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VOLUME LXIX, NUMBER 44 TISHREI 6, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 35< PER COPY News At AGlance Feinstein Establishes Center for The United Arab Emirates has sent a warning to Disney officials in the United States a Hunger-Free America at URI over its millennium exhibi tion in which Jerusalem is he University of Rhode ls Shawn Feinstein's national lead from a variety of disciplines and depicted as the eapital of Is land has launched a center ership on this issue creates spe colleges. raeJ. TheUAEmemorandum Tthat has the elimination of cial opportunities for URI and • Lifelong Advocates. All explains that the position hunger in Rhode Island as gives us another way to contrib URI freshmen, currently ori taken by the Walt Disney its first priority. ute to the health and welfare of ented to community service Company may jeopardize Funded by a gift from the Rhode Island and America." through the URJ 101 /Feinstein future lucrative interests in Feinstein Foundation and uti• "I look forward with hope Enriching America Program, the Middle E:ast. The UAE is lizing resources throughout the and optimism that we can, in wiU be formally introduced to demanding that Disney offi University of Rhode Island, the deed, make a lasting impact on issues relating to hunger and cials permit a delegation of initiative also calls for the estab the hunger problem in personal opportunities for in Islamic leaders to visit the lishment of an academic minor America," said Alan Shawn volvement. exhibition prior to its open in hunger studies at URI and the Feinstein. • Leadership Studies: Hun ing to ensure that nothing creation of lifelong advocates The first official task of the ger cessation will become a was done to "distort the Arab by exposing students to the is center will be to conduct a na highly visible tTack in URI's ex• and Islamic history pertain sues of hunger and offering tional search for a recognized isting Leadership Studies mi• ing to Jerusalem. "Contrary them expanded opportunities leader in the war on hunger. A nor. to recent press reports, the for personal involvement. six-member academic steering • Hunger Policy Institute for Israeli exhibition at Epcot's The Feinstein foundation is committee, charged with assist Action Research for Systemic New Millennium Village is initiallycontributing$500,000to ing in the day-to-day operations Otange: Action research will be not going to be titled 'Jerusa the center over the next two of the center, will conduct the applied to help advocate for sys lem, the Capital of Israel.' It years. At the end of two years, search. temic change in addressing hun will be known as the Israel the foundation plans to endow Thecenterwillmobilizemany ger in Rhode Island and nation exhibit," the Disney state the center up to $3 million pro of the university's existing re ally. Alan Shawn Feinstein ment said. vidingexpectations by both par sourcesand willbestronglysup • Hunger Information Dis ties are met. ported by the Feinstein Enrich semination: URI's Deparbnents public policy issue. I chose to TheGeneralSecurityServices of Journalism and Communica fund the center at URI because it and police suspect that West With programs and action ing America Program at URI, based activities at both URI's URI's Family Resource Partner tion Studies will help keep the is the state's public university BankHamasactivistsarecon topic of hunger in the forefront and because of the interest in nected to the terrorist attacks Kingston and Providence cam ship,and theuniversity'semerg puses, the URI Feinstein Center ing Urban Initiative to accom of local and national media by the issue of hunger at the Uni perpetrated in Tiberias and developing a public/media re versity of Rhode Island. The Haifa on Sept. 5, Ha'aretz re fora Hunger-Free America will plish the following: mobilize the university's vast • Hunger-Free State: To cre lations program. university has a rich track record ported. On Sept. 9 it was The URI Feinstein Center for of community involvement and made public that the three human, academic, and pro ate a hunger-free Rhode Island, thecenterplanstoengageRhode a Hunger-Free America indi can provide hands-on advocacy terrorists who were killed in grammatic energy to move hun ger to the forefront of America's Island leaders from business, cates a shift of resources from by mobilizing a generation of the two bomb blasts were Is Brown University. "Hunger is a students," said Feinstein. raeli Arabs with ties to the consciousness. government, the non-profit sec· Islamic Movement. The offi "We believe that fighting tor, and education to develop cial spokesman of the radical hunger is a way of wrestling and implement a plan of action. • A Hunger Minor. An aca wing of the Islamic Move with a whole range of social and Differences of Opinion economic ills from which hun demic minor in hunger studies ment in Israel, headed by will beestablished that incorpo Ummal-FahmMayorSheikh ger often flows," said URI Presi• rates new and existing curricula Raed Sal ah, and Sheikh Kmal dent Robert L. Carothers." Alan Surrounding Pollard Visit Khatib of Klar Kana, pub On Sept. 9, a spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Barak. In lishedanannouncementcon the Ministry of Social and the statement that was con· demning the suicide attacks, Egyptian Newspaper Diaspora Affairs issued a state veyed by his wife, Pollard and community leaders sent ment that Minister for Diaspora added that the government's condolence letters to Presi Article Calls for Murder Affairs Rabbi Michael Melchior attempt to suddenly inject dent Ezer Weizman and would be meeting with Esther Rabbi Melchior into the picture Prime Minister Ehud Barak. of All American Jews Pollard as an emissary of Prime is nothing more than an empty The movement declared that An Egyptian government end edition of the government Minister Ehud Barak sometime gesture for Israeli domesticcon sum ption. He s tressed that the suicide bombers' actions newspaper has published an ar daily Al Akhbar) stated thal Fur following the holidays. In ad are opposed to the principles ticle praising Buford Furrow, the row "has a goal to annihilate the dition, the statement read the since his release was negoti of the movement and its poli neo-Nazi who shot up the Jew Jewish race in the United States. minister would visit with ated as an integral part of the des and disassociated itself I ask G-d to assist him in his Jonathan Pollard during his Wye accords, it is the responsi• ish Community Center in Los bility of Prime Minister Barak from the bombers. Angeles last month, wounding efforts to attain this goaJ. Let us upcoming visit to the United States. to finalize this plan with Presi• The United States v,ill work five people, four of them chil all join together saying, 'May it A subsequent statement re dent Clinton. to integrate Israel in the West dren. He also later shot and be G-d's will."' (Reuters, Aug. leased by Esther and Jonathan Esther Pollard added that in ern bloc of countries at the killed a Philippino-American 20, 1999) In a letter to Egyptian leader Pollard indicated the two have her meeting with former Prime United Nations, U.S. Secre postal worker. Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, The Zionist Organization of Hosni Mubarak,ZOA President not agreed to meet wilh the tary of State Madeleine minister and the government she received personal assur Albright promised Foreign America is urging the Clinton Morton A. Klein wrote: "an Egyptian government-newspa announcement was madewith ance that President Clinton's Minister David Levy during administration to use the over commitment to free Pollard was $2 billion Egypt receives in U.S. per has endorsed the goals of oul prior consultation wi th their recent meeting in them. an integral part of the Wye Ac· Jerusalem, 1-fa'aretz reported. military and financial aid each Adolf HiUer, by publishing an article calling for the murder of Pollard responded to the an• cords. Esther Pollard asked the Israel has long sought to be year as leverage to persuade former Prime Mmister if Barak Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak all American Jews, including nouncement by Minister COC1e a member of the West· Melchior's office saying that had been briefed about em bloc at the UN, but has to publicly repudiate the article Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, State Department offi neither he nor his wife has any Pollard's release when the encountered opposibon from and firethenewspaper'seditor, reigns of government changed who is a government appoin cials Martin lndyk and Aaron plans to meet with Minister some European countries. Melchior now or in the future. hands. Netanyahu affirmed tee. Miller, National Security Advi• Albright 5aid she has already Pollard said that the only one lhat Barak had been fully instructed American Ambas The article, in the Aug. 13 sor Sandy Berger, the United States Ambassador to Egypt, with the authority to secure his briefed sador Rtcha.rd Holbrooke to issue of the Egyptian govern~ Jonathan Pollard added, "'I Daniel Kurtzer,ten UniledStates release is the respondent in the attempt to,;trengthen Israel's mentnewspaper Akhbar Al-Yorn was shocked at the govern· ( whjch has a curriculum of more Senators and numerous mem- petilion he filed in Israeli Su poo;ibon at the orgaTUzat1on (Cunhnucd on Pdge 9) than 700,000, and is the week· (Conhnued on Page 15) premeCourtonSept. 8, namely 2-THE RHODE ISLA~D JE,WIS;H /-JERALD rnure;;~A)\~EPTEM~ER, J6, J999 HAPPENINGS ,.. Ent=.t·rtainm=tnt Calendar: September 16 thru September 22 16 Sign u p for G irl Scouts,Sept. 16and 18. Formoreinformationonsign·upsites,ca\1331--4500. Ga11ery Night Art Trolley. 5 to9 p.m. Hop on the free trolley and explore the galleries of Fox f@r Cb,ilclr=.t·n Point and College Hill. 17 11th annual Johnnycake StoryTellingFestiva]. Sept. 17through 19. Feahlring David Novak The Providence Children's Museum, 100 South St., Provi and Joyce Grear. Sixteen storytellers offer stories and fun for all ages. Neighborhood Guild, dence, announces the following activities. Call 273-KIDS. 325 Columbia St., Peace Dale. Call 789·9301 for times. The Academy Players present "cLOser thaneVEr" at the Carousel Theater in Goddard Park, SEPTEMBER Warwick. Sept. 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. Tickets 19 Hunt for Dreadful Dragons. 9:30a.m. to5 p.m. Kids ages are $12 advance, $15 at the door. Call 885--6910. 3and upcelebratethe newly arrived dragon display in the Fall RV Show at Bayside Expo Center, Boston. Sept. 17, 18 and 19. 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Jeannetle Miranda and Dr. Gregory R. Bender were mar ried July 11 at the Brown Fac ulty Club, Providence, R.I. The bride is the daughter of Helen Miranda of Cranston and Robert Miranda of Hopkinton. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bender of Pawtucket, R.I. The Hon. Robert Krause offi ciated at the 5 p.m. ceremony. The reception was held al the Brown Faculty Club. The bride was given in mar riage by her father. Matron of honor was Robin '! Da.}C~~e~ ~~~~;~:~~~~n~unce the birth of their first child, a son, Zeke Spisso-Cohen, Prescott. Jason Bender was best man born on Aug. 8 in Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, BMass. for his brother. The bride graduated from Paternal grandparents are Enid Cohen and the Rhode Island College and is em late Robert Cohen. Cathy and Ernie Spisso are the maternal ployed as a claims representa grandparents. Mary and Ernie Spisso are the maternal great tive for Metropolitan P & C. grandparents and Ida and Paul Gregerman are the paternal The bridegroom graduated great-grand parents. from Moses Brown, URI and Tufts Dental School. He is em ployed at Hodosh Cosmetic & Implant Dentistry. Rachel Lauryn Engel The couple honeymooned in .....L Mr. and Mrs. Gary Engel of Springfield, N.J., Hawaii and have made their announce the birth of their first child and daugh home in Cranston. Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Bender Bter, Rachel Lauryn, on June 8. Maternal grandparents are Roberta Oriel and Chesley Oriel of Framingham, Mass. Paternal grandparents are Marlene Engel of Spring Valley, N.Y, and the late Robert Engel. Maternal great-grandparents are Larry Resnick Daniel J. Silverman of Providence and Sam and Celia Oriel of Framingham, Mass. Engaged to Amanda Oppenheimer Ilana Naomi Goldstein Robert and Mar<,ha Silverman of Warwick, R. I., announce I lelene and Brian Goldstein .ind their wn<;, the engagement of their son, Daniel J. Silverman, of Warwick, Adam and Benjamin,ofWakefield, R.I., welcomed RI., lo Amanda S. Oppenheimer, of Umvers1ty City, Mo., their new daughter ,md sister. ll,ma Naomi. on daughter of I Iowa rd and Jaclvn Oppenheimer,of University Aug. 28. (ily,Mo. Maternal grandparents arc Lilhan Lewi<; of The bnde-to-be will graduate from the Uni versity of Warwick and the late Benjamin Lewis. Paternal grandparents Michigan in Ann Arbor in May 2000. are Barbara Goldc;tein of LO'i Angeles and the 1.ite Abraham I IN fianct'.- graduated from the University of Michigan in Gold<;tein. Ann Arbor m December 1998 and will attend the Jewish Ilana Naomi i5 named in loving memory of her gr£>at•grand• rhrological Semmary in New York in September of 2000 lo Daniel Si lverman and mothers, Ida Shushanc;ky and Norah Solomon o.,tudy for the rabbmate. Amanda Oppenheimer lhe dale of th£> weddmg is July 2, 2000. 