RPgIQtratinn IInit II 51 - 7 Community Calendar Saturday Wednesday Sunday Towhship Jewish Congrega- Dempster, Skokie. $8 December 9 Mitziut presents Rabbi Julia Vaughns. rabbinic emissary to the Lakota Nation. speaking on ?Indige- nousity: A Standing Rock Talk." 6:30-8:30 Beit 6932 N. Glenwood, Chicago. $10-$20 sliding scale. mitziut@yahoo.com. Jam Productions and present "Ruggedly Jewish: An Evening with Bob Park West. 322 w. Arm itage. Chicago. Special offer to nois Holocaust Museum members; $10 off tickets. Use code IHMEC. ilholo- 'caustmuseum.org or (847) 967-4800. Sunday December Ill Mitziut presents Rabbi Julia Vaughns. rabbinic emissary to?theLakota Nation. speaking on ?Origin prayers of the Jewish Tradi- tion: Introducing a new presentation of the 13 At- tributes of Mercy." 9:30 Beit Yichud. 6932 N. GlenWood. Chicago. scale. mitziut?yahoo.c?om. Lincolnwoo?d Jewish Con- gregation A.G. ,Beth Israel shows film ?Echoes That Remain?- followed by dis?. cuss_io__.n 10:30 a. 7117 N. Crawford Lincolnwood. RSVP (847) 676-0491;. Lubavitch Chabad of Mirth- brook presents a ?Chanukah Wonderland." 11 a.m.-6 Also Decem- ber11, 17 and 18 at North- brook Court Lower Level near Tree House. North- brook. 510 all inclusive ad- mission. (847) 564-8770. Illinois Holocaust MuSeur?n Education Center pres- ents Dr; Ian Hancock dis- cussing "Romani Life:.Then and Now." 2-330 9603 Woods Drive. Skokie. Free with museum admis- sion, RSVP (847) 967?4800. Received by Regist December Ez'r'a-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congrega? tion Sisterhood holds Chanukah Party and Latke Luncheon with music by Bibi Marcell. Please bring unWrapped new book or toy for Chai Lifeline. 11:30 4500 Dempster, Skokie. $20 members. $25 non-members and at door. (847) 675-4141. Thursday December? Illinois Holocaust Museum 8: Education Center shows film ?Summer of Love" fol- lowed by discussion. 6; 30-8 p. 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie Free to public. RSVP (847) 967-4800. Friday December l5 EzraoHabonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congrega- tion holds "Family Chanukah Shabbat Evening." 6:15 4500 Dempster.- Skokie. $20 members, $22 non-mem- bers. $10 ages six to twelve. and free for age five and under. Reservations (847) 675-4141. Saturday December 16 Makom Shalom. a Jewish Renewal Congregation. holds Chanukah celebration including pot luck dinner, concert and Chanukah teachings. Broad- way United Methodist Church. 3338 N. Broadway, Chicago. $20 adults, $10 children. makomshalom, com. - Young Israel of West Rogers Park holds Chanukah con- cert featuring Efrayim Pr?ero and the Voyage. 8 2-706 Touhy, Chicago. $10 suggested donation. (773) 5014728. tion presents Rabbi Ralph Ruebner speaking on tice and Righteousness (Dv'arim, Shoftim and Tal- mud)" 11:30 4500 a "Iii At Magen David Adom we? re often savmg lives before our ambulances evengamve. door. 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Now Jewish families are getting even more opportunities to get involved and meet new friends. thanks to a. recent grant from the Harold Grinspoon Founda- tion, which provides free PJ Library books to families raising Jewish children. all over the world ?We are delighted that South Palm Beach County was one of this year?s ?ve winning initiatives designed to build so- cial connections among families and en- gage them in Jewish life, programming and learning,? said local PJ Library Co-_ Chair Joanna Drowos, who helped bring the initiative to the community in 2012 and has watched it grow. ?We look for- ward to how many more connections '_we?ll be able to create by hiring our three new part-time Community Connectors L-R .9Iayna Marnw?.? Sigma Kerlow Tanor. Sarah local PJ moms Sarah Finkelstein-Wolfe, Shayna Martinofl' and Shaina Yeslow, who live in different parts of South Palm Beach County. Library not only brings Jewish books into local homes we also bring the Young Jewrsh community together and help them engage in Jeviish life." said Drowos? Co-chair, Miriam Klein. ?We look forward to having more friends join the L900 local families already reg- istered for their free gi?s, as well II Apply Your Yeshiva/ Seminary Credits in Your Secular Degree Toward the required 127 credits ofthe degree Is currently underway -Governr'nent student loans available . Registration is currently underway BS in Behavioral Science! Human Services BS in Cyber Security (and other computer related ?elds) bAdditio?nnl Majors are available: contact YIEP I - Apply up to 67 Judaic credits in transfer toward - New programs begin February 81 October . An Accredited MASTERS DEGREE MS in Clinical Counseling? Begins In January August MA In Educational Leadership - Begins In October Master of Business Administration- MBA- Begins in October ?r Additional Majors are available: contact . 