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Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage E PAID Norwich, CT 06360 Permit #329 TH RETURN TO: 28 Channing St., New London, CT 06320 Serving The Jewish Communities of Eastern Connecticut & Western R.I. CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED VOL. XLIII NO. 7 PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY WWW.JEWISHLEADERWEBPAPER.COM APRIL 7, 2017/11 NISAN 5777 NEXT DEADLINE APRIL 14, 2017 16 PAGES HOW TO REACH US - BY PHONE 860-442-8062 • BY FAX 860-443-4175 • BY EMAIL [email protected] • BY MAIL: 28 CHANNING STREET, NEW LONDON, CT 06320 Wishing Everyone a Happy Passover - Chag Sameach! Yom Hashoah Commemoration Sunday, April 23, at 3:30 pm On the Com- and Spiritual Life and the Zachs Hillel House of munity Holocaust Commemoration Service will Connecticut College. be held at the Zachs Hillel House on the campus The film documents how seventeen other of Connecticut College. individuals turned down the Unitarian Asso- There will be a musical prelude, a responsive ciation’s request for relief volunteers and how reading and a Memorial Candle Lighting cere- Waitstill and Martha Sharp committed to the mony with survivors and children of survivors dangerous mission. “Defying the Nazis: The lighting candles while students from the gener- Sharps’ War” is the story of their humanitar- al and Jewish community and from the College ian work and the effect it had on their lives. The will narrate a dedication for each candle. Sharp’s left their two young children behind Following the Commemoration Service, we in Wellesley, Massachusetts and traveled to will adjourn to the Olin Science Center theater Czechoslovakia to aid refugees just as war was for a 4:30 screening of “Defying the Nazis: The about to break out in Europe. Escape Room Sharps’ War,” with commentary by film mak- While abroad, they combated political and By Guy Carmi, Young Emissary er Artemis A. W. Joukowsky, grandson of the social legislation, breaking laws in order to get Sharps, and Helen R. Dewey, another Sharps imperiled individuals exit visas. From involve- family member and a 1969 graduate of Con- ment with the black market, money laundering, Have you ever gone to an escape room? A room where you go necticut College. to the clandestine transportation of refugees, with friends or family and solve puzzles and riddles to get out. The Commemoration Service and Film are the Sharps played a vital role in the rescue of It’s truly a bonding experience. co-sponsored by the JFEC, theHenny Office of Religious Simon, Jews and z’tz’ldissidents from persecution. To celebrate Passover, we decided to make a Passover-themed Escape Room for the students at Jewish Community High School July 15, 1925 - April 4, 2017 and 5th grade class of Solomon Schechter Academy. In each room, the kids had to find quotes of all ten plagues in order to get out. In Funeral - Friday, April 7 - 1 p.m. order to find them they had to solve riddles, puzzles, open locks, , Congregation Ahavath Achim • 84 Lebanon Ave., Colchester boxes and much more. It required a lot of critical thinking. This is one of the most complicated, crazy activites that we’ve ever done. We had so much fun making it but the best part was watching the kids’ reactions and seeing how well they worked JFEC March Mission inspirational togetherIsrael to solve Independence each challenge. Day (Editor’s Note: Please turn to page 7 for an article by Mission participant Nadine Lipman as th well as photos of the trip. Don’t forget to check Monday, May 1 Come celebrate Israel’s 69 “homemade” pareve birthday Nadine’s Mention column on page 2 for details birthday on , cake. of her Bat Mitzvah in Haifa) hosted at Congregation Beth The food is always delicious El, 660 Ocean Ave, New Lon- and to make sure we prepare By Jerry Fischer, Mission Leader contact Mimi at the don with Emissaries Tal and Jewishenough Federationand set up enough Guy who are planning another tables, “knock your socks off” event via phone Isidore and Safra Katz, Jerry and Lori Katz, for the community’s enjoy- or email (preferable) to let Mark and Nadine Lipman, Barry and Alice Sher- 5:45ment. PM with a Torch Light- [email protected] know your plans mby. Wed., riff, and Stan and Gayle Solinsky returned from a On the top of Mt. Gilboa Hedy Ben Eliayahu, ingThe & Littleevening Something kicks off Ex at- AprilIf you 26 plan– 860-442-8062 to go. or JFEC Exploring Israel Mission filled with thanks the chief park ranger and a cousin of our Young tra. for the good weather and the remarkable expe- Emissary Tal Gilboa led us on a hike along the Checks/ riences they enjoyed in Jerusalem, Haifa, Akko, highest peak and showed us the