4 - THE RHOD'°' )SLAND JEWISH HERALD, TilURSDA Y, SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 OPINION Tikkun Olam Through Preserving Tradition Recently I received a brochure tion in speaking, reading and Hood of languages, stealing Gun Control soliciting a contribution by a writing of this language. from the linguistic rich to give by Mark Pelavin trol are far from convincing. To group intent on reviving the Yid This fabulous language can, to the fledgling poor. The lan In recent weeks, my office argue that as Jews we must re dish language in colleges and with a single word or with a guage we speak is Yiddish, as has received more than a dozen spond to gun violence with a universities and related institu short phrase, convey what there is no such language as Jew letters lambasting the Reform paranoid impulse to grab our tions. would require a possible para ish, anymore than there is a Movement's support for gun guns in self-defense is a provin I wish them well and hope graph if expressed in English. Baptist or Catholic parlance for control. While the number of cial and dangerous perspective. they succeed, but I am some Unfortunately, within the those who follow their faith. letters is relatively small, it is Suchan argument assumes that what pessimistic about the suc phase of the second and third We must not forget that we more feed back than many other a vast majority of the gun vio cess of this project. generation, the language was gave to the world that gastro controversial issues have gar lence tearing America apart is I ama first-generation Ameri neglected to the point of almost nomical delight-and in doing nered. ln sum, these letters as specifically aimed at Jews, or, at can, the son of parents who fled non-existence. so made an additional contribu sert that the shootings at the Los a minimum, that the Jewishcom the anti-Semitic horrors with Fortunately, we have added tion of two Yiddish words - Angeles Jewish Community muni ty has no stake in address thousands of others in Eastern to the English language such lox and bagel. Center summer camp under ing the larger national epidemic Europe during the early part of choice words as chutzpa, mavin, There are hundreds of philo score the folly of Jews support of gun violence. Despite a rash this century. shlemiel, yen ta, gonif, kibbitz and sophical phrases in our Yiddish, ing gun control; they ci te his of highly publicized anti-Semitic As such, the language spo schnook. I quote but one "A nudnick is a torical precedent (mainly the incidents, it is simply not the ken in most homes was Yiddish, It is stated that Webster's pest. A phudnick is a pest with a Warsaw Ghetto uprising} as case that Jews are dispropor while the children spoke a mix Unabridged Dictionarycontains Ph.D." support for the assertion that tionate victims of gun violence. ture of Eng lish and Yiddish. We 500 Yiddish words. It is further only when Jews have guns have While we as a community un all received an excellent educa- said that Yiddish is the Robin Harry KDlodney they been able to preserve Jew doubtedly feel under attack at ish honor and dignity. They the moment, the bigger picture point to Israel as an example of does not support an ethos of Jews' need for guns, and they constant persecution in America Save The Bay Praises Decision to use both Constilu tional and Tal today. mudic citations to rebut any at In fact, study after study Reject Load Center for Quonset tempt to limit access to firearms. clearly demonstrates that the use Yet, despite their appeals to of a firearm to resist a violent Save The Bay and the Con guides us to a bay that supports protected from the harmful ef history and the Judaic tradition, attack increases the likelihood servation Law Foundation a variety of uses, a strong fectsof human activity. Save The these plans to oppose gun con- (Continued on Page 15) praised the Rhode Island Eco economy, and a healthy ecosys Bay seeks carefully planned use nomic Development Corpora• tem into the next century." of the bay and its watershed to tion board of directors' decision "We've demonstrated once allow the natural system to func on Sept. 8 to reject Quonset Point again that when you can force tion normally and healthfully, The White House Partners port proposal for private dealmaking into the both now and in the future. Quonset Point/ Davisville. harsh light of public scrutiny, The Conservation Law Foun Office of the Vice President "!Today's] decision is a vic the initial promise of a mega port dation works to solve the envi tory for all Rhode Islanders who can end up being less than meets ronmental problems that Statement by the Vice President care about Narragansett Bay's the eye," stated Conservation threaten the people, natural re Rosh Hashana, 1999 future. Save The Bay disagreed Law Foundation senior attor sources and communities of As Jews in America and around the world gather with with QPP's vision that a large ney and RI. advocacy director New England. CLF's advocates family and friends to celebrate Rosh Hashana, Tipper joins me load center port, with its impacts Stephanie Pollack. "Naturally, use law, economics and science in wishing you a happy and sweet new yea r. on the bay, local communities, we're not opposed to develop to design and implement strate Rosh Hashana is a time for rejoicing, but ii is also a time for and our fi sheries and many small ment, just poorly thought gies that conserve natural re reflection. The past year has been one of immense promise, as businesses, was the right vision through development. But," sources, protect public health, we look hopefully at the progress of peace in the Middle East. for our community," said Curl Pollack added, "CLF wants to and promote vital communities But it has not been without pain here at home and around the Spalding, executive director of make it clear that if the needed in our region. Founded in 1966, world. Again, violence inspired by hatred and ignorance has Save The Bay. "Weare not turn baywide planning process is set CLF is a non-profit, member touched our communities. ing our backs on Quonset Point. adrift, and another ill-conceived supported organization. It has As the sound of the shofar welcomes the new year, let us Save The Bay believes there can port project washes ashore, we'll regional advocacy centers in hope that we ca n combat these forces of intolerance. Let us pray be economic development of fight hard to sink that one too. " Boston; Montpelier, Vt.; Con that all Americans can come together to appreciate our com Quonset Point that can work for For 29 years, Save The Bay cord, N.H.; and Rockland, mon humanity. the bay and our community. We has been working to ensure that Maine. It also maintains an ex Best wishes for a happy holiday and a wonderful year. need a sustainable use plan for the environmental quality of tensive web si te at
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ber of the 52 recruit class. After two Chief's Awards. {They are working with Rhonda - she is a grueling four months, Rhonda given to officers for outstand an excellent police officer and a On the graduated fifth in her class. ing arrests.} One award she re credit to this department. Any On Jan. 11, 1989, Rhonda ceived a few years ago was for one wishing to contact Rhonda Providence donned a Providence Police De her work in talking an armed or submit questions concerning partment uniform for the first suspect out of his barricaded law enforcement can do so in tif!leand began her career in the house on Hudson Street in the care of meat this address, Rhode Beat With patrol division. For the first three city's West End, a fea t she re Island Jewish Herald, P.O. Box years she was mostly assigned peated just months ago when 6063, Providence, R.I. 02940. Lt. Lapatin to the South Providence area. she talked a violent man into Attn.: Crime. Rhonda then joined the com putting his gun down and sur- munity police unit and was as Something to signed the Elmhurst (Provi Think About ... n this week's column I would who noticed Rhonda's back dence College) section. That be • Fal lis the time of year when Ii ke to introduce you to Provi ground as a military police of came her pride and joy, as she many of us a ttend fes ti va ls and Idence Police Sergeant ficer. Amtrak called her and of helped a neighborhood be outdoor events throughout the Rhonda Kessler. I have had fered her the job - not as an sieged with rowdiness and s tate. I cannot emphasize the privilege of supervising attendant, but as a Providence public drinking back to the enough how important it is to Rhonda when she was a rookie Amtrak police officer. She ac tranquilli ty of the past. watch your children at these patrolwoman, and most recently cepted the position. This offer Rhonda then tested for the events. In large crowds it is as a sergeant. Rhonda grew up would start Rhonda on a path position of Juvenile Detec very easy to lose sight of your in East Providence and leading her to the Providence tive. She finished first on the child making it easy to have Pawtucket. She attended He Police Department. list and in 1994shewas pro yourchild takenawayfrom brew School at Temple Emanu In 1987Rhondaand her part moted to detective. During you. I recommend holding EI and graduated from Shea ner Steve McGovern worked a her four years as a detective your child's hand or carry High School in Pawtucket in sting operation in the parking Rhonda worked with mostly ing them. It may be a good 1980. Immediately after gradu lot of the Amtrak stations. Many child abuse cases. In 1998 idea to give your child a ation, al theageof 17 (with writ vehicles were being broken into Rhonda again tested for a whistle with instructions to ten consent from her mother) and stolen. The two of them new position, that of ser blow it in case of separation. Rhonda joined the National made many arrests. They re geant. She finished first on the It is a reality that there are Guard, this was part of a ROTC ceived the award for co-Amtrak list. She was promoted to the peoplewhopreyonsmallchil program that would eventually police officers of the year, being ra nk of sergeant in 1998. Since dren. So parents, be on your land her in a nursing program chosen above officers all over then Rhonda has been assigned guard! at the University of Rhode Is the country. Working with to the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift, land. Rhonda's childhood working the East Side and North A 1Beep1 Away From McGovern would have a great Sergeant Rhonda Kessler d ream was to become an army impact on Rhonda in the months End areas as a supervisor. She is the President nurse. (She worked in the Oak to come. He had many friends also a member of the • With presidential hopefuls Hill Nursing Home from age 15 at the Providence Police Depart department's honor guard and rendering after he had just shot Georges. Bush and AJ Gore both to age 23, taking care of the eld ment and would frequentlystop a member of the SWAT team, a his ex-girlfriend in the arm. The in town last week, it reminded erly.) In 1982 she was commis by to chat with them. Rhonda, special weaponsand tactics uni t other Chief's Award was given me of when President Clinton's sioned a second lieutenant and being his partner, would accom deployed in highly volatilesitu to Rhonda for apprehending a right-hand man, James Carville assigned to a military police pany him. On one of those vis ations. Rhonda is the team's pri man who had just trapped a was in town to give a c;peech at National Guard unit. In 1984 its, Rhonda overheard someone mary negotia tor. female in her home in the city's a local society gathering. I was she graduated from the Univer say that the police department One of Rhonda's personal ac South Side. After escaping, !he asked to escort Carville from sity of Rhode Island with hon was accepting applications. She complishments on the job is her victim flagged down Rhonda, Boston to Providence. After I ors, receiving a bachelor's de went to the personnel office and work with Camp Phoenix from who went into the house and welcomed him and an associate greein nursing. In 1985, Rhonda put in her applica tion. Rhonda 1991 to 1997.Camp Phoenix isan captured the suspect. at Logan Airport we headed to decided that she would like to almost forgo t about the applica overnight camp located in South Along with her many good Fenway Park for a game be bea flight attendant. There was tion until she received a call from County that is for underprivi arrests and memories come tween the Red Sox and Yan a problem - she had a fear of the personnel department. She leged children from Providence. some bad ones. In particular, a kees. After the game I took him flying. That led her to apply to was asked to go through the Rhonda has given many hours hot August night in 1992 when back to Providence. As we drove Amtrak for an attendant posi application process, along with of her free time to the camp. she, along with another officer, to Providence, he was ta lking tion. Ironically, her application hundreds of other candidates. She has been decorated twice were removing a suspect from a on a cellular phone to his wife, landed on the desk of a woman Rhonda was accepted asa mem- by the department, receiving vehicle. Suddenly a girl came syndicated radio show host from behind Rhonda and hit Mary Matalin. After he hung heron the top of the head with a up, I saw him reach into his wooden plank. Rhonda received briefcase for what I thought was Israeli Finance Minister Sends New Year's 50 stitches on her head, but was another phone. I then heard a back to work within three weeks. series of beeps. I thought lo Message to Holders of Israel Bonds Rhonda is 36 years old. Her myself, "This must be some ------< hobbies include riding her pink scrambling device; he must be Israeli Finance Minister A vraham Harley Davidson motorcycle, calling the president." The beep Shochat (at right) accepts the State of running and spending money ing continued but I didn't hear Israel Bonds Jubilee award from Gideon on her home in Smithfield. She him talking. I glanced back and Patt, president and CEO of Israel Bonds. speaks proudly of her nieces and discovered that he wasn't on a ''The Government of Israel appreciates nephew (another on the way), phone at all, but was playing a that an investment in Israel Bonds plays and is a big animal lover. She pocket video game. I found an important role in forging a strong has two dogs, a Maltese and a James Carville to be a regular connection between the Diaspora and Cockatoo, and is in search of guy with a quick wit and a Israel," Shochal said in a recent New another Maltese. down-to-earth, pleasing person Year's letter to bonds holders. Israel I have enjoyed my years ality. Bonds expects to generate more than $80 million for Israel's economic develop ment in this year's High l loly Day cam paign in synagogues throughout North America. '11 ATUHTIOH! Let]. Elliott's help from Emblem & Badge® you break thefa st. The Best In Awards Since 1932 I STOP BY A N D PLACE Providence • Warwick • N. Dart111011th, MA YOUR ORDER TODAY! Waterford, CT and other N.E. locations M.