September 8-14, 2017 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLVI, Number 36 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK Memorial service at Holocaust Memorial Monument to be held on Sept. 24 By Arieh Ullmann the Holocaust, but to victims of man Jewish women – mainly recited at the unveiling of the monument Area rabbis will lead a memorial service racism in general. rural women and wives of cattle by the rabbis, followed by one of the sur- on Sunday, September 24, at 10:30 am, at The service will follow a tradi- dealers – who had resettled in vivors reading the names written on the the Holocaust Memorial Monument in the tion of holding a ceremony at the the Southern Tier after fleeing scrolls. A digital copy of the original list Temple Israel Cemetery on Conklin Avenue memorial on the Sunday between Nazi Germany. of names buried in the copper box at the in Conklin. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The placement of a memorial foot of the monument is available online The memorial stone – which was orig- After the memorial’s original stone was considered to be the on the Jewish Federation’s website, www. inally dedicated on Sunday, November 9, dedication, the tradition lasted “most ambitious” project of jfgb.org/jfed743/. 1952 – is one of the earliest acknowledg- for about 20 years; the tradition the Get Together Club. More Community members and third-gener- ments in the United States of the Holocaust resumed two years ago, follow- than 250 names were inscribed ation students have been invited to submit among survivors. It is also one of the few ing a long hiatus and Professor and placed in a copper box that names of loved ones who died during the memorial stones of its kind in the United Rhonda Levine’s talk about the The Holocaust was buried at the foot of the Holocaust and who have no grave marker States to contain the names of loved ones Get Together Club at the Feder- Memorial Monument monument. It listed the names to be added to the list. Instructions are given lost to Nazism. Said to be “especially ation’s Super Sunday. The club in the Temple Israel of individuals who had perished on the Federation’s website. relevant for today” is the fact that the me- was a social and philanthropic Cemetery on Conklin without a marked grave. They Arieh Ullmann is chairman of the Fed- morial was dedicated not just to victims of group formed in 1948 by 13 Ger- Avenue in Conklin. were remembered by prayers eration Community Relations Committee. Jewish Federation International Film fest “Broadway Musicals: A “Fanny’s Journey” on Jewish Legacy” on Sept. 10 Sept. 17 By Reporter staff events and theatre at the Binghamton City By Reporter staff age of 13. Along with her younger sisters, The Jewish Fed- School District’s Rod Serling School of the The Jewish Federation of Greater Bing- they sought refuge in Italy at a Jewish foster eration of Greater Arts and a former instructor and assistant hamton’s 2017 Jewish International Film home; however, the Nazis’ arrival forces Binghamton’s 2017 technical director for Adelphi University Fest will feature the film “Fanny’s Journey” the 11 children to depart on a dangerous Jewish International on Long Island. He on Sunday, September journey to Switzerland. Film Fest will begin called the film “a Community members are 17, at 7 pm, at the See “Journey” on page 11 on Sunday, Septem- must see documenta- Jewish Community ber 10, with a dinner ry for anyone who has welcome to bring their own Center, 500 Club- at 5 pm, followed by ever seen a musical or chair if they wish, and the house Rd., Vestal. the film “Broadway just ever whistled a Federation has offered to Tickets will cost $10 Musicals: A Jewish Broadway tune.” store these chairs from film per film or $45 for a Legacy” at 7 pm at “Broadway Musi- subscription to the Joel Gray in the Jewish Com- cals: A Jewish Leg- to film. festival. To purchase “Cabaret” munity Center, 500 acy” chronicles the tickets in advance or Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. The event will be role of Jewish composers and lyricists in for more information, call 724-2332. open to the entire community. Tickets will developing the modern American musical as Following the screening in the JCC cost $10 per film or $45 for a subscription to well as the songs referred to as “The Great auditorium, a discussion of the film will the festival. To purchase tickets in advance American Songbook.” Throughout the 50 be led by Rabbi Geoffrey Brown, spiritual or for more information, call 724-2332. years of its creation, Broadway musical leader of Temple Israel. Following the screening in the JCC songs were written almost exclusively by Inspired by a true story, the film tells the Children take measures to escape the Nazis auditorium, a discussion of the film will be Jewish Americans. The film explores this story of Fanny Ben-Ami, a French girl who in “Fanny’s Journey.” (Photo courtesy of led by Larry Kassan, coordinator of special See “Musicals” on page 11 was forced to flee the Nazis in 1943 at the Menemsha Films) Chabad to hold Hachnasat Sefer Torah on Sept. 17 Reservations are being accepted for the buses will be provided so participants can Hachnasat Sefer Torah, the welcoming park their cars at Chabad and ride the bus of the new Binghamton Legacy Torah, to campus. Buses will leave Chabad at which will be held on Sunday, September 10:30 am and 10:45 am. 17. The program will begin at 11 am on The Torah was commissioned by the Binghamton University campus in the Chabad to mark its 30th anniversary and University Union, Old Union Hall. Shuttle was begun in November 2015. Many members of the local Binghamton com- munity purchased shares in this Torah, which was written to “unite thousands of people who have come through the doors of Chabad Binghamton.” At this The Binghamton Legacy Torah was begun in November 2015 at Chabad’s 30th Anniversary celebration, they will join in welcoming Dinner in Brooklyn. Pictured (seated in center): Rabbi Aaron Slonim, executive director the Torah to its home. of Chabad of Binghamton, assisted the scribe, Rabbi Moshe Klein, in writing the first After a brief program, the parade pro- letter in the new Torah. cession will wind its way from campus to Chabad. Live music, a float, torches and When the procession reaches Chabad, Torah” activity available to children. dancing will follow the new Torah, which the Torahs at Chabad will be brought out Reservations will be required and L-r: Dora Polachek watched as the scribe, will be paraded under a chuppah. Specially to welcome the new Torah. Ceremonial can be made at www.JewishBU.com/ Rabbi Moshe Klein, wrote her letter into the designed t-shirts will be distributed to all dancing, hakafot, will follow. A festive TorahCelebration or by calling Chabad Binghamton Legacy Torah. children in the procession. luncheon will follow with a “build a at 797-0015. INSIDE THIS ISSUE TI fund-raiser Shofar in punk music News in brief... Special Sections Temple Israel will hold a Jewish punk bands are featuring Israeli Supreme Court says Legal Notices...... 4 cabaret-style fund-raiser on the sounds of the shofar in their reinstate Kotel deal; UC Irvine puts Dine Out...... 5 October 15. music. SJP members on probation; more. Prepare for Rosh Hashanah...... 6-8 ...... Page 5 ...... Page 9 ...... Pages 9, 11-12 Classifieds...... 12 Page 2 - The Reporter September 8-14, 2017 NEWS IN BRIEF

From JNS.org over the past week with the heads of the community and Israel’s consul general, we Israeli ministry advancing $1 million in aid for Houston learned the damage is vast, and the rehabilitation will take years. For years the Jewish communities stood by Israel when it needed their help; now it is our turn to stand by after Hurricane Harvey Houston’s Jewish community.” The forthcoming aid will be transferred through the Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry announced on Sept. 4 that it is “advancing a plan” local Israeli Consulate in Houston and will “be used to help repair and restore the for $1 million in emergency aid for Houston’s Jewish community following the damage communal infrastructure (schools, synagogues and JCC) which are not funded or inflicted by Hurricane Harvey. “The city of Houston was hurt badly last week, and supported by the state [of Texas],” according to the Diaspora Affairs Ministry. “The the Jewish community, 70 percent of which lived in the flooded neighborhoods, was Jewish state is measured by its response when our brothers around the world are in hit hard,” said Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett said. “From talks we’ve had crisis,” said Bennett. Opinion Fear and trembling about High Holidays services By Rabbi Joshua Ratner There are (at least) three fundamental challenges posed themes (created at a time when liturgy was recited orally, (Rabbis Without Borders via JTA) – Fear and trembling by the Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe) services. (I will speak not written down), but this redundancy raises the moral make a triumphant return to the Jewish calendar with the specifically about Conservative Jewish services because hazard of emotional boredom. month of Elul and the initiation of the holiday countdown those are the ones I am most familiar with.) First is the Another major component of the High Holidays litur- that leads to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. As a rabbinical sheer volume of Hebrew used during services. From Maariv gy is the use of liturgical poetry (“piyyutim”) that were colleague wrote, Elul itself carries spiritual significance on Rosh Hashanah Eve through Neilah on Yom Kippur, comprised by skilled poets 1,000 or more years ago. Their as a time to begin soul-searching and stock-taking of our worshippers confront a relentless onslaught of Hebrew poetry is subtle and relies upon an encyclopedic knowledge individual behaviors over the past year. poetry and prose. While there are opportunities to inject of biblical references and connections that are incredibly Elul carries with it a particular sense of urgency, if not English readings or inspirational messages (“kavanot”), challenging for modern audiences to unpack. With these raw dread, for those officiating at High Holidays services. Sum- these are usually the exception rather than the rule. ingredients, it is easy to see how the final prayer product mer vacation is now officially over. The lists of details for Why do we inundate ourselves with so much Hebrew? often comes out dry and flavorless. the myriad services that will take place – who is leading Because the machzor, the prayerbook we use for the High Perhaps the largest impediment to meaningful services, each reading, getting each aliyah, opening or closing the Holidays, simply has a ton of content and we know that though, lies in the gulf between life experience and con- ark – can be truly staggering. Searches begin in earnest must synagogue-goers only have a