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NANCY KIRSCH Meet some ofI srael's This sign at Ben Gurion International Airport welcomes visitors and returning Israelis ali ke to Israel. new l(nesset members Wide array ofexpertise among new politicians Alliance mission to Israel B Y B EN SALES is the trip of a lifetime TEL AVIV (JTA) - Last week's Israeli election saw a major shakeup in the country's government, with 53 new members elect­ Seven-day mission offers an abundance ofblessings ed to its parliament, the Knesset. Some already have received wide attention, including Yair La­ B Y LARRY H ERSHOFF plane, another hour in an air­ the end of the Jan. 20 - 28 trip. pid, the middle class-focused chairman of Yesh Atid; Naftali Ben­ Special to The Voice & Herald port and one hour on a bus? We were rewarded with the trip nett, the high-tech entrepreneur who chairs the new Jewish Home Thirty-one intrepid individu­ of a lifetime to Eretz Yisra'el. party; technocrat Yair Shamir, Yisrael Beiteinu's No. 2 and Moshe TEL AVIV - Why on earth als, mostly members of the Numerologists might won­ Feiglin, the nationalist settler with the ruling Likud Party. would anyone spend three greater Rhode Island Jewish der if it is coincidence that the Though lesser known, many other new faces in the Knesset are hours on a bus, three hours in community, did just that, once 18 hours of travel required to an airport, 10 hours on an air- at the beginning and again at KNESSET I 34 ISRAELIS 12 A "Q-and-A'' with R.I. Senator Joshua Miller Taxes, tikkun olam on the table

B Y A RT H UR C. N ORMAN scooter around town, a testa­ cerpts from that conversation legislator? Special to The Voice & Herald ment to his commitment to a follow. A: When I was first sworn cleaner environment. Q: Sen. Miller, you're one in, in 2007, then-Senate Presi­ PROVIDENCE - Josh Mill­ Sen. Miller spoke with The of two Jewish senators in the dent Joseph Montalbano gave er, re-elected to his fourth Jewish Voice & Herald on a Rhode Island General As­ a speech on the first day of the term as Rhode Island state wide range of issues, from bal­ sembly, the other being Gayle session and used the quote of senator, represents constitu­ ancing the demands of fam­ Goldin. In thinking of two Jew­ [the late United States Sena­ ents in parts of Cranston and ily, career and politics (his ish guiding principles - tikkun tor] Hubert Humphrey where Warwick. A successful res­ iPhone is key) to the inner olam, repairing the world, and [Humphrey] talks of how a taurateur and longtime com­ workings of the Rhode Island tzedakah, charity - how does society or a country is defined munity activist, he can often Senate to prospects of passage your Jewish background in­ be spotted riding his motor of proposed legislation. Ex- form your acts and duties as a JEWISH I 35 CAPITOL TV RI Sen. Joshua Miller

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FIRST visit to Israel inspires Alliance officer to write and reflect January 2012 From Page 1 the agony of the Patriots' loss to the Bal­ were off to J FK Airport. Amazingly, this Mission Participants: reach Israeli soil constitute chai, life. timore Ravens) - our mission started in­ was the last problem the group experi­ Things that aren't easy are frequent­ auspiciously with a bus that would have enced during our entire trip. Betty Adler, Janice and Marc ly the most rewarding; and so it was Future issues of The Jewish Voice Adler, Patricia and Mel Blake, for the first Jewish Alliance of Greater & Herald will have stories and photos Lisa Dinerman, Susan and Marc Rhode Island-sponsored mission to Is­ that will chronicle different aspects of Gertsacov, Larry Hershoff, rael, which was blessed by spectacular "THIN STHAT our journey, but to whet readers' appe­ Michael Nulman, Ted Orson, weather, amazing and bountiful food, a tites, they may include the enterprising Sherry Royall, Emily Torgan­ remarkable and awe-inspiring itinerary easy are manner in which Israelis fooled their Shalansky and Steve Shalansky, and an eclectic assortment of personali­ AREN'T enemies, the haunting memories of Yad Alan Sharaf, Barbara Sokoloff ties. Vashem, the Holocaust History Museum and Herbert Rakatansky, Add to this the best tour guide in Is­ frequently the most in Jerusalem, and heart-rending vi­ Bernice and Howard Stone, Alan rael, who knows more about the Jewish gnettes from programs that the Alliance Temkin, Richard Wimberly, Esta state than most people know about their rewarding." supports in Afula, our sister city in Is­ and David Yavner, Carol and hometown, and it's no surprise that this rael. Robert Zu rier, Janet and Melvin January trip will be remembered by our Zurier, and Jewish Alliance contingent as a superb way to start this, LARRY HERSHOFF (lar rysh@atmc. of Greater Rhode Island staff or any, year. been great fo r Aerosmith, but not for us. net) is the current assistant treasurer members Michelle Cicchitelli, Cleverly scheduled to leave Rhode Is­ Some deft rearrangement by "Chief Lo­ of the Alliance. This was his first trip to Nancy Kirsch, Gail Putnam and land on Sunday, Jan. 20 - to spare us the gistics Officer" Gail Putnam got us on a Israel. Jeffrey Savit. pain of Route 95 traffic (and, it turns out, more appropriate, larger vehicle, and we Local community banking from a local community bank

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ARESIDENCY AT Brown University deconstructs the KENDRA LOLIO peace process in the Middle Members of Shir Emanu-EI, from Temple Emanu-El, sing "Sim Shalom" with soloist Cantor Dr. Brian J. Mayer, at left, East ... 9 in a dark jacket, and guest conductor Dr. Clarice La Verne Thompson. PROVIDENCE KOLLEL Rabbi Wayne Franl

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Philip Eil Island. 4 THE JEWISH VOICE & HERALD OPINION FEBRUARY 1, 2013 www.jvtui.org FROM THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR Who was C_leopatra? Team steps in The inscrutable, unknowable queen ofEgypt ollowing World War II, the new ground is in her attempt to magistrate, high priest, queen, for absent editor FArmy brass assigned my clarify the many dimensions of and goddess. She was also ... chief older cousin Larry the task Cleopatra's leadership and the executive officer. She headed both Worrying ... an exercise in futility of overseeing all the PXs (military nature of her relationships with the secular and the religious bu­ stores) in Western Europe. As a both Julius Caesar and Mark reaucracies. She was Egypt's mer­ result of this position, he came Antony. Schiff works hard to chant in chief." to meet a number of U.S. celebri­ puncture the myths perpetuated To emphasize the burden of BY NANCY KIRSCH ties - among them the popular by the classical Greek and Latin all her responsibilities, Cleopa­ [email protected] comedian, Jack Benny, who had writers, who defamed Cleopatra as tra declared herself in 37 B.C.E. crossed the Atlantic to entertain a woman "so frivolous, so wanton, "Queen Cleopatra, the Goddess, hen my children were younger and I traveled the troops. Before returning to so ready to enchant a man that she the Younger, Father-Loving and Walone for business or pleasure, I sometimes the States, Benny asked my cousin Fatherland-Loving"; by that year, worried what might happen when our baby­ if he could do him any favors once "she had nearly reconstituted the sitter was off-duty and my husband was "in charge." he returned to New York City. Ptolemaic Empire in its third-cen­ Would the kids get bedtime stories? Larry asked tury glory." Would they get delivered to the him to call his At the core of Cleopatra's per­ birthday parties, the soccer games mother, Ann sonality, from Schiff's perspec­ and other commitments carefully Berg, who lived tive, was her multifaceted role memorialized in my brain and, oc­ in the Bronx. as queen of Egypt. Even in casionally, on the kitchen bulletin A few days her most intimate relations board? Don't get me wrong; my later, my with Julius Caesar and then husband is a wonderful father, but Aunt Ann Mark Antony, matters of when he left town for work or play, was sit- state could never have been he didn't look back. On the other ting in her far from her mind and her hand, when I traveled, my detailed IT SEEMS Bronx apart­ heart. Peering into the dark­ instructions were the norm. TOME ment when ness of events that unfolded EXECUTIVE So, it's little wonder that I wor­ the phone more than 2,000 years ago, EDITOR ried about my "work baby" - this rang. Pick- we cannot know what moti­ newspaper - both before and dur­ RABBI JIM ing up the vated Cleopatra to enter into ing my trip to Israel. For those who ROSENBERG receiver, my sexual relationships with two NANCY KIRSCH may not know, I was blessed to be aunt heard a of the most powerful Romans one of four Alliance staff members man's voice: of all µme, both of thein mar­ who participated in the recent mis­ "Hello, this is Jack Benny." ried men. However, it does sion to Israel - one that I will write about often in fu­ To which she replied, "And seem to me that Schiff's ture issues of the paper. I'm Cleopatra!" unromantic - even anti-ro­ As executive editor, I wear many hats here: the only Clearly, my Aunt Ann was mantic - view of Cleopatra's staff member who writes and edits; the supervisor of no Cleopatra; nor was Eliza­ "involvements" with both staff, interns and volunteers; the individual ultimately beth Taylor, who starred in the Caesar and Antony is es- responsible to the Alliance and our readers to ensure 1963 film cla§~ic along with Rex sentially on target; that is to that a high-quality paper comes out on time and on Harrison as Julius Caesar and say, for Cleopatra, Egypt always budget. Given that such a task can be challenging even Richard Burton as Mark Ant­ came first. when I am in town and at work every day (That's why ony. Although Shakespeare Schiff points out in pass­ they call it work, Nancy!) and my inherent tendency comes close to capturing the ing that, for the Jews of to worry, it may surprise no one that I worried about complexity of the character Alexandria, Cleopatra's my "work baby" during this exceptional and extraor­ of the Egyptian queen, he rule was something of dinary trip! drew his material almost en­ Cleopatra a "Golden Age." Dur­ Before the trip, I tried to anticipate every problem tirely from the Greek histo­ ing her reign, the Jewish that might arise so I could develop strategies to fend rian Plutarch (46-120 C.E.), who Quarter in the northeast­ each one off. During the trip, I tried to stay in touch via shared the Greek bias that Cleopa­ ern section of the city constituted email to see how I could help. Neither approach was es­ tra was essentially a very wealthy about one-third of its very large pecially valuable. The first was an exercise in futility, whore. "SHE REMAINS population. Schiff's descriptions as it's impossible to predict all the glitches that might In her Pulitzer Prize-winning of Alexandria in the first century happen in the course of a newspaper's production. The "Cleopatra: A Life" (Little, Brown LARGELY B.C.E. present a vivid picture of latter - trying to help remotely - was neither produc­ and Company, 2010), Stacy Schiff the city that housed the most sig­ tive nor necessary. Given the seven-hour time differ­ tries to uncover the woman be­ incomparable." nificant diaspora Jewish commu­ ence and spotty Internet service, my "helpful" emails hind the veils of legend and his­ nity in the Hellenistic world. were neither timely nor helpful. . torical prejudice. Most writers The front cover of Schiff's book So, where's the good news in all this? There's excel­ on the subject agree with these es­ depicts a head-and-shoulders por­ lent news, in fact. It's not that my worrying helped sential facts concerning the life of would pluck a pearl from her lobe, trait of Cleopatra with her face ensure that we produced a high-quality newspaper on Cleopatra VII: She was born in 69 dissolve it in vinegar, and swallow turned from the viewer. While time and on budget, even while I was away for most of B.C.E. and became queen of Egypt it, to beguile a man with magic the author has offered us a more the production cycle. in 51 B.C.E. at age 18. To solidify and excess." balanced, more complete, picture Our team - Karen Borger, Leah Camara and Tricia her political power, she saw to the In contrast to the Roman per­ of Cleopatra than we have had Stearly-did the work they always do, without me there murder of her three siblings. She ception of the queen of Egypt as before, the book's cover suggests to worry or wonder. And our volunteers Arthur Nor­ continued to rule until 30 B.C.E., "a courtesan with means," Schiff that there is much about the queen man and Susan Youngwood, who graciously agreed to when she committed suicide rath­ portrays her as a woman with of Egypt that will forever remain serve in my stead, were the team who wrote and edited er than be taken captive by the Ro­ extraordinary gifts - intelligent, a mystery. stories and fielded emails and telephone calls. man Triumvir Octavian. well educated, fluent in several As Schiff states on the very last Did the paper come out? .Yes. Did I needlessly wor­ Cleopatra was the mother of four languages - induding Hebrew! - page, "She remains largely incom­ ry? Yes. Will this experience cure me of my worrying children: Caesarion, fathered -by politically savvy, fiercely competi­ parable." nature? Perhaps, but knowing myself as well as I do, Julius Caesar, and twins Alexan­ tive; she was a remarkable admin­ it's not likely. After all, aren't Jews genetically pro­ der Helios and Cleopatra Selene, istrator - in short, the CEO to end JAMES B. ROSENBERG grammed to worry? In any case, I am grateful for the as well as Ptolemy Philadelphus, all CEOs. "Cleopatra's responsi­ (rabbiemeritus@templehabonim. experience to visit Israel again after a too-long hiatus all fathered by Mark Antony. bilities very nearly rivaled those org) is rabbi emeritus of Temple between trips, and grateful to be back home, where Where Schiff seeks to break of [the goddess] Isis . . . She was Habonim in Barrington. chores await me!

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THE JEWISH VOICE & HERALD OPINION FEBRUARY 1, 2013 5 www.jvhri.org Jumping off the platform New campaining ad new alliances in Israel he Israeli election results tablishment) and the degree to (Avigdor Lieberman "disap­ his famous 2009 Bar-Ilan Uni­ the past, one never found secu­ Tof 2013 might well prove which religion and state should peared" from view after his in­ versity speech was mentioned lar candidates on a religious to be a watershed - but be combined. dictment by Israel's state attor­ during this campaign. When party list as is now the case not in the way that anyone ex­ Then in 1996, the young, ney general.) the party spokesman was asked with Bayit Yehudi; conversely, pected (or hoped). brash, U.S.-educated Benjamin It was as if the electorate if the Likud still adhered to a rabbi was number 2 in Lapid's The overall balance between Netanyahu entered the fray, wasn't choosing a party but his proclamation, the response secular party list); a good num­ Israel's "right" and "left" didn't bringing sophisticated, profes­ rather a "chief' with unknown was, "The Likud includes a di­ ber of women in both and other change very much, although it sional "political marketing" soldiers behind him. Even more versity ofopinions .. ." impressive types of socio-de­ is now clear that "cen- into Israel's amazing, the party did not even As a result of Likud's mographic diversity. In short, ter" has to be added heretofore tra­ publish a political platform! "pareve" stance on issues and these two parties' candidates to the mix. Yair La­ ditional elec­ This would have been unthink­ over-reliance on its leader, the as well as their clearly staked­ pid's victory with the tion campaigns. able in the days of David Ben- list crashed - from 42 seats in out ideological positions made Yesh Atid party that However, this the outgoing Knesset (both par­ them stand out - and they were he established will not was no mere ties separately) to a mere 31 for rewarded by the voters. automatically revive whim - it made the unified list in 2013. In the 1984 Democratic peace talks with the eminent sense, "THE And the clear winners? Yesh presidential primaries, Vice Palestinians, for two given two new Atid (19 seats) and Ha'Bayit President Walter Mondale reasons. First, he is not phenomena Ha'Yehudi (12). On the face of devastated U.S. Senator Gary a "leftist"; second, the REFLECTIONS on the Israeli ELECTORATE it, these might seem to be new Hart's campaign with the fa­ peace process is quite OF I IN ISRAEL scene. First, di­ versions of the hyper-person­ mous line, "Where's the beef?" far down on his list of rect elections WAS ... choosing alization syndrome, with both In 2013, Netanyahu "lost" the national priorities. So SAM LEHMAN-WILZIG for the prime Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, election because he refused to don't expect any quick minister, in ad- a 'chief' with respectively, very attractive - provide any beef to the Israeli or significant move- dition to the even charismatic - party lead­ electorate, something that La­ ment on that front. usual party-list ers. But that isn't what did the pid and Bennett were very ea­ What, then, did change in this' ballot. Second, commercial unknown soldiers trick for them; rather, they had ger to do. From the standpoint election? To understand the an­ television was introduced after a laser-like focus on their core of political "marketing" in Isra­ swer, one has to return to Is­ decades of public Channel One behind him." issues. Lapid's party empha­ el, this could well augur in the rael's campaign history. From monopoly. The personaliza­ sized the need to draft haredim future a return to substance at 1949 (the country's first election tion of Israeli campaigning had into the army, to change the the expense of style and person­ campaign), until and through begun, increasing and broad­ election system, and to lower ality. the elections of 1992, elections ening with every subsequent Gurion and Menachem Begin the economic burden on the were marked by fierce ideo­ campaign (Ehud Barak the - after all, Zionist political middle class; Bennett's party PROF. SAM LEHMAN­ logical debates of substance: so­ decorated war hero and Ariel parties and their supporters also stressed the army draft is­ W IL ZIG (profslw.com), cialism vs. free market; peace Sharon, ditto; etc). cared deeply for something, sue, as well as no compromising deputy director of School of with our neighbors vs. greater What happened in 2013? In even if they were deeply divided on the settlements issue. Communications at Bar-Ilan Israel; Ashkenazi dominance the Likud/ Yisrael Beitenu cam­ on precisely what that "some­ Moreover, their election cam­ University in Israel, is now or inclusion of "Second Israel" paign, no one other than Netan­ thing" was. Not even the "two paigns highlighted the hetero­ a visiting professor at the (Jews from Arab countries who yahu appeared on its TV and states for two peoples" policy geneity of their party list candi­ Gildenhorn Institute for Israel immigrated after the State's e.s- outdoor election propaganda that Netanyahu announced· in dates: religious and secular (in Studies, University of Maryland. The land of Israel belongs to the children of Israel Taking issu_e with Rabbi James Rosenberg's columns

