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JEWISHVOL 44, NO 29 JOURNALJEWISHJOURNAL.ORG Jewish Journal raises over $100,000; will continue to publish JOURNAL STAFF REPORT public to help keep the presses rolling. More than four months after Almost immediately, peo- the Jewish Journal launched ple began to contribute. By an emergency fundraising the first week of May, read- campaign to keep publishing ers had donated over $55,000. the paper, the Greater Boston Also, the paper was approved Jewish and interfaith commu- to receive a loan from the fed- nity has responded – donating eral Payroll Protection Program, over $100,000, and in the pro- and through the assistance of cess, ensuring that the Journal the National Grand Bank in will continue to publish its print Marblehead, received $68,500 edition. in funding – allowing the “This is a remarkable Journal to keep employees on endorsement by the commu- the payroll. nity for Jewish journalism,” said On its pages, the paper Steven Rosenberg, the Journal’s detailed the profound impact Photo: Tess Scheflan, Activestills publisher and editor. “This Covid has had on the commu- Like their counterparts in Israel, dozens of Greater Boston Israelis are holding weekly protests. They are essentially was a referendum on nity, and readers continued to demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resign. the future of the Journal and it’s donate. By early June, $75,000 clear that our readership sees had been raised, and earlier this us as a major link to the Greater month, more than $100,000 in Boston Jewish community.” donations had been received BOSTON-AREA ISRAELIS The paper, which is free and by the Journal. In addition, two mailed to over 10,000 subscrib- grants from organizations that PROTEST NETANYAHU’S ers, was founded in 1977 and requested anonymity totaling has long depended on three more than $50,000 were also sources of revenue to pub- received. POLICIES; DEMAND RESIGNATION lish. Print advertising provides Neil Donnenfeld, presi- about two-thirds of the fund- dent of the Journal’s Board of By Penny Schwartz country. But if she was back in Israel, she would ing, and reader donations and Overseers, thanked readers for JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT be out demonstrating in the weekly protests that grants provide the rest, accord- their dedication to the publica- have spread from in front of Netanyahu’s official ing to Rosenberg. By early April, tion. “Thank you all for lifting BOSTON – For weeks, Tally Kritzman-Amir fol- home in Jerusalem, to the streets of Tel Aviv and after the Covid-19 health cri- us up, by donating generously, lowed the news unfolding in Israel where her fam- on bridges across the country. sis began, the Journal’s print and allowing us to continue ily and friends joined tens of thousands of others She wrestled with what could she do or should advertising had dropped more to serve the community we all who’ve been protesting against Prime Minister do here to show her support at a time she believes than 50 percent, and at the time cherish so much. We sincerely Benjamin Netanyahu and his government’s mis- is a turning point that threatens the democratic the paper faced an uncertain hope all of you feel good about handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. foundation of her homeland. future. With a projected short- the Journal that you have gen- A law professor and mother of two young chil- After posting her query on social media among fall of around $200,000, the erously supported, and that you dren, Kritzman-Amir has lived in Boston for three other Israelis in the area, a small group began to paper froze more than $40,000 are pleased with our work. We years, nearly 6,000 miles away from her native continued on page 13 in spending, and turned to the continued on page 13 Swampscott native swims the English Channel

By Sam Eggert Lewin, who is 34, is the founder onset of the pandemic in March. JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT of Endurance Swimming – a pro- Pools and training centers closed, gram that coaches people for long forcing Lewin to get creative with Craig Lewin, originally from distance swims. He began in the his preparation. Swamp­scott, achieved the Triple fall of 2017 with eight months of He decided to call his parents in Crown of Open Water Swimming rigorous preparation for the first March and ask them to open their with his completion of the 21-mile leg of the Triple Crown, the 20-mile pool in the dead of winter, so he English Channel swim last month. Catalina Channel between Santa could begin his training. “My days He is the 240th swimmer to do so Catalina Island and the California became getting up at four in the and is the only one to do it during mainland. morning, driving from Canton to a pandemic. He did it in 11 hours Lewin swam the second leg in Swampscott, then swimming for and 24 minutes. 2019, the Swim Around Manhattan, a couple hours in the pool,” Lewin “I was ecstatic,” said Lewin, which is the longest of the three said. after he completed the swim. “I swims at 28.5 miles. The pool is not suitable for was going to be done because I Lewin said training for the swimming laps, so he improvised was just sick of swimming, but English Channel was the hardest further by tethering himself to the I’m thinking in my head, ‘this is it, of the three, due to the cold water pool stairs with a bungee cord. In three years of working and it’s over and intense current. Training the colder months he swam for Craig Lewin, after he completed his swim across the English in thirty seconds.’” became even more difficult at the continued on page 11 Channel.

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What was your Jewish background What was it like being a Jewish GENERATION growing up? student at a Catholic university?

I grew up with one Jewish parent and one non- Being a Jewish student at a Catholic university Jewish parent, so that already is a little different. I was a very interesting experience because at my Z started Hebrew School at Temple B’nai Abraham school they didn’t push Catholicism onto me, but a from kindergarten to seventh grade. I had my bat lot of the ways to get involved with the school was mitzvah when I was 12. When I went to my class- through campus ministry and other religious groups. mate’s bar and bat mitzvahs I would dominate I liked being involved and doing charity events and everyone in the hula hoop contests. I didn’t invest going on trips, but they encouraged people to pray myself into the Jewish community until I was in before activities and advised people to go to Mass. high school and went on Y2I. I’m technically a Fairfield is a Jesuit school, so they would tie a lot of founding member of the North Shore BBYO. I had the lessons to the Jesuit values. For example, for joined BBYO before I went to Israel but while I was some of the readings we were assigned, they would in Israel I recruited a bunch of the friends I met to ask how it tied to values such as “men and women join, which is how I got the position as vice presi- for others,” which means something about being a dent of Retention and Education. good person. You were also required to take reli- gious classes but they didn’t necessarily have to be Catholic. NAME: EMMA GAMBLE, 22 How has your Jewish identity shaped you as a person? HEBREW NAME: Rivka An online petition called “Investigate Danvers High School,” says there have TEMPLE: Temple B’nai Abraham been “multiple issues and accusations” My Jewish identity is based on the community rath- involving “racism, sexism, homophobia, HOMETOWN: Danvers er than the religious aspect. I don’t measure my Jewishness by going to temple or praying. I don’t mental health, and predatory behavior” at the school. Did you experience or SCHOOL: Fairfield University think going to temple for 18 hours and not under- standing anything is going to make me feel more know of any anti-Semitism as a student MAJOR: Marketing Jewish. The Jewish community gives me some- at Danvers High School? thing to be a part of that’s bigger than myself which MINOR: Management I like. I like seeing the community come together – it’s where I feel closest to Judaism. When I went I personally did not feel like I experienced any anti- FAVORITE JEWISH FOOD: Bagels on Y2I in 2014, which was the year of Operation Semitism as a student at Danvers High School. FAVORITE JEWISH PERSON: Protective Edge, I learned just how important it However, I saw it happen, just not to me. I heard was to have a strong community of like-minded people make jokes about Jewish stereotypes, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg people around me. We were unable to go to the picking up pennies and stuff like that. I know they holy sites, but we appreciated being together and definitely made jokes that aren’t appropriate. At the FAVORITE JEWISH HOLIDAY: Hanukkah connecting as Jewish teens. time, I didn’t notice it as a serious issue, but look- ing back I see that these instances were part of a FAVORITE MOVIE: The Greatest Showman larger problem. I think it’s definitely a good thing that Danvers High is under investigation and I’m FAVORITE SONG: Rewrite the Stars – glad that they’re taking it seriously. I hope good – Mae-Lou Zaleski, Journal Correspondent things come from these changes. Zac Efron, Zendaya EVA N’s NEW YORK STYLE DELI

