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May 2019 -- Nisan-Iyar 5779, Volume 25, Issue 5

Celebrating

Years

1994-2019

Dynamic Relationship Between Israel and Diaspora ExploredBY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Rabbis Shai Held, Presi-dent and Dean, Hadar Insti-tute; Jane Kanarek, Associate Dean and Professor of Rab-binics, Hebrew College and Ethan Tucker, President and Rosh Yeshiva, Hadar Institute met on Sunday, March 31st at Temple Israel Center, White Plains to address the topic, “Exploring the Dynamic Re-lationship between Israel and the Diaspora,” presented by the Rabbi Gordon Tucker Fund for Jewish Learning, Thought and Culture before a rapt, enthusi-astic audience of over 200 com-munity members.

Discussing “Reading the Talmud in the Diaspora: Reclaiming Lost Stories,”

Kanarek talked about the slay-ing of the Egyptian firstborn. “With some Egyptian women unfaithful to their husbands—each child born from a differ-ent father—was a firstborn, according to Rashi.

“Although Bityah, Pha-raoh’s daughter who found Moshe in the reeds was first-born, she was spared because Moshe prayed for her.” It was debated whether firstborn girls should fast.

“However, that is not the custom (Maharil); Mish-nah Berurah: ‘And this is not the custom, because the To-rah does not grant holiness of the firstborn to a female in any matter,’” Rabbi Kanarek averred.

In “Center and the Dias-

pora: The Relationship of the Jewish Center in the Land of Israel to the Jewish Presence Throughout the Globe,” Rabbi Ethan pointed out that the ex-pulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden was the first diaspora, saying that G-d protects Jews in exile.

Once they return, the protection ceases and their fate will be dependent on their actions. If they sin, they will be exiled and protection will once again safeguard them until they return to Israel.

In his concluding re-marks, Israeli Journalist and Visiting Fellow Yair Ettinger, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America acknowledged that the relationship between North American Jews has al-

ways been complicated “except for a few days in 1967.”

The question of separa-tion of church and state in Isra-el was raised. It was noted that Israel was founded by secular Jews but that Ben Gurion pro-vided for a Central Rabbinate. “If you look carefully the Rab-binate is losing its hold,” Et-tinger remarked. “It is difficult to perform conversions for young children. If his/her fam-ily makes teshuva (penitence) then the child can be convert-ed. There is no separation of church and state in Israel.”

Rabbi Gordon concluded, “that a close interpretation of the Mishnah yielded that if you are directed to a place that you think of as exile, if a Torah is there, it is a Jewish home.”

Left to right, Rabbis Jane Kanarek, Asssociate Dean and Professor of Rabbinics, Hebrew College; Shai Held, President and Dean, Hadar Institute; Temple Israel Center Rabbi Emeritus Gordon Tucker; Ethan Tucker, President and Rosh Yeshiva, Hadar Institute.

Jewish American Heritage Month Celebrates American JewsJewish American Heri-

tage Month (JAHM), a national commemoration of the contri-butions that Americans Jews have made to the fabric of our nation’s history, culture, and society, has announced the theme for the May 2019 cel-ebration: American Jewish Illustrators. First established by presidential proclamation in 2006 and renewed every year since, JAHM encourages people of all backgrounds to learn about and draw inspira-tion from the more than 360-year history of Jewish life in this country.

“The stories of American Jews are woven into the rich history of this diverse nation,” says Ivy Barsky, CEO and Gwen Goodman Director of the Na-tional Museum of American

Jewish History, the lead spon-sor of JAHM. “By celebrating JAHM, we honor the values of inclusion, acceptance, and re-ligious pluralism cherished by this country.

“JAHM’s 2019 theme provides an opportunity to highlight the many American Jews who have helped create the nation’s beloved children’s books, iconic graphic novels and their superheroes, and syndicated comics and illus-trations. These Jewish artists, illustrators, and writers have been shaped by American life, society, and culture, and in turn enriched America’s imag-inative landscape. Through the prism of their Jewish identity, and often by approaching their work through the lens of social justice, they have been able to

make poignant observations about the world around them, offering powerful commentary on issues of the day through their unique and universal me-dium.”

From Ezra Jack Keats who grew up as the child of Jewish immigrants in Depression-era Brooklyn, to contempo-rary writer/illustrator Maira Kalman who examined (and illustrated) the American de-mocracy she saw around the country, these keen and witty social observers reflect us and our world in lasting ways.

Award-winning author and illustrator Ezra Jack Ke-ats (1916 – 1983), whose chil-dren’s books include Whistle for Willie, Peter’s Chair, and The Snowy Day, was the son Eastern European Jewish im-

migrants and very poor. Grow-ing up in East New York, Keats’ experience of antisemitism and poverty in his youth gave him a lifelong sympathy for others who suffered prejudice and want. His work transcends the personal and reflects the universal concerns of chil-dren. The Snowy Day featured

the first African American protagonist in a full color picture book.

Stan Lee (1922 – 2018), though not an il-lustrator himself, gave the world Spiderman, Incredi-ble Hulk, Iron Man, among other legendary Marvel Comic superheroes. In the DC Comics universe, char-acters like Superman, cre-ated by Jerry Siegel (1914

– 1996) and Joe Shuster (1914 – 1992), has clear Jewish roots, and whose character further developed as WWII unfolded. Rube Goldberg (1883 – 1970), the subject of recent NMAJH special exhibition, The Art of Rube Goldberg, is one of the most influential and pro-lific cartoon illustrators of the twentieth century who is

best known for his whimsical invention drawing cartoons, and also won a Pulitzer Prize for his political cartoon about the Atom Bomb. Roz Chast, The New Yorker cartoonist and author of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Leela Corman, who’s graphic novel Unterzakhn follows the lives of Jewish twin sisters growing up in the tenements of New York City’s Lower East Side, and underground comics movement artist Diana Noom-in, best known for her charac-ter DiDi Glitz, who addresses transgressive social issues, are just a few of the industry’s leading women today.

Maira Kalman, best known for her exuberant The New Yorker covers and chil-

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A Personal Perspective of Latina/Jewish RelationsBY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Liat Altman, Director of Latin American Affairs for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in New York City, appeared at the Jewish Community Cen-ter (JCC) Mid-Westchester on Thursday, April 4th, dis-cussing “Latina and Jewish—A Personal Perspective.” A Westchester resident, Altman is in charge of combatting anti-Semitism in Latin America for ADL.

Altman, former Mid-Westchester JCC Director of

Arts and Talks, disseminated two topics: 1) Anti-Semitism in Latin America and how it af-fects Jews in the United States and worldwide; 2) What is go-ing on in Venezuela?

“There was a two-party system in Venezuela, pretty much Republicans and Demo-crats before Hugo Chavez was elected in 1999,” Altman began. “There, 10% of the population holds 90% of the riches. The population is largely unedu-cated, in poverty with few re-sources. There was a middle-class immigrant population

from all over, attracted by the oil riches.

“Chavez came to power with an agenda of socialism. His brand of socialism was ma-nipulative.

“One of the first things he did was to change their Con-stitution from requiring a new government every four years, now creating automatic elec-tions and no term limits. He admired Fidel Castro and was very anti-American and Israel, charging that America put Is-rael in the Middle East, blam-ing the U.S. and Zionists for

everything. Many Venezuelan Jews left the country.

“Opposition candidates

were either dis-qualified, jailed or exiled. Vot-ing is controlled by Smart Chip ID’s, exchang-ing votes for food. Chavez died of cancer on March 5, 2013, succeeded by Nicolas Mad-uro, who op-poses humani-tarian aid, even though children are dying of dis-

eases eradicated elsewhere; 10% percent of the population have left the country. There is little electricity due to lack of

power plant workers.”Altman then showed a

video by Venezuelan comedian Joanna Hausmann, decry-ing the American Left’s stand against intervention (“Hands Off Venezuela”).

“U.S. and 50 world lead-ers recognized National As-sembly President Juan Guaido as Acting President of Venezu-ela since January 2019. The Venezuelan people want to live with electricity, food, schools, jobs, medicine and a vote that actually counts,” Hausmann stressed.

And it was noted that Jair Bolsonaro, the new Far-Right President of Brazil is pro-Is-rael.

‘From Holocaust to Independence’, FIDF Mission to Poland and Israel

More than 40 Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) sup-porters from across the country will embark on a mission to Po-land and Israel, May 2-10, with Holocaust survivors and along-side 45 soldiers and officers representing all branches of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

Joining the delegation will be Holocaust survivor Sophie Tajch Klisman, 89, of Detroit. Klisman, along with her sister Felicia, survived the Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Salzwe-del concentration camps. The youngest of four children, she was only 10 years old when Nazi Germany occupied Lodz, forcing the family into the Lodz ghetto of 68,000 Jews. Both sisters were liberated from Salzwedel in April 1945, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1949, settling in the Detroit area. The remainder of their family perished.

“If I look at the rest of the family, they were already adults and grown-ups and here was this child; that was just a miracle that I survived; it was meant for me to survive,” Klisman said. “I just hope in conclusion, that nobody, nobody should have to live through such terrors, such horrible

The FIDF delegation marches into Auschwitz-Birkenau in 2018. (Photo credit: Shahar Azran).

