JUNE 17, 2021 – 7 TAMMUZ 5781 JEWISH JOURNAL VOL 45, NO 23 JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG REPORT: DUXBURY FOOTBALL TEAM USED ANTISEMITIC SLURS FOR A DECADE

By Steven A. Rosenberg the town after school officials JOURNAL STAFF learned that a Duxbury player had verbally called out a play The Duxbury High football termed “Auschwitz” in a March team, which used Holocaust 12 game against Plymouth and Jewish phrases during plays North. Later that month, the – such as “Auschwitz,” “rabbi” school district fired the football and “yarmulke” – violated sev- coach, Dave Maimaron. eral of the school district’s poli- The investigation was per- cies over the last decade. formed by Attorney Edward That was the conclusion of Mitnick of Just Training an investigation into the inci- Solutions. The report was dent, which was outlined in released to Antonucci, the a summary of the report by school superintendent, on June Superintendent John Antonucci 7 and a summary report was and posted to the school’s web- posted on the district’s website site on June 10. on June 10. The main report According to the summary, focused on the actions of play- the team has used antisemit- ers, coaches and the general ic plays for at least a decade, culture of the football program. used homophobic slurs and The report includes interviews profanity on the sidelines, and with 52 witnesses, including regularly held a Catholic Mass current and former coaches, before games for years, in viola- players, along with parents, tion of the U.S. Constitution, teachers and administrators. the Massachusetts Constitution “The report itself is approxi- and court rulings that preclude mately 56 pages in length and sectarian instruction in public includes detailed information Photo: Karen Wong schools. The Duxbury High football team used the play “Auschwitz” during a game in March. of a highly personal nature The full report could not be relative to various individuals,” released, Antonnuci’s summary reotyping,” said Robert Trestan, firms the need for institutional death camp in Poland during Antonucci wrote in the summa- said, because of privacy con- Anti-Defamation League New change. ADL is continuing to World War II, where more than ry report. “Given the statutorily cerns under state law. England regional director. “Pre- work with district officials as 1 million Jews were murdered protected privacy rights of the “Duxbury let their players game religious services violate changes are implemented.” – including at least 200,000 chil- various witnesses, participants, and the community down by Constitutional protections and The team’s use of the word dren. It was also a center of tor- and staff members identified in allowing winning games to take ignore the power imbalance Auschwitz made national and turous medical “experiments” the report, as well as the person- precedence over fostering an between students and their international headlines after by Nazis that killed thousands. nel record nature of the docu- environment that is inclusive coaches. The systemic problem it was first reported in March. The report was part of an ment, the following summary and free of bias, slander and ste- documented in the report con- Auschwitz-Birkenau was a Nazi investigation commissioned by continued on page 9 Happy campers: Summer sleepaways return for Jewish kids

By Ethan M. Forman increased outdoor activities with as little JOURNAL STAFF masking as possible. The Cohen Camps – Camp Tel Noar in Elle Seller of Swampscott said she cried Hampstead, N.H., Camp Tevya in Brookline, when she learned Camp Tel Noar, like other N.H., and Camp Pembroke, a girls’ camp in Jewish camps in the region, would be can- Pembroke – are getting set to open in a mat- celed last summer due to the pandemic. ter of days. “I was planning to go to camp last year, “This year we’re opening, we’re pretty COVID happened, and it was very upsetting excited about that,” said Jonathan Cohen, to me,” said Seller, 17, a junior at Swampscott the third generation president of The Cohen High. “I knew it was going to be canceled, it Camps, founded by Eli and Bessie Cohen in was just the hope it would be there.” 1935. This summer, Jewish camps are making “Everything that we would normally offer a comeback after not being able to open at camp, we’ll be able to have at camp this last year, suffering a financial hit, and losing summer,” said Amanda Charson, Camp Tel their ability to foster a Jewish identity among Noar’s assistant director. What campers may their young charges. notice are fewer campers on site during each The camps are reopening amid some session, to allow for social distancing. pandemic restrictions, which means a quar- The camps will be reopening amid chang- antine period before camp, COVID testing, ing guidelines from state and federal public fewer campers to maintain social distancing, health officials. the creation of the kind of camp bubbles in “You know, every few days,” Cohen which no campers and staff go in or out, and continued on page 8 Camp Tel Noar in New Hampshire will open again after closing last sumer. TAKING CARE OF YOUR MONEY, AND YOU. Our expert guidance and services will help you feel better about your money. Talk to us today.

Boston | Chelsea | Burlington | Framingham | Lawrence | Lynn | Melrose | Newton | Peabody | Salem | Tewksbury MetroCU.org | 877.MY.METRO Insured by NCUA | Member MSIC

The Jewish Journal is a nonprofit newspaper supported by generous readers, committed advertisers and charitable organizations. Email [email protected]. 2 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 COMMUNITY NEWS

Gann Academy’s ShenaniGanns a hit with Fenway fans at Jewish Heritage Night

By Ethan M. Forman 7-1. The ballpark appeared to JOURNAL STAFF be about three-quarters full after the state lifted pandemic BOSTON – Gann Academy’s capacity limits on May 29. a capella group, ShenaniGanns, Gann Academy history knocked it out of the park sing- teacher and Israel curriculum ing the national anthem on the coordinator Jonathan Golden field during Jewish Heritage threw out the ceremonial first Night at Fenway Park on June 8. pitch. Those who purchased While the group from the tickets for Jewish Heritage Waltham Jewish day school has Night through a special offer been rehearsing and perform- received a Wally bobblehead ing virtually, this was its first doll wearing a kippah from the live performance since the start team store on Jersey Street. of the coronavirus pandemic. Wearing gray T-shirts with The singing group took to “Gann Academy” written on the the field on a hot, humid over- front, the group’s performance cast night with some drizzle in was shown on the Jumbotron, the late innings before the Red and drew loud applause from Sox lost to the Houston Astros, the Fenway faithful.

Photo: Courtesy of the Boston Red Sox Gann Academy students perform the national anthem at Fenway Park during Jewish Heritage Night on June 8.

Preparation was an impor- that other stuff. But then I’ve klezmer music and kosher tant aspect of their perfor- seen the videos my friends and snacks, according to a story in Mill River Consulting mance, as the group practiced family have taken and seeing the Times of Israel. Gloucester, MA the anthem leading up to their myself on the Jumbotron, see- Of the eight players who are appearance, said senior Joshua ing myself on the field, like it’s Jewish in the Major Leagues Sherman of Lexington, who crazy to see that was actually this season, none are on the Creative solutions for land development plans to attend Bates College me.” Red Sox roster, but Astros star ENGINEER • DESIGN • ADVISE in Lewiston, Maine, in the fall. “It’s just you have to just look third baseman Alex Bregman “This was really the big per- around and be in the moment,” had a hit and a walk during the formance of the year. This was Raby said. When singing, she game. 978-282-0014 the only time we got to perform had to focus on what she was “Getting rescheduled for that live anywhere since everything doing because of the echo and this year,” Sherman said, “and www.millriverconsulting.com has really been virtual. the sounds swirling around the getting that experience of being So that was exhilarating park. the Jewish representation for being out there especially in “You have to focus on what such a special event that takes front of how many people it you are singing and what you place before every single base- Workers’ Compensation was,” said Sherman, who said are there to do and take it all ball game that’s played in the this was the biggest audi- in,” Raby said. United States, knowing that we and Personal Injury Lawyers ence he and the rest of the Due to the pandemic, got to be part of that was crazy,” ShenaniGanns were ever in Sherman said the weekend- Sherman said. front of for a performance. The long Kolot Hayam Jewish The ShenaniGanns took to group is made up of about 14 Choral Festival the group usu- the field before another emo- singers, Sherman said. ally takes part in at Ramah Day tional moment of the evening, “It was like surreal,” said Camp in Nyack, N.Y., with other when 7-year-old Lucy Frates – junior Sydney Raby of Newton. Northeast Jewish day school the daughter of the late Pete “It was crazy. I’ve never sang for choirs has been virtual for the Frates of Beverly who helped that many people before, and last two years. popularize the ALS Ice Bucket just getting to be at Fenway, During this time, the group Challenge and who died in 2019 on Jewish Heritage Night, sing- has been performing virtual, – threw out a ceremonial first ing the national anthem, it just prerecorded music, “but this is pitch. The ball she threw out means so much.” the first time that we actually was handed to her by Governor (L-R): Judson Pierce, Daniel Napolitano, Alan Pierce In addition to performing in got to perform live together.” Charlie Baker, who lives in front of such a large crowd, Sherman said he’s been Swampscott. Sherman is “a huge baseball going to Jewish Heritage Night Honoring the Frates fam- 27 Congress Street fan,” and he was aware that for as long as he can remember ily and others who have been Suite 301 the likes of Red Sox players J.D. Fenway holding one. He said touched by amyotrophic lateral Salem, MA 01970 Martinez and Xander Bogaerts, it’s an amazing feeling of being sclerosis was all part of Major Pierce, Pierce and Houston Astros second able to walk around, knowing League Baseball’s inaugural 978-745-0914 baseman Jose Altuve – a six- many of the faces in the crowd, Lou Gehrig Day, in memory of & Napolitano www.ppnlaw.com time All Star – would be watch- “and feeling such a strong the Yankee Hall of Famer who attorneys at law ing them sing. Jewish presence there.” died from the nervous system “When I got out there,” The ShenaniGanns were disease on June 2, 1941. The Sherman said, “it was just focus supposed to sing the national day was officially scheduled for Catering on Ms. [Lisa] Jacobs [the arts anthem on May 26, 2020 for June 2, but the Red Sox were LARRY LEVINE’S department chair at Gann], Jewish Heritage Night, which away for that game and decided by Tevya watch the conducting, make got canceled due to COVID-19. to wait until they were home to KOSHER MEATS & DELI sure I’m staying in time, and The inaugural Jewish Heritage honor Frates and his family at I didn’t really get to think of Night kicked off in 2014 with Fenway. NEW YORK FROM OUR DELI DEPT FRESH COOKED Epstein Hillel holds graduation STEAKS ROAST BEEF Epstein Hillel School cel- $ 9.99 lb $ lb ebrated the graduation of 9.99 its 8th grade Class of 2021 on June 16 on the school’s front plaza with family and VACATION TIME teachers. They were joined WE WILL BE CLOSED JULY 5TH-JULY 11TH by Temple Emanu-El Rabbi WE WILL REOPEN JULY 12TH David Meyer who gave the invocation, and Dr. Lauren CLOSED SUNDAYS IN JULY Cohen Andler, Class of 2007, who delivered the alumni Glatt Kosher Meat Available message to the graduates. The We Have the Best Deli & Smoked Fish Party Platters! diplomas were conferred by 474 Lowell St., Peabody (978-535-6449) (FAX 978-535-6816) President of the Board Mark Under the strict supervision of the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Mass. Farber and Head of School Epstein Hillel 2021 graduates: Jordyn Burkatovsky, Olivia Schuller, Visit our website: www.levineskoshermkt.com Amy Gold. Sarina Ariely, Jorja Odorczuk, Orli Gold and Eric Callum. COMMUNITY NEWS THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 3

‘Disgusting and despicable’: Swastikas drawn in feces found in Newton South bathroom; Franklin High deals with 2 swastikas

