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Supreme Court justice shares stories ofs uccess in America BY SAM SHAMOON Touro Synagogue Foundation Board Member and LINDA SHAMOON Special to The Jewish Voice Mike Greenberg, ofESPN, will speak in Providence NEWPORT - More than 400 people crowded into two venues in Newport - Touro Synagogue and the Newport Community Mike Greenberg, of ESPN Church next door - to hear Ele­ na Kagan, associate justice of fame, will speak at the U.S. Supreme Court, deliver the keynote address to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Tou­ Alliance Campaign launch ro Synagogue. Kagan, whose speech many attendees declared Be someone who makes a difference "among the finest given at Touro Synagogue," spoke at Touro as BY NANCY KIRSCH ponate Greenberg, lost one part of the 66th annual reading [email protected] of her closest friends to of the George Washington let­ PROVIDENCE Mike breast cancer, Greenberg, ter - one assuring congregants Greenberg, co-host of ESPN's aka "Greeny," wrote "All You of the Hebrew Congregation "Mike & Mike in the Morn­ Could Ask For," a novel that of Newport promising them, ing," will be the featured depicts the lives of three wom­ among other commitments, "to Elena Kagen, associate justice of the US. Supreme Court, enters speaker at a community event en, all diagnosed with breast bigotry no sanction." Touro Synagogue on Sunday, Aug. 18; a member of the Newport sponsored by the Jewish Alli­ cancer. Kagan, who is the Supreme Artillery is at right. ance of Greater Rhode Island. The novel's characters, he Court's 112th justice, fourth fe­ The Tuesday, Sept. 17 event, said, are only loosely based on male justice, and one of three wide array of Rhode Island dig­ came on Sunday, Aug. 18, to par­ at 7:30 p.m. at the Providence three women he knows. How­ Jews currently serving on the nitaries, including, among oth­ ticipate in the afternoon's cele­ Biltmore Hotel in downtown ever. he added, these women bench, entered the synagogue ers, Rhode Island Governor Lin­ bratory program and to declare Providence, is the Alliance's "don't have cancer . . . but I about 15 minutes before the coln Chafee, U.S. Senators Jack publicly the crucial importance official launch of the 2014 An­ wanted to create these voices, start of the letter-reading cere­ Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, of the words in Washington's nual Campaign. Neil and Ran­ so I assigned an actual voice to mony. Even at that early arrival Rhode Island State Senate Pres­ letter. Those words - that the di-Beth Beranbaum and Alan each of these characters," he time, most of the colonial-style ident Teresa Paiva-Weed and new government of the United and Marianne Litwin are co­ explained. chairs that fill the synagogue's Newport Mayor Henry F. Win­ States of America would give, chairs of "An Evening with In conjunction with the sanctuary were already occu­ throp, as well as synagogue co­ "to bigotry no sanction, to per­ Mike Greenberg." book's April 2013 publication, pied by synagogue officers and president Bea Ross. secution no assistance" - are After his wife, Stacy Ste- OBLIGATION I 4 members, invited guests and a Kagan and these dignitaries KAGAN 118

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Business 30·31 'Science Mom' Kristin Rosier Calendar 10 Atka-Seltzer and balloons are great science props Community 2-6, 8-11 , 18-19, 23, 27, BY MICHELE LANG 37 PROVIDENCE - Professor D'var Torah 36 Kristin Rosier doubles as the Food 16·17 "Science Mom" at the Jew­ Israel 15, 31 ish Community Day School Obituaries 34-35 of Rhode Island, a day school for pre-kindergarten through Opinion 12-14 fifth grade students. Rosier has Rosh Hashanah 20-22, 24-29, 33 some suggestions for how to Seniors 32 start a science education pro­ gram at your child's school. Slmchas 38·39 Q: Tell us about your histo­ We Are Read 38 ry and how you chose JCDS? A: My family and I moved to Providence from Seattle in 2009 just before our daughter was due to begin kindergar­ ten. We moved for our jobs and to be closer to family. I am a THIS ISSUE'S biology professor at Johnson & Wales University and my hus­ band works at Brown Univer- Atka-Seltzer and balloons: An eye-popping combo QUOTABLE QUOTE sity in neuroscience and engi- neering. When we started looking at education project and how it kindergarten teacher at JCDS, phases of matter, temperature "If you can do good the many school options in the got off the ground. she offered me a time slot a few and motion - and then move area, we realized that we re­ A: While I wish I could say times a month when I could do into more complex topics as the things in the world, ally wanted a school that would I started "Science Mom" with more. year progresses - separation of challenge our daughter, yet a lot of forethought, I did not. I started off with basic, fun particles, crystallization, acids why wouldn't you?" let her be a kid. We loved the When our kids were in pre­ experiments that my kids en­ and bases. Usually, we end the idea that our daughter and her school in Seattle, I occasionally joyed - anything with Alka­ year with rocketry at a field, as younger brother would grow visited their classes to do little Seltzer or balloons was always it is quite dramatic! up learning two languages. Ad­ experiments with the kids. I a big hit. As the years have I think the best thing ditionally, we liked that JCDS thought it was good for me to progressed, I have refined the that happens during these see their world and for them to experiments a little more - the experiments is that I ask them integrates play and values into to make hypotheses and think all its learning. be proud of mine. When I men­ more interactive, the better. I tioned this to my daughter's try to start with the basics - Q: Describe your· science EXPERIMENTSJ 6 The local expertise your business needs, with the local service your business deserves

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Books from Hadassah's 'Books on the Beach' offer food for thought _ Readings from one memoir and two novels keep audience engaged BY TOBY ROSSNER Hadassah Books on the Beach Committee Member Special to The Jewish Voice MIDDLETOWN - One hundred seventy-seven Rhode Island Hadassah members, friends and book lovers - all dressed in their summer finery - gathered for an afternoon of renewing friendships, catching up on one another's news and, yes, enjoy­ ing talks by Providence-based authors Hester Kaplan and Mi­ chael Stein, M.D., and Boston­ based memoirist Dale Stanten. Authors Stein and Kaplan, husband and wife, read pas­ sages from each other's works. Asked why Stein chose a par­ Books on the Beach Committee Co-Chair Karen Asher, left, and Sue ticular passage from "'Fhe Mayes, committee member, talk. Tell," Kaplan's newest novel, Authors Hester Kaplan and Michael Stein share more than a love of he pointed out her exquisite writing - they are married to one another. ability to set the scene using all on those areas of their lives Stein's new book, "The Rape of five senses. Her characters are and their marriages that people the Muse," that demonstrated never people who are perfect, normally keep private. his sense of precision. said Stein; she likes to report Kaplan chose passages from Stanten, author of "The

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Hooker's Daughter: A Boston stenblatt, Audrey Hirsch, Betty Al ( New 2014 Forester Family's Saga," spoke about Ann Israelit, Jane Kondon, Sue Mayes, Fran Mendell, Evy Mit­ · t'_").'-,.c:.+:._. '¥--::. i uaA~u 'AWD the difficult childhood that she and her sister had to endure as tleman, Sally Rotenberg, Toby they hid their mother's prosti­ Rossner, Judy Schoenfeld, Judy tution from their father, some­ Silverman, Rita Slom and Wen­ thing known to everyone else in dy Spellun. their neighborhood. Ostracized by the community, Stanten and I her sister were friendless at "Her characters are school; they were even asked to leave the Girl Scouts. '.l'hey never people who are shielded their kind and sensi­ perfect." tive mother; despite her chosen profession, she insisted that they not shame others. Never­ This fundraiser was the third theless, her mother sacrificed annual Hadassah "Books on her children to her own needs. the Beach"; the organization Stanten described her life as does not ·disclose fundraising one of love, forgiveness and tri­ revenue. umph over adversity. Stay tuned; the Hadassah Beverly Blazar, a past presi­ "Books on the Beach" Com­ dent of the Rhode Island chapter mittee is already beginning to of Hadassah, called the Tues­ consider authors for next year's day, Aug. 13 event at the Atlan­ event. All New 2014 XV Crosstrek tic Beach Club a "ter:rific after­ noon. It all went so smoothly ... Toby Rossner (tobyross@cox. net), a life member of the Rhode '--+::-:- SUBARU AWD [with a J great committee that is getting to be very professional." Island Chapter ofHadassah and Karen Asher and Renee Ka­ "Books on the Beach" commit­ minitz co-chaired this year's tee member, lives in Cranston. "Books on the Beach" Commit­ Hadassah: rhodeislandchap­ tee. Its members are Blazar, [email protected] or 463-3636. Marilyn Cohen, Diane Ducoff, Ellen Fingeret, Deborah Ger- 4 I August 30, 2013 COMMUNITY The Jewish Voice

Mike Greenberg, left, and his daughter Nikki, and Heidi Armitage (now deceased), with her son, Walker Green, in Aspen, Colo., in 2005.

Heidi and "Heidi's Angels": Wendy Gardiner, left, Heidi Armitage, Jane Green and Stacy Steponate Greenberg FROM PAGE 1 OBLIGATION Greenberg and his wife created needed to do something, and Greenberg said that a foundation called "Heidi's An­ I was in a position to do some­ of his presentation "An Evening with Mike gels." Who were Heidi's Angels? thing. Why wouldn't I? " Green­ will be humorous. "I Greenberg said that Heidi Ar­ berg said. won't be spending 40 Greenberg" mitage's dear friends, Wendy Although Greenberg de­ minutes talking about Tuesday, Sept 17, 7 p.m. Gardiner, Jane Green and Sta­ scribes himself as "fairly irreli­ cancer . . . [I'll cover] cy, tirelessly supported Heidi gious," he credits mentors with sports, etc. and will Providence Biltmore Hotel. through her valiant, yet ulti­ instilling in him positive val­ talk a bit about Heidi, 11 Dorrance St.. Providence mately unsuccessful, battle to ues. "If you can do good things the feeling of grati­ Dessert reception follows beat the breast cancer that had in the world, why wouldn't tude." program spread to her bones. Through you?" he asked rhetorically. Just as he recognized Cost $36 per person. $18 per the foundation, all the author's Of mentor Dick Vitale, the he could - and should person under 30 proceeds from the sale of "All legendary basketball coach - "do something" about You Could Ask For" will be do­ and commentator, Greenberg Heidi's death from can­ RSVP by Sept 4: Michelle nated to The V Foundation for said, "He's so passionate about cer, Greenberg encourag­ Gallagher, 421-4111 Cancer Research specifically to cancer research. I've seen his es people to "do whatever ext. 165 or mgallagher@ combat breast cancer. enormous passion and dedica­ they feel is important. Be jewishallianceri.org. "When Heidi died, I just felt tion. I was.encouraged by him, that someone; wherever like I had to do something ... felt but this [book initiative] really your passion lies, do it rath­ an obligation to do something," was more about Heidi." er than wonder why some­ said Greenberg. "I felt that way As for the focus of his com­ one else can't do it." more when I was sitting at a me­ ments at the Alliance's event, morial service [and] staring at . the backs of her children, 9 and 6 ... going to live the rest of their lives without their mom." Asked what "take-away mes­ One-Stop Pain Relief sage" the book and his foun­ dation offer, Greenberg said, "Don't expect other people to do [something] for you ... you have to do something . . . yourself. ~ Whether it's getting involved in IBERTY a hands-on way by volunteer­ Handel Center ~,; ing or by donating - whatever Spine I Sports I Pain Intervention the case may be - if you don't, PHYSICAL THERAPY you may find yourself in a com­ Therapeutic Heated Pool (Cra nston location only) • Chronic Pain Conditions Comprehensive treatment facility for • Orthopedic & Neurological Conditions• Post-Surgical Ca re • Sports Injuries• munity where the federation Rehabilitation of the Spine isn't all that vibrant." the whole treatment of a patient's pain Heidi's death inspired Green­ 'Patients with pain require a multidisciplinary approach involving berg to act. After considering, A graduate of The University of Michigan and then rejecting, the idea of patient, physician and physical therapist. Medical School, Dr.Handel did his residency I entrust mypatients'physical therapy running a marathon to raise training at Harvard Medical School and money, he decided to write a needs to Liberty Physical Therapy where is currently an Assista nt Professor at comprehensive, compassionate and book. He'd already written two Brown Medical School. An lnterventional patient focused treatment gets the results nonfiction books, "Why My patients deserve: Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot: The Physiatrist, Dr. Handel · is a doctor of - Dr. Todd Handel Life and Times of a Sportscast­ Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation who er Dad" (published by Villard, specializes in sports medicine. TWO CONVENIENT LOCATION_S May 2007) and, with co-author Mike Golie and contributor An­ 100 Highland Avenue // Suite 305 1528 Cranston Street Todd E. Handel, M.D. ,;;:~ 11•ow~ Providence // Summit Medical Bldg. Cranston // Spine Tech Bldg. drew Chaikivksy, "Mike and lnlcl"\'1:lltiunal rhr,i;iatrist,l1ink:alA~,..i~tanl Pn.ifl.'.!'5(1 r ~ ....,...,,w.c..1, ~ Mike's Rules for Sports and --- 865-6940 ------228-72 16 --- Life" (published by ESPN in 100 Highland Avenue, Suite 102 Providence, RI 02906 WWW.LIBERTYPT.COM April 2010). 401 -305-5280 (t) "I admired Heidi ... someone www.handelcenter.com thejewi~hvoice.org COMMUNITY August 30, 2013 I S

Editor to leave The Jewish Voice, effective Sept. 13 The Jewish Voice will continue publication, .says publisher Jeffrey Savit

PROVIDENCE - Effective Sept. 13, Nancy Kirsch, executive editor of The Jewish Voice, will leave the paper. After Kirsch announced her resignation earlier this summer, Jeffrey Savit, president and chief ex­ Rabbi Mark Elber and Cantor Shoshana Brown ecutive officer of the Jewish Al­ liance of Greater Rhode Island - the paper's publisher - sent an email to Alliance staff, Al­ Fall River synagogue welcomes liance board members and past presidents of the Jewish Feder­ Executive Editor Nancy Kirsch husband-and-wife clergy team ation of Rhode Island, the Jew­ ish Community Center and the Cantor Brown and Rabbi Elber are synagogue's new spiritual leaders Bureau of Jewish Education of her future endeavors." Rhode Island (the agencies that Kirsch shares her thoughts FALL RIVER, Mass. - Temple salem and at the University of many congregations as a guest merged to form the Alliance in and reflections in her column Beth El of Fall River, an inde­ Pennsylvania and certification High Holy Days hazzan (can­ January 2011). on page 12, "No longer an ob­ pendent Conservative congre­ in the teaching of Jewish medi­ tor), including three nearby "Although Nancy will con­ server, a participant once gation, has a new husband­ tation from Chochmat HaLev Conservative congregations clude her five -year tenure at the again." and-wife leadership team. in Berkeley, Calif. - in Longmeadow, Gloucester Alliance on Sept. 13, The Jewish Effective Sept. 13, community Cantor Shoshana Brown and Cantor Brown earned her and Northampton, all in Mas­ Voice, however, will continue to members and agencies, schools her husband Rabbi Mark El­ B.A. in English from Smith sachusetts. be published moving forward. and synagogues sending obitu­ ber began their tenure as the College, an M .A. in Bible from Rabbi Elber, the author of "I have the deepest gratitude ary notices, press releases, synagogue's spiritual leaders the Episcopal Divinity School "The Everything Kabbalah and appreciation for Nancy's news of simchas, calendar on July l, according to a press and an M.Phil. in Midrash Book," is a prize-winning poet. dedication and commitment items and all other submissions release from Temple Beth El. from the Jewish Theological Cantor Brown has been a to The Jewish Voice. Under should continue to send them The' couple was ordained as Seminary in New York. She contributor to "The People and her leadership, the paper gar­ to nkirsch@jewishallianceri. Jewish clergy from ALEPH: also studied as a visiting grad­ the Book" column of The Jeru­ nered national and local ad­ org; updated information may the Allianc~ for Jewish Re­ uate student at the Hebrew salem Report and is a contrib­ miration and received numer­ be available in the next issue of newal. University and at Machon uting editor for The Journal of ous awards. Most recently, The Jewish Voice. Rabbi Elber's educational Pardes in Jerusalem. Synagogue Music. the Rhode Island Press Asso­ Minna Ellison, senior vice background includes a B.A. in Before coming to Beth El, ciation awarded Nancy second president of planning for the philosophy from the Univer­ both Rabbi Elber and Cantor Temple Beth El of Fall Riv­ place in editorial excellence Alliance (mellison@jewishal­ sity of Pennsylvania, graduate Brown had careers in Jew­ er: 385 High St., Fall River, this past May," Savit wrote. lianceri.org or 421-4111) will be studies in Jewish mysticism at ish education on Long Island. MA, 508-674-3539 "I know you will join me in the point person for questions the Hebrew University in Jeru- N.Y. Cantor Brown has served wishing Nancy all the best in and concerns, Savit said.

