The Jewish Chronicle November 29, 2012

BY LEE CHOTTINERExecutive Editor

“Bless the State of Israel with itspromise of redemption. Shield it withyour love. Spread over it your shelter ofpeace.”

— Prayer for Israel,Siddur Sim Shalom

After visiting Israel last week duringthe country’s eight days of warfare withHamas, Rabbi Daniel Yolkut comparedthe Diaspora Jews he left behind withtribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh.

The Torah teaches, Yolkut said, that asIsrael prepared to cross the Jordan intothe Promised Land, these tribes peti-tioned Moses to remain behind in thefertile Jordan Valley.“Moses says to them, ‘will you let your

brothers go to war and you sit here?’ ”Yolkut said. “Well, last week, our broth-ers and sisters went to war, and we needto understand what that meant.”Yolkut, spiritual leader of Congrega-

tion Poale Zedeck, was one of the fea-tured speakers Monday at a communityrally in support of Israel at the JewishCommunity Center in Squirrel Hill.

The rally, dubbed “We Stand with Is-rael: A Gathering in Solidarity,” and or-ganized by the Jewish Federation ofGreater Pittsburgh, drew hundreds ofpeople from across the city and suburbs,many waving Israeli flags as theycrowded into the standing-room-onlyLevinson Hall.Yolkut, who traveled to Israel days af-

ter the fighting began with a missionfrom the Rabbinical Council of America,paid a shiva call on the family of a rock-et attack victim, delivered toys and col-oring books — collected by his

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W.Va. missionto Israelgets green lightwith cease-fireBY LEE CHOTTINER

Executive Editor

Several West Virginia Jews from theHuntington area dialed in to a confer-ence call last week, anxious to learn iftheir mission to Israel — severalmonths in the works — was still on.It was, they learned, pending a

cease-fire, which was soon declared.So 25 Jews from small Federation

communities — 18 from Huntingtonalone — left Monday morning for theJewish state.For Linda Pickholtz Klein, a Pitts-

burgh native, Huntington resident andmission chair, the trip, which runsfrom Nov. 26 through Dec. 6, and alsoincludes Jews from Wilmington, N.C.,and Cheyenne, Wyo., is first and fore-most about West Virginia Jews, partic-ularly members of B’nai Shalom Con-gregation in Huntington.Asked if she considers it a West Vir-

ginia mission, Pickholtz Klein said,“We absolutely do.”In fact, the idea for the mission took

root this past January when a leadingHuntington Jewish family discussedways to interest local Jews in travelingto Israel. The Weisberg family heavily subsi-

dized the cost of the trip for the Hunt-ington participants.“Joan Weisberg and her daughter,

Martha Weisberg Barvin, who lives inHouston, were musing over how no onehad been to Israel from Huntington fora long time, and how could they en-courage people to go,” Pickholtz Kleinsaid.By the end of January, Martha called

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After the rockets …

BY TOBY TABACHNICK

Staff Writer

Beth El Congregation of the SouthHills has announced that it will shutdown its BENS Early Childhood Learn-ing Center, effective Dec. 24.Low enrollment numbers have made

running the center economically unten-able for the congregation, according toMiles Kirshner, president of Beth El. “Demographic trends in our commu-

nity have made it unsustainable,” Kirsh-ner said, noting that there just are notenough preschool age children in theSouth Hills to support the number ofprograms currently offered in the area.The congregation plans to roll out a

new program next year that it expectswill better serve the current needs of itsmembers. Beth El Nursery School was estab-

lished in 1969, and for many years, un-der the tenure of director Georgia Her-nandez, was known as one of the pre-miere nursery schools in the South Hills.Enrollment began to decline after

Hernandez retired in 2002. By 2008, theschool saw a “significant decline in reg-istration,” according to a letter sent tocongregants last week signed by Kirshn-er and Beth El’s executive vice presi-dent, Andy Schaer. Schaer is also aboard mem-ber of theChronicle.In 2010,

Beth El con-verted BENSfrom a pre-school modelto a fully ac-credited, all-day program,hoping tomeet theneeds of families with two working par-ents. The re-vamping of the program,however, did not generate a significantincrease in enrollment.“We are well below the level of enroll-

ment necessary to come close to a breakeven,” Kirshner said.

Only 12 out of the 50 childrencurrently enrolled in the center are chil-dren of Beth El members, according toKirshner.In an effort to save the program,

BENS entered into a shared servicesagreementwith theJewish Com-munity Cen-ter ofG r e a t e rPittsburghlast year,with the in-tention of ul-t i m a t e l ym e r g i n gtheir respec-

tive childcare centers. Low enrollmentnumbers at BENS, however, preventedthe merger, Kirshner said. “There wasn’t light at the end of the

tunnel,” he said. “We felt it was nolonger fair to subsidize the program tothe extent we were doing. The sustainedlosses were unacceptable to Beth El.The board unanimously felt it was timeto quit.”Beth El plans to continue its relation-

ship with the JCC, and develop somesupplemental Jewish value-based pro-gramming for preschoolers and theirfamilies, differing from the child carecenter model, Kirshner said. “We’re currently searching and com-

mitted to find ways to achieve the criti-cal goals of providing Jewish connectionto our preschool families,” he said. “Ournew program will be rolled out as earlyas January, and it will be designed to in-volve Rabbi Alex [Greenbaum] and BethEl in the lives of families with youngchildren.”The new programming, which is still

in the development stage, will introducesomething that is currently lacking inthe South Hills, according to Schaer. “From our perspective, it’s about serv-

ing the community in a way that helpsthe community, not in a way that is du-plicative,” he said. “It will be program-ming based on Jewish values in a way

that’s not currently developed in theSouth Hills.” While Beth El’s collaboration with the

JCC did not lead to a merger of the twochild care programs, it did help cementa relationship that will benefit the SouthHills Jewish community, according toBrian Schreiber, president and CEO ofthe JCC of Greater Pittsburgh.“I think ultimately, the partnership

piece was wonderful,” Schreiber said.“We worked very well together as a con-gregation and the JCC, and we will con-tinue to work with congregations to en-hance Jewish life together. The goodnews is I think it did strengthen our rela-tionship.”Beth El is currently working with each

BENS family to find a new early learn-ing program for each child, and to easeeveryone’s transition.“Right now, we are focused on manag-

ing the transition for our children tomake sure they and their families willland softly through all of this,” Schaersaid. Hernandez, who taught at BENS for 11

years before becoming its director in1985, said that she was proud of the pro-gram she helped build at Beth El.“I have not been back in years, but

still feel I could walk in there and knowwhere every toy, every book, every blockand every chair is,” she said in an emailto the Chronicle. “I wasn’t sad when Iheard the news because I know all goodthings must pass. More, I felt like it wasthe passing of an icon — a time to cele-brate all the good we did. Beth El Nurs-ery School was known far and wide forits excellent philosophy, inclusivenessand nurturing environment.”“So, while I wish it could go on forev-

er, my chest bursts with pride that Iplayed a part in Beth El Nursery Schoolfor 28 years and was the director for 17years,” she concluded. “It is now time tolook at what was accomplished and feelproud. I hope everyone involved withthe school does. I know I do.”

(Toby Tabachnick can be reached [email protected].)

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The Jewish Community Cen-ter of Greater Pittsburgh willhost two basketball games between theJCC Varsity Boys Basketball Team anda Partnership2Gether Team fromKarmiel/Misgav, Israel.“Chooplah for Chanukah,” as the

tournament is called, will take place,Sunday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m., and Wednesday,Dec. 12, 8 p.m. Both games will be heldat the JCC in Squirrel Hill and will befree. The community is encouraged tocome and cheer for the teams. The Karmiel/Misgav team is coming

to Pittsburgh from Dec. 8 to 13 in aPartnership2Gether program throughthe Jewish Federation of Greater Pitts-burgh. In addition to the two JCCgames, the Israelis will work with chil-dren in JCC Clubhouse, hold basketballclinics, help with senior lunch and lightChanuka candles at the JCC. They willcook Shabbat dinner with Hillel, partic-ipate in services and dinner at TempleSinai, and eat breakfast and participatein activities at the Federation. The teamwill go to the University of Pittsburghand Duquesne University basketballgames and watch a Steelers game.Local families will host team mem-

bers. Call Jeremy Kelley at 412-521-8011, ext. 249 or Sam Bloom at 412-521-8011, ext. 366 for more information.

Pittsburgh Area Jewish Com-mittee will hold a board meeting,

Tuesday, Dec. 4, featuring Hank Butler,executive director of Pennsylvania Jew-ish Coalition (PJC). Butler will presenta roundup of the November election andits impact on the Pennsylvania Jewishcommunity.The event will be held at Rodef

Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave. at7 p.m. The meeting is free and open tothe public.

