JANUARY 10, 2019 – 4 SHEVAT 5779

JEWISHVOL 43, NO 11 JOURNALJEWISHJOURNAL.ORG Russian Jews ring in their new year with caviar, champagne, and … decorated trees?

By Michael Wittner Reed Brockman, a structural engineer from JOURNAL STAFF Marblehead, also was unnerved by the traditions after he married his Russian wife, Larissa. On a recent night, a jolly old man with a long white “I grew up in a pretty conservative Jewish house, so beard and a sack of gifts visited the homes of Jewish the tree thing took me by surprise,” said Brockman. children around the world. The next morning, under an “The deal is I don’t want to have anything to do with the evergreen tree decorated with glass ornaments, these tree on Christmas. Christmas has to be over. I’m still not Jewish children found more presents. completely comfortable with the idea of a tree.” But it’s not what you think. The night was Dec. 31, the Since most places that sell Christmas trees are empty jolly bearded old man was Ded Moroz, or Grandfather after the holiday, Brockman scours the neighborhood Frost, and the tree is not a Christmas tree – it is a Yolka for discarded trees. tree, the Russian word for “spruce.” The holiday was not “You feel like a crook – you hear the ‘Mission Christmas, but Novy God, the Russian New Year, which Impossible’ music as you get out of the car,” he said. is enjoyed by Russian Jews throughout the North Shore. After Brockman is able to stealthily haul a tree into Jane Mikityansky, an information systems engineer the car, it remains standing until mid-January, or “Old from Marblehead who grew up in Moscow, estimated New Year,” a smaller celebration marking the New Year that around 70 percent of Russian Jews in the area still according to the traditional Julian calendar once used celebrate this major Russian holiday. in Russia. “That was the only big celebration we could have Still, most Russian Jews still associate the tree with for the whole year,” said Mikityansky, who grew up in a secular holiday and fond childhood memories, and the Soviet era, when any type of religious celebration celebrate Novy God wholeheartedly. That means learn- – Christian, Jewish, or otherwise –was banned. In fact, ing the many traditions that accompany it. First, there is Mikityansky was not even aware that the Yolka tree the meal, which begins with the Olivier salad, a classic resembled a Christmas tree. “Christmas was not even a Russian plate usually consisting of some combination of word there,” she said. potatoes with peas, carrots, onions, meat, pickles, eggs, The tradition of the tree began in the early 19th and mayonnaise. The Novy God meal contains other century, when the Prussian-born wife of Tsar Nicholas staples of Russian cuisine, such as herring and cabbage, Reed and Larissa Brockman decorate their Yolka tree for I brought the German tradition to the Russian court. Novy God. blintzes, salmon caviar, and pickles. As the century continued, more and more elements Olga Belyakova, a medical billing manager who grew of Western European Christmas began seeping into Mikityansky. In fact, shortly after arriving in America, up in Moscow and now lives in Lynn, enjoys a host Russian New Year’s celebrations. Mikityansky stopped celebrating the holiday, worried of other Novy God traditions, from a top to bottom Novy God’s close resemblance to Christmas tradi- that that it would confuse the children she wanted to cleaning of the house on New Year’s Eve, to young chil- tions has made some Jews uncomfortable, including raise Jewish. continued on page 14 Forget New Year’s resolutions: for The Jewish voices behind Jews, it’s all about the High Holy Days ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ By Michael Wittner By Penny Schwartz JOURNAL STAFF JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT

On Jan. 1, many people wake up late in the BROOKLINE – Nearly 50 years ago, morning to a splitting headache and a messy a small group of Boston area feminists house. In the cold, sober light of day, they decide began meeting in each other’s homes to that in the upcoming year, they’re going to make talk about women's health issues and some changes. women's sexuality. Making – and breaking – New Year’s resolu- The women were preparing material tions has become as identifiable a holiday tradi- for a course on women's health, a subject tion as champagne flutes or the ball dropping that at the time – in the late 1960s – was in Times Square. But does this secular tradition ignored by mainstream health care pro- extend to Jews, who already have their own New viders and even considered taboo. The Year’s tradition in the fall that requires intense idea for the course grew out of Boston's Photo by Heratch Ekmekjian/Brandeis University self-reflection? first “Female Liberation” conference in Brandeis Professor Emerita and renowned Not especially, according to North Shore Jews the spring of 1969 at Emmanuel College, historian Joyce Antler. and rabbis, who all say they prefer the High Holy where Nancy Miriam Hawley led a work- Days to seek a better way. shop titled, “Women and Their Bodies.” lished in 1970 that is widely credited with “Being a good Jewish woman, I take the Jewish “At the time, there wasn't a single text empowering women of all ages – around High Holy Days very seriously, because I think written by women about women's health the world – to be informed advocates of the text of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur kind of and sexuality,” Hawley told women's his- their health, their health-care rights, and sets up the framework for your guidance on how tory scholar Joyce Antler decades later. their sexuality. you should be working with everything – reli- "I would say that Jewish wis- The group, which later became the Now considered the “bible” of wom- gion, society, everything,” said Marion Garfinkel, dom discourages us from making Boston's Women Health Collective, en's health, “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” has a nurse from Swampscott. vows – promises that we may set out to change that. From an early, sold more than 4.5 million copies and “I’m more focused on teshuvah [repentance not be able to keep, despite our stapled newsprint booklet on women's has been translated into more than 25 and self-examination that take place during the best intentions,” said Rabbi David health, the collective wrote “Our Bodies, languages. continued on page 15 Meyer. Ourselves,” a trailblazing book pub- continued on page 15

The Jewish Journal is a nonprofit newspaper supported by generous readers, committed advertisers and charitable organizations. Email [email protected]. 2 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JANUARY 10, 2019 COMMUNITY NEWS TheMillennials WHAT WAS YOUR JEWISH cultivate the sacred, build community, and ensure BACKGROUND GROWING UP? that community is not just inwardly facing, but also outwardly focused, doing our part to help My parents were always seekers trying to find achieve some equity and justice in this world. a synagogue or a Jewish community that they felt While I was still in school, I spent three sum- at home in, so I kind of bopped around to differ- mers founding Mikdash, a grass-roots cooperative ent Hebrew schools over the years in Reform and Jewish community in Portland, Ore, rooted in a Conservative shuls. My two primary childhood philosophy that each generation has the oppor- communities ended up being Jewish Renewal and tunity and responsibility to create our own ver- Chabad. My home life was deeply spiritual, with sion of sacred community. My last year of school a strong Jewish identity, a real strong celebration I served as the Rabbinic Intern at a renowned pro- of holidays and community. I participated in the gressive spiritual community in Los Angeles, called Maccabiah Games … went to Israel on Y2I when I IKAR. While I was there, IKAR along with six other was I guess 17, and had a really strong Jewish com- path-breaking Jewish communities from across the munity and Jewish life at Vanderbilt University. country formed the Jewish Emergent Network, to WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO help revitalize the field of Jewish engagement. I was BECOME A RABBI? hired full-time as the inaugural Jewish Emergent Nate DeGroot, 30 Network Rabbinic Fellow at IKAR. After my experi- I never considered becoming a rabbi until the ence at IKAR, I sometimes dream of helping to bring ALMA MATERS: Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School age of 21. Prior to that, I anticipated I was gonna an IKAR-like Jewish Emergent Network community ’06, Vanderbilt University ’10, Hebrew College ’16 go into some kind of business. My junior year was to Boston one day. JOB: Hazon Detroit Co-director, Spiritual & Program director a major turning point for me – I was very deeply COULD YOU TALK ABOUT surrounded by and a part of the dominant social FAVORITE FOOD: Thai food: specifically Phuket fish HAZON, WHERE YOU NOW culture at Vanderbilt, which, while there was a WORK? FAVORITE MUSIC: I was raised on classic rock...Beatles, lot of fun to be had, there was also a lot of really Crosby, Stills & Nash, James Taylor, Kenny Loggins, and Van destructive social behavior happening. I’d had After finishing my Fellowship at IKAR, my amaz- these Alternative Spring Break experiences where ing wife and I moved to Detroit, to be closer to her Morrison. More recently … Chance the Rapper, The Carters, and I would come back feeling really centered, really family and to get to work at Hazon. The work of Spotify Discover Weekly. whole, and really kind of clear on my purpose and Hazon is threefold: to help Jews reconnect to our FAVORITE BOOKS: “Braiding Sweetgrass;” “The Fifth the spiritual aspects of who I was. Winter of my own Earth-based Jewish roots; to help support Sacred Thing;” “Emergent Strategy” junior year of college there came a breaking point and empower the food and environmental justice where the values that I was living on the outside movement of the city of Detroit; and to connect FAVORITE MOVIES: “The Matrix;” “Memento;” “Avatar;” in my day-to-day life were not aligned with who I Jewish resources and the Jewish community back “The Lion King;” “Remember the Titans;” more recently, the docu- knew myself to be. I had a kind of 24-hour spiritual into the city of Detroit in a way that’s exciting, mentary “13th” high that included praying the morning prayers inspiring, and accountable to the history of this FAVORITE TV SHOWS: “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “High … it was highlighted by a Matisyahu concert in community. With that as my mandate, it really feels Nashville. I came out of those 24 hours really clear like a wonderful opportunity to be engaged in the Maintenance,” “Atlanta,” “Planet Earth” that I wanted my path to be rooted in the internal, city justice movement, the more suburban Jewish FAVORITE TRAVEL DESTINATIONS: I just got spiritual, seeking life, a life of what I now describe community, and the earth itself, which I under- back from an amazing trip to the millennial paradise of Iceland. as the sacred … the words came out of my mouth stand to be foundational to Judaism and perhaps FAVORITE JEWISH PERSON NOT IN YOUR for the first time: “Maybe I’ll become a rabbi.” the pathway best suited to guide society through WHAT CAME NEXT? the revolution of values I believe we so desperately FAMILY: My peers and friends and colleagues. need. FAVORITE JEWISH HOLIDAY: Yom Kippur. I began a six-year stint at Hebrew College. What – Michael Wittner is most important to me is working with people to

