March 24-30, 2017 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLVI, Number 12 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK Ithaca College to hold annual Israel Film Festival on March 25, 29 and 30 The fourth annual Israel Film Festival rael is Real,” highlighting human elements catch a glimpse into the internal world of ‹‹ “Mr. Gaga” at Ithaca College will be held on March of Israel life and culture exclusively through those with Down Syndrome. Thursday, March 30, 6:20 pm work- 25, 29 and 30, and will feature three documentary film selections. ‹‹ “The Essential Link: The Story of Wil- shop; 7 pm screening, Cinemapolis, Itha- documentaries illustrating stories from “This year’s festival portrays a unique frid Israel” ca. Workshop: “Gaga Dance Workshop” life in Israel and beyond. For the first reality through art, disabilities and his- Wednesday, March 29, 7pm screening, with Prof. Lindsay Gilmour, assistant time, IFF has partnered with local theater tory with a selection of unique, vibrant Textor Hall 102, thaca College; discussion: professor, Department of Theatre Arts, Cinemapolis to present the third and final and diverse Israeli cinema,” said Mirit Director Yonatan Nir and Dr. Michael and instructor of modern dance at Ithaca film of the series, “Mr. Gaga,” which will Hadar, IFF co-founder and director. Richardson, professor, Department of College, and students. be screened there on the festival’s closing “We are honored to present these films Modern Languages and Literatures and Ohad Naharin, artistic director of the night, Thursday, March 30. around Ithaca communities and, for the 20th and 21st century German literature and Batsheva Dance Company, has been called All communities are welcome to learn first time, in downtown Ithaca at the cinema, Holocaust studies. one of the most important choreographers in about Israel’s culture through personal Cinemapolis theater.” Wilfrid Israel, the owner of a depart- the world. The documentary will introduce stories of people with Down Syndrome ‹‹ “My Hero Brother” ment store in the center of Berlin, has viewers to the man and his work. Filmed over and their families in the film “My Hero Saturday, March 25: 7:30 pm reception; been called one of the great saviors of a period of eight years, director Tomer Hey- Brother,” the art of dancing in “Mr. Gaga” 8:30 pm screening – Park Hall Audito- Jews during the Holocaust who played a mann mixes intimate rehearsal footage with and stories of Israeli Holocaust survivors rium, thaca College; discussion: ques- role in the Kindertransport operation. His unseen archive material and dance sequences. in “The Essential Link: The Story of tion-and-answer with director Yonatan Nir. story becomes very personal as filmmaker The Israel Film Festival is sponsored by Wilfrid Israel.” A group of young people with Down Yonatan Nir takes viewers on a journey Hillel at Ithaca College, the Ithaca College Panel discussions focusing on multiple Syndrome embark on a demanding trek from a kibbutz in northern Israel to Ger- Jewish Studies Program, the Ithaca Area aspects of the film will follow each screen- through the India Himalayas, accompanied many in the 1930s. The filmmaker, who United Jewish Community, The New Fund ing. All events are open to the public and by their brothers and sisters. Unresolved was born on the kibbutz where Israel’s for Cinema and TV, J Street U at Ithaca the first two screenings will be free and conflicts and the complexities of growing name was known, but his story was kept College, and Student Alliance for Israel shown on the Ithaca College campus, while up with a Down Syndrome child in the fam- secret, searches for the mysterious hero at Ithaca College. For more information, the third and final film will be shown at ily come to the surface, while a closeness and the reasons for his disappearance visit israelfilmfest.com or contact mhadar@ Cinemapolis in downtown Ithaca at regular develops among the siblings as they deal from history. ithaca.edu. admission cost. with physical and emotional challenges. The theme for this year’s festival is “Is- Through the eye of the camera, viewer Naomi Seidman to speak Spotlight TV comedy introduces Israelis at Cornell on March 27 Naomi Seidman, Koret Professor of “Faithful Renderings: Jewish-Christian Jewish Culture at the Graduate Theologi- Difference and the Politics of Translation,” to their Ethiopian neighbors cal Union, will give the David and Rachel “The Marriage Plot: Or, How Jews Fell in Siegel Lecture in Jewish Women’s Studies Love with Love, and with Literature” and By Andrew Tobin on Monday, March 27, at 5:30 pm, in 165 “A Marriage Made in Heaven: The Sexual TEL AVIV (JTA) – For the first time, McGraw Hall at Cornell University, Ithaca. Politics of Hebrew and Yiddish.” In April Israelis recently saw a black lead character Her talk, “Sister Scholars: The Emergence 2016, she received a Guggenheim Fellow- on a homegrown, primetime television of Orthodox Girls’ Education in Interwar ship to support development of an upcoming show. “Nevsu,” a half-hour comedy, focuses Poland,” will be a foretaste of her biography book about Freud’s Jewish languages. on an Ethiopian man who is married to an in progress of Sarah Schenirer, the pioneer- The event is open to the public and no Ashkenazi Jewish woman. Misunderstand- ing founder of the Beis Yaakov network of tickets are required. For more informa- ing ensues. Orthodox Jewish girls’ schools. tion, visit http://events.cornell.edu/event/ “There is definitely a lot of cultural Seidman’s previous publications include naomi_seidman. confusion in the show,” Yosi Vasa, the star and co-creator of the show, told JTA. “But the great thing about comedy is when the audience laughs, that means they get it. So “Nebsu” co-creators Yosi Vasa, left, and Community celebrated Purim that’s progress.” Shai Ben-Atar. (Photo by Reshet) Following a series of sometimes violent protests between Ethiopian Israelis and Vasa, 41, said such incidents are part of police in recent years, the creators of the his reality, which many Israelis find difficult new show think comedy is called for. They to believe. But one evening last year, the hope that by making light of the frictions show’s third co-creator, Liat Shavi, had a between Ethiopian immigrants and the firsthand look. After saying goodnight to broader society, they can promote mutual Vasa, who had stopped outside the office in understanding. “People went out to [the Tel Aviv to smoke a cigarette, her cellphone highway] Ayalon South and demonstrated rang. “Suddenly he’s calling me, and I don’t with anger. People wrote columns,” co-cre- understand. He’s speaking unclearly, and ator Shai Ben-Atar said in a promotional he says, ‘Come here for a second,’” Shavit video, referring to 2015 demonstrations pro- recalled in the promotional video. “So I look testing police brutality against Ethiopians. across the street and I see him standing there “Our demonstration is a demonstration of with a police officer.” love. We come to the audience with love. Ben-Atar adds: “He didn’t care about We come with characters full of love.” the fact that he was arrested. He just really In the March 9 premiere, Vasa’s charac- wanted us to see that it actually happens, ter, Gili, steps out of his suburban house to and that was really comedic.” run an errand. A police officer driving by Roni Akale, the director-general of stops and demands his ID, which he has the Ethiopian National Project, said most left inside the house. Moments later, the Israelis don’t get where Ethiopians are officer is aggressively frisking Gili against coming from because they live largely More than 300 community members attended the JCC’s annual Community Purim Carnival the trunk of his car. See “Comedy” on page 11 held on March 12.(For more photos of Purim celebrated around town, see pages 8-9.) INSIDE THIS ISSUE Team Israel Always the heroine Deciphering the past Special Sections A look at Team Israel, made up of Jessica Chastain discusses A Roman period road is unovered Legal Notices...... 4 American Jewish players, and its playing a Holocaust heroine in near Beit Shemesh; ancient Book Review...... 4 run in the World Baseball Classic. “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” Hebrew is found in a Galilee shul. Car Care...... 6-7 ...... Page 5 ...... Page 6 ...... Page 7 Classifieds...... 12 Page 2 - The Reporter March 24-30, 2017 Opinion From the Desk of the Federation Executive Director Hello, it’s Sima SIMA AUERBACH

