December 22-28, 2017 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLVI, Number 51 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK The Trump team’s surprising comments on who owns the , explained By Ron Kampeas done deal? Is this a depar- worship at the Western Wall during its the most sensitive patch of territory. Notably, WASHINGTON (JTA) ANALYSIS ture from American policy? 1949-1967 occupation of Jerusalem became Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who – A week after President Here’s a primer on who a sore point for Diaspora Jews, as well as welcomed Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem Donald Trump’s historic claims the Western Wall for Israelis. A photo by David Rubinger of as Israel’s capital, has not commented on the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a and what it means for the peace process. three paratroopers, awestruck by the Wall aide’s statement on the Western Wall. top aide said there was no way Israel would ‹‹ Why is the Western Wall so important after they helped capture it during the 1967 ‹‹ Why is the Western Wall so important not control the Western Wall. “We cannot to Jews? Six-Day War, has become iconic for Israelis. to Muslims? envision any situation under which the The Western Wall is the outer wall and ‹‹ Does Israel claim the Western Wall? The wall abuts the – the Western Wall would not be part of Israel,” the largest remnant of the , It almost, nearly, really close to certainly holiest site in Judaism and the third holiest in an administration official said December 15 which was destroyed by Rome in 70 C.E. does. Israel extended administrative control Islam. Muslims believe its Al Aqsa mosque in a background briefing for reporters ahead during the Jewish wars. Since 135 C.E. – the to eastern Jerusalem, including the Old City, is where Muhammad ascended into heaven of Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Israel launch of the Jewish exile in the wake of within a month or so of the Six-Day War. It in his Night Journey. this week, which was to include an official the failed Bar Kochba revolt – Jews have declared the “complete and unified Jerusa- As Zionists gained political and military visit to the Wall. (On December 18, the directed prayers from wherever they are lem” the capital of Israel in a 1980 law that strength in British Mandate Palestine in visit was postponed until mid-January amid toward the destroyed Temple. was amended in 2000 to define borders that the 1920s, the Palestinian leadership also the furor over Trump’s proclamation on There are indications throughout the included the Old City; the law refers to the attached political significance to the Wall, Jerusalem, The Washington Post reported.) Dark and Middle Ages of Jewish worship “holy places” as being under Israeli protec- advancing theories that Jewish claims to The official also cautioned that Trump at the Wall, but the Encyclopedia Judaica tion. The Western Wall Heritage Foundation the site would eventually infringe on the was not determining Jerusalem’s borders. dates permanent worship at the site to the is a department of the Israeli government. plateau it abutted. Palestinian attacks on “As the president said, the specific bound- early 1500s, probably a result of an influx The caveat: The 1980 law and its 2000 Jewish worshippers at the Western Wall in aries of sovereignty of Israel are going to of Jewish refugees from Spain into the city. amended version are declarative; neither uses August 1929 launched the bloody anti-Jew- be part of the final status agreement,” the Depictions of pious Jews praying at the site the word “annexation” or “sovereignty.” Suc- ish riots that year – a galvanizing moment official said. were a cliche by the late 19th century. cessive Israeli governments have been careful for Zionism, to a degree uniting disparate Is Israel’s claim to the Western Wall a Jordan’s almost absolute ban on Jewish not to close off negotiations over the Old City, See “Wall” on page 7 Chanukah celebrated around the community

The Beth David Choir provided entertainment at the Beth David Sisterhood Chanukah program with Songs of Tradition. L-r: Rabbi Benny Kellman, Gerry Hubal, Aaron Alweis, Rabbi Moshe Shmaryahu and Steve Gilbert. (Photo by Nancy Basmann. See more photos on page 5.) Students from Hillel Academy recited the blessing over the Chanukah candles during the community celebration at the Jewish Community Center on December 13. Holding the candle is Rabbi Moshe Shmaryahu, head of the school’s Judaic studies.

Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell lit the first candle of Chanukah with students and teachers at the Temple Concord-Temple Israel Hebrew School. Standing behind the Students from the Jewish Community Center’s Early Childhood Center performed during students are (l-r) Religious School Directer Orly Shoer and teacher Karen Hammer. the community celebration at the Jewish Community Center on December 13. (See more (See more photos on page 5.) photos on page 7.) INSIDE THIS ISSUE Study says... Congregational notes News in brief... Special Sections A new study on four college Area congregations announce Palestinians to seek full U.N. Legal Notices...... 4 campuses finds few college upcoming events, services and membership and a U.N. vote on Book Review...... 4 students want to boycott Israel. office closings. Jerusalem’s status; and more. Personal and Business Services...... 5 ...... Page 2 ...... Page 6 ...... Page 8 Classifieds...... 8 Page 2 - The Reporter December 22-28, 2017 Few college students want to boycott Israel, study of four campuses finds By Josefin Dolsten antisemitism, though a higher proportion were exposed to Most Jewish students did not place issues relating to NEW YORK (JTA) – A study of four U.S. colleges hostile remarks about Israel. Fewer than one in five Jewish Jews, Judaism or Israel as among the “most pressing” found little support for academic boycotts of Israel among students said they experienced discrimination due to their topics on campus – 20 percent or fewer of Jewish students the students. faith. For most kinds of discrimination the number was listed such issues among the top three “pressing” ones on At each of the schools studied – Brandeis, Harvard, lower, but the report included what the study termed as their campuses. the University of Pennsylvania and the University of “microaggressions,” which included being asked in class The Israel advocacy group StandWithUS told JTA that Michigan – less than 15 percent of non-Jewish students to offer the perspective of one’s identity group, as well the findings were in line with its work on campuses. “Based expressed support for a boycott of Israeli academic institu- as being the object of jokes or teasing. Between 7 and 21 on our experience, we agree that there is minimal support tions and scholars, according to a study by the Steinhardt percent of Jewish students at the schools said they had been among students for academic boycotts and other anti-Israel Social Research Institute at Brandeis. Only 7 percent of the subject of microaggressions or teasing. campaigns,” Max Samarov, the group’s executive director students at Michigan and Harvard expressed support for Most Jewish students – 80 percent or more at all the cam- of research and campus strategy, said in an e-mail. “While an academic boycott of Israel, while that number was 8 puses – said their school did not have a hostile environment some student governments have passed divestment, most and 12, respectively, at Penn and Brandeis. At each of toward Jews, but a higher proportion said campuses had a have rejected it and there has not been a single successful the campuses, Jews make up more than 10 percent of the hostile environment toward Israel. At Michigan, 51 percent divestment referendum against Israel. Most students are undergraduate student body. of Jewish students thought the campus had a hostile envi- simply not engaged in the issue and others are standing The study, which was released earlier in December, also ronment toward the Jewish state. That number was 32, 34 up to these campaigns of hate.” found that relatively few Jewish students were exposed to and 22 percent, respectively, at Harvard, Penn and Brandeis. Polling for the study was conducted via an e-mail survey. Opinion Ending the silence on abuse By Jonathan S. Tobin listening or indifferent about what was going on under ment, keeping quiet does nobody any good. The mindset JNS their noses. that regarded the reporting of such crimes and misbehavior In the last two months, the avalanche of stories about The Conservative movement responsible for the USY as bad form or disreputable scandal mongering, or what sexual abuse and harassment has touched virtually every program in question was not alone in this respect as such Jewish tradition regards as “lashon hara,” is a big part sector of American society. The revelations about deeply scandals have, in one form or another, touched other Jewish of the problem that enabled the abusers to get away with troubling behavior on the part of politicians, journalists denominations. To its credit, the United Synagogue of Con- their crimes for so long. When The New York Jewish Week and figures in the entertainment world have transfixed servative Judaism appears now to have taken appropriate reported on the abuse going on at the Orthodox movement’s the country. As more victims come forward to tell their action, not only to sever any ties with alleged abusers, NCSY in 2000, it was subjected to a storm of criticism stories, the consequences have gone beyond the disgrace but also to ensure, as much as it is possible, that similar from those who thought this wasn’t the sort of thing Jewish of some prominent individuals, the end of careers and, in misconduct doesn’t recur. publications should publish. But it is exactly that kind of Alabama, a surprising election result. What began with a This story is so similar to numerous other sex scandals reporting that is a necessary precondition for action that shocking story about movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has that many readers who have become so accustomed to such will prevent future crimes of