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Tevet / Shevat 5776January 2016

Winter 2016 Institute of Adult Jewish StudiesA New Year’s Resolution Worth KeepingPeacemaking

Reflection on a Sad Day and Special Night: 11/14

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CONTENTS january 2016 • tevet / shevat 5776volume 87 • number 1

4 From the Editor 5 What’s Nu? News Briefs by Brian E. Brouse

5 Winter 2016 Institute of Adult Jewish Studies 6 Staff Profile: Danny Kachel by Heather Lewin

8 Introducing Your Child to God and Spirituality by Lillian Hellman

9 Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8–10 compiled by Brian E. Brouse

10 January Community Events 11 A New Year’s Resolution Worth Keeping by Rabbi Charles P. Sherman

12 From My Inbox by Louis Davidson

15 Israel’s Ancient and Historic Trees by Michael Brown

16 Reflection on a Sad Day and Special Night: 11/14 by Joe Charney

18 Yaacov Agam Exhibit Comes to Museum by Mickel Yantz

20 Peacemaking by Drew Diamond

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FED WORLD, the latest local-to-global federation update, published by the Jewish Federations of North America, reports that the Berman Jewish Data Bank, a project of the Jewish Federations, estimates that the Jewish population for Oklahoma City is 2,500 and that the Jewish Popula-tion of Tulsa is 2,100. Several local Jewish leaders feel that the Tulsa number is on the high side.

—AIPAC News Hub interviewed Seth M. Siegel author of Let There Be Water, Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World. The report stated that the book explores Israel’s water challenges, innovations that led to global prominence in water science and technology, and how the Jewish state can help the world adapt to and mitigate the effects of water shortages.

—The Jewish Telegraph Agency reports that 11 Jewish groups are among 81 that sent a letter to Congress members urging them not to roll back plans to accept Syrian refugees into the United States. The letter stated that

“to turn our back on refugees would be to betray our nation’s core values

… It would send a demoralizing and dangerous message to the world that the United States makes judgments about people based on the country they come from and their religion.”

—Compiled by Brian E. Brouse

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“Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure, measure a year?”

– “Seasons of Love” from the musical RENT

January … the start of the new year. It always brings with it introspec-tion and resolutions. In a lot of ways, my thought process is very similar as it is before Rosh Hashanah. I think deeply about my life and the course that I have charted in the past year. At the Jewish New Year, I tend

to focus more on my religious life and my relationship with G-d. However, when I’m approaching the secular New Year, I tend to turn my focus inward in a differ-ent way. I think about the last 365 days of the year and think about where I stand, the journey throughout the days, and where I am at the end of the year. Some things in life are more quantifiable than others. I’ve always been a fan of musicals, with one of my favorite being RENT. In the song Seasons of Love, the lyrics ask,

“Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes … how do you measure, measure a year?” The song encourages us to measure in love.

There is bad in the world, all the recent terror attacks such as those in Israel, Paris, and San Bernardino are measurable proof of that. One of the things that you can read in any commentary or hear in any sermon or speech that talks about terrorism is that we can’t let the terrorists win. We can’t turn to hate. So as we begin 2016, I want to encourage you to live and measure the next 525,600 minutes in love.

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Staff Profile: Danny Kachel by Heather Lewin, Director of Community Development

Chef danny kachel has long felt most at home in the kitch-en. Creating delicious food for others to enjoy has been his

passion for nearly 30 years.“I got a job at Charlie Mitchell’s and

I decided ‘this is what I am doing with my life,’ and I wasn’t even out of high school.” Having grown up in Tulsa, Chef Danny worked in local restaurants for several years, with positions ranging from serving to cooking, when he realized he wanted to focus on cultivating the ability to prepare food. This decision sent him on a culinary journey that led to school on the West Coast, a return to Tulsa as a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef, running his own restaurant, working at the Summit Club, and then an opportunity to bring his talents to the Jewish Federation of Tulsa.

“I came here because I found a chal-lenge and excitement in the culture of the Jewish food and people at the Federation. I like it, and I love the people I get to work with,” says Chef Danny.

Hired in 2012 as the Food Services Director, Chef Danny has spent the past three years growing The Fig, JFT’s bakery and catering venture. Starting from scratch, he is pleased with the increasing number of events each year on campus and off, as well as being honored to play a key role in what so often brings people together—food.

“That’s probably the number one thing, the human reaction, the human contact from creating something. From making lunch for the school and having the Mizel kids say, ‘Hey, thanks, Chef Danny!’ in the hallway to people enjoying themselves at a banquet, that’s why I stick with it.”

Chef Danny says the biggest challenge is letting people know the range of services offered by The Fig. From popular bakery items regularly selling out on Fridays in the CSJCC lobby to catering family parties, he believes progress is taking hold. The first year called for 113 food events, now more than 180 so far in 2015, so he says the message is getting out there. “I feel like every year, we knock that door down a

little more. People hear about us through the community and they call us.”

His favorite place to cook is at home for family and friends, simple creations with a different style, but Chef Danny has found a family at the Federation and CSJCC as well. The pride he feels and the importance he places on offering food services as part of the JCC shines through when he speaks about working with staff and volunteers from the community and his desire to add value to a place offering education, culture, health and wellness by also providing quality food and creating a connection with others.

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Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8–10

Compiled by Brian E. Brouse

This report relies heavily on stories reported by Bob Jacobs, managing editor of the Cleveland Jewish News to bring to you a recap

of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) General Assembly (GA), held No-vember 8–10. The theme of this year’s GA was “Think Forward.” Over 3,000 people at-tended the General Assembly representing 124 federations and many smaller commu-nities. The convention started with many prominent speakers telling their stories about being Jewish.

Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada spoke about her parents who were Holocaust survivors and how that played an important role as she became the first Jewish woman on the Supreme Court of Canada. Abella felt that we have not yet learned the most important lesson from the Holocaust, as she referred to the atrocities occurring around the world where no one is held accountable.

David Gregory, author and journalist, spoke just two days after his father died. He cancelled other engagements but felt it was important to speak at the GA. He buried his father on November 9, and celebrated his son’s bar mitzvah on November 14. The day before his father died they prayed the Adon Olam.

Academy Award winning actress Debra Messing grew up in a small Rhode Island town in the 1970s, and she spoke about what it was like to be the only Jewish child in her elementary school. She learned about anti-Semitism at a young age. She said she and her parents were different— they looked different from other people in the town and people did not like them. She talked about a swastika being painted on her grandmother’s car. Her mother was scared and because her mother was scared, she was scared. What changed for Messing was reading Gerda Weissman Klein’s 1957 book All But My Life and later meeting her. This account of the Holocaust changed Messing. She attended Brandeis University

and for the first time was with other Jews her age.

Outgoing chair of JFNA Michael Siegel talked about how his parents instilled in him the necessities to be involved and to be connected with pride and integrity. This led him to the federations. He said our mission is truly timeless even though it is not always easy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan-yahu also spoke at the GA promising to unite the Jewish people and secure the Jewish state. He said you are my partners in building the Jewish future. He reminded everyone that regardless of the disagreements between Israel and the United States, Israel has no better friend than America and that America has no better friend than Israel. No matter what disagreements there have been within the Jewish community, maintaining the unity of our people is of paramount importance. We must work together to unite the Jewish people and secure the Jewish state.

Jerry Silverman, president and CEO of JFNA and former Tulsan, called for Jewish communal unity in the aftermath of the Iran nuclear deal. “Something was markedly and dangerously different about what Jewish federations faced this past summer during the debate of the Iran deal,” he said. He noted that too much of the language was vicious and beyond the pale, and has no place in our community. He said it is imperative that as we think forward and work to heal the wounds from that debate that we reinforce that Jewish federations are places for diversity, evolving and adapting as North American Jews grow and change their perceptions of themselves, of Judaism, and of the world. We don’t need to be unanimous in our opinions, what we do need is to be is unified as a community. He said that as we think forward, let’s remember that for all the trauma of the past year, our Jewish federations and agencies continued their daily work in local communities educating our children, caring for our vulnerable, assisting our elderly, and ensuring that our vital work continues in Israel and around the world. Silverman said that Jewish federations should drive home the message that they are places that welcome diversity. What really matters is that people care and want to be involved. ■

Introducing Your Child to God and Spirituality

by Lillian Hellman, Director, Mizel Jewish Community Day School

Children have many ques-tions when they think or talk about God. Is God a celestial policeman? Is God a magician?

Is He an old man on a cloud somewhere above? Or is He a being greater than any-thing we can possibly imagine? One of the great gifts of parenthood is the op-portunity to experience the world through children’s eyes. While we may rejoice in our children’s observations, sometimes we find ourselves unsure how to answer the

questions they raise, especially about God. But if we want to help keep our children’s curiosity alive, then we need to take the plunge into the “waters of theology.”

It is important to understand that there is no “right answer.” Children’s questions may be a way for them to express their budding spirituality so we must leave space for them to keep questioning and thinking for themselves. At Mizel, our students have the opportunity to explore God in a way that requires questioning, imagining, and openness, using the stories and lessons found in the Torah and applying them to their own lives.

When we speak of God from a personal place, rather than an intellectual one, we

also have a better chance of touching our children and ourselves. No one can argue with a personal feeling or experience. We can’t see love, but we know it is real by

how we show it. As Dr. Wendy Mogel writes in her book The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, “To meet God we have to be like detectives and look for clues. Just as a candle hidden from view sheds its glow all around, we can see God’s reflection: in the good things people do for one another, in the miracles of nature, in our ability to change and grow.”

But religion and belief in God is not only about wonder. Rabbi David J. Wolpe, in his book Teaching Your Children About God, contends that “faith makes moral demands as well. To believe in the God of the Jewish tradition means to believe in a God who asks us to be good to one another…Teaching goodness is not iden-tical with teaching God, but they are intertwined, and neither should be discussed alone.”

The Hasidic rabbi, Menachem Mendel of Kotsk said, “God dwells wherever we let God in.” Creating sacred moments is also essential for creating a spiritual persona and simple rituals can let God into our lives and our children’s lives. We practice these consistently at Mizel when we light Shabbat candles to bring the warmth of the Sabbath into our hearts, sing the Shema with our eyes closed during our T’fillah (prayer) services, which allows the children to feel God within, and when our students place tzedakah (charity) money in the box while sharing their ideas of the good their gifts can do.

For many, becoming a parent ushers in a newly-found or rediscovered sense of the Divine. The miracle of birth and the wonder of raising a child open our eyes anew to God’s pres-ence in our world. Allow your children to continue to lead you in this remarkable journey of discovery. Mizel JCDS is your partner in this holy work.

For more information about Mizel JCDS, please visit our website: mizelschool.org. ■

When we speak of God from a personal place,

rather than an intellectual one, we also have a better

chance of touching our children and ourselves. No one can argue with a personal feeling or

experience. We can’t see love, but we know it is real

by how we show it.


