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VOLUME LXIX, NUMBER 21 THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1982 30¢ PER COPY Israeli, Egypian Officials Grapple With Vandalism Bill To Force Stricter Last Minute Issues On Sinai Withdrawal Penalties, Fines JERUSALEM (JTA ) - Premier Egyptian Deputy Premier Kamal bilateral relations a new impetus and The Senate Jlldiciary Committee earlier Menachem Begin was reported "satisfied" Hassan Ali, after a long day of talks with vigorous thrust in the right direction, this week }lassed legislation that would this week by Egyptian clarifications Begin and top ministers, also sounded up­ towards the full autonomy, , .as envisaged force stiff penalties for anyone convicted of regarding last minute disputes between beat. He told reporters " new ideas" had in Camp David and the peace treaty to vandalizing churches, synagogues, Israel and Egypt prior to the Sinai pullback been advanced to " bridge' the gaps" and which Egypt adheres and remains faithful cemeteries, government buildings or Sunday, A group of Likud Knesset mem­ that " the coming days will witness in letter and spirit." schools. bers who met with the Premier l'\londay hopefully a happy conclusion of the pending Hassan Ali said he was conveying a letter Senator Richard A. Licht ( D­ evening came away with the impression issues," from Begin to President Hosoi Mubarak, Providence) and others sponsored the bill that he intends to proceed with the Hassan Ali said Egypt was "fully confi­ Israel TV reported there w6U:ld be a formal which, if made law, would impose a felony withdrawal as scheduled, dent" that April 25th " will give the exchange of letters between the two status on vandalism, punishable by a $5,000 leaders stressing their commitment to fine, three years in prison, or both. Camp David. The Begin-Hassan Ali talks The legislation also allows owners of ~ lasted more than four hours, in two ses­ Leach to Be Honored By vandalized property to seek compensation " sions, and were interspersed by additional from the offenders in civil court. meetings involving U ,S. Deputy Secretary Under the bill, a vandal is defined as ' Providence Chapter Of NCJW of State Walter Stoessel Jr, Hassan Ali and anyone who " shall willfully and Egyptian Minister of State for Foreign Af. The Providence Section National Council maliciously, injure or destroy or write fairs Butros Ghali flew back to Cairo Mon­ upon, paint or otherwise damage or of Jewish Women will honor Muriel G, day evening, Leach an outstanding and dedicated com­ deface" property, munity leader at its annual Community The issues which surfaced as the Sinai Previously, Senator Licht had served as pull-out deadline approached include Service Award Luncheon on Tuesday, May chairman of a legislative committee that 11. The festive luncheon at noon will follow (Continued on page 3) studied vandalism of religious buildings. an 11 :30 reception at the Ledgemont Coun­ try Club in Seekonk, Massachusetts, Lunch guests will be entertained by the High Israeli Army Moves To Jinks, a dynamic Brown University singing group. Muriel Leach, mother of three lawyers, Clear Yamit Region. is the wife of Max Leach, a Providence TEL AVIV (JTA) - The Israeli army business executive, She bas been an officer moved in earnest ibis week to evacuate and active board member of many local several thousand civilian die-hards from and national organizations which are the. Yamit region of northern Sinai which devoted to improving the quality of life. must be handed over to Egypt Sunday, She was a delegate appointed by the Gover­ The operation, code-named "Red Dove," is nor to the White House Conference on commanded by Maj, Gen, Haim Erez, Families in 1980, during her tenure as commander of the southern district, who president of the Providence Section of predicted it would take "several days," Council. Erez warned his troops that this was not The luncheon is open to the public and MURIEL LEACH a war and the squatters are not the enemy, reservations are available. For more infor­ He expressed hope, however, that they mation, contact Phyllis L, Corwin, general community, locally, nationally, would not use young children as a shield to publicity, at 272-1126 or write Bertha Wein­ and internationally, through an integrated prevent the soldiers from carrying out program of education, service, and social traub, treasurer, at 15 Cambria Court in their orders. Pawtucket, R.L 02860, action. The proceeds from the luncheon There were few eye-witness accounts of Other committee members are Phyllis will benefit the non-sectarian scholarship the events Monday because the media has Berry and Hazel Grossman · co­ program of the Providence Section, Sup­ been barred from the regien, ostensibly to plementary scholarship grants are award'. chairpersons; Lillian Fellner, reserva­ prevent the reinfiltration of militants ed to deserving college undergraduates, tions; Phyllis Stanzler, program; Claire previously evacuated, This raised a storm Council also subsidizes a limited number of Ernstoff, hostesses; and Helen Gerber, ex­ of protest from both the Israeli and foreign camperships to Camp Jori and Camp officio, press corps, National Council of Jewish Women is an Ruggles, 1'be scholarship screening com­ It was learned, however, that three organization which.is dedicated to further­ mittee is chaired by Cele Adler and Irma villages-iii the vicinity of Yamit_ were ing human welfare in the Jewish and Gross, emptied Monday morning, Troops . All residents were removed from Sadot removed 22 families from Talmei Yosef. village; except the family of Vita and Ella Some of them were lifted off rooftops in Weitzman who are the unofficial cages lowered by mobile cranes, Others spokespersons for the " Halt the were dragged from houses. One resident . Withdrawal" movement. They are npt who threatened to kill himself was allowed - squatters but veteran Yamit area settlers. to remain, (Continued on page 3) Pattek Attends B'nai B'rith Convention, Meets Pell, Arens Jo Anne Pattek, president of B'nai B'riih 20 percent of the American market for ex­ Women of Rhode Island was one of the 800 ecutive jets and the Israeli developed CAT delegates who attended the recent B'nai scanner produced by Elscint, which has 15 B'rith Women Convention in Washington, percent of the market in Ainerican D,C, hospitals as the kind of capability Israel The new Israeli ambassador, Moshe has to offer. · Arens, made his first public address in Prior to the Ambassador's visit, the con­ Washington to the convention. "What is go­ vention body had passed a resolution call­ ing on in Lebanon," he told them, "is not a ing for the Administration and Congress to struggle l!etween left and right, but a bla­ abandon the proposed sale of I-Hawks to tant and brutal attempt by Syria and the Jordan, PLO ta take over that country, In other resolutions, BBW leaders from "That that attempt has only succeeded to communities throughout the country took the point ef 70 percent control of Lebanon stands on domestic issues resolving that and not 100 percent," he said, "has only the government preserve the basic been because of Israel's deterrent effect on freedom of individuals on issues including Syria and the PLO," prayer in the schools, abortion and voting In the economic area, he said, Israel is rights - all of which B'nai B'rith Women restructuring its economy wilh an inten­ consider to be matters of personal freedom PROVIDENCE SECTION, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH •WOMEN: (left to rl1ht) sive emphasis on science and technology, and choice, not to be governed by restric­ Halen Gerber, Cele Adler, Hezel Qro11man, and Phylll1 Berry ready material for the He pointed to the Israeli manufactured tive legislation. benefit luncheon to honor Muriel O. leach on Tuelday, May 11. Westwind plane, which today has close to (Continued on page 3) '-... 2 -THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL-22, 1982 Claudine Schneider sym­ pathetic to our concerns and Washington Lobby For_ Soviet Jewry; - quite enthusiastic about our suggestions. Senator Pell has already done much for the Personal Reflections On Its Impact cause including his introduc­ by Maxine Fishbein Sweden, Costa Rica, Israel -~ •rr··--·- tion of a joint resolution call­ On February 24 I arrived and Japan. ! The secret police continues ing for discussion of the sub- home exhausted, but smil­ On the morning of the to harass refusniks. Jews ap­ ject at the recent Geneva ing, having just returned lobby I arose at 6:45 a .m. af­ , plying to leave the Soviet Un­ conference of the UN Com­ from the sixth annual ter a long trip, minimal . ion lose their jobs and then mission on Human Rights. Washington Lobby for Soviet sleep, and hours of briefings; become subject to arrest for Ms. Schneider has spoken on Jewry. Along with hundreds attended morning services at " state parasitism." Young the House floor on behalf of of other east coast college the Adath Israel synagogue refusnik men are often draf­ the famous prisoner of con­ and graduate students, I took in Maryland; ate a short ted into the army for two science Ida Nudel. the four-hour trip from New snack; and headed for a final years, then are detained for Senator John Chafee and York City to Washington, series of briefings. at least an additional five for Representative Fernand St D .C. to speak with my After this our large group holding "state secrets." Germain had not played a s Senator.s.. and Represen­ broke up, some students Action to be taken in­ active a role, but aides for tatives on the issue of free opting to meet with members cluded: these t wo appeared in­ emigration for Soviet Jews. of the Helsinki Commission, 1) Signing a letter, spon­ terested and willing to help. sored by Senators Dole and The lobby,_ sponsored by others attending the vigil op­ Now you may ask: Does the Student Coalition for posite the Soviet Embassy:. I Dodd and Representatives any of this help? Consider the So~iet Jewry, a Brandeis Un­ -went to hear a member of the Frank and Gradison, to case of the Schwartzmans. In iversity based organization National Security Council President Reagan urging May 1979, as a direct result of founded in 1977 after the analyze the situation of the him to establish firm foreign the lobby, Congressman Nor­ arrest of Anatoly Jews in Russia. He endorsed policy to curtail flagrant man Mineta of California Shcharansky, began with- 13 our efforts, while cautioning human rights violations in wrote to Leonid Brezhnev on regard to Soviet Jews. Brandeis students who that poorly calculated behalf of refusnik Yakov traveled to -Washington to pressure on the Soviet 2) Writing to individual Schwartzman. He had also refusniks in Russia and to the plead with their congress government can prove written to the Schwartzman members on behalf of their counter-productive. Soviet government on their behalf. family and entered their Soviet brethren. That afternoon, nervous names in the Congressional The lobby grew annually by but feeling like an amateur 3) Speaking at a special Record. Shortly after this ac­ the hundreds with this year's diplomat, I began to meet vigil on the House and Senate tion was taken the event, the sixth of its kind, at­ with my congressmen. The floors on ·behalf of a p;ir­ Schwartzman family was tracting some 700 students points to be emphasized ticular refusnik. given permission to leave representing 35 states and 65 were: 2) " Cultural Genocide: " fiscating Hebrew materials 4) Establishing a coll)mis­ Russia. universities. The lobby also 1) Emigration: Figures of The Soviets have stepped up and religious objects froml n­ s ion to monitor U.S . Does this lobby help you represents part of Inter­ emigrees have dropped to harassment of Hebrew dividual homes making the technological transfer to the ask? Or did_700 students just national Solidarity Day with their lowest in a decade teachers and the elimination study of Hebrew and of Soviet Union. spend 24 wasted hours in events taking place in such (from 51,000 in 1979 to 3,500 of entire Hebrew schools. Judaism nearly impossible. I found Senator Claiborne Washington? You answer the countries as South Africa, projected in 1982) . The KGB bas been con- 3) General harassment: Pell and Represen ta ti ve question. Two Russian.Women Tell Of Their

Exodus At ~econd Community Seder I;

