April 28-May 4, 2017 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLVI, Number 17 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK “All the Rivers” reading Yom Ha’atzmaut on May 4 at Cornell U. celebration on May 2 The Cornell Department thor of “Persian Brides” and A Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration of Near Eastern Studies and “Strand of a Thousand Pearls,” will be held on Tuesday, May 2, Jewish Studies Program will will speak about and read ex- from 3-7 pm, in Newing Field on the present “All the Rivers” by Dorit cerpts of her new novel “All Binghamton University campus. Free Rabinyan on Thursday, May the Rivers” (also known as refreshments will be available and the 4, in White Hall 106, Cornell “Borderlife”). “All the Rivers” community is invited to attend. The University, Ithaca. A reading has been called “a frank and event will include live entertainment, in Hebrew will be held at 3 pm, tender depiction” of a taboo prizes and giveaways. Binghamton University a cappella group Kaskeset with a reading in English at 5 relationship that raises ques- “Celebrate 69 years of Israeli inde- sang “Jerusalem” at Hillel at Binghamton’s Yom pm. The event will be free and tions about “the convergences pendence in style,” said organizations Ha’atzmaut 2015 celebration. open to the public. of homeland and exile, border- of the event. “Come enjoy Israel through a lens of coexistence and diversity. This is Rabinyan, bestselling au- Dorit Rabinyan lines and destinies.” an event you won t want to miss!” Cathy Valenchik and Dr. Chaim Joy named this year’s Beth David honorees By Paula Rubin with donations accepted: gold, for $375, bers at Beth David since July 1995. Before in Sayre. Knowing that they both wanted an Beth David Synagogue will host its which will include two dinners; silver, coming to Binghamton, Joy completed a Orthodox environment where they felt most annual dinner on Sunday, May 21, at the for $275, which will include two dinners; fellowship at the University of Pittsburg comfortable, they settled on Binghamton synagogue, 39 Riverside Dr., Bingham- and bronze, for $175, which will include after spending five years in Baltimore. and Beth David Synagogue. ton. The event will begin at 3 pm with one dinner. While studying different areas where he Anyone who did not receive an invitation cocktails, and the dinner will follow at This year’s honorees are Cathy Valenchik might like to practice, he interviewed for a but would like one can call the synagogue 3:30 pm. The cost will be $50 per person, and Dr. Chaim Joy, they have been mem- position in radiology at the Guthrie Clinic office at 722-1793. CJS series on “The Great War: A Turning Point for World Jewry?” May 4: Impact of WWI on May 11: WWI and Jewish Ottoman Jewry security On the 100th Izmir: A Modern History.” Drawing on The second lec- of Directors of the Association of Jewish anniversary of the previously unexplored Ladino archival ture in the College Studies; a member of the Commission on U.S. entry into material, the book aims to shed light on of Jewish Studies Polish-Jewish Relations of the Carnegie World War I, the “a long overlooked” community while, at Spring program Commission on Ethics and International spring 2017 series the same time, arguing for the existence “The Great War: Affairs; and a member of the International of College of Jewish of “a distinct Sephardi encounter with the A Turning Point Advisory Board of the Simon-Dubnow Studies courses will modern age.” for World Jewry?” Institut, Leipzig. He is the author of seven focus on the impact Her publications include “Mobilizing the will be held on books and more than 75 articles on nu- of the war on world Juderia in Service of the City: Shifting Per- Thursday, May 11, merous aspects of modern Jewish political Jewry. The first of spectives on Poverty Among the Jews of late at 7:30 pm, at the and intellectual history. His most recent the three programs Ottoman Izmir” in the International Journal Jewish Community works include “Zionism: A Short History Dina Danon in the upcoming of Turkish Studies, “Abraham Danon, la vie David Engel Center, 500 Club- of a Big Idea,” “Historians of the Jews and series “The Great d’un maskil ottoman, 1857-1925,” in the house Rd., Vestal. the Holocaust” and “The Assassination of War: A Turning Point for World Jewry?” edited book “Itinéraires Sépharades,” and The guest speaker will be David Engel, Symon Petliura and the Trial of Scholem will be held on Thursday, May 4, at 7:30 multiple encyclopedia articles on Sephardi Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies, Schwarzbard.” He is the recipient of the pm, at the Jewish Community Center, 500 Jewry, as well as scholarly translations of professor and chairman of Hebrew and Golden Dozen Award for Excellence in Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. Ladino texts. Danon’s teaching interests Judaic studies, and professor of history at Undergraduate Teaching at New York Un- The guest speaker will be Dina Danon, span the range of Jewish history, with a New York University. The title of his talk viersity and outstanding lecturer, Faculty of assistant professor of Judaic studies at particular focus on the Sephardi and Mizrahi is “Making the World Safe for Jews: World Humanities, at Tel Aviv University. Binghamton University. The title of her talk communities of the Mediterranean. 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The College of Jewish Studies is a work on a book manuscript based on her Turning Point for World Jewry?,” scheduled for Thursday, May 18, has been canceled. 501(c)(3)non-profit organization. doctoral dissertation, titled “The Jews of See “Security” on page 7 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Classes in the community Talks around town News in brief... Special Sections The spring JLI course will explore BD will have talks on its connection The Trump administration intends Book Review...... 2 the Six-Day War; a Taste of to BU and Tasmania’s Jews; a book to up aid to the Palestinians; U.S. Legal Notices...... 4 Judaism at TC; jewelry at the JCC. talk at TC Sisterhood Sabbath. antisemitism rises; and more. Personal and Business Services...... 5 ...... Pages 3 and 7 ...... Page 3 ...... Pages 7-8 Classifieds...... 8 Page 2 - The Reporter April 28-May 4, 2017 Off the Shelf The golem – past and present RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN

Is the golem a soulless, unthinking monster or an in- golem became attached to one specific rabbi: the real life telligent being craving human connection? Stories about Rabbi Judah Loew, also known as the Maharal of Prague, “The Golem of Prague” this powerful creature created out of mud and brought to who lived in 17th century. life by magic have appeared for centuries. Some of these Barzilai looks to popular culture – the golem as por- The story of the go- writings are concerned only with relating an exciting tale, trayed in books, films, comic books, newspapers, etc. – to lem continues to fasci- while others take a more ideological outlook – teaching show how the creature has come to represent the chaos of nate writers and artists. lessons about human arrogance and pride. In her “Golem: contemporary warfare. The specifics of this representation The recent “The Golem Modern Wars and Monsters” (New York University Press), have changed throughout time due to the technological of Prague” – story Maya Barzilai, an assistant professor of Hebrew literature advances that occurred during the 20th century: “While by Irène Cohen-Janca and Jewish culture at the University of Michigan, explores the figure’s clay substance linked it metonymically to the with art by Maurizio why stories and films about the golem grew in popularity in mud of the trenches during World War I, more broadly and A. C. Quarello (An- the 20th and 21st centuries. Focusing on tales that examine metaphorically, the golem lent itself well to wartime and nick Press) – is aimed the creature in light of increasingly violent technological postwar depictions of violence and injury associated with at the tween audience, warfare, Barzilai discusses how the golem has been por- technological power. In the post-World War II period, the although adults will trayed in European, American and Israeli culture. golem continued to be linked with mass destruction and also enjoy the tale. The To place the contemporary stories in context, Barzilai the threat of nuclear weapons, as well as with cybernetic 40-page work straddles begins by describing traditional versions of the tale. Al- systems, both disembodied computers and hybrid cyborgs.” the borders between a though the word golem appeared in early Jewish writings, The portrayal of the actual character changed to fit the picture book and a short The cover of “The Golem of the creature began to resemble its current version in later morality lesson each writer, author or artist sought to teach. story with illustrations. Prague.” Jewish mystical works. The author notes that it was not While it’s difficult to discuss all the different ways the It opens in 1892 Prague, only Jews who wrote about the golem: Christian authors golem has been portrayed, it’s possible to make some when the city still contained a large Jewish community. composed their own versions of the story. However, there general observations: Young Franz is fascinated by the tale of the golem and were common elements to all these tales: “By the early ‹‹ In post-World War I Europe, the golem came to represent one night sneaks into the attic of the Prague synagogue twentieth century, there existed several versions of the the ordinary soldier, someone who had lost all connection that rumor says holds its innate body. Once in the attic, golem story that located the golem either in central or in to his innate humanity. The mud color of the golem and something magical occurs and the story moves 300 eastern Europe. What they all had in common was the the mud coating the soldiers living in the trenches shows years into the past, when the Jewish community was presence of a rabbi who artificially molds a clay anthropoid how changes in warfare created soldiers who felt and acted threatened with destruction. The story then continues and magically brings it to life through Hebrew writing, as if they were half-dead. in the traditional mold, except for a wonderful twist either engraved on the body or on a parchment. Though ‹‹ In post-World War I America, the golem raised questions that returns the tale to 1892. it exhibits extraordinary strength, its lack of intelligence about Jewish immigration and resettlement. This was of Cohen-Janca has crafted a sweet, heart-warming and its inability to speak mark the golem as inferior to the particular concern due to the increasingly unstable con- story that was surprisingly moving. Quarello’s black- human being.” The golem was created to either protect its ditions in Europe. According to Barzilai, the many golem and-white drawings create an eerie mood that fits the creator or the local Jewish community, but, in most tales, texts and films “emphasized the theme of persecution in text. The book also contains a helpful glossary for those the creature becomes violent and must be stopped before exile in order to scrutinize the role of Jewish leaders and unfamiliar with Jewish terms and concepts. It serves he destroys those who sought his protection. In some early their vision of how Jews should act when they possess a as an excellent introduction to the golem, one that may versions, the rabbi dies after stopping the golem; his now powerful golem.” intrigue tweens and adults to learn more about this inanimate creation falls on him and crushes him. Later, the See “Golem” on page 4 fascinating creature. Opinion In My Own Words My latest obsession RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR I periodically get obsessed with something, although leaving, I saw him about halfway across the room talking the cartoonist’s comments are funnier than the strips – and, what form the obsession takes has varied greatly through- to another fan. I couldn’t get up the nerve to approach him, between the two of us, have “Pearls” mugs, plush toys, out the years. For example, after reading books by Edith but the whole evening was great fun. tiles, a clock and cloth bags featuring the characters. One Wharton (“Hudson River Bracketed”) and George Elliot A few years ago, several office mates and I were obsessed of us always has the “Pearls” daily calendar in the office (“Middlemarch”), I systematically tracked down the rest of with the British TV show “Primeval.” This science fiction (which we both read) and some years, there’s been a “Pearls” their novels. This was before the Internet, so my searches adventure had continuity problems, but that didn’t stop us calendar hanging on the office wall. included asking the public library for copies of books it from discussing the show and acting as if we could solve The past few weeks I’ve had a new obsession: the title didn’t already own and writing to used bookstores across those mysteries. The show served its purpose: it was hard character in a new sitcom called “Imaginary Mary.” If the the country, since many of the novels were out of print. (An to worry or think about anything else when I was watching creators had sat down and said, “We need to design a cute additional problem with buying used books was finding it at home or talking about it in the office. And, in case creature who will make Rachel Esserman laugh and go inexpensive versions, rather than first editions.) I remember you’re wondering, I own the DVDs of the complete series goo-goo eyes when she looks at her,” they couldn’t have my pleasure at finding the last Elliot book I needed: it was and a not-as-great Canadian offshoot. done a better job. I’m not going to claim the show is great unavailable through the library and none