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VOLUME LXVI, NUMBER 12 SHEVAT 18, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1996 35, PER COPY Ethiopian Anger Over Blood Bank Reveals Deeper Agony by Michele Chabin "This is extremely conde­ JERUSALEM (JT A) - While scending and patronizing," he Israelis, including many in the said. Ethiopian community, were Although rally organizers shocked by recent violent con­ and police have blamed each fronta'tions between Ethiopian other for the escalation of ten­ Jews and Jerusalem police, per­ sions, many eyewitnesses have haps they should not have been. been critical o f the police For more than a decad e, department's decision to bring Ethiopian community leaders in water cannons and tear gas. have been complaining about Several demonstrators, some inferior housing, jobs and edu­ of them elderly, and dozens of cation. police officers, became ill when " If Israelis don'tknow about the wind changed direction and our problems, they haven't been blew clouds of tear gas directly listening," Adiso Masala, a vo­ over them. cal activist, said during a rally In a statement, a-Jerusalem outside the prime minister's of­ poli ce spokesma n d efended · fice. police actions, saying that far Fruitful Creations Those problems have long more demonstrators had turned Third-grade students at Providence Hebrew Day School recently created animals and objects been simmering. But revelations out than the 1,000 authorized in out of various fruits in observance of Tu B'Shevat. From left, Miriam Jakubowitz, Joshua about Ethiopian blood donations the original permit. JShimon Peres voiced an apol­ Magen David Adorn, which ogy for the events leading up to operafed the country's nation­ the demonstration. "I don' t wide-blood bank, routinely dis­ think that what has happened Campaign ·Finance Reform carded blood donated by Ethio-· was a matter of a policy, but of a pian olim out of fear that the mistake," he said, referring to blood is contaminated with H IV, the way Ethiopian blood dona­ May Thwart Jewish Interests. tl\e virus that causes AIDS, and tions were handled. Israeli Health Minister Ephraim Peres has invited Ethiopian by Daniel Kurtzman Those contributions, in turn, As incentive under the new Sneh has said ·that his ministry community leaders to come to WASHINGTON OT A) - As have helped buy access on Capi­ legislation, candidates who would continue to abide by this his office to discuss their griev­ the movement to reform the tol Hill, according to PAC offi­ agree to abide by the spending policy. . ances. nation's campaign finance laws cials. limits would be allowed to pur­ "The blood bank has the right Peres, Sneh and Absorption gains momentum, some experts "Everyone is competing to chase television and radio time to discard blood if necessary, Minister Yair Tsaban promised warn that changes in the system have his views heard," said at a 50 percent discount and and all countries screen high­ to form a committee to examine could undermine American Morris Amitay, founder and would receive breaks on cam­ risk groups," said Dr. Shlomo · the Ethiopians' demands. )ews' histoncinfluencein Wash­ treasurer of the pro-Israel Wash­ paign mailings. lnaddition,Ser1- Maayan, an AIDS researcher at The recent violence was ac­ ington. ington PAC. "It's just human ate candidates would receive 30 Hadassah Hospital. tually spurred by something far Born out of widespread dis­ na ture that if someone has minutes of television time abso­ "The difference is that while deeper than the handling of content over the role of money helped you to ger elected in a lutely free.. other Israelis, including homo­ donated blood-. in politics, the reform movement tangible way, and if there are The moveme.nt to write new sexualsand those who have had According to Micha Oden­ has the Jewish community in three calls holding on the line, campaign financing laws -has hepatitis or malaria, are given a heimer, director of the Israeli conflict about the goals of chang­ they'll pick up your call." been ·embraced by an array of questionnaire and asked to pre­ Association of Ethiopian Jews, ing the campaign finance rules. Two leading bills have odd bedfellows, including Bill screen themselves, Ethiopians the demonstration "was years On the one hand, much of the emerged in both houses of Con~ Bradley (D-N.J.), former presi­ have not been given that oppor­ in the.making. organized Jewish community gress, marking the first biparti­ dential candidates Ross Perot tunity," he said. (Continued on Page 23) agrees that the influence of spe­ san reform effort in more than and Paul Tsongas, and Republi­ cial interest groups needs to be 10 years. can hopeful Pat Buchanan. curbed . Both bills would: - But observerssaysupport for R.I. Holocaust Memorial Museum At the same time, many of •set voluntary spending limits; reform appears to be missing Tries to Change Its Image those representing Jewish and • require candidates to raise where it counts - within the pro-Israel interests on Capitol at least 60 per~ent of their funds Republican leadership. by Neil Nachbar changed from curator to direc­ Hill recognize that the Jewish from contributors within their "I do not think it wiU happen," Herald Associate Editor tor of education. community has long benefited home state; this year, said Ellen Miller, execu­ he Rhode Island Holo­ "People walk in and they say, from the current system, wield­ • limit the amount of per­ tive director of the Center for Re­ Tcaust Memorial Museum 'This is a museum?"' said Cohen. ing influence that is dispropor­ sonal funds candidates may sponsive Politics, a nonpartisan has never rea 11 y been a "I'm quick to point out that what tionate to its number~. spend on their own campaigns; research organization that exam­ museum in the traditional sense. they see doesn' t begin to sug­ For that reason, Jewish critics • ban contributions from po­ ines money and politics. Except for the garden, some vid­ gest what we do." fear that efforts to shackle spe­ litical action committees; In the Jewish community, the eos and a small poster exhibit, While the museum does offer cial interests will disproportion­ • increase disclosure and ac­ "consensus view," according to there is very little to see. tours, its main function is to serve ately harm Jewish interests. countability of ihose who en­ the NationalJewisliCommunity Wi th that in mind,an efforl is as a resource for the commu­ The pro-Israel voice, re­ gage in politica l advertising; Relations Advisory Council, is underway to change the image ni ty. It has a free-lending library, sounding from thecorners of24 • restrictthe useofsoftmoney that Jewish interests would be of the museum. provides workshops for teach­ political action committees, re­ - the unlimited contributions well-served by campaign fi ­ For starters, the subhead "and ers and arranges programming mains one of the most influen­ that go directly to political par­ nance reform. Educational Outreach Center" for schools, churches, civic or­ tial in the halls of Congress. Tra­ ties that Democrats and Repub­ "Anything that enhances the has been added to the name. gani zati ons and a ny other ditionally, the pro-Israel PACs licans then dole out as a way of politica l process in a nonparti­ "We're making an effort to group. have ranked among the top con­ sidestepping legal limits on san way, which is what ca m­ create a new impression," said "I've met a lot of people from tributors to congressional can­ contributions to individua l paign finance reform does, cn- (Conl i nued on Page 23) Beth Cohen, whose title has been (Continued on l'age 23) didates. ca mpaigns. INSIDE THE OCEAN· STATE How Are the Seals Doing? R.I. Students Organize Have a Giraffe, Where a re Narragansett stranded marine mammals and Bay's harbor seals spending the sea turtles, will present slides to Save the Earth Ginger For the loved one who al­ winter months? and information on marine Rhode Island High schools vironmental issues, such as These and other· questions mammals in southern New En­ Organize to Protect the Earth ready has everything you can homophobia, AIDS awareness, afford to give him or her, maybe will be answered by Mystic gland, explain why harbor seals will stage its third annual Youth and the Narragansett Bay oi l Marinelife Aquarium staff bi­ reside in Narragansett Bay du~­ Acti vist Conference a t The adopting an animal through the spill. · zoo's Wild Child program will ologist Rob Nawojchik~uring a ing the winter, review accounts Wheeler School, 216 Hope St. in These workshops wi ll be led free presentation on Feb. 15 at of marine mammal strandings, Providence on March 29 .to 30. make this Valentine's Day spe­ by local and national organiza­ cial. theUniversityofRhodeisland's highlight specific harbor seal TheRIHOPEmottois "Work­ tions. Narragansett Bay Campus. haul-out si tes in the bay, and ing for unification, education, The zoo adoption program is RIHOPE, theorganizerof this an easy way to become an im­ The presentation, "Wintering share his insights on·data com­ and action." It is an organiza­ conference, is a statewide, stu­ portant member of the zoo fam­ Seals in Southern New En­ piled by Save The Bay marine tion of high school student ac­ dent-run group concerned with gland," is sponsored by Save mammal monitors during the ti vists in Rhode Island. ily. The cost of adopting any of environmental and social the mammals, reptiles or birds The Bay's Baywatcher Program last two years. The conference agenda wi ll change within Rhode Island. at Roger Williams Park Zoo and will begin at 7 p.m. at the For more information or di­ include severa I workshops dea 1- Call RlHOPE, 782-2369 for ranges from$20to$2,000. There Corliss Auditorium. rections to Corliss Auditorium, i ng with relevant social and en- more information. Nawojchik, coordinator of .ca ll Save The Bay's Community areev1;n unique Valentine's Day the aquarium's rescue ~nd re­ Action organizer, Joe Lopes, at specials. habilitation program for 272-3540. Seafood Export Forum to be Held Is your loved one tall, and slender, with outrageously long A Northeast regional Seafood resea-rcher, said "This forum will eye lashes? A giraffe with simi­ So, How's Your Relationship? Export Forum will take place be of benefi t to everyone, from lar qualities can be adopted for .from 12:30 to7p.m. on Feb. 15 at Maine to New Jersey." The fo­ a sp ecial price of $50 this Couple & Family Tune Ups, ticipate in the session. Each•will the Marriott Hotel in Provi­ rum will be of particular value Valentine's Day. If your loved offered by the Family Therapy be given assessments that ad­ dence. to both experienced and new one is colorful and a born com­ Clinic at the Univ.ersityofRhode dress satisfaction with the rela­ The forum will cover all as­ export companies, those con­ municator, consider adopting an Island, may be just the remedy tionship and family function- pects of seafood export, includ­ templating the export market, Australian rainbow lorikeet,one forcoupleswhohavebeenjarred ing. . ing: J) current U.S. policies and and org;:inizations lh«c service of the zoo's newest species. The by a few of life's potholes. Feedback on the assessinents, opportunities as they relate to or regulate those companies, she lorikeet is extremely colorful . Theconfidentialrelationship­ also offered at no cost, will be the European Union, the former adds. (and quite a loud communica­ wellness checks will be run on provided in a second~ession at eastern block countries, and the Registration deadline is Feb. tor!) Feb. 17 and 24,and March 2and the couple's convenience. Pacific Rim: 2) regulations and 12. Cost of the conference is $25. New adoptive zoo parents 9, from 9 a.in. to noon at the URI Ifcouplesfeel they could ben­ inspection; (3) financia l services For more information, contact will receive a 5-inch by 7-inch Transition Center at Route 138 efi t from additional fine tuning, and international banking; and either Lori Pivarnik at 874-2972 glossy photograph of their ani­ and Lower College Road. they can seek additional help at .(4) use of free trade zones. or Ralph Boragine at 783-4200 . mal and an invitation to a spe­ Newport resident Dal~ the clinic where counseling is Lori Pivarnik, R.l.·Sea Grant cial breakfast with the zoo di­ Blumen,coordinatorof the Fam­ offered on a sliding fee scale of and University of Rhode Island rector, in addition to the regular ily Therapy Clinic said, "All $5 to $35 per session. The cl, nic Preparing to package. engines require periodic main- will also refer people to re­ Of course, individuals may . · tenance, including the engine sources in the community. Compassionate · Babysit adopt an animal on any special that's running your relationship, ·"we prefer to focus on a Friends Groups Calling ~II aspiring babysitters occasion. Corporations can so come get a d iagnostic check. couple's strengths, and our be­ · who are at least 11 years old! adopt animals as part of a good­ You may be surprised at your lief is that people have the solu- Meet for Support Women & Infants Hospital will effort, or just for fun! strengths." _ . tions within themselves," ThenextmeetingofTheCom-. has some special classes set up All Wild Child parents re­ Spouses and their children Blumen said. "This tends to re­ passionate Friends (a self-help for babysitters. A two-day ceive an adoption kit with an are welcome, and if the young­ sult in a shorter process. We · group for parents who have suf­ Babysitting Academy will be official certificate of adoption, a sters are 10 years old arid over, want to find out where they fered the death of a child) will held on Feb. 17 and 24, from 9 fact sheet about the animal they they will take part in the assess­ want to go, what strengths they be held on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at a.m. to 3 p.m. at the hospital. have adopted, an invitation to ment. have, and we' ll help them get St. Brendan's Church Hall, 33 C::hild growth and develop­ an annual parent's party and an Gay couples and single-par­ there." Turner Ave., East Providence. ment, age-appropriate games, I Have a Wild Child bµmper ent families are also Wls! lcome to Call · 874-2440 Monday This will be a general sharing accident prevention and safety, sticker. participate in the program. through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to meeting. For directions or fur­ and discipline are some of the Valentine's Day Wild Child This is how the program noon or 1 to 4:30 p.m. to make a ther information, call Carol topics covered during these requests must be received by · works: A couple calls for an ap­ confidentialappointmentforan · Smith at 885-2900. classes. _ Feb. 9 by phone, or by Feb. 12 in pointment on any one of the assessment. The next meeting for the South The fee of $35 covers all ma- . person. Call 785-3510, ext. 30,6, Sa.turdays, and they both par- County Compassionate Friends terials for both days. Preregis­ for further details as to adop­ satellite group will be held on tration is required . Ca ll the tion fees and Wild Chi ld avail- Feb.14at143MainSt., Wakefield, · Health Education Department ability. · R.I., at 7:30 p.m. For directions or at 453-7901 or 886-4222. . Roger Williams Park Zoo is Join thousands of readers further information, call Carol Another important class for open all year with free parking. Subscribe to the Luciano at 783-3280. future babysitters is the For Kids Hours are November through \\'\10 know what's going Only CPR class· which will be March, daily 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., held on March 1 and 8, 6 to 8:30 April through October, 9 a.m. tc on in the Rhode Island Mothers ofTwins· p.m. at Women & Infants Hos­ 5p.m.Admissionis$4foradults Je,Yish Communi~'... Meet Next Week pital. This American Heart As­ $2.50 for children 3 to 12 anc HHODl sociation course will teach acci­ seniors. R.I. Mothers of Twins Club, dent prevention.and safety tech­ Midland Chapter, will hold their niques for the infant, pediatric Tunely features, local and social next meeting on Feb. 14 from child and adult, and is the per­ Building events, editorials and business ISlAND 7:30 to 9:30 p.ni. at Shawomet fect comp leme nt to the Families Through BaptistChurch, 1642 WestShore profiles highlight 'every issue ... hospital's Babysitting Academy. Road, Warwick. A participation card will be Adoption you also get special holiday and New and prospective mem­ given to those completihg the seasonal issues. bers are welcome. course. The fee is $30. To regis­ The Ocean State Adoptior JlWISH For m0re information, call Resource Exchange will hold it. ter for the class, call the Health Karen Sheldon at 397-7281 or Educa tion Department at 453- annual adoption conference Nahiah Hookway at 461-1504. 7901 or 886-4222. "Building Fa milies Througl Don't mi55 a5inglo ono! Adoption: A Lifetime Comm ii Return the fonn below to subscribe ... HlHAlD ment," March 16atWinmanJun ior High School in Warwick. ------7 Directory to this week's Herald The daylong conference fo r -PLEASE BEGIN MY SUBSCRIPTION FOR... I people considering adoptio~ Arts & Entertainment ...... 14, 15 adoptive parents, and profe. I Rh~e Island Mailing• 0 I year $15 0 2 years $30 I Classified ...... :...... 23 sionals will feature keynol Out·Of·State Mailing O I year $20 0 2 years $40 speaker Rev. Robert Colwel I Senior Citizen (62+) , R.I. Mailing• 0 I year$12 0 2 years $24 I Editorial ...... 4, 5, 6 exhibitors, an adoption boo I Senior Citizen (62+), 0ut·Of·State Mailing O I year$ 16 O 2years $32 I Features ...... 3, 7, 16, 20, 21 store, and workshops on a va I Name ______I Healthwise ...... ' ...... 12, 13 ety of topics. Chi Id care and trn nsporta tio I AddreH ______I Jewish Community ...... 8, 9 I ______I to the conference are availab Mi lestones ...... 17 All participants must pre-regi I Phone : Obituaries ...... :...... 22 ter. Ocean State ...... :...... 2 For a conference brochu : Mail check to: R.I . Jewish Herald, P.O. Box 6063, Providence, R.I. 02940·6063 I ca ll OSARE, 724-1910. Schoolbeal ...... 10, 11 I •1r )!JU are a Rhode Islander and wish to have your subscription fonvarded lo an I World & National ...... 18, 19 L°~~':_ad~~o~n~~o~~~~m ~ t~ ~ ~ · ~S~ ~c:.J Exploring Book$ with The Fan · Homage to the Very Young Child is Opening On Feb. 9, the ·Lyric Stage in Memory The staff of the Barrington of suggested books for children BostonopensOscarWilde'splay, Public Library's Children's ages up to 2. "Lady Windermere's Fan," for a by Mike Fink Herald Contributing Room will present a program Participants will be invited fi ve-week run through March 10. Reporter on reading to small children on to share their own experiences Wilde has had a revival at the Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The talk, to and book suggestions. Lyric during the past three sea­ "If you go to a seder, you intact, has become our personal be given by Mary Harty and This program is free, open to sons. Acclaimed Lyric produc­ ca n' t get home before 3 in the friend." Lynn Burkhardt, will explore ­ all and recommended to any­ tions of "A Woman of No Im­ morning. The kids won't let you A shi va on a Sunday after­ when to start.reading to chil­ one who has contact with very portance" and "An ld~a l Hus­ skip a note. You ha veto discuss noon makes for a dramatic dren, what to read, and how to young children. "Exploring band" brought these comic mas­ every line of the text." Ellie group encounter. The view of do it. The program will include Books with the Very Young terpieces to Boston theatregoers, Zexter and her husband Ronnie Providence from the great sixth a short video on the ~ubject pro- Child" is sponsored by the many of whom were seeing came to town from Los Angeles floor windows helps you to . ducedbytheGreaterVancouver Friends of the Barrington Public them for the first time. fortheshivaofhermother,Anna identify a bit with the Zexters, Library Federation. Library. "Lady Windermere's Fan" is Marks,and theysatintheirsuite who have left the familiar The presenters will provide For more information, contact a comic gem. Set in Victorian at the Marriott. haunts of the East Side for their audience members with a list of Mary Harty, Lynn Burkhardt or London, it is filled with abun­ Ellie and Ron discussed the west coast world, because you professional resources and a list Lauri Burke at 247-1920. dant Wildean wit and verbal orthodox li fe they have come to feel faraway from your home dazzle. In addition to hilarious know through her social stud­ block. "But a Jewish neighbor­ comic dialogue "Fan" offers a ies teaching at a Hebrew Day hood is a Jewish neighborhood," University Art Gallery Qpens biting look at Victorian hypoc­ School. comments Ron in an extremely risy, and champions the power "We get invited to lots of bar lively and good-natured tone. National Design Exhibition of love, loyalty and honor. and bat mitzvot. They keep "IranianJewsc.ime here, l mean "Fan" will be performed kashrut to a degree that we had to L.A., a few years ago, with The University ArtGalleryat teractive media, posters, books, Wednesdays, Thursdays and the University of Massachusetts ca talogs, annual reports, logos, not experienced here in Provi­ cast-) in barrels, buying up real Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 5 dence. l brought flower·s to a estate and accidentally upset­ Dartmouth currently presents CD covers, packaging and sta­ p.m. and 8:30 p .m., and Sun­ the l 8tham1ual "lO0Show," fea­ tionary systems. Shabbat one time, but it was a ting the market, driving values days at 2 p.m. mistake. My hostess could not turing the 1995 winner of the upward.SosomegroupsofJews There will be two Thursday put them in water. She said that don' t get along with other prestigious national communi­ Slime Is matinees, on Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. would be a form of farming, or groups the same way Koreans cation design competition orga­ with a special price ($10 per of labor. I can't figure out what and Blacks don' t do well to­ nized by the American Center No Crime ticket) for senior citizens, and to bring to dinner." gether. But movies bring every­ for Design in Chicago. Books on the Square contin- on Feb. 29 at 11 a.m., with spe­ My daughter and her school body into the same fantasy UMass Dartmouth is the only uesitsLazySundayStoryHours cial prices, study guides, and a chum had been students of places. You should come out New England location showing on Feb. 11 frQm 2 to 3 p.m. with discussion for school g'roups. Eleanor Zexter in her French and see for yourself. The stars the nationally touringexhibition. that _chemistry teacher from far Box office prices are $17 to classes at Nathan Bishop. Mrs. walks on sidewalks ." I an­ The gallery is located in the out m the galaxy, and UMass- . $27, dependingonthe day.Gen­ Zexter, a diminutive, smiling, swered nostalgically, 'T he real College of Visual and Perform­ Dartmouth, Toby Dills._ . erousgroup,student and senior elegant person, added a note of stars aren't around anymore." ing Art, next to parking lots 8 Dills will teach parhopants discounts are available. style as well as substance to the We talked about a wide range and 9. The gallery is open Mon­ how to make slime that is not Call437-7172forreservations East Side middle school just a of topics, par"ents and children, day to Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. only totally fun, _but totally en- and infonT1ation. The Lyric Stage block from ourown Day School. friends and current and historic closed Sunday. For additional v1ronmentally friendly as well. is located at 140 Clarendon St., She was so pleased and com­ events. Do the spirits of those information, call (508) 999-8555 Everyone will gft a sample to in Copley Square, Boston. , forted to have Sarah O'Rourke whose passing brings us to­ or (508) 999-8546. take home. and Lily at her memorial calling gether hover over our heads like Designers throughout Amer­ And, as a special added bo- St d t E h"b"t hours. She stood next to the girls silvery ghosts? ica and Europe participated in nus he h as a story to te 11 about U en S X I I to show how tall they had grown I listen to the moment's the annual "100 Show," and a slime. This not-to-be-missed UMass Dartmouth student and how compact she looked words, among the lamplight panel of judges chose the win­ event is free and open to the artists will be exhibiting their beside them. and the upholstered chairs of ning pieces from more than 1,700 public, at Books on-the Square, work from Feb. 8 to 29 at the Susan Kapla·n called the the Marriott suite. I let my mind entries. 