Chocolate becomes an issue in Israel-Palestinian conflict

By Garry Fabian

SYDNEY - Palestinian solidarity activists  launched a campaign last week targeting  Israeli-owned chocolate franchise Max Brenner as  part of a growing international movement to boycott Israeli products.

A handful of protestors took up position  outside a Max Brenner outlet in Sydney's CBD
during peak hour. The protestors distributed  leaflets urging people to boycott Israeli goods,
in particular Max Brenner.  Max Brenner is not a  chocolatier that deserves our support. Choose an
alternative to Max Brenner and apply pressure on  Israeli goods that support war crimes and occupation, the leaflet said.

The leaflet also criticised a section found on  the web site of Strauss-Elite - owners of the
international Max  Brenner stores and one of the  largest food corporations in Israel for expressing support for Israeli soldiers.  Yael  Kaminski Weiler, the general manager of Max Brenner Australia, declined to comment of the  boycott incident itself, but said Max Brenner
does not mix politics with chocolates.

The New South Wales Board of Deputies CEO Vic  Alhadeff said accusing Israel  OF apartheid
"falsifies both South African and Israeli  history, and accusing Israel of war crimes is a
gross misrepresentation of what occurred in Gaza.

"The call for a boycott of Israeli products is  therefore immoral and will be ignored by all who
desire peace and are in touch with the facts" Alhadeff said.

Activists involved in the Gaza Defence Committee and the boycott working group stated on various
websites that they will form "pickets" outside  Max Brenner every Thursday afternoon. The group
also plans to take the boycott case to unions and universities.


Jennifer Huppert elected to Australian Parliament
MELBOURNE - It has taken more than 20 years, but  Jennifer Huppert's long-time commitment to the
Australian Labor Party (ALP) finally paid off  when she was unanimously selected to fill an empty seat last month.

Huppert's first tilt at Parliament was in 1988, when she contested the blue-ribbon seat of Brighton.

Losing that election, she spent two decades forging a career as a lawyer and raising three
boys, who are now all in their teens.

When the opportunity came to run again, Huppert grabbed it with both hands.

"It is a great privilege to be a Member of Parliament and to represent the electorate," she said.

With her elevation to the seat, Huppert, who is  a regular at Beit Aharon synagogue, becomes the
third Jewish Government MP in Victoria, a  sizeable achievement for a community so small.

"It shows that the Jewish community, as part of the general community, is accepted in the ALP," she said.

Huppert's involvement with the Labor Party began  during her days at Monash University.

But her connection to her new electorate -- Southern Metropolitan -- dates back even further, when her great-great-grandparents on her mother's side moved into the area more than  90 years ago. Her paternal grandparents left  Vienna in 1938, and after spending three years  in Singapore, arrived in Australia in 1940, her  grandfather being interned as "an enemy alien"  for some time, despite being Jewish. he fled from Nazi persecution when Germany annexed his native Vienna in 1938. Being an industrial chemist he was soon released to assist the war production of synthetic gasoline.

Since then, her family has continued to call the seat, which takes in Melbourne's inner-east and south-eastern suburbs, home.

A longstanding interest in social justice, Jewish affairs and responsible development encouraged Huppert to become an ALP member.

"I studied geography and one of the things I studied was the effect of unchecked development
[and] the danger of having a city and a state develop in a way where no account was taken," Huppert said.

With the support of Victorian Treasurer John  Lenders and ALP powerbroker Michael Danby,
Huppert was selected by her party to replace  Evan Thornley, who stepped down from the Upper
House seat of Southern Metropolitan in December.

She will remain in the seat, until November 2010, when she will face her first direct election.


Jewish School admissions defy economic downturn

MELBOURNE - Admissions  across Melbourne's Jewish  schools are stable in the wake of unprecedented
fee increases and unstable economic times.

Despite some schools increasing fees by almost 10  per cent, Jewish schools are pleased with
admissions numbers. Some, including Bialik  College, which last week announced a fee increase
of 9.5 per cent, are bordering on capacity.

