Volume 14, Number 2 October 2019/ Tishri 5780—Cheshvan 5780

OUR COMMUNITY NEWS Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, Inc. 3202 Shalom Way, South Bend, IN 46615

During the upcoming election season, it is im-portant for the organized American-Jewish commu-nity to ensure that support for Israel does not become a “wedge issue.” That is why the Jewish Federa-tion’s Community Rela-tions Committee, chaired by Barb Lerman, has decid-ed to hold this event titled, “Maintaining Bipartisan Support for Israel: Lessons from the AJC” on Sunday afternoon, October 27th at 3:00 PM at the Jewish Fed-eration. Our keynote speaker will

be Melanie Maron Pell, Managing Director of Re-gional Offices for the American Jewish Commit-

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On the evening of Thursday September 19th, the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley kicked off our 2020 campaign and 75th Anniversary in style. The evening began with hors d'oeuvres and sangria in the art gallery. The walls were covered with 75 years of history in the form of articles from the past seven and half decades of the Federation’s Our Communi-ty News newsletter. Addi-tionally, the display cases showed some beautiful memorabilia from the com-munity’s history, on loan for the Michiana Jewish Historical Society. The guests enjoyed looking at all of the articles and remi-niscing and marveling at all of the amazing accom-plishments of our Jewish community. The displays will be up in the Federa-tion’s art gallery and avail-able for viewing through-out October and most of November and is a must see for all. After enjoying the food and schmoozing, the guests were invited into the main community hall to relax and enjoy a few

speakers. First Chen Nis-san, our new community Shlicha, introduced herself and told the audience a little about herself and her family. Chen’s family is a great example of the diver-sity of Israel. While many people are under the im-pression that Jews and Is-raelis are all of European decent, nothing could be further from the truth. Like a large percentage of Israe-lis, Chen’s family traces their roots back to Iraq and Iran. Chen’s family has lived in the middle east for many generations, as far

back as they can trace. Chen shared her excite-ment at spending at least the next year with the Fed-eration and working with the synagogues in chil-dren’s Jewish education, seniors through the com-

munity lunches, young adults as the staff person of the Young Adult Divi-sion social group, Sababah and NCSY in youth group, presenting her personal Israel story to organiza-tions around the greater Michiana area, and then finally getting to co-lead Camp Ideal in the summer of 2020. Chen had the honor of introducing the keynote speaker of the evening, Ms. Ariella Rada. Ms. Rada is the Israel Consul for Aca-demic and Community Affairs to the Midwest cov-ering 9 states. Having joined the Israeli Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 2015, Ms. Rada was appointed in 2016 the Deputy Chief of

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October 27th Maintaining Bipartisan

Support for Israel: Lessons from the AJC

2 O ur Com m unit y New s October 2019

Our Community News Volume 14, Number 2

October 2019 Tishri 5780—Cheshvan 5780

Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley

3202 Shalom Way South Bend, IN 46615 Phone: 574-233-1164

thejewishfed.org

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Lisa Lerman, President Ben Davis, Executive Director (Ext 1802)

Mona Medow, Vice President Cristyne Porile, Vice President Sorah Stein, Secretary Michael Kirsch, Treasurer

David Ravitch, Immediate Past President

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mara Boettcher Anne Feferman Dov Honick Lisa Levin Sarah Nerenberg Jason Schwartz Jennifer Schwartz Alon Shemesh Simon Springer

STAFF

Sheri Alpert, Administrative Associate (Ext 1820)

Emily Benedix, Director of Operations, OCN Editor (Ext 1801)

Dan Cossman, Facilities Associate (Ext 1810)

Bob Feferman, CRC Director (Ext 1815)

Samara Gold, Kitchen Manager (Ext 1809) Rowan Kelley, JFS Director (Ext 1804)

Nancy Kennedy, JFS Associate (Ext 1020)

Shani Kramer Program Director (Ext 1819)

Charmagne LaFortune JFS Associate (Ext. 1806)

Leslie Marcum, Marketing Associate (Ext. 1805)

Chen Nissan, Israeli Shlicha (Ext 1807)

Karen L. Dwyer, Our Community News Editor Emeritus

Our Community News is published monthly by the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley for the Jewish community in Michiana.