Our granddaughter Edythe Jean Auerbach is now 7 the first initial of the mother’s name and the last name. chicken soup recipe? Should Neil teach her how to run weeks old. Seven is a special number in our world: seven When I married Neil, Edith (her way of spelling her like a beautiful gazelle? Can I tell her that nothing is more days of creation, Shabbat is the seventh day of the week, name) gave me Neil’s baby bracelet – “E. Auerbach” important than “a good name”? seven matriarchs and patriarchs, and seven branches on the – which I wear daily. This will become our Edythe’s at When our first grandchild was born, we were in our Temple’s menorah, to name but a few. The Hebrew word an appropriate age so I can pass on to Edy her grand- late 40s/early 50s – both working, active in our temple and for luck, “gad,” equals seven in Gematria and “mazel” is father’s beginnings. involved in many things. But life is less frenetic now, and 77. Seems like the right week to start thinking about what What is important for Edy to know? Her world will we have more time to contemplate and think about what is important. probably be very different, so nu? What do Neil and I want is important. So what will we, and how can we, give Edy When Neil was born at Women’s Hospital in Boro to teach her so she can wend her way through a world we what we consider the essential values of life? As Neil and Park, a blue and white bracelet was put on his wrist with will be unaccustomed to? Should I give her my mother’s I figure this out, we will keep you in the loop. Linda Sarsour and the interfaith dialogue fallacy By Jonathan S. Tobin Their argument was that one of the cornerstones of bridges to Sarsour requires more than just agreeing to dis- JNS.org interfaith dialogue requires us to seek common ground agree. If you are going to share a platform with her, you are One of the cornerstones of Jewish community relations on those issues where we agree, rather than to focus only signaling that Jewish rights and the survival of Israel can be work is building bridges to other religious and ethnic on our disagreements. Sarsour gave her defenders even forgotten in the name of “resistance.” communities. The principle behind these efforts is sound. more ammunition when she helped raise money to restore This episode illustrates a basic fallacy about the way We know that our safety as a minority group is dependent a St. Louis Jewish cemetery that was damaged by vandals. interfaith dialogue is practiced with respect to Israeli issues. on respect for the rights of others. Dialogue with different But Sarsour made the discussion even more compli- Concern about desecrated cemeteries and bomb threats peoples and faiths can build relationships and broaden our cated by making it clear to her liberal defenders that they against Jewish Community Centers is praiseworthy. But understanding of the world, as well as strengthening the needed to check their Jewish identity at the door when they when those who support a BDS movement that traffics in bonds that unite us as fellow Americans in spite of some joined her in anti-Trump protests. In an interview with The antisemitic slurs and opposes Jewish rights – as Sarsour of our differences. Nation, she said feminism and Zionism are incompatible does – join the ranks of those sounding the alarm about But as the Jews who have made Palestinian-American because Zionists ignored the rights of Palestinian women. threats to Jews, it’s time to realize that the issue has been activist Linda Sarsour into a heroine of the “resistance” That position was reflected in the published platform of the hijacked by some on the left for partisan reasons that have against President Donald Trump have reminded us, the Women’s Strike, which explicitly listed the “decolonization nothing to do with Jewish security. problem with interfaith dialogue is that it is not an end unto of Palestine” – in plain language, the destruction of Israel. More to the point, when interfaith efforts on the Israeli-Pal- itself. If the end result is to both legitimize and strengthen Rasmea Odeh, a Palestinian woman who was convicted estinian conflict feature Arabs and Muslims bashing Israel, those who are working to undermine the rights of the Jews, for her role in the terrorist murder of two Israelis in 1969, but Jews meekly agreeing with the anti-Zionist sentiments or then what we are witnessing is a self-destructive act that signed the letter that introduced the strike. Odeh, who now staying silent – as all too many such dialogues have played does far more harm than good. lives in the U.S., is celebrated by the left as an “activist” out – it does nothing to build bridges, let alone peace. Sarsour bolted to prominence in January as one of the and spoke at the national conference of the pro-BDS group Genuine efforts to find common ground between diverse organizers of the women’s protest march in Washington, Jewish Voice for Peace, another curious example of dialogue. communities can help both sides and reduce tension. But DC, that was intended as a defiant answer to Trump’s inau- Sarsour speaks of respect, yet she and Odeh have no respect Linda Sarsour’s liberal allies need to acknowledge that guration. She also helped plan the International Women’s for the rights of Jewish women in Israel to live in freedom she has taught us that coalition building predicated on Strike early in March that sought to mobilize those who in their own country without fearing terrorist murderers. the abandonment of the defense of Jewish rights makes a are upset about Trump’s rise. Shared antipathy for Trump Asking people to embrace either feminism or Zionism is a mockery of the concept. erased any qualms mainstream liberals might have had false choice. Indeed, one might also wonder how an advocate Jonathan S. Tobin is opinion editor of JNS.org and a about making common cause with an anti-Zionist who of Islamic sharia law like the hijab-wearing Sarsour could contributing writer for National Review. Follow him on believes Israel should be destroyed. be accepted as a defender of the rights of women. Building Twitter at @jonathans_tobin. In My Own Words More than 1,500 and counting RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

And I used to wonder if anyone visited The Reporter’s wanted us to do. The statement had little to nothing to do how we could celebrate if we reached a certain number website. Let me back up for a minute and explain why with the majority of the book review; it was used only to of e-mails. that’s not a question anymore. We recently received identify a person as the German-appointed leader of that I would say that the e-mail effort will make me more more than 1,500 (yes, the program counts them) e-mails occupied country. What was a little disturbing was that the careful about how I write, but I already try to be careful because I used the phrase “Nazi [XXXXXX]” in a book letters also claimed that no one in that country helped the with my words. One reasonable personal e-mail would review that was posted on our site. The reason for the Nazis without later being punished, something which is have made a lot more sense, because the person could have [XXXXXX] is to spare us another thousand or so e-mail open to debate. (There is at least one recorded case where noted this as a slip rather than assuming I was making an messages. I can only assume a person or an organization a mass murder of Jews was done by the natives of the attack on a country or ethnicity. uses a Google-search program to look for the phrase so country, rather than the Nazis who stood by and watched.) I might have stopped thinking about the e-mail effort they can launch these e-mail attacks. The e-mails are I didn’t answer any of the e-mails, though, because it was were it not for a conversation I had with the chairman of actually form letters, which suggest that the individuals impossible to do that for the number we received. If there The Reporter board a few days later. After I laughingly told sending them didn’t read the article (or actually visit our had been one message from an organization or just a few him about the e-mails, he wondered what this said about site, sigh). For example, they all start out saying, “Dear e-mails, I would have explained and apologized for the the mass e-mails we are encouraged to send to politicians. Sir or Madame,” rather than addressing a member of the oversight and told them we made the change. However, Although organizations ask you to personalize the form staff, whose names are all listed on the website. All the early on, it became clear that the people writing had no letter they offer, I confess I usually don’t bother and just letters were identical – well, except for about 20 or so idea of the book review’s true focus. send what they wrote. I now have to wonder whether or that contained the name and link for another article that Believe it or not, by the time we hit more than 1,000 not our politicians actually pay attention to them. I always had nothing to do with our paper. So some folks either e-mails, it started to be funny. Think about all the effort figured that someone on their staff counted the e-mails for forgot to cut and paste in the appropriate name/link, or and fuss they made over a two-word phrase printed in a or against a measure so they would know how their con- confused the e-mail addresses. small Jewish newspaper in upstate New York. I’m sure stituents felt. However, maybe they do what I did and find I was perfectly fine with changing the online version our website doesn’t receive that number of hits in year them funny. Or maybe they become angry at the number of of the article to “Nazi-occupied [XXXXXX],” which we so I guess I can only wish that the writers (or rather, the e-mails clogging their inbox. I’m not sure which is worse. did shortly after receiving the first batch of e-mails – al- people who copied and pasted a message into an e-mail) At least if they get angry, they’re taking us seriously. But though I was not willing to remove the article as the e-mail actually went to our site. I started making jokes about maybe they just laugh and ignore us.