471 Angell St. in Wayland Dartmouth Gallery in Dart­ former Zexter pupils to let them play with my-thoughts. Next The exhibition includes in- Square, Providence. mouth Town Hall. know their beloved mento r dayotherimagesentermy head. would be there: She arrived at Mostly, I keep my.invisible, pri­ the shiva, and informed me of vate snapshots of the kindly, An lntown l111perial IMP the distinguished authors and gently melancholy smiles of educators who have visited Ellie and Ron, who flew to the It's called Empire Street, but ~nd make their way to an island prod~ce those convernations on rooftops of Moshassuck Square it's a small domain at the edge retreat. this hnystage. To see1f1t made a Ellie's classes in Los Angeles. to alight for a few days to pay of the old downtown. It runs That's all there is/was to this fewpeople laugh,orcry,orthink, Ellie Zexter added, "And Rabbi homage to memory. between the back of the library escapist farce. I guess it's sexist or remember," l answered her. Abraham Cooper, of the Wiesenthal Center, who travels and police station and the side and pretty minim_al, buht fi lled . I bought, from a lady ed_itor wall of the cinema that turned the bill on a chilly midweek with a newborn daughter m a round th,e world to keep the into our repertory theater. A evening. During the intermis- cradle on a table_top, a copy of legacy of Holocaust survivors slightly ramshackle art world siona trio of manic-depressives the latest magazme_of _l ove po- ,. nestlesamong thesespaces, gal- lettheaudienceinterview them etry and folded it m to my leries, bars, cafes and off-off- about their sojourns in Butler pocket. I took my coat, hat, 1. Don't Advertise offspring of the world of drama. and at the I.M.H. "Butler's. a s_carf, gloves and _keys from the Just prete11d e1'er:ro11e l had sent a story to a mini- country club, but the staff shll httle pamted chair between us. k1101t'S 11'11at yo11 bm·e to magazine that advertises and put you on. They never level _l left and hopped down the distributes its occasional issues with you. What with the drug arhshc e!"J1p1re of Empire Street offer. m· t hi s bl oc k , an d th e e d I" tor s medicationsand the· J.a rgon, you to my w. aiting vehicle. Before· l Howto 2. Don't Advertise sent me complimentary tickets I k f h t · l " Th tuned mto the chamber music . osetrac ow a is rea · ese f FM sta tion lmusedabout Just assume el'errbodr to an everung of one act pla_y.s non-actorsappointayoungman ° my . ' . . k11011·s 11'1,at you 0sell. · within a tiny stage on Empire to lead the uestions, and the thecreahvecauldronofthis httle Street · hm· e b etweenq t h e ama t eur ac ts cross-s. treet at the outer edge of 3. Don't Advertise l took my place at a front row is fill ed with this emotio nal our oty of lost dr~ams. Forget tbat yo11 bal'e table with wobbly little chairs. event. l toast and say I cha1m to the kill a co111petitio11 tryi11g to Everything is painted flat black. A painter-professor joined poets, pamters and planners e11tice your c11sto111ers The raised dais has no curtain. me at my table. Bunny Harvey, whose s. tudios and half-secret It was rather like a beatnik cell a former Rhode Island School of chambers hold the past, present mmyfrom yo11. of long ago ~nywhere in the Design student and longtime and future of our inner city cul- world, even a Paris cave on the ture. It's reall y more fun than a You decide ... it's friend and hostess, knew many your business in left bank. th d·I e ce On sab trek to Boston or New York, business among e au n . - The skit was taken from a batical from her Wellesley post, London or Paris. Just slip off 95 good times or bad. dream. Three scared guys in a she has just returned fro m at the At wells exit, hang a left submarine try to escape the tor- Rome, where she spent a se- into thealleyswhere Weybosset, pedoattackof an enemy under- mester,along withhersonNico. Westminster and Washington Call 72i-0200 to wa ter craft, manned by .... a Bunny has a lways dra wn end their influence, and you ad,ertise in the woman, their lady boss. This strength from the creative re- enter the domainofdreams. No in3easy creatureappears li ke thewicked sources of this city and sup- glittering li ghts, but lots of R/Jode Island witch of Oz or the TV monster ported many of its educa tional promise and hope. Jetl'is/J Herald of 'Things to Come" ina sort of programs. We're the only English­ puppet theater. She bombards "H ave you ever written a Jewish weekly in Rhode the crew with ... faxes and bu- play?" she asked me. "No, but I Island and Southeastern reaucratic forms! They manage have recorded simple dialogue, Read your community steps Massachusens to elude and even wi ther her, and it would be great fun to just news in the Herald. EDITORIAL

people over Lockerbie, Scotland. counter to the American vision while he forges links to terror­ BewarQ t~e1Covenant of A fierce opponent of the Is­ of equality fo r all ci tizens. His ists and extremists. raeli-Palestinian peace accords, unabashed d isplays of fri end­ In fact, Libya is not his only Qaddafi has urged Arab coun­ ship toward one of the world's outlaw friend in the Middle East. Farrakhan and Qaddafi tries to expel all Palestinian refu­ bloodiest terrorists suggest a Farrakhan has also cultivated by Abraham H. Foxman like a fight against a fortress from gees and workers from their troubling complacency toward ties to the Sudan, an Islamic fun­ Last October, while Louis outside." After speaking with lands as a way of embarrassing vwlence and extremism. damentalist state notorious for Farrakhan was basing in the af­ Farrakhan, however, "we found the peacemakers. In September In preparation for the Million harboring accused terrorists, terglow of the successful Mil­ a breach to enter into this fortress he followed his own ad vice a nd Man March, Farrakhan drum­ and also reportedly responsible lion Man March on Washing­ and confront it." began to expel hundreds of Pal­ med up support by reciting fo r e nslaving black African ton, he announced he would be Qaddafi promised that as it estinian workers from his words of conciliation. He ap­ Christians. "keeping the momentum [of the battles America from the inside, country's borders. peared to moderate his often- · His current tour included a march] alive" by encouraging the NOi will eventually fulfill This is by no means harsh rhetoric 1:Yith appeals to cordial visit with the corrupt blacks across the country to be­ one of its fondest dreams: estab­ Farrakhan'sfirstencounterwith black community responsibility, military dictator General Sani come politically active. lishing a black sta te within the radical Libyan leader. In reconciliation and atonement. Abacha of Nigeria. His plans were welcomed by America's borders. Ever the 1985, Qaddafi granted the NOi Suchstatementsenabled him Farrakhan has long poisoned mainstream leaders and orga­ military man, the Libyan leader a $5 million interest-free loan, to curry favor with the main­ public discourse with ma licious nizations, and praised as a posi­ also predicted thatthis newstate which Farrakhan said he used stream; they encouraged con­ words of racism and anti­ tive departure from Nation of will boast the "biggest black to launch his group's POWER gressmen and leading civil Semitism. But recently, many Islam's long-held tradition of army on the planet." personal products line. rights figures to pay homage to Americans have begun to over­ shunning the American politi­ Farrakhan, "happy with the Months later, Farrakhan vis­ Farrakhan in speeches at the look the rhetoric. Farrakhan's cal scene. results" of his meeting with ited Libya to thank his benefac­ march. hate speech, they seem to be Now it turns out that this Qaddafi, has now publicly tor personally. The NOi leader Farrakhan seems to have the saying, is old news. They be­ seemingly legitimate political forged an allia nce with an unre­ and his lieutenants have trav­ last laugh, for now. Respectable . lieve he has progressed beyond goal is fundamentally tainted pentant interna tional bully and elled on other occasions to Tri­ black leaders have been willing the scapegoating, beyond the - that Farrakhan will work to­ an enemy of the United States. poli for meetings with the Libyan to take a seat at his table, most divisiveness a nd has settled into ward achieving black political For years, Libya has spon­ dictator. One such gathering at­ recently during the November the mainstream. influence in partnership with the sored numerous brutal acts of tended by Farrakhan - in viola­ 1995 Africa n American Leader­ Farrakhan's eagerness to cut anti-American Libyan strong­ tion of a travel ban imposed on ship summit. He is only too a deal with one of the world's man, Muammar Qaddafi. Americans by President Reagan happy to stride both sides of the most violent leaders, should On Jan. 23, Farrakha n and - offered training seminars on fe nce. He welcomes, even cause these Americans to think Qaddafi reached an agreement His unabashed displays weapons and explosives. craves, mainstream s upport, · again. to launch a campaign to exert Farrakhan has called Qaddafi black and Muslim influence in of friendship toward one "a fellow struggler in the cause the upcoming U.S. elections. of the world's bloodiest of liberation for our people," B'nai B'rith Challenges This can only be viewed as a and his organization's tabloid, cynical covenant between two terrorists suggest a The Final Call, has hailed the haters. With the NOi leading troubling complacency Libyan leader as the 'True Hero Farrakhan's Honesty the effort, Qaddafi said that toward violence and of liberation struggle." B'nai B'rith has condemned "Once again Farrakhan is blacks, Arabs, Muslims and To all who believe that the Nation of Islam leader Louis sending vastly different mes­ Native Americans will exercise extremism. Million Man March was a turn­ Farrakhan for meeting with sages depending on his audi­ their political muscle "and en­ Abraham H. Foxman ing point for Farrakhan, prov­ Libyan dicta tor Muamma r ence," Baer continued. ter the election period as a card ing that he no longer harbors an Qaddafi. "When the eyes of the world stronger than the Jewish card in extremist agenda, his alliance "IfFarrakhan had gained any were watching Farrakhan at the elections campaign." with Qaddafi should serve as a credibility after the Million Man the Million Man March, he Qaddafi had already agreed to Anti-American and anti-Israeli wake-up call. March, he has surely lost that spoke of reconciliation and bankroll the effort: in Septem­ terror. Despite United Nations His behavior in Libya fits a credibility now," commented d ia-logue. ber he promised to spend up to sanctions placed on his country pattern that too many Ameri­ Tom P. Baer, internationalpresi­ When the spotlight was off $1 billion to launch a Muslim four years ago, Qaddafi refuses cans-black and white-have dentof B' nai B'rith. "The meet­ him, he flew to meet with one lobby in America. to hand over for trial two Libyan ignored for too long. ing-be tween Farrakhan and of the world's best-known !,Jntil now,Qaddafisaid, "Our suspects in_ the bombing of a Farrakhan's black separatist Qaddafi , and their friendship sponsors of international ter­ confrontation with America was Pa n Am 103 that killed 270 philosoppy has always run over the years speaks volumes." rorism."

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(USPS 464-760) Published Every Week By The Jewish Press Publishing Company ¢ ~ EDITOR receive Torah, wanting us to ac­ ALISON SMITH Candlelighting Never Agai_n What? cept it with a total commitment. ASSOCIATE EDITOR We all have an inner desire to NEIL NACHBAR Feb.9,1996 Since the Holocaust,a rallying Jews, we donate more to our follow Torah and its mitzvot. CONTRIBUTING REPORTER MICHAEL FINK cry of Judaism worldwide has own causes than do religions But how much of a desire? -, 4:52 p.m. been "Never again." It is always with 100 million adherents. Enough to invoke the Never ADVERTISING ACCOUNT REP ERIN McCRONE assumed that each of us knows Nevertheless, there are some Again clause? what this means. But do we? things the contributions can Are you strong enough spiri­ MAILING ADDRESS: Box 6063, Providence, A.I. 02940 N ever again w ill we be never secure - or prevent. tually to say never again will I TELEPHONE: (401) 724-0200 meekly led to slaughter? • This week's portion break a commandment; never PLANT: Never again will we be seen Beshallach, tells of Pha raoh again will I put ma terial d esires Herald Way, off Webster Street Pawtucket, R.I. 02861 as easy targets? sending forth the children of over spiritual necessities; never OFFICE: Never again will we allow Israel from his land. "Sending again will I (fill in your own 1175 Warren Avenue forth" - not "allowing to go." resolutions here)? East Providence. R.I. 02914 Jews to be at the mercy of a majority, not matter where we He didn' t issue visas; he Because it's this internal ero­ Second class postage paid at Providence, live? drove us from Egypt. sion of will that isas threatening Rhode Island. Postmaster, send address changes to the Rhode Island Jewish Herald, Of course. This is why, with Why was this necessary? as our external enemies. As P.O. Box 6063, Providence, A.I. 02940-6063. less tha n 6 million American Why, after the initial plagues, small as we are in-the world's Subscription rates: Thirty-five cents per copy. did we not rush right out of billions, we make a contribu­ By mail $15.00 per annum. Outside Rhode Island ar¥:t southeastern Massachusens; $20.00 Egypt? Why did Pharaoh have tion all out of proportion to our per annum. Senior citizen discount available. Copies of the Herald to send us out? The Jews were numbers. Why? Bulk rates on request. The Herald assumes living in Goshen, the "best of Each of us has to supply his subscriptions are continuous unless notified to are available at. .. the contrary in writing. · the land," and G--

by Rabbi Avi Shafran If tha t endeavor is indeed ern society, are nevertheless the Physical World Director of Public Affairs "too much," then we Jews as a quite aware of and even conver­ Agudath Israel of America people are in d eeper trouble sant with the larger society he revelation on Mount gap was actually bridged, open­ hese days, when a ll Jews than we.suspect. around them, not to mention TSinai is descril:Jed in this ing for us the opportunity to T have .bee n poig nantly, Whether most Jews today technologically adept. week's Torah portion, ­ unite the physical w,orld with tragically reminded of the choose to li ve. religiously obser­ Where Hardinistand out is in Yitro. G-d revealed Himself to G-Tel Aviv, minutes before her After Rabin visited the Simon Speaking of Forbes' pro­ tolera t·e the acting-out of the beli efs of othe r Jews, more husband's assassination, a by­ Wiesenthal Center's Museum of posed flat tax, Taylor said, "I importa nt things are at stake tha n the hostile use of the term stander called out, "Leah, take Toler<1nce Rabbi Marvin Hier, could make $15 million in "Ultra." good care of him." the center'sa dean, said the investment income a nd pay There is a battle going on, particularly in Israel, over what Rabin added sad ly, "I guess I center's f.inn division hoped to no taxes while one of my does a nd what doesn' t qualify one as an acceptable Jew. didn' t take good care of him." produce a documentary of the workers has to pay 17 per­ Surely every group of Jews feels that it has d iscovered "the With obvious anger, Rabin life of Yitzhak Rabin. • cent on his salary." That golden mean·' of rela tionshi p with G-d, or is still engaged in its recalled the weekly street dem­ Another possible project w hoosh you hear is the air own search. onstrations outside her home, would bethe estalbishment of a going out of Forbes' flat tax 'It has a right to its own expression of that relationship, with people shouting at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusa­ proposal. The clapping is for particularly at moments of great emotion like burials a nd "traitor" Rabin and promising lem, focusing on the 21st cen­ Taylor, who, in my opinion, weddings, and it has a right to conduct its own search, unham­ to give him "a trial,a Nuremberg tury and the question of whether has absolutely no chance of pered by those who feel that they have already arrived. trial." Jews can live peacefully with becoming president, but has If other Jews are on the wrong track, G-d can be relied upon She described confessed as­ each other in the absence of an ii gift (or clear speech. tn..leUhem..know .. sassin Yigal Amiras "a Jew who extema~ enemy. THE RHODE i~CA'NDJEWI"SI'-l·flEMtD; THURSDA Y: FEBRUA1ff8; 1996•- 7 FEATURE Wicke.nden Old ~arbor Art and Antique · Association to Honor Women in Arts During Women's Histo ry depictions of the horrors of role Wilhelmina Cole and Wallace month in March, the Wickenden reversals. F. Holladay began collecting art Old Harbor Art and Antique As the 20th century started, by women in tlie 1960s and, for Association will sponsor an tbeatti tudes of these magazines 30 years, dedicated themselves open house to benefit the Na­ slowly changed. Woman, who to assembling the first and fin­ tional Museum of Women in was always a symbol of liberty est such collection, represent­ the Arts. and a symbol of North America, ing women artists from 45 cou n­ The associa tion, a coterie- of was now entitled to have a voice tries around the world. This was small-owner operated galleries and a vote, but total equality to become the core of the per­ and a·ntique stores locatecl on was still distant. manent collection of the Na­ Wickenden Street, will hold the Other events will take place tional Museum of Women in event on March 16. The accom­ in Rhode Island during March the Arts. plishments 0°f women artists, in honor of Women's History Incorporated in 1981 asa pri­ both past and present will be Month. vate, non-profit museum, Come On In! The Water's Fine! featured ;n a daylong· event. Both Barnes and Noble (1441 NMW A functioned as a "mu­ The Jewish National Fund's first SCUBA mission,- from Visitors can stroll from shop to Bald Hill Road) and the Provi­ seum without walls" fora num­ June 2 to 14, wil'I include diving in theSharm el Sheikh area cif shop in the district and a long dence Public Library have built ber of years, with docent-led Egypt. The coral reefs of the Red Sea and other exotic waters Wickenden Street to enjoy an­ story-hours around the National tours of the collection at the in the area, will provideextraordinaryexperiences forSCUBA­ tiques and works of art. The Museum of Women in the Arts' Holladay residence. certified divers. This is only one of JNF's marvelous missions. beneficiary, "the National Mu­ lalest ca talogue, Brave Little For more information, call (212) 879-9300, ext. 283/ 284. Our seum of Women in the Arts was Girls, whic;h was produced to divers here are Mitch and Sue Frankel, who will accompany founded in Washington, D.C. in accompany a winter/ spring ex­ NMWA is the third the dive mission. 