From the Desk of Executive Director Ben Davis Hello Jewish Michiana, I love the Jewish Feder-ation. When I think about it, at it’s core our job is to simply help our fellow Jews in need and try to enrich the lives of every Jew worldwide. What could be better? It makes me think of one of my fa-vorite quotes: “We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say, ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then, there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” If you recognize those words, they are from one of history’s greatest sages: Mister Fred Rogers. I have the honor of standing on the shoulders of some heroes- Norman Edell, Bernie Natkow, Mar-ilyn Gardner and Debby

Barton Grant, all left this agency and the community better and healthier than they found it. Every donor, every volunteer and staff member who has worked tirelessly towards that core job, you are all my heroes. In 2020 we will be cele-brating our 75th Anniver-sary, and it is my job, with all of your help, to move the Federation and our community into the next 75 years, and I feel hum-bled by this responsibility, and I can only hope to live up to all of my heroes. Our 2020 campaign is now un-derway and in helping to celebrate this huge anni-versary we are asking all donors for a ONE TIME ONLY increase with 75 in mind. It could be a 7.5% increase, or if you are typi-cally under $75 to bring it up to $75 or to do an in-crease in multiples of 75. By “one time” we mean

that when we ask again in our 2021 campaign it will be based off you 2019 cam-paign gift, not what ever you increase to in 2020. I know that it is a big ask, but we need you all to help make the next 75 years suc-cessful. Additionally, we hope you will stop by sometime over the next couple months to see our historic display highlighting the past 75 years of our news letters. Emily Benedix, and a few volunteers, put to-gether a breathtaking not to miss exhibit of our histo-ry and its highlights. We will have some ex-citing things happening in 2020, and I invite every single one of you to join us in the celebration. Todah Rabah! Ben

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Tovah

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Karen Kohn

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filled with sweetness

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Best wishes for a Happy New Year!

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Mission in Peru, where she was responsible for poli-tics, press, culture and in-ternational aid. She was then placed at the Midwest consulate in late 2018. Ms.

Rada was born to a Jewish family in Ethiopia and im-migrated to Israel with her mother and sisters in 1984 at the age of three. She grew up most of her life in the southern city of Beer-Sheba and later served in the IDF as a commander of soldiers and trained new recruits. Most of Ms. Rada’s talk told the story of her family coming to Israel and what it is like to be a Jew of color in Israel. She shared a glimpse into what it must be like to take the enor-

mous risk of walking with three children in a group of pilgrims on a harrowing journey from her small vil-lage in Ethiopia all the way to Sudan, risking lack of water and food, bandits and criminals, and risk of capture by military all in the hopes of leaving perse-cution behind and getting to the promised land. After surviving hundreds of miles of walking at night and sleeping during the day to stay safe, they final-ly made it to a refugee camp in Sudan. Then they had to wait two months before the planes arrived and finally brought them to Israel. One of the things she shared was how shocked her mother was to learn that there were white

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Jewish Federation Kicks Off 2020 Campaign & 75th Anniversary Celebration

Federation supporter and past President, Dr. Doug Barton. Doug shared his personal reasons for sup-porting the Federation for all his life, as well as the positive impact the Federa-tions has with the commu-nity and the entire world. He asked the community to please consider a one-time increase of their annu-al pledge by 7.5% or incre-ments of 75 in honor of this auspicious anniversary. The entire evening was a huge success having brought in over 80 guests and beginning the 2020 annual campaign on a very high note. Many thanks were extended to Mona Medow and Jennifer Schwartz, the 2020 cam-paign chairs, and their committee, as well as staff members Emily Benedix, Bob Feferman, Dan Coss-man, Ben Davis and Shani Kramer for all of the hard work putting the evening together.