The Pittsburgh Area JewishCommittee’s Christian-JewishDialogue will meet Thursday, Dec. 6,at Congregation Beth Shalom, 5915 Bea-con St., at noon. The topic of the up-coming session is “Separation ofChurch and State,” presented by AlexOrbach, and Jewish and Christian textswill be studied.The conveners are Rabbi James Gib-

son, Father Radu Bordeianu, Rev. LindaTheophilus and Rabbi Michael Werbow.The program is free to the public.

Contact the PAJC office at (412) 605-0816 or at [email protected] for moreinformation.

The next Squirrel Hill Projectprogram will be held Sunday, Dec. 2,from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the SenatorJohn Heinz History Center. The program, which the University of

Pittsburgh Jewish Studies Program andthe Rauh Jewish Archives are co-host-ing, will be a morning of various activi-ties about the history of the Jewishcommunity in Squirrel Hill and thePittsburgh area more broadly.The morning will begin with a presen-

tation, “Finding Squirrel Hill in the

Archives,” by Susan Melnick, archivist ofthe Rauh Jewish Archives, and DavidGrinnell, of the Archives Service Centerof the University of Pittsburgh Library,and formerly at the Heinz History Cen-ter. They will share material from thetwo largest archival collections of localhistory, highlighting collections related toSquirrel Hill and its Jewish community. Following their presentation, partici-

pants will tour the various areas devot-ed to different activities, includinghands-on training on researching localhistory and family history using the re-sources of the Heinz History Center, thePitt Library, and other online sources. Highlights from the Rauh and Heinz

collections will be on display and atten-dees are invited to bring materials suchas photos, pamphlets, letters or othermemorabilia from their personal collec-tions or those from organizations they areinvolved with. Scholars and archivistswill be on hand to discuss the materialwith them and describe how those materi-als shed light on the history of the Jewishcommunity and the neighborhood. In another area, participants will

have opportunities to record memoriesof Squirrel Hill and other PittsburghJewish communities. Participants will be able to view re-

search posters prepared by Pitt stu-dents taking a course taught by Dr.Rachel Kranson this semester on “Jewsand the City.” Films related to the history of the

neighborhood will also be screened. Admission is free. Preregistration at

[email protected] is requested but notrequired.

Hillel Jewish University Cen-ter is holding auditions this week forits annual Campus Superstar event,which will take place March 21, 2013, atCarnegie Music Hall in Oakland.With a $5,000 prize at stake, this

year’s Superstar will be its biggest sea-son since it started in 2007. Previouswinners have gone on to Hollywood,Broadway and even lead roles with theSeattle Opera.Auditions began Tuesday, Nov. 27, at

Carnegie Mellon University, and werealso held at the University of Pittsburghand Point Park University.An estimated 150 students from area

colleges were expected to audition.Thirty will make the cut for a secondround of tryouts in January, and 10 willcompete March 21 for the title of Cam-pus Superstar 2013.Past competitors include Nick Cos-

grove (2007), who currently plays theleading part of Frankie Valli in the firstnational tour of “Jersey Boys,” andAmanda Jane Cooper (2009), who hasgone on to roles on “Glee” on FOX and“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” onCBS.Proceeds from Campus Superstar

2013 support the Hillel JUC.

Chabad of the South Hills willhold a benefit gala and celebration,“Light up the Night,” marking the sec-ond night of Chanuka and featuring vio-linist Andres Cardenes accompanied bypianist Luz Manriquez at the PittsburghMarriott City Center Sunday, Dec. 9.

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Briefly

BY LEE CHOTTINER

The Pennsylvania StateUniversity Hillel has won anational award from Hillel:The Foundation for JewishCampus Life. The honor camefor its work with studentleaders. The Penn State Hillel was

one of five recipients — twoHillels, five individuals — ofthe 2012 Philip H. and SusanRudd Cohen Student Exem-plar of Excellence and Cam-pus of Excellence Awards.The winners were announcedat the recent 2012 Jewish Fed-erations of North AmericaGeneral Assembly in Balti-more.Johns Hopkins University

won the small campus award.The individual winners camefrom Hillels at the Universityof Maryland, Kent State Uni-versity, Hillel Australia, PaceUniversity and RutgersUniversity. Penn State won the large campus

award for having shown a commitmentto engaging students on every levelwhile also deepening their studentleadership.Aaron Kaufman, director of the

Penn State Hillel, told the Chroniclehis students demonstrated their lead-

ership during the recent fighting be-tween Israel and Hamas when Hillelleaders at Penn State engaged anti-Is-rael protestors on campus, Friday,Nov. 16.“Our student leaders on their own

were able to diffuse the situation andget them to take down some of theirsigns,” Kaufman said.He also said his students developed a

Facebook campaign, through which theyencouraged students to take pictures ofthemselves and answer the question, “Istand with Israel because …” He said the Penn State Hillel serves

some 4,000 to 6,000 Jewish students atthe University Park campus. It doesnot have traditional memberships. “The hard work of our students and

staff has now been nationally recog-

nized,” Elliott Weinstein,chair of the Penn State Hil-lel board of directors, saidin a prepared statement.“The entire board of direc-tors, including myself, is soproud of the work these stu-dents and professionals doevery day and we congratu-late everyone involved.”Hillel is the largest Jew-

ish campus organization inthe world, engaging withstudents at more than 550universities across theglobe. The Philip H. Cohen and

Susan Rudd Cohen Campus ofExcellence Award recognizesthe efforts of local Hillels toempower student leadershipand foster engagement, ac-tivism, education and univer-sity partnership. A committee from Hillel’s

Schusterman InternationalCenter chose the winners,and applications were open to

all Hillels, which serve more than 550universities across the globe.The large vs. small campus distinction

refers to the Jewish student populationson the campuses served by Hillels.

(Lee Chottiner can be reached [email protected].)

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The honorees for the evening includeGeoffrey and Laurie Gerber, recipientsof the Lamplighter Award; BenjaminFriedlander, recipient of the YoungLeadership Award; Alan Frank andLewis Winnecour receiving the“Macabees in our Times” tributes. Car-denes will be presented with theChesed (Kindness) Award.Cardenes was the concertmaster for

the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1989 to2010 and has performed internationallyas a soloist with more than 100 orches-tras where he has received internation-al acclaim as a violinist.The evening will begin with cocktails

and Feast of the Nations buffet dinnerat 6 p.m. followed by the program andperformance at 7:30 p.m. Visit chabadsh.com or call Chabad of

South Hills at 412-344-2424 forreservations.

Jewish Residential Serviceswill host a workshop on “A Home of MyOwn: New Strategies for CreatingHomes for Individuals with Disabili-ties,” Tuesday, Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m., at Jew-ish Residential Services, located atRodef Shalom Congregation. The workship is designed for parents

interested in housing for adult childrenbut lack the necessary state waiverfunding, are looking for an alternative

to a traditional group home, or want toconnect with other Jewish parents inthe same situation. Nancy Murray, president of the ARC

of Greater Pittsburgh at Achieva and anexpert in the disability field, will bepresent. She is leading an initiative tocreate new and innovative housing op-portunities for people with disabilities.The workshop is free and kosher re-

freshments will be served. ContactShani Lasin at 412-325-0039 [email protected] for moreinformation.

Congregation Ahavath Achimin Carnegie will hold a special Shabbatservice, Friday, Dec. 7, at 7:45 p.m.The family-oriented service will in-clude prayers in both Hebrew andEnglish and will be followed by anOneg Shabbat. Ahavath Achim, a traditional congre-

gation, is the oldest Jewish congrega-tion in the South Hills. Founded in 1896and incorporated in 1903, it has been atits present building at 500 Chestnut St.since 1937.Call 412-561-1261 for more

information.

B’nai Emunoh/Chabad at 4315Murray Ave. will hold its grand Chanu-ka family Melave Malka Saturday, Dec.15, at 7 p.m. Call 412-521-1477 for moreinformation and to get a schedule ofclasses and services under the guidanceof Rabbi Elchonon D. Friedman.


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Nurturing sensitivity Yeshiva Schools photo

The first-graders atYeshiva Schools werehonored to have a visitfrom Chaim VanSicklethis week, who openlyshared his experience ofliving with blindness.To prepare for his visit,the students wrote storiesthat were translated intoBraille. VanSickle spoketo the kids anddemonstrated walkingaround the room guidedonly by his walking stick.He then passed out theBraille alphabet so thatthe students couldexperience running theirfingers over the letters.The students weremesmerized whenVanSickle read the Brailleversions of their ownstories to them. Theywatched as he ran hisfingers over the Brailleand listened withamazement as hedeciphered their namesand skillfully relayed whatthey had written.The program gave thefirst-graders an insightinto VanSickle’schallenges and left themwith an admiration for hisabilities andaccomplishments.

