March 20-26, 2020 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLIX, Number 12 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK Chesed Challenge brunch cancelled Federation Alert Chesed Challenge still A joint statement from the Jewish to take place Federation of Greater Binghamton and Jewish Family Service By Reporter staff community is far more important. We felt Even though the brunch to launch the that we needed to cancel the brunch in Shalom chaverim (dear friends), know of someone who is. Your well-being Jewish Federation of Greater Bingham- order to follow the guidelines set out to As we are living through this challeng- and safety is our top priority. God willing, ton’s Chesed Challenge is not taking keep us safe.” ing time, with COVID-19 disrupting our we will be together again soon. place, the Chesed Challenge, a Hubal noted, though, that the way of life, we here at the Jewish Fed- Our mission is to support and sustain matching gift campaign that Chesed Challenge will still take eration and Jewish Family Service want the Binghamton Jewish community. We will take place from March place. “I’m so grateful for our to let you all know that we care. It has thank all the caring donors who support 29-April 30, is still on. donor’s generosity,” Hubal never been more important to remember the work we do. Please be smart, stay safe An anonymous donor has added. “People can double that we are part of a community and that and follow the government’s guidelines pledged to double any new the gift they give to the Fed- kol Yisrael aravim zeh ba zeh (all Jews that are set out for us all. gift, up to $10,000 total, given eration, which will allow us to are responsible for each other). L’shalom, to the Federation through the end do even more for our wonderful Community events and weekly ser- Shelley Hubal, Jewish Federation of April. community. If you haven’t yet vices are being cancelled, causing isola- Executive Director “I’m so disappointed that the pledged to the 2020 Campaign, this tion. Financial and job security may be Suzanne Holwitt, Jewish Federation brunch with Rebekka Goldsmith will is a great time to do it.” a stressor for some. Health concerns are President not be taking place,” said Shelley Hubal, Donations may be sent to the Federation, dictating our daily activities. Although our Rose Shea, Jewish Family Service executive director of the Federation. “I 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal, NY13850. More office in the Jewish Community Center is Director was so looking forward to a morning of information about how to donate online will closed to the community, we encourage Rita Bleier, Chairwoman, Jewish song and community, but the health of be forthcoming. you to call or e-mail us if you are in need or Family Service Committee Local organizations announce postponed and cancelled events Federation cancels March 29 brunch childcare, call the JCC at 724-2417 for Loigman, take place during World War II. munity’s Annual Campaign kickoff party The Jewish Federation of Greater Bing- more information. Frugal Fani program on March 22 scheduled for March 29 has been cancelled. hamton has cancelled the kick-off brunch Reporter Triva fund-raiser cancelled The IAUJC hopes to reschedule the event for the Chesed Challenge that was to take The Reporter’s trivia fund-raiser that was Temple Concord Sisterhood announced at a later date. place on March 29. The Chesed Challenge to have been held on March 19 has been that the program featuring Frugal Fani has TI-TC adult ed. program postponed is still taking place. For more information, postponed. See future issues of The Reporter been cancelled. The Sisterhood is research- The Temple Israel/Temple Concord see the article on this page. for more information about a new date. ing methods to bring Frugal Fani’s message Adult Education Group brunch and pro- Broome County synagogues limit Dr. Elissa Sampson lecture at BU to the community at a later date. gram that was to be held on April 5 has face-to-face gatherings postponed IAUJC Campaign party cancelled been postponed. See future issues of The Beth David Synagogue, Temple Concord The lecture by Professor Elissa Sampson The Ithaca Area United Jewish Com- Reporter for more information. and Temple Israel announced that they are of Cornell University that was to be held at limiting face-to-face gatherings. That means Binghamton University on March 26 has there were will no services or programming been postponed until the fall. Chabad to offer shopping held until further notice. Some meetings, Book Club at Temple Concord services and classes will be available on- The March 31 meeting of the Book Club line or by phone. For specific information, at Temple Concord has been canceled. A for elderly contact the synagogues by phone or e-mail. decision about the April 21 meeting will be The Barry Raff Maasim Tovim Foundation, which is administered through the JCC cancels classes/meetings made closer to the meeting. If the club meets Chabad Center, will facilitate a service for the older and immunologically compromised The Jewish Community Center an- on May 5, it will hold a Book Club “double members of the local community. Binghamton University students who remain in the nounced that for the immediate future header” since the March 31 historical novel, area have volunteered to do grocery shopping, pharmacy runs and other errands for all classes and meetings have been can- “The Room on Rue Amelie” by Kristin these community members. celled. The pool and the Fitness Center Harmel, and the May 5 historical novel, Those interested in using this service should contact Chabad at 797-0015. are also closed until further notice. For “The Wartime Sisters” by Lynda Cohen Spotlight Creating community through music: an interview of Rebekka Goldsmith By Rabbi Rachel Esserman think about the role of voice and come interested in the Rising through singing in the secular world for Editor’s note: Rebekka Goldsmith was leadership in institute programs. Song institute? 