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/Nancy Kirsch grains." Sound good? It sounds downright delicious - and nutri­ tious. What else is in that bowl of JCCRI PRESCHOOL STUDENTS participate in the PJ Library all· cereal that you might not know? day celebration on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at the Barnes & Noble Many cereals - a mainstay of "the bookstore in Warwick. Music, songs, stories and snacks / Karolyn White most important meal of the day" were part of the day's events. See more pictures on page 16. LAST JUNE, JONAH BOSTOM, (left) then a first grader, - are loaded with sugar · up to w orks in the JCDS community garden. Noam Raz, right, 20 teaspoons a serving and, with w ho also was a first grader last year, looks on. refined grains, offer O grams of J Street kick-off draws fiber. In February, Michelle Obama leaders, teachers, doctors and Though sugary, fiber-less cere· - self-described "Mom· in· Chief' nurses to help fight this health large crowd als aren't the only culprits, our - issued her wake·up call to the kids are getting heavier - obesity country's parents, community See ONE, Page 17 National group as a "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobby· rates have tripled in the past 30 ing group. It encoutages a stronger years. According to the Centers launches Rhode U.S. leadership role in moving for Disease Control and Preven­ Can Iran's democracy clock Israel, Palestinians and Arab tion (CDC), some 25 million Island chapter states toward a rwo-state solution American children, or one in outpace its nuclear clock? to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. three, today are overweight or BY ELIZABETH HOLLANDEH Neither clock is guaranteed to The evening fearuted presentations obese. Thirty percent of Rhode Special to The Voice & Herald Narrowly targeted keep ticking all the way down. introducing J Street and its policy Island's children (age 10 - 17) are The international community PROVlDENCE - More than 100 positions. Janette Hillis-Jaffe, the overweight or obese; the smallest sanctions may - or hopes to thwart Iran's acquisition people attended a lively kick-off New England regional political state has the 29th highest percent may not- work of a nuclear weapon. And despite event for J Street Rhode Island, director for J Street, described the in the country of such children, the upheaval in Iran last summer, a new liberal Middle East peace goals and strucrute ofJ Street. H i!· according to a report by Trust for BvRoNKAMPEAS no one is SUie that the autocratic advocacy group, on the evening of lis·Jaffe, who is Orthodox, opened America's Health and the Robert regime in Tehran is on its way out Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Jewish her remarks by sharing her personal Wood Johnson Foundation, rwo WASHINGTON QTA) - Iran - or whether it will be replaced by a Community Center of Rhode reasons for her J Street involve· nonprofit, non-partisan orga· watchers keep two clocks: One true democracy. Island in Providence. J Street ment. After living in Israel

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Announcements and opinions contained in these pages are published as a service to the community and do not necessarily represent the views ofThe Jewish Voice & Herald, or its publisher, the Jewish Federation ofRhode Island. 130 Sessions St., Providence, RI 02906 • 401-421-4111 • 401-331-7961 (fax} • E-mail:[email protected] ADVERTISING: The Jewish Voice & Herald does not accept advertisemw/Jfor pork or shellfish, or at/est l o the kashmt ofany product. wwwjvhri.org PAGE 4 Jewish Voice ~Herald March 5, 2010 OPINION IT SEEMS To ME FROM THE ExEcUTIVE EDITOR Who is J Street? Cooking,baking ] Street comes to Many American Jews are equally dis­ active role in bringing about a negotiated turbed by positions taken by J Street - in settlement, the majority of American Jews and writing all Rhode Island particular, what they take to be J Street's believe that a two-state solution is in the failure to appreciate Israel's military and best interests oflsrael and in the best inter­ political vulnerability. Some members of ests of the United States. That is to say, the LOT OFJEWS these days don't require flexibility our local Jewish community have expressed majority of American Jews, like the more ike J Street, the year-old, pro­ to me their fear for the very survival of the than 140,000 supporters of J Street, are BY N ANCY KIRSCH AJIsrael, pro-peace lobby based [email protected] State of Israel. For such individuals 2010 n Washington, D .C. The D ry is 1939, and M ahmoud Ahmadinejad is OOKING AND GETTING Bones cartoon that appeared in the Feb. 5 Adolph Hitler. "The high Pa1estinian Cout a newspaper, I've come to issue of The Jewish Vo ice & H erald - ironi­ I point out to them that tlie high Pal­ realize, are more alike than one cally, on the same page as an opinion piece estinian birth rate is a demographic time birth rate is a might surmise. by Jeremy Ben Ami, executive director of bomb; that unless there is a negotiated two­ For me, cooking - and more often, J Street's national opera­ state settlement, within a generation or two demographic time baking - are pleasurable activities that tion - vilifies J Street as a Israel will no longer exist as both a Jewish bomb; un1ess there is let me indulge my creative side, make a J-for-Judas operation. and a democratic state. To which my more mess and then have something wonder­ Just a couple of days conservative friends reply: "You talk about a negotiated two-state ful to show for it. Both, though, require later, on M onday, Feb. a demographic time bomb that may explode flexibility and creativity, whether it's fig­ 8, the right-leaning Jeru­ some years down the road. We worry about sett1ement, within a uring out what to do when you've got no salem Post published an an Iranian nuclear bomb that could explode cinnamon (it's too late to drop in on your equally offensive - or within a matter of months!" J Street would generation or two lsrae1 neighbor, and you just can't deal with perceptive, for those who reply that, ifanything, resolving the Israeli­ see J Street as the sum of wi11 no 1onger exist as going to the grocery store at 10:30 p.m.) Rabbi Jim Palestinian confl ict would reduce the Ira­ and cinnamon is an essential ingredient all evil - four-panel D ry nian threat to the entire region. both a Jewish and a in whatever you're baking. Rosen6erg Bones insult: 1. "Recent On Wednesday evening, Feb. 24, well Opting for ginger and nutmeg, rather reports about J Street more than 100 individuals came to the democratic state." than cinnamon, for example, can lead to are totally false!" 2. "J Street is not drop­ Jewish Community Center of Rhode Island a whole new recipe that may surpass the ping its label as 'Pro-Israel.'" 3. J Street is in Providence to hear J Street make its case; original one. In fact, one of my daugh­ ~imply ex~a~~in~ its _definition . of ,being among the attendees were several mem­ ter's favorite brownie recipes is one that Pro-Israel ... 4 ....t o include being Anti­ bers of the Rhode Island Board of Rabbis, both pro-Israel and pro-peace. I made wholly by accident. I was mixing Israel'!" Protestant clergy, student delegations from Although the debate between support­ the ingredients for the brownies and M any of the Israeli voices condemning J Brown and Roger Williams universities, ers of J Street and our critics is often con­ grabbed what I thought was almond Street carry far more political weight than as well as former United States Senator tentious, we are by no means engaged in a extract but was actually peppetmint do such cartoons. As you may already know, Lincoln Chafee and State Representative war of the Sons of Light against the Sons extract. Try it - they're delicious - pep­ Israel's ambassador to the United States, D avid Segal. of Darkness. Both sides do have legiti­ permint and chocolate! Michael Oren, chose to snub J Street by The event, organized by J Street Rhode mate differences of perspective; neverthe­ G ood cooks have to be flexible and refusing to attend its annual convention last Island, formerly the Rhode Island Chapter less, what all of us hold in common is far more significant than what divides us. W e deal with unexpected surprises, even O ctober. M;reover, D anny Ayalon, Israel's of Brit Tzedek V'Shalom, the Jewish Alli­ are one in our desire to ensure that Israel those that don't turn out to be delicious, deputy foreign minister, has continued ance for Justice and Peace, was part of a survives as a secure, democratic, Jewish like the peppermint brownies. I've had to argue that J Street has no right to call national "kick-off parry" celebrating the state. W e are one in our desire to nourish to deal with scrambling to replace the itself pro-Istael because it happens to take establishment of a grass roots education a mature and mutually supportive relation­ 100 eggs (meant for popovers for 100 issue with some of the policies of the Israeli and advocacy arm of the national lobbying ship between the Jews of Israel and the people, and popovers don't wait) shortly government regarding the settlements and g roup. Jews here in America. after I dropped a commercial mixing the continuing blockade of Gaza. Indeed, Those present watched a videotape of a bowl filled with 100 eggs; watching in Ayalon refused to meet with six members talk that Jeremy Ben-A mi delivered on a live R abbi J im R osenberg is the rabbi emeritus horror as our grill's propane line came of the U.S. H ouse of Representatives who simulcast last Feb. 4. In essence, Ben-A mi at Temple H abonim in Barrington. Contact uncoupled - sending flames shooting were in Israel on a J Street-sponsored trip emphasized that the majority· of A merican him at [email protected]. from the grill area - as we prepared and went so far as to urge other Israeli offi ­ Jews support the establishment of an inde­ a barbecue for 40 people; and seeing cials to follow his example. I am happy to pendent Palestinian state alongside a safe a turmeric-based sauce go flying and report that recently both Oren and Ayalon and secure Israel, the majority of American splatter my all-white kitchen minutes have modified their positions somewhat. Jews want our own government to take an SEND US YOUR before guests were due to arrive. What do I do first? Scrub the yellow stain off LETTERS .... the countertops and appliances, whip up another batch of sauce or simply pour a glass ofwine and ignore the whole mess? Letter to The Editor The Voice & Herald So, how does writing factor into this Sticking with statecraft welcomes analogy? Just as good cooks have to be flexible and creative with changes STREET EXECUTIVE Director unwillingness to do so is no less enduring. letters } - whether planned or unexpected - Jeremy Ben-Ami ("Beyond statecraft" in M ahmoud Abbas didn't even respond from our so, too, do writers and editors have to the Feb. 5 issue of The Voice & H erald) may to Ehud Olmert's offer of statehood at readers. prepare for the unexpected. We at The or may not be right in claiming that main­ Annapolis in 2008. More recently, he _ Voice & H erald have had our share of stream American Jews see an "independent rejected George Mitchell's summons to Send that lately, most notably with the seri­ Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel" return to the negotiating table without pre­ I ous illness of our colleague, Frank Zasl­ as "the best and perhaps only way to ensure conditions. letters off, who is being treated for leukemia in Israel's" democratic future. Since J Street's When it comes to Palestinians and Israe­ (no more than Boston. In the interim, we have retained polling data is collected by the organiza­ lis, what most mainstream Americans want George Peckham to manage our sales tion's own former vice president, Jim Ger­ - irrespective of religion - is not another 250 words. please) to functions. We wish Frank restored good stein, it's difficult to tell. Apparently, one peace "agreement," but peace itself. The [email protected] health and a full recovery. conflict that doesn't trouble America's self­ last thing they desire is to see their presi­ or The Voice & Herald. In the meantime, we at The Voice & proclaimed "pro-peace, pro-Israel" lobby is dent step off Air Force One brandishing H erald work diligently to fully serve the the conflict of interest. a piece of paper so worthless that Neville 130 Sessions St .• needs and desires of our readers and our M ore doubtful, still, is Ben-Ami's con­ Chamberlain would blush to hold it aloft. Providence, RI 02906. advertisers. Just as we need chocolate tention that most American Jews favor Before prodding the American government or cocoa to make chocolate brownies, "pushing all parties to make necessary com­ to apply its muscle, J Street should com­ Letters must be we need both readers and advertisers to promises," since - as most Jews know - not mission a poll to see who precisely requires signed and may be produce The Voice & Herald. "all parties" are in need of a push. Israel's shoving. Got questions? Got chocolate? Feel edited for content and willingness to accept a two-state solution Jack Schwartzwald free to call me or email me, at 421-4111, dates back to the 1937 Peel Commis­ North Kingstown length. ext. 168 or [email protected]. sion partition plan - and the Palestinians' wwwjvhri.org OPINION Jewish Voice &(_,Herald March 5, 2010 PAGE 5 FROM THE OLD OLIVErn Texas school hoard actions are alarming America is not a chosen by the state board are used secular liberals. All they are trying tion by reference" you can connect bidden public schools from 'seek­ in every public school in that state, to do is to uncover the long-hid­ the two documents, not read them ing to impress upon students the Christian country and publishers, desirous of captur­ den truth that the founders were as separate entities. It's almost tal­ importance of particular religious ing that market, will re-write their Christian men of God who estab­ mudic, in the worst sense of that values through the curriculum,' textbooks to pacify the Texans and lished America. Therefore there word. What the argument ignores and in the process said that the N MY LAST column I then try to sell their books. One is no legal justification for disal­ is that Nature's God is not another founders 'did not draw on Mosaic wrote of the dangers when, estimate is that Texas' decisions are lowing crucifixes in government way of saying Jesus Christ; it's a law, as is mentioned in the [Texas] Ieven for the best of reasons, reflected in 46 or 47 states. Worry buildings or prayer in schools. way that the politicians who wrote standards,' several of the board the state intrudes on reli­ now, Jews; worry now, secularists; Look at George Washington. the Declaration of Independence members seemed dumbstruck" but gion. My example was the British worry now, Americans. The idea is He called for a national day of could put some God into the doc­ they insisted it was true anyway. Supreme Court taking upon itself to capture the minds of children. thanksgiving after the British ument without actually referring Be very worried, Jews. The Wise the right to determine who is a As Ralph Reed of the Christian defeat at Saratoga in 1777 as proof to any specific deity. What, after Men of Chelm are in charge of Jew. I approved of the decision, but Coalition put it, "I would rather that the founders wanted religion all is Nature's God, anyway? what your children and grandchil­ was appalled that it was made. have a thousand school board in public life. But the Constitu- The founders had an overtly dren will be learning in school; Shortly after writing that members than one president biblical view of the world, and we will all become second­ piece, I read and no school board mem­ the Christian Conservatives class citizens - Jews and Catholics an article in bers." And why? "Be very worried, Jews. say. "In the new guidelines, (who are not recognized as Chris­ The N ew York As Cynthia Dunbar, a students ... are asked to iden­ tian by the evangelical right) and Times Maga­ Christian activist on the The Wise Men of Chelm tify traditions that informed Muslims and ... zine of Feb. 14. board puts it, "The philoso­ America's founding, 'includ­ It was about are in charge of what your phy of the classroom in one ing Judeo-Christian (espe­ j osh Stein is a professor ofhistory at the Texas generation will be the phi­ children and grandchildren cially biblical law)' and to Roger Williams University. Contact State Board losophy of the government in 'identify the individuals him [email protected]. of Education, the next." will be learning in school." whose principles of law and Josh members of I thought about where I'd government... informed the Editor's Note: Send "troublesome Stein which try, via heard that sentiment before, American founding docu­ material" such as that referenced in ------amendment or but then it came back to me. "He tion (which does not mention God ments,' among whom they include Stein's column to Sandra Alfonsi backdoor deal who controls the present, controls at all and which forbids any reli­ Moses." Yeah, we made it! Shab­ of Hadassah's Curriculum Watch making, to have textbooks reflect i the past. He who controls the gious test for the holding of public bat on Saturday! Stoning Shabbat Project at [email protected]. She j the notion that America is a Chris­ past, controls the future." It's a office and the First Amendment violators on Sunday! is also creating a Web site, www. tian nation as promulgated by the line from George Orwell's classic, which bars the establishment of The separation of powers is based Textbook.Alert. net, that will contain Founding Fathers. (You can read 1984, much of which deals with a national religion) had not been on the Founders' "clear under­ all materials on flawed textbooks that the article for yourself at http:// re-writing history so that the cur­ written in 1777. Ah, the conserva­ standing of the sinfulness of man," have been critiqued; quotations and I www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/ rent rulers can be proven always to tives counter, but the Declaration not, apparently on Montesquieu's explanations of what makes these magazine/14texbooks-t.html). have been right. oflndependence had been written, theory ofgovernment "Spirit of the books flawed; responses from publish­ I Should this make us in New The Christian conservatives and it refers to our Creator and to Laws" or Cicero's On the R epublic. ing houses; etc. 1he Web site is cur­ J England nervous? Yes, it should. argue that separation of church Nature's God. Yeah, and .. . And by When told by a professor of history rently under construction. Texas' curriculum and textbooks and state is a myth perpetrated by the legal principle of "incorpora- that "The Supreme Court has for- I Nor ALONE Execution of a Jew Do we support me share some of the arguments culpability. Age 19, he had been all these petitioners were coming especially with possibly m1t1gat­ on both sides. In favor of clemency, under the influence of both ille- from. Did they also oppose the ing factors, just to avoid how bad I 'members ofthe Grossman was a Jew, a member of gal drugs and anti-seizure medi- death penalty on principle? Or it might make the Jews look? my tribe; perhaps there was some cations; his IQ., reportedly, was were they concerned only because I might suggest - too late in this tribe,' no matter responsibility to save his life - even 77. O!>estions existed about the the condemned was a Jew? I ques- case - using this situation to raise though he was a convicted mur- adequacy of Grossman's legal rep- tioned the justice in opposing this questions about the wisdom of what? derer. It was reported that he had resentation, at least for the trial's execution but not others. capital punishment altogether, ILE I WAS made teshuvah. He daily regret- penalty phase. Perhaps part of my uneasiness whether for Jew or non-Jew, about siting family in ted his actions and felt genuine Finally, the murder was clearly was the anxiety of speaking up fo r the exorbitant costs to try a death W outh Florida in remorse. Whether from a Jewish not planned, but rather something a Jew convicted of murder. Would penalty case, the demonstrated id-February, the or secular perspective, is there no that occurred during an unan- engaging in such a clearly limited fact of wrongful convictions, the state executed Martin Grossman, ticipated altercation. That is, this appeal possibly cause damage to documented racial bias in its appli­ a Jewish man, for a murder com­ was not premeditated murder, and the image of Jews? Despite the cation and whether we want the mitted about 25 years ago. "Part ofmy given the fact that few homicides insistence by all or most petition- state to exercise the power of life The impend­ result in the death penalty, I think ers that they felt empathy for the and death. ing event brought uneasiness was most of us imagine that only the victim and her family and that forth a con­ Krinsky'sguest review, "WeAreAII most heinous murderers receive they did not mean to diminish the A vatars," a Jewish take on the recent certed effort in the anxiety of the death penalty and that these crime's horror, would the public the Jewish and .film, can be found at www.nishma. killers carry out their acts with impression be to the contrary? org, the Web site of Rabbi Benjamin broader worlds to speaking up for premeditation. Would the re sponse have been the appeal to Florida Hecht's Torah research and education a Jew convicted Given this expectation, a likely same if the victim had also been organization, Nishma. Governor C har­ explanation for the sentence's Jewish? lie Crist to grant of murder. Would severity is that the murdered And then there was the worry Alan Krinsky lives in Providence Alan the condemned woman, Margaret {Peggy) Park, that the appeal might prove sue- and works in the .field of healthcare man clemency by engaging in such was a Florida wildlife officer; cessful! Would that not only quality improvement. Contact him Krinsky commuting his penalties for killing law enforce- feed the anti-Semitic accusation at [email protected]. sentence to life a clearly limited ment officials tend to be harsher. of Jewish influence and control? or, at least, staying the execution appeal cause Nonetheless, given the possibly Would the very public campaign Everyone has an opinion, what's yours? for 60 additional days. The effort extenuating circumstances, one not force Crist to reject clemency Are you a person of strong opin­ failed, and Grossman was put to damage to the might think clemency would have on at least two accounts? ions? Do you want to share your death by lethal injection. been appropriate, whether in the First, not to be seen as caving opinions In a, clear and persuasive My reaction was mixed. Given image of Jews?" form of a commutation or a stay of in to a special interest group, and op-ed of no more than 700 words? my opposition on principle to the execution. second, not to appear soft on crime If so, "1e Voice & Herald wants to death penalty, one might assume I So, with these doubts and while facing a serious challenge hear from you! would have absolutely no qualms room for adjusting a sentence in my oppos1t1on to govern- from his right in the upcoming Send your op-ed to voice herald@ about joining in the campaign to the light of repentance? Perhaps ment-sanctioned death penal- Republican gubernatorial pri- Jlri.org for us to consider for publi­ cation. When you send the op-ed, spare Grossman's life. And yet, most importantly, there remained ties, what made me hesitate? mary. The appeal could backfire. please put OPINION in the subject something about this focused seemingly legitimate doubts about As someone opposed to capital Ought capital punishment oppo- line. Thank you. appeal left me feeling uneasy. Let the homicide and the degree of punishment, 1 wondered where nents refuse to try to save a life, wwwjvhri.org ----"------___:__--==-=-----...... 1 PAGE 6 Jewish Voice &(_,Herald March 5, 2010 COMMUNITY Sixteenth rumual Seder of Hope includes havdalah service AsKWENDY Charles Carpenter, Culinary questions for M.D. and] Passover and beyond Philip Kane to be 1he expert has recognized all the answers