BY ANNE SCHWARTZ doctrine that promotes terror­ To quote the French philoso­ lim and Jewish, have the moral el imbued with intrepid courage Special to The Voice & Herald ism. pher, Jean-Paul Sartre: "It's so right to dwell in Samaria, Judea and miraculous achievements. Here is an excerpt: "There easy to .be an anti-Semite." and the entire State oflsrael in We truly stand with Israel! abbi James Rosenberg's is no solution for the Palestin­ During Bibi Netanyahu's peace and security, but not as Rcolumns (in the Dec. 7 ian question except through ji­ most recent address to the U.S. radical Hezbollah/ Hamas dic­ ANNE SCHWARTZ, of Provi­ and Dec. 21 issues) evoke had. Initiatives, proposals and Congress, he received a stand­ tates: "to make Palestine Ju­ dence ([email protected]) both sadness and outrage. Rab­ international conferences are ing ovation for his moral clar­ denrein (free of Jews)," which has grandchildren and great­ bi Rosenberg extols the Obama all a waste of time and vain en­ ity. is a true example ofracist, radi­ grandchildren who are sabras presidency, while rebuking the deavors." In the words of Nancy Fal­ cal, Islamic apartheid. in Israel. reaction of Prime Minister Ne­ The founding documents of chuk, Hadassah Medical Or­ God bless the tiny state oflsra- tanyahu's response to the U.N. Falah, the PLO and Hezbollah ganization's 24th national resolution, accepting non-mem­ also declare that their mission president, after presenting Ben­ ber observer status to the Pal­ is the total destruction of Isra­ jamin Netanyahu with a life­ estinian Authority and repudi­ el. After the Israeli army with­ time award: "Rarely in history ~ ~DERS HAVE WHAT WE WANT! ates legitimate settlements. drew from Gush Katif (Gaza has one person's life so embod­ The U.N. resolution clearly area), Israel was answered with ied the values, the intelligence violates the Oslo Accords, the relentless rain of rockets. of the Jewish people." YOU HAVE THEM ... and The Voice & Herald wants them: Your which embrace direct negotia­ Until Quassam rockets stop To paraphrase Col. Richard opinions! This paper is only as vibrant and robust as our readers tions and foster peaceful coex­ firing into Israeli schools, nurs­ Kemp, commander of British make it, with online comments, letters to the editor and op-ed con­ istence with secure defensible eries, homes, hospitals and forces in Afghanistan, "In the tributions. The door is open, so please send us your suggestions, borders. Obama•s· hostile petu­ population centers, there will history of warfare, the Israel ideas and comments. lant "pique" is revealed when never be peace. Until the fa­ Defense Force is the only army Don't like what you've read in the paper and think it's drivel? he deliberately snubbed crucial natic Muslim world renounces, who painstakingly strives to Let us know! Love a particular story and want to see more cover­ meetings with Netanyahu, (la­ terrorism against Israel, there avoid civilian casualties." age of the same issue? Let us know, so we can share your views and beling them "inappropriate"), will never be peace. Until world In direct contrast, radical perspectives with all our readers! bypassed a trip to Israel after anti-Semitism is eradicated, Hamas/ Hezbollah brutally Letters to the editor: 250 words or fewer and must be signed. Op­ concluding a Cairo conference there will never be peace. Until place human shields while en­ ed essays: 500 - 800 words and must be signed. Bring 'em on: Send and condemns settlements. the P.A. stops teaching three­ gaged in their initiated warfare to [email protected], subject line: OPINIONS. Questions? Legally, historically, morally, year-old bullet-belted kids "Hit­ upon Israel. It is heartening to Call Nancy Kirsch at 421-4111, ext. 168. the land oflsrael belongs to the lerian" hatred, there will never know that good people and or­ children of Israel, not to blood­ be peace. ganizations share my values, thirsty, implacable, uncompro­ The fanatic Muslim world empathize and support Israel's mising radical terrorists under knows, like Adolph Hitler, it struggle for true justice and Errata: the reign of Hezbollah, Hamas, can get away with murdering peace. The Jan. 18 issue of The Jewish Voice & Herald incorrectly iden­ the Palestinian Authority, Iran, Jews, using the historical, rac­ "Living side-by-side in peace" tified the proposed purchase price of the rimonim, finial bells, as et al. Rabbi Rosenberg would ist weapon of anti-Semitism; has but one meaning: If two $4.7 million. In fact, the proposed correct price, as noted in the Jan. do well to insightfully read the they are the many and Israel peoples revere the same land, 4 issue, is $7.4 million. Hamas Charter, an oppressive the few! the children oflsrael, both Mus- -

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EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the I were glued to the news and So with heavy hearts and ex­ cated our lives completely; my an opportunity that most Israe­ second in a two-part series the Tzeva Adorn ("Code Red") hausted bodies, we booked our family and friends had no idea lis are not fortunate enough to about Alison's experience iPhone app, which incessantly flights, arriving bedraggled what we- were going through have. in Southern Israel during warned of sirens across the and shell-shocked at my moth­ and, even worse, didn't seem to I thought about some of my Operation Pillar of Defense in country. er's home in Seattle. We looked want to know. We were in a par­ friends, who told us that they November 2012. Our every waking moment and felt like war refugees, and allel universei our friends back would do anything to get their was filled with speculation were. For the next two weeks, home were terrified· and stuck kids out of danger, but had no­ o there we sat, in our little about the current operation. the kids didn't sleep for more at home suffering through where to go. I thought about my Scell, scared to move and Would it really last three than two hours at a time, and hourly rockets, while we, in own kids, who were so trauma­ scared not to move ... weeks, as the news was predict­ roundly refused to sleep at all Seattle, were being chastised tized by the events at hand that Then we got a call from ing? Would the rockets reach if they weren't in our arms. for not being "up" to attending they might grow up in Israel friends in Arad, a small city Tel Aviv? Was this just a front Amit continued to talk inces­ a family Thanksgiving din­ only to flee as soon as they are 30 miles east of Be'er Sheva, for something bigger; could santly about sirens and didn't ner. Everywhere we went, we able. And I reii.lized that this this turn into a serious seem to believe our assurances saw Christmas decorations, time, while they are so young region-wide war? By the that Seattle was safe. Ambu- and Amit quickly memorized and so impressionable, I would time I saw "Code Red in "Jingle Bells." Sirens or not, make the choice to shield them Jerusalem" on my phone this was simply not where we from this trauma, in hopes that ALISON ON and heard that 75,000 re­ needed to be. I could bring these two sabras ALIYAH REDUX servists were being called "WE HAD Since making aliyah, I have back to Israel after this war, up (10 times the number always felt that I live between stronger and more resilient during the 2008-09 Opera­ NOWHERE to two worlds, but this was the and more capable of staying the ALISON STERN PEREZ tion Cast Lead), just as our first time that I felt utterly lost next time. friends told us the house in both. I lacked the courage But what Michael and I would no longer be avail­ go in Israel that and resilience to stay in my learned through this experi­ able to us in two days, we homeland when "the going got ence is that we truly have no­ offering to host us. Because the realized tough decisions were felt truly safe." rough," and, although I justi­ where to go. And so, the only route to Arad involved only 10 at hand. fied our decision to leave with thing left to do is stay. Stay in minutes of unprotected driving Michael and I deliberated talk about the kids' wellbeing, Israel and finally, fully inter­ within rocket range, we jumped relentlessly. )Vhat would · our I felt like a coward. But just a nalize that my American citi­ at the offer.- We gathered our friends think if we left? What few days in Seattle had made it zenship defines me .no longer, strength, promised the kids we would our kids do if we stayed? abundantly clear that I didn't and his European citizenship would be out of danger soon and Our respective families in Par­ lance sirens made us all jump; belong there, either. While Mi­ only provides us with an occa­ ran to the car for our second is and Seattle were urging us to when the house alarm went off chael and I have no close fam­ sional vacation destination. escape attempt. get out; our hearts were telling accidentally, Assaf, jumped in ily in Israel, we have friends Stay in Be'er Sheva and con­ The drive was tense and scary. us to stay; our guts were entire­ fright and cried inconsolably who have offered their homes, tinue to grow our support sys­ No one spoke, all ofus straining ly tied up in knots. for 20 minutes. · themselves and their unwav­ tem so that next time, we will our ears for the siren sound. When we begged my surro­ Michael and I had hoped that ering support at almost every have people with us; build a Upon reaching the city limits, gate father in Haifa for guid­ "getting away from it all" would turn. In Seattle, where my en­ real home so that we will have a we breathed a collective sigh of ance, his response lanced my be healing for all of us, but we tire nuclear and extended ram: safe place of our own; and nour­ relief and the atmosphere in the heart in two: "You need to de­ were terribly wrong. We both ily is, the kind of support we ish and grow our own family so car shifted palpably. We turned cide now whether you want to felt like traitors and deserters, had grown accustomed to was that we will have strong roots on music and the kids promptly be an Ame1ican who is hanging and the kids were so out-of­ decidedly absent. here and reason to keep them fell asleep. Then Michael and I out in Israel or an Israeli who sorts that I wondered if they Ultimately, I made the deci­ that way. We know that there started to discuss what in the just happens to have an Ameri­ would have preferred the si­ sion that I felt was best for my will, indeed, be a "next time," world we were going to do. can passport." rens if it meant they could stay children at the time. I am in­ but we will be ready, and we We spent three days recuper­ Torn between our instinct to in their home. deed American, and Israeli, a won't be going anywhere. ating with our friends in Arad. protect our kids and our desire Worst of all, no one around mother, and a wife, and a psy­ The kids played, but were con­ to be in and with our homeland us seemed to understand us. chologist, among other things. ALISON STERN PEREZ stantly on edge and seeking re­ in her time of need, we were While we were traumatized and I had to weigh all the options (alisonsternperez@gmail. assurance. Amit, 2½-years-old, lost. And most of all, solidarity hollow-eyed, they were going and outcomes, along with the com or alisonsterngolub.com) reminded me hourly what to do or not, we had nowhere to go in through their lives totally nor­ knowledge that my family's is a native of Seattle, is a 2000 if a siren sounded. Michael and Israel that felt truly safe. mally. We felt like we had va- American passports afford us Brown University graduate.

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BY TRINE LUSTIG LICSW, who facilitated the Special to The Voice & Herald workshop, said, "These single mothers have lost custody of PROVIDENCE - The Wom­ their children for a period of en's Alliance Endowment time and are now being reuni­ Fund, comprised of almost fied. It is a difficult transitional 100 members, is celebrating time, and we help empower its 20th anniversary this year. Founded in 1993 by Gloria Fei­ bish, Selma Stanzler and Janet Zurier, the WAEF was created "THE to engage members in a more hands-on process that would [WOMEN'S support programs and services that interested Jewish women. " It has been rewarding to see ALLIANCE how the fund has grown over the years," said Stanzler, "and Endowment how seriously the members take the selection process. The Fund]has WAEF has resonated deeply in the community." Among the nine grants that resonated were funded by the WAEF last year was an Empowerment deeply in the and Leadership Program for abused women run by ELI, the PHOTO COURTESY OF SELMA STANZLER community."" .. Israel Association for Child Janet Zurier, seated from left, Judy Mann, Selma Stanzler, Gloria Feibish; and Carol Brooklyn, standing Protection. Nelli is one of the from left, Maxine Marks, Gladys Kapstein, Alice Goldstein and Esther Resnik. Some of these women are 30 women selected to partici­ members of the Women's Alliance Endowment Fund. pate; ELI shares her story with entities that fund their pro­ children a better future. But lowed Nelli to provide a safer, open a hairdresser's salon in them by teaching them better grams. four years ago, her mother's healthier home for her chil­ her apartment, which would parenting skills." boyfriend molested one of her dren. Last year she entered allow her to earn some money These women, like Nelli, ELI tells Nelli's story children. the Brand new Empowerment and still care for her children. often come from families of Nelli, 35, the child of a pros­ Upon learning of her son's and Leadership Program, Not only has' she been atile to abuse and are trying to break titute and a drug addict, was abuse, she initially chose to which offers women a two-year break a three-generation cycle the intergenerational cycle of raised in a slum. At age 9, she ignore him, as he represented program of therapy, esteem­ of abuse, she has found new neglect and despair. was removed from her home her painful childhood; even­ building activities, building value in her life. "I was struck by how eager and taken to a foster family tually, she became violent life skills, peer- and career­ these mothers are to learn and where she was sexually abused toward her children. At this counseling and volunteering. Local support available how invested they are in their and locked in a room for years. point, Nelli decided she needed The ultimate goal is to teach The WAEF also funded a children's future," said Ca­ At age 12, she was returned help and turned to ELI for as­ these women to be confident child behavior management vanaugh. "They want to keep to her mother; at 15, she was sistance. ELI immediately rec­ and self-reliant and live mean­ workshop led by Jewish Fam­ their family together." raped by one of her mother's ognized that Nelli was capable ingful lives. ily Service for single mothers. clients. At· 18, Nelli married; of doing better and brought her Nelli is thriving in the pro­ The program is designed to TRINE LUSTIG (421-4111 or unfortunately, but not surpris­ to its Safe House, where Nelli gram; she received a schol­ help parents learn to improve [email protected]) is se­ ingly, the abuse continued as received therapy, guidance arship from the Ministry of communication with children, nior development officer for the her husband beat her. She and and instruction on parenting; Labor, which allowed her to en­ discipline effectively and re­ Alliance. her husband had three chil­ there, she learned to read. roll in a professional training duce yelling and power strug­ dren. Nelli tried her best to This intensive combination course for hairdressers. After gles at home. be a good mother and give her of treatment and support al- she graduates, . she intends to JFS' Meghan Cavanaugh,

Womens Alliance Endowment Fund invites grant applications Fund seeks to support the programs fit our core mis­ "We hope more women will innovative programs sion." join the WAEF this year so we The WAEF has. approxi­ can have an even greater im­ for Jewish women mately $5,500 to distribute in pact," said Barbara Feldstein, and girls grants this year. Since 1997, it WAEF co-chair. "Every year has distributed nearly $58,000 as the fund grows, we are able BY TRINE LUSTIG in grants locally and in Israel to allocate more funds." Special to The Voice & Herald to a wide array of programs WAEF's request for propos­ and service providers. als will be sent to area syna­ PROVIDENCE - The Wom­ Past grants have enabled gogues, agencies and organi­ en's Alliance Endowment the Jewish Community Day zations; grant requests must Fund (WAEF) of the Jewish School of Rhode Island to train be received by Friday, March Federation Foundation invites its staff members in Respon­ 15. Grant recipients will be no­ grant proposals for the up­ sive Classroom Technique and tified in May 2013. coming fiscal year, July 2013 the Haifa Rape Crisis Center - June 1014. to establish and run a support FOR MORE INFORMA­ "We are particularly inter­ group. TION about WAEF grants or ested in programs that focus WAEF members, nearly 100 to become a WAEF member, on Jewish women and girls," at present, are entitled to par­ contact Trine Lustig (421-4111 said Deborah Skolnick Ein­ ticipate in the a.nnual alloca­ or [email protected]), horn, WAEF co-chair. "This tions process. WAEF mem­ senior development officer for year, we will be more proac­ bership requires a minimum the Alliance. tive about connecting with contribution of $1,000, payable DANIELLE GERMANOWSK I grant applicants to make sure over three years. Barbara Feldstein, left, and Deborah Skolnick Einhorn are WAEF co-chairs. THE JEWISH VOI CE & HERALD ISRAEL FEBRUARY 1. 2013 9 www.jvhri.org

PHOTOS I SUSAN YOUNGWOOD Daniel Barenboim Miko Peled and lzzeldin Abuelaish Giving peace a chance Weeklong residency at Brown examines Middle East conflict