of the stores I I’ve also been known to go slightly nuts over the Mup- TV, but I just love that character. (I want want want my contacted had a copy. My mom and I were traveling with pets, both the “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” own Mary now! Sorry, give me a minute. OK, I’m under a friend on Route 17 and she asked us to stop at an antique versions. Oscar the Grouch seemed to be created just for control again.) To some people (well, critics), she might shop. Since I’m not particularly interested in antiques, I me. I still have Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy plush dolls look like a white blob of tofu (yes, one actually called her gravitated to the one bookcase and there sitting on a shelf in my bedroom. A few years ago (for my 60th birthday), a that), but I think she’s adorable. Watching Mary makes me was an inexpensive copy of “Felix Holt, the Radical.” friend gave me a small plush version of Abby Cadabby, a happy, which is one of the best things an obsession can do. While I don’t remember anything about the novel, I still “Sesame Street” Muppet who sports wings and carries a If you’re thinking this is all a bit strange (or that I’m a remember how thrilled I was with the discovery. wand. Abby has attended Purim religious school services bit strange), you won’t be the first person to suggest that. In my younger days, I became a huge fan of the actor with me the past few years. I wear a matching pair of wings Only one time in my life have I ever been accused of being Richard Harris after watching him in the film “A Man Called and also carry a wand so she won’t feel uncomfortable. normal. Many people have actually called me weird to my Horse.” I’ve lost track of the number of awful movies I’ve I’ve always been a big comic strip fan. (A friend once face. A friend recently echoed what my father used to say seen because he starred in them. I did miss some of his suggested that I decided which newspaper to buy based to me: “You are such a kid.” Well, work can be problem- last films because, by that point, it was too hard to hear in on its comic strips.) Over the years, I’ve religiously read atic, the headlines in the newspapers are scary and my the movie theaters. I did see him in person once: Harris “Doonesbury,” “Bloom County” (and have the Opus doctor recommends that I reduce the amount of stress in participated in a student production at the University of and Bill the Cat plush dolls to prove it) and “Calvin and my life. So what’s wrong with enjoying something that’s Scranton after working there as a guest teacher. I got opening Hobbes.” A more recent comic obsession is “Pearls Before not physically or financially harmful, and which makes night tickets and the chance to attend a reception after the Swine.” To add to the fun, I’ve managed to get a friend as me smile? Now you’ll have to excuse me for a minute, performance. He wasn’t at the reception, but, as we were obsessed as I am. We each buy the treasuries – sometimes because Mary is trying to get my attention.

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Everyone in the community minyan and also live in Vestal, thus encouraging the For more information or to find out how to sponsor all has been invited to all of the events. drivers to attend services also. Once a month, students or part of any luncheon for any reason, call the synagogue Noss will address the mitzvah of having a minyan at attend a Friday night dinner after services, sometimes at 722-1793. Spring JLI course to explore Israel’s Six-Day War One fateful week in June 1967 redrew the map of the “Traditionally, Jews maintain a fervent allegiance to Israel during – the Six-Day war and remain unresolved.” Middle East. Fifty years later, Israel continues to face and also lobby against human rights violations around the Like all JLI programs, the course is designed to appeal to numerous existential threats. globe,” said Slonim. “This course explores the compatibility people at all levels of knowledge, including those without Beginning on Monday, May 8, and Wednesday, May 10, of these two values, examining Jewish perspectives on con- any prior experience or background in Jewish learning. All Rivkah Slonim, course instructor and education director troversial human rights accusations leveled against Israel.” JLI courses are open to the public, and attendees need not at Chabad of Binghamton, will offer a new, six-session The course will discuss why, if Judaism is a religion of be affiliated with a particular synagogue, temple or other course developed by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute ideas, do Jews care so much about land, as well as why Israel house of worship. called “Survival of a Nation: Exploring Israel Through the raises the ire of the entire world. 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TC Sisterhood Sabbath and OF NOTE installation of officers on May 12 Tessman Temple Concord Sisterhood Sabbath and awards from the American Jewish Press Associa- Professor Lisa Tessman, Ph.D., installation of officers will be held on Friday, tion and the Syracuse Press Club. She also serves a professor of philosophy at Bing- May 12, at 8 pm, during Shabbat services at as the Jewish chaplain for Broome Developmental hamton University, has a blog called Temple Concord, 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton. Disabilities Services Office. Her work has been “I’m Only Human; Ethics for real The public, especially members of Sisterhood published in “The Women’s Torah Commentary” people” on the Psychology Today and their family and friends, have been encour- and “The Women’s Haftarah Commentary,” both website www.psychologytoday. aged to attend. by Jewish Lights Publishing. She also has had a com/blog/im-only-human. The Installation will be by Rabbi Rachel Esser- book of poetry, “I Stand by the River,” published purpose of the column is to explore man, who also will be the guest speaker. She by Keshet Press of Temple Concord. A Recon- ideas of morality. will review the book “Relationship Judaism: structionist rabbi whose first love is said to be Tessman describes her column Using the Power of Relationships to Transform teaching, she sees her position at the paper as an by saying, “We need to know what Lisa Tessman the Jewish Community” by Dr. Ron Wolfson. opportunity to educate the public about Judaism. kind of morality is right for the peo- Rabbi Rachel According to the publicity, the book looks The service, organized by Alycia Harris ple we really are: human beings who rely on our emotions Esserman at “how to transform the model of 20th-century and Phyllis Kellenberger, will be presented by and intuitions, as well as our reasoning, when we make Jewish institutions into 21st-century relational communities Sisterhood members. Shari Neuberger will lead the music. ethical choices or when we decide on what types of norms offering meaning and purpose, belonging and