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THE 01'iLY ENGLISH--JEW!SH WEEKLY IN R.I. AND SOLTHEAST MASS.
VOLUME LXXV, NUMBER 25 THU RSDAY, MAY 19, 1988 35¢ PER COPY
Rabbi Davis: What Is A Cult? Battling The Cults According to Rabbi Davis, there are 5 main characteristics of cults: I. Tot~litarian Leader. One person has absolute control over all cult by Da vid DeBlois Her name was Janet. She was a ground, who is sens it ive ... and members, as personified by Rev. Moon or Jim Jones. Rabbi Maurice Davis tells the healthy, happy, well-adjusted hungers for simple or simplistic an story of a drive in New York one young woman- and then she swers." College freshman, for ex 2. Submissive Following. Cult members turn all their rights as individuals day, listening to the traffic report: joined the Moonies. Withdrawing ample, often fit this bill perfectly over to the cult leader, who makes decisions for them. "T he announcer said, 'The road to from her family, she was convinced and so are a main target group of Utopia is blocked.' And I thought that the devil would take her soul if cult recruiters. They are normal, 3. Teaching of '" The end justifies the means" Doctrine. In the course of to myself: It always is." she stepped foot in her parents' average kids. accomplishing the goals of t he cult, any methods available to members is Rabbi Davis, however, has been home again. T hey could be your kids. acceptable. T he Moonies, for example, allow fo r the practice of " heavenly doing his best to clear some of the Despite the tireless efforts of T o obtain recruits, cult members deception" - lying in order to raise funds or recruit members. Hare Krish debris from that road- the debris Davis, Janet's parents, and a num wi ll casually make friends with a nas may dress up as Santa Claus at Christmastime to solicit donations of cults who lead young Jews away ber of psychiatrists, the girl re target, making conversation about under false pretenses. Every young woman in the Children of God cult from their families, temples, and turned to the Moonies. A few years virtuallly anything. The target is prostitutes herself to raise money, labelling themselves "Hookers fo r homes. Since I 972, Davis has res ago, at Moon's "mass wedding" then invited to a party or gat her Christ." cued 185 persons from cults, most held at Madison Square Garden. ing, where he/she is virtually wor· of them from Rev. Sun Myung Janet was married to man she did shipped by a group of cult mem· 4. Unlimited or Virtually Unlimited Funds. Cults are capable of raising Moon's Unification Church- the not know. T oday, she remains a bers. This technique, known as vast amounts of money, all of it tax-free. The Moonies have an annual so-called " Moonies." All of this has follower of Rev. Moon. " love-bombing," is designed to income and property valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. not gone unnoticed by Moon. who "And I can't stop,"' says Davis, make the target feel a sense of love called Rabbi Davis "the Number "'until 1 get her out.·• or belonging amongst these new 5. Teaching Fear and Suspicion of Anyone Outside the Movement. Cults One Satan in America." In re· Davis immersed himself in litera· acquaintances. Once ga ining t he often use fear tactics in order to limit contact with persons outside the sponse, Davis sent Moon a thank ture on the Moonies and cults in trust of their target, the group in· group who might interfere with their domination of t he individual. Rabbi you note. general, then spoke to his congre vites him/ her to a free "weekend" Davis' Janet, fu r instance, was convinced that Satan would take her soul And just how did Davis become a gation, telling them Moon was a or ··workshop." It is here that the unless she severed ties wi th her family. "cultbuster"?. Davis explains that crook and a fraud. When national serious brainwashing begins. New in 1972 he received back-to-back magazines reported his charges, members are not a llowed to frater phone calls from members of his Davis started receiving pleas fo r ni ze with each other, but are con· of mind. Virtually no cults bother ity or Judaism. His findings made congregation who were greatly dis help from desperate parents all slantly surrounded by veteran cult with the use of drugs, as brain this possibility virtually absurd. turbed by the fact that a child of across the country. He responded members. They are never left to washing is much more effective(· Rev. Moon's religious philosophy theirs had joined Moon's church. by fo rming CERF (Citizens En themselves. In addition. sleep and and much more difficult to prove in is quite simple: He asserts that God By his own admission, Davis was gaged in Rescuing Families), ar. or calorie intake are methodically re a court of law). has twice before attempted to ere· naive about the Moonies, but told ganization which quickly grew to a duced. and the target is forced to Why Kids Join ate a perfect world- first with the upset parents that he would membership of over 500 couples put in long, tiring days. Rabbi Davis has spent many Adam and Eve, then with Christ. speak to each of the two young who had lost children to cults. When the weekend is over, the hours trying to decipher the attrac T he latter's mission, Moon says, was to seek out a perfect mate on people, a male and a female. The And so the fi ght began. target is then invited to join a tion of cults for young people. He Recruiting Cult Members longer "workshop." These work began by exploring the possibility Earth, but the Jews killed him be male was quickly dissuaded from fore he could accomplish it. Now, remaining in Moon's church. Uavis "Typically," Rabbi Davis says, shops (really brainwashing ses that people li ke Moon w~re offer was not so lucky with the young ··the cult target is young, 18-26, of sions) continue until the target has ing a superior theology to more es Moon says, God has sent a 3rd Wllman. middle or upper-middle class back- been placed in the "correct" frame tablished religions like Christian· (cont inued on page 9) Palestinian Problem Must Be Lakhmans Granted White Solved By Arabs, Cuomo Tells Card By Russian G·overnment by Sa ndra S ilva which time they will no longer be Jewish Leaders In the April 7, 1988 issue of the citizens of the Soviet Union. Herald t here was an article on the Neither Arcady, Marina or by Andrew Silow Carroll ·· Jsrael remains the only reliable her own suicide, that she acquiesce front page about Temple Habonim Alexander are working, once they NEW YORK (.JTA) - The friend and ally oft he United States in t he establishment of a state in Barrington and t heir struggle to received their white cards t hey had United States should not t ry to and t he democratic nations of t he wit hin the occupied territ ories free three Soviet refusenik fami to stop work altogether. They are ··dictate terms to Israel's people or West, in a region of vital, under a leadership not only host ile lies. T he fa milies were the unable to leave immediately be 10 her Knesset," nor "demand t hat inescapable concern to us, a region to Israel hut officially dedicated t.o Lakhmans, the Mendeleevs and cause Marina must enter the hos Is rael hecome a co~conspirator in where medieval monarchies or her annihilat ion." the Luries. pital tomorrow due to complica her own suicide," New York Gov. religio-polit ical dictatorships are The governor also addressed On Tuesday, May 17, Maxine tions from a previous operation. Mario Cuomo said in a major the rule." racial and ethnic tensions in New Richman and Mila Schrayer Also, Marina's mother has been de· speech on the occasion of Israel's Cuomo clearly placed the York Cit y, recently inflamed placed another telephone call to nied her white card and they must 40th anniversary. responsibility for resolving the during the Democratic primary the Lakhmans in Russia. Unlike wait in the hope that it will be Cuomo did not specifically refer Palestinian question with the Arab election over the candidacy of the the last phone call, it was not nec granted soon. to the Reagan administration in states, linking the current unrest Rev . .J esse .Jackson. Cuomo urged essary to reserve the line twenty At this time, Arcady had no news his address to 300 of New York's to previous aggression on the part ,J ews and blacks not to allow four hours in advance. Thanks to about the other two families. He .Jewish leaders, but offered veiled of the Arabs. differences "to rob us of t.he Glasnost, it is now possible to dial stated that his fa mily had not re· crit icism of its Mideast peace "What Israel's enemies have memory of what we are at our direct. Thanks to Glasnost and ceived any of the letters that have init iative by declaring that " Israel never been · able to accomplish best.'· Temple Habonim, t he Lakhmans been sent by the Temple members. must never be fo rced onto the directly, they hope now to achieve Cuomo reminded t he ,Jewish are going to be allowed to go free. He did, however, receive one letter by indirection," he said, "by leaders that ,Jackson, despite his Scylla of nervous allies or the Maxine dialed the operator to from Mila Schrayer convi ncing Israel's friends and "limitations," represents a "great Charybdis of political put through the number then hung Contact will be maintained with allies to accept, perhaps even seek cry of empowerment hy a people expediency." up and waited for the call to ring the Lakhmans as long as they re· to impose, a solution that would fi ghting for the right to be judged Cuomo spoke in Manhattan at back. It was barely ten seconds main in the Soviet Union and once give Israel untenable, indefensible on their merit s." 1 he invitation of the ,Jewish later when the telephone rang and they leave, Arcady will be contact· borders, and that. would signal for He also said he has been Community Relations Council and Marina Lakhman was on the other ing Mila or the Temple. ( her t.he beginning of the end." reminding black audiences about the United Jewish end of the line. Maxine turned the Arcady asked Maxine to bring a But while Cuomo indicated his .Jewish participation in the civil Appeal-Federat ion of J ewish receiver over to Mila as Marina dist rust of an international peace rights struggles oft.he 1960s, and of message to those who have been Philant hropies of New York. helping them along. "My family conference or unilaterally applied the current · activities of Jewish called Arcady to the phone. T he brief conversation was held thanks you ... very much ...... We Although he has announced that pressure on Israel by the United politicians on behalf of black he will not accept a move to draft States, he did not offer any canst ituent s. in Russian and taped for Mila to love you." him as the Democrat ic candidate solut ions of his own for the region. Cuomo said the J ewish t ranslate afterwards. On June 15th a congregation fo r president, Cuomo seemed to he "There must he no rush to community's problems with Arcady and Marina Lakhman from Toronto. Canada will be go· outlining his vision of the next judgment or to action," he said, ,Jackson were not based on race, and their son, Alexander, re· ing to Russia and will be visit ing administration's foreign policy. adding that Israel's fa te is hut ··differences in ceived their white cards from the the families. They have offered to T hat course would be built on ultimately the decison of it s own communication." government last Friday. Once the bring art icles fo r the fa milies with the unwavering support of a close democratic government. "If Mario Cuomo had stood up government has bestowed this card them as long as they are received re lat ions hip between the United ··1t would he a desecration of our and had been photographed on a person it can't be rescinded. by J une 1st. Anyone wishing to States and Israel, a relationship he friendship and of our historical emhracinl{ Arafat, the reaction T hey must bring all their papers contribute may contact Maxine called a "moral and philosophic: memories now tu demand that woul d have heen exactly the and their passport to the proper Richman at Temple Habonim. imperative for both nat ions." Israe l hecome a cu·ronspi rator in same ,' · he said. aut horities to be proGessed a! (continued on page 9) ~ I - 2 - THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988 Temple Torat Yisrael JCC News Shavuot Services JCCRI Cub Scouts At Torat Yisrael Receive Awards The community is cordially The annua l Blue and Gold invited t.o share in the celebration Dinner of Cub Scout Pack 104 o f (...