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VOLUME LXVI, NUMBER 42 ELUL 21, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 35, PER COPY Netanyahu-Arafat Meeting May Be -· Crucial Turning Point by David Landau hold ing that characterized the JERUSALEM (JTA)-On the Pa lestinia n leader's meeting face of it, the long-awaited, pain­ w ith Shimon Peres.And it was fully orchestra ted Netanyahu­ even cooler than the more re­ Arafat meeting tha t took place served meetings Arafat had with this week produced little of sub­ Yitzhak Rabin. sta nce, but this was a diplomati c The most the Likud prime encounter of the kind w here the minister could do, it seemed, fa ct that it took place a t a ll is was to provide the photogra­ much more significant than any p hers with a perfunctory hand­ specifi cs that were said . shake. Both diploma ti cally and do­ There were few smiles or mestically, this meeting may other gestures between the two p rove in the not too d istant fu­ lead ers. ture to have been a Rubicon fo r But the fact that Netanyahu, Prime Minister Benjamin Net­ as recently as February, pledged a nya hu - a line that o nce not to meet with Arafat means Seventy-Nine Years of Service crossed , cannot be crossed back. that something of major politica l Touro Fraternal Association recently installed its officers for the corning year at ceremonies A fter talking for little more importance transpired this week. in Cranston. Pi ctured here, front row, from the left, are Michael Smith, Natha n Lury, Milton than an hour, Neta nyahu a nd And the fact that Terje Larsen Bronstein, Peter Traugott, Si mon Chorney, Andrew Lamchick, and Gerald Hodosh. In the Palestinian Authority head - the Norwegian diplomat w ho second row, fro m the left, are Joel Pressman, Allan Gourse, Irving Wolpert, Robert Miller, Arthur Yasser Arafat told waiting re­ was instrumental in brokeri ng Poul ten, Rodney Locke, Bruce Weisman, Charles Dressler, Andrew Gilstein, David Fieser, and porters that the ma ny issues on the ini tial Oslo co ntacts between Robert Hodosh. In the third row, from the left, are Peter Hod osh, Barry Shaw, Morton Coken, the agenda between them would the previous Labor government Barry Newman, Stevan La bush, Jeffrey Goldberg, Alan Lury, and Alan Hochman. be taken up by various joint com­ and the Palestine Liberation Not present for the picture were Michael Mitchell, Judah Rosen, and Lester Nathan. mittees. Organization in 1993 - was shuttling once again between Arafat and Israel to arrange this This was a diplomatic la test meeting also refl ects its Why Washington's Letter Is So Significant significa nce. encounter of the kind Larsen announced Wednes­ The fo llowing is a portio n of the history, and a very specia l, al­ But as time went by, the atti­ where the fact that it took day that the joint Israeli-Pales­ keynote add ress given by Rear Ad­ most unique series of events that tudes of their hosts changed . tinian s teering co mmittee - miral James R. Stark, presiden t of redirected that history which The hard work, the educa tion, place at all is much more w hi ch oversees implementation the Naval War College, at the re­ took p lace here in the d ays when the cohesion, and especially the significant than any of the self-rule accords - would cent George Wa shingto n letter the United States of America success ofthoseJewishcommu­ specifics that were said. co nvene Thursday to begin deal­ reading at Touro Synagogue in were still young a nd searching nities created jealousy and re­ ing with the issues separating Newport. Th e speech received a forwhatthis newconceptcalled sentment. Jews who had been the two sides. standing ovation. democracy really meant ... welcomed because they brought On the Israeli political front, We're here to commemorate needed skills and built the local "We have to take into account the fa ct that key fi gures in the an event which is of such impor­ economy graduall y changed the need s and requirements of Likud and its coalition partner tance, that it resonates still today from being neighbors to being both sides on the basis of reci­ were blasting their leader's "be­ across the length and bread th of outsiders, tolerated when nec­ procity and assurance of these­ trayal" at the very moment that America. That event was an ex­ essary and persecuted when it curity and well-being of both the meeting was taking place change of letters between the became convenient ... Israelis and Palestinians alike," reveals the full complexity of wardenofTouroSynagogueand ... What we see is that, again N etanyahu said at a joint news the move that Netanyahu has President George Washington and again, people can get along conference after the meeting. made. over 200 years ago. for decades on the surface. But "I want to repeat here once Science Minister Ze' ev Some may say, what's the when society is placed under again our commitment to secu­ "Benny" Begin, who is opposed big deal? What's so important stress, when it's confronted by rity cooperation with Israel and to the self-rule accords, said about an exchange of letters? war, or famine, or plague, or eco­ our commitment to cooperate Wednesday that Netanyahu They're not even legal docu­ nomic collapse, people turn on with Israel in all aspects in ac­ was capitulating to blackmail ments. They're just a couple of those who aren't quite like them. cordance with the agreement and was acting in violation of pieces of paper, written by They look for something or signed," Arafat said. the government's basic policy people long dead-people who Rear Admiral J. R. Stark, USN somebody to blame- and then they take out their fear and frus­ The meeting at the Erez guidelines. hadn't a clue about life in the Herald photo by Neil Nachbar Crossing, which marks the bor­ Uzi Landau, the Likud chair­ late 20th century, people who trations on them. For Europe's der between Israel and the au­ man of the Knesset Foreign Af­ never imagined the airplane, or Jews, that cycle was all too fa­ tonomous Gaza Strip, involved fairs and Defense Committee, the internet, or MTV. . . . Interestingly, history tells miliar ... none of the hugging and hand- (Continued on Page 19) Even their language seems us that - except for their peri­ .. . Let's be very clear. Reli­ stilted and old-fashioned-and odic revolts in Judea - Jews gious freedom wasn't always the issue of religious freedom fared well under the Roman em­ the norm in colonial America. really doesn't appear to be es­ pire. They were merchants and The same colonists who had fled Calling All Sukkah Builders pecially relevant today, does it? craftsmen who were welcomed religious persecution in England Wouldn't this be a good year to build your own sukkah in So what? wherever they settled. And by were only too happy to impose the yard? And wouldn't you like to have it featured in the But we know better, don't the end of the Roman era, strong their beliefs on others when they Jewish Herald? we? Those letters had an im­ Jewish communities had sprung were in control We are asking everyone who builds a sukkah to let us know pact that went far beyond the up all around the Mediterra­ Fortunately, the tolerance about ii. Include your name, address and phone number so we little community of 18th-cen­ nean. Even after the fall of Rome, established by Roger Williams can come by,schedules permitting, and take a picture of it. Our tury Newport. Jewishsettlements continued to here in Rhode Island made it a mailing address is P.O. Box 6063, Providence 02940. Our But, you know ... this celebra­ spread - first into Western Eu­ mecca for people of all faiths phone number is 724-0200. Ask for Neil or Alison. tion is about more than just let­ rope, and then, after the 12th who sought the right to wor- ters. It's about 2,000 years of century, into the East. 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But fewer community unique degree program in pub­ membersknowFeinsteinorwhat lic service at Providence Col­ motivates him to give so much. lege wi th a $5 million dollar Sitting a t hi s desk a t his mod­ grant, a nd started Feinstein estly appointed Cranston-based High, a Cranston hig h school Feinstein Foundation in a satin tha t incl udes public service as shirt and a large diamond ring, part of its curriculum. Feinsteinsipped coffee and con­ Even Feinstein has trouble templated his reasoning. listing the scholarships and en­ " People need to know that dowments that he has made they can make the world bet­ possible. And thoug h they Alan Feinstein and friends ter," Feinstein said simply. "I would seem the ultimate acts of wanted to make the world bet­ a Jewish charitable tradition, ter. And I knew I couldn' t do Feinstein said his desire to give graceful woman I had ever began giving, he began to re­ United Jewish Appeal, and to that alone, so I decided to focus was a part of him that he did not seen," remembered Feinstein. ceive much publicity. foundations that use the money on education." learn from religious training. "Six months later, I married " It has its plusses and mi­ regardless of race, colo r or For Feinstein, this attitude is " I've always had this feeling her." nuses," Feinstein said. " The creed," said Feinstein. "I love more of a compulsion than an that the most important thing in Feinstein's wife, Pat, later publicity makes people aware all children, and I can only do abstract philosophy. The life is what you do to make this converted to Judaism, and his of the causes that I am giving to, what I think is right. I think it is Feinstein Foundation, which a better world," Feinstein said. family adjusted to the intermar­ a nd it helps to get them in­ important to give to all people Feinstein created about three Now 65, Feinstein was born riage. volved. On the other hand, the in need." years ago to help distribute the to a Conservative Jewish family "Initially, it was a bit of a publicity is time-consuming and Feinstein is quiet as he con­ money he earned with his news­ in Boston. shock, but my wife was such an the press gets bored with some­ siders the returns for his pro­ letter, "The Insider's Report," " I went to synagogue, but I unusual and lovely person that one who does good things." fuse giving. has become almost legendary in was only moderately religious," everyoneinmyfamilysoonsaw For Feinstein, these "good " When I go to day care cen­ Rhode Island. Feinstein said. His late father, in her what I had," Feinstein things" extend well beyond the ters, the children all think of me Certainly, Feinstein's famous Louis, was an attorney, and said. Jewish community. as 'Uncle Alan.' And that is also contributions have innundated Feinstein describes his mother, The couple raised their three "I give to Hadassah and to how I feel about them." the media and the public's Lillian, as a warm and lovely children Jewish. Today, Ari, a imagination: He funds about 50 person. One of three children, 30-year-old marketing soup kitchens in Rhode Isla nd, Feinstein has a brother,Joel, who consulta nt who resides and more than 70,000 elemen­ now resides in Florida, and had in Boston, Richard, 27, a tary school students are partici­ one sister, Sandra, who recently television productionas­ pating in Feinstein's " I Can passed away. sistant in Hollywood, · Where Jewish Families Make A Difference" program, Feinstein graduated from En­ and Leila, a 24-year-old through w hich they learn the glish High School in Boston, then television reporter in value of good deeds. The Youth in 1952 earned a B.S. at Boston Erie, Pennsylvania, all have strong Jewish iden- Congregate. Hunger Brigade Project for jun­ University in journalism and ior high students has been economics. Feinstein graduated tities. implemented at 68 public from Boston Teachers College Long before the Shouldn't you consider joining Carl, Hope, Al, schools in Rhode Island. About in 1956, and began a career in couple had produced Linda, Judith, Sam, Robert, Dianne, Manfred, 10 years ago, Feinstein founded teaching. Then, while he was children, Feinstein' s the World Hunger Program at teaching English and social stud­ wife, Pat, was offered a Jacob, Elaine, Donald, Bernice, Edward, Lindsey, Brown University. Forty-three ies at the junior high school level residency in child psy­ Bernard, Sheila, Mel, Sam, Elaine, Al, Bari, Mack, public and private high schools in Newton, he met a woman chiatry at Bradley Hos­ in Rhode Island have received physician from Thailand w ho pital. The offer brought Richard, Linda, Alan, Bar~ara, Steven, Rebecca, grants of $20,000 to $25,000 to captivated him. the couple from Boston Estelle, Josh, Ariel, Lloyd, Leah, Seth, establish community service "She was the most lovely and to Rhode Island, and Feinstein taught and Beverly, Lisa, started his newsletter in 1974. A few years later, Audrey, Henry, the newsletter's circula­ Maurice, Jill, tion swelled to about 500,000. Marie, Natalie, "I had to devote my Rob, Ellen, Phil, energies to it fu ll-time," Feinstein said. " And I was not particularly in­ terested in money. But then, when it was suc­ cessful and when a lot of money came my way, I decided to share it." According to Fein­ stein, he was sitting in his office one day when a social worker who had heard of his newsletter called him on the phone. "She asked me if I knew if people were go­ ing hungry in Rhode Is­ land," remembered Fein­ stein. " I said no, so she look me to the Elmwood Community Center and I saw a line stretching a ll the way down the block. When I saw that, I knew I had to help them and Alan Feinstein other soup kitchens." Soon after Feinstein ' . 4 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 EDITORIAL The Israel Defense Forces Are Under Friendly Fire Excerpts from a report by Harry ery able-bodied man serves Probablymostdamagingwas as battle-ready - or as able to that I would be worried if Israel Wall, director of AOL's Israel Office three years and women enlist the Intifada, the Palestinian up­ improvise - as it has been in ever had to fight for its life," the Last week an Israeli military for two years following high rising against the military occu­ the past. IDF chief of staff, Lt. Gen. court found the commanding school graduation. (Ultra-Or­ pation in the West Bank and While the IDF copes with Amnon Shahak, has been re­ officer oflsrael's most elite para­ thodox Jews, married women Gaza Strip during the 1980s. questions raised about its per­ ported as saying. Strong and troop unit guilty of negligence and Israeli Arabs are exempt.) That's when soldiers were formance, it has had a much probably exaggerated words in the deaths of two soldiers After their compulsory ser­ turned into police, clumsily harder time dealing with social about a practice that has long who died of dehydration while vice, men are eligible for reserve chasing Palestinian youths changes in Israel that have an been a source of national pride, on a training exercise. The trial duty until age 55. down alleyways, often under impact on its recruiting and on if not a national pastime. ended two years of controversy The IDF has enjoyed a reputa­ the glare of television cameras. its maintaining high-quality sol­ about the tragedy, which pitted tion of excellence and selfless­ Nor did the recent retaliation diers. Israel of the 1990s is a the bereaved parents against the ness. The Entebbe raid of 1976 against Hezbollah forces in much less ideological nation, military establishment. Despite became emblematic of the ex­ Lebanon, dubbed Operation where the spirit of national ser­ Of greater worry to the the light punishment (sus­ traordinary lengths the army Grapes of Wrath, help the vice and sacrifice is no longer IDF brass is the drop-off pended sentence), the verdict would go to protect its citizenry. army's reputation. In response taken for granted. With the came as a shock to a country Thearmyhaslongbeenregarded to Ketyusha rockets fired at Is­ country's survival assured and in soldiers willing to do which is used to revering its as a sacred cow, generally im­ raeli border towns, the IDF un­ with the growth of prosperity their reserve duty. military heroes, and not pun­ mune from official scrutiny, and leashed a massive aerial and and a capitalistic ethos, so, too, ishing them. a military career was considered artillery bombardment. Not has the emphasis on individual­ A few days later, an Israeli a prestigious way of life. only did the assault not stem the ism increased. This translates soldier was killed while on pa­ Hezbollahattacks, but lDF shells into an unprecedented openness Another possibility for the trol in southern Lebanon, shot hit a United Nations outpost, about not serving in the army drop-in motivation is the peace inadvertently bY,, a member of killing 102 Lebanese refugees in and a drop among reserve sol­ process. With accords signed his own platoon. He was the The IDF unleashed a the compound. diers, the backbone of the IDF, between Israel and three of its seventh fatality by friendly fire massive aerial and The image of the IDFhas been remaining in active duty. neighbors- Egypt, Jordan and since 1992, again triggering further eroded by a number of About 18 percent of eligible the Palestinians-the prospect questions about training proce­ artillery bombardment. training accidents that resulted males are exempted from mili­ of war has receded and the spec­ dures and battle fitness. Not only did the assault in several deaths and contro­ tary duty, either for religious tre of ca tastrophe virtually elimi­ During the last year, the army versial legal action brought by reasons or for not meeting the nated. For many Israelis, the has faced unprecedented criti­ not stem the Hezbollah the victims' families. Two acci­ physical requirements. army is still important, but the cism from the public and politi­ attacks, but IDF shells hit dents took place at the same ltisestimated thatanother15 need for continued service cal establishment, severe bud­ a United Nations base, Tzelim, where artillery percent drop out of the three­ seems less acute. getary cuts, a sharp increase in shells landed on soldiers. In one year conscription. Once, not The peace process has also IDF draft-dodgers and a falling outpost, killing 102 case, the former chief of staff, servingorcompletingservicein factored in a sharp drop in the off of recruitment. All this Lebanese refugees. Lt.Gen. Ehud Barak, was on the IDF was a stigma. But the defense budget. The percentage "friendly fire" has battered the hand, as were a number of top popularity of rock singer Aviv of national spending on defense IDF's morale. officers. The tragedy was com­ Geffen, who boasted about not has gone from around 25 per­ The effectiveness of the army But Entebbe was a long time pounded by newspaper ac­ serving in the IDF, has chal­ cent to 10 percent in the last 10 is not in question. It remains the ago, and the army's reputation counts suggesting an attempt lenged another icon and raised years. And the Netanyahu gov­ most powerful fighting machine has become somewhat tar­ by the military's top brass to concerns about how widespread ernment, in an effort to pare in the region. But its centrality nished. From the Yorn Kippur evade its accountability. such attitudes are. Theshameof public spending, has trimmed in Israeli life, its immunity from War of 1973, when Israel was Training and battlefield acci­ not serving has been dimin­ another $250 million from the the public criticism and its role taken by surprise, through the dents have always existed as ished, lamented a former IDF $9 billion defense budget. in a changing social and politi­ divisive and costly 1982 inva­ part of the hazards of duty. In chief education officer. The cuts brought expected cal environment have been seri­ sion of Lebanon, where 800 Is­ fact, military analysts say, the Of greater worry to the IDF protests from the IDF brass, ously challenged. raeli soldiers were killed, the rates have actually been lower brass is the drop-off in soldiers which claim that the reductions The Israeli army has long cracks in the IDF armor have in recent years. What has willing to do their reserve duty. will only make it more difficult been a bedrock institution, "the become apparent to the general changed is that such mishaps Israel's standing army is small, to attract and keep to-quality great equalizer," in which ev- public. now are reported in the press. and so it has traditionally relied officers. And bereaved parents, no longer upon the rapid call-up of civil­ Ina stinging response, played accepting the outcomes of IDF ians to face down its enemies. out in the press, the finance min­ RHODE ISLAND JEWISH investigations, are taking their But more and more reserve sol­ istry leaked figures showing that cases to military courts seeking diers are dropping out, tire<;! of salaries consume 48 percent of HERALD punishments of those respon­ the monthlong tours of duty the military budget, up nearly sible. away from their families. Some, 10 percent in five years. More­ (USPS 464-760) As a result of these scandals, concerned about losing an edge over, published reports of Published Every Week By The Jewish Press Publishing Company military experts say officers are in the competitive job market, salaries,severance and retire­ hesitant about certain exercises, are no longer advertising their ment benefits put high-ranking EDITOR ALISON SMITH fearing possible military or even reserve officer status in employ­ Israeli officers in a very attrac­ ASSOCIATE EDITOR Candlelighting civil prosecution if something ment resumes. ti ve position. NEIL NACHBAR goes wrong. 