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JEWISHVOL 44, NO 27 JOURNALJEWISHJOURNAL.ORG How a family found the will to survive COVID-19 By Steven A. Rosenberg JOURNAL STAFF

MARBLEHEAD – Friday, May 1 was supposed to be another workday for Phil Padulsky. While many residents across the state had been working from home since the Covid-19 pandemic began almost two months earli- er, Phil did not have that option and was considered an essen- tial worker. He had been in the food industry since he was a kid, helping his dad with the family business, and eventually serv- ing as food service director at school districts in Marblehead, Gloucester, and Stoneham. At 56, Phil was still a food ser- vice director in private indus- try. At the end of his shift on May 1, the weekend beckoned – but Phil noticed that he had a dry cough, and was feeling achy. When he arrived home in Marblehead, he decided to take a nap. Then he sat down to have dinner with his wife, Stacey. “I couldn’t taste anything when I had dinner,” said Phil, who suspected he might have contracted the coronavirus. By then, there had been 62,000 Covid-19 cases in the state, with 3,716 deaths. Nurses and doctors applaud as Phil Padulsky is transferred to the Spaulding Rehab in Boston after he spent a month battling the coronavirus. The following day he started At right, Padulsky, and his in-laws Bonny and Joe Glixman. to spike a fever and decided to get tested for the virus. By delirious, wanting to sleep, and called for another ambulance. some success in battling the “Sometimes my body just froze the end of the weekend, he at night I was sweating, cough- Soon, Bonny was at the same virus. Doctors agreed, and and I couldn’t hear what the learned he had tested posi- ing, and feeling miserable,” he hospital as her husband and Phil became the first Covid-19 doctor said; I got so scared. If it tive and decided to recuperate said. son-in-law, and also had tested patient at the hospital to receive was bad news, which it usually in his basement – afraid that By Sunday, May 10, Phil’s sta- positive for Covid-19. the dual treatment. was, I couldn’t talk for the day.” he might pass the virus on to tus was deteriorating quickly. “I was all alone, freaking out, Meanwhile, Stacey was pro- After a week, her mother got Stacey or his in-laws, Joe and His fevers had reached as high thinking each and every one hibited from visiting her hus- stronger and was released from Bonny Glixman, who live with as 105; his oxygen levels had was going to leave me,” said band and parents in the hospi- the hospital. And with the new the couple. dropped, and he couldn’t stop Stacey. To make matters worse, tal, so she stayed in her home. treatments, Phil’s vital signs For the next five days, Phil’s coughing. He was delirious and Phil’s kidneys failed, forcing him She reached out to Rabbi David began to improve. After 17 days, fevers got worse. On May 5, he couldn’t even remember what to be treated with dialysis. Meyer of Temple Emanu-El, who Phil came out of the coma, and spent the day alone in the base- he was saying. That’s when the Around that time, Lance’s kept the family in his prayers. was taken off of the ventilator. ment and missed his 30th anni- doctors decided to put him in fiancé, Mia – a pharmacist – She was filled with anxiety dur- Soon, Stacey was speaking to versary with Stacey. a medically induced coma and suggested that Phil receive con- ing the month of May. Phil on FaceTime. He tried to Meanwhile, during that week, place him on a ventilator. valescent plasma therapy, an “It was horrible. I had to rely speak but could just whisper. Stacey noticed that her father, “The doctors said my breath- experimental treatment that on the doctors and I would sit Finally a doctor gave him a pen Joe, who is 79 and a retired ing was getting a little shallow, some doctors use for people in the same spot on my couch and paper, and Phil wrote the jeweler from Point of Pines in and that they would have to with severe Covid-19. She also all day waiting for the time word “pup.” Revere, had developed a cough put me on a ventilator,” Phil suggested that he be given rem- when the doctor would call and “The doctor said he wants a and some weakness throughout recalled. “They said they had desivir, a drug that has shown give me an update,” she said. puppy. And everyone was clap- his body. Joe also took a Covid had no complications so far ping on the phone,” said Stacey, test and learned that it was pos- from ventilators. I told my wife who added that they will name itive. With her father and hus- I was scared, and she said ‘Stay the dog Will as a reminder of band ailing, Stacey picked up strong, you got this.’” Phil’s will to live. the phone on May 8 and called After Phil was put into a In early June, the hospital’s for two ambulances. Phil and coma and placed on a ventila- intensive care unit workers Joe were brought to North Shore tor, doctors performed the same applauded as Phil was wheeled Medical Center in Salem. procedures on his father-in-law, out of the unit and brought to a “I remember the ride over. It Joe. Stacey and their son Lance waiting ambulance. He was on was Friday and misty and the would FaceTime Phil while he his way to Spaulding rehab. He ambulance driver said, ‘You’ll was in the coma, and tell him spent 17 days learning how to be back home in a couple of they loved him and that he walk again, and after two nega- hours, you’ll be OK,’” said Phil. would eventually recover and tive Covid-19 tests, was released “But when I got to the emergen- return home. on June 18. As he was leaving, cy room, I was in the hallway “I could hear Stacey telling he passed his father-in-law, and burning up with a fever. me she loved me, and my son who had just been transferred They whisked me into a room saying when you come home to Spaulding. and put on ice blankets to cool we’ll go golfing. I didn’t realize “I said, ‘Hey Joe, you’ll be me off.” how bad it was because I was fine,’” said Phil, who was greet- Placed in a bed opposite his asleep,” said Phil. ed at home with a parade of 50 father-in-law, Phil knew some- As Phil and Joe battled to cars filled with friends and fam- thing was seriously wrong. “My stay alive, Stacey noticed that ily – including a Marblehead fire first thought was I wouldn’t wish her mother, Bonny, had come truck. this on my worst enemy. I had down with a cough and that her Since then, the Padulskys a high fever, confusion, a flu oxygen levels were low. Stacey, have tried to resume their lives, times 10. I was very lethargic, trained as a medical assistant, Joe Glixman after he was taken off the ventilator last month. continued on page 14

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A memorial that ensures no Jew lost to COVID-19 dies alone

By Rich Tenorio Karen Landy, a chaplain with JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT Hebrew SeniorLife, shared what it was like to care for coronavi- WEST ROXBURY – Jamie rus patients in person, whom Cotel, the executive director of she referred to through pseud- the Jewish Cemetery Association onyms. Her first patient to of Massachusetts, placed a stone test positive, Ruth, had been a on a newly dedicated memorial Kindertransport refugee from at the Baker Street Memorial Europe in the months lead- Park in West Roxbury. Putting ing up to World War II. Her two a stone on a memorial is a Jewish daughters could not come to see mourning custom, and on July 9, her in the nursing home because the stone commemorated the of coronavirus restrictions. impact that Covid-19 has left on Another patient, Gigi, was a the Jewish community. Holocaust survivor from Poland On that day, Cotel helped who tested positive in May. Her dedicate a Covid-19 memorial in husband and their two sons a ceremony at the association’s had predeceased her, but she Baker Street Memorial Park. continued to present a hopeful Some, like her, were at the cere- Photo: Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts attitude, Landy said. Gigi could mony, while others participated The Covid-19 memorial at the Baker Street Memorial Park in West Roxbury. sing in four languages and sug- virtually, with all sharing heart- gested that Barbra Streisand felt words about a still-unfolding including Hebrew College, the idea was that [the 17th of rial is the stone commemorating could play her in a movie. crisis. Jewish Cemetery Association Tammuz] is a day of mourning, those who died during the coro- “Gigi died surrounded by The memorial reads, “In of Massachusetts, Combined we would come together, with navirus pandemic, inscribed the staff who had taken care of Memory of Those Lost During Jewish Philanthropies of Greater a new lens on our mourning with the Hebrew phrase zichro- her for eight years,” Landy said. the COVID-19 Pandemic. And Boston, and the Massachusetts practice.” na livracha, or “may their mem- “When it came time to bury her, the People Mourned as One Board of Rabbis. She called these “The challenges of this time ory be a blessing.” During the we were there, that same staff Community.” four organiza-tions “really inte- have only underscored the ceremony, names of 39 individu- and the last responders, the Cotel told the Jewish Journal gral” in “helping me take my yearning that people feel for als who died during the pan- groundskeepers at Baker Street that for the past few months, the vision and making it a reality.” connection to each other and to demic were listed for the on- Cemeteries and the staff from Jewish Cemetery Association of “[The] desire to create a com- the sacred traditions that have screen audience. JCAM. She was not alone. Massachusetts had wanted to munal time to pause and reflect sustained our people through- Two benches complement “This pandemic has taken dedicate a memorial for those was what came first,” Offit said. out history,” Rabbi Sharon the memorial stone, one honor- away so many of our grounding who died during the Covid-19 She credited “a very gener- Cohen Anisfeld, president of ing those who died alone, with rituals, but we are merging with pandemic. She said the memori- ous man” – Steve Schneider, Hebrew College, said in a state- no one to even say Kaddish for a deeper sense of compassion al was the first in Massachusetts the principal of Slotnick ment. “The forms can and must them; and one honoring what it and empathy, of love and pres- and potentially in North America Monuments in Everett – with a adapt to the moment, but the calls the “last responders” work- ence, and I cry out, ‘El Na Refa as well. donation that helped create the essential yearning for meaning ing at cemeteries to bury the Na La,’ please, God, allow us The idea to hold a coronavirus multi-piece granite memorial at and connection endures.” dead. to find healing in this place of memorial ceremony came from the end of the memorial park. The biggest part of the memo- During the ceremony, Rabbi brokenness. Amen.” Rabbi Suzanne Offit, an alumna Reflecting on the perhaps of Hebrew College and a chap- unprecedented nature of a lain who until recently was affil- Covid-19 memorial, Offit said, iated with Hebrew SeniorLife, “Most memorials are created UK Home Secretary blasts Twitter, Instagram, which has nine residential facili- after the problem. This was a over anti-Semitic posts ties in Greater Boston. unique action to create a memo- “This came from an idea of rial in the middle of a pandemic.” LONDON – Home Secretary #Jewish & #KKK [Ku Klux Klan] working to respond to the com- She estimated that the pro- of the United Kingdom Priti but being in business for 20 years munity,” Offit said in a phone cess took “maybe six weeks or Patel demanded an explanation you start to understand why.” He interview. “As a rabbi and chap- more.” Its dedication date cor- from Twitter and Instagram on also asked if it’s anti-Semitic “to lain, I listen a lot, respond to responds to the 17th of Tammuz Sunday regarding the length say Jewish people have power” needs of people. There was a on the Hebrew calendar – “the of time anti-Semitic posts by and asserted that “Israel is not very profound need unan- Jewish day of mourning,” Offit British rapper Richard Kylea your [Jews’] country.” swered, because of the unique explained. Cowie Jr., aka Wiley, were Wiley doubled down on his situation we’re living in.” Offit, who gave the introduc- allowed to remain online before tweets after several people on Offit found organizations that tory remarks during the cere- being taken down. Twitter accused him of anti- partnered to realize her goal ‒ mony, told the Journal that“[the] “The antisemitic posts from Semitism. Wiley are abhorrent. They should “I’m not anti-semetic [sic] I’m not have been able to remain anti slippery people,” he tweet-