__L_o_c_a_I_N_e_w_s______] of the Festival of S havuot, through the ,Jewish Community Center of services scheduled at Temple Rhode Is la nd was held May 16 at. T orat Yis rael in C ra nston: the Center, 401 E lmgrove Ave. in Congregation Temple Beth David Sons Of Jacob Saturday, May 21, P rovidence. Congregation Sons of J acob Mi nchah-Maariv at 7:45 p.m. T he following awards were Mishkon Tfiloh T emple Beth David , S unday, May 22, S ha harit at 9 Sy nagogue schedule for t he given: Wolf Radges: David Suls, Narragansett, will hold a Friday S havuot ho liday is as follows: a.m.; Minchah-Maariv at 7:45 p.m. Set h Kahn, Paul Weiner, ,Jacob Evening Service this Friday, May Friday, May 20 - S hacharit., Monday, May 23, S ha harit (with Rrier, David Riedel, and Ari 20, at 7 p.m. The service will be 6:45 p.m .; Candle Light ing, 7:45 Yizkor) at 9:30 a .m.; Go rdon. Flear Badges: Richa rd highlighted by graduatio n p.m.; Mincha, 7:50 p.m. Followed Mincha h-Maariv at 8: !S p.m. Suls, Aaron Kahn, a nd Assad ceremonies for students o f t he by !{abbalat S habat & Maariv; last Clark. Arrow: Assad Clark. Sout h County Hebrew School. count of Sefirat H a'Omer. The fo llowing Tiger Cubs G raduates are Phyllis As her, Six To Become Adult Saturday, May 2 1 - Pa rshat graduated to C ub Scout: Natha niel Robin Meisler a nd Ka rin Zell. B'Not Mitzvah Bamid bo r: S hacharit, 8:30 p.m.; No rman, Mat t hew Dorfman, On Monday, May 23, a Six adult. members of Temple M incha, 7:50 p.m .; Pirkei Avot Benja mi n RotenberJ;!, .Jess ie S havuot/ Yizkor Service will be T o rat Yisrael wi ll become Bat Chapter 6, no T zidkoscho Tzedek; Freedma n, David Sachs, ,J effrey held at 8 a.m. Mitzvah during Shavuot Services Yorn Tov Maariv; Candle Calli. Robert Weiner a nd ,Jeremy As always, all a re welcome to 011 S unday, May 22, 9 a.m . Lighting, 8:49 p.m.; make Havdolo Kat zen. join us fo r "Services by the Sea." Roberta Arsac, ,Jerri Davis, Ruth d uring Kiddush. T he ,JC'CRl oilers the only Fink, Marcie Rosen, Rut h Ross S u nday, May 22 - First Day S<"< 1uting units in Rhode Island a nd Helen Shuman have been S havuot. S hacharit, 8:30 p.m.; that observe t he ,Jewish S hahbat Temple Am David studying fo r t wo years wit h Rabbi T orah reading, Exodus 19:1-20, 23; and dietary laws. Programs run Thursday, May 19 Teen-age David Rosen, Cantor Samuel Ma ftir Numbers 28:26-31; fro m September through ,June. Fo r Chug T'fillah at 6: 15 p.m . Friday Linkovsky a nd Principal Lonna Mincha , 7:50 p.m.; Ca ndle information call 861-8800. night, May 20, services at 7:30 p.m . Picker. On S havuot , each o f t he Light ing, 8:50 p.m. Saturday morning, May 2 1 lad ies wi ll lead pa rt s o f t he service, Monday, May 2:l - Seco nd Day Brown Bag Club Offers Trip Mel Simons services are at 9:30 a.m., evening he ca lled to t he Torah a nd share in S havuot. S hacha rit, 8:30 p.m .; To Blithewold services are at 8:30 p.m . S unday the cha nting of the Ha ftara h. C c_mgregation Mishkon Tfiloh T orah read ing, Deutoronomy The Brown Bag Club of the morning, May 22, services a re at The community is warmly in will celebrate their 26th l~: 19- 17, Maftir same as Jewis h Community Cent.er of 9:30 a.m., evening services a re at vited to sha re in this beautiful sim Anniversary on Sunday, June 5. yesterday; Yizkor, 10:00 p.m.; R hode Isla nd will hold a tou r of 7:30 p.m. Monday morning May chah a nd to celeb rate S havuot at Cocktails will be served at 5:30 and M incho, 7:50 p.m.; Havdolo, 8:51 Bli t. hewold followed by a picnic on 23, services are at 9 a.m., evening the Temple. a full course catered dinner at 6 p.m. the grounds on Tuesday, May 24. ,services are at 8:30 p.m., wit h p.m. The holiday that follows Pa rt icipa nts will meet at the Yizkor services at both a .m. a nd Mel Simons will en tertain. His Lag-Be-Omer, the youngest Temple Beth Sholom ,JCC Rl, 401 Elmgrove Avenue in p.m. services. program will feature the "Golden ,Jewish holiday, is S havuot, one o f Providence at I 0: I 5 a.m. to ca r · Services a re conducted by Rabbi Congregation Beth S ho lom will Days of Radio" and more. the oldest of a ll ,Jewish festivals. he holding services fo r t he holiday pool. Dessert a nd beverage will be The Committee in cha rge of the H. Scot t White and assisted by "Shavuot " means weeks and it of S havuot, which commemorates provided; the fee is $3. a ffair is as follows: Cantor Steven W. Dress. fa lls exactly seven weeks a fter the t he receiving of t he T en Reservations a re required. Miss Dorothy Berry, Chairlady; Congregation Ohawe second day o f Passover, on the Commandments, accord ing to the The Brown Bag Club is fo r Mrs. Samuel Rotkopf, sixth and seventh days o f the following schedule: people free for lunch from mot hers reservations assisted by Mrs. Alex Shalam month o f Sivon. Another, Saturday, May 2 1, Erev of preschoolers to active seniors. Goodblatt; Mr. Henry non-J ewis h, na me for S havuot is For info rmation call Ann Miller at This Friday night services begin S havuot, S hachrit will begin at 9 Abramowitz, Mrs. Rose Berstein Pentecost., which in G reek means a.m. a nd Mincha at 7::l0 p.m.; 861-8800. and Mr. Samuel Rotkopf, at 7:50 p.m. Saturday morning the " Fiftieth", because it take place on services are at 9 a .m. followed by S unday, May 22, t he First Day of ex-officio. the fiftieth day aft er the beginning S havuot, S hachrit will he at 9 a .m. Jewish Family For reservations please call Mrs. kiddush. The following is "the of Passover. schedule fo r t he S hauvot holiday. and Mincha at 7:45 p.m.; Monday, Services Samuel Rotkopf, 421-0780. Shavuoth is a triple holiday, a May 2:l, the Second Day of Shabbat erev Shavuot - May three-fold celebration which The ,Jewish Family Service will Shavouth 1988-5748 2 1. Mincha, 7:45 p.m.; learning S havuot, S hachrit will begin at 9 commemorates: a .m., The Book of Ruth will be he hosting the S ixteenth Annua l We cordially invite you to attend session, Maariv, 8:45 p.m. - The giving of the T orah on Arthur a nd Harriet Levy S havouth services on Saturday, read at IO a.m. and Yizkor will be Saturday night learning, 11 :30 Mount Sina i Memorial Oral ion on Thursday, May 2 1; Sunday, May 22 and p.m. at 10:30 a. m. Mincha that day wi ll - The harvesting of wheat in begin at 7:45 p.m. ,June 9, 1988 at 8 p.m. at the ,Jewish Monday, May 23. Sunday, May 22 - Morning Israel, a nd Community Center, 401 E lmf{rove Saturday, May 21 - 5 Siva n. services, 9 a.m.; synagogue - The ripening o f t he fi rst fruit Beth Sholom Nursery School Avenue, Providence, R.l. Mincha-Maariv, 7 p.m .; Lighting luncheon, noon (immediately in the Holy Land. Congregation Bet h S holom will T he speaker, Rut.h L. Rosen of Candles, 8:45 p.m. following services); Mincha, 7:45 We cordially invite all to attend again be conducting it K 'ton-ton A.C.S .W., C.A.C., Clinical Social Sunday, May 22 - 6 S ivan. p.m.; Maariv, 8:45 p.m.; Candle services in the, synagogue of your Nursery School fo r t he coming Work Specialist, Alcoholism and Morning services, 9 a.m.; Reading Lighting, 8:50 p.m. choice, a nd pray for a speedy school season of 1988-89. Children Substance Abuse, Roger Williams of t he Torah,_10 a.m.; Musaf, 10;30 Morn:Jay, May 23 - Morning recovery fo r Rabbi Drazin (Rabbi who will be three or four a re Genera l Hospita l, wi ll address the a.m.; Mincha-Maariv, 7 p.m.; services, 9 a.m. (followed by Morris Drazin - Rabbi Yitzchok eligible for the school. The topic of "Alcoholism is not a Lighting of Candles, 7:45 p.m. kiddush given by Carl Passman); Dubovick). K 'ton-ton meets every weekday ,Jewish Problem: Myth o r Reality." Monday, May 23 - 7 Sivan. Yizkor, Mincha, 7:45 p.m.; Maariv, morning from 8:30 unt il 11 :30 a .m. There will he a reception following Morning services, 9 a.m.; Reading 8:45 p.m. South Providence The school has achieved an the program. of t he Torah, 10 a.m .; Yis kor Rabbi ,Jacob's T a lmud class will Hebrew Free Loan envia ble reputation in the The Parent Exchange at J ewish (Memorial services), 10:30 a.m .; continue on Tuesday evenings community during its years of Family Service is once again Musaf, 10:45 a.m . between 8-9 p.m. Association functioning. It combines an offering the popular " Mot hers and On Su nday, May 29 at 9 a.m. Sout h Providence Hebrew Free intensive ,Jewish learning Infants." The eight -session t here will be an interfaith Loan Association elect.ion o f Shaare-Zedek en viron ment toget her with a workshop for new mothers and memorial service at our Officers and Boa rd members. t ho rough secula r nursery school t heir babies will be held SHVUOTH SCHEDULE congregation sponsored by the A conven tion of the S.P .H.F.L. education. Wednesday afternoon from 1:30 to 5748 - 1988 ,Jewish W a r Veterans. Association was held on May 10. Anyone interested in t he school 3 p.m . beginning June 1 at the Friday, May 20 - light candles On Sunday, June 5 at 11 a .m. the The following members were should contact Rabbi Singer at the J ewish Community Center, 401 7:44 p.m., Minchah 7:50 p.m. congregation will hold a b runch to elected a nd installed as officers for Beth S holom office, :l:ll-939:l. Elmgrove Ave. in Providence. Saturday, May 21 - Services 9 install officers and board one year as follows: P resident, In t he pa renting workshop, new a.m., Minchah 7:45 p.m., 3rd Meal members. Samuel Schlevin will be Isador Krasnoff; 1st Vice mothers discuss and share t he immediately after Minchah; First guest speaker. President, Charles Goodman; 2nd Touro Fraternal News growth and developmen t of their Eve of Shvuoth 8:46 p.m . Vice President, ,Joseph Rotenberg; babies and t heir new family life. Sunday, May 22 - First Day of Financial Secretary, Irving Adler; ' C olfers, don't forget T ouro will Mothers are encouraged to bring S hvuoth. Morning Services 9 a.m., Rhode Island Jewish Recording Secretary, ,Joseph he having a charity golf their infants up to eight mont hs. Mincha h Services 7:45 p.m., Rotenherg; T reasurer, Louis tourna ment in the near future. We Historical Association The fee is $50 for the eight Second E ve of S hvuoth light Sacarovitz. need you to let us know if you sessions; pre-regist ration is candles 7:46 p.m. T he Rhode Isla nd ,Jewish Also the hoard o f directors wou ld he interested. You need not required. For information, call Monday, May 23 - Second Day Historical Associat ion Annual installed for three years a re as he a member of T ouro to take part J ewish Family Service at of Shvuoth. Morning Services 9 Meeting will take place during t he follows: William Berger, Isadore in this tournament . Members arc 331-1244. a.m., Yiskor 10:30 a.m ., Minch,ih summer (exact date to be Krasnoll, ,Joseph Rotenberg, invit ed to join with friends. Services 7:45 p.m., Holiday E nds announced ) instead of May 31, Irving Adler, and Natha n Contact, Barry E. Newman at 8:48 p.m. 1988, as origina lly pla nned. Rosenfeld. Touro Hall, P .O. Box 3,562-056'.:, Volunteers In Israel 960 Reservoir Ave., Cranston, R.l. Sponsors Trip 02910. May 25 - Insta llation of T he Volunteers fo r Israel is officers dinner at Post Road Inn. sponsoring a not her E l Al fli ght to BABETTE Din ner will he served at 6:30 p.m. Israel o n .fune 19. Return dates can Cost of d inner will be only $5.% he chosen ,July 12, 19 or the 26. each. Members on ly . . l ost for stud ents under 26 years .Jun e 11 - Dinner da nce at is $448. Cost fo r adults is $,598. Venus de Milo 6::l0 p.m. Members T his p rice includes round trip a ir a nd wives. fare, work clothes, room and hoard, ,Ju ne 22 - A kosher spagheti i :1 kosher meals daily, a nd fu ll day a nd meatba ll d inner, J;!e nera l tou rs, plus good fellowship. association meeting for members Volunteers can ask to he CON T E M POR A l~Y C L O T H IN G. only. T ime 6::!0 p.m. Come have a assigned to kibbutzim, moshavim, for the vvornan vvith fash ion sp1r it l g- lass of vino with your h rot hers. hospita ls, or a rmy camps. T ouro members have the best of P lease call S heldon Sollosy time, plus a lot o f ot her benefit s (days) :l:1 1-4 185, (nights) t hat you may not know about. Let -167-:18:l:I, Norton Salk (days ) us tell you. If you would like to he 781-2:1:14 , (nights) 46 I-4a4:l. or Eli Left in 94 t -:l09:l for more Faunce Corner Cross ing Mon-Sat 10-e a memher hut do not know how, just rail 944 -44 12 a nd a member informatio n. No . 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i ; ~ J / ! ~ I I t i . l ' ~ f f ~ I . 