15 years and, when I walked into my first to perform at brunch launching the Jewish She is currently working on a Answer: I became interested Rising Song Intensive three years ago, I Federation of Greater Binghamton’s the multi-disciplinary performance in the Rising Song Institute felt the power and possibility of doing this Chesed Challenge. The brunch has now piece called, “Seeding the Tree” through the annual New York kind of work in Jewish community. This been cancelled, but we think readers will that incorporates community, Hadar Rising Song Intensive experience prompted me to begin partnering still find this interview of interest. Jewish spirituality and music. that happens in December. Every with local Jewish communities in Seattle Rebekka Goldsmith is a resident and The following is an e-mail year a growing number of plural- (where I lived) to lead community singing vocal arts consultant for the Rising Song interview Goldsmith did with istic Jews gather to sing for three- events. I continued following the work of Institute, where she coaches other residents. Reporter Executive Editor Rab- five days in a powerful and rich Joey Weisenberg, founder of The Rising She also works the institute directors, Joey bi Rachel Esserman. community music making event. Song Institute, and when he and Co-director Weisenberg and Rabbi Yosef Goldman, to Question: How did you be- Rebekka Goldsmith I had been building community See “Music” on page 7 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Coronavirus webinars Nationwide closures News in brief... Special Sections Israeli doctors are giving medical Jewish organizations, schools Israeli-Palestinian cooperation Legal Notices...... 4 advice through webinars to and communities institute action, to fight virus; British lawmakers Car Care...... 5 quarantined coronavirus patients. even close, due to coronavirus. demand changes to P.A. textbooks. Personal and Business Services...... 7 ...... Page 2 ...... Page 5 ...... Page 8 Classifieds...... 8 Page 2 - The Reporter March 20-26, 2020 Israeli doctors offer On the Jewish food scene online advice to Thoughts on noodles and COVID-19 patients By JNS staff (JNS) – Israeli doctors are giving webinars to quarantined COVID-19 patients in China and elsewhere in a project potatoes organized by Innonation, an Israeli innovation platform By Rabbi Rachel Esserman relatives in Canada so she could have what she still for international collaboration. When I was a child, noodle kugel was the ultimate calls “real Italian food.” I also love noodles in Asian Innonation is working with 100 volunteering Israeli comfort food. In fact, I didn’t realize there was any sauces, particularly when they feature a large number doctors to provide a series of interactive video broadcasts other kind of kugel until I was far into my adult years. of vegetables. on various medical areas related to the coronavirus, Certainly no other kugel ever appeared on our dinner By the way, it’s not that I don’t like potatoes. It’s including children; how to maintain proper hygiene table. In fact, it’s still difficult for me to think of a po- just I think there are better ways to eat potatoes than and potential skin issues from wearing a mask for a tato kugel as a real kugel; it seems to be a completely potato kugel, for example, mashed potatoes (another long time; diet; psychology and dealing with anxieties; different dish that should have a completely different comfort food) or any type of fried potato. (Think french pregnancy; and signs of a serious illness that require name. The kugel I loved was sweet, although I don’t fries, hash browns, etc.) When my stomach is upset, immediate attention. believe it had raisins, just noodles, cottage cheese and I love a plain boiled potato, although now I throw a The webinars are limited to 100 people for the live feed, cinnamon. (There may have been other ingredients, bag of potatoes in the microwave rather than cooking but are recorded but, since we haven’t made it in decades due to dietary them on the stove. They come out soft and warm, and and available for restrictions, I don’t remember.) There was definitely are great either plain or with butter. I’ve even come free viewing on not pineapple. Although I like pineapple, in my mind, to like potato salad, something I never ate when I was demand. Patients it just doesn’t belong in kugel. a kid. Come to think of it, I never ate macaroni salad can also ask It’s odd that I didn’t mind that the kugel contained then either. I’m not sure why: maybe a problem with questions during the cottage cheese since I’ve never been a fan. I re- mayonnaise? However, tastes change: I now use a lot the live video member that, in college, my friends and I were trying of mayo and mustard when making tuna salad, potato broadcasts. to eat healthy and that meant having cottage cheese salad and macaroni salad. (That latter salad has to have Innonation is for breakfast. Some days, the one person who liked mayo in it. If you use an oil and vinegar based dressing, providing a stu- cottage cheese would mention how particular good it’s pasta salad.) When I was a kid, the only time I used dio in Tel Aviv Workers wearing protective suits it was. That always drew a blank stare from me. Raw mustard was on New York City-style deli sandwiches. and the Chinese disinfected a bus in Tel Aviv as a cottage cheese was never good any day. Cooked cottage Otherwise, my condiment of choice – for hot dogs, translators for preventive measure amid fears over cheese is a different story. I love it in kugel and used hamburgers, french fries or sandwiches – was ketchup. the webinars. the spread of coronavirus on March to enjoy what was called a weight-watcher Danish: Going back to kugel for a moment (yes, I know the The videos are 9. (Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) bread with a thin layer of jam, which was then covered last couple of paragraphs have gone far off topic), books broadcast on the with cottage cheese and topped with lots of cinnamon. on the history of Jewish food note the great debates in Chinese social-media network called Weibo and Zoom, a I haven’t had one of those in decades, but I remember Europe over whether a kugel should be savory or sweet. video-conferencing platform. liking them. Of course, the cinnamon helped: it’s one Pepper or sugar: that was the question asked. The choice The doctors who volunteered for the video project are of my favorite spices. made was usually based on the part of Europe in which from some of Israel’s “most prominent” hospitals, including The reason noodle kugel struck me as a comfort food the family lived. It’s likely these discussions continued the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Rambam Health Care is most likely due to the noodles. There is something in our country when someone preferring savory kugel Campus, Wolfson Medical Center and Soroka Medical wonderful about noodles and pasta-like foods – whether married someone who preferred sweet. Imagine the Center, reported Israel21C. Innonation has also started they are served Italian or Asian style. Yes, I think of arguments they might have about whuch to serve for operating broadcast stations at all participating hospitals. both of them as the same type of food, even though Shabbat or a holiday. While