on Twitter and Instagram for so Photo: Wikimedia Commons. ed. “There’s a difference.” long and I have asked them for British rapper Wiley The rapper also tweeted, a full explanation. Social media “Jewish people you make me companies must act much faster 24 that Jews “make me sick” after sick and I will not budge hold to remove such appalling hatred he was accused of posting anti- this corn.” from their platforms,” wrote Semitic tweets earlier in the day. According to the Campaign Patel. Among the tweets he is under Against Anti-Semitism (CAA), The British rapper, a recipi- fire for is one stating that there holding corn is “is a slang ent of the Order of the British are “2 sets of people who nobody expression meaning that they Empire (MBE), tweeted on July has really wanted to challenge should be shot,” although others Legal Services have said that the “hold corn” phrase is British slang for telling someone to “take the L [loss].” Estate Planning & Probate Workers’ Compensation Wiley also retweeted a post that read, “Im [sic] so sick of Licensed in Florida & Massachusetts and Personal Injury Lawyers f____ing Jews at this point. You are the most vile people in the We love Snow Birds! history of humanity.” The CAA condemned Wiley’s tweets in a statement. Protecting your family’s most valuable assets. “Likening Jews to the KKK is a hideous anti-Semitic slur, Over 25 years of experience which Wiley can add to the anti- Semitic tropes he has tweeted Proud to serve the North Shore community about Jewish power and Jews in business,” the statement read. “He joins a number of celebri- 978-232-1114 ties who have promoted anti- (L-R): Judson Pierce, Daniel Napolitano, Alan Pierce Semitic themes or individuals www.legalstu.com in recent weeks, some of whom have apologized and sought 27 Congress Street rehabilitation. Wiley must [email protected] Suite 301 immediately do the same, oth- Call to schedule a free consultation Salem, MA 01970 erwise no respectable label or Pierce, Pierce manager should work with him 978-745-0914 ever again.” & Napolitano www.ppnlaw.com - JNS.org attorneys at law COMMUNITY NEWS THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JULY 30, 2020 3

Chabad and Shirat Hayam begin in-person services, while other synagogues continue virtual gatherings

By Bette Keva The only planned gathering ly missed a minyan on Zoom JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT as of now is an Aug. 7 outdoor since March, whereas he used service, according to the tem- to attend Shirat Hayam services Finally returning to Shabbat ple’s online calendar. only on Shabbat. He sang the morning services after a four- Meanwhile, attendance at praises of Zoom. month absence “is like oxy- several synagogues – because of “There’s no traffic. You can gen,” said Rabbi Yossi Lipsker Zoom – has been waxing rather do it on a phone while driving of Chabad of the North Shore in than waning. to work. We are all learning. You Swampscott. Two weeks ago, the “Since COVID, attendance has can turn it off while multitask- Hasidic synagogue eased into a been very strong in the morning ing and you are still counted cautious, phased reopening fol- and evening for weekday min- for the minyan,” said Cohen. “I lowing state guidelines. yans,” said Rabbi Ragozin of get outside of the bubble of my With the help of Chabad’s Shirat Hayam. “There’s a sense of home, have contact with others, Covid-19 task force, headed by camaraderie and togetherness perform a mitzvah by making a Peter Nathan of Swampscott, with people saying Kaddish.” minyan. It’s incredibly fulfilling Shabbat services are now being Brian Cohen has hard- to me.” held from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. inside of interconnecting tents on the Chabad grounds on Burrill Street. In the second week of the phased reopening Photo: Steven A. Rosenberg/Journal Staff Phyllis levin last week, 30 people attended Rabbi Yossi Lipsker of Chabad of the North Shore stands under a tent erected for Shabbat services in Swampscott. on Real estate services in Swampscott, “which is around the limit we feel com- How To avoID ovERPRICINg Zoom, Schusterman added. vice the second day of Rosh fortable with,” said Lipsker. The At Congregation Shirat Hashanah on Sept. 19, since the Home sellers are often tempted to overprice main shul building remains Hayam in Swampscott, there are symbolic casting off of sins falls their properties in order to ‘test the market’ and closed. no plans for in-person Shabbat on Shabbat this year. then ‘negotiate down’ to get the most money. But this Congregants must fill out a services. But on July 14, the Services at the Conservative strategy is counter-productive. It can actually scare form attesting to their health, Phyllis Levin Conservative temple began temple are broadcast over away qualified buyers and cause your home to linger RSVP if they plan to attend, and CRS GRI CBR opening for in-person services Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook, on the market and eventually expose you to low-ball- wear a mask for the entire length on Tuesday nights and Thursday often resulting in “hundreds of ing bargain hunters. of the service and while on shul mornings while continuing its clicks” from people tuning in The best strategy is to price your home competitively from the start. First property, according to Chabad’s Zoom options. Its website, shi- from New Jersey, Oklahoma, and check comparable sales in your area. Not only will buyers know the true website, nsjewish.com. rathayam.org, states that among elsewhere to say Kaddish, said market value of your home, but appraisers will too, and they play a big role A weekday minyan, usually other guidelines, contact tracing Perlman. For a Havdalah service in how much money the buyer’s lender will approve. Thursday, will also be held out- will take place, social distanc- on a Saturday evening, “hun- Most home buyers do their initial house hunting online and price is the doors on Chabad grounds “for ing applies, and masks must be dreds of viewers join in.” first thing they check. Make sure your home is priced competitively and people who have yahrzeit to say worn. Perlman and Associate Rabbi looks good in your photos. Kaddish,” said Lipsker. Bernie Horowitz conduct ser- Like Chabad of Swampscott, When in doubt, go low. A lower priced home invites multiple offers and vices from their homes while Chabad of Peabody also has gives you room to negotiate for more money. Ask your REALTOR® to help At Chabad, congregants there is a virtual bimah in the a large tent on its grounds for you find your home’s true market value. background. Shabbat and Sunday services. must fill out a form For Marblehead’s Temple Happy Passover!EXPERIENCEJUST CALLEXPERIENCE AND Is I’LLTHE DODIFFERENCE. IS THE THE REST DIFFERENCE “People came in the attesting to their health, Emanu-El, there are no plans for flesh,” said Rabbi Nechemia Feel free to call me at SAGAN REALTORS and wear a mask for the indoor services. Feel free to call me on all aspects Schusterman. “There is no “There is no safe way to do it on all aspectsof of buying buying or or selling selling real real estate estate Zoom on Shabbat [for the entire length and people aren’t clamoring for at 781-367-8150at 781-367-8150 Orthodox], nothing electron- of the service. it,” said Rabbi David Meyer of ic, just in-person.” Last week, www.phyllislevin.com [email protected] (781) 367-8150 the Reform congregation. Chabad of Peabody’s first in- website email cell On Thursday morning July person Shabbat service since 23, only Rabbi Michael Ragozin, the pandemic shut down syna- Cantor Alty Weinreb, and two gogues in mid-March drew only others attended the service in eight congregants. person, but 14 “regulars” viewed “It’s tricky for people,” via Zoom, according to 20-year Schusterman said, referring to regular, Herb Goldberg. members being hyper-cautious Shirat Hayam’s daily minyans, about attending group gather- conducted in collaboration with ings. Temple Sinai of Marblehead, are “Now that we have the tent, held online at 7:30 a.m. and 7 we’ll string lights, make it homey, p.m. every weekday. and I’ll try our Wednesday Other synagogues and tem- Torah class. There’s room for 50 ples have no plans to offer in- people to sit while social dis- person services just yet. tancing. Even if it’s set up like a Rabbi Richard Perlman of class, there’s still enough room” Temple Ner Tamid in Peabody because the tent is 60 feet x 40 said the only in-person event feet. Sunday’s service in the tent planned is the Tashlich ser- was a hybrid of in-person and