magnificent, en- ISRAEL CONT. ON PG 13 Volunteers from our com- cash accepted at the door or and Tel Aviv, and for their warm reception dur- demic purple Gilboa Iris. munity will have the honor of ing two days of visits to our Southern New Eng- lighting 12 candles represent- land (SNEC) Partnership communities of Afula Film Festival ing the 12 tribes of Israel. This and the Gilboa region. rd custom began in Israel follow- The 23 International This Mission was notable for its encounters gave us the overview of the city from the Prom- ing the birth of the state. The Film Festival May 25 with Israelis and with Americans from our com- enade, and the following day took us around Little Something Extra is a through June 18, munity who had made Aliya (moved to Israel). the Old City and then to the Israel Museum and At around 6:30 an Israeli surprise, so don’t be late. They started as we arrived early in the night the Shrine of the Book. His son, Oren, is writing meal 2017. Look for details in Jerusalem at the Haas Promenade and were his Ph.D. on the Dead Sea Scrolls and works for in the next issue of of falafel, shawarma, met by Kobi Ableman, the son of the late Les- the Israel Department of Antiquities, housed in The Leader hummus, Israeli salads and ter and Shirley Abelman. Kobi, after a career the Israel Museum. He joined us and gave us a MISSION CONT. ON PG 13 hot dogs will be available. in banking in Jerusalem, retired and returned wonderful talk about the scrolls and their im- The meal will conclude with a to school to become a licensed tour guide. He 2 THE JEWISH LEADER, APRIL 7, 2017 to buy a tub of ka’ik (a sesame seed savory ring Bannon vs. Mnuchin feud Mention & Menschen cookie) her grandmother Bessie Nasser used to By Daniel J. Solomon, Forward bake all the time to share with her traveling com- A rift has opened up in the Treasury Department between NADINE LIPMAN panions, but they stopped in to visit an oud maker those who back the Republican Party’s traditional1 Wall Street- [email protected] and he performed/sang her grandmother’s favorite friendly policies and those aligned with White House chief strat- song for her, “Mustapha”...so although the Nassers egist Steve Bannon’s economic nationalist agenda, according to Matthew Hausmann, son of Geoff and Susan weren’t there physically, she felt their presence on insider administration sources. Hausmann of Waterford and grandson of Ro- her special day. salyn Braverman of New London was recently Nadine is a graduate of UConn and is retired the same way and are pretty well aligned against some of the named a New England scholar at the University from the Waterford Public Library where she crazier“I think ideas Gary coming and Steve from (Mnuchin) Bannon and view the most rest,” of anthese unnamed things of Connecticut. At the Scholars Day ceremony, was Head of Children’s Services for almost twelve Wall Street banker close to The White House told Politico. He students were recognized for academic excellence years. She volunteers her time helping with the during the calendar year. Matthew is in his sopho- Congregation Beth El Gift Shop, writing the House’s National Economic Council and the former chief operat- more year at UCONN where he is in the Athletic Mention and Menschen column for the Jewish was referring to Mnuchin and Gary Cohn, head of the White Training program. Leader, planning with the Connecticut Library What most divides the two wings of the administration ap- Sara Juli is the Maine Arts Fellowship 2017 Consortium for the annual Take Your Child to the ing officer of Goldman Sachs. - winner in dance and she was invited to perform Library Day (an idea she came up with and that try and elsewhere have typically supported, but which Trump at the Maine Arts Commission spring quarterly was celebrated this past year in over 900 librar- pears to be free trade, which conservatives in the finance indus- meeting. Sara’s work, resume, and ambition for ies in 48 states and in Canada), and trying to set paign. According to Politico, Mnuchin has so far tried to thread advancing dance in Maine are all so impressive, up a Patient Resource Center at the Lawrence and (under the influence of Bannon) ran against during the cam which lead to her receiving the award. She’ll be Memorial Cancer Center in Waterford. She enjoys while acknowledging the cost that many feel it has on the do- performing at the American Dance Festival this cooking, traveling, gardening and some crafts, but themestic needle employment on the issue, market. offering qualified backing of free trade June and then in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival not necessarily in that order.
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