Jacksonville Jewish News June 2012

Jacksonville Jewish agency leaders for the 2012-2013 year are: Jan Lipsky, Jewish Community Alliance president; Mark Green, Jewish Community Founda-tion of Northeast Florida president; Mark Lodinger, River Garden president; Francine Kempner, Jewish Family & Community Services president; and Larry Appel, Jew-ish Federation of Jacksonville president. Introducing:

Jan Lipsky is the new president of the JCA Board of Directors.

Lipsky has served on the board for 11 years, most recently as vice president. She has chaired the Personnel Committee, facil-itated board retreats, and guided the board’s work on development of the mission and vision statements. Additionally, she drafted board member roles and responsibilities ultimately adopted by the board.

In 2010, she received the prestigious Es-ther Leah Ritz Next Generation JCC Lead-ership Award from the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America. The award identifi es future leaders of Jewish community center boards and includes a training program designed to enhance the skills needed for them to assume top lead-ership roles.

Lipsky has served as system vice president for Human Resources and Orga-nizational Development for St. Vincent’s HealthCare since 2000. She has served the organization for over 30 years, beginning as an instructor for Critical Care. Lipsky assisted the transition of St. Vincent’s Southside (formerly known as St. Luke’s Hospital) from Mayo Clinic in 2008 and is helping plan St. Vincent’s Clay, the sys-

tem’s third hospital opening in Clay County in 2013.

She is a past board chairman for Girl Scouts of Gateway Council serving from 1998 to 2004 in that role. During this time the Council Board purchased North Fork Ranch in Clay County, assuring a safe camping location for future generations of members. Jan served the council and her synagogue, the Jacksonville Jewish Center, by building the Girl Scout program from one Brownie troop to over 100 girls in all levels during the 1990s.

Jan has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from FSU and UF, earned the Senior Professional Human Resources certifi cation and is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is married to Bruce Lipsky, a photojournalist for The Florida Times-Union. They have two daughters: Jessie Lipsky is a graduate of FSU and Emma Lipsky is a graduate of UF. Both teach third grade, the Seminole in Jacksonville, the Gator in Gainesville. Football season is a real problem.

Mark Green continues as president of Jewish Community Foundation of North-east Florida.

Our Jewish Community Foundation is pleased to announce that Mark Green will be serving as president for an additional year.

As a founding member of the board, Mark understands the signifi cance of the work Foundation does. Through the Create a Jewish Legacy initiative, the Foundation is raising awareness of the need for leav-ing bequests and estate gifts to the Jewish

Community Foundation for the benefi t of the Jewish community. We are raising and growing endowment funds needed to ensure the fi nancial strength of our Jewish agencies and synagogues.

Mark has served as an active board member since Foundation’s inception in 1995. His service has included chairing the Grant Review/Allocations Committee and serving on the Development, Bylaws, Professional Advisory, Real Estate, Nomi-nating, B’nai Tzedek Youth Philanthropy, and Create a Jewish Legacy Steering com-mittees. For several years, he served as the designated partner representative for The Temple.

Born in Albany, N.Y., Mark relocated to Jacksonville and attended public schools, received his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law. A local attorney specializing in marital, family and criminal law at Dale, Bald, Showalter, Mercier & Green, P.A., Mark volunteers for the Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, was listed in “Who’s Who in America Law” in 2007 and named a Florida Super Lawyer in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Active on local community boards, Mark was past president of The Bridge of Northeast Florida and the Jewish Commu-nity Alliance. During his 16 years on the board of the Jewish Federation of Jackson-ville, Mark was recipient of the 2007 Joe P. Safer Community Service Award. He has returned to the Federation board as a member of the Executive Committee.

Mark and his wife Nancy believe in Tik-kun Olam and giving back. As the couple

put it, “We want to leave the world a better place than we found it.”

Mark Lodinger is now in his second year as president of River Garden Hebrew Home/Wolfson Health & Aging Center. He has served on the River Garden Home board since 1991 and served as chair of the River Garden Admissions board for the past seven years. Mark is also a member of the River Garden Senior Services board as well as the River Garden Foundation board.

Mark spearheaded and co-chairs the River Garden Classic Golf Tournament, which has raised over $900,000 since its in-ception 16 years ago. The tournament ben-efi ts The Albert Z. Fleet Geriatric Training Center at River Garden, a Florida licensed not-for-profi t post-secondary school that provides academic training and skills for persons desiring to become certifi ed nurs-ing assistants.

Mark is excited about the recently opened 10,000-square-foot expansion and additional refurbishment of River Garden facilities to further develop outpatient therapy programs, adult day care and home health programs. He invites the community to visit River Garden and check out our beautiful new look.

Lodinger is a well-respected insurance planner, with knowledge of a wide range of fi nancial products. He also advises on estate planning and business continuity strategies. He is a member of Congregation Ahavath Chesed, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and serves on the board of the Jacksonville

A proud graduate of Florida State University and an avid Seminole fan, Merline Harbin can often be spotted sporting her FSU colors. Merline worked as an ex-ecutive director of the Girl Scouts for many years in Tallahassee and Jacksonville. She and her husband, Nelson, have been married for over 38 years and

they share eight children, three of hers and fi ve of his.

Merline has been attending the Adult Day Care Program at River Garden for three years.

The Adult Day Care Program at River Garden provides support for older adults in the community who live at home but may require health monitoring, socialization and nutritional guidance in a secure setting during daytime hours.

“When Merline fi rst came to the Adult Day Care Program she was so sick – she had been told that she was going to need dialysis and was even put on Hospice care. She improved so

much she didn’t need Hospice and her kid-ney function got better,” shared Mr. Harbin.

“We had looked at other Adult Day Care fa-cilities, and we feel we found the best pro-gram in Jacksonville here at River Garden. It’s important to have high quality adult day care in the community so family caregiv-ers can continue to work or just have some time for other daily activities.” He credits

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WORLD OF NATIONSSee photos of the Federation’s Israel booth. page 2

YEAR IN REVIEWRead about what your Jewish agencies have been up to. page 5, 6, 7, 8, 10

June 2012 • Sivan/Tamuz 5772 • Published by Jewish Federation of Jacksonville • www.jewishjacksonville.org • Volume 24, Number 12 • 24 pages

ANNUAL MEETINGSee the program with awards and board members. page 3

JEWISH NEWS

Spotlight: River Garden Senior Services

READ MORE at jewishjacksonville.org,

Adult Day Care program thrives at River Garden

This month’s feature of one of Federation’s benefi ciary agencies: River Garden

See RIVER GARDEN, p. 19

REMEMBERINGRead about area Yom Hashoah events, see the pictures. page 23

By River Garden Senior Services

Merline Harbin

Introducing Jacksonville’s Jewish agency presidents

See PRESIDENTS, p. 19

Jan Lipsky, JCA Mark Green, Foundation Mark Lodinger, River Garden Francine Kempner, JFCS Larry Appel, Federation

Through the Federation’s Israel partner, the Jewish Agency for Israel, young Israelis are encour-aged to participate in leadership

development programs and attain good marks in school. The benefi t to them is involvement with an Israeli professional soccer team.

The Jewish Agency for Israel is a benefi ciary partner of the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville.

For more information about how Federation helps Jews here, in Israel and around the world, please visit the Israel or Ways to Give sections of our website: jewishjacksonville.org.

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Did you know?Federation’s Israel exhibit

Martin J. Gottlieb’s Dance Team performs at the Federation’s Israel exhibit at the city’s World of Nations Celebration last month.

Above, our volunteers – enjoying every minute of their time. Right, The Kidzone – puzzles and a lot of fun. Below, Getting your English name in Hebrew.

Photos by L. Tallis

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WelcomeLarry Appel

InvocationRabbi Jonathan Lubliner

Greetings from IsraelAviad Sela

Award PresentationsJewish Family & Community ServicesHoward CaplanJewish Community AllianceNancy Perlman Jewish Community Foundation of Northeast FloridaMark Green

Recognition, Election and Installation of Officers and Board MembersRichard Sisisky

Award Presentations Jewish Federationof JacksonvilleLarry AppelRiver GardenMark Lodinger

Adjourn

Officers and Board Members

Jewish Community Foundation of Northeast FloridaBoard of TrusteesMark Green, Esq., presidentDr. Scot AckermanAndy Cantor, CFAMatthew Edelman, CPA, treasurerJeff Edwards, secretaryLeonard ElikanDr. Ronald ElinoffMeredith FrischMelvyn H. Fruit, VP*Mel GottliebBarbara Jaffe, CIMAMichael Korn, Esq.Mark LodingerAndrea MailNeil Presser, CPA, VPDr. Hal ResnickDavid Robbins, Esq.Ellen RosnerMichael Schneider, Esq.Steven Sherman, CSM, CRPC.Mark Shorstein, CPA*Richard Sisisky* Sandy ZimmermanBarry Zisser, Esq.

Of blessed memoryMichele Block-Wiener, Esq.Michael Donziger*

Dr. Roy J. Sloat

Honorary trusteesElliott Horovitz*past presidentEndowment Achievement AwardAndrea MailEllen Rosner

Jewish Community AllianceBoard of DirectorsJan Lipsky, presidentAli Korman Shelton, vice presi-dentAdam Frisch, vice presidentSuzette Allen, secretaryDavid Wolf, treasurerMary Edwards, asst sec/treas Positions Expiring in 2013Debbie Banks KitayIrene Cywes *Jon KaplanDaniel MillerChase Zimmerman Positions Expiring in 2014Moti Demri *Simon Garwood *Katie KightAlison TragerSusan Wolchok

Positions Expiring in 2015Andy Cantor *Ron Elinoff *Adam Marmelstein *Brian Mendelson *Gary Perlman *

Past presidentsDavid MillerNancy Perlman

Nominating CommitteeDavid Miller, ChairMary EdwardsKen JacobsKatie KightAlison Korman SheltonAdam MarmelsteinNancy PerlmanChase ZimmermanMyron Flagler, staff* new term

Howard Korman President’s AwardDan KossoffSpecial Services AwardStephen WolchokSpecial Services AwardAlison TragerSpecial Services AwardRebekah Selevan

Jewish Family & Community ServicesBoard of DirectorsFrancine Kempner, presidentEllen Rosner, first vice presidentJodie Leach, Anne Lufrano, vice presidentsDr. Harold Resnick,

secretaryTom Harris, treasurerHoward Caplan, chairman

Members (new members*)Caren Appel*Danny Berenberg*Mary BergerMary EdwardsStephen GoldmanMichael Katz Stuart Klein*Blanche Koegler*Jodie LeachSue Levine*Jill MetlinRobert Morgan*Rick PlotkinStephen PollanJudy Poppell*Rabbi Avi Schochet*Vanessa Solomon*Glenn UllmannElaine S. Wright*new board member Past PresidentsDr. Guy BenrubiDr. Sol BrotmanJack ColemanAlbert DatzDavid GarfinkelDebbie GottliebLawrence JabenJim KempnerDr. Dennis LaferM. H. LevineLeonardo MaimanLew MeiselMark ShorsteinIsa TanenbaumGary WilkinsonCathy Winterfield

Honorary BoardLarry AppelRichard BrowdyDr. Lawrence GoldbergKen GoldmanBeverly GoldsteinPaulette KeiferHenri LandwirthJoan LevinMichael LissnerDr. Milton MannDr. Edward MizrahiBarbara ParkerJack PriceLinda RubensShari WeitznerEunice ZisserRabbi Yaakov FischRabbi Yossie KahanovRabbi Nochum KurinskyRabbi Joshua LiefRabbi Jonathan LublinerRabbi Michael MatusonRabbi Shmuli Novack

