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JEWISHVOL 43, NO 20 JOURNALJEWISHJOURNAL.ORG Boston Jews, governor hold vigil for victims of Poway shooting

“I locked eyes with this terrorist,” said Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was wounded in the attack. Rabbi who confronted shooter: Photo: Steven A. Rosenberg/Journal Staff “We love you for your faith,” Governor Charlie Baker told the crowd ‘Am Yisrael Chai’ at Sunday’s vigil for the victims of the Poway shooting. By Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein to wash my hands in preparation. By Steven A. Rosenberg you for your faith, we love you Then I heard the very first shot. I instinctively JOURNAL STAFF for the dignity that you bring to I just got out of surgery. It’s not even 24 hours turned around to try to see what was going on and your religion and we love you for since the unthinkable, unfathomable terrorist I locked eyes with this terrorist, this murderer evil BOSTON – A day after a gun- the role you play in your com- attack occurred at Chabad of Poway. It was yes- human being standing there. He was in position man burst into a California syn- munity.” terday, as we were finishing reading of the Torah with the rifle as he turned the rifle on me, and I agogue with a semi-automatic As Baker addressed the for the last day of Passover that I went out to the lifted up my hands to protect my face and he shot a rifle and killed a woman, and crowd, many were still in shock lobby and to go and prepare myself for reading the couple of rounds off taking off my right finger and injured three – including the and learning the details of haftorah that talks about the coming of Moshiach severely damaging my left finger. congregation’s rabbi – Greater the second deadly attack on a [the Messiah]; that gives us our hope for a greater I turned back around and I realized we have an Boston Jewish leaders and state U.S. synagogue in the last six future. active shooting going on. I saw a group of kids in officials gathered at a vigil at months. The shooting occurred After freshening up, I came back to the lobby the banquet hall. I ushered them together and I ran the New England Holocaust at a Chabad synagogue in and our dear friend, Mrs. Lori Kaye – who has outside. My young granddaughter, 4½ years old, Memorial to pay tribute to the Poway, CA. just before the con- been with us since the early nineties – a woman was watching her zeyde [grandfather] bleeding victims of the deadly shooting. gregation was about to begin full of chesed and kindness; her mother recently profusely. I didn’t even realize that I took a tallis, “I know I speak for the people its Yizkor memorial service to died, and she came to me and asked me what wrapped it around my hand, and I shouted as loud of Massachusetts when I say we remember the deceased. Lori time is Yizkor, because she wanted to say Yizkor as I could to get all of the kids away to a neighbor- love you,” said Governor Charlie Gilbert-Kaye, who had planned for her mother. And when I told her Yizkor’s at ing house. Baker, who attended the vigil to attend Yizkor to remember 11:30, I turned around to go to the banquet hall continued on page 24 with his wife Lauren. “We love continued on page 24 FREE SPEECH OR OVERT ANTI-SEMITISM? BDS event at UMass Amherst faces strong pushback

By Steven A. Rosenberg help and emergency medical ed the law and its own policies JOURNAL STAFF personnel. The official spon- by sponsoring an anti-Semitic sor is the Northampton-based rally. The judge planned to rule Despite a lawsuit, a letter of Media Education Foundation. on the case on Thursday, May 2. opposition from 80 organiza- But the event raises questions In 2016, UMass Chancellor tions, and protests by students, about the university’s posi- Kumble R. Subbaswamy said in faculty and alumni, UMass tion on academic boycotts and a statement that the “University Amherst is poised to allow a the BDS movement since it is of Massachusetts Amherst is May 4 pro-Boycott, Divestment, also being co-sponsored by opposed to academic boycotts Sanctions movement event at the university’s Department of of any kind.” He reaffirmed that its Fine Arts Center that will fea- Communication, Department last month in a letter to AMCHA ture anti-Israel activists Roger of Women, Gender, Sexuality Initiative, which represents the Waters and Linda Sarsour. Studies, and Resistance Studies 80 organizations that oppose According to UMass Amherst, Initiative UMASS. the May 4 event. The 80 organi- the BDS event, “Not Backing Linda Sarsour and Roger Waters will lead a Boycott, Divestment, Earlier this week, a Suffolk zations range from B’nai B’rith Sanctions panel at UMass Amherst on May 4. Down: Israel, Free Speech, Superior Court judge heard a International to the Simon and the Battle for Palestinian and no university or taxpayer rental fee for the 1,700-seat hall lawsuit brought by students Wiesenthal Center. Human Rights,” is not a uni- funds are being used to sup- will be $5,579, and will cover who alleged that in allowing the In his April 23 letter to versity-sanctioned program, port it. According to UMass, the hall workers, security, custodial event, the university had violat- continued on page 17

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WHAT WAS YOUR JEWISH privies as well, and most of them date from about BACKGROUND GROWING UP? the 1840s and one of the privies – the privy is where you throw all your trash, and you can really I went to Temple Israel’s Hebrew school and learn a lot about people through their trash – so had a bat mitzvah and then obviously grew up at one of those privies actually had this plate with a the JCC and the summer camps, so it definitely Jewish nursery rhyme or something like that. That played a big role in my childhood. Since then I was really interesting – it might be something haven’t been really too involved, but it’s definitely from the Old Testament and the fact that it was something I’d like to get back into eventually. in this person’s trash, and most of the people in HOW DID YOU GET INTERESTED the neighborhood I was excavating were immi- IN ARCHAEOLOGY? grants coming from Ireland or the UK, so they were all probably Christian, but still referring to I always loved archaeology growing up – this these early stories and having that iconography romantic idea of going off and traveling and find- on a plate was really interesting. I took a picture ing new things and cultures … So when I was 16 because it said “Jew” on it. we did this family trip to England, and my mother RACHEL BRODY, 30 and I volunteered on this excavation on a second- HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A DIG IN ISRAEL? HOMETOWN: Marblehead century Roman villa, and it was maybe a weeklong excavation, and I just absolutely loved it and knew I’ve never been to Israel, and it’s something I’d HEBREW NAME: Ita that was what I wanted to do. love. I think the best way to experience another CURRENTLY LIVING IN: Cambridge WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON country and its culture is to engage with the com- ALMA MATERS: Marblehead High School ’07, Bryn Mawr NOW? munity. And by doing archaeology, you’re engag- ’11, Boston College (master’s degree ’16, PhD expected in ’23) ing with the community and the community’s JOB: Field archaeologist Now I’m in a PhD program at Boston College. past and history, so it’s a really amazing way to see FAVORITE FOOD: My latest good food memory comes I’ve worked in Ireland for the last four years and another country, so if I ever go to Israel I would from a road trip between Denver and Albuquerque. I got an excel- I’m getting ready to go back this summer for definitely love to jump in on an excavation and lent stuffed sopapilla at a food truck. what’s probably a 10-year project called ‘Castles explore that part of my cultural history. in Communities,’ which is a field school and Anything that is being performed FAVORITE MUSIC: research project. I’m a supervisor on this excava- HOW ABOUT EASTERN live. In the summer, I enjoy going to the local pubs in the village tion, so I’m there teaching college students and EUROPE? where I excavate, they perform great traditional Irish music. volunteers how to excavate and in addition it’s That area of the world is in many ways closed FAVORITE BOOKS: Jane Austen, Viking sagas also a research project, so what we’re producing at off to archaeologists – there’s not a lot of work this excavation – some of it will enter into my dis- FAVORITE MOVIES: “Indiana Jones,” obviously! being done there, but I think there’s a lot of inter- sertation work [regarding] the Norman Conquest FAVORITE TV SHOWS: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” esting things, especially in the medieval period. into England, and then Anglo-Norman move- “Game of Thrones,” “Top Chef” My family’s from Russia, Minsk, Lithuania, and ment into Ireland. The project that I’m involved Ukraine, and I think along the Danube [River] FAVORITE TRAVEL DESTINATION: Malta. They in is an exploration of Ballintober Castle. We know there’s some really interesting sites. The Khazar have fantastic megalithic temples that are older than the pyramids. that the castle was built before 1315, and we know Empire had elites that converted to Judaism in PLACE YOU WANT TO GO TO NEXT: I have that it was built by the Anglo-Norman Richard de the medieval period. I was reading an old Soviet yet to make it to France. I would love to see Mont-Saint-Michel and Burgh, but that’s kind of all we have. Carcassonne. archaeology report, and they actually dug up a HAVE YOU FOUND ANY Khazar site, and there was a Jewish star carved in FAVORITE JEWISH PERSON NOT IN JEWISH ARTIFACTS? stone. YOUR FAMILY: Pati Jinich (host of “Pati’s Mexican Table”) When I was excavating in Philadelphia, they Purim FAVORITE JEWISH HOLIDAY: were uncovering foundations to houses and their – Michael Wittner

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Never Forget: On Yom HaShoah, teaching a new generation about the Holocaust

Holocaust survivor David Schaecter shows his tattooed numbers to teen Holocaust Legacy Fellows.