1981 to bring recognition to the hibit in the museum's library achievemeots-of women in the and research center in Wash­ largest museum in the arts. ington, D.C. world when measured The museum is planning an The catalogue identifies 58 by membership. exhibition of the Rhode Island books abo.ut girls· and young woman artist Grace Arnold women of courage, accomplish­ SAVE Aims to Save Albee in 1997. Ten percent of ment,aF1d imagination, for read­ In 1983 the museum pur­ sales proceeds from the ers ages 8 to 12. chased a historic Washington Battered Women Wickenden Old Harbor Asso­ Barnes and Noble and the landmark near the White House ciation event, along with money Providence Public Library,. and, over the next four years, James F. Marquart, president at the l{hocte Island Convention generated from a raffle will be along with their branches, will extensively refurbis hed _it. and CEO of the Manufacturing Center in Providence. donated to the museum for this display these books and have NMWA opened in 1987 with Jewelers and Si lversmiths of exhibition. selected a diverse cross-section the highly praised exhibition, America, has announced the The event will run from, 1·0 of contemporary Rhode Island "American Women Artists, establishment of SA VE a Pre­ a.m. to 5 p.m. There is no charge women to read from the books 1830- 1930." cious· Night, a prestigious de­ According to a 1988 for admission. Raffle tickets wi II in 9torytelling hours. Of special note is NMW A's sign competition and gala event be available at each store for a • There will also be exhibits, grassroots support. By the time to raise funds and to provide a report from the U.S. drawing for ~arious prizes in-. lectures, and special events. For the museum opened its doors in continuous source of funds to Surgeon General, eluding a weekend ·trip to the example, Barnes and Noble will 1987, more than 50,000 had the National Domestic Violence battering is the single National Museum of Women in host a "Little Women" tea party joined with more than 125,000 Hotline and Butler Hospital to .the Arts in Washington, D.C. and the library will sponsor an doing so in subsequent yea~s - combat domestic violence and largest cause of injury to During the event the Bert Gal­ art exhi~ition by the young par­ making NMWA the third larg­ its devastatitJg effects .. women in the United lery will showcase women artists ticipants of the reading hour. L. est museum in the world when MJSA, a national trade asso­ from the late 19th and early 20th J. MeElroy (828-7900) will coor­ measured by membership. ciation representing approxi­ States. It exceeds cancer century · including Mabel dinate the Barnes and Noble pro­ II) response to this outpour­ mately 1,800 members, is spon­ deaths, muggings and Ducasse, Mabel Woodward, An­ grams. Virginia McKee (455- ing of interest, a national net­ soringSA VE (Stop Abuse& Vio­ auto accidents combined. gela· O' Leary, Gladys Wilkins 8000) from Children Services work of state chapters was es­ lence Everywhere) with their Murphy, Eliza Gardiner, Anna will coordinate the Providence tabli'shed to further the fund-raising activities: a design Richards Brewster and Ed na Public Library programs. museum's mission at the state competition, an auction, and a Lawrence. The Rhode Island StateCom­ level and to assist in the accu­ sponsorship drive as part of the Also on May 5, MJSA will The.BenefitStreetGallerywill mittee fortheNationalMuseum mulation of comprehensive re­ "Precious Night" charity event. conduct both live and silent auc­ also exhibit late 19th and early of Women in the Arts will spon­ search materials for the Library According to a 1988 report tions for jewelry donated by 20th women artists such as Edna sor "Music by Women" a con­ and Research Center. from the U.S. Surgeon General, MJSA members and for other Lawrence, Agnes Tait, Eli za cert with performances by The museum's future goals battering is the single largest donated items. Gardiner and ExineMeyershine. Birgitta Anderson-Whited, Mar­ ·and objectives are many. Devel­ cause of injury to women in the Great advancements for garet Devoe Gidley, Susan oping more traveling exhibi­ United States. It exceeds ca ncer women in art were made in the Rodgers and Cheri Markward, tions and multi-media educa­ deaths, muggings and auto ac­ mid-19th century. Women were on March 24 at 3 p .m. i"n the tion programs to reach a wide cidentscombined. Conservative allowed to enroll as students in Music Room at the Community variety of supporters through­ estimates place the fi gure at the Pennsylvania Academy art College of Rhode Island, Lin­ out the country are among its more than 3 million victims each classes in 1844 and in the Na­ coln Campus. highest priori ties. tional Academy in 1846. These Selecti ons from Clara year. For more intormation, con­ "The jewelry industry oy;es new opportunities were critical, Schumann, Fanny Medelssohn Quintet Comes tact Catherine'L ittle Bert at Bert a considerable debt of gratitude allowing women to undergo art Hensel, and other women com­ Gallery 751-2628. to women, the largest percent­ to Music training comparable to that ex­ posers will be fea~red. This pro- age of our customers," said tended to men. Some fine fe­ gram was conceived by the com- Marqu"art. "This is our way of on the Hill male artists emerged, as a re­ rnittee last year and Rosemary a tte mpting to increase the Music on the Hill wi ll present sult. Prisco (438-0260), the chair- HOPE awareness that domestic vio­ the New England Winds in a JRS Fine Arts looks at the woman,iscoordinatingtheevent._ lence destroys fami lies, self-es­ free concert on March 3, at 4 women artists working today in p.m. at St. Luke's Church, East TRAVEL teem and, in too many cases, life the local and national art com­ Or,ranicCoffces Greenwich. itself and to help fund preven­ munity. The work of local art­ Cd,bes This popular wind quintet Coffee INC~- tive and support programs." ists such as Lee Dimeo, Grace KaJ05,1i will -_perform works by Bently Shecl;< afld Cynthia The main object of the com­ Exchange Colombian Hope Provides Gershwin, Debussy, Perischetti, Wayland,and nationally known petition is to design a piece of Roasting Coffee Daily Guatemalan the Big Difference+· "Sousa and others. · artist Henrietta Crandall who jewelry that. wi ll symboli ze the Kenya AA Members of the group are has achieved recognition for her • INTEGRITY fight against domestic violence Mexican Air Force personnel from the fluid oil sketches of women • DE P ENDAlllLITY and abuse. The winning piece Peruvian Band of Liberty at Hanscom Air which are whimsical and de­ • R E P UTA1.JON wi ll be mass marketed to gener­ Mocha Force Base in ,Massachusetts. lightful works of art, wi ll be fea­ • SAVINGS ate a steady stream of funds to Maturi the two charities. They are graduates of leading tured. For Bu,·iness Trips & whole bean coffees • pastries · Eth1op1an music schools such as the New The role of the "modern Vacation Travel The competition is open to esprcs.so • cappuccino Sumatn professionals and students. England Conservatory, Indiana woman" as seen by the maga­ -M,a;I Order / G;ft Boxes Taruaman Group Travel Specialists Entries must be actual fin­ University, and the University zines P11ck, Judge and Life from of Michigan al Ann Arbor. The the 1890s to the 1920s will be on American Rou. • Full City R

Rabbinical.College ·io " rnl'1Jn .Hold Melava Malka .- .,,i,,,--.. ,; • rt . The New England Rabbini­ developed qy our ancestors, to cal College announces its ninth the young generation. By com­ annual Melava Malka to be held bining a high intellectual dis­ on Feb. 10 at the Providence course withsharp textual analy­ Hebrew Day School. sis, following methods intro­ This year, Dr. David and Mm. duced by the great Lithuanian Esty Gottlieb will be the recipi­ yeshivot of the last century, the ents of the honor. As a devoted Beis Med rash preserves the tra­ participant in the many classes ditional Torah learning in its offered by the Yeshiva, Dr. highest intellectual form. The Gottlieb is a committed sup­ Talmudic logic, so brilliantly porter of this unique Torah re­ presented by Rabbi Gibber and source. Rabbi Lipson, is an important Mrs. Gottlieb'scontinual par­ part of our Jewish heritage. Af­ ticipation in the college's affairs ter all, the mitzvah of Torah shows .the closeness that she learning, our sages said, is feels to this institution. eql\ivalent to all the rest of the The Gottliebs describe the mitzvoth." "Bei& Medresh" as, "an impor­ Reservations can be made•to tant tool in transmitting the join in this event. CaJl 274-6219. methodology of Torah study, Chai Productions Announces Parties for Two Age Groups Just One More Piece Chai Productions, Boston's cated in the Westin Hotel in Teacher Rina Holtzman adds the finishing touches to one of the animals made out of fruit by newest Jewish singles organi­ Waltham on Route 95, ~xit 27A. her third grade class. From left, Eli Gerber, Avi Diamond, Holtzman, William Hirschon and zation, announces two singles Enjoy a game of billiards, danc­ Joshua Kirschner. Holtzman's first and second grade classes made fruit salads with seven spices. events targeted to two age ing and free prizes. .Her classes also sent money for a tree· to be planted in Israel on Tu B'Shevat. Herald photob.Y Neil Nachbar groups-ages21 to39 and 40s0 · Both parties promise to have plus - at two different loca­ plenty of free parking, hors . tions. d'oeuvres and prizes. For both Chai Productions has been parties, doors will open at 7:30 Hadassah Dinner and Discussion Planned planning this event to cater to p.m. and continue until 12:30 The Rhode Island Chapter of to the housebound. sc;reen enable students to better the 40s-plus age group. The fes­ a.m. , Hadassah is accepting dinner , Students at the college also follow, the department's cur­ tivities begin at 7:30 p.m., open­ Tickets in advance can be have invented products used in ricula. ing to the tunes of the jazz band, purchased at the B&D deli in reservatioll/> for an evening with dentistry and industrialdesign. In addition, the college has the Drew Sullivan Quartet. Brookline or by phone at (508) Dr. Yaacov Amidi, director of the Hadassah Cqllege of Tech­ The college offers various been honored for its contribu­ The 40s-plus party will be · 443-7834 for $8. Tickets at the nology in Israel. programs, ranging from labora­ tion in educating Ethiopian held on Feb. 14 at the Holiday door are $9 for members and Through the auspices of tory medicine to hotel manage­ Jews, easing their adjustment to Inri in Dedham, right off Route $10 for nonmembers. Johnson& Wales University, the ment, and confers baccalaure­ Israeli life, and successfully pre­ 95J exit 15A · For more information, call event will be held at 6 p.m. on ate degrees in optometry and paring them for the college en- The other party for 21- to 39- B.irton Roth 'at Chai Produc­ March 6, at the Radisson Air­ computer science. trance exam. · year-olds will be held on Feb. 18 tions, (508) 443-7834. port Hotel, 2018 Post Road in As the students are trained to This evening with Amidi is al the Circuits Nightclub, lo- Warwick. ' meet the needs of their commu­ partofHadassah's Educope pro­ Amidi will discuss how stu­ ni'ty, so the college has learned gram,a productof theHadassah dents are improving the quality to accommodate its studenls. Israel Education Service. If you · Give a Bear, Show You Care of life in Israel today as they The computer science depart­ plan to attend, send a check for prepare for the technology of ment has installed innovative $22, made out to the Rhode Is­ Wanted: New teddy bears for their con.troL By pr~viding them tomorrow. equipment to assist visually land Chapterof Hadassah, 1150 B'nai B'rith's first National with a teddy bear, we want to The students in the dental impaired individuals. The voice New London Ave.,. Cranston, Teddy Bear Drive, Feb. 12 to 18. show the children that there is technology program provide unit, Braille keyboard; Braille R.L 02920 by Feb 27. Bears will be distributed to hope, and that people care about free dental care to part of Israel's printer, and a device to enlarge For further information, con­ children in hospitals, homeless their well-being," said Tommy citizenry and make home visits the contents of the computer tact the office at 463-3636. shelters, police departments and P. Baer, international president other places as part of B'nai of B'nai B'rith. "We hope that B'rith's participation in Random every act of kindness will bring AOL Publication Examines . Acts of Kindness Week, a na­ usonestepclosertotikkunolam tional program in cooperation - healing the world." Quali~y of Holocaust Education----- with the RAK Foundation. From thousands of teen-agers The goal ci(RAK is to get in the B'nai B'rith Youth Orga­ How adequately is the Holo­ the government's increasing in­ achieve a balance between the people to reach into their hearts nization to senior citizens Ii ving caust being taught? The Holo­ volvement in mandating and history of the catastrophe and and help others with simple acts in B'nai B'rith apartment build­ caust has recently become an recommending Holocaust cur­ the various "'.'.ays of represent­ of kindnesey. ings, B'nai B'rith volunteers will integral part of educational cur­ ricula, the study of the Holo­ ing the private ordeals of its vic­ B'nai B'rith is seeking indi­ p!lrticipate in the Teddy Bear ricula in the United States, but caust has become more wide­ tims." He noted that Holocaust viduals and businesses to do­ Drive. are educators involved with spread. Experts believe, how­ educators "must be willing to nate new bears, and for organi­ To help B'nai B'rith in this Holocaust studies truly aware ever, that many educators are confront behavior that cannot zations which could use the effort,callLisaGoldmanatB'nai of the subject's many complica- nottrulyawareoforadequately be explained by prior notions of stuffed animals. · B'rith headquartersat(202) 857- tions? · trained to effe<;tively address whywedowhat-vedo," in turn "Too often children are af­ 6582 or B'nai B'rith's Boston of­ These are some of the ques­ problems unique to the subject. inviting students to reevaluate fected by sickness,accidentsand fice at (617) 731-5290. tions raised in the current issue Four Scholars address the in­ theirassumptionsaboutwhatis other tragedies that are beyond of Dinte11si011s, the journal of the tricacies of Holocaust studies "reasonable" behavior. This, Anti-Defamation Leagu.e's and the state of Holocaust edu­ wrote Langer, takes flexibility Braun Center for Holocaust cation in their articles in the new and even courage on the part of Israel Growth ~und Now Available Studies. issue of Dil11e11sio11s. the educator. In the past, Holocaust stud­ Lawrence L. Langer, author Irving Halperin, author and Since Israel's founding 50 tc>~nwd up wilh New England ies have received little attention and Holocaust educator at faculty member in the Jewish years ago, donating money and Funds and has launched a new in schools. Recently, with more Simmons College, wrote, "As Studies Program at San Fran­ buying bonds have been the mutual fund, The Growth Fund than 100 resource centers circu­ we approach the 21st century, cisco State University, recog­ standard way those outside of of Israel. lating educational material and the need grows for teachers to nizes that successfully teaching Israel have helped the state Now ·available through grow. agents ofThe New England, the Today, with the peace talks Growth Fund of Israel is an SYJP to Host Holiday Party _____ progressing, with more compa­ open-ended mutual fund which The Society of Young Jew­ ton. d'oeuvres, door pri zes, danc­ nies and countries doing busi­ will invest 65 percent of its as­ ish Professionals, the nation's The party begins at 8 p.m. ing, and much more. Proper ness with Israel, and with a sets in Israeli companies, pri­ largest organization for Jew­ More than 500 people at­ dress and valid identification strong economy, Israeli leaders marily those on the Tel Aviv ish professionals, ages 21 to tended last year. For direc­ are required . have indicated that what Israel Stock. Exchange. · 49,. announces the ninth an­ tions, call (61 7) 542-1123. To get more information needs most is basic investments. For more information or for nual "HalvahHeart"™ ,a holi­ Admission is $10 with in­ on SYJP's Boston-area, call Tohelplsrael'seconomycon­ investment consultation, call day party, on Feb. HI, at Juke­ vite and $15 at the door. This (800) 829-0404. tinue to grow, B' nai B'rith has (800) 827-3173. box, 275 Tremont St., in Bos- party will featute a DJ , hors THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1996- 9 THE JEWISH COMMUNITY Rabbi of the Mean 'Mass. Hysteria' Seder of Hope Streets to Address in New Bedford Announced Tifereth Israel Synagogue in The AIDS Task Force of the NCSY's Winter Concla,,e ------New Bedford will present Community Relations Council even higher rate of Jewish alco­ "Mass. Hysteria," a musical, - The Jewish Federation of Rabbi Joel Dinnerstein, receive national certification as holism than the general popula­ satirical look at the Bay State on Rhode Island-will present the known as the rabbi of the "high an addiction counselor. tion. Seder of Hope on March 31 at 5 seas and mean streets" because Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. at the temple. He is among many rabbis From Bangor to Boston, "Mass. Hysteria" is a com­ p.m. of his environmental efforts as who are alarmed about the ris­ Providence to Stamford, Conn., edy cabaret featuring four sing­ The seder will be held at the bay keeper of New York harbor ing tide of substance abuse in and points in between, NCSY's ers/ actors. Jewish Community Center of and his pioneering work with the Jewish Community today. New England region is identi­ Tickets cost $18 in advance Rhode Island, 401 Elmgrove Jewish prison inmates, addicts Substance abuse in teen-agers is fying and supporting teens as Ave., Providence, as part of the and the Jewish poor, will be the and $20 at the door. The price often connected to low self-es­ they search for more meaning includes a complementary des­ Rhode Island Jewish comm­ featured guest speaker for the teem. Dinnerstein will bespeak­ in their lives and a better under­ unity's response to the AIDS New England Region of Na­ sert. ing on "Shabbos and Self-Es­ standing of their roots. Tickets are available at the crisis. tional Conference of Synagogue teem" and "Like Yourself and With a large variety of activi­ synagogue, 145 Brownell Ave., The cost is $5 per person. Call Youth to be held from Feb. 9 to Others Will Too." ties and educational programs and at Pride Custom Interiors, for reservations as soon as pos­ Feb.11 at MontefioreSynagogue "Most Jews and non-Jews from which to choose, the NCSY 48 State Road, North sible at 421-4111. in Lowell, Mass. believe the myth thatJewsdon' t Ski Shabbaton hopes to attract Dartmouth. Dinnerstein has served on the drink ... so if you' re Jewish, you approximately 200 young Call (508) 997-3171 for more staff of the Metropolitan Coor­ can't be alcoholi c has been the people from throughout the information. dinatingC6uncil on Jewish Pov­ myth until recently," he said. New England region .. erty as directorof the nationally But in a time of rapidly esca­ It has become a major re­ Leisure-Club recognized Abraham Residence, lating technology, coupled with source for Jewish youth regard­ a supportive housing complex economic instability and the less of their background or reli­ Meets on Feb. 11------which provides housing for the breakdown of traditional insti­ gious affiliation. pelled from Iraq, they settleu ... homeless and resettled Russian­ tutions such as the family and Temple Emanu-EI Leisure NCSY is the youth movement Bombay, India, where Sam and Jewish immigrants. neighborhood community, ev­ Club will present Samuel J. of the Union of Orthodox Jew- his brothers were born. He is also the founder and eryone, regardless of where they Shamoon as the guest speaker • ish Congregations of America. The family then moved to directorofOhr Ki Tov-Center stand in the Jewish lexicon, can The program for the upcom­ on Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. forGrowthand Transformation, Shamoon's topic will be Teheran, Iran. At the age of 18, become a substance abuser. ing weekend will be supervised Shamoon came to America to an organization which reaches Whether they are Jewish house­ by a professional staff, and will "From Baghdad to Bombay - out to Jewish alcoholics, addicts A Jewish Family's Experience." continue his studies at Tufts wives in a suburban, Long Is­ include social events, with a University. At the present time and their families, providing land environment abusing pre­ Shamoon was born in band brought up from New he is city planner for Providence. counseling and Jewish educa­ scription medication or a Bombay, India. His parents were York. A sociaL hour will follow the tion. Chasidic businessman experi­ originally from Bagdad, Iraq. In For more information about program. A specialist in both the field menting with cocaine. "Addic­ NCSY and other youth pro­ 1940 when the Jews were ex- of criminal justice and addic­ tion is addiction," said grams for your community, call tions, Dinnerstein became the Dinnerstein. New England NCSY at (508) first rabbi in the United States to Holocaust survivors have an 441-2141.