this nature. led to what may well be a crucial turning point in the way discussions may have lost their ability to be shocked by While there may still be some Jewish readers who sexual misconduct is viewed. the topic. But it is also true that there will be some in the prefer to avert their eyes from coverage of these issues, We are no longer in an era in which all forms of abuse Jewish world who, while eagerly consuming accounts of or even to criticize us for publishing it, responsible Jew- – be it violent crime, abuse of minors as well as unwanted the various stories about celebrities who have been exposed ish journalists cannot be part of a conspiracy of silence physical touching, abusive verbal comments and forms of as abusers, don’t want accounts of misconduct within their about this or any other subject that directly affects the pressure – that might have once been viewed as permissi- own community to be published. welfare of the community. It is the duty of JNS and ble, if unpleasant, behavior can be ignored or dismissed. The impulse to regard journalism about bad behavior every other reputable outlet of Jewish journalism to Under these circumstances, it is only to be expected that by Jews – especially those connected to vital Jewish responsibly report the facts about sexual misconduct. some of these stories would involve the Jewish community. organizations – that are published in the Jewish press as That obligation is even more important when the safety A recent JNS article by Elizabeth Kratz concerning alleged an unnecessary airing of dirty laundry is, in one sense, of children is at stake. abuse carried out by a since-retired United Synagogue understandable. Such stories are seen as something that The days when the predators could count on the silence Youth director follows the same pattern of the rest of the ought to be kept in the family and away from the view of of the Jewish world to protect them from the consequences #metoo scandals. A powerful person used his position to outsiders who might use them to denigrate Jews or harm of their crimes should be over. Let’s be sure never again to carry out sexual abuse, in this case, against minors. The Jewish institutions. There will always be a tendency to let a desire to avoid negative coverage of our own commu- victims felt unable to step forward at the time, both because regard any accounts that portray Jewish life in an unflat- nity lead us to keep quiet about criminal acts. Never again of the shame they were made to feel by the predator and tering context as betrayals of tribal loyalty if they come should such sentiments serve as an excuse for the sort of also because they felt nobody in a position to do something from Jewish sources. coverups that are part of the reason why it took so long for about it would listen. Organizations that should have been But as it should have already become clear as society us to learn the awful truth about this subject. on guard against abuse were, like the rest of society, not comes to grip with the pervasive nature of sexual harass- Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS. In My Own Words How to end a war RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Is there a correct way to end a war or change a regime? The regime change that created this situation occurred I know that it’s impossible to predict what will occur I’ve always felt that the punishments handed out after in Libya in 2011 when the U.S. was under the leadership during or after a war. However, a change in government, World War I, and the hardship they caused, led directly to of President Barack Obama. Most Westerners liked particularly in an area where democracy is not the World War II. It seemed a lesson was learned by the end of Muammar Gaddafi, the former prime minister of Libya, rule, leaves a gap in power. If a stable government is the second war: instead of punishing Germany and Japan, about as much as they liked Saddam Hussein, the former not in place before outside troops leave the area, then the Allies helped rebuild those countries, something that president of Iraq. Gaddafi was believed to have slaughtered you can expect a nightmare to occur since it’s very actually did prevent future wars. Unfortunately, it seems an unknown number of his own people. Yet, it seems easy to destroy the infrastructure of a country. It’s far that people don’t always think through the result of a that no one had a real plan for what should be done after more difficult to rebuild a society. The article I read particular military action and the chaos that might occur. he was forced out of office. According to The New York ended with a hope that the African Union, with help By the way, if you think this is just going to be about Times, “since the Arab Spring uprising of 2011 ended the from others, will find a way to protect those living in the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan that has led to rise brutal rule of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, Libya’s coast Libya. Maybe the next time we contemplate a military of ISIS, you’re wrong. While our lack of planning about has became a hub for human trafficking and smuggling.” action, we could think not only about what that action what to do after those military actions is still creating That includes the selling of African migrants as slaves. will accomplish, but how to rebuild the area afterward. serious problems in many countries, I’ve recently learned Our refusal to think about the future of that country helped Unfortunately, in today’s world, I have little hope of about another action led to a horrific situation in Africa. create this situation. that happening.