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the intimate ceremonies and They fas t, of course, to avoid the double life. rituals that hold Marranism to­ pork, to try and keep at least So, the film, "Last Marra nos," Marranos gether. When candles are lit, some of the major holidays, ends with a compromise be­ even in a closet, doors are closed. which they confuse and mix to­ tween the noble past and the Why? Answers range from "To gether. Somehow Purim and promises of tomorrow. We look Visit Newport keep pryi ng eyes averted," to Passover blend into one sacred beyond the narrow streets to "Keep spirits out!" season. Queen Esther and Moses the gorgeous wild mountainous by Mike Fink Outsiders and foes make reign as two fo lk figures for se­ landscape, as if to say, the hori­ Herald Contributing shocking statements. A priest cret Jews. Exodus from Egypt zon is free and verdant. Reporter declares, "You can tell a Jew. combines with exodus from And, somehow, Touro, New­ They are fa t and have huge Spain. Customs are handed port, is the perfect place to expe­ by Mike Fink Seph-ardic roots more common noses." He gets his ideas from down from elderly women to rience these reels of images. Jews Herald Contributing Reporter tha n generally believed. Could insulting church statues a nd il­ youthful mothers and their ea­ first set forth precisely from "The Last Marra nos" drew ·a many among us belong to The lustrations that justify the In­ ger sons. Belmonte to make their way to full house(withsomeMarranos Last Marra nos? quisition. A group of women at One such heir comes out from our shore and a new destiny. among the crowd) at the Jane The movie, a simple docu­ a local fair gossip, "Why do they the shadow and tells us, "I love And, as I return the rolls to the Pickens Theater in Newport mentary film report, centers on fas t all the time?" being Jewish in the li ght of day." Touro office, I greet an Ortho­ during the Touro week of a number of interviews in He has visited the great syna­ dox, Ashkenazic, Chassidic vis­ events. I went back over the Belmonte, Portuga l. The cam­ gogue in Lisbon, lea rned mod­ iting rabbi and his disciple, go­ bridges, with a projectoron loa n era moves across other towns Responses to reporter e rn Judaism, re turned to ing in to pray in the li vi ng syna­ from Rhode Isla nd Committee bui settles down in the most Belmonte, and refuses now to gogue, almost like a dramatic for The Huma nities and in the renowned a nd renewed Jewish questions contradict each · hide his heritage. Others believe revelation of the fate of Judaism company of Ja mestown film­ community, emergi ng from se­ other. "Yes, we are their own special culture merits inthescrollsofitshistory. You maker Jim Wolpaw, to study crecy into open announcement. Jewish," turns into "No!" preservation and respect as it is. never go to the classic English the film up-close in a private Responses to reporter questions Every gesture of these "new structure of Touro a nd see the screening. Jim traces a major contradict each other. "Yes, we or "Maybe, partly," and a Christians" holds its own po­ same scene twice. Jim, a docu­ branch of hi s own family to are Jewish," turns into "No1" or chorus of neighbors etry, its own symbolic vitality, mentary director, crits the Spanish Sephard ic refugees "Maybe, partly," and a chorus the march to the ri ver with work and its content as we seeking a n eastern haven. I have of neighbors chimes in either chimes in either urging wands of branch to part the wa­ drive to our side of the bay, come to believe such a connec­ urgi ng denial or confession. denial or confession. ters, like Moses, the home wed­ rich as the sunset in Jewish ti on between Ashkenazic and And we a re invi ted to watch ding before the church display, thought. Mendes Group Meets "We Portuguese are not only Sheryl and Fred Jacobson, Alan a working people, but a think­ a nd Adelina (and their baby ing, exploring people. I appreci­ Caroline) to name a few, and to ate your research into our mu­ indicate the diversity of back­ tual roots." Manuel Sil veira,sec­ grounds. Sarah Amaral, Paul retary of the Sousa Mendes So­ and Evelyn Shultz, and Maria cie ty, spoke these g racious van Anglen mi x Portuguese and words to me at the annual meet­ Jewish ori gins wi thin thei r fami­ ing of the group, he ld in lies. Charlestown on the last Sunday This gathering in Washing­ in August. ton County happened among Florence and She ldon tile anniversary commemora­ Slomowitz hosted the event at ti ons a t Touro Synagogue in their home and in their garden. Newport County. "If you want Warren Teixeira, president of the to see the Touro in a reall y nuts organization, stood in the shade a nd bolts fashion, go through it of a tent and presented a new with my father, Paul Shultz," constituti on, a slate of officers, confided va n A ng len. Paul I some discussion of issues and worked, elegantl y a nd dili­ programs, and the speaker, gently, on the 1963 restoration yours truly. The new issue of of the hi storic building, a nd Reunir, the annual publication knows its secrets. And then, van of articles and poems, was dis­ Anglen has traced her own Por­ tributed. tuguese Jewish roots wi thin her I spoke about the charm and mother's past, and reached out appeal of Sephardic Judaism, to encourage her daughter Jes­ and about Marranism with its sica to return to it and take it complexity. The pot! uck supper forward. featured vegetarian s ummer I visited their house just be­ delicacies, such as gazpacho and fore the reunion in Charles­ noodles, and some elegant des­ town, and their homestead is serts served on a separate table. a celebration of renewal. Fish The Slomowitz family tree, a ponds hold plump frogs which Hungarian story, hangs upon a they feed. Gardens flourish, wall over a table: we can draw and new rooms add li ght and We've added anew stop from our direct roots, or from life to their landscape. I talked the wider history of an entire about the symbolism of the people. Sousa Mendes Society and its Some 50 members attended thriving efforts. "We are very to serve our disabled riders. the affair, including Dick and much a part of the Touro tale, Barbara Shore, Bernie and Claire an ever widening circle of cor­ While our regular bus service is sufficient for many of our di sabled patrons, some Bell, Liliana and Ruben Fijmann, diality." need a little extra help . For these people, RIPTA offers modified curb-to-curb poro tr onsit service. Beginning on Monday, September 9, 1996, porotran si t se rvice will be available in Providence, Monday · Friday from 6 A.M. · 6 P.M . Poratransit se rvice is also available in Kent, Wa shi ngton , Newport and Bristol Counties, Ea st Providence , Woonsocket, Cumberland, Lincoln , Smithfield, Burrillville, Glocester, Scituate, North Providence and Johnston . This program is open to people who hove di sabilities which prevents them from using regular bus se rvice . Riders must apply to participate in this program , and each application must be completed and verified by a healthcare profess ional. For more information or to receive on applico· tion, coll 784-9553. f-r\Rhode Island Public \{_) Transit Authority ~ ENJO YING THE AFTERNOON - Caroline, Adelina, Alan Axelrod, Sheryl, Fred Ja cobson at right. Herald photo by Mike Fink ...... A.AA.AJ'.." ...... 'JY'JY~·~~~~~~~~~-r-.-~·,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6-THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER'S, 1996 THE JEWISH COMMUNITY Hadassah Helps Push Through New Ladies' Night Out on Sept. 8 Jewish Women of West Bay expertise in table decorating. Health Care Legislation will present its second annual Yamuder,associated for 20years "Ladies.Night Out" on Sept. 8. with Izzy's Kosher Catering, is As a leader in health care forts since President Clinton in­ nation language has been in­ Sara Chana Schreiber, a also an accomplished sculptress advocacy efforts, Hadassah was troduced his Health Security Act cluded in this legislation that is writer and lecturer of topics re­ and has beautified many invited to take part in the in 1992. an important step in improving lating specifically to women, simchas in Rhode Island and Kennedy-Kassebaum bill sign­ For H.R. 3103, Hadassah ad­ Americans' access to health care will address theaudienceon the Massachusetts. She will instruct ing at the White House. vocated for language now in­ coverage," said Post, Hadassah topic of "Feminism, Family and participants in the art of napkin Marlene Edith Post, national cluded in the bill which would national president. "For too Freedom - From Bubbe to folding and the creation of president, and Beth Wohl­ prohibit insurance discrimina­ long, tens of millions of Ameri­ Barbra, Is Yentl Fundamental?" unique napkin rings. gelernter, national executive di­ tion on the basis of genetic fac­ cans have been denied health Schreiber has traveled This program will take place rector, joined health cafe pro­ tors. On behalf of a large coali­ insurance coverage because they through Central and South at the CHAI Center, 15 fessionals and officials from tion of Jewish organizations, have pre-existing conditions. America studying comparative Centerville Rd. in Warwick at around the country in applaud­ Hadassah drafted a letter to ev­ Hadassah was founded on the family culture, and has served 7:30 p.m. ing the bi-partisan passage of ery member of the House and princi pie of access to health cov­ as the director of an innovative Refreshments wi 11 be served. H.R. 3103, also known as Senate which called for the in­ erage for all. This bill is a step in pre-school in the San Francisco The cost for the evening is $5, Kennedy-Kassebaum. For the clusion of this language as well the right direction to more com­ area. She resides in New York and advance reservation is re­ first time, H.R. 3103 provides as separate genetic non-dis­ prehensive reform which with her attorney husband and quested. For reservations, addi­ portability of health insurance crimi nation legislation for should include the 40 million their children. tional information, or to be put thatallows workers to keep their Americans not currently insured Americans who are currently Sena Yamuder will share her on the mailing list,call 884-4071. health insurance when they and, therefore, not covered by not insured." change or lose their jobs. H.R. 3103. Hadassah has been involved "We are very pleased to see in federal health care reform ef- that the genetic non-discrimi- Jewish 49ers Host Social On Sept. 8 from 7:30 to 10:30 sert and beverages will be pro­ Open House at Temple Shalom------p.m., The Jewish 49ers, a singles vided. fulfilling. Adult education of­ Temple Shalom, attend an open group for those who are 49 and Dance to a variety of music The congregation of Temple up, will host a dessert/social at fers informative programs fea­ house or call the rabbi at 846- played by a DJ, or sociali ze if Shalom, the Conservative con­ Temple Emeth, l'utterham you prefer. gregation of Newport County, turing evening classes on both 9002. popular Jewish themes as well Circle, 194 Grove St., Chestnut Call for directions and infor­ will hold two open houses for Hill, Mass. as history and Hebrew. mation: Jim (508) 872-6533, Su­ perspective members on Sept. 8 The cost is $5 for members The Samuel Zilman Bazarsky san(617)969-5903, or Float(508) from 10 a.m. to noon and on Chabad House and $8 for non-members. Des- 877-0636. Sept. 11 from 7 to 8 p.m. Religious School serves children Rabbi Marc S. Jagolinzer and 4 years of age through age 17. Offers Slichos members of the membership The school offers a full and var­ and ritual committees will be in ied curriculum of study to edu­ Services Program for Immigrants attendance to greet people and cate and enrich the youth of The Cha bad Jewish Heritage answer questions concerning Newport County. Center, 360 Hope St., Prov­ Jewish Vocational Service 451-8147 to register for an orien­ the temple. Temple members in The Sisterhood is composed idence, will usher in the new Microenterprise Division wi ll tation session. need of additional cards of ad­ of dedicated women who meet year with Slichos Services - offer a free program for South­ Orientations are accessible to mission will also be able to se­ in an atmosphere of friendliness Motzoai Shabbat-onSept. 7at eastern Massachusetts refugees individuals withdisabilitiesand cure them during these times. and sociability. The Tree of Life 12:30 a.m. and immigrants who want to are held in Bostonat26 West St., Temple Shalom is a full-ser­ Club is for the senior members There wi ll be a short discus­ start a busi :iess in the United 3rd floor conference room, on vice congregation which offers of the congregation and com­ sion on "The Meaning ofSlichos States and need training, tech­ Sept. 10, 10 a.m. to noon; Sept. something for every member of munity who meet for educa­ and the High Holidays" before nical assistance or access to 16, 6 to 8 p.m.; and Sept. 18, 10 the family. tional, cultural and social pur­ the prayers. loans. a.m. to noon. Religious services are cre­ poses. For more information, call <::all Brenda Gagnon at (617) ative, innovative and spiritually To find out more about 273-7238. Unique Services in Warwick High Holiday services can be Prayers are translated, ex­ Temple exceedingly confusing or excep­ plained and literally come alive tionally inspiring. as Rabbi Levy guides you The CHAI Center offers a through the liturgy. unique kind of High Holiday The services are open to all. service in the Cowesett area of And they are free. Torat Warwick... the kind that will For reservations and a com­ leave you uplifted, refreshed plete schedule, call the CHAI Yisrael and geared up for the new year. Center at 884-4071. Forties-Plus Dance Party Chai's Jewish Singles bring 40s Plus dance party on Sept. 11 in the Jewish New Year with a at Circuits, inside the Westin Where everyone knows who Hotel, Waltham, Mass. There will be free member­ you are, and is always glad ship, food and gifts. Doors open from 7 p.m. until midnight. to see you. Greetings The cost is $9 for members from and $10 for non-members. For more information, and to be Paula and Harry Katzman added to the mailing list, call The largest synagogue serving and Family Barton Roth at (508) 443-7834. Cranston, Warwick, East Greenwich and points South. Katzman Plumbing [HERALD ADS GET RESULTS! I Come meet us at an open house on - LIBERTY AND JUSnCE FOR ALL September 8 from 9 a.m. to noon at the EONARD U.S. SENATE Temple, 330 Park Avenue, Cranston. WE THE PEOPLE have been abused by corrupt leaders. For further information, · If YOU vote for Ted in the Sept. 10th prima;Y-1 . /J. please call the Temple Office at 785-1800 YOU AND I will win. l/#colors and variet­ Bellin. The concert will take place Bring your picnic basket and ah ies. Barbara Frerich will give a The farm is on the right-hand on the west lawn of the JCC, 333 blankets. Picnic food will be sold side and has a long w hite fence. SI, short talk about chrysa nthe­ Nahanton St., Newton, Mass. and seating is available. sh mums. Lunch will be a t noon at That's all Rain location will be the JCC Tickets are $10 general; $8 Crossroads Pub, 133 Market St., ii COSIS IO a n The event will take place on aud itorium. seniors and students; children th, Warren. Lu nch can be ordered reach our Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. The farm is $5 I readers. Klezamir has been igniting $5. Call the JCC box office at from the menu. Ind ividual I OU located at 43 Kinnicutt Ave., audiences th.roughout New En­ (617) 965-5226 for ticket reser­ gr; Warren. checks will be issued. Call • 724-0200 gland since 1987 with their spe­ vations and information. Dk Directions to Frerich Fa rm: Hostesses for the day will be cial brand of klezmer music. 15, Take 195 East to exit 2 in Massa­ Janet Gutterman and Martha chusetts (Route 136), bear right Finger .. For reservations, call &2( off exit, which brings you to Shirley at 738-0934 or Norma at Route 136. Head toward War­ 732-1221. ren and Newport. Cross over

