima (looking ahead). The RheaShils Chapter of Hazak at GermantownJewish Centre has offered programs thatappeal to a wide audience since 2003.

Programming for Adults 55+

By Hazak Co-Chairs, Cherie Goren & Sonia Dishler

What a long, cold winter we arehaving. We understand if you

are staying close to home, better tobe safe than sorry, although we dohope to see you soon. Hopefully thesnow will be a distant memory bySunday, March 9, when we haverescheduled the program on Poland:Then & Now, featuring MichaelSteinlauf. We are looking forward tolearning and discussion withMichael, who is a GJC member, pro-fessor at Gratz College and an experton the Jews of Poland. Our BookGroup meets on March 12 and April9, and please save the date for ourannual Hazak Shabbat in the CharryService on May 3. Let us know if youwould like to participate in the serv-ice by reading Torah or Haftarah, hav-ing an aliyah or some other honor.And of course, the Kiddush is not tobe missed!

We need IsraelContinued from page 6

Horin. The series explores the reinte-gration of Nimrod and Uri into a so-ciety which has made them nationalicons, and into an interrupted familylife, while working through thetrauma of being held captive and tor-tured. On a personal level they haveto deal with partners who waited ormoved on, children who have grownup without them, and parents whohave died.

Israel Speed Sharing – Sunday,

April 6, 4 to 6 pm

Part poetry slam. Part speed story-

telling. Part show-and-tell. Spend an

afternoon sharing about your relation-ship to Israel with the GJC community.Before an open microphone, partici-pants each will have 90 seconds to de-scribe an experience, share a photo orobject, sing a song or play music, recitea poem, dance, mime, shout, or anyother means of communications thatsuits you -- to share something mean-ingful to you about Israel.

Together, we will weave a mosaic of

meaning for how we individually andtogether connect to Israel. Of course,there will be food and drinks! Perhapsan arts and craft table for the youngones. And maybe a surprise or two. Ifyou would like to assist in the planning

for this event, please inform Elana orany of us listed below. We expect afull house, so please keep an eye outfor the sign-up list to assure your turnat the microphone!

In the coming months, you will see

more announcements about Israelprogramming at GJC and in our com-munity. If you have ideas for pro-grams, please let us know.

GJC’s Israel Programming CommitteeJoel Sweet, co-chairJosh Peskin, co-chair

Denise WolfCyrilla RosenSteve Masters


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It was a cold and dark Saturdaynight in early January, but everyone

was laughing at Goldie Hawn’s anticsin Private Benjamin for our SecondAnnual Movie Night. Sandy Meyerset the stage with stories about themovie, the producer and the GJCconnection. It seems that SusanWeiss’s mother was a good friend ofGoldie Hawn’s mother.

After having been postponed due

to bitter cold and snow, The StainedGlass Project: Windows That OpenDoors finally took place on Feb. 2nd.Glass sculptor, Paula Mandel, anddigital painter, Joan MyersonSchrager discussed their work teach-ing local high school students how tocreate stained glass art projects fortheir community and in the process,

Women’s club News

Barb Menin and Dena Lake, co-presidents of Women’s Club

Neither Snow Nor Ice Nor Frigid Temperatures Will Stop Women’s Club!

they learned lessons in tolerance, coop-eration and responsibility. Thank you toMen’s Club and Social Action for co-sponsoring this event.

The Women’s Clothing GiveAway

was on February 23. This year’s inter-national women's cause is Dining ForWomen, a global giving circle dedi-cated to helping women and girls in thedeveloping world achieve their poten-tial, gain equality in their countries andcultures, and overcome economic lim-itations and social bias.