NEW YORK — Sitting in my home lastweekend and reading about the traumathe people of Israel have endured underrocket attack in recent days, I never feltcloser to Israel — or further away.I was reminded of the story of the hen

and the turkey reading the ThanksgivingDay menu the farmer had posted, callingfor the next day’s dinner to feature“scrambled eggs and the traditional hol-iday meal.”“From you he wants a contribution,”

the turkey said ruefully to the hen.“From me he wants total commitment.”What can we on the sidelines of the

Zionist enterprise do for our brothersand sisters who are fully engagedagainst an enemy that seeks their de-struction — and ours, as Jews, as well?It should go without saying, but needs

to be said at a time when moral equiva-lency reigns, that the first thing we cando is show full support for an outcomethat allows Israeli children, and theirparents, to sleep at night without fear ofrockets from Gaza destroying them andtheir way of life.That’s one of the key messages that

Ido Aharoni, consul general of Israel inNew York, has been making, virtuallynonstop, since the latest round of fight-ing between Israel and Hamas started.In numerous media interviews, some-

times as many as a dozen back-to-backon the radio, Aharoni says he empha-sizes two points: that Israel’s goal is to

remove the threat posed by Hamas rock-ets to the life of Israeli citizens and tothe state’s economy, and that the govern-ment has authorized its army to actwithout limitations of time or scope.He makes the case, largely unchal-

lenged, he says, that “when one’s enemydoesn’t play by the same rules,” the con-ventional methods of waging war are ob-solete. Taking advantage of the fact thatIsrael’s army tries to avoid harmingcivilians, Hamas soldiers do not wearuniforms, mingle among the civilianpopulation, regularly use human shields,and stockpile their weapons in schools,mosques and hospitals.Hamas, Aharoni asserted, “is an ene-

my that doesn’t value human life andnurtures the cult of death.”Further proof: Hamas, whose charter

calls for the murder of Jews everywhereand the destruction of the Jewish state,has never provided bomb shelters for itscitizens, preferring the benefits of vic-timhood when innocents in harm’s wayare killed by Israeli rockets. And thefact that Hamas targeted Jerusalem,with its hundreds of thousands of Arabinhabitants, not to mention the holymosque in the Old City, underscores anobsession with obliterating Israel, damnthe consequences.As for accusations that Israel uses

“excessive force” in its effort to stopHamas and their rockets, Aharoni voicesexasperation: “What is the alternative”to fighting back? he asks, after Israel hasendured thousands of missiles long afterleaving Gaza completely in 2005.This is not about a conflict culminat-

ing in peace talks, “this is a dead end,”he says. “They’re just interested in in-flicting harm on us. So you do what youhave to do to defend your people.”And though Israel’s government and

society may be flawed, like any other,it’s more than alright to championJerusalem’s cause for the simple reason

that we’re Jewish.That was one of the messages Bret

Stephens, foreign affairs correspondentfor the Wall Street Journal, offered up to100 high school juniors and seniors whoare part of the Write On For Israel pro-gram on Sunday morning at the KraftCenter of Columbia University. (WriteOn is a two-year advocacy-through-jour-nalism program for high school studentssponsored by The Jewish Week.)Yes, he said, when you get to college

you will be challenged to choose be-tween your pro-Israel credentials anddemocratic values. But that’s a falseequation and a sign of “massivehypocrisy,” he noted, because Israel isthe only state in the Mideast that embod-ies the values of women’s equality, gayrights, concern for the environment, afree and open press, and the other liber-al democratic principles we tend to takefor granted in America.Equally important, he said, is “the

harder, deeper point” that beyond sup-porting Israel for its “performancerecord” as the startup nation that madethe desert bloom, “you should” connectwith Israel “because it’s yours — it’syour birthright.”In giving these young people, who are

being educated about the history andcomplexity of the Mideast conflict, per-mission to feel complete loyalty to animperfect Israel in the same way theyshow greater love to their family andfriends than to others, Stephens wasmaking an important statement. Andone, it seems, that is being challenged, atleast implicitly, by other voices in theJewish community.Daniel Gordis, a frequent writer on

the Mideast who is based in Jerusalem,took issue with a message his friend,Rabbi Sharon Brous, sent to her Los An-geles congregants last Friday, entitled“Heartache.” Her words expressed

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Who won?

GaryRosenblatt

Permission to support Israel without measure

So who gets to claim victory in thejust-completed conflict betweenIsrael and Hamas?

Well, obviously Israel and Palestinianleaders are each saying they won — Is-rael because it stopped — for now —rocket attacks on its people; Hamas be-cause it earned some respectabilityamong Arab leaders, some of whom ac-tually visited Gaza during the fighting.But perhaps there are far more win-

ners than those, and perhaps some ofthem may surprise you.Winner: Iron Dome Missile defense

system — No surprise here. Duringeight days of fighting, Iron Dome shotdown 421 of some 1,500 rocketslaunched from Gaza, (the success ratecould have been much higher, but theIDF chose not to fire at rockets on a tra-jectory to land harmlessly in openfields). While the cost of arming and op-erating these batteries was steep — ashigh as $30 million over the course ofthe fighting — the system proved itsworth. The Defense Ministry hopes tohave 13 to 15 batteries operational in

five years, according to Haaretz. Clear-ly, Iron Dome has earned its keep.Winner: Richard Goldstone — Now

this is surprising. The South African ju-rist and author of the much-malignedGoldstone Report following OperationCast Lead, who later recanted much ofit, may have experienced a vindicationof sorts. Forward reported that Israelapparently took some lessons from thereport. To wit, the casualty toll for theeight days of Operation Pillar of Defensewas lower than the first day of Cast Leadalone. Observers attribute this to moresophisticated Israeli weaponry, but alsoto a greater willingness on Israel’s partto slow its fire and be more selective oftargets. (Sending thousands of text mes-sages to Gazans in harm’s way alsodidn’t hurt.) Winner: Mohamed Morsi — The newly

coined Egyptian president very nearlysnatched defeat from the jaws of victorywith his ill-advised decree putting hisrulings above judicial review — a deci-sion that may still backfire on him — butfor now, Morsi has earned political

capital for brokering the cease-fire. Hecould have sided with Hamas, abrogatedthe treaty with Israel and called for ji-had against the Jewish state — all ofwhich would be consistent with MuslimBrotherhood rhetoric. Instead, he keptthe treaty in place and chose a relativelymoderate course over a war footing. Tobe sure, Morsi is no friend of Israel’s,but the jury is still out as to what kind ofenemy he will be.Winner: The peace process — The

what? Are we crazy to talk about peaceat a time like this — when Egypt haswithdrawn its ambassador, Hamas hasjust finished firing over 1,000 rocketsand Hezbollah is threatening to jointhe fray the next time fighting breaksout? All rhetoric aside, Hezbollah didn’t

join the fighting, Hamas is holding itsfire and, as we said, Egypt did broker acease-fire. It may not seem like much onwhich to build a peace process, but in aregion becoming increasingly extremein its political posturing, it’s also morethan Israel might have expected.

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Mission synopsis

(Editor’s note: Pittsburgh nativeDavid Eisner, while on a family trip toIsrael last week, took time to join ashort mission of American Jewish lead-ers to the war zone. What follows areexcerpts from an extensive email Eis-ner wrote in which he recounts hisexperiences.)

Today, I joined Malcolm Hoenlein,executive vice chairman of the Confer-ence of Presidents of Major AmericanJewish Organizations, and a small mis-sion of leaders from three religiousmovements, federations and Zionistorganizations.In addition to briefings and meetings

with most of Israel’s top political andmilitary leaders, as well as Egyptiandiplomats, we visited victims of the ter-ror and war of the past days and years.Today’s activities were focused on vis-

iting — and giving comfort to — some ofthe residents, soldiers and victims whohave suffered so much this past weekand, in many cases, several years.The [Israeli] government seems to

believe that they accomplished theirmajor goals of “de-capitation and de-terrence” (though, admittedly, successof deterrence is only judged in the rearview mirror), and that the risk/rewardof doing more was not there. They alsobelieve that [Egyptian President Mo-hamed] Morsi passed a critical firsttest of his leadership; when faced withthe conflict between his ideology andreality, he chose the realistic path (nodoubt with much pressure on him andhis aid package from the UnitedStates).In Ashkelon, we met with Mayor

Benny Bakni in his situation room.While he supports the government andarmy, most of his constituents believethe cease-fire deal was the “sameagreement we signed four years ago.”In fact, two weeks after the 2008 Oper-ation Cast Lead, rockets hit an

