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VOL 42, NO 29 JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG Hebrew College campus sold for $18 million By Steven A. Rosenberg Philanthropies in a state- JOURNAL STAFF ment. “The resources gained through the sale NEWTON – In a move will help support our col- that will allow Hebrew lective pursuit of a highly College to reduce its engaged and educated debt and remain at its Jewish community.” Newton Centre campus, Added Hebrew College the 97-year-old school has President Rabbi Sharon sold its modern, 7-acre Cohen Anisfeld, “This campus for $18 million. transaction lays a strong The school, which opened foundation for future in 2002, cost $32 million growth, and we are tre- Ingrid Pichler and Rabbi David Meyer meet in Pichler’s Swampscott studio. to build. The buyer is the Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld mendously excited for Newton-based, Winthrop HEBREW COLLEGE PRESIDENT the opportunities that lie Park School, which owns ahead.” Building an ark of glass, a 20-acre parcel adjacent to the Hebrew The school was founded in 1921 as College site. the Hebrew Teachers College in Roxbury, “In addition to reducing operating and by the 1930s, its degrees included light, and flowing water costs, this transaction will allow Hebrew include bachelor’s, master’s and doctor- College to be debt-free for the first time ates of Hebrew literature, laws and Jewish By Michael Wittner The Marblehead temple will begin since the move to this campus more than education. The school moved to a former JOURNAL STAFF work on a comprehensive $1.5 mil- 17 years ago,” said Andy Offit, chairman mansion in Brookline in the 1950s, and in lion renovation project in December, of the Hebrew College Board of Trustees. 2002, under former president David M. MARBLEHEAD – Even though she and the ark will be a centerpiece of the “This will afford us the ability to reded- Gordis, it spent $32 million on its current grew up surrounded by mountains new renovations – as the center of the icate precious resources to expanding campus. in a small village in the Italian Alps, sanctuary and the home of the Torah, our educational programs and investing According to its website, it has an annu- Swampscott glass artist Ingrid Pichler it holds a special significance as the in the people who truly make Hebrew al budget of more than $10 million. Adult feels a special connection to water. beating heart of the temple. College what it is.” learning represents its largest segment of “I live a stone’s throw away from the During discussions of how to best In addition to being debt-free upon students, with 1,530 enrolled, according ocean … so I’m looking at water con- capture the essence of their commu- completion of the sale, the agreement will to the school’s website. Another 164 are stantly,” she said. “Every time you go to nity, members of Temple Emanu-El allow Hebrew College to remain in its cur- registered in graduate degree/certificate the ocean, it’s different. It’s a constant kept coming back to the idea of water. rent location for several years, according programs, and 225 attend non-degree inspiration.” “It is fitting, especially for our syna- to a statement by the school. classes. Over 200 students are enrolled Pichler’s personal connection to gogue which stands only steps from “This is an important step in assur- in the school’s Youth Education program. water comes in handy as she prepares the Atlantic Ocean, that water is used ing the fiscal stability of Hebrew College The school also offers a PhD in her latest commission: using water as as a visual theme for our sanctuary of as a vibrant partner in supporting the Educational Studies, bachelor and mas- an inspiration for the design of the worship,” Rabbi David Meyer said in a Jewish future of our community,” said ter’s degrees in Jewish Studies and Jewish new ark in Temple Emanu-El’s main statement. “Further, the longing of the Rabbi Marc Baker, president and chief Education, and rabbinic and cantorial sanctuary. human spirit to be in the presence of executive officer of Combined Jewish programs. continued on page 12 ‘This is a Jewish story:’ Jeff Goldman helps reunite families separated at border

By Michael Wittner with her son – contacted Biagini, of the JCC and Temple Emanu- JOURNAL STAFF who is also Brazilian and widely El), this was a matter of tikkun known in that community as olam, and staying true to his SALEM – One Sunday, Luana someone who can help with Jewish heritage. Mazon Biagini received a call immigration problems. Biagini “It’s a Jewish story,” said on her cell phone. On the other then called Goldman and Jesse Goldman. “I wasn’t there at the end was a hysterical stranger. Bless, senior litigation counsel at moment of separation, but all I Her son had been taken from the firm, and told them that she can picture is the similarity of a her, and she had no idea where had come face to face with one Nazi standing at the train depot he was. of the stories they had heard so when Jews are coming off the Biagini, a paralegal at the Jeff much about in the news. train, saying ‘You go that way’ Goldman Immigration law firm, Diogo had become one of the and ‘You go that way.’ What went knew what to do. more than 2,300 children sepa- into my mind was, ‘If I’ve ever Lidia Souza, 27, and her rated from their parents at the seen the right thing to do, it was 9-year-old son, Diogo, had come border as part of the new federal this.’” to the United States from Brazil “zero-tolerance policy.” Goldman told Bless and seeking asylum. She said she For Goldman, a Swampscott Biagini to do whatever it took feared for their lives in Brazil. native whose family has been to reunite Souza with her son. “I While Souza was eventually active in the Jewish community gave my associate and paralegal released and joined family in for three generations (his father free rein of time and credit card Hyannis, Diogo was sent to a was Martin “Bozie” Goldman, to do what they had to do,” he Jesse Bless, Jeff Goldman, Diogo Souza, Lidia Souza, Sirley Silveira holding facility in Chicago. who served as a Swampscott said. Goldman estimated Bless Paixao, and Luana Mazon Biagini at an immigration rally this summer Souza – frantic to be reunited town moderator, and president continued on page 22 at Boston City Hall Plaza.

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By Michelle Harris joined Goldberg as co-chair of JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT the group, establishing a part- nership between the two syna- LARRY LEVINE’S PEABODY – When Lynnfield gogues. KOSHER MEATS & DELI resident Rachel Zalvan played Soon after, they hired advis- volleyball on the USY team ers Alyssa Kischel and Allie coached by Dave Goldberg in Levine to work directly with par- Available from LEVINE’s for the coming holidays the late 1980s, little did she know ticipants. that decades later she would be Zalvan is excited to collabo- working with him to kick off a rate on this novel type of pro- SHOULDER LEAN WHOLE BEEF program called the North Shore gramming specifically geared lb $8.99 lb $8.99 lb $6.99 Youth Group. toward younger age groups. ROASTS FLANKEN BRISKETS 12-14 lb avg “He was a larger-than-life fig- “Both Peabody temples saw a ure back then and I just had so need to increase opportunities Tzimmes Chicken Soup (Clear or w/Chicken) Knishes (Meat or Potato) much respect for him that I’m for Jewish kids to socialize infor- Sweet & Sour Meatballs Kasha Varnishkes Roast Brisket w/gravy excited to partner with him now mally,” she said. “I have per- Potato or Noodle Kugel Chopped Liver Roast Turkeys & Capons on developing this new group,” sonally enjoyed watching my Meat Kreplach Kishke Stuffed Cabbage Zalvan said. children benefit from this pro- On Sunday, Oct. 14, the North gram and I am very committed And, of course, the largest selection of top choice & prime beef, Shore Youth Group will begin a to seeing the program continue new season of fun with a bowl- to grow and thrive.” fancy white veal, lamb, and fresh poultry cut to order, not packaged, ing and pizza afternoon from Another key component is the and served with a smile. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Kings in parent advisers, Shari Robbins Lynnfield. The group is open of Lynnfield and Amy Karas of F LET US PREPARE YOUR HOLIDAY MEAL THE WAY YOUR BUBBIE DID! F to all North Shore children in Middleton, who are working to grades 3 through 8 who identify promote the program among Whole Roasted Turkey Kasha Varnishkes as Jewish. There is no require- other local families. They were Pick Roasted Chicken Potato Kugel ment for temple affiliation to instrumental in driving atten- one{ Sliced Brisket in Gravy Pick Noodle Kugel two participate. dance for last year’s outings to Roasted Potatoes $ 95 Goldberg is no stranger to CoCo Key Water Park in Danvers Carrot Tzimmes youth program development. In and the New England Sports Chicken Soup { per person Pick 2017, he was recognized with an Park in Amesbury for snow tub- one{Chopped Liver (minimum 12 people) “Honorable Menschion” from ing. JUST HEAT AND EAT! 18Brisket $19.95 pp the Jewish Journal for his dedi- The North Shore Youth Group cation to youth programming, a has welcomed children from We have all your holiday baked goods and challahs calling since the early 1970s. Yet towns including Marblehead, with the recent demise of many Melrose, Wakefield, Malden, Glatt kosher meat available USY chapters, including the and Newburyport. This year, Now taking orders for your break fast platters one based at Temple Ner Tamid the group hopes to attract an in Peabody, Goldberg has turned even greater number of partici- 474 Lowell Street (Lowmart Shopping Center), Peabody his attention to the younger pants for events like Sky Zone in grades, who, he says, “are just Danvers, where kids can jump (978) 535-6449 • FAX (978) 535-6816 as eager to socialize with their on indoor trampolines to their Under the strict supervision of the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Massachusetts Jewish peers, but have less of the hearts’ content, and a mini-golf Visit our website at www.levineskoshermkt.com time-consuming activity com- and ice cream outing at Jay Gee’s mitments of the high school- Ice Cream and Fun Center in aged group.” Methuen. “Our plan was to hone in on fun programs that would For more information about appeal to these younger chil- the North Shore Youth Group dren, and it has,” said Goldberg. or to register for the Oct. 14 Journalism matters. To attract even greater interest King’s event, contact Kischel and Donate to the Jewish Journal today. and increased turnout, Zalvan, Levine at NSYGinbox@gmail. a vice president at another com. The cost for this event is Visit our home page at jewishjournal.org, or call 978-745-4111. Peabody temple, Tiferet Shalom, $10. 4 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – AUGUST 30, 2018 COMMUNITY NEWS