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Amid Covid health crisis, Brandeis and other colleges prepare for new semester feel you are at any risk.” Lynnfield resident who is the England mainly works with four Judson directs rabbinic and assistant director of the Hillel schools in Boston: BC, Emerson, cantorial training programs for Council of New England, also Simmons University and Suffolk 82 students. Fifty-five, or around said it’s important to remem- University. 70 percent, are coming back in ber that the students accessing Blue said that area Hillels are person, while 30 percent are online offerings might come overwhelmingly transitioning opting for online learning. from beyond New England and activities to the online sphere, Returning students must might face a time difference. even at schools that have wear masks, socially distance Overall, however, she said that brought back in-person learn- and answer questions about virtual options can increase ing, such as BC and Emerson. their health. Any symptoms of accessibility. An online Jewish In some cases, Hillels have Covid-19 will mean that they learning fellowship program been able to add a more personal must stay home. High-use areas offered by both the Boston connection. They have mailed such as classrooms and bath- College and Emerson Hillels Rosh Hashanah gift packages to rooms will receive regular clean- this past spring attracted 15 stu- students’ homes. Students can ings. dents from all over the coun- also participate in grab-and-go Hillel’s Miriam Berkowitz Blue, top center, meets with Simmons Hebrew College moved its try. The Hillel Council of New continued on page 13 University Hillel student leaders to plan programs over Zoom. community learning programs, including for teens and adults, By Rich Tenorio quent testing, and faculty and entirely online. The reduced in- JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT staff must inform the university person numbers help Hebrew about where they are commut- College follow state require- PHyllIs lEvIN WALTHAM – Although ing from. Masks/face coverings ments, Judson noted. on Real estate area colleges and universities are mandatory, as is social dis- “Limiting the number of are reopening this fall, due to tancing. students on campus is a good UPDATE yOUR CREDIT REPORT Covid-19 they will use either a Brandeis maintains a Covid- thing,” he said. “Less than 50 It’s important to take advantage of the govern- hybrid model involving reduced 19 dashboard online with percent of normal capac- ment’s Fair Credit Reporting Act and get your free in-person numbers and online weekly updates. According to ity is in line with what the state credit report every year, even if you aren’t planning options, or an entirely virtual the dashboard, the university requires.” Phyllis Levin to get a loan soon. And when you go get your report, campus. It’s a new situation has collected 7,234 total tests of And, he said, “We said the CRS GRI CBR it’s essential to go over all the information in detail for both Jewish institutions of 3,226 unique individuals. Three same thing to faculty and staff because, according to a study by the U.S. Public higher learning and for Jewish new individuals tested positive that we said to students. Anybody Interest Research Group, nearly 80% of credit reports contain mistakes. student organizations. for the week of Aug. 16 and one who is not comfortable, who has Inaccuracies in your credit report could cost you time and money “As we start this semester, tested positive for the week of an underlying medical condi- during a loan process or could even derail it altogether. So it’s important it is critical that we all unite Aug. 23. Three students are cur- tion or is simply not comfort- to dispute any mistakes like incorrect account balances, bills from non- behind the common goal of a rently in isolation because of a able physically coming into the existing accounts, lower credit limits, old items that were handled years safe campus and be ever vigi- positive or presumed positive building, does not have to. The ago and even wrong addresses. All of these errors can raise suspicion with lant in following the strict pro- test, and 17 are in quarantine faculty, if they choose to, can a lender and could impede the loan process. tocols established to make the after contact tracing identified teach class online. The staff can Correcting your report is quite straightforward. Just go online to return to campus successful,” them as a close connection to work from home, obviously.” www.ftc.gov/freereports and follow their simple two-step process to get Brandeis University President someone who tested positive. Judson recognizes that online your credit report up-to-date and in good condition before you meet with Ron Liebowitz wrote in an Aug. In Liebowitz’s Aug. 14 let- campus offerings can some- your lender. 14 letter to the campus com- ter, he wrote that Brandeis has times be difficult depending on munity. conducted over 3,000 tests of where students are logging in EXPERIENCEJUST CALL AND Is THEI’LL DODIFFERENCE. THE REST It has been a challenging the campus community since from. If students in California time for Brandeis – including a mid-July. The university esti- have a class that starts at 9 a.m. Feel free to callFeel me free at toSAGAN call me REALTORSon all aspects recent emergency. On Aug. 20, mates that it can conduct 1,000 Eastern Standard Time, that on all aspects ofof buying buying oror selling real real estate estate the university received a report to 1,200 tests per day. means 6 a.m. Pacific. Morning at 781-367-8150at 781-367-8150 of a bomb threat. After issuing Liebowitz wrote that “we prayers begin an hour earlier. www.phyllislevin.com [email protected] (781) 367-8150 a stay-in-place order, campus carefully examined options for Miriam Berkowitz Blue, a website email cell police searched the area, con- the coming semester before sulting with other law enforce- moving forward with a return ment personnel. The order was to campus this fall. We did so lifted when no devices were because we believe strongly in found, according to a release. the value and advantages of a That day, approximately 140 shared learning environment, Brandeis students were mov- and we remain confident that ing into their residence halls, the plan we established creates with 660 more having already the safest possible environment returned to campus. Brandeis for doing so.” is using a hybrid model of in- Hebrew College is also start- person and online learning, and ing the fall with a hybrid model. students who are coming back “We worked very hard over to class will find a new normal. the summer to create a safe As the university explains environment for our graduate on its website, students, faculty students to return,” said Rabbi and staff who come to campus Dan Judson, the dean of the or live there must complete a graduate leadership programs. health assessment online each “We gave students an option. We day. They must agree to fre- do allow class on Zoom if you LARRY LEVINE’S Catering Notice a Change in Mom or Dad? KOSHER MEATS & DELI by Tevya Cohen Florence Levine Estates and Harriett and Ralph Kaplan Estates Assisted Livings PEPPER CHICKEN can be exactly what you need. BREAST STEAK We will give your loved one warmth, support, Great for stir fry QUARTERS comfort and companionship. $ $8.99 lb 3.49 lb Call or email us today! 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If you can, find a rabbi or someone Ta period of reflection and self-assessment who has a shofar. Close your eyes, and listen to before Rosh Hashanah. the notes drift to the heavens. It can be an other- worldly experience. During this year of Covid, and deep division within our society, the arrival of Elul appears as Elul is a period of introspection. In our prayer a blessing. During this month, it is customary for books, we read that Teshuva (returning to God), Jews to meditate on the past year and take stock of charity and prayer can nullify harsh decrees. our actions. Not every Jew cares about the holiday These are simple ways of repairing the soul: when or the month, but for many, it is a gift that allows we talk directly to God, we release our burdens, us to pause and consider all that has transpired in anxiety and pain; when we give charity, we gener- the last year. Here’s an Elul primer to lift the soul ally feel better; when we pray, we meditate, and as we prepare to begin the new year: can reach new spiritual heights. According to tradition, we pay our respects Words can elevate others, and during the during Elul to relatives and friends who have month we offer the greeting Ketivah Vachatimah passed on. At the cemetery, we place stones on Tovah, or “May you be inscribed and sealed for a graves to honor the deceased and to let others good year.” This is an affirmation of life, and who know that the grave has been recently visited. doesn’t like to bestow or receive a positive mes- sage or blessing? It can change a person’s day. In Elul, every morning service ends with a blast of the shofar – save for the day before Rosh Rosh Hashanah is just around the corner. Try Hashanah. According to scholars, one reason one or more of these customs. It seemed to work the shofar is sounded in Elul is to commemo- for a lot of our relatives as they prepared for the rate Moses’ second ascent of Mount Sinai. That new year. Maybe you’ll find there’s an innate wis- ascent, which stretched from the first day of dom to these traditions. Israel-UAE peace: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A dream come true Student appreciates Teen Leadership program If you told me back in March stand leadership in the summer tic opportunity to think deeper By Maryam AlZaabi that being Jewish is also a peo- that I would still have the of 2020. about what kind of leader I want JNS.org plehood. And I learned about the chance to gain a greater appre- However, an email about a to be in the community and how connection to the land (Israel). ciation of Judaism while gaining new Teen Leadership group, I can make a lasting, meaningful I was never very much I also learned how Israel is valuable leadership skills dur- inspired by the late Robert impact on others. Moreover, two into politics, though I’m more very multicultural, multi-ethnic ing this summer, I would have Lappin, immediately piqued great assignments, interviewing informed on it now than I once and very diverse, which is what been excited, but also confused. my interest. Throughout six, a Jewish leader and a Jewish vet- was. I’m rather more passionate I love, coming from a country After the Y2I trip to Israel that I inspirational, educational, and eran, contributed to a memo- about culture and society. that has over 200 nationalities eagerly waited for all year was beneficial discussions, a group rable experience. I am looking When I was 11, I became living in it. canceled due to Covid-19, I did of nearly 70 Jewish teens and I forward to utilizing what I took more interested about the I’m pro-Israel because I do not expect to have a connec- acquired a greater understand- away from this seminar to apply world, countries and my region. not have a reason to hate the tion to Jewish learning this sum- ing of how to lead in any endeav- to my daily life. I highly recom- I started learning about Israel country, and I don’t look for mer. Add in not being able to or, and a stronger appreciation mend this seminar or similar around that time. one. Every country has its flaws, serve this summer as a coun- of all that goes into “Being a Lappin enrichment opportuni- I can’t speak for all the peo- including Israel – but its exis- selor intern at Camp Bauercrest, Leader” in the Jewish commu- ties to others my age. ple in my country. Some like tence is not one of them. It’s as and that I did not think I would nity and beyond. Through ter- Ben Kahn Israel, some don’t and some simple as that. have a chance to better under- rific speakers, I had the fantas- Marblehead are neutral. Personally, I didn’t I still haven’t fully processed quite have the misconceptions that one of my all-time dreams Reader: Trump elevates Judaism regarding the Jewish state that has come true. I’ve been active Israelis and Jews might think an on social media for the past year. You disgrace yourself by Iran. Trump has done what ily spent his money in a prime Arab would have. I was even I have made many Jewish and publishing a letter to the edi- no former president had the retirement, but he loves this ignorant about it, because the Israeli friends, and talked about tor, “A looming threat for all.” guts to do – move the embas- country so much he chose to Israeli-Palestinian conflict was my dream for our countries to This writer does his level best sy to Jerusalem. All the former try and put it on the right direc- not an interest of my parents or work together. All of a sudden, to make baseless accusations at presidents were afraid of the tion: The right direction with my school, so the topic barely after a busy day, I saw the joint President Trump. Arab reaction. He showed the China, the right direction with came up. statement that President Trump Trump had done his won- strength that we need in our Europe, the right direction in I started learning by myself tweeted. I was so shocked, derful best to raise the level of leaders. Next, he made the deal the Middle East, and the right about the history of Jewish peo- happy and honored. Judaism throughout the world. with the [United Arab] Emirates direction with Russia. ple and Judaism first. I learned continued on page 14 He has washed away the dis- possible. Jerry Miller graceful deal Obama made with Trump could have eas- Swampscott Anti-Semitism and BLM Robert Shuman’s letter (Aug. BLM movement is more than concerned about racial justice. 13 Jewish Journal, “A Looming that: it is an overtly anti-Semitic However, there are other ways threat for all”) in defense of BLM organization. to work for this rather than sup- claiming that “several individu- Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder porting BLM. als associated with Black Lives of BLM, drew a parallel between The greatest threat to Jews Matter have expressed anti- police violence against Blacks does not come from President Semitic ideas” reminds me of in the U.S. and what she con- Trump. Like him or not, it is hard Ilhan Omar’s comment “some sidered Israeli oppression of not to acknowledge his superb people did something” when the Palestinians when she vis- record on Israel and support of referring to 9/11. ited the territories in 2015. She our people. I would say that the The truth of the matter is has falsely accused the Jewish greatest threat to Jews does not that BLM and its Movement for State of “ethnic cleansing” and come from the president, but Black Lives clearly state in their “colonialism.” BLM protesters from the willful blindness of our anti-Semitic platform that Israel were responsible for vandalizing people to recognize groups such is an apartheid state; accuse several synagogues and Jewish as BLM and the far left radical Israel of genocide against the schools with anti-Semitic graf- extremists gaining power in our Palestinians; and support the fiti and looted businesses in government. BDS movement. While we all the Orthodox Fairfax neighbor- Carol Denbo agree that Black lives matter, the hood of LA. As Jews, we are all Swampscott