limited time span during temporary sensibilities on the one hand and traditional for those pithy anecdotes or fascinating studies of human which they will sit in the pews. This leaves two options: rabbinic theology on the other. I am sure there are some nature that were clipped from newspapers or dog-eared cut out some Hebrew and replace it with more English who embrace the liturgical themes of the High Holidays, in books we have been reading over the past year. Rabbis translations, or chant our way through the Hebrew as fast especially the metaphor of God as King sitting in judg- in smaller shuls now must coordinate with guest cantors, as we can so we can finish the service on time. ment on a heavenly throne. But for the many others who synagogue choirs or brush up on their own chanting abilities. Since rabbis and ritual committees tend to decide on reject this outlook, how can they derive meaning from And, of course, there is the coup de gras – the High the content of the services, and simultaneously tend to be the High Holidays while reciting a liturgy predicated on Holidays sermons. A recent Pew Research Center survey the most conservative when it comes to modifying prayer this very outlook? found that for those looking for a new house of worship, content, we wind up with a very Hebrew-centric service. If we adhere to different metaphors of God and different “Americans look first and foremost for a place where To make matters worse, the Hebrew is often from medieval theologies about our relationship with God, are we left they like the preaching and the tone set by the congrega- sources and differs in content from the Hebrew some may with a choice between cognitive dissonance or a whole- tion’s leaders.” At 83 percent, the quality of the sermon be used to from Shabbat or daily worship. This makes it sale rejection of the liturgy we have used for hundreds of was the single highest factor in determining Americans’ even harder to follow. years? Conversely, if we preserve the traditional liturgy, choice of congregation. So the pressure many rabbis Finally, when we do slow down for more melodic chant- are we doing anything more than enabling a superficial feel, myself included, to craft and deliver sermons of ing, it often is done by a cantor or other prayer leader in a and shallow spiritual experience? high quality is tremendous. tune that is so stylized that it is difficult to join. Or, as I once wrote, do we intentionally seek out boredom But if I am honest with myself, the sermon actually is The second major challenge of our High Holidays to serve as a protective barrier during the High Holidays, the easy part of transmitting meaning and content on the services stems from the content of the liturgy. The key so that we don’t have to get introspective? High Holidays. It is conveyed in the vernacular and crafted themes are repeated again and again to the point that it I’m not sure how to resolve these questions, but I intend to connect, deeply and personally, with those in attendance. can be challenging to feel personal resonance the fifth to spend much of Elul trying to do so. What is truly hard, and what really fills me with fear, is time I decry my sins or proclaim God’s sovereignty. The Rabbi Joshua Ratner is the rabbi of Congregation Kol how to make the rest of the services resonate. liturgy is intentionally redundant to hammer home key Ami in Cheshire, CT. In My Own Words

Benefit of the doubt RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Is he or isn’t he? That’s a question that a friend and I is what matters – not your faith, ethnicity and nationality. the good of the American people. Remember that – when were debating about President Donald Trump. Because of So, when President Trump spoke extemporaneously, he the work of Congress was to help the American people – the statement he made after the Charlottesville protests – muddled his words because he didn’t want to offend the all the American people, not just those who supported a that there are good people on both sides – she now believes people who voted for and support him, and instead created particular candidate? he’s antisemitic. I, on the other hand, don’t believe that’s a firestorm. Unfortunately, it has now become acceptable to pub- what he meant to say, even if that’s the way many people There’s a reason most politicians’ speeches are care- lically proclaim hatred of others solely based on their interpreted his words. After all, President Trump has Jewish fully vetted by members of their staff. They want to make race, religion, sex, ethnicity, sexual identity or country family. Even if neo-Nazis exclude his daughter from their certain what their boss says is actually what he wants to of origin. That hatred has always been present below the hatred, his grandchildren would still be tainted because of say. I can appreciate that because I have my staff carefully surface, but most people knew better than to express it in their Jewish blood. Yes, I’m deliberately using the word read my columns before they appear in the paper. We once a public forum. I said before the election that, no matter blood, rather than religion, because, to the Nazis, blood changed several lines in an oped to avoid any possibility of who won, we had to find a way to deal with it – to find a confusion. My staff member said, “I know what you mean, way to defuse that anger and hate. I only wish we had a but people could interpret it incorrectly.” She prevented president who would speak to all of us – to unite us with what could have been a terrible mistake. pride for our country, rather than cheer on what divides us. Corrections That doesn’t mean that I’ve become a supporter of When people marched through the streets and chanted, An article in past issues of The Reporter, most recently President Trump. I dislike his political stances and the way “Jews shall not replace us,” I would have liked our president on September 1 on page 5, incorrectly listed the phone he bullies people on Twitter. However, I don’t support the to clearly condemn that statement and those who support- number to RSVP for the Temple Concord Sisterhood Paid- current efforts to demonize him – if only because it makes ed it. I don’t believe he wants those people to harm his Up Soup Swap. The number should have been 729-4714. the political process even more difficult than it already is. grandchildren. I’m willing to give him the benefit of the In the September 1 issue of The Reporter, the date Chabad We need to remember what happened when members of doubt on that. But I would also like to see him stand up to Center will welcome its new Binghamton Legacy Torah the right wing demonized President Obama and refused them and say, “ You can’t say that about the people I love. was incorrect. The Torah will be welcomed on Sunday, to support any of his ideas just because he proposed them. You can’t say that about any American.” Want to make our September 17. (See article on page 1.) That polarized Congress and little was accomplished for country great? That would be a wonderful way to start.

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Editorial/News Regular weekly deadline is noon, Wednesday, for the following week’s newspaper. www.thereportergroup.org September 8-14, 2017 Page 3 - The Reporter Beth David luncheon speaker series to present “Converting to Judaism: a Personal Perspective” By Dora E. Polachek Lyons grew up in Brooklyn and second Saturday of the month after Shabbat morning Beth David’s opening luncheon Long Island. In 2007, he moved services, and is open to the community. There is no speaker series will be held on Sat- to Queens, where he worked and charge for the luncheon, but donations to the Luncheon urday, September 9. It will feature attended Nassau Community Col- Fund are welcomed to keep the program going, and can Donnovan Lyons and Gina Santiago, lege. He then moved to Bingham- be made in honor of or in memory of someone, or to each of whom recently completed the ton, where he attended Binghamton mark a special occasion. Orthodox conversion process. They University and earned his B.A. in will detail what motivated this deci- sociology in 2015. He currently sion, what the process involved, how works in the customer service long it took and how it has changed division of cable provider Spec- T.I. Sisterhood their lives. A question-and-answer trum; he is also studying software period will follow. Donnovan Lyons Gina Santiago development. A native of Philadelphia, Santi- “Gina and Donnovan have paid-up dessert ago lived in Rhode Island for six years and earned her become integral participants of Beth David and of The Temple Israel Sisterhood has issued a reminder B.A. in philosophy from Providence College. In 2011, she the community,” organizers said. “We are delighted regarding its paid-up dessert event, to be held on Tuesday, moved to Binghamton and began a doctoral program in to have them be the first of our monthly luncheon September 12, at 7 pm, in the social hall of the temple, philosophy at Binghamton University.While completing speakers and look forward to finding out much more 4737 Deerfield Pl., Vestal. her doctorate, she has also worked in the Harpur College about the conversion process. Many of us already have The event, presenting holiday table designs by Sherry Advising Office, and has taught a number of university our questions lined up!” Tomasko, of Endicott Florist, will be free-of-charge to all courses. Beth David’s luncheon speaker series is held the women who have submitted their annual Sisterhood dues. Those who have not yet paid the annual membership dues Klezmer concert at Ithaca College of $25 will be welcome to pay at the door. The Jewish Studies Program at Ithaca College is spon- music on the development and evolution of klezmer music OF NOTE soring a multimedia concert by Journey West, an ensemble via the musical folk traditions of Romania. specializing in Jewish klezmer and other Eastern European Journey West tracks melodies and changing instrumen- music, on Saturday, September 9, at 8:15 pm, in the Hock- tation, beginning in the Middle East, traveling through ett Family Recital Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Eastern and Western Europe, and finally arriving in the Klotzkin Music on the Ithaca College campus. The concert will be United States. The program will illuminate the primary Dr. David Klotzkin, an associate professor in the Electri- free and open to the public. factors in carrying melodies to distant locations: wars, cal and Computer Engineering Department of Binghamton Journey West is an ensemble of five musicians who imperialism, nomadic dispersions, mass emigrations due University, received a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence play 15 different instruments. Their repertoire includes to political oppression and “musical crazes that sweep in Teaching for the 2016-17 academic year. His research klezmer music, Middle Eastern