I’m usually pretty opinion- The online project aims to help people in China, Japan, the sauces are very different. I grew up in Endicott/ ated about food, I’ll take a pass on making a decision South Korea, Italy, the United States, Israel and any other Endwell and Italian food was king. I have a friend between the two this time because I’ll eat either type countries where people are quarantined. Innonation has also who moved to Alabama after finishing nursing school of kugel – noodle or potato – that is, if someone else donated medical supplies, including masks and medical and always stopped in this area on her way to visit makes it for me. gowns, to China. Opinion In My Own Words Stocking up RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Editor’s note: This column was written before the school quarantined due to exposure to the coronavirus. epidemic that occurred after World War I than in the war dismissals and quarantines in the area, and the report of I’m not in panic mode yet because, as I write this, there itself. According to different reports, 11-20 million people one case of coronavirus (or COVID-19) in the county, but are no known cases of the virus in Broome County. I do died in the war. The influenza epidemic killed an estimated it is still relevant to current events. expect that change, if only because of people traveling 50 million. We’ve been lucky that no major disease with When I lived on my own and suffered from colitis attacks, to areas around New York City that have had exposure. such a large death toll has occurred in the last 100 years. We I kept my cupboards stocked with enough food so that, if I My first thought about being in quarantine was that peo- also take for granted that scientists will quickly find a cure had an attack that lasted for several days, I wouldn’t have ple from my synagogue would buy me food, but what if or create a vaccine for any illness before it does as much to worry about going grocery shopping. That meant there that’s where the exposure takes place? Even if I didn’t damage. But scientific cures are a matter of determination was food on hand for me to eat the one time a day I might contract the disease, I wouldn’t want to risk exposing and luck, so there are no guarantees. have some appetite. friends and coworkers, especially those I know who have No guarantees: it’s difficult for many of us to admit When my mom or I were grocery shopping for two or respiratory ailments. we don’t have complete control over our lives. If we do more people the past 20 years, our cupboards were always So, I now have extra boxes of pasta and crackers in the everything right and take care of ourselves, then we’ll live fully stocked. It took some effort after my mom went into a cupboard. Instead of having one extra jar of peanut butter to a ripe old age. But, as anyone who has lived long enough nursing home to remember that I was now buying for only for when I use up the current one (I always try to be one knows, life does not always go as planned, something one person, but I finally managed to do so. That meant my ahead on things), I have three. (Well, the one in use is more acknowledged in the Yiddish saying, “Man plans and God cupboards and refrigerator have looked pretty bare lately, than halfway finished so that’s only really two and a half laughs.” All we can do is hope for the best – and wash our except for the frozen health food meals I keep in case I’m ahead.) I’ve also bought canned fruit, something I haven’t hands. We can keep ourselves as healthy as possible, and too tired, or don’t feel well enough, to cook. done since I used to have the colitis attacks. There are more offer prayers that our scientists, medical personnel and I’ve always had more than enough to eat, but only vegetables in the freezer than the cupboard, but that’s not a those in charge of governmental agencies do their best kept one replacement of staples in the cupboard. How- problem. I’m not worried about having the greatest diet, but to protect us. ever, the past few weeks that’s changed. Why? I’ve about having enough to eat until a quarantine would be lifted. Panic does not help. Planning can. It also doesn’t hurt been stocking up on extra supplies – notice, please, I I am taking this seriously, though. My reading has long to tell the people you care about just how much you love said stocking up, not hoarding – in case I need to be made me aware that far more people died of the influenza them, in case the worst does occur.

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Editorial/News Regular weekly deadline is noon, Wednesday, for the following week’s newspaper. www.thereportergroup.org March 20-26, 2020 Page 3 - The Reporter Chabad to hold community seder; shmura matzah available for purchase As of March 16, Chabad Center was still to be welcomed – just are you are – as part planning on holding its seder. For more of the family.” information closer to the event, contact the There is no charge for the seder, but Chabad seder in a box Chabad office at 797-0015. donations to help defray the cost would In light of the precautions being taken in the face of the coronavirus, Chabad of Chabad Center will hold a Passover seder be appreciated and can be sent to Chabad Binghamton announced that it will deliver a “seder in a box” to any older or immuno- open to the general community on the first before or after the holiday. “We will be logically compromised individual who fears attending a seder with a group of friends night of the holiday, Wednesday, April 8. serving a full course, traditional holiday or family. Passover begins this year on the evening of Wednesday, April 8. Festivities will begin with services at 7:15 dinner, but I do urge participants to have Interested parties are asked to e-mail [email protected] or call the Chabad pm followed by the seder. Services and the a bite to eat earlier in the evening to tide office at 797-0015 to reserve a box for themselves, a family member or a friend. The seder will be held at the Chabad Center, 420 them over the ceremonial, opening portion box will include matzah, grape juice, dinner and all of the ceremonial items necessary Murray Hill Rd., Vestal. of the seder, which precedes dinner,” added for a seder. A haggadah will be included as well. The seder will include all of the tradi- Rivky Slonim. The subsidized cost of the “Seder in a Box” is $36. Community members who tional observances, a full-course dinner, For more information and reservations, wish to assist in this effort can help with delivery, can underwrite a box or two, and/ handmade shmura matzah and “mystical e-mail [email protected] or call the or can help with