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Sharp Rise in the Share of Americans Saying Jews Face Discrimination Survey Finds

The public sees wide-spread discrimination against several racial, ethnic and re-ligious groups in the U.S. And while most of these views are little changed over the last several years, the share of Americans saying Jews face discrimination in the U.S. has increased substantially since late 2016.

Today, 64% of Americans say Jews face at least some dis-crimination – a 20-percentage-point increase from 2016; the share saying Jews face “a lot” of discrimination has nearly doubled, from 13% to 24%. Democrats remain more likely than Republicans to say there is discrimination against Jews, but the shift in these views is evident in both parties.

The survey by Pew Re-search Center, conducted March 20-25 among 1,503 adults, also finds majorities

continue to say there is a lot or some discrimination against Muslims, blacks, Hispanics, gays and lesbians, and women. Muslims, in particular, are seen as facing more discrimi-nation than other groups in society; 82% say Muslims face some discrimination, with 56% saying they encounter a lot of discrimination – highest among nine groups included in the survey.

While overall views about discrimination against most groups in U.S. society are little changed since 2016, already wide partisan divides in many of these views have grown wid-er. For example, in December 2016, 57% of Democrats and Democratic leaners, compared with 20% of Republicans and Republican leaners said that blacks faced a lot of discrimi-nation – a 37-percentage-point gap. That has increased to 50

percentage points in the cur-rent survey: 69% of Democrats now say blacks face a lot of dis-crimination, compared with 19% of Republicans.

Majorities in both par-tisan groups say there is at least some discrimination against many groups, includ-ing Muslims, blacks, gays and lesbians, and Hispanics. But the share of Democrats who say each of these groups face discrimination is significantly higher than the share of Re-publicans who say the same. For instance, 92% of Demo-crats, compared with 69% of Republicans, say Muslims face at least some discrimination.

In contrast, Republicans are about twice as likely as Democrats to say that evangeli-cal Christians (70% vs. 32%), whites (58% vs. 25%) and men (48% vs. 27%) are subject to at least some discrimination.

Partisan differences in views of how much discrimina-tion several groups experience have widened in recent years.

Democrats have con-sistently been more likely than Republicans to say most groups face a lot of discrimina-tion. Since 2016, however, the share of Democrats who say blacks face a lot of discrimi-nation has increased, while Republicans’ views are little changed.

Since 2013, when a sim-ilarly-worded question asked about discrimination against African Americans, the change is even more striking. Six years ago, just 28% of Democrats said African Americans faced a lot of discrimination; today, more than twice as many Democrats say blacks face a lot of discrim-ination. (Over this period, an increasing share of Democrats

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dren’s books, is the daughter of Sara Berman, a Jewish immi-grant who left her marriage of nearly 40 years and her life in Israel for New York.

“Illustrators have the un-canny ability to reflect society in all its messiness and humor in universally appealing ways. Through their art, these artists can provide relevant cultural commentary, and practically in real-time, thanks in great part to the volume of visu-ally based online platforms,” shares Judith Rosenbaum, JAHM Advisory Committee

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member and Executive Direc-tor of the Jewish Women’s Archive. “This year’s JAHM theme offers meaningful, fun, and creative ways for schools, libraries, and community cen-ters to explore with audiences of all ages the ways that Ameri-can Jews have been influenced by and have contributed to the fabric of American culture. Additionally, the opportunity to emphasize the central role of American Jewish women in this piece of American cultural heritage is especially impor-tant and extremely timely.”

Visitors to the JAHM web-site, jahm.us, can find ways to celebrate JAHM in their own communities. The JAHM web-site offers interactive content and educational resources to facilitate nationwide engage-ment, including a toolkit for promoting awareness in indi-vidual communities. Teachers, students, and lifelong learners can peruse lesson plans and reading lists.

For more information and developing JAHM news and special events, visit www.jahm.us.

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to Host Special Screening and Discussion in Harrison

STAFF REPORT

The Jewish Community Center of Harrison, 130 Union Avenue, Harrison, and The United States Holocaust Memo-rial Museum will host a special screening and discussion on May 15 of the documentary, Prosecuting Evil: The Extraor-dinary World of Ben Ferencz. Produced and directed by Barry Avrich, Prosecuting Evil tells the fascinating story of Ben Ferencz - the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor and lifelong advo-cate of “law not war.”

After witnessing Nazi concentration camps shortly after liberation, Ferencz be-came the lead prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen case at Nurem-berg, which has been called the biggest murder trial in history. All 22 Nazi officials tried for murdering over a million Jews were convicted. Ferencz went on to advocate for restitution for Jewish victims of the Ho-locaust and later for the estab-lishment of the International Criminal Court. His fight for justice for victims of atrocity crimes continues today.

Ferencz has been in-volved with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum since its creation 26 years ago. He has donated his personal archives to the Museum, which includes 500,000 pages of documenta-tion, and funded the Ferencz International Justice Initiative at the Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of

Genocide. In 2015 he received the Museum’s highest honor, the Elie Wiesel Award, for his work holding Nazi perpetra-tors accountable and advocat-ing for Holocaust survivors and other victims of genocide.

Prosecuting Evil is a pro-duction of Melbar Entertain-ment Group with assistance from the United States Ho-locaust Memorial Museum Ferencz International Justice Initiative. The Museum will co-present this event with Bet Torah, Mount Kisco, Congre-gation Emanu-El of Westches-ter, Rye, documentary chan-nel, Melbar Entertainment Group, Rogers Documentary Fund and the Jewish Commu-nity Center of Harrison.

This is the second pro-gram that the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has held at The JCC of Harrison. The mu-seum has an ongoing relation-ship with the JCC as a number of the Museum’s donors are

members of the JCC. There will be a post

screening discussion with Barry Avrich, Director and Producer of Prosecuting Evil, and Elizabeth Little, Senior Advisor, Ferencz International Justice Initiative, Simon-Sk-jodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Ho-locaust Memorial Museum.

Barry Avrich is a Cana-dian director, producer, au-thor and marketing executive. He has made over 45 notable films in a career spanning 30 years. His critically acclaimed documentaries include Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky, The Last Mo-gul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman and An Unlikely Obsession: Churchill and the Jews. In 2019, he released 2 new films; The Reckoning: Hollywood’s Worst Kept Secret and Prosecuting Evil. For Net-flix, Avrich released the criti-cally acclaimed film Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World.

A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. Its far-reach-ing educational programs and global impact are made pos-sible by generous donors.

The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Registration is required at ushmm.org/events/prosecuting-evilharrison.

Barry Avrich

Survivors and their Families Share Stories about their Lives Before the Holocaust

In preparation for Holo-caust Memorial Day (Yom HaS-hoah), the World Jewish Res-titution Organization (WJRO) launched a month-long social media campaign – #MyProp-ertyStory – to focus on survi-vors’ lives before the Holocaust and show how their homes, land, businesses, or personal possessions are important and powerful links to their past.

The campaign began in the beginning of April and continues until Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah), on Thursday, May 2. During this time, WJRO asked Holo-caust survivors, their children, grandchildren, extended fami-lies, and others to share and post their unique stories on social media about life before the Holocaust to shine a light on the injustice suffered by millions as a result of what was wrongfully taken from them during the Shoah and its after-math. The campaign will cul-minate on Yom HaShoah with a gallery of photos, videos, and postings on the WJRO website wjro.org.il/mypropertystory.

During the Holocaust, the Nazis and their allies sys-tematically robbed millions of Jews of every possession from their homes and businesses as well as property belonging to the Jewish community. Each item represented a cherished memory, a loved one, a child-hood cut short, a lifetime of labor and generations of his-tory – people’s lives that were taken. The #MyPropertyStory

social media campaign focuses on survivors and their descen-dants and their connection to their family history before and after the Shoah.

“#MyPropertyStory is a unique social media cam-paign in which Holocaust sur-vivors and their families can share their cherished memo-ries of lives that were forever changed,” said Gideon Taylor, Chair of Operations, WJRO. “Behind every property there is a story. It is a link, a connec-tion, a bond to the history of Jewish families and commu-nities torn apart by the Holo-caust.”

WJRO has created cus-tomized videos (in Hebrew and English) with interviews of Holocaust survivors who share

their own journey of what has connected them to their family history.

The #MyPropertyStory interviews feature:

• Holocaust survivor Greta Mares, who speaks about her happy childhood in Czechoslovakia, her close call with almost being murdered in Auschwitz, and then upon her return home, the memory of seeing the stolen rings of her dead sister on another wom-an’s hand in a café. “I looked across the room and she was wearing my sister’s two rings,” said Greta.

• In another video, Ho-locaust survivor Lea Evron recounts her young life in Poland. She describes her fa-ther’s successful business, the

family’s exile, and her lifelong battle for her family’s property. Lea says: “Since 1988, when Poland became a democratic country, I have been trying to recover my father’s factory and building. Although I have received numerous promises from Polish Presidents, until today these properties have not been returned. I will not give up.”

• The video of Polish-born Holocaust survivor Yoram Sz-

tykgold highlights his journey from his current home in Isra-el back to his native Warsaw to find his family’s lost property. He recounts how when Ger-many invaded Poland, his life changed almost immediately. He is not necessarily looking for compensation for himself. He says that at 82, he is too old to benefit. “My children suf-fered through me,” said Yoram. “Compensation is a binding chain that ties the story to-

gether.”Almost 75 years after the

Holocaust, there are an es-timated 400,000 Holocaust survivors still alive around the world. However, most have not received any restitution or compensation or acknowl-edgment for the wrongful tak-ing of their every possession. As survivors continue to age, the #MyPropertyStory social media campaign efforts will


conditions at such a young age, or at any age. It was a horrible experience, but I’m glad that I finally was able to tell it.”