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A rare kindness: Kidney donor Phyllis levin rabbi saves another life with his liver on Real estate By Menachem Posner Should you remodel Last month, Adam Levitz, a without a permit? 44-year-old married father of The practice of home remodeling without a permit three received a new liver and is a surprisingly common occurrence, and there are a a new lease on life. His donor, phyllis levin lot of good reasons why homeowners decide to forego Rabbi Ephraim Simon – one of CRS GRI CBR that part of the process. only a handful of individuals Remodeling permits cost money. Fees vary greatly, to ever have donated both a but often amount to around 1% of construction costs. Sometimes city kidney and a portion of his liver codes pose unreasonable requirements that add extra expenses. Getting a permit is a hassle; there is too much red tape and often a backlog of – volunteered for a procedure applications, which can cause project delays. most hospitals won’t even allow. But bypassing the permit can have real consequences, especially when it The two men had never met comes time to sell the home. until just days before the life- According to the American Bar Association “Legal Guide to Home saving surgery, but Simon said Renovation,” lenders often refuse to give loans on homes with permitless that’s exactly what he was look- Photo by Chabad.org/News renovations. To correct the problem, the city may impose a large fine and ing for. Rabbi Ephraim Simon (left) and Adam Levitz after the liver transplant require the seller to tear down the remodel and start again with a permit. “As a rabbi, I do a lot of talk- that saved Levitz’s life. No matter what size, if you’re planning a home renovation project, ing about love, doing things for avoid future headaches and make the extra effort to get a permit. others and altruism,” said the but he was so very motivated to ed, it was all God’s hand since 50-year-old father of nine who give this gift to someone.” his doctors had advised him experienceJUSTJUST CALL CALL ANDAND iS I’LLthe DO DOdifference. THETHE REST REST co-directs Chabad of Bergen Through the introduction of that he really needed a trans- Feel free to call me on all aspects County in Teaneck, N.J., with Chanie Wilhelm of Chabad of plant from a living donor. 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The only place in tion was a circuitous chain of Diagnosed with the inflam- the country they were able to kindness that involved many, matory bowel condition Crohn’s find that would do the surgery u Unique American and most notably Chaya Lipschutz, disease at age 15, Levitz was no was Ohio’s acclaimed Cleveland Chinese Antique a woman from Brooklyn, N.Y., stranger to pain and medical Clinic, which has a unique phi- who donated a kidney to a complications and managed to losophy about working with Furniture stranger and has devoted her live a productive life despite the people to save lives at all costs. life to matching kidney donors condition, which has no known Before entering into surgery, u Over 30 Years and recipients. cure. However, when the dis- Simon and Levitz met for the of Restoration Since she had matched Rabbi ease affected his liver, things got first time, in an experience both Experience Simon with the recipient of the much worse. described as “emotional.” kidney that he donated in 2009, Levitz was placed on a Said Levitz, “I am so thank- 459 HUMPHREY STREET, he approached her again and donor registry in several places ful to God and to Rabbi Simon, SWAMPSCOTT, MA 01907 781-477-4242 asked if she was aware of any- and had even rushed twice to whom I call my guardian angel. one who could use his liver. Philadelphia in the hopes of He represents everything that I “Rabbi Simon approached receiving livers from deceased have grown to love and respect me in 2012 and told me that donors, but both times, his about Chabad. He never once The Jewish Journal is in the process of he wanted to donate a portion hopes were dashed. In one case, asked me how religious I am implementing a new database. 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JEWISH JOURNAL Israeli author and intellectual Amos Oz dies at 79 Israeli author, journalist and after a short battle with cancer,” Oz wrote about the Jewish state’s Publisher/Editor intellectual Amos Oz died on tweeted Fania Oz-Salzberger. history – from its founding in the Steven A. Rosenberg Dec. 28 at the age of 79. “He was surrounded by his lov- aftermath of the Holocaust to its [email protected] “My beloved father, Amos ers and knew it to the end. May internal politics. He wrote exten- Associate Editor Oz, a wonderful family man, an his good legacy continue to sively on the Israeli-Palestinian Michael Wittner author, a man of peace and mod- amend the world.” conflict, and was an early pro- eration, died today peacefully During his five-decade career, ponent of the two-state solution [email protected]

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North Shore congregations come together to promote environmental action

By Charles Hirschberg the CJP grant hopes to achieve. also integrate eco-related teach- God created the first human On Jan. 20, Gloucester’s ings into their Shabbat services. beings, God led them around all On Monday, January 21, Temple Ahavat Achim will host On March 31, the North the trees of the Garden of Eden area temples will celebrate Tu their first ever “zero-waste” Tu Shore Jewish community will and said: ‘Look at My works! See B’Shvat, the ancient Jewish B’Shvat seder. The synagogue is come together for a multigen- how beautiful they are – how holiday honoring trees and the also taking steps to install solar erational summit on sustain- excellent! For your sake I cre- coming of spring in the Land panels on its roof and plant a ability, environmental action, ated them all. See to it that you of Israel. On the same day, pollinator garden. and how to incorporate it into do not spoil and destroy My Americans will commemorate On Friday, Jan. 25, Peabody’s everyday life. Other organiza- world; for if you do, there will be Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Temple Tiferet Shalom will hold tions involved in this effort no one else to repair it.’ ” The convergence of a holi- an environmentally-themed so far include Newburyport’s “This beautiful and pre- day that honors environmen- Kabbalat Shabbat service led by Congregation Ahavas Achim cious world is our home and tal stewardship with one that their 8th grade pre-confirma- and Peabody’s Sons of Israel, the our actions impact our lives and honors human rights creates a tion class, along with a discus- Jewish Climate Action Network the lives of our children,” said unique opportunity to use Torah sion about creating a Temple (JCAN), the Lappin Foundation, Rabbi Adler. “I, like so many of and Jewish practice to remind garden and providing food to and the Jewish Teen Initiative. us, can be overwhelmed by the ourselves that our actions can disadvantaged people. For more information, contact enormity of the challenges we Jim Younger, recipient of Temple cause either destruction or On Shabbat morning, sixth- Rabbi Alison Adler at Temple face; but our tradition and our B’nai Abraham’s Leah Shriro healing. Thanks in large part Honor for Social Action. graders will lead a service with B’nai Abraham, rabbi.adler@ children implore us to act. Let’s to a North Shore Community the same theme. Temple Ner tbabeverly.org. come together as a community Grant from Combined Jewish annual Social Action Shabbat Tamid of Peabody and Temple Rabbi Adler often quotes an to take concrete actions to heal Philanthropies to increase focus service, a family friendly event Ahavat Achim of Gloucester will ancient midrash that, “When and to repair.” on the environment and sus- with a special activity for chil- tainability, local congregations dren led by Ganei Beantown. will host honoring these two (Please RSVP to office@tbabev- important legacies. erly.org.) The festivities begin at The service will feature the Temple B’nai Abraham in awarding of the Leah Shriro Beverly, where Leora Mallach Social Action Honor, which rec- of Ganei Beantown – Beantown ognizes members who represent Jewish Gardens (an organiza- the best of TBA through their tion devoted to building Jewish community involvement. The communities through experien- 2019 honoree will be longtime tial food and agriculture educa- Board member Jim Younger, tion rooted in Jewish text and who has chaired the Temple’s traditions) will lead the com- Social Action Committee for munity in cooking a locally- seven years. Younger is also the sourced, Tu B’Shvat-themed heart and soul of the congrega- meal on Thursday, Jan. 17 at tion’s Pe’ah Garden, which pro- 5:30. The food will be served at vides food for charity and val- a Shabbat dinner the follow- ues-based learning for the com- ing night, at 6:00. This will be munity’s children. Jim’s spirit followed by the congregation’s and values embody everything Michael Phelps announced as Ruderman award winner The Ruderman Family nize the potential in every per- Foundation has announced that son, with or without mental ill- Michael Phelps, the most deco- ness, to contribute to our world rated swimmer of all time, is in their own unique way.” the recipient of its Morton E. Michael Phelps is the most Ruderman Award in Inclusion in decorated swimmer in history, recognition of his advocacy for capturing a total of 28 medals people with disabilities and the – including a record-setting 23 sharing of his own journey with gold medals – over the course mental health. of his career. Phelps utilized In sharing his personal story his performance bonus for with the world, Phelps has dem- winning eight gold medals in onstrated the importance of tak- 2008 to establish the Michael ing care of oneself and accessing Phelps Foundation, which pro- help when needed. In a world motes water safety, healthy liv- in which shame and stigma are ing and the pursuit of dreams. pervasive, Phelps’ leadership in The Foundation’s signature pro- advocacy, raising awareness and gram provides a comprehensive destigmatizing mental health is learn-to-swim, healthy living critical. (including mental wellness) “The Ruderman Family and goal-setting curriculum to Foundation is proud to recog- Boys & Girls Clubs and Special nize Michael Phelps with the Olympics athletes. Morton E. Ruderman Award. Since retirement from swim- Michael has shined a national ming, Phelps has dedicated his spotlight on mental health and time and energy to promote the is helping to eradicate shame importance of water-safety and and stigma from our society. He normalizing the conversation has changed the landscape of surrounding mental health. A mental health awareness, and Global Ambassador for Special we look forward to working with Olympics International, Phelps Michael to create a world in was the Honorary Chairperson of which everyone feels comfort- the Substance Abuse and Mental able sharing their stories,” said Health Services Administration’s Jay Ruderman, President of the (“SAMHSA”) National Mental Ruderman Family Foundation. Health Awareness Day 2017 “I am honored to receive the and recipient of the organi- Morton E. Ruderman Award. zations’ Special Recognition Thank you to the Ruderman Award for his mental health Family Foundation for this tre- advocacy. In addition, Phelps mendous recognition,” said is an Ambassador for the Child Phelps. “I applaud the Ruderman Mind Institute’s #MyYoungerSelf Family Foundation on their con- social media campaign in an tinued efforts to help eliminate effort to help end the stigmas the shame and stigma that sur- associated with mental health rounds mental illness. Together, and learning disabilities. we can normalize the mental Visit rudermanfoundation. health conversation and recog- org. 6 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JANUARY 10, 2019 EDITORIAL