music, music from across the globe.” interests focus on the field of optoelectronics, particularly Europe and traditional American fiddle music. They have Journey West supports and performs with refugee active photonic devices. He also works with the Bingham- presented concerts and workshops throughout the United musicians and donates five percent of its income from ton University STEM Scholarship program, which helps States and in Belgium. For this concert, Journey West will performance fees and CD sales directly to the UN Ref- community college transfer students interested in the field be joined by Imad Yassin, an Iraqi violinist, and Basam ugee Agency. For more about Journey West, visit http:// of nanotechnology continue their education. Batbouta, an oud player from Syria. journeywestmusic.com. The program will emphasize the relationship of Jewish mu- The concert will be co-sponsored by Ithaca College’s sical traditions to the regions where Jews have lived. Journey Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement; the -An Shoer West will perform selections from the Mizrahi (Middle Eastern thropology Department of Ithaca College; and Group 73 Orly Shoer, a lecturer in the Judaic Studies Department and North African), Sephardic and Ashkenazic Diasporas. of Amnesty International, Ithaca. at Binghamton University, received a Chancellor’s Award Combining projected maps with music, the group will trace For more information about the concert, contact Rebecca for Excellence in Teaching for the 2016-17 academic year. the Sephardic Diaspora as it left Spain in 1492. One of the Lesses, associate professor and coordinator of the Jewish She is co-author with Shalom Shoer of a series of modern most widespread songs throughout the Mediterranean and Studies Program, at [email protected] or 274-3556. Indi- Hebrew textbooks called “Shalom – A Comprehensive Middle East may have originated from a Jewish composer in viduals with disabilities requiring accommodations should Course in Modern Hebrew.” For more information about Spain as far back as 1492. Journey West will also portray the also contact her as soon as possible to make arrangements the books, visit the website for Shalom – the Center for influence of Roma, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman classical for attendance. Hebrew Studies, at www.hebrewshalom.com. Rashi to be topic for September Early deadlines Beth David Sisterhood meeting for The Reporter Due to holiday closings, the deadlines for the fol- By Paula Rubin subtle wisdom and eternal truths of the Bible. lowing upcoming issues of The Reporter are as follows. Beth David Sisterhood will officially start Alweis is a graduate of Syracuse Uni- No exceptions will be made. its year of programming with a discussion on versity with a major in history. He went on Issue...... 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Page 4 - The Reporter September 8-14, 2017 Off the Shelf The Great Depression, the U.S.S.R. and family secrets RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN An older friend, who grew up during the Great Depres- the United States, believed in these ideals as shown, for section introduces us to her son, Julian, as he is reunited sion, more than once told me stories about the radical slant example, by Florence Fein, one of the main characters in with Florence after her years in a work camp in Siberia. of many of the laborers she knew. These factory workers, a Sana Krasikov’s impressive novel “The Patriots” (Spiegel Chapters then alternate between Florence’s life story (from good percentage of whom were first generation immigrants, and Grau). Unlike the majority of those who supported the the start of her involvement in radical politics in the U.S. supported the labor union movement and socialistic ideals. Soviet Union, Florence decides to take the future into her through her years in the Soviet Union) and that of Julian, She still remembers them singing, “Lenin is our leader. We own hands: she leaves Brooklyn College to begin a new life who emigrated to the United States in 1979, and who now shall not be moved” to show their support for the Russian in Russia. The novel also tells of the next two generations travels in Russia in the 21st century both for business and experiment with communism. This was before World War of her family – as they travel across the Atlantic Ocean in to visit his son, Lenny. During his latest trip, Julian asks II and Stalin’s purges, when idealists thought socialism and different directions. to see his mother’s KGB file – the one that will not only communism were the answers to the world’s economic In Krasikov’s prologue, readers learn that Florence’s tell him the story behind her arrest, but whether or not she crisis. Even their children, many of whom were born in life in the Soviet Union took an unexpected turn. The See “Secrets” on page 11

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activities. JB Housing, LLC County. SSNY designated as agent The name of the limited liability ormation on legal notice adv ______Notice of formation of HOOP & CO of LLC upon whom process against company is: kellicarrfitness, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y it may be served. SSNY shall (the “Company”). The date of filing NOTICE OF FORMATION OF State of NY (SSNY) on 07/03/2017. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/27/17. mail process to: 130 Riverside Dr., of the Articles of Organization of the LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Office location: Broome Co. SSNY Office in Broome County. SSNY has Binghamton, NY 13905. Purpose: Company with the Secretary of State UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED designated as agent of LLC upon been designated as agent of the any lawful activities. was August 22, 2017. The county in

LIABILITY COMPANY LAW whom process against it may be LLC upon whom process against ______which the principal place of business ext. served. SSNY shall mail process to: it may be served. SSNY shall mail of the Company shall be located is 1. The name of the limited liability The LLC, 100 Ganoungtown Road, process to the LLC, 142 Front Street Notice of Formation of Relevance Broome County. The Secretary of company (“LLC”) is RUSSELLS Port Crane, NY 13833. Purpose: any Binghamton, NY 13905. Purpose: Any Gaming LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with State has been designated as agent AUTO LLC. lawful activities. lawful purpose Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on of the Company upon whom process ______07/28/17. Office location: Broome against it may be served. The 244 or [email protected] 2. The date of filing of the Articles County. SSNY designated as agent Secretary of State shall mail a copy of of Organization with the Notice of Formation of a Limited Notice of formation of ACKERMANRE of LLC upon whom process against any process against the Company, to Secretary of State is JULY 20, Liability Company (LLC): Name: LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y it may be served. SSNY shall mail Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, Attn: 2017. BiLaw of Syracuse, LLC, Articles of of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/18/17. process to: 201 South Washington St., Ryan M. Mead, 80 Exchange Street, Organization filed with Secretary of Office in Broome County. SSNY has Binghamton, NY 13903. Purpose: any Suite 700, Binghamton, NY 13901. www 3. The County within the State of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/17/17. been designated as agent of the lawful activities. The purpose of the business of the New York in which the principal Office location: Broome County. SSNY LLC upon whom process against ______Company is any lawful business office of the LLC is located is designated LLC agent upon whom it may be served. SSNY shall mail purpose. Broome. process against it may be served. process to the LLC, 142 Front Street Notice of Formation of a Limited ______SSNY shall mail copy of process Binghamton, NY 13905. Purpose: Any Liability Company (LLC): Name:

4. The Secretary of State of to: LLC, Attn: John G. Dowd, PO lawful purpose CoreLife of Springfield, LLC, Articles NOTICE OF FORMATION OF .th the State of New York is hereby Box 1905, Binghamton, NY 13902. ______of Organization filed with Secretary LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY designated as agent of the LLC Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Date of State of New York (SSNY) on UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED upon whom process against of dissolution: None. Notice of Formation of a Limited 7/28/17. Office location: Broome LIABILITY COMPANY LAW ereporter it may be served. The post office ______Liability Company (LLC): Name: ZoCo County. SSNY designated LLC agent address to which the Secretary Salon, LLC, Articles of Organization upon whom process against it may 1. The name of the limited liability of State shall mail a copy of Notice of Formation of a Limited filed with Secretary of State of New be served. SSNY shall mail copy of company (“LLC”) is Stockholm’s

any process against the LLC Liability Company (LLC): Name: York (SSNY) on 4/20/17. Office process to: LLC, Attn: John G. Dowd, Barber Shop, LLC. ertising, served upon him or her is: 22 CoreLife of Clarksville, LLC, Articles location: Broome County. SSNY PO Box 1905, Binghamton, NY 13902. Gehr Road, Harpursville, New of Organization filed with Secretary of designated LLC agent upon whom Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Date of 2. The date of filing of the Articles York, 13787. State of New York (SSNY) on 6/7/17. process against it may be served. dissolution: None. of Organization with the Office location: Broome County. SSNY SSNY shall mail copy of process ______Secretary of State is August 23, 5. The character or purpose of the designated LLC agent upon whom to: the LLC at 2204 North Street, 2017. business of the LLC is any process against it may be served. Endicott, NY 13760. Purpose: Any Notice of Formation of a Limited purpose allowed by law. SSNY shall mail copy of process Lawful Purpose. Date of dissolution: Liability Company (LLC): Name: 3. The County within the State of ______gr to: LLC, Attn: John G. Dowd, PO None. TLC (Tiny Little Castles) Homes and New York in which the principal please contact Bonnie Rozen Box 1905, Binghamton, NY 13902. ______Rentals, LLC, Articles of Organization office of the LLC is located is NOTICE OF FORMATION OF filed with Secretary of State of New Broome. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Date oup LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: The of dissolution: None. Notice of Formation of Pure Longevity, York (SSNY) on 7/26/17. Office name of the limited liability company ______LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of location: Broome County. SSNY 4. The Secretary of State of is: 607 Property Management, LLC State of NY (SSNY) on 07/17/17. designated LLC agent upon whom the State of New York is hereby (the “Company”). The date of filing Notice of Formation of a Limited Office location: Broome County. process against it may be served. designated as agent of the LLC of the Articles of Organization of the Liability Company (LLC): Name: SSNY designated as agent of LLC SSNY shall mail copy of process upon whom process against .or Company with the Secretary of State CoreLife of Miamisburg, LLC, Articles upon whom process against it may to: LLC, Attn: John G. Dowd, PO it may be served. The post office was July 20, 2017. The county in of Organization filed with Secretary of be served. SSNY shall mail process Box 1905, Binghamton, NY 13902. address to which the Secretary

