September 13-19, 2019 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLVIII, Number 37 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK Save the date: October 27 is Super Sunday The Jewish Federation of Greater Campaign and will feature a brunch. The Federation. The event will also introduce legacy of caring that has symbolized our Binghamton will hold Super Sunday on theme for this year’s Campaign is “A New the new Spirit of the Community awards. Jewish community and find our place in Sunday, October 27, at 10 am, at the Jew- Beginning – a Legacy of Caring.” During “Join us for a wonderful morning as the 21st century.” ish Community Center, 500 Clubhouse the event, former Federation Executive we prepare for the upcoming year,” said There will be a $10 charge for the event. Rd., Vestal. Director Sima Auerbach will receive a Shelley Hubal, Federation’s executive For more information about Super Sunday, The event will kick-off the 2020 Yasher Koach award for her work for the director. “We plan to carry forward the see future issues of The Reporter. Pauline and Philip M. Piaker Lecture to feature Rabbi Joseph Telushkin on Sept. 23 at the JCC Reservations are currently being ac- charge, but reservations are major bestseller lists, including anything unkind or unfair about, or to, any- cepted for the Annual Pauline and Philip necessary and can be made at the New York Times Best Seller one. His book “Jewish Literacy: The Most M. Piaker Lecture to be held on Monday, www.jewishbu.com/piaker or list, Wall Street Journal and Important Things to Know About the Jewish September 23, beginning 7:15 pm, at the by calling Chabad at 797-0015. Publishers Weekly. Religion, Its People and Its History” is one Jewish Community Center in Vestal. The A dessert reception and book Telushkin’s book “Words of the best-selling books on Judaism of the evening, titled “One People, One Heart,” signing will follow the lecture. That Hurt, Words That Heal” past two decades and remains a foundation will feature guest speaker Rabbi Joseph Telushkin is the author of inspired Senators Joseph Li- text for Jews, non-Jews and prospective Telushkin, who will address “five lessons 16 books on Judaism. In 2014, eberman’s and Connie Mack’s converts alike. from the Rebbe that can change your life Telushkin released “Rebbe: The Senate Resolution 151 to es- “This year, we are honored to be able today.” The evening is co-sponsored by the Life and Teachings of Menachem tablish a National Speak No to bring Rabbi Joseph Telushkin to Bing- Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton M. Schneerson, the Most Influ- Evil Day in the U.S., a day that hamton to speak at the Piaker Memorial and the Jewish Community Center. The ential Rabbi in Modern History,” Rabbi Joseph would encourage Americans to Lecture,” stated Alan Piaker on behalf of event is open to the community free of which appeared on all of the Telushkin go for 24 hours without saying See “Piaker” on page 7 JFS seeks donations for We Remember You project Jewish Family Service is preparing for As in the past, supermarkets and busi- donation to JFS by Tuesday, September 17; this time of self-reflection and gratitude,” the distribution of food baskets for the nesses will donate food to be distributed. checks should have “We Remember You” noted Shelley Hubal, the Jewish Federa- We Remember You project. The project, JFS is seeking community members to on the memo line and can be mailed to 500 tion executive director. “The Binghamton which is now in its 12th year, supports make monetary donations that will be giv- Clubhouse Rd., Vestal, 13850. community has always been compassionate Jewish families locally who struggle to en out along with the food baskets. Those “The We Remember You Project is a and generous. This is just another way to make ends meet. interested should send their tax deductible wonderful way to give tzedakah during show our neighbors they are not forgotten CJS fall 2019 program: “Antisemitism Then and Now” “Antisemitism and the Politics of Jewish Peoplehood” The third and final lecture of the fall 2019 antisemitic discourse has sought research and educational center programs are open to the entire community; College of Jewish Studies series on “An- to exploit these divides. dedicated to exploring the rela- general admission is $8 per program, or $20 tisemitism, Then and Now” will be held on Kurtzer received his M.A. tionship between Israel and the for all three programs; senior admission is $5 Thursday, September 19, when Dr. Yehuda from Brown University and Diaspora. Kurtzer is the author per program or $12 for all three programs. Kurtzer, president of the Shalom Hartman Ph.D. in Jewish studies from of “Shuva: The Future of the BU students are welcome to attend at no Institute of North America, will present a Harvard University. He served Jewish Past” and the co-editor charge. All programs begin at 7:30 pm at the lecture titled “Antisemitism and the Politics on the faculty of Brandeis Uni- of the forthcoming volume “The Jewish Community Center, 500 Clubhouse of Jewish Peoplehood.” Kurtzer’s talk will versity and held the inaugural New Jewish Canon,” a collection Rd., Vestal. focus on today’s “complex and sometimes chair in Jewish Communal of what are considered the most The College of Jewish Studies provides troubled” relationship between Israel and Innovation there. In 2010, he significant Jewish ideas and de- opportunities for adult Jewish education for Diaspora communities (particularly Amer- helped create the Hartman bates of the past two generations. the Broome County community by offering ican Jewry), exploring the ways in which Institute of North America as a Yehuda Kurtzer College of Jewish Studies See “Politics” on page 7 Spotlight Rap, Judaism and social justice By Rabbi Rachel Esserman around me. Almost everyone I can be found in his rap “Driving.” tragedy, but it’s what you do to stop the Some people believe college-aged stu- looked up to from my childhood Shapiro noted that “[‘Driving’] is next tragedy that matters.” dents are apathetic about politics – more had great awareness for social a story told from the perspective Other songs hit closer to home. “One of interested in their phones and social media issues and it was just natural for of a mother whose son, Derick, my personal favorite songs off of my debut than they are in social justice. That’s not me to take that path, as well.” was tragically lost due to a drink- project ‘Nightmares Are Still Dreams’ is true for Jonathan Shapiro, the son of Julie His interest in rap music began ing and driving incident. On one ‘Mistakes,’” he said. “This song is about and Jared Shapiro of Vestal. Shapiro, who around the time of his bar mitzvah. hand, the message is to spread battling depression and longing for purpose. recently began college at the University of “In late seventh grade, actually awareness against drinking and This song is very personal, but hopefully Rochester, sees his interest in social justice around the time of my bar mitz- driving, but it also ends on a lots of others can relate.” as part of his Jewish heritage. It also rep- vah, I began creating rap music,” positive note with the mother Shapiro writes both rap and poetry, and resents how he views the world. Shapiro said. “After I broke my feeling empowered and ready his decision about which format to use is His concern about tikkun olam (repairing back, I was out from soccer and to make a change. At the end based on whether or not the idea has a beat. the world) began early. “My interest in social my brother introduced me to the Jonathan Shapiro the mother says, ‘I ain’t taking “If I need to get something off my chest justice was engraved in me from a young genre and I instantly fell in love. life for granted. I ain’t living to or have a good idea and don’t have a beat age,” he said in an e-mail interview. “Being Also, writing raps and poetry was a very ther- exist. I know I’m here to make a difference I will write a poem instead of a rap,” he raised in a Jewish community [meant that] apeutic activity for me in any time of stress.” show the world what Derick wished.’ This said. During his senior year at Vestal High social justice was always a priority in those One example of social justice and rap song’s message is to express that life has See “Rap” on page 7 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Hand in Hand talk Nigeria’s Jews News in brief... Special Sections The IAUJC, Tikkun v’Or and Ithaca More than 250 Jewish Nigerian ICC judges order review of refusal Legal Notices...... 4 College Hillel will host talks by the youth participated in a leadership to investigate the 2010 Mavi Book Review...... 4 co-founder of Israel’s Hand in Hand. seminar. Mamara incident; and more. Personal and Business Services...... 5 ...... Page 3 ...... Page 7 ...... Page 8 Classifieds...... 