the cooking of the food and packaging of the boxes. insights.” The haggadah will be read Chabad office at 797-0015. To offer assistance, contact the Chabad office. Checks earmarked for this purpose with participation from all present in Shmura matzah may be sent to Chabad Center, 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, NY 13850. both Hebrew and English, and the many Handmade shmura matzah will be customs and traditions of the seder will available for purchase through the Chabad be explained. House for $17 a pound (three matzahs can your Home Health Aide Needed “Our seder is open to anyone who wants be purchased for $10) as long as the supply to attend a traditional seder; no previous lasts, interested parties are urged to place knowledge or level of observance is re- their orders as soon as possible. To order ad quired,” explained Rabbi Aaron Slonim, shmura matzah, call the Chabad Center at Woman to cook executive director of Chabad. “Be prepared 797-0015. could and clean for TC Sisterhood to hold be elderly woman here! 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Wishing you and your family peace, health Passover and happiness Purim celebrated in this Pesach Blessings local nursing facilities Your Name(s) Your Name(s) Style A•$38 Actual Size: 3.22” x 1.975” Style B•$38 Actual Size: 3.22” x 1.975” By Sylvia Diamond because they were quarantined due to the Purim parties were held recently at four flu. Shalach manot was given to a Jewish 2020 nursing facilities: Castle Gardens, Vestal resident in quarantine. PASSOVER Park, Hill Top and Elderwood. Funds do- On March 4, a Purim party was held April 3 (Deadline: 3/26) (April 10 (Deadline: 4/2) Health Care Greetings issue) nated by Jewish Family Service helped pay at Hill Top. Orden and Ann Brillant, Name______for entertainment. members of the JCC Friendship Club, The party at Castle Gardens were held joined Diamond at the facility. Rabbi Address______on March 2. Although there were only Barbara Goldman-Wartell came dressed City______Your two Jewish residents, there were more in a costume. She also showed a megillah State______Zip______Phone______than 10 guests present. Sylvia Diamond as she told the story of Purim. About 40 Name(s) gave out groggers and told the story of residents were present and shalach manot Greeting Style______Queen Esther with the help of Bruce was given to the one Jewish resident Message______Orden. Music sheets were passed out and present. As hamantashen were passed ______people sang Purim songs. Deb Foreman out, Diamond played a tape of Purim Style C • $20 How you would like it signed______Actual Size: played the piano. Refreshments were music by Debbie Friedman. Fay Clark, 1.5278” x 1.975” passed out thanks to Paula Francisca, the activities director, and her staff helped ______the activities director. with the refreshments. On March 3, a Purim party was held On March 5, a Purim party was held We accept r Visa r Mastercard r American Express r Discover (if applicable) at Vestal Park in Vestal Center. 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Those in the The bags were delivered by Diamond, Orden 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal, NY 13850. Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton 1.5278” x 1.975” nursing home wing were not able to attend and Rabbi Rachel Esserman. ÊVisit us on the web at www.thereportergroup.org Page 4 - The Reporter March 20-26, 2020 Off the Shelf Jewish food studies RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN Wikipedia defines the discipline of food studies as “the no economical or ecological reasons for the Israelites not section in which he describes the animals that are kosher as critical examination of food and its contexts within sci- eating pork. Among her most interesting points is the fact those that depend on God for their food (meaning they eat ence, art, history, society and other fields. It is distinctive that the Torah contains no restrictions on plant life; any grass and other grains) as opposed to those who eat meat. from other food-related areas of study such as nutrition, type of edible plant can be consumed. David C. Kraemer This summary doesn’t do justice to the sheer amount agriculture, gastronomy and culinary arts in that it tends describes how the ancient rabbis strengthened food taboos of information included in “Feasting and Fasting.” All to look beyond the mere consumption, production, and and limited sharing meals with non-Jews after the Second the essays were all well written and absorbing. Anyone aesthetic appreciation of food, and tries to illuminate food Temple was destroyed. For example, the rules surrounding interested in food studies or Jewish history will want to as it relates to a vast number of academic fields.” Jewish the mixing of meat and milk greatly expanded during this read this book. food studies give an additional dimension to the discipline time period. Bread and wine became privileged foods that While “Feasting and Fasting” features many writers, by showing how dietary restrictions and the customs that now had their own blessing. Kraemer notes that the rabbis “The Dairy Restaurant” is the work of one author. Actually, arrive from their practice have changed Jewish religious believed that their dietary habits were of importance to God the word author doesn’t capture what Katchor does since practice. Some works – for example, “Feasting and Fasting: and considered food “a crucial instrument in worshiping God his black-and-white drawings are found on almost every The History and Ethics of Jewish Food” edited by Aaron and celebrating life.... Eating itself came to be understood as page in the book and serve to complement his prose. His S. Gross, Jody Myers and Jordan D. Rosenblum (New potentially fused with holiness.” The rules of kashrut were work is part musing on religion; part history of dairy food York University Press) – are formal and academic, while seen by the rabbis as a way of preserving Jewish continuity. from the Garden of Eden to contemporary times; a look at others, such as “The Dairy Restaurant” by Ben Katchor These stringencies continued during the medieval period vegetarian movements in Europe and the U.S.; a listing of (Nextbook/Schocken), are more personal and idiosyncratic. (11th-16th centuries), according to Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus. every dairy restaurant open in New York City during the Both works show the many connections that exist between In fact, the rules became stricter when dealing with the 20th century; and part sly commentary about the Jewish food, history and Judaism. production of wine (making certain no one