1 THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988 3 Temple Beth-El South Area JCC Sylvia Denhoff (Assistant Mailing Dr. Uri Ra'anan To Speak Secretary), and Sara Cokin (Board The long-awaited Striar Jewish Mailing Secretary). At The Dr. Isidor Shogam Community Center on the Serving on t.he Board of Memorial Lecture Fireman Campus will. as of .June Directors for a two-year term Dr. Uri Ra'anan, University I , accept membership for the first (1988-90) are Jill Cohen, Seena Professor in the University year which will begin October 1, Dittleman, Renee Flink, Elizabeth Professors Program at Boston 1988 t.o September :Jo, 1989. Goldberg, Phyllis Goldberg, University, will deliver t he Dr. Located on Central Street. in Bernice Ornstein, Sylvia Sapir, Isidor Shogam Memorial Lecture Stoughton between routes 139 a nd Helene Silver, and Lynne Tesler. at Temple Beth-El on Friday 24 , the 84,000 square foot building Also serving on the Board for evening, May 20, 1988 at 8 p.m. will offer a full complement of the coming yea r (1988-89) will be His topic will be "United States social, cult ural and recreational Mitzi Berkelhammer, Sylvia and Soviet Policy in the M iddle programs for all ages. Brown, Claire Ernst.of, Janet East." An Open House, planned fo r Friedman, Susan Resnik, Sally The Dr. Isidor Shogam area residents on Sunday, ,J une 12, Rotenberg, Eva Schaffer, and Memorial Lecture is one of an fro m 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. will give H inda Semonoff. endowed series of lectures and was visito rs a chance to see all a reas of The Nominating Committee for established many years ago by the the building which is 90% 1988-89 will be chaired by Judy Misses Ruth a nd Sylvia Shogam in c,o mplete. The facility will be fully Litchman. Serving on this memory of their brother, Dr. handicapped accessible when the committee will be Barbara Coen, Shogam and their parents. building opens this fall. Nancy Kaufman, Margaret. Or. Ra'anan obtained his Fo r information call the Lederer, Susan Resnik, Lee Scott, undergraduate and graduate members hip department, 34 1-2016 a nd Hinda Semonoff. education and degrees at Oxfo rd o r 82 I -0030. The installation and annual University. He was recently meeting is open to the public and appointed Direct.or of the Institute NCJW Annual Meeting all are invited to attend. For more for the Study of Conflict Ideology information, call NCJW at a nd Policy at Boston University. And Installation 274-2080. Previous to his appointments he Nancy Bordeleau will be the was Professor of International ;nsta lling officer at the annual Camp JORI Politics and Direct.or of the meeting of the National Council of International Security Studies Jewish Women. Director of the Camp JORI President Jeffrey Program at. the Fletcher School of Depa rtment of H uman Services, Brier has announced that the 51st Law and Diplomacy, where he Ms. Bordeleau will bring greetings season will begin on June 28 with taught fo r more t han two decades. to the group from her agency. In the completion of Phase Two of He is a Fellow of the Russian· the past, t.he Depart ment. of the capital improvement. Research Cent.er at Harvard Human Services has worked campaign. University. Author, co-author, closely with NCJW on a variety of The cabins have been renovated editor or co-editor of 16 books and issues, especially those concerned inside and out with new windows, contributor to 15 others, as well as with day care a nd teen pregnancy doors, steps and floors. All Bruce Sundlun 15 monographs and Congressional prevention. T he Department of plumbing and bathrooms have Elected President to serve as officers of the temple: Senior Vice Pres ieent, Dr. Henry publications. His latest Huma n Services was one of the been replaced a nd the exteriors publications are Emerging At the 1:l:lrd Annual Meeting of Lit ch man; Vice Presidents, agencies funding NCJW's have been restained. The work Congregation Sons of Israel and Be rtram M. Lederer and Patricia Doctrines and Technologies: handbook fo r parents on choosing was made possible through the David, Temple Beth-El held last Cohen; Treasurer, Irving Schwartz Implications /or Global and and evaluation child care options, generosity of the Rumpler family Sunday evening, May !!;. l:lruce a nd Secreta ry, Richard Borod. Regional Political- Military Child Care in Rhode Island: in honor of Alexander Rumpler's Sundlun, Senior Vice President of Balances, The USSR Today and Choosing It and Using It. ninetieth birthday, Reika and T emple Fleth-EI for the past two The fo llowing individuals were Tomorrow: Problems and The installat ion will be held on Samuel Rappaporte, Jr. in honor years and cha irma n and C hief to serve as new trustees: Alan Challenges, a nd Hydra of Carnage: May 25, 1988 at the J ewish of Alexander Rumpler's ninet ieth Executive Officer of Out let Axelrod, ,Jeffrey A. Brown, J ay International Linkages of Community Center, 401 Elmgrove birthday, Helen and Bertram Communications was elected the Isenberg, Daniel Kane, Judith Terrorism and Low-Intensity Ave., Providence, R.l. A petite Bernhardt, the Hassenfeld Congregation's 29th president. Lubiner, Anne P resser, J effrey Operations. luncheon will be served at 12 noon, Foundation and Edwin and An active community and Sharfstein, Barbara Singh, Steven Prior to joining t.he Fletcher and the installation and program Lawrence Soforenko in beloved Temple leader, Sundlun graduated Taylor, J . Scott Wolf, a nd Jeffrey School, he taught at will begin at I p.m. Heading the memory of their wife and mother from Williams College and Kasie. Mr. Sundlun announced Massachusetts Institute of organization fo r the 1988-89 year Miriam. Harvard Law School a nd has three Presidential Appointees: Technology, Columbia University will be a presidium of Mardelle The refurbishing of the received honorary degrees from Mark Patinkin, Lee Krasner, a nd and the City University of New Berman, Gertrude Gordon, Kay recreation hall has been made hot h Bryant College a nd Roger The Honorable Robert Krause. York. Kaplan, and Bet h Weiss. Betsy possible by the family of the late Williams College. Sundlun Melvin L. Zurier, No rman I. Rabbi William E. Kaufman will Holland and Jane Jacober will Samuel Kadsivitz-Kay as a living presently serves as a trustee for the Goldberg a nd Ma rvin G. T esler conduct the service. Cantor serve as Vice-Presidents. Also memorial to his love of children. R.l. Philharmonic, the Providence ~ ere elected as Honorary Life Richard A. Wolberg will chant t he serving on the Executive Board are This summer campers· will see new Preservation Society, and Trinity I rustees. liturgy with the assistance of t.he J oanne Summer (Treasurer), windows and bathrooms, new Square Repertory Comapny. He A formal installation of the new Temple choir, accompanied by Mr. Roberta Loebenberg (Recording outer walls freshly stained, new serves as president of the officers and trustees will be held Raymond Whalon at the Morris Secretary), Lynn Markoff steps and newly purchased Providence Performing Arts during S habhat Services this Levine Memorial organ. (Corresponding Secretary), Nancy a musements and games. Center a nd the Newport Art Friday evening May 20, I 988 at An Oneg Shabbat in the Kaufman (Financial Secretary), Camp Director Marshall Museum. He's a member of the 8: J.'> p.m. in the Temple's Schneierson Vestry following the Sally Rotenberg (Assistant Gerstenblatt and his wife Barbara Providence School Board a nd the Sanctuary. In addition to the services will be hosted by Misses Financial Secretary), Eva will be on hand to greet campers director of the International installation of the Temple officers, Ruth and Sylvia Shogam. Sapolsky (Mailing Secretarvl. and counselors. · .Jumping Derby. a formal installation will be held The public is cordially invited to In addition to Mr. Sundlun, the for the Brotherhood, Sisterhood, attend. following individuals were elected and new Youth Group officers. JWV Memorial Service THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPAIN This year the Department of 15 days of Jewish Heritage Cranston Senior Guild Rhode Island, Jewish War includes Barcelona, Gerona, Madrid, Seville, Veterans will hold their annual Granada, Costa del Sol The next meeting is Wednesday, Ha rry Portney, ,Joseph Rotenberg, DEPARTURE DATE SEPT. 29, 1988 .June I at Temple Torat Yisrael, Samuel Tippe, Sylvia Tippe, Sayra memorial services on Sunday, May 29, 1988. 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Come Visit Our New Re,·ording Secretary, Ruth Three days, two nights. For Showroom! Rotenberg; Treasurer, Gertrude information call Arlene Ahrams, Rot enberg; Membership 46'.l-844 1. Secreta ry, Rose Portney; Sunshine October 8 -12 - Williamsburg, Free Estimates Senetary, Helen Forman; Washington, O.C., Busch Garden, Chapla in, Samuel Cleinman; Ba ltimore Inner Harbor. Hospitality, Leonard and Sophie Chairperson, . Ruth Rotenberg, ,Jacobson. Hoard members: 751.9:1:18. 727 East Ave. Edmund Beck, ,John Berger, Mark November 9-2:l - Israel. 15 days, , '~' Pawtucket, RI 02860 (;oldherg, Ruth Gol.dbe~g, , L_eo. 3 cities. For full particulars call Creene, Evelyn · · Kaga n, ,Ja,·k Beverly ,Jacobson, 274-%86. ,.• ·· , · · ·, , ·, • ... ·, ,,_. · ,, ... • • ·401/7·28J9i-i0 Kagan, Hessie Lett, Louise Lyons, r 4 - THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988 corruption of power. review of 4,000 years of Jewish In -Defense Of . history. Elcott, d_emonstr~tes less Diaspora's Criticism confidence .-' in .. -the security According to Rabbi Greenb~rg,, promised .bY. . th·~ J ewish then, diaspora Jewry also has 'a assumption -of power. - "Action crucial, corrective role to play in alone is no virtue," he states. (__ o_p_in_i_o_n ______] Israel's assumption and exercise of " Political, 'military, or .economic power. Criticism by Jews who have power is no better and no worse cast their lot with Jewish destiny, than powerlessness until it is he argues, " represents not a applied as part of the overall The Ethics Of Jewish Power backing away from Israel but an Jewish strategy for uplifting Israel importa nt piece of the Jewish ethic and repairing and perfecting the 2) the degree to which power may absolutely on a moral pedestal. CLAL - The National Jewish of power currently in creation." world ... We cannot simply be the have undesirable side-effects and Survival Versus Center for Learning and St.ill, Rabbi Greenberg put limits children of the gas chambers who still be justifiable. Moral Purity Leadership has published a on such criticism. "My unqualified reject our parents' failures to use The question addressed in Rabbi 35-page document analyzing the New Historical Era support. means that I am power by asserting that power is an Greenberg's segment is framed by ethical issues of the Jewish use of "We are at the beginning of a responsible when Israel's force is ultimate good." I . the assertion of two postulates: power today. The paper, The fundamental change in the Jewish misapplied. I cannot pass the buck The retention of Gaza and the Jewish powerlessness is absolutely Ethics of Jewish Power was written condition - the assumption of I will plead for change, West Bank has jeopardized Israel's incompatible with Jewish in part in response to the uprisings power," Rabbi Greenberg begins particularly in the family and in "covenantal vision to build a great existence. But Jewish power is in Gaza and the West Bank and his piece. This adjustment calls for manner that will not endanger nation and to be a blessing to the constitutes the most extensive a radical shift in attitude toward incompatible with absolute Jewish Israel's existence." Greenberg world." At what price, then, organizational analysis of an issue the Jewish exercise of power, both moral purity. This tradeoff criticizes diaspora Jewry for not power? he asks. Not only does our that has rocked the American among Jews and non-Jews. between survival and moral purity discounting media coverage misguided dependence on power Jewish community. "The classical image of the J ew is extensively examined by sufficiently. He particularly threaten our souls, Elcott argues, it The paper's authors, Rabbi as the morally superior victim was Greenberg. challenges elements in t he Jewish also threatens our survival. Since moral purity is impossible Irving Greenberg, President of the result of years of Jewish community for inability to live Elcott calls for "a more mature while operating in the arena of CLAL, and Dr. David Elcott, powerlessness," states Rabbi with temporary unpopula rity and less knee-jerk understanding CLAL's Program Director, stress Greenberg, "but, in the history, the ethical measure of a (which every power wielder must of power a nd powerlessness." He is that the current use of power, post-Holocaust era, buying moral society is judged, in Greenberg's learn to do) and for exhibiting "the critical of the growing tendency in views, not by " its ideal procedures especially in the Middle East, must purity al the cost of powerlessness rage of parents accustomed to J ewish leadership to presuppose or potential ability to do good but be seen in the covenants! context is too high a price." Greenberg getting only nachos (gratification) the "the use of power, however by the excellence of its corrective of Israel's re-emergence as a argues that Israel strives to a from a child." applied, is more convenantal than sovereign national entity on her higher standard but t hat Israel's mechanisms." In Greenberg's rest.raining power." He warns that judgment, Israel has a forty-year A Chance For Peace In Gaza own land. right to exist must not be And The West Bank the Jewish state could be Greenberg and Elcott agree that conditioned on attaining a higher record of structural and moral "swallowed up by the very lust