8 Page 2 - The Reporter September 13-19, 2019 Beth David Luncheon speaker on Sept. 14 to discuss Mediterranean diet and the Bible On Saturday, September 14, Beth David will kick off Tulane University’s School of Medicine Gol- medicine resident physician with Ascension its monthly luncheon speaker series with a talk by Dr. Erin dring Center for Culinary Medicine. Designed Health in Binghamton. Maxfield titled “A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey: to foster an integrative mindset, the program “We are delighted to have Erin share the Health Benefits of a Mediterranean Diet.” She will discuss enables physicians to gain hands-on knowledge wealth of her knowledge with us, particularly how the science behind the benefits of a Mediterranean that they can share with their communities about as a means of seeing how mainstream science diet relates to the Bible’s and Judaism’s focus on health. ways to improve health by following a relatively supports what we find in the Bible about healthy Maxfield completed the flagship HEALTH meets FOOD™ low-cost Mediterranean diet-based plan. eating,” organizers say. “As those who have year-long culinary medicine course at Arnot Ogden Medical “In the Bible,” Maxfield says, “what is good attended previous luncheon series meals know, Center in Elmira, NY, a teaching kitchen developed by for the soul frequently is also good for the body. Judy Silber has a special talent for coordinating My talk will focus on the importance of health in the luncheon menu with the topic of the monthly Judaism as well as characteristics unique to the talks, so we are in for a special treat, both intel- western Fertile Crescent region, which has been lectually and gastronomically!” mentioned in Jewish Scriptures as constituting Dr. Erin Maxfield Beth David’s luncheon speaker series takes Interfaith panel the ‘ideal’ environment for human habitation. place the second Saturday of the month, after I will do this by sharing information from mainstream Shabbat morning services, and is open to the community. scientific and medical studies of the benefits of a nutrition There is no charge for the luncheon. Since the monthly on Sept. 22 plan based on a Mediterranean diet.” series’ continuation depends on the generosity of contrib- Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell, Reverend Dr. Michelle A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, where utors, Beth David welcomes donations to the Luncheon Bogue-Trost and Imam Adnan Ahmed will participate in she received a bachelor’s degree with honors in chemis- Fund in order to keep the program going. Donations can an interfaith panel on peace and acceptance on Sunday, try, Maxfield earned her medical degree from Lake Erie be made in honor of or in memory of someone, or to mark September 22, from 2-4 pm, at Central United Methodist College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has also completed a special occasion. Those wishing an acknowledgment to Church, 17 Nanticoke Ave., Endicott. an elective postdoctoral fellowship in neuropathology at be sent to the person being honored, or to the family of The program is organized by Central United Methodist Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in someone being remembered, can indicate that, along with Church, All Saints Episcopal Church, St. Paul’s Episco- Cleveland, where she was also an adjunct professor. In the necessary information. Donations can be sent to Beth pal Church, Temple Concord and Ahmadiyya Muslim 2018, she relocated to New York to begin her medical David Synagogue, 39 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY Community. residency training. She is currently a second-year family 13905, Attention: Luncheon Fund. Opinion From the Desk of the Federation Executive Director

With gratitude SHELLEY HUBAL

Have you ever witnessed a moment of pure joy and hands and belly held against the glass in a moment of pure feelings for a long time. As Rosh Hashanah approaches, wonder? Recently, as I walked through the Jewish Com- wonder and sensory bliss. I could see her young mind and we are reflecting on the past and looking toward the munity Center lobby, I had the good fortune to witness absorbing the experience, truly alive and so focused on future, my prayer for all of you in this community is that such an instance. A beautiful little preschool student, no learning something new about the world. Seconds later, you will experience joy, peace and wonder. We all have more than 2 years old, made a small detour on her way to as she skipped away to join her class with big smile on her a choice what we pick up and hold close to our hearts. I the gym. As her class was lining up, she walked over to face, I could not help but share in her joy. hope you have many experiences in this coming year that one of the large glass front doors and pressed her entire I share this story because it touched me. It was a beau- keep you whole, that push you to experience the wonder body to its smooth surface. She stayed there for several tiful, magical and fleeting moment. I am grateful to have all around you and make you skip a little faster. Shanah seconds, fully committed to the experience, with her face, witnessed it. It lightened my heart and I will hold on to these tovah from the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton. In My Own Words A couple of things RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Grace and Jane offering (it was Johnny Hart’s comic so I was OK with I had not considered the effect the festival might have on Imagine a world where it’s considered funny to call him expressing his values), but because the jokes didn’t the people who live in the area. The Press And Sun-Bulletin women “Cute Chick” and “Fat Broad.” Those of us who always make sense. After learning from someone whose recently published a column by a veteran with PTSD who grew up with the comic strip “B.C.” know that, while all husband was friends with Hart that the strips contained lives in a nearby, low income apartment building. He told the men in the strip were given names, the women were in-jokes that only members of their men’s service group not only of the problems it causes due to his PTSD, but referenced only by their looks. Since this is ancient history, would get, I stopped bothering to try to figure them out. the tinnitus that some people who live in the building are you may be wondering why I’m writing about it. Well, The I could be cynical and say that the only reason for the still suffering from after last year’s festival. Reporter received a publicity release stating that “Cute name change is because “B.C.” is being made into a movie. I can’t talk about PTSD because I fortunately have not Chick” and “Fat Broad” have been renamed: they are now (They really can’t call women “Cute Chick” and “Fat Broad” experienced that, but I can talk about tinnitus, which is also called Grace and Jane. on the big screen nowadays.) However, the strip has long known as ringing in the ear. To be blunt: it’s awful. Just Since Johnny Hart, the originator of the strip died, it’s stopped using those names for them. It just never picked new think of a horrible noise you can’t stand and then imagine been drawn and written by his grandsons. I like it much ones. The press release also noted that its current creators hearing that 24/7 with no way to escape. When mine acts more than I did the original strip. (I also like his grandsons’ realized these names were pejorative. I, for one, am glad to up, I often can hear two or three different sounds at the other strip, “Dogs of C-Kennel.”) My previous disinterest see that, at least in the comic strip world, some women are same time. It makes it hard to sleep and concentrate. It also in the strip was not because of its periodic very Christian being treated as human beings rather than objects. sets your nerves on edge. There aren’t words to tell you LUMA how grateful I am that my cochlear implant and my hearing I’ve not attended the LUMA Projection Arts Festival. aids give me relief during the day from that terrible noise. I’m not that fond of crowds and I can’t stand for long peri- It’s too late to do anything this year, but I’m hoping that Change of date ods of time. I also worry about the noise: music can easily someone connected to the festival will take note of the problem An ad for the Jewish Community Center’s “Drag Queen become too loud for me and even voices over loudspeakers and try to help those people who can’t afford to leave their Story Hour” appeared on page 5 of the September 6 issue are often unpleasant to hear. However, I know people apartments or are too disabled to find another place to stay. of The Reporter. The date of that event has been changed who love the event and look forward to it every year. It’s Perhaps the volume of the music can be turned down. That from Sunday, September 29, to Sunday, October 20. For also considered a big draw for downtown Binghamton. would save everyone’s ears since loud noise causes a great more information about the event, see future issues of I imagine that restaurants and other businesses do well deal of damage to people’s hearing. There must be a way to The Reporter. during the festival. keep the festival and provide relief for those who live nearby.

