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North Port survivors go Zoom
mental healthcare. We will continue
with this, virus or no virus.” By Rabbi Jonathan R. Katz, Community Chaplain
And, Miller sees benefits to re- This program is sponsored by
mote working. “I think in one sense it The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
is difficult when you are a community- ade possible through a fed- the group about the program,” said
based agency like we are. Our personal eral grant administered by Anna Eckstein, a staff member of JF-
connection with our clients is critical MThe Jewish Federations of CS’s Jewish Healing Program, who
to what we do. So, while I don’t see North America, JFCS of the Suncoast’s coordinates the Chai initiative. “As a DR. CIFRA IS AMONG THE BEST
us ever being totally remote, I do see Holocaust survivor wellness initiative result, we will continue to have Zoom
us moving toward a model that is more (Chai) is providing programming in sessions. I look forward to the word SPINAL DECOMPRESSION PHYSICIANS Dr. David Cifra, DC
of a blend,” Miller said. “We need to the wake of COVID-19 via Zoom for spreading in the community and hav- IN AMERICA
be able to meet our clients when and the many survivors who live in North ing even more survivors participating
where they need us. If a remote work Port. in the future.” Medical breakthrough technology for bulging,
schedule can give more flexibility In May, a large group came to- Another Zoom program that Eck- herniated, and degenerative discs.
to our team, then that will help both gether on screen to share about the 75 stein organized featuring a young local No Pain, No Drugs, No Surgery!
th
JFCS and our clients. Having our tools anniversary of Victory Day, a holiday pianist was also well-received. Though
and resources available 24/7 certainly that commemorates the surrender of not Russian, he played several well- Board Certified in the Specialty of Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression
opens up new opportunities and allows Nazi Germany on May 9, 1945. A ma- known pieces by Russian composers Call 941.358.2224 or 315.345.7390 today
for more flexibility. We will be able to jor annual observance in Russia and which the participants very much en-
serve our clients better and more com- beyond, it first began in the 15 repub- joyed and appreciated. to schedule a FREE CONSULTATION
pletely in the years ahead.” lics of the Soviet Union immediately “Dark is the Night” University Health Park
For more information on JFCS and following the surrender. Dark night, only bullets are whistling 2415 University Parkway • Bldg 3, Suite 216 • Sarasota, FL 34243
its services, visit jfcs-cares.org. Several participants recalled this in the steppe, SarasotaDiscCenter.com
Next month, we will showcase area dramatic event. One mentioned how Only the wind is wailing through the
synagogues and their response to the she and her mother, who were at one telephone wires, stars are faintly flick-
Coronavirus pandemic. time close to death during the Lenin- ering...
grad Blockade, were filled with utter In the dark night, my love, I know you
jubilation. Tears were shed as others
are not sleeping,
NCJW supports also spoke of their wartime experi- And, near a child’s crib, you secretly
wipe away a tear.
ences.
local organizations is the Night,” a famous Russian song How I love the depths of your gentle
At one point, everyone sang “Dark
eyes,
about a WWII soldier who calls his How I want to press my lips to them!
wife and baby to mind at night. Though This dark night separates us, my love,
Soviet authorities found it to be too And the dark, troubled steppe has come
sentimental, millions adopted it as an to lie between us.
unofficial national hymn. According to I have faith in you, in you, my sweet-
one social commentator, “Dark is the heart.
Night” (the words can be found below) That faith has shielded me from bullets
has been described as a gentle lyrical in this dark night...
song imbued with a feeling of home- I am glad, I am calm in deadly battle:
sickness and expressing devotion to I know you will meet me with love, no
one’s beloved in revealing the personal matter what happens.
side of army life, indiscernible in the Death is not terrible, we’ve met with it
roar of warfare. This contrasted sharp- more than once in the steppe... Ally Zemelman
ly with the prevalent type of war song, And now here it looms over me once is proud to support
which was either a field marching song again,

Temple Beth Sholom Summer Food Drive or a civil patriotic one. You await my return, sitting sleepless The Jewish Federation
The group also discussed how they
near a cradle,
Help support those in need in the Sarasota community. Temple Beth Sholom is were faring in the wake of COVID-19 And so I know that nothing will hap-
accepting canned and non-perishable food all summer long. Donations can be and offered advice to one another. One pen to me! of Sarasota – Manatee
dropped off Tuesday - Friday in a designated bin outside of the building at 1050 couple made a joke about how the in- Rabbi Jonathan R. Katz serves as a
South Tuttle Ave., Sarasota. The food will be distributed to those in need throughout ability to go out was turning them into Community Chaplain and Director of Ally Zemelman, CRPC ®
the community. For more information, contact Nancy Hendricks at 941.955.8121 pickles. JFCS’s Jewish Healing Program. His Financial Advisor
or info@templebethsholomfl.org. “It was very gratifying to receive position is underwritten by The Jewish Vice President – Investments
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