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By Rich Tenorio JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

From Fort Bragg in North Carolina to Fort Hood in Texas, there are currently 10 U.S. mili- tary bases named after former Confederate officers. In the wake of the George Floyd pro- tests, there has been a recent legislative push to rename these bases. The Jewish War Veterans of the USA “strongly supports” this effort, according to a news release from the organization. National Commander Harvey Weiner, a Boston attorney and Vietnam veteran, notes that the JWV has its roots in veterans Children returned to a socially distanced setting at the JCC’s KinderCamp in Marblehead this month. who fought for the Union during the Civil War coming together to form, in 1896, what has become Jewish War Veterans President the oldest active veterans group Harvey Weiner served in Vietnam. Following Covid guidelines, Jewish in the U.S. Warren sought an amend- Weiner noted that the name- ment to rename the 10 bases day camps reopen on North Shore sakes of all 10 bases fought as well as all other U.S. mili- against the Union in the Civil tary property named after for- By Rich Tenorio Covid-19 guidelines, they’re that is not typical.” War. He called them “traitors.” mer Confederates. A version JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT limited to small groups in the For JCCNS day camps that “To have forts of the U.S. mil- of the amendment was passed water. They’re also required were able to reopen under itary to be named after [them], by the Senate Armed Services Summer camp is looking a to use their own instruments Phase II of the state guidelines, we feel, is wrong,” he said. “It’s Committee. According to a little different this year in the instead of sharing them, and schedules have incorporated wrong for that reason alone.” release from Warren, President Jewish community, but camp they must socially distance. such measures as screening for However, he took the case Donald Trump has been asked directors and attendees are “I have to say, it was a lot Covid-19 and using PPE. Among deeper: Eight of the ten were to support the amendment making the best of it. of work to do it, but it seems camps elsewhere, there have slaveholders, including Robert despite his previous social At KinderCamp, one of three really seamless,” camp director been tough decisions to close, E. Lee, the namesake of Fort media statements of support for day camps offered at the JCC Heather Greenberg said. “The including at Camp Grossman at Lee in Virginia who was the the bases’ current names. of the North Shore, youngsters only difference, apart from other the JCC of Greater Boston, with Confederate commander-in- Before the Senate took up the ages 3 ½ to kindergarten can things, is wearing a mask. When virtual and socially distanced chief when he surrendered to issue, it had been considered by swim in the pool, play musi- they’re closer together, they options instead. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox the House of Representatives. cal instruments and celebrate have a mask on.” She describes Earlier this year, when Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Weiner and the JWV were fol- Shabbat – all staples of the the situation as “everything they The movement has been camp. However, because of would [do] in a typical summer continued on page 14 gaining traction. Sen. Elizabeth continued on page 16 JULY FOURTH 2020: HOW A DIVIDED NATION IS UNITED IN CARING ABOUT OUR FUTURE

By David M. Shribman tional themes in his holiday remarks at JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT Mount Rushmore, but he attracted the most attention when he talked about the At Passover, we ask a famous question: people he did not like. The people who Why is this night different from all other do not like him either ignored him or nights? This past July 4, we asked a dif- deplored him, probably mostly the latter. ferent, perhaps more difficult, question: The country was divided even on the one Why is this Independence Day different day – along with Thanksgiving – it is sup- from all other Independence Days? posed to be united. There are many plausible answers. But whether friend or foe of the presi- Because of the man in the White House, dent – truly, there is no third category in perhaps. Because of the statues turned this year of controversy, contention, and to rubble in the the coronavirus – the long Independence streets, surely. Day weekend served a vital function. It Opinion Because of the focused the mind. invasion of a virus It forced us, for example, to ask – if not no one seems to know how to cure or exactly to answer – important questions. prevent, almost certainly. Because of a What is the nature of citizenship? What sense of national exhaustion, no doubt Photo: White House is the nature of national loyalty? What about it. The president sounded some traditional themes in his holiday remarks at Mount elements of our national life attract us? For one reason or another, or maybe Rushmore, but he attracted the most attention when he talked about the people he Which repel us? How do we deal with for all of them, it was an Independence did not like. history, and with hypocrisy? What is our Day like no other. cue rather than a huge buffet on a metal a few ears of corn sat on the platter, national character? What is character in At the White House, Donald J. Trump fold-up table that groaned with holiday uneaten and, alas, unwanted. There may our political life? presided over an Independence Day cel- delicacies, perhaps the traditional New even have been a few slices of blueberry These questions are enough to set ebration that possessed many of the ele- England July Fourth salmon, perhaps pie remaining, the syrupy sweet wine off fireworks at any family gathering. ments of a traditional commemoration. a medley of salads. For the first time in of the berries expanding with the hours Especially this year, when the other kind At your house, it was probably different. years, I am guessing, you may have had across the pan. of fireworks were mostly canceled or Fewer guests, if any. A lonesome barbe- leftover wedges of watermelon. Maybe The president sounded some tradi- continued on page 14

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NAME: HALLE JOHNSON HEBREW NAME: Chaya HOMETOWN: Beverly SCHOOLS: Beverly High School, 2018; Salem State University, 2022 MAJOR: Elementary Educationand Special Education Loraine and George Freedman; Elaine Jacobson and her daughter Beth at a wedding last November. FAVORITE JEWISH FOOD: falafel FAVORITE NON-FAMILIAL JEWISH PERSON: By Bette Keva began easing restrictions The worst part of the quaran- Ruth Bader Ginsburg JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT enough to allow Beth to pick tine was not being able to leave up her mother and bring her to the building to go out with rela- FAVORITE JEWISH HOLIDAY: Rosh Hashanah Their hug lasted three min- her Wayland home. Their long tives. That ended on July 7. FAVORITE TV SHOW: “Dexter” utes. It had been nearly five embrace was the beginning of a “A week ago, I would have had FAVORITE TRAVEL DESTINATION: Italy months since Beth Jacobson’s treasured day. to be quarantined after going mother, Elaine, had touched “She came to my house. She out with my daughter,” said What was your Jewish background growing up? another person. got her hair cut. I made her a Elaine. Now, it’s up to the discre- Because she had been run- sandwich. It was a great day!” tion of the resident. “Every day Growing up, my parents had an interfaith marriage, but my ning a temperature, Elaine, who said Beth. they take our temperature, and father converted to Judaism when I was 12 so he could be is 79, had been quarantined in Elaine Jacobson talked about that’s wonderful,” Elaine said. a part of my bat mitzvah. Before he converted, we never cel- her one-bedroom apartment the loneliness of being quaran- “I was truly going mentally ebrated Christmas or any of those holidays. I went to the JCC at the Cohen Florence Levine tined and how relieved she is crazy. The television is God- in Peabody for preschool, and I went to Hillel in Marblehead Estates in Chelsea even before that the administration began awful. It’s either Donald Trump the Covid-19 pandemic hit in easing restrictions. or Covid! I used to watch CNN, from kindergarten to eighth grade. My mom’s a Hebrew March. Then, all residents in “They’ve recently started but now I rarely do. I have Netflix school teacher at Temple Tiferet Shalom. I was a camp coun- the assisted living facility had allowing relatives and close on my iPad for movies and TV selor at the JCC in Marblehead from seventh to 12th grade, to shelter in place, restricted to friends to meet in the courtyard shows. I used to be an avid read- and I went to Israel on the Y2I program going into my junior eating alone and staying in their for up to one hour, staying 6 er until Covid. Now, I can’t get year of high school. apartments. feet apart and wearing masks,” into a book. I think I need to be “She was so isolated and Elaine said. with people.” How has Judaism shaped you as a person? alone,” said Beth. “We talked “But since most of us are hard Looking out her window in three, four, five times a day by of hearing,” quipped her friend, Chelsea at the Boston skyline This past year, I worked at Temple Habonim in Barrington, phone. I couldn’t not talk to her.” Ida Rudolph, “we’re shouting at she mused, “This is a strange R.I. Currently, I work as a nanny for a family I met at the But this month, the facility one another!” continued on page 12 Chabad in Peabody. My mom’s a Hebrew school teacher and works at the JCC, so growing up I had a Jewish educa- tion at school and at home. My long-term goal is to work at a Jewish day school, and be the director of special education WELCOME HOME! or inclusion. My Jewish upbringing has set me on a career path that I look forward to. My grandmother always told me that the Ten Commandments were important to follow, and I take atoning for my mistakes on Yom Kippur seriously. I’ve done multiple mitzvah projects, such as a Hanukkah toy drive with my second-grade students at Temple Habonim and donated them to Citizens Inn in Peabody.

How does your Jewish identity differ from older generations?

My mom had a lot of Jewish friends that she went to high school with, but I didn’t have many Jewish friends from Beverly High School. Most of my Jewish friends are from camp, elementary school, Y2I, and temple. Unlike my grand- mother, I don’t keep kosher at home or go to temple every weekend for services. The older generations of my family were Orthodox, but we’re Reform. I take a more personal approach to Judaism, and I think the Reform movement encourages that.