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Together, they pack food for those in need. meet authors, make hamentashen, and visit a farm, bookstores, synagogues and so much more, Now even more people are hearing about and ?nding ways to engage that feel right and are well-located for their civn families." ?Through our work, young families are able to connect at more intimate gath- erings and attend a larger event without feeling overwhelmed by a group of people they?ve never met," said new Communi- ty Connector Shayna Martinoff, who has also helped i?J start up and grow in its ?rst years, ?We?ve already. had many casual meet-ups and programs around town at places including Gumbo Limbo Nature Elite Academy Center, yogurt shops, and play gyms.? Ostroff extends a broad invitation: ?Whether you?re new to town, a new parent or a longtimer, if you?re looking to connect with new Jewish families for playdates, storytimes or even a mom?s night out. just contact m?librm@bocafed. me I Part ofo?ve-year strategy to e'xpor'zd Jewish engagement in North America. granlssuch as the one recently received Iby South Palm Beach County are ?nded through the PJ Library Alliance. Partners in the Alliance are the A "rich Foundali?on Carl and Joann Bianca. William David- son Foundation: Jim Joseph condo/ion: William grid A udrey Farber Philanthropic Fund; Diane and Guilford Glazer/ Jewish Community Foundation of La: Alrgeles: (he Marcus foundation. Ina: Howard and Geraldine Polrnger homily Foundation; Susse'r Family Twist; Waller: Aimee, Sor- ah, and Aaron Winshall.? and two anony- mous partners. We GROWTH Your teen needs many things. IFincIlI them at Naale. 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Leading tributes to Rabbi Levy and his wife Estelle. emeritus Chief Rab- bi Lord Sacks said Rabbi Levy was a role model 01 tolerante and inclusiv- ity. tombining devotion toTorah with openness to the wisdom ofthe world. You know 1 know, it is the right way.? Calling Naima one of the gems of British [ewry, he told Rabbi ?You put in so much effort and now School gets top level you are blessed by the reward.. Thanking sUpporters for their gen- erosity Rabbi Levy said the school had ?never owed or borrowed a penny? since its opening in 1983. He recalled that when its building. formerly the Bayswarer Synagogue. was bought. he had receiveda call from ing at not having seen any mortgage arrangements. Rabbi Levy told him not to worry because? Iraqis pay cash" A week before completion. he col? .lected cheques from two ofthe prin- cipal contributors. David and Semi Shamoon. atone of their-places ol?rec- reation?a Pa'rklane casino. Although Rabbi Levy remains hon- orary principal. his son Julian now looks after the school?s fundraising and daughte'r-in-law Sian organised thedinner. Neale Elite Academy YoUr teen needs many things. Find'the'm at Neale. Naale Eiite Academy gives teens around the world the chance to live and learn' in Israel completing their high school education on a full scholarship. To learn more about the Male program and if it? 5 right for you go to: i - meeting: mmww?i- Harm:- [Mm A Silvia Berliner at lewish Care home Rubens House in Finehley Received by ARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 1 1:34:51 AM .H The Jewish December 15, 2017 Notional ANALYSIS aur. u- I Is Jews As A Bridge On Religious Liberty? In the Colorado calke case, religiOus values are clashing with discrimination. Jews have been on both sides. Michael Helfand i Special To The Jewish Week i as?t week, the Supreme Court Lheard oral arguments in the w: much?anticipated case of the Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wed- ding. The extraordinary public in? terest in Masterpiece Ca?keshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (CCRC) stems from the high legal stakes. On the one hand, the CCRC emphasizes how its ?public accom- modations" laws protect the LGBT community from discrimination at the hands of businesses open to the public. On the other hand, the baker argues that his First Amend- ment rights both free speech and religious liberty prohibit government from requiring him to design and bake a custom-cake for an event that runs contrary to' Elite Acdemy f, a L. Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig, the plaintiffs in the Colorado cake case, front of the Supreme Court. IMAGES his religious beliefs. And so this all-out clash has grabbed our col- lective attention: how should our - Youjrtee'nneedsmany things. 