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HERALD Page3 the Only English-Jewish Weekly in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts ,-t:+t-t,rli¼~¼t¼'fl:lc~ fi,1 t. l 11 0 \c U Rhode Island J lLt,_N..._ , Israel's Meditation Movement --HERALD Page3 The Only English-Jewish Weekly in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts VOLUME LXXVIJ, NUMBER 34 THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1990 3St PER COPY Messianic Movement Already A Star Lures Soviet Jews by Bette Keva This seemingly well-mean· as a subterfuge to get names The Jewish Advocate ing gesture is something that and addresses of members of BOSTON (JTA) - Messianic Jewish organizations have the Jewish community whom movements have expanded been engaged in ever since they subsequently bombard their efforts and are now Gorbachev opened the gates to with their literature or with targeting themselves toward freedom for Soviet Jews; but personal telephone calls. newly arriving Soviet immi­ help from this source comes as "The newly arriving Russian grants. Unknowing and un­ anything but welcome to the community is so vulnerable suspecting Soviet Jews are fall­ Jewish community. because they are culturally ing prey to the highly organ­ disoriented. These Jews for ized ranks of Messianic Jews. .. In Russia they Jesus groups present them­ In one example, a messianic selves as either Jewish or congregation from Massa­ never heard of Jews Jewish/Christian, but either chusetts sets up a table with for Jesus ... " way they present themselves the Israeli nag draped over it, as helping the Russians adapt solicits names and addresses, Even though Messianic Jews to American society, and it's a and d isseminates booklets use the outward symbols that false picture. This has to be entirely in Russian at Coolidge Jews use - kipot, tefillin, Star countered," said Sendor. Corner in Brookline. of David, the use of Hebrew Michael Skobac of the New According to several reports, and Yiddish words - their York chapter of Jews for an individual at the table asked beliefs are virtually the same as Judaism, a counter-mission­ people walking by if they certain Protestant denomina­ izing organization, returned wanted to sign a petition urg· tions. from a two-week trip to Russia ing President Bush and Soviet 'Tm very suspicious of their in February where he warned leader Mikhail Gorbachev to motives," said Rabbi Meir Jewish communal leaders in relax quotas allowing Soviet Sendor of Young Israel of Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev Jews to immigrate to the Sharon, Mass. " I believe that that the messianic groups United States and Israel. they use these kinds of issues (continued from page 8) ===Midwifery Gets a Boost=== Misha Grandel, who recently arrived in Israel from the Soviet Union, has already appeared as a soloist at the Jerusalem student wanting to learn more Theater. Misha and his family, like thousands of other new - set out to gain some experi­ immigrants, ue assisted in their resettlement by the UJA's ence working in 0.B. nursing in Operation Exodus Campaign. a " high risk nursery for sick ba­ bies" and then she went out west to Oregon. A Memorial Candle " I got in touch with a mid­ wife who did some home births and I became an apprentice," In Summer says Morningstar. " I worked by Michael Fink conducts the prayers. As I with her for about a year before Special to the Herald motored round the roads I I started delivering babies my­ This report drifts and mean· heard a soft dull thud in my self." ders out from my honeysuckle car. Did someone throw a At the age of 24, Morningstar cabin on Narrow River. Read small stone? No, a field spar­ began her own private practice it, if at all, over a long iced tea. row flew in and got knocked in home deliveries with a part­ Each July and August I wait out. It came to and fluttered ner in Oregon. Her practice for the Temple postcard from nervously. I stopped, opened {they didn't name it) lasted four Providence announcing the the hatchback and doors. My years before she returned to yahrzeits of my mom and dad. bird took oU, skimming low Sue Morningstar has been a midwife for nine years. midwifery school at Yale Uni­ I bring down a pair of memo­ over the street. Could I make versity in New Haven Connect­ rial candles. It's hard to get it this little event mean some­ by Kathy Cohen daughter, but Morningstar feels icut. Morningstar feels that she just right, even merely to light thing for myself? Your guess Herald Assistant Editor her desire came from within, gained a different aspect of the wick in the jar once a year. would do better than mine. A midwifery from working in Or· I was driving over from trap safely sprung, a peril sur· Sue Morningstar, originally too. "My mother emphasized the egon. Middlebridge to check out the vived, a wild omen of panic from New York, has been a hours of the services at Temple and hope, a yahrzeit event. midwife for almost nine years. beauty of the natural process of a woman's body. She never New Bill Passed Beth David. Mr. Adler mails Al Beth David, till last sum­ She lives in Providence with me my notices. His son, Etan, her husband and two children, made anything out to be dirty. Up until July this year, when (continued from page 8) and works at St. Margaret's She always made things out to a bill was passed into law al­ Hospital in Dorchester, Mass. be beautiful," says Mom· lowing midwives to bill their She's been there for close to a ingstar. " I remember convinc­ patients directly, the midwives year. ing her to breastfeed my sister of Rhode Island needed to be For Morningstar, midwifery when she was born. I was six associated with a hospital or a A NEW MONTHLY FEATURE was "just always something I years old. So I think there was private doctor in order to bill wanted to do. I always had this something there. I can't really their patients directly. Through strong feeling about it when I explain it." these affiliations, the midwives PROPERTY ON DISPLAY was a kid. I knew that's what I After high school, Mom· sent out a third party billing. wanted to do." ingstar attended Columbia The bill that was passed al­ Her mother might have had UnivE:rsity in New York City, lows midwives to charge their SEE PAGE 13 some influence over her daugh· specializing in Obstetric nurs­ own fees which, because of the ter as she discussed the female ing. After graduation, the loss of the middle man, will be anatomy openly to her young young registered nurse - still a (continued from page 8) i _ ,1 ,· 1 '\ 'i,tll-:~,·-~~,,~~f-•IP•:;_,..i'',':j;!:, '.f-~ ,~'J:n 2 -THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERAL D. THURSDAY, JULY i9. 1990 Inside the Ocean State BJE Honors Excellence In Classroom The Bureau of Jewish Education of Rhode Island recently cele­ brated excellence in the classroom at its Annual Meeting. Among Ihose honored for th eir contributions were: •I ~ AND The mentors who worked with new teachers from left to right are: Lonna Picker, Leonore Sones, Minna Ellison, Penney Stein, Barbara Zenofsky and Fania Gross. Winners of the Edward and Florence Goldberg Memorial Award for Creative Teaching which is funded by an Endow­ ment Grant of the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island were: I The recipient of the B'nai B'rith Plantations - Roger Williams Lodge Prize for an outstanding seventh grade student was Kayla Pliskin. Edith Grant who accepted for the Rhode Island Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries, Cathy Berkowitz Crash Course In Hebrew Available A crash course in reading Hebrew will be given next KNOW SOMEONE month at the Young Israel affiliated Congregation Ohawe Shalam in Paw­ tucket. The class is being GETTING MARRIED? offered by the National Jew­ ish Outreach Program and there will be no charge. 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Many job in the city, but I decided to practiced transcendental medi· have since married and there go in the direction of spiritual ta tion, there would be 15 to are now twenty children in development.'' 20% fewer road accidents and Yahad.
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