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Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Serving V the Berkshires and Surrounding Ice NY, CT and VT Vol Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Pittsfield, MA Berkshire Permit No. 19 JEWISHA publication of the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, serving V the Berkshires and surrounding ICE NY, CT and VT Vol. 23, No. 2 Shevat/Adar/Nisan 5775 February 13 to March 25, 2015 jewishberkshires.org MUSEUM TRIP MEMORIES, PG. 2 YOUR FEDERATION DOLLARS AT WORK, PG. 14 THANK YOU, DONORS!, PGS. 15-16 Vibrant Pre-War Vilna Remembered Survivors, World Leaders Mark 70th in The World Was Ours Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation Documentary to be Screened by Its Producer at March 27 Knosh & Knowledge GREAT BARRINGTON – The World Was their lives to save precious books and Ours is a one-hour documentary that ex- documents marked for destruction by the plores the vibrant and creative life of the Nazis. Locked in the ghetto, fully aware Jewish community of Vilna (now Vilnius, of their imminent annihilation, they Lithuania) between the two world wars. continued to present concerts, theatre, Drawing upon archival photos and foot- and art exhibitions. By the end of war, age, excerpts from diaries and letters, and 95% of the city’s Jewish population had interviews with survivors and scholars, been murdered. Approximately 300 survivors of Auschwitz, the youngest now in their 70s, were The World Was Ours evokes the spirit of Join the Jewish Federation of the Berk- joined by world leaders on January 27 to mark 70 years since the camp’s liberation a rich literary, intellectual, and artistic shires at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire by Soviet troops. Roughly 1,500 survivors were at the 60th anniversary. Above, community that helped shape many at the March 27 Knosh & Knowledge for Marcy Gringlas, whose father Joseph survived, lights a candle at the ceremony at of the great ideologies of 20th century a screening of the film and a Q&A with the site in southern Poland. (Related story on page 23.) Jewish life. its Executive Producer, Mira Jedwabnik In 1941, German forces seized Vilna Van Doren. and made it the first urban Jewish com- Van Doren was born in Wilno (Vilna) munity the Nazis set out to exterminate. With ‘Kavanah’, Local Farmer During the Holocaust, Vilna Jews risked WORLD WAS OURS, continued on page 7 Angus Johnson Embarks on a Kosher Meat Venture Jewish Genetic Screening Becomes More By Albert Stern Accessible Through At-Home Testing Kits The great Jewish thinker By Diana Burmistrovich Rabbi Abraham Joshua Hes- (JNS) – One in four Jews is a chel identified the key tension carrier of one or more of the in Jewish observance as being 19 known preventable Jewish created by the effort to main- genetic diseases, according to tain a proper balance between the Center for Jewish Genet- keva (routine) and kavanah ics. Although Sephardic Jews (intention). Jewish law and and non-Jews can carry these ritual tend to be fixed, compre- diseases, they appear twice hensive, and explicit, yet apply- as often for Ashkenazi Jews ing an ephemeral spontaneity as they do for the rest of the of the heart to these dictates population. When both spouses are car- own homes. According to the JScreen is essential to their true fulfill- riers for a particular genetic disease, the website: “The JScreen genetic screening ment in implementing God’s couple has a 25 percent chance of passing panels are geared toward reproductive will for this world. the disease on to their children. Practically speaking, the GENETIC SCREENING, continued on myriad hoops that keva has Launched in September through the page 27 Emory University School of Medicine’s us jump through often seem to Department of Human Genetics, the be the more difficult aspect of goal of the JScreen not-for-profit health observance, but Rabbi Heschel Angus Johnson initiative is to make those statistics ap- Inside held that kavanah poses by far the greater challenge. The sheer multi- This was never enough for our sages, pear less daunting. President’s Message ..............................3 A carrier-screening program for Jew- plicity of rules allows keva to exert the nor is it enough for Angus Johnson, ish genetic diseases, JScreen aims to give Yoav Hattab Remembered .........................4 greater pull, while kavanah must con- who has recently started Just Good Kosher, an undertaking he hopes will families with Jewish ancestry easy access Your Federation Presents .....................7-12 tinually be rediscovered and reapplied to information and to provide convenient by the individual from day to day, from eventually bring a full scale livestock Features & Local News .............13, 17-19 testing. Employing an easy-to-use kit, action to action. If the mightier draw of farm and kosher meat processing fa- JScreen allows