November 24-30, 2017 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLVI, Number 47 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK Community Chanukah Celebration to be held on Dec. 13 at the JCC The annual Community Chanukah emy, as well as a showing of the annual Celebration, which is being co-sponsored community Chanukah video, all in the by the Jewish Community Center and the JCC’s Auditorium. Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton, The torch walk will take place from will take place at the JCC, 500 Clubhouse 5:15-5:30 pm, followed by entertainment Rd., Vestal, on Wednesday, December 13, from 5:30-6 pm, at which time the food from 5:15-7 pm. buffet will open. Food tickets will be sold The evening will begin with the Cha- for $8 per person, $6 for seniors and chil- nukah torch walk during which children dren, with a family maximum of $28, and and teens from the community will lead a will include holiday food and more. There procession of lights from the entrance of will be games, face painting and arts and Temple Israel’s parking lot to the front of crafts, as well as dreidels and chocolate the JCC. There will be a brief ceremony gelt while they last. with music and recitations, after which Reservations are appreciated and can there will be performances by the JCC be made by calling the JCC office at Teens from the community held torches at last year’s opening ceremony for the Community Early Childhood Center and Hillel Acad- 724-2417. Chanukah Celebration. Temple Beth-El, Ithaca, to host Chanukah Festival and Book Fair on Dec. 10 On Sunday, December 10, from 9 am-3 ages. Woven into the concert will be the pm, Temple Beth-El, Ithaca, will hold its telling of a holiday story. From 1:30-3 pm, annual Chanukah Festival and Jewish Book families and young people can enjoy craft Fair in anticipation of the holiday, which activities. “Make a gift to take home for a At right: The will begin this year on the evening of Tues- loved one!” organizers said. Ithaca College day, December 12. The temple is located The book fair will offer many different Klezmorim at the corner of Court and Tioga streets in types of books, seeking to appeal to varied performed downtown Ithaca. Jewish interests. Volunteers from the Sister- during the “Drop in and you’ll find a lively indoor hood of Temple Beth-El selected the books Chanukah market where the scents of holidays foods and worked with Buffalo Street Books to Festival in mingle with the melodies of a special hol- provide access to volumes rarely found in 2016. iday concert and the beauty of handmade local bookstores. Genres covered include gifts for sale,” said organizers of the event. fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks and books for The main attractions are a day-long holiday grade school, middle and young adult readers. crafts fair and Jewish book fair. The event is free, open to the public and Gifts for sale are all by local artists fun for people of all ages. “You are invited Federation board meeting and include jewelry, textiles, ceramics, air to enjoy the festivities, learn about Jewish plants, honey and other apiary products. culture and perhaps find the perfect holiday “Tom Roach will be present, selling his gift,” organizers said. open to community much acclaimed pottery,” organizers said. The Annual Chanukah Festival is sup- “Laurie Ament and Nancy Crane are also ported this year by the Temple Beth-El The Jewish Federation will hold a full board meeting on Wednesday, November returning artist participants. Naama and Gil and Congregation Tikkun v’Or. For further 29, at 7:30 pm. The community is invited to attend. Those interested in attending Menda return with their delicious honey.” information, contact Temple Beth-El at 273- should make a reservation by calling the Federation at 724-2332 so that enough At 12:30 pm, Max Buckholtz and friends 5775 or 257-9924, or visit the synagogue’s materials will be available. will provide a Chanukah concert for all website at www.tbeithaca.org. Spotlight Fighting food insecurity on the BU campus By Rabbi Rachel Esserman textbook their professor requires or whether ministrative fees with the dining service to According to a 2016 report by the Nation- to pay their bills for food or rent. It is difficult learn more about them and discovered one al Campaign Against Student Hunger and to put off buying said materials until you’ve fee is known as a “stealing fee,” something Homelessness, “food insecurity – the lack paid off your upcoming bills. There are no which bothered her. “They assume students of reliable access to sufficient quantities of payment plan options, you can’t always buy steal from them,” she said. “I have asked affordable, nutritious food – is common at used textbooks and professors sometimes them in the office in the past what all the colleges and universities across the country, don’t even use the textbook they required fees are, they mentioned there is an admin- potentially undermining the educational in their syllabus.” istrative fee and a few others, one of which success of untold thousands of students.” That means that some students are forced is a stealing fee built into the cost of the Lisa Appelbaum, a student at Binghamton to make difficult decisions on how to spend meal plan. On my bill from Binghamton, University and a volunteer leader for the their money. This is complicated by the just my meal plan is listed, but if you ask campus’ Challah for Hunger group, has way the food service works on campus. the meal plan office what all the fees are experienced this problem in her own life. Students don’t pay for the number of meals, – why I pay $650, but only get $400 to “I see food insecurity on campus since for example, paying for a set number of spend – they will explain what the rest of I myself am a student who is responsible dinners, lunches or breakfasts. Instead, they your money goes to.” The Challah for Hunger cohort from several for every aspect of my education,” Appel- purchase food items individually. Added to The website for the dining service notes campuses gathered together after a day of baum said in an e-mail interview. “At the that cost is an administrative fee. In order to that the students who choose the commuter education at the #RealCampus conference beginning of each semester, I hear many purchase $400 worth of food, students also semester plan receive a “significant discount for food and shelter insecurity across college of my peers discussing whether they want pay a $250 administrative charge. in the community dining rooms” and pay campuses. Lisa Appelbaum (kneeling) is the to pay for the mandatory exclusive edition Applebaum said she discussed the ad- See “BU” on page 10 last person on the right. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Making their mark History unearthed Making music Special Sections A look at seven Israelis who have A trove of 170,000 Jewish Members of an Israeli band don’t Legal Notices...... 4 made an impact on life in America, documents hidden from the Nazis let their disabilities get in the way Women in Business...... 5-10 from economics to music. and Soviets has been discovered. of touring and making music. Chanukah Gifts...... 11-13 ...... Page 2 ...... Page 7 ...... Page 13 Classifieds...... 16 Page 2 - The Reporter November 24-30, 2017 Seven Israelis who have made an impact on life in America By Gabe Friedman story. Israelis have made significant contributions to just in turn has influenced several other (JTA) – When Natalie Portman was named the 2018 about every industry and facet of American life, from ac- fields. His 2011 book “Thinking, Fast winner of the $1 million Genesis Prize, known as the “Jewish ademics to pop music. Here are some of those who have and Slow,” which summarized much Nobel,” it was in part an acknowledgment of her Israeli roots. had the biggest impact in American society while living of his research, has sold more than While the Oscar-winning actress mostly grew up in the 5,000 miles away from their first home. a million copies around the world. United States, Portman – née Herschlag – is also Israeli. Daniel Kahneman – economist, psychologist, author Few have had such an outsized Her father, Avner Herschlag, grew up in Israel, and her Human beings are not robots – sometimes they make impact on multiple fields of knowl- mother married him there. The family moved to the U.S. irrational decisions and they are always complex. That edge as Kahneman, 83, a Tel Aviv when she was 3. Portman’s facility with Hebrew was on idea might sound like common sense, but before econo- native who grew up in France during display when she directed and starred in the Hebrew-lan- mist and psychologist Daniel Kahneman started his Nobel the Holocaust and returned to Israel guage film “Tale of Love and Darkness,” based on the Prize-winning work in the 1970s, economics plugged people for college. He became a professor Daniel Kahneman