The United Jewish Education Board (UJEB), a  provider of Jewish education to students at
non-Jewish schools, is also reporting a jump in enrolments.

While numbers are still being finalised for the  2009 academic year, UJEB president Judith
Perlstein said it is likely 1100 primary  schoolchildren will attend classes, up 10 per cent on 2008.

"UJEB is the safety net," Perlstein said of the  organisation, which does not see itself as a
competitor to Jewish schools. "It is there for the community."

The organisation is set to launch its 2009 appeal  to raise $800,000 and will also soon launch a new
website to attract more secondary school ­students.

"We want to be the link between those who are  unaffiliated and the rest of the Jewish community," she said.

According to figures provided by school  administrators, Melbourne's largest Jewish  school, Mount Scopus College, will educate more  than 1400 students across the four school  campuses in 2009, which is roughly the same as last year.

Yeshivah Beth Rivkah College's enrollments also remain steady, with "unprecedented growth" in
preschool expected to result in a flow-on of increased enrollments in the school in the coming years.

"In response to the rising costs of education and  the difficult economic climate, the Yeshivah Beth
Rivkah Committee of Management [decided] not to  increase fees beyond four per cent this year...
[This] has assisted parents to remain in  Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah and encouraged many new
families to join our school," Yeshivah-Beth  Rivkah business manager Nechama Bendet stated.

Leibler Yavneh College has waiting lists for  kindergarten and primary years, with the school
close to capacity at all levels. Similarly, at  Sholem Aleichem College, student numbers have
increased by about 10 per cent in both the preschool and primary school.

A number of places remain in some year levels at Sholem, which continues to be Melbourne's most affordable Jewish school.

Bucking the trend, The King David School has lost  about 20 students in 2009, citing "the current
difficult economic climate" as the reason for the curb in enrolments.


Drought and Economy impact on Kosher food

MELBOURNE--Squeezed by rising costs of imported kosher food and the low Australian dollar, kosher retailers  are being forced to cut back on shipments and  hike prices on goods hitting shop shelves.

The director of one of largest kosher importers,  which distributes to kosher outlets in Melbourne
and Sydney said that the price of kosher goods  from Israel and the United States - including
matzah, grape juice and chocolates - has spiked  10 to 12 percent in the past six months because of rising raw material costs.

Coupled with a weakened Australian dollar  trading nearly 30 percent lower than last year,  he said they had been forced to slash imports by 30 percent. Meanwhile, consumers are being hit with a heftier price tag. "Last year we were bringing in goods at A$0.90 to the US dollar, and now we paying 65 cents to the US dollar. If it costs us more money, unfortunately we have to forward that to the consumer" he said.

The manager of a Sydney kosher caterer said they also had to increase prices across the board by
about five percent in the last 12 months because of escalating import costs. And with a recession
looming, he fears the additional costs involved in a kosher function could force people to find
cheaper alternatives.  "It's to early to tell, but the predictions is that there will be dip in sales. We are doing everything possible to combat this situation and encourage people to have kosher functions by introducing special fixed packages and trying to meet budgets wherever possible" he said.

There are also other side effects. Pesach Retreats president Jack Stein, who is organising
an April retreat in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, said he also felt the crunch, forcing
him to increase prices this year by nine percent. "Last year, I didn't spend any money on
advertising. We were booked out. This year we've  got room left. It's quiet all round".

Kosher butchers in Melbourne and Sydney said  prices for kosher meat have remained fixed over
the last year, but with the drought prices for  red meat have been creeping up, and we will need
to review prices in the next couple of months. 

"While at the moment we have not seen a dip in sales, but we are expecting this to happen, as it did during the recession of 1992, when we did
see people adjust their shopping patterns". One  Sydney kosher butcher said that he had already
noticed customers being more cautions with their purchases. "Purchases of the expensive cuts are slowing  down a little, with demand for chicken  increasing."

Still he added that he remains confident his kosher clientele will remain loyal  through hard times. One customer - a mother of three - said she can testify to the sentiment. "We all moan and complain about prices, but I don't know
anyone who has stopped keeping kosher on account  of the costs. I would not consider not going
kosher, but we will eat less meat and have switched to local brands wherever possible" she said.