blessing.” Officers and the slate to be installed during services include our society should have. But this is complicated – people Esserman is the executive editor and book reviewer for Co-Presidents Harris and Helene Philips, Past President Harris, create morality, but given that there are many varieties of The Reporter Group. Her editorials and reviews have won See “Sisterhood” on page 7 moral values, how do we sort them out, and what happens when they conflict? Moral life can be difficult –even anguishing – especially when conflicts can force us to Beth David to hold donor dessert sacrifice some of what we deeply value.” Beth David Synagogue will hold a donor Polachek visited the Hobart Hebrew Con- dessert event on Wednesday, May 10, at 7 pm, gregation Synagogue in 2015. In her illustrated The Jewish Community wishes to express its at the home of Saba Wiesner. The program will talk, she will share the history of the synagogue sympathy to the family of feature Binghamton University’s Dr. Dora Po- and that of its original Jewish convict congre- Sybil Goldenberg lachek, who will speak on “From Prisoners to gants. What brought these Jews to Tasmania? Parishioners: Tasmania and Jewish Life Down How did they transform themselves and future Under.” The minimum donation to attend is generations into prosperous citizens? What The Jewish Community wishes to express its $25. For more information and to RSVP, contact form does Jewish life in Hobart take today? sympathy to Marvin Kline on the death of Marlene Serkin at 729-3235 by Sunday, May 7. These are some of the questions that Polachek Tasmania may be best known as the home of will address. A seasoned traveler and lecturer, his wife, the marsupial Tasmanian devils, but the island Dr. Dora Polachek Polachek will discuss what brought her and her Loretta Kline state south of Australia is also the home of that husband to Australia and to Hobart. “Our travels continent’s oldest surviving synagogue. Located in the port have taken us to exotic places,” Polachek says. “Visiting city of Hobart, the 1845 Egyptian style synagogue – which Tasmania and finding out about its Jewish community was is still in use today – is said to have “a long, fascinating a particular highlight of our trip.” ERNEST H. PARSONS history,” according to organizers of the program. Polachek holds a Ph.D. in French literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel hill. She teaches FUNERAL HOME in Binghamton University’s Department of Romance Faithfully Serving Broome County Since 1928 Languages and Literatures, where she is also its director “Taste of of undergraduate studies. She is the recipient of the Chan- cellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest such honor in the SUNY system. A longtime member of Beth Judaism” at TC David Synagogue, she coordinates its monthly luncheon “A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious?™”, a free three- speaker series. She also serves on the Editorial Board of part introduction to the beliefs and practices of Reform The Reporter and the College of Jewish Studies. Judaism, will be offered on Wednesdays, May 10, 17 and 24, from 7-9 pm, at Temple Concord, 9 Riverside Dr., PRE-ARRANGEMENTS Binghamton. The course provides learning about Judaism AND PRE-FUNDING AVAILABLE for those who are not Jewish or who are unaffiliated. Tot Time at TC Joseph Fritsch Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell will be the course Tot Time, a program for preschool children and their Managing Director instructor. The course was created by the Union for parents, will be held on Saturday, May 6, at 9:30 am, at Reform Judaism. 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Golem Continued from page 2 ‹‹ In Israel, the golem was originally used to represent concentrated on the possibility that super computers ‘makeover’ of the diaspora Jew into a ‘muscle Jew’ or the powerful army formed by the League of Arab States, and cyborgs might become a contemporary version of else a literary ba’al guf (strapping man).” At the same which threatened the state’s existence. Later, Israeli writ- a golem – a creature who will either wreak havoc on time that some Jews embraced this image, others warned ers, such as S. Y. Agnon, used the golem to portray what humans or, as a sentient being, refuse commands to of its possible dangers. That debate still occurs in works constant warfare has done to the psyche of Israeli soldiers perform acts of war. being published today. – encouraging readers to consider how the modern state Barzilai notes that the golem has managed to main- “Golem” is not a systematic look at all recent portrayals molds its citizens into destructive beings. tain its Jewish aspect in many of these portrayals: “The of the golem, since the author isn’t concerned with works of ‹‹ In post-World War II America, the golem has been golem’s violent rebelliousness enabled artists to portray mostly literary interest. Instead, Barzilai focuses on those used several ways. As part of a revenge fantasy, comic and comment on the Jewish participation in European portrayals that ask what it means to be human in a time books of the 1970s and later works have focused on wars and on Jewish political causes and movements. The of dehumanized warfare. The basic question underlying the golem’s ability to crush those attempting to de- golem figure, most often imagined as excessively strong the story of the golem really hasn’t changed: Would such stroy the Jewish people. However, other writers have and large, provided a bodily template for the imagined a creature save the world or destroy it?

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April 28-May 4, 2017 Page 5 - The Reporter Ensemble Concord concert at Kilmer Mansion on May 7 Chamber music will be presented by and leaving a message, by e-mailing tem- Ensemble Concord on Sunday, May 7, at [email protected] or at the door on 3 pm, at the Kilmer Mansion at Temple the afternoon of the concert. Concord, 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton. Isenberg, a native of Endicott, holds a Pianist John Isenberg, violist Jennifer B.A. in music and Italian, as well as an M.A. Reuning Myers, violist George Myers, cel- in Italian from Binghamton University. He list Stephen Stalker and guest pianist Carol served the Tri-Cities Opera in various capac- Bernstein will perform music by Martinu, ities from 2001-12. He has performed with Bloch, Dvorak and Faure. various other groups in the Binghamton area, Those attending have been invited to including the Binghamton Downtown Singers a reception following the concert. Tickets and the Summer Savoyards. He is currently cost $15 per person or $30 maximum for a organist and choir director at Sarah Jane family with children. Tickets are available Johnson Methodist Church in Johnson City. by calling Temple Concord at 723-7355 See “Concert” on page 7 L-r: Jennifer Reuning Myers, John Isenberg, George Myers and Stephen Stalker.