Ashkelon grade school (thankfully, onShabbat). Today, an hour before we ar-rived, a rocket was fired at Ashkelon.Most buildings, including hospitals andschools are not secure; children andadults have 20 to 25 seconds to get toshelter. At the hospital, Barzilai Medical Cen-

ter, which is six miles from Gaza, wemet some of the doctors and patients, in-cluding a man (David ben Yocheved)who lost his leg from shrapnel whilerunning for cover earlier this week.We left Ashkelon, drove past Sderot,

on our way to Beer Sheva. There, wevisited the Soroka Hospital, whichserves as the tertiary hospital for 1 mil-lion people, including (ironically) seri-ous cases from Gaza.We met with the director general and

deputy director general of the hospitalin their situation room. They had toclosed eight operating rooms, and con-verted closets to operating rooms.Dozens of soldiers came to the hospitalto help to move patients. … The hospi-tal operates a day care center, so doc-tors and nurses could come/stay.The hospital usually has two to 10

residents of Gaza as patients at anygiven time, though Hamas needs to ap-prove care — and use it as a weapon(reward and punishment). This pastweek, the hospital had 299 war-relatedpatients (one-third stress and two-thirds physical, including 60 soldiers).We visited several patients. The most

memorable was 19-year-old Doron benIlana, from the Golani Brigade, whohad a missile explode near him and gota leg full of shrapnel. He said that heand his “friends” (i.e., comrades) wereready and anxious to clear out the ter-rorist swamp of Gaza. I also spoke tohis mother and girlfriend.These people in southern Israel have

suffered so badly for so long. It is im-possible for any of us to even imaginewhat it must be like.From Beer Sheva, we drove back to

Jerusalem where we were welcomedby President Shimon Peres at his resi-dence. �We spent over an hour with thepresident. He continually expressedhis gratitude for our visit to Israel.Ever optimistic, Peres spoke about thepossibilities that the situation maypresent. He also expressed his grati-tude to the U.S. government — Presi-dent Obama in particular — for thesupport it had shown.

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KIBBUTZ KFAR RUPPIN, Israel —The routine comfort and rural tranquili-ty of the kibbutz was interrupted Wed.,Nov. 14, when all students were urgentlycalled to their respective lounges to seethe first images of “Operation Pillar ofDefense” being broadcasted live on tele-vision.Upon learning of the IDF’s successful

termination of Ahmed Jabari, a promi-nent Hamas general, a tangible feelingof pride pervaded the kibbutz, compara-ble to the American reaction to Osamabin Laden’s death. Likewise, we board-ing school students were confident ofour country’s strength and ability to getthe job done.However, regardless of our national

pride and solidarity, the frightening im-ages of conflict humbled us. We knewthat rockets would never fall in our kib-butz in the Jordan River Valley but thewar was brought right into my livingroom and I was afraid.

It has always been evident that theIDF is the superior force in the Gazanconflict. My homeroom teacher claimedthat the IDF could erase Gaza from themap in a matter of minutes if it so willed.With that in mind, I asked myself whatcould Hamas possibly have to gain in awar with Israel? The answer is clear:Hamas wants towin a big victoryin the court ofpublic opinionand spread itsmessage of terror.Tactically speak-

ing, Hamas’srockets deliverlittle more pay-load than a mili-tary issue grenade, while Israeli jets de-stroyed entire apartment complexes nu-merous times throughout the operation.However, one must simply hearken backto the contested Goldstone Report of2009 that accused Israel of targetingGazan civilians or the Mavi Marmara in-cident of 2010 to understand how Israelcan lose to Hamas in the court of publicopinion. Likewise, this conflict was wellpublicized throughout the world. Opin-ion-forming news of the war in Gaza ri-valed reports of the ongoing slaughter inSyria and a changing of the guard inChina.When distant explosions were brought

into our living room it became impossi-

ble to evade the anxiety of war. Private-ly, people were glued to their televisionsall over the country. If they didn’t watchtelevision then they received updatesfrom their smart phones. Every code redand military maneuver was instantlyposted on the Web, enabling any Israelito identify with his southern neighbors

bearing thebrunt of the con-flict.About half of

the Israeli popu-lation neverheard the sirenswarning of an in-coming Gazanmissile, but theubiquity of war

in the media shook every Israeli fromMetulla to Eilat. Happily, I have good news to report.

Israel is poised to win the war of publicopinion and her experienced citizensknow how to live normally under the im-mense weight of terror. Israel has learned from her publicity

failures. Pro-Israel activism online isnow thriving; the IDF has made exem-plary use of social media, and an earlycease-fire prohibited a ground campaignfrom spoiling IDF gains. Even my highschool encouraged me, as an Englishspeaker, to support Israel in the war onthe Web. Israeli society is well aware ofthe necessity to defend its reputation inthe media.Not enough can be said about peculiar

resilience of the Israelis themselves.

They dropped the topic of parliamentaryelections during the operation and be-came politically united. Northernershosted their war-torn southern neigh-bors and people came together bound bycommon purpose.Simultaneously though, daily life went

on. I went to school while the kibbutz’sgroundskeeper cut the parched grass.Students continued playing “TempleRun” on their iPhones during class andcomplaining to the teacher when theirphones got confiscated. Israelis refusedto let the war get under their skin.Don’t be fooled by the thick-skinned

Israelis, though. There is duality to Is-rael’s relationship with war. In Israel,the death or capture of one soldier canthrow the whole nation into despair. Is-raelis are strong and efficacious, butthey aren’t immune to the perils of war.The pain shows through in the eyes offamilies in bomb shelters or with rela-tives in uniform. With the signing of the cease-fire Nov.

21, the majority of the country breatheda sigh of relief. No one expects peace; noone expects the missiles to stop flying,but at least the Jewish state bought moretime. Until then, in the words of HanochLevin, it’s “you, me, and the next war.”

(Asher Wiseman, 17, of Pittsburgh, is aDiller Fellow who now attends Gaon Ha-yarden High School and lives in KibbutzKfar Ruppin in Israel. He begins amonthly column for the Chronicle onIsrael from a young person’s perspective.)


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...what could Hamas possi-bly have to gain in a warwith Israel?

empathy for Israelis, who “have theright and the obligation to defend them-selves,” as well as “the Palestinian peo-ple, both in Gaza and in the West Bank,”who “have suffered terribly and deserveto live full and dignified lives.“We are deeply entrenched in our nar-

ratives of good and evil, victim and per-petrator — and we are scared,” the rabbisaid, urging her readers not to “dig inour heels” or “diminish the loss on theother side of the border, even to gloat.This is not the Jewish way.”“On the surface, a lovely and innocu-

ous message,” Gordis wrote. “But what’sdeeply troubling is that every single ex-pression of sympathy for Israelis imme-diately coupled to a similar sentimentabout the Palestinians. Absolute bal-ance, even on a week like this, has be-come a supreme commandment. ‘Thoushalt love thy neighbor who attacks theeas yourself.’”Why, he wonders, can’t we just say

“that at this moment, Israel’s enemiesare evil? That they’re wrong?”Coming to the defense of Rabbi Brous

is David Myers, a professor of Jewishhistory at UCLA, who accuses Gordis of“a rigid moral absolutism” and assertsthat “we should be applauding … that

capacity to manifest empathy beyondone’s own without surrendering a senseof love and belonging to the Jewishpeople.”Perhaps the rhetoric has overtaken

the intention in this emotional argu-ment. Judaism does indeed teach us tocare for “the other,” and respect if notlove all humanity. But what about thosewhose actions reflect the opposite of hu-manity, whose mandate is to glorifydeath, to murder and obliterate? It is Ju-daism that instructs us to “choose life”and defend ourselves, not turn the othercheek.I save the last word here for Rachel

Klapper, a graduate of the first Write OnFor Israel class a decade ago, now livingin Israel, with a husband who has beencalled up to serve, along with tens ofthousands of his countrymen.In a message to the current Write On

class, emailed this week, Rachel notedthat “our sages told us Kol YisraelAreivim Zeh LaZeh, that every Jew isdependent on each other,” and thankedthe students for their efforts: “Everysingle thing you do with the purpose ofstanding up for Israel,” she wrote,“makes all the difference to us.”

Gary Rosenblatt, editor and publisherof the New York Jewish Week can bereached at [email protected]. Thiscolumn previously appeared in theWeek.)�

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Chanuka isn’t just for kids.Adults enjoy this festival of lights and

freedom as well. One way they appreci-ate it is through fine kosher wines. Forsome time, kosher wineshave been sheddingthe image of sweetconcord wines thatwere synonymouswith the product foryears. That ischanging — fast.Pittsburgh has two

wine dealers that special-ize in kosher wines — MichaelGreathouse of Premier Wines, and Shlo-mo Perelman of Pinskers Judaica Cen-

ter. The Chronicle asked them to recom-mend four wines apiece for Chanuka.The following are their selections.

Greathouse specializes inboutique kosher wines. Hereare his recommendations:

Gedeon CabernetSauvignon 2010, JudeanHills, Israel:This Cabernet hails from the foothills

of the Judean mountains, south and eastfrom Jerusalem near Beth Shemesh.

