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VOLUME LXXVIV, NUMBER 19 NISAN 10, 5753 / THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993 35t PER COPY Knesset Elects Ezer Weizman Celia Zuckerberg, Longtime Herald as Israel's Seventh President Editor, Dies at 74 by Cynthia Mann come under intense criticism by Anne S. Davidson JERUSALEM (JT A) - The for its inability to curb an unre Heuld Editor election last week of Ezer lenting wave of Arab violence. 4 Weizman to be Israel's seventh Al though Weizman was Celia G. Zuckerberg, 74 , a president is being seen here as favored to win, tension was in longtime editor of the RhoJ1• /s la11d Jrwis/i Herald , died March a much-needed victory for the (Continued on Page 6) beleaguered Labor Party. 27 at Miriam Hospital after a Weizman, 68, a national war brief illness. A resident of 506 hero and former defense min Morris Ave., Providence, she ister known for his outspoken Jewish Settler worked for the He rald from the individualism, was elected by late 1950s to the late 1970s, the Knesset on March 24 in a Kills an Arab holding the title of managing t'" 66-53 vote with one absten by Cynthia Mann editor for about 20 years. tion. JERUSA LEM UTA)-AJew But his victory over Ukud ish settler shot and killed a 20- "She was like a one-man Knesset member Dov Shi\ year-old Palestinian whose feet editor. This was her home ansky came only on a second and hands had been bound af away from home." ballot after an invalidated first ter he had stabbed another set ba\1ot, in which more votes tler in the West Bank. - Eleanor Horvitz were cast than the number of The shooting in Susia, a Jew Knesset members. ish settlement south of Hebron, Born in Providence, a daugh While Israel's presidency is a occurred against a backdrop of ter of the late Jacob and Fannie largely symbolic office, the vic rising right-wing ca lls fo r vigi (Krasnow) Horvitz, she had tory is seen as important for lantism against Palestinian ter also lived in Cranston. the Labor Party, which has rorism, which has shaken this Zuckerberg was office man country in a recent wave of vio ager for the Samaritans fo r nine A Nation Torn Apart: lence. yea rs fo llowing her career at In a separate incident, two Is the Herald. She retired a yea r Yugoslav Immigrant raeli park custodians were in ago. She was a 1940 graduate jured when Arabs shot at them of Pembroke College at Brown Tells of Travails in the northern Negev. {Continued on Page 18) by Omar Bradley He r.i ld Assistant Editor Homemade Haggadah Mosko Katan remembers his Emma Thorne, 5, reveals a giant matzah created by one of native Yugoslavia fondly be fo re the outbreak of warfare. her classmates in Fraidel Segal's kindergarten class at the " My country was totally differ Alperin Schechter Day School last week. See the Herald's special Passover supplement for story and more photos. ent. We were free to express ourselves as Jews, Christians or Htrald phola &y A,mt Davidson Muslims," Katan told the Her nld Monday on his way through Providence from Is Holocaust Survivors rael. Katan was worki ng as a technician in his own computer Dream Away Despair firm and li ving a comfortable life until the civil wa r broke out by Omar Bradley pressed any memory of the several years ago in Sarajevo. Her.ild Assistant Editor tragedy while another test The horrible, unimagineable group has remained adversely "My country {Yugoslavia} memories of the Holocaust tor affected by their experiences. ture its survivors. But for Dr. The experiments of the two was totally different. We Peretz Lavie, head of the Sleep groups took place in the sleep were free to express our Disorders Center at the Tech laboratori es at the Technion-Is selves as Jews, Christians rael Institute more than three nion-Israel In stitute of Tech or Muslims. " nology in Haifa, relief may only yea rs ago. be a dream away. Lavie, who holds degrees in - Mosko Katan Jn a phone interview with the physiological psychology, was Herald last week from Boston, investigating how the experi Si nce that time, Katan has Lavie explained how one group ences from the Holocaust af- immigrated to Israel with his of Holocaust survivors has su- (Continued on Page 14) family. He visited Providence ,rnd other areas of the United States on behalf of United Jew· Jewish Leaders Pledge Support 1sh Appeal. The agency plans to raise $1.2 billion for "Opera· in Meeting with Bosnian President tion Exodus," a plan to absorb I by Larry Yudelson The meeting was ca lled by million Jews from the former NEW YORK UTA) - Ameri lzetbegovic to thank the Jewish Soviet Union, according to the can Jewish leaders have prom community for its leading rote Jewish Federation of Rhode Is ised to increase their lobbying in trying to mobilize American land. The group hopes to pro of the U.S. government tQ take support for Bosnia . vide transportation for the im a stronger role in saving It came as the United Na migr.ints to Israel , wht;>rc they Searching tions was discussing whether will be resettled within the Bosnia-Herzegovina. Michael Entin, a Russian immigrant, and Yossi Laufer to enforce no-fly zones over country. The federation hopes They made this pledge in a perform the search and annulment of lhcchomet-z at a Cha bad Bosnian territory, which would to raise $4 . l million dollars to· meeting March 23 with Alija this open the way for NATO troops ward this effort beginning to· House demonstration on Sunday. See story in week's /;,,etbegovic, president of special Passover supplement. Mmlld pholoby Omar Brwlley Bosma Herzegovina 1 (Continued on Page!) \Continued on Pa.&e I~) 2 - THE RHODE IS LAND JEWISH HERA LD, THURSDAY, APRIL I, 1993 INSIDE THE OCEAN STATE Daffodil Week to be Celebrated at Blithewold ~~S? The period between April 10 grew wild in Western Europe through 18 has been desig and Great Brita in and was one :::iNEWS~ nated " Daffodil Week" at of the first flowering plants C) t-r-:, Blithewold Mansion and Gar chosen to embellish gardens in BRIEFS dens, 101 Ferry Road (Route these regions. ~ 114) Bristol. The week will pay Throughout " Daffodil tribute to the blossoming of the Week," self-guided tours of The 1993 Eart h Day Com daffodil, an event which sig Blithewold's grounds may be mittee would li ke to hear nifies the real end of wi nter taken from 10 am. to 5 p.m. from organizations planning and the arrival of authentic daily, and guided tou rs of both to sponsor environ mentally spring. the mansion and grounds will oriented events for Earth The name "daffodil " derives be available from 10 a.m. until Day 1993, which takes place from the Old Engl ish term 4 p.m., daily except April 12, April 17 . Deadline for sub "affo dyle" meaning "that when the mansion wi ll be mitted information is March which cometh early." A mem closed. 31. For more information, ber of the large and va ried nar For more information, ca ll call 272-3540. cissus family, the true daffodil, 253 -2707. or trumpet narcissus, once The Samaritans invites members and friends to at Health Fair Offers Exhibits, Prizes tend weekly meetings of Safe Place, which meets ev The National Education be held with prizes from Great ery Tuesday of each month Association Rhode Island Woods, rrovidence Performing from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 2 (NEAR[) will hold its second Arts Center. Johnson & John Magee St. Providence. For annual Health Fair on April 3 son, Stop & Shop, Holiday Inn more information, call 272- from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at its ,lt the Crossing, Warwick 4516. headquarters on 99 Bald Hill Musical Tent, etc. People need Road , Cranston. The Health not be present to win. The Sargent Chapter of Self Fair is open to alt NEARI mem Help for Hard of Hearing A COMMANDING VOICE - Canlor Edward Fogel s ings bers and the public. People invites the hearing Yiddish and Hebrew songs at th e Cantor's Spring Concert at Twenty-four booths will fea Library To Host impaired to attend its April Torat Yisrael in Cranston Saturday evening. ture informational literature, Talk, 'From I meeting at 229 Waterman Hua/d photo by Omar Brndl~y demonstrations, videos, foot St. from 6 to 8 p.m. For more baths, cholesterol checks, Bombs To Trees' information, call 467-9797. cooking dt>monstrations, blood The topic for the evening pressure checks, fa cials and Robert Brandenberger, asso Correspondents Wanted will be " A Way of Thinking more. One special exhibit is a ciate professor of physics at and Acting." If you would like to correspond fo r the Herald ~eat belt demonstration pre Brown University. will present by writi ng about what is happening in your community, sented by the Rhode Island a talk entitled " From Bombs to The Childbirth Education contact the editor at 724-0200. St,1te Police ·-convincer." Trees·· at the Cranston Public A door prize and raffle will Library, 140 Sockanosset Cross Association of Rhode Island Road, on April 6 at 7:30 p.m. is accepting applications for Professor Brandenberger, its Childbirth Educator co-director of the Brown Op Training Program. Dead tions Program, will focus on line is Aug. I . The March of Join thousands of readers who know what's the end of the Cold War and Dimes is offering scholar the necessity to convert our ships for two candidates. For going on in the Rhode Island Jewish Community... economy from a military econ more information or an ap omy to one that works for plication. call 467-2020. peace, iustice and a sound en vironment. Rhode Island College's The program is free and ABLE program will present s~,,et&i,e to tke open to the public. The library "Opportu nity an d Respon is accessible to the physically sibility for the Ph ysica lly handicapped. Challenged" on April 3 be ginning at 8:45 a.m. in the Faculty Center. Cyndi Jones, editor and publisher of 'Lighthouse Ladies' Maill strl'am Magazine will be Rhode Island the keynote speaker. For Coming to Cranston more information, contact Leslie Richmond at 658- Historical Society 4376, or call 944-9556 for registration forms or further Two authorities on Rhode information. Jewish Herald Island lighthouses wi ll be guest speakers at the April 20 "IN TOUCH WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY" meeting of the Cranston His The Rh ode Island Educa torical Society, 135 1 Cranston tional Oppartunity Center St. invites all low-income youth TIMELY FEATURES, LOCAL & SOCIAL EVENTS, Mildred Longo and Barbara and adults seeking financial EDITORIALS, BUSINESS PROFILES, AND OUR Caspar are often referred to as aid to apply for free aca "the Lighthouse Ladies" be demic, financi,11 and ca reer "AROUND TOWN'" SECTION HIGHLIGHT EVERY ISSUE! cause of their knowledge on counse li ng at Providence lighthouses, beacons and light CCRI Campus, Room 250, I stations. Bot h women ha ve Hilton St. Providence. For 't tt ,1uthored books and articles on more information, call 455 - l)os. ,..i,, ,ikf k os.e! the su bject. At one time, Gas 6028 Return the coup on below to su bscribe. Just $10 in Rhode Islan d par lived in three lighthouses on Block Island. Both are mem The lnTown Providence ($14 out of state) bri ng s you 52 issues th at wi ll inform and entertai n you. bers of the Warwick Historical YMCA wi ll conduct a swim Society . ming p rogram for handi A brief business meeting capped youths ages 6 to 15 will precede their illustrated who are Providence resi presentation. Refreshments dents. The program, which O $10 per yea r (RI resid ent) 0 $14 per year (out of state ) will be served. Plans are con runs for four seven-week tinuing for the Cranston His sessions once a week during toric,)! Society's annual '1ea the school year and two ses· Name market. The rain or shine sions a week during a 10 - Add ress ------event will be held on May 15 week summer program, fro m 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the charges no fee. For more in grounds of the Sprague Man fo rmation, cont.ict Jeffry sion. \'¥oods, program director, at Mail check to: Rho de Island Jewish Herald , P.O. Box 6063, Provi dence, RI 02940 Anyone interested in obtain 456-0100. mg space at the flea market c<1 n ~------ca\1944 -9226. THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HE RALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993 FEATURE The Jews of Hamlet from Hungary b y Mike Fink and actor, now retired to run Belmonte Walk Herald Contributing Reporter an art gallery in Dorset, tracks April 3, just one hundred down his famous father's fate. with Dignity years ago, a Hungarian Jew He calls the Nazi murderers by Susan Brody named Leslie Steiner (or crude and stupid, worse even Special to the Herald Stainer) was born. Yet in due than the stereotypes in war Last July, I found myself rid time Leslie stamped us all with time movies. They may have ing a bus through Portugal 's his image as the most romantic gunned down the " ]bis" be highest mountains in order to and poetic Englishman of all cause the big Nazis knew that .irrive at Belmonte, a north Britain during its finest hours Howard was Steiner, a Jew l'astern Portuguese town of upon the screen. who made the Germans look lei,i, th,rn 5,000 inhabitants. I The mystical hero of " Out bad on film . had learned of their Jewi sh ward Bound, "Romeo," " Pyg Howard never sinks to the population and, both fa sci n malion," "The Scarlet Pimper sledgehammer technique of all'd and moved, chose to nel," and " Pimpernel Smith," parent-bashing of the daugh undertake ,1 trip there. l would Ashley in "Gone with the ters of Dietrich, Davis and like to sharl' with you a brief Wind," the violinist of " Inter Crawford. Ronald Howard history of the Crypto-Jews of mezzo," the painter-physician deals with his dad's failures as Belmonte and their recent in "Of Human Bondage," and a hu sband and father. Leslie emergen,e from isolation the engineer-pilot in "The Fi rst lived two separate lives, in the ln 1497, King Dom Manuel of the Few," all these elusive French style. He kept mis fi rst expelled the Jews. Only characters spoke with the same tresses but never let go of the fivl' years earlier, many thou mild voice and shone with the comforts of home and mar i,andi, of Spanish Jews arrived same sad eyes riage. i,eeking refuge. Of Portugal's Some of you may remember The role he hated most was 1ww total population (1,200,- Leslie Howard better than the part of the wishy-washy 000), onl'·third was now Jew - others. The thin moody face Ashley in GWTW. Yet Ronald 1i,h . Soon aftl'r, in 1536, the and the grace ful figure stood claims the portrait mirrored his Inquisition w,1s established for English culture. Howard life - torn by dilemmas and under King)o,10 Ill. left the comforts of Hollywood doubts. And Ronald doesn't for the hardships of Britain at put papa upon a pedestal the outbreak of war. He pro· either " He wasn't a great Around their homes could duced propaganada film s like artor, only a surprisingly sub be seen Catholic decora 'The Lamp That Still Burns," tle and skillful one, in the tions to fool the neighbors. and shaped a series of talks, modern mold." Maria Riva in pep rallies, and soliloquies her life of Marlene Dietrich Women often dressed in from " Hamlet." refers to the gossip in Holly black clothes typical of the Leslie Howard met his own wood that Leslie Howard was most Catholic of Portuguese rendezvous with destiny in a a counterspy. It was to crush that absurd notion that I women. small plane off the coast of neu tral Portugal just 50 years ago, started my research on the leaving behind only a legend to having things go his own in 1943. German planes shot Jewish Brit . and a memory in movies, al way. Everything in his life had Many Portuguese Jews were Jown the aircraft carrying this Leslie How.ird served as a ways in character. been relatively easy and un killed and others fled to Hol <1ctor who had spoken softly to kind of ideal figure for me. I His son's book holds al! the complicated, running smoothly land and Fran,e. Those who re rap audiences in spy-ridden had a colleague years ago who right British virtues of under and predictably. He was qui te mained led Jewish lives in dis Madrid and Lisbon. Rumors told me l even looked a bit like statement and easy charm. It naive. He had always been guise, marrying in churches, flew. Another passenger bore a him. ln my tweedy pre-beard moves at its own pace, un master of his destiny, in con- baptizing their children, and slight resemblance to Churchill. days of pipe-smoking and rushed. " My father was used (Continued on Page 13) being buried in Catholic ceme Had the killers made an error going on about things, I may teries. Around their homes and hit the wrong target? have given that foggy impres could be seen Catholic decora Howard's only son Rona ld sion. tions to fool the neighbors. has written a biography titled Leslie Howard's body was Women often dressed in black In Search of My Father. The never found . He seemed to dothes typical of the most author, a sometime journalist have vanished into the mist, Catholic of Portuguese women. With time, for many Crypto Jews, these superficial practices Heart Healthy Diet Na tura l Food s often bec,1me as integral as the Individual Counseling Sound Nutrition more genuinely Jewish tradi Personalized Menus tions practiced. This opened the door to intermarriage. 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There are predis~ of the entries for the Herald Passover Art Contest Friday. See Special to the Herald one else? 3) And what is wrong positions to all sorts of behav the winners in this week's Passover supplement. If there were a contest for with homosexuality in the first ior (from physical violence to HeraldphotobyOmarBradley the most outlandish , new place? reckless driving) that we un- speak word in these politically The first question has a apologetically discourage for istic, philosophical or social correct times, "homophobic"" simple, if shocking, answer, larger societal reasons. But our re.-isons. Chose it, consciously, would win, 1 think, hands the gay movement's dirty little hair color is predetermined, willfully - and usually tem down. Unless the American secret. You see, despite all the not our sexuality. porarily. Psychological Association has anecdotal and "scientific" evi- The gay establishment may (Continued on Page 9) redefined "phobic" (as it has dence bandied about in the fume at the revelation, but the the term "normal"), the suffix media, a homosexual life, is wealth of anthropological, r::- - " CUP&SAVE" - - :7 OPENTOTHE PUBLIC connotes fear or aversion. according to the real evidence, ethnological, sociological and Thus, the word " homophobic" very much chosen historical evidence weighs in 1 PANDA BY QUANTUM 1 Thursdays&Fridays9am - 4:30pm might be an appropriate adjec Now, there may well be pre- heavily on the side of homo 1 A.IA PURIFICATION MACHINE I tive for someone who shrinks dispositions toward homo- sexuality as choice. Indeed, 1 J. Uingi &Son. Inc. I ~~1~::~::r~a~~:i/~~I~~~: ~~~~!·s~:i:;i J 146WestRiverStreet,Providence in terror or disgust at the sight sexual feelings. Anyone who contrary to common m1scon I BuydirectfromllLeR.I. 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Be in the Vanguard, and parti Happy Passover from ATHENS (JTA) - Greek OPEN NIGHTS Jews, along with other reli gious minorities, will no longer be obliged to identify themselves by religion on n,ltion,11 1dcntit}' cards c.u ri ed by ,111 Greek citizens ,rnd ressidenb, the Greek m111is tcr of tlw mt,..rior has ,m nounced. r-. 1mister Yi,rnnis Kt>falogiannis made the WICKFORD St.ltement in a meeting with ORCHIDS World )ewi!>h Congress dele gates l,1 st weel... \VJC lc,1ders in full bloom for the holidays emerged from the meeting P·A·S·T· l ·C· H·E ,1nd rt'portl•d th,ll Gr('ek 1,iw for w,1s hl'ing changed m re FINE DESSE RT S & CAFE '>ponse to conc('rns ex Passover Molher's Day Any Day pressed br the J~•wish com C 11'J'1Kcmu. E.'i'rc,10& Euri>J'(',m St1k rNri munit)'· ( 401) 295-0413 9ZSrruccS1,FeJcral H111.Pru\'lllm.:ctl6151~ Ntw Uttndtd Hour, Too.-Thurs. 11111 l pm /fii & &it r,1111 IOrm /:-un 11119 rm 8 l\rown S1reel, Wickford, Rhode Island THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, TH URSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993 WORLD AND NATIONAL NEWS New Likud Leader Launches Leaders Pledge Support (Continued from Page I) The Jewish leaders were Drive to Bring Down Labor to shoot down Serbian air clearly frust rated at how little planes. the community's position had by Cynthia Mann Knesset member Ze'ev Those discussions were in succeeded in changing that of JERUSALEM OTA) - Ben " B,mny" Begin received 15 the context of the continuing the American government, or ;amin Netanyahu, the charis percent of the vote, and Moshe wrangling over the propo5€d in stopping the ongoing kill matic politician who won the Katsav, a former Cabinet min pl'ace plan for Bosnia, which ing. Likud party primary last week, ister, came a distant fort h, with would divide the country in to ha s lost no ti me in going on 6.5 percent. 