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Women Cantors’ NetworkJacqueline Breines, President Gail F. Nalven, Editor

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Keynote: Steve Brodsky: Everything you NEED to Know About Copyright by Stephanie Weishaar Steve Brodsky brought to WCN his wealth of knowledge about using original material. Culled from years of experience as a composer, performer, and a music publisher, he shared with the community tips for determining what is copyrighted, how original material can be used, and pitfalls to avoid in presentations and streaming. His presentation evoked a spirited discussion among the membership. Steve's takeaway was be careful, be considerate, and choose wisely. Many of us know Steve as a Jewish musician and former face of URJ Books and Music. Using analogies and Jewish texts, Steve helped us understand how copyright law relates to our work on a daily basis. We discussed the copyright implications of live-streaming and internet archiving of worship services. While many congregations are using the internet to reach home-bound members or to teach melodies to improve participating in services, issues arise whenever the music we sing in our sanctuaries is transmitted outside of those walls. We considered too many possible scenarios to detail in this article so I won't even try. Rather, I will tell you that Steve's presentation gave me a fuller understanding of fair use laws, reminded me to continue purchasing every copy of music I use, and to carefully consider how I share music with others. To follow the letter of the law is darn near impossible, but we must strive to meet our legal, ethical, and moral obligations every day.

New Commissioned Song Robin Joseph: Hariu, Kol HaAretz After a morning in the hot sun, touring the capitol, and enjoying lunch and shopping, Robin reinvigorated us with a presentation of this year's WCN commissioned piece, Hariu, Kol HaAretz. First, Robin sang the piece with guitar. Then it was presented by a choir of Robbi Sherwin, Elaine Moise, Sharon Steinberg, Rica Timman, and Judy Caplan Ginsburgh with Emily Meyer on piano. Lead sheet/SSA versions of the music are available at OySongs.com. WCN commissions a new piece of choral music every two years. As designated in our bylaws, the composer is chosen by committee, chaired by our VP of Special Affairs Robbi Sherwin. In addition to Robbi, committee members included Judy Caplan Ginsburgh, Elaine Moise, and Sharon Steinberg.

Kumsitz: Barbara Stambler Once again, Barbara brought together a diverse group of women to present new material. Despite everyone's exhaustion from travel, we stayed up late to hear many including Isabel Ganz, newbie Sue Horowitz, Judith Silver, and more. A highlight was first timer Beth Hamon's new song for Rosh Hodesh.

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Lev Baesh: Open Jewish Engagement/LGBTQ+ Rabbi Lev Baesh, rabbi of Kol HaLev in Austin, led a warm and welcoming discussion on ways to ensure that your organization is inclusive and open to all. In this safe space, attendees were able to share personal stories from their families and communities. Lev's takeaway is that rather than categorizing the type of people you want to draw to your congregation, (i.e. “We welcome LGBT congregants”) we should think about the qualities that we are looking for in our congregants. For example, are we reaching out to find congregants who are: interested in tikkun olam/social justice or committed to daily prayer. We should also think of the language people use to describe themselves. While older people might say that they are gay or lesbian, the common term among younger folks is now “queer” and they may speak of themselves by using plural pronouns such as “they” so as not to specify gender.

JED Talks: Jewish, Envisioning, Development 18 minute talks on diverse topics

Tali Ann Katz: Visualizing and Empowering Ourselves through the Sefirot of the Tree of Life Tali Ann Katz introduced us to the Sefirot and how we can use mystical practices to empower ourselves and enhance our lives. Through counting the Omer and through linking each day of her personal journey to Mt. Sinai, Tali felt energized and more prepared to receive the Torah on Shavuot.

Laura Lewis Mandeles: Teaching Torah with Visual, Aural & Kinesthetic Learning Techniques Laura shared her techniques for making Torah learning enjoyable and efficient for each child through kinesthetic techniques. Her goals are:

Learn an important Jewish skill Have a positive Jewish experience Take on an adult Jewish responsibility Internalize the equation: Effort =Accomplishment Feel proud Have Fun!