JEWISH JOURNAL Steven A. Rosenberg PUBLISHER/EDITOR The late Moshe Arens: A noble spirit, a truthful man

By Benjamin pointment. That is Netanyahu natural in a career of public service that he life story spans more than four of my faithful decades. He felt that Tteacher and the cancellation of the close friend, the late decision to develop the Moshe (Misha) Arens, Lavi aircraft in Israel ended after he had was a missed oppor- the privilege of see- Moshe Arens, Benjamin Netanyahu and Ariel Sharon. tunity. In our in-depth ing Israel celebrate 70 discussions, I tried to years of independence. That national peak filled convince him that when it came down to it, he Misha’s heart with great satisfaction. had been very successful – our military might in As one who followed our struggle for freedom, the air, at sea, and on land; military intelligence and even wrote glowing pages about our found- and cyber capabilities, are the equivalent of an ing as a state, he was always astounded at the iron fist. Our enemies know that they will pay a country’s achievements, which proved the justice heavy price for any attempt to attack us. of the Zionist vision. Misha was a vital leg in the Misha was a great gentleman, a noble spirit, Zionist relay race. He was raised on the theories and, no less important, a truthful man. of Revisionist thinker Ze’ev Jabotinsky and want- In the name of the truth, he devoted himself ed to implement them. to retelling the story of the Warsaw Ghetto upris- I was happy to accept his invitation to join ing. He could not rest at the fighters from the the Israeli Embassy delegation in Washington right-wing Betar movement being left out of the in 1982. Even before that, our two families had tale of the heroic stand against the Nazis. His formed deep ties because of the help Misha gave exciting book “Flags over the Warsaw Ghetto” my father, Professor Benzion Netanyahu, in his rights that wrong. Misha gave Pavel Frenkel and Zionist activity – and at the time I was aware of his Betar comrades the honor they deserved. how privileged I was to continue that work. As They led the uprising along with Mordechai Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. and as foreign Anielewicz and his people, and set a path toward The New Year of the Trees minister, Misha was eloquent in representing our the future – a strong stance against those who diplomatic positions. seek to kill us, and ensuring our ability to defend In accordance with Jabotinsky’s theory on ourselves. pressure, he waged an unflagging diplomatic Moshe Arens, the beloved Misha, was part of battle for our vital interests. As defense minister, some of the decisive moment in the history of the Misha strengthened the iron wall that defends new state of Israel. The personal, unique stamp us. His contribution to the development of he put on building sovereignty in the homeland Israel’s air defenses, as well as the steps he took will stay with us for generations to come. to bolster its ground forces and homefront, May his memory be a blessing. stemmed from his correct appraisal of the dan- gers in the Middle East. Benjamin Netanyahu is the Prime Minister Misha also encountered struggles and disap- of Israel. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Article points to BDS as an intolerable, egregious movement My appreciation and hats gious movement. Jews who fail speak out. Facts find no room off to Alex Joffee and Asaf to stand up and declare their in a world that is trying to nor- Romirowsky for their Dec. 20 revulsion and opposition to this malize anti-Semitism. Sending a Journal article regarding the movement, especially students child to a college/university that boycott, divestment and sanc- on college campuses, are doing attempts to revile Israel should tions movement on college great harm to themselves and be unthinkable. As Jews, if we campuses (“Faculty opposed to Israel, their greatest ally. If do not stand up and speak for to Israel are at the forefront of a college/university allows their ourselves, who will speak for us? BDS”). academics to support BDS (and Sylvia Belkin BDS is an intolerable, egre- you can know this) you must Swampscott Time to invoke the 25th amendment Regardless of one’s politi- presidency of the United States he has mental issues!) cal party affiliation or wheth- – would want to cause finan- The founders of our nation er you’re liberal, conservative cial hardship to close to a mil- gave Congress the tools to rein or anything in between, if you lion federal employees? Four in abuse of power by the exec- love this country you have to be hundred thousand will be fur- utive with the 14th and 25th appalled that a POTUS would loughed – nearly the same num- amendment to the Constitution state that he is proud to shut ber of TSA agents will have to and it’s time to do its job in the Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish arbor day, falls on January 21, 2019 down the government if he work without pay. Why should interest of the nation and the (15 Shvat 5779). In Israel it is celebrated by planting trees. doesn’t get his way. anyone work without getting world! Outside of Israel it is celebrated by eating the kinds of fruit What normal person – let paid? Would Congress? (Yet its that grow in Israel – especially those of the “five species.” alone a person given the awe- members will not challenge this Saul P. Heller “A land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and some responsibility of the president whose actions prove Peabody pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey.” Deut. 8:8 Israel is considered to be especially blessed with the five Temple Sinai members hold dance marathon, volunteer at shelters fruits: grapes (vines), olives, figs, dates (interpreted by the rabbis as the honey sweetness of dates), and pomegranates. On Christmas Eve at Temple group is steadily growing as the Brookes cook the entire meal in Sinai in Marblehead, the sounds word spreads. We attract Jewish her kitchen on Sunday, and col- of Israeli music blended with and non-Jewish folk dancers lected more than 100 pairs of the spirited dancing of men, who have learned a lot about socks to distribute at the Lynn women, and children of all ages, Israeli and Jewish music and cul- Shelter on Christmas Eve. Susan ethnic backgrounds, and reli- ture through our group. Several Weiner single-handedly baked gions at our 4th Annual Israeli of them traveled to Israel last enough desserts to feed every Folk Dance Marathon. It is month as a result of becoming person at the shelter for a week. wonderful to get together with regulars in our dance group. Under the dynamic direction of friends, especially on Christmas Earlier that same evening, Judith Black, we prepared salads Eve, in a Jewish cultural setting. Temple Sinai members volun- and served dinner, and delivered Judith Black entertained us with teered at two homeless shelters: socks, gloves, and other clothing a Yiddish version of “‘Twas the the Lynn Emergency Shelter and that the Lifebridge Shelter needs. Night Before Christmas.” the Lifebridge Shelter in Salem. This is a great way for Jews to Every Sunday night from 7-9 We chopped, cooked, and served spend Christmas eve. Any vol- p.m., we get together at Temple Christmas dinner to about 100 unteers for 2019? Photo by Barbara Rosenstroch Sinai to learn new dances and people in Lynn and about 75 Barbara Rosenstroch Temple Sinai members preparing Christmas Eve dinner at the Life­ practice familiar ones, and our in Salem. We helped Alison Temple Sinai, Marblehead bridge Shelter in Salem. OPINION THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JANUARY 10, 2019 7

Another headache for Netanyahu Israel’s prime minister is looking at possible indictments, and the emergence of a political newcomer could hasten the decision

