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VOLUME LXVIII, NUMBER 13 SHEVAT 16, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1998 35, PER COPY Israel Readies For Attack But Doubts Iraq Will Strike
by Gil Sedan raeli counterattack might be too own way of defending itself," And no matter w hat the ex At least one municipal offi JERUSALEM ()TA) - Israe difficult to endure. Albright said . perts and politi cia ns say, some cial charged last week that more lis are hearing co nflicting opin In an effort to turn public Mea nw hile, Netanyahu Israelis aren't prepared to take tha n 300,000 p upils lacked ions over the latest cri sis with opi nion, Iraqi spokesmen bent stressed that Israel alone would a ny chances. proper shelters. The educa ti on Iraq - and no matter what the over backwa rd to d escribe decid e how to defend itself. "Seven years ago, we d idn' t ministry confirmed that there experts say, it appears they are Butler's comments regardi ng a "We will respond as needed, think twice," said Tamar Golan was a problem, but added, with preparing for the worst-casesce possible attack on Tel Aviv as a to protec t Israel and fo rti fy its of Hai fa, "as soon as the war outelaborating, that it had "con nano. d eli bera te American provoca national security," he said . "We broke out we packed a few be ti ngency plans how to act in On the one hand, there are tion. "He chose Tel Aviv," wrote are the only ones making the longings a nd our 3-year-o ld case of emergency." the comments by Ri chard But the government-controlled AI decision." daughter a nd went on a long Reuven Pedatzur, a military ler, head of the U.N. weapons Jumhuriya, "because he knows Recentl y, heads of the defense trip overseas. analyst for the Israeli dail y news inspections team. Butler's re that this wi ll move the USA, establishment tried to reassur e "If need be," she said recently, paper Ha'aretz, said, "We are marks that Iraq had enough bi o under the pressures of the Zion the Israeli public that even in "we would do the same. None no t be tter prepa red , a nd if logical materi al "to blow away ist lobby, to a ttack Iraq." the unli kely event of renewed of us want to be heroes." chemical warhea ds hitTel Aviv, Tel Aviv" captured banne r Other Israeli m ilitary experts missile attacks, the home fro nt There also appeared to be the casua lties wi ll be much headlines in the Israeli press and ec hoed Bin-Nun's comments. was much better prepared than evid ence tha t, as critics a re hi gher than 300 to 400 people." brought back disturbing memo The Ameri ca n response also in the past, and that anti-missile chargi ng, Israel is not full y pre ries of the 1991 PersianGulfWar, appears to be different this time. rockets were much more effec pared fo r an Iraqi attack. (Continued on Page 19) when 39 Scud missiles were In I 991 , Israel, under pressure ti ve now in intercepting Scud fired on Israel. from the Bush administra ti on, missiles. But according to ex perts like refrained from responding lo the Four batteri es of U.S. -pro Israel's former chiefof staff, Dan missiles, all armed with conven duced Patriot anti-ballistic mis Soviet Emigres Make Up Shomron, and Reserve Gen. tional warheads. The attacks siles were dep loyed in the Negev Avihu Bin-Nun, the commander ca used property damage and in southern Israel in a move de Israeli Team at the Olympics of the Israeli air force during the only two blast-related d ea ths. scribed by the army spokesman by Naomi Segal her family to the United States. Gulf War, the cha nces for an At a news conference re as part of "routine training JERUSALEM (JTA)-Call it Sa ka novsky, born in Russia, Iraqi missi le attack on Israel now cently held in Jerusalem after drills." the Soviet co nnecti on. made a li yah three years ago and are "very, very slim." she me t with Is rae li Prime Thi s ca me, even as some All three a thletes represent then moved to Delaware to train As the United Sfa tes mus Minister Benjamin Netanyahu members of Knesset criticized ing Israel at the 1998 Winter with Chayat. tered support in Eu rope a nd a nd Pa lestinia n A u th o rity the policyoftheNetanyahu gov Olympics in Nagano, Japa n, The couple recently placed the Middle East for possible Chairman Yasser Ara fa t, U.S. ernment to keep it~ preparati ons have roots in the former Soviet 12th in the European champi military action agains t Iraq, Secretary of State Madeleine vague in order to reduce pani c. Union-and two were actuall y onships in Mi lan, Italy. which has snubbed the U.N. Albright said, "Nothing wi ll Despite these reassurances, there. Shmerkin, who was born in weapons insp ections team s, shake the iron-clad commit Israelis are faci ng some trou The ice d a ncing d u o of Odessa, lJkraine, will partici Baghdad had yet to threaten ment of the U.S. w hen it comes bling reports. Ga lit Chayat, 23, and Sergei pate in men's skating- he will the Jew ish'state. to the security of Israel. " Prior to the Gulf War, every Sankanovsky, 22, will join Misha perform to Chasidic and Israeli The ci rcumstances this time, Albright would not respond Israeli was gi ven a gas mask in Shmerkin, who participated in music in his short program, and said Bin-Nun, are different. to a question abou t whether the case of a chemical attack. Only the 1994 games in Li llehammer, to Central Eu rop ean Jewish There is no international coali United States had asked Israel after the war did it turn out that Norway. music for his free skate. tion for Iraqi leader Saddam to refrain from responding to an had a chemical attack taken Chayat, born to a Russian Shmerkin placed 16th at the Hussein to try to break u p by Iraq attack, but she indicated p lace, the masks would not have fa mily in the Israeli townofKfar Lilleharnmer games. He hopes p rovoking Israel to attack; Iraq's that Washington would not op done much good. Saba, moved attheageof6 with to finish in the top IO this year. military capabili ty is more lim pose Israeli mili tary action. ited than it wasseven yearsago; _ "It is obviously always up to and Saddam reali zes that an Is- each country to determine its U.S. Jewish Groups Press E.U. on Middle East Policy
by Daniel Kurtzman n"li ssion - which serves as the WASHINGTO N (J T A) E.U.'s highest decision-making Ameri ca n Jewish officials are body-blames Palestinian eco urging the Europea n Union to nomic misfortune exclusively on take a more balanced approach measures that have been taken to the Middle East peace pro by Israel, particularly the clo :ess. sures it imposes on the self-rule In a meeting with a senior areas after each terror attack. 3uropean Unio_n offi cial orga The European Union has "lized by B'nai B' rith, Jewish of been the largest donor to the 'icials criticized what they say Palestinian Authority, but the 1as been a "tilt" by the Euro E. U. document speaks of "inter )ean Union over the years to national donor fa tigue" brought rva rd the Arab side of the con on by a lack of progress and lict. warns that "regional coopera Speci fi call y, they took um tion and integra tion cannot •rage with a report recentl y re, make headway unless there is eased by European Commission real progress toward a solution (ice Presid ent Manuel Marin of the Arab-Israe li conflict. " vhich demands that the 15-na Dan Mari aschin, d irector of Rediscovering Their Heritage lon Europea n Union take on a B' nai B'rith Center fo r Public Parti ci pants at the JDC-organized Jewish Book Festi val in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, look over 1rger, more active role in the Policy, ca lled the report "one Russia n-language books on Judaism and Jewish history. Ai med at introducing Jewish in the FSU 1eace process. exam ple of many over the years to their religion, cultural history and literature, Jewish Book Festivals were held in 32 cities. (See of this insensiti vity to the Israeli The 23-page document, ap story on page 9) . Photo by JDC rnved by the European Com- (Conti nued on Page 19) I
2-lHE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, TI-IURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1998 HAPPENINGS
Painting Demonstration and Lecture Join renowned marine artist Don Demers at Mystic Maritime Calendar: February 12 thru February 21 Gallery in Connecticut for an entertaining and informative lec ture/ demonstration on Feb. 21 . Demers 13 Newport Winter Festival runs from the Feb. 13 to 22. Call 847-7666. will lead a lively discussion on the 14 Auditions at Perishable Theatre, from noon to 4 p.m., 95 Empire St. The five roles needed challenges and concerns he faces for this production are: woman, age IO to 16; woman, age 35 to 60; 2 men, age 20 to 35; man, while executing a painting on can age 35 to 60. To reserve a time slot, call Mick at 331-2695. vas. Gain a deeper understanding of mate- 15 "Adventures from the Book of Virtues," PBS starting Feb. 15, weekly. Check local listings rials and techniques, while watching a master for time/station. piece evolve. Reservations are required. Mystic Kol B'Yachad, Jewish Collegiate Festival of the Performing Arts. For more information, Maritime Gallery is located across from the-main call Brown/ RISO Hillel at 863-2805. entrance to Mystic Seaport; admission is not charged. Reservations 16 JFK Library is offering free admission in celebration of President's Day. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 re required and may be made by calling (860) 572-5388. p.m. The library is located on Columbia Point in Boston, adjacent to the University of Massachusetts-Boston campus. Vacation Week Workshop, "What a World!" Offered by Rhode Island School of Design. Abe Lincoln Visits Cranston Library Feb. 16 to 20. Learn about cultures that are rich in art and beauty. Appropriate for children Rob Dimmick, actor and playwright, will portray Abraham 5 to I I. Call 454-6200 to register. Lincoln in a one-man show at the William Hall Library, 1825 Broad 17 Israel's Early Years, 1948-1967. Discussion with Yehuda Lev, I p.m., Brown/ RISO Hillel, Providence. Call 331-1616 for information. St. on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. The program, sponsored by the R.I. Civil War Round Table and theCranstonPublicLibrary, is free and open 18 "The Bacchae" at Brown's Leeds Theatre, 8 p.m., will run from Feb. 18 to 22. The theater to the public. is located on Waterman Street near the marquee. For tickets, call the Leeds Theatre box office "A Lincoln Portrait" offers a performance of purely Lincoln, at 863-2838. recreating a moment in history that will afford a memorable CJP's Genesis Forum, noon, 126 High St., Boston. Bring a lunch and study the Book of evening. The performance covers Lincoln's childhood, romantic Exodus with other downtown professionals. Call Pam Susi for more information at (617) follies, and turmoil as president of a nation in crisis. 457-8536. Authors Henry Brown and Louis McGown at Borders, 7 p.m. For more information, call For information, contact John Bucci, 781-2450. 944-9160. Heart Month Seminars at Landmark Medical Center in Christiansen Conference Center, Five Painters Offer 115 Cass Ave., Woonsocket, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in honor of American Heart Month. Call 769-4100, ext. 2064 for more information. 'The Painters Position' at RIC 19 Winter Festival Youth Tours with art activities at the Newport Art Museum, Bellevue The Rhode Island College Bannister Gallery winter/ spring Ave., Newport. $4 members, $6 non-members. season opens with an exhibition featuring five artists who strive to Children's Fingerprinting Clinic at Cranston Public Library, I to 3 p.m. Refreshments will reassert the significance of painting, a medium which has recently be available. Call 943-9080. found itself in contention with such forms as video, multimedia, Andre Tippett, A Personal Journey to Judaism, 7 p.m. at Combined Jewish Philanthropies installation ~nd performance art. 126 High St. in Boston. Registration is $IO/ person in advance, $15 at door. Call (617) 457- Running through Feb. 27, the show will feature works by 8793 for more information. Derrick Buisch, Deborah Cornell, Thomas Gregg, Christine Hopkins 20 "Harvey" at the Blackfriars Theatre, Feb. 20 to 23, Harkins Hall, Providence College. and David Kohan. Ticketsare$7,seniorcitizenand PC faculty / staff$5, and $3 for all students. Tickets may also For the five artists in this exhibition, painting remains, figura be reserved by calling 865-2218. tively and literally, a significant field. 