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lan to join other members of the Nashville Jewish Community on a humanitarian mission to Cuba in 2013. The six-day trip, which departs from Miami, includes visits with Cuba’s Jewish community in Havana and Santa Clara. Participants will depart Miami on March 13 and return on March 18. The early morning departure on Wednesday, March 13 to Havana requires that mission participants spend the evening of March 12 in the Miami area. Perhaps more than any other Federation sponsored mission, a visit to Cuba allows participants to witness firsthand the dramatic impact of the contributions made to the annual Federation campaign that provide vitally needed social and educational services to Cuba’s 1,500-member Jewish community. Most of these services are coordinated by the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), one of the Federation’s major overseas beneficiary agencies. Visits by Jewish delegations from the United States provide a respite from the cultural and religious isolation commonly experienced by Cuba’s Jewish community. In addition and because of the special humanitarian status of the visit, participants will be able to bring with them medical supplies and prescription

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and over-the-counter drugs that are often scarce in Cuba. These supplies are delivered to a private pharmacy maintained by the JDC and the Havana Jewish community that is housed in El Patronato, the largest Jewish community building that is home to Havana’s Beth Shalom Synagogue. Participants will also enjoy Friday evening services and a community Shabbat dinner at El Patronato. The cost of the trip is approximately $2,200 to $2,300 per person based on double occupancy. This cost does not include travel to Miami or

the cost of a hotel room in Miami on the night of March 12. Participation on the mission will also include a special contribution of $250 per person to the Federation Campaign. These contributions will be used to fund a special JDC project in Cuba. The deadline for registering for this mission is November 1 and space is strictly limited to 30 participants. For more information, please contact Federation Executive Director Mark Freedman by calling him at 354-1660 or send an email to mark@jewishnashville.org. c

Anti-Islam film raises concerns over fabrications on its origin By JTA Staff

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Americans and Cubans share Shabbat at El Patronato. Photo: Mark Freedman / Leslie J. Klein

NEW YORK – There was no Israeli-American real estate developer named Sam Bacile, and the 100 Jews he claimed had financed his antiIslam film were fictitious as well. Both fabrications were offered to the media apparently to hide the true identity of the Egyptian Christian from Southern California who has since been fingered as the main figure behind the film that sparked violence across the Muslim world. Still, there are those who continue to cling to the false notion that Jews were behind the film. Days after the Jewish connection was shown to be a fiction, the English-language website of Iran’s Press TV was repeatedly citing the disproved reports that the film was made by Jews. Meanwhile, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a

statement blaming “evil Zionists” and the U.S. government for the film. “We are greatly concerned that this false notion that an Israeli Jew and 100 Jewish backers were behind the film now has legs and is gathering speed around the world,” said the ADL’s national director, Abraham Foxman, in a statement issued on Sept. 13. “In an age where conspiracy theories, especially ones of an antiSemitic nature, explode on the Internet in a matter of minutes, it is crucial for those news organizations who initially reported on his identity to correct the record.” Foxman added that even after it became clear that the filmmaker was not Jewish, “news organizations across the Arab world and anti-Semites and anti-Israel activists have continued to describe him as such.” In his own statement last week, Iran’s supreme leader said that the film

“showed the fury of the evil Zionists at the daily-increasing radiance of Islam and Holy Qur’an in the present world.” Khamenei said that the “prime suspects in this crime are Zionism and the U.S. government,” and demanded that American politicians make those behind the film “face a punishment proportionate to this great crime.” Khamenei did not, however, refer specifically to the filmmaker’s identity or fabrications regarding his financing. A 14-minute trailer for the crudely produced film, “Innocence of Muslims,” ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad and posted to YouTube, has been cited as the reason for the outbreak of attacks on U.S. and other Western diplomatic posts in the Middle East. The violence began on the night of Sept. 11, when heavily armed men stormed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Continued on page 8

Build community, traditions through Major Gifts Society event Traditions, traditions. Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as... as... as a fiddler on the roof! - Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof

t this year’s Major Gifts Society Dinner four community members will take inspiration from Tevye and share their reflections on Jewish traditions. The annual by-invitation event of the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville will take place on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 6:308:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt Hillel, Ben Schulman Center for Jewish Life, 2421 Vanderbilt Place.