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Marblehead 12-year-old turns passion for social justice into poetry By Amy Sokolow it’s not necessarily just about of them don’t watch or read the JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT what she ends up putting down news as much as she does. on paper. She believes that. And “When there’s a racial injus- MARBLEHEAD – A typical then from that belief, oftentimes tice event, it always makes me 12-year-old’s summer is filled she puts that belief into action.” feel better about what I’m doing with camp, swimming, and As excited as Blander was if I speak out about it,” she said. sleepovers. But in the year of when her work was published Instagram is an accessible Covid-19 and the call for social on the Pulitzer Center website, platform for her peers since justice, Molly Blander’s summer she’s even more excited to con- many of them already use it is hardly typical. tinue advocating for social jus- daily. “It’s hard to get people to “I’m just planning on kind tice on a local level. read a newspaper. But I think if of hunkering down and doing Inspired by the recent atten- you’re already on your phone, some reading. I’ll definitely be tion given to the Black Lives just pick one or two websites, going to more marches and Matter movement and other like the New York Times, or more protests,” said the Jewish social justice issues, and spurred whatever you choose, and just preteen, who attended JCC by the murder of George Floyd, try to educate yourself,” she said. preschool and summer camps. she joined multiple social media When asked what she wants “I’m starting to do calls [to gov- platforms to share educational to be when she grows up, she ernment officials] for different content with her middle school answered unequivocally: organizations like the Justice for Molly Blander at a recent Black Lives Matter rally in Salem. peers about systemic racism, “Doctors Without Borders in the Breonna Taylor movement.” immigration, and other social Middle East, or an international “I’ve always been very pas- She took her students to the Blander’s passion for social justice issues. She knows many reporter.” sionate about immigration. It’s Institute of Contemporary Art justice shines through in her an issue that I find really inter- exhibit on immigration, “When writing, too. She is also passion- esting and that I’ve always loved Home Won’t Let You Stay,” a field ate about speaking out against “Home Sweet Home: An Oxymoron” educating myself about,” said trip typically reserved for high anti-Semitism and for her it’s By Molly Blander Blander. She chose the article schoolers. personal – her grandfather lost because it focused less on the Belli also is running a book several family members in the “Swiftly denied” process of getting to the U.S. club this summer for over 70 Holocaust. The Marblehead Request for asylum drifts out the window and more on what happens students aged 10 to 18, includ- rising seventh-grader recently Like the smoke from a snuffed out candle when migrants are sent back ing Blander, that focuses on became the youngest final- Along with a desperate dream for safety and stability. to their home countries they social justice. Many of the books ist in the Pulitzer Center-run Rocked. worked hard to leave, only to have teen protagonists growing international poetry competi- Collapsing, face violence when they return. up in politically conflicted areas tion: Fighting Words: Poetry in Like a child walking for the first time. “I thought that was really power- in Central and South America. Response to Current Events. Walking. ful,” she said. “The books tend to be a little The contest, which had about Grudgingly walking back to the land they hoped to escape. As she sat down to write the edgier,” she said. a thousand student entries from “Gangs own it” poem, it “just flowed,” she said. Although she knows topics seven countries, required that My Honduran hometown “When you really enjoy learning like immigration are contro- poems use at least one line from Murderous Monopoly. about something, it just comes versial to teach children, she an article on the Pulitzer Center No Park Avenue, to you.” warned against doubting their website. No get out of jail free, Her humanities teacher, ability to comprehend it, and Blander chose to base her The price we pay is not blue paper money. Natalie Belli, fostered Blander’s in Blander’s case, to write an poem on a story about immigra- It is lives, interest in immigration through award-winning poem inspired tion, “Denied Asylum, Migrants Family. her lessons at the Village School. by the subject. “As adults, we Return to the Place They Fear It is the place we used to call home. Belli said she has a reputation would be like, ‘There’s just no Most: Home.” Her resulting “Fear is profitable” for tackling topics other teach- way that a kid could have writ- poem, “Home Sweet Home: An Gangs ers are nervous to touch, and ten that,’” she said of Blander’s Oxymoron,” details the fears Fighting endlessly she is often inspired by a stu- poem. “Oftentimes, we underes- immigrants hoping to receive A forever fire dent’s question. timate the child.” asylum in the U.S. face when Burning with debt, She’s covered issues such as She added that Blander is an they are sent back to Honduras, Burning with blood. homelessness, the 9/11 attacks, “exceptional” student “because which struggles with gang vio- “Nowhere more frightening” and immigration in her class. she’s constantly thinking. And lence. Home.

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www.chelseajewish.org 4 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JULY 16, 2020 EDITORIAL JEWISH JOURNAL Steven A. Rosenberg PUBLISHER/EDITOR Anti-Semitism and Black Lives Matter n the aftermath of the protests and rallies Black Lives Matter has since pulled that against racism across the country, activists language from its website, but in recent weeks, Ihave broadened their message, resulting in a members of the movement have made openly new wave of anti-Semitic actions and statements. anti-Semitic remarks. While the marches have American Jews have always been at the been mostly peaceful, the Jewish neighborhood forefront of the fight against racism. They of Fairfax in Los Angeles was targeted by looters, helped start the NAACP, and Jews such as Rabbi and a Fairfax synagogue was vandalized with Abraham Joshua Heschel marched alongside the graffiti that read “free Palestine” and “f— Israel.” late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Earlier this week, MTV’s Nick Cannon was Rights Movement. Jews accounted for half of the fired after he shared anti-Semitic conspiracy young people who participated in the Mississippi theories and comments on a June 30 episode Freedom Summer in 1964. And two young Jews, of his podcast. Also, in recent weeks, the Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, lost NFL’s DeSean Jackson posted several anti- their lives for their beliefs in 1964, when they Semitic messages on social media, and former were murdered in Mississippi alongside James NBA player Stephen Jackson chimed in and Chaney by members of the Ku Klux Klan. accused the Rothschild family of owning Young and older Jews joined other Americans all the banks. And, on July 1, protesters at a in marches against racism last month across the demonstration in Washington linked Black Lives country. While the spontaneous marches came Matter and the Palestinian cause. They chanted: under the slogan “Black Lives Matter” some “Israel, we know you, you murder children, too.” Jews found they could not support the marches Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement because of the history of the organization. Many need to denounce these attacks. As the country Jews still remember that in 2016, an alliance of continues its conversation on race, civil discourse groups affiliated with Black Lives Matter accused should rule the day. We must work together to Israel of perpetrating genocide against the make our country more tolerant and in that Palestinians. The alliance also labeled Israel an process, we cannot allow anti-Semitism to “apartheid state.” become an accepted item on the agenda.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR How much anti-Semitism does it Reader: Black Lives Matter This is a response to David this movement does nothing take to cancel an NFL star? Rosenberg’s letter to the edi- but distract from all of us solv- tor that appeared in the July 2 ing the problem. edition of the Jewish Journal. As a Jew, I of course, care (“Reader cannot support Black deeply about the issue of anti- Lives Matter.”) Semitism. And yet, for Mr. Our nation is in a major crisis Rosenberg to suggest that his and significant change needs beliefs relative to Israeli politics to happen now. Police across should in any way limit his sup- this country are continuing to port for the right to save Black murder Black Americans at an lives is ridiculous. alarming and increasing rate. Black Lives Matter. To introduce irrelevant issues Ken Maas as an excuse for not supporting Marblehead The foundational anti-Semitism of Black Lives Matter It was extremely refresh- Los Angeles screaming anti- ing to read letter writer David Semitic epithets, vandalizing Rosenberg ‘s honest descrip- synagogues and torching Jewish tion about the foundational identified businesses. Then anti-Semitism of Black Lives on July 1, the participants in a Matter as clearly expressed in its BLM March in Washington, D.C. Philadelphia Eagles star DeSean Jackson recently posted anti-Semitic quotes on his Instagram account. 2016 platform (“Reader Cannot yelled in unison anti-Semitic Support BLM”). chants including “Israel, we By Jonathan S. Tobin in the wake of the George Floyd helps spread anti-Semitism. The mainstream media and know you murder children, too.” killing that were disrespectful While the consequences for most Jewish institutions and as reported in the Washington magine if a professional and profane. That it was not his post are not yet determined, leaders have done their best to media. football player used his Katai himself doing the post- it has not escaped notice that obfuscate the anti-Semitic truth Kudos again to David IInstagram account to sup- ing but his wife didn’t get him Jackson’s truly hateful action about BLM. Of course recent Rosenberg for bringing the anti- port the Ku Klux Klan and to off the hook for that offense. hasn’t yet generated nearly the events have made it harder to Semitic foundation of BLM front promote hateful myths attribut- Nor did the fact that her words, opprobrium that landed on hide BLM’s true intentions. and center. ing horrible crimes to African- which were deemed racist, were Drew Brees a few weeks ago On May 30, BLM support- Richard Sherman Americans. What would hap- in Serbian mitigate his punish- when he reiterated his belief ers rampaged in pogrom-style Margate, Florida pen? ment. Even after he condemned that it was inappropriate for through the Fairfax section of It doesn’t require any imagi- his wife’s language, the team players to kneel rather than nation at all to understand that swiftly ended his tenure with stand at attention during the the consequences would be as the team. national anthem. Brees wasn’t immediate as they would be Will the same thing happen suspended or fired, but the harsh. Indeed, as the sports to Philadelphia Eagles receiver storm of criticism directed at world has shown in recent DeSean Jackson? So far, though him for disagreeing with the months, the likelihood is that he has been rebuked by his gesture favored by Black Lives the player’s career would be in team, there has been no rush Matter sympathizers in the jeopardy. And if he were a mar- to fire him. league forced him to repeatedly ginal figure in the sport, then Yet the question to ask about apologize and retract what was there would be no doubt that the kerfuffle over Jackson hav- previously considered main- he’d be finished. ing posted anti-Semitic fake stream opinion. As Los Angeles Galaxy soccer Adolf Hitler quotes and genuine Jackson, too, has apologized player Aleksandr Katai learned hate from Louis Farrakhan on for his post, but in his case, a month ago, you don’t even his Instagram account isn’t that there really is something to have to be the person posting he may survive the ordeal and apologize for. material deemed racist to be not lose his job. Rather, the real He posted on his account a literally, rather than figuratively, issue that should be explored statement falsely attributed to canceled. The Major League is the fact that Farrakhan con- Adolf Hitler. Soccer team cut Katai after his tinues to spread his pernicious Hitler said, “because the wife posted captions to pictures influence over a significant por- white Jews knows that the of African-Americans demon- tion of the African-American Negroes are the real Children of strating against police brutality community and the way this continued on page 5 OPINION THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JULY 16, 2020 5

