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VOLUME Doa, NUMBER 15 TEVET 16, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001 35~ PER COPY News at a Glance Student Israel Travelers Tell All • President Bill Clinton spoke as a guest and key Numerous Student Trips and Scholarship Programs Discussed note speaker of the Israel Policy Forum at New York by Jon Rubin the most popular student-Israel City's Waldorf Astoria Ho Assistant Editor programs, and send more stu tel on Sunday and pre On Monday night at the Jew dents to Israel than any other sented an overview of the ish Community Center, eight program. Brain Metzger went guidelines offered to Pales students spoke at the Bureau of on the L'Dor V'Dor program, tinian Authority Chairman Jewish Education of Rhode which takes 40 students across Yasser Arafat and Prime Island's Israel Trips Forum, and the ocean to spend time in three Minister Ehud Barak as a shared their experiences in Is long-standing Jewish commu basis for further peace ne rael last summer with prospec nities in Europe - Prague, gotiations. Clinton said his tive parents and their children. Krakow and Budapest, before guidelines consist of five Unfortunately, an unexpected arriving in Israel and staying basic points, the first being Rhode Island-style one-inch there for over a month. the establishment of a "vi snow flurry caused a rash of After their stay in Europe, able, geographically con cancellations at the last minute. Metzger and his group took a tiguous" sovereign Pales Still, some committed folks did long boat ride across the Medi tinian state that accommo arrive to lea rn firsthand about terranean to Israel. Although dates Israel's security re what kinds of Israel programs he felt the boat ride was some quirements. The second is were available. what slow, he described the ju a solution to the Palestin Ruth Page, Israel desk direc bilation on the boat when Israel ROCHELLE COTTON (s tanding) highlights part of her N.F.T.Y. ian refugee problem that tor at the B)ERI (''Duffy" to her finally came into view. Excite trip to Israel to members of the Jewish community. To her right would include payment friends), introduced the students ment had been building for (obscured) is Brian Metzger, and to her left are Adam Wallick from an international fund, and told those present that this days, and w hen they finally and Noah Bassel. Herald photo by Jou Rubin with the United States year, "financial aid should not be saw the coast the passengers leading the fund-raising ef a concern-Oust] pick your pro exploded into joyous laughter, tent. "You got to experience a fort. Clinton said "you can' grams." Page is somewhat of a dancing and singing for hours. All the trips were between four local celebrity when it comes to Metzger indicated that the and six weeks. little bit of everything - from not expect Israel to ac ancient ruins to the Dead Sea," knowledge an unlimited getting people to Israel, and has L'Dor V'Dor program was un Adam Wallick also went on he said. right of return to present been an instrumental resource der some restructuring, and the N.F.T.Y. L'Dor V'Dor pro for getting Rhode Island Jews to that students who would go on gram, and he had 29 students All of the students have one day Israel." The guidelines similar complaint - the food also addressed security ar Israel for many years. next year's trip will be going on in his group. He thought the trip The majority of the students a slightly different trip than he allowed him vital access to Is was awful. Schnitzel, rice and rangements, inducting an potatoes for 1unch, chocolate international security pres who spoke that evening had went on. raeli culture. "Instead of just gone on a N.F.T.Y. program, ei All students described their being a tourist, you can experi spread every morning. "Too ence in the Jordan Valley, a much cocoa and com flakes," non-militarized Palestine ther the Exodus-Odyssey Pro trips as being extremely busy ence it firsthand," he said. He gram, the L'Dor V'Dor program and productive, which, al described the many opportuni one student said disparagingly. and a phased Israeli with Still, most of _the students felt it drawal from essential secu or the Adventure Program. though very strenuous at the ties the trip gave him, including rity areas. Jerusalem N .F.T.Y. programs are among time, they fully appreciate now. the chance to sleep in a Bedouin (Continued on Page 9) should be an "open and undivided city, with as sured freedom of access and worship for all and Politics To Reflect On and Look Out For should be the capital of M. Charles Bakst Provides Bakst said Williams could per possibility of going to a kiosk in valved in racism controversies. both Israel and Palestine," haps be considered the "alter a mall to pay a fine instead of It will be interesting to see if Clinton said. Finally, Clin Scoop For Newport ego" of Abraham Lincoln, not taking the time to go to court, the senator is confirmed, said ton called on both sides to Audience ing a recent visit he had with the Bakst said. Williams is also a Bakst, considering the Senate declare an official end to by Luke O'Neill Superior Court judge in his gourmet chef. has historically confirmed sena the conflict. " I think Herald Editor humble cou rt room. Bakst, Tuesday, the General Assem tors to the Cabinet in a display America will always be With the dawn of a new year, whose mother was a member of bly elected Edward S. Inman III, of "institutional loyalty." It will there for Israel's security, there's a transitional period in D-Coventry, for Rhode Island's also be interesting, Bakst contin but I think Israel's long politi cs taking place locally and next secretary of state with the u ed, to see who confirms term security rests in a just nationally, giving birth to refl ec departure of Rep. James Ashcroft, and the actions by and lasting peace," Clinton tion on the past year and specu Langevin to the U.S. Congress. Rhode Island's two senators, es said. lation of the future. That was the Perhaps in 2002, said Bakst, a pecially for new Republican More than 100,000 people basic gist of a talk last weekend woman or minority could chal Sen. Lincoln Chafee. This con turned out Monday in a by Providence Journal political lenge and overtake the secre firmation or non-confirmation massive rally for the unity columnist M. Charles Bakst at tary of state spot by portraying of Ashcroft could be seen as a of Jerusalem outside the the Newport Art Museum. Inman as part of the "old-boy new test for Chafee, said Bakst, walls of the Old City. Prior Speaking in a gallery that fea network." The columnist especially since a Republican to the rally, thousands of tured Hazard Durfee's "Jour pointed out that Rhode Island's White House may "bear down" youths formed a human neys In Art," Bakst took his au nine major offices, fi ve state and on him to take sides. chain around· the walls of dience of more than 80 on a jour four congressional, are alJ held Discussing Rhode Island ' s the Old City and lit torches ney in local politics in a sort of by white men. General Assembly, with items to while swearing loyalty to wait-and-see approach to up Briefl y moving to the na reflect on and to watch out for, the capital. "The legacy of coming political affairs. Bakst's tional scene, Bakst mentioned Bakst mentioned state Sen. the Temple Mount must be talk, titled "Politics Up to the !')1. Charles Bakst even though President-elect Catherine Graziano, D-Provi given over to generations Minute," was riddled with George W. Bush's Cabinet has dence, who is pro-life and seeks to come," former Supreme laughter as he quickly analyzed Hadassah, discussed the many won praise for being diverse, a 24-hour waiting period before Court Judge Moshe and painted the political pic Lincoln memorabilia Williams Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.) has an abortion. This 24-hour wait Landau said. Jerusalem ture. His lecture was the first in has. drawn some criti cism. The sena ing period is not something Mayor Ehud Olmert and the museum's 74th Winter Lec Describing the judge as "me tor, chosen to be the next U.S. Bakst feels the state needs, but Chairman of the Confer ture Series. dia savvy," Bakst said Rhode attorney general, may have it sti ll could be one of the "con ence of Presidents of Major Judge Frank Williams was Islanders may find Williams a problems being confirmed by tentious issues" of the session. Jewish Organization Ron Bakst's first topic. R.I. Gov. Lin sort of "change of pace" for the the Senate, said Bakst. Ashcroft In the fall, the Heritage Har Lauder were among those coln Almond recently selected judiciary. WilJiams is looking to is anti-aborti on, opposed to us bor Museum, an initiative Bakst who also addressed the Williams to be the state's new make the court system more ing federal money for drug labeled a "terrific project," hit a crowd. Supreme Court chief justice. accessible to the public, with the treatment .and has been in- (Continued on Page 19) 2-= THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISl-{ HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001 HAPPENINGS
.... Ent=.¢•rtainm=tnt f@r Calendar: January 11 Through January 18 11 Eighth Annual Providence Boat Show returns to the R. I. Convention Center Jan. 11 to 14. The Jewish Theatre Ensemble presents "Lost in Yonkers" at the Jewish Community Center Cnildr=.¢•.n on Jan. 11, 13, 14, 18, 20 and 21 with Thursday curtain times at 7:30 p.m ., Sa turdays at 8 p.m . The Providence Children's Museum, 100 South St., Provi and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Special opening night 2-for-1 discount on Jan . 11 . For ti ckets, call 861-8800, ext. 108. dence, announces the following activities. Call 273-KIDS. 13 Adventures of an Impresario: Behind the scenes at the Newport Music Festival - a talk January by Dr. Mark P. Malkovich, III, general director of the festival at 2 p.m. at the Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., Newport. Call 848-8200. 12 Pooh Party . 9:40 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. The museum's Preschool Friday series continues ; New Jewish Cuisine 105 "Kosher Chinese" at 4:30 p.m. on Channel 36 WSBE. Recipes t✓ include Peking chicken, fried rice, kosher "shrimp" fried with lo mein. as children, age 3 to 5, bring a favorite teddy bear and hear stories of Pooh to celebrate his City Nights Dinner Theatre performs "Wait Until Dark" with opening nigl\t J,;;.,. 13 at 27 birthday. Dress a paper bear and snack on Exchange St., Pawtucket. For ticket and dinner informati on, call 723-6060. yummy smackerals. Each session is 20 minutes K&S Ballroom Dan ce at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1047 Park Ave., Cranston. Compli long. Pre-registration is recopimended fo r this mentary WC Swing dance lesson, 7 to 8 p.m . Dancing 8 to midnight with complimentary popular series. Call 273-KIDS, ext. 234 for enroll- food and beverage. Smoke free. $10 per person. Couples/singles welcome. Call 821-4108. ment informati on. There may be space available fo r walk 14 Oassical guitarist Michael Zielski performs in Cafe Espresso at Borders, Garden City, Cran in registrati on. There is a $1 fee above the price of admis ston at 1 p.m: Call 944-9160. sion for walk-in registration. Check at the admissions desk. A lecture series in conjunction with the exhibit "Harness Loom Weaving in Rhode Island: 13 World Mural. 