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According to organizers of the program, 80 A graduate with an M.A. in library science from SUNY Philip Cali will speak on Saturday, March 25, on Jews and percent of all comedians at the end of the 20th century Geneseo and a B.A. in major classics, Latin and Greek comedy “From the Borscht Belt to the Great White Way.” were Jews. The program will discuss what draw show from Fordham University, Cali taught Latin for 19 years His talk will follow the free luncheon after Shabbat services business has for Jews, and how factors such as history, in addition to being a public school administrator for 13 at Beth David Synagogue, 39 Riverside Dr., Binghamton. intelligence, culture and/or a defense mechanism play a years. He has also taught 19 courses for Lyceum. The entire community has been invited to all of the events. role. While explaining these questions and other related For more information on how to sponsor all or part of In his talk, Cali will explore several aspects of com- entertainment topics, Cali will share one-liners from a luncheon or how to make a donation to the Beth David edy and Jews, including why there are so many Jewish Jewish comedy. Shabbat Luncheon Fund, call the synagogue at 722-1793. Women’s Seder at Temple Concord on April 2 A Women’s Seder will be held on Sunday, April 2, at The seder will be led by Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell tinues: the Ma’yan Passover Haggadah,” which is available 1 pm, at Temple Concord, 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton. and Rabbi Rachel Esserman, with music by Shari Neuberger. for purchase online. It will be open to the female public. Attendees will have A full meal will be served featuring a meat main dish by The fee for the program is $30. To make a reservation, an opportunity to prepare for Passover, spend time with Michelle McIlroy, of Phantom Chef. mail a check made out to Temple Concord Sisterhood or friends and make new ones. Participants should bring a copy of “The Journey Con- deliver it to the Temple Concord office no later than Monday, March 27. The event is organized by Carol Herz, Rachel Coker, Sandy Foreman, Connie Fisher and Genevieve JCC ECC to hold Preschool Ado-Mai of Temple Concord Sisterhood. Literacy Day on April 6 Tot Time at TC The Jewish Community Center of Binghamton’s Caterpillar,” “The Grouchy Ladybug” and “The Very Tot Time, a program for preschool children and their Early Childhood Center will hold its ninth annual Busy Spider.” Children will have a chance to experi- parents, will be held on Saturday, April 8, at 9:30 am, at Preschool Literacy Day on Thursday, April 6, from ence the world of Carle with activities, an interactive Temple Concord, 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton. The focus 5:30-7:30 pm, at the JCC, 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. story time, and singing and dancing with local musician this month will be on Passover, and children and their The event will be free to the public and will feature Johnny Only. parents will be able to join the religious school’s Passover areas for children to experience art, science, math and This event is made possible in part by the Judith seder and program. reading, and opportunities to play as well. and Edwin Cohen Foundation, Roberson Museum and Tot Time is sponsored by Temple Concord Sisterhood This year’s Literacy Day features the books of Eric Science Center, International Paper, WSKG and the for children ages 2-5. It is free and open to the public. A Carle, the author of works such as “The Very Hungry Four Counties Library System. parent must attend with children. Children are introduced to Judaism through a story, activ- ities and a snack each month. To make a reservation and for Program on Islamophobia and more information, contact Lauren Fitch at [email protected].

The Jewish Community wishes to express its antisemitism on April 4 in Ithaca sympathy to the family of In response to recent religiously-based hate crimes, the equivalent negative bias toward Jews. This is an important George Shaman Ithaca Coalition for Unity and Cooperation in the Middle time for us to examine the strongly rooted dynamic which East will host a discussion of Islamophobia and antisemitism marginalizes both communities.” as part of its dinner conversation series, with presentations Linda Glaser, chairwoman of ICUCME, added, “It is by members of the Islamic and Jewish communities. The essential that we as a community confront and grapple program will be held on Tuesday, April 4, at 6:30 pm, at with the hatred being expressed toward religious minori- the Just Be Cause Center, 1013 W. State St., Ithaca. ties. Ithaca is a place where such difficult issues can be The event will include a vegetarian potluck dinner, com- explored thoughtfully, and we look forward to a meaningful munity discussion and an ice cream social. The event will conversation on April 4.” be free, but donations will be appreciated. Free parking is The ICUCME dinner conversation series was launched in available in the lot and on adjacent streets. Attendees have August to bring members of the Ithaca community together to been asked to RSVP at http://bit.ly/dinnerandconversation. explore topics in “a relaxed, intimate” setting. March’s dinner Mahmud Burton, of Islamic Community Outreach Ser- conversation featured Ithaca City School Superintendent vices, will speak at the event. He has noted that “although Luvelle Brown and Chief Academic Officer Liddy Coyle the particulars in American cultural context may differ discussing human rights and the curriculum; other programs between the Jewish and Muslim communities, the Gallup have included a “Cleaning the Hate” event in Cass Park and World Religion Survey found that the single most pow- community discussions on “Faith and Dialogue,” “Finding erful predictor of strong prejudice toward Muslims is an Common Ground” and “Beliefs, Facts and Emotions.” The events often include an entertainment component, such as mu- sic by the Cornell University Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, Middle Eastern dancing, or making origami “kindness” boxes. TC Sisterhood The April 4 event will feature ice cream sundaes. ICUCME is a grassroots, anti-racist community orga- nization working to bring a constructive approach into to hold elections dialogue about Israel and the Greater Middle East. As a By Babs Putzel non-partisan organization, ICUCME embraces “fact-based, Temple Concord Sisterhood elections will be held on respectful dialogue, mutual recognition and cooperation” Wednesday, April 12, at 6:30 pm, at Temple Concord, 9 to promote understanding and support peace. Riverside Dr., Binghamton, followed by a program on For more information, e-mail [email protected] introducing essential oils into one’s life. The program to or see ICUCME’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ be presented by Jessica Calice will be free and open to IthacaCoalition. the public. Elections are open to all members of Temple Concord Sisterhood. A Sisterhood board meeting will follow the program. Calice began incorporating essential oils into her life in ERNEST H. PARSONS 2016 after a bout with colitis that landed her in the hospital for six days. “I didn’t want to be on medication forever FUNERAL HOME and needed to make changes,” she said. Faithfully Serving Broome County Since 1928 Calice started “healing herself” by eliminating gluten and dairy products from her diet. Then she researched oils to address both her physical and anxiety symptoms. “I always have struggled with anxiety, and oils have been a huge help in both cases,” she said. See “Sisterhood” on page 5

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Although many of my multi-book book reviews have of the complex moral and ethical issues it raises. resists those seeking to influence his actions – and make a theme, there are times when I just need to reduce the In 1944, 14-year-old Paul Hartman has already experi- him a fascinating character. “Max’s Diamonds” would number of novels sitting on my shelf. At first, I opened enced tragedy with the sudden death his father. However, be perfect for book clubs that enjoy discussing how one those reviews by connecting books to the season or the he’s still not emotionally prepared to understand the com- decision can change the course of a person’s life. weather – that is until a friend of mine parodied those plex issues that arise when his cousin Max, who survived “Protecting Paige” openings. In this case, the three novels reviewed below Auschwitz, moves in with him and his mother. Paul can’t Family members often keep secrets to protect those they were picked because they are among the oldest novels on keep his eyes off the number printed on Max’s arm, although love best. However, sometimes these secrets create more my ever-growing stack of books – or I should say, stacks, Max tells him its all right to look. When Max disappears, he problems than they prevent. This proves to be true for Paige because the piles seem to multiply when I’m not looking. leaves a note talking about a stash of diamonds of mysterious Noble, one of the main characters in Deby Eisenberg’s Of course, that should be my biggest problem! origin and provenance. Paul wants nothing to do with the “Protecting Paige” (Studio House Literary). Paige’s life “Max’s Diamonds” diamonds, although he finds himself unable to avoid their changes radically when her parents and brother are killed There are so many Jewish-themed novels being pub- influence. Family secrets – about Max and what occurred by gang violence in 1962. Her father’s brother, the pho- lished by large publishing houses that I sometimes hesitate during the war – shape both his marriage and legal career. tographer Maxwell Noble, becomes her guardian – even to say yes to a publicity request from smaller, independent They also create a disconnection between him and his though she hasn’t seen him in several years. presses. There are only so many hours in a day and far too closest relatives. The ethical decisions Paul faces – whether While Maxwell offers her information about his parents many books to read, so it’s necessary to pick and choose to follow the law of the land or help family members who and grandparents, he keeps secret what he knows about carefully. However, I’m glad I gave into the impulse and let desperately need money – are not easily resolved. Paige’s French mother, Celine. All Paige knows is that the PR person send me a copy of Jay Greenfield’s “Max’s While Greenfield’s prose is not poetic or particularly Celine met her father when he rescued her from a concen- Diamonds” (Chickadee Prince Books). The story grabbed exciting, readers won’t mind because the plot carries the tration camp. After she discovers documents and photos me from its opening paragraph and kept my interest because novel. Paul’s decisions are intriguing – especially when he See “Novels” on page 5