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That Jewish organizations and institutions are split, largely along denominational lines, on a reli? gious liberty case is somewhat of a new phenomenon. While Jewish denominations have been divided for some time on cases about the separation'of church and state such as cases regarding govern- ment funding of private schools or religious symbols on government property there had been far more denominational cohesion when it came to past religious liberty cases. Thus. for example, in 1963, when a Seventh-Day Adventist, who had refused to show up to work on her Sabbath, claimed that South Caro- lina?s denial of .her unemployment benefits violated her religious lib- erty, Reform, Conservative and Orthodox denominations all joined together to support her claim. Sim- ilarly, when in 1972, an Amish family refused because uphold: 'Each side of the to end their ing the decision . child to public against the baker' debate I5 to school for reli- ?would also bar gious reasons, Orthodox concede the value 0f but in violation from living and . the opposing side for of Wisconsin conducting our . law, Reform, businesses in featOngmgUngound Conservative accordance with our core reli- gious beliefs." a various Conser- vative, Reform and Reconstruc- tionist organizations signed a brief in favor of the CCRC, arguing that ?evenhanded civil rights enforce- ment that declines to give Special status to any one set of 'religiOus views is consistent with the re- spect for pluralism, fundamental to First Amendment history and'ju- risprudence, that is the essence?of religious liberty.? And somewhere in between although certainly in what is increasingly characterized as a zero-sum game! and Orthodox denominations joined together to support the family?s reli- gious liberty claim. This is surely not to say that Jewish denominations have al- ways agreed in religious liberty cases. But those divisions largely emerged in cases where religious liberty stood intension with the rights of other minority groups. Maybe the most prominent ex- ample is the split among Jewish institutions on how to resolve the 1983 case Bob Jones University if: itcloeat liq vW?ipnAMited States, where the IRS with- 12/111'20'17 Received by Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:51 AM Washington Jewish Week NEWS U. 3 aircraft carrier gets a Torah scroll ewish sailors aboard the Navy aircraft Icarrier USS Gerald FL Ford now have a Torah scroll to use during their six- to eight- month stints at sea The umbrella body for leuish chap? lains. the IWB Jewish Chaplains Coun cil. a program of ICC Association of North America. dedicated the scroll on The scroll, smaller than those used in most synagogues, designed for use in the . shipboard chapel. Wednesday aboard the ship in Norfolk, Va. It was dedicated to the memory Sgt. Iacob Kamaras. a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. On hand for the ceremony were his son. Philip Kamaras. a New York lawyer. and Norfolk on Nov. 29. ajoumalist and publicist in Houston._ his namesake grandson. Jacob Kamaras. Philip Kamaras, left, and Capt Richard McCormick of the USS Gerald R. Ford. celebrate the installation of a new Torah on the ship 11: Photo by Muss 3rd Class Connor 0. Locrsin The Kamaras family paid for the 536.000 scroll as part of the chaplains? . YOU ARE INVJTEU TQA NAALEE LITEACAPEMY-QPEN House With Ravit Bar-Av, Na?ale Regional Manager '81 Mr. Simeon Pollock. Naale Ambassador Sunday, December 10?" at 7:00 pm Silver Spring, MD Naale Elite Academy enables lewlsh teens to complete their 34 years 01 school at exclusiVe, top quality Israeli schools, while learning to be independent. self-ef?cient and resilient) The program is co-funded by the lsrgell Ministry of Educ'at?iona'nd the leinrishiAgencv. for lsrael. Naale ofterS?n?acks for rellgious and norweliglous students. "Make this the year LOVE halting/s. Ere/mm. 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Philip Kamaras said in a statement de- scribing his father. a tailor. and referring to goals articulated by President Franklin Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union address. ?Now his legacy will live on as his Torah sails the world. overlooking brave sailors and giving them strength." I News and Features Experienced and compassionate caregivers are here to help! 0 Bathing Meal Preparation 0 Dressing - Medication Reminder . - Personal Hygiene . 0 Laundry (f 1 . - Light Housekeeping NW - Companionship Transport/Errands Singe 1 Qlder adults are happre at home; u' love are safe and we'll Fairhl. VA 7 Received by ARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11: 34: 51 AM