Israeli typographer Oded Ezer will teach at RISO

NEW YORK - Oded Ezer, 41, have two exhibitions that residencies at top universities throughout the country as a critically acclaimed Israeli will feature his work - one and other cultural organiza­ part of the program, founded graphic artist and typogra­ at RISD and another at the tions in North America. With in 2008 by the Charles and pher, will bring his talents Brown RISD Hillel gallery. a focus on fostering interac­ Lynn Schusterman Family to the Rhode Island School of Ezer's time at RISD is made tion between the artists and Foundation, part of the Schus­ Design for a residency this up­ possible by the Schusterman the communities in which terman Philanthropic Net­ coming fall semester, accord­ Visiting Israeli Artists Pro­ they are based, the initiative work. ing to a press release from the gram, an initiative of the Isra­ intends to expose a broader Ezer studied graphic design Israel Institute. el Institute that brings Israeli audience to contemporary Is­ at the Bezalel Academy of Art At RISD, Ezer will be teach­ artists, including filmmakers, raeli culture. ing a course on· typography. choreographers, musicians, Ezer is one of 10 visiting art­ DESIGN I 9 While "in residence, Ezer will writers and visual artists, to ists who will be in residencies

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FROM PAGE 2 EXPERIMENTS for themselves. I'm pretty I go to the dollar store every floored by what some of these September and buy all the Al­ 5-year-olds comprehend! Also, ka-Seltzer, balloons and food I make a big deal of the fact that coloring. I wish I had more they are scientists; we try to time and could do more for oth­ chant, "Science is cool!" at the er classes. Oddly enough, it has end of each experiment. I am proud that they are having fun with science at such a young "I'm pretty floored age and seeing themselves as scientists. As a college by what some of professor for many years, I have these 5-year.-olds been saddened that 18-22-year­ olds often say they hate science. comprehend!" Typically, it is because the joy of science was lost in middle gone better with classes that school. I hope that I have don't include my own children "brainwashed" them - in a - who want preferential treat­ positive way - so that they will ment or to sit in my lap! continue to enjoy and not be intimidated by science as they Michele Lang (Michele@Mi­ go forward. chelelang.com) wrote this story Q.: If another school want­ for the Parent to Parent Blog, ed to create a similar pro­ an initiative of the Jewish Edu­ gram, what resources exist? cation Project, in conjunction Any online links you can with the UJA of Greater New suggest? How would you rec­ York. ommend getting started? JCDS: JCDSRl.org and 751-2470 A: I use stevespangler.com RRIE: Recycling for Rhode ls­ and often Google "kid-friend­ land Education, a resource for ly science experiments" as a recycled materials (RRIE.org place to start. I pick things that or 781-1521). young kids can do themselves as much as possible as they Parent to Parent blog: Stories Kristin Rosier, aka JCDS' Science Mom, works with kindergarten students Ram, Aviv, Kelila and aren't into demonstrations. I about parents' experiences with Ronan in March 2012. also take JWU's science left­ Jewish day schools: parent­ overs and recycle them; local toparent.kontribune.com/ ar­ Editor's Note: An earlier story about Kristin Rosier ran in the Dec. 24, 2010 Jewish Voice & Herald. colleges or universities might ticles/ 1157. have supplies to donate. J-Fitness at the Alliance JCC Our team of health & wellness professionals are committed to providing fitness for everyBODY - people of all ages and abilitie~ - in a friendly · and approachable environment.

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One woman's genealogical journey International Conference on Jewish Genealogy draws hundreds to Boston BY SUSAN YOUNGWOOD naturalization process. Special to The Jewish Voice At a session mi the New York BOSTON - Genealogy i~ like City censuses of the early 1900s, reading a detective story about I learned that census workers your own family. earned $2 per day and a penny My first revelation occurred per name. I also learned how to more than a decade ago when I search those censuses through searched census records for my a website run by the speaker, father's family. My father liked Steve Morse. to say that Youngwood was Maureen Taylor, a Provi­ originally Youngholtz, and had dence-based expert in photo­ been changed at Ellis Island. graph identification and gene­ So count me surprised when I alogy, described how she uses discovered that, no, it had nev­ artifacts in a photo - clothing, er been Youngholtz and. no, it backdrops and props - to de­ wasn't changed at Ellis Island. termine when the photo was My name started out as taken. Based on one straw hat, Youngwitz and was changed she pegged one photo from 1910. between 1910 and 1920, decades As my mother's side of the after the patriarch emigrated family all came from Bavaria, from Warsaw. In fact, Ellis Is­ Germany, between 1841 and land didn't exist as an immigra­ 1855, I inhaled Ekkehard Hub­ tion center when Joseph Young­ schmann's lecture, "Jewish witz landed in New York City in Emigration from Bavaria." 1867. My mother's great-grand­ I figured that Youngwitz was mother, Esther Yankauer, came an Americanized version of the with her four brothers from name, but I had no idea how to Burgkundstadt in the 1850s. Ac­ determine what it might have cording to Hubschmann, Burg­ been before. kundstadt had restricted· the number of Jewish families to Then, while attending a ses­ Providence-based Maureen Taylor, a "photo detective," speaks at a genealogy conference in Boston. sion on Jewish surnames at the 78. While Bavaria allowed Jews International Conference on the freedom to practice their re­ Jewish Genealogy, held in ear­ ligion in the Jew Edict of 1813, Jews had to register, select a ly August in Boston, I opened alogy and history were held. Haplogroups: What they are DNA results, you could unearth a new chapter in my family last name and pledge an oath of In just one time slot, for exam­ and what they mean for Jews. distant cousins and discover allegiance. This edict restrict­ sleuthing. ple, I could have attended ses­ Two companies competing to your great-great-great-great­ This conference attracted ed the number of Jews in each sions on Lithuanian research, analyze individuals' DNA dom­ grandmother's roots. You could community, and limited the 1,200 attendees from all over the Holocaust genealogical re­ inated the exhibit hall. DNA also learn that, despite your number of marriages allowed. world. For six days, from 8 a.m. search, a history of Jews of New tests are the latest thing in ge­ German last name, you actu­ So Jews had three choices - to 6 p.m., scores of workshops, York City, Touro Synagogue nealogy, and both ancestrydna. ally have Sephardic roots. establish residency in another lectures and sessions on every and Jews of Newport, finding com and Family Tree DNA want Each attendee wore a badge town through marriage, live possible aspect of Jewish gene- family history in Australia and your business. Armed with identifying five family sur­ with their parents and remain names and the places those single or emigrate. ancestors came from. A binder, Add crop failures and fam­ called the Family Finder, listed ines, and the result was that, all of these. To my surprise, a between 1840 and 1871, about Be Safe This Fall man contacted me the first day ­ 25,000 Jews left Bavaria. his great-grandmother Strauss Because emigrants had to go Sunday, September 22 • 10 a.m. - 2 p_m, came from the same German through a strict process to get town as my grandfather Straus. permission to leave, there's a Alliance JCC, 401 Elmgrove Avenue, Providence, RI Our family trees reveal that Call 401-444-4800 to learn more good chance that somewhere we may be distant cousins. in Bavaria are files with the The Miriam Hospital and the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island Since he knows a genealogi­ emigration applications from care about the safety of the people in our community, which Is why cal researcher in Germany, we Esther and her brothers, with we are sponsoring a FREE multldlsclplinary Safety Fair for you. should be able to learn more. valuable family history. Overwhelmed by the choices, The session on Jewish names • One out of three adults over 65 • In 2008, over 19,700 older adults I focused on attending semi­ by Warren Blatt, managing di­ fall each year died from unintentional fall injuries nars about Jewish names, Ger­ rector of JewishGen.org, dis­ Among older adults, falls are the • Falls are the most common cause of man ancestry and historical pelled many myths about Ash­ leading cause of injury deaths traumatic brain injuries lectures. kenazi surnames. • In 2009, 2.2 million fall injuries • Most fractures among older adults I learned a lot. As I had discovered from my among older adults were treated are caused by falls At a workshop called Orga­ own research, names were not in the emergency room and more than 581,000 were hospitalized nize-It, the speaker recom­ changed at Ellis Island. Blatt mended we color code all of said Jews renamed themselves, Interactive Sessions Free Health Care Screenings our files. Every family branch typically when they applied for gets its own color - blue for Keeping up with Bone Health • Nutrition • Blood Pressure citizenship, went to school or the Rosenblatts, green for the got a job. Julio Defillo Draiby, MD • Pharmacy • Home Environment and Safety Hearing Cohns, yellow for the Levines. The history of surnames is Assistant Professor of Medicine • Vision Brandeis University's Nation­ Division of Geriatrics • Balance and Fall Risk • Mood and Memory remarkably short, he said. Most The Warren Alpert Medical School al Center for Jewish Film has a Jews have had their last names of Brown University large collection of archival Jew­ for only about 200 years. Before, ish film, and is collecting home Jews were usually named af­ • Medication Safety at Home Free raffle prizes movies depicting Jewish life. ter their father (Chaim Schlo­ Aisha G. Ashraf, PharmD Zack Wilske, a historian with movitz's son was called Moshe Pharmacist, The Miriam Hospital the U.S. Citizenship and Immi­ Chaimovitz). Edicts mandat­ • Making Your Home Environment Safer gration Services, offered guid­ ing surnames began in 1787 in 1111' \liri.1111 llo,piLil Judy Cullman, DTR/L ance on requesting records Austria and Poland in 1821, for Occupational Therapist, The Miriam Hospital from the government. If! follow example. • Healthy Food and Fitness for the Active Senior through, I might get a 1930s­ Blatt said Jews hated these era photo of my grandfather, a Certified Fitness Professional Jodie Thompson Jewish Alliance Chef/Nutritionist Georgina Sarpong e copy of his birth certificate and INVESTIGATING I 9 correspondence concerning his thejewlshvolce.org COMMUNITY August 30, 2013 I 9

FROMPAGE8 INVESTIGATING FROMPAGE5 DESIGN laws, and continued using the And there it was. Jungwic old system. They would forget was a Jewish surname from & Design in Jerusalem. the design for the "New Ameri­ residencies has prompted host their surnames. Two broth­ Plock and Warsaw in Poland, In 2000, he established his own can Hagaddah;" translated by institutions to find ways to bring ers might take different last and Pinsk in Belaru.s. It came independent studio, Oded Ezer Nathan Englander and edited by Israeli cultural leaders to their names and two strangers took from German, and means Typography, where he creates Jonathan Saftran Foer. communities after the Schuster­ the same name. Names, said "young wit." stunning typographic and font "What makes The Schuster­ man artist has left." Blatt, were devoid of meaning Blatt said the derivation of designs. In 2004, Ezer founded man Visiting Israeli Artist and not taken seriously. Jewish surnames means noth­ Hebrew Typography, selling Program so effective is that it For more information about In fact, he said, "Spelling ing - Schneiders weren't nec­ his own typefaces to leading allows members of the host com­ the visiting artist program, vis­ didn't matter. Consistent essarily tailors and Berliners media companies and design munity and the visiting artists it jewishculture.org/schuster­ spelling is a 20th-century in­ didn't necessarily come from studios. His work is showcased to connect in a variety of set­ man-visiting-artist-program/ vention." Berlin. But it's hard to see and published worldwide and tings - from formal to informal, Bfatt noted comprehensive that derivation and not imag­ part of permanent collections in Jewish to non-Jewish - over a For more information about research by Alexander Beider, ine some Jewish council try­ museums such as the New York significant period of time, rath­ the Israel Institute, visit israe­ who has catalogued the ety­ ing to come up with surnames Museum of Modern Art, the Is­ er than the more traditional linstitute.org. mology and lineage of thou­ for its community members, rael Museum and the Victoria one-off experience," said Marge sands of Jewish surnames considering the class comedi­ and Albert Museum in London. Goldwater, program director, in from Russia and Poland. an and deciding to call my an­ Among his recent projects was a release. "[The] success of the After his lecture, I visited cestors' Jungwic. Or perhaps the conference's resource my ancestors, laughing in the room and took out Beider's face of the edict, came up with ·books. the name themselves. Since jung means young in German, maybe Youngwitz Susan Youngwood (susan­ had been Jungwitz, I theo­ [email protected]) is a rized. I flipped the pages to member of the editorial board the J's. of The Jewish Voice. The \liriam Hospital I / ,i/l·s1Jt111 /JarlllfT Genealogy research resources

With thousands of genea­ ference, in Salt Lake City, logical research resources, Utah. I've listed only those refer­ Jewishfilm.org: Nonprof­ enced in the article. it motion picture archive, JewishGen.org: The hub distributor, resource cen­ of Jewish genealogical re­ ter and exhibitor. search accessing numer­ Beider, Alexander: Offers ous online databases and the most comprehensive family trees. scholarly studies of Jewish Stevemorse.org: A bare­ surnames in Eastern Eu­ bones website with one­ rope, with these books: "A step searching of data­ Dictionary of Jewish Sur­ bases like the Ellis Island names from the Russian manifests and New York Empire" (Avotaynu, 2008); City census data. "A Dictionary of Jewish uscis.gov/genealogy: The Surnames from the King­ place to request natural­ dom of Poland" (Avotaynu, ization, citizenship and im­ 1996) and "A Dictionary migration records. of Jewish Surnames from maureentaylor.com: Au­ Galicia" (Avotaynu, 2004). thor and speaker Taylor Menk, Lars: His "A Dic­ calls herself a "photo de­ tionary of German-Jewish tective"; her website links Surnames" (Avotaynu, to her blog, twitter and 2005) includes 13,000 Jew­ Facebook page. ish surnames from the iajgs.org/ 2014.html: In­ area that was pre-World formation on the 2014 con- War I Germany.