for In the heart of his paper, all applications of power must be degree of ethical responsibility, correctives that have protected her power with which our enemies Greenberg a nalyzes t he genesis, measured against t he dual Jewish particularly one that no nation can from wholesale, systemic abuse. subjugated us." Elcoll feels that policies, a nd costs of the current. responsibility of securing a safe live up to. He believes that fsrael's Still, there must be a continuous Israel should allow Palestinians · Palestinian uprising. No doubt, he Isreal and serving as an ethical performance over its forty year struggle to uphold ethical the right of self-determination in a st.ates, "the ext.ended Gaza and model. The authors differ, history has met the higher standards in t he face of the more fort hcoming manner and West Bank riots and t he Israeli however, in two major respects: I) standard but that its future could ongoing challenges of history. The wa rns that "to reject the voice of efforts to suppress the violence the absolute necessity to assume, be endangered by J ews' own inner rise of Kahanism shows that J ews the prophet and the visionary is to have created a powerful fo rce for maintain and exercise power, and need to perceive themselves are not immune to rage or the detract. from the Jewish mission." hardening of heart on both sides." F'or his part, Greenberg argues The uprisings are too widespread that prophetic stances have only to be suppressed by fo rce a lone. Conservative Women Cantors: limited value. He believes that Israel has made serious errors ''inevitably, the continuous An Insider's Perspective a long the way including Rabin's exercise of sovereignty will narrow "force, beatings, might" policy. the spread between the behavior of by Cantor Stephen Freedman Assembly overstepped t hei r as stated before, t he bv-laws a re For their part , Palestinians are Bet Shira Congregation, hounds when t hey chose to discuss quite clear in allowing t he women J ews and of other people." F'ive or "denying t he need to negotiate . ten percent better than the other Miami, Formerly of Temple and vote on a motion which to join the Assembly. and dreaming of taking Tel Aviv nations - that is what it mea ns lo Torat Yisrael, Cranston violated its own by-laws, while F'or those hazzanim who oppose and Haifa ... [and have) not yet The Cantors Assembly took a never discussing the issue of the admission of women to our be "a light unto the nations." grasped that Israel cannot be Greenberg adds that "if Israel giant leap backwa rd when it voted changing those by- laws. ra nks, there are a number of ways forced to leave Judea and Samaria proves lo be twenty-five percent last week to deny membership to There is another, more in which they could have expressed against. its will." But, he adds, better, it will bring the Messia h. the women who have graduated funda mental reason, though, why their sentiments. They could have " this is not a time for despair." A [But) if it is fifty percent better, it from the Cant.ors Institute of the the discussion a nd vote should communicated directly to Or. policy combining restoration of .Jewish Theological Seminary with never have come to pass. Had the Schorsch (a nd some did). They will be dead." order, local elections and Alt.hough Greenberg defends t he the Diploma of Hazza n. debate focused solely on the issue could have asked their rabbis to willingness to trade some land for role of me The vote flies in the fa ce of the of membership, there could not bring the matter tot he at ten t. ion of dia and the need for peace could eventually create the coverage, he wa rns that Semina ry a nd it s Cha ncellor, Dr. have been any disagreement. the Rabbinical Assembly conditions for new Palestinian democracies are judged more lsma r Schorsch, who made the What happened, however, is Committee on Law a nd Standards. leadership. " Let the word go out harshly by media t han a re decision a little over a yea r ago lo that the debate centered around They could have attempted lo unequivocally from Israel that dictatorships. T he United States award t.he Diploma of Hazzan to the issue of whether or not those a mend the by-laws so as to exclude Palestinian Arabs can earn has been big enough and strong those women who had completed women were entitled to be wo men. autonomy and even a state by enough to overcome such the same course of studies as their recognized as hazzaniyot. What they did, however, was lo seeking peace and taking risks for distort ions but " Israel is far more male counterparts. While those hazzanim who initiate an inappropriate debate on it." Let all parties to the tragedy vulnerable and its margins far The vote is in direct violation of stood in opposition to the an issue periphera l to the motion draw the right conclusions, which more limited. " the Assembly's own by-laws, which admission of women as members before the Assembly, a nd in so he spells out, a nd peace may state: "The fo llowing sha ll be had many reasons for that doing, shifted attention (a nd emerge. eligible for membership and opposition, the argument that was ult imately, votes) away from the Limits Of Power commissioning as a Minister of voiced over and over again was matter at hand. Dr. Elcott draws his lessons of that the proper Ha la khic process Religion. Any graduate of the T he merits of women cant.o rs the ethical use of power from a had not been followed and J Cantors Institute of the ,Jewish within the Conservative f1111 IERALD therefore the decision was invalid. Theologica l Semina ry of America movement will be debated fo r a With a ll due respect to my tUSPS 464-760) who shall receive the degree of long time to come, by both clergy colleagues who feel this way, the PubliShed Every Week By The Hazza n.·· a nd la it y. That does not, however, Jewish Press Publishlng Company truth is that hazzanim are not The vote sets the Cantors negate the fact that a grave Halakbic authorities, a nd we do • EDITOR: Assembly apa rt from every other injustice was perpetrated on t he not have the ri ght to collectively SANDRA SILVA arm of the Conservative past and present women who have quest ion or disregard such rulings. Movement. none of which has earned the right to be called T he a rena of Halakha belongs to • ASSOCIATE EDITOR: repudiated Dr. Schorsch's hazzanit in the Conservative the rabbis; they a re the ones who, DA V/D DeBLOIS decision, as has the Assembly. movement , and who a re t hus ' by virtue of their education a nd T he vote denies membership to ent itled to membership in their • ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: religious sta nding as the leaders of a group of qualified candidates who professional cantorial associat ion BRUCE WEISMAN our community, set . religious are legally entit led, both on affil iated with t hat movement. religious a nd secular grounds, to policy. • ACCOUNT REP.: that membership. 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__.J 6 - THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988 Rhonda Port Weds Roger Walker (__ s_o_c_ia_I_E_ve_n_t_s ______J
Paula Waldman Honoree Judith Weiss To Wed Howard Konicov Hon. and Mrs. Lawrence Weiss of West fi eld, N..J ., have announced the engagement of their daughter, ,Judith Ann, to Howard Lee Konicov, son of Or. and Mrs. Monte Konicov of Warwick, R.I. The bride-to-be graduated from West field High School and C'olumbia University School of Nursi ng. She is currently employed as a Research Nurse at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The future bridegroom is a graduate of Pilgrm High School and T he University of Rhode Island. He is employed as a C'e rt ifi ed Puhlic Accountant with M.R. Weiser & Co. of ew York C'ity. The couple is planning a November 12. 1988 wedding.
The New E ng land Region of B'nai B'rith Wome n honored Synagogue Paula Waldman with a Membership Recruitment Award for her work in attaining the highest percentage of ne w members in To Rededicate Library 1987-88. P a ula is president of Plantations - Roge r Willia ms On Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m., Unit, B ' nai B 'rith. A cer tificate was a lso presented to the Unit for the greatest percentage of ne w members. A warding the the Rabbi Baruch Korff Library at the Jewish Community House was honoree is Martin Waldman, a me mber of the Boa rd of Gove rnors, District O ne , B'nai B'rith, at a paid-up membership rededicat.ed in celebration of t he brunch held at the Rhode Island School of Design Refectory on establishment of the Rabbi Baruch May 15. (photo by Dorothea S n yder ). Korff Library T rust. T he T rust was initiated t hrough the ge nerosity of t he Rt. Rev. George Hunt, Bishop of t he Episcopal f!honda Port , daughter of Mr. Met ropoli tan Property a nd Diocese of Rhode Island. and Mrs. Seymour Port of Liability Insurance Co. T he Protect ~~i;i Moths!!! Rabbi Baruch Korff, Rabbi C ranston. R.I. , ,..,,as married on bridegroom is a graduate of City Emeri tus of Congregation Sunday. May 15 to Roger Walker, C'ollege of New Yo rk, and has a MOTH Agudat h Achim, served the son of Mrs. Margaret Walker of graduate degree from Penn State Long Island City. N.Y. and the late University. He is employed as PROOFING Congregation fo r over two decades. Rabbi Korff was principally Mr. Felix Walker. Senior Vice President of Reliance ON ALL DRY responsible fo r the building of the T he wedding took place at the National Risk Specia li sts in New Hol iday Inn at the Crossings in Yo rk Cit y. CLEANING EXPERT MOVING ,Jewish Community House, and its library named in his honor. Warwick, R.I. Aft er a wedding trip to Hawaii, AND STORAGE Author, lecturer and panelist on The bride is a graduate of Brown the couple will make their KENT CLEANSERS residence in Mu LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE Channel G's program Confluence, Uni versit y and is currently rray Hill, N.,J. • WAYLAND SQ., PROV. employed as a Senior Director at Fully Insured Rabbi Korff has been a lifelong South County TOWN & COUNTRY activist for J ewish causes. During CLEANSERS REASONABLE RATES the Holocaust, he was the moving Yosef Zvi Gold Heritage Fest fo rce at the helm of the Vaad To Graduate Yeshiva • 1550 WARWICK AVE .. WARWICK 7K5-0152 Hahatzala (Rescue Agency) of the Save ,July 8, 9 and 10 fo r the 0 • 220 WILLETT AVE., RIVERSIDE Call For Estimates Union of Ort hodox Rabbi's of the University Annual South County Heritage United States and Canada. Festival. Activities for all ages Through his efforts thousands of Providence, R. I. , resident Yosef begin at 4 p.m. on the 8th at * Thank You * B_on Voyage * New Baby * Birthdays J ews were saved from certain Zvi Gold is slated to receive a Wakefi eld's Marina Park. South +: deat h in the ghettos and degree .June 2 at the 57t h Annual County t raditional foods, crafts, a. ,. concentration camps. In Commencement Exercises of live music, games, children's rides, E November, 1984, a nd again in Yeshi va University in New York and activities are all there. There's ta :::,> () :::, May, 1985, Brown University Cit y. no admission charge. Donations <' exhibited a small segment of the Mr. Gold is slated to receive a wi II be appreciated. {!. (D Rabbi Baruch Korff Archives, Bachelor of Arts degree Yeshiva cil TUE a lff'E OUT ar 0- QI revealing the extent of Rabbi College, the University's Special gifts for Special people < Korffs work with the War Refugee undergraduate division of liberal __,_11,111,,.... +: ,. Board. arts and sciences fo r men. amaoo BASKETS * BINS * BAGS :I: 0 Order your Graduation C "'(D and Father's Day Baskets Now :!: QI 3 KNOW SOMEONE CALL 331-6654 s· We Deliver and Ship Nationwide <0 Ruth Shein Rebbi Levin ,. * Get Well * Bar/Bat Mitzvahs * Congratulations GETTING MARRIED?
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Around Town The Year of HAKHEL 1· by Dorothea Snyder ( I Sunburst weather smiled down upon a happy outdoor I' event last Sunday ... a post Lag B'Omer - pre Shavuos ' Grand Carnival sponsored by ,Camp Gan Israel, Mesibos I Shabbos Clubs and the Chabad House Jewish Heritage and Hospitality Center in honor of the year of HAKHEL, l Jewish In-gathering. I In between game booths, face painting, a mystery auction and refreshments, the children learned that Shavuos this year marks the 3300th anniversary of G-d's giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. "Children," says Rabbi Laufer, " are guarantors of the Torah." photos by Dorothea Snyder
Michael Bresler applies make-up for his Sappy Saper stein cowboy role. Two captive onlookers are S holom Ber and Aaron Dombroff. GRAND
Rabbi Yehoshua Laufer, director of Chabad House, with Harold Taub who holds grandson Aryeh Raskin. In celebration of Arye h's new sister , they hold an Aleph Bet chart. Rabbi Laufer says "The Holy letters Aleph Bet represent the foundation of our Jewis h heritage. They are the beginning of a Jewish child's learning."