By Ethan M. Forman in an email that an art teach- reached out to the ADL for sup- JOURNAL STAFF er had created a large poster port. with an inspirational theme State Senate President Karen NEWTON – Police are inves- denouncing hate and provid- Spilka, whose district includes tigating a disturbing incident in ing an opportunity for students Franklin and who is a Jewish which two three-inch swastikas to reflect on the message. On member of the Legislature, were found drawn on the wall Tuesday, they planned to meet tweeted: “I am both heartbro- of a stall of a boys’ bathroom at with students, faculty and staff ken and outraged at the news Newton South High School ear- to help process the incident. of anti-Semitic graffiti found @ lier this month. The school’s World of Difference FranklinHS. I wholeheartedly Then, less than a week later Peer Leaders were creating a denounce this act of hate and in the MetroWest community slide show to be shared with am grateful to Principal Hanna of Franklin, “graffiti depicting students about the impact of and the school community for swastikas was found in a 3rd Newton South High School hate symbols. The school also addressing it head on.” Floor Boys Bathroom,” principal Joshua Hanna wrote the school like to process this are encour- city – credited school leaders at community about a June 9 inci- aged to reach out to a trusted Newton South for being “proac- dent unrelated to Newton’s. The adult,” Aronson said. tive” in addressing the incident. HALEY PASTER SCIMONE high school promptly removed Pictures were taken of the “No child should feel unsafe the two swastikas, started an SAGAN HARBORSIDE SOTHEBY’S #1 AGENT IN 2020 graffiti before a custodian at school,” the Democrat said in investigation, contacted the removed it, according to the a statement, “and no one should Franklin Police Department, orn and raised in Swampscott, police report, and investiga- experience antisemitism. The and pledged its cooperation tors were looking into whether leaders at Newton South are I grew up in the real estate with the law enforcement. B the school could access video being proactive in showing stu- business - watching and admir- “As soon as our investigation of the area of the bathroom. It dents this poisonous behavior is concluded and if we are able ing my Mom, Ruthy Paster, help was pointed out that the MCAS is unacceptable and will not be to identify the person(s) respon- her customers fnd their dream test was being administered and tolerated. As a broader commu- sible, we will follow up with there were not many students in nity, we need to do the same as homes. disciplinary consequences and the school at the time. antisemitic actions spike across education set out in the Franklin With over 10 years experience The incidents come as the the country. Hatred has no place High School Handbook,” Hanna ADL said information from its in our country – especially in our in marketing at iHeartMedia, said in the statement, while Center on Extremism shows schools.” providing top notch exposure pledging to “restore a sense of antisemitic incidents during Franklin also happens to fall safety and support for all.” is my expertise. and after the military conflict within Auchincloss’s congressio- The discovery in Newton between Israel and Hamas rose nal district. on June 3 and the subsequent I LOOK FORWARD TO dramatically compared with The more than 1,730-student incident in Franklin come amid the same time last year, peak- Franklin High is also taking steps WORKING TOGETHER a rise in antisemitic incidents ing around May 20-21 before to address the act of antisem- tracked by the Anti-Defamation returning to baseline levels. itism by creating an inclusive League since the eruption of the Robert Trestan, ADL New culture for students while pledg- Israeli-Palestinian conflict last England regional director, ing vigilance and “long-term month. said the discovery of swastikas efforts to promote and support “The investigation is ongoing at Newton South are part of a a positive, hate-free school envi- and no individual has yet been haleypasterscimone.com nationwide trend. ronment,” Hanna said. identified,” Julie McDonough, “What happened in Newton As part of those steps, director of communications is disgusting and despicable and Superintendent Sara Ahern said 781-367-5523 for the Newton Public Schools, it’s part of much bigger trend we said in an email. Newton Police haley.pasterscimone@sotheby’srealty.com have been tracking across the Lieutenant Bruce Apotheker country,” Trestan said. also said in an email the incident “We saw Newton as one is “still under investigation.” example,” Trestan said, “but in In a note to the community, Los Angeles, Jews were assault- Mark Aronson, interim princi- ed,” referring to an incident on pal of the 1,869-student Newton May 18 during which diners South, stated “A student report- were attacked by protesters car- ed to a staff member that they rying Palestinian flags while eat- had discovered two three-inch ing outside a kosher restaurant. swastikas written on the tile in a “And in New York, Jews have boys’ room bathroom stall.” been assaulted,” Trestan said. The police report states the “Is it a coincidence ‘Hitler was swastikas “were written in feces right’ trended on Twitter and on the wall.” The student report- was retweeted 17,000 times?” ed the incident around noon Newton school officials have that day. The swastikas were had to contend with such inci- found in a second floor bath- dents in the past. In May 2019, room, the police report said. a swastika and threatening “As we know,” Aronson said, language was found drawn on “antisemitism is on the rise in the a desk at the F.A. Day Middle world and this incident reminds School. us that we need to be vigilant. A series of antisemitic inci- I continue to be saddened and dents were reported at Newton angered by violations of our core Notice a Change in Mom or Dad? North in both 2016 and 2017. values within our school com- The high school sits in a city Cohen Florence Levine Estates and munity. As a school, we strive to and a region home to a large create an inclusive and welcom- Harriett and Ralph Kaplan Estates Assisted Livings Jewish population. In fact, ing environment free of hate. We the Boston, Cambridge, and can be exactly what you need. will continue this work and will Newton metro area is home to not be deterred by this or any the sixth largest Jewish popula- We will give your loved one warmth, support, other incident like it.” tion in the country at 284,000, Aronson said the school fol- comfort and companionship. according to the American lowed protocols to address Jewish Population Project of the Call or email us today! such incidents, which includ- Brandeis University Steinhardt ed informing police and the Email Kristen Donnelly at Email Marisa Iafrate at Social Research Institute. The ADL, while also conducting an [email protected] [email protected] 4th Congressional District, investigation to identify those or call 617-887-0826 or call 978-854-1812 which includes Newton, has who might have been involved. 68,000 Jewish adults, accord- Aronson encouraged parents to ing to the National Profile of have their children speak with the Jewish Electorate 2020, put their counselor or dean if they out by Brandeis researchers last have any information about the year. incident. 2 0 1 C a p t a i n s R o w, C h e l s e a , M A 0 2 1 5 0 240 Lynnfeld Street, Peabody, MA 01960 Newton native and 4th The high school also was District U.S. Representative Jake working to identify students Kosher Dietary Laws Observed Auchincloss, who is Jewish and who may have seen the swas- attended Newton North – the tikas to offer them support. “As www.chelseajewish.org other public high school in the always, any students who would 4 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 EDITORIAL JEWISH JOURNAL Steven A. Rosenberg PUBLISHER/EDITOR Israel’s new government

aftali Bennett was sworn in this week unsuccessfully courted in an attempt to remain as Israel’s 13th prime minister. His in office). Curiously, the base of the new Nascendance marks the end – at least government includes several former confidants for the time being – of Benjamin Netanyahu’s of Netanyahu, including Bennett, Ayelet Shaked tenure as prime minister. Netanyahu has served and Avigdor Lieberman. It also includes Yair as Israel’s leader for 15 years, including the last Lapid, who leads the centrist Yesh Atid party. 12 years. Netanyahu, who has made security Lapid is a former TV personality whose party the top priority of his administrations, has also gained 20 seats in the last election. While steered Israel to a level of economic prosperity Bennett’s party, Yamina, gained just seven seats in recent years. But after four inconclusive in the election, Lapid offered to share the prime national elections over the last two years, during minister’s office. Bennett will lead for the first which he could not form a stable coalition, two years and Lapid will then become prime gridlock gripped the country. As he faced minister. criminal charges of fraud, bribery and breach Because of the fragility and diversity of the of trust, the government was so weakened and coalition, no one knows how long Bennett divided it could not even pass a national budget. and his new government will be able to Bennett’s unlikely rise can be traced to a lead – Knesset members approved the new common goal among eight political parties – government by a single vote, 60-59, with one known as the “Change Government” coalition abstention. That said, at least half of Israelis are – to oust Netanyahu. The coalition is comprised ready to move on and want a government that of representatives from the left and the right is more reflective of the general population and and from secular to religious – Bennett is the prepared to discuss the deep divisions that have first observant Jew to become Israel’s prime formed in the country. And in Israel, the Middle minister. It also includes Mansour Abbas, the East’s sole democracy where a peaceful transfer leader of the United Arab List (whom Netanyahu of power has taken place, the majority rules.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Elected officials who called for Israel-Hamas In praise of Bibi immediate ceasefire off-base As limited positivity is said the Boston Consulting Group allowed holding foreign cur- about Prime Minister Benjamin as an economic consultant. He rency, and allowing investment Thank you for your com- to take down more of the ter- Netanyahu in the Jewish Journal, then served as Deputy Chief of freely in other countries. prehensive coverage of the rorist infrastructure and com- I thought I would try to list his Mission at the Israeli Embassy Wikipedia can only hint that views of most of the Eastern mand in Gaza, and the ceasefire positive actions in the military to America and then as Israeli in these new conditions, Israeli Massachusetts Congressional that the Biden Administration and economic spheres as found Ambassador to the United companies have come to mainly delegation on the recent Hamas eventually forced on Israel was in Wikipedia. Nations. Massachusetts and New York to terrorist attacks against Israeli imposed too soon. Bibi was active in the Israeli On returning to Israel, he has establish industries here due to civilians. (“Bay State Congress Because Israel was already Special Forces, the Sayeret put into practice the economic a greater supply of workers not Members Weigh in on Mideast taking significant steps to limit Matkal, in campaigns across the principles he learned in Boston. available in the West Bank areas. Conflict,” May 20) civilian casualties on both Suez, into Lebanon, and then As finance minister under Ariel This has contributed to a strong It’s important for thinking sides, the political concerns for Syria. After his younger brother, Sharon, he initiated major Massachusetts economy before American Jewish voters to know Palestinian Arab civilian lives Yonatan, died, leading the 1976 reforms of the Israeli economy, and during the pandemic. who our friends are, and that were misplaced and the attempt Sayeret Matkal raid at Entebbe, which are credited with signifi- Another unmentioned recent it doesn’t necessarily include at moral equivalency plain igno- Uganda, to free 100 Jewish hos- cantly improving financial per- accomplishment is that the the ones we usually think of as rant. Considering the need for tages, Bibi later founded and formance. As prime minister, almost fully vaccinated Israeli such. For most of the delegation, strong leadership against the supported a private anti-terrorist he fostered further economic population now provides the including Markey – but thank- rise in antisemitism in the U.S, institute named for his brother. liberalization and a free market world’s research arm of the suc- fully not Auchincloss – to call for the Jewish lives we save by sup- He received his bachelor’s economy, selling government cesses and failures of Israeli an immediate ceasefire served porting pro-Jewish candidates and master’s degrees from the shares in banks and major state- medicine’s treatment of COVID- only to limit Israel’s self-defense may include our own. MIT in Cambridge. Bibi worked run companies, easing foreign 19. which most of them claim to David A. Sherman in Boston with a significant life- exchange controls, opening Leonard Friedman, MD fully support. Israel needed time Needham long friend, Mitt Romney, in foreign bank accounts which Middleton

CORRECTION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A story on Jewish Climate We accept letters by email and U.S. mail. Email your letter, with Time to appoint Action Network-MA’s confer- “Letter to the Editor” in the subject, to editor@jewishjournal. ence in the April 22 edition org; or mail to: Letters to the Editor, The Jewish Journal, P.O. Box incorrectly reported how 2089, Salem, MA 01970. an envoy to combat often such conferences take We encourage a diversity of voices and views in our letters. Letters place. It is held biannually. should be a maximum of 300 words, and should refer to an article antisemitism The Journal regrets the error. that has appeared in the Jewish Journal within the last 30 days. By Jake Auchincloss began in earnest after Jews were blamed for the assassination of etween May 7-14, more Czar Alexander II and result- than 17,000 tweets used ed in the murder of at least Bsome variation of the 150,000 Jews living in the Pale phrase “Hitler was right,” and of Settlement. the American Jewish commu- Upon arriving in the United nity was, once more, reminded States, my great-grandparents that, even in America, there are became small business owners, some who will always see us as running a garment factory in strangers. Greater Boston. They found a While social media filled country that welcomed them for with tropes reminiscent of who they were, rather than in the scapegoating campaigns spite of it. My great-grandfather of the Czars and Nazis, Jewish was so grateful to his adopted Americans who wore yarmulkes nation that he answered the call or symbols of their faith were to serve in the first World War, attacked, in broad daylight, in defense of democracy. When on the streets of New York and my great-grandfather returned Los Angeles, and synagogues from serving overseas, he and were vandalized. We must not his wife continued to build their be silent in the face of such small business. My grandfa- vitriol and violence. My great- ther was born into a poor fam- grandparents came to this ily – but one that was upwardly country from Ukraine, fleeing mobile and proud of their place, the state-endorsed brutality as Jews, in their new country. of the pogroms. The pogroms continued on page 5 OPINION THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 5

