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PAGE 2 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 A Sneak Peek at Highlights of This Year’s NH Jewish Film Festival Tevye the Dairyman. A musical that holds Southern New Hampshire region will not By Zach Camenker a very special place in many peoples’ want to miss this one! As the new decade begins, the New hearts, including those outside the Jewish David Kreiner’s 2018 Israeli filmShoot - Hampshire Jewish Film Festival is excited community, Fiddler on the Roof has re- ing Life will be shown in two locations to be celebrating its 12th year of screen- ceived significant praise and attention all during the Festival’s Sunday, March 22 ing the best Jewish-themed films for audi- over the world in the five and a half de- screenings. Hailed as a teen drama, ences across the state. cades since its premiere. Featuring inter- Shooting Life tells the story of Igal Gazit, This year’s Festival includes 17 films views with original lyricist Sheldon Har- an unemployed film director from Tel ranging from drama to documentary to nick, Israeli actor Chaim Topol, who Aviv, who moves to Sderot to take a job short and will run from March 19th to played Tevye in the 1971 critically ac- teaching high school. Positioned near the 29th with screenings in Manchester, Con- claimed film version, and award-winning Gaza border where there is tension and cord, Merrimack, Peterborough, and actor Joel Grey, who directed the recent imminent danger, Gazit develops a great 29, 2020 Portsmouth. Yiddish production in New York, Fiddler: connection with his students after prom- MARCH 19- The Jewish Film Festival is an annual A Miracle of Miracles will delight audi- ising the school principal that they will event sponsored by the Jewish Federation ences of all ages as it traces the genesis of pass the State Film Exams. What unfolds of New Hampshire. It strives to bring one of the most loved musicals of all time. is an ensemble-driven coming-of-age sto- Childhood experiences and service in Is- films that connect audiences to Jewish ry with several rising stars depicting a rael during the Yom Kippur War of 1973 contributions to our world, using story- wonderful story of hopes and dreams. have pushed Nashoum to find peace and telling and the powerful medium of film- Screened at over 10 Jewish Film Festivals tranquility in his work, which drives him making to explore themes about our across the world, including Atlanta, as he begins his journey to the polar bear. shared, yet varied, human experience. Montreal, and Washington, Shooting Life We hope you’ll join us for this unique film The Festival promotes the preservation will be shown at both the Peterborough at our final screening of the Festival! of Jewish culture by showing films in a Community Theatre and the Portsmouth The Jewish Federation of New Hamp- multitude of genres, encouraging dia- Music Loft. If you’re looking for a film shire is pleased to announce that it has logue about a variety of themes and is- with teen characters, this is the right one once again been awarded the New Hamp- sues. The movies chosen are intended to A scene from Futures Past for you! shire State Council on the Arts General engage, enlighten, educate, inspire, and Futures Past, directed by Jordan Our Closing Event and Wrap Party will Project Grant. The competitive General entertain moviegoers of all ages. Melamed, is another documentary that again be held at Red River Theatres in Project Grant will be vital in helping to As usual, the Festival will screen films will be shown on Sunday, March 22 at downtown Concord on Sunday, March support the festival in its 12th year. The that include talk-backs, post film discus- Cinemagic Stadium Theatres in Merri- 29. While multiple Festival would not be possible without sions, and other exciting moments! mack. In this piece, Melamed explores films will screen the valued support and partnership of Here’s a sneak peek at some titles in the the power struggle he had with his father that day, the final sponsors such as the New Hampshire Festival line-up… Leo, a Holocaust survivor who pioneered film of the Festi- State Council on the Arts, Business Spon- the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The val will be Pic- sors, Friends of the Festival, committee film presents many of the standard ele- tures of his Life, a members, the JFNH Board and staff ments of a documentary, but it ultimately 2019 documenta- Amos Nachoum in leadership, and film lovers like you. becomes a deeply personal exploration of ry film by Dani Pictures of His Life We also wish to extend a heartfelt a contentious father-son relationship. Menkin and Yonatan Nir that chronicles thanks to our loyal and enthusiastic audi- This film was hailed byChicago Sun- the adventures of Israeli wildlife photog- ence for their annual attendance. Stay Times film critic Richard Roeper as “one rapher Amos Nachoum. Nachoum, high- tuned for the entire schedule, which will of the best films I’ve seen this year by ly accomplished in his field, sets out to be available soon, and for the announce- far,” when released in 2016. Folks in the photograph one animal he has never ment that ticket sales are open. We don’t come in contact with: the polar bear. want you to miss out! SAVE THE DATE March 19 -29, 2020 Shows in Manchester, Merrimack, Concord, Portsmouth and Our Gala Event will be held on Satur- Peterborough day, March 21 at the Roger and Francine Jean Student Center Auditorium on the Presented by the campus of Saint Anselm College in Man- Jewish Federation of NH chester. The film isFiddler: A Miracle of nhjewishlmfestival.org Miracles, a documentary by Max Lewko- wicz that chronicles the origin and endur- ance of the timeless Broadway musical See what’s happening in the community at www.jewishnh.org based on Sholem Aleichem’s stories about

Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 3 Millyard Museum. The free public event seeks to TAY Brotherhood provides a breakfast nosh at Feldman, a little Jewish guy who always walked To submit Calendar items engage the community in discussions and learning Temple Adath Yeshurun for the teens before they around with a cigar almost as big as he was! You’ll for the print and online JFNH Calendar about the history, contributions and presence of the head for home at the end of their active weekend. feel like you personally knew Peter’s first partner, and E-News, go to Jewish Community in Manchester and New Hate Crimes Training Presented by ADL Morty Benjamin, otherwise known as “Pickles,” you Hampshire. won’t have to ask why. Peter will introduce you to https://jewishnh.org/community-calendar, 3PM, Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, Howie Safir who later became of Chief of the New Bedford click the red "Suggest an Event" button, Thursday, February 6 York City Police Department. Hear all about how Please join us for a hate crimes training led by then fill in the form with Peter, Howie, Pete Srocca and “Shakey” O’Neill got Instilling Jewish Pride in the Next Generation ADL’s Associate Regional Director, Melissa Kraus. your event information. involved in Peter’s first shooting, and more. Be 7PM – 8:30PM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry The presentation will focus on the definition of a ready to relish (and laugh) in these stories as Peter Lisa Adams, Leslie Kirshman and Amy Levy will talk hate crime and common misconceptions. In times recounts his career culminating with 20 years about If we cannot instill Jewish pride in our next of rising hate, it is crucial to be able to identify hate investigating organized crime and labor Saturday, February 1 generation, then there will be no one left to carry on crimes and know how to respond. This training is our tradition and face our future challenges. We'll racketeering. And A Child Shall Lead designed to give communities information about discuss some of the ways to help you instill Jewish hate crimes and incidents so that they are better CRASE Training for Houses of Worship 7PM, Granite State Art Academy, Salem Pride for your family, including knowledge (and how Cost: $10/Students, $12/Adults – To purchase informed as to what has happened in the region. 3PM, Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, to make that fun), brotherhood/sisterhood, and way Advanced registration is required – register here Bedford tickets visit https://ovation.ludus.com/index.php to inspire courage to be a Jew (as we know it is not This is the heroic and true story of children coming https://forms.gle/unWdMZwCaomKePVy5 or call The Jewish Federation of NH together with the always easy or convenient for young folks to be/feel the JFNH office at 603-627-7679. Bedford NH Police Department will be hosting a of age in Terezin, the “Jewish city” established by different). the Nazis near Prague as a way station before the Song of the Inspired Soul Civilian Response to an Active Shooter Event, (C.R.A.S.E) . Bedford Police Lieutenant Michael R. death camps. Their actual poems and stories are Friday, February 7 6:30PM – 8:30PM, Chabad Center for Jewish Bernard will be the presenter for the class. Lt. woven into a fast-paced drama, evoking the Living, Manchester MANTY Winter Wonderland Shabbat Service Bernard has over 23 year of Law Enforcement universality of children caught in the insanity of $20 reservations at www.chabadofnh.com/ 8PM - 10PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester experience and is a certified C.R.A.S.E Instructor. war. Play runs about 90 minutes. soulmusic The class, also known as Avoid, Deny Defend will Shabbat Service and Choir Exchange The entire community is invited to a multimedia Sunday, February 2 provide strategies, guidance and a proven plan for 8PM, Temple Beth Jacob, Concord production that brings together the medernity of film surviving an active shooter event. Clergy, Jewish History of Manchester, By John Temple Adath Yeshurun and Temple Beth Jacob and the classical musical of a live string quartet layleaders, religious educators and congregants are Choirs will sing at Temple Beth Jacob. playing hassidic tunes, to create a space where past Clayton, Historian all welcome. Security teams are strongly and present play off each other and become one. 1PM – 3PM, Manchester Millyard Museum, Sunday, February 9 encouraged. Advanced registration is required for Manchester security purposes and space is limited. “Jewish History of Manchester” will be presented MANTY Winter Wonderland Breakfast Thursday, February 13 9AM – 11AM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester To reserve your space, please email info@ by local historian John Clayton at the Manchester Seniors Forever Young – Lunch and Learn jewishnh.org or call (603)627-7679. 12PM, Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, Bedford Mega Challah Bake $5/person, please register by calling the JFNH 7PM – 9PM, Seacoast Jewish Center, Durham office at 603-627-7679 to pay by credit card or Cost: $25/person, $18 early bird special before Jan mail payment to JFNH Attn: SFY 273 South River 21. Student: Free Rd. #5 Bedford, NH 03110 http://JewishSeacoast.com/JWC New Hampshire Shlicha Avia Sagron will present Unite with women of all ages & affiliations in the her Israeli Story. Jewish community. Pizza and Salad lunch will be served. Discover the secret to great tasting Challah and the beauty of this tradition unique to Jewish women. Friday, February 14 Music, Refreshments, & Amazing raffle! Shabbat Service and Choir Exchange Friday, February 21 7PM – 9PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester Shabbat Service, Temple Adath Yeshurun and Family Shabbat and Pot Luck Temple Beth Jacob Choirs at Temple Adath 6PM – 8PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester Yeshurun. Bring a dish to share Saturday, February 15 Sunday, February 23 Parent’s Night Out – Paint Night The Future of Work and Play 6:30PM, Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, 10AM – 12PM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry Bedford Wayne Kurtzman walks you through the emerging $10/person – please call the JFNH office to register technologies and how they are now and will affect at 603-627-7679 how we create better (or at least new) consumer Seniors Forever Young and teens have had their and employee experiences, and how new chance to paint with Avia Sagron NH Shlicha and technologies will affect with way to work and play. now it’s time for parents to have some fun! Parents are invited to join PJ Library - New Friday, February 28 Hampshire and Avia Sagron NH Shlicha for an adult Temple Israel Portsmouth Book Club evening of painting fun! We'll have wine and appetizers and everyone will take home their very Discussion own piece of art! This is sure to be a night full of 1PM – 3PM, Temple Israel, Portsmouth laughs and you don't want to miss it. The Temple Israel Portsmouth Book Club meets on the last Tuesday of the month at 1:00 p.m. in the Sunday, February 16 Shmoozatorium. Please see our website for the Book My Big Story: Customs, Nacotics, FBI to the of the Month at [email protected]! Dept. of Labor IG’s Office 9:30AM – 11:30AM, Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua My Big Story: from Customs Inspector, to the Keeping you connected Bureau of Narcotics, the FBI to the Department of Labor IG’s Office via the Whiskey Pier and Katz’s Delicatessen! Learn how Peter started his career jewishnh.org wearing a silly blue uniform and a big hat while riding in an old beaten up squad car, annoying longshoreman and wandering through ships for six NEWS months. Hear all about Peter’s first boss, Ike e

PAGE 4 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 Why I Give continued from page 1 where we made a music video with a ing events with my family multiple When thinking about why I choose to group called Koolulam. The timing of times since then. This is new for me. donate to the Jewish Federation of New Our family has had the opportunity to this event was not that long after the Now more than ever in my lifetime, Hampshire, I wanted to express how I meet and get to know the shlicha, the Is- shooting at the synagogues in Poway, Jewish people around the world are be- have been personally impacted by the raeli emissary who comes to New Hamp- CA and Pittsburgh, PA. As we entered ing targeted. This impacts all of us in work and the programs that JFNH has shire for a year or more to lead programs the House of Blues, and walked toward the way that we join together for fun to offer. There are ways that the JFNH and discussions and share her love of Is- the stage waiting for the event to begin, events or to worship. Our synagogues has or will impact each of us, many of rael with all of us. Our family has been I had a serious discussion with my have had to bring on additional securi- which I had not yet mentioned, such as lucky to meet a few of the shlichim daughter. In case of an active shooter, ty measures to protect our congregants. Seniors Forever Young, the Young through the years, and this opportunity we would either run to the nearest exit, JFNH recently hosted a program on Mensches, PJ LIbrary, NH Jewish Film would not exist if JFNH did not have the or we would hide underneath the stage, the State of Hate in NH, and is hosting Festival, social work support and more. funds to support this program. I give so which was only a few feet in front of us. a training session called Civilian Re- It is your financial support that will al- that our Jewish experience can be en- My nine year old understood the in- sponse to an Active Shooter Event on low the Jewish Federation of New hanced through these programs. struction. I had tears in my eyes as I February 16. Bringing these programs Hampshire to continue to provide these Last spring, I brought my daughter said this to her, just as I do now as I to our community is vitally important. programs and services. Please join me to Boston to celebrate Israeli Indepen- write this several months later. I have JFNH could not do it without the fi- in supporting this amazing organiza- dence Day with a sing-along event discussed an exit strategy while attend- nancial support of our donors. tion with your donation.

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Presented by the Summer Camp, Israeli Style Jewish Federation of NH I can’t believe that it’s snowy outside nhjewish lmfestival.org and our theme is SUMMER camp! But I love the sun and I love camp. Avia Sagron In Israel, we have 8 weeks of summer vacation and summer camp is called “key- JFNH Shlicha tana.” Our keytanot are usually 3-4 weeks long and there are a variety of them. When I was a child I went to Bney- Akiva, a religious keytana, and I loved it! My favorite part of working at keytana Our keytana wasn’t an overnight camp. was “the big summer trip” when we trav- In Israel a lot of the keytana belong to eled with the kids for 3-4 days in Israel. youth movements and when you’re old That was the high point of every sum- enough you can become a counselor and mer, and I loved seeing the kids fall in work there over the summer. love with Israel. Each year we choose an- Because there are only 3-4 weeks of other part of Israel to discover and ex- keytana and there is one more month of plore. As you can see, my love for Israel vacation, parents usually sends kids to has always been part of my life, and it’s Savta (Grandma) and Saba (Grandpa) important to move it forward to the next for a few days. There are grandparents generation. who take it to another level! Once, I saw The summer in Israel is my favorite grandparents with 15 grandsons and they time! I visit lakes and rivers up north and all had t-shirts that said, “H-Keytana shel go to the beach in . Friday’s at Savta” (The camp of grandma). I noon the flea market in Jaffa has great thought it was amazing! food, and it’s a time to be out in the sun For the past two years I have worked at and meet with all your friends. Ortal and Kibbutz Yakum, In Israel we say “h-kol ani ya-chol, ba- The 12th Annual New Hampshire Jewish where there are keytanot every school va- hofesh h-gadol!:” I can do everything on cation and we work with the children ev- summer vacation! Film Festival premieres March 19 -29, 2020 ery day. That way, every holiday and over Have a wonderful snowy winter. I the summer you have the chance to meet promise to keep you updated on my sum- Playing in Theaters Statewide the kids and make a wonderful connec- mer visit home. (Until then — I will be Manchester, Merrimack, Concord, Portsmouth, and Peterborough tion with them and with your team. busy learning how to ski!)