21 The Sixth annual Mardi Gras Ball, from 7:30 to midnight at the Rhodes-On-The-Pawtuxet The work of each builds upon the long tradition of painting and ballroom, 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For seeks to extend it. more information and directions, call 783-3926. Both the exhibit and discussion are free and open to the public. Daughters of Aging Mother Workshop, 2 session workshop, Feb. 21 and 28, IO-noon, The gallery, located in the College Art Center, is open from 11 Warwick with Sharon Foley. Call 727-2996. am. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and from 6 to 9 Tuesday and Thursday evenings. . For more information, call Dennis O'Malley at 456-97~5. RISO Events 'Amistad' Lecture Feb. 16 to 20- Vacation Week Workshop. "What a World!" Learn about cultures that are rich in art and beauty by making Series: Voices Join thousands Subscribe to the Egyptian jewelry, African masks, Asian kites, Indonesian shadow puppets and Native American wall hangings (appropriate for of Freedom of readers who children ages 5 to 11).9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To register, call 454-6200. In this lectures serie, Amy know what's going RISD's Tillinghast Farm, Barrington. Trout, curator of the New Ha Feb.18to20-Vacation Week Workshops. "Art Is Something ven Colony Historical Society, on in the Rhode To Do." Create different, hand-on projects each day which relate personalizes the "Amis tad" Island Jewish HHODI to drawings, paintings and works on paper in Working the Stone: story by presenting the incident Process and Progress of Lithography and Artistic Expressions of through the eyes of the people Communitv ... the Human Spirit: Selections from the Nancy Sayles Day Collection involved. of Modern Latin American Art (appropriate for children age 6 to This lively, interactive pro 12). $5perchild, per day at the door. I to3 p.m. To register, call 454- gram introduces us to such di Timely features, local 6545. RISO Museum, Providence. verse voices as Cinque - the ISlAND leader of the slaves, the slave and social events, editorials Feb. 20 - Jazz Friday. Listen to artists from the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. Wine Bar. Free with museum traders, Martin Van Buren, and and business profiles admission. 6 to 7:30 p.m. RJSD Museum, Providence. John Quincy Adams. 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John Torgan, Narragansett Kennedy said. "There were no Hudson Riverkeeper John BayKeeper at Save The Bay, public parks ot swimming Cronin admitted that he too was receives an award for pools. The environment was dubious at first, but said that he their community and their prop hung on as the Hudson was "outstanding efforts" erty." transformed from a symbol of But when the Pennsylvania pollution into an international by Emily Torgan-Shalansky Central Railroad began haphaz model of ecosystem protection. Jewish Community Reporter ardly transporting oil on the "I have learned about the Water and knowledge are Hudson, the beaches, the fish power of the people to stand both essential to human Ii fe, but ing stock and the mood of the up," Cronin said. "It's not about while wisdom is infinite, natu town all blackened. governments or companies, it's ral resources are scarce and sub "Even though this was a pa about citi zens making de ject to ruin. triotic community largely made mands." On Feb.8 at the Westin Hotel, up of veterans and marines, Next, Torgan said that Tlte a benefitfortheProvidencePub these people were so angry with Riverkeepers seemed strangely lic Library showed that when the government and the indus familiar as he accepted an award agencies of public information try that they wanted to blow for his outstanding efforts to work to support environmen~ things up," Kennedy said. protect Narragansett Bay for the JOHN TORGAN, Narragansett Baykeeper for Save the Bay. ta lists, the ongoing fight against But one night, Bob Boyle, an people of Rhode Island. Herald plroto by Emily Torga11-Slrala11sky pollution gains a great deal of outdoor writer for Sports lllus "Kennedy and Cronin have power. trated, attended a meeting. been heroes of mine for many To help spread awareness of "He said that he had come years," said Torgan, who joined turned to Rhode Island and its Corporation is negotiating with Save the Bay in 1993. "Their salty waters soon after he obtained a a major port developer to fill dog fisherman might as well B.S. in environmental science over 550 acres of the bay to cre have been ours, their compla from Union College. ate a "megaport" at Quonset cent regulators might as well Three years later, in 1996, he Point/ Davisville. have been ours, and their pol was able to play a critical role in "There is a misconception luters might as well have been the emergency response to the that we must choose between ours too." North Cape oi I spi II by assisting the economy and the environ Altliough Torgan grew up at the site, handling media in ment, because anything that is during a time when few were quiries, and helping to mobilize good for theenviroflillentis also_ allowed near the Providence thousands of volunteers for good for the economy," Torgan Ri ver, his childhood experiences cleanup and wildlife rescue ef said. "Save the Bay's vision is with Narragansett Bay and its forts. one of beaches that are beautiful salt marshes inspired his career Although Torgan admitted and alive. It's one _of protection path. . that conditions in the state's wa rather _th_a11 degradation. If we A third-ge_rieration Rhode ls ters have improved, he cau work together, the bay will come lander who was educated at tioned against laxity, remind through healthier and stronger. • Moses Brown and confirmed at ing his audience that the Rhode l"~e bay .will \Je a_r eso}',r,c!c'_for Tempi~ B\'!th-EI, Torga n re- Island Economic Development my kids too."
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TH£ Wt:.Sl lN by Emily Torgan-Shalansky cial chatter to deeply personal "When i·se~ a.child ·who has · Jewish Community Reporter issues, participants conferred been badly abused," said an It hardly seemed like the time with their neighbors. Some vol other. _ ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. at the Providence Public Library, or place to search for G-d: unteered their responses. Rabbi Diamo nd then ex speaking on behalf of Tlte Riverkeepers. However, on Feb. 4, some 25 "When I'm with my grand plained Salkin's theory about Herald plroto by Emily Torga11-S/rala11sky women in business suits made children," one woman offered. how to bring G-d into such their way downtown to the law "When I'm snorkeling under places by becoming his partner. officesofBrown, Rudnick, Freed neath the ocean," another said. "One is active, and one is re environmental activism, the PPL across a statute that said it was & Gesmer, stepped into its sleek After a number of answers ceptive," -she said. "The active presented John H. Cronin and illegal to pollute the water," conference room, and waited for that included illness in the fam concept is that we should be Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., authors Kennedy explained. "ltsaid that the Business and Professional ily, car accidents, and praying holy because G-d is holy. The of The Riverkeepers (1997: anyone w ho reported a polJuter Women's Affi Iiate of the Jewish outside with one's peers, Rabbi receptive idea is thatG-d is with Scribener's, New York, New would get to keep half of the Federation of Rhode Island's Diamond spoke. us in the places that we let him York) an account of the proceeds. He also said that the "Net and Nosh" event to begin. "No one mentioned work," into.11 grassroots movement tha t suc statute had never been en The program, the third in a she said. The rabbi then asked the cessfully restored the Hudson forced." series organized for the first time As attendees burst out laugh women about what they do in River. But it soon was, for commu this year, was entitled "Judaism ing, she directed them to a their lives that makes them feel To show appreciation for lo nity members soon used it to That Works: Finding G-d in the worksheet entitled "Finding holy. cal environmental efforts, the stop the Pennsylvania Central office and at home." G-d at Home and at Work." The Most of the responses, such PPL also honored John Torgan, Railroad. The speaker was Rabbi Gail sheet included four short quo as lighting Shabbat candles and a member of Rhode Island's Jew They then used the$2,000that Diamond of Congregation tations from Jewish sources. raising children, were centered ish community and the Nar they had gained from PCA to Agudas Achim, and she had "Next, I'm goingtointroduce in the home and/ or Jewish tra ragansett BayKeeper for Save fund theRiverkeeper, a boat that about an hour to address the an idea from Rabbi Jeffrey dition. T~e Bay. patrols the Hudson looking for topic. Salk.in, the author of Being G-d's Rabbi Diamond then polled Kennedy, chief prosecuting polluters. After the socializing dimin Partner [Jewish LightsPress]. It's the group about their profes attorney for Hudson River Soon, Kennedy got his law ished a nd the platefuls of about spiritualizing our entire sional lives and helped them to keepers Inc. and senior attor students at Pace University in chicken salad disappeared, lives by becoming G-d's part see holiness there too. ney for the national resource volved. Rabbi Diamond took one of the ners.'' "Anyone in the legal profes defense council, began his ac "We brought over 100 suc seats around the vast confer The rabbi focused on a quo sion is helping to make justice," count of the transformation of cessful legal actions against vio ence table. tation on her sheet from Ba'al she explained. "Anyone who the Hudson by admitting that lators," Kennedy said, ending "You're going to be doing Shem Tov, the creator of mod works in the garment industry the task had seemed impossible his presentation by pointing out most of the talking," the rabbi ern Hasidism . . is helping to clothe the naked. at first. wha t made the battle for the Diamond informed her audi "It says that there is no place Any work done with good con " It was like David against river strong and effective. ence, then began to ask ques devoid of G-d," she said. "That science can be expanded to bring Goliath," he admitted as he dis " It was the people who made tions. means the whole earth. It means the G-d idea in." cussed the massive movement war," Kennedy said. "It was "I like to use an idea from everyplace, including offices Our sense of holiness in life, that began in Crotonville, a fought not so much to protect Rabbi Harold Kushner," she and boardrooms." said therabbi,isenhanced when small, poor blue-collar commu the birds and the fish as to pro said. "He suggests that when Next, Rabbi Diamond di we understand the concept of nity located on the Hudson in tect the nature that enriches us we talkaboutG-d, we shouldn't rected participants to confer tzimtzum. New York. spiritually and economically. It's ask who or where, but when. He about where it was hardest to "'Tzimtzum' is the ability to Many community members, not just for shad or striped bass says we should ask ourselves findG-d. pull ourselves back," she said. said Kennedy, had fished in the - it's because we believe that when we feel the presence of Responses ra nged from "It's a crucial part of maturity. Hudson River continuously our li ves will be richer if we live G-d in our lives, or when we feel comic to tragic. G-d had to pull back to make a!' since Dutch Colonial times. in a world where there are shad spiritual." "When I'm on the South East " It was a poor town," and striped bass." Shifting awkwardly from so- Expressway," said one woman. (Continued on Page 19) 4 -1HE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, 1HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1998 OPINION Go East, My Son Torah: Jewish Spiritual Therapy by Velvel "Wally" Spiegler by Ychudah Biss pre-planned, assembly-line of Sh'ma and the dalet