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Kosher Dessert reception follows program; $36 Five simultaneous work­ per person, $18 per person under 30. lunch and program provided every shops every 90 minutes includ­ weekday. Temple Arn David, 40 Gar­ RSVP by Sept. 4: Michelle Gallagher, ed academic, historic, spiritu­ diner St.. Warwick. Program: 11:15 421-4111 ext. 165 or mgallagher@ al, cultural and inspirational a.m.; lunch: noon. A$3 lunch donation . jewishallianceri.org. lectures, with such presenta­ requested from individuals 60+ or tions as "How to Pray with Pas­ under-60 with disabilities. Elaine or Wednesday I Sept. 18 sion and Purpose," "A Rabbi's Steve. 732-0047. Sushi in the Sukkah/Pizza in the Hut View on the BRCA Gene Muta­ Temple Sinai, the Reform synagogue tion," "Are You Living or Just Sunday I Sept. 1 in Cranston, hosts Sukkot dinner and Existing?" and "Helen Nash's High Holiday Fun Day. Bake and take service. Dinner: 6 p.m., holiday service: New Kosher Cuisine." home challah, honey cookies and create 7 p.m. 30 Hagen Drive. Cranston. $10 The Aug. 6 - 11 retreat was New Year cards. Refreshments. Chabad per person, free for children grade 3 coordinated by JLI (the Rohr of West Bay, 3871 Post Road, Warwick; and younger. RSVP: 942-8350. Institute of the Jewish Learn­ 10 a.m. - noon; $5 per child. RSVP ing Institute), the adult educa­ to Shoshana Laufer, 884-7888 or Friday tion arm of Chabad Lubavitch, Sherri Mandell, keynote speaker at the Jewish Learning I Sept. 20 Institute's National Jewish Retreat [email protected]. Shabbat in the Sukkah. Temple Beth-El. the largest network of adult the Reform synagogue in Providence, education in the world serv­ This year's retreat also in­ near the Mandell home when Monday I Sept. 2 holds new member and family dinner. ing 660 communities across cluded an accredited track for Arab terrorists stoned them Shofar Factory. Fashion your own All are welcome to attend. Services: the globe. Offering Jews from medical professionals focus­ to death. The Mandells later Shofar from a real animal horn. Chabad 5:45 p.m.; sangria and appetizers in smaller communities the op­ ing on Jewish medical ethics, created the Koby Mandell of West Bay, 2871 Post Road , Warwick, the sukkah: 6:30 p.m.; Middle Eastern portunity to learn directly a Jewish Women's Day on Rosh Foundation, which provides 10 a.m. - noon; $2 entry per person. vegetarian themed dinner: 6:45 p.m.. from many Torah scholars, Hodesh (new moon) Elul and a healing programs for families $8 per shofar. RSVP: 884-7888 or Members and community: $18 per the retreat included a Dudu symposium on the historical, struck by terrorism. Fisher concert and comedic [email protected]. person. child ren under 13: $10, new psychological and halakhic Patricia Raskin (patricia@ members and their families: free .. RSVP: entertainment. (Jewish law) perspectives of The scholars were world patriciaraskin.com), an East Wednesday I Sept. 4 331-6070. the Warsaw Ghetto uprising Greenwich resident, hosts and class, the learning was inter­ on its 70th anniversary. Erev Rosh Hashanah esting and engaging, the ko­ produces three radio shows Saturday I Sept. 21 Sherri Mandell, a keynote and is an author, speaker and sher food was delicious and the speakers, talked about her Thursday I Sept. 5 Special PJ Shabbat Storytime. Guest retreat's organization was top­ radio coach . storyteller Lisa Bergman will tell stories son, Koby, who was murdered Arst Day Rosh Hashanah notch . I was honored to have in Israel in 2001. Kobe, then The Rohr Jewish Learning to children ages 3 - 8-years-old. the opportunity to interview Institute: myjli.com. Siblings welcome; children must be 13, and his friend Yosef Ish Friday I Sept. 6 several scholars through To­ Ran were hiking in a canyon accompanied by adult. Congregation rah Cafe, which is part of JLI. Second Day Rosh Hashanah Beth Sholom. corner of Rochambeau Avenue and Camp Street. in Providence; Sunday I Sept. 8 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Info: Elly Memorial Cemetery Service. Congrega­ Leyman, at [email protected]. tion Agudas Achim. the Reconstruction­ S'lihot Services with Music. S'/ihot N eiv traditions ist synagogue in Attleboro, Mass .. holds service with Shireinu, the community annual memorial service at Dodgeville chorus of Tempie Sinai, the Reform Hebrew Cemetery. Community is invited synagogue in Cranston, will participate with selections of to attend service; 10 am.; cemetery in the service. Alight "breakfast": 9 is off Route 152, past the Dodgeville p.m.; service: 10 p.m. No charge for soccer fields, behind Hillside Cemetery. this event; community is invited. Temple great kosher wines in Dodgeville. Mass. 508-222-2243. Sinai, 30 Hagen Ave., Cranston. 942- 8350. Friday I Sept. 13 Award winning wines from wine growing KolNidrei Sunday I Sept. 22 The Sukkot Celebration. Storytime, regions around the world, including Saturday I Sept. 14 crafts, snacks and more for children, several estates from Israel 6 and younger. Co-sponsored by PJ Yom Klppur Library, the Jewish Community Day School (JCDS) and Temple Emanu-EI. Town Wine & Spirits has the largest, "most thought Sunday I Sept. 15 · JCDS. 99 Taft Ave .. Providence, 9 am. Cyclovia Providence. Acar-free event - 11 am.; free. Info: Michelle Cicchitelli out" selection of Kosher wines in New England on Hope Street allowing people to at 421-4111 or mcicchitelli@jewishal­ walk, skate, bicycle. run and socialize. lianceri.org. . .. yes, we also have the 2013 Vintage Manischewitz Concord Program features a farmers' market, Be Safe This Fall Fifth annual safety Zumba. yoga, street vendors and awareness health fair is co-sponsored more, including an Alliance tent and by The Miriam Hospital and the Jewish J-Frtness activities. Free and open to Alliance for Greater Rhode Island. 401 the community. Hope Street between Elmgrove Ave .. Providence, 10 a.m. - 2 Lippitt Park and Rochambeau Avenue. p.m., free and open to the community. Visit providenceri.corn/sustainability or 421-4111. contact Michelle Cicchitelli. 421-4111 JIW~ or [email protected]. 179 Newport Ave., Rumford, RI 02916 Calendar Submissions / Calendar items for our Sept. 13 Seniors Issue must be rece!ved by Sept. 1. 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No longer an observer, An act of love a participant once again Hershey Rosen's book offers invaluable advice for couples and families Reclaiming my life .. . our readers. Harris N. Rosen - "Hershey" funeral arrangements, detailed colors in case touch-up work is After five years of hap­ Hearing Elie Wiesel to many of us - is known and re­ instructions as to what must be needed in their residence. Rosen pily observing, recording, speak at Bryant Universi­ spected throughout Rhode Island addressed shortly after the death comments that "matching colors interviewing and photo­ ty, covering Newark,N.J., for his numerous acts of charity. of a loved one, additional required can be tricky" and one should "in­ graphing people, places Mayor Cory Booker (per­ Just recently, Rosen has again tasks in the weeks and months clude the paint manufacturer and and things haps New Jersey's next demonstrated his community­ that follow, financial data, insur­ color name and/or number." Both for The U.S. Senator), interview­ mindedness by self-publishing an ance considerations, continuing my brother and I feel that this is Jewish ing and then dining with invaluable self-help book, "Creat­ home maintenance concerns an excessive level of detail, but my Voice, I author and NBC newscast­ ing A Guide just for starters. wife insists that this is useful data am going er Martin Fletcher and So Your Loved His book also con­ and something she wouldn't to start visiting Israel on the Jan­ Ones Can Go tains considerable ~ have thought participat­ uary 2013 mission were On Living!" information that will ~ 1 of without ing! highlights, as were the The book is not necessarily apply Rosen's advice. Readers awards the paper earned available lo­ to all readers. For . It is no exag­ may have during my tenure from cally at Books example, Rosen de­ Creating ■ • geration to state Executive heard by Rhode Island Community on the Square, votes about 40 pages a Gulde ~ that his book is, Editor now that & Justice and the Rhode 471 Angell St., to downsizing. I am "" at its heart, an I have re- Island Press Association. in Providence. happy to report that So Your act of love. By Nancy Kirsch signed as As in any life experience, It Seems to Me Rosen, who, my wife Sandy and loved ones insisting that we executive there have been bumps from 1993-1996, I downsized more I leave clear, pre­ editor - effective Sept. 13. along the way - most no­ Rabbi Jim held the high- than six years ago, Can Goon cise, easy-to-fol­ After much consider­ tably the November 2010 Rosenberg profile position so I could breathe low instructions ation and deliberation, I death of Frank Zasloff, our of president of a sigh of relief as I l.lvlngr ..~ to our survivors, realized that I needed to lovable, charming and per­ the Jewish Federation of Rhode read what he had '· Rosen is urging spend fewer hours observ­ suasive advertising sales Island (one of the precursor agen­ to say about this .., • us to demonstrate ing, recording, interview­ representative. My clum­ cies of the Jewish Alliance of onerous task of ~ ·• ' with our deeds ing and photographing sy maneuver that caused Greater Rhode Island), states in moving to small- A · that our care, con­ others and spend more Leah Camara, our graphic the book's concluding chapter, er digs. How­ Harris N. Rosen cern and protection time living my own life. designer, to fall and break "[My) purpose has been to prompt ever, if you have survives our death. her ankle was a bump, a family's current financial and not yet down- None of us lives as was the concussion I sized, you could save yourself forever. As we ap­ received while covering considerable time and energy by proach our High Holy Days, our Temple Torat Yisrael's reviewing the 40 pages devoted to Days of Awe, a central question of move from its building in "[D)emonstrate with the subject. our Rosh Hashanah and Yorn Kip­ Cranston. The production In terms of my own family situ­ pur liturgy beats in our hearts days that turned into 20- our deeds that our care, ation, Rosen's book has been most and stirs in our minds: "Mi yih 'yeh hour marathun sessions, concern and protection helpful in prompting Sandy and u-mi yamut?," which means "Who while not pleasant, offered me to first locate our important shall live and who shall die?" abundant opportunities survives our death." documents and then write down To make life easier for those for improvement - in per­ clear instructions as to precisely who survive our death is an act sonal and professional where they are located. He re­ of love that binds us in our death At one event I covered a decision-making! house 'manager' to commit to minds readers that it is not enough with those who live after us. year or so ago, a colleague Many colleagues at the writing all the things in his or her to write that our will is located in chided me for not smiling Alliance, our editorial head that a survivor or executor the file cabinet in our den, nor is it James B. Rosenberg (rab­ enough and for not clap­ board and other volun­ needs to know .. . I particularly sufficient to indicate that our will [email protected]) ping when others clapped; teers have shared with me hope that this book has deepened can be found in the top drawer of is rabbi emeritus at Temple Ha­ it was, after all, a celebra­ their wisdom and support your concern about the future life that file cabinet. Rather, we need bonim, the Reform synagogue in tory moment. I thought to over the years; I am grate­ of your partner." to state that our will is located in Barrington. myself, "But, wait, I'm not ful to each and every one What sets his work apart from the very front of the top drawer in here to participate; I'm of them. similar "how-to" books concerned the file cabinet in our den. here to report the event - However, my labors with putting our affairs in order Rosen has had decades of ex­ as impartially as I possi­ would have been in vain is that Rosen realizes that one size perience in figuring out where bly can." without you, our readers. most definitely does not fit all; he things are. When he was presi­ So many people; so many I have been sustained and emphasizes the obvious fact that dent of School House Candy, "Creating A Guide So Your events; so many inter­ nurtured by your phone every family is idiosyncratic, that then a candy manufacturer with Loved Ones Can Go On Living!" views ... I thank the people calls, emails, texts and every family has its unique needs, 600,000 square feet of space spread who allowed me to intrude conversations - whether values, priorities. Therefore, over five factories, he had to be su­ Self-published, May 2013 - to poke around into their in my office, at the grocery rather than presenting readers per-organized to be able to locate hearts, their homes, their store or elsewhere - about with ready-made charts and lists every single item in a vast stock. Single copies are available psyches - as part of the in­ the paper. Both critical into which they must force-feed Inspired by his book, Sandy and only at Books on the Square. terview process. and laudatory comments their particular facts and figures, I have taken all summer simply Domestic abuse, breast matter; otherwise, what he encourages each family to tai­ to begin to bring the documents To purchase 25 or more cop­ cancer, same-sex mar­ we've labored to deliver to lor-make its own guide for the sur­ in our 1,750 square feet of condo ies, contact Harris "Hershey" riage, suicide, adoption, you every two weeks is for viving spouse, partner, children space into some semblance of ra­ Rosen at survivorinfo@aol. veterans' traumas and naught. You cared enough and grandchildren; and he does tional order. com. To order bulk copies poverty - I was fortunate to respond and that's mu­ an excellent job of showing us how Some readers of "Creating a with the book's title page cus­ to be able to interview sic to any writer's ears. to create such a guide. Guide" might feel that the book tomized, contact Rosen. people directly affected I will have one final op­ Rosen's book is crammed with contains too much information. by these and other issues portunity to share my useful information that most indi­ My brother Bill, for example, ques­ in my four years as editor thoughts and reflections viduals are likely to need as they tions whether it is necessary to and one as associate editor through this 'bully pulpit' face inevitable end-of-life issues: leave our survivors a list of paint and then share those indi­ in the Sept. 13 issue. viduals' stories with you, OUR MISSION COLUMNS I LETTERS POLICY

The mission of The Jewish Voice is to communicate The Jewish Voice publishes thoughtful and informa­ sent the views of the authors; they do not represent the Jewish news, ideas and ideals by connecting and giving tive contributors' columns (op-eds of 500 - 800 words) views of The Jewish Voice or the Alliance. voice to the diverse views of the Jewish community in and letters to the editor (250 words, maximum) on is­ Send letters and op-eds to nkirsch@jewishallianc­ Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, while sues of interest to our Jewish community. At our dis­ eri.org or Nancy Kirsch, The Jewish Voice, 401 Elm­ adhering to Jewish values and the professional stan­ cretion, we may edit pieces for publication or refuse grove Ave., Providence, RI 02906. Include name, city dards of journalism. publication. Letters and columns, whether from our of residence and (not for publication) a contact phone regular contributors or from guest columnists, repre- number or email. theJewlshvolce.org OPINION August 30, 2013 I 13 It's all a matter of perspective Dispassionate mediator is essential to breaking logjam This will not be a book review person or group. At that point, those who already lived there out. In other words, the conflict column but I'd like to start with the normally mild distortion -the genetic (although not na­ has to change from a zero-sum the titles of several classics of self-congratulation becomes tional or cultural) ancestors of game of revenge to a win-win in the field of social psychol­ a far greater one, to the point today's Palestinians? The bot­ game of mutual advantage. ogy: "The Presentation of Self where "we" are always the "vic­ tom line: The two parties have How to accomplish all these in Everyday Life" by Erving tim" and "they" are always the to recognize that "historical" mental acrobatics? There are Goffman (Anchor, May 1959); "aggressor." This self-serving arguments can support both several approaches but they "Deceit and bias is what makes reconcilia­ sides of the conflict! all have a common denomina­ Self-Decep­ tion so difficult between war­ The third step is acknowl­ tor - an involved mediator who tion: Fool­ ring parties. The usual percep­ edging that all virtue does not is perceived as neutral can ing Yourself tual gap between people ('Tm lie with "me" and all iniquity help both sides overcome their the Better to right; she's wrong.") becomes with "you." There are no ab­ respective mental blocks. At Fool Others" a moralization chasm ("We're solute saints in the world and times this demands the media­ by Robert the good guys; they're the evil also few unadulterated devils. tor be a psychologist ("Try look­ Trivers (Al­ empire.") Put another way: We all make ing at things this way"); other len Lane, Oc­ How to bridge this great di­ President Barack Obama times a parent ("No, you can't tob_er 2011); vide? First, by understanding do that.") Ultimately, at the end, Reflections "Why Every­ that just because your action many centuries; in the ensu­ the mediator must be a "sugar of I in Israel one (Else) is wasn't morally "wrong," that "The conflict has to ing melee, they, too, suffered daddy" ("If you succeed, here's a Hypocrite: doesn't mean that the other side tremendously. Some empathy change from a zero a pot of gold waiting for you" Evolution hasn't (unjustifiably) suffered Sam Lehman­ by Israelis for the Palestinian - the gold being money or any Wilzig and the Mod­ because of it. some game of other incentive, such as iron­ ular Mind" position is called for; so, too, The world is full of unin­ is Palestinian empathy for the reven3e." clad security guarantees, etc.). by Robert tended consequences stemming From the looks of things so Kurzban (Princeton Univer­ Jewish predicament in a viru­ from people's actions; driving mistakes, and dealing with re­ far, U.S. Secretary of State John sity Press, reprint edition, May lently anti-Semitic world. down the highway of life, there ality means owning up to them. Kerry is trying hard on several 2012) and "Mistakes Were Made A second, and related, concept is bound to be collateral "road is this: One's past is important, This is not to "concede" to the of these fronts, but there's only (But Not By Me); Why We Jus­ kill," however safely we drive. but the "past" is a dangerous other side, but rather to admit one person who can successful­ tify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Deci­ The Jews escaped Europe (anti­ place upon which to stake one's that our side is not blameless ly fill all these roles. The ques­ sions, and Hurtful Acts" by semitism in the early 20th cen­ position. How far back into the either. Yes, the Arabs attacked tion must be asked of President Carol Tavris and Elliot Aron­ tury; the Holocaust several de­ past do we want to go? A cen­ Israel in 1948; yes, we forcibly Barack Obama: "For the sake son (Mariner Books, reprint cades later) and because other tury (when there were few Jews evicted many Palestinian non­ of resolving the Israeli-Pales­ edition, March 2008). countries were increasingly in what is now Israel)? Thirteen combatants from their homes tinian conflict, are you really In a nutshell, their general unwilling to take them in as hundred years· ago, when the in that war. (The litany of "they willing and ready to be psychol­ theme forms the basis of the cen­ the century progressed, many Muslims conquered this part did this, but we did that" could ogist-in-chief?" tral problem facing the Israelis Jews made their way to the one of the world or 2,000 years ago, easily fill an entire book.) Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig is and Palestinians in their peace place where their forefathers The fourth and final psycho­ negotiations. All individuals when the Jews lost their sover­ deputy director of the School and foremothers had resided eignty? Three thousand years logical step is to fo cus more of Communications at Bar-Ilan tend to view their own b·ehavior long ago and where they hoped on the future than on the past, University in Israel. This past as exemplary or, at least, "cor­ ago, when they began to rule to regain a measure of indepen­ in earnest or 3,200 years ago, i.e., less on who has the greater spring, he was visiting profes­ rect." That's good for our self­ dence in that same land. But when they entered the Land? historical "right" and more on sor at the Israel Studies Center, image, but problems start when another group of tenants had If that far back, what about "what's in it for both of us?" if University of Maryland, Col­ we are in conflict with another already found abode there for an agreement can be worked lege Park. Visit profslw.com.

RHODE ISLAND'S NEW VOICES Israel is facing serious and timely challenges The only peaceful hope for stopping Iran's nuclear program BY DAVID M. HIRSCH a nuclear arms race in the Mid­ between the U.S. and Israel. Barack Obama says Iran can­ views. Please take a moment Special to The Jewish Voice dle East, even greater regional The tighter the bond between not have a nuclear weapon, he this summer to call them and As a preface to this op-ed, I wish instability due to Iranian sup­ these two great democracies, means it. thank them for their support to make it clear that the opin­ port for terrorist entities like the greater is the chance for We must implement enhanced and ask them to speak out in ions expressed are entirely my Hezbollah and a direct threat to peace, security and stability. sanctions on Iran, coupled with favor of a credible military own and do not reflect those of Israel's very existence. The single biggest threat full implementation of the sanc­ posture to support the Obama any organizations with which I to both Israel and the United tions already on the books, and administration's policy of pre­ may be affiliated. States is Iran and its illicit pur­ demonstrate a credible military venting Iran from achieving The enjoyment of our New "It is foolish to think suit of nuclear weapons capa­ willingness to support our pol­ nuclear capability. England summer may lull us bility. The only peaceful hope icy. into losing sight of the serious that [Israel] will for stopping Iran's nuclear Congress has been the bed­ David M. Hirsch (dmh55@ and timely challenges Israel is remain untouched program is to demonstrate a rock of support for the U.S.-Is­ juno.com) is a past president of facing, despite the fact that it serious U.S. commitment to our rael relationship. For example, the Jewish Federation of Rhode is the most vibrant, entrepre­ by the surrounding publicly stated foreign policy. our Rhode Island representa­ Island (now the Jewish Alli­ neurial and stable American The U.S. House of Representa­ tives support foreign aid, help­ ance of Greater Rhode Island) ally in the Middle East; and this upheaval." tives has introduced the bipar­ ing stop Iran's pursuit of a and the current Rhode Island is despite the newly aroused tisan Nuclear Iran Prevention nuclear weapons capability, state chair of AIPAC. He is a hopes for renewed peace talks With Egypt looking like it Act of 2013 (H.R. 850), which supporting Israel's right to de­ resident of Providence. This between the Palestinians and could be following Syria into vi­ would strengthen enforcement fend itself, and reinforcing piece reflects Hirsch's personal the Israelis. olent upheaval, and nearly two of sanctions on Iran and ex­ American policy that a two­ views. Far-reaching sanctions on million Syrian refugees flowing pand sanctions to reach Iran's state solution with the Pales­ Iran have been biting; nonethe­ into neighboring states, the re­ human rights violators. . tinians will only be achieved less, Iran continues unabated gion is becoming more volatile This, along with passage by through direct negotiations. Alison Stern Perez, its nuclear weapons program. with each passing day. Though a vote of 99-0 for Senate Res. As Rhode Islanders, we are whose column, "Alison The Obama administration and Israel has never been stronger, 65 stating that America stands fortunate that our members with Israel against Iran, is a of the U.S. Congress are solid on Aliyah Redux," ap­ the U.S. Congress have spoken it is foolish to think that the pears every other issue, by clearly saying it is U.S. poli­ country will remain untouched good start. But we must do supporters of these efforts and cy to prevent Iran from achiev­ by the surrounding upheaval. more. The United States must they clearly understand the is­ is on vacation. Her col­ ing nuclear weapons capabil­ The goal of the pro-Israel be creative in finding ways to sues; moreover, they are most umn will appear in our ity. A nuclear Iran will result in community is a strong alliance show Iran that when President responsive to our opinions and Sept. 13 issue. -