but Jews would world. Readers would also do well not to stake their reli- “Feasting and Fasting” is a fascinating look at food be involved in its preparation) and with the separation of gious practice based on what Katchor writes. (He says that from a variety of different angles. In the introduction, meat and milk (including the first use of different pots and camel’s milk is kosher, but it’s not. Only milk from kosher Gross notes that “on the one hand, the book is about Jewish utensils for each). The author also notes the difference diets animals is kosher and camels are not kosher.) However, traditions, and food functions as the focal point in exam- found in Ashkenazic and Sephardic food cultures. The former Katchor is not looking to write a guide to kashrut, but ining different forms of Judaism, different ‘Judaisms’.... “relied on root vegetables, legumes, and fermented foods rather... actually, sometimes it’s hard to tell exactly what On the other hand, this book is also a study of what we (like herring) better suited to the shorter growing season he wants to accomplish. might call the religious dimensions of food, and the case and long winters.” Sephardic Jews ate what is now called Although large sections of the book do not directly deal of Judaism serves as an exemplum in the wide-ranging a Mediterranean diet: “primarily grains, wine, olive oil, with Jews or Jewish dietary practices, Katchor’s musings scholarly discussion of how we might best think about vegetables and nuts, and small amounts of meat and fish.” about Jews and food are the best parts of the book. For exam- the intersection of food and religion.” The first section, Looking at more modern times, Jodie Myers writes of the ple, he notes, “Through restaurant culture, the regional, lin- “History,” offers historical analysis of Jewish dietary laws changes that occurred as the use of plates and silverware guistic, political, culinary, religious, and class distinctions from biblical to contemporary times. The second section, increased: people were no longer eating with their hands or among Jews of New York City in these years [the 1800s] “Food and Culture,” features case studies of particular types eating from a common bowl. This now meant that homes were brought to relief. There existed as many types of Jewish of Jewish food and how they reflect different aspects of had to have separate dishes and silverware for meat and restaurants as there were types of Jews. English-language Jewish culture. The third section, “Ethics,” looks at moral dairy. During the latter part of this period, the arbitrators of reports highlighted the obvious divisions between kosher and ethical questions about food in contemporary times, kashrut changed from women making decisions for their and non-kosher, affluent and poor restaurants, but among for example, the treatment of farm animals, whether or not own households to certification by organizations run by men. Jews themselves public eating choices were propelled by a one should be a vegetarian, and the question of rabbinic The section “Food and Culture” focuses on individual smell in the air, a momentary assimilationist impulse, or a supervision of kashrut (Jewish dietary laws). foods and includes a look at garlic as a Jewish food by Jor- pang of homesickness.” Katchor is also quite funny when The essays offering an overview ofkashrut through the dan D. Rosenblum; an exploration of how Christians and writing about why Jews might choose a particular food: ages contain provocative ideas that inspire different ways Muslims viewed Jewish food by David M. Freidenreich; “The range of reactions to the food of one’s childhood – at of looking at the dietary restrictions. For example, Elaine and an excellent explanation by Zev Eleff of how peanut home and at local restaurants – is wide. To some that food Adler Goodfriend explores what foods were actually eaten oil, which was once kosher for use on Passover, came to be is part of a lost paradise that they strive to return to for the during biblical times. She discusses possible reasons for considered chametz (not kosher for Passover). David Weiss rest of their life. To others, it represents a family bondage the biblical laws, while noting that, for example, there were writes one of the most interesting essays in the “Ethics” See “Food” on page 7

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Weekly Parasha Working for a common purpose Vayakel-Pekudai, Exodus 35:1-40:38 RABBI PEG KERSHENBAUM, CONGREGATION B’NAI HARIM, POCONO PINES It is amazing what people can accomplish when they The portion picks up where the story of the plans for there had been a clamor for donations toward the Golden are working for a common purpose that holds the promise building was interrupted by that Golden Calf incident, Calf, people had not been united. Some (traditionally, of lasting importance. as if now that the Israelites had been turned back to God the women) had held back. But for the building of the Vayakel-Pekudai, our doubled Torah portion, presents and had suffered the consequences for apostasy, things Mishkan, everyone wanted to take part. And, if they detailed descriptions of the actual crafting of the Tabernacle could go along as before. It’s likely that the remaining didn’t have materials, they were endowed with skill, and all its furnishings, the outfits for the priests and every Israelites were somewhat more inspired to do what they either before they volunteered it or, marvelously, in the element of the new cult imaginable. All of these things are could to make sure their sincerity was not in doubt. But very act of getting involved. imbued with holiness. there is no feeling that their contributions were sin offer- Betzalel, Oholiab and the skilled craftsmen and women But, wait. Two questions arise. Where did all the mate- ings! Over and over, the text stresses that contributions of were able to see in all that material the makings of the rials come from – especially the gold that had been given materials and skills were to be made with a willing heart Tabernacle fit for theShekhinah , the indwelling Presence up for the building of the Golden Calf, just one parasha by anyone so moved. These were voluntary, “free-will” of God. They organized the work and it was carried out. ago? And, how can all these gifts, brought by human be- offerings. People brought whatever they found in their When Moses made an accounting of all the materials used ings, become holy? possession that fit some category of the many materials and all the work involved, the people’s participation was on Moses’ list. Even if they didn’t have gold, they might validated and their pride in their