BY SUSAN YOUNGWOOD tine," gave their perspectives positive. Barenboim thanked the two cape, a way to heal or forget. He Special to the Voice & Herald on the conflict. "To meet violence with vio­ speakers for their perspectives. told of a concert the orchestra Both speakers were optimis­ lence doesn't solve any prob­ "It is the human side of your recently played in Gaza; after­ PROVIDENCE - Examin- tic about the future of the peace lems," he said. "I may have the story that leaves us open­ wards a listener thanked him. ing the conflict in the Middle process. right to hate. But we are hu­ mouthed on how you can keep "We in Gaza think the world East was front and center in "Peace is not only possible but man. We have choices. If I want living," he said. has forgotten us," said this Providence last week, thanks inevitable in our lifetime," said to bring my daughters justice, I Both Jews and Palestinians Palestinian. That concert, that to a weeklong residency of the Peled. shall not hate." have been victimized, Baren­ music, is a signal that, "You re­ West-Eastern Divan Orchestra "This conflict can be defeat­ And so he devotes his en­ boim said. "For good, for bad, mind us that we are human be­ at Brown University. ed," concurred Abuelaish. ergy to his foundation, which we are blessed or cursed to live ings." The orchestra, founded in Peled is very critical of the Is­ advances the education and side by side," he said. "We can­ 1999 by Israeli conductor Dan­ raeli government, saying that, health of girls and women in not live back to back." SUSAN YOUNGWOOD iel Barenboim and the late Pal­ "For Israelis, my presentation the Middle East. Barenboim stressed the im­ ([email protected]) estinian-born literary scholar is very hard to hear." He de­ "Peace is not a word, it is a portance of using music as a is an editorial board member of Edward Said, brings together scribes Israel as the aggressor, way of life," he said. "It is time way to break down walls and The Jewish Voice.& Herald. musicians from Israel, Pales­ accusing the Israeli govern­ to wake up and see peace as ac­ increase understanding. Music tine and other Middle Eastern ment of operating a "systematic tion." needs to be more than an es- nations to perform music and campaign of terrorism and eth­ promote reflection and mutual nic cleansing." Dozens of laws understanding. This is its sec­ discriminate against Israeli ond visit to Providence. Arabs, a situation Peled feels is Events included two concerts intolerable. .'AService at Veterans Memorial Auditori­ . "I do blame and accuse the um open to the community, two Israeli government for this campus discussions about the mess," Peled said, pointing to & Middle East conflict and a per­ Palestinians living in poverty, Ce{e6rdtion 'Inanksgivina formance by Najla Said, Said's barred from their own homes. ------for,______daughter. The Israeli government is not "Since their first visit to really interested in a peaceful Brown in 2006, Brown students solution, he said. and faculty have supported "The two-state solution is ab­ · and participated in numerous surd," Peled said. It is a solution Professor Joshua Stein programs of the West-Eastern that Israel will never accept, Divan Orchestra and their sat­ Peled said, because its goals are ellite educational programs, to reclaim land and turn it all traveling to such places as into a Jewish state. Its goa1 is Please join President Donald Farish Berlin, Seville, Nazareth and the "de-Arabizing" of the land, and members of the Stein Family Ramallah," Michael Steinberg, he said. Peled's answer: To dismantle director of the Cogut Center Sunday, February ro, 2013 for the Humanities, which is the current Israeli state en­ sponsoring the events, said in a tirely. "It's not a democracy. 2:oop.m. press release. "We are thrilled Not everyone is equal under the to welcome the full ensemble law," he said. "We need to put Global Heritage Hall Atrium and Maestro Barenboim back our efforts into creating a real to Brown and to Providence for democracy and give everyone Roger Williams University; Bristol, R.I. a week of music and discussion, equal rights." listenillg and learning." Abuelaish, born and raised Brown hosted "Dissonance in Palestinian refugee camps, lhis service will celebrate the life and work of Professor Joshua Stein, who passed away and Harmony: A Conversation," accomplished his dream of be­ on September 8, 2012. Professor Stein served in the Roger Williams University a discussion about the peace coming a doctor only to see his process, on Thursday, Jan. 24. world crash around him in 2008 History Department for forty-three years. The service will be an opportunity to honor Speakers Izzeldin Abuelaish, and 2009. His wife died of an ill­ and remember a beloved colleague, professor and friend. All are invited. founder of The Daughters for ness in 2008 and, in 2009, three Life Foundation and author of his daughters were killed · For more information call Eileen Graham 401.254.3 404 or email [email protected] .. of "I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza in an Israeli attack, his home Doctor 's Journey on the Road to shelled. Peace and Human Dignity," and "There is nothing they did," Miko Peled, peace activist and he said. author of "The General's Son: Abuelaish decided to turn Journey of an Israeli in Pales- this tragedy into something 10 THE JEWISH VOICE & HERALD CALENDAR I COMMUNITY FEBRUARYl,2013 www.jvhri.org . l~~~ND~R Birthright registration opens soon Ongoing Tuesday \ Feb. 5 Alliance helps support Birthright Israel program CHAVER College. Training for Jewish Through March 7 Seniors Agency and Jewish Family PROVIDENCE - Birthright Art Show at Gallery (401). "Fun Guys: Service volunteers. Ternp_le Arn David, 40 Israel, now in its 13th year, Exploring Jewish Stereotypes" by Leslie Gardiner St .. Warwick. 9 a.rn. Ethan Adler provides the gift of a free, Friedman. Alliance JCC. 401 Elrngrove at 621-537 4 or [email protected]. first-time, educational 10-day Ave., Providence. Erin Moseley 421- trip to Israel for young Jewish 4111, ext. 108 or ernoseley@shalornri. 92nd Street V "Live" Simulcast Series. adults between the ages of 18 org .. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and 26. "First-time" is defined with Thane Rosenbaum. Temple Beth-El. as someone who has neither 70 Orchard Ave .. Providence. 8 p.rn. $5/ traveled to Israel before on a Ongoing Temple Beth-El member; $10/non-rnern­ peer educational trip or study Living with Integrity: Navigating Everyday ber. Rob Massi at 331-6070 or Rrnassi@ program nor lived in Israel Ethical Dilemmas. My Jewish Learning temple-beth-el.erg. past the age of 12. course provides tools to make the right Former March of decision and enhance interaction with the Living partici­ family and friends. $60. 884-7888 or Wednesday \ Feb. 6 pants are eligible. www.rnyJLl.com. Mondays, 7:30 - 9 p.rn., Cafe JORI. Join JORI Director Ronni Guttin A menu of sever­ Brown Hillel students on a previous Birthright Israel trip. at Chabad of West Bay, in Warwick; Tues­ and Assistant Director Rachel Mersky . al different trip op- days, 6:30 - 8 p.rn .. Tarnarisk Assisted Woda to learn about JORI. Camp JORI tions is available, have gone to Israel than their day, Feb. 13 at 10 a.m. Living, in Warwick; Thursdays, 4:30 - 6 Winter Office, 401 Elrngrove Ave. Provi­ including general, parents. In 2011, more than Though the trips are free to p.rn .. Gilstein. Kinder & Levin. in War­ dence. 8:30 a.rn. 463-3170. YOU R interest-based , 54 ,000 young Jewish adults ap­ participants, the Jewish Alli­ wick; Fridays, 12:30 - 2 p.rn., Feinstein CAMPAI GN community-based plied for only 26,000 available ance of Greater Rhode Island & Gabrilowitz, in Cranston; Wednesdays, Cranston Senior Gu ild Welcomes Susan OOLLARS and special needs North American trip slots. provides a considerable allo­ 8 - 9 a.rn .. Partridge Snow and Hahn. Adler. Tarnarisk. 3 Shalom Drive, War­ MAKE A trips. However, Most were put on waiting lists, cation towards funding Birth­ in Providence; Thursdays, 12:15 - 1:15 wick. 1 p.rn. 351-4750. DIFFERENCE each trip includes so applying early is essential. right. p.rn., Eliot Rose, in Cranston. a number of core Trips run in two sessions Hebrew Coffee. Israeli emissary Matan experiences. The primary each year; with winter reg­ VISIT birthrightisrael.org/ Graff leads program fo r people who know one is the Mifgash (encoun­ istration typically opening trip to learn more. Friday \ Feb. 1 basic Hebrew. Alliance, 401 Elrngrove ter), where Israeli soldiers and in September, and summer Shabbat Alive/Shabbat Chai Service. Ave., Providence. 7 p.rn . Matan Graff at university students join each registration in February. For LAWRENCE KATZ (lkatz@ Interactive Shabbat service combines 421-4111, ext. 121. group as active participants in this summer, pre-registration sha!omri.org or 421-4111, ext. musical instruments with traditional and the trip. (for those who have already 179), the Alliance's director new melodies. Temple Ernanu-EI. 99 Taft The Birthright Israel pro­ applied once) opens Monday, of educational services, can Ave .. Providence. 5:45 p.rn . - Pre-oneg; Thursday \ Feb 7 gram's success is unparal­ Feb. 11 at noon. General reg­ answer questions about Birth­ 6 p.rn. - service followed by dinner. Jewish Disability Awareness Program. leled: In North America, more istration for those applying for right and help individuals 331-1616. Alliance Early Childhood people in this generation will the first time opens Wednes- plan an extended trip. Center Director Nicole Katzman reads from "Nathan Saturday \ Feb. 2 Blows Out the Hanukkah \ ) 2nd Annual Adults-Only Winter Bash. Candles· and conducts 'Autism: The Musical' at Temple Emanu-El Appetizers, cocktails and dancing. Congre­ children's activities. Alli­ gation Agudas Achirn Social Hall, 901 ance, 401 Elrngrove Ave .. Elaine Hall builds from her family story North Main St .. Attleboro, Mass. 7 - 10 Providence. 5:30 - 6:30 p.rn . p.rn. $20. Bruce Ganek at 658-1640 or YOU R Lynne Bell at 421-4111 or B Y B A RRY M. PRIZAN T an original stage production. in all individuals. The film [email protected]. CAMPAIGN [email protected]. Special to The Voice & Herald Through trial and error and and panel discussion is in­ OOLLARS tears and laughter, parents tended for families as well as MAKEA Israeli Culture through PROVIDENCE - In recogni­ learn to communicate their educators, doctors and other Sunday \ Feb. 3 IDIFFERENCE Film. Israeli emissary Matan tion of the month of February feelings, hopes and dreams professionals working with PJ Library in South County. Congregation Graff hosts "A Matter of Size· as Jewish Disability Aware­ as they observe their chil­ individuals with disabilities. Beth David and South County Hebrew about fou r guys who learn to ness Month, Temple Emanu­ dren participate in song and Hall is also the author of a School partner with PJ Library. Toddlers love themselves through sumo wrestling. El will host a screening of the theater performances. memoir, "Now I See the Moon: (2-4) and their families enjoy a special Alliance JCC , 401 Elrngrove Ave., Provi­ film "Autism: The Musical" A Mother, a Son, a Miracle," book. Center, 375 Kingstown Rd .. Nar­ dence. 7 p.rn. Erin Moseley at 421-4111 on Feb. 12 at 6 pm. (Harper Perennial, reprinted ragansett. 10:30 - 11:30 a.rn. Stephanie ext. 108 or [email protected]. The film chronicles a IJ March 2011), chosen by the at [email protected]. theater and musical arts Jewish Federations of North Stand Up For Peace Comedy Show. Scott program developed by America as recommended Blakeman and Dean Obeidallah bring Elaine Hall, author, inter­ •"·' now reading for Jewish Disability Monday \ Feb. 4 people together and encourage a dialogue national speaker, profes­ Awareness Month, and "Sev­ Hebrew Play. Six-week program for in support of a peaceful. political resolu­ sional acting coach and 1 en Keys to Unlock Autism: parents and children exposes families to tion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. founder of "The Miracle Making Miracles in the Hebrew language and Israeli culture. Ages Memorial Union Ballroom, URI, 50 Lower Project" a theater and mu­ -- Classroom," (Jossey-Bass, 0 - 3. Jewish Community Day School College Rd ., Kingston . 7:30 p.rn . Arny sical arts program for chil­ see -:;)\ November 2011). of RI. 85 Taft Ave .. Providence. 10:30 - Olson, [email protected] or 87 4- dren with special needs. Hall twice addressed the

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Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard Ave., 621-537 4 or [email protected] the Alliance JCC on Sun­ Providence. 5:30 p.m. Rob Massi at day, Jan. 13. More than 50 331-6070 or Rmassi@temple-beth-el. families joined the party org Tuesday I Feb. 12 festivities, which included Temple Torat Ylsraal's East Green­ a celebration for the upcom­ Hollywood ffavdalalr. Dinner and Movie. wich lunch I learn. Topic: "Annual ing holiday of Tu Bi-Sh'vat. Mishpachah Rishonah showing of "Ice Jewish Joke Fest in Honor of Purim.· Children in attendance Age 4." Temple Emanu-EI, 99 Taft Ave., Participants order from the menu and enjoyed Sparky's Puppets Providence. 6 p.m. 331-1616 Rabbi Amy Levin leads the discussion. and her interactive "All T's Restaurant, 5600 Post Road , East About Trees" puppet show Greenwich. Noon - 1:30 p.m. 885- and planted parsley for this Sunday I Feb. 10 6600. year's Passover Seder. They Purim Mltzvah Day. Hamentashen sang and danced to the mu­ making, costume parade, storytime, Jewish Disability Awaranau Program. sic of Shalom Friends and crafts. The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk "Autism: The Musical," Emmy award were treated to cupcakes by Assisted Living Residence, 3 Shalom winning documentary, and Elaine Hall, the Jewish Community Day Drive, Warwick. 1:30 - 4 p.m. Michelle founder of The Miracle Project. 5:30 School of Rhode Island. Cicchitelli at 421-4111 ext. 178 or p.. m. - book signing, 6 p.m. - ftlm. Lynne Over the past six years, the resources to enhance their [email protected]. Bell at 421-4111 or LBell@ShalomRI. many similar events have quality of life and to strength­ org. See story on page 10. en and foster their Jewish Purim Mltzvah Day Alternate location. identity. URI Hillel, 6 Fraternity Circle, Kingston. Bake Hamantuhen at Chabad. Discuss Shalom Family includes: 1:30 - 3 p.m. urihillel.org or 874- the story of Purim. Chabad of West Bay, "IT IS OUR Shalom RI/Community Con­ 2740. 3871 Post Road, Warwick 7:30 p.m. cierge, Mothers Circle, Jew­ $10. Shoshana Laufer at 884-4071 or that entertain, teach and im­ ish Volunteer Connection, Roger Willilams University Memorial [email protected]. hope that part lessons and values. Shalom Baby and, of course, Service for Professor Joshua Stein. PJ Library is a gift for par­ PJ Library. It is our hope that Atrium of Global Heritage Hall, Roger Shalom Family ents as well, as it is another Shalom Family becomes your Williams University, 1 Old Ferry Road. Wednesday I Feb. 13 tool, another "excuse," to Jewish resource for creating Bristol. 2 p.m. JCC Senior Cafe. Stretch and Tone with becomes spend quality family time family traditions and connec­ J-Fitness profess ional Jodie Thompson with our children. Bonding tions, drawing you closer to Interfaith Community Concert Congre­ Jewish Alliance of Greater RI. 401 Elm­ through rich words and beau­ your community and meet­ gation Agudas Achim joins with Evan­ grove Ave., Providence. Noon - Lunch: your Jewish tiful illustrations helps a fam­ ing like-minded people with gelical Covenant Church. 841 North 12:45 p.m. - Program. $3 lunch dona­ ily truly begin to examine the whom to share and celebrate. Main Street Attleboro. Mass. 3 - 5 p.m. tion for 60+ and under 60 disabled. resource ... " role of Judaism in their lives The current components of 508-222-2243. Neal or Elaine at 861-8800, ext. 107. while at the same time simply Shalom Family will continue This location hosts a meal site every enjoying a story. to exist, but we are hard at Girls Bake Hamantashen. Make Wednesday and Friday. Thanks to the Alliance, the work to expand them. New, hamantashen and discuss the story of taken place with more than Harold Grinspoon Foundation holistic elements will cater to Esther. Chabad of West Bay, 3871 Post 1,300 local children receiv­ and the support of our commu­ the entire family and include Road , Warwick. 4 - 5 p.m. $5. Shosha­ Thursday I Feb. 14 ing the monthly gift of high­ nity, we have been able to sus­ a variety of opportunities for nah at 884-4071. Temple Torat Yisraal's Cranston/ quality Jewish books and tain and grow this program. education, recreation, social Warwick lunch & learn. See Feb. music. My children, Dylan, 6, We recently expanded the age action and more. We have sev­ A Taste of Hadassah at Trinity Braw­ 12 entry. Cozy Grill Restaurant. 440 and Maya, 4, run to the mail­ range to now include children, eral events scheduled: Jew­ housa. Ronit Nudelman Perl, deputy Warwick Ave., Warwick. Noon -1:30 box, ready to tear open the PJ ages 6-months to 8-years-old, ish Disabilities Awareness consul general, the Israeli Consulate. p.m. 885-6600. Library envelope and see the in the greater Rhode Island Month; Purim Mitzvah Day, speaks about current topics in Israel. selection specifically chosen Jewish community. Feb. 10; Family Day at the Trinity Brewhouse. 186 Fountain St.. for their age range. They are PJ Library is only one pro­ Bruins' hockey game, March Providence. 4 - 6 p.m. $18. rhodeis­ Friday I Feb. 15 not the only ones excited to gram offered through the Al­ 3; and Family Shabbat Dinner, [email protected] or 463- Am David Senior Cafe. Birthday Celebra­ see the big white envelope in liance Shalom Family, a con­ March 22. 3636. tions with live music by Vini Ames the mailbox every month. I'm stellation of programs and Temple Am David, 40 Gardiner St., more than happy to know my services for the greater Rhode FOR SHALOM FAMILY, New Enaland Rabbinical Collage Warwick. 11:15 a.m. - Program; Noon kids are getting the one thing Island community, dedicated Michelle Cicchitelli (421- Annual Dinner. Rabbi David and Shani - Lunch. $3 lunch donation for 60+ and they need more of - exposure to providing families with 4111, ext. 178 or mcicchitelli@ Schwartz to be honored. Providence under 60 disabled. Elaine or Steve at to high-quality Jewish books shalomri.org). Hebrew Day School. 450 Elmgrove 732-0047. This location hosts a meal Ave., Providence. 4 p.m. $65. 274- site every weekday. 1361 or [email protected]. The RING Holds Community Shabbat Haydn's Creation Concert at Emanu-EL Dinner. Performance by comedian TACEO The Providence Singers with the New Aaron Friedman. Alliance JGC Social ~-~ (taking care of each other) Bedford Symphony in concert perform­ Hall. 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence. ing "Haydn's Creation." Temole Emanu­ 6:30 p.m. 421-4111. EI. 99 Taft Ave., Providence. 4:30 p.m. _;'...... ,.· ·:~ ~.·.·· .. Providencesingers.org. Shabbat Hallelu - Service In Sona. _;. Musical Shabbat with Cantor Seplowin Camp JORI Plnot I Printmakln&- Learn the basics of and Temple Beth-El musicians. Temple print making from artist-in-residence, Beth-El, 70 Orchard Ave .. Providence. totally yours. Leslie Friedman. Alliance JGC. 401 6:30 p.m. - refreshments; 7 p.m. - ...:, . Elmgrove Avenue, Providence. 6 p.m. service. Rob Massi at 331-6070 or ~.,·'•···.... $15 includes supplies, wine. snacks. [email protected]. Worden's Pond• Wakefield, Rhode Island Erin. 421-4111. ext. 108 or emose­ website: www.campjori.com • E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]. Call Camp Director Ronni Guttin at 401 -463-3170 Gfffn RNI Rim Sertu. 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r,-- LASON 'SPERSPECTIVE To Life Center offers Edward Adler a 'second home' After his wife's death, an elderly Jewish community member finds new support