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PAGE 6 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 Fun is Always in Season at JFNH Preschool! the Jewish Federation Preschool. From Rabbi Robin for joining us at our Friday STEM activities and visits from Miss Shabbat programs. We always enjoy their Avia to our Friday challah baking and visits. By Alane Sabel, Preschool Director Shabbat program, our days are filled with Preschool is the place where best No matter what the season, there’s al- fun and learning.We want to thank Rab- friends are made. ways fun happening, inside and out, at bi Beth, Rabbi Jeremy, Rabbi Jon and Don’t forget to visit us on Facebook!

JFNH Preschool, where best friends are made. Fun in the leaves! A future doctor at JFNH Preschool. Snow never stops us!

A Letter to Writers States. While we may disagree on how By Hannah Boyd, editor best to reach those goals, Ahavat Yisrael When’s the last time must rule our debates. There is simply you changed your mind too much hatred in the outside world for about an important is- us to forget that we are strongest when sue? The answer matters we stand together. because most of us don’t As JFNH Board Chair Sarit Itenberg like to change our minds, said at the annual meeting, “anti-Semi- and that’s especially true tism is not a Democratic or Republican on issues we feel strongly Hannah Boyd issue; it is our issue. It is a Jewish issue.” about, like anti-Semitism and Israel’s fu- In Writing to Persuade (available ture. It’s easy to conclude that people with through the NH public library system), different opinions are simply wrong, but Trish Hall, former editor at the Wall that’s a mistake. If your intent in writing a Street Journal and long-time editor of letter to the editor or an op-ed is to reach the New York Times Op-Ed Page, writes, people who disagree with you — and if “it’s not effective to shame people, to you were only preaching to the choir, what make them feel guilty, to bait them or would be the point in writing? — you are make fun of them.” Think about that much more likely to win hearts and minds time you changed your mind. It probably with empathy than contempt. didn’t happen because someone insulted The Reporter is written by and for the your intelligence or your character. Jewish community of New Hampshire Please: before you hit “send” on a sub- PJ Library children enjoying story time with Jill Weber, illustrator of Goodnight — each and every one of us, from secu- mission, ask yourself if it is true, neces- Bubbala by Sheryl Haft. lar to observant, liberal to conservative, sary, and kind. Opinions must be backed young to old. It belongs to interfaith by facts. Personal attacks and denomina- families and Haredim, Israeli ex-pats tion-bashing are never acceptable. As- SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS and New Hampshire natives. We have sume the best of your fellow readers and Tell Them You Saw Their Ad in The Reporter! diverse backgrounds and views, but we writers and appeal to them as equals are all on the same team. We all want a worthy of respect. strong and secure Israel and to live free- Who knows? You just might change ly and peacefully as in the United their minds. See what’s happening in the community at www.jewishnh.org

Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 7 Empowering Parents to Share Chanukah Traditions in the Classroom By Allyson Guertin, PJ Library Coordinator and Director of Community Engagement The winter holiday season can be an iso- lating time for Jewish children in schools where most kids celebrate Christmas. As Alisa Hurwitz says, “with the predomi- nance of other holidays in our towns, espe- cially Christmas, it’s so easy to be ‘othered’ and inadvertently be given the message Parents practiced their Chanukah craft- that our culture is unimportant. Being one ing skills at the PJ Workshop. of the few Jewish families in the school, the only way to change this is to BE the “Having a place to discuss, connect, change. The pride on my girls’ faces when and receive guidance on navigating our they get the chance to talk about their tra- children’s Jewish identities as a minority ditions with their peers is priceless.” in our predominantly Christian schools This December, PJ Library New Hamp- is so important,” added Hurwitz. “There Misha Greenblatt and Eli Shpindler shire offered a workshop to arm parents are so few people we can discuss these is- and caregivers with ideas, activities, and were proud to show their classmates a menorah. sues with, it’s good to gather together materials to help them bring Chanukah and share ideas and experiences.” into their children’s classrooms in a fun dren in multi-faith schools and the impor- Each parent left with a concise version and appropriate way. The group discussed tance of parents visiting classrooms to in- of the Chanukah story to read aloud to Miri Shpindler and JFNH Board Chair the challenges of parenting Jewish chil- troduce the community to Jewish holidays. the class and a PJ Library book and Sarit Itenberg were well-prepared to teach the children of World Academy in Nashua all about Chanukah after the PJ workshop. A gift from the Sign up your children ages 6 months through 11 years old and enjoy dreidel set to donate to the classroom. Jewish Federation of New Hampshire “The JFNH/PJ Library materials were the gift of Jewish children’s books excellent and most helpful in facilitating and resources delivered to your the message of Chanukah to this young home each month. Explore Jewish age group,” said Miri Shpindler, who vis- heritage and culture through ited her son’s classroom at World Acade- my in Nashua. “The teacher mentioned PJ Library’s high-quality stories to me that the kids really loved the PJ Li- about Jewish values, traditions, brary dreidel game set and spent time and heritage. playing with it during indoor recess.” Teaching the wider community about Jewish holidays and traditions isn’t just Through the program your family fun and games. As JFNH Board Chair will be enriched by experiencing Sarit Itenberg, who visited World Acad- the joys of Jewish life. emy with Miri Shpindler, said, “in the spirit of the complex world we live in now, and with the ability to set the right Funded by the Jewish Federation of and healthy tones in early childhood, New Hampshire, it’s a gift that will programs such as this could help shape nourish a Jewish life from the start. the future one classroom at a time. Not to mention, it helps our Jewish kiddos who live in a mostly non-Jewish world feel completely included during the holi- day season! Being able to share a special activity with not only my children and their classrooms but with one of my clos- est friends was so meaningful.” The reaction from schools was equally Ages 6 mos. through 8 positive. “I can tell you that the response SIGN pjlibrary.org from Chase’s teacher and the other par- ents in his class was overwhelming grati- Ages 9 through 11 tude that we were able to teach their kids about our holiday,” said Rose Treitel. “I UP pjourway.org jewishnh.org sent each kid home with a dreidel and some coins and many of them played that evening with their families.”

PAGE 8 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 Upcoming Programs In Response to Rising Anti-Semitism rising hate, it is crucial to be able to iden- By Board Member Dina Chaitowitz tify hate crimes and know how to respond. At JFNH, we are rising to confront 2. Thursday, March 5 at 6:00 p.m. and combat growing anti-Semitism. As -Teaching the Holocaust: Keeping The recently reported, we, along with Holo- Moral Core, Presented by Tom White of caust survivor Kati Preston, have co- the Cohen Center for Holocaust and sponsored a bill to mandate Holocaust Genocide Studies. Program description: and genocide education in New Hamp- The task of educators is to make histori- shire public schools. State Senator Jay cal topics relevant to their students. Kahn of the Tenth District filed the pro- The Holocaust must be taught in a multi- posed bill, which he expects to be heard disciplinary way as a human story taking in the Senate Education Committee this place in modern society - one human be- winter. Holocaust education is crucial to ing to another - by neighbors, in the same teach students about the decisions — the civilization. This workshop explores actions, and failures to act — that led to ways to humanize the experience of the mass violence, and to help them grow to victims and perpetrators in order to mo- be empathetic and socially responsible tivate successive generations to recognize Pictured here are (from left to right): Professor C. Paul Vincent, Interim Co-Direc- citizens and community leaders. an ethical responsibility to respond to tor, Cohen Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies; Allyson Guertin, JFNH Direc- In November, we brought the Anti-Def- prejudice and hatred. This presentation tor of Outreach; State Senator Jay Kahn (10th District), who recently filed a bill to amation League (“ADL”) to our new illustrates how to connect students to the mandate Holocaust and Genocide education in the State of New Hampshire; Shan- home in Bedford to provide guidance to victims as human beings; putting people non Desilets, program director for the State of New Hampshire’s Jesse Lewis Choose teens and their parents on addressing anti- above statistics; how to explore everyday Love Movement; our speaker, Margaret (Peggy) Shukur, ADL Senior Associate Regional Director; and Melanie Zalman McDonald, JFNH Executive Director. Semitism in schools. The resulting “Words life in the ghettos; how Jews fought dehu- Also in attendance were Reverend Jason Wells, Executive Director, NH Council of to Action” program was filled to capacity. manization by confronting moral dilem- Churches, and John Lewis, retired NH Superior Court Justice and Chair of the New The ADL’s “State of Hate” presenta- mas; the choice many survivors made to Hampshire Institute for Civics Education. tion on January 5 was extremely informa- choose life and continuation over despair tive, as we learned the difference between and violence; proper contexts; suggested “hate incidents” and “hate crimes” and appropriate lessons and use of film; and talked about actions we might take to the burden and responsibility of repre- combat anti-Semitism. The program was senting trauma. Specific attention will be well attended — about 70 people — and given to the use of imagery. A fundamen- the audience included important allies in tal approach will be to discuss the limits the fight for tolerance and acceptance, in- and goals of teaching about the Holo- cluding Professor C. Paul Vincent, Inter- caust while teaching students how to im Co-Director, Cohen Center for Holo- maintain a moral core. The methodologi- caust & Genocide Studies; State Senator cal considerations can be applied to any Jay Kahn; Shannon Desilets, program di- social studies or English curriculum. rector for the State of New Hampshire’s 3. Thursday, March 17 at 6:00 - The Hu- Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement; our man Problem of Genocide, presented by speaker, Margaret (Peggy) Shukur, ADL Tom White of the Cohen Center for Ho- Senior Associate Regional Director; Rev- locaust and Genocide Studies. Program erend Jason Wells, Executive Director, description: April is Genocide Awareness NH Council of Churches, and John Lew- and Prevention Month in the State of is, retired NH Superior Court Justice and NH. The program presents and seeks to Chair of the New Hampshire Institute for answer an array of important questions: Civics Education. Of course, everyone in What is genocide? When do processes be- the audience was wonderful, and the con- come part of a genocidal momentum? versation continued well after the expect- What is required to recognize, deter and ed time for ending the program. prevent genocide? How do we prevent the We encourage you to join us at these up- escalation? How do we identify moments coming programs, and to invite teachers in the process where intervention (any and other community leaders to join you. type) can change the momentum? What All programs require pre-registration, can we do to make a difference? We will which can be accomplished by calling discuss the United Nations’ definition of JFNH at 603-627-7679 and specifying the genocide, and genocide risk factors and program for which you wish to pre-register warning signs. We will explore proactive and the number and names of attendees. and reactive responses. We will also wres- 1. Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. tle with the tension between the moral im- - ADL’s Hate Crimes Training Program. perative to act and the principles of non- This program, presented by ADL’s Asso- intervention and state sovereignty. This ciate Regional Director, Melissa Kraus, presentation seeks to empower students to will focus on the definition of a hate crime make such attitudes and behaviors cultur- and common misconceptions. In times of ally unacceptable.

Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 9 Fighting Anti-Semitism With Wisdom, Hope and Joy Even when times are good, American Rabbi in the House uring out the nuts and bolts of making fort.” We must ask ourselves if, “this po- Jews have been concerned about anti- Jewish institutions safe is the work of litical party, this movement, this organi- Semitism. Back in the mid-nineties, I Federation and the ADL, finding path- zation, this activist group, accepts me or, happened to move my synagogue desk ways to hope is the rabbi’s task. will I need to hide my true views or cut right by a window. Almost immediately, Rabbi Dan Danson One place to begin is with three recent off parts of who I am?” the synagogue president was on the Temple B’nai Israel books on the subject, (((Semitism))): Weis grew up in Pittsburgh and sees phone. “Rabbi, I don’t like where your Being Jewish in America in the Age of hope in the city’s response to the Tree of desk is; it frames your head perfectly for Trump, by New York Times reporter Jon- Life shooting. “The entire community – a shooter.” And this was in a quiet Wis- athan Weisman, How to Fight Anti-Semi- Muslim leaders, Christian leaders, politi- consin town, at a congregation that had to turn and for these resources, but there tism by Bari Weiss, also with the Times, cians, government leaders, police depart- not seen vandalism in decades. Now, fol- is a pronounced sadness in this. In my and Antisemitism Here and Now, by Deb- ment, corporations, even our sports lowing the violent events in Pittsburgh, thirty plus years in the rabbinate, I have orah Lipstadt, a professor at Emory Uni- teams – stood up and said no. we will not San Diego, New Jersey, and New York, worked with churches, civic organiza- versity. As Weisman’s title indicates, it is give this oxygen.” we are even more on edge. tions, and the Federation to fight anti- challenging to do anything in the public Professor Deborah Lipstadt is the Already, before the Tree of Life shoot- Semitism. Like most of my colleagues, I realm without it becoming political, but best known of these authors and is re- ing, our congregation in Laconia was have spoken to literally thousands of the books offer something across the po- nowned for her scholarship on Holo- working with the local police to shore people about anti-Semitism’s causes and litical spectrum. caust denial. She reminds us that we up our building’s security. Now, like why it is incumbent on everyone to fight Weisman’s work has it origins in an need to be strategic and use our energy many New Hampshire synagogues, we it. I really thought we were getting event that happened to him during the well. For example, when there’s a swas- are partnering with the Jewish Federa- somewhere, but the ADL’s statistics on 2016 presidential campaign. He retweet- tika drawn on a wall of a Jewish build- tion to work with state and federal au- anti-Semitic incidents are sobering. ed an op-ed written by Robert Kagan, a ing, we need to distinguish an ignorant thorities to further protect our commu- Since 2017, incidents are up 60% from neo-conservative writer, criticizing then- or immature kid from that done through nity. We are grateful to have somewhere 2000. It is hard not to despair, but if fig- candidate Donald Trump. Within min- an organized effort. utes he received this response, “Hello She also urges us to note the good (((Weisman))).” When he asked what the times as well as the bad and tells this parentheses meant, the response was, story. A friend of hers came into shul “It’s a dog whistle fool. Belling the cat for with her 5-year-old daughter. The moth- my fellow goyim.” Weisman then re- er, seeing the security guard at the door 2); ,%147,-6) 131 7 ceived a flood of thousands of anti-Se- said to her daughter, “Let’s say hi and %6) -2:-8)( 83 % mitic images and messages. thank you to the guard for keeping us Weisman’s hope is that the Jewish com- safe.” The little girl was baffled. Why munity focuses on “the beauty and would this synagogue where she found ©ĆĢäϞĂääʼnä breadth in humanity,” which he describes so much joy be a place she needed to as following the teachings of the proph- worry about being safe? Lispstadt `ĩġäĢőŖġHĢùĩŅġÁőĆĩĢ ets Micah and Isaiah. 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Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 11 Going to Camp and Finding Home By Kelly Zakar, MSN, RN, PPCNP-BC On Friday, September 6, 2019, my daughter Elise Nordstrom and I entered the mikveh at Mayyim Hayyim in New- ton, and “officially” converted to Juda- ism. I say “officially,” as both Elise and I have considered ourselves to be Jewish for quite some time. My conversion to Judaism began in 1996 when I first began working as a The CYJ Directors and their families lit Elise Nordstrom being lifted in celebra- camp nurse at Camp . My a candle for Elise. Pictured with Elise: tion by Wayne Goldstein and Samm conversations at the head table with Tzvi Stephen Marks, Rachel Kornreich, Ja- Smith-Rappaport during her bat mitzvah Jewish educator Wayne Goldstein with and Harris (CYJ’s own Statler and Wal- mie Marks, and Marcy Kornreich. celebration at Camp Young Judea. Elise Nordstrom. dorf) along with my experience of Juda- ism at camp led me to consider what liv- first in the infirmary, then in the Red months for 2,” counting down the days that I need to not only act in a certain ing a Jewish life would look like for me. House and eventually G1, where she until camp started each summer. When way myself, but that I must also try, even While I was not ready to convert to Juda- would take up residency for many sum- we moved to Brookline, NH in 2014, she when it’s hard, to stand up for other peo- ism back then, I decided that any chil- mers. As she started “going around with introduced herself as Jewish, and signed ple who may be the targets of lewdness, dren I had would not be baptized at G1” as a day camper, she started learning up to bring in latkes for her school’s “hol- cruelty, or injustice. Being at Camp birth, but would be able to make their about Judaism. In the Judaica cabin, she idays around the world” celebration. She Young Judaea every summer has helped own decisions regarding their religious learned to sing HaMotzi and the Birkat took pride in sharing her religious cus- me to learn how to act appropriately in affiliations. Hamazon. In 2012, we started celebrating toms and celebrations with her new class- all types of situations and to grow into a Flash forward to 2011, I arrived back Jewish holidays at home and she taught mates. She began learning more about mature young woman. While it may be at CYJ with those then future children in her Brownie troop how to play Dreidel at her faith while not at camp and took an hard to follow all of the 613 mitzvot pro- tow. My daughter, Elise Nordstrom, was their “Christmas celebration.” active part in family Seders and Rosh scribed in the Torah now that I am hav- 5 years old when she first began spending From the very beginning Elise was Hashanah celebrations. As much as her ing my Bat Mitzvah, the laws that relate her summers at Camp Young Judaea, your stereotypical camper, living “10 “10 months” away from camp were spent to respect and kindness are ones that I living a Jewish life, it was the “2 months” will try my hardest to fulfill.” at camp that solidified this identity. When she is with her camp family she She has had the privilege of growing feels accepted and loved, in the one place camp? up being cared for by adults who are like where she feels she belongs most in this ight overnight parents and extended family to her; the world. In describing her connection with Looking for the r counselors, nurses, and administrators of camp, Elise describes “CYJ as a place Camp Young Judaea. When Elise made where my Judaism took root, grows, and the independent decision to convert to becomes stronger.” For those of you who Judaism, she sought guidance from the have had a part in her upbringing, please camp Judaica director, Wayne Goldstein, know how much you have helped her to in helping her to prepare for her conver- become this amazing young woman. sion and to become a bat mitzvah. L’Shalom. Celebrating her bat mitzvah with her camp family was incredibly meaningful Kelly Nordstrom Zakar, a pediatric to her (and to me). In her D’var Torah, nurse practitioner, is Camp Young Judea’s available for she shared: “One thing I have learned is Medical Director. CYJ has limited spots summer 2020! Offering 2, 3.5 and 7 week sessions for campers ages 8-15 `wPm®ž Call or email us today to inquire about Dw—D—00'ÏwD !l” availability 781-237-9410 or [email protected]