Ellen and Michael Levitt are chairing the event. Incoming Federation President Andy May, Rabbi Laurie Rice, David Steine Jr. and Shirley Zeitlin will talk about Jewish traditions. Participants will have an opportunity to make their 2013 Annual Campaign gift, which helps to fund the many services that Federation provides to fellow Jews in Nashville, Israel and around the world. “At this time of year I think that all of us, even the ones who say they aren’t ‘religious,’ reflect on tradition at least in terms of our parents and grandparents and what we, as a link in the tradition, pass to our children,” Steine said in an email.

His family traditionally has connected with the Jewish community and Israel through Federation, he said. “The most important trip I took to Israel was when Patti and I took our children Mara and Joseph there,” he said. “It was their first trip to Israel and their first big trip abroad. I wanted them to know how important Israel was to me and to see for themselves what a Jewish homeland looks like.” In a bid to create new family traditions, adult children of Society members are invited – and encouraged – to participate in the dinner. For more information, contact Federation Campaign Director Naomi Limor Sedek at 354-1642 or Naomi@jewishnashville.org. c

GJCC’s Magical Mystery Tour kicks off with trio of pre-parties

oes Beatles trivia spark your interest? Answer this: How did the Beatles get their name? Help kick-start the Magical Mystery Tour: Main Event 2012 with three pre-parties leading up to the Main Event itself on Saturday, Nov. 3. The first pre-party is at the Cotton Mill on Thursday, Oct. 18 from 6:308:30 p.m. Shop and mingle with good friends and good food while helping to raise money for the Gordon Jewish Community Center. Cotton Mill owners and GJCC members Bob and Martha Nemer are donating a portion

of all sales from the evening’s festivities to the GJCC. Then mark your calendars for Thursday, Nov. 1, when the Main Event Art and Jewelry sale will be held in the GJCC Atrium from 6:308:30 p.m. Stock up on Hanukkah gifts as you peruse all of the wonderful art and jewelry items donated to the Main Event. Wine and appetizers will be served. Last but certainly not least of the pre-parties is the Main Event Auction Preview on Friday, Nov. 2 from 2-5:30 p.m. Spend Happy Hour with the GJCC! Shop and place bids on hundreds of amazing items even if you

can’t attend Main Event. In addition, watch for details on a dance class to practice your ’60s dance moves before the Magical Mystery Tour: Main Event. The Main Event is the GJCC’s annual fundraiser which contributes to your Jewish Community Center and raises money for children and families in need. If you are interested in volunteering your help with the event, contact any of the Main Event chairs: Judy Eskind, Melissa Melamed, Lorna Graff, Dara Freiberg or Sara Melamed. They are also assisted by 2011 Main Event Chairs Leslie Kirshner and Rhonda Wernick. Invitations are in the mail so check

your mailbox! A special thank you to the two title sponsors, Embassy Dental and Mapco. Thank you, also, to The Cotton Mill and in-kind sponsors Best Brands, Lipman Brothers, Chip Weinstein, and Ajax Turner. Oh, and the trivia answer? The Beatles got their name from a line in the movie “The Wild Ones.” Lee Marvin’s character had a line in the movie where he referred to the women in the gang as “beetles.” The Beatles changed the ‘ee’ to ‘ea’ so it was like the musical term “beat.” Who knew? For more information about the Magical Mystery Tour: Main Event 2012, contact Meryl Kraft, 615-356-7170, meryl@nashvillejcc.org. c

Alan Gross’ health deteriorating WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The wife of Alan Gross said after visiting him in Cuba that the jailed contractor's health continues to deteriorate. “While his spirit remains strong, I fear he is not going to survive this terrible ordeal,” Judy Gross said in a statement released by the family’s lawyers just after she returned from a four-day trip to Cuba last week. Cuban authorities insist that Gross is in “normal” health. He reportedly has lost more than 100 pounds since his arrest in 2009 and his family says he is suffering from degenerative arthritis. His mother is dying and one of his daughters is battling cancer.