accomplishment was made have wood. And even if wood wasn’t easily procured, real before their eyes. Community Calendar perhaps some oil or spices lay among their possessions. How did their personal items become sacred objects? Some wool from the flock? Some tanned skins? Surely Kadosh, sacred, means “set apart.” When we, as a full Jewish The Community Calendar can be found on the Jewish all who were willing to search within their tents could community, can set ourselves apart from our differences, Federation of Greater Binghamton’s website, www.jfgb. find something. (It’s quite surprising what people will our disagreements and our derogatory speech toward one org, by clicking on “calendar.”Updates or additions of take with them into exile. Go visit a Jewish Museum to another and work together on a task of spiritual significance, events for the calendar can be made by contacting the see what Jews took as they fled, escaped or just moved the entire enterprise becomes holy. That is not miraculous; Federation through its website (click on “calendar” and from different homes!) that is the natural outcome of pluralistic cooperation on a then “click here to request a change to the calendar”) So, these unsullied gifts were all brought with a great mutually beneficial project. May we find many such projects or by calling 724-2332. outpouring of enthusiasm and excitement. Clearly, when and continue to be am kadosh, a holy people. Congregational Notes Beth David Synagogue Temple Concord Affiliation: Orthodox Union Synagogues limit face-to-face Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism Rabbi: Zev Silber gatherings Rabbi: Barbara Goldman-Wartell Address: 39 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Phone: 722-1793 Beth David Synagogue, Temple Concord Office hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 am-2 pm Rabbi’s Office: 722-7514 and Temple Israel announced that they are Phone: 723-7355, Fax: 723-0785 Fax: 722-7121 Office e-mail: [email protected] Office hours: Mon. closed; Tues. 10 am-1 pm; Wed. closed; limiting face-to-face gatherings. That means Website: www.templeconcord.com Thurs. 9 am-1 pm; Fri. 10 am-1 pm there will be no services or programming Regular service times: Friday, 8 pm; Saturday, 10:35 am, Beth David e-mail address: [email protected] when religious school is in session. Rabbi’s e-mail: [email protected] held until further notice. Some meetings, Hebrew school: Hebrew school meets at 4:15 pm and 5:15 Website: www.bethdavid.org services and classes will be available online pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the school year Facebook: www.facebook.com/bethdavidbinghamton unless otherwise noted. Rohr Chabad Center or by phone. Friday, March 20: Tell A Story Shabbat – Hias Na- Affiliation: Chabad-Lubavitch For specific information regarding services tional Refuge Shabbat observed during virtual Shabbat Rabbi Aaron and Rivkah Slonim, Directors (including online services), meetings and services at 8 pm. Visit Temple Concord’s Facebook page E-mail: [email protected], rslonim@ to join “Shabbat Service Live.” It will be in the video chabadofbinghamton.com classes at any of the area synagogues, section, as well. Address: 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 contact them by phone or e-mail. Saturday, March 21: Virtual Torah study from Phone: 797-0015, Fax: 797-0095 9:15-10:30 am; visit https://binghamton.zoom. Website: www.Chabadofbinghamton.com Rabbi Zalman and Rochel Chein, Education Temple Israel us/j/342411102 or call 1-929-205-6099 on a phone, then E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Orientation: Conservative put in the meeting ID number, 342 411 102# . Rabbi Levi and Hadasa Slonim, Downtown and Development Rabbi: Geoffrey Brown Chabad Downtown Center: 60 Henry St., Binghamton Address: 4737 Deerfield Pl., Vestal, NY 13850 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Phone: 723-7461 and 231-3746 Penn-York Jewish Community Rabbi Yisroel and Goldie Ohana, Programming Office hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 am-4 pm; Fri., 8 am-3 pm President-Treasurer-Secretary: Harvey Chernosky, 570- E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 265-3869 Regular service times: Daily 7:30 am, Friday evening 6 pm, Website: www.templeisraelvestal.org B’nai B’rith: William H. Seigel Lodge Shabbat morning 9:30 am, Maariv and Havdalah one hour Service Schedule: Tuesday, 5:30 pm; Friday, 5:30 pm; Saturday, Purpose: To promote Jewish identity through religious, after candle-lighting time, Sundays 9:30 am. 9:30 am cultural, educational and social activities in the Southern To join the mailing list, for up-to-date information on adult The temple office will be closed Wednesday-Friday, April Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, education offerings or to arrange for a private tutorial, for 8-10, and Wednesday-Thursday, April 15-16. including Waverly, NY; Sayre, Athens and Towanda, PA, details concerning the Judaica shop and resource center, and surrounding communities. or for assistance through the Piaker Free Loan Society or Raff Maasim Tovim Foundation, call Chabad’s office Norwich Jewish Center Congregation Tikkun v’Or at 797-0015. Orientation: Inclusive Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism Rabbi: David Regenspan Address: PO Box 3981, Ithaca, NY 14852; 2550 Triphammer Temple Beth El of Oneonta Address: 72 South Broad St., Norwich, NY 13815 Rd. (corner of Triphammer and Burdick Hill), Lansing, NY Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Contact: Guilia Greenberg, 336-1523 Phone: 607-256-1471 Rabbi-Cantor: George Hirschfeld Purpose: To maintain a Jewish identity and meet the needs of Website: www.tikkunvor.org Address: 83 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820 the Jewish community in the area. E-mail: [email protected] Mailing address: P.O. Box 383, Oneonta, NY 13820 Adult Ed.: Saturday morning study is held at 10 am. Call for Presidents: Lauren Korfine and Shira Reisman Phone: 607-432-5522 more information and to confirm. Rabbi: Brian Walt Website: www.templebetheloneonta.org Religious School Director/Admin. Coordinator: Naomi Wilensky E-mail: [email protected] Services: Fridays at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. Regular service times: visit the temple website for days of Temple Beth-El of Ithaca Intergenerational Shabbat, music services, and other special services and times Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism services. Call for the weekly schedule. Religious School/Education: Religious School, for grades Rabbi: Miriam T. Spitzer Religious School: Preschool through seventh-grade