A New Year’s Resolution Worth

Keepingby Rabbi Charles P. Sherman

Following a service, a Rabbi and the congregational president stood in line to greet people: “Shabbat Shalom,” “Good to see you,” “Hello how are you,” etc. One man stops and says, “Rabbi, that was the worst sermon I have

ever heard.” Then he moves on and the Rabbi is crestfallen. In an effort to console his friend, the President says, “Ah, don’t listen to him. That guy just repeats what everyone else says.”

This joke actually bespeaks a painful truth. Too often we fail to appreciate how an offhand comment, unkind word, indelicate opinion, or ill-considered aside can hurt someone we actually had no intention of wounding.

We all learned the old nursery school adage about sticks and stones and the lack of power words possess to hurt us; but we have also learned that that maxim simply is not true. The words we use and the tone of our voice can hurt the people with whom we share ourselves. They can tear at the ties which bind us together, ultimately creating an atmosphere of insecurity and distrust. Yes, even the harshest words cannot in fact break the bones within us, yet even the simplest words spoken harshly can fracture the bonds between us.

The great first century scholar, Rabbi Akiba, referred to one verse as klal gadol ba-Torah, the greatest principle in the Torah: V’ahavta l’reyacha kamocha—the command to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. At the outset of this secular New Year, how do we begin to love our neighbors as we wish to be loved?

We might begin by considering how much we ourselves are hurt by the rude remark, the condescending comment offered in anger, and/or when we are on the receiving end of a punitive silence. Then let us in turn appreciate how our words and our retributive silence can harm others.

In a Frank and Ernest cartoon, one is sitting at the computer and the other stands beside him. “Too many people post comments in the heat of anger,” says Frank, to which his friend replies, “Yes, they strike while the ire is hot.”

But it is not only online and in social media that we are wont to spew hurtful speech. All too often in our daily interactions person-to-person we find ourselves uttering an unkind word,

or remaining silent, refusing to open ourselves to those around us. Even especially with those with whom we are closest, we risk shooting from the hip rather than speaking from the heart.

The command to love our neighbor as ourself calls us to consider how even the seemingly insignificant word may resound in the ears of another. How a casual or otherwise innocuous comment can cause one of our neighbors, a colleague, or a loved one hurt or embarrassment. And how giving someone the “silent treatment” can cause pain and shame.

In contrast, let’s recall the way we have felt upon receiving a kind word, an honest compliment, a sincere expression of grati-tude, or to have known the silent company of a caring friend. The feelings of being affirmed we have received at these times are matched only by the feelings we derive from helping others to feel the same way. Even the smallest acts of speaking kindly and the sharing of supportive silence have the power to affect those around us and ourselves for good. Let’s resolve to try these verbal and silent expressions in the New Year.

I’m grateful to Rabbis Aaron Bisno and Sharyn Henry for much of this lesson. ■

Even the harshest words cannot in fact break the bones within us, yet even the

simplest words spoken harshly can fracture the bonds between us.

JANUARY COMMUNITY EVENTS

Jewish Federation of TulsaMen’s Club • Wed., Jan. 13 • Noon • A delicious lunch will be followed by our guest speaker, Barry Friedman. Cost of the luncheon is $8. Please RSVP to Falisha at 918.495.1100 or [email protected] by noon on Jan. 12.

Ladies Who Lunch • Mon., Jan. 18 • Noon • Come enjoy pleasant conversation and great food at McGill’s (6058 S. Yale Ave.). Each person pays her own check. Please RSVP to Mindy at 918.935.3662 or [email protected] no later than Fri., Jan. 15.

Institute of Adult Jewish Studies Winter 2016 • Mon., Jan. 18 • All classes will be held at the Charles Schusterman JCC, 2021 E. 71 St. Pre-registration begins at 6:15p.m., with first hour classes starting at 7 p.m. and second hour classes starting at 8 p.m.

Men’s Club • Wed., Jan. 27 • Noon • A delicious lunch will be followed by our guest speaker, Larry Feldman. Cost of the luncheon is $8. Please RSVP to Falisha at 918.495.1100 or [email protected] by noon on Jan. 26.

The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art

Exhibit—State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda • Now-Feb. 16, 2016 • This interactive, multi-media exhibit illustrates the insidious allure of Nazi propaganda, the dismantling of democracy in Germany and the post-war “de-Nazification” process. Docent-led tours available. Contact Cathey Wilson at [email protected] or 918.492.1818.

Congregation B’nai Emunah

BiBi-DiBi: Babies+Blessings+Dinner+Bedtime • Fri., Jan. 8 • 6 p.m. • Very young children and their parents are invited to join us for another soft and cuddly Shabbat experience. Parachutes, rattles and toys sit at the center of our circle while parents and kids share in the blessings of a peaceful Shabbat. A delicious, kid-friendly Shabbat dinner accompanies this program. Please call our reservations hotline at 918.935.3373 or [email protected] by Thurs., Jan. 7 to reserve your spot on the floor.

Doing Jewish: Responding to Hunger • Sun., Jan. 10 • 11 a.m. • The Jewish value of Tikun Olam, repairing the world, is a central expression of Jewish identity and culture. Join us as Samuel Chu from Mazon: the Jewish Response to Hunger, leads us in a discussion about ways to enact our values around this important issue. Everyone deserves food on their plate and we have the power to make Tulsa a better place. Let’s figure out how to work better, together. For more information, contact Rabbi Kaiman through the Synagogue office.