by John-Paul Sousa the problems of beginning again with nothing. Mirra Eides of Jewish Family Service Today, Mrs. Friedman works in the data described the atrposphere at the Jewish ., proce ssing- department at Miriam ' 'Community Center's recent Second Annual Hospital. But it wasn't that long ago, she Seder as " very homey." And Robert recalled, that her husband bad lost bis job Goldberg's painstaking compilation of a and she stopped performing her duties as a Seder program written in Hebrew, Rus­ computer programmer when she applied sian, and English enhanced the celebra­ for exit visas from the Soviet Union. It was tion. Goldberg is a group services worker only through the efforts of some good at the JCC. friends in Russia that she was able to ob­ It was the first Seder ever for Rita tain a lower paying, assembly line job in or-· Pesikov, a Russian Jew who emigrated to der to keep some money coming in. Cincinnati in her sixties at her son's in­ " Ah, after all the difficulties, we were sistance, and who moved to Providence a lucky enough to get permission to leave.the month ago. country in a few months," she told those Mrs. Pesikov was called upon to start a who had gathered with her for the celebra- • · new tradition. Instead of telling the whole tion. "But by the time we got our permis­ story of the exodus of Moses, Mrs. Pesikov sion'. the Russian government established along with Sophie Friedman were asked to the 'education tax,' meaning that both of tell about their personal exodus from us, having college educations, had to pay Russia. back 10,000 rubles - back for our educa­ "We are Moscovite," Mrs. Pesikov tion. began. "I was ·born in Moscow. It was " That should give you an idea. If it is dif­ really very difficult to make the decision in ficult for a couple who was married recen­ our age to leave our native land. · tly and starts to lluild their life toctake out "We are happy to be with us, to be with $10,000 in spending in this country." you, and it is_ the firt Pesach we are able to So the Friedmans sold everything they celebrate. And we are really happy to be had that was sellable to raise money and real Jews. To be with you. And L wish you, pay all the taxes, and to leave the country. L'CHAIM! Jean Petrucci and Saille Teacher enjoy the Second Annual Community everybody, a good Pesacb," she said. Their luck in this country turned a little Seder at the Jewish Community Center. Sophie Friedman who came to this couil­ better. Her husband got a job, though be try eight years ago also had her testimony spoke almost no English. But then Mrs. all my, as much as I know now, about to give. Some of the same threads flowed exist on one salary. And I would say the Friedman got pregnant. most difficult part of it was being Judaism from my children who come from through it that flow through all stories of " My little one, Judy, was born in this separated from the whole community - school !llld they tell me the traditions, the leaving: the uncertainties, the difficulties, country. And, ah, for a few years we had to from life in this country. _.meanings of the holidays, how to do and "Because when you have a new place to what to do. Now they are watching me, work, and you are trying to make friends whe~,her I am doing things properly or easier, to communicate easier, you are .not. . learning faster. Being separated as a It's an interesting evolvement: the housewife with a baby, ah, makes this children banding the traditions to their process much slower," she said. parents. Looking back, she thinks it was a big step Mrs. Friedman said she feels very deeply eoming here, but she's glad she took that that " my children could achieve, they step. could see, and learn so many more things Sophie Friedman's older boy has started than I could in my life." the first grade at the P.rovidence Hebrew And she looks forward to continuing to Day School, and her little one, Judy, is now " learn from them, and grow with them, in the third grade at the school. together." She explained that "not being able to learn about Judaism back in Russia, I got Amudlm Award Fetes Set For Sollosys Hadassah To Hold The Amudim Award Committee of the 54th Donor Event Providence Hebrew Day School will pre­ sent Gladys and Sheldon Sollosy with the Hadassah's 64th Annual Donor Event 1982 Amudim Award. will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A reception and cocktail party in honor of Lawrence B. Sadwln, 103 Glen Road, Woon­ the l!ollosys will be held Sunday, Apr!) 25 at socket, on Sunday, April 25, from ll-4 p.m. 8 p.m . at Aldrich House, and'lhe award din· Howard Kom1teln, pianist, will be ner will be Sunday, May 23 at the Jewish IHAIIING THE MOMENT: Mr. and Mn. Maa ~mftald of Shalom Apartmant and featured at the event. Community Center. "-IAlt llnll In the warmth of the ,_calatlratlon. THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 22 1 1982 - 3 Army Moves To Clear Yamit U.S. Confident Israel Will Withdraw, No ·1 i (Continued from page 1) not budge but will allow themselves to be j 1 They said they had the area commander's carried bodily to waiting army vehicles. Plans To Send Delegate To Ceremony ~ j personal permission to remain until Wed­ A group of yeshiva students, led by Zachi j j nesday. The village of Ugda was deserted Hanegbi, barricaded themselves in the WASHINGTON (JTA) - The State from going into the Sinai as part of the but for one holdout family removed by remains of a dismantled war memorial in Department reiterated its confidence that movement to attempt to prevent Israel troops. Yamit and promised "surprises" for the Israel will withdraw from the Sinai as from removing all Jewish settlers there by scheduled this Sunday. But State Depart- Sunday. Many of the Jewish militants that : 1 Because of the press ban most informa­ troops. Hanegbi is the son of Knesset mem­ j tion was obtained from squatters or resi­ ber Geula Cohen of the ultra-nationalist ment deputy spokesman Alan Romberg have gone in_to the Sinai and are now Tehiya faction. would not comment on the efforts of clashing with Israeli troops are American I dents as they were transported out of the Deputy Secretary of State Walter Stoessel Jews who have moved to Israel. C I area by troops. In Itzmona village, which is Another group of young Orthodox Jews, : j many of them American-born, who are Jr. except to say, " We are pleased with In particular, the members of Rabbi " j expected to be evacuated by nightfall, reports we have received on the mission so Meir Kahane's Kach movement, who have squatters went about their business members of Rabbi Meir Kahan 's Kach fac­ j tion, are barricaded in a booby-trapped air far." barricaded themselves in a bomb shelter in seemingly oblivious to the approach of Rombe.rg said there are so far no plans to Yamit and have threatened mass suicide, Israeli troops. They continued planting raid shelter and have threatened mass -l suicide if troops attempt to remove them. send a U.S. delegation to the ceremony are reported to be Americans. trees and prepared to harvest a melon crop marking the last stage of the turn-over of " Obviously, we would not welcome later this week.· They have summoned Kahane from the l U.S. to join them. the Sinai from Israel to Egypt. There have suicide by anybody, by Americans or J The army has not yet moved on Yamit it­ been reports that Secretary of State Alex- anybody else in this situation," Romberg self, the largest town in northern Sinai, Kahane himself says there is a warrant for his arrest if he tries to enter ! ;rael. He ander Haig now in Buenos Aires, if sue- sai4. Romberg indicated that the situation where more than 3,000 settlers and squat­ cessful in mediating the Falkland Islands will be handled by Israeli authorities. ters are reported to have barricaded them­ was reportedly in Washington Monday to appeal to the Israeli Ambassador, Moshe dispute between Argentina and Britain this selves for a confrontation with Israeli week, might go to the Sinai on Sunday. NEWSPAPERS attract more active troops. Most of the squatters there, mili­ Arens, to have the warrant lifted. Israeli and foreign reporters, encamped Romberg said tha! there have been no ef­ readership from teenagers in higher income tants of the " Halt the Withdrawal" move­ forts made to prevent American citizens families . ment, have said they would offer only at Kerem Shalom just outside the Yamit passive resistance. Apparently they will region, are watching the town through telescopes. The Foreign Press Association, the Israel Editors Committee and the Israel Journalists Association have lodged I·\vic'it'c·r PattekAttends protests against the press ban with Wonderful Premier Menachem Begin and Defense - BOSTON CHARTERS Convention Minister Ariel Sharon. Restaurant LONDON (Continued from page l J While the soldiers evacuated civilians PARIS from Yamit area villages, bull-dozers /fhe more than 800 delegates had the op­ SAVOR AUTHENTIC ROME moved in to complete the demolition -of MANDARIN portunity during the convention to MILAN demonstrate their conviction on these houses and communal structures. AND• SZECHUAN CUISINE One Week to 3 Months issues by making a visit to Capitol Hill, - Our Mongolian Barbecue a Speciality - from 139900 round 1rip where they went by-state delegation for Last Minute Unusual Szechuan Dishes - . visits with their respective senators. GOOD NEWS During the convention Mrs. Pattek met With Garlic Sauce with Senator Claiborne Pell. They dis­ Issues El Al Boston-Tel Aviv 1 cussed the major national and inter­ (Continued from page 1 J ELEGANT DINING FACILITIES AND LOUNGE Starts 6/ 13/ 82 from 1849°0 round trip national issues, and the Senator's views on Israeli allegations of Egyptian peace Banquet Facilities For Up To 500 Available Israel. Mrs. Pattek was impressed with the treaty violations: a last minute Israeli de­ senator's knowledge of the issues and felt mand, initially rejected by Cairo, that PRICES REDUCED FOR that his views are very compatible with.his Egypt offer a written pledge to abide by the !CARIBBEAN CHARTERS Rhode Island constituents, she said. Camp David accords after the Sinai In the workshops they were briefed on withdrawal takes place; and a dispute over Call Today how to affect legislation on the national, a sliver of territory - about 125 acres - state and local levels. All the con­ near Israel's Red Sea port of Eilat which gresswomen agreed that community work both countries claim. is the start of developing your own political The Cabinet decided at its regular power. weekly session Sunday to reconvene Wed­ In other workshops the delegates were nesday before putting its final stamp of ap­ briefed on the current wave of anti­ proval on the Sinai withdrawal. semitism, stronger now than at any time Informed sources here continued to ) since World War II. Abe Foxman, predict that the pull-out will take place on associate national director of the Anti­ schedule. Hassan Ali appeared optimistic Defamation League, tgld the women that when he landed at the Ben Gurion Airport the bombings in Paris, Vienna and Antwerp Monday morning,- saying that all dif­ and the significant rise in anti-Semitic inci­ ferences would be cleared up " today." dents in the United States "have impacteil Shamir, who met him at the airport, on our psyches cumulatively, on our Jewish stressed that Israel was willing to discuss identity and our view of what is to come. all controversial issues and expressed hope "Who would have believed," he said, that these talks would "contribute to "that 36 years after the Holocaust Jewish strengthening the peace." Israel's Am­ cemeteries would be the targets of van­ bassador to Egypt, Moshe Sasson, also You can tell your friends ... dalism once again. 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Over 300 Attend,RallyTo Bring Plight or­ The Israeli diploma said that the date of the meeting he was addressing, April 11 , was significant to him because it was on the Ethiopian Jews To Public .Consciousness same date 37 years earlier that he was liberated from the Buchenwald concentra- _NEW YORK (JTA) - Noting that 40 Network. cused of being Zionist ringleaders and CIA tion camp. · years ago the international community, " The government of the United States agents, and tortured, according to reports. Rep. Bill Green (R. N.Y. ) said of the " including most" of the Jewish world, pleads helplessness, and is silent. The Un­ Further reports in~ate that Falasha Ethiopian Jewry situation that any effort " closed its eyes _and ears" to the Nazi ited Nations is too busy defaming Israel to schools have been closea and their villages to get the Falashas to Israel must " be con­ slaughter of European Jewry, a leading ac­ concern itself with the fate of persecuted have been cut off from contact with the out- ducted in subterranean atmospheres." He tivist in the efforts to rescue Ethiopian Jews ... " Rosensaft declared. He ad­ side. ~ noted the Ethiopian government is closely - Jewry from oppressivi conditions and ded: "Only the State of Israel exists as a In 1972 , Israel's Chief Rabbis recognized aligned with Libya, and the United States treatment, charged that once again there refuge for the Jews of Ethiopia." Falashas as Jews, and in 1975 , an Israeli government therefore does not have great exists an " almost universal silence." The Falashas numbered 250,000 in the mini-ministerial committee ruled that - influence within the Ethiopian govern­ " With a few notable exceptions, Jewish 19th century and today their number has Falashas were Jews, and, as such, were en­ ment. organizations and Jewish leaders have dwindled to an estimated 20,000. They live titled to admission to Israel with full Green said he has brought the issue of the placed the cause of Ethiopian Jewry near in the northwestern province of Gomlar -citizenship rights under the Law of Return. Falashas to the attention of the State the bottom of their list of priorities, and which has been the center of civil war since In the past few years, some 1,200 Falashas Department in a letter this past February. have remained silent," Menachem Rosen­ the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie in are reported to have reached Israel and as In a reply, the Department, it was repor­ saft, chairman of the International 1972. Thousands have been killed, many few as a dozen have arrived in Israel since ted, indicated that although it does not have Networkpf Children of Jewish Holocaust sold into slavery and an estimated 7,000 are May 1981. the proper influence, it continues to·work Survivors, told some 300 people attending a refugees; accordjng to reports. The plight of Ethiopia's Jews further through the refugee asistance program in rally last weekend to bring the plight of The present regime in Ethiopia is deteriorated when last year, the governor the Sudan where Falashas have fled to in Ethiopian Jewry to the "public con­ strongly pro-Soviet and anti-Zionist. of the Goodar province, Major Malaku, past years. sciousness." Held at the Lincoln Syn­ Diplomatic relations with Israel have been revoked permission of what was a com­ Noted author Elie Wiesel, who was un­ agogue here, the rally was sponsored by the severed. Ethiopian Jews are arrested, ac- bined ORT-Joint Distribution Committee able to attend the rally but has been at the (JDC) relief program. The program bad forefront of the Falasha issue, sent a letter been in effect since 1976, which was read at the beginning of the meeting. It stated: " For years and years., Golan Settlers Confident They Will It set up schools and classes, and had a the Jews of Ethiopia wanted to join their student enrollment of ~.000 ; also provided people, our people and regretfully, Never Have To Withdraw From Area by the ORT-JDC program were training shamefully, little was done to enable them programs in agriculture, and the establish­ by Carl Alpert The city is still far from being a to do so. Public opinion must be alerted to ment _of Jewish education and some syn­ their plight. We must not abandon them as KATZRIN - This city, located in the metropolis and road traffic is relatively agogues. But the governor of the .province heart of the Golan, was founded in ..t- 977, light. Therefore, one is surprised to find a we must not abandon other Jewish com­ closed down the program for fear that it