Despite rough times, he owes it all to Israel

By Miles Rubin first time in my life, I enjoyed learning. I was doing well n a world where anti-Sem- in school. I had a 4.0 GPA. A itism increases by the day, chance encounter on campus II now stand as a proud Jew. completely changed the trajec- However, this was not always tory of my life. I ran into some- the case. I had a great child- one I knew from Israel wearing hood in Los Angeles, and nearly a Columbia University shirt. I everyone I knew was Jewish. approached him and asked him That all changed when my com- about it. He had been accepted edy-writing father, stuck in his and suggested I should apply, 1950s idea of what adolescence stating that I may have a good should be, decided to move our chance due to my good grades family north of LA. and intriguing story. In this suburban wasteland, It was late spring, so I assumed Jews were scarce, and there was applications were closed. I went little to do unless you played home and checked the web- sports, which I did not. So natu- site, and to my amazement, the rally, as I got older, I descended applications closed the follow- into juvenile delinquency and ing month. I became obsessed drug experimentation. with getting into Columbia, I also veiled my Jewish iden- and I was going to do it in one tity. There is discomfort in being month. the “other.” Simultaneously, my I submitted my application grades took a nosedive. I was two days before the deadline. never particularly interested in I knew my chapter in LA was school due to a strong desire to over, so I decided to move to join the military from a young New York preemptively. Six age. On the verge of flunking weeks after arriving, I received out of school, my family reached my acceptance, one of the hap- its suburbia breaking point, and piest moments of my life. I did “I decided to join the Israeli Army after attending a Birthright trip to Israel, despite having no contacts returned to LA after six years. it. I was officially an Ivy League or family in Israel, and no knowledge of Hebrew. Six years ago, I boarded a flight determined to defend I was placed in a program the Jewish people,” writes Miles Rubin. student. Not bad for someone designed to prevent students who couldn’t read until the third from dropping out. I completed vice in December of that year. ished our 14 months of training, commander had another idea in grade and nearly failed high it fast, graduating three months I had a tenuous grasp of I was dropped from the unit. mind: fire watch. school. earlier than my twin sister. In Hebrew, so the Army placed I ended up on a five-month I was to sit and look out for Columbia has been a difficult LA, I was acquainted with Jewish me in their Hebrew immer- rotation in the West Bank with fires, thieves, or any other prob- transition for me. The academ- friends, one of whom was from sion course. It was there that a regular infantry platoon, com- lems in our company’s living ics are at a level that I’ve never an Israeli family and had a sister I found my tribe. During this prised mostly of misfits and quarters. I did this three hours encountered. It is daunting. But who had served in the Israel program, I had the opportunity screw-ups. The new unit was the on/six hours off, 17 days on, four I love it, and I know it is one of Defense Forces. She happened to meet Jews from every corner polar opposite of where I was days off, for four months. I was the best decisions I’ve made. It to be visiting from Israel and of the globe, including India and previously. Here, soldiers prided verbally assaulted by members took me three years to make showed me a PowerPoint about China. Despite making lifelong themselves on doing the abso- of other platoons regularly. They sense of my experience, but I joining the IDF. I began to won- friends, I never really learned lute minimum, and morale was accused me of faking my injury finally figured it out. Every posi- der if this is what I wanted to do Hebrew; who can in 2 months? extremely low. This was not the or having inflicted it myself. One tive thing in my life, I can direct- with my life. However, I did establish a foun- experience I wanted, and this soldier used to shoot rubber ly attribute to my time in Israel. Ultimately, I decided to join dation, which helped during is not how I had envisioned the bands at my face while on duty. I The amazing friends I made, my the Israeli Army after attend- infantry training with the Nahal Israeli Army. endured all this while complain- acceptance to Columbia, and ing a Birthright trip to Israel, Brigade. I did have the opportunity ing about the pain in my wrists, my amazing Israeli girlfriend, despite having no contacts or Immediately, I volunteered to to participate in some exciting yet never received treatment. I Lizie. Today, my life is better family in Israel, and no knowl- attend a grueling five-day selec- military operations, including still have pain in my wrists three than I ever imagined it could edge of Hebrew. tion process for Nahal’s presti- apprehensions of terror sus- years later. be, and I am excited about the Six years ago, I boarded a gious reconnaissance battalion. pects. This is what I came here I honestly can say this was future. flight determined to defend the About 15 percent of those who to do. Despite the low morale, the most miserable period of my I owe it all to the state of Jewish people. start are picked for the unit. Two there were some great people in life. I did learn a valuable lesson, Israel and the IDF. It may sound I arrived at a five-month close friends and I were select- the new unit, and this was by far though: Eventually, all suffering crazy to some, but I would glee- Hebrew immersion program on ed; however, I went to first pla- the most meaningful part of my comes to an end. And it did. I fully do it all over again if given a kibbutz in the north. I always toon, and they went to second. military service. was released from the army at another chance. During these felt uncomfortable on the kib- I was the only American in my Shortly after our rotation, I the end of my service with an trying times, with anti-Semitism butz. The standoffish personali- platoon, and I didn’t find young fractured both my wrists, which honorable discharge and a bitter increasing worldwide, I now find ties of the kibbutzniks and their Israeli men particularly welcom- left me in two casts for several taste toward Israel. I returned to myself supporting and yearning aversion to strangers caused my ing or understanding. I had a months. I returned to my unit, LA three days later, determined for Israel more than I ever did uneasiness. challenging time communicat- now on the Gaza border, with to make some sense of my expe- before. Despite my unwelcoming ing in Hebrew, and I quickly atrophied arms. I assumed I’d rience. arrival in the Promised Land, I became a loner. I felt like a pari- receive extensive physical ther- I began attending Santa Miles Rubin writes from New began my 2½ year military ser- ah. So six weeks before we fin- apy. However, my company Monica College, and for the York. How much anti-Semitism does it take? from page 4 Israel and to keep Americas secret the Jews for some of the egregious blunders he’s Yet to the extent that Jackson’s infa- thousands rather than the small number will blackmail America. They will extort committed on the field as for his talent, mous hate is being noted, the discus- of adherents that neo-Nazis and other America, their plan for world domina- to lose his career? sion is not focusing enough on the fact white nationalists can claim. tion won’t work if the Negroes know who As Katai knows, far less than that can that his rants were clearly inspired by Nor is there enough attention paid to they were. The white citizens of America get you permanently canceled. Still, Farrakhan. the way Farrakhan’s hate dovetails with will be terrified to know that all this time Eagles fans – like most of those who The upsurge in anti-Semitism among intersectional smears of Israel and Jews they’ve been mistreating and discriminat- loyally follow professional sports teams African-Americans got some attention that are promoted by many on the left. ing and lynching the Children of Israel.” – only care about whether or not their last year as a result of a surge of violence Whether or not Jackson is judged by He also shared two now-deleted posts team wins. For their sake, one can hope against Orthodox Jews in the Greater a more generous standard than others praising Farrakhan. they will be spared the indignity of hav- New York area. But most of those who associated with prejudice isn’t all that While he issued a half-hearted apol- ing him remain on their team. But if they commented about these crimes were important. But as long as Farrakhan’s ogy, he claimed these blatantly anti- were ready to cheer for a person who had eager to avoid the fact that Farrakhan’s influence is dismissed rather than Semitic and hateful lines aimed at been convicted of cruelly slaughtering influence within the African-American addressed head on by African-American demonizing Jews were taken “the wrong and forcing dogs to fight to the death as community has helped legitimize hate- faith and political leaders, as well as their way.” Instead, he said, “I have no hatred a form of “entertainment” (like former ful attitudes towards Jews. non-black friends and allies, we should in my heart toward no one. Equality. quarterback Michael Vick), then I imag- Farrakhan continues to be treated as not be surprised when statements such Equality.” ine many can live with Jackson if he’s a respected figure in a black commu- as Jackson’s or outbreaks of hateful vio- Of course, there is no way to interpret perceived as being still able to help bring nity that values what it sees as his posi- lence occur. The willingness to downplay those lines as anything but an attempt to the team to victory. tive attributes and resents being told by the anti-Semitism inspired by Farrakhan spread hate. And, unlike with Brees, who Sports is a business, and if a team whites – or Jews – who deserves to be and his movement is a problem that can’t was widely condemned by teammates believes that it will lose more money by spoken of as one of its leaders. continue to be ignored. and foes alike, there appears to be no employing someone related to a racist, And though his views are as hateful groundswell of outrage at Jackson from as is the case with Katai, than if they are as, say, a Klan leader like David Duke, Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of other NFL players. actually guilty of the grossest anti-Semi- his followers and those who are influ- JNS–Jewish News Syndicate. Follow him Should his hate cause the former tism, as is true of Jackson, then they will enced by the Nation of Islam move- on Twitter at: @jonathans_tobin. All-Pro player, who is known as much cut one but hold on to the other. ment number in at least the hundreds of 6 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JULY 16, 2020 COMMUNITY NEWS