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L-r: At a Beth David Sisterhood meeting on March 8, Kerry Kate Madigan’s talk was said to have generated “much Wright, Susan Wright and Michael Wright spoke with guest interest,” as shown by the many questions posed after the Camps & After School speaker Kate Madigan, a law partner at Levene Gouldin session. L-r: Marlene Serkin, Marie Werner and Sylvia L-r: Kate Madigan, Sylvia Diamond and Sandy Paston and Thompson LLP and specialist in trusts, estates and Diamond spoke with Madigan. In the background: Roy discussedInfo items Night related to the At writing The of wills. JCC (Photos by elder law. Paston and Michael Wright. Kids willNancy be oBasmann)ffered activities while parents learn all about School Age Child Care Programs and Summer Camps at the JCC! Team Israel baseball gear a home •run Camp JCC with 15 Ages 5- • JCC Co-Ed Sports Camps or Perfect f • After School Programs s with kvelling American Jewishparent fans o be soon t rs! • Day Care when school is not in session rgartene By Andrew Tobin Steve Adler, who owns the company that makes the “Jew KindeSouth Korea, •fourth-ranked Theatre Camp Taiwan and ninth-ranked the Editor’s note: Team Israel was eliminated from the Crew” shirts, told JTA. “You can’t really blame them. Who Netherlands to win its pool in the first round and become tournament after a loss to Japan on March 15. could have predicted this?” the only team to come out of the qualifying round and go TEL AVIV (JTA) – A couple weeks ago, Adam Atkins Israel was the lowest-ranked team to qualify for the undefeated.Tuesda In they, second April round, 4 • Israel 5-6:30pm beat fifth-ranked didn’t know Israel had a baseball team. But when the World Baseball Classic, coming in at 41st. Yet the club,Please Cuba RSVPbefore losing to Lynett badly ine a at rematch (607)7 with24-2 the Netherlands417, ext 421 squad started winning games recently in the World Base- with seven former major league players and 20 minor on Marchor [email protected] ball Classic, he has become a fan. Atkins and his friends leaguers, started the tournament by beating third-ranked Before each game, the players have removed their wanted team caps, but were frustrated to discover they caps for Israel’s national anthem, “Hativkah,” to reveal were sold out online. matching kippahs. Both headcoverings feature Israeli flagfind us on “The only thing available was a youth size, and I con- colors: royal blue embroidered in white withwww the.binghamtonjcc.org team’s sidered if my head was small enough to fit! 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Camps & After School “I think the league probably underestimated the number of American Jews who would be interested in merchandise,” Info Night At The JCC Kids will be offered activities while parents learn all about School Age Child Care Programs and Novels Continued from page 4 Cody Decker of Team Israel held the team mascot, the Summer Camps at the JCC! her mother kept hidden, Maxwell is forced to reveal the Mensch on a Bench ,after the World Baseball Classic game 15 es 5- • Camp JCC secrets of his past – something that changes Paige’s view against the Netherlands in Seoul, South Korea, on March Ag for Perfect • JCC Co-Ed Sports Camps not only of her uncle, but of her parents. The information 9. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) ents with • After School Programs par to be also leads Maxwell and Paige to visit France to learn the soon s! gartener • Day Care when school is not in session truth about Celine. 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r Greeting New Yea s from Page 6 - The Reporter March 24-30, 2017 Jessica Chastain on playing a Holocaust heroine in “The Zookeeper’s Wife” By Curt Schleier Still, Heck had many of their best (and rarest) remaining (JTA) – Strong women are right in actor Jessica species transferred to Berlin for breeding purposes, leaving Chastain’s wheelhouse. the zoo relatively empty. It was a decision the Zabinskis There’s Maya, the fictional CIA agent in “Zero Dark took full advantage of – Jan (played by Johan Heldenbergh) Thirty,” whose work led Seal Team Six to Osama bin Laden; used the empty cages to store arms for the resistance and Melissa Lewis, the heroic mission commander who refuses eventually went off to fight with the partisans himself. to abandon a teammate in “The Martian”; and Elizabeth They also hid a close personal friend, sculptress Magdalena Sloan, the accept-no-prisoners Washington lobbyist who Gross (Efrat Dor, an Israeli actress). takes on the gun industry in “Miss Sloan.” And then they decided to do more. They convinced Heck “I look for characters that challenge the status quo,” to let them raise pigs on the grounds, ostensibly to feed the Chastain, who snagged a Golden Globe for her work in troops. Also, they promised to gather the slop accumulating “Zero Dark Thirty,” told JTA in a telephone interview. in the nearby Warsaw ghetto to feed the animals. To Heck, “I know not every woman is a strong woman. But I am it seemed like a win-win – but, in fact, the Zabinskis and definitely inspired by those characters who push against other members of the resistance smuggled families into the the box society has put them in.” zoo by putting them in barrels and covering them with the It’s no surprise, then, that she jumped at the opportunity to garbage intended for the pigs. Then they were hidden in portray Antonina Zabinski in “The Zookeepers Wife.” It’s an empty cages and in a network of tunnels. Johan Heldenbergh co-stars with Jessica Chastain as Jan emotionally moving film about World War II that tells the true Nazi troops were a constant presence – a sneeze or a Zabinski in “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” (Photo by Anne Marie story of a heroine and her husband, Jan, who put themselves child’s cry at the wrong moment could lead to tragedy. Fox/Focus Features) – and their children – at great risk in order to save 300 Jews In fact, there were several occasions when it seemed the by hiding them at the Warsaw Zoo, which they ran. jig was up, all of which heightens the tension in a taut, especially since once Jan went off to war, Antonina was Before the war, the zoo was considered one of the finest well-constructed film that follows the Zabinskis from left to handle all the duties by herself. in Europe. People came from all over to walk its grounds, prewar good times through the conflict and its ever-present The Zabinskis are enshrined in Yad Vashem’s Righteous view the animals and perhaps catch a glimpse of the quirky danger and, ultimately, to the couple’s poignant reunion Among the Nations. While Chastain did not visit the Ho- Antonina on one of her daily bicycle rides around the fa- at the war’s end. locaust center in Jerusalem, she still managed extensive cility, often with a menagerie of ostriches trailing behind. Thanks to the Zabinskis’ heroism, some 300 were hid- research for the role. “I read the book, of course, and vis- But as the film chronicles, bombs leveled much of the den and ultimately transferred by the resistance to safety. ited the Warsaw Zoo,” she said. “I met with her daughter zoo during the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, killing a Over the course of the film, Chastain cascades through [Teresa], who was a baby in the film, and learned about substantial number of its animal residents. The Zabinskis a range of emotions reflecting the many characters she the family from a personal point of view. I also went to were spared, and might have lived a relatively comfortable subsumes – zoologist, wife, mother, spy and temptress to Auschwitz. I’d read about it, of course, but had never been life during the occupation: A prewar colleague from Ber- Heck – in a bravura performance that exudes confidence to a concentration camp.” Chastain said the Auschwitz visit lin, Lutz Heck (Daniel Bruhl), was appointed the Reich’s and strength. was profoundly moving. chief zoologist. He protected the couple, in part because I ask Chastain if she is strong in real life. “I’m OK Her experiences made her realize how contemporary the of his respect for their accomplishments in building a pushing against the constraints society expects me to be film’s message is. “We learn by looking at history, and when world-renowned zoo, and in part because of his not-so- in,” she said. we look we see Hitler, Mussolini – one of the first things hidden crush on Antonina. Was she always that way, or did success embolden her? they did was manage the press,” she said. “That led to the “I think I’ve always been that way. I’d speak up when atrocities. And when we look where we are now, we have to something wasn’t right or honorable.” ask, ‘Are we going to follow in those footsteps, are we going But Chastain quickly notes standing up to authority is to create another atrocity, or are we going to create a world often easier said than done. “I could immediately say, ‘yes, where we protect everyone regardless of their ethnicity?’” I would have done [what the Zabinskis] did,’ but such an Chastain’s compassion for the underdog is well rooted. easy answer would diminish the strength they showed and Though she doesn’t talk about it much, she was born to sacrifice they made,” she said. “It doesn’t acknowledge that a single mom who at times had to shoplift food to feed a her kids could have been killed. I hope I’m never challenged young Jessica and her sister. I gingerly broach the topic the way she was. She put the welfare of the many over the and ask how it impacted her career and life. welfare of the few and was willing to sacrifice everything “I think growing up in a situation where money wasn’t to do the right thing.” necessary for happiness actually helped me,” she said. “I When offered the role, Chastain said she met with the realized when pursuing an acting career, it’s not something director, Niki Caro, and immediately was impressed by you pursue for money. I pursued it realizing I could live the script. “The story – it’s world history,” she said. “In without. I grew up without. American schools you don’t learn about women in history. “I grew up without many things and because of that, I It was an honor for me to portray this incredible female.” have compassion for those who have less. I’m very happy “The Zookeeper’s Wife” is adapted from the book of paying taxes so people can go to school and have health Jessica Chastain as Antonina Zabinski in “The Zookeeper’s the same name by Diane Ackerman that had relied upon care because I know what it’s like to have little.” Wife.” (Photo by Anne Marie Fox/Focus Features) Antonina’s diaries. It’s a tale of bravery and selflessness, “The Zookeeper’s Wife” opens nationally on March 31.