Gross, 63, of Potomac, Md., was sentenced last year to 15 years in prison for “crimes against the state.” He was arrested in 2009 for allegedly bringing satellite phones and computer equipment to members of Cuba’s Jewish community. Meanwhile, Gross’ legal team has filed a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention seeking a finding that Gross’ detention is “in violation of Cuba’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a treaty which guarantees the right to freedom of expression, including the right to receive and disseminate information freely through any media of choice.” c

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Federation welcomes Wolf as community relations director By Kathy Carlson

bigail M. Wolf will join the staff of the Jewish Federation of Nashville on Oct. 1 as its director of community relations, Federation Executive Director Mark S. Freedman and Community Relations Committee chair Irwin Venick have announced. Wolf succeeds Judy Saks, who retired on Aug. 31 as Observer editor and CRC director. She has experience with nonprofits and with Jewish communal organizations. “Following a comprehensive search in which we reviewed 23 resumes and conducted three in-person interviews among highly qualified candidates, Ms. Wolf emerged, in our collective opinion, as the strongest and best fit for this important position with the Jewish Federation,” Freedman and Venick said. Spending time after college in Europe helped guide Wolf on her career path. Visiting Budapest’s Holocaust Memorial Center proved crucial. “For me, it was an epiphany-filled, life-changing experience,” she said. “It hit me on a visceral level. I wanted to come back and work in the Jewish community.” She returned to the United States to work in regional offices of the ADL in California for five years. There she helped develop alliances between the Jewish community and AfricanAmerican, Asian, Latino and gay/lesbian organizations. She served as an ADL spokesperson, lobbied legislators and presented hate-crime training and antiterrorism workshops to law enforcement agencies in four states.

Comics suing Jerusalem shop (JTA) – Marvel Comics is suing a Jerusalem shop for selling unlicensed Spider-Man merchandise. Avi Binyamin, who owns the Kippa Man store on Ben-Yehuda Street, is being sued for nearly $25,700 for selling kipot with Spider-Man's likeness, The Jerusalem Post reported. “A reasonable consumer could be fooled into thinking that the infringing product is manufactured and/or sold by the plaintiff with the knowledge and/or approval of the defendant,” the court document states, according to the Post. Binyamin received the documents on Sept. 12. “They make them in China, I just bring them,” Binyamin told the paper, adding that “There are 20 stores on this street, they all sell the same thing.” Amir Ivtsan, a partner in an Israeli law firm that has represented Marvel in Israel for a decade, said this is one of many similar cases. “If they find illegal merchandise, they will tell us and we will sue them,” he said. Numerous shops along Ben-Yehuda sell merchandise featuring Spider-Man as well as such characters as Superman and college mascots. c

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Abigail M. Wolf

After earning a master’s degree in public affairs at the University of Texas, Wolf intended to return to Jewish com-

munal work but also became interested in animal welfare. That interest led to nine years with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, where she often acted as a liaison between animal shelters and corporations that were potential shelter donors. When she and her husband, Vanderbilt Hillel Executive Director Ari Dubin, moved to Nashville seven years ago, Wolf again felt the urge to work within the Jewish community. “Once we moved here and I became part of the community, I wanted to get back to my roots,” she said. “Having children, I felt tied to the community in a way I haven’t felt connected to other communities.” Wolf and Dubin are the parents of two children, one at Akiva School and one at the Early Childhood Learning Center at the Gordon Jewish Community Center.

Wolf is enthusiastic about her new position. She already has begun working with CRC members in strategic planning for the group’s activities over the next 12 to 18 months and beyond. “It is such an exciting time,” she said. “I was so invigorated.” “I think the CRC has done amazing work,” she continued. “It’s important that the community knows the great things (that are) happening.” She encourages community members to join in the CRC’s work. “I think it can be an entry point into communal life,” she said. “For someone who isn’t involved, it’s a great entry point. For people who are involved … it’s a wonderful opportunity to pursue and be a part of the public affairs agenda of the community,” including issues of Israel advocacy and government affairs. … We need everyone.” c

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Poland’s reviving Jewish communities come (way, way) out By Cnaan Liphshiz ZAKOPANE, Poland (JTA) – In southern Polish woods, an unfamiliar blast alarms hikers and wildlife as it pierces the still of a misty morning. It has been a long time since a shofar echoed in these mountains. At the narrow end of the traditional Jewish horn are the puckered lips of Rabbi Tyson Herberger, an American who works for the Warsaw Jewish community. Earlier this month, he led Poland’s first Torah Trek – an adult summer camp that marries Jewish learning with hiking. With Poland’s synagogues and Jewish centers once again providing basic services, local Jewish communities are taking to the outdoors as the next step toward expanding Jewish community life here with more exotic activities. The Torah Trekkers stayed for five days at the remote Kalatowki lodge, a mountain resort so isolated that it can be reached only by four-wheel drive. The daily shofar sessions – a tradition in Elul, the month that precedes Rosh Hashana – took place on the trail, out of consideration for the lodge’s other guests. It still drew some attention. “People would stop and look and take pictures, of course,” Herberger says at the lodge. He and his Norway-born wife, Rebecca, and other partners negotiated and set up a makeshift kosher kitchen here just for the trekkers. “It showed how little is needed, not even a synagogue, to live a Jewish life,” Rebecca Herberger says. “That’s especially important for a community in the process of rebuilding itself.”