By Lawrence Rifkin tise in their leaders) as well as an * * * aura of decency, grace and calm If opinion polls are to be JERUSALEM – For a little over that is sorely lacking. He has yet believed, the Likud will get the a month, Israeli Prime Minister to reveal his stance on peace most votes of any single party Benjamin Netanyahu held with the Palestinians although come April. But a politician gets together the slimmest of coali- it’s widely understood that he is to be prime minister only if he tions, representing just 61 of the a moderate. or she is able to put together Knesset’s 120 seats. One of the Even before his mandated a coalition, and the same polls two far-right parties in his gov- three-year post-military cool- show that with Gantz in the ernment had dropped out over ing-off period came to a close, game, this will be harder for security differences concerning parties across the political spec- Netanyahu to do – so hard, per- the Gaza Strip, and the other trum were wooing him. When haps, that the president might was now teetering in its support he announced the formation of give the nod to someone from due to personal differences with a party of his own on December the party that comes in second, the prime minister. 27, other parties were said to be which is exactly how Netanyahu Finally, in late December, looking to run with it on a joint returned to the prime minister’s Netanyahu agreed to dissolve list or otherwise make deals with chair in 2009. the Knesset and hold elections, it that would enhance their own This is not to say that Gantz’s to take place on April 9. He cited standing among the electorate. party would necessarily end up Benny Gantz has the right military credentials, as well as an aura of a looming deadlock regarding decency, grace and calm that is sorely lacking. All of this says a lot about in second place or that he him- draft deferrals for ultra-Ortho- Gantz, and Netanyahu has self would be asked to form a dox men, an issue of great er that would be a winner at ing the media. But he has lost begun sending out associates to government – no political nov- import to two other parties in the polls. He’d announce a new some ground within his Likud, do something about it. Science ice in Israel has ever become his coalition but deeply unpop- peace initiative. which has been moving farther Minister Ofir Akunis told Army prime minister. A more likely ular among the general elector- In the end, Netanyahu mere- to the right, and there are those Radio on Sunday that Gantz was scenario would have him as ate. Yet it’s widely agreed that he ly announced that he was will- in the party who fear that his a closet leftist. On the same day, defense minister or in charge was far more worried about the ing to confront the state’s wit- legal woes will take too much Culture Minister Miri Regev told of another weighty portfolio as timing of possible indictments nesses against him face to face, of his time and cost it support reporters that Gantz had been a token of gratitude for having for alleged corruption, believ- whether in police interrogation among voters. a lousy chief of staff because of shifted the overall political bal- ing that if he were to be quickly rooms or on live TV. He added More notable, though, is the tunnels coming into Israel ance to the center. reelected, they might be delayed that it would be unfair to hand the fact that outside the Likud, from the Gaza Strip. So Avichai Mandelblit is not or even quashed. down indictments before the the dissolution of the Knesset The day before, Immi­grant the only person on Netanyahu’s The extent of the prime min- election. He also made sure to unleashed the beginnings of Absorption Minister Yoav mind. Yes, Mandelblit will decide ister’s worry was on full display say that the whole thing had what could turn into a political Gallant – the man who had been whether or not to indict him, this week. On Monday, his office been blown out of proportion realignment. Parties are split- tipped to become chief of staff but according to legal experts, released word that he would by the left and the media. When ting, others are forming, and an instead of Gantz before having indictments at this level must make a “dramatic” live state- it became clear that this was ex-IDF chief of staff with consid- the nomination rescinded when take into account the good of ment just in time for the evening nothing more than an appeal to erable popularity is taking a dive it became known that he had the nation as a whole, meaning news. For hours, the speculation his political base, one channel into the whirlpool. illegally built his home on state they could be deferred until a churned: He’d announce his res- cut him off. If any of these developments land – hinted that the newcomer time when Netanyahu is no lon- ignation in light of reports that * * * have added to Netanyahu’s wasn’t saying much because he ger in office. With Benny Gantz the indictments were coming in Netanyahu’s base is con- agita, it’s probably the last. had something to hide. Gallant’s in politics, that time could be February. He’d announce that siderable and he plays to it Benny Gantz is the wildest comment came a day after a soon. he was firing Attorney-General much the way U.S. President of wildcards now on the Israeli news report said private investi- Avichai Mandelblit, the man set Donald Trump plays to his – political scene. He has the right gators had been hired to dig up Lawrence Rifkin is the to decide on the indictments. by denouncing the judiciary, military credentials (Israelis dirt about Gantz among former Journal’s Jerusalem bureau He’d announce a political merg- demonizing the left and damn- usually look for security exper- subordinates. chief. Amos Oz and the centrality of Hebrew in Jewish life The great novelist’s passing should remind us that understanding the glories of modern Hebrew literature is essential to the future of the Jewish people

Jonathan S. Tobin some of the Jewish state’s crit- has been the inability of Jewish JNS.org ics, including many who are institutions to sufficiently pro- Jewish. Meanwhile, right-wing- mote the study of Hebrew in or those who only know ers dismissed his belief that the day schools and synagogue Israel as a field of politi- country’s future could only be programs. All too many Jews, Fcal combat, Amos Oz was secured by a peace deal that including many who love Israel, just a writer with a point of view would allow two states for two remain ignorant of the language about his country’s basic politi- peoples, in addition to his criti- that is the lifeblood of modern cal and security dilemmas. Oz’s cism of the settlement move- Jewish life. Oz’s books teach advocacy for the two-state solu- ment. Indeed, after belief in much about Israel, but though tion and his dim view of the Oslo was blown up Yasser Arafat they can be enjoyed in transla- current Israeli government, as and the Second Intifada, cou- tion, it’s axiomatic that it is only well as many of its predecessors, pled with repeated Palestinian in the original Hebrew that the figured prominently in obituar- rejections of offers of statehood, magnitude of his achievement ies that noted his death on Dec. Oz’s politics came to be viewed and its worth can be appreci- 28 at the age of 79. as obsolete by many on both ated. Oz was a major figure in Israeli ends of the political spectrum. That’s why instead of rehash- letters dating back to the 1960s, But it would be a mistake ing sterile political arguments, and had been an international to view Amos Oz primar- Amos Oz’s place in Jewish history is instilled as an eminent figure of we should honor Oz’s mem- literary star since his novel “My ily through a political lens or to Hebrew and Israeli literature. ory by supporting Jewish and Michael” was translated into gauge his worth solely by one’s is entirely right to honor and just telling us the stories of the Zionist education that prioritiz- English in 1972. But the fact that stance on the peace process. wish to preserve the joys and community that was created in es the study of Hebrew. In doing he was one of the founders of Oz’s place in Jewish history is achievements of Yiddish, as the Jews’ ancient homeland, but so, we will be helping to rein- “Peace Now” seemed to be just instilled as an eminent figure well as Ladino and the other in providing the narrative of a force the sadly declining sense as important as his writing to of Hebrew and Israeli literature. languages (including English) nation reborn in all of its com- of Jewish peoplehood among those whose interest in Israel More importantly, commemo- in which Jewish thought has plexity, sorrow and greatness. young Jews, as well as giving begins and ends with discus- rating his life means reminding been expressed. But Hebrew is Oz’s tales and his prose exem- them a precious gift. sions about the conflict with the us of the centrality of Hebrew the only tongue and the only plify this process by which mod- You don’t have to agree with Palestinians. in not only providing the foun- literature that unites the entire ern Hebrew literature became everything Oz said or wrote to Oz’s political leanings are dation for Israel’s creation, but Jewish people, rather than the vessel through which Israeli respect the integrity of his views worth discussing primarily also as essential to the future of just the segments that lived in thought and identity was and his life, or to understand because he stood for a form of the Jewish people. His achieve- Eastern Europe or portions of expressed. The Jews are a peo- the importance of his writing liberal Zionism that is growing ments, along with other excep- the Mediterranean and Middle ple who have always valued the and why it worked to explain so increasingly out of fashion on tional Israeli writers, must be Eastern Diaspora. written word, and in that sense much about the many dilemmas the left. At a time when attacks understood as having provided Making the language of the the literature of modern Israel Israelis faced. You can appreci- on the legitimacy of the Jewish the idiom by which the truest Bible and Jewish religious lit- – and that of its greatest writ- ate it because it helped depict state – no matter where its bor- expression of Jewish and Israeli urgy, which linked Jews to their ers and poets, such as Chaim Israel, in all its brilliance and ders are drawn – have become identity can be expressed. home in the land of Israel, the Nachman Bialik, Shmuel Yosef blemishes, to readers around commonplace among those The revival of Hebrew as a lingua franca of the ingathered Agnon, Yehuda Amichai, Aaron the world in more than 40 lan- who laud intersectional ideol- modern language was as impor- Jewish people was essential to Applefeld and Oz – are among guages. May his memory be for ogy, Oz’s intense Israeli patrio- tant to the success of the Zionist their becoming a nation rather the most remarkable achieve- a blessing. tism and belief in his country’s movement as other efforts to than a collection of immigrants. ments of Zionism and Israel. right of self-defense seemed settle the land, and build and The enormous achievements One of the real failures of Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in out of step with the views of defend the Jewish state. It of Hebrew literature lies not in modern American-Jewish life chief of JNS.org. 8 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JANUARY 10, 2019 COMMUNITY NEWS

G e n e r at i o n s What was your Jewish background What other work have you done in the growing up? community?