1 to 3 p.m. H elp create a colorful symbol of Ye·sterday, Today and Tomorrow," will be held at 3 p. m. at the Cranston Public Library. brotherhood. Kids 5 and up listen to the joyous sounds of "Handweavers in Rhode Island: 1780-1840" is the name of the lecture by Dr. Gail Fowler world music and make garlands of paper people to deco Mcihanty. Call 943-9080. rate the world mural. Family Workshop: Designs R Us: Look at Op artist Victor Vasarely's painting/ game, Plan Celebra te the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., etary Folklore Participati on, then design your own gameboard based on a single, repeating this week at the museum. design, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Free with museum ad mission at the RISO Museum. 15 Providence Hebrew Day School opens its doors fo r an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 14 Peacemakers. 1, 1:45, 2:30 p.m. Children learn smart strat fo r the community to see its facility, faculty and school while in session. Faculty will be egies for resolving conflicts using a colorful "Peace Table." available for consultations. Kids age 3 and up celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Mystery Buffs of Rhode Island meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 401 Jr., and hear the story of two fi ctional peacemakers. Prac Elmgrove Ave., Providence, to discuss The Old English Peep Show by Peter Dickenson. ti ce problem solving and give peace a chance. 16 Meet Jay Critchley, AS220' s newest artist-in-residence as he presents himself, his work and 15 Rap & Resolve. 1 and 2 p.m . Celebrate Martin Luther his current project, "Providence Dirt," with a public reception at AS220, 115 Empire St., King, Jr., Day w ith a special workshop presented by Ed downtown Providence, at 7 p.m. Call 831-9327. Silvestre and teen-age dancers and acrobats of the "Yon Perspectives, Rhode Island's Jewish young adult project, meets for a couple hours of ice Wheels" program. Kids 5 and up learn about conflict reso skating under the stars at 7:30 p.m. at the Fleet Skating Center, 2 Kennedy Plaza, downtown lution through dynamic dance and theater games and a Providence. $4 admission plus skate rental. Call the Perspectives hotline at 863-9357. thrilling display of street smart moves. (Note: The mu 17 Sniff, sip or swirl at "Winetasting Wednesdays," each Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at N apa seum is open today from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Valley Grille, 111 Providence Place, Providence. $2 per two-ounce taste. Call 270-6272. 16 Parent Ta lk. 1 to 2:30 p.m. Preschoolers, ages 2 to 4, play in Littlewoods while adults chat with a parenting expert. Rhode Island Auto Show Jan. 17 to 21 in exhibit halls A to D and ballrooms A to Eat the R.I. 17 Discovery! 3 and 3:45 p.m. Why don' t ti ghtrope walkers Convention Center. Estimated attendance: 25,000 people. Open to the public. fall down? Children 5 and up discover the basics of bal Rhode Island Short Story Group meets at Borders in Garden City, Cranston at 7 p.m . Call ance. Make a toy that balances on a fingertip. 944-9160. 18 Time Tunnel Pen Pals. 3 to 4:30 p.m. Kids 7 and up prac Recre~tional exercise program designed for people with arthritis will begin Jan. 17 at the tice w riting with a fancy Victorian pen and make an el Warwick Public Library, Sandy Lane. Sessions will run twice per week fo r six weeks on egant book to take home. Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a. m. Pre-registration is necessary, enrollment is limited . Call 738-1013. 18 Jonathan Stark perfo rms at Cafe Espresso at 7 p.m. at Borders, Garden City, Cranston. Call 944-9160. A free introductory Reiki session w ill be held at the Women & Infants' Center for Health Join thousands Education, 2168 GAR Highway, Swansea, Mass. Come learn and experience the history and of readers who Subscribe to the healing properties of Reiki. Preregister I:_, y calling (508) 730-1010. Gallery Night Providence, 5 to 9 p.m. Hop around Providence's renowned art galleries know what's going and museums with the ArTrolley. Free admission to the RISO Museum (always on Gallery on in the Rhode N ight), 224 Benefit St., Providence. Island Jewish Community ... RHODl Memorial Explorer Post Program to Meet The Memorial Hospital Medical and Health Careers Explorer Post group will meet on Jan . .15 at 7 p.m ., in the Physicians' Auditorium at the hospital. The post is designed to introduce students ages 14 through 20 to health care professions. New Timely features, local ISlAND members are welcome to attend the session. and social events, editorials This month's program will include presentations from Memorial's Pediatrician-in-ChiefW. Lane Robson, M.D., and a staff obstetrician. Each will discuss the requirements and rewards for their andbu siness profiles chosen specialty and may give tours of their departments. highlight every issue... The Explorers Program is sponsored through the Learning for Life organization. The only cost is you also get special holiday JfWISH a one-time fee of $7 for insurance. Meetings are held monthly. and seasonal issues. For more information on the program, call 729-2320.
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Judaism Among the casual ties of the Greenberg's characterization of that they are now trying to deny How would you imagine a knows life is tough; that's why ongoin g Arab uprising against the site as that "of the First and the Jewish connection to the perfect world? Perhaps we it attempts to create a holy soci Israel has been something very Second Temples of the ancient Temple Mount. In fact, that as could enj oy a pristine environ ety from the laws and statutes dear to all cultivated people, Jews, sacred to Muslims as the sault on history is taking place ment, everyone sharing similar specified in the Torah. and to cultivated Jews in par Noble Sanctuary, where not only in word but in deed: values, equal opportunities for At the heart of this potential ticular: History. Muhammad ascended to The Waqf, the Islamic authority all, no one rich and no one poor. world lies the Jewish commu Whether out of cowardice or Heaven." that oversees the mosques cur Of course, prisons and courts of nity, both individually and col something darker, a number of A subtle but astounding in rently on the Mount, has been law would have to be aban lectively. A community repre journalists have lately come to dignity lies in that clumsy at . reported by archaeologists to be doned because there would be sents a silent, unassuming sup refer to Jerusa lem's Temple tempt at political correctness. systematically excavating and no crime and no one would dis port group in which members Mount by its Islamic name, de That Jewi sh Holy Temples destroying relics on the Temple pute anyone else's behavior. can find strength and security spite the fact that the site was stood on the spot in question is Mount, presumabl y in an at And perhaps even the two in all areas of life. The human where Solomon's temple stood historical fact, part of the unbro tempt to obscure signs of its party political system would species, not unlike other pack more than 1,000 years before ken millennia-old historical tra Jewish character. have to go, so a Platonic phi anin,als, thrives best in commu Islam's founder's grandparents dition of the Jewish people and But for reporters to join that losopher king and his benevo nal settings. That's simply na were even glints in their own corroborated by historians an effort, however good their in lent advisors could govern us. ture. But Judaism supplies the parents' eyes. cient and mode rn a like. To tentions or subtle their words, It may seem a bit boring in com mechanism to transcend nature, It is not only the antiquity of equate that historical truth with is beyond justification and be parison to the way we live to enabling us to reach new, un the Mount's connection to the a fanciful myth is simply be yond ·comprehension. Journal day; but that's what Judaism charted spiritual heights. This Jewish people that is trenchant yond bizarre. ism, after all, is supposed to be has in mind - a perfect world may not seem apparent to the here, but its intensity as well . The founder of Islam may or about presenting objective with G-d at the helm. Such a spiritual seeker because Juda Even after the Temple and its may not have traveled to truths, not abetting malevolent world has its potential right ism operates in more subtle successor had been destroyed h eaven, or elsewhere, from lies. here and now in Jewish commu ways, finding spirituality in our by fo reign armies, Jews the Jerusalem; but there is certainly Jewish tradition teaches that nities throughout the world, everyday lives -work, friends world over continued - and no historical evidence that he the highest response to personal where continual prayer and and fami li es. A qu orum of continue - to venerate the sig ever left the Arabian Peninsula, adversity is the determination study energizes the vision of people 0udaism sets that num nificance of the site, praying in nothing but sectarian legend to better oneself, and that the this promised land. The congre ber at 10) generates more spiri its direction and (at least the behind the claim that he did. highest response to national gation knows perfection won' t tual energy than one. The larger Orthodox among us) for the Why then is Greenberg speak adversity is a similar determi h appen miraculously. But the group, the greater the Temple's restoration by the ing of th e existence of the nation bn a national scale. through the slow and steady power. You can actually feel it; hand ofG-d. Temples and the "night flight'' As we Jews regard the inten inquiry into the meanings of the if you' re in the company of a The Is la mic bond to the in, so to speak, the same breath? sifying assault by our enemies holy text, we can anticipate its large assembly you can actually Mount is of much more recent That Arab and Islamic lead on our history, and its widening possibility. feel its energetic .presence. appearance and fa irly new ers and writers, sadly, have acceptance by the larger world, If Judaism could somehow I can't fo rget my experience found intensity. Over the many demonstrated utter contempt we might do well to ponder be viewed under a powerful at the Wailing Wall on one of my years Jerusalem was in Arab for inconvenient facts of history whether it may be a message to microscope, then perhaps we early trips to Israel. One day, on hands, no major Arab leader is well documented. They regu us that we have.not been pay could focus in and show all one of my frequent excursions ever saw fit to even visit her, larly deny the fact of the Holo ing sufficient attention to that passersby, Jewish and non-Jew to the Kotel (the Wall), the much less proclaim her a central caust, and assert that Jews mur history ourselves. ish, seekers and disciples, how thought struck me that if G-d's · spot in the collective Arab heart. der non-Jews to gather their Because our illustrious past, the Jewish way is as viable a Temple radiated abundant hc,ly Yet much of the press feels blood for Passover matzos (a after all, contains not only a his spiritual path as an y other. Jew energy, then the remaining rem compelled to treat the Mount's recent s uch accusation ap torical account of the secon? ish literature appears, at least on nant mus t retain some of its Jewish roots and Islamic ones as peared only recently in Al and first Temple eras but of the the surface, to disregard per- original energy. As I ap equally deep and equally real. Ahram, Egypt's leading news very grow,d-zero of the Jewish . sonal passions and emotions, proached the ancient blocks of A recent example was The New paper and a government organ). people, G-d's revelation to us at but to the contrary it deals in stone and made my way Sinai. Might not our determined human suffering from a rather through the crowded terrace, reconnection to that event, our different outlook. This Jewish s ure enough, I could feel a Have An Opinion? re-embrace of its mandate for point of reference approaches stimulating vibration resonate our priorities and our lives, be humanity from the heavenly throughout my body. Standing If you have an opinion about something in the Jewish the way to end the ongoing as dimension, the spiritual realm, against the venerable stones, community, why not express it in the Herald? sault on our history? rather than the earthly torment w ith written pleas to G-d SEND YOUR LETTER TO: Am Echad Resources. Rabbi Avi we encounter in daily life. Like stuffed into the cracks between Shafran serves as director of pub contemporary psychologist each massive stone, I placed one Rhode Island Jewish Herald lic affairs for Agudath Israel of Abraham Maslow's self-real hand on the Wall and the full P.O. 