Kathy Sebo: BDS on Campus “We are sending our kids off to college to lead HaMotzie and tefillah. We are not sending our kids off to college to defend Israel.” Kathy showed us a video called Crossing the Line, which depicts the on-campus struggles against the BDS movements. Her daughter Becky is in some clips. As clergy and tefillah leaders, we must ensure that our sons, our daughters and our bar/bat mitzvah students know how to stand up to Israel. Check out Stand With Us and Camera on Campus for further resources. Crossing the Line 2 can be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/pg94qpd

Debbi Ballard: Evolving Jewish Engagement No matter who you are, no matter where you work, if you are not prepared to change, you are prepared to fail. Change is inevitable in our lives. It is how we embrace it that will determine the outcome. Debbi Ballard spoke about her story and how she changed her career and her life.

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Ellen Dreskin: The Technology of T'filah—How T'filah Works in the Modern World by Pat Rudden This plenary workshop asked us to consider the ways in which the “works” of worship--the technology, in the most basic sense—actually work. We contemplated the questions, “Who do we think we are? And what in the world do we think we're doing? Whom are we serving?” Starting from the Hebrew words for prayer—l'hitpallel and avodah—Ellen asked us to throw out words that described in general terms what prayer is (comfort/inspiration/community/peace/gratitude/help/mindfulness) and what prayer does (soothe, comfort, challenge, inspire, heal, unify, connect, access gratitude, open hearts, connect generations). We then generated a list of terms for some of the stumbling blocks to prayer, some of which were surprising: language, fear of failure/futility, ego, clergy/leaders, ignorance, distrust of organized religion, God, baggage, belonging, distraction, importance/relevance, disconnection, time, attitude (positive/negative), non-belief. This is what goes on in the experience of prayer, and the ShaTz (prayer leader) is charged with making the choices that remove the stumbling blocks. Prayer is a tool, a means to an end, and we need to decide what that end is. We are as much facilitators as leaders, and we can profitably think of ourselves as “transportation devices” for our own and our communities' prayer. When members of the congregation leave a service, they should feel changed in a good way. From here we moved into a discussion of some of the tachlis of being a facilitator of prayer: remember that we're not singing or reading, we're praying. No one can pray for you. Remember that “together” does not have to mean “in unison.” When someone says they “didn't like” this or that in a service, just say you're sorry it didn't work for them, and maybe say that it seemed to work for others. If it didn't work because it was something new, ask them to come back in four weeks and discuss it again. Always be honest about why you chose to use it in the first place. Remember that it is ok not to participate, despite the pressure to do so. We should know our own limitations and not be afraid to allow others to do things they can do “more majestically.” We also need to find ways to cope with the accusations that the cantor has an ego when the rabbi is not similarly criticized for reading aloud a whole page of English that the congregation can just as well read for themselves. We should choose the most useful settings, and not be afraid of “equal opportunity discomfort” when we use something that is new to everyone. A practical bit of advice is to introduce something new in a lower key, so getting to the notes won't be a stumbling block. We should engage in what Danny Maseng calls “benevolent manipulation.” Music, after all, is midrash, and prayer is our warmup for life.

Boot Scootin’ with Robin Sue by Emily Meyer Sunday evening, after a dinner of BBQ, a beautiful Ma'ariv service and a few libations, the fabulous Robin Sparr, attired in a cowboy hat and "kickers," patiently taught a large group how to country line dance. In sandals, socks and bare feet the group of some greenhorns and a few experienced line dancers learned four or five dances. We laughed, drank, collided and laughed some more, but in the end we knew the dances. Thanks to Robin for her wonderful teaching. Will we find a country line dancing bar in CT? If we do, many of us will be ready to go!