10 different ethnic cantons. the offensive, telling cheeri ng More than 150,000 of the The National Jewish Com INTERNATIONAL supporters he hopes to bring party's registered members munity Relations Advisory HAPPY down the Labor-led govern cast ballots March 24, amount Council, which organized the JERUSALEM UTA) - A ment as soon as possible. ing to a turnout of 68 percent. meeting, adopted a strong PASSOVER Palestinian youth who came " We would like to bring That is considered high, since resolution regarding Bosn ia in to Gaza City prison to visit a early elections," Netanyahu this was the first time the part y February. family member was shot said after results of the March has held a nation\vide primary. It calls fo r no-fly zone en 'kl/J,.,1/~. .. dead by soldiers last week, 24 election for chairman of the The triumph for Netanyahu, forcement, limited air strikes to Books on the Square after he stabbed and slightly opposition party were an who has served as Israeli am lift the siege of Sarajevo and wounded one of them. Two nounced. bassador to the United Nations other cities, and - if there is Sunday, April 18, 2 pm ot her Arab residents were Netanyahu, 43, received as well as deputy foreign min no progress in the peace nego wounded by shots fired dur 52.5 percent of the vote, dou tiations - lifting the arms THE MAGIC OF BRUCE KALVER ister, followed a campaign full Fun for the whole family! ing the incident. The clash ble the number garnered by his of mudslinging between the embargo on the former Yugo was just the latest in a wave .i.rchrival, former Foreign Min top two contenders. sla via . Tuesday, April 20, 7:30 pm of violence that has shaken b ier Da vid Levy. Levy refused Netanyahu, who was edu Lifting the embargo is a high MEET THE AUTHOR: thi s country in recent weeks, to congratulate Netanyahu cated in the United States, ran priority for Bosnian officials, Signing and discussion by leaving 10 Israelis dead from after the results were an an America n-style campaign who say the embargo cripples Arnold Weinstein, author of Nobody's Home Palestinian attacks last nounced March 25 . and appeared at times to be their ability to defend their month. Since just 40 percent of the emulating the down-to-earth, people, while not impeding the Thursday, April 22, 11 am vote was needed to wi n the people-to -people campaign better-armed Serbs. ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY TEL AVIV UTA) - A 36- primary outright, a runoff vote style of U.S. President Bill During the course of the FOR ONE'S COMMUNICATION: year-old woman who was unnecessary. Clinton. nearly hourlong meeting, the A PERSPECTIVE ON HEARING warded off an attack by a pained expressions on several LOSS with James E. Healey Coordinator of Audiology Services, Palestinian who tried to of the dozen Jewish partici Sargefll Rehab Center strangle her said from her Jerusalem Hosts Mayors Conference pants showed how seriously hospital room that she sur they took the parallels drawn vived by hitting her assailant by Michele Chabin whose citizens represent the by the Bosnian president be books 471 Angell Street with a metal garbage bin. JERUSALEM (JTA) - A con three great religions and many tween the "ethnic cleansing" g Providence, RI Sophie Porat, a mother of ference of mayors from around dozens of cultural and national suffered by the Moslem Bos S, 331-9097 four children, said she was the world began on a somber backgrounds," the 82 -year-old nians today and the genocide ilcil{ !D Fax attacked by a masked man note last week when the host, mayor said. inflicted on the Jews 50 yea rs square (40 IJ 331-2845 last week as she took out the Mayor Teddy Kollek, an Of course, he added wryly, ago. garbage from her quiet north nounced to his guests on the " Not all of these citizens want Tel Aviv home. first day of discussions that an to live together, but when they Arab terrorist had just stabbed reali ze they must, they learn TEL AV IV UTA) - In a re fi ve Jerusalem teenagers and a to. And the learning process is versal from 1991 , Israel's principal at a local high school. assured by proper governing." non-Jewish population grew Ironicall y, the weeklong con The key to coexistence, he Rental Furniture fa ster than the Jewish popu ference's theme was titled said , "is to recognize the lation la st year, according to " Challenges in Governing the ri ghts, as we ll as the di versit y, IN TRANSITION? Multiethnic Cit y." of all residents:' fi gures released last week by COMING HOME FOR the Central Bureau of Statis Ko llek, who ki cked off the The delegation of mayors tics. The reversal was at conference on March 22, left approved a statement con THE SUMMER? tributed to a 56 percent de after news of the attack broke demning the attack on the NEED FURNITURE? cline in Jewish immigration and returned an hour later to ORT John F. Kennedy voca to Israel last year. 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IC7:'I HOUR SERVICE Two images of the museum Win Rhode Island appear on the card, one on o 24-hour answering service each side. o Open 7 days per weefl The museum spokesman o Personalized answering sa id that 7.5 m1lhon copies of o 800# service available the postcard were expected to o FAX and copy service o Beeper rentals & delivery go on sa le at post offices across 0 Experienced opera1ors ii signed up lor 2 months the country March 24. o Salesperson pick-up & delivery 738-8333 Last week's ceremony was O Al arm monitoring EXPIRES Ask about part of a seri es of events lead O Wake-up service APRIL 30, 1993 o Serving all ol Rhode Island IIMIT ONECOIJPONPUI CUSTOMUI our specials mg up to the museum's open o Special line for physicians ...... mg Apri l 26 When Greg Weiss majored in class in Broadway producing at Weiss saw that silting al a desk "When we formed the com some get up and dance." economics and computer sci Duke each spring semester, en from 9to6, he could be working pany, Melody and I discussed As company manager fo r ence at Duke University, he couraged students to gel in for any company. "I was miss the fact that my income came "Budd y," Weiss handles the planned to advance his studies volved with his show. ing the actual theater by work from touring and if touring came day-to-day business of a travel in banking and finance at a busi Weiss became an intern to ing in theoffice. The paper I was up, I would have to leave New ling show, scheduling buses, ness school. the company manager. "After I pushing was theater-related, but York." booking hotels,settling with box A d ramatic detour at his hal worked on the s ho w w ith I was never in theater." They brought in their first offices, weekly payroll, petty lowed institution led him into Manny Azenbergand his staff, I Scanning a backstage news show last September. Brooks cash expenses out on the road, the world of theater. realized people were making paper, he found anad placed by runs the theater while Weiss is and speaking with his New York "Growing up, I never went to both a career and a living in an off-off Broadway company on tour. office, Big League Theatricals, live theater since there wasn' t theatre," Weiss says on a pho ne who wanted tohireastageman They started the theater, he three or four times a day. very much in Dallas to see," says interview. "I never knew any ager for a show being done in said, because they felt New York "I'm the boss out on the road the native Texan a nd company one who did. East Village. theater was not addressing and tothe30 people on tour," he manager of "Buddy: The Buddy "By working with the com Theshowwas "True Taboo," enough social issues and not says good-naturedly. Holly Stoey" that plays al the pany manager, I saw where the a black comedy show. Since enough was being done on ra "Tom Bothof, production Provide nce Performing Arts ater a nd business could be com then, he hasn't sent out a single cial a nd mino rity casting. manager, and I kid about it. I'm Center this weekend. bined. I asked their help in find resume. Job offers have come to "There's a lot of conflict in New in charge ofevery thing from the Before college, Weiss per ing me a job after college and him. York about that," he says. stage out. Tom is in charge of formed in school plays and was they gave me producers' names He has managed several off "We're from white, middle everything from the front of the always treasurer of every orga and phone numbers. I sent out offBroadway shows, was stage class families, and we both stage back." nization he joined, be it student many resumes without results." manager forthenational tourof wanted a company broader Speaking about his family, government or Jewish youth After Weiss graduated in "Dreamgirls," and travelled 11 based than that." Weiss said he, his sister and groups. 1986, he returned to Dallas hav- months on the road as assistant Before they started their com· brother all left Dallas to attend Christopher Eudy is pictured with his band in " Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story," which h e ads to the Providence Performing Arts Center Friday through Sunday, April 2 to 4 1 with f ive performances. His goal was a career in fi ing no idea about his immediate company manager of the "Teen pany, Brooks brought scenes colleges out of state and eventu nance until his plans took a dif future. Whileunpacking hiscar, age Mutant Ninja Turtle Com from Shakespeare to school chi l ally settled out of state. ferent turn during an activities he got a call from a Broadway ing out of Their Shells Tour," a d ren. They have incorporated His brother, w ho lives in day at Duke. The drama group producer, who wanted to inter huge two-arena show. herprogram inlo theircompany. Durango, Colo., is a carpenter was seeking volunteers to assist view him. He new to New York Weiss praised the show for In mid-January, Weiss was currently remodelling a house on productions. and back." its good theme. "Kids are told to hired as company manager for he and Weiss bought. "He's go Weiss signed up, worked Several weeks la ter on May stay off d rugs, not to fight with " Buddy: The Buddy Holly ing to try to re-sell it fora profit, with the d rama department o n 29, Weiss and his family were each other, and musiccanbring Story." of course." every show, and grew more in about to leave their home for his everyone together. It was great "It's kind of a rock show, very Weiss' parents, he said, re volved stage managing shows. birthday celebration when the lo see children react as posi different, and one that brings out cently combined a visit with his At the ti me, Duke didn't have phone rang. tively as they did." audiences of all ages from teens brother and a skiing trip. a formal d rama department, but "It was Marvin Krauss, the After managing "Turtles," to people in their 60s and 70s." His sister, a union-licensed a drama program. "It became producer in New York, offering Weiss joined with the Peking Audiences really love it, he electrician, her husb.1nd and two my life," he says. me a job. He was getting ready Circus from Bejing as assista nt says, and get into the spirit of young children live in Orlando During Weiss' freshman year, to open '"Rags."' His "'La Cages to the company manager until the show by donning pood le ona five-acre plot of land, where the university built a high-tech Aux Folles,"' was alread y run he left and Weiss stepped into skirts and '50s attire. Memories they grow organic foods. Their modern theater that caug ht the ning in New York." his shoes. are jarred by those who listened home was built with their own attentionofBroadwayproducer Weiss packed up and headed Whenthecircusclosed, Weiss to and loved Buddy Holly's mu hands. Manny Azenberg, well known to theBigAppleto workas man spent several months working sic back then. "We are all very dose and fo r producing Neil Simon's agemenl assistant in Producer with his own JS-member the "To younger people, the get together often," Weiss says. plays. Krauss' office, where he moslly ater group, The New Perspec show brings the feeling of the "My brother is my best friend," "Instead of having a pre worked on the "La Cages Aux tives Theatre Company Inc. al time in the late 'SOs when rock fondly recalling the summers Broadway tryout in cities like Folles and "Rags." Eighth A venue and 46th in New music began," says Weiss. "I they both jumped into their van Chicago or Boston, he wanted He says he was the office York City. don't think they realized it and travelled over the United to take it lo Duke's new the· gofer, answering phones etc. "I Weiss and hisfriend,Melody started that far back." States, something Weiss still ater," Weiss says. felt ii was a great experience Brooks, formed their theater last In the last 20 minutes of the enjoys doing with his various During the last semester of working closely with company February to create a multiracial show, Buddy Molly's final con· touring companies. Weiss' senior year, the producer managers of both shows." He company a nd produce new cert takes place at the Surf Ball "I've been happy these last opened "Long Day's Journey remained there until "Rags" plays written by women and room, Clearlake, Iowa, and the few years doing what I do. I Into Night" with Jack Lemmon. closed nine months later. minority playwrights or plays music is infectious. "The audi enjoy it and it's certainly not a Azenberg, w ho teaches a Sensing a gap in his work, with related themes. ence sways in their scats and job I dread." THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993 such matters. does the g<1y establishment, ers only has meaning as a life, complete with acts that are 'Straight Talk' Which is precisely why that laws protecting the flaunt '" right" to be openly, visibly, proper and others that are those of us who consider the ing of homosexual lifestyles influentially gay. (Continued from Page 5) improper - or it does not. homosexual act wrong refuse will result in more people Which brings us to the third Now, morality may have re The psychology establish to allow the unchecked legiti maki ng the choice of a homo question: What is wrong with ligious roots, but its essence ml'nt alo1w argues for an mating of a lifestyle predicated sexual lifestyle; what is visible homosexual relations in the transcends any particular reli innate and unchangeable on such acts. And that renders ,rnd different all too easily first place? Well, what is wrong gious system and not only was homo·/heterosexuality, and, thl' seco1,d question entirely becomes faddish. And remem with adultery, child pornog embraced by the founders of though it is the darling of the misleading. We who reject the ber, unless it is flaunted, homo raphy, bestiality, incest or the our nation, but is still very prl'SS, it is h<1rdly known for notion of "g,,y rights'" don·t sexuality is undetectable; gays, promotion of drug abuse? That much embraced by an over the conclusiveness of its "con w,rnt to deny anyone his or her .lS we .ue constantly reminded, (jL~estion is usually greeted whelming majority of its citi clusions.·· The harder social legitimate hum,rn rights, but need not look or act d ifferently with howls of outrage, howls Zl'ns. sciences generally support 1wither do we want to forfeit from the rest of us. So the that conveniently obviate the If we choose to swallow what is called the "nominalisr· our own to protect ourselves "right" to the ··1aw's protec 1wed to actuall y think, but whole whatever immorality ,1 pproach, the idea that humans ,md our families from in tion·· so earnestly sought by think we must. Either our soci has suddenly become chic, .ire neither homo- nor hetero fluencl'S we consider detri gay activists and their support- l'ty subscri bes to the concept of then we are nothing but cheap sexual, but simply sexual, and mental. morality - the idt>a that there moral opportunists. lndivid - hence open to persuasion in We know all too well, as is a hight>r meaning to human (Continued on Page 19) Contrary to conventional retirement wis need with everyday activities, as well as the dom, the lap of luxury is not necessarily peace of mind that comes from knowing a the exclusive province of the wealthy, As knowledgeable, medically oriented team is on hundreds of retired people in Rhode Island hand 24 hours a day. can personally attest. Of course, with five locations through As residents of Horizon Retirement out Rhode Island, theres a Horizon Retire- PROOF T HAT You CAN §PJEND YOUR RETIREMENT LIKlE THlE RICH AND JFAMOU§ 't"h lil it. 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The program is produced by Marilynn Mair and Ma rk David Grubin Productions Davis have performed together Inc., in association with the for more than a decade and Los Angeles County Museum have made a number of rec of Art, and is presented by ords. This free concert will in KCET /Los Angeles. "Degen clude works from Brahms, Car erate Art" is narrated by David ulli and Bizet. McCullough. This performance of the In 1937, the Nazis mounted Mair-David Duo is made possi the most virulent campaign ble through the generosity of ever initiated against modern Roger Williams University and art with the opening in Munich its Artists-in-Residence Pro of the "Entartete Kunst" (De gram. For more information on generate Art} exhibition. Six the program, call the uni hundred and fifty paintings, ENTA RT ET KUNST -"Degen erate Art" examines the in famous Nazi exhibition that condemned versity's School of Fine and sculptures, prints and draw works of mod em art when it airs April 11 at midnight on WG BH/Channel 2. Seen above is an Performing Arts at 254-322 1. ings by such artists as Max installation photograph of the orig inal 1937 "Entartet Kunst" (Degenerate Art) exhibition in Call Ruby Shalansky at 861- Beckmann, Ernst Ludwig Ki rch Munich, Germany. The show repeats on April 13 at 8 p.m. on WG BH/Channel 44. 8800 if you have any questions ner and Emil Nolde were con rega rding the performance. fiscated from museum collec the United States and German it never seen before, of the about such topics as freedom tions and brought together for museums, includes interviews original "Entartete Kunst" exhi of artistic expression, the social ridicule and defamation. with eyewitnesses, artists, bition and of artists in their factors leading to censorship, In 1991, the Los Angeles critics, h istorians and fam ilies studios as well as examples of the importance of art in society County Museum of Art organ of those artists whose work music and film of the time that and the dangers of government ized an exhibition which in was attacked. also came under assault. intervention in issues of artistic cluded a partial reconstruc Interviews with art critic To accompany the national freedom. tion of the original exhibition Robert Hughes, historian airing of "Degenerate Art," the " Degenerate Art" was writ and exami ned the social, politi Sander Gilman, eyewitness airing of "Degenerate Art," ten, produced and directed by cal and cultural factors that led and art historian Peter Guen the Los Angeles County five-time Emmy Award winner ARTS & to "Entartete Kunst." "Degen ther, the sons of artists Otto have prepared illustrated David Grubin. Executive pro erate Art": The Fate of the Dix and Conrad Fel ixmuller, teacher guides for distribution ducers are Stephanie Barron, ENTERTAINMENT Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany and the widow of Oskar to 25,000 high school pri nci Los Angeles County Museum BRIEFS was seen by 750,000 people in Kokosch ka, among others, pals throughout the Un ited of Art, and David Grubin, Los Angeles, Chicago, Wash lend a poignancy and immedi States. The guides provide his David Grubin Productions Inc. The Rhode Island Phi\ar ington, D.C., and Berlin when acy to this powerful story. torica l information and artists' Associate executive producer is monic will present Music it was on tour in 1991/92. In addition, the film features biographies, and are designed Karl Katz, MUSE Film and Tele After Hours on April 2 be The film, shot on location at rare archival footage, some of to stimulate students' thinking vision. KCET executive-in ginning at 6:30 p.m. at Vet charge is Samuel J. Paul. erans Memorial Auditorium Lorin in Providence. For more in formation, call 831 -3123. Livery Ltd. Philharmonic Concert To Feature Clt>veland Orchestra for two Private Cha11ffe11ri11g st.>asons. Before assuming his The Hera gallery invites the Noted Cellist Ralph Kirshbaum position in the Chicago Sym & public to attend Circle/Cy The Rhode Island Philhar- evening's concert will be cellist phony, Jean was the music di cle an art exhibit by Barba ra Lux11ry Stretch Limousines monic under the baton of guest Ralph Kirshbaum who will per rt>ctor of tht> Florida Sym Pagh and Grace Bentley For All Occasions conductor Kenneth jean will form Schumann's compelling phony. Scheck from April 3 to 24 at Described by the (401) 884·6814 present a classical concert on "' Concerto in A minor for Cello Los Auge/rs 327 Main St., Wakefield. For April 3 at 8:30 a.m. at Veterans and Orchestra." Rossini's Tiwcs as belonging to " the more information, call 789- P.O. Box 6901 Memorial Auditorium in Provi- ·· overture to La Cenerentola" highest echelon of today's cell 1488. Warwick, RI 02887 dt.•nce. Featured soloist for that and Brahms' "Serenade No. I ists," cellist Ralph Kirshbaum in D major" complete the eve has excelled in a career that en Weekend Poetry Exch ange r,ing·s program. compasses solo performances, featuri ng John Tagliabue Pawtucket 724-3114 Associate conductor of the chamber music, teaching and will be featured on April 4 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, r<'cording. He appears reg fro m 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Roose JACK M. MINKIN Kenneth Jean has conducted ularly throughout North velt Hall, UR I in Kingston. dba/Tile-Set many of the major orchestras Amerka, Europe, Asia and For more information, call Australia. Since his American 792 -5931. CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION AND REPAIRS :~et~~tt~~~t;:h s~;~~~~~td:~: debut in 1976, Kirshbaum has Cleaning, Regrouting and Sealing - Leaks Fixed rhiladt'lphia Orchestra and the bt.