Executive Editor Rabbi Rachel Esserman Layout Editor Diana Sochor Assistant Editor Ilene Pinsker Suzanne Holwitt, President Advertising Bonnie Rozen

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Editorial/News Regular weekly deadline is noon, Wednesday, for the following week’s newspaper. www.thereportergroup.org September 13-19, 2019 Page 3 - The Reporter Federation to hold Day of Caring on Sept. 15 The Jewish Federation of Greater ers that had fallen into disrepair. Manasse Binghamton will hold a Day of Caring led a group of Federation volunteers who on Sunday, September 15, beginning worked to restore the site with an aim to at 9:30 am. Volunteers, led by Charles honor the memory of the dead. Manasse, will clean overgrown grave- At the conclusion of the work on Sep- stones in Section D of the Temple Israel tember 15, there will be a formal reded- Cemetery in Conklin. ication for the renewed status of Section A section of land situated at the D and its new boundary. The dedication northwest corner of the Temple Israel will be led by Rabbi Geoffrey Brown, the Cemetery was set aside in the early 20th The new fence in front of section D of the Temple Israel Cemetery. spiritual leader of Temple Israel. century for the burial of impoverished Anyone with questions or who is deceased members of the Binghamton area’s Jewish com- with a majority of the stones having sunk, shifted, heaved interested in helping should call the Federation at munity. These graves are marked by stones approximately and become obscured by overgrowth. 724-2332. Volunteers are needed and are encouraged six inches square, laid out in a grid. Over many decades, In the fall of 2018, the Federation undertook a project to to bring garden tools, such as landscape rakes, spades, these graves have fallen into a state of neglect and disrepair, uncover, reset, even out and clean many of the grave mark- shovels, gloves and trowels. Hand in Hand co-founder Early deadlines Lee Gordon to speak in Ithaca for The Reporter The Ithaca Area United Jewish Community, in campuses and more than 1,850 Jewish and Arab Due to holiday closings, the deadlines for the fol- cooperation with Congregation Tikkun v’Or, will students attending, and is making a growing lowing upcoming issues of The Reporter are as follows. host Lee Gordon for a presentation on Sunday, impact in Israelubb for's Jewish-Arab sto partnership No exceptions will be made. your rtim Issue...... Deadline September 22, at 7 pm, at Tikkun v’Or, 2550 Notand coexistence. ! Triphammer Rd., Lansing. The event is free and Gordon is a native of Portland, OR, and lived Friday, October 4...... Wednesday, September 25 open to the public. for 20 years in Israel, where he received a mas- Friday, October 11...... Wednesday, October 2 The following day, Monday, September 23, ter’s degree in social work from Hebrew Univer- Friday, October 18...... Monday, October 7 Gordon will speak to students at Lehman Alter- sity and graduated from the Mandel Institute’s Friday, October 25...... Wednesday, October 16 native Community School in the morning, and School for Educational Leadership. His years of Friday, November 1...... Wednesday, October 23 then make another public appearance, hosted involvement in the peace movement in Israel, by Ithaca College Hillel, at noon. The Ithaca Lee Gordon as well as Jewish-Arab and Israeli-Palestinian College presentation is open to the public and dialogue work, propelled him to establishPlea Handse AFTON GOLF COURSE will be in the Taughannock Falls Room, Ithaca College in Hand and, in 1999, to create American Friends ofnot Hande Open to the public Campus Center, 201 Egbert Hall. in Hand, a non-profit American organization supportingdate Gordon is co-founder of Hand in Hand: Center for the organization’s work in Israel, of which Gordonchan servesge! Weekday Special • Monday - Friday Jewish-Arab Education in Israel, an Israeli non-profit as executive director. Green Fee & Cart $30.00 organization that has created a network of integrated For information about Hand in Hand schools, visit to 18 holes with a cart & lunch $36.00 public schools serving Arab and Jewish children. Starting https://handinhandk12.org/.Hosted by our very own ForMr. Harr furthery, also information known about with just 50 students in 1998, Hand in Hand now has six the Ithacaas Peaches,visit, write this to family-friendly [email protected]. program will 1-800-AFTON-18 (1-800-238-6618) showcase stories & songs that explore and celebrate or 639-2454 diversity and inclusion. Children of all ages are welcome! I-88 Exit 7 • AFTON, NY Call for tee times Plus, a representative of the 4-County Library System will be Lecture on “The Synagogue and www.aftongolf.com here to help you sign up for a library card! 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 7724-2417 b' your ub s stortim the Study House” atNot Cornellwww.binghamtonjcc.org U.! On Thursday, September 19, at 4:30 pm, in Goldwin versity” (beit-hamidrash) stake out different, not always Slime Smith Hall’s Lewis Auditorium at Cornell University, Pro- complementary, and often competitive, styles of thought fessor Olga Litvak will explore the “dynamic relationship” and social discipline. Focusing on several “exemplary mo- Workshop between two institutions that have shaped Jewish history ments” in the making of Jewish past, Litvak will address from late antiquity to the present day in a lecture on “The the waysRosh in which Hashanahthese “distinctive forms of Jewish life Synagogue and the Study House.” A reception in the Groos defined the content of belief and behavior.” Family Atrium, Klarman Hall, will follow the lecture. The lecture is sponsored by the Cornell Jewish Studies Nosh & Knowledge Please The bricks and mortar of Jewish experience, the Jewish Program. More information is available at jewishstudies.note “house of commons” (beit-knesset) and the Jewish “uni- cornell.edu. Wednesday, October 2 • 4-5:30pm date at The JCC change! Sunday, October 6 1-2:30pm at The JCC • ages 5-12 TC High Holiday childCome care and learn about Come join Harry, Nora & Stacy in this fun afternoon Free High Holiday child care will be offered by Temple Time roomHosted on the by third our vefloorRory shown Haof Mr thesh. Harranah mansiony, alsoas we knowand nregister workshop. We will craft 3 different types of slime while Concord Sisterhood for youngsters ages 2 to kindergarten them with theas responsiblePeaches, shthisowcase adult’s family-friendly name.traditional The program adult foods will or, some- learning the science behind it and what makes some while parents and grandparents attend services at Temple one whoshowc is knownase stories to the & songspraushersyers that must, exploredrinks inform andwit h celebratethe ushers diversity and inclusion. Children of all ages are welcome! recipes better than others. Each child will take home 3 Concord the morning of Rosh Hashanah, Monday, Sep- wherePlus, they a representative will be sitting of in thelig case ht4-County refresh of emergency. Librarmentsy S!ystem Adults will are be different types of slime in it's own air tight container. tember 30, and the morning of Yom Kippur, Wednesday, responsible for here checking to help you on signchildren up for for a librar diapery card! changes. $25 JCC Member/ $40 Non-member October 9. To make a reservation,500 call Clubhouse or e-mail Rd., the Vestal, temple NY 13850 office To register, please call 724-2417 Reservations must be made by Sunday, September 15, for at 723-7355 or [email protected] Rosh Hashanah morning care and by Tuesday, October 1, Without reservations madewww.binghamtonjcc.org by the above stated deadlines, for Yom Kippur morning care. Child care will be available Membersthere will $15 be no child care available. Sisterhood High 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 Non-members $20 Pre-registration Slimewww.binghamtonjcc.org at 9 am. The adult must take the child (children) to the Tot Holiday Child Care chairwoman is Amandarequired Donahue. - please call 724-2417 Workshop 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 Free seminar on Rosh724-2417 Hashanah www.binghamtonjcc.org Wills & Estate Planning Nosh & Knowledge hosted by Jewish Family Service and the Wednesday, October 2 • 4-5:30pm Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton. at The JCC Sunday, October 6 1-2:30pm at The JCC • ages 5-12 The speaker is Alycia Kimmel, an associate Come and learn about WECome REMEMBER join Harry, Nora & Stacy YOU in this 2019fun afternoon attorney at Levene Gouldin & Thompson, Rosh Hashanah as we workshop. We will craft 3 different types of slime while practicing in the areas of Trusts & Estates, showcase traditional foods, A Projectlearning the of science Jewis behindh Family it and what Servic makese