OCTOBER 1, 2020 – 13 TISHRI 5781 JEWISH JOURNAL VOL 45, NO 3 JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG JUSTICE FOR ALL: GINSBURG SET AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL TO FOLLOW

Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the first Jewish female justice of the Supreme Court. Ruth Bader Ginsburg lying in repose outside of the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Ethan M. Forman “The Torah is relentless in reminding and instructing changed the way women are viewed in the American JOURNAL STAFF and commanding that we never forget those who live in workplace and society. the shadows, those whose freedom and opportunity are In her more than 27 years on the Supreme Court, As Americans mourned the passing of Supreme Court not guaranteed,” said Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt of the Adas Ginsburg was often in the dissent as she fought for equal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – the most influential female Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., while eulogiz- treatment of women and men under the law. judge in U.S. history – Jews in Greater Boston also paused ing Ginsburg as she lay in repose in the Great Hall of the She has become an inspiration to established judges, to reflect on the seminal figure who devoted most of her Supreme Court. attorneys, and those in law school as a tireless judge, law- life to protecting the rights of all citizens. Ginsburg was a superhero to Rabbi Alison Adler, the yer, and mother who balanced family and work life, and “I think we’ve lost a great justice and a great Jewish spiritual leader of Temple B’nai Abraham in Beverly. for being a Jewish woman who broke barriers to sit on the justice,” said U.S. District Court Senior Judge Mark Wolf. “For Hanukkah, my husband got me a Ruth Bader nation’s highest court. She also suffered her share of gen- Ginsburg was as an example and an inspiration for Ginsburg action figure that’s sitting in my office,” Adler der discrimination as she began her law career, they said. women lawyers and others, he said. said. She said she spoke with her son, as kids are into Ginsburg, who was the first Jewish woman to serve on Ginsburg died on Sept. 18 — Erev Rosh Hashanah — at comic book figures like the Avengers, about how Ginsburg the Supreme Court, took pride in her heritage in its call for age 87. A week later, she became the first woman, and the was someone who fought for justice. justice. first Jewish person, to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol. Her “That was what she was to me, a superhero,” Adler Adler said she had written a sermon in advance of the casket was set on the same platform built for the casket said. The rabbi admired Ginsburg for the way she broke High Holidays on the topic of search for meaning, and of President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination in through barriers, and for the clever way she brought when Ginsburg died, she talked about the late justice’s 1865. gender discrimination cases forward that eventually continued on page 16 Jewish teachers learn lessons about For safety’s sake, most plan perseverance during pandemic small gatherings for Sukkot By Ethan M. Forman By Rich Tenorio JOURNAL STAFF JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

With schools across the region Sukkot begins Friday reopening for the fall, some remotely, night, and despite the pan- some with a mix of in-person and virtual demic, Phil Blue of Lynnfield instruction, Jewish teachers are learning plans to host guests during how to teach during a pandemic. the holiday to enjoy spiced The going can be frustrating at times, cider and a sweet potato lentil they said. But some said their faith helps curry stew his wife only pre- inform them when it comes to being a pares for the festival. teacher during these challenging times. “I don’t think we are going Larry Lodgen has been teaching for to have a party with, like 20 42 years. But these days, the fourth- people, like we’ve had open- grade teacher at the Washington S.T.E.M. ing night before, but, you Elementary School in Lynn feels like a know, of the 30 people we usu- newbie as he navigates how best to teach ally have for Rosh Hashanah, remotely during the COVID-19 pandem- we can instead invite them ic. “My biggest concern is getting the kids over for different nights on Lodgen, who formerly taught at the engaged in the lessons,” says Larry Sukkot,” said Blue. Lodgen, who recently set up his desk Lynnfield’s Phil Blue marked Sukkot with his children continued on page 16 outside of the Washington school in Lynn. continued on page 9 Talia and Shalev in their sukkah last year. SMART PRODUCTS. COMPETITIVE RATES. METRO HAS A MORTGAGE FOR YOU! Call 877.MY.METRO or click MetroCU.org. NMLS #198524

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Benches smashed at Peabody cemetery among recent reports of anti-Semitism By Ethan M. Forman The temple has set up a fund apparent hate incident, the JOURNAL STAFF to assist with the restoration of Associated Clergy of Cape Ann, the benches and “to contribute including Rabbi Steven Lewis PEABODY – In the days lead- to educational efforts to combat of Temple Ahavat Achim and ing up to the High Holidays, the rising expressions of anti-Semi- the Rev. Sue Koehler-Arsenault caretaker for a cemetery belong- tism and bigotry.” of Annisquam Village Church, ing to Temple Tiferet Shalom Raising awareness of such both located in Gloucester, off Route 128 discovered two acts is important, Kudan said. hosted a “Repairing Our Spirit of granite memorial benches that “It’s just a constant struggle Connection” event on Sept. 21. appeared to have been smashed to educate people and respond,” The gathering was “in with a sledgehammer. said Kudan. The vandal- response to rising instances The temple said last week ism occurred during the High of public expression of hate, police are investigating what Holidays, when Jews go to the in cluding a large swastika recent- it is calling an apparent hate cemetery to pay their respects to ly found drawn in the sand at Courtesy photo crime and increasing surveil- their loved ones. Good Harbor Beach,” accord- One of two benches damaged at a Jewish cemetery in Peabody in lance of the cemetery prop- Kudan said he spoke with ing to the Facebook invite. The the days leading up to the High Holidays. erty, which also contains two Debbie Coltin, a Peabody resi- Gloucester Daily Times reported have to be replaced at an esti- ple merged with Temple Beth other Jewish cemeteries along a dent and executive director the drawing was found on Sept. 1. mate of over $1,600, McKenna Shalom in Peabody in 2015 to stretch of Route 128 north near of the Lappin Foundation in “My response to these inci- said. form Temple Tiferet Shalom. the Danvers line. Salem, about the incident. dents and threats is to bring the Sam Tabasky of Middleton “We are obviously quite upset “The congregation has noti- “It is disheartening,” said community together and find serves as president of the about it,” Tabasky said. fied the families who donated Coltin, who recalled what hap- solidarity,” Lewis said in a brief Lebanon-Tiferet Shalom “It had to be done with a the benches in memory of their pened earlier this month when interview. Cemetery Association. The sledgehammer.” dear ones,” the temple said. “The a virtual gathering of a Lappin Danvers resident and former cemetery belonged to the for- Anyone with information can temple has received expressions Teen Fellows program was Select Board member David mer Temple Tifereth Israel in call Peabody police at 978-531- of support and concern from ‘Zoom bombed’ by someone McKenna, who runs the cem- Malden when the Reform tem- 1212 and ask for a supervisor. civic leaders, and has informed making vulgar and anti-Semit- etery caretaker business of John local Jewish organizations, who ic remarks. While the incident M. Ross and Son, said he was at are increasing vigilance at syna- became a teachable moment for the cemetery on Sept. 12 flagging Jewish Advocate ends 118-year gogue buildings and other facili- the young fellows, it was some- graves for the High Holidays. run; suspends its publication ties.” thing she reported to the Anti- That’s when he noticed a broken In a statement, Peabody Defamation League and the bench. It looked as though it had By Steven A. Rosenberg Mayor Ted Bettencourt called police, who told her “they are been backed into by a car. JOURNAL STAFF the vandalism an act of hate. seeing an increase of neo-Nazi On Sept. 17, two workers were “Destruction of the memo- activity in the area.” mowing the lawn and reported BOSTON – The Jewish Advocate, which played a major role in rial benches at the temple cem- Coltin said it’s important to seeing a second bench that had connecting the Boston Jewish community for much of the last etery is an act of hate which has speak up when someone perpe- a crack in it, with a mark on century, announced it would no longer print its weekly paper absolutely no place in Peabody,” trates such hate and there needs the top that looked like it had last week. said Bettencourt. “This desecra- to be more education about been struck by a sledgehammer. The paper, which was started 118 years ago, was one of the tion is an affront to the families what’s going on. The foundation McKenna said it was obvious the leading secular English Jewish publications in America for much of those who are memorialized is hosting a virtual program with damage was intentional. of the last century. In its Sept. 25 edition, the paper attributed its at the cemetery, to our Jewish philanthropist Adam Milstein Peabody Police Captain closure to a decline in advertising revenue during the pandemic. community, and to all Peabody called “Anti-Semitism is here: Dennis Bonaiuto said that The paper was started by Jacob de Haas in 1902. Over the residents.” What can we do about it,” on Oct. according to the report, when years, it was best known for its coverage of Zionism, Israel and In an email, Rabbi David 7, she said. (For more informa- the first damaged bench was the Soviet Jewry movement. The paper joins several other Jewish Kudan, the temple’s spiritual tion about the free program on reinspected, it bore the same publications that have either closed or moved online since the leader, informed the congrega- Zoom, contact Susan Feinstein mark consistent with being pandemic began. tion “of the sad and senseless at 978-740-4431 or sfeinstein@ struck with a blunt object, pos- With its suspension of operations, the Jewish Journal is now the act which occurred at the holiest lappinfoundation.org.) sibly a hammer. largest Jewish publication in Greater Boston. time in the Jewish calendar.” In relation to another The benches will probably