Lining up for the "Cattle Round-Up" are David Dombroff, Elie Estrin and This happy group of Grand Carnival visitors are Yisroel Donowitz, Avi Zimra Smith. In charge are Gila Abramchik and Diane Jacobs. Rosenstein, S hira Rosenstein, Jay Rosenstein, Rabbi Shmuel Singer and Reva S inger who holds little Tziporah. THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988 - 9 Lakhmans (continued from page I) Rabbi Davis expects their children to go further, question: "Are you here of your to do better than themselves. Davis own free will?" This frees him of Update On Temple Habonim's Struggle To Free Soviet Jewry (continued from page I) feels that this places a great deal of the charges of kidnapping often Messiah to the world. The Korean pressure on the young Jews of to aimed at deprogrammers. Since the Lakhmans have been granted permission to leave Russia the born Moon asserts that the new day, many of whose parents are If the cult member answers the ,Jewish Federation has adopted another refusenik. He heard about the Messiah was born in Korea, in the quite successful. Thus, feeling un question affirmatively, Davis will help that Temple Habonim members have been giving to the Lakhmans, year of his own birth, and has mar able to compete with their parents' work endlessly to liberate the per Mc·11deleevs and Luries and he wrote to Mila Schrayer begging her to ask ried a perfect mate (Upon marry success, the young Jews search for son from the brainwashing that the Temple members to help him as well. ing his present wife, Moon re alternate lifestyles to avoid com has taken place. If parents can get Maxine Richman and Mila Schrayer took the letter to the Federation marked that she had "the potent ial parison with their elders. In addi their child to this point, Davis which agreed to the adoption, and then placed a call to him. He is di to become the perfect mate."). tion, cults recruit heavily in areas says, he can usually successfully vorced. His wife and only child left him, they could not stand the pressure During his testimony at his re that happen to have large J ewish rescue him/ her from the clutches of being refuseniks, but he has not given up. His name is forthcoming. cent tax fraud trial, Moon was populations (New York City, for of the cult. On Saturday, May 21. a voung man will be Bar Mitzvahed at Temple asked directly if he thought he was example). ' Habonim. He has been twinned with a refusenik child whose family re . the Messiah. He answered by say Getting Out sides in Moscow. Arcady Lakhman will try to make this known to the While struggling to understand ing, "I'm not the Messiah, but I Parents trying to rescue a child why young people were drawn into family before Friday that they may be able share in the day spiritually, if have the potential to become the from the grip of a cult may choose cults, Davis gave his Confirmation not physically. Messiah." Moon went on to say to hire a deprogrammer. A depro class an assignment: " If you could The niece of a congregation member visited the Mendeleevs and they t hat he had discussed the matter grammer is a professional cult ask your parents any one, single expressed a need for clothing. They were also visited by the National with Jesus Christ himself. Asked buster who will kidnap a member question at all, what would that Committee Chairperson, Belle Swartz, who went to Russia in April. how he knew it was Christ, Moon from a cult and hold him against question be?" The exercise was A Toronto congregation speaks weekly with the Luries and has kept in answered that he " recognized him his will, seeking to break the bonds completely anonymous- no one close touch with the Temple Habonim members. The Luries we re also from his pictures." of brainwashing. Though often was to sign their names to what visited last week by the niece of a Temple Habonim congregant. Their Ruling out the ridiculous theol successful , there are two major they wrote, and Davis shuffled the situation remains unchanged. ogy of Moon as the drawing card problems with the deprogrammer's papers in front of the class immedi On May 2.', th there will be a demonstration on the steps of city hall fo r fo r the Unificat ion Church, Davis approach. First, the fee to retain ately after collecting them to em support and assistance for the cause of Soviet J ewry. It will take pla_ce kept searching fo r an explanation. such a professional may be quite phasize the anonymity. from 11 :4S to 12:45, all interested persons are urged to attend. When his Confirmation class be high, and, second, kidnapping is il That night, Davis asked his wife There will be a hunger strike in Russia in J une by the Women Against gan to openly discuss their feelings legal- even from a cult. Marion to read the questions to Refusals. The strike will begin during President Reagan's visit and con of loneliness and alienation, he be Davis, on the other hand, works him as he packed for a trip. tinue for the duration of the summit as a demonstration fo r freedom to gan to understand the psychology with the parents, instructing them T he first 13 in a row were identi "return to t he land of our ancestors". of young adults that the Moonies how to get their child briefly re cal. They read: Anyone wishing to donate clothing, art supplies or other articles to the preyed upon. T he cults exploit leased from the cult so that they Do you love me? fa milies should contact Maxine Richman at Temple Habonim in Bar these feelings- t hey do not deal may be brought to him fo r counsel Rabbi Davis sat down on the bed rington. A congregation in Toronto has offered to bring the articles to the wit h them or offer help, but they ing. His method is based upon tak with his wife. T ogether, they wept. fa milies when they go to Russia on ,June 15th. They must have these are experts at exploiting t hem. The ing a series of small steps away And, finally, he understood. articles by ,June 1st. cults offe r a sense of belonging. from the cult, until the fi nal bonds Jews and Cults of brainwashing can be destroyed Rabbi Maurice Davis spoke at Although comprising only 2.4 % through therapy. Temple Torat Yisrael on May 15 in Rabbinical Council Of America Offers of the nat ional population, Jews When the cult member arrives to an event sponsored by the Florence make up about 12% of the cult see Davis. he asks him/ her one Margolis Memorial Fund. Program To Israeli Rabbis membership in America. Why is A new program to teach Israel involved with the Israeli this so? Rabbi Davis has his own practical rabbinics and pastoral rabbis are Rabbi Fred Hollander, theory. Every generation, he says, care to rabbis in Israel based on the RCA executive director in Israel, experience of American rabbis has Professor Reuven Schindler, LIPSEY &SKOLNIK been launched by the Rabbinical director of t he School of Social Jewish Heritage Council of America. Work, Bar Ilan University, and In The Azores ATTORNEYS AT LAW In making the announcement Professor Stanley Schneider of last Monday at the 52nd annual Israel, visit ing professor at An interesting thread of J ewish W E ARE Howard I. Lipsey convention of the RCA at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, heritage and tradit ion runs Richard A. Skolnik Americana Lake Geneva Resort in Yeshiva University. The teachi ng t hrough the rich and diverse PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE Deborah Mille r Tate Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Rabbi staff also includes rabbis, cultural fabric of the Azores, and a small group of Jewish and Milton H. Polin, president of the professors of social work, geriatrics THE ASSOCIATION OF Peter S. Haydon Rabbinical Council of America as well as physicians. Portuguese Americans are beginning to take a close look at Malcolm A. Najarian said that the purpose of t he Rabbi Polin said "the program's L. rabbinic training program is to basic philosophy is that t he Israeli t his relationship. JOAN MARHEFKA Louis M. Pulner rabbi can best help unify t he Through a recent visit to an prepare t he Israeli rabbi to reach FORMER CASUALTY UNIT Michael D. Coleman out to t he uncommitted, youth, socially, culturally, and almost unknown synagogue in sick, aged, fa mily, through advice, educationally diverse elements Pont.a Delgada, Azores, t he group CLAIM MA NAGER Joan L. Marhefka guidance and counseling. comprising contemporary Israel is beginning to explore the ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. American and Israeli rabbis, society by acquiring the fascinating interrelationships of Counse l psychologists, social workers, and knowledge, skills and expert ise to between Azorean and Jewish IN THE GENERAL W illiam Renzulli render assistance to every culture and history on t he islands. physicians will fo rm t he core of the PRACTICE OF LAW Li nda J. Kushner instructional program. The individual and family seeking help The synagogue, built in 1836, purpose of the effort of t he RCA is in dealing with problems affecting seems to have opened a door to a to bring to the Israeli rabbi the their personal lives. story that might have been result of the more than 50 years of " It is only when J udaism has permanently lost. D ay and evening hours by appointment experience of t he Rabbinical personal relevance t hat it can The group, consisting of Providence and Kent County Offices Council of America in reaching out effectively continue to fulfill its prominent leaders from the to the American J ewish historic role as the bond uniting academic and business 351 -7700 community, said Rabbi Polin. the different segments comprising communities in Southern New The new program also seeks to contemporary Israeli society and England, is dedicated to the help the Israeli rabbi become a ~ it h Jews t he world over - into restoration of the synagogue and a leading part of his community and one people," Rabbi Polin told the number of Jewish cemeteries that to be able to project the synagogue delegates at the conve ntion of the have also been located on the not only as a house of prayer, but RCA. islands. In addition, the committee as an educational family center, Organizing t he program were hopes to uncover artifacts, Is Your Parent said Rabbi Polin in making t he Rabbi Polin, Rabbi Binyamin documents, books, records and announcement before several Walfish, executive vice president other information that could be Alone Tonight? hundred delegates from of t he RCA and Rabbi Fred gathered toget her to offer a throughout the U.S. gathered at Hollander. coherent vision of the 500 years of the convention. J udeo-Azorean history. T he program which is a Reform Adopts The committee's init iatives are multi-disciplinary one, will include South Africans supported by members of the "Until I moved to lectures, seminars, workshops, as Jewish community, the Highland Court, my well as practical supervised field NEW YORK - Two South Portuguese community, the work experience in hospitals, African political prisoners jailed Azorean government, as well as children worried about family agencies, geriatric centers for their opposition to apartheid - specific institutions such as my being home alone" . and youth facilities. The field work one Jewish, one black - have been Southeastern Massachusetts For that parem or loved one who deserves the very experience will help the rabbi adopted by t he Religious Action University's Center for Jewish best m gracious livmg, Highland Court offers: exercise his role as adyisor, guide Center of Reform Judaisms, the Culture, P.B.A. • Privacy of your own elcgan1, spacious one and counselor, said Rabbi Polin. Washington-based public affairs (Portuguese-American Business bedroom or studm apanment • A 24 hour hclpmg hand whenever needed Field work sites include youth arm of the Union of American Association), SER-J obs for • T hree delicious meals a day served m our centers, mental health clinics and Hebrew Congregations and Progress, Inc. and the Portuguese elegant Pri ncess Dining Room • Full securi1y and emergency u ll systems the Shaarei Zedek Hospital in Central Conference of American Cultural Foundat ion. The project • Weekly linen and ma,d service Jerusalem where the first lectures Rabbis. has vast potential, not only in • Limousine service to shops, theaters, restaura nb , ete. will deal with geriatrics, diseases of The center is asking Reform terms of restoration of facilities • A fu ll cultural and social calendar the elderly, and the effects of aging synagogues to write Secretary of and history, but also in terms of • Never Ha ving To Fu/ Alone Again on a person. State George Shultz and the South strengthening links between the Chosen fo r t he program, African ambassador to the United Azorean and Jewish communities reported Rabbi Polin were Israeli States and demand the release of and the United States and rabbis-who have had at least a few Raymond Suttner, a 42-year-old Portuguese governments. years experience in the rabbinate. J ewish anti-apartheid activist, and Some members of the committee The seven student participants Reverend Molefe T sele, a will be leaving to the Azores and are: Rabbi Aharor Badichi of 32-year-old Lut heran parson. more specifically to the islands of J erusalem, Rabbi Gavriel Suttner has been a senior Terceira and S. Miguel on May 24, Goldman of Kfar Adumim, Rabbi lecturer in the law school of the 1988, and returning on the 28th. Dov Kook of Tiberias, Rabbi University of Wittersand and Shalom Nagar of Ariel, Rabbi education officer with the For a colorful brochure N · f M I h anti-apartheid United Democratic without being charged and w~re and personal visit . . . Mordechai agar, o aa e Front. T sele was executive jailed . without benefit. of tri~l, CALL (401) 273-2220 Adumim, Rabbi Uzi Schwei_zer of t r of the National according to Rabbi David . 