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jews and BLM Marking Tisha B’Av: I completely agree with your is undeserved. Jews have a Where do we go from here? editorial (“Anti-Semitism and very long history of supporting Black Lives Matter,” July 16, blacks way before it became Jewish Journal) as well as the fashionable to put a BLM sign letter from Richard Sherman on your lawn. supporting David Rosenberg’s Jewish guilt has no place in letter. I also completely disagree this dialogue and BLM has to with Len Maas who seems to earn our support but it doesn’t want to downplay all the anti- seem to be on their agenda and Semitic vitriol from BLM from platform. the top down. Peter Flato The support he gives them Ipswich Bob Remis was a class act Bob Remis recently passed up in a rich family that him gave away. This community really tennis lessons while I grew up lost a great human being. He in the slums of Lynn. He would was such a gentleman. laugh and go on to tell me about Bob and I used to play tennis the greatest shot I made in the every week at the tennis club third set and make me feel like I at 8 a.m. He would walk in and always won the match. say he was not 100 percent and He really was a class act. “Where and how do you pray for the loss of the holy Temples when your shul is closed too?” writes go on beat me 6 to 0. I would Jack Stahl Rabbi Yossi Lipsker. always say to him that he grew Lynn By Rabbi Yossi Lipsker Yes we had the Inquisition, the structure of Jewish identity. pogroms, and, of course, the The broader human sense of LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are welcome. Letters must be signed ot since 4 August 70 CE Holocaust. And yes, the Romans people feeling stripped down and include your name, address, and telephone number have the Jewish people butchered our people like cattle. to the bare bones, to the core for verification purposes. Letters are limited to 300 words. taken this kind of hit But like the Greeks during the of who we are, when all the lay- Submissions are subject to editing for accuracy. Email submissions to: N on communal Jewish worship. story of Hanukkah, once our ers that coat us (work, society, [email protected], subject “Letters.” public prayers were silenced religion etc…) are peeled away and the flames of our Menorah … forcing us to ask ourselves extinguished they seemed less the question: Who are we when threatened by our presence. the music that accompanies the This is different. This is Covid- melody of our voice has been 19. This virus hates you regard- turned down? When the sound less of whom you hate. There of our voice is no longer shaped are no alliances to be formed, by its harmony with surround- no fifth column to develop, no ing voices? What happens if, collaborators. Covid is an inde- after finally hearing our voice pendent operator. Covid doesn’t for real; alone, unvarnished ... care who or what you believe in, we don’t like it? Or even worse, who you voted for, or who you what happens if as a result of pray to. Covid will cancel you this mandated solitude, we dis- regardless of who you cancelled. cover upon hearing our voice Covid can’t be bought off. like that for the first time, that However, as I started to say, we don’t even recognize it? What the last time synagogue life took if we discover that our voice was this type of hit was over 2000 only a voice that sang to the years ago on Tisha B’Av. This music around it, as opposed to year Tisha B’Av (the saddest day the music playing around our on the Jewish calendar, mark- voice? ing the destruction of both holy It’s like looking in the mirror Temples in Jerusalem on this for the first time and feeling dis- same date) occurred on July 28. appointed … or thrilled? For me, it was my first real We are caught in the desola- Tisha B’Av. For real. I finally get tion between two Tisha B’Avs it. I get what it must have felt like – both of them holding up that to lose the entire environmental continued on page 16 OPINION THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JULY 30, 2020 5 Israel’s hybrid crisis

By Michael Widlanski U.S., India and with Arab and African countries. JERUSALEM – Israel has vanquished Yet, Netanyahu had serious lapses in many crises in its 72 years, but the cur- the crisis and did not prepare a long- rent virus crisis is one of the strongest term recovery or maintenance plan. and strangest – a hybrid affair granting Israel was struck by a second wave of big mileage to the media who them- virus and a typhoon of unemployment selves are more distrusted than ever. (estimates of over 21 percent). Some lead- Moreover, the public got conflicting Letter ers faced public messages from officials who seemed to wrath after mis- be fighting turf battles over who should From handling wars handle virus testing. They could not in 1973, 2000 agree whether or how to re-open schools, Jerusalem or 2006 (Golda or whether to close down or limit swim- Meir, Ehud ming pools and gyms. But seemingly Barak, and Ehud Olmert), or economic they were not worried about opening mismanagement (Menachem Begin’s large stores or public demonstrations. Likud produced record inflation in the F-A-U-D-A. That is the Arabic word 1970s). Those crises reduced their popu- that is also the title of a famous Israeli TV larity and eventually forced them from series. It means ANARCHY. That sums office. up the impression of disorder that has Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, plagued Netanyahu and senior officials however, faces a virus crisis that even in the last six weeks. Police use a water cannon to disperse protesters in Jerusalem. his foes admit he did not cause. Also, he “I don’t believe anything they are tell- entered the crisis as Israel’s economic ing us anymore,” asserted Ami Cohen, and small businesses got little or noth- trol a large but internally divided coali- situation was quite good and his own who owns the Say Wedding Hall in ing, while larger businesses seemed to tion that tugs in several directions, mak- standing still quite strong, despite being Rishon Lezion, a prosperous business in be doing just fine and to have gotten ing it hard to pass emergency rules and the target of corruption charges. Polls a once-bustling and fast-growing town subsidy checks. legislation. But his biggest problem is still show he is the number one choice just south Tel Aviv, and he does not trust Mounting discontent – some of it personal. for prime minister. official promises of economic aid. Cohen inside Netanyahu’s own political base – He faces a lingering cloud of cor- Why? and many of his colleagues say they will has cost him badly in the public opinion ruption and a trial on three indictment For one, Israel deftly defeated the reopen their businesses in a few days in polls. He dropped from a high of 40 or charges. Some legal experts believe worst element of the virus crisis in defiance of government rules regulating 42 (of 120) seats in various surveys to a two of the three charges are weak and March/April, using social distancing, social contact in large indoor spaces. level of 30 or 32. Despite this, however, legally unprecedented. The trial may last short-term lockdowns and border clos- Cohen, like others with restaurants, Netanyahu would likely beat Yair Lapid many months, and this will hamstring ings. Its casualty toll was lower than wedding halls, theater companies and (leader of Yesh Atid) or Benny Gantz Netanyahu. It will require his attention almost any developed country. In addi- comedy clubs, has been going bankrupt (leader of Blue and White) in any elec- and demand that he raise large sums tion, Netanyahu is a world-renowned after being closed for five months. The tion. Yet, he is clearly sliding, and on for his legal team just when he must “player,” with a foreign policy that has government announced a relief package every front he seems to be in trouble. handle the kind of complicated socio- netted major achievements with the and subsidies, but many independent Netanyahu finds it very hard to con- continued on page 16 Why Israel must continue as a Jewish state