Mark your calendars for our annual

Purim Bash: Under the Boardwalk,March 8th from 7:30 to 11:30 PM.Enjoy this year’s original Purim Spiel,dine on “Boardwalk fare” and dance tothe music of Michael Lazar. There willbe a variety of local restaurants to tempt

Germantown Jewish Centre willhold our 5th annual Kids’

Stuff Exchange on Sunday, March23rd from 11 am – 2 pm. This WIN-WIN event allows families to donatekids’ clothing, toys and equipmentthat their children have outgrownand take home whatever they canuse for the next phase of family life.With a suggested $20 donation, fam-ilies take home up to 3 bags of “new-to-you” kids’ stuff and one largeritem. Donations will once againbenefit the Interfaith Hospitality Net-work of Northeast/west Philadelphia.

The Kids’ Stuff Exchange accepts

clothing (infant to teenage sizes),shoes, books, maternity clothes, toys,games, high chairs, strollers and otherequipment. Items can be dropped offat GJC, from Sunday, March 16ththrough Friday, March 21st. Collec-tion bins are located in the ChapelLobby and outside the Charry Lobbydoors (easily accessible from the park-ing lot, if you have lots of stuff!).Please bring items in bags or boxes.Items should not be broken, stained ortorn. Thanks!

We could still use a few more vol-

unteers to helpsort the itemson Saturdayevening, March22nd and tohelp with the event on Sunday,March 23rd. If you are available,please contact Amy Schrager [email protected].

The Kids’ Stuff Exchange is a great

opportunity to keep kids’ stuff circu-lating and out of landfills, all whilesupporting local families! Be sure tojoin us for this fun and worthwhileevent.

your palates for the silent auction. Inaddition there will be some one-of-a-kind vacations (Fighter Pilot for aDay!) offered during the silent andlive auctions.

Advance registration for the

Purim Bash is absolutely necessary.Please RSVP to Judy Schwartz [email protected].

Join us on Saturday, April 5th, for

Women’s Shabbat. In keeping withGJC’s theme of the Judaism & the Arts,we are planning a scholar-in-residence Shabbat with Theatre Ariel,Pennsylvania’s only professional the-atre dedicated to illuminating the so-cial, cultural and spiritual heritage ofthe Jewish people. Adena Potok, Pres-ident of Theatre Ariel’s board, will fa-cilitate this creative women’s Shabbat.

It’s time to start collecting your kids’ stuff!

Special Thanks to the Wolfe Family Foundation

for generously supporting programming at GJC


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Win A Trip To Israel! Support Israel and GJC!

Proceeds benefit GJC (including General Fund & Youth Activities), community programs & the State of Israel. Thank you!

The Annual Passport to Israel Purim fundraiser drawing will be held at GJC’s Purim carnival

on Sunday, March 16, 2014.

First prize is a trip for two to Israel — a $4,000 value — or $4,000 in State of Israel bonds. Second prize - $360; third prize - $180.

Ticket sales are limited to 500. No cash prize in lieu of first prize of

Israel trip or Israel bonds. Sponsored by GJC Men’s Club. You need not be present at drawing to win. Winning ticket valid for one year.

ENTER TODAY! ORDER YOUR PASSPORTS BEFORE THEY SELL OUT

Please complete the form below and mail to the Germantown Jewish

Centre, Men’s Club, 400 W. Ellet Street, Phila., PA 19119 with payment of $30 per Passport. We will send you a numbered Passport receipt, your chance to win a trip to Israel or $4,000 in State of Israel bonds!

Please print: Name___________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Email: ___________________________________________________ Telephone________________________________________________ Number of Passports: __________ X $30 each Passport = $___________

Send completed form with payment ($30 per Passport) to: Germantown Jewish Centre, Men’s Club, 400 W. Ellet St., Phila., PA 19119. Make checks payable to GJC Men’s Club.

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Adult Education 2014/5774

Please review the chart below for our courses at a glance. Advanced

registration is requested for all courses. Contact the office to register.

PEOPLE OF

THE BOOK

GJC’s Jewish Book Reading Group

We meet at Germantown Jew-ish Centre in the Quitman Li-

brary. We read fiction and nonfictionbooks of Jewish interest writtenmostly, but not solely, by Jewish writ-ers and chosen by the group.