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At left: On November 20, Hillel at Binghamton recreated Israel’s Aroma Café. The event brought nearly 400 students together to celebrate Israel, hang out with friends and enjoy refreshments. Top (l-r): Hillel President Ilana Forchheimer and Elan Marlowe. Middle: Julia Lustig and Ariela Orgel. Bottom: Aroma Co-chairmen Hannah Bartell, Max Mandel Above: Students had an opportunity to and Shai Katz. enjoy a variety of Israeli foods at Hillel at Binghamton’s Aroma Café. L-r: Matthew Kreitman, Allison Abrams, Hannah Siegel and Malka Chu.

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At left: Temple Dr. Bernard Klionsky Concord Religious School students The Jewish Community wishes prepared Chanukah cards to share with the to express its sympathy to the residents of the local family of adult care facilities. Ursula Sternberg Talia Chasen was one of the volunteers who prepared food and drinks at Hillel at Lowenstein Binghamton’s Aroma Café.

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People were affected by World War II in a wide variety and a grandmother who survived the Holocaust, and the young. Finding the now elderly Zabbatini is not an easy of ways. That includes those indirectly touched by events book should be a mishmash that never jells. Yet, Emanuel task, though. that either occurred before their birth and/or in a different Bergmann successfully juggles these different elements in Other sections of the novel follow Moshe Goldenhirsch, country. Others faced incredibly difficult decisions due to his delightful novel “The Trick” (Atria Books). whose interesting origins and lack of desire to study Torah the pressure under which their lives were placed by the Max Cohn, the 10-year-old whose parents are divorcing, lead him to join the circus during the 1930s. His many Nazis. The novels in the second part of this review look at is a bit of a whiner. He’s been so shielded from the reali- adventures are fascinating, although to explain why would the ripple effects of the war – from those who lived outside ties of life that he shows no interest in his grandmother’s reveal too much of the plot. It doesn’t spoil things to say the battlefield during that time period to the war’s influence stories of World War II. What he is obsessed with is the Moshe becomes the Great Zabbatini and immigrates to on people’s lives in the 21st century. belief it’s his fault that his parents separated, something the United States after the war. How he and Max come “The Trick” decidedly not true, but Max is too young to understand that together, and the unexpected results of their meeting, will Some novels just shouldn’t work. How can a plot that the world does not revolve around him. Max’s story takes enchant readers. combines the story a self-centered 10-year-old in 21st century an interesting turn when he decides the way to reunite his “The Trick” has the surprising ability to be laugh-out- Los Angeles and a rabbi’s son who became a magician in parents is through a love spell known only to the Great loud funny one minute and touching the next. The Great 1934 Europe make cohesive sense? Add divorcing parents Zabbatini, a magician Max’s father admired when he was See “War” on page 7

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At right: Attendees at Beth David Sisterhood’s Chanukah program on December 13 listened to the musical performance of the Beth David Choir. (Photos by Nancy Basmann)

TC-TI Hebrew School celebrated Chanukah

Attendees at Beth David Sisterhood’s Chanukah program enjoyed solving Chanukah puzzles.