some Elder Law and Real Estate. prayers, drinks with Duringrecipes better the than High others. Ho Eachlida childys 5780will take, home 3 light refreshments! different types of slime in it's own air tight container. The event is at the JCC on JFS will be$25 distribuJCC Member/ting $40 Non-member fresh food Monday, September 16, starting at 6 pm. baskets andTo fundsregister, please to the call r724-2417ecipien ts To register, call the the Federation at 724-2332 of your generosity who always say, Members $15 or email Shelley Hubal at [email protected]. “Thank you for remembering500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal, me. NY 13850” Non-members $20 Pre-registration www.binghamtonjcc.org required - please call 724-2417 Please help fund this program with monetary contributions by Sept. 17 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 to: Jewish Family Service, 724-2417 www.binghamtonjcc.org 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal NY 13850. ÊVisit us on the web at www.thereportergroup.org Page 4 - The Reporter September 13-19, 2019 Off the Shelf Translating the Bible RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN Someone once asked me how best to understand the the syntax, rhythm, word play and other literary aspects to the study of comparative literature and publish works Bible if they were unable to read the original Hebrew. of the Hebrew Bible. in that field. It is this literary background that makes his I gave them the advice I’d received years earlier: read Alter, who recently published a new translation of the translation different. Alter notes that “the literary style of the two or three different translations and note when they Tanach (the complete Hebrew Bible), was previously best- Bible in both prose narrative and poetry is not some sort of disagree or use a different expression. That signals a known for two books used in many rabbinical school and aesthetic embellishment of the ‘message’ of Scripture but problematic word or phrase. However, even multiple Judaic studies classes: “The Art of Biblical Narrative” and the vital medium through which the biblical vision of God, translations cannot capture all the nuances of the text. “The Art of Biblical Poetry.” Where Alter differs from many human nature, history, politics, society, and moral value is Robert Alter writes about his attempt to overcome these who translate the Bible is that his original specialty was conveyed.” The way the words are used – from the word difficulties in his new work “The Art of Bible Transla- comparative literature. In fact, as he notes in his introduc- order to the specific word chosen – makes a difference in tion” (Princeton University Press). In it, he discusses tion, he never planned to focus on translation. While he did how the text should be understood. the problems that arise when a translator tries to match have an interest in the Bible, he believed he would return See “Bible” on page 5

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office of the LLC is located is the State of New York is hereby location: Broome County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC Broome. ext. Cortland. designated as agent of the LLC designated as agent of LLC upon upon whom process against upon whom process against whom process against it may be it may be served. The post office 4. The Secretary of State of 4. The Secretary of State of it may be served. The post served. SSNY shall mail process address to which the Secretary the State of New York is hereby the State of New York is hereby office address to which the to: c/o Piaker & Lyons, P.C., 92 of State shall mail a copy of any designated as agent of the LLC designated as agent of the LLC Secretary of State shall mail a Hawley St., Binghamton, NY 13901. process against the LLC served upon whom process against 244 or [email protected] upon whom process against copy of any process against Purpose: any lawful activities. upon him or her is: 118 it may be served. The post office it may be served. The post the LLC served upon him or her ______Washington St, Apt C-1, address to which the Secretary office address to which the is: 8 Karla Drive, Windsor, NY Binghamton, NY 13901. of State shall mail a copy of any Secretary of State shall mail 13865. Notice of Qualification of ETK JR process against the LLC served a copy of any process against Realty, LP. Authority filed with Secy. 5. The character or purpose of the upon him or her is: 18 Green www the LLC served upon him or her 5. The character or purpose of the of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/07/19. business of the LLC is any Meadow Lane, Binghamton, NY is: 2065 Clark Hollow Rd, business of the LLC is any Office location: Broome County. purpose allowed by law. 13901. LaFayette, NY 13084. purpose allowed by law. LP formed in Pennsylvania (PA) on ______12/17/18. SSNY designated as agent 5. The character or purpose of the 5. The character or purpose of the of LP upon whom process against NOTICE OF FORMATION OF business of the LLC is any

business of the LLC is any NOTICE OF FORMATION OF it may be served. SSNY shall mail LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY purpose allowed by law. .th purpose allowed by law. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: The process to: 925 S. State St., Clarks UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED ______name of the limited liability company Summit, PA 18411, also the principal LIABILITY COMPANY LAW is: Jjivart, LLC (the “Company”). office address. Name/address of genl. Notice of Formation of Therapy NOTICE OF FORMATION OF The date of filing of the Articles of ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP 1. The name of the limited liability Service, LCSW, PLLC. Articles of ereporter LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: The Organization of the Company with the filed with Secy. of State, 209 North company (“LLC”) is 430 Property Org. filed with NYS Dept. of State name of the limited liability company Secretary of State was July 18, 2019. Office Bldg, Harrisburg, PA 17110. 1 LLC. (SSNY) on 6/4/2019. Office: Broome is: Binghamton Car Company, LLC The county in which the principal Purpose: any lawful activities. County. SSNY designated as agent (the “Company”). The date of filing place of business of the Company ______2. The date of filing of the Articles of PLLC upon whom process against ertising, of the Articles of Organization of the shall be located is Broome County. of Organization with the it may be served. SSNY shall Company with the Secretary of State The Secretary of State has been Notice of Qualification of ETK JR Secretary of State is August 27, mail copy of process to the PLLC, was July 12, 2019. The county in designated as agent of the Company Management, LLC. Authority filed 2019. 1121 Upper Front St., Binghamton, which the principal place of business upon whom process against it may be with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on NY 13905. Purpose: Any Lawful of the Company shall be located served. The Secretary of State shall 08/07/19. Office location: Broome 3. The County within the State of Purpose. is Broome County. The Secretary mail a copy of any process against County. LLC formed in Pennsylvania New York in which the principal ______of State has been designated as the Company, to Raymond W. Ivan, (PA) on 11/16/18. SSNY designated office of the LLC is located is gr

agent of the Company upon whom 78 Matthew Drive, Binghamton, NY as agent of LLC upon whom process Broome. RYMO LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the please contact Bonnie Rozen process against it may be served. 13901. The purpose of the business against it may be served. SSNY shall SSNY on 09/3/19. Office: Broome

The Secretary of State shall mail of the Company is any lawful business mail process to: 925 S. State St., 4. The Secretary of State of County. SSNY designated as agent oup a copy of any process against the purpose. Clarks Summit, PA 18411, also the the State of New York is hereby of the LLC upon whom process Company, to Hinman, Howard & ______principal office address. Arts of Org. designated as agent of the LLC against it may be served. SSNY shall Kattell, LLP, Attn: James W. Orband, filed with the Secy. of State, 206 North upon whom process against mail copy of process to the LLC, PO 80 Exchange Street, Suite 700, Notice of Formation of 504 Murray Hill Office Bldg, Harrisburg, PA 17110. it may be served. The post office Box 619, Port Crane, NY 13833. Binghamton, NY 13901. The purpose Road LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. Purpose: any lawful activities. address to which the Secretary Purpose: Any lawful purpose. .or of the business of the Company is of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/26/19. ______of State shall mail a copy of any ______any lawful business purpose. Office location: Broome County. process against the LLC served