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he fast is over and the new year of life is. With this understanding comes an 5781 has begun. When historians look opportunity to make our world a better place. At Tback on this Yom Kippur, they will note a time when political division and polarization how American Jews marked the day and has swept through our society, we must step how technology was used to fill the void of back from the divisive rhetoric and remind communal prayer. Most Jews who observed ourselves that there is more to life than political the holiday adhered to public health experts’ ideology. People make their own decisions guidance and stayed home. For those who in life, and it is rare that an argument will wanted to connect to God through Zoom, it change a person’s vote. If we are to have public seemed at times like a sociological experiment. discourse, it should be civil and consistent with While synagogues that offered streaming our democratic principles. Above all, we need services did their best to virtually transport to conduct our conversations with respect and people back into temple – making extraordinary dignity. efforts to guide congregants through every With so much technology embedded in our last prayer – it could not be the same because lives, it is easy to forget that we are human prayer, in so many ways, is a shared experience. beings – filled with emotions, love, ideals and The pandemic has upended our shared the capability to perform acts of loving kindness experience. Instead of dealing collectively with to strangers, friends, neighbors and families. all it has wrought – the death of more than This time of year – when we review our lives 206,000 Americans, and the 7 million other and reassess our priorities – is an opportunity to citizens who have contracted the disease; and break free of the solitude that has gripped our an economy that may take years to recover – nation over the last seven months. Many of us most of us (save for essential workers) are faced have been given much in this life and asked very with an existential experience. And with this little in return. We can show our gratitude in comes the question, what can we do? many different ways to our fellow man, but let Yom Kippur reminds us of just how fleeting us start with common respect.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Can draftdodgers love their country? What being Jewish means to me In the Sept. 10 edition of the happened to Germany? By Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Goldberg once said: “My concern for justice, for Jewish Journal, veteran Saul My stepfather was one of peace, for enlightenment, all stem from my heri- Heller makes the general state- those hidden children. I have the here is an age-old connection between tage.” I am fortunate to be linked to that heritage. ment in his letter that “draft- highest respect for my father-in- Judaism and law. For centuries, rabbis and Each time I visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial dodgers do not love their coun- law, and nephew who did serve, Tother Jewish scholars have studied, restud- Museum, I am reminded that Hitler’s evil king- try.” I’m tired of this oversimpli- and am fortunate I was not sub- ied, and ceaselessly interpreted the Talmud. These dom, his “Holocaust kingdom,” was a kingdom fication. ject to the draft. I did however studies have produced a vast corpus of juridical full of laws. Leading jurists from Germany’s highly “Vietnam” was a very unpop- have to register for Selective writing. Jews have been called “the people of the educated legal community willingly assisted in ular war and I was brought up Service, but I did that after much book,” reflecting their placement of learning first drafting the laws of the Third Reich. After serving a pacifist. A high school friend thought and consideration. I did among cultural values. as draftsmen, those jurists shunned the human once told me he would fight in not do it on my 18th birthday as The Jewish tradition prized the scholarship consequences of the new laws by retreating into WW II, but not in Vietnam. Did the law demanded. of judges and lawyers, and when anti-Semitic a heartless professionalism. They were, by their those who hid children in WW II Jonas S. Green occupational restrictions were lifted, Jews were accounts, simply serving and enforcing law and hate Germany, or hate what had Salem drawn to the learned professions of the countries order. in which they lived. In the United States, law We must learn from that dreadful past, and Reader thanks JCC became a bulwark against the kind of oppression strive to ensure against its repetition. In bad times, Jews had endured in many lands and for count- in oppressive societies, our humanity should I can’t put my finger on the Andrew Dalton, membership less generations. Jews in large numbers became cause us to hold fast to our human decency, so day I found out that the JCC director; thank you Ashley lawyers, some eventually became judges, and the that never, in the service of political leaders, will pools were open, but I will never Vieira, aquatics director. And of best of these jurists used the law to secure justice we administer laws that deny humanity or the forget the sense of joy and relief course, thanks to the fabulous for others. human dignity of others. I felt at finally being able to lifeguards who protect us as we Laws as protectors of the oppressed, the poor, I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being workout in the pool. Runners swim. the loner, is evident in the work of my Jewish a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the can run, walkers can walk, and I am grateful to the JCC for predecessors on the Supreme Court. The Biblical entirety of the Jewish tradition. I hope, in my weight lifters can lift weights, setting up a program and safe- command: justice, justice shalt thou pursue, is a years on the bench of the Supreme Court of the but you need a pool to swim guards which has kept us safe, strand that ties them together. I keep those words United States I will have the strength and courage laps, so trying to stay well and well and wet. I think I can speak on the wall of my chambers, as an ever present to remain constant in the service of that demand. sane during a pandemic, you for all of us who are so grateful reminder of what judges must do “that they may need water (unless you’re an for your efforts. Thank you. thrive.” (Adapted from Justice Ginsburg’s address ocean swimmer, which I’m not)! Sylvia Belkin The late Supreme Court justice (and former to the Annual Meeting of the American Jewish Thank you Marty Schneer, Swampscott American Jewish Committee President) Arthur Committee, May, 1995.) executive director; thank you One People – Ruth Bader, Grade 8

The war has left a bloody trail No one can feel free from danger and many deep wounds not too and destruction until the many easily healed. Many people have torn threads of civilization are been left with scars that take a long bound together again. We cannot time to pass away. We must never feel safer until every nation, regard- forget the horrors which our breth- less of weapons or power, will meet ren were subjected to in Bergen- together in good faith, the people Belsen and other Nazi concentra- worthy of mutual association. tion camps. Then, too, we must There can be a happy world try hard to understand that for and there will be once again, when righteous people hate and preju- men create a strong bond towards dice are neither good occupations one another, a bond unbreakable nor fit companions. Rabbi Alfred by a studied prejudice or a pass- Bettleheim once said: “Prejudice ing circumstance. Then and only saves us a painful trouble, the then shall we have a world built on trouble of thinking.” In our beloved the foundation of the Fatherhood land families were not scattered, of God and whose structure is the communities not erased nor our Brotherhood of Man. nation destroyed by the ravages of Ruth Bader, Grade VIII the World War. Yet, dare we be at ease? We are At age 13, Ruth Bader wrote part of a world whose unity has this for The Bulletin of the East been almost completely shattered. Midwood Jewish Center. OPINION THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – OCTOBER 1, 2020 5