JEWISH JOURNAL Ma Nishma? JCC to offer second round of Hebrew ulpan By Michael Wittner Jacobson said this will be a Publisher/Editor Steven A. Rosenberg JOURNAL STAFF student-centered course based on who the students are, what [email protected] MARBLEHEAD – Rachel they come in knowing, and Associate Editor Jacobson has taken many peo- what they want to learn during Michael Wittner ple to Israel over the years, and their time there. [email protected] last October, she did it again. “Students bring subjects that Well, sort of. they want to learn about, and Business Manager As part of a 10-week ulpan we are here with an open mind Chet Baker class she taught, students took to teach you about anything you [email protected] mock trips to Israel and learned want,” she said. the everyday Hebrew they’d Students have respond- Director of need to get around. They prac- ed well. Rebecca Rosen of Advertising & Marketing ticed ordering from a menu, Marblehead took last year’s Lois Kaplan paying the bill, and giving class and enjoyed it so much [email protected] directions to a cab driver. For that she was moved to write Jacobson, who has been teach- Jacobson a letter thanking her Senior Account Executive ing Hebrew in the community for the course. Marcy Grand for the past 40 years, part of “You are vibrant, and alive, [email protected] learning a new language is delv- and make the words and actions ing deep into the culture sur- Ulpan class at the JCC in Marblehead. in Hebrew mean so much more Graphics, Web, rounding it, and having fun in than just something you read,” Russian Chronicle Editor the process. don’t know how to read or write your mother and father,” which Rosen wrote. Yulia Zhorov “We do everything in a fun in Hebrew, and have little to is a paraphrase of one of the [email protected] way,” said Jacobson, who teach- no experience speaking the lan- Ten Commandments, and in so To register, contact Sara es conversational Hebrew with guage. Jacobson will teach the doing will learn about Judaism Ewing, JCC adult programming Graphics, Web, Obituaries the help of songs, dances, skits, advanced class, which is for stu- and the Hebrew language simul- director, at [email protected] or Andrew Fleischer cooking demonstrations, and dents who can read and write taneously. call 781-631-8330. [email protected] stories from Jewish and Israeli Hebrew and have some back- history. “At the same time, ground in the language. Editorial Cartoonist you’re learning, you’re having “A lot of people are intimi- George Freedman fun, and you leave the room dated by coming and joining Tufts University stands by new with an uplifting feeling.” a class when you use the word Board of Overseers Last year’s ulpan class, which ‘advanced,’” said Jacobson. ‘Colonizing Palestine’ course Bradley J. Sontz, President had 22 students, was so suc- “You don’t need to know much Bob Blayer, *Rick Borten, cessful that members of the Hebrew, but you need to be By Jackson Richman plex issues,” Tufts spokesper- Fred M. Cohen, Neil Donnenfeld, community asked Jacobson for comfortable with some Hebrew. JNS.ORG son Patrick Collins said. “We support all faculty Susan Garnick, Cara Hogan, an encore. That’s exactly what You’ve heard Hebrew before, she plans to do starting Oct. you just don’t know how to Despite pushback from stu- members’ right to academic Johanna Matloff, Lynn Nadeau, 4 at the Jewish Community speak it.” dents and several Jewish orga- freedom, while understanding Donna Lozow Pierce, Center in Marblehead. With For the last half hour of class, nizations, Tufts University is that support does not imply *Howard Rich, Robert M. Rose, support from Combined Jewish the beginner and advanced sec- standing by a controversial new endorsement of any particu- Heidi Shear, Stephanie Simon, Philanthropies, Jacobson tions will come together for a course it plans to offer this fall lar point of view that a fac- John Smidt, Ted D. Stux, is teaming up with Einat common lesson. titled “Colonizing Palestine.” ulty member might espouse,” Matthew Swartz, Irelander, a seasoned Hebrew Jacobson uses surveys, stu- “As we have stated previ- he said. “We recognize that *Selma Williams instructor, to offer another dent feedback, and 40 years of ously, Tufts is committed to the there are a variety of view- *Life Board Members round of 10-week, Thursday experience to gauge the best free exchange of ideas and pro- points and beliefs within the night sessions for begin- way to teach her class. For the vides students with access to a Tufts’ community, and we Past Presidents ners and advanced speakers. upcoming session, she hopes broad spectrum of courses that embrace opportunities to fos- Robert M. Rose, Lisa Kosan Irelander will teach the begin- to focus on Jewish values. 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plex issues,” Tufts spokescom- COMMUNITY NEWS THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – AUGUST 30, 2018 5 TheMillennials Tell me about your Jewish mistakes that should be made, learning how to be a responsible practitioner, etc. Then I made a jump background. after 2½ years there to Providence, which was a [My parents] wanted to raise us not only Jewish, pretty significant jump [in audience size], and I was but with a formal Jewish education, and so that is in Providence for over four years. And by the way, in what prompted them to send me and my sisters to both places, in Maine and Rhode Island, I reported Hillel, so all three of us went. and anchored both quite a bit. I went for two summers to Camp Tevya – I would And then I had some soul-searching that I needed say I was not sort of your really passionate camper, to do, and did do, about the direction of the industry but I went for two summers. We belonged to Temple and my own personal fulfillment and stimulation, Beth El, now Shirat Hayam, of course, and definitely and I had been taunted by law school and the legal went on the High Holidays and … we went to Temple profession for a very long time. I started meeting … Beth El preschool before that, by the way, and we with Jeff [Goldman] and saw Jeff all over the place would go certainly to social events affiliated with – in local television, in newspapers, in national Temple Beth El. And then there was a period of time newspapers and national television, and learned when I was like – how old was I? – well, older than the about how he was directly tied to the family separa­ single digits, certainly, when I was the one who would tion crisis and represented a significant number of drag my father to temple on Shabbat, because I really clients directly tied – not just a smattering – but a had a close relationship with Rabbi [Edgar] Weinsberg significant number of clients tied to the crisis. And at the time, and felt very close to him, and so I would Jeff is a phenomenal human being in every respect: often pull my dad to temple knowing that he was the he’s a tremendous lawyer, he is a man of extraordi­ one most likely to go with me. Though, in full admis­ nary empathy, and he feels tremendously for other Name: Jared Pliner sion, it’s been a while since I’ve gone to services. people, and I knew that I wanted to work for him. Age: 29 What’s your Jewish life The firm … is undergoing a period of tremendous Currently living in: Boston growth on both the employment-based and family- right now? based sides. And with this growth, the firm is liter­ Alma maters: Epstein Hillel ‘03, Marblehead High Separate from attending a Seder or potentially ally expanding in terms of personnel and attorneys, School ‘07, George Washington University ‘11 going to services on High Holidays, or something paralegals, and someone like me, and so there’s a Job: Director of communications, Jeff Goldman that I’m invited to here or there, [my fiancée] Kate great amount of certainly media interest in our work, Immigration and I are generally non-practicing in that sense … and so it’s handling that, and maintaining lines of obviously the macro theme is that you can never take communications with these outlets. It’s also doing Favorite food: Italian, but really any type of pasta. away Jewish identity, and knowing what you are and social media, and other web-based work, and getting Favorite music: Classical/opera, but I also like being proud of it … that’s entirely separate and dif­ the message and the mission out there. many different types of music. I’m a huge Elton John fan, ferent, and I will identify as such obviously for as long which I got from my dad. I’ve seen Bruce Springsteen and oth­ as I live, as will my sisters, and as will my parents … What are your hopes for ers … favorite composer, if you wanted to know for any reason: Admittedly, being Jewish wasn’t always something yourself and for the world? Richard Strauss. I embraced and was proud of. With maturity and My hopes are very simple: have a career that is growth that has changed. Jews have done extraor­ “A Few Good Men,” “Apollo 13,” intellectually stimulating, that makes an impact, Favorite movies: dinary things on this earth. Their accomplishments “The American President,” “JFK,” even though it’s extremely where the subject matter is so personally fascinating have advanced humanity in the most important conspiratorial, the original “The In-Laws” from the ‘70s with that I look forward to tackling it every day. To have areas. I may not attend services or crack open reli­ Peter Falk and Alan Arkin, “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Liar Liar.” a good, fulfilling life with my soon-to-be-wife Kate, gious books as often as I’d like to, but being Jewish for and to raise great kids, and to be the kind of parent Favorite TV show: It’s no longer on, obviously, me is a thing of enormous pride and honor. that my mom and dad are, and were, and to enjoy but it was “The Sopranos.” What’s your career been decades of good health. Favorite travel destination: For the world: that we live in a world where peo­ The south of France, where we went as a family – extended like? ple, where individuals, and countries are naturally family; it was a great, great trip. If I could go anywhere tomor­ I went to GW in Washington and studied journal­ driven to do the right thing, where there is a deep, row – I’ve always wanted to go to South Africa – Cape Town. ism and had a lot of phenomenal internships at ABC broad knowledge of different cultures and traditions, News in both Washington and New York. I wanted that we don’t live in a world where countries turn Favorite Jewish person: The late Dr. to be on air reporting … and so my first job was at inward and are isolationist. Sidney Farber, the Farber in Dana-Farber and the father of a station in Bangor, Maine, and it was all of that – it modern chemotherapy. was shooting, editing, learning the ropes, making – Michael Wittner Lawsuit filed in Newton over school materials used in classrooms By Jackson Richman of the Anti-Defamation League JNS.ORG and Boston’s Jewish Community Relations Council.” NEWTON – Earlier this At a Newton Public School month, the organization board meeting in June, resi­ Education Without Indoctrin­ dents expressed outrage over ation filed a lawsuit on behalf of the anti-Israel classroom mate­ three Newton taxpayers against rials, calling for the firing of the the Newton School Committee school superintendent. in Massachusetts Superior Despite the school system Court, claiming numerous vio­ removing its lessons from the lations of the Massachusetts “Arab World Studies Notebook,” Open Meeting Law “stemming which, according to APT, con­ from the school committee’s sists of an “overt bias and handling of a burgeoning scan­ unabashed propagandizing,” dal over anti-Semitic lessons such as demonizing Israel in and the promotion of Islamic wars throughout its short his­ religious beliefs as objective tory and praising Muslim sol­ facts in the public school dis­ diers for their “gentle treatment trict’s history classes,” accord­ of civilian populations,” it then ing to a statement from the replaced the materials with Boston-based organization ones that are “pro-Arab, anti- Americans for Peace and Israel and anti-Semitic.” Tolerance. “The Newton School Com­ “Newton public school stu­ mittee and the district’s super­ dents are propagandized with intendent, David Fleishman, materials that slander Israel have been stonewalling parents and the Jewish people, and since 2011,” said EWI’s Tanya that falsify history to promote Gorlin. “And the classroom bias the Islamic religion in pub­ just keeps getting worse every lic schools,” according to the year.” statement. “Just this past May, “All that secrecy has now Newton North High School crossed into illegality,” said invited an anti-Semitic group Karen Hurvitz, a member of EWI to screen Palestinian propa­ and counsel for the Newton tax­ ganda films to its students. For payers in this lawsuit against this, NPS Superintendent David the Newton School Committee. Fleishman earned a rebuke “For months now, dozens from the New England branch continued on page 18 6 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – AUGUST 30, 2018 EDITORIAL

