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32 BALTIMORE’S JEWISH FAMILY MAGAZINE
Death of a Salesman Dear Readers,
by Eli W. Schlossberg As we approach Chanukah, the Festival of Light, the time of the year when we fill
42 our homes with small flames, our thoughts (and checks!) go out to the victims of the
monstrous flames that recently ravaged Eretz Yisrael. Once again, we are reminded that,
While Israel Burned like so much else in life, fire can be good or bad, a source of mitzva or a source of
by Sam Finkel destruction, depending on how it is used. The word Chanukah denotes rebuilding and
rededication. What more appropriate words for our fellow Jews in Israel, who now
50 undertake the task of rebuilding their homes and their lives!
Journey to Ma’ale Amos Meanwhile, here in America, after a firestorm of an election, change – political, legal,
by Bracha Shugarman and economic – certainly seems to be on the horizon. We all pray the changes will
prove positive and that the feelings of division, which clearly rent the body politic, will
68 heal and national unity will reassert itself. It is a fact, however, that we live in times of
great cultural stress. Values once held sacred are now deconstructed by powerful seg-
Pardon Rubashkin ments of our society, which desire to replace them with a radically different cultural dis-
by C. Renfrew course. They seek not only to destroy traditional values and redefine society but also to
penalize those who dissent from its demanded consensus. The recent election cam-
and J. Reynolds paign certainly brought much of this into bold relief. As for us, our values were defined
long, long ago, and were set in stone at Sinai – literally.
72
No doubt these words will seem quaint to many today. They will seem “backwards”
Chesed Lonnie Style and “out of touch” to those who swim with the tides of contemporary culture. We under-
by Margie Pensak stand. But we also recall an event from long ago, when a group of Jews who would not
swim with the politically-correct culture of that era were eventually compelled to wage
84 an unequal struggle against that culture. They wanted not to triumph over it but only
to preserve sufficient room for themselves and their children to follow their own ideas
Ask the Shadchan of right and wrong. Miraculously, that unequal struggle ended with victory for the few
by Mashe Katz over the many, for the weak over the strong. Maybe you have heard of this event?
92 The Where What When wishes all our readers a happy and thoughtful Chanukah!
Jewish Hospice AD DEADLINE PUBLICATION DATE
by Margie Pensak
December 19, 2016 December 27, 2016
88
January 2, 2017 January 10, 2017
Jen Kaplan’s Story
98
Income Taxes 2016
by Eli Pollock
106
Boycott to Buy-cott
by Eta Kushner
112
Crackers
by Janet S. Sunness, MD
114
Latke Waffles and More
by Bracha Shor
124
Hurdles
by Chaya Sara
ben Schachar
Death of a Salesman Dear Readers,
by Eli W. Schlossberg As we approach Chanukah, the Festival of Light, the time of the year when we fill
42 our homes with small flames, our thoughts (and checks!) go out to the victims of the
monstrous flames that recently ravaged Eretz Yisrael. Once again, we are reminded that,
While Israel Burned like so much else in life, fire can be good or bad, a source of mitzva or a source of
by Sam Finkel destruction, depending on how it is used. The word Chanukah denotes rebuilding and
rededication. What more appropriate words for our fellow Jews in Israel, who now
50 undertake the task of rebuilding their homes and their lives!
Journey to Ma’ale Amos Meanwhile, here in America, after a firestorm of an election, change – political, legal,
by Bracha Shugarman and economic – certainly seems to be on the horizon. We all pray the changes will
prove positive and that the feelings of division, which clearly rent the body politic, will
68 heal and national unity will reassert itself. It is a fact, however, that we live in times of
great cultural stress. Values once held sacred are now deconstructed by powerful seg-
Pardon Rubashkin ments of our society, which desire to replace them with a radically different cultural dis-
by C. Renfrew course. They seek not only to destroy traditional values and redefine society but also to
penalize those who dissent from its demanded consensus. The recent election cam-
and J. Reynolds paign certainly brought much of this into bold relief. As for us, our values were defined
long, long ago, and were set in stone at Sinai – literally.
72
No doubt these words will seem quaint to many today. They will seem “backwards”
Chesed Lonnie Style and “out of touch” to those who swim with the tides of contemporary culture. We under-
by Margie Pensak stand. But we also recall an event from long ago, when a group of Jews who would not
swim with the politically-correct culture of that era were eventually compelled to wage
84 an unequal struggle against that culture. They wanted not to triumph over it but only
to preserve sufficient room for themselves and their children to follow their own ideas
Ask the Shadchan of right and wrong. Miraculously, that unequal struggle ended with victory for the few
by Mashe Katz over the many, for the weak over the strong. Maybe you have heard of this event?
92 The Where What When wishes all our readers a happy and thoughtful Chanukah!
Jewish Hospice AD DEADLINE PUBLICATION DATE
by Margie Pensak
December 19, 2016 December 27, 2016
88
January 2, 2017 January 10, 2017
Jen Kaplan’s Story
98
Income Taxes 2016
by Eli Pollock
106
Boycott to Buy-cott
by Eta Kushner
112
Crackers
by Janet S. Sunness, MD
114
Latke Waffles and More
by Bracha Shor
124
Hurdles
by Chaya Sara
ben Schachar