Jakob Staszevski, Tyson Herberger and Rebecca Herberger at Kalatowki Lodge. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Organizers plan to make an annual event out of the Torah Trek, which was largely subsidized by the Luxemburgbased Matanel Foundation. Small, diverse and enthusiastic, the 14-person Torah Trek team seems representative of Polish Jewry today. Some participants regularly wear kipahs and keep basic mitzvot; some are expatriates; others only recently explored their Jewish roots. The trek’s Torah portion went beyond the basics, to explore and discuss the relationship between man and nature in Jewish sources, as well as Jewish philosophy and the ideas of Martin Buber. The Jewish Polish student group Zoom, founded in 2007, recently

started holding winter retreats near the Torah Trek lodge at Zakopane, a wellknown ski resort. “There are all kinds of such programs now,” says Karina Sokoloska, country director for Poland for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). Her organization held a one-week summer camp on the Baltic coast last month for young families. More than 200 people attended. The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation held yet another family retreat with greater emphasis on religion. Polish Jewry’s annals reveal that the current summer camp trend is the resumption of an old tradition. The Tatra region’s gravest hiking accident befell a young Zionist group not three miles away from the Torah Trek venue. Climbing a peak in stormy c

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weather, four members of the Akiba group were killed by a lightning bolt on Aug. 15, 1939. That fateful year, Zakopane registered its first independent Jewish community, just weeks before World War II broke out. The community was wiped out in the Holocaust. The grounds of one synagogue are now home to a marketplace; the remains of the other shul were incorporated into a cemetery that was restored in 2004. Jews in Poland are not the only ones seeking to reconnect with nature. In Ukraine, the JDC-funded Metzuda group of Odessa started leading summer camps for young adults three years ago. It was the first time in decades that this community of 45,000 Jews had organized such an outing on its own initiative, according to program coordinator Mariya Zarud. However, the Jewish Agency for Israel had organized some camps during the past 20 years. Torah Trekking required some sacrifice on the part of Jakob Staszevski of Warsaw. He helps to make up the minyan – the minimum 10 men required for some ritual rites – in three different synagogues every week and “staying in one place was not easy,” he says as he hurries back from the lodge into civilization. For Staszevski, 32, the summer camp was a late “tikkun” – repair. As a boy, he was bullied by “some rude boys” at a nonJewish summer camp and never returned to one until Torah Trek happened. His story is typical of young, educated adults from Jewish homes. “I knew one of my grandparents was Jewish. Then I found out about additional relatives, then I learned I was Jewish according to halacha,” he says. “I explored my Jewishness in university and gradually became more involved.” Many like him re-entered Jewish life after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, whose regimes tried to blur religious affiliations as a matter of policy. “The Bible and other Jewish sources are full of nature, but we’ve moved away from it, becoming the people of the book. The trek was a way to reconnect,” says another participant, Jonathan Orenstein, the New York-born director of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow. c

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Obama to rabbis: No ‘space’ with Israel on Iran, but also no red lines WASHINGTON (JTA) – President Obama told rabbis in a pre-Rosh Hashanah conference call that there is “no space” between the United States and Israel on Iran, but added that he would not make public a red line that could trigger a strike against Iran. “There may come a time,” Obama told 1,200 rabbis of all denominations on the call last Friday, that the United States would “exercise a military option” to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The call was organized by the rabbinical umbrellas of the Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Orthodox streams. Obama said, however, he would not set red lines or a deadline, as Israel has demanded, noting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would also not make public Israel’s own trigger for military action. “No leader ties his own hands,” he said. Still, Obama said, “there is no space between the U.S. and Israel” on Iran. He also said, “I have been explicit and clear that we will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.” Obama reiterated his belief in exhausting other options. “There remains time and space for diplomacy,” he said. Earlier, Obama had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran and the White House denied that the prime minister requested a Washington meeting. “The two leaders discussed the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program, and our close cooperation on Iran and other security issues,” said a statement issued by the White House. “President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu reaffirmed that they are united in their determination to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and agreed to continue their close consultations going forward.” The statement comes amid more frequent reports of tensions between the two governments, with Netanyahu demanding from Obama clearer red lines that could trigger military action against

