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JEWISH Volume XIX, Issue XV I thejewishvoice.org Serving Rhode Island and Special Issue: Southeastern Massachusetts ROSH HASHANAH VOICE 24 Elul 5773 I August 30, 2013 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 NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER L • Shanah Tovah _FALL RIVER JEWISH HONE Commission Accredited Shon Term llehaltlllha1:ton Unh - - Lona Tenn care • Respll1e- say MEDICARE & INSURANCE ACCEPTED IIU's _,6e.,.,,, ,,___,, ,,.,__ Only 15 Minutes from Providence A KOSHER FACILITY CALL 508-67--61 72 =- Online: www.fallriverjewishhome.orr I~ 2 I August 30, 2013 COMMUNITY The Jewish Voice INSIDE Talking with Jewish day school's 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. 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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 &IIIIIIIRBlili XV CROSSTREK A table decoration from "Books on the Beach" 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.