BY MARC PAIGE D ear Wendy, Special to The Voice & Herald I would !O'IJe to take a cooking PROVIDENCE - The Seder of class. Do you have any sugges­ Hope turns 16 this year. This pre­ tionsf Passover commemoration for those No More Take-out, living with and lost to HIV/AIDS, South County and their friends and loved ones, will be held on Saturday, March Dear No More Take-out, 20, at 6 p.m. at Temple Beth-El, Yes. We are fortunate here in 70 Orchard Ave., Providence. Rhode Island to have the John­ For the first time, the Seder of son & Wales School of Culinary Arts right here! There are a few Hope will be held on a Saturday /lifespan J. Philip Kane Charles Carpenter. M .D evening. The event will begin with different options. For a fabulous one-day experience, you can go a havdalah service, followed by the munity in the battle to end HIV/ dence will create and stage an to the website http://apps.jwu. AIDS seder and meal. The Hagga- AIDS - Dr. Charles Carpenter, original theatrical performance. edu/chefschoice/ and click on Av e nue dah used for this event is adapted involved with the clinical man- As has been the case in past Providence or call 598-2336. has a t9 tell both the story of Jewish agement of persons living with years, attendees at the seder will There you will be able to begin l arger redemption from slavery in Egypt, HIV for 25 years, and J. Philip enjoy the musical collaboration of exploring your options. You can selection. and the struggle of HIV, a virus Judith Seplowin, Temple Beth-El's take a one-time class with your A I s o, that has brought suffering to all ------cantor, and Debbie Wald- friend, spouse, partner or even Shaw's in communities and challenged man; Rabbi Sarah Mack and "F l G your children! East Providence, not far from our human capacity for com- or years many other friends from the rab- I was pleasantly surprised to the Seekonk line, located at 585 passion, hope and faith. diverse communities have binical community will also learn that RISO also offers a Taunton Ave., has a nice selec­ f The AIDS Task Force, a participate. variety of cooking classes. Go tion and it is already being dis­ committee of the Community The community is invited I come together to laugh, to http://www.risd.edu/ce_culi­ played. Relations Council of the Jewish to this special evening of nary.cfm for more information. If you venture into Provi­ Federation of Rhode Island, is Cry, mourn and Celebrate." remembrance and faith. Happy cooking, dence, D avis Dairy at 721 Hope proud that, for 16 years, many Marc Paige is a member of Wendy Street has a wide variety, as diverse communities have the AIDS Task Force. Dear Wendy, does EastSide Marketplace and come together to laugh, cry, mourn Kane, who, for 22 years, has pro- Whole Foods. and celebrate, as we remember the vided HIV-prevention education Tickets, which include a full Can you tell me where I can buy seder meal, cost 125 per person. kosherfo r Passover foods7 The Butcherie II in Canton, ancient story of Jewish liberation, and care management throughout M ass., only 20 - 25 minutes and look forward to a liberation Rhode Island. For reservations, contact Gail Lovingyour column in Seekonk Putnam at ]FRI at 421-4111, ext. from Seekonk, at exit 8 offI-95, from AIDS and all diseases. In addition, young people from Dear Seekonk, has a huge variety of kosher for This year, the Seder ofHope will the Manton Avenue Project in 158, by March 12, or visit Thank you very much! There Passover foods, including kosher ·h onor two heroes from the com- the Olneyville area of Provi- www.sederofoope.com. are a wide variety of places to meats, prepared foods and ice buy kosher for Passover foods in cream. Interdependence strengthens your area. Super Stop & Shop in Happy Shopping, Seekonk on Route 6 has a nice Wendy interfaith initiatives Two food pantries - Arlene, who had more experi­ to the poor and needy kinsman ence with food pantries, dozens in your land." Together we have Music galore - with Peter Yarrow Heart ofGod and of questions - from the most opened our hands, doors and, basic to highly complicated ques­ most importantly, our hearts. - of Peter, Paul & Mary fame 1he Full Plate - tions. The Full Plate, a program of Arlene knew that The Full AgeWell Rhode Island, is funded share resources P late couldn't go "food shop­ by the Jewish Federation of Rhode South Area Solomon ping" at the Food Bank until Island and private donations. BY S USAN ADLER Schecter Day School Special to The Voice & H erald August 2009 (when The Full For more information, contact Plate received the necessary Susan Adler at 621-5374 or visit holds 'Chaijinks' JOHNSTON - Earlier this approval as a food pantry) and wwwj'sari.org. year, A rlene Butler, director she called to donate kosher NORWOOD - Singer-songwriter­ of H eart of God, called to tell food items to The Full Plate. Susan A dler is the director social activist Peter Yarrow of Peter, me that they had to move their This act of tremen­ ofJ ewish Eldercare ofRh ode Paul & Mary fame will perform at food pantry, due to flooding. We dous generosity cre­ Island, a program of the Chaijinks 2010 benefit gala, at offered to help; Jerry Kritz, chair ated a wonderful Jewish Seniors Agency, the South Area Solomon Schechter of The Full P late, and Ken Sch­ relationship between and the coordinatorfor Day School in Norwood at 5 p.m. neider, a volunteer at The Full the two food pan­ The Full Plate. ]SA on March 21. 'Chaijinks' is a com­ Plate, transported food from tries. When The is a partner agency of bination of the Hebrew word "chai" Peter Yarrow their pantry and promised to Full Plate receives the Jewish Federation and "high jinks." ing Steve H eck, a Berklee College help those in need. non-kosher items, we of R hode Island. Yarrow helped bring Peter, Paul faculty member who has performed When Arlene asked if we donate them to the & M ary to international acclaim with The Birds and Richie Havens could "adopt" 10 families, we Heart of God while advancing social movements. and was a piano coach for John agreed without hesitation. The and other He wrote such classics as "Day is Mayer; and Rabbi David Paskin relationship with H eart of God pantries. Done," "Puff, the M agic Dragon," playing music from his group, C hurch in Johnston began when The true and "Light One Candle." The trio Shirav. Jerry and I attended a training heart of God won six Grammy Awards between For tickets or more information, program last April at the Rhode is refl ected in 1963 and 2003 and 12 nominations. co11tact Diane Joiner at 781-769- Island Community Food Bank the follow­ The musical evening will also 9400; [email protected]; or visit the ("Food Bank") to learn how to ing proverb: feature the school's jazz band and Web site, www.sassds.org. open a pantry. Jerry and I asked "Open your hand several other performers, includ- wwwJvhri.org COMMUNITY Jewish Voice 6Z_,Herald March 5, 2010 PAGE 7 A TEEN's VIEWPOINT My hair tells the story Women's Alliance H ANNAH Z URIER Special to 1he Voice & Herald Endowment Fund adds PROVIDENCE - Everyone can tell I'm Jewish just by looking at me. And I'm proud of that. 11 new members It's not because of my nose, the BY CHRIS PARKER Judy Robbins, president of the feature most prominently recog­ [email protected] WAEF, said "We are thrilled nized on many Jewish people. I to be able to add these very PROVIDENCE - The Wom­ don't have jewelry with Hebrew special women to our grow­ en's Alliance Endowment Fund writing on it. But, I do have some­ ing list of Endowment Fund (WAEF), a Jewish Federation thing distinctively Jewish; my hair. members. Their generosity will of Rhode Island endowment It's wild and curly and all over the increase our ability to respond place. I got it from my father; I was that is run by women, for women, has added 11 new to the needs of Jewish women the only one of my siblings to get it. and children in our commu­ members to the endowment so I've never tried to tame its crazy spi­ nity and in Israel. We welcome far this year. rals with an iron or a blow-dryer, I'm them heartily and hope that New members make a one­ too lucky to have it to bother chang­ their example will encourage time Sl ,000 donation and then ing the way it is. others to join with us as well. meet annually to allocate the My Jewish identity is tied up Kol Ha'Kavod!" income from the fund to pro­ in my hair. Both are unique and Women who become constantly changing. My Jewish grams and services supporting women and children. members before M ay 2010 identity is something I still haven't will participate in determining This year's new members been able to describe in words; it's allocations for the upcoming are: Gussie Baxt, Beatrice hard to articulate it in a way that year. Bazarsky, Carol Bazarsky, would make sense. And my hair is Ifyou are interested in becoming Frances Friedman, Hope ·the same way. Both have too many /Zurier Family part of this group, or would like Hannah Zurier Hirsch, Sally Lapides, May­ nuances and intricacies to fit within more information, please contact beth Lichaa, Roanne Licht, the confines oflanguage. constant care to remain healthy. For more in.formation about Beth Dindas at bdindas@]FRJ. Marcia Riesman, Joyce Rob­ The Jewish Afro, or "Jew-fro," is Judaism as a religion has varied participating in the Harry Elkin org or 421-4111. also a good m'etaphor for Judaism levels of observance, but all require Midrasha Community Hebrew High inson, and Gail Siletchnik. as a whole. Both are made of many some care for it, or else all the tra­ School, please contact Shari Weinberger distinct and unlike parts that band ditions would die. I am proud of at [email protected]. together to produce something rela­ my "Jew-fro," and I'm proud to be Hannah Zurier, the daughter of tively homogeneous that still retains Jewish. And I'm proud of how simi­ Sam and Lauren Zurier, is now a the qualities of all that went into it. lar they are. freshman at Classical H igh School in They both start from a single place, Hannah wrote this essay as part of Providence. my hair from my scalp; the Jewish the class "What's My Story" taught by people from Israel, and spring out storyteller Mark Binder during thefa ll in all directions. And both require 2009 semester ofMidrasha.