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The ancient road, discovered near the The Roman Empire, according to the city of Beit Shemesh, ran along a route IAA, had developed Israel’s roads “in similar to Israel’s modern Highway 375 an unprecedented manner” after most of and “was apparently meant to link the the country’s previous roads were “im- Roman settlement that existed in the vi- provised trails.” cinity of Beit Natif with the main highway known as the ‘Emperor’s Road,’” said Irina Zilberbod, director of the excavation for the IAA. “The construction of the Emperor’s Road is thought to have taken place at At right: An aerial view of the Roman-era the time of Emperor Hadrian’s visit to road that Israeli archaeologists recently the country, circa 130 C.E., or slightly discovered near the city of Beit Shemesh. thereafter, during the suppression of the Credit: Griffin Aerial Photography Bar Kokhba revolt in 132-135 C.E. The Company/Israel Antiquities Authority. Ancient Hebrew inscriptions found in Galilee synagogue By JNS staff knowledge about the Jewish settlement in (JNS.org) – Two ancient Hebrew inscriptions the village of Peqi’in during the Roman and dating back some 1,800 years to the Roman period Byzantine periods.” were found on the capital of a limestone column Restoration work has been underway for during restoration work being carried out in an the past year in Peqi’in’s ancient synagogue ancient synagogue in the Western Galilee town of and nearby Beit Zinati in order to upgrade Peqi’in in Israel. the visitor center there, which will tell the According to archaeologists, the stone was story of the Jewish presence in the town found upside down in the synagogue’s courtyard. over the last 2,000 years, as well as of the A preliminary analysis of the inscriptions appear to Zinati family, the town’s oldest Jewish family. indicate they were dedicatory inscriptions honoring Margalit Zinati, the last member of the Zinati donors to the synagogue, the Israel Antiquities family, still resides in a house next door to Authority said. the synagogue. “The talmudic and midrashic sources tell of Ze’ev Elkin, Israeli minister of Jerusalem the Galilean sages that lived in Peqi’in, including Affairs and Heritage, said that Peqi’in “is one Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, who hid from the of the most significant sites in the Galilee and Romans in a cave,” IAA inspector in the West- is a place where there has always been a Jewish ern Galilee Yoav Lerer said. “However, there presence. “It is a great honor for me that during are those who disagree with the identification my tenure in office such an important discovery of the location of Peqi’in. I believe that these The entrance to the ancient synagogue at Peqi’in, Israel. (Photo by Ritvo, has been made that tells this 2,000-year-old story inscriptions will add an important tier to our courtesy of Beit Zinati) of the land of Israel.”

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Above: Brothers Hymie Rubin and Charles Rubin attended the Purim seudah held on L-r: Lori Tuberman, Saba Weisner, Meryl Sasnowitz, Cathy Volenchik and Charlie March 12 at Beth David Synagogue. Mannasee helped themselves to a buffet prepared by Weisner and several volunteers at the Purim seudah held on March 12 at Beth David Synagogue. (Photos by Viktor Shevchenko)

At right, l-r: Moshe Schmaryahu and Meryl Sasnowitz.

JCC ECC Purim parade

L-r: Laura Greger, Lynne Manasse and Filomena Kiessling attended the Purim seudah held on March 12 at Beth David Synagogue. In the background, at left facing camera: Paula Rubin.

The Early Childhood Center education department of the Jewish Community Center held a parade to celebrate Purim on March 9. The students and staff dressed in costumes and marched around the gymnasium.

At right: Some ECC classrooms arranged for matching costumes.

ECC students and teachers marched around the JCC gym. March 24-30, 2017 Page 9 - The Reporter Community celebrated Purim at the JCC

L-r: Annabella Cintron and Maddie Ramie were ready to L-r: ZuZu Pucek got a helping hand from Colleen Godleski play one of the games at the JCC’s Purim Carnival. at one the tables. L-r: Kerry Bopp and Zach Lipo tried their luck at one of the games at the JCC Community Purim Carnival held on March 12. More than 300 community members attend the event.

L-r: Kalie Colangelo and her grandmother, JCC Assistant Director Marcia Brownlow, were all smiles at the JCC’s L-r: Carrie (seated in back), Braden and Luke Wenban Purim Carnival. attended the JCC’s Purim Carnival.