Also joining the mission will be Holocaust survivor Gi-zella “Gita” Mann, 89, of Israel. Mann’s community in Hungary was forced into a ghetto and later brought to Auschwitz, where she and her sister were separated from their fam-ily. Gita was later separated from her sister and sent to Germany, where she worked for most of the war. After nar-rowly escaping death, she was taken to Sweden and stayed there until 1946. She returned to Hungary after the war and reunited with her sister and three brothers. In 1948, she moved with her then-fiancé to Israel, where she stayed until emigrating to the U.S. in 1964, and finally returning to Israel five years ago. Mann has two children who live in New Jer-sey, and she currently lives in Jerusalem.

Led by FIDF National President Bobby Cohen and FIDF National Director and CEO Maj. Gen. (Res.) Meir Klifi-Amir, the nine-day “From

Holocaust to Independence” mission will span Jewish history, from its darkest moments to its most trium-phant. Israeli soldiers and Holocaust survivors will ac-company the FIDF support-ers on a trip across Poland, starting in Krakow, once home to more than 60,000 Jews, and tracing the com-munity’s steps from the city’s ghetto to the Buczyna forest, where the Nazis executed more than 800 children, and then to the Auschwitz-Birke-nau concentration and exter-mination camps.

The entire delegation will then fly to Israel on an Israeli Air Force (IAF) air-plane, after the IDF Chief of the General Staff granted the FIDF delegation exclusive ac-cess, and land at an IAF base. The group will visit IDF bases and meet soldiers serving on Israel’s front lines, com-memorate Yom HaZikaron – Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror – and celebrate Israel’s 71st Independence Day.

“This historic mission will survey Jewish modern

history through the eyes of those who survived the hor-rors of the Holocaust and those who risk their lives to defend the Jewish homeland,” said Klifi-Amir. “We’ll celebrate our story of heroism – from near annihilation, to the triumph of establishing the state of Is-rael. When we march tall and proud through the gates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps, together with Holocaust sur-vivors, FIDF supporters, and 45 Israeli officers in uniform, gratefully flying the Israeli flag, we will send a clear message: that we are here, we will never forget, and we will do what-ever we must do to protect our country and our people to guarantee – Never Again.”

“This mission serves as one of the last opportunities for survivors to return to Aus-chwitz and share its dreadful stories,” said Cohen. “We will walk through the gates of hell, where countless Jews suffered and perished at the hands of the Nazis. We will ensure the stories of survivors live on, safeguarded by those brave sol-diers who defend and protect the state of Israel, and Jewish people around the world.”

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raise awareness to help ensure that they see a measure of jus-tice in their lifetime and help them secure what is rightfully theirs.

In May 2018, President Trump signed a law, the Jus-tice for Uncompensated Sur-vivors Today (JUST) Act. The JUST Act requires the State

Department to investigate and submit a report to Congress on the extent to which endorsees of the 2009 Terezin Declara-tion on Holocaust Era Assets and Related Issues are meeting their pledges to adopt national laws and policies to help Holo-caust survivors identify and re-claim their properties. The re-

port is due in December 2019.For more information

about the #MyPropertyStory campaign, visit: wjro.org.il/mypropertystory. The website includes, links to WJRO’s so-cial media platforms, links to videos and photos for repost-ing, and sample tweets and postings.

Survivors and their Families Share Stories about their Lives Before the Holocaustcontinued from page 4

ArtsMobile Brings the Arts to Local NeighborhoodsArtsWestchester, with ma-

jor support from White Plains Hospital and Con Edison, an-nounced the launch of the Arts-Mobile in Westchester County. ArtsWestchester’s new ArtsMo-bile, a colorful RAM van custom-fit with all kinds of art supplies, will bring free arts program-ming to children and audiences of all ages outside the traditional classroom or studio setting.

ArtsWestchester CEO Ja-net T. Langsam explains, “The ArtsMobile is an entirely new concept for us – one that allows us to bring creative, collabora-tive arts activities to Westches-ter youth and their families, where they live. It is also an ex-tension of our 35-year commit-ment to arts education currently bringing art-making workshops to schools and after-school pro-grams.” Langsam continues, “Our partnership with White Plains Hospital and Con Edison recognizes that art-making is a healthy pursuit and one that en-livens our communities.”

The ArtsMobile will al-

Children from the Lakeview Apartments in White Plains help to cut the ribbon on the new ArtsMobile along with sponsors and supporters including, left to right, White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach; Janet T. Langsam, CEO, ArtsWest-chester; Mack Carter, Executive Director, White Plains Housing Authority; Shari Rosen Ascher, Advocacy and Community Liaison, Westchester County Execu-tive George Latimer’s Office; Dawn French, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Community Outreach, White Plains Hospital and ArtsMobile Sponsor; Miguel Cossio, artist from New Rochelle; Jane Solnick, Director, Westchester Regional & Community Affairs, Con Edison and ArtsMobile Sponsor; and Nicholas Wolff, White Plains Housing Authority Board Member.

low professional teaching artists, including Barry Ma-son, Miguel Cossio and Vicky Youngman, to bring hands-on art workshops designed to spark imaginations and en-

courage creative expression into neighborhoods providing arts ac-tivities to those who have little or no access to the arts.

From April through October, the ArtsMobile will be scheduled

to take its artists and mobile arts programming to White Plains Housing Authority sites, West-chester festivals, neighborhood parks and community events like workshops, that will take place outdoors.

WHERE TO FIND THE ARTSMOBILEEvents are free to the public unless otherwise notedAll Events are subject to change without notice. See the sched-ule of upcoming events here: https://artswestchester.org/

the-artsmobile/MayFriday the 3rd – 10am to 5pmArtsMobile on hand 10am to 3pmSpring Crafts at Lyndhurst635 S BroadwayTarrytownFor admission fees visit www.artrider.com Saturday the 5th – 8:30am to 12pmWhite Plains Farmers’ MarketCourt Street (between Martine Ave/Main St)White Plains

Saturday the 11th – 8:30am to 1pmArtsMobile on hand 10am to 1pmLarchmont Farmers MarketMetro North – Upper Lot (Chatsworth Av/Myrtle Blvd)Larchmont JuneSaturday the 29th – 11am to 3pmWhite Plains Farmer’s MarketCourt StreetWhite Plains

The 55th Annual Celebrate Israel ParadeThe Jewish Community Relations Council of New

York (JCRC-NY) has announced that Fifth Avenue will turn blue and white on Sunday, June 2, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., as more than 30 floats, 15 world-class marching bands, and 40,000 marchers join in unity in the largest celebration of Israel in the world, the annual Celebrate Israel Parade.

This year marks the 55th anniversary of what has become one of the largest events in New York City, grow-ing exponentially each year in attendance and excite-ment since its founding in 1965. Hundreds of thousands of spectators will gather on Fifth Avenue for the Parade, which celebrates the positive impact the Jewish and democratic state of Israel has on people in New York and around the world.

The Parade is produced by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY), in coopera-tion with UJA-Federation of New York and the Consulate General of Israel in New York.

Michael Miller, Executive Vice President & CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY) said, “The Celebrate Israel Parade acts as a convener each year for international communities to stand together to promote unity on a global scale.”

This year’s Parade will welcome Edward A. Mermelstein, Founder and CEO of One & Only Realty and President of ZAKA, as the Grand Marshall. Mermelstein said, “As an immigrant New Yorker and a proud Jew, walking up Fifth Avenue as the grand marshal of the Celebrate Israel Parade is the pinnacle of the American dream. I am so proud to stand with Israel.”

More than 250 organizations, Israeli musical artists, and special guests will march along Fifth Avenue, from 57th Street to 74th Street, including groups of rollerbladers, motorcyclists, dance groups, and juggling clowns.

The 2019 creative theme for marching groups and floats is “Only in Israel,” after the famed Hebrew song Rak B’Yisrael. Each group or float will include colorful banners, costumes, and props related to the theme in some way in a show of unity and pageantry for Israel.

For the ninth year in a row, the Parade will be televised live by FOX affiliate, WWOR-TV My9 and Jewish Broadcasting Service from 12–3 p.m., and streamed on Facebook Live and https://celebrateisraelny.org/, and from 12-3 p.m. The Celebrate Israel Parade broadcast is sponsored by Friends of Maimonides Medical Center.

Parade Co-Chair Judy Kaufthal remarked, “The Celebrate Israel Parade is the world’s largest expression of support for solidarity. It’s breathtaking to see Fifth Avenue filled with people of all ages celebrating Israel and its culture.”

For the latest information on the Celebrate Israel Parade, visit the Parade website at celebrateisraelny.org

Center, White Plains from 9:30am-2:30pm. For details call 813-6300.

At 9am, UJA Federation of New York in Westchester will convene the first Westchester Women’s Symposium featuring 14 women who have turned ideas into action. Event is being held at The Jacob Burns Film Cen-ter, 364 Manville Road, Pleasantville. To attend, call 385-2103.