RBG’s legacy and the future of our democracy By Jack M. Beermann discriminatory motives rather than rea- her passing without commenting on son and could not justify exclusion of the controversy that has already erupt- bout 30 years ago, I had the privi- women from VMI. ed over her replacement. Only naiveté lege of calling Judge Ruth Bader When the Supreme Court in 2007 would have led anyone to believe that AGinsburg on the phone for a ref- rejected Lilly Ledbetter’s lawsuit after the party in power would follow the rule erence on a former law clerk who was she discovered that her employer, that it created out of thin air in 2016 to being considered for a position on my Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., had paid deny President Obama the right to fill faculty. I knew her by reputation as the her less than men performing the same Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat in the last woman who led the fight for women’s functions, Justice Ginsburg wrote the year of his presidency. With the abolition equal rights before the law, and she was dissenting opinion on behalf of a four- of the filibuster for Supreme Court con- already a distinguished judge on the U.S. Justice liberal minority. The majority’s firmations, and the apparent decision Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. She decision was founded upon its view that by almost all Republican senators to fol- gave her clerk a glowing reputation, so Ms. Ledbetter had sued too late, she low Mitch McConnell’s instructions and glowing that when Judge Ginsburg was should have sued within 180 days of vote to confirm President Trump’s nomi- nominated to the Supreme Court, I told the onset of the discrimination, even nee – Circuit Court of Appeals Judge my now-colleague that she was going to though she did not discover it until years Amy Coney Barrett – it seems likely that call him to clerk for her on the high court later. Justice Ginsburg’s dissent carefully Justice Ginsburg will be quickly replaced if she was confirmed. Sure enough, she explained that the majority had erected by a super-conservative justice. was confirmed and he got the call and an impossible burden for women like Ms. In response, the Democrats’ only spent a year on leave from the faculty to Ledbetter, who have no way of knowing – option might be – assuming the party assist Justice Ginsburg once again. or even suspecting – that they were con- takes both the presidency and the Senate What I remember most about the sistently receiving smaller pay increases in November – to increase the number phone call, however, is not what she said than their male counterparts. Congress of Supreme Court justices and restore about her law clerk but her courtesy, her Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg agreed with Justice Ginsburg, and the the balance destroyed by the two “stolen modesty, and even her enthusiasm for first bill signed into law by President seats.” hearing about me and my work. I felt and my father were divorced, insurance Barack Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter It is unfortunate that the Supreme like I had made a new friend even over companies and others did not want to Fair Pay Act of 2009, a measure inspired Court is so political. It sticks its nose into a 400-mile wire. A couple of years later do business with an unmarried woman. by Justice Ginsburg’s dissent, that made many areas in which, in a democracy, it when she came to Boston University Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s efforts helped put does not belong. But please, do not be Law School for an event, I had the honor a stop to that sort of discrimination. Of misled into thinking this is a new phe- of being seated next to her and her hus- course, she did not do it alone, but if her Ginsburg carefully set out nomenon. The post-Civil War Supreme band, Marty Ginsburg, at dinner. She career had ended there, she would still a clear, consistent, and Court dismantled Congress’s plan for was even more impressive in person: deserve to be known as one of the great Reconstruction and paved the way for friendly, clearly brilliant, and charming. I lawyers, male or female, of the 20th cen- principled jurisprudence a century of Jim Crow discrimination was thrilled to have a chance to converse tury. Even before she became a judge, designed to protect the against African-Americans. In the early with one of the great lawyers in the his- she deserved the moniker “Notorious rights of those who needed 20th century, the Court actively inter- tory of our country, and as our (pretty RBG.” vened to prevent pro-labor and other mediocre) dinner was served, it turned It is impossible to overstate her protection, and she was economic reforms, and backed down out that instead of the mysteries and accomplishments as a justice of the consistently the most sensible, only in the face of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s own court-packing plan. subtleties of jurisprudence, we talked Supreme Court. I’ll focus on two of her well-spoken, and moderate – in about food and Marty’s cooking, which opinions, one for a majority and the In this light, Justice Ginsburg was I later learned was legendary. I did get other in dissent. In 1996, she wrote the tone – member of the Court. a relative moderate, joining an activ- to play a bit of Jewish geography with court’s majority opinion forbidding the ist court only when necessary to pro- him. He was a distinguished tax lawyer, State of Virginia from denying women tect fundamental rights, and steadfastly and my cousin’s father-in-law was also admission to the Virginia Military it possible for employees to prevail when refusing to allow the Supreme Court to at the top of that field in Washington, so Institute based solely on their gender. they discover they had been victimized undercut beneficial laws that are con- I was not surprised to learn that Marty As Justice Ginsburg explained, the court by discriminatory compensation deci- stantly under attack from the business Ginsburg was well acquainted with my had previously determined that “par- sions over a long period. and industry groups that support the sort-of relative. ties who seek to defend gender-based These opinions are consistent with party in power. It will be a shame if her When I learned during pre-Rosh government action must demonstrate Justice Ginsburg’s career on the Court. replacement unleashes the destruction Hashanah dinner that Justice Ginsburg an ‘exceedingly persuasive justification’ She carefully set out a clear, consistent, of laws protecting women, minorities, had passed away, my thoughts turned to for that action,” which Virginia failed and principled jurisprudence designed workers, immigrants, and all of us who her stellar reputation as a lawyer and her to do. The heart of Justice Ginsburg’s to protect the rights of those who needed care about health care and a healthy incomparable performance as a justice opinion was its careful exposition of how protection, and she was consistently the environment. of the Supreme Court. She accomplished Virginia’s reasons for barring women most sensible, well-spoken, and mod- Right about now, the country could for women what it took a cadre of distin- were founded upon stereotypes that erate – in tone – member of the Court. use someone with the determination and guished lawyers – including Thurgood had been used historically to justify the Her reasoning was so persuasive, she ability of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Marshall, Spottswood Robinson, and exclusion of women from activities such never found it necessary to engage in may her memory be a blessing. Charles Hamilton Houston – to do for as practicing law and medicine and from the histrionics favored by some of her African-Americans. admission to federal military academies. colleagues. Just on that score, the Court Professor Jack M. Beermann is the I recall the indignities my mother suf- As Justice Ginsburg said, these stereo- will miss her. Harry Elwood Warren Scholar at the fered in the early 1970s when, after she types had been exposed as founded on Of course, it is impossible to mark Boston University School of Law. RBG: May her memory be a revolution

By Jamie Ehrlich sions during her long career. I of the Voting Rights Act. She ferocity and “small c” conser- access to the White House and wrote the story factually and pointed out the paradox of the vative approach. She was easy Congressional counsel drafting hile attending the objectively, with no fanfare, and majority opinion, writing that to underestimate. That was, oversight subpoenas. Heroes are University of Chicago placed it in reserve for what I “throwing out preclearance of course, her secret weapon. the compassionate pro bono W in 2018, I had the good hoped would be a very long when it has worked and is con- Like a literary ninja, her argu- lawyers who greet recent immi- fortune to have a part-time time. tinuing to work to stop discrimi- ments and responses were con- grants at airports and travel job as a community outreach But she deserves the fanfare. natory changes is like throwing structed with artful precision for to the U.S./Mexican border to coordinator for the soon-to-be- Like Thurgood Marshall – the away your umbrella in a rain- maximum impact. As the court reunite children with their fami- released “RBG” documentary. Court’s first African-American storm because you are not get- drifted right, this clear-thinking lies. Their tireless advocacy and On premiere night at the Gold justice – before her, Ginsburg ting wet.” liberal lioness seemed to be car- selfless humanity is a counter- Coast Theatre, the Chicagoans spent much of her time on Her feminism was well- rying the weight of justice on her measure to some of the most I had come to know turned out the bench in the minority. She earned. As only the second tiny shoulders. pernicious forces in our society. in force. gave voice to underdogs and female and sixth Jewish per- Her grounded authenticity Their work is also very much in The gray-haired justice book oppressed minorities. She wrote son on the Supreme Court, and delight in mentorship is how the spirit of Ginsburg’s dissent. group was followed by some blistering dissents, sometimes her journey was often beset by she inspired little girls in RBG A great American voice has little girls with their mothers. breaking with tradition to read discrimination and challenged costumes and aspiring lawyers. been silenced, but she left us Film buffs, law students, elected them aloud, that packed a punch by societal norms. “When I’m Speaking with law students, she a written roadmap to a more officials, and a church group from the losing side. Through sometimes asked when there once had this to say: “If you are just society. As we mourn and were all present and excited to the sheer force of her dissent- will be enough [women on going to be a lawyer and just navigate the politics of filling her learn more about this notori- ing opinion on a landmark the Supreme Court] and I say, practice your profession, you seat, we must simultaneously ous intellectual giant. Everyone equal pay case, she successfully ‘When there are nine,’ people have a skill – very much like a grab the baton and continue her was moved by her story. The pushed the other two branches are shocked. But there’d been plumber. But if you want to be fight, because the fight is ours. little girl who went in wearing an of government into action after nine men, and nobody ever a true professional, you will do It is, in large part, up to the legal RBG costume came out stand- Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & raised a question about that,” something outside yourself … profession to keep us from los- ing a little taller in her black robe Rubber Co. in 2006-2007, lead- she said. This underdog sensi- something that makes life a little ing sight of what we stand for. and white jabot. This was the ing to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair bility was well-reflected with a better for people less fortunate May her memory be a revolu- power of Ginsburg’s transcen- Pay Act in 2009. majority opinion in the seminal than you.” tion. dent appeal. I admired her disdain for 1996 case, U.S. v. Virginia, which While reporting during these More recently, as a CNN injustice and discrimination forced the Virginia Military tumultuous times, I have been Jamie Ehrlich grew up in associate producer covering the in her prescient dissent in the Institute to admit women. Her heartened to see thoughtful Marblehead and attends Boston Supreme Court, I was assigned a 2013 voting rights case, Shelby words set important precedent lawyers rushing to defend the College Law School. retrospective story about Justice County v. Holder, which sought for gender equality. Constitution. I have seen law- Ginsburg’s most impactful deci- to defang federal enforcement I so greatly admired her quiet yers at CNN defending press 6 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – OCTOBER 1, 2020