Volunteer of the Year AwardRaven Transport

Jewish Federation of JacksonvilleBoard of DirectorsLarry Appel, presidentHal Resnick, first vice president, campaign chairSusan DuBow, vice president

Iris Kraemer, vice presidentMike Nussbaum, vice presidentWendy Efron, vice president, Women’s Division presidentErica Jolles, YLD chairSandy Zimmerman, treasurerKen Jacobs, secretaryRisa Herman, women’s cam-paign chairGary Perlman, immediate past presidentStephen Silverman, presidential appointeeMark Green, Jewish Community Foundation president

Board members Francine KempnerMark Lodinger Jan Lipsky*Michael Abel*Jon IsraelMichael KorenMichael KornMichael LevinAndrea MailLenny MaimenAdam MarmelsteinJenifer Plotkin*Zach Sherman*Ellen RosnerDiane RothsteinPerrin RubinBen SetzerMark ShorsteinMike SollowayRori StevensSusan Wolchok*Eugene Wolchok*Barry ZisserRabbi Mona DeckerRabbi Yaakov FischRabbi Joshua LiefRabbi Jonathan LublinerRabbi Michael Matuson*new members

Honorary Life MembersScot AckermanGuy BenrubiJack ColemanRon ElinoffLeslie HeldJoan LevinMitchell LevineDavid RobbinsAl SchneiderKen SekineLeonard SetzerStephen SilvermanRichard SisiskyArnold VandroffElliot Zisser

Irene Sari Selevan Young Leadership AwardRisa Herman and Dan Jaffa Joe P. Safer Community Service AwardGuy Benrubi

River Garden Hebrew HomeOfficersMark Lodinger, presidentMichael Price, vice president, chairman of admissions

Susan Cohen, vice president, co-chair of admissionsMarsha Pollock, vice president, co-chair of admissionsMorrie Osterer, vice president, chairman of houseJudy Paul, secretaryCindy Demri, treasurer

TrusteesKaren BackilmanDavid CohenSusan CohenCindy DemriSusan EdelmanGloria EinsteinJeff EdwardsRon ElinoffJanis FleetNancy Rubin FriedmanSheldon GendzierLarry GoldbergRachelle GottliebMichael GreenburgAllen GrayEdward GrenadierBruce HorovitzMichael HowardCharles JosephDebby KayeRandy KammerMichael LissnerMark LodingerLew MeiselBernard NachmanMorrie OstererHerman PaulJudy PaulMarsha PollockJack PriceMichael PriceJerry RothsteinRubye SaferHarvey SchlesingerBarbara SchneiderBeth ShorsteinShari ShumanFred TrombergSandy Zimmerman

Volunteer Service Awards5,000 Hours of ServiceIra DuschoffEd Schroeder4,500 Hours of ServiceLeanore Nathanson4,000 Hours of ServiceSondra Resnikoff3,000 Hours of ServiceMarilyn DatzLeslie Carmel2,500 Hours of ServiceAlice ShermanStella EisonBernie DatzRoz Cassell2,000 Hours of ServiceBarbara Safer1,500 Hours of ServiceLovie CallahanFrank Baltes1,000 Hours of ServiceJeanette TabakRuth SeebolJanice HayflickCarole Ort


COMMUNITY NEWS

Jacksonville Mayor, Alvin Brown, proclaimed May 6, 2012, Martin J. Gottlieb Day School 50th Anniversary Day.

Reliving the past and celebrat-ing the future, the Day School and the Jacksonville Jewish Center, 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend was a true blessing. Almost a year of planning culmi-nated in a weekend of outstanding memories for all in attendance.

“The alumni’s achievements astound; the volunteers’ passion unmatched; and the faculty’s love unrivaled. This is not merely a celebration of and for the Day School. … This is a moment only reached because of a Jewish com-munity that continues to believe in the power of Jewish education. This is a dream fulfilled because of the support of a generous and forward-thinking Jewish Fed-

eration,” said Jon Mitzmacher, MJGDS head of school, in his blog.

The weekend celebration began with a Shabbat service and luncheon dedicated to honor-ing the past and present teachers and faculty of the Day School. Saturday evening, alumni from 50 years of classes gathered for a fun evening of “Chamesh de Mayo.” Music from the past five decades was played, alum participated in Israeli dancing led by Ilana Manassee, and class pictures were taken throughout the night. Congratulations to the 1st and 17th Class of the Day School with the most representation! Sunday morning, a family luau, sponsored by the JJC PTA, was enjoyed with Polynesian dancers and fare, swimming and a performance by the MJGDS dance team. The weekend culminated on Sunday evening with the 50th Extravagan-

By Martin J. Gottlieb Day School

Jewish Family & Community Services is excited to welcome Karen Susman, who is serving as the Jewish Healing Network program coordinator.

Karen has been working in the Jewish community for over 25 years as a Jewish educator. She is the director of lifelong learning at Beth El - the Beaches Synagogue, and is also a chaplain at Baptist Hospital. Her commitment to Bik-kur Cholim, visiting the sick, and helping those who are facing life’s challenges is something very important to her.

Karen grew up in New Jersey, lived in South Florida and relo-cated to Jacksonville two years ago. She received certification as an early childhood director from University of California, Los Angeles, and has continued her education by attending Beit Midrash programs in Israel during the summers and many profes-sional workshops over the years. Karen is a mother of twin sons, Evan and Bryan.

The next JHN volunteer train-ing class begins Monday, June 4, and will be held for three con-

By Jewish Family & Community Services

La Dolce Vita, the JCA’s fifth annual Dinner and After Party fundraiser. At left, Eleanor and Charles Ber-man. At right, from left: Garry Kitay, Debbie Banks Kitay, Fran and Russell Selevan.

secutive Mondays, June 4, 11 and 18, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at JFCS. Contact Karen at 394-5737 or [email protected].

Karen Susman joins JFCS

Read me a Story The award winning program,

the PJ Library, coordinated by Jewish Family & Community Services, provides one free book per month to families with Jewish children between the ages of 6 months and 8 years. Sign up now by going to www.pjlibrary.org. For information, or to schedule a program at the Temple’s recent Nosh & Notes event, call Sue Kornhauser at 394-5724.

Are you in the sandwich generation?

Do you have concerns about both your children and your aging parents, and are you a member of the sandwich generation? If so, lettuce help. Save the date: Tuesday, July 17, at noon when we meet over sandwiches and give you an opportunity to discuss your concerns. If you would like to be sent a reminder about this event, call 394-5722.

By Jewish Family & Community Services

It’s all about the children: MJGDS 50th anniversary celebration

JCA Dinner and After Party

Karen Susman

Reading and aging programs

za attended by over 370 guests. With fabulous food provided by Margo’s Catering, amazing décor by PRI Event Planners, engaging entertainment by Mark Scheff, Hazzan Holzer and Jeanine Hoff, the evening was spectacular.

Three major announcements were made during the evening: first, the Jacksonville Jewish Cen-ter schools will now fall under the newly named, Galinsky Academy, named after Samuel and Esther Galinsky, who left a significant and lasting legacy gift.

Second, an endowment to the Galinsky Academy by the DuBow Family will allow children in the newly named DuBow Preschool to spend their early years in a state-of-the art facility and ex-perience a world-class preschool education.

And finally, L’Dor V’Dor is the Jacksonville Jewish Center schools most important annual fund. “We continue to live in diffi-cult economic times and hope that our community will be inspired to continue to support this fund each year as a key component to

sustaining the future of all our JJC schools,” stated Mitzmacher. Laurie DuBow, emcee of the eve-ning, so eloquently stated, “It’s all about the children. It always has been. It is now...and it will always be.”

Congratulations to the 50th Anniversary chairpersons, Bruce Horovitz and Andrea Mail, honorary chairpersons, Linda and Laurie DuBow & Debbie and

Mel Gottlieb, Event Committee chairs, Arlene Yegelwel, Marsha Pollock, Kim Glasgal, Robin Shorstein, Sheri Weiss, Brent Trager, Rebecca Fixel, Jeanine Rogozinski, and all the volunteers and staff of the JJC who worked so hard over the past year to make the 50th Anniversary Celebration such a successful and memorable weekend.


ANNUAL REPORT: JEWISH COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

Howard Korman President’s Award – Dan Kossoff

This award is named in honor of Howard Korman, past presi-dent of the Jewish Community Alliance, whose leadership, vision and courage allowed the agency to navigate trying and difficult challenges. This award recognizes board members who have emu-lated these significant qualities of leadership, vision and courage during the past program year.

Kossoff is being honored for his work on the JCA’s first Jack-sonville Jewish Film Festival.

A founding board member of the JCA, Kossoff was asked to return to a leadership role in the agency because of his “wisdom and perspective,” said Myron Fla-gler, JCA executive director, who credited Kossoff’s “leadership, knowledge and mentoring” with helping to make the Film Festival

a success.Special Services Award –

Stephen Wolchok, Alison Trager, Rebekah Selevan

The Special Services Awards is given to an individual who demonstrated outstanding service to our agency.

Wolchok is being honored for his efforts as chairman of the

JCA’s first Jacksonville Jewish Film Festival.

Wolchok “embraced the Film Festival and focused on every de-tail to ensure its success,” Flagler said.

His “relentess effort” and use of technology produced an out-standing list of directors, produc-ers and actors who interacted with

Jacksonville attendees locally and from as far away as Israel, Flagler said.

Trager and Selevan are being recognized for their work as co-chairs of “La Dolce Vita,” the JCA’s 5th annual Dinner and After Party fundraiser.

“Alison and Rebekah were awesome co-chairs for the 2012

JCA Dinner and After Party!” said Nancy Green, JCA assistant executive director. “They were highly organized, creative and provided the leadership this event needed to succeed financially as well as socially. It was truly a pleasure working with them.”

Rebekah SelevanAlison TragerStephen WolchokDan Kossof

JCA BOARD AWARDS

The Jewish Community Alli-ance continued to grow, change and strengthen our Jewish com-mitment and involvement over the past year. We also continued to make improvements to our build-ing, equipment, programs, servic-es and staff. We served the Jewish community more completely and better than ever before.

We continued to serve our Jew-ish community through programs like our nationally accredited preschool, elementary afterschool care, classical music concerts, art classes, theater outings, AARP Mature Driving Courses, and a host of sports, recreation and fit-ness activities.

For the third year in a row, JCA members gave the JCA staff, programs and facility the highest ratings in a study by the national Jewish Community Centers As-sociation. The JCCA also pre-sented three awards to the JCA for programs, management and interaction with new members.

JCA Board Members Adam Frisch and Chase Zimmerman received Leadership Awards from the JCCA. JCA Executive Direc-tor Myron Flagler and former President Steve Sherman were elected to the JCCA board while former President Kenneth B. Jacobs was re-elected to a second term.

In February 2012, the JCA presented the first Jacksonville Jewish Film Festival. The event showcased Jewish-themed films and gave Jacksonville film buffs

a chance to interact with produc-ers, directors and an expert on the American Jewish experience on film.

Films included “A Matter of Size,” “Restoration,” “My So-Called Enemy” and “Sholem Alechiem: Laughing in the Dark-ness.”