JEWISH JOURNAL Steven A. Rosenberg PUBLISHER/EDITOR End the ‘right of return’ n Tuesday, US Ambassador to the explain to their children that their hometowns United Nations Nikki Haley sent are not in the West Bank or Gaza, but in Oshockwaves throughout Gaza and major Israeli cities such as Jerusalem, Tel the West Bank when she announced that the Aviv, Haifa and Beersheba. In refugee camps, Palestinian’s longtime demand for the “right the symbol of the key (to former homes) is of return” be taken off the table in any future painted on houses, walls and entrances to the US-sponsored peace deal between Israel and squalid cities. Teachers in UNRWA schools the Palestinians. also include the “right of return” in their The decision by the US – which has curriculum, further bolstering the children’s cut over $200 million in funding to the hope that they will one day move to a place Palestinians this year, along with $65 million that has been promised to them. to the United Nations Relief and Works Haley’s desire to pull the “right of return” Agency (UNRWA) – breaks from Washington’s off the table is a lucid thought based on decades-long policy to tacitly accept the common sense, and serves as a reality Palestinian demand. check for the Palestinians. For decades, For Palestinians, the “right of return” is Palestinian leaders have drilled this fantasy considered sacred. The demand calls for into their children. Rather than disbanding Palestinian refugees from the 1948 Arab- the refugee camps and creating new villages Israeli War to return to cities and towns that that could boost residents’ overall quality of have long been under Israeli control. Initially, life and the local economy, they have allowed after the 1948 war, there were an estimated these camps to remain, and brainwashed 500,000 – 750,000 Palestinian refugees. generation after generation into believing that But now, that number has soared to over 5 their lives will somehow radically transform million, as Palestinians, and UNRWA – the UN one day. This has led to frustration and often agency that provides education and housing murder: a majority of the suicide bombers Why we still need in refugee camps – permit refugee status to be who killed Israelis have come from refugee passed down from generation to generation. camps, and were educated in UNRWA heroes like John McCain It also does not remove Palestinians who schools. have moved and acquired citizenship in other The time has come to end the fantasy of countries. the “right of return.” This administration From birth, Palestinian children are taught should be commended for taking a sober look that the “right of return” is sacrosanct. Parents at a policy that has had drastic implications tell stories about former Arab villages and for millions of people.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editorial on freedom of the press was on the mark

I, like Mr. Krasa, understood lently opposing slants in the of fact for his base. Now THERE the editorial in the August 2 Jewish Journal, from the right is predictability. Jewish Journal (“Stand up for wing Republican Dennis Prager Burt Goldstein Arizona Sen. John McCain at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. a free press”) and appreciated (whose views I have found pre- Via email having a principled stand in dictable and often vile) to vari- By Jonathan S. Tobin the Turks in World War I. He favor of the free press expressed. ous liberal rabbis who I more or returned to Russia, organized I did not understand Mr. less agree with. My point here is nybody who pays atten- Jewish self-defense against Krasa’s comment that the Jewish to dispute the claim that there Of Trump, and tion to the sorts of things pogroms and then headed back Journal has a ‘slant’ whose pre- is “a” slant. alleged media bias Ahonored by contempo- to Palestine, where he wound dictability renders reading its Thirdly, the hit and run accu- rary popular culture knows that up defending newly established viewpoint uninteresting! sation of a tedious “slant” in In a letter to the editor in the stories about heroism are passé. Jewish farming villages near the First, reading something with the second paragraph makes August 16 edition of the Jewish But why then do we still long border with Lebanon. a point of view different than me wonder if I missed some Journal, Journal editor Steven for them? One example comes Trumpeldor was mortally one’s own seems essential to sarcasm in the first paragraph, Rosenberg was accused of being from an incident that took place wounded during the exchange learning and correcting for the which praises the free press over biased against President Trump. almost a century ago. of fire at Tel Hai. But before he errors in judgment that all mor- Trump’s demagogic attacks on Congratulations, Mr. Rosenberg. In March 1920, Arab gangs died, he was reported to have tals make. the press, and his demand that Bill Wasserman attacked the Jewish settlement consoled his companions in Secondly, I have found vio- “he alone” should be the source Ipswich of Tel Hai in the Upper Galilee. Hebrew, saying: Ein davar, tov Josef Trumpeldor led the lamut be’ad artzeinu – “Never Holocaust comparison defense of the isolated farming mind, it’s good to die for our village. He was a rare Jew who country.” I am writing in response to As rough as the situation in to convince the community of had served in the army of the As was fitting for a secular an item by Carol Denbo, titled Central America may be, entire their position. Tsar and then helped lead the Jew like Trumpeldor, his words “Undocumented refugees and populations are not being I agree wholeheartedly that first contingent of Zionist Jews echoed those of the Roman poet the Holocaust”, and two letters marked for extermination. Ms. Denbo is correct when she fighting with the British against continued on page 17 written in response to that letter Providing “sanctuary” to illegal says that to compare Jewish ref- in the last issue of the Journal. immigrants who may be fleeing ugees during the Holocaust to I believe Ms. Denbo made a grinding poverty and oppressive those currently crossing illegally sensible argument that noted governments is not, in my opin- in to our country seeking a bet- the need to fix a broken immi- ion, the same in nature as hiding ter life is to “trivialize, demean, gration system, a challenge Anne Frank or the millions of and diminish the unspeakable made more difficult by today’s other Jews who were transport- horror that our people went hyper-partisanship. In addition, ed to the death camps. through during World War II.” she reasonably tried to draw If the argument the two let- Our immigration laws may need a distinction between what is ter writers are attempting to to be modified but this com- happening on our borders today make is that our country should parison, along with comments and the Holocaust. In no way essentially open our borders about the Nuremberg laws, are did Ms. Denbo attempt to use to anyone claiming hardship regretful, insulting and histori- the “Holocaust as an excuse or injustice, then they should cally inaccurate. for inaction,” as stated by Mr. be clear about that and more Marty Schneer Gerson. forthcoming about their desire Salem

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Israel and Judaism are alive and well at Northeastern University Hillel By Gilad Skolnick over 100 students. Students spend their spring break with JNS.ORG for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Hillel volunteering on an Israel launched four BDS campaigns Defense Forces’ base. They, too, he online nonprofit site over the past three years, yet are excited to visit a country “The Conversation” ran student senators overwhelm- where about half of the world’s Tan article by Northeastern ingly defeated divestment reso- Jews live – a place fundamental University Professor Dov lutions each time. If you take to three of the world’s major Waxman titled “As Israel turns a walk through campus on an religions, where there is 3,000 70, many young American Jews average day, you will see Hillel’s years of Jewish history. They turn away.” He argues that IACT Coordinator and student are intrigued to be in the only young Jews are less connected leaders “tabling” in support of place where a dead language to Israel than ever before, and Israel or members of our sup- (Hebrew) was brought back to that they are no longer inter- ported student group Huskies life, in the home of countless ested or comfortable with the for Israel. ancient and modern miracles, idea of a Jewish state. Waxman’s work seems intent and in a country with few natu- Waxman’s body of work sug- on politicizing Israel – exploit- ral resources, which leverages gests that he wishes this to be ing a lack of support for the the talent of its people while the case, but there are many current Israeli government to flourishing in a very unfriend- reasons to doubt his conclu- promote a wider disdain for the ly neighborhood. All of this is sion. For starters, he should State of Israel. But Northeastern fortunately happening while leave his office and walk across University students are able to anti-Semitism is growing in the the street to my Hillel to see the distinguish between the two, United States, and when many reality on the ground. just as they can distinguish in Europe no longer feel safe to Over the past few years, between their love of the United publicly identify as Jews. Northeastern University Hillel States and their feelings towards One of my favorite things has experienced the opposite any particular occupant of the about serving as executive of young Jews “distancing” White House. The fact that director of Northeastern’s Hillel themselves from Israel. We students have proved more Northeastern Jewish students advocate for Israel on campus. is seeing the hundreds of stu- sent more than 120 students resilient and less malleable is dents who are passionate about to Israel this year – more than fortunate, given the attempts in poll after poll by Pew and pus activism. the Jewish people. We help 10 percent of the total Jewish by professors to leverage their Gallup, overall support for Israel Half of all Jews who attend by fostering an environment student body at the university. position of influence over stu- is holding steady. A March 2018 Northeastern University sign up where people can feel pride in Student engagement was high dents in creating a following for Gallup poll showed that three to go to Israel with us at some being Jewish and connected despite security threats such their own narrative. out of four Americans have a point during their time here. to Israel, the sole democracy as Palestinian rocket attacks In his article, Waxman makes favorable view of Israel. This is In my experience, they return in the Middle East. This Yom from Gaza (and more recently, his case using a not-particu- the same as what polls showed with a new or renewed sense Kippur, as our people have been Iranian missiles from Syria). larly-relevant and outdated nearly 30 years ago. of enthusiasm about partici- saying for thousands of years, We are witnessing an increased survey from half a decade ago. It comes as no surprise that pating in Jewish life and start students will say: “Next Year in desire over recent years by He also cites a survey from San students here are excited to be attending more programs about Jerusalem!” If you’re a student Jewish students to explore their Francisco, which is perhaps involved and active with orga- Israel, such as the “Onward at Northeastern though, there’s Jewish homeland. not representative of the entire nizations such as Hasbara, Israel” internship program, a good probability that it will be When we brought “Artists United States, considering its CAMERA, StandWithUs, Jewish organized by Combined Jewish this year. for Israel” to Northeastern, population’s long history of National Fund-USA, Israel on Philanthropies in Boston. hundreds of students partici- leaning to the far left. Campus Coalition and others. Non-Jewish students are also Gilad Skolnic is the execu- pated, and our Israel-themed For decades, there have been Students here have met the rise growing interested in Israel. For tive director of Northeastern Shabbats typically exceed room those who warn that support of anti-Israel campus activism the third year in a row, 40 non- University Hillel in Boston. capacity, with attendance well for Israel is on the decline. Yet with their own pro-Israel cam- Jewish students have chosen to A thorn in the establishment’s side Uri Avnery died as he lived – surrounded by a bit of drama, but with his lance and ideals intact

By Lawrence Rifkin became a lance for him to poke Avnery had been somewhat the establishment and every eclipsed in the mass mindset ERUSALEM – Uri Avnery sacred cow imaginable. Its style by Abie Nathan, a Royal Air died on August 19 at a Tel – decidedly low-brow, with pho- Force-trained pilot who in 1966 JAviv hospital from compli- tos of nude women – was cred- flew his open-cockpit biplane, cations of a stroke. To add to ited with drawing the country’s the Shalom 1, to Egypt in hopes the drama, he was just three stuffy, high-brow journalism of of meeting with Gamal Abdel weeks shy of his 95th birthday the time down to the feisty, pro- Nasser. Instead, the Egyptians and slated to be one of the main vocative, heimish perch it now arrested him and sent him back speakers at an upcoming rally occupies. It had its drippy gos- to Israel, where he was charged against Israel’s new and highly sip section, yes, but it also went with leaving the country ille- controversial Nation-State Law. after corruption and hypocri- gally. If you’re not familiar with the sy in a big way, In the 1970s, name, it’s because Avnery was and it claimed its Nathan raised his somewhat out of the limelight share of victories. In 1950, together profile even higher by in recent years for all but true The devoutly with several establishing the Voice connoisseurs of the Israeli Left. secular Avnery of Peace, a sea-borne Yet for almost all of his adult life, remained more partners, he bought pirate radio station he was dramatically front and an iconoclast a failing weekly anchored just out- side Israeli territorial center – and very much a thorn than a person of called Ha’olam in the side of the Israeli estab- steady political waters that broadcast lishment, whether led by Labor views. In 1965 he Hazeh (This World). popular music inter- or the Likud. became a mem- It became a lance spersed with mes- Born to a prosperous bank- ber of Knesset, sages of coexistence, er and his wife in 1923 near campaigning for him to poke the not to mention early Munster, Germany, he spent against a certain establishment and attempts to raise the his early years in Hanover until libel law he saw every sacred cow profile of environ- 1933, when his parents, already as singling out his mental issues. He seeing Hitler for what he was, newspaper rather imaginable. was a slick beacon opted to leave for British- than standing for to young people who mandated Palestine. He was or against any- couldn’t understand forced to drop out of school at thing else. But following the why their parents had been age 14 to help support the fam- Avnery, the Gush Shalom founder, was one of the first Israelis to 1967 Six-Day War, he concluded making such a fuss over Avnery’s ily, which apparently had been actively seek a Palestinian state. that any long-term occupation raggedy weekly. unable to bring its assets from of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Like Avnery, Nathan was an Germany. his liking. He flirted with politics Rachel Greenboim. It’s said that and East Jerusalem would be a early proponent of meeting with As a teen, Avnery joined the of all stripes, but it was his expe- she was 14 at the time. Childless, fool’s errand and started acting PLO figures – which was ille- Irgun, the militant anti-Brit- riences as a soldier in the 1948 they remained together until her accordingly, agitating for a two- gal for Israelis – and in 1991 ish underground aligned with War of Independence, during death in 2011. state solution long before most underwent a high-profile court the Revisionist movement of which he was twice wounded, In 1950, together with sev- people understood what it even trial and served six months of an Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky, but that solidified his distaste for the eral partners, Avnery bought a meant. 18-month sentence for breaking departed its ranks several years Zionist establishment. failing weekly publication called By this time, in terms of the law. But Avnery had actually later, its modus operandi not to In the mid-1940s, he married Ha’olam Hazeh (This World). It the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, continued on page 18 8 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – AUGUST 30, 2018