of Echad Olamot, the four worlds. In es Herald Editor "styled" cities. When U.S. News The Torah lays out a course are written {:O nsiderably larger sence it states that everything in Ahh, the East Side, the scent and World Report recently called of mental and emotional heal than the rest of the verse; one of the universe was formed by or of the ocean. It permeates the Providence an up-and-corning ing thatmay notbeobvious from those prominent Torah mark exists in four levels of energy, night like fhe mist from a good city, they should have extended the text itself but yet it served ers which signals something of which would also be true for bowl of soup. Sometimes I join it an additional title: unique up the Jewish people from before importance. These two letters our emotional and mental life. the multitude of walkers that and corning city. Whereas other the pre-exilic period until the spell the word" AID," meaning Level One relates to survival and make their way wandering the cities may have a wonderful rise of modern psychotherapy. witness in Hebrew, the source physical issues, particularly streets there. Blackstone Boule downtown mall and o ther The Torah's ca ll for loving your for unconditional love. Roman those of money and health. Its vard is their Mecca, with its lus a menities w hich Providence neighbor as you love yourself tic love, passionate _love, and symptom is fear and its remedy cious trees, cute shrubbery and also is working on), Providence with the emphasis on "yourself" too often even marital or paren is feeli ng unconditionally loved neatly culti vated lawn. It's al stands out as different because is the foundation of the Jewish ta l love is conditional, not real - knowing that a lovi ng, Di mostas if Mayor Buddy himself of its history and quaint streets. system. love; it depends on the behavior vine power cares for our every cuts the grass on Blackstone. I The East Side makes that differ Love, whether for yourselfor of the other. need. We express this in the could see him in the driver's ence. No one could plan the East for another, is not a feeling or an From Jewish mysticism we amidah of the daily prayer ser seat, just waving and smiling at Side. It just had to grow that emotion; it is an energy. This find further sources for emo vice. Level Two deals in rela everyone. way. energy which pervades tional healing. The Kabbalah tionship and sexuality issues, See, the East Side is a hidden Inthecurrent"global village" throughout the universe and teaches the concept of P.rba (Conlinued on Page 19) treasure. Like Solomon's Mines that we live in, it's nice to have a manifests in the form of caring, in the Congo (maybe not that city like ours still around. In sharing, commitment, healing, hidden). ltisa placewithstreets that way, Providence parallels and awareness generates the like Jenckes, Blackstone, Bowen Venice, Ita ly. In fact, Mayor special feeling we ca ll love. The The Feinstein Chronicles and the like. Jenckes can boast a Buddy has recreated some simi awareness is expressed con 35 percent grade slope, which la rities with Venice recently, by sciously, meaning that it is de February 1998, No. 7 used to be a two-way street, but offering gondola services in the tached from judgment between good and evi l, right or wrong Thank you, WLKW, fo r your public service announcements had to be changed due to its ca nal downtown. But this ar helping us to relieve hunger. Please keep it up. That so many inclining nature (and two car ticle isn't about the new down and is the basis for unco ndi tional love. Its quality is that of people going hungry in our co untry - the richest, greatest accidents). Blackstone is as we town (although that is the pri country in the world - is a shame. said, and if you haven' t been to mary reason for U.S. News' pick). a wi tness, an observer, a be holder of the events in our lives Recently we announced an offer to match all donations of the beginning of Bowen (Pros Yes, downtown has transformed $25ormore-uptoa totalof$1 million-made from February pect Park) you haven' t seen all into a romantic beauty. But there without the need to be attached to them. A hint of this· self-love 4 to 14 - to food pantries, food banks or soup kitchens of Providence, literally. These still is nothing like smelling the throughout the country. I hope this challenge not only raises magnificent streets accentuate sweet aroma of Blackstone Bou comes to us from the scribal let tering of the Torah verse Sh'ma money to help the needy but shows our government the the distinctiveness of Provi levard. It's good to be back. public's deep concern for this problem. dence, letting this great city Yehudah Biss recently joined·the Yisroel Ha shem Elokeinu, Ha shem Echad. The Hebrew letter ayin The responses are already corning in. A doctor in California stand above all the suburban, R.I. Jewish Herald as co-editor. has pledged all of his fees from Feb. 4 to 14 to go toward our challenge. A Long Island businessman was spurred by it to open his own soup kitchen. A Massachusetts store manager is Dershowitz Says Clinton Crisis thinking of matching our offer for all his customers who respond to it. Will Not Create Anti-Semitism That could be tripling those donors' money! ... A great thing for any establishment to do, and great public relations, too! It by Emily Torgan-Shalansky religionists any more than their Dershowitz believes that should even attract new customers - people who really Jewish Community Reporter fellow Americans. Lewinsky's situation raises appreciate such a gesture. Thescandal that could topple "Jews are making too much some important issues about The things good people can do when they listen to their the Clinton administration in of the Jewish connection," said modern Jewish life. hearts ... volves Monica Lewinsky, a Dershowitz. "I got at least half a "We'rewaypastthetimethat Anything interesting you do or hear about, please let me young Jewish girl with a loose dozen calls from the Israeli me anyone represents the Jewish know - P.O. Box 2065, Cranston, RI 02905. mouth and even looser morals. dia about it, and I told them that community," he said. ''Monica Who knows? Maybe together we can end hunger. .. According to Author and Pro it would be shocking if her be Lewinsky doesn't represent the In the last month, the number of food pantries the Feinstein fessor Alan M. Dershowitz, the ing Jewish was any major issue Jewish community, and her law Foundation has helped start in houses of worship throughout repercussions of her alleged be here.I told them that they didn't yerWilliamGinsburgdoesn'trep- the country has risen from 173 to 179. havior should not affect her co- understand." Alan Shawn Feinstein . (Continued on Page 19) RHODE ISLAND JEWISH Moses Learns How to Share HERALD by Julie K Spitzer get the job done. Isn't it great to thedifficultmatterstoyou.(Exo No doubt about it: Moses is know that we are needed by so dus 18:21:26) (USPS 464-760) Published Every Week By The the epitome of a good leader. many? Nobody else can do it as So simple and yet so impor Jewish Press Publishing Company When we are asked to name a well as we can. tant. By delegating responsi HERALD EDITORS biblical figure who models what If we keep leading like this bility, Moses not only makes TARA V . LISCIANDRO Candlel ighting a leader should be, Moses tops Moses, nobody will do it any hi s impossible workload m~n YEHUDAH A. BISS the list. And why not? Moses better because no one else wi ll ageable, he also guarantees his CONTRIBUTING REPORTER MICHAEL FINK February 13, 1998 led a rag-tag band from slavery get a chance to try. And slowly future and that of hi s commu . JEWISH COMMUNITY REPORTER to freedom. Moses the unassum we will lose our effectiveness. nity. He can work together with EMILY TORGAN-SHALANSKY 4:58 p.m. ing. Moses the man of uncertain We will tire. We will "burnout." all his team leaders, encourag ADVERTISING ACCOUNT REP speech. Moses the impatient. We will alienate family a nd ing their growth and, it is DIANA FLORIO However, early leadership friends, the very ones whose hoped, learning as well from . MAILING ADDRESS: Box 6063, Providence, A.I. 02949 qualities are not necessarily support enables us to be lead their example. 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Notice:The opinions presented on this because we think that we alone groups of thousands, hundreds, Rabbi Julie R. Spitzer is tile di The Herald Is a member of the New England page do not necessarily represent the fifties, and tens. Let them judge l'ecto,· of tile UAHC Create,· New Press AsSOciat!on and a subscriber to the Jewish opinion s of this establishment. have the skills, the information, Telegraphic Agency. and the personality needed to the minor disputes and bring YorkCow1cilofRefonn Synagogues. THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1998 - 5 FEATURE Jacob and Esau in the Womb by Mike Fink parchments. "I like the flow of but I am happy that he is going Where Can Herald Contributing Reporter the grain in the wood, and I seek home to his parents for a visit. His name means both field the sacred spirits of the wilder Dad is a lawyer, and Mom is an Adam Hide? and dwelling, as though he ness in the hides," he claims as actress. They are outgoing needs to stay and to go. He told he unfolds the ruglike scrolls. people. Their son has always me once he needed the woods, He has carved and printed He been more in-going, deep in his by Mike Fink and time alone. But I was glad · brew prayers in mystic circles thoughts. "I am the ram that Herald Con tributing Reporter he found a soul-mate to share a with dyes, inks and stains. They saved Isaac's life," he tells me. future and a home. are elegant forms, with the little In.fact, just before he marched I lost my physician and my full day, to volleyballs hitting He graduated last year, but crowns above the letters. in commencement, he gave me optometrist seasons ago, and my my foolish head on school courts. she is studying abroad for a se But as I study his face 1see the a small ceramic image he had dentist retired to take up a ca He sat me on his throne, brought mester. My former s tude nt sculpturing of suffering on his made and glazed a n albino reer in jazz music! So I let my that great gear over to my face, called and asked me over to see features. "Are you in pain?" 1 white: a kneeling calf. fingers do the walking, just and stared through brilliant some of his latest art work. Ever I rang him up next day to round my block, and a band of lights behind my eyes into my in a vision quest and hunting check out his state of mind be near strangers has come to know retina, into my soul. What state for his role in life, he embod- fore his journey. "Thanks for me intimately. secrets did he see written there? ies for me the twin spirits of your reassuring words, which I am a person w ho developed "I don't expect miracles, doctor, Jacob and also Esau, the I needed," he said. "I am a cold early this winter. It turned only slightly sharper letters and indoor, inward person, grateful for the privilege of out, the doctor with an office signs." He came up with num and the outdoor wan your friendship," I returned. closest to my house had once bers and letters on a sheet of derer. I'm only a writer, and his been my student at R.I.S.D. She paper, passed on to the optician, The last time I had laid former, not his actual, men got me to undergo an x-ray and who promises the delivery of a eyes on my ally it was at tor. In a society that wor a blood test, measures I dread new pair of glasses fo r Route 95. Misha's talk on wolves ships power, ambition, ag and avoid. She prescribed bed Wha t is the theme of my ode? and a lost youth. He looked gression, what place is left for rest and glasses of juice. It's kind of loose. Everybody toothin,and I worried about a moral domain? I offer to And then, last week, my knows you, really, the banker, him. When he phoned, he filled him, to myself, and to my story tongue found acavity,and I feared the baker, the candlestick maker, me in. "I awoke one morning no answer but rather a response I was finally just rotting through and you can't hide anymore than without feeling in my fingers of honor and concern, and a and through, deep down. My