Jews when she arrived in Israel. It was a major cul-ture shock for all of the Ethiopian immigrants hav-ing lived in such isolation. For much of the history of the Ethiopian Jews they had believed they were the only Jews that had sur-vived the diaspora, and many believe they are of the lost tribe of Judah. While there are still race issues in Israel, Ms. Rada believes that as hers and future generations of Israe-lis of color continue through the IDF and con-tinue to gain positions of leadership and as role

models to all Israelis that there is a bright future for the Jewish State. After a series of varied Q&A with the audience, Ms. Rada was presented with a part-ing gift of the official 2019-2020 Notre Dame shirt, which she eagerly accept-ed, having toured and met with representatives of Notre Dame earlier in the day. The evening ended with a heartfelt plea by long-time community member,

Historical Collages Crafted by Emily Benedix

Caring Connections 4 O ur Com mu nit y New s October 2019

Trusting Ourselves & Others The concept of bitachon in Judaism is a

constantly evolving state of being that can grow over time. Building relationships requires the building of trust. As I begin this new chapter at the Jewish Feder-ation, my biggest priority is to protect the faith and trust the community al-ready has in JFS and help it grow to greater heights. Trust can also be seen as the expectancy that other people can rely on your word. Mutual trust is a shared belief that you can depend on one another to achieve a common goal. Some would say that trust is the cornerstone of all hu-man relationships. It can

remind us there is safety in this world. People would be less likely to walk down the street, drive their vehi-cles, or fly if we didn’t trust those around us to do the right things. We trust other drivers will obey traffic laws, that our pilots will remain sober during flights, and our loved ones will be honest with us. Culture, civilization, and communi-ty all depend on such trust. However, some of us strug-gle with trust. The close-ness and intimacy trust can cultivate can be overshad-owed by the possibility of pain, judgement, or betray-al. When we meet someone for the first time our brain makes basic assumptions

unconsciously as to wheth-er this person is a “friend” or “foe.” Unfortunately, everyone we meet is not worthy of our trust and at times we may trust the foe before the friend. Our earli-est attachments to our par-ents and caregivers lays a foundation for our ability as adults to trust one anoth-er. The adult whose parents were reliable and trustwor-thy will have a less difficult time than the person who had parents that were una-vailable or cold. If you experience diffi-culty trusting others it may be helpful to look inside. Are you interpreting your spouse’s words and ges-tures accurately, or do you tend to misread others, missing the indications that they WILL be there for

you? Has your past created a script in your mind that keeps you from seeing not everyone will let you down? IS it your script is faulty or is it the people you pick to participate in your life are actually unreli-able or untrustworthy? Can you count on them. Why or why not? These are some examples to ponder in mo-ments where we don’t feel safe or secure. I too have experienced betrayals that have stung many years lat-er and for me it isn't always easy to trust again. But I would like to say that I try, and the script from my past is being rewritten every day. Mostly, I appreciate your trust in me to serve the Jewish community. -Charmagne LaFortune

tee (AJC). Through her work for AJC, Melanie is highly qualified to speak on this topic. Melanie re-cruited and accompanied South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg on his 2018 trip to Israel through AJC’s Project Interchange. According to the AJC web-

site, Project Interchange “… brings global decision-makers to Israel to learn about its reality and com-plexity for themselves.” Melanie will share insights from the successful ap-

proach of AJC’s Project In-terchange in maintaining bipartisan support for Isra-el. Following his Israel trip,

Mayor Buttigieg told the AJC Global Forum, “It was extraordinary to see firsthand the achievements of what’s taking place in Israel, as well as to see the geographic immediacy and the intimate boundaries of a territory that we hear so much about on the news but don’t often really take the trouble to go and un-derstand.”

As Managing Director of Regional Offices, Melanie Pell oversees AJC’s net-work of 22 regional offices. She was previously AJC Associate Director of Re-gional Offices and Director of Regional Engagement. In that role, Melanie worked to expand AJC’s presence in communities across the U.S. and coordinated sever-al successful agency-wide advocacy campaigns, in-cluding the Mayors United Against Anti-Semitism and the Governors United Against BDS initiatives. Prior to assuming her na-

Continued from page 1 tional role, Melanie was Director of AJC Washing-ton D.C., where she over-saw all regional office activ-ities and represented AJC in a variety of diplomatic, civic, and intergroup set-tings. She joined AJC in 2001 as Assistant Director of AJC Chicago. Melanie graduated with honors from the Chicago-Kent Col-lege of Law and magna cum laude from the Uni-versity of Louisville. If you plan on attending,

please RSVP to the Jewish Federation at (574) 233-1164.

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Elections in Israel-AGAIN?!