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PAGE 12 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 Let Their Imaginations Art and Torah at Soar This Summer! Tizmoret Shoshana 6XPPHU4XHVW'D\&DPSRIIHUVFRQYHQLHQW RQHZHHNVHVVLRQVWKDWDUHMDPSDFNHG feel imbued with the invaluable message ZLWKIXQDGYHQWXUHQHZIULHQGVKLSVDQG of living your life using your creativity to XQLTXHH[SHULHQFHV build your relationship with Hashem! By Chana Chesler, campership recipient I made so many precious friendships ĵ &DPSVDYDLODEOHIRUVWXGHQWVHQWHULQJ Words can't describe how amazing my which I am so grateful for, which I hope .LQGHUJDUWHQ*UDGH experience at Tizmoret Shoshana was. It will be with me forever. All in all, I had ĵ $FDGHPLF(QULFKPHQW3URJUDPVIRU an extraordinary time at Tizmoret was filled with Torah and creativity right VWXGHQWVHQWHULQJ*UDGHV at my fingertips. I could soak up the in- Shoshana, and I believe these memories spiration of the Shiur every day and will be gems forever. This was made pos- could make art every day, with access to sible with a generous scholarship from so many tools. It was so gorgeous seeing the Jewish Federation of New Hamp- the perfect unity of the Torah and art. I shire, to whom I am eternally grateful.

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Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 13 The Magic of Jewish Overnight Camp: a Camp Nurse Perspective camp nurse over the last three years at Camp is a family. Families share the staff to ensure that every child has the By Davida Rubin-Baker, RN, JD Camp Young Judaea in Amherst, NH. bonds of experience. They share a histo- opportunity to thrive. As in a family, Family camp attendee, parent of camp- Being a camp nurse provided the aha mo- ry and a future. As in a family, the young- there is love. And as in a family, there is ers at two different Jewish overnight ment, the why explaining why people go est children look up to the older children mutual understanding. But, when con- camps, parent of a counselor, One Hap- back to camp year after year and why and the youngest campers look forward flict arises (because inevitably it some- py Camper scholarship family member, camp children grow to become camp par- to the privileges that come with age. As in times does, as in any family), adults en- camp nurse, and Infirmary Director. In ents and camp grandparents. a family, the older children remember sure that such conflict is resolved in a this last decade, I’ve been all of these, Many ingredients come together to what it was like to be the youngest and in productive way. and each role has given me insight into create the magic of Jewish overnight turn, they mentor the younger campers. Camp is a place to grow. Not infre- the true magic of Jewish overnight camp camp. Here’s what my summers as a Adults supervise the relationships be- quently, young children experience tem- — none more so than my experience as a camp nurse have taught me: tween campers and between campers and porary homesickness when they first come to camp. As the camp nurse, I see these children. They come to me with real stomachaches or headaches. Their bodies sometimes manifest physical Two Programs… symptoms in response to this emotional challenge. Of course, counselors and staff are trained to handle homesickness One Purpose: in campers. But I’ve realized over time that rather than being a negative experi- ence, in the end, homesickness is an em- Build Jewish Identity powering experience for a child. There is a transformation that occurs when a camper makes it through home- sickness (and almost without exception, ChooseC Jewish summer camp! every camper does). These kids, with a little love and help from their friends and Fabulous new friends. Endless fun. Memories to their counselors, survive and thrive. The llasta a lifetime. Jewish overnight camp is more experience makes them proud. They tthan just an exciting summer escape—it’s a made it through and fall into the routine of camp life; they did it! The children pplace where adventures abound, and Jewish who came to me one year because they values are learned and lived. were homesick are often the same chil- dren who can empathize best with new campers who are homesick a subsequent Israel Experience for Teens year. Making it through a challenge and providing support for others who are try- Select a travel or study program in Israel with a ing to helps children grow. Camp is a place of Jewish pride. Every peer group of your choice. Find lifelong friends, single summer day, I watch about 400 strengthen your Jewish identity, and connect to Jewish young people celebrate being Jew- ish. They sing Hatikvah after they pledge Israel through amazing adventures in Israel. allegiance to the American flag. They say the HaMotzi before each meal. They sing the Birkat after the meal. They learn the Camp and Israel Experience grants Hebrew word of the day. They interact with their Israeli counselors and camp- are available from the ers. They have fun being Jewish. There’s Jewish Federation of New Hampshire. no need to explain being Jewish. Their friends understand. Their counselors un- For more information visit derstand. The administration under- www.jewishnh.org stands. There is no need to explain Shab- bat; together, the whole camp celebrates. or call 603-627-7679 Special clothing. Special food. A special service. Shabbat at camp is a time apart from the rest of the week (just as it should be) and that special time is spent with an entire community who understands and celebrates alongside you. In addition to the evidence I see daily, studies confirm that camp facilitates Jew- The Magic continued on next page

PAGE 14 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 A Summer That Lasts a Lifetime EISNER, CRANE LAKE, 6 POINTS SCI-TECH CAMPS

Davida Rubin-Baker with the Camp Young Judea nursing staff.

The Magic continued from page 14 marriages lead to camp babies and future campers. Nuff’ said. ish identity. In 2011, The Foundation of Being a counselor is training for life. I Jewish Camps put out a report analyzing see the growth and development of the the impact that Jewish camp has on Jew- counselors each summer. They come in ish identity and engagement. The report sometimes having to be reminded that showed the most pronounced increase in they are no longer campers. Soon Jewish engagement in four areas. Three of enough, they go from playing the role of them have to do with Jewish communal counselor to embracing and shaping the identity: camp alumni are 55 percent more role. I’ve seen counselors advocate for Programs for likely than Jewish adults who did not at- campers. I’ve seen them help their camp- tend camp to say they are “very emotion- ers show up for medication. They remind campers grades 2-10 ally attached to Israel”; they are 45 per- campers about hygiene and remind them cent more likely to attend synagogue at to check their bodies for ticks. They learn least once a month; and 30 percent more to wash the sheets of campers who may of them donate to Jewish federations. have gotten poison ivy. And when the is- Every individual matters at camp. sue requires administrative support, Whether a person is young or old, people counselors learn to ask for help. I’ll never need to be needed. I learned this lesson forget my son who was home on his day many times in life but the lesson was most off last summer. “I need to get back to pronounced when I brought therapy pets my kids,” he said. He cared about his to visit hospice patients; even hospice pa- campers. He cared about giving them as tients wanted to be needed and felt useful good an experience as he had at camp. in their last days when they could give love When he went off to college this summer, to an animal. At camp, there are many I had no doubt that he was ready. Being a times each day that each child plays a nec- counselor is training for life. essary role. Each child is part of a table This year I have spent my weekends community in the dining hall and part of shuttling my daughter to bar and bat their bunk community. As such, they par- mitzvahs near and far. These are her ticipate in these communities to lead a camp friends. I hear them tell each other Visit our websites to learn more, blessing before a meal or to tidy up their how proud they are of each other. I hear Contact us at bunk each morning after breakfast. them call each other “sisters.” I hear sign up for a tour, and register! Campers count on one another to partici- them talk about going to Israel together 201.722.0400 pate in activities together, to play sports one day. I hear them talk about their as- www.urjnortheastcamps.org together, to perform in plays together, to pirations to be counselors. I have no dance together, to make decisions togeth- doubt that my daughter and her camp er, and to support each other. friends will one day have children of Camp is a place which inevitably leads their own who are bonded through their to future generations. At this point in my love of camp. For me, this is nothing life I have seen a lot of marriages that short of magic, and I wouldn’t have it originated at camp. Needless to say, camp any other way….

Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 15 How to Talk to Children About Anti-Semitism Reprinted with permission from just for being themselves. We raise our Research shows that one of the best ways are not taboo, we let them know that they PJLibrary.org kids to be good people, mensches, to help that we can help prepare our children to can always come to us with questions or Let's face it, no one wants to have to and accept others, and to do the best they cope with discrimination and intolerance is thoughts about life's scary situations. tell their child that there are nasty people can to treat those around them fairly and by being open about it. When we show our Part of growing up and getting older in the world who will try to hurt them with respect. children that these topics, though tough, will mean that our kids come face to face with some of the ugliness of the world. Given recent events, like a rise in anti-Se- mitic acts and bias crimes, a mass shoot- ing at a synagogue in Pittsburgh as well as waves of bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers, we may have to have these conversations sooner than we'd like. Talking To Your Kids Many sources recommend being direct with kids about difficult topics while also tuning in to gauge how much your kids can handle. TEACHING THE HOLOCAUST The American Psychological Associa- tion stresses that for children in groups that are likely to be targets of discrimina- EMPOWERING STUDENTS tion, it's vital for parents to have ongo- ing, honest, discussions with their chil- dren rather than shying away from the subject. The APA also recommends: :+<$77(1'7+Ζ6352*5$0" 352*5$0*2$/6 • Let the discussion be ongoing. 7KLVSURIHVVLRQDOGHYHORSPHQWVHVVLRQZLOOJLYH\RXWKH 7KURXJKWKLVSURJUDPHGXFDWRUVZLOO • Keep talking. Yes, even--and especial- WRROVWRWHDFKDQGLQLWLDWHLPSRUWDQWGLVFXVVLRQVDERXW ly--when it gets hard. ([SORUHDVRXQGSHGDJRJ\IRUWKHSODQQLQJ WKHFRPSOH[OHVVRQVRIWKH+RORFDXVWΖQH[SORULQJ DQGLPSOHPHQWDWLRQRI+RORFDXVWHGXFDWLRQ – It's also ok to say "I don't know." FODVVURRPWHVWHGVWUDWHJLHVWKDWFDQEHLPSOHPHQWHGLQ 1 LQWKHFODVVURRP • Be age appropriate. Keep things basic. \RXUFODVVURRP\RXZLOOOHDYHZLWKLQFUHDVHGFRQȴGHQFH Young children especially need simple ([DPLQHLQVWUXFWLRQDOHQKDQFHPHQWVWRVXSSRUW DQGH΍HFWLYHPDWHULDOVWRWDFNOHWKHWRXJKTXHVWLRQV\RXU information balanced with reassurance. VWXGHQWVKDYHDERXWWKLVVXEMHFW7KHZK\7KHKRZ 2 VWXGHQWOHDUQLQJDQGXQGHUVWDQGLQJ • Encourage your children to ask ques- 'LVFRYHUDQGXWLOL]HFODVVURRPUHDG\GLJLWDODVVHWV tions. 3 LQFOXGLQJOHVVRQSODQVYLVXDOKLVWRU\WHVWLPRQLHV DQGDGGLWLRQDOSULPDU\VRXUFHPDWHULDOV • Help kids learn how to deal with being the potential target of discrimination. (QKDQFHSHUVRQDONQRZOHGJHDERXWWKH+RORFDXVW • Develop healthy comebacks or re- LQFOXGLQJWKHKLVWRU\RIDQWLVHPLWLVPDQG 4 sponses to hurtful discriminatory %XLOGFRQȴGHQFHDQGFDSDFLW\WRWHDFKWKLV statements. For example: “What an un- 5 FRPSOH[VXEMHFW kind thing to say.” “Excuse me? Could you repeat that?” “I disagree with you, Ȋ7KH XOWLPDWHMRERIDWHDFKHULVWRPDNHFRQQHFWLRQV and here’s why…” WR\RXUVWXGHQWVZLWKWKHFXUULFXOXP

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PAGE 16 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The Early Learning Center at Temple Israel Portsmouth Celebrates Chanukah By Tammy Labonte dents again. This time we made yummy with homemade applesauce, latkes and sufganiyot – doughnuts that traditionally sour cream at the Early Learning Center Many thanks to Laura Sher for cook- have jelly inside. Ours did not, but were Chanukah Family Celebration. During ing with the Early Learning Center stu- coated in powdered sugar. We ate them the celebration we said the blessing for lighting the menorah, told the story of the Maccabees for parents and marched like the Maccabees to the Paul Zim song “Maccabee March.” Thank you, Rabbi Ira Korinow, for joining us during the family celebration. The Early Learning Center also “lit” our hallway menorah each morning and ended the week with a pajama party and winter activities in honor of the winter solstice that started on the first day of vacation. We hope everyone had a happy Chanu- kah and a safe and happy New Year! The ELC is a licensed preschool serv- ing children ages 2 years 9 months to 5 years. It operates Monday-Friday, 8:45 AM to 1 PM. For more information, contact Tammy LaBonte at preschool. [email protected] or call Temple Israel Portsmouth students Cooking sufganiyot with Laura Sher at the Early Learning Center - Temple Israel 603436-5301 x23. “light” the hall menorah. Portsmouth. Calling All Young Jewish Musicians! ducer. The Klezmer Kidz played Chas- By Chanchie Krinsky sidic nigunim, Klezmer music, Yiddish Calling all young Jewish musicians! A folk and theater songs, and Israeli dance team at Chabad in Manchester is in the ex- music. This lively band became very ploratory phase of an exciting new oppor- popular, playing at many events and sim- tunity for budding child/ chas, and recorded a well- teen musicians. Under the received CD. directorship of accom- All instruments are wel- plished musician and all- come to participate. There around mensch Jim Prend- will be very loose, infor- ergast of Mill Pond Music mal ‘auditions,’ mainly to Studio, the kids will get to- see if there is enough in- gether regularly to learn Jim Pendergast of Mill Pond terest. There is a particu- and practice Jewish music, Music Studio in Portsmouth. lar need for lead melody with the goal of perform- instruments: woodwind ing at Chabad events and other functions (flute, clarinet, etc.), brass (trumpet, open to the broader community. trombone, etc.), violin, mandolin and The main idea is to give young instru- (yes!) accordion. There will be roles for Temple Israel Portsmouth students march like the Maccabees. mentalists, who are already either taking enthusiastic beginners as well as ad- private lessons or learning in school vanced hotshots. This project is open to band/orchestra, an opportunity to put ages 8-17, guys and gals. their skills to use playing Jewish music as If this school year is already too full of Keeping you connected a group. commitments, but you'd want to fit it in Jim led a successful group like this, for the 2020-'21 school year, get in called the Klezmer Kidz, in Nashville, touch! Please email Chanchie@Chaba- NEWS where he worked for 30 years as a studio dofNH.com if your child has a serious e guitarist, arranger, bandleader and pro- interest in this project.