>t.>n a frequent guest soloist The Rhode Island College KITCHEN and BATH REMODELING Los Angeles Chamber Orch- with many of the most presti Theatre is selling )00 tickets gious orch<'stras in the United for the April 24 matinee of Electrical and Plumbing ;:'.:~~~t~;~~ States including the Boston ~~r;e;e~:~~s~~~~ Carousel to help raise S ~A TROUBLESHOOTER WITH IDEAS" phony Orchestra and was the ymphony Orchestra, Chicago money for the Ridgeway F. Symphony Or.hestra, Cleve L---'-"'_u_RE_o_._,._1. _uc_,_"'-' _"o_._.,_,_o_._ ,_,_"_"_"c_,_, ___, conducting assistant of the Shinn Jr. Study Abroad land Orchestra and the San Fund. Deadline for purchas Francisco Symphony. ing tickets is April 10. For Tickets for the concert cost more information, call 456- $15, $25 and $30 for adults R H O D E 8105. CALENDAR OF EVENTS with ,1 $2 discount for students, I S LAND 14 Pawtucket Boord Meeting. 7:30 p.m st•niors and the disabled, 14 Newp()rt Executive Boord Meeting 6:45 pm. dt•pending upon seat location. Regulor Meeting 7:45 pm, Temple Sholom Tickets are available before -' 15 Regtonol Boord Meeting. StUfbrldge. MA 15 Nurses Councll Meettng, Clanston Library. 7:30 p.m. April 3 at the Philharmonic l.,Cl offire, 222 Richmond St., Provi- 1~t~~::::::::~~- 19 Providence Meeting. Hlghland Court, Noon ~ ~knce, by phone 83 1-3123 or HA 22 Ill. Chapter Boord Meeting at office, 7 p .m. < 23 Newport Shobbot Services. Temple Sholom, e p .m. f.lx 8)1-4577 using Masterc.Hd 26 Pawtucket Regular Meeting. JCC, 7:30 p .m or Vi sa, or in person Monday 26 Barrington Program. 7:30 p.m. through Friday, 9 a.m. to 27 Kent Cou,ty Regular Meeting at 011Ice. 7:30 p.m. 5p.m. DAS 28 Young Leaders Retreol, Sturb1ldge. MA On lhe day of the perform ,rnce April 3, tickets are avail,1 - 2-3 Regional Spring Conlerence, Stllbrldge. MA ble only ,lt Veterans Memorial Auditorium Box Office from 10 ~ :~ :~~~!~G==~n~;!~." ~JOw;::'srleld Corrvnons SAH until curtain time at 8:30 16 Stotewlele DonOI Dinner, Rhodes-on·the-Powtuxet. 6 p.m. :E p.m. 40 1-463-3636 18 Nurses Counc~ Charter Meeting. 7:30 p.m .. ot office THE RHODE ISLA ND JEWISH HERA LD, THURSDAY, APR IL I, 1993 13 THE JEWISH COMMUNITY Diaz Still Leads in Bowling League by Jeffrey Goldberg turbed . Special to the Herald Mike Sugerman has been im Benny Diaz continues to pressive of late. Mike has been bowl steady. Many have tried in the thick of things all season to knock Benny off the perch and if this streak continues, where he has been since the third place is certa inly within opening week of the season reach. Rick Dressler, who was in Congratulations to: Ha rry hot pu rsuit of Diaz, has now Rose for a fine 257 single and slipped into third place. 625 series; Jimmy Manning for Harry Rose has been on a a fine 233 si ngle; Howie hot streak to forge into second Wasser for a fine 590 series; place and now has his sights Jimmy Manning for bowling on Diaz. The low-keyed Rose 12 1 pins over average, and Jeff won't tell you that, but we Goldberg for bowling I 10 pins know the killer instinct if over average there. Amazing thing with Rose is that you never know if Top Five Bowlers he is sleep walking when he Benny Diaz bowls. Teammates have been Harry Rose trying to wake him up. They Rick Dressler decided to forget it, whatever Mike Sugerman he is doing shouldn't be dis- David Robinson INWARD BOUND - Mosko Katon arrives in Kingston on Sunday prior to an interview with a Team Stand ings reporter to speak about h is experiences in Sarajevo. lluald plro to by Omar Bradlty Baker Furniture 27.S 12.S Tooth Fa iries 26 14 Halperin & Lax 23 17 Yugoslav Immigrant Tells of Travails Nathan Kaufman #2 23 17 Come Screen With Me 22 18 (Continued from P.ige I ) <11ly. He doesn't understand Standard Glass 22 18 why many are still there, but Trinkle Design 21.5 18.5 day. April I , ,1ccording to Gadi adds that perhaps they are Goldstein Electric 21 19 Aronson, campaign director for afraid to leave. 1'ATCt1tfS Shamrocks 19 21 the federation. Ironically, it was a quirk of INCORPORATED Howie Ha mmers 14.5 25.5 Although Katan misses Yu· fate that brought Kat,111 in con Oakla nd Mobil 14 26 goslavia, he feels the decision tact with an Israeli official in an Nathan Kaufman Co. 6.5 33.5 to leave was a matter of sur· ,1bsorption center, looking for vival. When ,1sked about Sara· im migrants to speak to Ameri jevo, Katan appeared dis· can Jews about their experi Hamlet from Hungary traught and s,1id: ··1 don't want ences. Through the efforts of to even think about it. ... It's so the United Jewish Appe,11, the Jewish Feder,1tion of Rhode Is· career. Leslie had another horril: SARA'S ~0'-,g~t~s W1ylandSquare, Provide1tee 1!~E!:Y.:~N~ • (401l33HM95 21Airpor1Road GardanCity, Cralmon Warwick. RI 02III («t1)944-0495 (401)738-1230 ., TIIERHODEISLAND AMFLANG'S }l\ffr~ ZOOLOGICAL wt1RWICK , ~ " SOCIETY BOWLARAMA Roger Williams Park Zoo MUSEUM TIKVA TRADITIONS 255NianticAvenue Providance, RI 02905 3259Pos1Road,Warwick, RI 02ll6 727 Hope StrHI. ProvideltCI, RI 82906 Cranston, RI 0:Z,07-3116 ' 1401)941-3918 (401)737-CIOlO (41111421-0:30! 1401)'44-85111 SMOWCASC MEADOWBROOK LU310N SH@FAA. CINEMA llOWL C/NCMAS MAGAZINE 1200 Quaker UM, Warwick, ,u 6'1,arkA,enN Senior Publications ltd. a, 1411)115-1121 2452 Warwick A,1n111, Warwick, Ill OZll6 Cranston. Ill 02910 43Northcote0rive,Malville, NY 11141 ns •_,fall llR'er A,1., SHkonk. MA (41111731-2411 (401)711-1111 150l)~3420•!50l)336-602D (516)643-4591 THE RHO DE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, TH URSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993 - 15 THE JEWISH COMMUNITY to take on modern Orthodox tion. The Jews of Judaism and those whose Juda When one community can AIDS Is Topic of ism is that of their ancestors. survive ,l persecution which Belmonte lt is not e.-isy for all to break left most of the lherian Penin Hadassah Lecture (Continued from Page 3) out of a secretive and very sula devoid of Judaism, this Dr. Meredith Drench, inter Sebag's two-year stay in Bel modest lifestyle, nor to leave same community can only national lecturer, consultant, monte which enabled the com behind the centuries· old body grow, in every sense, given counselor and author, will he munity to embark on a journey of prayers p<1ssed down from the chance and some basic re the guest speaker at the Hadas· they have been waiting centu mother to daughter in order to sources. S,lh Nurses Council meeting on ries to resume. adopt the male-centered Some headway has been April 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the From I 990 to I 992, Rabbi Hebrew service. n1<1de in recent months. The Cranston Public Lihrary,Crans Sebag served as rabbi, taught A new rabbi will be arriving community purchased l,rnd for ton. Judaism ,rnd Hebrew prayer !,1ll' spring and staying for two tl jewbh cemetery with funds Drench, director of Adaptive from the beginning, prepared years. On both ideological and collected from within ,rnd out· Health Associates in East ;,ide the community. More re Greenwich, specializes in be .11 le.-ist two boys to be bar practical levels, he will find mitLvot, and killed and kosh much unfinished work. He will cently, a Morocc,rn Jewish man havioral and physical rehabili tation, health care, ,rnd AIDS/ ered meat. Above all, he de be ioining d community that is living in France offered to fund m,rndeJ that the Jews of Bel both eager for his knowledge construction of_d synagogue. HIV behavior in the work monte walk with dignity when and spiritual leadership and When I was there, there was place. ,1mong non-Jews, to be no quite isolated and with unique t,1\k of a synagogue. Floor Her topic, "Sharpes, Splashes ,md Sense: Occupational Expo longer timid or secretive. needs. plans had been donated by a sure to AIDS/ HIV" will ad This emergence has es Resources and contacts are Jewish architect from the city, sah-Hehrew University Hospi dress the nursing profession. sentially gone smoothly limited. In a letter I just re ,ind two members of Bel tal and served as a volunteer Her work with HIV/ AIDS has ,1mong neighboring Portu ceived came this list of items monte's Jewish community ,onsultant in Community Plan guese; however, a few inci needed: sidurim, humashim, h,ui offered their land. ln a vil- taken her to Eastern Europe ning and Health C.ue for Proj and to the International Con dents of foreig11 exploitatio11 mewzot, talitim, Chanukah 1,ige whose Jews h,we gone t·ct Renew,1l in S,1fad, Israel. ference on AIDS in Holland. have sh,,ken the community. menorot, havdalah candles, without a real synagogue for The program is open to the Drench is a life member of As a result, they have been Kiddish cups, Jewish cultural centuries, l found it difficult to community. For additional in Hadassah, and has worked as forced to retreat and even deny books (non-Portuguese are suit visualiLe the making of this formation, c,111 Hadassah office a volunteer clinician at Hadas- the existence of Jews to foreign ,1ble), and anything else of this dre,1m into a reality. 463-3636. tourists. Still a vulnerable and nature. Monetary donations Yet something told me it fragile community in this can be put to good use as well. would happen. Who could Congregation Sons of Jacob regard, it is critic,1l that visitors As it is a small community of h,we imagined, until recently, give and not t,1ke. We must middle- and lower-class that Jud,1ism was alive and burning in the hearts of a few show respect if they are to people building up ,1 Jewish Passover Schedule 5753/1993 want to continue coming out of community from scratch, every hundred Portuguese people? If Friday, April 2, Shabbos Wednesday, April 7, these people had the unique hiding. escudo helps. Hagodol Second day of Pesach While some aspects of the Rabbi Sebag was 11ot able to conviction to hold out under Candlelighting 5:52 p.m., Shacharis 8:30 a .m., Mincha modernization process seem bring ii, much money. Perhaps the wor~t of circumstances, Mincha 5:55 p.m., Maariv 6:55 7 p.m., Ma.iriv 8 p.m., Yorn small (using imported wax the community was too un then these times \\•ill, with p.m. Tov ends 8 p.m. c,rndles and holders in place of known or deemed too small to G-d·s help, see them reach Satu rday, April 3, Shabbos Thursday, April 8, Chol homemade wicks and tradition be worth the attention. We wonderful new heights in the Hagodol Hamoed Pesach al holders), other greater ques should, however, realize that a history of Portuguese Jewish Shacharit 8:30 a.m., Mincha Sh,1charis 6: 15 a.m. tions le,we somewhat of ,1 divi congreg,1tion's size does not culture. 5:55 p.m., Maariv 6:56 p.m., (Continued on ra~e 18) ~ion between those Jews eager correlate to its religious devo- FM informalicm on makiui Havdalah 6:56 p.m. Change 1fo11111i1>11s, l"t111tad S11sa11 Bmd11 clocks ahead one hour. 1/m1usli 1111· ,,if/iff ,,f tl,is p11li Sunday night, April 4 lfratl1111. Search for Chometz 8:00 p.m. r Passover Holiday Schedule Monday, April 5, Erev Pesach 1993 • 5753 ShMharis followed by Siyum All-You-Can-Eat Moving? for Firstborn 6:30 a.m. Search for Chometz ...... Sunday Night, April 4 L<1st chance to arrange for Fast of the Firs tborn ...... Monday, April 5 Are you moving in the ... elling of Chometz. Chometz BUFFET near future? If so, notify us may bt' eaten until 10:10 a.m. Featuring: at the Herald as soon as Burning of chometz no later Appetizer 1993 e MONDAY, APRIL 5 e 5753 possible. Be sure to include than 11 :25 a.m., Candlelight ChickenCurr-y Greater Providence Time Only your current address and ing 6:56 p.m .. Mincha 7 p.m., ~vegg;,c• ...., your former address so we M,1ariv 8 p.m., Seder begins no BasmatiRice Eating of Chometz until 10:30 a.m. can keep our files up-Io Assorted Na.ans Burning of Chometz until 11 a.m. earlier than 8 p.m :30 date and your papers on (lndianUfffd) Passover begins 6:57 p.m. • Seder begins 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, First day ll<=rt time. of Pesach Passover ends Tuesday, April 13, at 8:20 p.m. Call 724-0200 or write a Papadam Shacharis 8:30 a.m .. 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UNDER LOUIS Y IP'S MANAGEMENT lighter, etc. However. it is perm1ssable to use a !lame already burning continuously since before the inception of the Holiday, Warwick: 823-3355 such as a pilot light, gas or candle !lame. 1557 Bald Hill Road (former Golden l antern, next to lnskip) FOR A COMPLETE PASSOVER HANDBOOK, PLEASE CONTACT: Pawtucket: 723-3960 CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF RHODE ISLAND 285 Main Street, Downtown Pawtucket 48 SAVOY STREET. PROVIDENCE. Rt 02906 • 273-7238 P,1w11,de1 Dirtc,iori,: from Sou1h- 9SN to c,;1 17, left ,it Jrd fi&ht s/r.ti&hl Submftted by Rabbi Yehoshua Laufer. O,rector ol RJ Chabad lubavilch, Pro"lldeoce 10 f'fld. from North - 9SS 10 c~;117, ri&ht .1t f1r51 lish1, stro1lsh110 erid. 16 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEW ISH HER ALD, TH URSDAY, APRI L I, 1993 THE JEWISH COMMUNITY Unknown Stories of Jewish Women Families, Friends Unearthed by Author Kalechofsky Invited to Seder As in years past, the Jewish by Omar Bradley Blanco not only cared for lepers Home will invite families and Her.ild As5istant Editor but came to love them as well. friends of its residents to join If someone told you that Kalechofsky also introduced their loved ones for the first deep in the heart of the Arna· Donia Grazia, a Sephardic Jew Passover Seder on April 5. zon jungle there dwelled a for· who helped hundreds of Jews The seder will begin prompt· gotten colony of Jews, you escape persecution during the ly at 5 p.m. and conclude by might think it a little farfetched. Spanish Inquisition by smug· ,lbout 6:30 p.m But according to Roberta Kale· gling them into Turkey; she Reservations are required by chofsky, it"s a fact April 3. The seder costs$ I 8 for Kalechofsky researched the .idults, $9 for children. Space is subject for T/11' Grou•iux Antlwl · "ff any of these women available on a first-come, first OKI/ ci/ frwis/J Wamrn Writrrs, an were Christian, they would ~erved ba sis. Call Duane or anthology of writings from have been saints.·· Rita at 351 --1750, ext. 163, for Jewish women throughout the - Roberta Kalechofsky reservations world. Kalechofsky and her amazing discoveries were the topic of "' The Jewish Woman also rescued scores of invalu JCCRI To Hold and Modernity - as Writer, able Jewish art and literature. Community Seder Social Activist. Revolutionary Yet much to her surprise, ,md Housewife," at the Temple Kalechofsky discovered that Facilities will lie closed for Emanu-El Sisterhood meeting none of these women were thl' fir~t and second days of March 23. known to the Jewish commu Passover at the Jewish Com During the course of her nity. "' If any of these women munity Centt'r of Rhode studies, Kalechofsky discov· were Christian, they would Island's koshl'r meal site, 401 ered that the first kibbutz origi· h ..w e been saints," she said . Elmgrove Ave. in Providence, nated in Argentina in 1880. In fact , Kalechofsky discov· on April 6 and 7 - but on the Jews formed a colony in the ered many hidden Jews living t.•vening of April 6, seniors are middle of the Peruvian jungle rn South America, Australia, 111 vited to join in the commu· called Iquitos that was so iso New Zealand and Manchuria nit y seder to be held at 6:30 lated no one knew it existed un· who had adopted the Ian· p.m. til recently, Kalechofsky re· guages and culture of their sur The service will feature the SPEA KING OF WOMEN - Roberta Kalechofsky, the guest vealed to a suprised audience. roundings. She recalled that tradition,11 readings and will be speaker al the Temple Ema.nu-El Sisterhood meeting on March Kalechofsky is a teacher, re· Sephardic Jews who came to conducted in both English and 23, speaks about "The Jewish Woman and Modernity - as searcher, animal rights activist America with their haggadahs Russi,m . The seder costs $ 10 Writer, Social Activitist, Revolutionary and Housewife." and author of numerous books written in Ladino were rejected for ,1dults, $5 for children ages Hmdrl photo by Omar Brmllr!/ and anthologies. Currently, she by American· Jews. 2 to 12, and free fo r little ones runs Micah Publications with " For me, it has been a voyage under 2 years of age. Seniors her husband, Bob, and contin· of discovery doing these an will be welcomed at this family -oriented event. HEALTH CARE TIP: Tell them you aaw ues to crank out more antholo thologies and I would like to gies about Jewish women. share them wi th ot her Jews," VCR programs and movies Anursinghomea1ternative .. their ad In the for the week of April 2 to 9 in stayathomewith StaffBuilders At the lecture last week, she she added. spoke about Elena Blumenfeld, Ironically, many of the Jew clude Part 5, the conclusion of Home Health Care Services ish women she has written .. Israel: A Nation is Born," at Swe k l'Mtd,,,,.i.b/et411outJ10l)'.Jd1ys1wul ..n..ode Island " the saint of the lepers,"' who founded Capo Blanco, a leper about knew more about Ameri· 11 a.m. on April 2; " India - CALL 273-2280 Jewish ~raid colony in Argentina. During can Jews than we do. No matter Land of Spirit and Myst ique," from 11 a.m. to noon on April FOR A FREE ASSESSMENT the 40 years she worked there, where Jews lived or what lan guage they spoke, they still re 4, and "The Alaska Experi· mained and recognized their t.•nce ·· from 11 a.m. to noon on Judaism, she said. April 9 "As Jewish people, we have a very special connectiveness in the world with other Jews,'" Kalechofsky said. - Know someone B'nai Mitzvah of New Americans Will Be Celebrated at Emanu-EI On April 3, Alperin Schechter group of Schechter students, Day School will celebrate a the first group of b"nai mitzvah getting married? special occasion, the bar and from the Soviet Union, came bat mitzvah of four new Ameri up to read from the Torah can students who have come before a full and supportive - - - to Providence from the former congregation. According to Soviet Union. Rabbi Alvan H. Kaunfer, "The Gary Baskin, Lena Makovet sense of excitement was special ;~~ skaya, Leonard Sherman and and unique." Oleg Tukh, students at the Rabbi Kaunfer, speaking Ruth and Max Alperin Schech about this year's group of b'nai Tell us their na me and address a nd we'll send them a one-year ter Day School, will be called mitzvah, said, ., It is fitting that to the Torah at Temple Emanu· this bar/bat mitzvah ceremony complimentary subscription to the Rhode Island J ewish H erald. El in Providence, on Shabbat will take place right before morning to chant the Berachot Pesach, when the theme of ,md read from the Torah. freedom for our people is This should be an emotional uppermost in our minds, and and moving experience not when the call of ., Let My Peo· Newlywed Subscription only for the parents, relatives pie Go!" which was the de· Couple's Name ______,md friends of the B·nai Mitz mand of Moses to Pharaoh as vah, but al so for the congrega well as the slogan of freedom Address ______tion and the community as for Soviet Jews, echoes in our City ______Staie __ Z ip ____ well. e,u s.' Two years ago, another W edding Date ______Your Name ______Address ______~ Rhode Island Jewish Herald 16 City ______S1at e __ Z ip ____ SUBMISSIONS POLICY Send to: Mail this coupo n to: letters to the Editor Rt Jewish Herald Rhode Island J ewis h H erald , P.O. Box 6063, Providence, R. I. 02940 P.O. Box 6063 Providence, RI 02940 Or fax to: 401 / 726-5820. THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993 17 OBITUARIES HELEN BO RODACH Hope St., Providence. Burial Klein of Coventry; one son, Sinai Memorial Chapel, 825 PINCHAS KO RALNIK PROVIDENCE - Helen was at Lincoln Park Cemetery, Stephen Aronson of Acton, Hope St., Providence. PROVIDENCE - Pinchas Borodach , 97, of the Jewish Warwick. Mass.; one brother, David Fein " Paul" Koralnik, 88, of 423 Home for the Aged, 99 Hillside berg of Warwick; one sister, ISAAC KLAUSNER Wayland Ave., a cap maker in Ave., died March 26 at the HERBERT A. CO HEN Esther Hoffman of North EAST PROVIDENCE Poland, Chicago and Rhode home. She was the widow of MARBLEHEAD, Mass. Miami Beach, Fla., and five Isaac Kla usner, 89, of the Island for more than 60 years Abraham Borodach. Herbert Alan Cohen, 66, died grandchildren. Hattie Ide Chaffee Nursing retiring three years ago, died Born in Elizabethgrad, Rus March 22 at the Dana Farber The funeral service was held Home, a chemist and a teach March 26 at the Jewish Home sia, she was a daughter of the Cancer Institute in Boston afte1 March 26 at Temple Torat er, died March 26 at the home. for the Aged. He was the hus late Samuel and Hinda (Gosh) a long battle with cancer. Born Yisrael, 330 Park Ave. Burial He \Vas the husband of the late band of Mary (Landwirth Solotaroff. She had lived in in Providence on July 26, 1926, was in Lincoln Park Cemetery, Anna (Spokojny) Klausner. Abrahamer) Kornlnik. Willimantic, Conn., for 57 the son of the late Aaron and Post Road, Warwick. Arrange Born in Troki, Poland, he Born in Poland, a son of the years before moving to Provi Nettie (Paster) Cohen, he was ments were made by the Max was a son of the late Chaim S. late Shmuel and !ta {Czar and Rachel L. {Kopilowitz) dence in 1980. a resident of Marblehead, Sugarman Memorial Chapel, nocha) Kora\nik, he lived in ausner. He had lived in Borodach was a member of Mass., for many years. 