Congregation Shirat Hayam gets down to business

By Shelley A. Sackett to bring the same level of lead- Epstein-Hillel School; and con- JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT ership in fiscal infrastructure if troller for the Jewish Federation it was to fulfill its mission “for of the North Shore (from 2001- SWAMPSCOTT – For its first generations to come.” 2006). 13 years, Congregation Shirat A successful candidate would After interviewing her, Hayam operated without a busi- be someone with strong finan- Groipen knew that Hathaway ness manager. That changed on cial expertise and management was just the sort of person the June 4 with the hiring of Anna skills who could also work col- group had in mind. Hathaway, a Middleton CPA legially with staff to assist them “Anna is a CPA, she has a lot of with 18 years of experience. in increasing efficiency and building knowledge, she under- Hathaway couldn’t be more effectiveness, the group decid- stands enough about roofing, pleased with her new position. ed. Hathaway’s résumé was a plumbing, landscaping, HVAC, “I wanted to find a place where I perfect fit. and building safety and secu- could work for the greater good, Born and raised in Lynn, rity to make good decisions,” using my talents to help an orga- Hathaway spent many summer he said. “Above all, she wants to nization accomplish its mis- days at King’s Beach. She and work toward continuing the wel- sion,” she said from her sunny her husband, Dave, are parents coming experience we at CSH office that abuts the social hall. to an adult son, DJ. She holds are so proud of.” “In today’s world, I believe it a master’s degree in taxation While Hathaway is ready to is important that people have from Bentley University and a advance Shirat Hayam’s vision both a place and an organiza- Photos by Shelley A. Sackett bachelor’s degree in business for the future, she is also mind- Anna Hathaway in her new office at Congregation Shirat Hayam. tion of people to be able to con- administration from Salem State ful of current national trends. nect with something bigger than needed to invest time into to us,” he said. “Many people University. “The biggest challenge facing themselves. After meeting the understanding who we were and on the board sat on other orga- Her experience includes: CSH is similar to other religious staff at CSH, I was interested in where we were going,” Sidman nizations where an inordinate controller/CFO at Quadrant organizations – namely attract- joining the team and working said. “The best analogy was that amount of time and resources Health Strategies; controller at ing and retaining families to with them to accomplish theirs.” we all needed to row the boat in is spent on creating a plan that Wakefield Management (Midas become active participants of The need for a business man- the same direction.” simply sits on a shelf.” franchises); business manager at the congregation,” she said. ager surfaced as part of a three- Friedman was highly recom- The Congregation Shirat year process to develop a new mended by Groipen, who had Hayam Vision Statement has strategic plan, which was under- worked with him professionally three prongs, including: “We taken by the congregation’s stra- for over 25 years. “Dennis was embrace our responsibilities tegic planning group, and facili- a fresh set of eyes to our com- to invest in strengthening our tated by Dennis Friedman of the munity and brought his own Jewish community for genera- Chesapeake Group, a financial experience as past president of tions to come.” That led to hir- advisory firm. his congregation on the South ing a business manager. The journey began in 2017, Shore,” Sidman noted. As a consultant with 28 years when Renée Sidman became What resonated most with of experience specializing in president of Shirat Hayam’s Rabbi Michael Ragozin, how- strategic planning and organiza- board of directors. She and ever, was that Friedman will tional development, Friedman fellow board member Larry remain with the Swampscott concurred with the rest of the Groipen approached the full synagogue to oversee the vision group that the synagogue had board to fund a strategic vision- statement during its launch. strong leadership in the reli- ing program. “That practical focus on imple- gious and educational spheres, SSNE_Jewish_Journal_Boston“We felt strongly that we mentation 08/15/18was very important but needed a business manager Rabbi Michael Ragozin speaks at Shirat Hayam.

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DLC has a no-pregnancy pact. he vivid set for Alexis Whatever audience members Squeeze has a back story – her Scheer’s latest play is clev- may think of this disturbing father killed himself. Pipe and Terly disarming. After all, new play, which contains strong Kit, whose father died before she if theatergoers did not see the language and graphic content, was born and whose mother gave play’s purposely grim title – “Our director Rebecca Bradshaw and up her job after the destruction of Dear Dead Drug Lord” – on the a convincing cast make “Drug the Twin Towers, seem attracted Off the Grid Theatre playbill, Lord”’s 90-minute, no-intermis- to each other and kiss when they they might assume that what sion schoolgirl showdown addic- are briefly alone, though Pipe they were about to see was far tively arresting. insists she is straight. from menacing. Theatergoers arriving early Do all four need more guid- Kristin Loeffler’s well-detailed will be able to gain a full appre- ance in their lives? Scheer’s play Florida treehouse setting ciation of Loeffler’s inspired can be seen as a very disturbing aside, that assumption could set. With such diverse items as cautionary tale about the per- not be further from the truth. a Mickey Mouse lunchbox, toy ils of adolescence. Those perils Admittedly, Jewish Colombian- animals, a soccer medal, golf seem to take center stage when American Scheer has another balls, and simple student draw- the students speak of a holiday play with much more benign ings, the handsome wooden known as Death Day and a likely subject matter: a solo piece enti- treehouse looks more like a gin- sacrifice. 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A midsummer night’s Shakespeare: Danvers teens take a bow

cally correct by contemporary standards. Welford admitted that the unadulterated Shakespeare can sometimes be considered anti-Semitic (think “Merchant of Venice”) and even racist. An accomplished dancer, Welford, who became a bat mitz- vah at Temple B’nai Abraham in Beverly, said the urge to direct arose from her experience cho- reographing numbers for musi- cals in high school. She was encouraged by Kyla Moulton of the Danvers High School Performing Arts Center to take it to the next level. Keegan Butler, Katie Miralgia, Lydia McGinn, Tovah Lockwood, and “I don’t want to sound overly Anthony Moscato in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Photos by Larry Constantine bossy,” Welford said with a grin, infused with fresh life and a ater and dance. And the future? Director Sarah Welford reviews her edited script. “but it’s nice to have complete unique spirit while retaining the “Maybe a career as a director.” By Larry Constantine America in the ’60s, an idea she creative control.” best of Shakespeare. JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT credits to her mother. The result was an exciting Welford, who is launching Larry Constantine is an Welford’s creative staging and event in which – in the hands into a senior year laden with AP award-winning North Shore DANVERS – What did you do the actors’ clever bits of business of a young and enthusiastic classes and complicated by the writer who also pens fiction over the summer? made it possible to transplant the company performing with pro- whole college-selection scene, under his pen name, Lior This time of year, return- play into the era of hippies and fessional polish – a classic was intends to continue with the- Samson. ing students face this perennial flower children without changing question from teachers and fel- a word of the Bard’s script. low students. For Sarah Welford, “I thought it tied in very nicely the answer would be, “I did with the Summer of Love,” she Happy New Year! Shakespeare.” said. “The costumes were easy to Welford, a senior at Danvers find and colorful, and the whole High School, made her directo- culture of free love and hallu- rial debut earlier this month at cinogens of the ’60s lends itself VINNIN LIQUORS the Peabody Institute Library in well to the love intrigue and the Danvers. With the good fortune flower potion and all.” 371 Paradise Road, Swampscott • 781-598-4110 of fair weather, an all-ages audi- Most remarkably, this edi- ence spread across the lawn in tion of Shakespeare’s complicat- front of the Notary Pavilion for ed five-act comedy – with its Think of us when preparing to celebrate two innovative performances of romantic intricacies and famous We have a great selection of Kosher wines now in stock Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer play-within-a-play – breezed by Night’s Dream.” in a fast-paced hour that kept Looking for an opportuni- even the youngest members of SHOP US NOW ONLINE ty to test her chops as a direc- the audience engaged and laugh- tor, Welford had launched this ing. VINNINLIQUORS.COM Shakespeare-in-the-Park pro- “I cut the play myself,” Welford gram on her own initiative, explained. “I have a lot of experi- FOR IN-STORE PICKUP, DELIVERY OR SHIPPING! including securing the venue, ence abridging plays because I recruiting and rehearsing the do DramaFest at my high school. We are a FULL service establishment and will cater to cast, and arranging costumes, That’s a festival competition scenery, and props. Her nine- put on by the Massachusetts ALL your Holiday and Party needs! member, all-student cast was Educational Theater Guild, and recruited from Danvers High your play has to be under 40 Follow us on @vinninliquors; like us on facebook.com/vinninliquors School, augmented by fellow minutes long. Youth to Israel alums Tovah “I read aloud and cut whatev- Lockwood and Lydia McGinn er is not funny or not necessary from the Pingree School in South to the modern audience. I also Hamilton. sliced some of the soliloquies For these performances, that didn’t really work for today’s Welford wanted to update the audience. Long monologues are beloved comedy for a modern also hard for the actors to memo- community audience with- rize, what with no cues, and we out sacrificing the authentic had limited rehearsal time.” s Shakespearean experience. Part She was also sensitive when EVA N’ of her approach was to move the it came to some allusions that setting from ancient Athens to might not be considered politi- NEW YORK STYLE DELI