By Michael Wittner and Genocide Studies (CHGS) JOURNAL STAFF at Salem State University, which was founded by Harriet Wacks Two common refrains in the and Holocaust survivor Sonia decades following the Holocaust Weitz, has taken a central role. are “Never Forget” and “Never According to Program Director Again.” Yet on Yom HaShoah – Dan Eshet, the mission of the the Day of Remembrance com- center is to produce original 978.337.5597 memorated Thursday, May 2 in research on the Holocaust; to the United States – the lessons of educate, particularly secondary the Holocaust are in peril nearly school teachers; and to inform Selling your home is not just an important financial transaction for your family, it is a three-quarters of a century after the public through workshops, complex and personal decision; As experienced Realtors, we are committed to this the liberation of the camps. lectures, and a Holocaust Legacy process being a superlative experience. According to a recent sur- Program that pairs survivors vey by the Conference on with people who pledge to tell | RAVEIS.COM | Jewish Material Claims Against their stories long after they’re 11 ATLANTIC AVE | MARBLEHEAD | MA | 01945 Germany, 31 percent of all gone. Americans – and 41 percent of Through the CHGS’s gradu- millennials – believe that less ate certificate in Holocaust and than 2 million Jews died in the Genocide Studies, Eshet hopes Holocaust. Also among millen- to teach educators how to tie the nials (22-37 year-olds), 66 per- Holocaust to the contemporary Temple Sinai cent don’t know what Auschwitz world and make it relevant to is, and 49 percent can’t name a today’s students. single ghetto or death camp. “The last two years have To celebrate with services, music, family, food, & fun! Ominously, 58 percent of brought a lot of people back,” Americans believe that another said Eshet. “The younger gen- Holocaust could happen again. eration wants to learn other Understanding Anti-Semitism with Marya Axner | Sunday, May 5th 9:30 am - An interactive workshop to help people address anti-Semitism According to the FBI, hate things as well. We have to make on a personal and political level | RSVP requested to [email protected] crimes rose 17 percent from connections to the present, we Reserve your seat online to attend: http://bit.ly/tsmrsvp | Attn: Understanding Anti-Semitism 2017 to 2018. Meanwhile, hate have to stay in touch with what’s Or send a check to 1 Community Road, Marblehead MA crimes against Jews increased 37 timely – the challenges that Adult Beit Midrash with Rabbi David | M eet the Rebbes ~ 7:30 pm percent from 2016 to 2017. Anti- other groups are facing – and Monday, May 6th - Aharon “The Great” of Karlin (1736-1772) Semitic incidents have struck draw lessons with how the Jews Monday, May 13th - Avraham Hayyim of Zloczow (1750-1816) close to home: last fall, graffiti and minorities suffered before MAY Monday, May 20th - Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk (1730-1787) was found in Reading, Salem, the war, and what led to the Lunch & Learn with Rabbi David | Talmud for Beginners ~ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Boxford, Melrose, and Medford. Holocaust.” Thursday, May 16th - Ona’at Dibbur: The Power of Shame Yet there is hope. On the Many North Shore teachers Thursday, May 23rd - Ona’at Dibbur: The Power of Shame Part 2 North Shore, educators, schol- have participated in the gradu- Community: $10 | Free for Temple Sinai members | RSVP requested to [email protected] Reserve your seat online to attend: http://bit.ly/tsmrsvp | Attn: Lunch & Learn ars, and activists are finding new ate certificate program. Kelly ways to educate the youth – the Couture, a social studies teacher The Jewish Love Affair with Stories with Rabbi Ariel Burger | Sunday, June 23rd last generation that will ever get at Lynnfield Middle School, ties 10:30 am - Speaker with Brunch following Jewish tradition is filled with stories and storytelling, many of which remain mysterious. We will trace the to meet Holocaust survivors – the Holocaust to media literacy Jewish tradi tion of storytelling, from classical to modern works ranging from rabbinic Midrash to Hasidic and about what caused the genocide and contemporary propaganda. Yiddish folktales. RSVP requested to [email protected] and how to prevent another one. Anna McCoy, a history teacher Community: $10 | Free for Temple Sinai members who register before June 18th. The Center for Holocaust continued on page 20 JUNE After the June 18th deadline, it will be $10 per person. Reserve your seat online to attend: http://bit.ly/tsmrsvp | Attn: Storytelling Or send a check to 1 Commu nity Road, Marblehead MA

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JEWISH JOURNAL Steven A. Rosenberg PUBLISHER/EDITOR Anti-Semitism and America’s Jews ast Shabbat, six months after an avowed street while repeatedly making anti-Semitic state- anti-Semite gunned down 11 Jews in a ments directed at the victim. That same month LPittsburgh synagogue, a 19-year-old walked someone with a BB gun shot out the entrance at into Chabad of Poway in California and killed a Chabad of Peabody. Last fall, anti-Semitic graffiti congregant, and wounded three others – includ- covered a seawall in Salem; in Reading, Jews have ing the Chabad rabbi. After his arrest, the shooter wondered why over 30 swastikas have been found – who wielded a semi-automatic rifle – said that in schools and other public places – and that he had been inspired by the Pittsburgh assassin. no one has been charged with a crime. And, in Anti-Semitism seems to be everywhere these March, vandals desecrated 59 gravestones at the days, and the numbers released this week by Fall River Jewish Cemetery. the Anti-Defamation League show a disturbing Social media and traditional media sites have trend: Anti-Semitic assaults in the United States also fostered anti-Semitism. Over the last week, more than doubled in 2018 and anti-Semitic the New York Times – long a critic of Israel’s poli- incidents overall remain near all-time highs. In cies – printed two anti-Semitic cartoons in its Massachusetts, 59 communities reported at least international edition. That forced its editorial one anti-Semitic incident last year, and the state board to apologize this week, and also acknowl- recorded 144 cases last year – fourth in the coun- edge its “failure” for not reporting worldwide anti- try behind California, New York and New Jersey. Semitism before World War II. For American Jews, each day seems to bring a During Passover, we were reminded during the new and horrific offense. In addition to the attacks Seders that, “in every generation they rise against in Pittsburgh and Poway, Jews have been targeted us to destroy us; and the Holy One, blessed be He, over the last 20 years in shootings at the North saves us from their hand.” Valley Jewish Community Center in Los Angeles, There are no single answers to counter hatred the Seattle Jewish Federation office, the United and blame. Anti-Semitism is now the major issue States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the facing Jews in the U.S. We must not be intimi- Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City. dated or live in fear. Instead, we must work with Closer to home, Jews have also felt the chill of elected officials and law enforcement and be hatred. Last Nov., police say a Cambridge man vigilant in order to protect our community and physically assaulted a 66-year-old woman in the democracy. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR American Jews need to take the threat of BDS seriously Making America hate again

I applaud the Jewish Journal four general questions that Jewish organizations to school Our founders were brilliant been a tool used to divide the for publishing an article about must be asked about such hate officials do much good? No. in creating this nation for the nation, with Trump scapegoat- UMass Amherst hosting an programs, along with some Question three: Could Jewish people and took great pains to ing Hispanics and Muslims. It’s anti-Jewish, anti-Israel, pro- answers. organizations do more to pro- make it as perfect as possible. a tool that every extremist who BDS (Boycott, Divestment, The first question: Would tect our community? Yes, but They never envisioned a gains power uses to excite a Sanctions movement) pro- universities host programs that to be truly successful they need president who would place base of supporters who rally gram on May 4th. This is not attacked the black community the active and sustained sup- self above country as Donald against those who are scape- an isolated incident at UMass or the LGBTQIA community port of many more American J. Trump has done. They gave goated. Thankfully in 2018 the Amherst because, for example, or the Muslim community? Of Jews. enormous power to the execu- people rose up and changed back in April of 2017, the Office course not, such attacks on these Fourth question: When will tive branch but just in case one the dynamic in the House of of News & Media Relations at communities would be labeled such sustained support be forth- came on the scene who abused Representatives allowing Dem- UMass Amherst issued a news as hate speech. However, when coming? When the American the power they gave the legis- ocrats to do the job our found- release actively publicizing the it comes to anti-Semitism, often Jewish community wakes up lative branch the added huge ers set out for them to do and April 28, 2017 appearance of disguised as anti-Zionism, it’s a and realizes that there has been responsibility of acting as a they are now holding hear- Linda Sarsour on campus and, free speech issue and so most a very dangerous increase in checks and balance of abuse of ings, requesting records … all as the aforementioned Jewish school administrators refuse to anti-Semitism and anti-Israel power. of which are being challenged Journal article points out, “Over act in meaningful ways and then activity and comes together to But something happened in by Trump’s lawyers as abuse of the years Sarsour has embraced such Jew hatred is normalized. work closely with its communal 2016 with the election of Trump power by the legislature. the anti-Semitic messages of This is hypocrisy masquerading leaders to bring about meaning- – both houses of Congress Some people still support Nation of Islam leader Louis as virtue. ful change. came under the control of the Trump regardless, and I won- Farrakhan.” Question two: In terms of president’s party and Congress der if Trump signs an execu- In the spirit of Passover, the such anti-Jewish hate programs, Robert M. Soffer enabled Trump to violate tive order banning freedom of holiday of freedom, here are do letters of complaint from Sharon our laws and trample on the speech, the press and assembly, Constitution with impunity will they become concerned? allowing abuse of power never Trump has made America hate experienced in the entire 247- again. year history of the republic. Saul P. Heller It’s sad that racism has Peabody Poway attack reverberates in Israel The attack today in San Diego nation, and we feel the pain of is different. I want my Jewish the Jewish community of San brothers and sisters around the Diego today as it were ours. world, and especially in the U.S., It is just a few days before the to know that an attack against Holocaust Memorial Day, and Jewish people, or against Jewish we see that our fight against anti- symbols, anywhere in the world, Semitism is not over at all. My is hurting us in Israel as if it condolences to the Kaye family were here. True, we have our – Lori was a true hero, and refua differences, and yes, we find shlema to all the wounded. ourselves many times seeing Hannan Rubin thing differently. But we are one Israel

Area supermarkets should carry more kosher for Passover items Shame on the local super- Another possibility is visiting markets with the exception of these supermarkets and pro- the Stop & Shop in Swampscott testing to the managers. for their insulting displays Something really has to be LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are welcome. Letters DO YOU HAVE A NEWS TIP? of Passover foods. The local done. I for one would be willing must be signed and include your name, address Jewish population should band to do this. and telephone number for verification purposes. Please contact our together and send a message Elliot Hershoff, Letters are limited to 300 words. Submissions are news department at: to these local supermarkets President subject to editing for accuracy. Email submissions [email protected]. protesting their treatment of Congregation Tifereth Israel to: [email protected], subject “Letters.” the local Jewish population. Peabody OPINION THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – MAY 2, 2019 7