14 I August 30, 2013 OPINION The Jewish Voice

New Year's Holy Days offer a universal message Observances mix awe and joy, in equal measures

BY RABBI ADIN of humanity's cardinal touch­ Jewish history. Yet, at its es­ in Jewish religious life in gen­ what is universal to all human­ STEINSALTZ stones: accounting and judg­ sence, Sukkot is actually a festi­ eral, we stress the specificity of kind within our own selves. JERUSALEM (JTA) - The start ment; mercy and atonement; val of thanksgiving for what we Jewish existence. Most of our The fourth and last of these of the Jewish New Year is filled and the joy of life. have. We acknowledge the tran­ holidays and memorial days are Holy Days, Shemini Atzeret (and with holy days, among them These attributes and qualities quility in our lives and express deeply connected with our own with it Simhat Torah), stands in four foundational celebrations: are essential to the lives of ev­ our gratitude for divine gifts. history. clear contrast to the first three. Rosh Hashanah, Yorn Kippur, ery human being. We mark the Moreover, our sages teach us At this time of year, however, As beautifully depicted by our Sukkot and Simhat Torah-Sh­ New Year by commemorating that during Sukkot - in the days we focus on our fundamental sages, a king made a great ban­ emini Atzeret. creation on the one hand and of the Holy Temple - 70 bulls humanity, on the fact that we quet to which he invited all the They are quite different from celebrating the Kingship of the were offered to God in the name are human beings with great citizens of his realm. At the end one another. Yet we may also Lord on the other. Both creation of the 70 nations of the world. problems. In this context, hu­ of these feasts, he called his think of all four holidays as two and God's sovereignty pertain As the Prophet Zachariah fore ­ manity is not defined as a group most beloved friend and said pairs of two. The first two - a to all humankind and are not tells, in the days to come it is on of human beings. Here we speak · now that all these big events day of memory and accounting specifically Jewish. Sukkot that all the peoples of of our basic humanity- human­ are over, let us have a small and a day of atonement - are The Day of Atonement, too, the world will come as pilgrims ity as a quality. The very touch­ banquet just for the two of us awe inspiring and grave com­ is relevant to every human be­ to the Temple in Jerusalem stones that we mark are what (Tractate Sukkah 55b). pared with the last two festi­ ing. Life is full of mistakes and (14:16-21). make us human. The essence Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz has vals, which are days of joy. transgressions. Without atone­ This combination of the par­ of the universality of these holi­ written more than 60 books and At the same time, the first ment, it would be unbearable ticular and the universal is not days, then, is not in the point hundreds of articles on the Tal­ three holidays do have a com­ to go on living with the unre­ just one more interesting point; of sharing with others, it is in mud and kabbalah. mon denominator: As much as solved and painful pieces of our rather, it is the key to under­ delving into ourselves in order they are Jewish Holy Days, they past. standing the meaning of these to reveal and find some of the carry a universal message. Em­ Sukkot at first glance seems three observances. In all our fundamentals of our existence. bedded within them are three to be far more connected with other celebrations, and perhaps We explore and acknowledge

LETTERS Tikkun olam bridges Diaspora-Israel gap BY NURIT CANETTI done, even among its U.S. sup­ As the seminar progressed, (JTA) - Everyone knows that porters, it was surprising to it became apparent that Is­ an ocean separates Israel and discover how people in Israel rael's treatment of American Passionate debate is good, not the United States. Yet after do not understand what is go­ Jewry remains stuck between three days in New York re­ ing on with Jews in the Dias­ 1967 and 1973, while American sweeping generalizations cently, I realized how big that pora. Jewry has and evolved. ocean really is. For most Israelis, Jews in the Diaspora Jewry is important This is an open letter to Ed­ of Greater Rhode Island.) We Along with five Israeli jour­ U.S. are the same as those who to Israel and Israelis, and vice ward Mehlman, D.D.S., in re­ should not be trapped into al­ nalists, I participated in a were living in America after versa. This seminar is a drop sponse to his Aug. 2 letter to the lowing hooligans, regardless of seminar organized by the Ru­ the victory in 1967 or the Yorn in the ocean in an attempt to editor, "Writer disagrees with a their external appearance, to derman Family Foundation to Kippur war for survival in connect the two worlds and rabbi's perspective." Thank you define our relationship. help us understand the diverse 1973. Even now, after the semi­ understand each other; even for taking the time to read my We should be able to debate U.S. Jewish community. But nar, I feel that U.S. Jewry "has Birthright Israel is insuffi­ piece ("Every sou) is precious") passionately without stooping as we met with Jewish leaders our back" when necessary, es­ cient in bridging this ocean. a few weeks ago. to sweeping generalizations, whose Judaism is their pas­ pecially if Israel's security is I propose a model that cah I am not going to debate who demeaning caricatures and sion - and for some their pro­ threatened. But I also under­ help bridge the gap. If tikkun hates who more; in fact, that thug-like behavior. fession - I realized how absurd stand that if, for example, the olam (repair of the world) is terminology makes me very At the end of the day, let us re­ the gap is between American government of Israel decided the way to the hearts of young uncomfortable and I feel it member that we only have one Jewry and Israel. to attack Iran in opposition to Jews, Israel should generate should be avoided. I will just another. This is a philosophy I We met two kinds of Jews. the U.S. administration, I'm opportunities for Diaspora ask, "What are you and I do­ live by and so do the vast major­ One group I call "classic Jews" not sure that U.S. Jewry would Jews who seek self-realization ing to change perceptions and ity of Jews I know, regardless of - warmhearted Americans have Israel's back in the same via humanitarian activities. preconceived stereotypes?" their dress, affiliation or level of whose loyalty to Israel is un­ manner. Israel could create a center My suggestion - please accept observance. I am sorry if your wavering, who believe the Community, peoplehood, to send young Jews on social an open invitation to explore experience has been otherwise. State of Israel is the national even support for Israel is de­ missions around the world. It should not be institutionalized Jewish relations anytime. (My Rabbi Raphie Schochet home of the.Jewish people and cided upon by the individual nor a government program, contact information is avail­ Providence who consider Israel's scenic Jew. U.S. Jews are no longer able from the Jewish Alliance desert and parks more fasci­ the "long arm" of the govern­ but should be centered in Is­ nating than the Grand Can­ ment sitting in Israel. The rael. This can attract young Jews who otherwise may have yon. State of Israel is an important Readers regret Kirsch;s Classic Jews love Israel and reference point but not central no interest in Israel to come to Israel and join programs that Israelis; if they have criticism to their daily lives. Judaism pending departure of Israel's policies or are of­ and its ties to Israel have un­ already exist around the world dergone a significant change. or in their country of origin. Few people are indispensable, fended by the arrogance with The Jewish Voice has become What impressed me most If Diaspora Jews see tikkun but the great success she has which some Israelis treat a very interesting, informa­ were the social activists we olam as a first-rate Jewish tive and important VOICE of achieved in growing The Jew­ them, they will not let anyone know. They are loyal Ameri­ met, people who attribute their value, why shouldn't Israel the Rhode Island Jewish com­ ish Voice to its current status contribute and invite Jews ev­ cans with an extra Israeli soul. humanitarian work to their munity under its executive will be difficult to replicate. Jewish upbringing and core erywhere to visit - not just for editor, Nancy Kirsch. Nancy We wish Nancy well in what­ The other type are Jews whose Jewishness may be an Jewish values. Certainly in Birthright or Masa trips - and has, through style and content, ever she may elect to do in the Israel this exists, especially in then join humanitarian mis­ made The Jewish Voice an in­ future, but we sadly and fondly important component of their religious circles where gemilut sions around the globe? say goodbye to her as editor. identity and personality but is dispensable source of informa­ hasadim (acts of kindness) and Imagine what a wonderful She was a masterful editor. not necessarily related to Is­ tion for its growing readership. tzedakah (charity) are empha­ contribution to the world it It is with great regret that we Alan and Renee Flink rael. Israel is more or less im­ portant to these Jews. But the sized. But these Jews see their would be if Israel were to be­ understand Nancy will soon Providence work in Africa or South Amer­ come a beacon of humanitari­ leave The Jewish Voice. common thread is that Juda­ I ism is significant to their way ica as a direct result of the anism? of life. words in the Torah that every Although I knew U.S. Jewry person is created in the im­ Nurit Canetti is a publi­ is no longer a homogenous age of God. Their work is the cist, columnist and editor. We urge readers to contin­ keep you, our readers and our Ephraim Gopin translated community and that the con­ clearest expression of their Ju­ ue sending The Jewish Voice vibrant Jewish community, this op-ed from Hebrew. informed. sensus about the direction daism, but it does not manifest your letters. We will continue itself when Israel is discussed. to publish and continue to Israel is headed is coming un- theJewlshvolce.org ISRAEL August 30, 2013 I 15 Ahead of High Holy Days, Bennett unveils new platform for Discover egalitarian prayer Women ofthe Wall call the platform 'separate, and not nearly close to equal' BY BEN SALES institute a legal statute restricting the plaza to Orthodox prayer, but such a KOSHER TEL AVIV (JTA) - Naftali Bennett, Is­ rael's religious services minister, has statute would require Livni's approval. unveiled a temporary platform for non: Under the terms of Sharansky's plan, Orthodox prayer at Robinson's Arch first reported in April, the Robinson's the archaeological site adjacent to th~ Arch area would be expanded and a Western Wall plaza used by egalitarian unified entrance built offering access to groups. both traditional and egalitarian places The platform, which will include To­ for worship. rah scrolls, prayer books and prayer Sharansky welcomed the temporary WINES shawls and be open at all hours, does platform as "a gesture of goodwill." not reach the Western Wall itself. A The months since the plan's broad out­ ramp leads from the line was revealed 4,800-square-foot plat- have seen increased Everyday & Special Occasions form to a smaller area haredi Orthodox adjacent to the wall. "The Kotel belongs protests at Women Bennett's office de­ of the Wall's month­ Expansive & International Selection scribed the new plat­ to all Jews no matter ly gatherings. In ad­ form "as an interim but who they are and what dition, a judge deter­ primary place of wor­ mined in April that ship for Jewish egali­ stream of Judaism the women's group's tarian and pluralistic activities did not prayer services." they come from." contravene a law "The Kotel belongs prohibiting devia- to all Jews no matter tion from the wall's who they are and what "local custom." stream of Judaism they come from," Since the ruling, no women have been Bennett said. "This new platform, built arrested and the group has prayed with ahead of Rosh Hashanah, will help police protection in the Western Wall unify the Jewish people and enable all Plaza. Jews to pray freely at the Kotel." Given its legal victory, Women of the The new platform was unveiled as Wall considers the platform a step back­ face-offs continued at Judaism's holi­ ward. The group released a statement est site between haredi, ultra-Ortho­ Sunday calling it "the very definition of dox, protesters and the feminist group separate, and not nearly close to equal." Women of the Wall, which conducts a "The plan will effectively exile wom­ monthly service at the women's section en and all Jews who pray in a way that of the Western Wall Plaza. is not ultra-Orthodox tradition to Rob­ The women's group has fought for the inson's Arch and away from the area right to wear prayer shawls and read of the Western Wall where Jews have from the Torah at the wall, which the prayed for generations," the statement hareiti Orthodox consider a provocation read. and an infringement on their religious American liberal Jewish groups were rights. Egalitarian prayer, in which more reserved in their judgments. The at men and women participate equally, is Union for Reform Judaism called the permitted only at Robinson's Arch. platform "at best, a very small step for­ Following several arrests of Women ward in the implementation of the full of the Wall members, the Israeli govern­ plan for full Jewish equality at the Ko­ ment promised a compromise solution tel." - by last December - to be developed Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive vice by Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman president of the Conservative Rabbini­ Natan Sharansky. A detailed version of cal Assembly, told JTA that the plan BOTTLES the plan is due shortly. leaves several key questions unan­ fine wine I cocktails I craft beer In the meantime, the fight has been a swered. distraction for the government, spark­ "A temporary platform does not in ing a conflict between Bennett, who fa. any way sway us from our struggle for vors reserving the main Western Wall full religious equality," Schonfeld told Plaza for Orthodox prayer, and Justice JTA. "If the temporary platform makes Minister Tzipi Livni, who supports prayer easier and better for more wor­ Women of the Wall. Bennett hopes to shipers at Robinson's Arch, that is posi­ tive." 141 Pitmon Street, Providence RI (401) 372-2030 Jordan, Israel to trade water in joint venture www.bottlesfinewine.com (JNS.org) - Jordanian Prime Minister at a rate of JD0.3 per cubic meter. This Abdalla Ensoµr and his cabinet ap­ process will save us the effort and cost proved a new plan to trade water with of conveying water from the south to Israel. In a new Red Sea desalination the northern governorates;: Ensour project expected to cost $1 billion, Jor­ said, the Jordan Times reported. dan will sell part of the resulting water According to Jordanian Minister of to Israel in exchange for water from the Water and Irrigation Hazem Nasser, Tiberias Reservoir. the agreement is legal based on Article Monday· Saturday 9am • 10pm Middle East countries are known to 2 of the peace treaty signed with Israel face chronic water shortages. in 1994, and is of "strategic national in­ Sunday 12pm - 6pm "We will sell Israel water at a rate of terest" to Jordan. JDl per cubic meter and buy from them 16 \ August 30, 2013 FOOD The Jewish Voice

HIGH HOLY DAYS FEATURE Going to the source of shop local cook american ... Rosh Hashanah sweetness with a french soul Beekeeping, like taking honey for granted, can be a dangerous business

BY EDMON J. RODMAN Not wanting to take my holi­ Drawing on his education, LOS ANGELES (JTA) - Here's day honey for granted anymore, Laio puts a dab of honey on his the buzz about Rosh Hashanah: I suited up along with him in a finger and holds it out. Soon a Beyond a congregation or fam­ white cotton bee suit and hood bee lands and begins to feed. ily, it takes a hive to have a holi­ to visit the hives he keeps near "Have you ever been stung?" day. You may have your tickets, the large garden area of the he asks. new dress or suit and High Holi­ Highland Hall Waldorf School, "A couple of times," I answer, days app, but without the honey an 11-acre campus in North­ as Laio uses a handheld bee in which to dip a slice of apple, ridge, Calif. smoker to puff in some white After three years of beekeep­ s m o k e to "calm the a place to go, to eat, where would you be? We wish each other shanah ing - he also leads sessions with hive ." After waiting to see, to hang-out tovah u-m'tukah, "a good and the school's students - Laio sweet New Year." To further sweeten the calendar change Rue De L'Espoir we eat honey cake - even Mar­ american bistro cooking tha Stewart has a recipe - and teiglach, little twisted balls of open daily breakfast, lunch, dinner dough boiled in honey syrup. 99 Hope St. Prov. RI 02906 Little do we realize that to fill info/reservations 751 -8890 a jar or squeeze bottle contain­ www.therue.com ing two cups of the sticky, gold­ en stuff, a hive of honeybees must visit 5 million flowers. For most of us, the honey seems a somehow natural by­ s1\NG COFFEE D product of the cute, bear-shaped experience squeeze bottle that we pick up at - the throb­ the store. But for beekeeper Uri bing kind. Laio, honey is like a gift from "It's dangerous. a few minutes for the fri~ndly conv~rsations heaven. His motto, "Honey and I've been stung a lot. Beeswax with Intention," is on smoke to take effect, and with Coffee It's part of the learn- me watching wide-eyed, he his website, chassidicbeekeep- EXCHANGE" ing," Laio says. "The first sum­ carefully pries off the hive's ov~coff~0 er.c