BY ETHAN ADLER time, he eventually began to Special to The Voice & Herald become increasingly involved in the various activities and EDITOR'S NOTE: Ethan programs lovingly provided Adler is an employee of Jewish by the TLC staff. From break­ Seniors Agency, about which fast and morning exercises to he writes. planned programs, lunch and more programs and snacks, PROVIDENCE Several he has found a new "home" in Shai Bazak to months ago, my mom passed which to spend his weekday away unexpectedly from vari­ hours. And on Sunday night, speak in ous medical complications. My he makes sure my sister knows sister, who has been living with that it's time to go back to the my parents, needed to place my To Life Center the next day. Providence dad in an environment that In time, my dad found his way Israeli consul general would provide an embracing to those activities that most in­ environment, excellent pro­ terested him, and is now very will discuss elections, gramming and professional involved in some "heated" care. She found these qualities, domino games. here and in Israel and more, at the To Life Center Adult Day Services, a program PROVIDENCE - Shai Ba­ of the Jewish Seniors Agency zak, consul general of Israel in Providence. " ... HE HAS RACHEL ROLLI NS to New England, will speak to From his first day as a new Edward Adler at the To Life Center the Jewish community, about client, he was surrounded by found a new cared for in a very meaning­ secure environment. I know it the recent elections - in Israel healthcare workers who wel­ ful way. He benefits so much would meet with my mom's ap­ as well as the United States - comed him with very open 'home' in which from the social aspects of the proval! and how they will impact Mid­ arms and made sure he was TLC and relates to a diverse dle East policy. comfortable as "the new kid on population that is warm and ETHAN ADLER (eadler3@ He will speak at the Alli­ the block." They were attentive to spend his accepting. He also keeps cog­ cox.net) is assistant director ance JCC Social Hall, 401 El­ to his specific needs and gave nitively sharp by participating of Jewish Eldercare of Rhode mgrove Ave., in Providence, him the time and space to be­ weekday hours." in activities that rely on mental Island, a program of Jewish Se­ at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12. come accustomed to the new­ exercises, discussions and pre­ niors Agency. The program, free and open to ness of his days. sentations. the community, is sponsored My dad enjoyed his first .!fLC has been a terrific boon SUSAN ADLER (621-5374 or by the Community Relations day, and looked forward to re­ The TLC program provides to our family by ensuring that [email protected]), not re­ Council of the Alliance. turning the following morn­ its clients with respite care, our dad continues to be social­ lated to either Ethan or Ed­ ing. Since then, the TLC has which is so vital for caregivers ly connected and participates ward Adler, is director of To FOR INFORMATION, Marty become an important ingre­ - my sister among them - who in mentally and physically Life Center Adult Day Servic­ Cooper (mcooper@shalomri. dient in his daily regimen. need to work and get chores challenging activities while es, a Jewish Seniors Agency org or 421-4111, ext. 171). Although it took him some done while their loved ones are spending his days in a safe and program. Solid K9 Training nsul General of Israel to New England REAL WORLD AT-HOME DOG TRAINING FOR LIFE outcomes and effects of the recent elections with award-winning, nationally known dog trainer Jeff Gellman

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BY NAOMI LIPSKY camaraderie. words of the daily "Modeh Ani" Special to The Voice & Herald "We always feel very welcome prayer as "How great is your be­ when we come here," said Levin­ lief in me" to support this idea. PROVIDENCE - Ninety wom­ son. She closed her comments by en from throughout New Eng­ Chani Juravel gave the key­ emphasizing that a life discon­ land - and from different Jew­ note address, "Coping with the nected from God is simply not ish movements - participated Unexpected: Living through the an option. in "The Southern New England parts of life you never would Two sets of one-hour work­ Conference for Jewish Women," have asked for." A social worker shops followed Juravel's speech a day oflectures and socializing and therapist in New York, Ju­ with a break between sessions that was sponsored by the Provi­ ravel offered a thought-provok­ for a kosher buffet lunch catered dence Community Kolle!. ing presentation about accept­ by Divine Providence. Work­ The organizers of this annual ing and celebrating one's own shops included "Tolerating Oth­ event are Rabbi Raphie Scho­ place in life, even in the face of ers, Tolerating Ourselves" by chet, founder of the Providence deprivation and tragedy. Her Juravel, "Off Route? Recalculat­ Kollel, and his wife, Tichyeh talk was sprinkled with contem­ ing" by Tichyeh Schochet, "The Schochet. This year, the confer­ porary secular references, hu­ Science of Creation" by Dr. Sigal ence theme was "Recharge Your morous examples from her own Gottlieb, "In Search of Daniel" Batteries." life and her work as a counselor by Elisheva Bielory, "Delectable Tichyeh said that she was and many scholarly quotations Delights" by Gittie Leff, "Be by the higher-than­ NAOMI LI PSKY II" "gratified" from Torah and rabbinic litera­ Rabbi Raphie and Tichyeh Schochet at Your Own Doctor by Nitza usual turnout for this, the sev­ ture. Katzoff, "Women of Valor in Mi­ enth annual program. Brown "How," she asked, "does a Jew Providence Kollel's annual women's conference. drashic Literature" by Miriam RISD Hillel was the site of the define life?" Answering her that God wants this relationship in the end, Esther is "living in Lipson and "Lessons in Connec­ Jan. 13 program. own rhetorical question, she ex­ more than anything; it is our a monster's palace and mother­ tion" by Marsha Gibber. Rona Trachtenberg, of Dart­ plained that it is defined through decision whether to support our ing his children," said Juravel. Juravel described the confer­ mouth, Mass., a freelance growing closer to God and mak­ side of it. She gave the example When Esther's perspective ence as "a breath of fresh air" writer, and Rachel Levinson, ing choices to strengthen that of King David with his Psalms - changed from being a hopeless that allowed her to meet "wom­ of Fairhaven, Mass., president connection. A "failed life," she whether he was in a position of victim to knowing God support­ en who are anxious to grow spir­ of the New Bedford section of said, is not one in which there despair or joy, he extolled his re­ ed her, that was the miracle, she itually and emotionally." the National Council of Jewish is loss or the commercial defi­ lationship to God. said. Women, were two "veteran con­ nition of failure, but it is one in We are each unique, she said; God sets us up for success, she NAOMI LIPSKY (lipskyart@ ference goers." which there is a disconnection if we focus on our unique con­ said, and gives us second chanc­ gmail.com) is an artist who lives Trachtenberg said, 'We keep from God. nection to God, then there is no es: He not only gave us the first in Johnston. coming back again and again ... While there are many things need to envy others' lives. Much set of the Ten Commandments [the programs] touch your soul." in life we cannot control, she em­ unhappiness would be elimi­ but after those had been broken, PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY Both women described the an­ phasized that having a relation­ nated if we could see our lives God gave us a second set. And, KOLLEL: providencekollel.org . nilal event as "inspiring" and a ship with God is a choice that from this perspective, she said. every Yorn Kippur offers Jews or 383-2786. wonderful opportunity for Jew­ we can make. Furthermore, Ju­ Although the story of Queen another chance for a "clean ish women to experience a day of ravel stressed that she believes Esther is considered a miracle, slate." She translated the last

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REMEMBER THE PAST Celebrating Purim 'Queen Esther' presided over many a Purim Ball

BY GERALDINE S. FOSTER of Providence held their first Special to The Voice & Herald Purim Dance on March 6, 1928 in the Narragansett Hotel ball­ "Mi-she-nikhnas Adar marbim room. The souvenir ad book fea­ b'simhah." "When Adar begins, tured articles stressing the vari­ joy increases [because Purim ous projects that each of the six is near]." That talmudic state­ sponsoring organizations sup­ ment (tractate Ta'anit 29a) sets ported in Palestine, their hopes the tone for the holiday. Purim for the fulfillment of the Zionist is the time to make merry and dream of a Jewish homeland and celebrate. their need for new members. To observe the holiday prop­ For the younger set during the erly we make hamantashen 1930s, the highlight of the social (literally, "Haman's pockets," season was the Jewish Com­ prepare "shalah manot" (gift munity Center's Purim Ball, baskets), give tzedakah, read the originally called the Queen Es­ Megillah with the lusty accom­ ther Purim Masquerade. It was paniment of the "grogger, " the a beauty/popularity contest as noisemaker to blot out Haman's well as a fundraiser. name, eat hamantashen, attend The Purim Ball was held for the Purim shpiel, take chil­ many years at well-known ven­ dren to the Purim carnival, get ues like the Arcadia Ballroom dressed up for the Purim Ball ... and the Elks Auditorium. Cos­ The Purim Ball? tumes and masks, while not an The Purim Ball was a very im­ actual requirement for those portant event in the social life attending, were nevertheless en­ of the Providence Jewish com­ couraged. The contest was open munity. It also served as a fund­ to any Jewish woman 18-years­ raiser for many an organization. old or older, from Providence, The first such gala was probably Pawtucket, Woonsocket, New­ held in 1869, sponsored by the port or Fall River, Mass. Each Haggai Lodge, Independent Or­ entrant received a sample let­ der of B'nai B'rith, the first fra­ ter with a ballot to send to her ternal lodge in Providence. (It friends and relatives. Whoever was closely associated with the garnered the most votes and at­ city's first congregation, Sons of tendees was named Queen Es­ COURTESY j R.I. JEWISH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Israel (later Sons of Israel and ther. The next 10 runners-up be­ David, and now known as Tem­ came her court. "Queen Esther" receives her crown at a Purim Ball. ple Beth-EL) The queen received an as­ We know a little more about sortment of prizes, including two later Purim Balls sponsored a week's vacation at a resort, a by the same lodge, thanks to an loving cup donated by the Jew­ article written by my dear friend ish Herald, dental and podiatric Eleanor Horvitz, who was the services and a dinner for two at RIJHA librarian/archivist until the Narragansett Hotel. her untimely death. During World War II, the Where Life is Celebrated:M According to two dance pro­ event continued, but in a less ex­ grams viewed by Mrs. Horvitz, travagant fashion. A flyer from Haggai Lodge's third annual the Hill Top Club at the JCC Purim Ball was held on Monday announced the Queen Esther evening, March 25, 1872, in the Popularity Contest. "GIRLS! North American Hall. Herrick's GIRLS! GIRLS!" it read. "Attend Quadrille Band provided the and you may win!! FELLOWS! music, while Newman Pincus FELLOWS! Come vote for your served as the floor manager. favorite!!" Admission was 25 Five years later, the Lodge cents for JCC members, 35 cents held their Purim Ball at the Slo­ for others. cum Light Guards' Armory. The The evening began with a same band played, but this time basketball game at the JCC Isaac Hahn replaced Pincus as on Benefit Street, between the floor director. Providence JCC Varsity and the At their congregational meet­ Lynn, Mass., JCC, both mem­ ing Feb. 8, 1885, the trustees bers of the New England Basket­ Celebrating 10 Years of Affordable of Sons of Israel and David re­ ball League of JCCs. Luxury Senior Living with no a la carte costs! quested that the Committee on The Purim Ball, as a social www.tamariskri.org Amusements plan a Purim Ball event, fell out of fashion after At Tamarisk. tradition is one of our many hallmarks. in conjunction with the Ladies World War II. The Queen Esther Everyday. we celebrate life by focusing on family. Auxiliary. According to the con­ Purim Ball of the JCC, which culture. and the many wonderful life enriching services gregation's minutes, the event began in 1934 as a gala event, and amenities offered to our residents - while ensuring netted $46. Two years later, the continued in attenuated form as safety and peace of mind. Ladies Auxiliary held a Purim a popularity contest for two de­ Social, which raised $120.15 for cades until it, too, ultimately fell Choose from spacious studio , one or two bedroom the building fund. victim to changing times and apartments - and studio or companion apartments The Purim Ball (or Purim changing tastes. in our Renaissance Memory Support wing. Party) became an accepted We also accept long-term care insurances. and the THE PHYLLIS SIPERSTEIN feature of the growing Jewish GERALDINE FOSTER is a Veterans Aid & Attendance Pension program. TAMARISK communities in Rhode Island. past president of the Rhode Is­ ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE Synagogues and organizations land Jewish Historical Associa­ To arrange a visit, call Dianne : 401 -732-0037 1 3 Shalom Drive, Warwick, RI 02886 used the occasion to plan en­ tion. l tertainments of various sorts, COMMENT ABOUT THIS or Assisted Living • Renaissance Memory Support Celebrations Adult Day Services • Respite Care some purely social, others add­ any Rhode Island Jewish Histor­ A Kosher Assisled living Resdence Supervised ing fundraising features. The ical Association article (info@ W A Communlty of th e Jewish Senio~ Agency of RI • A Carelink Member by the Kashrut Commission of G~ater Hartfon:I Affiliated Zionist Organizations rijha.org). 18 THE JEWISH VOICE & HERALD PURIM FEBRUARY 1, 2013 www.]vhri.org Snagging bargains for shalah manot Finding Purim success in a dollar store