At 8pm, the Yorktown Jewish Center, will hold a Yom Hashoah program at the synagogue, 2966 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights. For details call 245-2324.

At 6:30pm, The Derfner Judaica Museum at The Hebrew Home at River-dale, 5901 Palisade Avenue, Riverdale, will host a Commemorative Po-etry Event in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day. RSVP to [email protected] Photo ID required for entrance.

At 10am, in observance of Yom Hashoah, participate in the Butterfly Proj-ect with Engage, at The Shames JCC on the Hudson, 371 South Broad-way, Tarrytown. RSVP to Laura Wexler at [email protected]

May 6 At 6pm, Westchester Legislators host the annual Westchester Jewish His-tory and Heritage Month Celebration at the Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor, White Plains. For more information, call Westchester Jewish Council at 328-7001.

May 10At 5:30pm, join Engage and the congregants of Congregation Emanu-El, 2125 Westchester Avenue, Rye, for a Mitzvah Shabbat. Email Debra Cerbi-ni for information at [email protected] to learn more...

May 13From 10-11:30am, The Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center and The Shames JCC on the Hudson, 371 South Broadway, Tarrytown, will co-sponsor a Cartoonists Against the Holocaust exhibit and lecture. Call 366-7898 or 696-0738 for more information.

May 16At 6pm, AJC Westchester/ Fairfield will host their 2019 Gala honoring Richard J. Cohen, Ruth and Sid Lapidus at The Ritz Carlton Westchester, White Plains. To attend call 948-5585 or email [email protected]

At 7pm, Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, 295 Soundview Avenue, White Plains, will present a Literary Series featuring author Jessamyn Hope, read-ing from her book, Safekeeping. To attend call 946-8851

May 17Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El, 2 Ogden Road, Scarsdale, will host a dinner discussion featuring Tova Kantrowitz speak-ing on Technion, the MIT of Israel. Call Fawn Mendel at 725-5175 for more information.

May 18At 9:30pm, Young Israel of New Rochelle, 1149 North Avenue, will pres-ent David G. Greenfield, CEO of Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty who will discuss The Politics of Poverty: How Public Poverty Shapes the Lives of the Neediest. RSVP to ujafedny.org/yinr-community-event or call 385-2120

May 19At 5pm, The American Technion Society will hold a special Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebration for community members and Technion alumni at Asia Society Auditorium, 725 Park Avenue, New York. Register at web.event.com/event/ca99aacb-a246-4dd6-9458-06e95962995d/summary

May 20 American Friends of Soroka Medical Center present Swing for Soroka, their first Golf and Tennis Outing at Old Oaks Country Club, Purchase. Sign up at soroka.org/register4outing or call 725-9070

May 21At 7:30pm, Westchester Jewish Council will hold their 44th Annual Meet-ing at Temple Shaaray Tefila of Westchester, 89 Baldwin Road, Bedford Corners. RSVP to Donna Bartell at 328-7001.

May 22At 11:30am, The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center will hold their Spring Luncheon at Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, 295 Soundview Avenue, White Plains. For more information call 696-0738 or email [email protected]. RSVP to hhrecny.org

JUNE June 2Celebrate Israel Parade from 11am to 4pm starting on 57th Street to 74th Street on Fifth Avenue, NYC. To learn more, visit celebrateisraelny.org

At 10:15 am, Hadassah Westchester will hold their 4th Annual Spring Fashion Show at Lord and Taylor, Eastchester, with a catered Brunch. Register online at Hadassah.org/events/fashionshow

may/june calendarUPCOMING/ONGOING UJA Federation of New York in Westchester will hold the following: May 9 at 7pm, Complicit: The Roosevelt Administration’s Inadequate Response to the Refugee Crisis at The Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, a screening of the movie followed by a discussion of current US immigration policy with a representative from HIAS. Register at ujafedny.org/event/view/yinr-commu-nity-event or call 385-2120; May 16 at 11: 30pm, Business and Professional Division Game Changers Luncheon at Brae Burn Country Club, Purchase. Contact 385-2131 to register; May 19 at noon, Scarsdale Family Olympics at Solomon Schechter School of Westchester, 555 West Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale. Register at ujafedny.org/event/view/scarsdale-family-olympics or call 385-2126; May 23 at 7:45am, Government Relations Breakfast in col-laboration with Westchester Jewish Council. Keynote speaker: New York State Attorney General Letitia James. RSVP to ujafedny.org/event/view/Westchester-annual-legislative-breakfast or contact 385-2120.

A class in Beginners Hebrew will be led by Cantor Isabel Kopstein every Monday at 1:30 pm at Yorktown Jewish center, 2966 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights. Contact the office at 245-2324 to attend.

Chabad Westchester is sponsoring a Bat Mitzvah Club for girls 11-13, taking place every third week through June on Tuesday evenings from 5:15-6:15pm at 1228 North Avenue, New Rochelle. Call 712-8332 or email [email protected] to join or ask questions.

The JCC of Mid Westchester, 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale, will offer the following: May 3, at 1pm, Professor Ralph Buultjens will be speaking on Israel and its Neighbors; May 5, at 3pm, Yom HaAtzmaut/Israel Indepen-dence Day Family Celebration; May 7 at 7pm, Yom HaZikaron, Israel Me-morial Day Commemoration. Visit jccmw.org to learn more.

Rabbi Molly Karp is facilitating the SAJE Chappaqua Mussar group on May 3, 24 and June 21, afternoons at 12:30pm. For more information [email protected]

The JCC of Mid Westchester Academic Center, 999 Wilmot Road, Scars-dale will offer the following: Chemistry SAT Subject Test Prep on 4 Tues-days May 7-28 at 6:30pm; Regents Prep Courses and Summer Practice ACT and SAT Exam Prep Courses. To Register call 472-3300 or visit jc-cmw.org/teens/academic-center-college-prep/

MAYMay 1The 51st Salute to Seniors event will take place at Westchester County

On May 2, the annual Countywide Yom Hashoah Holocaust Com-memoration will be held at noon in The Garden of Remembrance, 148 Martine Avenue, White Plains, featuring Holocaust survivor Helga Luden and a procession of rescued Holocaust Torah Scrolls. To attend call 696-0738.

may 2UJA Federation of New York will host the Westchester Annual Cel-ebration 2019, Surfing USA, at 6:30pm at The Capitol Theatre, 149 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, featuring The Beach Boys. To at-tend call Deborah Lane, 385-2108.

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BE A GOOD COOKIE Lacrosse Tournament Raises Money for Pediatric Cancer Research

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It’s not often that a Bar Mitzvah project renews it-self years after and contin-ues to raise money for a good cause. But Sam Rosenberg and Evan Phillips, 15 year old High School students from New Rochelle, have done just that. For the fourth year, the boys have organized and hosted The BE A GOOD COOKIE Lacrosse Tourna-ment, bringing their total raised to more than $50,000 in support of children’s can-cer research and their goal of funding a new pediatric cancer clinical research trial.

This year, the March 31 tournament raised $14,000. “We started this tourna-ment because we both love lacrosse and wanted to give back while also having fun,” said Rosenberg. “We origi-

nally founded the tour-nament as a bar mitzvah project but decided to keep it going because of how good it makes us feel to give back.”

Both boys play la-crosse for their school teams; Rosenberg at New Rochelle High School and Phillips at Salisbury School in Conn. The Rosenberg family are members of Temple Israel of New Rochelle and the Phillips family belongs to Larchmont Temple.

“We knew we want-ed to do something that would have a positive im-pact on kids,” said Phil-lips. “With cancer being the number one cause of death by disease of chil-dren in the U.S., Cookies for Kids’ Cancer was a great fit for what we hope to achieve.”

With fifteen teams of 5th-8th grade boys par-

ticipating from low-er Westchester and Greenwich, Conn., The Sports Underdome in Mount Vernon, was filled with hundreds of families. The teams competed in brack-ets named for cookie favorites like sugar, oatmeal and choco-late chip. This year’s winners were the 5th grade team, Sugar Cookies, from Larch-m o n t / M a m a r o n e c k Youth Lacrosse, the 6th grade Oatmeal Cookies, also known as Greenwich Warriors and an 8th grade Choc-olate Chip team from Pelham. All winning teams received a cus-tomized champion’s

medal. All proceeds from the

Be A Good Cookie Tourna-

Evan Phillips and Sam Rosenberg

ment go to COOKIES FOR KIDS CANCER, a national 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to raising funds and aware-ness for research into less toxic, more effective treat-ments for childhood can-cer, the leading disease kill-ing children in the United States.

“With pediatric can-cer research receiving less than 5 percent of federal money earmarked for can-cer research, Cookies for Kids Cancer is a great fit for what we hope to achieve,” explained Phillips. “This is an organization dedicated to finding new treatments for kids’ cancer and it feels great knowing that our ef-forts are helping them to do so.”

To join the fight and make a donation, visit http://www.cookiesforkidscancer.org/fundraiser/stickittocan-

cer2019. The boys hope to continue running the tour-nament through their high school years. Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is dedicated to raising funds for pediatric cancer research. The orga-nization provides support and resources for individu-als and businesses to host grassroots events, as well as other simple ways for any-one to get involved.

