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The Texas Gulf Coast’s Jewish Newspaper Since 1908
July 31, 2014 - 4 Av 5774 o Volume CVII - Number 18 $ Houston, Texas $ jhvonline.com ®ILj| $ $2 Per Copy
Houston activists counter
anti-Israel demonstrators
By MICHAEL C. DUKE I JHV
More than 1,000 an-
ti-Israel and pro-Israel
activists staged oppos-
ing demonstrations at
a busy intersection in
Houston July 25, in re-
sponse to deadly fight-
ing this month between
Israel and Palestinian
terror groups in the Gaza Strip.
On the more numerous anti-Israel side, which blanketed the bet-
ter part of Westheimer Road at Post Oak Boulevard near The Galleria
Houston, kaffiyeh-clad protesters slammed the United States for its
support of Israel.
Anti-Israel protesters near The Galleria likened
See Protest on Page 4 the Jewish state to Nazi Germany.
Pro-Israel rally this Sunday
A local community-wide rally in support
of the State of Israel will take place Sun-
day, Aug. 3, at Beth Israel synagogue, 5600
N. Braeswood Blvd., beginning at 4 p.m.
Tickets (there is no charge) are required
to attend. Register at houstonjewish.org.
For more information, see Page 3. [■
JHV: MICHAEL C. DUKE
Netanyahu: Israel
will not end Gaza war
until tunnels destroyed
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel will not end its operation
in Gaza before destroying all the Hamas-built tunnels,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an
address to the nation July 28.
Neutralizing the tunnels is the first step toward de-
militarization of Gaza, Netanyahu said in a nationally
televised speech from the Israel Defense Forces head-
quarters in Tel Aviv. He said the international communi-
ty must demand the demilitarization of Gaza and moni-
tor the building materials that enter Gaza in the future.
“We need to be prepared for a continued operation,”
Netanyahu said. “We will fight to defend our citizens,
our children.”
Netanyahu’s call to continue the operation until the
See Tunnels on Page 5
Discovering Israel within
PHOTOS BY JHV: MICHAEL C. DUKE
Eli Winter and other Emanu El teens paid tribute to Zionism's founder, Theodor Herzl, at his grave in Jerusalem.
Teens build connections, community through Israel experience
By MICHAEL C. DUKE I JHV
A three-week trip to Israel this summer exposed local
teens to the harsh realities of Israel’s struggle for peace.
Nearly 50 high school juniors and seniors from Congre-
gation Emanu El traveled across the country this July on the
inaugural Shirley Barish Memorial Israel Experience. The
first-of-its-kind program was established this past year by
Marvin Barish, in memory of his wife, to take Emanu El high
school students on free, education-based trips to the Jewish
homeland. The group was led by Emanu El’s education direc-
tor, Marna Meyer, along with four Emanu El teachers and the
congregation’s Rabbi Samantha Kahn.
Shortly after the group’s arrival in Israel, unfortunately, a
flare-up in violence from Gaza forced major changes to their
itinerary and, consequently, sent waves of concern and panic
back home among parents, some of whom wanted the group to
come home early.
The teens, however, showed great resilience and resolve,
taking the “security situation” in stride.
Thanks both to nimble and informed decision making on
the part of their expert guides and tour operator, Young Judaea,
and to their own adaptability to change, the teens made it the
full three weeks, as planned, and had an even more meaningful
Daniella Hauser, Becca Leisten, Emily Curl and Kyra Goren got a
taste of Israel's famous shuk, Machane Yehuda, through its fare.
Israel experience because of the challenges they faced, many
of them agreed.
“Because of the security situation, we weren’t able to go to
many of the places we planned to, like Tel Aviv, Haifa or Eilat,”
said Annie Abramowitz, one of the seniors in the group and
See Experience on Page 6
Forward-thinking rabbi
to lead Galveston shul
By JEANNE F. SAMUELS I JHV
This erev Shabbat,
Aug. 1, Galveston’s his-
toric Congregation B’nai
Israel welcomes Rabbi
Marshal Klaven. Warmly
recommended by retiring
Rabbi Jimmy Kessler, Rab-
bi Klaven enters his new
pulpit with interesting and
varied experiences to his
credit.
The rabbi, who was
born in St. Louis, gradu-
ated with a degree in so-
cial work from Florida
Atlantic University in
Boca Raton, Fla., and was
ordained at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
During his third year in rabbinical school, he took
a commission and served as a chaplain in the Unit-
ed States Air Force. “I served all over the place,”
he said, recalling his training at Maxwell Air Force
Base in Montgomery, Ala. “I spent a good time at
Wright-Patterson Field in Dayton, Ohio, but my
only overseas post was in Okinawa. ... I think ser-
vice to our nation is important,” he said, pointing
out that both his grandfathers, and his maternal
great-grandfather served in World Wars II and I,
respectively.
Two of Rabbi Klaven’s six years in rabbinical
school were spent in Israel.
Following ordination, he became the circuit-
riding rabbi for the South for the Goldring/Wolden-
berg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. “When I first
started there -1 was the third rabbi - it was sort of
a vision,” he recalled. He was charged with main-
taining rabbinic support in seven or eight states,
but, also, to make it grow. During his five years as
a rabbi for the ISJL, he was able to expand new
programming to 13 states. One particular program
was a Passover Pilgrimage, in which Passover was
See Galveston on Page 6
Rabbi Marshal Klaven
Bake sale benefits children of Beersheva.....
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Around the world, Pro-Israel activists
show for Israel.....................................................
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Shmira: The noble mitzvah of guarding
the recently deceased...................................
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Adult aquatics class making
a big splash at ERJCC.....................................
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