JEWISH JOURNAL Today in Israeli History

Publisher/Editor July 17, 1888 – S.Y. Agnon Born July 20, 1949 – Syria, Israel Sign Armistice Steven A. Rosenberg Israel signs an armistice with [email protected] Syria, the last of four Arab nations Director of to sign such agreements at the end Advertising & Marketing of Israel’s War of Independence. Lois Kaplan Israel had signed agreements with Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan [email protected] before opening negotiations with Senior Strategic Syria on April 5 under the U.N. Media Manager mediation led by Ralph Bunche. The armistice does not create Marcy Grand permanent borders or lead to [email protected] peace talks but does create three Graphics, Web, demilitarized zones between the Russian Chronicle Editor countries. Yulia Zhorov Israeli National Photo Collection Lt. Col. Mordechai Makleff [email protected] signed the armistice with Syria on Israel’s behalf. Graphics, Web, Obituaries Photo by Moshe Pridan, Israeli Government Press Office President Zalman Shazar (left) and S.Y. Agnon (center) visit David Andrew Fleischer Ben-Gurion at his Sde Boker home for the former prime minister’s ✡ ✡ ✡ [email protected] 80th birthday in 1966. July 21, 1948 – U.S. Declines UN Request Editorial Cartoonist Shmuel Yosef “Shai” Agnon, Israel’s first Nobel laureate, is born in George Freedman Buczacz, Galicia, now part of Ukraine. He makes aliyah in 1907, lives Responding to a U.N. request in Germany from 1913 to 1924, then returns to Jerusalem. Although for U.S. Marines to be stationed Board of Overseers his early writing is in Yiddish, most of his books are in Hebrew. He temporarily in Jerusalem as Neil Donnenfeld, President is awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1966 for a body of work peacekeepers, Philip Jessup Bob Blayer, *Rick Borten, known for commemorating the lost shtetl life of Eastern Europe. writes a memo to Secretary of Andrew Caplan, Beverly Clark, State George Marshall on why Fred M. Cohen, David Gershaw, ✡ ✡ ✡ the United States should say no. Jessup, the acting U.S. repre- Marcia Glassman-Jaffe, July 18, 1290 – England Expels Jews sentative to the United Nations, Cara Hogan, Johanna Matloff, argues that the U.S. public would Lynn Nadeau, King Edward I orders the oppose the deployment, it would Donna Lozow Pierce, expulsion of the Jews from hurt U.S.-Arab relations, and it *Howard Rich, *Robert M. Rose, England, where they had would fuel Soviet propaganda. Stephanie Simon, John Smidt, settled in significant num- Philip Jessup was the acting U.S. Bradley J. Sontz, Ted D. Stux, bers only in the 11th century. representative to the United Matthew Swartz, Despite gaining legal protec- Nations in July 1948 when he *Selma Williams tions early in the 12th century, expressed opposition to station- *Life Board Members Jews suffered massacres in ing U.S. peacekeeping troops in 1189 and 1190, then were sub- Jerusalem. Past President ject to high taxation and other Bradley J. Sontz persecution. 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The lore of the Brandweins

By Steven A. Rosenberg would start a rag business from the house from Logan, and asked JOURNAL STAFF his buggy, with his beloved horse, my father to pick them up. They Danchik, at the ready. had gambled for several days in Every few years, I type the With the horse and buggy, Las Vegas and needed a respite name Brandwein into Google he was able to make his way to before returning to New York. and see what comes up. Usually the Newburyport shul to daven, Another time, we took them it’s a list of Brandweins I don’t and would often spend most of to the old JCC pool in Middleton. recognize, but on this occasion his days studying Torah with his The organizers had bought doz- my jaw dropped. An article from landsmen. Business seemed to ens of chickens for a barbecue July 27, be an afterthought for him, and but had no idea how to cook Personal 1920 – or on Friday nights after shul – in them. My father stepped for- about 100 order to not violate the Sabbath ward and got the grill ready. A Essay years to – he could be seen walking back torrential thunderstorm rolled this very to Amesbury, side-by-side with through, and everyone ran to day – detailed the harrowing Danchik as the horse pulled the their cars. My family did too, and journey of my two great-aunts wagon. the place was soon deserted. But who had been stuck in Europe By then, nearly all of their kids Fannie and Hilda were missing – during World War I and had just were on their way to the Bronx a little rain was no match for the arrived in Amesbury. and Manhattan. Even Miriam sisters. They ran toward the grill “Trapped in war-ridden had enough of the country life, and scooped up the chickens. Austria and Galicia since 1914, and also moved to the Bronx. “Those are perfectly good chick- two attractive Galician girls, Fishel stayed on in Amesbury ens,” Aunt Fannie declared, and Hilda and Fannie Brandwein, and lived with my mother and everyone in the car nodded as we have just been reunited with her parents for years on High drove through the rain. their father and mother,” the Street. For a time my grand- Long after the last of the story began. mother was the only one who Brandwein siblings had passed, I quickly emailed the clip to remained in Amesbury, eventu- I drove up to Amesbury to inter- my sisters and a few of Hilda ally moving the family to Lynn. view the mayor there for the and Fannie’s grandchildren. How Each of the 10 Brandwein Globe. I left just before sun- the story made it to The Boston children seemed to have their down, and somehow got lost a Post I’ll never know, but it did own exotic tale. There was my few streets away from City Hall. bring my aunts and the entire grandmother, Esther, who could I didn’t have GPS and pulled over Brandwein family back into speak four languages. One night to try to get a sense of where focus. Above, the 1920 Boston Post details the arrival of Fannie and Hilda during a card game in 1931, I was. After a few moments I Long after their tumultuous Brandwein. Below, the Brandwein sisters: (Front) Grayce and Hilda; she excused herself and drove looked up and noticed that my voyage to America, and after (Standing) Ethel, Esther and Fannie. to the hospital where she gave car had stopped across the street Fannie and Hilda married and birth to my mother. Meanwhile, from my mother’s childhood had children and grandchildren, Fannie married, had a daugh- home. I looked around, and the they were frequent guests at our ter, opened up a shop on the street appeared frozen in time. family’s house in Swampscott. Grand Concourse in the Bronx It was congested; the barn where There they’d spend nearly all of and sold evening gowns. Hilda Danchik once slept was still their days in the kitchen with also married, moved south and there. The houses seemed tiny; their sister, Esther – my grand- had two daughters, and opened the roads, crooked and strewn mother – who lived with us. her own store. Ethel eventually with broken asphalt. There was always a lot to discuss settled in Far Rockaway with her A wave of calm fell over me and and nearly all of the conversa- husband, a New York cop, and I sat there for a minute immersed tion was about family. two children. Graycie moved to in Brandwein lore. They say that For 12 to 16 hours – depend- Connecticut and had two daugh- everything happens for a reason, ing on how hungry they were ters; she was the youngest child and I understood that there was and how many stories they had and was considered the most a purpose for this unexpected to tell – Yiddish could be heard beautiful. visit. With all of its modesty, around the kitchen table and Then there were the there was something reassur- sometimes I’d stand near the Brandwein boys. Peter and Harry ing about the location. It had refrigerator and listen. I couldn’t worked in the news department not been a perfect first stop in understand most of the Yiddish, of the New York Times; Bernard America, but it had welcomed but their inflections rose and fell and Louis had restaurants; my family of immigrants, who with each story and there was Morris eloped with an Irish girl understood that the town was an always a lilt of melancholy as on, I heard about their roots in By the time Fannie and Hilda from Newburyport and made his upgrade over the anti-Semitism their words tumbled out: these Galicia. Tales of Jewish horse had made their way there, much way to San Diego. they faced in Europe. Here, a per- cousins survived the Holocaust, thieves, traveling rabbis, homes had changed in their family. Harry, Fannie, and Hilda were son could learn a new language, those uncles did not; this cousin with dirt floors, and welcoming Their parents, Miriam and Fishel the most frequent visitors to get an education, and find their settled in Israel and had a child; the holy Shabbat was part of Brandwein, had four more chil- our house. Harry would always way to a big city, like New York. another cousin made a fortune the soundtrack I’d hear when I’d dren. After her 10th child was arrive unannounced, fresh off I began to drive, and the faces of and disappeared. ask my grandmother about her born, Miriam told Fishel that she a Greyhound from New York. the Brandwein siblings flickered And so the conversations hometown. had enough. My grandmother, When I got older, I’d drive him before me. Soon I found myself would go on for years, and I They had come from who was 13 when she arrived in up to Amesbury and as we’d back on the highway, with a little would continue to listen. Their Przemyslany, outside of Lvov, Amesbury, doted over her broth- steer through the streets of his assist from my relatives. narrative did not match my and their cousins are considered ers and sisters, and her parents. childhood, I’d ask him about the suburban world, where my the founding fathers of klezmer, From all accounts, my great- New York Times and journal- Steven A. Rosenberg can be American friends and I would including the eccentric clari- grandfather Fishel felt most at ism. Fannie and Hilda seemed reached at rosenberg@jewish- race around the neighborhood netist Naftule Brandwein, who home in Amesbury. There, he inseparable – once they called journal.org. on our bikes, and play ball at the performed at my grandparents’ elementary school field across wedding in Amesbury. There was the street. My friends did not also Leopold Kozlowski, who have Old World relatives. They recently died at the age of 100 Keeping People Connected Through Better Hearing spoke only English and barely in Krakow and was the grandson left our circle of Colonial homes of legendary klezmer musician Hearing Evaluation and Hearing Aid Services and finely manicured lawns. Our Pesach Brandwein. Kozlowski childhood stories were decid- had hidden from the Nazis in a edly American – about base- cemetery and later escaped from Your safety is our highest priority! ball and girls and school – not a concentration camp as bullets pogroms, or family separations, riddled the accordion strapped or being forced to walk hundreds to his back. Eventually, he start- of miles during World War I, like ed a Yiddish theater in Krakow my Aunt Fannie, or working for and was the subject of the film, a distant relative as a teenager, “The Last Klezmer of Galicia.” like Aunt Hilda. On more than If there is an eccentric and one occasion, when the sisters intellectual branch of my fam- would start up their Yiddish con- ily, the Brandweins would occu- In-office Tele-audiology Curbside and drop-off versations, I’d wonder if I really py that perch. They loved loud belonged to my family. Perhaps conversation, food, card games, I’d been adopted? How else music, and beautiful people. Hearing Care is Essential could I explain these conversa- They abhorred drinkers, snobs, tions about life and death, and cheapskates, and those with no Peabody 978-717-5370 lost and forgotten souls who per- common sense. And they had a Swampscott 781-581-1500 ished in Europe? talent for nearly everything they www.atlantichearingcare.com As a child, I grasped that touched. They seemed to be the Brandweins were unlike the opposite of the rural border any of my other relatives. Early town of Amesbury. 8 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JULY 16, 2020