ter Adam could, from G-d, in Eden. and toes. I was losing weight, ask. "Yes,sometimes,especially sense of timing. ror of the Novocain needle sur But a new battery of health care and I seemed to be disappear when I eat," he confides softly. I have been haunted of late passes my fear of the drill, and 1 professionals look pretty thor ing, dissolving. I couldn' t tell if "I am trying to commune with by a Chassidic idea that each asked my new dentistifshecould oughlyintoyourvery beingand it was· mental or physical or the souls of animals. But I feel coincident, accidental meeting go a tit just plain. I got rave credit may find things you'd rather which came first.The doctors less and less toward living be along our daily pathways counts for courage and bravery, but it not know. Your ignorance is can't figure it ou t. My mother ings, as though I am withdraw for something, adds up to some was really just super-cowardice. your bliss. If you get away this took a look at me and said 1 had ing into myself." thing. We meet persons, phan It's been time for an upgrade time, it's a grateful lease on life. a ghostly look from a d.p. camp." We settled in with mugs of toms, creatures, things, each of my spectacles, long, long over My cold has gone off. My 1 made my way to his apart tea. I could choose herbal or with a spark, or a mark of punc due. Driving is an ordeal for me, tooth is nicely filed and filled ment, an antique but not re Darjeeling. He served a saucer tuation along the sentence of ifl have to read roadsigns. I have and polished. I've gotten away stored Victorian, a flat with left of nuts which he had warmed. the week. Weconnectmorewith been working too hard to make withitall,and left records of my over fancy furnishings, French As we sipped and crunched, he some moments than with oth sense of the shape of my world. inner life here and there beyond doors, damask wa llpapers, and went on in his calm but also ers, seldom entirely. We keep so I opened the pages of my phone the borders of my friends a nd all the urban comforts. But my troubled voice. "My work for many ties and bonds in our book and chose the clinic round family. It's all photographed and ,host's things ran counter to the City Year tired me out. I'd like warm lives. the corner. wriHen downbypeoplelhardly setting. to teach. I work on my sculp With him, the pull of the past I told the saga of my seeing know, who know me inside and He had built a large poplar ture. I am making mummies and the push of the present are from boyhood days walking into outside. It's both a lonely feel trunk to hold the skins of d eer from animal skulls I find in the struggling like a paragraph in trees at camp, to getting sun ing and a reassuring and alarm and other animals whose car forest." scripture. I read the careful aleph strokeand losing my vision for a ing one at once, as time goes by. casses he finds and cures to make I feel a level of startling alarm, betofhisfatewithcareand prayer. A Rose of_Hope and Harmony by Mike Fink education.Shewasalivingsym est elements of the Ashkenazic Herald Contrib uting Repoter bol of Hope High School at its Jewish prewar world into the INDOOR !twas a funeral like any other. very best, and she gave her 40- east side of Providence. Her And yeti t was unique. One sur year career to that torch of lead passing gently closes that chap vivor shook your hand in the ership. ter of local history, like the back receiving line, a nephew. I My own friendship with the cover of a beautiful book. WEATHER fibbed a little. I said she had benevolent Miss Presel was in "Our families came from the been my French teacher. "Then direct. She was chair of the for same shtetl," said Ma rtin you must have tasted her onion eig n la ng uage d epartment, Temkin, who sat beside me. soup," he noted fondly. The line when you studied not only for Jerome Spunt carefully guided was short, arid the hall held only practical purposes-a business a woman with a Caribbean ac a handful of mourners. But the career, a job with immigration, cent, who had looked in on Miss melancholy was mixed with a a requirement for advance Presel in her final years of inde sense of pride in your loss, and ment- but prima rily for the pe_ndence on Elmgrove Avenue. the triumph of a life well lived. philosophical beauty of the Her neighbor and friend Ida "I t's 2 ° warmer in Zone 3. Cantor Ida Rae Cahana sang as tongue, the words, the heritage Millman joined the little con elegantly as some exotic, fabu of an entire culture, another form gregation of admirers and al 'E?(act[y. ''. of music. · lies. I had a poetic image in my lous winter bird in a shaft of Carrier Indoor Weather Experts sunshine. Her husband the rabbi But Miss Presel always knew mind as the rabbi repeated her can give you complete control said, "Ida Rae came home with my name and greeted me as a name. I saw a white rose in a of up to four rones with just one hearing a joyful story of a day well spent person, long after I had left the winter garden, blooming in a with a remarkable woman, corridors of her kind influence. strange dream. And I played and cooling system. Wireless remote sensors, srraregica1ly-insra1led nearly at the century mark, who I am a teacher myself, but I con with a thought, tha t the phrase dampers and a four-program thermostat work rogether co deliver was both sharp and genial, clear fess, with d iscomfort, that I can "Eurocentrism" gets a real beat Custom Made Indoor Weather to every corner of your home. All as a bell." So the hymns rang name each student in my room ing in the spiritual presence of day, all night, all year rpund. out with a personal, private spottily. I blame my eyeglasses, Miss Rose Presel. Today's aca sound. but it's a cop-out. Miss Presel, demics reject the noble heri Some of you , unlikeme,may on the other hand, called out to tage of music, art, poetry and _____ history that used to mark the «·&- have been her former pupils. me, cordially and warmly, on My Hope High classmate, the Hope Street bus in the years highestlevelsofeducation. But Dazzle Devoe, loyal and de of her retirement and asked af Miss Rose reigned over our voted, showed up. They had ter my welfare and my family. com munity with dig nity, s·ha red not only Iangu·age She looked wonderful, straight, beauty, class and wisdom. It's courses, but also concert spaces: proud, regal. I mean no disre a fascinating fact that one of Her teacher was also a role spect, but I compare her to the her nephews serves as our am model fellow pianist who de drawings in the Babar books. bassador to Uzbekistan. And lighted many with her perfor The aging royal highnesses of the nephew, Peter, who was PROVIDENCE, RI Wedo It mances. the Frenchified jungle might here, an engineer, declared, "If 401-351-7600 Miss Rose Presel left us the look as though years had passed I were to design and construct right the legacy of her musical art and over them, but custom had never the perfect educator, it would 1-800-244-1252 her belief in language. And her staled their infi nite variety. take the shape and soul of Rose RI License • 2470 • MA License 14421 . nrstUmel faith and commitment to public Miss Presel brought the fi n- Presel." 6 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1998 JEWISH COMMUNITY UMass Dartmouth Hillel Temple Am David Hosts Builds a Jewish Community Magic Show for Adults
New Hillel director Raina Considering her first and "I think that lean really iden Professional magician Bruce learn his craft. When the old Goldberg spent her first semes most daunting task was to iden tify with the Jewish students Kalver will be entertaining magician teaches the young boy, ter at the University of Massa tify just who, exsictly, are the here," she said. "I grew up in adults with his show "Moments he becomes young again. chusetts Dartmouth meeting the Jewish students at UMass Dart very small Jewish communities of Illusion" at Temple Am David From the manipulating of challenges of getting to know mouth, Goldberg has brought in Jacksonville and Pensacola, in Warwick on March 1 at6p.m. small silver spheres to sleight of people, creating a new commu Hillel a long way. Students' re Fla. I do know what it's like to This show includes a deli din hand with a deck of cards, nity of Jewish students, and de ligious preferences are not so be in the minority." ner, dessert and refreshments. Kalver's skill of prestidigitation veloping interfaith program licited on applications for ad GoldberglivesinBostonwhere Kalver has performed his is remarkable. Lorraine Luciola ming with colleagues from other mission to the university, so she is director of regional student magic for major corporations, in the Providence Journal wrote, faiths in the office of religious services for the Hillel Council of cruise lines, and resort hotels "Bruce is immediately likeable resources. New England. In addition to her and has appeared on a number as he strolls from table to table Despite the fact the job brings one-day-a-week stint at UMass of television shows. A member greeting old friends and mak her to campus only one day per Dartmouth, she performs similar of Hollywood's Magic Castle, ing new ones. He is boyish and week, she has managed an im duties at the University of New Kalver has lectured all over the at the same time, slick and expe pressive number of accomplish Hampshire. She holds a bache world on his craft. He has re rienced .... In short, Kalver is a ments. During the fall semes lor' sdegree in history and elemen ceived the degree of Associate smooth professional." ter, the list of students who par tary education - a double major of the Inner Magic Circle with a Magic is having a resurgence. ticipated in Hillel program - from the University of Miami Silver Star from The Magic Circle Broadway is hosting two live ming grew from nearly none to in Florida, and a master's degree of London, England. magic performers entertaining almost 40. Most _recently a in counseling from Boston Uni Kalver's act includes audi audiences with sophisticated dozen students made ceramic versity. ence participation, psychic ef sleight of hand. Television in menorahs with graduate stu It was at UM that she became fects, memory demonstrations the last couple of months has dent Arlene Selmonosky and interested in Hillel. "They have a and many amazing visual illu shown no less than 10 magic 20 students. enjoyed a Chanu very strong Hillel and I walked in sions. The performance at related specials. Adults are once kah party just before semester the door my second day on cam Temple Am-Dav:id will include again rediscovering that they break. pus. I became very involved with his latest act which is usually enjoy being fooled by the won Other achievements include Hillel. I felt very at home there. performed exclusively for ma der they once had as a child. guiding the students through Raina Goldberg And they were good to me, send gicians at various magician's Ticket reservations must be the process of establishing a ing me to national conferences conferences in North America. made and cost $15 ($18 if you board of directors, creating right away and giving me leader "Classic Conjuring" is a magic pay at the door). Visa and events programming, and col she has had an interesting di ship training and opportunities. theater vignette performed with Mastercard will be accepted. laborating on interfaith projects. lemma: how to identify current "I am also very excited by the his 10-year-old son Eric, about Temple Am David is located Examples of the last are the sea Jewish students, who are few in opportunities I think (UMass an elderly magician who is los at40GardinerSt., Warwick. For sonal religious observance number, and then demonstrate Dartmouth) presents," she says. ing his touch when a young ap more information and reserva tables setup in classroom build to prospective students that "Getting in on the ground floor prentice appears wanting to tions, call 463-7944. ings which provided informa UMass Dartmouth offers a is very exciting. Challenge is a tion and traditional foods of s upportive environment for good thing!" Christian, Jewish and Moslem Jewish students so that more Can't Buy Me Love holidays for passersby. will enroll. by Yehudah Biss through emotional and physi Mystery Solved Herald