******* **":t•¼fiH,ctif{ii-ili- ·H JibI 4'/ 229 11- ',JI d) R, r EWiSH 1 C:T lR I L i,\ r-, ~T LI~ 1 i c: ::C;,lDtJS P ,i..V I i:~. i:, R l 4'/ J... Rhode Island Jewish Saudi Weapon Deal --HERALD Page 7 The Only English~ewish Weekly in Rhode Island and Southeastern M assachusetts VOLUME LXXVII. NUMBER 29 THURSDAY. J UNE 14, J990 JSC' PER COPY -----Campus Bigotry On the Rise----- NEW YORK OT A) - How­ According to the National of ethnic violence since 1986. bigotry or violence that have ed in an effort to represent ever liberal their reputation, Institute Against Prejudice and The Anti-Defamation League occurred in the past year, the both urban and rural. Eastern American universities increas­ Violence, more than 250 of the of B'nai B'rith noted a 271 per­ AjCommittee study is more a and Midwestern, large and ingly are becoming the sites of nation's 3,300 colleges and cent increase in the number of handbook for university ad· small educational institutions. bias crime and bigotry. universities have reported acts campuses reporting incidents ministrators detailing methods "In terms of the general cli­ of anti-Semitism in 1988 from that have proven effective and mate on campus, it didn't vary 1987. those that have proven coun· all that much. The problems Its annual Audit of Anti­ terproductive in creating a are societal, not regional," Semitic incidents showed a rise more tolerant college atmos­ Stern said. in campuses reporting inci­ phere. He attributes the increase in dents from six in I 984 to 38 " Whether the numbers are ethnic violence to changes campuses in 1988. Sixty-nine up or down is not what con­ occurring in American society anti-Semitic incidents on 5 1 cerned us as much as the long­ in general. with all its racial, college campuses were re­ term implications," said Ken­ ethnic, sexist, religious, homo­ ported in 1989. neth Stern, AJC program spe­ phobic and class tensions. According to the American cialist on anti-Semitism and A large part of American Jewish Committee, each re­ e)(tremism and the author of society perceives a decreased ported incident of bigotry has the study. " We wanted to commitment to civil rights and probably been preceded by show what is structurally exist­ equal opportunity, Stem said, scores of unreported episodes ing or not existing on campuses and that perception has had a of ethnic violence. to help administrations man­ strong effect on college cam­ In the wake or a gang assault age diversity." puses. on two Brooklyn College stu­ The study was conducted Bigotry is no longer consid­ dents outside the college Hillel through a survey of over 300 ered as important an issue on building in October, the Amer­ colleges in the archives of the campuses as it was in the National Institute Against Prej­ 1960s. "MAN OF HISTORY." Rabbi Arthur Schneier (left), president ican Jewish Committee has udice and Violence as well as "College administrators and of the New York-based Appeal of Conscience Foundation - compiled a report on bigotry two AJCommittee-organized presidents have to realize that an ecumenical group that seeks to advance religious freedom on the college campus and how symposia of university resi­ bigotry is a human rights issue around the world - p resents the Foundation's first " Man of to better respond to such inci­ dents held in New York and and not a public relations History" Award to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at a dents. Cincinnati last October. issue," said Stern. " It's their ceremony during the Soviet leader's visit to Washington. However, rather than docu­ ment the various incidents of These two cities were select- (continued on page 15) their families looking on. Beth-El on Video Also included is some of the Sons of Jacob: background history that char­ by John Chadwick acterized the temple gallery Still Standing in the Shadows of the City Temple Beth-El has entered presentation. Footage of the the video age. Synagogue early congregations on Broad b y Michael Fink dreamy dimension, like an epi­ hope so. It would suit the sur­ members, with a little help Street, the voice of the late My wife likes to tell the tale sode from Rod Serling's Twi­ real quality the place has total­ from Channel IO, have com­ rabbi William G. Braude and of driving with her dad toward light Zone, out of another scale ly taken on for me. Did the pleted and released a 15- the construction of the sprawl­ the Orms Street Shu] and pass­ and tenor of life, away from Israelites once worship the minute documentary com­ ing Orchard Avenue building ing by a village of gypsies. She now. On the peninsula of High Place itself, the geologic memorating the Reform are depicted. would beg her dad to open the weedy ground that faces toward