which the principal place of business State of New York (SSNY) on 5/26/17. to: 300 Plaza Dr., Vestal, NY 13850. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Date of State shall mail a copy of g of the Company shall be located is Office location: Broome County. SSNY Purpose: any lawful activities. of dissolution: None. any process against the LLC Broome County. The Secretary of designated LLC agent upon whom ______served upon him or her is: 87 State has been designated as agent process against it may be served. Broad Ave., Binghamton, NY of the Company upon whom process SSNY shall mail copy of process Notice of Formation of Upper Front SHAIBAN LLC Article of Organization 13904. against it may be served. The to: LLC, Attn: John G. Dowd, PO Street Development, LLC. Arts. of filed with the SSNY on 08/10/2017. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of Box 1905, Binghamton, NY 13902. Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY Office Broome County. SSNY 5. The character or purpose of the any process against the Company, to Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Date (SSNY) on 07/14/17. Office location: designated as agent of the LLC upon business of the LLC is any Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, Attn: of dissolution: None. Broome County. SSNY designated whom process agent against it may purpose allowed by law. Ryan M. Mead, 80 Exchange Street, ______as agent of LLC upon whom process be served. SSNY shall mail copy of ______Suite 700, Binghamton, NY 13901. against it may be served. SSNY shall process to the LLC, 708 Pickwick The purpose of the business of the Notice of Formation of a Limited mail process to: 320 N. Jensen Rd., Dr, Vestal, NY 13850. Purpose: Any Notice of Formation of MK Company is any lawful business Liability Company (LLC): Name: Vestal, NY 13850. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Binghamton Realty, LLC. Arts. of Org. purpose. CoreLife of Hyde Park, LLC, Articles lawful activities. ______filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) ______of Organization filed with Secretary of ______on 08/21/17. Office location: Broome State of New York (SSNY) on 6/8/17. MNADEEM LLC Article of County. SSNY designated as agent Notice of Formation of Office location: Broome County. SSNY RGG Consulting, LLC Organization filed with the SSNY on of LLC upon whom process against CR Land, LLC designated LLC agent upon whom Notice of formation of Limited 08/14/2017. Office Broome County. it may be served. SSNY shall mail process against it may be served. Liability Company (“LLC”). Articles SSNY designated as agent of the LLC process to: 300 Plaza Dr., Vestal, NY Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of SSNY shall mail copy of process upon whom process agent against it 13850. Purpose: any lawful activities. State of NY (SSNY) on 04/14/2017. to: LLC, Attn: John G. Dowd, PO may be served. SSNY shall mail copy ______Office location: Broome Co. SSNY Box 1905, Binghamton, NY 13902. of process to the LLC, 708 Pickwick designated as agent of LLC upon Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Date To place your Dr, Vestal, NY 13850.Purpose: Any Notice of Formation of a Limited whom process against it may be of dissolution: None. lawful purpose. Liability Company (LLC): Name: served. SSNY shall mail process to: ______legal notice, ______CoreLife of Normal, LLC, Articles The LLC, c/o Leasure, Gow, Munk of Organization filed with Secretary & Rizzuto, 101 Jefferson Avenue, Notice of Formation of a Limited please contact J & J ENTERPRISES OF of State of New York (SSNY) on Endicott, NY 13760. Purpose: any Liability Company (LLC): Name: ENDICOTT, LLC NOTICE OF 8/21/17. Office location: Broome lawful activities. CoreLife of Downers Grove, LLC, Bonnie Rozen at FORMATION OF LIMITED County. SSNY designated LLC agent ______Articles of Organization filed with 724-2360, ext. 244 LIABILITY COMPANY (“LLC”) upon whom process against it may Secretary of State of New York be served. SSNY shall mail copy of NOTICE OF FORMATION OF (SSNY) on 6/30/17. Office location: or bonnie@ Articles of Organization of J & J process to: LLC, Attn: John G. Dowd, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: The Broome County. SSNY designated Enterprises of Endicott, LLC filed with PO Box 1905, Binghamton, NY name of the limited liability company LLC agent upon whom process thereportergroup.org the NYS Secretary of State (NYSS) on 13902. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. is: New Season Dermatology, PLLC against it may be served. SSNY 5/15/2017. Office of LLC is in Broome Date of dissolution: None. September 8-14, 2017 Page 5 - The Reporter Temple Israel plans cabaret-style fund-raiser Temple Israel’s fund-raising committee has requested The planned admission charge will be $20 per person rebuilding of facilities severely damaged a number of weeks that members of the Greater Binghamton community and $15 for students. Wine, soft drinks and light refresh- ago when a section of that Jewish summer camp caught fire. save the date of Sunday, October 15, at 2 pm, for a gala ments will be available. More details regarding the event will be announced in performance by the musician Rick Pedro, who has been A portion of the proceeds from the performance will future issues of The Reporter. The temple office will be scheduled to appear at the temple for an afternoon of cab- additionally be donated to Camp Ramah in the Rockies – taking reservations in advance, as seating is limited. To aret-style entertainment. managed by its director, Rabbi Eliav Bock – to assist in the make a reservation, call 723-7461. Beth David Sisterhood held closing meeting

At right, standing (l-r): Marlene Serkin, Rita Shawn and Toby Kohn (sitting far right) admired the gift received by Claire Ladenheim (sitting in center) for her 11 years of service as Beth David Sisterhood president. In the background: Judy Silber.

Clockwise from left: Rita Bleier, Cathy Velenchik, Lillian Sommer, Lynne Manasse, Ruth Goldstein, Judy Silber and Susan Wright listened to the summary of the Beth David Sisterhood year. In background: Marlene Serkin.

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High Holiday services at area synagogues All information was provided by the synagogues listed Mincha – 6:25 pm Friday, October 13 – Simchat Torah below. For further information on any of the services, see Fast ends – 7:39 pm Shacharit – 9 am the Congregational Notes on page 10 for contact information Monday-Thursday, September 25-28 – Aseret Yemai Hakafot – 9:45 am for all of the area synagogues. Teshuvah – Days of Repentance Candle lighting – before 6:06 pm Shacharit – 6:50 am Mincha – 6:10 pm Beth David Synagogue Mincha – 6:35 pm Saturday, October 14 – Shabbat Bereshit Saturday, September 16 – Selichot Friday, September 29 – Aseret Yemai Teshuvah Shacharit – 9 am Community Selichot Concert with Hillel@BU – 9 pm Shacharit – 7 am Mincha – 5:55 pm Selichot service – 11:15 pm Friday, September 29 – erev Yom Kippur Shabbat ends – 7:05 pm Tuesday, September 19 Mincha – 3 pm Chabad Center Service after Maariv – 6:50 pm Candle lighting – before 6:30 pm Wednesday, September 20 – erev Rosh Hashanah Wednesday, September 20 – erev Rosh Hashanah Fast begins – 6:30 pm Service – 6:45 pm Candle lighting – 6:46 pm Kol Nidre – 6:30 pm Mincha – 6:50 pm Thursday, September 21 – Rosh Hashanah I Saturday, September 30 – Yom Kippur Service – 9:30 am Thursday, September 21 – Rosh Hashanah I Shacharit – 9 am Shacharit – 8:15 am Shofar sounded – approx. 11:30 am Yizkor – 12:15 pm Service – 7:30 pm Shofar – 10:45 am Mincha – 5:15 pm Tashlich at Confluence Park – 6 pm Friday, September 22 – Rosh Hashanah II Shofar, fast ends – 7:29 pm Service – 9:30 am Mincha – 6:45 pm Wednesday, October 4 – erev Sukkot Candle lighting – after 7:44 pm Shofar sounded – approx. 11:30 am Candle lighting – 6:21 pm All Rosh Hashanah services will be held at the Chabad Friday, September 22 – Rosh Hashanah II Mincha – 6:25 pm Shacharit – 8:15 am Center, 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, and are open free of Thursday, October 5 – Sukkot I charge to all members of the Jewish community. All services Shofar – 10:45 am Shacharit – 9 am Candle lighting – before 6:42 pm will be followed by dinners. To attend any of the dinners, Mincha – 6:10 pm call 797-0015 to make a reservation. Mincha – 6:45 pm Candle lighting – after 7:20 pm Saturday, September 23 – Shabbat Shuvah Friday, September 29 – erev Yom Kippur Friday, October 6 – Sukkot II Kol Nidre, evening service 6:15 pm Shacharit – 9 am Shacharit – 9 am Mincha – 6:15 pm Saturday, September 30 – Yom Kippur Candle lighting – before 6:18 pm Morning service – 9:30 am Shabbat Shuvah lecture will follow Mincha Mincha – 6:20 pm Shabbat ends – 7:41 pm Neilah, closing service – 5:45 pm Saturday, October 7 – Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot Followed by sounding of the shofar and a light break-fast Sunday, September 24 – Tzom Gedaliah – Fast of Gedalya Shacharit – 9 am Fast begins – 5:25 am All Yom Kippur services will be held in the C-4 Multi Mincha – 6:05 pm Purpose Room (Newing/Dickinson College) at Binghamton Shacharit – 8:30 am Shabbat ends – 7:17 pm Service at Holocaust Memorial Monument – 10:30 am University. Services are open free of charge to all members Sunday, October 8 – Chol Hamoed of the Jewish community. Cemetery visitations following – approx. 