Volunteer group members

lead the discussion. For more information, contact Vilma Lieber-man at [email protected] or215-885-5753.

March 11Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst

April 8Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

Religious School

In early December, the principal ofSalanter Akiba Riverdale Academy,

an Orthodox day school in Riverdale,NY, granted permission to two femalestudents who asked to be allowed toput on tallit and tefillin at the school’sdaily women’s minyan. Within weeks,Ramaz, another promi-nent New York Ortho-dox day school,announced a shift in itsown policy allowingwomen to lay tefillin.In the months since theschools’ decisionswent public, Jewish and non-Jewishnewspapers and other media outletshave been abuzz with news and com-mentary about this incident, nowdubbed (by Ha’aretz and others) as“Tefillin-gate.” Buried within all of thearticles, blog-posts, and editorials fromboth supporters and critics, is the ker-nel of a growing conversation bothwithin Orthodoxy and across denom-

inational linesabout the roleof women inhalakhah.

In addition

to my ownpersonal fascination with the topic ofgender in Judaism, the piece that hasbeen most interesting to me as an ed-ucator is the way in which the voicesof students – whether the girls whoserequest set all of this into motion ortheir peers across the country – havepunctuated this dialogue. As they re-spond to critiques of their Jewish iden-tities, and dismissals of theirmotivations as “attention-seeking” andinauthentic (all of these from adults inthe Jewish community), their passion,bravery, and intelligence shinesthrough – because they are writingfrom their experience. These Jewishteens, raised in a world in which egal-itarianism and inclusivity are held upin secular society as values to fight for,

By Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Gaining Inspiration from Tefillin-gate

are speaking out and raising theirvoices to tell us the story of how theystrive to live-out these values in theirJudaism.

My hope, my prayer, and my chal-

lenge for our kids and teens at GJC isthat they stand up and feel empow-ered do the same! One of my deepestpassions as an educator is to createauthentic and engaging Jewish spacesin which tradition and ritual becomeplaygrounds for experi-mentation and spring-boards for adult Jewishliving in the future. Sodo it… Maybe youcould call it a spiritualcleanse, and do it for aweek, or a month! Tryout laying tefillin every morning, ex-periment with a more traditionalkashrut observance, see what happensif you give thanks for your food at theend of every meal – and then reportback! I can’t wait to hear how it goes!


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An estimated 250 people gath-ered to learn about the origins

and solutions of the current crisis inPhiladelphia schools from a distin-guished panel of speakers at the an-nual Ralph Granger MemorialSupport on January 18. Speakers forthe program, “Public Schools in crisis:Striving for Educational Justice:, in-cluded Donna Cooper, executive di-rector of Public Citizens for Childrenand Youth (PCCY), GJC member,Dalya Hahn, a senior at Central HighSchool, where she is president of theJewish Student Union, Editor-in-Chiefof the school newspaper and Central’selected Citywide Student Govern-ment Representative. Rhonda Brown-stein, executive director of theEducation Law Center and the Rev. W.Jarrett Kerbel, rector of the Church ofSt. Martin-in-the Fields in ChestnutHill and co-chair of the board ofPOWER, an interfaith coalition ofcongregations from across Philadel-phia. The program was moderated byGJC social action committee mem-bers Elliott Seif and Andrea Moselleand included reflections on RalphGranger by long-time centre memberand benefactor, Paul Minkoff. Pauland his wife, Hilda, have created afund to ensure that GJC continues toprovide an annual forum in Ralph’smemory to reflect on urban issues, in-cluding differences and inequalities inour community.