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Not an accident

By Robin Washington all blue states.” row?” “Catholic.” Proof that if “That’s not an accident,” I you put two Jews on a desert ecently, I was featured in replied. island, or frozen tundra, you do an article in The Forward Having told my Duluth story indeed get three congregations.) Rabout the Black Jews of around the country for decades When I prepared for my sec- Minnesota. The issue was how — even in a 1991 appearance on ond Minnesota tour of duty, her we’re doing since the horrific Black Entertainment Television daughter-in-law was assigned as death of George Floyd in the — it occurred to me only now our realtor. custody of Minneapolis police to listen to my own admonition. “Are you one of the woke up America to 400 years of My reception by its tiny Jewish Goldfines?” I asked – referring racial oppression. community was not an accident. not to the family’s civic promi- Mindful that the young writ- Size and isolation are factors, nence but to their hospitality er’s line of questioning might and I long attributed Duluth’s toward new faces at shul. also lean toward woe-is-me welcoming atmosphere to its The point of all this? As con- tales of Jews of Color suffering population of only about 600 gregations of all sizes wrestle rejection from otherwise white Jews, half of them belonging to with what they can do to bet- congregations, I told a different ter embrace Jews of Color and story: How I found Temple Israel Black Jews in particular, do what of Duluth to be the warmest shul Congregations of Mrs. Goldfine did: Pick up the in one of the coldest places in phone or use a social media the world. all sizes wrestle with counterpart and invite them to That was more than 30 what they can do to your homes – which, to repeat, years ago, in my first sojourn better embrace Jews is something I never experi- to the area after moving from enced in Massachusetts. Here’s my hometown of Chicago for of Color and Black Jews a hint: The people you’re call- what turned out to be only a in particular. ing may not look like you and few months. During that time, their last names may not end in no one at what was then a stein or berg. And please don’t Reform and Conservative dual- the shul. If someone new walks say you can’t find them: If you affiliated congregation (it’s now in, you hardly look for a reason can’t figure out who just bought Reform and Reconstructionist) to exclude them. a mezuzah for the front door, voiced the obnoxiousness that Robin Washington visits his twin grandchildren, Ida, left, and Noah at But that was only part of it. your Jewish mafia isn’t working too often greets Jews of darker their home in Marblehead. I also recall Mrs. Goldfine and very well. complexions at unfamiliar syna- the immediate invitation I got They may just come back. gogues: “Are you from Israel? Are shortage of Jews or synagogues, – and to Temple Israel. to her home, along with other And it won’t be an accident. you from Ethiopia?” – save one none matched the reception I Not long ago, my daugh- newcomers. person around Hanukkah, and found in Duluth. Hillel B’nai ter, Erin, who was 6 when our (I also ended up quoting her Before Covid-19, Zayde Robin he was visiting from somewhere Torah in West Roxbury came travels began and stayed in for years. With the High Holidays Washington of Duluth was a else. close, though it was near the end Massachusetts as an adult, now falling on a weekend, I asked: “So frequent visitor to his grandchil- I left to take a fellowship in of my time in the area. In almost living in Marblehead, noticed Friday night we were Reform?” dren in Marblehead. He may be Boston and ended up staying a surprise to myself, I found a the political attributes of our “Yes,” she replied. “Today reached at robin@robinwash- 17 years. Though I lived most very good professional oppor- residences. (Saturday), we’re Conservative?” ington.com or via Twitter @ of that time in Newton with no tunity and returned to Duluth “Huh,” she mused. “They’re “Correct.” “What are we tomor- robinbirk. Elul: T’shuva – Masters of Return