______SSNY designated as agent of LLC Sini Hill LLC, Arts of Org. filed upon him or her is: 118 Notice of Formation of Salt Springs g upon whom process against it may with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) Washington St, Apt C-1, 607, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Notice of Qualification of Meridian be served. SSNY shall mail process 8/16/2019. Cty: Broome. SSNY desig. Binghamton, NY 13901. Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Clinical Research, LLC. Authority to: 504 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, NY as agent upon whom process against 08/27/19. Office location: Broome filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 13850. Purpose: any lawful activities. may be served & shall mail process to 5. The character or purpose of the County. SSNY designated as agent on 07/19/19. Office location: Broome ______Sini Kangasmaki, 333 Schermerhorn business of the LLC is any of LLC upon whom process against County. LLC formed in Nebraska St., Apt. 21E, Brooklyn, NY 11217. purpose allowed by law. it may be served. SSNY shall mail (NE) on 06/29/00. SSNY designated Notice of Qualification of Gokulesh General Purpose. ______process to: 2224 Pierce Creek Rd., as agent of LLC upon whom process Hospitality NY, LLC. Authority filed ______Binghamton, NY 13903. Purpose: against it may be served. SSNY shall with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on NOTICE OF FORMATION OF any lawful activities. mail process to: Meridian Clinical 08/01/19. Office location: Broome OC ERECTERS, LLC App. for LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Research, LLC, 3319 N. 107th St., County. LLC formed in Connecticut Auth. filed w/ SSNY 8/23/19. Off. UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Omaha, NE 68134, Attn: David (CT) on 06/06/19. SSNY designated in Broome Co. Arts. of Org. filed w/ LIABILITY COMPANY LAW LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: Roehr, Legal Dept. also the address as agent of LLC upon whom process SSFL 7/18/14. SSNY desig. as agt. of The name of the limited liability of the principal office. Arts of Org. against it may be served. SSNY shall LLC whom process may be served. 1. The name of the limited liability company is: Airport Inn Restaurant, filed with the NE Secy. of State, mail process to: 4105 Vestal Parkway SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, company (“LLC”) is Four Thirty LLC (the “Company”). The date of Robert B. Evnen, 1201 N St., Ste. East, Vestal, NY 13850. Address to 1206 SW 46 Ave, Deerfield Beach, Crop LLC. filing of the Articles of Organization 120, Lincoln, NE 68508. Purpose: be maintained in CT: 46 Eagle Ridge FL 33442. Add. req. to be maintained of the Company with the Secretary any lawful activities. Dr., Essex, CT 06426. Arts of Org. in FL: 4413 Vista Woods Ct, Orlando, 2. The date of filing of the Articles of State was September 6, 2019. ______filed with the Secy. of State, 30 Trinity FL 32822. Name & add. of the auth. of Organization with the The county in which the principal St., Hartford, CT 06106. Purpose: officer in FL where copy of Arts. of Secretary of State is August 27, place of business of the Company Notice of Formation of Country Kids any lawful activities. Org. filed: FL Dept. of State, Div of 2019. shall be located is Broome County. Daycare LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with ______Corp, Clifton Bldg, 2661 Executive The Secretary of State has been Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Center Cir, Tallahassee, FL 32301. 3. The County within the State of designated as agent of the Company 8/2/2019. Office Location: Broome NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Purpose: any lawful activity. New York in which the principal upon whom process against it may Co. SSNY designated as agent of LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ______office of the LLC is located is be served. The Secretary of State LLC upon whom service of process UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED Broome. shall mail a copy of any process against it may be served. SSNY shall LIABILITY COMPANY LAW Notice of Formation of Baldwin against the Company, to Hinman, mail process to: Claudia Gosney, 307 Street Apartments, LLC 4. The Secretary of State of Howard & Kattell, LLP, Attn: Ryan Morgan Road, Binghamton, New York 1. The name of the limited liability the State of New York is hereby M. Mead, Esq., 80 Exchange Street, 13903. Purpose: any lawful activities. company (“LLC”) is Louella & Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of designated as agent of the LLC Suite 700, Binghamton, NY 13901. ______Henry, LLC. State of NY (SSNY) on 08/27/2019. upon whom process against The purpose of the business of the Office location: Broome Co. SSNY it may be served. The post office Company is any lawful business West 48th Plugged In LLC, Arts of 2. The date of filing of the Articles designated as agent of LLC upon address to which the Secretary purpose. Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY of Organization with the whom process against it may be of State shall mail a copy of any (SSNY) 7/26/2019. Cty: Broome. Secretary of State is August 13, served. SSNY shall mail process to: process against the LLC served September 13-19, 2019 Page 5 - The Reporter Jewish Studies Program at Ithaca College lecture by author David Lehman on Sept. 16 On Monday, September 16, at 7:30 pm, In his talk, Lehman will raise and address Songs” can be found at www.thereportergroup.org/Article. in Textor 101 on the Ithaca College campus, questions such as: What is Jewish about the aspx?aID=1125.) He also curated, designed and wrote author David Lehman will present “A Fine Ro- songs written by Berlin, the Gershwins, an exhibit of the same name that traveled to 55 libraries mance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs.” Rodgers and Hart, Harold Arlen, Jerome in 27 states. Lehman’s other nonfiction books include He will talk about the Jewish songwriters who Kern, Leonard Bernstein, Dorothy Fields, “Sinatra’s Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man created America’s popular and Broadway Yip Harburg, Frank Loesser and many oth- and His World” and “One Hundred Autobiographies: A music from the 1920s to the 1960s, known as ers? Who were they and what are their chief Memoir,” which Cornell University Press is publishing the “Great American Songbook.” contributions? What did the non-Jewish Cole this October. A poet, Lehman has published 10 books Many jazz standards and probably a ma- Porter mean when he said that the secret of of poetry (most recently “Playlist” in April). He is the jority of the songs in the “Great American writing hits was to “write Jewish tunes”? What editor of “The Oxford Book of American Poetry” and Songbook” were written by Jewish com- are some of the characteristics of songs such series editor of “The Best American Poetry,” the annual posers and lyricists. They, or their parents, as “Ol’ Man River,” “My Funny Valentine,” anthology he founded in 1988. Lehman divides his time escaped persecution in Eastern Europe, “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” “That’s between New York City and Ithaca. emigrated to the United States, and wrote David Lehman Entertainment,” “But Not For Me” and “Over The lecture is sponsored by Ithaca College’s Jewish musical odes to love, romance, show biz and the Rainbow”? What did the Jewish song- Studies Program and is free and open to the public. For the American dream. To take one example: Russian-born writers borrow from – and lend to – African-American more information, contact Peter Silberman at 274-1496 or Irving Berlin, the son of a cantor, wrote “God Bless musicians, as well as Italian-American crooners? [email protected], or visit the Facebook page www. America,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business” Lehman is the author of “A Fine Romance: Jewish facebook.com/events/901370386928544/. Individuals and “White Christmas” – the best-selling song of all Songwriters, American Songs,” which won the Deems with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact time, which secularizes that holiday – in addition to Taylor Award from the American Society of Composers, Silberman by e-mail or phone. Those planning to attend many of the songs to which Fred Astaire and Ginger Authors and Publishers in 2010. (The Reporter’s review are asked that requests for accommodations be made as Rogers danced. of “A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American soon as possible.