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wwwjvhri.org PAGE 8 Jewish Voice c5cHerald March 5, 2010 COMMUNITY New reasons to give to Birthright Israel Foundation has Private philanthropists, the huge push to broaden its donor base. The matching grant program right. The rest have dropped off Jewish federation system, the In 2008, the foundation had 2,823 came out of a late January summit either because of changed eco­ new $20 million Jewish Agency and the govern­ donors. The number nearly tripled of 49 major donors held by the nomic circumstances or philan­ ment of Israel fund the Birthright to 8,370 in 2009 as it rolled out foundation in Las Vegas and thropic focus, or death. matching grant program. The foundation oversees This trend, Aronson said, high­ the private money given to the lights the need to build a much program program, which makes up the vast "Among the 15 broader donor base. According to majority of the Birthright budget. origina1 donors, Aronson, funding for the trips has Bv JACOB BERKMAN The foundation has up to S20 held steady. In 2008, the foundation million to use for the matching raised S55 million to S56 million, NEW YORK OTA) - A new on1y eight are grants, which are being funded and in 2009 it brought in S57 mil­ matching grant program by the by a SlO million gift from casino sti11 giving to lion - even as the mega-gift from Birthright Israel Foundation will mogul Sheldon Adelson and Adelson dropped by SlO million. provide, a dollar-for-dollar match TAGLIT• n•·nn another SlO million from a small Birthright." Fund raising, when subtracting on any increase in donations to the group of-other donors. The Adel­ Adelson's mammoth gift, rose foundation based on 2008 gifts. birthright israel son money is the second install­ from S26 million to S37 million. That means if a donor gave $100 ment of a $30 million pledge he hosted by Adelson, although he By 2015, Aronson wants to in 2008 and gives $120 in 2010, a national grass-roots campaign. made in 2008. was not in attendance. be raising some S49 million per the foundation would match the The foundation aims to have According to Birthright, the Of the 49, only three of the 15 year without Adelson money. $20 increase. 50,000 donors by 2015. foundation is in the middle of a original private funders who helped Anything Adelson would pledge launch Birthright - Michael at that point would be gravy. Steinhardt, Charles Bronfman and SOUTH AREA SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL Lynn Schusterman - were pres­ This article was adaptedfrom ent, according to Bob Aronson, the ]1Yl philanthropy blog, foundation's chiefexecu tive officer. s TheFundermentalist.com. Presents Among the 15 original donors, only eight are still giving to Birth- CHOIR: Sings Hebrew music in New York From Page 3 last year, but had to wait until ninth 00 tioned their way into the elite grade to try out. "I knew I wanted HaZamir Chamber Choir: M ichelle that experience," said Kaufman. "It with legendary musical artist Goliger, Rachel Kaufman and Abby brings me up another level and helps Kaye-Phillips. me better my singing." Goliger is a junior at Classical Kaye-Phillips, a Providence Peter Yarrow High School in Providence and a Country Day School senior and a member of Temple Emanu-El. This Temple Emanu-El member, has of Peter, Paul and Mary is her fourth year participating in been singing in the choir since eighth the choir, and the upcoming gala is grade. "It is thrilling to sing with her third. Her number-one experi­ 200 people who all share your love of March 21, 2010 music," said Kaye-Phillips. "Cham­ ence singing with the group was the One Commerce Way, Norwood, MA Kristal/nacht Concert in Providence ber choir offers the opportunity to If in November 2008. "It was mean­ sing with the best of the best and Reception ingful to me because it touched the reach a whole new level of musical performance." The teenagers are all entire community," she said. Book Signing with Peter Yarrow different, but they all share a love for I Vivian Lazar, Lazar's wife, heard Jewish music, she said, and through Program and Awards Goliger sing at a Kol Kesem HaZa­ that experience strong friendships mir rehearsal last year and recom­ bloom. "Everyone feels like they are mended Goliger audition for the chamber choir. It was the extra push part ofso mething bigger than them­ A TIME TO HONOR she needed, and Goliger looks for­ selves, said Kaye-Phillips. For more information about Kol Community Friends and Leaders ward to a rewarding experience as a member of that elite singing group. Kesem HaZamir PrO'llidence, to Jordan Hershman and Diana Lloyd, and Robert Starr "I am counting down the days to the buy tickets to the festival or donate to festival!" Goliger said. the travel fand for the singers, contact Kaufman, a freshman at the Lin­ Shari Weinberger at 331-0956 or email A TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE coln School for Girls in Providence [email protected]. Shari Weinberger is the director of Sponsorship and Tribute Journal opportunities are available. and a member of Temple Emanu­ El, heard about the chamber choir teen education at the Bureau ofJewish For details, visit our website at www.sassds.org Education ofRhode Island. or contact [email protected]. Chaijinks is the school's single largest annual fundraiser. All proceeds benefit scholarships. A TIME TO CELEBRATE! Space is limited and reservations are on a first come, first served basis. Reserve your tickets now-· Call the Institutional Advancement Office at 781 -769-9400.