This vibrant wine features fruitforward along with black cur-rants and tobacco notes fromFrench oak barrels. Bestserved with steak, roastedlamb or flavorful hardcheeses.

White Tulip2010, Kfar Yuval andKerem Ben Zimra, UpperGalilee, Israel:White Tulip is a unique blend of two

white varieties, different by nature: thefruity, spicy, sweet Gewürztraminer andthe green, fresh and tart, SauvignonBlanc.The Gewürztraminer grapes come

from the Gilad Vineyard, lo-cated in Kfar Yuval, nearMetula while the Sauvi-gnon Blanc grapes are har-vested in Kerem Ben Zim-ra plateau vineyard. White Tulip 2010 is a drywhite wine, characterizedby a light straw-likecolor and fruity aromassuch as guava, grape-fruit and lychee, with a

fresh greenness and pleasant acidity. The wine’s unique style surprises

every single time and it perfectly ac-companies a wide variety of foods —fresh ceviche fish, spicy Asian dishesand even spicy grilled meats.


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Prestige Cacher CabernetSauvignon 2010, Paysd’oc, France:With a low degree of alcohol (11.5 per-

cent), men and women as well as allsweet wine amateurs appreciate thisfragrant and beautifully colored wine; itis a perfect introduction to signature’sdry wine — Cabernet Sauvignon, a fa-mous unblended French wine.Chez Gérard’s Collection provides aunique quality at an affordable price de-spite the high cost of French wines dueto their strong Euro currency. It is sa-vored at its best when served at roomtemperature, but eventually it can alsobe served also cold with fish.

Gvaot Herodian Merlot2009, Shomron, Israel:This wine is produced from 90 percent

Merlot and 10 percent Cabernet Sauvi-gnon, harvested vineyards planted onthe slopes of thecentral mountainof Samaria atmore than2,000feet abovesea level.This ancient wineregion, the rocky, shal-low soil, the dry air and cool nighttemperatures create ideal conditions toproduce quality wines. Select plots cre-ate this wine witha fruity crisp anddelicate elegancethat provides a spe-cial tasting experience.Aromas of ripe plum, cherry andspice and mineral flavor characterizethe wine. It is not filtered to maintainthe full aroma potential.

• • •Perelman offers a wide selec-

tion of kosher wines from Israeland around the world. Here arehis recommendations:

Sagot Viognier JudeanHills, Israel Dry White:Connoisseurs will appreciate the simi-

larities between Psagot Viognier and thecoveted wines of France’s Rhone Valley,namely its floral, honeyed complexity.Half the wine that ends up in the bottleis aged in large French oak casks, andthe other half anise, apricot, honey andlemon harmonize beautifully. Don’tmiss the chance to pair it with grilledfish, quiche or chicken.

Binyamina ReserveCabernet SauvignonUpper Galille, Israel, DryRed:

This lovely wine expresses the best ofUpper Galilee’s “terroir” (a group ofvineyards (or even vines) from the sameregion, belonging to a specific appella-tion, and sharing the same type of soil,weather conditions), verifying the claimof wine writers that Galil is “the regionwith the most obvious potential” in Is-rael.Ripe fruit aromas of black raspberry

and cassis are complimented by subtlehints of roasted coffee beans and mint.The flavor profile features toastedalmond notes from the benefit of premi-um oak barrel aging. Pairs remarkablywith most strong-flavored red meatdishes, particu-larly lamb shank, steaksand roasts, stewed beef. Also recom-mended to service with fine hardcheeses.

Bartenura MoscatoSparkling Wines,Sweet, White orRose Asti Region,PiemonteProvince, Italy:These two wines are perfect

for holiday toasts and year-round celebrations. These

new wines have beenintroduced to ex-pand the selec-tion of “AstiSpumante-type”wines. Both are

sweet and well bal-anced with crisp cit-

rus flavors. The MoscatoRose has a touch of tartness with a deli-cate fragrance. We love these wines forsipping, toasting or serving at festivemeals. They pair well with fruits andcheese and are a perfect choice for thosewho prefer sweet to dry wines at the din-ner table.

Elvi Classico, Dry Red,Spain:This is a luxurious red blend from a

historic Spanish winery that dates backto the year 1492. The winemaking teamof Moshe and Ana Cohen bring the high-est level of respect and craftsmanship toproducing this silky fruit-forward winefrom Tempranillo, Spain’s signature va-rietal. This distinctive wine features redberry with cascading flavors of straw-berry and black cherry. The slightherbaceous quality adds to its flavorprofile. Elvi Clasico is at its best along-side Mediterranean foods: spicy chick-en, rich roast meats, or piquant Easterncuisine. It’s a remarkable buy for easydrinking or sipping.


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BAKED DOUGHNUTS FOR CHANUKA

Compiled by Angela Leibowicz

Why would you bake a doughnut? When I think about Chanuka, latkes are no prob-

lem. I already do latkes without deep-frying. Googling baked doughnuts on the Internet, it is ob-

vious that many people had the idea before me, withsome recipes sounding better and easier than others.Although I wanted to make doughnuts without spe-

cial pans, the doughnut pans were too adorable topass up, so I ordered two mini doughnut pans. Theminis allowed for more variety for toppings and thedoughnut size was a big hit.I selected the baked doughnut recipe from the

King Arthur Flour website for three reasons: a flourcompany should know how to bake, and the dough-nuts did not seem as cake-like as yeast doughnutsseemed. But the most important reason is that thisrecipe has oil in it. How could I make doughnuts forChanuka without oil? Where does halacha stipulatefrying?The Chanuka miracle is that of the oil, which

miraculously lasted for eight days when it shouldonly have lasted one. In our house, oil always goes further because we

almost never fry.

Batter

1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) butter1/4 cup vegetable oil1/2 cup granulated sugar1/3 cup brown sugar2 large eggs1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1/4 teaspoon baking soda1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg, to taste*

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 2/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour1 cup milk3/4 cup semisweet chocolate mini chips (first

choice) or semisweet chocolate chips, optional

*Use the smaller amount of nutmeg for the coconutor chocolate chip doughnuts; the larger amount forthe cinnamon doughnuts.

Topping

1/2 cup toasted coconut*1/4 to 1/3 cup cinnamon-sugar or about 1/2 cup

granulated white sugar, for coating

Preheat the oven to425°F. Lightlygrease two stan-dard doughnutpans. In a medi-

um-sizedmixing bowl,beat togetherthe butter,vegetable oil,and sugars untilsmooth. Add the eggs,

beating to combine. Stir in the baking powder,

baking soda, nutmeg, salt and vanilla. Stir the flour into the butter mixture alternately

with the milk, beginning and ending with the flourand making sure everything is thoroughly combined. For chocolate chip doughnuts, stir in the chocolate

chips. For coconut doughnuts, sprinkle 1 teaspoon toasted

shredded coconut into each of the wells of thepans. Spoon the batter into the lightly greased doughnut

pans, filling the wells to about 1/4 inch shy of the rimfor coconut or cinnamon doughnuts; or to the rim forchocolate chip doughnuts. Bake the doughnuts for 10 minutes. Remove them

from the oven, and wait 5 to 7 minutes before turningthem out of the pans onto a rack. Enjoy warm; or coolcompletely, and store airtight. For cinnamon doughnuts, shake warm doughnuts

in a plastic bag with about 1/4 to 1/3 cup cinnamon-sugar. For sugar-coated chocolate chip doughnuts,shake doughnuts in a plastic bag with about 1/2 cupgranulated white sugar (for best results), or confec-tioners’ sugar. Yield: 12 doughnuts. (I ended up with 36 mini

doughnuts.)

A few notes of my own experience: I left out the nutmeg, just as a preference. I took a tip from a website comment: Put all the

batter in a gallon Ziploc bag, press the air out beforezipping and then make a small cut in one of the cor-ners. This makes getting the batter into the pansmuch easier as it is very sticky.I did not have much success with one of the sug-

gestions of putting crushed semisweet chocolate inthe pan before the batter. That was a mess. Next timeI will just make a chocolate glaze and cover thedoughnuts when they are done.The cinnamon and sugar coated doughnuts were

perfect. You pretty much can be as creative as you want

with the doughnuts, so if you plan to add sprinkles oranything on top after they are cooked, you will haveto glaze them to get the sprinkles to stick.

(Angela Leibowicz can be reached at [email protected].)