classes kindergarten through bar/bat mitzvah, meets Sunday mornings. Rabbi Emeritus: Scott L. Glass meet on Sunday mornings. For the schedule of services, classes and events, see the Address: 402 North Tioga St. (the corner of Court and Tioga Sixth-grade Hebrew and seventh-grade b’nai mitzvah classes website. streets), Ithaca, NY 14850-4292 meet on Wednesday afternoons. Phone: 273-5775 Adult Ed: Mini courses throughout the year. Adult Hebrew Kol Haverim E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] offered regularly. Call the office fordetails. Affiliation: Society for Humanistic Judaism Website: www.tbeithaca.org Address: P.O. Box 4972, Ithaca, NY 14852-4972 President: Randy Ehrenberg Phone: 607-277-3345 Sisterhood President: Julie Paige Temple Brith Sholom E-mail: [email protected] Director of Education: Rabbi Suzanne Brody Affiliation: Unaffiliated Website: www.kolhaverim.net Administrative Assistant: Jane Griffith Address: P.O. Box 572, 117 Madison St., Cortland, NY 13045 Chairwoman: Abby Cohn Services: Friday 8 pm; Saturday 10 am, unless otherwise Phone: 607-756-7181 Kol Haverim: The Finger Lakes Community for Humanistic announced. Weekday morning minyan 7:30 am (9 am on Sundays President: Bruce Fein, 607-423-3346 Judaism, is an Ithaca-based organization that brings people and legal holidays). Service leaders: Lay leadership together to explore and celebrate Jewish identity, history, culture Religious School/Education: September-May: Classes meet on Shabbat services: Either Friday evening at 7:30 pm or Saturday and ethics within a secular, humanistic framework. KH is part Sunday, 9 am-12:30 pm and Wednesday afternoons, 3:45-5:45 at 10 am from Rosh Hashanah to Shavuot. Holiday services of an international movement for Secular Humanistic Judaism pm. The Midrashah (eighth grade and high school) classes will are also held. Check the weekly e-mail for upcoming services. and is affiliated with the Society for Humanistic Judaism, a meet at times designated by their respective teachers. Contact the president to get on the e-mail list. national association with over 30 member communities and Adult Ed.: Numerous weekly courses, several semester-long Religious School: Students are educated on an individual basis. congregations around the country. Established in the spring of courses and a variety of mini-courses and lectures are offered Temple Brith Sholom is a small equalitarian congregation 1999, it offers celebrations of Jewish holidays, monthly Shabbat throughout the year. Call the temple office for more details. serving the greater Cortland community. Congregants span pot-lucks, adult education, a twice-monthly Cultural School for the gamut of observance and services are largely dependent children, and a bar and bat mitzvah program. on the service leader. The Friday night siddur is “Likrat KH welcomes all individuals and families, including those Friday, March 20, light candles before...... 6:58 pm Shabbat,” while the Saturday morning siddur is “Gates of from mixed religious backgrounds, who wish to strengthen Saturday, March 21, Shabbat ends...... 8 pm Prayer.” The community extends a warm welcome to the the Jewish experience in their lives and provide their children Friday, March 27, light candles before...... 7:06 pm Jewish student population of SUNY Cortland, as well as the with a Jewish identity and experience. Saturday, March 28, Shabbat ends...... 8:07 pm residents of local adult residences. March 20-26, 2020 Page 7 - The Reporter

Music Continued from page 1 Rabbi Yosef Goldman created a nine-month residency, I into all of our musical traditions and create a pathway to Answer: I am an improviser at heart. I have studied for was very excited to apply. We are seven months into this our own spiritual capacity. In this way, music is a powerful many years with master improviser Rhiannon and have inaugural year and it has been a rich, growth0filled expe- conduit between the physical and spiritual self. made improvisational singing a core part of my teaching. rience, one in which I am honored to participate. Question: How do you see music playing a role in At its core, improvisation is about singing the present Question: How can music help people connect to spir- creating community? moment. As a practice, we grow our ability to listen, to ituality and Judaism? Answer: As Americans, Jews live in a society that val- be comfortable in the unknowing, to be silent and to trust Answer: Music has a way of bypassing the intellect and ues individualism, a trait that we have integrated through inspiration. When I am leading groups, I have to be able moving right into a place of feelings and experience. When assimilation. But to be a Jew is to value the collective. I to understand what is happening in a room. I am always we sing together, we have the potential to be transported see music as a great bridge between the two. In community looking for ways to facilitate and then get out of the way out of the mundane and into a much more essential nature singing, no single voice matters, yet we need everyone’s of meaningful group experience. I have learned to trust of being alive. Linear time gives way to poetic time and we individual voice to be a collective. For me, community the capacity of a group and to employ tools that create the find ourselves in the experience of something bigger than singing is not about how to make something beautiful, potential for rich and interconnected musical experiences. ourselves. This is a place of ruach, spirit and connection. though beauty is often a byproduct of the experience. To These skills are essential to the communal and spiritual As Jews, we have a rich tapestry of cultural and religious me, the power comes from each of us deciding to be part goals of The Rising Song Institute. practices that involve music. David composed his psalms of the whole. When we sing in community as Jews, we are For more information about Goldsmith, visit www. with a lyre, Miriam gave thanks for liberation in Egypt collectively saying, “I am here.” We immediately become rebekkagoldsmith.com. through song, the angels sing praise as part of the daily connected to the others in the room, to our ancestors and, Amidah prayer and our prophets employed musicians as if we are lucky, to the creative life force that lives within a critical tool for prophesying. Music has always been a and all around us. spiritual tool. When we sing together in community, we tap Question: What are some of the most exciting things Jewish Community that have happened in your activities with Rising Song? Why do you think this is important? Answer: The Rising Song Residency has been a treasure Center Food