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I I JEWISH COMMUNITY Rhonda Sergei Marries Kevin Ward To Save a Life - Rhonda Lynn Berge! and Kevin M. Ward were married on It Could B.e Yours Sept. 3, 2000, in the courtyard of The public is invited to see an award-winning video "To Save A Maison Robert in Boston, Mass. Life" and hear a panel discussion on "Domesti c Violence In The The bride is the daughter of Jewish Home". This program is sponsored by the National Coun Judith and Arthur Berge! of cil of Jewish Women, R.I. section. Providence, R.I. The bridegroom On Jan. 31 at 12:15 p.m., at Temple Beth El, 70 Orchard St., Provi is the son of William Ward of dence, the video will be shown and a panel of three, Rabbi Wayne Selinsgrove, Pa., and Letiticia Franklin of Temple Emanu-El, Deborah DeBare, executive direc McKelvey of Nantucket, Mass. tor of the R.I. Coalition Against Domestic Violence; and Erin Judge Ri chard Israel offici Gisherman Minior, director of professional services for Jewish ated . Family Service will host the discussion and answer questions from Maid of honor was Dr. Lori the audience. E. Kreidberg, sister of the bride; Domestic violence occurs in 28 percent or more of alJ mauiages. bridesmaid was Randy Berge!, All races and nationalities are affected. We invite the publi c to bring sister-in-law. a brown bag lunch and join the discussion. Coffee and desserts Best m en were Michael will be served. Hulseman and Bill Quinn. Ush Members of the following groups are supportive of this pre ers were Steven I. Be rge!, sentation: The Jewish Community Center, Jewish Family Service, brother of the bride and David The Women's Alliance, Temple Emanu-El, Temple Beth-El, Temple L. Kreidberg, brother-in-law. Habonirn, Jewish Federation of Rhode Island, Temple Sinai, Temple Flower girls were Riva S. Beth Shalom, and the Alperin-Schechter Day School. Do come, it Berge!, Tori N. Berge], and will be worth your while. . Rachel S. Kreidberg, nieces of the bride and ringbearer was Jacob A. Berge!, nephew of the bride. The bride received a B.A. Mathew Henry Kreidberg from University of Wisconsin, at Lori and David Kreidberg of Sudbu ry, Madison, and a J.D. from Suf Mass., announce the birth of their second child folk University Law School. She and son, Mathew Henry, born Aug. 13, 2000. is an associate at Gunderson Mathew's sister is Rachel Sara. De tmer Stou gh Villeneuve Maternal grandparents are Judy and Arthur Fran klin & Hachigian in Berge! of Providence. Paternal grandparents Waltham, Mass. are Fanna and Marshall Kreidberg of Newton, The bridegroom received a Mass. B.S. from Susquehanna Univer Maternal great-grandparents are the late Sall y and Arthur sity in Pennsylvania. He is a Saltzman and the late Anna and Isadore Berge!. partner with KPMG, LLP in Mathew is lovingly named after his late grea t uncle, Joel Boston, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Ward Saltzman and his late great grandfather, Henry Mintz. The couple honeymooned in Vermont and make their home in Waltham, Mass. Largest-Ever A Crisis of Faith Solidarity Mission Scholars to Discuss Histon; Constantine's Sword: The Church through personal conscience," Departs For Israel and the Jews, A History (Hough maps the 2,000-year history of of Jewish/Catholic Relations ton Mifflin, 2001), Brandeis Uni the Roman Catholic Church's A Record 900 Participants Dovetailing with Solidarity While religious institutions versity will host a special sym relationship to Judaism-from Representing Nearly 70 VII is the arrival in Israel can be sources of great strength posium. In addition to explor- the time of Jesus to the Holo of more than 7,500 young and compassion, they can also . ing the history of relations be caust - and faces the crisis of North American Jewish Jews from throughout North nurture mistrust and even ha tween Catholics and Jews, the faith it has provoked in Carroll's America for the Birthright Israel Communities program. Birthright Israe l, tred. Author James Carroll program will also be an oppor own life as a Catholic. In a dramatic show of unity knows this well, having recently tunity to examine some of the His previous work includes funded by UJC, the government with Israel, approximately 900 of Israel, and private philan completed his own research back issues that confront a nyone nine novels and a memoir, An North American Jews arrived through the troubling history· of who looks deeply and critically American-Requiem, which won thropists, is an opportunity for las t weekend on a specia l young Jews ages 18 to 26 whd Catholic/Jewish relations. at abuses of power within his the National Book Award in United Jewish Communities On Jan. 22, to coincide with or her tradition. 1996. He is a columnist fo r the have never been to Israel to visit Solidarity Mission. the country on a peer, educa the publication of Carroll's ma Carroll's book, which he de Boston Globe and a member of The contingent, representing jor new book on the subject, scribes as "history as refracted the board of the International tional group experience. 70 Jewish communities across Solidarity VII participants Center for Ethics, Justice and the continent, is the largest Public Life at Brandeis . will meet with government of group of North.American Jews ficials, Israeli Defense Force per The symposium is free and on a UJC-sponsored Solidarity •••••••••••••••••• open to the.public. sonnel, business people and Mission since the latest conflict residents to fact-find, discuss • • • The program begins at 2:30 between Israelis and Palestin the current situation, explore p.m. (after a 2 p.m. welcome), ians began last year. : -C Oh the weather outside is : with "Constantine's Sword: The sol utions and offer support. "The size of this mission is "Nearly 1,000 community Historians' Perspective," featur unprecedented, and immensely ing Donald Dietrich of Boston representatives are visiting Israel_ significant," said Robert M. [this week] and by so doing, are : .:: ~ i frightful... } ) : College; Robert Wistrich of He Schrayer, chairman of the UJA brew University; and Edward countering the isolati on that Federation Campaign of UJC. many Israelis may be feeling," · Kaplan of Brandeis University. "DuriRg this time of continuing • 0 IJJut our pr~ces are so • At 4:15 p.m. there will be a dis Schrayer said. "These North conflict in the Middle East, Ameri can mission participants cussion titled "Between Catho when it is critically important li cs and Jews," with Eugene are representing not only them • -C delightful... • for Israelis and the world to re selves, but the millions of Jews ·- Fisher, United States Conference alize the immutable bonds of · ~ . in communities across the con of Bishops; Eva Fleischner, unity that exist between Israel . .Pomona College; Arthur Green tinent who are unified with the and Jews in North America, we people of Israel." : ..= Let it Sale! : of Brandeis; Yitzhak Greenberg, continue to exhibit that in every Participants arrived in Israel Jewish Life Network; and way we can." Jan. 6 to 8 and will depart Jan. Krister Stendahl, former Bishop The mission, Solidarity VII, is of Sweden. At 7 p.m. a discus 12 to 14. : 'IJ Let it Sale! : the latest in a series that began "At this most difficult pe sion titled "History as Refracted in October, shortly after the out riod for the people of Israel, it Conscience" will feature James break of the current conflict be : ,'IJ ) r • c l f .P : Carroll ; Paul Mendes-Flohr, is absolutely critical that they tween Israelis and Palestinians. know the Jews of North University of Chi cago; Kanan : >-- ~ ,1...;et it oa e. i : Since the first Solidarity Mis America stand with them in Makiya of Brandeis and Daniel sion, and including similar mis solidarity," said UJC President $ 650 Oaklawn Ave nue , Cranston, Rhode Island $ Terris of Brandeis. sions scheduled in months to -C Dinner is $25 per person. For and CEO Stephen D. Solender. come, more than 2,200 North "The arri val of so many na $ 401-946-3522 $ dinner reservations, ca ll The American Jews have exhibited ti onal and federation leaders at = Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday, Friday 9:30-5:30, Sarnat Center for the Study of '/if. $ or plan to show their luuty with this time is a clear statement of $ • ~ Thursday 9:30-7, Saturday 9:30-5 • Anti-Jewishness at (781) 736-2125 Israel by participating in a UJC our concern, compassion and or send an email to
THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUAR Y 11, 2001 - 5 ,_ JEWISH COMMUNITY What Jews Can and Can't Eat - Part 2 by Jon Rubin kosher refers to the required w ash ed off a nd the meat is niest bit of meat or milk in a To recap: Assistant Editor sm oothness of the lungs, al washed three times in cold wa food results as it being treated 1. Jewish die tary laws What is the kosher way to though in modem times it has ter to rem ove any rem aining as if it were entirely made of ei (kashrut) have restricti ons on slaughter animals for food? gained an other meaning: ex blood. Most kosh er m eat ther meat or milk. This means what types of animals can be Kosher (ritually fit for Jews trem ely strict dietary obser bought in stores is usualJy pre that to Jews, dropping a single eaten and the special ways the to eat) also refers to the manner vance. People who are glatt ko salted today. (Side note-Find C heez-It® into your po t of meat must be prepared. of the slaughtering. The shochet sher feel that any meat that is ·ing a blood spot in an egg ren chicken soup makes the whole 2. It separates meat and milk is the ritual slaughterer who en even questioned is not accept ders it unkosher as well.) thing both milk and meat at the at meals, including silverware. gages in shechitoh, the Jewish able, no matter w hat the final sam e time - unkosher. 