Spin With Hadassah in lsrael1----- "Spring in Netanya," pitals and community centers, class accommodations, two Hadassah's one-month Israel tutoring immigrants in English, meals per day, volunteer pro­ volunteer-study-travel pro­ sorting and packing supplies for gram, Hebrew instruction, non­ gram, is scheduled for round­ the Israel Defense Forces, plant­ optional tours and gratuities. trip departure from New York ing gardens, painting murals, Price per person, double occu­ on April 22, returning May 21. doing carpentry or putting their , pancy is $2,999; single supple­ SPIN is for meA and women special talents to use. ment is $449. age 50 and up who want to . Afternoons are devoted to con­ For information contact spend meaningful time in Is­ versational Hebrew lessons, sight­ Selma Mammen, Hadassah, 50 rael. seeing tours to nearby attractions, West 58 St., New York, NY Participants stay at the Blue and optional tours to Eilat and Jor­ 10019; telephone (212) 303-8133; Bay Hotel in Netanya, a Medi­ dan. fax (212) 303-4525; or call your terranean resort town 20 miles In the evenings there are discus­ local Hadassah chapter. The north of Tel Aviv; and at the sions, folkdancing, entertainment phone number for Hadassah, Jerusalem Gate in Jerusalem. and festive dinners. Rhode Island Chapter, is 463- Here they serve as volunteers Hadassah's SPIN program 3636. each morning, working in hos- includes round-trip airfare, first- Teaching Tu B'Shevat So That's Su Zucker (left), formerly of Plantiques, recently gave a Tu B'Shevatworkshop on plants to students at the EunisZeidman Where Memorial Preschool, which is funded by Ruby Zeidman and 'Camptown' Was! Renew Your Vows on Feb. 14 located at Temple Arn David in Warwick. Herald photo by Neil Nachbar In response to our request for Ask many people and they the event is open to all couples information on "Camptown," will tell you that their wedding in Rhode Island who are mar­ Rhoda Galkin Schwartz called day is one of the most special ried 50 years or more. the Jewish Historical Associa­ days in their lives ... so why not The ceremony, which is tion of Rhode Island and filled do it again? scheduled to start at 2 p.m. will Chai Productions in some of the blanks. It is with this concept in mind accommodate all religious de­ Camptown was a day camp that "A Renewal of Vows Cer­ nominations; an elaborate recep­ sponsored by the Jewish Com­ emony" has been scheduled for tion will follow. It's final~ HERE!!! • munity Center. It was located Feb. 14 at Whytebrook Terrace, For more information or to •• across the street from Roger a rental retirement community reserve a spot in the procession, Jewish singles • Williams Park in a building the in Johnston. contact Karen Dennis at 233- park owned . Most of the activi­ All Whytebrookcouples have 2880. Dc:s.--.=es ties were ~eld in the park. The been invited to participate and building was on Elm wood Av­ Ages ... 21 · 39 Ages ... 40's · Plus enue. ClrcuHs, WesHn Hotel, WaHham Club Hollywood, Holiday Inn, Dedham The camp was for children IQ5exJl27o IQ5exJI 15o who lived on the south side of nesd 6 Providence. It was less expen­ Holiday Party no WO~K!!! ..-~ <> ·Iw: ~ ~:J~:: Sunday . Feb. 18. 1996 .Jp,oo ':f".,i sive than Camp Centerland. It '7 I . 7:,J . 12,_ was in existence from 1947 to ..J,a "'"''I @I~ "'',·', .- ,7/> a••"•t 1953. _ Cantor Sam Pessaroff In the photo with a swing CERTIFIED MOHEL ri~~a ·I cohe,!'1 ' ~, 0r<'' 50\li"''' that appeared in the Jan. 25 Her­ (508) 532-6068 ~j~~p/1! $8 .. Adv $9 ... Mem $10 ... Door ald, Rhoda Galkin Schwartz and RlEE. ..Potlcl:i, HM O'oewre,, Gltri Seena Dittleman, junior camp TraineJ at Bikur Cbolim Ho,1pital, Jer,,.,a/em kMrce-=ietiol B&o Oel. Brookh counselors, are pictured. v/J'. Borton Roth We thank the associationand ~"'~ ~ -:~176 ~dJ-7834 Schwart z for their help. 10-THE RHODE IST...AND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1996 0 Alperin Schechter School Let Music Carry You Plans Masquerade Ball Through February Classes at The Music School mental music from Europe and Royal Court Named activevolunteerattheschoolsi nce vicepresident.Sheisalsoamem- have started, but there is sti ll a England, performed on reproduc­ ti ons of authentic 18th-century Dinner, dancing and costumes 1984. She has served in a variety · ber of the professional staff of lot of opportunity to get in on instruments.Sudi Marcuse-Blatz, will bepartof thecelebrationas the of capacities including as presi­ the school where she serves as the ground floor. Ca ll 272-9877 soprano; Margaret Cushing, re­ AlperinSchechterSchool welcomes dent of the board from 1992 to directorofadmissionsand pub- for a complete course catalog corders; Frederick Jodry, harpsi­ thePurimholidaywithamasquer­ 1995and as secretary. She contin­ lie relations, as well as Hebrew for The Music Schol, or to regis­ chord; and Ben Peterson, Baroque ade ball at Roger Williams Casino. ues to lend her energy to the resource coordinator, drawing ter. cello, will perform at the Gov. · The event will feature food school and a varietyofothercom­ on her extensive teaching back- On Feb. 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. , munity activities, including serv­ ground in Jewish education. there will be a Free You r Back · Henry Lippitt House Museum, inspired by the cuisine of Per­ 199HopeSt. in Providence. Tick­ sia, and both music for dancing ing on the executive board of Roohi Radparvar, co-chair- workshop. Learn techniques ets are $9, $6 for .students and _and klezmerentertainment. The Temple Emanu-El. She and her person of the event, hopes that that will save your back from seniors. Call 453-0688 to make a party will kick off at 7:30 p.m. husband, Dr. Martin Newman the ball will give people more of the damage done by the stresses reservation. on March 2. are the parents of two Schechter a connection to the holiday of and strains of everyday living. graduates. She is also director of her homeland-Persia, or mod- This is for those with back prob­ OnFeb.25at2:30p.m., Music The honorees of the event, School recitals wi ll be held at The Royal Court, will be com­ business planning and develop­ em day Iran. ' !ems as well as those wishing to ment for Allied Signal Automo­ "Though we didn't necessar- prevent problems. Laura French The Music Mansion, corner of posed of active supporters of Congdon and Meeting streest the school, including: David and tive Aftermarket. ily have events like this one, we is the instructor. The fee is $30. grew up feeling that the Purim The class will be held at The in Providence. This program is Hope Hirsch, Dianne Newman, Deborah and Mathew Shuster free and open to the public. Deborah and Mathew Shuster are active volunteers and financial holiday was our story. Now I Music School located at Nathan am working on this event to Bishop Middle School, 101 Ses­ On Feb. 27 at 7:30 to 9 p.m., and Dr. Penney Stein. supporters of the school. They there will be a community sing "These individuals are being have each taken on a variety of ensure that a school like sions St., Providence. Ca ll 272- Schechter continues to give our 9877 for more details. with songwriter and storyteller honored for thei r efforts as vol­ volunteer roles, with Deborah Bill Harley and fo lk singer unteers, professionals and con­ serving as chairwoman of th~ chi ldren a wonderful connec- On Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. at Veter­ tion to all our Jewish rituals," , ans Memorial Auditorium, The Marcia Taylor. The program wi ll tributors. They have each made educationpolicycommitteeand be held at The Music School lo­ a difference in the Alperin formerly as assistant treasurer. said Radparvar. Music School wi ll present The Purim holiday and the Midori in recital with pianist cated at Nathan Bishop Middle Schechter Day School's very Mathew chairs both the endow­ School, 101 Sessions St., Provi­ existence. They have shaped the ment and nominating commit­ bookofEstherdescribe the Jew- RobertMcDonald .Call 272-9877 ish escape from enemies in an- for ticket information. dence. This is an event for all opportunities for Jewish educa­ tees,and serves as the advisor to ages.and all voices. Admission the cient Persia through the story of .On Feb. 25 at 3 p.m., the school tion in our community," said direc tor for community af­ is $3 at the door, plus a minimal Dr. Nathan Beraha, president of fairs. Deborah is also on the how a brave Jewish woman and will present a ~usical Tour of her uncle foil powerful enemies Baroque Europe. This is a spir­ charge for sheet music. Call 272- the board of the school. board. The Shusters are also ac­ 9877 for more information. David and Hope Hirsch are tive in the Jewish Federation of to preserve their people. The ited pr_ogram of vocal and instru­ active community volunteers Rhode Island. He is a business holiday is celebrated with the and philanthropists. The Alp­ consultant and she is associate recitation of the book of Esther .Baby Wales Courses to be erin-Hirsch Foundation has vice president of investments at -the Megillah-feasting, acts been a stalwart support of the Legg Mason. Their son is cur­ of charity, plays, and costumes. school since its fo unding. The rently a student 'at the school. "We are expecting an exciting Held at Johnson & Wales school is named for Hope's par­ Dr. Penney Stein and her event and hope the whole com­ Johnson & Wales University Computer courses include ents, Ruth and Max Alperin, and husband, Dr. Joshua Stein, were munity wi ll join in the fun, " co­ is -again offering Baby Wales one-day seminars offered on Sa t­ the Hirsches hosted the very fi"rst founding parents of the Alperin chairperson Mindy Wachten­ courses - non-credit classes in urdays from 9 a.m. to4p.m. They fund-raising event on behalf of Schechter Day School, with a hei m said. "We look forward to a variety of computer-related are: Introduction to Personal the school. Both of the Hirsches son in the first graduating class, seeingparents,grandparentsand topics-in February, March and Computers, Introduction to Win­ are active in Jewish communal and another in the fourth gradu­ people from throughout thecom­ April. dows, Advanced Windows, In­ and general community activi­ ating class. Their youngest son munity whosupportJewishedu­ New this term is a Food Ser­ troduction to WordPerfect, Ad­ ties. David recently served as is currently at Schechter. cation. We hope people will come vice Certification test offered the vanced WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2- president of the Jewish Federa­ An active volunteer, Penney and have fun, even if they don't second Tuesday of each month 3,Advanced Lotusand Microsoft tion of Rhode Island. He is CEO has served as a member of the wear a costume." for food service professionals Works. of Pawtucket Fasteners in Cen­ board and the executive board, For information on tickets, who feel classroom preparation Fees are $50 ana include ma­ tral Falls. and chaired a va ri ety of com­ contact the Schechter School of­ is not necessary to meet state terials. Dianne Newman has been an mittees. She is now an honorary fice at 751 -2470 . requirements for certification. For more information or to For those who require training, register, ca ll Johnson & Wales a Food Service/Sanitation Cer­ University's Continuing Educa­ tificate course and Food Service tion office at 598-1085 or (800) Underprivileged Students Seore High Recertification course also are 225-2454. dents took the higher-level tests · available. A more than four-fold in­ by some 30 highly experienced required for entrance into most crease in the numb!!r of under­ teachers from Israel's central cit­ university math, science, eco-· English as a Second Language privileged students in Israel ies, paid weekly visits to the nomics and business adminis­ passing a national mathematics schools. tration departments. Classes Offered at BCC exam has been recorded over In junior high schools, they Impressive gains were also the past five years, largely conducted workshops for the Bristol Community College 9 to 11 :30 a.m. recorded in physics and chem­ is offering a non-credit series of thanks to an experimental edu­ teachers and helped them plan All levels will meet Monday istry. Whereas in 1990 only five English-as-a-Second Language and Wednesday from 6 to 8:30 cational program designed by lessons and prepare and grade students passed the elementary the Weizmann Institute's sci­ tests. Ir senior high schools, they classes for anyone with limited p.m. level physics exam, this past English language skills. The cost is $35 for a 12-week ence teaching d epartment. also observed classes .and at summer 18 got passing marks, There has also been a significant times took an active ro le in the Registration and testing will session. all on hi gher-level tests. be held on Feb. 14 from 9 to Three levels of instruction increase in the students' natu­ classroom teaching; if the in­ The si tuation with regard to ral-science skills, according to a structors were new, they took 11 :30 a.m. and from 6 to 8:30 will be offered. The beginning chemistry at these schools had p.m. level concentrates on develop­ just-completed program evalu­ over the classes on each visit. been even more dismal when ation. In addition, the science teach-· Registration is at Bristol Com­ ingspeakingand li steningskills. the project was launched: 11th­ munity College's Durfee Street The intermediate and advanced "We feel that our experiment ing department updated text­ and 12-grade classes in this sub­ campus loca ted at 64 Durfee St., levels continue refining ~he ca n serve as a model for schools books, curricula and laboratory ject simply did not exist. Such in deprived areas in both devel­ equipment, prepared and dis­ Fall River, in room 309. speaking and listening skills as classes were subsequentl y set Classes wi ll begin on Feb. 26 . wellas developingreadingcom: oped and developing coun­ tributed supplementary teach­ up, and as a result 20 students The day classes for the advanced prehension and writing skills. tri es," said Dr. David Ben­ ing material, took charge of the passed the latest chemistry Chaim of the department's hiring of new teachers and held level will be held on Monday For more information, con­ exam. and Wednesday from 9 to 11:30 mathematics group, who di­ periodic training sessions in tact Helen Sullivan at (508) 678- "One of our major conclu­ a.m., and the beginner classes rected the program along with Rehovot for the schools' admin­ 2811, ext. 2260. sions is that such a program on Tuesday and Thursday from department head Professor Uri istrative and teaching staffs. should be long-term,and should Ganie!. In 1990, just before the pro­ start before high school. The sev­ Taking part in the experiment gram started, only 84 out of 337 enth-graders wi th whom we N.E. Tech Announces Contest were right junior and senior students graduating from the worked had caught up to their New England Institute of with other students, high schools from five towns in . schools took the nationally ad­ peers by ninth grade," said Ben­ Technology has announced the • receive recognition often Israel's Negev desert-Okafim, ministered "matriculation" ex­ Chaim. Building Construction Contest reserved for academic achieve­ Sderot, Netivot-Azata , Yeruham amination in mathematics, and "But perhaps our most im­ for the 1995-96 school year. ment only, and and the Merhavim Region-all just 45 passed . This past sum­ porla nt achi evement," he The contest is designed for • earn up to $2,000 in schol­ of which suffer from severe eco­ mer, upon the completion of the added, "has been to instill in high school seniors and will be arships. nomic and social problems. project, 232 oul of 383 gradua les both teachers and students the held at the co llege on Feb. 10. If you have any questions, The program's main thrust took the test and 190 of them belief that academic success is a The contest will give students a feel free to contact Erin was to upgrade the skills of the passed - more than a four-fo ld function not of ex ternal factors chance lo: Kavanaugh at 739-5000 or (800) teachers. Members of the increase. -such as fami ly and surround­ • demonstrate their abilities, 736-774.l. Weizmanngroup,accompanied Moreover, many of theseslu- ings - but of effort." • compare their performance THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH H ERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1996 - 11 0 BBYO Offe1s Five Summer Prograaras B'nai B'rith Youth Organiza­ ies, grou p dynamics and initia­ highest quality summer pro· tion international summer pro­ tive training, lectures,and semi­ gram for Jewish teens. Tradi­ grams afford yquth from all over nars. tionally, a six-week program, the wo_rld outstanding oppor­ Chapter Leadership Training this year ISi offers three sepa­ tunities for enhanced personal Conference is a two-week pro­ rate trip options. A six-week development and Jewish iden­ gram for youth who have com­ mission, a four-week mission tification, new fri ends, and fu n. pleted the ni nth grade, prepar­ and a special five-week mission, There are five programs of­ ing them fo r the responsibilities incorporating one week in East­ fered, each designed with sr e­ of chapter leadership. ern ·Europe a nd four in Israel. cific goals in mind. fnternational Lead ership Each ISi summer program con­ International Kallahisa fo ur, Study in Israel is a program in tinues touring with visits to all weekJudaiceducationprogram which each person will take part of Israel's important sites. for members ages 15 to 18. The in learning about leade{ship first Past participants and staff program combines intensive hand. The progra m - based will answer any questions.you Jewish studies with self-devel­ near Tel Aviv-will have three may have concerning cost, schol­ opment. parts: touring; visiting the ma­ a rships and t ransportation. Interna tio na l Lead e rship jor sites of Israel; community There will b~ an open house at Training Program is a three­ service project; and Israel stud- the BBYO regional office on Feb. week program aimed at d evel­ ies. 11, 2 to 4 p.m., 1280 Centre St., oping leadership ski lls in BBYO ·Israel Summer Insti tu te is Newton, Mass,, orcall (617)969- members through Judaic stud- na tionally recogni zed as the 8455. A Frog on a Log Ellan Nciorparvar (left) and Orli Mi ntz show a frog made out of fruit in ihe third grade at Provid ence Hebrew Day Mini-Schools Designed to School. The class project was fo r Tu B'Shevat. Improve Jewish Education ____ _ Herald photo by Neil Nachbar A pilot project designed to Mini-School Institute cited a re­ gram will inv~lvea partnership Johnson & Wales to Hold u pgrade the quality of Jewish cent research study conducted between the Florence Melton education in North America by the Council on Initia tives in Adult Mini-School Institute - CE Open House and through a u nique in-service Jewish Education w hich showed w hich is part of the Melton Cen­ training program for teachers that69 percent of all Jewish stud­ tre fo r Jewish Educa tion in the Business Information Night will be launched next fall under ies teachers in North America Diaspora at The Hebrew Uni­ The continuing ed ucatio n Center at the culinary campus the auspices of the Florence have no professional training in versity School of Education - department ofJo hnson & Wales on Washington Street off Allens Melton Adult Mini-School. In­ Jewish ed ucation. Many of these a.nd local sponsoring Jewish University is holdir;ig an open Avenue in Providence. I stitute of The Hebrew Univer­ teachers also have no formal educati on agencies in North house and business information . The CE offi ce is located on sity of Jerusalem, through a Jewish educa tion beyond the America. meeting for prospective stu- thefirst floorof Plantations Hall $150,000 grant from the Cov­ bar/ bat mitzvah level. The local agencies will as­ dents. a t 8 Abbott Park Place. enant Foundation of New York. The Mini-School for Jewish sume operating responsibilities The open house will be held Officers from the admissions The program, selected by the teachers will educate teachers for the program, under the su­ on Feb. 11 , from noon to 3 p.m., a nd fi na ncial aid departments 'a , foundation from among hun- · in the basics of Judaism as well pervision of a Mini-Schools for at the Johnson & Wales Culi- willbeonhand atbothsessions. SE d reds of proposals, will involve as provide them with tools and Teachers project director, with nary Amphitheater. Guided tours of the college will F, once-a-week training sessions methods for classroom imple­ fo llow-up evaluation a nd revi­ The business· informa tion be provided. u for teachers a t Jewish schools menfa tion. The curriculum for sions being coordinated by the night will be held on Feb. 21, For more information and B: OVE; r a period of two years. the teachers program, consist­ Florence Melton Adult Mini­ from 5 to 8 p.m., in the continu- d irections, call (800) 225-2454; Graduates of the Mini-School ing of a total ·of 120 hours of School lnstitute. ingeducationofficed owntown. withi n Rhode Island, call JWU- b, for Jewish Teachers program study, is based on the highly Currently, negotiations are The amphitheater is located • 1085. y will be eligible to participate in s uccessful Florence Melton · under way to select three sites in the Ha rborside Academic ac a two-week seminar a t The lie­ Adult Mini-Schools t]:iat now in North America for the first et brew Univers.ity. operate in 24 locations in the year's operation, with the num­ p, In emphasizing the need for United States, Canada and Aus­ ber expa nding to 15sitesinsub­ at such a progra m, educati onal tralia. sequent years. ol 0 xperts a t the Melton Adult Implementation of the pro- Tl a t Feinstein Increases ____--,-- __ th fo Offer to Schools nityorganizations, ahd even the a t As a result of a tremendously Such a project not only pro-. elementary a nd middle school a r successful meal center project vid es an opportunity for the stu­ students have cooperated en, i!: C, operated by the students in the dents to benefit their commu­ _thusiastically and pitched in to A, pictuta worth 1000 wotd!: ... d, East Greenwich High School ni ty and make a positive-differ­ help with the program. Feinstein Public Service Pro­ ence in the lives of others, and Interested teachers,students, "Camp JORI is better than parents, and members of the cc gram,AlanShawn Feinstein will their own as well, but also gets Disneyland community at large should con­ m provide a $5,000 grant for up to the school involved with the because you're 10 Rhode Island high schools w hole community. tact their school superintendent 01 (including those already receiv­ For example, in East Green­ a nd urge them to take advan­ there longer and ing fo undation fund ing for com­ wich, local merchants, commu- tage of this offer. have more fun!" munity service programs) who are read y to start and maintain a -quote from a 1995 camper meal center in their area. Technical assistance based eAMPAVODA. u pon the successfu l East Green­ oh Beautifel Lake T ispaquin wich experience will be made Middleboro. Massachusetts 02346 - vailable to the schools. Founded In I 927 for Jewish boys 7 to 15 years old Al Camp JORI, your c hild will spend his or her summer entering grades 2 through I 0 vac ation making friends and memories that will last a lifetime. For aver 50 years boys and .girls have participated in a large Tech Nite 'The Tradition Continues" variety of ac tivities and events, all led by a qua lified staff, which Archery • Arts & Crafts • BaskclhaJI • Canoeing • Fis hing • football focuses on building valuable skills and self-confidenc e. Scheduled FunyakJng • Hydroslld ing • Kayaking • K.JckbaJI • Newcombe • Photography · Loc ated on 13.5 acres in Narragansett, Camp JORI is the New E~g la nd Ins ti tute of Ping Pong • Radio • Rowing • SaJling • Soccer • Softball • Slrecl Hock<..