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Weekly Parasha Our covenantal responsibility Ki Tetze, Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 RABBI BARBARA GOLDMAN-WARTELL, TEMPLE CONCORD Parasha Ki Tetze is part of Moses’ last effort to more than any other Torah portion. The core of these person on the same day they work because the person inculcate the ways of Torah in the new generation of mitzvot is Deuteronomy 22:3: “You shall not remain is needy and urgently depends on it. Israelites who were born in the wilderness and would indifferent.” Taken together with Hillel’s Golden These mitzvot are important for us to heed today when enter the Promised Land with Joshua at the lead. Moses Rule, “what is hateful to you, do not do to another,” we may feel emotionally overloaded with the problems tries many ways to impress upon the Israelites how they the two offer compelling reasons to be concerned and of our world. We are commanded not to be indifferent, are to conduct themselves as they enter the Promised actively intervene when others are in pain, suffering or we are commanded not to turn away and we are com- Land. Throughout the book of Deuteronomy, he speaks being treated unjustly. This includes helping animals manded to act to help others. Images of suffering from to them about the entirety of Jewish history and con- who have fallen on the road. We are also taught not times past echo in the suffering we witness today by those tinuity, and our covenantal responsibility toward one to abuse the needy and destitute laborer, irrespective without resources – those far away from their homes and another and with God. of whether the person is a fellow citizen or a foreign suffering from unspeakable traumas. As we learn more This week’s Torah portion contains 72 mitzvot, worker. Deuteronomy 24:15 instructs us to pay the See “Our” on page 7 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: 722-1793, Rabbi’s Office: 722-7514 Office hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 am-2 pm Phone: 723-7461 and 231-3746 Fax: 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: Tuesday, 5:30 pm; Friday, 5:30 pm; Rabbi’s e-mail: [email protected] Regular service times: Friday, 8 pm; Saturday, 10:35 am, when Saturday, 9:30 am Website: www.bethdavid.org religious school is in session. On Saturday, September 14, at 9:30 am, Shabbat ser- Facebook: www.facebook.com/bethdavidbinghamton Hebrew school: Hebrew school meets at 5:15 pm on Tuesdays vices will be led by Rabbi Geoffrey Brown. The Torah Shabbat Services: and Thursdays during the school year unless otherwise noted. Shabbat, Sept. 14...... 9 am portion will be Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19. The haftarah On Friday, September 13, at 7:30 pm, there will be a will be Isaiah 54:1-10 and 54:11-55:5. The kiddush spon- ...... Mincha after kiddush program on “Exploring ‘Mishkan HaNefesh,’” the new High Weekday Services: sors will be Blake McCabe and Judy Simon. Mornings: Holiday prayerbook; and at 8 pm, there will be a Shabbat On Sunday, September 15, at 9:30 am, there will be Sun., Sept. 15...... 8:30 am Evening service led by Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell and a dedication of Section D at the Temple Israel Riverside Mon.-Fri., Sept. 16-20...... 7 am Shari Neuberger from “Mishkan HaNefesh.” Cemetery. (See related article on page 3.) Evenings: On Saturday, September 14, at 9 am, there will be religious On Monday, September 16, at 7:30 pm, there will be Sun.-Thurs., Sept. 15-19...... 6:50 pm school; at 9:15 am, there will be Torah study; and at 10:35 a Ritual Committee meeting. Classes: Rabbi Zev Silber will hold his weekly Talmud class am, there will be a Shabbat morning service. every Tuesday evening after services. On Tuesday, September 17, at 7 pm, there will be a On Tuesday, September 17, at 4:15 and 5:15 pm, there Board of Trustees meeting. On Saturday, September 21, Selichot services will be will be Hebrew school. held at 10:30 pm. On Wednesday, September 18, at 7 pm, there will be an Temple Beth-El of Ithaca Rohr Chabad Center “Exploring Mishkan HaNefesh” class. Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Affiliation: Chabad-Lubavitch On Thursday, September 19, at 4:15 and 5:15 pm, there Rabbi: Scott L. Glass Rabbi Aaron and Rivkah Slonim, Directors will be Hebrew school; and from 5-7 pm, the CHOW pantry Rabbi: Miriam T. Spitzer E-mail: [email protected], rslonim@ will be open. Address: 402 North Tioga St. (the corner of Court and Tioga chabadofbinghamton.com On Friday, September 20, at 7:30 pm, there will be a streets), Ithaca, NY 14850-4292 Address: 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 program on “Exploring ‘Mishkan HaNefesh,’” the new High Phone: 273-5775 Phone: 797-0015 E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Fax: 797-0095 Holiday prayerbook; and at 8 pm, there will be a Shabbat Website: www.tbeithaca.org Website: www.Chabadofbinghamton.com evening service led by Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell President: Randy Ehrenberg Rabbi Zalman and Rochel Chein, Education from “Mishkan HaNefesh.” Sisterhood President: Julie Paige E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] On Saturday, September 21, at 9 am, there will be reli- Director of Education: Rabbi Suzanne Brody Rabbi Levi and Hadasa Slonim, Downtown and Development gious school; at 9:15 am, there will be Torah study; at 10:35 Administrative Assistant: Jane Griffith Chabad Downtown Center: 60 Henry St., Binghamton am, there will be a Shabbat morning service; and at 8 pm, Services: Friday 8 pm; Saturday 10 am, unless otherwise announced. Weekday morning minyan 7:30 am (9 am on E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] there will be a joint Temple Concord/Temple Israel Selichot Rabbi Yisroel and Goldie Ohana, Programming Sundays and legal holidays). E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] service at Temple Israel. Religious School/Education: September-May: Classes meet Regular service times: Daily 7:30 am, Friday evening 6 pm, on Sunday, 9 am-12:30 pm and Wednesday afternoons, Shabbat morning 9:30 am, Maariv and Havdalah one hour Temple Beth El of Oneonta 3:45-5:45 pm. The Midrashah (eighth grade and high school) after candle-lighting time, Sundays 9:30 am. Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism classes will meet at times designated by their respective To join the mailing list, for up-to-date information on adult Rabbi-Cantor: George Hirschfeld teachers. education offerings or to arrange for a private tutorial, for Address: 83 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820 Adult Ed.: Numerous weekly courses, several semester-long details concerning the Judaica shop and resource center, or Mailing address: P.O. Box 383, Oneonta, NY 13820 courses and a variety of mini-courses and lectures are offered for assistance through the Piaker Free Loan Society or Raff Phone: 607-432-5522 throughout the year. Call the temple office for more details. Maasim Tovim Foundation, call Chabad’s office at 797-0015. Website: www.templebetheloneonta.org On Saturday, September 21, Selichot, there will be an E-mail: [email protected] 11 pm coffee hour followed by the midnight penitential Penn-York Jewish Community Regular service times: visit the temple website for days of services and times service. President-Treasurer-Secretary: Harvey Chernosky, 570-265-3869 Religious School/Education: Religious School, for grades B’nai B’rith: William H. Seigel Lodge kindergarten through bar/bat mitzvah, meets Sunday mornings. Congregation Tikkun v’Or Purpose: To promote Jewish identity through religious, For the schedule of services, classes and events, see the website. Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism cultural, educational and social activities in the Southern On Friday, September 20, at 7:30 pm, there will be a Address: PO Box 3981, Ithaca, NY 14852; 2550 Triphammer Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, Rd. (corner of Triphammer and including Waverly, NY; Sayre, Athens and Towanda, PA, Shabbat evening service followed by a special oneg to Burdick Hill), Lansing, NY and surrounding communities. welcome Rabbi George Hirschfeld. Phone: 607-256-1471 On Saturday, September 21, at 9:30 am, there will be a Website: www.tikkunvor.org Norwich Jewish Center Torah service and, from 1-2 pm, a study of Ecclesiastes. E-mail: [email protected] Orientation: Inclusive Presidents: Lauren Korfine and Shira Reisman Rabbi: David Regenspan Kol Haverim Rabbi: Brian Walt Address: 72 South Broad St., Norwich, NY 13815 Affiliation: Society for Humanistic Judaism Religious School Director/Admin. Coordinator: Naomi Contact: Guilia Greenberg, 336-1523 Address: P.O. Box 4972, Ithaca, NY 14852-4972 Wilensky Purpose: To maintain a Jewish identity and meet the needs Phone: 607-277-3345 Services: Fridays at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. of the Jewish community in the area. E-mail: [email protected] Intergenerational Shabbat, music services, and other special Adult Ed.: Saturday morning study is held at 10 am. Call for Website: www.kolhaverim.net services. Call for the weekly schedule. more information and to confirm. Chairwoman: Abby Cohn Religious School: Preschool through seventh-grade classes Kol Haverim: The Finger Lakes Community for Humanistic meet on Sunday mornings. Judaism, is an Ithaca-based organization that brings people Sixth-grade Hebrew and seventh-grade b’nai mitzvah classes Temple Brith Sholom together to explore and celebrate Jewish identity, history, culture meet on Wednesday afternoons. Affiliation: Unaffiliated and ethics within a secular, humanistic framework. KH is part Adult Ed: Mini courses throughout the year. Adult Hebrew Address: P.O. Box 572, 117 Madison St., Cortland, NY 13045 of an international movement for Secular Humanistic Judaism offered regularly. Call the office fordetails. Phone: 607-756-7181 and is affiliated with the Society for Humanistic Judaism, a On Saturday, September 21, Selichot services led by President: Bruce Fein, 607-423-3346 national association with over 30 member communities and Anne Brous will be held at 7:30 pm. Those attending Service leaders: Lay leadership congregations around the country. Established in the spring of are invited to bring a prayer of your own, asking for Shabbat services: Either Friday evening at 7:30 pm or Saturday 1999, it offers celebrations of Jewish holidays, monthly Shabbat forgiveness, or help other attendees construct a prayer at 10 am from Rosh Hashanah to Shavuot. Holiday services pot-lucks, adult education, a twice-monthly Cultural School for are also held. Check the weekly e-mail for upcoming services. children, and a bar and bat mitzvah program. that emerges from the conversation. Contact the president to get on the e-mail list. KH welcomes all individuals and families, including those from Religious School: Students are educated on an individual basis. mixed religious backgrounds, who wish to strengthen the Jewish Temple Brith Sholom is a small equalitarian congregation experience in their lives and provide their children with a Jewish serving the greater Cortland community. Congregants span identity and experience. the gamut of observance and services are largely dependent on the service leader. The Friday night siddur is “Likrat Friday, September 13, light candles before...... 7 pm Shabbat,” while the Saturday morning siddur is “Gates of Prayer.” The community extends a warm welcome to the Saturday, September 14, Shabbat ends...... 7:57 pm Jewish student population of SUNY Cortland, as well as the Friday, September 20, light candles before...... 6:46 pm residents of local adult residences. Saturday, September 21, Shabbat ends...... 7:45 pm September 13-19, 2019 Page 7 - The Reporter Nigerian youth participate in first Jewish Community Jewish leadership seminar Center By JNS staff Jewish community in Lagos has existed for more than 20 JCC Friendship Club (JNS) – More than 250 Nigerian youth and 20 adults years. Most of the communities have at least one place of gathered in Onithsa from August 18-25 for a national week- study or synagogue where members gather for daily and long Jewish leadership and learning seminar organized by Shabbat services. The JCC Friendship Club met on September 4 and saw the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel organization, activist “In recent years, a growing number of Igbo in Nigeria half the video of “A Beautiful Mind.” It is about the adult and educator Danny Limor, and the Nigerian Jewish Youth have chosen to embrace Judaism and seek to learn more about life of John Nash, a mathematical genius who is still living Movement. The seminar included classes in Hebrew and the culture, faith, heritage of Israel and the Jewish people,” in the U.S. He helped solve problems and codes during Torah, lectures, Shabbat activities, singing and dancing. said Shavei Israel founder and Chairman Michael Freund. World War II. It starts when he was entering Princeton The Igbo are one of Nigeria’s largest ethnic groups, and “We decided to answer their call, and we’re working closely University to earn his doctorate. He did not socialize as among them is a minority of some 4,000 people practicing with the Igbo Jewish communities that are now flourishing his other classmates did, but he was very blunt. He told Judaism and defining themselves as the descendants of a in places such as Lagos, Abuja and Anambra state.” one of the men he was introduced to that his necktie was lost tribe of Israel. About 70 Igbo Jewish communities are Shavei Israel is providing these communities with “mathematically ugly.” We stopped the video when a man scattered throughout in Nigeria, founded at different times training programs for young leaders, seminars on Jewish from the FBI approached Dr. Nash and requested that he and under various circumstances, but the first and biggest belief and practice, religious items, and other guidance and help them solve coded messages sent by the enemy. We support. Its emissary to Nigeria, Gadi Bentley, also took will see the rest of the video next week. part in the recent seminar. Sylvia Diamond read the book and knows the story Piaker Continued from page 1 about his life before Princeton University. The reason his siblings. “A prolific writer and she read the book was because her grandson was able to best-selling author, Rabbi Telushkin understand the equations in the book, which most of us has written several of his books on can’t understand. Unfortunately, her grandson died at 21 Jewish ethics, a topic very dear years of age and did not achieve the level of John Nash. to my parents. As a professor at Thanks to Bruce Orden for bringing his equipment to show Binghamton University, my father the video on the screen that the JCC provided. published a number of articles on The meeting was called to order by Sylvia. After the ethics as it related to accounting, Pledge of Allegiance, Ann Brillant said the blessing over and his readings on Jewish ethics the cookies. Sylvia brought in New Year’s cards for Rosh profoundly influenced his career Hashanah. There should be enough for us to write a mes- as a professor of accounting and sage on each one and distribute a card to each resident in as a CPA. Please join us in wel- More than 250 Nigerian youth gathered in the city of nursing facilities and to the home bound. Come join us at coming Rabbi Telushkin to our The cover of Onithsa, Nigeria, for a Jewish leadership and learning the JCC on Wednesday at 1:30 pm. community and to experience an Telushkin’s book seminar organized by the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel Sylvia Diamond evening of Jewish learning from “Rebbe: The Life organization in August. (Photo