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Jeffrey Ingber, 80 Brown St., Providence, RI NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR LULAVIM & ESROGIM 273-0210 8 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 INSIDE THE OCEAN STATE Personal Financial Information Bar Foundation to Award Program Designed for Women Annual Grants t Women will have the oppor­ sponsored by the American The Rhode Island Bar Foun­ tunity to learn how to manage Association of Retired Per­ dation is now accepting appli­ their personal finances and plan sons, the Center for Personal cations for its 1997 Interest on for their own financial security Financial Education and Infor­ Lawyers Trust Accounts grants. when the Women's Financial mation and the University of The grants are used to help dis­ Information program gets un­ Rhode Island Cooperative Ex­ advantaged Rhode Islanders derway this fall. The seven-week tension. They are presented by gain access to legal representa­ workshop which teaches local professionals in their tion, to improve the delivery of women successful strategies for field, cover a w ide range of legal services, to promote personal money management topics in personal finance in­ knowledge and awareness of the will be offered in East Bay, West­ cluding goal planning, bank­ law, or to improve the adminis­ erly and West Bay. ing and credit strategies, risk tration of justice. The program schedule for management and investing for The application deadline is women in these areas is as fol­ retirement. Women of all ages Oct. 1. For grant criteria and an lows: will find the workshops valu­ application, call the foundation East Bay on Tuesdays from able in p lanning for their own at 421-6541. 5:30to 7:30 p.m., beginning Sept. financial security as well as IOLTA is a program where 17, at Portsmouth Free Public that of senior fami ly members. lawyers deposit client trust Library, 2658 East Main Road, The cost for the seven-week funds in interest-bearing NOW Portsmouth; Weste rly o n workshop program is $20 per accounts. The interest is for­ Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p .m., person. Pre-registration is nec­ warded by the banks to the bar beginning Sept. 18, at Westerly essary because space is limited. foundation which in turn Hospital, 25 Wells Street, West­ To obtain a registration form or awards the money in the form erly; West Bayon Tuesdays from more information, call 732-1800, of grants to non-profit organi­ 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., beginning Oct. ext. 29 or (800) 448-1011 between zations which provide civi l le­ lattheWomenand InfantsCen­ 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., Mondays gal services to the poor. ter for Health Education, 1050 through Fridays. The IOLTA program uses Main St., Ea!,t Greenwich. For TDD assistance, call 792- only interest accrued on depos­ These programs are co- 2474. its held so short in duration or CONIMICUT LIGHT as seen from the Vista Jubilee. so small in amount that the frac­ Hope Class of January 1946 to Gather tional interest on any single client's deposit cannot be ac­ The Hope High School Class Roberts, Natalie (Ross) Kalmus, crued. Bay Queen Cruises Lighthouses of January 1946 will hold its Jack L. Rothschild, Selma The bar fo undation has Bay Queen Cruises will present a new Rhode Island Light­ 50th year reunion on Nov. 8 at (Rubin) Goldman, Evelyn St. awarded more than$6.5 million houses tour on Sept. 7 and Oct. 12. This will be a brunch cruise the West Valley Inn, West War­ George, Shirley Ann (Skerry) since the IOLTA program be­ which will include a running historical narration and spiel of items wick, RI. Murphy, Jo hn J. Smith, Jr., gan in 1985. Prior to the IOLTA of interest. The following classmates William I. Smith, Shirley program, clients' trust money Lighthouses visited will include Conimi<:ut, Warwick, Plum have not been located: (Waterhouse) Fiske. was kept in non-interest bear­ Beach, Dutch Island, Rose Island, Beavertail, Castle Hill, Newport Anna (Andonian) Algian, If you have information ing checking accounts. Harbor, Sandy Point and Hog Island. They can be observed from Roberta Blackstone, Paul about the above, or have not the Vista Jubilee's indoor areas or from the deck. Fineman , Mary Gibbons, been notified of this reunion, The Vista Jubilee has climate- controlled dining rooms with Marianne Hagan, Charles call any of the following: Attorneys dance floors and full-service bars. It is U.S. Coast Guard certified Haggerty, Mary Harrington, Rosalyn (Cohen) Factor, 732- and wheelchair accessible. Clare M. Healy, Marion (Holt) 2391; Rosemarie (DeLuise) Sponsor Voter For reservations or information, call (800) 439-1350. Henderson, Robert Johnson, Marra, 272-9621; Florence Barkev Kabarian, Barbara (Grossman) Sarenson, 944- Registration Drive McNamara, Arnold Mudrick, 6130; Elena (Izzi) Winter, 828- The Rhode Island Bar Asso­ Brushing Up On Politics Thomas L. Radick, Jane 6696; Rhea (Paige)Turner, 781- ciation will hold a voter regis­ A discussion series put out political parties a nd by the (Reynolds) Cook, Margaret 4783. tration drive at Warwick Mall by the Foreign Policy Associa­ League of Women Voters. For on Sept. 7 from noon until 8 p.m. tion will be offered at the moreinformation,contactCom­ Members of the public and Barrington Public Library t\ljs munity Services Librarian Lauri Used Boats Needed lawyers are encouraged.to reg­ fall. Burke at 247-1920. Boys and Girls Clubs in Mas­ looking for fiberglass boats in ister if they have never voted, or Called a "Citizen's Guide to sachusetts, Rhode Island and good condition. They will be reregister if they have moved to U.S. Foreign Policy Issues: Elec­ Connecticut are looking for un­ sold by a broker and the pro­ another city or town, not voted tion '96," this series provides par­ Learn More wanted boats to help fund their ceeds will go the various clubs. in five years, or changed their ticipants with the information programs. Now that September The condition of the boat is im­ name since the last election. they need to participate in the About Cranston has arrived, many sailors are portant-it needs to be salable, The bar association's Young national debate. The series will "The History of Cranston" thinking about giving up their as well as sailable. Lawyers Committee are the co­ be led by Barrington residents will be the subject of a lecture vessels to either upgrade or re­ To have a.boat considered for ordinators of this community Jean Cronan and Bernard Weiss. and slide presentation at the tire from the sea. The fair mar­ a donation, call (800) 246-0493. service project and will staff the Programs run weekly on Sept. 17 meeting of the Cran­ ket value of the boat may be If the boat qualifies, a boat booth at the mall. Wednesday mornings, 10 a.m. ston Historical Society. used as a charitable contribu­ broker will be in touch to make In addition, anyone needing to noon, from Sept. 11 to Nov. The kick-off meeting at 7:30 tion on the donor's income tax. arrangements for its pickup on to register may stop by associa­ 13. Registration is now being p.m. will feature author-histo­ The clubs are particularly behalf of the Boys and Girls Clubs. tion headquarters during regu­ accepted in person or by phone rian Don D' Amato of Warwick, lar business hours to register. at the library's reference desk. columnist for the Cranston Her­ The association is located at 115 The book for the course will be ald and Warwick Beacon. 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THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 - 9 FEATURE ! The Results Are In 'Peace Index' - July 1996 cessand "were disappointed for according to this survey, which Jewis h settlements located Palestinian workers will not en­ Reveals Israeli the better" that it had not hap­ policy towards the Palestinians within or among Palestinia n ter the country. pened, at least thus fa r. the public wishes the govern­ communities; 35.1 percent are One fi fth (20.1 percent) of the State of Mind In contrast, among Labor ment to pursue. On the ques­ op posed to evacua ting any respo nd ents feels that Israel (Tel Aviv, Aug. 11) - The voters only 20.3 percent are very tion of expanding the settle­ settlements in the final frame­ should settle things "without indices measured by the Peace encouraged by the policies of ments, supporters and op po­ work. foreign workers, Palestinians or Survey remain virtually un­ the government and the remain­ nents are nearly equally divided : These positions are paradoxi­ a nyone else." changed as of July 29, 1996. der are somewhat or very dis­ 47.8 percent are very or some­ cal since, as in the past, most of It is noteworthy that whi le These results reflect the fact that appointed with the government. w hat supportive of renewing the public (70.4 percent) thinks the majority of voters of all par­ the peace process has been fro­ The Israeli public's sense of settlement in the territories and that even if there were peace "it is ties (except Hadash, an Arab­ zen since the Israeli elections in personal security has not dimin­ 45. l percent are very or some­ preferable to maintain clear and dominated party) support sepa­ May and that it is not clear wha t ished as a result of the election. what opposed (the remainder closed border between Israel and ration through closed borders, direction it will take in the fu­ In fact, 28.9 percent of those w ho have no clear opinion). the Palestinian Authority." Only with only minor differences, on ture,according to researchers at had an opinion on the subject 11.4 percent of the respondents the issue of foreign V{_orkers, the Tel Aviv University's Tami said they feel their personal se­ are opposed to this kind of sepa­ inter-party differences are very Steinmetz Center for Peace Re­ curity a nd tha t of the entire citi­ ration, with 8.2 percent having prominent. Only 18.1 percent of search. zenry is a little better or even a On the question of no clear opinion on the subject. Likud voters recommend per­ The general peace index lot better than in the days of the expanding the The desire for sepa ration mitti ng Palestinian workers to stands at 63.3 points, precisely previous government. More settlements, supporters from the Palestinians also sur­ return to the workplace while where it was last month, and tha n half (54.1 percent) do not faces in opinions on the issue of 41 .9 percent of Labor voters and the other two indices show neg­ sense a ny change and only 7.8 and opponents are foreign workers. Because of the 46.7 percent of Meretz voters ligible changes. The Oslo index, percent think it has worsened nearly equally divided. continued closure of the territo­ support this. which measures the agreements with the cha nge in leadershi p. ries many foreign workers from Among voters for the reli­ with the Palestinia ns, fell a little A n analysis accord ing to Africa, Southeast Asia and Eu­ gious pa rties, including the from 53.0 points in June to 50.5 party affiliation indica ted that rope have been brought to Is­ H a redim (ultra-Ortho d o x), points in July and the Syrian 56.5 percent of those w ho voted Concurrently, 32.3 percent of rael to replace the Palestinian opinions are no d ifferent than index, which examinesattitudes for Likud and a similar rate of the respondents think Israel laborers. They are living and among the non-religious regard­ towards negotiations withSyria, those who voted National Reli­ should maintain its settlement worki ng in Israel, sometimes ing foreign workers in Israel and rose slightly from 35.8 points in gious Party think that the situa­ policy even if it becomes clear with their families. they even prefer the fo reigners June to 37.1 points inJuly. These tion is better, with 31.3 percent that the policy is likely to bring More than a quarter of the to the return of the Palestinians fluct.uatio ns are clearly within of Likud voters a nd 34 percent a halt to the peace process. O nly survey's respondents (27.4 per­ to the workplace. the statistical error ra nge of plus of National Religious Party say­ 26.4 percent feel tha t in this case cent) feel that Palestinian work­ The peace index, a project of Tel or minus four percent. ing there has been no change. it is better to stop the settle­ ersshould be permitted to gradu­ Aviv University's Tami Steinmetz Surprisingly, unlike in previ­ O nly 2.3 percent of Labor voters ments completely. In addition, ally return to the Israeli work­ Center for Peace Research, is under ous surveys, the number of re­ thin k their security has im­ only 5.9 percent of the respon­ placeso that fo reign workers and the direct ion of Professor Ephraim spondents w ho chose to answer: proved while 7.2 percent feel dents claim tha t in the fi nal their families will not remain to Ya'ar, Dr. Tamar Hermann and "don' t know / no opinion" was tha t it is the same as it was un­ agreement with the Palestinians live and work in Israel. Professor Arie Nadler. The 504 par­ high. der the previous government. the government can agree to Nearly half (44.9 percent) feel ticipants sampled by telephone are Not surprisingly, it was es­ Not one person of those w ho evacua te all the settlements, 7.1 that fo reign workers and their representative of the Jewish popu­ pecially hig h in the responses to said they voted Meretz in the percent at'e ready to evacuate families should be permitted to lation of Israel. The margin of questions rela ting to the Oslo elections feels that his personal the majority of settlements un­ li ve and work in Israel so that error is plus/minus four percent. Accords, w hich are d irectly con­ sense of security has improved der these circumstances nected to movement in the peace as a result of the change in the and 44.1 percent think process. ruling party. that Israel should agree Answers to the question of It is not exactl y clear, at least to evacuate only those whether the Netanyahu govern­ ment has thus far kept its electi on campaign promises on the sub­ ject of negotiations with the Pal­ Permanent Questions on estinians, reveal public hesitati on the General Peace Index and lack of clarity regarding the 1. In general, do you consider yourself a supporter or policies and the situation. opponent of the peace process between Israel and A little more than one-third the Arabs? (38.4 percent) feels the govern­ Percent ment has kept its promises to a Greatly opposed .... 4.8 greater or lesser degree, w hile Somewhat opposed ...... 3.2 exactly one-thi rd (33.3 percent) In the middle ...... 11.5 thinks not, and 28.1 percent find Somewha t su pportive ...... 39.2 the situation not clear enough Greatly supportive...... 39.3 to measure. Don' t know/ noopinion ...... 1.5 The same signs of hesita tion No answer ...... 0.4 are also revealed w hen respon­ 2. Do you believe or not believe that in the coming dents are questioned about their years there will be peace between Israel and the own positions, with 29.6 per­ Arabs? cent unable to decide if they are Certain there will be peace ...... 5.6 encouraged or disap pointed by Think there will be peace...... 35.7 the steps taken by the new.gov­ In the middle . .. 21.5 ernment regard ing negotiati ons Think there will not be peace ...... 18.7 with the Palestinians, ruli ng out Certain there will not be peace ...... 13.3 the possibility tha t the uncer­ Don' t know/ no opinion ...... 5.0 tainty is rooted in a lack of No answer ...... 0.2 knowledge. A breakdown of the a nswers Permanent Questions on the according to party a ffi liation Oslo Agreement shows that nearly two-thirds of 1. Whal is your opinion on the agreement that was Likud voters (64.4 percent) are signed in Oslo between Israel and the PLO somewhat to very encouraged (Agreement of Principles)? by the policies adopted . Heavily in fa vor ...... 12.5 Amongst Israel B' Ali yah vot­ Somewhat in fa vor ...... 29.2 ers (the immigrants party), more In the middle ...... 27.4 tha n half (54.5 percent) think Somewhat opposed ...... 8.5 similarly. Heavil y opposed ...... 13.8 Two-fifths of Na ti onal Reli­ Don' t know/no opinion ...... 8.5 gious Party voters (41.1 percent) 2. Do you believe or not believe that the Oslo Agree­ are somewha t to very encour­ ment between Israel and the PLO will bring about aged. Surprisingly, a very simi­ peace between Israel and the Palestinians in the lar level (41.9 percent) of those coming years? who, in varying degrees, a re Greatl y believe...... 7.8 enco uraged by the govern­ Somew hat believe...... 30.0 ment's policies, is fo und also In the middle ...... 21.1 among those who reported they Somewhat d on't believe ...... 17.7 voted fo r Meretz. I l appea rs Certainly don' t believe ...... 15.2 those voters feared the worst, Don' t know / no opinion ...... 8.1 i.e., the destruction of the pro- 10-THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996