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), President Obama, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (JTA Photo Illustration)

Iran, and the Obama administration refusing to outline these. In the conference call with the rabbis, Obama also spoke about the recent anti-American violence in the Middle East. “We knew this process would not be easy,” he said, referring to the development of democracies in the wake of the Arab Spring. “The United States must be aligned with democracy and human rights.” The furor stemmed from a video trailer shown over You Tube for an antiIslam film made in the United States

titled “Innocence of Muslims.” The film ridiculed the prophet Muhammed and triggered attacks on American diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East. An attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, claimed the lives of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three members of his staff. Some news outlets had reported early on – incorrectly, as it turns out – that the man behind the film was an Israeli Jew. JTA, citing later reports from the Associated Press, said that authori-

ties had concluded the key person behind the film was an Egyptian Coptic Christian named Nakoula Basselley Nakoula. The Anti-Defamation League issued a statement urging news organizations to do more to correct earlier false reports of a Jewish connection to the film. “We are greatly concerned that this false notion that an Israeli Jew and 100 Jewish backers were behind the film now has legs and is gathering speed around the world,” said the ADL’s national director, Abraham Foxman. “In an age where conspiracy theories, especially ones of an anti-Semitic nature, explode on the Internet in a matter of minutes, it is crucial for those news organizations who initially reported on his identity to correct the record.” Foxman added that even after it became clear that the filmmaker was not Jewish, “news organizations across the Arab world and anti-Semites and antiIsrael activists have continued to describe him as such.” Muslim outrage over the film had spread to Israel by the end of last week. Hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem and a small group of Muslim protesters demonstrated peacefully outside the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv. The rabbis, in introducing Obama, also noted their outstanding plea that he commute the life sentence of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. c

Netanyahu on U.S. news shows spells out Iran peril JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to American news shows to push for red lines on Iran's nuclear program. Netanyahu appeared Sept. 16 on NBC's “Meet the Press” in a pre-recorded interview. “Iran is guided by a leadership with an unbelievable fanaticism,” Netanyahu told host David Gregory. “It’s the same fanaticism that you see storming your embassies today. You want these fanatics

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to have nuclear weapons?” Iranian fanatics, he adds, “put their zealotry above survival.” Netanyahu also decried American columnists and commentators who have said that an Iran with nuclear weapons could stabilize the Middle East. They have “set a new standard for human stupidity,” Netanyahu said. Netanyahu told CNN's “State of the Union” in a pre-recorded interview that demanding red lines on Iran now is not an “electoral issue.” “There is a common interest of all Americans of all political persuasions to stop Iran,” he said. The prime minister also said on both programs that he would not be “dragged” into the U.S. elections. When Gregory pressed him to refute critics who have charged President Obama with having “thrown Israel

under the bus,” Netanyahu said, “There is no bus.” Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor, who is responsible for nuclear and intelligence affairs, told Israel Radio on Sunday that the United States should consider stopping Iran's nuclear weapons program sooner rather than later. “When is the point at which it should be stopped? Just when the bomb is assembled on the tip of the missile and is ready for launch?” he asked. Meridor said it should be before Iran reaches the stage where it can decide to make a nuclear-tipped weapon in a short amount of time, whenever it wants, even years from now. “Even an Iran that is a decision away from nuclear weaponry, be it within days or weeks, is a nuclear-armed Iran,” he said. c