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Building an ark of glass, light, and flowing water CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL from page 1 Join us for the New Year by the Beach! the Holy has been likened in our No membership or seating fees. tradition to a drop of water find- ing its way back to the ocean.” ROSH HASHANA YOM KIPPUR Last year, the temple renova- Sunday, Sept 9 @ 6:30 pm Tuesday, Sept 18, Kol Nidre tion board was deciding how to Monday, Sept 10 @ 8:30 am @ 6:15 pm find the craftsman who would Tashlich by the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday, Sept 19 @ 8 am best communicate this vision. @ 5 pm Artists across the country in a Tuesday, Sept 11 @ 8:30 am break fast @ 7:30 pm number of different mediums, from mosaics, to woodworking, to glass – were considered. One of board members knew 49 East Grand Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, Maine 04064 of Pichler, and asked if she’d 207-934-2973 • www.cbisrael.me like to be considered. She sent Cantor Irving Ruderman of New York over something that day, just as the board was ready to choose someone else. “They really saw what was possible with glass,” said Pichler. “It was a real honor TEMPLE EMMANUEL to be considered.” OF CHELSEA She has worked with church- es in England and Wales, (where OPEN HOUSE SERVICE: she studied architectural stained "Kol Nidre in VOICE and CELLO" glass at the Swansea College of Sept. 18th • 6:15 pm ~ Complimentary to All! Art), and at the Clifton Lutheran Church in Marblehead. Emanu- El will be her first Jewish project. Come Pray with us She said the temple has been relatively hands-off, giving her Artist Ingrid Pichler shares her work with Rabbi David Meyer. Come Sing with us license to carry out the project in a way that she sees fit. “They then you think about Exodus – by LED lights that will light up Come Home to us! literally said, ‘this is the location, about how water provides a way the installation and brighten the these are the measurements, to freedom, and to life.” She also sanctuary. Rabbi and Cantor water is the theme, and off you found herself inspired by the In her home studio in Modern, Historic, Flexible Oksana Chapman go,’” Pichler said. glass windows of Marc Chagall, Swampscott, Pichler works to For Temple High Holidays details, call us: 617-889-1736 To get started, Pichler, who is and looked at his examples of create individual glass tiles made [email protected] Christian, researched references Jerusalem windows. from pieces of glass that are lay- to water in the Bible, where it In addition to water, Pichler ered and fused together in a kiln. is discussed as a source of life. wanted to create an ark that lets Each tile is unique, made up of “I think one of the most beauti- in light, which is one of the ben- many individually cut pieces of Jewish storytelling matters. ful things is that water is com- efits of glass. “Glass responds to glass, and will have a slightly dif- Help us continue to bring you Jewish journalism. pared to God’s blessings,” she light,” said Pichler. “For whichev- ferent texture and color, which Support the Jewish Journal. said. “The bible has many beau- er religion, light is a symbol of the affects how it diffuses light. For tiful parts that talk about water, positive, of God. Glass transmits Pichler, mixing and matching Donate online at jewishjournal.org. blessings that flow … of course light.” The ark will also be backlit different pieces of glass to create

High Holidays at the Walnut Street Synagogue 2018 / 5778 - 5779

Rabbi Lila Kagedan, Esteemed Chazzanim, EREV ROSH HASHANA Sunday, September 9 and the Congregation wish you and yours 6:41 pm Candle lighting • Mincha and Maariv a Happy and Healthy New Year. ROSH HASHANA DAY 1 Monday, September 10 9 am Shacharit • 10:30 am Torah Reading and Shofar PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE HIGH HOLIDAYS Lunch Following Services If you and your family would like to attend the festive Lunch 2018 / 5778 - 5779 following services, please RSVP at [email protected] by September 4. $15 per person. Children free. 6-6:50 pm Tashlick/Shofar in the Park! (Day #1) with Chabad Mary O’Malley State Park, Commandant’s Way, Chelsea 7 pm Mincha • After 7:45 pm Candle Lighting and Maariv ROSH HASHANA DAY 2 Tuesday, September 11 9 am Shacharit • 10:30 am Torah Reading and Shofar Lunch Following Services If you and your family would like to attend the festive Lunch following services, please RSVP at [email protected] by September 4. $15 per person. Children free. EREV YOM KIPPUR Tuesday, September 18 6:31 pm Candle Lighting 6:40 pm Kol Nidre and Maariv YOM KIPPUR Wednesday, September 19 9:30 am Shacharit Yizkor Recited 5:30 pm Mincha • 6:30 pm Neila 7:30 pm Maariv and Havdalah End / Break Fast WALNUT STREET SYNAGOGUE, 145 Walnut Street, Chelsea, MA 02150 617-884-8668 – [email protected] – National Register of Historic Places (April 16, 2003) High Holiday seats included in $60 yearly dues. Donations are deeply appreciated to keep the Shul vital and alive. BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER A CENTURY. COMMUNITY NEWS THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – AUGUST 30, 2018 13

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Congregation Beth Israel is back in Andover! Join us for the High Holy Days and a Special Community Immersion Event! A part of Pichler’s installation at Manchester Community College. Prepare for Yom Kippur by joining larger individual tiles is simi- the glass cotton bobbins is a Rabbi Howard Mandell and the CBI lar to mixing different colors of map of Manchester’s streets. community at Pomps Pond, 147 paint to create new shades. “I put it in the library of the Abbot St., Andover, on Sunday, The design of the ark will community college, and librar- September 16, 4:00pm - 7:00pm for a comprise several different ele- ians were saying, ‘Oh, this is my ments. The first will be a glass street,’” Pichler recalled. Community Immersion, followed by Eternal Light in the shape of an In the case of Temple Emanu- a BBQ and outdoor games/activities. orb, which represents a single El, she has worked closely with For more info and to RSVP, contact Amy Sherr, drop of water. The light will be the architects and the interior [email protected] by 9/13. used to lead the viewer’s eye designers working on the ren- towards the front of the ark, ovation to make sure that her High Holy Day tickets are available for purchase @$125pp for one holiday or $200pp for both which will feature glass and project is in sync – architectur- holidays, including Kiddush and “Break Fast”. Discounted tickets available for college students wooden doors meant to evoke ally, aesthetically, and spiritually and military personnel. Advance reservations required ~ contact us TODAY! waves and water. Finally, the – with the new space they’re cre- back of the bimah will consist of ating. Representatives from the Congregation Beth Israel  molded acoustic panels in wave temple will be able to see the first of the Merrimack Valley [email protected] patterns. stages of the work in September, 6 Dundee Park, Suite 301 (Street Level) [email protected] Just like the individual and in the spring, Pichler will Andover, MA 01810 www.BethIsraelMV.org tiles, all of Pichler’s works are direct the installation herself, as unique. Pichler has created she always has. “Everything is commissioned works in pri- measured and re-measured,” she vate homes, schools, colleges, said. “We might be able to do it in and courthouses. In each situ- a day or two, if everything goes ation, she creates site-specific according to plan. But nothing work that is completely tailored ever goes according to plan.” to its environment, and could Finally, when it’s finished, not work anywhere else. For Pichler will give over the project Shirat Hayam Loves Families! example, in a commission for that she says becomes her entire Manchester Community College life while she’s working on it. in Manchester, N.H., she cre- “Once the project is completed High Holy Day Family Services ated an LED lightbox installa- and installed, I can let it go,” she tion that is a series of threaded- said. “It’s not mine anymore. It No tickets needed together circles that resemble belongs there, because it’s tied the cotton bobbins once used in there. It doesn’t make sense any- Manchester’s factories. Behind where else.” Rosh Hashanah, Day 1 Sukkot Monday, September 10 Sunday, September 30 9:15 am Family Service 9:00 – 10:30 am Sukkah 4:00 pm Tashlich at Phillip’s Cycle at Dandee Donut Beach Factory in Marblehead Yom Kippur Simchat Torah Wednesday, Sept. 19 Sunday, September 30 9:45 am Family Service

HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICE SCHEDULE 5779 Sunday, September 23, 11 am - 12:30 pm farm day at shirat hayam Free and open to the community: petting zoo, pony rides, crafts, food for purchase. are-A-Shabb Sh Friday: Novemberat 9

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FABULOUS FALL FASHIONS arriving! FLYING HORSE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT Sizzling, Summer Weddings - Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Showers - Anniversaries The ninth annual Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture * Engagements & More! Exhibit will open on September 1 and close November Sale! SEPT 4, 2018 on the campus of Pingree School. A reception Casual Daytime Wear Selma’sSelma’s 1 with the artists is planned for Sunday, September 16 to Black Tie Party Wear Extraordinary, Contemporary beginning at 1 p.m. * Prior purchases & special orders excluded. Selected merchandise. Clothing for Today’s Woman Ahea This year’s Flying Horse exhibit will feature more than 50 590 Revere Beach Blvd., Revere, MA ~ 781-289-3672 By Appointment | Entrance at Rear of House | Major Credit Cards works by artists from all over New England as well as from New York and as far away as California and New Mexico. The pieces are created in many different media, including wood, glass, bronze, recycled metal, steel, cotton, and fiberglass. There will be interactive pieces such as a 25-foot musical Week of Friday, August 31, 2018 through Thursday, Sept 6, 2018 fence built by the Pickup Music Project in Somerville.

THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS (R) FAR FROM THE TREE (2017-I) (NR) 537 Highland Street, S. Hamilton. 978-468-4415. pingree.org/ Fri & Sat: (12:15), (2:30), Exhibited in HD in our intimate 18-seat theater sculpture-show. (4:45), 7:15, 9:30 Fri & Sat: (12:15), (2:45), Sun & Mon: (12:15), (2:30), (4:40), 7:20, 9:20 (4:45), 7:15 Sun & Mon: (12:15), (2:45), Tue - Thu: (4:45), 7:15 (4:40), 7:20 SEPTEMBER 1 A MYSTICAL SHABBAT presented by the Tobin Bridge Chabad. Join the congregation for an uplifting prayer service Tue - Thu: (4:40), 7:20 SELICHOT/TEMPLE OPEN HOUSE Launch the with songs, explanations and timeless Torah wisdom to aid High Holidays, with a Temple Emmanuel in Wakefield CRAZY RICH ASIANS (PG-13) THIS PERFECT PLACE: in personal and spiritual growth. 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Kiddush Fri & Sat: (11:30 AM), (2:00), Congregational Social and a Selichot. Program led by Rabbi A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE lunch following services. tiferethisrael.blogspot.com. 617-387- (4:30), 7:00, 9:35 Greg Hersh. 7:30 - 10 p.m. To reserve seats contact Philip MASSACHUSETTS NORTH SHORE 0200 Congregation Tifereth Israel, 34 Malden St., Everett. Sun & Mon: (11:30 AM), (2:00), at 617-688-0870. WakefieldTemple.org. 120 Chestnut St., (NR) (4:30), 7:00 Wakefield. SELICHOT Preparing for the High Holydays. Join Dorshei Tue - Thu: (4:30), 7:00 Mon - Thu: 4:30 PM Tzedek for this program focusing on the theme of turning/ OPEN HOUSE AT HAVURAT SHALOM Shabbat THE TRUE 1692 IN 3D (NR) returning, featuring a “Moth”-style storytelling program, with morning services will be geared toward newcomers. There BLACKkKLANSMAN (R) Exhibited in HD in our intimate 18-seat theater people sharing stories of their own moments of “turning” Fri & Sat: (12:45), (3:45), 6:45, 9:30 Fri - Mon: 2:00, 6:30 will be a children’s service during the adult Torah discussion. Sun & Mon: (12:45), (3:45), 6:45 Tue - Thu: 6:30 PM After services, there will be a vegetarian Shabbat lunch Tue - Thu: (4:00), 6:45 and time to meet members, tour the building and have your Submit your Calendar listings to Visit our website for other showtimes questions answered. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. thehav.org. 617-623- One East India Square • Salem, MA • 978-744-1400 • www.CinemaSalem.com 3376. Havurat Shalom, 113 College Ave., Somerville. [email protected]