munities, If the word equality has a mean­ with a view to settling a population of 20,000 graceful bridge for pedestrian crossing, was encouraging the Falashas to emigrate people here, making it the capital of the astride a broad, but quiet street, with har­ ing, then Jews in Ethiopia and Jews in New to JsraeL Emigration is illegal in Ethiopia. York are equally entitled to the duties and Heights. There are. already 2000 inhabi­ dly a car in sight. A case of misplanning? While eyewitness reports over the past tants, but one cannot walk the streets of " Not at all," a local citizen told us. " Ac­ privileges of being Jewish." years have outlined the desperate situation Iri an interview with the Jewish Katzrin nor talk to its people without con­ cording to the master plan, new facing the Falashas, others claimed that stantly thinking of the fate of Yamit, which neighborhoods will shortly be added and Telegraphic Agency, Rosensaft said he felt the reports of a potential Holocaust are the rally achieved a significant goaL " We had been established _with similar hopes this sleepy road will eventually become the " exaggerated" and a " disservice" to the and ambitions. Adoption of the G,olan an­ main highway through town. We're getting have reached a greater number of people memory ofthose who suffered at the hands than before ...and this will have the im­ nexation law has set most local fears at ready early ... " of the Nazis. rest. Everyone with whom we spoke in Kat­ Similar planning goes into the selection pact that this is a concern to the Jewish zrin was heavy-hearted at the fate of -of new residents. The city must provide all Naphtali Lavie, Consul General of Israel community as a whole and not just to some Yamit, but absolutely confident it would its own . needs and priority approval to in New York, made a point of this at the elements within it," he said. not be repeated here. , move here is given to those able to fill vital meeting when he indicated that labeling But he added that he was " disappointed" There is no unemployment in Ka tzrin; to niches in the economy. The list is varied the plight of Ethiopian Jewry as a that some leaders in the Jewish community the co'ntrary, there are job openings and changes from month to month, but Holocaust was an abuse of the term. Noting have paid " lip-service" to the cause of the aplenty. New families move in weekly. when we were there the town fathers were that he was speaking not as a represen­ Falashas. He recalled that similar to the There is an average of five births a month. looking for a bank clerk, a filling station at­ tative of the government of Israel but as a Falasha issue, was the long period of time New industries are being set up. New tendant, an office secretary, a dentist, a private citizen and a Holocaust survivor, it took for some,to react to the situation homes are going up. The streets are clean. draftsman, a truck driver, a gardener, a La vie said I~rael was doing all it can to help facing Soviet Jewry. " We expect the Ever~ing in Kiitzrin breathes a spirit of bookkeeper, a sewing machine operator the Falashas and explained that Israel does Jewish leadership to lead, rather than be growtha rid p~ogress. "'This is the future," and much more. This is not a town with a not- have· control over the actions of the pushed by events," he asserted. migl)t well be the slogan. single social class. -The house. maids and the garbage collectors are local residents as well. Violence On West Bank, Ousting Of The Palestinians As might be expected of a city with a master plan, there {Ire pedestrian Mayors - Part Of Well Planned Schem~ ·Must Go promenades lined with well-tended gar­ Menachem Milson, the civil ad­ the grip of the PLO.' Playing to the Reagan dens. The.houses are attractive and well­ ministrator of the West Bank, has offered administration's hopes for a 'pro-Western EDITOR; kept. Industry is zoned outside the residen­ one of the most authoritative explanations strategic alliance in the Middle East' tial area, bqt even the workshops and fac­ for the posting of three West Bank mayors Milson says it requires the support of A few years ago, Rabbi Kahane (as well tories are neat. Is that only because .they with connections to the Palestine Libera­ Jordan and. Saudi Arabia for the Camp_ ·as an Ar!!b Israeli leader) put forward a are new? How will they look 10 years from tion Organization, according to Philip · David formula, Milson states that the U.S. plan in whil: h right-wing Zionists would now? Geyelin in an article in the Washington can help the situation. by .not demanding send funds/ to Israel to be used in paying What kind of industry takes roots in Kat­ Post. any further concessions from Israel to off Israel'£ fifth column into moving to zrin? One plant produces guitars, another Geyelin. quotes Milson from a piece satisfy the PLO. How the U.S. is to main­ neighboring Arab States, as well as the makes electric motors and still another published last May in Commentary tain the balance between remaining in the Western World. Many Arabs were show­ bottles mineral water. Ceramic crafts and magazine, "How to Make Peace With the good graces of most moderate Arabs and ing posit ive signs.about leaving Israel and electronic components offer employment Palestinians." still be a co-conspirator in this plot, Milson the L~ERATED TERRITORIES, Un­ no less than thl\.carpentry shop, the laundry Milson makes three basic contentions does not explain, fortunately, before tlie program got off the andJhe garage. My wife bought an el111:an­ about the PLO. First, the PLO is im­ The plot is clearly a scheme-by the Begin ground( Kahane was arrested on charges tly designed knitted sweater, before the Tel placably hostile, Second, by '.rhysical government, says Geyelin. For the 1,1 .S. to of "sedition!' The Israelis are now suffer­ Aviv boutique's label was sewn in. terror,' bribery and other deceitfu means, make appeals for restraint in the West ing for that decision, Cultural life and education? This is still a the PLO corrupted the ele_ction process in Bank and express regret is not enough, Many misguided people thought it was young town and the local school has classes the 1976 municipal voting. The result was says Geyelin, to keep them out of the mid­ a terrible thing to "drive" the Arabs out of , only through. the eighth grade. The high an election that.brought heavy PLO suppor­ dle of the plot. the Jewish State. After all, most Arabs school begins next year. There are weekly ters into key political positions on the West According to Geyelin, Milsonism, as he "did not support" the PLO, and " got films, a bingo evening, visiting musical en­ Bank and an election that was unduly calls.it, is at odds with everything 'we know along" with their fellow Semites, the sembles and lots of activity groups: tennis; praised by Israelis for its victory for about the Reagan administration's plans Jews. The liberal fairy tale was put to rest sewing; sculpture classes; folk dancing; democracy. for advancing Cainp David.' with massive rebellions in the Judea and gymnastics; bridge and photography . . . Milson also contends, says Geyelin, that Samaria regions, as well as demonstrations .TIie city is located 900 feet above sea there are many 'moderate' Palestinians by Israeli Arabs ( citizens for 34 years) level. It is within 30 minutes ride of the who would step forward if they could be Candlelighting Time against the existence of IsraeL Shortly Hermon ski run. Buses leave from here for freed from PLO initimidation. April23 before these rebellions, Jewish students Tiberias, Rosh Pina, Kiryat Shmom1 and The primary purpose for the builll-up of 6:17 p.m. were being beaten and stabbed on one Haifa. We drove in leisurely fashion from Israeli security forces, the jailing and Jerusalem college campus. here to Haifa in well under two hours. prosecution of the most radical of PLO With the shooting at the Dome of the Why do people come here? The quality of sympathizers and the establishment of the Rock, one saw all the hate the Arabs have life, the friendly neighbors, the inexpen­ · 'village leagues' is to completely eliminate bottled up for 34 years. One incident by a sive housing, the good jobs, the excellent • any trace of PLO inflilence on the West (UIPl414-7'0) sick man with a gun was a bleBBing in dis­ climate, the feeling that one is part of an Bank. The removal of the three mayors ...,_.,,____ _ guise for the Jewish State; Think how exhilirating and creative movement, not ___ was only the beginning, says Geyelln. By many of the 6,000,000 Holocaust victims just pumping away on the daily treadmill, ousting PLO sympathizers and replacing LINDA A. ACCIAADO, Editor would have escaped death if they had seen Jews are not newcomers to the area. them with more 'moderate' Arabs, Milson JOHN-PAUL SOUSA, AMIii. Editor the early signs in Europe, which would Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of would be most agreeable to joining with DIANEIWL.aA J.____ SCHAEFER, Adv. IU_Manager ultimately bring about their final destruc­ more than 20 ancient synagogs on the Golan Egypt and the United States in the tion. Begin must avoid the same mistake, Heights, two of them in Katzrin. autonomy talks. PLAIIT•__,,n_a..._ __-..L:!'- .. __-.-.iu-1u..,• It is bad enough that the Democrats and The shadow of Yamlt would not go away Following the return of the Sinai , Carter pushed Israel from Sinai! and we continued to inquire. The answers Washington will stress the question of The Arab fifth column cannot be allowed were unanimous, but Orab Yairi, principal autonomy for the West Bank and Gaza. The =-'*--""'=-~~.-=-~Box IOl3., Prov,, fl.I. 02l40-80U:.m to push the Jews from the other liberated of the school, put it dramatically : Evacua­ U.S. will attempt to bring representatives ::=1=~c:.:::...,~~~.z:o: territories, 88 well 88 the Israel of the pre- tion of Katzrin and return of the Golan of the Palestinians into the talks and - annum. •• mN on ,..,.., Thi ttnkl -.... -.. 1967 War. Israel must avoid another Hol­ Heights is absolutely unthinkable . U the perhaps even the PLO itself, if it could be =- IN canltftuoul unlilll l'IOllfled IO l'le...,. kl ocaust, regardleBB of world opinion. We Golan is returned to Syria , then eventually convinced to recognize IRrael's right to ex­ Thi ltltWd eNUmN no ftnenc:111... ~ tor IWtO- don't need t he gentile world mourning for _____ Israel would have to yield up Lake ist. n::'.=,:,::=:--:..=::.=,,~.. ., ______us aga in !! ! The fifth column must be Tiberlas, the Galilee and all the kibbutzim, In terms of U.S. participation, in Com­ exiled !!! all the way to Haifa . mentary, Milson Insists upon the 'support Jerry Snell A convincing answer and new population and cooperation of the United States' to THURSDAY. APRIL 22, 11182 Providence continues to stream northward. 'free the population of the territories from THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1982 -5 Dr. Stephen Roth, the Institute's direc­ Shamir Says Israel World Parliament Will Be Asked To tor and author of a report "Making the Denial of the Holocaust a Crime in Histo­ Will Find Answers ry," said parliaments should follow the To Diplomafs Murder Declare Deniai Of Holocaust A Crime initiative taken by West Germany. The LONDON (JTA) - Britain and other them is the memory of the Nazi horrors · Bonn government had proposed making it BONN (JTA) - Foreign Minister West European countries will be urged to and therefore these must be wiped off the a criminal offense to deny the facts of the Yitzhak Shamir of Israel warn,ed that his strengthen their legislation to combat the slate of history by distortion or falsifica- crime of genocide. "Those who care for country will find a suitable answer to the resurgence of neo-Nazism. . tion," he said, Books and pamphlets at­ justice and the dignity of the victims and 1 i murder of Israeli diplomat Yaacov Bar­ The Institute of Jewish Affairs, re­ tempting to "revise" recent history had are concerned about the growing amount Simantov in Paris. In an interview with the search arm of the World_Jewish Congress, appeared in growing numbers, according of neo-Nazi propaganda should certainly West German daily, Die Welt, Shamir said last week that it would press parlia­ to Lawrence. advocate such a measure," Roth said. asserted that "the answer will come, but ments to introduce special legal provi­ not in the same place where the attack took sions against the denial and whitewashing place." Bar-Simantov, 42, was gunned of Nazi crimes, especially the murder of down by an unidentified woman outside his six million Jews. home. Israel holds the Palestine Liberation Ivan Lawrence, a Jewish Conservative Space Organization responsible for the murder. member of Parliament and a member of Shamir, in his interview, launched an ap­ the Institute's policy planning group, said Reserved peal to all European governments "to denial of the Holocaust had recently be­ create conditions" which 'would substan­ come one of the main weapons of neo- tially limit the activities of the PLO offices N azi propaganda. - For in various European capitals. He said that "The radical right wing' elements, who because the PLO offrces have diplomatic threaten not just the ethnic minorities but immunity "international terrorism can the democratic order as a whole, realize You almost undisturbed meet all the necessary that the strongest motive of resistance to preparations for its operations. The im­ munity provides a cover for the subversive '\\\e activities" in which the PM is engaged. , VIENNA (JTA) -About 170,000 persons According to Shamir, the PLO is the visited the former concentration camp of largest world wide terrorist organization. Mauthausen last year, the Austrian Camp ~oae\s\~3. "In its camps in Lebanon terrorists of Community said in its annual report. The various nations get military training. organization said it was concentrating on \\eta'3. the anti-Fascist education of high school and university students, and on discussions Herald readers constitute an active buy­ with soldiers and police officers. ing market. It will pay you to advertise. IF You REMEMBER ~ THE SHAoow, 3-CENT STAMPS, THE W.P.A. AND GILDERSLEEVE, WELCOMETo . HOSPITAL TRUST'S NEw AND ExcWSIVE J}I CWB55Pws. Cassini, Thomas Strahan, Graeff, Schumacher, and many more ;. SPRING " SALE!!