B Y E D MON J. RODMAN ization (played by Miley Cyrus on the Disney show) reminded LOS ANGELES (JTA) - Fall­ me of Esther's double life as a se­ ing between the giving season cret Jewish maiden who is also of Hanukkah and the getting Ahasuerus' queen. season of tax refunds, Purim For Mordecai, who saves the time finds households like mine king from an assassination searching for ways to keep holi­ plot, and ultimately emerges as day expenses down to earth victor in a power struggle with without losing the mirth. Haman, I thought some bling What with the cost of fancy, would show off his new status. professionally-made kosher In the candy aisle, I found shalah manot (from mishlo'ah a package of Ring Pops, the manot, "sending of portions," "wearable candy." I imagined Esther 9:19) baskets going for the sunlight glinting off them as $50 and up, I wanted to find a Mordecai sat by the gate. less expensive way to share the But first he would need to es­ joy with more people. cape the shadow of Haman. I wanted to make my own bas­ "After these things did King ket of goodies, but what were Ahasuerus promote Haman the the basic requirements? I mean, son ofHammedatha the Agagite very basic. On Purim, Jewish ... And all the king's servants law ordains that you should bowed and reverenced Haman send at least two food items to at ... But Mordecai bowed not ... " least one person, both to ensure For Haman, by tradition, I that they have food for a Purim needed something like a grogger feast and to promote friendship to properly blot out his name. between Jews. On the toy rack, I found just What kind of friendship could Easter baskets, the pickings are details, I discovered he was a I brainstormed for a minute, the thing: a hand-shaped clap­ I promote for, let's say, 10 bucks easier - I saw a kippah-wearing rabbi. I felt so relieved. and, after tossing aside a theme per that even had a large sticker or less? I wanted variety, abun­ man also eyeing the stuff. The rabbi was right. Walking of Shushan nightlife (1 didn't that read "Make some noise!" dance, novelty and kashrut. I "Do you ever shop in here for the aisles, I easily found packag­ want to give a basket of 99-cent Thinking about Haman makes wondered, could I fill my basket Purim?" I finally asked, desper­ es of nuts, cookies, candies and booze), I settled on a more sober me hungry for hamantashen. at a dollar store? ately wanting a co-conspirator. pretzels, all certified kosher. But theme (or so I thought) of the Me­ Suspecting that the store would I really didn't want to give "Yes, for shalah manot, they that wasn't enough; I also want­ gillah's four main characters. be short on three-cornered pas­ a basket filled with clearance have all kinds of stuff, some­ ed a theme. An accompanying text would tries, I searched the cookie aisle cookies, weird candy and ob­ times even close-out Jewish The best Purim baskets have help explain my theme, but until I found a fill-in: Knott's scure snacks. things," he replied. some clever connecting idea, since a dollar store is unlikely to Berry Farms round raspberry Admittedly, I had my doubts. "There's kosher apple juice, like "A night at the movies," carry a Megillat Esther, I would shortbreads, each with a dollop That is, until, while searching food, and you get so much more the theme of a plastic movie need to be flexible. Luckily, in of red showing in the center. I the Valentine's Day aisles for here." popcorn box filled with candy the book aisle, I found a soft-cov­ imagined if you trimmed them some kind of box to hold my dis­ When he gave me his phone and popping corn that my syna­ er King James version of the Bi­ to a triangle, they would look coveries - once they put out the number, in case I needed more gogue sent me one year. ble that had the Book ofEsther. close. I did say flexibility would "Now it came to pass in the be key. days of Ahasuerus," the text be­ Now to add the final touch to gan. my shalah manot, and to fulfill What could I find to represent the Purim tradition that one the king, ruler of 127 provinces should drink on Purim until and by royal decree the instiga­ one doesn't know the difference SAVE THE DATE tor of a search for "fair young between Mordecai and Haman, I virgins"? found an unlikely solution: Lar­ 1 ST ANNUA/L _1 _ In the drink aisle, I found a ry the Cable Guy Beer Bread. bluish plastic bottle of G2, Gato­ Just add Beer and Butter." 1 rade Perform, which the pack­ According to Larry, who is I l (1 1/4//111 IJ f( II 1! aging said would "replenish vi­ featured on the package wear­ tal nutrients and energy" - just ing his trademark sleeveless the thing to represent an active plaid shirt, "This recipe calls ruler with a "second house" just for a can of beer ... just be sure ~ --• B L IT L for his women. to use the beer and not drink it!" "Now in Shushan the palace It's Purim. Of course you can there was a certain Jew whose drink the beer. But my Purim FRI DAY. MARCH 29 9-5:30PM name was Mordecai," the text basket will carry this warning: continued, going on to say, "And When you can't tell the differ­ SATURDAY, MARCH 30 9-4:30PM he brought up Hadassah, that is, ence between Larry and Miley Esther, his uncle's daughter ... " Cyrus, it's time to stop. To represent Esther, I found a package of Hannah Montana EDMON RODMAN is a JTA Milk Chocolate Sticker coins. columnist who writes on Jewish The Hannah Montana/ Miley life from Los Angeles, Calif. Stewart double-life character- M.R.T. oO J E W ELERS \,\Thy I read The Voice & Herald As editor, Nancy Kirsch has made an enonnoosdifference in the newspaper's quality. It's now a highly relevant, infoonative, readable community resour

THE JEWISH VO ICE & HERALD AUTOMOTIVE FEBRUARY 1. 2013 19 www.jvhri.org An Israeli oasis in a South Boston garage Original Party Trolley ofBoston is the successful creation of Gideon Oknin

BY SUSIE D AVIDSON JointMedia News Service

BOSTON - Long a bastion of working-class Irish Americans, hometown of organized crime mobster James "Whitey" Bulg­ er and several of his cronies, and known for taverns and some of the oldest housing proj­ ects in America, the rough-and­ tumble area of South Boston was popularized in such films as "Mystic River," "Good Will Hunting" and "The Departed." And it's here, improbably, that you'll find Israeli-born Gideon Oknin and his South Boston Auto & Heavy Truck Repair emporium. Within its confines, a fleet of the Original THE ORIGINAL PA RTY TROLLEY Party Trolley of Boston buses Inside The Original Party Trolley also reside, awaiting the next tour. the U.S. 26 years ago and main­ The kids' tributes to their fa­ In 1995, Oknin founded and tains a strong connection to ther fill the walls at the South­ began operating Discover Bos­ his native Haifa, where his Boston site, which came about ton Multilingual Trolley on relatives still live. "We travel when Gideon began to garage Boston's Long Wharf, which to Israel three times a year," he and maintain the buses there. utilized translation software said, recalling that he met his "When Comcast moved across from Espro Acoustiguide, an wife, a Brockton, Mass. native, the street, they asked me if I Israeli company that manu­ at a JCC gym in Newton. wou ld service their vehicles," factures multi-lingual audio, The couple, said Beth, met and he said. Soon, he was hiring multi-media content and inter­ married in six months. "We had mechanics to tend to the neigh­ pretive systems utilized by mu­ an instant, strong connection, boring businesses' vehicles seums, historic sites, the tour­ as we both wanted children, we as well. Beth explained that ism industry and trade shows. OKNIN FAMILY [both observed the laws of] ko­ the mechanic shop is a large Oknin sold the business in The Oknin family sher, and had an 'enjoy the mo­ portion of their business, but 2006 and started up his "night­ ment' type of mentality," Beth the party trolleys that operate club on wheels" party buses, a site for the actual party or an ley were definitely jealous," she said. out of the garage are the largest complete with wall-to-wall entertaining mode of transpor­ said. Gideon had just finished his piece. " It is the part that Gideon plasma TVs, DJs, dancing poles tation to a party at a different Another customer, Nahomi Israeli army service. Beth was is most proud of," she said. "He and strobe lights. The Original location. C., said , "We greatly enjoyed attending Boston University loves making people happy, and Party Trolley offers seven dif­ Oknin's business partners are The Original Party Trolley and School of Law, where she and helping them celebrate life sim­ ferent options, including limo his family members - his wife the team. Our driver was excel­ Gideon would spend Shabbat. chas." party buses and varied, retro­ Beth and their children Jes­ lent- he was on time, courteous He volunteered there as well, It wasn't always easy, as look party trollies. sica, Shira, Danielle and Jacob. and very professional. I'll be setting up Hillel events. Gideon alluded to some prob­ "It's the first, and the only, They do weddings, bar and bat back!" Beth worked for many years lems in the past that may have Party Trolley and Party mitzvah celebrations, bachelor But perhaps the best endorse­ as an attorney at the Massa­ been anti-Semitic in origin. But Bus service in Boston and New and bachelorette parties, cor­ ment comes from the most chusetts State Department of overall, he praised the neigh­ England that runs the vehicles porate functions, children's discerning clientele, Oknin's Children and Families before borhood and his years there. all year long and throughout all parties and the quintessential own children. "We had both leaving to help Gideon in the "There has been no crime, no six New England states," Oknin college bar hops. Judging by our daughters use the trolleys business, and of course, to raise break-ins," he said. "And I'm told JointMedia News Service. myriad glowing Yelp reviews for their bat mitzvah [celebra­ their four children. here about 100 hours a week, at Though it may sound a bit and an A+ Better Business Bu­ tions]," said Beth Oknin. "One A Likudnik and huge fan of least." cringe-worthy, think again: reau rating, they do them well. was a havdalah, and the other Netanyahu, Gideon nonethe­ Beth calls her husband "a re­ We're talking 82-passenger ca­ "The Original Party Trolley was a Sunday Rosh Hodesh." less "absolutely believes in a markable individual." pacity, hardwood dance floor, was the best form of transporta­ The groups went straight two-state solution." The family "It always amazes me that he six mirror balls, laser lights, tion for the kids to attend their from the synagogue to the re­ lives in Sharon, Mass. Daugh­ came to this country without 360-degree panoramic view, prom, not to mention the most ception via the party bus. "The ters Shira and Jessica attended speaking a word of English, and bubble machine, fog machine, economical," said one client, kids said that the ride was as Solomon Schechter Day School, was able to be so successful in two floors, iPod hook-ups and, Elisa S., of Newton, Mass. fun as the party itself!" Beth while third daughter Danielle both business and family," she yes, lavatories. Oknin's buses "They had a blast, and the said. and son Jacob attend religious said. can serve two purposes: Either kids that were not on the trol- Gideon Oknin emigrated to school. 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BY MIKE FINK they manufacture the current Special to The Voice & Herald mini-sedan in various colors. Why wait until May? Well, the PROVIDENCE - It's a 1997 best virtue of my X90 is that the Suzuki X90, a black truck, four­ four-wheel drive means I can wheel drive, with no back seat get out of a snowbank or deep at all. When I bought it, pre­ owned, the salt air of Newport had eaten away at the rubber molding around the windows. "WHAT The automatic window mecha­ nisms weren't working or were unreliable and I never did fig­ PROMPTED ure out the gadgets on that pan­ el or any of the other pushbut­ ME to purchase tons. What prompted me to pur­ this short, stout chase this short, stout machine? My wife used to point out the charming, if rather silly-look­ machine?" ing, wagon on the roadways we traveled doing our weekend er­ MIKE FINK rands or paying various visits Michael Fink's current car of choice and social calls. mud puddle and get to school for "You might like that cute I have ever kept an automobile body can quite figure out what privacy. an 8 a.m. class without anxiety! car!" she would declare. upon my cobbled alley drive­ to check for. "It may just mean All these aspects made my car Does my X90 have a soul, or at They came in pretty pastel way and on my familiar routine you don't tighten the gas tank and me a perfect pair. I lost my least a memory of our adventur­ colors that appealed to her - thoroughfares. lid like the top of a jar!" dog a couple of years ago, but ous years together? Will it find two-tone - turquoise and ivory Oh, I've had the usual troubles Nevertheless, I love my fluid­ her ghost still sits by my side. a future in the world beyond my or crimson and beige. It was the over the years, throughout the drive flivver. When I had my People remember us as a couple ken? pure ebony version that won us: decade and beyond. That nasty miniature dog - an Italian grey­ in a coupe. black gave cartoon-like dignity little red light - I call it the evil hound - sitting in the passenger Come spring, I may be in MIKE FINK (mfink33@aol. to the X90's shape and scale. eye - says, "Check engine soon," seat, I cut a fine figure along the market for a Fiat 500. com) teaches English at Rhode The computer found the right which drives me to distraction! streets that had sidewalk ca­ They say "Fix It Again Tony" Island School of Design and is one for me, at the turn of the It means I pay extra at inspec­ fes. My two-seater also gave me (FIAT) doesn't suit the com­ a regular columnist with The millennium. This is the longest tion time and it's a pain! No- a practical excuse for personal pany nickname anymore and Jewish Voice & Herald.

l' The wrong-way street That new car smell doesn't go far when accidents happen

BY SYLVIA TIPPE for a one-way street going in the street?" Special to The Voice & Herald opposite direction. I couldn't lie and keep a I scraped through to the end straight face. CRANSTON - When my hus­ and quickly got to my street. When Sam saw the damage, band Samuel Tippe and I traded When I realized that our new he could not believe that I had up our Buick four-door sedan Buick was ruined on the pas­ ruined our new car so badly every two or three years, we senger side, I thought fast and - but I had - and, as a result of were thrilled to take posses­ decided to get home and, so that disaster, I didn't get behind sion. I loved the smell emanat­ Sam would not see the damage, the wheel of our car for many a ing from its interior and I often parked on the other side of the month. took it to do my weekly shop­ street. ping. I didn't anticipate that one "Why, Sylvia, are you way SYLVIA TIPPE is retired and day I would mistake my street over on the opposite side of our lives in Cranston.

RI port saw record auto imports in 2012

KINGSTOWN - According percent higher than in 2011, to Associated Press reports, when the Port of Davisville Rhode Island has reason to was ranked the seventh larg­ celebrate, as the state has a est auto-importer in North record year for auto imports America. at Quonset Point's Port of Da­ The record numbers are visville. "another success story" at In 2012, the port handled Quonset, which has seen im­ more than 172,000 automo­ ports steadily increase in re­ biles imported by ship, and cent years. another 43,000 vehicles came Quonset Business Park is in by rail or truck. home to more than 175 com­ The number of vehicles panies that employ some 9,100 Might this 1950 Buick Special been like one of Sylvia Tippe's cars? shipped to Davisville is 14 people. THE JEWISH VOICE & HERALD AUTOMOTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2013 21 www.jvhri.org

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One of Izhar Gafni's cardboard bicycles I want to ride my (cardboard) bicycle Inventor uses auto parts to help build special bicycle

JERUSALEM (JTA) - Produc­ The bike is waterproof and laughed at us, but now we are tion is set to begin in Israel on a fireproof, and its tires are not getting at least a dozen emails cardboard bicycle. inflated and thus cannot punc­ every day asking where they The $20 bike made entirely ture. It will not have any metal can buy such a bicycle," Gafni from recycled materials is the parts, according to the website told Reuters. brainchild of Izhar Gafni of on Israel technology, NoCamels. A cardboard wheelchair also Ahituv, a farming village near The bike also uses a car-timing is set to be manufactured, Is­ Hadera. Gafni, 50, is an inven­ belt instead of a chain. rael 21C reported. It will weigh tor, amateur cyclist and expert Gafni spent four years per­ about 20 pounds and be able to in designing automated mass­ fecting his design. carry a person that weighs up production lines, according to "When we started a year-and­ to 400 pounds. · Reuters. a-half or two years ago, people

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COURTESY ALA N HALSBAND Remembering our A car from an earlier era Alan Halsband of Warwick submitted this pho­ men outside his business, Halsband Newsdealer father's car dealership to - circa early 1940s - of his grandfather John & Tobacconist. The store was on Main Street in L. Halsband, who stood with visiting cigar sales- East Greenwich. BY MATTHEW, AL AND RON dish and understood every word t GABRILOWITZ they said. He waited patiently l Special to The Voice & Herald until the next day, when the two I I men returned and purchased CRANSTON - Some may re­ the car. Only after they paid call our father, Irving Gabrilow­ for it and he gave them the key, itz, who was a new car dealer in to their surprise, Irving said in Rhode Island for many years. He Yiddish "Sei g'zunt!" ("Goodbye I began in business after return­ and be well!"), and kindly reas­ ing from World War IL Soon af­ sured them in Yiddish that they ter the war, a pair of Jewish ref­ would have no trouble with the \ ugees came in to negotiate the car. I purchase of a car. They picked Irv laughed every time he told l one qut, but could not agree on a that story. As a side note, he en­ price. Finally, one refugee spoke joyed having many Jewish refu­ to the other in Yiddish: "Sug gees in South Providence as cus­ dem goy: 'nein!' - unt morgen tomers for many years. kum'n mir tsirik und koifen es far deganzegelt."("Tell the [gentile] MATTHEW GABRILOW- we're not interested. If he won't ITZ (mp.gabrilowitz@verizon. sell, we can always come back net) lives in Cranston. His 6erving the Rhode Island Motorist tomorrow and buy it for the full brothers Al and Ron live in Nar­ price.") ragansett and Mansfield, Mass., since 1924 Well, Irving spoke fluent Yid- respectively.