By Sam Glaser Songs. The intimacy God desires is not just a friendship or a parental relation- n urban executive with very little ship. God wants the deepest love from Jewish education started study- us, like the bond between spouses. Aing with a rabbi. He had been When we are in the synagogue dur- encouraged by one of his peers to give ing the holidays, the most important it a try and Torah study soon became a dialogue isn’t in the machzor (holiday high point in his week. This encounter prayer book); it’s in our hearts, help- with his heritage boosted his Jewish self- ing God understand what we need in esteem and gave him fodder to discuss our lives. During Elul, we formulate this with his family now that they started din- answer, getting realistic in terms of our ing together on Friday nights. One thing abilities. Before we beg God for a better that bothered him, however, was when job, a raise or a spouse, we build our- the rabbi referred to their sessions as selves into vessels for sustaining heav- “learning together.” The executive called enly blessing. We do this in two ways: the rabbi on this one day: “We’re not by bolstering our personal strengths learning together, rabbi. You are teach- and repairing our weaknesses. That way, ing me. Why not call a spade a spade?” even if we’re not in an actual synagogue “No, quite the opposite,” said the rabbi. Photo: SamGlaser.com on Rosh Hashanah, we stand confidently “I learn from your world of experience Sam Glaser performs in a video filmed on location in Jerusalem. when delivering our holiday prayers. and you learn from mine.” “What?” the By the time we get to Yom Kippur, executive replied, “Don’t patronize me! mediocrity. We step out of our busy lives the fall. Are we blaming our upbring- we get the gift of a clean slate. Cleaning I barely went to Hebrew school and to figure out why we are living them. ing, family members or the rabbi for our the slate with our fellow man is equally, you are a well-trained rabbi.” The rabbi We can only set personal goals when issues? Just one more chocolate crois- if not more important. All the prayer in thought for a moment and responded: we perceive the disparity between sant? Just one more drink for the road? the world won’t substitute for a formal “Imagine you are racing Michael Phelps where we are and where we could be. The dog ate your tefillin? Rosh apology to a wronged friend. Don’t let in an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Hopefully, we do this crucial work before Hashanah is Yom HaDin, Judgment guilt and disgruntlement fester. During Who would win?” “Well, of course Phelps we show up in the synagogue on the Day. This Judge knows every secret. We Elul, our rabbis urge us to clear the air of would destroy me,” said the executive. first of Tishrei (the first day of Rosh anticipate the prosecuting attorney’s the pain and suffering we inflict on oth- The rabbi stated, “Now picture the two of Hashanah). Get an early start on t’shuva arguments by analyzing our weaknesses ers, especially those closest to us, with a you dropped in the middle of the Pacific – that way, there’s still time for a rewrite and preparing a case explaining why we simple “I’m sorry.” Ocean. Who would win in a race back to if the first draft of our mission statement deserve another year. We can utilize the power of the month L.A.? You see, we’re both in the middle of is lacking. Imagine hearing on a certain The concept of t’shuva was initiat- of Elul to penetrate our essence, to bond the Pacific, you and me. In the vast world day in the future we can fill a basket with ed before the Big Bang. According to with community, to demand the world of God’s Torah, the deepest ocean in the jewels from a king’s treasury. the Talmud, seven things were created become free from war, disease, disas- universe, we’re even.” How exciting! It would be dumb to before the universe, the first of which ter, cruelty and suffering. One of the The month of Elul, before the High show up with a basket already full of was Torah. T’shuva was second! Torah is amazing aspects of the High Holidays is Holidays, is the beginning of the sea- junk, leaving no room for the king’s gifts. the blueprint for all reality and t’shuva having the opportunity to pray togeth- son of t’shuva (return). Introspection Elul is the time to get priorities straight, is an imperative for God’s highest cre- er. Using different styles of worship, in is challenging and it’s easier to ignore clearing our basket so we can fill it with ation, human beings, to have the chance different buildings, in different coun- issues. One is tempted to give up, to God’s light on Rosh Hashanah. to restore and maintain the relation- tries, but still together – even during a believe resolutions are futile and that Jews don’t believe in original sin. We ship. So crucial is this relationship that pandemic. We are the Jewish People. next year will be just the same. We are all believe in original purity. Elul is like a the paragraph regarding t’shuva in the We are one. Connected, needing each in the same boat: not quite tzadikim or spiritual car wash; we scrub off accu- daily Sh’moneh Esrei is the only place other. Humbly traveling through his- resha’im (righteous or evil), all drifting in mulated road grime and return to the God’s “desire” is mentioned (Blessed are tory, accompanied by our loving Creator. the great Pacific trying to survive. candy-apple-red finish underneath. An You, God, Who desires repentance). God Masters of return. Elul is the time to press reset, to clear important component of t’shuva is own- craves closeness with us and choosing the cache, reformat the hard drive. We ership. We try to figure out where we are to reciprocate is up to us. Our sages Sam Glaser is a performer, composer, blow the shofar every morning of the falling short with God and take respon- teach that Elul is a Hebrew acronym producer and author in Los Angeles. month in an attempt to awaken our sibility. The other ten months of the year for “I am my beloved and my beloved Visit his website at samglaser.com. souls from a tepid stupor of habit and we tend to pass the buck. Now we take is mine,” from King Solomon’s Song of 6 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – AUGUST 27, 2020