Cookies for Kids’ Can-cer was founded in 2008, by parents inspired by their young son’s courageous battle with neuroblastoma. Since inception, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer has granted $16 million to childhood cancer research. As a result, 110 research grants have been awarded, leading to 42 new treatments available to kids today. Learn how you can get involved at cookiesforkid-scancer.org.

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Cassatt String Quartet Performs Cantor Gerald Cohen’s Voyagers

On Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 9:00 to 11:00 PM, the widely ac-claimed Cassatt String Quartet, clarinetist Vasko Dukovski, and bassist Pablo Aslan perform a musical café event entitled Musi-cal Voyages – International and Interplanetary at Shaarei Tikvah, 46 Fox Meadow Road, Scarsdale. The concert program features Cantor Gerald Cohen’s highly praised compositions, Voyagers and Preludes and Debka.

Voyagers is a tribute to the Voyager spacecraft on the 40th anniversary of their launch. The piece had its world premiere at New York’s Hayden Planetarium in November, 2017 and was met with great critical acclaim. The program also includes works by Ljova and Pablo Aslan.

The Cassatt String Quartet was the first quartet chosen for Juilliard’s Young Artists Quartet Program. Since then, they have performed at New York’s Alice Tully Hall, and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood Music Theater, the Kennedy Cen-ter in Washington, DC, Theatre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Beijing Central Conservatory in China and for Queen Elizabeth II’s Sapphire Jubilee Celebration in London. At the Library of Con-gress, the Cassatts performed on the library’s matched quartet of Stradivarius instruments, and they performed the three com-plete Beethoven Quartet cycles at the University at Buffalo.

The quartet is named for the celebrated American impression-ist painter Mary Cassatt. Cassatt members include: Muneko Otani and Jennifer Leshnower, violins; Ah Ling Neu, viola; and Elizabeth Anderson, cello.

Vasko Dukovski, is a New York based multidisciplinary art-ist and diverse stylistic performer of the highest caliber, one of the most-sought-after instrumental-ist in his generation.

Living in the United States since 1980, Argentine-born bass-ist and composer Pablo Aslan is recognized internationally as one of the leading figures in traditional and contemporary tango. His extensive discography includes Piazzolla in Brooklyn, a jazz-tango tribute to Astor Piazzolla, and Tango Grill. The latter earned him nominations for a Latin Grammy Award (“Best Tango Album”) and a Grammy Award (“Best Latin Jazz Album”).

Cantor Gerald Cohen has been praised for his “linguistic fluidity and melodic gift,” creating music that “reveals a very personal modernism that…offers great emotional rewards.” (Gramophone Magazine). His deeply affecting compositions have been recog-nized with numerous awards and critical accolades. The music on his recent CD, Sea of Reeds (Navo-na), “is filled with vibrant melody, rhythmic clarity, drive and com-positional construction…a sheer delight to hear.” (Gapplegate Music Review)

Recognition of Cohen’s body of work includes the Copland House Borromeo String Quar-tet Award and Hoff-Barthelson/Copland House commission, Westchester Prize for New Work, American Composers Forum Faith Partners residency, and Can-tors Assembly’s Max Wohlberg Award for distinguished achieve-ment in the field of Jewish com-position. Cohen received the Yale University’s Sudler Prize for out-

standing achievement in the cre-ative arts, and has been awarded commissioning grants from Meet the Composer, National Endow-ment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and West-chester Arts Council. Throughout his career, he has been selected for residencies including those at The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Virgin-ia Center for the Creative Arts and American Lyric Theater.

Cohen’s music has been commissioned by chamber en-sembles including the Cassatt String Quartet, Verdehr Trio, Franciscan String Quartet, Chesa-peake Chamber Music, Grneta En-semble, Wave Hill Trio, Bronx Arts Ensemble, and Brooklyn Philhar-monic Brass Quintet; by choruses including the New York Virtuoso Singers, Canticum Novum Sing-ers, Syracuse Children’s Chorus, St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, Zamir Chorale of Bos-ton, and Usdan Center Chorus; and by the Cantors Assembly of America and Westchester Youth Symphony. Cohen’s music has been per

Cohen’s compositions are published by Oxford Univer-sity Press, G. Schirmer/AMP and Transcontinental Music Publica-tions. Gerald Cohen received a BA in music from Yale University and a DMA in composition from Columbia University. He is Cantor at Shaarei Tikvah, Scarsdale and is on the faculties of The Jewish Theological Seminary and He-brew Union College.

For further information, [email protected], or call (914) 472-2013, ext.300 General Admission is $36, $20 for students, and wine, cheese and refresh-ments are included.

Cassatt String Quartet. Photo Credit: Anna Ablogina


Join UJA and thousands of New Yorkers as we march up Fifth Avenue to show our support of Israel.

Celebrate — Tel Aviv-style — and join our float: Israeli DJ, beach party, fun giveaways, and more.

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CELEBRATE ISRAEL SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2019


WJCS 2019 Gala: A Record-Breaking Success

The WJCS-Westchester Jewish Community Services 2019 Gala on April 2nd was a record-breaking success, with 300+ community and business leaders and Westchester residents in atten-dance. Neil Sandler, founder and CEO of ClearPath Development Corporation, and Roy Stillman, Esq., President of Stillman Property Management, were honored at the event which was held at the Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase. Ben Boykin, Chairman of the Westchester Board of Legislators and Legislator Terry Clements attended.

Four of WJCS’ 80+ programs were featured, with clients sharing very personal and moving sto-ries of overcoming the trauma of domestic violence, obtaining the school services needed for their child on the autism spectrum, being 101 years old and receiving geriatric care to stay safely at home with dignity rather than move into a nursing home and benefiting from language and early literacy skills so that preschool children from socio-economically challenged families are prepared to enter kindergarten ready to succeed.

The speakers emphasized the message of Tikkun Olam. Neil Sandler thanked attendees and asked them to continue to be part of WJCS “to help support the least secure link, and strengthen the fabric of our Westchester community.” Roy Stillman said, “WJCS is a human services organization. Underscore and boldface the word HUMAN. The range of people who are helped by WJCS—their backgrounds, their ages, and the nature of their challenges—runs as wide a gamut as you can imag-ine.”

WJCS is one of the largest human service organization in Westchester County, and provides programs and services to 20,000 individuals of all ages and backgrounds each year.

“This year’s Gala was the most successful in WJCS’ 76-year history. With the support of our partners in government and community organizations and UJA and our other generous donors, we look forward to continuing to fulfill our mission of helping individuals in Westchester address mental health, educational, cognitive, social, geriatric, and financial challenges and shape positive futures,” said WJCS CEO Seth Diamond. “We will continue to strengthen our partnerships with syn-agogues, day schools, and other Jewish institutions.”

Cancer Support Team® Honors Volunteers at“Celebrate Spring” Event

On May 9, friends, sup-porters and staff of Cancer Support Team (CST) will “Cel-ebrate Spring,” at the Bronx-ville Field Club, honoring Judy Boyle and Bonnie Gould, two extraordinary volunteers who will receive the Making Mira-cles Happen Award.

CST Board Chair, Lisa Edmiston, noted that, “Judy and Bonnie have been part of the fabric of CST for decades. Each has helped further our mission to enhance the lives of cancer patients and their fami-lies throughout southern West-chester. Whether volunteering to drive our patients to medical treatments or assisting with fund-raising events, both are dedicated to our cause, and we want to publicly recognize their contributions and thank them for their years of service.”

Judy Boyle of New Ro-chelle, volunteered to visit cancer patients over thirty years ago. When CST expand-ed and needed another full-

time nurse, Judy joined the team. Today, she continues to be a force for Cancer Support Team by working on fundrais-ing events, including serving on the planning committee for the annual Gayle K. Lee Health Awareness Luncheon as well as the biannual gala. When re-flecting on her work with CST, Judy remarks, “I am inspired by the dedication of the team and have learned so much from my patient experience. It’s true, when you give, you get so much more in return.”

Bonnie Gould of Scars-dale, a retired nurse and edu-cator, has also worked tire-lessly on CST’s events, even co-chairing The Health Aware-ness Luncheon. She has been a board member for five years and continues to drive cancer patients to and from chemo or radiation. “The patients are always thankful, not just because the rides make their lives a little easier, but they have the opportunity to talk and to share. We develop a re-lationship.”

Both honorees also “spread the word” about Can-cer Support Team. As Bonnie says, “I have always been an ambassador of CST. The agen-cy is an invaluable resource, and the team continues to deliver the highest quality of care. I am so proud to be asso-ciated with CST.”

The Cancer Support Team® provides nursing, so-cial work counseling, and case management services

at any stage of the disease at no cost and without regard to insurance coverage. It is a Westchester County, licensed non-profit, home healthcare organization that has been enhancing the quality of life for individuals and families affected by cancer for over 40 years. Cancer Support Team also provides transportation and financial assistance when needed.

As a nonprofit charitable organization, financial sup-port comes from individual do-nors, events and grants. Can-cer Support Team is a grantee of The Community Fund of Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe and is very grate-ful for The Community Fund’s support.

For more information about the Cancer Support Team, go to www.cancersupportteam.org or call Executive Director Tania Weiss at 914-777-2777.