I did most of my growing up in Dorchester, and I Most of it was involved in Temple Sinai – I recently got had a very traditional Jewish upbringing. We belonged involved with the Jewish Federation, which became CJP to what then was Mishkan Tefila. I went to Hebrew [Combined Jewish Philanthropies]. I was instrumental school, I went to confirmation class, I went to Saturday in starting the Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund of services because it was mandated that you had to. And the North Shore, which is an ongoing, self-sustaining, at home, my mother and grandmother were very con- stand-alone organization that depends on donation servative, and traditional, and everything was done the from women in the community, and we give annu- way it was supposed to be done. So I had a very firm, ally about $20,000 to $25,000 in grants to programming Jewish background. that’s submitted by the various women’s organizations. Later on, as I got older and was going to college – in those days, everybody didn’t sleep away, they went to In your opinion, what is the state of the college near home – I got involved with Hillel, and then Jewish community on the North shore? my mother and my sister moved to Newton. At that point, I was in the middle of college. There was a group The demographics are changing rapidly. I don’t know at Temple Emanuel in Newton for what they called where everyone is going, but they’re not coming to “young people” and a lot of singles that were going Swampscott and Marblehead. When we came, it was to college or were out in the workplace, and it was a thriving. People were moving from Chelsea, Revere, very good social activity – meeting all kinds of people, and that end of the North Shore to Swampscott and again in a Jewish setting. Incidentally, from that young Marblehead and Beverly and Salem, but now, I don’t peoples’ group, when I moved [to Swampscott] after I know where they’re going – if they’re here, they’re not got married, I met some of the people I had met way joining synagogues. It’s not that I’m not optimistic. I back then. think everything has a cycle. This happens to be a dif- Jessie Lipson ficult time of the cycle. Did you give your own children a similar Hometown: Dorchester Jewish upbringing? What is the biggest societal change Currently living in: Swampscott you’ve witnessed in your life? It changed. We didn’t – there was still a conserva- Alma maters: Roxbury Memorial School for Girls, tive background, and my kids went to Temple Sinai [in I was thinking that one of the big changes that’s about Marblehead], they went to Hebrew school, the whole Boston University 20 years old is women opening their mouths and let- thing, bar and bat mitzvah, and so forth. So it was really ting it be known about domestic abuse. The openness a continuation, maybe more modern, maybe a little dif- The Jewish Journal is excited to kick off 2019 by and acceptance of people that are different than you – ferent in methods of teaching, in what the curriculum because we were a very closed society when I was grow- was. After I got through with my stint as president of introducing a new feature called “Generations,” ing up, and we didn’t talk about those things, because Temple Sinai, I became president of the [now defunct] which will highlight members of different gen- Mother wouldn’t like it. But there was a whole different North Shore Hebrew School, which I was chairman of erations who have made a difference in the attitude. We don’t brush stuff under the rug anymore. I for five years, and it was changing radically then. The think we’ve saved a lot of severe psychological problems, move was to get the kids to Hebrew school, but some Jewish community of Greater Boston. For our I think there’s a tremendous difference when people kids, they didn’t go … they might want to go skiing, or first edition, we spoke to Jessie Lipson, who has don’t have to be ashamed of who they are, or what they they might be in a dance group, and we were supposed devoted over a half a century of service to the are, or what they’ve done. It’s more of an open society, to adjust the Hebrew school schedule to their schedule and I think it’s for the better. … it was an uphill battle. Jewish community of the North Shore. ‒ – Michael Wittner COMMUNITY NEWS THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JANUARY 10, 2019 9

Weekly temple gathering feels like a group hug

Making the sessions more enjoyable By Myrna Fearer were the rabbi’s children: daughter Sima; son Joseph, who later became a beloved rom my rabbi at Temple Beth Am in Randolph; perspec- and a younger son. The rabbi’s wife was Ftive, one of a lovely woman, who made sure that the best things there were light refreshments for every- that happened one. I don’t remember the snacks, but I when Temple do recall our meaningful discussions. Tifereth Israel of So now, Saturday attendance at Malden merged Temple Tiferet Shalom is like déjà vu, with Tempe only better. Though our numbers vary Beth Shalom of each week depending on the weather, the Peabody was vacationing snowbirds, and sometimes the wonderful illness, we usually have a cohesive core Saturday morn- group of folks who really care about each ing service, snack, and study the Malden other. Anyone missing for a few sessions temple brought to us. gets a call. We also care about those suf- Admittedly, since I didn’t know anyone fering throughout the world because of in the group, I stayed away. That is, until unexpected tragedies caused by nature I received an email from Michael Szycher or man. Our little world expands with our asking me to come to a session at Temple concern, which is reflected in our weekly Tiferet Shalom where he was the speaker. “Mi Sheberach,” prayers for those who The Zilber Beatles: Mike Boudo, Gary Gillette, and Shalom Zilber. He wanted to make sure someone in the are in need of healing. audience would ask questions. I guess We happily participate in express- reads Hebrew and sings Hebrew songs proud of having become a Jew by choice. you can’t take the reporter out of a con- ing gratitude when our members share better than many Jews. He also adds a Ellie has a strong belief in God and truly gregant. good stories, happy stories and those lot to the service with his guitar. believes in turning her troubles over to One session was enough to convince odd things that mean a lot, like find- The third part of an amazing musical the Lord. It works for Ellie. me this is where I belonged on Saturday ing something that was lost. We share trio is Shalom Zilber, who was born in Ruth Nager sings in the choir and is a morning. I’m upset if I can’t make it. each piece of good news with a rous- Israel, fought in the 1967 war, and sings credited Tai Chi instructor, which she is Though they say you can’t go back, ing “Modim Anachnu Lach” [We Are and chants the prayers with such a pow- happy to share. Iris Fitzmeyer and Kevin in some ways I did. When I was a pre- Grateful To You]. erful voice that when I first heard him Coco try never to miss a session unless teen, I began to attend services at the And of course, we stand together sing, I checked the windows for cracks they are away. Cynthia Garber loves being little Litvishe shul across the street from for yahrzeits and yizkor, sharing the in the glass. with the group, especially since it meets the imposing and impressive Woodrow mourners’ grief. Shalom was a rock star and the three during the day. Avenue synagogue in Dorchester. What makes this group uniquely spe- guys have formed what is known around Why is this group so important? I I don’t know how long my love affair cial is the people. When Rabbi David the North Shore as the Zilber Beatles. recently asked myself. And then it hit me: with that little synagogue lasted, but I Kudan doesn’t have a conflict, he joins Everyone in our study group is unique, With our caring, concern, and advice, do have wonderful memories of services us. Most of the time Gary Gillette, a even those who come sporadically. There we have become, in essence, a therapy there. Rabbi Herbert Simches was the guitar virtuoso, is our learned leader. are Arnie and Barbara Sager, who wed as group. We leave the temple stronger and kind rabbi who inspired his audience, Gary also sings with the Friday night teenagers in Malden and are still going more positive than when we enter. We are whether adults or children. After the choir and he’s never missed a service. strong in their mid-80s. We love having all so different and yet, just like pieces in a morning service, everyone went home He has an amazing accompanist in Mike attorney Jordan Shapiro with us. Jordan jigsaw puzzle, we fit so well together. for lunch, only to show up at the rabbi’s Boudo, a producer for Channel 7 news always has a joke to share and he even house on Blue Hill Avenue afterward. and our only Christian member. Mike remembers punchlines. Ellie Comeau is Myrna Fearer writes from Danvers.

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From lighthearted musicals to searing drama: Picking the best of 2018 on the region’s stages

By Jules Becker “Fun Home” – SpeakEasy Repertory Theatre: Timely and musical banquet, beautifully JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT Stage Company: Rite of passage trenchant staging of “Our Town” served. and family tension – especially offspring. “Man in the Ring” – ews struggled to cope – with Third Reich Berlin and post-Holo- between a closeted father and “The Last Act” – Israeli Stage: Huntington Theatre Company: caust Paris – in some of the year’s best theater productions. his lesbian daughter – haunt- Emerson alumnus Guy Ben- The standout play production J Jewish characters ranged from a fruit seller, to a piano-play- ingly evoked. Aharon’s taut staging of this of the year and arguably the ing war veteran, to a tenacious boxing manager. “Hype Man” –Company One: provocative Joshua Sobol drama best effort of 2018. John Douglas Area companies have produced so much fine work that once This undaunted troupe force- dealing strikingly with the con- Thompson proved both majes- again this critic has put together separate small stage and large fully captured the insight of Idris flict between Israel and the tic and hauntingly sad as six- stage best of 2018 lists. Here they are in alphabetical order: Goodwin’s striking play about Palestinians. time boxing champion Emile music, friendship, and diversity. “The Wiz” – Lyric Stage (Griffith), while Kyle Vincent BEST OF 2018 accepting Berlin. The no- “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” Company of Boston: A superb Terry sharply evoked Young SMALL STAGE THEATER applause curtain (as the musi- – Nora Theatre Company: A stel- ensemble eased on down the Emile’s inner emotional bouts cal decries the approaching lar gender-bending ensemble road of this snappy Tony Award and ring sparring. Gordon Clapp “Between Riverside and Holocaust) was the most pow- – including Greg Maraio and musical with high energy. caught the mentoring drive and Crazy” – SpeakEasy Stage erfully disturbing Hub theater Eddie Shields – examined this tenacity of Griffith’s Jewish man- Company: Diversity beautifully moment in many years. drama set in France before the BEST OF 2018 ager, Howie Albert. rendered in a strong ensemble. “Dancing at Lughnasa” – revolution with new immediacy. LARGE STAGE THEATER “Moulin Rouge” – Emerson “Cabaret” – Moonbox Gloucester Stage Company: A “Love! Valour! Compassion!” Colonial Theatre: This splashy Productions: Chillingly fresh cast including Lindsay Crouse – Zeitgeist Stage Company: A “An American in Paris” – new musical gave the beautiful- take on the landmark Kander and Jenny Israel caught the poignant revival of the Terrence Ogunquit Playhouse: Arguably ly renovated Emerson Colonial and Ebb musical centered on music of Brian Friel’s master- McNally modern classic. the most exciting musical revival Theatre an auspicious reopen- Weimar decadence and Nazi- work. “Ripe Frenzy” – New of the year. ing. Danny Burstein had all “Anything Goes” – Reagle of the panache of impresario Music Theatre: Vibrant vocals Harold Zidler. from Leigh Barrett and especial- “Ragtime” – Trinity Repertory ly Jared Troilo. Company: An arrestingly no- There is no place like home “The Niceties” – Huntington frills but superbly sung reviv- when your apartment is Theatre Company: Possibly the al of this musical celebration at Two Victory Road. year’s best verbal fireworks. of American diversity. Wilkie “Lost Laughs: The Slapstick Ferguson III had all the charis- The perfect address for people Tragedy of Fatty Arbuckle” – ma and fire of African-American who want a little extra help to Merrimack Repertory Theatre: A pianist Coalhouse Walker, while get a lot more out of life. new look at the underrated title Charlie Thurston caught the silent film star. professional determination and Two Victory Road is a wonderful “Mame” – North Shore Music parental devotion of Jewish neighborhood conveniently located Theatre: The Jerry Herman immigrant filmmaker Tateh. on a scenic and serene pond on the Salem/Lynn line. Featuring a brand new community room, gym and active resident Chestnut service program. 1 and 2 bedrooms Gardens starting at $1,500 Apartments Contact Karen at 978-532-4800 301 Essex Street, Lynn, MA 01902 • 781-592-1246 for a property tour Professionally managed by  Crowninshield Management Company Spacious, Modern Affordable Apartments Social Activities 24 hr Emergency Maintenance THETHE GABLESGABLES ATAT WINCHESTERWINCHESTER Now Taking Applications for Senior Housing