Survival Appeal for Jewish age care facility

PERTH-—The only Jewish aged-care facility in Western Australia  is calling for community
support to ensure its continued operation.

Until now, the Maurice Zeffert Home has relied  on benefactors and bequests, but those funds are
now drying up and the home has launched a "survival appeal".

Ilana Broons, the manager of community  development at the Maurice Zeffert Home, said  the 86-bed facility is a huge success and has a waiting list.

"Aged-care is a booming industry, even during a recession," said Broons.

Despite that, she explained all aged-care  facilities, especially Jewish ones that provide  kosher food, run at a loss because of funding structures.

"We lose dollars per bed, per day," she said.

In NSW and Victoria, Jewish aged-care facilities  rely on Jewish Communal Appeal funding or annual
appeals to raise much-needed money.

In Perth the 48-year-old Maurice Zeffert Home  has never needed to run an appeal because it has
had the support of generous private donors.

Broons said that it is only now that benefactors  have passed away that the home is looking to
reach out to the community for assistance.

President Phil Samuell reassured families that their loved ones would remain cared for in the foreseeable future.

"There is no immediate suggestion that the home  is going to close its doors," Samuell said.
"However our continued operation is unquestionably dependent upon the generosity of
the community in responding to this appeal."

Information released by the Maurice Zeffert Home  indicates that its operating loss for the next
financial year is expected to be more than $2  million. This is a $1 million increase on the
operating loss just four years ago.

The reason for the growing loss is that the cost  of care is increasing, while at the same time
government funding is shrinking and the cost of accreditation is growing.

Without a strong response to the appeal, the  home has flagged cuts to staff numbers,
activities and entertainment for residents and menu options.


Jews sentenced in Jews for Jesus vandalism

SYDNEY- Two Jewish teenagers have pleaded guilty and have received fines and suspended sentences.
on vandalism charges after thrashing the Jews for Jesus shop front in  suburban Sydney last month, resulting in  thousands of dollars worth of damage to the  property.  The youths both aged 19, were arrested after police received a witness tip-off  that two young men had vandalised the shopfront just minutes earlier.

Security video footage of the incident shows two  young men dressed in jeans and white tops
hanging around the shopfront at 2 am. Seconds  later, one of the men walks closer in the frame
and proceeds to urinate on the door. A minute later after, it appears that one - or both - of
the men throws and object through to shop window, smashing glass.

Court records show one of the men charged with twocounts of malicious damage, one of offensive
behaviour and one of willful and obscene exposure. It is not the first time that Jews for
Jesus, which opened the shop in 2004, has been the target for such attacks.
There was a spate of attacks in 2005, in which  the shop was vandalised on three separate occasions.
Jews for Jesus national director Bob Mendelsohn  said he had also received threatening emails and
phone calls at that time from people who identified themselves as being Jewish.

He said that it eventually stopped after a major  television network featured a news story on the attacks.
"Most Jewish people are people of goodwill and not at all bothered by our being here. So many
come into our shop and talk to us sensibly.  But  I believe there may be a minority group who wish to harm us" Mendelsohn said.

Australia bureau chief Fabian may be contacted at fabiang@sandiegojewishworld.com

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Thursdays with the Songs of Hal Wingard


In this selection, Hal takes a look at some human vices. Here is a link to an index of Wingard's songs previously published by San Diego Jewish World. To hear Hal performing a song, click on its title.

31, No Smoking

No smokin'!
That's what the signs all say.
No smokin'!
Put your cigarettes away.

Well, that's a treat,
'Cause when I eat
There's nothin' I hate more
Than stifling shrouds
Of grey-blue clouds
That make my throat feel sore.

No smokin'!
That's what the signs all say.
No smokin'!
Put your cigarettes away.

So won't you tell
Why the hell
You're strikin' up that light.
What else you do
There's no way you
Can make your smokin' right.

No smokin'!
That's what the signs all say.
No smokin'!
Put your cigarettes away.