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Weekly Parasha The love of the kohen Tazria-Metzora, Leviticus 12:1-15:33 RABBI ZALMAN CHEIN, EDUCATION COORDINATOR, CHABAD OF BINGHAMTON In this week’s Torah portions of Tazria and Metzora, Maimonides, the great codifier and philosopher, in his Maimonides’ statement might seem puzzling at first we find a detailed discussion of the laws oftzara’at (com- work on Jewish law, writes that the initial consultation glance. If the kohen is proficient in the laws, then we can monly translated as “leprosy”). Tzara’at can appear in can actually be performed by any person learned in the understand that his evaluation of the sighting leads to his various forms: on the walls of a home, on clothing or on laws and signs of tzara’at. However, only a kohen can declaration of its status. However, if he is not proficient, the skin. One who suspects that they have been afflicted officially declare the sightingtamei or tahor. Maimonides then why is the kohen’s involvement necessary at all? with tzara’at would consult with a kohen (priest). The continues and discusses a situation where the only kohen The Talmud teaches (Arachin 15b) that tzara’at was often kohen would examine the sighting and declare it tahor, in the area is not proficient in the laws oftzara’at . In this caused by the sin of lashon hara, negative speech. When ritually pure, or tamei, ritually impure. If the sighting was case, a sage can tell the kohen what to say, and the kohen one speaks derogatorily about another, he causes strife and unclear, the kohen would re-examine it a week later. Once relies on his expertise in making the declaration. Both the bad feelings. He is therefore afflicted with tzara’at, and the tzara’at healed, the kohen would once again examine onset of tzara’at and the subsequent end of the tzara’at for the duration of the affliction, he must remain outside it and pronounce it tahor. state, however, must be declared by a kohen. See “Kohen” on page 7 Congregational Notes Beth David Synagogue Temple Concord Temple Israel Affiliation: Orthodox Union Union for Reform Judaism Orientation: Conservative Rabbi: Zev Silber Rabbi: Barbara Goldman-Wartell Interim Rabbi: Geoffrey Brown Address: 39 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 4737 Deerfield Pl., Vestal, NY 13850 Phone: 607-722-1793 Office hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 am-2 pm Phone: 723-7461 and 231-3746 Rabbi’s Office: 607-722-7514 Phone: 723-7355, Fax: 723-0785 Office hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 am-4 pm; Fri. 8 am-3 pm. Fax: 607-722-7121 Office e-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Office hours: Mon. closed; Tues. 9 am-1 pm; Wed. 9 am-1 Website: www.templeconcord.com Website: www.templeisraelvestal.org pm; Thurs. 9 am-1 pm; Fri. closed Regular service times: Friday, 8 pm; Saturday, 10:35 am, when Service Schedule: Friday, 5:30 pm; Saturday, 9:30 am. Beth David e-mail address: [email protected] religious school is in session. On Saturday, April 29, at 9:30 am, there will be Shab- Rabbi’s e-mail: [email protected] On Friday, April 28, at 8 pm, there will be Shabbat evening bat services led by Howard Schwartz, Steven Gilbert Website: www.bethdavid.org services honoring the memory of the victims and survivors Shabbat Services: and Arthur Siegel. The Torah portion will be Leviticus Friday, April 28...... 7:15 pm of the Holocaust with Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell. 12:1-15:33. The haftarah will be II Kings 7:3-20. Bima Shabbat, April 29...... 9 am On Saturday, April 29, at 9 am, there will be religious school. guest will be Barbara Zelter...... Mincha/Maariv 7:30 pm At 9:15 am, there will be Torah study. At 10:35 am, there will On Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6, Interim Rabbi Weekday Services: be family Shabbat morning services and birthday blessings Geoffrey Brown will lead services. Mornings: with Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell and Jason Flatt. On Saturday, May 6, the kiddush following services Sun., April 30...... 8:30 am On Sunday, April 30, at 11 am, there will be the Temple will be sponsored by Ann Spitz in honor of her bat mitzvah Mon.-Fri., May 1-5...... 7 am Concord Sisterhood donor program. Evenings: anniversary. All are invited to attend. Sun.-Thurs., April 30-May 4...... 7:45 pm On Tuesday, May 2, at 10:30 am, the Tuesday Morning On Sunday, May 7, at 10 am, Temple Israel Sisterhood Classes: Rabbi Zev Silber will hold his weekly Talmud class Book Club will meet at Temple Concord. will hold a brunch and concert featuring Sophia Klin. every Tuesday evening after services. On Wednesday, May 3, at 7 pm, there will be a Temple The cost will be $7 per adult or $5 per child under 13, On Saturday, May 13, Nathaniel S. Noss will be Concord Sisterhood board meeting. with a $20 maximum charge per family. For reservations, the featured speaker at the May Beth David Shabbat On Friday, May 5, at 8 pm, there will be Shabbat evening call TI at 723-7461. luncheon. His topic, “Building Bridges – The BU Beth services celebrating Israel and Jerusalem with Rabbi Barbara Those who wish to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish David Connection,” will be explored in a talk after the Goldman-Wartell. The focus of the celebration of Israel during a weekday service can contact Howard Schwartz luncheon, which immediately follows services. Everyone will be the upcoming 50th anniversary of Jewish access to at [email protected] or call the temple office one-and- in the community has been invited to all of the events. the Old City of Jerusalem and the Kotel. Participants will a-half weeks or more before the date to provide enough (See article on page 3.) explore this through music, readings and poetry between time to send out an e-mail notice to the congregation in Yom Ha’atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim. order to make up a minyan. Temple Israel holds weekday Temple Beth El of Oneonta On Saturday, May 6, at 9 am, there will be the last day of minyan services on Tuesdays and Fridays at 5:30 pm. For Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism religious school, including a pajama party. At 9:15 am, there Rabbi: Molly Karp those who prefer a different day to coincide with a Yahrzeit Address: 83 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820 will be Torah study. At 9:30 am, there will be Tot Time. At 10:35 date, contact the temple to work on making arrangements. Mailing address: P.O. Box 383, Oneonta, NY 13820 am, there will be Shabbat family services honoring teachers Phone: 607-432-5522 and celebrating summer birthdays. A potluck lunch will follow. Penn-York Jewish Community Website: www.templebetheloneonta.org On Sunday, May 7, from 10 am-2 pm, there will be a President and Treasurer-Secretary: Harvey Chernosky, E-mail: [email protected] Temple Concord Sisterhood rummage sale.There will be a 570-265-3869 Regular service times: visit the temple website for days of buy-one-get-one free deal on anything. At 3 pm, there will B’nai B’rith: William H. Seigel Lodge services and times be the Music in the Kilmer Mansion Spring Concert with Purpose: To promote Jewish identity through religious, Religious School/Education: Religious School, for grades cultural, educational and social activities in the Southern kindergarten through bar/bat mitzvah, meets Sunday Ensemble Concord. Tickets cost $15. (See article on page 5.) Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, mornings. Rabbi Karp conducts services and holds classes including Waverly, NY; Sayre, Athens and Towanda, PA, in Torah, beginning Hebrew and Maimonides. Temple Beth-El of Ithaca and surrounding communities. For the schedule of services, classes and events, see the website. Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Rabbi: Scott L. Glass Rohr Chabad Center Congregation Tikkun v’Or Address: 402 North Tioga St. (the corner of Court and Tioga Affiliation: Chabad-Lubavitch Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism streets), Ithaca, NY 14850-4292 Rabbi: Aaron Slonim, E-mail: [email protected] Address: PO Box 3981, Ithaca, NY 14852; 2550 Triphammer Phone: 273-5775 Address: 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 Rd. (corner of Triphammer and Burdick Hill), Lansing, NY E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Phone: 797-0015, Fax: 797-0095 Phone: 607-256-1471 Website: www.tbeithaca.org Website: www.Chabadofbinghamton.com Website: www.tikkunvor.org Co-presidents: Jerry Dietz and Richard Wallace Chabad on the West Side E-mail: [email protected] Sisterhood Co-presidents: Elizabeth Hess and Esther Racoosin Rabbi: Zalman Chein, E-mail: [email protected] Presidents: Dorothy Debbie and Nina Cummings Director of Education: Rabbi Suzanne Brody Address: 27 Bennet Ave., Binghamton, NY 13905 Rabbi: Brian Walt Administrative Assistant: Jane Griffith Phone: 722-3252 Religious School Director/Admin. Coordinator: Naomi Wilensky Services: Fri. 8 pm; Sat. 10 am, unless otherwise announced. Regular service times: Daily 7:30 am, Friday evening 6 pm, Services: Fridays at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. Family Religious School/Education: September-May: Classes meet on Shabbat morning 9:30 am, Maariv and Havdalah one hour services and Tot Shabbat once a month at 6:30 pm. Call for Sunday, 9 am-12:30 pm and Wednesday afternoons, 3:45-5:45 after candle-lighting time, Sundays 9:30 am. weekly schedules. pm. The Midrashah (eighth-grade and high school) classes will Linking Hearts for youngsters with special needs: This program Religious School: Preschool through seventh-grade classes meet at times designated by their respective teachers. connects Jewish special-needs children and teenagers, ages meet on Sunday mornings. Sixth-grade Hebrew and seventh- Adult Ed.: Numerous weekly courses, several semester-long 5-14, who have mental, physical and/or functional disabilities, grade b’nai mitzvah classes meet on Wednesday afternoons. courses and a variety of mini-courses and lectures are offered with student volunteers who will visit participating youngsters Adult Ed.: Special classes and discussion groups held throughout the year. Call the temple office for more details. weekly in their homes. regularly. Essential Judaism classes offered in the fall and On Saturday, April 29, at 11:15 am, Shabbat Noar ser- To join the mailing list, for up-to-date information on adult spring. Call the office for details. vices will be held. education offerings or to arrange for a private tutorial, for details concerning the Judaica shop and resource center, or Kol Haverim On Sunday, April 30, the annual congregational meeting for assistance through the Piaker Free Loan Society or Raff Affiliation: Society for Humanistic Judaism will be held at 12:30 pm. Maasim Tovim Foundation, call Chabad’s office at 797-0015. Address: P.O. Box 4972, Ithaca, NY 14852-4972 On Saturday, May 6, Tot Shabbat will be held at 11:15 am. Phone: 607-277-3345 On Saturday, May 13, at 11:15 am, Shabbat Nearim E-mail: [email protected] services will be held. Temple Brith Sholom Website: www.kolhaverim.net Affiliation: Unaffiliated Chairman: Jonathan Joseph Address: P.O. Box 572, 117 Madison St., Cortland, NY 13045 Kol Haverim: The Finger Lakes Community for Humanistic Norwich Jewish Center Phone: 607-756-7181 Judaism, is an Ithaca-based organization that brings people Orientation: Inclusive President: Glen Goldwyn, [email protected] together to explore and celebrate Jewish identity, history, culture Rabbi: Dena Bodian Service leaders: Lay leadership and ethics within a secular, humanistic framework. KH is part Address: 72 South Broad St., Norwich, NY 13815 Shabbat services: Either Friday evening at 7:30 pm or Saturday of an international movement for Secular Humanistic Judaism Contact: Guilia Greenberg, 373-5087 at 10 am from Rosh Hashanah to Shavuot. Holiday services and is affiliated with the Society for Humanistic Judaism, a Purpose: To maintain a Jewish identity and meet the needs of are also held. Check the weekly e-mail for upcoming services. national association with over 30 member communities and the Jewish community in the area. Contact the president to get on the e-mail list. congregations around the country. Established in the spring of Adult Ed.: Saturday morning study is held at 10 am. Call for Religious School: Students are educated on an individual basis. 1999, it offers celebrations of Jewish holidays, monthly Shabbat more information and to confirm. Temple Brith Sholom is a small equalitarian congregation serving pot-lucks, adult education, a twice-monthly Cultural School for the greater Cortland community. Congregants span the gamut of children, and a bar and bat mitzvah program. observance and services are largely dependent on the service KH welcomes all individuals and families, including those Friday, April 28, light candles...... 7:41 pm leader. The Friday night siddur is “Likrat Shabbat,” while the from mixed religious backgrounds, who wish to strengthen Shabbat ends Saturday, April 29...... 8:43 pm Saturday morning siddur is “Gates of Prayer.” The community the Jewish experience in their lives and provide their children Friday, May 5, light candles...... 7:49 pm extends a warm welcome to the Jewish student population of with a Jewish identity and experience. Shabbat ends Saturday, May 6...... 