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Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 17 Chanukah at TAY: The Game Show Hits the Mark! By Dr. Sol Rockenmacher Sunday morning, December 15 was the occasion of another Joel Gordon-led TAY Brotherhood holiday party, Chanukah:The Game Show, with over seventy attendees. The theme was on-stage entertainment contests, an audience participation event where the members of the audience were called up to participate in silly party games. Joel’s able assistant was mistress of buf- foonery, world-renowned magician, Corky the Clown’s cousin, Kugel the Clown (aka Nancy Frankel). Following the show, Ku- gel made balloon sculptures for the kids. David Rosenzweig, Sol and Linda It’s a wrap … of parents by their children! Rockenmacher, Michael Bank, Jud Bel- mont, Doug Black, Mark Biletch, Ed Schoen, Mark Granoff, and Jeffrey Jolton helped Joel carry out the morning plans, set up in the kitchen, and serve. Students came through the doors at 11:00 and were directed to tables by class. There were three tables filled with par- ents. Each table was pre-set with plates, forks, condiments, drinks, and bowls of jelly Munchkins. After the students were seated, the pro- Have I got some games for you! said MC ceedings opened with a video rendition Joel Gordon. of Shake it Off – Chanukah. This year there were five games, two was a table wrapping competition by the of which were new additions. The show entire high school class who took turns started with Tin Man – a tin foil wrap- wrapping their selected tables and, mid- ping competition where three parents game, expanded that to every table in the were wrapped by their own children. room. This was MC Joel’s favorite game This was followed by the new Menorah of the party. Finally, we ended with the Kugel the Clown tells kids, if everyone lit just one candle … Lighting Relay Race, where three teams Whipped Cream Catapult – which, with of two raced each other to most quickly participation limited to students, was fas- light the menorah. There was the added cinating to watch. excitement of watching children run- The entertainment went nearly a full ning with fire back and forth across the hour, after which the food was served stage. (Joe Gallant stood at the ready family style: Munchkins, latkes with with a fire extinguisher!) sour cream and apple sauce, and hot Following this contest, there was a Si- dogs in buns. mon Says game, and Ted Yegerman was Following the program Joel handed the “last man standing” in the room. out Chanukah gelt to all the attendees. Then it was on to the Champagne Glass In summary, a really good time was Stacking competition. The fourth contest had by all, children and adults alike.

Calling all Scouts for Scout Shabbat! Temple Emanu-El will hold its annual wear their uniforms and plan to arrive at Scout Shabbat service at 7:00 p.m. on Fri- 6:45 p.m.. This service is co-sponsored by day, February 7 at 514 Main Street in the National Jewish Committee on Scout- Haverhill, MA. The service is open to all ing. Although walk-ins are welcome, Scouts Scouts (Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girl who preregister by calling 603.382.5927 or Shlicha Avia Sagron presented her Israeli Story program at Temple B'nai Israel in Scouts, Daisies, etc) and their families and emailing [email protected] will re- early November. Her warmth and humor have made her a beloved speaker, and they are looking forward to her next visit to Laconia in February! will be followed by an oneg. Scouts should ceive a free commemorative patch.

PAGE 18 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 Up, Up and Away!: Southern New Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club Hosts Children’s Breakfast with Mad Science The Southern New Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club Annual Children’s Break- fast featuring Mad Science’s “Up, Up and AWAY!” presentation will take place on Sunday, March 1 at 9:30 AM at Temple Beth Abraham, 4 Raymond Street, Nashua. After our famous Sunday Breakfast (including waffles!) children will have a fantastic time learning about pressure (definitely not the homework type). The kids will be left flying high as the Mad Scientist explains how the weight of the earth’s atmosphere pushes down on Children marvel at Mad Science’s warm air balloon. One lucky child will ride Mad Science’s hovercraft. them with the force of an elephant! They’ll explore how Bernoulli’s Princi- Scientist’s vortex generator creates giant Our kitchen crew will be preparing a Club members and $12 for non- ple creates enough lift to make a jumbo smoke rings and much more. Want even sumptuous feast of waffles, eggs, members. All Children eat FREE! For jet fly and how air pressure can be used more pressure? One lucky child will potatoes, bagels, lox and whitefish salad more information, and to RSVP for to launch a hot air balloon. The kids take a ride on the amazing Mad Science with veggies, fruit, juice, coffee and tea. breakfast (please), email breakfastrsvp@ will watch in amazement as the Mad Hovercraft! The cost for breakfast is $8.00 for Men’s snhjmc.org. My Big Story: A Trip Down Memory Lane with Peter Gallaher at Southern New Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club Brunch My Big Story: from Customs Inspector, which will be made available at a decent Club members and $12 for non-members. programming such as a town hall-style to the Bureau of Narcotics, from the FBI price and will come complete with his For more information, and to RSVP for political event each fall and our annual to the Department of Labor own camera crew to record breakfast (please), email breakfastrsvp@ children’s breakfast, which this year IG’s Office via the Whiskey Pier every word! snhjmc.org. features a science exhibit designed to and Katz’s Delicatessen! Join us The Southern New About The Southern New Hampshire both educate and entertain young minds. for a fun and exciting trip down Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club Jewish Men’s Club The Southern New Hampshire Jewish memory lane with Nashua’s is proud to sponsor Peter’s The Southern New Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club is a non-profit organization own Peter Gallaher on Sunday, presentation, which will start Men’s Club was founded in 1982 and serving all of southern NH’s Jewish February 16, at 9:30 AM at with our Monthly Sunday meets monthly for Sunday brunches. The communities, regardless of synagogue Temple Beth Abraham, 4 Breakfast at 9:30 AM. Our Club’s mission is based on building a membership, for over thirty years. If you Raymond Street, Nashua. kitchen crew will be preparing brotherhood of like-minded men who or someone you know would like to join Come learn how Peter started a sumptuous feast of eggs, wish to share their commitment and our Men’s Club, please contact our his career wearing a silly blue Peter Gallaher potatoes, bagels, lox, whitefish values with those in the greater New President, Don Gorelick, via email: uniform and a big hat while riding in an salad, veggies, fruit, juice, coffee and tea. Hampshire Jewish community. The [email protected] or visit our old beaten up squad car, annoying The cost for breakfast is $8.00 for Men’s SNHJMC has provided quality website at http://www.snhjmc.org. longshoreman and wandering through ships for six months. Hear all about Peter’s first boss, Ike Feldman, a little Jewish guy who always walked around with a cigar The First Conference on the almost as big as he was! You’ll feel like you personally knew Peter’s first partner, New England Jewish Experience Morty Benjamin, otherwise known as gion who are doing important work in out groups are as follows: Developing By Stephen Soreff, MD “Pickles;” you won’t have to ask why. New England Jewish history — including Your Collection, Using Technology to Peter will introduce you to Howie The first annual New England Jewish educators, archivists, genealogists, and Document and Share Your Holdings, Safir, who later became of Chief of the History Conference, “What is the New historians. At the meeting itself, there Discovering Lesser Known Genealogi- New York City Police Department. England Jewish Experience?” will occur will a keynote address, a review of the cal Resources, Collecting Oral Histories, Hear all about how Peter, Howie, Pete on Sunday, March 29, from 9:00 AM– Jewish landscape of all six New England Social Media and Marketing in the Dig- Srocca and “Shakey” O’Neill got 4:30 PM at the Wyner Family Jewish states, and break-out groups. The key- ital Age, and Jewish Public History in involved in Peter’s first shooting, and Heritage Center at the New England His- note speaker will be Michael Hober- the College Classroom. There is a cost more. Be ready to relish (and laugh at) toric Genealogical Society, 99-101 New- man, professor of English at Fitchburg of $54 which includes breakfast, re- these stories as Peter recounts his career, bury Street, Boston, MA. State University and author of New Is- freshments, and lunch. Since space is culminating with 20 years investigating The first gathering of its kind, the New rael/New England: Jews and Puritans in limited, please contact Stephen Soreff, organized crime and labor racketeering. England Jewish History Conference Early New England, and How Strange it MD by email at [email protected] or Be assured that Peter will be bringing presents an opportunity to gather and Seems: The Cultural Life of Jews in phone at 603 895-6120 before February several hundred copies of his speech, network with colleagues across the re- Small Town New England. The break- 9, 2020 if you would like to attend.

Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 19 Award-Winning Israeli Journalist Coming Soon: A Night to Speak at TAY of Hassidic Melodies & A Unique litical blog for which she was awarded the By Rabbi Beth Davidson 2012 Google Digital Excellence-in-Jour- Multimedia Concert Manchester — Temple Adath Yeshurun nalism Award and the 2015 Ometz Award Manchester—On Sunday, February 9 says Rabbi Levi Krinsky, Director of and are thrilled to announce that for Courage in the Public Sphere. at 6:30pm, Chabad of Manchester will Chabad of New Hampshire. “He would Ms. Tal Schneider, the Before embarking on her host a unique multimedia concert, Songs always say that a feeling, no matter how Chief Diplomatic and Po- career in journalism, Tal, an of the Inspired Soul. lofty and spiritual, is not enough, indeed litical Correspondent for attorney, worked as a media Combining film with a live musical it doesn’t matter at all, if it isn’t Globes, the Israeli financial lawyer in Israel's leading performance by a string quartet, Songs of accompanied by a message that looks to daily, will be speaking at media law firm, where she the Inspired Soul tells the story of the change one’s actions for the better.” Temple Adath Yeshurun on was responsible for censor- Hassidic melodies taught by the Six of these melodies will be brought to Sunday, February 9, at 3 ship cases, gag orders, and Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi M.M. life in arrangements by Maestro Israel pm. Ms. Schneider’s topic: libel court litigation. She is Schneerson. Edelson and a performance by a string “Cousins at Heart: Con- a founder and board mem- Though he is known more for his quartet led by Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh. tinuing Connections Be- ber of Israel's Journalism written and spoken words, of which Each of the melodies will be introduced tween the two Largest Jew- Association, a founding there are hundreds of printed volumes, by a short narrated film. ish Communities on Earth: member of Israel Women the Rebbe also left a musical legacy of An original production by Yuvla Where do American and Tal Schneider, Chief Reporters’ Society,, and a Hassidic melodies. He taught these Media, a boutique production company Israeli Jews Meet?” will also Diplomatic and Political frequent commentator on melodies to his Hassidim on the holiday that specializes in Hassidic themes, this touch on the New Hamp- Correspondent for Globes Israeli radio and television. of Simchat Torah, well after midnight, concert is a powerful experience in shire Primary, and the un- She lives in Israel but fre- after many hours of dancing with the which words and melody mix, so that precedented upcoming 3rd Israeli national quently visits the United States, and will Torah. you hear the music in the story and the election. be covering the 2020 campaign trail, in- “It’s the memory of this surreal setting story in the music. Ms. Schneider covers Israel's fierce po- cluding both national conventions and the that I wanted to capture,” says Bentzi Indeed, there is an ancient Hassidic litical arena, including both rounds of the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries. Ms. Avtzon, who produced this concert. “Set saying, “If words are the quill of the mind, intense 2019 elections. She is a top Israeli Schneider comes to New Hampshire un- in this context, the special depth of these then melody is the quill of the soul.” On analyst in high demand, a frequent media der the auspices of Kolot Management. Hassidic melodies really come alive.” February 9th at Chabad, these two quills commentator, writer, and speaker who The program is free of charge, but When the Rebbe taught these melodies, will dip in the same well of ink. This event served as Washington correspondent for please call the TAY office at 603-669-5650 he would accompany each of them with a is open to the entire community. Visit Ma’ariv covering the 2004, 2008, 2016 US to rsvp so that we know how many folks story and message. “This is very much in ChabadofNH.com/soulmusic for tickets, election cycles. Tal ran an influential po- are planning to attend. line with what the Rebbe taught generally,” wine and cheese reception included. Temple B’nai Israel Announces Zioness Organizer Carly Pildis Speaks New Rabbi at TBA: How to Talk to Candidates By Karen Rines About Anti-Semitism and Zionism Rabbi Dan Danson was installed as Carly Pildis, a grassroots organizer Temple B'nai Israel's rabbi on December for an organization called Zioness, 6. His colleague Rabbi Dena Feingold was spoke at Temple Beth Abraham in a featured speaker at the Shabbat service, Nashua on December 10. With ideas and joined in to lead adult education that ranging from rehearsing talking points weekend. The temple community is in advance to giving an overly long thrilled to have found such an insightful handshake to a candidate as you talk, and intuitive rabbi, and is so grateful for Carly inspired those in attendance to all he and his family bring to us and for his make their voices heard during and af- Temple Beth Abraham Program Com- willingness to travel so far to be with us. ter the primary season. mittee Co-Chair Ellie Schwartz with This is her posting on the Zioness Tablet Magazine writer and Zioness or- Facebook page: “Last night, Zioness ganizer Carly Pildis after Carly's speech was honored to lead a training for Tem- on Israel, anti-Semitism, and the presi- ple Beth Abraham in Nashua, New dential campaign. Hampshire. Our Director of Grass- ist groups from outside the New Hamp- roots Organizing, Carly Pildis, taught shire Jewish community had used it as 20 members of the local Jewish commu- an opportunity to push an anti-Semitic nity how to effectively engage candi- agenda and felt empowered and excited dates for President on anti-Semitism to tell candidates how they really feel and on Zionism using skills she honed about these issues. Zioness looks for- in the 2008 and 2016 New Hampshire ward to seeing what these incredible Rabbi Dena Feingold spoke at service TBI welcomed Rabbi Dan Danson in primaries. Members of the community Jewish activists achieve and will sup- welcoming Rabbi Dan Danson. December. expressed anger and dismay that activ- port them every step of the way.”