Prime Minister Bennett’s inaugural Knesset address

By Naftali Bennett the government will promote immedi- ately: want to begin my words by saying, on We will take responsibility for the edu- my own behalf, and in the name of cation of Israeli children from birth. The Ithe members of the designated gov- most formative years. As a first step, we ernment, in the name of this House and will transfer responsibility for infant day- in the name of all the citizens of Israel care to the Ministry of Education. – thank you. Thank you to the outgoing We will enable many ultra-Orthodox prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for youth to go out to work by lowering the your many years of service, replete with (national service) exemption age from achievements, for the sake of the State 24 to 21. Not by force, but by positive of Israel. As prime minister, you acted encouragement, allowing young people throughout many years to embolden who want to learn a vocation to be able Israel’s political, security and economic to, and those who want to study Torah strength. I saw you from up-close, in will continue to do so. extensive security deliberations, late into We will close with immediate effect the the night, investigating, making inqui- Ministry of Digital Affairs, the Ministry ries and considerations out of a sense of for Water, the Ministry for Communal grave responsibility. Advancement and the Ministry for Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu, over Photo: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 Strategic Affairs. “The time has come for different leaders, from all parts of the people, to stop, to stop the years we have not always agreed, but Foreign Minister-designate and this madness,” said Naftali Bennett, Israel’s new prime minister. we have both sacrificed much on a per- Alternate Prime Minister-designate Yair sonal level in order to serve our people, us – one election after another – into a together with people with very different Lapid will lead a process to rehabilitate the people of Israel. Expressing gratitude maelstrom of hatred and infighting. views from my own. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is is a fundamental principle in Judaism. Such quarrels, between the people This time, at the decisive moment, we a fundamental tool for building Israel’s This is the time for the people to say to who are supposed to be running the have taken responsibility. We understood political strength. you: thank you. country, led to paralysis. One who quar- that we have to safeguard our home. Finance Minister-designate Avigdor I also want to take this opportunity rels cannot function. To continue on in this way – more elec- Lieberman will lead a plan by which we to express my deep appreciation to the And so Israel ceased to be managed: a tions, more hatred, more vitriolic posts will return to work those who lost their tenth president of the State of Israel, lack of governance in the Negev and loss on Facebook – is just not an option. employment due to COVID-19. We will Reuven Rivlin, for his years as president, of the South for 12 years, riots in mixed Therefore, we stopped the train, a bring in as many people as possible in as Speaker of the Knesset, and as a public cities, the lack of state budget, the terrible moment before it barreled into the abyss. the high-tech industry, where there are servant. And to congratulate President- disaster in Meron. And I want to thank my friend, Foreign higher salaries, by setting a national tar- elect Isaac Herzog and wish him much Dear friends, in the guests’ gal- Minister-designate MK Yair Lapid, who get of raising the number of high-tech success. God willing, we will work togeth- lery today sits Maya Moreno, widow of showed national responsibility, political workers to 15 percent of the workforce er very well. my friend Lt. Col. Emmanuel Moreno generosity, and without whom we would by 2026. Honored ladies and gentlemen, this is of blessed memory. At every important not be here today. We will reduce superfluous regula- a special moment. The moment in which juncture of my life, I think of Emmanuel. The time has come for different lead- tion and frustrating bureaucracy, and we the baton of leading the people and the The intensity of his devotion and sense of ers, from all parts of the people, to stop, will work for citizen-friendly government country passes – as in a relay race – to mission guides us. to stop this madness. services, as in Singapore among other the next generation. It is a sacred endow- Friends, as the Jewish people tend to The government that will be formed countries – without paperwork, with- ment. be people with opinions … and as we see represents many of Israel’s citizens: from out queues. We will make life easier for The State of Israel is not “just another here, the parliament of the Jewish state Ofra to Tel Aviv, from Rahat to Kiryat independent workers and small-business country.” It is the dream of generations of is a parliament of opinions, and anyone Shmona. Precisely here lies the opportu- owners, including through unemploy- Jews – from Marrakech to Budapest, from who has ever seen a pair of students nity. Our principle is, we will sit together, ment benefits. We will increase income Baghdad to San Francisco – a dream we studying Talmud together, or a heated and we will forge forward on that which support for the elderly to 70 percent of merited to see realized every day before debate about a product in the office cor- we agree – and there is much we agree the minimum wage. our very eyes. Each generation has its ridors of an Israeli start-up, understands on; transport, education and so on – and We will open up competition in own challenges, and out of each genera- the force for good of “disputes for the what separates us we will leave to the side. kashrut [kosher certification] and set tion comes the leaders that can overcome sake of Heaven.” But there are points To the citizens of Israel, I say: this is a standards for the system. This will lighten them. in Jewish history in which the disagree- sensitive moment, of political change. I the burden on restaurant owners, end- The external challenges we face are ments between us have gone out of con- call on all to demonstrate maturity and ing the stranglehold monopoly in this great: the Iranian nuclear project, which trol, in which they were no longer “dis- restraint. area, bringing down the cost of food and is moving towards a crucial point; the putes for the sake of Heaven,” times in The new government will be a gov- strengthening the public’s faith in the ongoing war on terror; Israel’s image in which they threatened us, and all that we ernment which strives for real, practical level of kashrut. the world and the unfair treatment it have built with our sweat and blood. solutions to the problems faced by the Justice Minister-designate Gideon receives in international institutions – Twice in history, we have lost our country and its citizens. The work plan Sa’ar will lead a process to create an these are all sizable and complex tasks. national home precisely because the which we are presenting today is the appropriate balance between the judi- At this time, we are also facing an leaders of the generation were not able most detailed in years. We are here to cial, legislative and executive branches internal challenge. The ongoing rift in the to sit with one another and compromise. work. To remove the barriers, to free up of government, whereby his initiative to nation, as we see in these very moments, Each was right, yet with all their being the jams and to turn our country into split the role of the attorney general is a which continues to rip apart the seams right, they burned the house down on what it can be. significant first step. that hold us together, and has thrown top of us. I am proud of the ability to sit The following are some of the things continued on page 14 Time to appoint an envoy to combat antisemitism from page 4 him as a promising student, and sent him an Ambassador at Large to lead the State to Purdue University, where he received Department’s Office of the Special Envoy bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engi- to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. I neering and physics. This opportunity hope that these steps, paired with more would launch a career as a renowned direct interventions, such as the edu- orthopedic surgeon. cational programming and increased As a child, I was inspired by the Nonprofit Security Grant Program fund- bravery of my great-grandparents, who ing requested in the letter, will allow the left the only country they knew for the United States to weed out antisemitism promise of opportunity and religious wherever it occurs. freedom in the United States, and the Our present leadership must help patriotism of my grandfather and great- ensure that the Tree of Life Synagogue grandfather that led them to volunteer massacre, the murders at Chabad of to serve the country that allowed them Poway, and the recent scourge of violent to live openly and celebrate every aspect attacks against Jews do not mark a sus- of their identity. When it came time for tained resurgence of antisemitism in the me to choose my path after college, I United States. The Haftorah teaches that honored my Jewish heritage and my we must “seek the welfare of the city to family’s tradition by commissioning into which [G-d] has exiled [us] and pray to the Marines. him on its behalf, for in its prosperity [we] Now in Congress, I recently sup- shall prosper.” The United States has been ported a letter, led by Representatives a land of opportunity and prosperity for [Ted] Deutch, [Brian] Fitzpatrick, and so many people, and it falls on us to prac- [Grace] Meng, which urges President tice Tikkun Olam, repairing the world, to Biden to swiftly implement the COVID- ensure that the United States maintains Courtesy photo 19 Hate Crimes Act and other steps to its promise as a land of opportunity and U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss remain vigilant against the pernicious freedom for future generations. At 17, my grandfather’s patriotism rors of the Holocaust, and the Marines threat of antisemitism. The letter asks during the darkest days of World War were losing the fight in the South Pacific, that President Biden and his administra- Newton Democrat Jake Auchincloss II inspired him to enlist in the Marine the U.S. Marines sent a poor Jewish kid to tion develop an interagency strategy to is the representative of the state’s 4th Corps. At a time when Jews faced the hor- college. His recruiting officer identified protect American Jewry and nominate Congressional District. 6 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021

Call to have BLM flag removed from Marblehead High faces pushback

By Ethan M. Forman pressure Israel to comply with would be interpreted – incor- our nation’s institutions, includ- JOURNAL STAFF international law.” Tal-Makhluf rectly, I know, but with certainty ing law enforcement. Like it or said it has been infiltrating social – as indicating that the Jewish not, BLM is the predominant MARBLEHEAD – Marblehead justice movements. community does not believe expression of the civil rights resident Karen Tal-Makhluf’s has She said if school leaders in the pursuit of civil rights for movement in America today, started a petition on Change.org don’t do their due diligence, all. Of course, it is most regret- and we cannot afford to absent to remove the Black Lives Matter “they will perpetuate the very table that anti-Israel and anti- ourselves from the table – espe- flag from the high school’s caf- thing they are trying to stop.” semitic comments have been cially when we look to our non- eteria, citing a pro-Palestinian “What BDS did, it uses the made by some activists among Jewish allies to help us stem the tweet from the organization dur- intersectionality argument to the leadership of BLM, accusing tide of hatred.” ing last month’s Israeli-Hamas appropriate black struggles in Israel, in a misguided expres- “I have recently explained to conflict and support among white societies,” she said. Her sion of intersectionality, of rac- other members of the commu- some in the movement for the petition states this is a “false ism and genocide against the nity why we allow a ‘Black Lives anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Marblehead High School narrative.” What is happen- Palestinians.” Matter’ flag to be displayed,’ Sanctions movement. during the height of the Israel- ing in Israel between Israelis “Supporters,” Meyers said, Buckey said. “I have made (it) “We the community of Hamas conflict, that read in part: and Palestinians, she said, has “should call out and distance abundantly clear that the flag Marblehead as well as the com- “We are a movement committed nothing to do with the push for themselves from such false- is not displayed in support or munities in the surrounding to ending settler colonialism in civil rights and social justice in hoods, smears, and blatant approval of any particular towns demand that the Black all forms and will continue to America. antisemitism. Still, the urgen- group, the people affiliated with Lives Matter flag currently hang- advocate for Palestinian libera- “It sounds good,” she said cy of the cause of racial jus- it, or their speech, methods and ing in the Marblehead High tion (always have. And always about the argument, “but when tice remains the essence of the actions. To do so would involve school cafeteria be removed,” will be) #freepalestine.” you take the time to see what BLM message, and one can be the schools in what could be states Tal-Makhluf’s petition. The Change.org petition BDS is doing, they do nothing nonetheless supportive of the seen as taking a stance one way One supporter named Karen states: “BLM publicly declared but spread hatred.” She said worthy goals of fair and equal or another on a political matter, Russo wrote: “Take it down – All their support for a Palestinian it puts Jewish lives in danger treatment for people of color by which we will not do.” lives matter.” terrorist group known as Hamas when terms such as “genocide,” While the petition has drawn who has been shooting rockets “apartheid” and “ethnic cleans- 100 signatures so far, the effort to into Israeli civilian centers.” ing” are used in relation to the Epstein Hillel students receive remove the flag faces resistance The May 17 BLM social media situation in Israel. “It emboldens from the school superintendent post did not mention Hamas, antisemitism.” guidance on dealing with online and others in the community, or state that BLM supported Tal-Makhluf also noted that who, while troubled by state- Hamas. when something happens antisemitism ments from some Black Lives “What I’m trying to do is raise in Israel, such as last month’s Matter activists, see the need to awareness and shine a light on Mideast conflict, there is a rise support the cause of civil rights the problem of rising antisem- in antisemitism in America. The the flag represents. itism,” Tal-Makhluf said in an Anti-Defamation League said “The BLM flag is displayed interview, “and the most recent last month antisemitic inci- for one reason and one rea- manifestation of antisemitism is dents increased by 75 percent son only,” said Marblehead anti-Zionism, and a lot of people nationwide after the outbreak Superintendent John Buckey, in don’t understand it’s one in the of violence between Israel and an email. “As a message against same.” Hamas. racism, which is a philosophy “There is nothing wrong “This is a difficult and that we, along with the rest of about promoting racial justice complex matter, especially the community, must be com- and having students participate for the Jewish community, as mitted to eliminating.” in social justice programs,” she I’ll explain,” said Rabbi David The issue has not been dis- said, however, the problem is Meyer of Temple Emanu-El of cussed by the School Committee, the school should be kept free of Marblehead in a statement. “I he said, “and it is not planned at political issues. do not believe that we must nec- this time.” The BDS movement, accord- essarily demand the removal of Head of School Amy Gold, Rachel Fish and Brett Lubarsky, give students at Epstein Hillel School frameworks and tools to help them The Change.org petition cites ing to its website, “works to end the BLM banner in the school respond to what they see and hear online. a tweet the Black Lives Matter international support for Israel’s cafeteria, even given our con- organization posted on May 17, oppression of Palestinians and cerns about the movement. That After a wave of antisemitism apartheid state. A third student hit the United States following shared that when she sees anti- the recent tensions between semitic posts online, she imme- Israel and Hamas, middle diately reports them. school students in grades 6-8 Fish explained the history of at Epstein Hillel School in apartheid and colonialism and Marblehead engaged in a Zoom provided insight into why these discussion about the impact terms do not describe the histo- of social media on the spread ry and current tensions between of misinformation about Israel Israelis and Palestinians. and the alarming rise in anti- Lubarsky also explained that semitism. the students must approach The June 3 seminar was antisemitism through the lens led by Rachel Fish, executive of history and current events, director of the Foundation to and that this is just one step of Combat anti-Semitism found- creating resources in order for Happy Father’s Day! ed by New England Patriots teens to be able to participate owner Robert Kraft, and Brett in a collective community con- Try our QUICK CLEAN Lubarsky, director of the Jewish versation. Teen Initiative at Combined Knowing that social media includes: Jewish Philanthropies. preys on emotional and politi- Fish opened the conversa- cally charged stories, Fish and ✦ TOUCHFREE tion by likening the situation to Lubarsky gave the students Works Car Wash an onion in which one needs to frameworks and tools to help peel back many layers to fully them respond to what they see ✦ Clean Interior grasp its complexity. In a place and hear online. Additionally, with religious significance to students were encouraged to Windows + Vacuum many, two differing narratives talk with parents and teachers about history, and strong claims for guidance. ✦ Fresh Scent (if requested) to land itself by both peoples, Fish discussed the concept it’s no wonder that Israel is often of performative allyship – the ✦ Tire Pressure Calibration portrayed in a negative light in process of building relation- the news and on social media. ships based on trust, consis- Vehicles start at $40 & up Fish gave the students an exten- tency, and accountability – and sive background on how the shared that most people come state of Israel came to be, and with good intentions but just ✦ the origins of the conflict with limited background knowledge. GAS & WASH: Palestinians. She taught the students to ask Students were encouraged questions like “Who is writing Mon-Fri: 6 am - 9 pm | Sat & Sun: 7 am - 8 pm to share what they had seen this?” “What facts do they use or heard on social media or in or not use?” and “What conclu- ✦ the news. One student spoke sion are they trying to make?” BAYS, INSPECTIONS, OIL CHANGES & INTERIORS: about his family in Israel and With these concepts in mind, was disturbed by the recent students can understand the Mon-Fri: 8 am - 5 pm | Sat: 8 am - 4 pm | Sun: 12 pm - 3 pm protests in Israel and in the U.S. intention of the writer and thus Another student saw that in a decide which approach is best. 290 Canal Street • Salem, MA 01970 recent social media post, Israel The conversation concluded was being referred to as an continued on page 10 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 7

ILLENNIALS: Robert Dunn, 39 M By Michael Wittner Then we decided to do a crazy thing of converting a JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT garage in Marblehead into a test brewery, and for a few years we were hanging out every other weekend WHAT IS YOUR JEWISH IDENTITY? brewing beer, bottling beer, and one thing led to I grew up third generation, watching what was a another and we said we’re going to look for a com- very large Jewish community slowly move out and mercial space, and we opened up two years ago [in change over. I grew up in the Shirley Ave. neighbor- downtown Peabody]. hood of Revere, but because it had been a Jewish community for so long, I went to afterschool at the HOW WAS IT DURING THE PANDEMIC? Jewish Community Center, and I grew up going We spent most of our time being in business to the Jewish day camp, Camp Menorah. I was dealing with the COVID restrictions. We’re a small- raised in a pretty traditional Conservative Jewish scale brewery, we’re about making small batches family, probably leaning more toward Orthodox: of creative styles, with the goal of getting it to the The house we kept kosher, and our Jewish identity customers mostly through our own taproom facil- was a big part of who we were ... as I got older and ity. When we couldn’t have people coming in, that moved communities, and moved out of Revere completely changed our revenue stream and profit [to Marblehead], being part of those communities margins. There were still sales out the door, but it Rob Dunn with his children, Alice and Benjamin. helped me be connected in a place I hadn’t grown wasn’t the same model. We lost a lot, but a good up in. friend has been helping. It helped us build up stron- HEBREW NAME: Ruban ger relationships with our customers through doing WHAT WAS IT LIKE WATCHING REVERE online get-togethers, playing games, doing online JOB: Co-owner and founder, Granite Coast Brewing; CHANGE? trivia, and slowly [we] built it up again so people felt outdoor educator It was kind of my mom’s generation that first comfortable enough to come inside. HOMETOWN: Revere started leaving the area. My grandparents were in CURRENTLY LIVING IN: Lynn the area, but the generation above me had already IS THERE SUCH A THING AS KOSHER BEER? ALMA MATERS: Marblehead High School ‘99, Johnson started moving up north or to MetroWest. I recog- If you make beer off the four primary ingredients, State College ‘06, American International College ‘16 nized it more as I got older when I saw temples close which are water, yeast, hops, and barley, in essence, and the JCCs close. I like being able to have a local it’s all vegetable matter. It’s kosher by the fact that FAVORITE FOODS: Falafel, brisket kosher butcher and deli, but I saw that change. It there is nothing ever unkosher as part of it. There FAVORITE BEER: Our Red Hot Moon Kentucky Common was sad to see, but we decided to move somewhere can be ingredients that could get added in later that FAVORITE MOVIES: “Star Wars” series, “The Crow,” bigger, somewhere a little less crowded. I grew up could mess with it: there are places that have used “Spaceballs” right below Bell Circle, so one of the busiest inter- bacon ... there are places that get pureed, and some sections in the state was just past my backyard, and use shellfishes for certain beers ... but for the most FAVORITE TV SHOWS: “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” we wanted to see if we could get somewhere a little part, if you’re using just regular plants, your beer is “Batman,” “Game of Thrones” quieter. kosher by nature. FAVORITE BOOKS: “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” FAVORITE TRAVEL DESTINATION: HOW DID YOU GET INTO BREWING BEER? WHAT ABOUT THE NAME ‘GRANITE Mountains, specifically the Green Mountains in Vermont I had always enjoyed different beer styles and COAST’? SOMEWHERE YOU’D LIKE TO GO NEXT: major mass produced styles. I went to lots of small I have for the last 14 years been a teacher, I’ve Yellowstone National Park breweries, got interested in making beer, got into been a middle school science teacher, and I’m a rock FAVORITE JEWISH PEOPLE NOT IN YOUR FAMILY: it as a hobby, and my best friend from high school climber, so I’m kind of connected to this area. From and I slowly decided this was something we needed Mel Brooks, Michael Twitty Boston all the way up to Maine, this is all granite to schedule consistently because we’re brewing so rock. The beaches in Marblehead are very rocky, and FAVORITE JEWISH HOLIDAY: Passover much ... when we started increasing the complex- it’s the same style of granite you see in Gloucester, or FAVORITE NORTH SHORE SPOT: Lynn Woods ity, people were like, ‘Hey, your beer’s really good!’ Acadia [in Maine].