11 am-noon Shacharit – 8:30 am Wednesday, October 4 – erev Sukkot Mincha – 6:15 pm Service – 6 pm Chol Hamoed Monday-Tuesday, October 9-10 – Thursday, October 5 – Sukkot I Rosh Hashanah Shacharit – 6:50 am Service – 9:30 am Maariv – 7 pm Service – 6:45 pm Wednesday, October 11 – Hoshana Rabba Tuesday, October 6 – Sukkot II Kiddush at TC Shacharit – 6:50 am Service – 9:30 am Wednesday, October 11 – erev Shemini Atzeret All Sukkot services will be held at the Chabad Center, Temple Concord Sisterhood will sponsor the Rosh Hasha- Candle lighting – 6:09 pm nah Kiddush on Thursday, September 21, following morning 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, and are open free of charge Mincha – 6:10 pm to all members of the Jewish community. All services will services, in the Dorothy Schagrin Memorial Gardens at Thursday, October 12 – Shemini Atzeret Temple Concord, 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton. be followed by dinners in the sukkah. To attend any of the Shacharit – 9 am dinners, call 797-0015 to make a reservation. In case of rain, the kiddush will be held in the mansion. Yizkor – 10:45 am The entire congregation has been invited to attend for re- Wednesday, October 11 – erev Shemini Atzeret Thursday, October 12 – erev Simchat Torah Service – 6 pm freshments and socializing. Mincha – 6:10 pm Thursday, October 12– Shemini Atzeret/erev Each year, about three to four dozen Sisterhood members Candle lighting – after 7:08 pm and their families help with the project. Simchat Torah Maariv and hakafot – 7 pm Service – 9:30 am Simchat Torah Blast in the C-4 Multi Purpose Room (New- ing/Dickinson College) at Binghamton University – 8 pm Donations for We Remember You 2017 Friday, October 13 – Simchat Torah Jewish Family Service will be distributing gift baskets As in the past, the local Jewish organizations will contrib- Service – 9:30 am filled with a kosher chicken, a challah, apples and honey to ute to the project with children creating greeting cards and All Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah services will be held at low-income Jewish families in the community to enable the craft items. Apples will be picked at a local farm by families the Chabad CenterJudaic (with the exception Shop of the Simchat Torah recipients to fix a traditional Rosh Hashanah meal. Through- who would enjoy that adventure and challah baking will be Blast on campus), 420 MurrayTallit Hill for Rd., all Vestal,B’nai Mitzvot and are open out the many years that this type of program has reached taken on by baking experts. free of charge to all membersKippot in of many the Jewish colors community. and fabrics All Bar/Bat out to make the High Holidays special, not only have the JFS is requesting that anyone interested in helping fund services will be followed by dinners.Guest Toregisters, attend any of the Wedding recipients been grateful for the foods, but especially for being the We Remember You project please send checks to Jew- dinners, call 797-0015 to makeHavdalah a reservation. candles, remembered by the larger Jewish community. ish Family Service, 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal, NY 13850, Community Guide Long ceremonial candles & more This year, there will be some changes to the program, in clearly marked in the memo line, “We Remember You,” by Congregation Tikkun v’Or that recipients will receive the fresh foods and then money Monday, September 11. 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Antoun is asking that she be called at 724-2332 before any Wednesday, SeptemberJudaic 20 – erevShop Rosh Hashanah spices are purchased to control duplications. Honey is also Services – 7 pm needed to complete the gift baskets. Let her know what you Thursday, SeptemberSeder Plates,21 – Rosh Matzah Hashanah Plates & Prepare for Passover Childcare will be available all morning. would like to contribute so that all items can be well used. Covers, Kiddush Cups, Passover Preliminary morning service – 9 am-12:15 pm Children’s services (for agesElijah’s 2-5 and Cups, 6-10) Haggadahs, – 11:15-11:45 am Tashlich at the inlet in Cassand Park fine – 1 Judaicpm gift items Friday, September 29 – erev Yom Kippur Now! Kol Nidre9 Riverside – 6:45 pm Drive • Binghamton, NY 13905 Great taste plus... Saturday,Monday September - Friday 607-723-735530 – Yom Kippur Can be part of a nutritious diet. The building will be open all day. People are welcome E.B. eggs are High in Vitamin E, contain 100 mg. 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Intergenerational celebration of Jewish New Year to be hosted by Kendal at Ithaca The residents of Kendal at Ithaca, and friends, will bring in books to children. There will be craft materials for chil- program for young families who have a Jewish connection. the Jewish New Year with stories, music and “a birthday cake dren to make cards and drawings. Apples and honey, a There are more than 100 children in the Ithaca area currently for the world” on Sunday, September 17, at Kendal at Ithaca, traditional holiday treat, will be served. At 4:15 pm, the receiving PJ Library books every month. For information on 2230 N Triphammer Rd., Ithaca. Rosh Hashanah, literally shofar will be blown and birthday cake will be served. the program, visit www.pjlibrary.org. “the head of the year,” begins at sundown on Wednesday, At 4:45 pm, the Klezmer Kings will entertain with music The event is co-sponsored by Kendal at Ithaca and the September 20. Kendal will hold a celebration for the holiday and dance. Ithaca Area United Jewish Community. For more informa- by hosting a party in its auditorium. The event will be free and open to the public. Story books tion call 257-9924. For more information about IAUJC, visit Beginning at 3:30 pm, seniors will read holiday story will be provided by PJ Library, a nationwide free subscription www.iaujc.org.

Services Continued from page 6 to stay whether or not they are participating in services. Mincha and eve of second day service – 7 pm Saturday, September 30 – Yom Kippur Childcare will be available all morning. Friday, October 6 – Sukkot II Morning service – 9:30 am Morning service – 9 am-1 pm Service – 10 am Panel and discussion (topic TBA) – 1:15 pm Children’s services (for ages 2-5 and 6-10) – 12:15-12:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat followed by potluck supper in the sukkah Meditative music – 3:15 pm Break – 1-1:30 pm – 6:15 pm Yizkor – 4 pm Afternoon Yoga – 1:30-2:15 pm Kiddush in the sukkah will follow all services Afternoon service – 4:45 pm Meditation 2:15-2:45 pm Wednesday, October 11 – erev Shemini Atzeret Neilah concluding service – 5:45 pm Annual Isaiah Challenge lecture, “A sharing with leaders of Service – 7 pm Havdalah – 6:30 pm the Onondaga Nation” – 3-4:15 pm Thursday, October 12 – Shemini Atzeret Congregational break fast following Havdalah Discussion with rabbi – 4:30-5 pm Service – 10 am Wednesday, October 4 – erev Sukkot Avodah service – 5-5:30 pm Erev Simchat Torah celebration – 7 pm Sukkah decorating – 5 pm Yizkor – 5:30-6:15 pm Friday, October 13 – Simchat Torah Sukkot dinner and seder in the sukkah – 5:30 pm Sanctuary doors will close at beginning of service. Simchat Torah celebration – 10 am Thursday, October 5 – Sukkot I Neilah closing service – 6:15-7:15 pm Temple Beth El of Oneonta Sukkot festival service – 10:30 am Havdalah/shofar – 7:15-7:30 pm Followed by pot luck lunch (vegetarian dairy) Break-the-fast, bring a veggie/dairy dish-to-pass – 7:30 pm Wednesday, September 20 – erev Rosh Hashanah Friday, October 6 – Sukkot II Evening services – 6:30 pm Sukkot Shabbat wine and cheese reception in the sukkah Norwich Jewish Center Followed by oneg – 7:15 pm Rabbi Ora Schnitzer will conduct High Holiday services. Thursday, September 21 – Rosh Hashanah Shabbat services – 8 pm Wednesday, September 20, erev Rosh Hashanah Morning, Torah and shofar services, rabbi’s talk – 9:30 am Tuesday, October 10 – erev Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Services – 7 pm Tashlich at the I-88 exit 16 boat landing – 1 pm Torah Thursday, September 21, Rosh Hashanah I Friday, September 29 – erev Yom Kippur Dancing with Torahs and unrolling Torah Scroll with reading Services – 10 am Services, Kol Nidre – 6:30 pm from sections of the scroll and Yizkor memorial service Friday, September 29, erev Yom Kippur Saturday, September 30 – Yom Kippur – 6:30 pm Services – 7 pm Morning services, rabbi’s talk and Yizkor (memorial ser- Wednesday, October 11 – Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Saturday, September 30 vice) – 9:30 am Torah Services – 10 am Mincha, Martyrology and Neilah – 4 pm Festival and Yizkor service – 10:30 am Break fast – 7 pm Havdalah and shofar – 6:30 pm Followed by pot luck lunch (vegetarian dairy) Temple Beth-El of Ithaca Temple Brith Sholom Temple Israel High Holiday services will be under the direction of Wednesday, September 20 – erev Rosh Hashanah Note: For families with young children, there will be a Rabbi Scott L. Glass and Calman J. Glass. A full listing of Traditional candle lighting – 6:45 pm family drop-in room. Children should bring toys and at least activities may be found at www.tbeithaca.org. Welcoming service – 7:30 pm one parent/caregiver. Saturday, September 16 Kiddush/meet and greet – 8:30 pm Saturday, September 16 – Selichot Selichot midnight penitential service following a coffee hour Thursday, September 21 – Rosh Hashanah I TI/TC Egalitarian services at Temple Israel – 8 pm Wednesday, September 20 – erev Rosh Hashanah Danish, drinks and Judaic study: “Innovations in Liturgy Wednesday, September 20 – erev Rosh Hashanah Services – 7 pm and Worship” – 9 am Services – 7:30 pm Reception tendered by Sisterhood following services. Followed by Shacharit (morning service) Thursday, September 21 – Rosh Hashanah I Thursday, September 21 – Rosh Hashanah I Torah service – 10:30 am Services – 8:45 am Shacharit – 9 am Guest speaker/discussion – 11 am Junior Congregation – 10:30 am-12:30 pm Junior Congregation – 11:30 am Shofar blowing, Musaf service – 11:30 am Shofar service – 11 am Mincha and Maariv – 7:30 pm Kiddush – 12:30 pm Tashlich behind Newman House, 400 Murray Hill Rd. – Friday September 22 – Rosh Hashanah II Tashlich gathering (Suggett Park) – 7 pm 4:15 pm Shacharit – 9 am Traditional candle lighting – 7:45 pm Mincha – 5 pm Junior Congregation – 11:30 am “Holy” drum circle/creative worship – 7:30 pm Friday, September 22 – Rosh Hashanah II Tashlich following kiddush Kiddush – 8:30 pm Services – 8:45 am Friday, September 22 – erev Shabbat Shuvah Friday September 22 – Rosh Hashanah II Junior Congregation – 10:30 am-12:30 pm Services – 8 pm Danish, drinks and Judaic study – 9 am Shofar service – 11 am Saturday, September 23, Shabbat Shuvah Followed by Shacharit Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv – 5:30-6:15 pm Services – 10 am Torah service, study and discussion – 10:30 am Sunday, September 24 Friday, September 29 – erev Yom Kippur Shofar blowing, Musaf service – 11:30 am Visiting at TI Cemetery – TBA Mincha – 5:45 pm Kiddush – 12:30 pm Community Holocaust Memorial – 10:30 am Kol Nidre – 6:15 pm Sunday, September 24 Friday, September 29 – erev Yom Kippur Saturday, September 30 – Yom Kippur Cemetery visit – time TBA Kol Nidre services – 6:30 pm Shacharit – 9 am Friday, September 29 – erev Yom Kippur Saturday, September 30 – Yom Kippur Junior Congregation – 11:30 am Traditional candle lighting – 6:30 pm Services – 8:45 am Yizkor – approx. 