-y • Swim only Jewish overnight camp in Rhode Island and follows kosher lnslructlon • Tennis • Tubing • Volleyball • Walcrskllng • Weightlifting • Wtndsurflng dietary laws. Enrollment is open to boys and girls Cflles 7 to 13. Technology wi ll hold a "Tech WoodworkJng • Wrcs UJng • Wcek1y Field Trips • Inter - and lnLra-Camp CompcUU9n Nile" on Feb. 13 from 4 to 8 p .m. EXCELLENT KOSHER FOOD • RESIDENT R.N. $700 to, spec,ol 2 week session Those interested in a ttend­ $11 50 per 4 week Trip • 3 ON-CALL PEDIATRICIANS for new overnight c ompers only ing the college in the fu t"ure wi ll Trip I June 30-July 28 Trip I June 30- July 14 be allowed to tour the campus. Trip II July 28- August 25 8-week or two 4-week periods Trip II July 28- August 11 On the tours, pote ntial students CALL OR WRITE: wi ll see live technical demon­ Paul G. Davi• . Dir ector For information. c all (401 ) 521-2655. Camp Avoda strations by students and fa c­ Compe,ihlps ovollble lor Rhode Islanders ulty. Admissions, housing, and 11 Eooex Street, Lynnfield, MA 01940 financia l aid information wi ll (617 ) 3 34-6 275 • (Fax) (617 ) 334.47 79 also be available. ~ ACCREOl l E.O For further information or ~ c-:~ CAMPJORI directions to thecollege,call 467- 229 Waterman Street 7744. ~- Providence, RI 02906 12 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEW{SH HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1996 \~~ HEAL THWI SE y~\ ' Anticancer Drug Developed URI ·Opens Providence Another Chance to Serve at The United States Food and (Kaposi's sarcoma) and others. Speech and Hearing Center Drug Administration has ap- Thecooperativeresearchthat The Miriam proved a new anticancer-drug led to the development of Doxil The University of Rhode Is­ cul ties, or speech or language The Miriam Hospital, a developed byresearchersatThe was begun by Bareriholz and land has opened its satellite difficulties acquired as a re- · Lifespan Partner, is looking for Hebrew University of 1erusa- Gabizon 10 years ago. A special Speech and Hearing Center at suit of a stroke or other ill- individuals who are interested !em, The Hadassah-University ·process was developed in the URI Providence Center in ness. in becoming volunteers for the Hospifal in Ein I5erem and Barenholz's laboratory for . the newly renovated Shepard The center is a Blue Cross/. . Friendly Caller Program. SEQUUS Pharmaceutical Inc. of "trapping" the medicinal agent Building. Blue Shield and Medicare pro­ This innovative program or­ Menlo Park, Calif. within the liposomes, the result The center is staffed by li­ vider. However, these services gap.izes specially trained volun­ The new drug, known as beingtheconcentrationofa very censed and certified speech-lan­ are offered at affordable rates teers to contact patients dis­ Doxil, was developed by Pro- largeamountoftheagentwithin guagepathologistsand audiolo­ for those who are not covered charged from the hospital, sur­ fessor Yechezkel Barenholz of tiny particles whose size is ap­ gists, and provides audiologi­ by health insurance. vey their satisfaction with hos­ TheHebrewUniversity-Hadas- proximately 1/10,000th of a cal testing and dispenses hear- Services are provided by ap­ pital services, and check on sah Medical School and Profes- millimeter. This process was ing aids. . pointment only. Early identifi­ whether they require further as­ sor Alberto Gabizon of The Ha- patented by the Yissum Re­ Speech testing and therapy cation and remediation of sistance. dassah-University Hospital in search Development Co. of The are available for persons ex­ speech, language or hearing Qualified volunteers will re­ Ein Kerem in cooperation with Hebrew University. periencing speech or language problernsareessential.Call277- ceive ample training, and will scientists at SEQUUS. • Not only did this process problems. Theseµughtinclude 5295, 874-4292 or 874-5969 for work with other hospital per­ The new drug contains the make possible the trapping of a stuttering, articulation disor­ more information or to make an sonnel to respond to patients' active ingredient doxorobicin (a large amount of the drug within ders, language learning diffi- appointment. needs. recognized agent for anti tumor the liposomes, butitwasshown If you have good phone and treatment) delivered within that this containment was communication skills, and wish fatty particles known a~ lipo- stable, enabling the \!rug to Center Offers Exercise to help out with this program, somes - ball-like structures reach and to be released in the contact the volunteer office at which trap· liquid within them. tumor cells. Programs for Moms-to~Be The Miriam Hospital, 331-8500, These particles are capable of Before the new drug deliv­ ext. 2510 for an interview. penetra ting the cancerous · ery system could be imple­ The Women & Infants' Cen­ The classes are held Monday growths through gaps in the mented, the researchers had to ter for Health Education at 2168 and Thursday evenings from blood vessels of the-cancerous overcome the problem of the Diamond Hill Road, Woon­ 5:45 to 6:45 p.m., and cost is $60 tissues. body's natural resistanee to for- socket, has an exciting exercise for the six-week series. Call the Since these gaps do not exist eign particles - in this case program for expectant moms. center at 767-2344 for registra­ . : I am orzly one, in blood vesselsofhealthytissue, clearing the drug-bearing lipo­ "Dancing Thru Pregnancy," a tion information. theparticles penetrate principally 'somes before they could reach 6-week, low-impact aerobics After delivery, moms can But still I am one. the tumorous growth tissue, and thedesirei:I destinations. The re­ class, which includes strength­ continue their exercise routine I cannot do everything, the medicine i's then released at searchers therefore' developed ening and toning muscles, and with "After Dance" classes the point where needed, ther.eby a new material which serves as relaxation tec_hniques, is de­ which are held Monday and But still I can do something; reducing the harm done to acoatingfortheliposomes, thus signed specifically with preg­ Thursday mornings, 9:30 to And because I cannot healthy sectors in the body. protecting them from prema- nancy, labor and delivery in 10:30 a.m. at the center. Moth­ do everything Doxorobicin is considered to ture destruction. mind. ers, and their babies, can enjoy be one of the most effective an- The researchers intend to this six-1,l{eek, low-impact class I will not refuse to do the ticani:eragents, butisalsohighly apply their. therapeutic ap­ which concentrates on a fitness something that I can do . · toxic, and therefore this new proach, known as "passive tar­ · Support Group for and well-being program de­ method of delivery is consid- geting," to the development of signed specific_ally with the E.E. HALE 1822-1909 ered highly effective. The new additional drugs for various ill­ People With needs of the postpartum mom medicine is expected to be use- nesses, in addition to applying in mind. Call for information. ful in the treatment of various· it to the delivery ofother agents­ Epilepsy to Meet types of cancer: breast, lung, used in treatment ·of various The support group for people cancer in persons with AIDS types of rnncer. with epilepsy and other seizure Dying to be Thin- disorders will meet on Feb. 13 in Dr. E. -S. Mehlman Honored the main conference room at In­ In an effort to achieve an ide­ and bulimia are addictive dis­ dependence Squ.are, 500 Pros­ alized body" image, millions of easesand theirvictimscan' tfight by Yankee _Dentists pect St., Pawtucket. Americans-mostofthemgirls the disease alone. The group meets from 11:30 and young women - are liter­ For more information about At the · recent 20th Yankee Mehlman is a former presi­ a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and partici­ ally .starving themselves to eating disorders and other Dental Congress in Boston, Dr. dent of the Rhode Island Dental pants are-encouraged to bring a death. They suffer from anorexia_ health issues that affect young Edwin S. Mehlman of Association, a diplomate of the lunch or to buy one in the build- and bulimia, ~ating disorders adults,call the College of Ameri­ Barrington.received the James American Board of Endo­ . ing cafeteria. · that often begin in the teen or can Pathologists at (800) LAB- W. Etherington Award. The dontics, and has recently com­ Ann Mulready from Rhode preteen years. 5678. pleted a term as first vice presi­ award is presented by the den­ Island Protection and Advocacy People with anorexia starve dent of the American Dental tal associations of the six New Systems will speak on seeking themselves because they are Association. Englan,d states to a dentist of and holding jobs and dn the re­ afraid of becoming fat. The Etherington A ward is the New England who has dedi­ qui rem en ts for getting a driver's Bulimics vomit, exercisecom­ cated-much of his professional highest honor given to a New license. pulsi vely, or use laxatives after life to the high ideals and objec-· England dentist for meritorious Anyone wishing transporta­ eating to avoid gaining weight. servi-ce to dentistry. tives of organized dentistry. · tion, should call Krista at 725- Pathologists, doctors who 1966. Anyone wishing further serve patients through labora­ information, call Janet at the tory -medicine; say that eating same number. disorders can lead to serious Q08EWOOD health problems or even death. Mi\NOQ. LTD. Because people suffering from • OSTOMV anorexia or bulimia will go to • LIFTCHAIRS great lengths to hide their disor­ ders, it is often up to family and A 4uality nursing facility on Providence's Ea~t Side providing • HOSPITAL BEDS friends to recogni ze the illness compre he ns ive Nursing. Phys ical . 0<-cupational and Speec h • WHEELCHAIRS and get help. T herapy services. • WALKERS Herearesome warningsigns - Emphasi!\ is placed on meeting the in

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14-THE RHODE ISLAND JEWI SH HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1996 TS~- ~- - TER-TA.INMENT- - -. • • • ., • • • • • • • • • ""'t' • • • • • • • • • • • i, • • • • • • • • • • • a • • • • ~ • • • • " • • • • " • • •- • " • • • • " • • Beauty and the Beast · Go At It Again! There will be one perfor­ the Beast's castle. New charac­ mance of Musica l Ameri ca's ters, including a talking gar­ "Beauty & the Beast," at 3 p.m. goyle, dancing dresses, singing on March 3 at the Providence fireplace griffins, a nd a magic Performing Arts Center. wand w hi ch becomes a va ude­ Premi ering last summer ·a t vill e showman , interj ect com­ Rhode Isla nd 's Theatre by the ed y into scenes throughout the Sea, Musica l Ameri ca's "Beauty show. & the Beast" utilizes special ef­ Musical America's "Beauty fects, costumes, sets, a nd a pop­ & the Beast" is recommended rock score to create a kingdom fo r audiences 5 years of age and of enchantment. The producti on old er. unfolds from a giant sundial in Tickets are now on sa le fo i- this the Wi za rd's workshop. The set adaptation of one of the most revolves with a series of balco­ enduring love stori es of all ti me. ni es a nd staircases to show Ca ll 421-ARTS to order ti ckets.or Bea uty's home, the forest, a nd for more informa ti on. Great Drama Presented at URI "The Glass Menageri e," by her mother's fea r that she will Tennessee Williams, will be pre­ never marry. sented by the Uni versity o f Ama nd a, Laura's mother, Rhode Island Thea tre, und~r the tells long gallant stori es of her d irecti on of Bob Colonna, on own youth, and preaches about EVERYONE'S AFRAID of Virginia Woolf! From the left, David Jepson plays George and Beth Feb. 22 to 24 and Feb. 28 to March the da ngers of spinsterhood . Jepson plays Martha in the City Nights Dinner Theatre production of one of our most intense 2, at 8 p·. m. in the Robert E. Will Jobless and lonely, La ura finds dramas, "Who's Afraid of Virgir;iia Woolf?" Theatre, Fine Arts Center, Uni­ self-worth onl y in her glass 11'\e­ ve rsity of Rhode Is la nd in nageri e - a fi gurine collecti on. Kingston. When her brother Tom brings For reservati o ns, ca ll 874- a fri end home from hi s job to 'Who's Afraid?' at City Nights 5843. meet Laura, Amanda's ex pecta­ City Nights Dinner Theatre Beth Jepson as a college profes­ atre. Ti ckets are $8 general admis­ ti ons soar. The three main char­ a nnounces its producti on of sor and his wife who entertain a Tickets for the dinner and sion, $6 students/seniors, $4 acters, mislead by their fears, Ed ward Albee's award-winning new instructor and his naive who are$22 a person. The meal children under 12. Group ra tes d efects, a nd exp ecta ti o ns play "Who's Afraid of Virgi ni a wife, during a n all-night bender is a roast beef dinner, with ev­ a re availa ble. Vi sa and struggle to contro l reaU ty; onl y Woolf?" at thei r home. The young couple erything fr o m tossed salad MasterCard are accepted _ tocreategranderand more dam­ The s how, p roduced by are drawn into an unending se­ through dessert and coffee. "The Glass Menagerie" ex­ aging illusions. David Jepson, will open Feb. 24 ries of mind games. The play Seating is from 6 to 7 p.m ., plores <1 n isolated famil y in a Like _ma ny of our best dra- _ a nd run Friday a nd Sa turday has adult content and mature with dinner served a t 7 p.m .. dingy St. Lo uis apartment. ·mas, it can hardly be sa id to be evenings throug h March 17, language a nd_situations. Sunday ma tinee seating is from Laura, ·t11e daughter, suffers upbeat, but odds are that "Me­ with a Thursday evening per­ City Nights i_s located at the noon until 1 p.m., with dinner a sli ght limp, and is constantly nageri e" has cha nged many fo rmanceon March 14,and Sun­ center of downtown Pawtucket served at1 p.m. Thecurtainrises hounded and discouraged by li ves. day matinees on March 10 and a t 27 Exchange St. (next to the an hour and a qua rter after serv­ 17. Pa wtucke t Times Building). ing time. Cocktails a nd soft Th'e play is directed by Ernest There· a re fo ui- parking lots drinks are availabl e a t the bar J. M~deiros, ~nd st~rs David ,md \

Learn About . Pastels at City Nights Dinner Theatre 24, 25, 31, June 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, Wickford will hold open auditions for its 15, 16, 20, 21 , 22 and 23. May/ June show, Rodgers and City Nights provides a sti­ Meeting Hammerstein's award-winning pend payment to all cast, crew musical "South Pacific." The and production staff members. The Wickford Art Associa­ show will be produced byQavid Inquiries are always welcome tion's first meeting of 1996 takes Jepson. for all areas of participation. placeonFeb.13at7:30p.m.atthe Audition dates for "South Apprentice positions are often Wickford Art Association Gal­ Pacific" are Feb. 19and 20,atthe available. lery. theatre, at 7 p.m. Thoseauditioning for the first The featured speaker, Eileen Mayhew, will present a demon­ The show will be directed by time are encouraged to bring, if Beth Jepson. Musical direction possible, a resume and a recent stration on using pastel materi­ will bebyG. Frank Meekins. All photo, to be kept on an active a ls . Mayhew's presentatio n, roles are open for casting. fil e. A form and a photo ca n be w hich begins at 8 p.m. will be Needed are 14 men and nine taken at the theater. Auditions preceded by a brief business women. Performers should be fo r new shows occur approxi­ meeting. Mayhew is a portrait painter able to sing. A selection from mately every six weeks. who works in oils, pastels and the show would be best at the For further information or to charcoals. Largely self-taught, audition, but performers may let the casting department know bring in thei r own sheet music of your intention to audition, she has studied closely with master portrait artists Frank or select from the theatre's col­ ca ll the box office, 723-6060,and lection. leave name and number. All Covino and Daniel Greene. Performance dates for this ca lls will be returned. Artists and art lovers alike show will be May 10, 11 , 17, 18, will appreciate Mayhew's ap­ proach. The meeting is free of chargeandisopento the public. The Irish Rovers w,·11 Refreshments will be served, Take You Back ______an_d_ gu_e_sts_a_re_w_e1_co_m_e.__

After more than 30 years of Performing Arts Center, 220 gagement at the Purple O nion entertaining audiences around Weybosset St., Providence. folk club. the world, The Irish Rovers ca n Crowd favorites by the Rov­ Tickets for The Irish Rovers Zalmen Mlotek still deliver hours of song and ers, including "The Unicorn," areavailablebycalling421-ARTS. Plroto courtesy of Hebrew College merriment. "The Black Velvet Band," and Mastercard, Visa, and American They will perform on March "Wasn' t That a Party," have re­ Express are accepted. Box office 9 at 8 p.m. at the Providence ceived a newmusicaispark with hours are Monday to.Friday, 10 Mlotek to Teach Class in theadditionoftwo multi-instru­ a.m. to6p.m.andSaturday, noon mentalists from Belfast, North to 5p.m. Ticketsarealsoavaiiabie Yiddish Art and Folk Song------Ireland. Recruits W. Wallace' at Ticketmaster locations or by portant collections of Jewish Hood and John Reynolds have calling 331-2211. "The World of Yiddish Art American Yiddish music. His Music. joined original members George and Folk Song" will be pre­ Broadway and off-Broadway For more information about Millar, cousin Joe Millar, and sented by Zalmen Mlotek on accomplishments include being the event, contact Janet Penn, lead singer, Jimmy Ferguson Feb. 11 at the Hebrew College co-creator and conductor for coordinator, Jewish Music In­ who provide continuity from the UsenAuditorium,43HawesSt., "Those Were The Days," "The stitute at Hebrew College, (61 7) past for the Rovers. 278-4958. Brookline, Mass. Golden Land" and "On Second The ability to create a party Wherever they burn books From 2 to 4 p.m., Mlotek will Avenue." ?? tmcsphere d uring concert per­ be conducting a master class in He was musical director tor Opera Holds formances first brought success They will also, in the end, Yiddish Art af)d Folk Song. In the America n Reperto ry to The Irish Rovers, in 1965, Auditions when the group rose from ob­ burn hu11111n beings. addition to coaching area sing­ Theatre's production of Isaac The Ocean State Light Opera ers, Mlotek will discuss Yiddish BashevisSingers' "Shlemie!The scurity, playing in a San Fran­ H EINRICH H EINE 1797-1856 Company will be holding audi­ cisco restaurant, to perform an performance styles, practices First," which was featured in tions for summer performances and the historical background the Lincoln Center Serious Fun unprecedented 22-week en- ---~ '----- of G ilbert and Sullivan's ,___ _ of Yiddish music and culture. Festival. "Iolanthe" and 'The Sorcerer" The master class is $5; tickets Currently on the faculty of at the Wheeler School Theatre are available at Hebrew College Yeshi va University, Mlotek in Providence, on March 17, the day of the class. regu larly travels to Europe from 2 to 5 p .m., and on March At7:30 p .m., Mlotek will per­ where he performs Yiddish 18 and 19 from 7 to 10 p.m. form a concert of Yiddish art. music. He has numerous record­ Call 331-6060 for more infor­ and folk song. Tickets are $10 ings and has edited three im- mation. and are available at Hebrew College's Usen Auditorium the day of the performance. Mlotek is a noted composer, Somethings JVel/er Change ™Valentine's ©ay Special conductor, pianist and an inter­ nationally recognized authority We at the Two Glasses of Champagne on Eastern European a nd Shrimp Cocktail for Two Blue Grotto Full Salad Bar RESTAURANT • L OUNGE Choice of Two Entreis & PIANO B AR ~ . 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On the right hand page, there A fri end of mine, minister of "And the child w ho was isa full page illustration, featur­ a Free Will Baptist congrega­ lonely ca lled G-d 'Friend.'" ing three children who bake tion, handed me a bag of books The conclusion is one we can bread, ca mp out, watch a thun­ one day and said, "These are a ll subscribe to. It will stay with der storm and bury a dearly some of my fa vorite books. Read us, and temper our judgement loved pet, among other things. them." of other's vision of G-d, per­ If you are eager to become Well, you don' t argue with haps, and remind us of all the more observant, starting with rabbis, priests or ministers if you ways in which G-d enters our small, manageable steps, this ca n help it - am 1 right? So, I everyday lives. book will be a great help. read them. They are all books that a Jew­ ish family might enjoy and ben­ efit from, and several are writ­ ten specifically for Jewish fami­ lies. Let's start with In c·od's Name by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, illus­ trated by Phoebe Stone. You have probably heard of this book alread y. If it is not in your col­ lection today, 1 urge you to find a copy. (Publ. by Jewish Lights Publishing, $16.95.) This is one of those rare books in which both the text and the illustrations are magnifi cent. The text very gently, very sen­ sitively. shows children (and adults) how one's image of G-d maybe predicated upon what is most moving or important in one's life. "The slave who was freed The illustrations by Stone, The illustrations are simple, from bondage ca lled G-d 'Re- who graduated from the Rhode basic, accessible, in full color and Island School of Design are al­ beautiful color. (Pub l. by most Chagall-like. They are in Lothrop, Lee and Shepard pure, rich colors, and have a Books, price not given.) tation from a holy book, and a .- illustrations are so wonderful dreamy quality that invites you kavanah, which usually con­ · that they are worth the price of right into the picture. Readers The Book of . Words by tains a suggestion for your ob­ the book by themselves. Any of every age sh@uld love them. Lawrence Kushner is a book for servance that day. · one of them would make a This is a book I plan to buy prized addition to the art in your for myself, and give as a gift to · home, if it were enlarged and those closest to me. It is a great framed. Such beautiful work. book, not just fo r Jews but for In the end, Old Turtle says, everyone who is trying to nur­ "God is all that we dream of, ture his or her spirit. (Publ. by · and all that we seek," ... "all that Jewish Lights Publishing, at we come from and all that we $21.95.) ca n find. G-d IS." ]:inally we come to Old Turtle, (The book was published by text by Douglas Wood, illustra­ Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers, tions by Cheng-Khee Chee. and costs $17.95.) Again, the text (which is gen­ I was reminded, by Old tly, succinctly written) deals . Turtle, of an interview I saw on with our inner struggles to imag­ Sunday wi tha Dr. Williams who ine G-d . "G-