Above: Students from the Temple Concord- Temple Israel Hebrew School gathered on the first night of Chanukah.

At right: Students from the Temple Concord- Temple Israel Hebrew School gathered around the House dreidel during Beth David Sisterhood members held their Chanukah program on December 13. L-r: the first night of Chanukah on December 12. Susan Wright, Miriam Alweis, Kerry Wright and Susan Hubal.

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Weekly Parasha Forgiving and forgiveness Vayigash, Genesis 44:18-47:27 RABBI GEOFFREY BROWN, TEMPLE ISRAEL My dear Father, may his memory be for a blessing, had brother Joseph, he is seated as the esteemed and favored imprisoned. Judah changed over time. Had he remembered many memorable sayings, his own brand of “Ethics of the son of Jacob, the first of two sons born from Jacob’s be- and lamented what he had done to Joseph? Did Joseph Fathers-Pirke Avot.” One that is particularly pertinent in loved Rachel. The next day, Joseph is nearly murdered by change, too? Would Joseph harbor hatred toward his relation to this week’s parasha, Vayigash, had to do with his brothers, whether by jealousy or hatred. Thrown in a brothers and hold an eternal grudge? Were any of these family. “Family is your most dependable asset. Learn to pit, sold into slavery, trials and tribulations later, Joseph brothers capable of forgiving? forgive and don’t hold grudges.” He told stories of brothers is elevated to viceroy to the all-powerful world leader Joseph reveals himself to his brothers. In the parasha’s that stopped talking to one another. They didn’t forgive. It Pharaoh. Joseph holds all the cards for securing food and most important scene, it is Joseph who completely, with no pained him in such a visceral way that growing up under thwarting a devastating regional famine. He plans for holds barred, forgives his brothers: “And now, do not be my father’s wing and wisdom, my sisters and I had this the worst. Among those looking for food resources is his distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling understanding that our relationship and the future of our blood family – the very family that, because of jealousy me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life. For friendship depended on our mutual support for each other, and hatred, sold Joseph into slavery. two years now has there been famine in the land and, for the getting along with each other and, most critically, leaving We recall that 22 years had elapsed since brother Judah next five years, there will not be plowing and reaping. But the doors of communication wide open. suggested that Joseph be sold into slavery; now, Judah God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant Vayigash represents the highest expression of for- himself begs Joseph to take him as a slave in order to of earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So it giveness that the Torah can muster. One day in the life of prevent Judah’s youngest brother Benjamin from being See “Forgiving” on page 7 Congregational Notes Beth David Synagogue Temple Concord Temple Israel Affiliation: Orthodox Union Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism Orientation: Conservative Rabbi: Zev Silber Rabbi: Barbara Goldman-Wartell Rabbi: Geoffrey Brown Address: 39 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 4737 Deerfield Pl., Vestal, NY 13850 Phone: 607-722-1793 Office hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 am-2 pm Phone: 723-7461 and 231-3746 Rabbi’s Office: 607-722-7514 Phone: 723-7355 Office hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 am-4 pm; Fri. 8 am-3 pm. Fax: 607-722-7121 Fax: 723-0785 E-mail: [email protected] Office hours: Mon. closed; Tues. 10 am-1 pm; Wed. closed; Office e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.templeisraelvestal.org Thurs. 9 am-1 pm; Fri. 10 am-1 pm Website: www.templeconcord.com Service Schedule: Tuesday and Friday, 5:30 pm; Saturday, Beth David e-mail address: [email protected] Regular service times: Friday, 8 pm; Saturday, 10:35 am, when 9:30 am. Rabbi’s e-mail: [email protected] religious school is in session. On Saturday, December 23, at 9:30 am, services will Website: www.bethdavid.org On Friday, December 22, at 8 pm, Shabbat services will be led by Rabbi Geoffrey Brown. The Torah portion will Facebook: www.facebook.com/bethdavidbinghamton be led by Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell. Shabbat Services: be Genesis 44:18-47:27. The haftarah will be Ezekiel Friday, December 22...... 4:20 pm On Saturday, December 23, at 9 am, there will adult 37:15-28. The kiddush sponsor will be Lois Levitt. Shabbat, December 23...... 9 am education at 9:15. There will be no religious school or The temple office will be closed Friday-Wednesday, ...... Mincha after the kiddush family Shabbat service. Hanukkah House Museum will be December 22-27...... Maariv 5:40 pm open from noon-4 pm. The Temple Israel Sisterhood will hold a Card and Weekday Services: On Sunday, December 23, Hanukkah House Museum Game afternoon on Tuesday, January 9, time to be an- Mornings: will be open from noon- 4 pm. nounced. Sun., December 24...... 8:30 am On Tuesday, December 26, the temple office will be closed Mon., Dec. 25...... 8:30 am There will be a Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Tues.-Fri., Dec. 26-29...... 7 am Hanukkah House Museum will be open from noon- 4 pm. January 16, at 7 pm. Evenings: There will be no Hebrew School. An Adult Ed. Brunch and Program will be held on Sun., Dec. 24...... 4:20 pm On Thursday, December 28, Hanukkah House Museum Sunday January 21, at 10 am. The cost is $5 per person. Mon., Dec. 25...... 4:20 pm will be open from noon-4 pm for its last day. Those who wish to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish Tues.-Thurs., Dec.26-28...... 7 pm On Friday, December 29, at 8 pm, Shabbat services will during a weekday service can contact Howard Schwartz Classes: Rabbi Zev Silber will hold his weekly Talmud class be led by Suzanne Holwitt and Elsie Doetsch. every Tuesday evening after services. at [email protected] or call the temple office one-and- On Saturday, December 30, at 9 am, there will adult a-half weeks or more before the date to ensure time to education at 9:15. There will be no religious school or make up a minyan. Temple Israel holds weekday minyan Norwich Jewish Center family Shabbat service. Orientation: Inclusive services on Tuesdays and Fridays at 5:30 pm. For those Rabbi: Dena Bodian Penn-York Jewish Community who prefer a different day to coincide with a yahrzeit Address: 72 South Broad St., Norwich, NY 13815 President and Treasurer-Secretary: Harvey Chernosky, 570- date, contact the temple to make arrangements. To see Contact: Guilia Greenberg, 373-5087 265-3869 a video on how to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish, visit Purpose: To maintain a Jewish identity and meet the needs B’nai B’rith: William H. Seigel Lodge http://templeisraelvestal.org and look under “Worship.” of the Jewish community in the area. Purpose: To promote Jewish identity through religious, Adult Ed.: Saturday morning study is held at 10 am. Call for cultural, educational and social activities in the Southern more information and to confirm. Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, Rohr Chabad Center including Waverly, NY; Sayre, Athens and Towanda, PA, and Affiliation: Chabad-Lubavitch surrounding communities. Rabbi: Aaron Slonim, E-mail: [email protected] Temple Beth El of Oneonta Address: 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Phone: 797-0015, Fax: 797-0095 Rabbi: Molly Karp Congregation Tikkun v’Or Website: www.Chabadofbinghamton.com Address: 83 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820 Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism Chabad on the West Side Mailing address: P.O. Box 383, Oneonta, NY 13820 Address: PO Box 3981, Ithaca, NY 14852; 2550 Triphammer Rd. Rabbi: Zalman Chein, E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 607-432-5522 (corner of Triphammer and Burdick Hill), Lansing, NY Address: 27 Bennet Ave., Binghamton, NY 13905 Website: www.templebetheloneonta.org Phone: 607-256-1471 Phone: 722-3252 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.tikkunvor.org Regular service times: Daily 7:30 am, Friday evening 6 pm, Regular service times: visit the temple website for days of E-mail: [email protected] Shabbat morning 9:30 am, Maariv and Havdalah one hour services and times Presidents: Miranda Phillips and Shawn Murphy after candle-lighting time, Sundays 9:30 am. Religious School/Education: Religious School, for grades Rabbi: Brian Walt Linking Hearts for youngsters with special needs: This program kindergarten through bar/bat mitzvah, meets Sunday Religious School Director/Admin. Coordinator: Naomi Wilensky connects Jewish special-needs children and teenagers, ages mornings. Rabbi Karp conducts services and holds classes Services: Fridays at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. Family 5-14, who have mental, physical and/or functional disabilities, in Torah, beginning Hebrew and Maimonides. services and Tot Shabbat once a month at 6:30 pm. Call for with student volunteers who will visit participating youngsters For schedules of services, classes and events, see the website. weekly schedules. weekly in their homes. Religious School: Preschool through seventh-grade classes To join the mailing list, for up-to-date information on adult Temple Beth-El of Ithaca meet on Sunday mornings. Sixth-grade Hebrew and seventh- education offerings or to arrange for a private tutorial, for grade b’nai mitzvah classes meet on Wednesday afternoons. details concerning the Judaica shop and resource center, or Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Adult Ed: Mini courses throughout the year. Adult Hebrew offered for assistance through the Piaker Free Loan Society or Raff Rabbi: Scott L. Glass regularly. Call the office for details. Maasim Tovim Foundation, call Chabad’s office at 797-0015. Address: 402 North Tioga St. (the corner of Court and Tioga streets), Ithaca, NY 14850-4292 Phone: 273-5775 Temple Brith Sholom E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Affiliation: Unaffiliated Kol Haverim Website: www.tbeithaca.org Address: P.O. Box 572, 117 Madison St., Cortland, NY 13045 Affiliation: Society for Humanistic Judaism President: Jerry Davis Phone: 607-756-7181 Address: P.O. Box 4972, Ithaca, NY 14852-4972 Sisterhood President: Julie Paige President: Louis Wilson, [email protected] Phone: 607-277-3345 Director of Education: Rabbi Suzanne Brody Service leaders: Lay leadership E-mail: [email protected] Administrative Assistant: Jane Griffith Shabbat services: Either Friday evening at 7:30 pm or Saturday Website: www.kolhaverim.net Services: Friday 8 pm; Saturday 10 am, unless otherwise at 10 am from Rosh Hashanah to Shavuot. Holiday services Chairman: Jonathan Joseph announced. Weekday morning minyan 7:30 am (9 am on are also held. Check the weekly e-mail for upcoming services. Kol Haverim: The Finger Lakes Community for Humanistic Sundays and legal holidays). Contact the president to get on the e-mail list. Judaism, is an Ithaca-based organization that brings people Religious School/Education: September-May: Classes meet Religious School: Students are educated on an individual basis. together to explore and celebrate Jewish identity, history, on Sunday, 9 am-12:30 pm and Temple Brith Sholom is a small equalitarian congregation serving culture and ethics within a secular, humanistic framework. Wednesday afternoons, 3:45-5:45 pm. The Midrashah (eighth- the greater Cortland community. Congregants span the gamut of KH is part of an international movement for Secular grade and high school) classes will meet at times designated observance and services are largely dependent on the service Humanistic Judaism and is affiliated with the Society for by their respective teachers. leader. The Friday night siddur is “Likrat Shabbat,” while the Humanistic Judaism, a national association with over 30 Adult Ed.: Numerous weekly courses, several semester-long Saturday morning siddur is “Gates of Prayer.” The community member communities and congregations around the country. courses and a variety of mini-courses and lectures are offered extends a warm welcome to the Jewish student population of Established in the spring of 1999, it offers celebrations of throughout the year. Call the temple office for more details. SUNY Cortland, as well as the residents of local adult residences. , monthly Shabbat pot-lucks, adult education, On Friday-Saturday, January 5-6, in honor of Shabbat a twice-monthly Cultural School for children, and a bar and Shemot (shemot means “names”) those attending services Friday, December 22, light candles...... 4:17 pm bat mitzvah program. Shabbat ends Saturday, December 23...... 5:18 pm KH welcomes all individuals and families, including those are encouraged to wear name tags. from mixed religious backgrounds, who wish to strengthen On Saturday, January 6, Tot Shabbat will be held at Friday, December 29, light candles...... 4:22 pm the Jewish experience in their lives and provide their children 11:15 am. Shabbat ends Saturday, December 30...... 5:23 pm with a Jewish identity and experience. December 22-28, 2017 Page 7 - The Reporter Jewish Community Center JCC held Community Hanukkah Party