-F. 6 d.m. to 3 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. 959 HO PE STR EET, PROVIDENCE, RI !( 401 ) 331-5444 www.recognition.com Pho n e 861-02 00 - Fax 861-6300 www.dre lliott s.com e-mai l jell iottsl@aol Askfor your free catalog! 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Remembering When Timely Tips for by Marvin W. Kassed I recall the wonderful times remember my grandfather put fterreading the Aug.19col when I had a quarter and would tering around with his Crystal an Easy Fast on umn ("Do You Remem walk all the way Downtown to Radio in the attic back them. Aber?") sent to me by my the Fa yes Theatre and see a news sister (she's a New Yorker, reel, a serial show, a major fea Do you have special memo Yom Kippur now, but s till o.k.), I had a flood ture, and a stage show- all for ries of growing up in Rhode of memories of growing up in a quarter. And I still recall the Island? Do you remember when Shaare Zedek-Jerusalem Medical Center has developed the the North End before and dur tei::rible time that a ''big kid" stole the boys came home from World following tips for an easy fast on the Yorn Kippur holiday, ing World War II. I also watch my quarter from meon the State War II or taking the trolley from when observant Jews do not eat or drink from sunset until the show "Providence" on Fri House lawn and I couldn't go to downtown to Wayland Square? sundown the following day. Yorn Kippur this year runs from day nights fascinated by the the "show" that Saturday. And I Then write us and tell us about Sunday evening, Sept. 19, until Monday night, Sept. 20. scenery shots at the beginning recall the Loews Theatre "with it. From now until Dec. 31, the If you drink coffee or other beverages with a significant of the show - this is not the Maurice at the organ," the Strand Rhode Island Jewish Herald will amount of caffeine, such as cola, tea, or cocoa, gradually Providence I grew up in. Theatre near the Arcadia Ball print your stories and memo reduce the amount you consume, beginning a few days 1 remember that my world as room (in which building I took ries. Send your stories, with pic before the fast, to avoid a headache on Yorn Kippur. a youngster living on Goddard mysaxlessonslateron)andJohn tures if possible, to "Remember Drink a lot- water is best - in the hours before the fast. Street, was bounded by Lydia The Shoeman on Mathewson When," the Rhode Island Jew This is particularly important in hot weather. Street, Douglas Avenue, Orms Street where my Dad worked. I ish Herald, P.O. Box 6063, Provi Don't eat salty food products, such as potato chips, pickles Street and Smi th Street with an remember the bowling alley up dence, R.I. 02940. And don't for and salty cheese, before the fast, as they will lead to dehy occasional outing, usually with stairson Mathewson (I never fig get to send in your submissions dration. a grandparent, to Charles Street, ured out how the noise was tol for our Millennium Issue. Whal Eat foods rich in carbohydrntes, such as pasta and mashed and even more rarely Down erated in the Italian restaurant were the most important Jewish potatoes, during the meal before the fast; they prevent town. Our neighborhood was downstairs). Also, do you recall events of the last century and thirst, provide a feeling of being full and reduce urine primarily Jewish and Armenian, lhe Port Arthur Bar where many who were the Jewish people production. whose parents got along but of the sailors from Newport and who made a difference? Reduce consumption of high-protein foods. never socialized together. We Davisville gathered? This was Stay out of the sun during the fast to avoid loss of fluids. kids did play and hang out to on the corner of Fountain Street After the fast, don't eat too much or too quickly, or you gether. Our neighbors were the and Weybossel - upstairs (this Local Dentist could end up with a stomach ache and a headache,and even Abrams, Walkers, Kaplans(that was the scene of my first "music Gives Added feel faint. lovely man who ran the little gig" - Charley paid us teen Your first meal following the fast should contain carbohy store on Goddard who would agers in drinks that night). One Gleam to Pearly drates, but no fried foods. tear off a strip of wrapping pa of my most vivid memories was Important: If you suffer from heart disease, high blood per and keep a "bill" for people Dad, Mother and I sitting in the Whites pressure or diabetes, or you are taking medication, consult who were temporarily without "parlor" listening lo lheradio Maze! Tov to Marty Metzger your doctor about whether fasting might endanger your money. He then would stick the a humongous thing-on a Sun on being voted one of the state's health. bill on a nail on the wall- there day(! think it was the Jack Benny top prosthodontists in the Sep were many bills - and we Show) when the announcer in tember issue of Rhode Island would pay when we could). terrupted and said that the Japa Monthly magazine. Upstairs were the Chachanians, nese had bombed Pearl Harbor, Metzger and his famil y are Social Seniors of Warwick and next door were the we were at war,and my father's active members of T empleSinai Katchatorians. Down the street National Guard Unit was feder in Cranston. Metzger's son, Announces Meetings were the Berkowitzes, Primacks, alized and how, for the next six Brian, is co-president of There will be no Social Seniors meeting in September. Sorensens, Blanks and many years, I was very proud that my CRAFTY, the temple's youth On Oct. 13 there will be a regular meeting and the entertainer is o ther fine people whose names father was an officer in the U.S. group. His wife,Jackie, is active Ray Renza. don't as readily come back now. Army, but seldom saw hi m. in Temple Sinai's Sisterhood. On Oct. 17 a trip to Mill Ri ver Dinner Theatre to see "Forever I still remember my kinder None of my friends' fathers were Rliode Island Monthly asked, Plaid" is scheduled along with lunch. For information, ca ll Tillie garten teacher at Smith Street in the service. "So w ho does your dentist go to Orleck or Estelle Miller. School - the lovely Miss Cot I also remember, later on when he or she needs a root ton. And later I went to Candace when we moved to South Provi canal, a new crown, or just a Street School (which I noticed on d ence, taking our bikes down to plain old cleaning? We asked Join in For a Touro-Style Barbecue my trip back last summer is the Bond Bread commercial bak Rhode Island's 700 dentists to Friendship Lodge is takin' it outside for a Touro-style barbecue gone). I also distinctly remem ery just to smell the bread bak tell us who they think is tops in on Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m. al Touro Hall. Enjoy kosher hamburgers, ber walking all the way to ing.Occasionally we would ride eightcategories." Metzger made hotdogs, and those famous kosher fixings. The special speaker isa Nathaniel Greene Junior High our bikes to the slimy, green the grade in the prosthodontist V.I.P from the Big East? (You name him.) even in the snow "up to here." Providence River to watch the category. As always just $1 or one bagel buck; $6 or six bagel bucks al the And I remember walking all the big ships unloading coal and oil Metzger attended dental door. Please bring a canned good for charity. Harmony Lodge is way up Chalk.stone Avenue to (I can't believe ii when I see school at the State University of welcome. R.S.V.P. by Sept. 22. · pick up my date for the junior someone sculling a boat in the New York at Buffalo. Following high prom and then,afterwards, ri ver dt the beginning of "Provi graduation, he did a dental in taking the trolley Downtown and dence"). I also remember taking ternship al Mount Sinai Hospi then the bus to Rocky Point Park. two buses every day, from tal in Hartford, Conn. He then JFS Benefits From I also remember that if we were w here we Jived on Elmwood did an additional two years of to walk into one of the other Avenue to attend Hope High training at the Boston Univer United Way's Bread ethnic neighborhoods in the School and then various tene sity School of Graduate Den evening, we had to be prepared ments we lived in on Ruskin, ti stry speciali zing in prosth & Circus Round-Up to fight if we said we were from GaUatin,and WarringtonStreets odontics, w hich involves the "Jewish" neighborhood. - but that was later. crowns, bridges, and d entures. During the month of Septem ment and its customers for their I was d elighted to read the Metzger has been practicing ber, customers at Bread & Cir support." article and hope you continue on Jefferson Boulevard in cus will have the opportunity to Jewish Family Service isa pri this seri es. It's interesting to Warwick, R.I., since 1978. Hi s support Jewish Family Service vate, non-profit social service think of all the changes that have practice runs the gamut from every time they check out. agency which provides a broad HOPE occurred during these years as I single crowns, veneers, bleach The United Way's Round-Up scope of services to people from write this on my computer and ing, bridges, implants, and den program, offered at Bread & all income levels and age groups TRAVEL tures to full reconstructions. Circus, encourages patrons to in Rhode Island. The agency pro round up their grocery totals to vides counseling to individuals, the nearest dollar and Bread & couples, families, children, ado Circus will give the balance to a lescentsand theelderlyand their !~p~:,, ❖ different charity each month. families; alcohol and substance the Big Difference PORTABLE The United Way will rotate its abuse therapy and referrals; Fam network of 66 agencies through ily Life Education workshops; , INTEGRITY the program. a continuum of Services lo the • DEPENDABILITY The cashiers wear buttons Eld erly which includes coun • REPUTATION SUKUHS that ask customers to "Please seling to the eld erly and lheir •SAVI NGS Easy to Assemble round up. Your change could families, infom1ation and re For Business Trips & Sturdy Steel Frame change a life." For example, if ferral, oulreach, 24-hour I lome Vocation Travel the total is $25.68, rounding up C;ire Service, Lifeline RI, the JFS Group Travel S pcciulists 8 ft. x 6 ft. Tarps for Sides fll 111111S SIZES would give 32 cents to Jewish Mealsite in Cranston and Ko sher Meals on Wheels in the Custom-Made for Any Size UIPIICIS Family Service during ~ptem Nationwide 1-800-367-0013 bcr, when 11 is the beneficiary Cranston,\,\ arwid.. area. and Comes With Feet and Ties Pl-Coll Jewish J;amilyServicc EJi:ccu Adoption Options. ii compre 11 IIDIIUI, kalllll For Assembly tive Director Paul L. Segal said, hen<;i,·e ,1dopticm -:cn:ice. The ® 1411111Hll5 "We appreciate theopport-uni ty agcncv i<; the coordinatrng 8 feet x 8 feet x 7 feet high cnn ■-ua1 thal the United Way has pro .:1gcnn forrescttknwnt tor Je\\ fiJ=tfctft•I•J vid{'U, ,md ish retug1..x-<; trom I ,1..,km 1-u 5 tht1nk Brc,1d & Cir J2 '8ft •nae, l'IWhleket, II.I. lr2tlO 175. 00 plus s&h IIIIICA cu<; for 1!