By Herbert Belkin could Jews control their lives and futures. This lesson of sur- n a recent opinion piece in vival was brought home forcibly the New York Times, Jewish and with stark necessity by the Icolumnist Peter Beinart industrial killing of six million writes that he has given up hope Jews during the Holocaust. The for a two-state solution between urgency of a Jewish homeland Israelis and Palestinians. Beinart was realized by the 1947 United goes even further with his explo- Nations’ vote for a state of Israel sive statement that he “no lon- followed by four major Israeli- ger believes in a Jewish state.” Arab wars that Israelis fought to Beinart tries to justify his protect and preserve a Jewish position with arguments that homeland. over 600,000 Jewish settlers liv- Beinart and his proposal ing in the West Bank eliminate for an Israel that is no longer any possibility of a two-state a Jewish state seems to dis- solution. He goes on to cite that regard the lessons of modern before the Holocaust, many history when Jews fought and Zionists did not believe that a died for what has now become Jewish nation-state was “central sacred soil. Beinart in his New in the Zionist movement” and York Times opinion piece pre- it was only after the Holocaust sented his concept of Israelis that a Jewish state became the and Palestinians living together guiding principle of Zionism. in an integrated nation without Beinart expands his point consideration of the multifac- by saying that a binational eted differences that make such Palestinian-Israeli state would a state unlikely, unworkable if Photo: Steven A. Rosenberg/Journal Staff bring “liberation” to Israelis as Palestinians in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in Jerusalem. not impossible. well as Palestinians. This recon- The glory of Zionism and the stituted state would have equal mention that comes closer to critical, questions. What would Muslim Sharia law play in gov- founding of Israel is that Jews rights and voting power for both the Israeli-Palestinian situa- be the official language(s) – ernance? These are questions now have a home, a place of ref- groups. tion is India, where there was Hebrew, Arabic with a dash of of how two different societies uge separated from the corro- Most Jews have to catch their a bloody separation between English thrown in? What would would have to sublimate their sive persecution that was their breath, if not their temper, upon Hindus and Muslims that led a proposed school system teach religious and ethnic identities to fate during exile. With Israel no reading Beinart’s transforma- to Hindu India and Muslim that would be acceptable to live together under one national longer a Jewish state and with tion of Israel from a Jewish state Pakistan – separation, not inte- both groups? What religious roof. Not likely, given the inabil- Palestinian voting rights, how to a hybrid state that Jews and gration. Even Israel’s northern holidays would be observed ity to achieve peace over the secure is the Law of Return that Palestinians would govern joint- neighbor Lebanon, with its and would Sabbath be cel- course of decades. allows any Jew a home in Israel? ly. To counter Beinart, there are religious differences between ebrated on Fridays, Saturdays, The last reason why Beinart’s With those same Arab voting three major reasons why Israel Christians and Muslims, was or both? And what about the proposed end of Israel as a rights, how long would it be must continue as a Jewish state. unable to form a unified gov- Palestinian insistence on imple- Jewish state, and the most emo- for millions of Arab refugees to First, Beinart bolsters his ernment. Deep-seated differ- menting “The Right of Return,” tional, comes from worldwide claim entrance to a state that position with the example of the ences – be they religious, ethnic, which calls for any refugee or Jewry. Jews know that their was no longer majority Jewish? conflict between Catholics and or political –divide, not unify. descendent of a Palestinian 2,000-year exile subjected their If you asked whether Israelis Protestants in Northern Ireland. A second reason why the refugee – which includes more ancestors to cruel and pervasive should accede to the loss of His point is that the Catholics Israelis would refuse to give up than 5 million people – what is subjugation as an alien people their Jewish nation, what do you and Protestants were finally able their sovereignty as a Jewish now Israel and the Palestinian living on the fringes of Christian think their answer would be? If to reach a political accommoda- state is pragmatic. Even if the territories? Would the returning and Muslim society. Jewish you were asked the same ques- tion. Beinart does not mention long-standing enmity between refugees demand return of their nationalism, growing at the end tion, what would your answer that both parties were Irishmen Israelis and Palestinians could former properties and, if not, of the 19th century and given be? living under established British be resolved, an integrated state would they want reparations? shape and vision by Herzl’s law and spoke the same lan- between the two groups would To add to the complexities Zionism, brought the realization Herbert Belkin writes from guage. What Beinart fails to have to contend with basic, but of integration, what role would that only in their own homeland Swampscott. 6 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JULY 30, 2020

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Jacob Lawrence’s ‘American Struggle’ reopens at the PEM By Penny Schwartz Halpert, a pioneering woman in 1970, was the subject of an JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT in the American art world who exhibit at the Jewish Museum featured Lawrence’s work at her in New York last winter that SALEM – Six months ago, Downtown Gallery. included several of Lawrence’s the debut of “Jacob Lawrence: In 1940-41, Lawrence was a paintings from the Migration The American Struggle,” at the Rosenwald fellow, which pro- series. Peabody Essex Museum, was a vided him financial support to Halpert saw meaningful links milestone moment. It marked develop Migration, his series between the images Lawrence the first time the monumental that traced the arduous journey was depicting in Migration series of paintings by Lawrence, of Blacks from the Jim Crow and the experience of Jewish the most widely known and South to Northern cities. immigrants, Gordon observed. influential Black American The fellowship made it pos- Through Halpert’s efforts, the artist of the 20th century, had sible for Lawrence to rent stu- Migration series was published been seen together since its first dio space large enough to work in Fortune magazine, sparking showing 65 years ago. on all of the paintings in one the interest of MOMA and the Between 1954 and 1956, a place, according to Norman Philips Collection. tumultuous time during the H. Finkelstein, the Jacob Lawrence Cold War, McCarthyism and the Framingham-based became the first early years of the modern Civil biographer and Black artist in Rights movement, Lawrence author of “Schools Lawrence’s visionary MOMA’s collection created 30 strikingly bold, lumi- of Hope: How series is riveting and in 1942, she point- nous paintings that broaden the Julius Rosenwald timely at a moment ed out. familiar narrative of the nation’s Helped Change It was Rosen­ foundational decades by plac- African American when the country wald’s daughter, ing front and center Black peo- Education.” grapples with its Adele Rosenwald ple, Native Americans, women “The art is enduring history of Levy, who donat- and others whose stories were incredible,” said ed the funds ignored in American history. Finkelstein, a two- racial inequality. for MOMA to The opportunity to see the time National acquire half of the much-anticipated and highly Jewish book award Migration series, acclaimed exhibit was cut short recipient, who saw the PEM Finkelstein learned. in mid-March, when the muse- exhibit when it opened. He was As he researched, Lawrence um shut down due to the pan- struck by Lawrence’s deep dive wrote that the Struggle series demic. into research. “Every painting is project evolved from one Now, with the reopening of steeped in actual history.” that told the story of African PEM on a limited basis, from “Edith Halpert was very Americans to the story of the Courtesy PEM Thursdays through Sundays, Jacob Lawrence, Panel 5 (1955) from “Struggle: From the History of instrumental in Jacob Law­ American people. this timely and compelling show the American People” (1954–56). In this powerful image of slaves rence’s career and his journey as His goal was to “depict the has been extended through raising their arms with swords, breaking through shackles, Lawrence an American artist,” PEM cura- struggles of a people to create Aug. 9. It will then move to a juxtaposes a quote from a petition for freedom by Felix, a slave, to tor Gordon told the Journal in a nation and their attempt to national tour that includes the the governor of Massachusetts. a conversation at the exhibit in build a democracy.” Metropolitan Museum of Art late January. Halpert began rep- and the Phillips Collection in the historic figure of Crispus a philanthropy established by resenting him when he was in More information and a Washington, D.C. Attucks, the fugitive slave who the Jewish owner of Sears; and his early twenties. virtual tour of the exhibit is fea- Of the original, 25 panels are was murdered in 1770 by British the other, through his profes- Halpert, a Russian-born tured on the museum’s website accounted for, while the loca- soldiers, crouched in the fore- sional relationship with Edith Jewish immigrant who died at pem.org. tion of five remains unknown. front, clutching his chest and The PEM exhibit includes repro- bleeding. ductions of the missing paint- Lawrence’s visionary series is ings along with several that are riveting and timely at a moment too fragile to travel. PEM’s show when the country grapples with adds a contemporary perspec- its enduring history of racial tive with compelling work by inequality. artists Hank Willis Thomas, “To look at Jacob Lawrence’s Bethany Collins and Derrick ‘Struggle’ series in our world Adams. today and engage with themes While modest in scale – each of democracy, justice, truth panel measures 12x16 inches – and inclusion, I feel this call to the tightly composed paintings action in more depth, in new are forceful and dynamic, capti- light, and in new urgency,” PEM vating viewers with energy and associate curator Lydia Gordon angular, sharp points. Working said in an email. with egg tempera, Lawrence Gordon joined the curatorial achieved highly saturated color team of Elizabeth Hutton Turner in a style on the edge between and Austen Barron Bailly, who figurative and abstract. edited the nearly 200-page com- Each panel is paired with panion catalog that includes text from historical documents annotated full-color images of and first-person accounts that each of the panels along with Lawrence gathered in five years essays and other material. of intensive research at the read- Early in Lawrence’s career, ing room at the Harlem branch two Jewish connections were of the New York Public Library. pivotal to Lawrence as he At the entry point of emerged as a New York City IT’S NOT JUST A WINDOW, the exhibit, Panel 2 (1954), artist, one through the support “Massacre in Boston,” depicts of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, IT’S PEACE OF MIND.

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At its core, ‘The Merchant of Venice’ remains anti-Semitic