The 15th annual Jewish Book Festival, held for two weeks in November, attracted hundreds of participants attending the vari-ous events. There was a wide and interesting variety of books by Jewish authors, including Myla Goldberg (“The False Friend”), Kathy Kacer (“Restitution – A Family’s Fight for Their Heritage Lost in the Holocaust”), Marc Agronin, (“How We Age – A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old”) and Kenneth Ginsburg (“Letting Go with Love and Confidence, Raising Respon-sible, Resilient, Self-Sufficient Teens in the 21st Century.”)

The Patrons’ Reception fea-tured Jenny Anderson and Paula Szuchman, authors of “Spouso-nomics – Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage and Dirty Dishes.”

The Vandroff Art Gallery offers local artists and photogra-phers the opportunity to exhibit their work to a large audience of JCA members and nonmembers. Group shows included the Jack-sonville Watercolor Society, the Art Guild of Orange Park and the Jacksonville Camera Club

The JCA Concert Series

presented free performances by prize-winning musicians from the Young Concert Artists Series in-cluding pianist Benjamin Moser, violinist Benjamin Beilman and clarinetist Narek Arutyunian.

The JCA Film Series showed a film of Jewish interest every month. Films included “A Film Unfinished,” “Eyes Wide Open,” “Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance,” “Lebanon,” “Fighter,” “For My Father,” “Encounter Point,” “Praying with Lior,” and “Imagine This.”

Most of these films had not been shown in Jacksonville, and the JCA gave an opportunity to see award-winning films of Jew-ish and Israeli content that would otherwise not be available.

Throughout the year, we hosted “Live from New York…” simulcasts featuring appearances by U.S. diplomat John R. Bolton, economist Lawrence Summers and Middle East envoy George Mitchell.

The Early Childhood Educa-tion Department presented its 3rd Annual Early Childhood Sym-posium: “The Whole Child – Fit Mind & Body.”

More than 400 members of all ages attended the Annual JCA Chanukkah Party. Our famous hotdog and latke dinner was served. The JCA Theater of Youth sang traditional Chanukkah songs. Parents and children participated in a variety of hands-on activi-ties such as craft projects, dreidel playing, Maccabbi games, and cookie decorating. New toys were collected and donated to JFCS to be distributed to needy families.

More than 300 members enjoyed a festive meal, songs and crafts for the children at the Pizza in the Hut Sukkot Family Cel-ebration in October.

Members and guests celebrated a night of “La Dolce Vita” in the agency’s fifth annual Dinner and After Party fund-raiser.

The Traditions Cart is a per-manent fixture in the JCA lobby. The children of the Michele Block Gan Yeladim Preschool help create the cart projects focusing on the holidays of the Jewish calendar. The cart has succeeded in teaching Jews and non-Jews the significance of our holidays.

Valued Member events, which are free for members, included an October Hoedown and a Sweet-hearts Cabaret in February.

J Institute programs offered over the past year ranged from

vermiculture to belly dancing to lunch with cookbook author Sheilah Kaufman.

Classes are offered in pottery, drawing, oil painting, watercolor and mixed media.

The JCA offers a wide variety of programs to enhance the physi-cal, emotional and psychological well-being of our members and the community at large. Programs included Sit and Get Fit, monthly health lectures which are free and open to the community, yoga, nutrition seminars, senior stretch and tone, blood pressure screen-ings, and senior lunch and learn programs.

Building teen and youth involvement is developing at the JCA, especially in our Sports & Recreation Department, Theater Department and the Youth Ser-vices Department. We are able to provide programming and many activities for our youth popula-tion utilizing an interdepartmental approach to program development with an emphasis on social activi-ties, educational programs, the arts, volunteerism and sports.

The Youth Services Depart-ment’s Break Away Day program, which provides care on days when schools are closed for K-6 grades, serviced over 1,000 students.

A very successful continuing program for teens is Jacksonville Teens Volunteer with projects at the Jacksonville Zoo, River Garden Hebrew Home, Dignity U Wear and Mandarin Museum/Walter Jones Historical Park.

Our Theatre Department has evolved from a youth services de-partment program to a department that serves members of all ages.

We continued to entertain and

educate over 20,000 elementary school children with our Magic Wardrobe series. Each show in this repertory-style program fol-lows the educational curriculum of the Duval, Clay and St. Johns county school systems.

Our JCA Youth and Teen Basketball Leagues had 30 teams and almost 225 participants ranging in ages from 4 to 18 and 32 volunteer coaches. The JCA Select Basketball Teams (co-ed), ages ranging from 10-15, had 30 players participate. Youth Soccer had 103 players age 4-12 and 12 volunteer coaches. Flag Football had 125 players and 16 volunteer coaches.

The JCA Sports & Recreation Department offered a variety of preschool, elementary, and middle school sports clinics ranging from basketball, baseball, soccer, girls’ only sports, lacrosse, floor hockey, etc.

The Aquatics Department ran year-round swim lessons in private and group settings for ages 12 months to adults. The Aquatics Department also offered Swim Team, Red Cross CPR for com-munity, CPR for the professional rescuer and lifeguarding.

The JCA Tennis Department offered a variety of private and group lessons for ages 4-18.

The JCA Fitness Department saw a rise in JCA teen members utilizing personal training over the past year. Participants in the Weigh to Wellness program lost more than 500 pounds. And the Fitness Center began a monthly program for members that focuses on a fitness topic.

Senior adults enjoyed a variety

JCA continues to grow, change and strengthen

The annual lighting of the JCA menorah at Chanukah

JCA’s annual Purim parade hits the hallways. See JCA, p. 19


River Garden enters its 66th year as a strong mission-driven Jewish community resource with an unwavering commitment to excellence in elder care programs services. As a five-time recipient of the prestigious “Florida Gover-nor’s Gold Seal Award for Excel-lence in Long-Term Care,” River Garden is the only freestanding skilled nursing facility in the state to have been so recognized.

River Garden continues to prepare for the future of seniors in our Northeast Florida Jewish community. Over these next 20 years, almost 80 million baby boomers will transition to seniors and the cumulative effect this age tsunami will place on our na-tion’s healthcare system will be felt for generations. As the future now begins to unfold, we are positioning our care resources to remain responsive and relevant to meeting senior care needs through enhanced and expanded home and community-based programs and services.

In January 2011 ground was broken on our new 10,000-square-foot two-story addition allowing us to further develop outpatient therapy programs, adult day care and home healthcare services to the entire community. We also expanded our admissions suite, home health, pharmacy, medical clinic, medical records, nursing and conference areas. As of this writing, we are refurbishing our entire 22-year-old skilled nursing facility. Our projects are sched-uled for completion the end of 2012.

March 2012 brought the 66th anniversary celebration of the home and the annual meeting of River Garden Senior Services. Mark Lodinger entered his second term as president of River Garden Hebrew Home. Continuing board presidents: Ron Elinoff of River Garden Senior Services, Donald

Romo of The Coves and Shel-don Gendzier of The Albert Z. Fleet Geriatric Training Center at River Garden. Stacie Wilf, after four years of tireless dedication as president of the River Garden Foundation Board, passed the baton to Veronica Maybury.

River Garden Foundation’s $7 million Capital Campaign titled, Building Our Future - Together, is chaired by Susan DuBow and Sandy Zimmerman and spear-headed by honorary chairs David and Linda Stein. The capital campaign is funding the building expansion and refurbishment to better meet the needs of residents and their families. The capital campaign now stands at $6.2 mil-lion in pledges.

Thanks to the efforts of the River Garden Foundation, this year’s 19th Annual River Garden Gala, Mission: Possible, contin-ued the tradition of excellence. Co-Chaired by Dorothy Verstan-dig and Maxine Romo, the gala raised significant funds in support of indigent resident care at River Garden. River Garden is grateful and proud to have partnered with SunTrust Bank as Premier Gala sponsor.

The Albert Z. Fleet Geriatric Training Center, our not-for-profit Florida licensed post-secondary school that trains students to be-come certified nursing assistants, and endowed through a generous grant by The Albert Z. Fleet Trust, continues to make it possible for River Garden to train the next generation of geriatric caregivers. Funding for The Albert Z. Fleet Geriatric Training Center is pro-vided in part through the annual River Garden Foundation Golf Classic chaired by Mark Lodinger and Michael Price. Thank you to Janne and Jody Brandenburg and Hardage-Giddens Funeral Homes and Cemeteries for partnering with us as title sponsors.

The Coves independent living retirement community on the River Garden campus continues to offer elegant, yet affordable liv-ing in 80 one- and two-bedroom garden apartments. The Coves members benefit from having pri-ority access to the River Garden Home, along with access to the many outpatient services available through our Home Health Agency.

River Garden Senior Services board, along with the caring com-munity that supports our work, is committed to remaining focused on our mission of senior care programming to the frail elderly in our community. We continue to affirm the values that have sus-tained and nourished our agency for the past 66 years – River Gar-den is a care community where everybody is a somebody and the life of each resident entrusted to our care is honored and valued.

River Garden is grateful to the community for its ongoing support of the home; and to our agency partners and synagogues for their collective work in devel-oping and maintaining a strong and vibrant Jacksonville Jewish community. We are grateful to be a beneficiary of the Jewish Fed-eration of Jacksonville. A com-munity that works together grows together and helps to ensure the future for generations to come.

ANNUAL REPORT: RIVER GARDEN SENIOR SERVICES

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Stacie Wilf – for her service as President of River Garden Foundation

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ANNUAL REPORT: JEWISH FEDERATION OF JACKSONVILLE

Each year the Jewish Federa-tion of Jacksonville selects re-cipients of its leadership awards. These are the Joe P. Safer Com-munity Services Award and the Ilene Sari Selevan Young Leader-ship Award.

The recipient of this year’s Joe P. Safer Award is Guy Benrubi. The recipients of this year’s Ilene Sari Selevan award are Risa Her-man and Dan Jaffa.

Guy Benrubi will receive the Joe P. Safer Community Service Award for his volunteer work on behalf of Jewish Family & Com-munity Services and Federation. He is a past president of both organizations. He, like the man for whom the award is named, has had the best interests of the entire Jewish community evident in his leadership roles for this Jewish community.

Both Risa Herman and Dan Jaffa will receive the Ilene Sari Selevan Young Leadership Award for their outstanding volunteer work on behalf of Federation. Herman is campaign chair of Fed-eration’s Women’s Division and has been active in many aspects of Federation over many years. Jaffa has co-chaired Super Sunday these past two years and plays an active role on the Young Leader-ship Steering Committee.

Federation and other agency awards are presented at the June 7 annual meeting for the Jewish Community Alliance, JFCS, River Garden, the Jewish Foundation and Federation.

To RSVP for the annual meet-ing, please call Debby Emerson at 448-5000 ext. 201.

Dan Jaffa

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Guy Benrubi

Federation leadership awards go to Benrubi, Herman and Jaff a

On Thursday, June 7, the com-munity is invited to attend the annual meeting we share with the Jewish Community Foundation of Northeast Florida, Jewish Com-munity Alliance, Jewish Family & Community Services and the River Garden Hebrew Home. We are the only community in North America holding such an event. Please come out and join us the evening of the 7th to help honor the offi cers and board members of our organizations and the recipi-ents of the various agency awards.

In this issue of the Jacksonville Jewish News, we read of some of the accomplishments of the agen-cies. It can never be overstated just how effective these Jewish agencies are and how much they

add to the quality of life in our community! Each of these agen-cies is recognized throughout the country by national organiza-tions for their excellence. Every measurement taken fi nds that Jacksonville’s organized Jewish community excels in taking care of its people. We have much to be thankful for, and we are proud of the partnerships shared and the work accomplished together.