in book by Israeli writer Amos Oz. into equations just as they would other sets of numbers. at the Hebrew University in Jerusa- 2009. (Photo by Sean She earned the Genesis Prize for “her commitment to social Kahneman’s work with his Israeli research partner Amos lem before moving to Canada in the Gallup/Getty Images causes and her deep connection to her Jewish and Israeli roots,” Tversky (he died from cancer in 1996) on concepts such as late ‘70s and eventually settling at for Burda Media) said Stan Polovets, the Genesis Prize Foundation chairman. cognitive biases and prospect theory helped change that and Princeton University in 1993. In 2002, he won the Nobel Portman is far from the only Israeli-in-America success effectively launched the field of behavioral economics, which See “Israelis” on page 12 Opinion The Shabbat revolution: a movement of unity, peace and connection By Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein inspiration of the Shabbat experience. Day in and day out, in through social media alone, he argues, is unlikely because JNS.org order to get by in this world, we spend so little time actively the ties between social media users are generally very weak. In a world that has experienced an inordinate amount connecting. The pace of modern life, and the tasks and re- Instead, real social change is achieved through the bonds of destruction in recent months, it might be difficult to sponsibilities that consume our lives morning until evening, that exist between friends and family. To illustrate this appreciate – or even think of – creation. are an intrusion; they prevent us from real connections with phenomenon, Gladwell looks at the Civil Rights Movement Hurricanes wreaked havoc on Houston, South Florida our family and friends, with God, and with ourselves. led by Martin Luther King Jr. – specifically at how the and Puerto Rico, among other places. Earthquakes dev- By giving us peace and tranquility, and diminishing the mass “sit-ins” at eating houses and other facilities reserved astated Mexico. Las Vegas endured the deadliest mass ever-present noise of the outside world, the restrictions of for whites mushroomed into a nationwide protest against shooting in modern U.S. history. Shabbat liberate us. At the Shabbat dinner and lunch table, segregation that changed the face of America. In these times of crisis and pain, we have also witnessed for example, no one has to answer the phone or rush off As it turns out, one of the world’s latest revolutions embod- some of mankind’s most admirable attributes: kindness, in the car somewhere. No one is distracted by the screens ies the aforementioned core human values – unity, peace and empathy, determination and unity. As disparate commu- of information and entertainment that saturate the modern tranquility, and real interpersonal connection. Since I introduced nities around the world banded together to assist the most world. Or take the prohibition on driving, which frees us The Shabbat Project in 2013 in South Africa, this worldwide vulnerable among us, I was reminded of how our sages to genuinely connect as we walk together side by side, call for Jews to keep a single Shabbat has grown exponentially. describe the ultimate state of unity “like one person with one instead of talking into the car speakerphone or rearview From October 27-28, this year’s Shabbat Project drew heart.” We are brought together through external trauma, mirror while we negotiate traffic. more than one million participants across 1,416 cities and whether it be natural or man-made disasters. It is the restrictions of Shabbat that afford us the oppor- 97 countries. It has been nothing short of thrilling and Yet healing must be about more than unity. To survive tunity to really live. deeply inspiring to watch this movement grow, as Jews and thrive daily, victims and volunteers alike – and those We live in a world that has become a constant feed of come together across every conceivable divide – l anguage, who fall into neither category – need to experience life’s digital information. With marvels of modern technology culture, ethnicity, geography and observance. simple, yet profound, gifts. Most prominent among them at our fingertips at any given moment, we remain glued to Fittingly, the unity of The Shabbat Project was on full are a sense of inner peace and genuine human connection. our devices, and cling to social networks such as Facebook, display in the places that are currently most in need of an There is nothing in our lives that better allows us to expe- Twitter and Instagram as if our lives depended on them. uplifting experience. Whether it was Houston, Las Vegas, rience these gifts than Shabbat. But Malcolm Gladwell, one of today’s most influential Mexico City or other sites of recent traumatic events, Justice Louis Brandeis, using a phrase coined by Joseph thinkers, asserts that modern technology might not be the key Shabbat Project activities served as a refuge and a safe Addison, the 17th century British poet, spoke of Shabbat ingredient to everyday success – or to transformative social haven, as well as a platform to bring communities together as “stealing a day out of life to live.” This is the special revolutions. Yes, the “Arab Spring” upheavals in Tunisia, in genuine moments of connectedness. The emphasis was spirit of Shabbat. On a day in which many of our routines Egypt and throughout the Arab world are widely believed not on destruction, but creation – or more precisely, on the are restricted – going to work, writing, cooking, driving to have been sparked by social media. In a 2010 article for day when God halted creation and commanded us to rest, cars, turning on lights and activating electrical appliances, The New Yorker, however, Gladwell examines episodes that and to enjoy life’s simple pleasures. In these turbulent among other things – we can discover that these restrictions illustrate a different narrative: the so-called “Twitter Revolu- times, we need Shabbat more than ever. are actually liberating; that it is the things we can’t do on tion” in Moldova in 2009, and the student uprising in Iran a Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein is the chief rabbi of South Shabbat which free us up to do the things we can. few months later. In a piece titled “Small Change – Why the Africa and the founder of the International Shabbat Project, Rather than impeding our enjoyment or creating incon- revolution will not be tweeted,” he notes that the role of social which took place in 1,416 cities around the world from venience, these regulations actually create the magic and media was negligible in both instances. Changing the world October 27-28 this year. In My Own Words Workplace harassment RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

I remember several decades ago a male colleague so many don’t. Every day another accusation appears of them have been acting this way for decades and there asking me, “How can you determine appropriate office – and it’s not just about those in Hollywood and the have been no repercussions – until now. behavior between men and women.” At the time, my entertainment industry. There are too many politicians We also need to remember that sexual harassment, easy answer was, “If you wouldn’t do it to a man” – being accused of harassment. That really bothers me: like rape, is not about sex, but about power. The abuser for example, put your arm around him, compliment These are the people who make our laws, the people who is forcing someone to do something they don’t want to him on his looks, etc. – “then you shouldn’t do it to a are supposed to set an example. Instead, they seem to do. This is because the abuser has power – economic, woman.” Never in my dreams did I think I would have think they are exempt from the rules they make. political or social – over the person being abusing. It’s to add, “Don’t touch her breasts or genitals, don’t ask Perhaps we need to consider a firmer line between a sad commentary on our society that so many people her to watch you perform private sexual acts, don’t....” work and our private lives. Perhaps there’s no place are coming forward to tell of the horrific experiences I think you get the picture without my having to more for personal relationships of any sort in the workplace. they’ve had with those in any position of power. We be explicit. Perhaps nothing except business should be spoke of in need to not only have clear rules, but to clearly enforce I find it hard to comprehend how people in positions the office. Of course, that’s silly because people have to those rules – no matter if the person is on the lowest of power don’t understand that sexual harassment is know when they’re stepping out of line; they just don’t rung of society, the president of a company or a member wrong. However, it’s becoming increasingly clear that care because no one has ever stopped them. In fact, some of government.