Edilor cal ties. Butlwasoutoftheloop, The photograph of the five My daughter was born in the until now. Her eyes met mine Cranston High School West Presents couples who were featured in Maze! of Akrav-Cancer, but just and l saw for the first time the 'I Never Saw Another Butterfly' the latest "Can You Help Us?" barely. Maybe that explains our love that I spoke of earlier. A article from the R.I. Jewish His similar personalities. Or could love I had for no one else in this A one-act cutting of Celeste Raspanti's play, "I Never Saw torical Association of Jan. 29 it just be love? See, before my world. A unique love no one Another Butterfly," is being presented by Cranston High School brought a large response from Esti was born, my wife was could ever break. I extended my West students on March 20 and 21 at8 p.m. and March 22 at 3 p.m. the readers of the Herald even worried that I wouldn't have an pinkie a nd touched her hand as Directed by Nancy Donegan and featuring a cast and crew of from as far away as those who easy time adjusting to young she responded with a slight more than 30 students, this play offers a glimpse into life within the were vacationing in Florida. children. I was the guy who gentle hold. All of the world Terezin concentration camp as seen through the eyes of children Identified and verified by could light up a room of teen changed for me that day. See, inmates and especially Raja, a survivor. several callers were the follow agers with excitement but be she was my birthday present. Tickets for this presentation are $6 general and $4 students and ing: (Seated) Abe and Esther stumped when a 4-year-old Born five days after my 23rd seniors. For more information and ticket reservations call: 781- Barnett; Rebecca and Hyman would ask me my name. That birthday. A birthday present for 6395. Due to mature subject matter, this production is not recom Brosofsky. Standing are Ida and all changed the day I met Esther all birthday presents. One I will mended for viewers under the age of 12. Lee Paster; Fannie and Nathan Malka. Suddenly, she became cherish as long as I live. I now Resnik; Issac and Jesse Coken. part of my new family. I was have a sweet 2 1/2-year-old The consensus of opinion is now fused with my wife, with daughter (my, the years do go by that the event (perhaps a wed the help of the A-mighty, to con fast) who has become everything ding or a bar mitzvah) might tribute to this one beautiful and more to me and my wife. not have been a Temple Beth child. Yet minutes old, they put I've seen a lot of things in my Israel function as were most of her on a warming table, where life, none more important than the photographs given to the' they intended to clean her off. her and her new little brother. I archives by the Kelman children. She and I had other things in will cry like a banshee on her This was based on the fact that mind. We had some bonding to wedding day and hope to see her the group in the picture were do. After all, she knew her children born. But until then, I Pawtucket residents. mother for nine months and cherisheverymomentofour Jives Several of the callers were could communicate with her together, father and daughter. related to those in the photo graph. They dated the picture to the 1950 decade. Temple Beth El Teaches Modern Jewish History Rabbi William E. Kaufman of Temple Beth El in Fall River, Mass., will present his Adult Jewish Literacy Course Vlll - Modern Jewish History - on Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. :J.his willbe a spec/acufar during March in theSchneierson Vestry. All classes are open to the public as well as temple members. The class schedule is as euening oJ dancing an Visit us of our Web SIie: Beth El at (508) 674-3529. Temple Beth El is located at 385 High Longwood Ave. On street and earaire :~ •Duetothespedalnature ~ : www.Cholslngles.com St. in Fall River. par1clng. Ntllreoftheseevents,therewll Bor10Cho!s!ng!!!_.com be no l Pidyon Haben at Mishkan Tefilah University of Rhode Island A very rare mitzvah recently took place at Congregation Mishkan Tefilah, Pidyon Haben, Redemption of the fi rstborn: Done on the baby's 30th day as symbolic praise to G-d for saving Hillel Wins Award the firstborn d uring the tenth plague in Egypt, it is customary to show thanks by giving a gift to The ·Foundation for Jewish across the campus came together a local kohain, a descendant of Aharon, the first priest of Israel. It is a joyous occasion and a feast Campus Life recently announced to make a 60-pound matzah ball, always follows the ceremony. that the University of Rhode Is with360eggs,andsell it insoµp Maze! Tov to Chaim and land Hillel was awarded the to raise money for a homeless ' Yocheved Betzalel, who live in William Haber Award for Pro shelter. This was a wonderful Wickliffe, Ohio. Yocheved is the grams of Quality for the Jewish project that involved, not only daughterofRabbi Avrohom and Campus Community for its pro Hillel staff,students, faculty and Lynn Jacubowicz, both teachers gram entitled The World's Larg board, but more than 20 gener at Providence Hebrew · Day est Matzah Ball. ous local businesses as well. All School. The award, presented at the proceeds went to help the-Wel 1997 Schusterman Hillel Inter come House, a transitional shel national Professional Staff Con ter in South County. ference in Rye Brook, N.Y., rec The presfigious William ognizes programs that enhance Haber award is announced an both student experiences on nually. Winners are chosen by a campus and provide models for committee comprised of Hillel other Hillels to replicate. Uni lay leaders, students, profes versity of Rhode Island Hillel sionals,and outside experts. The was one of six Hillels selected award honors the late Dean for this honor. William Haber of the Univer Hillel director Guy Bermel sity of Michigan who served as said, "We are thrilled to have chairman of the Hillel Commis received such an honor espe sion from 1955 to 1963 and was cially for a worthwhile fund an outstanding communal raising program like the Giant leader in many areas of vital Matzah Ball." The University of significance to world Jewry. Rhode Island Hillel serves more Haber was a renowned acade Herald photos by Yelrudah Biss than 1,500 Jewish students on mician and an economist of in the URJ campus through a wide terna tional stature whose array of programs and activities achievements and commit including its award-winning mentsembodied thehighestide Hallmarks of the Adoption Giant Matzah Ball. Students als of Jewish communal service. Process at Adoption Options Student Explores Portugal Protecting the best interests To protect the child, adop "If you will be making an of the child, the birth parents tive parents are carefully adoption plan for a child or are and Jewish Connections and the adoptive fami ly should screened during the home study planning to adopt a chilcl," said A University of Massachu and people. These photographs be foremostin the adoption pro to ensure that they can provide Zaitchik, "look for an adoption. setts grad student, artist Arle,ne will be the basis for a series of cess. Yet how does one ensure a safe, stable and loving home. agency with integrity, one for Selrnonosky, will spend the Jew ti le collages created by that the needs of everyone in Screening enables the adoption whom the child's welfare, the ish holiday of Passover with Selmonosky, and for a slide lec volved are actually met? Their agency to discover criminal comfort level of the birth and Crypto Jews in Belmonte, Por ture which she will present to legal rights safeguarded? Their records, domestic violence, sub the adoptive parents and the tugal. Sponsored in part by the the university community. feelings respected and privacy stance abuse and other factors correct legal process will be Center for Jewish Culture and Selmonosky believes that the preserved? which would be detrimental to paramount." She adds that the the Center for Portuguese Stud Jews in Belmonte are descen To minimize the legal and the child's well being. best agencies wi ll also take the ies and Culture at the univer dants of 15th-century Spanish emotional risks implicit in the Home study, however, is time to explain every step in the sity, Selmonosky will experience Jews who were forced out of adoption process, said Toby more than just a screening to whole adoption process to the the unique relationships be Spain during the Inquisition. Zaitchik, adoption coordinator eliminate unsuitable adoptive birth and adoptive parents and tween the Spanish, Portuguese Spanish, she said, continued as at Adoptiqn Options, the non parents. It also provides the will sensitiye]y work out with and Jews in this small isolated their native language and many profit and non-sectarian adop members of the potential adop both sets of parents what level village in Portugal. Jewish traditions were passed tion program of Jewish Family tive family with an opportunity of contact they may choose to Selmonosky describes herself down orally in Spanish. Al Service, both the birth and adop to work through any adoption have with each other. as a southern Hispanic Jewish though many Jews converted to tive parents need to work with a issues they may have and be Adoption Options, a non American woman; she recently Christianity, Selmonosky ex repu table adoption agency. come confident that they are profit, non-sectarian adoption lived in Portugal for five years. plains that some, known as the "There are many choices avail ready to adopt. program, offers comprehensive While in Belmonte, Selmonosky Crypto Jews, practiced Jewish able, many agencies, individu Another important ingredi adoption services to birth par will collect oral histories of vil customs in secrecy until the last als and possible seenarios. A li ent in the adoption process is ents, adoptive parents and chil lagers,and photograph the town 20 years. censed agency will give you ac cou nseling which provides dren. It also provides an Adop cess to the information you need emotional support for the birth tion Resource Center (located and the chance to work with ex and the adoptive parents. Expe on the second floorof the United Teen Connection Goes Bowling perts who are there to serve the rienced counselors work sepa Way building at 229 Waterman best interests ofall the concerned rately with both sets of parents, St., Providence), which makes The B'nai B'rith Youth Orga- bythe membersofTeenConnec parties," explained Zaitchik. helping them prepare for the available to birth parents, adop nization recently announced its . tion and chaperoned by parents Licensed, accredited adoption changes and emotions that oc tive parents, potential adoptive next great event for Teen Con- and BBYO professionals. agencies provide several services cur with adoption. parents, adoptees and profes nection. Teen Connection is de- The first event was a which are vital to the adoption Equallycritical,agood adop sionals working with members signed for the six- and seventhJ·- trip to Amesbury Sports process and can make the differ tion agency will make sure that of the adoptive community vid graders who would like to Park for a day of snow ence between a positive and a every legal step and procedure eos, books, periodicals, maga meet other Jewish youth " tubing. The snow was negative adoption experiel'lce. is hand led properly throughout zines and Internet connections. throughout New England. great and a return visit The most critical of these are: the the adoption process. Safe For morejnformation about the Once a month the members for next year is a must. home study process which in guarding the rights of the birth Adoption Resource Center, call get togeth€;?r for a day of ac- · The event was attended cludes screening the adoptive and adoptive parents is impera 331-5437. ti vi ties. The events are planned by members of BBYO and Teen parents, counseling the birth par tive in adoption and should al Connection. Many of the older ents and theadoptivefamily,and ways be entrusted to experi members assisted in helping legal protection. enced adoption professionals. their younger counterparts. BBYO Continues Coat Drive The next event is scheduled The B'nai B'rith YouthGrganization and the Legion Bowl have for Feb. 22. Transportation will extended the date for their coat drive. The drive that started last be provided from Temple Torat month has collected more than 40 winter coats. The drive will Yisrael at 10:45 a.m. The morn continue until Feb. 22. Men's and children's coats are needed for ing will begin with ice breakers, THE EGIS GROUP lJ this event to be a success. ' pizza, and a fun time at Legion The Legion Bowl offers a family fun package that includes Bowl. The cost of the event will Insurance, Pension &Financial Planning duck pin bowling, pool tables, a snack bar, and arcade gam~s. The be $10. Parents must pick their owner of Legion Bowl has joined with BBYO to offer a $5 gift children up from the Legion certificate to anyone donating a winter coat. . Bowl no later than 2:30 p.m. Roy E. Finkelman, President Check your basements and closets for any winter apparel. This If you would like informa Uoyfs, L-Oodoa, Corr~poodeols event is not a rummage sale so do not bring outdated clothing. tion concerning the Teen Con nection program, call David 81 South Angell Street, Provld!,lnce , Rhode Island 02906 If you would like one of the BBYO members to pick up your Hoclm1an at 467-BBYO or the 401 -;?74-0303 fox 401 -273-2560 800-735-5677 www.eglsgroup.com donations, call David Hochman, Rhode Island coordinator for B'nai B'rith Youth Organization at 467-BBYO (2296). region,il office at(617) 969-8455.- THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 19?8-9 FEATURE Answers To The Age-Old Question Jewish Book Festival Draws But Were They Good For The Jews? More Than 10,000 Visitors Over 150 Historical Figures Viewed from a Jewish Perspective From Former Soviet Union by Elliot Rosenberg • Claudius (10 B.C.-54 A.O.) apostolic status in the intellec Birth Lane Press; rates as a "good guy." As Ro tual ferment of eighteenth-cen The idea began when Sara "And then I thought 'Why February 1998; $22 .50 cloth man emperor, he quenched the tury France, but he hated the Bogen and her staff were trying should I be surprised? I should anti-Semitic rampages of Jews. to combine Joint Distribution have known.' In Russia, books "One day, as I enthusiasti- Alexandria's Greek community, • Anwarel-Sadat(1918-1981) Committee's community devel have the power to mobilize cally recounted King Richard warning it "to behave gently broke all precedent for Arab opment projects in the former people beyond belief." the Lion-Hearted's daring ex and kindly toward Jews... and leaders when he shook hands Soviet Union with programs fo And so the JOC staff began ploits to my uncle Louis, with Israeli Prime Minis cusing on libraries. Not an easy planning the conference, named he suddenly interrupted, ter Menachem Begin. task, they thought, until some "Ofek" - a Russian acronym 'Yes, he was a great • Richard M. Nixon one casually mentioned how for Community Festivals of the leader, but was he good (1913-1994) was a man popular Jewish book Festival Jewish Book and Hebrew for fortheJews?"' In But Were noted fo r anti-Semitic Months is in Israel. And if it "Horizon," by inviting Jewish They Good For The Jews? statements. Yet he worked in Israel, they thought, community leaders from across Over 150 Historical Figures oversaw much-needed why not the former Soviet the former Soviet Union to a Viewed From a Jewish Per American support when Union, too? training seminar in spective, a uthor Elliot Israel was battling for its So began a se Moscow. Rosenberg asks the same very life in the 1973 Yorn ries of discussions At the seminar, question Jewish people Kippur War. concluding that community leaders throughout the world The proclamations the 1.5 million formed committees have been asking for gen a nd edicts ofthesesover Jews living across to work on their re erations about events of eigns, commanders, men the former Soviet spective festivals, a their times. of letters, and politicians Union, in a culture method of organiza But Were Th etJ Good For brought relief, anxiety, or that values aca tion still somewhat The Jews? Takes the clas terror to their Jewish sub demic learni ng and cultural ac unusual in the former Soviet sic questio n a nd refo jects fo r two millennia. tivi ties more than most, would Union, said Bogen. But once the cuses it directly on the These historical sketches certainly be interested in a book committees were in place, mem greatfiguresofworld his from this u nusua I Jewish fes ti val of some sort. bers brainstormed to such an tory. As far as the Jewish perspective will be of in But nothing prepared them extent that they walked away people were concerned, terest not only to students for the overwhelming turnout with programs that filled the we re histo ry's "good and teachers of Judaism, and d iversity of programs. More m onth of September and far guys" really good? Were but to everyone who en tha n 10,000 men, women and surpassed w hat a nyone had "bad guys" truly villain joys a different view of children, Jews and non-Jews a nticipated. ous? history. ali ke, turned out in 31 different In Kishenev, they held semi This ·book offers vi comm uni ties for programs such na rs on underground Jewish gnettes with this special Elliot Rosenberg ta ught as poetry readings, skits on Jew cultural activities in the 1920s approach to more than history in New York public ish humor, ancient Jewish book and 1930s. And in Minsk, they 150 men and women from an not to dishonor any of their cus schools for 30 yea rs. His articles displays, seminars on Jewish un held an evening of Jewish hu cient Greece and Rome through toms in their worship of G-d,." have appeared in American Heri derground writers,and concerts. mor that attracted as many non the Dark Ages, the Renaissance, • Oliver Cromwell (1599- tage, the B' nai B'rith lnterna In Minsk, for example, the Jews as itdidJews-and wasso the Reformation, the Age of 1658) invited Jews back to En tionalJewish Monthly,-Seaport, participants of a Belarussian popular that an encore perfor Enlightenment, the 19th century gland after an exile of more than New York Newsday, and the writers conference taking place mance was held the following and right up to the present day. three centuries. Wall Street Journal. He lives in across town left their seminar night. . Among them: • Voltaire (1694-1 778) gained New York. en masse to attend a session on "This truly marks a funda Jewish poetry reading. mentalshiftin the internal work "My first reaction was utter ings of the Jewish communities amazement," said Bogen, direc across the former Soviet Union. torof Community Center Devel It has created such status for the When Life Hurts opment in the former Soviet communities, internal and ex Union for the American Jewish ternal, it's unbelievable," said by Rabbi Wayne Dosick in the aftermath of the devastat grief, despair - When Life Hurts Joint Distribution Committee. Bogen. Feb. 1998, $19 ing Harmony Grove fire in San explores the centuries-old ques Diego, Calif., in 1996. Rabbi tions about suffering: Nearly 20 years ago a Ii ttle Dosick recounts the slow pro • How, when the time comes, known rabbi confronting the cess of recovery as he and his do we deal with life's inevitable fatal illness of his child wrote a wife, Ellen, Ii terally sift through storms? very personal refl ection a t the ashes of their lives to un • How ca n we struggle tempting to answer the ques cover those few physical arti through and pick up the broken tion, "Why me?" Harold facts that remain. Candidly dis pieces of our lives and make Kushner's When Bad Things Hap cussing the feelings that devas them, and ourselves, whole pen to Good People quicl Ii, 10-IBE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, IBURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1998 1 ~~ HEAL THWI SE y~I Lifespan Health Connection Plans February Calendar Applying Your Knowledge of Throughout the year, the blood pressure checks in the at Benjamin Church Senior Cen Feb. 19- Healthwise®, 7 to Lifespan H ealth Connection Rhode Island area. 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The criteria reviewed Fund, has won the prestigious able for the Louis Feinstein Me in the selection of Feinstefn 1997 William Haber Award for morial Scholarship. This schol Scholars includes public and its Eco-Zionism Conference, arship, which is administered community service activities, held in Marin, Calif., last March. by the Public Education Fund, honors and special awards, At the three-day conference, 110 was established in 1992 by Alan scholastic record, essay ques students from 60 college cam Shawn Feinstein, businessman tions,and recommendations. All puses across North America and philanthropist, in honor of students who believe they are studied therelationshipsamong his late father. It is for students qualified are encouraged to ap Judaism, Zionism, Israel and the who best exemplify the quali ply. The Feinstein Scholars will environment. tiesofbrotherhood, compassion, be selected in September 1998 Theaward,recognizing"pro integrity, leadership, a dedica by a scholarshipcomrnitteecom grams of quality for the Jewish tion to public service and a de prised of members of the campus community," was be termination to make a positive Feinstein Foundation, the Pub stowed by a jury of students, lay difference in the lives of others. lic Education Fund and the com leaders and professionals from Selected students who meet munity at large. Hillel, the foundation for Jew these qualifications will become Applications may be ob ish Campus Life. Feinstein Scholars. Scholars who tained in Rhode Island high Receiving the plaque at a attend colleges and universities schools as well as in local librar Ryebrook, N.Y., dinner, Steph in Rhode Island will receive a ies and community agencies. anie R. Stein, JNF's director of $10,000 scholarship. Since the Persons wishing an application student acti vities, remarked, program's inception, 178 stu directly from the Public Educa "Studentskeeptellingusthepro dents have been named tion fund should mail us a gram is great in connecting their Feinstein scholars. stamped, self-addressed enve Zionism withenvironmentalism. The application is to be com lope. We are thrilled that profession pleted by current juniors in high For further information, con als in the field also recognize the school, and must be postmarked tact Jo Ann Johnson at 454-1057. excellence of the conference." The next Eco-Zionism Confer ence will take place on the week end ofMarch20inMountainRest, MADD R.I. Memorial S.C. Admission is $75. Scholar ships are available to aid in trans Scholarship Applications portation to the conference. For Jewish student activists hiked in the woods during the 1997 JNF moreinformation,contactJNFon on Campus Eco-Zionism Conference held in Marin, Calif. Eligible R.I. high school seniors The scholarships are for first Campus at (212) 879-9305, ext. Photo courtesy of fNF may now request applications in year second semester tuition ex 330 or O PTION 1 • $1 9 .9S * PER P ERSO N Cf1oice o/ Chicken lCriyaki, Oakcd Doston Scrod or Petite Top S irloin 'Harvey' Coffee or Tca/Frcnc/, \lanil/a lee Cream Mary Chase's charming comedy tells the story of a harm less eccentric, Elwood P. Dowd, and his constant companion O PTION 2 • $21 . 9 S* P ER PER S O N Cl,oice o/Top Sirloin, Oakcd Haddock, G rilled C l1icken who happens to be a large invisible rabbit named Harvey. with Tomato Oas'il Vinai~'relte Embarrassed by Dowd's behavior, his family arranges to have Coffee or Tca/Frcncl, Van;lla lee Cream him treated for his affliction in a sanitarium. However, the treatment takes an unexpected turn when Harvey's existence OPT ION 3 • $23.9 S* PER P ERSON C/wice o/ Petite Prime Rib, Baked Stuffed S l1rimp, is acknowledged by more than just Dowd. [Jakcd S tuffed Slirimp & Sirloin, Dakcd Scallops & Sirloin "Harvey" will be performed Feb. 20 through'23rd .at the Co/Jee or Tca/C/,ocofatc Trufl/e Mousse Cake Blackfriars Theatre of Providence College. Curtain time is 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. for the Sunday matinee. The Blackfriars OPTION 4 • $25,95* P E R P ERSON Clwice o/ Prime Rib, New Yo rk Sirloin, Dakecl Scallo 1>s & Prime Rib, Theatre box office is.located on the first floor of Harkins Hall Frcsl1 Salmon Hollanclaisc, Dakccl S tuffed S l1 rimp & Prime Rib on the Providence College campus. The box office is open ' Coffee o r Tca/Cl,ocola tc Truffle Mousse Cake Monday to Friday 1 to 5 p.m., and one hour prior to perfor OPTI ON 5 • $27. 