A healer heals; a congregation gives By Bette Keva Feinbloom, a Marblehead chiro- 2015 where she found mean- JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT practor and a Jewish seeker with ingful work as a yoga instruc- an open mind and heart. tor, clinical social worker and Mimi Nelson Oliver is a heal- “Devorah said, ‘You don’t psychotherapist. But she was er and a seeker who for years have to drive all the way to not prepared for the depth of searched for a spiritual home Watertown,’ and she invited me homesickness she would feel that would nurture her soul. to a 9 a.m. Saturday morning which was exacerbated by the Despite a solid early Jewish Renewal Service at Congregation sickness and eventual death of education, and a social work Shirat Hayam in Swampscott.” It her mother in Pennsylvania. master’s degree from Yeshiva was 2007. When her mother passed, Oliver University, the Pennsylvania “I walked in and I never real- had an epiphany. She knew she native yearned for more when ly left. I felt like I had come couldn’t fathom being away she settled in Marblehead. home,” said Oliver, who is a cra- from her dear friends if the time “My heart led me to tem- niosacral and polarity therapist, came that they would need her. ples within a 30-mile radius social worker, and certified yoga She returned to Marblehead in of Marblehead,” she said. instructor. “This is what I had 2019. She became a member of the been looking for.” So when Oliver, 66, suffered Universalist Unitarian Church She quickly became part of a rotator cuff injury and needed in Marblehead where she would the tight-knit group of women at surgery last month, a miracu- share her Jewish traditions. But the Conservative temple whose lous thing happened. Her circle she continued searching and bonds “have deeply blossomed of friends from Cong. Shirat Photo: Sam Zolten found B’nai Or, a Jewish renewal over time,” she said. Hayam created an aura of sup- From left: Ruth Estrich, Michele Tameran and Mimi Nelson Oliver. community in Watertown which Despite the comfort and port and love as the tendons and she loved. familiarity of life here, she muscles in her shoulder began didn’t know how she’d care for “I woke up with the sun ris- Then she met Devorah moved to Ventura, California in to mend from the surgery. The her basic needs since the sur- ing every morning,” said Oliver healer needed healing. gery was on her dominant arm. about her stay at Estrich’s. “I Living alone may be dreary She would be unable to do most could see Fort Sewall, the light- but in this era of Covid-19 the things until mid-September. house and I fell in love with Elegant Independent and isolation can be excruciating. It “So, you’ll stay with me. I’ll the ducks and the cormorants was not to be for Oliver, who is take care of you,” said Ruth spreading their wings! That Assisted Living, with loved by many friends. Shirat Estrich simply, as though there became my healing vision.” Hayam’s Shir Chesed (song of was no question about it. So, the two women who Exceptional Alzheimer’s Care loving kindness) Committee Estrich drove Oliver to and from had met nine years ago dur- went into action. A group of the hospital and then made ing a Shirat Hayam trip to Israel friends, propelled by Feinbloom, her comfortable in Estrich’s became housemates in what is Ask about our Try us...you’ll love us! Enjoy the put into motion a “meal train.” Marblehead home on the water- being called “a bubble” in these 30 DAY food and activities. Just relax! Feinbloom created a digital cal- front overlooking Fort Sewall. Covid times. “People came to TRIAL STAY endar whereby members of Shir “I cooked, I bathed her, I visit and support us, but we kept Chesed and others prepared removed the dressings, I gave our social distance,” said Oliver. and delivered lunches and din- her medications, I called her “I’m so well taken care of by ners to Oliver on selected days. family after the surgery. I filled the women from Shir Chesed Before Oliver went in for the in for all the things that her fam- and so many others from the July surgery, she mentioned to ily, who are out of state, couldn’t community – all these incred- her friend, and Shirat Hayam do,” said Estrich who cared for ible women, my soul sisters,” member Ruth Estrich, that she Oliver for two weeks. said Oliver. As High Holidays approach, rabbis Pesach Sameach! discuss the meaning of mitzvot By Michelle Harris was raised. 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Physicist Giulio Racah Dies Weizmann Joins British Admiralty [email protected] Physicist Giulio Chaim Weizmann, who is credited Racah, 56, an Israel with playing a key diplomatic role in Director of Prize winner con- the Balfour Declaration in November Advertising & Marketing sidered a Nobel can- 1917, is named an honorary technical Lois Kaplan didate, is killed by a adviser to the British Admiralty on [email protected] leaky gas heater dur- the supply of acetone, an important ing a visit to the city ingredient in the manufacture of the Senior Strategic of his birth, Florence, military explosive cordite. Weizmann, Media Manager Italy. A student of a chemist in Manchester, England, Enrico Fermi’s, Racah has developed an improved process Marcy Grand did groundbreak- for acetone production. [email protected] ing work with atomic Chaim Weizmann’s chemistry abilities Graphics, Web, spectroscopy at the helped gain him a role in supplying Russian Chronicle Editor Hebrew University The Racah Institute of Physics is on the explosives for the British military dur- of Jerusalem, where Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University ing World War I. Yulia Zhorov he led the phys- of Jerusalem. [email protected] ics department and served as acting president. The university’s Racah Institute of SEPT. 2, 1935 Graphics, Web, Obituaries Physics is named for him. Funeral Held for Rabbi Kook Andrew P. Fleischer An estimated [email protected] AUG. 29, 1897 80,000 mourners, roughly a quarter Editorial Cartoonist First Zionist Congress Opens of the Jewish popu- George Freedman lation of Palestine, line the streets of Board of Overseers Jerusalem for the Neil Donnenfeld, President funeral of Rabbi Bob Blayer, *Rick Borten, Abraham Isaac Andrew Caplan, Beverly Clark, Kook, who died of Fred M. Cohen, David Gershaw, cancer the previ- ous day. Kook, who Marcia Glassman-Jaffe, made aliyah from Cara Hogan, Johanna Matloff, Latvia in 1904, Lynn Nadeau, was appointed the Mourners crowd the streets of Jerusalem for Donna Lozow Pierce, British Mandate’s the funeral of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook in *Howard Rich, *Robert M. Rose, first Ashkenazi 1935. Stephanie Simon, John Smidt, chief rabbi in 1921. Bradley J. Sontz, Ted D. Stux, The First Zionist Congress meets in Basel, Switzerland. Unlike many Orthodox leaders at the time, he supported the Zionist Matthew Swartz, movement as a step toward divine redemption. *Selma Williams Organized by Theodor Herzl, the First Zionist Congress convenes *Life Board Members in Basel, Switzerland, moved from Munich to minimize backlash. SEPT. 3, 2011 Past President Over three days, the 200 delegates define the goals and strategies March of the Million Is Held Bradley J. 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Lara Kollab agreed Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime to surrender her cer- Photo: Canary Mission/Facebook Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem. tificate before it was Fired Cleveland Clinic medical revoked on Aug. 12, resident Lara Kollab. Earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo according to records. assured Israel that the U.S. will “respect” Israel’s military She is permanently prohibited from practicing Photo: Twitter/Rick Hirschhaut edge as Washington reviews possible sales of the F-35 osteopathic medicine and surgery in Ohio and from Anti-Semitic banners on a Long Angeles freeway this month. fighter jet to the United Arab Emirates in the aftermath participating in another medical training program in of the Aug. 13 U.S.-brokered agreement between Israel the Buckeye State. Kollab was fired from the Cleveland A banner stating, “The Jews want a race war” was and the UAE. Clinic in December 2018 for making anti-Semitic found hanging on an overpass on the 405 freeway in Los “The United States has a legal requirement with remarks online, such as tweeting in 2012 that “ill pur- Angeles on Aug. 22. The banner, which was close to the respect to qualitative military edge, and we will con- posely give all the yahood the wrong meds.” Florence Avenue exit in Inglewood, was also in between tinue to honor that,” said Pompeo, standing alongside She studied at Touro College of Osteopathic Med­ two other banners, one that read, “Honk if you know,” Netanyahu, in a statement to the media in Jerusalem icine in New York and was accepted at the Cleveland and the other referencing a website called “GoyimTV.” after meeting with the Israeli leader. “We have a 20-plus- Clinic as a resident. “After repeated failed diplomacy, Jewish groups condemned the banners. “We’re aware year security relationship with the United Arab Emirates our aim is to defeat the Zionist state through force,” of the #antisemitic banner drops from over the week- as well, where we have provided them with technical Kollab tweeted in December 2012 in response to a end on the 405 [freeway],” Anti-Defamation League assistance and military assistance and we will now con- tweet that said “Peace won’t come by killing every Los Angeles tweeted. “We’ve been working closely tinue to review that process.” Zionist. There has to be diplomacy.” with law enforcement to identify the perpetrators. We Referring to Iran, Pompeo said, “We will continue to In other tweets, she openly expressed a desire to want to thank community members for contacting make sure we are delivering them with the equipment use her academic and future medical work to further us & continue to encourage reporting. Los Angeles is that they need to secure and defend their own people her extreme views. Kollab’s Twitter and Instagram #NoPlaceforHate.” from this same threat.” accounts are no longer active. The tweets were made In addition to the Iranian threat and the Israel-UAE public by Canary Mission, an organization that tracks deal, Pompeo and Netanyahu discussed the possibility anti-Israel and anti-Semitic behavior with a focus on Austrian authorities arrest Syrian of other Mideast countries following the UAE and nor- university campuses. suspect for assault on Jewish leader malizing relations with Israel.