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SU CHANG’S free, one-day ‘open air’ community 120 Chestnut St., Wakefield. FINE CHINESE CUISINE celebration for the whole family. Full SEPTEMBER 18 373 Lowell Street • Peabody, Massachusetts ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES schedule: breadandrosesheritage.org/ EREV YOM KIPPUR WITH KOL Join us for our Italian-themed Wine Dinner schedule. 11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. on the at Temple Ahavat Achim Services are NIDRE, begins at 7:30 p.m followed Campagnone Common, Lawrence. open to all, and guests and newcomers by Yom Kippur morning servi.ce on the on Sept. 24th at 6:30 p.m. are welcome. Erev Rosh Hashanah: 19th at 9 a.m. The Yom Kpppur Break This is a pre-paid event ~ All-inclusive $85 Services - 7 – 9 p.m.; Sept. 10th, First SEPTEMBER 4 Fast will be held at the conclusion of Live Music from 6:30-8:30 on Wednesdays day of Rosh Hashanah: Services - 9 the Minca/Ne’llah/Ma’sriv service that THE BABKA BAKE at Chabad SUN-THURS 11:30am-10pm • FRI-SAT 11:30am-11pm a.m.- 12 p.m.; Children’s service - 10 begins at 6pm. 781-245-1886. Seats of Peabody. A pre-Rosh Hashanah a.m.; Tashlich (Meet at Pavilion Beach Luncheon Specials: MON-FRI 11:30am-3pm may be reserved by calling Phil 617- TEL 978-531-3366 • FAX 978-531-3060 • www.suchangspeabody.com Womens Event. Learn the art and in front of 33 Commercial St.) - 5 p.m. 688-0870. 120 Chestnut St, Wakefield. technique of baking babka. 7 p.m. $18 Complete schedule go to taagloucester. pp. Reserve at JewishPeabody.com or org Temple Ahavat Achim, 86 Middle call 978-977-9111. St., Gloucester. 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ANDOVER – Chabad Lubavitch NORTH CHELMSFORD – Cohen-Henriquez. Cantor David Tabasky. July and August only, nights at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday of Merrimack Valley, 310 North Congregation Shalom, 87 Aronson. Friday night at 6 p.m. Friday night Shabbat at 7:00 p.m., mornings at 9:30 a.m., on the first Main Street. Rabbi Asher Bronstein. Richardson Road. Rabbi Shoshana templesinaiweb.org. 7:30 p.m. for the rest of the year. and third Saturdays of the month. Friday night, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Chabad Perry. Friday night services at 6, Saturday morning Service, Snack, Tot Shabbats are held on the second MEDFORD – Temple Shalom of of North Andover branch, Rabbi 7, or 8 p.m. (time determined by and Study at 9:30 a.m. 978-535- Saturday at 9:30 a.m., with an Medford, William and Charlotte Zalman Borenstein. chabadmv.com. variant for that week), Friday Tot 2100. templetiferetshalom.org. alternative Shabbat on the fourth Bloomberg Community Center, 475 Shabbats at 6:15 p.m., once a Saturday morning at 9:30 p.m. 781- ANDOVER/LAWRENCE – Winthrop Street. Rabbi Braham PEABODY – Temple Ner month. congregationshalom.org. 245-1886. info@WakefieldTemple. David. Cantor Howard Stern. Friday Tamid, 368 Lowell Street. Rabbi Congregation Beth Israel of org. facebook.com/wakefieldtemple. night services at 7:30 p.m., followed Richard Perlman. Cantor Stephen Andover has relocated and can GLOUCESTER – Temple Ahavat wakefieldtemple.org. be found at Congregation Beth Achim, 86 Middle Street. Rabbi by oneg shabbat; Saturday morning Abramowitz. Friday night at 8 p.m., Israel of the Merrimack Valley, Steven Lewis; no cantor. Friday at 10 a.m., followed by kiddush unless otherwise stated. Evening WINTHROP – Temple Tifereth 2 Riverwalk, 360 Merrimack night services, first Friday of every lunch. templeshalommedford.org. Minyans Sunday-Thursday 7:30 Israel Winthrop, 93 Veterans Road. Street, Bldg. 5, Entry F, Third Floor, month; every Saturday at 9 a.m. p.m. Morning Minyans Saturday Rabbi Moshe Givental. Cantor Craig MELROSE – Temple Beth Shalom, Lawrence. Rabbi Howard Mandell. 978-281-0739. Taagloucester.org. 9:30 a.m., Sunday 9:00 a.m. Mael. Saturday services at 9:30 21 East Foster Street. Rabbi Arnold Friday night services, musical templenertamid.org. a.m., followed by a kiddush. Sunday HAVERHILL – Temple Emanu- M. Fertig. Cantorial soloist Beth Shabbat with dinner twice a month. services at 8:30 a.m., followed by a El Haverhill, 514 Main Street. Purcell. tbsma.org. REVERE – Temple B’nai Israel 978-474-0540. Email office@ breakfast. Friday night services once Rabbi Ilene Bogosian. Cantor Vera Revere, One Wave Ave., Revere. BethIsraelMV.org. bethisraelmv.org. NEWBURYPORT – Congregation a month. 617-846-1390. Jewish- Broekhuysen. Services every Reb Misha Clebaner. Cantor Lois Ahavas Achim, 53½ Washington Winthrop.org. ANDOVER – Temple Emanuel Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m., Welber. Friday night services 7 p.m., Street. Rabbi Benjamin Resnick. No Andover, 7 Haggetts Pond Road. special Friday night services at 7 unless stated otherwise. tbirevere. To list your organization’s events or cantor. Services Saturday at 9 a.m. Rabbi Robert Goldstein. Cantor Idan p.m. TempleEmanu-el.org. org. to change any information, contact All are welcome. Caanewburyport. Irelander. Friday night services Steve at rosenberg@jewishjournal. LOWELL – Temple Emanuel of org. SAUGUS – Congregation Ahavas 7 p.m. Beginning Friday, August 24, org. Merrimack Valley, 101 West Forest Sholom, 343 Central Street. Cantor Friday night Shabbat services start PEABODY – Chabad Lubavitch of Street. Rabbi Robin Sparr. Friday Joel Davidson, High Holidays only. at 6:00 p.m. Saturday minyan at 9 Peabody, 682 Lowell Street. Rabbi night services September-June, at Learned fellow, Michael Simons. a.m. templeemanuel.net. Nechemia and Raizel Schusterman. 7:30 p.m. temv.org. Friday night services, once a month, JewishPeabody.com. BEVERLY – Temple B’nai Abraham, second Friday of the month. 781- Shabbat MALDEN – Congregation Agudas 200 East Lothrop Street. Rabbi PEABODY – Congregation Sons 231-3562. Achim-Ezrath Israel, 245 Bryant Alison Adler. Friday, 7 p.m., of Israel, Park and Spring Streets. Candle Lighting Street. Sexton Wayne Freedman. SWAMPSCOTT – Chabad Saturday, 9 a.m. tbabeverly.org. Spiritual leader Seth Landau. Friday, Aug 31 ~ 7:01 p.m. Cantorial soloist Phyllis Werlin. Lubavitch of the North Shore, 44 First Friday monthly, at 7:30 Friday, Sept 7 ~ 6:49 p.m. CHELSEA – Walnut Street Saturday services at 9:30 a.m. Burrill Street. Rabbi Yossi Lipsker p.m., Saturday, Sunday, at 9 a.m. Synagogue, 145 Walnut followed by Kiddush. aa-ei.org. and Layah Lipsker. Rabbi Shmaya peabodycsi.org. Street. Rabbi Lila Kagedan. The Friedman. 781-581-3833. nsjewish. MARBLEHEAD – Congregation Walnut Street Synagogue is the PEABODY – Congregation Tifereth com. Ahabat Sholom, 1 Community inclusive and diverse home of Israel, 8 Pierpont Street. No rabbi Road. SWAMPSCOTT – Congregation Congregation Agudas Shalom. or cantor. Services led by shul Shirat Hayam, 55 Atlantic Avenue. walnutstreetsynagogue.com. president Elliot Hershoff and soloist MARBLEHEAD – Temple Emanu-El, Rabbi Michael Ragozin. Cantor Alty 393 Atlantic Avenue. Rabbi David Joanne Pressman. Friday services CHELSEA – Temple Emmanuel Weinreb. Friday night at 6 p.m. Meyer. Music specialist Jon Nelson. once a month. 978-531-8135. Chelsea, 60 Tudor Street. Rabbi/ Saturday services. shirathayam.org. Friday night services 6 p.m. emanu- ctipeabody.org. Cantor Oksana Chapman. Friday el.org. WAKEFIELD – Temple Emmanuel, night, twice a month, first and third PEABODY – Temple Tiferet 120 Chestnut Street. Rabbi Greg Fridays. 617-889-1736. facebook. Shalom, 489 Lowell Street. Rabbi MARBLEHEAD – Temple Sinai, Hersh. Weekly Shabbat services com/TempleEmmanuelChelsea. David Kudan. Music Director Bryna 1 Community Road. Rabbi David will reconvene in September: Friday