458 Hope St., Providence. Kl Providence for 16 years previ Cranston before moving to the Women's Association of Cohen graduated from Clas ously living in Chicago. East Providence two years ago. the Jewish Home for the Aged. sical High School, Providence BETTY GREENE Koralnik was a Holocaust He was a chemist for Nar In Willimantic, she was a and Brown University. He PROVIDENCE - Betty survivor, and a member of the member of Temple Bnai Israel earned a master's degree from Greene, 90, of 50 Balton Rd., a ragansett EleCtric Co. for more Providence Hebrew Day than 20 years before retiring in and past president of its Sister Northeastern University. concert cellist from the age of 5 School. 1968. He was a teacher in the Besides his wife he leaves a hood, and a past president and He was a Navy veteran of until she was 80, died March 27 Rhode Island public school daughter, Gabriella Barros of life member of Hadassah. She World War [I. at the St. Elizabeth Home. She was a sponsor of the Senior From I 962 to I 989 he was a was the widO\.,, of Emanuel J. system from 1966 to 1988. He Providence, and three grand also was a Hebrew school Judea Chapter of Willimantic co-owner and treasurer of the Greene. daughters. teacher for 40 years in the and a founder of its Senior Central Chemical Corp. of Born in London, England, The funeral service was held Greater Providence area. Citizens Club. She was a mem Salem.Mass. she was a daughter of the late March 28 at the Max Sugar He attended college in ber of the Women's Associa He was a former manager of Samuel and Betha (Travis) Ru man Memorial Chapel, 458 Vilna, Russia, and in Karl Hope St., Providence. Burial tion of Windham Community the North Shore Philharmonic, bini. She lived in Providence sruhe, Germany. He received was in Lincoln Park Cemetery, Memorial Hospital. .-i member of Temple Emanu-EI for two years, and previously a bachelor's degree in engi She leaves three daughters, of Marblehead and Redwood lived in Florida and Long Is Warwick Masonic Lodge tJc35 in East land, N.Y. neering at the University of Sylvia Rosenthal of East Green Strasborg, France. He earned JOSEPH KORTlCK wich, Shirley Bellin of Provi Providence. Greene was a cellist in family his master's degree at New C RANSTON - Joseph Kor dence and Barbara Kritz of He is survived by his wife, musical ensembles that per York University in 1947. tick, 85, of 19 Kearney St., a Allentown, Pa.; a son, Gerold Suzanne {Altman); a son, Peter formed around the world. She He was a member of the for pharmacist at the former Borodach of St. Louis, Mo.; a J. Cohen of Marblehead, and played in both the Queen's mer Faband Association, Tem Adams Drug Store on Rolfe brother, George Corsan of Med two brothers, Gerald P. Cohen College Symphony and in the ple Torat Yisrael and the for Street for 15 years before retir ford, N.Y.; 11 grandchildren, and Maurice B. Cohen of Queen's Symphony in Broward mer Temple Beth Israel. ing in 1977, died March 24 at and 13 great-grandchildren. Cranston. County, Fla. She taught cello He leaves a son, Edmond Waterview Villa, East Provi The funeral service was held Funeral services were held most of her life. Klausner of New York City; a dence. He was the husband of March 28 at the Chapel of the on March 24 in the Stanetsky She leaves two daughters, daughter, Elana Vikan of Balti the late Katherine (Riter) Jewish Home for the Aged, 99 Hymanson Memorial Chapels Joan S. Kramer, with whom she more; a sister, Sarah Tsivoni of Kortick. Hillside Ave. Burial was in in Swampscott-Salem, Mass. made her home, and Sylvia Tel Aviv, Israel, and two grand Born in Providence, a son of Temple Bnai Israel Cemetery, Marlin of Altamonte Springs, Fla.; two sisters, Dodo daughters. (Continued on NeKI P;ige) Willimantic. The service was EDWIN FEINBERG A graveside funeral service coordinated by Mount Sinai Hemerdinger and Dolly Stern, CRANSTON - Edwin Fein was held March 28 at Li ncoln .------, Memorial Chapel, 825 Hope both of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; berg, 77, of G reening Lane, Park Cemetery in Warwick. Join Jack & Rhoda Mossberg St., Providence. five grandchildren, and two founder and president of Fein great-grandchildren. Arrangements were made for a special 3-week tour of berg and Co. Inc., wholesale A private funeral was held by the Max Sugarman Memo ARCHIE J. CHASET produce dealers for 47 years, March 30. Burial was in Mount rial Chapel, 458 Hope St., PROVIDENCE - Archie J. died March 25 at Miriam Hos Ararat Cemetery, Farmingdale, Providence. ISRAEL Chaset. 83, of the Jewish pital. He was the husband of Long Island. Arrangements for November 18-December 9 via El Al Home for the Aged, d ied Marcia (Warshaw) Aronson the funeral were made by March 29 at the home. He was Feinberg. He was the husband Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel. D 8 MANTIQUES $2,385 :.!:E: the husband of the late Mil of the late Helen (Tversky) 825 Hope St., Providence. Single1tems 1 week each in dred {Sack) Chaset. Feinberg. or Estates NETANYA Born in Providence, he was Born in Russia, a son of the RUTH HALPERT Appraised or TIBERIAS the son of the late Benjamin late Louis and Anna {Warren) PROVIDENCE Ruth Purchased. JERUSALEM Feinberg, he had lived in Halpert. 90, of the Hallworth and Eva (Goldstein) Chaset. Furniture • Paintings • Clocks 11Davs Sightseelng • 2Mealsa Dar He was the owner of Superior Cranston since 1950, previ House, 66 Benefit St., died Dolls • Chino • Glassware Heating Inc., which he took ously living in Providence. March 27 at the house. She was Oriental Rugs over from his late father, for He was an Army veteran of the widow of Robin Halpert. 337 NO BROADWAY many years until selling the World War II, serving in Born in Providence, she was EAST PROVIDENCE 4JJ:•J:ZJl fa mily business in 1967. After Panama. a daughter of the late Max and 720ReservolrAve., Cranslon, RI 02907 lot.L~~~~;!no ~TT00 • OUls lde Rl1·800-23-4-5S95 selling the business, he was He was a member of Temple Sadie (Bernstein) Silverstein. 1 involved in various sales and Torat Yisrael and its Men's Halpert was a partner with business enterprises until his Club; a member of Redwood her husband in the importing retirement 10 years ago. Lodge 35 AF & AM; a member business from Scotland for 20 He had lived in Providence of the Rhode Island Jewish His years before retiring in the for IO years, previously resid torical Society; a member of 1960s. She was a member of ing in North Providence. Roger Williams Chapter of Temple Beth-El. its Sisterhood, He was a member of Temple B'nai B'rith; a member of Help and the B'nai B'rith Women. Emanu-EI and its Men's Club. ing Hand; and a member of She leaves a son, Stephen He was awarded the "Man of Hebrew Free Loan Association. Allen Halpert of Grafton, the Year Award" in 1973 al the Besides his wife, he leaves Mass., and a grandson. temple and in 1976, he was four daughters, Lois Miller of A graveside service was held Sl:CUlllTY voted to be an honorary life Clearwater, Fla., Susan Edberg March 29 at Lincoln Park board member. of Scottsdale, Ariz., Carol Fein Cemetery, Warwick. Services CLEANSERS, INC. Chaset was a chef for many berg of Tampa, Fla., and Janie were coordinated by Mount temple functions. He was on Professiondl Dry Cledners Since 1g41 the National Steering Commit tee for United Synagogue MEDICARE & MEDICAID Youth, and he set up many Is proud to announce the opening of its youth programs at the temple. CERTIFIED AND LICENSED He was a member of Roosevelt SKILLED NURSING STAFF 8th convenient location at Lodge #42 AF & AM, Provi CASE MANAGEMENT dence Valley of Scottish Rite, " Homeca re You Can Rely O n" 771 Hope Stre et Palestine Shrine, the Jewish • RN Assessment Se.r,,illg A/n,..,atb11,1ttl.1 a11ilR hoih /,,land • 2•·HourSupervision Providence Home for the Aged, led Boy Providing Quality Heahhcare for 17 years •Re9isteredNurses Scout Troop #F-15 and was a •LicensedNursingAssistants 2 73-4342 benefactor of many organiza " • Physical Therapy tions. •Occupat10nallherapy He leaves a son, Alan •Speech Therapy SPEC IALIZING IN ALL YOUR ORY CLEANING Chaset o f Arlington, Va .; a • IV Therapy • Maste1Soc1alWork NEEDS FROM CASUAL TO COUTURE daughter, Nancy Chaset of • Ped11t11cs North Providence, and a grand LAUNDRY SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR SHIRTS. lli't Mfl pro<~·,k YD!' n·th daughter, Jesse R Chaset 11 romprv:bc11.,11~ BED ANO TABLE LINEN runeral services were held Pr~1denc1 Nol1hK1ngs1own Brookhne, MA /l""!J~flm lo /nip yon kttp March JO at the Max Sugar t-0114!13•4474 !-0118856070 (6171738·5030 yo,.rlo,·tdont,,nt bomt. man Memorial Chapel, 458 18 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEW ISH HERALD, TH URSDAY, APRIL I, 1993 OBITUARIES (Continued from Previous r age) it~ Men's Club. He was a mem Thi.' funeral service was ht'ld LOUIS TVERSKY Sons of Jacob the late Morris and Fannie ber of Temple Torat Yisrael. March 22 at Mount Sinai Me CRANSTON Louis Kortick, he had lived in Crans He was a member of the Provi morial Chapel, 825 Hope St.. Tversky, 80, of 600 New dence Fraternal Association, Passover Schedule ton for the last 16 years. rrovidl.'nce. Burial was in Lin London Ave., Cranston, died the South Providence Hebrew coln Park Ceml'tl.'ry, Warwick. March 23 at the Rhode Island Kortick was the founder of (Continued from Page 15) the former Kortick's Drug Free Loan A~sociat ion, and the Medical Center. BRUCE D. NELSON Store in Cranston, which he Cranston Senior Guild. Born in Providence, he was He leaves a son, Howard SEA TT LE, Wash. - Bruce Friday, April 9, Chol operated for 35 yea rs. the son of the late David and Hamoed Pesach He 1vas a 1926 graduate of Lovett of Warwick; a daughter, David Nelson, 49, of 14425 Anna (Torgan) Tversky. Shacharis 6: 15 a.m., C.mdle thl.' Rhode Island College of Dolores Lu stig of Milwaukee, Hl.'nderson Road N.E., Bain Graveside funeral services lighting 7 p.m., Mincha 7:05 Pharmacy, and a former vice Wis.; a brother, Arnold Lovett bridge Island, founder and fo r were held March 25 at Lincoln p.m., Maariv 8:05 p.m. president of Rh o Pi Phi fra of Port Richey, Fla.; two sis ml.'r president of Nelson Com Park Cemetery in Wa rwick. ters, Mildred Raisner of War munications, Waltham, Mass., Arrangements were made Saturday, April 10, Shabbos ternity. Chol Hamoed Pesach He was a member of Temple wick, and Jeanette Levy of and founder and president of by the Max Sugarman Memo Shacharis 8:30 a.m., Mincha Torat Yisrael and the Touro Cranston; five grandchildren, the Nelson Network, died rial Chapel, 458 Hope St., 7:05 p.m., Maariv 8:05 p.m., Fraternal Association. and six great-grandchildren. March 28 at the Veterans Providence. He leaves three sons, Carl P. The funeral service was held Administration Medical Center. Havdalah 8:05 p.m Kortick and Lawrence D. Kor March 26 at the Max Sugar Hl' was the husband of Susan Sunday, April 11 , Sixth ANNA WINOKOOR day of Pesach tick, both of Cranston, and man Memorial Chapel, 458 (Kl.'rrigan) Nelson. Shacharis 7:30 a.m., Maurice I. Kortick of Augusta, Hope St., Providence. Burial Born in Madison, Wis., a son PROVIDENCE - Anna Ga.; three sisters, Rebecca was in Lincoln Park Cemetery, of Dorothy (Markoff) Nelson \Vinokoor, 82, of 5 Cathedral Candlelighting 7:02 p.m. Abrams of Providence and Warwick. of Providencl.', and Palm Square, a stitcher in a shoe fac Minch,1 7:05 p.m., Maariv 8:05 Beatrice Goldstein and Ethel Bl.'ach, Fla., and the late W.Jlter tory in Lynn, Mass .. for 35 ~-m Monday, April 12, Seventh Kortick, both of East Provi ELIZA BET H MARKS ). Nelson, he lived in Boston years before retiring, died day of Pesach dence; eight grandchildren and PROV IDENCE - Elizabeth for 25 years before moving to March 25 at home Born in Poland, a daughter Shacharis 8:30 il.m ., Can a great-granddaughter. Marks. 94, of 365 Cole Ave., B,1inbridgl.' Island three years dldighting 8:06 p.m ., Mincha The funeral was held on died March 20 at the home of ,1go of the late Charles .Jnd Bella 7:05 p.m., Maariv 8:06 p.rn March 28 at Mount Sinai her son, Morton J. Marks. She Nelson was a graduate of Winokoor, she lived in Lynn since 1930 Tuesday, April 13, Eighth Memorial Chapel, 825 Hope was the wife of the late the University of Rhode Island, beforl.' moving to Day of Pesach St., Providence. Burial was in Charles Mark~ and received a master's degree Providence seven years ago. She was a member of the Shacharis 8:30 a.m., Yizkor Lincoln Park Cemetery, War Born in New Bl.'dford , Mass., in business administration from Suffolk University, Bos Women's Association of the 10:30 a.m .• Mincha 7:05 p.m., wick. a d,1ughter of the late Max and Annil.' (Edelston) Marder, she ton. He was a Navy veteran of Jewish Home for the Aged, Maariv 8:08 p.m., Havdalah - ESMOND LOVETT hvl.'d with her son for the past the Vietnam War. He was chair ,ind Congregation Shaare end of Pesach 8:08 p.m . JOHNSTON - Esmond 15 months, previously living 1n man of the Bay State Executive Zedek-Sons of Abraham, both Chometz may be e.Jten no ear Lovett, 86, of the Cherry Hill W.uren since 19 25. Association from 1980 to 1990, of Providence. She was a lier than 9:15 p.m Manor, Cherry Hill Road, Marks was associated with and was national president of member of the Cr.Jnston Sen owner of the former Capital lwr husband from I 925 to the society of Telecommunica ior Guild. Scrap Salvage, Providence, l 963 as partner in the opera tion Consultants from 1989 to She leaves a sister, Ellen and Lovell's Lakewood Tire tion of the fornwr Marks De 1990. He was a member of the Brooks of Providence, and sev Co., Warwick, for 55 yea rs partml.'nt Store, which had Small Business Association of eral nieces and nephews. She Touro Sponsors was the sister of the late Edith before ret iring in 1980, died been in W.1rren since 1894 . New England, the Boston (Continued from rage 14) March 23 at the manor. He She was a member of the Executive Association, the Morris, Sarah Handleman, was the husband of the late United Brothers Synagogue, Rotary International, and Bain Ethel Cleinman and Simon will conclude a Talmudic trac Rose (Heller) Lovett. Bristol, the Providence Hebrew bridge Island Chamber of Winokoor. tatl.' ("Taanit") in celebration of Born in Providence, a son of Day School, the Martha Wash Commerce. A graveside funeral service thi s annual event, l.'ntitled "Siyum B'Chorim. " the late Hyman and Bertha ington Lodge of the Order of He was a skier and a mem was held in Lincoln Park Ceme For information on these or (Bernstein) Mendelovitz, he the Eastern Star, Warren, and ber of the National Ski Patrol. tery, Post Road, Warwick. lived in Cranston fo r 20 years thl.' Friends of Lubavitch. He was a Jewish Big Brother, Services were coordinated by other Touro Synagogue activi ties, contact the Touro Syna before moving to Johnston last Besides her son she leaves and a volunteer instructor for Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, gogue office at 847-4794. month. five grandchildren, and six the American Red Cross. He 825 Hope St., Providence. Lovett was a board member grl.'at -grandchildren. She was was on the faculty of the Elec of the former Temple Bet h mother of the late Dr. Alan N . tronic University Network. Israel, and a past president of Marks. Besides his wife and mother he leaves two sons, Zachary Celia Zuckerberg and Jacob Bain Nelson; a (Continued from rage I) was like a one-man editor. This da ughter, Sophie Nelson, all of was her home away from Bainbridge Island, and two sis University, and a member of homl.'." MT. SINAI MONUMENTS ters, Sheila Nelson G reenbaum the League of Women Voters. " She was a dedicated Our owner, Mitchell .. . his father and of Rehoboth, Mass., and Eleanor Horvitz, whose hus worker. She stayed here grandfather... have been privileged to provide Deborah Nelson Pratt of Rock band is Zuckerberg·s brother, through the Blizzard of '78," port, Mass. said Zuckerberg was very ac· noted Roger Champagne, who over 8,000 monuments in RI J ewish Cemeteries The funeral service was held tive at Pembroke. "She was, of worked with Zuckerberg at the since the 1870s for two reasons ... the quality March 31 at Temple Beth-El, course, involved in the Pl'm Hl'rald during her last year here is the finest and the price is the lowest. Orchard Avenue, Providence. lm1kr Record through her four in 1979 Arrangements were made by years. In her junior year. she She leaves a son, Nathan A. Call 331-3337 for assistance. Max Sugarman Memorial was assistant editor, and in se Zuckerberg of Silver Spring, Chapel, 458 Hope St., Provi nior year, she was editor-in Md.; a d.Jughter, Rae A. dence. chief." Zuckerberg of Providence; two Zuckerberg was also on the brothers, Or. Abraham Horvitz dean's list, and a member of the of Providence, Dr. David Press Club and Liberal Club at Horvitz of Cincinnati, Ohio, For over 40 years, the owne r o f Mount Sinai Pembroke. She worked on the .Jnd two grandchildren. yearbook, Bru11 Mad, and was The funeral service was held Memorial Chapel.. Mitchell .. has served Rhode Island J ewish active in sports, as well, March 30 at the Max Sugarman families over 8,000 times ... as a professional Jewish funeral direc· Horvitz said. Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope St. tor... as did his father and grandfather since the 1870s ... with honesty Horvitz also recalled Zucker Burial was in Lincoln Pa rk berg's days at the H erald. "She Cl.'metery, W,1rwick . and integrity. One of the reasons why the majority of Rhode Island Jewish families call Max Sugarman MOUNT SINAI Memorial Chapel MEMORIAL CHAPEL 331-3337 The home of more satisfied families Michael D. Smith 825 Hope at Fourth Streets E):ec11 tive Director Pre-need counseling wit h Please call From out of state 458 Hope Street, Providence tax-free payment planning f or your call , (Corner o f Doyle Ave.) is avai lable. New Year calendar. 1-800-33 1-3337 331-8094 Only RI Jewish Funeral Home that is a member of the Outof Stale: 1-800-447-1267 national Jewish Funeral Directors of America. 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Unfortun merly paid to them will now Out of a total temple mem ately, many of these leaders be sent to the UJA. bership in Rhode Island of at are themselves on the telethon For the first time, every tem least 4,000 families! And the list. So I know it will not be an ple member will be contribut poor chairman had to say he easy sell. or happen overnight. ing something to the support was "gratified" at the at But neither was educating the of Israel, with equal support tendance. members to support the temple for the temple and Israel, the I was ashamed. Because I or elevating the temples· dues ultimate objective. know that hundreds of fam structures to their current l have little doubt that the ilies, "good temple members," levels. United Syn<1gogue and the ~OMPETENT - Rod Bernstein at the Metropolitan Life branch whose temple dues are $500 to Jt took a commitment by the UAHC would survive very m North Providence exudes confidence and caring toward his $750 to $1,000 or more (and temple leadership and a proc well on their significant volun clients' needs. llmddphotobyOmarBradlry who were not present), give ess of education. And it took tary contributions. $50 or less to the federation. more than an occasional [ challenge our rabbis to dedicate their pulpits and their Other hundreds give nothing. sermon. It h.ippened only good offices to this cause. A The simple truth is, the~ have when people were convinced it ,------~-,,------/ / I more appropriate function for A Cl L 1~ K been educated and motivated w.is important. oser to support their temple; they The same energies and effort the rabbis is hard to imagine. ! have never been equally edu- have never remotely been ap I challenge our temple lead ership to broaden their Jewish :jlfii§li-"\i QiJ•jii4#-j cated and motivated to support plied to encouraging support - Israel. for Israel. I can't conceive of a horizon, to use their estab The federation campaign, more meaningful or appropri lished positions of innuence ate agenda for all the temples with their memberships and to Timing Is Key in Insurance Business eacthe hsa ymea,,e small eHe Have a story idea? Know someone in the community DOES YOUR BUSINESS PROVIDE with a story to tell? The R.1. Jewish Herald welcomes ~ OUTSTANDING OR UNIQUE your ideas and suggestions. SHMUEL TAITELBAUM SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY? 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Harry Katz.an With the approaching obser Orthodox Jew, conducted the vance of the Passover holiday, ii seders in the traditional man is timely to relate the heart ner, using the Hebrew text. warmingstory of the Molly and When Harry Katz died in Harry Katz family and their four 1959, Sylvia's husband, Sidney, succeeding generations. assumed the leadership role. In 1930,Mollyand Harry Katz With each succeeding year, in purchasedahomeat 123 Wood· novations were introduced bine St. in Providence. They which included the participa moved into this home with their tion of all those present. Two two daughters, Rebecca and sels o f Haggadahs are used, one Sylvia. It is interesting to relate for each of the two nights. There from the Katz's own "megillah" are even changes in the menu that a seder home service for the so as to offer alternatedishes for first two nights of the eight-day those who are vegetarians. festival of Passover has been But there is more to the story conducted in their home every of the Katz family than their many years of holding family }'~~~~i~~~J.