L-r: Vanna, Jen, Rich and Adelle Mattson enjoyed the Baseball Continued from page 5 JCC’s Purim Carnival. Major League Baseball’s vice president of business persistent” American woman requesting a shirt from Israel. public relations, Matt Bourne, told JTA that the Israel cap In response to requests, the company has rolled out new has outsold those of all the other teams in the WBC with styles, including for women and children. the exception of the United States. “We didn’t do this to make money, but more as a favor to The “Jew Crew” T-shirts are in demand, too. Adler, Cody [Decker] and of course Team Israel,” said Adler, who the owner of America’s Finest Apparel, said he had sold is friends with some of the players. “The amazing thing is hundreds since the team started winning. There was a big that these guys aren’t even Israeli for the most part. They’re spike after ESPN’s Darren Rovell tweeted an image of American Jews whoGet are playing t forhe a culture, word not just a out! Cody Decker, an outfielder and designated hitter for the country. It’s easy to get caught up in the love affair of that.” team and a member of the Milwaukee Brewers, wearing NearlyDoes all y theour Israeli orga playersnizaon are Americanhave an eventJews. Accord comi-ng up you want one at a news conference. ing tothe WBC community rules, a player to amayend? compete Then for get a country the wor if d out through “After Rovell’s tweet, we went from selling one or two he is eligible for citizenship under its laws. The grandchild a day to being back-ordered,” Adler said. “We’ve sold of a Jew,The andReporter! that grandchild’s If you’re spouse, new to have PR theand right aren’t to sure how to hundreds at this point.” becomepubliciz Israelie citizens. your event, The Reporter editors are ready, willing He said most of the orders have come from the Amer- Manyand members happy to of help Israel’s you: small baseball community ican Northeast, with a few from Canada and one “very have American backgrounds, too. Otherwise, the sport is little •watched determine or played the in bethest country, weeks which for y hasour just arcles three to appear in 3x4.5 baseball-specific the paper fields to ar andact about the 1,000 mo stactive ae players.non And Team• Israel’s the deadlines success has for not arcles changed to that. get into any givenHarry issue Cohen of made cotton candy for the crowd at the JCC’s Although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently Purim Carnival. tweeted t hishe supportpaper for the team, the games have not been broadcast• the on e-mail Israel’s sportsaddress channel to send and have the received arcle onlyto passing• howmention to inwri thete Hebrew your arcles media. Asked (the fir onst the rule radio of journalism or whether she would be attending the game in South Korea, Community Calendar Culture P andR: Sporttell people Minister who Miri, Regevwhat, soundedwhen, wherconfusede and whThey!) 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(Photo by Matt Roberts/ “It’s not necessarily something you’d expect to see from Getty Images) a gritty little Jewish baseball team.” Get the word out! Does your organizaon have an event coming up you 2x3.5 want the community to aend? Then get the word out through The Reporter! If you’re new to PR and aren’t sure how to publicize your event, The Reporter Exhibit on “Lost Synagogues editors are ready, willing and happy to help you: of Europe” • determine the best weeks for your arcles to The Museum at Eldridge Street in New York appear in the paper to aract the most aenon City is holding the exhibit “Lost Synagogues • the deadlines for arcles to get into any given of Europe: Postcards from the Collection of issue of the paper Frantisek Bányai” until June 8. 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Weekly Parasha Gathering together RIVKAH SLONIM, EDUCATION DIRECTOR, CHABAD CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDENT LIFE AT Vayakel-Pekudai, 35:1-40:38 BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY It is well-known that the names of the parashot were the name indicates, the salient theme of this parasha is the in order to accomplish what needs accomplishing. From not chosen simply because they are the first or second word gathering together of all Jews. Pekudai, on the other hand, that perspective, there can be no greater personal contri- of each parasha, but because that particular word best which literally means “the specific accounts” or “enumer- bution on the part of each individual than the negation of encapsulates the essence of the parasha in its totality. This ation,” underscores the essence of this parasha, which is individuality for the sake of the community. At the same year, the two parashot of Vayakel and Pekudai are read the specificity and uniqueness of each particular vessel and time, we dare not lose sight of the unique qualities and gifts together on one Shabbat. They are treated, for all intents component of the Tabernacle. Vayakel stresses the value that each individual can and must contribute to the larger and purposes, as one parasha. Strangely, a cursory glance of cohesion, while Pekudai focuses on the importance of whole. In fact, says the Rebbe, the truest form of unity is at their names would seem to indicate that the parashot drawing distinctions and the value of individuality. only when each individual retains their individuality and are simply too divergent to lump together. Indeed, taught the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the juxtaposition does not allow their personality to be obfuscated by the Vayakel, which means “and he (Moses) gathered,” of the two parashot every few years comes to remind us larger group. speaks of Moses gathering all of the Jews together in one of a fundamental teaching in Jewish philosophy. On the In our cohesion and unity we dare not lose sight of the great assemblage to command them concerning the concept one hand, we are a small people who understand only too unique and singular contributions we each need to make. of the Sabbath and about the building of the Tabernacle. As well that there is strength in numbers, that we must unite Only then are we truly whole. Congregational Notes Beth David Synagogue Temple Concord Temple Israel Affiliation: Orthodox Union Union for Reform Judaism Orientation: Conservative Rabbi: Zev Silber Rabbi: Barbara Goldman-Wartell Interim Rabbi: Geoffrey Brown Address: 39 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 4737 Deerfield Pl., Vestal, NY 13850 Phone: 607-722-1793 Office hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 am-2 pm Phone: 723-7461 and 231-3746 Rabbi’s Office: 607-722-7514 Phone: 723-7355 Office hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 am-4 pm; Fri. 8 am-3 pm. Fax: 607-722-7121 Fax: 723-0785 E-mail: [email protected] Office hours: Mon. closed; Tues. 9 am-1 pm; Wed. 9 am-1 Office e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.templeisraelvestal.org pm; Thurs. 9 am-1 pm; Fri. closed Website: www.templeconcord.com Service Schedule: Friday, 5:30 pm; Saturday, 9:30 am. Beth David e-mail address: [email protected] Regular service times: Friday, 8 pm; Saturday, 10:35 am, when Interim Rabbi Geoffrey Brown will be at the temple Rabbi’s e-mail: [email protected] religious school is in session. the weekends of March 24-26, March 31-April 2, April Website: www.bethdavid.org On Friday, March 24, at 6:30 pm, there will be a BYO 14-16, May 5-7 and May 19-21. Shabbat Services: Shabbat Dinner. At 8 pm, there will be Shabbat evening Friday, March 24...... 7:05 pm On Saturday, March 25, at 9:30 am, there will be Shabbat, March 25...... 9 am services with Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell and Shari Shabbat services led by Interim Rabbi Geoffrey Brown...... Mincha/Maariv 6:50 pm Neuberger. Goldman-Wartell will speak about the CCAR The Torah portion will be Exodus 35:1-40:38. The Weekday Services: convention she recently attended. haftarah will be Ezekiel 45:16-46:18. Bima guest will be Mornings: On Saturday, March 25, at 9 am, there will be religious Arthur Siegel. At 7 pm, there will be a chocolate seder. Sun., March 26...... 8:30 am school. At 9:15 am, there will be Torah study on conflict The cost will be $15 per person, with a $40 maximum Mon-Tues., March 27-28...... 6:50 am narratives in the Bible. At 10:35 am, there will be Family per family. For reservations and payment, contact the Wed.-Fri., March 29-31...... 7 am Shabbat morning services and birthday blessings with Rabbi Evenings: temple office at 723-7461. Reservations were needed Sun.-Thurs. March 26-30...... 