PAGE 20 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 Key Grant Funding to Protect Non-Profits and Houses of Worship Quadrupled in Government Funding Bill Funding Bill Also Provides $17.5 Million buildings’ physical security. this government funding bill also restarts apply will do so for this round of funding for Separate Targeted Violence and The funding agreement also provides a program to fund effective community- and that those whose requests did not get Terrorism Prevention Program $17.5 million for targeted violence and based terrorism prevention efforts, and I funded will have new opportunities to terrorism prevention. This new funding will conduct oversight to help ensure that apply.” WASHINGTON – Senator Maggie initiative provides $10 million for grants the Department is effectively carrying out “JFNH is working closely with Senator Hassan’s office has announced that key to local and nonprofit organizations to this mission.” Hassan’s office as well as with FEMA/NH grant funding to protect non-profit determine the most effective terrorism Explaining what this increased funding DES to create opportunities to have the institutions, including houses of worship, prevention activities, for both international means for the Jewish community of New grantmaking process demystified for will be quadrupled as part of the final and domestic threats. The remaining $7.5 Hampshire, JFNH Executive Director layleaders and to remove obstacles for bipartisan budget agreement to fund the million is to support the formation of Melanie Zalman McDonald says, “it is Jewish houses of worship looking to government for the next fiscal year. prevention frameworks and to conduct our hope that Jewish entities that did not benefit from this increase in funding.” During the last fiscal year, FEMA awareness briefings across the country. distributed $10 million to states through “Synagogues, churches, and mosques the State Homeland Security Grant should be places of comfort, not fear,” Calling Seacoast Book Lovers! program to help non-profit institutions Senator Hassan said. “But sadly, given Temple Israel Portsmouth announces 18th, the group will discuss The strengthen their physical security. In domestic and foreign terrorist threats, we the formation of its new book club. They Marriage of Opposites by Alice August 2019, Senator Hassan and the New need to ensure that community and will meet in the Shmoozatorium on the Hoffman. If you have any questions, Hampshire delegation announced that religious organizations have the resources last Tuesday of each month to discuss please email Jill White at jillrobert1@ seven New Hampshire religious institutions they need to help protect their members. the monthly selection. On February gmail.com. were awarded a total of $150,000 through Increasing funding for this vital non-profit the program. Under the funding agreement, security grant program is important for this program will be quadrupled, allowing helping mitigate the impact of an attack, FEMA to distribute a total of $40 million but hardening our buildings alone is not News from Hadassah to states to help non-profits harden their enough. That is why it’s so important that don’t waste a moment. Heart attack pa- By Michele Bank tients skip the Emergency Room and are Manchester — The Manchester Chap- taken directly to the Catheterization Lab- ter of Hadassah held a ticket drawing oratory and then, if necessary, to surgery. Fighting the Good Fight: ADL’s Tips with proceeds going to Hadassah’s Full Treatment can begin within 34 minutes Circle Campaign. Over $600 was raised of a patient’s arrival in an ambulance. for Responding to Anti-Semitism for renovation of the Round Building at HMO’s lifesaving approach and patient- In an ideal world, we’d never encounter dark street — don’t engage. Get to a safe Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem, Jeru- centered vision of hospital care is why anti-Semitism — and if we did, we’d location and call 911. salem. Many thanks to all who partici- patients choose Hadassah’s hospitals. react like superheroes, ready to teach the If you feel safe, question. “Do you pated for this worthy cause. Congratula- Researchers — and physician research- ignorant a lesson at a moment’s notice. mean everyone who is [Jewish] or are you tions to our winners, who will enjoy din- ers — at HMO are changing the future of In the real world, anti-Semitism is speaking of someone in particular?” ing out with their gift cards. medicine every day. The Linda Joy Pollin increasingly common, and many of us Explain the harm. “When you say that, At a chapter meeting, Rachel Spierer Cardiovascular Wellness Institute in Jeru- freeze the first time we experience it, too it is really damaging to an entire group of and Mary Singer presented a wonderful salem, part of HMO’s Heart Health Insti- shocked, scared, or confused to respond. people.” program on Debbie Friedman’s liturgical tute in Ein Kerem, is leading the way in While no one can guarantee lightning- Put it in context. "What you’re saying music. They discussed Friedman’s life and documenting and raising awareness about fast reflexes, the ADL now offers a actually feeds into a really old the impact of her music in Reform Juda- how heart disease and heart attacks pres- toolkit to help people prepare. stereotype…” ism. The group enjoyed watching video/ ent differently in women. It is also reach- Call it what it is. While some symbols Report, report, report. Depending on audio clips and singing with the help of ing out to Haredi and Arab women, who and statements are blatant, Americans the type of incident, telling the police, an music sheets that were passed out. have heightened risk factors for heart dis- today may be more likely to hear subtle employer, the school principal, the website The Bridge Ladies by Betsy Lerner was ease, such as diabetes and obesity, and “dog whistles” or hatred disguised as platform or even the media can insure discussed over a potluck dinner at a mem- limited exposure to health information simple political commentary. Conspiracy action is taken. Young people are often ber’s home. Mother/daughter relation- and a healthy lifestyle. theories and stereotypes about Jews reluctant to “tattle,” but schools typically ships were the main topic of discussion. The Interventional Cardiology team is running the world are inherently anti- allow anonymous reporting and have A Hadassah Shabbat Service and oneg comprised of some of the most experi- Semitic and dangerous, regardless of the rules preventing retaliation. (Ask first if is scheduled for Friday, March 27, at enced physicians in minimally invasive speaker’s intent. “Criticism of Israel is that is a concern.) It is helpful to have as Temple Adath Yeshurun, 152 Prospect surgical techniques, such as TAVI, where not always anti-Semitic, but it crosses the much documentation as possible: photos Street, Manchester. Rabbi Beth David- they replace the aortic valve without line when it: delegitimizes, or denies the of graffiti, screenshots of offensive texts, son will plan a service that Hadassah open-heart surgery. (TAVI stands for Jewish people’s right to self- notes taken after a confrontation. The members will participate in. This is al- transcatheter aortic valve implantation.) determination, demonizes Jews, ADL tracks incidents and can provide ways a very memorable service that the When world-renowned Nazi hunter portraying them as evil or blowing support: adl.org/reportincident. community is invited to attend. Efraim Zuroff‘s first stent surgery failed to Israel’s actions out of sensible Be proactive. Talk about anti-Semitism Save the date: the chapter’s annual repair his aortic valve, he consulted with proportion, or when it holds Israel to a with your family and friends, contact brunch will be held on Sunday, June 14 at Dr. Haim Danenberg, head of Hadas- double standard.” your political representatives to share the Manchester Country Club in Bedford. sah’s Cardiovascular Research Center. Safety is paramount. If you don’t feel your concerns, write letters to the The committee is planning a fun event For more information about Hadassah, safe — if, for example, someone shouts newspaper, and get involved with with entertainment to be announced. please contact Michele Bank at michele. something when you’re walking down a organizations that fight bias. In an emergency, Hadassah physicians [email protected].

Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 21 Manchester Hebrew Cemetery Restoration Wins Historic Site Award from New Hampshire to die during modern sound system, insulation, energy- By Hannah Boyd World War II, and Ralph Henry Baer, efficient windows and up-to-date Manchester — The Manchester the “father of video games” and creator bathrooms; repaired with aesthetic touch- Historic Association has announced of the game Simon. ups; and made handicap accessible. The that it will honor the Manchester Over the years, the grounds and the grounds were landscaped, the paths Hebrew Cemetery’s Restoration and historic chapel, built in 1947 as a repaved, the gravestones pressure-washed Renovation Committee with a memorial to local servicemen killed in until every headstone was legible. Modern Restoration of a Historic Site Award to World War II, had fallen into disrepair. security including video surveillance, celebrate its work in restoring and Under the leadership of Michael Sydney, lighting, and alarms were installed along preserving the 100 year old cemetery at committee members Rabbi Beth with electrical and internet updates. an awards ceremony in May. Davidson, Sue Niederman, Michael “This dedicated group took the initiative Built on land purchased in 1918, the Litvin, and Larry Eckman raised funds to renew a piece of local history that had cemetery is jointly owned and maintained from donors, including JFNH, to “bring been in disrepair,” said Michael Sydney. by Temple Adath Yeshurun and Temple it back to a respectful place to conduct “This rebuilt and restored chapel and Israel Manchester. It is the final resting burial services.” cemetery will now be a part of Manchester’s The restored chapel at the Manchester place of Dr. Ben Bronstein, the first man The chapel was rebuilt with a new roof, past, present, and future history. Hebrew Cemetery. NH4Israel Hosts CAMERA Speaker Dexter Van Zile appeared in The Jerusalem Post, The kosher supermarket shooting were actually backgrounders/trunews-and-rick-wiles- By Ken Kowalchek Boston Globe, Jewish Political Studies the perpetrators and that the shooters end-times-anti-semitism-and-anti-zionism NH4Israel presents guest speakers, Review, The Algemeiner and The Jewish were in fact the victims. To whit: Terrell According to TruNews: films, and documentaries which address News Syndicate (JNS).” Paige wrote that the Jewish community • Jews are part of the “synagogue of both historical and current issues in or Dexter discussed issues he is currently threatened, intimidated and harassed Satan.” about the state of Israel. Given special engaged with surrounding the title of his black homeowners into selling their homes • “Israel took out John Kennedy.” attention are topics on the Diaspora, presentation, “The Lost Taboo - Achiev- and asks of the suspects, "what is the • Israelis and Trump’s son-in-law Jew-hatred, Judea and Samaria, and the ing Jewish Safety in a Forgotten Age.” message they were sending? Are we brave Jared Kushner are attempting to developing story of Israel from its The lost taboo of openly tolerating pub- enough to explore the answer to their “completely exterminate the biblical beginnings. lic anti-Semitism brought him from message? Are we brave enough to stop the Palestinian people.” On December 4th, NH4Israel’s guest membership in the United Church of assault on the black communities of • Zionists are attempting to take “over speaker was Dexter Van Zile, a Christian Christ, his church since birth, to devout America?”The complete MSN piece can the world in the Last Days and Media Analyst for CAMERA (The Catholicism. One might reasonably ask, be read online at https://www.msn.com/en- [persecute] the body of Christ and Committee for Accuracy in Middle East “How’s that again?” It came about be- us/news/us/officials-call-on-jersey-city- makes war against the saints…. And Reporting and Analysis). Dexter’s bio cause Dexter noticed anti-Zionism, the school-board-member-to-resign-amid- it’s not Muslims that are going to kill states, “his work is focused on anti-Israel new anti-Semitism, in the leadership of ‘anti-semitic’-remarks/ar-BBY7f7u us. It’s the Jews.” propaganda broadcast by Christian the Church of Christ. He protested, re- She is likely never to resign. Check • Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, is churches and para-church institutions searched other faiths, and found himself with an Internet query after reading this. a “Kabbalah-practicing evil woman and the failure of Christian peace activists embracing the “Church of Christ of two The resurgence of open anti-Semitic whispering evil things in the ear of to address human rights abuses in millennia” — the Roman Catholic discourse in polite circles should be her father.” Muslim-majority countries in the Middle Church. The Catholic hierarchy took a worrisome to Jews today, a time still What are you to do about these and the East. He has played a major role in firm stance in the 1960’s, admitting its er- within living memory of the Holocaust. other anti-Semitic comments you see or exposing the errors in the Palestinian rors in past treatment of Jews and con- Dexter noted that in the past, the major hear ever more frequently? Do something! Christian narrative. His articles have demning anti-Semitism in its monumen- newspapers and the three TV networks Let CAMERA or other organizations tal publication of and general adherence ensured the taboo stayed in place. With fighting anti-Israel bias and anti- to Nostre Aetate (Latin for “In Our the rise of the internet, cable TV, and Semitism know about it. Write letters to Time.”) Dexter conveyed that “this state- independent radio networks, anti- elected officials and editors. Bring your ment said that Catholics were no longer Semitism was able to lift its head – and awareness of the situation to others. Be going to hold Jews collectively and eter- indeed it has. Dexter acknowledged that the activist thwarting anti-Semitic nally responsible for the death of Christ well-known Catholic podcasters such as activists, notwithstanding a mutual in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. It also de- Patrick Coffin have not heededNostre “credo in unum Deo.” clared that anti-Semitism was a bad Aeate and the taboo, and tout trips to the With the exception of holiday conflicts thing. A very bad thing.” passion play in Oberomagau, for example. and summer break, NH4Israel will host Dexter points out that in our current Rick Wiles, pastor of the non- talks at Manchester's Temple Israel day public discourse, even at high levels of denominational Flowing Streams Church (TIM) at 6:30PM on the first Wednesday the body politic, many are starting to in Vero Beach, Florida, not only has a of each month. If other venues and days accept anti-Semitic statements or avoid the pulpit, but also heads an internet news are scheduled, these will be publicized former taboo with studied phraseology. outlet, TruNews. TruNews seems to be (generally emailed) in advance, as well as For example, the Jersey City attack treated as a legitimate news organization posted on the calendar of events at the occurred after Dexter’s talk. According to in spite of a lengthy trail of astonishingly NH4Israel site. Find out more about a recent MSN article, Terrell Page, a Jersey egregious anti-Semitic bias. The below list NH4Israel and sign up for email updates City official, still employed as of this entry of offenses is available in greater detail on hosted events (ALL NH4Israel events on New Year's Day, essentially posited through the Anti-Defamation League: have complimentary kosher refreshments/ that the Jewish victims shot in December's https://www.adl.org/resources/ finger food) at NH4Israel.Org.