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Above: Debby Lewis & Marci Vitkus Right: Jinny Marsh & Sharon Steinberg

Above: Doris Cohen & Debbie Katchko-Gray Left: Robin Josephs Below: Steve Brodsky

Left: Pat Rudden Above: Debbi Ballard & Jodi Rozental Right: At Bnai Abraham

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Games Night with Kathy Sebo and the Past Presidents Club by Robbi Sherwin Giving Cleveland's Kathy Sebo the opportunity to emcee anything is usually a win/win situation, but she outdid herself with her clever take on Jeopardy, aptly called: Jewpardy. With oh-so-clever categories such as: "Who's Your Daddy? (Biblical fathers) to "Jewsical Theatre" (completely dominated by the quick-"dinging" Joshana Erenberg of Maryland); to the category that stumped all: "State Capitols," hilarity ensued. Past Presidents Geri Zeller, Robin Joseph, Rica Timman, Anita Hochman, Doris Cohen, and Debbie Katchko-Gray judged the quick "DING"ing, and correct "questions" ("Who is Stephen Schwartz?"). Three teams made up of randomly selected "newbies" (Julie Plaut Warwick, Bellevue, WA; Nancy Dubin, NYC; & Marcia Bernstein, Austin) and an "oldies" (Francyne Davis Jacobs, Houston; Joshana Erenberg, Annadale, VA & Sharon Steinberg, Boca Raton, FL) tried to answer correctly. Jan Morrison (Columbia, MD) served as the gracious and hysterical assistant a la Vanna White. The Final Jewpardy Answer was: "A country Geri Zeller (a true world-traveler!) has NOT visited.” There

was more than one answer, but it was a stumper! (A quick note: your humble author/conference co-chair is a bit of State Capitals dork and was nearly busting my kishkas trying NOT to shout out the answers.) What a fabulous way to get to know each other and have a blast

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Sue Horowitz sings at the Kumsitz

Kathy Sebo silences Geri Zeller

The Past Presidents

Julie Plaut Warwick and Joshana Erenberg declare victory

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Beth Hamon: A Newbie's View

(Note: This is a highly edited version of Beth's article. The full article was sent out via the listserv.) This was my first WCN conference and it was a little overwhelming at first to be greeted so warmly by people I had never met in person before. This would be a taste of things to come. We arrived at Temple Beth Shalom, where Robbi Sherwin and I were overjoyed to meet in person at last. (The amazement of the internet is that I've "known" a fair number of WCN members electronically since joining three years ago, but this week would be the first time I got to meet any of them live and in real time.) We schmoozed and rested and snacked until things began to really get underway around dinnertime. Then the magic began. The conference chairs and hosting temple choir kicked things off with an absolutely lovely Ma'ariv service. And dozens of voices joined together in tuneful prayer, spontaneously combusting into 15-part harmony. At dinner, there was loud, animated conversation. After that, there was time to learn some Texas two-step dance with Rabin Sparr. I am NOT a dancer. I stayed and enjoyed more conversations with more new people, and honestly this was one of the best things for me. I met a lot of people in person that evening and that helped to solidify my sense of friendship with them. Eventually, we all made our way back to the hotel, where song-sharing commenced over dessert. I had signed up to share a song, something I had written only a month before. I played it, and immediately someone said, "Play it again!" Really? Really. So I did. And people were happy. So I was happy. Then I sat down and enjoyed as people presented other pieces that ran the gamut across genres and styles. When it was all over, a very appreciative bunch of us had something like twelve new pieces of music to take home to our communities, and THAT is what song-sharing ought to be. Day Two: I had to skip a couple of things just because I was SO under slept from my previous day, so here's my highlight list -- Shacharit would continue the idea of each service offering something different in terms of both musical choices and worship-leading approaches. To be honest, there wasn't a service the whole time that wasn't absolutely amazing, fascinating and beautiful. Deborah Katchko-Gray’s chazzanut came from a deep, deep place that defies description. And Gail Nalven's drash on leadership -- yes, we can (and must) really all be leaders with the gifts we bring -- was spot-on and inspiring. The afternoon session with Ellen Dreskin was a highlight for me. I'd had an opportunity to learn with her last year and knew that if she ever materialized in my life again I would have to be there. I couldn't -- didn't dare -- sing along, but sat in the very back and absorbed as much as I could. If an Ellen Dreskin fan club is ever formed I will totally join it. I had been quite surprised and honored as a first-time attendee to be asked to prepare and lead the Ma’ariv service mostly by myself. Marci and Joshana (service coordinators) asked me to feature some of my music in the service. In ensuing discussions it was decided that making this service something of a showcase for WCN-composed pieces as much as possible would be a great idea; and would allow other composers to present their pieces in the service. Game night was simply the wackiest, most fun time I'd had in a long time. Kathy Sebo, a glorious career in standup awaits you if you ever get tired of singing in synagogues. (continued)