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Stone walls, mature gardens & seasonal views of the ocean, about two hours each morning But for marathon swimmers, plus a 2-car oversized garage. $1,875,000 in a wetsuit, then headed to jellyfish stings are expected, if the ocean for a bit, before com- not welcome since they serve 300 Salem St., Swampscott ing home to work and finishing as a distraction. “If you’re hav- 781.593.6111 the day with another bungeed ing a bad day and you get into One Essex St., Marblehead workout in the pool. your own head, you get stung As the weather became by a jellyfish and now you’re not 781.631.8800 warmer and the swim inched thinking about how badly you’re saganharborside.com closer, Lewin shed the wetsuit swimming,” Lewin said. “It gets and upped his swims to approx- you back on track. It reminds imately five to seven hours per you you’re alive.” day. “It’s good mental training, Once Lewin completed but it’s rough,” Lewin said. the swim, the excitement was Swimming for so long can short-lived. The swim ends at become mundane, but Lewin a set of dangerous boulders, said that he replays classic mov- so the focus turned to exiting ies in his head throughout the the water safely instead of cel- swims to keep his mind occu- ebrating. Officials gave him 30 IMPROVING pied. “Next thing you know, seconds to celebrate, then he two or three hours are gone,” had to climb in a dingy and he said. Lewin’s “swimming” eventually into a boat to head YOUR HOME movies were “Men in Black” and back to England. “Sister Act.” Once back in the boat, Lewin When it came time for the was able to have a moment with DOESN’T HAVE swim, he learned that he could his dad and call his family back only bring one person along home. Lewin and his father flew TO BE A TAXING with him due to the pandemic. back to the states a day later. The original plan was to have Richard spoke about his his family there for support. experience alongside his son. EXPERIENCE. 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Paul Robert Aronson, 93, of Swampscott, Chestnut Hill, and S. Hadley Paul Robert Aronson, age 93, College in 1948, and served in lives around Tanglewood, The enjoyed his expanding family, died on August 13, 2020. The the U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Berkshire International Film playing bridge and reading. A son of Nathan and Gertrude Marines. Paul and his late Festival and the theatre com- history and politics buff, Paul Aronson, of blessed memory, wife Lenore (Leni), of blessed munity. Paul and Leni retired happily conversed on world- Paul was raised in Swampscott, memory, raised their four chil- to Loomis Village in S. Hadley, wide events. where his grandparents were dren in Swampscott until 1972, where Paul remained after Paul is survived by his chil- among the first Jewish residents when they moved to Chestnut Leni’s death in 2017. dren Lisa Newmann (Sandy of that seaside town. Hill. Paul and Leni summered An avid tennis player and Sanderson) of Stockbridge, At 15, Paul was one of in Stockbridge, where they skier, Paul skied slopes and trails Steffi Aronson Karp (Eric the youngest graduates of graciously hosted family and from New England to Europe. H. Karp) of Waban, Michael Swampscott High School. He friends for more than three He and Leni loved international Aronson (Rebecca Aronson) of received a B.A. from Bowdoin decades, and centered their travel, theater, music, and art, a Amherst, and Nancy Aronson love they shared with their chil- of Arlington; his grandchildren dren and grandchildren. Joshua, Dan, and Adam Karp Paul’s work life began at (Rachel Bond), Jeremy, Allegra, Goldberg’s Furniture Company, and Sage Aronson, Jeff (Lauren), his family’s furniture busi- and Jill Sanderson, and his ness in Lynn, where he honed great-grandchildren Henry, Paul R. Aronson gave one of sales and financial skills, later Leah, and Reid Sanderson. Paul his last smiles at the news that becoming an investment advi- also leaves his sister Dorothy Joe Biden named Kamala Harris sor, from which he retired at Kardon (Donald Kardon) of as his running mate. Donations age 83. Philadelphia, Penn., as well as may be made in Paul’s memory Paul served on the board his companion Maud Fischer, to a 2020 campaign or organiza- of the American Jewish who shared with Paul a love for tion that helps unseat the cur- Committee, representing the bridge, books, film, and history. rent administration. AJC as an American Ambassador Paul proudly sported an On August 16, there was a to their ground-breaking Berlin, anti-Trump pin on his cloth- private graveside service at Germany conference. He also ing since November, 2016, and Stockbridge Cemetery, followed Slotnick Monuments served as a board member at will continue to wear that pin by a Zoom shiva, arranged by 232 Fuller Street, Everett, MA 02149 Temple Israel of Boston. on his shroud into eternity. On Congregation Dorshei Tzedek 617-387-3980 For the last 10 years, Paul the evening before he died, of West Newton. Production facility / Sales office / Outdoor display S Full service drafting and sandblasting shop C Chester H. Clarke, 70, of Worcester Memorial Group Slotnick’s MetroWest Monuments Est. 1910 5 Edgell Road, Suite 1 Chester H. Clarke, 70, Gabrielle Dinkin of Singapore. Framingham Centre, MA 01701 beloved husband of Phyllis No burial service is planned, 508-872-1400 Spatrick, passed away on but an outdoor, socially dis- Corporate office / Sales office / Indoor display August 15, 2020, at the Jewish tanced, celebration of life is Healthcare Center after a brief being organized for him in battle with cancer. Born and September in Worcester. A Drive carefully… raised in Worcester, he was the musical tribute to Chester was We can wait. son of Harry Clarke and Agnes part of The Drive radio show Lemanski Clarke. on WCUW 91.3FM on August Two convenient locations servicing families throughout Greater Boston, Chester attended Doherty 20. Arrangements were under North Shore, South Shore, Sharon Memorial Park and MetroWest. High School, graduating in the care of Miles Funeral Home www.scsmg.net 1967, and then attended UMass of Holden (milesfuneralhome. Amherst, majoring in English. In com). his working life, he wore many Memorial contributions hats, working as a cook, printer, of 31 years, Phyllis Spatrick; may be made to Dismas House, research lab technician, book his daughter Diana Clarke; his 30 Richards St., Worcester, store owner, and then turned to brothers-in-law and sisters-in MA 01603 (dismasisfam- selling ephemera online, which law Richard and Susan Dinkin ily.org); Caringbridge, Donation he did for more than 20 years. of Beverly and Alan Spatrick Processing Center, P.O. Box He was an excellent cook, vora- and Kaj Wilson of Newton; his 6032, Albert Lea, MN 56007- cious reader, politically aware, nephews Aaron Dinkin of San 6632 (caringbridge.org); ACLU, and an excellent punster. Diego, Calif., and Joe Dinkin 125 Broad St., 18th Floor, New He will be missed and lov- and his wife Lizzie Warren of York, NY 10004 (aclu.org); or a ingly remembered by his wife Brooklyn, N.Y., and his niece charity of the donor’s choice. Family-owned and operated since 1933 Gloria Platcow, 91, of Pompano Beach, Fla., formerly of Marblehead

Robbins, Daniel Platcow, and the She loved traveling with her late Michael Platcow. Cherished husband, skiing with her fam- grandmother of James Robbins, ily in the White Mountains, and Jessica Robbins, Alec Zavell, teaching her friends the game of Sophie Platcow, Ethan Platcow, Mah-jong and playing Bridge. and Eric Platcow. The loving She was a loving mother and sister of David Germaine and grandmother and cherished the late Irwin Germaine. Dear her time spent with family and daughter of the late Henry and friends. Frances Germaine. A private funeral service for Gloria grew up in New Gloria will be held with immedi- Haven, Conn., graduated from ate family and close friends. In the University of Connecticut, lieu of flowers, expressions of and raised her family in Danvers sympathy may be made in her and Marblehead. She had many memory to the Susan G. Komen jobs, working until the age of Breast Cancer Foundation 85. She held positions of comp- (https://ww5.komen.org/). Gloria Platcow, of Pompano troller and property manager of Arrangements were handled by Beach, Fla., formerly of Marble­ Riverworks, mortgage associate Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial head, entered into rest on at Salem Five Bank, and secre- Chapel, Salem. For more infor- August 7, 2020 at the age of 91. tary at William Charles Studio. mation or to register in the Beloved wife of the late She was a dedicated mem- online guestbook, visit sta- Richard Platcow. Devoted ber of Temple Emanu-El when netskyhymansonsalem.com. mother of Ellen Zavell, Joanne she lived in Massachusetts. NOTICES GLADSTONE, Irving, 96 – late and Stephen Sherman and OXMAN, Elaine (Santer), 89 of Salem. Died on August 13, Danielle and Brett Gladstone. – late of Winthrop. Died on 2020. Son of the late Benjamin Great-grandfather of Ave and August 9, 2020. Wife of the and Mary (Kline) Gladstone Leila Gladstone. Brother of late Martin Oxman. Mother of and stepson of the late Meta Harvey and Marsha Gladstone, Joyce & her husband Lawrence Gladstone. Husband of the late and brother-in-law of Marjorie Scanzillo and Robyn & Sandy Lorraine (Cowan) Gladstone. Gladstone. Uncle of Pattie and Steinberger. Grandmother Brother of Dorothy Rubin and Michael Cowan, Gary and Susan of Allie Steinberger, Max David Gladstone. Father of Gladstone, Bruce Gladstone, Steinberger, Rachel Scanzillo, Gail I. Gladstone of Salem, and and Cheryl and Stephanie Glad­ and Lily Scanzillo. Sister the late Robert and Gail G. Gladstone stone. (Stanetsky-Hymanson) Rosalind Zambrano. (Goldman) of Maine. Grandfather of Sara THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – AUGUST 27, 2020 13