The panel discussion addressed

the need for a fair and fully fundedformula for Pennsylvania’s Schools.PCCY’s Donna Cooper provided anoverview of the problem, noting thatPennsylvania is one of only threestates in the nation that does not havea funding formula for education.Philadelphia is not alone in this -when $1 billion in cuts were made tothe education budget in 2011, theywere not made fairly across the stateand the largest cuts were made in the

poorest districts. Cooper pointed outthat had state funding been adequate,the School District of Philadelphiawould not have been forced to lay offhundreds of teachers, counselors andother staff. Dalya Hahn shared exam-ples of what the impact of these kindsof cuts have been at Central HighSchool. Perhaps the most striking is thereduction in the number of schoolcounselors and the impact that has hadon students trying to submit college ap-plications in the academic collegepreparatory school. She explained that

there are currently only 2 counselorsfor the more than 2300 students at-tending Central, resulting in a hugebacklog of students waiting to get therequired counselor’s letter to submitwith their applications.

Rhonda Brownstein of the Educa-

tion Law Center talked about the im-portance of the funding formula inproviding a “rational way” to distrib-ute funds to school districts. She em-phasized the need for the state to havea fair funding formula that takes into

Education Crisis Topic of Granger PanelBy Renee S. Levine

continued on page 14


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Every Thursday when school isopen, a group of us who had al-

most forgotten what it was like to beseven or eight, walk through the hallsof Henry H. Houston School on Al-lens Lane, past the art work hangingon the walls (this month it’s “no bul-lying” posters) between the class-rooms, through the building to thelibrary. We wait there until the childwe have been seeing week after weekcomes in, eager to see the friendlyface of their tutor or “coach.” It’sReading Club time for one of thegroups of Community Volunteers atHouston.

Community Volunteers has been

operating at Houston for ten years orso. Inspired by research showing thatthe more kids read the more they willread, we began to help improve liter-acy skills. Students choose booksfrom selected baskets and read themto their special coach who gets tothink about how to encourage his orher charge to read better and more;when it works at its best, the tutor andchild are together the entire year, thechild launches securely into the nextgrade and we get to witness a studentgainging mastery and enjoyment ofreading. We come as a group so thatclass size is smaller (so the classroomteacher can work better with the kidshe or she has) while kids who need itget individual attention. Being a

group has the added benefit of lettingus adults learn from each other abouthow to improve our coaching skills.

Three years ago, Elayne Blender

joined Barbara Bloom in leadership ofthe Thursday literacy group. She alsostarted working with math tutors onWednesday afternoons. What we usedto call Thursday Tutors has becomeCommunity Tutors. And, this year,Elayne has assumed a new responsibil-ity, that of coordinating use of the li-brary. Like many Philadelphia PublicSchools, Houston lacked a librarian formany years. A group of dedicated vol-

unteers has cleaned up the library, putcheck-out pockets and call numberson books and put them in place onthe shelves. Elayne and others arenow helping staff the library so thatkids can use the room and check outbooks to take home.

While the Thursday section may

have all the tutors we can use at onetime, Math on Wednesdays and theLibrary, open certain hours on Tues-day, Wednesday and Thursday, wel-comes additional help. ContactElayne Blender to volunteer and formore information: 215-248-0413.

Community Tutors at Houston SchoolBy Barbara A. Bloom

On Saturday, December 7, 2013members of the Social Action

Committee and the larger GJC commu-nity sent Gisha Berkowitz off in style!Gisha moved to Durham, North Car-olina, just a few days later. She hadmade the very difficult decision tomove closer to her children, whichmeant leaving the community sheloved, and the community that lovedand valued her. Gisha had done somuch to advance the vision of social

A Tribute to Gisha Berkowitzfor all she has done

to advance the vision of social justice at GJC

On Saturday, December 7, 2013members of the Social Action

Committee and the larger GJC com-munity sent Gisha Berkowitz off instyle! Gisha moved to Durham,North Carolina, just a few days later.She had made the very difficult deci-sion to move closer to her children,which meant leaving the communityshe loved, and the community thatloved and valued her. Gisha haddone so much to advance the visionof social justice at GJC, the broadernorthwest community, and the city ofPhiladelphia. Mindy Shapiro offered

her artistry, to help us honor andthank Gisha for her life of action andvision towards a more just society.