3. It helps susta in Jewish process of killing an animal for ruling is. Why no cheeseburgers? In order to keep meat and unity by having Jews eat to food. Making sure that animals Jews are also not allowed to As stated previously, pareve milk separate, a kosher home gether. are treated in a humane fashion, eat the meat around the hip food (meaning neither meat nor has two complete sets of uten 4. It creates a special relation both in life and in death, is an socket. This stems from a dream milk, like fruit or eggs), may be sils and clishes, one set for meat shi p between people and ani integral component of Judaism. w here Jacob w restled with an eaten freely at any meal. Meat and one for mi lk. These are mals. The fourth comma ndment angel and dislocated his hip. and milk products, however, stored, served on and washed 5. Kashrut helps Jews keep reads that on the Sabbath " ...yo u Jews are also not allowed to eat have restrictions as to how they separately, along w ith table holiness ever-present in their shall not do any work, you , the nerves of the animal, and are prepared and eaten together. cloths and other fa brics used in li ves, since the dietary laws your son and d aughter, your s ince the sciatic n erve runs This rule comes from the quota serving and cooking. li a dish come from G-d. male and female servants and through the back of the animal tion: "Thou shal t not seeth (cook) washer is used, it is often only There is a lot of dense infor your cattle" (Exodus 20:9). Laws and is prohibitively expensive a kid in its mother's milk" (Deut used for either meat or milk mation here, and this is just a like this concerning animals and time-consuming to remove, 14:21). This rather cryptic phrase dishes, not both. If a d ish or summary. Most Jews who keep may have evolved with a dual the entire back portion of the has been given many explana utensil touches something that kosher, however, don' t fi nd it purpose- first, to ensure animal is discarded or sold to tions throughout history. Philo of is unkosher, it becomes very .diff icult. In these "get tha t a s piritua l non-Jewish meat com pa Alexandri a explained that this unkosher and must be purified healthy" times where self-con link is a lways nies. This means that all phrase could mean that it is "im or discarded. scious eating, label-checking kept between man rump meat, incl ud proper that the matter which There is a waiting period as and meticulous diets are more and anima l, -and ing filet mignon, sir sustained the living animal well between the two types of common, kashrut does not seem second, in the hope loi n steaks, leg of should be used to flavor its meat food . Between a milk meal and parti cularl y strange at all. Now that sanctity and re lamb and London after its death." It is commonly a meat meal, some Jews wait a that you know a li ttl e bit more spect towards ani broil are generall y believed that this is again a ref short period of time, while oth about what kosher means, don't mals will evolve in to all non-kosher cuts erence to Judaism's aversion to ers do not. Between a meat meal be afraid to speak u p when respect between hu ...... iiiiiia.ii[jllll"" ' of meat. animal cruelty, or to create a and a milk meal, however, acer someon e asks a questi on. m a n be ings as well. breach between Judaism and tain time period must always be Spread this knowledge around, Proverbs 12:10 says that, "A How is kosher food pre pagan practi ces. waited. Some wait three hours, and if you have fu rther ques righteous person knows the pared? Th is famous passage from some more (up to six) or less tions (which you probably will ), soul (or needs) of his anima l. " Jews remove· all blood from Deuteronomy was eventually (perhaps only a simple moment ask a rabbi or Jewish butcher. The Talmud gives specific an animal before consuming it. taken to mean that all milk and of reflection). This is in order for I also recommend the Ortho and lengthy cqnsideration to This stems from: "No soul of meat products should be fo r the body to remove traces of the dox Union's We b s ite a t slaughtering regulations, in you shall eat blood ... Ye shall eat ever separated from each other, substance fro m the mouth. I am
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Praise For The Work of T.C . Boyle "[Trollope writes] something we see all too 'America's Most Imaginative rarely these days: A genuinely grown-up Contemporary Novelist." - Newsweek work of fiction, by and about grown-ups." "Boyle may be the most entertaining - Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post writer In America." - Boston Globe 8 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001 JEWISH COMMUNITY "The Cultural Tradition: Poland's Textile Jndustry and The Jewish Community" at Gallery 401 by Jon Rubin Lodz's industry received a Assistant Editor brief upsurge under Soviet rule Margaret Evans enjoys cap after the war, but this too came turing the essence of something to an end. Lodz's centers be that is alread y gone. But not came d eserted, abando ned, entirely gone, not van ish ed leaving only clues behind hint without a trace, just absent. Her ing at a once thriving past. Her current'exhibit at Gallery 401 at pictures of inside the industrial the Jewish Community Center centers contain rows upon rows contains photog raphs of the of neglected m achines lying Polish industrial town of Lodz, quietly in the dust. "They are so w hich she took on an artist's ghostlike .. . like monuments," exchange program in 1996. Evans said. The textile industry in Po These lumbering pieces of land emerged in 1825 w ith the metal tell stories in two ways help of Jewish merchants from in the powerful labors of their central and eastern Europe, past and in the graceful stillness who saw Polan d as a good lo of their present. Massive empty cation for exp orting good s. interiors are still charged with Lodz soon became a thriving electricity and power - the industrial town, and was once m achines almost seem to be known as the "Manchester of moving, as if they had never Poland." This prosperity came stopped. This "industrial arche to a sudden end during t~ hor ology" fo rever speaks of the rors of World War II. Poland's importance they once had to a industrial center was mortally nation in its prime. "You can wounded both physically and almost hear the noise in their spir itually. silence," she said . Most wealthy fami lies fled Evans' s work beau tifully Lodz, and Jews were thrown conveys the feelings of loss and inside the Lodz ghetto, a· mas absence, what she describes as sive encampment that was the a "ceremony of passing." All MARGARET EVANS stands beside one of her photographs, which are being exhibited at JCC's second largest in Europe. The around is the undeniable phe Gallery 401 until the end of the month. · Herald pl,oto by Jon Rubin less said about their cruel fa te, nomenon of nature returning to the better. Lod z contains the dominance; knee-high weeds ested in exploring the telling Evans is currently assistant Gallery as well as at the Jewish largest Jewish cemetery in all of poke throug h the floor of a momentos and relics that were professor at Shippensburg Uni Community Center in Harris Europe, and Evans spent a good loading dock; concrete walk le ft s tanding after the d u st versity in Pennsylvania, where burg, Pa. deal of time amongst the ne ways become grasslands. One cleared, and w hat resonated she teaches photography and glected headstones. Her work is admirer member viewing her from the remains. In her own digital photography. Her pho Evans' exhibit will be shown revealing in its attention to de w ork remarked in awe that words, she enj oys documenting tographs have been on display in Gallery 401 for the remainder tail-a large granite gravestone "Nature is reclaiming it. " the "socio-politico-economic at Sh ip penburg's Kau ff man of the month. Admission is free. stands tall inside a dense wood, Today Lodz contains a small theme of ind us trial growth." far from anything recognizable; bundle of private enterprises, a quiet grassy fi eld under a but is still largely d eserted . darkening sky that hides the un "There are so few Jewish people marked graves of an unknown to go back and pay their re Temple Eman~•EI Presents number of Lodz Jews; a jet black spects," she said. stone erected posthumously by Evans has long held an inter Winter Film Festival a friend or relative. But events est in this sort of work. Between Temple Emanu-El's Koffler Bornstein Families Institute of Adult Studies is offering an excep like this last one are few. "They 1984 and 1992 she documented ti onal series of Jewish films on the theme of " Adaptati on and Liberati on." The films chosen fo r have no visitors ... they seem so the decline of the American the series offer a wide range of genres, including productions from Europe, America and Israel. lonely, so fo rgotten," Evan said . steel industry. She w as inter- All of our films will be followed by a discussion led by one of our expert film critics: Professor Michael Fink, Lev Poplow, and Gershon Levine. The program will be held on consecutive Tues day evenings from 7:30 to 10 p.m. The films and discussion leaders are: Jan. 23, "The Governess," Lev Poplow; Jan. 30, "Europa Europa," Lev Poplow; Feb. 6, "Portrait of My Uncle," Professor Michael Fink; Feb. 13, "The Stranger," Professor Michael Fink; Feb. 20, "Price of Rubies," Gershon Levine; Feb. 27, "Under On Beautiful Lake Tispaquin the Domirn Tree," Lev Poplow. Middleboro, Massachusetts 02346 There is a nominal fee of $12 for the entire series. To register, come to Temple Emanu-El on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. or call the office at 331-1616. 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More than bowl of oatmeal every day pro sity in the United States has be • Meat, poultry, fish, dry oatmeal is one of the best food 40 clinical studies have proved vides you with the three grams come an issue of serious con beans, eggs and nuts group - choices you can make. that eating oatmeal can help of soluble fiber proven to de cern. two to three servings a day. In a just released survey of lower blood cholesterol levels crease blood cholesterol levels Many people are now turn • Vegetable group-three to 525 nutrition professionals, and reduce the risk of heart dis -a claim supported by the Food ing to osteopathic physicians five servings a day. three out of four (76 percent) ease. and Drug Administration." (D.O.s) for help with healthier • Bread, cereal, rice and pasta listed oatmeal as one of the top This is good news for Ameri Kostas said scientists believe lifestyles and weight loss. group - six to 11 servings a foods, providing the most ben cans. Currently, more than half that the oat-soluble fiber, beta "As an osteopathic physician day. efit to heart health. (51.9 percent) of adults are at an glucan, is responsible for help I focus on my patients' entire To obtain the daily recom Oatmeal received the third intermediate or high risk for ing to control blood cholesterol. well-being-including analyz mended values, consult your highest mention of foods cited heart disease due to high blood "Oats act like tiny sponges to ing any stresses in their lives physician, the Food Guide Pyra in the survey. Nearly nine out cholesterol levels. soak up cholesterol in your di before placing them on a weight mid or log onto the Centers for of 10 survey respondents were The American Dietetic Asso gestive tract and carry it out of loss program," explains Craig Disease Control and Prevention nutrition professionals who ciation has designated March as your body," she said. M. Wax, D.O., an osteopathic at THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001 13 FEATURE Finding Hope In The Fight Against Cancer by Luke O'Neill I had really learned a lot about Herald Editor myself." A humble-looking beige and "I started to see life as some brown building is set back from the thing very precious in a way hustle of Wi ckenden Street in that I had never had before." Providen ce. Up the front steps, one Goldsmith worked with herself