~J~y,vrn mart1eC1 S1d~e:y Factor. The number of hei pai-ents and Harry Katz'; p~rtic1pants at the seder grew bach~lor ?rother, Isadore, who with the addition of husbands, alsohved m the WoodbineStreet home. Mr. Goldman was of the opinion that this rather modest home was much too small to cated about six-tenths of a mile ~romtheWoodbinehome. There :i~~:°:i~a:~h~;~~aesfuct~~ 1s a story told in the family that children who were born in the h~ asked his wife to move with Katz home-Elliot, now 6, and him and their children to the Ruth, the baby. Rebecca did not h?m~ he had purchased. When want to move, as she did not his wife refused, he look his son want to leave her mother. and moved over to the Summit . Mr: Goldman took matters A venue house. Mrs. Goldman's mlo his own hands and bought boycott lasted but one night. The a home on Summit Avenue, lo- next morning, she tearfully em- Continued on Next Page NMSWiiltfM,fii•i'M·N 3olJutW ~assotatt BUTLER HOSPITAL 345 BLACKSTONE BOULEVARO, PRO~OENCE, RHOOE ISLAND 02006 (401) 455-6200 THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993-A3 .JOYOUS PESACH --- ____ ., 1992 SEDER, 123 WOODBI NE ST.-(F rom left) the child on her fa ther Marc Page's lap isgreat great-granddaughterof Harry Katz, Rebekah Page, Debra Page, Allison Page, Harry Surd en, Alex Kingsbury, Barry Kingsbury, M axine Kingsbury, Sidney Factor, Sylvia Factor, Richard Factor, Judith Factor, Robert Wechsler, Adam Factor Wechsler, Goldie Wechsler, Lois Surden, Marjori e Surden, Molly Surden, Laura Page and Ruth Page. It is interesting to note that the three children who are watching their grandfather, Harry Katz, with his whisk of chicken feathers are in the 1992 photograph. Now, Richard Factor is a young man livi ng at 123 Woodbine St.; Max ine and Judy are mothers with their children at the 1992 seder. Continued from Previous Page tor has done the preparation and house, represents an envious .,. cooking fo r theseders. Her niece, record. In this age of mobility, braced her mother goodbye and Ruth Goldma n Page, is respon· this traditio n is eve n more joined the rest of her own lillle sible for such food items as the unique. The bond which exists fa mily. vegetables and desserts. in this famil y is manifest Choices But that is not the end of that T here is always a c hild throug hout the year, but seems Katzs.,gaand the Woodbineresi· groomed to ask the four ques to be emphasized even more as Rabbi Hershy Worc h and his son, Meshulam, 6, look over dence. When Moll y Ka tz died in tionsandchildreneagertoopen each generation ofthe Mollyand Passover Art Co ntest entries at the Herald last week. October 1953, Sylvia Katz Factor the door fo r Elijah. The young· Harry Ka tz family ca rries on the Herald photo by Omar Bradley moved into that home with her est childre n participa te in Passover rituals. husband and child ren in order to searching for theafikomon (the take care of her father. matzah which has been hidden That is why on the nights of by the leader o f the seder). April Sand 6, the tables will once With most of the participants again be placed together to ac- returning each year, there is the commodate the 20 to 25 Seder expectation that there wil l be participants. Now, the children the same comments made and of the third, fourt h and fifth gen- the same respo nses to those erationswill sit at the tablewhich comments. This good-natured Life• Home stretches from one end of the !i v- rapport is indica ti ve of the close ing room to the end of the dining relationship of the family. room of 123 Woodbine St. The Katz family seder, ob- For ma ny years, Sylvia Fae- . served for 63 years in the same Auto • Business For All Your Insurance Needs At this season of our freedom may all your blessings increase and may those who share your Seder know peace and happiness. 111111101111 Insurance UnderwrilerS. Inc. IDouro Jlf rnternul J\ssociution 211 Angell Street• Providence, RI 02906 45 ROLFE SQUARE. CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND 273-4100 ...... A4--THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993 ~ JOYOUS PESACH Worch Offers 12-Step Recovery Approach to Haggadah's Four Sons by Yori Vanover The reason for this is his fear of plete and aggressive humilia alone. On the contrary, only as from its bondage, achieving the Based on conversations with disappearing in the group. tion of a civilization thousands part of a community can he be freedom which is synonymous Rabbi Hershy Worch The Haggadah's advice to of years old. f'Teeof the feeling that heis worth with G-d's p resence on earth. NEW YORK (JTA) - "The this wise son is to join in. That is Imagine several million Jews less, that he is so bad that even Repent: we must cease the ac Torah has spoken concerning the real meaning of "Then you invading today's Calcutta and G-d hasnouseforhim. You must tivity to which we are enslaved. four sons: one wise, one w icked, shall tell him the exact practices setting up their barbecues all dull the teeth of this son, which he Prayer: we must find a way one simple and one who knows of the Passover." over town. The courage-never is sinking in his own flesh, make to rely on the higher power to not to ask," says the Haggadah. It is impossible to conduct mind the chutzpah- required them less sharp, help him recover help us each day to remain free Rabbi Hershy Worch, who the Passover ritual according to for this kind of an act is extreme. horn his self-loathing. from that activity. heads a congregation in Paw Jewish law on one's own. How It was also the ultimate expres So we say to him: you think Charily: after we've become tucket, R I., provides an exami can one bake a matzah alone? sion of trust in the strength of we were better off than when free, we must deepen the pro nationof those four "archetypes" How can one sit alone al the thehigherpowerandobedience we were in Egypt? Do you re cess of liberation by giving it from the point of view o f the fa seder table? Impossible. to Him, suspending one's intel ally think that if you were there away to others. mous 12 steps of Alcoholics Come with us, then, join us, lect and judgment. your lowliness would have been So that when the simple son Anonymous, whichhaveby now overcome your fear, celebrate The flesh ofthe Pascal sacrifice so exceptional that you wouldn't asks "What's all this?" he is re becomethefoundationforcounl with us; you'll see that in the end was, therefore, the food of free have merited liberation? ally daring to ask: "Who is G-d less other programs, all dealing you will enhance rather than lose men and thus the halachah for Nonsense.Allofuswerelowly and what is his role in my life?" with ridding oneself of addictive your identity as an individual. bade "cutting it down" with des then and all of us were freed. The answer is G-d wants to behaviors and substances. Whal is the meaning of the sert. The message to the alienated How? "With this," meaning ¾-ith liberate me from my slavery. The slavery which the Israel intriguing lesson the Haggadah wise son is that some experiences the tools of recovery that our And The One Who Knows ites experienced in Egypt, con suggests we teach the wise son: cannot be perceived cerebrally. higher power has given to us to Not To Ask? tends Worch, was the "mother " It is forbidden to eat anything We cannot explain the taste maintainourfreedom,and which The world is full of people of all addictions." And he finds following the afikomen"? of this "freedom food," but we are represented on theseder table who are not only in slavery, but in the passage about the four Afikomen is a Greek word can certainly taste it. Likewise, by the Pascal sacrifice, thematzah aren't even aware that there's sons, as well as many other por meaning, roughly, dessert. The if you manage to suspend your and the bitter herbs. anything w rong w ith them. tions of the Haggadah, support law is that one must not eat des intellect, which stands in the And why d id the higher power Their pain is great and the only for this opinion. sert after eating from the Pascal way of your direct experience, give these tools to us? In order escape they find from the pain is What Says The Wise Son? sacrifice,so as not to d iminish the you, too, can be liberated. that we pass them on to you and in ways which destroy them. The wise son is the delached impression of its taste. This is be What Says The Wicked Son? you to your own sons and so on. Thecoupleswholivetogether intelleclual, whotreatswithcon cause the original Pascal sacrifice Just as the wise son is only What Says The Simple Son? in constant animosity, without tempt those who are engaged was the very first expression on wise in his own eyes, so is the The simple son asks the truly happiness and satisfaction, who daily in liberation from slavery. the part of the Israelites of the wicked son only wicked in his important question, "Ma zot?" make each other miserable, ex Sec how he turns to those who willingness to be liberated. own eyes. If the wise man exag Literally it means "What's all ploding in rage and even vio celebrate the Passoverseder and Egypt worshipped many dif gerates his own importance, the this?" lence, causing physical and emo demands, "Whal are the testi ferent gods, according to their wicked son exaggerates in the ButinHebrewtheword "zot" tionaI suffering: this is a form of monies and laws and modes of fluctuating positions in the ZD opposite direction. refers to theShechinah, the pres slavery. behavior which the L-rd, our diac. The lamb was at the height He believes that "trash" like ence ofG-d on Earth. Zot is only The workers who are trapped G-d, has commanded you?" of its rule around the month of him does not deserve to be freed. of the Shechinah's names. (See in boring, meaningless, even What are the strange rituals April, the time of the Exodus. The enormous accumulation of Lev.16:3, "B'zotyavoAharonel humiliatingjobs, who are forced you are conducting? What's all Moreover, according to many details which comprises the re hakodesh," With this Aharon to spend countless hours away this voodoo? One day matzot, views, idolatrous Egypt was a ligious activity frightens him. will enter the holiest sanctuary.) from their loved ones, who must another day ertogim, another vegetarian society, remi niscenl of Tefillin, tallit, prayers, Shabbat, What is the presence of G-d prostrate themselves ~e~ore Chanukah candles. today's Hindus. The divine com kashrut: who can meet so many on Earth? How is it manifested? their bossesand spend their hves That son insislS on grasping mand toeac h Israelite was to fetch demands? Here is one explanation, a bit this way, year in and year out, intellectually the process of lib a lamb 1 year old or younger, That's why he says, in great mystical, but how can one dis without satisfaction, without a eration,andunderstandingsome slaughter it in public, smear its wonder, "What is this labor to cuss the Shechinah without a sense of achievement and self thing which is purely spiritual. blood on his door seal and roast it you?" How do you cope with the little bit of mysticism: worth: this, too, is slavery. He is alienated by the religious whole, not sliced up and not in a burden ofthi s la OOr? In your place "Zot'' equals 408 in Hebrew Thesmoker who poisons him experience because he is unable pot, but on an open pit. I would have collapsed long ago. numerology, or gematriah, and self, shortening his own life and to jump head first and simply be It was a direct uncompromis What this son does not under it is the sum total of the values of spreading a cloud of disease over in it. He has a need to attach an ing assault on all the values of stand is the fact that no one ex the words kol (voice)= 136, tzom his loved ones: this is slavery toa identifying tag to each sensation. an idolatrous culture, a com- pects him to carry the burden (fasting) = 136; and mammon particularly cruel master. (money) = 136. The compulsive overeater, Check out your Ros h who tries to compensate for his Hashanah and Yorn Kippur unending daily humiliation by prayer books and you'll find that consuming huge quantities of next to the words "teshuvah, damaging food; and the other tefillah utzedakah" in large print compulsive eater, who sen (meaning repentance, prayer tences himself to death by star and charity), the words "kol, vation; or the bulimic, whose tzom and mammon" appear in cycles of binging and vomiting minute print. make him seem in his own eyes Repentance, prayer and char less human each day: all these Gordon Fox ity are the three necessary stages are slaves, too. State Representative of liberating the human soul Continued on Next Page District 5 Mt. Hope • S ummit • East Side A Happy and Healthy Passover from the ALL-JEWISH STAFF of the Max Sugarman Memorial Chapel Shcnn Price M;,t,,,10.Smilt\ E1«11tiVt'Dir«tor . JI& SamS«'p,ak Lcwisj. Bosler, R.E. 1-: . Wishing you and your loved ones the best of life's Nathan Lury Erwin Bosler blessings at Passover and throughout the year. 458 HOPE STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI (Corner of Ooyl, Avcn1.1tl JnRhodt lsl,rnd (401)331-809-1 OutofSl.ite 1-800""47·1267 THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL I, 1993-AS JOYOUS PESACH ~ The Whys of Passover: It Begins with Children by Anne S. Davidson pointing to another. HtraldEditor "You hide it," Shira Adler,5, While families across the says of the matzah. "One per stale this week busily ready their son is supposed to find it." homes for the approaching fes "When you find it, you break tival of Passover, children also it and everybody eats it for des prepare for the holiday. After sert," Miriam adds. all, it is the responsibility of the And Emma Thorne, 5, dem children - specifically the onstrates how we dip the green youngest child - to read the vegetables into salt water. The mah nishlanoh, the four ques salt water means we're sad - it tions, introducing the story of represents tears, she says. the Exodus. Meanwhile, Aaron Abrams, Take a trip into just about 6, sits quietly, nodding in ap any classroom a nd you'll be sure proval of the information re to find children preparing for layed by his classmates. Pesach. They're memorizing the Shira says we drink four cups mah nishtanoh, and most are of wine a t the seder, though she making Haggadahs of their isn't quite sure why. own. The children are not al Miriam, the eldest child in ways sure why they need to her family, will read the four know alt of this, but they're sure questions this year at the Pass it's necessary. overseder because her little sis Under the capable tutelage ter is just a baby. "I'm the oldest, of FraidelSegal, kindergarteners but my sister can't read," she at the Alperin Schechter Day said. Though Miriam has read School have things well in hand. the four questions before, this THE PASSOVER STORY- Miriam Klein, 6 (right), explains the significance of the w ine al the On a busy Friday last week, will be her first time reading seder while classmates Shira Adler, 5, and Aaron Abrams, 6, look on last week at the Alperin while the class sang the four them in Hebrew, so she's a little Schechter Day School in Providence. The children made their own Haggadahs to bring home for questions during its free play nervous, she said. Passover. HtraldphotobyAm1t D11v idw11 time, several of thechildren took "In English, it's harder to lime out lo share with a visitor me," says Shira. "I come from pracl'idng the four questions. "On all other nights we eat position. Why on this night do the Haggadahs they had made. Israel." Eli Vaknin and Simcha all kinds of herbs. Why on this we all recline?" " Instead of washing our Emma, the youngest child in Gilden shaied a Haggadah as nightdoweeatonlybitterherbs? Shlomit Vygoder tilted her hands in a sink, we wash them her family, will also read the they practiced the mah nish "On all other nights we do head to the side as she read this in a bowl at the table," said four questions this year. tanoh: not dip the vegetables even once. last question with her classmates Miriam Klein, 6, pointing to one Meanwhile, just down the "On all other nights, we eat Why on this night do we dip Rochel Halpern and Chaim of the book's pages. street, first-graders in Shulie either leavened or unleavened them twice? Edelman. "Before Pes.."lch, you search Bamberger'sclassat Providence bread. Why on this night do we "On all other nights we eat They'll know why soon for breadcrumbs and lots of Hebrew Day School were no less eat only unleavened bread? either in a sitting or a reclining enough special things ... because you enthusiastic. They, too, are mak can't eat them," she adds, ing their own Haggadahs and wonder about their state of ex become thrilled by the magnifi 12 Steps istence, if we don't show them cence of your freedom, let him start asking for some of what Continued from Previous Page that it is possible to live aS free men and women, that it is pos you've got. And the drug user, akoholic, sible to liberateoneselffrom any The fundamental mitzvah workaholic and gambler, all of earthly master person or sub connected to the Haggadah is them are wretched slaves. stance, they would not arriv~ for each Jew to feel that heor she What they have in common there on their own. had been personally freed from with the slaves in the Pharaoh's Therefore, says the Haggadah, Egypt. Egypt is the fact that their sla "You must open" the dialogue The way to do it is by con very is second nature to them. with this last son. 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A&-THE RHODE ISLAND JEW ISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL I, 1993 JOYOUS PESACH The Timeless Ritual of Making Matzot by Omar Bradley as the liquid is joined wi th the Herald Assistant Editor flour, dough is feverishly As Jews begin to celebrate kneaded and broken off in pieces Pesach, also known as the "Holi to be rolled, spread out on a day of Freedom," memories of baking sheet, perforated and the past are retold to present then baked within 18 minutes. generations in honor of its sig lmaginingasmallarmyofJews nificance to Jews everywhere. stationed at different parts of the Rabbi Hers hy Worch of bakery,someinsmall rooms with TempleOhaweSholam in Paw a tiny window through which to tucket recalls vividly how his pass the ingredients, was family went about the routine strangely amusing to Worch. But of making matzot. He told a visi it was serious business, because tor that the significance of bak the matzot were made by the ing the unleavened bread o rigi hundreds, enough to feed a small nated from the Jews' rapid exo community, he said. dus from the clutches of sla The baking crew must dean very. Once the command for the their hands of any old dough ev Hebrews to leave Egypt was ery 18 minutes - a feat tha t often Members of the Jewish community patronize Miller's Oelicatessan for Passover products last given, Jews literally grabbed leaves hands and fingers aching week in preparation for the holiday. Hf'l'llld phofoby Omar Bradley whatever they could before the with pain after several hours. But pharoah had a change of mind. Worch recalls the satisfaction of Many wrapped the dough in a knowing that he had been part of sack and quickl y departed, re something vital and sacred to The Matzah of Unity --- sulting in a fl at bread. what Judaism is all about. Only a special oven that Today, only a few Orthodox (To be recited during the Seder wil l not conclude our seder until help them in their quest for a hasn't been used for anything bakeries,mostl yinHasidiccom at Yachatz - when breaking the the missing piece of matzah is new and a better future for them else, according to kosher stan munities,still practice this time middle Matzah) found and brought again to our selves and their children. dards, can be used to bake the less ritual of making kosher Weareabouttotakethemiddle table. That action reminds us of We also remember the several matzot, Worchsaid. Everything matzot. Even though many matzah and divide it in half. As the indestructible unity which million Jews who sti ll remain be from flour to either the waler or families rely on factory-baked we break this matzah and set it binds all Jews together asa world hind. We pledge our vigilance, fruit juice must be separate un goods, Worch claims that it's aside, we linkourselvessymboli family. our support, and our solidarity til the moment o f dough-mak just not the same as traditional cally withallJews who have lived In Jewish tradition, matzah is with them, as they endeavor to ing. Heemphasized thatassoon baked matzot. in the former Soviet Union. We "the bread of affliction," used on sustaintheircommunity,reaffirm the road to redemption. As we their Jewish identi ty and coura celebrate Pesach, our festival of geously resist anti-Semitism. freedom, we know that the theme As Jews from the former So of the Exodus resonates in all that viet Union, Ethiopia and other is happening around us. countries settle in Israel by the May you, your loved ones, Jews of the Soviet Union en hundreds of thousands, we know countered decad es of suppres that their reunification with the sion. Struggling to Jive as Jews, Jewish people requires our car I friends, and guests many sought va liantly to leave ing and loving concern. May we for Israel, the homeland of the be worthy of that challenge. Jewish people. Many suffered We pray that all Jews may harassme nt; some endured find freedom this year - in a ! prison, and some Jost their li ves. world without war-and with Who share your seder At last, most Jews can leave Israel at peace. Amen. the country that represented a Prepared by the United Jewish I prison for so long. For now, the Appeal Rabbi11ic Cabinet and the door lo freedom remains open. National Conference on Soviet all be blessed We walk with them in their Exo Jewry in honor of Operation Exo I dus and commit ourselves to dus-Pesach5753-Passover 1993. 