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------,------THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD,-THURSDAY; F£BRUARY 8-, -1996-17 · MILESTONES Chancellor Kohl Receives Rachel Daniels Carol Mullowney Graduates B'nai B'rith Award with Honors to Wed Gary Paull For his staunch suppo.rt of staunch political support in the Rachel Marla Daniels, daugh­ Sidney and Janice Paull, of Mrs. David Paull and David Israel, B'nai B' rith German United Nations, the European ter of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Warwick, R.l., announce the en­ Dress. Chancellor Helmut Kohl re­ Union and other international Daniels of Cranston, graduated gagement of their son, Gary Jay The bride-to-be graduated ceived the B'nai B' rith forums. magna cum laude from the Uni­ Paull,ofWaltham,Mass·., to Carol from the University of Rhode President's Gold Medal for Hu­ Kohl recently pledged to·sta­ versity of Har!ford with a bach­ Ann Mollowneyof N. Kingstown, Island. Her fiance has a B.S. de­ manitarianism on Jan. 25 in Ber­ tion German troops in the Golan elor of science degree from the R.l., daughter of Edward and gree from ~oston College and a lin. Heights if necessary for peace College of Education. Mary-Lou Mullowney, of N. M.S. degree from George Wash­ Tommy Baer, international with Syria. She has been elected to Order Kingstown, R.l. ·, ington University. He works as president of B' nai B'rith told In his acceptance speech, of Qmega, a Greek hon·or soci­ The future bridegroom is the a research associate in Billerica, Kohl, "You have shown that a Kohl said: "There are wounds ety; Alpha Chi, an academic grandson of Mrs. David Dress Mass. nation must not forget the past which never heal. We have spe­ honor society; and Kappa Delta of Johnston, R.I. He is also the The w·edding date has been .as it embraces its future. You cial respect for the survivors of Pi , an education honor society. grandson of the late Mr. and set for April 20, 1996 . . have made it clear that Israel the Shoah. Their testimony is a Rachel is a 1992 graduate of and the Jewish CQmmunity are lasting reminder for the whole Cranston High School West. _an important part of that fu­ of mankind. JORI Installs New Officers ture ... and you have usherect in "We must not and do not in­ . . . a new and brilliant era in Ger- tend to ever forget the crimes of Sean The58thannualdinnermeet­ treasurer and Ronda Schuster man history." . the National Socialist tyranny, ing of Camp JORI took place on as secretary. Kohl was honored at a din­ its disregard and mockery of all Aaron Jan. 30, at the University Club in Outgoing president, Samuel moral standards or its system­ ·, .. ner attended by 650 people in­ -~~ Roles Providence. K. Suls, who has served in this cluding Israel Prime Minister atic inhumanity." Michael Schuster, who was capacity for the past four years, Shimon Peres, members of the himself a camper and counselor will continue to serve on the German Parliament, and promi­ The Stars Keith and Laurie Roles an- . at Camp JORI, was installed as board. r1ent l:msiness leaders. Speakers nounce the arrival of their son, president of the board of direc­ Located in Narragansett, praised Kohl for Germany's (Continued from Page 16) Sean Aaron Roles, on Nov. 8, tors. Jeffrey Pine and Theodore Camp JORI is the only Jewish large trade with Israel and its lures of what was happening 1995. Winston were installed as vice overnightcamp in Rhode Island. 9,000,000,000 years ago. He was His maternal grandparents presidents, Steven Howitt as as radiant, talking about these are Franklin and.Elai ne Shatz of images, as a man describing the Warwick. Worcester woman who has just agreed to His paternal grandparents The Senate Has a Center Invites be his wife. · are Warren and Henrietta Roles At the end of hi s interview, of Cranston. Minyan Again Entries he said, ""We all have the same Sean's great-grandparents origin. We are truly kindred. are Murray and Irene Cohen of by Matthew Dorf to~ in the state's history. Sen. Beginning its second quarter Weareonewitheverythingwe Cranston. He is named in WASHINGTON (JI A) - As RichMd Lewis Neuberger was century of annual fine craft ex­ see .. .Wearebrother softheboul- memory of his uncle Steven Republican's and Democra ts elected in January 1955 and hibitions, the Center for Crafts ders .. . cousins of the stars." · Andrew Shatz. continued to spar over the po­ served until his death in 1960. · has scheduled its 26th annual litical implications of Oregon's The NJDC's political action crafts fair and is currently ac­ special election, Jews focused committee led an effort to cha n­ cepting entries from around Terminally Ill Patients on the return of a minyan to the nel about $34,000 to Wyden's New England and the United Semite. cash-strapped campaign. States. Can Refuse Lile-Support Rep. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), · About 130 people donated money to Wyden through the The fair uses standards es­ by Naomi Segal ·The state repsesentative and the son of German Jewish refu­ council's PAC. tablished by the American JERUSALEM (ITA) - In a the legal counsel for the Kupat gees, became the 10th Jew in the Other Jewish Democrats con­ Crafts Council to select work precedent-setting ruling, a Tel Cholim Klalit, Israel's largest Senate when he defeated Re­ for the exhibition and sale. The Aviv court ruled recently that health fund, did not oppose the publicanGordonSmith inaspe­ tributed at least another$34,000 to the campaign, Forman said. five-:person·jury asks artisans to terminally ill patients could not petitioners' request not be to cial election held to fill former Wyden, who will serve the submit slides of their original · beconnected toarti6ciallife-sup­ connected life support systems. Sen. Bob Packwood's seat. remainder of Packwood's term, work by Feb. 12. Among the port systems against their will. Buttheysaid theultimatede­ Jewish represent,:ition in the crafts to be highlighted at the cision should be made by a spe­ Senate dropped to nine mem­ which expires in 1998, joins nine Tel Aviv District Court Judge other Jewish senators in the May 17 to 19 fair are basketry, Moshe Telegam's ruling came cial panel .of doctors that in­ bers when Sen. Howard 104th Congress: Barbara Boxer ceramics, fiber, glass, je)Nelry, in response to petitions from cludes the director of the hospi­ Metzenbaum (D-Ohio) retired. leather, mixed media, paper and tal, the department director and "It's nice to have a minyan in (D-Calif.), Russell Feingold (D­ two terminally ill patients: a 47- Wis.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca­ wood. another senior doctor. the Senate,'( said ;1n ebullient yea·r-old former combat pilot lif.), Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), Frank "Our fair is one of just two Telegam ruled in favor of the Ira Forman, executive director from the center of the country Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Carl Levin juried spring craft shows of this and a 70-year-old man from petitioners, noting that because of the National Jewish Demo­ calibre in the New England they were of sound mind when cratic Council. "There was a (D-Mich.), Joseph Lieberman northern Israel. (D-Conn-.), Arlen Specter(R-Pa.) area," said executive director they made their appeal, their clear .ideological difference be­ Both men have a degenera­ and Paul Wellstone {D-Minn.). Maryon Attwood. "I't is impor­ tive disease that attacks the ner­ request should be honored with­ tween the two candidates and tant not only beca_use of the.high vous system and affects motor out going before a medical com­ we're proud and happy about quality, but also because the ar­ functioning. mittee. · Wyden's success." MAIL GETS TO US tisans' participation supports They both asked that their Wyden, 46, became the first QUICKER IF YOU USE the profession they havechos~n Democrat to represent Oregqn lives - and in their view, their OUR _POST OFFICE BOX: for their life's work. Our center suffering :.._ not be prolonged Israel, India in the Senate since John F. is an educational institution,and Kennedy was president. He also ~ P.O. 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' 861-1403 FRIDAY 9 30 AM- 7 PM, SATURDAY 9 30 AM-5 PM 18 THE RHODE ISLAND JEW ISH HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8; 1996 WORLD AND-NATIONAL' NEWS Panel to Ask Is A Palestinian Independent Farrakhan to Explain_..:....______State a Foregone Conclusion? by Gil Sedan and by Daniel Kurtzman Qaddafi pledged $1 bil lion to Qaddafi's 1-year-old daugh­ Michele Chabin say no:· WASHI NGTON ()TA) the Na ti on of Islam lo increase ter was ki ll ed in the a ttack. JERUSALEM (JT A) ,-Shortl y Castro, a 39-yea r-old na tive When Nation of Islam leader the influence of American mi­ · Signing the visitors book, after the polls closed, the Pales­ of Jaffa, admitted that he has a Louis Farra kha n returns fr om nori ti es in U.S. elec ti ons. Farra kha n wrote, "I implore tinian leadership'ssecond in com­ personal ax to grind with Israel. hi s African tour, he· may find The two men agreed lo "mo­ G-d to punishourenemieshun­ mand rushed to announced the "In 1948 m y family was himself facing a U.S: Justi ce De­ bilize the oppressed minorities" dreds oftimes, just.as they did next national objective - Pales­ forced to fl ee Jaffa so we moved partment inquiry and a congres­ - particularly bl acks, Arabs, to us a nd against you," Ja na re- tinian independence. to Jerusalem. They took all our ~ional subpoena . •. Muslims a nd American Indians ported. . Mahmoud A bbas, also ho u ses a nd la nd . Of 114 The results of f'arrakhan's -"to pla y a significa nt role in White House Press secretary known as Abu Mazen, chair­ dunams, I have only 11 / 2 left. I meeting with Libya.n leader American poli tical life," accord­ MikeMcCurrysaid th e meeting man of the central election com­ have papers from the [British ·MuammarQaddafi may viola le ing to Libya's sta te-run Jan_a constituted yet another attempt mittee, said the newly elected Manda te! period proving my the 'foreign Agent Registration news agency. . by Qaddafi to "worm hi s way Palestinian Council would de­ ownership, not tha t it does any Act, which requires American Farrakha n's ti es to Qaddafi back into the good graces of the clare indepe nde nce "within good." · citizens who work.on behalf of a go back at leasi as far as 1985, worlcl " despite harboring two three years." · Others, like Alif Sabbagh, a . foreig n government lo register w hen the Libya n leader dehv­ suspects in the 1988 bombing of A day later, he did not rule 37-year-old Israeli Arab from the with the Jus ti ce Department. ered·a major address at the Na­ Pa n Am Flight 103 over outtheestablishmentof a Pales­ Galilee, say they would ha ve "A letter is being drafted for tion of Islam'~ Saviour's Day Lockerbie, Scotla nd . tinian state.eve,; before the .end voted,, given the opportunity. him outlining hi s responsibility meeting, telling black members of the three-year term of ~he new Under the terms of the Oslo to register as a foreig n agent if of the·U.S. armed forces to "de­ "Qaddafi has tri ed various interim government. Agreement, Arab citizens of he engages in activities that a re stroy w hite America.", schemes to evade hi s responsi ­ Thedeclarationsetoff a wave J_s­ rael were ineligible to vote 111 for propaganda purposes," said He expressed support for a bilities in the international com­ of discomfort among Israeli s, the election. East Jerusalem Pal­ John Russell , a Justi ce Depart­ separa te black stale within the munity," McCurry said, refer­ some of w hom view the pros- estinia ns who vofed are not Is­ ment spokesman. United States. ring to the U.N. resolution de­ pect as an a nathema. . raeli citizens. In addition, Rep. Peter King In Tripoli , Farr!l kl~an report­ manding that the Libya n sus­ Israel's ri ght-wmg was ,shll Obviously frustrated by his (R-N.Y.), a fervent critic of ed ly la vished praise on the pects be hai:ided over. "He reeling from the announcement inability to go to the ballot box, Farrakhan and the Nation of Is­ Libya n leader, commending his should quit trying to cha nge the that Israel would issue visas to Sabbagh, who now lives in E?st lam, said the interna tional op­ work for the libera ti on of op­ subject." former terrorists who belong to Jerusalem, said, "The Paleshn­ erations and huma n ri ghts sub­ pressed people, including Afri­ ·1n a no ther sign tha t the Palestinian National Coun­ ian people are my people. I'm commiltee would ca ll upon ca n Americans in the United Fa rrakha n is ga ining promi­ cil so it can convene to abrogate an Israeli citizen but I feel Pales­ Farrakhan to testify as ea rl y as Sta tes. nence in the United States, Burns its covenant calling for Israel's tinia n. I have suffered like the next week to answer questior.is Farrakhan also paid a visit to indica ted that State Department destruction. rest of my people have suffered. about hi s ,d ea lings with the the bombed-out remains of officials mi ght ask him for a Isra eli officials such as Health My la nd has been confiscated Libyan leader Qaddafi's house, which the debriefing when he returns. Mir.ister Ephraim Sneh i::Iayed a nd my brothers and I don't "If he ignores us or says he is United States targeted in a 1986 "We'll just have to see what down the statement. know my uncle,a refugee living not coming, we will subpoena air raid in retaliation for Libya's he would like to do when he "What kind of a Palestinian in Lebanon." him," said King spokesman Dan alleged involvement in a bomb­ comes back," he said. · state are they talking about?" Sabbagh expressed the hope Michaelis, addihg, "We're go­ Ed.Note: " ... whathewouldlike He asked . "A state where we ing of a night club in Germany that sometime in the near future ing to get him here one way nr frequented by U.S. Mannes. to do"? control 70 percent of the West Israeli Arabs "will be able to another." Bank?" have dual citizenship, as some Ridi.culeitashemay, the Pal­ · American Jews do. I hope we Assassin Agrees estinian state seemed to draw ca n participate in the negotia~ Farrakhan May Be Required nea rer as Israeli government tions over our future as lsraeh to Psychiatric . spokesmen .did not rejec;t Abu to Register as Foreign Agent citizens and Palestinians." , Exam Mazen's sta tement out of hand. ,While Mohammed Shuker, a They merely restated the of­ by Daniel Kurtzman. 41-year-old restaurateur in by Naomi Segal fici al line,saying that the matter WASHINGTON ()TA ) work for the liberation of op­ . Ramallah, would have liked to JERUSALEM (JT A) - Yi gal would be resolved in the nego­ When Nation of Islam leader pressed people, including Afri­ see more opposition candidates Amir, the 25-year-old law stu­ tiations on the final status of the Louis Farrakhan returns from can Americans in the United running against Arafat, he ex-_ his African tour, he may find dent on trial for the assassma­ territories, which are slated to States. - tionofYitzhakRabinhasagreed pressed satisfaction that elec­ himself facing a· U.S. Justice · He met with Qaddafi "for the begin in May. tions took place at all . to undergo a psychiatric exami­ Although the Labor Party Department inquiry. sa ke of unifying Arabs, Mus­ In fluent Hebrew, he said, The results of Farrakhan's nation. sticks formally to its rejection of lims, blacks and oppressed com­ At a cour-t session on Feb. 1, "Of course I'm happy that we meeting recently in Tripoli with a Palestinian state, no one doubts m uni ties in American to play a the judge in the case appointed had elections, since most people Libyan leader Muammar that the "final status of the terri­ strong, significant role not only two new lawyers to represent here support peace. Unfortu­ Qaddafi may· violate the For­ tories" most Fkely will mean an in the American elections, but Amir, after two others had asked nately, the road to _democracy eign Agent Fegistratjon A_ct , independent Palestini WORLD -AND. NATIONAL NEWS Likud Nears Recognition of PLO

by Gil Sedan JERUSALEM (JTA)-As the with Arafat and the Palestinian world awaits Palestinian action Au thority, and would not re­ on amending the Palestine Na­ verse the limited Palestinian tional Covenant, sections of autonomy that is alre;dy a fait which call for the destruction of accompli. l_srael, Jewish ·and _Paleshruan "As much as I oppose the opponents of the peace process agreement, it's fa cts on the are re-evaluating their stances ground," he told journalists at­ ai;id adjusti ng to the new real­ tending the Sixth International ity. Conference of the Jewish Media In the wake of the Jan. 20 recently in Jerusalem. Palestinian elections, key mem­ "I won' t initiate sending bers of the opposition Likud tanks in to sei;id them out," he Party say that if the covenant is . said, adding that bis efforts changed, then it would be time would focus on retaining the to re-evaluate their entire pos­ more than 70 percent of te'rri­ ture toward Palestinian au­ tory in the West Bank not yet tonomy. passed.to Palestinian control. Likud leaders met recently in He also said he would favor a Jerusalem to consider recogni­ Palestinian entity but would tion of the Palesti nian Author­ stop it "from expanding to a . Planning for the Abraham Fund· in 1996 ity under the leadership of full-fledged state." Alan B. Slifka, president of the Abraham Fund, shakes hands on plans for upcoming pHijects Yasser Arafat,oncondition that On the Palestinian side, there in Israel,with Prime Minister Shimon Peres, on the right, and chairman of the Fund's Israeli the covenant is revoked. is movement toward the politi­ Advisory Board, Yitzhak Navon, in the center,_during Slifka's recent t_r ip to Israel. Leading Llkud fi'g u res, cal center as well. among them Knesset member Palestinian rejectionists, such Tzachi Hanegbi, spoke out in as Nayef Hawatmeh of the terms of "recognizing the' new Democratic Front for the Lib­ realities." eration of Palestine, expressed Defense Department Repudiates Memo Tel Aviv Mayor Ronnie Milo their readiness to come to the by Matthew Dorf fact that only five years ago Is- has "instructed appropriateper­ urged his Likud Party to recog­ self-rule areas and take part in WASHINGTON (JTA) rael refrained from taking mi li- sonnel that si milar documents nize the Palestine Liberation Or­ the historic meeting of the PNC Stung by criticism from the Anti­ tary steps against.Iraq despite will not be produced in the fu­ ganization itself, the way the to amend the covenant. Defamation League, the U.S. De­ Scud missile attacks because its ture," Paige wrote. Labor-led government did in Some 167 of< the 204 PNC partment of Defense has repu­ U.S. ally asked for restraint." The .inemo labeled Israel a 1993. members living outside the West diated a memo by its security Foxman ca lled the depart- "nontraditional adversary" and Li ku d leader Benjamin Bank and Gaza Strip have al­ agency warning government ment's response "the beginning, warned contractors that "Israe­ Netanyahu now grudgingly ready fi led officia I requests with contractors that "strong ethnic but not the answer." Ii s have a voracious appetite for concedes that if he is elected the Palestinian Authority ask­ ties" to American Jews allow "Toissueablip\hatthememo information on intentions and· prin1e 1ninis tcr, he wouid talk · ing to return to the territories. Israel to- s_teal military and in­ . ' . was canceled doesn' r mea n any- c_apabilitiesrelatingto prolifera­ dustrial secrets "aggressively." thing" unlessthereisa newmemo . hon topics, 1.e., nuclear, chem,­ Israeli Court Rejects Effort A low-level fi eld official in sent detailing the deparhnent's cal and biological weapons." upstate New York issued a con­ policy, Foxman said. The memo cited the-case of fidential memo to defense ctm­ Ina second letter Foxman sent Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. to Lift Netanyahu's Immunity tractorsinOctoberputting them recently, the AOL reiterated its Navy intelligence analyst serv­ on alert for Israeli espionage. by Naomi Segal request for an internal investi- ing a life sentence for spying for "The strong ethnic ties to Is­ JERUSALEM (JT A)-Israel's munity. gation into the matter. Israel, asa prime example faced High Court of Justice has re­ But at the same time, the court rael present in the U.S., coupled For their part, the department by gqvernment contractors. jected a petition to remove Likud instructed Minister of Internal with aggressive and extremely competent intelligence person­ "\ leader Benjamin Netanyahu's Security Moshe Shahal and At­ · parliamentaryimmunitysothat torney General Michael Ben­ nel, has resulted in a very pro­ he could face charges of endan­ Yair to explain why it had not ductive collection effort," the Gilman Resolution Deplores Holocaust gering national security. . ordered an inquiry to,determine three-page memo stated. Deniers, ·Supports Museum · The petition was submitted by ·how the document was leaked After the memo's existence was fi rst reported in _the Febru­ ryteretz Knesset member Ran to Netanyahu. C hairma n Benjamin A. use the Capitol's rotunda for its ary issue of the Jewish monthly Cohen, who sought to bring the Cohen said he was sa~isfied Gilman (20th-NY) has intro­ annual "Days of Remembrance" charge~ after Netanyahu brought with the court ruling. magazine Moment, the Defense duced, legislation deploring Department went public with ceremony. before the Knesset a classified Is­ those who deny th'e facts of the He noted that the work of the its disdain for the memo. raeli army document in June. Holocaust, and commending museum is "conducted year­ The document detailed secu­ "I want to stress that the con­ the work of the Holocaust Me­ King Hussein tent of this document does not round, as evidenced by the rity arrangements with Syria morial Museum . . • reflect the official position of the larger-Iha n-exp_ected a tten­ that would form the basis of a The measure, H. Con. Res 316, Supports Department of Defense," Assis­ dance at the museum, which is peace agreement between the ,states that "those who promote steadil y increasing." tant Secretary of Defense two countries. Palestinian · the denial of the Holocaust do Co-sponsoring the resolution Emme tt Pa ige Jr. wrote to so out of profound ignorance or The document appeared to Abraham· Foxman, the AOL's withGilman were Congressmen back away from Israel's demand State for the purpose of furthering Sidney Yates (9th-IL), Tom national director. to maintain an early-warning by Naom·i Segal . anti-Semitism and racism." Lantos (12th-CA), Steven La "While we object to the docu­ station on the Golan Heights JERUSALEM (JT A) Gilman noted that the House Tourette (19th-OH) and Ralph and also presumed a fu ll Israeli Jordan's King Hussein has ex­ ment in general, singling out has adopted legislation he sup­ Regula (16th-OH). withdrawal from the Golan as pressed support for an indepen­ ethnici ty as a matter of count'er­ ported to enable the museum to part of a peace agreement with dent Pa lestinian state with intelligence vulnerability is par­ ticularly repugn!3 nt to the de­ Syria. Jerusalem as its ca_pital. partment," he wrote. r---~~------, Netanyahu claimed before He made the comment while The department stopped dis­ the Knesset that then-Prime speaking to reporters ori Ja ry. 29 : GRASSLEV ROOFING AND : Minister Yitzhak Rabin had or, at Amman Airport, where he tribution of the memo in De­ cember and, as result of the pub­ dered the \lrmy to prepare the saw off Palestinian leader Yasser lic outcry, has "canceled" the 1 CONSTRUCTION, INC. document to be used in discus­ Arafat, who had been on a visit memo. I sions with Syria. to Jordan. · RICHARD GRASSLEY In a letter to the department, I Rabin at first d enied all During his stay .in Jordan, Foxman had chastised it for sin­ knowledge of the document; in Arafat met with members of the I gling out Israel and its stro ng subsequent days, he termed it a Palestine National Council, the I ethnic ties in the United States. "stolen document." parliament in exile, to discuss "This is a distressing charge I Netanyahu said the docu­ the Jan. 20 elections in which ALL TYPES OF ·' ment proved that the R:ibin av­ Arafat won nearly 90 percent of which impugns American Jews CARPENTRY 0 and borders on anti-Semitism," ernment was willing to com­ the vote to become the elected head of the Palestinian self-rule Foxman wrote. Lie. No. MA 110907 promise lsra~l's security needs "In addition, we are d is­ , Lie. No. 554 R.I. to reach a peace agreement with areas in the West Bank and Gaza turbed by the general tenor of ' /ri7, Qamascus. Strip. the memorandum considering .