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• Educational Assessments • Individualized Tutoring Programs • Study Skills Development WiX\.H.HARRIS • Children and Adults 400 Westminster Mall, Providence Open dally 9-5:30, Thurs. 'tll 8. • Call or write for our brochure Rte. 2, Warwick Open daily 1(}6, Thurs. 'ti! 9. 8 -THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1982 Lori Surdut Weinberg Local Artist And Illustrator Makes Boston Debut

by Linda A. Acciardo the past five years. "lt'sa nice compliment "One of my best assets is my versatility. when they invest time and money in me . You shouldn't spread yourself too thin, but They must think that the work is good and its challenging to an artist to be able to ap­ worthy of hanging on their wall. proach different media," says Lori Surdut " I think they really enjoy the pieces,". Weinberg, artist, painter, illustrator and says Lori, " probably because I choose sub­ philosopher of sorts. "Jt's a real big asset jects that I like - I'm an optomistic, happy in terms of marketing. " person and certain subjects draw my eye." Lori has, since graduation from Rhode What catches Lori 's attention are Island school of Design, where she seashells in the sand, summer islands, ice , received a B.F .A. in Illustration and melting in winter's thaw and flowers M.A. E. in Education, worked to actively blooming in spring. The landscapes are promote herself and her art. created through vivid pastels and delicate The result of her efforts can be seen in watercolors from actual scenes of places her first one-woman exhibit of paintings in she has visited or from the actual objects. "WINTER BIRCHES" - watercolor on rice paper. Boston beginning on Sunday, April 25 at the A recent trip to St. Martin and one to Hirschberg Gallery. Italy produced a number of soft water­ Her work has appeared in children's colors on rice paper, depicting a quiet damentals and be guided and taught to the your limitations," Lori says. But, best of their ability. sometimes, it's simply a matter of "being ·~ educational books published by Houghton­ seaside town. The painting takes on a tran­ Mifflin and even on the shelves of the slucent look because of the thin rice paper " I've made the most of my abilities. I at the right place at the right time," she Opulent Owl on So. Main Street and the used. work hard and am very satisfied and adds. Blue Angel on Thayer Street in Providence. pleased with what I've done ." " I feel very fortunate to be able to do These copywrited creations, which are sold It's rare to find individuals who have no what I've done. Everything is very relative regrets about the decisions they've made · and if you have your health and you're in outlets throughout New England, ar.!J a "To sit at your easel all line of pen and ink illustrations entitled or the path they've chosen for their lives. mobile and do things, everything else is " Kitchens To Go And Other Rooms Too. " day - you 're not going to But, Lori seems to have adopted a miniscule." Lori attributes her attitude - all drawn on location. be creative - you 're lim­ philosophy that is both positive and produc­ towards life to her grandmot!Jer, who was suffering from an illness, but always had a - in addition, Lori teaches a course at ited. If you don't keep tive as it relates to her work and her life. RISO on how to illustrate children's books. " Whatever you do , you never look back. smile to share, she says-. As a freelance illustrator and designer for current, incoming infor­ It's a cop out to say I should have done " I had a lot of responsibility as a child Schmid, a nationally known manufacturer mation - you 're not things differently. I wouldn't do anything and bad to grow up fast. of giftware, Lori created a limited edition going to grow." differently and I honestly mean that." "That's why I'm involved with children's line of the 'Paddington Bear' and 'Raggedy The major obstacle she has faced is hav­ projects. I love toys and J>ooks and I love Ann and Andy' ceramic figures. ing to learn the business aspect of the art teaching children." At the age of 26, Lori has accomplished world. " It's hard because you want to be Lori, by her own admission, may be go­ much in terms of marketing her talents and In all her work Lori attempts to create humble, but you have to go in with a ing through a second childhood. In her first she attribu~er succes~.to a great deal of different effects with the different media. portfolio and sell yourself. You have to be childhood she watched her mother paint persistance and hard work. "Oil pastels is a tough medium to control confident even though you're shaking.'' and tried to emulate her, but says, "I don't "It's a lot of leg work," she says, and any because of its thick nature. Most people use The confidence comes to Lori because · paint portraits. I leave that up to my artist who wants his/her work to turn a it as a crayon. I use it as paint and can get she knows that her work has a good chance mother." Both mother and daughter profit has to '" be a good PR person," Lori beautiful effects." of being accepted by gallery owners. She belong to the East Greenwich Art Chlb. says. In creating a painting, from the actual scouts out the galleries to peruse the work Lori hopes to write and illustrate her own However, no amount of confidence or scene, Lori takes advantage of her 'artistic of others and approaches those galleries children's book . .:... By her past record of persistance, will pay off unless the talent license.' "Sometimes the scene just which are more inclined to accept her style determination to succeed. - the book will exists. Talent is not measured in dollar doesn't do it. I let my imagination play with and quality of work. "You have to know probably be on the market very soon. amounts, but"its satisfying 'for an artist to· tile piece. It's my own design judgement be able to boast .about sales. In her past and color." shows, three of which have been solo ex­ In order for the creative juices to sur­ hibits, Lori has sold almost all her face, Lori does not limit herself. She paintings, either during the show or in the researches her subjects, tours museums, months following the exhibit. "People have reads, and spends time with people who are been coming and six are already sold not necessarily a part of the artwotld. through the gallery for the Boston show. "To sit at your easel all day-you're not It's a nice charge before you go into it." going to be creative - you're limited. If The collection to be displayed contains you don't keep current, incoming informa­ all new paintings, including watercolors on . tion - you're not going to grow." rice paper and oil pastels - ·30 in all. As far as Lori is concerned, everyone bas There will be some buyers at the Boston artistic potential. Some have natural exhibit who have followed Lori's work for ability, while others can learn the fun-

"GEORGETOWN TOWN HOUSES" - watercolor on rice paper. Ladies Association Of Jewish Home Plans Annual Bazaar The Ladies Association of the Jewish Feldman, and Beatrice Fishbein (ex­ Home for the Aged will hold its annual officio) are co-ordinators. Bazaar on Sunday, May 16, at the Home on Members of the various committees in­ 99 Hillside Avenue, Providence, from 10 clude Gertrude Abrams, Kay Abrams, a.m. until 6 p.m. in the Martin Chase Beverly Adler, Esther Adler, Albert Alter, Auditorium. Weather permitting, there Phyllis Berry, Fay Brier, Herbert and will also be booths out on the patio. Sylvia Brown, Lori and Robert Homes , Chairmen· of the bazaar are Mervin and Evelyn Blazer, Roberta Blum, Jack and Roz Bolusky; Joe and Bev Schwartz are co­ Sara Cokin, Millie and Sam Eisenstadt, chairmen. Edward Feldman, Arthur Fixler, Helen Forman, Joyce Galkin, Sadie Gereboff, There will be a variety of goods sold in­ Shirley Goldberg, June Goldfarb, Selma cluding baked goods, canned delicacies, Goldman , Estelle Greenberg, Nan "collectibles," electrical appliances, Greenspan, Harriet and Sydney Grunberg, fabrics, jewelry, plants, and hand-knit Doreen Harrison, Rose Kelman, Estelle sweaters. Klemer, Lorraine Krasner, Muriel Leach, Yetta Harrison Is in charge of the Dottie Lippman, Lil Ludman, Max Marks, luncheon and foods that will be available Trudie Marxs, Hannah Rabinowitz, for purchase all day. Charlette Shapiro Blanche and Elliot Revkin, Helen Rosen, heads radio and tv advertising and Freda Leo Rosen, Louis Rottenberg, Diana Silk , Rosenberg directs all other advertise­ Molly Sklut, Esther Swartz, Ceil Venokoor, "I thlnli IIMy e,voy the pu,cH, " eay• Lori, "probably become I'm an optomietlc, ments. Claire Ernstof, treasurer, Esther Ellis Waldman, Jean and Manfred Weil , happy pereon and certain , ubject• draw my •JI•·" Alter, raffles, and Evelyn Bresnlck, Zelda Bertha and Semon Weintraub. AMARAS THE WAREHOUSE TAVERN (upstairs) Cheswick,s . . . lt,s Not Routine "llw fin< '.'i l in Jrcm·h JH'01 1ilu·ial lt· noup,·/l,, ,·ui.-.; in <'" Tues.-Sat. 6-9 p.m. WATER ST. (R.s .v :P. Requested) by Diane Schaefer was abundant, very crisp and meaty. EAST GREENWICH, A.I. 884-4433 What do you look for most in a good All entrees are served with choice of restaurant? Quality selections at reason­ potato, a fresh vegetable and a tossed able prices? Good service? Atmosphere? salad. French and Italian Serious diners ask these questions and My dinner guest, always ready for a Specialties do not want gimicky routines to compen­ challenge, chose the roast prime rib of Lunch - Dinner . sate for overpriced and dull food. beef - the king size cut ($12.95) served The answer - Cheswick's Restaurant. only on Friday and Saturday. To our (Except Mon. & Tues.) Cheswick's is located in the lower level of amazement, out from the kitchen came a Brunch - Sunday Wayland Manor in Wayland Square. It's plate the size of a medium serving platter 10:30-2:30 off the beaten path for the downtown with the largest cut of meat we had ever - NOW OPEN WED. NITES. - crowd, for sure, but, the restaurant has a seen - 2°inches thick and over a foot long. style worth the trip. King size, indeed and cooked to perfec­ 83 Burlington St. Walking under 50 feet of awning from tion. To say the least we both had no room the side_walk to the front door is your first for dessert. Fresh .strawberries in cream 273-8310 introduction to the consideration offered served in a wine glass was our finale. Reservations Suggested within, We lingered over coffee an'd were told to The maitre'de greets you at the door "just relax and enjoy ourselves" by our and graciously seats you at the table of considerate waiters. your choice. The decor is simple and un­ There are few restaurants in Providence assuming. No splashy artwork lines the that provide such a full range of continen­ walls in Cheswick's large room. lfowever, tal and French cuisine supported by such PANACHE. the lighting from the overhead chande­ attentive service. liers was just a bit too bright, emphasized You are special at Cheswick'.s, yet the further by stark white linen tablecovers. prices were amazingly low and the por­ WE'RE NOT JUST FOR LUNCH ANYMORE! Despite this minor flaw, an accordian- ' tions abundant. - shaped napkin folded within a wine glass, SERVING COMPLETE DELICIOUS DINNERS , fresh flowers and beautiful silverware made us feel quite special. 125 North Main Street. Providence, A.I . 831 -2660 The personality of Cheswick's is in the Free Parking for Our Customers attentive service of its waiters, donned in Open Everyday 11 :30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. Closed Sunday· full tuxedo and at your every beck and call. Nothing is._allowed to go unnoticed. They will light your cigarette, shield you when pouring coffee, replace silverware the very minute it has been used and pamper you as if you were the only people dining out. I just-loved it. ' ' When the menu was introduced I was 500 Angell St. amazed at such a full selection ·of conti­ 751-1913 ..JiHt 'S,A,"7H~EM,fmj nental and French specialties in veal, sea-· Open for lunch: food dishes, poultry and beef - over 30 Tuesday thru Saturday 11:30-Z ' ' . .,.z.5Mu&'1!.. enticing choices. 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It ~ontains between 40-200 million "Worth If you are planning to retire soon, get tons of phosphates. · together your W-2s and/or income tax The concentration is 31-34 percent phos­ eel so politically loadeda -benefit bike. returns for the past two to three years. Budget Director David Stockman had to Take them with you when you go to the SS phoric oxide, which is considered rich. Like be deliberately talking into the wind - The benefit increase is likely to amount or office, along with your birth or baptismal other phosphate deposits, this one also con­ deliberately misieading his own president to at least 7.5 percent. tains uranium, but it is not yet known whether Around the clock for four months certificate. as well as the rest of us - when be If you are still working, ask your SS of­ its recovery would be economically feasi­ suggested the possibility of a freeze. in straight, a lineup of Social Security em­ ble. ployees are playing nurse to Social fice for a pre-addressed postcard form on Social Security benefits to help reduce the which to request a statement of earnings. The phosphates are in three main layers. federal budget deficit. Security's aging computers. The goal : to The top-most and richest not far beneath push the depleted data processing equip­ Mail it. l~_will take up to two months to get April 28 is the deadline for setting the a reply, probably showing your earnings the surface of the Negev and therefore easy percentage by which benefits ment into cranking out this year's cost-of­ are to be in­ through 1978-79. You will then know what to mine. Within 3-4 years some 2.