<; community invoh·e· rope and other nmnlfll'" THE RHODE ISLAND fEWISHHERALD, tJruRSJ)AY,'sEriEMBrR 16, im JEWISH COMMUNITY West Pointer Awarded Unsung Hero Subject of Kit for Local Secondary East-West Center Honors School Principals First Lieutenant Victor Shane "Tory" Olshansky of Bala Varian Fry, often hailed as 1940 by the Emergency Rescue Cynwyd, Pa., was presented the "The American Schindler," is Committee, an organization Distinguished Service Award of the subject of an educational kit, formed tosavefarnousanti-Nazi the East-West Center in ceremo Assignment: Rescue, mailed this artists, writers and others who nies at the EWC in Honolulu, month to every secondary might be surrendered to the Hawaii, last month. Olshansky school principal in the United Gestapo by Vichy Government. States by the Varian Fry Foun Fry, who intended to stay for has also been awarded the Army dation Project of the Interna three weeks, remained in France Commendation Medal for his tional Rescue Committee. for 13 months before he was "outstanding leadership as Fry, an American journalist, expelled "for helping Jews and Chairman of the Education was sent to France in 1940 to Council of the East-West Cen anti-Nazis." By both legal and save the lives of 200 of Europe's ter." Olshansky is a 1997 honor illegal means, Fry had by then most famous artists and intel helped more than 2,000 refu graduate of the United States lectuals but stayed to rescue gees to safety, including Marc Military Academy, West Point, nearly 2,000 refugees and their N.Y., and an East-West gradu Chagall, Hannah Arendt, Max families from the Nazi Gestapo. Ernst and Nobel Laureate Otto ate fellow for the past two years. The kit consists of a teacher's He has earned a master's de Meyerhof. guide, FrY,sautobiography and Fry's achievements have yet gree in applied economics from LT. VICTOR SHANE "TORY" OLSHANSKY (left) received the EWC Distinguished Service Award from Dean Larry Smith for a 26-minute videotape pro· to be recognized by the U .5. the University of Hawaii as well duced and directed by Richard Government. In 1967, five as the Leadership Certificate of his outstanding leadership as Chairman of the Education Council Kaplan and narrated by actress months before his death, Fry the East-West Center. of the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii. Meryl Streep. was awarded the Croix de EWC Dean Larry Smith in The !RC Project Director is Chevalier of the French Legion his citation indicated that, "Lt. Olshansky has also volunteered Youth group. Olshansky was a Dr. Walter E. Meyerhof, emeri of Honor. Israel honored Fry Olshansky's unique enthusi to attend the Army's Airborne member of Boy Scout Troop tus professor of physics at posthumously at its Yad asm,enlightened \eadershipand and Ranger schools prior to his Bala One at St. Asaph's Church Stanford University, whose fam Vashem Memorial, the first effective management of activi assignment to the 2nd Infantry when he earned Eagle Scout ily was among those helped by American so recognized. rank in 1988. ties impacted lhe entire Hono Division (Arrowhead) in the Fry. It is Professor Meyerhof's The IRC resulted from the lulu community and reflects Republic of Korea for one year. He is the son of Myra and I. hope that the secondary school merger of the Emergency Res great pride upon himself, the Olshansky is a 1993 graduate Shane Olshansky of Bala principals will refer the kit to a cue Committee and a commit East-West Center, and the of the William Penn Charter Cynwyd, Pa., and the grandson teacher within the school inter tee founded in 1933 at the sug United Slates Army." School where he earned 11 var of Sally and the late Samuel ested in Holocaust history or gestion of Albert Einstein to as Olshansky's active military sity letters, in football, track and Olshansky of Providence, R.I., character education. sist anti-Nazis fleeing Germany. service was deferred for two wrestling; was a finalist, Na and New York. His maternal "If Fry's story has one mes The IRC is among the leading years asa degree fellow. He will tional MeritScholar;and elected grandparents were the late Ada sage applicable today," non-sectarian, voluntary orga report to Ft. Benning, Ga., Sept. to the Cum Laude Honor Soci and David Unterbergerof Phila Meyerhofsaid, "it is that a single nizations providing relief, pro 18, to attend the Army Infantry ety. He was an officer of the delphia. personcando much lo help o th tectionand resettlement services Officer's Basic Course. Main Line Reform Temple ers in need, even under ad verse for refugees. It has operations in circumstances." 28countriesand runsa network Fry was sent to Marseilles of resettlement offices in 20 cit Mazon Awards Emergency shortly after the fall of France in ies around the United States. Grant in Turkey MAZON: A Jewish Response gives us confidence that thesup banks, anti-hunger advocacy Hope High School to Hunger recently announced pliespurchased and transported groups, multi-serviceorganiza· a $10,000 grant tosupportemer with MAZON funds will reach lions as well as international Plans Reunion relief and development projects. gency relief and feeding efforts those who need them," said Su Hope High School, Class of 1959 Oanuary and June), will in Turkey following the earth san Cramer, executive director Funds are raised principally by asking American Jews to con hold a 40-year reunion Oct. J6 at 6:30 p.m. at Crestwood quake last month that left more of MAZON. "This was our ex Country Club, Seekonk, Mass. Registration and full pay perience when MAZON tribute 3 percent of the cost of than 13,000 people dead, 30,000 ment is due by Oct. 7. more missing and 200,000 home worked with this excellent or their life-cycle celebrations, such as weddings, bar and bat If you were not notified or need more information, call less. ganization to get medicine to Myra (Schwartz) Jerozal al 728-2764 or e-mail Kurdish refugees following the mitzvahs, to programs which MAWN's grant was made
by Kimberly Ann Orlandi the human body evolving or forming in her head. She doesn't Herald Editor developingnewdefensestodeal necessarily have or need an idea Whatmostofuswould throw with people and the world in before she begins a project, and away, Kristin Sollenberger general. Although not everyone what may begin with one idea transforms into works of art. willappreciateherwork,oreven may end with something totally From discarded fabrics, wood, understand it, for Sollenberger unexpected. bone, leather, wire and even that is the true meaning of art "The manufacture of my hair ,Sollenberger sews together theabilitytohavedifferingopin work involves the vocabulary and assembles sculptures. ions. of repair, the stitch, glue, nails Nova Measuring Instruments is planning to issue its share "I kind of have a slight back "Much of my work makes a and then the restoration of the on the NASDAQ at a company value of $150 million Globes lashagainstdisposablesociety," playful attempt to improve surface," said Sollenberger, reported. The intention is to benefit from the current posi confesses Sollenberger. "So it anatomy. I search for greater "smoothing any gaps, applying tive momentum in the semiconductors market. makes me feel good to take an physical facilities that might al the whitewash with the hope A new fund established by the United Kibbutz Movement otherwise useless object and low for improved living," said that no one will notice the will invest in kibbutz factories in return for an allocation of transform it something." Sollenberger. "I propose new struggle that took place there shares, Ha'aretz reported. The fund will help kibbutzim A 1990 graduate of Rhode anatomy or reduced anatomy. even as the ghost image begins change the legal status of factories that have a potential for Island School of Design, Sometimes it is deadly serious to bleed through." growth and investment value, converting them into corpo Sollenberger, a native of Michi rations, a status the business sector finds more attractive. gan, now makes her home in the The factories will then become legal entities separate from Mount Pleasant section of Provi the kibbutzim themselves. dence. On Sept. 25, her home, Israeli billing company Amdocs announced it will acquire along with the homes of other rival International Telecommunications Data Systems for area artists, will be transformed $182 million in stocks. Amdocs expects that the acquisition into a tourist stop for art enthu will expand thescopeof solution services in the outsourcing siasts during ARTBeat '99- a area. unique art exhibit sponsored by The government of Israel approved a new budget proposal BankRI. Her 1929 Spanish-style which included a marked reduction in proposed cuts in the hacienda was originally built for defense and education budgets and a significant increase the owners of the California in the infrastructure budget, Israel Radio, KOL YISRAEL, Artificial Flower Company reported. Ha 'aretz reported that supplementary funding whose Cranston-based head would come from creating a fifth tax bracket for the wealthi quarters is Rhode Island's best est tier of employees, with other changes in the tax system existing example of Art Deco providing additional funds. Prime Minister Ehud Barak architecture. The exhibit will said that the government is committed to improving the allow the audiences, who will Israeli economy and will keep its promises, but noted that be shuttled by bus to the differ the economy's woes cannot be rectified in two months. ent locations, to tour each art ©KRISTIN SOLLENBERGER, Morning, cloth, wire, bristles, ists' home and studio to view 1999 in a private collection represented by GaJiery Agniel their work, offering patrons a glimpse into the behind-the scenes lifestyles of the artists. and other times a laugh, at best, A quiet, even shy person, ADL Produces New Proceeds benefit AIDS Care it's both." Sollenberger is reserved when Ocean State. For Sollenberger, While at RISO, SoUenberger speaking about her work. She Video to Heighten who also owns Myopic Books experimented often with mixed says she chooses to express her on Wayland Square in Provi media. She confesses that she self through art rather than Security Awareness dence, deciding on whether or never expressed an interest in through speaking or writing not to participate in the event becoming the best painter. She because of that very reason. Still was easy because it benefits a was more interested in her own questioning what to expect from for Jewish Institutions great cause. She also admits stories or mythology she could the event, Sollenberger is ex With safety issues taking on Daly,managingdirectorofKroll that being able to meet Mayor develop and evolve. Her inspi cited lo open her home and dis new urgency after several recent Associates in New York. 'We're Vincent A. Cianci, Jr., who ration for each piece is as varied play her work to people, espe violent anti-Semitic incidents, the delighted to offer our expertise hosted a pre-gala event on Sept. as the pieces themselves. Some cially if ii means gaining some Anti-Defamation League has to help ensure the safety of com 9, was another reason. times ii may be a piece that she additional public interest for produced a video for Jewish com munity institutions nationwide." Sollenberger's work incorpo finds, other times it may be an local art and artists. munal organizations to guide The 11-minute video offers rates an appreciation of humor, experience she's had or is cur Tickets for ARTBeat '99 are them in implementing effective practical security tips such as and forces the viewer to think rently experiencing. While the $15 in advance, $20 at the door security measures and to raise sealing off unnecessary building about what they're seeing and piece is coming about, the ideas and are available at all BankRI awareness of potential threats. egresses, installing a security often walk away asking ques of where to take the piece are branches or by calling 521-3603. AOL created "Security Aware system, usingsecuritydoorsand tions. Each piece has to deal with ness for Community Institu intercoms, and ensuring that tions" in cooperation with Kroll public areas such as parking lots Asscriates - the world's fore and playgrounds are well lit af mostcorporatesecurity,business ter nightfall. The video also en Differences 65TH ANNIVERSARY SALE intelligence and risk consulting courages communal organiza (Continued from Page I) firm - for distribution to Jewish tions to establish close relation We Celebrate... You Save communal institutions nation ships with local and national law ment's sleazy attempt at de wide. AOL's Security Handbook, enforcement agencies, and lo flecting public attention away All Year Long. which has been well regarded make security awareness from the fact that Barak will "everyone's responsibility." absolutely not take any respon over the years as a definitive se is curity-planning resource, is Thevideoisonelinkofacoor sibility for bringing this agent Steingold, established in 1934, celebrating 65 years available as a companion piece. dinated plan of action by AOL, home. in the automotive business. This is the year to save big "The Anti-De famation which has recently orchestrated "There are three observa on your next vehicle. New or pre-owned we have a League has long provided guid a series of security seminars tions about the government' s very large inventory for this very special celebration. ance on how best to provide se across the country through the decis ion to insert Rabbi curity through practical mea league's 30 regional offices, Melchior into this affair right Great Prices Great Selection Great Service suresand heightened awareness bringing law enforcement and now. w ithout turning synagogues, securityexpertstogethertoshare ''They are sending the light community centers, schools and their advice and wisdom with est of the lightweights which other Jewish institutions into in the leaders of Jewish communal will be perceived immediately hospitable fo rtresses," said institutions. by the Americans as a stunt to Abraham H. Foxman, ADL na Copies of Security Awareness assuage Israeli public opinion tional director. "We ha ve pro fo r Conmmnity Institutions, along and it will betreatedasajokein d uced this new video to further with AOL's Security Handbook, Washington. that effort. It offers pr<'ctical sug may be purchased for $10. The "f-le is also the Minister for gestions to help keep our com video and security handbook Dia spora Affairs and this is just munities safe, and institutions may be viewed on the internet, .mother attempt on the part of ca n adopt all , many or a few where both are available for pur Barak to make this an internal DON'T MISS OUT! depending on their own re chase. Orders are being taken by American affair. sources and needs." phone, at (800) 295-0943, and by "The point is this, I am an "Whether you' re a Fortune fax. Fax requests must include a Israeli agent who worked for 500 company or a non-profit or contact name, title, the the Ministry of Defense. As gani .1 a ti on working out of a institution's address, phone such, it is up to General Barak single offi ce, the c;ecuri ty of your number and return fax number, who is now Prime Minister workplace should always be a and should be directed to Dc- Barak lo get me home and no paramount concern," said BiJI parlment M RC al (2 L2)885-58.':6. body else." 10-THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 FEATURE If You Plant It ... They Will Come by Kimberly Ann Orlandi pers, corn, peas and o ther veg maining for a nominal sum or is Managing Editor etables, fruit and flowers are the temporary caretaker until There's something happen gi vingSouth Providence a burst the city can decide what to do ing in South Providence. Some of color and a real sense of com with the land. thing wonderful, yet unex munity - all thanks to the ef "We're working on owning pected for an area that for many forts of the Southside Commu all of them eventuall y, and years has lived with the stigma nity Land Trust and their com more," said Jellison from her of being one of the city's worst munity gardens. officeat 109SomersetStreet. As sections to live in or travel Thegardenswereestablished she walks the short route from through. Families are starting in 1981 by a group of Brown her office to the gardens, she is to move in. Houses are being University students as a co-op, constantly on the lookout for fixed up. New homes are being giving 20 local families the op new pieces of property. She constructed on Somerset Street portunity to grow their own points to several which she and Prairie Avenue-residents food organically. Their mission hopes to turn into farms. "I al areonceagain beginning to take was to promote urban garden ways tell people that I want to CITY FARM is just one of 15 fanns in South Providence. pride in their community. But ing, facilitate environmental restore Prairie Avenue to its what is so wonderful about the education and act as a catalyst former days as open farm land." South Side's renaissance is that for other community needs-a Community farming gives between the new, brightly col mission which today still holds people who may not otherwise for many. Although the SCLT committee member Lyn ored homes, on plots of land true. Presently, the SCLT oper have had the opportunity, to does operate their own organic Johnson have come up with a that were once littered with un ates 15 farms in South Provi plant, nurture and cultivate their garden,City Farm, in which they unique theme for their Sept. 25 wanted garbage, tires and other dence. According to Executive own food. According to Jellison, produce and sell their products, fund-raiser-HERBsin theGar junk, is something not often seen Director Jane Jellison, the trust the farms are not just open to and does promote the use of den. The idea, according to in the middle of a city-gar owns nine of the 15 parcels of planting by area residents, but organic methods, organic farm Jellison, came about when she dens. Fresh tomatoes, basil, pep- land and either leases the re- first choice is given to those in ing is not required of the com attended another fund-raiser for the neighborhood in an effort to munity farmers. Organic farm SCLTon the East Side. Happy at promote a greater sense of com ing, however, has gained in the response that the fund-raiser munity in the area. For many, creased popularity over the generated, Jellison thought to it's rewarding to watch some years with those looking for a herself, "Since the attention is thing grow that they've planted hea I thy a I terna ti ve to pesticides. centeredonSCLT, the next fund with their own hands. Their "Withorganicfarmingyou're raiser should be held at the choice of plantings really reflect treating the soil so much better farm," and that's exactly where the ethnic diversity of the area. so you have real nutrients in it will be held. HERBs in the Hot peppers of yellow and red which your plants will thrive," Garden features many HERBs line many of the aisles in the said Jellison. "It's no more ex from the community, including ·41,. community garden, as well as pensive; in fact, often it's less HERB Kaplan, HERB Rakat other peppers, different types expensive than traditional meth ansky and even Rosemary of peas and squash. The farm ods. Planting something as HERBert. "The idea just started ers are required not only to simple as marigolds in your to to snowball at a meeting," said maintain their gardens but to mato garden is a natural way to Jellison about the influx of also maintain the outlying gar keep pests away." Much of the HERBs. "One-by-one we all den areas. Something like this items grown in the City Farm started to think of Herbs that we allows residents to grow items can be eaten right off the vine. knew and it's still going." Those that may not be readily avail- ''The only thing on them may be attending the $25 per person a little acid rain," joked Jellison. fund-raiser will have theoppor DUMPING ISN'T TOLERATED at this South Providence :~;; ~~et~~:i:;~f~, s:;:;~0 ~r ~~ She hopes that by creating the tunity to tour the gardens and community fann. Perald photo by Kimberly A. Orlandi the items puts them oul of reach demand for organically grown see for themselves that there's food, local farmers will begin to more to South Providence than recognize the market. the stereotype Rhode Islanders Much of the funds needed to have grown up with. maintainSCLT's small staff and The gardens of the SCLTare HEBREW ACADEMY OF RHODE ISLAND 15 gardens comes from gener not jusl a place to get your hands ous donations of individuals dirty, they also act as an out and organizations, without door classroom for many local CORPORATE MEMBERS whom, confesses Jellison, her job students and aspiring farmers. would be impossible. This year, Even as the cool months of fall Marlene Berman Dr. & Mrs. Farrel Klein however, Jellison and planning (Continued on Page 13) Dr. Michael & Vicki Bharier Dr. Howard & Sharon Mintz Dr. Joseph Jay & Selma Fishbein Lenny & Sigal Moise Dr. & Mrs. Albert Glucksman David & Nita Pliskin ADL Outraged at Dr. David & Esty Gottlieb Jay & Judy Rosenstein Southern Baptist Call for Mel & Deborah Hirschon Dr. Steven & Naomi Schechter Prayers to Convert Jews Dr. Ezra & Varda Stieglitz Donny & Rena Jurkowitz The Anti-Defamation League league's concerns in a letter to Rabbi Philip & Esther Kaplan David & Amy Strachman expressed outrage at the South the Rev. H. Paige Patterson, Marvin & Miriam Stark ern Baptist Convention's efforts president of the SouU,ern Bap Dr. David & Ruth Kerzer to encourage prayers for the tist Convention, stating that the Bill & Linda Kessler Pearl Woolf conversion of Jews during the call to prayer "projects a mes High Holy Days,.alling the ini sageof spiritual narrowness that Dr. Steven & Adrienne Kirschner David & Esta Yavner tiative "offensive and disre invites theological hatred." spectful. " The league had worked to "Weare shocked and deeply improve relations with the offended by the call for mem Southern Baptist Convention WHERE ARE YOU??? bersof theSoulhernBaptistCon following a similar call to pros The Hebrew Academy of Rhode Island (H.A.R.I.) is a co-educational Orthodox vention lo pray lhal Jews wiJI elytize Jews in June 1996. Those convert to Christianity during efforts cameafterSouthern Bap High School planning to enroll its first class in the Fall of 2000. Be part of the the H igh Ho ly Days," said tists adopted a resolution to team that creates the strong Judaic and secular education that our teenagers need Abraham H. Foxman, AOL na mount an organized campaign tional director. "It is pure arro to converl Jews to Chrishanity and deserve. gance for any one religion to AOL has long been involved For infonnation on how to become a Corporate Member and ensure growth assumelhal they hold 'the truth,' in promoting tolerance and un especially on the eve of the holi derstanding among different and Jewish continuity in Rhode Island, please call Dr. Steven Schechter at est days for the Jewish faith. The religions through interfai lh dia (401) 274- 11 78 or Rabbi Mitchell Levine at (40 1) 621-9393. call to prayer among Southern logue and has moved forward Baptists is doublyoffensive and in its effor~ to enrich Christian *** •• * **** *** **. ** ** ••• * *. *••• *•• *. *. disrespectful in light of the ap and Jewish relations. NOTICE OF NONDISC KIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STU DENTS proaching High Holidays, and The Anti-Defamation League, The Jlebrcw Academy of Rhode bland admits students of any race, color. nauonal and clhmc origin to all the totally contrary to the spirit of fow,ded in 1913, is the world's rights. privitegn, programs. and activities generally accorded or made available to S(Udcnts Ill the M:.hool. It ~ocs dialogue that was supposedly leading organiz.ation fighhng not di~rimmat.c on I.he basis of race. color, national and ethnic ongin m adm1mstn111on of 1tl cducauonal pol1c1cs, emerging betwePn Jews and anb-Scnubsm through programs admission policies. scholarship and loan programs. and athleuc and olher school-administered programs Evangelical Christians." and services that counteract ha Foxman communicated the tred, prqudio> and bigotry THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 -11 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ~
HERBs in the Garden OSLO Presents Puccini 1s Masterpiece A Celebration Ocean State Lyric Opera will "La Boheme" isthetragiclove story. Others in the cast include The Southside Community tansky,HERBSackettand I-IERB stage "La Boheme" by Giacomo story of Mimi and Rudolfo set in David Corman as Rodolfo,John Land Trust is hosting a celebra Tried man. Other HERBs are be Puccini on Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. bohemian Paris, and is a won- HancockasMarcello,Renedela tion of HERBsat its fund-raising ing cultivated and our HERBs and Sept. 25at8 p.m.at Veteran's derful introduction to the world Garza as Schaunard and Brian event, HERBs in the Garden, list is growing all the time! In Memorial Auditorium. Ticket of opera. Pucci ni's masterpiece ~ JauhiainenasColline. Theop- Sept. 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. Located addition lo the HERBs, we will prices range from $2710$68 with contains unforgettable char- era,whosestorywasthein- between SCL T's City Farm, the be showcasing City Farm in all a $1.SOsurcharge for credit card acters, and some ofopera 's spiration for the Broad- only working certified organic its fall splendor. Guests may orders. Discounts are available most beloved music what ~ ~ way musical "Rent," farm in Providence, and the amble through the farm sam for seniors, students and groups a wonderful introduction will be sung in Italian Somerset Community Gardens, pli ng foods and listening to mu of 20or more. Discounts are also totheworldofopera. Two with English surtitles. Linden Street will be closed off sic renectlve of the rich diversity available to WGBH members of Rhode Island's favorite Marc Verzatt, who di- and tented over to provide a which is Southside. An HERBal and with a Providence Journal sopranos, Maria Spacagna rected last year's wildly unique opportunity lo meet the themed menu, prepared and press pass. A student perfor (as Mimi) and Diane successful Rigoletto, re- herbs and the perfect space to served by Bread & Circus, will mance wil l be staged on Sept. 24 Alexander(asMusetta)will per- turns as stage director and es enjoy urban agriculture in this complement locally prepared at 10 a.m. Ticket prices for this form in what is sure to be an teemedconductorJohnMoriarty community. Our savory HERBs foods. performance are $8 per student. exciting staging of this classic will lead the orchestra. include HERB Constantine, Herb HERBs in the Garden is open Cummings, HERB Emers, Rose to the public. Ticketsare$25per mary HERBert, Herbie Holland, person and are available at HERB Johnson, HERB Kaplan, SCLT's offices, 109 Somerset St., Fire + Ice Will Hold Benefit HERB Mershon, HERB Raka- Providence, or by calling 751- 4498 o, 273-9419. for Cianci Scholarship Fund Join an unusual combination of celebrities from sports, media and politics for a Celebrity The PPAC Season Griller event on Sept. 21 from 5 to 8 p.m. al FiRE + iCE, the new improvisational grill on the Francis Street side of Providence Place. Sets Sail Sept. 18 Mayor Vincent A. Cianci, Jr., members of the Providence Fire Department ("fire") and Providence Bruins ("ice"), the Cardi Brothers, and a dozen TV, radio and newspaper personali Tickets for six productions the Caveman," March 21 ties will help fire up the giant 10' circular grill at its new location across from Waterplace Park. included in the 1999-2000 through 26, "Buddy: The Buddy Event highlights include live music and a chance to create unlimited combinations from gourmet BankBoston BroadwaySeries go Holly Story," April 25 through market stations and more than a dozen unique sauces. on sale 10 the general public on 30, and "Ragtime," May 30 All net proceeds benefit the Vincent A. Cianci, Jr. Scholarship Fund. Sept.18at l0a.m.Subscriptions through June 4. Tickets are $30 each and parking is available in the adjacent Providence Place garage. The are still available by calling -121- ThenewContemporaryClas restaurant is handicapped accessible. For more information or tickets, visit the restaurant or call ARTS or 521-➔cl ➔ O; the opportu sics Series includes "Rent," Feb. 8 (617) 868-3769. nity to order tickets in advance through 13; "Les Miserables," of public sale for these shows is April 4 through 9; and one of many subscriber benefits. "Riverdance," May9 through 14. Single tickets are available at New dates for "Chicago" and the Melton Jewish the box office and by ca lling on-sale date will be announced. 