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Editorial/News Regular weekly deadline is noon, Wednesday, for the following week’s newspaper. www.thereportergroup.org November 24-30, 2017 Page 3 - The Reporter Hanukkah House Museum to open on Nov. 30 Temple Concord’s Hanukkah House World,” will feature displays of a variety of and Queen Anne styles. other life cycle celebrations, will be open Museum, a seasonal teaching museum Jewish foods and their origins. “Discover Additional exhibits will include informa- during museum hours except Saturdays. in the Kilmer Mansion, 9 Riverside Dr., what Jewish cuisine means and learn how tion about the historic aspect of Chanukah, Club leaders and teachers are welcome Binghamton, will open for its 21st year on it exists in all corners of the world,” said with the story of the holiday told in fabric, to schedule a field trip for groups of any Thursday, November 30, at 5 pm. It will Hanukkah House organizers. words, movies, a diorama and hands-on size to the museum. Tours can be scheduled close on Thursday, December 28. It will be Information from the 2014 Kilmer activities. There will be displays of dreidels, mornings, afternoons or evenings by con- open to the public Tuesdays, Saturdays and mansion and family exhibits will also be menorahs and yarmulkes. There will be a tacting Carol Herz at 222-7144. Admission Sundays from noon-4 pm and Thursdays on display. The mansion was purchased by “Kid’s Place” and Bobbie King’s dollhouses to the museum is free. A non-perishable food from 4-8 pm. Temple Concord shortly after the temple will return again this year. donation to CHOW would be appreciated. The 2017 theme, “Food for Thought: was established in 1950. It was designed The Judaic Gift Shop, featuring a wide Questions may be sent to Hanukkah.House. Exploring Jewish Food from Around the and built in 1898 in the Italian Renaissance selection of Judaica for Chanukah needs and [email protected]. BU Rabbi Moses Margolis Memorial Lecture to be held on Nov. 30 The Binghamton University Judaic Stud- Jewish kinship is primarily when we start to think of Jewish His published works include “Jewish ies Department will hold its Rabbi Moses understood as oriented toward genealogy and ‘blood ties’ as Families,” “Mornings at the Stanton Margolis Memorial Lecture on Thursday, the past,” said organizers of the oriented toward the future.” Street Shul: A Lower East Side Summer” November 30, on the BU campus, Library lecture. “Drawing on documents Boyarin is the Mann Profes- (see The Reporter’s review at http:// Tower Room 2207, at 7:30 pm. The lecture ranging from a late story by Grace sor of Modern Jewish Studies www.thereportergroup.org/Article.as- will feature Professor Jonathan Boyarin Paley, to recent ethnography of and professor of anthropology px?aID=2471) and “The Unconverted of Cornell University, who will speak on Yiddish philanthropy as fictive at Cornell University. His work Self: Jews, Indians, and the Identity of “Genealogies of the Future.” The lecture is kinship, to artistic re-imaginings centers on Jewish communities Christian Europe.” open to the general public. of a lost family album, Professor and on the dynamics of Jewish For more information, contact the BU “The work of determining lines of Boyarin discusses what happens Jonathan Boyarin culture, memory and identity. Judaic Studies Department at 777-3070. Dr. Jerry Schwartz to speak at Beth David luncheon on Dec. 9 By Dora E. Polachek hamton. Born and raised in New will also talk about job prospects er series takes place the second Saturday of On Saturday, December 9, Beth David’s Jersey, he completed his under- for doctors in Israel. “Everyone the month after Shabbat morning services, Luncheon Speaker series will feature Dr. graduate degree at the University who is curious about the ins and and is open to the community. There is no Jerry Schwartz, a local geriatric physician, of Rochester and medical school outs of making aliyah will find charge for the luncheon, but Beth David who will speak on “Considering Aliyah: A at the University of Burgundy in this talk fascinating,” organizers welcomes donations to the Luncheon Fund in Physician’s Perspective.” Schwartz will Dijon, France. He then trained in said. “There is so much to be order to keep the program going; they can be discuss his exploration of aliyah. internal medicine in New York learned from someone who has made in honor of or in memory of someone, “It is rare that we get a chance to have City, finishing at Montefiore returned to share his first-hand or to mark a special occasion. Tax-deductible speakers who are considering aliyah and Medical Center. After 16 years experience and answer the many donations can be sent to Beth David Syna- who can share with us the preliminary steps in solo practice in New Jersey, questions we may have.” gogue, 39 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY they have taken, and the thought process he moved to the Binghamton area Dr. Jerry Schwartz Beth David’s luncheon speak- 13905 attention: Luncheon Fund. that took place before, during and after,” in 2002. He has two sons who live locally. organizers said. “Usually we hear of people Last March, Schwartz went on an ex- wishing to make aliyah, and the next thing ploratory visit to Israel in order to get a we know, we are wishing them farewell.” first-hand glimpse of whataliyah entails. In A local internist and geriatrician with his talk, he will share what he learned about United Health Services, Schwartz works as the aliyah process itself, and what one needs the medical director of Bridgewater Center to do to obtain the necessary Israel medical for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Bing- licensing and subspecialty recognition. He Musical entertainment at next BD Sisterhood meeting By Paula Rubin sings with the Israel Philhar- The next Beth David Sister- monic Orchestra. He serves hood meeting will take place on as a cantor at Beth David Wednesday, December 13, the Synagogue during the High second night of Chanukah, at 7 Holidays, and as a cantor in pm, at the synagogue, 39 Riverside Prague during Passover and Dr., Binghamton. The program other official events. He also will feature musical entertainment shares his “lyrical tenor voice” by Rabbi Moshe Shmaryahu and with the children he teaches at friends, who will sing a selection Hillel Academy. of songs. 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Reading the short story collections for this review ‹‹ “SHHH,” a powerful story about Hannah’s desire for Many of the stories are moving, powerful and extremely helped me articulate what types of stories appeal to me. children when the probability of miscarriage is great. sad. “The War Ends Many Times” shows how war limits For example, I generally prefer those that have a real be- ‹‹ “Two Truths and a Lie,” which shows the different ways what otherwise might be the endless possibilities life could ginning and ending. However, I also found myself moved the Solonsky siblings react to the death of their father. offer. The different ways survivors approach their histo- by tales that focused more on emotion than plot – these ‹‹ “What Hannah Never Knew,” whose focus is on the ry – whether to affirm or deny it – is discussed in “Block brief descriptions would feel complete, even if the story older generation of Solonskys – their grandmother and Party.” In “Generations,” a French farmer learns how war left me wondering what would happen next. Sometimes her sister – portrays the way minor differences matter less can change his feelings for the land that sustained his beautiful writing made up for an absent plot; other times, when one nears the end of life. family for generations. A discussion of revenge dominates elegant prose couldn’t disguise a lack of cohesion. Still, it ‹‹ “You’re Next,” a look at how Eric’s wife and her mother “Hunger,” which questions whether punishment can ever is always interesting to see the different approaches writers work together to create a loving atmosphere for the next balance pain. My favorite story, “Heirlooms,” is a brilliant take when describing the joys and sorrows of daily life. generation, in spite of their different approaches to life. look at what happens when one leaves behind not only the “Bertrand Court” It was difficult to choose specific stories to spotlight country of one’s birth, but its language and sensibility. Michelle Brafman’s greatest skill is in portraying the because all of them were excellent. I did make frequent use While every story stands on its own, reading them to- conflicting emotions that often arise when dealing with of Brafman’s lists of characters, offered at the beginning of gether gave a better understanding of the unique difficulties siblings, spouses and parents. In the interconnecting sto- the book, because at times it was hard to keep track of the each generation faced. “Heirloom” is an excellent addition ries offered in “Bertrand Court” (Prospect Park Books), many relationships. However, this minor inconvenience to works about World War II and its aftermath. Brafman’s characters frequently feel equal amounts of love didn’t distract from the pleasure these stories offered. “The Guy We Didn’t Invite to the Orgy” and irritation for those closest to them. Her stories also show “Heirlooms” David Ebenbach shows his literary versatility in “The how easy it is to misinterpret other people’s reactions to The stories found in Rachel Hall’s “Heirlooms” (BkMk Guy We Didn’t Invite to the Orgy” (University of Massachu- an event, which leads to even greater misunderstandings. Press) also feature many of the same characters, following a setts Press), which won the Juniper Prize for Fiction: Short Yet, once in awhile, sparks of understanding and caring family through three generations – from Europe during the Story. Only a few of the stories feature Jewish characters. create moments to be cherished. Holocaust to Israel and the United States in contemporary However, what is impressive is the variety of content he The cul de sac Bertrand Court is located in a suburban area times. Hall’s ability to show events from several points of offers – for example, everything from an excellent portrait in Washington, DC, where several of the main characters live. view adds depth to her work – for example, a betrayal by of an awkward Jewish teenage boy starting to connect to The Solonsky family – siblings Hannah, Eric and Amy – tie a neighbor during World War II in “La Poussette” helps the opposite sex in “Eleven Girls” to the eerie and horrific together these stories about their spouses, in-laws, children, explain the desperate need to escape from danger shown narrator in “The Quiet House.” friends and former lovers. Among my favorite tales are: in “Leaving the Occupied Zone” and “Saint-Malo, 1939.” See “Stories” on page 11