JEWISH JOURNAL Israel’s COVID lockdown could extend past Oct. 10; Publisher/Editor rabbis to limit crowds during priestly blessing Steven A. Rosenberg [email protected] JERUSALEM – Almost 5,000 basis is currently the highest Israelis have tested positive for in the world. The daily deaths Associate Editor the coronavirus since Tuesday, per capita are calculated as an Ethan M. Forman bringing the country’s overall average over the past week. [email protected] tally since the start of the pan- According to the data, Israel’s Accounting Manager demic to 240,000 cases, accord- daily death rate over the last Anne Waymouth ing to Israel’s Health Ministry. In week has been 3.5 per million addition, on average, 15 percent people, while the U.S. rate was [email protected] of those screened have tested some 2.2 per million. Director of positive. While Israel was praised for Advertising & Marketing As of Wednesday, COVID-19 quelling the outbreak success- Lois Kaplan has claimed the lives of 1,547 fully when it first hit, recent [email protected] patients, while 173,109 have weeks have seen morbidity and recovered. Photo: Nati Shohat/Flash90 mortality spike, requiring the Senior Strategic Media Manager Health Ministry Director Staff at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem work in the government to impose a sec- Marcy Grand General Hezi Levy has instruct- hospital’s COVID-19 ward. ond nationwide lockdown in an [email protected] ed hospital administrators to to avoid seeking medical care, Wall in Jerusalem that custom- effort to curb the spread of the Graphics, Web, prepare an additional 1,500 beds saying that hospitals nation- arily draws tens of thousands of virus. Russian Chronicle Editor for patients. In recent days, sev- wide are fully equipped to treat Jews from Israel and abroad. Israeli Health Minister Yuli Yulia Zhorov eral hospitals warned that their all patients, especially in life- As the service is broadcast Edelstein said that it was high- [email protected] coronavirus wards were near- threatening situations, such as by various media outlets, Yosef ly likely that the nationwide ing full capacity, and that more heart attacks and strokes. Also has decreed that this year, wor- lockdown imposed before the Graphics, Web, Obituaries beds were necessary to ensure on Tuesday, Sephardi Chief shippers could watch the prayer High Holidays will be extended Andrew P. Fleischer patients received adequate care. Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef issued a service on television. past its current Oct. 10 dead- [email protected] The Health Ministry plans to decree barring mass gatherings Meanwhile, Israel’s daily tally line. Edelstein also made it clear Administrative Assistant open 750 beds by Oct. 5 and next week during the Sukkot and of coronavirus deaths per mil- that this time, lockdown mea- Linda Smidt another 750 by mid-month, said Simchat Torah holidays. lion people surpassed that of the sures would be lifted much more Levy. He added that 80 percent In a dramatic departure from United States on Tuesday for the gradually than in May. [email protected] of the beds will be for patients custom over the pandemic, first time since the onset of the “The lockdown will not be Editorial Cartoonist in critical condition and the rest Yosef has barred the traditional global pandemic. According to lifted unequivocally. 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Epstein Hillel to hold virtual Gala on Oct. 22

Tickets are selling fast for (’06) and Asher (’08). Both grad- tion of the Jewish Federation Tough Mudders. Along with his Epstein Hillel School’s 32nd uated from Epstein Hillel School of the North Shore in its merg- former wife, Barbara Goldman, Annual Gala, to be held virtually back in the Cohen Hillel days er with Combined Jewish he is the founder and a boost- on Oct. 22. and continued their academic Philanthropies. Bob is a Fellow er of Friends of Yemin Orde The event will feature a lives at Marblehead High School of the American College of Trust (now ImpactIsrael), supporting live private performance by and Northwestern University. and Estate Counsel. the Yemin Orde Youth Village Broadway star Shoshana Bean. Bob and José are equally proud Bob and José are volunteers and Village Way Educational This year, Lynn resident Bob of their daughter, Camila Paiva, for The Haven Project, cook- Initiatives. Goldman is being awarded a talented singer-songwriter, ing dinners for unsupervised Gala tickets are available at the Dr. Bennett I. Solomon and they are actively helping to youth and hosting several of many price points and most Community Leadership Award raise Camila’s son, Godric. Bob them in their home for three- include a gift bag with sweets based upon his lifelong com- was a longtime board member, month stints of transitional and sips to be delivered to your mitment to Hillel and his out- past-president, and is now a housing. Bob currently serves door. The highest ticket level standing philanthropy to the trustee of Hillel. as a Trustee of the Essex County includes a private Zoom Q&A Jewish community on the North After a long career at large Community Foundation and is with Shoshana Bean. Shore. law firms, Bob opened his own a recent past board member of Bob loves introducing every- law office in Salem in 2012. An North Shore Alliance for GLBTQ For tickets, please visit one to his husband, José Paiva engagement of which Bob is Youth, where he remains active epsteinhillel.org/gala-2020-or- Goldman, and his sons, Sam very proud was his representa- Bob Goldman raising funds by running 8-mile der-form or call 781-639-2880. Public ArtWork mounts at Waterfront Park

BOSTON – In a time of social change across our country and Director Kate Gilbert said, “As distancing and social turmoil, community, we are especially with many of our public spaces, The Shape of Play encourages proud that we can bring this the ability to play, speak, and us to listen, connect, and play. project to life this fall.” move freely in our playgrounds “The Shape of Play,” a new Carel’s work seeks to uncov- and parks can be inhibited by temporary public art installa- er the underlying connections the very social forces and insti- tion by artist Sari Carel, com- between our senses, play and tutions that have shaped our missioned by the Jewish Arts freedom. “A whole new world neighborhoods – the forces of Collaborative (JArts), and opens up as we train our ears on poverty, race, politics and social curated and produced by Now the sounds all around us,” says inequity. These are also the sys- + There, will run through Oct. Carel. “Sound, like freedom, is tems we create public art within 31 at Boston’s Waterfront Park. invisible, to be felt more than and interrogate.” It poses a provocative question: seen. The feeling of freedom is As part of the mounting Do you feel free to play? This essential to play, and this proj- of this work, JArts and Now + engaging multi-sensory work ect articulates that connection There are working with sev- invites people to reflect on the in a sensorial experience of eral community organizations connections between play and both sound and freedom. My and individuals to conduct a the universal search for free- Photo: Nir Landau idea for this project came from series of open dialogues on the dom through sight and sound. “The Shape of Play” runs through Oct. 31 in Boston. listening to playgrounds being issues this project presents and “The Shape of Play” fuses an played as instruments as they confronts, including freedom, ambient, multi-channel sound- Originally conceived in the time in the Jewish calendar were used for actual play.” play, public space, equity and scape – created by Carel using the pre-pandemic world and where we celebrate and reflect Playgrounds, widely con- how art impacts our commu- structures and play equipment planned for display last spring on the meaning of freedom sidered to be among our most nity. at Boston-area playgrounds as during Passover, the project has – and not just for the Jewish egalitarian of public spaces, her instruments – with a col- taken on new importance in people, but for all. Now, as we are places open to people of all More information can be orful, architectural sculpture a city where play spaces were struggle with unprecedented ages, cultures, races, and social found on www.jartsboston.org. evocative of children’s wooden padlocked this spring, and calls levels of cultural and social groups Now + There Executive building blocks. The multi- us to break down the barriers to channel soundscape emitted freedom our society has built. by the sculpture is at points “When we first commis- whimsical, energetic, buoyant, sioned Sari, we were excited and ethereal. It offers moments about her vision to talk about of respite and delight, creates freedom through play, some- a communal experience of thing so innate in the Jewish shared listening, and reminds values,” says JArts Executive us that the ability to play and Director Laura Mandel. “We VIRTUALGALA 2020 the sense of freedom are closely had hoped to display the work linked. during Passover because it is EPSTEIN HILLEL SCHOOL BRINGS BROADWAY TO YOUR HOME LIKE WHAT OCTOBER 22, 2020 AT 7 PM YOU’RE READING? 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Millennials: Sarah Low, 28