COURTESY SANDRA KOPEL Sam Kopel and his car, circa 1944 Sam Kopel in the mid-1940s BY SANDRA KOPEL the Reo with his own earnings. Special to The Voice & Herald He joined the Navy and report­ ed for duty in late fall, 1944. My husband Sam Kopel was I believe the photo was taken about 18 when this photo was outside his house at 31 Lydia St., taken, in the 1944. He bought off Orms Street in Providence. THE JEWISH VOICE & HERALD AUTOMOTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2013 23 www.jvhri.org Israel's Beresheet Hotel, luxury at the crater's edge Don't leave your car behind to make this trek

BY BEN SALES who travel in style, the hotel of­ room. During the day, Beresheet For guests who want to leave fers a one-hour helicopter ride Beresheet shuts down at is full of activity. One day of­ the hotel grounds, the crater of­ MITZPE RAMON, Israel from Tel Aviv. night; we began watching the fered a yoga class, a photogra­ fers no shortage of hikes, walks (JTA) - Israel's Negev Desert is The roads leading to the cra­ movie "Take this Waltz" in a phy workshop, movie screen­ and rappelling. Sde Boker, at once intimate and vast. ter are winding, the lighting room with a projection screen ings and a massage. Kids get where visitors can see David In a country where space is spare and the stereotypes about until an employee came in 20 a bright, colorful room of toys Ben-Gurion's house, is nearby. at a premium, it's easy to forget Israeli drivers all too true. But minutes later to lock up. Soon and games, and the hotel has an And Eilat, Israel's main resort that nearly half the land is emp­ overall the drive is relaxing, of­ after, we found out that we'd indoor and outdoor pool, both and beachtown, is an hour-and­ ty and rocky, unencumbered by fering panoramic views of Isra­ missed the last golf cart at mid­ with views of the crater. a-half away. houses, office buildings or peo­ el's central farmlands and the night. ple pushing past you. The only Negev. If you can, slow down lights are the stars that crowd occasionally to catch a glimpse the sky. of the ibex, goats or even camels But that emptiness can also meandering along the road. XF XJ XK be coinforting, reminding ur­ Unlike most hotels, Beresheet ban visitors that the land is takes advantage of the open sur­ there, waiting to envelop them, roundings to spread out across to be explored. a network of winding stone Nowhere is this duality better paths, all of which lead to the exemplified than at Makhtesh lobby and restaurant. The hotel AAIN JUST MAKES IT Ramon, Israel's answer to the offers free, on-demand golf cart Grand Canyon, a crater roughly service for those unable or un­ MOAE INSTINCTIVE. 25 miles long and nearly a third willing to take the few minutes' of a mile deep located about an walk to their room. Introducing Instinctive All Wheel Drive: hour south of Be'er Sheva. 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Guests can enjoy language brochures - but our I the limitless views of the crater fellow guests conversed mostly I from the pool's calming waters in Hebrew (with some Arabic). I or the lobby bar. Or they can They dressed in casual out­ I --1 escape the arid surroundings erwear, propped their feet on I altogether with a day at the spa. stools and sunk into couches as Located in the small over­ if they were in someone's living I look city of Mitzpe Ramon, I Beresheet, one of just five hotels I in the Isrotel chain's Exclusive I Collection, is itself a retreat from the country's more popu­ lar tourist spots. That's why it attracts Israelis as well as in­ ternational tourists. To get there from Israel's cen­ tral region is a two-hour trek from Tel Aviv and two-and­ a-half from Jerusalem. And unless you're willing to pay a hefty taxi fare, take a five-hour Jeffrey B. Pine ride on two buses or hire a driv­ Afforne:yG~,iem/ 199.J.1999 er, you'll need a car. 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Notice of a class action settlement authorized by the U.S. WHAT MERCHANTS WILL GET District Court, Eastern District of New York. FROM THE SETTLEMENT This notice is authorized by the Court to inform you about an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit that may affect Every merchant in the Cash Settlement Class that files a valid you. The lawsuit claims that Visa and MasterCard, separately, claim will get"money from the $6.05 billion Cash Fund, subject and together with banks, violated antitrust laws and caused to a deduction (not to exceed 25 % of the fund) to account for merchants to pay excessive fees for accepting Visa and merchants who exclude themselves from the Cash Settlement MasterCar:d credit and debit cards, including by: Class. The value of each claim, where possible, will be based on the actual or estimated interchange fees attributable to the • Agreeing to set, apply, and enforce rules about merchant merchant's MasterCard and Visa payment card transactions from fees (called default interchange fees) ; January 1, 2004 to November 28, 2012. Payments to merchants • Limiting what merchants could do to encourage their who file valid claims for a portion of the Cash Fund will be customers to use other forms of payment through, for based on: example, charging customers an extra fee or offering • The money available to pay all claims, discounts; and • • The total dollar value of all valid claims filed, • Continuing that conduct after Visa and MasterCard • The deduction described above not to exceed 25% of the changed their corporate structures. Cash Settlement Fund, and The defendants say they have done nothing wrong. They • The cost of settlement administration and notice, money say that their business practices are legal and the result of awarded to the class representatives, and attorneys' fees competition, and have benefitted merchants and consumers. 'and expenses all as approved by the Court. The Court has not decided who is right because the parties agreed to a settlement. On November 27, 2012, the Court gave In addition, merchants in the Cash Settlement Class that accept preliminary approval to this settlement. Visa and MasterCard during the eight-month Interchange Period and file a valid claim will get money from the separate _ Interchange Fund, estimated to be approximately $1 .2 billion. THE SETTLEMENT The value of each claim, where pos$ible, will be based on Under the settlement, Visa, MasterCard, and the bank an estimate of one-tenth of 1% of the merchant's Visa and defendants have agreed to make payments to two settlement MasterCard credit card dollar sales volume during that period. funds: Payments to merchants who file valid claims for a portion of • The first is a "Cash Fund" - a $6.05 billion fund that the Interchange Fund will be based on: will pay valid claims of merchants that accepted Visa • The money available t~ pay all claims, or MasterCard credit or debit cards at any time between • The total dollar value of all valid claims filed, and January 1, 2004 and November 28, 2012. • The cost of settlement administration and notice, and any • The second is an "Interchange Fund" - estimated to attorneys' fees and expenses that may be approved by the be approximately $1.2 billion - that will be based on Court. a portion of the interchange fees attributable to certain Attorneys' fees and expenses and money awarded to the class merchants that accept Visa or MasterCard credit cards for representatives: For work done through final approval of the an eight-month "Interchange Period." settlement by the district court, Class Counsel will ask the Court for Additionally, the settlement changes some of the Visa and attorneys' fees in an amount that is a reasonable proportion of the MasterCard rules applicable to merchants who accept their Cash Settlement Fund, not to exceed 11.5% of the Cash Settlement cards. Fund of $6.05 billion and 11.5% of the Interchange Fund estimated This settlement creates two classes: to be $1.2 billion to compensate all of the lawyers and their law firms that have worked on the class case. For additional work to • A Cash Settlement Class (Rule 23(b )(3) Settlement administer the settlement, distribute both funds, and through any Class), which includes all· persons, businesses, and appeals, Class Counsel may seek reimbursement at their normal other entities that accepted any Visa or MasterCard hourly rates, not to exceed an additional 1% of the Cash Settlement cards in the U.S. at any time from January 1, 2004 to Fund of $6.05 billion and an additional 1% of the Interchange November 28, 2012, and Fund estimated to be $1.2 billion. Class Counsel will also request • A Rule Changes Settlement Class (Rule 23(b)(2) reimbursement of their expenses (not including the administrative Settlement Class), which includes all persons, businesses, costs of settlement or notice), not to exceed $40 million and up to and entities that as of November 28, 2012 or in the future $20Q,000 per Class Plaintiff in service awards for their efforts on accept any Visa or MasterCard cards in the U.S. behalf of the classes.

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How TO AsK FOR PAYMENT Oass you cannot object to the terms of that portion of the settlement. To receive payment, merchants must fill out a claim form. If the For more information about these rights and options, visit: Court finally approves the settleme'nt, and you do not exclude www.PaymentCardSettlement.com. yourself from the Cash Settlement Class, you will receive a claim form in the mail or by email. Or you may ask for one at: IF THE COURT APPROVES THE www.PaymentCardSettlement.com, or call: 1-800-625-6440. FINAL SETTLEMENT OTHER BENEFITS FOR MERCHANTS Members of the Rule Changes Settlement Class are bound by the terms of this settlement. Members of the Cash Settlement Merchants will benefit from changes to certain MasterCard Class, who do not exclude themselves by the deadline, are and Visa rules, which will allow merchants to, among other bound by the terms of this settlement whether or not they things: file a claim for payment. Members of both classes release • Charge customers an extra fee if they pay with Visa or all claims against all released parties listed in the Settlement MasterCard credit cards, Agreement. The settlement will resolve and release any claims • Offer discounts to customers who do not pay with Visa or by merchants against Visa, MasterCard or other defendants that MasterCard credit or debit cards, and were or could have been alleged in the lawsuit, including any claims based on interchange or other fees, no-surcharge rules, • Form buying groups that meet certain criteria to negotiate no-discounting rules, honor-all-cards rules and other rules. with Visa and MasterCard. The settlement will also resolve any merchant claims based Merchants that operate multiple businesses under different upon the future effect of any Visa or MasterCard rules, as of trade names or banners will also be able to accept Visa or November 27, 2012 and not to be modified pursuant to the MasterCard at fewer than all of the merchant's trade names settlement, the modified rules provided for in the settlement, and banners. or any other rules substantially similar to any such rules. The releases will not bar claims involving certain specified standard LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS commercial disputes arising in the ordinary course of business. Merchants who are included in this lawsuit have the legal rights For more information on the release, see the settlement and options explained below. You may: agreement at: www.PaymentCardSettlement.com. • File a claim to ask for payment. You will receive a claim form in the mail or email or file online at: THE COURT HEARING ABOUT www.PaymentCardSettlement.com. · THIS SETTLEMENT • Exclude yourself from the Cash Settlement Class (Rule On September 12, 2013, there will be a Court hearing to decide 23(b)(3) Settlement Class). If you exclude yourself, you whether to approve the proposed settlement, class counsels' can sue the Defendants for damages based on alleged requests for attorneys' fees and expenses, and awards for the conduct occurring on or before November 27, 2012 on class representatives. The hearing will take place at: your own at your own expense, if you want to. If you United States District Court for the exclude yourself, you will not get any money from this Eastern District of New York settlement. If you are a merchant and wish to exclude 225 Cadman Plaza yourself, you must make a written request, place it in an Brooklyn, NY 11201 envelope, and mail it with postage prepaid and postmarked no later than May 28, 2013 to Class Administrator, You do not have to go to the court hearing or hire an attorney. Payment Card Interchange Fee Settlement, P.O. Box 2530, But you can if you want to, at your own cost. The Court has Portland, OR 97208-2530. The written request must be appointed the law firms of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi signed by a person authorized to do so·and provide all of LLP, Berger & Montague, PC, and Robbins Geller Rudman & the following information: (1) the words "In re Payment Dowd LLP to represent the Class ("Class Counsel"). Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation," (2) your full name, address, telephone number, QUESTIONS? and taxpayer identification number, (3) the merchant that wishes to be excluded from the Cash Settlement Class For more information about this case (In re Payment Card (Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class), and what position or Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, authority you have to exclude the merchant, and (4) the MDL 1720), you may: business names, brand names, and addresses of any stores Call toll-free: 1-800-625-6440 or sales locations whose sales the merchant desires to be Visit: www.PaymentCardSettlement.com excluded. Write to the Class Administrator: Note: You cannot be excluded from the Rule Changes Payment Card Interchange Fee Settlement Settlement Class (Rule 23(b)(2) Settlement Class). P.O. Box 2530 • Object to the settlement. The deadline to object Portland, OR 97208-2530 is: May 28, 2013. To learn how to object, see: Email: [email protected] www.PaymentCardSettlement.com or call l-800-625-6440. Please check www.PaymentCardSettlement.com for any updates Note: If you exclude yourself from the Cash Settlement relating to the settlement or the settlement approval process.

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he year 1964 was a good However, his notable lack lucrative, career in night club Tyear, contentious in of skills beyond painting and performances, occasional roles many ways perhaps, but mimicry inspired his mother on television, movies and final­ economically prosperous and, to complain that his future was ly, Broadway. in terms of employment, a bet­ bleak. It was, in her repeated The Tevye role in "Fiddler on ter year than most. words, "gornisht von gornisht" the Roof' was the first of his Lyndon Baines Johnson was ("nothing for nothing"). many brilliant, uniquely styl­ president, the Cold War domi- Mostel heard this dire predic­ ized performances as a gentle, tion so frequently that he fi­ whimsical, yet incredibly sad, nally adopted its loose Eng­ comic. A succession of Broad­ SCIENCE & SOCIETY lish translation, zero, as his way plays, including "Waiting nickname. for Godot," "The Producers," Mostel attended City Col­ "Ulysses," "Rhinocerus" and STANLEY lege of New York, graduat­ "A Funny Thing Happened on ARONSON, M.D. ing in 1935, in the depths the Way to the Forum," brought of the Depression. In those Mostel to the height of popular days, CCNY was a tuition­ acclaim. free municipal college, per­ In "Fiddler on the Roof," Mo­ haps the largest of its kind stel sings a song, "Tradition," nated the news (as well as the in the United States, with open that has become a crowning national budget), St. Louis won enrollment to any male who event in his great career as a the World Series and, on Sept. met three criteria: proven citi­ performer. 22, a new play opened on Broad­ zenship within New York City, So what is tradition? The way. It was billed as a musical a high school diploma and an ~ ro~stel word, if not the concept, comes comedy of shtetl life in Tsarist academic average of B or better, from the Latin, traditio, mean­ Russia of 1905. It was based on ing a surrender, a handing Sholem Aleichem's tale, "Tevye o~ down of consecrated ritual or the Milkman," with music by "THE VEAR Ti'ddlcr the 'R9of a delivery of doctrine, whether Jerry Bock and lyrics by Shel­ a."""1~ religious or secular. And thus, don Harnick. Its title, "Fiddler through the centuries, we have on the Roof," was derived from 1964 was a good A "Fiddler on the Roof" playbill traditions of infinite varieties: a surrealistic Marc Chagall domestic, clan-related, ceremo­ painting. The show was a huge year ... a better years Mostel attended, but I campus. nial, professional, legal and, of success, running for 3,242 con­ doubt that they knew one other. Mostel's mature interests wa­ course, religious traditions. But secutive performances. year than most." In those days, students did not vered between a serious career tradition had never been so rap­ In December 1964, I witnessed tarry on campus (no frat hous­ in painting (after graduation, turous, so articulate, so inspir­ the show from an upper balcony es and certainly no neighbor­ he worked full-time in a govern­ ing until Zero Mostel's Tevye seat. My attendance had been ing taverns); after class, they ment-sponsored artists' studio) told us all about it in song. prompted by a love of the legiti­ and no criminal record. The rushed to the subways forJrJe­ and, alternatively, as a come­ mate theater, by the poignantly undergraduate student body, afternoon jobs or home to·, un­ dian and a clown. Following STANLEY M. ARONSON, gifted writings of Aleichem about 5,000 in those days, con­ dertake their studies. My atten­ his time in the U.S. Army dur­ M.D. ([email protected]), a re­ and, of course, by the singu­ sisted almost entirely of lower-­ dance at CCNY began shortly ing World War II, he resumed tired dean of Brown Medical larly gifted star of the show and class, striving Jewish males after Mostel's graduation and his art studio activities but, by School, lives in Providence. fellow citizen of Brownsville intent on finding a secure place hence, I, too, never met him on 1950, found an alternative, and (a neighborhood in Brooklyn), in society somewhat above the Zero Mostel (1915-1977). socioeconomic status of their So who was Mostel? He was immigrant parents. the last of seven children born It was a collegiate campus to an immigrant Jewish couple with few frills - no dances living in Brooklyn's Browns­ (young women had their colle­ Trusted Memory Care ville section. 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Egypt. "Barukh Adonai asher other name for Jethro is Reuel, PARASHAT YITRO - hitzil etkhem mi-yad Mitzrayim "friend of God" - suggesting EXODUS 18:1-20:23 u-mi-yad Pharaoh. asher hitzil that Jethro had his own rela­ et ha-am mi-tahat yad Mitzray­ tionship with the God of Israel. BY RABBI SARAH MACK im." "Blessed be Adonai, who Nothing in the text tells us that Special to The Voice & Herald delivered you from the hand he had to convert to achieve of Egypt and from the hand of his week's Torah portion Pharaoh, and who delivered the T(Yitro) describes one of people from under the hand of the pivotal moments of the Egyptians." (Exodus 19:10) "IT OFTEN the Jewish people. After the What do we make of the fact Exodus from Egypt, the Israel­ that our most particularis­ TAKES ites receive the Torah at Mt. Si­ tic Torah portion - the one in nai. But before the command­ which we, as Jews, are "chosen" ments are given, before Moses to receive the word of God - is someone else sees God face-to-face on the named for a non-Jew? Mattan mountain amid smoke and fire, Torah, one our most important to open us up he journeys to Midian to see his collective historical moments, father-in-law Jethro, and the is blessed by Jethro - using a to a potential two meH kibbitz about work. formula that we have continued By reading the text, we can to use in prayer for many cen­ almost imagine Jethro asking, turies. Jethro teaches Moses relationship with "How are things at the office? how to lead and teaches us how The wife and kids? How about to pray! God." , Aaron? What is it like lead­ The ancient rabbis suggest ing the Israelites and serving that on hearing of the parting God?" of the Red Sea, Jethro allied They talk about the redemp­ himself with the Jewish people, this relationship. tion from Egypt and the future. converting and abandoning his What a wonderful model for Jethro reprimands his son-in­ pagan ways. I'm not sure that us - Moses' faith and relation­ law, telling him to work less their view does justice to Je­ ship with God is deepened and delegate more. Admittedly, thro's contribution to our un­ through his connection to his Jethro has some stake in the derstanding of Torah and our father-in-law! happiness of his daughter Zip­ reading of this parashah. Per­ Rabbi Kerry Olitzky writes, Stuart Kelman & Joel Lurie The rabbis of the Mishnah porah, but his general advice haps we can learn more from "Through Jethro, Moses Grishaver, eds., Alef Design and Talmud drew upon the determines the leadership of his actions without summarily learned a lesson·that many of us Group, 1996, p.129). Moses' ·re­ language and thought of their the Israelites through many converting him to Judaism. In have also come to understand lationship with Jethro suggests Babylonian, Greek and Ro­ journeys to come. fact, we know that Jethro, a in the spiritual journey of our that our teachers may or may man neighbors. Rabbi Moses Most surprisingly, Jethro priest of Midian, was a reli­ own lives: It often takes some­ not be Jewish. Maimonides studied and based utters words of blessing and gious man of his own accord. one else to open us up to a po­ Throughout history, Jews much of his philosophy on Ar­ amazement for the miracle of One midrash (Midrash Rabbah tential relationship with God." have often drawn inspiration istotle. ·Early Reform Judaism the Israelites' redemption from on Exodus 27:8) notes that an- ("Learn Torah With ... 5755," from surrounding cultures. drew lessons from Protestant neighbors both in Germany and in America. As the midrash points out, it often takes an out­ sider to reveal the blessing that is contained within. (Mekhilta Candle Lighting Times Amalek 3) As we prepare to recall mat­ Feb.1 4:42 tan Torah, the giving of the Torah, Jet us consider all those Feb.8 4:51 outside our gates who have Feb.15 5:00 brought us closer to God. Rev­ elation and blessing come from Feb. 22 5:09 unexpected sources. Let us be open to these discoveries. The prophet Isaiah teaches us to "enlarge the site of your tent, extend the size of your dwell­ A Taste of Hadassah at Trinity Brewhouse ing." (Isa. 54:2) May our tents extend the world over, enabling us to wel­ ..,DATE: February 10, 2013 - TIME: 4:00-6:00PM come the stranger, encounter I ID~ PLACE: Trinity Brewhouse, Providence the divine, and renew our faith T SAH and love of Judaism. COST: $18.00 per person (Hadassah mem:bcrs and non -members; men and women) PROGRAM: Deputy Consul-General from the Israeli Consulate, RABBI SARAH MACK (Rab­ Ronit Nudelman Perl will be speaking about current topics in Israel [email protected]), associate rabbi at Temple Beth­ UnJirnitcd tastes of Micro-Brews - Come find out about our programs! El in Providence, is a member of the Board of Rabbis of Great­ Jh\l'b\ Id, 1, l{l{{)!)lhl \'.\IH JI\PJIIZ\ /l\ l )\\\\llllJ{(,p1~dl IHI IC" ;(,ih er Rhode Island.