At Federation we, too, have set standards that receive top marks from our national organization, the Jewish Federations of North America. Our overseas missions, the programming of both the Women’s and Young Leadership divisions, and the Jacksonville Jewish News are recognized as Lion of Judah’s event provides an Israel experience.

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Federation: More people, more connected more dollarsmodels by other federations. And, we are the model Jewish Federa-tion when it comes to nurturing relationships among the major local recipient organizations and synagogues. No one does this better!

Throughout this year, our board of directors has engaged in a process to learn where we would like to set our priorities in the coming years. The challenges of recent years, including a dif-fi cult economic environment for fundraising, and a desire to ensure that we are doing all we should be doing to best serve the com-munity, have led us to move in a direction that will include:

More People. More Connected. More Dollars.

We want to reach as many people in our Jewish community as possible and provide every individual with the opportunity to be involved. Our Shalom Jack-sonville program is one excellent example of an outreach program, and we will be looking for more ways to reach more people.

As the organization that sup-ports every agency and synagogue in our Jewish community, we want our federation to help connect us, making our community stronger, and also to build ties with Jewish communities around the world. We will deepen our relationship with our Israel Partnership community of Hadera, as one example, and will also make more effective use of the Jewish News, our website, Facebook and email blasts, all with the intention to share with the community the work of our agen-cies and federation.

We want to raise as much money as possible to support the great work being done by our benefi ciary agencies. To do that, we will focus on being as effi cient as possible in our administrative efforts and bringing new think-ing and innovation to our annual

campaign. In addition, in partner-ship with the Jewish Foundation, we will build our planned giving capabilities.

We want to express our sincere appreciation to the members of the board and to the federation staff. The partnership shared by our professionals and volunteers is something of which we can be extremely pleased.

We can never say “thank you” enough to our donors! We look forward to working with you over the course of the coming years. We will build on our successes and achieve signifi cantly more with your continued support.

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ANNUAL REPORT: JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Andrea Mail has served on the Foundation board since July 2009 and, in January 2011, co-chaired with Ellen Rosner the successful community Create a Jewish Leg-acy celebration. She is a member of the CJL Steering Committee, chair of the Donor Recognition/Programming Committee and assisted with planning other CJL events. In addition she serves on the board of the Jewish Federa-tion of Jacksonville and chairs its Electronic Media Task Force.

A supporter of Jewish educa-tion, Andrea received the 2008 Jacksonville Jewish Center Synagogue Volunteer of the Year award. She volunteers at Martin

J. Gottlieb Day School and serves on its 50th Anniversary Celebra-tion committee. Andrea was the executive director of British Friends of the Hebrew University, a rotary scholar to the Hebrew University and a Wexner Scholar to Hebrew Union College.

She shared, “Being involved with Create a Jewish Legacy and the Foundation is how I help to ensure that my dream of a more inclusive Jewish community becomes reality.”

Since July 2010, Ellen Ros-ner has served on the Founda-tion board and, in January 2011, co-chaired with Andrea Mail the

successful community Create a Jewish Legacy celebration. She is an active member of the CJL Steering Committee and also serves on the boards of the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville and Jewish Family & Community Services.

A graduate of South Texas College of Law, Ellen dedicates her time and energy to helping Jewish causes. She was president of Martin J. Gottlieb Day School PTA and the Jacksonville re-gion National Council of Jewish Women, and served on the board of the Jacksonville Jewish Center synagogue for many years.

When asked about her hopes

for CJL, Ellen replied, “Everyone should feel proud of what they give. It feels good when you do your part, whatever the amount.

Others aren’t going to support our organizations – we have to. Endowment funds are crucial. Foundation makes it easy.”

Mail, Rosner receive JFNA 2011 Endowment Achievement Award

Andrea Mail Ellen Rosner

State of the Foundation: Our Create a Jewish Legacy program continues to be at the forefront of Foundation’s focus and the heart and soul of the organization.

As we begin year four of CJL, we look back to measure success. Of the JFNA CJL pilot communi-ties nationwide, Jacksonville is the only community to receive the maximum available competitive grant for all of the three consecu-tive years we were a pilot.

Collaborative community effort: Foundation’s partner syna-gogues and Jewish agencies are working collaboratively, in the true spirit of community, stating with one voice, “Create a Jew-ish Legacy. Please remember the Jewish community in your will and estate plan.”

Foundation President Mark Green and his wife Nancy hosted a brunch during which Mark thanked volunteers who helped with our community CJL Donor Recognition event and participated in focus groups. We evaluated CJL progress and de-veloped community and internal strategies. Together, our agencies and synagogues participated in a CJL Strategic Planning process to ensure the momentum of the program continues through year three and after the pilot.

Notable quotes: Mark Green, Foundation president and CJL Steering Committee member, had this to say, “I feel the creation of a strong foundation is essential to the continuity of our Jewish agen-cies and synagogues and their ability to serve our children and our children’s children. By main-taining a strong foundation, we will provide a continued stream of funding to our synagogues and agencies. This worthwhile cause will benefit generation after gen-eration. What better legacy could we create?”

Since initiating CJL in July

2007, Richard Sisisky, past Foun-dation president, continues to lead the charge as chair of our com-munity CJL program and Steering Committee. “We achieve phil-anthropic immortality when we decide to leave a bequest in our will or, in some other way, con-tribute to or establish a permanent endowment fund that will benefit Jewish causes for the future,” explained Sisisky. “Our commit-ment to provide for the continued sustainability and growth of our agencies and synagogues long after we are gone is our Jewish legacy.”

Creating Jewish legacies: Over 400 individuals advised us they will remember Jewish causes in their wills and estate plans. 233 declared their intent to create a Jewish legacy; others advised that, prior to CJL, they designated something in their will to Jewish causes and/or gave cash gifts to Jewish endowment funds.

Thank you: On behalf of the Jewish community, “Thank you for creating your Jewish legacy.” Imagine what we will accomplish together by including Jewish causes in our wills and estate plans.

Mel Fruit, Foundation vice president and long time board member, stated, “The best thing we can do is not tell the next generation what to do … Instead, leave for them the building blocks to grow on and leave it in their hands.”

Youth philanthropy impact: 226 youth philanthropists have established philanthropic funds from which they make distribu-tions to Jewish causes they wish to support. Cumulatively last year, B’nai Tzedek youth philanthro-pists distributed $7,174 to Jewish causes in Northeast Florida. Yasher Koach, well done.

Success: When Foundation was incorporated in 1995, there

was very little in Jewish organiza-tional endowment funds. To date, $52 million is owned, managed or has been designated through current and future charitable gift giving methods to Foundation for Jewish causes.

CJL success: Since CJL’s inception in Jacksonville, 233 individuals declared their intent to create Jewish legacies. Through CJL, nearly $19 million in future legacy gifts were promised to the Jewish community, and we have only begun. Where the gift amount is unknown, Foundation uses the national bequest average of $50,000.

Facts: Statistically, we will know of only three out of eight bequest gifts during the lifetimes of the donors. When those who did not plan to include Jewish causes in their wills were asked why not, the No. 1 one reason given was, “No one ever asked me.” Through CJL, we are asking.

Promises to plans: Many indi-viduals who signed declarations of intent have completed legacy plans with the help of the Founda-tion. Foundation ensures that your intent to support causes meaning-ful to you is always honored.

Who will benefit: Endowment funds will benefit these Jewish causes, the Jewish community and generations to come: Beth El - the Beaches Synagogue, Con-gregation Ahavath Chesed (The Temple), Etz Chaim Synagogue, Jacksonville Jewish Center, Jew-ish Federation of Jacksonville, Jewish Community Alliance, Jewish Family & Community Ser-vices and River Garden Hebrew Home.

How does the community benefit: If we converted $52 mil-lion into cash today, and our synagogues and agencies collec-tively received just 5 percent of this balance each year, they would have $2.6 million to help meet the needs of members of our com-munity.

Foundation grants: From March 31, 2011, through March 31, 2012, Foundation distributed nearly $743,000 to qualified char-ities. More than $505,000 was distributed to Jewish nonprofits.

What could be funded: Trans-portation and quality nursing home care for older adults, Jewish education and scholarships, hope and comfort during difficult times, food for the hungry, relocation for Jews living in harm’s way, social and spiritual programming, and more are available to mem-bers of our community through Foundation partners. Imagine the exponential effects of adding just one more donor.

Simple process: Foundation as-sists individuals with confidential

charitable gift planning services. Donors establish funds in a way that is meaningful to them.

Every gift counts: Consider the cumulative effect. As Foundation grows, so will endowment funds available to ensure the financial viability of our partners.

Foundation safeguards invested funds: An Investment Oversight Committee, comprised of investment savvy local Jewish individuals with a passion for the cause under guidance of a professional money manager and approval of the board, safeguards donated funds.

Managed assets perform well: For each investment mix, funds invested with Foundation have performed well against indices and benchmarks for one-year, three-year and five-year periods. We feel confident we are doing an excellent job for those who instill their trust in Foundation.

Special thanks: Thank you to our donors, volunteers, lay leaders and partner organizations for helping to accomplish our

collective goals. Thank you to our community CJL Steering Com-mittee, the Foundation Board, and partner professionals and boards for your efforts to ensure success with our collaborative CJL pro-gram. To our seven community angels, “We could not have come this far without you.” To those who are creating Jewish legacies, “The future is in your hands and looking brighter each day.”

Create your Jewish legacy: Ensure that those causes you feel passionate about today - causes you have nurtured and cared for during your lifetime - will have the benefit of your giving for the future. Contact the Foundation at 394-0720 for a confidential conversation.

What will you build? Whom will you teach? What will you plant? Create your Jewish legacy for causes you care about. Togeth-er we will secure a vibrant future for our Jewish community and the generations that will follow us.

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“Count off: 1, 2, 3….44.” Taking count was a regular task when MJGDS students visited Chicago the last week in April. Moving through Chicago at lightning-fast speed, the students saw a lot in a short time. Day 1 in Chicago, the students started off at Lincoln Park Zoo, had some fun at Whirly Ball, and enjoyed the Ferris wheel and a speed boat tour of Chicago at the U.S. Navy pier.

Day 2 was fi lled with the Holocaust museum in Skokie, the Shedd Aquarium and the Skydeck on top of Sears Tower, now known as the Willis Tower. There was a quick stop in front of the United Center for the boys to take a picture in front of the Michael Jordon statue, which was a high-light for many of them. The evening was spent at Wrigley Field watching the Cubs win against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Day 3, students helped at the G’mach in Chicago stocking food, sorting out clothing and doing whatever was asked of

them. G’mach is a Hebrew acronym for g’milus chasadim, meaning acts of loving kindness.

In practice, a g’mach is a service offering various services and merchan-dise to those who need them most – at no cost. A g’mach is one of the biggest ways of showing loving kindness. At the Chicago Chesed Fund, it’s the variety of g’machs they offer that has turned their 44,000-square-foot warehouse into a free department store for those in need.

Afterward, the sixth and seventh grad-ers were taken to the airport to head home while the eighth-grade class stayed on for another packed two days. The eighth grad-ers experienced a Segway nighttime tour of Chicago, celebrated Yom HaAtzmaut in downtown Chicago, visited the bean statue at Millenium Park and explored the Museum of Science and Industry.