FROMPAGE16 SWEETNESS and forgoes pesticides or chemi­ A sweet way to break the fast cals in his beekeeping. The resulting wildflower BY IDA BOCHNER BROWN my recipe pile. My mother's ap­ honey - Laio hands me a jar Special to The Jewish Voice ple muffins will once again be a to try - is sweet, flavorful and HOPATCONG, N.J. - Yorn Kip­ part of our holiday tradition. I thick, tastier than any honey pur was the day we spent in hope this recipe will make your from the store. temple reflecting on all the "breaking the fast" a little tast­ "Honey is a -super-food. And past year's ups-and-downs. As ier and sweeter. it heals better than Neosporin," we asked God to once again in­ Mom's favorite apple muffins Laio claims. "In Europe there scribe us in the book of life, we I NGREDIENTS are bandages impregnated with thanked God for good health 2eggs honey." and blessings that followed us ¾ cup sugar He says it takes a certain type in the past year. ½ cup oil of character to be a beekeeper. We remembered those who had 1 cup flour "You need to have patience. passed and let them know they ½ teaspoon cinnamon, plus Be determined. Learn your are not forgotten. It is always a extra for apples limitations. Be calm in stress­ bittersweet time with which, 2 teaspoons baking powder ful situations," he says. I am sure, many can relate. 3 apples ( I prefer to use "People are fascinated with it. As the day of fasting and pray­ Red Delicious or Cortland, I can't tell you how many Shab­ ing continued, the thoughts of but any apple you like is fine!) bat table meals have been filled ~ breaking the fast with family peeled, cored and chopped into with people asking me about and friends would bring a smile small pieces. Shake some cin­ bees." to our faces. My brother Morris namon on top and toss the On Shabbat, Laio likes to sip Pomegranate-honey chicken and I would enjoy watching our peeled and chopped apples to on a mint iced-tea sweetened mother, Celia, do her baking a keep them from turning brown with his honey - his only sweet­ nonstick cooking spray and the pomegranate mixture on each few days ahead of Yorn Kippur to METHOD ener, he says. honey will slide right out. Make piece of chicken. Drizzle addi­ prepare the "sweet treats" that Preheat oven to 350 degrees. "In the Talmud, honey is con­ sure to line your.pan so cleanup tional sauce over the top of each would indicate the end of the Hand-mix all ingredients; sidered to be one-sixtieth of will be a snap." piece. old year and the beginning of do not use a mixer! Beat manna," says Laio, referring I NGREDIENTS Bake uncovered, 45 minutes, a promising New Year. It was eggs with sugar. Beat in oil. to the "bread" that fell from the 12 chicken parts, bone-in with until chicken is no longer pink an open door as we lived just Mix together flour, cinnamon sky for 40 years while the Isra­ skin - legs, thighs and breasts at the bone. The dark meat may blocks from Temple Beth Israel and baking powder. Add flour eiites wandered in the desert. ½ cup silan (date syrup) or take a little loµger ; if so, remove in the Elmwood section of Prov­ mixture to the wet ingredients "The blessing for manna ended honey the white meat to a platter and idence. Of all her baked goods, and blend well. with in hashamayim, 'from the ¼ cup dark brown sugar cook the dark until done. the apple muffins, which were Stir in the apples. Grease a heavens,' and not min ha'aretz, ¼ cup pomegranate juice Brush with the sauce in the moist and full of flavor, were 12-muffin pan or put muffin 'from the earth."' ¼ cup teriyaki sauce pan every 15 minutes during among our favorites. cups in the pan With the honey-manna con­ 2 tablespoons cornstarch cooking. To this day, I make those Fill each muffin cup to nection in mind, especially at 1 teaspoon tomato paste After 45 minutes, turn on the muffins every Yorn Kippur! slightly more than ¾ full. the Jewish New Year, Laio finds ½ teaspoon dried thyme broiler and broil the chicken Friends who have had the Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until that "all the sweetness, whatev­ 2 cloves fresh garlic until the skin is brown and pleasure of eating them often golden brown and firm on top. er form it is in, comes straight 1 tablespoon margarine crispy; keep a close eye on it. ask me to make them when Remove from oven. Let cool on from God." , fresh pomegranate seeds, for Transfer to a platter and baste they come for a visit or "just wire racks for ½-hour. Makes 12 muffins. Edmon J. Rod.man (edmo­ garnish again with pan sauce. because." Last year, the muffins [email protected]) is a JTA col­ METHOD Garnish with fresh pome­ won second place in a local Ida Bochner Brown (idatom@ umnist who writes .from Los Use foil to line a baking dish granate seeds and some of the baking contest. optonline.net), formerly of R.I., r'Angeles. that holds the chicken pieces pan sauce. As the holidays approach, I lives in Hopatcong, N.J. snugly. Arrange the chicken in Serves 12 people. have this recipe on the top of a single layer. Set aside. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pomegranate-honey chicken In a small pot over medium "This dish," writes Susie heat, whisk the silan or honey, Fishbein in "Kosher by De­ brown sugar, pomegranate f [AUORS FOR A • sign Cooking Coach" (Meso­ juice, teriyaki sauce, corn­ ( rah Publications, published by starch, tomato paste, thyme ArtScroll/ Shaar Press, Brook­ and garlic. Bring to a simmer lyn, N.Y., 2012), "shouts Rosh over medium heat for a minute SWEET YERR Hashanah on a plate! Honey and nEW or two until thickened. Whisk other sticky ingredients are a in the margarine. cinch to measure. Just coat the Reduce heat slightly. Cook for measuring cup or spoon with 1 minute. Generously brush the Matzoh Ball Soup, Chopped Chicken Liver, Carrot Tzimmes, Knishes, Kugel, Honey We want to thank Spiced Turkey Breast. Smoked Salmon Platter, you for your support Honey Cake, Apple Cake, Challah and more! and wish you•

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Justice Kagan delivers keynote address.

FROM PAGE 1 KAGAN read every year at Touro Syn­ taken aback by the question be­ agogue. Every speaker made cause she never separated her reference to these words; for identities as an American and a her part, Kagan addressed the Jew. In much of the world (other meaning of these words from a than Israel), she said, Jews are personal perspective and a le­ conflicted between their identi­ gal and historical standpoint. ties as Jews and their loyalty to Their speeches and the read­ their country of residence. ing of the letters exchanged In turning to specific words between Touro Synagogue's and phrases in the letters writ­ Moses Seixas and Washington ten by Seixas and Washington capped a weekend of celebra­ and parsing them as a legal tory activities. (See accompany­ scholar, she agreed with other ing article by Sam and Linda speakers who noted that Wash­ Shamoon, "Two hundred fifty ington's letter merely repeated years and counting ... ") Seixas' words about tolerance Kagan took the speaker's po­ and bigotry. dium immediately after the But Kagan added, "Then reading of the letters - one Washington did spmething as­ from Seixas, of the Hebrew tonishing." He wrote, she said, Congregation of Newport, and that the mere absence of per­ Washington's response to him. secution and the indulgence of She began by invoking the de­ one class of people over another tails, history and desires of are not enough. The radical the families who had founded step that Washington took, ex­ Rita Slom, front row, left, Governor Lincoln Chafee, Justice Elena Kagan, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Touro Synagogue - especially plained Kagan, was to declare Bea Ross and Saul Woythaler; Andrew M. Teitz, back row, left, Rabbi Albert Gabbai, Dr. Rabbi Marc of their finding in Newport a that every person has "inherent Mandell and Mayor Henry Winthrop pose for a picture at Touro on Sunday, Aug. 18. place where they could live as rights" to enjoy the "immuni­ Jews, publicly and safely, while ties of citizenship," and "every­ pursuing their livelihoods and one shall sit in safety under his caring for their families. own vine and fig tree." These Within this context, Kagan were truly radical concepts in then shared details from her the late-18th century, explained personal history. Her grandpar­ Kagan, and Washington's ents were Jewish immigrants words, she said, are a "found­ from the ever-changing Polish­ ing lesson" in what it means to Russian border region who had be an American. The "equal­ found in America a place where ity guaranteed by citizenship," they could live as Jews and said Kagan, ultimately inspired Americans with no conflict. a single national community Her mother, she said, spoke from among the people in spite only Yiddish until she started of their differences. public school; eventually, Ka­ After she finished her ad­ gan's mother became a public dress, the audience rose as one school teacher, her father a law­ with thunderous applause. The yer. And now, reflected Kagan, synagogue emptied slowly, as their daughter is a Supreme many people waited near the Court associate justice. portico to speak to Kagan or Kagan quoted her mother's take pictures with her. It was words: "Only in America." an ideal conclusion to a truly Kagan continued, with a fo ­ historic day in the life of Touro cus on a particular kind of Jew­ Synagogue. ish success in America. Jews Touro Synagogue: 85 Touro have found in this country, she St., Newport, Tourosynagogue. explained, a home where they org, 847-4794. could have "all the benefits" of being Americans and of be­ Sam Shamoon (sam.sham­ ing Jewish. On a recent trip to [email protected]), of Provi­ Israel, her sense of her Ameri­ dence, is a Touro Synagogue can Jewish identity had been Foundation board member. aroused and challenged when Linda Shamoon (lkshamoon@ an Israeli asked her how she felt gmail.com) resides in Provi­ Shirley and Philip Mintz, residents of Newport, attend Touro's events on Sunday, Aug. 18. about living in the Diaspora. dence. Kagan reported that she was theJewlshvolce.org COMMUNITY August 30, 2013 I 19

Andrew M . Teitz, from left, Elizabeth Teitz (Andrew's daughter), Rebecca Ackerman (Andrew's niece), "George and Martha Washing­ ton," Professor Louise Ellen Teitz (Andrew's sister) and Dr. Stephen Groskin attend the Saturday evening celebration at Malbone Estate.

TWO HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS AND COUNTING ••• Oldest synagogue in America has much to celebrate BY SAM SHAMOON living symbol of religious free­ nual meeting and the annual ning, many celebrants attended Touro Synagogue Foundation dom for all Americans. Those reading of the George Wash­ the elegant "Soiree under the Board Member legacies were commemorated ington letter with United States Stars" at the Malbone Estate, and during the weekend of Aug. 16 Supreme Court Associate Jus­ which is owned by James Leach, - 18, through a series of inspir­ tice Elena Kagan as the keynote a Touro Synagogue Foundation LINDA SHAMOON ing events. In celebration of the speaker. (See "Kagan's speech board member. The event, at­ Special to The Jewish Voice 250th anniversary, hundreds recognized as 'among the finest tended by nearly 200 people, NEWPORT - In 1763 in New­ of people attended a dizzying given at Touro."') included a supper buffet and port, a lovely new building was array of events: erev Shabbat On Saturday, Touro Syna­ a birthday cake to honor the dedicated to accommodate the and Shabbat morning services, gogue's Congregation Jeshuat synagogue's 250th anniversary. growing Jewish congregation. a lecture by Brandeis Univer­ Israel, which was founded in Characters playing George and Today, 250 years later, that sity Professor Jonathan Sarna 1658, hosted services and Torah Martha Washington and Isaac and Reyna Touro were dressed Brandeis University Professor same building, Touro Syna­ about Touro's living legacy of study. Later in the day, Sarna in colonial garb. Jonathan Sarna leaves Touro gogue. still stands as the oldest religious freedom, walking led further text study and fo- Of course, the main event on Sunday, Aug. 18. synagogue in America; yet, it is tours of colonial Jewish New­ not a museum. port, a gala at the historic of the weekend was the letter­ It is, instead, the home for an Francis Malbone Estate, Touro reading ceremony, which in­ active local congregation and a Synagogue Foundation's an- "How do we top this cluded Kagan's speech. U.S. Senator Jack Reed served as one for next year?" master of ceremonies for the event and four teens received Slom Scholarships. The Judge cused on phrases in two of the Alexander George Teitz award most important letters in Amer­ was given posthumously to ican religious history, namely Noreen Drexel for her life of the letter written on Aug. 17, service to, and generous sup­ 1790 by Moses Seixas, warden port of, those in need in Rhode of Congregation Yeshuat Israel Island. Following the main pro­ (better known as the Hebrew gram, attendees gathered for a Congregation of Newport), and reception at Patriots Park. President George Washington's Andrew Teitz, chair of the response. These letters, Sarna Touro Synagogue Foundation, declared, proclaimed the radi­ asked, "How do we top this one cal idea that religious freedom for next year?" is an inherent right that cannot But rest assured, the 67th be taken away from any citi­ reading of the George Washing­ zen in the newly formed United ton letter will be held on Aug. States of America. This specific 17, 2014. notion, Sarna said, became em­ Touro Synagogue: 85 Touro bedded in the Bill of Rights in St., Newport. Tourosynagogue. the U.S. Constitution. org, 847-4794. After the lecture, the tour of colonial Jewish Newport in­ Sam Shamoon (sam.sham­ cluded many sites where Rev. [email protected]), a resident of Isaac Touro, Moses Michael Providence, is a board member Hayes and other congregation of the Touro Synagogue Foun­ members of the time pursued dation. business, raised families and Linda Shamoon (lkshamoon@ prayed as Jews and as Ameri­ gmail.com) resides in Provi­ "Martha Wa shington," Zal Newman, Barbara Epstein and "George Washington" celebrate in Newport. can citizens. During the eve- dence. 20 I August 30, 2013 ROSH HASHANAH The Jewish Voice

REVIEWING 5773: FIGHTING OVER JEWISH PLURALISM

BY URIEL HEILMAN NEW YORK (JTA) - In 5773, the religious wars just would not go away. In Israel, elections extending Benjamin Netanyahu's tenure as prime minister delivered big wins to two anti-Orthodox-establishment upstarts, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett. For the first time in nearly two de­ cades, Israel's coalition government included no haredi Orthodox parties. The Israel Defense Forces took steps to end the draft exemption for haredi men. Israel's Ministry of Reli­ gious Services agreed for the first time to allow non­ Orthodox rabbis to serve in communal positions with state-funded salaries. And the Reform and Conservative movements finally broke through years of apathy to get the Israeli govern­ ment to consider changes to the Orthodox monopoly over ritual and prayer at the Western Wall - but there's been no movement beyond proposals. In the U.S., Yeshivat Maharat, a New York school for women founded to train Orthodox female rabbinic au­ thorities, graduated its first class of Orthodox clergy, known as maharats. The Supreme Court granted federal benefits to same­ Before his overthrow, then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak meets with President Barack Obama sex couples and struck down a California law banning and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. gay marriage in the state. While Jewish liberals seemed to have a good year, charged with the repeated sexual assault of a female nities in the United States and Israel are growing less Orthodox leaders and institutions were on the defen­ teenager in his care. liberal. sive. Even after Nechemya Weberman was found guilty Data released in January from the 2011 Jewish popu­ Yeshiva University, the flagship institution of Mod­ and sentenced to 103 years in prison, community sup­ lation study of New York showed that two-thirds of the ern Orthodoxy, became the subject of a $380 million port did not waver; Satmar leaders inveighed against metropolitan region's Jewish population growth over lawsuit by former students alleging that two rabbis the victim and her supporters. the last decade occurred in two haredi neighborhoods who used to teach at the Yeshiva University high school But to extrapolate a storyline or trend from these dis­ in Brooklyn. While there hasn't been a national Jewish for boys in the 1970s and 1980s committed hundreds parate events could be folly. population study in more than a decade, data suggest of acts of sexual abuse. When YU's chancellor, Rabbi For one thing, the Orthodox sex scandals might be that Orthodox Jews, with high birthrates, will repre­ Norman Lamm, announced he was stepping down, he more about the dawning of a new age of reckoning on sent an ever-larger proportion of the American Jewish apologized for mishandling the allegations when he sexual abuse than the prevalence of sexual misdeeds community. was university president. among Orthodox Jews. "The traditional population of American Jews has The Satmar hasidic community in New York lined And for all the triumphs that Jewish liberals saw this CHALLENGES 121 up to support an unlicensed therapist from Brooklyn year, demographic trends suggest that Jewish com mu-

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FROM PAGE 20 CHALLENGES high fertility and the non-Orthodox population as a group is well below replacement level," New York University sociologist Steven M. Cohen, one of the study's researchers, told JTA. While fertility rates among non-Orthodox Israelis are not as low as those of American Jews, they lag behind those of Orthodox Is­ raelis. The relative size oflsrael's haredi community as a share of Israel's total population is expected to double by 2020, to 16 percent. In Israel, the culture wars between haredi and non-haredi have focused on the haredi draft exemption and the Orthodox Chief Rab­ binate's monopoly over marriage. In the U.S., the battle has been over Jewish values. Is it a Jew­ ish value to support the right of gays to marry or does the practice contravene Jewish ethics? Should Jews press Washington to make a concerted push for Israeli-Palestinian peace or is such pressure now not in Israel's best interests? The divisions among American Jews do not fall neatly along denominational lines. Meanwhile, the American Jewish political divide appears slowly to be widening. Though Jews as a whole still skew heavily Dem­ ocratic, in last November's election President Obama dropped at least six points among Jews from 2008, winning an estimated 68 percent of the Jewish vote. Divides over politics and religion stood in sharp contrast to the relative consensus that largely held on international issues. There was practical unanimity that Syria's civil war not spill over the border, that instability in Egypt not turn the Sinai Pen­ insula into a breeding ground for Islamic militants, that Iran be prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons capability, that the Eu­ ropean Union enforce its decision to designate Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization. But external threats did not dominate communal discourse in 5773. There wasn't the same public urgency on Iran as in past years. The Egyptian coup in July was less concerning for Israel than the 2011 revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. The Israeli-Palestinian relationship was marked more by the ab­ sence of progress than anything else - until U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry coaxed both sides to the negotiating table in July. The mini-war in Gaza in November 2012 lasted eight days and resulted in the deaths of some 150 Palestinians and six Israelis; after that, Israel's border with Gaza was mostly quiet. It was tragedy in the United States that left the community with lasting scars. Late last October, a massive storm surge generated by Hurricane Sandy battered communities, synagogues and Jew­ ish schools up and down the Northeast coast. UJA-Federation of New York convened an emergency meeting to authorize $10 million for rebuilding efforts, many of which continue today. The Berlin Jewish Museum 's "The Whole Truth" exhibit, in which Jewish men and women sit in a Outside the United States and Israel, big stories included the glass box and answer questions from visitors about Judaism. banning of Jewish ritual slaughter in Poland, a new German law regulating ritual circumcision, a controversial exhibit in a Jewish museum in Berlin, a much-criticized deal between Argentina and Iran to investigate the 1994 AMIA Jewish community center bomb­ ing, sexual abuse scandals in Australia, concerns about far-right T~~PLE Et-,1.ANU-E_L movements in Hungary and Greece and the appointment of a new il chief rabbi in England. The good news: None of these stories was about major Jewish ca­ lamities. To be sure, Jewish people suffered tragedies in 5773 - from natu­ ral disasters, from Gaza rocket fire. But for a people obsessed with survival, the absence of mass casualty events in 5773 made it a re­ markable year as much for what did not happen as for what did.