Shabbat for Everyone • Fri., Jan. 15 • 6:15 p.m. Dinner/7 p.m. Celebration • Love to dance? Love to sing? Love spending time with friends and family? Then Shabbat for Everyone is the place for you! Our monthly, kid-friendly Shabbat experience begins with a delicious dinner prepared by us, so you can just relax and enjoy. We then move into the sounds and movements of a joyous Friday night celebration. Your feet will be stomping as the music carries us forward into the night. Top it all off with a delightful story and you’ve got yourself one can’t-miss evening. No reservation is needed for the service, but please contact us at 918.935.3373 or [email protected] by Wed., Jan. 13 to guarantee your place at the dinner table.

100 Trees | A Centennial Tu B’Shevat Seder • Sun., Jan. 24 • 6 p.m. • One hundred years and one hundred trees for Tu B’Shevat: our gift to the City of Tulsa to help replace the losses of the great ice storm of 2007. Kaiser-Miller auditorium becomes an indoor forest of trees-in-burlap. With readings from sources as diverse as Silent Spring, the Eden narrative in the Book of Genesis, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and Thoreau’s Walden, the event will help focus attention on a natural order made vulnerable by human behavior. A vegetarian feast will highlight the evening. For more information or to RSVP call the Synagogue office at 918.935.3373.

Temple Israel

TGIS: Thank God It’s Shabbat! • Fri., Jan. 8 • 6 p.m. • Join your Temple family for a spirited, family-friendly service with the joyful music of band and kids choir, as well as a special January Birthday Blessing. Join along as we celebrate Shabbat, followed by a catered Shabbat dinner. Thank you to the Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation for generously supporting our Shabbat dinner and community. Please contact the Temple office at 918.747.1309 or reservations@ templetulsa.com to RSVP for dinner and payment by Jan. 6.

Shabbat Morning at TI • Sat., Jan. 9 • 10:30 a.m. • Participatory Shabbat morning worship for all and Torah study followed by potluck lunch; come as you are or bring a dish to share.

Sunday Morning Adult Education Series • Sun., Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31 • 10 a.m. • All are welcome to participate. Come enjoy a bagel and a good cup of coffee, and learn about interesting Jewish values and concepts at an adult level with Rabbi Karen, Rabbi Micah, and guest teachers. Open to parents, grandparents, and other adults. Learn while the kids are in classes. The educational theme is “Middot and Mitzvot: Holy Values, Holy Deeds for You and Me.” Each session focuses on a specific middah (Jewish value) or mitzvah (commandment).

Sisterhood Gift Shop • Sunday Mornings • 9:30 a.m.–Noon • Temple Israel’s Sisterhood Judaica shop is your one stop shop for Judaica items and gifts. For more information, or to arrange for the shop to be opened during the week, please contact the Temple Israel office at 918.747.1309.

Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Shevat • Sun., Jan. 10 • 5:00 p.m. • Welcome in the new Hebrew month of Shevat with your sisters, blessings, food and friendship. More details to follow! Contact Rabbi Karen at [email protected] or 918.747.1309 for more information.

Young Kehillah Challah Baking • Thurs., Jan. 14 • 7:30 p.m. • Learn how to make challah as we prepare for Shabbat with drinks, food, and friends! Babysitting is available. RSVP to Rabbi Micah at [email protected] or the YK Facebook page.

Interfaith Dinner • Sat., Jan. 16 • 6 p.m. • Join Temple Israel Brotherhood and Sisterhood and our guests from First Christian Church for an evening of good food, fellowship, and learning. This year’s theme will be “Why Organized Religion? Keeping Our Institutions Relevant.” Cost of the meal is $12/person. For more information or to RSVP please contact [email protected].

PJ Havdallah for Families with Young Children • Sat., Jan. 23 • 5:30 - 7 p.m. • We’ll end Shabbat together with songs, crafts, activities, a light dinner, bedtime story, and Havdalah blessings. This new experience is geared toward families with babies through early elementary school age children and their parents/grandparents. Wear warm cozy pajamas for a relaxing evening! For more information, contact Jenn Selco at [email protected].

Tu B’Shevat Seder • Sun., Jan. 24 • 11:00 a.m. • Be part of a joyous celebration of the New Year for the Trees. We will enjoy a variety of fruits, nuts and juices, take part in a nature activity, sing songs and hear inspiring stories about trees from our tradition. To ensure that we have plenty of seats and food, kindly RSVP to 918.747.1309 or rsvp@ templetulsa.com by Wed., Jan. 20.

Social Justice Shabbat • Fri., Jan. 29 • 7:30 p.m. • All are welcome to join us for a special Social Justice Shabbat focusing on youth incarceration and at-risk teens. Jordan Westbrook, Assistant Director of the Phoenix Rising Alternative School, will share his insights based on his work with youth in the juvenile justice system. During the Oneg, the Calliope Youth Circus under the direction of Anton Von Ostendorf and Jennifer Paxton will offer a circus demonstration led by students of Phoenix Rising.

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From My Inbox by Louis Davidson

Nearly ten years of photographing synagogues and displaying them on my website, synagogues.org, makes my daily email a delight. Questions of every kind from every part of the globe come in. Following are a sampling of emails I’ve received over the years. They are exactly as I received them. I have made no changes in grammar or spelling.

FROM BRYNA IN THE USA: “I will be travel-ling from America with a group of eight women. We will be in Lublin Friday night and would love to have Shabbos Dinner. Would you have any suggestions?”ANSWER: “Bryna, in 2004 and again in 2006, we dined at an unforgettable Jewish restaurant in Lublin, Poland. Because it was on the city’s main square I was able to locate it moments ago using Google Maps. It’s still there. The name is Mandragora.”