Free speech and the BDS problem

By Daniel Gordon debates. When political speakers appear on campus, they are usually sponsored n 1977, the National Socialist Party of by the political clubs run by students. America tried to hold a rally in a park A UMass professor who is an organizer Idistrict of Skokie, Illinois. Skokie had of the BDS event has defended depart- a predominantly Jewish population that mental sponsorship by observing that included many Holocaust survivors. A “Israel advocate Dennis Ross … spoke on district court issued an injunction pro- campus with sponsorship of many main- hibiting the rally from taking place, based stream groups and there was no balance, on arguments from the mayor and others and no one tried to shut that down.” In that the appearance of Nazi demonstra- reality, the Ross lecture was organized tors could lead to violence. But the U.S. by the Student Alliance for Israel and Supreme Court held that the NSPA’s right two other student clubs, the UMass to seek a suspension of the injunction Democrats and UMass Republicans. The had been violated. When free speech is in flier for the event mentioned no academ- question, the Court affirmed, all proce- ic departments. dural safeguards must be afforded, even A BDS protest in Montreal, Canada. 3. The BDS event is not only spon- to groups that propagate reprehensible sored by some of the academic units on speech. Additionally, UMass Chancellor Kumble provide any funding for it either. He campus, it is organized with major input Today, my university, UMass Amherst, Subbaswamy made a statement against noted too, of course, that the university from the faculty. Professor Sut Jhally, seems to be in a similar position. A rally BDS on May 4, 2016. The Chancellor does not endorse the views of the BDS the Chairman of the Communication featuring prominent BDS activists Linda announced his opposition to “academic speakers. But in reality, the university has Department is one of the leading orga- Sarsour, Roger Waters, and others is boycotts of any kind.” He added, “the become entangled with the event. nizers. The Chancellor has stated that scheduled to take place in the university’s Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) 2. Several university depart ments are the BDS event is the effort of a “private Fine Arts Center. A number of Jewish movement against Israel is no exception.” sponsoring the event. As I write this, foundation” and not the university. But organizations have urged the university The BDS event, also scheduled on May the departments of Women’s Studies the Media Education Foundation, which to prohibit the event because the speak- 4, is an assault on the and Communication as is producing the event, was founded ers are reputed to be anti-Semitic. And university’s leadership well as some thing called by none other than Jhally, who has also three Jewish UMass students have filed and the values it tries to In a recent email to the “The Resistance Studies served as its long-term Executive Director. for an injunction to move the event off uphold. campus, the Chancellor Initiative” are listed as University professors are supposed to the UMass campus. BDS has a track record sponsors on the fliers for be politically neutral. Academic admin- Is this déjà vu or a new problem? of demonizing Israel and reminded the faculty of the BDS rally. By the time istrators have the utmost obligation to This is not Skokie. To be clear: I am not blaming it unilaterally the obligations that we the event takes place, sev- avoid partisanship. In a recent email to saying that I support an injunction that for the Palestinian prob- eral other departments the campus, the Chancellor reminded the would ban the event. I am a free speech lem. The speakers sched- have to be politically may join the bandwagon. faculty of the obligations that we have to advocate. I also fear that banning this uled to appear at UMass nonpartisan. At UMass, there is be politically nonpartisan. His message event will tend to increase support for have made comments no consistent meaning was valuable. But it has taken massive BDS. But for three important reasons, I that many Jewish orga- behind the act of spon- protest on the part of Jewish organiza- consider the BDS event different from nizations construe as anti-Semitic. The soring an event. It usually means that tions and a lawsuit by Jewish students to Skokie. students requesting an injunction have a department has contributed funds get our campus leader to make his state- 1. The UMass campus is not a gener- argued that the university is violating its to make the event happen. Since the ment about the importance of political ic public space but is an educational own policies by hosting the BDS event. Chancellor has prohibited the use of neutrality. institution committed to excluding hate Caught between the need to defend funds, sponsoring the event might mean The politicization of academic life on speech. The university has a campaign free speech and the need to discourage something like, “If we could give money the UMass campus has been out of con- called “Hate Has No Home at UMass.” hate speech, Subbaswamy has affirmed to support this event, we would.” trol for many years. Efforts to restore Public expressions of racism and anti- that the university will not prohibit the Traditionally, academic departments traditional concepts of academic neutral- Semitism are isolated and condemned. event but that the university will not only sponsor academic lectures and continued on page 22 Debating Israel: Freedom of speech and faculty responsibility By Jay R. Berkovitz academic credentials or exper- of the subject under discus- tise. They were invited because sion. It is astonishing that the he Amherst campus of the political positions they organizer of the event, who of the University of espouse. It is a matter of record is Chair of the Department of TMassachusetts is again that members of this panel of Communication at UMass, engulfed in controversy. At issue self-avowed anti-Israel activists has no academic expertise in is an event scheduled for May have publicly expressed opin- Middle Eastern history or poli- 4 that is titled “Not Backing ions that are widely viewed as tics. He has no knowledge of Down: Israel, Free Speech, anti-Semitic. The sole criterion the relevant foreign languages, and the Battle for Palestinian for the selection of these speak- and he has not published any Human Rights.” Much has ers is his or her denial of the scientific publications in this been said and written about Jewish people’s right to self- field. Nevertheless, his lack of this event, which has received determination. The organizers training has not stopped him international attention. It raises of the event have no interest from preaching politics in the several key concerns that need in furthering our understanding classroom. His course lectures, to be addressed honestly and Linda Sarsour, one of the featured speakers at the May 4 pro-BDS of the complexities surround- which are available electroni- responsibly. event, at UMass in 2017. ing the conflict between Israel cally, are notable for their strong Universities are bastions of mitment to critical thinking, we 4. Despite differences of and the Palestinians. It is a one- anti-Israel bias and ignorance of freedom of speech. The pro- risk undermining everything we opinion that invariably divide sided conflict, in their view, and Middle Eastern history. I have tection of speech and the air- stand for and all that we have faculty in their understanding Israel and its Jewish support- watched these lectures and ing of views with which some worked so hard to accomplish. of an issue, it is enormously ers deserve all the blame. One can report that the methodol- may disagree vehemently is a Alongside freedom of speech, important to model civil behav- of their goals is to convince ogy employed to gauge public cardinal principle of academ- there are four core principles of ior and respectful speech, even their audience that the boy- opinion, which is the focus of ic life. The tenure system is academic research and teach- when disagreement is impas- cott of Israeli scholars from the his film on Israel’s influence designed to assure faculty who ing that in my view must guide sioned. In my view, this is a American academy is justified. on U.S. attitudes, is unprofes- express unpopular views that faculty when confronted by dif- fundamental requirement of The use of inflammatory sional. Neither do other depart- their political opinions will not ficult questions. teaching. rhetoric is intended to polarize ments that are sponsoring the adversely affect their standing 1. Classroom teaching and All too often, these four the issues, distort the reality, and event, including Philosophy in the academy. But freedom of research must not be sullied by principles are honored in the demonize Israel and its support- and Women, Gender, Sexuality speech cannot stand by itself. political objectives or ulterior breech. I am deeply distressed ers. It is meant to produce noise, Studies, list Middle East experts Having served as Professor of motives. by the widespread tendency of not light. Regrettably, the May 4 on their faculty. The time has Judaic and Near Eastern Studies 2. Teaching and research faculty at universities across the event is part of a disturbing pat- come for faculty and depart- at UMass Amherst for thirty- must rest firmly on the com- country to sponsor events that tern of inviting activist speakers ments to exercise restraint while six years, including twelve years mitment to understand the advocate unabashedly for polit- with no academic credentials, acknowledging the limits of as department chair, I learned complexity of a subject and to ical positions without offering or pseudo-scholars who have their academic competence. that the manner in which we avoid oversimplification. This audiences the opportunity to no standing in the academic One of the main arguments approach sensitive political commitment presupposes that hear other points of view and/ world, to advance outrageous made by the organizers of the issues – issues that are typical- these endeavors will be pursued or to participate in reasoned claims that do not meet the May 4th event is that supporters ly highly contentious – is the by aspiring to the highest level debate. Sadly, this has occurred threshold of fact-based research of Israel exploit anti-Semitism central educational lesson that of personal and professional at UMass on a number of occa- that we expect in the academy. in order to silence criticism of must be conveyed to our stu- integrity. sions. In November 2017, for Not infrequently, they com- Israel. But here the opposite is dents and to the public. In my 3. Faculty have a responsibil- example, one-sided diatribes pare Israel with Nazism. This the case. Those who take excep- experience, students and the ity to themselves, to their stu- against Israel masqueraded as obscene comparison certainly tion to unfair claims, untruths, public look to the university dents, and to the universities academic consideration of anti- qualifies as hate-mongering. and outrageous language are for guidance on this question, that employ them, to acquire Semitism and criticism of Israel. Regrettably, the UMass fac- not “falsely conflating legiti- and we must not disappoint the training, tools, and knowl- The speakers who have been ulty members who have orga- mate criticism of Israeli state them. If we dare permit political edge that are essential to the invited to the May 4 event were nized the May 4th event do policy with anti-Semitism,” as activism to replace our com- fields in which they work. not selected because of their not qualify as knowledgeable continued on page 22 8 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – MAY 2, 2019 COMMUNITY NEWS