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FROM THE CHARTS TO YOUR MAHZOR, FESTIVAL PRAYER BOOK A melange ofmelodies for the High Holy Days BY BINYAMIN KAGEDAN ambiguity of Abraham's choice. The sec­ This song marked the original Spears' JNS.org tion of Genesis that contains the origi­ transition from ingenue to femme fatale. In time for the 2013 High Holy Days sea­ nal story is read as the Rosh Hashanah Perhaps it can inspire those of us who son, JNS.org has compiled a list of the Torah service. walk around feeling ethically spotless top five popular songs to put you in the • "Man in the Mirror" (Michael to remember that we all repeat the same mood for introspection, repentance, and Jackson) mistakes. renewal - and a few just to make you Back in the time when Top 40 songs • "On Bended Knee" (Boyz II Men) smile. were still allowed to have simple moral Those of us Jews who are not football players (so, all of us) only take a knee once a year - during the Yorn Kippur Musafservice, when cantors, rabbis and often entire congregations bow down Britney Spears in unison to commemorate the ancient temple service. we lose faith in our ability to grow out • "Wake Me Up When September of lifelong patterns of getting hurt and Ends" (Green Day) hurting back, but the song insists that This one's for the shul-shluffer (syna- change is always possible when we open our hearts and truly listen to our loved ones. • "Please Forgive Me" (Bryan Ad­ ams) This one's about saying sorry for lov­ ing too much, rather than too little. After all, don't many of our conflicts come from holding on too tight? Not to mention the heart-wrenching power of Adams' voice, which moves the listener Paul McCartney performs in 1976, with his wife Linda (now deceased). like a good hazzanut (a woman who does liturgical chanting) should. "Unwritten" (Natasha Beding­ Here is your High Holy Days playlist: messages, the "Prince of Pop" reminds field) • "Who By Fire" (Leonard Cohen) us that changing the world must always Here's one for the millennials. A tal­ The consummate coffeehouse theolo- begin with changing oneself. As with ented young British singer/songwriter, gian lands in the number-one spot on the silent confessions of the Yorn Kippur Bedingfield sings with conviction about Bryan Adams performs at the Color our list, having borrowed the title and Musa[. the High Holy Days are a time to the ever-present possibility of a fresh Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany. concept of this song directly from the give our friends and family a break and start. Her chorus offers an optimistic emotional centerpiece of the High Holy turn our critical eye to the person look­ counter to the traditional image of the gogue sleeper) in all ofus. Days liturgy, U-n'tanneh tokef(let ing back at us in the mirror. us re­ sealing of the Book of Fate: "Today is Binyamin Kagedan • "Getting Better" (The Beatles) has an MA in Jew­ count the sacred power of the day.) An­ where your book begins, the rest is still ish thought from the Jewish Theological other song of Cohen's deserves honor­ A golden oldie about turning things unwritten .. ." Seminary of America. able mention here: "The Story of Isaac," around: "Man, I was mean, but I'm And a few more just for fun ... a post-modern retelling of the famous changing my scene and I'm doing the • "Oops! I Did It Again" (Britney near-sacrifice that highlights the moral best that I can," sings Paul. Sometimes Spears)

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Team Rhode Island scores some wins Maccabi Games are infused with competition, collegiality and pure fun BY SHANNON BOUCHER communities and San Antonio, [email protected] Texas, but he played well, im­ ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - proved throughout the week Team Rhode Island had a fabu­ and had a lot of fun. Noah re­ lous time at Maccabi in Orange ceived a midot (Jewish values) County. We competed in sports, medal for supporting his team­ performed in theatrical and mates whenever he had free dance numbers, contributed time. through community service Baseball projects, partied and made Elias Eberman, Gabe Mer­ friendships that will last a life­ noff, Jake Hammarstrom and time. Jackson Mayer, with help from Here are the results for Team Andrew Mattera: Did not win Rhode Island: any games, but their last game Shannon Boucher (delegation head), at rear, Sela Lutterbeck, Sonia Richter, an unidentified teen from Swimming was very close. They, too, en­ another delegation, Gabe Memo.ff, Jacob Hammarstrom, Natalie Westrick, Jackson Mayer, Daniel Natalie Westrick: Did not joyed playing on a team with Rabin, Andrew Mattera (baseball coach and team chaperone), Julia Keizler, Nathan Reed, Noah place, but beat most of her per­ teens from Orange County and Turner, an unidentified teen, Hannah Rossheim, Elias Eberman and another unidentified team from sonal bests. Vancouver, British Columbia, another delegation. Sandra Gamm, Lyndsay Goldstein, Julia Birnbaum and Tiasa Loignon (swim Daniel Rabin: Gold medal, Canada. coach and team chaperone) are not pictured. 200-meter medley relay and sil­ Track and field ver medal, 400-meter medley Sonia Richter: Took four gold, relay. two silver and one bronze med­ MACCABI OFFERS CAMARADERIE Nathan Reed: Bronze medal, al in track and field events. Our 200-meter freestyle relay. baseball team, which joined her BY ANDREW MATTERA terone fill every sport but some­ I brought home from the games: Sandy Gamm: Gold medal, on the last day for the pentath­ [email protected] thing on a completely different a relentless drive to get as many 400-meter medley relay. lon, was able to try new events, level; this is a competition filled teens involved in this wonder­ Lyndsay Goldstein: Gold med­ such as the discus throw and ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Af­ al, 400-meter medley relay and long jump. Jer being offered the chance to with sportsmanship and cama­ ful experience as possible. Ev­ raderie. eryone should have the chance bronze medal, 200-meter free­ Hannah Rossheim: Earning go to the 2013 Maccabi Games, I style relay. a bronze in lacrosse, she played was exfremely excited and kept Every day was filled with to go to these games and I plan sports, games and practices on doing everything I can to get Sela Lutterbeck: Silver med­ on a mixed team with teens an open mind about what to ex­ al, 400-meter medley relay. from Albany, N.Y., Fort Lauder­ pect. and eager teens willing to lis­ as many kids as possible to go. ten to coaches, with attitudes Soccer dale, Fla., Orange County, Suf­ put aside. Evenings, we'd have Andrew Mattera, the base­ Noah Turner: Did not win any folk County, N.Y. and Virginia a party for the kids, whether ball coach for Team Rhode Is­ games with his mixed delega­ Beach, Va. First Person at a beach, an amusement park land's delegation to the Maccabi tion soccer team that included Julia Keizler: Had several or bowling alley. Everyone Games, works in J-Fitness at teens from several California dance numbers during the Nothing could have prepared mingled and made friendships the Alliance JCC. COMPETE 127 me for the fun I had, not only - many that will span the miles with my delegation, but also even after the Maccabi Games with coaches and kids from oth­ ended. er Jewish Community Centers I could write an entire book across the United States and on my experience and the around the world. friends I made; I could go on 1 ..11,,) LJ - -- - - □ a This is not some average com­ and on about how much fun I .-~ ~- petition, where egos and testes- had. Instead, I will tell you what --- - . '. _- - A ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR Lila Delman Real Estate

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Yom Kippur dances elicit fond memories BY SELMA STANZLER too, choices of entertainment Special to The Jewish Voice and recreation. CHICAGO - Memory-sharing Selma Stanzler (sa­ can be a· fun activity. When [email protected]), for­ I was growing up in Provi­ merly of Rhode Island, now dence during the 1940s, a lives in Chicago. highlight of the High Holy Editor's Note: Despite our Days season was the anticipa­ best efforts, we were not able tion of attending the Yorn Kip­ to locate any pictures of these pur night dance. Yorn Kippur dances. How­ It was a stag affair at the ever, Anne Sherman, office Biltmore Hotel - no reserva­ manager for the Rhode Island tions necessary and no food - Jewish Historical Associa­ just good, live music for danc­ tion, recounted this story to ing. Several hundred people The Jewish Voice: "My moth­ typically attended the event er, Zelda Kotler Hanson, told I believe it was sponsored by me about Yorn Kippur dances the Jewish Community Cen­ in the early 1920s. Young men ter, then at 65 Benefit St., in and women would gather Providence, and was targeted during the morning services for the over-17 crowd. on the steps of Congregation The other big dance event Sons of Zion (then on Orms was the Purim Ball, again at Street in Providence - where the Biltmore Hotel in down­ the Providence Marriott is town Providence, complete today). They were looking with candidates running for for dates for the Yorn Kippur Queen Esther. Dance." As the suburbs began Sherman explained that she to thrive, car ownership more didn't know where those prevalent, the demographics dances were held. changed considerably and so,

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The High Holy Days in Jewish cinema Films through the generations - from 'The Jazz Singer' to 'Liberty Heights'

BY JOEL ROSENBERG JNS.org When cinema was still in its youth, Hollywood built a story around the High Holy Days. Its tale was a measure of Jewr y's ties to tradition, but also a gen­ tle sign ofits loss. A sweet and healthy New Year In "The Jazz Singer" (1927), from all of us at America's first feature-length sound film, Jakie Rabinowitz Blackman Insurance Agency is a cantor's son whose father 63 1 Main Street expects him to follow tradition Ea s t Greenwich , RI and stand by his side to chant Kol Nidrei. But as the eve of 401-885-7110 Yorn Kippur approaches, · the father is told that 12-year-old Jakie is singing in a saloon. The cantor angrily fetches him home and gives him a thrash­ ~ WE WELCOME YOU TO HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICES J:==s. ing. Jakie vows to leave home A scene from "The Dybbuk" for good. As the father chants Ros hHashanah A Yom Kippur Wed : ret 4 8 Kol Nidrc Kol Nidrei at shul, the son takes 'ls,b a/ pm Fn- , Sept. I!, 6:45pm to the streets and embarks on a sing Kol Nidrei in place of his fa­ In 1937, Jews in Poland did Thurs ,2~j~!·t303m ~ationA&udasAchlm Sa1. ~:e; 1.~~~u~am F . s · ~ &5, l-Op m life singing jazz. ther. But Yorn Kippur is also the a film version of S. Ansky's n., epl 6, 9, wam / ..- \/ _ , BreakFas1s,1opm Years later, his career on the show's opening night. The fi lm (pseudonym for Shloyme Zanvl rise, his name now changed to constructs a virtual morality Rappapor t) acclaimed Yiddish Old Traditions. New Thinking. play around this dilemma. play, "The Dybbuk." In the Jack Robin (played here by the A Recon structtonlst Synagogue serving Southeastern MA RI I won't tell you the outcome, film, two Hasidic Jews, Sender & great Al J olson, whose life had Rcconstruc1.1 on1St Judaism LS for those who bclie\'C th at inspired the story), he visits but the film would be incom­ and Nisn, are longtime friends trod1tion 1s best preserved through adaptation and change to his parents on his fat her's 60th plete without a Jolson version who meet infrequently dur­ address our needs today birthday, announces he'll soon of Kol Nidrei. It sounds like Kol ing holiday pilgrimages to the 901 North Main St. Attleboro, MA 02703 508:222-2243 [email protected] www.agudas~ a.org be starring on Broadway and Nidrei - but in Jolson's han­ Rebbe ofMiropolye. Once, they hopes to make peace with his dling, the Aramaic-language pledge their yet-unborn chil­ _ ___H_ a.,_P,...Pe...Y .:cN.::.e.:cw_l'i:..:e.::.a.:_r _- L=-'.:.S h.::.a::.:n:.:.a:_7i:..:o.::.~.::.a ____ folks. Jack's mother welcomes lines are radically abridged and dren in marriage. Soon after, ~ J===s him back eagerly, but his fa­ repeated, in effect, Kol Nidrei as Nisn is drowned and Sender, ther orders him to leave. Then, jazz. The film portrays the pass­ preoccupied with money, for­ ing of tradition into a creatively gets his promise. the cantor grows ill and hovers 5773-5774 (2013-2014) Providence, Rhode Island between life and death. Jack's eroded form - symbolic of what Years later, an impoverished mother appears at the Broad­ New World Jews have done with scholar, Khonen, makes his Sei:1tember 2013 October 2013 November 2013 way rehearsals and begs him to the old. FILMS I 28 4 erevros hhashanah 6:57 4 6:05 1 5:23 5 erev 2ndday, after 7:56 11 5:54 8 4:15 6 6:54 18 5:43 15 4:08 13 erevyomkipJ)tl r 6:42 25 5:32 22 4:02 18 erev sukkot 6:33 29 3:59 19 erev2ndday, after 7:31 20 6:30

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Jewish barracks leader, or change of mind?" Trunk won­ Blokowa, suddenly "put a white ~-~-­ dered. "One can only guess Happy New Year! tablecloth over the barrack JEWISH RE5PDN515 that, fearing the inmates would oven, lit some candles and told see how she was overcome with all the Jewish women to walk mNAZI PIRSfCDIIDN emotion by the solemn tones of up and pray... The barrack Kol Nidrei, she would thus be was filled with an unbearable seen in a state of weakness and wailing. The women again saw would consequently lose the their annihilated homes." firm grip she had on them." Trunk's book notes, "Froh To maintain her position as Rohtshtat, the famous violinist a barracks head, the Blokowa from Lodz, was also kept in our needed to forsake all Jewish barracks," and the barracks connections and feeling - and leader "brought in a fiddle and for a few fleeting moments, the asked Froh Rohtshtat to play emotional power of Yorn Kippur Kol Nidrei. She refused, saying had threatened to touch even she couldn't play because her her iron heart. heart was bursting. The Blo­ Dr. Rafael Medoff, founding kowa threatened to beat her ... director of The David S. Wyman if she didn't play. When Froh ish women, yelling, 'Enough! Institute for Holocaust Stud­ Rohtshtat began playing, the ies, wrote, most recently, "FDR Jewish Blokowa suddenly lost You've had enough pleasure!"' "What was the reason for and the Holocaust: A Breach of control and started pushing Faith." us away and clubbing the Jew- the Jewish Blokowa's sudden EDITH H. AJELLO REPRESENTATIVE , DISTRICT 3

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FROMPAGE23 COMPETE Sending my warmest final presentation, including EAST SIDE one very expressive and wishes to Rhode Island's interpretative dance. PHARMACY Jewish community as Julia Birnbaum: Participated you celebrate the New in the final musical theater pre­ sentation, which had everyone Wine and Food ... ~1}Jt~~1><'%"" Year. L'shanah tovah! up and singing along to Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline." We have just the right wine Although the 2013 Maccabi Games and Artsfest of Aug. 4 - for every meal you prepare 9 is still fresh in our memories, we are already planning ahead for the 2014 summer JCC Mac­ East Side Prescription Center Has a Why I read The Jewish Voice cabi Games and Artsfest. We hope to bring 24 teens to De­ Large Selection of Kosher Traditional troit, Mich., on Aug. 17 - 22. "I love The Jewish Voice and I read it from cover to The first informational meet­ and Kosher Varietal Wines in Addition cover. Although I am not Jewish, I often see people ing will be on Sunday, Sept. 29, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. at the Alliance in the paper who I know. I learn something new JCC. Contact Shannon Boucher (sboucher@jewishallianceri. almost every time I read it:' org) or 421-4111, ext. 147, for Catherine Gibran more information. Ba,rington Shannon Boucher is director of children's programs for the Alliance JCC. J 28 I August 30, 2013 ROSH HASHANAH The Jewish Voice

~ROM PAGE 25 FILMS way to Brinitz, Sender's town, cast down, just as they reach Foster, respectively) and their where, as a Sabbath guest at celestial heights. As this point relations with gentile girls. Sender's, he instantly falls in in the sermon, Sender and Nisn Levinson's framing the story love with Sender's daughter inopportunely try to inform inside the Jewish New Year and Leah, who loves him in return. him of their pact. Nate's Cadillac ritual is impor­ Warm wishes The father, unaware that Kho­ When, a generation later, tant. The Kurtzmans are nomi­ from Hadassah nen is the son of his long-de­ Khonen fantasizes a union with nally observant Jews - perhaps parted friend, is determined to his tieloved Leah, he refers to it even Orthodox, but in a laid­ for a sweet betroth Leah to the richest suit­ as "the Holy of Holies." In ret­ back, assimilated way. Though or he can find. Desperate to win rospect, the sermon becomes Nate's wife shows remnants of New Year Leah's hand, Khonen immerses a prophecy of Khonen's disas­ clannishness, the Kurtzmans himself in kabbalistic magic trous fall. But "The Dybbuk" are open to the winds of change. so he can conjure up barrels of never ceases to exalt the lovers' While both the New Year and gold. Intensely ascetic, Khonen bond, though the rabbi and his the "new car year" are equally L'Shanah Tovah grows ever more unbalanced, court try their best to undo it. important to Nate, their overlap and when Leah's engagement to The holiest moment of Yorn Kip­ seems a portrait of the tradi­ Hadassah New England a rich man's son is announced, pur, though fraught with catas­ tion's loosening grip since the he calls on Satan for help, then trophe, remains a symbol for days of "The Jazz Singer." Check out our new programs and events at keels over and dies. When Leah the resistance of these lovers to Even "The Dybbuk," flawless www.hadassah.org. For more information. call is later about to be married, she a world enslaved by money and as its command of pre-modern 781.455.9055 or email nenngilvldOhadassah.Dlll. becomes possessed by her dead class. tradition had been, was the ,_ ht1!)s1/www.l1cebook.-Nawfnglan:l lover's spirit. Her father takes A third film, Barry Levin­ creation of Jewish moderns: her to Miropolye, where he pe­ son's "Liberty Heights" (1999), playwright Ansky had been a titions the rabbi to exorcise the is a nostalgic comedy about secularist and socialist revo­ wayward soul. growing up Jewish in 1950s Bal­ lutionary, folklorist, and hu­ The film, one of the last great timore, Md. It both opens and manitarian activj.st. The film's cultural products of Polish closes on Rosh Hashanah, when creators were immersed in HADASSAH SIN CE 1912 PARTNERS WITH ISRAEL FOR LIFE Jewry, is a rich portrait of pre­ the Kurtzman family custom­ avant-garde theater and Ex­ I . modern Jewish life and custom. arily attend synagogue. Nate pressionist idioms, and director llc0>cC/ol\Ul§1t lEcdl\UlCC@\1lJ1(0>][l\ /or of the High Priest in ancient els are on display. Each year, just their deep awareness (hid­ times - if an impure thought Nate trades in his Caddy for a den in "The Dybbuk") of the lRtte§co>1uurccce coemntce1r co>1fl1Ut(O)(dce ll§ll