For help, call the CJP Warmline at 1-800-CJP-9500

If you’re struggling during the COVID-19 crisis, we want to help. When you call the CJP Warmline, you’ll be connected with a compassionate, knowledgeable professional who can help you: • Receive emergency fnancial assistance • Access food, utilities, and fuel • Find career counseling and job search support • Connect a child with a mentor • Navigate public benefts • Answer general questions about support options

Call us today at 1-800-CJP-9500 or visit cjpwarmline.org

PARTNER AGENCIES: Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Jewish Vocational Service Jewish Family & Children’s Service Yad Chessed Jewish Family Service of Metrowest 8 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021

JEWISH JOURNAL Happy campers: Summer sleepaways return from page 1 Publisher/Editor Steven A. Rosenberg [email protected] Associate Editor Ethan M. Forman [email protected] Accounting Manager Anne Waymouth [email protected] Director of Advertising & Marketing Lois Kaplan [email protected] Senior Strategic Media Manager

Marcy Grand Courtesy photo Courtesy photo [email protected] Campers at the JCC’s KinderCamp last year. Camper Orli Gold of Marblehead participates in Color War at Camp Tel Noar in the summer of 2019. Graphics, Web, Russian Chronicle Editor said, “something else changes we are full, it’s over 1,200 camp- Cohen said. ic capacity limits no longer in Yulia Zhorov between the state and guide- ers in the course of the sum- “We gave a lot of money back place, Summer at the J camp [email protected] lines and the CDC, so it’s all mer,” Cohen said. This year, in tuition refunds and some programs are running from June changing, but you know, we’re that number will be more like money got rolled over, but a lot 28 to Aug. 27. Graphics, Web, Obituaries going to be reopening and we 800. This year, it will also mean of that was spent, already. It cre- “Our camp is one of the only Andrew P. Fleischer are going to have it as near nor- most campers will be coming ated, certainly, a financial hole camps that ran last summer,” [email protected] mal as possible.” for only one session with grades for us and for, really, all camps,” Greenberg said. Administrative Assistant Other Jewish overnight grouped together, instead of all Cohen said. Last summer, with a lot of Linda Smidt camps forced to close last sum- age groups being able to attend Cohen thanked the Harold unknowns about COVID-19 mer – Camp Bauercrest, an over- either a first or second session Grinspoon Foundation and its swirling, campers were not [email protected] night sports camp for boys in or both. JCamp 180 program and other allowed to use indoor classroom Editorial Cartoonist Amesbury, and Camp Yavneh in The challenge when camp donors who supported Jewish spaces and activities were held George Freedman Northwood, N.H. – are reopen- closed last summer was trying to camps across the country outdoors. ing with COVID precautions in keep the community together, through a matching grant. “Kids wore their masks, we Board of Overseers place, according to the camps’ including through some Zoom- Seller, of Swampscott, began wore our masks, and we did not Johanna Matloff, President websites. based programming. attending Camp Tel Noar have one case,” Greenberg said. Bob Blayer, *Rick Borten, Cohen said the plan is to “The value of camp, eight summers ago. Thankfully, the weather Andrew Caplan, Beverly Clark, keep campers in cabin groups as I like to say, is it’s Over the past cooperated. Fred M. Cohen, of eight to 14, depending on face-to-face, it’s year, she took a “And we didn’t have one rain Neil D. Donnenfeld, their age and which camp they not FaceTime,” counselor-in- day for KinderCamp,” Greenberg David Gershaw, are attending. Campers will not Cohen said. training program said. Marcia Glassman-Jaffe, need to be masked when they Some virtual on Zoom, allow- This summer, camping on the Cara Hogan, Lynn Nadeau, are with their cabin group. programming ing her to jump hill should pretty much look like Most of the staff will be vac- what it did in 2019, though par- Donna Lozow Pierce, was held to keep from camper to cinated along with many older the camp com- first-year coun- ents will not be allowed to visit *Howard Rich, *Robert M. Rose, campers. munity connect- selor, without a during camp and the camps will Stephanie Simon, John Smidt, Changes include not having ed. summer CIT transi- not have any volunteers. Bradley J. Sontz, Ted D. Stux, big groups sitting together sing- “But it wasn’t the tion year. “No mask wearing outside,” Matthew Swartz, ing. Shabbat also will be done same,” Cohen said. “It’s She got experi- Greenberg said. “We are still *Selma Williams differently to avoid having a not the same as you can get ence working with kids last creating that bubble, but it’s *Life Board Members large group crowded together. there. You don’t get that same summer. Her mom, Heather going to feel like 2019.” Past President Entertainment will be in camp ruach you feel when you are at Greenberg, serves as the direc- For Orli Gold, 14, of Neil D. Donnenfeld because there will be no field camp.” tor of KinderCamp at the Jewish Marblehead, last summer would trips. Large tents will be used in Not being able to open for Community Center of the North have been her sixth at Camp Tel Publisher Emerita place of smaller dining halls. the first time in 87 years also Shore in Marblehead, which Noar. She was devastated when Barbara Schneider The number of campers will proved to be a challenge finan- ran its day camp programs in it was canceled. The Jewish Journal, be reduced to allow for more cially. More than half of what an abbreviated way during the “It’s like you have a family at ISSN1040-0095, an independent, space during any given week. the camp collects in tuition pandemic. camp. Knowing that you can’t non-proft community “In a normal summer when is spent before camp starts, This summer, with pandem- go see them, especially when newspaper, is published they live far away, is really sad,” bi-weekly by North Shore Jewish Gold said. “It was hard to not Press, Ltd., P.O. Box 2089, see people I was super close Salem, MA 01970. with.” Periodical postage paid You Don’t Want Carpenter Orli’s mother, Amy Gold, at Salem, MA. serves as head of school POSTMASTER: Send address changes to at Epstein Hillel School in THE JEWISH JOURNAL, Ants Working on Your House. Marblehead, from which Orli P.O. Box 2089, is graduating from the eighth Salem, MA 01970. Let A1 grade. Circulation to Eastern She said she missed the Massachusetts and North of Jewish traditions at camp such Boston. The opinions of contrib- Exterminators as celebrating Shabbat. Except utors do not necessarily refect for a summer meetup at the those of the paper. The Jewish kick them out! beach, she missed her camp Journal assumes no fnancial friends. responsibility for typographical errors in advertisements, but Now, Orli is excited to see will print in a subsequent issue her counselors and her camp a retraction and correction of friends again, even under some that portion of an advertisement COVID restrictions. whose value has been affected. “I’m trying to not have too The Jewish Journal does not many expectations, just kind of endorse the goods and services advertised in its pages, and it go, and have, like, the best time makes no representation as to ever,” she said. the kashrut of food products and services in such advertising. Call A1. The Jewish Journal is the recipient of a grant from Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Get pest Copyright © The Jewish Journal (All rights reserved). free. Your tax-deductible gift P.O. Box 2089 helps keep our publication free. Salem, MA 01970 www.jewishjournal.org Donate now online, at www.jewishjournal.org, Phone 978-745-4111 or mail your gift to Fax 978-745-5333 Subscriptions x121 The Jewish Journal, Website admin x172 800-525-4825 P.O. Box 2089, Calendar submissions: www.a1exterminators.com Salem, MA 01970, [email protected] or by calling 978-745-4111. THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 9

REPORT: FOOTBALL TEAM USED ANTISEMITIC SLURS from page 1

Photo: Karen Wong Photo: Twitter The report also concluded that the team used homophobic slurs on the sidelines. Duxbury Football Coach Dave Maimaron was fired in the spring.

report has been prepared, relative to that the coaches were aware of the names of as well as homophobic slurs. In addi- lished to review and make recommenda- portion of the investigation relating to the plays and stated that their actions tion, the investigation determined that tions about the athletic program; some the football program and constitutes the in ending the use of the offensive terms profane language was used as slogans by coaches have participated in diversity, maximum disclosure we believe is possi- were inconsistent with the district’s poli- coaches and players, and sexually offen- equity and inclusion training program. ble under applicable state privacy laws.” cies. sive jokes and innuendo were also used Also, a group of coaches and players will According to the report “there was “The use of any religious, ethnic, by coaches in front of players. take part in a training by Northeastern’s sufficient credible evidence to conclude racial, or sexual related term as an audi- Also, the report determined that the Center for the Study of Sport in Society. that offensive and inappropriate con- ble or a nickname can be deemed offen- team recited “The Lord’s Prayer” before After the incident, several members duct occurred in violation of the School sive to a reasonable person and give rise games and held a team Mass at a Catholic of Duxbury’s small Jewish community District’s Vision-Values-Mission-Goals to actual acts of discrimination. The use church on the night before the annual called for a transparent investigation Policy, Harassment Policy, and Staff of seemingly benign religious terms for Thanksgiving football game, in viola- after they learned that “Auschwitz” had Conduct Policy, as the result of antise- plays and nicknames is no less appropri- tion of the district’s Non-Discrimination been used as a play for the town’s football mitic words and other references to the ate than using words commonly associ- Policy, Vision-Values-Mission-Goals team. Many also said they were disap- Holocaust by members of the football ated with racial or ethnic cultures,” the Policy, Staff Conduct Policy and School pointed that the players did not apolo- program. report stated. Ceremonies and Observances Policy. gize for their actions. While a few games “There was evidence suggesting that were canceled, some residents were sur- the use of this language was a systemic prised when the season resumed in April. issue and had happened at practices “I am glad the school released a report potentially as far back as 2010. Sufficient “Sufficient credible about the Duxbury High School foot- credible evidence was found to support ball team’s use of antisemitic terms. the conclusion that coaching staff were evidence was found to Emotions in the community are run- aware of the use of such terms during ning high. I was surprised and disap- practices.” support the conclusion that pointed to learn that religious prayers The investigation determined that coaching staff were aware and attending Mass were blended into there was not sufficient credible evi- the culture of a public-school sports pro- dence suggesting that these terms were of the use of such terms gram. While participation was optional, used during games in prior seasons. it is very difficult for student-athletes The report includes a section on “alle- during practices.” to opt out of events that are meant to gations pertaining to anti-Semitic slurs” – from the report be team building,” said Karen Wong, a and concluded that “it was uncontested Duxbury resident who is one of an esti- during the March 12, 2021 football game by Superintendent mated 60 Jews in the small southern between Duxbury and Plymouth North John Antonucci coastal town. “Since the public summary on March 12, 2021, an offensive lineman is only four pages of a 56-page report, I called out ‘Auschwitz’ to refer to a play/ hope the School Committee reviews the blocking scheme for the lineman.” full report in detail and takes appropri- The report does not state when the Duxbury Superintendent John Antonucci The report identified several “correc- ate action. Truth and accountability are team began to use the word “Auschwitz” tive actions” for the district to imple- essential.” in its play calling. But it did conclude The report also found that coaching ment. They include reviewing its athletic that the team had been using the words staff “engaged in profane and vulgar lan- program and its athletic program hand- To read a copy of Duxbury “rabbi,” “dreidel,” “yarmulke” and guage and condoned the use of profane book, coaching evaluations, and busi- Superintendent John Antonucci’s sum- “Hanukkah” in other plays going back and vulgar language by students,” and ness functions. In addition, an Athletic mary report, go to www.jewishjournal. as far as 2010. It also concluded that that profanity was used on the sidelines, Advisory Committee has been estab- org for a link.