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Beth Hamon: A Newbie's View (continued)

Day Three: Shacharit was my turn to mostly listen as my voice was, in a word, fried. It was so lovely to bask in prayerful sound led by Cindy Freedman and feel it wrap itself around me. More animated conversations, now with people who feel like I know so much better in some ways. Experienced cantors and cantorial soloists were now offering to refer me to resources, and a couple even wanted to take me under their wing through the magic of the internet. At long last, I was finding the mentorship I had so sorely craved. I walked on a cloud of gratitude all day. I had an odd moment of feeling like one of the "cool" kids because I wound up sitting at the back of the tour bus and talking in whispers with a couple of folks, trying hard to stifle our giggles so as not to be rude to our hard-working tour guide. Until I realized that I was on a bus filled entirely with cool kids. And singing together in the rotunda of the capitol building was glorious. The presentation of Robin Joseph's commissioned piece was inspiring and gorgeous. Thank you for writing it out for both choir/keyboard AND solo vocal/guitar! Susan Colin blew me away, leading an entire Ma'ariv service with Just. Her. Voice. I shook my head in wonder and admiration. Susan, you need to teach a workshop on how to do that.

Day Four: The final Shacharit service was big and bold and joyful. At Debbi and Jodi's request, people brought instruments and I got to play a little hand drum. If I had to pick one word to describe this service it would be FUN. Worship can and should be fun. JED Talks were brilliant, informative, inspiring. Given by truly smart women with something real to say. I appreciated all of them. Closing circle came late enough in the day that many women had already left to catch flights, which was a shame. It was beautiful, and allowed me to verbalize how I felt about having found a group where I could be a woman among women. I felt truly blessed and full of gratitude as I pulled away from the temple and headed to the airport. What an amazing first conference. I look forward to many more.

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The Conference committee welcomes us to Austin.

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Tour of B'nai Abraham Synagogue & History by Ricky Roth Most of us had never heard of Brenham, TX, its 121 year-old wooden synagogue or Leon & Mimi Toubin. But, after our visit to the recently relocated B’nai Abraham Brenham Synagogue, we will not soon forget its story. Moved in three sections last November from 90 miles due east of Austin, it has a new home on the Dell JCC campus in Austin. The painstaking restoration of this building is nearly complete and with the addition of electronics and HVAC; will soon be ready for its dedication gala. It will become the home of Tiferet Israel Orthodox Congregation and host education and life cycle events. This extensive project was a joint vision/project of the Toubins, the Jewish Federation of Austin and the generosity of donors from both cities. After a short walk across the JCC campus, we were treated to a fascinating history lesson from Leon Toubin, detailing Jewish life in East Texas in the 1800's and how the synagogue eventually ended up in Austin. Then, in an expression of spontaneous joy, the entire WCN group raised our voices in a glorious Shechecheyanu that celebrated the rebirth of this historic, magnificent shul.

Dana Baruch: Managing the Mishugas: Moving from Oy to Joy in Congregational Life Are we getting the most out of our workplace? Can we change our perspective to bring more joy to our careers? Dana Baruch showed us how we can change our view from “I feel” to “I think.” We cannot let our emotions control us, but we control our thoughts. She used the following model: The Model: CTFAR Circumstance triggers Thoughts Thoughts trigger feelings Feelings trigger actions Actions trigger results Results/Outcomes (provides evidence for original thought)

As Baruch said, “Name it to tame it.”

Judy Caplan Ginsburgh: Are You In Tune by Barbara Stambler and Geri Zeller On Monday afternoon we attended the session entitled “Are You In Tune?” which was led by Judy Caplan Ginsburgh, a certified vibrational healer. She spoke about how sound and vibration can heal the body. We learned about chakras and how they respond to color and sound. Judy explained how our chakras, or energy centers, each vibrate at a certain speed or tone and when we are out of sorts feeling stress or pain or general fatigue, by retuning or balancing our chakras will bring us back our norm. Judy showed us the tuning forks that she uses for healing and explained how they are used. She did a “tuning” on Geri who was experiencing sciatica pain.