Judy Boyle

Bonnie Gould

CEO Seth Diamond, COO Bernie Kimberg, and CDO Susan Lewen with WJCS Board of Directors at the WJCS 2019 Gala on April 2 at the Brae Burn Country Club

JCC Shames Celebrates the Roaring 20’s

Over 200 friends and family of the Shames JCC on the Hudson attended the Roaring 20’s Gala celebrating the 90th anniversary of the JCC on April 6. Many of the guests were in period dress as they drank, dined and danced the Charleston to live music performed by Sweet Megg and the Way-farers.

L to R: Honorees Susan Tolchin, Jaime and Beth Geiger, Allen Halpern, Nancy Lonky; Board Chair: Peter Boritz; Gala Chairs: Lisa Cohen and Michelle Frank

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also say that racial discrimina-tion is the main reason some blacks cannot get ahead.)

Since 2016, there also have been sizable increases in the shares of Democrats who perceive a lot of discrimina-tion against Hispanics (14 per-centage points) and women (11 points).

Republicans’ views of dis-crimination are little changed in recent years, with a few ex-ceptions. Somewhat fewer Re-publicans now see a lot of dis-crimination against gays and lesbians than did so six years ago (22% now, 30% then). As re-sult, the partisan gap in these views has grown from 16 per-centage points in 2013, when 46% of Democrats and 30% of Republicans perceived a lot of discrimination, to 35 points to-day (57% of Democrats, 22% of Republicans),

There also is a wider par-tisan divide in views of wheth-er evangelical Christians face a lot of discrimination. Cur-rently, just 8% of Democrats say this, little changed from December 2016. By compari-son, 30% of Republicans hold

this view, up from 21% in 2016.The partisan gap in views

about discrimination against whites is little changed from 2016; Republicans remain more likely than Democrats to say there is a lot of discrimination against whites (21% vs. 6%).

Among members of both parties, the shares saying there is a lot of discrimina-tion against Jews has roughly doubled since 2016 – from 15% to 28% among Democrats and from 9% to 20% among Repub-licans.

Overall, whites are less likely than blacks to say that blacks face at least some dis-crimination (77% vs. 91%). Among whites, there is a wide partisan gap in views of dis-crimination against blacks (91% of white Democrats and Democratic leaners say there is at least some discrimination against blacks in our society, compared with 66% of white Republicans).

While majorities of both men and women say there is at least some discrimination against women, this view is more widely held among wom-

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en (76%) than it is among men (62%). Both men and women are substantially less likely to see discrimination against men. Men are slightly more likely than women to say there is a lot or some discrimination against men (43% of men, 36% of women).

Within partisan groups there are no gender gaps in views about discrimination against men: About half of Re-publican men (51%) and a simi-lar share of GOP women (44%) say that there is at least some discrimination against men. Both Democratic men (29%) and Democratic women (26%) are much less likely say this.

In views of discrimination against women, fairly com-parable shares of Republican women (58%) and men (47%) say women face at least some discrimination. Democrats – both women (86%) and men (81%) – are far more likely than Republicans to see discrimina-tion against women. However, a greater share of Democratic women (51%) than Democratic men (35%) say women face “a lot” of discrimination in our society.

AJC Launches National “Listening Tour” to Advance Muslim-Jewish Relations

An American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation has visited the nation’s capi-tal for a series of meetings to deepen engagement with American Muslim communi-ties, institutions and leaders.

The two-day visit includ-ed substantive encounters and candid dialogue with leader-ship from Masjid Muhammad, the Nation’s Mosque; the All Dulles Area Muslim Society

(ADAMS) Center; the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU); and several others. Topics discussed included the joint battle fighting bigotry and hate crimes against Mus-lims and Jews, identifying and combatting misperceptions of the other within the respective communities, and navigating intercommunal conversations

arising from different under-standings of the Israeli-Pales-tinian conflict.

Stanley Bergman, AJC Honorary President and Mus-lim-Jewish Advisory Council (MJAC) National Co-Chair, and David Inlander, AJC Interre-ligious Affairs Commission Chair, led the delegation. AJC leaders plan to visit American Muslim institutions across the country to inform AJC’s na-

tional leadership on the best ways to build bridges and part-ner with American Muslims. At the same time, the visits are meant to open channels of communication to discuss the most difficult aspects of Muslim-Jewish relations in a substantive, candid, and con-structive way.

“Jews and Muslims share traditions, values, and culture, and in the United States we

both participate in a thriving democracy as religious minor-ities,” said Ari Gordon, AJC’s U.S. Director of Muslim-Jew-ish Relations. “We must learn to work through the tensions that threaten to divide us, so that we can yield the fruit of working on a common agenda. This requires decisive action, but we must also listen, learn and understand what moves and disturbs our Muslim part-ners, even as we ask that they do the same about Jews.”

Muslim-Jewish rela-tions is a top priority for AJC, a longstanding pioneer in in-terreligious relations. In re-cent years, AJC has expanded its commitment to Muslim-Jewish relations by launching the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council in partnership with ISNA and increasing outreach on the regional level. MJAC is a national civil society coalition with eight regional affiliates across the country that ad-vocates on issues of common

concern to both Muslims and Jews in the U.S.

The massacres at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pitts-burgh last year and at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand in March have underscored the ways in which Muslims and Jews have increasingly be-come targets of prejudice and violence.

Imam Mohamed Magid, Executive Imam of the AD-AMS Center, said, “Muslims and Jews need to stand up for each other when either group is attacked. We must also com-mit to fighting anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim bigotry as they appear within our own com-munities.”

“If thoughts and prayers are not enough, then we must lay a foundation of partnership that our children and grand-children can build upon,” said AJC’s Gordon. “This is our privilege and responsibility as Americans.”

Ari GordonDr. Susan Band Horwitz Recognized with Prestigious Award

STAFF REPORT

Larchmont resident, Dr. Susan Band Horwitz Ph.D, has been lauded with many presti-gious awards, including a Life-time Achievement Award in Can-cer Research from the American Association for Cancer Research. Dr. Horwitz is Distinguished Professor, Rose C. Falkenstein Chair in Cancer Research, De-partment of Molecular Pharma-cology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

Dr. Horwitz has recently been chosen to receive the 2019 Canada Gairdner International Award. As one of five receiv-ing this honor, the 2019 Canada Gairdner International Award laureates, are being recognized for seminal discoveries or con-tributions to biomedical science:

For the 60th anniversary of the Canada Gairdner Awards, the Gairdner Foundation is recognizing the people who have made some of the world’s most significant biomedical research and discoveries. Lau-reates receive a $100,000 cash honorarium and are formally presented with their awards on October 24, 2019 at the annual Canada Gairdner Awards Gala in Toronto.

“Gairdner is proud to rec-ognize another outstanding group of Laureates. This fall, each of the 2019 Canada Gaird-ner Award Laureates will par-ticipate in outreach programs across Canada to share their re-search and passion for science with graduate students, train-ees, post-docs, faculty mem-bers and high school students,”

said Dr. Janet Rossant, Presi-dent and Scien-tific Director, Gairdner Foun-dation. “I have no doubt that our 2019 Laure-ates will help us to inspire the generation of scientists and r e s e a r c h e r s , and continue to raise the caliber of scientific con-versation across the country.”

Dr. Horwitz will be award-ed, ‘‘for defining novel mecha-nisms of action and resistance of drugs of natural product ori-gin, most significantly Taxol®, and promoting their use for treatment of cancer’’

She is best known for elucidating the mechanism of action of Taxol®, a natural prod-uct obtained from the yew tree, Taxus brevifolia. Horwitz dis-covered that Taxol® binds to mi-crotubules in cells, stabilizing them, thereby leading to cell cycle arrest and subsequent tumor cell death. This body of work enabled the successful translation of Taxol® into the clinic. It is one of the most fre-quently prescribed drugs in the world for the treatment of ovar-ian, breast and lung cancer.

A member of Larchmont Temple, the Doctors’ research played a crucial role in en-couraging the development of Taxol® for use in the clinic. Al-though no one was interested in Taxol® when she began her

studies, today it is an impor-tant antitumor drug approved by the FDA for the treatment of ovarian, breast and lung carcinomas, as well as Kaposi’s Sarcoma. The drug has been given to millions of cancer pa-tients worldwide. Taxol® also is used in the preparation of stents for cardiac disease. In addition, Taxol® has proven to be an indispensable tool for sci-entists interested in microtu-bule structure, dynamics, and function.

Dr. Horwitz has enjoyed living in Larchmont for 50 years. “It is an honor to be a recipient of the prestigious 2019 Canadian international Gairdner Award. For more than four decades, my laboratory at Albert Einstein College of Medi-cine has studied the antitumor drug Taxol,” she noted. “It is a privilege to know that our re-search has improved and saved the lives of cancer patients around the world.”

Dr. Susan Band Horwitz, Ph.D.


County Health Commissioner Urges Vaccination for Camp Counselors, Staff and Unvaccinated Residents

With the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. underway since 2000, Health Commission-er Sherlita Amler, MD, urged un-vaccinated children who will be attending summer camp, along with camp counselors, staff and Westchester residents to register for a free MMR vaccine clinic, of-fered by the Westchester County Department of Health.

The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and ru-bella, and is both very safe and effective.

To reserve a spot to get a free MMR vaccine Tuesday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 134 Court Street, White Plains, go to http://www.health.ny.gov/goto-

clinic/60. In addition to attending the

Health Department’s vaccina-tion clinic, the MMR vaccine is available through private health-care providers and is covered by most insurers. Residents should call their health care provider as soon as possible to make ar-rangements to be vaccinated.