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The County within the State of of Organization with the LLC filed with the NYS Secretary of NY 13754. Purpose: any lawful Surrogate’s New York in which the principal Secretary of State is November State (NYSS) on 11/06/2017. Office activities. 1. The name of the limited liability office of the LLC is located is 1, 2017. of LLC is in Broome County. NYSS ______Citations company (“LLC”) is White Broome. designated as agent for service of Lemon Real Estate LLC. 3. The County within the State of process against it. NYSS shall mail NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Changes 4. The Secretary of State of New York in which the principal process to 210 N. Nanticoke Avenue, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: The 2. The date of filing of the Articles the State of New York is hereby office of the LLC is located is Endicott, NY 13760. Business name of the limited liability company of Name of Organization with the designated as agent of the LLC Broome. purpose: any lawful activity is: Moonbeam’s and Dolliewinkie’s, Secretary of State is October 16, upon whom process against ______LLC (the “Company”). The date of Bankruptcy 2017. it may be served. The post office 4. The Secretary of State of filing of the Articles of Organization address to which the Secretary the State of New York is hereby NOTICE OF FORMATION OF of the Company with the Secretary Notices 3. The County within the State of of State shall mail a copy of any designated as agent of the LLC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: The of State was November 9, 2017. New York in which the principal process against the LLC served upon whom process against name of the limited liability company The county in which the principal Trustee office of the LLC is located is upon him or her is: 7806 13TH it may be served. The post office is: AATHC, LLC (the “Company”). place of business of the Company Broome. Avenue, Brooklyn, New York address to which the Secretary The date of filing of the Articles shall be located is Broome County. Sales 11228. of State shall mail a copy of any of Organization of the Company The Secretary of State has been 4. The Secretary of State of process against the LLC served with the Secretary of State was designated as agent of the Company Auction the State of New York is hereby 5. The character or purpose of the upon him or her is: 3849 Gardner October 3, 2017. The county in upon whom process against it may Sales designated as agent of the LLC business of the LLC is any Road, Binghamton, New York which the principal place of business be served. The Secretary of State upon whom process against purpose allowed by law. 13903. of the Company shall be located shall mail a copy of any process it may be served. The post office ______is Broome County. The Secretary against the Company, to Hinman, Foundation address to which the Secretary 5. The character or purpose of the of State has been designated as Howard & Kattell, LLP, Attn: Ryan Sales of State shall mail a copy of any Notice of Formation of a Limited business of the LLC is any agent of the Company upon whom M. Mead, 80 Exchange Street, process against the LLC served Liability Company (LLC): Name: purpose allowed by law. process against it may be served. The Suite 700, Binghamton, NY 13901. upon him or her is: 60 Sunrise KAM Realty Partners, LLC, Articles ______Secretary of State shall mail a copy The purpose of the business of the Mortgages Drive, Binghamton, New York of Organization filed with Secretary of any process against the Company, Company is any lawful business Foreclosures 13905. of State of New York (SSNY) on Notice of Formation of Oak Tree to Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, purpose. 10/18/17. Office location: Broome Capital, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Attn: Ryan M. Mead, 80 Exchange ______Place Your 5. The character or purpose of the County. SSNY designated LLC agent Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Street, Suite 700, Binghamton, NY business of the LLC is any upon whom process against it may 10/06/17. Office location: Broome 13901. The purpose of the business Notice of formation of a Limited Legal purpose allowed by law. be served. SSNY shall mail copy of County. SSNY designated as agent of the Company is any lawful business Liability Company. Name: Vrushiv, ______process to: LLC, Attn: John G. Dowd, of LLC upon whom process against purpose. LLC. Purpose is to engage in any Advertising in PO Box 1905, Binghamton, NY 13902. ______lawful activity. Office location is NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Date of Broome County. Articles of Org. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY dissolution: None. To place a legal notice, H&B RENTALS, LLC - NOTICE filed with NY Secretary of State Published by the OF FORMATION OF LIMITED (NYSS) on August 29, 2017. NYSS Jewish Federation UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED ______of Greater Binghamton please contact LIABILITY COMPANY (“LLC”) is designated as agent upon whom LIABILITY COMPANY LAW To place your ad, NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Bonnie Rozen at process against it may be served; 1. The name of the limited liability LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization of H&B NYSS shall mail service of process please contact company (“LLC”) is RRL1 UNDER NEW YORK LIMITED 724-2360, ext. 244 or RENTALS, LLC filed with the against the LLC served upon it to: Bonnie Rozen Services LLC. LIABILITY COMPANY LAW bonnie@ NYS Secretary of State (NYSS) 2409 Charleston Ave., Vestal, NY at 724-2360, ext. 244 on 11/08/2017. Office of LLC is in 13850. or bonnie@ 2. The date of filing of the Articles 1. The name of the limited liability thereportergroup.org Broome County. NYSS designated as thereportergroup.org. of Organization with the company (“LLC”) is Lumpkin & agent for service of process against November 24-30, 2017 Page 5 - The Reporter CJS fall program looked at legacy of Six-Day War

At left: Professor Assaf Harel discussed changes in religious Zionism today at the College of Jewish Studies fall program.

The College of Jewish Studies fall program was called Ben and Susan Kasper conversed with Professor Lior “Divided By Victory: The Legacy of the Six-Day War.” Libman following her talk on the impact of the Six-Day Professor Lior Libman delivered her talk on November 2. War on the labor and kibbutz movements. Temple Israel Sisterhood held programming meeting L-r: Chiam Joy and Rabbi Zev Silber talked with Professor Assaf Harel following his talk on November 9 on Zionism and Jewish settlers today at the College of Jewish Studies fall program. Community Calendar The Community Calendar can be found on the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton’s website, www.jfgb.org, by clicking on “calendar.” Updates or additions of events for the calendar can be made by contacting the Federation On November 14, Temple Israel Sisterhood held an open program meeting at which many of the members got together through its website (click on “calendar” and then “click here for a brainstorming session and explored creative ideas for future activities. Seated (l-r): Wendy Wolff, Lynne Green, to request a change to the calendar”) or by calling 724-2332. Moira Shirvan, Harriet Horowitz, Beverly Rozen and Lois Levitt. Standing: Nellie Roth, Julie Piaker, Barbara Gilbert, Marcia Hofstein, Barbara Zelter, Maxine Rosenberg, Ann Spitz, Bobbi Markowitz and Arlene Osber.

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From JNS.org disclosure of the Jewish state’s developing ties with Riyadh. In an interview on Nov. Israeli energy minister reveals Jewish state’s covert 19 with Army Radio, Steinitz, a member of the Israeli security Cabinet, was asked why Israel has kept its ties with Saudi Arabia secret. “It’s the other side that is interested in ties with Saudi Arabia keeping the ties quiet,” he said. “With us, usually, there is no problem, but we respect Israel has maintained covert contact with Saudi Arabia regarding Iran and other the other side’s wish, when ties are developing, whether it’s with Saudi Arabia or with areas of common interest, Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz revealed on Nov. 19. other Arab countries or other Muslim countries, and there is much more… [but] we Although high-ranking Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya- keep it secret.” In an unprecedented move the week of Nov. 17, Israel co-sponsored a hu, have often spoken in general terms regarding the budding backdoor diplomatic draft resolution against Syria that was submitted by Saudi Arabia at the United Nations relations between Israel and Arab states, Steinitz’s comments mark the first official Human Rights Council.

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Marilyn Bell (left) showed her raffle winning at the annual Beth David Sisterhood’paid-up membership dinner. Also Cathy Velenchik presided at the Beth David Sisterhood meeting preceding the annual paid-up membership dinner. L-r: shown is Susan Hubal. (Photos by Nancy Basmann) Marlene Serkin, Rita Bleier, Velenchik, Lillian Zodikoff, Ruth Goldstein and Valerie Preston.

At right: Members of Beth David Sisterhood at their paid-up membership dinner, which Musical Continued from page 3 was held on November 6. Kerry and Susan in an IDF paratroop unit, participating in several Israeli Wright were the cooks for the dinner. Seated wars, as well as in special operations in Israel and around (l-r): Miriam Alweis, Kerry Wright, Susan the world. After finishing his army service, he studied at Wright and Marilyn Bell. Standing (l-r): Susan Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv and Derby in England, Hubal and Saba Weisner. receiving a degree in Jewish studies, geography, geo- politics, Tanach and archeology, along with philosophy, economics and business administration. He originally came to Binghamton 25 years ago, where he taught at Hillel Academy for five years and also taught Hebrew at Binghamton University. A year and a half ago, he returned to this area to teach Torah, Mishnah, Gemara, Hebrew At left: Marie Werner and Judy Silber held and Jewish holidays, while injecting song into his lessons up their raffle winnings at Beth David whenever he can. Sisterhood’s paid-up membership dinner. The program is open to the entire community, men L-r: Werner, Judy Silber and Ilana Segal. and women. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call Beth David Synagogue at 722-1793.