95* PER PERSON mances. Ticket prices are $7 regular admission, $5 senior C/wicc o/ Lobster Casserole & Sirloin, Filct Mi,inon witlt Oc,1rn.:ii!!c Saua:, citizen and Providence College faculty/staff, and $3 for all Grilled Frcsl1 Swordfi sl1 , S teak Au Poinc students. Tickets may also be reserved by calling 865-2218. To Coffee or Too/C/,ocolatc Truffle Mousse Cake receive information concerning advance mail order purchases, •TAX AN O GRAT UITY NC"T \ N C LUOE O or to be placed on the Blackfriars Theatre mailing list, ca ll 865- P R I C E S S U BJEC T TO C HANGE 375 SOUTH MAIN STREET, PROVIDENCE• 401-351-7300 2084 . ... r 18-THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD; 1HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1998' OBITUARIES MINNIE COHEN New England Rabbinical Col Ethel (Goldin) Spiegle, she lived A graveside funeral service pin in 1986 for her years of ser NEW BEDFORD - Minnie lege. in Providence most of her life. under the direction of the Max vice. She was a volunteer worker Cohen, 82, of Parker Street, New His mother is his only survi She was a member of Temple Sugarman Memorial Chapel at the Veterans Administration Bedford, died Feb. 3 at New vor. He was the nephew of Jack Beth-El and its Sisterhood, Ha was held Feb. 4 at the Lincoln Medical Center for 10 years. The England Medical Center. Cramer of Providence. dassah, Brandeis Women's As Park Cemetery, Warwick. Rhode Island Bar Association, Born in New Bedford, a Funeral services were held sociation, and Miriam Hospital in coordination with the Rhode d~ughter of the late Abram and on Feb. 9 at Max Sugarman Women's Association. She was SANFORD MILLS Island Department of Elderly Rebecca (Roscoe) Cohen, she Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope St., a former member ofLedgemont NARRAGANSETT Affairs, awarded her a plaque was a lifelong city resident. Providence. Burial was in Lin Country Club. Sanford Mills, 76, of 69 Boon St., for her many years of service to She was the manager of the coln Park Cemetery. She leaves a son, David proprietor of the former the elderly in Rhode Island. former Byrons of New Bedford, Golden of Providence; a daugh Sanford' s Liquors, and the She was a member of the Jew retiring 12 years ago. She was a FREEDA COSSOCK ter, Carol Baker of New York former Sandy's Liquors, both of ish Federation of Rhode Island, member of the New Bedford PROVIDENCE - Freeda City and Providence; a brother, Providence, the former War the Women's Association of the Jewish Convalescent Home, Cossock, of 101 Highland Ave., Sam Spiegle of Warwick; a sis wick Liquors in Cranston, and Jewish Home for the Aged, and Hadassah, Tifereth Israel Con died Jan. 31 at Miriam Hospital. ter, Dorothy Udisky of president of Sandy Industries the Jewish Orphanage for Girls gregation and its Sisterhood, all She was the wife of the late Ralph Brockton, Mass.; and three Inc. and BG Sales, both of War in Israel. inNewBedford,and the Jewish Cossock. grandchildren. She was a sister wick, before retiring, died Feb. 1 She leaves three nephews, Federation of Greater New Born in Central Falls, a of the late Nathaniel Spiegle. at South County Hospital, Harvey Raisner, Myron Raisner Bedford. daughter of the late Harris and The funeral was held Feb. 6 Wakefield. He was the husband and Fred Raisner, and other She was the sister of the late Fenny Eisenberg, she lived in at Max Sugarman Memorial of the late Shirley (Le~in) Mills. nieces, grandnephews and Henry Cohen, Sidney Cohen, Providence for 50 years, previ Chapel, 458 Hope St., Provi Born in Providence, a son of grandnieces. She was a sister of Harry ~ohen, and Rose Tepper. ously living in Pawtucket. dence. Burial was in Lincoln the late David and Ida (Nager) the late Abraham and Sam Funeral services were held With her husband, she had Park Cemetery, Warwick. Mills, he lived 30 years in War Raisner, and Lillian Jackson. Feb. 5 at Tifereth Israel Congre worked at the former Ralph wick before moving to Nar A graveside funeral service gation, 145 Brownell Ave. Cossock Floor Covering Co. GARY B. MARKS ragansett in 1982. was held Feb. 8 at Lincoln Park Arrangements were by Max She leaves several nieces and PROVIDENCE - Gary B. He was an Army veteran of Cemetery. Services were coor Sugarman Memorial Chapel, nephews, including George Marks, 49, of 1032 Hope St., World Warll.Hewasa member dinated by Mount Sinai Memo 458 Hope St., Providence. Levine of Providence. She was a passed away at home Feb. 1. of Congregation Beth David in rial Chapel, 825 Hope St., Provi sisterof the late Catherine Levin, A lifelong resident of Provi Narragansett and a member of dence. GERALD I. CONNIS Gertrude Fagerson, Rebecca dence, he was the son of the late Torat Yisrael of Cranston, and PROVIDENCE - Gerald I. Levine, Ida Goodman and Sara, Jacob "Jack" and Iris (Strong) had been a member of Temple DIANA SANDERS Connis, 70, of 202 Tenth St., Mary and David Eisenberg. Marks. Beth Am and the former Con WAR WICK - Diana Sand Providence, died Feb. 8 a t T}:le funeral was held Feb. 2 He attended Brown Univer gregation Sons of Abraham. ers, 84, of 308 George Arden Charlesgate Nursing Home, in Mount Sinai Memorial sity and graduated with honors He. is s urvived by three Ave.,diedJan.31atKentCounty Providence. Chapel, 825 Hope St., Provi from New York, University. He daughters, Joan Sullivan of Memorial Hospital. She was the Born in Providence, the son dence. Burial was in Lincoln received his law degree from Mystic, Conn., Chana Smith of wife of the late Abraham Sand of Jessie (Cramer) Connis, and Park Cemetery, Warwick. the University ofBridgeport, his Brooklyn, N.Y.,and Ide Ratinetz ers. the late Joseph M. Connis, he master of law degree from Bos of New York City, N.Y.; two Born in Providence, a daugh had lived in Providence and ANNE (SPIEGLE) GOLDEN ton University, and his master's sons, Richard Mills of Boston, ter of the late Philip and Ida Washington where he was an PROVIDENCE - Anne degree in accounting from the Mass., and Hungary, and Dr. (Zaber) Riter, she lived in War employee of the U.S. Govern (Spiegle) Golden, 86, of 49 Lau University of Hartford. He was Keith Mills of Philadelphia, Pa.; wick since 1987, previously liv ment. rel Ave., died Feb. 5 at home. a member of the Rhode Island two brothers, Irving and Albert ing in Providence. He was a member of Hebrew She was the wife of the late Max Bar Association. Mills of Warwick; one sister, She was a member of the Day School, Providence Hebrew Golden. He leaves a brother, Dr. Reta Roseman of Yonkers, N.Y.; Women's Association of the Free Loan Association, Congre Born in New York City, a Lawrence Marks, of Utica, New and 10 grandchildren and one Jewish Home for Aged and a gation Mishkon Tfiloh and the daughterof the late Abrahamand York; alld two nephews. great-grandson. He was also the past member of the Congrega t brother of the late Celia Fleisig, tion Sons of Abraham, Provi Lillian Chernov, Morris Mills dence, and Temple Sinai, Cran~ and Wtlliam Mills. ston. The funeral service was held She leaves a daughter, Feb. 3 at Mount Sinai Memorial Roberta Botham of Warwick; a Chapel, 825 Hope St., Provi sister, Lillian Koffler of Provi Over 100 years of professional, dignified and caring service to the Jewish dence. Burial was in Lincoln dence a:nd Florida; and three Park Cemetery, Warwick. grandchildren. She was the sis community of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts ter of the late Katherine Kortick .::;::_ ., and Rebecca Grossman . { ...... "; Member of the Jewish JEAN RABINOWITZ Agra veside service was held ,._ ....: Funeral Directors of America PROVIDENCE - Jean Feb. 2 at Lincoln Park Cemetery. o... .. ,.,c.. Rabinowitz, 93, of Elmhurst The service was coordinated by Extended Care Facility, 50 Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope Street, Providence Maude St., Providence, a nurse, 825 Hope St., Providence. (O,mer of Doyle Avenue) poet and volunteer worker for the elderly for many years be HAROLD fore retiring, died Feb. 4, at the SHABSHELOWITZ 331-8094 facility. She was the wife of the FALL RIVER - Harold Please call for your 5758 New Year calendar. late Louis Rabinowitz. Shabshelowitz, 75, of 331 Al Call for our no-money-dawn, pre-need plans. 1-800-447-1267 Lewis J. Bosler, Born in Providence, a daugh bany St., a certified public ac ter of the late Meyer and Freda countant for 50 years, maintain (Venetsky) Raisner, she moved ing an office at 263 Walnut St., toNorthProvidencein1973and died Jan. 31 at home. He.was the For over 40 years, the owner of Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel .. . to Warwick in 1994. husband of Anna (Pearlman) She was a published poet. In Shabshelowitz. Mitchell ... has served Rhode Island Jewish families over 8,000 times ... her earlier years she worked as A lifelong resident of Fall as a professional Jewish funeral director... as did his father' and a nurse. For 10 years, until 1973, River, he was a son of the late she was a telephone operator at Louis and Annie (Loeff) grandfather since the 1870s ... with honesty the former Charles Chapin Hos Shabshelowitz. pital, and received a diamond He was a 1944 graduate of and integrity. the Wharton School of the Uni One of the reasons why the majority of versity of Pennsylvania. He was a memberofWatuppa Masonic Rhode Island Jewish families call INTHE Lodge and a Navy veteran of TIME OF NEED World War II. He was a member of Temple Beth-El in Fall River MOUNT SINAI and Crestwood Country Club, Shiva Trays Rehoboth. Besides his wife, he leaves MEMORIAL CHAPEL Deli a Fish Platters twodaughters,KarenMcGinley 331-3337 Bagels Et Desserts of Narragansett and Kathi Complete Meals Rosenthal of Needham, Mass.; 825 Hope at Fourth Streets (Continued on Next Page) ~----1/.,,-----, Pre-need counseling with tax-free Please call for your From out of state call: ILQ'CleBs12J.~QE I payment planning available. 5758 New Year calendar. 1-800-331-3337 Correction 774 Hope Street Philip A. Abrams died Member of Jewish Funeral Directors of America Providence Jan. 29. He was the brother Certified by R.I. Board of Rabbis 453-6500 '""± of the late Irving Abrams. 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Addition Semitism will have succeeded." sonable rates. References . 