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Congregation B'nai Jacob B’nai Jacob - Jersey City’s Contemporary Egalitarian Congregation Congregation B’nai Jacob Jersey City’s Contemporary Egalitarian Congregation Congregational Newsletter July-August, 2011 Tisha B’Av Friday Evening Services 7 PM, Monday, August 8th Saturday Morning Services Light Supper Followed by begin at 8:00 PM followed begin at 9:15 AM, followed Reading of Megillat Eicha by Oneg Shabbat by a Kiddush Lunch and Traditional Songs Of the Jews of Rome and Let Freedom Ring! Upcoming On a recent visit to Italy, David and I had Events the pleasure of davening at the largest and oldest synagogue in Rome, Temple Tuesday, July 12th Maggiore (The Great Synagogue). This synagogue, situated in the Old Jewish Indoor BBQ at Ghetto, follows a traditional Orthodox litur- Temple Emanu-El gy. Men daven downstairs on the first floor level; women daven upstairs and must make a long climb up the stairs – there was no elevator –even elderly women, to Cantor Dubrow July 15th, 8 PM what is about a fourth floor level. Filligreed Friday Night Live! screens separate the stadium pews ‘up second remarkable aspect was musical in the bleachers’ in the women’s section and had to do with the actual melodies Musical Service from the large space of the synagogue. that were being chanted by the Hazzan. with Cantor Dubrow Aside from the separation of genders, It was these melodies that spoke, or shall this spacious building has much to rec- I say ‘sang,’ volumes about the history of ommend it: high ceilings, beautiful artistic the Jews of Rome. Friday, August 5th decoration, an impressive bimah and a These melodies sound nothing like our special reading table more forward toward traditional Ashkenazic melodies, nor do Kabbalat Shabbat the first floor pews and at they sound anything like In the Park pew-level for Torah reading. those of the traditional Bayonne One level below the ground Sephardic tradition, for floor and next door to the those of you familiar with synagogue is the Jewish that tradition. Rather the Monday, August 8th Museum of Rome, closed Roman liturgical chant on Shabbat, so we needed tradition, or Roman Rite, 7 PM to return on Sunday to see as it is known, is com- Tisha B’Av Service the Museum. pletely idiosyncratic, Reading of Eicha There were two remark- sounds a bit like early Light Supper able aspects of the Shabbat Christian chant, and has service, and really only two, much to do with the very that differentiated the service history of the Jews of August 19th 8 PM from our traditional Saturday Rome. morning services – besides, Jews came to Rome Friday Night Live! of course, no women on long before the common Musical Service the bimah. First, there was era (C.E.) and the de- with Cantor Dubrow the special device used for Rome’s Temple Maggiore struction of the Second framing the ‘parasha’ when Temple in Jerusalem the Torah scroll was open, It looked like (70 C.E.). According to Macabbees I, the some kind of an architect’s old-fashioned first Jews in Italy were the ambassadors In This Issue wooden frame and had cloth covers at- sent to Rome by Judah Maccabee in 161 Sid’s Column, page 3 tached on the vertical sides of the frame B.C.E. and they signed a treaty with the Calendar, page 4 rectangle. Thus, they were able to keep Roman Senate, although modern schol- Year in Review, pages 5, 6 & 7 the torah scroll open to the parasha and ars have argued that this did not happen. Tributes & Donations, page 8 then simply open and close the cloth cov- It is accepted in modern times, however, Yahrzeits, page 9 ers before and after aliyot readings. The Continues top of page 2 The B’nai Jacob Newsletter is supported by a donation in memory of Betty Cole. We thank the “Violet Zall Hordes Foundation, Inc” for their very generous grant to be used for membership growth, educational and religious programs and community outreach. Congregation B’nai Jacob Jersey City NJ July-August, 2011 Newsletter © 2011 Congregation B’nai Jacob bnaijacobjc.org Page 1 B’nai Jacob - Jersey City’s Contemporary Egalitarian Congregation Cantor Dubrow, continued... that an embassy was sent later by Si- over many centuries, even if interrupted in mon Maccabeus to Rome to strengthen certain times. High Holy Day Services the alliance with the Romans against the Across the sea, this time the Atlantic, 5772 Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom. And it is re- not the Mediterranean, freedom has al- corded that the ambassadors received a ways been an entitlement for Jews since cordial welcome by other Jews who were the very beginning of the founding of the Saturday, already established there. Large num- United States. The