Ilene Poses, Rachel Falkove, Cole-

man Poses, Elliot Seif, and MaxineMargolies hand-delivered the beauti-ful Chamsa paper cut created byMindy. Gisha was so pleased that amember of GJC was the artist. Webrought sweets from the NightKitchen, and visited and talked withGisha for three-hours. We spent awonderful, warm, and meaningful af-ternoon, of friendship and connec-tion, what GJC is all about, after all.

Education CrisisContinued from page 14

account variations in communitiesand student bodies across districtssuch as poverty rate, the number ofEnglish language learners and specialeducation students, and the ability ofthe community to raise local funds.

Reverend Jarrett Kerbel, as co-

chair of POWER, a coalition of con-gregations from neighborhoods acrossthe city who represent members fromall faiths who are diverse racially andeconomically, talked about thegroup’s strategy for reaching out to ed-ucate and engage citizens around the

need for a fair and fully funded formula.They will be reaching out to suburbanPhiladelphia as well and are workingwith other interfaith groups across thestate. He emphasized the importance ofa reliable source of funding.

Speakers suggested several ways to

stay informed and get involved, includ-ing:• To sign up for PCCY’s weeklynewsletter, visit their web site atwww.pccy.org• The Education Law Center also has aperiodic newsletter and excellent infor-mation on the Pennsylvania schoolfunding crisis. Visit their web site at elc-pa.org

• Another good resource is thePhiladelphia Public School Notebookat www.thenotebook.org • To find out more about GJC’s rela-tionship with POWER, contact DavidMosenkis at [email protected] or Andrea Moselle at [email protected] Members of the Social Action com-mittee are working on this issue andwill be reaching out to GJC membersto join them in getting involved in thecoming weeks. Thanks to Sue Ann Rybak of theChestnut Hill local, whose coverageof this event provided additionalsource material for this article.


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Adult Education Fund Elise Bromberg in memory of Fortunee Bromberg, mother

David Picker in memory of Doris Picker, mother

Ruth Rosenthal in memory of Flora S. Mendelssohn, sister

Judy Schwartz & Jay Seitchik In memory of Seymour Meyers, partner of Marilyn Silberstein

Beck Scholar-in-Residence Fund Noel Eisenstat & Beth Rosenbaum in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

in memory of Milton Sanders, husband of Freda Sanders and

father of Susan Weiss

Jill & Ron Feldman in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Maxine & Maurice Feldman in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Mindelle Goldstein in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Carol & Marty Kaplan in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Judy Schwartz & Jay Seitchik in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Leah & Norm Schwartz in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Joan Silver in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Bev & Ira Somerson in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Susan & Berel Sternthal in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Aaron & Lucille Weber in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Bess Schick Memorial Fund Peter Kuriloff in memory of Nancy Isaac Kuriloff, sister

Mariann Schick in memory of Morris Zack, uncle

in memory of Saul Zack, grandfather

in memory of Mary Zack, grandmother

Camp Scholarship Fund Carol Kaplan in memory of Samuel Pinn, father

Sidney Stein in memory of Irving Stein, brother

Chesed Fund Judy Schwartz & Jay Seitchik refuah shleimah to Phyllis Kauffman

Susan Sternthal in appreciation of Chesed volunteers

Early Childhood Program Fund Diane Ajl & Neil Kitrosser in honor of Josh Goldblum & Debbie Fishman, on the birth of

their grandson

in honor of Liz Bloch-Smith & Mark Smith, on the birth of their

grandchild

Richard Bazelon in memory of David Bazelon, father

Marvin & Marilynn Goldman in honor of Annalena Lattanzi

Jodi Gordon in memory of Raymond Kauffman, father of Mollie Shapiro

Myrna Snyder in memory of Eva Litten, mother

Bev & Ira Somerson refuah shleimah to Nina Gordon

Joyce Videlock in memory of Matthew Wainer, father

Floral Fund Myra & Isador Kranzel in honor of Joyce & Sheldon Eveloff, on their 50th wedding

anniversary

Richard Rosenbaum in memory of Rose Rosenbaum, mother

General Fund Ronnie & Herb Allen in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Lizanne Berger in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Barbara Block in memory of Eva Katz, mother of Myra Kranzel