If you've the will
And want to kill
Yourself, and it's no joke.
Just take a hint--
You'll save a mint--
Go hang yourself and choke!

No smokin'!
That's what the signs all say.
No smokin'!
Put your cigarettes away.

(c) 2009 Hal Wingard; To Barbara Todd, colleague Curriculum Commissioner; January 15, 1978

#36, Temptation

In life's full range of petty vices
Few are really fun.
So, I resist them all unfailing--
All except for one:

Tempta , , tion. Tempta . . tion.

You'll see me pass a million barrooms,
Never stop to stay;
But let a buddy pour a glassful--
Then I'm led astray.

Tempta , , tion. Tempta . . tion.

I'm not the one to take the trouble
Luring girls to bed;
But let a lady raise an eyebrow--
That's how I'm misled.

Tempta , , tion. Tempta . . tion.

But I can always shake temptation,
Dull its bright allure:
I give myself completely to it--
Then it's gone for sure!

Tempta . . tion. Tempta . . tion.

(c) 2009 Hal Wingard; February 2, 1978

#65, Sex

I find it in a thousand ways--
On moonlit nights and windy days,
In busy streets and empty bars,
In grassy parks and gassy cars.

I find it young. I find it old--
Sometimes bought and sometimes sold.
It may be mild. It may be mean.
It may be lofty or obscene.

I find it clothed. I find it nude--
Doesn't matter what the mood.
In eager "yes" or stubborn "no,"
I find it ev'rywhere I go.

What is this "it" that makes us wrecks?
It's S E Xee sexy sex.
Even after I may die,
If I can find it, I will try!

(c) 2009 Hal Wingard; To Danny as he enters his 18th year, August 27, 1979

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THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOKS


Geneticists, better than rabbis, often can tell who is a Jew


Abraham’s Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People by Jon Entine, Grand Central Publishing, New York, NY ISBN 978-0-446-58063-2, 2007, $27.99, p. 352 + appendices and notes

By Dr. Fred Reiss

WINCHESTER, California—The question of “Who is a Jew?” goes back at least to the time of Ezra who, near the end of the sixth century BCE, required all Jewish men to divorce their foreign wives on their return to Jerusalem from the Babylonian Captivity. He also rejected the claim to Judaism made by the Samarians. As late as the mid-twentieth century, at one extreme, Reichsmarschall Herman Goering, the highest ranking armed forces officer in Nazi Germany, could arrogantly declare, “I say who is a Jew,” and for a brief period of time over a finite area, he was right.

At the other extreme, the Orthodox Jewish rabbinate does not accept as valid, conversions performed by the non-Orthodox denominations of Judaism. Indeed, the Chief Rabbinate in Israel is refusing to accept conversions performed by several leading American orthodox rabbis. A parochial question, but none the less an important question of concern within the Jewish religious community is, who is a descendent of the Tribe of Levi? This is important because Levites are eligible to serve as priests and potentially to be elected the high priest. Sometimes the question is rephrased, “Who is really a Cohen?”

John Entine, author of Abraham’s Children, believes that science is well on its way to answering those questions. Since Jews have been isolated for so long, and tend to marry within the religion, Entine asserts that there is an Israelite gene. In fact, he declares that there is also a gene to identify the Cohanim, the high priests.

God made Aaron, Moses brother, the first high priest, about 3700 years ago. DNA testing shows that a large number of self-proclaimed Cohanim and some non-Jews with roots in the Middle East carry the Cohen marker on the male chromosome, which dates back to the time of Aaron. The original Cohen study, which occurred in 1995, involved nearly two hundred Jewish males; half from Eastern Europe (Ashkenazi) and half Sephardim. A third of those tested claimed to be a Cohen. The study showed that almost everyone of the declared Cohanim—both Ashkenazim and Sephardim—had the Cohen marker, now called the Cohen Modal Haplotype (CMH).
           