NETANYAHU PROTEST Sandra (Rich) Saxe-Solomon, 81, of Swampscott and Boca Raton, Fla. from page 1 Sandra (Rich) Saxe-Solomon, Rothenberg, Julia Saxe, and of Swampscott, died peacefully Amanda Saxe; her devoted brainstorm ideas. At the same “Protesting on an Israeli on August 10, 2020 at the age brothers Bennett and Dorothy time, Israelis who live in other issue in the U.S. is more com- of 81. A lifelong resident of the Rich, and Howard and Sharon parts of the world – such as San plicated because the general North Shore, and longtime resi- Rich; her cousin Susan Gold; Francisco and Berlin – were also public does not understand the dent of Boca Raton, Fla., she and her dear friend Dorothy responding and began to hold context,” observed Rabbi Eliana was the daughter of the late Cintolo. protests in solidarity with the Jacobowitz, an Israeli who Jerry and Frances Rich. Due to regulations imposed demonstrators in Israel. In addi- serves as the congregational Sandra was a smart, styl- by the Coronavirus pandem- tion to protesting the Israeli gov- rabbi at Temple B’nai Brith in ish, and sophisticated woman. ic, a private graveside ser- ernment’s reaction to the Covid Somerville. She graduated from Dana vice will be held at Temple health crisis, throngs of Israelis As a result, some fear that Hall and from the University Beth- El Cemetery, Peabody. have taken to the streets weekly the nuance is lost and all that of Pennsylvania. Sandra was Contributions may be made to demand Netanyahu’s resig- remains is “akin to airing dirty devoted to her family, especially to The Kaplan House, Care nation. Netanyahu is expected laundry,” Jacobowitz said in an her children, and was famous Dimensions, 75 Sylvan St., to go on trial to face three cor- email. Some are being unkind for her lively and joyous fam- B-102, Danvers, MA 01923, or to ruption charges. in their social media responses, ily dinners. She loved to read, the Alzheimer’s Association, 309 On Aug. 7, the Boston she acknowledged. “I do think travel, and cook, and was an Waverley Oaks Road, Waltham, group launched, “Defending it’s courageous to participate in avid bridge player. She also MA 02452. Arrangements Democracy in Israel,” a weekly these protests,” she said. enjoyed golf, tennis, and ski- beloved children Stephen were handled by Stanetsky- demonstration, from 5 to 7 p.m., What has propelled Boston’s ing. She was an enthusiastic and Verna Saxe, Suzanne and Hymanson Memorial Chapel, on the BU Bridge in Cambridge. Israeli demonstrators differs for member of both the Kernwood Alan Rothenberg, and Richard Salem. For more information or The group stands with the pro- each person, Kritzman-Amir Country Club in Salem, and the Saxe; her grandchildren to register in the online guest- testers in Israel in calling for the said. “For me, I’m saying the Woodfield Country Club in Boca Jessica Rothenberg and Jeffrey book, visit stanetskyhymanson- resignation of the prime minis- prolonged process of democrat- Raton, Fla. Cianci, Jillian Rothenberg, Joel salem.com. ter, according to a statement by ic decline in Israel is the worst Sandra was the president the grassroots organization. situation we’ve seen.” of the Women’s Division of The first week, more than As in Israel, where the inter- the Jewish Federation of the 60 people turned up, wearing generational protests have North Shore, as well as cam- INDOOR SHOWROOM masks and keeping socially dis- swelled to include a wide paign chairman for fundrais- tanced. The casual group was swath of the political spectrum ing. She was very involved in HUNDREDS OF MEMORIALS almost entirely Israelis, along – including many newcomers the community, was a mem- NO SUB-CONTRACTING with some American spouses to political activism – Boston’s ber of Temple Emmanu-El in IN-HOUSE DESIGN & MANUFACTURING and partners and children, Israeli demonstrators are aim- Marblehead for many years, according to Gal Kober, an ing their outrage at a govern- and was a longtime fundraiser Israeli who’s lived in the Boston ment they see as mired in cor- for both Hillel Academy and O’ROURKE BROS. MEMORIALS area for more than a decade. ruption, led by the prime minis- Boston University. Kober, a philosophy profes- ter who has been charged with Sandra was married to 73 North Street, Salem, MA ~ 978-744-0871 sor, attended the protest along bribery. Joel Saxe for 37 years, until with her American husband and With the pandemic, tensions his death in 1995. She is sur- ABATE MONUMENTS their six-year-old child. After, have risen as unemployment vived by her second husband 82 Elliott Street, Beverly, MA ~ 978-922-0517 the group gathered at a nearby has skyrocketed, businesses Marshall Solomon; her much- park for a Kabbalat Shabbat are suffering and a precipi- picnic. The following week, the tous move to reopen schools www.obmemorials.com Israelis were joined by a handful and other sectors has result- of local young American Jews, ed in increased incidents of Journal “Serving the Jewish Community since 1890” she said. Covid-19, Kober observed. As from page 1 From the beginning of of July, Israel’s unemployment the social media posts, there rate stood at 21 percent. This could not do it without you,” were some who pushed back month, the Israeli Employment he said. PRIDE OF LYNN CEMETERY against them, both Kober and Service reported that 851,051 In recent months, the health CHEVRA MISHNA – 8 Lake Shore Road, Lynn, MA 01904 Kritzman-Amir said. people were unemployed in crisis has had a deep financial Visitation Days for the high holiDays: “There were people who Israel, including 536,906 who impact on print and Jewish think any form of protest have been forced to take unpaid journalism. The New York sunDay, september 6 - 9 am-12 pm leave due to the Covid health Jewish Week, one of the largest against the Netanyahu regime is sunDay, september 13 - 9 am-12 pm equivalent to betrayal, or even crisis. circulated Jewish papers in the anti-Semitism,” Kritzman-Amir Both worry that Israel’s dem- U.S., halted its print publica- sunDay, september 27 - 9 am-12 pm said. ocratic underpinning, even with tion, vacated its Times Square Some responses were even its faults, is being undermined newsroom and offices and is Prayer readers are available for assistance threatening, “including one per- by the corruption. Kober said now solely online. Also, last with the commemorative prayers for your deceased loved ones. son who wrote that we should that Israel’s political discourse month, the New Jersey Jewish Board members available to highlight chapel renovations and be shot, aimed at our feet. has changed since she was a News announced it would shut locate family gravesites Another suggested we should child. down after publishing for 74 be spayed with pepper spray,” “It was a national sport to years. And further north, The [email protected] Kritzman-Amir said. criticize the government. This is Canadian Jewish News, the flag- 978-594-4249 | www.prideoflynn.org “It’s easy to write that on how you show off your democ- ship Jewish paper in Canada, No synagogue or temple affiliation required Facebook. I’m not intimidated,” racy,” she said. Today, if peo- ceased publication in the Kritzman-Amir said, adding she ple challenge the government spring. doubted anyone would actually or the prime minister, there is do anything. strong backlash, she said.

many wipes.” come to campus. If a student Colleges Despite such precautions, becomes infected, the university from page 3 there remains the issue of what has housing reserved. Shabbats by picking up a meal kit. happens should someone on Blue, of the Hillel Council of However, Blue said, “Pretty campus contract Covid-19, as New England, said that students much all of our programming has happened elsewhere in the who live outside New England is online.” U.S. may hesitate to come back to As she explained, “A lot of “If somebody is a student class should infections arise on students have anxiety or mental and has been in the building, it campus. health issues in the pandemic. will have a complete cleaning,” “It’s such an expense if there’s We don’t want to add to it. If Judson said. “Following medi- a possibility, two weeks in – as anything, we want to be able cal advice is the next step, from we’ve seen in other [campuses] to minimize it as much as pos- doctors we work with closely – around the country – to go back sible.” noted doctors in the community to remote learning,” she said. “At Colleges and universities who are providing advice not Emerson, a lot of students live in that have reopened are taking just to us, but other schools and California. It’s a huge undertak- precautionary measures that colleges in the area.” He added ing to move across the country require some staff members to that if “one person comes down … Students live in off-campus be physically present – such as with Covid in the building, it apartments and there are leas- to clean classrooms and bath- does not mean shut the entire es to worry about. They might rooms. campus down for them,” but break their lease, or pay for not “They are amazing,” Judson rather “clean, reassess, test.” being able to be there.” said of the staff members doing According to the Brandeis Although questions remain, this work at Hebrew College. website, the university will use classes and campus life are set “They had their heart on making contact tracing should anyone to start, even if it’s with some themselves part of the planning test positive. Any student who new twists. process from the beginning,” contracts the coronavirus must “It’s definitely going to be a including with regard to “how self-isolate, while any faculty or different year, that’s for sure,” much disinfectant we need, how staff member infected cannot Blue said. 14 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – AUGUST 27, 2020