Barbara Bloom in memory of Eva Katz, mother of Myra Kranzel

Stuart Borowsky

Debrah Cohen in memory of Lorelai Cohen, mother

Roslyn Davis in memory of Eva Katz, mother of Myra Kranzel



Vincent DiLorenzo in memory of Gabriel DiLorenzo, father

Mikael Elsila & Dina Pinsky refuah shleimah to Mitchell Berk

Janet Filante

Jonathan Friedan & in honor of Jeanette Dudnick, on her 92nd birthday

Ilana Trachtman

Contributions For the period of December, 2013 through January, 2014

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Contributions ContinuedGeneral Fund Frances Friedmann Neiman in memory of Sophy Goodrich, mother

Marvin & Marilynn Goldman

Dena & Ed Lake in memory of Dorothy Snellenburg, sister of Marcy Landesburg



in memory of Beatrice Needleman, mother of Jeffrey Needleman

in memory of Samuel L. Pinkenson, parent of Linda Dzuba

in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Judith Lasker in memory of the grandmother of Seth Goren

Jim & Sandy Meyer in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

refuah shleimah to Susan Sternthal



in memory of Eva Katz, mother of Myra Kranzel

Ernest Mukamal in memory of Lynn Adelman

Joyce Norden in memory of William Manheimer, father

Amy Rogovin in memory of Eva Katz, mother of Myra Kranzel

Martha & Chuck Schleifer in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck

Gwynne Sigel

Susan & Berel Sternthal refuah shleimah to Mitchell Berk

Hazak Fund Rosalie & Sidney August in memory of Eugene Haneson, husband of Penny Haneson

Helene Feinberg in memory of Anne Rosenberg, mother

Sam & Helene Feinberg in memory of Solomon Fisher, husband of Alice Fisher


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Cherie Goren in memory of Joseph Goren, husband

Leah & Norman Schwartz in memory of Frances "Frumel" M. Barr, mother of Arnold Barr


Aaron & Lucille Weber in memory of Eva Katz, mother of Myra Kranzel

in memory of Dorothy Snellenburg, sister of Marcy Landesburg

Sol Barenbaum in memory of Adele Kleinbaum

Interfaith Hospitality Sam & Cecile Merion

Network Fund Daniel Piser in memory of Leonore Piser, mother

David Podell in memory of Carol Podell, mother

Michael Rodin in memory of Sherwin A. Rodin, father

Frieda Sanders in memory of Ray Wasserberg, aunt

in memory of Jack Sanders, father-in-law

Geanne Zelkowitz in memory of Norma Kulberg, mother

Hyman Zelkowitz in memory of David Zelkowitz, father

Bob Zimring in memory of Katie Zimring, wife

in memory of Celia Pump, mother-in-law

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in memory of Jacob Pump, father-in-law

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Israel Affairs Fund Carol & Marty Kaplan refuah shleimah to Phyllis Kauffman

in honor of Dick Menin, on his birthday

in honor of Dena & Ed Lake, on their daughter's engagement

in honor of Sidney August, on his 95th birthday


refuah shleimah to Nina Gordon

in memory of Sonia Kranzel, mother of Judge Isador Kranzel


in honor of Ken Weiss, on his birthday




Myra & Isador Kranzel in honor of Carol & Marty Kaplan, on their birthdays

Betty & Buddy Levin in memory of Dorothy Snellenburg, sister of Marcy Landesburg


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Israel Affairs Fund Judy Schwartz & Jay Seitchik in memory of Dorothy Snellenburg, sister of Marcy Landesburg

in honor of Marty Kaplan, on his 84th birthday

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Joan Silver in honor of Carol & Marty Kaplan, on the birth of their great

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Israel Garden Fund Helen Feinberg in memory of Irwin Ross, father