FROM A CANTOR IN VENEZUELA: “During the last Seventeen years as I serve as a cantor for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kipur at Rbinto de Venezuela Synagogue, unfortunately this year due to the political and economic situation in Venezuela the commu-nity will not be able to invite me therefore I am looking for a new community.”ANSWER: “If learn of any opportunities I’ll give them your contact information.”

FROM NERRIDA IN AUSTRALIA:

“Melbourne City Synagogue has been continuously operating longer than the grand one you have filmed. Why do you not show the older one?”ANSWER: “Melbourne City Synagogue declined my request to photograph that historic building citing security concerns. Like-wise, photographing of the synagogues in Sydney was also not permitted because they fear terrorists might use the photos to plan an attack. There are four other Australian syna-gogues for you to see on www.synagogues.org.”

FROM ALBERT IN FRANCE: “Pouvez vous me dire si des offices sont organisés chabbath en Aout?” Translated in Google: “Can you tell me if there are Shabbat services in August?ANSWER: “Albert, which town and syna-gogue are you referring to?”

FROM JULIE IN CALIFORNIA: “For a synagogue in Delhi India. I am trying to find out if there are High Holiday Services on September 13th, 1015.”ANSWER: “When I photographed Delhi’s Judah Hyam synagogue in 2008 the president was Mr. Ezekiel Isaac Malekar. I’ll send you his email address and phone number.”

FROM JOHN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM:

“Dear Sirs, It may sound like a silly question, but I have a good reason for asking. Can you give me an estimate of the total number of rabbis in the world?”ANSWER: “John, I can only make an estimate based on the world population of approxi-mately 14.2 million Jews. If there is one rabbi per thousand Jews then there would be about 14,200 rabbis. If you think there are more or less than one rabbi per thousand, you can adjust my guess accordingly. (In further correspondence with John, I learned that he was writing a book for the rabbinical market and he was trying to estimate the number of copies he might sell.)” ➡

FROM JUSSARA IN BRAZIL: “I am trying to find Mathilde that has worked to the syna-gogue I don’t know whitch synagoge she has worked. We have been together in Israel in 1993 as volunteers at beer yakov hospital. Since i am in amsterdam now, i would like to see her again but I jlosted her neme, address and phone number. All I know, that 15 years ago she was working in a small synagogue in Amsterdan. Could you please help me?”

ANSWER: “In Amsterdam the only small synagogue that I have visited and photographed is the Gerard Dou at Gerard Doustraat 238 near the city center. The folks there are very friendly. Perhaps they can be of assistance.”

Gerard Dou in Amsterdam

Beth Meir in Corsica

The Delos Synagogue, a 2,200-year-old ruin

Synagogue in Sienna,

Italy


FROM SUSAN IN ORVIETO, ITALY: “I am a jewess, Americana, living in Orvieto. Thiey dont seem to be any Jews here. At least when I ask. Last Passover, I found one. One Jew. He was mlarried to a gentile. A puertorican. They prom-issed to invite me to their Passover Seder—but at the last minute, they came down with a flu. Very unfortunate. I am not a religious woman, but, I love my Jewish identity. Culture. And community. In America, I grew up in Oceanside, Long Island, and Miami Beach. No problem getting a bagel, there! Later in life, I moved to Washington,DC. It was full of Jews pretending to be gentiles. Even the stuffed, cabbage was made by Nicararaguenos. But, they was a tremendous Jewish community. Here, in Italy, Im shocked at the lack of access to anything Jewsih. Theres Trastevere. But .....its for the tourists. I would like to get to know some Italian Jews. Umbria seems without Jews. Tuscany is better but I dont know Anyone.”ANSWER: “Dear Susan, Don’t be shocked. Except for short periods of enlighten-ment, Jews have never had an easy time in Italy. For centuries they were forced to live in squalid ghet-toes and pay extra heavy taxes. As a result, the Italian Jewish communities are small. You’re about midway between the nearest Jewish communities, Rome and Sienna. It’s an hour and a half to either. Take your pick. Requests for the loca-tion and hours of the Italian synagogues in Siracusa, Sicily and Sienna, Tuscany come more frequently than any other I receive. I can help with those, but finding a bagel for Susan in Orvieto, forget about it.”

REFERRING TO THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE GREEK ISLAND OF DELOS, ROBERTA ASKED:

“Will there be a Rabbi or a service on Rosh Hashanah? Can we arrange for one? We are 8 people. Thx”ANSWER: “As you can see from the photos on synagogues.org the Delos Synagogue is a 2,200-year-old ruin. No one lives on Delos. No one! It is an island with a town that is an ancient ruin, now visited by tourists who come for the day by boat. I suppose you could hire a rabbi to go to Delos with you. Take plenty of water.”

FROM MICHAEL IN THE USA: “I am an American Jew traveling to Corsica to visit gentile in-laws in early September. Would it be possible to attend Kol Nidre services in Bastia? Do you know of a Havurah group in Ajaccio? Thank you for your help.”ANSWER: “When I visited Corsica, Napoleon’s birthplace, in 2012 the only Jewish organization or house of worship on the island was the Beth Meir synagogue. You can find the wonderful picturesque syna-gogue the same way I did. Facing Bastia’s main square, on the Boulevard Charles de Gaulle, there is a men’s store named Monseur. (I just now looked on Google Maps—Street View and it’s still there.) The kindly owner of the shop will help you find the Beth Meir which is located on a narrow sharply inclined, medieval lane nearby.” ■

Israel’s Ancient and

Historic Treesby Michael Brown, JNS.org

In 2013, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) published a survey of mature trees in Jerusalem that was “the most comprehensive of

the recent SPNI surveys, including some 4,000 trees,” according to the society’s marketing and communications coordi-nator, Danielle Berkowitz.