By Jules Becker English actor Edmund Kean or early fall. wearing a mask and a big nose. JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT have often looked to the Jewish “For me,” Golyak asserted, This is the way Nazis would see moneylender’s famous “Hath “it’s absolutely clear that this him.” BOSTON – Is “The Merchant not a Jew eyes” speech in mak- play was anti-Semitic. The In the ASP revival, the per- of Venice” anti-Semitic? ing the role sympathetic. [Elizabethan] public would have ception of Shylock is essential. Scholars, directors, actors, and Now – in a time when anti- laughed. I think Shakespeare’s For example, when ship mer- theatergoers continue to debate Semitic activity has risen to a genius gave birth to something chant Antonio and his financial- that question and diverge level unseen for generations that changed over time.” ly strapped best friend Bassanio greatly in their interpretations – is a good time to ponder. Golyak observes in a direc- step offstage, Shylock takes off of the play written by William Igor Golyak is taking his cues tor’s note that “‘The Merchant his mask and becomes a real Shakespeare in 1596. from the Elizabethan era itself, of Venice” was a prescription by person. “It [the perception of As reported in Smithsonian when audiences would have Joseph Goebbels [the Nazis’ pro- him] is a shock to the audience,” Magazine, late Shakespeare seen Shylock as a villain and paganda director] as part of the Golyak alerted. expert Harold Bloom wrote in the play was termed a comedy. Final Solution and proof of why As for Shakespeare’s audienc- “Shakespeare and the Invention The Needham Jewish director the Jewish people deserved to be es, he contended, they would of the Human,” his 1998 book, recently spoke to the Journal exterminated.” In fact, the Nazis have seen the play as “a comedy “One would have to be blind, about his take for the produc- made the play a significant part that ends with a happy ending.” deaf and dumb not to recognize tion set in the present day by of their radio broadcasts after That would have included the that Shakespeare’s grand, equiv- the Actors Shakespeare Project Kristallnacht (1938) and pre- downfall of Shylock for trying to ocal comedy ‘The Merchant of at the Boston Center for the Arts sented productions in Nazi terri- Igor Golyak obtain a pound of flesh without Venice’ is nevertheless a pro- – halted after two previews by tory. “In Nazi Germany,” Golyak a drop of blood. “For them, [the foundly anti-Semitic work.” the Hub theater shutdown in the submitted, “people were booing Project staging, Golyak has audi- play and its meaning] was very By contrast, many perform- wake of Covid-19 – a revival he Shylock.” ence members reacting in a vari- simple.” ers since the great 19th century hopes to resume in late summer In the Actors Shakespeare ety of ways to reflect their chang- Working with an eight-mem- ing emotions. “For me,” he admit- ber cast, Golyak has also relied ted, “the journey the audience is on the efforts of Jewish puppet going through is even more inter- designer Ksenya Litvak. In this esting than what’s going on [on production, secondary char- A1 Will Send Hornets Packing. stage].” Here, there are applause acters Gratiano, Salerio, and Nests can hold thousands of hornets and signs. Golyak recalled theatergo- Solanio become puppets. ers both applauding and crying Summing up his approach, are aggressive and can sting repeatedly. after the previews and at a talk- Golyak said, “I didn’t try to be back. provocative but I think it [the Golyak’s goal is to chal- revival] came out to be.” lenge audiences. Alluding to Actors Shakespeare Project Sacha Baron Cohen’s unusual has announced that it intends look at anti-Semitism in his in- to include the company’s pro- your-face film “Borat,” Golyak duction of “The Merchant of explained, “We took the clichés Venice” in its 2020-2021 season and stereotypes that people use. in a run as yet to be determined The first time Shylock [played (617-241-2200 or actorsshake- by Nael Nacer] comes out, he is speare.org). ADL praises passage of Holocaust and Genocide Education Bill in NH

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JULY 31, 1962 AUG. 4, 1920 Politician Moshe Feiglin Is Born Kaplan Writes Article Leading to Moshe Feiglin, a politician who mixes libertarian domes- Reconstructionism tic positions with a hard line on Arabs, is born in Haifa. Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan of the An entrepreneur, he turns to Jewish Theological Seminary pub- politics in 1993 in launching lishes the article “A Program for the a protest movement against Reconstruction of Judaism” in the the Oslo Accords. He brings Menorah Journal, expanding on his his Manhigut Yehudit (Jewish discussions with rabbis and lay leaders Leadership) faction into Likud earlier in the year. Kaplan argues that Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan learns with students at the Recon­ in 2000, runs for the party lead- Judaism in America is defined by immi- structionist Rabbinical College. ership three times and wins grants and has shown no signs of being a seat in the Knesset in 2013. self-sustaining. He emphasizes Zionism as a key part of the reconstruction of American Judaism. He forms the Zehut (Identity) party in 2015. Israeli Government Press Office photo AUG. 5, 1995 Moshe Feiglin (center) and the rest of the Knesset are sworn in Feb. Composer Menachem Avidom Dies 5, 1993. Composer Menachem Avidom dies at age 87. A cousin of Gustav Mahler’s and a native of Russia AUG. 1, 1955 who made aliyah in 1925, Avidom studied music First Residents Move Into Dimona in Paris and Beirut and was an innovator in fusing Middle Eastern and European music. He began writ- The develop- ing in the new style in 1944 and paved the way for ment town of Mizrahi musicians in Israel. He served as the general Dimona in the secretary of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra from south welcomes its 1946 to 1952 and received the Israel Prize in 1961. first residents, who are recent arriv- National Library of Israel photo als from Morocco, Menachem Avidom presents a copy of his as Israel tries to Symphony No. 2 “David” to Albert Einstein in settle immigrants 1949. who have been housed in tent cit- ies. All of Dimona’s AUG. 6, 1923 early residents Photo by Moshe Pridan, Israeli Government Press Office are Mizrahim 13th Zionist Congress Convenes Dimona residents dig a sewer line in the devel­ (Jews from Arab opment town in 1955. Meeting in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia, the countries), and 13th Zionist Congress opens to discuss details although some work in the nearby Dead Sea Works potash plant, about the British mandate for Palestine and the many must travel long distances to jobs. Dimona gains municipal prerogatives of the Palestine Zionist Executive, status in 1969, when the population tops 24,000. The 13th Zionist Congress meets in Carlsbad, which guides Jewish immigration and settlement Czechoslovakia, in 1923. in the Land of Israel. The Congress decides that the agency will not allow non-Zionists to join, although that decision is reversed in 1929, the year the AUG. 2, 1923 PZE becomes the Jewish Agency. Shimon Peres Is Born – Items are provided by the Center for Israel Education (israeled.org), where you can find more details. Shimon Peres, the only person to serve as Israeli prime minister and presi- dent, is born in what WELCOME HOME! is now Belarus to Yitzchak and Sara Perski. Peres and his family make aliyah in 1934, settling in Tel Aviv. He moves into politics when he is elected secretary of the Labor Zionist Photo by Tsvika Israeli, Israeli Government Press Office youth movement in U.S. President Bill Clinton demonstrates a 3D camera to Israeli Prime Minister Shimon 1941. He is first elect- Peres at the White House on Dec. 11, 1995. ed to the Knesset in 1959. He serves as prime minister in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He is the president from 2007 to 2014.