421-ARTS or through Tickel Special presentations for the Before the master. (Note: Single tickets to season include "House of Leadership Institute Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" Blues" featuring the Fabulous _t\utull111 will go on sale to the general Thunderbirds, Clarence "Ga te Begins Year Two mouth"Brown&Gate'sExpress, public on Oct. 1 at 8 a.m.) Cahana from Temple Beth-El of CJ. Chenier & The Red Hots, Sponsored by the Bureau of Lea'7eS-·• The 1999-2000 BankBoston Providence, and Professor Broadway Series opens with Nov. 4 at 8 p.m., and Marvin Jewish Education, the Florence Melton Jewish Leadership In David Jacobson from the Judaic ''Footloose," Oct. 12 through 17, Hamlisch, April 15 al 8 p.m. l,c;.\tn to \o\'C To order tickets or to receive stituteopened its doors to begin Studies deparbnent of Brown followed by "Titanic," Nov. 30 University. Both instructors so1ncthinµ. new, to Dec. 5, and Disney's "Beauty a complimentary season bro thesecond yearofstudyonSept. 9 evening. Following a highly have prior experience teaching anl\ ,u,wbc incct and the Beast," Jan. 4 through chure,call 421-ARTS. To charge son1con'c too~ tickets by phone, call 421-ARTS successful first year of Jewish the Melton curriculum which is 16, 2000. The series continues written by the Hebrew Univer with Rob Becker's "Defending or Tickebnaster at 331-221 1. text study, the participants will .\l111-l' ,·011r ,,inter ruon' delve into the ethics of Jewish sity inJerusalem. Following this fuliillint.: In joiniJ_l!-! u, living and Jewish history this second 30-week year of study, thi.., f,dl for olll' o1 our academic year. The leadership students will receive a certifi 1..,.0 ['\l'llill).! ,11111 September is Leukemia institute makes a connection for cate of study from the Hebrew \\·n•l-clld (otlJ""l"' iu: active leaders between Jewish University. Awareness Month tradition, history and sources Here in Rhode Island, the and volunteer leadership expe Melton School is made possible First Nationwide pants carry special illuminated riences through a variety of spe by an endowment grant from balloons in celebration and com cialized programs, classes and the Jewish Federation of Rhode Walk-a-thon Planned memoration of lives touched by Island. September marks the annual activities. cancer. Participants raising $25 The students are already en For more information, con observance of Leukemia or more will carry illuminated joying an incredible year with tact Jayne Stillman, program Awareness Month, a time to red balloons, while illuminated the combination of faculty that coordinator, at the Bureau of remember those lost to the dis white ones will be carried by are teaching: Rabbi Michael Jewish Education. Call 331-0956. ease and a time to celebrate the cancer patients and survivors. \\tili\\\!. \ i1.:\it1\\ ~ \'1wtt\ Jives of the growing number of Dedication banners will be survivors. To underscore this posted so participants ca n sign \itl•1,1l\Hl" ;\\\\\ \\i-.t11t\ event, the Leukemia Society of personal messages of affection, COMING SOON! COMING SOON! America is launchi ng the first memory and support in honor ,,11 .. ii: ,1\\\\ ,-\t\ nationwide "Light the Night of friends and loved ones. There ~"uo,. J. Elliott's ·\\l\H\'l.:i;1\iOII Leukemia Wa\kT""," an evening will bea post-walk event at each '.\\l",\h:i111: ,11n\ \kfo:,\11\\ fund-raising walk taking place location that will include re \'\w1n)!.t•l\lh' ,11n\ .\1t in towns across the country freshmentsand music. To regis /'u'.· during the weekend of Sept. 23 ter for the walks, call 943-8888, .....11 .,· "_ lN:!a':r \11...:_,,.1;1it.hi. ,,,1._.,,1)!.l" through 26. Participants can or check the official Light The ,111,\ 11n1t.:h, i1111l"h \\\11tl' take part in this national event Night Leukemia Walk™ Get Soup lrom The .Soup by ca lling the Rhode Island website al
A Touch of Italy in Providence Brown University For centuries, Florentine ar Contemporary Florentine ar culture. Coordinated by em Theatre Announces its tisans were unrivaled in their tisans will establish workshops ployees of the RlSD Museum, craftsmanship of leather, to demonstrate their crafts, and Family Day will make the con 1999-2000 Season marble, glass, iron and ceram in some cases, their techniques tents of theSplendor of Florence ics. The arti minori (minor arts, date back to the Renaissance. Festival accessible to children This year has a variety of classic drama, comedy, and dance as they were known) served as Sixteenth- and 17th-century through interactive exploration performances. The subscription season consists of "A Flea In the foundation of the Renais Medici family portraits, gener of and participation in the Her Ear" by Georges Feydeau, "Passion Play," by Sarah Ruhl, sance. Today, tucked away in ously lent by the Uffizi Gallery, festival's various exhibits. "Artistic License," (student-written musical) by Kristofer lhe back streets of Tuscany, will highlight how Florentine Family Day will feature sev Rutman, Alexandra Gordon, and Benjamin Kruger, "Happy someartisansstill practice these artisans helped craft the ruling eral different activities includ End" (musical) by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, "Angels in ancient techniques. Renaissance family's image. Ital ing hands-on workshops for America Part One: Millennium Approaches" by Tony Kushner, At the beginning of the 20th ian and American singers will children to experience the type and the"Spring Dance Concert" produced byJulieStrandberg. share the same stage inan inter "Passion Play," an original play by Brown alumna Sarah Ruhl, national musical collaboration. is the story of a passion play presented in the 16th century and Chefs from Florence's top 1930's Nazi Germany. An original student-written musical, trattoria will share their love of "Happy End," is a Kurt Weill musical set in Brechtian Chicago food al a special restaurant. An with a Salvation Army girl trying to save the soul of a gangster. exhibition will display how con "Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches" is the temporary art is inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning, Tony Award-winning play which dares medieval and Renaissance mas to look at politics, sex, and religion in one of the most important terpieces. plays of this century. By bringing the mastery of All productions are presented at the Catherine Bryan Dill Florentine artisans to Provi Center for the Performing Arts, located at 77 Waterman St., dence, "Splendor of Florence" Providence [except when noted otherwise]. Subscription rates will help to restore a piece of are $60 regular,$40 for senior citizens (65and over) and Brown our priceless cultural heritage. faculty /staff, and $21 for students. Single tickets are $13 regu lar admission, $9 senior citizens 65 and over, $9 Brown fac Crafting the Medici ulty/staff, and $5 for students. Tickets are available at the In an extraordinary gesture Leeds Theatre box office or by calling 863-2838. Tickets will by the world-renowned Uffizi also be available al the box office in Leeds or Stuart Theatre one Gallery in Florence, Italy, a se hour before performances. "Eleanora de Medici" ca. 1580 lection of 16th- and 17th-cen Agnolo Bronziono (1503-1572) tury paintings from the galJery's be permanent collection will "Ferdinando Ida Cardinale presentea by the David Winton Dancin' Feet on Scipione Pulzone (1550-1598) century, immigration brought Bell Gallery at Brown Univer many skilled craftsman to the sity as part of the Splendor of Weybosset Street as United States. Sadly, most of Florence Festival. Local Dancers Cut Loose these individuals, forced into Also on display will be a se of work being showcased by factory work or unskilled labor lection of works from the Florentine artisans. Children Get a sneak-peak of the hot, smash-hit film, "Footloose" tells to feed their families, had to Gorham collection. Rhode will a\so'be able to have their new Broadway musical, "Foot the story of a free-spirited kid abandon their precious crafts. Island's most prominent silver portraits drawn in the likeness loose," when approximately 100 who reminds a locaJ minister Wanting to educate a new artisan company, the Gorham of the Renaissance figures they local dancers assemble on the that it's no sin to be young. It is generation about this lost era f ts Silvercompanycrafted flahvare will view at the Crafting the street in front of the Providence a high-energy dance musical manshi p, Providence, R.I., na and other silver pieces said to be Medici exhibit at the Bell Gal Performing Arts Center, to that features one of the most tiveJoyce Acciaioli Rudge envi inspired by the Renaissance and lery. Additionally, families will showcase the dance steps to the popular scores ever written, in sioned a project that would the Medici era. be able to participate in a Splen electrifying titlenumberonSept. cluding the chart-topping hits showcase the traditional trades The David Winton Bell Gal dor of Florence treasure hunt. 18 at 11 a.m. during the open "Let's Hear It For The Boy," still honored and practiced in lery at Brown University is lo Renaissance-style entertainers house event. The teaching group, "Holding Out For A Hero," "Al Italy. Her vision has grown into cated in the List Art Center, 64 will perform throughout the day whichiscomprisedoflocaldance most Paradise," and the title "Splendor of Florence- Artists College St., Providence. The col and refreshments will be served. groups, has studied the number song, "Footloose" which will be and Artisans of the Medici." lection will be shown Sept. 18 to The place will be Memorial on an insln.ictional video pro performed at the dance event. As the result of a Friendship 26, Monday through Sunday, Park, Providence (exhibits at duced especially for them by the The "Footloose" dance event Pact signed by the mayors from IO a.m. to 8 p.m. It is free and Old Stone Bank, Bell Gallery and show's New York producers. leaders come from Carolyn Florence and Providence in open to the public. Carriage Houses will also be Providence and surrounding Dutra's Dance Studio and November 1998, "Splendor of open for Family Day), on Sept. area residents are invited to come Michelle Pacheco's Dancers, Florence," coming to Providence Feinstein Family Day 19 at noon to 4 p.m. to the event, learn the routine along with a few other local from Sept. 18 through 26, will This special day is designed and are encouraged to join in. dance groups. be a true celebration of arts and to help children and their fami School Tours The dancing will take place on Tickets for the Oct. 12 through culture. lies celebrate this extraordinary Educating children about art the street in front of the Provi 17 performance are on sale now. exhibition of Florentine art and and other cultures is one of the dence Performing Arts Center. Prices range from $32.50 to primary objectives of the Sp len The event will take place under $46.50. Tickets may be purchased d or of Florence Festival. the marquee in theeventof rain. in person at the Providence Per Throughout the duration of the "Footloose" opened on forming Arts Center box office festival, local elementary and BroadwayonOct.22, 1998,and and Ticketmaster outlets; to On behalf of the Atomic Grill middle school classes will re is breaking box office records. charge tickets by phonecall 421- ceive special tours of the vari The national tour opened in ARTS or Ticketrnaster at 331- ous festiva l exhibitions. School Cleveland on Dec. 15, 1998, to 2211. For groups of 20 or more we would like to extend our tours will be coordinated by the rave reviews. Based on the 1984 tickets, call ,lll-1.997, ext. 3121 . RISDMuseumand provided by congratulations to the Mintzer family the RISD Museum docents. Tours will be designed fo r a school-aged audience enabling Providence Library to Host on Jake's Bar Mitzvah. students to learn about Florentine artisans and culture Reception for Author Mccourt through means accessible and Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor vised to purchase tickets as enjoyable to them. Frank McCourt will make his early as possible. Rarne tickets ExhibitswiJJbeatlheOldStone second appearance for the Provi are also being sold and ar Y, SEPTEMB6R 16, 1999 13 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ~ Shocking Secret Unveiled! The Oldest Profession is Warren's Profession" was also the last of his "Plays Unpleas• 'Mrs. Warren's Profession' ant'' as he called the works he In "Mrs. Warren's Profes wrote as harsh indictments of sion," George Bernard Shaw's the prevailing social policies. turn-of-the-century master The Criminal Law Amendment piece, Mrs. Warren's profession Act, passed in England in 1885, is never articulated. It remains, made prostitution punishable however, the foca l point of the by fines and prison. Shaw rec action and tunnoil of the play as ognized that the cause of prosti• Mrs. Warren's daughter, Vivie, tution was largely due to the confronts her mother's well deplorable working conditions kept secret. As the story unfolds, in Industrial England - espe Shaw delivers some startling cially for women. In the 1880s, questions which leave the char one third of young women be acters and theaudienceto frame tween the ages of 15 an<:! 