Middle School students at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School visit three cities in three years: Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York. Students learn so much

on these trips, while having a lot of fun. “They don’t even realize learning is taking place,” shares an eighth-grade parent. A

Yasher Koach (thank you) to Edith Horo-vitz who planned the trip, arranging for kosher dining, hotels and experiences.


“Is my child ready for kinder-garten?” This is a common ques-tion our teachers and I are asked every year at this time. It is one that I refl ect on prior to answer-ing. I begin by talking about what it means to be ready for “the big school.”

Baby Center.com states, “Experts say no single or simple factor determines whether a child is ready for kindergarten. Instead, a child’s development needs to be evaluated on several fronts. His ability to think logically, speak clearly, and interact well with other children and adults are all critically important to success in school. A child’s physical development also needs to be considered. In real-ity, very few children are equally competent in all these areas. Many children who are advanced mentally may lag behind emo-tionally, while children who are extremely adept physically may be slower in terms of language development. But most early child-hood educators agree that a child’s brain development is the most important gauge of readiness for kindergarten. In other words, your child may be small for his age, and lagging behind other kids socially and physically, but if his language, thinking, and perceptual skills are in place, then he’ll probably do well in kindergarten.”

Every day at the JJC Preschool we work with all our students in an effort to nurture their curiosity and enrich their experiences. Our small

class approach allows our teachers to develop strong bonds with each child. Our teachers prepare engag-ing, challenging and discovery-based lessons tailored to the needs and interests of their students.

One of my favorite profes-sors often said, “The magic is in the journey.” In preschool we work with parents to build a solid, social, emotional, physical and academic foundation for our cuties, steeped in Jewish values and traditions. So, when a parent asks me if their child is ready for kindergarten, together we look through the child’s portfolio and discuss their developmental gains as documented by the teachers.

I am proud to say that our Tzeeporim (VPK) classes leave us ready and eager to begin their formal education journey. They have practiced and learned how to share and work within a group, developed self-help skills and the confi dence to clearly state, “I can do that by myself.”

By SHEREEN CANADYJJC Preschool Director

The Jacksonville Jewish Center’s Camp Ki Tov will be kicking off our summer season in just a couple of weeks, but there is still limited space available for what will be Camp Ki Tov’s best summer yet. Camp Ki Tov has been providing fun, positive, and safe programming in a Jewish setting for over 50 years. Located on over 35 acres of the Jackson-ville Jewish Center, Camp Ki Tov offers a ton of great program-ming – indoors and outdoors – for children of all ages.

Our outdoor facilities include an Olympic-sized swimming pool, tennis courts, soccer fi elds, a basketball court, a baseball diamond, a Gaga pit, as well as a gazebo and picnic tables for out-door bunk programming. Our in-

door facilities offer opportunities for quiet indoor games, as well as drama, arts and crafts, music, dance and many other activities. Ki Tov is the only camp in the area that offers weekly sessions and has the fun of a sleep-away camp in a day camp setting.

Our camp, under the leader-ship of Stephanie Teitelbaum, also offers a Camp Rishonim Preschool program, under the leadership of Shereen Canady. The preschool program is a perfect complement to those little ones looking to continue their learning and exploring that they regularly experience in preschool during the summer months. A daily kosher lunch is provided at camp, along with morning and afternoon snacks.

Additionally, Camp Ki Tov goes on weekly fi eld trips on

Thursdays based on the weekly theme of each session. We will be offering the following themes for summer 2012: week 1: time trav-elers; week 2: under the big top; week 3: Hawaiian hullabaloo; week 4: superheroes and emer-gency services; week 5: Nickel-odeon days; week 6: out of this world (space); week 7: Olympics; week 8: best of the best - Camp KiTov Rocks!

For more information about camp or to sign up, please contact Stephanie Teitelbaum at 268-4200 ext. 143 or [email protected], Shereen Canady at [email protected], or Rabbi Olitzky at [email protected].

We are looking forward to an incredible summer at Camp Ki Tov - where lifelong memories are made.

By Jacksonville Jewish CenterTzeeporim class kindergarten bound

Martin J. Gott lieb Day School visits the Windy City

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ANNUAL REPORT: JEWISH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES

For nearly 100 years, Jewish Family & Community Services has provided for those most in need in the Jewish tradition of helping people help themselves. We have provided social ser-vices for the young at heart to the most experienced hearts, all to strengthen the entire community. As the year is coming to an end, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on the wonderful partner-ships we’ve developed and the lives that we’ve touched through our programs.

Last July, we offered our ever popular 8 Notes of Summer programs, sponsored by the Ben Gottlieb Family. We facilitated this program in five senior living facilities.

In August, we began the year with kickoff plans for the PJ Library. Developed and funded by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, with local funding by the DuBow Family Foundation and the Sam Berman Charitable Foundation, we mail free, high-quality Jewish children’s literature and music to children of families raising Jewish children from ages 6 months to 8 years old. We held our annual Jewish Healing Network Volun-teer Appreciation Event honoring the volunteers who make visits to those who are ill or shut in. Partnering with the JFCS in West Palm Beach, we began providing services to Holocaust survivors with Claims Conference funding.

As the new school year started, Congregation Ahavath Chesed do-nated carloads of school supplies to our foster children and Achiev-ers for Life students. The Jewish Educational Loan Fund, in part-nership with JFCS, was pleased to provide seven interest-free college loans to Jewish students.

During the High Holidays, JFCS’ Feed A Needy Neighbor

Program received truckloads of nonperishable items thanks to the generosity of congregants from the Temple, Beth El, Beth Shalom and the Jacksonville Jew-ish Center. Without their support, hundreds of families would have gone hungry. In addition to the community support, the Block Family provided Winn-Dixie and Wal-Mart gift cards to hundreds of families to purchase food for their bare pantry shelves.

As the hot hazy days of sum-mer turned into the cool crisp days of fall, JFCS entered a time of festivity and excitement. In Oc-tober, after a nationwide search, Colleen Rodriguez was selected as JFCS’s executive cirector. Colleen has been with the agency 14 years, most recently as interim executive director.

At the end of October we held a luncheon, hosted by Michael Donziger, David Robbins and David Stein, at Epping Forest for businessmen in the community to help educate them about JFCS and its programs and services.

The agency also saw great celebrations of Sukkot within the JFCS Culture Club. In November, volunteers were recognized for their service to the Jewish Healing Network at the Bikkur Cholum Shabbat. The Jacksonville Jewish Center, Congregation Ahavath Chesed and Beth Shalom partici-pated in honoring individuals for fulfilling the mitzvah of Bikkur Cholim. The amount of time they commit to visiting those who are sick and those in need is immea-surable.

Koleinu, a forum for educa-tion, resources and social interac-tion for parents of Jewish children with special needs, presented the movie, “Praying with Lior,” a story of courage and inclusion, at Congregation Ahavath Chesed. Partnering with the JCA, we spon-sored Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, a noted pediatrician, who discussed his book, “Letting Go With Love & Confidence,” providing parent-ing tips to families with teenagers.

For our Holiday Gift Giving Program, contributions of toys, clothing and funds were again donated to make the holiday sea-son special for those in our Child Safety, Prevention, Achievers for Life programs and seniors. These gifts might have been the only ones they would receive.

In December, we mailed a

communitywide distribution of PJ Library enrollment packages. To date, 225 families are enrolled. We presented our third annual 8 Notes of Hanukkah, a musi-cal program at six senior living facilities.

As JFCS entered 2012, the Jewish Services Department was busy with our Alexandra Miller Speaker Series. Our guest speaker was Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, the executive director of the Jewish Outreach Institute in New York City and Rabbi Jesse Olitzky’s (Jacksonville Jewish Center) father. Rabbi Olitzky educated over 100 members of the medical and Jewish communities on issues surrounding addiction.

Also in January, JFCS held a Women’s Event at Seasons 52 for over 80 women who were there to learn more about JFCS. The host committee included Caren Appel, Cecilia Cristol, Jackie Goldman, Francine Kempner, Andrea Mail, Kim Robbins, Jeanine Rogozin-ski, Ellen Rosner, Fran Selevan and Tammy Shumer.

On March 1, the agency hon-ored Iris Young, executive direc-tor of JFCS for over 27 years, for her many years of service to the community and to JFCS. A beau-tiful dinner was held at Epping Forest and included many past presidents as speakers who told of their tenure and stories of Iris. The room was filled with a sold out crowd. Thank you to everyone who attended.

March continued to buzz with celebrations of Purim. The JCA Youth Group, and the students of the Martin J. Gottlieb Middle School and Kehillah Chadashah baked hamentaschen with resi-dents of Sunrise Senior Living. A second showing of “Praying with Lior” was held at the JCA. Parents and children with special needs attended the movie. Char-lotte Temple, advocacy director at The ARC led a discussion. In observance of Passover, JFCS worked with the students of the Martin J. Gottlieb Middle School to fulfill our annual agency tradi-tion of holding a Model Seder at Mt. Carmel. Through the Kosher Kart program, JFCS provided over 50 bags of Kosher for Pass-over food to families.

In April the Jewish Services Department welcomed Karen Susman as the new Jewish Heal-ing Network Coordinator. JFCS

continued to collaborate with the Block Family to coordinate the Block Family Food Chal-lenge during April and May, whereby monetary contributions were matched to benefit the Feed A Needy Neighbor Program. Advance Directive workshops, fa-cilitated by Jewish Services’ case managers, were presented to St. Vincent employees and cospon-sored by JFCS and Eldersource in partnership with Congregation Ahavath Chesed. We also kicked off Hear-O-Israel, a support group for those with hearing loss.

In June, we look forward to our new board members joining us: Caren Appel, Danny Beren-berg, Stuart Klein, Blanche Koe-gler, Sue Levine, Robert Morgan, Judy Poppell, Rabbi Avi Schochet and Vanessa Solomon. We say

goodbye to board members Lau-ren Block, Harvey Ditker, Helen Dubow and Sara Green, who gave of their time and expertise in ser-vice to the families and individu-als of JFCS. We thank you for all you have given to JFCS.

JFCS closes another year of great accomplishments through meaningful partnerships and col-laborations with agencies, syna-gogues, businesses, families and friends. Without so many of you, JFCS could not honor its goal to fully meet the needs of the Jew-ish community while providing significant services to the broader community in the Jewish tradition of Tikkun Olam. Together, we all make our own community a better place.

Thank you – Colleen Lloyd Rodriguez, executive director

Raven Transport Inc. is a privately owned transportation company that has been doing business in Jacksonville since 1985. Operating an entire fleet of state-of-the-art equipment, meeting a variety of trucking and transportation needs throughout the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Northeast, they are proud of their experienced drivers and their award-winning service record. And now they have a new award, of which to be proud.

JFCS announces that Raven Transport has been selected for the 2011-2012 Volunteer of the Year award. They faithfully do-nate a truck and drivers’ time and energy and a dedication of service to our Winn-Dixie Emergency Food Pantry.

On the second Tuesday of every month, Raven provides a tractor-trailer and a driver for our use all day, or for as many hours as we need it, and at no cost to us. They go to the Winn-Dixie warehouse and pick up pallets of

nonperishable groceries for de-livery to the JFCS office located off Dupont Avenue. They do all the loading and unloading, and the driver, Larry Anderson, even brings a dolly from home to help with the unloading.

Raven assists JFCS in moving other products from one location to another when needed. When an over-shipment of pallets or cases of slightly damaged canned food is donated to us, they send a truck and driver. Or when they are called to pick up surplus from other food banks, such as Second Harvest, Raven always offers the food items to JFCS first for the Food Pantry.