Eventffribute Co-Chairs: Honorary Co-Chairs: Jason and Valerie Frank Aram and Rebecca Elovic Steve and Shari Holstein Doron and Kelly Ezickson

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/BJERI South Area Solomon Schechter Day School • One Commerce Wdy, Norwood, MA • 781 769 5555 HAZAMIR CHAMBER CHOIR members, Michelle Goliger, Abby Kaye-Phillips and Rachel Kaufman wwwjvhri.org ENTERTAINMENT Jewish Voice 8./__Herald March 5, 2010 PAGE 9 COMEDIAN: Robert Klein on stage in March A well-kept secret, lences; Richard Pryor was the best Klein: No, and Madoff - I ever saw in person. he's not Jewish, neither is Eliot after 40 years JV&H: And what aboutJewish Spitzer - Spitzer is Lutheran. And influences in your youth? remember David Berkowitz [Son BY NANCY KIRSCH Klein: I had a bar mitzvah and of Sam]? He's not Jewish, either. [email protected] we had Passover seders. I was But Sully Sullenberger, he's Jewish WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - In brought up with Jewish traditional - his parents were very Orthodox, an hour-long conversation with culturally, but not religiously. My they were herring merchants. They comedian Robert Klein, conversa­ dad didn't like milk with his steak, were so observant they wouldn't tion hopscotched from the mar­ but being Jewish is more complex let the kids watch Porky Pig [car­ vels of Manhattan and the sexual than not eating milk with meat, toons]. indiscretions of such famous wouldn't you agree? JVH: Have you ever been to names as Woody Allen, Eliot I was born in 1942 and I saw Rhode Island? Spitzer and, most recently, Tiger many numbers on many arms [on Klein: Rhode Island? Of course, Woods to the comedians whose Holocaust survivors' arms]. The everyone has. Rhode Island is so work he admires. older I get, the less religious I am small that when you say, Tm in Klein, who's coming to the and the more Jewish I am. Rho... .' you're not there anymore. Comedy Connection, an East When I signed with my agent Klein performs for one night only, Providence club, on Thursday, [who also represented Woody 1hursday, M arch 18, at the Comedy March 18 for a one-night only Allen, whose given name was Connection R hode Island, 39 Warren show, is funny, very funny, even in Allen Konigsberg], I didn't want A ve., East Providence. Doors open at a one-on-one phone riff with this to hide my ethnicity. I kept my 6:30 p.m., show begins at 8 p.m. For interviewer. own name - Robert Klein - and tickets: www. ricomedyconnection. Klein, who's preparing to launch now I get Kevin Kline's mail! com or 438-8383. his ninth HBO show - in early There are Kleins all over the place. Klein, who was a guest on the June - takes fiv~ years between JVH: Were your parents sup­ "Tonight Show" more than 80 ti;,,es shows. Here are some "out-takes" portive or did they want you to be and a host, although far less often, a doctor, a lawyer or a rabbi? also wrote a memoir, from our wide-ranging conversa­ / HBO The Amorous Klein: I actually started as a Busboy of Decatur Avenue, A tion. staked me to $600; my mother was Plan" that's due out in April. It's premed student at Alfred Univer­ Child of the Fifties Looks Back, JV&H: Who were your early more optimistic. At my first con­ a romantic comedy where Lopez sity in New York, but didn't pursue Touchstone (Simon & Schuster, Inc.), influences? What comedians did cert at Carnegie H all - with some wants a baby and she needs me, as it. 2006. you admire? 3,000 people there - someone her doctor, to inseminate her with I didn't start acting until I was Editor's note: I read a page of Klein: My fi rst exposure to asked my mom, 'Aren't you excited the sperm she purchases. It's very in college, and then went to Yale Klein's book on Amazon. Even read­ live stand up comedy was in the for your son?' fun and she's very sexy. School of Drama for graduate ing just the small bits that Amazon Borscht Belt, where I worked as a Her response, 'Yes, and if this I enjoy being on stage and school [Klein stayed there a year and the publisher allow, the book is lifeguard and an amorous busboy­ doesn't work out, he can always go making people laugh. Come and and then went to work, as a sub­ laugh out loudfanny. I almost cried I amorous, though with few results. back to teaching!' see me - I'm a well-kept secret stitute teacher and later as an actor laughed so hard. I loved the way it made people What else are you work­ even after 40 years of doing this with the fledgling Second City JVH: I received no money or other feel - the mastery that comic had. ing on now? work. comedy troupe.] renumeration far plugging Klein's Lenny Bruce, Jonathan Winters Klein: I play Jennifer Lopez' Did you lose money with My father was terrified but he JVH: book. and Richard Pryor were all influ- ob-gyn in a movie called "Backup Madoff?

Brown Universi9 Program in Judaic Studies Presents:

THE ANNUAL ELGA K. STULMAN VISITING SCHOLAR LECTURE

Prof. Yael Zerubavel ,.,. Rutgers University Revisiting Exile: Zionism, Cultural Diversity, and the Politics of Identity in Israel Monday, March 15 8:00 p.m. Smith Buonono 106

AEL ZERUBAVEL is the Founding Director of The Allen and Joan Bildner Center Yfor the Study of Jewish Life and Professor of Jewish Studies and History at Rutgers University. She is the author of Recovered Roots: Collective Memory and the Making of Israeli National Tradition (University of Chicago Press) and the forthcoming ~ Desert Images: Visions of the Counter-Place in Israeli Culture ~ (University of Chicago Pres_s) . • BROWN

wwwJvhri.org PAGE 10 Jewish Voi~e <5cHerald March 5, 2010 CALENDAR Jewish Community Calendar North Dartmouth, Mass Temple Shalom , 223 Valley Rd ., Temple Sinai, 30 Hagen Ave ., Rl's Three Reform Congrega- Sunday 5 p.m . Middletown Cranston tions Celebrate Shabbat at Habonim March7 MORE INFO: Rabbi Jacqueline 8 p.m. 10 a.m. Satlow, 508-910-6551 or $30 MORE INFO : 942-8350 Rabbis Leslie Gutterman, Sarah South County Hebrew School [email protected] Mack and James Rosenberg lead "Bowl-A-Thon" Fundraiser MORE INFO : 885 -6073 or con- the worship services; Cantors Ju- [email protected] Old Mountain Lane s, 756 Thursday dith Seplowin and Remmie Brown Kingstown Rd . Wakefield Thursday and.rabbinical student Marc Katz March18 will lead si nging. Noon -2 p.m. Sunday March11 Dr. Norman Cohen, HUC-JIR MORE INFO: 783-5511, or Ethan Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Amy provost emeritus, will speak: Adler at 789-3437 or eadler3@ JERI Satellite Hours - March14 Levin "What Can Moses, a Symbol of . cox.net. See March 8 entry for more Di scuss human trafficking with A Taste of Torah Every Person, Teach Us as Human infonnation the rabbi and fellow congregants. Grand Opening Celebration Introduction to Judaism an d Jew- Being s? " of the Norman M. Fain Hillel Temple Shalom, 223 Valley Rd ., ish learning cla sses. Cozy Grill Re staurant, 440 War- Temple Habonim, 165.New Center Middletown Temple Sinai, 30 Hagen Ave ., wick Ave., Warwick. Me adow Rd ., Barri ngton URI President David M. Dool ey 10:30 a. m. - 2 p.m. Cranston Noon - 1: 30 p.m., order from the 7:30 p.m. - Service, Siste rhood - and Hillel International Presi dent menu spon sored oneg follows Sisterhood's Free Wine Tast- 9a.m. Wayne Firestone will speak, ee l- ing with The Savory Grape MORE INFO: 942-83 50 Informational Adoption Meet- MORE INFO : 245-6536 or visit ebration include s food and mu sic . Templ e Sinai, 30 Hagen Ave ., . ing www.te mplehabonim.org Family Passover Projects 6 Fraternity Circ le , Kingston Cran ston Jewish Family Service, 959 North 2 p.m., Mezu za h cere mony at Create Passover cards, decora- Main St., Providence 7 p.m. tions, and haggadot. Saturday 2:30 p.m. ' 6 p.m. MORE INFO: 942-8350 BJE/RI Creativity Center, 130 Ses- MORE INFO: Amy at 874 -2740 or MORE INFO: Betsy Alper at 331- March20 amyolson@mail .uri.edu sions St., Providence 5437, toll-free at 800-337-6513 Services and Kiddush Noon -3 p.m. Boy -Scout Religious Award Friday or [email protected] Luncheon College MORE INFO : Di ane Cerep at Dr. Norman Coh en, HUC-JIR pro- March12 331-0956, ext. 182 Rabbi Eugene Korn, Ph.D., at Tiger Cubs ca n ea rn their Macca- Providence College vost emeritus, will speak. Senior Cafe welcomes Attor- bee s; Cuh Scouts can earn their Sisterhood Film Festival at Templ e Habonim, 165 New ney General Patrick Lynch Hi s speech is on "Israe l and the Aleph s; Boy Scouts, ages 11 -14, Temple Beth-El Priesth ood - In Holy Scriptures Meadow Rd ., Barrington can earn their Ner Tamid s; and . JCCRI , 401 Elmgrove Ave ., Provi - Rab bi Sarah Mack introduces and Today." 10:30 a.m. - Services, Kiddush Boy Scouts, ages 15-17, can earn dence "And the Gate s Op ened: Wom en Aqu inas Hall (for reception) and lunch follows their Etz Chaim . Noon - Lunch, 12:45- Program in the Rabbinate," a documentary Fein stein Academic Center, Room RSVP: No charge for lunch; Jewish Community Center of of the first women rabbis $3 suggested donation for dis- 400 (for lecture), Providence Col - RSVP to Margie Blowers at Rhode Island, 401 Elmgrove abled and those 60+ Silverstein Meeting Hall, Temple lege, Providence 1 245-6536 or visit www.temple- Ave .,Providence The JCCRI Senior Cafe meets Beth -El, 90 Orch ard Ave ., Provi- habonim.org . 2- 5 p.m. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Reception , 7:30 every Wednesday and Friday. dence p.m. - Lecture MORE INFO: Curt Abbott at 732- 16th Annual AlDS Seder of MORE INFO: Neal Drobnis or 2p.m. 2784 or [email protected]. RSVP: Jackie Gilman at865-1514 Hope Lucy Flam, 861-8800, ext. 107 MORE INFO: 331 -6070; return at by March 10 Dr. Chuck Carpenter and J. Philip Kollel's Jewish Unity Live KTANTAN SHABBAT AND 2 p.m. on March 21 for another Author Maxim Shrayer at Kane will be honored, children's DINNER film, "Making Trouble." Celebrate the Rhode Island Temple Beth-El theater group - Manton Avenue She 'ma Initiative with comedian Project - to perform . For families with children age 6 Silverstein Meeting Hall, Temple Mark Weiner and a dessert Meeting Hall , Temple Beth-El, 70 and younger. Cantor Judy Se- Monday Beth-El, 70 Orchard Ave., Provi - reception . plowin and Debbie Waldman lead Orchard Ave., Providence Providence Renaissance Hotel, 5 dence age appropriate service. March15 6 p.m. Avenue of the Arts, Providence Professor Maxim Shrayer, who Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard Ave., wrote Waiting for America: A 7 p.m. March Book Club reads The $25/per person, full course dinner Providence Story of Emigration, will read from $36/per person Help by Kathryn Stockett RSVP: Gail Putnam at the JFRI , and discuss his memoir. MORE INFO: 383-2786 or jul@ 5:30 p.m. The Jewish Center of South 421-4111, ext. 158 providencekollel.org MORE INFO : 331-6070, open to County, 375 Kingstown Rd., Nar- 7 p.m. the community. ragansett MORE INFO: 331-6070, open to Sunday Monday 7 p.m. the community Saturday MORE INFO: 783-7453 or Marilyn March21 Moskol at mmoskol@cox. net March8 March13 Friday Holocaust through the Arts JERI Satellite Hours with Annual Meir Panim Dinner March19 "Secrets of the Dead: Escape from Auschwitz," a PBS docu- Susan Adler and Ethan Adler Dinner benefits soup kitchens in Tuesday . Senior Cafe Community Seder mentary film about two young "S pring Training - Let's Get Our Israel. Winter Minds in Shape" March16 Join other seniors at Temple Torat See CALENDAR, Page 11 Temple Am David, 40 Gard.iner St., Yisrael for a model community Brightview Commons, 57 Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Amy Warwick Passover seder. Grandeville Court, Wakefield Levin Send calendar entries 6:30 p.m. Temple Torat Yisrael, 330 Park 1- 2:30 p.m. Discuss human trafficking with for the March 19 $9 adults/$7 children 4-7/free for the rabbi and fellow congregants. Ave., Cranston children 3 and younger 11 a.m. -1 p.m. - Service, Noon issue by March 8 to T's Restaurant, 5600 Post Rd . Meal. Bus leaves the JCCRI at Tuesday RSVP: Joyce at 463-7944 by (Benny's Plaza), East Greenwich [email protected]. 10:30 a.m. and returns at 1:30 p.m. March9 March 2. Please bring a kosher Noon - 1:30 p.m., order from the CALENDAR in canned good for The Full Plate menu $3 suggested donation for dis- abled and those 60+ subject line, or Voice & Seder: Teaching the Theme of Sixth Annual Spring Concert Environmental Sustainability Class on Maimonides The Torat Yisrael Senior Cafe Herald, 130 Sessions Fred Scheff, Kara Lund, and Rabbi Stein teaches "Articles of Ma clean Campus Center, 2nd meets every weekday. St., Providence, Kathryne Jennings sing the songs Faith - Maimonides and the Jews Floor Conference Room, UMass MORE INFO: Neal Drobnis or of Broadway, Hollywood and the of Spain ." RI 02906. Dartmouth, 285 Westport Rd ., Hit Parade. Lucy Flam, 861-8800, ext. 107 wwwjvhri.org II NATION Jewish Voice ~ Herald March 5, 2010 PAGE 11 Habonim youth learn how to 'repair the world' D. C. conference offers communal song, 11i Students' views of L'Taken prayer, study and Rachel Zeltzer: One {for­ voices heard. merly homeless} man told about Josh _ Zucker: My favorite action how his lift drastically changed. part of the trip was all the sight­ H e began to turn his lift around seeing. Walking around George­ Bv R ABBI A NDR EW K LEIN and he now is the director of a town, with the ability to explore, Special to 1he Voice & H erald huge homeless organization. H e was incredible. We explored all of Washington, D .C . -H ave you ever inspired me to never j udge and the museums. I was surrounded by I spent four days and nights with 300 always help people in need. people of my religion; it was nice high school students? Traveling Ashley Daugherty: Meeting that Jews couldfeel like the major­ with [legislative} assistants made ity. I through security, visiting national I monuments and museums, study­ me realize that I could really make Greg Fain: One of the most I ing how our legislative process a difference. It was also a really memorable things was visit­ works, making presentations to great opportunity to meet a lot of ing the H olocaust Memorial. I congressional staffers? If not - you Jewish kids. Although this was my second time 1 don't know how much fu n you're Amy Entin: 1he best part of going to the Memorial, it was still I missing! the trip was the service we went as moving the second time. Yet I Fro m Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, I was to. It was amazing to realize that the Memorial was not entirely a privileged to accompany nine Con­ there were 300 other Jews in the "humanity is hell" lesson, there fi rmation students from Temple room and we were all singing is an entire wall covered in the H abonim on just such a trip. We together. 1he trip was a great names of people who resisted the joined other high school students bonding time for our class. Nazis. and chaperones from all ac ross the Willy Gutman: My favorite D evon Wallick: Going to country fo r the Religious Action part was lobbying the {stajf] of services everyday, and being able 1Center's (RAC) L'Taken High our {Members of Congress}. Our to spend a lot of time together has School Seminar, an intensive fo ur- group consisted of nine high school inspired me to continue to learn day study retreat that foc uses on students, and they treated us as and do more. I also loved being Jewish values and social justice. if we were important politicians. able to learn about not only the "L'Taken" is a H ebrew word After seeing what these people do, issues in the world today, but the meaning "to repai r," and learning I might want to enter politics at Jewish perspective on those issues. another way to repair the world / Ra bbi Andrew Klein some point. Rachel Hill: Meeting so many HABONIM'S STUDENTS went to Washington, D.C. earlier this year Melanie Chitwood: My people from around the country is exactly what our students did. for a Religious Action Center conference. Pictured are. bottom, from Saturday shuk was on the green was really cool because we all had Students learned how to express left. Ashley Daugherty, Melanie Chitwood, Devon Wallick, Josh movement and climate change. something in common ... being their political view points to their Zucker and Rachael Zeltzer; top, Amy Entin, Greg Fain, Rachel Hill 1he shuk made me realize the dis­ R eform Jews. I loved {that} they elected offi cials and to become and Willie Gutman. effective advocates for their beliefs. tinct connection between J udaism really showed how you as an indi­ They made presentations to staff In addition, H abonim students watched our kids leading worship, and advocacy. L'Taken taught me vidual can make a huge difference. at the offices of Senators Jack Reed lead Shabbat morning services fo r being adventurous and making that, although the R eform move­ L'Taken showed me exactly how and Sheldon W hitehouse and of the entire conference~ two of our new friends, engaging each other ment is relatively small, if we I could go about making a differ· Rep. Patrick Kennedy; students students - Amy Entin and Mela­ at a deeper level, and really looking work together we can maR.e our ence. shared their views on current leg­ nie Chitwood - chanted Torah. out fo r each other as "family." islative bills about which they felt My heart was fi lled with pride as I passionate.