PAGE 22 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation Prepares for Centennial Celebration Grandfather was friends with Joseph By Eileen Regen Nizer, and we remember meeting his son, BHC’s plans are underway for a grand the famous trial lawyer, Louis Nizer. We centennial celebration August 6 - 9 in all moved into the four-room Jefferson Bethlehem, New Hampshire. Program Street Cottage with our grandparents Chair Martin Kessel has assembled a every summer.” powerhouse team to set all the details in In the same publication, Stuart Teger place for this exciting celebration. and BHC’s role in the town’s growth. recalled his grandfather, Max Sherman, a Weekend events begin with the White Saturday evening will bring celebrants kosher butcher in Bethlehem, and shared Mountain Jewish Film Festival film and together for a gala musical event at the photos of the Sunlight Cottage which he reception Thursday evening at the Colonial Theatre, and Sunday morning and his wife Sadie owned and operated as Colonial Theatre. at the synagogue everyone will savor a a rooming house from the 1930s into the Sounds in the Sanctuary on Friday traditional bagel and lox breakfast. 1950s. “My grandparents were regulars at showcases pianist and psychiatrist For BHC’s 90th anniversary book, the shul from their arrival until the mid Richard Kogan with his program “The Jewish Light of the White Mountains, ‘60s when illness incapacitated them. … Mind and the Music of Frederic longtime members and brothers Fred The Shermans were prominent in Chopin.” The concert is followed by a and Les Apple wrote some of their Bethlehem and the shul. My Uncle Ben, Kabbalat Shabbat service and festive favorite memories of Bethlehem: “Our Max’s oldest son, and his wife Ruth owned Shabbat dinner. parents, Ann Felsenstein and Ira Apple, and operated the Sherman Apartments During Shabbat morning services on met in 1947 on the tennis court of the from around 1960 until the late 1980s. . . . Saturday, a new Torah ark curtain and Bethlehem Country Club. They married Ben’s youngest brother, Uncle Sam reading table cover will be dedicated. in 1948 and began the yearly trek and Max Sherman, Bethlehem’s kosher Sherman, owned and operated the Rexall Following a Kiddush luncheon, President growth of the Apple family, where, as we butcher. Drugstore in Bethlehem for a few years.” Dave Goldstone presents his program, entered the rites and passages of life, all Stories from Bethlehem Hebrew “BHC Nostalgia.” In the late afternoon, roads flowed through Bethlehem. Our (Poppy) to shul every Friday night and Congregation’s rich history will continue members of the Bethlehem Heritage grandparents had one of the many Shabbat morning. It was always a packed to appear in upcoming issues of the Society will lead a tour of Bethlehem, cottages on Jefferson Street. Earliest house at BHC. In the 1950s and 1960s, Reporter as BHC members prepare for recalling collective memories of BHC memories are walking with Grandfather BHC was a social center for ‘high society.’ the August centennial celebration. Keeping the Dream Alive: JFNH Executive Director Speaks at Dinner Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Manchester — Melanie Zalman National Cultural Diversity Awareness through cultural exchanges and events. A Nation of Immigrants,” with an McDonald, JFNH’s Executive Director, Council. “Israel has long been, and The annual “Keeping the Dream Alive” emphasis on Greek Americans, “Like a was a featured speaker at the National remains, America’s most reliable partner Martin Luther King Day dinner and good neighbor, Canada has always been Cultural Diversity Council’s 18th annual in the Middle East. Israel remains an ally “Keeping the Dream Alive” diversity there,” “A Salute to the brave men and dinner honoring Martin Luther King Jr that the United States of America can youth workshops are signature programs. women who protect our nation and its on January 20. The theme of the event, count on." To learn more, visit ncdac.org. citizens,” and “Healing America’s Ethnic held at the DoubleTree Hotel in “We commend the leadership of the Past dinners have focused on “America, and Racial Divide.” Manchester, was “Celebrating Jewish National Cultural Diversity Awareness Heritage and Culture” and speeches Council for their efforts in organizing this focused on relations between Israel and event celebrating the culture of the Jewish the United States and anti-Semitism in community and for being an ally in the New Hampshire. Other speakers included fight against anti-Semitism,” expressed Ambassador Zeev Boker, Counsel Melanie Zalman McDonald, Director of General of Israel to New England, JFNH. “It was an honor to share the Robert Trestan, Executive Director of podium on such a momentous and the Anti-Defamation League to New important day honoring Martin Luther England, Gordon MacDonald, New King Jr. whose courage and convictions Hampshire Attorney General, and are a beacon of hope to us all.” Senator Maggie Hassan. The Master of The National Cultural Diversity Ceremonies was Robert Leikind, Council, or NCDAC, is a non-profit Executive Director of the American organization that “promotes an Jewish Committee. appreciation, understanding and “New Hampshire's Jewish community acceptance of the people who comprise has contributed much to make New the various racial and ethnic groups of From left to right: Anti-Defamation League’s New England Regional Director Rob- Hampshire a great place to live, work the state of New Hampshire.” It promotes ert Trestan; JFNH Board Chair Sarit Itenberg; JFNH Board member Dina Michael and to raise a family, regardless of one's diversity in education, the workplace, Chaitowitz; NCDAC Chair Wayne D. Jennings; JFNH Executive Director Melanie race, religion, or ethnicity,” said Wayne foreign trade and business, and aims to Zalman McDonald; and Consul General of Israel to New England Ambassador Jennings, Founder and Chairman of the maintain strong ties with American allies Zeev Boker

Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 23 'The State of Hate in New Hampshire’

By Shawne K. Wickham [This article was previously published in the New Hampshire Union Leader and is reprinted here with their permission.] “All hate crimes are hoaxes,” read the flyer distributed by a white supremacist group at Keene State College last March. A few months later, a Holocaust denial leaflet was discovered in the restroom of a Lebanon restaurant. A swastika and Jewish star were chalked on the street outside a Portsmouth eatery last September. People gather at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn on Recent attacks at a kosher supermarket Dec. 31 in solidarity with the victims after an assailant in New Jersey and at a rabbi’s home in stabbed five people who were celebrating Hanukkah at a A Jewish man walks near the area where five people were stabbed Dec. 28 New York have prompted synagogues and Hasidic rabbi’s home on Dec. 28 in Monsey, N.Y. RE- at a Hasidic rabbi’s home in Monsey, N.Y. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz. UTERS/AMR ALFIKY. Courtesy NH Union Leader. Jewish community organizations around Courtesy NH Union Leader. the country to boost security. And while Manchester last August. “postering,” in which individuals New Hampshire has been spared the level Zalman-McDonald said she hopes distribute flyers with hateful messages, of violence seen in other places, watchdog presentations such as Sunday’s event will Shukur said. “We also get a lot of groups said the state is not immune from empower people to return to their own incidents of exchanges between people hate speech and incidents. congregations with ideas about that have an anti-Semitic tone to them or Tonight, the Jewish Federation of New “hardening” their facilities against a hateful tone,” she said. Hampshire is hosting a presentation, possible attacks. “The best way to save In March 2018, a white supremacist “The State of Hate in New Hampshire,” lives is to create obstacles to anyone group distributed flyers outside a at its Bedford facility. The event, which wishing to do you harm in the first place,” Hooksett sporting goods store asking, has drawn a capacity crowd, had been she said. “Why are Jews after our guns?” It planned for months, but organizers say Her organization works closely with A swastika, Star of David and pentagram included the names of five Jewish recent violence has made the topic more the New Hampshire Council of Churches were discovered in September near the en- members of Congress, labeled as timely than ever. and other faith groups, Zalman- trance of the Vaughan Mall in Ports- “European style socialists.” “Our role as a federation is to be a McDonald said, and many people have mouth. Courtesy of Portsmouth Police So what can good people do in convener and to help to create reached out to support Jewish Department/NH Union Leader. response? Shukur offers three opportunities for meaningful dialogue organizations here after the recent anti- suggestions: get educated about the facts; and for people to become educated and Semitic attacks. “When things like this distinctions between hate crimes, acts of be an ally when another group is targeted; informed,” said Melanie Zalman- happen, regardless of to what community bias and incidents of hate — and how and speak up when hateful acts or McDonald, executive director of the the negativity and hate is directed, when best to respond to such incidents. incidents occur. Jewish Federation of N.H. “I hope that we’re standing up, we’re not standing The ADL defines a hate crime, Shukur “We want to stand up for ourselves people will walk away with a better alone,” she said. said, as “a criminal act that’s against and for others who are marginalized,” picture of who the perpetrators of hate “We’re standing side by side with our property or a person or a group … where she said. “And we’ll continue to do that, are and what they look like, and what neighbors and allies. A threat to one of the victim is intentionally targeted and others are doing that for us right their ideology is,” she said. us is a threat to all of us.” because of their actual or perceived race, now, and that certainly gives me hope.” Over the past two years, 20 anti- The federation plans other religion, sexual orientation, national Zalman-McDonald said incidents of Semitic incidents in New Hampshire presentations with the ADL on the topic, origin, disability, gender, gender identity anti-Semitic violence can be have been reported to the Anti- including a community training session or ethnicity.” overwhelming for someone who is Jewish. Defamation League. The organization about hate crimes on Feb. 9. Anti-Semitism, Shukur said, is “It’s difficult for me to go about my life also has compiled 29 incidents of white Peggy Shukur, New England senior sometimes called “the oldest ism.” Her and have a happy new year and go to the supremacist propaganda, including flyers associate regional director of the ADL, is organization has been tracking an supermarket and do all the things I distributed on numerous college the guest speaker at Sunday’s event in increase in anti-Semitic incidents, she would be doing, knowing that a couple campuses across the state and at a rally Bedford. In a phone interview, Shukur said. hundred miles away, people are feeling for President Donald Trump in said she plans to talk about the What’s new is that this kind of hate is directly threatened even just to leave their becoming “normalized,” Shukur said. house or worship or go to school,” she “People are acting out in ways that they said. hadn’t been before,” she said. “And that’s The best response to hate, she said, is Keeping you connected something that’s extremely scary to the “to be there for each other.” community and very troubling to all of “We all have things that are personal in us as a society.” our lives that make us feel vulnerable, eNEWS On the other hand, she said, “We’re that are part of our identity,” Zalman- getting some great support from allies as McDonald said. well.” “The only thing that can fight hate is jewishnh.org One of the most common types of love,” she said. “Love, and knowledge, incidents reported in New Hampshire is and togetherness.”

PAGE 24 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 Reggae Artist Matisyahu on Life, Religion and ‘Catastrophic Epiphanies’

By Julia Ann Weekes, Arts and Entertainment Editor of NHWeekend [This article was previously published in the NH Union Leader and is reprinted here with their permission.] Matisyahu, an eclectic reggae singer and rapper who early in his career performed in full Hasidic garb, wishes he’d gotten this advice as an emerging artist: “Don’t read comments. Don’t do it,” he told NHWeekend in an extensive interview. “If you’re a sensitive kind of person or artist, you have no business reading what people think about what you Matisyahu, seen above in a still image from a scene in his video for “King Without a Reggae artist Matisyahu earned a do. It’s only going to be a bad experience.” Crown” early in his career, no longer performs in the black suit, broad-brimmed hat and Grammy Award nomination for his 2006 “I think that what happens naturally yarmulke reflective of Hasidic Judaism. All photos courtesy of NH Union Leader. album “Youth.” is that people project — they project their own stuff onto the artists and from Los Angeles. He was a young kid when his cousins, musicians they love,” says Matisyahu, “It’s an album following my divorce who came to visit from Barbados in the who plays Tupelo Music Hall in Derry (from his first wife — he has since summers, first introduced him to reggae Saturday night. [Note from the remarried) and following my kind of music. It was the early days of dancehall Reporter: the concert was December move out of the religious world and, in a reggae with artists such as Tony Rebel 28.] “If you’re not aware of that, it can way, back to the old,” Matisyahu says. and Super Cat. Next he discovered the eat you up, and you become very bitter “The theme of the record is feeling those groundbreaking Bob Marley. at the world for no reason.” undercurrents that lay beneath as we go “I worked at a summer camp and The Grammy-nominated Matisyahu, through life and we change — through there was a man there from Jamaica though, is in a more peaceful place these our trials and our ups and downs. It’s this who was teaching the kids about days, living back on the East Coast near sort of recurring theme of going back to drumming, and I got interested in his old neighborhood in White Plains, myself or going back to the original Rastafarian culture,” he says. N.Y. His musical and spiritual version of myself, after all of the What followed was an immersion into exploration led to a certified gold album, knowledge, all of the lessons and all both roots reggae and dancehall reggae, Known for his engaging live performanc- and he’s especially known for the songs those things.” with Matisyahu following musicians es, Matisyahu broke into the public con- “One” (used in NBC ads for the 2010 The album was a reaction in part to ranging from Israel Vibration, Burning sciousness with the 2005 album, “Live at Winter Olympics in Vancouver) and what he’d experienced while making his Sphere and Roots Radicks to dub artists Stubb’s.” His latest album is 2017’s “Un- “King Without a Crown.” previous album, 2014’s “Akeda,” with its Scientist, King Tubby and Bill Laswell, dercurrent.” But in some ways, his outlook has dramatic Biblical references, including and then onto Sizzla and Buju Banton. shifted from a thundering storm into the story of Abraham bringing his son “It was perfect to where I was in that on a spiritual journey … I was extremely something that on his latest album, Isaac to the top of the mountain for time of my life,” he says. “I was interested .. you know, my whole life had to be just “Undercurrent,” meanders from a sacrifice, according to God’s dictate and in spirituality, I was interested in my completely filled with it. And I think as reflective river (“Back to the Old”) to a test of allegiance. (A ram is substituted identity, I was interested in the connection I’ve gotten older, it’s become more of a gritty stream bed in the -laden for Isaac at the last moment.) between Judaism and Rastafarianism, I relaxed attitude toward it, in the sense “Head Right.” “It’s growing but also returning to a was into rap music, I was into reggae that I sort of know it’s at the core of who As he raps in the track “Driftin,” “All sort of essential character of who you are music, and that music was like the perfect I am; it’s not something I need to exercise this talk about my hair. Who cares?” and where you come from,” Matisyahu blend of all those things. I became super all the time or run after or chase or fear It’s a nod to the day Matisyahu (born says. “That line about “no more inspired, and that’s basically what I that I’ll lose if I’m not in the moment.” Matthew Paul Miller) posted a picture catastrophic epiphanies” or “epic stories listened to all the time.” Matisyahu broke through to the public of himself clean shaven and with his of my history” is about getting to the His early performances, a blend of consciousness in 2005, and a year later long hair shorn in 2011. The backlash climatic point potentially of our life. It’s reggae, hip-hop and soul, were striking his album “Youth” was certified gold. from some fans in the Jewish community about climbing the mountain and getting both for his raw, cathartic lyrics and the Since then he’s followed a winding road was swift. But Matisyahu’s own search to the top of the mountain. That period sight of a rapid-fire beat-boxer in dotted with both fault lines and firm for spiritual connection and expression of my life was really more about epic conservative Hasidic attire – dark ground, and it hasn’t always been easy to was evolving. moments, these grandiose moments, overclothes, a black yarmulke on his head, keep from getting lost. But he’s found Today he’s no longer interested in ‘catastrophic’ moments, or moments of and a full beard with unshorn sideburns that it’s as important to listen to other “dysfunction” and “catastrophic breaking free, of life and death and love and curls at the sides of his face. people’s stories as share his own. epiphanies,” as he proclaims in the and madness.” He’s distanced himself from that “You have to be bold and courageous contemplative song “Back to the Old,” a There have been both rewards and risks aspect, but it’s a more complicated and keep yourself open, because some of music video in which he drives his Chevy on that journey. Today, Matisyahu says he question when it comes to where he the greatest moments I’ve had in the past through old neighborhoods and speaks has a “more mature relationship with his stands on religion. “I would say I have decade have been of fans coming to me of “giving up and giving in” to life in own spirituality.” He shies away from and I haven’t — I’ve moved away from it and telling me about incredible experiences front of him. publicly defining his belief system. What in the sense that it’s not the pressing that they’ve had,” Matisyahu says. “Undercurrent” was released in 2017, has remained a constant is using music to (drive) of my 20s anymore,” Matisyahu when Matisyahu was moving back East try and describe his place in the world. says. “I think that when you’re young and Raggae Artist continued on page 27

Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 25 Book Review Reviewed by Merle Carrus The World That We Knew Alice Hoffman has once again created caped being raped and her mother Hanni mother would and protect her. Ava is tall, caust by saying, “But also, fairy tales and a fascinating novel. I loved many of her realizes that Berlin has become too dan- strong and confident. She learns languag- myths are a way to explain what is com- previous novels, including The Dovekeep- gerous to survive. Hanni does not want es — including birdsong — in minutes pletely illogical and makes no sense. And ers, The Museum of Extraordinary Things to leave her own mother behind, so she and can kill on Lea’s behalf. the Holocaust really doesn’t make sense. and The Marriage of Oppo- contrives to send twelve-year- As they travel together, many things You can’t explain why people did what sites. Her newest novel, called old Lea away. change. Their relationship develops. The they did. You can’t explain why some peo- The World That We Knew, is a To protect Lea, Hanni asks reader comes to believe in Ava and the ple lived and some people died.” This historical novel that mixes real- the rabbi to create a Golem to way her feelings for life and the world be- book is a way to try and make sense of a ity and magical mysticism to accompany Lea as she travels to come more human as time goes on. period of our history that is indescribable. build a story of love, loss and Paris and, ideally, freedom. The Ava represents all the parents who bravery during a time of hate Rabbi's daughter is convinced to risked their lives and took extreme mea- Alice Hoffman is the author of more and fear. create this mystical creature and sures to save their children and protect than thirty works of fiction, including The Though Hoffman has in- also wants to send her younger them during the Holocaust. Hoffman World That We Knew, The Rules of cluded Judaism in some of her sister Marta along to escape. The uses this fairy tale like soulless, supernat- Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, Prac- other books, this time she has written di- Golem, Ava, is created from mud on the ural protector out of Jewish folklore to tical Magic, The Red Garden, the rectly about the Holocaust. She brings banks of the river Spree. She is brought to call attention to the harsh realities of Oprah’s Book Club selection Here on the reader into the room with a mother life with the recitation of the secret name World War II. Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary who wants to save her young daughter of G-d. She is supposed to have no feel- In an interview with Moment Magazine, Things, and The Dovekeepers. Her most from the atrocities of war that she knows ings of her own, just the desire of Lea's Alice Hoffman answered a question about recent novel is The World That We Knew. are coming. Lea Kohn has narrowly es- mother to continue to love Lea like a putting magic in a novel about the Holo- She lives near Boston.