Israel-UAE peace from page 4 New report: Election a ‘watershed’ moment for American Jewish identity

BOSTON – With the 2020 U.S. years. For instance, while the whom Jews vote for tells us presidential election campaign overwhelming majority of more about why they vote than now in its final 100 days, the American Jews identify as pas- about what their vote achieves. Ruderman Family Foundation sionately pro-Israel – they don’t It illuminates the ongoing and released a position paper this feel the need to express that outsized role Jews play in the week which unpacks the defin- feeling in the voting booth. That American political process ing issues of a “watershed” is why only 4 percent of Jewish – more empowered than all- campaign for U.S. Jewry’s deep voters identify Israel as their first powerful – as well as the ongo- engagement in the American or second-most important elec- ing and outsized role American Photo: enjoytheworld/Pixabay political process and the central- tion issue. Instead, 43 percent politics plays in many American A view of Dubai at night. ity of that process to American prioritize health care, 28 percent Jews’ identity, with many root- Jewish identity. gun violence, and 21 percent ing their liberal politics in their As an Emirati, what I truly from each other, exchange ideas, “The Jewish Vote 2020: More Social Security and Medicare. Jewish heritage.” hope for after establishing become the best of friends, and Empowered Than Powerful,” The paper is divided into bilateral relations between our most certainly break stereotypes. authored by the Foundation and three parts. Part I looks at Jewish countries is for us to have real It only makes sense for us Professor Gil Troy, Distinguished voting and giving patterns, sum- and warm relations – not only to be the closest of allies in this While the overwhelming Scholar in North American marizing how Jews punch far between governments, but very region. After all, we are cousins. majority of American History at McGill University and above their weight politically much between the people as an award-winning American Jews identify as thanks to older, wealthier, edu- well. I don’t wish for merely a Maryam AlZaabi is a presidential historian, high- cated voters in relevant regions. “cold peace” which is only for 19-year-old student at Sorbonne passionately pro-Israel – lights a wide array of notable Part II explores the history of preventing war. I would love for University in Abu Dhabi. follow they don’t feel the need data points from public opin- Jewish liberalism in America people on both sides to learn her Twitter at @MaryamAvia. ion surveys conducted in recent to express that feeling and suggests that while voting in the voting booth. Democratic is often consid- ered as central to the American Jewish inheritance as immigra- In the final stages of the 2020 tion, it evolved more gradually campaign, speculation has set- in three stages. Part III exam- tled on now-ritualized questions ines the ugly anti-Semitism that from past presidential elections, coursed through the 2016 cam- including what impact the swing paign; the ongoing debate about state Jews of Florida, Michigan, President Barack Obama’s and and Pennsylvania might have on President Donald Trump’s poli- the race’s actual outcome. Yet cies toward America, the Jews, the Foundation’s position paper and Israel; and some of the top examines the unique attributes items on the agenda as the 2020 of this year’s campaign, includ- campaign comes to a close. ing its status as a “watershed “While the Jewish commu- seemingly dividing pro-Trump nity’s participation in and atti- Israeli Jews from anti-Trump tudes toward the American American Jews.” political process have his- “Talk of this split emphasiz- torically and routinely shaped THAT ANYWHERE THEY PLAY... es the growing perception that American Jews’ identity, this Know most American Jews are becom- year’s presidential campaign has ing more distant from Israel – carried unprecedented impli- whereas, in fact, they remain cations for that identity,” said pro-Israel,” the paper states. Jay Ruderman, president of the “It highlights the widespread Ruderman Family Foundation. impression among some Jews “Accordingly, our position paper and non-Jews that American is rooted in the understanding Jews are single-issue voters, that it is crucial for American always voting for the most pro- Jewry to study the lessons of the is pest free. Israel candidate – whereas in 2020 election and allow those the voting booth most American lessons to inform the commu- Jews are actually more pro- nity’s identity-building journey choice and anti-Trump than in the decades to come.” pro-Israel. And it allows us to see that the real questions about For the full position paper, ‘the Jewish vote’ do not revolve visit: https://rudermanfoun- around the negligible impact dation.org/white_papers/the- 800-525-4825 Jews have on the final results jewish-vote-2020-more-empow- www.a1exterminators.com every Election Day. Analyzing ered-than-powerful/.

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A chance to help save a child’s heart Klein leads outdoor sculpture exhibit By Lila Caplan Judith Klein, founder and curator of the Flying Horse My life changed during the Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, one summer of 2018, while on the of the largest outdoor displays Dor L’Dor camp trip to Israel of art in New England, came 5,464 miles away from home. up with the idea long before We visited Save a Child’s Heart it became a reality. As director (SACH), an organization that of marketing and communica- provides free, life-saving heart tions at a boarding school in surgeries to children from the first decade of the 2000s, third-world countries. After she imagined that the institu- hearing the organization’s mis- tion’s beautiful campus would sion – “Politics are politics, but be a natural and perfect loca- a kid’s a kid, and every one tion for outdoor art, an ideal of them deserves a chance at way for students to grow an life” – I texted my mom and appreciation for art by living said that I would raise $15,000 with it over an extended period before I graduated high school. Lila Caplan, with children at the Save a Child’s Heart organization of time, and an opportunity to I planned to sponsor a sur- in Israel. share the expansive campus gery. To date, I have raised over blocks into castles and coloring every minute of it. To make a with the outside community. $9,000! pages into masterpieces. We donation to Lila’s fundraiser for Next month, Klein will over- Even with all the fundrais- played and danced with each Save a Child’s Heart: classy.org/ see the 11th annual Flying Judith Klein ing, I knew I still needed to do other and they even taught me fundraiser/1735497. Horse Outdoor Sculpture more. I went back to SACH by words in their languages. Exhibit, with close to 50 piec- of the Covid-19 crisis, sculp- myself to volunteer. During my Even though it is a lofty goal, Lila Caplan, of Swampscott, es displayed on the 100-acre tures are placed more than ten two weeks at SACH in Israel, I I hope to be able to sponsor is a graduate of the Academy at of Pingree School. Most of the feet apart, visitors are asked to met kids from across the globe. another child’s surgery by the Penguin Hall in Wenham and artists are from New York and wear masks and respect social None of us spoke the same lan- end of this school year. It is an recently started her freshman New England; their work has distancing recommendations.” guage, but we turned building uphill climb, but I am enjoying year at Indiana University. been seen in museums, galler- The exhibit opens September ies, and other outdoor exhibits 5 and will welcome outside vis- nationwide. itors every weekend and holi- Former Andover resident releases new book on Yiddish words “Now, more than ever, we day during daylight hours until think it is important to offer November 29. A catalog can be our students and the public a viewed at pingree.org/sculp- Former Andover resident safe and enjoyable opportunity ture-show and a free app can and New York Times bestselling to be outside and to experience be downloaded to all phones author Daniel Klein will release art,” says Klein. “To accommo- upon arrival on campus to us his new book “Schmegoogle: date the particular challenges as a guide and map. Yiddish Words for Modern Times,” on Sept. 1. Yiddish has long enriched English-language slang, and Email your PEOPLE news to the editor in today’s fast-changing world of apps, foodies, and shifting at [email protected]. social constructs, our need for the expressive wonders of Yiddish has never been greater. Klein’s book offers new words that speak to the world of online dating, social media, blended families, marijuana aficionados, and more – while tickling the funny bone. Klein lives in Great Barrington, and is co-author of Daniel Klein several books that blend phi- losophy and humor.

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