Two shining examples of Jewish high school sports stars By Sam Eggert their final high school seasons JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT before the Covid-19 pandemic struck. Wiesman’s mother was Alex Cohen, a three-year var- sick with the virus and had to sity basketball player at Natick quarantine from her family for High and two-year captain, 50 days before she eventually was named a Boston Globe all- recovered. Cohen missed play- scholastic after his senior sea- ing club hoop, and was limited son. The 5-foot-8 point guard to shooting in his driveway. with the smooth outside shot For both players, their skills took home the Bay State Carey extend beyond the pitch or the Division MVP award after aver- court. For Cohen, an excellent aging 17 points and five assists ball handler, his most admirable per game. traits stem from his leadership Gann Academy’s soccer goal- ability, according to Natick bas- ie Elijah Wiesman also earned ketball head coach Mike Masto. Globe all-scholastic honors last This past season was Masto’s fall. The senior from Arlington first in Natick, and Cohen was Natick High’s Alex Cohen accrued an impressive 0.58 on the interview committee that will attend the University of goals-against average in addi- decided to hire him. In prepa- Maryland. tion to winning MVP hon- ration, Masto reached out to stood out to him. According to ors in Gann’s division of the Cohen to talk about the team. Kadden, lawyers usually take Massachusetts Bay Independent “We sat down at 10 o’clock on two roles, ranging from the League. and before I know it, it’s 12:30 opening statement to exami- Elijah Wiesman (center) of Arlington was a four-year varsity goalie for Gann Academy in Waltham. Both were able to complete and it feels like 10 minutes have nations. Two weeks before the gone by and I’ve been with my season began, Gann’s opening best friend,” Masto said regard- statement member dropped ing their meeting at Einstein out. “The captains and I thought Bros. Bagels. “Throughout the about it for five seconds and Your Pets Shouldn’t Have To Suffer. whole conversation, he never realized that Elijah was the per- once mentioned himself. He son who could do it,” Kadden only talked about his team- said. “He immediately took it A1 will make those fleas and ticks FLEE! mates and how important is was on and within a day came to me for them to have fun.” with a better opening statement Some of the key topics dur- than the original. ing the conversation were team “It’s a gift as a teacher or chemistry and having a strong coach to know that you have plan for each game. Cohen a kid who you can count on,” emphasized that his focus was Kadden said. “to make sure everyone is work- On the pitch, Wiesman has ing as hard as they can and to been playing goalie since he was get the best out of everyone.” 8 years old. He played club soc- Wiesman, who comes from cer for Lexington Development an interfaith family, made the Academy and then Global switch to Jewish day school Premier Soccer, and led Gann to approaching high school after a 13-1 record as captain. going to public schools in Cohen played AAU basket- Arlington. He said that the car- ball for the Mass Commanders. ing community provided by Head coach Rudy Crichlow Jr. Gann in Waltham attracted him showed a lot of appreciation to the school. for Cohen’s mindset, always He also went on a six-week positive despite coming off the trip to Israel with his class. “The bench. “He’s highly respected. bonds created doing that are He’s a hooper,” Crichlow Jr. said. invaluable,” he said. Cohen, who will be attend- Wiesman has been hailed for ing the University of Maryland, his attention to detail and reli- is thinking about playing club ability, two traits that benefit basketball in college. He also him on and off the field. Yoni plans on going on a Birthright Kadden, Gann’s history depart- trip to Israel. ment chair and mock trial Wiesman will be attending coach, said Wiesman prides Washington University in St. 800-525-4825 himself on those attributes. Louis, where he is planning on Kadden spoke about a studying law and international www.a1exterminators.com moment from mock trial that relations.

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BSO to stream virtual tribute to Isaac Stern, the man who pulled our heart strings

Courtesy BSO Archives Marco Borggreve/courtesy Isaac Stern, master violinist, performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Shed at Tangle­ Violinist Vadim Gluzman will be among the star-studded musi­ wood. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the centennial of Stern’s birth with a virtual gala cians honoring the late Isaac Stern in a virtual Boston Symphony on July 23. Orchestra/Tanglewood event.