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Publisher/Editor Football Club partner for match to combat anti-Semitism Steven A. Rosenberg On Nov. 30, the New England all hate crimes. [email protected] Revolution of Major League “It’s clear we need to do more Associate Editor Soccer, announced that it would to help combat anti-Semitism Michael Wittner partner with English Premier and all hate crimes in the wake League giant Chelsea Football of ongoing discrimination [email protected] Club to play a friendly soc- around the world, including the Business Manager cer match at Gillette Stadium recent tragedy in Pittsburgh,” Chet Baker to combat anti-Semitism. Kraft said. “We’re excited for the [email protected] The match, entitled the “Final Revolution to host Chelsea in Whistle on Hate,” will kick off in support of raising awareness of Director of Foxborough on Wednesday, May the dangerous manifestations Advertising & Marketing 15 at 8 p.m. of anti-Semitism. All proceeds Lois Kaplan Chelsea will travel stateside from the match will be dedi- [email protected] to face the Revs at the end of cated to initiatives to combat the Premier League season hate crimes.” Senior Account Executive as a part of the Blues’ ‘Say No Chelsea launched the ‘Say No Marcy Grand To Anti-Semitism’ campaign. To Anti-Semitism’ campaign in [email protected] Both Chelsea owner Roman January of 2018 to raise aware- Abramovich and the Kraft fam- ness of and educate the club’s Graphics, Web, ily have strong ties to Jewish players, staff, fans and the wider Russian Chronicle Editor communities across the globe community about anti-Semi- Yulia Zhorov and will each donate $1 mil- tism in football. Since then, the [email protected] lion in addition to all proceeds club has worked with leading from the match, towards inter- figures and authorities around Graphics, Web, Obituaries national community programs the world to help spread the Andrew Fleischer that combat anti-Semitism. message that anti-Semitism, [email protected] Recent events in Pittsburgh, and indeed any form of discrim- where 11 people were killed and ination, has no place in football Editorial Cartoonist seven more were injured in a or our communities. George Freedman mass shooting at the Tree of Life In addition to the match itself, synagogue in October, and San both the Revolution and Chelsea Robert Kraft Board of Overseers Diego, where one person was will take part in the “March of Neil Donnenfeld, President killed and three were injured in much in raising awareness of World Jewish Congress’ Theodor the Living” event in Poland, held Bob Blayer, *Rick Borten, April, serve as a reminder, yet this important issue, but there Herzl Award dinner in New annually in remembrance of the Beverly Clark, Fred M. Cohen, again, that anti-Semitism is an remains a lot of work to do. I York. In his remarks accepting Holocaust, on Thursday, May 2. Susan Garnick, on-going issue, and instances am delighted to join forces with the award, Revolution owner The teams’ participation in the Marcia Glassman-Jaffe, across Europe continue to rise. New England Revolution and Robert Kraft spoke about how march will be the latest activity Cara Hogan, Johanna Matloff, “I am proud of the work the Kraft family in this initia- he has been privileged to see in a continuing series of com- Lynn Nadeau, Chelsea does to promote equal- tive and we look forward to the the power of sports bring people mitments both organizations Donna Lozow Pierce, ity and tackle discrimination all match.” together and break down bar- have made as part of a joint *Howard Rich, *Robert M. Rose, over the world,” Chelsea owner In early November, the Kraft riers. Reflecting on the victims effort between Mr. Abramovich Stephanie Simon, John Smidt, Roman Abramovich said. “The family was honored with the of the tragedy in Pittsburgh, he and the Kraft family to harness Bradley J. Sontz, Ted D. Stux, Say No To anti-Semitism cam- World Jewish Congress’s (WJC) pledged to further his efforts to the power of sport to combat Matthew Swartz, paign has already achieved so Teddy Kolleck Award at the help combat anti-Semitism and anti-Semitism and discrimina- *Selma Williams tion around the world. *Life Board Members The “March of the Living” is an annual event that brings Past President people from around the world Bradley J. Sontz Temple B’nai Israel of Revere together to explore the history of Publisher Emerita the Holocaust, with an expected Barbara Schneider After 113 years as a Kehillah Kadosha, 10,000 people marching from we invite you to join us for our closing events. Auschwitz to Birkenau, the larg- The Jewish Journal, ISSN est Nazi concentration camp 1040-0095, an independent, complex built during World War non-profit community newspaper, is published bi-weekly by II. North Shore Jewish Press, Ltd., Last year, Chelsea FC was P.O. 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Celebrate the best among us at Journal’s Menschions and Mimosas Gala May 19 THE RASHI SCHOOL By Michael Wittner JOURNAL STAFF PEABODY – Bagels, lox, ANNUAL whitefish, and pillars of the community – who could ask for anything more? On May 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Temple Ner Tamid in DINNER Peabody, the Jewish Journal will host its third annual Menschions and Mimosas Gala Fundraiser to honor the hard work and good HONORING will of the 15 “mensches” it has profiled over the past year. Dena and Michael Rashes Neil Donnenfeld, president of the Journal board, believes Neil Donnenfeld that in troubled times, everyone could use an afternoon dedi- ages of Red Sox tickets, and cated to good people perform- 18 holes of golf for two at the 14 Iyar 5779 ing mitzvot. Ipswich Country Club cour- “This is a must-attend, feel- tesy of Giblees Menswear and good event, and everyone knows Tuxedos of Danvers – which has SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2019 we need as much good news as provided matching outfits to go we can get,” he said. “This is a with it. celebration and a recognition The gala celebrates not only 5:00 PM of the best that people in our the mensches, but the Journal community have to offer. We itself. “This is the embodiment celebrate their imagination and of the transformation of the Seaport Boston Hotel their caring.” Jewish Journal into a positive, One Seaport Lane, Boston The mensches who have been relevant, community-based, honored are a diverse group, community-building institu- Dietary laws observed. both in terms of geography and tion,” said Donnenfeld, who the lives they lead. This year’s recalls the first gala at the JCC of gala will honor Melissa Caplan, the North Shore, which attracted For more information or tickets, visit: Steven P. Cohen, Dr. Irv Danesh, roughly 180 people as a critical Amy Farber, Carl Goldman, turning point for the nonprofit www.rashi.org/dinner2019 Mike and Arlene Goodstein, Journal, which prints 15,000 Todd Levine, Adele Lubarsky, papers each edition and mails Ed Medros, Betsy Mullen, Jim them free to Jewish and inter- Rudolph, Anne Selby, Bruce faith families in Greater Boston. Siegel, Judi Simmons and Sue Last year’s event at Temple B’nai Weiss. Abraham in Beverly attracted You can help link the Jewish community. Over decades, these men- 225 people and raised $45,000 Donate to the Journal online at sches have built buildings, for the Journal. chaired boards, led capital cam- www.jewishjournal.org paigns, grown organizations, Tickets are still available coached games, written books, for the 2019 gala. Individual taught children to read, swim, seats are $54, and tables for 10 and sing – and even catered are $800. Tickets are available Jewish Journal fundraisers. for purchase at the top of the After an hour or so of jewishjournal.org homepage schmoozing and noshing on or by calling 978-745-4111. If Larry Levine’s gourmet spread, you would like to advertise your WHAT ARE YOU each honoree will receive an business and congratulate this award and have the opportu- year’s mensches, contact Journal nity to give a few brief remarks. Editor Steven Rosenberg at This will be followed by a live [email protected] to DOING THIS SUMMER? auction that will include pack- buy a section of the ad book.

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‘Searching for Lottie’ brings children on a journey of hope By Penny Schwartz 1938, shortly after the Germans JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT invaded Austria. The siblings left behind their parents, who n old black and white perished in the Holocaust. Erika photograph of a young arrived in New York at age 20. AViennese girl with a Ross’s mother eventually beaming smile hung in Susan moved to the Boston area, where L. Ross’s childhood home in she was introduced to Ross’s Auburn, Maine. Ross’s middle father. They moved to Lewiston, name – Lottie – was given to her Maine, his hometown, where, in memory of Charlotte “Lottie” in the late 1880s, her father’s Kulka, her mother’s cousin who family was among the earliest died in the Holocaust. Growing Jews to settle in the city; they up, Ross found herself wonder- were active in building its Jewish ing what Lottie’s life might have community. been. Ross and her four siblings Decades later in suburban grew up in the 1960s in Auburn, Connecticut, Ross, by then across the Androscoggin River married and a mother of two, from Lewiston. rediscovered a box of fam- “I was the Jewish kid who ily papers that included cloth- brought the menorah to the bound scrapbooks kept by a dif- front of the class and taught ferent cousin, Magda Szemere, everyone [about Hanukkah],” an acclaimed young violinist Ross said in a phone interview. from Budapest who also per- Most of her classmates were ished in the Holocaust. It was from Catholic families with filled with crumbling concert French-Canadian roots. There reviews in Hungarian, French, weren’t many Jewish families in Charlotte “Lottie” Kulka died in the Holocaust. and German. Maine, she recalled. who had been resettled there. “I About eight years ago, when pen to paper for a new book for In the hands of Ross, an But Lewiston-Auburn did had uncles and aunts and close Ross’s son was in seventh grade, middle-school readers. award-winning writer, these have a tight-knit, deeply engaged friends who recreated family in he had a school project to write “Searching for Lottie” is bits of unexplored family group of Holocaust survivors Auburn,” Ross said. about a family member. He told through the eyes of a sev- archives sparked a multiyear As she raised her kids, Ross’s chose to research her mother, enth-grade girl named Charlie, journey of discovery that she mother did not share much of Erika. It was then that Ross redis- nicknamed for the young girl transformed into “Searching her personal story or the anguish covered the family boxes in the – Charlotte “Lottie” Kulka – in for Lottie,” a poignant, page- of losing her family. “I found it to back of a closet, including the Ross’s family photograph. For turning contemporary novel for be very common among refu- scrapbooks kept by her cousin her school family research proj- middle-school readers based on gees. She [her mother] did her Magda Szemere, the acclaimed ect, Charlie chose her Nana the journey of Ross’s extend- utmost to protect us and to try young violist. Rose. ed Jewish family, from pre-war to bring us up in an atmosphere Ross realized that, two gener- Charlie, a talented and pas- Europe, through the Holocaust, of hope.” ations apart, her son was able to sionate string musician like the to Connecticut. Ross adopted her mother’s ask questions that were too hard real-life Szemere, brings every- In advance of Yom HaShoah, positive outlook of being help- for her to ask her mother years thing she’s got to a methodi- Holocaust Remembrance Day, ful, always trying to look at the before. With the sophistication cal and adventurous quest for observed this year on May 2, the best in people. Her words of of the Internet, Ross was more the truth about what happened Journal spoke with Ross, who wisdom, including, “If at first easily able to return to her own to her grandmother’s family. has been in Cambridge this aca- you don’t succeed, keep try- historical hunt for information Nana Rose encourages the curi- demic year with her husband. ing,” feature prominently in about her relatives. ous and persistent girl to keep “Searching for Lottie” is “Searching for Lottie,” through A search yielded articles searching. based on the family of Ross’s the voice of the fictional Nana about Szemere. Among the Ross said she hopes the book mother, Erika Lencz, who, with Rose, a Holocaust refugee like goose-bump moments was strikes a universal chord and her older brother, fled Vienna in Ross’s mother. when, to Ross’s astonishment, encourages young people of all a curator at Yale University – backgrounds to talk with their near her home – turned up a grandparents. rare recording. Szemere’s music “I wanted this to be a way for was wonderful, the curator told kids to take ownership of that, to her. As the family puzzle pieces help preserve their own family Fun never came together, Ross again took legacy.” The House of the Seven Gables gets old. Museum Store Assisted Living You don’t need to tour to visit the store! never felt so young.

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Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation screens film festival May 18-20

ANDOVER – The Merrimack find the man who offered him This is a heartwarming story Valley Jewish Federation will shelter and taught him magic, of an outcast teen who connects hold its annual Jewish Film he brings his son with him and with his isolated grandfather, Festival over three days in they confront their prickly rela- Samuel (played by Hal Linden), various locations, beginning tionship, with help of a kind- when he makes him the subject Saturday, May 18, and ending hearted prostitute. So begins an of an animated art project for on Monday, May 20. engaging road trip during the school. The boy discovers that The festival will feature four search for reconciliation amidst his grandfather, a Jewish dry films: “Magic Men,” “The Samuel enchanting moments of humor. cleaner, has a surprising past. Project,” “The Invisibles,” and (English, Greek, Hebrew, with The movie is suitable for stu- “Shoelaces.” All four movies English subtitles) dents, seventh grade and up. have won numerous awards. (English) KARAOKE on Fridays and “The Invisibles” will be Saturdays from ORDER ONLINE AT: shown on Sunday, May 19, at 4 8:30 pm to 12:30 am! www.fantasyislandsalem.com p.m., also at Osgood Landing. KIDS’ KARAOKE 516 Loring Avenue, Salem Admission $12. on Sundays from 1:00 to 5:00 pm! Tel: (978) 745-1700 In June 1943, Germany Fax: (978) 740-9121 declared Berlin “Judenfrei” – free of Jews. But at that moment, there were still 7,000 Jews living there, hiding and protected by courageous Berliners, while des- perately trying to avoid depor- tation. The movie depicts the experiences of four survivors “The Samuel Project” will – one a teenager – interweav- be shown on Sunday, May 19, ing their testimony with highly at 1:30 p.m. at 1580 Osgood accomplished dramatizations, Landing in North Andover. an unusual hybrid approach Admission is $12. that brings edge-of -the-seat

“Magic Men” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Congregation Shalom in Chelmsford. Admission is $24 per person and includes an opening night reception.

In the film, Avraham – a Holocaust survivor who has renounced his faith – resents the piety of his son Yehuda, a devout Hassidic rapper. When the aging Avraham decides to return to his native Greece to

suspense to their years under- ground. (German with English subtitles) The admission to see both movies on Sunday, May 19, is $20 per person.

“Shoelaces” will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday, May 20, at Temple Emanuel in Andover. The $18 admission includes a Dessert Wrap Party.