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Stories Continued from page 4 Among my favorite works are “Out of Grapes,” a sweet Seasons Club” shows how people can become friends the world is filled with other people who also have their story that also offers an analysis of the ebb and flow of or, in this case, find themselves unable to connect. “The own desires and thoughts. His mix and match of different conversation during a party. A newly divorced man tries Match” is a wonderful story about the changes a seriously characters offers readers excellent insights into human nature. to find his way in the funny “The Vision Quest,” which ill woman wants to make before she dies. The Jewish nar- “The Worlds We Think We Know” leads him down a different path than expected. “The Four rator of “Hunting, Gathering” doesn’t recognize when her Many of the stories in Dalia Rosenfeld’s “The World We statements are funny (she takes everything very seriously), Know” (Milkweed Editions) feel like vignettes rather than but I also found myself moved by the story’s ending. complete tales. She also frequently doesn’t explain when Ebenbach manages to show how tricky life is because and where a story was taking place, which leaves readers to puzzle out the details. However, the more tales I read, the more satisfied I became. I’m not certain if it’s because of Food Continued from page 9 Rosenfeld’s beautiful prose or if her writing style grew on me. that period. The researchers noted that the desire and “The World We Think We Know” connects an Amer- ability to store food was an “important step” in humans’ ican volunteer in Israel to an elderly European and an Bronfman prize nominations transition to more complex social structures, and pointed Israeli soldier, who both offer her a different vision of the The Charles Bronfman Prize called for out the relevance of the site’s location by the Jordan River, country. A woman misunderstands the emotions her male nominations from around the world for its a major water source. friend feels in “Flight” and risks losing what might be 2018 award. Each year, the prize celebrates At right: Prof. Danny the best life has to offer. “Liliana, Years Later” portrays the vision and endeavors of an individual or Rosenberg of the a failed relationship, but the main character manages to team under the age of 50 whose humanitarian work, in- Zinman Institute of find consolation in the unexpected. A professor’s mugging formed by Jewish values, contributes to the betterment of Archaeology at the triggers unforeseen connections and leads him back to a the world, inspiring future generations. The deadline for University of Haifa lost love in “Bagabourg Remembers.” In “Naftali,” a young nominations is January 12. Nomination forms and guide- holds the seven- American woman experiences Israel through her studies lines can be found at http://thecharlesbronfmanprize.com/ millennia-old vessel and her relationship with two very different men. nomination-process. An internationally recognized panel unearthed at Tel Tsaf. “The World We Know” left me with mixed feelings. of judges will select the 2018 Prize recipient announce the (Photo courtesy of the It’s clear that Rosenfeld is a talented writer so it will be $100,000 award in early fall of 2018. University of Haifa) interesting to see how her talent develops. We Have a Complete Selection of Kosher Wines & Spirits for the Holidays Bring in this ad to receive: 15% off Wine/Champagne Experienced Design Consultants excluding sale items Over 1800 Frame Styles Available Uncompromising Attention to Detail and Quality Fat Cat Comics Original Artwork • Giclees and Other Prints 278 Main St., Johnson City Needle Work • Clothing • Mirrors and More 797-9111 New & Back Issue Comics 766-6064 Comic & Gaming Supplies RPG, Card, Board & Miniatures Games Call Jeff ZuHone BFA, Custom Framing Manager 3912 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal Kost Plaza, Upper Front Street Hours: Sunday 12:00 - 9:30pm Collectables, Toys, Swords & much more Binghamton - 607-727-4973 Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 9:30pm

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Israelis Continued from page 2 Prize in Economics for “having integrated insights from of the most powerful media moguls, people with disabilities. After being awarded the Genesis psychological research into economic science.” political donors and pro-Israel forces Prize in 2015, he pledged his winnings toward improving Adam Neumann – co-founder and CEO, WeWork in the U.S.? The answer begins with the integration of people with disabilities into Israeli and The concept of the office space “Power Rangers.” American society – with a specific focus on his adopted has changed thanks in part to this Saban, who was born in Egypt but hometown of New York. Israeli-American entrepreneur. We- grew up in Tel Aviv, joined a band Einat Admony – chef, restaurateur Work, co-founded by Neumann in after serving in the Israel Defense Falafel is one of the most popular foods in Israel and 2010, offers an upgrade over the local Forces. He then became a concert the rest of the Middle East. Can it take the U.S. by storm café to freelancers, small startups and promoter and eventually immigrated the way hummus has? If it does, Einat Admony will be others who don’t work in an office. A to the U.S. in 1983, where he lived a one of the big reasons why. WeWork space usually looks like a comfortable life as a cartoon music Haim Saban (Photo Admony, 46, is an Israeli chef who has revolutionized startup’s pipe dream, often complete composer. He discovered the “Power by Jason Merritt/ the Israeli food scene in New York and plans on expanding with colorful couches, spacious café Rangers,” which was first a show Getty Images) her brand across America and the world. She is in talks to areas and air-hockey tables. Adam Neumann in Japan, in a hotel room during a open outposts based on her falafel joint Taim, which puts Neumann and his business (Photo by Theo business trip and instantly fell in love with the campy a “hip spin” on the Israeli staple, in Los Angeles, Chicago, partner, Miguel McKelvey, clearly Wargo/Getty Images teenage superheroes. Australia and Japan. tapped into a big market: Today, the for iHeartMedia) He immediately bought the rights to the show, but But Admony, who moved to New York from Israel in company has locations in 23 U.S. cities, as well as spots shopped the idea around to American executives for years the ‘90s and worked at a slew of restaurants before opening in more than a dozen countries, and is worth nearly $20 before one – Margaret Loesch at Fox – bought it. Since the her own, is not merely a falafel expert. Her other New York billion. The shared workspace model seems here to stay. show’s debut in 1993, “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” eateries, Balaboosta and Bar Bolonat, have made her one Neumann, 36, actually spent his first two years in In- has netted billions of dollars in TV profits and merchan- of the foremost ambassadors of Israeli cuisine in the U.S., dianapolis before his mother relocated to a kibbutz near dise. Saban grew his fortune by investing in other media along with fellow Israeli-Americans Michael Solomonov the Gaza Strip. After growing up there and serving in the ventures and became one of Los Angeles’ most generous and Alon Shaya. Admony also plans to open a restaurant Israeli Navy for five years, he moved to New York to attend philanthropists (among other things, a research clinic at dedicated to couscous in New York named Kish-Kash. Baruch College. He dropped out with four credits left to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles bears his name). Lyor Cohen – music executive graduate, but finished his degree earlier this year. Saban, 73, has also poured millions into Democratic Run-DMC, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, A Gal Gadot – actress, model politics over the years – notably, he gave Hillary Clinton’s Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West. There are film roles, and then there failed presidential campaign $15 million. As a staunch Is- Those are just a few of the many rap is Wonder Woman. rael backer, he supports and hosts the annual Saban Forum artists Lyor Cohen helped usher into In male-dominated Hollywood, on Israel, which brings together political leaders from the the mainstream through his many female superheroes are few and far U.S. and Israel to debate topics related to the Jewish state. prominent roles over three-plus between. Playing this iconic DC Saban also was a supporter of what became the Israe- decades in the industry, including Comics character comes with myriad li-American Council, which aims to boost the Israeli and a tenure as the head of Def Jam responsibilities and pressures: be a Jewish identity – and political clout – of Israelis living here. Records and as chairman of the role model to women and girls, toe Itzhak Perlman – virtuoso violinist, educator, Warner Music Group. the line between confidence and disability rights advocate It has been argued that Cohen, 58, Lyor Cohen (Photo sexiness, help the film succeed and Perlman’s introduction to the international spotlight was an integral part in rap’s takeover by Jamie McCarthy/ Gal Gadot (Photo spawn sequels. came in 1958, when the prodigy performed on “The Ed of the mainstream pop music uni- Getty Images) by Frazer Harrison/ Gadot, a former Miss Israel who Sullivan Show” at the age of 13. But he had already been verse. In the ‘80s, just as hip-hop Getty Images) had previously had small roles in playing the violin for about a decade – and had been began its ascent to the top of the charts, Cohen worked as a a few “Fast and Furious” movies, living with paralyzed legs from a bout of polio for nearly manager and talent scout for Russell Simmons’ Rush Artist pulled it off, turning “Wonder Woman” into a blockbuster the same amount of time. Management. He worked out Run-DMC’s landmark endorse- while inspiring woman around the world. Off screen, she Fast forward several decades, and the New York-via-Tel ment deal with adidas, one of the first commercial pacts for has earned praise for refusing to work with a producer Aviv native has earned 16 Grammy Awards, a Presidential a rap group, and has been seen as a trailblazer ever since. accused of sexual misconduct. Medal of Freedom and the title of “world’s greatest living Cohen left Warner Music in 2012 to start his own label, Gadot, now 32, grew up near Tel Aviv, served in the violinist.” As a performer, Perlman is not only known for and last year became the head of music at YouTube, where Israeli army and only recently moved to Los Angeles. his smooth tone and effortless finger speed – his energy and he plans to make the service compete in the streaming realm Guest-hosting “Saturday Night Live,” she spoke briefly love of playing, usually communicated through a signature against giants like Spotify and Apple Music. in Hebrew to her family back in Israel – no small gesture wide grin, has helped make him an international music The son of Israelis, Cohen was born in New York, but in an era of anti-Israel boycotts. icon. 