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Middletown Public Library, 700 11 a.m. West Main Rd ., Middletown th MORE INFO: 793-2520 or For details call 401-463-3636 by March 16 1 p.m. mferreira@life span.org Drawing on March 21 •1 wwwjvhri.org PAGE 12 Jewish Voice ~ Herald March 5, 2010 COMMUNITY LOCAL: Jewish community welcomes J Street Rhode Island From Page 1 ideological and demographic reali­ The large turnout at the event ties are different in every era, and increasingly concerned that, if there exceeded organizers' expectations. that giving in to despondency and It demonstrated, said Kaye, "the was no settlement of the situation despair were counter to Jewish soon, Israel would soon be either need for an articulate Jewish liberal teachings and to our highest human not Jewish or not democratic. voice that is pro-Israel but also sup­ strivings. Hillis-Jaffe described several ports more pressure on all parties to J Street's debut nationally in April move quickly to a two-state solu­ ways to get involved. In addition 2008 in the W ashington lobbying tion." to the national lobbying offi ce scene has provoked some contro­ "Eighty percent of Jews are lib­ in Washington, D .C., J Street versy. Some conservative Jewish eral," said Louis Gitlin, another consists of J Street Local, wh ich groups and hawkish Israeli gov­ event organizer who was presiding does grass roots organizing and errun~nt o!ficials h~ve questio~ed J over the wine table. "There is now a education, J Street PAC, a sepa­ 1 Street s claim to be pro-Israel. long-ove rdue liberal advocacy group rate entity to allow fo r poli tical Kaye estimated that the impres­ on Israel to articulate their views." contributions, and J Street U, the sive host committee, which featured campus affiliate. Sophie Manuel, Elizabeth H ollander served on the several government representatives, a Brown University student who planning committee for the Feb. 24 local rabbis, prominent local doc­ attended the event, is the national event. tors and business people, including head of] Street U. philanthropist Alan Shawn Fein­ For more information about] Street Attendees watched a brief video stein and members of the Jewish Rhode Island, contact rhodeisland@ of Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive Federation of Rhode Island Com­ j street.org. 1he Web site for J Street is director of J Street in Washing­ munity Relations Council, helped wwwjstreet.org. ton, D.C., addressing remarks to demonstrate wide-ranging support the kick-off audience. Ben-Ami for the group. emphasized the diverse reasons that JUDY KAYE , left, and Jan ette Hill es-Jaffe answer questions at th e Q&A sess ion during t he J Street Rhode Island kickoff on ------brought people to the event, includ­ Wednesday, Feb. 24. ing a sense that the peace process Snowbirds, take note! has stalled, that the United States prospects for Middle East peace. also attended, including fo rmer and all parties in the Middle East Later, those interested broke up into United States Senator Lincoln E HOPE you have line. Providing an accurate cou.ld do more, and that liberal Jews working groups to plan strategy. Chafee, State Representative D avid W enjoyed receiving The date of return assures uninter­ often felt intimidated speak------Segal, and the D eputy Consul- Voice & Herald at your sea­ rupted delivery of The Voice & ing up. " 1 h b ]k • General from the Israeli Con- sonal address. If you have Herald to your home address. M any Jews also feared Peop e ave een ta 1ng sulate in Boston, Rony Yedidia. not yet notified us of the Welcome back! they could not reconcile their about peace for decades. Balloons, wine, a bagel spread, date you will be returning love of Israel and commit- and a klezmer band, Yarmulkazi, home, please call r------~~-----~ ment to Jewish values with What makes you think that a group of Brown University 401.421 .4111 ext. the continued policy of occu- students, made fo r a festive 177, or email us - pation and illegal settlement peace is achievab1e now?" atmosphere, but also belied the at voiceherald@ expansion. difficulties ahead. People have JFRl .org. Include During the question and been talking about peace fo r your name, home address and answer session, Judy Kaye, The event drew a diverse crowd decades, one questioner observed. return date, and co-chair of the event and the host including academicians, business "What makes you think that peace also add the word for the evening, and Hillis-Jaffe and professional people and local is achievable now?" he asked. "Snowbird" to fielded questions on J Street and the rabbis. Several government officials Kaye answered that political, the email subject

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Jewish social activists of North America; and Henry CRCs his plans for the Cisneros, the former mayor of March 4 "Israel Technol­ convene in Dallas San Antonio and Secretary of ogy Day" that will take Housing and Urban Develop­ place this week. Bv VOICE & HEHALD STAFF ment in the Clinton adminis­ As for other actions [email protected] tration; and Abraham Foxman, taken at the JCPA national director of the Anti- DALLAS - Marty Cooper, plenum, the group passed director of the Community Defamation League, among a resolution backing the others, speak. Relations Council (CRC) for repeal of "Don't Ask, As member of the panel, the Jewish Federation of Rhode Don't Tell" (the current "Iran at a Crossroads: Com­ Island; David Leach, CRC chair; Department of Defense and Maxine Richman attended munity Responses," (about policy about gay and the risks of Iran acquiring and the Jewish Council for Public lesbian members of the Affairs (JCPA) plenum. Held using nuclear weapons), Cooper military); the Orthodox in late February in Dallas, the shared with the audience what Union abstained from event had as its theme B 'Yachad: Rhode Island's CRC is doing voting on the resolution. in this regard. "We have legis- Building Bridges - Acting In total, the plenum Together." lation pend­ attendees voted to The JCPA - ing at the approve 10 resolutions, the umbrella "There was a rea1 Statehouse including a resolution organization urging the calling for legislation, of CRCs, the focus on lsrae1 , state to health measures and early National Coun­ divest itself education to reduce the especia11y with the of pen­ cil of Jewish risk of breast cancer that Women, Hadas­ sion funds Richman was instrumen­ boycott, divestment /Ross Skeegan sah, Anti-Defa­ of compa­ tal in pushing for; and ABRAHAM FOXMAN, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, mation League and sanctions nies that another resolution - that speaks at the 2010 JCPA plenum in Dallas. and the Ortho- are doing was co-sponsored by the bu s in ess dox Union (BDS) movement." A s a result of our meetings in arenas. Be prepared to act to RI CRC - -calling for welcomed Marty Cooper in Iran," Dallas, I have a better under­ stop the BDS movement against action against usurious prac­ some 200 lead- he said. standing of the BDS problem Israel." tices. "Nationally, ers from around ------and what other C RCs are doing. In addition, Richman chaired The 2011 ]CPA plenum will we've met the country who heard Michael It gives us an opportunity to a workshop, "Kehilat Tzedek: be held March 5-8, 2011 in with our congressional delega­ Oren, Israel's ambassador to the develop a strategy to deal with Beyond the Canned Food Washington, D.C. tion three times to talk about United States (who spoke earlier the issue." Drive" about meaningful social Iran." this year here at Brown Uni­ In an email during the plenum, action and advocacy. For more information about the There was a "real focus on versity); William Daroff, vice Leach wrote, "Look for direc­ A s Leach wrote in another CRC or its role with ]CPA, contact Israel," said Cooper, "especially president for public policy and tion and action to oppose efforts email, "Little Rhody is being Marty Cooper at 421-4111, ext. with the boycott, divestment fhe director of the Washington to delegitimize Israel locally and well-represented." 171 or [email protected]. and sanctions (BDS) movement. office of the Jewish Federations in the national and international Cooper also shared with other