~ million creased; May 9 is the outside date for can­ living increases so that 36 million records to keep until SS'has caught up on its tons of phosphates could be extracted per celing an increase. There never has been beneficiaries will get their raises with the record-keeping. Then keep sending in re­ annum, more than doubling Israel's phos­ the slightest chance the Congress could July 2 checks. quests for earnings to find out what phate exports. complete action in time to cut back or can- With an up-to-date system, the task could be performed in a.matter of days. But SS's progress the ag~ncy has made on your computer operations and staff, once a credits. model for government and private in­ dustry, have been neglected for years. Only by prodigious efforts has the Injunction Issued ·successful Two Depressed' monthly schedule for getting out checks to the millions of beneficiaries been main­ Against Sabbath· Stocks Worth tained. Other tasks, once considered essen­ ,Buying Now tial by the Social Security Administration, crosing Of El Al Investing have been deferred. The agency is three TEL AVIV (JTA) -TheTelAvivdistrict by David R. Sargent years behind in posting earnings to the in­ dividual SS accounts of 115 !'llllion active labor court issued a temporary injunction - - ·----·- workers! last week barring El AI from obeying gov­ Q - It seems to me this ls a good time to domestic this time around. This means that local Social Security of­ ernment orders to suspend service on the buy stocks at depressed prices. Can you If single-digit inflation can be translated fice personnel are required to bring Sabbath and religious holidays. The in­ recommend a couple of quality buys for inte lower mortgage rates, and pent-up records up-to-date by hand when a worker junction was requested by Histadrut, acting long term growth? - L.T., Rhode Island. housing needs into demand for building or survivor applies for benefits. With a on behalf of El Al employees who contended A - Forest product stocks have proven products, Weyerhaeuser has the capacity workload of 7. 5 million claims each year, that the air line would sustain severe losses to be disappointing market performers so in place to reach its previous record earn­ benefit payments can often · be figured if it were to comply with the government's far in the 1980s. Yet this industry does ap­ ings level in 1983, and to pass $5.00 per wrong. order, resulting in hardship for its work pear to be nearing its cyclical trough, and I share by 1985. Down 46 percent from its old It takes from four to six weeks to get a force . would encourage you to participate in the high, the stock is a sound buy for the long Social Security card, for instance, and The government ordered the suspension inevitable upswing through a top quality pull. many employers will not hire a young at the demand of the Agudat Israel party, a security like Weyerhaeuser (NYSE h As As a second pick, from the depressed · worker until he or she has one. Social partner in Premier Menachem Begin's coa­ the only major domestic forest product technology group, I recommend EG&G Security checks have been mailed month lition. Begin himself supports the ban which concern that can claim a net self­ (NYSE ). Excellent top management at after month to people who have died. he promised the Aguda be would enforce as sufficiency of timber, Weyerhaeuser's this research company has parlayed a long Changes of address have not been, made. part of their agreement to join his govern­ operating profit margins are among the and close relationship with various Literally billions of dollars have been im­ ment last year.. highest in the industry. And the value of governmental agencies into a highly properly paid out. this renewable resource is likely to in­ profitable, diversified technological enter­ "The opportunity for fraud and abuse is Hope Link 46 To crease as rising demand allows the com­ prise that today has strong positions in rampant," says the present commissioner Install Officers pany to exploit its natural advantage. many fast growing defense and civilian of Social Security. Weyerhaeuser's competitive strengths markets. The decade of the '70s saw no Another neglected job is the automatic Hope Lin!< No . 46 will hold an installation extend to its harvesting, manufacturing, year in which earnings did not increase at recomputation of benefits. If a retired of officers ceremony at the Saturday, April and marketing operations as well. The least 16 percent, and the growth target for worker's earnings after getting on the SS 24 meeting at Doric Temple, 1237 Reser­ company leads the industry in research and the '80s has been set at 20 percent or better. benefit rolls are high enough to raise the voir Avenue, Cranston at 7: 30 p.m. development spending for forestry techni­ This year, despite the recession's bite on average ·earnings on which his or her The annual dinner-dance given in honor que~. Its lumber plants are .modem and certain markets, the earnings uptrend benefits were based, SS is supposed to of the out-going Worthy Matron, Rebecca energy:efficient. Marketing is being should be maintained. Order backlogs are a refigure the average earnings and increase Petrarca, and out-going Worthy Patron, redirected to serve a growing export large $410 million, with the firm in line for a total benefits accordingly. - Hyman Goldman, will be held the following market - already roughly a third of total lot more military and environmental work. The results of the automatic recomplita­ evening, Sunday, April 25 at the Palestine sales is made overseas - and an increase The recent market correction in tion used to show up in a retired ,worker's Mosque, 1 Rhodes Place, Cranston. in sales to Japan should provide a boost for technology stocks has created an excellent benefit checks in about 18 months. Today, Please contact dinner-dance chairperson this year's earnings. Analysts predict that longer term buying opportunity in these 2.5 million recomputations dating back to Barbara Goodman at 467-8176 or Howard global ~omic recovery may lead the shares. 1978 still remain to be done. 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THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1982 -11- (f I~ ii Dr. Michael lngall To Give Levy K um ins Elected President /l 1! Oration On Living On $50 A Week Of Temple Emanu.:.EI Siste.rho6d II ({ Dr. Michael A. Ingall will address the clinical associate professor of psychiatry · Bernice Kumins will be installed as Sisterhood eagerly await the presidency of (/ Jewish Family Service at the tenth annual at the Brown University Medical School, president of the Temple Emanu-El Bernice Kumins. She brings to this office fl Arthur and Harriet Levy Memorial Oration will speak on " Reaganomics - Impact on Sisterhood on Monday, May 3. enthusiasm, vitality, and an eagerness for ''! on Tuesda~ May 4 at 8 p.m. at the Jewish the Family or How You Can Learn to Live Bernice comes to this high office with a successful organization. ;J Community Center, 401 Elmgrove Avenue, on Fifty Dollars a Week. " many years of experience, devotion, and _Providence. Dr. Ingall is a graduate of the Chicago hard work. She, along with other members Dr. Ingall, medical director of the Medical School and did his internship at of her family, have been familiar faces in Providence Mental Health Center and University Hospital, Boston. His psy­ all areas of the Temple. chiatric residency took place at Boston Un­ Bernice was born in Ventnor, New Jer­ I' iversity Medical Center. sey. A graduate of Rutgers University, she · The annual Levy Memorial Oration, es­ married Dr. Richard Kumins , a tablished by Harriet Levy and a group of Providence podiatrist, whp also has held friends in 1973 in memory of her husband, many significant positions in the Temple. has since provided for eminently qualified The Kumins have two sons, Steven, a speakers representing a variety of profes­ senior at Brown University, and Bob, a sions in discussions of curtent social in­ senior at Wheeler School. Both boys were terest. Arthur Levy was one of the founders active in the USY group at the Temple. and first president of Jewish Family Ser­ In 1971 , Bernice received her master's vice. degree in secondary education from_Rhode Ruth Wolf is chairman of the event with a Island College, and since 1969 has held the committee consisting of Sheila Alexander, position of teacher of mathematics at the Deborah Benik, Robert Berkelhammer, Providence Hebrew Day School. Sylvia K. Fain, Doris Licht, Dorothy M. One of Bernice's first involvements at Nelson, Gertrude Pansey, Heske Zeler­ the Temple was her chairmanship of the myer and Rabbi Leslie Y. Gutterman, ex­ Succah, a beautiful creation, which she and --;. officio. Dick were in charge of for many years. A reception to be held following the Bernice also co-chaired the Purim suppers program has been arranged by Barci with Myrna Aronson. Finkel and Beverly Foss. The meeting is Bernice serves on the board of directors BERNICE KUMINS DR. MICHAEL INGALL open to the public. of the Temple, has been-on both the Adult The complete slate of officers will be Institute Committee and the Youth Com" President - Bernice Kumins ; Vice Presi­ mission since their inception: She is a dent - Shari Mandel ; Vice President - National Grant Awarded For graduate of the Adult Institute Program, Doris McGarry; Vice President - Jani having served on the Annual Meeting Com­ Rosen ; Treasurer - Zelda' Goldman; Jewish Life Photo Exhibit mittee, and the Welcoming Committee. Recording Secretary - Marilyn Soll; Finan­ She can also ' be found in the Temple cial Secretary - Bertha Weintraub; Ass't. The Jewish Community Center in the· National Endowment for the kitchens before any major function, Financial Secretary - Barbara Rosen; Cooperation with the Rhode Island Jewish Humanities and administered by the Foun­ pitching in and helping wherever she can. Corresponding Secretary - Barbara Green­ Historical Association is pleased to an­ dation for the Promotion of the State A-vice-president of Sisterhood for the berg; Mailing Secretary - Leah Eliash; Cultural Heritage). nounce the award of a grant from the past two years, Bernice chaired the Mailing Secretary - Sandra Waldman ; Materials to be used in the exhibit will be Rhode Island Committee for the Mitzvah Luncheon and has served as an ad- Mailing Secretary - Charlotte Fishbein; Humanities, an affiliate of the National compiled from the Rhode Island Jewish visor in many other capacities. · Comptroller - Shirley Kestenman; Auditor Historical Association, family contribu­ Endowment for the Humanities, towards a Members of Temple Emanu-EI and its - Hope Hirsch; and Auditor - Cindy Kaplan. project: " To Chase A Living: An Exhibit of tions of ethnographic documents from Jewish Life in Rhode Island, 1880-1920. " Jewish community members and inter­ views. The completion date of the project Swedish Ambassador Sisterhood Of B'nai The grant will support in part, funding to will be December, 1982. build an exhibition' of photographs and The project is chaired by Rachel Kauf­ To Talk On Wallenberg Israel Writes History multi-media of key elements, events and man, long active Jewish community leader Touro Synagogue in-Newport will feature The Sisterhood of Congregation B'nai personalities of the setting of the economic in cultural ethnic programs throughout the · foundation of Rhode Island Jewry, a talk on Raoul Wallenberg as part of its Israel is celebrating its 80th Anniversary state. Technical consultants to the Project -Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday, primarily during the crucial period men­ with the writing of its history. - include the fol'lowing: -Raro6n Berger, April 25. tioned above. The plan for the exhibit calls Members of the Sisterhood are asking for director of tlie JCC; Eleanor Horvitz, Jean-Christophe pberg, Ambassador of for extensive research and use of materials anyone with stories, photos, or newspaper librarian and archivist of the Rhode Island Sweden, will deliver a speech titled, already in the archives of the Rhode Island clippings pertaining to the organization's Jewish Home for the Aged: Al Klybert, di­ "Raoul Wallenberg, True Hero of the Jewish Historical Association. history to contribute to the compilation. An rector of Rhode Island Historical Society; Jewish People." A reception will follow. amusing, sad, or heart-warming story The content of the Exhibit will emerge Debra Samdperil, designer in charge of Wallenberg, of course, was a Swedish which could be preserved in book form is from a four month research period conduc­ production of audio-visual materials for the diplomat who personally helped thousands just what they're looking for. ted by cultural historian a,nd Acting-Dean exhibit; and Max Riter, directing the of Jews escape from Hungary in World War The Sisterhood is also seeking informa­ ·of Roger Williams College in Bristol, Dr. photography reproduction operation. The IL He disappeared when Soviet forces tion on past presidents, particularly those Bartholomew Schiavo. With him in the exhibition design is being done by Design seized Budapest, and was later reported to who-served from 1927 through 1950, and the research, will be folklorist, Dr. Michael Studio, directed by David Chapman. have died. Recent eye-witness .accounts, names of members who were involved Bell who presently serves as Director of Project director is Judith Lantos, adult however, allege that Wallenberg is still behind the scenes over the years. Rhode Island Folklife Project (a project of director of the Jewish Community Center. alive in a Soviet jail. Anyone with such information should contact Shirley Brenner at 766-0369 or Selma Dashef at 762-3725. We Have Moved ... PAINTING WARWICK TAILORS & CLEA·NERS · BREWSTER HILL Now Located At Interior and Exterior 1327 WARWICK AVE. Commercial - Industrial - Residential NURSERIES Over 80 Years Of Dependable Service complete landscaping services To Serve You Better "Opening Special" W.B. ROSE & SON, INC. Licensed S!)ring Clean Up and Tree Work ·Call 723-3498 Pants Shortened $3.00 942-5333 942-3835. We Give Senior Citizens 10% Discount Formerly of Lloyd Ave.-Elmgrove Ave., East Side Ladles' & Men's alterations-repairing HOURS' 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 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Why Are There So ·Many Jewish Singles?- . :tirtl" 'We're_Having Too Much Fun, Oy, To Marry'