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Under the guidance of teacher, Morli Fidler, a Brown University student. the youngsters have been cutting, ironing and sewing fabric fo r the shawl which they will donate to t.he Temple at their David Anttio holds a piece of fabric taut while Ilena Olster cuts graduat ion ceremony. it. Wheeler Seniors UAHC Camp Trains Teens Honored For Future Leadership Roles (PROVIDENCE) Three Camp Kutz Institute, the most camps, Kutz does not employ Wheeler School students have national leadershi p camp of "counselors" traditionall y Jeff Reuter e mbroide rs his name onto what will be a ray of been named "Rhode Island Reform ,Judaism, was founded in college-age students on summer s uns hine on the Tallit shawl. Di stinguished Merit Seniors" fo r J 965 on the theory that identifying vacation. "Our people a re really their Studio Art wo rk and will be and training professional and lay fa culty who a re skilled honored by the Governor and leaders for the Jewish community professionals at what t hey teach - Commi ssio ner of Education at a should begin wh en they are whether psychology, group reception held in their honor. tee nage rs. Twenty- three-years The Di stinguis hed Merit dynamics, mus ic, art or Jewish later, camp official s co ntinue to hi story." Scholars a re: Christopher adhere to that principle, citing the Each Kutz "camper" is also Gillespie, son of Mrs. Nancy B. fact that many graduates of Kutz's requi red to serve as a leader in a Gillespi e of Providence, Diane three-and-a -ha lf week programs particular project, during which Reut er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. have become leaders in the Reform hi s or her performa nce is studied Kenneth J. Reuter of Warwick, movement. a nd evaluated at workshop a nd Alexis Waldman, daughter of ".Jew is h o rgani zations a re sessions by the instructors and Or. and Mrs. Herbert Rakatansky threatened with a future fellow campers. About 180 of Pawtucket. leadership shortage," says Dr. Ira youngsters a re accommodated Each student was asked to H. Schweitzer, di rector of the during each three-and-a-half-week submit a portfolio of matted Camp Kutz Institute. " Many are session . original work and to take a written al ready experi encing an influx of ;. Many of our alumni have gone test on art and art history. The young professionals wi t h extensive on to become professionals in Distinguished Merit Program is academic credentials but little or J ewish life - rabbis, cantors and designed to recognize excell ence no practical experience in actual administrators of Jewish a nd exceptional achievement leadership." Dr. Schweitzer, a communal organizations - while among high school seniors. specialist in leadership training, is others have become local ur The Senior a rtwork will be a memher of the social work national lay leaders," he says. The shown at The Wheeler Gallery, fa culty at Columbia University. roster of Kutz graduates includes 228 Angell St., beginning May 20, The Kutz Camp Institute, Rabbi Daniel Syme, vice president as part of the Student Art Show. located in Warwick, New York - of the UA HC; Rabbi Ramie Arian, about 50 miles northwest of New director of the North American Education Yo rk City - is sponsored by the Federation of Temple Youth; and North American Federation of even political leaders like Rep. Is The Answer Temple Youth (NFTY), an Martin Frost, U.S. congressman DELAWARE, Ohio a ffiliate of the Union of American from Texas. Education is the answer to Hebrew Congregations. Unlike Religious camping experiences America's woes, national higher other UA HC summer camps, it is in general can be a key factor in education leader Frank Newman open only to high school-age strengthening a youngster's sense told about 325 graduates Sunday youth. Kutz seeks to prepare of .Jewish identity, Dr. Schweitzer at Ohio Wesleyan University's youngsters already involved in points out. He cites a 1985 survey 144th commencement. youth groups, synagogue high of leaders of the Reform Jewish "The U.S. is challenged like schools and other ,Jewish movement., which showed that, never before, economically from organizational activities fo r second only to a stay in Israel, abroad and on issues such as leadership roles. camping had played a major role in homelessness internally," said Young people are enrolled for encouraging them to become active Newman, president of the summer sessions that provide in .Jewish life. "An institute like Education Commission of the workshops in group dynamics, Kutz, which offers not only a States. " But the real question is theatre arts, .Jewish studies, music camping experience but actual whether we can demonstrate the and song-leading, modern fo lk leadership training, exerts an Sherri Gerstenblatt irons fabric for the Tallit shawl. will to change." dancing, visual arts, photography; influence that literally reaches Newman said that even though and social action leadership. down th rough the generations," the United States is still a Or. Schweitzer notes that unlike Dr. Schweitzer observes. prosperous world power, its people must be able to "stay awake on a Bridgton. Maine full stomach" and anticipate change in the future. Those who will lead in the nation's future, Camp Kingswood who will come from colleges and on 100 acres bordering Woods Pond universities that bridge the liberal arts with the civic arts, will Resident Camp for Boys and Girls Grades 3-1 0 maintain high standards but also Full Fee: Four Weeks $975; Eight Weeks $1.850 be pragmatic. (includes year book, laundry, transportation. insurance, linens and blankets) Newman told graduates that in five years, they should have 'FULL PROGRAM OF WATER AND LAND SPORTS developed a new way of doing "NATURE 'CAMPING 'TRIPS 'CRAFTS 'MUSIC 'DRAMA 'COMPUTERS 'RADIO STATION something in their jobs, gotten 'JEWISH CULTURAL ACTIVITIES 'DIETARY LAWS involved in a political campaign, 'EXPERIENCED. ENTHUSIASTIC STAFF helped someone in trouble, and volunteered their time to promote the general good. If not, their education was not complete. Stuart Licker traces spap~s onto {abric,tjiat will,be cut, ironed and sewn into the shawl. ,, ' ' · · 1 l ~ ;..i 1 r ,, i ·r~. f·l~.':.~. 0 ::~ r· · 1 n {A H~ H n;:,, 1~11(l.-) HP :n-,"· 16 - THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988 give up raisi ng her child, and let a White Horse, an emotional t he father (Levitas) raise her. fn autobiography (1950). The book many quoted letters, Anzia· writes received good reviews but never of her heart-break over that gained mass popularity. However, Books in Review decision. But, I think that the Anzia continued writing. Fifty of author/ daughter is consoling her reviews were in the New York . ( ] herself. Times Book Reuiew. At the samet Anzia then pursued her writing. time a few more stories were Her exuberant, passionate published. She wrote much in her Na'Amat USA Releases "The A Writer's Life personality was both a positive and notes about her feeling as old age a negative in her personal and came on. Just as we today notice by Lois Seegal, Librarian Women Who Made It Happen" professio nal li fe . She was always that declining physical abilities Temple Habonim searching fo r someone who frustrate the search fo r intellectual Barrington, R.I. NEW YORK, N.Y. - The NA'AMAT Israel provides over understood her as she wanted to stimulation, she fe lt t he same Women Who Made It Happen, a 60% oJ a ll social services available Anzia Yezierska: A Writer's Life see herself. At t his stage, J ohn emotions - fury, excitement , by Louise Levitas Hendriksen. c. hookl et of vignettes by Lillia n to Israeli wo men, children and Dewey fo rmed a strong despair, and exultation. S he 1988, Rutgers Uni versi ty Press. · Elkin of Manhattan, NA'AMAT fa milies, with the help of 12 sister attachment to her, and her to him. expressed these emotions in the T he broad tapestry of J ewish USA chairwoman fo r Creative orga nizations around t he wo rl d. Because of his influence, she notes that she kept for herself. She Ameri can history is woven from Projects, author and edit.or, Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Elki n harnessed her energies and might burn a pot on the stove, but many colorful threads. One of the captures t he spirit of seven li ved in Chicago from 1942 to 1%4 pursued paths that led to her she still att racted people wit h her t hreads, whic h has to be sown into remarkahle women who made where she reviewed books fo r t he successfu l writing career. Through spontaneity and enthusiasm. The the total fabric, is social history. major co ntrihutio ns to t he creation ChicaJ;o Sun-Times and served as the 20's, she publ ished many fi nal story in The Open Cage Anzia Yezierska may have t hought a nd development of the State of litera ry editor of the Chica,:o stories and novels. She we nt to cont rasts the "out rage of be ing old Israe l. Sent inel. After returning to New of herself as a writer; but to us her Holl ywood to wo rk on a movie of wi th t he freedom of free fl ight. " As Written in hgnor of Israel's 40th Yo rk she taught. English at Hunter work see ms mo re valuable as social one of her stori es. But then, at her sight fa iled and she became annive rsary, the wo rk t races College, Lo ng Island University history fi rst , and somewhat less same time as her immigrant mo re fra il , Anzia still wrote by moments of glory and anguish in a nd Lehman Coll ege a nd was a va luable fo r its literary value. It memori es needed refreshing, the dictation to express t he "oblivion was in the I 920's that Yezierska the li ves of Golda Meir, Beba visiting lecturer at Hebrew hi storical times changed. T he that comes when a pe rson's wo rk is was most well known . Her stories Idelson, Rahel Yanait Ben-Zvi, University in .Jerusalem in 1968 Depression came, and she fe ll out over." When she died at the age of told of the immigrants grim Dvorah Roth bard, Rachel and '69. of favor. Al though she kept 89, she had led a life which showed Katznelson Shazar, Manya struggle with poverty and t hei r writing, especiall y with the W.P.A. the negative and positive aspects S hochat and Yeh udith Simchonit, Currently litera ry editor of the desire to obtain thei r versi0n of t he Art Project , nothing much was of freedom of choice. J ewish Frontier, a nd chairwoman builders of Israel who struggled to American dream of adjustment pu bli shed until the 40's. T hen, a Lo ui se Hendriksen writes in an of the editorial board of and assimilation. But the women's halance the demands of fami ly, new group of people saw value in unclut tred style similar to her NA'AMAT WOMA N magazine, ca reer and social commitments movement, our search fo r our roots some of her wo rks and she also mother's. While a loving Li ll ia n Elkin has had her short and even the "senior citizen" long hefore the term femin ism was developed some new themes. biographer, she doesn't hide from in vogue. stories, poet ry a nd critical essays movement have brought her name While she att racted people with t he many rebellious paths Anzia puhlished in The Nation, The New ln an introductory letter, Mrs. back into prominence. her enthusiasm, she rebuffed them chose to wa lk . While not a York Times, The Elkin descri bes how these women In 1979 Persea Books, in with her arroga nt de mands. necessary purchase, t his boo k is a shlichot (emissa ri es) garnered Heco nstructiu nist, The Scientific connection with Doubleday, Anzia fel t re-born as a writer good purchase where fe minine Monthly, The Washin,:ton Post, crucial support in the United reissued The Brea d Giuers when she publi shed Hed Hibbon on writers att ract interest. Mid.,tream, The J ewish Frontier (Yezierska's semi -biographical States and Canada fo r t he Zionist a nd N A 'AMAT WOMA N. novel), and The Open Cage (c. cause. Sitting "in kitchens, dini ng 1925- 79 an Anzia Yezie rska rooms and li ving rooms," Mrs. Announcement of the Coll ection). At that time, I wrote New Wave Of Elkin writes, t hese emissa ri es gave avail abili ty of the new publication that t hese works give a vivid Ameri can women, "direction, was made at NA'AM AT USA's inspiratio n and courage," picture of t he range of emotions Ocean State Authors national board meeti ng in found in immigrants' lives. "T he preparing t hem fo r "activit ies t hat Stamfo rd, Co nn. in May, where Reviewed by David DeBiois we re to fulfill a dream." plots are relatively simple and Peter Farrelly, Outside Proui the first copy was presented to a uncluttered. The language is plain dence (Atlantic Monthly Press) Successful as wri ters, poli ticia ns Anne Hood, Somewhere Off the modern -day shl icha, Est her and direct, even when it throbs How to make Outside Pro.uidence : or administrators, t he wo men were Coast of Maine (Bantam)- A solid Zackler. Mrs. Zackl er, a past wit h feeling. T he tell ers of t hese also inst rumental in establishi ng debut novel from the URI gradu nat ional president of NA'AMAT stories ex hibit a certain cadence Ingredients: 2 cups Ca tcher in or spurring the growt h of both ate. In terweaving the stories of USA and former Chicago resident , and rhyt hm in thei r broken the Hye; 1/ 2 cup Mad magazine; 3 NA'AMAT Israel , founded as three women whose li ves were now lives in Tel Aviv where she English. Her characters don't T bs Less Than Zero; 1 Archie Moetzet Hapoalot in 1921 , a nd shaped by the events of the sixties, serves as liaison between develop, but emerge fully Bunker fa ther; 1/ 2 cup Porky's ; I NA'AMAT USA, founded as Hood provides an absorbing, well NA 'AMAT USA and NA 'AMAT matured." tsp Geoffrey Wolffe 's Prouidence ; Pioneer Women iii 192 1. Today, Israel. paced tale. In 1988, Louise Levitas The author works in an almost 1 can of tomato paste. Hendrikse n wrote a biography primitivist style, an approach Directions: Mix Catcher in the about her mother A nzia which displays her considerable Hye and Archie Bunker father Yezierska : a Writer's Life . In t hat This Week We Are Offering talent fo r creating highly realistic . with tomato paste. Holden book she desc ribes Anzia's and effective dialogue. T he novel is Caulfield and Bunker are now Ital Lemon Sole, Salmon, Sword Fish emotion-charged pe rsonali ty by marred only by the inclusion of a ian, and these are your main char Halibut - All Strictly Fresh using many of Anzia's letters. few rather cliche characters. Ron, acters, " Dildo" Dunphy and his WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BUY YOUR FISH? Anzia's li fe was a dramatic one. fo r example, a broadly-drawn yup "old man." Add Mad magazine to But she often felt compell ed to pie type, does not propose marriage provide old jokes and adolescent f THE no dramatize or smooth over certain to his girlfriend, but rather sug humor. Drug references are good O~C,t facts. In interviews and publi city gests that they " merge ." This exag business, so now blend in Less releases, she often rearranged or ge ration of stereotype impairs the Than Zero. For sexual attitude, RETAIL SEAFOOD & CHOWDER HOUSE in vented facts. She let herself be impact of Hood's themes. In a first top with the movie Porky 's. Fi seen as a simple uneducated gi rl novel, however, t his small fl aw is nally, since the book is set in Paw New, at 748 Hope St., Providence, 421-SOLE when actually she had st ruggled to quite dismissable. tucket, add a dash of Geoffrey obtain a better fo rmal education at - Hood's follow-up to Somewhere Wolffe's Prouidence for local fl a Columbia. However, the impact of is due out presently, and it should vor. Now remove the dash of Prou usi ng plai n language and an help to clarify her standing as a idence . T he book now has no local immigrant rhythm in her writi ng novelist. In the meantime, Some fla vor. Bake at 350 degrees fo r an THE FRUITWORKS achieved t he desired effect of where Off the Coast of Maine will hour longer t han necessary. Re intensifying t he st ruggle she wrote provide the reader with ample evi move from oven. You now have an about. Her emot ional responses