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May 4-10, 2018 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLVII, Number 18 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK TC-TI to hold iEngage programs Temple Concord and Temple Israel, The cost is $20 per person for the entire about the meaning of Jewishness. Each explore its meanings and consequences. in partnership with the Jewish Federa- program, starting with two spring ses- session includes text study and discussion This iEngage series grapples with the tion of Greater Binghamton, will bring sions, Thursdays, May 31 and June 21, led by Brown and Goldman-Wartell, and different ideas and values that shape the the Shalom Hartman Institute’s iEngage from 7-9 pm, then continuing with six video lectures and roundtable discussions meaning of modern Israel, Zionism and program on “Israel’s Milestones and their more sessions in the fall. Rabbi Barbara with leading Hartman scholars. Jewish identity today. Together we will Meanings” to the Binghamton Jewish Goldman-Wartell and Rabbi Geoffrey “I’m excited that we are offering this engage in a new values-based discourse community. The program will explore the Brown will be facilitating the sessions. program to the Jewish community since about Israel, including such topics as legacy of the past and the challenges of the Advanced registration is requested so the the program expands the way we might nationhood, land, sovereignty, Jerusalem, future through video lectures, discussions booklets can be ordered. understand these important milestones,” occupation and moral red lines.” and texts. Each participant will get their “iEngage: Israel’s Milestones and said Goldman-Wartell. “Memory is a To make a reservation, contact Temple own booklet of materials and access to Their Meanings” will explore the events central element in defining modern Jewish Concord at 723-7355 or templeconcord- all the lectures and more online reading of 1917, 1947 and 1967 as key moments identity. As we look to Israel’s future, we [email protected], or Temple Israel materials to continue their explorations. when Zionism unleashed new thinking need to engage anew with our past and at 723-7461 or [email protected]. CJS spring program: “Speaking Through Art as a Jew” Judaic artist Flora Rosefsky “People of the Image” on on May 10 May 17 The College of Jewish Stud- “the spark of an artistic career The third lecture in the admission is $5 per pro- ies will continue its theme of started with a beginning quilting College of Jewish Stud- gram or $12 for all three “Speaking Through Art as a Jew: class at the JCC, while I was also ies spring 2018 program programs. BU students Visual Expressions of Jewish creating highlights of a life in “Speaking Through Art as are welcome to attend at Culture” on Thursday, May drawings called FLORAGES® a Jew: Visual Expressions no charge. 10, at 7:30 pm, at the Jewish in the early 1970s.” of Jewish Culture” will be “Everyone knows that Community Center. The guest Now Rosefsky is a visual artist held on Thursday, May 17, Jews are a ‘People of the speaker will be Flora Rosefsky, living in Atlanta, GA. Her art- at 7:30 pm, at the Jewish Book,’” said organizers of a visual artist, who will speak works, comprised of drawings, Community Center, 500 the event. “But everybody on “Inspiration and Influences illustrations and mixed media Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. also ‘knows’ that the sec- in a Personal Artistic Journey.” collages are often inspired by Professor Marc Michael ond commandment pro- It is a journey which began in her Jewish heritage; through her Epstein will speak on “Peo- hibits the making of art. Binghamton, her former home. Flora Rosefsky art, she interweaves her secular ple of the Image: Jews and As it turns out, everybody “CJS is delighted to welcome (Photo by Duane world “with a unique spiritual- Art.” The program is open knows wrong: Jews, while Flora back for this program,” Stork) ity.” Almost 48 years later, she to the entire community. indisputably bookish, are said organizers. states that she “incorporates re- General admission is $8 The Golden Haggadah will be also the ‘People of the Rosefsky’s presentation will begin in purposed mixed materials on contemporary per program or $20 for discussed during Marc Michael Image’ as well, creating Binghamton, where she told organizers See “Rosefsky” on page 6 all three programs; senior Epstein’s lecture. See “Image” on page 6 TC-TI adult ed. program on “Remembrances of growing up in Nazi Germany” on May 12 Walter Selan will give a Havdalah pro- escaped after Kristallnacht, in 1954, meeting his future wife here. He moved to Vestal 20 years later. gram for the joint Temple Concord-Temple under harrowing conditions,” in Miami Beach. He became a He attended the bar mitzvah of his grand- Israel adult education program on Saturday, said organizers of the program. successful businessman in his son at Temple