can see words on the glass door that psychologically and saw how a simply read, "First Floor-Hope." ctisease can really "sober" a per Miriam Goldsmith has al son to what's important in life ways led a healthy lifestyle. But she tried to carry this message while living in New York seven through her music. years ago, Goldsmith, a Provi "Cancer is very different, I dence native, became deathly ill. think, than most other ctiseases She was extremely fatigued and in that even if you go into re her body was covered in black mission, through a treatment, and blue marks. She remembers you never know if it's going to being so tired that she could come back," she said, "there's hardly walk across a room with always that possibility." out having to lie down. "I was really, really sick and IN JUNE OF 1994, Goldsmith didn' t realize how sick I was," suffered a relapse. Leukemic she recalled. "I thought some cells had reappeared in her bone thing else was wrong." Gold marrow. smith admits to being stubborn "It was probably more of a about her illness, not wanting to shock the second time around readily seek mectical attention. and I think that's very common Yet, after urging from family to people who have cancer," she MIRIAM GOLDSMITH sits in part of the HOPE Center for Cancer Support's 1,500-volume re and friends, she went to a medi said. The feeling of having beat source lending library. A cancer survivor, Goldsmith was recently named executive director of cal doctor. the disease can be great, said the center. ' Herald photo by Luke O'Neill And on Aug. 9, 1993, Gold Goldsmith, but then people smith was diagnosed with have to face the reality that "this Acute Leukemia, a fo rm of disease has a life of its own." "One of the greatest mitz be fine, and three months later and the need for transfusions to blood and bone marrow cancer. When the disease comes back, vahs in the Jewish tractition or they could be three weeks away stay alive. Five years later, her mother she added, "You start to realize the Jewish religion is to save from death. It comes on very Goldsmith's mother, diag would be diagnosed with the that you reaIJy don't have as somebody's life anonymously... quickly and it proliferates very nosed in 1998, was too old for a same disease. much control over your body as so I think that's probably what quickl y." transplant at the age of 81. Doc Because of her healthy living, you think." he wanted to do." Goldsmith Leukemic cells in blood and tors don' t normally perform Goldsmith did not want to un The likelihood of having to added that finding a match is bone marrow take over red cells transplants on people over 50, dergo chemotherapy. "The day undergo more treatment was extremely rare because matches and platelets causing fatigue explained Goldsmith, and the I started the chemo," she con "devastating" to Goldsmith. usually depend on genetics and (lack of red cells) and a person's rigors of chemotherapy and ra fid ed, "I was terrified." She and But, this time around, chemo geographic background. Many skin becomes black and blue diation are sometimes too in her family sought other avenues therapy would not work be matches, she explained, gener and hemorrhages due to a lack tense for the elderly. for help, but it got to a point cause her platelet count was so ally occur within the same eth-, of platelets. Chemotherapy " Havi ng a bone marrow where "I was so seriously ill that low. Emphasizing her fragility nic groups. treatment tries to eracticate leu transplant, it's just," she paused the faster we cou Id get the at that point, Goldsmith said, "I After a long recovery period kemic cells by practi cally killing and refl ected, "it's just beyond chemo in me, the better." could have bumped my head with months of tests, monitor bone marrow and other cells, beyond-you just can' t imagine After numerous hospital vis and it would've killed me." ing and drugs, and after over but not completely killing the what somebod y has to go its to New York's Mount Sinai She would need a donor for coming two severe cases of marrow like in a transplant. through." Goldsmith's mother Medical Center and weeks of a bone marrow transplant-and pneumonia four months after With chemotherapy, Goldsmith went through one round of che "chemo rounds," Goldsmith fast. Her two older sisters got the transplant, Goldsmith, a explained, doctors leave motherapy, had a remission for went into remission-a period tested and were a match for North Kingstown resident, now enough healthy cells so they can about a year, but the cancer re when doctors can't see any leu each other, but not for their ail considers herself cancer free. grow back, "but in the mean appeared-not to the surprise kemic cells and hope that cells ing younger sister. At the time But, 'Tm not out of the woods," time, you' re kind of almost of the doctors. H er mother, a grow back normal. Goldsmith of Goldsmith's illness, there she added, "and I don't think dead," with so few blood cells (Continued on Page 14) remembered her remission pe were 2.5 milJion people in the any cancer patient's out of the riod as "a fabulous six months, registry of the National Marrow woods." I never felt better." That was in Donor Program. In this mass of early 1994 and Goldsmith went people, just one person was a FOUR YEARS AFTER Gold back to her singing and music match for Goldsmith. smith had received her trans "I MADE THE p laying in her one-woman So, in November of 1994, plant, her mother, Molly Gold show in New York. Through her Goldsmith received her bone smith Halperin, was also diag performances, she would tell marrow transplant from an nosed with Acute Leukemia RIGHT CHOICE" her story of having leukemia, anonymous donor. The marrow the same cancer her daughter how it changed her life and the was sent along with a letter, part overcame. Goldsmith described things she learned. of the letter was written in He the devastating nature of Acute We asked Betty Ball, one of our "It was really a life-changing, brew. Leukemia. founding residents, why she chose transformational experience "I knew [the donor] was Jew "How do I put it?" she EPOCH fo r her new home and there was no doubt about it," ish," recalled Goldsmith, "be sighed, paused, then asserted: she was happy to tell us. she said of her illness and recov cause he sent a note with He "A person could appear fine, ery. "I just had a tremendous brew on it, saying good luck seem fine, their blood counts "I kn ew when I walked in that feeling of gratitude and felt that and good health." can be normal, everything can this was the place for me. The building is beautiful. My apartment was my own to decorate with my things. The food is deli cious. The staff - Volunteers Needed ""'\';j) and that includes the chef - For ACS Daffodil Days V are number one! With the arrival of spring, so comes the American Cancer Society's Daffodil Days and I know I made the right volunteers are needed to make this year's event a success! Volunteers will work with choice - EPOCH on the East American Cancer Society staff and be responsible for managing the daffodil order process, Side is my home!" as welJ as coordination of daffodil distribution in their communities. &tty Ball, Founding Resident "Daffodil Days is recognized as a symbol of hope by so many in our community - this annual Ca ll Today for a To ur event is an opportunity for volunteers to help raise funds fo r the American Cancer Society's research, 401-175-0682 education, and patient service programs," said Lauren Burch, regional executive for income develop ment at the American Cancer Society. "The event also allows local residents to work together to help those friends of family members touched by cancer." ~ Every year, the ACS buys acres of daffodils from Washington State. Businesses, schools, temples, government offices, restaurants, hotels, clubs, shopping malls, and hundreds of individuals then lEJP>OCIElI purchase these flowers. This March, 7.5 million daffodils will arrive for distribution throughout ASS I S TED LIVING on the Eas t Side New England. One Butler Avenue • Providence, RI 02906 You can help the American Cancer Society celebrate Daffodil Days, March 19 to 21, by volunteer www.epochsl.com ing to bring this beautiful symbol of hope to businesses, homes and schools in your community. To P 1-:1i\ 1111,( ! ttl Rt '-lllf ,. I (II Cft(IIC ! I l)I.: ._,I ,1tl!-.:'- volunteer, call (800) 364-5520. .. 14 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001 FEATURE Finding Hope In The Fight Against Cancer ·(Contin ued from Page 13) member of Temple Beth-El, "The disease is going on in Rhode Island. Through her dis died in August of 1999. your body, but that doesn't ease, Goldsmith learned that Goldsmith added that not mean that your life is diseased. medicine needs to be coupled many people may be able to Your body may have disease in with human and more personal withstand the amount of che it, but you're living your life needs--and that's what Rite of motherapy and radfation in while you have this disease. ... Passage sought to provide, fo volved in treatment-"it's And I think the idea is not to be cusing on counseling, educa amazing how many people do," overcome by the disease and tion, resources and support. she said, but as for her mother even up to the moment of death In 1989, the HOPE Center, a and because of her age, "she because it is likely that many cancer support group, was didn' t really have that choice." people who do get diagnosed founded b y Tricia Lovett Goldsmith, 47, said her Jew with cancer will die from it." Stallman, a Providence resident, ish faith played a prominent Asked how those without which she started in her living role on her road to recovery and cancer may be able to relate to room. In the early 1990s, the during her illness. " It really a cancer patient's pHght, Gold group moved to 297 Wickenden gave me a very immediate and smith said: " No one really St. in Providence and has been personal relationship to G-d knows. They can see that you' re there ever since. like I never had." An inspira sometimes in pain, that you're The HOPE Center and Rite of tional idea that helped her going through difficulty; Passage Cancer Project merged through her disease was that they're watching it, they're hav last November to become the "everything has G-d in it," in ing a difficult time watching HOPE Center for Cancer Sup cluding nature. you, but they don't really, really port. This new collaboration re While the chemotherapy was understand." sulted in Rhode Island's first actually killing her, Goldsmith "It's clearly in everybody's community-based cancer sup used the metaphor of nature mind [cancer] could be a death port center. Goldsmith is now and the four seasons to inspire sentence. No one's thinking, executive director of the HOPE her. In winter, she said, most of ' Oh absolutely, 100 percent, Center for Cancer Support and nature is dead-a feeling she you're going to survive this,' sees her role as a "natural fit'' to likened to her chemotherapy because chances are you're lead the center. rounds. "My body was in that not." " MY MISSION IS in the next two years that HOPE Center will be a household name," she "What we try to help people to do is to said. Speaking with Goldsmith have the highest quality of life while they're recently at the HOPE Center, and walled in on almost all sides right up until the very last moment, and by cancer resource books, it's THE HOPE CENTER for Cancer Support, 297 Wickenden St., it can be a very rich experience." clear to see her affinity