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Thyme Café serves up Kosher treats at grand opening

letter To the Editor, It’s shocking to read reports coming from Israel about the attack by a group of Jewish teenagers on two Palestinian teens in Zion Square in the middle of Jerusalem. People come there to be entertained, to shop, and to sit in coffee shops, bars, and restaurants. It is very busy and at the center of pedestrian activities in downtown Jerusalem. Often you see uniformed soldiers walking by, and most carry their guns. There is a sense that by being there they make sure people will be safe, and business will go on as usual. To think that in the midst of this crowd this heinous event took place is extremely troubling. We read various explanations for why a Jewish youth was prone to violence, or lost his ways with religion. Some may have had serious psychological problems without getting needed supervision and/or treatment. The main question is: how come hundreds of observers stood by and watched the event unfold without intervening? With racist calls of “death to the Arabs” while attacking the innocent Palestinians, was there nobody in the crowd able or willing to stop the violent beatings? Considering that most Israelis serve in the army for 2-3 years and continue to serve in the reserve for years after, and considering that many Israelis

carry guns (whether soldiers or not), how come nobody tried to stop the beatings by youngsters who were not armed? It may be up to American Jews to stand up and state what is unfortunately clear: Israel cannot survive as a democratic home for the Jews if it allows such hateful violence to occur. Had Palestinian youth attacked Israeli youth in a similar manner, we can be assured the Israeli government would have taken immediate, severe action against the perpetrators and their families. We cannot play the role of victims in this incident. Let’s face the serious dangers to the deterioration of morality in Israeli society if peace is not achieved between Israel and the Palestinians. Ruth Smith

ashville will officially have a new Kosher eatery when Chabad of Nashville’s Thyme Café holds its grand opening on Sunday, Oct. 14. The Bellevue-area café is housed at Chabad of Nashville’s Genesis Campus for Jewish Life, 95 Bellevue Road. The café serves dairy and fish dishes and is open on Sundays, said Scott Rosenberg, Thyme Café’s chef and manager. Customers can choose from wraps, salads, personal pizzas, pasta and fries. Lunch hours run from 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., with dinner between 5-7:30 p.m. The café is certified Kosher by Chabad of Nashville and all dairy items are Chalav Yisrael.

Anti-Islam film raises concerns

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Continued from page 1 The assault caused the deaths of the country's American ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens, and three members of his staff. The deadly attack followed angry protests at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, where rioters breached the compound’s walls and destroyed its American flag. Media outlets quickly tracked down a California man who gave his name as Sam Bacile and was reported to have produced, directed and written “Innocence of Muslims.” He claimed to be an Israeli-American real estate developer hoping to help Israel with the film, which he said was financed with $5 million from 100 Jewish donors. While his claims were widely reported in the media – including by JTA – they quickly came under scrutiny and were shown to be false. For starters, there was no such person by that name involved in film or real estate, nor was that name known to the Israeli government or in California’s Jewish and Israeli communities. A self-described Christian activist from Southern California who was a consultant to the film told The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg that Bacile was a pseudonym and he was not Israeli, and likely not Jewish. The consultant, Steve Klein, who has a history of antiIslam activism, said that those behind

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the film were largely Evangelical Christians and included some Egyptian Coptic Christians. An actress who appeared in the film -- who said she and other cast members were misled about its true message -- said the producer was Egyptian. The Associated Press, one of the outlets that along with The Wall Street Journal had interviewed the producer and reported his false claims, on Sept. 12 traced the cell phone it had used to contact the filmmaker to the Southern California home of a Coptic Christian who admitted to involvement with the film’s logistics. While the man, 55-yearold Nakoula Bassely Nakoula, initially denied being Bacile, his middle name and a known alias closely resembled the fake name used by the filmmaker. A federal law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the AP on Sept. 13 that authorities had concluded that Nakoula was the key figure behind the film. Nakoula, who has served time in prison on bank fraud and identity theft charges, was questioned and released by federal probation officers. The terms of his probation prohibit him from using Internet-connected devices without the approval of his probation officers. Federal authorities told ABC News that Nakoula admitted to producing the film with his son. Authorities say he told them that he wrote the film’s script while in prison, that the film cost between $50,000 and $60,000, and was financed by his wife’s relatives in Egypt. Nakoula has reportedly gone into hiding. After the initial attacks on U.S. diplomatic compounds in Egypt and Libya, the attacks on diplomatic compounds spread to other Muslim countries, including Yemen, Tunisia and Sudan. In Jerusalem last Friday, hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police after leaving prayers on the Temple Mount. According to The Jerusalem Post, police said the youths, some of whom threw stones, were headed to the city’s U.S. consulate and that stun grenades were used to try to disperse them. In Tel Aviv on Sept. 13, a small group of Muslim protesters demonstrated peacefully outside the U.S. Embassy. Taleb a-Sanaa, an Arab member of Israel’s Knesset, reportedly said the same day that "Zionist elements" are trying to encourage hatred of Islam "out of political considerations.” c