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:sh J{era(d The photography of people. private functions. and corporate gatherings. 12 - THE RHODE"ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 9 SCHOOLBEAT Tickets for Children's Series ASDS Hires Administrator The Ruth and Max Alperin pertise ip reading and writing and Special Presentations Schechter Day School welcomes as well as knowledge of He­ Maia Brumberg-Kraus as cur­ brew and Judaic Studies inte­ on Sale S.ept. 9 riculum coordinator for kinder­ gration. As a teacher at ASDS, garten to grade five. she has shown herself to be en­ Tickets for all 1996 / 1997 City Scholastic's The Magic School numerous Grammy Awards Brumberg-Kraus has rich ex­ thusiastic and creative. Children'sSeriesshowsand five Bus Live!, on May 4, at 1 and and nominations, will celebrate perience in curriculum devel­ The position of curriculum new special presentations will 3:30 p.m. Call 421-ARTS to or­ more than 32 years together opment and teacher training. In coordinator has been created to go on sale Sept. 9, beginning at der or for more information. during their single concert per­ addition to serving as a class­ deal with the review and devel­ lOa.m. The first of five 1996/1997 formance on March 9, 1997 at 7 room teacher for many years, opmentofa scope and sequence The series opens with two "special presentations" features p.m. she directed the resource pro­ of the General Studies curricu­ performances of Shari Lewis and Tony Award-winning per­ Common objects become in- · gram at Cohen Hillel Academy lum. The position will also in­ Lamb Chop on Nov. 2 at 1 and 3 former Mandy Patinkin return­ struments for uncommon en­ and was a consultant to the volve writing curriculum mate­ p.m. ing to Providence as the star of tertainment during the special Philadelphia school depart­ rials and working with faculty The series continues with two "Mandy Patink.in in Concert" presentation of Stomp. Return­ ment. members to enhance their class­ performances of Winnie the on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ing to Providence following Brumberg-Kraus brings ex- room performance. Pooh, on Jan. 5, 1997 at I and Direct from Russia, the St. their sold-out engagement here 3:30p.m. Petersburg State Ice Ballet will last year, Stomp will perform Also for 1997, there will be combine classical ballet with the during shows on April 25 at 8 two performances of sport of figure skating during p.m., April 26 at 5 p.m. and 9 Recognizing Unsung Heroes Pocahontas on March 16, at 1 special presentations of "Sleep­ p.m., and April 27 at 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., one performance ing Beauty on Ice," Dec. 27 at 3 Call421-ARTSto orderor for ManyyoungpeopleinRhode State selection committees in of Cirque Eloize on April 6 at 3 and 8 p.m. more information. Island show thei r community every state, the District of Co­ p.m., and two performances of The Chieftains, winner of spirit by volunteering to make lumbia and Puerto Rico will their communities better places name two top volunteers, each to li ve. of whom will receive a si lver At Home on the J&W Ranch----- This week, the search begins medallion, $1 ,000 and a trip to for the two who best exemplify Washington, D.C. Johnson & Wales University department, the new facility will to expanding the barn, the uni­ that spirit - in the second an­ Eachstatecommitteealsowill has announced that it has pur­ enable the university to enroll versity is building a multi-pur­ nual Prudential Spirit of Com­ award four Distinguished Final­ chased Brittany Farm, an 11-acre more students, house a greater pose jumping and show ring. munity Awards. ist bronze medallions and sev­ horse farm in Rehoboth, Mass., number of students' horses,and In preparation for the ex­ Over the next two months, eral certificates of exce llence. as the new home of the offer continuing education panded program, the equine middle-level and high schools Students interested in being university's growing Equine classes to the entire university studies department has added throughout Rhode Island will considered for the awards Studies Program. community. It will be fully op­ two full-time facility managers/ have an opportunity to select should contact their school prin­ According to Beth Beukema, erational for the beginning of instructors to its staff and hired their most community-minded cipal for an application fo rm. director ?f the equine studies the fall term in September. a Johnson & Wales University students and nominate them for All applicants must be cur­ Facilities include a 170 x 70 a lumnus as barn manager. statewide recognition. rently enrolled in grades five to foot indoor show ring, an at­ Much of the day-to-day work Two of them - one middle­ 12 and must describe a self-ini­ tached barn (currently being on the farm will be performed level and one high school stu­ tiated community service activ­ expanded to accommodate 30 by students majoring in equine dent - will be named Rhode ity which has occurred at least horses), ample pastures and studies and equine business Island's top youth volunteers in part since September 1995. turn-out paddocks, and an out­ management, as part of their next February. door dressage ring. In addition hands-on training. NEIT Takes Another Giant Step Girl Scout Learn a New Sign-Up Language Dr. Glen Zeitzer, provost and gineering programs at the Uni­ senior vice president at New En­ versity of Rhode Island and in September Courses will be available in gland Institute of Technology, Brown University have ABET "Sneak a Peek at Girl Scout­ French and Spanish, at the be­ has announced that the college's engineering accreditation, and ing" is the slogan for Girl Scout ginning, intermediate and ad­ bachelor's degree program in only New England Institute of Sign Up in September. Sign Up vanced levels, at the Interna­ electronics engineering technol­ Technology has ABET accredi­ Week will be Sept. 12 through tional House of Rhode Island, ogy has become accredited. tation for electronics engineer­ 21 at 51 locations. Those inter-­ this fall. In Rhode Island, only the en- ing technology. ested in joining may cal l the Under the direction of Aida council office at 331-4500 or (800) Sahakian, intermediate French 331-0149 for the location and classes are held Mondays from LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER date nearest them. 6 to 7:30 p.m. and the advanced I I All girls ages 5 to 17 not cur­ class meets Mondays from 4:30 rently members who wish to to6p.m. Personalized instruction on every aspect of the computer DeniseGaillaguet wi ll offer a In your home ... Daytime or Evening appointments join Daisy, Brownie, Junior, I Cadette or Senior Girl Scouts beginning French class on Mon­ are invited to attend with their days from 5 to 6:30 p.m. A be­ Improve.basic computer skills while learning popular software programs ginning Spanish class wi ll be Get on the Internet quickly and download great shareware and freeware parents or guardian. Local Girl I Learn how to chan~e a hard drive, add a CD-ROM or add more memory I Scout leaders and Girl Scouts held on Wednesdays from 5 to will provide information about 6:30 p.m. and an intermediate We especially look lorward to wor~ing with ~eginners Call MICHAU MARKUS at 723·58961 the program. class from 6:30 to 8 p.m. I German, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Chinese and Portu­ guese classes will also be sched­ uled during the day or in the evening as soon as suffi cient enrollment is attained. Classes in other languages can be arranged for small group instruction if there is enough interest. Minimum enrollment for any class is fiv e students. Classes wi ll begi n the week of Sept. 23 and continue fo r 10 weeks. The fee fo r the classes Come and Spend a Few Days at are$80 for members and $90 for non-members, and includes the use of the language lab. "OUR HOUSE" Yearly membership fees are $10 for students; $25 for indi­ Join Rabbi Vicki Lieberman and noted guest Cantor Ralph Schlossberg viduals; and $40 for fa milies. as they lead "our family" in tradition and prayer For further info rmation about any of the above programs, ca ll Congregation B'nai Israel 421-7181. 224 Prospect St., Woonsocket, R.I. SUPPORT OUR For more information, call: ( 401) 762-365 l ADVERTISERS THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 13 SCHOOLBEATe) ESL Classes Scheduled International House of Rhode mediate and advanced students, Island, 8 Stimson Ave., in Prov­ will be held Mondays from 12:30 idence, will offer English as a to 2:30 p.m. Second Language classes on an Grammar classes at the ad­ ongoing basis, on Monday, vanced beginning level are held Tuesday, and Thursday during Tuesday and Thursday morn­ the day and late afternoon. ings from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and Intermediate conversation at the advanced level on Thurs­ classes are held from 11 a.m. to days from 11 a.m. to noon. The 12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and fee for these classes is $10 per Thursdays. month for those already enrolled Advanced beginning classes in an International House ESL take place from 10:45 a.m. to program and $20 per month for 12:15 p.m. the same days; two all others. levels of beginning classes and One-on-one private tutoring two levels of advanced classes is also available from advanced are held on the same days from beginning throug h advanced 9:30 to 11 a.m. and 4:30 to 6 p.m. level students. Students meet The fee is $25 per month and with a teacher for one and one­ is required in advance. Class half hours per week and these placement wi ll be made at the sessions are held between9a.m. first session. The use of the lan­ and 5 p.m. Monday through guage lab is included in the fee. Friday. The fee is $40 for a six­ Learning Eng lish Through hour session. Film and Video isa program for Anyone interested in attend­ intermediate and advanced ing any of the above classes, or ORT Honors Leader in Literacy level students who want to im­ in getting more information LuciHe Brotman, on the left, chairwoman of Women's American ORT's National Advocacy prove their vocabulary, their lis­ about the programs should call Committee, presents Dr. Bonnie Batel-Sheppard, director of The Penn Literacy Network, with tening and speaking skills and 421 -7181. ORT's 1996 Literacy Award at a recent convention in Philadelphia. their knowledge of U.S. Ameri­ can culture. This class is held on Monday from 10 a.m. to noon and features listening to and un­ The Canonchet-----­ 'Give Your Kids a Leg Up' derstanding weekly television Choo-Choo programs ("Mad About You," Admission is $2.50 for adults A program entitled "Back to Professio nal development Sc "Friends," Seinfeld," "Sixty Show is Coming and $1.50 for children 6 and over, hool: Prepa ring for Your credits have been applied for as Minutes"), the idioms used, the with a fami ly maximum of $8. Child's Success" will be held on well as CE Us and nursing cred­ Sept. 12 in Bradley Hospital's its. The program is free and the context in which they' re pre­ On Sept. 7 and 8, the Children under 6 and museum sented, and a discussion of the Mohegan-Pequot Model Rail­ members are admitted free of Speaking of Kids series. community is invited. Advance topical issues or American val­ road Club will present its an­ charge. The museum is located The event will start at 7 p.m. registration is required. Call ues depicted. nual model train show at the on Route IA in Narragansett, Dr. Robert M. Hayden, director Lifespan Health Connection at Interpreting the News,a class South County Museum at directly across from the Nar­ of Bradley's ADD and School 444-4800 or (800) 927-1230. A sign language interpreter is in listening to and understand­ Canonchet Farm. ragansett Town Beach Pavilion. Behavior Clinic, will offer par­ available upon request through ing U.S. American news in print The show is open from 10 For more information, call 783- ents and communities 25 ways and broadcast forms for inter- a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. to give children a boost up in the Rhode Island Relay num­ 5400. school. ber: (800) 745-5555. Jewish Places of Worship

Conservative Temple Shalom Congregation Agudath Achim 223 Valley Road, Middletown, RI The Chai Center Congregation Sons of Jacob P.O. Box 826, Taunton, MA 02780 02840 15 Centerville Road, Warwick, RI 24 Douglas Ave., Providence, RI 02905 (508) 822-3230 or (508) 822-5985 846-9002 02886 274-5260 Rab. Maurice Weisenberg Rab. Marc S. Jagolinzer 884-4071, fax 884-0254 Pres. Harold Silverman Can. Stanley Lipp Can. Fredric S. Scheff Rab. Eliezer Levy Touro Synagogue Congregation Beth David Temple Torat Yisrael 85 Touro St., Newport, RI 02840 220 Park Ave., Cranston, RI 02905 847-4794, fax 847-8121 of Narragansett Orthodox Kingstown &Watson Roads 785-1800, fax 785-0182, school 785-1890 Rab. Mel Eskovitz P.O. Box 3299, Narragansett, RI 02882 Can. Robert Lieberman Congregation Adas Israel 783-0429 1647 Robeson St., Fall River', MA 02720 Tifereth Israel Congregation (508) 674-9761, fax (508) 678-3195 Reconstructionist Congregation B'nai Israel 145 Brownell Ave., New Bedford 02740 Rab. Norbert Weinberg 224 Prospect St., Woonsocket, RI 02895 (508) 997-3171 Can. Fred Nebel Congregation Agudus Achim 762-3651 Rab. Moshe Ulmer 901 Main St., Attleboro, MA 02703 Rab. Vicki Lieberman Congregation Ahavath Achim (508) 222-2243 United Brothers Synagogue 385 County St., New Bedford, MA Rab. Gail Diamond Temple Am David 205 High St., Bristol, RI 02809 02740-4931 40 Gardiner St., Warwick 02888 253-3460 (508) 994-1 760 Rab. Barry D, Hartman 463-7944 Can. Dr. William Crausman Reform Rab. Nechama Goldberg Ca n. Stanley Rosenfeld Congregation Beth Sholom - Temple Beth-El Sons of Zion 70 Ochard Ave., Providence, RI 02906 Hillels Temple Beth El 275 Camp St., Providence, RI 02906 331-6070, fax 331-8068 385 I ligh St., Fa ll Ri ver, MA 02720 Brown/RISO 621 -9393 Rab. Leslie Y. Gutterman, 521-03-13 (W) (508) 674-3529, fax (508) 674-3058 Rappaport House Rab. Mitchell Levine Rab. William Kaufman 80 Brown SL, Provid ence, RI 02906 Ra b. Michael Z. Cah,rna Can. Richard Walberg 863-2805 or 863-2344, fax 863-1591 Congregation Mishkon Tfiloh Can. Ida Ra0 Cahanc1 203 Summit Ave., Providence, RI 02906 Temple Emanu-El URI Hillel House 521-1616 Temple Habonim 99 Taft Ave., Providence, RI 0290o 34 Lower College Road, Kingston Rab. Ephraim Berlinsky 165 New Meadow Road, Barrington, 331-1616, fax 421 -9279 02881-1316 RI 02806 245-6536 Rab. Wayne M. Frankli n 874-2740 Congregation Ohawe Shalom Rab. Alva n H. Kaunfer East Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860 Rab. James Rosenberg Can. Brian Mayer 722-3146 Pres. Ni la Pliski n Temple Sinai Lubavitch 30 Hagan Ave., ranston, RI 02920 Temple Israel 942-8350, fax 942-3260 P.O. Box 377, Sharon, MA 02067 Chabad House Congregation Shaare Zedek - Sons of Abraham Rab. George J. Astrachan (617) 784-3986 360 Hope St., Providence, RI 02906 688 Broad St., Providence, RI 02907 Can. Remmie J. Brown Rab. Barry Starr 273-7238, fax 273-7211 Rab. Yehoshua Laufer 751-4936 Can. Steven W . Dress 14 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 ~ ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Roots. Block Island Ferry "Manisee," On the 8th, the festival will sail with Community Boati'ng present an all-star lineup of con­ Center or take a sculling lesson temporary jazz musicians in­ with the Narragansett Boat cluding guitarist Ken Navarro, Club. The Blackstone Valley Ex­ Dan Moretti and Brazilia, the plorer will be conducting tours Joe Parillo Ensemble, Qaz, and of the river, and Captain Joe the Newport Navy Showband, Dempsey's "Hurricane" wi ll be The music starts at 2 p.m. running hourly from Water­ On the 7th and 8th, a RIPTA place to India Point. bus will shuttle people from Admission is free on the 6th. Waterplace to Doubloon Land­ On the 7th and 8th, the admis­ ing, for canoeing and kayaking, sion wi ll be $5 adults, $3 ages 5 to India Point Park where they to 12, under 5 free. For more can take a harbor .tour on the information, call 785-9450.

"BRU!'1DIBAR!" a~ opera writt~n for children and forever remembered as one of the legacies of Terezm _Concentration Camp, will be performed by a cast of local children at noon on Sept. 7, on the Festival Stage, and at 2 p.m. in the Kids' World area. Party on the Riverbank The City of Providence's larg­ grodski and The Magic of Sci­ used for propaganda purposes. est family celebration, the Prov­ ence, The Suspenders Juggling The village is also the new idence Waterfront Festival, is Troupe, story tellers Len Cabral home of Folk Arts, where you heading up-river this year. For and Jeanne Donato, and Tom can watch crafts people dem­ the first time in its 12-year his­ "Tom the Fool" Sgouros. onstrate their traditional skills tory, the majority of the activi­ Around the village there'll and conduct "hands on" work­ ties will take place along the be the R.l. Children's Museum shops ... metalsmith George new Providence waterfront - "You Who?!"; stilt walking M arte l, maskmaker / artist Waterplace Park and the Prov­ workshops with Walter "The Baboucar Jobe, master weaver idence River Walk - with on­ Stiltwalker" Ferrero; a remark­ Susan Perrine, and native the-water events at India Point. able two-person strolling circus, American woodcarver Lester There are so many things hap­ "objects & events"; the Joy-O­ Fairweather. The Folk Arts Stage on the pening that an extra day has Loons Face Painters; Mini Af­ been added and the hours have rica, traditional dance, stories 7th will feature the Latin sounds of Canela 14 and master talking been extended to Sept. 6, 7, and and art of Africa; and, on the drummer Bisi Kolawole, and, 8, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. 8th, Team Blade Runner, a group The festival will provide a of skaters ages 4 to 15 perform­ on the 8th, Canela 14 returns followed by the traditiona l multi-cultural mix of quality ing hip-hop-style dance and children's entertainment, music, stunt moves. sounds of Windharp. The heart of the Waterfront food, fo lk arts, demonstrations On Sept. 7 there will be per­ formances of "Brundibar," an Festival is music, and it will be and workshops, roving enter­ MARVELOUS MARVIN prepares to amaze and amuse his tainers, arts and crafts, story­ opera written just for children beating strongly all three days on the Festival Stage, now in its audiences at the Kids' Stage in "Festival Village" in Station Park, tellers, and lots of things hap­ and performed by a cast of new location, a spectacular new Providence. (Marvin is also known as Marvin Novogrodsky.) pening on the water. young, local performers. Cre­ The brand-new Festival Vil­ ated in the late 1930s by Czech amphitheater at Waterplace Park. On the 6th, there'll be a lage in Station Park, adjacent to composer Hanz Krasa, line-up of Peru Andes and the Waterplacewilloffersomegreat "Brundibar" was la te r per­ Reggae sounds of Lon E. a.nd entertainment on Kids Stage - fo rmed by children in Terezin, a Marvelous Marvin Novo- concentration camp the Nazis Equal Rights. On the 7th there wi II be a mix Summer International of musical genres from the origi­ nal rock of Ellyn Fleming, the Memories That House Planning not so traditional sounds of The Won't Fade Manhattan Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Providence Whole Belli es, the pure country sounds of Great Books on the Square will dis­ Escapade Plains, and Joao Cerilo & Africa play the watercolors and pas­ tels of artist Justine Wesner in International House of Rhode ELIZABETH the store throughout the month Island, 8 Stimson Ave., Prov­ The of September. idence, is sponsoring a day trip WEBBING MILLS CO., INC. PURPLE CAT Wesner, a Rhode Islander, to New York City on Oct. 5. The 521 Roosevelt Avenue, Central Falls, RI 02863 has studied at the Rhode Island bus will leave from International Telephone: 723-0500 RESTAURANT School of Design, the Newport House at 6:30 a.m., and return IN CHEPACHET SINCE 1929 ArtMuseum,and withtheSouth by 11 p.m. that day. Fine Dining in a Relaxed County Artists' Association. The Participants will be dropped Country Atmosphere currentexhibit,called "Summer off in mid-town Manhattan YOUR HOSTS, Memories," is free and open to where they can enjoy a visit to THE LAVOIE'S the public, and most of the dis­ the Metropolitan Museum of Art Chepachet Village, R.I. played works wi ll be available or the Musewn of Modern Art, RAINBOW BAKERY (401) 568-716'1 fo, purchase. do some fall shopping, attend a AT THE JUNCTION OF The store is at 471 Angell St. matineeoroneofthemany tour­ RTES. 44, 100, 102 L'Shana Tovah in Providence. ist attractions, or explore the city I at their leisure. from Murray, Deborah, Scott, The fee for the trip is $40 per Melissa and Anne Kaplan ,,~ person for members of Interna­ tional House and students, $45 _@jz for non-members, and includes the bus fare, an information SW4K-L~ guide about things todo in New York Ci ty, and coffee at Interna­ Fine Wines • Spirits and Beer tional House before departure. Kosher Wines and Champagne Reservations are limited to 806 Hope Street, (across from CVS) 46 people and will be accepted Providence, RI 029 06 on a first-paid basis by Sept. 20. Continuing A Tradtion For further information, ca ll 421- (401) 421 -5760 • Fa x 421-SWAN 7181. THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 15 ARTS AND ENTE~TAINMENT~ Starr Gallery Hosts Jerusalem Exhibit Civil War Weekend The Starr Gallery at the depicts the city from an aerial Boykan. Her pa.inting will be Leventhal-SidmanJewishCom­ view, as if seen from the heav­ accompanied by the musical Coming to Canonchet munity Center in Newton will ens. The image is primarily sky composition via headphones. South County Museum will • Raffle drawing by Battery present "Pray for the Peace of with a strong, optimistic li ght Schwalb has also fashioned bursting past heavy clouds. At Boykan's original score into an offer an adventure into the past "F" for Civil WarprintsonSept. Jerusalem: Contemporary Vi­ on Sept. 21 and 22, when it be­ sions," an invitational exhibi­ the very bottom a deep pan­ artists' book. All three elements 22 at 3 p.m. comes a setting for a Civil War • Guided tours of Confeder­ tion of 25 artists featuring works oramic landscape opens up with will combine together to create Weekend open to the public each ate and Federal camps by lan­ inspired by Psalm 122 and the the city glowing in the golden a multi-media, multi-sensory day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. tern light. Reservations are re­ artist' personal, spiritual and light. work. Hosted by Battery "F" of the quired. Adults $4, children political views of Jerusalem. Deborah Olin's multi-media The exhibit at the Starr Gal­ First Rhode Island Light Artil­ The majority of the artists in fiber piece takes the form of a lery will be on view from Sept. 8 $1.50. Ticket price includes ad­ lery, the two-day event will fea­ this exhibition, celebrating the coat embelli shed with mono­ to Nov. 3.Call (617)558-6485 for mission to the museum and re­ ture re-enactment units fro mall 3,000th anniversary of the type printed images a nd He­ more information or directions. freshments. Museum members over New England. In this sce­ foundingofJerusalem, havecre­ brew texts. The coat stands as a In a related exhibition, the are half price. nario, the South has captured a ted · works especially for the metap!1or for the protection of Boston College Museum of Art Admission to the Civil War Canonchet farm. Will the sol­ occasion. This collection of work Jerusalem-images of trees rep­ presents "J.M.W. Turner and the Weekend and all museum build­ diers and their big cannons of ings is free (except for lantern encompasses a diverse selection resent life longevity and history, Romantic Vision of the Holy the North be able to recapture tour), but donations are wel­ of media, including alternative their roots keeping her hand Land and the Bible," Oct. 8 to it? come. Ample free parking is printmaking, installation work, from washing away, their Dec. 15. Military camp life, colorful available. Wagon rides and re­ collaborative pieces, painting, branches and leaves shielding skirmishes and the impact of freshments are available on site. sculpture and fiber art as well as her from the hot sun. this conflict on rural Rhode ls­ myriad interpretations of the Painter Susan Schwalb has For a complete schedule and land will be depicted. reservations for the tour, call central theme. created a work for this exhibi­ Rosenberg South County Museum, lo­ Michael Lewis' work "Peace tion in collaborati on with her South County Museum at 783- Paintings Exhibit cated at the site of Colonel Wil­ Be Within Thee (Jerusalem)" husband, composer Martin 5400. at Library li am Sprague's mansion and . farm, provides an appropriate Learn How The Fiddler's Coming Back! Wilbert Stephen Rosenberg setting for the re-enactment. wi ll exhibit a mix of oil and Among scheduled activities to Start The Providence College the­ Each audition should consist acrylic paintings at the Cran­ are: atre department will conduct of a shortmono_logueand a song s ton Public Library, 140 • Artillery and infantry dem­ a Painting open auditions for its produc­ from a broadway musical. An Sockanosset Cross Road, Cran­ onstrations both days at 10 and "HowtoStartaPainting" will tion of the hit musical "Fiddler accompanist will be provided. ston, from Sept. 4 through 29 . 11 a. m. be the topic of discussion at the on the Roof" on Sept. 12. For an audition appointment, Rosenberg, a Boston nati ve, • Lecture sponsored by the September meeting of the A variety of roles are avail­ ca ll 865-2084 between 1 and 5 moved to Rhode Island 37 years Indian Run Garden Club at the Wickford Art Association. W AA able for experienced non-equity p.m. weekdays. ago, and has exhibited in Prov­ museum herb garden on herbs artist member Juan J. Lins­ actors and actresses who sing. Callbacks will be held on idence, Wickford, Warwick and used for medicine and meals Morstadt, of North Kingstown, Auditions will be conducted Sept. 12, rehearsals are sched­ Cranston art events. When he is during the Civil War-Sept. 21 will demonstrate how he goes by appointment only at the uled evenings, Sunday through not painting, he owns and man­ at 10:30 a.m. Blackfriars Theatre at the col­ Friday, beginning Sept. 15. about beginning work on his ages TMR /Telecommunica­ • The Battle of Canonchet award-winning oi l paintings. lege. Performance dates are Oct. tions Marketing Resource, a Farm beginning at 12:15p.m. on 25 through Nov. 3. The meeting will be held Sept. telemarketing and internet com­ both days. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wickford Felt Boot pany. • Demonstrations of Civil Art Association Gallery, 36 Historical Society His subjects include land­ War medicine on both days at Beach St., Wickford. Workshop sea pes, sea sea pes, portraits, and 1:30 p.m. The event is free and open to Holding Fair fantasy done in a variety of • Salon and discussion with the public. Coming Down The Cranston Historical So­ styles, including abstract expres­ Mary Todd Lincoln on the 21st ciety wi ll hold its 13th annual sionism, impressionism, and at3 p.m. Sia ter Mi II has engaged Laura realism. Kohnen Harrawood, nationally Arts & Crafts Fair on Oct. 5 and 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Rosenberg is offering view­ recognized feltdesigner, to con­ ers a chance to vote on their duct a workshop in felt boot grounds of the historic Sprague Happy and Healthy New Year Mansion, 1351 Cranston St., favorite works in the show. At making. the conclusion of the exhibit, from Harrawood will bring felting Cranston. More than 75 artists and one of the voters' names will be wool and embelishing materi­ drawn for a commissioned work als from her Missouri fa rm to crafters wi ll show their work. Mansion tours will be offered. by the artist. judy 's studio ltd, Slater Mill for a two-day work­ An opening reception will be shop. Participants can complete Mable's Tea Room will be open. On Oct. 5, folk singer Jim Dou­ held Sept. 5, from 7 to 9 p.m. The F~Wc~~c~~ an advanced project because all reception is free and open to the , the details have been worked glas will entertain. 6SO O~Av~, C!~~, Rf, (401) 1~-3S22 Food vendors will be present public. The exhibit may be ' out for a perfect fit. The pro­ viewed during library hours. gram is open to anyone 16 and on both days. 0~5-c-e~! older. It will run on Sept. 14 and 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. NATIONAL The tuition will be $75, plus a $20 materials fee. 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KF AR VRADIM, Israel (JT A) In 1994, $325 million in ex­ ceived !scar, a cutting tool com­ excluding non-Jewish legisla­ "You can' t sweep it under the - An industrial revolution is portswereproduced by50firms pany. Armed with a vision but tors from sensitive discussions rug, there is a problem,"Tichon occurring in northern Israel. in an area containing less than 1 no equipmentofhisown,hepro­ was discriminatory, has partici­ told Israel Radio. Amid the green mountains percent of Israel's population. posed to rent idle machinery at pated in a parliamentary com­ "What if there is a discussion of the Western Galilee, millions Export activity here by the year night from a nearby kibbutz. mittee meeting on cuts in the on the fla ws in a certain weapon of dollars of export products are 2005 is projected at $1 billion. Six years later, !scar was ex­ defense budget. the defense industry has devel­ being produced - everything When Yitzhak Rabin was porting precision cutting tools Ahmed Sa'ad, of the Hadash oped? You can have a situation from CDs and electronics to prime minister, he once said, to Europe and the United States. Party, insisted on a ttending the where you have to ha ve a dis­ spices and natural food prod­ "Another20Tefenswould mean Confident that his own suc­ recent joint meeting of the Fi­ cussio n on what exactly is ucts. double the volume of industrial cess could be duplicated and nance and the Fo reign Affairs flawed with this weapon, that is Small, one-story offices and exports from the State of Israel. that other businesses could im­ and Defense committees at the currently in use, in order to jus­ manufacturing plants surround This would change the eco­ prove Isra el's export industry Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. tify a llocating the budget for a museum and sculpture gar­ nomic, social and security por­ with just a bit of assistance, Sa 'ad, a member of the Fi­ development." Sa'ad said nothing was ad­ dens at Tefen Industrial Park. tions of the country." Wertheimer moved Isca r to the nance Committee, said the dressed atthemeetingthatcould The only sounds are of children About 600 fami li es li ve in Western Galilee and anchored agreement, which was reached playing in the adjacent school­ Tefen's planned residential com­ Tefen. in the previous Knesset and compromise his or Israel's posi­ tion. yard, or strains of Mozart rising munity, which includes a shop­ In 1987, Tefen's residential which excluded non-Jewish "There was nothing sensiti ve up from a concert in the park. ping mall and a sports center community, Kfar Vradim, was Knesset members from taking in the figures," he said . Now in its 12th year, Tefen­ complete with indoor-outdoor founded. In 1994, Tefen was rec­ part in discussions on sensitive But the Arab legisla tor's par­ founded by Stef Wertheimer - pool, tennis and basketball courts. ognized asa municipal council. issues about state security, was ti cipa tion in tha t particular is a model of Israeli entrepre­ Notallresidentsoperatebusi­ In 1987, the Open Museum, racist. meeting may have been hi s last. neurial spirit. Call it a moshav nesses at Tefen. Some have cho­ a platform for Israeli artists, "I see this as discrimination," A decision was made to form a or collective fo r the '90s. At sen the location for its lush natu­ hosted its first exhibit. the freshman Knesset member told Israel Radio. "As if [Israeli­ subcommittee, w hi ch would al­ Tefen, independently owned, ral beauty. Others are attracted "We're trying to change the Arabs] are suspicious objects. I low for discussion of defense environmentally sound export to the on-site experimental kin­ image of industry," said Lala am an Israeli citizen, a nd repre­ spending cuts in a smaller fo­ start-ups operate in this incuba­ dergarten through 12 school, Mandelbaum, a museum guide. sent a largesegmentofthepopu­ rum, according to Isra el Televi­ tor for up to fiv e years before whichallowsstudents tochoose "Even for the people li ving and lation." sion. graduating to independence. their subjects of study. working here." In more tha n a decade, 20 While Tefen appears decid- Specter Gives Up On Talks ~ Mother & Newborn byNaomi Segal the Jewish senator told report­ negotiate territoria I concessions, JERUSALEM (JTA) - U.S. ers in Jerusalem on Aug. 29. Netanyahu has oposed an Is­ lBJ Homecare Sen. 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THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 -17 .WORLD AND NATIONAL NEWS Orthodox Battle Israel's Chief Justice Weizman Offer to Meet Arafat by Naomi Segal fie on the Sabbath. gious people in Israel," Knesset Presses Netanyahu to do Same JERUSALEM (JTA) - Secu­ The court's ruling overturned member Avraham Ravitz, of the by David Landau after former Premier Shimon rity around the Jerusalem home a decision by Minister of Trans­ United Torah Judaism Party, JERUSALEM (JTA) - If Peres met with Arafat in Gaza of Israel's chief justice has been portation Yitzhak Levy of the told Israel Radio. Prime Minister Benjamin Net­ to discuss the status of Israeli­ intensified as the city's fervently National Religious Party to close Degal HaTorah is one of the anyahu meets with Palestinian Palestinian relations. Netan­ Orthodox community stepped thestreetduring hours of prayer two parties that makes up Authority leader Yasser Arafat yahu sharply criticized Peres, up its campaign against Aharon on the Sabbath and religious United Torah Judaism. in the coming weeks, he will accusing the Labor Party leader Barak and the Supreme Court. holidays. But others warned against an have been shamed into doing so of interfering in the peace pro­ Anarticlerecentlyin the Yeted " Democracy is over. The escalation of incitement that by President Ezer Weizman. cess. Ne'eman newspaper, published people's rule is over," the Yeted would spill over into violence, Since Netanyahu formed his However, after the by the Degal HaTorah Party, Ne'ema11 article stated. Barak much like the climate that pre­ government in June, he has met president's intervention, aides blasted Barak as a "dangerous "decides for me and for you on ceded theassassinationof Prime with Egyptian President Hosni to the prime minister said a enemy" of religious Jews. what we are allowed to think Minister Yitzhak Rabin in No­ Mubarak in Cairo and Jordan's Netanyahu-Arafat meeting is The fervently Orthodox, or and on for what we are allowed vember. King Hussein in Amman, but now likely to take place. haredi, community has long to struggle." Rabin's widow, Leah, said he has pointedly avoided meet­ Aides to Weizman insisted complained that Barak and the !'rime Minister Benjamin Barak should "fear for his life." ing with Israel's Palestinian thatifaNetanyahu-Arafatmeet­ Supreme Court have issued rul­ Netanyahu ca me to Bara k's de­ The Supreme Court justices peace partner, saying that he ing does not take place soon, the ings that contravene the beliefs fense. "We are a nation of law did not comment on the latest would consider sitting down president would go ahead with and needs of Orthodox Jews. and the Supreme Court is a cor­ attack in the religious newspa­ with Arafat only if it was his own plans to host Arafat at Religious Jews have assailed nerstone," he told Army Radio. per, but a senior source in the deemed necessary for national his private home in Caesarea. Barak about his rulings recog­ "We won't allow harm to come Supreme Court said Barak was security. Weizman's prodding comes nizing gay rights and women's to this important central estab­ not concerned for his personal But the prime minister may amid growing international con­ rights. lishment." safety. no longer be able to avoid a cern about the stalled Israeli­ But the hostility toward the Leaders of Orthodox politi­ Barak is convinced that "these meeting after the recent sudden Palestinian ta lks. chief justi ce boiled over with ca l parties, while denouncing attacks against himself and the - indeed unprecedented -in­ Mubarak has threatened to the court's recent decision to the use of violence, said their court will recede, and the voices tervention by Weizman. cancel a regionaleconomicsum­ keep Bar !Ia n Street, a main community had a righteous of reason in the state will over­ Concerned that the stalled mit scheduled for.November in Jerusalem thoroughfare that right to voice its views. come them," a court source was Israeli-Palestinian peace process Cairo if there is no progress with passes throug h relig ious The real issue is the quoted as saying in the Israeli and thesnubbingof Arafatcould the Palestinians. Israel, which neighborhoods, open to traf- "d elegitimization of the reli- daily Yediot Achro11of. undermine agreements already has seen its ties to the Arab world made, Weizman immediately expand since the self-rule ac­ responded affirmatively to a cords were signed with the Pal­ Israel, Turkey Sign Pact written request by Arafat for a estinians in 1993, has a vested meeting. interest in the conference, the by Naomi Segal in the midst of a hail of criticism The cooperation agreement Weizman's move came days third in a series.I JERUSALEM (JTA) - lsrael from other Arab countries. was described as "routine," and and Turkey have sig ned a n Among the staunch domes­ similar in nature to agreements agreement for defense industry tic opponents at that time was Turkey has with some 20 other cooperation, the second defense lslamist Welfare Party leader countries. pact between the two states. Necmettin Erbakan. Among other things, it will Cf3esl CWishes on Defense Ministry Director Erbakan has since become allow Israel to modify Turkish General David lvry initialed the prime minister and moderated Phantom jets, in a multimillion accord in Istanbul for Israel. his views toward cooperation dollar project whose financing CAosh 9lashanah A military training accord with Israel. He withdrew his is still being worked out. between Turkey and Israel that opposition to the pact, after re­ was signed in February brought ceiving a report from Turkish Israeli jets to Turkish airspace, mi litary official. NEW HEALTH