8:50 pm SUNY Cortland, as well as the residents of local adult residences. April 28-May 4, 2017 Page 7 - The Reporter Judaic Cuban artist at Jewish Community Center Bundy Museum JCC to host wire The Bundy Museum of History and Art Cuba, into an aristocratic Spanish family. will host Judaic Cuban artist Baron Corso At the age of 7, during Fidel Castro’s rise de Palenzuela, as well as an exhibition of his to power, he and his family fled the island wrapped jewelry class artwork in May. The museum has arranged and settled in the United States, where his for him to give two talks. artistic pursuits evolved. Classes on making herringbone bracelets On Thursday, May 4, from 7-8:30 pm, All of the paintings in the exhibition will be held on Tuesdays, May 2 and 9, from there will be an art presentation and talk by involve Cuba. His art depicts “imagina- 6:30-8:30 pm, at the Jewish Community de Palenzuela on Sephardic Judaic influ- tive and idiosyncratic” scenes painted Center, 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. The size ences in his art at Binghamton University in oil on plywood and cardboard, often of the class will be two-eight students, and in UU-102. The talk is sponsored by the enhanced with symbolism derived from will cost $40 for JCC members or $50 for Department of Judaic Studies. Spanish-Hebraic mysticism and visions non-members. The course will be held in On Sunday, May 7, at 11 am, de Palenzuela from his childhood experience. time for Mother’s Day, and participants will will given a second talk on his art at the Jewish For more information on these and other make a herringbone bracelet for themselves Community Center, 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. events, call the Bundy Museum at 772-9179 or to give as gifts. Classes on making herringbone weave De Palenzuela was born in Havana, or e-mail [email protected]. During the first session, participants will bracelets will be held on Tuesdays, May learn about wire gauges and how to use tools 2 and 9, at the Jewish Community Center, to create wrapped loops, coils, hooks and 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. Sisterhood Continued from page 3 more. For the second session, participants Treasurer Sandy Gutman, Financial Secretary tional installations include Pam Burgman will learn the herringbone weave on a bead various local craft fairs. She designed the Janet Hayman, Co-recording Secretaries (chairwoman) and Hayman, Rummage; to create links and make a bracelet. class especially for the JCC and will teach Marty Eisenstadt (chairwoman) and Lani Deb Daniels (chairwoman) and Sharon The teacher, Lynn Montgomery, is a techniques so students can create their own Dunthorn, Corresponding Secretary Hayman, Westbrook, Donor; Herz (chairwoman) Binghamton jewelry artist who has been designs with as much assistance as is needed, Directors Deb Williams (2017-19), Babs and Susan High, Judaica Shop; and Philips designing and selling wire wrapped jewelry or the project can be completed as shown. Putzel-Bischoff and Kellenberger (2016-18), and Marilyn Strosberg (co-chairwomen), since 2013, and is the owner of Dancing Montgomery will provide photo instruc- and a nominating committee chairwoman to Hayman, Antoun, Luks and Allison Epstein, Wire Wraps. Montgomery teaches jewelry tions, use of her tools and the copper wire be announced. Holiday Marketplace. classes at AC Moore and participates in and beads to make the bracelet. Also to be installed are Vice President of Lastly, the vice president of education is Administration Ani Loew; Putzel-Bischoff to be announced; Barbara Thomas, Cradle (chairwoman) and Lauren Epstein, public- Roll; Amanda Donahue, High Holiday Ottoman Continued from page 1 ity; Sylvia Diamond (chairwoman), Eisen- Child Care; Preschool (Tot Time) is to be always welcomed. Individual sponsorship tween the Judaic Studies Department of stadt, Barbara Dickman (paperwork) and announced; Donna Corbin (chairwoman), of $100 includes admission to both the fall Binghamton University and several area Genevieve Ado-Mai, Friday Night onegs; Rachel Coker, Lisa Blackwell, (Jeff Heil- and spring programs. For more information Jewish sponsoring institutions: the Jewish Linda Lisman (chairwoman) and Carol veil) and Amy Krasno, Religious School on how to become an individual sponsor or Community Center, the Jewish Federa- Herz, membership/retention; Neuberger Parties; adult education/programming is to make a donation, e-mail bingcjs@gmail. tion of Greater Binghamton, Beth David and Cathy Eckert, Sisterhood Shabbat; Roz to be announced; Philips (chairwoman), com. The College of Jewish Studies is a Synagogue, Temple Concord and Temple Antoun, Intersisterhood; Hayman, House; Ado-Mai, Eckert, Sandy Foreman, Allison 501(c)(3)non-profit organization. Israel. Programming for CJS would not be Putzel-Bischoff (chairwoman), Harris, Epstein and Arlene Krassin, Hospitality; The College of Jewish Studies provides possible without the additional financial Dickman, Gayle Klein and Marsha Luks, Women’s Seder for 2019 is to be announced; opportunities for adult Jewish education for support of the Jacob and Rose Olum Foun- Rosh Hashanah kiddush; and Jean Hecht, Philips and Harris (co-chairwomen), Retreat the Broome County community by offering dation, the B’nai B’rith Lectureship Fund, Scholar-in-Residence oneg (2017). (2018); Philips, Hayman, Putzel-Bischoff fall and spring programs. Drawing on local the Victor and Esther Rozen Foundation, Ways and Means vice president is to be and TBA, Nominating Committee; and resources and inviting scholars and experts an endowment fund from the former Tem- announced, as is Whale of a Sale. Addi- Hecht, Sisterhood Funds. from a range of universities and cultural ple Beth El of Endicott, a grant from the and religious institutions, CJS sponsors a JoyVel Charitable Fund and the donations variety of programs dealing with Jewish of individual sponsors. Concert Continued from page 5 history, culture, religion and politics. For more information on CJS and its Reuning Myers, a native of Ithaca, All-State festivals in New York, as well The College of Jewish Studies, found- programs, visit www.bingcjs.org or www. is a violinist in New York state, per- as at Binghamton University. He recently ed in 1986, is an informal coalition be- facebook.com/bingcjs. forming with the Glimmerglass Opera retired as director of orchestras at Ithaca Orchestra and the Cayuga Chamber High School, and is currently violist with Orchestra. She also performs with the the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. Security Continued from page 1 Fenimore String Quartet and the Catskill Stalker has performed in chamber The College of Jewish Studies provides Center, the Jewish Federation of Greater Chamber Players. groups throughout the United States and opportunities for adult Jewish education for Binghamton, Beth David Synagogue, Tem- Myers, a native of Brooklyn, began his Europe, was a finalist in the Evian Inter- the Broome County community by offering ple Concord and Temple Israel. Program- performing career as a violinist at the age of national String Quartet Competition and fall and spring programs. Drawing on local ming for CJS would not be possible without 11, performing live on New York City radio the Naumberg Chamber Music Competi- resources and inviting scholars and experts the additional financial support of the Jacob for the broadcast “Young America Plays.” tion, and is a member of the Prometheus from a variety of universities and cultural and Rose Olum Foundation, the B’nai B’rith He’s been guest conductor for regional Ensemble based in Danbury, CT. and religious institutions, CJS sponsors Lectureship Fund, the Victor and Esther numerous programs dealing with Jewish Rozen Foundation, an endowment fund from history, culture, religion and politics. the former Temple Beth El of Endicott, a Kohen Continued from page 6 The College of Jewish Studies, founded grant from the JoyVel Charitable Fund and of the camp or city limits. Since he caused who must deliver the harsh news. The kohen’s in 1986, is an informal coalition between the the donations of individual sponsors. conflict, he cannot reside among others, and love and compassion for his fellow ensures Judaic Studies Department of Binghamton For more information on CJS and its instead he sits in solitude. that the verdict comes from a place of care University and several area Jewish spon- programs, visit www.bingcjs.org and www. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Me- and concern, and the kohen’s compassion soring institutions: the Jewish Community facebook.com/bingcjs. nachem Mendel Schneerson, of blessed ensures that he will do all that he can to assist memory, explains that the kohen is one the sinner in repenting and quickly rejoining whose basic nature is one of love for his the community. The love of the kohen touches fellow. The kohen is commanded by God to the sinner’s heart, and draws him close to God “bless His people Israel with love.” Aharon, and his people in sincere repentance. the first priest, was described as one who It behooves us to be among the disciples “loves peace, pursues peace, loves God’s of Aharon the kohen, who “love God’s creatures and brings them close to Torah.” creatures” and treats our peers with sincere (Ethics of the Fathers 1:12) love and compassion. In every interaction When one causes divisiveness amongst the with another, we must ask ourselves, do community, and therefore must be temporarily I sincerely have the best interests of my separated from others, it is precisely the kohen friend at heart? NEWS IN BRIEF

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From JNS.org Israeli and American researchers develop new hi-tech water Studies: U.S. antisemitic incidents surge 86 percent filtration solution New statistics released by the Anti-Defamation League on April 24, in the organization’s A collaborative effort between researchers from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the annual audit of antisemitic incidents, show an 86-percent increase in U.S. antisemitic incidents Negev and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed a new method for during the first quarter of 2017. During 2016, antisemitic incidents increased 34 percent filtering viruses from treated municipal wastewater used for drinking. “This is an urgent from the previous year, according to the study. The ADL said the “massive increase” in matter of public safety,” the researchers said. “Insufficient removal of human adenovirus antisemitism began to rise during the month of the U.S. presidential election last November. in municipal wastewater, for example, has been detected as a contaminant in U.S. drinking The audit cites a total of 1,266 acts targeting Jews and Jewish institutions in 2016, with water sources, including the Great Lakes and worldwide.” Current viral pathogen filtration approximately 30 percent occurring in November and December. The incidents include methods require intensive energy consumption in order to properly remove pathogens without 720 instances of threats and harassment, 510 acts of vandalism and 36 physical assaults. In resorting to the use of chemicals such as chlorine, which can contaminate drinking water. the first three months of 2017, an additional 541 antisemitic incidents occurred, including A team led by Prof. Moshe Herzberg of BGU’s Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research 380 cases of harassment, 161 bomb threats and 155 instances of vandalism, the ADL said. created a special hydrogel coating that repels waterborne viruses, such as human norovirus Moreover, three Jewish cemetery desecrations and six antisemitic physical assaults took and adenovirus, when grafted to a commercial ultrafiltration membrane. The research proj- place during that time. If the trend continues for the remainder of the year, 2017 could see ect was supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the German-Israeli as many as 2,000 recorded antisemitic incidents in the U.S. Water Technology Cooperation Program, which is funded by Israel’s Ministry of Science Israel charges teenage suspect in bomb threats case and Technology and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Following the April 21 U.S. Justice Department indictment of an Israeli-American Lebanon asks U.N. to help on permanent cease-fire with teenager who is accused of making more than 150 bomb threats against Jewish institu- tions in early 2017, Israel has also formally indicted the suspect. The indictment details Israel more than 2,000 incidents that allegedly involve the 18-year-old suspect, and includes Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri asked the United Nations on April 21 for help in the charge of making bomb threats to Jewish schools and JCCs as well as airports and forging a permanent cease-fire with Israel, ending what he called the Jewish state’s “continuous sporting events. It was also revealed on April 23 the suspect had attempted to extort a violations” of Lebanese territory. “I urge the U.N. secretary-general to support efforts to secure, Republican U.S. senator prior to sending the politician drugs in the mail and threatening as soon as possible, a state of permanent ceasefire. This is long overdue and my government his family. The suspect stands accused of numerous additional charges, including causing is committed to move this agenda forward,” Hariri said, Reuters reported. Hariri’s request panic via publication of false information, cyber crimes, money laundering, weapons comes a day after Hezbollah officials staged a media tour of southern Lebanon to view what possession, facilitating drug trafficking, disseminating pedophilic materials and assaulting they claim are recent Israeli fortifications along the Israeli-Lebanese border. IDF spokesman a police officer. “As far as the state prosecutor is concerned, claims regarding the suspect’s Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said in a Facebook post the tour put on by Hezbollah was a “show” for personal and medical situation do not protect him from incarceration until the end of the media and an effort by the terror group to “shake their sabers and pound their chests. ...We proceedings,” stated Yoni Hadad, an attorney in the cyber department of Israel’s State are indeed constructing defensive measures along the border with Lebanon,” Lerner wrote. Attorney’s Office,Yediot Achronot reported. The U.S. Justice Department and the Israeli “These measures are in place because we value the lives of the people of Israel. Hezbollah on Ministry of Justice are in the midst of negotiations regarding the suspect’s extradition to the other hand intentionally places their assets beneath the houses, schools, clinics and the people America, which has been put on hold by Israel’s State Attorney Shai Nitzan because the of Lebanon.” Israel and Hezbollah last fought a war in 2006. Since then, an uneasy truce has majority of the teenager’s alleged crimes were perpetrated in the Jewish state. emerged despite Hezbollah amassing an estimated 100,000-150,000 rockets pointed at Israel.

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