Kathy Sebo

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Rebecca Rossen: Dancing Jewish by Diane Weil Dancing Jewish/ Jewish Women in American Dance is the title of the book recently published by Rebecca Rossen, Ph.D and the subject of Part 1 of Dr. Rossen's presentation to WCN. Rebecca, an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Theatre and Dance and the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, is a dance historian, performance scholar and choreographer. During this presentation she demonstrated how Jewish women explored feminism, identity, and socialism through modern dance during the 20th century. These women often created dances around biblical figures, passing over the Matriarchs and identifying with heroic women such as Deborah and Hadassah. Jewish women choreographers were pivotal is establishing the Workers' Dance League in support of labor organizing efforts in the 1930's. During the 20's and 30's women explored Jewishness and transvestism through Hasidic drag, woman dancers performing as Hasidic men. (http://tinyurl.com/ovytqzw) A personal note here, I met Rebecca when she was a graduate student at Northwestern University near Chicago, and brought her to my synagogue to give an Adult Ed presentation. When I reintroduced myself to Rebecca at WCN, she remembered that as her first professional speaking engagement. After dinner, it was our turn to dance in a session called Dancing Jewish—Let's Move! I admit to skepticism when Rebecca announced we were going to explore our own Jewish identity through movement. However, she broke through our reluctance, and through several exercises, we created dances without realizing our accomplishment. Who knew – by acting out words such as tallit and matzah balls, we had become choreographers!

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Judith Silver: Singing for the Brain by Nancy Dubin What a joy it was to get to learn from Judith Silver! She begins by listening. I feel like I know a little bit more about each of the members of our class because of our discussions, but that little bit that I know is on a deep, personal, and spiritual level. Judith knows how to immediately create a warm, safe, and inviting space - she is a master teacher! Judith described a program she runs in London that brings an hour of music to people at the end of life with cognitive issues. From this space, we chanted and sang, together and in parts. We explored how we could be most helpful in an end of life group, and we prepared a structure for our own groups. I found this incredibly useful, and I was profoundly moved and felt deeply connected. I look forward to taking any class that Judith Silver teaches when she comes to this side of the Atlantic Ocean!

Rabbi Alan Freedman: Managing Difficult Life Cycle Moments by Jin Marsh I can never learn enough about handling difficult life cycle events (or difficult people). Abby Gostein’s, Rabbi Alan Freedman, presented Managing Difficult Life Cycle Moments workshop in a relaxed environment offering an open forum for us to contribute and ask questions. As he gave examples from funerals, bar mitzvahs and weddings, Freedman said, “we as clergy need to provide a ‘non-anxious presence.’ ” How to achieve this is not easy and we have to be detached. “You can’t escalate the hysteria.” So we have to be centered before we meet with a family or congregant or before entering the sacred space of the sanctuary and bima. Rabbi Freedman recommended the new reform rabbi’s manual as it has more poignant readings. Rabbi Freedman also recommended a new Doorpost’s Of Your House for other lifecycle events, especially at a time of disappointment. A third book was suggested Deborah Orenstein’s Life Cycle Events and well as Internet resources, i.e., ritualwell.org and interfaithfamily.com. Freedman also suggests at the intake for a funeral that we really listen and cautions against singing Eishet Chayil if it inappropriate for that particular person. Someone in our group said, “I always ask the Rabbi before the service is this an Eishet Chayil or not?”

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A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT

My dear Wonderful Wimmin’ –

It was such a delight to see your lovely faces and hear your lovely voices in Austin! Thank you again to our fabulous conference chairs – Abby Gostein, Francyne Davis Jacobs, and Robbi Sherwin – and their committee for a terrific conference. I hope those who were first-time conference attendees felt warmly welcomed! When you join us at future conferences, you will return to new friends. To those who did not make it this year, we missed you! Truly. To those who have yet to attend a conference, you are missing out! It is a unique group and experience, and the annual conference feels like coming home. I hope to meet you next year. Thank you, as always, for ‘filling up my cup’ and restoring my strength and energy for the year to come.