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ROCHELLE M. BLAZAR a volunteer worker at Miriam HELEN GINBURG He was a salesman for late Max and Esther Snow, he PROVIDENCE - Rochelle Hospital for many years. ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Shubert Theatre Co. of New had lived in the Cleveland area M . Blazar, of 276 George St., a She leaves a daughter, Elaine Fla. - Helen Ginburg, 89, York City for many years. He for the last five years. He previ­ bookkeeper at the Providence Stone of Lauderhill; two sons, widow of the late William was a member of the Actor's ously li ved in Warwick and Hebrew Day School for 35 years, Gerald Deitch of Providence and Ginburg, died in Al tamonte Synagogue in New York City. Narragansett and before that, in died Aug. 25 at home. She was Perry Deitch of West Warwick; Springs, on July 30. He leaves a niece, Adelle Burlington, Vt., for many years. the wife of Sydney Bfazar. seven grandchildren and nine She was a daughter of the Alberts of Cranston. He was He had been a member of Born in Fall River, a daughter great-grandchildren. late Arnold and Annie (Ha tow) brother of the late Fra nces Temple Tora! Yisrael in Cran­ of the late Maurice and "Lottie A graveside service was held Gabar, born in Pawtucket and Schechter and Samuel Schechter. ston. (Shapiro) Dubovick, she had Sept. 4 in Lincoln Park Cem­ a !tended local schools. Prior to A graveside service was held In 1927, at age 18, he hitch­ lived in Providence for the last etery, Warwick. Burial followed. moving to Maitland, Fla., in Aug. 27 in Lincoln Park Cem­ hiked from Providence to San 50 years, previously living in Service was coordinated by 1972,she lived inCli nton,Conn., etery, Warwick. Burial followed. Francisco carrying greetings New York City and Fall Ri ver. Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, where she was a store owner for The service was coordinated by from the mayor of Providence She was a member of Temple 825 Hope St., Providence. many years. Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, to the mayor of San Francisco, Ernanu-El, the Jewish Federa­ A member of Temple Israel, a 825 Hope St., Providence. and returned carrying greetings tion of Rhode Island and a mem­ ROSE FELDMAN three-generation life member of from San Francisco's mayor ber of Hadassah. NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Hadassah, memberofB'nai B'rith ISRAEL SNOW back to the mayor of Providence. Besides her husband, she RoseFeldrnan,of172C Rockway and a member of the JCC 39ers, CLEVELAND, Ohio-Israel He leaves a son, Dr. Norman leaves a sister, Ella Senz in St., New Bedford, died Aug. 27 she leaves twodaughters,Sandra Snow,86, a resident of Menorah Snow of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Florida, and a grandson. She was at St. Luke's Hospita l. She was Moss and Rosalind Weinstein of Park Center for Aging, Cleve­ two brothers, Abraham and the mother of the late Marc the widow of Hyman Feldman Maitland, Fla.; a sister, Yetta land, for the last two years, a Leonard Snow, both of Provi­ Blazar. and daughter of the late Louis Grossman of Miami Beach, Fla.; retail salesman for more than 50 dence, and two grandchildren. The funeral service was held and Ida (Diamond) Horvitz. fi ve grandchildren and three years, reti ring in 1975, died Aug. A funera I service was held Aug. 28 at Mount Sinai Memo­ A li felong resident of New great-grandchildren. 29in the center. He was the hus­ Sept.1 at Mount Sinai Memorial rial Chapel, 825 Hope St., Provi­ Bedford , she was acti ve in Graveside funeral services band of the la te Marion Chapel, 825 Hope St., Provi­ dence. Burial was in LincolnPark Tifereth Israel Congregation and were held Aug. 2 at Beth Israel (Goldstein) Snow. dence. Buria l was in Lincoln Cemetery, Post Road, Warwick. its sisterhood, the New Bed fo rd Cemetery, Orange, Conn. Born in Russia, a son of the Park Cemetery, Post Road. Jewish Convalescent Horne and ROSE DEITCH Hadassah. DOROTHY MENDELSTEIN NORTH MIAMI BEACH, She was a bookkeeper for WARWICK - Dorothy Film on Survivors Fla. - Rose Deitch, 94, of the Boyle Bros. in New Bedford for Mendelstein, 40, a resident of Oakwood Terrace Nurs ing 50 years before retiring 11 years Cranston for the past 7 years, Horne, ·North Miami Beach, ago. died Aug. 26at Kent Hospital in Nominated for Awards who, with her husband, owned Survivors include two Warwick. by Tom Tugend nations in the categories of Out­ the former West Warwick The­ daughters, Ruth Feldman of Born in Miami Beach, Fla., LOS ANGELES ()TA) standing Informational Special Brookline and Norma Bockman daughter of Ida (Goodman) atre and the former Cranston "Survivors of the Holocaust," a and Outstanding Individual Drive-In, died Aug. 31 at the of Waltham; a brother, Isadore Mendelstein of Providence and documenta ry with roots in Achievement/ I nformationa I Horvitz of New Bedford, and a the late Isidore Mendelstein, she nursing home. She was the Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's Programing / Picture Editing for sister, Zelda Levy of Osterville. had previously resided in Provi­ widow of William Deitch. List," has been nominated for director-editor Allan Holzman. Born in New York City, a The funeral was held Aug. 28 dence. The goal of the foundation, is In addition to her mother, she three Emmy awards. daughter of the late Osha and at Ti fereth Israel Congregation The documentary combines tocreatea permanent videotape in New Bedford. Burial followed is survived by three u ncles, Elka (Jelinsky) Berrnan,she lived historic footage of the 1930sand library of survivor testimonies. in Plainville Cemetery in New Hyman Goodman, Providence; in Lauderhill, Fla., for 21 years, 1940s with persona I testimonies The foundation has video­ MauriceGoodrnan, Alexandria, previously living in Cranston Bedford. Arrangements were by of survivors, a behind-the­ taped interviews with 19,000 Va., and David Goodma n, and Providence. the Max Sugarman Memorial scenes tour of the Shoah Visual survivors, and expects to do She had been president of Chapel, 458 Hope St., Provi­ Florida; and an aunt, Sophie 50,000 by the end of 1997. Tebrow of Providence, and also History Foundation in Los An­ Hadassah in Cranston. She was dence. geles, and an interview with Survivors are asked to ca ll numerous cousins. the foundation at (800) 661 -2092 A graveside funeral service Spielberg. The film has received nomi- in the United States and Canada. took place on Aug. 28 at Lincoln Max Sugarman Park Cemetery in Warwick. k The service was coordinated Composer of 'Peace Song' Dies Memorial Chapel by Mount Sinai Memorial ~. . Chapel, 825 HopeS t., Providence. by Naomi Segal "The Beautiful Life," "Tranquil­ JERUSALEM (JTA)-Israeli ity," " Hallelujah" and "With Certified by the (A\ Member of the Jewish CHARLES SCHECHTER composer Ya ir Rosenblum, What Will I Bless Him." R.l. Board of Rabbis -:__ ~ _: Funeral Directors of America ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - whose "Peace Song" was the But it was "Peace Song," "• ,~~ ..... Charles Schechter, 94, of 400 W. anthem of the Nov. 4 Tel Aviv which came out in 1970, that Rhode Island's Oldest Jewish Funeral Home 43rd St., New York City,a former rally where Prime Minister was banned from being broad­ Rhode Islander and salesman, Yitzhak Rabin was slain, has cast on Army Radio. 458 Hope Street, Providence died Aug. 23 in the Atlantic City At the peace rally in Tel Aviv, (Comer of Doyle Avenue) died in Holen after a two-year Medical Center, Atlantic City. illness. He was 52. Rabin and then-Foreign Minis­ Born in Providence, a son-of In the 1960s a nd 1970s, ter Shimon Peres sang "Peace 331-8094 the la te Mendel and Leah Rosenblum served as musical Song." After Rabin was shot, a 1-800-447-1267 (Levinson) Schechter, he lived director of the Israel Defense bloodstained copy of the lyrics in New York City for more than Force chorus. In recent years, was removed from the pocket Please call for your 5757 New Year calendar. 50 years, previously living in he worked with various bands of his jacket. Lewis J. Bosler Call for our no-money-dc,wn, pre-need plans. Providence. and choral groups. In 10 days, Rosenblum was Rosenblum wrote more than to have been honored by the 1,000 songs, including"Ammu­ Association of Musicians and For over 40 years, the ownerof Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel... nition Hill," "In a Red Dress," Songwriters for his li fe's work. 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; I! t1J1 ;1,, , 'f I '. A2 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 ROSH HASHANAH • 5757 High Holidays Stir Our Emotions Congregation B'nai Israel by Rabbi Maurice Weisenberg From the worshipers' som­ service the worshiper will hear Congregati on Agudath Achim ber mood when they come to in theshofar a rousing sound of e will approach G-d on Rosh unburden themselves of their victory and a herald of redemp­ High Holiday Schedule WHashanahand YornKippur troubles, small seeds of hope tion and celebration. seeking to open the ga tes of begin to sprou t. The words and song of the HIGH HOLIDAY Yorn Kippur mercy, health and well-being. On Rosh Hashanah we read High Holiday services steep us SERVICE SCHEDULE Mon., Sept. 23 Despite the brave front we from the rnachzor / holiday in a culture of Jewish hope. Jews Fri., Sept. 13 10:30 a.rn. to 12:30 p.rn. put up, each of us has been hurt prayerbook words that are both have experienced too many Erev Rosh Hashanah .. . 7 p.m. YOUNG ADULT Sl ' ACH and wounded. It is not surpris­ serious and uplifting. "Who is dark nights for them to hold on Sat., Sept. 14 ing considering how small any like You, our mercifu l parent, to a naive faith. Discussion Group (ages 13-18) First Day Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah (first day only) individual is when confronted who remembers Your creatures Sti ll, we beli eve that the sun Morning Service ...... 9 a.rn. by the forces of the universe. with li fe." wi ll againcorneoutin thernorn­ Sat., Sept. 14 ...... 10 a.rn. Torah Service ...... 10 a. m. Yorn Kippur Notwithstanding the scrapes Listeni ng to the Torah read­ ing. Loyalty to Judaism is one Mincha-Maariv ...... 7 p.rn . and the pai n, we conti nue to ing we are told, "And G-d re­ way of affi rming the value of Mon., Sept. 23 ...... 10:30 a.rn. choose life even as the Torah Sun., Sept. 15 membered Sarah as He said." li fe and the significance of the DISCUSSION GROUP teaches us to do. And from the Haftorah we human enterprise. Second Day Rosh Hashanah But where, we wonder, is a will hear G-d's promise, "!have Morning Service ...... 9 a.rn. Yorn Kippur Afternoon new supply of hope to be found? loved you with an everlasting Torah Service.. . .. 10 a.m. Plans are being fi nalized for In this frame of mind we love .. . Sing out in gladness. Tashlich- meet at the discussion group to be held enter the synagogue on the new G-d has saved his people, the Free Large Blackstone River at during the Yorn Kippur break. year. Rosh Hashanah and Yorn remnant of Israel. .. I will re­ ...... 5 p.rn. The ti me, leader and topic will Kip pur awake n pleasant place sorrow with gladness." Print Machzor Sat., Sept. 21 be announced from the birna. memories of fami ly holidays The Machzor gives us a true Shabbat Shuva ...... 9 a.rn. Barbara Levinson and a festi vely attired congre­ perspective on the reali ty of the The Jewish Heritage for the Sun., Sept. 22 Ri tual Committee Blind hasannounced that a new, gation singing Jewish soul human co ndition . Adam Erev Yorn Kippur - SUKKOT SERVICES melodies, reaching out to G-d yesodo may-afar - "The hu­ large print, Hebrew /English Kol Nidre ...... 7 p.rn. and hoping to renew their abil­ man comes from d ust and re­ edition of the Yorn Kippur Fri., Sept. 27 ity to cope with li fe's challenges. turns to d ust. He earns his bread Machzor wi ll be made available YOM KIPPUR DAY Erev Sukkot .. 7 p.rn. Deep down, we believe that at the risk of his li fe." to those who have difficulty Mon., Sept. 23 Sat., Sept. 28 in this often unfriendly universe At the same ti me we are re­ reading regular print. Morning Service ...... 9 a. m. Sukkot/First day ...... 9 a.rn. there is a source of goodness and minded, "But you who cleave In order to obtain your free Torah Service ...... 10:30 a.rn. Sun., Sept. 29 strength working on our side. to G-d are ali ve today ... Today copy of the new Machzor: Yizkor ...... approx. Noon Sukkot/Second day ...... 9 a.m. Yo u will raise us up. Today Yo u A) Send in your name and Mi ncha ...... 5:30 p.rn. Fri., Oct. 4 will support us." address. Neila Service ...... 6:15 p.m. Hoshanah Ra bbah ...... 7 p.rn. ON THE COVER On the day w hen the shofar B) Enclose a note from your Conclusion ...... 7:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 5 The cover picture, "From is blown, at first the congrega­ eye-care specialist, co nfirming Shernini Atzeret/Yizkor Generation to Generation," tion stands to hear a wake-up your condition. SCHEDULE OF ...... 9a.m. was created by artist ca ll and chastisement. "Don't Forward this information, by CHILDREN' S SERVICES Bar Mitzvah of Daniel Kita Michele Pulver, and used sleep away your li fe. Turn from mail or fax to: The Jewish Heri­ JUNIOR CONGREGATION Erev Simchat Torah ..... 7 p.m. with her permission. · evil ways and do good. Repent." . tage fo r the Blind, 1655 East ( AGES 5 TO 12) Sun., Oct. 6 The Herald wishes to ex­ During the Musaf the mood 24th St. , Brooklyn, N.Y. 11229. Rosh Hashanah Sirnchat To rah ...... 9 a.m. press its appreciation for will change fro m fea r and a Fax (718) 338-0653. Sat., Sept.14 and Sun., Sept. 15 Congregation B'rzai Israel is lo­ Pulver' s generosity. sense of unworthi ness to self­ Note: The Rosh Hashanah 10 a.m. to noon cated at 224 Prospect St., confidence. By the end of the Machzor is n9t available this year. Woonsocket .

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VINCENT A. CIANCI, JR. Mayor of Providence - ROSH HASHANAH • 5757 THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, TJ-IURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 A3 Kotels Far and Near by Mike Fink ers cleared thei r land. Trees all mixed in with the rush of Herald Contributing Reporter were cut down for ships, built school starting, hopes and fears ily, my middle child, spent right here, and then sailed off not only of the soul but also of Lher summer in Israel. She put downstream to the sea and to the mind. her prayers for the New Year England, for its wars." Jerusa­ Lily isn't a selfish person, she among the grassy stones of the lem, R.I., is like a miniature ver­ blessed her siblings, her neigh­ Kotel, the Western Wall, while sion of Jerusalem, Israel. bor and guide, and a grand­ I was idly biking past a simpler So I have a sense of distant mother she never met. She left South County rock fence along times and shores as I worry and her legacy of kindness in the Middlebridge Road. wonder about what lies just kotel of a city 3,000 years old . "I asked for protection for ahead among the seasons that Round the corner, I set down my brother and my sister, and wait for us. I also brood like in a town a tenth as antique my for healing for my teacher and those geese, but about what has own mazal tov musings on a friend, Mr. Adler. And, Dad, I just happened throughout the leftover granite guideline. I CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL - 224 Prospect St., also thoughtaboutyourmother summer, and the year, on the wish for apt and sweet-tem­ Woonsocket duringyouryahrzeit, when you road of time behind my spokes. pered pupils, and fo r the pa­ welcome her soul with your The kotel I build is made not tience, wisdom and energy to _candle." My Lily said some­ of heavy boulders, but of light beof use and help to them. And . thing like this the day she came words, and shadowy, weight­ to learn their names! I plead for back to us. less images, feathers in the winds lu ck and pluck for my three Cantor Schlossberg Returns My local kotel can'tcompare that pass. I try to teach my stu­ charges in their semesters, and in antiquity to theoneinJerusa­ dents how to pile words into for their schools. And I ask the Congregation B'nai Israel in Woonsocket will welcome back lem. It only goes back about350 sentences, and then paragraphs. power that is to watch over the Cantor Ralph Schlossberg of New York City for the upcoming years. But I make my own Rosh They have to be spelled prop­ Kotel within the City of Gold, High Holiday season. Hashanah wishes in the early erly, laid down in the right se­ where so many longings have This third generation "hazzan" is a noted composer of Jewish morning, or the late afternoon, quence, and they must go some­ been laid down in niches and liturgical music and has been a featured soloist at many conven­ as I peddle peacefully past its where, to define the property of crevices among the Jerusalem tions of major Jewish organizations. graceful length. I make out, just the spirit. You have to be able to blocks of silver. Our temple is a A Cantor's Institute graduate, Schlossberg has received formal beyond, the flocks of Canada put your hopes and prayers drea m, rich and wondrous, that ca ntorial as well as vocal training from the likes of Cantor David Geese that rest by the banks of among the phrases you write on rises behind every stone, a kind Kusevitsky, Cantor Moshe Taube and Cantor Ben Belfer. Narrow River, handsome li v­ the lawn of your paper. I don' t of fairy realm where our vi­ The community is looking forward to hearing the cantor chant ing sculptures upon the large, always reach every student. sions lead us to our mitzvot the Kol Nidre. wild lawn. If it's a course on film , they and our mission. The guy that lives behind have to "read" the script and the the Swamp Yankee design, a ca mera's tracking thoughts, in bit wobbly under the ground­ the classic or the forei gn movies Fall River Jewish Home swells, tells me its tale. "Farm- that require more contemplati on than the more literal-minded fare of today. In any case, I Celebrates Rosh Hashanah don'talwayssucceed,and my kotel may fa ll into scattered The Fa ll River Jewish Home Home reaches out to Jewish pebbles. I read my course begins the High Holidays on residents from area nursing evaluations over vaca tion, Sept. 13 by celebrating Rosh homes by inviting them to at­ and now I place my own pleas Hashanah. tend High Holidayservicesand to do a better job come next To welcome the new year, a special Rosh Hashanah din­ week. The way I teach is just fami ly, friends, residents, board ner which is enjoyed by resi­ as meandering as the crafted and community members will dents and their loved ones. boundaries of my bicycle gather together to attend evening The Fall River Jewish Home is treks. A KoteI in Middlebridge services in the home's chapel. located at 538 Robeson St., Fall Reuben, my pre-bar mitz­ Herald photo by Mike Fi11k In addition, the Jewish River. vah boy, got home from Jori, his ancient red trunk jammed with his gear, which takes IT'S SPECTACUlAR ...------up cluttered space beside Lily's backpacks. 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Sat., Sept. 21 ...... 9:30 a.m. (Chapel) Calendar Available Kiddush refreshments pre­ pared by Rose Juda. Color photographs of gogue, said " ... the calendar Judaica from Conservativecon­ mana ges to delight both the eye MEMORIAL SERVICES gregations throughout North and the soul, while educating Sun., Sept. 22 ...... 11 a.m. America and essay on berakhot, the whole family in the beauty (Temple Beth El Cemetery) or blessings, enhance the 1996- of traditional berakhot." 97 Art/Engagement Calendar As always, the calendar fea­ YOM KIPPUR published by The United Syna­ tures candle lighting times for Kol Nidre gogueofConservative Judaism, cities across North America Sun., Sept. 22 ...... 6 p.m which is available now. as well as in Jerusalem; dates (Sanctuary) The essays, written by Rabbi of Jewish holidays; Shabbat Yorn Kippur Day Elana Kanter to accompany Torah readings on both an­ Mon., Sept. 23 ...... 8:45 a.m. each month, explore a number nual and triennial cycles; and Yizkor Memorial Service of traditional berakhot, rang­ resource information about (after the sermon) ing from the blessing on hear­ the Center for Conservative Mincha and Neilah. 4:45 p.m. ing thunder to the blessing be­ Judaism in Jerusalem, the Children's service in the fore falling asleep. Masorti Movement, and chapel conducted by Dr. An introduction by Dr. MERCAZ. Marshall Taitz, 10 a.m. to noon. Steven M. Brown, noted Jew­ Copies of the 8"x10" spiral­ The fast will be broken im­ ish educator, provides sugges­ bound calendar can be or­ mediately after the Neilah Ser­ tions for family projects which dered by sending a minimum vice in the Ziskind Auditorium. will make the berakhot come contribution of $18 (includes The entire congregation is in­ alive for all members of the postage and handling) to The vited to participate as families family. United Synagogue Calendar, for this Neilah Service on Yorn Alan Ades, international 6730 Mill Brook Road, N.H. Kippur afternoon in the sanc­ president of The United Syna- 03086-0972. tuary.