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Adolescents ers, nonprofit groups and govern­ high school students now study school students have calisthenics struggling with weight issues, ments to help. SCHOOL GARDENS culinary arts. And last year Kids and organized sports (using though, might access the weight On Feb. 9, she officially The Jewish Community Day First, a Rhode Island nonprofit Br o wn 's control programs offered at The launched "Let's Move," a nation­ organiza- Miriam Hospital's wide campaign to promote Weight Control healthy lifestyles and end child­ and Diabetes hood obesity - within one gen­ Research Center. eration. An ambitious goal, Center Director it's one she believes must Rena Wing, be addressed now. "I don't Ph.D. and want our kids to live dimin- co ll abo r ato r ished lives because we failed Elissa Jelalian, to step up today... what is Ph.D., both fully within our control. .. is professors of to give them the very best psychiatry and start in their journeys," said human behavior, the First Lady at the cam­ lead a team of paign launch. -~ ::t'i profe ss ional WHY IT MATTERS ,· ~ · e x e r c i s e According to the CDC, ->~ - physiologists, overweight youth face risks '·f<:: -._ reg i s t e red of heart disease, Type II ~ dieticians and diabetes, high blood pres­ ~-·, psychologists; sure, high cholesterol, certain the Center's cancers and other chronic ~~ multidisciplinary conditions. One study t:.' a p p r o a c h showed that children's lives to promote might be shortened by two to weight loss and five years due to obesity; over­ maintenance weight children are more likely /JCCRI focuses on healthy eating, to be overweight or obese adults. SWIMMING - at the JCCRI pool - is an excellent form of exercis e for children of all ages . exercise, and behavior modification. Becoming a healthy adult starts "There has been much more with being a healthy child. School OCDS) in Providence nearby track and field) ; recess tion, led a "Healthy Eating" year­ work done with school-age chil­ And, the country takes a finan­ dren than with adolescents, with is already there, with a second offers time to play, shoot hoops long program to teach parents and cial beating for obesity-related behavioral weight control inter­ copsecutive year of spring V and jump rope. The annual school teachers basic nutrition concepts. medical conditions. National data ventions," said Jelalian. Though plantings underway. "Each class production for the high school indicate an annual price tag ofS150 TUE MlluM1 HOSPITAL teens strive for independence and has its own plot," said Renee girls requires dance practices billion;· Rhode Island Department PROGRMI autonomy, parents can help teens Rudnick, assistant head of JCDS. and rehearsals that keep the girls of Health says the state spends "We already moving. Feed your children whole See EN DING, Page 21 some $227 mil------have herbs for grain, high-fiber foods - digested lion each year on Passover! " weight-related "1 don't want Last year medical costs. our kids to 1ive more than 100 "C hildhood students ages obesity is a prob­ diminished 1ives 4 to 14 par­ lem in Rhode Island," said the because we fai1ed ." ticipated in the ]CDS' com­ department 's munity gardens director, David Michelle Obama project (last R. Gifford, MD, ------year's enroll- MPH. "One of ment included the middle school, every five kids [here] is obese when now closed); this year, 83 students they enter kindergarten. It is time are preparing the garden beds - to break the obesity cycle." with a little volunteer help from .'A--todLrn .Japamse. Cuisine., and Lounge. WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? parents. "The children plant it [the In encouraging parents and garden], work it, and experience children to make smarter food the satisfaction of growing - and he only Manhattan StYle and Quality Japanese Restauran choices and become more physi­ taking home - their own fresh cally active, "Let's Move" focuses vegetables," said Rudnick, speak­ in Rhode Island on schools. Each school day, some ing of the corn, tomatoes, basil, Hi!!hlv Innovative Dishes featurinl!, 11 million kids and 31 million eat other fresh herbs and different let- breakfast and lunch respectively at tuces. Edamame Soup school, thus consuming some 30 Families can also purchase addi­ Wasabi Tuna Salad to 50 percent of their daily caloric tional fresh greens grown there Tuna or Salmon Carpaccio intake in those school meals. and last year, the cafeteria made The Institute of Medici ne, an tomato sauce from student-grown Tuna Wasabe Dumplings independent, nonprofit orga­ tomatoes. The gardens, on school Yell owtail Jalapefio nization that advises decision grounds, include a composting Pan Atlantic Salmon makers and the public, recom­ area. Grill ed Black Cod mends schools eliminate junk GETTING FIT IS KEY food; decrease sugar, fat, and salt; Miso Chilean Sea Bass Physical activity is also part of and increase fruits, vegetables and THE HIGHEST QUALITY SUSHI IN RHODE ISLAND "Let's Move." 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You should N noodles (preferably alphabet) Wash and chop all the vegeta­ assemble all the ingredients before 0 onion bles to bite size. putting your soup pot on the stove. P peas Melt butter in a large pot. Add quarts (2) of chicken broth onion, leek, scallion, jalapeno and Ingredients Q R radishes saute until soft. A asparagus S salt to taste Pour chicken stock into onion B butter T turnip mixture and add the rest of the C carrots U us (you and me working ingredients, except for X and U, of D dill together) course. E ear of corn V vegetable mix (1 package, Turn the heat up to high and stir F fennel frozen) until very hot. G green beans W water chestnuts, sliced Turn the heat down to medium/