Amler said, “While I strong-ly encourage everyone to get fully vaccinated, I especially want to appeal to anyone working or at-tending a camp this summer to do so. Lack of immunity can keep kids home from camp and camp staff home from work for 21 days if exposed to measles. Measles is highly contagious. People can

spread measles before they even know they are sick. People with-out immunity can catch measles just by being in a room for up to two hours after a person with measles has left. Without im-munity, nine out of 10 people who are exposed will become infected. If exposed and not im-mune, campers will miss out on summer fun while being isolated at home for three weeks.”

Measles is a highly conta-gious virus that causes fever, rash, cough, runny nose and red, wa-tery eyes. Measles spreads from person to person by coughing or sneezing. Tiny white spots may appear in the mouth and a rash may appear on the body two to

four days after symptoms begin. Without knowing they are sick, an infected person can spread measles to others up to four days before the rash appears, and for up to four days afterwards.

The Health Department vaccinated 92 people at three MMR clinics held earlier in April. The County Health Department arranged these clinics, after pub-licly urging timely MMR vacci-nation, after eight unvaccinated children in northern Westches-ter were diagnosed with measles. The children do not attend pub-lic schools or daycare programs.

For more information, call the NYS Measles Hotline at 1-888-364-4837.

Real Estate Matters by John E. Baer, SRES, SRSHome Selling Tips for the Spring and Summer of 2019

With the National Asso-ciation of Realtors predicting that a large number of mil-lennial’s plan to buy a home this year and with mortgage rates low, 2019 should still be a good year to sell your home. Therefore, if you are seri-ously planning to sell your home, here’s several things you can do to get top dollar.

It is still a Seller’s MarketMany real estate pro-

fessionals and economists believe that 2019 will have fewer bidding wars, fewer of-fers, and that homes will stay more days on the market be-fore an offer arrives. My ex-perience differs slightly. I am finding Westchester homes that are properly priced and in the $400,000 to $600,000 price range are selling quick-ly. Even in communities with outstanding school systems, three and four bedroom homes properly priced un-der $1 million appear to be selling quickly. On the other hand, homes that are over-priced are the ones not sell-ing. This is because close to 90% of buyers are looking at available homes online and can generally determine which homes are properly priced and which are not.

Know What Appeals to Buyers

Homes that sit on the market are most cases not updated and often not priced to take that into account.

Make sure that tired looking walls and ceilings are freshly painted, that the outside of your home, your property and landscaping looks fresh and attractive. First impres-sions of your home are ex-ceedingly important. And keep in mind that minor updates can make a differ-ence such as new wall outlet plates, faucets, knobs, and other finishes that can make old fixtures look new. These are all inexpensive but effec-tive upgrades.

Decluttering and Staging Matters

As a seller, you may be looking at areas to cut costs in order to get the most out of your home sale, however, this type of strategy may be a mistake. Staging your home for sale still matters and it’s vital to the sale of your home, even in the seller’s market. Not only does staging help to present the home in its best possible light, it also makes a huge difference with your home’s presentation on-line. Without great pictures and an excellent listing, you could be making the wrong first impression. Without staging, your online pictures may present as dull and bor-ing. However with staging, your pictures will tell a story, show potential buyers how great the home can look and draw plenty of attention. Many professionals believe staging can increase the sale

price by 10% or more.• Get rid of clutter, in-

cluding too much furniture. Clear out the clutter in your closets.

• Keep your home neat, clean and odor-free.

• No family photos, religious symbols, or per-sonal collections on display. You want people looking at the features of your home and not distracted by these items.

• Let the light come in. Remove heavy drapes and other window treatments that prevent the natural light from coming in.

• Keep your kitchen counters free of appliances and other clutter

• If you have hardwood floors, remove carpeting and rugs and refinish your floors.

Carefully Select Your Real Estate Agent

Signing with a real es-tate agent is hiring someone to perform an expensive service, so treat it like an im-portant job interview where you’re the employer. Ask questions, interview more than one candidate and make a decision when you find the right person for the job. Pay attention to how agents com-municate and perhaps more importantly how they listen. And since you will be work-ing with this individual for a while, make sure that you feel comfortable with their personality. Talk to them

about marketing and ask them how they plan to mar-ket your home. And when it’s all said and done, go with the one that you feel is the most professional, knowledgeable, attentive, honest, and you trust the most.

If You Don’t Price Your Home Right, You’ll Really Pay

Make absolutely sure that the price you ask is what the market value is for your area. In fact, it may make sense to list your home at the lower end of the market value range. At the end of the day, the final price you get could be well above your list-ing price.

John E. Baer, SRES, SRS is a NYS licensed real es-tate salesperson associated with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Westchester Properties of Scarsdale and Larchmont. In the last 20 months, he earned the “Top Selling Award” seven times in the Scarsdale office. He can be reached for questions at 914/844-2059. His website is www.WestchesterHomes.info.

Breaking Through the Barrier: Youth Mental Health

BY BRENDA HAAS, LMSW, ED.M

Why is children’s mental health shrouded with stigma and shame? If a child has diabetes we take them to get their insulin, and if they have asthma, we get them an inhal-er. Childhood mental illness is real and very common. The National Institute for Mental Health reports that one out of five children in the U.S. suf-fers from a mental health dis-order. Suicide is now the sec-ond leading cause of death in youth ages 15-24. In fact, half of all psychiatric illnesses oc-cur before the age of 14, and 75 percent by the age of 24. According the World Health Organization, mental illness is the number one disability in the world. Yet somehow, many still find it more accept-able to get treatment for oth-er significant illnesses than for a mental health disorder.

For far too long, fami-lies of children with a mental health disorder have hidden in the shadows of the fear and shame, not seeking proper care for their child’s mental health concerns. The stigma of seeking help too often creates a barrier many can’t overcome.

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and a great time to shine the light on what is needed to overcome stigma and find help, healing, and hope. WJCS is dedicated to focusing attention on child and adoles-cent mental health, and the opportunity to transform the lives of thousands of children and families in our county through education, early in-tervention, and identification of mental health challenges. It is essential for parents, care-givers, and educators to be-come aware and address the first warning signs, including mood changes, intense feel-ings, difficulty concentrating, sleep irregularities, behavior changes, unexplained weight loss, substance abuse, and physical harm.

The good news: there are new, very effective in-terventions and treatments available. There is hope for the millions of children and youth living with mental ill-ness and their families. Cur-

rent research shows that many emotional and behav-ioral disorders can be miti-gated if identified and treat-ed early in childhood and adolescence. WJCS provides programs and services for children, youth, and families, which address mental health literacy and enhance commu-nity awareness.

One of WJCS’ key initia-tives is offering Youth Men-tal Health First Aid (YMHFA) trainings throughout West-chester County to educators, sports coaches, camp staff, first responders, parents, and any youth-centered organiza-tion. YMHFA is a nationally recognized, evidence-based certification course that teaches warning signs and risk factors of various men-tal health challenges com-mon among adolescents and ways to deal with them until professional help is available. YMHFA, like CPR, teaches how to be a first responder for a mental health challenge or crisis. The goal is for indi-viduals to be as well-versed in how to handle a youth’s panic attack as they would be apply-ing pressure to a wound.

Community conversa-tions about mental health are happening throughout the county more than ever, and many are youth-driven. The students of Schechter Westchester, partnered with WJCS, to coordinate a full-day “Open Minds Summit,” a community event with one goal to de-stigmatize mental illness. Over 600 students, parents and staff attended the event, an important be-ginning to help raise aware-ness about mental health, Not only in May, but every day, children, youth and adults must no longer hide in the shadows of shame and fear of judgment, but rather bloom in the light of appropriate care, acceptance, awareness, and hope.

Brenda P. Haas, LMSW, Ed.M is the Coordinator of WJCS GPS (Guiding Parents Through Services), a services of Partners in Caring, and Partners in Schools Consul-tant at Schechter Westchester. [email protected]


Pope Francis Receives AJC Leadership Delegation at Vatican, Strongly Denounces Anti-Semitism

American Jewish Committee (AJC) President John Shapiro led a leadership delegation during a private au-dience with His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican on March 8.

Pope Francis spoke of the church’s longstanding relationship with AJC and the value of interreligious dia-logue. “Your commitment to Jewish-Christian dialogue goes back to Nostra Aetate, a milestone in our journey of fraternal reckoning,” Pope Francis said to the visiting AJC leaders.

The Pope expressed “great concern” about “an excessive and depraved hatred” spreading in many places around the world. “I think especially of the outbreak of anti-Semitic attacks in various countries,” said Pope Fran-cis. “I stress that for a Christian any form of anti-Semitism is a rejection of one’s own origins, a complete contra-diction.”

“In the fight against hatred and anti-Semitism an important tool is interreligious dialogue, aimed at pro-moting a commitment to peace, mutual respect, the protection of life, religious and the care of creation,” he said.

Shapiro, addressing the Pope during the audience, praised him for the role he has played in the “historic reconciliation” between Jews and Catholics.

“It is a great joy for this leadership group of the American Jewish Committee to meet with you and to ex-press deep appreciation for the special relationship we have enjoyed with the Holy See over more than half a century,” said Shapiro.