From the desk of Shlicha, Chen Nissan So we just had elections in Israel on April 9th, and now here we are again with elections on Septem-ber 17th. You are probably wondering why it hap-pened, so here I am trying to do the best I can to ex-plain it, and I hope I’ll do it well (because actually, most Israelis find this situ-ation pretty confusing). So what happened? In order to assemble the government, Benjamin Netanyahu had to create a coalition of parties that would make up at least 61 seats in the Knesset. In Is-rael’s parliamentary sys-tem of government, the ruling party needs to con-trol more than half of the 120 seats of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament). Unfortunately for Net-anyahu, he had to invite Avigdor Liberman (the head of the "Israel Beitenu" party) in order to do that. "Israel Beitenu" is a secu-lar, right-wing party and they told Netanyahu that they will join his coalition on one condition: pass the "Law of Recruitment" in the Knesset which simply says that the ultra-Orthodox in Israel will be obliged to serve in the ar-my (The reason that the majority of them don't serve in the army is a ques-tion for another article). Netanyahu found him-self trapped between two situations: either pass this law or lose the ultra-

Orthodox parties, or don’t pass this law and lose "Israel Beitenu.” Because of this situa-tion, Netanyahu couldn't assemble a government, and so he preferred to dis-solve the current Knesset and go for another election rather that have the oppor-tunity of assembling a uni-ty government with Benny Gantz, the head of "Kahol Lavan", the second-largest party (this is what usually happens, but not this time!). Netanyahu preferred to do it because he didn't want to take the chance of losing his seat as Prime Minister, and he is now counting on winning the elections again and having another chance to assemble the government without Liberman. Was this move smart? We will find out after Sep-tember 17th! This leads me to the next question- Why do Israelis keep voting for Bibi over and over again? We Israelis live in a tough neighborhood: We are surrounded in all of our borders with coun-tries who wish that we wouldn't be here. And some of them are trying to make this wish to come true. Over the past several years, Israel has been working to prevent Iran from turning Syria into a platform to threaten Israel. The Iranians have tried to

build missiles bases and factories for the production of missiles for Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israeli voters know that Netanyahu's diplomatic skills- especially in his rela-tions with Putin- have al-lowed the Israel Air Force to operate freely in the skies over Syria and carry out over 200 airstrikes to prevent this from happen-ing. Also, since 2001, Hamas has launched from Gaza 12,338 rockets and 6,500 mortar bombs at Israel and in the southern cities in particular (and the number keeps rising up every day). These attacks killed 72 Is-raelis and wounded 1,971.

When people see Netan-yahu standing strong and

talking about Israel in the UN, and maintaining good relationships with the strongest leaders of the world, they feel safe. Many Israelis feel that things can get a lot worse if we will have a leader who is new and inexperienced in the diplomatic and polit-ical fields (like Benny Gantz). In the reality of the Middle East, there is no time for mistakes, no time for learning and taking it slow. We need to be strong all the time and consistent-ly in front of the countries who don't want us to be here. At this point in time, the leader who most peo-ple think provides that sense of security is Benja-min Netanyahu. There is an argument about how critical and dangerous our security situation really is. Some people think that Netanyahu only thinks about the survival of Israel instead of promoting a real solution with the Palestini-ans and the surrounding countries. These people think that Netanyahu should be replaced. I hope I succeeded to make things a little clearer. This situation is much more complicated than these 707 words, and so I invite you to ask me more questions about this sub-ject until the next time we meet!

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Memorial Contributions to Jewish Federation Funds

We welcome contributions to our various funds listed below. Individual acknowledgment cards are sent for each contribution.

The Jewish Federation expresses its appreciation to these generous donors:

From the following contributors:

Anonymous Steven Rosenburg Don & Lisa Fischesser Geoff & Joy Newman Terry & Tom Slamkowski Catherine & Keith Sherry Amy & Tim Daly Ron & Barb Aigotti Jack & Carol Regan Rosemary Noble Irwin & Caroline Hodgetts Janet Jenkins David Bartkus & Carolyn Woo Pinky Raab Ron & Beverly Hanson Ron & Nancy Cohen Barbara & Phil Hartman Doug & Sandy Barton Jeff & Terry Zelvy Mike & Lorraine Davis Lou Ann & Mort Dobbins Ina Rosenburg Jerry & Phyllis DeVorkin Janina Goetz Shirley Berebitsky Reggie Lowenhar Minette Brown Sarah Anne Anes Craig & Carol Kapson Lynda Simon Marsha Brook Fred Kahn Morrie & Francie Rosen Janet & Arnold Valencia Board & Staff of the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley To the following funds: Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley (Unrestricted) Kapson Cultural & Performing Arts Fund Bob & Pat Turbow Library Acquisitions Fund JFS Food Pantry In Memory of: Larry Galinkin Jenni Berebitsky Richard Wisner Louis Cohen Marsha Wilke Paul Kessler In Honor of: Irv Rosenberg’s 80th birthday! Alexi Turbow’s engagement to Timothy Pierce Happy New Year!: Robbie & Paul Grimstad Rose & Herbert Warburg Mazel Tov!: The birth of Rabbi Jonathan & Aviva’s son Cari & Barry Shein’s 30th Anniversary Nana & Gary Fromm’s 50th Anniversary Jill & Steve Ross’ 50th Anniversary Susan & Mark Sandock’s 50th Anniversary

Sara & Milton Brook JFS Fund Friends of the PJ Library Ron S. & Nancy P. Cohen JFS Fund Karen Dwyer Our Community News

Fund Debby Barton Grant Campership Jewish Family Services Food Pantry Jewish Federation Executive Director

Discretionary Fund Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley

(Unrestricted) Jewish War Veterans #318 Library Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund C r a i g & C a r o l K a p s o n

Arts Endowment Craig & Carol Kapson Scholarship Ruth & Ben Levy Senior Services

Fund Michael Liss Endowment Fund Viola Major Jewish Education Fund Marcus-Schulman Jewish Family

Services

Sherry Moses Holocaust Memorial Fund Bernard & Shirley Natkow Campership Bernard H. Natkow Lecture Fund Okon Family Endowment for Holocaust

Education Ruth & Myer Piser Adult Education Fund Steve Rodin JFS Fund Harvey & Lillian Roland Scholarship Schpok Spirit of Federation Michael Signer Unity Garden Fund Neil & Leah Silver Advanced Degree

Scholarship R o b e r t S i m o n L e a d e r s h i p

Development Kurt &Tessye Simon Building Fund Kurt &Tessye Simon Seniors Living with

Dignity Fund Bob & Pat Turbo w Library

Acquisitions Fund Sandra Winicur Book Club Fund Youth Endowment Fund

SAVE THE DATE!

SOUTH BEND CHALLAH BAKE

NOVEMBER 13TH, 2019!

Last chance to submit your Chal-lah recipes to get them into our

Challah cook book!

Email them to: Skramer@thejewishfed.org!

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Bell Pepper and Tomato Frita

From The Scent of Orange Blossoms by Kitty Morse Ingredients: *4 large bell peppers, roasted, peeled and seeded *2 Tablespoons olive oil *4 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and coarsely diced *2-3 cloves garlic, minced *½ teaspoon sugar *1 Tablespoon tomato paste *¾ teaspoon salt (or to taste) *1 teaspoon sweet Hungarian paprika (although I use Spanish smoked paprika) Directions: Cut the peppers into ½ -inch strips and set in a col-ander to drain. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over a medium heat. When simmering, add the diced tomatoes, garlic, sugar and tomato paste. Cook, uncovered, lightly pressing on the tomatoes from time to time, until most of the liquid evaporates, 12-15 minutes. Add the drained peppers and season with salt and paprika. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mix-ture thickens, 10-15 minutes. Remove the lid. Contin-ue cooking with the lid off until most of the liquid evaporates but mixture is not completely dry, another 10-12 minutes. Let cool to room temperature. Frita lasts for up to 4 or 5 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature before serving. I like to serve it with a fresh herb tray, sheep’s milk Feta cheese, and pita, baguette and crackers. It is also a Moroccan shakshuka variant and can be heated and served with eggs that have been poached in the pep-per mixture. When I make this, I use 2 red bell peppers, 1 orange and 1 yellow. It is also good with red, orange, yellow and green bell peppers if you prefer more color. Any color combination of peppers, even if they are all the same color, is just fine.