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Ii FIRST PERSON Poland's Jewish past comes to light Cemetery moments leave lasting impressions

BY MARTY COOPER "This is where the kosher butch­ [email protected] er shop was." Another student said, "This is PROVIDENCE - As the cantor where the kosher bakery once recites the Kaddish, tears form stood." in our eyes - tears of remem­ A third said that a Jewish man brance and tears for what could had owned the haberdashery. have been. We cried, even as we And a fourth student said, recognized the kindness of most "Here was the town's syna­ people. We cried, even as we rec­ gogue." ognized the next generation of Soon, the town became Jewish people who want to tear down tome. the walls of hate, bigotry, preju­ dice and .bias. Tears of joy and connection The cantor recited this prayer Several decades and three at a cemetery, once overgrown generations after World War and neglected, and now in the II, the town has reacquired its process of being restored. The Jewish roots and history. Other cemetery is in the outskirts of towns in Poland are experienc­ a small town, Wadowice, in Po­ ing a similar process, through land. Today, more than 60 of the the Forum for Dialogue, a non­ original 91 headstones are in­ profit Polish organization whose tact. mission is to foster Polish-Jew­ As he chanted the Kaddish, the ish dialogue, eradicate anti­ cantor stood before a memorial Semitism and teach tolerance gravestone that commemorates through education. local Jews who perished during The final recitation of the the Holocaust. Ten Americans, Kaddish was at the warehouse including local Jewish artist at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the Alan Metnick and me, went to concentration camp where more PHOTOS I MARTY COOPER Poland in December at the invi­ than 1.3 million people were American visitors, Polish students and Polish volunteers at the cemetery in Wadowice, Poland. tation of the Forum for Dialogue murdered. • Among Nations, an entity subsi­ Today, that warehouse, which dized by the Polish government. had housed .the worldly posses­ During the prayer, we looked sions that concentration camp first at the gravestone and then inmates had brought with them, at the breathtaking view of the is home to an exhibit of blacK­ valley the cemetery overlooked. and-white photographs, r·emi­ Two elderly volunteers from niscent of early Kodak photos, the Polish town have taken on of families and friends enjoying the responsibility of restoring "better, happier times" - picnics, the cemetery. Asked why they weddings and family gatherings have chosen to volunteer, one - that pre-dated the Holocaust. volunteer said that they should As someone who grew up in never have allowed the horrors the 1950s and 1960s in the U.S., of the Holocaust to happen. "We I knew that those photos could should never have forgotten the have been pictures of people like people and their families who my family and friends. Those once lived here, in our commu- ' pictures brought the whole ex­ nity," she said. "We [and] our perience of life, relationships parents should have not allowed and death together to form one the atrocities to happen here in strong bond for all of us. our town." As the cantor chanted the Kaddish, I felt a deep connec­ Students and seniors volunteer tion to all those who had per­ After we thanked her for her ished there, years earlier. About diligent dedication to the revi­ halfway through the prayer and talization of the cemetery, she overcome with emotion, the can­ said, "This is our obligation, our tor found it difficult to continue; calling." his son, 21-years-old, moved to Marty Cooper, center, and others view photos of family gatherings that predate the Holocaust. The Then, several of the town's his side and hugged him. The individuals depicted in these photos were victims of the Holocaust. high school students accompa­ cantor found.strength to contin­ nying us offered their volunteer ue and complete the Kaddish as services to the cemetery resto- we all wept. . ration project. On the long walk from the Earlier in the day, those stu­ warehouse to the exit of the con­ dents, from this small town centration camp, father and son where Pope John Paul II was continued to hug one another born and raised, told us through tightly, at times appearing to be an interpreter that they hadn't one body. known Jews had once lived Whenever I hear Kaddish there. Through their research again, I know that I will be through the Forum for Dialogue, drawn back to those days in Po­ they learned that Jews had been land. fixtures in their town from the mid-18th century. Indeed, Pope MARTY COOPER (mcooper@ John Paul Il's best friend and shalomri.org) is director of the lifelong confidant was a Jew Community Relations Council Worden'sPond• Wakefield, Rhode Island who lived on the farm adjacent of the Alliance. website: www.campjori.com • E-mail: [email protected] to his family's property. Call Camp Director Ronni Guttin at 401 -463-3 170 The students took us on a tour of the town. As we passed by storefronts, one student noted, .,.... 32 THE JEWISH VOICE & HERALD OBITUARIES I COMMUNITY FEBRUARY 1, 2013 www.jvhri.org