The Ninth Night: A Time for Ahavat Yisrael By Rabbi Jon Spira-Savett isn’t an Orthodox or a Reconstructionist of something you do or some ideal Palestinian rights. Love the Jew who way to light a menorah. Jews who are re- you hold because you are part of our supports President Trump and the After watching the lights of Chanukah ligious and even anti-religious, in Ameri- people. Too often, we judge ourselves Jew who reviles him. Love us all. increase night after night, I find the ninth ca or Israel or any land, we’re all doing as Jews for what we are not doing. There are times to argue with and night to be special in its own way. It’s the the same thing. Find that point of pride not only judge other Jews – but this is a time to night when I try to see nine candles in my So if there’s ever a time to focus on the about other Jews, but about yourself. remember to love them as well. mind’s eye. To ask myself: What inspira- obligation to love all Jews, it would be 2. Love our Jewish community. Be proud Thinking thoughts of Ahavat Yisrael is tion did I find with the help of the candles, now. In Hebrew the love of the Jewish of something we do. Be ready to tell hardly the whole of an effective response which I can continue to find even more of? people and every individual Jew is called people about that when they ask you to anti-Semitism. It is an absolutely nec- See, Chanukah isn’t only about eight Ahavat Yisrael (“Yisrael/Israel” being the what it is to be Jewish. Look for op- essary first step, and one that I often for- days of oil. The miracle of eight days was original Hebrew word for the Jewish peo- portunities to take care of each other get to take time for. the bridge we needed, across to the place ple, not just the land). in the coming weeks, at times of joy Tonight, the candles you see only in where oil is plentiful. Chanukah is the We cannot muster ourselves against and sadness. your mind could represent all the differ- path to the ninth day. anti-Semitism if we don’t cultivate our 3. This is the most challenging: Love the ent Jews, and the shamash who stands up Whatever the lights of Chanukah have care and pride for each other. Through- Jews who are most different from you. next to all of them and gives them light sparked in you — wherever the trail of out centuries of unrelenting persecution, Think about who that Jew is for you, can be you. candles has been leading you — keep go- it was never a common enemy that glued and love that person. Love the Jew ing further. us together, but our bond to each other. who is “ultra-Orthodox” or atheistic. Rabbi Jon Spira-Savett is the rabbi at This year Chanukah in our country was Our work against anti-Semites will be Love the Jew whose Jewish hero is a Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua. A ver- marred by physical assaults on Jews, even on hollow and ineffective if it is not rooted civil rights activist, or a Talmud sion of the above was sent as a letter to Jews who were gathered to celebrate Chanu- in connection to all the people we claim scholar, or a Broadway playwright. members of the congregation and posted kah itself. We pray for healing. We ask once to want to protect. Love the Jew who lives on the West on Facebook on the last day of Chanukah, again how to respond, how to prevent. So on this last day of Chanukah and Bank and the Jew who is all about after the attack in Monsey. One foundation for anything we do to right after, here are three ways you can respond to hate of Jews has to be: love practice Ahavat Yisrael: When submitting a Letter to the Editor, please include your name, town of of Jews. 1. Love yourself as a member of the Jew- residence, and contact information. Letters to the Editor must be under 300 Chanukah itself is one of the biggest ish people. Whether you are Jewish or words in length to be considered for publication. Send your letter by email uniters of Jews. It’s the one thing that all have linked your life to a Jewish fami- to the [email protected] with “letter to the editor” in the subject line. Jews do essentially the same way. There ly or our Jewish community, be proud

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PAGE 26 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 Etz Hayim Synagogue Celebrates Adult B’nai Mitzvah By Laurie Medrek Midge Goldberg, who already knew Hebrew and had even lived in Israel for a At a time in their lives when they found time, initially questioned herself. “Why are themselves reflecting on their place in Ju- you here?” As she listened to her class- daism, a group of adults finally embarked mates and their diverse reasons for attend- on a journey to celebrate becoming B’nai ing, she realized she was there to be to- Mitzvah. When Rabbi Peter Levy offered gether and to learn from others experienc- a class for adults who wished to accom- ing this important aspect of Jewish life. plish this rite of passage, these individu- The students learned to read and parse als signed on to explore the possibility of the Torah portion Miketz from the Book performing the mitzvah that most Jews of Genesis. The Torah portion is for achieve at age 13. Rabbi Levy noted, Shabbat Chanukah, and with Chanukah “Most in the class were women who did being the Festival of Rededication, Rabbi not have the option of celebrating becom- Levy thought it seemed like an appropri- ing a Bat Mitzvah at age 13.” He felt it his ate date. The portion begins with Pha- own mitzvah to offer the class and was raoh's prophetic dreams, Joseph's inter- delighted when so many responded. The pretations, and his subsequent rise to total of 11 participants included a couple power over Egypt. When a famine strikes of the Episcopalian faith who just wanted the land of Canaan, his brothers come to to learn Hebrew and understand more Egypt seeking grain, but they do not rec- about Judaism. Ray Morton-Ewbank, Connie Morton-Ewbank, Midge Goldberg, Stephanie Kuligows- ognize Joseph, who devises a scheme to As most had not yet even learned to ki, Martha Tomanelli, Adam Barvenik, Rabbi Peter Levy, Beverly Barvenik, Nancy test their character. read Hebrew, they (and Rabbi Levy) had Rotkowitz, Jody Terry, Marcy McWilliam, and Leslie Kirshman celebrated adult b’nai Each student created a D’var Torah of- their hands full. Over a period of 15 mitzvah at Etz Hayim. fering their unique perspective as Jewish months, the class not only learned to read adults. Marcy McWilliam associates her Hebrew, but expanded into liturgy and for class members, who have had a wide they became interested in Judaism.” One Jewish identity with the parshah. “I prayer and immersed themselves in pars- variety of Jewish experiences. Nancy daughter has gone to Israel on a Birth- joined the class because I never truly felt ing and dissecting their Torah portion. Rotkowitz was born a Jew but was bap- right trip and celebrated becoming a Bat comfortable in my Jewish skin. I wanted Connie and Ray Morton-Ewbank are tized and raised Christian after her par- Mitzvah in Jerusalem and her other the ability to sit in a temple and know devoted congregants of the Episcopal ents divorced. “This is full circle for me daughter is now planning the same. Jody and understand both Hebrew and Jewish Church of the Transfiguration, with — coming home to Judaism.” Martha started her journey to join them in the spirituality. My D’vah Torah speaks to whom Etz Hayim has had a long and Tomanelli, whose mother was Jewish tradition that she wishes she had done in this. The unhealthy corn ate the thriving unique relationship of interfaith learn- and with whom she had a very close re- her early years. “Who says we can't learn corn but did not change immediately. The ing. Connie had been attempting to learn lationship, remembers, “My mother al- from our children?” same held true with the emancipated Hebrew on her own and had gotten to ways brought me to her parents’ home Stephanie Kuligowski, who converted cows. Similarly, Joseph was clothed in the vowels and wondered, “How will I to visit every week.” Martha was sur- to Judaism several years ago, says, “This riches and given a title and wealth, but he ever get this?” She jumped at the oppor- rounded by Jewish influence throughout class is the best gift I have ever been giv- initially allowed his ego to rule when he tunity to join the class. As the rest of the her life but never celebrated becoming a en.” Our youngest participant, Adam dealt with his brothers.” The parshah group continued to prepare to become Bat Mitzvah and decided she “wanted Barvenik (32), had celebrated becoming resonates with Marcy when reflecting on B’nai Mitzvah, Connie and Ray opted to to be as close to my true identity as I a Bar Mitzvah on Masada in Israel her Jewish transformation. “Simply at- stay on. “We got to learn about the beau- could be. I am so happy I found my through a Birthright trip years ago, but tending temple was not enough.” tiful, meaningful Hebrew and English home at Etz Hayim.” wanted to further his connection by The special celebration was held on prayers and be a part of planning a spe- Jody Terry was brought up knowing learning Hebrew. Adam was joined by Saturday, December 28, 2019, when this cial service with our newfound friends.” she was Jewish, but was non-practicing his mother Beverly Barvenik, who enjoys exceptional group of adults rededicated The opportunity to celebrate becom- and raised her own children without reli- learning and studying and thought “this themselves to Judaism, enveloped by the ing B’nai Mitzvah had deep significance gion. “When my children went to college, would be nice to do together.” love of 140 friends and family members.

Reggae Artist continued from page 25 went, ‘shush,’ and sang a lyric from a song. of the world with that band as they are the crowd is right there with us, allowing You have to try to be open to hearing some venturing forward. To me, far and away, us to go into the space … something new “A few days ago I met a fan in the of the great stories that fans (have to tell).” that’s been the most uplifting experience. happens — new melodies, new rhythms. parking lot who could have been just Matisyahu continues to give I’ve tried to create that in my shows.” Then I start taking lyrics from different totally crazy, and we brought him on the preeminent jam band Phish credit for In a world of digitized, carefully songs and mixing them together. It’s just bus. He ended up hanging out with us for inspiring his own prototype for live programmed concerts, Matisyahu thrives a fully organic experience.”- the whole entire night, ‘cuz he was so performance. “My early experiences on improvisation and the chance to special and had had such a unique listening to Phish as a teenager absolutely constantly shape and reshape his live experience at the show,” Matisyahu says. (laid the groundwork for) what a musical show from night to night. It’s a SUPPORT OUR “He wanted to tell us all about how he had experience should and could be,” he says. “conversation” that’s never the same. ADVERTISERS tattooed the word ‘shush’ onto his finger “Nothing came close to those Phish “I’m rarely trying to repeat something — because at one of the shows that I shows, where the crowd is completely that I know works. It’s just not interesting Tell Them You Saw Their played he had had a life-changing immersed in the music and lights and for me,” he says. “When the band hones Ad in The Reporter! experience. (At one point in the show) I feeling that we’re right there on the edge in and starts talking to each other, and

Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 27 Gemilut Hasadim at TAY: Once More, Again with Feeling By Dr. Sol Rockenmacher The Jewish Almanac notes: “In Jewish tradition, gemilut hasadim are a category of mitzvot (good deeds) that obligate the individual to act in certain ways on cer- tain occasions as a mark of basic human decency and respect towards others, liv- ing or dead, rich or poor, using one’s time, effort, and money whenever neces- sary.” They are deeds of lovingkindness involving “a degree of gentleness, ex- treme care, affection, tenderness — a summoning of all the human resources of sympathy for the benefit of others.” The Temple Adath Yeshurun Christ- Mark, Stephanie, and Brooke Flanders take over the Eliot mas Mitzvah Program, organized by the Hospitality Desk shift from Karen and Steve Rothstein on The Gallant Family off to deliver Meals on Wheels on Christ- mas Day. TAY Brotherhood, has been in existence Christmas Eve. now for well over thirty-five years. It is a and Fire Stations in Manchester and a congregation. We again worked side- fine example of how members of our Bedford or delivered Meals on Wheels in by-side with Christian colleagues, pro- Manchester Jewish community have Manchester. Some served and prepared viding another pathway toward improved been giving back to their non-Jewish food at New Horizons Soup Kitchen on interfaith relations. “Think globally, act community, with enthusiasm, feeling Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, pro- locally,”can be one starting point direc- and caring. viding hospitality to those less fortunate. tive in the process of tikkun olam (heal- This year, once again, more than 100 Another group helped with the evening ing the world). adults and children participated on Bingo game at the Veterans Administra- Thank you to all who participated, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Some tion Hospital in Manchester on Christ- some of whom have been on board for staffed the information desks at Catholic mas night. many, many years. Judging from the very Medical Center and the Elliot Hospital The volunteers came from not only warm messages of gratitude we have re- Team Hill-Groh is ready to deliver lun- as friendly greeters to visitors. Others TAY, but also from Temple Israel and Etz ceived, this program is very much appre- cheon platters to Manchester Fire De- brought luncheon platters to the Police Hayim. Some were not yet affiliated with ciated by our Christian friends. partments on Christmas Day. Jewish Disability Temple B’Nai Israel Plays Dreidel for a Cause: Awareness and Finding Families for Kids Inclusion Month: By Karen Rines Temple B’nai Israel members Marsha Making Jewish and Karen Ostroff-Rines hosted their an- nual Chanukah party, which was attended Life Accessible by a fun mix of TBI folks and other friends and family. Every year we play to All dreidel and vote on a charity to receive all the funds raised by the games. This year In 2009, Shelly Christensen and the the group decided to send our tzedakah to Jewish Special Education Consortium Second Nurture, an organization in which designated February Jewish Disability our friend, and former student Rabbi, Su- Awareness and Inclusion Month san Silverman is very involved. Second (JDAIM) with the goal of increasing Nurture partners with synagogues to help access and inclusion for Jews with families adopt children into a community, disabilities. It is now a worldwide which helps provide support for the chil- Guests lit menorahs before playing dreidel. movement supported by numerous dren and also for the whole families. synagogues and Jewish organizations Right now a generous bene- so much for choosing to sup- more synagogue members stepping up to around the world, including PJ Library factor is matching all dona- port Second Nurture! As you support these newly formed families. and the Jewish Federations of North tions three to one! So, while know, we partner with syna- And we can only do it because of those America. We salute the founders and all our party raised $97, and the gogues to help them promote who support us! Thank you so very much!” those who continue to learn, grow, and donation we sent was $200... and support foster care and You can learn more at https://communi- advocate for Jewish spaces that are open with the matching gift our do- adoption among their mem- tyadoption.org/. Donations may be made and accessible to the entire community. nation was $800! bership. We have more and payable to JustAdopt Inc., and mailed to Susan sent the following in response: more kids joining families, more and more JustAdopt Inc., c/o Fran Wasserman, 30 “Hi TBI Friends, I wanted to thank you families deciding to foster, and more and Wilton Crest, Wilton, CT 06897.