By Michael Wittner the producers, and then the very last thing that happens The JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT to the medium before it goes on air or on the Internet is it goes to me or someone in post-production. So I am What is your Jewish the very last step, pandemic or not. I’m the person who background? assembles the media and makes it pretty. So with my job, Both of my parents are Jewish, and I was raised in a and I’ve talked to other editors about this, it’s definitely pretty Conservative Jewish household. We lit Shabbat like we have one sense of, OK, work is not going to come candles every Friday, I went to Hebrew school, to Jewish back for a while on a steady basis, because people can’t summer camp, kept kosher. Now that I’m living on my assemble to put on big-scale productions. Things are all own, I don’t keep kosher or go to services as much as my bottlenecked up in production right now, so it’s going mom would like me to do, but I am Jewish, and I have a to be a while before people like me are able to edit on a mezuzah hanging on my doorpost. It keeps me ground- more regular basis. I’m able to get by, but the days are ed – I think it’s a cool thing to have a Jewish historical definitely longer than they were before – money is just a background, to draw from. part of it, it’s sort of the whole atmosphere of uncertainty. How did you get into video So what are you working on editing? now? In college, I was learning television production. So During the pandemic I got into Twitch streaming, which was originally a website for people who play games Job: Video editor my background was in all sorts of different areas of entertainment. I learned how to write a script properly, who share their gameplay with other people who are into Hebrew name: Sarah Gabriella I learned live direction, I learned what it was like to that hobby and chat with them. But after the pandemic, some friends of mine were using it as almost a local Hometown: Swampscott work in a control room and go to Camera 1, Camera 2, networking skills in production. So when I graduated I television network, like public access. They would watch Currently living in: Gowanus, Brooklyn, had an idea that I wanted to do some behind-the-scenes videos, react to their friends, and I realized ‘Oh, I can use N.Y. work in entertainment, but I wasn’t exactly sure what, this as broadcast software,’ and I started posting a movie Alma maters: Swampscott High School ’09, and I was working as a production assistant, which is night Monday nights on my channel at the beginning of Ithaca College ’13 pretty common – everyone starts out getting coffee – and the pandemic, and I’m almost at 300 followers now, and I have about 30 people tuning in every Monday night to Favorite food: Kimchi I was getting more and more work. I found that I had a passion for creating on the level of video editing, and watch a movie and hang out, and later in the week I play I’m really into one K-pop girl Favorite music: as time went on I refined that skill, I took a class at the video games on the channel. We watch samurai movies group called Twice Harvard Extension School to galvanize all that knowl- and movies starring Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune, who Favorite movie: “The Thing” edge. I really fell in love with it, and ever since then, I’ve Western audiences know from “Rashomon” and the 1980 been working in a professional capacity as a video editor. mini-series, “Shogun.” He was a very prolific actor and I Favorite TV show: “The Venture Bros.” on love him – he’s my favorite actor of all time.

Adult Swim What are you doing now? Favorite book: “Station Eleven” by Emily St. How would you describe your John Mandel In January, I wrapped up my time with Refinery29, personal editing style? which is an online news magazine for young profes-

Favorite travel destination: Japan sional women. Right before the pandemic, I was sup- I’m still sort of finding my style. I do very well in series Favorite North Shore spot: Kell’s posed to start a job at another production company or content that has established style already, but when Kreme,EWCJS_JJ_Moses_12.pdf Swampscott 1 9/29/20 10:49 AM doing some editing work for a reality show, but that was I’m working, I find that I really like a lot of color, I like a lot of snappy dialogue, I don’t like a lot of dead air, so I Favorite Jewish holiday: Passover canceled. To step back a bit, when you think of how mov- ies are made, there’s definitely steps to it. First, you got to would rather work with a scripted show than with real- Favorite Jewish person not in get a whole bunch of people together to make whatever ity, with people ‘umming’ and ‘uhhing’ and looking off- your family: Bernie Sanders content they’re making. After it’s made, it’s reviewed by camera. COMMUNITY NEWS THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – OCTOBER 1, 2020 9

For safety’s sake, most plan small gatherings for Sukkot from page 1

While some, like Blue, are thing of a hybrid: an outdoor communities across Eastern Temple Israel virtual service. they will hang bottles of hand determined to social distance space enclosed with walls and a Massachusetts, including on I’ll pray for hopefully an early sanitizer and face masks. in sukkahs, area synagogues roof, a holiday evocation of the the North Shore. He’s also help- end to the pandemic. I’ll pray “I think it’s in the spirit of now face a new challenge when huts the biblical Israelites built ing advise Temple Israel on its for us to be over this by next having a little humor we could it comes to the COVID-19 in the wilderness. ongoing COVID-19 response. fall.” all use,” Draisen said. “It’s prob- response. “It is an outside-type activ- “I think I don’t have space As for this fall, he noted that ably not a bad idea.” Experts with backgrounds in ity,” Newton said. “However, it’s that’s particularly good for a some people are planning a public health or urban plan- not totally outside … It has to sukkah at my house,” Draisen new twist on their sukkah dec- Journal Associate Editor ning have been contemplating have some walls.” said. “I do expect I will be orations. Interspersed with the Ethan M. Forman contributed best practices for the harvest Sharon Cameron, the city participating in some sort of traditional fruits and squash, to this article. holiday. Their prevailing opin- of Peabody’s director of health ion seems to be that large- and human services, said she scale celebrations in a sukkah would look at a sukkah as an are better left for a time when indoor space under the state AS SEEN RECENTLY ON “CHRONICLE” COVID-19 is no longer around. guidelines. She likened the sit- “We felt that the restric- uation to that of restaurants tions that would have to be with outdoor dining environ- in place would make it very ments. Two-walled spaces are cumbersome to set up the suk- classified as outdoor, while kah, decorate it, and to partici- three-walled ones are indoor. pate,” said Dr. Jeffrey Newton, “My understanding of the a physician specializing in lung constructs [of a sukkah is] usu- diseases who is part of a group ally at least three sides and a advising Peabody’s Temple vegetative roof,” Cameron said. Ner Tamid of the North Shore, The state guidelines for where he is a member of the houses of worship holding board of directors. indoor services require no more than 10 people per 1,000 square feet, with everyone socially distancing at least six The state guidelines feet apart unless they are in the for houses of worship same family. Masks are man- holding indoor services datory. If food and beverages are involved, a sukkah gather- require no more than ing might be placed into the 10 people per thousand category of an event, with a square feet. cap of 25 people added to the preexisting limit of 10 or fewer people per 1,000 square feet. SWAMPSCOTT “There would have been Designed by world-renowned Schwartz/Silver Architects, this magnificent ocean front home “only a very small number of is an architectural masterpiece. Designed to take advantage of an exceptional vantage point on people at a time,” Newton said Ner Tamid has been virtual Little’s Point, with crashing waves and unlimited ocean views. This magnificent home with soaring of a sukkah at the temple. for the past six months, includ- “We encourage people to ceilings and expansive windows, creates panoramic views of sea and sky – unmatched in the Boston ing the recent High Holidays. have an individual sukkah. A area. The 5 en-suite BRs all have magnificent ocean views and the master suite is stunning with an Newton, who said that he is family can utilize them. Since oceanside private deck and great views from the luxurious master bath. The 3-story atrium with mostly retired, has been dis- people are living together, the expansive curved walls, wide open spaces and dramatic windows opens to a grand, spacious cussing policies with his fellow same restrictions do not apply “great room” with unlimited views and access to the deck running the length of the house. board members, Rabbi Richard to a cohesive group of people.” Located at the end of a private lane, this gated home on 1.4 acres of beautifully landscaped Perlman, Associate Rabbi Marc Draisen, a reopening grounds provides its owner with the ultimate, quiet, ocean front lifestyle. $6,500,000.00 Bernie Horowitz, and temple advisory committee member at president Adele Lubarsky. Temple Israel in Boston, sees 300 Salem St., Swampscott According to Newton, Sukkot at things similarly. 781.593.6111 the temple would have includ- “I think if you’re at home One Essex St., Marblehead ed a small number of people with your family, or very close 781.631.8800 inside the sukkah, based on a friends or neighbors, I think it’s reservation system. The holi- saganharborside.com probably a good idea,” Draisen day has a tradition of entering said. “I think it’s fine if you the sukkah, making a bless- wish to do that ... I think the ing, and having food and drink idea of going into a sukkah at inside – which would involve a temple, a synagogue, another participants removing their location, [with a] large gather- masks. ing of unrelated individuals is The holiday represents an probably not a good idea.” unusual situation. From res- Draisen has been help- taurants to schools to syna- ing with coronavirus aware- gogues, policymakers have ness efforts through his role discussed how to hold indoor as executive director of the events and outdoor options Metropolitan Area Planning safely during the COVID-19 Council, a regional planning response. Yet a sukkah is some- agency that advocates for