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We American values of freedom tory, when the presidency was no longer engage in hero wor- of democracy with equal con- seen more as a reward for meri- ship of the kind that produced tempt. torious service or heroism than generations of Americans who But what is important about a mere political contest. thought George Washington McCain is that he lived his life in never told a lie or Israelis who the same spirit as Trumpeldor’s believed in the Zionist equiva- famous quotation. His was a life lents of that myth. lived in service to his nation. An independent spirit, We’re right to keep even the There is no denying his bravery [McCain] was often an most seemingly exemplary in enduring torture and impris- unpredictable guided leaders’ feet of clay firmly in onment at the hands of his view. But we still need heroes North Vietnamese captors. 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By Michael Fox – New York in the ’60s – along Helen were sent on a kinder- Which brings us to another JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT with her professional develop- transport to the Netherlands fundamental paradox of Hesse, ment and impact. in 1938. When their parents namely that the insecurities she va Hesse’s childhood was a Begleiter’s diligence notwith- left Germany several months voiced in her journals, and in let- roller coaster of displace- standing, “Eva Hesse” never later, the family reunited and ters to artist, mentor and close Ement, reunion, destabili- delivers the “aha” moment fled Europe for England and, in friend Sol LeWitt, were matched zation and trauma. In the jour- where the person and her work short order, New York. by an unwavering drive to be an nals she kept as a teenager and snap together, and we under- They were the only mem- artist, an adherence to her muse adult, the German-born, New stand exactly how Hesse’s defin- bers of the family to escape the (wherever it took her), and the York-based artist recognized the ing childhood experiences horror of the Holocaust. When awareness that she was a pretty source of her chronic insecurity. informed her work. Eva’s mother, who suffered from darn good artist. Yet paradoxically, and I’ll venture, though, that depression and mental illness, In fact, Hesse was an extro- remarkably, her work evinces Holocaust survivors, and chil- learned in 1946 that her par- vert and a lot of fun, by most no anguish or suffering, and no dren of survivors, will identify ents had died in the camps, accounts. From the outset, “Eva need to expose or extinguish with Hesse’s internalized strug- she jumped from a roof to her Hesse” is plainly not a study of demons from the past. gles, and read between the lines death. (Eva’s father had separat- a tortured artist. Nor was she From Hesse’s early, brightly of her journals and the recollec- Photo by Herman Landshoff ed and remarried by this time.) unrecognized and unappreci- colored drawings and paintings tions of her older sister Helen. Hesse in a floppy hat. While “Eva Hesse” is continu- ated in her own lifetime, for through the textured, abstract In 1962, the art-school grad ally interested in its subject’s she had a major solo show and sculptures and installations that fell in love with and married ing there for over a year. Their mental state, neither the film- made the cover of Artforum made her reputation, her art a hard-partying Irish-American relationship fractured abroad, maker nor Eva’s devoted art- before she died of a brain tumor comprises a series of experi- sculptor named Tom Doyle. in part because of his drinking ist friends are especially keen in 1970. ments in forward-looking forms Because her father insisted that and flirting, but Hesse made a to psychoanalyze her. Perhaps She was 34 years old. of expression. she marry a Jew, Doyle willingly major leap in her art practice Hesse was scarred by the aban- A palpable labor of love, converted to Judaism. from painting to sculpture. donment of her parents as a “Eve Hesse” screens Tuesday, Marcie Begleiter’s densely Doyle, who was the more “Eva Hesse,” which gener- toddler, though one could also September 4 at 8 p.m., detailed 2016 documentary, advanced and accomplished ally unfolds chronologically, understand her self-doubts on WGBH as part of PBS’ “Eve Hesse,” is a soup-to-nuts artist, was offered a residency uses this period to flash back to given the establishment of male “American Masters” series. portrait that encompasses the in Germany a couple years later, Eva’s chaotic childhood. Born gallery owners, museum cura- artist’s personal life and times and the couple ended up liv- in Hamburg in 1936, Eva and tors and critics. Newton school materials Rifkin from page 5 from page 7 of Newton citizens beat him to it, somehow cross- (Peace Bloc), becoming, along have come before ing into besieged Beirut during with Peace Now, the one con- the school commit- the first Lebanon war and meet- stant that could be relied upon tee to complain about ing with Yasser Arafat himself to ensure a relatively decent the Islamic and anti- before the latter was forced to turnout for any anti-occupation Jewish religious les- flee for Tunis with much of the protest. sons, as well as about rest of the PLO. With Abie Nathan felled by a Superintendent Israeli intelligence was fully stroke and reduced to begging David Fleishman, aware of that July 1982 meeting, for charity for his pet projects who has refused to but for a reason that is now lost (and himself) before succumb- stop it being taught,” to most observers, Avnery was ing in 2008, the coast was clear she said. “Yet the never brought to trial. 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Russell David Leblang, 56, of Swampscott NOTICES BELOSTOCK, Rhoda, 80 – SILVERMAN, Milton J., 96 ULISS, Leslie R. – late of Revere. Russell David Leblang, 56, of late of Lexington, formerly – late of Revere, formerly of Died on August 24, 2018. Swampscott, passed away peace- of Brockton. Died on August Malden. Died on August 23, Companion of Sheila Needel. fully at his home on August 25, 15, 2018. Wife of Stanley 2018. Husband of the late Father of Steven Uliss and his 2018, after a year-long battle with Belostock. Daughter of the late Charlotte (Rovner). Father of wife Amy of Ashland, Tracie hepatic angiosarcoma. Ernest and Gertrude (Colman) Susan and her husband the late Havandis and her husband John Born and raised in Beachwood, Salloway. Mother of Elisa B. Phillip Meyerson. Grandfather of Bradford, and Heidi and her Ohio to Rita and William Leblang, Bovee and her husband Harry of Joshua Meyerson. (Goldman) husband David of Milford. Son in 1979, he came east to Brown of Newburyport, and Jeremy S. of the late Isaiah and Mollie University, where he met his Belostock and his wife Monica SNIDMAN, Charlotte, 99 – late (Krulee) Uliss. Brother of Karen wife Deahn Berrini. He went Casali of Burlingame, Calif. Sister of Newton, formerly of Boston. Abbett and her husband Ted on to receive degrees from the of Thelma “Toby” Warshaw Died on August 18, 2018. Wife of Middleboro, and Alan Uliss Kennedy School and Harvard Law of North Easton, and Jeffrey of the late Samuel Snidman. and his wife Joni of Milford. School, where he graded onto the Salloway of New Hampshire. Daughter of the late Nathan Grandfather of Carly and Rachel Harvard Law Review. Later, with Grandmother of Harry, Krassin and Esther (Loev) Krassin. Uliss, Nicole Havandis, and Alex his partners, he founded Landay, Sara, Adam and Alexandra. Mother of Marc A. Snidman and and David Zachary Burrill. (Torf) Leblang & Stern, a boutique law Dale Leblang and Judah Leblang; (Stanetsky-Hymanson) his wife Enid Martus Snidman of firm where he built a success- his in-laws Bette and Charlie Sharon, and Nancy C. Snidman ful practice in international trade Tsoutsouras, Lori and Jim Byman, GLASSER, Sheila, 89 – late of and her husband James Cant finance, traveling widely, includ- and Mia and John Morgan; and Brockton. Died on August 19, of West Newton. Grandmother of Robert Snidman Cant, Emily ing twice a year to South America. he was the beloved uncle of nine 2018. Sister of Judy and her OBITUARY POLICY husband Gary Jacobson. Aunt Snidman Marks and her hus- The qualities that made Russell nieces and nephews. The Jewish Journal prints brief of Wendy and Rick Johnson, band Jacob, Aaron Marks, the an excellent attorney also made A funeral service for Russell notices for free. Biographical Bonnie and Seth Greenspan, late Esther Martus Snidman, and him a valued friend and coun- was held on August 27 at Temple sketches up to 200 words Scott and Renee Jacobson, and the late Rebecca Beryl Martus selor. The ultimate problem solv- Emanu-El, Marblehead, with cost $100; longer submissions the great-aunt of six. (Goldman) Snidman. Great-grandmother er, his keen intellect, his honesty, interment following at Temple will be charged accordingly. of Oliver Abraham Marks. and his ability to listen and get to Emanu-El of Marblehead Photographs cost $25 each; GRANT, Abby (Trotter), 57 – (Stanetsky-Hymanson) the core of any issue benefited the Memorial Park, Buxton Lane, emailed photos should be sent many who had the privilege to sit Danvers. Donations can be made late of Swampscott. Died on August 22, 2018. Wife of Craig TERBAN, Robert, 67 – late of as jpeg or tiff files. Submissions and share a chat with him. He was to C.I.T.C, The Village Project, are subject to editing for style also an avid marathoner. With wit, Russell’s brainchild, an educa- Grant. Mother of Ben and Aliza. Danvers, formerly of Peabody. Daughter of Margie Hancock Died on August 15, 2018. Son and space limitations. Obituaries humor, love of life, drive, and gen- tional foundation that sends can be mailed, faxed, emailed erosity, he packed many lifetimes underprivileged children to qual- and Jerry. Sister of Adam and of Joseph and the late Marcia Matt. Aunt of Lindsey and Jess, (Doxer) Terban. Father of Aimee or hand-delivered to our office. into too short a life. ity schools. Checks should be For further information, contact He will be sorely missed by mailed to 35 Lake Shore Road, and Jeff and Josh. (Goldman) and her husband Jason Stone, and Jeffrey Terban. Grandfather your local funeral home; call Deahn; his two children, the great Salem, NH 03079. For more infor- Andrew at the Jewish Journal joys of his life, Alexander Leblang mation or to register in the online OLIVEIRA, Carrie (Karff), 71 of Marlee Stone and Brett – late of Stoneham. Died on Stone. Brother of Lori Terban, at 978-745-4111 x174; or email and Charlotte Leblang; his moth- guestbook, visit www.stanetsky- [email protected]. er Rita Leblang; his brothers hymansonsalem.com. August 26, 2018. Mother of and Laynie Terban and her part- Suzanne Parsons and her hus- ner Carl Hardy. (Goldman) band Steven Parsons. Daughter Playwright Neil Simon dead at 91 of the late Abraham and Scotta Neil Simon, one of ogy of autobiographi- (Weymouth) Karff. Former INDOOR SHOWROOM wife of Daniel Oliveira, Terry the most popular and cal plays, “Brighton HUNDREDS OF MEMORIALS prolific playwrights Beach Memoirs,” Veitch, and the late Bill Hubler. and screenwriters of which won the New (Goldman) NO SUB-CONTRACTING the second half of the York Drama Critics PIKIN, Lillian, 98 – late of North IN-HOUSE DESIGN & MANUFACTURING 20th century, died on Circle Award for best Andover, formerly of Boston. August 26, 2018, of play, “Biloxi Blues,” Died on August 15, 2018. Wife complications from which won the Tony of the late Joseph J. Pikin. O’ROURKE BROS. MEMORIALS pneumonia, accord- Award for best play, Daughter of the late Samuel and 73 North Street, Salem, MA ~ 978-744-0871 ing to his publicist. and “Broadway Bertha (Ullian) Putlack. Mother He was 91. Bound.” 1991’s “Lost of Arlene B. Pikin of North Born July 4, 1927, in Yonkers” was also Andover, and the late Matthew ABATE MONUMENTS in New York City, Simon grew up greatly celebrated, winning L. 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Helping Houston: JTI teens assist one year after Hurricane Harvey HOUSTON – Hurricane life. No words I could possibly meant nighttime was for play, Harvey and the damage it did to write about her would do her any and Houston proved to be a hos- Houston might seem like old justice. All I have to say is, there pitable host city. Besides bowl- news this summer, but some are some people you’ll remem- ing, laser tag, arcades, a sun- teens on Boston’s North Shore ber for the rest of your life, and I set ferris wheel ride, Tex-Mex would (politely) disagree. can easily say that Ms. Cynthia is and BBQ, the group attended As soon as summer vacation one of them.” a Houston Astros v. Tampa Bay 2018 began, seven high school This Houston Relief Trip was Rays game. students, two college students, inspired by the popularity of JTI’s “On Friday,” wrote Emma and staff chaperones got on a annual Habitat for Humanity Keith, “we enjoyed a delicious plane to take part in Jewish Teen Spring Break service trips to Mediterranean Shabbat dinner Initiative’s (JTI) Houston Relief North Carolina since 2011. The in a Jewish Bollywood-themed Trip. The group’s goal was to use trip was supported by Act Now art gallery in the largest tem- some of their precious vaca- Houston and The Leadership ple I have ever seen (thanks, tion time to make a difference; Coalition for Jewish Service Congregation Beth Israel, for their mission was to help peo- through Repair The World. welcoming us!) The hospitality ple with storm-ravaged homes “Summer is the only time the rabbi and the entire congre- a year after Hurricane Harvey that most of our teens have time gation showed made us feel very did record-breaking damage to off together, so we offer a vari- welcomed. Emma Keith of Newburyport, Jared Book of Lynnfield, Olivia Hazlett Houston. of Marblehead and Grace Kiwanuka-Woernle of Boston sand floors ety of travel, service and social This whole experience was The volunteer group met with in Ms. Cynthia’s house during JTI’s Houston Relief Trip. programs during June, July and nothing short of astounding.” Saint Bernard Project (SPB) staff August,” JTI Executive Director who explained the week’s work. “Where there is need, our son whose house we were work- Adam Smith explained. “And, as JTI is a nonprofit organiza- SPB also taught the JTI team teens want to go!” said JTI ing on: Ms. Cynthia. high as the humidity was, the tion connecting kids to com- how to tile, paint, grout, plaster Program Director Gabe Miner. Working on her house though kids’ energy was higher. No mat- munity service, social justice and other skills that few of them “While we do a lot of service was tough. After watching a ter what the work was, every- programs and trips, serving had when they left home. learning on the North Shore and minute-and-a-half video called, one brought their best game and the North Shore and Boston The Saint Bernard Project is around Boston, teens jump at “How to Tile – For Beginners,” I learned so much.” Metrowest. To learn more, visit a nonprofit disaster relief orga- the chance to travel and have spent countless hours tiling … Hard work during the day jewishteeninitiative.org. nization. They were founded impact in places they’ve never and painting. Every day, I left the to respond to Katrina in New been before.” worksite with paint in my hair, Orleans and have grown into a Jewish Teen Initiative (JTI), stained onto my clothing, and national organization that helps formerly North Shore Teen splotched on skin. shrink the time between disaster Initiative (NSTI), based in Each day, I became more and and recovery in cities all across Marblehead, is a nonprofit that more exhausted, yet we all con- America. JTI worked with them connects and engages Jewish tinued to work twice as hard as in New Orleans last year, as well. teens on Boston’s North Shore the previous day for Cynthia. She “Even though you don’t see and in MetroWest. stopped by to meet us, talk about it in the news anymore and the JTI team member Emma how much our services meant to Super Bowl made Houston look Keith, Newburyport High her, and tell us a bit about her so good, there are still lots of School, Class of 2021, reflect- life. people who can’t live in their ed on her time at the Houston Personally, after meeting her, homes since Hurricane Harvey Relief Trip: I was very inspired and I want last year,” said alumnus chaper- “Regardless of all the fun and to try to possess her attitude, one Alex Golding, now at UMass- evening activities, the highlight strength, and mentality, and Team JTI with homeowner Ms. Cynthia and SBP Staffer at Houston Dartmouth, Class of 2020. of the trip was meeting the per- carry it with me throughout my Relief Trip 2018.