7:10 pm Barbara Goldman-Wartell. by March 15. Classes: Rabbi Zev Silber will hold his weekly Talmud class Tuesday, March 28, will be the deadline for community On Friday, March 31, at 5:45 pm, there will be Sis- every Tuesday evening after services. Passover seder dinner reservations. terhood Shabbat services and a dinner. The meat dinner On Saturday, March 25, following services, the next On Friday, March 31, at 8 pm, there will be Shabbat will be prepared by Rabbi Eliav Bock and a dessert will Shabbat luncheon will be held. It will feature guest speaker evening services with Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell be provided by the TI Sisterhood. Philip Cali, who will speak on “From the Borscht Belt to and Jason Flatt. On Sunday, April 2, at 10 am, there will be a learning the Great White Way.” He will explore Jewish comedy On Saturday, April 1, at 9 am, there will be religious session with Interim Rabbi Geoffrey Brown, the next from its beginning to the present day. Everyone in the school. At 9:15 am, there will be Torah study on conflict addition in the “Why Pray” series. community has been invited to attend services, the free narratives in the Bible. At 10:35 am, there will be Family On Wednesday, April 5, at 7 pm, there will be an luncheon and the talk that follows. Shabbat morning services. Intersisterhood program at Temple Israel. The cost will be $5 per person and will be payable at the door. Penn-York Jewish Community Temple Beth El of Oneonta Attendees have been encouraged to bring their favorite President and Treasurer-Secretary: Harvey Chernosky, Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Passover Judaica items, stories or recipes to share. They 570-265-3869 Rabbi: Molly Karp have also been asked to bring a food or personal care B’nai B’rith: William H. Seigel Lodge Address: 83 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820 item for CHOW. Purpose: To promote Jewish identity through religious, Mailing address: P.O. Box 383, Oneonta, NY 13820 cultural, educational and social activities in the Southern Phone: 607-432-5522 Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, Website: www.templebetheloneonta.org including Waverly, NY; Sayre, Athens and Towanda, PA, E-mail: [email protected] Temple Beth-El of Ithaca and surrounding communities. Regular service times: visit the temple website for days of Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism services and times Rabbi: Scott L. Glass Religious School/Education: Religious School, for grades Address: 402 North Tioga St. (the corner of Court and Tioga Rohr Chabad Center kindergarten through bar/bat mitzvah, meets Sunday mornings. streets), Ithaca, NY 14850-4292 Affiliation: Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Karp conducts services and holds classes in Torah, Phone: 273-5775 Rabbi: Aaron Slonim, E-mail: [email protected] beginning Hebrew and Maimonides. E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Address: 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 For the schedule of services, classes and events, see the website. Website: www.tbeithaca.org Phone: 797-0015, Fax: 797-0095 Co-presidents: Jerry Dietz and Richard Wallace Website: www.Chabadofbinghamton.com Sisterhood Co-presidents: Elizabeth Hess and Esther Racoosin Chabad on the West Side Director of Education: Rabbi Suzanne Brody Rabbi: Zalman Chein, E-mail: [email protected] Norwich Jewish Center Administrative Assistant: Jane Griffith Address: 27 Bennet Ave., Binghamton, NY 13905 Orientation: Inclusive Services: Friday 8 pm; Saturday 10 am, unless otherwise Phone: 722-3252 Rabbi: Dena Bodian announced. Regular service times: Daily 7:30 am, Friday evening 6 pm, Address: 72 South Broad St., Norwich, NY 13815 Religious School/Education: September-May: Classes meet on Shabbat morning 9:30 am, Maariv and Havdalah one hour Contact: Guilia Greenberg, 373-5087 Sunday, 9 am-12:30 pm and Wednesday afternoons, 3:45-5:45 after candle-lighting time, Sundays 9:30 am. Purpose: To maintain a Jewish identity and meet the needs of pm. The Midrashah (eighth-grade and high school) classes Linking Hearts for youngsters with special needs: This program the Jewish community in the area. will meet at times designated by their respective teachers. connects Jewish special-needs children and teenagers, ages Adult Ed.: Saturday morning study is held at 10 am. Call for Adult Ed.: Numerous weekly courses, several semester-long 5-14, who have mental, physical and/or functional disabilities, more information and to confirm. courses and a variety of mini-courses and lectures are offered with student volunteers who will visit participating youngsters throughout the year. Call the temple office for more details. weekly in their homes. To join the mailing list, for up-to-date information on adult Congregation Tikkun v’Or On Saturday, March 25, at 11:15 am, Shabbat Noar education offerings or to arrange for a private tutorial, for Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism services will be held. details concerning the Judaica shop and resource center, or Address: PO Box 3981, Ithaca, NY 14852; 2550 Triphammer Rd. for assistance through the Piaker Free Loan Society or Raff (corner of Triphammer and Burdick Hill), Lansing, NY Kol Haverim Maasim Tovim Foundation, call Chabad’s office at 797-0015. Phone: 607-256-1471 Affiliation: Society for Humanistic Judaism Website: www.tikkunvor.org Address: P.O. Box 4972, Ithaca, NY 14852-4972 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 607-277-3345 Temple Brith Sholom Presidents: Dorothy Debbie and Nina Cummings E-mail: [email protected] Affiliation: Unaffiliated Rabbi: Brian Walt Website: www.kolhaverim.net Address: P.O. Box 572, 117 Madison St., Cortland, NY 13045 Religious School Director/Admin. Coordinator: Naomi Wilensky Chairman: Jonathan Joseph Phone: 607-756-7181 Services: Fridays at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. Family Kol Haverim: The Finger Lakes Community for Humanistic President: Glen Goldwyn, [email protected] services and Tot Shabbat once a month at 6:30 pm. Call for Judaism, is an Ithaca-based organization that brings people Service leaders: Lay leadership weekly schedules. together to explore and celebrate Jewish identity, history, culture Shabbat services: Either Friday evening at 7:30 pm or Saturday Religious School: Preschool through seventh-grade classes and ethics within a secular, humanistic framework. KH is part at 10 am from Rosh Hashanah to Shavuot. Holiday services meet on Sunday mornings. Sixth-grade Hebrew and seventh- of an international movement for Secular Humanistic Judaism are also held. Check the weekly e-mail for upcoming services. grade b’nai mitzvah classes meet on Wednesday afternoons. and is affiliated with the Society for Humanistic Judaism, a Contact the president to get on the e-mail list. Adult Ed.: Special classes and discussion groups held regularly. national association with over 30 member communities and Religious School: Students are educated on an individual basis. Essential Judaism classes offered in the fall and spring. Call congregations around the country. Established in the spring of Temple Brith Sholom is a small equalitarian congregation serving the office for details. 1999, it offers celebrations of Jewish holidays, monthly Shabbat the greater Cortland community. Congregants span the gamut of pot-lucks, adult education, a twice-monthly Cultural School for observance and services are largely dependent on the service children, and a bar and bat mitzvah program. leader. The Friday night siddur is “Likrat Shabbat,” while the Friday, March 24, light candles...... 7:02 pm KH welcomes all individuals and families, including those Saturday morning siddur is “Gates of Prayer.” The community Shabbat ends Saturday, March 25...... 8:04 pm from mixed religious backgrounds, who wish to strengthen extends a warm welcome to the Jewish student population of Friday, March 31, light candles...... 7:10 pm the Jewish experience in their lives and provide their children SUNY Cortland, as well as the residents of local adult residences. Shabbat ends Saturday, April 1...... 8:12 pm with a Jewish identity and experience. March 24-30, 2017 Page 11 - The Reporter Jewish Community Center Ladies Vera Bradley Bingo at the JCC on March 26 The community has been invited to participate in Vera offer many chances to win door prizes such as massages, Vera and women could win good quality products while helping Bradley Bingo games on Sunday, March 26, at 1 pm, at the Bradley products, beauty products and more. Light refreshments to support the Early Childhood Center,” said Nikki Fuller, Jewish Community Center, 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. The cost will be available for purchase. The first 20 people to pre-register ECC co-assistant director at the JCC. will be $10 per bingo card. A total of 15 games will be played. will be entered into a drawing to win an additional prize. To register, contact Fuller at 724-2417, ext. 431, or at The event will be open to the entire community and will “We wanted to put together an event that would be fun [email protected]. JCC Fitness Department Open House