By Penny Schwartz Stern’s three children – sons moment, noticed Gluzman, and you today,” Gluzman told the 21, 1920, in the Polish town of JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT David and Michael are conduc- asked what he wanted. Journal in a phone conversation Kremenets, now in Ukraine. tors and his daughter, Shira, a “‘Ok, go warm up. I will have from his home in Chicago. His family immigrated to the or fans and admirers of rabbi – are expected to partici- five minutes for you,’” Gluzman It’s a story that is emblem- U.S. in 1923 and settled in Isaac Stern, one of the pate in the program, which will recalled him saying. atic of Stern’s passion for edu- San Francisco. As a child, he F20th century’s most include musical performances Thirty years later, the open- cation, his mentoring of play- studied at the San Francisco renowned violinists, the music recorded for the occasion and ing from “Fiddler” is the only ers including Yo Yo Ma, Pinchas Conservatory of Music and by that first comes to mind is likely archival clips of their father. specific piece Gluzman recalls Zukerman, and Itzhak Perlman, the time he was 15, he had his his masterful performances of It was an unimaginable playing that day. and for personally expanding debut with the San Francisco Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, moment of serendipity and opportunities for young musi- Symphony. Sibelius, Stravinsky, Bernstein, good fortune that Gluzman will cians, notably in Israel. He first The multi-Grammy award and Dutilleux. As a soloist and never forget when he charmed performed in the newly estab- winning fiddler was also known chamber player, he mesmerized Stern by playing from the “Isaac was an important lished Jewish homeland in 1949. for leading the effort to save audiences and listeners with his “Fiddler” score in Israel, only a figure in my life. To He went on to serve as chairman Carnegie Hall from demoli- deeply moving interpretations. few weeks after Gluzman’s fam- of the America-Israel Cultural tion and as a beloved cultur- But for Vadim Gluzman, ily emigrated there. have the opportunity to Foundation. al ambassador, including his one of this century’s most It was in the fall of 1990. celebrate his legacy in Of all the concerts Gluzman historic tour of China in 1979, acclaimed and sought-after Gluzman heard that Stern – the way it was planned, has had to sit out due to the featured in the Oscar-winning violinists, it’s Stern’s opening who also was born in Ukraine pandemic, “This is one of the documentary, “From Mao to on the soundtrack of the 1970 – was holding auditions at the I was very much looking biggest disappointments,” he Mozart: Isaac Stern in China.” Hollywood film, “Fiddler on the Jerusalem Music Centre, which forward to it.” said of the July 23 Stern tribute. In 1992, he was awarded the Roof” that struck the deepest Stern founded in 1973, the year – Vadim Gluzman “Isaac was an important Presidential Medal of Freedom personal chord. Gluzman was born. figure in my life. To have the by George H.W. Bush. Gluzman first heard the Full of youthful innocence, opportunity to celebrate his leg- From his very first meeting recording in the early 1980s Gluzman presented himself to acy in the way it was planned, I with Stern, Gluzman said he when he was a young teen in the receptionist, explaining in Those promised five minutes was very much looking forward most cherished Stern’s musi- Ukraine, his homeland. Even in Russian that he hoped to play turned into a two-hour meet- to it,” he said. cal inspiration. “What I really the Soviet Union, he was famil- for Mr. Stern. It was not possi- ing and Gluzman emerged with Instead, his tribute to Stern yearned, what I wanted from iar with Stern’s classical record- ble, the appointments had been a new violin, a scholarship to and a performance with his him is his musical wisdom,” ings. But as a young kid of 11 or booked a year in advance, he continue his studies, and most wife, pianist Angela Yoffe, was Gluzman said. 12, listening to Stern’s caden- was told. notably, an inspiring mentor. prerecorded at a Chicago stu- “His playing spoke to you. I za in “Fiddler” made a lasting As if on cue, Stern walked into “If not for those two hours, dio. am at a loss for words. You felt impression. the center’s entry at that very I don’t think I’d be talking with Isaac Stern was born on July there was a higher message.” “That first note jolted like lightning,” he recalled. 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Sharleen Renee (Gardner) Carlsen, 75, Frances Roberta (Finegold) Golden, 77, of Port St. John, Fla., formerly of Peabody of Lynnfield formerly of Danbury, Conn. Sharleen Renee (Gardner) Frances Roberta (Finegold) children Lisa Deborah Arnett Carlsen, of Port St. John, Fla., Golden, 77, of Lynnfield, former- and her husband Paul, Cara and formerly of Peabody, ly of Danbury, Conn., beloved Ruth Maney and her hus- entered into rest on July 4, 2020 wife of 58 years to Arthur Leon band Joseph, and Beth Ann at the age of 75. Golden, died at the Brigham & Golden and her husband Beloved wife of Paul Carlsen, Women’s Hospital, Boston, on James Kaltsounis. She was the with whom she shared 46 years May 12, 2020 after a lengthy ill- dear sister of Rae Brier, Paula of marriage. Devoted mother ness. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., Zigman, and the late Leonard of Andrea Carlsen and David and raised and educated in Noel Finegold. Loving grand- Carlsen and his wife Stephanie. Danbury, she was the daughter mother of Sydni, Calle, Georgia, Cherished grandmother of of the late Sydney and Gertrude Madelyn, Gabrielle, Luke, and Keyani, Deven, and Kiyla Finegold. Nola. Due to the Covid-19 crisis, Carlsen. The loving sister of Frances was an avid Girl private graveside services were Edward Gardner and his wife Scout; she had the opportunity held. Marjorie. Dear daughter of the to spend three months travel- Contributions in her mem- late Harry and Goldie (Kolsky) ing around Europe and main- ory maybe made to the North Gardner. Sharleen will also be tained relationships with her Shore Shriners Children’s deeply missed by many nieces former troop. She was a Red Sox Transportation Fund, c/o and nephews. and friends. fan. She was a wonderful cook People’s United Bank, 3 Federal Born on July 10, 1944, Due to regulation imposed and loved to travel. In the past St., Danvers, MA 01923; please Sharleen grew up in Peabody, by the Coronavirus pandemic, 15 years, she had been a sup- 20/20 Eye Wear Inc., for 37 years include in memory of Frances graduated from Peabody High a private graveside service was porter and fundraiser for the with her husband. Frances Golden. Arrangements were School, and raised her family in held at Maple Hill Cemetery, North Shore Shriners Children’s absolutely loved her husband, handled by Torf Funeral Service, Peabody. She worked at Jordan Peabody. In lieu of flowers, Transportation Fund. children, and grandchildren. Chelsea. Visit torffuneralser- Marsh for many years and then expressions of sympathy may be Frances was a co-owner of Frances is survived by her vice.com. went on to work in the family made in Sharleen’s memory to oil business, Monarch Oil. She Hospice of St. Francis, Inc., 1250 then went on to work for Atlas Grumman Place, Titusville, FL Sheldon Stone, 85, of Swampscott Glen-Mor until her retirement. 32780. Arrangements were han- Sharleen was a member dled by Stanetsky-Hymanson Sheldon Stone, of Swamp­ ceased by his sister-in-law Due to regulation imposed at Temple Beth Shalom. She Memorial Chapel, Salem. For scott, entered into rest on July 9, Sharon Talbot, as well as his by the Coronavirus pandemic, enjoyed knitting and was devot- more information or to register 2020 at the age of 85. two brother-in-laws Seymour a private graveside service was ed to her grandchildren. She in the online guestbook, visit He was the beloved husband Zablatsky and Gerald Talbot. held at Ahavath Achim Anshe cherished her time with family stanetskyhymansonsalem.com. of the late Elaine (Zablatsky) Dear son of (the late) Sheldon Sfard, Lynn. In lieu of flowers, Stone for 51 years before her M. and Gertrude Stone. expressions of sympathy may be passing in 2018. Devoted father Born on January 3, 1935, made in Sheldon’s memory to Steven “Stevie” Casper, of San Diego, Calif., of Eric Stone and his wife Gisela Sheldon grew up in Chelsea, Temple Emanu-El, 393 Atlantic formerly of Beverly of Swampscott, and Gregory and graduated from Chelsea Ave., Marblehead, MA 01945. Stone of Miami, Fla.; cherished High School. He was a real estate Arrangements were han- Steven “Stevie” Casper grandfather of Aaron, Jillian, developer for many years before dled by Stanetsky-Hymanson passed away on June 27, 2020 and Courtney Stone; brother his retirement in 2007. Memorial Chapel, Salem. For in his adopted home town of of Irene Gilberg and Bernard He cherished his time spent more information or to register San Diego, Calif., with his sister Stone; uncle of several nieces with family, friends, and respect- in the online guestbook, visit Abby at his side. and nephews. He was prede- ed colleagues and clients. stanetskyhymansonsalem.com. Stevie was born in 1953 in Beverly. He was a 1971 gradu- ment. Now they can visit rela- staff member puts it in a room. ate of Beverly High School and Visits resume tives in person instead of being They spray and cover it and in a 1975 graduate of UMass- from page 2 on opposite sides of a glass door. two days they bring it to our Amherst. He lived in Derry, “But it isn’t as if you can say, rooms.” N.H., Holly Hills, N.C., and and dangerous time.” ‘Oh, Bonnie’s here. Let’s go out The Freedmans also have Tampa, Fla., before retiring to George and Loraine and see her,’” said Loraine about seen their son, Glenn Freedman, San Diego in 2015. Freedman, both just shy of their her daughter and son-in-law, a few times since restrictions He was a lifelong Red Sox, 90th birthdays, recently moved Kurt Westerman, of Danvers. were relaxed. Patriots, and Celtics fan, always into the Harriett and Ralph “You call and get an appoint- “Residents have the right rooting for them whenever they Casper. He leaves behind his Kaplan Estates in Peabody. ment, at say 3 p.m. Thursday,” to come and go,” said Andrea played in whatever town he was brothers Dan (Rhonda) and Loraine was drawn by all the said Loraine. “We sit down and Hillel, executive director of living in. Chaim (Susie), and his sis- activities the assisted living facil- wait at a table in the courtyard. Kaplan Estates. People moving Stevie had at different times ter, Abby, eight nephews and ity has to offer: dining hall, beau- When they come, [a staff mem- in or returning must have a neg- two different hairless cats, nieces, and 17 grand-nephews ty salon, coffee shop, TV lounge, ber] takes that thing that looks ative Covid-19 test and then a both of which he affectionately and nieces. Stevie also leaves library, fitness center, and acres like a pistol to their foreheads second test, which can be done named “Hairy.” behind his dear, lifelong friend of landscaped grounds. to take their temperature. They by nurses in the facility. He was predeceased by Eric Cohen. Unfortunately, they entered stay for one hour and goodbye. I Soon, residents will be able to his parents Betty and George in the midst of the pandemic can’t hug and kiss my daughter. eat at least one meal together in and had to stay in their apart- If she buys something for me, a the dining hall, with restrictions. Kaplan Estates also is awaiting guidance from the Executive CEMETERY LOTS Office of Elder Affairs regard- ing group activities and exercise Sharon Memorial Park classes. A former public school FOR SALE teacher in Malden and Chelsea, 2 adjoining plots in 27 Galilee section Loraine Freedman also taught Hebrew school at Temple Beth $1,750 each Shalom (now Temple Tiferet Shalom) in Peabody. [email protected] She and George met at the or call: 617 -213-1401 Shurtleff School in Chelsea, and both went to Chelsea High. Married in 1952, when George, a pharmacist, went into the Army PRIDE OF LYNN CEMETERY during the Korean War, he cared AND CHEVRA MISHNA for the pharmaceutical needs of U.S. military in Landstuhl, 89 LAKE SHORE ROAD, LYNN, MA 01904 Germany. When Loraine flew out to join him, he was so over- Serving Boston and the Greater North Shore come with emotion he “almost Jewish and interfaith families since 1920. cried,” he said. 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Gilbert “Gil” Goldenberg, 89½, of Swampscott Toby (Russell) Kaplan, 78, of Marblehead Gilbert “Gil” Goldenberg, Toby (Russell) Kaplan lost one to shy away from a bar- 89½, of Swampscott, but her battle with Alzheimer’s dis- gain, even though she had a “FOREVER A HEADER,” entered ease on July 5, 2020. She was 78. knack for picking out the $125 eternal rest on July 11, 2020 after Toby was born and raised in shoes on the clearance rack at a very brief illness. the beautiful seaside commu- Marshall’s, she instilled in us the Born in Boston, he owned nity of Marblehead, where she importance of investing in good and operated Pine Associates, chose to raise her own family underwear and using accesso- Inc. for many years. Gil was the as well, and enjoyed many days ries to transform a look. Most devoted husband of Barbara at the beach or on a boat in the importantly, Toby taught us how (Kulvin) for almost 67 years harbor. She was the youngest to handle adversity with grace – wonderful years – and the child of Ellis and Althea Russell, and decorum, to focus on what beloved father of Marc and and sister to Stephen. you can do rather than what his wife Carol, David and his Toby was the devoted wife you can’t, to live life out loud wife Diane, and the late Gina to the late Howard Kaplan and and to speak (and believe) with Goldenberg, daddy’s forever a loving and dedicated moth- conviction. little girl. Adored grandfa- er to Gregory Kaplan and his Toby was a beautiful, charis- ther of Mari and her husband wife Theresa of Chatham, Jodi matic, tenacious and energetic Eric, Michael and his wife Kaplan and her fiancé Allan woman. Her zest for life and Jennie, Amy and her husband BALLPARK” in the Spring of of Merrimac, and Kimberly unending love and support will Gunther, Leah, and Gracie; 1938. He was thrilled to have Margolis and her husband be painfully missed. cherished great-grandfather lived to see the Red Sox finally David of Wakefield. She trea- Due to regulation imposed of Gabriel, Spencer, Hudson, “WIN-IT-ALL.” sured her children and took improvise when cooking, and by the Coronavirus pandemic, Jordan, Samuel, Adeline, and Services and memorial week an active role in their lives and that the best way to test if the services will be private. In lieu of Juliana; dear brother of the late are private. In lieu of flowers, their interests. Her most cher- spaghetti is done is to throw it flowers, expressions of sympa- Mildred Steinberg and Ralph expressions of sympathy in Gil’s ished role, however, was being against the cabinet to see if it thy may be made in Toby’s name Goldenberg; also survived by memory may be made to the Grammy to the lights of her sticks. She shared her unique to the Alzheimer’s Association many nieces and nephews. He National Brain Tumor Society, life, her beloved grandchildren: perspective on life and her (alz.org). Arrangements will always be remembered 55 Chapel St., Suite 55, Newton, Jeffrey, Jenna, Hailey, Kasey, innate ability to “read” people were handled by Stanetsdky- for his love of family, his many MA 02458 (braintumor.org), or Carter, Ethan, and Aliza. through a series of infamous Hymanson Memorial Chapel, dear friends, his love of political to the Make-A-Wish Foundation In her 78 years, Toby taught Toby-isms, exclaiming things Salem. Online condolences debate, travel, and a NEW car. (wish.org). Arrangements were her friends and family many such as, “if ‘b-s’ were music, may be expressed through Gil was a devoted fan handled by Goldman Funeral things. She taught us how to he’d be a brass band.” Never stanetskyhymansonsalem.com. of all Boston professional Chapel, Malden. For online sports teams since his visit to condolences, go to goldmanfc. Jane Shore, 85, of Seattle, Wash., formerly of Marblehead and Salem “AMERICA’S MOST BELOVED com. Jane Shore passed away at donations can be sent here: the age of 85 on June 22, 2020 Hand in Hand (https://action- Elsie (Weiss) Marvit, 100, of Peabody, in Seattle, Wash. Formerly of network.org/fundraising/a-gift- formerly of West Hartford, Conn. Marblehead and Salem, Jane will in-honor-of-jane-shore/), or be remembered for her kindness, Teaching Tolerance (https:// Elsie (Weiss) Marvit, 100, generosity, and love by her hus- donate.splcenter.org/); please of Peabody, formerly of West band Syd Shore, children Mike, mark the donation as “TT for Hartford, Conn., entered eter- Dan, Nancy, and Jim and their Jane Shore.” nal rest on July 3, 2020. spouses, grandchildren, and Mrs. Marvit worked as extended family. She will also The Jewish Journal prints bookkeeper for Bloomfield be remembered for the love and brief notices for free, if Hardware Store in Bloomfield, dedication she showed to her space allows. Biographical Conn., and was a member of the parents Sophie and Ted (Baldy) sketches up to 200 words Temple Beth David Sisterhood Simons. cost $100; longer submissions in West Hartford, where she She was a remarkable role will be charged accordingly. often sang and played piano. model and had a positive impact Photographs cost $25 each; She was also a great cook, a Girl on everyone she came across. A emailed photos should be Scout Leader, an ardent afghan former elementary school teach- sent as jpeg or tiff files. knitter, a lifetime member of er, Jane constantly helped others Submissions are subject to Weight Watchers, and worked and was happiest when lifting ber the joyful summers visit- editing for style and space for them helping others reach people up. 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Jewish day camps reopen on North Shore from page 1