Shapiro expressed appreciation for the Pope’s announcement earlier that the Vatican Archives covering the World War II period and papacy of Pius XII will be opened to international researchers in 2020. “We look forward especially to the involvement of the leading Holocaust memorial institutes in Israel and the U.S. to ob-jectively evaluate as best as possible the historical record of that most terrible of times, to acknowledge both the failures as well as valiant efforts during the period of the Shoah,” Shapiro said.

He also referred in his remarks to the persecution of Christians today, the rise of anti-Semitism, and the Jewish people’s enduring link to Israel.

For this audience, AJC has dedicated the first vine in the Vineyard of the Nations at My Tree in (Beit Shem-esh) Israel in honor of Pope Francis. It will annually yield wine for the Pope. David Inlander, Chair of AJC’s Inter-religious Affairs Commission, presented the gift.

In addition to the papal audience, the AJC delegation held a series of meetings in the Vatican with key Holy See officials, including Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pon-tifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews.

The delegation of 35 AJC leaders included CEO David Harris; Rabbi David Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs, who was knighted by the Vatican in 2005; Rabbi Noam Marans, Director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations; and Lisa Palmieri-Billig, Representative in Rome and Liaison to the Holy See.

Long-Term Care Insurance UpdateBY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED

ELDER LAW ATTORNEY

A few weeks ago, one of the leading American com-panies that sells long-term care insurance suspended sales of its most popular product. Then, a week or so later, the company re-started sales — but only by direct online contact. In other words, brokers and insurance salespeople are now not able to sell this product for the largest sell-er. What does that mean for the marketplace, and for consumers?

The company that we are referring to is named Genworth Financial. What they did initially was sus-pend all sales of traditional, individual policies of long-term care insurance (LTCI). A move like this is big news in the industry, since Gen-worth has the largest num-ber of LTCI policyholders of any insurance company. In the past year, Genworth had raised its premiums by 53%, and had set aside an addi-tional $327 million to cover unanticipated costs paid out on its policies. This was due to increased capi-tal requirements imposed by regulators, the current and long-standing low in-terest rate environment and the increased longev-ity of Americans. By liv-ing longer, it is more likely that a person will became incapacitated and require long-term care, which in turn means that there will be more claims. Also, when someone buys LTCI, they typically pay premiums for many years prior to filing a claim, if ever. During this time period, the insurance company invests the pre-mium dollars in a diversi-fied bond portfolio. With interest rates at historically low rates, the return on in-vestment for the insurance companies was much lower than anticipated thus re-sulting in the need to raise premium rates.

What does this mean going forward for the LTCI industry and consumers? For starters, the number of companies who sell LTCI

has been decreasing and will continue to do so since the companies are finding it difficult to make a profit on this product and not that many consumers have purchased the product due to how expensive it can be. Moreover, the industry is moving away from tradi-tional, LTCI policies, and towards “hybrid” policies. Hybrid policies are actually life insurance policies or annuities with a long-term care component. Here’s how it works: Basically, the consumer purchases a life insurance policy — ei-ther with a single premium or a series of large pay-ments. The policy will pay out to heirs at death, just like traditional life insur-ance. However, if the poli-cyholder needs long-term care during his lifetime, the policy can be used up to cer-tain amounts to pay for that care. There are similar hy-brid policies available in the annuity industry. Although the annuity type policies are less popular than the life insurance hybrids, they have also increased in sales in recent years.

These hybrid policies have been very popular in recent years. Even as tra-ditional LTCI policy sales declined, hybrid policy sales surged. A 2017 Forbes article, for instance, re-ported that hybrid policies were about twice as popular as traditional LTCI in that year. Regardless of growth in the hybrid LTCI market-place, total sales of poli-cies continue to decline. Is there a future for LTCI at all? No one is certain. One thing does seem clear: the cost of long-term care and the cost to insure against it will continue to rise.

So, should you buy LTCI and if so, when? Well, that depends upon a number of factors, including your aversion to risk, the pos-sible dependency of fam-ily members, among others. One big factor is whether you have the ability to self-insure.

In other words, do you have enough assets to pay for this potential cost,

if necessary. In the New York metropolitan area, that could mean $200,000 or more a year. And if you are married, those numbers could apply to your spouse as well. Could you afford this amount of money if one of you had a chronic illness such as Alzheimer’s disease and needed nursing home care for 8-10 years or lon-ger?

Also to be considered is your age. If you are under 60, the cost may not be pro-hibitive; however, the older you get the more expensive LTCI gets; furthermore, you may not even be insur-able later in life for health reasons. That is one of the primary reasons for consid-ering LTCI at an early age.

Bottom line: if you have an LTCI policy, it prob-ably makes sense to keep it. Monitor premiums care-fully though as many insur-ance companies continue to raise their prices. If you don’t have LTCI, you should certainly start the conver-sation among your family and advisors as to how you would pay for long-term care if the need arises.

Bernard A. Krooks, Esq., is a founding partner of Littman Krooks LLP and has been honored as one of the “Best Lawyers” in Amer-ica for each of the last seven years. He is past President of the National Academy of El-der Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. Mr. Krooks has also served as chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. He has been selected as a “New York Su-per Lawyer” since 2006. Mr. Krooks may be reached at (914-684-2100) or by visiting the firm’s website at www.el-derlawnewyork.com.

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Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.

A German-made World War II-era Model 2 freight car was installed outside the Mu-seum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holo-caust as part of the travelling exhibition Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. Freight cars such as this were used by the German Nazis to deport peo-ple within occupied Europe to ghettos, killing centers, and concentration and extermi-nation camps. Ultimately, 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz, and 1.1 million of those were murdered there.

Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. is the most com-prehensive Holocaust exhibi-tion about Auschwitz ever ex-hibited in North America. The presentation at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is produced in partnership with the international exhibition firm Musealia and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Mu-seum in Poland. The groundbreaking exhibition was curated by an international team of experts led by historian Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt. It will open in New York City on May 8, 2019 and run through January 3, 2020.

“The freight car is symbolic of the murder of millions people. Auschwitz is not ancient his-tory but living memory, warning us to be vigilant, haunting us with the admonition ‘Never Again.’ It compels us to look around the world and mark the ongoing atrocities against vulnerable people, and to take a firm stand against hate, bigotry, ethnic vio-lence, religious intolerance, and nationalist brutal-ity of all kinds,” said Bruce C. Ratner, Chairman of the Museum’s Board of Trustees.

Between June 1940 and January 1945, more than 1.1 million people, including ca. 1 million Jews, were murdered at Auschwitz. Most were transport-ed there in train cars such as the one being placed on display. The horrible journey could last many days. Approximately 80 people and their belong-ings were crammed into each train car with a single barrel for sanitation and a can of drinking water, on a trip from which most never returned. The train cars brought people to extermination centers and returned filled with their looted possessions.

This freight car is one of 120,000 built between 1910 and 1927, used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railway) to transport foodstuffs, goods, and livestock. During World War II such trains cars were also used to transport soldiers and prisoners of war, and to deport Jews, Roma and others to the ghettos and killing centers in occupied Poland and the German Nazi concentration camps across occupied Europe. It is 11.5 ft. wide x 31.5 ft. long and has approximately 215 square feet of space.

Featuring more than 700 original objects and 400 photographs, the New York presentation of the exhibition will allow visitors to experience artifacts from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum on view for the first time in North America, including

hundreds of personal items—such as suitcases, eyeglasses, and shoes—that belonged to survivors and victims of Auschwitz. Other artifacts include concrete posts that were part of the fence of the Auschwitz camp; fragments of an original barrack for prisoners from the Auschwitz III-Monowitz camp; a desk and other possessions of the first and the longest-serving Auschwitz commandant Ru-dolf Höss; a gas mask used by the SS; and Picasso’s Lithograph of Prisoner.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage has incor-porated into the exhibition more than 100 rare ar-tifacts from its collection that relay the experience of survivors and liberators who found refuge in the greater New York area. These artifacts include: Alfred Kantor’s sketchbook and portfolio that con-tain over 150 original paintings and drawings from Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Schwarzheide; the trumpet that musician Louis Bannet (acclaimed as “the Dutch Louis Armstrong”) credits for saving his life while he was imprisoned in Auschwitz; visas issued by Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania often referred to as “Japan’s Oskar Schindler”; prisoner registration forms and iden-tification cards; personal correspondence; tickets for passage on the St. Louis; a rescued Torah scroll from the Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg; and dreidels and bullets recovered by Father Patrick Desbois in a Jewish mass grave in Ukraine.

Also on display from the Museum of Jewish Heritage collection will be Heinrich Himmler’s SS dagger and helmet and his annotated copy of Hit-ler’s Mein Kampf, as well as an anti-Jewish procla-mation issued in 1551 by Ferdinand I that was given to Hermann Göring by German security chief Re-inhard Heydrich on the occasion of Göring’s birth-day. The proclamation required Jews to identify themselves with a “yellow ring” on their clothes. Heydrich noted that, 400 years later, the Nazis were completing Ferdinand’s work. These artifacts stand as evidence of a chapter of history that must never be forgotten.

Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memo-rial to the Holocaust is located at 36 Battery Place, New York City. Call 646.437.4202 for more informa-tion or visit mjhnyc.org.

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