Madeline Rose former wife of the late psycholo­ many other organizations and (Goclowski) Kanopky. Born in JoelH.Sekeres,7Z (Gerstenblatt) Cohen, 95 gist Jay Marvin Kaplan. charities. Providence, he was a son of the BARRINGTON - Joel H. WARWICK - Madeline Cohen She is survived by her son A political, social and human late David and Dora (Spiegel) Sekeres died Jan. 23. He was died Jan. 17. Wife of the late Samuel David rights activist and an advocate Kanopkin. the husband of Bonnie (Simon) David Cohen, she was born in Kaplan and her for children, she prevented He was a superintendent for Sekeres for 47 years. Born in Oxford, Mass., a daughter of the daughter Su- the woods behind her family's Capitol Heel Lining Co. in Prov­ New York, a son of the late late Hyman and Molly (Barber) zanne Nicole home from being destroyed in idence for more than 25 years George and Bessie (Goldshine) Gerstenblatt. Kaplan; her the mid-1970s. before retiring in 1975. He was Sekeres, he had lived in Bar­ She was the mother of Stan­ sisters Ruth Donations may be made to a former member of Temple Am rington for 17 years, previously ley Cohen (Beverly) of Paw­ Shaffer oflsrael Childhood Lead Action Project, David and Sons of Jacob Con­ residing in Providence. He was tucket, Gerald Cohen (Esta) and Sylvia Oro­ 1192 Westminster St., Provi­ gregation. a political reporter, columnist of East Greenwich and Mindy ~----~ denker, Ph.D. dence, RI 02909 or Children's Survived by his brother Louis and section editor for the Provi­ Stafford (Robert) of West War­ and her husband Norman Oro­ Friend Head Start, 153 Summer Kanopkin and several nieces dence Journal for more than 32 wick; grandmother of Jeffrey denker, Esq.; nieces Dr. Judith St., Providence, RI 02903. and nephews, he was the broth­ years, retiring in 1996. Cohen (Amy), Debra Lewis (An­ Orodenker, Karen Koffink and er of the late Bella Harriet, After his retirement, he was drew), Susan Gastel (Jonathan), Lisa -Press; nephews Joshua Martin Helf&ott, 76 Mary Kanopky, Rose Dwares an editor for the Rhode Island Rina Vertes (Roger), Amy Blus­ and Daniel Orodenker, Esq., FOSTER - Martin Helf­ and William Kanopkin. Supreme Court. An enthusias­ tein (Howard), Daniel Cohen Rick Shaffer, Esq., Jimmy Ka­ gott died Jan. 24. He was the Donations may be made to tic sports fan of the New York (Elizabeth), Marcy Cascone plan and their spouses; many husband of Judith (Mirsky) Temple Am David, 40 Gardiner Yankees and the New York Gi­ (John), Stuart Licker and Lauri great-nieces and -nephews and Helfgott for 53 years. Born in St., Warwick, RI 02888. ants, he was also an avid art en­ O'Banion (Michael). her friend Evelyn Katzman. New York, a son of the late Jack thusiast. She was the great-grand­ In her childhood, she was and Mildred (Stallman) Helf­ Beverly (Rotmer) Saffir, 79 He was the father of Caleb mother of Jake and Zachary very involved in Camp Young gott, he had lived in Foster and WELLINGTON, Fla. - Bever­ Sekeres and his wife Young Cohen; Jamie, Jonathan and Judea and later became a camp owned and operated Helfgott ly Saffir, of Wellington and for­ Kyoung Kim of South Korea and Scott Lewis; Dylan, Amanda counselor, influencing her love Farms for 50 years. merly of West Hartford, Conn., Mikkael Sekeres and his wife and Dennis Gastel; Marissa and of nature, teaching and strong He was a Navy veteran who died Jan. 29. Born in Provi­ Jennifer of Shaker Heights, Joshua Vertes; Mitchell and sense of Judaism. She loved served in Korea during the Ko­ dence, she was the daughter of Ohio and the grandfather of Ga­ Rachel Blustein; Milton and dancing, playing the piano, mu­ rean Conflict. He was a mem- the late Samuel and Bessie (Bel­ briel, Samantha and Silas. Nathaniel Cohen; John Robert sic, art, theatre, poetry and his­ ber and treasurer of lo) Rotmer. Contributions may be made Cascone; Kim Abotbul (Yaniv), tory. • Temple Beth Israel She is survived by her hus­ to the American Heart Associa­ Mary Beth Bergum (Erik) and In 1947, she graduated from _ in Danielson, Conn.; band of more than 58 years, tion or the Leukemia and Lym­ Daniel O'Banion (Alison). She · Classical High School and stud­ a member and past Len, her daughter and son-in­ phoma Society. was the sister of the late Bev­ ied early childhood education at master of Hamilton Lodge #15 law Linda and Herbert Men­ erly Simmons, Dr: Seymour Brandeis University and Clark of the Masons; a member of the delsohn, her son and daughter­ Gersten and Bertram Gersten, University, earning her B.A. in RI Shrine and past secretary in-law Kenneth and Julie Saffir, ADL's Shulman to sister-in-law of Frances Levin English. and president of the Foster Li­ and her grandchildren, Jaimee and Florence Cohen and aunt to She graduated in 1952 with ons Club. He sat on the Foster Newman and her husband step down numerous nieces and nephews. highest honors. She completed Zoning Board and was chair­ Matt, Lauren Zuboff and her Retired from Allendale Insur­ her graduate studies at Rhode man for several years. fiance Peter Sharkey, Gregory BOSTON - Derrek L. ance in 1980, she was honored Island College. He was the father of Jack Helf­ Zuboff, Robin Saffir and Alex Shulman announced his for 20 years of volunteer service She was a preschool teach­ gott and his wife Jody of Platts­ Mendelsohn. Sh,e is also leaves resignation, effective Jan. at Kent Hospital in Warwick. er for 30 years at the Jewish burg, N.Y. and Leslie Dinerman her sister Sandra Rubin and 31, as regional director She had been involved in Tem­ Community Center where she and her husband Norman of companion Morris. Lazar, her of the Anti-Defamation ple Emanu-El's Leisure Club. formed a teachers' union and Sciljate, brother of Evelyn Zi­ brother and sister-in-law Ed­ League, New England Re­ Donations may be made to then worked at Providence erlf/ Of Boca Raton, Fla., and ward Rotmer and Lorraine, gion, a position he held for Home & Hospice Care of RI, Head Start for 25 years. grandfather of Jennifer, Max, many nieces, nephews and life­ 4 ½ years. 1085 North Main Street, Provi­ She was an active and com­ Isaac, Emma, Annie, Jojo, Jar­ long friends, including Karen In a phone conversation dence, RI 02904 or the charity of mitted board member of Child­ ed and Sydney. Mogbo. with The Jewish Voice & one's choice. hood Lead Action Project and Contributions may be made Shiva will be observed at the· Herald, Shulman said that predated the organization, to Temple Beth Israel Preserva­ home of Ken and Julie Saffir, Robert Trestan, currently Nor ■ a J. 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BY KAREN ISENBERG ue to struggle for equality. And Voted Best Special to The Voice & Herald Miriam's cup, filled with water, and placed on the table with Eli­ Bridal in Bridal PROVIDENCE - On Tuesday, jah's cup, symbolizes the contri­ March 5, the Sisterhood of Tem­ butions of Jewish women, both for 2011 ple Beth-El will host a women's past and present. community Seder at 6 p.m. in The Seder costs $30 per per­ the synagogue's Social Hall. son; a portion of the proceeds Voted best in service The event is open to all women will be donated to two organiza­ by Maggie Sottero of any religious affiliation, in­ tions that play important roles Unique Australian cluding girls 8 and older, and in the plight of women locally includes a catered kosher-style and religiously, the Rhode Is­ designer diner. Rabbi Sarah Mack, Can­ land Community Food Bank tor Judith Seplowin and educa­ and Women of the Wall. The tor/musician Debbie Waldman Food Bank was selected, given will lead this service. Rhode Island's economic chal­ Women's Seders are an in­ lenges and the growing need for ternational tradition that first food among low- and moderate­ WE ARE LO CATED ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE EMERALD SQUA RE MALL IN ATTLEBORO began in 1975 in Haifa. Jewish income families, many of which are headed by single mothers. feminist writer Esther Broner • Fashion forward European styles led the first American women's Women of the Wall was chosen Bridalandgift @aol.com Seder in 1976 in New York. Bro­ fo r its mission for women to • Full Service Bridal Boutique ner and co-author Naomi Nim­ achieve full social and legal rec­ Bridalandgift.com rod then published The Wom­ ognition to wear prayer shawls, • Hundreds of Bridal and Mothers Gowns en's Haggadah. pray and read from the Torah Massachusetts sales tax is now Like a traditional Seder, a collectively and aloud at the less than Rhode Island • Multiple maids lines in all the fashionable women's Seder celebrates free­ Western Wall. colors for the new 201 3 season dom and redemption but is Reservations must be re­ unique in that it gives voices to ceived by Feb. 19. 508-399-6040 • Large selection o(s izes 8 to 32 the women of the Passover sto­ ry - Miriam, Pharaoh's daugh­ FOR MORE INFORMATION/ ter and the midwives, Shifra RSVP, ~ontact Temple Beth-El and Puah. The Seder table also at 331-6070 by Feb. 19. standupforpeace.com includes ,two symbols that cel­ ebrate women; an orange rep­ KAREN ISENBERG (kban­ resents those women who have [email protected]), a Provi­ been marginalized in the· past dence resident, is a Sisterhood in our communities and contin- board member. FREE and Open to the Public BABY - Esther Koffler Kaplan, of Commack, Long Island, formerly of Pawtucket, is proud to an­ nounce the Nov. 2 birth of her great-grandson Charles. He is the son of Jesse and Devra Kaplan of Toronto, Canada and the grandson of Dr. Allan S. Kaplan, formerly of Pawtucket and now of Toronto. Charles is named for his great• great-grandfather, the late Charles Koffler of Providence. The baby's father carries the He­ A Comedy Show with brew name Yekusiel, of Charles Koffler. The baby's Hebrew name Pesach Scott Blakeman and Dean Obeidallah is for his late great-grandfather, Charles Kaplan Rabbi Philip Kaplan, formerly of Thursday, February 7 at 7:30 pm Pawtucket. University of Rhode Island Memorial Union Ballroom 50 lower College Rd~ Kingston Jewish-American comic Scott Blakeman and Palestinian-American comic Dean Obeidallah bring Jews, Arabs, Muslims and people from all backgrounds• together to laugh, and engage In dialogue in support of a peaceful, political RECOGNITION - Vetter & White, of Providence, ranked as a Tier resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 1 law firm for the State of Rhode For more inf...ati• call URI Hillel at 401-874-2740 orvisit-.urihilel.-g Island in the 2013 Edition of U.S. Sponsored by URI Hillel, the RIN G-Rhode Island's Next Gen at the Jewish Alliance, the URI Student Entertainment News-Best Lawyers "Best Law Committee, the URI Student Affai rs Diversity Fund, the URI Multicultural Center, the URI Muslim Student Association, Firms," announced that George the URI Chaplains Assodation, the URI Center fo r Nonviolence and Peace Studies, and the URI Department of E. Lieberman, a partner with the Communication Studies Harrington School of Com munication and Media with support from the Avl Sdlaefer Fund. firm, has been named.for the ninth consecutive year as one of the nation's best lawyers in his field of commercial litigation. Lieber• www.jvhri.org man, a Barrington resident; was also recognized as one of the best Rhode Island Online Jewish Newspaper lawyers In America In the field of George E. Lieberman, Esq. litigation-real estate. Visit it often. ~I 34 THE JEWISH VOICE & HERALO ISRAEL FEBRUARY 1, 2013 www.jvhri.org KNESSET welcomes diverse members and personalities From Page 1 educator in Ohio and Maryland are avowedly non-Zionist. A 30-year resident of Hebron, no less interesting; they include before moving to Israel with "In America, haredim have Struk runs the Jewish commu­ a woman with a doctorate in Tal­ his family in 2004. They live in education, there are opportuni­ nity's legal and diplomatic divi­ mud, an Ethiopian immigrant, a Beit Shemesh, a Jerusalem sub­ ties and they work," Lipman told sion. mother of 11 from Hebron, a so­ urb that has been a flashpoint JTA. Mother of 11 and grandmoth­ cially conscious venture capital­ for conflict between haredi and Lipman hopes his presence er of 12, Struk is founder and ist and an American-born rabbi. modern Orthodox Israelis. As in Yesh Atid - the party cam­ chairwoman of Human Rights the city's conflicts have escalat­ paigned for universal national in Yesha, an organization that Rabbi Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid) ed in recent years, Lipman tried service - will allow him to help advocates for settlers' rights. Rabbi Lipman, a haredi rabbi to serve as a bridge between the integrate haredi Israelis into the Struk has fought against alleged in a party calling for haredi two sides. rest oflsraeli society. settler abuse by soldiers and po­ army service, has been an ad­ He says he believes that there's Before Election Day, few ex­ licemen, and advocated for the vocate for coexistence in a city no contradiction between work­ pected Lipman, No. 17 on the rights of those who protested fraught with interreligious ing, serving the country and Yesh Atid ticket, to land a Knes­ Israel's withdrawal from Gaza conflict. Soon he'll be the first being haredi, and he wants to set seat. But Yesh Atid cam­ in 2005. American-born member of Isra­ bring that ethic to Israel. It's a paigned hard. Every night, it Struk, 52, also runs the Land el's Knesset since Meir Kahane. challenge: Many oflsrael's hare­ seemed, Lipman hosted a parlor Ere! Margalit of Israel lobby, which fought for Lipman, 41, originally from dim are unemployed, few serve meeting for English-speaking settlement expansion and legal­ Silver Spring, Md., was a Jewish in the Israeli military and many Israelis, participated in English­ izing settlement outposts. language debates or blogged on halakhic person," but that the English news site, the Times doesn't stop her from posting Shimon Solomon (Vesh Atid) Tune In. Be Inspired. Get Solutions. oflsrael. daily passages from the Mish­ Solomon, 44, has come a long When Yesh Atid won 19 seats, nah on her Facebook page. way to the Knesset. When he (@ Lipman was in. was 12, Solomon set out on foot Ere! Margalit (Labor) with his family from Ethiopia, Ruth Calderon (VeshAtid) The Labor Party's campaign traveling via Sudan to Israel. Patricia Raskin's Calderon, 51, is a Jewish schol­ this year, driven by party Later, after becoming a social positive living ar who, like Lipman, advocates Chairwoman Shelly Yachimov­ worker, he returned to Addis .·c> ~~ii~i ~iti~d~.:~,· ...... \ ~ ·. ·. ·.·: .". interreligious understanding. ich, was to strengthen middle­ Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, from lit PGshtft bun - - ·• But unlike Lipman and most class and poor Israelis. 2005-07, to help others follow in Jewish scholars in Israel, Calde­ One of the campaign's central his footsteps. He advocates for ron earned her degree at a uni­ slogans declared that Israeli refugees through Physicians for versity, not a yeshiva. Prime Minister Benjamin Ne­ Human Rights and is a former Patricia Raskin's Positive Living But that didn't stop her from tanyahu "is good for rich people. director of the Agahozo-Shalom WPRO 630AM, 99.7FM & Shelly is good for you," and one Youth Village in Rwanda, a cen­ www.630wpro.com starting one. Calderon, who Sundays 12 noon to 2:00pm holds a doctorate in Talmud of the party's most public new ter for orphans of the Rwandan from Jerusalem's Hebrew Uni­ faces was 2011 social protest genocide. Positive Business WPRV 790AM & www.790business.com versity, founded Jerusalem's leader Stav Shaflir. The future of Israel's refugees Fridays 3:00pm-5:00pm Elul Beit Midrash in 1989, one Now one of the party's fresh­ and migrants has been a topic of the city's first Jewish study men is one of Israel's wealthi­ of heated debate during the last Nationally: Turn obstacle.s imo Patricia Raskin's Positive Living houses where secular and reli­ est and most successful venture year or two. opportunities: www.voiceamerica.com Mondays 2pm gious Israelis study and discuss capitalists. "He reminds me of my father," Bring Patricia www.blogtalkradio.com on demand Judaism together. More recent­ Margalit, 51, who founded Je­ said Lapid, Yesh Atid chairman Raskin, th, Ultimate ly, Calderon founded Alma, a rusalem Venture Partners, was and son of late Israeli politician Positive Speaker, to www.patriciaraskin.com center for Hebrew culture in Tel declared "king of the exits" by Tommy Lapid, referring to Solo­ your group or [email protected] I] Aviv, to combine Jewish, Israeli The Marker, Haaretz's business mon. "My father was an immi­ grant. He came here in a ship. business function! P and universal culture. magazine. From 2000 to 2010, he Calderon calls herself a "non- presided over seven $100 million from another country without exits, or sales of stakes in com­ knowing a word of Hebrew. And panies - the most in Israel. like Shimon, when he set foot in But Labor's social-democratic Israel, it became his." values speak to Margalit. He "Everyone needs to give of grew up on a kibbutz; in 2002, what he has, even if he doesn't Got Legal Questions? he founded JVP Community, a have much," said Solomon, pro­ fund to address social issues in moting an ethic of service. Jerusalem. One of its flagship Solomon served in the IDF's programs is Bakehila (Hebrew paratroopers unit and is a re­ for "in the community"), which serve officer. He is one of two organizes educational programs Ethiopians on Yesh Atid's list for disadvantaged Jewish and along with Pnina Tamnu-Shata, Arab children. the first Ethiopian woman to be After Labor split and fell to a elected to the Knesset. Call fora historic nadir of eight seats in 2011, Margalit founded the La­ bor Now organization to recruit new members and reinvigorate Members of the FREE Consultation its values. He ran for the party chairmanship that year but 19th Knesset dropped out of the race. (401) 725-5800 Margalit may still harbor BY JTA STAFF leadership ambitions. After La­ bor won 15 seats last week, he (JTA) - The 19th Knesset criticized Yachimovich's cam­ includes 31 members of the paign focus for the party's fail­ Likud-Beiteinu coalition, ure to do better. including current Prime "We should have expressed ... Minister Benjamin Netan­ more clearly ... our foreign poli­ yahu and Avigdor Lieber­ cy agenda," he said, according to man, among others; Yesh the daily Israel Hayom. Atid earned 19 seats, Labor As a child, Margalit lived snagged 15, HaBayit HaYe­ MEYER GOLDSTEIN, ESQ: briefly in Detroit; he holds a doc­ hudi/ The Jewish Home has I. torate in philosophy from Co­ 12 seats and Shas has 11. In LICENSED IN RI & MA lumbia University. addition, United Torah Ju­ daism has seven, Hatnua Orit Struk (Jewish Home) and Meretz each have six Struk, from one of the most seats, Hadash and Raam­ 750 EAST AVENUE lB, PAWTUCKET, RI 02860 ideological communities in the Tal each have four, Balad West Bank, will have to pass has three and Kadima has (401) 725-5800 MEYERlGOLDSTEIN@)GMAIL.COM through a checkpoint or two on two. her commute to the Knesset. THE JEWISH VOICE & HERALD COMMlJNITY FEBRUARY 1, 2013 35 www.jvhri.org JEWISH values inspire State Sen. Josh Miller, who holds new committee chairmanship From Page 1 Council of the Jewish Alliance nior [a senator may be], there by how it treats its children, its of Greater Rhode Island, has is nothing more powerful than elderly, the poor, the sick and been a major help in bring­ being a United States senator. the handicapped. And even ing the importance of divest­ So, though I don't seriously though Humphrey was not ment and a nuclear-free Iran to consider it, I think the "what a Jew, it's totally compatible Rhode Island's [political lead­ ifs" of statewide or federal [of­ with the role in which Jews ers]. We are waiting as long as fice] run through any state have traditionally been cast in we can to introduce legislation. senator's mind at some point. respect to their priorities and A clear governance policy But I don't foresee it. I don't guidelines. that we are confident the trea­ like campaigning enough and I have the actual quote surer's office will abide by is I hold my nose, very tightly, at slipped under the glass of my the desired outcome; [then] fundraising. desk at the Statehouse. That there [would] be no need for Q: Sen. Miller, you've served year was the beginning of us to introduce bills. But if we as chair of the Senate Corpo­ tougher times for our economy don't see that, the General As­ rations Committee and, now, when we had to deal with bud­ sembly calendar has a dead­ you're the new chair of the get cuts that impacted those line of the end of February for Health and Human Services people that we were tasked to introducing legislation and we Committee. You've seen legisla­ protect. Jewish teachings tell will act. tive victories as well as defeats. us to protect those groups so Another encouraging [fact] is What would you consider a suc­ I see my role to be consistent that the attorney general's of­ cessful legislative session? A with those principles. fice is involved with a national failure? Q: Can you give an example initiative on Iran divestment A: I think that every session of how those teachings have af­ and contracting - an effort by I've been involved in has had fected you or guided you? every [state] attorney general a little bit of both - successes A: Going back to 2007, one of to examine this issue - again, and failures. It's a matter ofar­ the first issues we dealt with with the outcome of operating ranging priorities so that they was cutbacks to RITE Care under the same type of restric­ are ... ambitious, but also real­ (Rhode Island's Medicaid man­ tions and guidelines that obvi­ istic. It's important to build on aged health care program); it ate the need for legislation. the successes and learn from wasn't necessarily one of my Q: Any aspirations for higher the failures. Every session has bills, but several other people NANCY KIRSCH office at this time? components of both, whether and I made it a priority to make Sen. Josh Miller attends a Jan. 14 press conference held by A: Every office holder thinks it's successful pension reform sure those cutbacks were not Rhode Islanders United for Marriage. of higher office. I recently or domestic energy-initiatives, as deep as proposed. We made will vote on the same-sex mar­ legislation, an internal gover­ watched MSNBC's Lawrence or the failure, until now, of get­ some progress on the budget riage bill. Is this the year for nance policy [on investments] O'Donnell opine with Massa­ ting a marriage equality bill to in that regard and, as a result same-sex marriage legislation that would cover the same chusetts Gov. Deval Patrick the floor for a vote. of our effort, they weren't [as in Rhode Island? ground as the proposed legisla­ about [Patrick's] desire to be I can't think of a session that deep]. A: It seems like this is the tion. named interim [United States] didn't have both successes and Another example - consis­ session; I feel it in my bones. The internal governance senator if [Sen.] John Kerry is failures, but I would rather de­ tent with our Jewish tradition Sens. Paiva Weed and McCaf­ policy would review all the confirmed as secretary of state. fine a particular session by its - included affordable energy is­ frey are both publicly commit­ state's investments in Iran, [EDITOR'S NOTE: Kerry was successes than by its failures. sues concerning the poor. ted to moving the bill to the and adhere to strict, transpar­ confirmed by the Senate Jan. There was a bill that became Senate floor. The committee, as ent standards to divulge, and 29.J O'Donnell, who served as ARTHUR c. NORMAN very important to Sen. [Donna] currently reassigned, is about dispose of, our investments in a senior staffer for two power­ ([email protected]) is an Sosnowski and me that would 50/ 50 [pro and con], according any Iranian asset. ful congressional committees, editorial consultant for The prevent utility shutoffs if there to their historical positions, Also, Marty Cooper, director made the case that, no matter Jewish Voice & Herald. was someone younger than but that doesn't mean they will of the Community Relations which state, no matter how ju- 2-years-old [in the household]. oppose allowing a full floor We got a commitment from all vote. Several factors [are] in the key players on the House play in the Senate that haven't and Senate sides that it would been in play before. be fine and, on the last night of If the House bill remains in­ the session, we still hadn't seen tact and reflects the views [of the bill. Sen. Sosnowski and I same-sex marriage advocates] were the quorum on the Corpo­ and passes with overwhelming rations Committee, where the House support and early in the bill was coming out, and we ac­ session, it gives senators time, tually boycotted the committee even if they would otherwise to prevent a quorum for the re­ be opposed, to define their role mainder of the night until the in this session on issues other bill appeared. than marriage equality and We didn't know, and nobody to accept the inevitability, na­ was telling us, where the bill tionally, [of same-sex marriage was. It may have been inten­ and to] leave that issue behind tional and we'll never know, them. To me, it means they will but with our boycott late at allow the full chamber to vote night on the last day, it finally on the issue. did appear. (EDITOR'S NOTE: After Those efforts early in a ca­ this interview was conducted, reer help define who you are as the House voted 51 to 19 on Jan. a legislator and [that] you are 24 to approve the same-sex here to represent: people of all marriage bill.) denominations, economic sta­ Q: Where does Rhode Island tus and physical abilities. stand in regard to Iran and our Q: Senator, you've been in­ investments in that country? Is volved in the issue of marriage there any pending legislation equality since your very first that deals with this issue? term in the General Assembly. A: I had a meeting a few A bill to sanction civil same-sex weeks ago with Anne-Marie marriages has never made it to Fink, Rhode Island's new chief the floor for an up or down vote. investment officer who works The House seems to have suf­ under [General Treasurer] ficient support and, although Gina Raimondo. [Newly-elect­ personally opposed to same-sex ed Sen.] Gayle Goldin, [newly­ marriage, Senate President M. elected state Rep.] Mia Acker­ Teresa Paiva Weed and Senate man, and and I met with the Judiciary Committee Chair­ treasurer's office. [It is] in the man Michael McCaffrey have process of setting up, based on both said that the Committee last year's relevant, but failed, THE JEWISH VOICE & HERALD FEBRUARY 1, 20la 36 -'------~ www.jvhri.org

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