More than 200 people attended the Jewish Community Center’s Community Hanukkah L-r: Neil Auerbach and Jeff Shapiro L-r: Kerri Bopp and Wendy Green at the Party on December 13. volunteered at the party. community celebration.

Forgiving Continued from page 6 was not you who sent me here, but God.” (Genesis 45:5-8) Once Jacob dies, Joseph’s brothers fear that Joseph’s seemingly authentic forgiveness will revert to revengeful punishment. Joseph assures his brothers with kindness and soothing compassion: “‘Don’t be afraid… You intended evil toward me, but God intended it for good, to bring to pass what is now being done, the saving of lives. Therefore, do not be afraid.’ And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.” (Genesis 50:19-21) Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, emeritus chief rabbi of the U.K., expands on Joseph’s reconciliations and acts of forgiveness L-r: Elizabeth Pane and Sylvia Diamond volunteered at toward his brothers by exploring the entire book of Genesis the party. L-r: Ruth and Rose Shapiro at the community celebration. and a pattern of four narratives between brothers: “Cain and Abel result in a murder; Isaac and Ishmael end with the two brothers standing together at their father Avraham’s Continued from page 1 funeral; Jacob and Esau meet, embrace, and then go their Wall separate ways; Joseph and his brothers wrap it all up with Jewish factions in Palestine and overseas. the parameters for the Israelis and the Palestinians,” said forgiveness, reconciliation, and end with coexistence.” ‹‹ Wasn’t the Trump administration official restating a Aaron David Miller, a U.S. Middle East negotiator under From the worst possible result, murder, to the best possi- truism – that Israel will never settle for any final status Republican and Democratic presidents. Declarations of ble result, reconciliation and coexistence, the Torah guides that does not include the Western Wall? Israel’s claims to the Wall were “said in the context of us through the book of Genesis in this positive relational No. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in 2008 offered a deal what it would accrue to the Palestinians.” progression. Before peace can be achieved, brothers must that ceded control of the Old City to a five-nation committee Additionally, the statement was the first sign that any peacefully coexist. comprising Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine, the United States American president recognized a specific Israeli claim to It may be that my father, in all his great wisdom, was and Israel. The Palestinians rejected it, in part because Olmert territory beyond the 1967 lines. In 2004, President George simply paraphrasing his own brand of Pirke Avot directly – already facing indictment for corruption allegations that W. Bush said in a letter to then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel from Leviticus (19:18): “You shall neither take revenge eventually would land him in jail – was seen as a lame duck. Sharon that it was “unrealistic” to expect the sides to return from nor bear a grudge against the members of your people; ‹‹ So this is a big departure from U.S. policy? to the 1967 lines, but also spoke about undefined land you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Yes and no. swaps to compensate Palestinians for Israeli settlements Taking this teaching to heart starting with those closest No: The Clinton parameters, a final status deal proffered – a position also embraced by the Obama administration. to you in your family and then extending out to include orally to each side in December 2000, have been considered “For the United States to take this position formally is your community may be this parasha’s pertinent take-away. the baseline for a final status outcome, notwithstanding Ol- obviously a significant departure from previous policies,” And… don’t forget to forgive! mert’s 2008 offer; they informed the failed 2013-14 talks led said Yousef Munayyer, the director of the U.S. Campaign by President Barack Obama’s secretary of state, John Kerry. for Palestinian Rights. “It has huge implications. There has Under the Clinton parameters, the Western Wall/Temple Mount been no formal American position on the holy sites that Community Calendar complex would nominally be under international control, but gave sovereignty to either party.” The Community Calendar can be found on the Jewish effectively Israel would control the Western Wall and the Federation of Greater Binghamton’s website, www.jfgb. Palestinians and Jordanians would control the Temple Mount. org, by clicking on “calendar.” Updates or additions of Yes: While the U.S. assumption has been since the 1993 Moving any time soon? events for the calendar can be made by contacting the Oslo accords that Israel would control the Western Wall, it Or just leaving town for a few months? Federation through its website (click on “calendar” and was always seen as part of a deal – one that would include a Whether you’re moving across town or then “click here to request a change to the calendar”) give to the Palestinians. The statement by the senior Trump across the country, please let The Reporter or by calling 724-2332. aide comes absent any similar nod to the Palestinian side. know so you can stay up to date on com- “I was there when President Clinton went through munity news and quickly receive the paper at your new (or temporary) address! Continued from page 4 E-mail [email protected] with “Reporter War Address change” in the subject line, or call Zabbatini is a wonderful character and the plot contains Seiffert’s prose is blunt and her characters speak more 607-724-2360, ext. 254, to let The Reporter some audacious and amazing moments. It’s easy to see in actions than in words. Parts of the plot are brutal and know about your new address. why this novel was a European bestseller. the author creates a time and place few of us want to enter. “A Boy in Winter” The choices these characters make reverberate after the How much of our behavior is determined by circum- last page is turned. stance? How willing are we to take advantage of a situation, “The Gustav Sonata” ... even if it means harming others? Would we be willing to The importance of friendship is often overlooked in To our readers ou to let our put ourselves in harm’s way if it meant helping someone? novels, but that bond forms the central core of “The Gustav I want to remind y ou saw their These questions underlie Rachel Seiffert’s disturbing Sonata” by Rose Tremain (W. W. Norton and Company), vertisers know that y novel “A Boy in Winter” (Pantheon Books), which made which takes place in Switzerland. Even though Gustav ad me sympathize with characters I might otherwise abhor. Perle’s mother seems prejudiced against Jews, that does ad here in THE REPORTER! When the German SS invade a Ukrainian village in 1941, not stop Gustav from befriending Anton Zweibel, a Jew- It is so important to remember most of the townsfolk and local farmers are happy to see ish boy who appears in his classroom. Gustav’s widowed ou go to get your hair done the Russians leave. The collective farming that was forced mother blames her financial troubles on the fact that her when y on them by the Soviets was not popular. However, while late husband helped Jewish refugees fleeing Germany. The or buy something at their store or some wish to keep their distance from the Nazis, others reality is more complicated and, although she discourages ou say use their services that y TER! see the invaders as an opportunity. One of the first things the friendship, Gustav and Anton remain friends. AD IN THE REPOR the SS does is gather the Jewish population of the town at The novel follows the two boys through their formative I SAW YOUR . a central location, ostensibly to transport them to another years and adulthood. Both remain single: Gustav owns a They want to know area. One Jewish father frets about his two sons, who ran hostel and Anton, who dreamed of being a concert pianist, away. He feels they would be safer with the family than works as a school music teacher. When an opportunity ar- Thank you, in the countryside. rives for Anton to fulfil his dreams, the two men must face Bonnie Rozen Other characters face their own dilemmas: Otto Pohl, a whether their friendship can survive living in different worlds. Advertising German engineer who despises Hitler, wonders whether his “The Gustav Sonata” has a melancholy tone. The novel e work is furthering the Nazi cause; Yasia, a young woman feels dispassionate at times – making it hard to relate to the Executiv worried about her future, must decide whom she supports characters – which is why I was surprised at the emotional in the war; and Mykola, Yasia’s fiancé, finds himself -in impact of its ending. That made me realize that the author’s volved in a nightmare beyond his understanding. The moral deliberately detached approach worked to create a mood decisions each character faces tax their basic humanity. that surpassed my expectations. ÊVisit us on the web at www.thereportergroup.org Page 8 - The Reporter December 22-28, 2017 NEWS IN BRIEF