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low, cover and simmer until veg etables and noodles are tender. Sit down at a table set with : soup bowl, spoon and napkin. Ladle soup into bowls and taste It's time for X. Kiss the cook1 Tak< your spoon and scoop up alphabe1 letters that you can read or make into words. Share your words with u. If you are not too hungry and have plenty of time, try to think of categories like names or feeli ngs, or colors that you can "fish" out of the bowl with your spoon. Enjoy! I designed this recipe to use with a group of children of different ages during a "Choosing" at Moses Brown Lower School. Obviously, we did a lot of hand- and vegetable­ washing before starting to assemble the ingredients. We read the ingre­ dients list while children helped to identify each item and its begin­ ning letter. Older children helped younger ones with the chopping and cut­ ting. There are so many learning experiences that can occur during the preparation: how to use cook­ ing tools safely, naming things that begin with each letter of the alphabet, identifying places you've been that start with a specific letter, guessing how many words you know that start with a letter (like QJ, explaining what your favorite letter is and why, thinking about why X stands for kiss ...The list is endless! Older children can be prompted to come up with their own ques­ tions or to share memories/experi­ ences that they've had with cooking. 00 You will be surprised at how many Save $t spontaneous associations arise from obb any 2 can6 ob these conversations. Sea6on Tuna While the soup is cooking, the children should help with cleanup and table setting. 111111111111111111111 11 11 11 111 111111111111 11 11111111111111111111 Another option is a cozy read of 5 70303 1 20 33 5 (8101 )0 31306 0110 Stone Soup by Marcia Brown, or you RElAllEA Ttie Ma11iscl'lllwlllCO ,,.,.,t1nltlu!M'YQl,llo"" ptl piodtlct [)IJICIU5«1 Coopon ont,' Q'x-1 In llSA. See SOUP, Page 19 ~------~wwwJvhri.org FOOD/COOl{ING Jewish Voice ~Herald March 5, 2010 PAGE 19 Local agriculture, fresh food and public health Farmers markets more affordable at a time when a by providng the freshest, healthi­ SOUP: Involve the whole family record number of Rhode Islanders est foods possible in grocery stores, to make savory soup offer fresh, healthy are using SNAP, the new name for corner stores and neighborhood food stamps. farmers markets around the state. From Page 18 Marilyn Friedman's favorite produce and more This past year Farm Fresh RI While summer farmers mar­ can Google "Stone Soup Story" thing to do, when she's not busy ran "Bonus Bucks," a SNAP kets won't open until June, local and get the gist of it. Children with the Women's Alliance of Bv HANNAH MELuo ' AND incentive program funded by foods are still available all winter never get tired of this story and the Jewish Federation of Rhode NOAH F ULMEH the Wholesome Wave Founda­ and spring at the Pawtucket Win­ it reinforces the sense of their Island, the National Council of Special to 1he Voice & Herald tion and the RI Foundation that tertime Farmers Market. With own experience. Jewish Women or 1he Miriam matched, in part, SNAP dollars. 50 vendors, including farmers, Cooking isn't as much fun Hospital's Women's Association, A TIME when our The Bonus Bucks program drew cheese-makers, bakers, and more, without the eating that follows. is spending time with her grand­ ocal farms are growing hundreds of low-income families the Wintertime Farmers Market is Make the most of celebrating children, Matthew and Eric. A nd the local food econ­ to our summer and wintertime a hub for fresh, local foods. the delicious creation cl.at took my is enjoying great farmers market each week to pur­ The Wintertime Market offers only 26 ingredients to complete! success, Farm Fresh Rhode Island chase fresh foods with their SNAP vegetables - root crops, such as ("Farm Fresh RI") wants every dollars. More than $30,000 was potatoes, onions, carrots, turnips, Rhode Islander to have access to spent by low-income families at and parsnips - that store well and our (Rhode Is)land of plenty. the farmers markets; that's a lot of are plentiful. Try root vegetables Cooking up a Grandparents' Agriculture stagnated for many healthy foods and a huge boost to roasted, in soups, pasta dishes Corner cookbook decades, in part, because farms farmers' incomes. and more. Sign up for our weekly and fresh food became increas­ Farm Fresh RI believes that newsletter at the market that fea­ want your The cookbook, due to come ingly irrelevant to people's lives. linking low-income consumers tures new recipes and cooking We out in spring of 2010, will So, going forward, how do we to fresh, local foods is an impor­ ideas. At the market you can also child-friendly include recipes, anecdotes ensure that Rhode Island agricul­ tant solution to the health crisis find apples, cabbage, salad greens and drawings by grandpar­ ture reaches every Rhode Islander? in America. Diets high in fruits and winter squash. And, don't recipes ents and grandchildren that How do we ensure that every and vegetables have been consis­ forget to shop for meats, seafood, are related to the recipes and Rhode Islander feels invested in tently linked to improved health, cheeses, eggs, milk and jams! BY NrcoLE KATZMAN photographs. · our farms and our food, and that weight loss and weight mainte­ As the days get longer and [email protected] PJ Library has created an our farmers have a stake in our nance. Farmers markets' products warmer, leafy greens such as col­ cities and towns? HE PJ LIBRARY easy template for grandpar­ are fresh-picked and only travel a lards, kale, spinach and lettuces Farmers markets are one way TGrandparents' Corner, ents t9 follow; recipes can be short distances to reach the con­ will be increasingly available; that rural and urban Rhode Island a program of the Bureau of submitted either electronically sumer. Fresh food tastes better and asparagus will appear around mid­ can connect. By running farmers Jewish Federation of Rhode or by 'snail mail,' in handwrir­ is affordably priced, when it is in April. markets in Providence, Pawtucket Island and the Jewish Fed­ ten form; pictures need to be season. Farmers markets also edu­ and Woonsocket, Farm Fresh RI 1he Wintertime Farmers Market eration of Rhode Island, _are submitted electronically and cate customers about agriculture provides ways for city folks to par­ is open every Saturday through May 'cooking up' an interactive, clearly labeled. You will be and where our food comes from. ticipate in local agriculture, and from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. al the Hope multi-generational cookbook asked to sign a release so that First Lady Michelle Obama for local agriculture to play a role Artiste Village in Pawtucket. project. The committee of we can use the picture in the is bringing attention to many of in the city. These markets provide Noah Fulmer is the executive cooks is chaired by Barbara cookbook. these issues through "Let's Move," an important source of fresh fruits director and Hannah Me/lion is the Sheer and inspired by Francine Recipes should be child­ her new anti-obesity campaign and vegetables in many neigh­ markets coordinator at Farm Fresh Beranbaum, a grandmother friendly, taste good and be easy (see story on page 1, "Childhood borhoods and are a key source of Rhode Island. Visit the Web site: and avid cook who loves to prepare. obesity hits home''). We believe income for many farms. This win­ wwwfarmfreshri.org. spending time in the kitchen !fyou want to share your reci­ that local agriculture can play an win is helped by innovative pro­ with her grandchildren. pes and/orpictures with us, please important role in her campaign, grams that make these foods even Beranbaum, who recently contact Nicole Katzman at 331- taught her granddaughters, 0956, ext. 180 or nkatzman@ Brooke and Isabelle, to make bjeri.org. homemade applesauce using Nicole Katzman is the direc­ the same tools that her grand­ tor of1he PfLibrary and Shalom mother used in the kitchen Baby programs of the Bureau THANKYOU years ago, said, "There is some­ of Jewish Education of Rhode thing beautiful about passing Island and the Jewish Federa­ for voting Pizzico Ristorante down recipes from generation tion of.Rhode Island. She holds to generation." a MAT and MA in education from the Rhode Island School of Design. 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They included plenty of Rhode Bake 425 for 15 minutes. Island regulars, and Marvin Ham­ Finely shred cabbage and mix Turn oven down to 375 for lisch, Morley Safer, Sammy Davis, all ingredients together. 40 minutes. Jr., and John F. Kennedy, Jr., when Put in a soup pot and bring to Top with sweetened whipped he was a Brown student. a boil. Reduce heat and cook for cream and sprinkle with nuts. Solomon remembers the time many hours. Cabbage should be Serves 8; recipe is from and date she sold Lloyds - at 3 very soft and tender. Lloyds. p.m. on June 10, 1988. "It took The next day, cook again - five owners before India bought simmer, simmer and simmer Banana fudge pie the property and made the corner again. Ingredients a success," she wrote in an email. If soup gets too thick, add a little 1 pie crust, baked "No one could make Lloyds a water, tomato soup or ch.icken 3/4 cup Nestle chocolate winner after I sold. [I] couldn't broth. The more it cooks, the· chips convince anyone that th~re is more better it is. 3 cups whipped cream to a restaurant than serving food." Make days ahead of when you 2 eggs beaten Although the Solomon daugh­ want to serve it. 1/4 cup sugar ters - Gail, Jamie and Judi - Serves 12-14; recipe is from 2 medium bananas, sliced weren't regulars in the restaurant, Anita Solomon's kitchen. Solomon calls them all "excellent Barbequed brisket Method cooks. They're better than I ever Ingredients In saucepan, melt chocolate knew how to be. And I always chips over low heat and remove 3 pounds single cut brisket liked baking more than I did from heat. 1 cup ketchup cooking." Stir in 1 cup whipped cream, 1/2 cup brown sugar Basic quiche eggs and sugar. Mix well. 1/2 cup cider vinegar Pour into baked crust and In gredients 1 package dry onion soup mix bake at 350 for 28 to 32 minutes 8 eggs Method or until crust is lightly browned. 2 pints half-and-half Place brisket in 9x13 pan. Mix Cool 10 minutes. Chill for one 4 cups sliced fresh mushrooms hour. 3-4 cups diced onions remaining ingredients together and pour over brisket. Cover Layer bananas and remain­ 12 ounces grated cheese ing whipped cream onto pie. nutmeg, salt and pepper, onion tightly with foil. Bake for 3-and-1/2 hours at 375 Top with remaining chocolate powder to taste ,,. chips. Garnish with 'banana or until fork tender. unbaked pie shell slices, if desired. Remove and let cool. Method pineapple 48 ounces spinach or broccoli, Keep refrigerated. Slice meat against the grain and 1 pound powdered sugar chopped and cooked, or 48 ounces Blend first five ingredients in Serves 8; recipe is from Lloyds. put it back in sauce to reheat. salmon food processor. Method .,:"' Freezes well. Method Stop and add the flour, baking Mix all ingredients together and Serves 10-12; recipe is from soda, baking powder and salt. Press pie shell into plate. frost a cooled carrot cake. Anita Solomon's kitchen. Saute diced onions (optional). Blend again and pour ingredi­ ents into a large bowl. Add nuts, Mix all other ingredients Carrot cake with cream This makes more than enough Send us your together and pour into shell. cheese frosting raisins and pineapple. for one carrot cake; recipe is from Mix well and divide into two nostalgic food Bake at 350 until firm and 1 pound carrots - sliced Lloyds. brown, for approximately 45-60 greased 9-inch cake pans. memories 4 eggs Bake at 350 for about 35 min­ Apple cream supreme minutes. 1 cup oil utes. Ingredients PROVIDENCE - What memories This makes four 9-inch quiches, 2 cups sugar do you have of Lloyds? What were so if you're not ready to host a Frost with cream cheese frosting 9 inch pie crust 1 heaping tablespoon cinnamon (see recipe below) your favorite menu items and crowd, get out your calculator and 4 large apples, peeled and sliced 2 cups flour Serves 12; recipe is from Lloyds. which location did you visit most do some division! Recipe is from 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/4 cup flour often? Lloyds. 1 teaspoon baking soda Cream cheese frosting 3/4 cup sugar For many of us, childhood Cabbage Soup 1/2 teaspoon salt Ingredients 1/2 pint half-and-half cream memories of foods are among 7 ounces white raisins 1 tablespoon cinnamon Ingredients 1 pound cream cheese our most evocative - whether 1 cup chopped nuts 1 pound margarine 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg it was the macaroni and cheese 2 pounds cabbage 1 8-ounce can well-drained 8 ounces well-drained crushed your mom made (homemade or 3 cans tomato soup pineapple Method for those less fortunate, from a box) or the matzah ball soup your bubbe made every Pesach. Some 'Wiim Quality; Mallo& of those memorable meals, may have taken place at Lloyds or at Casual far Your Vimu!r, another long-gone Rhode Island venue. ~ !J.uality; of Your Ww,, Share your memories with us and we will publish the best of Elegant Sluudd TOil,,. them. 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The post-war houses of fessed their faith, not only in Juda­ ofs ecurity in as conferring equality upon Juda­ mowing to his many civilian worship were architecturally asser­ ism, but in being Jewish. ism: "In terms of religion, we are responsibilities. There was now a tive, bold and, to an objective eye, This was the transformative post-World War II now in the major leagues and the well-trodden pathway from the almost Nordic. These air-condi- generation of Jews who knew of playing fields are now level." inner cities to the Levittowns and tioned sanctuaries, constructed the shtetls, pogroms, wanderings, ESIDENTIAL areas A maritime tragedy reinforced then to the Scarsdales of America. on prominent avenues, provided steerage accommodations and djacent to, but geo­ the belief that Judaism, the reli­ The sense of full citizenship a proud community center for the fi lthy tenements solely as historic graphically separated gion, was of equal stature with the spread in many directions. Jews, in newly suburbanized Jewish com­ happenings of the nebulous past. rom, the larger city, Christian faiths. An American large numbers, now sought elected munity. And, more often than not, Their parents were the pioneers have been given many names. troopship, the USAT Dorches­ public office, entered such here­ the subjects for discussion from the who sacrificed to enable their off- England in the 14th century called ter, was torpedoed in the North tofore unknown vocations bimah were the current inequities them the "purlieus," a Norman­ Atlantic, on the night of Feb. 3, as the police force and in civil rights rather than French word, while contemporary 1943, with a heavy loss of lives. engaged in non-sectarian Americans are content with calling Four army chaplains - a Catholic activities. Even their syn­ them "outskirts," suburbs or merely priest, two Protestant ministers agogues reflected the sea the "burbs" (to be distinguished and a rabbi - were aboard. And change for that genera­ from the "hoods" when life-preserver jackets ran out, tion of American Jews which designate they relinquished theirs to young who were tempered districts within recruits. The chap- the inner cities). lains were last seen To the Jews embracing each dominated Boston Brahmin of the 1920s other on the sink­ "Synagogues now arose in the society. "And where do you and l 930s, the ing deck. The story purchase your hats?" he asked. midrash. suburbs repre­ touched the hearts suburbs, no longer nondescript They responded in astonishment, was the sense of secu­ sented forbidden of many; and Jews structures languishing on back "We have our hats!" The mem­ territory, both whispered ro them­ rity experienced by bers of this Jewish generation, Stanley a barrier and a selves, "We are fully this Jewish generation less ambivalent about their Judaic Aronson, M.D. streets. The post-war houses goal. In 1930, at American." that the temple became roots, are now confident of a valid an arena where other the onset of the And when that of worship were architecturally place in society. No longer are they peoples' problems were Great Depression, more than 80 generation of hesitant about their hats - even the primary issue for percent of American Jews called American Jews assertive, bold and, to an objective when these are yarmulkes. They serious contemplation large cities their home; and those returned to civil- have truly arrived. eye, almost Nordic." and subsequent com­ who lived elsewhere generally ian life, the vision munity-based action. resided in small towns, but almost of a home without Stanley M. Aronson, M.D., the This truly was a new never in those restricted regions at fire escapes, a street founding dean of Brown's medical the suburban margins of cities set without teeming crowds and push­ both by the Depression and the species ofJudaic eccle- school and a retired physician, can be siasticism. Geographic names such apart by architecture, atmosphere carts, and a front door not leading annealing years of warfare. reached at [email protected]. as Haiti, Bosnia, Gaza or Sudan and attitude. into 32 tenement apartments was Synagogues now arose in the would have never been mentioned World War II marked a fault immensely appealing. Builders suburbs, no longer nondescript in the American synagogues of the line in the lives of American converted farmlands into thriving Jews. Large numbers entered the suburbs such as Levittown, east of military; and upon their return to Brooklyn, where simple bungalow­ JFS 40+ social group launches civilian status, the sense of being type private homes were attrac­ a segregated minority had dimin­ tively priced for those now seeking Bv NANCY T110M,1s SLACK ished. The ubiquitous dogtag dan­ starter homes. Special to The Voice & H erald gling around their necks was more The older, established suburbs, PROVIDENCE - More than 65 than a means of identification. It in the past restricted by the bar­ of the 100 or so people who have proclaimed the bearer's religion as riers of income, religion and eth- expressed interest in the newly formed Jewish Family Service QFS) 40+ social group attended an "interested parties" meeting Are you looking for a on Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Hotel rewarding Jewish Providence. After Erin Minior, chief execu­ education for your tive officer, and Elisa Heath, president, talked about JFS' ser­ children and your vices, Patricia Raskin, host of the WPRO-AM radio program, "Pos­ family? itive Living with Patricia Raskin," engaged everyone in conversation. Participants expressed interest Temple Sinai, aReform Jewish in activities as diverse as hiking, synagogue conveniently located in dancing, studying genealogy and starting a dream circle. Individu­ Cranston, is now accepting als were encouraged to share more registrations for our award-winning ideas and to complete informa­

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Eastside Prescrip­ For more information, contact to increase the quality of people's tion donated a basket of fine wines Nancy Thomas Slack, JFS' direc­ lives, and to expose them, infor­ for raffie, and EastSide Market­ 30 Hagen Ave., Cranston 942-8350 mally, to the programs offered tor of development, at 331-1244 or place provided a red rose for each [email protected]. by JFS. It helps us reach out participant. Ledgemont Country www.templesinairi.org while helping others to meet new wwwjvhri.org SENIORS Jewish Voice 8{_,Herald March 5, 2010 PAGE 27 As WE GROW OLDER Unfinished business Life is short, when But there are others who never horrific if the birthday honoree is and have the pleasure of seeing we would have wished. I could fill heard me verbalize how they someone who never forgets our them wear it. Write our own obit­ an arena with the seniors who are our lists are long enriched my life. It is easy to tell birthdays), neglecting to donate uary (a nightmare for survivors). heartbroken because they never your baby you love him but when to needy causes, neglecting to visit And put important papers where went to Israel. There were many baby becomes boy and when boy lonely people and forgotten prom- our heirs can find them and trust reasons they did not travel. It was IFE IS FULL of becomes man, those words feel ises. them enough that they are aware too expensive, or there was no one demands and wishes and less natural. And that is too bad As we age, we become more of our wishes. (It is true that we to leave the kids with. Or, they responsibilities - and L because that same individual needs narcissistic. We "paid our dues" cannot rule from the grave). had to grow old to realize what time limitations. And those reassurances even more and now "it's OUR And in a lighter vein, exam­ they missed out on. this becomes ever more obvious when dealing with adulthood. So time." But if we reach ine what we always My list of undone things is with every birthday. remember to tell our middle-aged wanted long. I never learned to swim. (I The lists of unachieved goals and sons, who towers over us, that we had lessons but was scared of neglected activities vary. The list love them. drowning. I have never of possessions we wished for and Friends need the same nur- a admitted this before.) never got, is usually lengthy. Aspi­ turance. Stop for a never conquered my dis­ rations for achievement are usually moment and think ------like for carrots, mushrooms, overly ambitious. And then we what life would be sharp cheese or cinnamon. I reach an age when, if we are sensi­ like without them. "To have meaning wish I had been more toler­ ble, we accept the limitations over Stop and think in our later years, ant of people who disagree which we have little or no control. how we miss those with me. Ftrst I was skinny- I But that does not free us of the friends whom we it is important to mean really skinny. And then I desire and the have lost. was overweight. Now, I would ability to evaluate In everyone's life still have goals." like to be svelte, or at least less what we should there are people ______obese. address and hope whose lives impacted to do and never Will I finish the unfinished in to complete. on us, but whose ing others who are willing to did, and what we always wanted the time I have left? Probably not, Some of it is paths in life took them and us to concentrate on our desires. to own but never did. because I have not listed even half simple and subtle different destinations. How many The unfinished business that is The question of possessions not the untended affairs -and I started and does not times have we sighed and said, "I discovered when our time is short­ acquired is easier to address. Partly receiving Social Security decades require genius or must call and find out how she is?" ening is very important because because age does a wonderful job ago. But to have meaning in your Terna wealth. And how often have we acted on of the probable shortness of time. of changing tastes, and partly later years, it is important to still Gouse Like most that thought? Life is short - get We need not turn into a "bleed­ because what we yearned for is have goals. It makes life mean- people of my gen­ with it! ing heart," but the kindnesses we now affordable and has therefore ingful. eration (old-old), We all have neglected enter­ undertake will enhance our lives lost most of its allure. I have lost many friends and rela­ Tema Gouse is a retired social prises. The books we liked but more than it will tax our bodies. The question of uncompleted tives whom I dearly loved. I feel worker. She can be reached at never finished, the mastering of Let our grandchildren fight over actions are more complex. For that many knew I cared for them [email protected]. baking a meringue, forgetting to our jewelry while we are living, many seniors there is regret at not even if I never voiced it. send birthday greetings (especially having traveled - or not as much as