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Our Community Table

By Cristyne Porile

Earlier this summer, whilst casually dining out with friends, the dinner conversation turned to a simple but substantial dish known as Mejadra. I love Mejadra, a homey, middle eastern masterpiece of len-tils, rice, caramelized on-ions and spice. But there are many, many versions out there, some much bet-ter than others, and some absolutely dreadful. After discussing this for quite some time, it seemed only right that there should be a friendly Mejadra cook-off arranged to determine the very best version with the winner’s version to be fea-tured here, in this article. A sort of “Beat Bobby Flay” meets Gordon Ram-sey type affair… like, Alléz Cuisine, Y’all!! A third, completely unwitting, un-involved couple was invit-ed to the “cook-off” for fairness in judging and general socializing because they’re so delightful.

When the lentil dust had cleared, both mejadra’s were really quite good, and quite different from one another. I think all in-volved determined it was a worthy tie… but surpris-ingly, the standout recipe of the evening was not a mejadra. A simple, unas-suming pepper and tomato salad was the evening’s real sparkler whose flavor far belied its humble ap-pearance. I typically serve this salad as an appetizer along with a Persian style herb platter (nan-o panir-o sabzi-khordan) that in-cludes a sheep’s milk Feta, herbs, nuts and sometimes dried fruit, and pita. I also enjoy serving the salad with a soft chèvre and ba-guette. I discovered this recipe many years ago, and then, for some reason, had all but forgotten about it. I am happy to have redis-covered it and to share it with you here, at our com-munity table.

A virtually Global Book Club

Sunday, January 5th 11:00 AM

via the What's App group

Please join The Western Galilee Partnership 2 Gether, as they dive into their first virtual book club, using their open What's App Group! The first book they will read together is

Someone to run with, by David Grossman.

Register before November 1, by emailing Avitalbe@jafi.org.

Learn 2 Gether

A Jewish learning program Connecting through an interactive

Limmud 2nd cycle:

October 2019-April 2020

For more information, send an email to Avitalbe@jafi.org.

A global day of Jewish learning

Sunday, November 17th

11:00 AM Speaking Volumes: Power of the World

For more information, send an email to Bdavis@thejewishfed.org.

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Don’t Miss! Amazing opportunities for engagement with our Partnership 2Gether community!

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You are invited to the Sinai Synagogue Kallah, 2019

November 1-3 Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center

Join us for an unforgettable weekend of friendship, community, and a joyous celebra-

tion of Shabbat in a casual and relaxed setting. It is a retreat program in which the Jewish soul is explored and refreshed - shavat va’yinafash. It will be held at Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center, on the north shore of Lake Gilbraith in rural Donaldson, Indiana, on 65 acres of woodlands and meadows. The Kallah is open

to the greater South Bend Jewish community and is sponsored by a generous grant from The Kallah Project. Schedule: Friday night-check-in 4 PM, Kabbalat Shabbat, dinner, evening program, oneg, “Rebbe’s Tish.” Shabbat morning-breakfast, Shabbat services, lunch, free time with a variety of activities: indoor and outdoor sports (sledding if there is snow), hikes, book talks, study sessions Saturday afternoon-workshop, dinner, Havdalah, social program Sunday morning–breakfast, Tikkun Olam project, check-out 11 AM Early bird registration Until September 10 Price per person: $155 single occupancy, or $195 double occupancy

Price includes: 2 nights hotel-style accommodation, 5 vegetarian meals, snacks, and programming. No charge for children ages 0- 5 if they sleep in their parents’ room in a sleeping bag or portable crib (that parents bring). Children ages 6-12 and 13-17, $75, in a slumber party room Contact Colin Pier-Silver at sinaischool1102@gmail.com, or call 574-234-8584 with any questions.

On this amazing adventure you will:

• See the best of Israel in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv/Yaffo, Safed, Masada and the Dead Sea • Take a cable ride into the grottos at Rosh Hanikra on the Mediterranean • Enjoy a program in our Partnership region in Western Galilee including dinner sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana • Explore the Golan Heights, visit a kibbutz and enjoy lunch at a Druze vil-lage • Visit Beit Alpha, an ancient synagogue with a colorful mosaic floor • Discover our ancient past digging in an archaeological site • Visit the border town of Sderot to receive a briefing at the Kassam museum

• In Tel Aviv, visit the newly renovated Diaspora Museum, the Carmel Market, the arts and crafts fair and swim in the Mediterranean • Learn the story of Atlit, the pre-state British detention camp for Holocaust survivors • Visit the Ayalon Institute in Rehovot to learn about the story of the secret munitions factory of the Haganah • Enjoy touring with a professional guide at a wonderful price including very nice hotels and about two meals a day

For more details contact Rabbi Shoshana Feferman at rfefe@comcast.net

Join Temple Israel for their 2020 Congregational Trip!