Concord. Coincidentally, May 12, at 7:30 pm, at Temple Concord, 9 Selan’s family arrived in Chi- new country and founded his the rabbi of Temple Concord at the time, Riverside Dr., Binghamton. cago in June 1939, and he later own company, Waltco Toys. Lance Sussman, was a distant relative of Selan and his family emigrated from graduated high school and uni- He also became a professional Selan’s mother. Germany in November 1938 to the United versity. He enlisted in the U.S. bass fisherman, winning cash Although not required, call Temple Con- States, when he was 10 years old. Selan Naval Reserves in 1947 and was and prizes. cord at 723-7355 for reservations. There is “has vivid recollections of his young life as on active duty after the Korean In 1981, his daughter and a nominal $5 attendance fee and a nosh will Germany became increasingly Nazified. War. He coached basketball her family moved to Broome be served. A question-and-answer period He and his family suffered and finally while in the service. He married Walter Selan County, and he began visiting will follow the presentation. May 12 BD luncheon speaker to discuss “The Synagogues of Italy and their Jewish Legacy” By Dora E. Polachek spending a semester abroad in tion of our ancestors in Italy. on our own. We are honored to have him On Saturday, May 12, Beth David’s lun- Italy, Warner had a chance to I will discuss the development as our May speaker, and are looking for- cheon speaker will be Dr. Howard Warner, visit the synagogues in Rome, of the Italian ghetto and the ward to a talk that is guaranteed to be both who will share his discoveries about Italy’s Florence and Venice, as well as freedom that came with the enjoyable and educational!” Jewish heritage that resulted from a trip find out more about the ghettos modern Italian state.” A longtime resident of Binghamton, taken by the Warners last November. that had existed. “We even had Photos and other illustrations Warner grew up in Brooklyn, majored in “For me, it was a chance to see history the good fortune of attending will be part of the talk. “Many of biology at University of Washington, St. up close,” Warner said. “Anyone who services in Florence,”said us have visited Italy,” organizers Louis, and received his dental degree from knows me can appreciate how enthusias- Warner. “The history of Jews said, “but Howard’s experience New York University. Before opening his tic I was to experience the locations and in Italy is complicated and will highlight aspects of Italy’s own practice in Kirkwood, he was a dentist people that I had spent years studying.” multi-faceted. I plan to provide Jewish heritage that we may not in Bainbridge and Greene, NY. Guided by his daughter, who was an understanding of the condi- Dr. Howard Warner have had the chance to explore See “Italy” on page 6 INSIDE THIS ISSUE “Disobedience” Collegiate Moot Beit Din ADL and the far left Special Sections A look at the new film College students debated if A look at why the far left views the Legal Notices ................................... 4 “Disobedience,” starring Rachel Judaism allows torture at a Moot ADL not as a civil rights group, but Dine Out ....................................... 6-7 Weisz, and its director. Beit Din at Princeton University. as a racist defender of oppression. Gifts for Moms and Grads............. 8-9 ........................................Page 4 ........................................Page 7 ........................................Page 9 Classifieds ..................................... 12 Page 2 - The Reporter May 4-10, 2018 Opinion Why Israel is investing in Diaspora Jewish education By Naftali Bennett of this idea. As the Jewish homeland, Israel has always felt to drastically increase its investment in promoting Jewish (JTA) – For decades, world Jewry helped Israel. Or- a sense of responsibility toward the Jews of the world and education and identity, multiplying the resources allocated ganizations gathered and sent funds to the feeble, small has acted, often quietly, to safeguard those in need – simply to projects like Mosaic United, Birthright or Masa by at state; our Air Force and Navy were formed and trained by because they are Jews. least tenfold. This statement – and my continued policy of Jewish volunteers from around the globe. As we celebrate Sadly, recent events in France and Poland highlight the investing in education for Diaspora communities – caused our 70th Independence Day, we should thank the previous rise of antisemitism and the need to maintain such actions. people to ask why. “Why should our tax monies go to a generations while shifting to a new era, one in which we However, the greatest danger facing the Jewish world in the child in Dallas or Budapest?” reverse the roles and Israel spends more time and resources 21st century is disengagement: Millions of Jews, mainly in I have two answers to this question.

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