2/19/98 R.I. Jewish Herald classified ads cost $3 for Dershowitz maintains that 15 words or less. Additional words cost 12 ally, from the over abundance cents each. Payment mu st be received by of worry and guilt, we suffer Lewinsky's fellow Jews should Monday at 4 p.m. priorto the Thursday when from the problems which made judge her as they see fit. JFRI Workshop the ad is scheduled to appear. This newspa Prozac and Valium fashionable: "We shouldn't be afraid to (Continued from Page 3) per will not, knowingly, accept any advertis Stop In Order ing for real estate which is in violation of the depression, the total loss of en criticize her," he said. "It is im empty space to create a world, R.I. Fair Housing Act and Section 804 (C) of ergy and anxiety, the vigorous portant that we maintain our and there are times when we To Go Title VIII of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. Our symptom of fea r. All of this credibility as a community. I've must pull back. We pull back to (Continued from Page 16) readers are herby informed that all dwelling/ would be unnecessary with the made some critical comments housing accommodations advertised in this see the big picture, or to let oth In the last stanza, he makes newspaper are available on an equal oppor proper dose of self-love, the ba about Ginsberg and Kenneth ers move into the space in front senseofthesrow,givingitsome tunity basis. sis of self-esteem. Starr. It would never occur to of us." meaning, as if he is epiphantic. The next level of the four me not to criticize someone be Participants conferred and It is here where he can find his worlds is thatofanger, that pow cause of hi s or her religion." offered examples of everyday potential, his future. The future erful hot flood of emotion usu Dershowitz, who publicly "tzimtzum," such as continu is reflecting back on him, as he PAULENE JEWELERS ally generated by some kind of pointed out anti-Semitic stereo ing to work a ta women's health now reflects on the future, like frustration. Its effects are devas types in two best-selling novels Appraising • Bead Stringi ng clinicwhileignoringangrydem the snow reflecting theclark Fine Jewelry Repair published shortly after several tating but they can be alleviated onstrators or allowing a child to ness of the woods. As dark as it by learning to take a few deep JewishWallStreetbankersfound We Succeed Where Others Fail finish a task on his or her own. is here, he understands his end breaths just before the explo themselves facing charges, does When enacted in the busi point to be somewhere else in (401) 274-9460 not think the Lewinsky case will sion and stepping back or away ness and everyday worlds, said the village, not here, in this h. with both of the parties, you're United States had. agreed, in I not going to be invited to the principle, to send Israel vaccines I table to play the kind of role that against biological agents, in I Obituaries you want to play." cluding Anthrax, that Iraq is I (Continued from Previous Page) Jewish officials said the meet believed to possess. ing gave them an opportunity I However, experts like Eran Name I two sons, Harlan Shabshelowitz to convey their concerns to the Dolev, who headed the medical Address of Somerset and Andrew European Union but conceded corps du~ing the Gulf War, ex I ShabshelowitzofWestport; two it did little to narrow the gap in plained that such inoculations I ------I Phone ______sisters, Adel Savitz of Weston, their views. have their side effects and I I Mass., and Frances Trachten The meeting came just weeks should therefore be used only I No. Words _____ Date(s) Run______I berg of Massapequa Park, N.Y.; after B'nai B'rith opened up an on limited segments of the popu and 15 grandchildren. office in Brussels, the headquar lation whose immune systems I To Inc lude a box number, send a n adclitiona l $5.00. 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BOX 6063, PROVIDENCE, A.I. 0 2940 .J Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, known about European involve 1' 724-0200 L ______an 100. _ 825 Hope St., Providence. ment in the peace process. ------ 20 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1998 Crystal Cruises Will Celebrate Hear in Rhode Island a Traditional Passover Seder Prepares Summer Festival or its Jewish guests, Crys during Passover last year as an corcling to the season. Both Crys The Fifth annual Hear in Rhode Island Festival will take tal Cruises is planning a tra entertainer, specifically re tal Harmony and Crystal Sym place on June 13 and 14, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at India Point Fditional seder service and quested doing so again this year phony have their own Torah on Waterfront Park in Providence. Hear In R.I. is a two-day five-course dinner to cel and will sail aboard Crystal Har board. festival showcasing some of the best known and unknown ebrate Passover aboard its mony this April. "I felt as though In addition, kosher meals are music in the Rhode Island area. Three to four stages run luxury ships this spring. The I was celebrating Passover back available throughout Passover simultaneously presenting many genres of music. Over the service on April 10 includes a home in Israel because of the aboard Crystal Harmony and two days 50 to 75 acts featuring all types of locally produced recitation of the Passover wonderful atmosphere aboard Crystal Symphony, and the music are presented. Arts, crafts, mind/body /spirit food Haggadah, songs and a com Crystal Symphony," said Arad. line's guest rabbis may super vendors will be on site. Admission to the festival is free. plete kosher holiday meal. Con "I am eager to return to Crystal vise the food as it is prepared in Hear in R.I. is currently soliciting sponsors/ donations, ducted by highly qualified guest Cruises for this holiday, so that the galley. Al though Crystal booking musical acts, seeking vendors, and looking for vol rabbis, the special events honor I may share my background and Cruises does not have a sepa unteers. all of the historic elements of the anything else I can contribute to rate kosher kitchen, a large se Musical Acts: All types of music. Performance slots avail holiday of freedom, and are pre the Passover service." lection of kosher dishes such as able for four stages - main stage, "unplugged" stage, fam sented with Crystal Cruises' at On Passover Eve, Rabbi Paul rack of veal, rib eye steak, and ily /children's stage, and poetry area. All acts should be from tention to detail and award-win Steinberg, vice president and salmon are offered. Prepack or affiliated with the R.I. music community. Performance ning service. dean of faculty of Hebrew Union aged kosher dishes are also slots are showcases and vary in length from 15 to 30 minutes. In keeping with Passover tra College Jewish Institute of Reli- available and freshly made des Acts should send a full press kit to Hear in R.I., P.O. Box 367, dition, there will be a seder plate, serts meeting kosher standards Harmony, R.I. 02829. blessed by the rabbi. Matzoh' are served. In keeping with ko Vendors: Arts and crafts, and mind/body /spirit vendors and charotsehs (chopped sher standards for food service are needed for the festival. Emphasis is put on original art and apples and walnuts with in the Crystal dining room, handcrafted items. There is a charge for the vending space. wine) will be served, as Crystal Cruises provides Vendors should call or write for application. well as the hard-boiled new plates, silverware and Volunteers: Needed prior to and for the days of the festi egg with salt water. glassware upon guests' ar val. Volunteers are needed for stage help, load in/ out, set-up, The conventional holiday gion in Scarsdale, N.Y., will con rival and utilizes the same crowd maintenance, festival coordination. Help produce the meal, served in Crystal Cruises' duct the ceremony aboard Crys dish ware throughout the cruise. festival - it's fun. six-star style, will begin with ta I Harmony. The 11-day Six-star Crystal Harmony Sponsors/Donations: The festival runs entirely on contri gefilte fish accompanied by Panama Canal cruise begins on and Crystal Symphony are luxu butions, grants and donations (cash for operating expenses ho rseradish, followed by April 7 in Acapulco and con rious 940-guest, 50,000-ton ves and product for the fund-raising raffle). All donations are chicken soup with matzoh balls. cludes in San Juan. sels featuring expansive decks, fully tax-deductible. Also, sponsor's names/ logos and links Roasted kosher chicken will be Rabbi Sinclair Rimmon will award-winning entertainment (if available) are included on the festiva-l's web page. the featured entree, comple preside over the service aboard in a wide variety of spacious For more information, call 949-0757. mented with carrot tzimmes, Crystal Symphony's final seg lounges, flexible gourmet din sauteed string beans wi th al ment of her gala world cruise, a ing with two alternative restau monds, potato latkes and cran 16-day Mediterranean voyage rants, a state-of-the-art fitness berry sauce. For dessert, guests departing from Athens on April facility, lavish spa, Caesars Pal German Woman Offers The may indulge in a rich honey nut 9 for London. ace at Sea casino, and exquis Gift of Life to an Israeli Child raisin cake served with wine Whether sai Ii ng during Pass itely-appointed stateroomsa·nd sabayon, fruit compote and co over, or other months, all penthouses, more than half of Recently a 34-year-old Ger how to proceed. "We wrote her conut macaroons. sailings aboard Crystal Cruises which offer private verandahs. man woman wrote to the Ha and told her that we were ex In addition, Avner Arad, a include Friday night Sabbath For further information and dassah Medical Center in Ein tremely grateful for her gener Julliard-trained classical pianist services, including w ines, reservations, contact your travel Kerem with an unusual and ous offer. This is altruism at its who sailed on Crystal Cruises challah, and prayer books ac- agent. moving offer: to donate an or best," said Hadassah Medical gan or bone marrow to a de Organization spokesman Yossi serving Israeli child as her per Shoval. In Israel, organ dona sonal atonement for the crimes tions are regulated by a health of the Holocaust. ministry committee, as there are "l would like very much to special rules that apply to organ give the possibility of life with donations that come from live out artificial support to a young donors and additional rules that Israeli person, si nee I know how apply to live donors who come terrible it is for a young person from outside of Israel. to depend on machinery to stay Some 10 years ago, Heim alive," wrote Kerstin Heimbold bold, who says she is a non of Borsdorf, Germany. smoker, a non-drinker and in "Perhaps I, who come from a excellent heal th, began her quest people who eliminated millions to donate a·n organ by register of Jews, can save at least'one ing with a transplant center in life!" she explained, adding that Berlin. She is also listed as a her grandfather was a soldier in bone marrow donor at the theGermanarmyduringWorld Leipzig University Organ Trans War II. plant Center, but has not yet The hospital immediately re been chosen as a donor by either sponded with an explanation on German institution. Mother of Three Wins Cholent Contest by Naomi Segal JERUSALEM (JTA) A 39-year-old mother of three is the Israeli , Gm:.!. g up production on our 1998 Bridal lssue, champion of cholent. Esther Yisrael of Kfar Saba beat out more than 130 Israeli men to be published on February I 9. · . and women in Tel Aviv with her recipe for the slow-cooked, - , . . casserole-like stew that is traditionally served on the Sabbath. If you would like to submit editorial copy for inclusion, or run an ad, we must Yisrael's version of the dish included chicken, beef, semolina have all copy _and photos by 3·:oo P-~- Friday, February 13. dumplings, stuffed vegetables and spinach, flavored with garlic, onion and a medley of herbs, including parsley and cilantro. You may not know that our 1997 and 1994 Bridal Issues were awarded First Place, Advertising With the modesty of a winner-and the perfectionism ofa true Supplemen~ in the New England Press Association's annual "Better Newspaper" contest, and cook-she said she did not include kishke or stuffed grape leaves because of a lack of time. , that our 1995 Bridal Iss~e received Second Place honors in the s9m_y contest There contests have included entries from 200 small newspapers from New England and the Canadian Maritimes. Cranston Historical Society Meeting With your participation, perhaps we can make this year's another contender. The Senior Archaeologist 4,000 year old campsite along and Principal Investigator at Furnace Hill Brook, and a resi . CALL 401-724-0200 TO RESERVE AD SPACE The Public Archaeology Labo dential development where membersoftheAbenald Indian COPY AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT ratory, Inc. will be guest speaker at the Feb. 17 meeting of the Tribe believed a sacred burial OUR OFFICE AT 99 WEBSTER STREET, PAWTUCKET, R.I. Cranston Historical Society at ground was being destroyed. OR FAXED TO 401-726-5820 1351 Cranston St. The different archaeological ap Alan Leveillee will present a proaches and the results will be lecture entitled: "Histories Writ presented during a slide show : .. ":1 I I :1 10'\v X 14'ttJ: S]Q2.00 ten in Stone: The Re~ults ofTwo discussion. A brief business meeting at Second (spot) color ads are available for an additional charge o/$25.00 per ad. Full rotor ads are a,i additional $200 per ad (tllis indudes tlie Recent Archaeology Projects in 4·colcr stparation). P/Mse mtrve your spate early, as ~olcr pages are limited. Any ~iu ad is actepted. Our rate J$ $5.60 per colurnn ir1ch. · Cranston." 7:30 p.m. will precede Leveillee's A single column is J'.~" wide; 2 columns are 4" wide; 3 columns are 6" wide; 4 columns are 8" wide and 5 colur,ms t1re IO" wide. Leveillee will discuss the re lecture. Refreshments will be sults of excavations at both a served.