Continued from page 4 chest of exciting and meaningful experiences. I am one of and provincialism, the escape from which they mark as a seven residents who have made a commitment to study the JCC Friendship Club day of liberation. To others, that food represents a period art of building Jewish spiritual community through singing. of economic and social failure to which they never want to As part of this process we host a public Friday evening and return.” Also fun to read about were the performers (Jewish Saturday morning Rising Song minyan. Our services are The JCC Friendship Club met on March 11 and played and non-Jewish) that frequented some of the Jewish dairy filled with music and other creative and spiritual experiential games. We played UNO, which is a card game. It took a long restaurants during their heyday. practices that we are learning about in the residency. Our time to finish. Then we played a few games of Scrabble, “The Dairy Restaurant” contains an almost overwhelming inspiration comes from fellow resident experience and skill, which is played with Scrabble cubes that look like dice, amount of material, partly because its prose is descriptive, visiting teaching artists and rabbis, Torah study and practical but they have letters on them. There were several ties so rather than analytic. It’s as if Katchor wants to include every- music skill development. We are in constant conversation we are probably close to the same level of ability. thing he ever learned about dairy food and dairy restaurants (literally and in our practices) about the ways that tradition The meeting was called to order by Sylvia Diamond. without filtering which particular aspects were the most and the present moment inform one another. To me, this is After the Pledge of Allegiance, Ann Brillant said the important. Katchor even acknowledges this problem at the one of the most fundamental questions of Judaism. We study blessing over the refreshments. We discussed delivering end of his work: he notes that he kept learning and forget- as a pluralist community using creative practices to get at shalach manot to the Jewish residents in nursing facilities ting what he had previously learned as he did his less than deeper understanding and expression of what it means to be and shut-ins They were all delivered by Purim. We enjoyed methodical research until finally his publisher demanded Jewish, spiritual and creative. It’s enormously meaningful to going to the Purim party at Elderwood in March 4. he turn in a manuscript. However, that doesn’t mean his be in relationship with others who are not only asking these Meetings have been postponed until further notice. book isn’t interesting, but it does require patience. What questions, but practicing aspects of the answers in the world. Call the JCC office at 724-2417 to see if we are meeting. does not require patience, though, are Katchor’s wonderful Question: What is the style of music you prefer personally Sylvia Diamond illustrations that help bring his writing to life. and how does it relate to the work you do for Rising Song? President

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Since then, the P.A. has taken steps to restrict movement stem the spread of COVID-19 Israeli-Palestinian team cooperating among residents, limiting visitors of hospital patients to In a controversial move meant to help stem the spread of the first-degree relatives, and cracking down on shop and COVID-19 virus, Israel’s government approved a motion early to fight virus in Arab-controlled areas restaurant owners who have ignored orders to shut down on March 17 to allow authorities to use sophisticated surveil- Israeli and Palestinian Authority medical teams have their businesses in an effort to stave off spread of the virus. lance technology to track the movements of Israelis diagnosed been working to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in British lawmakers demand changes in with the disease. According to the new protocol, Israel’s Shin Arab-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria, according to Bet security agency will now utilize this technology to track a report by the Unit for the Coordination of Government Palestinian, UNRWA textbooks down all those to have come within a few meters of known Activities in the Territories (or COGAT), as reports from Members of the British Parliament on March 10 said they COVID-19 patients and send reports directly to their phones, the P.A. on March 15 expressed fear over the ramifica- want answers as to why textbooks used to “radicalize” children notifying them of their exposure and obligating them to either tions of a large-scale infection in the region. According to in schools run by the Palestinian Authority and the United self-quarantine or get tested for the disease. The technology COGAT, Israel has been providing support to the P.A. in the Nations Relief and Works Agency remain unchanged. Member can track all locations visited by an infected individual in form of test kits and professional assistance, such as joint of Parliament Jonathan Gullis led a Westminster Hall debate the weeks before they were diagnosed and can also be used training sessions on issues pertaining to the virus itself, as with help from more than 20 members, where he exhibited to determine whether people are complying with mandatory well as protection of medical personnel and the testing of a reading comprehension textbook for 10-year-olds that glo- quarantine orders. The new regulations allow the collection patients. “Bacteria and viruses do not stop at the border, rifies Palestinian terrorist Dalal al-Mughrabi, who killed 38 of data from the phones of patients and those who have come and the spread of the dangerous virus in [the Palestinian Israelis, including 13 children on a bus in 1978. The United in contact with them – with the exception of the content of Authority] can also jeopardize the health of the residents Kingdom provided £65.5 million (nearly $81 million) in aid their conversations – without a warrant. According to the Shin of Israel,” Dalia Basa, health coordinator for COGAT, to UNRWA and the Palestinians in 2019-20. Gullis also cited Bet, the data will be deleted 60 days after the national state said in a statement. As of mid-March 15, the number of findings of the research institute IMPACT-se, which examined of emergency declared on the evening of March 16 is lifted, infected P.A. residents was 38, almost all of whom lived 202 textbooks from the current curriculum and found “a sys- in order to enable “an internal investigation of the efforts in the Bethlehem area. 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