Because we have no van or truck, Raven’s availability to pick up the thousands pounds of food that they bring to us each year, offers an invaluable resource and incomparable service.

Raven also has an employee community service commit-tee which raises money through various internal means to use for

worthy causes in our community; JFCS has long been on the list to receive donations through the employee group. The committee has contributed every year to the Feed a Needy Neighbor program and, on several occasions over the years, they also made up Thanksgiving food packets with everything a family would need to prepare a complete Thanksgiving dinner. Raven has also donated hundreds of dollars worth of gift cards for seniors at Christmas and Hanukkah time.

We are so grateful to Raven Transport and Steve Silverman, COO, for their unselfish commit-ment to taking care of those in need.

They are one very valu-able cog in the wheel, making it possible for the Winn-Dixie Emergency Food Pantry at JFCS to continue serving over 50,000 meals through our pantry in this last year alone. Thank you Raven Transport for your support and dedication.

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The Jacksonville Jewish Center Preschool celebrated the Bikkurim Festival with the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School students by wearing

white and donating canned fruit. We love learning about the Ten Commandments and living by them, too. The rules are followed not just at school but continue through the summer.

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They say that behind every good man is a good woman. One could argue that behind every strong synagogue is a strong sisterhood. This would defi nitely be true for Congregation Ahavath Chesed (The Temple).

On May 11 the Temple celebrated Sisterhood Shab-bat, installing the new offi cers of WRJ Temple Sisterhood and recognizing those past leaders who were completing their term in offi ce. Past-President Celeste Danos concluded her term and said, “One of the most touching moments of my presidency was watching the Youth Torah, created by Temple families and crafted by sisterhood’s own Heidi Ruff and Phyllis Stein-Wood, being un-rolled for the fi rst time. Seeing the congregation, young and not so young, connected by the threads of this Torah brought great joy to my heart.”

Danos handed off the presiden-cy to Co-Presidents Susan Board and Rhoda London, both of whom have a long personal and family history with sisterhood. Board is following in the footsteps of her mother, who served as sisterhood president in Pine Bluff, Ark., for many years.

London previously served as Temple Sisterhood president from 2004 to 2006. “I’m excited to be recycled as co-president with

Susan and look forward to work-ing with our talented, enthusiastic volunteers,” she said.

Temple is more vibrant thanks to the efforts and contributions of its sisterhood including its Women’s Seder with proceeds going to Hubbard House, youth scholarships for school and camp, the Temple Braille Group, care packages for Jewish military personnel, support for the Wurn Family Library, Feed A Needy Neighbor and more!

Temple’s Youth Torah was cre-ated by Temple families and crafted by sisterhood members Heidi Ruff and Phyllis Stein-Wood.

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The doors to the magnifi -cent Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower opened March 19 to welcome the fi rst patients. The tower will be formally dedicated at Hadassah’s Centennial Con-vention on Oct. 16. Before the patients arrived, a celebratory — and stirring — Moving-in Day Ceremony was held in the elegant three-story glass-enclosed atrium

that serves as the main entrance to the tower. Hadassah National President Marcie Natan presented the key to the tower to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. One of the highlights of the day was Emily Reaser’s (Mrs. Davidson’s grand-daughter) announcement of a matching gift up to $12.5 million to ensure the Davidson Hospital Tower is completed and fully equipped.

Jacksonville Hadassah is one

of 23 chapters in the Florida Central Region, which spans from Naples on the southwest coast up to Tallahassee. The Florida Central Region recently raised $36,000 to put its name on the Burn Unit Nurses’ Lounge in the new tower.

Israeli Prime Minister Benja-min Netanyahu will receive Ha-dassah’s Henrietta Szold Award on Thursday evening, Oct. 18, at the gala celebration that will close

the Centennial Convention in Jerusalem. It will cap three whirl-wind days of excitement, emotion and education, highlighted by the Oct. 16 dedication of the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower. For more information on this historic convention visit www.hadassah.org

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Approximately 20 women gathered at Marywood Retreat and Conference Center in Swit-zerland, Fla., for a weekend of relaxation, refl ection and spiritual renewal April 27-29. Participants arrived eager to welcome Shabbat in the company of other enthusi-astic women. Following dinner, services and a lovely Oneg, we engaged in an array of enjoyable activities including a Chinese auc-tion, karaoke and yoga.

Following Shabbat morn-ing services and Torah study, the day was fi lled with a variety of activities from arts and crafts to massages, a fi lm and discussion. As one of the weekend’s social action projects, everyone made adorable no-sew blankets for the children in Community PedsCare, a pediatric hospice program in

Jacksonville servicing children with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses. A second social action project involved collect-ing toiletries and arts and crafts supplies for Quigley House, a domestic violence and sexual as-sault shelter in Clay County.

Sunday morning brought us back together for one fi nal gathering, as we held our healing service and closing ceremony. We each took turns holding the Torah and shared our thoughts and feel-ings about the weekend, our lives and each other. Our retreat had come to an end and as we hugged one another goodbye, we left Marywood calmer, more at peace, closer to each other, closer to G-d and with a renewed sense of strength and purpose, so that we may all face whatever lies ahead. We hope that everyone will join us next year and experience the beauty of our Sisterhood Retreat.

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On April 19 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts Moran Theatre, Edith Ho-rovitz, MJGDS mitzvah project coordinator and middle school vice principal, was invited to the stage to receive the HandsOn Schools Award for service in the community. The following is an entry on the HandsOn Jax blog: “Martin J. Gottlieb Day School is a place where the culture of giv-ing back and community engage-ment has been cultivated for the past 16 years.”

While learning the impor-tance of service to others, the students are leaving their mark on our community. Their activi-ties include visiting hospitalized seniors, delivering food to the Jewish Family & Children Ser-

vices food pantry, working with special-needs students, serving breakfast at Clara White Mission, delivering Thanksgiving meals to the Malivai Washington Foun-dation’s clients, environmental cleanups and more.

The students of Martin J. Got-tlieb Day School spend two to three hours each week in vari-ous community acts of service. While they volunteer as a part of their school’s program, they use their free time preparing for various service projects. From senior citizens to special-needs students, many lives are enriched because of the dedication of these students, as the student’s lives are enriched through service to oth-ers. Congratulations to our middle school mitzvah program for inspiring others in our community to do good.


Twenty-one Jewish day schools came together in Jack-sonville at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School for edJEWcon, a ground-breaking conference designed to demonstrate to teams of day school educators how to implement a 21st-century approach to curriculum and instruction. The integration of technology and digital me-dia into teaching and learning are essential tools to engage all learners. This innovative conference raised the bar and showed the way for participants to acquire new understandings and gain needed skills. The conference, with just over 100 participants, reached an audi-ence on Twitter of over 100,000 in under 24 hours. Sponsored by the Avi Chai Foundation and the Schechter Day School Network, with guest keynote speakers, Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Angela Maiers, this conference was like no other. A Twitter feed, #edjew-con, contained over 1,000 tweets mentioning things learned; thanking MJGDS for this incred-

ible conference; and helping the schools and agencies in atten-dance, and those following the conference via Twitter, network with one another.

Jewish day schools of every denomination sent teams to participate in this unique learn-ing opportunity, in addition to representation from many major Jewish educational agencies. The schedule consisted of three packed days of track sessions, choice sessions, keynote speak-ers, and time in the blogger’s café for refl ection and sharing. Conference sessions were led by guest speakers and members of the MJGDS faculty, as well as a few MJGDS Middle School stu-dents. On the fi rst day, teams had time to learn about, and set up, the new tools they received at the conference: iPads, fl ip cameras and iPods.

The Martin J. Gottlieb Day School has been a leader in 21st Century Learning skills for the past two years, and now schools across the country are using MJGDS as a model. Thanks to the vision of Andrea Hernandez and Silvia Tolisano, MJGDS 21st

Century Learning specialists, and Head of School Jon Mitzmacher, edJEWcon was born, and Jew-ish day schools across North America are benefi tting from that vision. “My mind is atwit-ter. I’m all blogged out. And I can’t spend any more time in the app store. I’m uncomfortable, in brain pain, and petrifi ed of what I don’t know. And I couldn’t be more excited or invigorated about it,” said one edJEWcon attendee in a blog entry.

Andrea Hernandez, one of the conferences organizers and presenters concluded: “We often talk about 21st Century Learn-ing in terms of the skills needed to be successful in this tech-nological world. One of those important skills is collaboration. edJEWcon is collaboration at its best.”

Future plans include turning edJEWcon into a yearly profes-sional development opportu-nity and sharing the learning at national educational confer-ences and beyond the day school milieu.


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According to recent studies on childhood obesity, the current generation of American children may be the first to not outlive its parents.

The JCA, in partnership with JCC Association, the continental umbrella for the JCC movement, wants to do something about it.

Last year, JCC Association launched Discover: CATCH Early Childhood, a program for children ages 3 to 5 that seeks to nurture a love of physical activity and encourage them to develop life-long healthy eating habits. The program empha-sizes movement and fun, group games, gym and outdoor-time activities.

Six JCCs have piloted the program over the past year, and staffers at Jacksonville’s JCA

began program training in May. The JCA is one of seven Florida JCCs that will adopt the program, courtesy of a grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.

“CATCH will permeate our everyday activities and curricu-lum,” said ECE Director Theresa Levy. “We hope that students in our program understand from a young age how important it is to take care of their bodies by moving regularly and frequently, and making healthy food choices in appropriate portions. Recent brain research shows that gross motor movement increases cognitive functions. We hope that these healthy habits stay with children and their families, increasing their chances of hav-ing a healthy, long and fulfilling life.”

The original CATCH program was launched at the University of Texas, and a key collaborator

is Jared Fogle, the spokesperson for Subway. Fogle is the face of CATCH and Discover CATCH. Discover CATCH collabo-rates with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Initiative and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

According to Mark Horowitz, vice president, Early Childhood Education & Family Engagement at JCC Association, Discover CATCH incorporates physi-cal activities that escalate from moderate to vigorous, nutrition information, tips on how to get parents involved, and a context of Jewish values.

“Our Jewish texts make it very clear that we need to take care of our bodies,” he said. “We hope to teach wellness, fitness and nutrition in a meaningful way. It’s easier to create good health habits rather than change behavior as children get older.”

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RABBINICALLYSPEAKING

Never stop blessing our children

We begin the month of June with Parashat Naso,

the Torah portion of Naso, in which we learn about the priest’s role in An-cient Israel with re-gards to his relation-ship with the people. This parasha includes arguably the most famous of blessings, the priestly benediction. Chapter six of the book of numbers concludes with God telling Moses to instruct Aaron and his sons, the high priests, that they should bless the people of Israel as follows:

“May the Lord bless you and keep you! May the Lord deal kindly and graciously with you! May the Lord bestow God’s favor upon you and grant you peace!”

These words of blessing are referred to as a single blessing or benediction and yet they are really three separate blessings woven together: a blessing for protection, a blessing for kindness toward others as well as from others, and lastly a blessing of peace.

While this blessing is said regularly during services as part of the repetition of the Amidah or in more traditional contexts dur-ing duchenen on festivals, these words are familiar to so many

of us because they are the words we use to bless our children on Friday evening as we welcome in Shabbat. Although these words were reserved for ritual, exclu-

sively when Aaron blessed the entire nation, they are especially fi tting on the personal level as a blessing that parents offer a child. The real-

ity of parenting is that children become fi ercely independent way too quickly. This is true for the teenager with a driver’s license, the middle school student who no longer wants to hang out with her parents, or the elementary school student who prefers to do tasks on his own, even if done incorrectly. The same is even true for my own daughter who at just 19 months old insists on picking out her own outfi ts every day.