· [Jf ·401-434-20 49 Recently, the court ruled that Jordan now has custodian­ Netanyahu's actions were shel­ ship ·over Islamic holy sites in the fact that Israel is Ameri ca 's · ~/ 3.0 Years of Business longtime all y, considering the tered by his parliamentary im- easter11 Jerusale!IJ, _, ------~---.I 20-rnE Ri--iooE ISLAND jEwisH HERALD, rnuRsoAY, FEiiR'uAkis: 1996 afew1sH ~ ~ATHOLIC PilELATIONS Church Slow to Convey Teachi.ngs of Nostra Aetate by Debra Nussbaum Cohen order Sisters of Sion, who de­ school to take so seriously the Mary Boys, a nun who teaches texts. Students in Catholic NEW YORK (JTA) - The vote their work to bettering re­ t_eachings of Noslra Aetate, it is at Union Theological Seminary schools acrass the United States reading at the Roman Catholic latio·ns between Christians and in t_he distinct minority, say in New York. often learn ·about Jews and Ju­ fei3St day Mass was to be The Jews, is particularly sensitive to Catholic educators. "It'~ a question still of educa­ daism from a rabbi who is in­ Triumph of the Cross, which Jewish concerns. Noslra Aetale, a 30-year-old tion. The changes ha ve not been vited in once or twice a year to says, "Before Jesus Christ every The pupils observe Holocaust document borne out of the Sec­ implel!'ented at the popular talk about the Jewish holidays, knee must bend." memorial day each year. Sopho­ ond Vatican Council of the level enough," said Rabbi Leon the Holocaust or Israel. The 220 students of Notre mores last year spent two weeks 1960s, revolutionized the Ro­ Klenicki, director of interfaith The largest Catholic diocese Dame de Sion, a private Catho­ of a world history course learn­ man Catholic Church's under­ affairs at the Anti-Defamation in the country, Los Angeles, now. lic girls high school in Kansas ing abou_t the Holocaust. Teach­ standing of its relationship to League and the AOL's co-liai­ has on its staff a Reform rabbi City, Mo., were all to attend. ers, during their orientation ses­ Jews and Judaism. son to the Vatican. who teaches in its high schools But Kim Miles, the director sion before school opens each Since the earliest days of Before Nostra Aetate, Catho­ three days a week about Jewish of religious education at ihe fall, vjsit a synagogue and meet Christianity, Jews have been lics recited the "Prayer for Per­ Scripture, history, culture and school, felt tha_t the reading with a Jewish educator. portrayed in literature and lit­ fidious Jews" on Good Friday, morality. "wouldn't be good for Judeo­ When a synagogue in town urgy as the people who rejected praying . for thei r salvation "Manyofthestudentshave Christian relations," so she ap­ was defaced with anti-Semitic Jesus Christ as the Messiah, never met any Jews," said pealed to the priest and the read­ graffiti last year, students wrote had him killed and who, in Rabbi Michael Perel-muter. ing was changed to something to the congregation's members turn,. were rejected by G-d "They have some of the ste­ more innocuous. to express their outrage. and scattered ina diaspora of ~, ... while the defamatory reotypes" about Jews be­ Notre Dame de Sion, which Although Notre Dame de pun_ishment. language revealed in earlier cause "they' re in the air." was founded by the religious Sion is not the only Catholic Jews were associated with The schools' faculty "is the devil himself, according textbook studies has been mostly very respectful and to Catholic teaching. eliminated, there is still accepting" of my presence, The charge of deicide - much work to be done." he said. "I haven't seen any How To Be A Perfect Stranger reiterated each year in the of them present any of the by Alison Smith formationonsuchsensitivesub­ liturgy of the Cat\:lolic Holy Philip Cunningham, archaic medieval ideas" Herald Editor jects as how long after death Week preceding Easter-fu­ Notre Dame College, N.H. about Jews. There is a new book by this does the funeral service usually eled pogroms for centuries, · The four-year-old pro- title, How lo be a Perfect Stranger, take place. (There is a wide varia­ tluring which countless Jews gram, a joint effort of the edited by Arthur J. Magida and tion possible. Hindi and Jews were assaulted, raped artd mur- through conversion. The prayer archdiocese and the American published by Jewish Lights Pub­ prefer· to attend to the funeral dered. · was gradually edited out of the Jewish 'Committee, is being lishing. within 24 hours ... Greek Ortho­ Nostra Aetate, whose English liturgy and today no longer ex­ funded this year by movie mo­ Drawing on the expertise of dox, within one week, but pref­ title is "Declaration on the Rela­ ists in Roman Catholicism. gul Steven Spielberg. religious leaders from~very part erably two or three days.) What tionship of the Church to Non­ At the same time, however, A similar program will be of the American spectrum, this is expected of a friend of the Christian Religions," was sup­ many churches and schools put introduced in New York's book lays out the basic things family in the °'vent of a death? posed to change all that. on Passion plays, dramatjc re­ Catholic high schools in Sep­ you would need to know if you When is it obligatory to both eat Jews were to be viewed as a enactments of Jesus' arrest and tember, said Rabbi A. James were going to be a guest at a and drink, or risk offending the people who "remain most dear crucifixion in which Jews still Rudin,directorofinterr,eligious Catholic cathedral, a Buddhist host? When is a gift appropri­ to G-d, for G-d does not repent are sometimes portrayed as in­ affairs at AJCommittee. temple, -a Baptist church or a _ate,and whatkindofgiftismost of the gifts G-d makes nor of the formants leading.him to death. However, some schools not Quaker meeting. welcome? calls G-d issues," according to . And even though a priest ser­ frequented by rabbis do pay at­ Actually, 20 denominations Ecumenicalism demands a Vatican II. monizing pboyt the death of tention to Judaism. are covered. little courage to work-the abil­ Much has changed in the last Jesus during Holy Week has in At Our Lady of the Wayside, The writing is clear, and read• ity to walk into a strange house threedecades,said both Catholic front of him .guidelines - for . a Catholic elementary and able. Any terms that might be of worship and sit through a and Jewish observers, about the the homiletic presentation of middle school in suburban Chi­ puzzling are explained in detail. service or meeting in spite of i:vay the Roman Catholic Church Scr,ipture-which indicate that cago, pupils get limi"ted expo­ Even such subjects as how to our natural anxiety and desire educates its adherents - some the church no longer blames sure to Protesta_nt practices and dress Jlppropriately, whether or· not to stand out in the crowd. 58 million in the United States Jews for the death of Jesus, he almost none to Muslim beliefs, not it -is permissible to leave a This book should be a sturdy, and 1 billion around the world. rarely reads them out loud, said but spend much time learning service early, whetheror not pho­ practical boost to ecumenical­ Butthechangesinattitudeand Sister Rose Thering. · about Jews and Judaism, with a tographs may be taken at a wed­ ism, dissolving, as it does, that theology have not sufficiently As a result, the post-Nostra particular focus on holidays, ding, when to sit, when to stand, cloud of uncertainty that meets reached Catholics in the pews Aetate teachings of the church, said Principal Peter Tantillo. and when to kneel are covered. all of us ,it the door to an unfa­ and in their schools, they say. which qualify and modify the "There probably were mis­ The book also gives you in- miliar sanctuary. Although much of the most Gospels without changing their conceptions abo1;1t Jews but just overt anti-Judaism in Catholic text, are not known to the aver­ as bad, there was no knowledge liturgy has been eradicated, age churchgoer, said Thering,·a of Jews, which means that they Catholics, in the teachings of nun who is the founder of the would be open to anti-Semitic the church, continue to receive National Leadership Conference kinds of things they'd be ex­ the message that Jews are some­ for Israel, a group that advocates posed to and have no way to thing "other" than a people Christian support for Israel. respond to," Tantillo said. blessed by G-d, say some. . Transmitting the changes in Still, only 10 to 20 of the Chi­ "There is a. difference be­ Catholic viewsofJews heralded cago Archdiocese's 400 schools tween what they (the church by Noslra Aetate in Catholic have any consistent program­ hierarchy) say about a_ new schools has been a slow process, ming relating to Jews and Juda­ teaching of Jews and Judaism, particularly _when it comes to ism, _he said. and what they do," said Sister training teachers and revising (Continued on Next Page) Course on Christianity Offered to Tour Guides at Hebrew University More than 50 Jerusalem tour eluded in a list of guides spe­ course is being placed on visits guides are participating in a spe­ cializing in Christianity that will to various churches in Jerusa­ cial course on Christianity that be distributed to travel agents lemand meetings with their rep­ opened recently at The Hebrew in Israel and abroad as well as to resentatives. These include the Universi_ty of Jerusalem. organizations and churches Ethiopian, Armenian, Coptic, The four-week concen­ throughout the world. Greek Orthodox, Maronite, trated course is entitled "The This is the second year that Catholic, Baptist, Russian Or­ Culture and History of Chris­ this course, which has been in thodox, Syrian Orthodox and tianity: Faith, Art and the great demand by tour guides, others. Church as Reflected in the has been offered at The Hebrew The course was planned by Land of Israel" and is being University. The initiative for the Dr. David Satran, chairman of presented by the Martin Buber course came from the Ministry the d epartment of compara­ Center for Contipuing Educa­ of Tourism, which forecast an tive religion at The Hebrew tion, in coordination with the upsurge 1n Christian tourism to University. It encompasses not department of comparative Israel following the signing of only basic knowledge regard­ religion at The Hebrew Uni­ an agreement on relations with ing Christianity but also read­ versity, the Ministry of Tour­ the Vatican and in the light of ings in the New Testament, ism and the Council of Chris­ the peace process in the region. hi storical examination, and tian Communities in Israel. Classes are taught by Hebrew concentration on the art and The graduates of this unique University instructors as well iconographyofChristiancom­ course will receive a certificate as guest lecturers. munities in'lsrael and around and will have 'their, nan\es' "irt- ,., SP'etial 'eiliplfas\il' 1i'11 ' the the w-orld , · , ' "' · THE RHODE ISLAND JEWI SH HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1996 21 ~WISH~ Y//ATHOLIC ?J-lELATIONS Pope May Visit Israel JNF Honors Members by Ruth E, Gruber three-legged stand. eased si nce Israel and the ROME (JT A) - After meet­ Shetreet met the pope to re­ Vatican established diplomatic ing wi_th Pope John Paul II and new Israel's longstanding invi­ relations two years ago. The of the Catholic Church senior Va ti can officials recently, tation for a papal visit. Vatican also has relations with Affirming a spirit of inter­ Thomas V. Daily, bishop of Israeli Reli gious Affairs Minis­ The pope has frequently the Palestinians. faithcomity and mutual respect, Brooklyn and Queens, was hon­ ter Shimon Shetreet said the stated that he wants to visit the Shetreet said there should be the Jewish National Fund con­ ored. pope would likely visit Israel by Holy Land. no problem if the pope wanted tinues a long tradition of honor­ Citing a commonality of in­ the end of 1997. Shetreet told reporters that a to visit si tes under limited Pal­ ing leaders of the Roman Catho­ terest a nd co ncern between Shetreet also said he had estinian autonomy during his lic Church in America, includ­ Catholics and Jews, Daily spoke asked the Vatican to investigate trip. ing cardinals, bishops and laity. of the similarities between two what had becom e of the In a speech recently to diplo­ His Eminence Anthony Car­ spring celebrations: the Feast of menorah beli eved looted by mats accredited to the Vatican, dinal Bevi lacqua of the Arch­ Pentecost and Shavuot. "Bo th Titus, theRomanemperor,when the pope welcomed the progress dioceseof Philadelphia recentl y feasts point us towards life and his forces destroyed the Second of peace in the Middle East, but received the JNF's hi ghes t hope," he said. "To plant a tree Temple in Jerusa lem in 70 C.E. warned that differences over the honor, the Tree of Life Award, is to cast a hopeful eye to the "There is evidenced that [the status of Jerusalem could put for his humanitarian endeavors. future. When you develop the menorah] is in Rome," Shetreet the peace progress in danger. Proceeds from this event, which land, you create a quality of life told reporters, adding that the He reiterated the Vatican took place last month, will be for the people of Israel. " investigation into its where- · posi ti9n that Jerusalem should used to establish a forest in Is­ One of the most poignantJNF abouts could be a symbol "of be a unique, multireligious en­ rael in the ca rdinal's name. events of 1995 was last month's reconciliation between the Jew­ tity and ca lled for international The ca rdinal said that he had dedicationofa forest in memory ish people and the Catholic guarantees to ensure this. learned from the Talmud that of the late Pope John XXIll, who Church." In another development, the every human being is co m­ was long admired as a fri end of The triumphal Arch of Titus, Italian Bishops Conference is­ manded to plant a tree, and that the Jewish people. located near Rome's Colosseum, sued a statement saying that it would be a highli ght of his life "JNF's many Christian has a carving showing a huge Catholic-Jewish dialogue was to know that not only has he friends are encouraged to add menorah carried during a pro­ on the right track but had not planted one tree, but based on thei r own gifts of trees to the cession of Jewish prisoners been able to root out anti­ the income from the dinner, splendid forest for Pope John brought back to Rome after Sernitism. more than 20,000 trees would XXIII ," said JNF president Titus' conquest of Jerusalem . trip was "more likely to take "The dialogue between Jews be planted in Israel. The ca rdi­ Milton s. Shapiro. "There's no The State of Israel modeled place in 1997 than in 1996, but I and Catholics has been fruit­ nal added that he plans, within better time than now,as we mark its own menorah emblem after don' t exclude 1996." ful," the statement said, "but it the coming year, to go to Israel the first anniversary of the es­ this carving. A papal visit to Jerusalem, he is not yet sufficient enough to to dedicate his project. tablishment of full diplomatic But some scholars say that said, "would encourage the extirpate the demon of anti­ At another JNF function, held relations between Israel and the because the carving shows a peace process." Sernitism, which is always lyi ng in New York, the Most Rev. Vatican." menorah with a double octago­ The last papal visit to the re­ in ambush." nal base, Titus did not capture gion was a trip by Pope Paul VI The statement was _released the original menorah, which in 1964. to mark Italy's seventh annual Church·Slow could be traced back to Moses. Conditions for a new papal Day of Catholic-Jewish Dia­ (Continued from Previous Page) wards Judaism than they were. The original menorah had a . visit have been considerably logue. before the Vatican Council." In an effort to expand know I- All references to Jews as a edge and awareness, Jewish people cursed because of the groupsareworkingwithCatho- crucifixion were either absent licleaderstoalso tea_c hteachers. or condemned, he found. The U.S. Jews Teach Catholics Abroad The AJCommittee and Los An- idea of a divine retribution gel es Archdiocese held a joint against Jews for their supposed About Nostra Aetate and Judaism one-day confe~ence for Catho- rejection of Jesus had been ex­ by Debra Nussbaum Cohen convened in the early 1960s, is­ the book in Chile than in Argen­ lie school teachers in Novem- punged from AmericanCatho­ NEW YORK (JT A) - As Ro­ sued the document 'Nos tra tina or Colombia, he said . ber, similar to one conducted lie textbooks. man Catholic and Jewish lead­ Aetate, changing dramatically Still, the primate of Argen­ last year in New York. But Fisher, who now works ers work to improve the image the church's approach to Jews tina-is interested in disseminat­ The session came 15 years as head of Catholic-Jewish rela­ of Jews and Judaism as they are and Judaism, which had previ­ ing a Spanish-language version after the first such conference tions for the National Council of presented in American Catholic ously been antagonistic and pa­ of a book of missilettes, which was held, a joint effort with the Catholic Bishops,also found that schools and churches, similar ternalistic. explain the church's contempo­ Anti-Defamation League and there "werealmostnoreferences efforts are under way in Europe Last-Easter, for example, in a rary teaching to clarify each the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, to Jews and Judaism between and Latin America. church service broadcast nation­ week's portion ofScripture,said wh:ichattractedabout500teach- the close of the New Testament "We have found that many, ally, Argentine President Carlos Klenicki. ers, said Klenicki. period and the 20th century," many Christian leaders around Menem read from Acts of the For each of the last two years Klenicki, who meets with di- which ·perhaps reinforced the the world have an incomplete Apostles a passage blaming the the American Jewish Commit­ rectors of Catholic education in "idea that Judaism ceased to be and inaccurate picture of actual Jews for the death of Jesus. tee has sent an American Jewish parochial and Sunday schools vitalafterthecomingofChrist." Jewish thought, Jewish life and rabbi-scholar to Catholic reli­ across the country to help them PhilipC1.mningham,an asso­ Israel," said Rabbi A. James gious graduate schools in Po­ implement pilot projects, said ciate professor of theology at Rudin, director of interreligious land and in Rome in two sepa- · the Boston Archdiocese is pre- Notre Dame College in affairs for the American Jewish "Many have never met rate programs designed to help paring to introduce a program Manchester, N.H., found in his Committee. a Jew, least of all a Catholic clergy understand Jews for teaching Judaism. 1992 study of Catholic school "Many may understand the rabbi, and certainly not and Judaism. Seton Hall University,inSouth tex ts that there has been overall Hebrew Bible, but even there In a rare wall-to0 wall en­ Orange,N.J.,istheonlyCatholi c- improvement in the presenta­ we've found it•often taught by a world-class scholar," dorsement, the program was a ffiliated coll ege offering a ti o n of Judaism in primary Christians. The modern and Rab­ Rabbi A, James Rudin unanimously approved by all master'sdegreeinChristian-Jew- school texts. binic periods are incompletely the more than 200 members of ish Studies, said Thering. It also But one area in which Fisher understood," he said . "If Ca tho­ the Polish Bishops' Conference, offers scholarships to Catholic had found improvement 16 lic leadership has an inaccurate, . The loca l bishop handed the Rudin said . educators-14arenowenrolled years before, Cun ningham incomplete picture of who we president the text,said Klenicki, The rabbi-scholar tours pon­ - to study Christian-Jewish re- found the opposite: One series reall y are as a people, how can and Menem began crying as he tifical institutes - the equiva­ lations full -time fora semesteror of books used in primary schools they teach other Ca tholics? read because the Mass was dedi­ le nt of religious graduate yea r, she said . stales twice that Jerusalem was "They must understand that ca ted to the memory of his son, schools - in Warsaw, Krakow, lnher 1961 studyoftexts used destroyed because its people there is a vi tal, growing, active who had died in an airplane Lublin and Breslau to lecture on in Ca tholic schools, Thering "did not believe in the Savi-r." Jewish life, thatitdidn'tall come accident. the Bible, Jewish history and found widespread nega ti ve as- lnjuniorhighand hi ghschool to an er;id with the rise of Chris­ But because he was not given Jewish liturgy. serti o ns about Jews, mostl y texts, Cunningham found that tianity." the Catholic Church's clarifica­ As he spea ks in English, his about Jewish rejection of Jesus, little has been improved since Rabbi Leon Klenicki, direc­ tion about that part of Scripture, listeners have a Polish-language Jewish murder of Jesus and the 1976, and in the ca tegory of tor of interfai th affairs for the it appeared on television that he copy of his remarks. Pharisees as blind hypocrites. blaming Jews for Jesus' death, Anti-Defa mation League and a was cryi ng beca use of the mes­ Poland 's Catholic elite study One book stated: "Christ, by there had been a marked de­ native of Argentina, works with sage in the tex t, sa id Klenicki. at the institutes, said Rudin. hi s miracles and teachings, tri ed dine. the Ca thol ic leadership in sev­ Argentina is 85 percent "Many have never met a Jew, to conquer the obstinacy of the "Given the his tory of the eral Latin American nations to Catholi c. least of all a rabbi, and certainly Jews and bring them to repen- deicidechargeagainstJews, this improve the way they teach A book instructi ng Catholic not a world-class scholar," he tance. The Jews, on the contrary, deterioration is quite disturb­ about Jews and Judaism. educators on how to teach about sa id . by the bad influence of their ing," wrote Cunningham. " In some Latin American first-century Christianity and its "Poland is over-producing hypocrisy and pride, hindered "While improvements have countries lhechurch hasn't dealt Jewish roots was published in and exporting priests much as the spread ofknowledgeofG-d occurred" overall, he wrote, with the question of Judaism Spanish last year and distrib­ Ireland once did, who then go among the nations." "and while the defamatory Ian- and some of the church leaders uted across Lati n America by on to the rest of Europe, Ca nada A 1976 stud y by Eugene guage revealed in earlier text­ areslill ina pre-Vatican II spirit," the Lalin Ameri can Bi shops' and the U.S. ," he sa id . "We have Fis her found that "A merica n book studies has been elimi ­ he said . Conference. reached hundreds of ~ludents" Catholi c religion materials are naled, there is ~ti ll much work The Second Valic<11){:;:faWl)>il, ,, , 1;T lwr1,i1>rJffl:jHl

MARION BARROLL FRED S. GOLDMAN IDA F. GERSON Valley Green Court, a supervi­ a member of the board of direc­ NEW BEDFORD - Marion PROVIDENCE - Fred S. NEW BEDFORD, Mass. sor in a credit union in New tors of Tifereth Israel Congrega­ Barroll, 88, of 227 Myrtle St., a Goldman, 61, of Gray Stre~t, Ida F. Gerson, 83, of 107 Reed York City for 20 years, died Jan. tion in New Bedford and tneJew­ bookkeeper at Farmers Dairy Warwick, founder-owner of . St., died Jan. 29 at St. Luke's 31 at home. She was the wife of ish Convalescent Home. He was and Kaye Windsor Mfg. Co., Grey lawn !'arms in Providence, Hospital in New Bedford. She the late Joseph Kessler. a former board member of the both in New Bedford, retiring died Jan. 29 at Miriam Hospital. was the widow of George Born in New York, a daugh­ Jewish Federation, and a past 10 years ago, died Jan. 31 at the He was the husband of Miriam Gerson. ter of the late Samuel and Anna president of B'nai B'rith, During New Bedford Jewish Convales­ (Reef) Goldman. Born in New Bedford, she (Morganstern) Boyarsky, she the 1950s, he was a trumpet player cent Home. Born in Provid ence, a son of was a daughter of the late had li ved in North Providence in his band named Ricky Ryan, Born in Lynn, Mass.,a daugh­ the late Frank and Hermione Samuel and Bessie (Kawalsky) for two years, previously living and played in the Fall River and ter of the late Abraham and (Rose) Goldman, he li ved in Goldstein. in Queens, N.Y. New Bedford areas. He received Jennie (Schneider) Barroll, she Warwick for many years. Hew as She was a cashier at Henry's She lea vesa son, David Kessler the Salesman of the Year Award had lived in New Bedford for a graduate of the Universi ty of restaurant in New Bedford for of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a daughter, from NATCO in 1987 and 1992. most of her life. Rhode Island in 1956. He was many years before retiring. Carol Si lverbush of North Provi­ Besides his wife and mother, She was a memberoftheJew­ treasurer of the Rhode Island She leaves a daughter, Lois dence; a brother, Irving Boyarsky he leaves a son, Michael ish Welfare Federation of New Poultry Association. He was a Gerson of Waltham, and a sis­ of New York City; three sisters, Roderick of Dartmouth; a Bedford. memberofTempleSinai. He was ter, Dorothy Large of New Murie!GoldsteinofQueens,N.Y., daughter, Vicki Savoie of She leaves a brother, Jacob a member of the Providence He­ Bedford. She was the sister of Ida Linder of San Juan Buxton, Maine; two stepsons, Barroll of North Dartmouth, brew Free Loan Association and the late Albert Goldstein. Capistrano, Calif. and Florence Jonathan Sterns of Lakeville, Mass., and six nieces and six the Edgewood Yacht Club. A graveside service was held White of Schenectady, N.Y.; six Albert Sterns of Lafayette, Colo, nephews. She was the sister of Besides his wife, he leaves Jan. 30 at Plainville Cemetery in grandchildren and nine great­ and five grandchildren. the late Louis Barroll and Etta two sons, Barry Reef of Laguna New Bedford. Arrangements grandchildren. The funeral was held Feb. 5 at Richman. Beach, Calif., and Gary were by Max Sugarman Memo­ A graveside funeral service Tifereth Israel C<;mgregation, A graveside funeral service Goldman of Cambridge, Mass.; rial Chapel, 458 Hope St., Provi­ was held Feb. 2 at Knollwood Brownell Avenue. Burial was in was held Feb. 2 at Plainville two daughters, Donna Goldman dence. Park Cemetery, Queens, N.Y. Plainville Cemetery in New Cemetery, New Bedford, Mass. of New York, Nancy Goldman Arrangements were by Max Bedford. Arrangements were by Arrangements were by Max of Washington, D.C., and two JEAN HAAS Sugarman Memorial Chapel, the Max Sugarman Memorial Sugarman Memoria l Chapel, brothers, Hy and Sidney WELLESLEY, Mass. - Jean 458 Hope St., Providence. Chapel,458HopeSt.,Providence. 458 Hope St., Providence. Goldman, both of Cranston. Haas, 77, of the Newton­