Next year in Connecticut!

B’shalom, Jacqui

WCN does the North American Choral Festival (above right) L-R: Anita Hockman, Rena Shapiro, Pat Rudden, Barbara Haimowitz, Gladys Gruenwald Off singing somewhere: Sharon Steinberg, Rica Tinman, Natasha Hirschhorn, Sara Ruderman

WCN at HUC-JIR for Mifgash Musicale (left) top row: Shawna Rosen, Serrill Stott, Jinny Marsh. bottom row: Susan Glickman, Stephanie Weishaar, Abby Gostein, Sherry Barnes, Kelly Onickel

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MEMBER NEWS MAZEL TOV Barbra Lieberstein on the 4/25/15 B’nai Mitzvah of her twins Sara and Joshua Fergang Hanita Blair on the birth of her granddaughter Fiona Lynn Blair on 6/25/15 Sharon Citrin Goldstein on her 6/28/15 marriage to Paul Debbi Ballard on the engagement of her daughter Ashley to Jay Yarnold

NEWS Beth Hamon has been traveling a lot this past year! With artist residencies in Oregon, Arizona, Texas and Kansas, Beth's music is being heard at synagogues and camps across the west and midwest. She has been writing songs for a new project, a collection of settings and/or interpretations of liturgical texts. This will be Beth's third album of original Jewish music. A Sliver In The Sky will begin a crowdfunding campaign immediately after High Holy Days, with plans to go into the studio in early 2016. Upcoming appearances include stops in Bend, Oregon, Kansas City and Philadelphia. For more info, check out http://www.beth-hamon-music.com Beth Friedman-Romell is excited to share the news that this fall, she will begin training to become a board-certified music therapist at Cleveland State University, with a major in guitar. She will continue to serve her congregation in Wooster as she moves through the program. Susan Colin's new CD is called The Work of a Lifetime. Set with a variety of styles, Susan shows us her voice can go anywhere. Some songs are perfect for lifecycle events (weddings, bar mitzvahs) or worship settings (Adonai Oz, Blessings). Other songs touch on the human experience (I'm Sorry, Tallit, The Work of a Lifetime). And a gentle nudge to Call Your Mother. Available on OySongs and CD Baby. Check out Orit Perlman's new Ladino website: http://www.oritperlman-ladino.com

BARUCH DAYAN EMET Yishayahu Kopelman, father of Orit Perlman

The Society for Crypto Judaica Conference in Miami, Sunday July 19-22 by Tali Katz A whole new Jewish worldly perspective of our collective Jewish heritage was revealed to me at a conference for the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies these past 3 days in my Miami. I bonded to Crypto Jews from Dominican Republic, Cuba, El Salvador, Jamaica, Turkey, Columbia, Mexico, Miami and the Southwest. My heart and mind was so opened from hearing personal journeys, scholarly writings on the many facets of Crypto Judaica Studies and hearing amazing musicians perform Ladino and Sefardic music. Truly inspiring was to hear the personal stories of two individuals. Genie Milgrom and Joseph whose last name will remain anonymous at this time . Genie Milgrom a convert to Judaism and the president of the Society for Crypto Judaica studies, discovered after her own intensive genealogical journey, that she was able to document through her maternal lineage of 22 generations her unbroken Jewish maternal lineage back to 1480 to Pre-Inquisition Spain and Portugal. She has authored two books one that has been invaluable to thousands of people from all over the world who are in search of their Jewish identity. And Joseph, also raised Catholic who was able to put on tefillin this past June for the first time and shared through tears that after 500 years he brought Judaism and his family alive again through his reclaiming his Jewish roots. He is hoping that he will know by Rosh HaShanah the results of his genealogical testing so he can have the documentation that will confirm his Jewish identity.

Within days of Tisha B'Av, my heart is filled with the knowing that as I collectively mourn the destruction that has befallen our people for centuries and the challenges we face today in this climate of antisemitism and terrorism against our people, we like those Crypto Jews, must also remain vigilant in never giving up Hope, our Emuna and our connection to Israel and the Jewish people throughout the world.

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