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Barbara (Levine) Eisenberg, 90, of Chelsea, Crasella (Israel) Kaplan, 94, of Peabody, formerly of Revere formerly of Lexington Barbara (Levine) Eisenberg, Carol Jacques, Ruth Pressman, Crasella (Israel) Kaplan, band Carl. Crasella is also sur- Lexington chapter of Hadassah, 90, of Chelsea, formerly of the late Peter Pressman, and a former longtime resident of vived by her fond brother-in-law where she had a very active role, Revere, entered eternal rest on the late Kenneth Pressman. Lexington and more recently Fred Kaplan and his wife Faye, including a term as co-pres- July 16, 2020 after a brief illness. Cherished grandaunt of many of Brooksby Village in Peabody, and the late George Kaplan, and ident. In later years, Crasella Born in Boston, she was a res- grandnieces and grandneph- passed away on July 14, 2020. many devoted nieces and neph- was involved in the Shalom/ ident of Revere for many years. ews. She was 94. ews. She was a dear friend to so Brooksby Hadassah. Barbara was a retired employee Due to current health con- For 69 years, Crasella was the many. Graveside services were pri- for the City of Revere. ditions, services were pri- beloved wife of the late Stanley Crasella enjoyed work- vate. In lieu of flowers, remem- Devoted wife of Carl vate. Expressions of sympa- Kaplan. She was the devoted ing with students and faculty brances may be made to the Eisenberg. Dear sister and sis- thy in Barbara’s memory may mother of Ellen Kaplan and through her job at the registrar’s SCN2A Foundation, scn2a. ter-in-law of the late Melvin be donated to Dana Farber Allan Shapiro of Byfield, and office at Boston University for org, which is working toward a and Edith Levine, the late Institute, 10 Brookline Place Lawrence and Kathleen Kaplan 30 years. cure for the genetic disorder of Albert and Gertrude Eisenberg, West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA of Methuen; the loving grand- She was a founding member Crasella’s great-granddaughter, and Evelyn and the late Harry 02445, or Hebrew Senior Life, mother of Maura Bragg, Michael of Temple Isaiah in Lexington, Ashlyn. The foundation also Beder. Beloved aunt of Ilene and 1200 Centre St., Roslindale, Gerrin, and Leia Tummino and which just celebrated its 60th supports research for better Jonathan Cutler, Dianne and MA 02131. Arrangements were her husband Peter; the adoring anniversary, and she remained understanding and a cure for all Burton Gesserman, Dr. Jerold handled by Goldman Funeral great-grandmother of Ashlyn connected to the temple causes of autism. Arrangements Levine, Rhonda and Scott Marks, Chapel, Malden. For online con- Bragg; and the loving sister of throughout her life. Crasella by Levine Chapels, Brookline. Dr. Mitchell Pressman, the late dolences, go to goldmanfc.com. Elaine Rosen and her late hus- was also active in the Arlington/ Edmund N. Ansin, owner of WHDH, dies at 84 Peter Green, guitarist and founder Edmund N. Ansin, a bil- Corporation after Sidney Ansin News Style, with fast-paced of Fleetwood Mac, dies at 73 lionaire and co-founder of purchased the license for reporting, crime-lead stories, Sunbeam Television, died on Miami’s NBC-affiliated televi- live breaking coverage, and English blues rock singer- July 26. He was an innovator sion station, WCKT, for $3.4 mil- attractive newscasters. The songwriter and guitarist Peter in the television news industry, lion. Ed Ansin became an execu- approach was wildly successful. Green died in his sleep at the breaking away from the conven- tive vice president at Sunbeam, In 1993, Ansin bought age of 73 on July 25. tional style that had been used and, after his father’s death in Boston’s WHDH Channel 7. He As the founder of Fleetwood by other independent stations. 1971, became Sunbeam’s presi- shortened the time spent on Mac, he was inducted into His flashy approach ended up dent. individual news stories, relied the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame being a success, first in Miami, In 1988, the station, now heavily on video and audio in 1998. Green’s songs, such Fla., and then in Boston. WSVN, was dropped by NBC effects, and emphasized “on- as “Albatross,” “Black Magic Ansin was born on March and Ansin found himself with- the-spot” reporting. In 2006, Woman,” “Oh Well,” and “The 9, 1936, to a Jewish family in out network affilation. The sta- Sunbeam Television also pur- Super-Natural,” brought early Worcester, and was raised in tion joined with the upstart Fox chased Boston’s WLVI. success to the band in the UK. Bluesbreakers in 1966. Their nearby Athol. His father Sidney network, and supplemented its As a philanthropist, Ansin Several U.S. tours followed; a drummer was Mick Fleetwood, was the son of a Ukrainian immi- local news broadcasts with con- donated $1 million to build memorably raucous live record- who came along when Green grant and founded Anwelt Shoe, tent from the newly launched Emerson College’s radio station ing was made at the Boston Tea decided to form his own band a shoe manufacturing business CNN satellite network. Rather and technical communications Party in 1970. Green quit the in 1967; their bassist John McVie in Fitchburg. He moved the fam- than follow the conventional building. He and his brother music scene later that year due followed shortly after. ily to Florida in 1941. Ansin was approach used by successful Ron, former Mass. commerce to mental illness and psyche- Green’s playing style – eco- sent back to Massachusetts for independent stations (morn- commissioner, donated $2.6 delic drug use. After many years nomic, soulful, and emotional preparatory school at Andover ing children’s shows, afternoon million to the Boys and Girls of quiet obscurity, his career – was praised by many guitar- Academy, and, after two years game shows, evening movies, Clubs of Boston and their Youth revived with occasional solo ists. B.B. King commented, “He at Harvard University, gradu- and syndicated sitcoms), Ansin Service Providers Network. albums and shows with his new has the sweetest tone I ever ated in 1957 from the University instead decided to focus on Ansin was divorced from his groups. heard; he was the only one of Pennsylvania with a BS in news. Instead of dry and stoic wife Toby Lerner Ansin. They Born in London on October who gave me the cold sweats.” Economics. presentation, he and his news have three children: Andrew 29, 1946, Peter Allen Greenbaum Green’s songs have been record- In 1962, Ed and his father director, Joel Cheatwood, cre- Ansin, James Ansin, and grew up in a Jewish family and ed by artists such as Santana, formed Sunbeam Television ated the now ubiquitous Miami Stephanie Ansin. was the youngest child of Joe Aerosmith, Status Quo, Black Ansin died at his home in and Ann Greenbaum. Green Crowes, Tom Petty, Judas Priest, Miami. He was 84, and had only picked up the guitar at age and Gary Moore. become unwell over the week- 11, and became so proficient On February 25, 2020, an ARE YOU PREPARED? end of his death. that at 19 he replaced Eric all-star tribute concert was You owe it to your loved ones. 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Robert “Bob” Remis, Businessman, Arts Patron NOTICES BLUMBERG, Priscilla (Phillips), July 22, 2020. Son of the late Robert “Bob” Remis, of Boston uct which he developed in the 87 – late of Peabody, former- Sura and Isaac Gendlerman. and Palm Beach, Fla., was born United States and later sold. ly of Salem. Died on July 18, Brother of “Dr. Josef,” and on September 26, 1929, raised in During these professional years, 2020. Wife of the late Melvin brother-in-law of Lynda Swampscott, and passed away he was a member of the Young Blumberg. Sister of the late Rushing. Uncle of Kira and peacefully on July 13, 2020 from Presidents Organization and Sidney Phillips, Ralph Phillips, Emma Gendlerman. (Goldman) heart complications. traveled extensively with Ruth Dorothy Eaton, Saul Phillips, GLAZER, Arthur, 98 – late From a very early age, Bob throughout the world for busi- Bernard Phillips, Morris of West Lebanon, N.H., for- learned to play piano by ear and ness and pleasure. His business Phillips, Howard Phillips, Molly merly of Revere, Sharon, and continued until right before his acumen extended to his interest Torgenson, and Anne Gilman. Swampscott. Died on July death. His love of music contin- in the stock market and invest- Daughter of the late David and 25, 2020. Husband of Leona ued as an Overseer of the Boston ing where, rather than tout his Bessie (Seif) Phillips. (Stanetsky- (Freedman) Glazer. Father of Symphony Orchestra, where he success, he would be delighted Hymanson) and his wife Ruth (Lubarsky) to pass on a good tip. Howard Glazer of Meriden, Remis continued his family’s Beth Israel Hospital (now CUTLER, Marcia C. (Patick) Conn., Fred Glazer of Wilder, support. They especially enjoyed BIDMC), where Bob was a trust- – late of Revere, formerly of Vt., and Jaclyn Glazer of Lynn; the Friday afternoon concerts ee, had a special place in his Chelsea. Died on July 15, 2020. father-in-law of Linda Yarritu and he loved analyzing the intri- heart as well, and he was quick to Wife of the late Sumner L. Glazer of Wilder, Vt. (Torf) cacies of a composition or the support the hospital over many Cutler. Mother of Lesley Cutler SCHULMAN, George, 90 – phrasing of a particular piece. be. He was exceptionally accom- decades along with many other of Stuart, Fla., and Nancy late of Lowell. Died on July This same appreciation and plished professionally but equal- charitable endeavors. Ward and her husband Walter 22, 2020. Husband of the late knowledge was a driving force in ly engaged in the broader com- Bob was an accomplished of Harpswell, Maine. Loving Susan (Trombley) Schulman. his dedication to the art world. munity. He was generous with athlete throughout his life and grandmother of Jared Kave of Brother of Dr. Sidney and his Bob would roam the galler- his time, wisdom and resources excelled in most sports, partic- Maine. (Torf) wife Naomi Schulman. Son ies of Boston’s Museum of Fine not just to Tufts but to countless ularly tennis and golf. Friends GENDLERMAN, Dr. Michael – of the late Mary and Harry Arts (where he was a trustee) institutions throughout the city would always remark that it was late of North Andover. Died on Schulman. (Goldman) and feel spiritually renewed. of Boston. Each of these organi- a frequent joy to see Bob with his Past Museum Director Malcolm zations is better today because of son and grandson spending an Rogers recalled, “I knew Bob Bob. He was as modest as he was afternoon on the golf course. for more than 20 years, and his successful, a true gentleman in The consummate gentleman, INDOOR SHOWROOM dedication to the Museum of every sense of the word. And he Bob never looked for accolades Fine Arts and the School of the was also the head of a family that for his accomplishments or gen- HUNDREDS OF MEMORIALS Museum of Fine Arts as Trustee sent three generations to Tufts, erosity; however, his face would NO SUB-CONTRACTING and Governor was an inspira- so far. We will all miss him.” light up when he talked of his IN-HOUSE DESIGN & MANUFACTURING tion to me. By nature reserved In addition to Tufts, Bob family. He and Ruth were mar- and discreet, he was nevertheless remained close to his alma mater ried for 67 years, and was the passionate and partisan, and, in Phillips Andover (class of 1947), beloved father of Richard and ’ OURKE ROS. EMORIALS continuing his parents’ tradition where he played football, and daughter in law Pamela, William O R B M of enlightened philanthropy, Harvard (class of 1951). (deceased) and John (deceased). 73 North Street, Salem, MA ~ 978-744-0871 gave most generously of his time For most of his life, Bob’s He was cherished by his grand- and money.” The international focus was the leather business. children Jeffrey, Andrew, and ABATE MONUMENTS experience he had through the Before attending his senior year Kimberly, and each enjoyed a art world helped to form his own at Harvard, Bob spent a year in special relationship with him. 82 Elliott Street, Beverly, MA ~ 978-922-0517 collection and he was working Puerto Rico working and teach- He was also a treasured uncle, on an exhibition of some of his ing English to the Spanish speak- wonderful friend, and dedicated www.obmemorials.com pieces at the time of his death. ing foreman at his family’s leath- patron. He was a ceaseless read- Tufts University became a er tanning factory. Bob learned er and many will miss his pas- “Serving the Jewish Community since 1890” focal point for Bob and Ruth the business from the bottom up, sionate recommendations. (class of 1954). They endowed eventually rising to President. Expressions of sympathy the Remis Sculpture Court and The corporation bought Beggs can be made to Beth Israel also supported the building of & Cobb, which then became the Deaconess Medical Center, PRIDE OF LYNN CEMETERY the Music Center. Larry Bacow, umbrella corporation for divi- 330 Brookline Ave., Boston MA AND CHEVRA MISHNA past President of Tufts and cur- sions of Remis Industries. He 02215, or Temple Emanu-El, 393 89 LAKE SHORE ROAD, LYNN, MA 01904 rent President of Harvard said, purchased Permair, an English Atlantic Ave., Marblehead, MA “Bob Remis was everything that specialty company producing a 01945. (brezniakfuneraldirec- Serving Boston and the Greater North Shore we hope a citizen of Tufts would unique leather finishing prod- tors.com) Jewish and interfaith families since 1920. Chad M. Richmond, 37, of Manchester, N.H., formerly of Peabody Compassionate personalized service. Individual and Chad M. Richmond, 37, of He was survived by his lov- aunts, uncles, cousins, and multiple lots available with competitive pricing. Manchester, N.H., formerly of ing parents Tamara “Tammy” friends. ASK ABOUT OUR PRE-PLANNING SAVINGS. Peabody, entered eternal rest (Dennis) and Barry C. Due to current health restric- ASK ABOUT OUR PRE-PLANNING SAVINGS. on July 20, 2020. Richmond, and his dear sis- tions, services were private. TRADITIONALCREMATION BURIAL AND OPTIONSINURNMENT (CREMATION)AVAILABLE. AVAILABLE. Born in Lynn, he was raised ter Michelle and her husband In lieu of flowers, expressions in Peabody, graduated from Robert St. Pierre. Chad had a of sympathy in Chad’s mem- No synagogue or temple affiliation required. Peabody High School in 2001 special place in his heart for his ory may be made to Granite [email protected] and later Endicott College in adored niece and nephew Lilah Recovery Centers, 6 Manor (978) 594-4249 • www.prideoflynn.org 2005. Chad also worked as an and Landon St. Pierre. He was Parkway, Salem, NH 03079 internet salesperson for Strolid. predeceased by his grandpar- (graniterecoverycenters.com). Chad loved history, current ents Elliot and Lois Dennis, and Arrangements were handled events, and all sports, especially Milton and Lessie Richmond. by Goldman Funeral Chapel, Boston teams. He will also be missed by his Malden (goldmanfc.com). Faina Vatnikov, 89.9, of Longmeadow Faina (Wolfson) Vatnikov, of Faina’s most precious tal- Longmeadow, entered into rest ents were her natural hospital- on July 21, 2020. She was 89.9 ity to everybody and unbound years old. love to her many grandchil- Faina was born in a Jewish dren. Everyone felt welcome in Collective Farm called “Frei her presence. Combined with Leben” in Crimea, Russia, Faina’s exceptional cooking in 1930, and then moved to skills and her sharp sense of Berdichev, Ukraine, with her humor, this made her company parents Zyama and Ronya and cherished by many friends and her little sister Ida. When the relatives over the years. She was German army invaded the town a quintessential Jewish woman in 1941, her mother and sisters of valor. were able to escape on a train Faina leaves behind her chil- heading to Uzbekistan, while dren Vitaly and Rima, and their her father was drafted to the spouses and grandchildren Red Army. Tatiana, Donna, Eliana, David, After the war, the family were Faina had a passion for lit- and Sofia, and great-grandchidl- back to the home town, where erature, poetry, and storytelling. ren Benjamin, Jonathan, and she met her future husband Josef After graduating from Kharkiv little Richard. in 1951. They were married for State University, she worked as a Contributions in Faina’s 62 years. In the late 1950s, Josef librarian in the state and school memory may be made to the and Faina moved to Moscow, libraries in Moscow. Faina Jewish Journal (jewishjour- Russia, where they lived until inspired generations of children nal.org) and the Yiddish Book 1991, when they immigrated to for love of reading and quest for Center in Amherst (yiddish- the United States. knowledge. bookcenter.org). 14 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JULY 30, 2020