lifecycles B’nai Mitzvah Mia Jaffa Greenberg will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, September 29, at Congregation Micah. She is the youngest daughter of Elliot and Alizah Greenberg and sister of Alec, Talia, and Mia Jaffa Isabelle. She is the Greenberg granddaughter of Robert and Golda Siegel of Miami; Shirley and the late Max Greenberg of Nashville; and Stanley and Sylva Meyrowitz of East Meadow, N.Y. Mia is a 7th grader at University School of Nashville, where she is an enthusiastic member of the volleyball, basketball, and track and field teams. Mia has spent the last four summers attending Camp Ramah Darom in Clayton, Ga. She is an avid reader, writer, and traveler. Mia enjoys listening to music, hanging out with friends, swimming, snowboarding, photography, and art. Micah Lee Foster will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Congregation Micah. She is the daughter of Jeff Foster and Lizabeth Feinberg Foster, and the big sister of Jonah. Her grandparMicah Lee ents are Richard and Foster Ruth Feinberg of The Villages, Florida, Jane Foster of Nashville, and the late Larry Foster, also of Nashville. Micah is an 8th grader at John Trotwood Moore Middle School. In addition to her honors academic curriculum, she is involved in band and student government. Micah enjoys sports, the arts, reading, and spending time with friends and family, particularly her younger cousins. She is also very funny and loves to make people laugh! Micah has attended Herzl Camp in Webster, Wis., the past two summers and is looking forward to returning next year. For her mitzvah project, Micah has chosen to volunteer for several different organizations, including the Ronald McDonald House and the Second Harvest Food Bank. Benjamin Levine will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, October 6, at 11 a.m. at The Temple. Benjamin was born on October 3, 1999 in Nashville. His parents are Laura Turk Brassell and Jeffrey Benjamin Levine. His grandparents Levine are Mike and Maddy Turk of Vernon, Conn., Joan Levine of Memphis and the late Bernard Levine. For his mitzvah project, Benjamin is participating in three 5K races in the area to raise money for cancer research. He is running in honor of and in memory of family members who have been affected by cancer. He is in the 7th grade at Grassland Middle School. His special interests include playing soccer, playing the saxophone, playing video games, and spending time with family and friends.

Sydney Kellem Lewis and Zoe Hannah Lewis will be called to the Torah on Saturday, October 6, at 9:30 am at West End Synagogue. Sydney was born on March 12, 1999 and Zoe on August 27, 2000, both Sydney Kellem Lewis and Zoe in Nashville. Hannah Lewis They are the daughters of Jenny and David Lewis. Their grandparents are Leslie and Sandy Zweben of Stuart, Florida and Sylvia and John Lewis of Atlanta. Both graduates of Akiva School, they now attend University School of Nashville as 8th and 7th graders. For their mitzvah project, they have chosen to raise money for Musicians on Call. Musicians on Call brings live music to the bedside of patients. They have chosen to sponsor rooms at the Veterans Hospital. Please visit their website to learn more: www.stayclassy.org/sydneyandzoe.

Additionally, they joined the B'nai Tzedek program of the Jewish Foundation. Joshua Morin will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 13 at Congregation Micah. Josh is the son of Andrew Morin and Allison Cutler and the brother of Isabel Morin. Joshua Morin Josh’s grandparents are Richard and Cynthia Morin of Nashville and Lynn Cutler of Chicago. Josh is in 7th grade at Montgomery

Bell Academy. He is an avid hockey player, and has been skating since he was 4 years old. He currently skates for the Nashville Jr. Predators Hockey program. In addition to hockey, Josh plays baseball and enjoys theater and singing. Josh chose as his Bar Mitzvah project to support cancer research and is working with the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s Young Ambassadors. The VICC is among the first in the nation to match cancer treatment to DNA changes in patients’ tumors. Josh will be working with a group of young leaders in our community who are working to fund cancer research, advocate on behalf of VICC and provide volunteer services.