11:30 am Kol Nidre – 7 pm Junior Congregation – 10:30 am-12:30 pm Mincha 4:45 pm Services conclude – 8:30 pm D’var Torah – 12:45 pm A break fast hosted by Sisterhood will follow Neilah Saturday, September 30 – Yom Kippur Martyrology/Yizkor – 1 pm Wednesday, October 4 – erev Sukkot Judaic study and Shacharit – 9 am Break – 1:30–4:30 pm Service – 6:15 pm Torah service – 10:30 am Study – 4:30 pm Thursday, October 5 – Sukkot I Guest speaker/discussion – 11 am Mincha – 5 pm Service – 10 am Yizkor service, Musaf service – 11:15 am Neilah – 6:30 pm Services conclude – 1 pm Break fast – 7:27 pm Afternoon service, reading and discussion of “Jonah” – 5:30 pm Advertisers... there’s still time left Sunday, October 1 Neilah (closing) service – 6:15 pm Building the Temple Israel sukkah – TBA to get your ad in our Fast ends – 7:30 pm Thursday, October 5 – Sukkot I special Rosh Hashanah Temple Concord Services – 9 am health care section! 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Followed by Sisterhood-sponsored Super Kiddush in the Services – 9:30 am Dorothy Schagrin Memorial Gardens Yizkor – 11 am Tashlich – immediately following Super Kiddush Simchat Torah party/service (evening) – TBA Friday, September 29 – erev Yom Kippur Friday, October 13 – Simchat Torah Published by the Jewish Federation of Gr eater Binghamton Kol Nidre – 7:45 pm Study/celebration – 10-11 am September 8-14, 2017 Page 9 - The Reporter Punk bands prove shofar isn’t just for the High Holidays By Michael Croland Jewish punks – in true punk fashion – did things their (JTA) – Schmekel – a transgender Jewish punk band own way. based in Brooklyn – opened its 2011 album with “I’m In 2004, Lieberman played his wooden shofar in his Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur.” The song features lyrics like “I’m cover of “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport.” The Australian sorry I came out to you in such an awkward way” and “I’m folk song sometimes includes a didgeridoo, an indigenous sorry I said you have schmutz on your head when it was Australian wind instrument, but the shofar allowed Lieb- Ash Wednesday.” erman to put a Jewish spin on his version. Naturally, since the song is about Judaism’s holiest Although Lieberman stopped playing wind instruments day of the year, it begins with the sound of the shofar, when he got dentures shortly afterward, the prolific musician an ancient Jewish wind instrument made of a ram’s horn. is planning on releasing his 70th album at the end of August. Singer Lucian Kahn calls out for a “tekiah,” which can be Since the Jewish punks embraced the shofar, its use has translated as “blast,” and bassist Nogga Schwartz responds spread among other musicians, both Jews and non-Jews. In by sounding the shofar. 2006, Madonna included a shofar in her song “Isaac.” In “The shofar is just a part of Yom Kippur,” said Schwartz, 2013, Macklemore, a non-Jewish rapper, sounded one in 32, who as a teenager blew the instrument in synagogue a commercial. That same year, electronic musician Alvin on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. “We thought it would Bram Presser of the band Yidcore blew a shofar at a Judaica Curran released an album of avant-garde shofar songs, sound good to open up with it as it helps bring thoughts store in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Peter Haskin) “Shofar Rags,” as part of Tzadik Records’ Radical Jewish of the holiday.” Culture series. In 2014, on his album “Shofarot Verses” in The shofar, traditionally made of a ram’s horn, is most Using a shofar “invites the listener into a musical world the same series, jazz saxophonist Paul Shapiro played the prominently heard on the High Holidays as a reminder to that is contemporary, but also in discourse with tradition and shofar in the liturgical song “Ashamnu.” look inward and seek forgiveness for mistakes made in identity,” Eliahu Adelman, a musicologist based in Israel, An early punk-shofar pioneer was Bram Presser, the the past year. But other traditional uses in Jewish practice told JTA. “Many bands that play music affiliated with a go-to shofar player for the Jewish community in his native include everything from funerals and excommunication specific ethnicity often combine elements of traditional Melbourne, Australia. He’s better known as the front man ceremonies to the warning of imminent danger. music with contemporary.” for the comedic Jewish punk band Yidcore, which was no- Recent years have seen a new twist in the practice of This fits in with the Jewish punk bands’ larger approach torious for “shofar shots” – one person poured kosher wine blowing the shofar: Jewish punk bands incorporating the of putting a Jewish stamp on punk rock. Approximately two down the horn and another drank out of the mouthpiece. sound into their music. The bands use the ancient horn as a dozen Jewish punk bands have emerged, mostly during the Members of the band, and the audience, imbibed during way of both making mayhem and honoring tradition – but past 20 years: Moshiach Oi! and The Shondes are among shows, and the drinking continued backstage. always as a blatantly Jewish symbol that conjures associ- the best known. They play punk rock with an overtly Jew- Presser, 41, played the shofar on at least 10 Yidcore ations with the High Holidays or Jewishness in general. ish focus, finding resonant entry points to Jewish culture songs. He explains that in the 2004 song “Hora (New and religion, such as lyrics about wooing actress Natalie Version),” the sequence of teruah, shevarim and “tekiah Portman or by throwing bagels and gefilte fish at fans. gedolah” (“great blast”) created “general cacophony” and NEWS IN BRIEF Steve “Gangsta Rabbi” Lieberman, a one-man band “irreverent chaos.” In “They Tried to Kill Us. They Failed. from Long Island, is one such punk rocker. He plays an Let’s Eat!” the shofar was part of a jubilant celebration. eclectic variety of instruments, and learned to blow the Not every Yidcore song with a shofar was for the sake of From JNS.org shofar at his synagogue in Bellmore, NY, in 1973, when punk rock frenzy. The lyrics of the Hebrew song “Hakotel” Israel conducting largest military he was in the 10th grade. Thirty years later, he wanted to mention a shofar at the Kotel, the Western Wall, and, when add new instruments to his collection and thought he’d Yidcore covered the song in 2002, Presser played standard drill in decades give the shofar another try. shofar parts to “create a bustling Kotel scene.” The Israeli military on Sept. 5 commenced its largest There was one obstacle, however: Lieberman is a vege- “The shofar is essentially an ancient instrument,” military drill in two decades. The exercise, involving tens of tarian who only plays animal-free instruments. So when he Presser said. “Why shouldn’t it be played like one? That thousands of soldiers from all branches of the IDF, including found a wooden shofar on eBay, listed as “Hebrew Shofar it also makes a great siphon for alcoholic beverages is just reserve forces, will last for 10 days and is overseen by the (Ram’s Horn)-Wooden,” he figured it was made for him. an added bonus.” IDF’s Northern Command. The drill began at dawn on Sept. Conventionally, the shofar is played with three different Michael Croland is the author of “Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! 5 and will conclude on Sept. 14, the IDF said. The drill – sounds: the tekiah (a sustained blast), “shevarim” (three Jews and Punk,” which was published last year by Praeger dubbed “the Light of the Grain” – involves ground, naval, air, broken sounds), and “teruah” (nine staccato sounds). But (an imprint of ABC-CLIO). intelligence and cyber units. The exercise in northern Israel was announced amid escalating tensions with Iran over its increasing military presence in Syria, near the Jewish state’s border. The drill simulates a scenario involving a rapid esca- lation with the Iranian terror proxy Hezbollah that progresses into a full-blown war, necessitating the IDF to defend Israel on all fronts. Although the drill involves simulations with troops dressed as Hezbollah terrorists, the IDF stated the exercise was planned far in advance, and is not connected current Iranian or Hezbollah activities in Syria. Hezbollah is currently considered one of Israel’s primary threats, as its leaders have routinely boasted about the terror group’s S, vast arsenal of 100,000-150,000 rockets, and their ability Seeer 1 S, to strike deep into Israel in anyS future ,conflict. 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Reservists on Duty later still hope in this fine “The most joyful, good filed a complaint with"Exceptional the school’s" administration and "Sports movie at its best.” portrait of a country torn hearted and charming campus police. UC Irvine’s ethics- Sha rocommitteen Greenthal, imposed a - THE WALL STREET too many ways.” film of the year.” two-year probation on the SJP members,The Huffinton ending Post June 16, JOURNAL Tom Long – Detroit News Yair Raveh, Cinemascope 2019. During the probationary period, the SJP members your ad are required to attend 12 meetings with the school’s dean of students regarding free speech and must also consult could be with the dean before hosting any on-campus events. here! For information Moving any time soon? on advertising, Or just leaving town for a few months? contact Whether you’re moving across town or Bonnie Rozen at across the country, please let The Reporter 724-2360, ext. 244 know so you can stay up to date on com- or bonnie@ munity news and quickly receive the paper at your new (or temporary) address! thereportergroup.org E-mail [email protected] with “Reporter Address change” in the subject line, or call 607-724-2360, ext. 254, to let The Reporter know about your new address. Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton ÊVisit us on the web at www.thereportergroup.org Page 10 - The Reporter September 8-14, 2017