with the Providence Herald plroto by Luke O'Neill group. The center's purpose is Miriam Goldsmith, executive director of the to help cancer patients and their and suits care to fit patients' in The HOPE Center collabo HOPE Center for Cancer Support families emotionally through dividual personalities and inter rates with other cancer support counseling and to reach out to ests. What makes the HOPE groups such as the American the community to support and Center unique, said Goldsmith, Cancer Society and Breast Can educate about issues having to is that it caters to all kinds of cer Coalition to set up educa dormant state and as the new do with "quality of life for our cancer. tional programs in the commu cells were growing back, it was DURING HER TREATMENT patients," said Goldsmith. "What we try to help people nity about various issues con spring." and recovery, Goldsmith par She added that she sees the to do is to have the highest qual cerning cancer and quality of This metaphor helped her ticipated in a large cancer sup HOPE Center as part of a team ity of Hfe while they' re right up life. realize how much nature can port group in New York City for a cancer patient with medi until the very last moment, and The Rite of Passage, which endure death and have a re called Cancer Care where she cal personnel, who, she said, do it can be a very rich experience," had offices in Newport, contin birth, "and so I was able to have met people going through dif a great job, "however, there are even with the pain and discom ues as an entity as it is currently my body be just like nature." ferent stages of the disease. She a lot of other needs that patients fort. This quality of life, she said, serving as the sponsoring orga Faced with dead cells and said it was helpful to be around have." The HOPE Center also refers to the therapies and mo nization for a six-part film se chemicals in her body, Gold people who had similar experi supports caregivers, family dalities of meditation, massage, ries called, "Connections to smith was amazed at the hu ences and felt she had become members and anyone else in yoga, art and music therapy Life--Inspirations from a Can man body's ability to heal. part of a "cancer club." volved with a cancer patient "to all services that can be found in cer Journey." Goldsmith, who's Through her ordeal, she said According to Goldsmith, be deal with their own fear," she the center's 1,500-volume re co-producing and co-directing she encountered, and now pos ing with like-minded individu said. source lending library that con the films, said each film will sesses "a whole new awareness als really helped her through Dealing with the every day tains books, pamphlets, video highlight a different stage in the of what G-d [means] to me." her emotional and medical jour hardships and stress of living tapes and audio tapes. Many of life cycle, starting with the Asked how she became more ney. And in 1996, just three with cancer, said Goldsmith, are the books, covering all kinds of youngest cancer patients. than her disease, Goldsmith years after she was diagnosed dilemmas the HOPE Center sets cancer, have either been do The first in the series, "From stated, "I pretty much main with a life-threatening illness, out to relieve. The center also nated or purchased. the Mouths of Babes," will fea tained almost a kind of joy just Goldsmith founded the Rite of helps patients with financial is Goldsmith hopes to have a ture children w ho have been being alive .... Passage Cancer Project in sues, family dynamics, nutrition sate!Hte office of the HOPE Cen diagnosed with cancer, or as ter in Newport in about two to Goldsmith puts it, five kids four years and provide broader "sharing their special message services for the state. With the of hope," providing comfort, so HOPE Center's Web site, Froin Jan. 18 to Feb. 10 AS220' s cafe gall e ry will present the paintings of Dante Perschino and Tim Turner's work in oils. Opening recep tion will be Gall ery Night Providence, Jan. 18, 5 to 9 p.m. In the upstairs gallery, Skot Campbell presents a mixed bag of media. Gallery hours Seeing Music are Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m., Saturday 1 "Visual Ja zz," capturing the spirit and "moments of truth" of American music features se p.m. to 5 p.m. lected works by Ken Franckling and McDonald Wright, Jan. 16 to Feb. 10 at CapitolArts Gallery, AS220 is located at 115 Em the Arcade Suite No. 49 at 65 Weybosset St., Providence. An opening reception will be held from pire St., Providence, R.l. Call 5 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 18 - the same night as Gallery Night Providence. CapitolArts Gallery hours 831-9327. Check out are Tuesdays to Fridays, 11 a. m. to 3 p.m. and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 621 -1992. Zamir Chorale of Boston to A SEAGULL in th e setting sun along th e scenic New England coastline. All pos tcard photos by and c~urtesy of Bemie Gordon. Present Children's Concert Published by Book & Tackle Shop, Westerly, R.I. On Jan. 21, the Zamir Cho Children will be seated on 20, (866) 926-4720.) The Zamir rale of Boston will present its the floor, close to the singers, Chorale is funded in part by the If you have an event you would like popular annual concert of Jew and will be encouraged to par Massachusetts Cultural Coun featured on our Arts & Entertainment Pages, ish music for children of all ages ticipate in many of the perfor cil, a state agency. The Sav-a-life please send it to the Rhode Island Jewish at Temple Emeth, 194 Grove St., mance activities. Seats will be Campaign is being organized Herald, P.O. Box 6063, Providence, R.I. 02940 Chestnut Hill, at 1 p.m. The one provided in the rear of the hall by Boston Friends of The or fax to 726-5820. hour performance w ill both for parents and teachers. Dur Magen David Adorn with assis educate and entertain, as con ing the concert, there will also tance from Combined Jewish d uctor Joshua Jacobson intro be a special presentation by the Philanthropies, The Jewish duces and explains the stories Sav-a-life Campaign, an effort Community Relations Council, Rhode Island Foundation behind several child-oriented by schoolchildren who are rais The Synagogu e Council of pieces selected from the ing funds to purchase an ambu Massachusetts and the Bureau Seeks Submissions chorale's vast repertoire. Joining lance for the Israeli Red Cross. of Jewish Education. the chorale w ill be Ko l Echad, Admission, at the door only, Since its formation in 1969, For 'Fashion Show' the children's choir from the is $5 per person, $3 fo r children the 47-member Zamir Chorale Jewish Community Day School age 12 and under. For informa of Boston has remained com From Antiquity to Hip Hop directed by Sigal Gavish. tion, call toll-free (866) ZAMIR- mitted to the highest quality The Rhode Island Founda Rocheleau said the exhibition performance of the fu ll spec tion will be examining the cul may include sculpture, installa trum of choral music arising ture of clothing and adornment tions, video, drawing, painting, from a variety of Jewish tradi in an exhibition scheduled for photography, m ixed-media, tions that span thousands of its in-house gallery at One printmaking, computer-gener REUBEN'S DELI years and four continents. With Union Station from Feb. 10 to ated art, graphic design, the Abraham Enterprises concerts throughout New En April 11. Artists are invited to spokeri word, and even, yes, gland and New York, as well as submit pieces for "From Antiq fashion apparel. Israel and Great Britain, and uity to Hip Hop." She said slides, photos, com Bob Abraham Sleiman with a discography of 12 re "We're seeking visual inter puter disks, or a Web site address Owner cordings, the chorale has gar pretations addressing fashion, depicting the works, their me nered a national reputation as from corsets to power dressing, dium, and their dimensions can 776 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906 the premier performer of the from moccasins to sequins, from be sent to The Rhode Island Jewish choral literature. The the media hype of Madison Av Foundation at One Union Sta chorale's 1999 tour to Eastern enue to the joy of just looking tion, Providence, R.I. 02903. Europe is the subject of the good," reported Gallery Cura They should be accompanied by documentary "Zamir.: Jewish tor Anne Rocheleau. "We're a brief statement describing the Voices Return to Poland," seekin g work that answers work, a resume and a self-ad - Gift Certificates Available - broadcast nationaJl y on PBS questions like: What is a healthy dressed stamped envelope no this past August and Decem body? Th en? Now? Do we later than/an.16. For a complete ber. Their new CD enti tled manufacture desire? Or is it as description of the guidelines, see "The Songs Live On" includes old as the most ancient cul the Foundation's Art Gallery at all the music featured in the tures?" THE HOPE STREET PIZZA PURPLE CAT & RESTA~--~- 1N CHEPACHET SINCE 1929 FAMILY RESTAURANT Fine Dining in a Relaxed P IZZA - APPETI ZERS - SOUPS ~ SALADS ~ Country Atmosphere (LUB SANDWICH ES - BURGERS - GRINDERS YOUR HOSTS, THE LAVO/ES '7flu1✓1n... Chepachet Village, R.I. 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Trinity Rep subscribers will see one of the plays, and may purchase discounted tickets McDonald, are performing to Midori and Stern, amongst to the other. Tickets fo r both new plays are gether at New Bedford's his other artists. An acti ve chamber on sale at the Trinity Rep box office: 351-4242. toric Zeiterion Theatre on Jan. musician, McDonald has col Quickly gaining national fame, both play 20 at8 p.m. laborated with the Juilliard, wrights have roots in Rhode Island. Warwick They are performing J.S. American, Muir, Takacs, native BeUuso's "Harry Flamethrowa" won Bach's "Sonata No. 3 in E ma Brentano, Fine Arts, Orlando, last year's prestigious Blanche and Irving jor, BWV 1016"; Poulenc's "So and Chicago quartets. He has Laurie Foundation's Theatre Vision Fund nata (1942)"; Webern's "Four also appeared as soloist with Award for Best New Play by an emerging Pieces, Op. 7 (1910)"; and several symphony orchestras, playwright. Wakefield resident Anderson, Beethoven's "Sonata No. 9 in A including San Fran author of Mill Girls, is a graduate of Brown major, Op. 47 'Kreutzer.' cisco, Bal tirnore, Mil University's MFA program and is a member Midori has worked with waukee, and Omaha, of the Trinity Rep Conservatory faculty. The many distinguished artists in addition to several directors of the two premieres are also rising throughout her career, in foreign orchestras. stars: Lisa Peterson, an Obie Award-winning cluding Leonard Bern McDona ld is the director active both in New York and regional stein, Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo recipient of many theater, and Amanda Dehnert, Trinity Rep's Ma, and Claudio Abbado. honors. He won the associate artistic director. One of the most cel Gold Medal at the "Henry Flamethrowa" is the gripping and ebrated figures in the mu- Busoni International topical drama of a very unusual sister and s ical world, Midori has ap Piano Competition in Italy and brother. She li es in a coma, and people come peared with the Chicago Sym the top prizes at both the Will from all over the country seeking her miracu phony, the Cleveland Orchestra, iam Kapell International Com lous healing powers. Alone in his room, the Berlin Philharmonic, and petition and the Washington In Henry loses himself in his books. If she is the the Orchestre de Paris. ternational Competition. instrument of divine mercy, then what will She is the recipient of several Sponsored by Baker Books, become of Henry? The play runs from Jan . 