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The United Brothers Historic Synagogue ===LOUIS M.== of Bristol invites you to be our Guest P•U•L•N•E•R for the High Holiday Services Wishes you and your family a Happy New Year Discover Rhode Island's most unique congregation. A modern service in a traditional setting. No Chm·~e fo1• lnifial Consnlfafion Rosh Hashanah Services DIVORCE Friday September 13 8:00 p.m. CHILD CUSTODY & VISITATION Saturday September 14 10:00 a.m. Sunday September 15 10:00 a.m. CHILD SUPPORT • ADOPTIONS Yorn Kippur Services • Personal Injury • Medical Malpractice • Automobile Accidents • Wills & Probate Sunday September 22 8:00 p.m. • Wrongful Death • Criminal Matters Monday September 23 10:00 a.m.

Evening Appointments Available Cantor William Crausman, Columbia liturgical recording artist, will be accompanied by organist Ray Buttero and the Choir. CALL 521 -6665 FOR COMPLIMENT ARY TICKETS l455-o04o I For those desiri 11g membership, the moderate a1111ual family dues are $250. 2 Williams Stree4 Providence The United Brothers Synagogue, 205 High Street, Bristol, R.I. 02809 A6 - lHE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, lHURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 ROSH HASHANAH • 5757 High Holiday Services at Tifere th Israel SELICHOT Erev Rosh Hashanah Mincha ...... 4:30 p.m . Sat., Sept. 7 ...... 5:45 p.m. Services for Children Selichot Program ...... 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 14 (First day of Rosh Hashanah A program of traditional First Day ...... 9 a.m. and Yorn Kippur) . cantorial music chanted by the Mincha ...... 6:30 p.m. JuniorCongregation(Grades "great" cantors of the past fea­ Sun., Sept. 15 Three to Seven) tured on two videos: "Grea tCan­ Second Day, Tashlich Chapel ...... 10:30 a.m. tors in Cinema" and "GreatCan­ ...... lOa.m. Little Fo lks (Grades Kinder­ tors of the Golden Age" which Mincha ...... 6:30 p.m. garten to Second) were produced by guest hazza n, The Contemporary Service on Scout Hall ...... 10:30 a.m. Cantor Murray E. Simon. the second day of Rosh Hash­ Pre-Schoolers (Ages 4 and 5) Selichot Service ...... 9:30 p.m. anah is for the entire family . Room 201 ...... 10 a.m. Babysitting service will be Sun.,Sept. 8 YOM KIPPUR Community Memorial Service available at no charge from 9 Plainville Cemetery ... l l :30a.m. Sun., Sept. 22 a.m. until approximately 12:30 Kol Nidre ...... 6:30 p.m. p.m. on both days of Rosh ROSH HASHANAH Mon., Sept. 23 Hashanah and from 9 a.m. un­ TEMPLE TORAT YISRAEL-220 Park Ave., Cranston Fri., Sept. 13 Yorn Kippur .... . 9 a.m. til approximately 1:30 p.m. on Yorn Kippur.

SUKKOT Fri., Sept. 27 Temple Torat Yisrael Erev Sukkot ...... 5:45 p.m. Sat., Sept. 28 Sukkot - First day ...... 9 a.m. Kiddush luncheon in the Sukkah High Holiday Services Mincha ...... 6:10 a.m. SELi HOT KOL NIDRE Sun., Sept. 29 Sat., Sept. 7 Sun., Sept. 22 ...... 6:30 p.m. Sukkot - Second day .. 9 a.m. Night Service ...... 11 p.m. Kiddush in the Sukkah YOM KIPPUR Mincha ...... 5:45 p.m. ROSH HASHANAH Mon., Sept. 23 ...... 9 a.m. Fri. Oct. 4 Fri., Sept. 13 ...... 6:30 p.m. Torah Service ...... 10 a.m. Hashanah Rabah ..... 5:45 p.m. Sat., Sept. 14 ...... 8:30 a.m. Rabbi's Sermon . .... 10:45 a.m. Sat., Oct. 5 Torah Service ...... 9:30 a.m. Yizkor ..... 12:30 p.m. Shemini Atzeret ...... 9 a.m. Rabbi's Sermon ...... 10:30 a.m. Minchah/Neilah/ Maariv Yizkor Kiddush in the Minchah-Maariv ..... 6:40 p.m...... Sp.m. Sukkah Sun., Sept. 15 ...... 8:30 a.m. Children's Candleli ghting Mincha / Maariv / Havdalah Torah Service ...... 9:30 a.m...... 7:20 p.m...... 6p.m. Shofar Blowing ...... 10:1 5 a.m. YomKippurFastendsat7:20 S I MCHAT TORAH Rabbi's Sermon ...... 10:30 a.m. p.m. Tashlich ...... 6 p.m. Temple Torat Yisrael is loca ted Sat., Oct. 5 Minchah-Maariv ..... 6:45 p.m. al 220 Park Ave., Cranston. Erev Simchat Torah ..... 7 p.m. Sun.,Oct.6 Simchat Torah ...... 9 a.m. CONGREGATION BETH DAVID OF NARRAGANSETT - Kiddush Luncheon Kingstown & Watson Roads, Narragansett For synagogue membership information or High Holy Day tickets, call the synagogue of­ fice at (508) 997-3171. Tifereth Israel Congregation is located at 145 Brownell Ave., New Wishing a Happy, Healthy Bedford. and Prosperous New Year from NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS - CLARK -- THE LOCKSMITH 5757 42 Union Street. Providence, RI 02903 Temple Torat Yisrael 331-8234

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P AID FOR BY TME FRIENDS OF PATRICK K ENNl:OY COMMITTEE AB - TI-IE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, 11-IURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 ROSH HASHANAH • 5757 I Tifereth Israel High Holiday Services to Host at Chabad House Contemporary ROSH HASHANAH YOM KIPPUR Fri., Sept. 13; Sat., Sept. 14; Sun., Sept. 22 Sun., Sept. 15 Kol Nidre Services .. 6:15 p.m. Service Evening Services Mon., Sept. 23 This year, Tifereth Israel ...... 6:30 p.m. Morning Services ...... 9 a.m . Congregation will conduct a Sat., Sept. 14 Yizkor ...... noon contemporary service on the and Sun., Sept. 15 Neilah (Last Yorn Kippur second day of Rosh Hashanah, Morning Services ...... 9 a.m. Service) ...... 6:30 p.m. Sept. 15, beginning at 10 a.m. Shofar. . noon For more information, ca ll · and concluding at noon. Following services, the com­ 273-7238 or 861-2541. The contemporary service munity is invited for the holiday The Cha bad Hou se is located at wi ll be conducted by Rabbi meals. 360 Hope St., Providence. Moshe Ulmer and Cantor Murray Simon in the sanctu­ ary·. It is designed to address the spiritual needs of many of the congregants. Simon will lead the congre­ gation with li vely Israeli songs, and he will encourage the en­ tire congregation to join him in • the singi ng. There will be more prayers in English than in the traditional prayer book. The service will challenge everyone with contemporary texts relating to our lives. In addition, the rabbi will give a UNITED BROTHERS SYNAGOGUE - 205 High St., Bristol sermon. The service is designed to include the entire fami ly; there­ fore, there will be no junior con­ Pearl and Albert Hanzel gregation services on the sec­ Harriet and Alan Cole Barbara and Alan Marks ond day. Lisa and Rebecca Harrison and Eleanor Babysitting wi ll be available To All Our Relatives and Friends... for very young children and Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year infants.

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----1 L . ,, ROSH HASHANAH • 5757 THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 -A13 Different Ways of Observing the Days of Awe by Debra Nussbaum Cohen " It is inherently spiritually is taking responsibility for "In a sort of idiosyncratic lifestyles they criticized. In NEW YORK (JT A) - The 10 charged," said writer Francine harmful words and deeds, and way I do a personal inventory our creative lives these things days between Rosh Hashanah Klagsbrun, authorofJ ewish Days. it is traditional during these first of my year," he said. "I call were no sin at all, but were and Yorn Kippur are a special 'The feel of the air is differ­ 10 days of the new year to ask people who I believe I've of­ our drive." time. ent, the feeloflifeisdifferentand forgiveness from those one has fended and ask them to forgive Some Chasidic Jews take the The Days of Awe,as they are you are more attuned to spiri­ possibly hurt, in a practice me for specific things I' ve casting out of sin one step fur­ known, have a rhythm unique tual partsoflife, moreattuned to known as "mechila." done." ther, in the ritual known as among the cycles of the Jewish relationships," she said. Some people welcome the Many people set aside time "kapporas," or atonement. year. They are a period of re­ Rabbi Kerry Olitzky de­ period, and the process of ask­ to study something special dur­ In the days leading up to the flection and self-evaluation scribed the period as a time to ing for forgiveness, as an op­ ing the 10 days. Day of Atonement, enormous during which Jews the world consider "all that Judaism has portunity for reflection and self­ Another tradition of the pe­ fla tbed trucks s tacked with over prepare for the Day of to offer, to take a good hard evaluation. riod is "tashlich," the symbolic cages full of live chickens begin Judgment. look at ourselves and do what Asking forgiveness is "the casting away of sins by taking to park in neighborhoods in­ On Rosh Hashanah, accord­ needs to be done." most moving and important crumbs out of pockets and toss­ habited by the devoutly Ortho­ ingtoJewishtradition,G-d pen­ The 10 days are a time "to part of the holiday because you ing them into a natural body of dox. cils each of our names into the seek out people to ask for for­ take responsibi lity, finally," water. In the darkness of the night books of life and death, decid­ givene~ and to make decisions said writer Esther Broner. Broner and a group of cre­ before Yorn Kippur eve, the ing w ho wi ll prosper and who about how we're going to "Otherwise, we're just stu­ ative feminist Jewish friends faithful crowd around the will suffer in the coming year. change our lives, to read y our­ dents waiting for the report card adapted that tradition for sev­ trucks to select the chickens that If we work hard to redeem selves to stand as naked souls and waiting to pass on to the eral years by building paper wi ll serve as their personal sac­ ourselves during the next 10 before G-d," Olitzky said. next grade. This way we grade boats, talking about the sins that rifices. days, we have a chance to The rabbis of the Talmud ourselves." each vessel represented and Each person takes a live change the course of events be­ advised that there were three Rabbi David Wolpe, who sending them floating down the chicken-men take a male bird foreG-d determines our fate on ways to change our entry from teaches Jewish thought at the waters flowing around Man­ while women take a hen - the Day of Judgment, Yorn Kip­ being in the book of death to the Conservative movement's Jew­ hattan. . holds it by its ankles and swings pur, when our future is in­ book of life: prayer, charity and ish Theological Seminary, said "We made flotillas of sin out it around their heads while in­ scribed in indelible ink. repentance. he used the 10 days for reflec­ of paper and sent them along canting a blessing transferring It can be an intense time. A central part of repentance tion. the Harlem River, which hardly their sins to the chicken. noticed because it was so fu ll of Then the chickens are ritu­ sin by much larger polluters," a ll y slaughtered and defea­ Broner said in an interview. thered in a building nearby, Touro Hosts High But for tashli ch these women whose floor runs red with en­ were not casting out just the trails a nd blood. Holiday Services si ns traditionally associated The chickens are taken home with the 10 days. They rein­ to become the dinner eaten be­ fore the Yorn Kippur fast, and ROSH HASHANAH vented the ritual from theirown perspectives. the money paid for them is do­ Fri., Sept. 13 ...... 6:15 p.m. "We had to get rid of what nated to charity. Sat., Sept. 14 . 9 a.m., 6:15 p.m. people thought of things we Once the 10 days are over, Sun., Sept. 15 9 a.m., 6:15 p.m. had done which they consid­ though, what happens to all the YOM KIPPUR ered sins, like having ambi­ work that people have d\me on tion, pride, hi gh energy, pain, (Continued on Next Page) Sun., Sept. 22 Kol Nidre 6p.m. Mon., Sept. 23 ..... 9 a.m.