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Schusterman describes as a “Sometimes people will want to “Torah Hub is a very inten- “parashah/life lessons” class. know about a given topic, some- tional way of bringing the entire Rabbi Yossi Lipsker of Chabad of times people will want a little community together for adult the North Shore in Swampscott insight on the weekly Torah por- Jewish learning,” said Meyer. 533 Main Street • 2nd Floor, Suite 2 & 3 • Melrose, MA 02176 offers a weekly Torah class, “Ten tion. People want to know how “It’s really wonderful that we’re 781.367.1830 • 781.620.1303 Minutes of Torah,” streamed the weekly Torah portion speaks not so isolated from one anoth- Email: [email protected] • Web: www.lecceskincare.com online and also available on to them existentially.” er in terms of synagogues and Chabad’s Facebook page. Then there are classes that agencies here when we’re talking For the past three years, consist of many rabbis and about continuing adult learning. Rabbi Michael Ragozin of many students. 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YOM HA’ATZMAUT COMMUNITY MAY 5 UNDERSTANDING ANTI- May 7 BROADWAY TO BEETHOVEN SEMITISM, EVENT: “SUSTAINABLE NATION” presented by AND BACK, presented by Symphony Temple Sinai. Presented by JCCNS, in by the Sea and conductor Maestro An interactive honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Donald Palma, featuring mezzo-soprano workshop to help in partnership with Ana Guigui in hand-picked selections people address from some of the most celebrated anti-Semitism on CJP’s Torah Hub, shows on the Broadway stage. A a personal and sponsored by Sharon transplanted NewAhea Yorker presently living political level. in Boston, Ms. Guigui was classically Marya Axner, and Howard Rich. The trained in piano, flute and viola before director of the New film “Sustainable Nation” maturing into an accomplished singer, England Jewish follows three Israelis songwriter, keyboardist and actress. Labor Committee, will give a talk and She has recorded and/or sung live lead an interactive discussion on anti- who are doing their part with popular artists such as Ben Semitism. She will address root causes to bring sustainable Folds, Deborah Gibson and the band, YOM HASHOAH of anti-Semitism with a historical view AMERICA. Concluding the program of how anti-Semitism has functioned water solutions to an will be Beethoven’s beloved Fifth COMMEMORATION with Richard to divide people and divert attention increasingly thirsty Symphony, a powerful testament to Cohen, presented by Temple Emanuel. from issues of income inequality in Richard Cohen, president of the Southern planet, where one in 10 the spirit of mankind and perhaps the society. She will create opportunities most universally recognizable classical Poverty Law Center, will share his words for people to share their experiences people lacks access to work in history. Tickets are $35 and are of wisdom about teaching tolerance, of anti-Semitism and help people think safe drinking water. The available atthecabot.org or at the Cabot fighting hate and seeking justice to about how they can address it on an Theater Box Office. 3 p.m. Cabot Theater, make the world a better place today and interpersonal and political level. Free for work of this visionary Beverly. tomorrow. Soloist Gitit Shoval and the members.$10 for the community. 9:30 trio highlights the nexus Soul Sisters will perform. 1 p.m. Free. a.m. Temple Sinai, 1 Community Road, LIGHT AND RESTORATION, A Sponsored by Max and Hilda Perlitsh. Marblehead. between food, energy Benefit Concert for Our Neighbors in Temple Emanuel, 7 Haggetts Pond Road, and water and underscores how solving these enormous the Merrimack Valley. Temple Emanu-El Andover. CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT, challenges can help free women, and the world, from life- in Haverhill will host Koleinu, Boston’s featuring Yevgeny Kutik, violin, Jan Jewish Community Chorus in a benefit PJ LIBRARY BIRTHDAY PARTY Müller-Szeraws, cello and Constantine threatening poverty, illness and lack of opportunity. With concert for the victims of the fall 2018 FOR ISRAEL, presented by Lappin Finehouse, piano, performing works special guest speaker Avi Jorisch, entrepreneur, Middle East Merrimack Valley gas explosions. Tickets Foundation in partnership with Epstein of Schubert, Brahms and Beethoven. expert and author of “Thou Shalt Innovate.”Free and open to are available at the door for a suggested Hillel School. Join the community for a Admission is free and there are donation of $18 for individuals and story, songs, craft, Israeli dancing and no reserved seats. This concert is the public. 7 p.m. $40 for families. 4 p.m. For questions, snack to celebrate Israel’s 71st birthday. sponsored by the Saul B. and Naomi R. contact Nancy at 978-373-3861 or 3 – 4 p.m. Epstein Hillel School, 6 Cohen Foundation. 3 p.m. 617-558-8127, Visit jccns.org for more information and to reserve a seat. [email protected]. Temple Community Road, Marblehead. templeemanuel.com. Temple Emanuel, Temple Emanu-El, 393 Atlantic Ave, Marblehead. Emanu-El, 514 Main St., Haverhill. 385 Ward St., Newton.

JTI & CJP COMMUNITY ACTION DAY

On Sunday, April 14, more than 200 volunteers of all ages gathered for a day of hands-on service at Plummer Youth Promise in Salem. Thank you to everyone who participated, particularly our teen leaders.

We finished more than 18 projects to benefit Plummer, LifeBridge, North Shore Community Development Coalition, and JFS Metrowest. Our work included cooking meals, planting gardens, building outdoor furniture, and preparing school kits for Syrian children. Together, we put our commitment to tikkun olam (repairing the world) into action.

Thanks to Pediatric Health Care Associates P.C., J-Serve, the Michael Steinberg Leadership Development Endowment Fund, Larry Levine’s Kosher Meats & Deli, and the CJP North Shore Planning Committee for making this event possible. CALENDAR THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – MAY 2, 2019 15

MAY 6 SENIOR JAZZ AND LUNCH AT THE JCCNS. All seniors are welcome to enjoy a live performance by the Insight Band and share a delicious complimentary lunch. RSVP to Sara Ewing at [email protected]. 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. JCCNS, 4 Community Road, Marblehead. Broadway to Beethoven MAY 8 THE RASHI SCHOOL PRESENTS “BEST and Back A Rousing Season Finale! FRIENDS, WORST ENEMIES” with Dr. Michael Thompson. A special evening with Dr. Michael Thompson Ph.D., a well-known author and one of the country’s leading psychologists. Dr. Beethoven Thompson, who specializes in relationships between Symphony No. 5 children and families, will present a lecture entitled “Best Friends, Worst Enemies.” Walking parents and teachers through the complex social world of Broadway Classics by childhood, he will offer solutions as well as discuss his theory that while all children yearn for popularity, Stephen Sondheim it is friendship that helps children survive and thrive. 7 p.m. This event is free of charge and open to the Richard Rodgers public. For more information or to RSVP, visit rashi. Andrew Lloyd Webber org/frenemies or call 781-355-7316. The Rashi School, 8000 Great Meadow Road, Dedham.

AN EVENING WITH AMBASSADOR JOHN LOEB, JR. Ambassador Ana Guigui, Mezzo Soprano Loeb will discuss his recently published memoir, a candid account of the blessings and burdens of growing up within the expectations of New York’s German-Jewish establishment. Reception and book-signing to follow. Tickets $18; for more information and to register visit my.americanancestors.org/single/eventDetail. aspx?p=1044. 7 - 8:30 p.m. Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at NEHGS, 99-101 Newbury St., Boston. MAY 9 JCCNS PRESENTS “CHEWDAISM: A TASTE OF JEWISH MONTREAL,” presented by JCCNS. Struggling with their own proverbial “Yidlife crisis,” two Montrealers on the cusp of middle age return to their hometown to discover their own mixed-up heritage in this story of Jewish Montreal. “Chewdaism” follows Jamie and Eli as they discover the roots of their city’s Jewish community by noshing their way through Donald Palma, a series of classical Jewish eateries. The duo tells the story of their community over the last 100 Music Director years and shares tales and meals with various colorful guests along the way. Featuring special guest speaker Alon Munzer, owner of Mamaleh’s Delicatessen in Cambridge. 1:30 p.m. $12. Warwick Sunday, May 5 Place, 123 Pleasant St., Marblehead. The Cabot Theater, Beverly, 3:00 PM CLOSING NIGHT: “PROSECUTING EVIL,” presented by JCCNS. This gripping Tickets available at www.thecabot.org or at the Cabot Box Oce documentary tells the captivating story of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor. After witnessing the horror of the Nazi concentration camps shortly after liberation, Ferencz, at age 27, was asked to be lead prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen case — the biggest murder trial in history that led to the conviction of Nazi officials. Ferencz Philip Roger Roy Presents went on to advocate for restitution for Jewish victims of the Holocaust and later for the establishment of the International Criminal Court. At age 99, his THE HIT NEW YORK COMEDY fight for justice for victims of atrocity crimes continues today. $25. 7 p.m. Includes a reception after the film. Salem Visitor Center, 2 New Liberty St., Salem. One part lasagna, one part kreplach & two parts Prozac, you don’t have to MAY 10 be Jewish or Italian to love this show. YOM HA’ATZMAUT CELEBRATION, Kabbalat Shabbat service starts at All you need is to know what it feels 6 p.m., followed by mediterranean delights, singing and dancing sponsored by the Israeli Dance Group. RSVP to [email protected]. Temple Sinai, 1 like to leave a family dinner with Community Road, Marblehead. heartburn & a headache! MAY 12 SCHMOOZE AND NEWS AT THE JCCNS, An invigorating conversation APRIL 24 - about the biggest news stories of the month. Free and open to everyone. 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. JCCNS, 4 Community Road, Marblehead. MAY 19, 2019 “Amazing! Hysterical! A Wonderful Show! I Still Hurt From Laughing!” Starring Peter Fogel - BroadwayWorld.com