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TUESDAY, OCT 6 WEDNESDAY, OCT 14 JEWISH BOOK MONTH, 7 p.m., FINDING MOSES, Elie Wiesel JCCNS presents: “My Wife Said Memorial Lectures, 12:30 p.m. Avivah You Want to Marry Me,” by Jason Zornberg will present “The Sense of Rosenthal. $6 JCCNS members; $9 an Ending: Finding Moses in Midrashic community members. Visit jccns.org for literature.” Free, open to the public. more info and for tickets. Registration is required to receive the link at: bu.edu/jewishstudies. WEDNESDAY, OCT 7 MEDICARE 101, 1 p.m. If you are ANTI-SEMITISM IS HERE: new to, or already enrolled in Medicare, WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, join us for an informational overview 7:30 p.m. A presentation led by Adam to help you make informed decisions Milstein, who will explore the modern concerning health coverage options Epstein Hillel School opened the 2020–2021 school mutation of anti-Semitism, the world’s to maximize coverage and reduce oldest hatred, and suggest what we can out of pocket costs. The session will year with in-person learning five days a week! do to combat it. Contact sfeinstein@ cover dates, costs, coverage, penalties lappinfoundation.org with any questions and options. Visit jccns.org for more information. EHS proudly offers: or visit jccns.org to register. • A rigorous values-based curriculum TUESDAY, OCT 13 THURSDAY, OCT 15 • Dedicated faculty who see the potential in every child JEWISH BOOK MONTH, 7 p.m., JEWISH BOOK MONTH, 7 p.m., • A state of the art innovation center JCCNS presents: “On My Watch, A “A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred Year History of America Hurricanes,” • Transportation from communities around the North Shore Memoir,” by Virginia Buckingham. As the nation came together in the by Eric Jay Dolin. From the moment aftermath of 9/11, local Marblehead European colonists laid claim to this Come Curious...Be Inspired! resident Virginia Buckingham, the head land, hurricanes have had a profound of Boston’s Logan International Airport and visceral impact on American at the time, was publicly singled out history. Eric Jay Dolin presents the Contact Mindee Greenberg at [email protected] for blame and forced to resign. The intriguing 500-year-story of American to learn more about the EHS educational experience. memoir shares her struggles to rebuild hurricanes, from the nameless storms her life and come to terms with being that threatened Columbus’ New World blamed for an unimaginable tragedy voyages to the devastation wrought MARBLEHEAD, MA | EPSTEINHILLEL.ORG | 781.639.2880 that occurred on her watch. $6 JCCNS by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. $6 JCCNS members; $9 community An independent Jewish day school for grades K–8 members; $9 community members. Visit jccns.org for more info and for members. Visit jccns.org for more info tickets. and for tickets.

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INDOOR SHOWROOM Erma A. (Aronson) Levy, 90, of Winthrop Erma A. (Aronson) Levy, 90, and Shirley (Yoffa) Aronson. to Tifereth Israel of Winthrop, HUNDREDS OF MEMORIALS a lifelong resident of Winthrop, Dear sister of the late Arthur 93 Veterans Road, Winthrop, MA NO SUB-CONTRACTING and the beloved wife of the late Aronson. Loving Nana of Scott 02152, or Care Dimensions, 75 IN-HOUSE DESIGN & MANUFACTURING David Levy, with whom she Rosen, Eric Halperin, and Adam Sylvan St., Danvers, MA 01923. shared 67 years of marriage, Halperin. Sharing written remem- died on September 18, 2020 Erma was a past president brances and condolences dur- O’ROURKE BROS. MEMORIALS at the Kaplan Family Hospice of Temple Tifereth Israel of ing this time will be essential House, Danvers. Winthrop Sisterhood. in helping the Levy family 73 North Street, Salem, MA ~ 978-744-0871 Devoted mother of Howard Private graveside services reminisce, celebrate, and heal. and Angela Levy and Ellen were held at Vilkomir Cemetery, We encourage you to share ABATE MONUMENTS and Richard Halperin. Loving Melrose. Contributions in your memories by visiting 82 Elliott Street, Beverly, MA ~ 978-922-0517 daughter of the late Sumner Erma’s memory may be made torffuneral service.com. www.obmemorials.com James H. Lewis, 91, of Swampscott James H. Lewis, age 91, of be remembered fondly as a “Serving the Jewish Community since 1890” Swampscott, passed away on kind and gentle member of the July 21, 2020 of complications Congregation Shirat Hayam of due to cancer. the North Shore and the com- He was the beloved and munity of Swampscott. devoted husband of Toni Lewis, The family would like to and the loving father of Tracy thank the caring staff of Vitas PRIDE OF LYNN CEMETERY Cassidy, Edward (Tracey) Lewis, Hospice and United Dialysis AND CHEVRA MISHNA and Scott (Denise) Lewis. He Center, who took great care of 89 LAKE SHORE ROAD, LYNN, MA 01904 was the dear brother of Alan him during his battle. (Judy) Lewis. James is also sur- Jim will be laid to rest at a Serving BoSton and the greater north Shore JewiSh & interfaith familieS Serving Boston and the Greater North Shore vived by seven loved grand- private family service in Florida. children: Devon, Cole, Brittany, In lieu of flowers, donations in CompassionateJewish and interfaith personalized families since service. 1920. Brad, Amanda, Jack, and Crysta, his memory can be made to as well as a cherished group of Congregation Shirat Hayam, CompassionateIndividual personalized and multiple service. lots Individual available and family and friends. and the US Air Force. He was an c/o Rabbi Michael Ragozin’s multiple withlots available competitive with competitive pricing. pricing. Jim was a graduate of the executive in the leather indus- discretionary fund, 55 Atlantic University of Miami and a try, an avid traveler, a collector Ave., Swampscott, MA 01907 ASK ABOUTASK ABOUT OUR OUR PRE-PLANNING PRE-PLANNING SAVINGS. SAVINGS. member of the Tau Epsilon Phi of antiques and art, and was a ([email protected]). TRADITIONALCREMATION BURIAL AND OPTIONSINURNMENT (CREMATION)AVAILABLE. AVAILABLE. fraternity. He served his country fan of sports, music, and film. Arrangements were handled by as a distinguished veteran of Intelligent, quick-witted, Riverside-Stanetsky Memorial No synagogue or temple affiliation required. the Florida Air National Guard articulate, and loyal, Jim will Chapel, Delray Beach, Fla. [email protected] (978) 594-4249 • www.prideoflynn.org Richard Rosen, 87, of Swampscott Richard Rosen, of Swamp- Family was most important scott, entered into rest, sur- to him. For 57 years, he raised rounded by his loving family, his family in Marblehead and on September 11, 2020 at the Swampscott and he loved age of 87. spending time planning adven- Beloved husband of Roberta tures and fishing with his chil- (Jaffee) Rosen, with whom he dren. shared 57 years of marriage. He was involved in the Jewish Devoted father of Amy, Pamela, community of St. Croix, where and Bradley and his wife Tassy. he was a supporting member Cherished grandfather of of the Congregation of B’nai Or. Alexander Rosen. He was pre- It was a place where he and deceased by brothers and sis- Roberta spent their winters ters Dr. Sidney Rosen, Winifred among friends and family. Moller, Leslie Rosen, and Lois Richard will be greatly Family-owned and operated since 1933 Grossman. He was the dear son missed and forever loved by his of the late Lewis and Augusta family. (Gordon) Rosen. Due to regulation imposed Richard will be forever loved by the Coronavirus pandemic, and missed by his family. He a private graveside service was was born in Lynn, grew up in sional career. He enjoyed work- held at Swampscott Cemetery. Everett, and graduated from ing in the Chelsea community In lieu of flowers, expressions Northeastern University with a and stayed involved with daily of sympathy may be made in degree in marketing. He was business right up until the end. Richard’s memory to Jewish the co-owner of Chelsea Floor Richard was a devoted par- Community of St. Croix, P.O. Box Covering for all of his profes- ent, grandfather, and husband. 223260, Christiansted, St. Croix USVI 00820. Arrangements were handled by Stanetsky- Hymanson Memorial Chapel, Salem. For more information or to register in the online guest- book, visit stanetskymanson- salem.com.