\ by Dan Dorfman Furthermore, the land out of which the Reprinted from Sb'ma, Jan. 22, 1982 pioneers must clear their homesteads is an Singles are clearly the Jewish com­ increasingly hostile and menacing munity's in-group this season. A flurry of territory. As the Judy Collins song says, activity in recent years testilies to the "These are hard times for lovers,/Every community's growing recognition of the one wants to be free./ Ain't · these hard . special needs and concerns of Jewish single times for lovers,/Everyone singin' "I got individuals and single parents: an ex­ to be me-without you." plosive proliferation of social groups, sup­ Much ink has been spilled and many trees port groups, seminars and weekend have forfeited their lives as sociologists retreats; young adults divisions set up by and journalists and clergypeople have the Federations of several major cities; struggled to chart, in Christopher Lasch's felicitous phrase, "the culture of nar­ Who among us has cissim." It seems fairly evident that Tom not experienced those Wolfe's celebrated " Me Decade" has burst the bonds of the 10 year cycle and spilled exquisite little first­ over into the eighties. date dilemmas: the It would be extremjlly facile to suggest that people aren't getting married because 'who pays' puzzle, the they are selfish. Nonsense, The people I'm 'great door-opening' talking about, the people Bill Novak described - Jews in their 20s and 30s, debacle, · the 'who educated, cultured, dedicated to com­ calls' and the 'who­ munities, careers and professions - are really-decided-things' not involved in inordinate numbers in self­ indulgent "self-awareness" movements debates? · and granola birthday cakes. And as Novak even Jewish computer dating services. pointed out, these are people who say they · Jewish singles are such a big business that want committed relationships, marriage, a large exposition devoted solely to Jewish family. But at the same time, we (I ain part of ~- singles was held at a major Los Angeles hotel last year. this, after all) are not unaffected by And why not? It is reliably estimated that society's images of and attitudes towards . singles head up almost 43 percent of the self, marriage and family. And contem­ Jewish households in Los Angeles, a sub­ porary American culture, I would suggest, is not very supportive of relationships and stantial population to try to close off with put it, "Good women marry late-; good inen 1 traditionally family-oriented structures 'Finding that per­ family; indeed American culture may be - ·"' marry early." . seen, in part, as hostile to these-as "life- and programs. The Jewish community This may all be true, altquite infuriating, fect significant other seems ready to acknowledge that styles." but it doesn't say enough. I don't doubt that seems harder and The "life-style" championed (and often singleness is not a communicable social many women find a frustrating disparity in satirized) by popular American culture - disease only wanting the proper cure. levels of maturity and that the women's harder all the time. by advertisements, by popular films, books At the same time, Jewish singles are movement (along with the absence of any Even with the more and songs - is a highly affluent, carefree more willing to accept the idea that widespread, systematic men's con­ . positive climate In the and mobile life in which.ties and commit­ singleness is not necessarily a functioning sciousness raising movement) has been a ments become obstacles and unnecessary ·life-Ideology either. While demanding full contributing factor. But my own ex­ Jewish community, encumbrances. A TV commercial for the acceptance from the community as perience, my sense of my single male and even with all the . perfume Rive Gauche describes one singles, most single Jews of my acquain­ ! female friends and, I suppose, my own modem (presumably desirable) woman: tance (including single men) acknowledge dances and .dis­ Ibiases and perspective, lead me to feel that "She's an independent woman/when she that remaining single the rest of their lives Novak bas isolated only a smallpart of the cussions and groups goes she goes it alone/she's having too is not their fondest desire. But finding that , picture - important, painful but radically - and clubs and com­ much "fun to marry." Children particularly perfect significant other seems harder and incomplete. are seen as a drain on emotional and harder all the time. Even with the more The question is-not just why strong, com­ puters, something is material resources. " We are getting along positive climate in the Jewish community, petent women are meeting so many im­ wrong, something is fine without children," one couple told a even with-al! the dances and discussions mature, uncertain men. The real, bottom­ Los Angeles Times writer. "We have two and groups and clubs and computers, line question is why men and women in just not worki~g.' cars and a swimming pool and we can take something is wrong, something is just not general seem to find it so terribly difficult vacations whenever we like. Children working. ~ these days to form and sustain committed simple to 1resolve given a little effort to . would only complicate things." William Novak shed some much needed relationships. communicate. (Especially, as one woman What has happened, I think, is that light on this problem in his sensitive, And they do find it difficult, we all know friend has pointed out to me, if they are not traditional American individualism provocative article "Are Good Jewish Men that. We all know the numerous painful made, in the context of the particular (rugged or otherwise) has gone a little ber­ a Vanishing Breed?" (Moment, January­ 1 anecdotes of the failed relationships of our relationship, into issues of ·power.)· But serk. The newest mass market - hawking February, 1980). Novak poignantly brought single friends, the cycle of hope and given the uncertainty that prevails on these a dazzling array of self-help and self- into public view a complaint he found com­ withdrawal. We all know the alarming questions, they certainly help make the , awareness books, techniques and groups - monly expressed-by young single Jewish statistics of failed marriages. And singles grouping, tentative process ofg etting to may be nothing more than the 'Old women: there do not seem to be "many know all too well the air of weary despera­ know each other a bit bumpier. And there American urge for some elbow room good, available men around with whom to tion that infests most singles' events. are situations in which the very effort to ex­ manifesting itself in a era that offers no have a relationship." Part of the problem I am 'no sociologist and I have no plicitly resolve some of these issues itself frontier to move out into. We cannot put is demographic: there are simply fewer statistics to bolster my impressions, but I creates tension. physical space between us and our Jewish men aged 20 to 34 then women; have a sense of what is going on and it is not Still these matters of manners and mores neighbors, so we put psychic space instead. Jewish men tend to intermarry more fre­ a hopeful picture. are probably minor. More difficult and quently than Jewish women; and women in For one thing, none of us knows what the more disruptive to relationships are the 'The men who are their ·early 30s, born in the height of the ground rules are any more. Novak discussed variety of views and lack of social con­ baby boom, find that fewer babies were this, but again limited the issue too sensus on more important issues of men around are often dis­ born in the birth years of men among whom narrowly to one of the independent New and women together. These include such appointing as people they are most likely to be looking for a Woman intimidating immature insecure questions as how to relate tl)e pursuit of in­ .. . their emotional re­ mate. men. But it's not so simple. dependent careers; whether, when and More significant than questions of quan­ There just are no commonly accepted how many children to have; and par­ sources and support­ tity, though, are issues of quality. "The patterns (dare I say "rules"?) of social in­ ticularly how to blend children, family and lveness, their wllling­ men who are around," Novak reported, teraction. Whatever assumptions about -the demands of careers. "are often disappointing as people . . . egalitarian forms of interaction exist are It is clear now, if it was not clear a ness and abllity to their emotional resources and suppor­ not universally or uniformly understood. decade ago, that there i~ no easy or simple enter Into a commit­ tiveness, their willingness and ability to en­ Men and women today hold a bewildering way for couples to lmswer these questions ted relationship, these ter,into a committed relationship, these all variety of attitudes and expectations on the in the context of an egalitarian ethos. This seem underdeveloped." various issues of gender role stereotypes is one area of life where the confrontation all seem under­ iwomen over the· past decade have and equality. (I suspect that Novak was of the particular and the ideal frequently developed.' developed external so-called "masculine" right In suggesting that the range is more generates anxiety, tension and confusion. skills needed to succeed In the professions, narrow and much more traditional among And the ideal isn't even commonly defined. An oversimplification? Perhaps. But the while maintaining their internal the men.) Again, men and women hold a bewildering frontier metaphor has a certain aptness. ','feminine" skills of emotional awareness This variety makes for a frequently mix of attitudes, views and feelings on These selves of ours, of which we are and strength. Most men, however, have awkward, sometimes amusing and usually these issues which clutters up the scene. becoming so aware, seem to be very frail been socialized to sacrifice these Internal rocky process. Who among us has not ex­ It Is not that we lack thoughtful, percep­ and precious things to us, in constant need skills In their aggressive pursuit of perienced those exquisite little first-date tive suggestions or solutions. But there is of protection and enhancement. The stan­ material success. So the men who haven't dilemmas: the "who pays" puzzle, the no social consensus, there Is precious little dards for self-fulfillment have become married by their early 30s, the single "great door-opening" debacle, the "who social support and the fact ls that many very private, very individual. Relationship 'woman In that age bracket find, are .calls" and the "who-really-decides­ men and women are not willing or are sim­ seems incidental, perhaps even detrimen­ ' ,enerally Immature, "self-centered, nar­ things" debates? ply unable to serve as social pioneers carv­ tal to the needs of the self. The modem I claailtlc, indecisive, afraid of making com­ Hardly earth-shattering moral quan­ ing out new paths for egalitarian theme song of self (and relationship) may mitment,.'' As one author quoted by Novak daries, to be sure, and probably relatively relationships. (Continued on page 13) ------~-----~~~------~ v "\. I •;,, fHE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1982 -13 ·1raditional Attitudes Towards Sex, Festival To Feature Classical And Jazz Five local acts will form the centerpiece Abbott and Elaine Lieberman chair the Marriage Continue-To Influence Jews of -a pre-season benefit for the Music benefit committee. Other committee NEW YORK - Traditional Jewish at­ children. Festival of Rhode Island's tenth season, members include Helene Bonoff, Carl titudes toward sex, marriage, and the "Jews often amazed their non-Jewish Presenting the best of both world's, Henry, Goldwyn.Harris, Ben McClelland, family continue to influence Jews today neighbors by their willingness to help out a classical and jazz, ~e sho~ will feature Angelo Rosati, Helen Shein, Polly and may play a part in enabling them to vast network of needy uncles, cousins, and Rose Weaver and Greg Wardson ; Beth Or­ Strasmich, Debby Waldman, Rose cope with modern life-. other relatives," remarked Professor son with Richard Cuinming and Braden Weaver, and Richard Cumming. This view was expressed recently by Dr. Katz, " but they didn 't believe they should Toan ; Debbie Waldman with Artie Cabral, Jacob Katz, Professor Emeritus of history live wjth them." Mark Campellone , and Arnie and sociology at Hebrew University in Similarly, continued -Professor Katz, the · Krawkowsky ; John Davis; and Perry Survivors' Children Jerusalem. Professor Katz, who is con­ ancestors of today's Jews felt it was impor­ Rosenthall with Diane Smirnov. To Recall Holocaust sidered one of ·the world's foremost tant that young newlywed couples establish The benefit performan.5e is scheduled for authorities on the history of the f11 mily, their own households as soon as it was -Wednesday, April 28, at 8:00 p.m. in " Reflections of the Holocaust - The made his remarks'at a meeting sponsored ecpnomically feasible. Also, he said, those Roberts Auditorium of Rhode Island Second Generation" will be the subject of by the William Petschek National Jewish families that could afford to send their College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., th,!! next meeting of the Jerusalem Chapter Family Center of the American Jewish teenaged sons to out-of-town schools did so Providence. For i:eservations call 456-8144. of Hadassah on Wednesday, April 28, at Committee and held at national AJC head­ - not only so the boys could develop in­ Richard Cumming, of Trinity Square 7:45 p.m. at 30 Midway Road in Cranston. quarters here. tellectually, but also so they could learn to Repertory Company, will play the role of Children of Holocaust survivors will Judaism has always maintained, said live independently from their families. master of ceremonies. speak of their experiences growing up and Professor Katz, that marriage, not Consequently, concluded Professor -A raffle will also be held the evening of how the Holocaust has affected their