by Ron Manne/Shavei Israel) President this dynamic speaker!” and Teachings Telushkin tours the United States of Menachem M. as a lecturer on Jewish topics. He Schneerson, the Most Our Continued from page 6 Rap Continued from page 1 has been named by Talk Magazine Influential Rabbi in of the impact of the most recent hurricanes and acts of School, his poem “I am Words” won first place in the as one of the 50 best speakers in the Modern History” violence, our hearts turn to those who are in crisis, in Tri-Cities Women’s Club Youth and Short Story Contest. United States. He has been on the shock and traumatized. We can continue to do our part That work also deals with social justice: “‘I am Words’ is Newsweek list of the 50 most influential rabbis in America to help those in need, so often at no fault of their own. a poem about the power of words,” he said. “It describes since 1997. He wrote the episode “Bar Mitzvah” on the In fact, we are commanded not to be indifferent, but to how words make up someone’s character and can even television show “Touched by an Angel,” guest-starring Kirk be engaged and help others. change the world.” Douglas. Telushkin was ordained at Yeshiva University He would love to be able to continue making music, but is in New York and pursued graduate studies in history at realistic about what that would mean. “I really do wish to pursue Columbia University. He resides in New York City with Moving any time soon? music as a career,” he said. “However, it is a hard career to be his wife, Dvorah Menashe Telushkin. They are the parents Or just leaving town for a few months? successful in. Currently I am... studying international relations of four children. while making music in my dorm room. My next step is to Whether you’re moving across town or maybe take a digital marketing class and learn how to spread across the country, please let The Reporter my product while I keep creating music.” Politics Continued from page 1 know so you can stay up to date on com- Shapiro’s music is available at https://soundcloud.com fall and spring programs. Drawing on local resources, and munity news and quickly receive the paper under the tag Jshaprap. He chose that platform “because inviting scholars and experts from a range of universities at your new (or temporary) address! it is free and very accessible to anyone looking to listen and cultural and religious institutions, CJS sponsors a wide E-mail [email protected] with “Reporter to music,” he said. “In addition, it is very popular among array of programs dealing with Jewish history, culture, Address change” in the subject line, or call teens.” religion and politics. 607-724-2360, ext. 254, to let The Reporter Editor’s note: While some of Shapiro’s music is appro- The College of Jewish Studies, founded in 1986, is an know about your new address. priate for all ages, other songs contain profanity. informal coalition between the Judaic Studies Department of Binghamton University and several area Jewish sponsor- ing institutions: the Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton, Beth David Synagogue, Temple Concord and Temple Israel. Programming for CJS would not be possible without the additional financial sup- port of a grant from The Community Foundation for South Central New York-David and Virginia Eisenberg Donor Advised Fund, the Jacob and Rose Olum Foundation, the B’nai B’rith Lectureship Fund, the Victor and Esther Rozen Foundation, an endowment fund from the former Temple Beth El of Endicott, a grant from the JoyVel Charitable Fund and the donations of individual sponsors.

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JNS briefs Sept. 9, 2019 From JNS.org on Sept. 9. It represents just the latest Iranian violations of the four-year-old agreement. A Top Treasury official: U.S. will sanction buyers of Iranian oil centrifuge enriches uranium through spinning uranium hexafluoride gas. Iran is allowed to operate solely 5,060 older IR-1 centrifuges, per the nuclear accord, which also allows The United States will sanction whoever buys Iranian oil, warned the U.S. Treasury the Islamic Republic to have far less advanced centrifuges for research purposes, not to Department’s top official for countering terrorist financing. “We will continue to put pres- enrich uranium. Over the summer, Iran has vowed to exceed the agreement’s limits on sure on Iran and as [U.S.] President [Donald Trump] said there will be no waivers of any research and development. In July, the IAEA confirmed that the regime surpassed the kind for Iran’s oil,” U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence uranium-enrichment limit under the agreement. Sigal Mandelker told reporters on Sept. 8. Iranian crude-oil exports were reduced by more than 80 percent because of the Trump administration reimposing sanctions lifted under the Canada to appeal decision that West Bank wines can’t be 2015 nuclear deal, which the United States exited in May 2018, along with enacting new labeled “product of Israel” financial penalties against the Islamic Republic. On Sept. 8, Iran stated that its oil tanker The Canadian government announced on Sept. 6 that it will appeal a court ruling from Adrian Darya 1, which was impounded by the United Kingdom off Gibraltar in July and July that stated wine made in Judea and Samaria cannot be labeled a “product of Israel.” released in August despite last-minute efforts by the United States to halt its release, has Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said, “Considering docked somewhere in the Mediterranean and unloaded the ship’s oil. The United States the substantive errors in the earlier judgement and the importance of the outcome of this blacklisted the tanker in August. The week of Sept. 6, it was reported that the oil tanker, case, CIJA will be seeking intervenor status in the appeal. We have retained the services allegedly owned by the IRGC and carrying around 2.1 million barrels of crude oil worth of administrative law experts Mark Freiman and Eric Gertner. ...It is our expectation $130 million, switched off its Automatic Identification System, fueling speculation that it that the Federal Court of Appeal will overturn the lower court’s decision. Our position was heading toward Syria, which would violate U.S. sanctions against Iran’s energy sector. is that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency came to a reasonable decision in accepting IAEA: Iran moves toward enriching uranium the label ‘Product of Israel’ for wines produced in all the geographical area comprised Iran has been installing dozens of advanced centrifuges to accelerate uranium enrich- in the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.” CIJA is the advocacy agency of the Jewish ment, violating the 2015 nuclear deal, warned the International Atomic Energy Agency Federations of Canada-UIA. The court decision was part of a three-year legal dispute over wine produced by Psagot Winery and Shiloh Winery in the West Bank, reported the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation at the time. IDF reports failed missile launch from Syria; mysterious explosions rock Syrian militia base A military base in Syria near the Iraqi border that belongs to an Iran-backed militia was targeted by unidentified warplanes early Sept. 9, killing 18, according to Arab media reports. “Warplanes whose identity is not known so far targeted vehicles and positions of HANDYMAN the Iranian forces and militias loyal to them,” said the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for PLUMBING Human Rights (or SOHR) according to Saudi news network Al Arabiya. Eighteen fighters 4 SENIORS, INC. died in the attack on the facility, according to SOHR, which also housed members of the All your home & HEATING Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist group Hezbollah. 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