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Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants, 65, remembered as a giant of the Supreme Judicial Court

By Penny Schwartz Chief Justice Ralph Gants,” Gov. after a member of Israel’s JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT Charlie Baker said. “He was a Supreme Court visited Gants dedicated public servant of the at his Boston office the year In late December 2015, highest order and sought to do before. Justice Ralph D. Gants, the justice his entire 40-year legal The group met with their first Jewish chief justice of the career.” Baker ordered flags at counterparts at Israel’s high Massachusetts Supreme Judicial all state buildings to be flown court and visited historic sites, Court in its 328-year history, at half-staff. Courthouses across Ziv Medical Center in Safed, and spoke at the Islamic Society of the state closed Friday, Sept. 18, Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Boston Cultural Center. It was in his honor. memorial. a time of high-pitched anti- Revered across the political For Gants, his first trip to Muslim sentiment across the spectrum as a giant in the judi- Israel was very meaningful. country. cial system, Gants was admired The visit to the Western Wall in “I asked to speak with you for his humility, compassion, Jerusalem was clearly a high- because I know this is a difficult wit, and devotion to pursuing light, said Green, who snapped time for persons who practice equal justice. a photo of his friend at the holy the Islamic faith in this country Just days before he died, site. and I am here to assure you Harvard Law School issued Rabbi Yosef Zaklos, of the that you do not stand alone,” he a widely anticipated report Chabad of Downtown Boston, told Muslim worshippers before on racial disparities in the remembers working up the their Friday afternoon prayers. state court system that Gants courage to invite Gants to be the Gants noted that his Jewish requested in 2016 after confer- lead speaker at a symposium on ancestors – along with other ring with Martha Minow, then the Talmud and the law. groups of immigrants – also dean of the law school. “He was very gracious,” were unwelcome in the United “He was fearless about facing Zaklos recalled. States. He assured them that historic injustices,” Minow told For that session, in 2013, the Massachusetts Constitution Harvard Law Today. Gants chose to explore the issue would protect their rights to A graduate of Harvard of juvenile justice, a complex practice their faith. University and Harvard Law subject that was under review Those stirring remarks were School, the New Rochelle, New by the state’s highest court; he among the remembrances of York-born Gants worked for the addressed the civil law and the the judge whose sudden death, U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston rabbi presented the Talmudic at age 65, was announced on and later in private practice. In perspective. Sept. 14 by the SJC. He had been 2009, after serving 11 years as “I felt he was trying to broad- hospitalized after suffering a a Superior Court judge, he was en his view,” to understand heart attack and undergoing appointed associate justice of what ancient legal systems had surgery 10 days earlier. the Supreme Judicial Court. He to say, Zaklos said. “That kind of gesture and was elevated to chief justice by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants Over the years, Zaklos heartfelt statement to people former Gov. Deval Patrick in at the Western Wall in 2019. Justice Gants, the first Jewish SJC chief brought the judge handmade he knew were vulnerable or 2014. justice in the court’s history, organized the private trip that included matzo at Passover and honey other Massachusetts judges. targeted, that is so the essence He lived in Lexington with cake for Rosh Hashanah. Last of Ralph Gants,” said Jeffrey his wife, Deborah Ramirez, a Massachusetts Appeals Court, about leveling the playing field year, the judge led another S. Robbins, a longtime friend law professor at Northeastern said of the impact of Gants’ for those who would not oth- Chabad-sponsored symposium of the judge. Robbins, who University, and also is survived unexpected death. Green, a erwise have access to quality on criminal justice reform. served as chairperson of the by two children, Rachel Ramirez decades-long close personal representation, Green said. He was inquisitive, very New England Anti-Defamation Gants and Michael Ramirez friend of Gants, marveled at Green and his wife, Superior approachable, and generous League, said that Gants spoke at Gants. his leadership and energy. He Court Judge Karen Green, were with his time, Zaklos said. many ADL programs. “It is a devastating loss. We launched countless initiatives among a group of judges who “It’s a definite loss for all of us. “I am shocked and deeply are still reeling,” Judge Mark to improve the workings of visited Israel in June 2019 on He had a very good neshama,” saddened by the passing of Green, chief justice of the the courts and was passionate a private trip Gants organized using the Hebrew word for soul. NOTICES BENDELL, Lorraine, 102 – late of Malden, Died on September 25, 2020. Wife of the late Jack Bendell. Mother HEALTH SERVICES of Miriam and the late Edward R. Cohen, Robert and Catherine HOME CARE SENIOR CARE HOME HEALTH CARE Bendell, the late Aaron Bendell. The First Choice for Grandmother of Gary and Loving, Compassionate Carolyn Cohen, Caryn and Home Care on the Howard Eichenbaum, David North Shore Cohen, and Sarah Bendell. 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JUSTICE FOR ALL: GINSBURG SET AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL TO FOLLOW from page 1 legacy. Jewish,” Wolf said, “but B., she being a woman and being Jewish, the Justices of the Supreme Court on dissenting in her memory.” “We all can commit to the had a lot of diversity in her own she said. on the passing of Justice Ruth Said Ehrlich, “RBG, and her basic idea of bringing more kind- life, and certainly it was extreme- “For me,” Creem said, “I’m a Bader Ginsburg.” Jewish peers born pre-World ness into the world,” Adler said. ly difficult for women lawyers.” lawyer and I’ve experienced simi- “We on the Supreme Judicial War II grew up seeing the con- “That’s one of the things that she “I think that gave her a lot lar things in not being able to get Court of Massachusetts,” Kafker sequences of rampant discrimi- taught.” of experience and empathy, as I a job.” said, “just lost our own beloved nation and internalizing lessons Wolf, who served as the said, for people who were disad- Creem said Ginsburg was able Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants last of the Holocaust. It’s not at all chief judge for the District vantaged, or powerless, or dis- to persevere. Monday (Sept. 14) and even as surprising that, like Thurgood of Massachusetts from 2006 criminated against,” Wolf said. “Her whole life was spent in we continue to mourn his sudden Marshall, she became most well- through 2012 and continues to Ginsburg attended Harvard changing American jurispru- death, we were saddened still fur- known for her powerful dissents. hear important cases, did not Law for two years, one of nine dence,” Creem said. ther to learn of Justice Ginsburg’s Underdogs like immigrants, the know Ginsburg well. But, in 2016 women in a class of more than Ginsburg was on the frontlines death.” disabled, and the environment he attended a program with her at 500. After her second year, for those who had been tradi- Kafker noted that they lost had a reliable advocate in her.” Brandeis University to mark the Ginsburg went to New York to tionally left behind in the legal “two bright stars in the legal com- Ginsburg has also inspired up- 100th anniversary of the nomi- be with her husband, Martin, system. They included women, munity in the same week” who and-coming lawyers like Emily nation of the first Jewish justice after he took a job at a law firm. people of color, those with dis- embodied Jewish values. Chazen, a second-year student at to the Supreme Court, Louis D. She transferred to Columbia Law abilities, and the LGBTQ com- “Not knowing much about Harvard Law School who comes Brandeis. School, and was tops in her class. munity. And she did it one case Justice Ginsburg’s personal from northern New Jersey. A video of the event shows the She was awarded an honorary at a time. observance, I can say that she “As a young Jewish woman “Notorious RBG” being greeted degree from Harvard in 2011. “To appreciate her, you had to represents values that are cen- navigating law school,” Chazen like a rock star before she spoke State Senate Majority Leader read her decisions to see how she tral to Judaism – to live a life in said in an email, “I know that about the lessons she learned as Cynthia Creem of Newton spoke felt,” Creem said. pursuit of human rights, equal- everything I am able to do is a lawyer and a judge from Justice about the spiritual connotation Creem said Ginsburg was able ity and justice for all. I under- because women like Ruth Bader Brandeis, according to a video of of Ginsburg’s passing on Erev to excel and not shy away from stand from doing a little research Ginsburg paved the way. Her the event posted on YouTube. Rosh Hashanah, and how people her Jewish identity at a time when that she had signs in her cham- work inspires me every day to Wolf said they spent an after- found out about her death at a people may have been nervous bers that an artist rendered the look injustice in the face and ask: noon and evening together. The time of year when Jews take into about it. But Ginsburg’s Judaism Hebrew letters for the command What can I do to change this? dinner was especially memora- account “who shall live and who was a profound part of her and from Deuteronomy: “Justice, jus- The world lost a bright light with ble, because Wolf was with his shall die.” a public part of her, setting an tice shall you pursue.” the loss of Justice Ginsburg, and I wife, Lynne, and his daughter- Creem said she also experi- example Creem said she follows. “It was such a punch in the gut think I speak for most when I say in-law, attorney Chanda Ouk – enced the kind of gender dis- In a statement, Massachusetts to lose her on Rosh Hashanah,” she truly changed my life.” a graduate of Brandeis and of crimination that Ginsburg suf- Supreme Judicial Court Judge said state Representative Lori Northeastern University School fered when she found it difficult Scott Kafker of Swampscott said: Ehrlich of Marblehead. “But Journal Editor Steven A. of Law. to find a job after graduating “I extend my deepest condolenc- through her writings and the Rosenberg contributed to this “Her history, A., she was from law school. It was not easy es to the Ginsburg family and to example she set, we must all go article. Jewish teachers learn lessons about perseverance during pandemic from page 1