lives. asceticism, was the highest state in which Katz, the present-day emphasis on in­ the festival. Tickets may be purchased at Bruno Borenstein, a local physician, will man could live. Moreover, he said, dept!nijence and the nuclear family are un­ the door or through any benefit committee be the discussion leader. _ member. although Jewish tradition has held that sex­ likely lb be traumatic for Jews, for these For further information call 884-7881. ual activity should be confined to marriage patterns have been woven into Jewish life and ·governed by rules and regulations, it for generations. has also stressed, he continued, that sex .Speaking at the same meeting, Dr. David Solomon Schechter Day School was important and good and that deliberat~ Biale, Associate Professor of history and abstinence was no virtue. Judaic studies at the State University of Gives Siddurs To First Graders -,,. . " For traditional Jews," said Professor New York at Binghamton, added that two Katz, " the main criteria of a successful fm:ther ideas now considered " modern" marriage were the couple's ability to have ' have had a place in Jewish thinking for at a normal sexual life and their ability to live least two centuries: a belief in sexual together without quarreling." equality, and a belief that romantic love An essential component of what was con­ should be part of marriage. sidered a " normal" sex life, -explained Although these beliefs were not part of Professor Katz, was the wife's satisfac­ mainstream Jewish thought in past cen­ tion . turies, said Professor Biale, they were, he Noting that all of these beliefs stem from stressed, (leld strongly by many of the / ! the Jewish religion and centuries of Jewish highly educated young men who were in­ ;J tradition, Professor Katz asserted that, volved in the eighteenth- and nineteenth­ nevertheless, most of them continued to century intellectual fertnent known as the play a role in Jewish-t hinking and were Jewish Enlightenment. well-suited for men and women 11ttempting to build satisfying personal lives in the modern, secularly oriented world. Professional Singles Two other "modern" ideas that have been part of Jewish thought for many Group To Meet generations, coritinued Professor Katz, are the con·cept of the nuclear family and the A professional group of singles over 30' belief that young adults should be indepen- will mee't for a wine and cheese party with . dent. entertainment on Sunday, April 25 at Unlike many other peoples, Professor Wellesley Community Center, 219 Ka~z pointed out, Jews have believed for Washington Street (junction of Rt. 16 and hundreds_of years ,that the idea.I household Rt. 9), from 3 to 6 p.m.· consisted, not of an extended family, but of For further information call 969-0425 or READING THE STORY QF MOSES: (left to rlgtitJ° Jonathan ~ad.ler, Elissa-Simons;, one married couple and their unmarried 332-3453. ·Gideon Zelermyer, and Rachel Anter participate'in the Solomon Schechter Day School ceremonies. The first graders of the Solompn Schechter Day School of Rhode Island received their siddurim in a ceremony at the ·school on Thursday, March 25. Why Are There So Many Jewish Singles? Under the direction of Wendy Garf-Lipp, (Continued from page 12) committed ties to another person will be found the security that enables us to the first grade Hebrew Studies teacher ;the be the "prayer" of Fritz Perls, founder of mean the loss of our own selves. At a mun­ open ourselves, to trust and to accept. \... students presented a Hebrew play, sang modem Gestalt therapy: " I do my thing dane level, we find ourselves reluctant to I believe that we have paid a high price Hebrew songs, and led morning prayers for and you do your thing and if, by chance, we change some of our habits, the everyday for the new realism about relationships. parents, friends, and the rest of the student come together, that's beautiful. And if not, ways we use to order our lives. At a deeper Presumably our new freedom should be body. it can't be helped." ---emotional level, we fear that the demands leading to deeper, stronger ties between This year the prayerbooks were donated Somehow I don't think we believe that, of giving of ourselves will drain us, that the people. After all, we are making our by Dr. and Mrs. Max Zelermyer, l those of us who, like the Jewish women in relationship will somehow overpower our choices out of personal feeling rather than grandparents of one of the first graders. An Novak's article, are looking for someone to secure sense of self and identity. soc1~I convention. And indeed it is very ice cream cake, decorated with an open share a relationship with. We value our in­ A course offered in the fall semester of lik ly that marriages and other book containing the Hebrew name of each dependence and our sense of self-worth, 1981 at the U.C .L.A. extension program relij ionsbips that are wrong, that shoul~ first grader, was shared by the first but we know that something basic and ( "Caring Singles"), while offering to teach not continue, are now more freely-and less · graders and their families. special happens in the context of the..9ther. people how · to develop " successful painfully being dissolved. All of the siddur recipients eagerly began - So Perl's equation doesn't sit quite so well. relationships and the interpersonal skills I also think that something not so positive studying the prayers from their new sid­ We sense, I think, that self-fulfillment associated with their success," at the same is happening. Some (many?) relationships durim on Friday, March 26. and relationship are linked to each other, time testifies to this concern and this fear: which, with a little more effort could grow not distinctly different concepts that "The ways in which caring people care are and strengthen, are now too readily let go. sometimes accidentally connect. The wonderful," the catalog assures us. "They Perhaps the pendulum has swung too far.· NewMikveh modem search for self-fulfillment seems know how and when, without losing their Maybe I'm just getting more " conser­ so often desperate and futile precisely own sense of self." (Emphasis added.) vative" in my old age. I don 't thin!\, so. I Groundbreaking because it concentrates on the self in isola­ The demographics of the situation don't certainly don't long for the days when tion. It was Buber who taught us a new help very much. As we wait longer to get singleness was ail embarrassment and To Be .Sunday basic Jewish insight: the self is self only in married, W!l become locked into patterns poisonous relationships persisted past the context of relationship; the sole ques­ that are difficult to change and we develop their prime. The foundation of the new mikvah is tion is what kind . Modern American attitudes and values we find we cannot I have long cherished the hope, however, currently being laid behind the Jewish culture has reversed the equation. Rather compromise. that some balance could be struck preserv­ Community Center. The official than relationship being !Ne frame, the We have lost our faith in relationship. ing the best of the new and the old social or­ groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for setting, the context of self and self­ Considering the failure rate we see all ders. I dream of an American society and a Sunday, April 25, at 4: 30 p.m., behind the fulfillment, self-satisfaction has become around us, this isn't hard to understand. Jewish community which would treasure J.C,C. The community is invited to par­ the goal and definition of relationship. But our reaction has led us to be over­ marriage while not denigrating singleness, ticipate. This changed emphasis places great cautious. We have come to expect far too which would champion the value' of per­ The new mikvah, an ultra-modern stress on people trying to form much in the process of forming sonal autonomy, but which would also sup­ facility, will be ready in the coming relationships. Taking away the conviction relationships. port the essential importance of commit­ months. Upon completion, anyone in­ that fulfillment is to be found in We have placed ourselves in an exquisite ted relationships. For I believe that a com­ terested in information or a guided tour relationship has raised the standards by Catch-22 situation , Ostensibly to munal agreement on the value of such may contact the R.I. Mikveh Committee at which we measure the success of any given strengthen the rela tlonships we are trying relationships is essential for their success, 723-0919. relationship. It has always been true that to form, we expect ourselves and our yet I would not want us to lose the hard-won On April 19, the R.I. Mikveh Committee people searched for personal satisfaction partner to open up completely, to share contemporary lppreciation of the moral handed over the proceeds from its recent in relationship, that relationships served almost all our deep dark secrets, so that we and emotional_yalue of personal choice and raffle to the Jewish Federation of Rhode individual psychological needs. But we can really "know" each other and decide freedom. Island. Hana Berman and Debbie Raskin, have less confidence today that our stan­ whether we are right for each other. But at I see signs that the current college officers of the R.I. Mikveh Committee, dards of self-fulfillment will be met In a the same time we realize (and fear) that generation ls striking a healthier balance presented the check to Sheldon Sollosy to relationship and so we are less inclined to the next revelation may be the one which between autonomy and ties, between be used towards the construction of the new take the risks, to make the changes and we or our partner will not accept and which relationship and self-sufficience, between community mlkvah. compromises and sacrifices necessary to will drive us apart. marriage and career. But for my genera­ The Committee will continue fund­ make a relationship work. We're Just not Who wants to play in a game where the tion the 60s generation now in their late 20s raising activities with a flea market sure anymore that It is worth the effort. ante Is so high? We no longer have con­ and early 30s, these are still very hard, scheduled for Sunday,- May 23. Merdian· Even more than that, we often fear that fidence that in the commitment itself will "hard times for lovers." dise will be set up In the parking lot of Con­ gregation Ohawe Shalom on East Avenue In Pawtucket. 14 -THE RHODE ISLAND HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1982 LI. County Police Say Jews Fan To Obituaries: Press Charges In Anti-Semitic Cases I COMMACK, N .Y. (JTA) - Police in want to get involved,' " said Suffolk I PERCY RIMES MORTON KATERSKY Suffolk County, which is believed to have County Police Detective Howard Man­ l WARWICK - Percy Rimes, 77, of the TIVERTON - Morton Katersky, 69, of 18 the nation's highest arrest rate of anti­ dell. "They don't want to have to spend a l Shalom Apartments, 1 Shalom Drive, died Beech Ave ., a film distributor and former, Semitic vandals, say they are being few hours in court to see justice done." I . Monday, April 19 at the Kent Nursing owner of Katersky's Laundry, died Thurs­ hampered by Jews who refuse to press Mandell, who heads the county police I Home. He was the husband of Sadie day, April 15, at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall charges, it was reported last week by the task force on anti-Semit ism, said that in I ' - (Wallach) Rimes. River. He was the husband of Evelyn Jewish World of Long Island. one recent incident, four girls walking to I Mr. Rimes owned the Modern Art (Mines) Katersky. " We keep running into Jews who refuse the Dix Hills Jewish Center were harassed I Cosmetics in Queens, Long Island, N.Y., Born in Fall River, he was a son of the to sign complaints because they 'don't by a gang of boys, one of-whom yelled I ' · for 20 years before retiring 12 years ago. late Jacob J . and Sadie {Gollis) Katersky. " Heil Hitler" and pointed a rifle at them. I Born in Russia, a son of the late Elias and Mr. Katersky was a board member of Pope Terms Temple "But we could not press charges because I ' Minnie (Rosen) Rimaloff, he lived in Temple lleth-El and a member of the the parents refused to let the girls file a I ,: ' ·Warwick 2½ years. He previously .lived in Watuppa Masonic Lodge. He was a 32nd­ Mount Shooting complaint," Mandell said, adding: I . Queens. degree Mason in the Consistory of the A 'Rash Gesture' "Jews must stand up and demand re­ Besides his wife he leaves a son, Andrew Valley of Fall River. spect and a response from their govern- · I E. Rimes of Wilmington, Del.; a daughter, Besides his wife he leaves two sons, ROME (JTA) - Pope John Paul II ment. If they sit back and say that anti­ Enid Seltzer of. West Warwick; a sister, Edward Katersky of Scituate, Mass., and referred to the Easter Sunday shooting on Semitism has always been there and will \' Ruth Relin of Phoenix, Ariz., and four Harold Katersky of Los Angeles ; a the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as a " rash continu~ to be here, nothing will change." grandchildren. daughter, Barbara Katersky of New York gesture" that has had repercussions in As a result of prompt police response to A funeral service was held Wednesday, City; a sister, Nathalie Pfeffer of West other parts ef the Middle East. The Pontiff complaints lodged with them, Mandell April 21 at 10 a .m . at the Max Sugarman Orange, N.J ., and five grandchildren. included that statement in an address to a said, $uffolk was the only county in the Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope St., A funeral service was held Sunday, April crowd of 40,000 in St. Peter's Square who he New York metropolitan area to report a 30 Providence. Burial was in . Well wood 18 at Temple Beth-El, High Street, Fall called on to pray for the " situations of con­ percent decline in anti-Semitic incidents Cemetery, Farmingdale, N,Y. River. Burial was in Temple Beth-El flict" in the world. . between 1980 and 1981. During the same Shiva will be observed at the home of Mr. Cemetery. Arrangements