5 prestigious awards, including and part of the Greater New to Feb. 4 and is directed by Lisa Peter(on. Ja pan's Crystal Award (the Bedford Concert Series, tickets "This piece is part of my search to under nation's highest honor for art are on sale now for $15, $25, and stand the experience of disability in our soci ists). Midori devotes a signifi $30. ety," said BeUuso of "Henry Flamethrowa." cant part of each season to Bu y your tickets a t the "In the case of 'Henry Flamethrowa,' I was Midori and Friends. This is a Zeiterion box office open Tues cur ious as to the role that spirituality plays "Henry Flamethrowa" plays at Trinity Rep through non-profit o·rganization she day through Friday from 10 in the li ves of people with disabilities - Feb. 4. Photo courtesy o/Triuity Rep founded'that provides concerts, a. m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday people who are drawn to religious phenom- music education, and ins tru from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. They can ena in hopes of being 'healed' - and the way in which people use disability as a metaphor for Good ment instruction to children also be ordered over the phone or Evil. But most importantly, I wanted to explore these issues with respect and empathy rather than who might not otherwise have by calling the box office at (508) with derision or judgment." · the opportunity for involve 994-2900. "The New England Sonata": Clara's almost 40, and she's lost her balance: her simple, serene life ment in the arts. The Zeiterion Theatre is lo as a country writer is gone. Her husband is gravely ill and he.r mother-in-law has come to stay, Pianist Robert McDonald has cated at 68.f Purchase St., New needling her with comparisons to her husband's ex-wife. Then one day in the woods, where she's performed extensively through- Bedford, Mass. found some peace in long, solitary walks, she encounters a man- mysterious, fascinating, and very young. The play starts March 16 and is directed by Amanda Dehnert. Trinity Rep has presented 44 world premieres in its 37-year history. The Providence New Play Festival, now in its fifth year, gives southern New England audiences increased exposure to new theater works and up-and-coming playwrights. Winter Treasures: An Invitational Jewelry Show CenterCity Contemporary materials and style. Richards' Arts presents contemporary new work continues to be dra Thejewish jewelry by R.I. designers. Each matic, combining an apprecia year the gallery at CenterCity ti on of natural forms and a tal Theatre Ensemble Contemporary Arts is dedicated ent for utilizing distinctive ma proudly presents to showcasing the work of R.L terials. Additional pieces se jewelers. The show begins on lected for the exhibit include Neil Simon's Jan. 18 (Gall ery Night Provi Hayward's monarch series of dence) and continues through hand-carved orchid blossoms Feb. 14, for Valentine's Day. This and breath-taking butte rfly Lo,stln year's pr IRVING A. ACKERMAN with the arrangements by Sug (Ackerman) Grossman, he had of flowers, contributions may be of English literacy, a former WARWICK - Irving A. arman-Sinai Memorial Chapel. lived in Cranston before mov made to Hospice of R.L, 169 member of the American Red Ackerman, 87, of Minnesota ing to Palm Springs nine years George St., Pawtucket, R.I. Cross, and a volunteer with the Avenue, owner of the former IDA BUDNICK ago. Known as "Charles," he 02860. The family was assisted Rhode Island Blood Center, the Paramount Office Supply, died PROVIDENCE Ida was a hairstylist in Providence with the arrangements by the former Jewish Home for the Dec. 10 at Kent Regency Nurs (Tinter) Budnick, 89, of Hillside . and Cranston. He was the Sugarman-Sinai Memorial Aged and Meals on Wheels. ing Home. Avenue, a bookkeeper, died Jan. owner of a former hairdressing Chapel. Besides her husband, she He was the husband of the 8 at Our Lady of Fatima Hospi salon and a former school of leaves a son, Murry Packer; a late Doris (Rubin) Ackerman. tal, North Providence. cosmetology in Pawtucket. ~ CHARLES MILLER sister, Anna Szymanski of Phila Born in Providence, a son of the She was the wife of the late He was a graduate of Classi .---. PROVIDENCE - delphia; two grandchildren; late Issac and Eva (Nachbar) Morris Budnick. Born in ca l Hjgh School, Providence, = Charles Henry Miller, and two great-grandchildren. Ackerman, he was a lifelong Haverhill, Mass., a daughter of and attended Providence Col 84, of Douglas Avenue, the Funeral services were held resident of Rhode Island, and the late Philip and Celia lege. He was an Army Air owner of Miller & Sons Textile Jan. 11 at Sugarman-Sinai Me maintained a retirement home (Halperin) Tinter, she had lived Forces veteran of World War II. . Co., Pawtucket, for many years, morial Chapel, 458 Hope St., in Pembroke Pines, Fla. in Massachusetts until 1993, When he lived in Rhode Is retiring in 1979, died Jan. 5 at Providence. Burial was in Lin He was the founder and the when she moved to Providence. land, he was active in amateur home. coln Park Cemetery, Warwick. owner for 50 years, of Para She was a graduate of Bos theater with the Repertory Play He was the husband of the In lieu of flowers, contributions mount Office Supply, and a ton University. ers and Providence Players at late Jeanne (Max) Miller. Born may be made to your favorite . member of the National Office She was a former member of the Barker Playhouse. He was a in Pawtucket, a son of the late charity. The family was assisted Products Association. Temple Israel, Natick, Mass. former member of Temple Israel and Celia (Seli gson) with the arrangements by Sug He was a founder and mem She leaves two sons, Alfred Emanu-El, Providence. Miller, he had lived in Paw arman-Sinai Memorial Chapel. ber of Crestwood Country Club, Budnick of East Greenwich and He leaves his companion, tucket most of his life before Re~oboth, and a member of the Robert Budnick of Danbury, Ralph Sheplow of Palm Springs, moving to Providence. MAXINE RUBIN Touro Fraternal Association. He Conn.; a daughter, Linda five nephews and a niece. He He was a captain in the Army DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - was a 32nd-degree Mason, and Budnick of Woburn, Mass.; two was the brother of the late Max during World War II, serving in Maxine Rubin, 86, of Delray a Shriner. sisters, Rose Koffman in Florida 8. and Herman Grossman, Jean England and France. Beach, Fla., formerly of Cran He was a member of the and Beatrice Liberman in Cali Freed and Sylvia Podoloff. " He was a member of Temple ston, a retired bookkeeper, died fo rmer Temple Beth Israel, a fornia; four grandchildren; and Burial was private. A memo Beth-El and its Brotherhood, Jan. 5 at home. former member of the Temple a great-grandchild. rial service will be held at a later and B' nai B' rith. He was a She was the wife of the late Torat Yisrael, and a member of A private funeral service was date. In lieu of flowers, contri . graduate of the University of Israel Rubin. Born in Malden, Temple Sinai. held Jan. 10 at Sharon Memo butions in his memory may be Rhode Island. Mass., a daughter of the late He leaves tw·o d aughters, rial Park, Sharon, Mass. In Lieu made to Trinity Repertory Co. He leaves a daughter, Eliza Samuel and Celia (Lebovitz) Elayne A. Moe of Schnecksville, of flowers, contributions may or Temple Emanu-El. Arrange beth Mi lier of Lincoln; a son, Fruitco, she had lived in Cran -Pa., and Rayne Pass of Delray be made to United Way of R.L, ments were made by Shalom Harvey Miller of Providence; ston before moving to Florida 23 Beach, Fla.; a son, Arthur A. 229 Waterman St., Providence, Memorial Chapel, 1100 New and a granddaughter. He was years ago. , Ackerman of Warwick; a sister, R.I. 02906. The family was as London Ave., Cranston, R.L the brother of the late Alan She was a bookkeeper for a Anne Cohen of Joh nston; a sisted with arrangements by Miller and Rose Roitman. local office supply company, re brother, Joseph Ackerman of Sugar man-Sinai Memorial LOUIS KAY The funeral service was held tiring in 1975. Boca Raton, Fla.; and five grand Chapel, 458 Hope St., Provi PROVIDENCE-Louis Kay, Jan. 9 in Temple Beth-El, 70 Or She was a life member of ch ildren and a great-grand dence. 94, of Hope Street, died Jan. 3 at chard Ave., Providence. Burial Hadassah, and a longtime vol child. He was the brother of the Miriam Hospital. was in Lincoln Park Cemetery, unteer at the Hadassah Thrift late Frances Schwartz. NATHAN GROSSMAN He was the husband of Anne Warwick. In lieu of flowers, con Shop, Cranston. She received The funeral service was held PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - (Factor) Kay. Born in Malden, tributions may be made to your the Woman of Valor Award, and Dec. 12 in Sugarman-Sinai Me Nathan Grossman, 85, of Drift Mass., a son of the late Hyman favorite charity. The family was was a charter member of the morial Chapel, 458 Hope St., wood Drive, Palm Springs, Ca and Bessie (Rosen) Kaminsky, assisted with the arrangements Cranston Jewish Center. Providence. Burial was in lif., a former hairstylist, died he had lived in Stoughton, by the Sugarman-Sinai Memo She leaves two sons, Steven Sharon (Mass.) Memorial Park. Jan. 2 in Premier Healthcare Mass., before moving to Provi rial Chapel, 458 Hope St., Provi Rubin of Framingham, Mass., In lieu of flowers, contributions Hospital, Palm Springs. dence 3 1 / 2 years ago. dence. and Neil Rubin of Wappingers may be made to your favorite Born in Providence, a son of He was a graduate of Suffolk Falls, N.Y., and five grandchil charity. The family was assisted the late Abraham and Sima (Mass.) Law School and had DOROTHY SIMKINS dren. She was the mother of the been in the food retailing and PACKER late Joel Rubin, and sister of the management field until his re FALL RIVER - Dorothy late Helen Heneson and tirement 30 years ago. Simkins Packer, 89, of Robeson Mitchell Fruitco. AFFORDABLE CASKETS, INC. Besides his wife, he leaves a Street, a vol~teer and home The funeral service was held You have the right to b11y direct and sa\'e, daughter, Judith Spindel! of maker, died Jan. 8 at Charlton on Jan. 8 at Sugarman-Sinai wi1ho111 loss of dignity or tradition. Cukcl! sur1ing at '595°" in stttl and wlid "'ood.ums also a-,'3.ib.blt Providence; a brother,. Eli Memorial Hospital. Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope St., 1'1i0 SALES TAX CHARGED ON AN\' CASKET. Kaminsky of Stoughton; a sister, She was the wife of Meyer Providence. Burial was in Lin THE MONOPOLY IS OVER! Lillian Silva of Bethel, Conn.; Packer; they were married for coln Park Cemetery, Warwick. Tht funuaf homt cannol ltgall)• rtf11st lo acctpl or to and four grandchildren and a 68 years. Born in Philadelphia, 1n l.ieu of flowers, contributions chargt a /t.t to handft a cask.ti you purcliast from us. Becomt an tducattd consumer, shop and compan. great-grandchild. He was the a daughter of the late Joseph may be made to your favorite Caskets • Cremation Urns • Monuments · Markers brother of the late Max and Rose (Trager) Simkins, she charity. 