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I have gradual, contemplative path to said Leavitt. pointed out that Judaism Marblehead. “When you think to truly mean it,” said Perlman, right wrongs and try to become “Setting goals is one thing – requires constant and consistent about the attitude of a holy day explaining how centuries of a better person is more mean- making a resolution or a vow self-reflection, and that daily versus a holiday – it’s because Jewish tradition help us improve ingful than nonbinding resolu- is something else,” said Rabbi prayers and weekly Shabbat ser- it doesn’t come easily. Spending our relations with ourselves and tions we probably won’t keep. 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Anita G. Cohen, 81, of Marblehead Bob Harris, 93, of Peabody, formerly Swampscott Anita G. Cohen, of Marble­ later an office manager at Cohen Bob Harris of Peabody, for­ and friends. Bob also enjoyed head, entered into rest on and Cohen, P.C. She was life­ merly Swampscott, entered into working with his wife Edith in December 18, 2018, at the age time member of Temple Ahabat rest on December 26, 2018 at the the antique business. In retire­ of 81. Shalom’s Sisterhood. She loved age of 93. ment, he was able to spend more Beloved wife of Myron J. her family, her friends, and her Beloved husband of Edith time in the woodshop, where he Cohen. Devoted mother of Neal students. (Goldrosen) for 66 years. loved creating pieces from crib­ Cohen and his wife Lisa, and A funeral service for Anita Devoted father of Peter (Connie) bage boards to furniture for his Melissa Dreyer and her husband was held on December 20 at Harris and Jo-Anne (Barry) children and grandchildren. Evan. Cherished grandmother Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Harris Nyer. Cherished grandfa­ Bob will be remembered of Sarah Cohen, David Cohen, Chapel, Salem, with inter­ ther of Greg (Erin) Harris, Jenna fondly by many. He was a Rebecca Dreyer, Samantha ment following in Pride of Lynn (Tim Ruggerio) Harris, Ben (Zina respected and admired friend of Dreyer, and Justin Dreyer. The Cemetery, Lynn. In lieu of flow­ Alam) Nyer, Joshua Nyer, Elliot all who knew him. loving sister of Ruth Friedman ers, expressions of sympathy may (Leslie) Nyer, and Allison Nyer. A funeral service for Bob and the late Eleanor Carver. Dear be made in Anita’s memory to Great-grandfather of Zoe Harris. Harris was held on December daughter of the late Samuel and Northeast Animal Shelter, 347 Brother of the late Frank Harris 30 at Stanetsky-Hymanson Sarah Gilberg. Highland Ave., Salem, MA 01970 and Sidney Harris. Dear son of Memorial Chapel, Salem, fol­ Anita grew up in Mt. Vernon, (www.northeastanimalshelter. the late Abraham Harris and lowed by burial at Shirat Hayam N.Y., graduated from Boston org). For more information or to Etta (Aronson) Harris. Loving tative of men’s uniforms. cemetery in Peabody. In lieu of University, and raised her fam­ register the online guest book, brother-in-law and uncle to a Bob raised his family in flowers, expressions of sympa­ ily in Marblehead. She was a visit www.stanetskyhymanson­ large extended family. Swampscott and was very active thy may be made in Bob’s mem­ city of Salem schoolteacher and salem.com. Bob was born in Salem and in the Jewish community. He ory to The Jewish Community raised in Lynn. He graduated served on the board of directors Center of the North Shore in Evelyn Rebecca (Cohen) Rieder, 98, from Lynn Classical and was a and was elected an Honorary Marblehead; the Resident star athlete both in high school Life Board Member at both the Benevolent Fund at Brooksby of Marblehead and at the JCC of Lynn, where he JCC of the North Shore and Village in Peabody; or Care Evelyn Rebecca (Cohen) became an inspiring basketball Camp Bauercrest. His connec­ Dimensions Hospice Services, Rieder, of Marblehead, died coach and mentor to the boys’ tion with the JCC spanned over 75 Sylvan St., Danvers. For more peacefully at home after a AZA youth group. Bob served in 75 years. information or to register in the long illness on December 21, the Navy during World War II. Throughout his life, Bob online guestbook, visit www. 2018, surrounded by her fam­ He worked as a sales represen­ enjoyed traveling with family stanetskyhymansonsalem.com. ily, at the age of 98. She was the beloved wife for over 69 years of Sidney V. Rieder, who Irving Sacks, 92, of Peabody Arlene Debra Stern, 64, died on April 18, 2018. Born in Irving Sacks, 92, a resident Jewish War Veterans, Wednesday late of Brighton Philadelphia, Penn., on August of Peabody since 1959, born in Morning Spiritual Club, and he 25, 1920, she was the daughter Brooklyn, N.Y., entered into eter­ also supported many charities. Arlene Debra Stern passed of the late Meyer Cohen and Ida nal rest on December 31, 2018. Irving is survived by his chil­ away on December 17, 2018, at (Polonsky) Cohen. He was the beloved husband of dren Jonathan Sacks, Lee Sacks Presentation Nursing Home in Born exactly one week after the late Irene Sacks, with whom and his wife Mary Ann, and Reva Brighton at age 64, after a long women gained the right to he shared 58 years of marriage. Cuthbertson and her husband illness. vote, Evelyn was disappoint­ ceased by her brother Irving I. Irving was a WWII U.S. Navy John; his three grandchildren She was affectionately ed not to live to see a woman Cohen. veteran, serving as a radar tech­ Robert Sacks, and Ellen and known as “Little baby Sternsie” elected president of the United Evelyn’s remains will be nician. He then graduated from Jamie Cuthbertson; his sister by our mother. She was a niece States almost a century later. interred at Waterside Cemetery Brooklyn College and went on Florence Adler; and his compan­ of the late Benjamin Liberfarb. Experiencing the struggles for Marblehead, along with those to Carnegie Mellon University. ion Freda Kravetz and her fam­ She was the daughter of late gender equality both in and out of her husband Sidney. A pri­ His long career in flight engi­ ily: Kenneth and Joanne, Paula, Robert and Lillian Stern, and of the workplace, she success­ vate memorial service will be neering included Republic Gale and Larry and Pat. she was also a granddaughter fully went on to find her calling held at a later date. In lieu of Aviation, AVCO Corporation, A funeral service for Irving was of Anna and Jacob Liberfarb. as an accomplished financial flowers, contributions may be and Massachusetts Technology held on January 3 at Congregation In her life she was married investor until dementia pre­ made in Evelyn’s memory to the and Development Corporation. Sons of Israel, Park St., Peabody, and divorced, and worked in cluded her abilities. Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. He retired at 75. with interment at Maple Hill various secretarial jobs. Arlene She was predeceased by her Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL Irving was a member of the Cemetery, Peabody. In lieu of is survived by her sister Sarah daughter Sandra A. Rieder and 60601 (www.alz.org). Stanetsky- commission for the building flowers, expressions of sympathy Eleanor Stern and her soulmate is survived by her sons Steven Hymanson Memorial Chapel, of the Peabody Memorial High may be made in Irving’s memory Sal Khan of Revere, as well as M. Rieder of Burlington, and Salem had the honor of caring School. He was a long time to Congregation Sons of Israel, many cousins. Ronald J. Rieder and his partner for Evelyn. For more informa­ member of Congregation Sons of Park St., Peabody, MA 01960. For Arrangements were handled Martha Miller of Andover, and tion or to register in the online Israel and served as a past presi­ more information or to register in by Stanetsky Memorial Chapel, her brother Bernard Cohen of guestbook, visit www.stanetsky­ dent. He was involved in other the online guestbook, visit www. Brookline. Delray, Fla. She was also prede­ hymansonsalem.com. organizations, including the stanetskyhymansonsalem.com.