Entine’s fascinating tale continues with the search for non-mainstream Jews. For example, the Samaritans, who live in Israel today, claim to be Jewish, even though II Kings 17 says that the Samaritans are resettled foreigners. What does the DNA say? Researchers found four distinct paternal lineages. The male’s DNA show a trail leading back in an unbroken path to the Assyrian victory over the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE, possibly making the Samaritans part of the Ten Lost Tribes. The females did not have a Semetic marker, showing that the banished Jews intermarried with the local population. In fact, Samaritan tradition holds that they are part of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim.

Ethiopian Jews believe that they have a royal pedigree linked through King Solomon and the queen of Sheba because she bore Solomon’s son, King Menelik. Unfortunately, DNA results have found no link between the Ethiopian Jews and the descendents of Israel. The Lemba, a tiny tribe of fifty thousand living in Soweto and in Mozambique fared better. Their tradition says that some of the nearly 4000 (see Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7) returning from the Babylonian Captivity, remained in the city of Sena. From there they traveled to the East African Coast. A DNA study showed that about fifty percent of the Lemba Y chromosomes are Semitic in origin, forty percent African, and ten percent unknown. Entine takes on other excursions to examine the claims of peoples living in Asia and North America, as well; particularly the crypto-Jews of Mexico.

Is there a Jewish race? Entine reminds us that the completion of the mapping of the human genome, in 2000, clearly demonstrated that “Americans, regardless of ethnic group, are 99.9 percent genetically identical.” There are no genetic or scientific bases for the popular notion of race. In fact, bone marrow extracts from Neanderthals, the closest evolutionary cousin of homo sapiens that has ever existed, were 99.5 percent genetically identical to us.

Entine’s book builds a strong support structure for a useful blend of science and religion. Now we must wait to discover if the Jewish religious right is ready to replace science with tradition and folk lore to answer the fundamental questions, “Who is a Jew?” and “Who is a Cohen?”.

Dr. Fred Reiss is a retired public and Hebrew school teacher and administrator. He is the author of Ancient Secrets of Creation: Sepher Yetzira, the Book that Started Kabbalah, Revealed. He recently published his first novel, Reclaiming the Messiah. He can be contacted through his web site: www.fredreissbooks.com



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First Grade Earns Bracha Money at Soille Hebrew Day

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) —The First Grade Class at Hebrew Day concluded a unit about brachot with a delicious “late” breakfast at school. The children learned how to categorize their food according to the bracha we make and in which order they should be recited. They also learned vocabulary words related to food we eat for breakfast, so that they could ask for what they wanted to eat or drink in Hebrew. The program came together when each child was give a menu (in Hebrew) and “bracha-money” with a currency of $100 for Hamotzi, $50 for Mezonot, $20 for Hagafen,  $10 for Haetz, $5 for Haadama, and $1 for Sheakol. They had to place their orders by speaking complete sentences in Hebrew, and then “pay” for their food according to the proper brachot they would recite. Everyone did a great job and Morah Stephie, Morah Lihi, and Morah Maggie were very proud to see all this wonderful learning come alive!

Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School serves children from infants through eighth grade and offers generous financial aid grants to families to make a Jewish day school education affordable to all.  For more information on the school, visit the web site at http://www.hebrewday.org/ or contact Audrey Jacobs, Director of School Advancement at 858-279-3300 ext. 106 or ajacobs@hebrewday.org


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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History

Editor's Note: Read in this continuing column how the generations who came before us helped to build San Diego's Jewish community! You may access an index of San Diego Jewish history articles by clicking here. You may also use the Google search program at the top of this page or on the headline index page to search for keywords or names.


Local Resident Cited For Valor
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 18, 1952, page 23

Lt. Herbert L. Newmark, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Newmark, received the Distinguished Flying Cross for distinguishing himself by extra achievement as a fighter pilot aboard the U.S. Navy carrier Bon Homme Richard in Korean waters.

Lt. Newmark received the D.F.C. in addition to a commendation ribbon with combat distinguishing device and a gold star in lieu of 3 air medals.  Lt. Newmark is now stationed at Whidbey Island, Washington.