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Staff Writer

The Jewish Family & Children’s Serv-ice of Pittsburgh is saying farewell thismonth to two longtime employees whosecontributions have helped grow theagency and shape its image.Becky Abrams, who has served as di-

rector of the Squirrel Hill CommunityFood Pantry (SHCFP) for the last six anda half years, has resigned to assume theposition of communication affairs spe-cialist at Highmark Inc., where she willfocus on sponsorships, grant making andspecial community programs.Laurie Gottlieb, the director of mar-

keting and annual fundraising forJF&CS since 1995, will be leaving to be-come the chief communications officerat the Jewish Healthcare Foundation,where she will provide communicationssupport to senior level staff. Chief com-munications officer is a new position atJHF.While her years at the SHCFP have

been rewarding, Abrams said she wasready to take on new challenges atHighmark.“One of my long-range goals was to

work in philanthropy,” she said, “so thiswas the next step for me.”Abrams holds a master’s degree in so-

cial work in administration, social policyand planning from the University ofPittsburgh School of Social Work, and abachelor’s degree in communication andpsychology from Chatham University.During her time at the SHCFP,

Abrams became instrumental in transi-tioning the agency from its old model onForward Avenue, where clients receivedprepackaged and preselected food, to anew model of “consumer choice” onHazelwood Avenue, where clients arefree to “shop” the pantry, and place theitems they want in a grocery cart, givingthe clients “dignity and choice,” accord-ing to Abrams. “So many great things have hap-

pened,” said Abrams of her time at theSHCFP. “The biggest highlights for mewere getting to work with all the volun-teers, all the clients and the communitypartners in making the food pantry whatit is. Another highlight was raisingawareness that there are hungry peoplein Squirrel Hill.”Abrams was key in giving the SHCFP

direction, and making the organization“more impactful in our community, and

working collaboratively with other or-ganizations to make sure our clients gotthe services they needed in addition tofood,” said Aryeh Sherman, presidentand CEO of JF&CS.Likewise, Gottlieb, in her tenure at

JF&CS became instrumental in creatinga positive image of the agency, accordingto Sherman.“Laurie had a big influence on the im-

age of JF&CS, so we’ve been understoodmore clearly by the community, ” Sher-man said. In addition to spearheading major

agency events such as annual meetings,and last week’s 75th anniversary cele-bration, Gottlieb worked well with theboard of JF&CS in raising funds. Through her marketing work, Gottlieb

“expanded our footprint beyond print tothe Internet and social media,” Shermansaid.Although leaving JF&CS was “bitter-

sweet,” Gottlieb said she is looking for-ward to her new role at the JHF.“My new position at JHF actually

melds all of my background and experi-ence,” Gottlieb said. She has both a business degree and an

applied math degree from CarnegieMellon University, and a master’s de-gree from the School of Information Sci-ence at the University of Pittsburgh. Herprior work experience includes severalyears at two high tech companies focus-ing on increasing efficiency, andmarketing which will provide a strongbackground for her work with JHF’s

Perfecting Patient Care program.“I just thought it was time for a new

challenge,” Gottlieb said. “I have lovedworking at JF&CS for the past 17 years.The staff is exceptional, professional,knowledgeable and compassionate; andthe mission to help those who are strug-gling is critical. I am proud of the part Ihave played in the growth of the agency,helping to raise awareness of the criticalwork JF&CS does to help individuals

and families who are struggling withlifecycle transitions and crises. And Iam looking forward to my new positionand to being able to continue to make adifference through my work at the Jew-ish Healthcare Foundation.”The JF&CS has received hundreds of

resumes for both Abrams’ and Gottlieb’sposts, Sherman said, and is “well alongthe way for selecting the next candidatesto fill the positions.”He is looking forward to bringing

some new perspectives to the agency.“I think once you have new staff in

place, hopefully they will bring somecreative ideas,” he said. “We hope to seesome new initiatives and perspectiveson how to reach more people and servemore people, and help more people re-solve the issues they are facing.”In the interim, Sherman said, current

staff members are taking on more re-sponsibilities, and volunteers havestepped up to the plate to help.“At the food pantry, volunteers have

been chipping in already,” he said. “Thatprogram can’t exist without volunteers;they are its heart and soul. They cameforward to help, and we appreciate thatimmensely.”

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va — Arthur “Art”Weisberg, a regional business leaderand a major benefactor of MarshallUniversity, died Saturday at CabellHuntington Hospital at age 88.Weisberg also was actively involved in

Jewish life in Huntington and nearbyCharleston. In fact, his family heavilysubsidized a small town Federation mis-sion, currently in Israel, which is com-prised mostly of West Virginia Jews.Weisberg started State Electric Sup-

ply Co. in Huntington in the 1950s andbuilt the company into a well-known re-tail-wholesale distributor with show-room and warehouse facilities in sixstates.His success in business led he and his

wife, Joan, to become generous donorsto Marshall, and two engineering build-ings are named for him — the ArthurWeisberg Family Engineering Labora-tories and the new Arthur WeisbergFamily Applied Engineering Complex,which is under construction.“I and the entire Marshall University

community are deeply saddened by thepassing of Mr. Arthur Weisberg,” saidMarshall President Stephen Kopp in astatement. “I consider Art a dear friendand mentor, and I’ve been so fortunateto have known him. I have especiallycherished the time we shared together.

He was nevershort on kindwords and al-ways willing toshare his ad-vice and wis-dom — just twoof the noble at-tributes thatdefine this re-markable man.“Art and the

entire Weis-berg familyhave left an in-delible imprint on this universitythrough their support of our academicprograms and willingness to give backto the community they so dearly love,”Kopp said.Weisberg and his family have given

substantial gifts to the university,though he never wanted to publicize theamounts because he thought the inten-tion of the gift was more important.That was just part of his character, saidClarence Martin, the chief executive of-ficer of State Electric.“People like me and folks around me

who have worked with him for yearsprobably wouldn’t be here today if wedidn’t subscribe to some of his samephilosophies,” said Martin, who was atWeisberg’s bedside when he passedaway. “He was more than an employer.

He was a friend and a mentor. He wasalways a cheerleader and a leader.�“Hestarted with nothing and built the busi-ness we have today,” Martin said.Weisberg, who was an electrical engi-

neer, also believed that having an edu-cation was the foundation for success inlife.“He believed in making an invest-

ment in higher education and knew thatinvestment would make an impact inthe future,” said Ron Area, chief execu-tive officer for the Marshall UniversityFoundation. “That was the reason hedecided to stay in West Virginia andHuntington. This is where he started,and that’s why he believed in so muchmaking an investment, particularly inengineering.”Weisberg was able to take part in the

groundbreaking of the engineeringcomplex last month and also served asgrand marshal in Marshall’s homecom-ing parade. It was a fitting sendoff for aman who many said had a hand inbringing the engineering program backto Marshall. In 2006, he and his wifegave $2.5 million to the university, fivemonths after the board of governors ap-proved the bachelor’s degree programin engineering.The Weisberg Family Engineering

Laboratories has lab and classroomspace, while the new complex will housesix different academic components and

programs, including the College of In-formation Technology and Engineeringand its divisions of engineering, comput-er science, applied science and technol-ogy; mechanical, electrical engineeringand bioengineering research laborato-ries; departments of mathematics andcomputational science; computer model-ing and digital imaging/simulation re-source facility; Transportation ResearchCorporation; and the Marshall Universi-ty Research Corp.A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Weisberg

graduated from City College of NewYork with a degree in electrical engi-neering. He took a job with Halstead In-dustries to build a steel mill in NewHaven, W.Va. In 1952, after serving inWorld War II, with a bankroll of $2,500,Weisberg hit the road, calling on “mom-and-pop” grocery and hardware stores,selling light bulbs, extension cords andfuses from the back of his truck, ac-cording to his book, “Call Me Art,”which was published earlier this year.Today, State Electric has grown into

one of America’s top and best knownelectrical distributors and is celebrat-ing its 60th anniversary this year. Un-der the corporate umbrella of Arthur’sEnterprises, Weisberg established aspecialty wire manufacturing company,Service Wire Inc., in 1968. Service Wireoffers an expanding line of products tocustomers around the world.

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This week’s parsha contains a trou-bling story. I had been taught that it sobothered the rabbis that the traditionwas to read the disturbing part straightthrough with no commentary on it. Infact, the disturbing story is read in itsentirety in the traditional fifth aliya.The story is the rape of Dinah. Apparently, the rape didn’t bother the

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Thankfully, we have made a great dealof progress in acknowledging that rapeis a crime — a serious crime — and thatwomen do not “ask” for it, but we stillhave a long way to go. As we learnedfrom the recent elections, there are stillthose politicians who have all kinds ofmisconceptions about rape. Tragically,there are those who believe rape doesnot occur in the Jewish community, thatJewish men would never commit such ahorrid crime.Kol HaKavod (all the honor) to Jew-

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of the Network of Independent Com-munities for the Jewish Federations ofNorth America, which covers Hunting-ton, and said she wanted to buy half abus for a mission.That was all Greenberg needed to

know. “As soon as I heard about it, Iflew down to Huntington to meet withMartha Barvin … met with Art [Weis-berg], I met with the whole family andwe designed it right then and there,” hesaid.