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No ancient culture was without has matured into the quintes­ mus1c1ans, there was a Jew­ does this explain such its musical accompaniments. sential instrument of emotional ish tradition in the 19th cen­ gifted 20th-century Music was central to the reli­ expression. On most days, the tury that every young person pianists as Vladimir gious ritual of these many civi­ violin is merely a musical in­ (primarily, but not exclusively, Horowitz, Emil Gilels, lizations as well as companion strument. But sometimes, but boys) be literate in Scriptures Arthur Rubinstein, Artur Sch­ to their recurring events - mar­ sometimes, in the hands of a and, additionally, be able to play nabel and a battalion of oth­ riages, births, deaths, warfare virtuoso, it becomes trans­ the violin. Not every family had ers equally talented? Why are and -the periodic appeasement formed and exceeds its most a violin, and not every family there so many Jewish concert of their gods. promising self - it sobs, it be­ passed along to their sons the artists, whether playing at a Stringed instruments such as guiles, it murmurs, it sings manifold intricacies of fiddling. Minsk wedding, on ah roof or the harp or the lute were clear­ with a celestia,l voice that would But a sufficient number of Jew­ upon Carnegie Hall's center ly documented in the earliest humble the angels. Its eloquent ish mothers emphasized violin stage? Neither geneticists, accounts of sounds become supremely sen­ practice over daydreaming and ethnologists, sociolo­ these primi­ . suous, even vaguely erotic. It so the world has been blessed gists nor those who tive civiliza­ speaks as no other musical con­ with generations upon gen­ simply speculate· tions. The trivance possibly can. erations of amazing virtuosi, for a living have strings for By the 19th century, the vio­ inspired musicians - predomi­ a satisfactory these instru­ lin had become the leading folk nantly, but not exclusively, men answer. ments were instrument of Eastern Europe. - who have brought the world to In the words fashioned The family violin was a cher­ cherish fine fiddling. of my grand- from the pro­ ished possession that was quite Their names? Leo­ Of Science cessed fibers portable in the event of forced pold Auer, Joshua derived from migration. Bell, Eta Cohen, Jas­ &Society the intes- It became the favorite instru­ cha Heifitz, Broni­ tines of cat­ ment of the shtetl Jews, the Ro­ slaw Huberman, Slanley Aronson tle and then mani gypsies and the roman­ Alma Rose, Alexan­ po sitioned tically inclined Hungarians. der Schneider, Gil in a parallel array with each Although some rabbis mildly Shaham, Isaac Stern, string tightened to produce an disapproved of the instrument, Mischa Elman, Ilona mother: "So assigned musical note. The art the violin "spoke Yiddish" to Feher, Leonid Kogan, Yehudi don't com- of constructing the stringed make a grandmother cry. Menuhin, Nathan Milstein, Da­ plain; just en­ instrument now called the vio­ And why did some rabbis ob­ vid Oistrakh, Itzhak Perlman, joy!" lin is said to have begun in the ject? Joseph Szigeti, Efrem Zimbalist northern Italian city of Cre­ Because one of its uses was as and Pinchas Zukerman. (These Stanley mona with the creative labors the lead istrument in traveling are some names that I recall.) M. Aron­ of -a 16th-century luthier (lute klezmer groups composed of Why were there so many gift­ son, M.D. maker) named Andrea Amati. increasingly secular musicians ed violinists among the Jews of (smamd@ His sons continued the family who sometimes joined with Ro­ Eastern Europe? Some say that cox.net) is art and attracted many appren­ mani musicians to bring joyous it was because grand pianos a Provi­ tices, including Antonio Stradi­ entertainment to the stressed were too expensive and certain­ dence resi­ vari and Andrea Guarneri, to rural communities of Eastern ly too heavy to move· when the dent. their workshop. Europe. family was confronted with an Over the centuries, the violin But beyond these klezmer imminent pogrom. Then how

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HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH - FROM - ATTORN EY GE N ERAL PETER F. KILMARTIN A nother creative sukkah - Fractured Bubble by Henry Grosman and Babak Bryan

FROMPAGE29 SUKKAH to coming up with these amaz­ a little kid. I grew up as an ath­ them with an audience." ing designs, 12 of which are re­ lete, and hearing stories about Q: What insight do you alized in the film." [Major League Baseball Hall hope viewers gain on Sukkot Q: Which phase of the Suk­ of Fame pitcher) Sandy Kou­ and the competition? kah City event represents fax was really important. Al­ A: "The film is not just about the climax of your film? ways knowing who is Jewish the holiday of Sukkot, it's not A: "I think the different parts and involved in this film, or in simply about the sukkah. It's of the film are all equally in­ this business, or in this base­ also about creativity. It's also teresting. The 'jury' section ball team - it's something that about how we as Jews continue is fascinating because you get · we as Jews always do. We take to find meaning in ancient tra­ some of the most intelligent and pride in the accomplishments dition and how Judaism is what creative architects, academics of fellow Jews, of Jewish life seems like an endless desk for May we all join hands as a and critics in the architecture, and Jewish civilization. As I got interpretation and reinterpre­ nation and work together design and art world, debating into documentary filmmaking, tation. And sort of the ways these submissions. ... I see some very interesting that we can continue to draw in the New Year to foster "Second, what you didn't get aspects, some characters, some meaning and inspiration and peace, faith and love for by attending the Sukkah City subjects in the contemporary relevance, from a tradition that each other. exhibition were all these back­ Jewish experience, it makes me is thousands and thousands ground stories from the archi­ want to learn more about them, of years old. And that's what I tects on how they came up with whether it's Dmitry Salita or think people can get from this the designs, what sparked their the Sukkah City design com­ film. I think it's a film that on interest in even applying for petition and exhibition. It's just the one hand is informative, this competition. They read the me following my curiosity to and then also inspirational." original rules from the Talmud learn about ... interesting proj­ Representative Steven S. Howitt on what the sukkah can and ects, and to ultimately share can't be. These designers were 4th Bristol District, Massachusetts all intrigued and inspired by different aspects of the rules. Paid for by the Committee to Elect Steven Howitt "The third piece, the installa- NEW BEDFORD PO Box 88 Seekonk MA 02771 www.StevenHowitt.com tion and the exhibition, that's .. . capturing this event that was .. . in Union Square, one of the bus­ iest spaces in North America. - ~l.'E.I-" _... Seeing the people of New York . ·.. _ 111111~--·- ,, ~0 and elsewhere coming here and 11111111111-,. -~fv- ,. '. • I·- 111~• _! ,,c" ·- C • interacting with these struc­ '··' • ·-l)B . r .... ✓ tures, and with each other, .. -11·. ~i~ . .• ,.., A satisfied reader says ... . :"' . . .. learning about the sukkah and ,' . ...- -::- - ~~~ choosing their favorite. "As a film, it's offering these - w,i.!- ..- :-- different pieces of this one 1rpa[escent Jfome [ spend time every year in Baltimore, Md., and some project, and I think it's really Kosheifadlity for short orJong·term care time in Connecticutt. Iread Jewish publications from interesting from start to finish Baltimore and New London, Conn.; they cannot because of that." Skilled nursing care Hospice care compare with Rhode Island's Jewish Voice & Herald. If Q: You previously directed Medical services Rehabilitative services • you want real substance in your newspaper, The Jewish "Orthodox Stance," the docu­ mentary on Orthodox Jewish· 1· ,.,. =-•"' ·~~,. ·~·" . Voice & Herald is your paper. boxer Dmitry Salita. What A Kosher Jewish facility has drawn you to make films ::J on Jewish topics? Cliff Lander A: "Jewish culture and Jew­ ew Bedford Jewish Convalescent Home Fall River, Mass. ish life have always been im­ 00 Hawthorn Strut New Bedford, MA 0274-0 portant to me, ever since I was 508.997.9314 • Fax: 508-996-3664 J 34 I August 30, 2013 OBITUARIES. The Jewish Voice

Grace K. (Ke11iso1) Alpert, 13 er Rhode Island, 401 Elmgrove chine Company in Providence. principal of S. Granoff Mfg., of Framingham, Mass. and Au­ PROVIDENCE - Grace Alpert Ave., Providence, RI 02906. He then created Eastern Wire an innovator in the design and drey Brisson and her husband died Aug. 22. She was the wife Saby Gadol, 80 Products Company. production of yarns and tex­ Robert of Coventry. The brother of Wesley Alpert for 45 years. He was a member of Temple tiles. Thereafter, he was proud of Leonard Greenberg of War­ PAWTUCKET - Saby Gadol Born in Providence, a daughter Beth-El and was known for be­ to work for Granoff Associates. wick, Deborah Gordon of Har­ died Aug. 16. He was the hus­ ing a kind, fair-minded mentor He served his country in risburg, Pa. and David Green­ of the late Samuel and Bertha band of Joan (Strauss) Gadol for (Sherman) Kennison, she was a who enjoyed being anonymous­ World War II with a rank of berg of Cranston, he was the 51 years. ly charitable. sergeant. He saw action in the grandfather of Matthew, Jared, lifelong resident of.the city. Born in Manila, Philippines, A 1951 graduate of Pembroke He was the father of two European Theatre and in North Marissa and Lindsey. a son of the late Leon and Su­ sets of twins: Charles Granoff Africa with the 389th Bomber Contributions may be made College, she received her mas­ sanne (Crespi) Gadol, he had ter's degree from Boston Uni­ of Newton, Mass., and Rick Squadron. to Temple Torat Yisrael, 1251 lived in Rhode Island since versity. She was a clinical Granoff (Marcy Granoff) of Upon returning from the ser­ Middle Road, East Greenwich, ·1962. He owned and operated psychologist with the State of Cranston; and Faye (Granoff) vice, he met, courted and mar­ RI 02818 or the charity of one's the former F & F Braid Co in Rhode Island. Stolzman (Robert I. Stolzman) ried Frances Taber. Setting choice. Pawtucket and later in Fall and Dr. Sara Granoff-Schor (Dr. high standards, he led by exam­ A member of the board of The River, Mass., before retiring in Samuel M. Holtzman, 59 Miriam Hospital, she was a Charlie Schor) of Providence. ple; he was intelligent, devoted 1996. WARWICK - Samuel Holtzman member of Temple Beth-El, Ha­ He was the grandfather of Jona­ and courageous. He was a member of Temple than and Jamie Granoff of New The family thanks his care­ died Aug. F- He was the hus­ dassah and ORT. Emanu-El and the Jewish Com­ band of Marilyn E. McKeever. She was the sister of the late York, and Nora Stolzman and givers Lucy, Melanie, Walter, munity Center. Jenna Schor of Providence. He Mae, Barry, Marco and Mi­ Born in Sharon, Mass., he Bettye Gold. He leaves his wife, his chil­ was a son of the late Herman Contributions may be made is also survived by his sister chelle. dren, Alan (Sheryl) Gadol and Evelyn Hornstein (Abner Horn­ Contributions may be made and Laura (Ventura) Holtzman. to Jewish Family Service, 959 Jim (Hui Tin) Gadol; and his He had been an adjunct fac­ North Main St., Providence, RI stein) and many nieces and to the Minyan Fund at Temple siblings, Fanny Acriche (Leon), nephews. Beth-El, 70 Orchard Ave., Prov­ ulty member of the math/ phys­ 02904. Ralph Gadol and Elsie Scheine. ics department of New England NicoteBa■ m Shivah will be observed at 183 idence, RI 02906. The grandfather of Hayley and George St., Providence, Thurs­ Institute of Technology since ALBANY, N.Y. - Nicole Baum Ben, he was the brother of the day, Aug. 29, from 7 p.m. - 9 Pbilip Greenberg, 80 1986. An educator for the War­ of Albany died Aug. 16. She was late Jaime Gadol. p.m., and Friday, Aug. 30, from WARWICK - Philip Greenberg wick School Department, he the wife of Henry M. Baum for Contributions may be made to 2- 6p.m. died Aug. 26. He was the hus­ was a science educator at Pil­ more than 57 years. Home & Hospice Care of RI, 1085 Contributions may be made band of Anita (Pollock) Green­ grim High School from 1980 Born in Metz, France, she re­ North Main St., Providence, RI to Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard berg of Warwick. They were until 2001, science department sided in Long Beach, N.Y. for 50 02904. Ave., Providence, RI 02906. married for 60 years. head at Gorton High School years before moving to Albany. Marvin L. Gra■ off, 87 Born in Providence, a son of until 2006 and science depart­ She was an amazing woman, WARWICK - Marvin Granoff Sa11 ■ el Granoff, 95 the late Max and Fay (Glick­ ment head at Toll Gate High strong, determined and inspi­ died Aug. 27. He was the hus­ PAWTUCKET - Samuel Granoff man) Greenberg, he had lived School and Winman Junior rational who made a difference band of Molly died Aug. 21. He is survived by in Warwick for more than 50 High School from 2008 until in so many lives. (Kadsivitz) his wife of 66 years, Frances years. 2012, when he retired. He was a She was the mother of Sharon Granoff for 62 (Taber) Granoff. He was involved in retail member of the Warwick Teach­ and her husband Alan Gaines years. Born in Providence, he was management and sales for more ers Union and was its president of Cranston, Debbie and her Born Dec. the second eldest child of the than 30 years, retiring in 1999. from 2006-08. husband Ron Zucker of Albany, 10, 1925, he late Louis and Edith (Samdper­ He was a Korean Conflict A graduate of Barrington and the late Doreen Randi and was the son il) Granoff. Army veteran, serving in Ko­ College, he received his mas­ her surviving husband Philip of the late He is also rea. ter's of education-secondary Holmes of Vienna, Va. She was Jacob and survived by A member of Temple Torat school administration from the grandmother of Benjamin, Fay (Kadish) his daugh­ Yisrael and its Men's Club, he Providence College in 1991, and Alexander and Zachary Gaines, Granoff. He grew up in Provi- ter Merle G. also served on the synagogue's his master's of science in labor Cara Zucker and her husband dence and served in Shaer and his board of directors. A member of and industrial relations from Nick Henley, Evan Zucker, and son Loren; Jewish War Veterans the University of Rhode Island - the U.S. Navy dur­ in 1999. He was a saxophonist Steven and Lauren Holmes. ing World War II as his grand- ~ Post 23, Touro Fra- in the dance band, "New York What we learned from her a 20mm gunner on children Ela­ ~ ternal Association, Minute." He was an educator, was not how much was taken a merchant ship, the William na K. Shaer South Providence leader, friend, husband, father away but how much was left. Windon, and a tanker, the Fort and Marc P. Hebrew Free Loan and Chessed and musician. Contributions may be made George. Shaer; his Shel Amess, he volunteered for He was the father of Laura to the American Cancer Society He was one of the founders of sister Beverly Meals on Wheels, Chaver, the M . McKeever-Holtzman or the Jewish Alliance of Great- the Swiss Automatic Screw Ma- Satloff, his brother Leonard Louis and Goldie Chester Full and many nephews. He was the Plate Kosher Food Pantry and of Brooklyn, N.Y.,' Jessica brother of the late George Sid­ Jewish Eldercare of Rhode Is­ L. McKeever-Holtzman of ney and father-in-law of the late lanrl. Warwick and Samantha William H. Shaer. 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LIFE CYCLES Visiting the mikveh following father's death Woman finds connections to ancient traditions BY DEBRA RUBIN dinarily difficult ordeal, said ther and non-Jewish mother, But her rabbi, Michael Lezak since she was "already ui{ques­ (JTA) - Susan Esther Barnes Barnes, who wrote about the Barnes had converted to Juda­ of Rodef Sholom in San Rafael, tionably Jewish." He also asked had had a rough two years. experience on her Religious ism about two decades ago but Calif., often encourages people her "to look at the stairs lead­ Her father's death in April 2011 and Reform blog. had never dipped in the ritual who are facing a transition or ing out of the mikveh and to see came as a shock; she hadn't When she received a Jetter in waters. "Twenty years ago, it a traumatic time to visit the them as stairs leading to the even known he had been hospi­ May telling her that her duties wasn't really something that mikveh. It helps them "to real­ next chapter of my life." talized. And his widow's leav­ as executor were completed, the came up in Reform conver­ ize they're not alone, that the The mikvah attendant stood ing town for a week complicated Novato, Calif., resident was re­ sions," she says. Holy One walks them into the by, declaring "kasher" (kosher) plans for his funeral and burial. lieved. Nor had she visited the water," Lezak said. "The water after each dunk. As executor ofhis will, Barnes "It felt like such a point of mikveh when her rabbi suggest­ has transformational power." For Barnes, the immersion discovered that the money in transition," Barnes, a consul­ ed it before her Jewish wedding Lezak accompanied her to marked an end to dealing with bank accounts that were to go tant for public agencies, told in 2008 (she and her husband a mikveh in San Francisco the knowledge that she had to her and her sister had been JTA. "When I got that Jetter, I were married civilly in 2003). on July 19. Standing behind a missed her father's final days transferred to someone else. wanted to mark the occasion." "I don't want some stranger slightly ajar door, Lezak talked and the ensuing difficulties in­ All in all, it was an extraor- The mikveh sprang to mind. seeing me naked," Barnes, 49, to her prior to each blessing volving his estate. "There's def­ The daughter of a Jewish fa- remembers thinking. that accompanied her three im­ initely a clear line between then mersions into the water. and now; I'm whole now." He reminded her of their "I cried through the whole FROM PAGE 34 OBITUARIES congregational visit to Israel, thing. I didn't feel sad. It just felt where they saw the mikveh at powerful," she said. "I felt con­ E. McKeever-Holtzman of and her grandchildren Ian Mi­ (Kristen) Mer of Warwick, Masada, telling her she was nected to an ancient tradition." Warwick; and the brother chael, Colin, Skyler, Camden Becky Mer of Lincoln, Andrew connected to thousands of of Joseph Holtzman, Stan and Chelsea. and Kara Deming of Fort Col-. years of history. He emphasized If you know of a lifecycle event Holtzman, Esta Barcohana, Contributions may be made to !ins, Aaron (Angela) Stormo that she was doing the conver­ that would make a great story, Virginia Holtzman, Reba the Jewish Community Center of Rochester, Leah (Will Soles) sion blessing solely for herself, email [email protected]. Holtzman, Cynthia Holtzman, of Rhode Island, 401 Elmgrove Stormo of Rochester, Ethan David Holtzman and Robert Ave., Providence, RI 02906. and Noah Skelskie of New York Holtzman. City; and great-grandchildren Contributions may be made to MariOI Tllorato ■ Skelskie, 88 Zohar, Nathan, Collin and Au­ Pancreatic Cancer Research at ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Marion drey Mer, Elizabeth Stormo; .NOTICE! Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Skelskie, formerly of the Boston siblings, Mary Lou Wittman 10 Brookline Place, West 6th and Cape Cod areas of Massa­ of North East, Pa., and David Lincoln Park Cemetery and its offices Floor, Brookline, MA 02445. chusetts, died Aug. 24. Thornton of North East; and will be closed on observance of the following holidays: She was pre­ many nieces, nephews, great­ Lola (Cohen) Schwartz, 83 deceased by nieces and great-nephews. PROVIDENCE --Lola Schwartz" her husband Marion touched many lives; Thursday, September 5: First Day of Ro sh Hashanah died Aug. 16. She was the wife of of 54 years, she stood up for her beliefs and Friday, September 6: Second Day of Rosh Ha shanah Irving Schwartz. Stanley Skel­ worked tirelessly to make her Thursday, September 19: First Day of Sukkot Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the skie, and her community a better place. Ex­ Friday, September 20: Seco nd Day of Sukkot daughter of the late Moe and brothers, Rob­ tending compassion to all, she Thursday, September 26: Shemini Atzeret Sadie (Prinz) Cohen, she had ert Thornton, was a dedicated volunteer and Friday, September 27: Si mchat Torah been a resident of Providence Ronald Thorn­ held leadership posts within the since 1955. She was the former ton . and Roger Thornton. She Jewish community. executive dir ector of the Jewish is survived by her children, Donations may be made to Lincoln Park Cemetery Community Center of Rhode Barbara (Benjamin) Mer of Lin­ ThyCa, PO Box 964, Chester­ 1469 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02888 Island and a member of Temple coln, J.udi (Frank) Deming ·of field, MO 63006 (indicate Medul­ Telephone 401-737-5333 Fax 401-732-1293 Beth-El. Fort Collins, Colo., Cindy (Joe) lary Thyroid Cancer Research Besides her husband, she is DeFalco of Rochester and Ar­ Fund) thyca.org., or Southern survived by her children Pe­ thur (Nan Molofsky) Skelskie of Poverty Law Center, 400 Wash­ ter Schwartz and his wife Lin­ New York.City. · ington Ave., Montgomery, AL 14 Years ofDedicated Seruice da of Bedford, N.H. and Erna She leaves her grandchil­ 36104, splcenter.org. Schwartz Place and her hus­ dren Nadav (Dara Wald) Mer band Bob of Needham, Mass.; of Chandler, Ariz., Daniel Dodgeville Hebrew Cemetery is site ofmemorial service ATTLEBORO, Mass. - ·con­ . shanah (Sept. 5 and 6) and Yorn bringing back the memories of gregation Agudas Achim, the Kippur, the Day of Atonement, those who mean so much to us." Reconstructionist synagogue (Sept. 14) are a traditional time This service is co-sponsored, in Attleboro, will hold its an­ for Jews to visit cemeteries. in part, by Dyer Lake Funeral nual memorial service at the "This time of year is . . . for Home, which is providing seat­ The 104-year-old cemetery in Dod­ remembering and holding ing and supplies for the event. Only LocalFmnily-Owned geville, Mass., on Sunday, Sept. close all of our loved ones, past The community is invited to JewishFwteralHome in Rhode Island 8, at 10 a.m. The congregation and present," said Rabbi Elyse attend. The cemetery is located will remember the names of Wechterman, in a synagogue off Route 152 just past the Dod­ congregants and family mem­ press release. "Our relation­ geville soccer fields, behind bers who have died and recite ships with people who have died Hillside Cemetery. 11.00 .New London Avenue memorial prayers on their be­ never ends, they just change ... For more information, con­ Cranston, RI 02920 half. It is a bittersweet ceremony, but tact the synagogue at 508-222- Tel.: 463-7771 The days between Rosh Ha- I emphasize the sweetness of 2243 or agudasma.org. Toll-free: 1-877-463-7771