20 the answers. But Shaw's spar earned about$20annually, usu kling wit and clever dialogue ally as servants or in factories. will keep us guessing at every Trinity Rep is located at 201 turn. The play runs from Sept. Washington St., Providence. 24 through Nov. 7 in the down Parking is available nearby. stairs theater al Trinity Rep. Curtain times are 8 p.m. Judaica Art at Gallery 401 Writ~en in 1894, "Mrs. Wednesday through Saturday; Rabbi Wayne Frankli n explores the world of art with artist Harold lsserlis. Isserlis's artwork Warren's Profession" was 7p.m. Tuesday and Sunday;and is currentl y showing as part of the Jewish Community Center of Rhode Island's Gallery 401 banned from the London stage 2 p.m. on Sundays and select Judaica Art Show. PhotocourlesyafJCCR/ until 12 years after it was writ Saturdays and Wednesdays. ten due lo its controversial sub Single ticket prices range from ject matter - although it re $26 to $38, with student, senior, ceived an underground produc and disabled discounts avail Make a Splash at the JCCRI tion al the New Lyric Club in able. For ticket information or London in January 1902. "Mrs. to subscribe to the season, call They're making a splash at class. The Jewish Community 6 to 7:30 p.m. - Family pool Warren's Profession" was writ the box office al 351-4242. Excel the Jewish Community Center Center of Rhode Island will even party ten largely as a response to the lent group discounts are avail of Rhode Island again. The provide free ba bysi tti ng services 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. - Special Victorian view of prostitution able at 521-1100, ext. 223. Visit newly reconstructed, 75' swim at the center. aerobics class as "The Great Socia l Evil." Trinity Rep's website at ming pool at theJCCRI is open Don't miss this open house/ 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. - Special Shaw's third p lay, "Mrs.
JERRY CROCK grandchild. He was the brother ter, Marsha Pansey of Glendale, sister of the late Irvi ng Rubin, Jason Stern in Virginia; a daugh DELRAY BEACH, Fla. of the late Rose Rafkin, Mary Ariz.; a brother, Joseph Beckler Sadie Barry and Yetka Harmon. ter, Nancy Sneider of Brockton; Jerry Crock, also known as Max Miller Hull and DorisGoldband, of Warwick; fo ur grandchildren A graveside service was held onesister,CeliaShultz;sixgrand Krock, 92, of Delray Beach, Fla., and the grandfather of the late and three great-grand chi ldren. Sept. 13 in Chevra Shaas Cem children, and four great-grand died Sept. 12 at Hospice by the Scott Derek Mickel-son. She was the mother of the late etery, West Roxbury, Mass. Ar· children. Sea, Boca Ra ton, Fla. He was the A funeral service was held on Kenneth Goodman. rangements were made by Services were held at the husband of Li ll ian (Kivowitz) Sept. 14 at Tifereth Israel Con The funeral was held Sept. 14 Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, Stanetsky Memorial Chapel, Krock. gregation, 145 Brownell Ave., in Shalom Memorial Chapel, 825 Hope St., Providence. 1668 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass., Born in Brockton, Mass., a son New Bedford. Burial was in 1100 New London Ave., on Sept. 15. Burial was be in of the late Samuel and Rebecca Plainville Cemetery, New Cranston. Burial was in Lincoln JULIA M. STERN Mishkan TefilahMemorial Park, (Schwartz) Crock, he had lived Bedford. Arrangements were Park Cemetery. Arrangements CH ESTNUT HILL, Mass. - West Roxbury, Mass. in New Bedford and South made by Max Sugarman Memo weremadebyShalomMemorial Julia M. Stern, 86, a psychiatric Darhnoulh before moving to rial Chapel, 458 Hope St., Provi Chapel, 1100 New London Ave., social worker for 25 years, died Florida. dence. Cranston. Sept. 12at BaypointSkilled Nurs 'After This' Hewasco-ownerofMadewell ing and Rehabilitation Center in by Herb Brown ©1999 Mfg. Co. before retiring in 1966. ETHEL GUSSIE GOODMAN SARAH E. RUBIN Brockton, Mass. She was the wife Oh, somewhere in this uni He was also a substitute teacher PHOENIX, Ariz. - Ethel PROVIDENCE - Sarah E. of the late Joseph Stern. verse, there has to be more life in the New Bedford Public School Gussie Goodman, 89, of Kivel Rubin, of 311 Summit Drive, a Born in Pittsfield, Mass., she That I have got a burning yen System from 1966 to 1989. Care Center, Phoenix, Ariz.,died bookkeeper at ACME Beauty wasadaughterofthelatelsadore to see. He was a member ofTifereth Sept. 11 at thecenter.Shewasthe Supply Co., Providence, for Margolin and Mary (Frances) Someone that's other than Israel Congregatio n, New wife of the late Louis Goodman. many years, retiring in 1987, Margolin. ourselves, Bedford Jewish Convalescent Born in Russia, a daughter of died Sept. 9 at Miriam Hospital. In 1960, she created the Com It's a thought I cannot shelve, Home and Wamsutta Lodge of the late Morris and Ida (Meltzer) Born in Revere, Mass., a mittee for the Education of Teen It's wonderful to let the mind Masons. Beckler, she had li ved in Provi daughter of the late David and age Unwed Mothers in Boston. roam free. Besides his wife, he is sur dence and Cranston before mov Bessie (Hosmer) Rubin, she She was a graduate of Simmons I've read the universe goes vived by hvo daughters, Betty ing to Phoenix five years ago. lived in Rhode Island most of College School of Social Work in on forever, Shapiro and husband, Peter, of A member of the former her life. 1934. She was a member of the So even long long after we Concord, N.H., and Judi Temple Beth David, she had been She had been a paralegal for Academy of Certified Social are gone, Mickelson and companion, Paul, a member of its Mother's Asso several years. She was a former Workers, Temple Mishkan The trip that lies in store for of New Bedford; a son, Stan ciation. She was a member of the member ofTemple To rat Yisrael Tefilah of Chestnut Hill, ev'ryone of us, Crock and wife, Pam, of Chevy Mother's Association of the and its Sisterhood. Hadassah, the Newton Centen Will never stop, but just go Chase, Md.; a brother, Harold Providence Hebrew Day School. She leaves a nephew, David nial 2000 Committee, and the on and on. Crock of Delray Beach, Fla.; six She leaves a son, Norman Barry of Nantucket, Mass., and Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Now stop and think, ii this so grandchildren and one great- Goodman of Warwick; a daugh- a niece, Dr. Carole At las of Al She leaves two sons, Herbert terrible to contemplate? buquerque, N.M. She was the B. Stern of East Greenwich and A journeywilhoutend would be divine. We'd leave the luggage all behind, AFFORDABLE CASKETS, INC. There would be no daily grind, You have the right to buy direct and save, So how could thatbesuchan without loss of dignity or tradition. awful fate? 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Soldiers & Artists Tikkum Egyptian ENTERTAINMENT (Continued from Page 8) {Continued from Page 4) Sometimes I wish my chil Newspaper STEVE YOKEN , PROFESSIONAL OISC of injury to the gun owner. Ac- to those with whom we share (Continued from Page 1) JOCKEY, BARJBAT MITZVAH SPECIALISTS. dren had inherited my taste for cording to the Coalition to Stop this country. Just as most of us Package includes - 2 dancers/facilrtators fancy words, or even for the Gun Violence, "residents of would be dismayed to see the bers of the U.S. House of Repre lor BOTH teens and adults, New Yo111 hght moody lighting behind a por show, candle-lighting ceremony and dance homes where a gun is present African-American community sentatives. It is ironic to note contests. Fall River (SOB) 679-1545. No fee traitof Joan Crawford. You have are five times more likely to ex- or the gay and lesbian commu that all of these individuals have consultation and set-ups included. 2/18/00 to let them go their own way. perience a suicide and three nityself-segregateand stockpile supported American aid to Tom Brokaw spoke at Yale a times more likely to experience weapons, so would the rest of Egypt. We call on you Egyptian FOR RENT year ago. "You can't live up to a homicide than residents of AmericaviewJewswhodidthe Newspaper Calls for Murder of the people who went through homeswithoutguns.Addition- same with suspicion and fear. All U.S.Jews to publicly repudi 2 BEOAOOM,'2 BATH , South/cast Exposure, the depression and the dura ally,a gun kept in the homeis43 The inadvertent but inescapable ate the article and fire the ocean view, beach front. heated pool. Cov tion. They gave,and you took." times more likely to kill a mem- effect would be heightened in newspaper's editor. ered parking. One month min. Call 942-0133 Hedidn'tscorea big hit with his ber of the household, or friend, cidentsofprejudice, vandalism, Otherwise, the American 9/23/99 audience by that rough retort. than an intruder." Guns cer- and hate-fueled violence. public will find it hard to under I salute the great man who tainly endanger the rest of us. Ourtraditioncallsforeachof stand why Egypt should con FOR SALE shoveled us out and guarded Every year, 35,000 Americans us to participate in tikkun olam, tinue receiving $2 billion in us, with the good-natured smile. die from gun-inflicted injuries; repair of the world. For us to American taxpayers' money PINE OESK, oak 5-d rawer chest, dining room I also tip my hat to the sons who 14 children are lost to gun vio- insist that America's culture of each year." table (two leaves). Reasonable prices. 351- strive to find messages and Jenee every day in this country; gun violence - and the epi An article in the Egyptian 9021 leave message and phone number. 9/16/98 meanings along the paths of the and Americanchildrenaremore demic of killing that ii has government newspaper Al freedom which their and our than 12 times as likely to die wrought - is important to us Ahram Weekly, July 15-21, 1999, forebears fought for and found from gun violence as are the onJyasiteffectsourfellowJews called Jews "a parasitic people"; HOUSE CLEANING in their own way. children of any other developed is to turn our backs on the rest of charged tha·1 "their army an nation. If trends conti nue, 2003 America. Admittedly, address nexes any Arab land, and they WEISS HOUSE CLEANING - Reasonable rates, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly. Free esti will see gun violence overtake ing society's problems is an call the territory extending from mates. We bring equipment and supplies. automobile accidents as the overwhelming and perhaps Pakistan to Morocco a 'security 48 7-7904 9/16199 leading cause of fatalities in the unattainablegoal,butourtradi zone;"' and claimed that "for Living Torah United States. lion demands no less. II is not Zionitt thought, Jews and gen (Continued from Page 4) TheefforttocallJewstoarms up to us to complete the task, tiles are entirely different spe Send Classbox Correspondence to: Class Box No. Offer the Ram of Pride in in self-defense could have sig- but neither are we free to desist cies." nificant, and troubling, effects from it. A recent report by the Anti The A.I. Jewish Herald stead of him. P.O. Box 6063 But the old man would not on our society. Arming our- We face a critical time: ape Defamation League, "Anti Providence, A.I. 02940 so, but slew his son, selves to the teeth in a quest to riod of unprecedented technol Semitism in the Egyptian Me And half the seed of Europe, protect our community would ogy, of wondrous prosperity, dia, Spring 1998-Spring 1999," A.I. Jewish Herald classified ads cost S3 one by one. be questionably effective in ac- and yet of great fear. We can concluded:" Anti-Semitismcon for 15 words or less. Additional words cost 12 cents each. Payment must be Those of us who remember complishing its goals, but ii choose to turn inward asa com ti.nues lo thrive in the Egyptian would undoubtedly lead to a munity, to protect only our media. Derogratory