were by Fisher ... period in adjoining Nassau County - and Mrs. Ronald Seltzer, 11 Faxon St., Memorial Chapel of Fall River-Warwick. In earlier messages, the Pope made where he said local judges were "benevo­ West Warwick through Sunday. BERTRAND H. KLENIEC reference to the current aggravated con­ lent" - anti-Semitic incidents increased flict between " the two peoples" in " the by 50 percent. " You can't be nice to big­ SAMUEL GUFFAN NEW YORK-Betrand H. Kleniec, 32, of Holy Land." He also spoke of the tension 611 W. 112th St. died Saturday, April 17 . ots," Mandell said. " If you try to reason between Britain and Argentina and the war PROVIDENCE - Samuel Guffan1 98, of Born in Belgium, a son of Dina (Berger) with a bigot, he perceives it as a sign of between Iraq and Iran. 41 Vassar Ave., a New York ' City Kleniec of Belgium, and the late Alex weakness." businessman most of bis life, died ·at home Kleniec, he lived in Providence three years Tuesday, April 20. The late Rose before moving to· New York City two (Tropiansky) Guffan was his wife. months ago. History Of Yugoslavian Jewry During Mr. Giffan was a fur dyer for about 40 Besides his mother he leaves a brother, years before .retiring. Michael Kleniec of Toronto. Born in Russia, he was a son of the late World War _II Published In Belgrade A graveside service was held Wednes­ Rabbi Riven and Ethel (Zallis) Guffan. NEW YORK (JTA) -TheWorldJewish Yugoslav Jews did not propose to remain \\ day, April 21 at Lincoln Park Cemetery, Mr. Guffan leaves a daughter, Mrs. Congress reported last week that a major passive." There follows a description of Warwick. work documenting the history of Yugoslav the participation of Jews in the ranks of the Charlotte Hopfenberg, with whom he Arrangements were by the Max Sugar­ lived,; two brothers, Shimen and Isaiah Jews during the Second World War has Yugoslav Freedom Fighters. man Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope Street, been issued in Belgrade by the local Jewish According to the available data 4,556 Guffan, both in Russia , and three Providence. grandchildren. community. Jews participated in ·the War of National A funeral service was Thursday, April 22 TERESA SHORE The Federation of Jewish Communities Liberation, 2,897 in the Yugoslav Army of at Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, 825 Hope SURFSIDE, FL - Teresa Shore, 78, of in Yugoslavia, under the auspices of the National Liberation (720 fell ) and 1;569 in St. Burial was in Mount Zion Cemetery, Surfside, Florida died Saturday, March 20, Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade, the underground Movement of National Queens, Long Island, N. Y. after a four-and-a-half-month illness. She published the 590-page volume by Jasa Liberation (599 perished). Of those who Memorial week will be observed at the was the wido.w of Samuel 0 . Shore. Romano entitled '' Jews of Yugoslavia 1941- joined the Army of National Liberation and home of Mr. and Mrs. Aian Hopfenberg, 41 For many years, .she and her husband 1945 : Victims of Genocide and Freedom survived 150 are holders of the " Partisan Vassar Avenue, Providence on Saturday were residents of Providence. They moved Fighters." Written in Serbo-Croation, the Star 1941," and !Oare on the list of Peoples' from 7-9 p.m., and Sunday through Wednes­ to Florida in 1957. book also contains a 17 page summary in Heroes. Fourteen Jews reached the rank of day from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m . She is survived by two sons, Albert P . English. The Federation, the central generaf, - of them;- two lieutenant Shore of Hollywood, Florida and Harold H. representative body of Yugoslav Jewry, is generals, two major generals, and 10 Shore of Mia.mi, Florida; a daughter, Ruth a member community of the WJC. brigadier generals. Shore Mondlick of Albuquerque, New Mex­ The historical account begins with the IN MEMORIAM first Jewish settlers in that area dating MRS- IDA GLAZER ico; three sisters; seven grandchildren; Yugoslavia May and three great-grandchildren. back 2,000 years ago and traces the history 1966-1982 of the Jewish community before World Consider Renewing In loving memory of a dear mother, Funeral services were · held Sunday, March 21, in Surfside, Florid.I. War II. The main part of the book is grandmother and great-grandmother. devoted to a detailed description of the Ties With Israel Although we are not together now, HARVEY N. MENDELOWITZ Jewish community's fate under Nazi GENEVA (JTA) - A top Yugoslav We are really not apart, SHREWSBURY, MA- Harvey N. Men­ domination. It describes the deportation to For you are always in our thoughts diplomat told the Jewish Telegraphic delowitz, 41, of 2 Williamsburg Court, died c_oncentration camp~, and ends with the Agency here that following the visit of And will always be in our hearts. Monday, April 19, at the Heywood Valley fact that of about 82,000 members of the THE LANDESBERG FAMILY French President Francois Mitterrand to Nursing Home, Worcester. He was the hus­ Jewish community in Yugoslavia only 15,- Israel, " Yugoslavia will most probably band of Ruth E . (Tobolson) Mendelowitz. 000 survived World War II, "which means decide to resume diplomatic relations with He was co-owner of Worcester Electric 79.2 percent perished." Israel." The diplomat said this task would IN MEMORIAM Associates Inc., 69 Lamartine St., which he The second section is devoted to what be taken up by the new government which MRS. IDA GLAZER founded in 1974. · Romano calls the "shining pages which ·will take office in May. The. new Foreign 1966-1982 He was a member of the Touro Fraternal .will tell to all future generations that the Minister will be Laza Moisov who served There is someone who misses you sadly, Organization of Providence; the Worcester for several · years as a delegate to the In the house where you used to live. Jewish War Veterans and was a volunteer ANNA C. WOOLF Yugoslav Mission to the United Nations in Someone who wanted to keep you, worker for the Worcester Multiple HOLLYWOOD, FL - Anna C. Woolf, 84, New York City. . But God willed it not to be. Sclerosis Organization for many Yfars. of Hollywood, Florida died Thursday, April The government of Yugoslavia, when it Time does not heal an aching heart, He was a member of the Massachusetts -15. ' was headed by the late President Josip For this we know is true, Electrical Contractors Association and the A former Providence resident, she ow­ Broz Tito, staunchly supported the demand Because sixteen years have passed Yeshivai Achei Timiinim. ned the Providence Cornice Company for of Palestinians for self-determination and And our hearts still ache for you. · Born in Providence, he was a son of Ben­ · 50 years. an independent state and was highly YOUR LOVING SON AND DAUGHTER, jamin and Bella (Schuman) Mendelowitz Slie was a member of the Jewish Home critical of Israel.. , SIDNEY GLAZER, BETTY LEVY of Cranston. He lived in Worcester for 24 for the Aged in Providence and Florida, a years. member of the .Jewish Community Center TEL AVIV (JTA) - Only about 200 Besides his wife and parents, he leaves a in Providence. members of the movement to stop the with­ MRS. IDA GLAZER son, Marc E. Mendelowitz and a daughter, She also belo11ged to Temple Emanu-El drawal from Sinai aMended the seder at 1966-1982 Sara F. Mendelowitz, both of Shrewsbury; in Providence and Temple Beth-El in Yamit, a farcry from the turn-out of " more than 2000" predicted by leaders of the Precious memories silently kept a brother, Samuel Mendelowitz of Florida. Of a dear mother I will never forget. Cranston and a sister, Harriett Frank of She is survived by her husband, Peter movement. No longer in my life to share, Pawtucket. Woolf. The Passover feast, held at a war memo­ But in my heart you are always there. The funeral service was held Wednesday, Funeral services and burial were in rial taken over two weeks ago by militant Always remembered and missed. April 21 in the Perlman· Funeral Home, Florida. yeshiva students was intended as a demon­ SON, DAVID 1026 Main St., Worcester. Burial was in In lieu of flowers , donations to Temple stration by squatters in the northern Sinai Sons of Jacob Cemetery, Leicester. Emanu-El may be made in her memory. town that they have no inten!ion of leavin~: Neo-Nazis In Hamburg ..- ~ax Sugarman Memorial Chapel Organized Into New Group BONN (JTA) - Interior Minister Alfons Pawelczyk of the federal state of Hamburg said the neo-Nazis in the city have Rhode Island's only home been organized under a new name. According to the minister, the newly organized " Hamburg List to Stop ... of your family traditions and rcco,ds Foreigners" Is a coalition of several neo-Naii groups, in­ cluding one led by Michael Kuehnen, who bas been senten­ ced to four years in prison for rightwing violence. The first meeting of the Hamburg List was called by Ul· 331-8094 rich Harder of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party 458 HOPE STREET. PROVIDENCE (NPD), who was himself elected vice chairman. The elected Corner Hope &- Doyle Avenue chairman is Hans-Juergen Sabrautzki, who was chairman of the NPD in Hamburg from 1976 to 1978. Other members of IN FLORIDA (305) 861 -9066 the central committee are activists of the young guard of the Hamburg NPD. .,'

\ Bridge ) .)~' ------by Robert E. Sta"__,_ __ ,

Not every hand will produce a game. In Trump. Mentioning his Spade suit at this ~ fact one can go for quite a while sometimes time would distort both his distribution and I ., before one can and should be bid. also his strength. Nevertheless, part-score hands do count, First, by bidding a suit he knows his especially in a Duplicate Tournament. And partner cannot have he shows by inference no matter where you are, it is much better that his own Heart suit is at least five cards to be plus than minus when you have con­ long, which it isn't. Also, the bid is forcing trol over that choice. Today's band is a and be·cause iCforces the partner to retul')! part-score that should have been made. to the first bid suit at the three level just to Too many Declarers failed to make it. show a preference, it is of necessity a strength-showing bid which would force North the partnership to game even opposite a • AK95 minimum opening bid. k l • QJ92 The above possibility did not happen PRIME MINISTER'S PLAQUES OF ISRAEL BONDS are presented to more than once and the Two No Trump con­ 74 Rhode Island members of the Prime Minister's Club, an honor society of men + tract was normal. Most Wests led a low • . 9 8 3 and women whose Israel Bond purchases establish pace-setting levels of ;J I Diamond and Declarer now had to make participation for their communities. Melvin S. Frank, (top photo, left) gen­ eight tricks. He could count six sure ones West East right off the top but i,vhere could he get the eral chairman of the statewide campaign, presents the Prime Minister's ... , • J73 • · 10642 other two. Spades was a vague possibility Club Plaque to Mr. and Mrs. Max Alperin. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riesman ,· ' • K6 • A854 but only if the Jack and ten were to fall on (bottom photo) accept the coveted plaque from Frank. The presentations + J 10 6 2 + Q 983 time. Clubs was the longest suit and would were made at the recent Rhode Island Israel Bond Pooesetters Reception for '. j • KJ105 • Q definitely provide two extra tricks if the community leaders. · · ·.1· i suit broke normally. 13ut if you look at the . i South Heart suit, after losing the two high ones • Q8 the other two will be good to again provide • 107 3 the needed tricks. + AK5 The problem here is actually two-fold. • A7642 Not only are the two tricks needed but must be scored before the enemy can get more than five of their own to set the hand. East was Dealer, both sides vulnerable To set the Clubs even if they split, two with this bidding: tricks 'must be lost. By that time another Diamond lead will establish at least two E s w N tricks in that suit for the Defense. Those p lC p 1H four plus the two high Hearts make that p lNT p 2NT line of play impossible. But examine that End same Heart suit. As long as the two high ones have to be lost let's lose them right away by ieading one at trick two, winning The bidding as shown is the way it should the probable Diamond continuation and have gone and did at most tables. North leading the second. The opponents can take responded with the lower of his two four whatever tricks they have coming in Dia­ card Majors. This gives his partner the monds but even if they run three tricks chance to mention his at the one level if he there, we still make our eight before they has it. South's· rebid of one No Trump have six. denies the holding of a four card Spade suit ) and also, of course, describes a minimum Moral: We often advise you to count your opening bid. North, with his ten points, has winners. At certain times you must also just enough to try for game but in _No count your possible losers. Noted Israeli Lung Associa.tion Holland, Hoffman And Galkin Composers To To Salute Chatee To Receive Shofar Scout Award Speak, Perform On 15th Year The National Jewish Committee on to the service of God, so the Shofar Award Israeli composers, including Yehezkel The 75th Anniversary annual meeting of Scouting will present three Rhode Island is a recognition of individuals who have Braun, Sergiu Natra, Sbulamit Ran, Dan the Rhode Island Lung AsSi>Ciation (RILA) men with the Shofar Award, signifying out­ answered the call to serve Jewish boys in Handelsman and Betty Olivero will come on Wednesday, May 5 will be marked by a standing service by adults in the promotion scouting. together at Brandeis University for a uni­ salute to loyal volunteers and friends, in­ of scouting.among Jewish boys, on Friday, The award itself is a silver Ner Tamid que conference on contemporary Israeli cluding a special Clean Air Award to April 30 at.8 p.m . at Temple Emanu-EI in pendant superimposed on a silver Sholar music April 23-24. Senator John H. Chafee and naming of five Providence. and suspen

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