“Art” was Arthur Weisberg, 88, aHuntington businessman and philan-thropist and patriarch of the Weisbergfamily that heavily subsidized trip. Hedied last week, days before the missionleft.Even though the trip is on, “we go

with sadness because Art Weisbergpassed away,” Pickholtz Klein said.A Federation mission comprised

mostly of West Virginia Jews may be afirst, according to Greenberg.“There’s never been one before thatI’m aware of.”I think it’s a very special trip,” he

continued. “It’s bringing first-time[visitors] who have not been to Israel,and people who haven’t been there in25 years.”The mission will visit Dimona, which

serves as the Partnership2gether cityin Israel for Network of IndependentCommunities.“One thing our going demonstrates is

that life goes on,” Greenberg said. “Is-raelis have been essentially underthreat since the beginning of the state

and they have developed a remarkableability to live life to the fullest underthe circumstances.“We’re bringing hugs to our Israeli

brothers and sisters,” he added, “andwe’re expecting to get a lot back.” At first, the mission lined up 44 par-

ticipants from Huntington; Wilming-ton; Cheyenne; Huron, Ohio; and Kala-mazoo, Mich. “Because it’s been organized through

the JFNA Small Communities, it wasopened to them as well,” Pickoltz Kleinsaid.Some dropped out after the fighting

began, but a substantial number re-mained committed even as they waitedfor word of a cease-fire.“We had a conference call last Tues-

day with Marty.“We were told if there was not a

cease-fire we would not go,” PickholtzKlein said. “We were very pleasedwhen we had 18 from our greaterHuntington community and 25 intotal.” One of the participants is Rabbi Jean

E. Eglinton, the second-year spiritualleader of B’nai Shalom, who used themission as an education tool in herShabbat “Eat Pray Learn” classes. “Everybody is very excited to go; the

only anxiety is [about] 10 hours on anairplane. They’re really just thrilled tobe doing this,” Pickholtz Klein said.“It’s not only an opportunity for us tolearn more about Israel, but it is alsoan opportunity for us to show some sol-idarity with the people over there.”


Mission:Continued from page 1.

congregants — to displaced children andsaw a country building an “unprece-dented ring of defense” in the form ofthe Iron Dome missile defense system.Together, he said, these things describe

what it means when Jews must go to war.Skip Grinberg, chair of the Federa-

tion’s Community Relations Council,opened the rally by putting the situationin Israel in stark terms.“Hamas has directly targeted Israeli

citizens while Israel has gone to greatlengths to avoid civilian casualties inGaza,” he said. “Our sympathies go outto the innocent victims on both sidesthat are caught in the violence.”But, he made clear, “Pittsburgh’s Jew-

ish community stands in solidarity withIsrael, and its right to defend itself.”Federation Chair Louis Plung de-

scribed seven ways Pittsburgh Jewscould support Israel, including, he an-nounced, joining an upcoming missionfrom April 28 to May 5, 2013, the high-light of which will be volunteering atservice agencies in Pittsburgh’s Part-nership2Gether communities ofKarmiel and Misgav.After visiting Israel on this year’s Mega

Mission, Plung said he lamented howmuch more the Jewish state could haveaccomplished in its 64-year history had itnot been forced to commit so much of itsgross national product to defense.Yet, he said, Israel would always do

what it must to defend its people.“History has shown we are an

immovable force when we stand togeth-er as one,” Plung said.

Making his first visit to Pittsburgh,Elad Strohmayer, Israel’s Philadelphia-based deputy consul general to the Mid-Atlantic Region, said it’s “so easy to sup-port Israel in its time of need. You stand-ing here tonight proves that it is.”However, the 31-year-old diplomat

said he felt “conflicted” about askingAmerican Jews to support Israel. On onehand, the country needs help fromAmerican Jews, yet on the other, it is a“resilient” country.“It’s not easy to break the people of Is-

rael,” Strohmayer said, noting that evenas Hamas rockets reached the outskirtsof Tel Aviv for the first time, his friendsliving there still went out to enjoy thecity’s nightlife. “They said they were not going to let

the rockets break our spirit.”And even as the cease-fire takes hold,

Strohmayer said Israel will face a newchallenge on the diplomatic front thisweek when Palestinian Authority Presi-dent Mahmoud Abbas asks the U.N. Gen-eral Assembly on Thursday, Nov. 29, torecognize Palestine as a nonmember state.Nov. 29 happens to be the 65th an-

niversary of the historic U.N. vote toadopt the partition plan, which createdthe State of Israel.The United States and Israel oppose

the P.A.’s unilateral move — U.S. law, infact, prohibits funding to internationalbodies that recognize a Palestinian state— saying only direct negotiations cancreate a Palestinian state.“We need to avoid this,” Strohmayer

said.


Rally:Continued from page 1.

Ehud Barak quits politics

At a dramatic press conference onMonday, Israeli Defense Minister EhudBarak announced his resignation frompolitics after nearly 50 years in serviceof the country. “I have decided to resign from politics

and I will not be running in the [upcom-ing] elections,” Barak, the former primeminister, told reporters at his office inthe Defense Ministry headquarters inTel Aviv. “I enlisted to the IDF in 1959and I served the people of Israel for 47years as well as I could.”The defense minister reassured re-

porters that he would remain in his postuntil the establishment of the next gov-ernment, following the Jan. 22, 2013,elections, and then “will free up time tofocus on my family.”

“I have exhausted my contribution topolitics, which I was never entirely pas-sionate about, and I feel that I mustmake way for others to man senior polit-ical positions. Turnover in positions ofpower is a good thing,” Barak said, ex-plaining the decision that took most Is-raelis by surprise.

JDC announces new CEOThe world’s largest Jewish relief or-

ganization, the American Jewish JointDistribution Committee (JDC), has an-nounced that Alan Gill will take thereins as CEO of the organization earlynext year. “We couldn’t be more proud that Alan

Gill, whose seasoned leadership and for-ward-thinking expertise has been socritical to JDC’s impact in recent years,will lead us into our second century,”said JDC President Penny Blumenstein,according to the JDC press release.Gill, a former CEO of the Jewish Fed-

eration of Columbus, Ohio, is a 20-yearveteran of JDC and will succeed interimCEO Darrell Friedman, who had re-placed longtime CEO Steven Schwager.In his current role as executive directorof international relations, Gill presidedover a tenfold increase in JDC’s directphilanthropic revenue. He was also in-strumental in establishing a number ofJDC’s landmark programs such asAshalim, which helps children at risk inIsrael, and The Hunger Relief Cam-paign, which helps Jewish communitiesin post-communist countries. “I’m privileged to be appointed CEO

of this remarkable, dynamic organiza-tion. Our mission has never been morecritical or more urgent, and in the yearsahead, we must reach even further to en-sure that wherever a Jew is in need, JDCis there,” said Gill.Founded in 1914, the JDC is the world’s

leading Jewish humanitarian organiza-tion. Currently, it assists Jewish commu-nities in more than 70 countries and Is-rael to alleviate hunger and hardship, res-cue Jews in danger, create lasting connec-tions to Jewish life and provide relief forother victims of natural or man-made dis-asters such as the 2004 South Asia tsuna-mi or the genocide in Darfur.

Fears of ‘Islamistdictatorship’ grow aftercontroversial decree byEgypt’s presidentDespite receiving praise over his role in

negotiation a ceasefire in Gaza, Egypt’sPresident Mohamed Morsi is facingmounting protests at home over a contro-versial ruling that many fear could resultin a new “Islamist dictatorship.”Opponents are upset with President

Morsi’s decree on Nov 22, which de-clared that Egyptian courts cannot over-rule any decisions he has made over thelast six months or decisions he will makeuntil the a new constitution is passed.However, the drafting of Egypt’s new

constitution has been complicated by thelack of a parliament, which was dis-solved last June by the Supreme Councilof the Armed Forces after an Egyptian

high court ruling that found issues withthe election. Egypt’s Islamists — whichdominated the parliament at the time —were upset with the dissolution.Later, after becoming president, Morsi

replaced several prominent generals inthe Supreme Council of the ArmedForces, in a move that many analystsviewed as an effort to consolidate his au-thority over Egypt’s military. Morsi also attempted to restore the

parliament, but the move was rejectedby Egypt’s courts. But even if parliament is restored

and the constitution is drafted, MiddleEast experts see Islamists continuingto dominate. “By the time you get that new consti-

tution, it will have been written by an Is-lamist-dominated assembly that all non-Islamists have completely abandoned,”Eric Trager, a fellow at the WashingtonInstitute for Near East Policy, told CNN. Morsi’s opponents, who include broad

coalition liberals, secularists and Chris-tians, have taken to the streets inprotest. Many of them are deeply suspi-cious of the President Morsi and theMuslim Brotherhood. The opposition refuses to meet with

Morsi until he rescinds his decree andhas scheduled additional demonstra-tions in Cairo in the upcoming days. “There is no room for compromise. If

he wants a dialogue, he has to rescindthese measures,” said Mohammed ElBa-radei, former head of the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA) andleader of Egypt’s liberal ConstitutionParty.