Massachusetts was facing do “whatever is humanly pos- Camp Simchah, because camp- higher numbers of coronavirus sible to protect the campers and ers could not be all together in cases, day camp directors won- families.” He praised the camp the same place. dered whether their summer facility in Swampscott as “a great Asked what would hap- offerings might have to close facility” that is “well-equipped pen if a camper tests positive, as well. for the circumstances.” And, Greenberg said, “A doctor is “Throughout the process, he said, “We have a very, very supposed to notify the state. We the uncertainty was pretty thorough policy to address both [would] notify the Marblehead stressful,” said Jessie Stephens, cleanliness and hygiene among Board of Health, who would director of Camp Simchah for campers and staff.” tell us what the next step is.” children in grades one through Citing state and local guide- She said that such a decision seven. “We were hiring staff, lines, the JCC of Greater Boston would be “based on the child, having the interview process, canceled in-person offerings the group, the camp,” at the and wondering if we would not this summer but has been hold- direction of the Board of Health. have camp this year ... Whether ing virtual and socially dis- “So far, everybody, thank camp would run was the biggest tanced events. These included God, is healthy,” Greenberg said. question.” drive-in movie screenings on And even if you can’t see the At the JCCNS, the answer was June 24-25, which sold out. In smiles behind the masks, the ultimately yes. As of last week, early July, youngsters and their youngsters and staff are enjoy- Camp Simchah, KinderCamp families could sign up to receive Wearing masks, children create desserts at the JCC’s KinderCamp. ing themselves. and an inclusion camp for a “summer-in-a-box” pack- “Kids are not meant to be children with disabilities had age with items such as jump ing with the Marblehead Board what are the restrictions.” socially isolated,” Greenberg reopened. ropes, chalk and plant seeds. of Health. Stephens, the Camp There are certainly chang- said. “It’s important to be active Meanwhile, Chabad of the The organization also teamed Simchah director, recalled par- es to each day. According to with other kids. We provide that North Shore has reopened one up with organizations includ- ticipating in Zoom calls with Stephens and KinderCamp in a very safe environment. They of its two summer camps – ing JewishBoston.com to post the CDC, the JCC Association director Greenberg, youngsters do social distancing on activi- Mini Gan Izzy, for youngsters virtual and in-person events for of North America and the must pass a daily check in before ties, and on an activity when ages two to five. Camp Director families through an initiative American Camp Association. they are cleared to attend. Once they can’t social distance, they Rabbi Sruli Baron said he hoped called Bost(ON)Summer. “It really gave us a good idea they’re in camp, activities might wear masks. to reopen the other camp – At the JCCNS, camp direc- of what it would be like if we look different when attendees “They go with the flow. Camp Gan Israel, for children in tors described having to com- were allowed to run the camps,” are wearing masks and divid- They’re so happy to come. It’s grades one through seven – in ply with guidelines from the she said. “Since March, the big ed into smaller groups. Some hard for kids who are not able to late July or August. Centers for Disease Control and questions were whether we activities had to be canceled, be with friends, of any age – and Baron said that he wants to Prevention, while also comply- could run the camps, when, and such as the Friday Shabbat at adults.” How a divided nation is united in caring about our future from page 1 curtailed. These are profound questions, but seldom much more of ity. This year, we looked at our “The United States,” he wrote, We are both playing out our and it was well that we were in Thomas Jefferson’s greatest work heroes from a different angle, in “knowing no distinction of her national character and redefin- social isolation to contemplate – sufficed. Not this year. part because some of them lay citizens on account of religion ing it as we examine our past, them. This year, we wondered about in rubble in the streets. or nativity, naturally believes and as we set the country on In other years, the cardboard the resiliency of our liberties and Not since Reconstruction, in a civilization the world over an uncertain future. This is a patriotism of our rituals – the the nature of the presidency. for example, has the country which will secure the same lib- nationwide moment of intro- red, white, and blue bunting, This year, we wondered about devoted as much thought to the eral views.” spection, when we question the blare of the brass section in the endurance of our national character of Ulysses S. Grant, And so this is the our loyalties and evaluate what a downtown parade, the read- institutions and traditional alli- whose statue was toppled in Independence Day when we about our country we respect ing of the first few lines of the ances and worried about the San Francisco amid questions began to confront racism, privi- and what about it we revile. Declaration of Independence survival of our political civil- about his views toward slavery. lege, and the complexity of the Grant worked among slaves and human character, to say nothing owned one he received as a gift of the complexity of our national from his slave-owning father-in- character. law who he eventually freed. He In a famous line from his aboli- also defeated the Confederacy tionist newspaper The Liberator, in a military conflict over the William Lloyd Garrison said of survival of slavery. Is he hero, or his passion to end slavery: “I am hypocrite? in earnest – I will not equivo- cate – I will not excuse – I will not retreat a single inch – AND I WILL BE HEARD.” That sen- This year, we wondered tence from January 1831, with Now more than ever, about the endurance of its upper-case bellow, is encoun- our national institutions tered by every high school stu- dent who studies the run-up to community matters. and traditional alliances the Civil War. What they don’t and worried about the encounter is the sentence that survival of our political follows: “The apathy of the people There’s comfort in being part of a strong community like civility. is enough to make every statue Brooksby Village on the North Shore. We’re managed by leap from its pedestal, and to Erickson Living,® a national leader in senior living and health hasten the resurrection of the care. During good times and tough times, you can count on This reevaluation of Grant dead.” has a Jewish dimension as well. Leaving aside for another day us to be here for you. 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Juvenile Aid Organization awards scholarships In Peabody and Chelsea, residents engage in a quarantine environment