Weekly Parasha What is written in God’s tefillin? Ki Tavo, Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 RABBI MOSHE SAKS, TEMPLE ISRAEL OF SCRANTON This week’s parasha, Ki Tavo, is very close to my and Rabbi Chiya ben Abin, referencing the above verse Abraham Joshua Heschel (of blessed memory), who heart – it’s my bar mitzvah portion! Although my most thusly: “What is written on God’s tefillin?” This: “And stressed that faith is a two-way street. We need God to vivid memory in preparing the Torah reading for my be- who is like Your people Israel, a unique nation on Earth?” inspire us, as we fulfill God’s need to make the world coming a bar mitzvah was the sixth aliyah – the longest (Chronicles I, 17:21) a better place – to confront injustice, affirm the good one in the entire Torah – I want to focus on another part First of all, the notion of God wearing tefillin, the in humanity and treat all people as being in the image of the portion. leather boxes worn on a person’s head and arm during of God. In chapter 26 of Deuteronomy, verses 16-19, we morning services, is quite an anthropomorphism! This It was this idea that Rabbi Heschel took to heart as read the promise of God that if we observe the mitzvot text begs to be interpreted. Certainly, one way to look he marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Civil Rights (commandments), God will “set you high above all the at it is that since the parchments in the two boxes of our protests, in the 1960s and ‘70s. As we approach the High nations that God has made, as you will be a holy people tefillin contain four verses that are to remind us of God, Holidays, with its message of renewal and introspection, to the Lord your God.” so God’s tefillin contain verses reminding Him of the we would do well to remember that God is always there In the Talmud (Tractate Berachot; 6a), we see a fasci- people Israel. In other words, just as we need God, God for us, just as we have responsibilities to perfect the World nating conversation between Rabbi Nachman ben Isaac needs us. This was a major theme of our great teacher, under the kingship of the Almighty. Congregational Notes Beth David Synagogue Temple Concord Temple Israel Affiliation: Orthodox Union Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism Orientation: Conservative Rabbi: Zev Silber Rabbi: Barbara Goldman-Wartell Rabbi: Geoffrey Brown Address: 39 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 4737 Deerfield Pl., Vestal, NY 13850 Phone: 607-722-1793, Rabbi’s Office: 607-722-7514 Office hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 am-2 pm Phone: 723-7461 and 231-3746 Fax: 607-722-7121 Phone: 723-7355 Office hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 am-4 pm; Fri. 8 am-3 pm. Office hours: Mon. closed; Tues. 10 am-1 pm; Wed. closed; Fax: 723-0785 E-mail: [email protected] Thurs. 9 am-1 pm; Fri. 10 am-1 pm Office e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.templeisraelvestal.org Beth David e-mail address: [email protected] Website: www.templeconcord.com Service Schedule: Friday, 5:30 pm; Saturday, 9:30 am. Rabbi’s e-mail: [email protected] Regular service times: Friday, 8 pm; Saturday, 10:35 am, when On Saturday, September 9, at 9:30 am, there will be Website: www.bethdavid.org religious school is in session. Shabbat services led by Rabbi Geoffrey Brown. The Shabbat Services: On Friday, September 8, at 8 pm, there will be Shabbat Torah portion will be Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8. The Friday, September 8...... 7:10 pm service with Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell. Shabbat, September 9...... 9 am haftarah will be Isaiah 60:1-22. Kiddush sponsor will ...... Mincha/Maariv 6:55 pm On Saturday, September 9, at 9 am, there will be the first be Beverly Rozen. Weekday Services: day of religious school. At 9:15 am, there will be Torah On Tuesday, September 12, at 7 pm, in the temple Mornings: study. At 10:35 am, there will be family Shabbat services social hall, there will be a Sisterhood paid-up dessert. Sun., September 10...... 8:30 am with birthday blessings. On Thursday, September 14, there will be a charity Mon.-Fri., September 11-15...... 7 am On Tuesday, September 12, at 5:15 pm, Hebrew school begins. dining out event at TGI Fridays, 2445 Vestal Pkwy. E., Evenings: On Friday, September 15, at 8 pm, there will be Shabbat Vestal. Community members can bring their coupon and Sun.-Thurs., September 10-14...... 7 pm services with Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell. Classes: Rabbi Zev Silber will hold his weekly Talmud class the temple will receive a percentage of the proceeds. every Tuesday evening after services. On Saturday, September 16, at 9 am, there will be religious On Wednesday, September 13, at 7:30 pm, Beth David school. At 9:15 am, there will be Torah study. At 10:35 am, Temple Beth-El of Ithaca Sisterhood will open its meetings for the new year. The Shabbat family services will be held. At 8 pm, there will be Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism featured speaker will Beth David’s Aaron Alweis, and a joint Selichot program and service at Temple Israel, 4737 Rabbi: Scott L. Glass Deerfield Pl., Vestal. Address: 402 North Tioga St. (the corner of Court and Tioga his topic will be “The Life and Times of Rashi.” The streets), Ithaca, NY 14850-4292 meeting will be free and open to the entire community. Phone: 273-5775 Norwich Jewish Center E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Rohr Chabad Center Orientation: Inclusive Website: www.tbeithaca.org Affiliation: Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi: Dena Bodian President: Jerry Davis Rabbi: Aaron Slonim, E-mail: [email protected] Address: 72 South Broad St., Norwich, NY 13815 Sisterhood President: Julie Paige Address: 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 Contact: Guilia Greenberg, 373-5087 Director of Education: Rabbi Suzanne Brody Phone: 797-0015 Purpose: To maintain a Jewish identity and meet the needs of Administrative Assistant: Jane Griffith Fax: 797-0095 the Jewish community in the area. Services: Friday 8 pm; Saturday 10 am, unless otherwise Website: www.Chabadofbinghamton.com Adult Ed.: Saturday morning study is held at 10 am. Call for announced. Weekday morning minyan 7:30 am (9 am on Chabad on the West Side more information and to confirm. Sundays and legal holidays). Rabbi: Zalman Chein, E-mail: [email protected] High Holidays services will be held of the evening of Religious School/Education: September-May: Classes meet Address: 27 Bennet Ave., Binghamton, NY 13905 Wednesday, September 20, at 7 pm, and the morning of on Sunday, 9 am-12:30 pm and Phone: 722-3252 Thursday, September 21, at 10 am. Wednesday afternoons, 3:45-5:45 pm. The Midrashah Regular service times: Daily 7:30 am, Friday evening 6 pm, (eighth-grade and high school) classes will meet at times Shabbat morning 9:30 am, Maariv and Havdalah one hour Temple Brith Sholom designated by their respective teachers. after candle-lighting time, Sundays 9:30 am. Adult Ed.: Numerous weekly courses, several semester-long Affiliation: Unaffiliated Linking Hearts for youngsters with special needs: This program courses and a variety of mini-courses and lectures are offered Address: P.O. Box 572, 117 Madison St., Cortland, NY 13045 connects Jewish special-needs children and teenagers, ages throughout the year. Call the temple office for more details. Phone: 607-756-7181 5-14, who have mental, physical and/or functional disabilities, President: Louis Wilson, [email protected] On Saturday, September 16, there will be a Selichot with student volunteers who will visit participating youngsters Service leaders: Lay leadership midnight penitential service following a coffee hour. weekly in their homes. Shabbat services: Either Friday evening at 7:30 pm or Saturday On Wednesday, September 20, erev Rosh Hashanah To join the mailing list, for up-to-date information on adult at 10 am from Rosh Hashanah to Shavuot. Holiday services education offerings or to arrange for a private tutorial, for services will be held at 7 pm, with a reception tendered are also held. Check the weekly e-mail for upcoming services. details concerning the Judaica shop and resource center, or by Sisterhood following services. Contact the president to get on the e-mail list. for assistance through the Piaker Free Loan Society or Raff Religious School: Students are educated on an individual basis. Maasim Tovim Foundation, call Chabad’s office at 797-0015. Temple Brith Sholom is a small equalitarian congregation serving Congregation Tikkun v’Or the greater Cortland community. Congregants span the gamut of Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism Penn-York Jewish Community observance and services are largely dependent on the service Address: PO Box 3981, Ithaca, NY 14852; 2550 Triphammer President and Treasurer-Secretary: Harvey Chernosky, leader. The Friday night siddur is “Likrat Shabbat,” while the Rd. (corner of Triphammer and Burdick Hill), Lansing, NY 570-265-3869 Saturday morning siddur is “Gates of Prayer.” The community Phone: 607-256-1471 B’nai B’rith: William H. Seigel Lodge extends a warm welcome to the Jewish student population of Website: www.tikkunvor.org Purpose: To promote Jewish identity through religious, SUNY Cortland, as well as the residents of local adult residences. E-mail: [email protected] cultural, educational and social activities in the Southern On Wednesday, September 20, erev Rosh Hashanah, a Presidents: Dorothy Debbie and Nina Cummings Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, traditional candle lighting will be held at 6:45 pm, welcoming Rabbi: Brian Walt including Waverly, NY; Sayre, Athens and Towanda, PA, and Religious School Director/Admin. Coordinator: Naomi Wilensky surrounding communities. service at 7:30 pm, and kiddush/meet and greet at 8:30 pm. Services: Fridays at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. Family services and Tot Shabbat once a month at 6:30 pm. Call for Kol Haverim Temple Beth El of Oneonta weekly schedules. Affiliation: Society for Humanistic Judaism Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Religious School: Preschool through seventh-grade classes Address: P.O. Box 4972, Ithaca, NY 14852-4972 Rabbi: Molly Karp meet on Sunday mornings. Sixth-grade Hebrew and seventh- Phone: 607-277-3345 Address: 83 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820 grade b’nai mitzvah classes meet on Wednesday afternoons. E-mail: [email protected] Mailing address: P.O. Box 383, Oneonta, NY 13820 Adult Ed.: Special classes and discussion groups held Website: www.kolhaverim.net Phone: 607-432-5522 regularly. Essential Judaism classes offered in the fall and Chairman: Jonathan Joseph Website: www.templebetheloneonta.org spring. Call the office for details. Kol Haverim: The Finger Lakes Community for Humanistic E-mail: [email protected] On Saturday, September 16, Selichot services led by Judaism, is an Ithaca-based organization that brings people Regular service times: visit the temple website for days of Anne Brous will be held at 7:30-8:30 pm at the synagogue. together to explore and celebrate Jewish identity, history, services and times culture and ethics within a secular, humanistic framework. Religious School/Education: Religious School, for grades On Wednesday, September 20, erev Rosh Hashanah KH is part of an international movement for Secular kindergarten through bar/bat mitzvah, meets Sunday mornings. services will be held at 7 pm at the Hangar Theatre, 801 Humanistic Judaism and is affiliated with the Society for Rabbi Karp conducts services and holds classes in Torah, Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca. Membership and tickets are Humanistic Judaism, a national association with over 30 beginning Hebrew and Maimonides. not required. All are welcome to attend. member communities and congregations around the country. For the schedule of services, classes and events, see the website. Established in the spring of 1999, it offers celebrations of Wednesday, September 20, at 6:30 pm, Rosh Hashanah Jewish holidays, monthly Shabbat pot-lucks, adult education, evening services will be held followed by an oneg. a twice-monthly Cultural School for children, and a bar and bat mitzvah program. KH welcomes all individuals and families, including those Friday, September 8, light candles...... 