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BIRKENFIELD: Zestful, creative,and committed are the attributes of thelife of Diana Birkenfield of Pittsburgh,who died on Thursday morning, Novem-ber 22, 2012, in UPMC Mercy Hospital.A significant pioneer woman in the ear-ly days of radio and television programproduction, Ms. Birkenfield graduatedfrom the University of Pittsburgh andfound her first broadcasting job atWHOD Radio in Homestead, the pred-ecessor to WAMO. She then headed forNew York City where she discoveredopportunity in the burgeoning growth ofthe new black-and-white television en-tertainment operations, including TheJimmy Dean Show, The Kate SmithHour, and Candid Camera, among oth-ers. She moved on to award-winningdistinction as a major executive produc-er, working closely with Jim Hensonand the Muppet television organization.She was the first woman to serve as amember of the Muppets’ Board of Di-rectors. After several decades in NewYork she retired and returned to devoteherself to family and friends in Pitts-burgh. She always proclaimed her pridein Pittsburgh’s renaissance as a livablecommunity. Ms. Birkenfield is survivedby her sister Natalie (Herbert) Weis-man of Jenkintown, PA, cousins Bar-bara Davis and Helen-Faye and RayRosenblum of Pittsburgh and their chil-dren and grandchildren, plus belovednieces and nephews, and cherishedMuppets and Fraggles around theworld. Services were held at RalphSchugar Chapel, Inc. Interment PRI-

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CARTIFF: On Thursday, November22, 2012, Herbert I. Cartiff; Belovedhusband of the late Eleanor (Bootsie)Cartiff. Beloved father of Patti (Larry)Greenberg of Columbus, OH, Mindy(Jim) Shore of Columbus, OH, and BillCartiff of Pittsburgh. Brother of Mari-am Orlove of Hallandale, FL, and Es-ther (Jack) Catz of Hallandale, FL.Papa of Eric (Michelle) Greenberg,Adam (Emily) Greenberg and ElizabethShore. Great-grandfather of JacobGreenberg. Services were held at RalphSchugar Chapel, Inc. Interment BethAbraham Cemetery. Contributions maybe made to American Parkinson’s Dis-ease Association, 135 Parkinson Av-enue, Staten Island, NY 10305.www.schugar.com

KANEL: On Monday, November 19,2012, Norman T. Kanel; Beloved hus-band of Eileen Kanel. Beloved father ofGary (Krista) Kanel of Los Angeles, CA,Keith Kanel and Jill Douglass both ofPittsburgh. Brother of the late SondraGreenbaum. Grandfather of Tanner,Mindy and Shane Douglass. Serviceswere held at Rodef Shalom Temple. In-terment West View Cemetery of RodefShalom Congregation. Contributionsmay be made to Squirrel Hill FoodPantry, 828 Hazelwood Avenue, Pitts-

burgh, PA 15217. Arrangements en-trusted to Ralph Schugar Chapel, Inc.www.schugar.com

LABOVITZ: On Thursday, Novem-ber 22, 2012, Pearl Labovitz; Belovedwife of the late Carl Labovitz. Belovedmother of Trudy Labovitz, SherrieLabovitz, Mark Labovitz and LarryLabovitz. Sister of Allen (Carol) Tulip.Grandmother of Josh, Benjamin,Cristen, Matthew (Nikki) and Emily.Very special great-grandmother ofTyler. Graveside Services and Inter-ment were held at Adath Israel Ceme-tery. Contributions may be made to acharity of the donor’schoice. Arrange-ments entrusted to Ralph SchugarChapel, Inc. www.schugar.com

LONDON: Florence RuttenbergLondon; On Wed., Nov. 21, 2012, age 95,of Point Breeze. Beloved wife of thelate Herbert; loving mother of Karen(Abraham) Glazer and the late Stanleyand Barry London; devoted grandmoth-er of Joshua, Hadar & Max Glazer.Graveside Service was held Wed. atBeth Shalom Cemetery. Memorial Con-tributions may be made to the Ameri-can Cancer Society. Professional servic-es entrusted to the care of D’AlessandroFuneral Home & Crematory Ltd.,Lawrenceville.

SIMON: Formerly of StantonHeights, On Wednesday, November 21,2012, Burton Simon; Beloved husbandof Goldie (Cohen) Simon. Beloved fa-

ther of Neysa (Keith) Maxwell and Jef-frey (Tammy) Simon. Brother of thelate Daniel and Sidney Simon. Grandfa-ther of Erica (Tom Ballingall) Maxwell,Kathryn Maxwell, Joshua and Jacob Si-mon. Also survived by nieces andnephews. Mr. Simon was a U.S. Navyveteran of WWII serving at Pearl Har-bor. He was a member of the DallasLodge no. 231 Free and Accepted Ma-sons. He worked for Gimbel’s Depart-ment Store in downtown Pittsburgh for37 years until his retirement. Serviceswere held at Ralph Schugar Chapel,Inc. Interment Tiphereth Israel Ceme-tery. In lieu of flowers, contributionsmay be made to Forbes Hospice, 4800Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA15224 or St. Barnabas Charities, 5827Meridian Road, Gibsonia, PA 15044.www.schugar.com.

WALKOW: On Tuesday, November20, 2012, Leroy Walkow; Devoted friendto Barbara Walkow. Beloved father ofRon Walkow. Brother of Shirley (lateAlan) Fireman, late Lucille Jacobson,Marvin Walkow and Patsy Caplan.Brother-in-law of Jan (Richard) Segal.Best friend to Molly the dog. Also sur-vived by nieces, nephews, great-nieces,great-nephews and cousins. GravesideServices and Interment were held atHomewood Cemetery. Contributionsmay be made to Animal Friends, 562Camp Horne Road, Pittsburgh , PA15237. Arrangements entrusted toRalph Schugar Chapel, Inc.www.schugar.com


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Callie Rosenfeld, a student atthe University of Pittsburgh, is one ofnine recipients of the BBYO Commu-nity Engagement Fellowship. As a CEF

Rosenfeld willorganize BBYOalumni eventsand initiate proj-ects with partnerorganizations tomaintain a thriv-ing BBYO alum-ni communityand enhanceJewish life oncampus. Thisfellowship is made possible in partthrough a grant from the MorningstarFoundation of Bethesda, Md.“I wanted to be a CEF because I

love what BBYO did for me,”Rosenfeld said in a prepared state-ment. “After working at ILTC (Inter-national Leadership Training Confer-ence) and Kallah (a BBYO programfeaturing seminars with prominentJewish leaders to help youth find theirJewish identities) this past summer, Iknew that there was still more I coulddo for BBYO and more that it could dofor me. This Fellowship is the perfectway to continue this relationship.”Rosenfeld will have professional de-

velopment opportunities through par-ticipation in communitywide eventssuch as the AIPAC Policy Conferenceand the JFNA General Assembly. Ad-ditionally, she will participate in analumni mentorship program and staffBBYO’s Summer Experiences in theU.S., Israel and all over the world. “The Fellowship program engages

BBYO’s most talented young alumni increating networks of their peers thatwill both participate in and initiateJewish activities on campus,” said

Matthew Grossman, BBYO’s executivedirector, in a prepared statement.“We are confident that Callie will

help leverage the BBYO alumni com-munity to strengthen Jewish life at theUniversity of Pittsburgh.”Individuals interested in connecting

with Rosenfeld can reach her [email protected].

Pittsburgh native Dr. Alan I.Rosenblatt is an editor of “AutismSpectrum Disorders: What Every Par-ent Needs to Know,” published by theAmerican Acad-emy ofPediatrics.Rosenblatt is

board certifiedin both pedi-atrics and neu-rodevelopmentaldisabilities bythe AmericanBoard of Pedi-atrics and theAmerican Boardof Psychiatryand Neurology. Throughout his career, Rosenblatt

has combined both clinical care andteaching across a variety of medicalsettings. He has been on the faculty offour medical schools in the Washing-ton, D.C./Baltimore area, teachingmedical students, residents andphysicians. Rosenblatt has advocated on be-

half of children with special needsby testifying before state legislativebodies. He is a cofounder of CampSTAR, a summer treatment programfor children with ADHD and relateddisorders.Now in Chicago, Rosenblatt has an

academic appointment to the facultyof the Feinberg School of Medicine atNorthwestern University, and teach-es pediatric residents at Lurie Chil-dren’s Hospital. Rosenblatt is the son of Roz Rosen-

blatt of Pittsburgh.

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The 3-year-olds enjoy playing with the parachute in Congregation Beth Shalom’sgym.

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