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Weekly Parasha Threats to our existence Vayetze, Genesis 28:10-32:3 RABBI IRVIN S. BEIGEL, JEWISH CHAPLAIN AT CROUSE HOSPITAL One of the most intriguing images in the book of Gen- would expect the Torah to say that the angels descended serious problems today. Arguably, the greatest danger esis is that of the ladder that appeared in the dream of the the ladder and then went up the ladder. In fact, the Torah that they face is the one affecting their physical safety. patriarch Jacob. On his way from Beer Sheva to Charan, says that the angels went up from earth and then descend- Their protection lies in the wise use of military force and Jacob stopped for the night to rest. He fell asleep and had ed from the heavens. In his commentary, Rashi offers the diplomacy. It would be foolhardy to think that antisemitic a dream about a ladder that touched the earth, but extend- explanation that the angels that accompanied Jacob in the violence is not a serious concern outside of Israel. I believe, ed into the heavens. Angels went up the ladder to heaven land of Israel returned to heaven as the patriarch was about however, that today in this country there are threats to our and angels came down the ladder from heaven to earth. to leave the land. Another group of angels descended from existence that loom far larger than antisemitism. At the top of the ladder was God Himself, who reiterated heaven to escort Jacob on his travels outside the Holy Land. One need only glance at the statistics to see that we to Jacob the promises that He had made to Jacob’s father We can infer that the kind of protection that Jacob needed are a shrinking community. American Jews eat, schedule and grandfather. The land of Israel would be given to Jacob in Israel was different from the protection he needed outside holidays, choose friends, marry, make ethical decisions and to his descendants, who would be as numerous as the of Israel. The dangers that he faced in the land of Israel and think in ways that make us indistinguishable from dust on the earth. Through Jacob and his descendants, the were not the same dangers that he faced outside the land. our non-Jewish neighbors. Our desire for our children and families of the earth would be blessed. What the rabbis believed about Jacob is also true for us grandchildren to live as Jews is often less important than Since we would expect angels to dwell in heaven, we in our time. Our brothers and sisters in Israel face many See “Threats” on page 15 Congregational Notes Beth David Synagogue Temple Israel Temple Concord Affiliation: Orthodox Union Orientation: Conservative Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism Rabbi: Zev Silber Rabbi: Geoffrey Brown Rabbi: Barbara Goldman-Wartell Address: 39 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 4737 Deerfield Pl., Vestal, NY 13850 Address: 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Phone: 607-722-1793 Phone: 723-7461 and 231-3746 Office hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 am-2 pm Rabbi’s Office: 607-722-7514 Office hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 am-4 pm; Fri. 8 am-3 pm. Phone: 723-7355 Fax: 607-722-7121 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 723-0785 Office hours: Mon. closed; Tues. 10 am-1 pm; Wed. closed; Website: www.templeisraelvestal.org Office e-mail: [email protected] Thurs. 9 am-1 pm; Fri. 10 am-1 pm Service Schedule: Tuesday and Friday, 5:30 pm; Saturday, Website: www.templeconcord.com Beth David e-mail address: [email protected] 9:30 am. Regular service times: Friday, 8 pm; Saturday, 10:35 am, Rabbi’s e-mail: [email protected] On Friday, November 24, minyan will be held at 5:30 pm. when religious school is in session. Website: www.bethdavid.org On Saturday, November 25, at 9:30 am, services will be On Friday, November 24, at 8 pm, there will be Shabbat Facebook: www.facebook.com/bethdavidbinghamton evening services with Rabbi Rachel Esserman. An oneg Shabbat Services: led by Rabbi Geoffrey Brown. The Torah portion will be Friday, November 24...... 4:20 pm Genesis 28:10-32:3. The haftarah will be Hosea 11:7-12:12. Shabbat will follow the service. Shabbat, November 25...... 9 am The kiddush sponsor will be Florence Balin. On Saturday, November 18, there will be no religious ...... Mincha/Maariv 5:40 pm The temple office will be closed Wednesday-Friday, school, Torah study or Shabbat services. Weekday Services: November 22-24, for the Thanksgiving holiday. On Thursday, November 30, the opening of Hanukkah Mornings: On Wednesday, November 29, at 7 pm, the third session House Museum will take place from 5-8 pm. The 2017 Sun., November 26...... 8:30 am of the Hebrew Crash Course will be held. exhibit theme is “Food for Thought: Exploring Jewish Mon.-Fri., Nov. 27-Dec. 1...... 7 am Food from Around the World.” (See article on page 3.) Evenings: Those who wish to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish during a Sun., November 16...... 4:20 pm weekday service can contact Howard Schwartz at schwerz@ Rohr Chabad Center Mon.-Thurs., Nov. 27-30...... 7 pm stny.rr.com or call the temple office one-and-a-half weeks or Affiliation: Chabad-Lubavitch Classes: Rabbi Zev Silber will hold his weekly Talmud class more before the date to ensure time to make up a minyan. Rabbi: Aaron Slonim, E-mail: [email protected] every Tuesday evening after services. Temple Israel holds weekday minyan services on Tuesdays Address: 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 and Fridays at 5:30 pm. For those who prefer a different Phone: 797-0015 Penn-York Jewish Community day to coincide with a yahrzeit date, contact the temple to Fax: 797-0095 President and Treasurer-Secretary: Harvey Chernosky, make arrangements. To see a video on how to recite the Website: www.Chabadofbinghamton.com 570-265-3869 Mourner’s Kaddish, visit http://templeisraelvestal.org and Chabad on the West Side B’nai B’rith: William H. Seigel Lodge Rabbi: Zalman Chein, E-mail: [email protected] Purpose: To promote Jewish identity through religious, look under “Worship.” Address: 27 Bennet Ave., Binghamton, NY 13905 cultural, educational and social activities in the Southern Phone: 722-3252 Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, Norwich Jewish Center Regular service times: Daily 7:30 am, Friday evening 6 pm, including Waverly, NY; Sayre, Athens and Towanda, PA, Orientation: Inclusive Shabbat morning 9:30 am, Maariv and Havdalah one hour and surrounding communities. Rabbi: Dena Bodian after candle-lighting time, Sundays 9:30 am. Address: 72 South Broad St., Norwich, NY 13815 Linking Hearts for youngsters with special needs: This program Contact: Guilia Greenberg, 373-5087 connects Jewish special-needs children and teenagers, ages Temple Beth-El of Ithaca Purpose: To maintain a Jewish identity and meet the needs of 5-14, who have mental, physical and/or functional disabilities, with student volunteers who will visit participating youngsters Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism the Jewish community in the area. weekly in their homes. Rabbi: Scott L. Glass Adult Ed.: Saturday morning study is held at 10 am. Call for To join the mailing list, for up-to-date information on adult Address: 402 North Tioga St. (the corner of Court and Tioga more information and to confirm. education offerings or to arrange for a private tutorial, for streets), Ithaca, NY 14850-4292 details concerning the Judaica shop and resource center, or Phone: 273-5775 Congregation Tikkun v’Or for assistance through the Piaker Free Loan Society or Raff E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism Maasim Tovim Foundation, call Chabad’s office at 797-0015. Website: www.tbeithaca.org Address: PO Box 3981, Ithaca, NY 14852; 2550 Triphammer Rd. President: Jerry Davis (corner of Triphammer and Burdick Hill), Lansing, NY Sisterhood President: Julie Paige Phone: 607-256-1471 Temple Beth El of Oneonta Director of Education: Rabbi Suzanne Brody Website: www.tikkunvor.org Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Administrative Assistant: Jane Griffith E-mail: [email protected] Rabbi: Molly Karp Services: Friday 8 pm; Saturday 10 am, unless otherwise Presidents: Miranda Phillips and Shawn Murphy Address: 83 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820 