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ANSIN, Barry H., 67 – late and North Andover. Died on merly of Salem and Marblehead. of Orlando, Fla., formerly of December 23, 2018. Wife of Died on December 31, 2018. Phyllis D. Tanen, 89, of Revere Lynn. Died on December 15, Paul Davis. Mother of Meredyth Wife of the late Dr. N. Milton Phyllis D. Tanen, 89, of Revere, the Massachusetts Teachers 2018. Brother of Faith Lerner and her fiancé Wayne, and the Insuik. Mother of Nancy Insuik, died on December 22, 2018 at Assn., the National Teachers of Peabody. Uncle of Samantha late Joshua. Grandmother of Robin Insuik, and Gary Insuik. the Lighthouse Nursing Center. Assn., the Revere Senior Center, and Cody Ross. Cousin of Madison. Sister of Marilyn and Grandmother of Ben and Born in Chelsea, Phyllis was B’Nai Brith, the United Order Eileen Grossman and Jennifer Jerry Dorenfeld, and stepsis- Hannah Insuik. Sister of Roberta the daughter of the late William True Sisters # 53 and the Retired Grossman of Pooler, Ga., Jessica ter of Arthur and Larry Dubin, Colten. Daughter of the late and Rose (Brilliant) Tanen. County Municipal Employees of Grossman of Savannah, Ga., and and the late Sandra Dubin. Harry and Ida (Malis) Segal. Raised and educated in Revere, a Massachusetts. Susan and Seymour Gabbin of (Goldman) (Stanetsky-Hymanson) graduate of Revere High School Phyllis is survived by her N.Y., N.Y. Son of the late Harold DWORKIN, Anita (Rud), KESSLER, Shirley (Myerson), class of 1947. She continued her nieces Adele Tanenbaum, and Ethel (Bukofsky) Ansin, and 88 – late of Malden. Died on 89 – late of Salem, formerly of education receiving her bach- Susan Bates, her nephews brother-in-law of the late Mark December 31, 2018. Wife of Marblehead. Died on January elor’s and master’s degrees from Paul Tanenbaum and Larry Lerner. (Stanetsky-Hymanson) Barney Dworkin. Mother of April 7, 2019. Wife of Joseph Kessler. Salem State College. Phyllis was Tanenbaum, and many great- BALIN, Theodore “Ted,” 83 – Coppola and June Dworkin. Mother of Cheryl Yoffe and a teacher with the Revere school nieces and nephews, and her late of North Andover, formerly Grandmother of Allie Coppola her husband Robert, Rhonda system for 41 years. cousin Sheila Green. She was of Andover and Methuen. Died and Nicolette Coppola. Pouladian and her husband Phyllis was the office manager predeceased by her siblings on January 5, 2019. Husband (Goldman) Jacob, and Marc Kessler and his of Camp Tevya in Brookline, N.H. Arlene C. LeVine and Herbert of Marcia (Wishnow) Balin. wife Leah. Grandmother of Dan She was a member of Temple Tanenbaum and her nephew GOODMAN, Cynthia P. (Gorin), Father of Nancy Balin, Carole and Sara Pouladian, Aaron and B’Nai Israel of Beachmont and Arnold G. LeVine. 78 – late of Saugus. Died on Balin and her husband Michael Phuong Kessler, Tamara and Congregation Tifereth Israel of Graveside services were December 28, 2018. Wife of the Gertzman, and Sandra Balin and Shawn Bushey, Josh Yoffe and Revere. In 1994, Phyllis received held at the Chesed Shel Emeth late Irwin “Sonny” Goodman. her husband Mike Zweibach. Ariel Yoffe. Great-grandmother the Distinguished Alumni Award Cemetery, Danvers, on December Mother of Mark Goodman of Grandfather of Jake and Daniel of Ava and Jake Pouladian of Class of 1947 Revere High 23. Contributions in Phyllis’s Halifax and Amy Delaney and Zweibach, Nathaniel, Eve and and Phoebe Kessler. Sister of School, and the Outstanding memory may be made to the her husband John of Saugus. Joseph Gertzman. Brother of Robert and Jackie Myerson, Educator Award from Salem charity of one’s choice. Assisting Daughter of the late Harold and Marshall Balin, Barry Balin, and the late Albert Myerson, the State College in 2001 for Class of the family with arrangements Anne (Lourie) Gorin. Sister of the the late Stewart Balin. (Goldman) late Evelyn Levine, and the late 1951. She was a member of Delta was the Torf Funeral Service, 151 late Alan Gorin. Grandmother of Elsie Pastan. Daughter of the Kappa Gamma (for distinguished Washington Ave., Chelsea. For COHEN, Richard, 85 – late Samantha Delaney and Nicole late Isaac and Ada (Chansky) member of education), the an online guestbook, visit www. of Lynn. Died on December Delaney. (Torf) Myerson. (Stanetsky-Hymanson) Retired Revere Teachers Assn., torffuneral­service.com. 20, 2018. Husband of Bobbie GREEN, Frances (Terban) – late Cohen of Swampscott. Son of KNEE, Dr. Debra “Debbie,” of Revere, formerly of Peabody. the late David and Bella Levine 55 – late of Winchester. Died Kevin Riney. Grandmother of WHEELER, S. Ruth, 95 – late of Died on December 19, 2018. Cohen. Father of David Cohen on January 3, 2019. Mother of Moshe, Amalya, Ilana, Gavriel, Swampscott, formerly of Lynn Wife of the late Gerald Green. and his wife Robin of Warren, Hunter, Sarah, and Emily Lang. Dvorah, Scott and Sabrina, and and Cleveland, Ohio. Died on Mother of Jodie Malatzky and Vt., Douglas Cohen of Wexford, Daughter of Byron and Carol Alyssia and Amanda. Great- December 23, 2018. Mother her husband Larry of Hamilton, Penn., Dara Cole of Marblehead, (Rosenberg) Knee. Sister of grandmother of 20, and great- of Jane and Keith Burritt. Lou Ann Brown of Wakefield, Jodi Goldstein and her husband Melissa Knee. Niece of Sherry great-grandmother of one. Grandmother of Derek and and the late Craig Steven Richard Burke of Shrewsbury, and Arnie Everitt. Cousin of (Goldman) Dorothy Burritt, and Jason and Green. Daughter of the late and Steven Goldstein of Bruce and Kaew, Irwin and Ami Burritt. Great-grandmother Max Terban and Tess Terban. SCHWARTZ, Sylvia Swampscott. Grandfather of Carolyn, and Alec Everitt. Sister of Jules, Ashton, Quinn, and Sister of Jack Terban, Joe (Herscovici), 82 – late of Thea and Marley Cohen, Ari of heart of Jill Honig, Sherri Trent. Daughter of the late Rose Terban, Harry Terban, Esther Chelmsford, formerly of and Alex Cole, Benjamin and Lilienfeld, Sharon Namaroff, and Samuel Selikovitz. Sister of Block, Rita Singer and her hus- Lowell. Died on December 28, Genevieve Cohen, Zachary, and Dr. Margaret Russo. (Torf) Albert and Helene. (Stanetsky- band Daniel, Shirley McLaughlin 2018. Wife of the late Moritz Tyler, and Ryan Burke, and Alexis Hymanson) and her husband Hank, the late PORTMAN, Marion Gertrud Schwartz. Mother of Michael and Mikey Goldstein. Brother of Bernard Terban, and the late (Gumprecht), 86 – late of Schwartz and Urie Schwartz. Gertrude Fogel of Swampscott, Eleanor Strauss. Grandmother Peabody. Died on December (Goldman) and the late Dorothy Cole. of Jamie Greenstein, Shane 19, 2018. Wife of the late (Stanetsky-Hymanson) Malatzky, Hannah Malatzky, Sheldon Portman. Daughter COHEN ESPOSITO, Susan Joshua Brown, and Emma of the late Werner and Edith Slotnick Monuments Audrey, 62 – late of Marblehead.­ Brown. Great-grandmother (Jotkowitz) Gumprecht. Mother 232 Fuller Street, Everett, MA 02149 Died on December 31, 2018. of Aharon Gerald Greenstein. of David Portman and his wife 617-387-3980 Wife of Dennis Esposito. Mother (Torf) Zipora, Michelle Portman and Production facility / Sales office / Outdoor display of Lauren of Boston, Adam of her husband Etan, and Lauren S Full service drafting and sandblasting shop GREENBERG, Harriet (Cohen), Cambridge, and Matthew of Benroubi and her husband C 75 – formerly of Malden and Miami, Fla. Sister of Andrew Yitzhak. Sister of Karen Komer Memorial Group Slotnick’s MetroWest Monuments Stoneham. Died on December Est. 1910 5 Edgell Road, Suite 1 Cohen and his wife Denise of and Renate Miller. Grandmother 22, 2018. Wife of the late Framingham Centre, MA 01701 Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Aunt of thirteen and great-grand- Ronald Greenberg. Mother of 508-872-1400 of Alex, Peter, Michelle, and mother of three. She is also sur- Mark and Tessa Greenberg and Corporate office / Sales office / Indoor display Lianne Cohen. Daughter of the vived by her nieces, nephews Kenneth and Rose Greenberg. late Sidney and Civia Cohen. and extended family members. Grandmother of Nicholas and (Stanetsky-Hymanson) (Stanetsky-Hymanson) Sophia Greenberg. Sister of the Drive carefully… CORES, Nettie (Rubin), 92 – late late Lawrence Cohen. (Goldman) ROSENTHAL, Barry, 74 – late We can wait. of Medford. Died on January 6, of Lakeworth, Fla., formerly of HERMAN, Richard G., 82 – late 2019. Wife of the late Sidney Peabody and Malden. Died on Two convenient locations servicing families throughout Greater Boston, of Peabody. Died on January Cores. Mother of Elise Cores December 26, 2018. Husband North Shore, South Shore, Sharon Memorial Park and MetroWest. 5, 2019. Husband of Judith and David & his wife Sharon of the late Carol (Weinberg) www.scsmg.net (Hoffman) Herman. Father of Cores. Grandmother of Scott Rosenthal. Father of Todd Shira Whritenour and her hus- Cores and Alex Cores. Sister Rosenthal and Scott Rosenthal. band Rob and Ian Herman. of Sylvia Goldstein, Alan Rubin, Brother of Carl Rosenthal. Stepfather of Jonathan Benson, the late Esther Rubin, Norman (Goldman) Stephen Benson and his wife Rubin, and Sarah Grow. Aunt of Julie DiCello, and Eric Benson RUBENSTEIN, Charlotte many nieces, nephews, grand- and his wife Julie. Grandfather (Potcherkoff), 92 – late of nieces, grandnephews and of 10. Brother of the late E. Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of great-grandnieces and great- Philip Herman. Son of the late Malden. Died on December 22, grandnephews. (Goldman) Max and Ruth (Rosenstein) 2018. Wife of the late Hyman DAVIS, Roberta “Bobbi” Herman. (Stanetsky-Hymanson) Rubenstein. Mother of Arthur (Gerson), 74 – late of Clermont, Rubenstein, Larry and Sandra INSUIK, Bernice (Segal), 89 – Fla., formerly of Haverhill Rubenstein, and Joyce and late of Delray Beach, Fla., for- Georges Loinger, who saved 350-plus Jewish children during the Shoah, dies at 108 Georges Loinger, a Jewish de Secours aux Enfants (OSE), a guise of a summer camp and man with Aryan features who Jewish children’s aid society. played sports with them, teach- managed to save hundreds Between April 1943 and June ing them to run and retrieve a of Jewish children during the 1944, he and other members of ball. “I threw a ball 100 meters Holocaust, died on December the group helped at least 350 towards the Swiss border and 28, 2018, at the age of 108. Jewish children escape from told the children to run and get Loinger became a member France to Switzerland via a the ball,” explained Loinger. of the French Resistance during weakly guarded part of the bor- “They ran after the ball and this World War II, but was released der. is how they crossed the border.” after a stint in a German pris- According to an interview Loinger was awarded the oner of war camp. Because of earlier this year with Tablet Resistance Medal, the Military his blond hair and blue eyes, in magazine, Loinger and his Cross and the Legion d’Honneur, addition to his athletic abilities, group gathered the children, among other awards, for his he passed for a German and many of whose parents had heroism. escaped the camp, returning to been murdered or sent to con- – JNS.org France and joining the Oeuvre centration camps, under the 18 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – JANUARY 10, 2019 THANK YOU