Week of Friday, May 3 through Thursday, May 9, 2019 “As Heartwarming As Comfort Food. POKÉMON HER SMELL (R) Everyone Can Relate to This!” DETECTIVE PIKACHU (PG) Exhibited in HD in our intimate - Martha Stewart Living Radio Thu: 6:30 PM 18-seat Screening Room Fri: (4:10), 7:20, 9:45 • Sat: (11:05 AM), (1:45), (4:10), 7:20, 9:45 “Hysterically Funny! LONG SHOT (R) Sun: (11:05 AM), (1:45), (4:10), 7:20 Fri: (4:20), 7:15, 10:00 Non-Stop Laughs All The Way!” Mon - Thu: (4:10), 7:20 Sat: (11:00 AM), (1:35), - Regis Philbin, Live With Regis & Kelly (4:20), 7:15, 10:00 PET SEMATARY (R) Sun: (11:00 AM), (1:35), (4:20), 7:15 Fri: 7:30 PM • Sat & Sun: (2:20), 7:30 Wed 7 pm, Thurs 2 & 7 pm, Fri 8 pm, Mon - Thu: (4:15), 7:00 Mon & Tue: 7:30 PM Sat 2 & 8 pm, Sun 2 pm Wed: 6:15 PM • Thu: (4:00 PM) AVENGERS: SHAZAM! (PG-13) ENDGAME (PG-13) Fri: (4:35), 10:00 Fri: (3:00), 6:45, 10:30 Sat: (11:40 AM), (4:35), 10:00 Sat: (11:15 AM), (3:00), 6:45, 10:30 Sun: (11:40 AM), (4:35) Sun: (11:15 AM), (3:00), 6:45 Mon & Tue: (4:30 PM) • Wed: (3:45 PM) Mon - Thu: (3:30), 7:15 Tickets: • Groups (12+): Visit our website for other showtimes 781-646-4849 1-888-264-1788 One East India Square • Salem, MA • 978-744-1400 • www.CinemaSalem.com PlayhouseInfo.com 16 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – MAY 2, 2019 CALENDAR

programs of the Federation. Call 978- MAY 15 MAY 16 688-0466 for more information. All Submit your Calendar listings to BEARING WITNESS: tickets can be purchased online at mvjf. THE STORY OF THE org, or by sending a check to MVJF, P.O. [email protected] Box 937, Andover, MA 01810. NENTERHAUSEN SYNAGOGUE. Stephen Denker recounts the story of a synagogue in a rural German village MAY 19 that was desecrated on Kristallnacht, then brought back to life in 1987 and caringly rebuilt as a witness to Jewish presence. Free, RSVPs requested at: “FINAL WHISTLE ON HATE” the my.americanancestors.org/single/ Functions New England Revolution and Chelsea FC, eventDetail.aspx?p=1076. 8 - 9:15 p.m. Catering from of the English Premier League, will play Adams Street Shul, 168 Adams St., available 2-200 a charity match for the “Final Whistle Newton. • on Hate” at Gillette Stadium. Kicking SU CHANG’S off at 8 p.m. The match will be played MENSCHIONS & MIMOSAS. FINE CHINESE CUISINE against a backdrop of ongoing anti- MAY 17 The Jewish Journal will hold its third 373 Lowell Street • Peabody, Massachusetts Semitism and discrimination around the annual brunch to honor memebers world with all proceeds from the match of our community who have made being dedicated to initiatives to combat outstanding contributions throughout A Very Happy Mother’s Day anti-Semitism and all hate crimes. their work, volunteer efforts, and through The match’s primary beneficiaries will their philantrhopy. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. To All Our Mothers! include the World Jewish Congress, More information on tickets or how REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY the Tree of Life synagogue, the to place a tribute ad in the booklet, Anti-Defamation League, and the visit jewishjournal.org or email rsvp@ ampm ampm Holocaust Educational Trust. Tickets at: jewishjournal.org, or Temple Ner Tamid, Luncheon Specials: 11:30am-3pm Ticketmaster.com, Revolutionsoccer.net, 368 Lowell St., Peabody. TEL 978-531-3366 • FAX 978-531-3060 • www.suchangspeabody.com or 1-877-GET-REVS. MAY 20

YOUNG FAMILY SHABBAT, presented by Lappin Foundation. Friday night Shabbat service, PJ Library story, songs, dinner and dessert for young families. All are welcome. 5:30 p.m. Temple Sinai, 1 Community Road, Marblehead. MAY 15, 22, 29 ISRAEL DANCING FOR BEGINNERS Taught by Marla Mindel, Israeli dance teacher. Instructions will begin at 7 p.m., arrive by 6:50 to check- in. RSVPs requested to Susan Feinstein at [email protected] or 978-740-4431. MORE THAN SNAPSHOTS: RETHINKING FAMILY PHOTOS, MAY 18 presented by Lappin Foundation. An interactive presentation by Lara JOE JENCKS performs at the New Silberklang on how we can use family Moon Coffeehouse in Haverhill. Celebrate photos to gain a deeper understanding the conclusion of the New Moon of our own stories. Lara Silberklang Coffeehouse’s 31st season with famed is a Scholar-in-Residence at the singer/songwriter Joe Jencks. Kim Hadassah Brandeis Institute. She Moberg opens the evening. Admission creates experiences that deepen social to the show is $20; $10 for those ages and cultural engagement. 7 p.m. The 18 and under. Tickets are available at program is free and all are welcome. the door; doors open at 7:30. Tickets Attendies are invited to being a photo may be reserved prior to the show by from family’s collection that holds visitingnewmooncoffeehouse.org, or personal significance. RSVPs requested by calling 978-459-5134. Universalist to [email protected]. Unitarian Church, 16 Ashland St., Walk-ins are welcome. Temple Ner FREE COMMUNITY EVENT Haverhill. Tamid, 368 Lowell St., Peabody. north shore MAY 18-20 MAY 21 A celebration of ANNUAL JEWISH FILM DESSERT & DISCUSSION FESTIVAL, presented by the IN CAMBERVILLE, presented Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation. by Jewish Discovery Institute. Join The festival will feature four films, InterfaithFamily/Boston, Rabbi Braham “Magic Men,” “The Samuel Project,” David and other seriously dating, “The Invisibles and Shoelaces.” Yom Ha’atzmaut engaged and newly married interfaith/ “Magic Men,” May 18, 7:30 p.m. at intercultural couples for an evening in partnership with Torah Hub Congregation Shalom in Chelmsford. $24 of socializing and fun, meaningful per person, includes an opening night conversation. This month, join with festive reception. Avraham, a Holocaust other interfaith couples for a “grab bag” survivor who has renounced his faith of questions, both lighthearted and Tuesday, May 7th at 7:00PM at Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead resents the piety of his son, Yehuda, a serious, about interfaith relationships. devout Hassidic rapper. $5 per person. Cost includes tasty “The Samuel Project,” May 19, 1:30 dessert, beverage and a great time! 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AMCHA Initiative, Subbaswamy panies that fuel and profit from cautioned that the pro-BDS wrote, “UMass Amherst is com- the military occupation and panel “could create a very hos- mitted to fostering a commu- repression of Palestinians.” tile environment for Jewish stu- nity of dignity and respect and Stephanie Margolis, presi- dents on campus.” She said uni- rejects all forms of bigotry. The dent of the Student Alliance for versity departments that spon- campus is also firmly commit- Israel and a junior at UMass sor the event are promoting a ted to the principles of free Amherst, believes the proposed single viewpoint. “As a result, speech and academic freedom. event has made Jewish students UMass Students In Alliance As such, and as is required of uncomfortable and concerned For Israel (SAFI) is running a a public institution under about their safety on campus. campaign titled Dare 2 Discuss, the First Amendment, UMass “Jewish students on campus which opens up a space for Amherst applies a content- are voicing concerns regard- constructive dialogue about the neutral standard when making ing the upcoming event. Many conflict at universities. We all facilities available to outside feel that the event may cause may have differences in opin- organizations for the purpose of increased incitement and anti- ion, but the only way we can holding events.” Semitism being that the pan- learn from each other is through The proposed event will elists have been known to be discussion,” she said. feature Waters, Pink Floyd’s involved with anti-Semitic rhet- Rabbi Aaron Fine, execu- co-founder, who compared “We are particularly disconcerted that the event is being co-spon- oric,” said Margolis, of Acton. tive director of Hillel at UMass the Israeli government to sored by two university departments,” said Hillel’s Rabbi Aaron Fine. Amherst said that Hillel has Nazi Germany during a 2017 In an essay in today’s Jewish paid $72,974 while serving as responded to the event by work- Facebook chat. Also included Journal (page 7), Daniel Gordon, executive director of the Media The pro-BDS panel ing with student leaders and the in the panel is Women’s March a professor of History at UMass Education Foundation. His “could create a very university to ensure all Jewish co-founder Linda Sarsour, who Amherst, asserted that the polit- film “The Occupation of the hostile environment for students are safe. This includes wrote, “Nothing is creepier icization of academic life on the American Mind,” was shown supporting a range of student than Zionism,” on her Twitter UMass campus has been “out of by the Unitarian Universalist Jewish students initiatives, directly address- homepage in 2012. In addition, control” for many years. Church of Marblehead in 2017, on campus.” ing Jewish community con- Marc Lamont Hill and Dave “The BDS event is not only and caused dozens of local Jews – Rachel Ellis, cerns with the UMass Amherst Zirin, two other critics of Israel, sponsored by some of the aca- and Christians to protest out- UMass student administration, and continuing will appear on the panel. demic units on campus, it is side of the church. Critics said to organize programming about “The vicious smears these organized with major input the film embraced traditional the Israeli-Palestinian conflict four people have been subjected from the faculty,” Gordon wrote. anti-Semitic tropes, and con- “Certainly the event is not that models sophisticated civil to are part of a systematic effort “Professor Sut Jhally, the chair- spiracy theories, with the film creating a platform for open discourse aimed toward peace to change the subject and deflect man of the Communication concluding that Israel created dialogue where students can and understanding. attention away from the bil- Department is one of the lead- a public relations policy to con- have a nuanced discussion; “We are deeply concerned lions of dollars in financial and ing organizers. The chancellor trol the American media. rather this panel will further about the ‘Not Backing Down’ military aid the U.S. continues has stated that the BDS event The Department of Women, polarize our campus. It is sad, to event taking place on campus, to give Israel despite its ongo- is the effort of a ‘private foun- Gender, Sexuality Studies, which me, but unfortunately not sur- as are many UMass students, ing violations of international dation’ and not the univer- is co-sponsoring the event, is prising, to see that departments alumni, and community mem- law and Palestinian human sity. But the Media Education led by Professor Laura Briggs. have sponsored the event, and bers. The divisive message of the rights,” said Sut Jhally, who is Foundation, which is producing In 2015, Briggs tweeted “BDS is I believe it is giving a very bad event perpetuates conflict and the chairman of the university’s the event, was founded by none a feminist issue,” and in 2014, reputation to the university I amplifies polarization through a Department of Communication. other than Jhally, who has also Briggs signed an open letter love.” one-dimensional dogmatic nar- Jhally also serves as executive served as its long-term execu- that affirmed the passage of a Peabody’s Rachel Ellis, a rative of the Israeli-Palestinian director of the Media Education tive director.” BDS resolution at UMass which member of the Class of 2021 at conflict. We are particularly Foundation, the organization Jhally, who earned $177,902 called “on the graduate stu- UMass Amherst, said she was disconcerted that the event is that is sponsoring the May 4 on the state payroll last year dents’ employer and their union disappointed that the program being co-sponsored by two uni- event. as a UMass professor, also was to divest from and boycott com- was being held on campus and versity departments,” said Fine. HEALTH SERVICES