Many of the trees identified through such surveys have rich histories and stories attached to them. In fact, hundreds of trees throughout the Jewish state illumi-nate fascinating aspects of Israeli history and culture. Ahead of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish Arbor Day, JNS.org presents a small sampling of those trees.

GETHSEMANE OLIVESBehind a high-stone wall, just outside

the Old City walls, stand some of the most famous trees in Jerusalem, if not the entire country. These trees, producing the olives of Gethsemane, are set in a small grove revered by Christians because of its connection to Jesus.

In 2012, the National Research Council of Italy, along with researchers from several Italian universities, investi-gated the eight trees at the site. Samples of wood were taken from several of the trees and carbon-dated to 1092, 1166, and 1198. That would make the trees at least 900 years old—ancient by any standard!

It is possible that the trees could be even older. Olives will readily sprout from the roots, so if the top growth of the trees was cut down or died at some point in time, then their true age may not be accu-rately reflected.

GUSH ETZIONThe Lone Oak in Gush Etzion, located

halfway between Jerusalem and Hebron, has served as an area landmark for more than 600 years. After the 1948 War of Independence, it became a symbol of Jewish return to the land.

Today, Gush Etzion is a collection of kibbutzim, moshavim, and villages with more than 70,000 residents. Though the land was purchased in the 1920s, the first successful settlements there started in the early and mid-1940s. By 1947, the total population was 450 people.

On November 29, 1947, life at Gush Etzion changed forever. On this date, the United Nations voted on the plan to parti-tion Palestine. Less than two weeks later, the settlements found themselves under siege, and over the next few months they were under continuous attack. Within six months, hundreds of settlers had been massacred or taken as prisoners. Their buildings were completely destroyed, and thousands of trees were uprooted.

During the 19 years the Gush Etzion area was under Jordanian control, the Lone Oak was just about the only identi-fiable landmark visible from the Jerusalem hills. It came to symbolize the former resi-dents’ desire to return to their homes (and in fact today, the oak is the logo for the regional council).

After the 1967 Six Day War returned Gush Etzion to Israel, the sons and daugh-ters who had been evacuated during the siege requested permission to return to their lands. The first kibbutz there, Kfar Etzion, was re-established in September 1967.

HURSHAT TALHurshat Tal is one of the northern

jewels in Israel’s national park system. Expansive lawns, together with streams and pools of clear cool water, combine to make this a particularly inviting spot. The park is dotted with hundreds of huge Mt. Tabor oaks that are among the largest in the country.

According to local legend, 10 of the Prophet Mohammed’s messengers once rested in Hurshat Tal. With no trees to provide shade or hitching posts, they pounded their staffs into the ground to fasten their horses. Overnight, the staffs grew into trees, and in the morning the men awoke to find themselves in a beau-tiful forest.

BAHAI GARDNES, HAIFAOne of Israel’s major tourist destina-

tions, and a World Heritage site to boot, the Bahai World Centre is an architectural and landscaping masterpiece. Haifa and its northern neighbor Akko have great significance for the 5 million adherents of this 19th-century religion.

The genesis of the gardens came in 1891, when Bahai religious leader Baha’u’llah ascended the Carmel mountain with his son. Together, they walked until they arrived at a small clump of cypress trees. At that point, Baha’u’llah indicated to his son that this would be the future center of Bahai.

Today, the small clump of cypress trees can still be found on the grounds of the garden— little changed from how they appeared more a hundred years ago.

So, next time you visit Israel and pass by a gnarled ancient tree, take a moment to reflect on the story behind the tree. Perhaps it was planted by early Jewish colo-nists working for the Turkish authorities, or perhaps it has outlived whole towns or villages that existed on the same spot in previous centuries. At one point, it may have been a landmark in an otherwise barren countryside now crowded with buildings and automobiles. Every tree has a story. You just have to ask. ■

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We slowly saw the letters P-A-R-I-S

appear on the ground.

by Joe Charney

Tomorrow morning kivunim will embark on our first of many international travels. As excited and ready as I am to explore the

unfamiliar lands of Spain, Portugal, and Greece, a night like tonight reminds me the extent to which I will miss the magic of Jerusalem, even if it’s just for a few weeks.

Tonight, a few friends and I set out toward the Jerusalem shuk (market) in search for supposedly the top restaurant in Jerusalem, a Yemenite grill. We arrived around 6:45 p.m. as Shabbat just ended and the sun had just set, but the restaurant was still closed. Discouraged, four of the six people in my group abandoned ship and went to a local pasta diner. Nevertheless, my friend Jonah and I were determined to experience the supposed delectable Yemenite flavors. We searched for a place with signs of life within the silent shuk where we could anxiously await our meal. We stumbled upon a quaint outdoor bar. We sat down and enjoyed a few non-alco-holic beverages (we have to be up at 4:45 a.m. tomorrow). An elderly woman was sitting alone at the table next to us, but a lovely couple and their daughter asked the woman if they could sit with her, turning the elderly woman’s moment of loneli-ness into a joyous social gathering. When Jonah and I heard that the family was from India, we quickly joined the conversation, explaining to them the nature of Kivunim and our upcoming trip to India in January. The woman’s small party of one had trans-formed into a jubilant party of six.