Amid pandemic, Kosher bakery in Newton makes big changes

By Sam Eggert ments to obtain their ruglach As for bakers, they have one JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT and babka, the shift to online pastry baker at a time and no ordering has attracted new cus- more than two bread bakers NEWTON – For Blacker’s tomers. Before the pandemic, working the same shift. Bakeshop, a nut-free, dairy- people would call in to place This led to Blacker’s ramping free kosher bakery in Newton orders, but the bakery’s over- up their social media presence. known for its custom birthday hauled website has made online The bakery turned to Instagram cakes and various types of chal- ordering easier for both Blacker’s as their new display case, post- lah, the Covid-19 pandemic and their customer base. ing pictures of their baked goods came at the worst time possible “It’s a whole new business,” and menus to attract customers. – just weeks before Passover, Blacker said. “We had to figure “It’s a whole different way of the bakery’s busiest time of the out how we could sell a product thinking to get it back to where year. that relies on visual shopping we were,” she said. The health crisis forced without the visual part.” The bakery upped its social Blacker’s to immediately explore The demand for baked goods media presence by partnering new options to sell their prod- has remained steady, but new with Blossom Bar, a restaurant ucts. They decided to imple- challenges have popped up. in Brookline, which has been ment online ordering, and ship- “Our employees couldn’t come proficient in social media and ping of their baked goods. The in, so it was just me and my has been helping some greater changes have worked out well, mom,” Blacker said. Her par- Boston food businesses with and manager Rebecca Blacker ents, Karen and Richard, are the their online presence. attributes that to their custom- owners of the bakery. Blacker’s has been a positive ers. The bakery has a few employ- hit in the greater Boston area. While the loyal customers ees who work part-time to help “We have offered a quality chal- made the necessary adjust- out in the back with shipping. lah and other kosher goods that a lot of Newton and Brookline folks were looking for,” Blacker said. “When we bought the bak- Elegant Independent and ery, it wasn’t just about inher- iting a kosher bakery. It was Assisted Living, with about showing the community that kosher food has quality Laura Bradford, a baker at Blacker’s Bakeshop in Newton. Exceptional Alzheimer’s Care taste.” Yet, it’s not just the kosher something they can actually eat who is dangerously allergic to Ask about our Try us...you’ll love us! Enjoy the aspect that attracts customers. that looks delicious. nuts. 30 DAY According to Blacker, approxi- While the kosher community But now with the shipping, food and activities. Just relax! mately half of its clientele have remains local, the allergy cus- customers are ordering from TRIAL STAY an allergy. She said that some tomers come from far and wide. New York, New Jersey and other children who are allergic to nuts Blacker said a family comes states including a couple ship- have been overcome with emo- down from Portland, Maine to ments that went all the way to tion when they’re introduced to stock up on goods for their child Florida. The will to survive COVID-19 from page 1 function has returned, but Phil has nerve dam- age in his neck and head, and hands. Each night he sleeps with ice packs to alleviate some of the Pesach pain. He takes at least one nap a day, watches Sameach! some TV, and tries to read, but it’s all a challenge. He still has some breathing issues, and must use WINDSORW PLACE an inhaler. OF WILMINGTON “I’m afraid to go out and be around people,” An Assisted Living Residence he said. “It’s almost like PTSD. I don’t like to be 92 West Street, Wilmington, MA. Just off I-93 at Exit 38. around people for good reason. I just want to get myself healthy. 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Synagogue Council of Massachusetts names new Havusha to receive Epstein Hillel School Edith Bloch Award interim director and board members Swampscott resident Lynne The evening’s guest speak- The Synagogue Council Havusha will be the recipient of er, Abdi Nor Iftin, is author of of Massachusetts Board of The Epstein Hillel School Edith “Call Me American.” As a child Directors has announced a Bloch Award at the Friends in war-torn Mogadishu, Abdi number of additions to its board. of the Hillel Library event on Nor Iftin learned English by Gretchen Marks Brandt has Sunday, August 16 at 7 p.m. (vir- watching action movies. When been appointed as the organiza- tually). This event was resched- U.S. Marines landed to take tion’s interim executive direc- uled from last April due to the on the warlords, Abdi cheered tor. Gretchen was hired as asso- coronavirus. The award is pre- the arrival of these real-life ciate director in January. Prior sented to a community mem- action heroes. Sporting hip- to joing the council she held ber for his/her commitment hop clothes and dance moves, administrative and teaching to learning and the pursuit of he became known as “Abdi positions at multiple Jewish day knowledge. Lynne’s dedica- American.” But when radical schools and synagogues, and tion to Hillel, and also to her Islamists took control in 2006, has taught students of all ages. A Gretchen Marks Brandt community through the New it became dangerous to cele- fifth generation Californian, American Center, has been an brate western culture. Instead, Gretchen holds degrees in have also joined the Board. inspiration to us all. Abdi risked his life posting English and Earth Sciences from Greenberg is the former exec- Lynne is grateful to the many secret dispatches to NPR. As the University of California at utive director of Temple Beth wonderful colleagues, students, life in Somalia grew more dan- Berkeley, and after several years Zion in Brookline, and prior to and families with whom she Lynne Havusha gerous, he fled to Kenya. In living, working and learning that he served in Armenia as worked over her twenty-nine an amazing stroke of luck, he in Israel, she attended Boston a Peace Corps volunteer. Hecht year career at Hillel. She enjoyed and she is inspired daily by the won entrance to the U.S. in the University where she did gradu- is a social scientist and Hebrew and benefited from being part strength, resilience, and spirit of annual visa lottery, though his ate work in Social Psychology school teacher who led Adult of this dynamic learning com- her clients. route to America – ending in a with a research emphasis in Education and served on the munity, and she values the Lynne met her husband, harrowing sequence of events Jewish Identity. The Synagogue Board and Executive Board at many longstanding friendships Sasson, during a stint as a vol- that nearly stranded him in Council plans to select a perma- Temple Israel in Natick. Kischel that she developed as a result. unteer in the citrus groves of Nairobi – did not come easily. nent executive director by the served for 45 years as the exec- Not long after her retire- Kibbutz Erez, Israel, in the early Now he is a proud resident of beginning of 2021. utive director for USCJ New ment from CHA in 2016, she 1970s. They are the proud par- Maine and a new American In addition, Steve Greenberg, England and the Northeast, found her way to the New ents of Hillel alums Nadav ’91, citizen. Shirah Hecht, and Aaron Kischel including Eastern Canada. American Center and NAAM, Avital ’94 and Yaniv ’00. 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JEWISH WORLD AND MIDEAST NEWS — JNS.org — Israel’s new coronavirus chief Israeli transportation Israeli actress Shira Haas gets launches national plan to combat minister green-lights Emmy nod for ‘Unorthodox’ role the pandemic ferry to Tel Aviv happy and so lucky to have had the Israel’s newly Israeli Transportation Minister privilege of portraying this character appointed coro- Miri Regev gave the green light to and to be nominated for it. Thank navirus proj- the establishment of a commuter you to everyone who took part in the ect coordinator, ferry line that would reduce high- show and made this happen. Thank professor Ronni way traffic to and from the center you to everyone who shared their Gamzu, pre- of the country, Channel 12 reported love. I feel it all. I’m truly grateful.” sented his plan on Monday. “Unorthodox” was nominated to halt the spread According to the report, Regev for eight Emmy awards including of COVID-19. In was presented with the idea after Outstanding Limited Series. a press confer- “Infections are rising and the asking for “out-of-the-box” solu- Haas was nominated in the cat- ence with Israeli disease continues to advance,” tions to the problem of ever-increas- egory of Outstanding Lead Actress in Prime Minister said Ronni Gamzu. ing congestion in and around Tel Shira Haas in “Unorthodox.” a Limited Series or TV movie, along- Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Benny Aviv. The ferry, based on similar sys- side Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”), Gantz and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein. Gamzu, tems in New York City, Istanbul and Israeli actress Shira Haas was Regina King (“Watchmen”), who was tasked just days ago with overseeing the Bangkok, would link Tel Aviv with nominated on Tuesday for an Emmy Octavia Spencer (“Self Made”) and country’s response to the pandemic, stressed the Netanya and Hadera to its north, Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in Kerry Washington (“Little Fires urgency of the matter. and Ashdod to its south. a Limited Series or Movie for her per- Everywhere”). As of yesterday, Israel had recorded more than According to Israel’s Channel 12, formance in Netflix’s “Unorthodox.” “The fact that this show managed 67,000 case of covid, with 490 deaths. a ferry ride from Netanya to Tel Aviv The 25-year-old Haas won acclaim to touch so many people’s hearts and “We must understand: In the hospitals, a crisis would take 20 minutes, compared for her role as Esty, a young haredi to get to so many people, with the is beginning. Among the populace, a crisis is begin- to an average journey of 49 minutes woman from Brooklyn who flees to fact that 50 percent is in Yiddish, it ning,” he said. “Infections are rising and the disease by car, or 29 minutes by train. Berlin to escape an unhappy arranged just shows that it [transcends bound- continues to advance, despite all the efforts that Last week, Metropolitan Mass marriage and embraces a secular life- aries],” Haas said after the nomina- have been made.” Transit System (NATA) chairman style there. The four-episode series tions. “For example, when I read the The plan, called “Magen Israel” or “Shield of Rami Blinkov told the Economic was inspired by the 2012 memoir script, I felt attached. It’s a different Israel,” consists of three main components: trans- Affairs Committee of the Knesset “Unorthodox: The Scandalous culture and a very different person ferring responsibility for contact-tracing and break- that the Tel Aviv light rail will not Rejection of My Hasidic Roots,” by than me, and I still see myself in this ing the virus’s transmission chains from the Health open before October 2022, one year Deborah Feldman. character. And people, maybe they’re Ministry to the Israel Defense Forces, a “new con- later than expected, because of the Haas wrote on Instagram in getting tired of seeing only them- tract” between the country’s government and citi- lack of Chinese laborers who are response to her nomination: “Thank selves. I think people want to see zens and improving the manner in which informa- heavily involved in the project. you for all the beautiful messages someone that looks different from tion about the pandemic is conveyed to the public. today. I’m still processing it and try- them and still manage to see them- ing to find the right words. I am so selves.”