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Rt 789-J003 THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL I, 1993--A7 JOYOUS PESACH EDUCATING - Rabbi Yehoshua Laufer informs his congregation about the purpose of the feather and spoon used for recovering Chometz al Chabad House on Sunday. /lt rald photo by Om"r Bradlty The Power of Pesach by Omar Bradley Laufer carefully broke off a destined lo be burned the next Her.ildAssisl.anl Editor small piece of leavened bread day while the "Kol Chamira" is Rabbi Yehoshua Laufer stood and wrapped ii in a napkin be recited, Laufer stated. up before the group of men at the fore giving it to Chaya-Moshka Laufer believes that the rid Chabad House and implored Marks, 4, a cherubic Russian girl ding of chometz is symbolically them to stay. "My brothers, I ask to hide. The little girl did not try doing away with the unneces HIDE AND SEEK - Chaya-Moshka Marks, 4, hides a piece of you lo remain a while," he said, to make it too difficult for the sary egotism of the world,Jews, leavened bread at a demonstration for the search and annulment extending his arm to the group. older men to find. The rabbi ex like the unleavened bread cher ofChometzat the Chabad House on Sunday. The bread was later Each Sunday, Hassidim make the plained that the demonstration ishOO at the seder, should re searched out to be burned the next day. The demonstration was pilgrimage from their homes to was a re-enactment for the night main simple and pure, free from a re-enactment for the night before Pesach. read and worship at Chabad before Pesach. the distraction and excesses of Hua/d plroto by Omar Bradlt y I-louse on Hope Street, but the A prayer was offered lo G--d the world. routine was different this week. to help to find the chometz be While little children scam fore the search was conducted. pered among the older and ven Then, Michael Entin, a newly erate group of men, Laufer held arrived Russian, was given a upa plastic package. It contained feather and the spoon while a beeswax candle, a large feather Yossi Laufer held the small and a simple wooden spoon used candle. As is custom, all lights solely for the search and removal were turned off and the search ofchometz. If any !C>avened bread began for the small pieces of or food that is forbidden during bread Chaya Moshka had hid Passover Greetings Pesach is found, it must be re den earlier. moved, burned or disowned by One by one, the chometz was its Jewish owner. dumped into the plastic bag from HAPPY PASSOVER Your Friends FR.OM at t: CITIZENS BANK SENATOFt CLAIBORNE PELL ,I I I AS-THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993 JOYOUS PESACH Celebrating Passover from former Yugoslavia to former Soviet Union Ths Passover - the holiday are freer to live proudly as Jews. of freedom- has special mean JDC, which in the past has acted ing for the Jews remaining in the asa lifeline lo the Jewish world, former Yugoslavia. The Ameri is now assisting countries that can Jewish Joint Distribution have gone through political Committee 0OC) is taking mea changes in maximizing Jewish sures to ensure that these Jews, culture and religion. JDC helps whoareanythingbut free, will be Jews not only to live, but to live able to celebrate their holiday. as Jews," Wolf said. Matzot and kosher wine will As the overseas arm of the be sent in by JDC and La American Jewish community, Benevolencia, the aid society of JDC with funding from the regu the Sarajevo Jewish community. lar campaignsof the United Jew In keeping with its nonsectar ish Appeal,servesJewish popu ian work in the former Yugosla lations throughout the world by via, JOC sent kosher food to the providing social welfare assis Moslems for their holy month of tance and servicing their reli Ramdan, at the request of the gious and cultural needs. Jewish community. The food, More than 20,0CX) Eastern Eu donated by the French Union of ropean Jews will celebrate Pass Jewish Students, is being distrib over with wine, matzot, sedcr uted by La Benevolencia. plates, maror and other Passover Above, an elderly Jewish woman in St. Petersburg receives a parcel of matzah from a local In Z.agreb and Belgrade hun foods from Passover kits pro volunteer. The matzah was provided by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee QDC). dreds of the refugees from vided by JOC. These kits will be JDC helped the Jewish community organize a network of volunteers who visit the needy elderly Sarajevo will be able lo attend sent to the former Soviet Union, on a regular basis. Pltoto by Doro11 Bacl,l'r public seders. Yitzhak Aygcn the &,!tics, Poland, Czechoslova machl,a rabbinical candidate who kia and Hungary in l'ime for has been studying in Israel with Passover. In addition, 25,000 rium for more than 200 people. not know the traditions and will receive matzah, kosher meat support from JOC, is being sent Haggadot will be distributed. Traditional and Educational these evenings help them lo re and wineandsederswill beheld to Belgrade for two weeks to help In Vilnius, two public seders Seders Held instate their memory." in both of the homes for the run the seders and leach about will be held: one with the pupils Last year in Bulgaria seders In Slovakia, a number of dif aged; in Poland, seven seders Passover. of the Jewish school and their were organized for 1,300 people ferent seders v-till be held this will be held in the largest com Celebrating Passover in families-estimated attendance in seven small towns. This year Passover. The Kosice and the munities and one seder will be Freedom 250 to300 people-and One for JOCisconcentratingitseffortson BratislavanJewish communities held for about 100 children in JDC President Amb. Milton youngsters, elderly and pen larger cities, and the attendance wilt each hold one traditional Srodborow; and in Israel 1,500 A. Wolf noted that Passover, as sioners-esl'imated attendance is expected to exceed 2,000. seder for elderly people and one Amharic/Hebrew Haggadot the holiday of freedom, is a mile 200 to 250 people. After last year'sscders,a Jew of a more educational nature for will be distributed to Ethiopian stone in the Jewish lifecycle. In Estonia,a publicsederwill ish journalist in Bulgaria wrote, the younger generation. olim participating in JOC's vo "Today, Jews in more countries be held in the school audito- "A lot of the Jews in Bulgaria do In Tunis, 175 people in need cational training programs. Ethiopian Jews Try to Retain Ancient Passover Traditions by Michele Chabin Educated in Israeli schools, Ben-Dor, "you need to know JERUSALEM (JTA) - For new immigrant children, re how they celebrated the holi Ethiopian Jews living in Israel, gardless of their backgrounds, day in Ethiopia." celebrating Passover has be are encouraged to adopt the Over there, she said, "the come a bicultural affair. ways of their new country. people took the commandments Transplanted to a new coun Sadly, the culture of their par relating to J>csach very literally." try with different customs and ents and grandparents is some Beginning on the first day of the traditions, the Ethiopian com times lost in the process. Hebrew month of Nissan - the munity is in the process of shap "For Ethiopians, celebrating month in which Passover falls - ing a new identity. Pesach in Israel can be both re they began deaning their homes Whilethecommunity'sspiri warding and difficult," said and searching for animals to tual leaders, known as kessim, Shoshana Ben-Dor, an expert on slaughter as a ritual sacrifice. want to retain as many of the Ethiopian Jewish customs and Cleaning the home required old ways as possible, they ac institutions. whitewashing the interior of knowledge that many of the To understand just how each house (the thatched-roof young people view these cus much of a culture dash the Ethio huts were constructed of mud, toms as obsolete. piansexperienceon Pesa ch, said straw, and cow dung). Any cooking utensil that had been used during the year w,1seither put away or destroyed. Any Catering By thing made of pottery was bro ken or sold - liter,1lly-to non Jews. A new b,1tch of day pols and utensils was made espe cially for Pesach. On the eve of the holiday, the entire village assembled in the 1~1 courtyard of the "m.1skid," or And The Entire Staff synagogue. Toward evening, EXTEND OUR BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOURS the kessim sl,1ughtcrcd ,1 few FOR A JOYOUS PASSOVER sheep as a ritual s.1crifice. 1880 Post Road, Warwick, HI (401) 738-5454 While the anim,llS were 36 Washinglon Street, Wellesley, MA (617) 431-7666 cooked for the fc,1st lh,11 was to follow, the kcssim recounted the Call Monday-Friday 9---4: I (800) 262-2837 story, b.1sed soldv on b1blic,1l Urwlfr lh• 1trict IUP"Nleion of the Vud lhka&hruth of RI ..&:, rcfercnces,ofthc lsr,,clites' E' JOYOUS PESACH ~ A Passover Remembrance of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 19, 1943 by Zvi Rosenwein Rembo'sstory-and the many from the depths of Auschwitz of children being led to their Come, said he to his minions, NEWYORKQTA)-"ltwasa otherslories,indudingmyown, by those who did not survive to deaths in Trebli nka, and in that let us cut them off from being a day tha t brought me down com that made up the destruction of tell thestoryofEuropeanJewry, we tell the end of civilization. people, that the name of Israel pletely," reca lls Nahum Rembo, European Jewry. over and over again. And then, after we have re may be remembered no more. secretary of the Warsaw commu Wepauseatthepassageinthe Wewhoswvivedconsiderthe cited all this, we can tell of the And they slew the blameless and nity, in his memoirs. Haggadah that says, "In every recounting of the tale to be the young heroes who rose up on pure, men and women and li ttle It was a hot day in August generation,everyindividualmust fulfillmentofasolemnoathmade the firstsedernightin 1943, who ones, with vapors of poison and 1942 and Rembo had been told feel as if he (or she! personaUy tothosewhowerekilled. "Prom lashed out against those mur burned them with fire. that the Germans were evacuat had come out of Egypt." ise us you will remember," they derers of children and gave ex But we abstain from dwelli ng ing schools and orphanages, in My modern-day Egypt was said. "Promise us you will tell." pression to the bitter outcry of a on the deeds of the evil ones lest cluding the one run by Janusz World War II Poland, and not a And so, on a holiday when people in their darkest hour. we defame the image of G--d in Ko rczak. day goes by without my wearegathered with friends The struggle of a small and which man was created. The Germans began loading thinking of my en- AR$ and family to celebrate virtually unarmed group of Now, the remnants of our the trains that would take the slavement there. On ~-t ~. ,-f our freedom we tell. young Jews, led by the likes of people who were left in the ghet childre n to Treblinka. "The the seder night, I C) C We tell not only of 24-year-old Mordechai Anni tos and camps of annihilation death march started by Korczak askmyfamily,and ~ thedestruction,but levitch and 28-year-old Tzivia rose up against the wicked ones with his children - that, I will all Jews, to think also of that which Lubetkin, was the first uprising from the sanctification of the never forget," wrote Rembo. back with me. was destroyed. in occupied Europe and lasted Name, and slew many of them "Thal was not a march to Why on the f"" ,._ There was, we longer than the German inva before they died. death, it was a silent organized seder night? In ~ tell, a great Jewish sion of Poland. On the first day of Passover, protest against the savagery. part,becauseitwas ../'),- <, peopleinEuropefor We must continue to give life the remnants in the Ghetto of " It was surreal. The children on the first night of "1'E fO~ morethan 1,oooyears. to these unlived lives and some Warsaw rose up against the ad were lined upingroupsoffour, Passover 50 years ago, They formed thousands meaning to their horrible deaths. versary, even as in the days of with Korczak leading them, his when the Germans had sur- of communities; they built On the seder night, let us tell Judah the Maccabee. They were eyes lifted skyward, his hands rounded the Warsaw Ghetto tradeandcommerceanderected thei r stories and give voice to lovely and pleasant in their lives, holding those of two children. and were preparing to destroy housesoflearningand worship. their cries. and in their death they were nol "At night, I thought I heard it, that the last remnants of the They created their own Ian Here is the text that my fam divided, and they brought re the marching of the little chil half-million Jews of Warsaw guage, theirownliterature,their ily reads at the seder, as re demption to the name of Israel dren. They are marching to the roseupagainsttheiroppressors own thea ter, their own music. printed from the Jewish Specta through all the world. tune of the teachers. I heard their and fought one of the most val- They spewed forth into the tor, April 1960: And from the depths of their march without stop, going inan iant battles of Jewish history. world some of the greatest ge- Perform this ritual after the affliction the martyrs li fted their unknown direction." The other reason fo r choosing niuses of the last centuries. third of the Four Ceremonial voices in a song of fait h in the (Emanuel Ri11gelblum, "Notes the seder is that we are com- And then we must tell of the Cups, just before lhe door is coming of the Messiah, when from the Ghetto," Vol. 2, pp. 213- manded on Passover to tell the destruction, of the methodical opened for the symbolic en justice and brotherhood will 214, tra11slated from the Yiddis/1, story of the Exodus from Egypt, dehumanizationofthe Jewsfirst trance of the Prophet Elijah. All reign among men. I.L. Peretz Publishing, Israel , 1985.) over and over again. "And the in ghettos and then in concen rise, and the leader of the seder All sing "Ani Ma'amin" (I Be more one tells the story of the trationcamps,ofthetortureand recites the following: lieve), the song of the ma rtyrs in Every yea r in our home, we Exodus from Egypt, the greater the starvation, of the carefull y On Utls night of the seder ghettos and liquidati on camps: pause in the middle of the Pass one's merit," the Haggadahsays. orchestrated murderof millions. we remember with reverence I believe in perfect faith in the over seder to retell Nahum And so we are comma nded Wete\lNahwnRembo'sstory, and love the 6 mi llion of our comihg of the messiah: people of the European exile And though he tarry, none who perished at the hands of a theless do I believe! tyrant more wicked than the Zvi Rosenwein writes for the "The Haggadah is another plai n how the holiday is cel Algemeiner Journal, a Yiddish Ancient Traditions new thi ng for the Ethiopians. ebrated in lsrael,and we put it on Pharaoh who enslaved our fa weekly in New York. Continued from Previous Page Back in Ethiopia, the kes would videotape to distribute to a bsorp thers in Egypt. read aloud parts of the Bible ti on centers and caravan sites all ea t a piece of the slaughtered dealing with the Exodus from over the country," he says. sheep a nd some "qita," the Egypt and crossing the Red Sea. Almost two yea rs have Ethiopian equivalent ofmatzah. elapsed since the Operation During the week of Pesach, Although the Haggadah does "" this as well, it is also fi lled with Solomon airlift brought most of what people ate depended on commentary by great rabbinic the remai ning Ethiopian Jews where they li ved. In some areas, scholars and sages." to Israel. Duri ng that time, most Jews ate legumes, while others To acquaint the immigrants have adapted to life here- to a considered them forbidden. with contemporary Pesach ritu greater or lesser degree. Jf/o__j°~ &; ./f~ On the other hand, all Ethiopi· • c%c. als, the Jewish Agency last year "This year, we will sponsor ans abstained from eating any 40 SLATER ROAD put together a SO-minute video group seders only for those im food that had been aged or fer CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND 02920 cassettethatexplains,inAmhari c, migrants who have been here mented overnight. This included how Pesa.ch observance in Israel less than a year," says Hare!. dairy products like yogurt and differs from the holiday's obser "At this stage, most of the vet cheese. Even a cup of mil k that va nce in Ethiopia. eranimmigrantsprefer toobserve had formed a layer of butterfat "We asked 10 kessim fro m Pesach at home with family or was considered chametz. various parts of Ethiopia to ex- friends, just li ke other Israelis." "Looking back on thei r li ves in Ethiopia, many immigrants recall how limited their d iet was Wishing our friends a duringPesach. Theyareamazed at the amount and variety of food that Israelis eat during the holiday," said Ben-Dor. Hop~e, The new immigrants have had other surprises as well , ac cording to Yossi Hare], head of the heritage division of the Im migration and Absorption De partment of the Jewish Agency. 'The new immigrants were shocked to learn that Jews around the world stopped slaughtering animals fo r ritual The To f al Kitchen And Bathroom Showroom sacrifice w hen the second A Division of United Supply Co. temple was destroyed. 146A Quaker Highway • Uxbridge. MA "There are still some Ethio l-800-333-9044 • (508) 278-7761 pian elders who perform this 361 Jefferson Boulevard • Warwick. RI ritual, even in Israel, but ii goes 739-8000 • l-800-333-5758 against modern Jewish prac Paul P. Moran, Chairman OPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY 9-5, SATURDAY 9-1 tice," 1-farel explains. Terrence P. Moran, President r A10-THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993 JOYOUS PESACH Let's Put Moses Back Into Passover by living Greenberg After 40 years, mentally and The Origins of the Seder. NEW YORK (]TA) - More pyschological\ y exhausted by the The seder was created by the than any other person, our never-ending whining and in rabbis after the temple was de teacher, Moses, made the Exodus gratitude, Moses finall y blevv up. stroyed . The goal was not only happen (with the helpofG-d). The umpteenth time that the to remember and re-enact the Founder of the Jewish nation, Israelites, lacking water, blamed Exodus, but to give hope. he was perhaps the most influen him and Aaron for endangering Just as the Israelites had been tial teacher who ever lived. The their Jives and said they wished redeemed then, so would G-d divine law that he transmitted to they were back in Egypt, he bring another exodus and re Israel created a way of life that lashed out verbally at the people store the present-day Jews. If has lasted over three millennia. and struck the rock lo bring Moses was the driving force of Moses shaped the moral and waler. Thus he Jost his chance to the Exodus, obviously he could religious outlook that is the ba enter Israel, the focus of his not repeal now. sis of modern civilization. Three hopes and dreams. So therabbisstressed that the of the major faiths of the world Surely, Moses' sister Miriam, eternal, ever-living G-d was the - whose believers number al prophetess and coleader, and liberating force. In the words of most 2 billion-grew out of his his brother Aaron, the high the Haggadah: "And G-d took us teachings. priest, deserve credit for their out of Egypt - not through an Moses was a revolutionary service to the Jewish people. angel, not through a seraph, not who smashed the greatest des Still, of Moses we can say: through a messenger, but the potism of his time. The phara Never have so many owed so Holy One, the Blessed in G-d's onic system combined absolute much lo so selfless a person. own Glory and Person." political power, total control of Yet when the rabbis created Today, the situation has agriculture and G-d status in the seder to commemorate the changed drastically. There is one person. Exodus, what was given to little danger that the seder par Most revolutionaries are Moses? Not a mention. ticipants will deify Moses. good al overthrowing estab In the text of the traditional Most of the 86 percent of lished orders. Often, this leaves Haggada h, developed over cen American Jews who hold a seder a void. But Moses built a whole turies, there is not one single know littleornothingabouthim. new way of life. reference to - almost not even They need lo hear more about Most great revolutionaries a hint of-Moses' contribution. Moses' life and teachings. have sweeping visions but are Oceans of ink have been They would probably feel impatient with process or \x,red spilled to explain why G-d's closer to the Jewish tradition if by detail. By contrast, Moses self name is not mentioned in the they could encounter his remark The Four Questions lessly organized the daily logis Scroll of Esther when that story able human model - including First-grade teacher Shulie Bamberger and her students at tics for a march of 600,000 slaves of redemption is told on Purim. howhecamefromanassimilated Providence Hebrew Day School rehearse the four questions of across a desert for 40 years. Yet the blatant omission of backgrow1d to become a great Passover last week in