to dence of Anne Hood's promise as a overdone, contrived, smug, strictly li fe contributed to the picture she fi rst-rate writer. fo rmula novel. You now have Out drew of t he tensio n-fill ed life of side Providence . immigrants as they moved between t he old world and the new. Fancy Baskets & Produce Anzia, "the Hester Street Spalding Gray, Swimming to 751-6257 Cinderell a," came to New York's Cambodia and Sex and Death to Robert Coover, A N ight at the lower East Side with her Polish the Age 14 (Theatre Communica Mouies (Collier) - Okay , okay- so 79 Burlington St. (Off Hope St.) Providence, R.I. immigrant fa mily when she was a t ions Group) - Essent ially t ran this guy's not really from Rhode Fruit Baskets Sent Nationwide teenager. She was rebellious and scripts of the Rhode Islander's Island, he's from Iowa. Still, he ' ambitious from the beginning. She highly successful monologues, teaches at Brown, which sort of argued wit h her traditional these two books are well worth makes him a Rhode Islander by de Orthodox fa ther about her desire reading even if you have seen Gray fault ... or by his own fault, anyway. fo r education. She disagreed with perform them, as Gray's stories are the community's traditional views so packed with humor, honesty, A Night at the Mouies is com MIMOAIAI DAY of women's roles as limited only to and insight that hardly anyone prised of outlandishly absurd fic their roh;•as wives and mothers. could fully appreciate them from a tion which flings barbs at society Her semi-autobiographical novel, single oral delivery. Sex and Death at a breakneck pace. Readers be USE OUR DECORATIVE DISPOSABLES Bread Giuers gives voice to this is the story of the author's child ware: This is definitely not a tradi Table Covers • Napkins • Plates discontent. hood in Barrington(along with a tional story. Instead, Coover goes .J\t Anzia did leave her parent's considerable amount of additional beyond post-modernism, creating a Cups• Utensils• etc. . . ~ home at t he age of seventeen to material), while S wimming deals niche for himself as one of the most ~ pursue her ambit ions. She later with Gray's involvement in the daringly original writers in Amer ~ FOR GRADUATION tried a more conventional path. film The Killing Fields , in which ica, breaking every convention he After a very brief marriage, she he had a small role. encounters along the way. Reality, ~ Cards • Decorations • Favors • Helium Balloons had a religious ceremony with Monologuists are a rare breed, cont inuity, and the narrative tradi Table Covers • Plates • Napkins • Cups • Utensils, etc *.: Arnold Levitas. Even then, while and Gray is a master of the fo rm. If tion all fall by the wayside. pregnant, she traveled from New you have not had the opportunity Post-modernism, favoring style Your One Stop Shop For All Your Party Needs York to California. However, she to see him perform live, read these over story, is not for everyone, but tried to turn her idealized illusion books. fans of the genre will marvel at of marriage ("perfect friendship, And if you have seen Gray perform Robert Coover's latest offering. The "Only" Discount Prices flawless mental companionship") live, read them anyway. In 1987, A Night at the Movies into a working marriage. Soon she was winner of the Rea A ward, the PARTY WAREHOUSE HOURS felt oppressed, " in despair." She highest literary award for short 310 East Ave., Pawt. Jeanne Stein Mo"i~h~~~30-6 showed no interest in domestic fiction in America, and Robert Want to know what's going on .. .'. _MC!"_IM. ______~at 9:30-5 matters. After taking her small Coouer was inducted into the 726-2491 daughter with her as she pursued in 1 he husiness community? Read American Academy of Arts and 1 her, own "choices: Anzia had to the Herald. Letters. THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988 - 17 discuss J)!>tential health risks. groups will be members of the "The - most common problem •. Brown faculty, chaplaincy- and facing travelers to deve loping staff. countries in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia," Dr. NCJW Receives (__ H_e__,.. 'a_It_h_a_n_d_F_it_n_e_ss ______,) Opal notes, " is travelers' Grants For Preschool diarrhea." Afflicting over 2 million Americans traveling abroad each Program Aspirin And "The Code Of Jewish Maple T errace, Monsey, N. Y. year, prescribed medication can I U9S2 or, by call ing prevent or shorten its duration. NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Dementia Family Purity Book" I -9 l 4-42S-7S49. Ma laria prevent ion a nd the risks National Council of J ewish Should any group, of o\ her enteric parasites wi ll a lso Women's (NC,JW ) Center fo r the An aspirin a day can be effective Available Conl{regation, or organization he presented. Child has received $50,000 from in preventing or reducing the The Committee of ,J ewish wish to distribute these books, Community residents who plan t he Ford Foundation and the effects of mental deterioration or Fa mily Purily a nnounces, the Free they may feel free to contact J .F.P. to travel abroad a re invited to commitment of $30,000 from the dementia due to strokes, Dist rihut ion of the new revised at the a hove address. These hooks attend. There is no charge fo r the Wolens Foundation in Texas to researchers reported at the edit ion of 1h e hook The Code of may he requested in a ny qua ntity, program, but residents are asked to disseminate the Home Instruction American Heart Association's J C'u 1ish Family Purity has now a nd will he sent free of cha rge. register as seating is limited. Call Program for Preschool Youngsters 13th International Joint begun. Rabbi Michel Neuma n, ,J.F.P. has bulletins a nd coupons 722-6000, ext. 2459 to register. (HIPPY) in the United States. Conference on Stroke and who is the founder a nd guiding which a nnounce the availability of Cerebral Circulation. Developed in Israel by the force behind -LF.P. states: The these hooks. Should a ny of the Panelists To Speak A recent controlled study of NC.JW Resea rch Institute for hoo k 'f'h <' Code vf J ewish Family above he of use, please do not daily aspirin therapy in patients At Brown About AIDS Innovation in Education at The Purity is a must in every ,Jewish hesitate to ask fo r them. with dementia due to multiple horn ~, which no ma rried or Four panelists will speak on Hebrew University of J erusalem, strokes also points out the need to engaged couple can do wi thout! Health Issues For "Managing a Health Crisis - HIPPY helps disadvantaged determine the underlying cause of This 96 page handbook detail s the AIDS" at Sayles Hall on the pa rents provide their preschool the deterioration early in the holiness of .J ewish fa mily Ifie, a nd International Brown campus, May 21 at 10 a.m. youngsters with skills needed course of treatment, said John S. demon st rates how the ,J ewish code Travelers to noon. The presentation is part when the children begin sc hool. Meyer, M .D., professor of of ma n/woman relationship can of the Rhode Island Public Issues neurology at Baylor College of bring happiness a nd renewal to t he For people pla nning a vacation Forums, which are addressing the "One of HIPPY's ma in thrusts Medicine in Houston. ,Jewish ma rriage. The Code of o r bus iness t rip abroad this issues of AIDS, literacy and land is to stress the vita l role parents " There's been a great deal of ,Je111ish f'amif.v l'urity is printed in summer, Memorial Hospital of use in Rhode Island. The iecture is play in their children's earl y interest in dementia worldwide, eight la nguages, so that its Rhode Isla nd is sponsoring a free a nd open to the public. education," said Dr. Avima a nd pa rticularly in developed content s is avail able to .Jewish prog ram o n health issues in After a brief presentation from Lomba rd, Director of Ea rly countries, where aging populations fami li es of any la nguage internat ional t ravel on T uesday, each panel member, t he audience Childhood Education at the are growing rapidly. As the average background. May :I I a l 7 p.m. Part of the will be divided into 10 discussion NCJW Research Institute a nd age of survival rises, the incidence T his boo k is printed in English, Commu ni ty Wellness P rogram, groups anq discuss several issues principal author of HIPPY. of dementia becomes a major Yid dish. Hebrew, Spani sh, French, 1h e lecture wi ll be held in t he regarding AIDS, including " Results show that when health problem," Meyer said. Hu ssia n a nd Hunga ria n. It will he hospital"s Sayles Conference mandatory testing, the need fo r educatio n begins at home, factors Approximately 50 percent of sen! free of cha rge in a ny of t he ('enler. educational programs, treatment suc h as the child's adjustment to dement ia in elderly patients is ahove langl1ages to a nyone who Dr. S1even M. Opal, director of of AIDS patients in hospitals, and sc hool, academic achievement a nd related to Al zheimer's disease. request s ii by writ ing lo: -1.F.P., 27 Memoria l"s T ravel Clinic, will health insurance. Leading the completion of schooling improve. They experience a gradua l loss of intellectual function and steady deterioration in their condition. "The number two cause of all dementias is dement ia due to strokes," Meyer said, noting t hat this occurs in about one-third of all confirmed cases of dementia. There is a more rapid onset of mental confusion, but the patient's "Just because condition may get better or worse. These patients also have identifiable risk factors for stroke I need a little help - diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease or cigarette smoking. " We haven't found a cure for doesn't mean 'Alzheimer's yet, but we've got something that is helping patients "When I lived alone, simple everyday things with dementia due to multiple I need a like cooking, taking medications, even strokes," Meyer said, "That's why dressing were a problem. But, it is important to identify the cause • h " of t he dementia and treat the two nursing ome. I don't need a nursing home. groups of patients separately." The Assisted Living section at Aspirin therapy has already Horizon Reti rement Centers is perfect for me. been shown to be effective in Now I enjoy life thanks to the personal attention of a friend ly, medi prevent ing strokes a nd TIAs, or transient ischemic attacks. cally-oriented staff, always there when I need them. Everyday I look for The researchers at the Veterans ward to companionship, gracious dining, Administration Medical Center in social events, our own bus trips to Houston studied 70 patients for up to three years, who were evaluated places I haven't been in years. My annually to determine cerebral furniture fits so nicely and blood flow and mental function. housekeeping worries are a The two groups of patients, whose average age was 67 yea rs, thing of the past. had similar risk factors for stroke. The cost will sur They were treated identically, prise you - less than half except that one group was given a the price of a nursing single (325 mg.) tablet of aspirin daily. home. Both cerebral blood fl ow and And, if you don't need cognitive test scores improved all the help I do, Horizon signifi cantly among t he aspirin-treated patients compared Retirement Centers have to the control group, which a Retirement Residence received no aspirin. section with spacious pri During t he trial, 39.4 percent of the control patients had recurrent vate apartments and full T I As (mini-strokes call ed services fo r about $30 a day t ra nsient ischemic attacks), Assisted Living from Horizon. compared to 18.9 percent of t he It's just what I needed ... and more'" patients t reated with aspirin, Meyer reported. " In the control group, 24 percent experienced subsequent strokes, while only 8, 1 percent of the aspirin patients had strokes during the trial," he said. ffilraW11Q Despite the findings, Meyer said RETIREMENT CENTERS he is not yet ready to recommend RETIREME NT RESID ENC ES & ASS ISTED LIVI NG daily aspmn to prevent For information call Toll Free l-800-367-8558 multi-infarct dementia, since the t reated · group did experience ulcers, internal bleeding and other gastrointestinal side effects associated wi th long-term aspirin use. / "Aspirin is not a benign drug," ' . he emphasized. I® Bis 91 A I.so involved in the research were neuropsychologists Robert L. WEST BAY ,\\ANOR GREENWICH BAY MANOR SO\jrH BAY MANOR E~f]BAYMANOR \'<%i mpanoagTr.:1ll Rogers, Ph.D.; Karl R. M ortel, we 51 ShoreRoad Main Street Kingstown Road Ph.D.: and Karen McClintic. This \X'ar\\"iCk,RI E. Greenwich/ft. I S. K'ingstown, RI E. Prov.I Barr. Line 885-3334 ·,¥ 789-4880 arti;,l'; P,~PP/~ef,b;;J(!e .A rpJ;i,can ,,,, ~-· ,, , ,, , , . ~3?~'3-~0 ... :· .' ' . '·' . . , ., _. ," c' , ,v, ,-,,. j H' 4\~-~~ ) II •1, 11 ,f/~':'{f..At.,~0G"'1 {JWJ•,1 , (,r ···1.. .., 1r, /. IJ1 ,<' }"~ ': 1! r 1:;r1, 1 1 , .?Jii ,,, ' ,I;; , ...... > .. 1,.,-1 ' ' l ,t . • b'.rt'J 1 l -.,~J \" r,{ II l l J / , • 1 • I • ''- ,,: , "-~:· _: ·-· -. ------·-. ------.---.. --. -.