7:07 pm from mixed religious backgrounds, who wish to strengthen Shabbat ends Saturday, September 9...... 8:05 pm the Jewish experience in their lives and provide their children Friday, September 15, light candles...... 6:55 pm with a Jewish identity and experience. Shabbat ends Saturday, September 16...... 7:53 pm September 8-14, 2017 Page 11 - The Reporter NEWS IN BRIEF Jewish Community Center From JTA Holocaust survivor celebrates bar JCC to hold free Rumba lessons mitzvah 80 years late in Israel Free Rumba lessons by Chuck Williamson will be held The Southern Tier Chapter of USA Dance #3011, is cele- th A 93-year-old Holocaust survivor celebrated his bar on Monday, September 18, at the Jewish Community brating its 27 year in the Broome County area, bringing dances mitzvah in the Israeli city of Haifa a mere 80 years after he Center, 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. A beginner lesson will and free lessons from Friday-Thursday, September 15-21. was supposed to have the coming-of-age rite. But Shalom be held from 7-8 pm, followed by an intermediate lesson For more information, visit www.virtualforum.com/ Shtanberg, whose ceremony was on Aug. 31, was living from 8-9 pm. dancing or call Francine Stein at 729-4346. in the Warsaw Ghetto when he was 13, Reuters reported. Unlike most of his family, he survived the Holocaust. His skills as an electrician made him a valuable worker. “In the Journey Continued from page 1 beginning I did not speak,” Shtanberg told Reuters of his Susan Hubal, a Film Selection Committee member, of the characters, “to empathize, suffer or laugh with them,” time in the Warsaw Ghetto. “I said and told nothing because noted that this film is the only one chosen for the festival as noted by Ben-Ami. Though she initially felt concerned I stayed a child, aged 13, 14, and [living in the] Warsaw that features children. She noted it is “a Holocaust film that the film emphasizes or downplays certain aspects of Ghetto was extremely difficult, every day.” Local police with a different slant.... While horrific, it is tense but her story, she later recognized that the film’s purpose is officers brought Shtanberg and his wife to a synagogue in also charming.” different from that of her book. Ben-Ami noted that Doillon Haifa, where he was greeted by a cheering crowd. As a Directed by Lola Doillon and written by Anne Peyrègne, “did well” and that “the essentials are there and the main video on Ynet News shows, Shtanberg had quite the time the film has been called “an incredible tale of bravery, points are said.” dancing at the ceremony after reading his Torah portion. strength and survival.” Doillon, whose two previous feature The decision to tell this story was not an easy one for Last year, the then-oldest man in the world, 113-year-old films are “Just About Love” and “In Your Hands,” said that Doillon, who is not Jewish. “I asked myself the question Yisrael Kristal, celebrated the bar mitzvah he never had for her third film she wished to work with children and of my legitimacy to tell such a story and talk about Jewish 100 years late. Kristal passed away earlier in August. history. Producer Saga Blanchard, a longtime collaborator children while not being Jewish myself, but I justified it Iran is adhering to nuclear deal limits, with Doillon, discovered Ben-Ami’s memoir, leading to to myself by saying it was the history of France, and the the inspiration for this film. history of Europe, and as such, I had a right – even a duty inspectors say For Doillon, “Fanny’s Journey” presented an opportunity – to tell it,” she explained. The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that to educate today’s youth about the war and the Holocaust, However, having Ben-Ami’s support and presence it found no evidence that Iran is breaching the 2015 nu- which is coming closer to passing from the world’s living on-set helped the production. It also allowed Ben-Ami to clear agreement. A report released on Aug. 31, the second memory, a fact that led to Ben-Ami offering the rights become more comfortable with returning to this time in her anniversary of the deal, said that Iran’s supply of uranium to her book. “Many [children], depending on their age, life; spending time with the cast and crew reportedly had a fuel and heavy water were well within the allowed limits still don’t know or only know a little about this period of calming, reassuring effect. Doillon noted, “She understood of the agreement reached with the United States and five history, even though the last witnesses are getting old and that we were not digging up her past, but that we had the other world powers, according to The New York Times. gradually disappearing.” same desire to pass on and pay tribute to her story.” President Donald Trump has indicated that he would like According to the filmmakers, the depiction of the war The film is in French, with English subtitles, and has a to scrap the agreement, which traded sanctions relief for itself is limited in order to capture the perspective of the running time of 94 minutes. brakes on Iran’s nuclear program. Last week, the U.S. children. Doillon explained, “”What interested me was to Following “Fanny’s Journey” on September 17, upcom- ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, met with live through the events through the eyes of a group of chil- ing films in the festival will be “On the Map” on Sunday, IAEA officials and pressed them to be more aggressive in dren, to show how these children, who were not underneath September 24; “Walk on Water” on Sunday, October 1; and their inspections, according to reports. On Aug. 31, Haley the bombs but still suffered the violence of abandonment “The Women’s Balcony” on Sunday, October 8. issued a statement suggesting that the administration would and the fear of being orphaned, lived during the war and Community members have been welcomed to bring their push for inspections of Iranian military sites, which Iran make us experience it from their point of view.” own chair if they wish, and the Federation has offered to has declared off-limits and the IAEA has been hesitant to In this regard, the film aims to put viewers in the place store these chairs from film to film. demand. “If inspections of Iranian military sites are ‘merely a dream,’ as Iran says, then Iranian compliance with the JCPOA is also a dream,” she said. The Joint Comprehen- Secrets Continued from page 4 sive Plan of Action is the formal name for the Iran deal. betrayed family and friends. However, while Julian and it is becoming. Or better still, as it ought to become.... Supreme Court: Israeli gov’t must Lenny’s stories are absorbing, the heart and soul of the A muddy culvert clogged with garbage is transformed novel is Florence, a woman living in pre-feminist times through words into a future aqueduct. A block of de- reinstate Kotel deal or explain why not who wants to make her mark on the world. molished houses from which residents had been forcibly Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to ei- Florence is a complex and fascinating character. She removed is not a vacant, brick-littered lot, but a People’s ther reinstate the Western Wall agreement with non-Orthodox wants to make a bold statement with her life and not wait to Palace in the making. In my mother’s mind, the future groups or explain why it should not force the state to honor see if the economic situation in the United States improves. and the present are already becoming agreeably fused the deal. “One can’t help but ask ‘What exactly happened Her parents are unhappy she’s leaving, but, as a woman, together.” However, Florence’s development is far more here?’” Chief Justice Miriam Naor said at a hearing on Aug. activist and a non-practicing Jew, Florence believes the complex than Julian realizes, and readers are fortunate 31. “There was an agreement, they were working on it. But U.S.S.R. is where she can make a difference. She soon to learn about Florence’s heart and desires through her then the government came and said there isn’t one. It raises learns that Soviet life is far from perfect. Many Americans own eyes. some questions.” The hearing was in answer to a petition filed who also traveled to Russia – and received special privi- At more than 500 pages, “The Patriots” creates a depth of by the liberal Jewish movements in Israel and the Women leges for doing so – return to the U.S. when the political understanding and compassion in its characters, particularly of the Wall calling for the implementation of the agreement situation becomes precarious. At one point – after a failed Florence, who is an amazing creation. Julian and Lenny to expand and upgrade the egalitarian prayer section at the love affair – Florence feels lonely and lost, and wonders also shine light on contemporary Russia, which, in turn, southern end of the Western Wall. The agreement puts the if her inability to adore Stalin means she should leave the creates greater understanding of that country’s history – at upgraded section on equal footing with the single-sex sections; country. However, she suddenly finds the place for which least in light of those Americans who saw the Soviet Union it would be run by a special committee with no input from she’s longed: “In the cozy oasis of [her boss’] salon she as a beacon of light and hope in a harsh world. The fact the Chief Rabbinate. In June, the Cabinet suspended the deal felt a sense of rarity and belonging that her life back in that the country turned on those who shared its original passed in 2016 negotiated by the Reform and Conservative Brooklyn had stingily withheld. She had only to play the utopian dream is a cruel irony. movements, the Women of the Wall, the Jewish Agency for cosmopolitan role requested of her to gain admissions... Israel and the Israeli government. The government’s haredi She merely had to quiet her doubts, and life would open Orthodox coalition partners pressured Prime Minister Benja- its doors.” Florence finally feels completely happy for the Stay up-to-date with all the min Netanyahu to scrap the agreement. The government has first time in her life. latest news said it plans to go forward with the expansion of the egalitarian Unfortunately, for Florence and many others, the rules at the section despite the freeze. “The court sent a clear message to changed without notice and people began to disappear the government that it is their responsibility to reconsider their – either into graves or Soviet prisons and work camps. position about freezing the Western Wall agreement,” Rabbi Before World War II, American citizens who now wanted Gilad Kariv, executive director of the Reform movement in to leave the country were unable to do so. When Julian Israel, said in a statement. 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