AT YOUR SERVICE Buy Local & Become Part Of The Family Financing BAY STATE Available WINDOW FASHIONS 978-531-9144 ★ Nationwide Now carrying Ready Made Curtains Selected items 25% OFF Custom Draperies, Blinds, Shades & More! 978-741-0424 www.A-AServices.com Text us: 617shipcar 617 (7447227) Free Estimates & Installation CRANNEY HOME SERVICES HOME IMPROVEMENT 86 Tremont Street, Peabody Plumbing Heating Cooling Electrical Drain Cleaning WE HONOR ALL APPOINTMENTS • Chris & Barb Zorzy, Owners www.baystatewindowfashions.com 1.800.CRANNEY • cranneyhomeservices.com

Now providing free mobile estimates

& CONSTRUCTION LLC INTERIOR • EXTERIOR COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL Visit us today for all of your • auto body repair needs. Kitchens Bathrooms Small carpentry services • Quality work All insurance companies accepted! Licensed • Fully insured • Free estimate Additions • Decks MARBLEHEAD SWAMPSCOTT 10% OFF YOUR JOB (mention this ad) 218 Beacon St. 201 Essex St. 781-631-7555 781.631.2218 781.595.5300 781.598.5989 617-257-6155 • gagospainting.com www.raffaeleconstruction.com www.precisionremodelingmhd.com [email protected] marbleheadcollision.com swampscottcollision.com 3/16 10 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 ARTS

A modern spin on Chekhov, who’s played by Mikhail Baryshnikov

By Jules Becker heated exchanges with wealthy JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT merchant Lopakhin – played with strong insinuation by re stage characters locked Nael Nacer. Nacer brings eye- in a kind of Sartre’s Hell catching intensity to his angry Aas in “No Exit?” Could memories of not being allowed they be Pirandello’s wander- in the kitchen of his serf grand- ers searching for a fresh exis- father’s employer and his sense tence as in “Six Characters in of triumph in actually buying Search of an Author?” Such the property. questions easily apply to the Mark Nelson captures the world of Anton Chekhov. Quite optimism and fondness for simply, Chekhov was Sartre and nostalgia of Ranevskaya’s unas- Pirandello’s theater precursor in suming brother Gaev, particu- exploring both existential angst larly in his fascination with the and human displacement. family’s heirloom bookcase. Now Needham’s Arlekin Baryshnikov’s daughter, Anna, Players Theatre – returning to displays Ranevskaya’s adopted Chekhov after its very thought- daughter Varya’s remarkable ful revival of “The Seagull” – is strength of character, while inviting audiences during the Melanie Moore as Anya finds all COVID-19 pandemic to inter- of her sweetness as her sister. act with the great Russian play- Jeffrey Hayenga is touchingly wright’s canon in an exuberant Mikhail Baryshnikov as Anton Chekhov in Arlekin Players’ “chekhovOS /an experimental game/.” fragile and lonely as longtime virtual effort called “chekhovOS family manservant Fiers. /an experimental game/.” Natasha will call on viewers Chekhov’s wife Olga in Russian tions and scenes from his plays. Chekhov described his plays The play – a concoction of with smartphones to make with subtitles. The gifted danc- The result is that the excerpts as comedies, while his Russian theater, film, and video game such choices as from which er-actor brings rich expres- from the letters and images of theater collaborator, Konstantin – has the Russian playwright’s play the insecure characters sion to Chekhov’s rhapsodizing Baryshnikov’s Chekhov add Stanislavski, called them trag- characters rebel against their will come. Should the choice be about an almond tree in bloom perspective to the production’s edies. No matter where the creator, portrayed by the for- “The Cherry Orchard,” audience and detailing his ongoing exploration of his notions of audience stands, Golyak and mer Russian ballet star, Mikhail members also will be deciding work to complete “The Cherry comedy and the fortunes of his company provide entertaining- Baryshnikov. whether the title’s cherished Orchard,” which debuted in characters. Director of photog- ly, compelling evidence of both Conceived and directed by possession be chopped down 1904. raphy Guillermo Cameo has designations. Purists may scoff company artistic director Igor or not. While Chekhov, a tubercu- enriched the alternation and at the interactivity of Arlekin’s Golyak with narrative writ- Arlekin Players standout losis-stricken doctor, could exploration with sharp visuals. production, but “chekhovOS / ing by Tom Abernathy, “chek- Darya Denisova easily captures prescribe no cure for his own Most of all, the cast makes an experimental game/“ has the hovOS” begins with an actual Natasha’s energy and spirit. ailment – from which he died the characters in question seem kind of wit and inner life that character namely Natasha from Another key part of that same year – he was able to to come to life with all of their Chekhov would surely embrace. 1900’s “Three Sisters” announc- “ChekhovOS” involves the insightfully diagnose his char- reminiscences and resent- ing herself as “your lovely and playwright himself. Golyak acters’ melancholy and deep ments fully expressed. Jessica The production will air on talented host.” has Chekhov – portrayed with dissatisfactions with life and Hecht has all of Ranevskaya’s Zoom at 8 p.m. on June 20 and Tellingly, the Arlekin Players world-weary wisdom and stun- despair about their respective alternating grandeur and vul- 24. There is no cost but dona- production presents a sextet ning sadness and yearning by futures in his pioneering plays. nerability. Hecht is particu- tions are welcome. For the link, of precariously situated actors. Mikhail Baryshnikov – reading Golyak artfully alternates larly riveting as the return- go to www.arlekinplayers.com. During the 90-minute “game,” from his revealing letters to between the playwright’s reflec- ing orchard owner engages in Online antisemitism from page 6 with time for the students to Jewish Teen Initiative at process what they had learned. Combined Jewish Philan­ Lubarsky challenged the stu- thropies has been working with dents to think about how they its Peer Leadership Fellows and can work together with others community organizations to when they disagree, find com- create spaces and opportunities mon ground, and consider how for connection and conversa- they approach their discussions tion around combating anti- with others. They were encour- semitism and other hot topics. aged to reach back out with follow-up questions, especially Resources and opportunities as students will likely continue can be found at www.jewish- to be faced with antisemitism bostonteens.com. online and in the news.

SU• CHANG’S FINE CHINESE CUISINE Congratulations to All the Grads and Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads! REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY Come visit us and enjoy authentic Chinese food. Take-out always available. Temporarily closed on Mondays.

SUN, TUE-THURS 11:30am-10pm • FRI-SAT 11:30am-11pm Luncheon Specials: TUE-FRI (Hours may vary) TEL 978-531-3366 • FAX 978-531-3060 373 Lowell Street, Peabody, MA • www.suchangspeabody.com COMMUNITY NEWS THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 11 Looking Submit your events to [email protected]

Bay Area instructor James Sokol who and a columnist for the New York JLive to talk about his artistic journey FRIDAY JUNE 18 leads a journey through diverse genres Post, Haaretz and other publications. FRIDAY, JULY 16 from teaching Judaica workshops as JLIVE WITH PAINTER & of music – Broadway, pop, classical Israel. Visit www.jccns.org for more JLIVE WITH WOODWORKER, a Moishe House resident to balancing MIXED MEDIA ARTIST ADRIA and more – exploring the theme of information and to register. ARTIST AND MAKER EUGENE his love of mechanical engineering and ARCH, 12 p.m. Adria Arch is a painter the season along the way. $5 with ZELENY, 12 p.m. Expedition Maker woodworking. Free. To register: https:// and mixed media artist. Her work is advanced registration. For more SUNDAY, JUNE 27 contestant Eugene Zeleny joins us for jartsboston.org/event/jlive-series-virtual. represented in corporate and private information, visit www.jccns.org. , collections including the Boston Public JCCNS ANNUAL MEETING 10 a.m. Community is invited to Library, DeCordova Museum, the Federal TUESDAY, JUNE 22 celebrate collective achievements, Reserve Bank of Boston, and Fidelity the installation of JCCNS new board Corporation. Adria specializes in helping WE SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM! President Sara Winer andAhead board BLER TRAVEL students unlock their creative potential. 6:15 – 7 p.m. Temple Ner Tamid members, and to honor valued award Free. For JLive info and listing page with Religious School in Peabody invites recipients. Meeting is in person, and will links to register: https://jartsboston.org/ all prospective students and families be live streamed. RSVP to Stephanie event/jlive-series-virtual. to come and meet teachers, visit classrooms and learn about the Greenfield at sgreenfield@jccns. SUNDAY, JUNE 20 school. Temple Ner Tamid, 368 Lowell com. Visit www.jccns.org for more Always the Lowest Air Fares • Customized Individual & Group Tours St.,Peabody. RSVP 978-532-1293. information. Bar Mitzvah Tours & Ceremonies ONE-MAN SHOW: “THE MOM SHOW,” 7 p.m. Written ISRAELI DANCE GROUP, FRIDAY, JULY 2 EASTERN EUROPE and performed by New York Times 8 p.m. Temple Ner Tamid invites PJ LIBRARY BIRTHDAY-OF- Independent & Escorted Tours the community to its popular Israeli bestselling author and Tanglewood THE-MONTH PARTY, Festival Chorus tenor Michael Levin, Dancing group. All levels welcome VACATIONS & HONEYMOONS and no partner needed. Ongoing, 4:30 p.m. All PJ Library North Shore “The Mom Show” is a warm, emotional and Merrimack Valley children with Europe • Far East • The Caribbean • Florida • Arizona • Las Vegas rollercoaster with original songs written every Tuesday night. $2 donation appreciated. Questions, e-mail birthdays in the month of the party 617-738-0500 • 800-399-8467 and performed as a tribute to Michael’s are invited to join for a birthday mother and immigrant mothers of all [email protected]. Temple Ner www.bler.com • [email protected] Tamid, 368, Lowell Street, Peabody. bash. Free. For more information, backgrounds. Other dates: June 27 and contact Sharon Wyner at swyner@ 45 Bartlett Crescent Road • Brookline, MA 02446 July 11. $24. For tickets, go to: https:// lappinfoundation.org or 978-565-4450. themomshow.live. The Regent Theatre, WEDNESDAY JUNE 23 7 Medford St., Arlington. TEMPLE EMMANUEL FRIDAY, JULY 9 non dairy FITNESS FUNDRAISER IN CELEBRATES ITS VISIONARIES, JLIVE WITH WRITER, 7 p.m. Temple Emmanuel of Chelsea certified MEMORY OF LOIS SELIGMAN, TEACHER, AND STORYTELLER invites the community to a celebration kosher mk 9:30 a.m. Community in song, humor, and imagery of our JUDAH LEBLANG, 12 p.m. is invited for a Temple’s colorful history (Honoring Judah Leblang is a Boston-area writer, special morning the Past), community involvement teacher, and storyteller. His essays and celebrating the life (Embracing the Present ), and exciting commentaries have been broadcast of Lois Seligman. All NOT JUST CHALLAH AND ROLLS plans (Envisioning the Future) – all on 200 NPR and ABC-radio network proceeds collected made possible by our dedicated, stations around the U.S., and his at the event will go Fresh baked Pastries packed and ready to go visionary volunteers. To receive the memoir vignettes and essays have directly to the JCCNS. Zoom link to this event, go to: https:// been published in McSweeney’s and There will be a silent happy fathers day! templeemmanuelofchelsea.org. 400 Words. His latest one-man show, auction. Visit www. “It’s Now or Never: My Life in the Late “Bring your Dad” or “Dad Bring Your Kids” jccns.org for more information. UPDATE FROM ISRAEL: THE Middle Ages,” was called “intriguing” This Friday and/or Sunday and receive a free muffin NEWLY ELECTED ISRAELI by Winnipeg’s Jewish Post, Free. For JLive info and listing page with links to or frozen dough on us. No Purchase Necessary! MONDAY, JUNE 21 , 7:30 p.m. Lappin GOVERNMENT register: https://jartsboston.org/event/ Foundation invites the community to jlive-series-virtual. always freshly baked: BOSTON JEWISH COMMUNITY a virtual presentation by Ambassador VIRTUAL MAYORAL Ido Aharoni about the election of the • Whoopie pies CANDIDATE FORUM, 7 p.m. new Israeli government. The program, MONDAY, JULY 12 • 1/2 moons-chocolate or vanilla Presented by the ADL. Each candidate which is funded by the Dr. David • Challah for French Toast will have the opportunity to discuss their M. Milch Family Foundation, is free JCCNS WOMEN’S BOOK CLUB, personal priorities and hopes for the city and everyone is welcome. Register 1 p.m. Presenting “Crossing to Safety,” and more! of Boston’s Jewish community. When at LappinFoundation.org. For more by Wallace Stegner. RSVP to Sara you sign up, include any questions you information, contact Susan Feinstein Ewing at [email protected] for Zoom Sun. 8–2 • Mon 7–2 • Tues & Wed 7-4 • Thurs & Fri. 7–5 have for the candidates as they may at 978-740-4431 or email sfeinstein@ link. be incorporated into the discussion. lappinfoundation.org. 4 Lake St., Peabody | 978-535-5335 | zuckerfoods.com Free. To register for Zoom link, go to: https://adl.zoom.us/webinar/register/ PRIDE PANEL 2021: A WORLD WN_Nkj9K9pIQNiGKXMHIpb87w. OF CONNECTIONS TO LGBTQ & JEWISH PRIDE, 12 p.m. V V Presented by Keshet. Keshet hosts EVENT PLANNING representatives from four LGBTQ Jewish organizations located around the world. Free. For more information Justce of the Peace and to register for Zoom link, go to: Donna Kagan’s THE PERFECT VENUE “Your wedding done your way” www.keshetonline.org/resources-and- FOR YOUR EVENT events/register/pridepanel. Elegant Touch “A FISH TALE” VIRTUAL “THE DARING LIFE AND DANGEROUS TIMES OF EVE EVENT PLANNING SCREENING & DISCUSSION, ADAMS:” A CONVERSATION AT ITS BEST… 7:30 p.m. “A Fish Tale” is an intimate For all your documentary, filmed over the course WITH JONATHAN NED KATZ, Celebration needs CONTACT US AT of 10 years, about a family from Africa 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Center for Complimentary consultation 781.207.9353 by appointment who moves to Israel, leaving two of Jewish History. Acclaimed historian Atorney Todd Finn their children behind. A virtual Q&A with Jonathan Ned Katz has recovered the 781-631-6603 [email protected] CAFEESCADRILLE.COM/JWJ TheBostonJP.com | 978-836-9106 Israeli director Emmanuelle Mayer as extraordinary story of Eve Adams, part of Belmont World Film’s observance an early, daring activist. Born Chawa of World Refugee Awareness Month. Zloczewer into a Jewish family in Poland, Adams emigrated to the U.S. $14 per stream (includes Q&A) KAPPY’s-ON-CALL Tickets at: https://watch.eventive.org/ in 1912, took a new name, befriended Zayde’s Market belmontworldfilm. anarchists, sold radical publications MAKES Zayde’s Market and ran lesbian- and gay-friendly Your NeighYourbo rh oNeighborhoodod Specialty Fo oSpecialtyd Store: Wh Foodere TStore:raditional Meets speakeasies in Chicago and New York. ENTERTAINING EASY! Where TraditionalNon-T Meetsraditio nNon-Traditional!al! BECKY’S BOOK CLUB, Zayde’s Market Katz presents the first biography of Where QualityYo u r Neig h b o rhood Specialty Food Store: WhSeeere oTuradr Sitioalneals Meets& 7:30 p.m. Congragation Shirat Hayam WE CATER Adams, and the publisher reprints the Matters W E CANoTn-ERTraditi onal! S p eci a l s o n o u r of Swampscott invites the community Where Quality See our Sales & long-lost text of Adams’s rare, unique Prepared Foods web site to Becky’s Book Club, named after a MatterAlls OccasionsO c c W asion E CsA T ER Specials on our book “Lesbian Love.” Free. For more Groceries Pre p a r e d Fo o d s All O c c asion s a n d Facwebebo siteok. beloved congregant of blessed memory. GroceriesP l ai n & S i m p l e a n d F a c e b o o k. information and to register for Zoom Wines-Spirits-Beer Plain & SimplePlain & Simple J oi n O u r B l o g The book “The Family Upstairs,” by Wines-Spirits-Beer Join Our Blog link, go to: https://programs.cjh.org/ Located at Cobb Corner ~ 15 Washington Street, Canton, MA Lisa Jewell will be discussed. For Located at Cobb LCoocartneed ra t C~o bb 1 5C Worneasr hi ~ng 15to Wn aSshit.ng Ctaontn Sot.n, C aMntoAn, MA tickets/life-of-eve-2021-06-23. www.zaydesmarket.com ~ 781-828-3530 more information and Zoom link, go to: www.zaydes m wawrwk.etzay.codesmm a r 7k8et1.co-8m28 7-35381-8280 -3530 https://shirathayam.org/book-club. 781-395-8888 x3 Free parking ~ Closed Saturdays THURSDAY, JUNE 24 SONGS OF SUMMER: A JCCNS COMMUNITY MULTI-GENRE MUSICAL CONVERSATION SERIES CELEBRATION OF THE To advertise in the Journal’s Event Planning directory, contact: WITH JONATHAN TOBIN, SEASON, 5 p.m. Celebrate the official 7 p.m. Jonathan Tobin, editor-in- [email protected], [email protected], or call 978-745-4111. arrival of summer and the longest day chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, Sunday 7AM - 4:00 PM, Monday –Wednesday 8AM - 7:00PM, of the year with popular San Francisco contributing writer for National Review Thursday 7AM - 7:00 PM, Friday 7 AM - 5/6 PM, Closed Saturday. Sunday 7AM - 4:00 PM, Monday –Wednesday 8AM - 7:00PM, Thursday 7AM - 7:00 PM, Friday 7 AM - 5/6 PM, ClosSeeed Souratur specday. i als and sale on our web site and facebook See our specials and sale on our web site and facebook 12 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 OBITUARIES