On March 12, the Jewish Community Center Fitness Visitors participated in an exercise class. Department hosted an Open House. It was a chance for the public to come into the facility, meet the staff and test out the swimming pool and fitness classes that are offered every NEWS IN BRIEF week. Health and Fitness Coordinator Jan DeAngelo and exercise specialists Carol Hawley, Stacey Melocco and Jill Visitors used the swimming pool during the Open House. Lukah hosted classes up in the exercise loft and throughout Aquatics Coordinator Elizabeth Pane (not shown) also From JNS.org the fitness department. Dozens of people attended. held water exercise sessions. Omri Casspi, itinerant Israeli-born NBA player, finds a new home in MN Continued from page 1 Journeyman National Basketball Association forward Comedy Omri Casspi, the first Israeli-born player in the league’s separate lives. Ethiopians, who make up just 1.5 percent history, has reportedly agreed to sign with the Minnesota of the population, tend to be clustered in poor areas of the Timberwolves for the rest of the current NBA season. The country, with many living on the periphery. They have New Orleans Pelicans recently waived the 6-foot-9 Casspi the highest poverty rate among Jews in Israel, and are after he suffered a broken thumb in his first game with the stopped, arrested and incarcerated at much higher rates. team. The Pelicans had acquired him from the Sacramento Their children perform worse in school and finish fewer Kings as part of their trade for All-Star center DeMarcus years than the general population. Cousins in February. The Timberwolves are Casspi’s third “Israeli society doesn’t know us because we are not in team this season. Casspi, a native of Holon, has averaged their environment. They don’t see how we live,” Akane 8.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, while shooting about said. “Maybe this show can highlight the good things that 37 percent from three-point range in eight NBA seasons happen in the Ethiopian community.” for the Kings, Pelicans, Cleveland Cavaliers and Houston What Israelis have seen in recent years is Ethiopians Rockets. After posting career-best averages of 11.8 points protesting in the streets alleging widespread discrimination. and 5.9 rebounds per game last season for the Kings during The April 2015 demonstrations were a response to video his second stint with the team that drafted him in 2009, the footage showing a seemingly unprovoked police assault 28-year-old Casspi – Israel’s only current NBA player – had on an Ethiopian Israeli soldier. Thousands of members of seen his playing time and numbers drop this season before the community joined demonstrations across the country, The cast of “Nebsu,” the first Israeli primetime show to the trade to New Orleans. sometimes clashing with police officers. There have been feature a black actor in a lead role. (Photo by Reset) Upcoming film details smuggling ring smaller protests since. “Nevsu,” which is an Amharic term of endearment, that armed Israel’s nascent military brings Ethiopian culture into Israeli living rooms, and now-wife at an English-language version of the show in Producer and director Jeff Hoffman has started editing mashes it up against mainstream culture to comedic San Francisco. Like Tamar, she is a non-Ethiopian Israe- his documentary “4 Million Bullets: The Untold Fight effect. Gili has had the kind of life that taught him how li, but her ethnic background is half Ashkenazi and half for Survival,” which tells the pre-state story of Israel’s to pick locks and hot-wire cars while his blond wife, Mizrahi Jewish. military. The documentary details the secret initiative Tamar, played by Merav Feldman, comes from a priv- Vasa sees the Ethiopians as just “another Israeli immi- of wealthy Jewish businessmen, in 1945, to raise $190 ileged background. gration story,” and thinks racism toward his community million for the purchase of airplanes, arms and ships Although Gili and Tamar are simpatico, their families will fade, as it has toward Mizrahi Israelis. Attitudes toward to be smuggled to the emerging Israel Defense Forces. and the rest of society are another story. Tamar cannot Arabs, he said, is a separate issue. In a twist, some of the supplies that eventually reached believe that Gili’s mother wants to slaughter a goat that “Arab Labor,” a comedy that ran for three seasons be- the new Zionist army through the elaborate smuggling her daughter has adopted as a pet. And Gili struggles to eat tween 2007 and 2012, similarly broke down cultural barriers network included Nazi weapons that were seized in his mother-in-law’s bland Ashkenazi cooking. in Israel, in its case between Jews and Arabs. Nevertheless, Europe. Hoffman – a nephew of an Auschwitz death Tamar is often outraged by the injustices Gili faces and its Arab-Israeli creator, Sayed Kashua, eventually left the camp survivor – has worked on television shows and wants to set them right, whereas he has learned to keep his country, despairing that “an absolute majority in the country music videos such as “60 Minutes,” “Melrose Place” and head down. An exception in the first episode is when Gili does not recognize the rights of an Arab to live.” Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” His production company, explodes at the neighbors, accusing them of changing the Vasa started working on “Nevsu” in 2012. After he Squashhouse Media, said the 90-minute documentary locks on their doors because they fear him. Worn out after shopped the show to production companies for several captures “a brand new perspective on a story that has a racially charged day, Gili turns out to have misjudged years, Reshet picked it up two years ago. Tamar Morom, never been told” and displays “the courage and ingenuity the situation. who heads the Israeli production company’s scripted series of a generation that is almost gone, and a nation that “There are a lot of times you find yourself in a very white department, said the pitch immediately struck everyone as came together to fight for survival.” The film is set for environment, so you see things you would probably see a “good idea.” release in the summer of 2017. differently if you were surrounded by Ethiopians,” Vasa said. She also said the timing was right. “Probably it wouldn’t Vasa’s family came to Israel from a remote Ethiopian have worked five years ago,” Morom told JTA. “There village as part of Operation Moses in 1985, one of several were a lot of demonstrations and not very pleasant issues daring government operations to rescue Ethiopian Jews. The between Ethiopians and police in the last two years. 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From JNS.org the U.N. ...It is time to put an end to practice in which U.N. officials use their position to Netanyahu touts security, economic ties during Beijing visit advance their anti-Israel agenda,” Danon said. “Over the years, Khalaf has worked to harm Israel and advocate for the BDS movement. Her removal from the U.N. is long overdue.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted security and economic cooperation during his visit to Beijing on March 20, which marked 25 years of diplomatic relations IDF chief: next war will likely be with Hezbollah, others between the Jewish state and China. “We are in a technological age, on the one hand, and (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) – Israel’s next armed conflict will likely be with I think Israel and China can discuss many ways for technological cooperation, which I Hezbollah and other Lebanon-based terrorist groups, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. think seize the future,” Netanyahu said during remarks with Chinese Prime Minister Li Gen. Gadi Eizenkot said on March 19. “Terrorist groups and new threats have taken the place Keqiang. “And at the same time there’s a great deal of convulsion in the world… and I’d of enemy armies. The relatively quiet security situation of the last decade is an interest Israel like to have the opportunity to exchange views with you to see how we can cooperate and Lebanon share and considerable efforts have been made to ensure it lasts. But the IDF is together for the advancement of security, peace and stability – and prosperity,” Netanyahu not fooled by this lull and it remains vigilant, aware of the changes in the Syrian and Lebanese added. Li said that “the Chinese people and the Jewish people are both great peoples of sectors,” Eizenkot said during a ceremony at the military’s Northern Command headquarters. the world.” Earlier on March 20, Netanyahu met with the heads of nearly a dozen of the “Hezbollah continues its efforts to obtain more accurate, deadlier weapons to target the Israeli largest corporations in China about investment in Israel. Israel and China signed three homefront,” he said. “Recent statements from Beirut have made it clear a future war will have a bilateral agreements, including one allowing 20,000 Chinese workers to obtain visas clear address – the state of Lebanon and the terrorist groups operating on its soil with its consent.” permitting them to work at Israeli construction sites. Chinese and Israeli officials also Iran’s supreme leader: objectifying women a “Zionist plot” agreed to accelerate the establishment of a Free Trade Zone between the two countries. (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei U.N. official resigns over secretary-general’s request to took to Twitter on March 19 to share his views on gender issues and asserted that the objectifi- withdraw anti-Israel report cation of women in Western society is the product of “a Zionist plot.” In a series of tweets for Rima Khalaf, the executive secretary of a United Nations agency that released a Iranian Mother’s Day, marked on the anniversary of the birth of Fatimah Zahra, the Prophet report accusing Israel of implementing “an apartheid regime,” resigned from her post Muhammad’s daughter, Khamenei said the West considers women to be “goods, and means of on March 17 after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asked her to withdraw the pleasure,” a perception he attributed to “a Zionist conspiracy to destroy human community.” report. Earlier, Guterres had said through a spokesman that the report, released by the Khamenei said men and women “are different” in aspects like “duties in handling life,” and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, “does not reflect the views of the criticized the West for “humiliating housewives.” Men and women, he said, “are no different secretary-general” and was published without consulting the U.N. leader. The report has in some aspects like ‘spiritual ascension,’ ‘leadership power’ or ‘ability to guide humanity.’” been withdrawn. The report from the U.N. body led by Khalaf, a Jordanian national, stated State Dept.: Trump budget won’t reduce U.S. aid to Israel that “available evidence establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that Israel is guilty of U.S. foreign aid to Israel will not be reduced under President Donald Trump’s proposed policies and practices that constitute the crime of apartheid.” Further, the report’s author budget cuts, the State Department said on March 16. “Our assistance to Israel is… guar- was Richard Falk, a discredited former U.N. special rapporteur for human rights who has anteed and that reflects obviously our strong commitment to one of our strongest partners an extensive record of anti-Israel rhetoric. Falk has previously praised the Palestinian and allies,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said, Reuters reported. Trump is terror organization Hamas, likening the terror group to the French resistance of World proposing a 28-percent cut for American diplomacy and foreign aid for the fiscal year War II. After Khalaf’s resignation, Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon called beginning Oct. 1. Currently, annual U.S. aid to Israel stands at $3.1 billion. The Trump Guterres’s approach on the issue “an important step in ending the bias against Israel at administration’s budget cuts, however, might still affect U.S. aid to Jordan and Egypt.

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