I The funeral was held Jan. 31 Wellesley Alzheimer's Center, FANNIE ROBINSON CELIA 'CILLA' SOBILOFF ANN BROMBERG a t Mount Sinai Memorial Wellesley, Mass,, died Feb. 4 at PROVIDENCE - Fannie FALL RIVER-Celia "Cilia" BRISTOL - Ann Bromberg, Chapel, 825 Hope St., Provi­ the center. She was the widow Robinson, 93, of 30 Argyle Ave., Sobiloff, of the Jewish Home for 94, of the Me tacom Manor dence. Burial was in Lincoln of Sol Haas. died Jan. 30 at Rhode_ Island Aged, Robeson Street, died Feb. Health Center, 1 Dawn Hill, for Park Cemetery. She was a daughter of the Hospital. She was the wife of 2 at the home. She was the wife many years a well-known op­ late Benjamin and Rebecca the late Fred Robinson. of the late Myer N. Sobiloff. era singer in New England,died LOUIS GREEN Freidman. She li ved in Provi­ Born in Russia, a daughter of Born in Taunton, Mass., a Jan.31 at the manor. She was the MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Louis dence for many years, and later the late Louis and Yetta Kohn, daughter of the late Louis and wife of the late Bertram L. Green, 86, of 143 Hoffman Ave., in Cranston. She li ved in Provi­ she li ved in East Providence for Anna Sander, she lived in Fall Bromberg. Cranston, owner of the former dence for many yea rs, and later eight years. She previously li ved River since 1928. Born in Boston, a daughter of Hope Upholstery Co., Cranston, in Cranston. She lived in East in Providence. She was a gradua te of the late Morris and Id a (Glicklin) for many years before retiring in Providence from 1991 to 1994 She was a former member of Bridgewater State College in lnsoft, she had lived in Newton, 1978,diedJan.23atAventuraHos­ before moving to Wellesley. She Temple Beth Am David and its 1928. She had been a teacher in Mass., for 50 years, moving to pital, Miami Beach. He was the was a graduate of the Rhode Sisterhood. the Taunton Public School Sys­ Bristol in 1985. husband of Esther (Bazar) Green. Island School of Design. She was She leaves two sons, Shayle tem for five years. She was a She had attended the New Born in Boston, a son of the a member of Temple Ema nu-El, and Joel Robinson, both of member of the Temple Beth-El, England Conservatory of Mu­ late Bernard and Rose Green, he its Sisterhood and Hadassah. Warwick; a daughter, Libby its Sisterhood, and the Congre­ sic. In her early years she won lived in Cranston for many She was a member of the Robinson of Riverside; and two gation Adas Israel in Fall River. an opera contest at Bo·ston Sym­ years. He was a wi nter resident Women's Associations of the sisters, Helen Dworkin of Cleve­ She was a past president of Ha­ phony Hall that had been spon­ of North Miami Beach, Fla., for Miriam Hospital and the Jewish land, Ohio, and Dora Bigley of dassah and the Hebrew Ladies sored by the late Serge the last 18 years. Home for the Aged. Newbury Park, Calif. She was Helping Hand, both in Fall Koussevitsky. She had been a An Army veteran of World She leaves a daughter, Donna the sister of the late Rose Kline, River. During World War JI she member of Congregation War 11 , he was a member of the Reitzas of Boston; a son, Max Kohn, Philip Barkan and was a volunteer for the Ameri­ Mishkan Tefilah in Boston. She Jewish War Veterans of America. Frederick Haas of Roseland, Jack Kramer. can Red Cross, and had been a was a member of Hadassah. HewasamemberoftheRhode N.J.; three brothers, Judge Saul A graveside service was held volunteer at the former Union She leaves three daughters, Island Jewish Fraternal Associa­ Friedman of Cranston and Feb. 1 at Lincoln Park Cemetry in Hospital in Fall River. Norma Goodman of Cranston, tion and the Knights of Pythias. David and Murray Friedman of Warwick. Arrangements were by She leaves a son, James Israel Ruth Singer of La Jolla, Cali f., Besides .hi s wife, he leaves a Providence; and a grandson. Max Su_garman Memorial Sobiloff of Fall River; a daugh­ and Eli se Leventhal of son, Mitchell Green of Cranston; A graveside·service was held Chapel,458Hope5t.,Providence. fer, Ellen Barbara Mark of Oceanside, Calif.; a sister, two sisters, Sarah Cohen and Feb. 6 at Lincoln Park Cemetery Venice, Calif.; and five grand­ Genevieve Sidd of Boston, eight Belle Garlitz, both of Everett, in Warwick. Services were co­ ALBERT RODERICK JR. children. She was the sister of grandchildren and seven grea t­ Mass.; and a brother, Harold ordinated by Mount Sinai.Me­ MA TT APO ISETT - Albert the late Morris Sander, Sally grandchildren. Green,.M.D., of Tampa, Fla. morial Chapel, 825 Hope St., Roderick Jr., 65, of 21 Wildwood Kaplan, Freeda Rubin and Ida The funeral was held Feb. 2 at A private funeral service was Providence. Terrace, Mattapoisett, a salesman Lakin. She was the dear friend Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, held Jan. 25 at Mount Sinai Me- for the CULBRO Corp. in New of Ruth N. Gerard of Fall River. 825 Hope St., Providence. Burial morial Chapel, Providence. GERTRUDE KESSLER York for 21 years, and for The funeral was private. )'Vas in the Mosswood Cemetery, Burial was in Lincoln Park NORTH PROVIDENCE - NATCO, a food service firm in Burial was in Temple Beth-El Cotuit, Mass. Cemetry, Warwick. - Gertrude Kessler, 84, of 75 C New Bedford her 13 years, died Cemetery in Fall River. Service Feb. 3 at home. 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level of education tends to be RELIGIOUS SCHOOL DIRECTOR - Part­ Museuin " -Ethio·pian anger ENTERTAINMENT time-position for dynamic and creative edu­ lower," he said. "Sending teen­ (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 1) cator with prior experience and ·strqng ad­ agers away from home hurts STEVE YOKEN ENTERTAINMENT -Profes­ ministrative skills to lead a Conservative Holocaust museums all over the "It was an expression of the the fabric of the family, and the sional master of ceremonies and disc jockey. congregational religious school of 120 stu­ country," said Cohen. "The Ethiopians' outragethat,overthe parents eventually lose their Bar/bat mitzvah specialists. Candlelighting dents. Send resume lo Beatrice Swift. chair, ceremony, contests and prizes included. ReligiousSchoolCommittee, TempleEmanu­ museums are really museums, years, they have not really been authority over their children." Fall River (508) 679-1545. 5/2/96 EI, 99 Taft Ave .. Providence. RI 02906' but the other centers are not absorbed into Israeli society." After numerous demonstra- 2/15/96 called museums. Although we Odenheimer warned that un- tions by Masaia and other Ethio­ have poster exhibits, we want to lesssomething isdonequickly to pian activists, the government FOR SALE put greater emphasis on educa­ reverse these negative trends; decided to change the policy on JOB WANTED tion." CALORIC GAS STOVE and Hot Point retrig­ "Ethiopian Jews will become a · educationaboutthreeyearsago. erator with ice. Almond. under maintenance. CARING , CONSCIENTIOUS personal care There have been a few other permanent black underclass. The Ministry of Absorption, $1,100. (401) 942-6809. 2/15/96 provider-companion seeking client who val­ recent changes. "We need to stop the cycle of which gradually assumed re­ ues commitment and quality service. Reier· The museum is no longer con­ poverty, and that involves pro- sponsibility.for absorbing new ence. Call Grace. 433-0827. 2/8/96 . GUTTERS nected with the Jewish Commu­ viding the children with a good immigrants from the Jewish COMPANION/HOUSEKEEPER. Elderly care. Outstanding references. 942-2643. 2/15/96 nity Center of Rhode Island, al­ education." . ' Agency for Israel in the early COMPLETE GUTTER CLEANING and repair though it is still located in the For many years, at least two- 1990s, called on the government service. all size homes. Statewide. Call Mr. same building at 401 Elmgrove thirds of Ethiopians in primary to mainstream schoolchildren. Gutter Clean & Repair. (401) 354-6725. Lie. SERVICES RENDERED 'Ave., Providence. school attended segregated "ab- Ethiopian activisi:S do not #1 1847. Insured. 3/ 14/96 What this means is that the sorption classes." deny that the government is try- COPPERFIELD'S PAINTING , paper hanging, museum now has its own board An even larger percentage of ing, but they regard the efforts HELP WANTED carpentry. insulation. Reasonable rates. Since of directors, which has replaced teen-agers were - and still are as too little, too late. . 1983. Call David at 274-2348. 2/29/96 the operations committee. The - sent to religiou!i boarding "Today they don' t want my FAMILY EDUCATOR: - Full-time position CLASSBOX programming committee has re­ schools, where many of their blood because I am black. To­ available for a dynam_ic and creative ed ucator CORRESPONDENCE TO : mained intact. fellow students hail from "prob- morrow they may not want my to involve families and empower parents to ClassBox No. Also, the mt1seum now has a lem homes." brain. People have called me a enhance their own Jewish family life. Re­ The A.I. Jewish Herald sponsibilities include programming, coordi­ P.O. Box 6063 greater chanre of receiving (ed u­ · Although no one denies that 'kushit,' a nigger," said Estie nating and managing family education for Providence . fU. 02940 ca ti ona l) grants, which were the boardjng schools were a Hananya, a 15-year-old demon­ several schools and synagogues in the Rhode much more difficult to· attain good stopgap measure, because strator. Island community. Send resume to: Rabbi R.I. Jewish Herald classified ads cost$3 for 15 words or less. Additional words cost 12 while associated with theJCCRI. many youngsters arrived in ls- Hananya added, "We came Marc S. Jagolinzer. Temple Shalom, P.O. Box 4372, Middletown. A. I. 02842. cents each. Payment must be received by "The museum is now seen as rae l without their pa rei:its, here because we are Jews and 2/15/96 Monday at 4 p.m., prior to the Thursday standing on its own feet," said Odenheimer said both the wehadadream.Alotofpeople when the ad is scheduled to appear. Cohen. boarding schools and segre- died in the Sudan on their way This newspaper will not. knowingly, accept any advertising for real estate which is in Th.e museum also has a new gated classes actually hurt the to Israel. We thought we would violation of the R.I. Fair Housing Act·and Section 804 (C) of Title VIII of the 1968 Civil Rights phone system, with voice mail very children they were sup· be welcome. Act. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwelling/housing accommodations advertised - which is vital, considering posed to help. "The decision not t0 use our in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. that Cohen is the only staff mem­ "Segregating kids prevents blood, to give us inferior educa­ ber and she only works three them from integrating, and the tion - I call this racism." JP's· PAINTING co.• Antique Refinishing - days a week. Interior Paint/Wallpaper T PRoFEss10NAL STRIPPING ~ Greatest Resource Licensed & Insured • Free Estimates REGLUEING • REPAIRS CAL~ SHAF _ - As part of its programming, Campaign cause they're not really paying . CALL JAY 934·2013 434-0293 • 458-7306 the museum often arranges for a (Continued from Page I) attention to this long-term de­ MANY REFERENCES AVAILABLE Free Estimates • Pick-----~· Up. Delivery local survivor to speak to a mographic trend of the depopu­ hances the vehicles of demo­ group. lationof small town Jewish com­ cratic pluralism,and logically is munities across the country and · WARWICK "We have six survivors who WALLCOVERING GE1 ORGANIZED speak to groups regularly," said good for the Jewish commu­ the concentration of Jewish ORGANIZATIONAL nity," said Jerome C hanes, ·_numbers in a few major metro- P aper Hangers SOLUTIONS FOR Cohen. 'Tm indebted to them. HOME&WORK NJCRAC's co-director for do­ politan areas," one Jewish ob­ ~ Certified by the Paper Many of them are not in the best ~ H a nging Institute, NJ pouglas R. Victor mestic concerns. fi­ ofhealth.lcan'texpressmygrati­ server opposed to campaign Free Estimates • 941-4365 401-521 •0546 tude enough." Opponents of reform main­ nance reform said. '------The survivors are undoubt­ tain that the status quo is vital to C ha nging Jewish demo­ edly the museum's greatest re­ Jewish interests. Access to law­ graphics and a changing Con­ makers has always been impor­ . gress, coupled with campaign We will Buy or NEIL GREENFELD source. This is evident by the GENERAL CONTRACTOR letters chi Id ren write after lis­ tant, they say, but th~ changing finance reform that would bridle Consign One Item makeup of Congress has now special interests, could spell di­ mor Full House tening to one of their presenta­ a made that access imperative. saster for Jewish influence, re­ 783-0519 tions. Home Improvements "Usually the survivors make "More than ever, because you form critics say. fjJie ~ifjnment the greatest impression," stated have such a high turnover in The Joint Action Committee 9Jwm New Construction Cohen. "The children write that Congress now, the whole insti­ for Political Affairs, a pro-Israel Taking Care Of All they will never forget the pre­ tutional memory of the relation­ women's group that also places 394 FALL RIVER AVENUE SEEKONK, MASSACHUSITTS 02771 Your Building Needs sentation and they now realize ship between American Jewry a strong emphasis on support­ how lucky they are." . and the Congress is dissipat­ ing pro-choice candidates has • Nancy Rasmussen• (SOS) 336-3228 ing," said Chuck Brooks, execu-· As time goes by, however, turned away from PAC contri­ DAILY l OTO 5, SUNDAY 12 TO 5 Lie. #4200 tive director of National PAC, butions and begun to focus al­ ~ the sur,vivors will no longer be ------' ' there to retell their stories. This the largest pro-Israel PAC. most exclusively on promoting Although Congress as a ,-~ - · ----.------.--- _-7 is a growing concern. individual contributions. Rather ' RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD I "it's a big topic ofdi scussion," whole continues to be support­ than distributing funds itself, ive of Israel, Brooks said new said Cohen. "In many ways the JACPAC now sends out mail­ members need to be cultivated survivors are irreplaceable, but ings identifying candidates its because "there's bound to be there are ways to prepare for the members should support. future. One way is by videotap­ some sort of controversy or If reform goes through, other jng (the ~urvivors). Another is blow-up" in the U.S.-Israeli re­ PACs may begin to shift em­ to look to the children of survi­ Jationship over the next decade. phasis tosimi,lardirect mail cam­ vors." Amitay of Washington PAC paigns. CLASSIFIEDS A creative means of getting agrees. 15 words for $3.00 • 12¢ each additional word "Unless you have a legisla­ the message out is through the tor who is well-versed in is­ use of drama, or re-enactments. BUDGET CONSTRUCTION Category sues of concern to the Jewish "If it's very carefully and his­ Cranston, Rhode Island Message torically done, using a couple of community or has a long asso­ All Types of Home Improvement ciation with the community, actresses can seem reaUy authen­ Specializing In K;tchens & Baths tic." explained Cohen. you' re going to have people Free Estimates • Uc. # 12851 The museum is open when from districts with hardly any (40 l) 726-6372 Jewish populati on who not the JCCRI is open. To arrange a tour, or for more information, only wi ll be voting their con­ sciences, but voting their ig­ PAULENE JEWELERS ca II 453-7860. norances of certain. issues," Fine and Estate Jewelry Appraising Name Ami lay said . Address "Most of the (Jewish) com­ 274-94&0 I. 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Ceremony Cloaked In Secrecy Said to ·be landmark . - . . . by Debra Nussbaum Cohen ber . who was involved in the and Conservative Judaism. "Judaism has so much to of­ its format to the needs of older New York ()TA) Three rabbis Union for Traditional Judaism, Only a few have jc,>ined the fer in its entirety that being de­ students, many of them with ~ Orthodox, Conservative and a N.j.-based group that includes · Reform movement's rabbinical fined denominationally can pre­ families and student pulpits in Reform - ca'me together last both Orthodox and traditional organization because of the bad vent you from being as open­ far-off locales. Classes are sched­ May to jointly ordain a pew Conservative members. · blood between the movement minded and inclusive as you uled during three intensive days rabbi. "One of the reasons I didn't and theacademythatdatesback want to be," he sa id. each week so that students can In the process; they made his­ join any rabbinic organization to the independent seminary's About half of the academy's fly in and out from as far away tory. It was the first time that an is that I didn't want to be scared founding. students have elected not to at­ at Los Angeles, Florida and Orthodox rabbi had participated of how it wou Id affect me there," The academy was started by tend a denomination-affiliated Maine to attend; and return on a religious court with col­ said the rabbi who officiated, disgruntled memb,ers of what seminary because "of the home for half the week. leagues from the other major with Reform and Conservative was then an liberal seminary in breadth of knowledge they get Rabbi Tamara Miller, who movements to literally give their coll eagues, at the singular ordi­ New York known as the Jewish • exposed to here," said Rabbi was ordained last spring and is blessing to a new rabbi. nation. Institute of Religion. Shohama Wiener, president and the divorced motherof four chil­ And in an era of denomina­ Even those who are not afraid In the mid-1950s, it was taken "mashgiach ruhani," or spiri­ dren, ranging in age from 13 to tionally segregated religious life of cutting short their careers say over by the Reform movement, tual director, of the seminary. 26, commuted to the academy· - when the leader of a major they would be hassled by col­ absorbed into its rabbinical Fourth-year rabbinical stu­ each week from her home in Orthodox group has publicly leagues and congregants if it school and renamed the Hebrew dent Brian Glusman chose the Greensboro, N.C. called Reform Judaism "a became known that they teach Union College-Jewish Institute academy specifically for its Her kids _stayed with their plague," blaming it alone for at the a~ademy. cif Religion. Some of its staff and pandenorninational approach. father and she camped out at assimilation and intermarriage, "I don't want to squander my students left to start the acad­ Raised in' a strictly religious her par.ents' Bronx apartment. and when a leader of the Re­ energy defending the affilia­ emy. home in Atlanta, where his fa ­ Today she is the spiritual form movement has denigrated tion," said one. But institutional memory is ther was executive director of a leader of a Reconstructionistcon­ "the Orthodox" as '"from the Other staff members describe long, said one senior member of local Orthodox synagogue; grega tion in High Point, N.C. Middle Ages" for smothering themselves as traditional, Con­ the academy's administration, Glusman grew up appreciating "The scheduling was conve­ any view but their own on the servative, Reconstructionist and and criticism of the academy's life in a religious community nient for me but that wasn't the issue of religious pluralism - Reform, and some say they are academic standards has out­ even as he felt confined by its main thing that brought me to the joint cirdination_was a wa­ most closely connected with the lived its efforts in the last seven boundaries. the academy. I wanted to be· tershed act. havurah-based, neo-Chasidic or eight years to furn it from a ''I wasn't.able to question, to with people with different and But the fact tha t the Ortho­ Jewish renewal movement. tiny, informal school that or­ develop my own process, and varied backgrounds. dox rabbi does not want his Occasionall y, they even teach dained one rabbi a year into a that's what I longed for," he said. "To talk to people who are the name printed, lest public aware­ a class togeth_er. A course on school with a large staff and After working at a Reform same as you are doesn't 'make ness of his participation imperil ·responsa - rabbinical interpre­ structur~d curriculum ordain­ temple in Florida, Glusman is you grow," said Miller, whose his ca reer, illuminates the very tations of Jewish law- i$ being ing between five and eight rab­ now reviving an aging Conser­ father is an Orthodox rabbi. polarization that he and his c·ol­ led jointly by orie of the Ortho, bis and cantors each year. vative congregation in north­ "The rabbis at the academy leagues at The Academy for Jew­ dox rabbis and Rabbi Goldie Some of the more ordained eastern Philadelphia. talk about what they believe in, ish Religion are working to Mi lgram, who was ordained by choose not to affiliate with a I want to "integrate the and I was able to question what mend. the Reconstructionist Rabbini­ rabbinical organization because warmth and power, the vi­ · they said. And now that I'm The acad_emy is a '40-year-old cal College. they refuse to be denomination­ brancy and the ruach (spirit) of leading a group ofJewishpeople seminary where future rabbis "Every classroom is a klal ally labeled. Orthodoxy into the other de­ in this community, I see that it's and cantors study with teach­ Yisrael ,here,'' said Mi lgram in "Som,etimes being tied down nominations," he said between like the academy. No group of ers, many of them well-known, an interview in the acaclemy's is overly narrow and particular­ classes at the academy. Jews thinks alike on anything," hailing from almost a ll points offices on Manhattan's Upper istic," said Rabbi Jonathan Pearl, "It's teaching Conservative Miller said inan interview from on the religious and ideological West'Side. who was ordained by the Jews what it means to have High Point. spectrum. "It's not just tolerance. People uniquely pluralistic panel last people over for Shabbos dinner Says Wiener of the academy: Several Orthodox rabbis - really savor the experience of spring. and lunch. You can have that "If we could figure out how many of them educated at Ye­ plurality here." He now works as the spiri­ excitement without being Or- to make what happens inside shiva University, and at least Some of the 80-plus rabbis tual leader of a denornination­ thodox," Glusman said. · our walls happen outside in the one ordained under the auspices and cantors who have been or­ _ally unaffiliated congregation in Other smdents choose the Jewish world, we'd really be of the fervently Orthodox ye­ dained under the auspices of Suffolk County, N.Y. academy because it has tailored doing 'tikkun,'" or healing. shiva in Lakewood, N.J., - are the academy have joined the Pearl, the son of a rabbi who . on the academy's facu lty. Conservative and Reconstruc­ was ordained at Yeshiva Uni­ None dares a llow his name tionist movem~nts' rabbinical versity and went on to work in to be printed for fear of suffer­ organizations. Conservative and Reform con­ Foreign Minister of ing serious_professional conse­ Two have continued their gregations, has no plans to join quences. studies with the Union for Tra­ a rabbinical association. None of them are members ditional Judaism, a group that "There is denominational Poland Apologizes of the major.centrist Orthodox hews to Orthodox "halachah," antagonism,riyalry. I don' t buy rabbinical organization, the or Jewish law, and tries to strike into the whole thing of divisive- Rabbinical Council of America, a centrist ideological stance • ness. Each ideology has some~ for 1946 Pogrom which last year expelled a mem- somewhere between Orthodox thing to offer. by Alissa Kaplan t~nse in the mid-1940s, and ru­ NEWYORK(JTA)-ThePol­ morsspread that masses of Jews ish foreign minister has asked would soon return to claim their , the Jewish communi ty for for­ former houses and belongings. 1 giveness for the Kieke Pogrom It was also rumored that the WINTERIZE~ii T a;l#JSNOWTIRE W #HI t4R~I. I--W.STATE of 1946, which was an "act of blood libel, the false accusation •**" Polish anti-Semitism,'' according that Jews murderChristianchil­ I $ I CHANGEOVER · I INSPECTION I to a letter he wrote to the World dren and drain their blood for I I ' $15 PER I SPECIALHALF·PRICE I 19.95 Jewish Congress. ritual use, was taking place. 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