mystery of lava and stone? temple's 135th anniversary and The video also captures the " mindow" and slow down. the fl owing crossroads stands a Harold Silverman greeted its continued high profile to· more intimate and eccentric She wanted to watch them liv­ solid granite World War I mon· me as I entered, hunting for the day. side of Jewish life . Longtime ing just behind the storefronts. ument. It commemorates the name of my wife's grandfather, The documentary was writ­ member Bertram Bernhardt re­ They set up their homesteads death of a local Jewish soldier. David Weintrabb, former Pres­ ten in part by temple archivist calls dozing off during Friday like a moving tableau. She also The rock was rededicated in ident of the congregation. A George Goodwin who also as­ night services and how his wife liked walking and sitting with 1983 but melts into the grove Shavuoth kiddush following sembled the widely acclaimed - Helene Bernhardt - shook her Bubby, away from dad of trees that surround it. Yizkor was being served in the temple history gallery last fall. her bracelets to awaken him. and the men, listening to the If you look up from this back room. Harold asked me in "The basic concept was to cele­ An exchange between Walter davenning drifting upward. marker to the crest atop the to see what the boys were hav­ brate the temple and to pick up and Celia Adler also will get She found the sound soothing shul, you will make out the ing and see if I wanted the where the gallery left off," many laughs. In a separate in­ but endless as the droning of twin tablets of the Ten Com­ same. This inner sanctum too Goodwin said last week. terview, Gutterman revealed insects in midsummer. mandments. Squint as I might, gives off an aura of memory. The video focuses on the con­ that he had initially wanted to My own images of this little I could not find letters upon Harold tells me the shul is on temporary Beth-El - a large be a doctor - until he had to Orms Street shtetl only start them. Perhaps they are blank. I (continued on page 16) and complex institution that take a zoology course which re­ from a few years later. All that serves a variety of individual quired "doing something to a lay leftover from the neighbor­ and community needs. Scenes fro~ with a pin." hood was Julie's Luncheon. My of Seder and other holidays in " People laughed at every­ uncle, brother and I taught at the temple and in the home are thing when it was first shown,'/ RISO. We would bring distin­ interspersed with interviews Goodwin says. .. ;,-1ys. guished Jewish visiting artists with Rabbi Leslie Y. Gutterman Besides being a time capsule for lunch at the deli. You could and older temple members. for the 150th anniversary, the choose a cream soda or bring Because of the history behind video may serve as an orienta­ over a beer from next door. We the congregation the video tion guide for prospective took Leonard Baskin to Julie's. makes a nice summation of the members. Others who con­ He illustrated a famous Hagga­ various roles of the modern tributed to production were dah, and also created the American synagogue. Aecom· members Carl Feldman, Nan Thoreau postage stamp. panied by the Beth-El choir and Levine and Mark Patinkin. The construction of the Mar­ narrated by Norm Jagolinzer, Copies of the video are avail· riott dispersed those gypsies. the video juxtaposes footage of able. Says Goodwin: "We'd Throughways have dwarfed sanctuary services, weddings, like to enter it into a temple film and th warted the setting for the temple cemetery along with festival but we don't know of the shul. I try to look al the more lighthearted social scenes any." For more information, bright side of change. The shul - children playing dreidel, call 331-6070. has taken on an attractively Sons of J acob -=14 HOOE ISLANi>.isw,su"uco .-,•..: - '-' - THtk · · -:--~~-~-~--~----~--.---- - ---------------- 2- THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, T H URSDAY, JUNE 14, 1990 Inside the Ocean State Id Schechter Middle School >f Play Festival ts Middle School students of Pamela Sinel and Marc Sultzer eighth grades as the culmina­ the Ruth and Max Alperin as Narrators, Jennife r Raki tt, tion of their Chumash study of Schechter Day School gave a Gordon Liss, Nadav Mer, Jon the book of Exodus. This play fi ve-star performance in thei r Mirochnik, Pamela Sinel, Marc featured Abby Cordell and Middle School Pla y Festiva l Sultzer, Irina Coman, Lina Carla Miller as Joseph, Erica and delighted their audience Zaslavskaya and Alina Gold ­ Newman, Liat Savin and of fellow students, parents, shtayn as schoolchildren, Abrah Salk as Narrators, grandparents, siblings, alumni Jonathan Rubin, Wendy Brown, Debbie Bojar as Jacob, Amy and frien ds.