Celebrating the Life of Elaine Phyllis Goldsmith Nothing in life gave Elaine months, she lived joyously, hav- England coast was where she transitions. In the same spir- Lotz of Mattapoisett, her Goldsmith more joy than to ing an opportunity to visit with wanted to live. She chose Colby it, the Hoolimar was always a daughter Judy Matfess and her be surrounded by family and family from around the coun- College in Maine, where she welcoming place for family and husband Michael Matfess of friends. The life Elaine built try. Just weeks ago, Elaine went met Russell Goldsmith, her hus- friends to day sail or cruise with, Topsfield, and her grandchildren with her husband Russell grew to brunch at the Boston Yacht band of nearly 50 years. Russell whether it was Marblehead, Danielle and Joshua Matfess from a big heart to fill a live- Club, and after finishing her and Elaine settled on the North Maine, Nova Scotia, Cape Cod, and Paulaine Goldsmith. ly dining room table, a house lobster roll and watching small Shore where they raised their Europe or the Caribbean. And The family expresses its deep- that was home and “home away boats sailing on the harbor, children David, Susan and Judy in the winter, the ski house the est appreciation for years of lov- from home” to many, and a sail- commented how blessed she in Swampscott and Marblehead. Goldsmiths shared with another ing care to Dr. Joel Schwartz, of boat where there was always was in her life. It was a moment, Elaine assisted with office family was always open for fam- the North Shore Cancer Center, “room for one more” on board. surrounded by family, friends, work in the family laundry busi- ily and friends wanting to share and his staff; and to the caregiv- For decades of Thanksgivings, food and sailboats, emblematic ness and was active with the their company and enjoy the ers of Care Dimensions Hospice Passovers and family celebra- of the blessings Elaine found, League of Women Voters. She slopes. and Freedom Home Care, who tions, Elaine and Russell’s table cultivated and shared in the life also volunteered with transpor- Elaine was the peacekeeper assisted Elaine and her family in overflowed with food, family, she lived for 89 years. tation for immigrants newly set- of the family, as well as a mother, her final months. friends, guests, discussion and Elaine Mark was born in tling in the area. She was an avid sister, sister-in-law, grandmoth- A Celebration of Life is laughter. Columbus, Ohio, the daughter card player and made long-last- er, aunt, cousin, “other mother” planned for later this year. Early Thursday morning, May of the late Jule and Florence ing friendships in both a weekly and friend to so many over the Donations in Elaine’s 27th, Elaine passed away peace- (Schiff) Mark and the sister of Bridge Club with Russell and a years. Everyone in their extend- memory may be directed to fully with her children David, the late Leon Mark. The Mark weekly Canasta lunch group of ed family considered them- WGBH (www.wgbh.org), which Susan and Judy by her side. family lived in the Columbus women friends. selves very lucky to have shared brought much joy to her life for To her last day, Elaine lived suburb of Bexley. As a teen, Elaine’s claim to fame, how- in Elaine’s love of life with her. decades; and the Massachusetts at home in Salem, with the Elaine had gone on a family ever, was her own and her hus- While battling melanoma, General Hospital North Shore constant companionship of vacation to New England, and band Russell’s welcoming open- Elaine often quipped she had Cancer Center (https://nsmc. family and friends. In her final soon decided that the New door willingness to share their lived long enough for her “to rallybound.org), which provided home in Marblehead, their ski become a burden” to her chil- her with 17 years of exception- house and their beloved sail- dren, but their memories are al care. Those mailing checks boat, Hoolimar. Many family filled only with the blessings of may address them to MG NS and friends were welcomed into her company. Cancer Center, 102 Endicott St., the Goldsmith house when they Elaine is survived by her son Danvers, MA 01923. needed a place to stay due to David Goldsmith of Salem, her Arrangements were han- school, moving, building and/ daughter Susan Goldsmith and dled by Stanetsky-Hymanson or renovating a home or other her husband Nelson Hockert- Memorial Chapel, Salem. Arthur Greenbaum, 79, of Salem, formerly of Lynn Arthur Greenbaum, of Salem, vived by his brother Lawrence entered into eternal rest on June of Kingston, New Hampshire. 3, 2021 at the age of 79. Due to limitations still He was born on January 22, imposed by pandemic regu- 1942 in Lynn, the son of George lations, a private memorial and Ruth Greenbaum. He grad- service was held at Stanetsky- uated from Lynn Classical High Hymanson Memorial Chapel, School, and raised his family followed by a private intern- in Swampscott. He worked for ment at Pride of Lynn Cemetery 50 years at Tri-City Sales, forg- on June 7. ing both business and personal In lieu of flowers, expres- friendships that spanned many sions of sympathy may be made years. Arthur loved fishing, in Arthur’s memory to Care bowling and his annual trips Dimensions Hospice Support to Disney World with his fam- Services, 75 Sylvan St., B-102, ily. He cherished his time spent Danvers, MA 01923 (https:// with family, friends, colleagues www.caredimensions.org/giv- and clients. ing/ways-to-give/memorials. Arthur is survived by his cfm). beloved wife Barbara Gail Arrangements were han- (Krasnow) of Salem. He is also Mindi and her husband dled by Stanetsky-Hymanson survived by his three chil- Matthew Barrett of Danvers, as Memorial Chapel, Salem. For dren Jeffrey and his husband well as his grandchildren Kylie more information or to register Walter Cousineau of Sonoma, Barrett and Persephone Man- in the online guestbook, visit California, Gary and his wife Greenbaum, and two great- www.stanetskyhymansonsalem. Winnie Man of Beverly, and grandchildren. He is also sur- com. PRIDE OF LYNN CEMETERY AND CHEVRA MISHNA Henry Kaplan, 89, of Peabody, formerly of Cambridge 89 LAKE SHORE ROAD, LYNN, MA 01904 Henry Kaplan, of Peabody, his apple pie was his grand- the son of the late Ida (Neiman) children’s favorite. Henry also ServingServing Boston Boston and and the the Greater North North Shore Shore and George Kaplan, died peace- enjoyed time in his woodwork- JewishJewish and and Interfaith interfaith families since since 1920. 1920. fully at home with his wife by ing shop, where he made fur- his side on June 1, 2021 at the niture for all the grandchildren. CompassionateMultiple lots available personalized with service. competitive Individual pricing and age of 89. He cherished his time Traditionalmultiple burials lots andavailable inurnments with competitive (cremations) pricing. available. Beloved husband of Leona spent with family, friends, and Kaplan, with whom he shared respected colleagues. 66 wonderful years of marriage. A funeral service for Henry ASK ABOUThapel OUR PRE-PLANNINGenovations SAVINGS. CCREMATION ROPTIONS AVAILABLE. Left to cherish his memory was held on June 4 at Temple are his daughters Jenny Roney Ner Tamid, Peabody, with inter- aReNo synagogue almost or temple affiliationComplete required. and Phyllis Levine (Arthur), his ment at Roxbury Mutual Ceme­ [email protected] for our announcement of daughter-in-law Robyn Kaplan, bridge, and graduated from tery, 19 Washington St., Woburn. and grandchildren Heather Rindge Technical School and In lieu of flowers, expressions (978)our rededication594-4249 • www.prideoflynn.org of our new chapel. Roney, Spencer Roney, Samuel Northeastern University. He of sympathy may be made in Levine (fiancée Sarah Semel), raised his family in Peabody, Henry’s memory to Temple Ner Leah Zwemke (fiancé Eric spending the majority of his Tamid, 368 Lowell St., Peabody, Heath), Becah Kaplan, Noah free time at Temple Ner Tamid, MA 01960, or to a charity of your Kaplan, and Kaleb Kaplan. where he was president dur- choice. Завершается Ремонт Часовни Henry was predeceased by his ing the synagogue’s early years. Arrangements were han- Следите за объявлением son George Kaplan, his grand- Henry worked for 50 years as a dled by Stanetsky-Hymanson daughter Suzannah Levine, heating and cooling engineer Memorial Chapel, Salem. For об освящении нашей новой часовни. his brothers Sumner Kaplan with both Portland Pipe and more information or to register (Shirley) and Leonard Kaplan Metropolitan Pipe and Fitting. in the online guestbook, visit (Marion), and his son-in-law In addition to golf and travel, www.stanetskyhymansonsalem. Brian Roney. he loved cooking special dish- com. Продажа мест на кладбище по доступным ценам Henry grew up in Cam­ es for his family and friends; Традиционные похоронные услуги и кремация Членство в синагоге не требуется The Jewish Journal prints obituaries up to 200 words for $100; longer submissions will be charged accordingly. Paid obituaries will also be posted online at www.jewishjournal.org. No synagogue or temple affliation required Photographs cost $25 each; emailed photos should be sent as jpeg or tiff files. [email protected] Submissions are subject to editing for style and space limitations. For further information, 978-594-4249 • www. prideofynn.org contact your local funeral home, or email [email protected]. OBITUARIES THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 13