We began to talk with the woman and with the Indian family. Naturally, our first question, directed toward the family, was what brought them to Jerusalem. The answer we received was unexpected and inspiring. As it turns out, around seven months ago, the 25 year-old daughter had been hit by a car in Washington D.C. She was comatose for the entirety of two

months. She miraculously woke, but doctors told her she would never walk or speak again. Today, she is both walking and speaking. However, she has trouble reading. As an accomplished former employee of the federal reserve, it was obvious that being unable to read was a source of immense pain for her. Nevertheless, she was upbeat, confident, and proud of how far she had come. Now, she is in Jerusalem at what her family believes to be the finest reha-bilitation center on the planet. Jonah and I recited the shehecheyanu blessing for her and her family, thanking G-d for allowing her and us to reach this special moment in time. This woman and her supportive parents were truly an inspiration. Jonah and I plan to have her speak to Kivunim prior to our trip to India. The family was not Jewish, but, because of Jewish thinking, science, and technology, they will have a special bond with the land of Israel for the rest of their lives.

I looked at my watch and it was 8 p.m. We said goodbye to our new friends and headed for the highly anticipated Yemenite food. To our disappointment, the restaurant was still closed. We decided to go to our favorite hummus restaurant, even though we had already been there multiple times that week. When we were only minutes away from the restaurant, at the bottom of famous Ben Yehuda street, we saw a few people lighting small candles. Curious, Jonah and I approached the small group. As we watched, we slowly saw the letters P-A-R-I-S appear on the ground. Once the letters were complete and the candles were burning bright, everyone sat down on the cold street, encircling the name of a city whose residents’ lives had just been turned upside down at the hand of terror. The circle briefly sat in silence, but the silence was piercingly loud. Then, someone began playing the guitar and singing a familiar song. When the soft melody of Imagine by John Lennon flowed into my ears I could no longer fight back the emotion I had felt since waking up to

the horrifying news. While the theme of my last blog post was about Imagine and religious extremism, unfortunately, this theme is even more apt now, just hours after what will go down as one of the worst days of the century. The small group turned into a large crowd, but Jonah and I had front row seats. It’s difficult to explain, but this did not feel like just a tribute of respect to Paris. There was grief, tender-ness, and love in the faces that surrounded me. In all likelihood, many of those faces were in some way affected by terror during the Second Intifada in Israel, terror that is eerily similar to that which occurred in Paris. It didn’t feel as though we were just paying our respects to Parisians, but that we were saying to them that we have their back, that we have been there too, that we know they will find a way to come out on the other side. This raw moment of solidarity is one that I will never forget.

Jonah and I finally ate our favorite hummus, but we both agreed that our appetites weren’t quite as strong. As tragic as today was, at the very least, I was reminded of how fortunate I am to be doing what I am doing in a city like Jerusalem. I go to bed tonight inspired by the resilience of the Indian woman, saddened by all of the evil in the world, grateful to be alive, and excited to be in Madrid in less than 24 hours.

Editor’s Note: Tulsan Joseph (Joe) Charney is currently in Israel participating in Kivunim, a program based in Jeru-salem, Israel but which consists of world travel every six weeks. Participants take rigorous courses in Hebrew and Arabic language, Civilization and Society in the Middle East, and the history of the Jewish people of the diaspora. Each foreign country visit has direct relevance to the courses. For more information, please visit Kivunim. org. Joe has given the Tulsa Jewish Review permission to share excerpts from his blog chronicling his trip. To follow Joe’s blog directly, visit: jcharney1997.tumblr.com. ■

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The viewer may participate by manually transforming the work or by physically passing by, viewing the image change at various angles. Agam works in a variety of media, including painting in two and three-dimensions, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, stained glass, serigraphy (screen printing), lithography, etching, and combinations of media.

In 1972, he held a retrospective exhi-bition in Paris at the Musée National d’Art Moderne. In 1980, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York held the retrospective exhibition “Beyond the Visible” and his “Selected Suites” were at the Jewish Museum, New York (1975).

His giant Hanukkah Menorah at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in New York City is also incredibly popular. Sponsored by Lubavitch Youth Organization, it is 32 feet high and weighs more than 4,000 pounds – recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest menorah. It burns with real oil every Hanukkah.

Eight of the serigraphs on display in our new exhibit are dedicated to and inspired by David Ben-Gurion, primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion led the struggle to estab-lish the State of Israel in May 1948 when Ben-Gurion became Prime Minister and Defense Minister and oversaw the establish-ment of the state’s institutions. He presided over various national projects aimed at the rapid development of the country and its population, including the construction of the National Water Carrier, rural develop-ment projects and the establishment of new towns and cities. In particular, he called for pioneering settlement in outlying areas, especially in the Negev.

The Yaacov Agam Exhibit will be on display in the Sanditen Gallery through the 2016 SMMJA exhibition season. ■

Yaacov Agam Exhibit Comes to Museum by Mickel Yantz, Director of Collections and Exhibitions

The sherwin miller Museum of Jewish Art (SMMJA) is ex-cited to announce the second exhibition installation in the new

Mildred and Julius Sanditen Gallery. The Sanditen Gallery opened in 2015 to pro-vide an area to showcase the permanent collection of the SMMJA. Currently on display is a selection of artwork by world-renowned Israeli artist Yaacov Agam. The

artwork on display was gifted by numer-ous donors giving us a taste of Agam’s work from over the past three decades.