JTA World Briefs Biden meets Jewish leaders favorably, an improvement over routines included music from sador Yuval Rotem had not yet Farrakhan blames Obama before Israel trip last year's total of 15 percent, plac­ "Schindler's List" and "H ava clarified Jerusalem's position on woes on Jews, whites ing it fourth from the bottom. Iran Nagila," and in one performance, the Jan. 20 assassination of Mah­ WASHINGTON CTTA) - Jewish WASHINGTON CTTA) - Louis continued to rank last, with a 10 Roman wore a yarmulke. moud al-Mabhouh. Farrakhan blamed the Jews, leaders, including Dan Shapiro, percent favorable rating. Executive Council of Austra­ among others, for President who handles Israel and its neigh­ Some 30 percent of Americans Bill would honor Miep Gies lian Jewry President Robert Goot bors for the National Security polled answered "yes, there will WASHINGTON CTTA) -A bill spoke publicly for the first time on Obama's difficulties. Council, and Dennis Ross, who come a time" to the question, "Do honoring the life of the woman March 1, saying the government In a 3-and-1/2-hour speech handles Iran, were expected to you think there will or will not who hid Anne Frank's family and had "acted correctly" by ordering marking Saviours' Day, a Nation meet with Vice President Joseph come a time when Israel and the salvaged her diary is winding its an investigation into the alleged of Islam holiday, the movement's leader told 20,000 followers in Biden before he tours the Middle Arab nations will be able to settle way through the U.S. H ouse of fraud. Chicago's United Center that East next week. their differences and live in peace?" Representatives. Meanwhile, Australia altered Obama's political difficulties came The Obama administration is The non-binding resolution seek­ its position on a U.N. vote last after he stood up to the Jewish pressing the Israelis and Palestin­ Jewish athletes take silver, ing to honor the life ofMiep Gies is Friday, abstaining on a resolution lobby at an Oval Office meeting. ians to return to talks. Israeli offi­ gold sponsored by Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy demanding that Israel and the "When they left the White cials have said that such talks could NEW YORK CTTA)- Two Jewish (D-Ohio) and has 60 co-sponsors. Palestinians investigate alleged House, his problems began," the start within weeks. The Palestin­ athletes took home medals at the G ies helped to hide the Frank war crimes during last year's war Chicago Sun-Times quoted Farra­ ians have said they want a freeze 2010 Winter Olympic Games in family from 1942 until they were in Gaza. Australia voted against khan as saying. on all Israeli settlement building turned in by an unknown infor­ a similar resolution three months Vancouver. Obarna's meeting last summer before they return to talks. mant in August 1944. ago. Steve Meisler won a gold medal with leaders of Jewish groups was The bill commends Gies, who Poll: Israel among Americans for the U.S. in the four-man Spanish students send mostly friendly, but there were died on Jan. 11, just shy of her most favored nations bobsled, pushing his team to a anti-Semitic cards to Israel differences over his administra­ 101st birthday, "for her bravery combined time of 3:24:46 in the tion's tone in dealing with Israel's JERUSALEM CTTA) - Israel during Nazi occupation of the Embassy four-heat race. Netanyahu government. ranked fifth among countries Netherlands and her dedication to ERUSALEM CTTA) - Israel's Jewish ice dancer Charlie White "The Zionists are in control of viewed most favorably by Ameri­ preserving the memory of Anne embassy in Madrid has received claimed a silver medal in ice danc­ Congress," Farrakhan said as he cans a new poll found. Frank and the Holocaust." dozens of postcards from Spanish ing along with partner Meryl listed a slew of Jewish economic Israel finished behind Canada, schoolchildren containing anti­ Davis. advisers, adding that the "blood­ Britain, Germany and Japan in a Australia PM 'not satisfied' Semitic messages. White's victory edged a fellow suckers of the poor" were rewarded February Gallup survey. Respon­ with Israel's explanation Israel lodged a fo rmal complaint ice dancer and American Jew, Ben with a bailout. dents were asked to provide their with the Spanish government Agosto, off the medal podium. SYDNEY, Australia CTTA) - Abraham Foxman, national opinions on a list of 20 countries charging that Spanish schools are Agosto and his partner, Tanith Australia's prime minister said he director of the Anti-Defamation that also included the Palestinian promoting anti-Semitic and anti­ Belbin, finished fourth. The pair was "not satisfied " with Israel's League, responded to Farrakhan's Authority. won a silver medal at the 2006 response regarding the use of three Israel ideas among young children. Some 67 percent answered that inflammatory remarks. games. Australian passports in the assas­ Some of the postcards read they have a favorable opinion of "It's the same Farrakhan: ugly Other Jewish competitors in sination of a senior Hamas official "Jews kill for money," "Leave the Israel, compared to 25 percent and anti-Semitic," Foxman said. ice dancing, ihe Israeli brother­ in Dubai. country to the Pales tinians" and with an unfavorable opinion. "With age he doesn't get milder, sister duo Roman and Alexandra Kevin Rudd said in a news con­ "Go somewhere where they will Some 20 percent of respondents he gets uglier." Zaretsky, finished 10th. Their ference on Feb. 26 that Ambas- accept you," Haaretz reported. viewed the Palestinian Authority wwwjvhri.org PAGE 28 Jewish Voice <'l(__Herald March 5, 2010 COMMUNITY Mourning is particularly heart-wrenching, with a young person's death Bv RABBI MORDECHAI The next phase is foc used on the to "normal." build a better world. Remem- the opportunity to share with you. RACKOVER mourners. In the most ancient cus­ On Shabbat, the mourners go to ber why he was here and why you With love and blessings fo r peace. temple or synagogue. They change toms, they sit for a week in a home still are - to grow and learn and SRAELIS ARE KNOWN on low chairs or pillows. They do their clothes, stretch their legs and achieve. We will emerge from our M ordechai R ackover is the rabbi at shed any public or visible signs of for many inventions. What not leave, they do not bathe, they grief with memory. We should also Brown/RISD H illel and associate mourning. On Shabbat, we rest Imany do not know is that the do not change clothes. No TV, emerge with a clearer sense of what University chaplain for the Jewish from mourning. considerable ingenuity that movies, Internet or distraction. we need to do, what ingenuities we community. H e can be reached at Those who were present Friday has brought flowers to the desert, Not even the study of our most can apply to the question of how [email protected]. victory in the face of massive beloved Torah. [Feb. 12] at Hillel did not witness a to make the world better and safer This was excerptedfrom the Brown armies and thousands of patents, All this for a week, as guests memorial service as they may have and more open to dialogue and Daily Herald's blog and reprinted expected. They witnessed a regular cures, discoveries and pieces of art, come and go. Relatives feed and with permission of the author and the has also been applied to the art of care for the needs of the mourn- week at Hillel, where normally 200 pe;;~~ with sincere love that I share Brown Daily Herald, Brow n Uni­ people come to celebrate them­ mourning. ers, who are the immediate family these words with the entire com­ versity's newspaper. selves, or God, or life , or Brown, We excel at mourning. We'd be and spouse of the deceased. This munity. I thank you for allowing me or rest. [On Feb. 12], 400 or more happy to not lead the world in this week is hard but healing. It allows came and celebrated Avi [Schae- category. for stories to be told and the neces- Mourning is ancient, and fer, who was killed the week Jews have, from our ancient before in Providence], his life tradition, many ideas and and the love he created. JCDS announces staff many modes. We begin with At the end of the seven days, the shock of learning of a the mourners change their leadership changes clothes and are accompanied death by tearing our cloth­ Renee will be transparent and on a short walk out of the Renee Rudnick to ing - a physical expression of seamless. I cannot tell you how house. They are releasi,d back the tearing of the fabric of the excited we are with this news. to a reality. Out of the cocoon, lead school universe. Then we plan and we Bob Sarkisian has been an excel­ on with life. Back to work. care. We wash the deceased, PROVIDENCE - In a March lent head of School and has Back to self-care. The mourn­ more carefully than we would 3 email communicatjon, Bruce improved our school in so many ers are not to fo rget, they are to a baby. We wrap the body and Wolpert, president of the Jewish ways. While we are chang­ re-appropriate their thoughts then we guard it. We do not Community D ay School OCDS) ing Renee's title (as part of the and grief. leave the departed alone, not board of trustees, announced strategic planning process that There are more periods, 30 even for a moment, until we that Irene (Renee) Rudnick the JCDSRI is undertaking), I days, eleven months and then return them to the earth from has accepted the position of am confident that Renee is well the anniversary of the death, which they were formed. principal/educational leader of prepared to provide us with the commemorated for all time by rela­ In the hours or days between "We excel at JCDSRI, effective July 1, 2010. leadership that we need, and tives, students and descendants. death and burial all we worry about His email continues: we look forward to great things I can tell you of many deaths that is the deceased, caring for the one mourning. We'd be "Many of you already know from Renee." will forever hurt. And so to the who can no longer care for him or Renee as she has been the Assis­ In the same announcement, happy to not lead Brown community finds itself with herself. We are exempt from all tant Head for our school during Wolpert said that Dan Gamm, a fresh wound in a shiva of sorts. other service to man or Creator - the current academic year. She who has children at JCDS, has the world in this The Gross-Schaefers on the other off the hook but for the care of the has been working very closely been nominated to serve as presi­ side of this vast country are sitting departed. category." with Bob Sarkisian, our cur­ dent of the board of trustees, and Next comes the funeral where low, surrounded by their friends rent head of school, and is well Guy Bermel, a JCDS parent, has and Avi 's. And we, here in Provi­ we are encouraged to speak in a respected within our commu­ been nominated to serve as trea­ dence, are looking to each other way that evokes grief. We simul­ sary movement from the depths of nity." surer. "I have worked closely for care and love. We also have a taneously bless and question. We despair forward and on with life. Rudnick, a Phi Beta Kappa with both Dan and Guy, and I chance to be in shiva together - also laugh and cry. Some sing No one is alone, no one can run graduate of Goucher College, am sure that they will do a great to hold hands and hug and talk and some recite. Always working away - the physical debasement has an M.A. in Near Eastern job," wrote Wolpert. and reminisce and, as we Jews are to create memory and to make us of the mourner reminds them of Judaic Studies from Brandeis "As we make the change in known to do, eat, sing and laugh. more mindful of our emotions to the gaping hole that is newly cre­ University. Rudnick has received our professional and lay leader­ Shiva will end. It must, and we move us along. ated, and that life will never return the prestigious Grinspoon­ ship, our goal is, and always has must go on. Accept Avi's challenge, Steinhardt National Award for been, to make JCDS a quality Excellence in Jewish Education. and financially responsible edu­ Further, Wolpert wrote, "Renee cational institution," he wrote. is a strong leader and exem­ The Jewish Community Day plary educator. We are confident School is a partner agency of the that the transition from Bob to Jewish Federation of Rhode Island.

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