individuals to test for the Obituaries .........................................20-21 keva is not resisted, spiritual practice cility to Berkshire County. Kavanah is devolves into rote, inertial observance KAVANAH FARMING, 19 known preventable Jewish genetic dis- Culture & Arts .......................................28 eases—which among others include Tay- of the letter of the law. continued on page 26 Sachs, Canavan, and Gaucher—in their Page 2 Berkshire Jewish Voice • jewishberkshires.org February 13 to March 25, 2015 Letters to the Editor Ali Hochfelder of Congregation Knesset Israel echoed that sentiment, writing: Community Responds to the Museum of “Hearing about her friends and family, and how they were separated, made me think.” Liza Donlan of Temple Anshe Amunim wrote that while she is deeply aware of the Jewish Heritage Visit history, this visit “was the first time I tackled it in a deep and emotional way with To judge by the mail received by the BJV, the 62 Berkshire B’nai Mitzvah students one of my kids and from the perspective of a mother. I was devastated by the im- and family members from four congregations who attended the December 7, 2014 ages of the mothers sending children to England on the Kindertransport – troubled visit to the Museum of Jewish Heritage found the experience transformative on many to imagine a world in which parents would have to make such a painful choice to levels. While all correspondents expressed their gratitude to event co-sponsors the separate in hopes of surviving.” Jewish Federation of the Berkshires and the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Berkshire Isaac Tabakin, Liza’s son, had an experience that, sadly, is not uncommon. “It County, the different impressions of the visit they shared were testament to the rich- was shocking to see so many pictures of people who lost their lives so early into their ness and power of the experience. Here are some of the things attendees had to say. lives,” he wrote. “One of the kids in our group pointed out that one of the people Community Bonds looked like one of his closest friends. The tour guide told us that every tour she takes, at least one person says that someone there looks familiar.” Peter Franck and Kathleen Triem of Hevreh of Southern Berkshire found that Nor was it easy for parents to witness their children learning about the darkness making the trip as a community was in itself a highlight. They wrote: “From the of this period of history. About visiting the museum’s 2nd floor, which depicts how outset, the bus ride was great – 3 hours of goofy fun there and back with the kids the Final Solution was implemented, Bob Munch of Hevreh wrote: “As a parent, this huddling in the rear of the bus playing their private games and generating many was a hard floor to go through, as it introduced my son to what Elie Wiesel referred moments of unmitigated joy. These friendships are so valuable to our kids and as to as ‘The Kingdom of Night,’ the place where true evil exists. It was hard because parents, we couldn’t be more pleased with the peer groups which have formed. This that place is here among mankind and not in some other galaxy as so many fantasy was a sacred time in itself and to hear the laughter of the children was the perfect or science fiction books would have us believe.” counterpoint to the dark past which we were about to experience.” They added: “Yes, a big part of the trip was to reinforce our Jewish community New Perspectives in the Berkshires, but it also strengthened our relationship with the community of There is always more to learn about the Holocaust and from it. Both students Jews that existed throughout history and that exists around the world.” and parents gained new insights about history and human nature. Wrote Hevreh’s Leslie Elias-Saed, also of Hevreh, wrote: “I dreaded when and how I would tell our Makiyla Levy, a 7th grader: “The trip enriched my life by teaching me a more com- 7th grade twin boys about the Holocaust. Like a Jewish rite of passage, my husband plete perspective on the history of Judaism. We learned how children were taught to (Larry Saed) and I knew it was finally time that they learned about this dark period. discriminate against Jews in their young lives so they would grow up and continue Being together with fellow Jewish families of the Berkshires allowed our family to to treat them as lesser people.” share the grief, knowledge, and inspiration that survivor Bronia Brandman brought Grace Phair, a pre-confirmation student at Hevreh, learned about what hap- to all of us. Being together in a small caring group allowed us to face the worst.” pened in the aftermath of World War II. “Even after the concentration camps were Family & Friends liberated,” she wrote, “the survivors were still not in the clear. When the survivors struggled home, they were met with nothing.
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