Cottage of Israel
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 18, 1952, page 23

The following officers will guide the Cottage for 1952-53.  President, Fred Yaruss; Vice president, Seymour Gates; Treasurer, Phillip Abrams; Recording Secretary Martha Feiler; Financial and Corresponding Secretary, Bess Borushek; Delegates to the house of Pacific Relations, Jean Schwartz and Isaac Poltere.

Newly appointed committees and their chairmen will be announced as soon as they are set up. Active participation by the community is always welcome. Additions to our display committee, hostess committee, etc. will be especially welcomed. The Cottage of Israel is a community project and invites community support and suggestions.


Pioneer Women
Southwestern Jewish Press, September 18, 1952, page 23

Our first affair of the year will be a Membership Tea to be held on Wed., Oct 8th at Beth Jacob Center and it is hoped that each member will bring a prospective new member.  Tentative dates were chosen for the following affairs: HJ.N.F. Box Collection and Free Luncheon, Nov. 20th; Chanukah Bazaar, Dec. 20th and 21st; Tu B’Shvat Dinner, Feb. 1st; Purim Ball, March 8th.

Members are hard t work on our Souvenir Program Book for the Regional Conference to be held Oct. 17 to 20th under the chairmanship of Rose Brooker.  Lee Gordon was named chairman of Beth Jacob Auxiliary hostesses for the Sabbath services on Friday, Oct. 17th, at which delegates of the Conference will be honored guests.

At our next meeting to be held on Thursday, Oct. 2nd, an interesting program has been arranged which will include a Book Report on “Tongue of the Prophets” by Robert St. John.


Funds Rushed to Committee in United Jewish Appeal Crisis
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 3, 1952, page 1

A speeding up process of payment of pledges to the United Jewish Fund enabled the community to forward $25,000 to the UJA emergency conference attempting to raise $35,000,000 in cash by October 18th, M.D. Goodrich, President, reported.

Bringing San Diego’s cash advance to the UJA to $81,350, the money will be used for critical emergency needs in Israel by the Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Agency.

Harry Mallen, Chairman of the Collection committee, reported at the September board meeting that outstanding payments were down to 4 ½ percent for 1950 and 5 percent for 1951 and that 50 percent of the pledges made in 1952 had already been converted into cash.

“The faster we convert pledges into cash the faster we can forward this cash to help those people for whom it was given,” Mallen said in urging contributors to pay their pledges immediately.

The Fund Board also approved of $125,000 in Bonds of the Israel government by the community under the “San Diego Plan” when the national office of BIG completely approves.


Friends of Ampal Mark 10th Year
Southwestern Jewish Press, October 3, 1952, pages 1, 2

Abraham Dickenstein, President of Ampal—American Palestine Trading Corporation—will be the guest speaker at a dinner meeting on Thursday, October 16th, 6:30 p.m. marking the 10th anniversary of its founding.

Sponsored by San Diego “Friends of Ampal” headed by Louis Morrsteen, chairman, the dinner will honor MR. Dickenstein and acquaint San Diegans with the Israel investment organization.

Ben Astar, Hollywood’s first and only actor from Israel, will be the guest artist.  Astar is currently starring in the new Columbia release “Assignment in Paris.”  He can be seen in Fox’s “Five Fingers” Paramount’s “Sister Carrie;” MGM’s “The Bad and the Beautiful” and Columbia’s “Targe Hong Kong.”

Guest of honor Dickenstein has visited San Diego once before where he so impressed those who methim that it was agreed the entire community ought to hear him.

Dickenstein came to the United States from Israel in 1942 and with a number of American businessmen and a group of economic leaders from the cooperative movements in Israel, organized Ampal to mobilize investment capital for the development of Palestine.

Chairman Moorsteen announced that his committee which is in the process of being formed includes Ruben Umansky, I.L. Domnitz, Sol Price, M.D. Goodrich, Edward Schwartz, Arthur Gardner and Max Rabinowitz.

“Adventures in Jewish History” is sponsored by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg. Our indexed "Adventures in San Diego Jewish History" series will be a daily feature until we run out of history.


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