images and received by Monday at 4 p.m. prior to the protests against the Vietnam the Thursday when the ad is scheduled War know well the grim truth of greaterb;alkanization within the selves and our narrow interests, harsh accusations against Jews to appear. This newspaper will not, know Owen's poem. United States. We would alien- orwecanlookbeyondourcom and Judaism have persevered ingly. accept any advertising for real Example two: Violence ate ourselves from the larger munity,intoournationandour through bad and good times .. estate which is in violation of the A.I. against children. One would society, and we would be seen world, seeking common solu anti-Semitic stereotypes con Fair Housing Act and Section 804 (c) of think that after the first inci (correctly in thiscase)asarming l:ions, and working for the gen tinue to be prevalent in cartoons, title VIII of the 1968Civil Rights Act. Our dent of shootings in our schools, ourselves in direct opposition eral welfare. The latter is the caricatures, opinion columns, readers are hereby informed that all some effective gun-control leg much harder path, but I believe and other media, where Jews dwelling/housing accommodations ad· that it is the one that will pro areoftendepictedasdirty,hook vertised in this newspaper are available islation would have been en on an equal opportunity basis. acted. Not even the carnage at videourchildrena better world, nosed, money-hungry world Columbine High School in Haffenreffer the one to which we as Jews are dominators. Comparisons of Is Littleton, Colo., has led to the committed,and the one to which rael (both Likud and Labor gov curbing of the proliferation of Museum Seeks we should all rededicate our ernments) with the Nazis, de Correction guns in America. One would selves. Let that commitment be nial of the Holocaust and tradi In the Sept. 9 issue of the R.1. also think that the first death by Volunteers our resolution fo r the new year. tional libels are also common .. Jewish Herald (page 10), the ad drug overdose would have led If you would enjoy learning Mark Pelavin is the associate [MJany are printed in the gov about Native American and director of the Religious Action ernment-backed press, includ dress of Dr. Alex Tatevian was to more effective laws and mea incorrect. The correct address is sures for reversing the growth, world cultures, the Haffenreffer Center of Reform Judaism, the ing the largest Egyptian daily, I 02 Smithfield Ave., Pawtucket. importation, and sale of drugs. Museum of Anthropology Washi,igton office of the Union of Al Aliram, Al Goumliurriya and We regret any inconvenience. In addition, one would think would like to hear from you. American Hebrew Congregations the popu Jar magazine October." that the first murder commit The museum is looking for vol and the Central Conference of ted in imitation of the violence unteer teachers for its hand-on, American Rabbis. portrayed in the media would experiential educational pro have resulted in better laws gram. Volunteer teachers, who --~ ------7 are also referred to as docents, governing the production and RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD advertising of violent movies teach the more than 7,000 area and television programs. (One school children that visit the Aquatic ad actually claimed, "This museum each year. The mu movie will mess up your mind seum is offering free classes to Arthritis Class for the rest of your life!") volunteers who can donate at Registration Many politicians proclaim least one morl"jng a week dur that they care about children, ing the school year - typicall y The Arthritis Foundation and they probably do, even three hours of their time - to YMCA aquatic program is cur CLASSIFIEDS rently being offered at the 15 words for $3.00 • 12¢ each additional word though children do not have the museum. the power to vote. These poli Volunteers must be able to YMCA of Cranston. ticians may care, but do they handle the physical challenges Trained personnel lead the Category care enough? For that matter, associated with teaching groups program participants through a series of specially designed ex Message what about parents who put of children, including leading ercises. This program is a recre their own pride, pleasure, apa short hikes, packing and lifting thy, or selfishness before their boxes of artifacts, and sitti ng in ational series of gentle activities own children's welfare? At a smoky wigwam or tepee. in the pool and is open to any one with arthritis. The program least in the story of the binding The museum's education is designed to help relieve pain of Isaac, Abraham listened to program also needs a motivated, and stiffness caused by arthritis the voice of the real G-d, the well-organized volunteer to while providing a fun, social source of all meaning and help with clerical work such as value. But to whose voice do copying and filing documents. opportunity. The program has Name Museum volunteers receive been developed by the National we li sten when we allow our Arthritis Foundation and is co Address children to engage in self-de a 20 percentdiscountat the mu sponsored by the R. I. Chapter structive or violent behavior? seum gift shop and a compli mentary membership in the of the Arthritis Foundation in Martin Buber called it "the collabora lion with the YMCA Phone voice of the apes.'' Friends Association of the o f the U.S.A. No. Words ____ OatP,(s) Run ______In the final analy..is, whether I laffenreffer Museum, and mu seum docents can take advan It is not necessary to know we interpret this story in its how to swim in ord er lo parlici To lnc:luN a bo• numNr, send an •ddltk>nal 15.00. All NSpon.9, tage of field trips to museums wlll be m•lhtd to the H..-ald vi• bo• numb..-, and forward.cl to claa straightforward sense or on its patc in the class. Preregistration homiletic level, it still shakes us and local sites of anthropologi slfled advartl-r, Payment MUST be received by Monday afte• ·l()()(l PAIOO to cal or archaeological interest. is necessary and enroll ment is the Thursday on wh+d1 t1le ad ,s 10 appe;ir 10"' d :oorll q,vp f· ac, irnng to the core conhnuovsty lor one year Call l. yn Udvardy or Patsy hm1ted. For more information, Sanford al 2S3-8388or253-1610, co nt.icl Scott al the YMCA of Do,ia/d M. Splan~ky 1s the rabbi Cranston at 943-0444 or stop by ofTemplr Rrlh Am rn rran11n8ham, or -.<'nd an e-milil message to· Thank l'ou. ::~::!·!:s~~ ;'!:~~:E=:.A~~.on-to
A University of Rhode Island Support the JCCRI graduate student wants sailing Area residents are finding it Jewish Community Center of enthusiasts, yachting history buffs, and families wi th connec easy to support the services and Rhode Island and go to the new programs of the Jewish Com Filene's store on Oct. 12, from 9 tions to yachting traditions to munity Center of Rhode Island a.m. to 8 p.m. search their attics, their base - while doing their own shopping lnaddition to previewing the ments and even their memories thanks to several partnership new store, participants will hear for vintage yachting clothes. programs: live entertainment for all ages, Natasha Kelly, who is pursu Eastside Marketplace-Af meet celebrities like New En ing her master's degree in his tershoppingat the Eastside Mar gland Patriot Chris Slade, en toric dress, is seeking help from those who own yachting wear ketplace, customers who drop joy free refreshments, partici off their receipt into the conve pate in special children's ac dating from 1880 to 1910, so she niently located envelopes at the tivities, take advantage of spe can complete her thesis, Yacht Jewish Community Center of cial "Charity Day" only sale ing Wear: Sartorial Symbol of Rhode Island will have a por prices. And have a chance to Conspicuous Leisure and Con tion of their grocery bill donated win a $2,500 Filene's shopping sumption in the Gilded Age. to the center. For years the spree. Admission tickets in She wants families, individu Eastside Marketplace has been clude free parking, too. als and museums to show her supporting local charities Why not check out the new their vintage clothing so she can through their Friendshlp Fund, store and help the Jewish Com analyze how they fit with the and theJewishCommunityCen munity Center of Rhode Island. history of the period. To reach Kelly,call URI 'sde te,. of Rhode Island has been o ne Buy your admission ticket to partment of textiles, fashion of its largest recipients. day. Tickets are just $5 per per Target - When customers son. Proceeds of all tickets sold merchandising and design at 874-4574. sign up for a charge card at the by the JCCRI go to the Jewish At no cost lo the owner, she new Target store in South Community Center of Rhode will perform fiber, date and Attleboro they can request that Island. weave analyses, and will deter a portion of their spending be The Jewish Communi ty Cen mine whether the piece is hand donated by the store lo the pre ter of Rhode Island extends its sewnor manufactured. She will school at the Jewish Commu gratitude to the area merchants nity Center. If a customer al who have the vision to support also photograph the piece for the historical record. local not-for-profit agencies like ready has a Target credit card, Kelly is completing an analy they can simply stop al the ser the Jewish Community Center sis of a cotton yachti ng dress vice desk and make the request. of Rhode Island, and the cus tomers of those stores fo r mak loaned by Angela Fischer of Filene's at Providence Place Newport, R.I. and Brookline, ing their additional efforts. For - Be one of the first to see the Mass. White with blue trim, the moreinfonnationabouttheJew new Filene's in the Providence dress was worn by Fischer's ishCommunityCenterofRhode Place Mall - BEFORE IT grandmother, Mrs. John Nicho Island, call 861-8800. The Jew YACHTING WEAR EXAMINATION - Natasha Kelly, a URI OPENS to the public and you las Brown, on her honeymoon. ishCommunityCenterofRhode graduate student pursuing a master's degree in historic dress, will support the Jewish Com Thepieceisdated 1898,and was Island is located at 401 Elmgrove examines a cotton yachting dress loaned by Angela Fischer of munity Center of Rhode Island purchased in Paris. It bears the Ave. in the heart of Providence's Newport, R.I. and Brookline, Mass. Photo courttsy of URJ at the same time. Simply buy banners of the New York Yacht your admission tickets at the east side. Club and Fischer's grand SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY father's yacht, the Ballymena. Free Prostate Screening In recognition of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, Landmark Medical Center will be hosting a free prostate screening clinic on Sept. 25 from 8:30 a.m to 1 p.m. at the Woonsocket Unit, 115 Cass Ave. The screenings will be conducted by Landmark affiliated urologists. hat were the most important events Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death in Ameri can men. Each year, it is estimated that 185,000 men will be of the 20th century that shaped and in diagnosed with prostate cancer and nearly40,000 will die from the disease. The American Foundation for Orologic Disease recom fluenced Jews and Jewish life? mends that all men over the age of 50 see a physician once a year for a medical examination that includes a prostate checkup. Men over age 45 who have a family history of prostate cancer should have annual checkups as well. To schedule an appointment for the clinic, call Landmark Medi cal Center's Central Scheduling Deparbnentat 769-4100, ext. 2006. Information on prostate cancer will also be available on the day of the clinic. ASDS Prepares for High Holy Days Suspending the regular class schedule for middle-school stu dents of the Alperin Schechter Day School and regrouping stu dents across grade levels enabled the faculty to introduce students to an intensive prep course for the holidays according to Marcia Kaunfer, director of Judaic Studies. Middle school students were divided into five groups and attended five individual sessions or workshops designed to bring them closer in spirit to the celebra tions of Rosh Hashanah and Yorn Kippur. Learning the history of the shofar and the technique to sound the shofar was the focus of one workshop. How the Jewish calen dar is based on solar and lunar activities compared to the standard calendar provided a new perspective for many students. The students also had the opportunity to become creative with their writing skills in a workshop which first studied the text of Ki Anu Amekha, then asked the students to write metaphors based on their reading of the text. The session ofText Study centered on the story of the binding of Isaac. Reading the story and discussing the importance of the decisions, the acts of faith and the significance of this one act were essentia I to this preparatory course of study. The fifth study course was an activity to demonstrate the imporlance of Teshuvah. The inlrospective and reflective method of recogm~mg one's ~hort falls, or sins of the past year, was balanced Wlth the bulls-eye activity which showed howe.1silyonecould "miss the mark• of the best behavior Po5Sible yet ~till be within a tolerable range of the bull's-eye of perfection. Th.is program will hopefully enable the students lo experience these High Holy Days with new pcrspec· lives and deeper meaning.