June 7th-June17th Led by Shoshana Feferman

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Jewish Studies scholarships, see (Go.iu.edu/js_scholarships). Deadline: Thursday, January 16, 2020. (Note: Students applying to IU before

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Jewish Federation Community Calendar ♦ October 2019 / Tishri 5780—Cheshvan 5780

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 TISHRI

Rosh Hashanah: FEDERATION

CLOSED

2 3 TISHRI 11:00 AM: Intermediate Hebrew 3:00 PM: Lenin & the Age of Revolution 5:30 PM: Film Fest committee meeting

3 4 TISHRI 9:15 AM: FLI Yoga 9:15 AM: Zumba Toning 2:00 PM: Entertaining “Caper” Films 4:00 PM: Tai Chi

4 5 TISHRI

5 6 TISHRI

6 7 TISHRI

11:00 AM: Sukkah Build 11:00 AM: JHOP

7 8 TISHRI 11:00 AM: Intermediate German 12:00 PM: Federation Book Club

8 9 TISHRI 9:15 AM: FLI Yoga 9:15 AM: Zumba Toning 2:00 PM: Intermediate German FEDERATION CLOSES

AT 3:00 PM

9 10 TISHRI

YOM KIPPUR: FEDERATION

CLOSED

10 11 TISHRI 9:15 AM: FLI Yoga 9:15 AM: Zumba Toning 2:00 PM: Entertaining “Caper” Films 3:00 PM: Tai Chi (Free intro) 4:00 PM: Tai Chi

11 12 TISHRI

12 13 TISHRI

13 14 TISHRI

14 15 TISHRI

SUKKOT: FEDERATION

CLOSED

15 16 TISHRI

SUKKOT: FEDERATION

CLOSED

16 17 TISHRI 11:00 AM: Intermediate Hebrew 3:00 PM: Lenin & the Age of Revolution

17 18 TISHRI 9:15 AM: FLI Yoga 2:00 PM: Entertaining “Caper” Films 4:00 PM: Tai Chi

18 19 TISHRI

19 20 TISHRI

20 21 TISHRI

21 22 TISHRI

SHEMINI

ATZERET: FEDERATION

CLOSED

22 23 TISHRI SIMCHAT TORAH:

FEDERATION CLOSED

23 24 TISHRI 11:00 AM: Intermediate Hebrew 3:00 PM: Lenin & the Age of Revolution

24 25 TISHRI 9:15 AM: FLI Yoga 9:15 AM: Zumba Toning 2:00 PM: Entertaining “Caper” Films 4:00 PM: Tai Chi

25 26 TISHRI

26 27 TISHRI

27 28 TISHRI 10:30 AM: Sababah Jr. & NCSY 3:00 PM: CRC: Maintaining Bipartisan Support for Israel

28 29 TISHRI 11:00 AM: Intermediate German 2:30 PM: Tanglewood Trace

29 30 TISHRI 9:15 AM: FLI Yoga 9:15 AM: Zumba Toning 2:00 PM: Intermediate German

30 1 CHESHVAN 11:00 AM: Intermediate Hebrew 3:00 PM: Lenin & the Age of Revolution

31 2 CHESHVAN 9:15 AM: FLI Yoga 9:15 AM: Zumba Toning 2:00 PM: Entertaining “Caper” Films 4:00 PM: Tai Chi

14 O ur Com m unit y New s October 2019

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Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley Fall Holiday Closings

¨ Sept. 30 & Oct. 1 Rosh Hashanah ¨ October 19 Yom Kippur ¨ October 14 & 15 Sukkot ¨ October 21 Shemini Atzeret ¨ October 22 Simchat Torah ¨ November 28 Thanksgiving

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through Friday.

Please note, we will begin closing at

3:00 PM on Fridays beginning on

November 3rd to allow our staff to observe Shabbat.