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By Jules Becker munity, which reminded her of JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT her time with at-risk youth in Washington. aeemah White-Peppers “How do we try to help peo- took on responsibility ple who have the ability to suc- Nfor others years before ceed but not the opportunity to she became a parent. make it?” she asked. The Jewish African-American Similarly, she noted how dif- actor, who was born in Chicago ficult she imagines it is to raise and now lives in Braintree, troubled children despite the worked with at-risk youth in best intentions. “We look at Washington, D.C., for a year and the choices that parents make a half while in college. It was and the choices they make with there that White-Peppers dis- regard to mental health,” said Naeemah White-Peppers covered how much she loved White-Peppers, who was moved Photo: Sharman Altshuler being on stage, and acted in her The experience of the family of to reflect on her own personal Sarah Kornfeld, Robert Orzalli, Ben Choi-Harris, Phil Thompson and first play, “King Stag,” with the the shooter is not something parenting choices. “We get to Ellen Peterson in “Caroline, or Change.” American Repertory Theatre. we think about in our own dis- grapple with the idea of respon- Now the Independent Re - course,” said White-Peppers, sibility. If I, or anyone in such a view ers of New England’s best who plays a minister who is not situation, had done something Revival of ‘Caroline, or solo performance recipient and particularly religious, an angry differently, would it have mat- Norton Award-winning actress neighbor, and an FBI agent. The tered? I spent a lot of time think- Change’ hums with lessons will depict three very differ- play also follows the stories of a ing of choices as a parent and ent characters in the premiere shooter, whose name is Travis, the anxiety children experience. of race and understanding of Zeitgeist Stage’s “Trigger his family, and their attorney. “I want to build independent Warning,” a provocative look at “This is a family [the children and teach them how By Jules Becker musical “Caroline, or Change” the impact of a shooting on the Murphys] that does not share to navigate the world by them- JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT – in 1963 at the same location shooter’s family, through May 4 my political and social values. selves,” she said, noting how she on the cusp of real civil rights at the Boston Center for the Arts. Part of the process was finding wants to spend more time with ony Kushner spent change. 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Provocative and stellar ‘The Return’ marks Israeli Stage’s final production

By Shelley A. Sackett (Palestinian-Israeli Hanna Eady of Israel” when he befriended a JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT and American Edward Mast), Palestinian coworker. “Through acting (Philana Mia and Nael their eyes, I began to see things think I may have done Nacer) and directing (Guy Ben- differently,” he said. He and something wrong,” the Aharon) are brilliant. The set Hanna have much in common. “I Jewish Israeli charac- design (Cristina Todesco) and They both act and direct, and ter known as Her says to the lighting (Jeff Adelberg) are pow- are compatible personally, polit- Palestinian Israeli charac- erful, yet unobtrusive, subtly ically and artistically. “We know ter known as Him. “I want to evoking an interrogation room. a lot of beloved people who are understand and make it right.” And the post-performance in danger every day because of “The Return,” the provoca- moderated dialog last Saturday a system that places one people tive and extraordinary two- evening was as thought-provok- in power over another.” character play performed ing and engaging as the play When Guy Ben-Aharon by Israeli Stage at the Boston itself. founded Israeli Stage in 2010 as Center for the Arts Calderwood The 65-minute intermission- a 19-year-old Emerson College Pavilion through May 19, slow- less show is a product of the student, his goal was to expose ly unravels the mystery of love ongoing 20-year collabora- American audiences to Israeli and betrayal that underlies the tion between the Seattle-based plays. Over nine seasons, the relationship between these two playwrights, who met through company has become known very human beings trapped mutual friends soon after Mast for its commitment to diversity, within a politically complicated returned from his first trip to empathy and building com- country. Their backstory is a Israel. The two talked a bit that munity bridges through shared roadmap that examines Israel’s night. The next day Hanna dialogue. “It’s so easy to exist establishment and its contem- asked Mast if he would be inter- in echo chambers, and have porary social and political order ested in teaming up on a project our own thoughts and opinions through a Palestinian lens. he had in mind. “Aside from regurgitated for us. It is much Because it is impossible to being a good playwright, Ed is more challenging to confront avoid spoilers in a full-throat- an activist for human rights,” dualities and a multiplicity of ed review, broad brushstrokes Eady said. experiences,” the Israeli native must suffice. The writing That project became their said. first play, “Sahmatah: Memory “The Return” marks the last of Stones,” based on inter- play of his company’s final sea- views with refugees from the son, and Ben-Aharon is “really Palestinian village destroyed Photo: Anna Olivella/Israeli Stage glad” to share this Palestinian- Nael Nacer and Philana Mia in “The Return.” during the Arab-Israeli War of Israeli perspective on the reality 1948. In 1998, it was produced mixed population of Palestinian tragic reality of daily life of the in Israel and the Palestinian ter- in Arabic in the Masrahal-Midan Druze, Christians, Muslims and Palestinian people, to see they ritories. “It is the very first time Theater in Haifa, and on the Palestinian Jews lived there are deprived of the most simple we will have done that in nine ruins of the village of Sahmatah together for thousands of years. and natural thing in life, which seasons’ worth of work. We’re in the Upper Galilee. In 1948, Israel was established is normal human contact,” he not trying to change hearts and Eady, who holds a Bachelor and the harmony of their life said. He also wants theatergo- minds as much as we’re trying of Fine Arts in theater from the in the village was destroyed,” ers to notice the play’s mes- to open them. Just a little bit.” University of Wisconsin and a Eady said. A large part of his sage of hope and spread it. “A Master of Fine Arts in drama and family fled and are now scat- good play changes attitudes and The Calderwood Pavilion, directing from the University tered around the world in five motivates the audience to take Boston Center for the Arts of Washington in Seattle, grew continents. action,” he added. is located at 527 Tremont up in Buqayah, a small village His intent in writing “The Mast, who grew up in St., Boston. For tickets, visit similar to Sahmatah, also in the Return” is twofold. “I would California, was “a very typical IsraeliStage.com or call 617- Guy Ben-Aharon Upper Galilee region of Israel. “A like the audience to feel the uninformed passive supporter 933-8600.

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Stopnick, who favors physical protest ‘Caroline’ instead. Free speech Debating from page 19 Director Allison Olivia Choat, light- by Moonbox Productions as when ing designer Jeffrey E. Salzberg, and and BDS Israel this critic first saw the Kushner (lyr- music director Dan Rodriguez make from page 7 from page 7 ics)/Jeanine Tesori (music) show Off- the second act Hanukkah party scene Broadway in 2003. a vivid and memorable one. In the Both Caroline and Noah are vulner- end, though, Kushner’s affecting and able and ready to gain timely insight wide-ranging musical fully embraces about each other and their respec- love, life, and acceptance in a univer- tive families. Thanks to Kushner and sally timely way. Tesori’s imaginative collaboration, the Choat sharply directs emotional frustrated housekeeper sees the base- face-offs between characters – par- ment washer and dryer she operates ticularly Caroline and Noah – as well in Janie E. Howland’s smartly disarm- as ensemble situations. Yewande ing set singing to her in eye-catching Odetoyinbo captures Caroline’s moments of angst. A trio serves as remarkable tenacity and amazing a kind of Greek chorus, while actors heart. With a voice as grand and rich also become the moon and the bus as her character, Odetoyinbo has all she takes to and from the Gellmans’ of the gospel and bluesy fire that home. Caroline seems clearly eager to Tonya Pinkins brought to the role make a life change after working for in New York. Ben-Choi Harris could the Jewish family for 22 years. use a little more spunk as Noah, but At the same time, motherless his moments of confrontation with 8-year-old Noah clearly longs for Odetoyinbo’s feisty Caroline are right- ongoing guidance and attention. ly arresting. Widower father Stuart is a lost soul Also notable is Kira Troilo, who finding his own comfort with klezmer catches Emmie’s fearlessness and strains on his clarinet. Noah’s well- her deep love for her mother. Sarah BDS supporters protesting in London. The poster reads, “Boycott Israeli Products.” intentioned stepmother, Rose, tries Kornfeld sharply captures Rose’s ear- to help with mixed results. One vivid nest struggle to balance caring for ity are scorned by radical academics who the event organizer has argued. Rather, it is method has Rose declaring any loose Noah and attention to his upbringing. may or may not support BDS but who all a matter of exercising the right to disagree change Noah leaves in his clothes Kushner powerfully asks all people believe that since “everything is political,” when there is reason to fear that the low- can be taken by Caroline – one obvi- – children and adults, women and none of us have any duty to repress our per- ering of academic standards will permit a ous meaning of the title – in order to men, African-American and white, sonal viewpoints. political agenda to masquerade as a schol- develop her stepson’s sense of respon- and Jewish and non-Jewish – to exam- If there is one good thing about the BDS arly program. sibility. Noah regards Caroline at one ine the emotional change in the pock- event, it’s this. By sparking a huge reaction I call on those with whom we disagree to point as though she were president ets of our day-to-day lives. Caroline’s from Jewish people, it may well remind come together in the spirit of respect and of the United States, but the once- own change is a catalyst for Noah’s, our campus administrators that they need cooperation, to find common ground, to abused single mom has her hands full and by extension, that of humanity. to deal with not one but two fundamental discuss constructively paths to peace and with four children of her own. Choat and company make “Caroline, problems in American universities: the rise reconciliation – in the Middle East and at Caroline’s most outspoken child or Change” glisten with resonance. of anti-Semitism, on the one hand, and the home. proves both challenging and spirited. general decline of academic integrity, on Daughter Emmie eventually dares “Caroline, or Change,” Moonbox the other. Once again, we Jews, by repre- Jay R. Berkovitz is Distinguished to take action against a Confederate Productions, through May 11 at the senting ourselves, are representing a wider Professor Emeritus of Judaic and Near statue. A supporter of nonviolence, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston human cause. Eastern Studies at the University of she also engages in a very lively dis- Center for the Arts. 617-933-8600 or Massachusetts Amherst. He currently lives pute about civil rights with Noah’s bostontheatrescene.com. Daniel Gordon is a Professor of History at in Jerusalem where he is a Fellow at the visiting maternal grandfather Mr. UMass Amherst. Israel Institute for Advanced Studies.