Such independence helps par-ents realize that we cannot protect our children from the challenges of the real world forever so we turn to God and pray.

We pray that God will con-tinue to protect them as they make mistakes, because we all make mistakes and, frankly, part of what it means to be indepen-dent is to make mistakes. Such protection gives children (and adults) the courage to try again after making mistakes. We pray

to God for kindness in hopes that the lessons we have taught our children, and ethics and values we have instilled in our children, will carry with them as they become more independent. Making deci-sions on their own, we pray that they will be kind to everyone, to never superfi cially judge another, and to always greet someone with a cheerful face. Additionally, we pray that others will be kind to our children.

There are no security blankets in the real world that we can cling to when we are frightened, and there are plenty of mean people that defl ate kindness. We pray that the kindness of our children ignites a spark in others, creating a cultural shift and making an effort for everyone to be kinder to each other. When this happens our fi nal prayer, a prayer for peace, will become a reality.

Never stop praying with your children. No matter how much they grow up or how old they get, you will always be there to pro-tect them, teach them kindness, and help them make peace in this world a reality. Let us recite these words of blessing as we bless our children every Shabbat and let us not be afraid to add our own per-sonal words of blessing as well. Let us never stop blessing our children because they bless our lives every day with everything that they do.

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For most of us, the summer months are a time to relax, catch up on our reading, spend time outdoors and just take a break from some of our day-to -day activities. However, for Shalom Jacksonville this is the season for newcomers. While many families move to this area all year long, we fi nd most arrive during the summer months.

To acquaint new people with our area, we are planning a couple of casual gatherings for newcomers and anyone else interested in making Jewish connections and learning more

about the general community. Our fi rst event will be held on Sunday, June 24, at 7 p.m. at the home of Yvonne Cohen, 1194 Cunningham Creek Drive (Julington Creek area). This is a wonderful opportunity for any-one new to the Jewish commu-nity to make connections with their neighbors and fi nd out the latest happenings around town. Summer salads and fruits will be served. Please RSVP to Isabel Balotin, 904-448-5000 x 206 or [email protected].

Shalom Jacksonville is a pro-gram of the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville and is sponsored by Florida Blue.

“If You See Something, Say Something” is the slogan for The Secure Community Network. This homeland security initiative of the Jewish Federations of North America and other major Jewish organizations alert our local Fed-eration of any suspicious activity in our area and the world. The slogan reminds us to be vigilant to any possible anti-Semitic situ-ations that might cause harm to our people and encourages us to report them to our local law en-forcement. We, at Federation take these reports seriously.

This phrase is very versatile.

By simply changing a word or two, one can make it applicable to hundreds of situations. For purposes of this article, I will customize it for Shalom Jackson-ville. It could read: If you meet someone, tell someone or if you meet someone, tell him/her about our Jewish community.

We meet new people daily: at work, at schools, at programs, even in our neighborhoods. When you fi nd out they are Jewish or newly interested in the Jewish community, ask them if they would mind your sharing their names with the federation. Then all you need to do is contact me and I will call them for further information. In the spirit of

cooperation, we share our list of unaffi liated families with all the local synagogues giving them an equal opportunity to reach out to newcomers.

The height of the season (an old Catskills’ expression) for newcomers begins in June and continues through the High Holidays. All I ask is that you be aware of new faces, new neigh-bors and campers who might be interested in our community. And by all means, welcome them warmly, let us know who they are so we can reach out to them and make them feel at home in their new comunity.

For more information, contact Isabel Balotin, 448-5000 x 206.

Jewish Java has been going strong for seven years. Each month brings regulars, newcom-ers and many people who are interested in making new friend-ships. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve lived in Jacksonville, you have an open invitation to join us anytime. Buy your fresh break-fast, a bagel, Danish or whatever. The coffee and tea are compli-ments of Marc Kahn, owner of Let’s Nosh. Mark your calendars now for the fi rst Wednesday of every month from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Let’s Nosh, 10950 San Jose Blvd. Our next Javas will be held on June 6 and July 11. Note we will not meet July 4.

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Jewish Foundation. Mark and his wife, Jill, were

recently married in Santa Fe, N.M., in a Western-themed ceremony. Mark’s daughter, Morgan, recently married Leo Roci, and is enrolled in physician assistant school at Berry College in Miami. Mark’s son, David, is graduating from the University of Florida with a degree in building construction, and will be joining the Stellar Company immediately after graduation.

Francine Trager Kempner, who will take over the presidency from Howard Caplan, is a Jack-sonville native, having graduated from Hendricks Avenue Elemen-tary School, Landon High School and The University of Florida.

Married to Jim Kempner, they have two children and four grandchildren. Daughter Merideth McEvoy lives in Ft. Lauderdale with her children, Avery and Mad-ison; son Peter lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with wife, Simone, and children Marley and Seeger.

Francine’s career started in retail working in her family’s business, the Pic N’ Save stores, for 26 years.

In 1998 Francine and Jim ap-proached the agency with the idea of hosting a dinner to benefi t the Feed A Needy Neighbor Program. Francine and Jim hosted dinners to benefi t FANN for many years, and friends of theirs kept asking to be invited back as the evening was so much fun. Not only would the Kempners get involved with FANN through these dinners, they have also continued to be one of our major contributors to make sure that everyone who came through our doors for assistance would not go away hungry.

In addition to serving on the board of Jewish Family & Com-munity Services for over 10 years, she has also served on the River Garden Gala Committee and as the River Garden Gala chair in 2004. Francine is a member of the board of the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville and has served on the executive committee and as treasurer in 2010. Francine also served as campaign chair and president of the Federation Women’s Division from 2005 to

2009.In addition to the above,

Francine is also a member of the Women’s Giving Alliance for the Community Foundation of Jacksonville and Congregation Ahavath Chesed.

Larry Appel continues with his second year as president of the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville.

Appel has tremendous experi-ence in retail, having worked at Winn-Dixie for nearly a decade and at Home Depot prior to that.

Prior to entering the corporate world, he was in private practice in Atlanta, predominantly with the King & Spalding law fi rm. He has vast experience in mergers and acquisitions; equity and debt fi -nancing; and other major business transactions.

Appel holds a bachelor of arts in government from the Univer-sity of Virginia and a doctor of jurisprudence from the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania, where he graduated Order of the Coif, an honor society for U.S. law school graduates.

Larry is married to Caren. They have three children: Re-becca, Molly and Michael.

her immense improvement to the stability of food/fl uid intake while in the Adult Day Program as well as Merline’s positive outlook in coming to River Garden to see her friends three days a week.

“I love River Garden, and it has done so much for my health. I like going to the doctor now since I’m so much better,” said Merline. “I’ve even quit smoking since I’ve been coming here, because I’m doing things I like to do. I love to help people and see people each day.”

Open seven days a week, Adult Day Care at River Garden is a structured, comprehensive pro-gram which provides a secure and supportive environment to foster mental and physical wellness. The program gives participants like Merline the opportunity to social-ize, engage in activities of interest, and enjoy peer interaction and support.

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JCAContinued from p. 5of musical programs throughout the year. The Taste & Tour with the JCA series offered day trips to points of interest in the area fol-lowed by a delicious meal.

The JCA Summer Camp program is accredited by the American Camping Association and served over 800 campers last summer. Our program offers camp activities for children age 1 through high school. The pre-school camp offers the same se-curity and quality to our youngest population that is received year-round in our NAEYC-accredited preschool and kindergarten.

The Early Childhood Educa-tion Department continued to of-fer the very best programming for young children. Michele Block Gan Yeladim Preschool is one of the fi rst programs in the area to achieve re-accreditation under the new, far more rigorous NAEYC guidelines.

ECE has partnered with the Cummer Art Museum and Gar-dens, the Jacksonville Symphony, MOSH, the Jacksonville Zoo and the St. Johns Riverkeeper to enhance its students’ learning experience.

ECE also produced the always popular Bountiful Baskets fund-raiser.

Our website (jcajax.org) provided information on JCA programs, activities and events in searchable formats. The site enables participants to register for programs online and provides an additional avenue of communica-tion between the community and the JCA staff.

The JCA’s Facebook page has more than 800 followers who receive updates on JCA events, programs and activities.

The JCA also began using Twitter and added video kiosks and in-house TV programming to keep clients informed of upcom-ing events, programs and activi-ties.

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With the support of the Rob-bins family of Jacksonville, the American Jewish Joint Distribu-tion Committee recently inau-gurated a large, new classroom for the Girls’ School in Zarzis, Tunisia.

After a full day studying in public school, approximately 15 girls of different ages come to study Hebrew and Judaism for two to three hours a day.

Built above the existing nurs-ery school, the more than ample, freshly equipped classroom adjoins a good-sized balcony used to host discussions on Shabbat. Modern lavatories also enhance this facility.

The funds to construct and furnish this facility were shared by the Robbins family and this remarkable community of 100 members (of whom 40 or more are children).

Community President Eliahou Souffi r expressed everyone’s deep appreciation to the Robbins family and to the Joint for such tangible and productive encouragement.

The completion of this project, moreover, has already whetted the community appetite for physical renovation. They will now re-construct the kosher slaughtering area and at the same time create a modern kitchen to serve commu-nity events.

Once that is completed (at community expense) JDC will be looking for donations to help the community transform the old classroom for girls into a mod-ern mikvah and then convert the adjacent old mikvah into a proper dressing and relaxation area.

In the meantime JDC will pay to renew the children’s play-ground equipment in the courtyard down below.

Robbins family helps build classroom

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BirthsCara and David Berman of

Falls Church, Va., announce the birth of their daughter, Raya Samantha, on Nov. 16, 2011. Proud grandpar-ents Eric and Polina Berman of Jacksonville, and Terry and Jeff Spiro of Middletown, N.Y., great-grandmother Anita Spiro of Middletown, Uncle Paul and Aunt Kalpana Berman of Portland, Ore., share their joy.

B’nai MitzvahJillian Hayley Kight, daughter

of David and Katie Kight, will be called to the Torah on the occa-sion of her Bat Mitzvah on June 16, 2012, at Congrega-tion Ahavath Chesed.

Shar-ing in the simcha will be her sister Lindsey Kight, 10; grandparents, Marilyn Freedman

of Jacksonville, and William and Arlene Kight of Jacksonville; as well as aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

Jillian is a seventh grader at Bolles Middle School. Jillian spends most of her free time train-ing as a regional fi gure skating competitor. She also enjoys surf-ing on the weekends. As her mitz-vah project, Jillian volunteered as a junior coach assisting students in the learn-to-skate program all year. In addition she donated over 16 hours of ice time to skaters who needed fi nancial assistance in skating.

Elan Binyamin Sandler, son of Dr. Craig and Natalie Sandler, will be called to the Torah on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah on June 2, 2012, at Congrega-tion Ahavath Chesed.

Elan is a seventh grader at LaVilla School of the Arts, where he majors in theater. He is a member of the mime ensemble. Elan is appearing as

an anchor in the show, “Real School,” shown on WJCT. He is also working at Douglas Anderson on a production, which will be used by high school students as a project to help enrich the lives of young orphan African children. He is a member of the National Junior Honor Society. For his mitzvah project, Elan is volunteer-ing his time with the Jacksonville St. Bernard Rescue.