preparation for the holiday. Consider the price Moses paid. Moses in the Exodus account is prophet and leader of his people. Furthermore, in our time a Her,i/dpliotobyAn11e Daiiidson Raised in the court of Pharaoh, almost taken for granted. enjoying eveiy imaginable privi Only two plausible explana new Exodus has occurred-the legeas theadoptedsonofEgypt's tions have ever been offered recreation of the state of Israel. princess, he gave it all up to help for this "black hole" of Jewish People are less concerned that his outcast, enslaved people. memory. "it can't happen here" or "only Later, he left a quiet, easy life One is that precisely because G-d can make an Exodus." Passover Greetings as son-in-law of the high priest Moses was so central to the Exo They will bemoregalvanized of Midian to carry out his mis dus, there was danger of a cult personally if they learn how, /,mn sion ofliberation. Asa result, he of personality. His contribution step-by-step, Moses, Miriam was separated from his wife and was so great that he might well and other individuals liberated RELIABLE GOLD family fo r many years. have been defied or placed the Jewish people and trans When presenting his de above mere humans, as indeed formed history. Antique and Unusual Jewelry, Sil ve r and China mands for freedom, Moses faced was done to Jesus in Christian So this Passover, when you sit threats and hostility from the ity and Buddha in Buddhism. down to theseder-3,143years 18 1 WAYLAND AVENUE at WAYLAND SQUARE Egyptians. At the same time, he To protect the p urity of Jew after the Exodus, 1,900 years af was blamed by the Israelites for ishmonolheism,therabbisomit ter the first seder - it is time to every setback. ted Moses from the Haggadah correct an "injustice" in the com When the supply of water or account that would shape the memoration of Jewish liberation. food ran out in the desert, the people's understanding. Insert Moses' story into your Israelites castigated Moses, con As the Torah points out, seder. (You can particularly trasting unfavorably their Moses' burial place is totally draw on Exodus chapters 1-20 present stale in the desert with unknown. Perhaps this was the and 32ff.) Remember "The the "good old days" (and varied divine way of preventing the memory of the righteous is a menus!) of slavery. creation of a Moses cult. Per blessing" (Proverbs 10, 7). When the people betrayed haps this was the model for the Irving Greenberg is president of theircovenantand built a golden rabbis' omission. CLAL - th e National Jewish Cen calf, Moses put his own life on The other defensible reason ter for Leaming and Leadership the line to win a reprieve for is offered by Baruch Bokser, of and author of The Jewish Way Is rael's existence. blessed memory, in his book, (New York: Summit Books ). COMPLIMENTS OF Passover Greetings MIGDAL KOSHER CHEESE from THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN Murray, Deborah KOSHER CHEESE Scott , Melissa Uncterthe&tnCtRabbtmc.alsuper,,sionof K"halAdath.Joohun.,n.lnc. - NYC . NY a nd Anne Kaplan Not just a cheese, a t radition. WORLD CHEESE CO, INC. • BROOKLYN. N.Y. 11232 RHODE ISLAND DISTRIBUTOR: DAVIS DAIRY PRODUCTS As Always, Ingredients Are Strictly Kosher • 7 THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH H ERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993-Al 1 JOYOUS PESACH The 115th Anniversary of an Early American Haggadah by Rabbi David Geffen characterized them, needed a new tions deal with Moses slaying SCRANTON, !'a. ()TA) - and relevant Haggadah, he the Egyptian and the "This day is the anniversary of turned to Liberman for assistance. handmaide n of Pharaoh's the great exodus of the people The first Haggadah pub daughter rescuing baby Moses oflsrael from the land of Egypt," lished in the United States ap in the basket from the river the Democratic Press of Chicago peared in 1837from the press of where he had been placed. The notified its readers in 1868. S.H. Jackson of New York. His Egyptian buildings depicted in Thestorycontinued, 'We want son put out a second edition. one drawing are Chicago-like our readers to know that there Then, beginning in 1851, the in appearance. In addition, the have been about 6,000 pounds of 1-faggadahmarkel wascaptured pulley system used for construc unleavened bread sold here for by LH. FrankofNewYork, who tion purposes by the ancient the useof the Hebrew population issued numerous editions of the Egyptians in the illustration is ofthiscityandsurroundingcoun 1-laggadah with English and characteristic of the Midwest in try, that on the first two evenings German translations. When any the 1870s. ln the rescue-of-Moses of the festival every Jewish fam of Frank's edit-ions included il illustration, the arm of the ily circle assembles around the lustrations, they were borrowed hand maiden has grown longer, festive board." from European editions of the so she can reach the basket. This While Chicago became a ma Haggadah. artistic interpretation derived jor center for Jews following the In 1878, Ettelsohn and from a rabbinic interpretation great immigration fTom Eastern Liberman felt that the time was of that baby-Moses story. Europe starting in 1881, there ripe for a new Haggadah with a Thefinalillustrationisthemost were already enough Jews in the fresh translation and illustra innovative. As the children of Is city in the 1860s to form a Jewish tions that would relate to the rael cross the Red Sea, they go company in the Civil War. American experience. through 12 distinct channels. Following that war, addi Liberman wrote the intToduc Again drawing upon rabbinic tional temples a nd synagogues tion, the guide for the seder, lore, the artist, H. Senior, had the were formed and as many as prepared the English translatlon escaping Israelites cross the Red 10,000 Jews resided in Chicago and added Hebrew explana Sea by their tribal contingents. by the late 1870s. tions for Echad Mi Yodea and The firs t edition of the One immigTant of that pe Chad Gadya, portions near the Haggadak was published in riod recalled: ''The Russian and end of the 1-laggadah. 1878 in Chicago in a limited Polish Jews were crowded into An unknown arl'ist by the number. A leading New York the districts bounded by Canal, name of H. Senior was commis Jewish bookseller,J. Kantrowitz, Holstead, Polk and 14th streets. sioned to do the artwork. realized the Haggadah's sales A Sigh of Satisfaction The first of the five original potential. He copyrighted it in The great majority of this group Lauren Steingold, 5, proudly displays the seder plate she illustrations in the 1-laggadah 1879, though it was probably earned their livelihood by ped designed Sunday at the Temple Sinai Passover workshop accompanied the instructions illegal, and issued four different dling dry goods and notions program. Herald photo t,y Omar Bradley which they carried around on for the search for the leaven. editions in the 1880s. fool,orjunk, vegetables and fruit Depicted were a turbaned fa Last year, all five illustrations which were peddled by horse ther and a young son dressed in were reproduced in the Ameri and wagon." peasant garb and not the stylish can Heritage Haggadah after be By the beginning of the 1880s, fashion of the time. ing out of print for over a century. Chicago, next to New York, was The second illustration be This year four previously un the prime intellectual and pub came the most famous because known copies of the Liberman lishingcenterfor AmericanJewry. it was the first depiction of the Kantrowitz Haggadahareondis Hebrew and Yiddish papers four sons as Americans. The play, along with other 19th cen flourished from the1870son,and wise son has his eyes lowered as tury Haggadot, in the Passover Best a number of Hebrew books were he reads the Haggadah and his exhibit at Temple Israel in published there as well. head is covered. Scranton, Pa. One of the leading Hebrew The wicked son, hatless, puffs As this Chicago Haggadah's and Yiddish publishers in the away on a cigarette, and raises birthday is marked, the illustra Chicagoarea wasNachum Baer his hand in a challenging fash tions, which made it truly an Ettelsohn. He established a He ion. Only the backs of the other American first, have once again brew-Yiddishpress,and in 1877 two sons are visible. The mother come to life. Wishes started to publish a Hebrew,a nd and father are lost in their Rabbi David Ge/fen is spirit11a/ then a Yiddish paper titled thoughts. The generation gap is leader ofTempl e Israel in Scra11to11, fsrae/ilische Presse, which sold certainly in evidence here. Pa., and editor of the American for 2 cents a copy. The third and fourthillustra- Heritage Haggadah. Rev. Hayyim Uberman,a Chi cago melamed (learned teacher) who was quite knowledgeable in Wishing You A Happy Passover for Jewish sources, was a regularcon tributor to the paper. When KELLEY METALS CORP. Ettelsohn realized that American John J. Kelley, Sr. Jews, "the young folks," as he i Passover Greetings i a from Best Wishes for a lBE NEFICENT CHURCH . Happy Passover Passover Greetings Joyous from ROBERT D. ROSENBERG, D.D.S Lorin PRACTICE LIMITED TO ORTHODONTICS Livery Ltd. 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Governor Dyer Farmers Market Valley Street, Providence 421-2712 272-5281 Mike Rufful, Proprietor THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993----AlS ~ JOYOUS PESACH Other Entrants Continued from Previous Page Sinai School Prepares Families for Passover Dena Pearlman, 8 by Omar Bradley Menachom Gibber, 8 Herald Assistant Editor Michael Rosenstein, 8 One by one, the children of Elisheva Diamond, 8 Temple Sinai School waited to Rafi Gerber, 8 receivetheirsedermaterial from Yehudah Lipson, 8 Ronnie Lamchick, a second Eugene Zaydes, 9 grade teacher, in order to make Dani Katzovicz, 7 a book. This was only one of Ladislav Yanovsky, 9 many creative workshops fea Ashi Cusner, 8 htred at Temple Sinai's Family Ben Jaccarino, 8 Education Workshops Sunday, Ben Halper, 8 bringing families together with Vitaly Chibisou, 7½ students from pre-kindergarten Peter Ziegler, 9 to third grade to work on Pass Yoni Mandel, 9 over projects for their seder. Leonore Sones, educational AGES lOTO 13 director at the temple, was elated Aaron Ziff, 10 by the enthusiasm and effort put out by teachers, students Seth Kanoff, 11 Freda Winkleman, 11 and their parents on a drizzly Anna Berin, 11 Sunday morning. She has just Gabriel Mitchell, 10 finished combining seder song booklets lo be ta ken home with Irina Kuvykin, 12 Ellina Khay kin, 12 each family to help them work Avi Rosenstein, 12 on projects for Passover at home. Rachel Berman, 11 ½ Upstairs in the temple hall, a Yisroel Donowitz, n large crowd of parents and chil Marina Moraukhovich, 12 dren was busy as bees making a seder book showing the differ Chava Hartman, 11 ent foods used in the ceremony. ASSEMBLY LINE -Cathy Berkowitz, a second-grade teacher at Temple Sinai, hands out seder Avigayil Pearlman, 11 ½ book material to children at the Temple Sinai workshop Sunday. Hmdd plroto by Omar Bradley Robert Weiner, 12 Sandy Strauss had come with her two g randsons, Eric and Yoni Halper, 12 ored in the last vegetable on her Akiva Schecter, 10 Matt Hogberg - all three were asked, "What is a Hillel sand- for parents as children. deeply involved in cutting, col colored plate,asmallgrinspread Boris Trachtenberg, 10 Ruth lmbrie, a kindergarten oring and pasting symbols in a ~~~;[ 0!~;1~=:. ~~~~~~\ teacher, couldn't agree more as across her face. Joel Norwood, 10% Atthecond usionofthework Marc Robinson, 10 book. "I lhinkit'sinnovativeand she opened her mouth, as if lo she assisted scores of younger imaginative and it's fun to work take a bite, and said "Ummmh," children in designing a seder shops, everyone was treated to Joshua Konoff, 10 with the kids," Strauss said, cut was she allowed to proceed. plate. "It's something they'll a sing-along w ith Cantor Jo nathan Segal, 10 ting out a circle. Parents like Debbie Gordon, have at lheseder with what they Remmie Brown, who said: "We Briana Fishbein, 11 Downstairs, another group of whose daughter, Lindsay, was made with their parents." should know everything that's Sam Halper, 10 children was lined up lo play a hop-scolchingalong, said: "I like As Lauren Steingold, 5, col- going on at the seder." Greg Rose, IO d ifferent kind of gamed called to participate ,vi th the child rcn in Sara Kaplan, 10 'seder-scotch.' When second Joshua Levin, 10 what theyaredoing," adding that grade teacher Robin Greenberg the workshops were as much fun Best Wishes for a Happy Passover Dimitry Magidin, 11 Inna Gorkin, 10 THE MILLERS Ryan Malloney, 10 Miller Corrugated Box Co. 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Kosher for Passover Soda in Stock "Headquarters For All Your Home Health Can, Needs" OSfER FREE VIDEO MEMBERSHIP ...,. A16--THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, Al'RlL 1, 1993 ~ JOYOUS PESACH Some Create their own Haggadahs to Personalize the Passover Story by Debra Nussbaum Cohen their Pesach experience. Judaism a focal point for her "Someone will bring up a experience of illness and recov N EW YORK (JTA) - For Rabbi David Saperstein, true sederswithfamiliesand friends. gematria [mystical interpreta ery "academically." But this some, the most importa nt ritual to his commitment to politics It is in "recognition of great tion of the meaning of a word year, having recently undergone during the fi rst nights o f Pesach a nd civil rights, expects to be women who are our historic based o n the numerical value of leg surgery and still grappling involves passing out Maxwell focusingat this year'sseder table foremothers, so we ho no r its letters), someone will bring with a difficult recovery, he House Haggadahs and zoom on the new democracies around Miriam or Yocheved, or Shifra up what my father used lo say plans to draw from some of the ing through the seder so that the world struggling to stabilize a nd Puah, or G\uckel (of in the name of his grandfather. sources at hisownseder. "Now dinner can be served. themselves. Hameln]," said Pogrebin. Someone will always quote fa I can really relate," he said, But for others, the Pesach Saperstein is director of the "It's a way of bringing mous rabbis, but they also cite And then there are Pesach seder is an opportunity to linger Reform movement's Washing· women's presence lo the seder their own memories" of when ritualswhichextend beyond the over the telling of the Exodus ton·based ReligiousActionCen· table," shesaid, because, "grow· they were young, according to first two nights. from Egypt and the beginning ter, a lifelong civil rights activist ing up, women's presence was Brandriss, director of public af Shira Dicker, a writer based of the Jews' transformation from and, he notes, part of a whole shadowy and peripheral." fairs for Agudath Israel of in New Rochelle, N.Y., is in slaves into a nation of free men family of rabbis. While she was growing up, America. volved with a Rosh Chodesh and women whose only master There are 40 nascent democ· her "extremely politically active Simkha Weintraub plans to group which last year marked isG--d. racies which didn't exist five left·winger" Aunt Tillie always use the occasion of Pesach to the beginning of the month in Many Jews take theseder as a years ago, by his count, from brought readings about eco focus on physical healing. w hich Pesach falls, Rosh paradigm of national and per republics of the former Soviet nomically and politically op He is a Conservative rabbi, Chodesh Nissan, by asking each sonal redemption and relate it to Union to Nicaragua to Zambia. pressed communities to the director of public affairs for the member to consider the meta contemporary concerns ranging That makes one democracy for seder table, recollects Pogrebin New Israel Fund, family thera phorical "chametz" in her life. from the political to the humani each year the Jews spent in the - a legacy she perpetuates at pist and program consultant to Each wrote down what it was tarian. They usetheHaggadahas desert upon their release from her own seder table today. the Jewish Healing Center. she felt needed lo "dean up" and a basic structure onto which they Egypt, says Saperstein. "A political component keeps The center is a new national "burn" in the coming months. graft their own stories. "Jews found freedom by tak· the Exodus message alive for us group based in San Francisco After discussing what they had The seder provides a frame ing control of our political des at our seder table," she said. whichfocusesonsourcesinJew each named as their "chametz," work for refracting participants' tiny in another land, leaving be "That's the gift of the Jewish ish tradition that can help the the group burned the pieces of images of their own Jewishness hind lhetyrannyof one nation for people to the world, that you healing process for those Jews paper on which they had written through the lens pf tradition, anolher which enhances rights," can take an oppressed situation who are physically or spiritu· their personal chametz. and gives each teller of the story he said. "And that's being re and alter it. lfG-d intervened in ally ill. RabbiMordechai Liebling,di· the latitude needed to bring his played in the world today." history then we can alter his In the center's most recent rector of the Federation of or her own voice into the ritual. Letty Collin Pogrebin, as tory, because we're supposed to newsletter, Weintraub wrote an ReconstructionistCongregations Wha t follows is a decidedly might be expected of a promi· imilateG OUK BEST WISHES FOK A HAPPY AND HEALTHY PASSOVER 266 Wayland Avenue 827 North Main Street ~2t Providence, RI 02906 Providence, RI 02904 BUTIEKMAN & KRYSTON 727 East Avenue, Pawt uck et, RI • 401-331-3130 ('401) 52 1-9'490 THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993-A17 ~ JOYOUS PESACH Vegetarianism and Passover by Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D. temporary Society, Rabbi Alfred continuing flesh-centered diets NEW YO RK (JTA) - Veg Cohen, editor of the journal and w hich involve the feeding of etarianism and Passover? Can spiritual leader of the Young morethan80percentofthegrain the two be related? Israel of Canarsie concludes, grown in this country lo ani After all, what isasederwith "We may clearly infer that eat malsdestined for slaughter, and out gefilte fish, chicken soup, ing meat, even on a festival, is the importing of beef from poor chopped liver, and chicken? not mandated by the halacha." countries, while 20 million What about theshankbonecom He also points out that "the people die annually from lack memorati ng the Paschal sacri Shu khan Aruch !code of Jewish of adequate food fice? And doesn't halacha man law], which is the foundation Although he is not a vegetar date that Jews eat meat to re for normative law for Jews to ian, Rabbi Jay Marcus of the joiceon Passover and other Jew day, does not insist upon the Young Israel of Staten Island ish festivals? necessity to eat meat in order to saw a connection between sim Undaunted, an increasing rejoice on a Yorn Tov." pler diets and helping hungry number of Jews recently have What about the shankbone? people. He commented on the been turning to vegetarian ways The shankbone is a means of fact that the eating of karpas of conducting seders. commemorating the Paschal (greens) comes directly before Jonathan Wolf, a vegetarian lamb; ii originated in the time of yahatz (the breaking of the activist annually has about 50 the Talmud. However,sincethe middle matzah for later use as people at his Manhattan apart talmudic scholar, Rav Huna, the afikomen) in the Passover ment for strictly vegetarian states that a beet can be used for seder service. Those who can seders. this purpose (Pesachim 114b), Jiveonsimplethingslikegreens Roberta Kalechofsky has writ many Jewish vegetarians sub (vegetables, etc.) will most ten T/1e Haggada/1 for the Liberated stitute a beet fo r theshankbone. readily divide their possessions Lamb. It provides, in both English The important point is that the and share with others, he said. and Hebrew/English editions, shankbone is a symlx>l, and no Many Jewish vegetarians see interesting background materi meat need be eaten at the seder. connections between the op als for a vegetarianseder, includ When Rebecca Boroson, editor of pressio n that their ancestors ing recipes, songs, notes, read the New Jersey Jewis/1 Standard at suffered and the current plight ings, illustrations and a bibliog tendsanannualsederatthehome of the hundreds of millions of raphy. 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Refrig- 7 ounces bittersweet (not un- eratecoveredseveralhours.With sweetened) or semisweet wet hands,shape into eight large chocolate, chopped ~:;::~:l~~!~::~~n:; ::~~~ 3/!~~[a~~~ sticks) butter or cover and cook for 30 minutes. 4 large eggs MANDARIN CH ICKEN 1 ½ cups sugar VERONIQUE 11/2 teaspoons instant coffee 1 /3 cup margarine granules 1 teaspoon salt Grease and sugar an 8-inch 1 /2 teaspoon mace diameierspringform pan. Wrap 6 split, (bone in) skinless foilaroundoutsideofpan.Melt chicken breasts chocolate and butler in a heavy, 10-ounce jar orange marma- medium saucepan over low lade heat, stirring until s mooth. Show and Tell 2 tablespoons cornstarch Whisk eggs, sugar, and coffee Ronnie Lamchick, a second-grade teacher at Temple Sinai, shows Benjamin Matusow, 5, how 1 I-ounce can mandarin or- powder in a large bowl until to make a seder book at the Passover workshop on Sunday. Heraldphotol,yOnuJrBradley anges, drained well-blended. Whisk in choco- 1 cup seedless green grapes late mixture. In a 9 x 13-inch baking d ish, Pour batter in prepared pan. 