Jacob Daniel Kanofsky in memory of Mollie Kanofsky, mother

Dena Lake in memory of Michael Rosenman, brother

Rose Lifschitz in appreciation of Sylvia Lifschitz

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Kiddush Fund Mitchell Berk in memory of Samuel Needleman, grandfather

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Hilda & Paul Minkoff in honor of the 60th anniversary of the joint Bat Mitzvah of

Rennie Cohen & Elaine Dushoff

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in memory of Florence Mahon, sister of Rose Beck




in honor of Marty Kaplan, on his 84th birthday

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Leah & Norman Schwartz in honor of Burgandy Holiday & David Kanthor, on the birth of

their daughter, Florenzia Mildred

Joan Silver in memory of Dorothy Snellenburg, sister of Marcy Landesburg


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Men’s Club Jeffrey & Linda Needleman in memory of Milton Sanders, husband of Freda Sanders and


Minyan Masorti Memorial Marvin & Marilynn Goldman

Shabbat Fund Wendy Weingarten in memory of Nancy Jacobs Traub, mother

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Music Fund Evelyn Eskin & David Major

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Susan & Berel Sternthal in memory of Milton Sanders, husband of Freda Sanders and


Playground Fund Ellen & Al Brown in honor of Addie & Craig Lewis Klein, on the birth of their son,

Isaac

Program Fund Marlene & Steve Ross in memory of Beatrice Needleman, mother of Jeffrey Needleman

Rabbi Zeff’s Discretionary Fund Lila Booth in memory of Newlin Booth, husband

Evelyn Caplin in memory of Florence Brown, sister-in-law

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Rabbi Zeff’s Discretionary Fund Rabbi Marim Charry in memory of Dana Charry, brother

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Joyce Eveloff in memory of Miriam Blumenthal, mother

Tara Feiner in memory of Irene Kogut Laster, mother

Bernice Goldstein in memory of Milton Goldstein, brother

Mindelle Goldstein in memory of Milton Goldstein, husband

Linda Hahn in memory of Sanford Hahn, husband

Elizabeth S. Harper in memory of Eva Katz, mother of Myra Kranzel

Myra & Isador Kranzel in honor of Lucille & Aaron Weber, on their 65th anniversary

in honor of Rabbi Zeff, for his kindness & support

Cliff Levine & Julia Krenzel in memory of Eva Katz, mother of Myra Kranzel

Kate Margo in memory of Warren Lane, father

Richard Menin in memory of Benjamin Menin, uncle

Jeffrey & Linda Needleman in appreciation of Rabbi Zeff & Rabbi Lewis

Jeffrey Needleman in memory of Alan Needleman, brother

Frances Friedmann Neiman in honor of Paul Tinkeltaub, on his 70th birthday

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Beth Rosenbaum in memory of Newlin Booth, step-father

Joan Saltzman in memory of Milton Sanders, husband of Freda Sanders and


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Michael Steinlauf in memory of William Steinlauf, father

Zelda Stern in memory of Joyce S Kutler, sister-in-law

Susan Weiss, Joan & Robert Sadoff in memory of Milton Sanders, husband of Freda Sanders and


Religious School Fund Marvin & Marilynn Goldman in honor of Denis Lattanzi

Myra & Isador Kranzel in honor of Rabbi Alanna Sklover, for her kindness & support

Alex Seldin in memory of Max Routtenberg, grandfather

Social Action Fund Mikael Elsila & Dina Pinsky in honor of David Mosenkis, on his birthday

Mindy Flexer

Mitchell Hirsch in memory of Robert Hirsch, father

Myra & Isador Kranzel in honor of Gisha Berkowitz, for her longterm work at

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Andi & Jon Moselle in honor of Gisha Berkowitz, for all she has done to advance

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Alex Seldin in memory of Milton Seldin, father

George & Debbie Stern in honor of Gisha Berkowitz

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Ellen Brown in memory of Myra A. Sterns, mother

Helen & Michael Feinberg in honor of Jeremy Heep, on Amira becoming Bat Mitzvah



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