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Rashi School to honor Dena and Michael Rashes Beverly Finn Memorial Scholarship The Rashi School’s annu- The North Suburban Jewish al fundraising dinner, which Community Center in Peabody will be held Sunday, May 19, is proud to announce the first at the Seaport Boston Hotel, annual Beverly Finn Memorial will honor community leaders Scholarship for a graduating Dena and Michael Rashes. For High School Senior that attend- the past 16 years, the Rashes ed the NSJCC early childhood have played a vital role at The center. Rashi School and have had a Mrs. Finn was a beloved profound impact on its develop- teacher at the NSJCC for many ment and success. They will be years. Her unbridled warmth, recognized for their exceptional kindness and passion for teach- leadership and dedication. ing was a constant ray of sun- Dena Boronkay Rashes cur- shine at the NSJCC. She will Beverly Finn rently serves as the Clerk of be forever remembered in our the Board of Trustees of The hearts. Rashi School; she is a former Development Committee chair For more information or to apply, contact Arlyne at Arlyneg@ and a past co-chair of the Dena Boronkay Rashes and Michael Rashes nsjcc.org or 978-471-5520. school’s $30 million campaign to build its permanent home Distribution Committee (JDC). her extraordinary dedication to in Dedham. As a committed Michael Rashes is a Principal social justice and tikkun olam Swampscott native receives and active leader in the Greater at Bracebridge Capital, a fixed (repairing the world). Zoe is the Boston Jewish community, Dena income hedge fund based in Associate Director of Jewish Educator of the Year Award serves on the Board, Executive Boston. He joined the firm in Content at the Oshman Family Randee Myerow Fendley Committee and as a Vice Chair 1996 and currently oversees JCC in Palo Alto, CA. In 2016, Zoe is the recipient of an SBS of the Europe Committee of the firm’s sovereign credit and immigrated to Israel and began Educator of the Year Award the American Jewish Joint rates trading strategies in addi- her work at BINA: The Jewish (College of Social and tion to managing the devel- Movement for Social Change. Behavioral Sciences), for her opment and implementation She founded the organization’s accomplishments at Northern of the firm’s proprietary asset first ever full-time program Arizona University. pricing and risk-management for secular Jewish learning in Randee was raised in models. Michael is a graduate English. Zoe earned a B.A. in Swampscott, and currently of Stanford University, where Religion at Wesleyan University lives in Flagstaff, Arizona. She he earned a B.S. in Chemical and a M.A. in Theological Studies is the daughter of Dale and Engineering and a B.A. in at Harvard Divinity School. She Saul Stanten, of Swampscott. Economics, both with distinc- is a Wexner Graduate Fellow and tion. He earned his M.A. and a member of the Schusterman Ph.D., both in Economics, from Foundation’s ROI community. Harvard University. At the event, The Rashi To purchase tickets, make a School will also present Zoe Jick donation or for more informa- (Rashi ’02) with the 2019 Tikkun tion, please visit rashi.org/din- Alum Award, in recognition of ner2019 or call 781-355-7312. Randee Myerow Fendley Zoe Jick

Donna Kagan and her family Golden family honored

recently traveled to Portugal The Golden family of Lynnfield was honored on April 19 with a dedication ceremony for their work for Shriners Hospital for Children. The family’s late matriarch, Ida Golden, was celebrated for her 15,000 volunteer hours working with patients, and her role as scribe for the hospital’s donor books. Her son, Leon Golden, also was honored for his role in collecting over $1 million in dona- tions for Shriners. Right, Leon Golden and his wife Fran unveil the “Gold Book” scribed by Ida and com- From left: Laci Robbins, Shari Robbins, Donna Kagan and Callie Robbins. memorative plaque.

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Vigil for victims Rabbi who confronted shooter from page 1 from page 1 community member was diag- nosed with breast cancer, it was Kaye who volunteered to drive her to all of her appointments. “She was all about chesed – kindness towards others,” said Goldstein. “She was an activist; a doer. It’s a catastrophe beyond description.” The attack occurred six months after a gunman killed 11 Jews during a Shabbat ser- vice at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue. Just before Photo: Steven A. Rosenberg/Journal Staff Saturday’s shooting, the attack- Photos: Chabad.org CJP President Rabbi Marc Baker er posted a message on social Lori Gilbert-Kaye was shot and killed before the Yizkor service; Noya Dahan, 8, was injured in the attack; media filled with anti-Semitic Almog Peretz was shot while rushing children to safety. her mother, was killed by the tropes and advocating for 19-year-old shooter. The injured white supremacy. He listed the I got back into shul, I got laying next door to Lori. It was a I’m encouraging, I’m plead- include Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, Pittsburgh shooter as an inspi- all of the members to leave. horrific sight. ing with every single Jew that who founded Chabad of Poway, ration for the attack. Miraculously, his gun jammed, I went outside, where the con- sees this: this weekend, go to and two Israelis: Almog Peretz, At Sunday’s vigil, Rabbi Marc and there was a border patrol gregation was huddled together, your own synagogues. Fill up the an Israel Defense Forces vet- Baker, president of Combined agent who recently discovered and I went ahead and I got up ballrooms, fill up the sanctuar- eran, and his eight-year-old Jewish Philanthropies, reas- his Judaism. As soon as he heard on a chair and I told loud and ies. Let them see that nothing niece, Noya Dahan, formerly of sured the crowd of about 100 the commotion, he was able to clear with my fingers bleeding will take us down! Let them see Sderot. that area Jews will not be threat- get access to a gun and he ran profusely saying Am Yisrael Chai that this is not going to deter us, As he was preparing to lead ened. “On the practical and after and pursued the shooter {the people of Israel live], noth- it’s not going to scare us. Jewish the Yizkor service, Goldstein physical levels, we will stand who got away in the car. He got ing’s going to take us down! This unity is what we need now more came face-to-face with the firm against anti-Semitism in all off a few rounds on the car, but is what the rebbe has taught us. than ever. We all need to stand shooter. With a rifle pointed at of its forms from wherever it he got away. And fortunately the This is what we live with. We are together, love each other, just his head, Goldstein razed his comes,” said Baker. “We will not police were able to apprehend going to stand tall, we are going like the rebbe taught us: uncon- hands – which deflected the retreat in fear, we will not allow him, the shooter, right after- to stand proud of our heritage. ditional love. Now, a little bit of bullets (he would later lose a ourselves to feel threatened, we wards. We are going to get through this. light pushes away darkness. A lot finger during surgery). He then will double down on our efforts There are a tremendous And the paramedics tried to get of light will certainly push away grabbed a tallis, wrapped it to ensure that every member of amount of miracles that me down and I said I’m not leav- this horrific darkness. around his hands to stop the our community can confidently occurred in this event, albeit, the ing until everyone is accounted blood flow, and ran toward the and safely practice, pray, cel- horrific loss of our dear Lori. For for. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein leads synagogue ballroom and led ebrate in their ways and in our me, I went back into the lobby Once everyone was together, Chabad of Poway. He delivered congregants out of the building. houses of worship.” and I saw Lori laying on the floor, I went with the paramedics. And this message from his hospital During the attack, the shoot- Layah Lipsker, co-founder her dear husband Dr. Howard I had a 4 ½ hour surgery where room after his surgery to save his er’s gun jammed and at least two of Chabad of the North Shore, [Kaye], who is a Kohen – who the surgeons worked very hard. finger. This text has been edited. congregants chased him out of also spoke at the event along came to shul to do our Birkas They could not save my right The video originally appeared the building with one firing at with her husband Rabbi Yossi Kohanenim – fainted and was index finger. on Chabad.org. the shooter’s car. A congregant Lipsker. Layah Lipsker’s father followed the shooter, who was established the first Chabad immediately arrested. center in San Diego in 1971, and We will not remain silent After he realized the shoot- her cousin is the director of the er had left the synagogue, preschool at Chabad of Poway. By Rabbi Yossi Lipsker Goldstein ran back to the lobby “I don’t know Rabbi Goldstein where he found Lori Gilbert- but I am blown away by his It’s too quiet. I feel like there Kaye who was unresponsive. He courage and his selfless act of is something off here. I might be also found her husband, a doc- bravery,” she said. “My friends, imagining it but my sense is that tor, who had fainted after real- we don’t need to wait for trag- the grief and rage I have right izing that he was trying to save edy to strike to be courageous. now, in the wake of the murder- his wife’s life. Meanwhile, their Right now, each of us is facing ous shooting in Poway, feels like daughter hovered over them, some force, either internal or an overreaction in proportion to overcome with grief. “It felt like external, that needs to be over- the seemingly muted responses forever before the paramedics come. Someone needs more and tepid voices of pro forma arrived. They had to wait for the love, more attention; more kind- protest. Is it a symptom of some police to give them the all-clear ness. Someone we know needs sort of protest fatigue? Could it before entering the building,” to be lifted up and be told to be a numbness, like the silence Goldstein told Chabad.org. back down. It is true that hateful of Aron the High priest after the As the congregation gath- rhetoric is contagious and can death of his two sons that we Photo: Steven A. Rosenberg/Journal Staff ered outside, Goldstein declined spread like wildfire. But so can read about in last week’s Torah Rabbi Yossi Lipsker recites a prayer for the Poway victims at the vigil. medical treatment until all of courage. So can love.” portion? the congregants were accounted The 100 who attended the What happened there? There silence of a parent, left to won- brought heaven down to earth for. He consoled them with these vigil expressed feelings that is a lot of lively debate on this der where things went wrong. every day of her life. She went to words: “In every generation they ranged from fear to resolve. “I subject. One approach: One could also read this entire her Sanctuary, her Mishkan, to rise against us to destroy us; and belong to a synagogue and we Nadav and Avihu made a narrative as I am inclined to, as a affirm the intrinsic goodness of the Holy One, blessed be He, have to be worried about secu- choice to use the newly conse- reinforcement of a central pil- life. She didn’t go to die. saves us from their hand.” He rity,” said Juliette Landesman of crated Mishkan (tabernacle in lar of Jewish life, especially in Incredibly, the opening two also told them to remain as one Brookline. “Unfortunately, there the wilderness) as a means of the light of Chasidic teachings, words of this weeks Torah por- people. “I remember shouting are people out there who don’t entering into a state of intense emphasizing the need to experi- tion is Acharei Mot, literally the words Am Yisrael Chai! The like us because we’re breathing.” rapture. They may have been ence the Divine within human translated as “after the death,” people of Israel live! I have said Debbie Shalom, board chair intoxicated or high as well. The consciousness, not beyond it! So and it addresses, even more that line hundreds of times in of the Anti-Defamation League double-edged chemical and the silence of Aron is symbolic of incredibly, the aftermath of the my life. But I have never felt the of New England, said the only spiritual high proved to be fatal. how this approach is antithetical death of Aron’s sons. Unlike truth of it more than I did then.” answer to incidents like these It could have even been inten- to Jewish thinking; constituting Aron however, we have no right According to Chabad.org, is to educate. “This is a terrible tional, who knows? Honestly, a silencing of G-d’s presence in to remain silent when a Jewish Kaye had been a congregant at thing, and we have to work to I’m not really sure what hap- the world rather than its magni- woman is gunned down in cold Chabad of Poway for 25 years. fight hate. We have to educate – pened there. It feels like some fication. blood for going to shul. She would bring gifts of chal- we have to start with the young, sort of spiritually motivated sui- Lori Gilbert-Kaye personi- lah and flowers to people going and teach tolerance, and stop cide to me. That being the case, fied the opposite. 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