From JNS.org called for the withdrawal of President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Passenger appeals ruling in favor of discrimination against capital, the Palestinians planned to initiate a vote on the same measure in the U.N. General Assembly on Dec. 21. Since the Palestinian Authority is a non-member observer state at the Israelis by Kuwait Airways world body rather than a full U.N. member, a bloc of countries led by Turkey and Bolivia An Israeli passenger who was prevented from boarding a Kuwait Airways flight last planned to submit the resolution on behalf of the Palestinians. The measure is expected to year due to his nationality has filed an appeal in the District Court of Frankfurt, Germany, pass due to the Arab and Muslim majority in the General Assembly, but would only be a after the court ruled in favor of the airline’s discriminatory policy in November. Nathan symbolic move and would have no practical implications for Israel or the U.S. Gelbart, German counsel for the Lawfare Project legal think tank, filed the appeal on Report: Obama admin derailed probe on Hezbollah drug behalf of the passenger. “We thought we had consigned antisemitism to our history books,” said Gelbart. “The [court’s] verdict has allowed antisemitic discrimination to network to secure Iran deal be imported into our country and helped whitewash and sanitize it.” The Lawfare Proj- The Obama administration allowed the Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah to ect’s appeal argues that the verdict essentially implemented “the racist law of a radical, traffic drugs and launder money, in some cases within the U.S., during its bid to secure totalitarian regime,” and that the court aided and abetted the airline’s enforcement of the July 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Politico reported on Dec. 18. The report reveals Kuwait’s antisemitic laws despite the fact that such discrimination is considered illegal that the Obama team deliberately derailed a law enforcement investigation, dubbed in Germany. In its November ruling, the Frankfurt court noted that Kuwait bans all of Project Cassandra, launched in 2008 by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to its citizens and companies from doing business with Israelis in accordance with a law target Iranian-backed Hezbollah’s criminal network. Some 30 U.S. and foreign security enacted in 1964. The court stated that while it didn’t evaluate whether the Kuwaiti law agencies were involved in the undercover operation to map Hezbollah’s drug smuggling “makes sense,” the airline would have risked repercussions that were “not reasonable” operations. The investigation tracked Hezbollah-controlled shipments of cocaine from for violating the Kuwaiti statute. Latin America to West Africa, and through Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S. As Palestinians to seek full U.N. membership, join dozens of the operation managed to infiltrate the highest levels of the terror group’s hierarchy, the Obama administration “serially ripped apart this entire effort… from the top down,” David international organizations Asher, a veteran illicit finance expert who helped run Project Cassandra, told Politico. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Dec. 18 that the Palestinians The Obama administration’s move was an effort to “defang, defund and undermine the will seek full membership in the United Nations and join dozens of additional interna- investigations that were involving Iran and Hezbollah,” Asher said. tional organizations in response to the recent U.S. policy changes on Jerusalem. The Trump security doctrine emphasizes that Israel not the root Israeli government opposes unilateral Palestinian attempts to join international bodies outside of the context of a final status agreement between the parties. Abbas said during of Mideast’s problems a meeting of senior Palestinian officials in Ramallah, “There are no borders to Israel, and President Donald Trump’s newly publicized national security doctrine emphasizes that international law is against any recognition of it. ...We will go once again and many times Israel is not the cause of chaos in the Middle East. The 70-page doctrine is based upon to get full [U.N.] membership. We are a state and an authority, and we have borders and a “significantly different” national security approach than that of Trump’s predecessor, we have the right to get the world’s recognition of us.” The P.A. leader threatened that the President Barack Obama, particularly regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “For Palestinians would apply for membership in all 522 official international organizations, generations the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has been understood as the beginning with 22 that would be announced on Dec. 19. prime irritant preventing peace and prosperity in the region,” stated a draft of the doctrine Palestinians bringing Jerusalem measure to U.N. General obtained by the Associated Press before it was released on Dec. 18. “Today, the threats from radical jihadist terrorist organizations and the threat from Iran are creating the real- Assembly ization that Israel is not the cause of the region’s problems,” the document added. “States Following the Dec. 18 U.S. veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution that have increasingly found common interests with Israel in confronting common threats.”

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