----d I~ ~. • f V ·:r1, 'J /. /..,, I-: 18 - THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988 Violence Erupts On Temple Mount, But [__ o_b_it_u_a_r_ie_s ______] Jerusalem Day Is EDITOR ARON ALPERIN Besides his wife he leaves two Sabo, living in Is rael, his son and Mainly Quiet DIES AT 87 daughters, Penny Pric ket I of wife D r. Naftali Sabo and Rhonda NEW YORK (,JTA) - Aron Providence a nd Leta K lit zner of Sabo and h is grandson, Eitan, all By Gil Sedan Alperin, an author a nd journa list L incoln; a s ister, Ann Reit ma n of living in Newport , R. l. .JE RUSALEM (.JTA) - The t rouble in t he tense at mosp here. who edited Yiddish newspapers in Cra nston; a brot her, Kenneth He is also survived by t h ree Temple Mou nt was the scene o f A ca r drive n by J ewish set.t iers Poland, Pa ris and New York, died Logowitz of Providence; fo ur brothers a nd t wo sisters li ving in violent di st u rhances over the was sto ned in the town of Anahta, o f a heart attack t he week of May grandchildren and a Kfar-Sara, Rehovot , a nd Aseret, weekend as Israelis celebrated the near Nahlus. T he car was set on 2 in Ma nhasset, N. Y. at the age of great-granddaughter. Is rael. 2 1st a nniversary of the fire a ft er the set tlers took refuge in 87. A funera l service was held at Funeral services we re held rn reunification of ,Jerusalem am id a not her ca r. T he army clamped a For a qua rter century he was an Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, Hola n, Israel. Burial was also in massive secu ri ty precautions. curfew on Anaht a. editor of two of the last great 82~ Hope S t. , Providence. Buria l Holo n. Four police offi cers and 12 Arabs A 1;e neral strike was in effect in Yiddish newspapers in the United was in Lincoln Pa rk Cemetery, WILLI AM SCHLEIFER were injured when rioting broke the West Ba nk a nd Gaza S t rip S tates, t he J ewish Morninl! W a rwick. W ARWIC K W ill iam out last Friday fo llowing noon over I he weekend, but t he Journal and The IJay. EVA P EARSON Schleifer, 77, of 4 Winnisquam p rayers on t he Temple Mount, territ ories were generally quiet. Flo m in Lodz, Pola nd , Alperin Cu rfews remained in effect in PROVIDENCE E va Drive, owner of Cranston Liquors, where t he Dome of the Rock, was city edito r and editoria l writer Nahlu s a nd in the Dehais he Pearson, 8 1, of t he ,Jewish Home Cranston, from 19~6 to 1965, died Islam's third holiest site, a nd the of t he Lodzer Ta/ierbki tt from 1920 refu gee camp. fo r t he Aged , 99 H illside Ave., died May 15 at home. He was the AI-Aksa mosque a re located. No to 1926, a nd until I 928 the Lodz one was criticall y hurt. Nineteen Palestinians ' in the territori es May 16 at t he home. S he was t he husba nd o f Estell e (Palow) correspondent of the Warsaw Yi d we re prepa ring for the t hree-day Id wi dow of Max Pearson. Schleifer. suspec ts were a rrested. dish da ily, Hajnt. T he police station on the El Fit r holiday, wh ich bega n Born in Russia, a daughter of t he Born in P rovidence, a son of the H e moved to Paris a nd was S unday. It concludes t he holy late Max and Freida (Za ma nsky) late 'Max a nd Rebecca (Soboloff) Temple Mount came u nder a ha il ed itor in chief of the Pariser Hajnt o f stones as throngs o f worshipers mon t h of Ramadan. Bot vin, s he lived in P rovidence Schleife r, he moved to Wa rwick 11 from I 928 to I 939. F rom I 930 to left the mosques. Israeli a nd Schools in t he territ ories, which most of her life. years ago. I 940 he was staff correspondent American fl ags were burned. have heen closed fo r t he past three S he leaves a sister, Esther M r. Schleife r had also been a fo r t he Hebrew da ily Haa retz, Poli ce fi red rubber bullets to mo nt h:-; as a security measu re, may Bolvin o f P rovidence. furnit u re salesma n fo r the Out let published in T el Aviv. disperse t he crowds. he a ll owed to reopen a ft er t he A graveside service was held at Co. and Ross Akers. He was a Alperi n came to New Yo rk in Several hundred Arabs a rmed ho liday, provided that the Lincoln Park Cemetery, W a rwick. member of T emple Sina i, 194 1, escaping when France was wit h stones a nd sticks were chased situatio n is quiet. Arrangements were by the Max Cra nsto n, Redwood Lodge 35, AF occupied by t he Germa ns. He was by t he police ant i-terrorist squad. The secu rit y authorities believe Suga rma n Memorial Chpel, 458 & AM, St. ,John's Lodge I , AF & t he aut hor of History of the J ews in They too k refuge in the AI-Ak sa the t ime may he ripe to normali ze Hope St., Providence. AM, t he B'nai B'rit h a nd t he Lodz. Providence Hebrew Free Loan mosque, where poli ce were loathe life in t he territories. T he REUBEN COHEN LEONARD PORT Association. lo pursue them. Palest in ian undergrou nd But the inspector ge nera l of leadership a lso has ca ll ed fo r a PROVIDENCE Reuben COVENTRY - Leonard Port, Besides his wife he leaves a son, poli ce, David Kraus, wa rned t hat resumption of school studies Cohen, 82, of 245 E lmgrove Ave., 75, of the Covent ry Health Center, Ernest B. Schleifer of Cranston; a in t he fu t ure, ways wou ld be found before the entire school year is died at M iriam Hospita l on May Woodland D rive, who was daught er, Ba rbara G. Saltma n of to "evacuate those who attack t he missed. 12. associated wit h his father in t he T rumbull, Conn.; a brother, security fo rces." A son of the late Hyma n a nd fo rmer Port P ress Inc., Gerald Schleife r; a sister, S hirley About ~.~00 poli ce offi cers were Rebecca (Sugarma n) Cohen, he P rovidence, fo r 30 yea rs befo re Schleifer, both of Largo, Fla. , a nd deployed in East ,Jerusalem to was a lifelong resident of ret iring in 1958, died May 11 at t he fo u r grandchildren. p revent diso rder. Serious trouble P rovidence. center. A fun eral service was held at t he was expected on Sunday, which is M r. Cohen was a p rofessional Born in P rovidence, a son of Max S ugarma n Memorial Chapel, t he a nniversa ry of t he cit y's violinist. H e was a member of Sadie (Chorney) Port of Cra nsto n, 458 Hope St., Providence. Burial reunifi cat ion. Congregatio n Ohawe S holom o f and t he late Louis P ort , he lived in was in Lincoln Pa rk Cemetery, This year t he date coincides Pawt ucket, R. I. Cranston fo r seven years befo re Warwic k. with the 40th an niversary of He leaves a sister, Mrs. Sa rah moving to t he center fou r years RUBIN Arab Villagers Charged Israel's independence, accordin g to Lieberman of Providence. ago. t he Western calendar. It is Private funeral services were Besides h is mot her he leaves With Lynching traditionall y a day of mourning MEMORIALS, INC. held at Mount S inai Memori al t hree sisters, Mary Zisserson a nd b y S e dan Gil among Palest inian Arabs. But by Chapel, 825 Hope St., Providence. Ann Leve nt hal, both of Cra nston, ,JERUS ALEM (JT A) - Nea rl y Estelle Goldman of Wa rwick, a nd midday, nothing out of the Burial was in Lincoln Pa rk I 00 residents of Kabat iya vill age in a brother, Ira Port of W arwic k. ordina ry was reported. ~ Yi~M~ Cemetery. the W est Bank have been accused A graveside service was held at Kach Activ ists Restrained in NabJus military cou rt of Lincoln Pa rk Cemetery, W arwick. Poli ce prevented activists in HARVEY M. LOGOWITZ constituting a lynch mob Arrangements were by Mount Rabbi Meir Kahane's Kach party PROVIDENCE - H arvey M . responsible fo r t he death of a Monuments and memorials Sina i Memorial Chapel, 825 Hope from reach ing the T emple Mount Logowitz of 292 Rochambeau Ave., fe ll ow vill ager, who all egedly in the fin est granite St .. P rovidence. area Sunday. Another militant - manager of the Child World S tore, cooperated with the Israeli group, the Temple Mount for present and future needs. Seekonk, where he worked fo r t he ZBI MOSHE SABO authorit ies. Fait hful, ma rched around t he area In home consultation past 15 years, died May 9 at Formal charges were brought BAT-YAM, Israel - Zbi Moshe t hree times, p raying fo r t he "fall of by appointment. Miria m Hospital after a five-day against 4 7 of t he suspects and 48 Sabo, 68, o f 4 Alma li ach St. in Bat the walls of Arab hat.red." illness. He was the husband o f more are to he charged. ya m, a n employee of Zim Naviga In Hebron, security fo rces Leon J. Rubin Sadye E. (Ruby) Logowitz. According to the charge sheet, a t ion Lines for 28 years before retir prevented marching .Jewish Telephone 4011726-6466 Born in Providence, he was a ing t hree years ago, died on Satur crowd of about 1,000 villagers set settlers from reach ing t he Tomb of son of t he late J oseph and Rebecca day, April 23. lire to his house, drivi ng him t he Patria rchs. T heir p resence at (Greenberg) Logowitz. outs ide, where he was beaten to Zbi Sabo was born in Romania t he site holy to Moslems a nd ,Jews Mr. Logowitz was previously and immigrated with his family to death with an a xe and hanged from alike was considered likely to cause operations manager of the former a utility pole. Rehovot, Israel 53 years ago. H e Eastern Toy Co., Pawtucket, for 12 served as a member of the Etzel in years. H e was a World W ar II lrgun in t he pre-independence Army Air Force veteran. He was a member of the High Ridge Tennis period of Israel and as a regimental U.S. Federal law now requires all funeral homes to Sgt . -Major in t he Israel Defense Club, Lincoln. H e was a member of Forces until his retirement in 1957. provide itemized pricing. Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel T emple Ema nu-El and H a milton He is survived by his wife , Sara has provided this courtesy for over thirteen years. Hou~P * Max Sugarman MOUNT SINAI Memorial Chapel MEMORIAL CHAPEL Your family traditions and records .. . for generations The Rhode Island Jewish funeral home that can be trusted . . . for-its honesty ... integrity .. . and compliance with the highest standards of Jewish ethics and conduct. 458 HOPE ST. Over 100 years service to R.I. PROVIDENCE Jewish families by our director, Cor. Hope & Doyle Mitchell, his father and grandfather. 331-8094 IN FLORIDA HOME OF YOUR FAMILY RECORDS. 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Al so entire house But noting the rightward shift cleaning services. 726-3766 5/ 26/ 88 5/ 19/88 oh-so- fractured planet - to be This newspaper will not. knowingly, accept taken by Jews in other countries, comfort able. " any advertising for real estate which 1s m especially G reat Britain and Fein urged Jews not to vote just HELP WANTED v1 olat1on ol the R.I. Fair Housing Act and France, Himmelfarb said he was on the basis of na rrow interests. CONTRACTING Section 804 (CJ of Trtle VIII of the 1968 C1v1l co nfident that increasing Jewis h He decried the proli fe ration of Rights Act. Our readers are here by informed GOVERNMENT JOBS. $ 16,040 -$59.230/ yr. co nserva tism wi ll be ··the wave of political action committees that al l dwelling/ housing accommodations R & M GENERAL CONTRACTING - Com Now Hiring. Your Area . 805 -687 -6000 Ext the future." supporting candidates solely on advertised th is newspa per are available on plete remodeling, nr w construction. Carpen R-3397 fo r curren t Federal list. 1n Fei n discounted t he t hei r voting records on Israel a nd an equal opportuni ty ba srs . try . roofin g. electrical. Commerc,al & Re s1 - 6/ 9/ 88 neoconservative's conclusions, the "degree to which the energies maintaining t hat American Jews and attentions of Jewish agencies remain ''as dramat ica lly more and organizations a re so invested AJCommittee Debate: liberal than the general population in matters relating to Israel. " as t hey have been fo r the last 60 " For every ounce of protection How Far Jews Should Defend Narrow Interests years we thereby gain fo r Israel" by T he aut hor of the recently support ing such pro-Israel but by Andrew Silow Carroll agenda in a convention dominated 1988, the liberals and t he published book Wh ere Are We? otherwise objectionable right-wing NEW YORK (,JTA) - Are by di scussion of the Middle East. Democratic Party have said t hat while roughl y two-thirds ideologues as Moral Majority Ameri <'a's ,Jews merely a group, According to Himmelfarh, '·conspic uously refused to be of t he ,Jewi s h population "are leader Jerry Falwell and Sen. Jesse with a n ohligation to defend its fo rmer director of AJCommittee's anti-a nti-Semitic. Any fa ilure by prepared to vote for the Helms (R -N.C.), "we will lose a int erests, or a reli gious civilization, info rmatio n a nd research services, ,Jews to react st ro ngly a nd swift ly Republican nominee for pound of protection for pluralism," with a responsibility to heal the ,Jew ish voters need to recognize to t his, to pretend that it is okay to president," a rightward turn " is said Fein. That, he said, subverts world? themselves as the special-interest he liberal and support liberals, nowhere refl ected in t he mass of J ewi sh interests, Jewish values Neoconservat ive Milton ~roup they a re, and cast their votes even if they are not data that measure such things." and "our ability to help, defend Himmelfarb a nd liheral Leonard accordingly. In particula r, liherals anti-a nti-Semitic, is blind, The persistent liberalism of and protect the State of Israel." Fein squa red off over that quest ion need to dema nd a greater stand self-deluding and pretty near C READ THE HERALD! ) CUSTOM-BUil T DECKS & FENCES by JONATHAN KATZ Knight's ADVERTISE General Carpentry Home Repairs RLimousine FREE ESTIMATES • References 331-2024 \ Ltd. 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Exp. & Sunoco Credit Cards Welcome 325 Taunton Ave., East Providence, R.I. 431-0399 (Six Comers - Across from Joseph's Restaurant ) ..', 20 - T H E R H ODE IS LAND H ERALD, T H U R S DAY, MAY \ 9 , 1988 of great kings our righteous accompanied by 100 of the state's The T ora h reading on Shavuos is Messiah will he ho rn a nd will business and communal leaders, ======ShavUOS======a bout the giving of the T en redeem us from exile. Like Ruth, has returned from a visit to Israel Com mandments a t M ount Sinai. we, the people of Is rael, accepted where he celebrated the 40th W orld -Jewry Celebrates :i,:ioo It is the Torah t hat has been the \Vhen the reader comes to the the whole Torah and all it s anniversary of the Jewish S t ate Years from the Giving of the T en preservation and motivating fo rc.:e actua l Ten Comma ndment s, a ll mitzvohs whole-heartedly and in and increased the cultural and Commandme nts S hovuot morning of the -Jewish people's existence congregants sta nd up. On the li rst complete faith. Fort hese reasons, business ties between Virginia and - S unday, M ay 22 10 a.m. at the throughout the ages. Cultures, day of the Yorn Tov it is customary Me~illas Ruth (the Story of Rut h) Is rael. C' ha bad House, :)60 Hope St . near d iet s, languages and countries of to eat a da iry meal. ( Many people i:-- read in shul o n t hes second day The week-long visit culmina ted Olney. residence all change; yet T orah comple men1 the dai ry dishes with o f Shan1os in many com mu nit ies. two yea rs of activities by the C a the red a t the foot o f Mount re ma ins constant because it is a complete Yorn T ov meat mea l, Vi rginia-Israel Com mission which Sinai to receive the T ora h from founded on an unconditional after one -hour inte rval. I f the a Baliles appointed in May, 1986. C -d, was t he entire .Jewis h people. truth, the on ly kind o f truth tha t meat rneal is eaten fi rst , one m us t Virginia Governor The commission provides Men , women and c hildre n . can cO ntinue to insure the unique he careful t o o bserve the s ix-hour Visits Israel exchanges between Israel and Present.., too, were the souls of all exist e nce of the ,Jewish people wait in)( period before eating dairy.) Vi rginia in such lields as ,Jews of all generations. despite all odds. And only the truth Cheese dis hes, particularly To Cement Business, · agriculture, arts and music, Togethe r we heard G -d proclaim of T orah is unconditional, for it blintzes, a re t raditiona lly se rved. Arts Tie economic development, education, the T e n Com mandm ents; together was given by C -d to the .Jewish Many reasons have been put fo rth By David Friedman we proc la imed 'we will do a nd we people to keep a nd guard fo r a ll public safety, research a nd fo rt his, one being that on Shavuos WASHINGTON (JTA) - Gov. medicine, tourism and human wil l listen.' gene ra tions, wherever they may t he -Jews had just received the Gera ld Ba liles of Virginia , resources. He the re once again' Hear the he. T o rah which conta in the laws o f' T e n Comma ndme nts read from An inte resting det a il of the \v ha t one may and may not eat and the T o rah. Hring your c hildren, Shavuos st ory is related in the as they were not yet well-versed in even inf Coming in June SOUTHERN EXPOSURE featuring South Kingstown & Narragansett CATCH THE RAYS