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while everyone’s well, but you By Steven A. Rosenberg can be sure no one’s regretted it. JOURNAL STAFF Everyone is worthy of hav- ing their story told. We help the s the funeral director of Stanetsky-Hymanson poorest of our community and Memorial Chapel in Salem’s Vinnin Square, Carl also our wealthiest and most Goldman is in the business of being compassion- celebrated, from Orthodox to A Reform, from devout to agnos- ate. His father, Murray, founded Goldman Funeral Home tic, complicated situations and in Malden. Carl and his wife, Laurie Ann Hymanson, simple requests … no day is bor- have been married for 25 years. They live in Peabody, ing! where they are members of Temple Beth Shalom, and have three children: Hallie, 23; Gabe, 17; and Jesse, 14. You and your wife care for two developmentally A A A disabled children. Can you Carl, could you tell us er. My brother ran into Laurie’s tell us about your children about your upbringing? mom and it was soon realized and their needs? that she had a daughter, and Laurie Hymanson with Carl Goldman I’m the fourth of five born to he had a brother, who might Hallie and Jesse were both native Maldonians. The oldest of want to meet. One Chinese food and Canton locations. Goldman of advice for someone born with a very specific and us were raised in Suffolk Square. date later, Laurie returned to Funeral Home, founded by dad who’s planning to bury a very rare genetic mutation. It When I was little, my parents her roommate, who told her, after World War II, is today run results in what are called global bought a house on Elmwood “You’re gonna marry that guy.” by my brother [Murray] and loved one? developmental disabilities. They Park near Ferryway Green, and Cut to my apartment: “I think nephew [Jay]. That makes me Advice will differ depend- are followed by the amazing my father’s parents bought the I’m gonna marry that girl.” But and my wife “FDKs” or funeral ing on the circumstances of the people at the Finegold Center house adjacent. Our neighbor- it took five years to meet her director’s kids. But not all FDKs funeral planning, and there are at Boston Children’s Hospital. hood was a 20-minute walk to under the chuppah at Temple become funeral directors. And only two times to do it: either Hallie loves her weekday adult Lincoln School … and 20 min- Beth El. Years later, I still can’t sometimes you don’t choose the before its needed, or after a day care program, CLASS in utes the other way to Malden believe my luck to be married to profession, it seems to choose death occurs. When things are Wilmington, and Jesse is doing Hebrew School on Almont the most beautiful person I ever you. When we were growing up, good and all is well, like much wonderfully at the Children’s Street, where Miss Azoff would met. Laurie is and remains my in different towns and unknown in life, preparation for the future Center for Communication in hand a (full-size!) Hershey bar hero in life. to each other, Laurie and I both is key. With today’s resources, no Beverly. For certain, our family’s as reward for attending Shabbos observed our dads on call 24 one has to go a funeral home on life is a bit different from most. services. Your family has been in hours a day, ready to drop every- their worst day, not prepared, Anything another family does I admired all of my older sib- thing to help someone in need not informed, or overwhelmed. in five minutes, we usually need lings, who back then seemed the funeral home business at a moment’s notice. To us both, So my unique job as a funeral a half hour. But there are many like grown-ups to me. They for a while. Can you tell Murray Goldman and Edward director is supervising Advance other caregiving families who guided me and helped in differ- us about the business and Hymanson were wonderful role Planning [“pre-need”] at all face more difficult situations. As ent ways, so here’s my chance why you chose to go into models. After college and some three Stanetskys. Elie Weisel said, in another con- to say thanks for teaching me false starts, I was surprised to For those suffering immedi- text: “Our lives no longer belong to read, Marjie! My father was it? find later in life that my abilities ate loss, no one bit of advice is to us alone; they belong to all always in motion – running his Actually, both my families actually suited the profession I helpful for all. But I’ve heard a those who need us desperately.” funeral home business and very are in the business with sep- spent my childhood observing. few wise things over the years: So I take extra pride in my active in many organizations in arate funeral homes. Since So with family encouragement, “Accept and welcome support. wife and son, who have achieved the Jewish and civic commu- 1992, I’ve been a funeral direc- I graduated from funeral school Let others do for you. Grieve in so much despite all of these nities. Next door, on demand, tor at Stanetsky-Hymanson in in 1988. your own way, without fear or challenges. Active at temple our Bubbe provided to me and Vinnin Square. My wife Laurie judgment. You will never regret for many years, Laurie had the my siblings unconditional love, Hymanson’s great-grandfather Funerals are a stressful your decisions when your heart honor to serve as the final pres- wise, kind advice, and Old World founded the first Hymanson is in the right place.” ident of Temple Beth Shalom, cooking impossible to forget or Funeral Home in Lynn. I’m also a time for families. What’s and the first president of Temple duplicate. director at Stanetsky’s Brookline the most important piece You deal with death and Tiferet Shalom of Peabody. Gabe is well known as “the drummer” grieving families on a When did you first get and has played with the Boston daily basis. What kind of interested in Judaism? Youth Symphony Orchestra, mindset must one have to the klezmer band Sababa, and I had a good foundation remain positive at work? also has earned many awards from attending Malden Hebrew for achievements in theater School daily after “regular No matter what our day is like and music. He participated in school.” I was never a coop- at the funeral home, it’s never as Y2I and is a great kid who cares erative student, but I made bad as that family sitting across deeply for his siblings. And he’s friends with other Jewish kids the desk. To truly appreciate life, off to college in the fall. and left with the fundamentals you only need to help others of Hebrew and Judaism. My ease the pain of death. So the As someone who assists in fondest memory remains our key is perspective. The reward family Passover Seders. I was comes when we make a posi- doing a mitzvah – burying drawn to the concepts of slav- tive difference by providing the the dead – what motivates ery, freedom, equality and jus- resources for families to honor you to make a difference tice. In early years, my zayde their beloved, and in know- in people’s lives? would lead and later, my father, ing we perpetuate the age-old in his unique, compelling the- Jewish traditions of services and I often think about the his- atrical style, would preside over burial. tories of the Stanetsky and the reading of the Haggadah, Hymanson chapels as a Boston emphasizing its lessons as they What do you enjoy most institution, and about all of related to contemporary events. the funeral directors who pre- This left a lasting mark, and about your job? ceded me, that generations of today I’m blessed to conduct my Since I plan funerals before Jews have come to rely upon. We own, with my wife and children, death, most folks come to me don’t exist without the trust and with the very same Haggadah. with a positive, curious attitude confidence of our community. about what we do and why we Each day is new and we have to How did you meet your do it. They aren’t burdened by earn and build on that trust, one wife? loss, so much of what I do is client at a time. So while we may education. It might seem strange provide mitzvot, it’s much of a Blind date! Before computers, to some or morbid to others to kavod – an honor – to serve. real humans played matchmak- Laurie Hymanson with Gabe, Hallie and Jesse Goldman contemplate final arrangements