PAGE 28 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 Local Grandmother Sends Holiday Cheer and Gratitude to Military By Hannah Boyd If you saw Hollis resident Laura Landerman-Garber on ABC News, CNN, or CBS This Morning talking about the Holiday Cards for our Military non-profit she founded, you might as- sume she celebrates Christmas. In fact, the grandmother of four is a member of the local Jewish community and says the project was inspired in part by Anne Frank’s famous statement, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” “That, combined with my parents’ on- going belief in using your voice and do- ing good, especially reaching back to what happened in the ’40’s, is what in- spired me,” says Landerman-Garber, a psychologist. A member of the 3rd BCT of 82nd Air- It all began at Thanksgiving 16 years borne Division with a card received during ago, when she challenged her two chil- deployment, dren and husband Ben to sign a few cards for deployed troops before sitting down for dinner. The next year, they signed a few more. Word spread, and soon schools and community groups across the coun- try were participating. It became a rite of passage for local politicians and candi- dates passing through New Hampshire Laura Landerman-Garber and former Gunner Sergeant Harris Greenstone talked to to sign cards. Local stores and offices be- TBA Hebrew School students about the military before signing cards for the troops. gan putting baskets of blank cards and (Not pictured but also present: veteran Alan Green, MD.) pens at checkout counters every Novem- “It’s important to me that the Jewish at Bishop Guertin, a Catholic school in ber, and corporate sponsors like Walmart community be part of this. I try to keep it Nashua, drew menorahs on their cards. and Eversource offered grants to defray ‘happy holidays,’ but I don’t fight the bat- Her favorite message, written by a young the cost of postage. tle of Chanukah vs Christmas vs Kwan- child, read, “Dear Warrior, happy Cha- Holiday Cards For Our Military is zaa vs Winter Solstice,” Landerman-Gar- nukah. Merry Christmas. Oh heck, I now a registered 501c3 non-profit organi- ber says, noting that when people of all don’t know what you celebrate!” zation and shipped approximately backgrounds participate, the cards en- “There’s so much divisiveness now that 175,000 signed cards to every branch of courage cross-cultural conversation, edu- it’s all the more important to reach inside the military, including veterans’ homes, cation, and understanding. She encourag- ourselves to find the good and then share this year. Landerman-Garber brought so es people to set out blank cards and pens it,” she says. “This isn’t bipartisan, it’s many cartons to the Hollis post office at b’nai mitzvah and family gatherings. non-partisan. When someone’s in com- that they began opening early for her, Temple Beth Abraham, Congregation bat, they’re not asking the person next to and members of the Hollis Fire Depart- Betenu, and Temple Adath Yeshrun have them who they voted for. They’re defend- ment stepped in to help her carry them. hosted card-signing events, as have nu- ing all of our freedom.” Boxes of signed cards arrive at Lander- merous schools across the country. To learn more about Holiday Cards man-Garber’s house year ‘round, waiting Landerman-Garber, who often visits for our Military or get involved, visit to be counted, packaged, and mailed to A simple and homemade “thank you” schools to talk about her mission, says https://militaryholidaycardchallenge. the troops in December. from a child in Maumelle, Arkansas. she was moved to see that many students com/index.html.

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Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 29 Finding Reasons for Hope on a Trip to Israel

By Alderman Will Stewart The reality of the situation faced everyday by Israelis became very real to me while standing outside a police station in Sderot, a small city located just a mile from the Gaza Strip. There, stacked alongside the station’s walls, were the remnants of rockets that had been launched into the city. It was a pile of what looked like, and in many cases were, metal poles of a variety more normally used to attach street signs. And it wasn’t like these rocket remnants were all from years and years ago. Indeed, just a few days before we visited Sderot, the Associated Press reported that the air defense system known as the Iron Dome intercepted a rocket fired toward the town by militants inside the Gaza Strip. Sobering. The NH Municipal Delegation to Israel, including Alderman Will Stewart and JFNH Executive Director Melanie Zalman I visited Israel in December as a part of McDonald. Alderman Will Stewart in the Golan Heights in December. a trip organized for municipal leaders in the Northeast by the Jewish Federations of I left Israel with an even greater of local Palestinians and Israelis in the public arenas, they bring a unique and North America. In addition to me, other appreciation of just how complicated the West Bank who have come to see each personal approach to address the New Hampshire participants included issues are in the region. But I also left with other as the partners they both need to challenges faced by women and girls in Keene Mayor George Hansel, Durham a renewed sense of optimism that while a make changes to end the conflict. Israel, and worldwide. Town Manager Todd Selig, and Jewish political solution to the conflict isn’t And while the current political On the Palestinian side, we met with Federation of New Hampshire Executive anywhere close to becoming a reality, that situation in both Israel proper and in the leadership from Zimam, a grassroots Director Melanie Zalman McDonald. hasn’t stopped non-governmental groups West Bank territory controlled by the youth movement whose Leadership The goal of the trip was to expose from continuing to work for peace. Palestinian Authority doesn’t exactly Incubator inspires the voices of participants to a wide range of political I was particularly impressed with give one confidence in the prospects for tomorrow, equipping them with the opinion within Israel and the Palestinian Women Wage Peace, a grassroots peace anytime soon, I was likewise confidence and training to lead their own territories, to Israel’s extraordinary movement with tens of thousands of impressed with two groups we met that communities and to build a more religious and cultural diversity, and to the members from the right, center, and left are working to change the political democratic, actively engaged, and complexity of the political and societal of the political spectrum, Jews and dynamic on both sides. pluralistic society. challenges Israel faces. The trip also Arabs, religious and secular, united in the WePower is an Israeli nonprofit that Hope remains. provided a vehicle for municipal leaders in demand for a mutually binding non- helps women reach top positions in the Northeast to build relationships with violent accord between Israelis and government, politics, and business, Will Stewart recently began his second local community leaders in Israel and the Palestinians. I was likewise impressed believing that when greater numbers of term representing Ward 2 on the City of Palestinian territories. with the work of Roots, a unique network women advance within the political and Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Going in, it was my hope that the trip would provide me with greater clarity on the Israeli-Palestinean conflict, and on the one hand it did. But the trip also left me Uncovering Israel’s Past with as many new questions as it answered. recently, the oldest human bone ever actually mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. By Helena and Richard England On our first night in country, former discovered outside Africa was found on Evidence of more recent arrivals to the U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro, President Although it is not widely known, Mt. Carmel. Land of Israel has also been excavated by Barack Obama’s ambassador to Israel, modern archaeological research has Excavations in Jerusalem and other Israeli archaeologists. The Roman port provided our group with an extremely uncovered evidence of an amazing past parts of Israel have uncovered lots of of Caesarea just north of Tel Aviv is still nuanced understanding of the current in today’s Israel. Beginning with British evidence that supports stories in the under excavation. The Muslim conquest state of affairs in Israel, the territories, and French excavations more than a Hebrew Bible. Pottery and arrowheads of Byzantine Jerusalem in 638 CE can be and the Middle East as a whole. century ago and continuing with Israeli of Babylonian design dating from the 6th seen today in the ruins of Arab palaces. And for the rest of the week, as we digs since 1948, hundreds of sites have century BCE have been found on Mt. Fortifications unearthed in Akko (Acre) traveled from the Syrian border in the revealed traces of numerous cultures Zion in Jerusalem. These artifacts document the arrival of the Christian Golan Heights to Ramallah in the West that came before and after the Israelites support the Biblical account of the Crusaders after 1100 CE. Bank to East Jerusalem to Netiv of the Torah. Babylonian conquest and destruction of These and other archaeological HaAsara, a literally on the Gaza Exploration of three caves on Mt. the First Temple. Excavations under the treasures reflect a strong commitment to border, that understanding deepened, Carmel has discovered bones and foundation of the Western Wall confirm scientific research ever since the founding taking in the historical roots of the artifacts dating back more than 100 that Jerusalem was the capital city of of the State of Israel. The Israeli conflict, as well as the issues, both historic thousand years. These are evidence that King David three thousand years ago. Antiquities Authority, a government and modern, that make a real, long-term Neanderthal and early Homo Sapiens The discoveries include clay seals with peace so elusive. bands lived near today’s Haifa. Just the names of court officials who are Israel Past continued on page 33

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JFNH Shlicha Avia Sagron hosted the Mah Jongg is back at the JFNH office! Chanukah at Mall at Fox Run in Newing- Young Mensches for a homestyle Israeli L-R: Michele Bank, Renee Brenner, ton, hosted by UNH/Seacoast Chabad. dinner. Robin Rubin, Roberta Silberberg, Chabad’s CTeens successfully escaped Frankie Shapiro. the Laboratory 4D room at 102 Escape in Londonderry. Only two hints!

PJ Library children enjoying story time Rabbi Ira Korinow enjoys Chanukah with Jill Weber, illustrator of Goodnight treats with families at the Early Learning Bubbala by Sheryl Haft. Center, Temple Israel Portsmouth.

Members of Seniors Forever Young at their annual Chanukah party creating their own pieces of art during a painting class with Shlicha Avia Sagron. New Hampshire’s first car menorah pa- rade in Durham.

Rabbi Levi Krinsky of the Chabad Center for Jewish Living leads the crowd in Cha- nukah prayers outside the Bookery in Shlicha Avia Sagron presented her Israeli Manchester. Story program at Temple B'nai Israel in early November. Her warmth and humor have made her a beloved speaker, and they are looking forward to her next visit to Laconia in February!

Rabbi Ira Korinow presides at the Inter- Intense concentration among Temple faith Candlelighting and Prayer for Peace Beth Jacob kindergarten and first grade Temple Beth Jacob’s rabbi and principal at Temple Israel Portsmouth on the first students matching Hebrew letters during enjoy catching up with college-age former night of Chanukah. Hebrew class. students over lunch at the annual post Stephen Singer introducing the band Shir high school reunion. Soul at Chanukah at the Palace.

Shevat-Adar 5780 • February 2020 The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter PAGE 31 Annebelle Cohen A Tribute to Those Lost in Jersey City It is with great sadness that we share By Hannah Boyd the news of the passing of Annebelle Co- Jersey City, NJ — Today the Reporter breaks a longstanding policy of memorializ- hen (Jacobson), beloved wife of Arnold J. ing only those who have made significant contributions to Jewish life in New Hamp- Cohen z”l, mother of Jonathan, Ethan, shire to honor the victims of the heinous attack in Jersey City, New Jersey. Though Dahn, and Adina, and loving grandmoth- they did not live in our state, the attack on them was an attack on us all, and their loss er and great-grandmother. Annebelle was is a loss to us all. May their memories be a blessing. a director and officer of the Cohen Camps, and ran the Cohen Camps for many years side by side with her husband, Annebelle and Arnold Cohen Arnold. Accomplished and caring, she was a 1949 graduate of Radcliffe College, earned an MA in zoology from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from the University of New Hampshire. She was past president of Temple Adath Yeshurun (Manchester, NH), founder of the Derryfield School, and served on numerous Jewish community and public service agency boards and committees at Newbridge on the Charles. Services were held at the Stanetsky Memorial Chapels in Canton, MA, on Decem- ber 27. Burial followed at the Manchester Hebrew Cemetery on South Beech Street in Manchester, NH. There was a memorial observance at Newbridge on the Charles in Dedham, MA on December 28. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Eli and Bessie Cohen Camps, 888 Worcester Street, Wellesley, MA, 02482. Leah Minda Ferencz co-owned Detective Joseph Seals, shown with his family, the JC Kosher Market where the was a husband and father of five and a long- Rabbi Louis Allen Rieser shooting took place. She is sur- time member of the Jersey City Police Depart- vived by her husband and their ment. He specialized in removing guns from Rabbi Louis Allen Rieser, age 71, died at his home in three young children. Photo cour- the street and had been cited for heroism in the Boynton Beach, Florida on January 15. tesy Chabad.org. past. Photo courtesy Chabad.org. Rabbi Rieser was born November 5, 1948, in Louis- ville, Kentucky, to Albert and Ellen Rieser. He was or- dained at Hebrew Union College in 1975 and was a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. He received an honorary doctorate from HUC in 2000. He was the rabbi for several Hillels and served the con- gregation of Temple Israel in Greenfield, Massachusetts from 1982 until 1997. His last position was at Etz Hayim Synagogue in Der- ry, NH, where he served from 1997 until he retired in 2011. He published extensively on many topics and au- thored The Hillel Narratives, published in 2009. Even after his retirement, he remained active, regularly teaching at local synagogues and founding Nishmat Torah, a program teaching adult spirituality and meditation. Rabbi Moshe Deutsch, left, Ferencz’s cousin, Douglas Miguel Rodriguez, shown with Rieser was a longtime teacher for The National Havurah Summer Institute. was a rabbinical student and active vol- his family, moved to the United States unteer who helped organize a food drive from Ecuador. A grocery clerk, he died Rabbi Rieser is survived by his wife, Connie; his children, Micha Rieser and Zev for thousands every year. He was only 24 helping a customer escape through a Rieser (Britta); and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents. years old. Photo courtesy Chabad.org. back door. Photo courtesy Chabad.org. Funeral services were held Sunday, January 19, at Herman Meyer & Son, Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky. Burial followed at Keneseth Israel Cemetery. We pray for a refuah shlema for those wounded in the attacks in Jersey City and in Memorials may be made to Etz Hayim Synagogue, 1 ½ Hood Road, Derry, NH 03038. Monsey, New York, comfort and strength for the victims’ families, and peace in our time. Am Yisrael chai.

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Campaign Roye and Elaine Ginsburg in honor of Elaine and Paul Bieber for a speedy recovery Sedra, Ron and Ashley Michaelson in honor of Tracy Richmond’s big birthday. Thank you for everything that you do for the community. Mike Satzow in honor of Joel Bass Dorothy Rothstein in honor of 4 great grandchildren Golan, Matan, Liehly and Boaz Mark and Amy Finklestein in honor of Tracy Richmond’s birthday! Ann and Lou Greenberg in memory of Lou Tupper

Film Festival To Pat Kalik from friends and family in honor of her retirement

Kushner – Tumen Family Fund for Children Norm and Andy Kushner to Keith Spiro in memory of his mother Rita Skolnick Spiro Norm and Andy Kushner to Keith Spiro in memory of his father Raymond Spiro

Preschool The Kalik Family in honor of Pat’s retirement

Israel Past continued from page 30 prehistoric peoples, the Edomites and Nabateans, the Israelites, the Romans, agency founded in 1948, is responsible Byzantine Christians, Arab Muslims and for discovering and preserving the Christian Crusaders have all left their historical past of the Land of Israel. imprint on the landscape of today’s Passage of the 1978 Antiquities Law Israel. strengthened this commitment to Thanks to Israeli archaeological historical preservation. Whenever a large research, we have a much better construction project takes place in Israel, understanding of the history of the the site is first surveyed to see if it is of Middle East. Because the Israeli archaeological importance. If it is, government has turned many of these research takes place before construction sites into national parks, a growing can begin. number of international tourists now Some critics have claimed that these come to Israel to glimpse the richness of Israeli efforts to “dig up” the past are its past. intended to erase the memory of other Helena and Richard England are cultures that once inhabited the Land of retired educators who live in Durham. Israel. That claim is ridiculous, however. They love to visit relatives and make new Israeli research has confirmed that friends while in Israel.

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