Tisha B’Av This has been the case for all of us in “replacement” for the loss of the Temple thing. Also, they did it without Zoom. Or from page 4 one form or another during this tumul- has been taken as well; when you can’t cell phones. Without the very Facebook tuous time, when the fingers that we even really get inside the building that or Instagram that you might be on right mirror. Both asking the question of what point to, to account for our sorrow – or you go to, in order to commemorate loss? now, reading this! we really look like when we are alone. joy – can no longer be pointed. What do Where and how do you pray for the My hope is that this will end soon and Where do we find a rhythm that moves you see when the only thing gazing back loss of the holy Temples when your shul we will go back to life as usual. The only us, when the broader societal music that at you is you? is closed too? What do you do when the question is will we have changed? Will we we have danced to stops playing? I finally have a real emotional frame structure you count on to be your rock, have grown in some fundamental way? It is a terrifying question. But it’s also of reference for the questions they must your Moses, your Rebbe, has been added Or will we have squandered the opportu- a strangely exhilarating one as well. And have asked 2,000 years ago. Though we to the present day Tisha B’Av victim list? nity to like what we see when we look in it’s a real grown up question. A hybrid are now asking a new series of ques- How do we mourn when even mourn- the mirror when we once again lose that Tisha B’Av coronavirus question. tions, they are rooted in a similar form ing has been taken from us? How do we real mirror and go back to seeing what- On an existential level, what hap- of upheaval. Questions like who are we rebuild a Third Temple that hasn’t even ever it is that society’s mirror shows us. pens when the altar of blame we often as Jews without attending a synagogue? been built yet? I don’t have all the answers or any for frequent is suddenly eliminated? What (Imagine a Judaism without Hanukkah, Side note: The renaissance of Jewish that matter. I am in the same boat as you. happens if our backs are against the wall Passover, Fiddler on the Roof and Barbra life in the aftermath of its utter devasta- I’m also trying to make sense out of this. for the first time in our lives and we are Streisand) Seriously though, where do tion is the only reason we are even here forced to finally look in the mirror and we go from here? to ask the question of “where do we all Rabbi Yossi Lipsker leads Chabad of reflect? What do you mourn for when the go from here?” That should tell us some- the North Shore.

defended and highlighted demonstrations, there have withdrawal and forced evacua- Fifteen years later, the country, Israel’s the increasingly rancorous been few arrests, but 161 peo- tion of Gaza, led by then-Prime but not the press, has moved and violent protests around ple were cited for not wearing Minister Ariel Sharon. This week to the right ideologically. The Hybrid Crisis Netanyahu’s house in Jerusalem. masks. Some Israeli media – marks the 15th anniversary of Gaza withdrawal is now seen as from page 5 The protesters are divided particularly the three TV outlets that withdrawal. a failure. Hamas took over Gaza between those with clear eco- – say the government wanted to Then, in 2005, non-violent and used it to launch rockets economic-health crisis that no nomic complaints (who are use the virus to close down the demonstrators who sat down at at Israel. The media is seen as Israeli leader has ever faced. largely non-violent) and those protests. one road junction were arrested Leftist. This all comes at a time when who have always wanted to top- Some Israelis – especially on charges of hamrada – insur- A recent Israeli Democracy there are signs of increasing ple Netanyahu at all costs, even on the Israeli Right – claim the rection. The press enthusias- Institute survey reported that tension on the Lebanese border. closing Jerusalem’s streets for anti-Netanyahu protesters have tically backed Sharon and his only 36 percent of Israelis trust Netanyahu’s opposition weeks on end. gotten kid-glove treatment even false charges that right-wing the press. Most of that trust is has seized on the health and The loudest protesters have when they close down streets or settlers planned to kill police on the Left. On the Right, under economic crises to press for made nights a living hell for cause injuries or major prop- and throw acid at soldiers. Buses 15 percent believe the press. a change in leadership only many Jerusalem residents. The erty damage. Still, the scenes of protesters were intercepted Meanwhile, the Iranian- weeks after Netanyahu and his protesters camp out on streets of Israeli residents being drilled even before they could unfurl funded Hezbollah terror orga- main foe, Benny Gantz, joined and in parks, often defecating with water cannons by their a banner. Children as young as nization is stepping up combat to form an emergency but and urinating in public, creating own police has caused concern 10 were swept up in massive probes on the Lebanese bor- unwieldy coalition. Yair Lapid, a public health hazard, and few throughout the country. arrests and held for interroga- der. They do not discriminate the leader of the opposition, of them are practicing social dis- Amit Segal, political com- tion and incarceration for sev- between Rightist or Leftist says Netanyahu has lost the tancing during the virus crisis. mentator for Channel Two TV eral days. Israelis. moral authority to lead. “This is virus bonanza,” said recalled that the police and In 2005, the press supported Lapid and the mostly anti- a police official who tried to the courts were far less toler- the aggressive arrest policy as Michael Widlanski is a Netanyahu press corps have enforce mask wearing. At most ant of Israelis protesting the well as the Gaza withdrawal. Jerusalem-based journalist. Marblehead’s Premier Prosthodontist InnovatIve RestoRatIve & aesthetIc DentIstRy Dental Implant Restorations • Prosthodontic Dentistry Sensitive care and superb aesthetic results are Crowns & Bridges • Inlays & Onlays • Smile Makeovers the hallmark of our world class Veneers • Teeth Whitening • Dentures prosthodontic practice.

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