announced. Weekday morning minyan 7:30 am (9 am on Rabbi: Brian Walt Mailing address: P.O. Box 383, Oneonta, NY 13820 Sundays and legal holidays). Religious School Director/Admin. Coordinator: Naomi Wilensky Phone: 607-432-5522 Religious School/Education: September-May: Classes meet on Services: Fridays at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. Family Website: www.templebetheloneonta.org Sunday, 9 am-12:30 pm and Wednesday afternoons, 3:45-5:45 services and Tot Shabbat once a month at 6:30 pm. Call for E-mail: [email protected] pm. The Midrashah (eighth-grade and high school) classes weekly schedules. Regular service times: visit the temple website for days of will meet at times designated by their respective teachers. Religious School: Preschool through seventh-grade classes services and times Adult Ed.: Numerous weekly courses, several semester-long meet on Sunday mornings. Sixth-grade Hebrew and seventh- Religious School/Education: Religious School, for grades courses and a variety of mini-courses and lectures are offered grade b’nai mitzvah classes meet on Wednesday afternoons. kindergarten through bar/bat mitzvah, meets Sunday throughout the year. Call the temple office for more details. Adult Ed: Mini courses throughout the year. Adult Hebrew offered mornings. Rabbi Karp conducts services and holds classes On Wednesday November 29, at 7:30 pm, Diane Ack- regularly. Call the office for details. in Torah, beginning Hebrew and Maimonides. erman, author of “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” will host an For schedules of services, classes and events, see the website. informal talk in the social hall at Temple Beth El. Books Temple Brith Sholom will be available for purchase and signing by the author. Affiliation: Unaffiliated Kol Haverim All temple members are invited to attend this Sisterhood Address: P.O. Box 572, 117 Madison St., Cortland, NY 13045 Affiliation: Society for Humanistic Judaism sponsored event. Phone: 607-756-7181 Address: P.O. Box 4972, Ithaca, NY 14852-4972 President: Louis Wilson, [email protected] Phone: 607-277-3345 On Friday-Saturday, December 1-2, the bat mitzvah Service leaders: Lay leadership E-mail: [email protected] of Sterling Wasser, daughter of Dee Dee Dunham and Shabbat services: Either Friday evening at 7:30 pm or Saturday Website: www.kolhaverim.net Lawrence Wasser, will be celebrated. at 10 am from Rosh Hashanah to Shavuot. Holiday services Chairman: Jonathan Joseph On Saturday, December 2, from 6-7:30 pm, the USY are also held. Check the weekly e-mail for upcoming services. Kol Haverim: The Finger Lakes Community for Humanistic group will hold a latke making event with Tikkun V’Or’s Contact the president to get on the e-mail list. Judaism, is an Ithaca-based organization that brings people youth group at Temple Beth-El. E-mail questions/latke Religious School: Students are educated on an individual basis. together to explore and celebrate Jewish identity, history, Temple Brith Sholom is a small equalitarian congregation serving culture and ethics within a secular, humanistic framework. recipes/RSVP to [email protected]. the greater Cortland community. Congregants span the gamut of KH is part of an international movement for Secular On Sunday, December 3, from 1-5:30 pm, the Kad- observance and services are largely dependent on the service Humanistic Judaism and is affiliated with the Society for ima youth group will visit Trampoline Park at the Sky leader. The Friday night siddur is “Likrat Shabbat,” while the Humanistic Judaism, a national association with over 30 Zone in Syracuse with Other Kadima Chapters. E-mail Saturday morning siddur is “Gates of Prayer.” The community member communities and congregations around the country. questions/RSVP to [email protected]. extends a warm welcome to the Jewish student population of Established in the spring of 1999, it offers celebrations of On Saturday, December 9, Tot Shabbat will be held SUNY Cortland, as well as the residents of local adult residences. Jewish holidays, monthly Shabbat pot-lucks, adult education, at 11:30 am. a twice-monthly Cultural School for children, and a bar and bat mitzvah program. On Sunday, December 10, from 9 am-3 pm, the annual Friday, November 24, light candles...... 4:17 pm KH welcomes all individuals and families, including those Temple Beth-El Chanukah Festival Concert and Jewish Shabbat ends Saturday, November 25...... 5:17 pm from mixed religious backgrounds, who wish to strengthen Book and Craft Fair will be held. The event is free and Friday, December 1, light candles...... 4:14 pm the Jewish experience in their lives and provide their children open to the public. (See article on page 1.) Shabbat ends Saturday, December 2...... 5:15 pm with a Jewish identity and experience. November 24-30, 2017 Page 15 - The Reporter

Five Continued from page 7 II, a non-Jewish Lithuanian librarian, Antanas Ulpis, hid Jewish Community Center the collection in the basement of a church amid a campaign by the Soviet government to rid the country of religion. In 1991, the Lithuanian government said it found 150,000 Family Movie Night at JCC to documents that Ulpis had kept in the church, but the new discovery appears to surpass that collection both in terms of size and the condition of the documents, said Jonathan feature “Despicable Me 3” Brent, YIVO’s executive director. Together, the two discoveries make up “the largest The Jewish Community Center will hold a “Family are asked to bring a blanket, pillow or chair to use during the collection of material about Jewish life in Eastern Europe Movie Night” on Saturday, December 2. The movie will movie. Refreshments will be provided. All proceeds generated that exists in the world,” Brent told JTA recently at YIVO’s begin at 6:30 pm, with doors opening at 6 pm. The cost is from the event will go to benefit the JCC Youth Department. downtown headquarters here. Brent said the documents shed $2 a person, with a $10 maximum per family. The entire For more information about the movie night, JCC new light on the lives of Eastern European Jews, whose community is welcome and encouraged to attend. Youth Programming, or the JCC, contact the JCC office history is often told as a series of persecutions. The featured movie will be “Despicable Me 3.” Attendees at 724-2417. “It was nothing but pogroms,” Brent recalled of being taught about Ashkenazi history as a child. “And what this opens up to is it was so much more than that, that indeed Music Continued from page 13 the Jews had a real civilization that flourished.” special forces combat. He “I know it feels like I’m The Lithuanian government found the documents in had to live six months with drilling into you,” he said, 2016 and told YIVO about them earlier this year. Most his mouth surgically shut, sighing. “But you’re at a level of the material remains in Lithuania, but 10 items are after which he re-learned to now where you can take it.” being shown through January at YIVO, which is working speak and eat. The band performs more with the Lithuanian government to archive and digitize The experience of disabil- than 50 times a year around the collection. ity led Ben Shushan to vol- Israel, but is not yet profit- Here is a look at a handful of the documents dis- unteer with Shalva, an Israeli able. Samuels estimates that played at YIVO and what they teach about Jewish life organization that provides a Shalva invests $120,000 in in Eastern Europe. range of services to people the band a year. This two- 1. Communal record book, Lazdijai, Lithuania, 1836 with disabilities, including week trip alone will cost The book, called a therapy, arts programs, job upwards of $60,000, funded pinkas, was written for training and advocacy work. in part by the World Center a Talmud study asso- At that time, its directors had for Jewish Education, an ciation and used to re- noticed several kids with organization that works with cord information about standout musical talent and Yair Pomburg rapped during a performance of the Shalva schools to improve their Jew- its members, such as tapped Ben Shushan to form Band at North Shore Hebrew Academy on Long Island, ish studies curricula. births, deaths and busi- a band. NY. (Photo by Ben Sales) Ahead of the trip, the band ness transactions. It is Shalva Band members practiced for up to eight hours decorated with ornate range from their late teens to mid-20s; some have been a day. Ben Shushan hopes eventually to put out an album illustrations and states practicing together since they were 6. They say they love and get the group on the radio. that in order to be a part making music, but also perform just to prove they can. Despite their commitment, for some of the band mem- of the group, members This communal record book “Every individual with or without disability has some bers, music is just a hobby. Pomburg, for example, works must study a full page lists the regulations for being capabilities, and it’s critical to focus on those if you at a soap factory and waits tables at Café Shalva, the or- of Talmud together. part of a Talmud study group want a person to have any meaning and fulfillment,” ganization’s in-house coffee shop, but said drumming is “What you see here in Lazdijai, Lithuania. (Photo said Kalman Samuels, a co-founder of Shalva. “These always a new and exhilarating experience. “I love to do in the way it’s decorated by Thos Robinson/Getty Images band members were chosen because they showed mu- the rhythm on the drum,” he said. “I get excited. I’m very is the pride and the care for YIVO Institute for Jewish sical ability.” happy to perform. I do my job well.” that they felt about their Research) Ben Shushan spent a year teaching the kids music – Still, others have enjoyed moments in the spotlight so life and their desire to they began with basic melodies and rhythms – before much that they hope to go pro. Samteh, who joined the memorialize it for generations,” Brent said. the band was ready to begin performing in Israel. A Shalva Band five years ago, has performed with leading 2. Letter written by Sholem Aleichem from a health professional musician himself, he said directing the Israeli musicians and traveled abroad several times to sing. resort, Badenweiler, Germany, 1910 band comes with unique challenges: For example, it At first, Samteh said, she found it difficult to share the stage. The Yiddish author had health problems and would spend took Pomburg two years to get his first drum beat down. But now she can’t imagine doing it alone. time in health resorts far away from friends and family. In Now, however, Ben Shushan calls him “one of the best “To sing with other people, you have to learn to lis- this note, Sholem Aleichem made fun of Leon Neustadt, drummers I know.” ten,” she said. “In the beginning, it was hard, but now a leader in the Warsaw Jewish community, writing that a On the international tour, the band is traveling with a it’s really successful. Now I don’t know how I would biblical verse referring to non-kosher animals forbidden support staff of more than one person per band member, sing without them.” to Jews actually refers to Neustadt. including a musical therapist who also backs up as a flautist. 