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and Biagini dedicated over 300 That’s a powerful statement, hours to the case, and required because Goldman has had a thousands of dollars in trans- long and distinguished legal portation, meals, hotels, and career. In addition to running a more. nationally recognized law firm, As the case began receiv- he also has taken on many pro ing national media coverage, bono cases dealing with difficult donations from the public situations similar to the ones began pouring in. They needed just described, and has helped all the help they could get. 63 families attain political asy- By chance, Souza had lum. received a tip from another Goldman, his wife Judi, and immigrant mother whose child daughter Danielle have co- was being held in Chicago and founded the Open Avenues had a friend named “Diogo.” Foundation, with a goal of Souza obtained a phone num- helping immigrants add eco- ber for the center, and found nomic and social value to the Rethink her son was there. United States, and change what The Goldman team sprang Goldman thinks is a perva- into action. Bless, who sive narrative that immigrants your child’s education Goldman estimates didn’t are only burdens to this coun- sleep for four to five days, made try. Among other tasks, Open countless phone calls to try to Avenues hopes to aid refugees unite mother and son. It was with housing and mental health not easy. Because the govern- services. 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Israeli healthcare leaders see Leonard Florence Center as prototype for skilled nursing model of care NEW TO THE JOURNAL Distinguished Israeli health- care leaders recently toured the Looking to sell a business? Leonard Florence Center for Living, the country’s first urban Exclusively serving New England since 1980, model Green House. Dorit we at Financial Business Brokers have the experience Rubenstein, national superin- and the connections to find the right buyer quickly. tendent nurse in the Ministry of Health in Israel; Yaron Raz, Make your dream a reality now. Whether you are MA, executive director of Beit looking to start a new business or are in the process Avraham Nursing Home, and Irit of selling so you can begin your next venture, Fischer, manager of Gerontology Programs and Palliative Unit, Financial Business Brokers is here to help you JDC Israel Eshel, visited the make it happen. Leonard Florence Center in Chelsea in the hope of duplicat- Pictured left to right: Yaron Raz, executive director of Beit Avraham; Contact us today to get started. ing this award-winning model Betsy Mullen, COO CJL; Barry Berman, CEO CJL; Ina Hoffman, direc- of care in Israel. Operated by tor of admissions CJL; Irit Fischer, manager of Gerontology Programs Chelsea Jewish Lifecare (CJL), and Palliative Unit; Dorit Rubenstein, national superintendent nurse the Leonard Florence Center is in the Ministry of Health in Israel. the only kosher Green House ALS and MS homes. Steve actu- Barry Berman. “It’s exciting to skilled nursing home in New ally designed the residences, think that the Leonard Florence England. equipped with cutting-edge Center in Chelsea could be rep- FBB The Green House model is technology, shortly after he was licated in Israel. This innovative Financial Business Brokers Jason Oifer designed from the bottom up to diagnosed with ALS. Today, the model of care has the potential look and feel like a real home in Leonard Florence Center cares to change the face of nursing Making Dreams Reality Since 1980 781-910-2221 every possible way. Steve Saling, for more individuals living with homes throughout the world.” a resident at the center, conduct- ALS than any place else in the Although there are currently ed the tour with CJL CEO Barry world. The contingent also vis- no true Green House facilities in Berman, CJL COO Betsy Mullen ited the Pearlman House, which Israel, Yaron Raz operates Beit and CJL Director of Admissions provides long-term skilled nurs- Avraham, a skilled nursing resi- Ina Hoffman. The group toured ing care for seniors. dence “inspired” by the Green the highly acclaimed Steve “We were honored to have House model, with kitchens on Saling ALS Residence, one of such esteemed profession- every floor and an abundance of the Center’s three specialized als visit our organization,” said glass and natural light.

New Brothers to hold 9/11 commemoration New Brothers Restaurant & Deli in Danvers Square will hold its annual commemoration for the victims of 9/11 on September 11 at 8:30 a.m. This will be the 17th year of the event, which will be hosted by New Brothers owner Kary Andrinopoulos. After the ceremony, the Karaoke on public is invited for a complimentary Fridays and ORDER ONLINE AT: New Brothers owner Kary Andrinopoulos addresses the breakfast at the deli. www.fantasyislandsalem.com crowd at the restaurant’s annual 9/11 ceremony. Saturdays from 8:30 pm to 516 Loring Avenue, Salem Trio joins Sagan Harborside Sotheby’s International Realty 12:30 am! Tel: (978) 745-1700 Jean Carlson, Traci Howe Jodi Gildea has Fax: (978) 740-9121 and Jodi Gildea have joined held her real estate Sagan Harborside Sotheby’s license for 20 years as International Realty. The team well as serving as an has deep roots in Marblehead, advertising manager, including decades of experi- office manager of the A UNIQUE ence in the real estate business, Relocation Department and a lifelong commitment to and an administra- OPPORTUNITY the Marblehead community. tive office manager at The announcement coincides Carlson Real Estate. An MASSACHUSETTS NPO SOSUA75.ORG with the agency’s expansion active member of the is looking to grow its current Board of Directors plans in Marblehead with the Marblehead commu- opening of a second office in Jodi Gildea, Jean Carlson and Traci Howe nity, Jodi was a travel team with new Boston-based members downtown Marblehead slated for later this fall. soccer coach for both boys’ and girls’ teams as well possessing competencies in Arts & Theatre “I am so excited to join the team at Sagan as a running coach for “Fit Girls.” and Permaculture Design/Organic Farming Harborside with my daughter and daughter-in- The trio brings enthusiasm, professional expe- law. Along with being a real estate family, we have rience and commitment to helping others in every to play an active role on our planning committee. a great affinity for the town of Marblehead,” says transaction they negotiate. Their long-standing Jean Carlson. For over 25 years, Jean and her hus- knowledge of the business from being agents and For more information, band, Richard, owned and operated Carlson Real growing up in “The Carlson Real Estate family” Estate, one of New England’s premier real estate and their love of the Marblehead community have please visit Sosua75.org and call 603-502-7711. companies with 51 offices. During her career, she given them much joy in helping people find their managed both the Marblehead and Swampscott perfect homes. offices. She also was the director of the Distinctive “We are overjoyed to welcome Jean, Traci and Properties Division and holds the national desig- Jodi to Sagan Harborside Sotheby’s International nations of GRI and CRB. Realty. Their extensive background in real estate Traci Howe earned a BS degree in business coupled with their deep roots in the Marblehead administration from the University of Maine community and passion for excellence makes at Orono, then returned to her hometown of them the perfect trifecta,” says Phyllis Sagan, pres- Marblehead and started her career in real estate. ident of Sagan Harborside Sotheby’s International She worked at Carlson Corporate for several years, Realty. HAPPY NEW YEAR before becoming a real estate agent in the Back As the North Shore’s exclusive Sotheby’s Bay/Boston office and ultimately returned to spe- International Realty agency, Sagan Harborside TO ALL OUR READERS, cialize in selling high end properties on the North provides clients at all price points with excep- DONORS AND Shore.Traci is a very active volunteer in various tional service. For more information, visit sagan- ADVERTISERS organizations on the North Shore. harborside.com. Marblehead’s Premier Prosthodontist InnovatIve RestoRatIve & aesthetIc DentIstRy Dental Implant Restorations • Prosthodontic Dentistry Sensitive care and superb aesthetic results are Crowns & Bridges • Inlays & Onlays • Smile Makeovers the hallmark of our world class Veneers • Teeth Whitening • Dentures prosthodontic practice.

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