www.Sl1ulo1nMe n•oricilC hnuel.co11, Sharon Memorial Park holds annual memorial service S hnlon1.C hnµ[email protected] SHARON, Mass. - Sharon Memorial Park will rial Park, the event, which is open to the entire host its 65th annual memorial service on Sun­ community, honors the memory of loved ones Mich11el LJ Smi1h Ad,un (, Smilh day, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m., at the Jacob Grossman and the six million Jews Jost in the Holocaust. 1 icc11M.•d I um•r,.il l>irc..:t(1r I 1..;,:n~t."d l'uncr.tl l)irc,;tor Memorial Chapel in the Woods. Sharon Memorial Park is at 120 Canton St., Rabbi Judith Kummer and Cantor Irving Sharon.

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D'VARTORAH DAYS OF AWE Best Wishes! Awe resonates in the Jewish soul BY RABBI AMY LEVIN with God. world from his towering per­ Special to The Jewish Voice A number of verses in Chap­ spective. As adults, our awe of We have two terms to de- ter 19 of Leviticus repeat the fol­ God can evoke similar feelings scribe the season of the Jewish lowing phrase: "You shall be in of trust and security. year that will peak in inten­ awe of your God, I am Adonai." In Deuteronomy 10:12 we Before each such phrase is a read, "And now, Israel, what JOSHUA A Strong Voice. A Proven Leader. sity within days. We call it the "High Holidays" and the "Days mitzvah that establishes a stan­ does Adonai your God demand Working for the Residents of District 28, of Awe" (yamim nora'im). I dard of sensitivity to others: of you? Only this: to revere Ado­ MILLER Cranston and Providence. much prefer the latter term, the "You shall not defraud your fel­ nai your God, to walk only in STATE SENATE Days of Awe - because Judaism low" (Lev. 19:13). "You shall not His paths and to love Him." www.joshuamiller.org doesn't really have a concept of insult the deaf or put a stum­ As much as God commands a holiday being "high." I'm not bling block before the blind" awe in us, startlingly, God also even sure how I would explain (Lev. 19:14). "You shall rise seeks it from us. in Jewish terms what a High before the aged and show def­ In some contexts, the Hebrew Holy Day is. erence to the ol_d" (Lev. 19:32). root yod-resh-aleph can mean The concept of Days of Awe, In each of these instances, the fear. We see this in Psalm 27, on the other hand, resonates next words are: "You shall be in which we recite daily through deeply in the Jewish soul. Awe awe of your God, I am Adonai." the season of repentance that has been an element of Jew­ The connection between awe began on the first day: "Adonai Silverman ish existence from the outset. and respect for every human is my light and my help. Whom .• .• Rabbi Abraham Joshua Hes­ being is profound. It is awe, it is shall I fear?" But the Torah •• chel teaches us that "Ultimate knowing the world through the uses the same Hebrew verb • • STAFFING & RECRUITING meaning and ultimate wisdom high ground of the perspective to exhort us to stand in awe of •• are not found within the world of God, that gives us the aware­ God, rather than to fear God. As •• but in God, and the only way to ness to cherish every individual Rabbi Heschel points out, "Awe, wisdom ... is through our rela­ human being we encounter. unlike fear, does not make us Administrative· Creative· Marketing tionship to God. That relation­ Rabbi Abraham Joshua He­ shrink from the awe-inspiring ship is awe. The beginning of schel writes, "The awe that we object, but, on the contrary, Staffing and Recruiting Specialists sense or ought to sense when draws us near to it." 401.632.0580 wisdom, says the psalmist, is awe of Adonai. Awe is the per­ standing in the presence of a Awe, taught Rabbi Heschel, [email protected] ceptual equivalent of climbing human being is a moment of in­ is the sense of wonder and hu­ mility inspired by the sublime Faye L. Silverman to the top of a hill in order to tuition for the likeness of God or felt in the presence of mys­ Managing Partner acquire a bird's-eye view. Awe which is concealed in his es­ tery. Awe is the acquisition of opens up to us the possibility sence." of attaining the comprehensive With awe as the dynamic of insights that the world holds in store for us. Forfeit your sense perspective that would allow our relationship with God, it is of awe, let your conceit dimin­ "Connecting us to see the whole and not just fascinating that the Torah uses ish your ability to revere, and the parts ... the forest, and the the same term for our relation­ the universe becomes noth­ trees." ship with our parents - "Each ing .more than a commercial The range of memories, emo­ person shall be in awe of his or Great People with marketplace. Awe is the key to tions, associations, experienc­ her mother and his or her fa­ wisdom and perspective. Awe es, sensations that is all part ther." As children, it is our par­ is the key to helping us see the of our existence is impossible ents who have the big picture; divine in each other. Awe is the Great Companies" to take in all at once .. . unless it is our parents' perspective of key to understanding our world we climb to the top of the moun­ life and the world that give us a and our place in it. Awe is the tain of awe and attempt to com­ sense of security and a sense of key to our relationship with prehend it through the wider belonging. As small children, God. perspective of our relationship we are thrilled to sit on our www.silvermanmcgovern.com father's shoulders and see the These are, indeed, our Days 284 W. Exchange St. Providence, RI 02903 of Awe. We are going to practice what Jane Wagner. - perhaps best known · as Lily Tomlin's comedy writer, collaborator and life partner - dubbed "awe­ robics." I pray that each of us in our respective communities will at­ W\\w.BonnieSellsHouses.com tain wisdom and perspective, mutual regard and a sense of belonging ... and, most of all, a # I Coldwell Banker deeper relationship with God. Residential Brokerage Agent in Rl for 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Rabbi Amy Levin (ravlevin@ gmail.com) is rabbi at Temple Torat Yisrael in East Green­ wich, the Conservative syna­ gogue in East Greenwich. Rabbi Levin is president of The Board of Rabbis of Greater Rhode Is­ land. RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE Editor's Note: Rabbis from the The Board of Rabbis of Greater Rhode Island volunteer to sub­ Bonnie Kaplan mit a d'var Torah for nearly ev­ L'SHANAH TOVAH ery issue of The Jewish Voice. 401-374-4488 We appreciate their contribu­ tions and welcome hearing TIKATEVU from other rabbis who might be interested as well. * SENATOR * gaylegoldin.com District 3 • East Side theJewlshvolce.org COMMUNITY August 30, 2013 I 37

The best of Camp JORI and Israel JORI launches new initiative with BBYO

BY NOAH PRIZANT Special to The Jewish Voice JERUSALEM - As a partici­ pant in Camp JORI's Israel trip, I didn't know what to expect. To my surprise, the program went far beyond my expectations. The opportunity to spend four weeks in Israel was offered to teens, ages 15 and 16, who had "graduated" from JORI - we were too old to be campers and too young to be counselors. It was a way to extend our camp­ ing experience while doing Teens frolic in the Dead Sea. something completely different. The Israel trip was done through BBYO, a pluralistic became close friends; although ing on the Jordan, doing wa­ program initially felt awk­ think of no better way to pre­ movement for Jewish teens. it didn't seem that I could grow ter sports in the Red Sea and ward to me. But, we shared a pare myself to be a Canp JORI BBYO, which has been running any closer to my JORI friends, I climbing sand dunes in the Ne­ strong bond from going to Is­ counselor next year. the program for many years, did. I soon realized that we had gev. Every day was packed with rael and our time at JORI al­ This summer has been one of now has it down to a science. the perfect balance - spending something new to anticipate. lowed us to reminisce and de­ the best of my life and, for that, The activities were all planned time with camp friends and By the end of our four weeks, brief. We weren't campers and I can thank Camp JORI, BBYO well and very reliable. meeting new people, who were no one wanted to leave. Parting we weren't counselors, we were and all the amazing people I Our group included 45 teens - to become almost as close as if with our new friends was hard, stuck in between. However, as met along the way. 15 from JORI and the rest were we'd been visiting them every but we knew that we would see the 12-day program progressed, strangers. Although at first summer for years. our camp friends - who had I started to love my position. I Noah Prizant (Noah.Prizant@ it felt strange for me to be liv­ In visiting the traditional stayed at JORI - again soon. was assigned to one cabin and wheelerschool.org), a Cranston ing with 14 of my closest JORI tourist sites - the Kotel and After a week or so at home, we I helped with activities, but I resident, is the son of Barry Pri­ friends and 30 strangers in a Masada, the Dead Sea and Ein headed back to Camp JORI to could hang out with my CIT zant and Elaine Meyer. He will foreign country, the awkward Gedi, and more - we saw much become counselors-in-training, friends and have as much fun be a junior at Wheeler School in feelings quickly vanished. By of the country. In addition, we CITs. as I did as a camper. It became Providence this fall. the end of the first week, we all had our share of active fun raft- Being in its infancy, the CIT a perfect balance and I could

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ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA - Bob and Micki Silverman with them when they visited Scotland, Wales and SCOTLAND - Phyllis B. Solod and Joan Coken, of Warwick, visited St John, New Brunswick, Canada, with thei; London, from July 29 through Aug. 8. both residents of Warwick, took a copy of The children and grandchildren on the Carnival Glory to celebrate Jewish Voice & Herald (now The Jewish Voice) their 45th wedding anniversary. The couple will celebrate their actual anniversary Sept. 15.

BOARD APPOINTMENT - John Landry, vice chair of the editorial board of The Jewish Voice, has been named to the board of Jewish Outreach JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT - Susan Institute, a nonprofit Jacobs, of North Easton, Mass., organization that reaches out is sworn in as an associate to unengaged and intermarried justice of the Massachusetts Jewish families, and helps the Probate and Family Court organized Jewish community by Robert Marchand, an better welcome them. attorney from Fall River, Raised Catholic and a convert Mass., on Monday, Aug. 19, at to Judaism, Landry, his wife the Colonel Blackinton Inn Rochelle and their two sons be­ in Attleboro, Mass. Jacobs long to Temple Beth-El, the Re­ was previously a partner in form synagogue in Providence. the Attleboro-based Volterra, An independent business Goldberg & Jacobs law firm. writer and occasional contribu­ John Landry tor to The Jewish Voice, Landry Susan Jacobs and Robert Marchand is a resident of Providence.

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ENGAGEMENT - Carol and Alan Friedman of West Warwick are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Lauren Beth Friedman of Pom­ pano Beach, Fla., to Richard Scott Koblick, also of Pompano Beach. Lauren, a graduate of the University of South Florida, received her master's degree in nonprofit management from the University of Central Florida. She is director of membership and special events at the Adolf and Rose Levis Jewish Commu­ nity Center in Boca Raton, Fla. Lauren is the granddaughter of Shirley and Murray Fried­ man of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and Phyllis Goldberg of West Palm Beach, Fla., and the late Norman Goldberg. Richard is a graduate of Flor­ ida State University with a B.S. in finance. He is vice president of Feller Financial Services - ING Financial Partners. He is the son of Janice and Mark Koblick of Coral Springs, Fla., and the grandson of Gloria BIRTH - Makayla Erica Lindberg was born June 18. Her parents Koblick and the late Mac Ko­ are Meredith and Brian Lindberg of Warwick and her big sister is blick, and the late Irving and Samarah Elizabeth Lindberg, age 2. Liza Ort. Makayla is the granddaughter of Sanford and Fran Fink of Lauren and Richard are plan­ Warwick, Richard and Francine Denerstein of Lincoln and Lake Lauren Beth Friedman and Richard Scott Koblick ning an October 2014 wedding. Worth, Fla., and Karen Lindberg and the late Eric Lindberg of East Greenwich.

BAR MITZVAH - Yonah Elisha Padowitz, of Ra­ mat Beit Shemesh, Is­ This year, give your rael, became a bar mitz­ loved one the vah on June 12. meaningful lifestyle The son of Rabbi Joel and Shelly Padowitz they want...with the and grandson of Dr. quality personal services Michael and Andrea Kaplan Lieberman they need . of North Bellemere, N.Y., Yonah is the el­ dest great-grandson of Esther Koffler Kaplan of Commack, Long Is­ land, N.Y., formerly of Pawtucket, and the late Rabbi Philip Kaplan. Guests came from Assisted Living - Memory Care ~EI G H LAN D S Toronto, Ontario, Can­ High Standards. Higher Hopes. ada; Johannesburg, ON THE EAST SIDE South Africa; New York 101 Highland Ave (Near Miriam Hospital), Providence www.HighlandsRl.com 401-654-5259 and California for the Yon.ah Elisha Padowitz with his great­ three-day simcha. grandmother, Esther Koffler Kaplan b.® •savings on 1 & 2-bedroom Assisted Living apartments

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