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OUTSIDE RHODE ISLAND CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-447-1267 Member National and Rhode Island Toll -free: 1-877-463-7771 Formerly Moont Sinai and Max Sug<1rma11 M emori,,I C/1apcls Funeral Directors Associations Pre-Need Programs Available THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY ii,' 2001 ---= 19 FEATURE A Perfect World Politics To Reflect On CAT SlTTlNG (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 3) EAST SIDE CAT SITTING SERVIC E - clear. For me it was a fine buzz, the mythical Eden whose lush speed bump when a bond issue nent in a Democratic primary "Loving Care When You Can't Be There" subtle but palpable, yet differ- flora mirrors the perfection of to support the museum was [for Whitehouse]," said Bakst. References . (401) 272-0557. 2/22/01 ent than any I have known; oth- the human soul, here on Earth. defeated. However, the muse Former Congressman Robert ers may feel something else - Shabbat is more than a day with um's plans will still go forth. Weygand, "a myst.ery man ENTERTAINMENT tingling, pressure or tempera- nothing to do; to the contrary, Bakst's mention of Heritage here" in the gubernatorial race, ture changes. it's a day with unlimited spiri- Harbor was met with murmurs may also run for the position, STEVE YOKEN, PROFESSIONAL DISC Next, I would switch the tual potentials, particularly a from the largely Newport audi Bakst stated. JOC KEY; BAR/BAT MITZVA H SPE lerises of the microscope to a time to bathe in G-d's presence CIALIST. Package includes-2 dancers/ ence. The General Assembly Tony Pires, .House finance facilrrators for both teens and adults, New higher magnification to demon- and to spend quality time with had planned to raise the state's ch airman, may also make a York light show, candle-lighting ceremony s trate how . this community fri ends and loved ones. Jews do hotel tax from five to six percent move for governor in 2002, but and dance contests. Fall River (508) 679- could redeem itself, through the not subscribe to reclusive re to help pay for the museum. The Bakst added Pires may face 1545. Boston Party Planners #1 Choice. mitzvah of T'shuvah, repen-. treats; Shabbat is a structure increase would have perhaps problems with statewide expo 2/15/01 tance. This is not vowing to re- built from time. For 24 glorious gone unnoticed in Providence, sure. He called Pires a "very, frain from behaving immorally, hours each week, we can choose "but in Newport Rhode Island, very able guy" who knows the FOR RENT but to draw n earer to G-d absolute freedom from our it caused a big hullabaloo," he budget throughout. through personal self-scrutiny, worldly affairs and focus on said . Myrth York and Aram LAKE WORTH, FLA. - 2 bedroom apt. delving deep into our inner psy- spirit. A major topic in the General Garabedian were two other screened-in porch, washer, dryer in apt. ches through careful attention Mostofus havebeentooclose rugs , fans, ale. Close to shopping. Call Assembly this year, said Bakst, names Bakst mentioned on the (401) 353-7441. 1/ 11 /01 to the holy text. Korban, the to Jewish tradition so that we no would be taxes and whether to Democratic side. Hebrew term for " drawing longePsee the treesfrorn thefor reduce or eliminate the capital Republicans cited for the gu nearer," had its fuUest expres- est. Perhaps that's why so many gains tax and make changes to bernatorial race included GENERAL HELP WANTED sion in the sacrificial law, which of us have forsaken Judaism's inco!)1e tax. former R.I. Atty. Gen. Jeff Pine, was abandoned in the aftermath outer form and taken to other Bakst sees an effort to pass a State Ch airman Bernie Jack WOR K FRO M HOME $25 - $75/hr. 1:aoo- of the destruction of the Second religions or even total secularity. 387-8623. www.LeamWealth.com law allowing same-sex mar vony and Jim Bennett. Of Pine, 1/25/01 Temple. Animal sacrifice was It takes something like a high riages, a law, he said, " will hap Bakst asserted, "I've also heard supplanted with prayer. The poweredmicroscope toappreci pen some day in Rhode Island," his name mentioned as a pos Hebrewworldforprayer, t'filla, ate our rich spiritual heritage but may take a few more years. sible candid ate for mayor of MOVING SALE stems from a root that denotes from afar, in its wholeness. Ju Last year, the General As Providence--if there's a special self-judgment. One of the no- daism was founded on the spiri ARTIST MOVING OUT OF STATE. Must sembly passed a bill, after an 11- election." A comment met with sell everything, including fine art, tools, ticeable differences between Ju- tual principle that we wiU return year struggle, to combat drunk laughter from the audience. metal sculptures and Judaica wall hang daism and the other religions, to a land flowing with milk and driving by lowering the thresh In 2002, Rhode Island will ings and materials. Please call for an ap that we would discern through honey, a Promised Land, a per old of a motorist's blood alco also have a race fo r U.S. Senate pointment to view. 725-2095 and ask for our eyepiece, is that Jews pray feet world, or whatever you hol content level from .10 to .08. for Sen. Jack Reed's seat. Ed. 1/ 11 /01 in the first person plural. We would prefer to call it. This lowering of the BAC is a Questioned by one audience pray for ourselves as a commu- Velvel "Wally" Spiegler lives in start, he said, but is stiUa "weak member on news about Rep. PIANOS nity knowing full well that Rehoboth, Mass. He is a certified version of the kind of law that's Patrick Kennedy, B. happening now possibly fo re and his constituent's sake that WANTED shadowing the race, including he calms down now, that he has the mention of R.I. Atty. Gen. more of an attachment with SILVERPLATE AND STERLING trays, Scientists From Hebrew - Sheld on Whitehouse being ac Rhode Island." pitchers, tea sets, etc. Doesn't have to be tive in selecting a_po lice chief for A problem Bakst sees in the polished. (781) 344-6763. 2/22/01 University and Germany Providence. But, Bakst added, current political system is that "I would not suggest what the candidates' messages and view Send Classbox Correspondence to: Find DNA 'Zips' Itself attorney general does is done points are often limited to 30- Class Box No. The A.I. Jewish Herald For the first time ever, scien cated. The base molecules con because of the 2002 election." second s pots on television P.O. Box 6063 tists have succeeded in figuring stitute the "teeth" that, when He cited Whitehouse as the which may not help some vot Providence, A.I . 02940 ers attain an accurate picture. out how the four molecules that combined, make up the "zip front-runner because of his A. I. Jewish Herald classified ads cost $3 fo r form DNA in the nuclei of ceUs per" holding the DNA strands present stature, but added that And finally, despite the cur 15 wo rd s or less. Additional words cost 12 actually bind together. The ac together. present and near future actions rent publicity and activity sur cents each. Payment must be received by complishment, a major step for When the DNA is replicated, may have an impact on the race rounding Providence politics, Monday at 4 p.m. prior to the Thursday when and will be watched by curious Bakst contends that the city and the ad is scheduled to appear. This news• ward in understanding DNA, is as happens throughout life, the paper wi ll not, knowingly, accept any adver described in an article in the double helix strands of DNA are voters. state are just seeing the begin tising for real estate which is in violation of current issue of Nature maga "unzipped," w ith each side Bakst noted Whitehouse's ning of Plunder Dome. the RI. Fair Housing Act and Section 804(c) zine and is the joint work of Pro bearing the base molecules re personality and "willingness to At the end of almost each oftitle VIII of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. Our fessor Matanjah S. De Vries of qui red to put together new spend money" as other reasons mention of political happenings readers are hereby informed that all dwelt• in the state, Bakst would advise, ing/housing accommodations adve rt ised in the Hebrew University Institute pairs. These new pairs are for being the early fa vorite for thi s newspaper are available on an equal of Chemistry, his graduate stu formed in exactly the same or Rhode Island's next governor. "something to keep to your eye opportunity basis. dent Eyal Nir, and Professor der as the previous ones, thus R.I. Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty on." Karl Kleinerrnanns of the preserving the genetic code. It is another Democrat possibly Heinrich Heine University in is therefore vital to observe just eyeing the governor spot and ~ ------, Dusseldorf, Germany. how these base molecules re "could be a formidable oppo- RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD I "The pairing of these mol combine after being separated. ecules is analogous to the struc This is what the Israeli and Ger ture of Lego building blocks," man researchers have suc stated De Vries. "One cannot ceeded in doing for the first time understand what holds a Lego in an isolated manner, without Jewish Host structure together without ob any possible foreign substance serving the dimple and tube interfering. To accomplish the Family Wanted The Foreign Study CIASSIFIEDS construction that enables necessary isolation, the scien 15 words for $3.00 • 12¢ each additional word people to connect the individual tists used a vacuum chamber, League, one of America's most respected interna pieces. Similarly, understanding and laser pulses were used to Category the mechanism of DNA requires set the molecules free in order tional student placement or- , Message a knowledge of how the strands to observe their binding. ganizations, is looking for a are bound together through the They found that these Jewish family willing to pairings of the molecules that "freed" molecules tend to bind host a Jewish student from Brazil for the second half of comprise it." in only one way, as occurs in Name DNA is composed of four their natural setting. However, the school year. Address basic molecules found in all liv in some instances, the scientists Fifteen-year-old Priscila, ing cells. These base molecules observed an abnormal transfer an 11 th-grader, enjoys gym are the building blocks of life, of hydrogen (the element that nastics, dancing and school Phone and is looking for a host and their sequence is respon connects the DNA bases) from No. Words Date(s) Run ______sible for transmitting hereditary one of the molecule pairs to the family. characteristics and for the other. This observation of "mis For more information, To include a box number, send an additional $5.00. All responses call toll free (877) 256-0971 will be m a lled to the Herald via box number, a nd forwarded t o cl••· manufacture of proteins. The takes" in the binding provides affled advertiser. Payment MUST be received by Monday afternoon, PRIOR 10 binding of these molecules in new insight into how such mis or contact local coordinator the Thursday on which the ad is to appear. DNA is basic to understanding takes - possibly leading to ge Nancy Franzese at 884-3005. RHOl>E ISLAND JEWISH HERALD how DNA coding works and netic mutations - can occur in \( Th ank tOU, P.O. BOX 6063, PROVIDENCE, A.I. 02940 how the DNA strands are repli- the evolutionary process. L------~ - -- - 20- THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001 ,, - WOMEN CREATE and decorate their own herbal oil blend at TO COMMEMORATE THE MIRACLE of oil, Susan Ribbe-Allaire (herbal oil blender) gave a the party. Photos co11rtesy ofCl,abad of West Bay special workshop teaching the women at the party how to use herbal oil in cooking. 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