Social distancing require- ments in nursing homes and assisted living residences present their own unique set of challenges during this pan- demic. To address this, the staff at Chelsea Jewish Lifecare has been working hard to make sure the residents are engaged, active – and happy. “We have implemented a variety of creative activities for our residents,” said Ellen Gordon, director of Resident Life at Chelsea Jewish Lifecare. “Despite sheltering in place, our residents are staying active, Phyllis Sagan, Faith Kramer, Lois Hurwitz, Laura Goodman, Joan Rich both socially and physically. In and Michelle Rosenthal attended the scholarship ceremony. fact, the pandemic has brought us closer together. There is a Recently, the Juvenile Aid ceremony for the scholarships sense of camaraderie between Organization awarded $18,000 was held outside of the home of the staff, residents and families Courtesy Ellen Gordon in scholarships to 19 Jewish high Laura and Carl Goodman. The that is very comforting.” A Chelsea Jewish Lifecare staff member picks out treats to deliver school seniors from Marblehead committee was chaired by Laura In terms of activities, the to residents. and Swampscott. The memo- Goodman and Lois Hurwitz. interactive bingo game at rial scholarships were award- Harriett and Ralph Kaplan games. Weekly bingo games, and iPads. ed in the memory of Harriet For more information about Estates in Peabody ​is ​a big hit. courtyard walks, art projects According to Joseph “Coty” Diamond, Janice Frisch, Marnell the organization, contact Joan The bingo squares are filled and a mix of contests strength- Miller, Recreation Program Goodman, Alan Perlow, Beatrice Rich at 781-631-1896 or Aileen with information about the en the bond between residents Director at Leonard Florence Strome and Eleanor Roos. A Cordette at 781-599-2028. staff, such as which staff mem- and staff members. Center for Living in Chelsea, ber visited a foreign country or “We are constantly finding the last few months have given which one is a gourmet cook. new ways to socialize with our way to a multitude of creative CJP offers Emergency Day School Volunteers continue to play residents, making sure they projects and activities. “We Scholarship Program an important role by interact- stay active and engaged,“ said have found innovative ways ing with residents. Although Jimmy Honohan, Recreational to continue our much-loved In the wake of the COVID-19 our community, as well as to the they cannot physically be Programming Director at programs and embrace new pandemic, CJP has established lives of the students and their inside the residences, their Chelsea Jewish Lifecare. “Our forms of technology to keep an emergency scholarship fund families.” presence is felt in many ways. short story books are a hot our residents in close contact in the hope that no student has Even for families who have “Our volunteers have contin- commodity!” To date, the staff with their families. At the same to withdraw from their Jewish not lost income because of the ued to nurture their relation- has created three story books time, our focus is to provide day school solely based on a pandemic, the uncertain econ- ships with our residents,” said that the residents seem to thor- daily exercise and social inter- change in their family’s eco- omy might be a discouraging Gordon. “They send cards, oughly enjoy. More are planned action.” nomic circumstances. factor as they consider where write letters and contribute to for the summer. Miller noted that the staff Day schools and the commu- to send their kindergartners our weekly Joke Books.” The Live concerts are another has made it a priority to spend nities they create are important this fall. CJP’s new Kindergarten staff is now compiling their popular activity. At Florence & time alone with each resident. sources of comfort and support Recruitment Scholarship 16th book of jokes. Chafetz, each resident is treat- “Because group activities are to families, especially in difficult Program will offer a 20 per- Over on the Chelsea cam- ed to his or her own private limited, we concentrated upon and uncertain times. CJP wants cent tuition discount (or up to pus at Cohen Florence Levine concert for a full 30 minutes. individual activities for each to ensure that families can con- $5,000) to middle-income fami- Estates and Florence & Chafetz Doorway sing-alongs create resident, whether it be taking tinue to turn to this lifeline and lies who are new to day school Specialized Care, each resi- a festive atmosphere, as well a walk, playing cards or engag- draw strength from their school and beginning kindergarten in dent receives a “Daily Delight” as weekly Zoom Concerts that ing in an art project.” Added communities. In addition, CJP is 2020-2021. The intent for this workbook. 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Jewish War Veterans: rename 10 military bases from page 1 lowing the debate in the House. for Massachusetts, shared his way of life, just like Braxton past, with a key step being the “Once it became public, it personal view on the renaming Bragg did. We would not name integration of the military by seemed clear that it was wrong issue, shaped in part from his a base after John Walker Lindh.” President Harry S Truman. for these 10 military bases to service in the War on Terror in On the issue of who the bases “When I was in the military, be named after traitors to the Afghanistan. should be named after, orga- I found the military to be a true Union,” Weiner said. Blonder – who said he was nizations and individuals alike representation of America,” According to the JWV news speaking on his own behalf have some ideas. Blonder said. “It’s one of the release, the JWV supports the and not the JWV – discussed The JWV recommends nam- most integrated organizations I renaming amendment, the the “huge base” of Fort Bragg ing bases after Congressional ever belonged to. I worked and standalone bill it was incor- in North Carolina, named after Medal of Honor recipients. lived with men of all faiths, all porated into, and the House ex-Confederate General Braxton Weiner suggested that new races, all creeds. It’s like what it attempts toward establishing a Bragg. He sees a contemporary names come from such recipi- should be in real life.” commission to examine recom- counterpart for Bragg in the ents “who were of different races, For Weiner, the fact that mendations for new names. “American Taliban,” John Walker veterans who either trained in or Confederate officers’ names The JWV has a historical Lindh. were stationed at the particular remain on U.S. military bases precedent for denying recogni- During Blonder’s service in bases.” reflect a troubling discrepancy tion to former Confederates. In Afghanistan, he served at Camp “There are a lot of fine sol- between past and present. 1899, three years after its for- Mike Spann in Afghanistan. The diers and sailors who were “To me, it somewhat says mation as the Hebrew Veterans namesake of the camp, Johnny real heroes for America,” said that the Civil War is not quite Organization, a deserter from Micheal Spann, was a former Blonder. “How about Tibor over,” he said. “In the late 19th, Jeff Blonder of Swampscott, the Confederate army applied to early 20th centuries, the Lost Marine and CIA officer, killed in served in Afghanistan. Rubin, a Jewish war hero who join. Weiner said that there is no a prison uprising. won the Medal of Honor during Cause movement still existed. documentary evidence that he “One of the prisoners at the Braxton Bragg was. He took up the Korean War?” We should be over that. It’s was ever admitted. prison was John Walker Lindh,” arms against America, just like Blonder noted that the armed particularly offensive not only Jeff Blonder of Swampscott, Blonder said. “[Lindh] was Braxton Bragg did. His sole pur- services of today are far differ- to African-Americans, but all the JWV Regional Commander an American citizen, just like pose was to defeat the American ent than they were in decades Americans.”

CJP launches partnership with Edward Fein Foundation, and Hillel International

BOSTON — IACT serving nearly 20 percent of all expanded it to a national pro- centerpiece initiatives, such beauty of Jewish communal life. (Inspired, Active, Committed, North American Jewish college gram in 2014. The Edward Fein as Hillel’s work with Birthright I am thrilled that IACT will con- Transformed), the signature undergraduates. Hillel’s signifi- Foundation has supported IACT Israel, Masa Israel, and Onward tinue to ignite students’ passion campus engagement initiative cant international campus infra- since 2012 and joined with CJP to Israel. In Cheryl’s more than 30 for Jewish life as part of Hillel created by Combined Jewish structure will position the pro- pioneer IACT’s national expan- years with CJP she has overseen International,” Aronson said. Philanthropies of Greater Boston gram for continued strength and sion six years ago. Israel, global and Jewish educa- “IACT is a flagship program (CJP) and scaled nationally in national scope, along with the As part of the Hillel move- tion agendas. for us. It aligns with our mis- partnership with the Edward potential for further expansion ment, funded through a nearly “Moving IACT into Hillel sion to strengthen Jewish identity Fein Foundation, will move to that can maximize IACT’s reach $10 million grant over three years International allows us to cre- and Israel engagement through Hillel International this summer. and impact. by the Edward Fein Foundation, ate an even more direct path- education,” said Amy B. Klein, The program, currently at 29 The IACT initiative was pilot- IACT will maintain its unique way for reaching these students President of the Edward Fein local Hillels around the country, ed in 2007 through the innova- programmatic brand identity and inspiring them to make an Foundation. supports a coordinator on each tion and leadership of CJP with and will join and benefit from the enduring commitment to Jewish “This partnership is incred- campus dedicated to recruiting generous support from donors wealth of Hillel’s resources and life, learning and Israel on cam- ibly exciting for both CJP and students for Birthright Israel trips as a unique approach to engag- offerings, such as its Measuring pus and beyond,” said Adam the Edward Fein Foundation, not and inspiring them to become ing students before and after Excellence reporting and evalu- Lehman, President and CEO of only because of the promise it active in Jewish life and Israel Birthright Israel trips and to ation program. Cheryl Aronson, Hillel International. holds for broadening and deep- activities once back on campus. inspire participation in Jewish CJP’s Vice President for IACT will “We have an unprecedent- ening the numbers of college stu- By moving to Hillel life on campus after students join Hillel International as Vice ed opportunity to engage and dents around the country who International, IACT will build on return. CJP successfully oper- President, Israel Engagement inspire thousands of Jewish engage meaningfully with Jewish an already successful national ated the initiative on campuses and Immersive Experiences, students who have yet to be life and Israel,” CJP President program, currently on campuses in New England for 13 years and overseeing IACT as well as other connected to the richness and Marc Baker said.