Sympathy… to the family of Edythe

Moscovitz Freedman, sister-in-law of Rae Masin and the wife of the late David Freedman. Edythe died May 7, 2012. She is also sur-vived by her two children, Harvey Freedman also known as Wayne, and Sandra Freedman Perry. Edythe was the daughter of the late Mary and Morris Moscovitz.

… to the family of Joel Gold-man, who died May 4, 2012. He is survived by children Stephen (Jackie) Goldman, Audrey Gold-man (Irwin Stotzky) and Alan Goldman; grandchildren Andrew and Alec Goldman, Jacob and Joshua Stotzky; and stepson, Nick Chadeayne. Contributions may be directed to the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville.

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Kehillah Chadashah held its fi rst congregation’s Passover Seder at Community Hospice of Northeast Florida. Members read from the new Reconstructionist Hagaddah, refl ecting on our his-tory as slaves in Egypt while also considering other ways in which we are enslaved. Participants en-joyed song and dance, schmooz-ing and feasting on a meal catered by Ashley Street Catering, the culinary arts program of the Clara White Mission as well as des-serts prepared from the Holocaust Survivor’s Cookbook.

Lag B’Omer was not far behind. Kehillah Chadashah cel-ebrated Lag B’Omer with Shabbat services, cookout and pool party!

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Life is like a book. As one chapter ends, another one begins.

Jo-Ellen Unger, beloved direc-tor of Education and Youth at Congregation Ahavath Chesed (The Temple), will conclude nine years of dedicated service to the Temple and the Jewish commu-nity of Jacksonville in June. She will continue to work in Jewish education, as she begins her new role as director of Congregational Learning at Har Sinai Congrega-tion in Owings Mill, Md., begin-ning in July.

Her tenure at Temple has been one of accomplishment.

Temple’s Madrichim program encourages teens who are post Bar/Bat Mitzvah to stay engaged in Jewish learning by volunteering at the Temple Institute of Reli-gion. The program had previously consisted of about 20 teens who helped in the classroom. Along with Lani Derby, Unger provided the vision and leadership to grow it into a three-tiered program with over 70 kids (eight to 12th grades). Some work in the class-room, some in specialty roles and some are responsible for school-wide programming. A success of the Madrichim program is that it has kept teens in Temple well beyond the average drop-out age.

Those that have participated in a First Friday Shabbat service will

have heard the upbeat, contempo-rary sounds of the Jew Crew. This group started as a few kids who occasionally played guitar at wor-ship services. As part of JAFTY’s (Jacksonville Area Federation of Temple Youth) Creative Service Initiative with the arrival of Rabbi Lief and under the direction of Unger, the group has grown to include vocalists, guitar, keyboard, saxophone and violin players that provide musical accompaniment at the fi rst Friday of every month.

Ahavath Chesed University started as a new way to look at middle school education. Sunday is divided into three periods with two core courses and an elective. The core classes are Jewish ethics and history while the electives range from Torah chanting and study, Madrichim training to art and Jewish cooking. Reten-tion post-Bar/Bat Mitzvah has

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increased since ACU was imple-mented, as many students have expressed that having a say in their education has made them feel more connected.

Over the past nine years, He-brew language training has been integrated in TIR classes begin-

ning with pre-K. Formal Hebrew education now begins with second grade. We have also implemented two special classes; the transition-al Hebrew class to assist students who have fallen behind, or who start the program later than others and the tutorial program for those

with different learning needs. These are just a small rep-

resentation of the many ways Jo-Ellen Unger has changed and grown the way Temple learns and worships as director of Education and Youth, congregant and proud mother. We wish her well.

Kehillah Chadashah celebrates Pesach and Lag B’Omer

Above, Kehillah Chadashah’s Passover seder

Temple’s Jo-Ellen Unger begins a new chapter


Camp Broadway, presented by The Artist Series, returns to Jacksonville for its 12th year from Monday, June 18 – Friday, June 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Wilson Center for the Arts on Florida State College at Jackson-ville’s South Campus.

Camp Broadway introduces young people ages 10 to 17 to the world of Broadway on-stage and behind the scenes. Campers work with Broadway directors, choreographers and musical direc-tors to receive training in acting, scene study, improvisation, music theory, solo and ensemble sing-ing, movement, and dance. This fi ve-day performing arts program offers each camper the opportu-nity to expand his or her creative talents, build self-esteem, learn the art of collaboration, and gain a fuller respect and understanding of musical theatre.

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Applications are being ac-cepted for Camp Broadway, and tuition is $550 per camper, with half due at time of registration. Space is limited to 100 campers. Contact Katherine McManus at (904) 632-3015 or email [email protected] for applications and for more details.

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Dozens of St. Augustine resi-dents gathered on the eve of the internationally recognized Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remem-brance Day, in the gazebo on the campus of Flagler College to read the names of victims of the evil that befell European Jewry from 1933 through the conclusion of World War II in May 1945. Thou-sands of names were read from

lists provided by Yad VaShem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Israel, in a program created in a partnership between International B’nai Brith and the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society called, “Unto Every Person There Is A Name.”

Participants name the victims and where and when they were born and died. The ceremonies

occur on the 27th day of the month of Nissan on the Jewish calendar. These observances, cre-ated by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, honor more victims each year, as the project collects more names.

Reading of names of victims at public ceremonies around the world give these victims an iden-tity that has been lost forever.

Temple’s (Congregation Ahavath Chesed) loss of Jo-Ellen Unger is not a loss at all. Because she will never really be leaving us – no good friend ever does.

Jo-Ellen is not just an admin-istrator; she is a close, devoted and caring friend to each and

every one of us. We all know she’s only a

phone call away. Jo always told us her phone is on at all hours and to not hesitate to call her, regardless of the time, if we need her.

She’d be there for us. That always struck a chord

with me. How many people do you know that would give this much of themselves to other

people? And not just to a select few,

but to every child that has ever walked through her office doors?

This, I believe, summarizes everything that there really is to be said about Jo-Ellen.

She has taught us how to seek our own Jewish identity and how to be responsible leaders, but most importantly, she has taught us how to care.

Trudy Morse and Elana Maiman of the Jacksonville Jew-ish Center have been elected to serve on the United Synagogue Youth Hanegev Regional Board. USY is the international youth group of the conservative move-ment, consisting of local chapter programs, as well as sub-region-al, regional and international programs.

The Hanegev region of USY consists of the southeastern part of the United States and includes chapters in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi and, of

course, Florida. Trudy Morse will serve as

Israel Affairs vice president, re-sponsible for implementing Israel education and encouraging Is-rael advocacy within the region, which consists of thousands.

Elana Maiman will serve as Membership/Kadima vice president, working to increase membership on the regional and chapter levels, as well as overseeing the Kadima program-ming within the Hanegev region. Kadima (which is Hebrew for forward) is the pre-USY youth group program of the conser-vative movement, meant for children in grades 6-8.

With so many USYers from so many different pockets of the Southeast, it is both a significant statement that two of the board members come from Jacksonville and the strong and successful Jacksonville Jewish Center’s USY chapter.

The Jacksonville Jewish Cen-ter is proud of Trudy and Elana and looks forward to them excel-ling in their leadership positions.

For those interested in learn-ing more about USY or Kadima (or Chalutzim, our youth pro-gram for students in grades 4-5,) please contact the Center’s Youth Director Gayle Bailys at 268-4200 ext. 149.

YOUTH NEWS

Last fall, ComForcare em-barked on a journey with Jewish Family & Community Services, hiring them to conduct a workshop for their home health staff on cul-tural sensitivity and caring for the Jewish client.

Reflecting on the success of this venture resulted in our talking with an employee of ComForcare, and a resident of the Coves who, although lives independently, ap-preciates some help each day with the activities of daily living which is provided by her CNA.

Anita Callahan, CNA, has worked at ComForcare in Jack-sonville since the day it started, and she was also one of the first employees to attend this training class. She recently sat down with her client Rachael Weinstein, an energetic 97-year-old balabusta,

who is outspoken, classy and, in Anita’s opinion, the epitome of aging gracefully.

When Anita began her journey with Rachael, she knew very little about Judaism. As a result of the class that JFCS offers, Anita said she has a much better appreciation of the culture and observances of the Jewish religion. She shared with us that she has a better understanding of the holidays and customs, what is kosher, that the Jewish Sabbath is called Shabbat and that it is on Saturday rather

than Sunday. “I have learned more since

working with Mrs. Weinstein,” Anita said. “I enjoy continuing to learn about her customs and have grown to have such great admiration for her. Because of the training, I understand the reasons behind why she doesn’t do house-work on the Sabbath.” Rachael concurs, “Anita knows there are certain things I don’t even like her to do on Shabbat because that’s how I’ve always been, and my parents before that.” Anita makes sure she leaves Rachael just a little more dressed up before she leaves for the day on Friday, and makes sure she has everything she needs before she leaves.

There is definitely a mutual ad-miration society between these two ladies. Rachael says she can’t get Anita to try chopped liver or gefilte fish. But that they both like matzah and agreed that not eating bread for eight days last month, during Passover, was not a problem.

Once again Rene Montaigne chose a beautiful three-story home on St. Augustine Beach with a magnificent view for our reunion.

It was such a blast from the past. We called it a giant slumber party, and we all agreed that we were coming again next year.

You may ask what we did that was so much fun. “Well all I can say is I’ve never laughed so much, joked around and thor-oughly enjoyed being with all of my old friends.”

We shopped in the Old City, dined at fine restaurants all over

St. Augustine, played games until after midnight and remembered what it was like growing up Jew-ish in Jacksonville.

Those in attendance were Claire Lynn Fleet Berkman, Sandra Setzer Cotter, Gail Safer Greenfield, Debby Mizrahi Katz, Shirley Levin Kravitz, Frances Goldstein Malever, Judy Bartley Mizrahi, Rene Slott Montaigne, Marsha Leibo Pollock and Linda Diamond Weinstein. We were also joined by two other girls for din-ner, Sue Ann Biller Blumenthal and Edna Steinfeld Sheffler, and also husband Stanley Greenfield.

Rachel and Anita

Learning from each other with a little help from two agencies

Yom Hashoah events

Scene from Beth El and Federa-tion’s remembrance event

Scene from Beth El and Federation’s remembrance event

Mingling with YLD

Girls born in 42/43 hold reunion

By JILL METLINComForcare Presidentand HELEN HILLJFCS

Teens take regional youth leadership positionsBy United Synagogue Youth

By KIM GLASSJAFTY President

Temple educator touches lives: a youth perspective


We’ve helped over 275,000 young Jews strengthen their roots in Israel. Thanks to donors like you, here’s one of them.

From farm focused, eco-Israel experiences to Birthright and MASA pro-grams, Jewish Federation is actively supporting new innovative projects that inspire a deep love of Israel and Jewish life. It’s a successful strat-egy we apply to every issue we tackle. From feeding the hungry and helping the unemployed to supporting local Jewish education, together, we do a world of good. Donate. Volunteer. Make a difference today.

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From farm focused, eco-Israel experiences to Birthright and MASA programs, Jewish Federation is actively supporting new innovative projects that inspire a deep love of Israel and Jewish life. It’s a successful strategy we apply to every issue we tackle. From feeding the hungry and helping the unemployed to supporting local Jewish education, together, we do a world of good. Donate. Volunteer. Make a difference today.

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Jacksonville Jewish News June 2012