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, Fold whipped toppinginlothe dessert glasses or bow ls and serve melt margarine in a 350-degree Placecakeinalargebakingpan. chopped raspberry mixture gently but chi lled. Makes 6 servings. oven fo r 5 minutes. Add salt Add enough hot water to bak 3-4 cups whipped topping thoroughly. Drizzle the choco Naomi Arbit is the coauthor of and mace. Stir to blend. Re- ing pan to come halfway up Drain raspberries and in a late over the top and fold ii in seven cookbooks, a sy11dicated food move dish from oven. Dip sides of cake. Bake until knife heavy saucepan bring the liquid lightly, swirling it but being care writer and a member of the Interna chicken pieces into melted mar- inserted into center comes out to a boi l. Stir occasionally u nti l ii ful not to mix ii in completely. tional Association of Culinary Pro garineand place in same baking clean, about 1-1 /2 hours (cake is thick and syrupy and reduced Divide mixture into stemmed fessionals. dish. Bake in the center o f the will be about 1 /2-inch high). to about 1/4 rup. Transfer the oven 35 to 40 minutes or until Removecakefromwalerbath. syrup to a bowl and let it cool. chicken is fork- tender. Cool. Remove foil. Cover and re- In a food processor, puree Ina small bowl,combinemar- frigerale overnight. {Can be pre the raspberries and force the Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy Passover malade with cornstarch, stirring pared one week ahead; keep re puree through a fine sieve set to blend well. Spoon marmalade frigerated.) Release pan sides over the bowl of syrup, pressing PROVIDENCE ~10NUHENTAL WORKS mixture around and over chicken. from cake. Cut cake into wedges. hard on the solids to separate as 314 Branch Avenue • Providence, RI 02904 • 274-4567 Return dish to oven; continue Serve cold with dollops of much pulp from the seeds as baking for 15 to 18 minutes or whipped topping. possible. Stir mixture until it is untilsauce isdear.Stirinoranges Serves 10. blended and chill, covered, for and grapes and heat through. RASPBERRY CHOCOLATE one to two hours until cold. Makes 4 lo 6 servings. SWIRL Meltchocolatewiththreetable FARFEL CASSEROLE 2 IO-ounce packages frozen spoons water, stir until smooth, 6 tablespoons vegetable oil raspberries in syrup, thawed and let cool to room temperature. 1 cuponion,chopped ~------~ 1 cup celery, chopped Best Wis hes for a Happy Passover Best Wishes for a 1 cup mushrooms, sliced to our Customers and Frie nds 1 /2 green pepper, chopped; Joyous Passover optional Lester & Esther Katz 3½ cups matzah farfel 2 eggs, slightly beaten, or egg PARAMOUNT SALES substitute I can clear condensed chicken 475 Mineral Spring Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860 soup (401) 728-4400 Jeanne Stein and the salt and pepper to taste 1 cup boiling water Party Warehouse In a skillet, heat oi l, saute the onion, celery, and mushrooms. MR. and MRS. 3 IO East Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island Add matzah farfel. Combine IRVING A. ACKERMAN eggs, condensed chicken soup and family and seasonings if desired. 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Add po program or simply concerned Weight Watchers Magazine. tato and shallots; cook, stirring Bli nd and visually im The following braille about healthful eating, Weight frequently, 5 minutes. Stir in paired adults and children J-1agga-d oth a re also available: Watchershasgood news.At this VEGETABLE SOUP WITH mushrooms and celery; partially will beableto participate fully • A one-volumeeditioned year's Passover meals, beloved MATZAH BALLS cover and cook 10 to 12minutes, in their family Passoverseders ited by the late Dr. Cecil Roth. holiday food traditions can eas Makes 8 servings or until vegetables are tender. this year by obtaining • The Silverman (Conser ily combine with your new eat Sou p Add broth, tomatoes, tarragon J-laggadolh in large-print, vative) edition, four volumes. ing style. 2 teaspoons vegetable oil and pepper; simmer, partially braille or on audiocasseltes as • The Goldstein edition for "1ne secrets lo a successful .,i ounces thinly sliced pared covered, 45 minutes. a free gift from the Jewish children, one volume. holidaymealareplanning,prepa baking potato 2. To prepare matzoh balls, Braille Institute of America. Available on three audio ration and portion size," advises 1/ .,! cup minced shallots in small bowl, stir eggs, broth, The first seder thi s year is cassettes is the Koren Florine Mark, president and chief 2 cups thinly sliced mush· oil, salt and matzoh meal until Monday night, April 5. Haggadah,edited by Edward executive of The WW Group Inc., rooms blended. Cover and refrigerate Two editions of the Fisch and recorded by the late the largest franchise of Weight 1 1 /4 cups thinly sliced celery 20 minutes. Haggadah in large print are Cantor Paul Kwartinand the Watchers International. "Plan to 4 cups low-sodium chicken 3. Using hands, roll 1 table available, Dr. Jane Evans, JBI choir of Union Temple in enjoy traditional favorites, pre broth spoon of dough into ball; repeat president,announced: A Tradi Brooklyn, N.Y. pare them in a lower-fat, less 3 medium tomatoes, blanched, to make 16 balls. Cover and sim tional Haggadah, edited by Dr. Bli11d or visually impaired ca loric fashion, and then eat a peeled,seeded and chopped mer 12 minutes, until cooked Philip Birnbaum, and the Re persons may obtain any of the moderate portion." I /2 teaspoon dried tarragon through. form movement's New Union above Haggado/Ji free of charge Tohelpwiththepreparation, 1/ 4 teaspoon freshly ground Eacli serving provides: 1 /2 fa t; Haggadah, made possible by a by contacting }Bl, 110 E. 30th Weight Watchers has developed black pepper 1/ 4 protein; I 1/2 vegetable; 1/ grant from the Nati onal Fed St.,NewYork,N.Y.10016;(212) a menu of Passover favori tes so Matzah Balls 2 bread; 20 optional calories on erationofTempleSisterhoods. 889-2525. flavorful they will become a new 2 large eggs, lightly beaten the Weight Watchers Food Plan. tradition in your home. Begin 2 tablespoons low-sodium Per servi11g: 119 calories; 5 g wi th vegetable soup wi th chicken broth protein; 5 g fat; 15 g ca rbohy matzah ba lls. Then, serve a sa 2 teaspoons vegetable oi l drate; 133 mg sodium; 53 mg BEST WISHES FOR PASSOVER vory herb roasted turkey with 1/4 teaspoon sail cholesterol m ushroom gravy. End your Recipe repri,ited with permis HOLANDER ELECTRIC , INC, 1/2 cu p and 1 tablespoon meal wit h a luscious orange sion from Weight Watche rs· ELECTRICAL CONTRACT ING • MOTOR TROU BLE SHOOTING • REPAIR S matzah meal 1-800-442-5270 wa lnut ca ke. All recipes re- 1. To prepare soup, ina large Magazine. Copyright 1991. Alf rights reserved. 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In large bowl, with electric water. Let s tand 30 min. mixer at high speed, beat egg Made Easier and Continued from Previous Page Each serving (3 ounces turkey yolks and sugar until thick and and 1/4 cup gravy) provides: 3 \emon-colored,about 10minutes. 1 cup reconst-iluted dried protein; 5 optional calories on Add orange juice, orange peel, Healthier this Passover mus hrooms• the Weight Watchers Food Plan. lem on juice and extract; beat un· traditional Passover fare. Even (reserve 1 cup liquid) Per serving: 159 calories; 25 g til well blended. On low speed, For the first time Empire Ko· sher Poultry is making its popu· kidscanmaketheirownhealthy I cup low-sodium chicken protein; 4 g fat; 3 g carbohy· gradually add cake meal, potato Jar kosher cold cuts available in treats with these foods. broth drate; 114 mg sodium; 65 mg starch, walnuts and cinnamon. supermarkets nationw ide this All Empire Kos her's raw 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) dry cholesterol. 3. In medium bowl, with clean Passover (Apri!S to 13). The deli chicken and turkey are kosher white wine or increase broth Recipe reprinted with permis beaters, beat egg whites and salt products that are available in· for Passover all year-round and by 2 tablespoons sio 11 from Weight Watchers at high speed until stiff peaks elude chicken franks, turkey require no special packaging 2 teaspoons potato s tarch Magazine. Copyright 1992. All form. Gently fold egg whites designation. However, all 1/2 teaspoon dried chives rights reserved. into the yolk mixture until no franks, prepackaged oven pre pared turkey breast, smoked cooked products require special 1 / 4 teaspoon salt streaks of white remain. turkey breast, turkey pastrami, designation, including the new 1 / 8 teaspoon black pepper ORANGE-WALNUT CAKE 4. Pour batter into prepared chicken and turkey franks and 1. Preheat oven to 325 d e Makes 12 servings pan. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or chicken bologna, turkey bolo· gna and turkey salami. the poultry-based deli foods. grees F. 6 large eggs, separated until toothpick inserted in cen LikeallofEmpire'sproducts, Empire Kosher deli slices fit 2. Remove turkey giblets and 1 /2 cup granulated sugar ter comes out clean. Let s tand these franks and deli foods are today's demands of low-fat, low neck from body cavities. Rinse 1/4 cup orange juice o n rack 10 m inutes; loosen made from all naturally grown cholesterol delicatessen prod· turkey inside and out; pal dry 2 tablespoons grated orange around edgewiths mall spatula. poultry and are low in fat. Be· ucts with great tas te and qual· with paper towels. peel Invert onto rack and cool com· cause of the special dietary rules ity. All deli slices have fat and 3. Starting al neck, using your 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice pletely. nutritional information listings fingers, gently loosen s kin over 1 /2 teaspoon lemon extract Each serving provides: 1 / 4 fat; followed during Passover, pre· paring meals can be quite time and are dated to insure fresh entire breast. Place thyme and 1 /2 cup = 1 tablespoon mat· 1/2 protein; 1/ 4 bread; 55 op· consuming. Now, with these ness. Empire does not use any rosemary s prigs at even inter· zoh cake meal tional calories on the Weight prepared foods, getting a quick growth stimulant hormones, vals under skin; pat s kin back in 1 /3 cup= 2 teaspoons potato Watchers Food Plan. meal or snack on the table is MSG,artificial navoringsorcol· p lace. Place onion and lemon starch Per serving: 137 calories; 4 g easy and they add a new twist to orings in their products. peel in body cavity. Place tur 1 ½ ounces coarsely ground protein; 5 g fat; 19 g carbohy key breast-side up on rack in toasted walnuts drates; 56 mg sodium; 106 mg roas ting pan. 1 / 2 teaspoon cinnamon cholesterol 4.Roas t turkey3½to4hours, 1 /8 teaspoon salt Recipe reprinted with permis until meat thermometer inserted 1. Preheat oven to 325 de sion from Weight Watchers D' Ambra Texaco Station in 0eshly part o f inner thig h grees F. Spray a 9-inch spring Magazine. Copyright 1991. All 761 HOPE STREET • 62 1-2348 (not touching bone) reaches 180 form pan with tube or an 8-cup rights reserved. WISH THEIR CUSTOMERS A HAPPY PASSOVER degrees F. Let stand 15 minutes before carving. s. Meanwhile, to prepare gravy, pour pan drippings into a 2-cup meas ure; let s tand 5 HAPPY PASSOVER HAPPY PASSOVER minutes. Skim off and discard fat; pour remaining liquid , into TOURTELLOT & CO., INC. ~ ,\11 11,/1,¼ s mall saucepan. 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Passover, which strengthen the bonds of the fam that kids love to eat. If your kids your kids enjoy most. CUCUMBER R OUN DS takes place April 5 to 13 this ily. What better way can a fam want to experiment on theirown Score a fresh cucumber, by year, is the celebration of the ily celebrale !his holiday - with these recipes, an adult H OT D IGGETY D ocs cutting 1/ 4 inch strips of the Jews' liberation from slavery in w hich is enhanced by food - sho uld .still always be nearby to Kos he r turkey or chicken green peel lengthwise. Cut into Egypt and their exodus to their tha n by cooking logether? supervise. fra nks rounds. Top with thinly sliced homeland. This holiday is ob Children can become even I small jar grape jelly kosher turkey breast and dab served by following specific di more involved in Passover if KID KEBABS 1 tbs. horseradish with a dollop of horseradish etary laws and is highlighted by pa rents invite them to experi Fruits and vegetables make 2 tbs. vinegar mayonnaise.• the seder, the evening ritual and ment in the kitchen. Because the perfect partners for kid-sized ke Mix jelly, horseradish and ·Horseradish Mayonnaise: Mix meal on the first two nig hts of foods suitable for Passover a re babs, served hot or cold. Mini vinegar in saucepan. I-feat over 1 tsp. red /iorseradisli into 1/Z cup Passover. usually too complicated for kids kebabs are easy lo make ahead medium heal until hot. Cut mayomzaise. Add 1 tsp.lemonj11ice Children are an integra l part to make, Empire Kosher Poul of time and something your kids franks into 1/ 4-inch slices and and blend well. of Passover and pa rents are not try has created a selectio n of will enjoy helping to get ready. add to saucepan. Heat through only urged to a nswer their safe, fun, low-fat a nd delicious Here are a few suggested reci and serve with toothpicks. FUN AND CRUNCHY L A YERED children's questions, tradition- recipes which are easy enoug h pes to try. D ELI SALAD Effortless Appetizers 8 oz. thinly sliced kosher pas T ROPICAL T WISTERS trami,salami or smoked tur BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY PASSOVER Kosher turkey breast, cut into PASTRAMI B UNDLES key breast, julienned into Wrap cubes of melon with Mr and Mrs Irving Dickens of bite-sized cubes 1/ 4-inch strips stri ps of thinly sliced kosher tur Canned pineapple chunks in 1 /2 cup mayonnaise key pastrami. 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Remove, leav 2 tbs. orange grated zest cul lengthwise Mix ingredients together, the observance of Passover, that ing drippings in the pan. Turn Cutchickenbreastculletsinlo 4 stalks celery, cut into 2-inch pour over chicken parts. Let are healthy and low in calories. heal to medium. Add the ground strips about 1 /2 inch wide. In a lengths marinate at room temperature During the past two years, almonds to the remaining oil, shallow bowl or deep plate, beat 1 cup tomato juice for two hours or overnight in Empire has expanded its distri making sure the fat is not hot eggs, honey, cayenne pepper 1/2 cup kosher sherry the refrigerator. When ready to bution into many countries, in enough to burn the almonds. and hot sauce together. Com 1 tsp. paprika cook, drain chicken, place on a cluding South Africa, England, Cook, stirring constantly, for bine potato starch and onion or fresh ground pepper broiler rack and broil 4 inches France, Panama, Gibraltar, Ven a minute, then add the onion garlic powder in another lx,wl. 2 cups kosher chicken broth or from heat for about 15 minutes ezuela, Canada, Switzerland, and cook for another minute. Then combine matzo meal, co water on each side or until tender and Germany, Norway and Russia. Reduce heat to low. Add the conut and orange zest in a third Preheat oven to 375 degrees. juices run clear. Serve with or Therecipesbelowrepresentsome cinnamon,chili powder.granu lx,wl. Place vegetables on the bottom ange and lemon peels or slices. of these countries' native dishes, lated sugar and cloves. Di peach piece of chicken into of a large roasting pan. Place but they have been made lighter Bring liquid to lx,i\, add the the egg mixture, then into the turkey breast on top. Mix sea NORWEGIAN TURKEY and healthier. All non-poultry browned chicken and turkey to starch mixture, back into the egg soning, juice, broth and sherry, POT ROAST ingredients used in the following the pot and cook over medium and finally in the coconut mix pour over turkey breast. Roast 3 lbs. Kosher turkey parts recipes are available kosher for low heat, covered, until the poul ture. Set aside, let rest. about 25 minutes per pound, (thighs are especially good) Passover. These reci pesare a sam try is tender, aOOut half an hour. Heat margarine in a heavy turning every 20 minutes. Serve 1 can whole berry cranberry pling of d ishes typical of the re Correct seasoning. Add apples, frying pan over medium heat. with potatoes. sauce gions that can now enjoy top cook for five minutes until apples Add chicken strips and fry over 1 ~i~kage kosher onion soup quality, strictly kosher poultry for are just soft. 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Com the door of collective Jewish Haggadah is Wiesel"s focus on tian slave d river. tary, steeped in Wiesel's rich mentary by £lie Wiesel; /1/ustra memory by discussing commen the issue of compassion: G-d's In a wonderful image of the knowledge of Jewish tradition, tionsbyMark Podwal. To11chsto11e/ taries offered by Rabbi Samson compassion for the Jewish seder itself, a seder table is liter and conveyed w ith a contem Simon & Schuster, 1230 Ave. of Raphael Hirsch, Don Yitzhak people and the need for com ally drawn out of a desolate porary, compassionate voice. the Americas, New York, NY Abravanel, the Rabbi of Kotzk passion toward the enemy of landscape of pyramids, which Amy Gottlieb is a fiction 10020. 1993. 144 pages $30cloth; and the Gaon of Vilna. one's people. is framed between the covers of writer and editor living in New $14 paper. Steeped in the tradition of The echo of the Holocaust is a book. York City. asking questions, Wiesel s.:---iys clearly felt throughout the This 1-iaggadah would be Jewish Books in Review is a joint NEW YORK OTA) - If the that the "entire seder has been Haggadah in a reminiscence of ideal to use at a scder whose project of the Jewish Council and Passover seder is a celebration conceived for children, prompt Passover in Wiesel's hometown participants come from a vari t!te}ewis!t Telegraphic Agency. The of questioning, storytelling and ing questions." of Sighet, Hungary, reflections ety of backgrounds, ages and Jewish Book Council is a 11011profil participating in Jewish history, In his commentaries, Wiesel on Jewish history in our genera levels of understanding. organization sponsored by the Jew w hat better seder leader than ponders questions raised and tion and in the words of "Ani There is enough in it to en ishcomm1111ityCmter Association Elie Wiesel, master storyteller offers new ones to co nsider. In Ma'amin," Wiesel's poem writ thra II the curious, arouse the of North America. It aims to and weaver of past and present? discussing the four questions, ten about Passover in a death skeptic, gratify the knowledge ~/111,u/ate the writi11g, p11blishi11g In this Haggadah, Wiesel of for example, Wiesel offers a camp. able ,ind raise questions for ev and reading of books of Jewish in fers a poetic translation of the wonderfu l inquiry as to why we Mark Podwal's drawings of eryone at the table. terest. Hebrew text, along with per ask these particular questions fer a wonderful complement to sonal commentaries, reminis as opposed to others. the text and, like Wiesel, he finds cences, Midrashic legends and Throughout the Haggadah, in the Haggadaha world of meta interpretations by others. other questions are raised: why phor and multiple meanings. Redemption: Past and Future In the preface, Wiesel recalls does Rabbi Ela7..ar Ben Azarish The hand of G-d is repre Prm:wJ /,, Thm,, 0 I ,;>rd ,mr G-i), Ki,1_q ofth, 1111/,•,r,,,, u•ho ,wJameJ 11,,, with affection the sedcrs of his seem like a man of 70? Why is sented as a Torah yad, the fou r ,uu} ,wlam,,J '"'t ,111a,,tm:, from Egypt, nm) ow/,/e,J 11,, t11 rm,·h thi., night childhood, but tells us that asan Moses' name mentioned only one sons are sketched as four fin ,m ,.·h,;-h "'' ml 11u1t:::ah 1//U) numw. F,•,11 .w, I ,,,rd /!11r G-i} mu) G-i) ,if011r adult, he finds the meaning of time intheentireHaggadah?Why gers on one hand, a drnwing of fllll"f,•t,11;,, ,lo Th{lu ,1111h/, 11,, I,! rt'tll"h in peaa ,1ther h,,/y ,h,y., muJ.j,.,tit'l1l, the seder has changed. is the afikomen the last item of a shtetl has a round matzah asa "'hm ,.., may 1yjiuC, 1i1 tlx re.1/or11/1(m ,ifZi,m, 11Jy,·1iy, 1//u) f,iu)(Jelight i,1 Now he loves the seder for food eaten at the seder? Why do setting sun. ,,,,vi1111 Thu. T/xre ,..e ,,hall part,/l·e of/he Pa.,dm/ 111ml <11u) lmi1.1 Thu "the questions it raises, which we conclude the seder with the Typical of Podwal's meta 1/x ,1Jleri11.IJ,' wh1i·h ,,h,i// /iemwp/(1/,/, 1111/11 71Ja . .tlm) thert' "'' ,,h,i// ,,1i1.tJ are, after all, its raison d'etre. song "Chad Gadya?" phorica I hand, one image 1111/" Tix," 11,..- ,•llllf/ ,1( pn11: ,e for mirfreu Jmn <111J rl'Jempli,m. sprouts out of another: a Torah ''The goal," writes Wiesel, " Wiesel writes that he loves Prm:w) /,e Th,,11, 0 I ,;>1YJ, R,,Jamei- t,f /,,me/. is to arouse our curiosity by Passover "because for me it is a scroll grows out of a kiddish opening the doors of memory." cry against indifference, a cry cup, flowers bloom from a From the Haggaclah In addition to sharing his own for compassion." menorah, a horseradish root Barnet Fain Chairman Steven D. Baron President The Miriam Hosµtal Our .,H.eritage,., is staffextends to all its Healtb Care friends warm UJishes for a Joyous Passover. THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL A major teaching affiliate of the Brown University School of Medicine 164 Summit Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island 02906