A wor l d - re now ne d k i ne t i c artist, Yaacov Agam pioneered a new form of art that stresses change and movement. He studied under the Bauhaus’ color-theo-retician, Johannes Itten, and then rejected traditional static concepts of painting and sculpture. He has enjoyed great public

success since his first one-person show in Paris in 1953, and has become one of the most influential artists of modern times.

Agam was born in 1928 as Yaacov Gipstein in Rishon LeZion (then Mandate for Palestine). The son of a Rabbi and Kabbalist, Agam’s initial training in art was at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. In 1949, he moved to Zurich, staying for two years before he moved to Paris. He remains there to this day with his wife and three children.

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Peacemaking by Drew Diamond

Th i s p a s t n o v e m b e r the Jewish Federation of Tulsa (JFT) and The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art (SMMJA)

hosted a unique event designed to pro-mote compassion, mutual understanding, and racial justice. The Jewish Federation’s

Community Relations Committee (CRC) presented the Museum’s innovative Po-licing in a Democracy: Lessons of the Holocaust program to police and minor-ity community leaders. This four-hour engagement was designed to foster a rela-tionship between the community and the police built on trust through enhancement of participants’ understanding of the role of police in a democracy. Members of the SMMJA staff led participants through the museum’s permanent Holocaust exhibit as well as State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda followed by a discussion built around the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Pyramid of Hate.

This program was created in light of the fact that throughout the United States, and indeed throughout the world, communi-ties are being threatened by increasing levels of terrorism, crime, and disorder. Governments find themselves challenged to provide solutions to this rising tide of criminal incidents. The communities themselves, which had begun to establish a sense of peacefulness are again threat-ened by this new wave. As providers of social justice education, the JFT along with the Anti-Defamation League and the SMMJA are uniquely equipped to offer a framework upon which to build more peaceful communities locally and nationally. The program provided both the Tulsa Police and members of Tulsa’s

minority communities with the oppor-tunity to discuss ways in which they all could be mutually supportive, with the ultimate goal of a peaceful Tulsa that does not reflect behaviors such as those described on the Pyramid of Hate.

The most common response to the recent increase in crime nationally has been to increase aggressive policing tactics, promoted as a way to get the bad guys off the street. Indeed, the last twenty years show that aggressive, focused policing activity can have a dramatic effect on reducing levels of crime and violence quickly. But quick fixes do not provide long-term solutions. In fact, as we see internationally, the law of unin-tended consequences often means that a harsh crackdown can provoke a backlash worse than the initial problem. Aggressive policing alone does not produce sustain-able peace and order over the longer term. A more effective long-term strategy is for the police and the community to work as partners rather than adversaries.

While in London, working with the British Transport Police in the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 terrorist attack on the London underground, I was reminded of how universal the role of community policing is in combating terrorism and violence. The British Transport Police have embarked on a mission to enhance their community policing efforts to engage community members in preventing future attacks. A few years later British authori-ties were able to prevent a terrorist attack on British and US air carriers. At the core in stopping this planned attack was infor-mation provided to the police from the British Muslim community. Preventing crime, whether vandalism or mass murder, is dependent on a trusting working rela-tionship between local police and the people they serve. This relationship is the foundation of community policing and a step towards avoiding behaviors such as those described on the Pyramid of Hate.

For the past 30 years progressive police officials in the United States and democ-racies around the world have steadily replaced the image of police officers fighting a war on crime, with officers as

proactive problem solvers working in partnership with the communities they serve. This change is a significant factor in the reduction of crime, particularly violent crime, experienced over these years.

Trust is at the core of community peacemaking: trust between community members and trust between police officers and the people they serve. The community engagement experience has revealed that the more community members and police officers work together to identify, examine and respond to crime and disorder problems, the safer they become. This collaboration results in mutual respect and trust. With the ongoing threat of violence and terrorism comes those who would retreat from engaging the commu-nity and return to the old style of reactive responses. The danger in such a retreat or remaining reactive is it becomes increas-ingly more difficult to prevent violent crime or find the terrorists among us.

Peacemaking enlists the open support of people as volunteer eyes and ears in the communities that they know best. It promotes respect for diversity as an antidote to racial profiling, which would otherwise further alienate people whose participation the community needs most. As engaged Tulsa citizens, we in the Jewish community can help bridge the gap and play a role in fostering that mutual trust. The more active communi-ties are in collaborative problem solving the more likely they are to prevent violence or an act of terrorism. It is not necessary, and is in fact wrong, to set aside basic democratic rights and freedoms to maintain peace and safety. Peaceable communities are a result of visionary leadership, political courage, hard work and a commitment to commu-nity service.■

Trust is at the core of community peacemaking: trust between community members and trust

between police officers and the people they

serve.The law of unintended

consequences often means that a harsh

crackdown can provoke a backlash worse than

the initial problem.

© 2005 Anti-Defamation League www.adl.org/education-outreach [email protected]

PYRAMID OF HATE The Pyramid shows biased behaviors, growing in complexity from the bottom to the top. Although the behaviors at each level negatively impact individuals and groups, as one moves up the pyramid, the behaviors have more life-threatening consequences. Like a pyramid, the upper levels are supported by the lower levels. If people or institutions treat behaviors on the lower levels as being acceptable or “normal,” it results in the behaviors at the next level becoming more accepted. In response to the questions of the world community about where the hate of genocide comes from, the Pyramid of Hate demonstrates that the hate of genocide is built upon the acceptance of behaviors described in the lower levels of the pyramid.

Provided by: ADL’s Education Division, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute

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