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A14 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 ROSH HASHANAH ; S757 High Holy Days at Temple Beth-El SERVICES Consecration charge. Juice, pastry, and other Selichot Fri., Oct. 4 ...... 6:30 p.m. light fare will be arranged on Sat., Sept. 7 ...... 8 p.m. Simchat Torah Fes tival Service tables in the Si lverstein Meet­ Rosh Ha shanah Evening Sat., Oct. 5 ...... 10 a.m. ing Hall. Fri., Sept. 13 ...... 8:1 5 p.m. MEMBER CARDS OUT OF TOWN? Rosh Ha shanah Morning Sat., Sept. 14 ...... 10 a.m . For the ninth year,all temple If you are planning to be out Children's Service members in good standing will of town or overseas during the Sa t., Sept. 14 ...... 3 p.m . receive a personal member card High Holy Days, you are wel­ Cemetery Pilgrimage which will serve as admission come to attend services at Re­ Sun., Sept. 22 ...... 10 a. m. to High Holy Day services. form congregati ons in the city Kol Nidre The cards are mail ed when a or citi es you will be visiting. Sun., Sept. 22 ... 8:15 p.m. member's dues, building main­ Contact Rona in the temple Yam Kippur Morning tena nce fund, a nd re li g ious offi ce to receive a courtesy re­ Mon., Sept. 23 ...... 10 a. m. school fees are paid in full or quest fo rm. Ch ildren's Service their account is curre nt. GUEST PA SS ES Mon., Sept. 23 ...... 1:30 p.m. Questi ons can be directed to Aftern oon Service Ann Brassard in the bookkeep­ Guest passes for High Holy Mon., Sept. 23 ...... 2:30 p.m. ing offi ce. Day worship services are avail­ abl e fo r any of the fo ll owing: Yizkor/Concl uding Service BREAK-THE- FAST Mon., Sept. 23 ...... 4:30 p.m. 1) A,~y college student who Sukkot Festival Service Fo r the fo u rth yea r, the presents a current co ll ege id en­ Under the Stars Temple Beth-El Sisterhood and tifi cation ca rd; Fri., Sept. 27 ...... 5:45 p.m. Brotherhood will sponsor a 2) Adult children (a nd their Sukkot Festival Service communal break-fast for the fa milies) of temple members Sat., Sept. 28 ...... 10 a. m. entire congregati on foll owing who li ve outside Southeastern Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Yorn Kippur Neilah a nd Con­ New England. Fri ., Oct. 4 . . .. 5:45 p.m. cluding Services. There is no 3) Rela ti ves of temple mem­ bers who li ve outside So uth­ CONGREGATION AGUDUS ACHIM - 901 Main St., eastern New Eng land. Each Attl eboro pass will be issued for a fee of $50 per person. 4) Members in good stand­ ing of Reform congregations outside the region. A UAHC Temple Beth-El Hosts courtesy request form is re­ quired from the individual's home congregation. Temple Beth-El is located at 70 Orcha;;d Ave., Providence. Selichot Service As the new cycle of the holi­ The evening will begin at 8 day season approaches, we may p.m. with a brief Havdallah and Different Ways feel unprepared for the intense dessert reception. Afterwards, (Continued from Previous Page) introspection and awesome clergy and la y leaders will guide grandeurof the Hi gh Holidays. a study session focusing on themsel"v es and their relati on­ At the same time, w ho themesofrepentanceand return. ships, and all the good inten­ doesn't long for an opportu­ This info rmal exploration TEMPLE BETH-EL - 70 Ochard Ave., Providence tions to do things differently in nity to wipe the slate clean and will help to answer questi ons the coming year? make a fresh start? concerning spiritual prepara­ Wolpe, said, "People think It is never too early to pre­ tion. Whatis it? 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Israeli side Israel: "Seek the welfare of to join them in fleeing to Egypt. of Gedaliah. lical times, two Davidic mon­ artillery shelled the ship the city to which I have exiled Their flight only widened the Coming at the very begin­ archs of the Kingdom of Judah, Altalena, which was staffed by you and pray on its behalf; for exile and truly marked the end ning of the New Year, this is a as well as two chiefs of staff, the lrgun. in its prosperity you shall pros­ of the First Jewish Common­ profound, unequivocal state­ were assassinated by fellow These attacks were carried per (Jeremiah 29:7)." wealth. ment on the sanctity of life. It Jews. out in the name of religion or The message was clear: Re­ Hundreds of years later, the also reminds us that political In the northern Kingdom of political nationalism. Fanati­ bellion was futile at best and rabbis of the Talmud studied murder and fanaticism only Israel, moreover, political as­ cism anywhere breeds violence destructive at worst. the tragedy. They condemned result in upheaval, pain and, sassination occurred regularly. and murder, even among Jews. Meanwhile, in Palestine, the assassination. Arguably, the most signifi­ Gedaliah urged those remain­ cant assassination in Jewish his­ ing to respect Babylonian au­ tory was that of Gedaliah Ben thority, advising them, "It will As Ecclesiastes cau­ Services at Temple Habonim AhiKam. The sources are clear be good for you Qererniah40:9)." in Jeremiah. His policies did bring tions, "Do not be ROSH HASHANAH YOM KIPPUR marked economic improve­ overrighteus (7:16)." Fri., Sept. 13 Sun., Sept. 22 ment. As recorded in Jeremiah Evening Service ...... 8 p.m. Evening Service (Kol Nidre) 40:12, "They gathered large Extremes are Sat., Sept. 14 ...... 8p.m. Their equation of the quantities of wine and figs." extremely distasteful. Family Worship Service Mon., Sept. 23 murder of one person The policy of accommodation Tolerance, respect, ...... 9a.m. Family Worship Service with destruction of the with the Babylonians was not Regular Morning Service ...... 9a.m. popular in all quarters. There cooperation and ...... 10:45 a.m. Regular Morning Service . entire Temple speaks weresomewhowanted to shake avoidance of violence Tashlikh Family Service ...... 10:45 a.m. volumes on the sanctity off the rule of Babylonians by ...... 3p.m. Afternoon Service ... 3:15 p.m. igniting a rebellion. Gedaliah's are the Jewish way. Sun., Sept. 15 Temple Habonim is located at and preciousness of a aides warned him that the Am­ Morning Service ..... 10:30 a.m. 165 New Meadow Rd., Barrington. single human being. monites weretryingtoincite this group. First, a righteous man was They were united in con­ murdered. The rabbis equated The Babylonians, led by spiracy by the view that his death with the destruction Nebuchadnezzar, had put Gedaliah was an obstacle. of the Temple. Their equation down a Jewish revolt in Judea Gedaliah'saidesalso warned of the murder of one person in 586 B.C.E., during which him that he could be assassi­ with destruction of the entire Jerusalem and the First Temple nated, but he dismissed these Temple speaks volumes on the were destroyed. rumors. sanctity and preciousness of a In recognition of the prophet Gedaliah invited Ishmael single human being. Jeremiah's opposition to the ben Methaniah, a descendant Second, Gedaliah's policies revolt, the Babylonians freed of the royal line of King David, were politically and practically the imprisoned prophet and and 10 associates to dinner in a sound. They were designed for appointed hisally,Gedaliah,as movetowardreconciliationand Jewish survival and improve­ governor of Judea. Gedaliah's good will. ment. Although his political family had long been associ­ At the dinner, Gedaliah and plans did not satisfy the rebels ated with Jeremiah in seeking his aides were assassinated by who were ardent nationalists, religious honesty and reforms. the rebels. Gedaliah's remain­ he did preserve Jewish inter­ As governor, Gedaliah pur­ ing allies pursued Ishmael, who ests, religion and culture. sued Jeremiah's vision of ac­ escaped, returning to the king­ The rabbis then used this his­ commodating the Jews to dom of the Ammonites. torical event to parallel theirown Babylonian rule. After the assassination, (Continued on Next Page)

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It provides space for terhoods. ings, the prayer book and the appointments and notes and is Each of the seven paintings, Talmud. suitable as a distinctive gift for friends. High Holidays at Temple Sinai The art calendar is an 80- year tradi tion of the Reform SELICHOT YOM KIPPUR movement. Sat., Sept. 7 ...... 11 p.m. Sun., Sept. 22 ...... 8 p.m. This year's calendar cover (preceded by breakfast at Mon., Sept. 23 represents a richly hued butter­ ...... IOp.m.) Adult Service ...... 10:30 a. m. fly, signifying spiritual uplift, You th Service (ages 8+) against a background of He­ ROSH HASHANAH ...... 10:30 a. m. brew and English calligraphic Fri ., Sept. 13 ...... 8 p .m. Rabbi's Discussion Group lettering containing the follow­ Sa t. , Sept. 14 ...... 1:15 p.m. ing portion of the morning lit­ Adult Service ...... 10:30 a.m. Children's Service (ages 7 and urgy: "Blessed is the One who Youth Service (ages 8+) younger)...... 2:15 p.m. brings compassion to the ea rth .... 10:30 a.m. Afternoon Service ...... 3 p.m . and all its creatures." Children's Service (ages 7 and Memorial Service .... 4:30 p.m. Inside, another ink painting, younger) ...... 2:30 p.m. Concluding Services .... 5 p.m. titled "Shalom" - "Peace" - Temple Sinai is located at 30 shows a dove perched atop an Hagan Ave., Cranston . impressionistic rendering of the Western Wall. Calendars and cards may be Fast of Gedaliah ordered from Temple Sister­ (Continued from Previous Page) hood Judaica shops in Reform For this reason, the rabbis synagogues or from Women of response to Rome after the Bar chose to commemorate the as­ Reform Judaism, 838 Fifth Ave., Kochba rebellion in 135 B.C.E. sassination wi th a fast day im­ New York, N.Y. 10021; phone They, too, turned away from re­ mediately after Rosh Hashanah, (212) 650-4050; fax (212) 650- bellion against Roman power saying that the first items on the 4059. and favored accommodation. agenda of the new year are re­ When ordered by mail, Their view turned out to be spect and tolerance for differing single copies of the calendar correc t, because the Romans views on the path of Judaism. are $7, including postage and stamped out Bar Kochba with !tis tempting to draw imme­ handling. Quantity discounts horrific persecutions, ending diate and relevant conclusions; "SHALOM" - "PEACE," an original ink painting by Julie are available. any hope of restoring Jewish however, one must be cautious Staller-Pentelik, uses a watercolor technique to infuse the A package of IO New Year's political power. in historical analogies. richness of Jewish tradition with an imaginative contemporary greeting ca rds and envelopes is In thoughtfully considering It is cl ear that we must study style. $7.50, postage and handling all these events, the rabbis came Jewish history, for as the phi­ included. Proceeds go to the to the conclusion thatGedaliah' s losopher Santayana pointed Youth, Education and Special assassination, Jewish disunity out, "Those who do not study Projects Fund of Women of Re­ and internal conflict led to the history are doomed to repeat form Judaism. destruction of the Second Jew­ it." Hatred only breeds more ish Commonwealth. hatred. 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ROSH HASHANAH • 5757 THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1996 - A17 Rosh Hashanah is aTime for Repentance, Renewal by Irving Greenberg gogue li fe. The classic liberal TheOrthodoxsynagogue has a rabbi's decision to offer much gations have developed begin­ NEWYORK(JTA)-InJew­ synagogue is marked by a Fri­ a stronger core of comrni tted more serious and demanding ner's services that meet people ish tradition, Rosh Hashanah day night service in which a regular participants and in the learning opportunities, hitherto where they are and enable them triggers two distinct reactions: rabbi and cantor lead a polite, healthier synagogues, the bar reserved to more academic set­ to grow rather than repeat the repentance and renewal. routinized service with ele­ rnitzvah is not the main event. tings. same rote forms each week. Repentance (to turn from sin) ments of Hebrew not under­ Still, in many - if not most Let it be clear that the syna­ is not the same as renewal (to stood by congregants and ele­ -such synagogues, attendance gogue is not the only institu­ turn from routine). ments in English that are famil­ at services lives off and uses up Throughout the Jewish tion in which the status quo is In a way, it is more comfort­ iar but blase, if not banal. the store of loyalty and obser­ suffocating. able for people to focus on evil Saturday morning is domi­ vanceof the congregants rather world, the road to hell The federation world is also and sin as the main problem of nated by thebarorbatmitzvah. than inspiring them. Most fail is being paved with caught between its current es­ the High Holidays reflection In this event, family and friends to build the kind of spiritual good intentions and tablishment of doing good and period. come to hear a young person excitement that motivates supporting Israel and its in­ After all, most people do not recite biblical, prophetic texts people to upgrade their lives or entrenched routines. creasing difficulty to touch the live evil lives. that the guests do not under­ dedicate themselves to Jewish lives of the unaffiliated and of Paradoxically, then, a call to stand and that the child has learning observance. the next generation. Here, too, repentance represents less of a studied by rote but has drawn Sadly, the rabbinical semi­ Such renewal patterns can there is a real danger of a slow shake up of their previous be­ little import from, for his/her naries of the three major de­ be fo und across the country. bleeding to death. havior. future life. nominations train most rabbis Larry Kushner's Reform Throughout the Jewish world, Yet more lives are blighted To serve the one-time visi­ for this continuing status quo. Temple Beth El in Sudbury, the road to hell is being paved by stultifying ways of living tors, the regular worshipers are Yet the renewal alternatives Mass., has broken the bar mi tz­ with good intentions and en­ than by assaults from outsid­ penalized. Their service is taken already exist. In New York City, vah syndrome by demanding trenched routines. We need a ers; more marriages - and over; the rhythms are adjusted a Conservative congregation, more advance study and par­ profound self-critique within the loves - expire in bordom and and the explanations and is­ B' nai Jeshurun, and Orthodox ticipation by the families and establishment. We need more routine than in willful misbe­ sues are addressed to the tran­ Kehillat Jacob (Shlomo by creating vital, involved philanthropists to concentrateon havior. sient population. Carlebach's) shul, have electri­ membership standards. nurturing agents of transforma­ Similarly, it is all too com­ fied their constituencies. In Ann Arbor, Mich., a con­ tion for the community and on forting for the committed Jew­ B' nai Jeshurun attracts thou­ gregation has become a mag­ financing risky but needed new ish community to focus on in­ sands weekly by developing a net by requiring community institutions and initiatives. termarriage and assimilation B'nai Jeshurun attracts singing, dancing, liturgically service and personal commit­ In thewordsofRabbiJoseph as the danger to continuity and expressive community experi­ ment in order to join. B. Soloveitchik, repentance to blame the unaffiliated "sin­ thousands weekly by ence - at once more demand­ In Philadelphia, Reconsruc­ should not be narrowly defined ners" for threatening Jewish developing a singing, ing and more rewarding. tionist Mishkan Shalom made "only from the perspective of survival. dancing, liturgically Conservative Anshei Chesed the same impact by staking out atonement"; rather it must be­ We grow enraged at the Jews in New York has broken the a strong social action agenda come an "actofcreation-self­ who are drifting away a nd expressive community institutional edifice complex by for its members and connecting creation." blame them for lusting after the experience - at once offering a mix of chavurah/ its program to its liturgy. In renewal lies the secret of fleshpots of America. This en­ learning/worshipoptions to in­ A host of Orthodox congre- redemption. ables the affiliated community more demanding volve a variety of people in dif­ to go on with business as usual and more rewarding. ferent but deeper group experi­ - and even feel self-righteous ences. in the process. Orthodox Ohab Zedek has MR, and MRS. IRVING A. ACKERMAN Communally, I submit that The synagogue insists that it been born again as a tremen­ vapid routine is currently a cannot change this pattern be­ dous draw to younger people and family deadlier enemy of Jewish sur­ cause it is relevant to the fami­ by revitalizing community and vival than is "sin" - that is, lies - they send children to by emphasizing hos pi tali ty and Wish all their Relatives and Friends conscious rejection of Judaism. Hebrew school, pay member­ learning. For the sake of the Jewish fu­ ship dues, hire caterers in order The Jewish Center, also Or­ a Healthy and Happy New Year ture, Rosh Hashanah must be to have the ceremony. thodox, has been galvanized by turned into a critique of the sta­ Further, the services - hav­ tus quo in communal Jewish ing been kept at lowest com­ life and into a self-critique by mon denominator level - will affiliated Jews. have no attendance unless there :J{appy Some years ago, a study of are bar / bat mitzvah guests. With Best Wishes Jews attending New York's This routine spells steady death 92nd Street Y's outreach-ori­ of the soul for regulars and un­ 'J\[iw Year for a Happy ented Jewish Omnibus events affiliated alike. found that the bulk of those Yet the committed rational­ from the staff of unaffiliated Jews had been af­ ize that synagogue life cannot New Year filiated-synagogue members, survive otherwise. 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A contemporary worship 13 at8 p.m. service for the Second Day of Cantor Fredric S. Scheff will Rosh Hashanah will take place chant the liturgy and Rabbi on Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. Marc S. Jagolinzer will officiate The rabbi will conduct this and deliver the sermon entitled, service from a Mahzor which "This is My G-d!" he created for this worship and Services for the First Day of preach the sermon, "How to Rosh Hashanah will commence Enjoy Being Jewish." The can­ on Sept. 14 at 9 a.m. The rabbi's tor will chant the liturgical por­ sermon fo r that morning will tions of the service. be, "To Hear and To Listen." Immediately following the Babysitting will be available service, the congregation will for children 3 years of age and walk to Bailey's Brook for the younger. Reservations a re a Tashlich ceremony. HANG ON!- There is no easy way to saw the top off a ram's horn. It takes two, and sometimes must and may be made by con­ For information regarding three, to make a shofar. 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by Irving Greenberg Similarly, the Mishnah says, I proposed that Yorn Kippur tion, a host of morally respon- feet behavior. There is no other NEW YORK (JTA) - Yorn "If someone says I will sin and should not be on the annual sible actions-even mitzvot- way of working to perfect this Kippur, the Day of Atonement, then Yorn Kippur will bring me calendar; placing it there tempts carry with them guilt. Often, world. (Of course, good people brings with it the promise of atonement, then Yorn Kippur people into depending on it. good people must choose be- seek to reduce these compro- the impossible: If we repent, does not atone," meaning the If enough people sinned, tween good principles in con- mising aspects.) the past can be undone. person allows him/herself to then the rabbis would meet and flict with each other or must Through genuine regret and sin, counting on Yorn Kippur to proclaim thatG-d'sforgiveness prioritize limited resources that rejection of past bad behavior, provide forgiveness. is still extended for all who re- leave them short of fulfilling and by resolving not to repeat Here again, the Mishnah pent and Yorn Kippur would obligations to others. the action in the future, an act of warns us not to abuse G-d's be convoked that year. The right of self-defense is Therefore, all of us - doing wrong is wiped out, as if grace in extending forgiveness. The typical reaction to the affirmed as a mitzvah. How- saint and sinner alike it never was done - thanks to The power of Yorn Kippur will proposal was, "What? No Yorn ever, if we have to kill the other - need G-d' s continu- the miracle of G-d's forgive- work for us only if we do not Ki ppur? We depend on the sale person, we have done the right ness. exploit it and lower our moral of seats, Yorn Kippur appeal, thing, yet incurred guilt. ing judgment on our If a fellow human being was standards. etc., to sustain our budget!" In the Bible, the Israelite actions. As well, we all injured or deprived by the Consider, however, that Does this not validate the army had to undergo ritual wrong behavior, then repen- Yorn Kippur is built into the pointthatinsomesense, we are purification after the war be- need divine compas- lance must include restoration Hebrew calendar permanently. all guilty of sinning and de- fore being allowed to re-enter sion and forgiveness. or reparation to the victim. This means that people can pending on Yorn Kippur to get the Temple, the House of Life. Yet the very basis of Yorn count on the Day of Atonement us out of the pit we have dug And a hero priest who killed Kippur seems to be contra- for forgiveness every year. for ourselves? under these circumstances was dieted by an explicit halachic As we come to expect Yorn One possible answer is that permanently disqualified from Therefore, all of us - saint ruling on the rules of repen- Kippur's power to wipe the Yorn Kippur is built into the blessing the people. and sinner alike - need G-d's lance. sla le clean, do we not lower our calendar out of the recognition All human life is infinitely continuing judgment on our The Mishnah (Babylonian moral guard at least somewhat, of the fallibility of human be- valuable and equal. Yet if we actions. As well, we all need Talmud, Tractate Yoma 85b) knowing that our wrong acts ings and their proneness to sin, cannot save all in danger, then diviriecompassionand forgive- says the miracle of divine for- are not ultimate? selfishness and error. we must prioritize. In so acting, ness - lest we become hard- giveness will not be extended "There is no human being in we have done a mi tzvah-and ened and embrace the admix- tosomeonewhoabusesthesys- the world so righteous who we have failed morally, simul- ture of evil in our behavior; lest tern of repentance. does [only]good and never sins taneously. we become complacent and For example, if someone Often, good people (Ecclesiastes 7, 20)." But this Inanidealsociety, we would excuse our compromises; lest says, "I will sin and then I will answer misses the depth of assureeconomicequality. If that we become cynical or self-pro- repent so that I will be forgiven must choose between moral realism and profundity fails, we must extend tzedakah tective and walk away from and thus will obtain the fruits good principles in in the concept of atonement. to the needy. But in so doing, responsibility. of evil without being pun- conflict with each other Yorn Kippur is not sched- our charity he! ps perpetuate the No wonder that on Kol Nidre ished," then that person will uled just because of the sinners. inequality. Thus we collaborate night, we recite the formula that have no opportunity to repent, or must prioritize True, they need compassion in continuing a system that, in- "by divine wisdom and com- for this would make a mockery limited resources. and divine forgiveness - but tentionally or inadvertently, munityjudgment, wepennit[the of the system. the moral and righteous need robs people of dignity by mak- righteous] to pray [as one con- "I:he person would be exploit- Yorn Kippur just as much. ing them dependent on others. gregation] with the sinners." ing G-d's mercy to get away Life is not a series of simple The sincerely righteous must Irving Greenberg is president with a crime. This is intolerable When I first raised this ques- choices between right and continually be implicated in of The National Jewish Center for and forgiveness is denied. tion at a rabbinical convention, wrong actions. In Jewish tradi- ambiguous and morally imper- Learning and Leadership.

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