freedoms we take bers of Jews lived in Rome even during for granted in the United States today September 24th the Roman Republican period, largely and in the last few centuries of the mod- Selichot poor and spoke Greek. Due to military ern era for Jews arriving from countries and trade dealings with the Greek-speak- throughout the world where they have Thursday, ing eastern Mediterranean, suffered persecution are September 29th during the 2nd and 1st cen- represented beautifully in Rosh Hashana I turies B.C.E., many Greeks, the new National Museum Jews among them, came to of American Jewish His- Friday, Rome as merchants or were tory, newly opened on the September 30th brought there as slaves. Mall of Independence in Rosh Hashana II The most known remnant Philadelphia. (www.namjh. of Jews being brought to org) I visited the museum Friday, Rome as slaves, of course, recently along with 84 other October 7th can be seen on the Arch of members of the Women Kol Nidre Titus, which depicts the Ro- Cantors Network as part of man conquest of the Temple our annual conference. The Saturday, in Jerusalem in 70 AD and WCN commissioned a new October 8th the carrying by Jewish cap- piece of choral music for tives of the Temple’s Meno- the occasion based on the Yom Kippur rah to Rome. Hebrew inscription on the Times and Details will The fact is, then, that Jews Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell side America’s Liberty Bell have lived continuously in from the Book of Leviticus: be printed in the Rome since over 150 years before the “Proclaim Liberty thro’ all the Land to all September Newsletter common era. While expulsions occurred the Inhabitants Thereof – Levit. XXV 15.” over the centuries of late antiquity and the How interesting that our American forefa- middle ages, both from the Roman and thers (and foremothers) saw fit to invoke A Note to Pauline Danton from Renée the Christian eras in Italy, and indeed per- Moses right on our very Liberty Bell, the Bousso, a frequent visitor: secutions of various types throughout the icon of America’s independence! And ages, right up to the 20th century and the ‘Proclaim Liberty’ we women cantors did Dear Pauline, Holocaust, Jews have continued to survive – all 85 of us – as we sang out in Eng- and thrive in Rome right up to the present lish and Hebrew in the museum’s atrium On Sunday, June 5th, Albert and I day. In fact, there are now 14 synagogues while those visiting the museum looked ejnoyed a lovely afternoon perfor- operating in greater Rome! And the melo- down from four floors of American Jewish mance of “The Melting Pot” by dies chanted in Temple Maggiore by the history to hear our voices raised in song. first-rate stage actors. Hazzan on Shabbat morning sound like From Rome to Philadelphia, let us cele- The friendly and heartwarming ancient Gregorian chant melodies and brate the freedom we all so cherish! Let atmosphere and ambiance which may actually pre-date those melodies! Freedom Ring! Proclaim Liberty! Happy welcome us each time we visit Con- While the Jews of Rome and Italy in gen- Independence Day to All! And to all, a re- gregation B’nai Jacob are deeply eral, may have suffered persecutions and laxing summer! appreciated. We thank Cantor expulsions through the centuries, Rome Dubrow and all members of your always served as a ‘safe haven’ in some congregation for their wonderful manner or other. Thus, we can think of Cantor Marsha Dubrow, Ph.D. and warm friendship. the Roman cantorial nusach as reflective [email protected] Chag Sameach - Renée of this tradition of continuous Jewish life 201-910--4334 Here Comes the Honey Wagon! 5772 will be here before you know it, so get in your honey orders while the bees are busy! Don’t miss out. Get your orders in by August 15th Price is $11 per jar, postpaid to any domestic address. Make checks payable to Congregation B’nai Jacob. Please be sure to include your full name, address, and zip code when you order. Send your order and payment to: Lenore Berkowitz, 28 Delmar Road, Jersey City 07305 201-333-3682 Congregation B’nai Jacob Jersey City NJ July-August, 2011 Newsletter Page 2 © 2011 Congregation B’nai Jacob bnaijacobjc.org B’nai Jacob - Jersey City’s Contemporary Egalitarian Congregation Sid’s News and Views On Sunday, about Jewish immigrants who came to make our building look ready for summer. May 1 we held New York’s lower East Side following the Many thanks to Anna and Nazam Khan for our 46th Annual Kishinev pogrom. Assimilation and inte- helping make the evening perfect and to Yom Hashoa gration into American society were themes all who helped in the preparations. Holocaust Me- of the play also.
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