Rina Spence, first female hospital president in the state

By Bette Keva old Palestinian-Jewish fam- getting patients, but they didn’t time in their second home in JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT ily originating in Yemen on one turn a profit fast enough for St.-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in south- side and Hebron on the other. the investors,” said Rebecca. In ern France and vacationed in Rina Spence, a pioneer in Rina’s paternal great-grandfa- a heartbreaking turn of events, the Maldives. Rina made many women’s health care and the ther was Jacob Adler, a famous the venture ended after three friends all over the world, first female hospital president Yiddish writer in New York who years. including in Monaco, where, in the state of Massachusetts, was a columnist for the Yiddish Fast-paced and driven, Rina after meeting the ambassador to passed away on June 10 in Forverts. His grandson, Samuel never slowed down. She rein- the U.S., she earned the title of Cambridge. She was 72. Klausner, was a young Zionist vented herself as a health care honorary consulate of Monaco The cause of death was can- who left New York for Jerusalem, consultant and an international in Boston. “She was the ultimate cer, according to her daughter, where he met a sabra, Bracha figure in Europe and the Middle networker,” said Rebecca. Rebecca Spence. (Turgeman) Klausner, whom East, bridging cultural gaps and Rina Spence is survived by Born on Oct. 24, 1948, after he married in Tel Aviv. In 1948, mentoring young women across her husband, Gary Countryman; her parents met in Jerusalem, the year the state of Israel was the globe. In the early 2000s, her son, Avi Garbow, and daugh- Rina Spence, née Klausner, had created, the couple took a ship she worked in Saudi Arabia as ter-in-law, Nancy Anderson, a storied career in public ser- to New York so their daughter, a health care advisor to a global of Washington, D.C.; her son, vice that took her from Boston Rina, would be born in America. company, and ultimately con- Adam Spence, and daughter-in- to Monaco to the Middle East, Rina spoke Hebrew and had an sulted to health care organiza- law, Ann Spence, of New York; where she worked as a health early education in Israel, but tions in Egypt and the United her daughter, Rebecca Spence, care advisor. the family eventually settled in Rina Spence with her grand- Arab Emirates. of Taos, New Mexico; her father, Rina served for ten years as New York. daughter, Eliza Spence, who In 2008, she married Gary Samuel Klausner; her sis- the chief executive officer of Rina graduated from Boston recently marked her bat mitzvah. Countryman, former CEO ters, Tamar Klein and Daphne Emerson Hospital in Concord, University and began her of Liberty Mutual Insurance Klausner; her brother, Jonathan and later founded the Spence career as a teacher. In 1972, children. “She worked all the Company. The couple enjoyed Klausner; and six grandchildren. Centers for Women’s Health, at the age of 24, she founded time. She was a high-powered which combined Eastern and New Perspectives School in career mom,” said Rebecca. “But Western medicine, creating Brookline, a private high school she was always close by, and a holistic model for women’s for emotionally troubled teen- when I went to middle school, INDOOR SHOWROOM health care. agers (now the Beacon School in she made my lunch every day HUNDREDS OF MEMORIALS As Rina was nearing the end Watertown). She earned a mas- before going to work.” of her two-year struggle with ter’s degree in public admin- In 1996, after leav- NO SUB-CONTRACTING cancer, she was determined to istration from the Harvard ing Emerson Hospital, Rina IN-HOUSE DESIGN & MANUFACTURING live long enough to attend her Kennedy School, and worked founded the Spence Centers granddaughter, Eliza Spence’s in Massachusetts state govern- for Women’s Health, a for- bat mitzvah, which she did last ment, where she met and later profit chain with locations in O’ROURKE BROS. MEMORIALS month in New York. “It’s what married Harry Spence. They Cambridge, Wellesley, and 73 North Street, Salem, MA ~ 978-744-0871 kept her going,” said Rebecca. divorced after 14 years. Braintree. With financing from “It felt like a miracle that she From 1984 to 1994, Rina venture capitalists, she rapidly made it.” served as CEO of Emerson expanded. “The Spence Centers ABATE MONUMENTS Rina came from a centuries- Hospital while also raising two were very successful in terms of 82 Elliott Street, Beverly, MA ~ 978-922-0517 Dr. Irving M. Marcus, 83, of Lake Worth, Florida, www.obmemorials.com formerly of Revere and Peabody “Serving the Jewish Community since 1890” Dr. Irving M. Marcus, of Lake Dear son of the late Julius and and spend time with his wife, Worth, Florida, entered into rest Faye Marcus. children and grandchildren. He on June 6, 2021 at the age of 83. Born on October 13, 1937, was loved by his patients and He was the beloved husband Irving grew up in Revere, gradu- colleagues in his practice and of Audrey Marcus, with whom ated from Boston College and the many friends he made over he shared 57 wonderful years NYU School of Dentistry, and his lifetime. of marriage. Devoted father raised his family in Peabody. He A graveside service for Irving of Aaron Marcus and his wife practiced general dentistry in Marcus was held on June 10 at Nancy, and Lawrence Marcus Salem and Peabody for over 40 Sudlikov Cemetery, 232 Fuller and his wife Suzanne. Cherished years. St., Everett. In lieu of flowers, grandfather of Gabby, Jackson, He was a dedicated mem- expressions of sympathy may Cameron, Skylar, and Charlotte ber of Temple Ner Tamid in be made in Irving’s memory to Family-owned and operated since 1933 Marcus. The loving brother Peabody. Irving loved to play the National Kidney Foundation of the late Renee Perkins and cards, golf, swim, follow his (www.kidney.org). brother-in-law of Ruth Katz. favorite Boston sports teams, Brenda Sidman, 72, of Scarborough, Maine, formerly of Peabody Brenda Sidman, 72, a long- Scarborough, Maine. time resident of Scarborough, Brenda was a loving wife, a Maine, died peacefully at home devoted mother, and a kind and on June 12, 2021 after a years- humane person generally. We long battle with pulmonary are all poorer for her passing. fibrosis. She was surrounded by The family would like to thank family during this, her last crisis. her doctors, Dr. Debra Fuchs- She is survived by Steven, her Ertman of InterMed, Dr. Mohr husband of 51 years, her daugh- of Pulmonology Associates, ters Jessica, Angela, and Hilary, and Dr. Bradley Wertheim of her brothers Kenneth and Gary Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Handelman, her sister-in-law We would also like to thank Rosanne Karp, her brother-in- the staff of VNA Home Health law Peter Sidman, five grand- Care and Hospice, especial- children, and numerous nieces, ly Palliative Care Nurse Sarah nephews, cousins, and a beloved Levy, and in the last week, the aunt. She was predeceased by the Hough School in Vancouver, dedicated hospice nurses and her parents Henry and Silvia Washington, and at the Reiche home health aides for their hos- Handelman, and her in-laws School in Portland, Maine. pice care. Their efforts eased her Max and Dorothy Sidman. Brenda enjoyed travel, and in final days and comforted the Born in Brighton in 1949, her later years was able to tour family. Brenda was a 1966 graduate the U.K., Belgium, Spain, and Funeral services were held on of Peabody High School and a Italy with her daughter Angela. June 15 at the Chapel at Maple 1970 graduate of Colby College. The photo in this notice was in Hill Cemetery, 99 Canterbury She worked mainly in payroll, fact taken in Milan. Road, Peabody. Interment fol- first for Realvest of Vancouver, She was excellent with lowed in Maple Hill Cemetery, Washington, for nine years, and money, and coordinated the Peabody. then for 19 years at TD Bank in refinance of homes in California In lieu of flowers, donations Portland, Maine, from which she (helping to pay for the kids’ col- in Brenda’s memory may be retired only two years ago. lege), and Maine. She was also made to Good Shepherd Food She enjoyed sewing, knit- primarily responsible for coor- Bank of Maine. Arrangements ting, and baking. All of Steven’s dinating two cross-country were handled by Torf Funeral socks were knit by Brenda. She moves, the sale of the home in Service, Chelsea. Visit www.torf- especially enjoyed helping oth- Vancouver, Washington, and the funeralservice.com for an guest- ers. She was a volunteer tutor at purchase of the current home in book. 14 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021

Bennett’s address regulating the Bedouin settle- against the wave of antisemi- disaster]. understand that violence will be ments in the Negev so that tism. We will safeguard the State Honored ladies and gentle- met with a firm response. That from page 5 Israel’s Bedouin citizens can live of Israel, the nation-state of the men. The government is setting said, security calm will lead to We will, finally, promote a in dignity. Jewish people, as a Jewish and out on its path as the great- economic moves, which will national plan for the north of Health Minister-designate democratic state. est threat to Israel, the Iranian lead to reducing friction and Israel, including establishing a Nitzan Horowitz will prepare the And that is just part of our nuclear project, is reaching a conflict. hospital and a university in the health system for a new age of plans. As I said, we are here to critical point. The Middle East To the Goldin, Shaul, Galilee. community- and home-based work! For everyone. has yet to recover from the Mengistu and Sayed families: Defense Minister Benny medical care, and together we From here, I turn to the effects of the first nuclear deal, The government led by me will Gantz will lead a process to sig- will prepare an emergency plan ultra-Orthodox community. which emboldened Iran to the work to bring home the IDF’s nificantly strengthen and build [against] future pandemics. You Although the ultra-Orthodox tune of billions of dollars, and fallen and the Israeli citizens up the IDF through a multi- can’t always know there will be parties chose not to join the with international legitimacy. held in Gaza by Hamas. We see year plan, which will include a vaccine, not every illness has coalition, that does not mean Iran, through its Quds Force in their return a sacred duty, significant investment in offen- a vaccine, and you have to be you are not represented – I will of the [Islamic] Revolutionary which should be undertaken sive and defensive capabilities. prepared to build on vaccina- represent you, we will represent Guard [Corps], has established out of responsibility. We must invest because the tions, but also on an organized you. The new government will terrorist outposts – from Syria, The government will work threats will not leave us. Our plan and not as we saw in the respect the study of Torah – the through Gaza and Lebanon and to establish and expand peace soldiers deserve the best and last year. Torah which kept us safe for so to Yemen. Renewing the nuclear agreements with the Arab states, most advanced equipment in We will accelerate the pace many years in exile – and at the deal with Iran is a mistake that to increase regional economic, the world. of building homes in Israel. The same time will work to remove will once again lend legitimacy entrepreneurial and cultural We will work to upgrade government will take the ini- the barriers which prevent the to one of the most discrimina- cooperation, and to deepen the Israel’s public transport sys- tiative, remove obstacles and ultra-Orthodox community’s tory and violent regimes in the direct connection between the tem, led by Transport Minister- allow for extensive construction integration into the employ- world. peoples of the region, such as designate Merav Michaeli. throughout the country, in order ment market and Israeli society. Israel will not allow Iran to be the connection between the cit- We will strengthen the build- to put the brakes on the rise in Instead of perpetuating the equipped with nuclear weap- izens of Israel and the citizens ing of communities across the the cost of housing. There has same methods, we will have the ons. Israel is not party to the of the United Arab Emirates. Land of Israel. We will ensure been a slowdown in the build- opportunity to address the deep agreement and will maintain Dear friends, on behalf of us Israel’s national interests in Area ing of houses in the last year problems which burden ultra- full freedom to act. all, I want to thank the president C – and we will increase stan- – we should be seeing the oppo- Orthodox society, key among Last month, we received a of the United States of America, dards to that end after much site. We should have increased them the housing crisis. The reminder that the conflict with Joe Biden, for standing along- neglect in this area. the building, there is a deficit pace of construction of apart- the Palestinians is still here. We side Israel during the last opera- And yes, my friends, we will in housing which drives up the ments, neighborhoods and cit- must remember, and remind tion in Gaza, “Guardian of the open a new page in the rela- prices, and no propaganda will ies simply does not keep up the world, that our enemies Walls,” and for his longstanding tions between the State of Israel hide that. Therefore, we will up with natural growth, and there deny our very existence in the commitment to the security of and the country’s Arab citizens. the pace of construction to put is room for the establishment of Land of Israel, and that this is Israel. The Arab community will be the brakes on the rise in prices, new ultra-Orthodox neighbor- not a dispute over territory. President Biden said dur- represented in the coalition by and allow young people – who hoods, and even a new city in We need military strength, ing the operation, “Until the Mansour Abbas and his party. serve in the army, fulfill reserve Israel. civil resilience and a belief region says, unequivocally, This is a process [for which] duty, pay their taxes, yet have I was asked by the father in the justness of our path at they acknowledge the right of I must give credit to Prime no chance of building a house of Eliyahu Shmuel, of blessed times when the conflict raises Israel to exist as an independent Minister Netanyahu, who held a [to do so]. So yes, we need to memory – a 16-year-old ultra- its head. I hope the ceasefire in Jewish state, there will be no groundbreaking series of meet- deal with this. Orthodox boy, who was killed the south is maintained. But if peace.” It is important that this ings with Mansour Abbas, who The government will work to in the Meron disaster – to com- Hamas again chooses the path message be heard, and internal- extended a hand. This was the promote Jewish immigration to memorate him in my swearing- of violence against Israeli civil- ized, in the Middle East. right thing to do. We understand Israel, and the best integration in address. Eli was a sweet child. ians, it will encounter a wall of We greatly appreciate the the plight and needs of the Arab for them. He always helped his friends iron. Violence and terrorism are support of the United States, society. The fight against crime We will strengthen the bond and saw the good in everyone. not a natural phenomenon or our greatest friend. My gov- and violence, the housing crisis, between the State of Israel and We will not forget Eli, and we destiny with which we are sup- ernment will make an effort to the gaps in education and infra- the Jews of the Diaspora. We will will not ignore his death. A State posed to just come to terms. The deepen and nurture relations structure – will be addressed. care for our brothers and sisters Commission of Inquiry will be Palestinians must take respon- with our friends in both par- We will begin the process of around the world, we will fight set up [to investigate the Meron sibility for their actions, and ties – bipartisan. If there are disputes, we will manage them with fundamental trust, and CAREGIVER HOME CARE mutual respect. My fellow members of Certifed Male Home Health Aide The First Choice for Knesset, in light of the ongo- Loving, Compassionate 12 years experience working with ing turbulent debate, the people HEALTH Home Care on the males. Available on the North Shore. North Shore are looking to the House. Let Known for fexibility, honesty and us maintain respectful debate. reliability. Reasonable rates. Specializing in Companionship, Meal Prep, Transportation, Bathing & Hygiene, Mobility & Toileting Assistance I understand those for whom References available on request. SERVICES 781.691.5755 today is difficult, but friends, Call or text Dan (978) 828-2742 NorthShore.FirstLightHomeCare.com this is not a day of mourning. There is no [2005 Gaza] dis- HOME HEALTH CARE HOME HEALTH CARE SENIOR CARE engagement here. There is no harm being caused to anyone. There is a change of govern- ment in a democracy. That’s it. And I assure [you] it is a gov- 781-639-4759 ernment that will work for the VNA www.confdentialcareathome.com sake of all the people. We will do all we can so that no one Hospice Specializing in Home Health Service since 1997 “WHERE CARING COMES FIRST” should have to feel afraid. We Palliative Care are here in the name of good, Private Services OPTOMETRIST and to work. And I say to those Complimentary Nursing Evaluation who intend to celebrate tonight, Dr. Philip Linsky don’t dance on the pain of oth- For ALL Your Eye Exams, Contact Lenses, ers. We [are] not enemies, we Home Care Needs! Fashion Eye Wear ASSISTED LIVING SHORT-TERM REHAB are one people. Delivering Excellence in 238 Humphrey Street, Swampscott AND MEMORY SUPPORT AND LONG-TERM CARE Now, hours before accepting Home Care for Over 100 Years! this responsibility, I pray to God 781-598-2454 | www.allcare.org (781) 592-6633 Cohen Florence Levine Leonard Florence that He grant me wisdom and Most Vision Plans Honored Estates Center for Living understanding to lead the State 617-887-0826 617-887-0001 of Israel. HOME HEALTH CARE ORTHODONTIST “Heavenly Father, Rock and Florence & Chafetz Katzman Family Center Redeemer of Israel, bless the Specialized Care for Living State of Israel, the first flourish- 617-887-0826 617-884-6766 ing of our redemption, guard it in your abundant kindness, Harriett and Ralph Kaplan Jeffrey and Susan Brudnick We understand how important it is spread over it the shelter of Your Estates Center for Living to fnd the best quality care for a loved peace. Send forth Your light one needing assistance. Caring for our 978-532-4411 978-471-5100 and truth to its leaders, min- clients with personal attention and isters and advisers, and grace compassion is our highest priority. ADDITIONAL SERVICES them with Your good counsel. SERVICES AVAILABLE: Strengthen the hands of those To advertise Shapiro-Rudolph Adult Day Health Center | 978-471-5180 who guard our holy land, grant Home Health Aides • them deliverance and adorn Companion Services • 24-Hour Care • Chelsea Jewish Hospice and Palliative Care | 617-889-0779 in this Directory, them in victory. Give peace in Respite Care • Special Care Chelsea Jewish Visiting Nurse Agency | 617-889-8744 for Alzheimer’s & Dementia call the land, and grant its inhabit- ants eternal happiness.” For a FREE assessment or more information: 978-745-4111 chelseajewish.org With God’s help, we will do 978-922-0745 or 800-281-0878 and we will succeed. Amen. PEOPLE THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 15