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GJCC stages third annual Concert on the Lawn

elebrate the turning of the seasons on Sunday, Sept. 23, as the Gordon Jewish Community Center holds its third annual Concert on the Lawn. The event will be held from 5:307:30 p.m. In past years, concertgoers have enjoyed music in a relaxed setting on the GJCC campus. This year there will be food trucks and a bouncey house for children. Bring your own lawn chairs and quilts. This year’s concert features the music of Brigitte DeMeyer as well as that of GJCC staff members Jackie Smith and TJ Carter. DeMeyer is currently promoting her fifth album, “Rose of Jericho.” The album marks her first time as co-producer, her first time recording in Nashville since making it her home, and her first time telling stories of balancing mother-

hood and music, her web site states. Her music has been described as countrysteeped, blues-infused roots-pop. She has played with Buddy Miller, Steve Earle, Tony Hall, Ivan Neville, Daniel Lanois, the Indigo Girls’ Emily Saliers, Phil Madeira, Chris Donohue, Regina McCrary and Al Perkins. Jackie Smith is from upstate New York and graduated from the Berklee College of Music. She moved to Nashville just a few months ago and has been with the GJCC since. Her first album, “Siren Song,” was released in February 2008. TJ Carter earned a music business degree from Azusa Pacific University in 2007. She has toured Australia singing with a 1940s jazz big band; sung demos for Jordin Sparks, Lea Michele and others; and worked for NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. For more information, contact Yvonne Hall at yvonne@nashvillejcc.org. c

El Al ending flights to Cairo (JTA) – El Al said it is discontinuing its weekly flights to Cairo. In a letter published recently in the daily Maariv, El Al Airlines CEO Eliezer Shkedi said Israel’s official airline cannot afford the high security and operating costs for the nearly empty flights, according to news reports. The airline declined comment. Irena Etinger, spokeswoman for Foreign

Minister Avigdor Lieberman, confirmed the letter. The letter, addressed to Lieberman, did not say when the flights would end. Under the 1979 peace accord, the two countries agreed to provide flights. Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said if El Al cancels its service, another airline must provide Cairo flights, according to The Associated Press. c

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required. Children accompanied by parents or caregivers are welcome. Participants are invited to break bread and make peace in our community in a gathering that is inspired by an ancient Middle East conflict resolution practice known as sulha. The sulha creates space for diverse members of a community to come together to make music, ritual and meaningful conversation. For more information, visit www.nashville.gov/humanrelations. To make reservations, contact: Metro Human Relations Commission at: 615880-3370 or email: mhrc@nashville.gov

Spend the day on the Old Natchez Course at the 2nd Annual GJCC Invitational Golf Tournament. We will be the first group to hit the green immediately following the redesign and we are very excited to break it in. The event is set for Monday, Sept. 24, with registration from 7:30-8:30 a.m. followed by a 9 a.m. shotgun start. For further information or questions, contact Blayne Lipman via email or at 615.356.7170 ext. 256.

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Please help Jewish Family Service of Nashville provide essential nonfood items for those in need by dropping off the following NEW ITEMS in marked bins at Congregation Sherith Israel through the High Holidays, from Sunday, Sept. 16 through Tuesday, Oct. 16. Toothpaste, toothbrushes (child and adult), and bar soap are needed. For more information on how you can help families in need, contact Toni Jacobsen at tljlcsw@aol.com or (615) 354-1672.

Nashville author Jean Roseman will be guest speaker when the Tennessee State Library and Archives hosts a workshop on the history of the Nashville Jewish community on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9:30-11 a.m. The workshop will be held in the TSLA Auditorium, 403 Seventh Avenue North, in Nashville Some of the people to be featured include the man who raised more than $2 million to help finance World War I, the man who introduced seeing-eye dogs to America, the first woman to run for governor in Tennessee and the screenwriter who drew from his Nashville youth in crafting the popular movie, Dead Poets Society. Roseman has published “From Y to J, The Hundred Year History of Nashville’s Jewish Community Center” and “Shalom Nashville, A Jewish History.” The session is free and open to anyone interested, but reservations are required. To make reservations, e-mail workshop.tsla@tn.gov or call (615) 741-2764.

Southern Sulha Musician, peace activist and Jewish and interfaith ritual leader Gabriel Meyer Halevy will lead the second Southern Sulha, set for Sunday, Sept. 30, from 1-4:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Coleman Community Center, 384 Thompson Lane, Nashville. This event is sponsored by the Metro Human Relations Commission, along with members of our community. It is free and open to the public but because space is limited, reservations are

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