former Cohen Hillel Academy in when it comes to thinking However, his students are glad Marblehead (now Epstein Hillel about the challenges of teach- to be back, Stark said, including School), said Lynn started off the ing nowadays. some juniors he had last year school year remotely because “I make it very clear to my who are seniors this year. the city has been designated by students that I’m Jewish,” he “I saw the seniors today, and the state as being at high risk for said. I talked with them, they are so spread of the virus. When he talks to his class happy that they are here.” “Today was our first full day about culture and various holi- Stark draws this adage from teaching remotely,” Lodgen said days, he will bring in pictures his religion when it comes to in an email. “It was a great day. from his bar mitzvah or a shofar. teaching during the pandemic My students are so cute and so Pauline Katz teaches at and the need to keep everyone happy to be ‘back in school.’ Revere High. She is doing her safe: “To save one life is to save My work day now is about 12 best to teach immigrant stu- them all.” hours long. I am still learn- dents history and English amid Jodi Coburn is now working as ing the Schoology platform, balky Internet connections as a paraprofessional on an eighth- teaching the kids the platform, she works to master the new grade team at Masconomet and the planning and apply- learning technology. Regional Middle School in ing everything for the next day Katz grew up speaking Boxford because of budget cuts takes hours.” Yiddish with her family in that eliminated her former posi- Lodgen worries about how Somerville and attended the tion as the school’s writing tutor. he will keep students whom he progressive Jewish social jus- “Just getting on the computer and having the space and the distrac- Coburn, of Peabody, believes the has not met in person absorbed tice and cultural organization tion-less area is very difficult for the students,” said Pauline Katz, coronavirus will not last forever in the curriculum. “My big- called the Workers Circle (for- who teaches in Revere. and “we will persist.” gest concern is getting the kids merly the Workmen’s Circle) in Still, she is cautious and wor- engaged in the lessons and my Brookline, where she teaches teach from the school three of in-person and remote instruc- ries about the health crisis. “I’m other concern is meeting the Sunday school. days a week, and Katz has been tion. doubly worried about being in needs of each one of these little Katz said there are “a hundred teaching with her mask on from Freshmen and seniors are in the middle school while students kids,” he said. reasons” why remote learning is her classroom due to concerns school one week while sopho- are in there. I am terrified of get- For many students, remote hard for students and teachers. about the school’s outdated ven- mores and juniors are learning ting COVID from them,” said learning from home lacks the School started remotely in tilation system. remotely, and then the follow- Coburn, who takes immunosup- structure of in-person classes. mid-September as Revere is Also, at the start of the year, ing week, the sophomores and pressant drugs to treat a medi- “Some of the homes are not “firmly in the red” as a high-risk her Chromebook was so new the juniors attend school on cam- cal condition. Staff came back the best set up environment community for COVID-19. school did not have an adapter pus while freshmen and seniors on Sept. 22, while students are to sit in front of the computer “Just getting on the computer to hook it up to an older-mod- learn remotely. learning remotely until Oct. 19, screen for six hours,” he said. and having the space and the el Smartboard to give her an When students are in class, she said. A member of Temple Sinai distraction-less area is very dif- enlarged monitor to display to they practice social distancing “It’s brutal to try to create a in Marblehead, Lodgen said ficult for the students,” Katz her remote students. and wear masks. The desktops sense of community when you his Jewish identity plays a role said. Teachers are required to Katz sees the connection are cleaned throughout the only see people on the comput- between the commitment Jews school day. er screen, so this affects public make to better themselves dur- The hardest thing Stark has school, as well as temple,” said ing the High Holidays to the start had to deal with is changing a Coburn, the vice president of the of the new school year. “It is a teaching style that depends on board at Temple Tiferet Shalom JOIN US! great reminder that although we interaction, moving about the in Peabody. “In the school sense, make plans to be better this year, classroom, or having students kids can’t really make friends or The Jewish Journal will hold its annual we will not achieve our goals. But break into small groups. become a cohesive class when “Honorable Menschions” Gala working hard to achieve them is “Everything about the way I their interaction is so limited.” still our task,” Katz said. teach my class is about building However, Coburn said her on Sunday, Oct. 18, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jason Stark teaches his- relationships,” Stark said. students are taking things “in This year, our Gala will be held online and tory, psychology, and genocide His students are sitting in stride.” we will honor all of the mensches that were featured studies at Essex North Shore rows, facing forward, and it’s hard “One good thing to keep in Agricultural and Technical to see their expressions under the back of our minds, though,” in the Journal over the last year. School in Danvers. As an educa- their masks, he said. Ironically, Coburn added, “is that we know The Gala will also serve as tor in a school district that mixes when students are online, he can we will persist. COVID won’t last the Journal’s major fundraiser in 2020. remote and in-person learning, see their faces better. forever, and at some point, this Stark thinks the administration “It’s almost like on the remote will all be in the rearview mirror. For further information or assistance, is doing its best. days, I feel like I get more of the One way or another, we will all please contact Steve at 978-745-4111 x130, Stark, of Peabody, said the conversation when I talk with get through this, and Judaism or email [email protected]. school began this fall with a mix kids,” he said. will be there for us always.”