A treat from the North Shore: a pizza feast for Israeli soldiers Ner Tamid marks Religious School graduation On June 8, a long table was set up at the entrance of Elyakim Military Base in Megiddo, located in the Lower Galilee region of Northern Israel. The soldiers and community vol- unteers immediately jumped into action and passed out 60 pizzas, 120 cans of soda, and 150 ice cream bars – serving more than 150 soldiers current- ly training at the base. Soldiers promptly followed their orders to relax and enjoy all of their wonderful treats. They grinned from ear to ear, munched on pizza, sipped cold drinks, enjoyed ice cream, and chatted about their lives. Swampscott native Rebecca-Gil Spiewak, right, stands with soldiers Todah, or thank you, was the from the Elyakim Military Base. one word that was repeated over and over again. friends, and community. the base without a huge smile This celebration had strong In times like these, it is not on their face. We are very grate- local ties. Raizel and Rabbi easy to know what to do or how ful to take care of our soldiers Nechemia Schusterman of to help. Rebecca decided she and thank them for their service Chabad of Peabody graciously wanted to make a difference. It and hard work,” said Rebecca. offered to donate and spon- all started with a simple idea: Then Chabad of Peabody Temple Ner Tamid Religious School Graduates recently posed after sor this special event. The sol- How can we contribute to our reached out to Rebecca about completing their studies. They include Samantha Kaplan, Danny diers could not stop thanking local base in our community doing a similar event on the Karas and Callie Robbins. Chabad of Peabody and the and support our soldiers? How base. The goal was simple: Say Schustermans for their sup- do we bring about a smile? The thank you and make them feel port. They were all so happy obvious answer was pizza! appreciated and loved. The vol- and grateful. They also had Rebecca approached the unteers were thrilled to be able quite a lot of fun pronouncing Israeli Kesher Steering commit- to do this mitzvah, and support “Peabody.” Chabad of Peabody tee of one of the Jewish Agency’s the IDF soldiers who are work- is a name they will always Partnership2gether pro- ing so hard to defend the Jewish remember and appreciate. grams, P2G Yokneam-Megiddo homeland. The hope is to do This past May was very Atlanta-St. Louis, where she is another visit in the near future. intense and troublesome for also a committee member, to “When rockets were rain- those living in Israel and for join her on this project. They ing upon Israel, we discussed Jews around the world. Rockets immediately began a fundrais- amongst ourselves, what could bombarded Southern and er on May 20 to raise money to we do to support our holy Central Israel. There was civil say thank you to the soldiers brothers and sisters in the Holy NOW OPEN FOR unrest throughout the country. on Base Elyakim. The fundrais- Land?” said Rabbi Schusterman. Rebecca-Gil Spiewak, a er was an immediate success. “After watching so much horror INDOOR DINING Swampscott native, made People across Israel and the on social media, we wanted to Aliyah with her family four United States (and many from create some positivity on social years ago. Rebecca lives on the North Shore) donated to the media. Working with a former Kibbutz Ramot Menashe about special cause. North Shore woman, the idea We are offering 15 minutes south of the mili- “We are so grateful for the was born and all we had to do tary base where – despite some CURBSIDE support that we received to was pay the money and she tense situations amongst her ORDER ONLINE AT: carry out this beautiful mitz- took care of everything else. Arab neighbors – things were PICK UP www.fantasyislandsalem.com vah. Four days later, we filled “The smiles are priceless. Call us at relatively quiet. up one car with 60 pizzas and May our people never have However, the pain of war and 978-745-1700 516 Loring Avenue, Salem drinks and headed to the base. to know from such suffering uncertainty was felt through- to place an order. Tel: (978) 745-1700 There was not one soldier on again.” out the country. Israelis were Fax: (978) 740-9121 frightened for their friends and family. Locally, the residents of Megiddo and Yokneam were saddened by the loss of Omar HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! Tabib, an Israel Defense Forces Visit www.jewishjournal.org soldier who was killed by an anti-tank missile. He was from Elyakim, just down the road from Rebecca and the military base. A young man and sol- LISTEN TO COMMUNITY LEADER dier, he was loved by his family, JIM SHAINKER AND GUESTS DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS ~ LITERATURE ~ HOLIDAYS ~ The Jewish Journal will print POLITICS ~ ISRAEL ~ MUSIC ~ HALACHA ~ AND MORE Caffé Italia would like to thank all our loyal customers for supporting us. your news at no charge: L’CHAIM birth announcements, WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR engagements, weddings, JEWISH INTERACTIVE RADIO job promotions, special FRIDAY @10AM ~ SUNDAY @7PM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE events and other simchas. 980 AM / WWW.980WCAP.COM / ANY RADIO APP DINING AND TAKEOUT. Submissions are subject YOU CAN BE PART OF THE SHOW! Open for Dinner Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday 5 to 9 p.m. to editing for style and Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday 5 to 10 p.m. length. Send your news to Closed Father’s Day. Closed Mondays. [email protected], 10 School Street, Marblehead subject “People.” 781-631-5700 | www.caffeitaliarestaurant.com

JOEL WEINGARTEN Mortgage Solutions PRIVATE MORTGAGE BANKER customized to your NMLS ID#395556 personal lifestyle

429 & 315 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446 (978) 479-4689 (Mobile) • (844) 259-6608 (eFax) • [email protected] 16 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JUNE 17, 2021 H onorable Menschion: Rabbi Nechemia Schusterman By Steven A. Rosenberg and the spouse can play a supporting JOURNAL STAFF role if they choose, rather it is at least a 50/50 share effort if not more. In our abbi Nechemia Schusterman case, Raizel is creative and brilliant and has been the spiritual leader helps raise the standard of everything that we do, so I’d say she is more than of Chabad of Peabody R 50 percent. Her training as a Positive since its inception in 2003. He Psychology Based Life Coach has only grew up in Long Beach, Calif., helped since it gives her extra tools to where his father established the help others, and guide me as well when first Chabad center there. He I am struggling for an answer. received his rabbinic ordination in Israel. In addition to leading a You’re a rabbi and a mohel. congregation, Rabbi Schusterman Why did you decide to become is a mohel. He is married to Raizel a mohel? Schusterman, and the couple have seven children: Mendy, Mordy, That’s a great question. I can tell you Rochel Leah, Shaya, Levi, Sarah, this for sure, it was not one of those and Henny. things that I said, “I want to be a mohel when get older.” I had been a sum- mer counselor in camps in Russia and A A A Ukraine and had been up close and personal with brisim for a number of Can you tell me about your months. upbringing, where you grew up Then a few years into our work here and your family background? in Peabody, I broke my foot and had to leave for Pesach and we went to my I grew up in Long Beach, Calif., brother in Atlanta, who was already a number 4 of 11 children, to a family mohel, for the holiday. I accompanied that did Chabad work, so that is what I him to the bris, and I said, “Oh, that’s grew up doing and knowing and is all easy, I can do that.” So I asked my I ever really wanted to do. The com- wife how she felt about spending the munity was much smaller than it is Rabbi Nechemia Schusterman (front, middle right), Raizel Schusterman (front, middle summer in Israel to train and she was today, so I was friends with the other left), Henny, (far left), Sarah (far right); Top row: Levi, Mordy, Rochel Leah, Mendy, and extremely supportive. That was kind rabbi’s kids, and my neighbors on the Shaya. of all there was to it. I will say, it has block who were not Jewish and my helped me in my Yiddishkeit work as classmates who were not observant. and attention on his “frontline sol- Chabad, and that 75 percent of well as connecting unaffiliated Jews That was completely fine with me, as I diers” – those who would go out of the those involved with Chabad do with their local Jewish and Chabad didn’t even know that I was missing out comfort of the religious community to not identify as Orthodox. How centers across the state. on the pleasure of living in a religious do this holy work. At overnight camp, do you explain the attraction community – think Brooklyn. So hang- we shluchim kids were celebrated and You’re in your 18th year at of Chabad’s Orthodox Judaism Chabad. How have you been ing out with non-religious people felt glorified and I basked in it awaiting the to largely secular Jews? more comfortable to me than hanging day I could do it as a full representative marking the anniversary? with the religious. That sentiment has and not only my parents’ child. The Rebbe, my mentor and teacher, No doubt this year was one we continued into adulthood. The warm was also an incredible business vision- never could have fathomed or planned weather was a given, and though I had You established the first ary. Intentionally or not, he created a for. Nevertheless, as the late Rabbi lived many places and climates in the Chabad House in Peabody. model that has shown to be one that Jonathan Sacks said, “The answer to world, the long New England winters How did you decide to come to spawns more and more success. He why, is what.” I have no idea why this [as a long-term resident] were and still Peabody? created a decentralized system where pandemic happened, and literally just are jarring even today. Chabad of Peabody was established each Chabad center has the autono- as we were about to launch a year full My father and mother [of blessed in August of 2003 when Raizel and I mous ability to figure out how to con- of carefully planned programs and memory] and then my Ema, his sec- were invited by Rabbi Yossi Lipsker, vey the Rebbe’s one-of-a-kind love: to events dubbed “Year of love.” What I ond wife, were of the early pioneer director of Chabad of the North gently convey the values of Judaism, did know is we couldn’t let that bog us shluchim that helped establish the Shore, to establish a new center for Torah study and mitzvoth observance. down, and that we’d have to figure out Chabad community in Long Beach the growing needs of the Jewish com- Gently prodding people to advance what do about it. in August of 1971. It was a great life their Yiddishkeit at a pace they are munity. Prior to our time in Peabody, We did find a way to celebrate the as I recall it, though much of it was comfortable, but never being satisfied. we worked in an assistant position for year with many exciting activities as impacted by my mother’s early passing Rabbi Yossi’s sister and brother-in-law, While the “traditional” models of featured in a recent Jewish Journal arti- when I was only 10 years old. By the so when it became time to move on, belonging to a shul are struggling, cle. It included food giveaways for holi- time I came of age, they had already they made the shidduch, introducing and everyone is doing what they can days, multiple mailed offerings to all established a Jewish Day School in us to Rabbi Yossi. As they say, the rest is to shore up an old system, the Rebbe on our mailing lists [Chanukah, Purim, nearby Huntington Beach, and by third history. encouraged his followers not to be fol- Pesach, and more], a drive-in Jewish grade I was commuting daily to Los lowers, but leaders. If the old system movie theater, many online free Zoom Angeles – a 45-60 minute drive. Later Local Chabad centers are isn’t working, make a new one. Be events to carefully planned pandemic in high school, I joined the ranks of the evolving into many things – innovative and figure out how to do it safe events throughout the year. Our “Yeshiva Bochurim” Boys and stayed at a shul, a Hebrew School, an all better. To that end, if it means not plan is to conclude the Torah that we the dormitory in LA. adult education center. How having dues, so be it. If it means cre- began writing last August with a large My Yeshiva schooling took me from would you explain Chabad to ating programs that are not typically ceremony between Rosh Hashanah and Los Angeles, to France, to Russia, someone who never heard of associated with a shul, but are inviting Yom Kippur and a final in-person party South Africa, and finally I concluded the organization? to someone who is normally afraid of open to the community in November, my Semicha [rabbinic ordination] in a shul, do it. It can mean hosting an Entitled “To Life – Finally.” At the guid- Israel. I spent summers or short stints A Chabad house is all of the above event offsite at a nearby hotel if need ance of our closer friends and support- as a student assistant in England, Italy, but so much more. If we are doing our be to make people feel safe, regardless ers, we are deferring our 18th year gala Bulgaria, Ukraine and every country job right, it is a place that can fill any of how you do it, just make Jews feel dinner till next year so that all can feel in the southern half of Africa, from Jewish need that a person might have. welcomed. safe to come out and celebrate. Malawi and south. I even made an Essentially, we are a lean machine, The only strict and nonnegotiable unscheduled stop due to airplane not bogged down by boards and rules, rule is that whatever you do must When you’re not in synagogue, mechanical failure in Malta, where I got and can pivot to create as many on- adhere to the strict guidelines of how do you like to best spend to spend a day. I have managed to get ramps or entry points for every Jew that Halachah. Everyone responds to warm, your time? around a bit. moves. At every juncture in life, there authentic care and consideration. A is a need for Yiddishkeit. From birth, I love to read, write, and learn, and I began my post of Chabad shaliach and good spiritual hug [and sometimes to Mommy and Me, schooling, rela- laugh. I have written a number of arti- rabbi in August of 2003. physical hug] can accomplish more tionships, marriage, illness and, sadly, than you can imagine. cles for Chabad.org, the most trafficked Did you always want to be a death. In our signature loving and non- Jewish website out there, and I am judgmental way, people find that they Your wife Raizel Schusterman, within a year of completing the entire rabbi? can approach a Chassidic Orthodox who is a Positive Psychology Talmud. About a year and a half ago, I always knew I wanted to be a part rabbi in a safe way for direction, guid- Based Life Coach, has been I joined an eight-year study program of the [Lubavitcher] Rebbe’s Army. I ance, love, and support to help them your partner in building to complete the Lekkutei Sichos, the didn’t know the specifics – rabbi, direc- through whatever life brings. Chabad of Peabody. What role central work of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s tor of a school, or another position that A recent Pew survey found that has she played in the process? teachings. I like to spend time with my would allow me to serve others – but I children and my wife. Travel is some- knew that I wanted to be a part of that 38 percent of American Jews At Chabad, the rabbi and rebitzen thing I am looking forward to resuming special group. The Rebbe heaped praise had engaged in some way with are a team. The rabbi is not “in charge” more of as the kids get older.