3. Agreement between a water carrier union and the Ben Shushan said the key to success is sensitive time Ramayles Yeshiva, Vilna, 1857 management. “You want to know their abilities, but you In the document, the group of carriers promises to need to know when to stop, to say it’s too hard,” he said. donate a Torah scroll and raise money to purchase a “It takes sensitivity to their feelings. If you see someone Talmud set for the yeshiva in exchange for using a room is having a hard time, you need to strengthen him.” for religious services. But the overwhelming impression of the Shalva Band Water carriers, workers who ferried water to people’s while on the road is that it is a hardworking group of mu- homes, were “the lowest economic rung of society, and the sicians hoping for their big break. fact they had a contract with the yeshiva was significant,” Following a concert at the North Shore Hebrew Academy Ruth Gruber exhibit in FL Brent said. “What this modest document shows us is that on Long Island, the band members load their instruments The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU will this community functioned in such a way that the very top in the back of a van and pile in, bantering or putting on hold the exhibit “Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist” of the community and the very bottom of the community headphones and tuning out. As Ben Shushan debriefs them through January 7. The exhibit celebrates the communicated with each other and helped each other.” en route to their next gig, he sounds less like a teacher and life and vision of Ruth Gruber, a 20th century 4. Ten poems by Avrom Sutzkever, Vilna, 1943 more like a manager pushing his musicians just a little pioneer and trailblazer. Photographs span more than 50 The Yiddish poet wrote these on top of old docu- harder: He chides the lead singers for paying too little years and four continents, from Gruber’s reportage of the ments, creating a makeshift book for his poems in the attention to rhythm. He tells the group to focus less on Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish Vilna Ghetto, where paper was scarce. These are the the crowd and more on the music. He warns them not to refugees on the ship Exodus 1947, to her later photographs earliest-known versions of the poems Sutzkever wrote wear out their voices. of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A in the Vilna Ghetto, which he reproduced several times selection of Gruber’s vintage prints never before exhibited and knew by heart. He composed some of them while will be presented along with contemporary prints made living in the woods as a partisan fighter. Writing the from her original negatives. poems in the book helped give other ghetto residents Threats Continued from page 14 For more information, visit [email protected] or greater access to them. our desire for them to be happy and economically secure. contact the museum [email protected] or 305-672-5044. 5. Autobiography of Bebe Epstein, Vilna, 1933-34 Because the values and insights of our Torah and rab- Epstein was 12 when she binic tradition are not always in agreement with the values wrote this book and submit- of other religions or secular society, the world needs the ted it to YIVO for a youth teachings of Judaism. The danger is that we will become so Hopler & Eschbach Happy Chanukah from autobiography contest. 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From JNS.org Department on Nov. 18 declined to renew the operating permission for the PLO’s office for Cathay Pacific airline to open Israel office, upgrade Tel the first time since the 1980s. P.A. chief negotiator Saeb Erekat called the move “very un- fortunate and unacceptable,” and accused the Trump administration of capitulating to Israeli Aviv-Hong Kong route pressure. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson informed the Palestinians that the decision came in Cathay Pacific, the flagship airline of Hong Kong, is set to launch an office in Israel as well response to statements made by Abbas at the United Nations General Assembly in September, as daily Tel Aviv-Hong Kong flights beginning in 2018. “The company’s agenda is to allocate when the P.A. leader called on the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israeli officials. airliners to destinations for which we see strong demand, and it can therefore be assumed that American law specifies that the PLO mission in Washington should be shuttered if the Pal- we will also increase the frequency of the flights to daily,” said Cathay Pacific’s Israel manager, estinians initiate legal action against Israel at the ICC. The State Department clarified that Jonathan Bailey, Globes reported. Cathay Pacific’s first flight to Israel landed at Ben Gurion the office’s closure could be waived within 90 days if President Donald Trump “determines Airport in March. The airline currently offers around four to six weekly flights between Tel the Palestinians have entered into direct, meaningful negotiations with Israel.” Aviv and Hong Kong, and uses the environmentally friendly 280-seat Airbus A350 planes Israeli education minister bans anti-IDF group Breaking the on the route. Next year, the airline may introduce Airbus A350-1000 planes for the Israel route, increasing seating capacity by 10 percent, according to Globes. “The [Israeli customer] Silence from schools segment that surprised us was business class, both in comparison with other countries and (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) – Representatives of Breaking the Silence – an with the forecasts,” said Bailey. “Demand for business class was huge. The feeling is that the NGO that publicizes testimonies of former IDF soldiers in order to spread criticism of passengers, especially businessmen who fly a lot, appreciate what they get for their money.” the Israeli military – will not be allowed to meet with students in Israel’s public schools, IDF fires “warning shot” in response to Syrian military Education Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Nov. 16. “Anyone who slanders IDF soldiers will not set foot inside a school,” Bennett said. “This is the decision and it stands,” construction near Israel he said. “Today, anyone who attacked me for banning Breaking the Silence from schools An IDF tank fired a “warning shot” across Israel’s northern border with Syria on Nov. understands that they have no place in the education of the next generation.” 18 in response to the Syrian military constructing an outpost in the demilitarized zone of German court rules in favor of discrimination against Israelis the Golan Heights, in violation of the 1974 truce between the two countries. The truce “prohibits the entry of heavy construction tools or military vehicles into the demilitarized by Kuwait Airways zone,” the IDF stated. The IDF also filed a complaint with the United Nations peace- A district court in Frankfurt, Germany, ruled in favor of Kuwait Airways in a discrimina- keeping force stationed in the Golan Heights, which is responsible for supervising the tion case brought by an Israeli passenger who was barred from boarding his flight due to his demilitarized zone. The Nov. 18 incident comes amid increased tension in Israel’s north nationality. The Frankfurt court noted that Kuwait bans all of its citizens and companies from in recent weeks. On Nov. 1, the Israeli Air Force reportedly attacked a Syrian munitions doing business with Israelis. The court stated that while it didn’t evaluate whether “this law factory, prompting Syria’s military to retaliate by firing a surface-to-air missile at the makes sense,” the airline would have risked repercussions that were “not reasonable” – such Israeli plane that allegedly carried out the strike. The Israeli military also purportedly as such as fines or prison time for employees – for violating the Kuwaiti statute, the Associ- struck three Syrian rocket launchers Oct. 21, after several rockets from Syria entered ated Press reported. In October, German Federal Minister of Transport Alexander Dobrindt the Israeli Golan Heights. ordered an investigation into whether Kuwait Airways violates air traffic laws through its ban P.A. threatens to sever communication with Trump over on Israelis. 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